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8ATnTtnfY.-..nR('.KMBER 25. 189
: ; ITEMS IN BRIEF.
. (From Saturday's Daily.)
A. W. Y. CA-suciiu of ITarnc-j
county, was ia the city yesterday
The Regulator yesterday took dowi
immense cargo of wheat from thi:
place.
' -v- 4 Jn.ff Prinovillp, was in
the city yesterday returning home
.. J. C. Lewis, section foreman for tb
O. R & N. at this plac?, went to Port
land yesterday.
Two car loads of hogs and one o!
"cattle were shipped, from the stock
yards to Troutdale today. .
'vTherewasa Christmas tree at the
Midway Friday evening, and the dis
.iribution of presents ailoried untold
'amusement.
Dr. Hollister was called to Wa3oo Si
day to holla consultation with Dr.
Smith. The doctor will return tomor
row morning.
Since Christmas festivities are over,
the time is ripe for pushing the woolen
mill and coal prospecting propositions.
These are two things which Th Dalles
cannot afford to allow to rest in peace.
Fred Skibbee is setting an example
W wnll be followed by other
nroDertv owners along Second street
He has scraped up the mud in front of
' his place of business and is having it
"carted away, leaving the street clean
and ready to accumulate more mud
A anecial and very commendable
' o,,, nf t.h Christmas services at
the court house last evening was th
brinffin? to the front of the young
men of the Bible class. Rev. Gray de
serves much credit for putting young
men to the front as the principal
speakers of the evening.
- An awful tragedy occurred in the
nit,i nhriatmas eve. A betutlful
damsel committed suicide by hanging
to a' Christmas tree,- and she was
. labeled for Joe, the genial dispenserot
beer at the Columbia brewery. Kicd
hearted Joe took charge of the corpse,
which is a dimenuti ve rubber doll baby.
and has stowed it away among bis col-
' 1 .lection of, relics. ,v
During the storm iu November Otto
Eohler shipped 3500 sheep from here
" to Columbus, Nebraska, and arrived
ihin in Ann time, losinsr only four
sheep on the trip. ? Mr. Kohler writes
back that he Is feeding his sheep at
. farm of Nic Blazer, an uncle of
John Blazer of this city, near Colum
; bus, where he gets shelled corn for 12
cents a bushel, and other feed at cor-
j. responding low prices
The Christmas celebration . of the
. T nihsran Kundav school, held at the
: court house last evening, was indeed a
j pleasant affair. A large crowd assem
; bled to see the tree which was hand
! somely decorated, and a very interest
I Ing program was rendered, consisting
: of four class songs and a double quar.
: tet, several dialogues by the infant and
I. junior classes, impromptu orations by
; four young men and a number of songs
bv the school, also a recitation in Ger-
? man, one in Swedish, and a song in
: the Danish language. The event was
' a perfect success in every particular,
The noted Si Perkins' solo orchestra
i of 12 skilled musicians, is the strongest
- ever presented to the public by a trav
eling company. One of the most nec
essary features for a "first-class per
formance is the best of music, rendered
in an artistic and perfect manner1
V" especially is this so in Si Perkins-
running over with songs, dances,
catchy musicfor which a good orches-
tra is absolutely necessary, bee the
street parade at noon by the famous
Pughtown Farmer Band. Free con
cert in front of the opera houso at 7
, o'clock,
- Frivalty was on a carouse last night
in the hall over Brown's store. There
was a dance, ' but "it did not run as
r smoothly as dances do in the best re
' gulated society. The electric light
i were being tampered with, aud the
' main mover in the dance, one Cooper
" Douglas, undertook to regulate matter
'' with a gunX ? He found a young man in
the anteroom near ,the light switch,
' and dealt him a severe blow over the.
head with a revolver, then departed
for Washington." crossing the river in
a small boat. The dance suspended,
and a warrant has been issued for the
: arrest of Douglas. ;
From Mondays' Dally.
Hon. ' John J. Daly, of . Lincoln
county, is in the ciiy.
- "patT Bolen. " of Cascade Locks, if
spending the holidays in the city.
The Skibbe' hotel is undergoing im
provements,a new office being erected
in the bar room. y i :
J. P. Van Houten came up from
Portland vesterday. en. route to his
home at Hay Creek.
Miss Lennah Baini of Portland, is
spending a few days in the city visit
ing Miss Anna Roberts.
Hon. E. B. Dufur went to Salem yes
terday to attend to some matters be
fore the supreme court. J. . ;
Mrs. Al Webster and family leaye
tonight for Pennsylvania where they
will reside in the future. -
. Misses Anna and Nellie Roberts are
home from Portland spending the
. holidays with relatives and friends in
the city. .
