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MONDAY,
'FEB. 26, 1894
Oregon's senators favor a boat railway
at The Dalles, while the representatives
want a portage. A boat railway can be
built almost as quickly as a portage, as
the two lines of rail are but a short dis
tance apart, but the greater expense of
the boat railway condemns it- during
the86 times. Whereas an appropriation
for a portage road might be secured with
comparative ease, if it was built with
reference to a future boat railway. . The
representatives are pushing .the best
plan. .
England is agitated over a popular
feeling to abolish the house of lords. It
is certain that if such an action depended
upon the suffrages of the . people the
house of lords' would be shortlived. It
is a house composed upon the rules of
heredity, no matter how obnoxious or
imbecile the members may be. Recent
counter legislation of the house of lords
to that of commons has so embittered
the lower classes that it is quite probable
an issue will be soon made to abolish this
part of the English parliament.
The reported richness of the South
African gold fields has attracted the at
tention of many of Oregon's young men
who want to see the world, and at the
same time make fortunes for themselves.
The Prineville Review very sensibly
eays that if all who contemplate going
there would pool the money it would
cost them for passage there, and Spend
it in developing the mines of Eastern
Oregon it is quite probable the results
would be more satisfactory than would
their pilgrimage to the "dark conti
nent." Eastern Oregon has plenty of
gold mines, and all that is needed to de
velop them is muscle and money.
The Knights of Labor of the United
States are about to embark upon a cam
paign having for its object the removal
of the negroes from the United States
and their colonization in the Congo
basin, Liberia, or some other part of
Africa. Not to mention that this is a
big contract to take hold of, the plan is
visonary for other reasons. After sev
eral centuries of residence in the United
States it is not likely the negro will de
sire to return to savage Africa. It may
be good enough for natives already
there, but even the negroes are too en
lightened not to choose in favor a civili
sation already attained, and the num
berless comforts and inventions designed
by white men.
Mr. Bland's bill directs Secretary Car
' lisle to go ahead at once and issue silver
certificates to the amount of $55,156,681
that being the amount of the seigniorage,
or profit to the government, on the pur
chase of silver bullion under the Sher
man law of 1890. It commands Mr.
Carlisle to go ahead and coin .all the
balance of the silver bullion in the treas
ury vaults, purchased under that same
Sherman law, "into legal-tender stand
ard silver dollars." Then it goes another
step farther and orders Mr. Carlisle to
' use the standard silver dollars to be so
coined to redeem the treasury notes
Issued against the silver bullion when it
was purchased. The operation of this
bill, if it becomes a law, in the opinion
of the New York Recorder, cannot fail to
be beneficial. First, it will replenish
the treasury and give it lots of money
for some time to come to pay current
national expenses with. Second, it will
block the bondholders' scheme for compelling-the
treasury to contract a Beries
of new loans. Third, it will increase the
volume of the currency by about 4,000,
000 a month for the next fourteen
months. Mr. Bland is the only demo
cratic leader in the house who has pro
posed a . single line of legislation , that
will afford the slightest relief to the ex
isting financial and business situation.
His bill is a good one, and the appar
ently fair chanee it has of passing is the
most cheerful bit of news sent from con
gress for a long time.
O. W. O. Hardman, Sheriff of Tyrel
Co., W. Va., appreciates a good thing
and does not hesitate to say so. He was
; almost prostrated with a cold when he
procured a bottle " of Chamberlain's
Cough Remedy. He says : "It gave me
prompt relief. I find it to be an invalu
able remedy for coughs and colds." For
sale by Blakeley - & Houghton, drug
gists. '
If you wish te Bee a fine assortment of
oranges, lemons and bananas just call
and see the display at H. H. Campbell's,
next door to the postoffice.
SNAKES USED TO WALK
At Least So Says a Smithsonian
.Expert on Reptiles- .
The Python Has Feet An Illustration or
the Serpent's Power of Xjocomotlon
The Snake Moves IJke a
Man Walking: In a Bag.
. The good housewives of New Eng
land, and, perhaps, in other parts of the
country, are wont to meet the ques
tions of inquisitive youngsters with
the exclamation: "Oh! snake's foot!"
an expression like "hen's teeth," and a
"side-hill badger,"- denoting' the im
possibility of a thing. The snake's
foot, however, is something more than
a nonentity, and the story of the ser
pent in the Garden of Eden, that was
doomed forever to crawl upon its belly,
is only partly, if it is at all, true.
