WHAT WRITERS EA RxV
SOME MAKE FORTUNES AND" OTH
ERS MERELY A PITTANCE.
That the Late Jamea Parton Earned
and Hon He Lived Other Author
Who Receive Big; Pay for Comparative
ly Little LaborThe Average Man.
Not long before his death James Par
ton is reported to have said that a person
who decided to support himself exclo
eively by his pen must be content to live
on about $3,000 a year. The best, ac
cording to Mr. Parton, that a literary
- man could hope to attain would be $3,000
or $7 ,000 a year for perhaps ten or twelve
' " years, when the author's experience was
ripe and while he was still in his prima
This statement seemed rather strange
coming from bo successful an author as
Mr. Parton, yet it was reported in snch
a way as leaves but little doubt that this
was his opinion. Yet he was himself an
example of the falsity of it, although lie
may have thought that his case was the
exception that proves the rule.
' - Mr. Parton was a constant writer and
a pretty frequent author for more than
forty years. Some of his books had a
phenomenal sale. His "Life of Horace
Greeley brought him not only a band
some income, but a small capital. His
"History of Ben Butler, and especially
oi Butlers life in Mew Orleans after the
capture of that city, was very popular
during the war days, and Parton's life
of Aaron Burr added materially to his
possessions.
. Parton earned so much money that be
was able to accumulate, and when he
left New York and went to Newburyi
port, Mass., to live, just as old age was
beginning to come upon, him, he had a
sufficient property to support him, even
if he did not write another line. Of
course he could not live in luxury, but
he lived in comfort, surrounded by all
those things which made life agreeable
to him.
, , MEN WHO RECEIVE BIO INCOMES.
Parton was not a great author. Be
wrote as a business, and it was his busi
ness to give what his clientage wanted.
. And that is the secret of the success of
those who have adopted literature as a
profession. Those who take up the pen
in order to win an exalted and perma
nent fame must undoubtedly give Imt
little heed to the pecuniary considera
tion, but those who expect to make a
living out of authorship must " do as is
. done in every other profession serve
their clients and increase them if pos
table. -
- There are a good many other example
which indicate that Mr. Farton was mis
taken. In his own vicinity there lived sev
eral men who had done exceedingly well
at the business of authorship. Mr. Charles
Carleton Coffin abandoned journalism
after a brilliant career as a war corre
spondent, and has made, a comfortable
fortune and a good income by writing m
a popular' manner historical and anec
dotal works designed mainly for young
. . persons.
-Mr. 3. T. Trowbridge lives" comfort
ably on the income he gets from bis
boys stones, and so does Oliver Optic.
Mr. Adams, who is Oliver Optic ' in real
life, although his hair is- gray and he
has become an old man, has just entered
into a contract to furnish a series of ten
stories for young persons, written in the
style which earned him popularity forty
years ago. He will probably write thoee
ten Btories within a year, for he is a very
rapid workman, and while the precise
' terms of payment are not known, it is
believed that he will receive not less
than $15,000 for them. - -
General Lew Wallace is said to have
received from $75,000 to $90,000 royalty
upon his single book,' "Ben Har." bnt
that is one of those spasmodic and phe
nomenal successes which become tradi -tional.
Miss Alcott, besides living hand
' somely, left an estate valued at $100,000
all of which has been made in about
twenty years. Mr. George Parsons
- Lathrop, his brother-in-law, Julian Haw
thorne, Edgar Saltus and Edgar Faw
cett have no other profession than liter
ature. Lathrop and Hawthorne do
some journalistic work, while Fawcett
has a private fortune. Each of these
men counts on making as much as $5,000
a year, and Saltus' income one year was
nearly $15,000.
SOME YOUNG AUTHORS.
There have been a number of success
ful authora of late who have complained
that they cannot live by their . pens.
A few years ago a novel appeared en
titled "Guerndale," It was published
' over a nom -de plume, "J. S. of Dale,"
and it was' regarded as one of the suc
cessful books of the year. Its author,
Mr. Stimson, was a recent graduate of
Harvard college, and the success of the
book inspired him with literary ambi
tion: Yet he has practically abandoned
literature, excepting as a by play, and
is making money practicing law.
