SATURDAY.
ITEMS
BRIEF.
From Saturdays Dally.
Judge Blakeley left this morning for
Portland.
rharlea Haiffht. proprietor of the
; Cow Canyon toll road, is in the city.
. A new cross walk Is being laid across
Fndaral street on the south side of
Second.
Mr. and Mrs. Chasi Schmidt left this
mnrnfno- for Greer Lake for a few
- day's outing.
Mrs. Mays, who has been visiting in
" the citv. left this morning for her
. -home at Hood River. .
' Miss Edna Helm-left this morning
for Hood River to take charge of the
: school in district No. 61.
Mrs. P. H. De Huff went to Cascade
Locks this mornin? to visit her
daughter, Mrs. D. L. Cates.
W. H. Williams, postmaster at Moro,
died Thursday night, after a long III
ness with stomach-troubles. ' - -
. . RuDert and Gabel have sold their
harness and saddlery establishment in
this city to Charles Cooper.
Peter Staack returned this morning
to hia home at Collins. He was in the
city yesterday attending a law suit
Dr. Kane has moved his 'Office from
' the Chapman block to the new Vogt
, building where he has neat and com
-- modiolus rooms. -' -
' Gabriel Deckerthas finished harvest
ing his crop on lower Eight-Mile, and
' reports the yield to have been, twenty
bushels to the acre. ' . ".. r
P. S. Gordion's store at Victor, with
all its contents, was destroyed: by fire
last night. .No particulars concerning
the fire have been received.
Mr. and Mrs. Ed. ostettler, who
have been visiting Mr. and Mrs. J. C
Hortettler in this city the past month,
returned this morning to their home at
' Salem.
For the 'past week Peter Staack has
been under treatment of Dr. Hollister
tor blood poisoning. He. left this
morning for his home at Comas, hav-
lng fully recovered. "
Prin. Gavin leaves tomorrow night
for Milton. Umatilla county, to assist
in the county institute August 31st to
September 4th, inclusive. He expects
to return the morning of the 5th.
V Capt. N. H. Lane, A. M.Wright and
J. K. Laing, of Portland, came up on
today's local, and 'iaoompanied ;the
Johnston brothers to Dufur to spend
a few days shooting and fishing in that
section.
John Blazer left on the Regulator
this morning for Wind river, where
" his daughters are camped. He
will spend Sunday at the camp, and
return home Monday, accompanied by
' the young ladies. -
Wasco county Is certainly deBtaV
to become the vineyard or uregon u
all the grapes raised in the county are
equal in size and flavor to the sample
basket left In the T.-M. office by Rev.
. O. D. Taylor today.
." ' . John Phares, who resides near the
. old garrison, is reported dangerously
111 with consumption. The poor man
is in destitute circumstance and fur
nishes a good object for charitable
people to bestow their bounties upon.
Misses Alma and Anna Taylor will
open a school for primary pupils, Mon-
day, September 14th. The number of
prrpllswil, fee limited and parents de
. siring to patronize such a school,' will
please communicate with the Misses
Taylor at an early date.
P. W. Clark is home from a pros
pecting tour in the Cascade mountains.
He located a quartz ledge in the north
east corner of Skamania county which
he believes will develop Into a rich
mine. The rock carries gold, ailver
and copper. L Mr. Clark came through
the Rock creek district on his return
and gives as his opinion that the mines
discovered there, will prove to be rich.
, P. A Young arrived last night from
a visit to Boston ano other eastern
cities. He brought with him a car
load, 60 head, of thoroughbred Shrop
shire rams that he will take to . his
farm in the southern part of the county,
They were bought in Michigan and
" are from the best strains of American
bred Shropshires. Mr. Young is the
pioneer breeder of Shropshires in this
section, and has found them better
adapted to the climate and range In
- Eastern Oregon than any other breeds
of sheep. They are long-wooled, large
frame and great rustlers, very profit
able both as shearers and for mutton
From Monday's Daily.
F. H. Rowe went to Portland today
Wm. Erlck, of Hood River, is in the
city. -
Mrs. C. L. Phillips went to Portland
on the 2:30 train.
Deputy U. S. Marshal Geo. Humph
rey was in the city today.
T. A. Hudson started to the coast
this aftqrnoon after his family.
Judge Blakeley is home from Port
land, having arrived on the noon
train. - . .
Miss Bessie Cram returned home
. today from a visit to her Bister at
Port Townsend.
IN
Mr. Smetzer, of Snell, Heitchue &
' Woodward, is in the city interviewing
Dalles druggists.
Mr. and Mrs. J." P. Mclnerny and
children arrived home from the coast
' last Saturday night.
P. L. Krutzer returned to Lyle this
morning to resume work on the arte?
sian well he is drilling at that place,
' ' A full grown felon on his left hand
has caused M. N. Lane to become a
gentleman of leisure for the present.
. Last Saturday John Parrott bought
four car loads of hogs in Sherman
. county and shipped them to Portland.
Mr. and Mrs. Thomas Word, of Port-
. land, spent Sunday in The Dalles and
left on the 2:30 train today for their
home. '
Judge Bradshaw Is posing as a hero
on Clatsop beach. He recently res
cued a lady from drowning in the cruel
old Pacific. . :
Harry Hampshire, H. L. Chene-
worth, J. Chelum and A. J. Buffum
made up a party and went to Portland
this afternoon. '
The "ftee silver" fish and poultry
market will be opened soon next door
to Arthur Clark's jewelry store. Billy
, Butts will be proprietor. '
Mrs. Granlin, of Portland, wife of
' Engineer Chas. Granlin of the Regu
lator, spent yesterday in the city and
returned home this morning.