This was proved to a representative
of the Washington Post the other day
who called at the Smithsonian institu
tion. The wise men there who are
skilled in anatomy of animals have re
cently received a big python that sick
ened and died in New "York. His
mottled hide was drying1 in the sun at
the time in a sequestered spot between
the Smithsonian building and the wood
en shed where the taxidermists have
their workshops. It is an uncanny
place, and the man who chances to
glance in there may behold anything
from the carcass ol an ouranff to that of
a buffalo. Prof. F. A. Lucas, who had
the remains of the twenty-foot snake
from the east in charge, was asked if
snakes had feet.
"Oh! yes," said he, and lie took down
the skeleton of the python, which had
been stripped of all the flesh so that
the frame work of bones fastened
with cartilage remained as perfect
as life. It -was coiled up like a
bunch of rope and as light as a kite. It
was surprising to know now frail a
structure of bone could make a very
supple snake, able to give an elephant
a hard tussle. -
"Yes," said Prof. Lucas again,
"snakes have feet, and the best exam
ple among living species is the
python." He pointed to the skeleton
of the python, which he held in his
hand, and showed two long ribs on
each side of the body well back to
ward the tail. Those are the remains
of the snake's feet and legs. Like the
vermiform appendix in man, the snake
has no earthly use for them now, and
can get along quite as well as - he is.
All the big snakes have these remains
of former feet, especially the boa con
strictors and the anacondas. Prof.
Lucas says that the bones of . the legs,
which have withered and shortened in
the ages during which big snakes have
enjoyed existence, are found in some
small species of snakes in this country,
although it is not common. The. best,
known species is the glass snake of
Florida, of which So much has been
said. I
There was a monster of old- tha,t fre
quented the waters of prehistoric seas
when the world was young that was
probably the ancestor of the present
snake. He was called the plesiosaurus,
and acquired monstrous dimensions.
Popular zoologists like to picture bat:
ties in the seas where the water ' was
made red with the blood of these mon
sters and others of their tribe. Their
sole surviving descendants are the
half mythical sea serpents, r They had
fins, and the rudiments now found
may bo the remains of these. When
the reptiles came to the. land" to live,
and learned, for some reason unknown,
to burrow in the sand, they would un
doubtedly lose these. There are miss
ing links, however, in the line of de
scent of the snake, and all the scien
tists tell about reptilian genealogy is
partly a matter of conjecture.
Of the many snakes that live in the
water nowadays the major part are
rapid swimmers and are deadly ' to
handle. Prof. Lucas mentioned one
called the platurus, on account of its
big flat tail, which swims in tropical
waters. He says it is accounted great
sport to cateh it with a hook and line,
but the danger comes when the catch
is hauled in, and the average -man is
very shy of that kind of fishing, as one
bite means death right speedily, and
in the most agonizing form.
There is still. another explanation of
the rudimentary foot of modern times
in the snake world, and that is that it
is the remains of a flying dragon.
There were undoubtedly dragons in the
times of old, and when the dragons
ceased to fly and came to the earth to
drag Out an existence," it is not im
probable that some of them survived as
snakes, and that the remnants of their
feet and wings survive in the species
that tempted Eve in the Garden of
Eden. . -
The usual method of locomotion with
the snake tribe is rather peculiar, and
is more like walking in a bag than
anything else. In fact, a snake walk
ing, for a snake does not crawl, is
like a number of boys put in a bag at
a Fourth of July sack race. Prof. Lu
cas was showing the other day how this
done. The snake walks on his ribs.
The old Germans, or Teutons, as they
were called in the" early days, used to
have a warlike custom of proclaiming
their kings. : The sturdy warriors
would lock together their brazen
shields, lifted high above their heads,
on which the future king was elevated.
A snake's belly is . in all respects like
the inter-locked Teutonic shields. His
feet are his ribs, which' he is capable
of working backward ' and forward.
and at the same time bending them.
Over each rib, or foot, there is a shield,
and as the foot moves the poi,nt of the
shield is lowered and digs into the
ground or takes hold of any projection
on the surface over which it is going,
Thus he moves his bulk along. He also
curls himself up, and thus he moves
along- more swiftly. Grabbing hold
with his front ribs an ugly snake can
hold fast while he pulls up his other
half, which in turn takes'a hold while
the front part is pushed along. The
scientists do -not believe that snakes
can spring, but they - do sometimes
jump.