Robert Grant, another young Boston
litterateur who - won some fame, relies
upon the practice of a dryer profession
than literature for his support. John
Habberton, who made a great hit with
"Helen's Babies," and who writes ex
ceedingly clever stories, relies upon jour
nalism for his support, while literature
is a side issue with him. - Mrs. Burnett
made no money until her play, "Little
' Lord Fauntleroy," was produced, al-
.' x though she had previously written sev
eral very successful novels, and she has
. practically abandoned story telling for
the drama.
These cases, - however, simply" illos-
v trate the faet that that sort of literature
. " Which develops fiction cannot be relied
upon tf or a very handsome support. - The
. authors who make money are those like
' Parton, Benson J. Lossing and Coffin.
- "who awe able to set forth, in a style
' ' which - does not shoot over the head of
the public, either history or the stories
of achievement or the careers of famous
men in a manner which makes the. tell-
. ing of the story most attractive. The
author who can cultivate this quality is
sure of repeating the successes of thoee
who have been named, and would prob
ably earn more money in this sort of
' writing than he could if he went into
"- ny other business or profession. New
. York AdTertiser.
The 'mas who buys shoestrings ana
other small articles from street fakirs
doeen't always do so because . he gets
them, or thinks he gets them, cheaper.
It is chiefly , because men . engaged in
business are usually so absentminded
that trifles of everyday use are never
thought of unless they are pushed right
under the business nose. As a rule the
stuff bought of street venders costs two
to five times as much as it . would in a
legitimate store. But it is on this single
weakness of mankind that the street
fakir lives and thrives. A man will fool
with a broken shoestring' a dozen morn
ings before he will remember to get a
new pair. Then suddenly during a busy
day he runs against a shoestring peddler
and buys a pair on - the spot, paying
double price for what his. dealer would
give him for nothing.
The fakirs thrive best in: the closest
and most busy centers. Down in Wall
and Broad and New and Nassau streets,
among the bankers and brokers and law
yers, who are too busy to think of sus
penders and shoestrings and lead pencils,
etc.,- the street fakirs are well, fox amid
the roar of clashing millions the absent-
minded man clutches hastily on what
comes uppermost, knowing that other
wise hell forget all about ' it. New
York Herald.
After many trials it is now shown
that color can be given to cotton while
growing, and a beautiful red variety of
this article is now; being raised in
Georgia.
Head
Aches. Sick-headaches are the outward Indications ot
derangements oi the stomach and bowels. As
Joy's Vegetable Sarssparilla Is the only bowel
regislatiug preparation ot Sarsaparilla, it is seen
why it is the only appropriate Sarsaparilla in
KicL-liciuincbes. It is not only appropriate; it is
au absolute cure. After a coarse of it an occa-
sZnniil d.isuat- intervals will forever after prevent
return. " -
Jno. SI. Cox, of "33 Turk Street, San Francisco,
writes: " I have been troubled with attacks of
ii'k-lifudacbe for the last th roe years from one to
three times a week. Some time ago I bought two
bottles f Joy's Vegetable Snnuiparilla and have
only lm.l one attack since and that was bn the
eeo:i;l luy alter I lc?nu using it." '
nil'e Vegetable
Uy w Sarsaparilla
For Sale by SNIPES gt KINERSLY
THE DALLES. OREGOX.
: - Fifth Street Grade. .
-VTOTICE IS HKRF.HY RTVFV TH1T TUR
X Common Council of Dalles City is about to
proceed to establish by Ordinance the grade upon
the following named street in said Dalles Citv,
to-wit: On Fifth street from the west side of
(jihuu sireei ui me east siae- ot Washington St.
The erode of said street will lie fixed with reror.
ence to the supposed stage of low water in the
Columbia river, which is fixed at a point 52.81
feet below the top of the hydrant at the south
west corner of First and Washington streets, in
said Dalles City, which point upon the Columbia
river is designated as the initial point from which
the elevations hereinafter stated are made. The
squares made by the crossings of streets with
said street, shall be of the following elevations
above the datum plane, or low water level of the
Columbia river, hereinbefore fixed. At the In
tersection of Fifth and Union streets. 78 feet At
the intersection of Fifth and Court streets 73.5
feet. At the intersection of Ff th and Washington
streets 78 feet. The grades of the aforesaid street
from square to square shall be uniform and equal
By order of the Common Council.