Sherman county wheat is beginning
to seek market. Last Saturday 700
' sacks were received at Biggs. No. 1
is commanding 40 cents a bushel at
that point. , y ' "r - v,
One of the largest hauls of stargeoo
ever made at this place was take by In-
dian Jake last night. Thirty-one fish
were taken and their combine weigl t
was 1400 pounds. They wero shipped
to Portland.
E. Jacobsen returned Saturday from
an extended tour through Harney,
Grant and Crook counties. Mr. Jacob
sen reports having had a successful
busiuess trip, having sold a largo num
ber of musical instruments.
A wager of $200 was made today
upon the result of the election in Cali
fornia. A prominent democrat 'Stak
ing his money .that Bryan will carry
the state while a prominent republican
put up his money on McKinley.
Already people from the country
have'began moqing into town to place
their children in school. D. B. Gaunt
moved his family in from Chicken
Springs Saturday in order that his
children might be present at the open
ing of school.
Rain began falling here about
o'clock this morning and -occasional
showers have occured at intervals dur
ing the day. This is the first rain of
any consequence that has fallen here
since the lath of May last. The rain
fall thus far has been 17-100 of an inch
The Winans Bros, have been sum
moned to appear before the U. S.
circuit court at Portland and show
cause why they should not be fined for
disobeying an order of the court with
reference to Yakima Indians fishing
in the Columbia at certain points east
of The Dalles. .
Who can deny that The Dalles is a
progressive place in the newspaper
line at least? A new publication, the
Temperance Thunderbolt, recently
sprung into existence, and we are soon
to have the Daily Morning Dispatch
with us, a machinist haying gone to
Goldendale today after the material on
which it is to be printed.
Grand Exalted Ruler Deitweiler
meets with the Portland lodge of Elks
tonight. A delegation from the lodge
of this place, consisting of J. S. Fish,
T. J. Driver, Frank Sommers and J.
H. Blakeney, went down on' the 2:30
train to be present at the banquet to
be given by the Portland Elks in honor
of the grand exalted ruler's, visit.
Some time since two lady Bchool
teachers from California visited The
Dalles, and were shown about the city
by the accommodating officers of the
Regulator. The ladies were grateful
for the courtesies Bhown themt while in
the city and traveling on; the river,
and expressed their appreciation by
sending a handsome little' memento
each to Capt. Waud, Purser Butler
and Agent Alio way.
Among the many rare plants in Mrs.
Stubling & Son's green house is a
choice collection of cacti, some of
which are indeed most uncommon
plants. A few of them are quite pro
fuse bloomers, while others bloom at
intervals of six or seven years. One of
the latter class, a large night-blooming
cere us, produced a bloom last
that waa moat beautiful.
It was
urn shape, about eight Inches lonjr, the
petals of pure white outside of
which were pale green - leaves, and
the pistil in the center was surrounded
with pale yellow hair like tendons.
The plant will produce another flower
about next Wednesday night.
From Tuesday's Dully.
Simba Fulton returned home last
night from Astoria.
Mj9. Hensel, of Lyle, was in the city
last night and returned home this
morning. . "
Mrs. Charles Alden and Miss Jennie
Russell went to Cascade Locks this
morning. .
One load of hogs will be shipped
from Saltmarshe & Co's stock yards to
Tacoma tonight.
Misses Cora JoJee and Lizzie School
ing left this morning for a few day's
visit in Portland. " - ,
All members of Cedar Grove, No. 12,
are requested to be present Friday
euening Sept. 4th. Something special.
The total sundry fees collected by
the county clerk during the month of
August and turned over to the county.
treasurer was 9210.35. -Independent
Workers Lodge No,
I. O. G. T., which has been suspended
during hot weather, will resume work
next Monday, thBNthinst. : .
Tho atrtK annual AatfnMMi' InaftfiifA
of Crook county, will be held at PrineJ
-m c. o aA
ville, commencing September 28, and
will continue three days.
Charles Waters, accompanied by
Misses Ortha Waters and Anna Bor
Ben, returned to their home at White
Salmon this morning, after visiting
few days in the city.
Small in size ,but great in results. De
WiO's Littlee Early Risers act gently but
thoroughly, curing indigestion, dyspepsia
ana constipation, small pm, sale pill,
best pill. Snipes & Kinersly Drug Co. .,
A. M. Wilson, of Enumchaw, Wash.
is visiting his sister, Mrs. P. L. Kert-
ser in this city. Mr. Wilson is an ex
pert paper-hanger and decorator, and
may permanently locate in The Dalles.
"Boys will be boys," but you can't af
ford to lose any of them. Be ready
for the green apple season by having
De Witt's Colic & Cholera Cure in the
huose. Snipes & Kinersly Drug Co,
H. M. Beall having wound up the
affairs of the Oregon National Bank, of
Albany, of which he was receiver, has
returned to The Dalles with his family.
and will make this their permanent
home. .
If dull, spiritless aud stupid: If vour
blood is thick and sluggish; If your
appetite is capricious ana uncertain,
You need a sarsapanlla. ror best re.
suits take De Witt s. It recomends it
self. Snipes & Kinersly Drug Co.