RAILROADS IN JAPAN.
No Conductor Ever Enters the Cars, and
. the Newsboy la Prohibited.
The .railroads of Japan are solidly
constructed and carefully run, says the
Philadelphia Telegraph. The gauge is
three feet six inches, and the cars are
generally eighteen " feet long. There
are first, second and third classes, and
the fares are for several classes one,
two and three sen (cents) a mile. - The
Japanese are great travelers, and more
than nine-tenths of the travel is of
second and third class.. The rate of
speed is uniformly about twenty miles
an' hour. The trains are run on what
is known as the "staff" system, and a
train is - not allowed to leave the sta
tion where it meets another until the
conductor has received from the con
ductor ,of the other- train a symbol
called a "staff," which is his evidence
that he is entitled to leave. ' . J -
in the nrst-ciass carriage, which is
either one room, like our drawing
room cars, or in three compartments,
like the English, - one finds cushion
seats, wash hand bowls and water
closets, and generally a teapot and
cups, the former occasionally replen
ished with hot water. If this is lack
ing, the passenger can buy on the plat
form at any station a teapot full of tea
and a cup for two and one-half cents.
The teapot is pretty, enough to bring a
quarter in this country, and the cup
would be cheap at ten cents. You buy
the whole "outfit", and could carry it
away if you pleased. As a rule, the
pot and cup are left in' the car and
about sixty per cent, of them are re
covered by the vender. . . --
The railroads in Japan are partly
owned by the. government and partly
by private stockholders, but the rates
and rules of the government roads
govern the others also. . At all the sta-.
tions are overhead bridges, and cross
ing the track at grade is prohibited, as
in England. The stations are roomy
and neat, the platforms ample, and at
both ends of the platform the name of
the station is conspicuously posted.
The passenger shows his tiaket on go
ing through the gate to his train, and
surrenders it at the gate on 'leaving.
No conductor enters the cars. We
also miss the familiar visits of the en
terprising young man who sells news
papers and popular books, and who
loads our seats at home with lozenges,
photograph albums, comic periodicals,
Vegetable ivory, matches, chewing
gum and other merchandise.
OUR DEBT TO THE DUTCH.
Ameilca
Owes More to Nick
Van Stan
Than It Can Pay.
One never, reads in American colo
nial history of the" Dutchman seeking
gold like. he Spaniards or English
men, remarks Harper's Magazine. His
head was too level and his eye too
clear. Excelling as farmers, yet even
more as traders, the Dutch laid the
foundations, of the commercial su-
rcmacy of New York by inherited in-
tincts reenforced . by wise policy and
large ideas. They gave points not
only as to fish, f Ur and wampum to
their neighbors down east.
Quickest to catch customers, they
sent out their agents among the In
dians, forestalling1 the fur and other
crops. Incomparable as is the modern
Boston "drummer," he is but the
evolution of the Dutch bos-loper, or
wood-ranger, who scoured the forests
for trade.
With perfection of dress and man
ners, irresistible m tongue, brainy ana
resourceful always, as is our commer
cial tourist in this Columbian year, he
probablv does not proportionately ex
cel the skillful bos-loper, who in the
seventeenth century scoured the In
dian villages along the Mohawk , and
even to Duluth.
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Why Bats Gnaw Continually.
Have you any idea why it is that
rats, mice and squirrels are continually I
gnawing at- something? They do not
do this for "pure devilment," as peo
ple generally imagine, but . because
tlicy are forced to. Animals of that
class, especially the rats, have teeth
which continue to grow as long as
their owner lives. In the human spe
cies the teeth are developed from pulps J
which are absorbed and disappear as
soon as the second set are full grown,
but in the case of the much maligned
rat the pulp supply is perpetual, and
is continually secreting materials by
which the incisors gam m length.
1 his being the case, the poor creature
is obliged to keep uphis regular gnaw
ing operations in 1 order to keep his
teeth ground off to a proper length.
State op Ohio, City op Toledo,
Lttcas County.
Frank J. Cheney makes oath that he
is the Benior partner of the firm of F. J.
