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STATE OFFICIALS.
Governoi
Secretary of State
Treasurer
Bupt. of Public Instruction,
in a tors ....... -
Congressman
. 8Ute Printer
S. l'eimoycr
O.W. McBrldo
...Ifhillip Metsehan
. . .7 .E. B. McElroy
T J. N. Dolph
" J. H. Mitchell
H. Hermann
Frank Baker
COl'NTY OFFICIALS.
CouutV JudlfQ . C. V Thnrnh-in'
Sheriff D. I- Cates
Clerk...
J. B. Crosfcen
Treasurer
Commissioners .
Assessor ....
Cieo. Rucbr
, j H' A. Leavens
t Frank Kincaid
.John E. Burnett
X i '. i. . Fi.iti ,
Snnerintencidit of Pnhl!.. rioh.x.le tw M1,U.;-
Burveyor
lioroner
William Michetl
The Chronicle is the Only Paper in
The Dalles that Receives the Associated
Press Dispatches.
ueneral Andrew Jackson said : '-True j anyway. , '
statesmanship will place side by side the i 1 began by merely and modestly sug
farm and the workshop. ' j Eating that he make such a book, but
my interest grew as I went on, and I ven-
Portlund is jnstlv proud oi the fact j tured to map out what I thought ought
that there has never been a failure of
wholesale house in the citv.
The county, treasurer .of Crook adver
tises to pay all county warrants registered
prior to January 12th, 1691. This is a
very good showing for Crook county.
The town of Medford in this state had
a municipal election on the 12th, under
the new election law. The working of
the new law gave great satisfaction.
President Harrison is reported to have
stated at a cabinet meeting held on the
12th that the Chilian suituation was
more serious than at any previous time.
He had found nothing that indicated the
least regret on the of Chili for the
outrage
The state land board has made a for
mal order to the effect that hereafter no
certificates should be isued to intending
purchasers of uneurveyed school lauds.
The ruling is opposed to tho practice
that has been pursued for" years and it
shows that the hoard is favorable to
actual settlement as opposed to specula.'
tive purchase.
Politicians have long memories and it
can scarcely be doubted that had W. L.
Hill not been connected with the Cranio
affair in 1876 he would have been ap
pointed to the vacant federal judgeship
in the ninth district. As it is, he seems
to bo completely out of the race and the
president's objection to him has taken
the form that any one who received any
of Tilden's money could not be consid
ered eligible for a judgeship in this
administration.
A viUanious brute named Andrews in
-Muskegon, Mich., fraudulently placed
his wife in a private insane asylum and
then eloped with a wealthy Miss Me
Greggor of Jacksonville, Ills. Andrews
and Miss McGreggor have gone to Paris.
The wronged wife has been left penni--less
with two small children, one of
"whom was born while Mrs. Andrews
was in the asylum. It is just such vil
lians as Andrews that make a burning
hell a moral necessity under the govern-'
ment of a righteous God.
There arc some things" railroad com- -i
pan is cannot do. They have been ac
cused of buying up courts and legisla-r
tures and they have been known to defy
a railroad commission but they could
not make a brakeman humble as he is
stand on the top of a moving freight
train in the middle of an Oregon winter.
Tho Southern Pacific tried it the other
.-x was oraerea in conse-
quence with the result that the obnox- !
J a ..i 1. . i j . .i
ions ana unreasonaoieoraer was recalled j
and the men went back to work.
M)KTBWI9T NEWH. '
The stock inspector of Crook couirty
estimates the number' of sheep in his
coanty at 215,197. " '
'1 he "oldest inhabitant" is surprised
at the weather of this winter. Heavy
rains and the mercury running away up
above zero are uncommon occuriences
at this season of the year iu .Crook
county. Ochoeo. Review?
Petitions were signed In tliia - tv
Mondav fur-Mr. Gilbert, , of Gilbert &
So-. '.ttnrnpvo fr ti. TW... i.;fi
railroad ot Portland, to be appointed'
federal judge. There seems to be a de
termination to have a corporation attor
ney for this place. Salem Journal. .
C. A. Vaullouten, of the B. 6?. & L
Cj., says this has been a hard winter on
ehecp, owing' to the grent amount of
rain that has fallen. The heavy-wool
sheep of this County do not stand rain
well. When their fleeces become thor
ougly wet they will not travel around to .
obtain food and keep wnriu. Ochnco Re-
vieir. ;
Surgeons Stitt ami Witc, of the Buiti
more, estimate the results of the Chilian !
riot iti mi. iu c.ioii with that vessel as
follows: Two bailors were killed live
perioiinly woiinilvd and twelveslightly
wounded.