Carpenters and plasterers have
about completed the eleven new rooms
that have been added to the Skibbee
hotel, and the proprietor of that host
lery will soon be prepared to accom
modate a larger number of customers
than ever before.
It doesn't matter much whether sick
headache, biliousness, indigestion, and
constipation are caused .by neglect or
by unavoidable circumstances: De Witt's
Little Early Risers will speedily cure
them all. fenipes ot Kinersly Drug t o.
This morning Henry Johnston start
ed over into the Klickitat country
traveling in the Interest of the S. B.
Medicine Co. After traveling through
the Klickitat country he will return to
the Oregon side and make a tour of
the upper country.
John Lyons, a wool buyer from St.
Louis, is in the city for a few days.
Mr. Lyons states the outlook for wool
is no brighter than it has been for
weeks. He does not anticipate any
material change in the wool market
for several months.
The will of the late 'R. G. Closter
was admitted to pro oate yesterday.
The will was dated March 30, 1893.
The provisions of the will make Geo.
A. Liebe executor, and gives Mrs.
Bertha Viera 11500, Lena Liebe 1500.
Liebe. 500, and to Giles Pat
rick all the right ,in the testator'a
Aia and one-half the
oa held aeainst Chas.
Bottmaontfin case Patrick cannot
bs found then said interests shall go
to Geo. Liebe, jr.
The whole system is drained and un
dermined by indolent ulcers and open
sores. De"itt's Witch Hazle Salve
speedily heals them. It is the best pile
cure known. Snipes & Kinersly Drug
Co.
H. H. Riddell arrived home today
from a visit to Lincoln county. Mr,
Riddell was in Portland last night and
attended the reception given the
grand exalted ruler by the Portland
Elks. He is loud in nis praise of the
hospitality extended by the heard to
visiting members.
Messrs. E. Schanno and N. Wheal-
don, the committee from the Commer
cial Club appointed to confer with
Capt. Fisk and Senator Mitchell con
cerning the Cascade Locks, were In
Portland yesterday, and will furnish a
report for publication tomorrow.
Eli Hill. Lumber City. Pa., writes.
have beeu suffering from Piles for twenty
five years and thought my case incurable.
De W ltt's Witch Hazie Salve was rec-
omended to me as a pile cure, so I
boueht a box and it oerfo-imed a per
manent cure." This is only one of
thousands of similar cases. Eczema
ores and skin diseases yield quickly when
st isused. Snipes ct Linersly Drug Co.
The Times-Mountaineer has a one
year's tuition in either the English,
Commercial,Shorthand or Telegraphic
departments of the Holmes Business
College, of Portland, for sale. Any
person desiring to take a thorough
business course in a first class college
should call a.t this office before going
below. -
If you have ever seen , a little child in'
the agony of summer complaint you can
realize the daneer of the trouble and ap
preciate the value of instantaneous relief
' I tT. K.. TV. X7:' iWIy Mr
Cholera Cure. For dysentary and
diarrhoea it is a reliable remedy. We
could not afford to recomend this as a
cure unless it were a cure. Snipes &
Kinersly Drug Co.
Standing in the alley leading west
from Union street today was an object
that silently appealed to human sym
pathy, a dumb advocate for the organ
ization of a society for the prevention
of cruelty to animals. It was a poor
old horse, whose birth probably dated
back to a time that wpuld entitle him.
to membership in the Oregon Pio
neers, tied firmly to a post in such a
manner as to prevent him from defend
ing himself against the millions of flies
that swarmed over him and made life
almost unendurable. People who must
leave their horses standing in the
streets should have enough humanity
about them to furnish some means for
protecting the poor animals from such
pests.
Tba Kike Entertained. ' '
Last Saturday was lady's day with the
Elks, the members of Cascade Lodge
No. 303 having determined to enter
tain their lady friends by opening their
spacious hall in the new Vogt block to
the fair sex. Whist had been selected
as the source of amusement for the
evening, and ten card tables were
conveniently arranged throughout the
hall. Two hours were very pleasantly
devoted to the enfatuating game, and
at the end of the tenth game, when the
different scores were compared, it was
found that Mrs. J. B." Brossen had won
the greatest number of points, and she
was presented the first prize, an ele
gant silver sugar service. The booby
prize fell to the editor of the T. M., he
having demonstrated beyond all doubt
that he was the poorest whist player
in the party. After whist, dancing
was next in order, and for several hours'
the Elks and their ladies kept pace to
sweet strains of music " It is the pur
pose of the Elks to set aside at least
one evening in the month as lady's
day, at which times appropriate amuse
ments will be furnished by the lodge.
Davis Hicks la Dead. .
Davis Hicks died at his home near
Kingsley last Friday night. Mr.
Hicks had been an invalid for several
years. About four years ago a soi
came on one of his limbs that baffled
the skill of his physicians, and lost
winter he went to Portland and under
went two amputations. He returned
from the hospital about four months
ago, apparently improved, but the re
lief-was only temporary. During his
long', illness, Mr. Hicks has been
patient sufferer, consigned to the in
evitable and never complaining of the
tbat had overtaken him. He was
bom in Hamilton county, Illinois, and
was 26 years of age. He leaves a wife
and daughter, aged 4 years, and
brother and Bister, John Hicks, who
resides at Kingsley, and Mrs. Lena
Bevins, of Chehalis, Washington
Mr. Hicks was an honorable gentle
man, respected by all who knew him.
and his death is a loss to the commun
ity in which he resided. '
ror Over Fifty Yean.