. ; FRANK MENEFEE. "
Recorder of Dalles City.
Dated this 4th day of March, 1892. 3-7dl4t
Dissolution Notice.
Notice is hereby given to whom it may
concern that the undersigned partners
doing business under the firm name of
E. Jacobson & Co., at Dalles City, Ore
gon, have by mutual consent, this day
dissolved the said partnership, J. V.
Condon having sold his said partnership
interest to Otis S. Savage, who will con
tinue the business under the old firm
name with E. Jacobsen.
Dated Dalles City, March 12, 1892.
" J. W. Con-don,
E. Jacobsen.
NOTICE. '
To whom it may concern : Notice is
hereby given that the undersigned, hav
ing this day sold his interest in the
partnership doing business under the
firm name of E. Jacobsen & Co., will
not be responsible for any indebtedness
in the name of said firm" from and after
this date.
Dalles City, Oregon, March 12th, 1892.
.- . ' J. W. Coxbon.-
DISSOLUTION NOTICE.
The partnership heretofore existing be
tween J. A. Orchard and U. 6. BeckneLf,
is this day dissolved by mutual consent.
J. A. Orchard will continue the business,
pay all debts and collect all accounts."
Dated, March 11th, 1892.
. - J. A. Orchabd,
3-12d6t U. S. Beckxell.
NOTICE TO CONTRACTORS.
Sealed proposals will be received at
the office of K. F. Gibons until Monday
noon, April 4th, 1892, for the erection of
the superstructure of the First Congrega
tional church building, of The Dalles, Or.,
according to the plans and specifications
to be seen at the office of Crandall &
Burget. The building committee reserve
the right to reject any or all bids. " -
- Dated March 14th,-1892. ' '
- .. .. . R. F. Gcbons, " -B.
S. Huntington,
3-14td - Building Committee. .
- . Notice. ;
o All Dalles ' City warrants registered
prior to September 1, 1890, will be paid if
presented at my office. . - Interest ceases
from and after this date. - , '
Dated February 8th, 1892.
" j. - i - O. KlNEBSLY,. .
tf. . Treas. Dalles City, v
Wanted a lady agent in every city in
Oregon , to sell our celebrated Gum
Tissue. Quick sales. Big -profits.
Samples free. -. " Richards & Co. -
164 K First St., .
3-19d3t Portland, Or.
PAU L KRE
-DEALERS IN-
PAINTS, OIS
; And the Most Complete and the
- "Practical Painters and Parjer Haneers. None but the best brands of th
Sherwin-Williams and J. W. Maanrv's Paints used in all our work, and
the most skilled workmen employed.
chemical combination or soap mixture.
orders promptly attended to.
Store and Paint Shop corner Third and
SOCIETIES.
ASSEMBLY HO. 4827, K. OF I. Meets in K.
- Of F. nHll tha BAAnnrl mnA- tsmw ur.ui.,A,.
days of each month at 7:30 p.m. -
WASCO M)DgE,50. 15, A. F. & A. M.-Meets
- first ana third Mond&v r mvntx n
.M. '
DALLfS ROYAL ARCH CHAPTER NO. 6.
Meets in Masonie Hall the third Wednesday
of each month at 7 P. M.
M?&W825SEi'SH5 woru.-
r vwmm-mu. u, luveis Aneeaay even
ing of each week in the K. ot P. Hall, at 7:30 r, m.
(ivivumbia AAJiMxE. iso. 5, I. O. O. F. Meets
of P. hall, corner eeoond and Court streets.
H. Clocgh, Sec'y. . H. A. Bills.N. Q.
FRIENDSHIP LODGE, NO. ., K. of P. Meet
every Monday evening at 7:80 o'clock, in
Sehanno's buildins;, corner of Conrt and Second
streets,. Sojourning members are cordially in-
D. W.Vausb, K. of R. and 8. c. C.
o .,l012?lU "f vry Friday afternoon
at 3 o cloci at the reading room. AUare invited.