MENTAL TELEGRAPHY.
INFLUENCE OF MIND ON MIND
STRONGLY ILLUSTRATED.
A Strange Story of Thought Trauimii
Ion Two Well Known Men Conceive
the Same Ides at About the Same Time.
An Odd Experience of Mark Twain's.
-" Now I come to the oddest" tiling that
ever happened to me. Two or three
years ago I was lying in bed idly musing
one morning it was the 2d of March
when suddenly a red hot new idea came
whistling down into my camp and ex
ploded with such comprehensive effec
tiveness as to sweep the vicinity clean of
rubbishy reflections and fill the air with
their dust and flying fragments. This
idea, stated in simple phrase, was that
the time was ripe and the market ready
for a certain book; a book which ought
to be written at once; a book which must
command attention and be of peculiar
interest to wit, a book about the Ne
vada silver mines. ,
The Great Bonanza was a new won-
vuvu, ouu uyuv was IcUJLinfc
i i . ,J . J "
about it. It seemed to me that the oer-
son best qualified to write this book was
Mr. William H. Wright, a journalist of
Virginia, Nev., by whose side I had
scribbled many months when I was a
i reporter there ten or twelve before. Ha
j might be alive still; he might be-dead; I
. j could not tell: but I would write him
to be the plan of the work, he being an old
inena, ana not given to taking good in
tentions for ill. I even dealt with details
and suggested -the order and sequence
which they should follow. I was about
to put the manuscript in an envelope,
when the thought occurred to irie that if
this book should be written at my sug
gestion, and then no publisher happen to
want it, I should feel uncomfortable: sn
! I concluded to keep my letter back until
I should have secured a publisher. .
READING AN CNOPEXED LETTER.
I pigeonholed my document and drop
ped a note to my own publisher, asking
him to name a day for a business consulta
tion. He was out of town on a far jour
ney. My note remained unanswered, and
at the end of three or four days the whole
matter had passed out of my mind. On
the 9th of March the postman brought
three or fbur letters, and among them a
thick one whose superscription was in a
hand which seemed dimly familiar to
me. I could not "place" it at first, but
presently I succeeded. Then I said to a
visiting relative who was present: I
"Now-I will do a miracle.: I will tell
you everything this letter - contains
date, signature and all withon t break
ing the seal. It is from a Mr." Wright, of
Virginia, Nev., and is dated the' 2d of
March seven days ago. Sir. Wright
proposes to make a book about the silver
mines and the Great - Bonanza, aud.asks
what I, as a friend,. think-ox the. idea-..
He says his subjects are to be so and
so, their order and - sequence so and so,
and he will close with a history of the
chief featnre of the book. ;the . Great
Bonanza." ,
READ ARIGHT. '
I opened the letter and showed that 1
had stated the date and the contents cor
rectly. Mr. Wright's letter simply con
tained what my own letter, written on
the same date contained, and mine still
lay in its pigeonhole, where it had been
lying during the seven days since it was
written.
There was no clairvoyance about this,
if I rightly comprehend what clairvoy
ance is. I think the clairvoyant pro
fesses to actually see concealed writing -and
read it off word for word.. This was
not my case. " I only seemed to know,
and to know" absolutely, the contents of
the letter in detail and due order, but I
had to word them myself. I translated
them, so to speak, out of Wright's lan
guage into my own.
Wright's letter and the one which I
; had written to him, but never sent, were
! in substance the same.
i Necessarily this could not come by ac
cident; such elaborate accidents cannot
happen. Chance might have duplicated
one or two of the details, but she would
bave broken down on the rest. . I could
not doubt there was no tenable reason
for doubting that Mr. Wright's mind
and mine had been in close and crystal
clear communication with each other
across 3,000 - miles of mountain and
desert on the morning of March-2i 1 did
j not consider that both minds originated
that snoceesion of ideas, but . that one
mind originated them, and simply tele-
graphed them to the other
.. acniAii iitiiuiurai, .
1 was carious to know, which brain
was the telegrapher and which was the
receiver, so I wrote and asked for par
ticulars. Mr. Wright's reply showed -that
his mind had done the originating
and telegraphing and mine the-receiving.
Mark that . significant thing now;.
Consider for a moment bow many a
splendid .."original'' idea has been nn
conscionsly stolen from a man 3,000 miles
away. .
If one should question that this is so,
let him look into 'the cyclopedia and
con once more that curious thing in the
j atory ot inventions which has puzzled
! everyone so mnch-that is, the frequency
with which the same machine or other
contrivance1 has' been invented at the
same time by Beveral persons in differ
ent quarters of the globe. 1 "The world
was without an electric telegraph for
several thousand years; then Professor
Henry the American, Wheatstone in
England, Morse on the sea, and a Ger
man in Munich all invented it at the.
same time. Mark Twain in Harper's.