Am Old and Well-Teted Rem
edy. Mrs. Wlnslow's Soothing Syrup
has been used for over lifty
ears by
millions of mothers for their
dren
while teething, with
LCcess.
It soothes the child, so:
allays all pain, cures, w:
gums,
and is
the best remedy for
pleasant to the taste.
diarrhoea. Js
Sold by drug-
gists in every part
of the world,
Twenty-five cents a bottle. Its value
is uncalculable. Be sure and ask for
Mrs. Wlnslow's Soothing Syrup, and
take no other kind.
Mr. J.P.BtU, QmtPmtunte,Kn,
wlf of the editor of The Graphic, the lead
ing local paper of Miami county, writes
"Mum trtbUd arttJa hemrt Mnmmm
tot six yean, aevers paiplutloaa, abort-
is of breath, together with such ex
treme nerronaneaa, that, at times I would
walk the floor nearly all night. Wa
consulted the best medical talent.
Then tmid there wu Jbejjt fmf sw,
that I had organic disease of the heart for
which there was no remedy. I had read
your advertisement In The Graphic and
ayearagOL aa a laetreaort, tried one bottle of
JHv MUe$? Mew Cure fer the Bemrt,
wmcn convinced me that there waa true
merit la It. 1 took three bottles each of the
Heart Cure and Beitoratlre Kervina and
It eemptetelit eatreal awe. I mteem
well at night, my heart beats regularly and
I have no more smothering spells. I wish
to say to all who are suffering as I did;
there's relief untold for them if they will
only give your remedies just one trial."
Dr. Miles' Heart Cure
Restores Hesttb
j India
. anoui
perfect.
SfdcoltC
THB MIGBA.TIOX OF 8ILVKK.
Coinage Ratio Does iVot Drtre It From
one Place to Another.
Editor Tms-MouHAiNCBR:
In replying to the letter of "Sound
Money Democrat," in the Weekly
Mountaineer of-August 22d, I desire
to say in the first place that while I res
pect the frankness and apparent
candor of your correspondent, and
wish to meet him upon the same plain
yet from my experience with gold
standard advocates, I can hardly think
that he would be with us if we should
be able to convince him that the free
coinage of silver would be for the best
interest of our common country. My
experience with gold standard advo
cates has led me to believe that they
are made up largely, If not entirely, of
persons whose personal interests are
favored by the gold standard, and
therefore they battle for it out of self
ish considerations, without regard to
how it affects the great mass of citizens,
It is hoping for too much to hope
that these people would be with us,
even If convinced: or rather, It Is
absolutely Impossible to convince them
upon the principle of human nature
Illustrated by the poet:
"Convince a man against his will.
He's of the same opinion still.
However, it may be that "Sound
Money Democrat" does not belong to
this class. I hope he does not; and in
deed, from the fact that he seems to be
willing to give the arguments of free
silver people patient consideration,
and to try to meet them, instead of
ignoring and disregarding them,
many gold standard people do, It seems
to me really possible that he is seek
ing in good faith to reach the truth,
and that, having reached that truth,
he will be willing: t accept it. The
chance to discuss the question in a
kindly spirit with such a man is too
rare, as well as too valuable to be lost
Now. taking up the argument of
"Sound Money Democrat," in a kindly
spirit: Will it not be obvious to one
of so much general intelligence and
careful reading, as Is evidenced by
your article, that your conclusion as to
the result of the disparity of the ratios
in France and Ens-land between 1717
and 1774, is a hasty one, and' that the
effect in these two countries does not
militate against the position taken in
my previous letter, but is a further
proof of the correctness of that posi
tion?
You say: "In the year 1717 England
adopted a ratio of 15 1-7 to 1, and this
continued to be the ratio in that
country until 1774. According to your
theory, then, at any time from 1717 to
1774 an ounce of gold could be taken
from France and with it la 1-7 ounces
of silver could be bought in England,
of which 13 5-8 would buy another
ounce of gold in France, and there
would be a profit of 29-56 ounces of
silver, slightly more of profit than in
the case you cite." JNow this is ex
actly a correct statement of my propo
sition and contention, so far as it goes;
but you continue to say: " As a result
the accumulations of the yellow metal
in France should have been large and
increasing while England should have
used in its circulation almost ex
clusively silver. As a matter of his
tory, just the reverse -of this Is the
case." Now, this conclusion that the
process prescribed by you would re
sult in the accumulation of the yellow
metal in France, and an increase in
circulation of silver in England, I do
not understand. It seems too obvious
that it would have that effect, and I
think It will so seem to you upon
further consideration.
If you take gold out of France to buy
silver in England, and take that sliver
back to France and buy more gold, and
continue the process indefinitely, the
result would necessarily be to make
the yellow metal scarce in France, not
to accumulate it there. And again,
the effect would not be to enlarge the
circulation of sliver in England, but
on the contrary, to enlarge the gold
circulation there, and this as you say,
is just what occurred.
- Then it is not clear that the disparity
of the coinage ratio between En gland
and France during this period tended
to matte silver ecarce and gold plenti
ful in England and visa versa In
France, and does not this page in his
tory tend to proye the position for
which I contended, that it is the dis
parity between the coinage ratio of
different countries, and not any uni
form disparity between the coinage
and the commercial ratio which dis
turbs the relative ' supply of the two
metals In different countries?