J. C. Lewis came up yesterday from
Portland, accompanied by his - two
daughters, who are attending school
in the metropolis. .i f
-After traveling all over the country
in search of a good location, A. L,
Chapman, an experienced scene painter
and all around artist, has determined
to locate in The Dalles.
iToday Walter Klindt had the mis
fortune to run a sturgeon hook through
the fleshy part of his right thigh in
flicting a painful wound. Dr. Logan
removed the hook by cutting off tie
end to which the cord is attached. -
The Dalles hose team, the winners
of the championship cup at the Astoria
tournament last fall, have had a pic
ture of the team enlarged and will
present it' to the Commercial Club.
The picture was enlarged at Mrs. Her
rin's gallery. -
A St.' Louis drummer, who is making
his first trip to the PaciGc- coast, was
' entertained at the Umatilla House
,last evening, and was filled full of the
early history of Oregon. When he
gets back to Missouri he will have
some wonderful naratives to relate.
Last Friday evening1 the residence
of W. H. Calvin, on Chenoweth creek.
was burglarized and a number of ar
ticles were stolen. A warrant was is
sued from Justice Filloon's court Satur
day for the arrest of "Richard Roe'
and "John Doe," at least two of
the paitiee who are supposed to be
guilty, were brought in by Constable
Hill, and lodged in jail.
Milt Harlan returned last night from
Pendleton where he has been canvass
ing for the Chatauquan writing biard
and also working on the New Yeai
edition of the East, Oregonian. M1.
Harlen was very much ploased with
Pendleton, and outside of The Dilles.
consi -ry it the bett towu iu the In
land Empire.
The small folks of the i-ity and a
g,ot in-mv IJr ones were greatly
amused by the appearance of the Si
f erkins -'hayseed baud" on the streets
this RfWnoiri. Tho musicians con
gregated from all directions, clad in
garbes that indicated they were just in
f-, t - !.rv. ii-lil, and performed
as only Si Perkin's band can.
The Salvation Army officers wish, in
behalf of those assisted to thank tho
peo'o of The Dalles for their liberal
ity in helping the poor on Christmas.
Twenty families we-e assisted accord
ing to their ueeds in the way of fool,
clothing aud toys. Som of the mcrch
inta gave very liberally among the
number they especially wish to mention
the splendid donation of A. M.Wil
liams & Company. There was also a
quantity of partly worn garments sent
in, of which a few remain that will be
given out when ever any in need are
found.
THE DALLES COilMKKCIAI. CLUH.
A Correspondent makes Some Inquiries
Concerning It.
ED, TtMSS-MOUHTAINKEB :
Please inform me through your col
umns the policy in the existence of
The Dalles Commercial Club. I fear
I have mistaken the purpose for which j
it was organized and the true policy of
iu existence. - Inquirer.
The writer of the above possibly has
not been a close obserner, else his inquiries-
would not have been made.
The club was organized for two dis
tinct purposes. First, to encourage
every commercial interest that would
tend to improve The Dalles and vicin
ity. Second, to furnish a reading rooir,
athletic sports and other amusements j
that tehd'tb improve its members men
tally and physically.
The second object of the club has
certainly been accomplished to the
satisfaction of all, since the club sup
plies its reading room with all the best
publications of the day and furnishes
attractions that tend to draw its mem
bers from the allurements of more ob
jectionable haunts. And as to its first
purpose, while the club possibly has
not accomplished all that some might
desire in the way of advancing the
commercial interests of this section by
building roads to every locality, re-
ducing freight and passenger rates to
the metropolis, etc., still it has accom
plished things that individual citizens
could not have accomplished working
only as individuals, and is in a position
to accomplish much more in the
course of time. For instance, the open
ing of the locks at Cascades last No
vember was largely due to the efforts
of the club, and the interest its com
mittees are taking in the matter of
encouraging manufactures and the de
velopment of coal mines will result
beneficially not only to the city but to
the surrounding country. The club
may not be filling the expectations of
all, still it is accomplishing a good in
the community, and the policy of its
existence is, plainly stated, to upbuild
every worthy interest.
DEATH OF A NOTED GIANT.
The Chinaman Chanc. Who Was Not Lear
Than Nine feet in Ilelut.
The famous Chinese giant, Chanj,
died at Bournemouth, England, No
rember 5. Chang had been seen several
times in America, says the Scvr York
Herald. Because of a prevailing super
stition among the Chinese people
his height was never measured, as
they believed that death would imme
diately follow the measurement. But
there are none who have observed him
or who have stood up beside him who
estimated his stature at less than nine
feet. His physical proportions were
very symmetrical and his strength was
herculean. Having traveled ana exhib
ited throughout the civilized globe he
acquired and spoke with fluency five
different lantruajes English, Ger
man, French, Italian and Spanish. He
was a very companionable man and
delighted to meet and converse with
intelligent men and women.
Chang was born in 1847 at Waang
Hue. near Pekin, China. His parents,
who are still living, are large tea and
silk growers, and are independent,
There is nothing in their constitution
nor that of their progenitors to indi
cate the possibility of transmitting
gigantic proportions to their extraor
dinary son. On the contrary, Chang's
parents are about the average size of
Chinese people, who are well known
to be rather under the ordinary size.