Th Hondab. .
The-Indian howdah is a sort of car'or
pavilion, a saddle for elephants. It is a
handsome affair with tcorgeous strap
pings, and though, of various forms is
usually covered overhead. The driver
is nofeeatedln the howdah, which is re
served for bis master, but sits on the
elephant's neck. Detroit Free Press.
Titles and Plain. MIter."
Not many years ago the title of doctoi
was considered justly as an honor and
an evidence, of sound education and
training. : . . - - .- - - . ' ,- - . . .
The extraordinary fondness in this
country for titles of all kinds, especially
those of doctor, professor and colonel or
some military equivalent, has taken
away all the prestige from the name.
The druggist at the corner is a "doctor,"
the chiropodist is a "professor," and the
advertising columns of some newspapers
are emblazoned with pictures of these
long haired "doctors" and "professors."
To .a man who has been-a groom the
bestowal of "doctor medicines," no
doubt, still confers an honor; but, on the
whole, the title has become rather a
trade mark and a convenient means of
unobtrusive advertisement rather than a
badge of distinction . or evidence of
scholarly attainment. - .
There seems to be a growing feeling
that, after all, the title of "mister" is as
noble a one as a gentleman needs or can
desire. .
This is the title that is almost now a
distinction among medical men, who
feel their own strength and rest on their
consciousness of being masters of their
art the good old title of "mister," which
some of the best men in the profession
find ample for all social and professional
purposes. It is certainly infiuitely more
honorable than any nnacademic or' tjn-'
warranted use or the title of "doctor."
And I see many indications that this
view is shared by the professional and
by many who think they have a right by
conrtesy to something more. New York
Herald. .
It Came Off, for Once.
"How now! What ho! dear sir," said
an old rounder, stopping me at the Wash
ington statue in front of Independence
hall, "will you allow me, beneath the
shadow of this historic building, to speak
a few words to you?"
"Well, go ahead," 1 said.
"For about the fiftieth time I read the
Declaration of Independence todav " he
continued, "and I pondered lonir and
deeply oer it. I believe the whole gist
of it is that all men are free and" equal.
Am I not right?"
"Certainly. But what have 1 to da
with t'eaXT I asked.
"Everything, my dear sir; everything,"
he replied. "You are a good American,
I know, and that is the reason why I"
wished to say to you that men are not
free and equal in all cases." -
"In what cases are they not?"
"Well, take for instance bnr own case "
he said with all seriousness. "True, we
are both free, but we are not equal. You
nave enougu money about yoa to buy a
bracer. I have not. Therefore we are
not equal. Do I make myself clear!" :
"Perfectlv. HVr rnn m Will tan
place us upon an equal footing?"
. "Undoubtedly. Would that all Ainer- j
icans thought, as much of our fnpda-
mental principles." ;.: .;. :
And lie shot nn the street veioteiBst m".
the fact that for- once he was freeAnd -:
equal. Philadelphia Pkess.
Names it London tHpaetsv ' :
. I don't wonder that reformers shudder
when it comes to the names of streets. '
I myself have counted twenty-six -King
streets, sixteen Qneen streets' and thir
teen Duke street in this townf " The
same name will repeat itself in street,
road place, .crescent and square, upper
and lpwer, .east and west, until the brain
begins to soften. , We've spent ore
shillings in directing cabs to . Gloucester
something or otheri when we. ought" to
have gone to Olooeester' something else,
than I dare tell.
Bob declares hell be chained to an ad
dress book hereafter. - I suppose good
deal of this repetition is due to the
greediness with which London swallows
up town after town.. But really there is
no excuse for baptizing the same streets
several times. One street in our neigh
borhood, not half a mile, long, has three
names. It's a blessing to get into Picca
dilly, Oxford street and the Strand, for
then I know where I am; but now I
come to think of it, 1 don't know any
thing of the sort, for Piccadilly runs into
Knights bridge, that street runs into
several things, the Strand becomes Fleet
street at . Temple Bar or, , perhaps; L
ought to say, at the place-where Temple
Bar once stood and Oxford street loses
itself in Qolborn. London Cor.. Kate
Field's Washington.
Tlie Glow Worm's. Cight. - i;.