As to your proposition that the
effect of our early legislation cannot
be plainly traced In the financial his
tory of France or England, I have to
say that this may be true that is, it
may be true that no clearly defined
effect can be traced in the history -of
any other one country, corresponding
to our loss of gold between li9itnd
1834. or to our loss of silver after the
latter date. But if it Is true tSaU the
effect cannot be traced, ItJS not be
cause our gold and silver did not go to
some other country when it left thi?,
but because ltwaa so divided among
other countries and so counteracted by
other conditions as to leave no plain
and distinct mark upon the finances
of any one country. '
In considering this question, it must
be, remarked' that these occurrences
were in our earlier and weaker days,
nationally, commercially and finan
cially; and at that period in our his
tory, neither .the . commerce oft the
United States nor the quantity of gold
and sliver entering into our circula
tion, were by any means as consider
able as they now are. The drainage,
therefore, of a certain amount of either
gold or silver from the United States
might have a very marked effect upon
our limited circulation and commerce,
and yet its corresponding effect upon
other countries, might be difficult to
trace, when dissipated among so many
more' important nations. .-
It is not true that gold went out of
circulation in France in 1803, or that
bimetallism ceased to exist in France
from 1820 to 1847, although it may be
true that gold went to a premium of
two per cent at that time.
It does not follow because one metal
or the other goes to a premium, that
therefore it ceases to circulate. On
the contrary, the very fact that It is
at a premium is an absolute demon
stration that it is continuing to circu
late. The only difference is that in-
circulating at a par as before, it now
circulates at a premium; and if Cheva
lier, or any one else, said that "gold
had ceased to figure in transactions of
any magnitude since it acquired an
appreciable premium; people took
their gold to money changers in order
to pocket their premium, and made
payments exclusively in silver," that
is only so in the sense that gold ceased
to be the standard, and that all trans
actions wero measured in silver. As a
matter of fact, there waa no consider
able export of gold from France dur-,
ing the year you have named, and the
gold coinage during that period
amounted to over 295,000,000 francs
over and above the imports, as is
shown by Mr. Shaw, in his late gold
standard work, so praised by the gold
standard people; see tables and dia
gram on pages 178, 1S3 and 185. And I
submit that it is idle and foolish to as
sume that the large amount of gold
money which was then In France would
remain for so many years in the bands
of the local money changers, stagnant
and still at a premium. How could
the money changers afford to pay a
premium on gold, and then hold it
stagnant, and without getting any
thing for the use of it, for a period of
fifteen or twenty years? It is utterly
impossible. It would not remain at a
premium for six months under such
conditions. The principal use of gold
is, and always has been, as a circulat
ing medium. You take that use away
from it, and it would fall In value in a
day, until, instead of being at a prem
ium, it would not even be at a par with
silver. This is a necessary result,
since the use of gold in the arts alone
Is not sufficient to hold up Its value
when the other use Is taken away.
And tnis answers your otuer propo
sition that It Is not necessary to drive
gold out of the United States In order
to drive it out of circulation.
Wo have in the United States, it is
estimated, six hundrod millions'of gold
coin, one-seventh of all the gold in the
world. That gold cannot, according
to any law of finance or of reason, go
out of circulation without going out of
the country. The supposition that it
must be based upon the assumption
that reasonable men and women are
going to put away a perfectly dead
property, and hold It for a considerable
time without any profit from it what
ever, and that, too, at a time when its
purchasing value is fallina; and un
certain. The gold in the country may
go to a premium over silver, liut in
the nature of things, it will not go out
of circulation unless it goes out of the
country, and if it goes out of the
country, it will go out in exchange for
silyer. People, it Is true, might take
their gold to the money changers, as
they say they did In France, In order
to pocket the premium. No doubt
they would do so in many cases, but
the only reason the money cbang-ers
would give them a premium would be
because they, in their turn, could use
the gold money at a profit, either by
putting it in circulation at a greater
premium or by sending it to some
other country, and re-purchasing silver
at a profit. You can be very sure that
these money changers are not going
to buy it at a premium and put It away
In old stockings. Money changers are
not hoarders of money in that way,
As I showed iu my previous letter,
there could be no sudden and large
drain of gold from our circulation
for the purpose of sending it abroad.
Because the mau who holds coined
silver in England or In France, where
15i ounces or less of It are worth an
ounce of coined gold, would be foolish
to come over here with his silver and
buy, gold, where It took 16 ounces of
silver to buy an ounce of gold.
You seem to have some doubt as to
the small amount of bullion silver in
existence. Senator Cockrell, in his
speech in the United States senate on
March 13, 1896, made the plain state
ment that the amount of such bullion
did not exceed $20,000,000 outside that
in our own treasury, and among all the
republican senators who were present.
no one, then, or, so far as I know, ever
since, has questioned that statement.