At his birth there was nothing to in
dicate that he was to grow to his pres
ent stature, and up to the age of nearly
six years his height did not exceed
most children of his age. After a short
illness he began to assume such gigan
tic proportions that his parents were
much alarmed at the growth of their
huge 'Eon. At the age of twelve he
was equal to the height of his father
and the generality of the neighboring
people. The phenomenon of his being
as tall as a man, and yet showing all
the habits and actions of a child,
caused him to become the wonder and
astonishment of the neighborhood. At
the same time he suffered great per
sonal discomfort, for the men would
not associate with him and the chil
dren would not play with him. At the
age of eighteen he commenced to ex
hibit himself in public.
Chang was here in 1880, in 1883, and
in 1880. After his last visit here he re
turned to his native land to marry
Chinese beauty. It was his intention
at that time to come back to America
and to settle down in the west. He
used to wear a watch given him '.by
Queen Victoria which weighed two
pounds and a half, and had a chain
nine feet long, which barely reached
around his neck and down to his vest
pocket, ne had a large stock of gloves
and jewelry presented to him by royal
and other distinguished personages.
FAIR WAS A DRAIN.
The
CHRISTMAS FESTIVITIES
Christmas Was a Joyous Occasion In
: .Dalles.
With mild, solf weather, no snow on
the ground, and everbody feeling that
it is "more blessed to give than to re
ceive," The Dalles spent a very pleas
ant though rather quiet Chrismas,
There were Christmas trees at th
Methodist, Congregational, Christain
and Lutheran churches, also at St.
Mary's 'Academy and the Salvation
Army barracks, which were well at
tended, and many a heart was made
jlad by the receipt of tokens of love
and generosity. But the pleasantest
trees of ' all were those that were
erected in private residences, where
he little folks were given free access
to the ''best rooms" and as presen
after present fell from the well-ladened
trees, there was where .real joy and
happiness prevailed.
The business streets of The Dalles
presented the appearance of a "de
serted village" Christmas afternoon
the stores having been closed at noon
in order that proprietors and employes
might enjoy a quiet afternoon, par
taking of Christmas dinners and gen
eral good cheer that comes but once a
year. While the public- demonstra
tions were by no means startling, they
were pleasant, and Christmas, 1896.
will long be remembered as a pleasant
and happy day in The Dalles.
- Kor Over Fifty kears. V
An Old and Well-Tried Rem
edy. Mrs. Wiiisiow's Soothing Syrup
nas been used ior over nfty years . by
minions oi mothers ior their children
while teething, with perfect success
It soothes the child, softens the eums
allays all pain, cures wind colic, and is
the best remedy ior diarrhoea. Is
pleasant to the taste. Sold by arug-
gists in every part ot the world.
Twenty-five cents a bottle. Its value
is uncalculable. Be sure and ask for
Mrs. Winslow's Soothing Svrup. and
tane no other Kind.
"For Charity Saffereth Long."
Mrs. Laura C Phoenix. JlUVaukest Wis.
"Matron mf a IieccoUn Ham
and knowing the good Dr. Miles' Nervine
has done me, my wish to help others, over
comes my dislike for the publicity, this
letter may giro me. In Nov. and Dec, 1893
The inmuttes Kad the "LaGrimte."
and I was one of the first. Besoming duty
too soon, with the care of so tnanr sick. I
did not regain my health, and In a month
I became mo debilitated and nervous
from sleeplessness and the drafts made oa
my vitality, that it was a question if I could
go on. A dear friend advised me to try
Jr. BUef Kestorative Nervine.
I took 2 bottles and am happy to say. I am
in better health than eves. I still continue
Xl oeeamionat use. am at tceree rood.
as my work is very tryhip A latter ad
dressed to Milwaukee, Whv, will reach me."
Jane 6, 1834. Mrs. Laura C. Phoekix.
Dr. Miles' Nervine is sold on a nnritlvn
ininam uiu uw nisi nu will benefit,,.
All druggists sell it at Jl. 6 bottles for5, or
MSnCE
Dr. Miles' Nervine;
Restores Health
Other Cities Grudge the MUllons Spent
in Going to Chicago.
The close of the world's fair, must
have an important effect upon the
business condition of the country, says
the New York Post. For six months
there has been a steady drain of
money from all parts of the nation
into Chicago money which but for
the exposition would have been ex
pended in thousands of cities and
towns. Millions of people went to Chi
cago between the 1st of May and the
1st of November, and spent on the
average a large sum. for the . round
trip. The St. Paul Pioneer Press esti
mates that there must have been at
least 100,000 visitors from Minnesota,
and that it cost them on an average
820 apiece for the journey and 830 ex
penses in Chicago. This would make
85,000,000 that was taken out of Minne
sota by the exposition. We believe
that this not an over-estimate. We
observed the other day a statement 'in
an Iowa paper that no fewer than 450
people had gone to Chicago duiing the
season from one county seat in that
state, and although a large proportion
of them went on cheap excursions,
their average expenditures were esti
mated at S3a apiece, u hue there was
a great number of visitors from the
city and vicinity -who paid but little,
the expense was heavy for people from
a distance, and there was a constant
stream to Chicago from the remoter
parts of the country.