8treeta, Thursday evenings at 7:30.
rt ,r Geokge Gibors,
W. 8 Mtbbs, Financier. m iff.
-TAB. NE8MITH POST, No. 32, G. A. R.-Meet
HalieVCry '""r at 7:30 p- M- in tte K. of P.
th ET2ISt8i?venrSun1'lrttternoonln
CJ.ESANG VEREIN Meets every Sunday
X . evening in the K. of P. Hall. .
day of each month, t 7:3U p. m.
THE CHrilCHKS.
ST. PETER'S CHURCH Rev. Father Broks--OBkst
Pastor. Low Mass every Sunday at
7a.m. High Mass at 10:30 a. k. Vespera at
7 P. M. -r
ADVENT CHRISTIAN CHURCH. Preaching
i C' room5 very Sunday at 11
' v- "i- ounaay scnool immediately
alter moraine service. J. A. Oinhint
STirSAJTL'J CHURCH-Union Street, opposite
every Sunday at 11 a. it. and 7:30 P. M. Sunday
r30 " EveninS Prayer on Friday at
FIRST BAPTIST CHURCH Rev. O. D. TAT
LOR. PftetYT- XfrMnlvicv atrwnrinzxc, v. QAW
bath at the academy at 11 a. h. Sabbath
School immediately after morning sen-ices.
--.w. v'"f ivictjr c,cuiug at castor s resi
dence. L nion services in the court house at "i
31.
r(lf:i! vr. i Trnv i t r-iTT-r-TT t w .
- ...A .! vilij i;uminj Dill
A. M . and 4 r. 3t. Sunday School after morning
service. Strangers cordially invited. Seats free.
f Jp. CHURCH Rev. A. C. 6pkncer, pastor.
J - CtTRTTS. PflstT- iJfTTirt., ... t- 1 ... . .
'-"-" - . " w m.. a curuiai invitauon
is extended by both pastor and people to alL
JOHN PASHEK.
t - Tailor,
Next door to Wasco Sun.
Madison's TLatest System used in cutting
garments, and a fit guaranteed
each time.
Repairing and Cleaning
-. Neatly and QuicklyJDone. '
.A Severe Law. -
The English peo
ple look more closely
'to the genuineness
..iS&Sg&sgStS oi these staples than
''l f we d ln facf. they '
V'. " Cv f-f have a law under
'Which they make
seizures and de
stroy , adulterated
. -7 - products that are
not what they are represeuted to be. Under -thi.f
statute thousands of pounds of tea have
Ucea burned because of their wholesale adul
teration. -
Tea, by the way, is one of the most notori
ously adulterated articles of commerce. Not
alone are the bright, shiny green teas artifi
cially colored, but thousands of pounds of
substitute ; for tea leaves are used to swell
the lm; of cheap tea; ash, sloe, and willow
leaves beln those most commonly used.
Again, sweepings fr- ra tea warehouses are
colored and sold as tea.. Even exhausted tea
leaves gathered from the tea-bouses are kept,
diied, and inadeovcr r.nd find their way into
the ( henp teas. -
The E-glloh government attempts to stamp '
this out by to:iilEi aii. nf Let no tea is too
poor for u, a-.-.d the result is, that probably
the poorest te&sut,cd by any nation are those
consumed iu America. - " .
? Beech's Tea is presented with the guar
anty that It is nucolored and unadulterated;
in fact, the sun-curea tea leaf pure and sim
ple. Its purity insures superiorstrength, '
about one third less of it being required for
. an Infusion than of the artificial teas, and its
fragrance and exquisite flavor is at once ap
parent It will be a revelation to you. In '
order that its purity and quality may be gnar- -
anteed, it is sold only in pound packages
bearing thia trade-mark :
BEECim TEA
'Pure As -Childhood:
"Wee eoe per pound, -lor uleat
Leslie Sutler's,
. -. THE DALLES, OREGON.