It is true that the production of sil
ver has increased, as you say, since
1874, but it is also true that If you go
back to the production of the .metals
before they had been interfered with
by the discovery of gold In California
and Australia, say in 1849, when the
ratio of gold and silver had long been
maintained at 16 to 1 or less, commer
cially as well as legally, we find that
the production of gold has increased
faster than that of silver, and -both
metals taken -together, have not in
creased as fast as the commerce of the
world and the use of money as a circu
lating medium, has increased. And
therefore the demand is now, as it al
ways has been, greater than the sup
ply, eyen if silver as well as gold were
restored to its primary money condit
ion. Fur a few hundred years prior to
i4;j tne production oi silver was at a
ratio of from 30 to 40 to 1 of gold, and
yet so much more naturally popular is
silver as a money metal, that during
all that time the commercial ratio of
the two was maintained at about 15 or
16 to 1. Now the production of silver
is less that 20 to 1 of gold. It has
never reached 30 to 1 since 1849,
Nevertheless, the gold standard money
savants claim that we cannot maintain
the old commercial ratio, which was
maintained for so long under a much
greater relative production of
silver.
Again, you talk about the "immense
impetus free coinage would give to the
mining of silver." Don't you know
that that is Inconsistent with the gold
standard position? The contention of
gold standard people is that govern'
ment legislation "can't affect the value
of the metal". That under free coin
age the silver dollar would be a 53 cent
dollar, just as the bullion in a silver
dollar is now only worth 53 gold cents,
In other words, that the purchasing
power of the silver dollar would be no
more than- its bullion value is now,
If this be true, bow could there be any
impetus to silver mining on. account
of free coinage? . .
Then again, even if there was an
impetus to silver mining (which I say
frankly, I think there would be, al
though It seems to me gold standard
people are estopped from making that
argument,) yet this new-mined silver
could not possibly drive the gold out of
circulation, because if it were ex
changed for gold, as this silver is
owned and mined by our own citizens,
it would be our own citizens who
would receive the gold In exchange
for it, and the effect would be, not to
drive the gold out of circulation, but
to add new-mined silver- to the gold
circulation. This is what silver people
believe would be the result; and we
believe that If any of our gold ever
went out of circulation in this country,
it would be on account of the fact that,
having plenty of silver for our circu
lation here, and not needing gold so
badly, we would not share, to so great
an extent with other countries, in the
terrible struggle aud scramble for gold,
which is bringing do wn prices and caus
ing bankruptcy and ruin all over the
world: and having plenty of silver,.
and. not needing gold so badly,- we
might not grasp it so tightly, nor
struggle to get it from other countries
so vigorously. So that it mav. and
probably will, be true that a portion of
our gold will gradually work out of
circulation, beine replaced by silver,
but this can only be because our people
liki silver bettor than gold, and there
fore use it in preference.
Hoping that you will read this in the
same lust spirit in wnicn I have tried
to write it, I remain, rearectfully.
Silveb.
UISASTBOC8 FIRE AT VCFUB.
Johnston Bros.' mercantile Establishment
Burned to the Ground.
Last Saturday morning Johnston
Bros.' large store building, located In
the central part of Dufur, was discov
ered to be on fire, and the flames had
gained such headway when the alarm
was given, that it was useless to at
tempt to either save the building or
get anyof the goods out, hence the cit
izens devoted themselves to saving ad
jacent buildings. This was by no
means an easy task, for the heat from
the burning store was Intense and It
required almost superhuman efforts to
prevent other buildings from catching.
Conditions were favorable, however,
for battling with the destroying ele
ment, there beiDg no breeze stirring
at the time, and 'willing hands aided
with force pumps and a limited supply
ot water from a reservoir, succeeded In
confining the flames to the store.
George Johnston, one of the mem
bers of the firm, was in the city Sat
urday afternoon and said he had no idea
how the fire originated, since there
had been no fire In the building for
months, hence he concludes it must
have been of incendiary origin, though
he is at a loss to discovera motive that
would actuate auyone to burn the es
tablishment.
Johnston Bros, for years have been
the leading merchants ot Dufur and
have carried a large stock of general
merchandise. They are energetic.
progressive bus'.ness men, hence their
loss will be felt by all the people of
Dufur and vicinity. Their building
and stock was valued at from $11,C00
to $12,000, on which they carried $7,500
insurance. Nothing whatever except
the fireproof safe was saved, and it
was badly warped by heat, though on
being opened, it was found that their
books and accounts were not materi
ally damaged.
They will probably resume business
in a building across the street from
their old location as soon as they can
get stock from below.
Are ITon Made
Miserable bv Indigestion, constipa
tion dizziness, loss of appetite, vellow
SBTinr .bDilob's Vitalizer is a positive
cure, r or sale by M. z.. JJonnell.
Notice Concerning Schools.
ine puouc schools will open on
Monday, Sept. 7. Former pupils ab
sent from the May examination or who
did not make satisfactory erodes on
the work of the spring term, will be
given an examination in the studies in
which they are deficient, and should
be at the Court street school for such
examination at 9 A. M. Saturday, Sept.
5. I Bhall be at the Court street school
during the entire day, and children
lately moved into the district should
see me then concerning their classifi
cation and assignment in the schools,
Teachers' meeting at 3:30 p. M.
John Gavin, Principal,
The Teachers for the 1896-97, fall
term, will be as follows:
John Gavin, principal.
J. S. Landers and Miss Melissa Hill.
High school, court street, 8 a, 9th,
lutn, ntn graoe.
Miss Minnie Michell. Court street.
V a and o d grade. r .
Miss Tena Kintoul. Academy Park.
an erraoe.
Miss Liouise Kintoul, Academy Park.
6th grade.
Miss Elsie Ball, Union Street Annex.
otn grace.
Miss .Lena Snell, Union street. 4th
grade. '
Diia Matrerie u iinn. Academy Parle.