If it be estimated that the 21,500,000
admissions represented no more than
4,000,000 separate individuals, and that
the average expenditures were as little
as 825, this would mean the diversion
of 8100,000,000 from the ordinary chan
nels of trade into the treasury of the
fair, the receipts of transportation
companies, the pockets of Chicago ho
tel and boarding-house keepers, and
the other classes who levied toll upon
the travelers. It must be remembered,
too, that the large part of this money
came not from the wealthy, but from
people who were forced to save in
order to raise the necessary amount,
and who consequently refrained from
expenditures at home which they
would otherwise have made. In this
way the fair has aggravated the nor
mal effect of the financial depression
in almost every community. Its close
will arrest the streams of money which
from thousands of points for half a
year have been flowing toward Chica
go, and will thus have a very percepti
ble influence in improving the business
situation.
THE PRESS IN
THE ARCIICS.
Laud of the
Queer Publications of the
Esquimaux.
There exist at present several "jour,
nals" that make their appearance but
once a year, says a writer in Scien
tific American. Literally, of course,
they are not journals dailies but an
nuals. They nre published within the
confines of the north polar circle. The
Esquimau - Bulletin, for example, is
edited near Cape Prince of Wales, on
Behring strait.
Ilcrc, in a village inhabited by Esqui
maux, the English missionaries have
established a school, and as but one
steamer lands at this place, and that
but once a year, the news that it brings
is consigned to a sheet of paper printed
with the hektograph. Its size is eight
by twelve inches. The paper is very
thick, and but one surface is used.
This Esquimau Bulletin, iu a sub
head, claims to be the "only yearly
paper." This, however, is an error, for
there is an annual sheet published, at
Godthaab, in Greenland, where a small
printing office was established in 1863,
whence about two hundred and eighty
sheets and many lithographic prints
have been issued. The journal in ques
tion is entitled Atnagagdlintit, naling
inarmik tusaruminasassumik; that is:
"Something for reading, accounts of
all sorts of entertaining subjects. "
The language is that of Greenland, a
dialect of the Esquimau. There is still
another periodical published in Green
land, under the name of Kaladlit.
two mourns. une top Of the5 snow be
came hard enough to bear our weight
and we would go out by the window,
returning at night, but it was two
months before the snow thawed suffi
ciently to uncover the hut.
The Dublin Brogue.
Frances Power Cobbe, in her "Life,"
gives amusing illustrations of the Dub
lin brogue in which Irish Protcstent
clergymen, educated at Trinity college,
used to preach fifty years ago. One,
concluding a sermon on the "Fear of
Death," exclaimed: "Me brethren, the
doying Christian lepps into tiie arrums
of death, and makes his hollow jaws
ring with eternal hallelujahs!" There
was a chapter in the Acts which Miss
Cobbe dreaded to hear read by a cer
tain clergyman, so difficult was it to
help laughing when told of "Pcrthcans
and Mades, and the dwellers in Meso
potemia and the part of Libya alout
Cyraine, streengers of Iloum, Jews.
Proselytes, Crates and Arabians."
A FORECAST OP TIIE fFTCRE.
Beasons Why Tho Lialles Must 11. -co mo a
Grrnt City.
It needs no nropho t- dishorn the
fact that The D illi is on the eve of a
rapid and corwist.e'-.t sdv irieK a!o- r
tue lines of eomm-'reial Uv'yeli'i iinn
and commercial industrial enterprise
To Make a "I::vii.. First catch a
gentleman. lh.--i I'eece him. stir up
soulirinal! v with summonses aud writ:
sti-ahi thron;:!i the bankruptcy court.
'.hen put into Hie city.
To Ma::k a .Mo:::n;; Esolisu Gentle
woman. Take an American, one part
lady, two parts sonbrette, dress ex
travagantly: plunge iato millionaire
society; let simmer for several seasons;
then add a titled husband.
To Make a Miokks English-Gentle
man. Wash a largo, red stock jobber;
brush and trim: baste all over with
money; arrange ia . a luxurious west-
end house, surround with puff-paste;
then serve up hot. Will keep for
months.
To Make a. Liteiiabt Celebrity.
Half edueatc a vain youth at Oxford;
let hair grow; dip into erotic French
V.terature; add one idea, chop it small;
log-roll ti'.e whole. Give a grotesque
name, then serve up as a rival to Mil
ton, Sheridan and Shakespeare.
To Make an At.tCkitic. Open the
top and extract tho intelligence of a
raw Brixton boy; fill up with self-con
ceit; clean, brush and trim; rub against
a handful of similar obscure and in-
experienced lads; add a glass of cheap
sherry on press view days, then serve
up cold in the columns of the Penny
Positivist. A maigve dish. 1
To Make a Fashionable Enteb-
taixment. Put into a few small rooms
some three hundred overdressed men
and under-dressed women, a minor
royalty, and . two or thiee alien mil
lionaires; sprinkle over a teaspoonful
of prin tiple, a quarter of a teaspoonful
of good breeding and a tablespoonful
of pretension; then add music, supper
and champagne. Let the whole stew
gradually. London Truth..