Cheney & Co.. doing business, in the
Citv of Toledo, county and etate afore
said, and that said firm will pay the sum
of One Hundeed Dollars for- each and
every case of Catarrh that cannot be
cured by the use of Hall's Catarrh
Cure.- -. -Frank J Cheney.
Sworn to before me and subscribed in
my presence, this bth day ol UecemDer,
A. U. loop. . A. W. taLEASON,
TsEAL.l . ' Notary Public.
Hall's Catarrh "Cure is taken internally
and acts directly on the blood and mu
cous surfaces of the system. " Send for
testimonials, free.
F. J. Cheney & Co., Toledo, O.
Sold by druggists, 75c. . .
John Pashek,
The iMerchant Tailor,
, 76 Coart Street, .
J?ext door to Wasco Sun Office.
Has Just received the latest styles in
Suitings for Gentlemen
and has a large assortment of For, ign and Amer
ican Cloths, which he can finish To Order for
those mat favoj him. -
Cleaning and Repairing a Specialty.
Irishmen In High Position.
It . is not only in the United States I
that the sons of Erin have secured a
place among the leaders of the people.
This fact has been called to mind by 1
the circumstance that while all France
was mourning one illustrious Irishman
in the person of honest old Marshal
MacMahon, the masses of 'the popula
tion of Austria-Hungary were acclaim
ing anotner instiman, toe irisn peer,
Viscount Taafe,. who holds the post of
prime minister of Austria, for- bring
ing forward a bill in f avo? of universal
suffrage. - In Spain one of the most in
fluential military leaders .is a general
of Hibernian origin, O'Kyan by name,
who held the post of minister of war
during the former administration of the
present premier; while the queen-re
gent's private . secretary and most
trusted adviser and friend bears the
name ol Murphy. i.he little king's
governess is also an Irish woman; and
so, too, is the governess of the young
queen of Holland.. The tutor of Em
peror William was an Irishman named
Audanne. . : ,: -.
Sagacity of Wild Fowl.
Wild geese and wild ducks- show
knowledge as to the resistance of the
atmosphere and sagacity in overcoming
it. When flocks of them have to go long
distances they form a triangle to cleave
the air more easily, and the most cour
ageous bird takes position at the for
ward angle As this is a very fatigu-
ing post another bird ere long takes the
place of the exhausted leader.. . Thus
they place their available strength at
the service of the society.
.; All Free. - - .' - , '
Those who have used Dr. King's- New
Discovery know its value, and those who
have not, have "now: the opportunity to
try it free. . Call on the advertised drug
gist and get a trial bottle, free. Send
your name and address to H. E. Bucklen
& Co., Chicago, and get a sample box of
Dr. King'fe New Life Pills free, as well
as a copy of Guide to Health and- House
hold Instructor, free. All of which is
guaranteed to do you good and cost you
nothing. . Sold by Snipes & Kinersly
Bismarck's Wit.
The story ; is told of Prince Bismarck
that the emperor once spoke to him
about appointing to a diplomatic post
the son of a German clergyman. "He
is a very remarkable fellow," observed
the emperor. "He speaks seven lan
guages." "Indeed!" said Bismarck,
who does not hold a very high opinion
of linguistic acquirements. "What a
wonderful head waiter he would
make!"
ook'sCottonRoot
Si COMPOUND.
A recent discovery by an old
physician. ' Successfully wea
monthly oy thousand of
'LaMa. Is the only perfectly
safe and reliable medicine dis
covered. Beware ot unprincipled drngslsts who
offer Inferior medicines in place of this. Ask for
Cook's Cotton Root Compound, take no substi
tute, or lnckse SI and 0 cents in postage in letter
and we will send, sealed, by return inalU Full sealed
corticulars in plain envelope, to ladies only, 2
stamps. - Address ronr. Lilly tonpinii
- No. 3 Fisher Blocs. ntrot. men.
Sold In The Dalles by Snipes fc Klnersly.
Mexican Silver Stove Polish causes no
dust..
A Chance Tery Seldom Offered.
For sale or trade for a farm ' in Wasco
county A fine improved farm in one of
the best counties of Southern Calfornia
in the best of climate, close to' Rodondo
beach, San Pedro harbor and railroads.
Good' markets, good schools and
churches. Address this "office for par
ticulars.- ,-. d&w
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that pace may be kept with the doings of the
busv-world, it should b-s a paper nte tuk
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