3d graue.
Miss Ella Cooper, Union street, 2d
grade.
Miss r ranees K. Howe, Union street.
1st Grade.
Miss Salina Phirman. Academy P'k.
ist craae.
Miss Cassie M. Cheese, Union street
Mrs. Kate Roche, East Hill Primary.
Miss iNan (Jooper, last Hill Primary.
The Best Cough Cure.
Is Siloh's Cure. A neglected cough
Is dangerous. Stop it at once with
Shiloh's Cure. For sale by M. Z. Don
nell.
THE WATER COMMISSION.
Proceedings
of i the Regular
Monthly
Meeting.
The regular monthly meeting of
The Dalles Water Commissioners was
held at the oSSce of the secretary at
4 o'clock, August 31, presided over by
J. B. Crossen, president. Commis
sioners present, Peters, Randall,
Crossen, Mays and Seufert.
After the minutes of the previous
meeting were read and approved, the
following bills were allowed and
ordered paid:
Maier & Benton, supplies $ 50
Mayes & Crowe, supplies 3 15
Times-Mountaineer printing 9 00
I J Norman, superintendent. ... 75 00
W S Norman, helper 55 00
T J Seufert, secretary. 5 00
Reports of the superintendent and
treasurer read and placed on file.
Report of superintendent showed
the following:
Total book account.
Amount collected
$1876 60
1183 30
695 30
Delinquent
The committee appointed to investi
gate the application of F. H. Rowe and
Mrs. Heart, reported that F. H. Rowe
had tapped the water main at his own
expense with a half-Inch tap and inch
pipe.
The superintendent was ordered by
motion to collect all delinquent water
rents within the next 60 days, and
after that date to allow no more . de
linquents.
Cure For Headache.
As a remedy for all forms of head
ache Electric Bitters has proved to be
the very best. It effects a permanent
cure and the most dreadful habitual
sick headaches yield to its influence.
we urge ail who are afflicted to pro
cure a bottle, and give this remedy a
lair trial. In cases of habitual consti
pation Electric Bitters cures by giving
tne needed tone to the bowels, and lew
eases long resist the use of this medi
cine.. Try it once. Fifty cents and $1
at Blakeley & Houghton's Drug Store.
A Piratical Hword.
A. B. Warnock, of the Bohemia Iron
works, has in his possession a relic of
the days of buccaneering on the high
Bea8,8ay8 the Cottage Grove Moderator.
The relic is a sword taken from Malay
pirates more than 100 vears ago, by
Mr. . Warnock's great-Tandfather,
Captain William Balyntlne, a captain
of an East India Company's ship. The
history of the sword is that the ship
became becalmed in the Asiatic archi
pelago and was attacked by hordes of
natives, and in the encounter this
sword was taken from the pirates.
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M yi ASJ ITS CUSB
mTo THE Editor j I have an abicnhrfa
remedy for Consumption. By Its timely use
thousands of hopeless cases have been already
permanently cured. So proof-positive am I
of its power that I consider it my duty to
smd two bottles fret to those of your readers
who have Consuniptton, Throat, Bronchial or
Lung Trouble, if they will write me their
express and postoffice address. Sincerely,
I- A. 8LOCCHK.C- rarsarlSsewTorfc.
tar Tk Editorial aad Basrasss Mismunt c
miiwttU,t.mm,m iWostlisa.
ronsumniion
The weapon has all the appearance of
barbarous origin. The blade Is blunt
and of crude workmanship, surmounted
with a heavy brass hilt. Someuntrans
latable figures and characters are cut
into the steel. Mr. Warnock's great
grandfather was a veteran sea captain
in the employ of the British East India
Company when there was no law of
nations on the high seas and free
booters wero common, and each ship
had to provide for its own protection.
Theories of cure may be discussed at
length by physicians but the sufferers
want quick relief; and One Minute Cough
Cure will give it to them. A sale cure
for children. It is "the only harmless
remedy that produces immediate results"
Snipes ft Kineislv Drug Co.
To Establish Fish Uatchery.
Messrs. B. W. Everman and S. E.
Meek, U. S. fish commissioners from
Washington, D. C, arrived from below
yesterday, and the following day went
to Shearer's bridge to examine the De
schutes at that point with the view of
establishing a salmon hatchery. The
object of the department at present is
to establish a temporary hatchery
at some point where salmon can be
caught, and where the eggs can be do
posited until the fish are large enough
to be taken to the Clackamas hatchery
fof further propagation. This is only
for the present season, as it is the pur
pose of the government to establish at
least two permanent hatcheries in
Eastern Oregon next year. While
hero Messrs. Everman and Meek will
examine the different available locali
ties for hatcheries, and will probably
be able to make permanent selections.
The Discovery Saved His Life.
Mr. G. Cailouette, Druggist, Beavers
ville, 111., says: "To Dr.King's New
Discovery I owe my life. Was taken
with La Grippe and tried all the phy
sicians for miles about, but of no avail,
and was given up and told I could not
live. Having Dr. King's New Dis
covery in my store I sent for a bottle
and began its use and from the first
dose began to get better, and after us
ing three bottles was up and about
again. It is worth its weight in gold.
We won't keeD store or house without
it." Get a free trial at Blakeley &
Houghtons' Drug Store.
Another Suicide at FrlnevUle.
On Friday evening of last week Jas.