WOMEN'S DOINGS ABROAD
Miss Alice Good all is the only
woman filling an editorial chair in
India. She conducts the Simla
Guardian.
Mli.e. Saraii Bernhardt is about to
publish her memoirs, which will prob
ably fill two volumes.
Miss Gheex, a young lady from
Cardiganshire, is the present English
governs-ss to the emperor of tier-
many s children.
Jim:. Sculieaiann; is fulfilling the
prom ire made to her late husband, and
is personally superintending the work
of excavations at Troy, for which his
name is so famous.
Miss Edith Simcox has for several
years been employed on an important
work which Messrs. Swan-Sonnen-
schein, of London, are to publish the
present year. It is entitled "lTimi
tive Civilizations," and is said to break
new grouud.
Ladt Constance Lytton is among
the most able lady journalists of tho
day. She inherits her literary quali
ties, as her father was the late earl of
L3tton, formerly viceroy of India and
afterward English ambassador in
Paris.
NOTES Fr.OM THE COLLEGES.
Work on the Fogg Museum of Fine
Arts at Harvard will commence soon,
ft will be the largest of the college art
museums.
The new Waterman gymnasium at
Ann Arbor will, not be completed for
this college year. The building fund
is exhausted and the students have
raised six thousand dollars by sub
scription.
Prof. Fabscm. of the Sheffield Scien
tific school at Harvard, announces two
prizes to juniors of the select course
for extra reading in medieval and
modern history. The object of the
offer i3 to encourage outside work.
.Cornell will unite with the Uni
versity of Pennsylvania in the forma
tion of a dual debating league. Repre
sentatives of the literary societies of
the two universities met in New York
the other day to perfect the arrange
ments.
The new twenty-seven hundred-dol
lar organ has been placed in the Frieze
Memorial hall of the University School
of Music at Ann Arbor. It is the same
Drgan that was in the Michigan build
ing at the world's fair. The first pub
lic exhibition of the instrument was
given recently.
WHERE THE MONEY IS.
The prestige attending tho com: IrMhii
of the Cascade loelcn means much;
though long d.-!ayfii it is a Ciiiistmits
present from the-zovrninent fv which
we are profoundly grateful.
Three propositions mnst. be met be
fore an aspiring community can hope
to compete with its ni'hbo:-s in llie i
race for supremacy.
First, it inn-t ::ive triiip'rtat!on
facilities 'Sufficient to nlace it busi
ness men on an equal fooling with all
outside competitors.
Second, it must bo a natural .distrib
uting point.
Third, as cities a. merely aggrega
tions of business men. encaged indi
vidually in trade, it becomes necessary
for orgunized effort, to the end that
the great outside world m:ty become
acquainted with its resources, facili
ties, etc. A harmonious organization
of business men is therefore absolutely
essential.
Have these propositions been met?
Let us see.
Nature furnishes the grand water
highway of the Columbia river that
guarantees to us protoctu n nr.-d forever
forbids uuju-it discrimination in the
matter of freight rates. With termi
nal rates we are placed on an equal
footing with all competing towns.
That we are a natural disti ibuting
point no one. will gainsay. For V2
miles to the south and southeast all
roads lead to The Dalles. From Ar
lington, 60 miles to the eastward, to
Cascade looks oa tho west, we have
only to ask for the trade to obtain it.
Nature with lavish hand has solved
the first two propositions; the third
and most Important is for u. as a pro
gressive community, to solve. The
past chronicles one op two failur a in
organized effort, due simply to tht, fact
that selfish and personal motives dom
inated the organizers. Let us cover
them with the mtntle of charity for
death came quickly, caused mainly by
asphysation..
Our Commercial Club, composed of
the best brains, business sagacity
and talent of The Dil!er, b'.dj fiir
fair to successfully solve the third
problem, and all of us should uuite in
holding up their haDds and aiding
them in the work they are uudfirtaking.
The Commercial Club is a piuce where
the business men of Th i D.iLlea can for
member was called before the chair
man and was find for offenses both
red and imaginary. After all othpr
m -tubers had been duly punished. H.
F. Lons-'Hle, who had acted as marshal
d 'l iny th evening, was called to the
s vioa of tho exalted ruler, and w3
" I s ntoiiced vt pay the re ia'ty of giviny
I an "xhit-it of his elocutionary a'siities.
and failinir to m-et the approval of the
chairman, was fined for not having re
cit-d bft'-f.
Aotu 10 o'clock the hull u-as cleared
and .la:ieiny was in order f.v a'i ho:l
wh-n th E k-t and th-ir l.idie.-s r.
paired to the U-nati 1 1 honsn wli.-re m-
elt-iratit. hanjut writ a spr -ad.