!e SECOND AMDAL MEETING
Notice to the Stockholders of
The Dalles, Portland" and
"Astoria Navigation Co,
THE SECOND ANNUAL-MEETING OF THE
.stockholders of The. Dalles,- Portland it
Astoria Navigation Company will be held in the
ball over the Chronicle office at Dalles City, Ore
gon, on Monday, April 4th, 1892, at 2 o'clock p.
m., for the purpose of electing officers for the
ensuing year, and the transaction of such other
business as may legitimately come before the
meeting. . - -
- By order ot - ROBT. MATS. President V
8-2. v,-, .- . . J08.-T. PE.iEB8, Secretary.
ftfcfian
FT St, CO.,
AN D G ASS ,
Latest Patterns and Designs in "
Agents for Maaury Liquid Paints. . No
A first class article in all colors. All
, .' -
Washington Sts., The Dalles, Oregon
J. S. BCHEKCK,' .
H. M. Beau.
Cashier.
. freaiaent.
first Rational Bank.
VHE DALLES,
- OREGON
A General Banking Business transacted
: Jeposits received, subject to" Sight
- . . Draft or Check. - -
Collections made and proceeds promptly
Sight and Telegraphic Exchange sold on
jsew xotk, can francisco and Port
land. .
DIREOTOKS.';
D. P. Thompson. Jno. S. Schenck.
Ed.M.; Wrr.i.iAMs, Geo, A. Likbe.
. H. M. Beaii,.
FHflCH & CO.,
- BANKERS.
TRANSACT A GENERAXBANEINQ BC8INE83
Letters of Credit issued available in the
. Eastern States.
Sight - Exchange - and . Telegraphic
inuuuenHuuon ixew I OTK. vjnicago, Bt
Louis, San Francisco, Portland Oregon
Seattle Wash., and various points in Or
egon, and Washington.
Collections made at all points on fav
orable terms.
FARMERS' BOARDING. HOUSE
. AND ' . . ' ;
MRS A. J, OBARR. . . ..... .Proprietor
' Meals 25 cents, Lodging 25 cente.
Table well supplied with evertbing in market
ritTnfATahla hoHa nnw iM t.
Second fit., near Madison. " Dalles City.
MBS. C. DAVIS
Has Opened the
REVERE: RESTAURANT,
In the New Frame Building on
SECOND STREET, Next to the
Diamond Flouring Mills.
First Class Meals Furnished at all Hours
Only White Help Employed.
W. E. GARRETSOFI.
SOLE AGENT FOB THE
All Watch Work Warranted.
Jewelry Made to Order.
138 Second St.. Th Dalles, Or.
; G.W.Johnston & Son,-
CaiiientBrs aiuf BnUffers,
Shop at No. ! 12 First Street.
All Job Work promptly attended
and estimates given on all wood work.
Closets! Chimneys Gleaned
Carpets take up, cleaned and put down,
. also Closets and Chimneve cleaned
on short notice at reasonable' ' ' .
- .... V-, J r ?f rates. , . ;
Orders received through the postoffiee
T GRANT MORSE
LeadiiiD
Jeweler
L in ii mi hi i mi n ii.iif Y - r r
Jacob, Moser
Has opened a shop in the building im
mediately east of Bkibbe's Hotel,
''c ':-' fob - .:
Makisg and, Repairing
LADIES' and GEHTLEMES'S
r - ; BQOTS AKD SHOES.
First-Class Work and low Prices . :
2-?7tf - GUAKAMTBBD. ; - 1
Of the Leading City
During the little over
has earnestly tried to fulfill the objects for which it
was founded, namely, to assist in developing our
industries, to advertise th
'
adjacent country and to
the sea. Its record is
phenomenal support it has
expression of their approval. Independent in every
thing, neutral in nothing,
for what it believes to be
Commencing with the first number of the second
vclume the weekly has been enlarged to eight pages'
while the; price ($1.50 a
Thus both the weekly
more reading matter for
published in the county.
GET YOUR
DONE AT
THE CHROUIGLE JOB
Boor; apd Job priptir;
Done on
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Address all Mail Orders to
Chronicle
THE DALLES,
of Eastern Oregon.'
a year of its existence it
-ww vx tj dfAXV
work for an open river to
before the people ani. the
received is accepted as the
it will live only to fight
just and ris ht.
year) remains the same.
and daily editions contain
less money than any paper
PRINTING
Short Notice.
NEATLY DONE.
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OREGON
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