The English glow worm is . the wing
less female of a winged beetle. Some
suppose that the light she bears . is .be
stowed for heir protection to scare away
the nightingale and other nocturnal
birds. Others, however, believe that the
gift of brightness is the very lure.by
which her foes are assisted to discover
and devour her. . Much speculation has
been indulged in as to the nature of . the
glow worm's light, whieh is not put out
by water nor seemingly capable of giv
ing forth any heat. ,. It lias been asserted;
that the light diffusing substance con-'
tains phosphorus, .but this -has- never
been proved.. Certainly it is incapable
of communicating ignition to anything.
Washington Star. . ' .
A. Hiking; Tombstone.
A "ticking tombstone-' draws many
visitors to the cemetery of the London
Tract meeting ' house on the boundary
line between. Delaware and Pennsyl
vania. Two- centuries ago the region-'
was-settled by Quakers from London,
and the meeting, house is quaint and
venerable. . A constant ticking comes
from one of the old tcmibstones; and.
while many superstitious ears listen, to
the soundwitli awe, pni'-tical people say
that the strange ' noise is caused by a
subterranean rivnlet. w ich drains drop
; by drop, agaiust the base of the tomb
i stone. Yankee Blade. .
. . ' "A Sad Complication.
" "Iil tic or publish another book anon
ymously as lor.g as I live." s;iid it poet on
Christinas morning. '-
' "Why not?" queried a frierih
j "Because 1 have already received five
I copies of my own bok from my ad
imirers, .witli the -compliments of the
i season." Harper's. ;f;
SOCIETIES.
AJ pBH,2- 527 5- OF, 'Meets in K.
P- J r. hall, the second and fourth Wednes
days of each month at 7:30 p. ta.
WASCO LODGE, NO. 15, A. F. & A. M. Meets
r - nrst end third Monday of each month at 7
DALLE 3 ROYAL ARCH CHAPTER NO. 6.
Meets in Masonic Hall the third Wednesday
of each month at 7 P. M.
MODERN WOODMEN OF THE W6RLD.
Mt Hood Camp No. SO, Weets Tuesday even
ing of each week in the K. of P. Hall, at 7:30 r. u:
COLUMBIA LODGE, NO. 5, I. O. O. F. Meets
, eIerJ Friday evening at 7:30 o'clock, in K.
2 . hall corner Second and Court streets,
sojourning brothers are welcome.
H. Clocgh, 8ec'y. H; A. Biixs.N. G.
FRIENDSHIP LODGE, NO. 9., K. of P.-Meet
every Monday evening at 7:30 o'clock,4n
Bchanno s, building, corner of Court and Second
treets. Sojourning members are cordiallv in
vited. W S Ci "
D. W.Vausk, K. of R. and 8. ' : C. C
TyOMEN'S CHRISTIAN TEMPERENCE
.12 . yJON wUl meat every Friday afternoon
at 8o clock at the reading room. All are invited.
TEMPLE LODGE NO. 3, A, O. U. W. Meets
?' Sl' p- HaU Corner Second and Court
Streets, Thursday evenings at 7 :30.
ir o .,' . - JOHJC FlLLOON,
W. S Myebs, Financier. m. W.
TAS. NESMITII POST, No. 82, C A. R Meets
JIuUevcry Saturday at 7.-S0 r. M.rin the K. of P.
B - . h- E-r"Mte,f"CI'' Sunly afternoon in
the K. of P. Hall. .
CjESANC. VEREIN Meets every Sunday
X evening in the K. of P. Hall. -
BOF L. F. DIVISION No. 1G7 Meets in the
. K. of P. Hall the first and third Wede
dn- of each month, st 7:31 p. m.
THE CHURCHES.
STrXEp'8. CHtIRt;H Kev. Father Boons
O -geest Pastor. Low Mass every Sunday at
7.jt. High Mass at 10:30 a.m. Vespers "t
A V"NT CHRISTIAN CIirRCHPrcuching
a X In the 1 . M. C. A. rooms every Sunday at 11
a. m. and 7 p. m. Sunday Behoof immediatelv
after morning service. J. A. Orchard, pastor. '
ST. PAUL'S CHURCH Union Street, opposite
Fifth. Rev. Eli D. Kutclifte Rector. Services
every Sunday at Ui. it. and 7:30 p. m. Sundov
f?ao A" Evcnil,S Prayer on Fridav at
FIRST BAPTIST CHURCH Rev. O. D Tay
lob, Pastor. Morning services every Sab
bath at the academy at U a. it. Sabbath
Softool immediately after morning services.
Prayer meeting Friday evening at Pastor s sesi
PI" " 7vices in thc eonrt house nt 7
C10NGREGATIOSAL CHURCH Rev. W. C
Curtis, Pastor. Services everv Sunday at 11
. tt. and 7 p. M. Sundrfy School after morning
erviee. Strangers cordially invited. Seats free!