At t!tf -que Judge ll.w jsh.uv v.a
assiirrn d the duties of to i-.im tter, r.tv.
after tho viands hal b ti duly .lis
cis-si'd. ea'.leit upon H in. John Miolie:!
to respond to the toast "Cascade Lod i.
No. 303." In his respor.se Mr. Mie r 11
gave a brief history of the lodg-). its
cranizition at Cascade Locks, i i re
moval to The Dalles, and its j. eect
personnel.
The toast '"Our Abxent Horthers'
was responded to by J. A. Douthir., who
briefly expressed the wish of the l'-Jge
that all absent brothers were that
evening as happiiy situated :a those
who wo-e assembled aroind tha f-stul
board in The Dalles. H. li. Iiiddell
responded to "The Dalle?, the PriJe cf
Us AH'' and eloquently p.-opusjd a
bmnjiur to the Queen City of the In
land Fmpire. The lion'jvolent acd
Promotive Order of Eiks'' was rc
spondel to by G. W. Phi'lj's, who in
words of eloquence paid a beautiful
tributo to the or.er.
The coiivjludinj toaH-, ''The Deers,"
wa.- ropfn!sn to by Hon. W. II. Wil
son who anticipated that the "dears" or
rather the fair sex, were what was in
tendet1 that his remarks should bo con
fined to, therefore he coniiuod himself
to eulogizing woman, and. did indeed
pay a pleasing tribute to the daughters,
sisters, wive and mothers of tho land.
Some 50 Elksand as many ladies par
ticipated in the session making of it
a perfect success in every respect, and
convincing1 all that the social feature
of the order is one of it3 most com
mendable envoirments.
THE ORIENTAL WAK.
Its Bo suits May Prove a Manaoe
. to Amoricaa Trade.
TOOK HIM AT Hi3 WORD.
Ins tractors Sometimes F:ml Their PnpiU
Apt In Tiiinj Atlvice. j
A good joke ia told on one of the staff
ot the Ohio "medical college, savs the
Cincinnati Times-Star. In a lecture to
the students he advised them when they j
: came to practice to always carry in their .
buggies a stanoarel text-book, - which
they could consult v.-ben i:i doubt as to
' the proper course of treatment. He said
a time lay aside the gloves of compii- i rat'ient on tho pretext tl:at thov wished
tion and assist each other ia planning
for the general good of the community.
It is a place where tho stranger within
our gates oan be entertained and be
come acquainted with our resources
and facilities, acd above all with tho
fact that he, as an individual, is .wel
come to our midst. It is a place where
to see if their uo:so was r.tanding or
that they had lei't some particular mod-
ieine in the burjgy. The Ftudeuts were i
very attentive. A few days later one of
them could not answer ecpio pretty
toiTgh qpostior.s, and when the doctor
expressed surprise he grabbed a text- '
book and said in a measured tone: .
'F!voni mp rlnotor T fwtr np tinrsp ia '
physcial development on be attained not standing. I hitched him in a hurry
in the gymnasium arid bowling alley, 1 to get by vour sid?." He then retreated
and last but not least, it is a place to to the hallway, found the answers to
get acquainted. j be hardest questious, and, returning.
An organization of the character" and answered them all correctly. I lie doc-
j. - i .1 . x; i
.u. p.,.,.,.:i i!. .1.1 iur niJiueeiuieu iuo tuuiiiuii uuu was
1
receive the co-operation of all citizens, ;
and the best way ta oo-operate is to ,
join it. It will be a benefit to yourself j
and indirectly a benefit to The Dalles,
whose interests we all have at heart.
It is a good thing to have pride cf ,
ancestry, but better to have pride of
relieved when the student's ruse did-not
liecnme contagious.
THEY DRINK RED INK.
one's towu.
A few say that because of antagonis
tic business interests here in The
Dalles, it is useless to propose any
thing, because what one faction up
holds the other will oppose. I deny
this as absurd and worthy of infinite
contempt.
The arena of business is not a lady's
drawing room. The meeting of busi
ness men engaged in active competi
tion for trade is not the nuetin of
couriers and gentlemen of leisure.
UNDER SNOW TWO MONTHS.
Winter Experience of f our Men la a Hut
In Montana.
I lived under the snow for two
months, said a prospector to a Cincin
nati Enquirer man recently. Talk
about the present snow being a deep
one! It is nothing to what I encoun
tered in 1808 in what were then the
wilds of Minnesota, near Albert Lea.
Four of us had built a hut in order to
hold a homestead claim, and fortunate
ly had laid in a supply of provisions
sufficient to last two or three months
during the winter. One ni&ht it Com
menced to snow, and large -flakes con
stantly fell for two days and nights..
Then the wind began to blow, the snow
con-tinuing, and 'the next morning we
could not open the door. The windows
were' completely blockaded -and we
could not tell, that it was daytime ex
cept by our watches. We built a big
fire and stayed in the house, supposing
that i would pass off in a few hours,
but the weather turned intensely cold.