H. Montgomery, a photographer in
Prineville, suicided by cutting his
throat from ear to ear. Montgomery
had been arrested on a charge of at
tempting to criminally assault a young
lady of that city, and on the way to the
justice office in charge of the constable
requested to be permitted to go Into a
water closet. The request was granted,
the constable and several others stand
ing just outside. Presently they saw
blood streaming out from under the
door, and on entering the room, found
Montgomery dying. He had severed
both juglar veins and the wind pipe
with a pocket knife. Years ago Mont
gomery was one of the best artists in
the country, but domestic trouble
drove him to drink, and for the past
ten or twelve years he has been a per
fect wreck. -
BucKien a Arnica Harre.
Th.- bost salve In the world for cuts,
bruLii-f, sores, ulcers, salt rheum, fever
sores, tetter, chapped hands, chil
blains, corns and all skin eruptions,
and positively cures piles, or no pay
reouired. It Is guaranteed, to give
perfect satisfaction or money refunded.
price Zd cents per box. For sale by
Blakeley & Houghton.
Adjudged Insane.
This morning Julius H. L. Ruhberg
was taken before Justice J. M. Filloon
and examined by Dr. Hugh Logan as
to his sanity. After due examina
tion of his mental faculties he was de
clared insane and committed to the
asylum. Yesterday Wm. Howard
found Ruhberg at the free bridge on
the Deschutes devoid of clothing, and
laboring under the impression that
some one was seeking to take his life,
He had jumped into the river In a fran
tic attempt to escape his pursuers, and
only by the aid of bystanders was res
cued from drowning..
I. O. O. T. Session.
The session of Dalles, Lodge No. 2, 1.
U. ti. T., last Saturday evening was
interesting there being a goodly num
ber present. After the routine lodge
business was concluded, remarks from
visiting members from the Independ
ent Workers weae called for and G. E.
Stewart responded with an interesting
speech concerning the great work be
fore the laborers In the cause of tem
perance, and also entertained the lodge
by reciting a comic piece entitled
"How we Hunted the Mouse." After
listening to a number of interesting
addresses by others the lodge closed.
Shorty.
fills ftrtra-
ordltiarv Rft-
Constipation,
Dizziness.
javenaior is
me most
wonderful
discovery of
the atre. It
hs beta en
dorsed by the
lesdioescien.
Jailing Ben-satinn,Nerv-
, ousiwitcmng
of the eye
and other
pairs.
tiflo men of
Europe and
Invigorates
and tones the
entire rvk tern.
America.
Hudvait is
Hudtaa cures
gnrely
veblllty,
Nervousness.
Hudan lurrja
Emissions,
anddeveloprs
and restores
Prtroatureness
of the dis
shana In 20
weax organs.
days. Cures
Pules in the
back, kxse
LOST
bv dav oi
MANHOOD
liithtstopped
anlcklr. Orer 2,000 Krivate endorsements.
Prematarenea means imrjotency in the first
itsse. It Is a symptom of seminal weakness
and barrenness. It can be stopped in SO days
The new discovery waa madlbr the Special
ists of the old fsmous Hudson Medical Institute.
It is the strongest vitalizer made. It is very
powerful, bnt harmless. Sold for 51-00 a pack
age ore pacaages lor so.uu (plain sealed rjoxesj.
Written guarantee, (riven fora cure. If yon buy
nzDoxesana are noc entirely curea. six m
mora
win
be sent to von free of all ebanres.
Bend for circulars and testimonials. Address
HUDSON HEDIOab IN8TIXUTK.
Junction Stockton, Juarlcet 6c Kills 8 ta
Ban jrranneco. vax
KOTICK FOK PUBLICATION.
LAUD OFFICE AT THB DALI.ER. GEE., I
Auirust 21. 18DO. f
xrnia in hembv riven that the followine-
namcd settler has riled notice of his Intention
to make final proof In support of nis claim, and
h, uoiri nmnf will be made before Register
and Receiver ai xno xuues vicbuu. ww-
ber 10th, 1886:
NEWTON PATTERSON,
Hd. E. No. S823, for the SH NE!. IfWX SEX
and NEf SW. See. SI. Tp. 1 N.. K. 14 E.
He names the following witnesses to prove
his continuous residence upon and cultivation
PhUli p Wagner, John Darnlelle, W. H. Wil
liams and J. E. Ferguson, ail of The Dalles,
Ores011- . t . c w unnnT
Aug Be later.
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RUPERT & CHBEL
Wholesal and retail manufacturers of and dealers in
Harness, Saddles, Bridles, Collars,
Tents, and Wagon Covers.
And A.11 A.rtiola kept In el First Class Hsrnsaa Shop.
REPAIRING PROMPTLY DONE.
THE DALLES OREGON.
NEW COLUMBIA HOTEL
Sl.OO Per Day. First class Meals
25 Cents.
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This well-known brewery is now turning out the best Beer
and Porter east of the Cascades. The latest appliances for the
manufacture of good healthful Beer have been introduced, and
only the first-class article will be placed on the market.
East Second Street
The Dalles, : Oregon. .
Monarch
Mixed Paints :
A PURE LINSEED OIL PAINT
NO WATER
NO BENZINE
MANUFACTURED BY THE
Senour Manufacturing Co., of Chicago
For sale by Jos. T Peters
Monarch Floor and Carriage Paints
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' (Adjoining Railroad Depot.)
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this office.