VT ' CHURCH Rev. A. C. Sfekcer, pastor.
iX ' Services every StMiday morning. - Sunday
School at l2:20 o'clock p. m. A cordial invitation
extended by both pastor and people to all.
A. A. Brown,
- .- Keeps a full ussortutciit of
Staple and Fancy Groceries,
" and Provisions..
..which he-err at Low Figure.
SPECIAL :-: PRIGES
to Cas ht Buyers.
Sillest. Cask Pilots for Ep aM
- otler Frodnce. r
170 SECOND STfcEETV
materials i
- --.tinjr made arrangements with a
nomoerof Factories, I am pre--
pared to furnish-
Doors, Windows,- Mouldings,
STORI5 FRONTS
And all kinds of Special work. Ship
ments made daily from faetory and can
fill orders' in the shortest possible time.
Prices satisfactory.
It will be to your interest to see ine
before purchasing elsewhere- .
. Wm. Saunders,
, '- - - Office over French's Bank.
W. E. GARRETSON,
Leadiiig Jeweler.
- SOLE AGENT FOB THE -
L All Watch Work Warranted.
Jewelry. , Md.de to Order,
13 Second St.. Tho Dalles. Or.
- FLOURING JHLL TO LEASE. .
'pilE OLD OA LLKS MILL AND WATER
J Conroaiiv'B t lour Mill will bo leased to re
sponsible partiCK. For information apply to tbe
. ... WATEK COMMISSIONERS,
- 1 lie Dalles. Oregon
t - - Found. . . -
A couple of safe or padiock key6, tied
together with a string, l he owner ci
find them at this offiee. -
A: small surgical . instrument. The
owner -eau have- it by calling at this
MAYS & CROWE,
rSALE AGENTS FOR THE CELEBRATED
fleovn,, and ChatetQak,,
STOVES AND RANGES:
Jew effs Steel Rames, ani Rlcliarflson's ni Boynton's Faniaces.
We also keep a large and complete stoek of
Hardware, Tinware, Granite,'. Blueware, Silverware, Cutlery,
Barbed Wire, Blacksmiths' Coal, Pumps, Pipe,
Packing, Plumbers Supplies, Guns,
Ammunition and Sporting Goods.
Plumbing, Tinning, Gun Repairing- and Lightr
Machine Work a Specialty.
COKHCOND AND FGDEttAt STS
G-re
at Bargains!
Removal! Removal!
On account of Removal I will sell my
entire stock of Boots and Shoes, Hats
and Caps, Trunks and Valises.Shelv
ings, Counters, Desk, Safe, Fixtures,
at a Great Bargain. Come arid see
my offer. .
GREAT" REDUCTION IN RETAIL.
J.
125 eeond Street,
Ct3IPLETK IN' KVEKY DEPARTMENT.
Clothing, Gents' f urnishing Goods, Hats, Gaps,
- Boots arid Shoes.
Full Assortment of the Leading' Mariufacturers.
Cash Bayers mill save money by examining oar stoek
and 'prices before purchasing elsemhere.
H. Herbring,
The Dalles Mercantile Co.,
K - ' Successors to BROOKS Jt BEERS. Dealers in
General Merchandise, Staple and Fancy Dry Goods,
Gents' Furnishing Goods, Boots, Shoes, Hats, Caps, eta
Groceries, Hardware;
Provisions, Flo-qx, Bacon,
HAY, GRAIN AND PRODUCE
Of all Kinds at Lowest Market Rates;
39Q and 394- Second Street
H. C. NIEL56N;
Clothier and Tailor,
BOOTS AND SHOES,
Hats and Caps, Trunks and Valises,
CORNER OF SECOND AND WASHING
PAUL KREFT & CO..
-DEALEKS IX-
Paints, Oils, Glass
And the Most Complete and tho Latest
Patterns and Dtdtjus ill
WAtiTi
rrsscilcnl I'atnters and Taper Kaiigeni. None
but tbe best brands of the Sherwin-Williams
I'uint nsi-d in nil our work, cud none but the
rjirwt btilled workmen employed. Ail order
jiromptly attended to 10-17-d
Btoie and Taint Shop corner Third and
Washington Street. .
THE DALLES, UKIGON.
The Dalles.
ids,
I GOV
The Old Germania Saloon.
JOHN DOJlAYOfl, Proprietor.
The best qnaiity of Wines. Liquors and
WlgiMB, lU9b JUHWUfcSli jkwv- -
- bocker and "Columbia Beer, '
Half and Half and all kinds .
of Temper.i'-ce Drinks.
ALWAYS ON H AMD.