Un the third day we - tunneled out
through the window, bnt found it im
possible "to remove the drift, which
completely covered the hut. The cold
weather continued without a break for
Ths world's money forms a very
small part of its wealth. The amount
now in use is estimated by Mulhall as
780,000,000 of gold, 301,000,003 silver,
846,000,000 paper; total, 2,407,000,000.
Is Denmark the value of real estate
has increased 193,000,000 in thirty-
seven years. This result is due to the
breaking up of the large estates of the
nobility and their purchase by the
peasantry.
Statisticians estimate that in Great
Britain there are 700 millionaire fam
ilies, 9,650 "very rich," 148,250 ' rich,"
730,000 in "moderate circumstances,"
2,008,000 "struggling to keep up" and
,916,900 "poor." . .
The value of land in Great Britain
rose enormously during the Canadian
and American wars of the last century,
and increased still further during the
French wars, owing to the demand for
grain and its advanced price.
The official .classification of French
houses in 1868 showed that 158,000 were
inhabited by the; nobility and gentry,
583,000 by merchants and commercial
people, 2,167,000 by "tradesmen" and
4,453,000 by laborers and operatives.
$ SWALLOWED HIS BATON.
ranch Dram Major Who Introduced a
New Act.
A 3 9:1-1. . ... -
a aeciaeaiy unique variation of a
drum major's usual performance when
on review occurs in one of the French
regiments of the line or, rather, did
occur for the colonel of that regiment
has now put down his foot and issued a
positive fiat that his subordinate shall
henceforward confine himself to ortho
dox tricks.
The musical leader in question, savt
the New York World, had at one period
of His iife been a mountebank, .rnd evi
dently a good one, for, after practicing
in secret a number of times, he aston
ished the regiment, drawn up in review
one day, by suddenly throwing his
stick high in air, catching it in hif
mouth upon its descent, and swallow
ing fully half of it. Having accom
plished this gastronomic diversion, he
stood for a moment while the specta
tors gazed in awed amazement, and
then disgorged the half of the baton
which he had swallowed and continued
his march down the line.
He repeated this trick a good many
times and the regiment was very proud
of him, but it brought it such an un
enviable reputation that the - colonel
Snally had to stop him.; Now his per
formance is thoroughly conventional .
The dust of conflict oar-spreads it and
hard kuooks are given and taken. Io
takes aggressiveness, biaked by
supreme conSdeuce that knows not
the meaning of failure to succeed, and
instead of criticising this trait of
human nature, we should be thankful
that so many among us possess it.
Business men will be the last to op
pose jftod the first to assist any under
taking that will benefit The Dalles.
And to you gentlemen, who love so
well to sit out of the glare of the sun
and watch and criticise the conflict of
competing interests, we thank you
very much for your close scrutiny and
able argument, but permit the sugges
tion that your point is not well taken.
Eastern cities with not half the ad
vantages and resources tnat are pre
sented here, in a few short years, have
from cross road hamlets grown into
busy hives bf industry, teeming with
life and commercial activity. Itpeems
like a fairy tale to hear what American
enterprise has accomplished within
the last fifty years. In all the tide of
time the like i3 not paralleled. ' This
is more especially true of the middle
Western states. The history of the In
land Empire is yet be written; for the
most part its towns and vilages have
not emerged from primitive frontier
life; business is still done in part by
stage coaches and f reig b t teams.
A rapid change is coming, and for
obvious reasons, two or three commer
cial centers are bound to spring up on
the . Columbia river, the great high
way of commerce, and when the future
historian takes up his pen, I venture
to predict that should the "Tale of
Three Cities" be written, The Dalles,
Wasco county, Oregon, will be one.
And why rot? Here are opportun
ities unexcelled. By every rule of
reason and common sense we are en
titled to their fulfillment. A natural dis
tributingand terminal poin t;the largest
original wool depository in the United
states;' the head quarters for a large
fishing industry; ample water power
an inexhaustabie supply of timber; a
magnificent climate with sunshine
eyery week in the year.
These are a few of the witnesses who
speak for us and enable us to plead our
case with vigor, with force and with
earnestness to all within our gates.
F. D. H.
Nez Perce Indians Use Red Ink a a Sub
j stitnta for Liquor.
, The Xez Ferce Indian is not averse to
a little fun in his stolid way, fays the
I Spokane Outburst. The prevailing idea
cs to just what fun means held by a
great ninny of these Indians i:; getting
filled up with whits man's whisky. Of
e:ourse the government does not. allow
the sale of liquor to the Indians, but all
the same the Indians find ways of get
ling liquor, and when they can't get it
they resort to lemon extract and red
ink.
The Indian who discovere.tl the lemon
extract was good to drink and intoxi
cating is now looked upon by his fellows
I as a hero whose only rival is the Siwusb
I who fouud out that red ink contained
I P0 j.cr cent, alcohol and ten per tent.
medicine to "make Injun sick." Theln-
I dian cgent has seen Ht to warn store
keepers ngaii-.t selling more than one
bottle of lemon extract or four bottles
of red ink to any one Indian, and the In
dian who trieel nn admixture of alkali
water and Equirrel poison is now hunt
ing buffalo with his forefathers.
ARTISTIC IN ALL THINGS.
Showed Tanto Even When Painting His
Wlte with Iodine.
A famous landscape painter had to
call in a doctor to see his wife, who was
suffering from bronchitis. After he
had examined the patient, says Tit
Hits, the doctor recommended the hus
band to take a small brush, dip it in
tincture of iodine and slightly paint the
lady s back with it.
The 'artist took up the brush and,
after dipping it in the tincture, pro
ceeded to carry out the doctor's pre
scription. But his artistic tempera
cent soon got the better of his sick
uurstng qualities.
Mistaking his wife's back for a can
T.?, instead of ' simply applying the
lotion he sketched out a landscape, and
gradually- peopled it with figures and
put in all the details complete. The
putxrit, findirg the operation a rather
lerglliy cue?, asked her hu.sbanel if he
had finished. And the latter, receding a
few stepr? to examine his work, replied:
"Another dip or" two and then lean
put it in the frr.me."
THIS EI.KSAT TABLE.
Onol.li Liko1! -il:iny Namoa.
Some one v. jth a taatc for historic re
search has been 'compiling ii list of ap
pellations by which X)neida lake, as it
is now' known, has in the past been dis
t inpruishoel. TI12 Onondaga tribe of In
dians called it Seughka, signifying that
it was striked with blue and white lines
an interpretation that can best be ap
preciated from a commandiug position
on one of the surrounding hills. Jesuits
knew it as' Lac Techtroguen des On
neionts, while Charlesoix called it
Kanoaloka, and Maclicu termed it On-
idahogo. Iu 1067 Greenhalgh christened
itTsisoqui, and on an old map in the sec
retary of state's office it is designated
as t-ahunghage. .
A Katnral Erldee Pier
une or tne oddest, bridge "bents," or
piers, in this country is to be found in
Sonoma county, Cal. Two large red
wood trees growing side by side sup
port the timbers and rails of a bridge
tvhich crosses a small ravine or creek
at a place where the roadbed is 75 feet
above the water. Californians refer to
it as "the only natural wooden bridge is
the world.
So Say Sir E.lvrln Arnold, m Good
Authority Japan May U.ike In
roads t'p m Uiis'.lu and Ameri
can Industrie.
Japan ha3 a prophet in England who
can s:arjo)y contain himself for joy
cr ov her victory; who predicts vast
things for her, and who is happy at her
proopc-i 0cs;;iti the fact that a part of
hi 5 i-.reJi j'.iou U that through her gaiu
:"i-an.l will lose heavily and the
Uai'.cd States viil bo severely stricken
Wi, sayj tlu Xjv York Advertiser, he
is an U:i7i:3h naa bora, and has been
kni.Tated by the queen: an Englishman
of c-.vr-bubbihiry patriotism. Yet he
loves America, took an American wife,
and is loved and respected by Ameri
cans, lie ia Sir Edwin Arnold, cele
brated as the author of "The Light of
Abia" aud many other wonderful books,
and, lately, by his shall we call it
Japomania? Sir Edwin "Arnold, who
is ro less a politieian than a poet,
Knows more about the Japan-China war
than any other Englishman. Here ia
part of what he said:
"Japan is one of my most enthusias
tic loves. I have been there twice and
berth visits were long and pleasant. If
I live I shall go again. Japan's victory
is the greatest progress that the world
has seen since the American colonies
won their independence. For un
counted centuries an impassable
boundary existed between the west and
the cast. England broke it down so
that India was open; America, through
Perry, broke it down so that Japan was
open. Now Japan ha3 broken it down
so that China greatest conquest of
them all is open.
"I do not mean by that that China
will now or, perhaps, ever enter into
the column of progressive nations.
Japan will not go far enough in her
victory to uproot the present Chinese
government a government that has
been banded elown with few changes
since before the time of Christ. Japan
knows too much for that. She under
stands tho people with whom she has
to deal. She realizes that they have
been infected with a virus of stupidity
and barbarie conservatism from which
it is scarcely reasonable to hope to ever
free them. Confucius was the man
who killed China. His philosophy of
fatalism is the sleeping draught from
whose effects she may never wake.
China is like the grub chosen by the
iguna bird for her young. This bird
.njects a subtle poison into the worm
she selects for her family's food, which
paralyzes it, and without killing it
makes it like a dead thing. Confucius
was China's iguna bird. He introduced
into her veins a poison which has made
her comatose for inany, many centuries.
It is, in one sense, a dead thing which
Japan has conquered, aad it is doubtful
if it will ever come to normal life. But
it is a valuablo corpse.
But Japan will be from now on the
great civilizing, regulating, dominating
power of Asia. Without disrupting
China, she will let the whole world
reap the result of her resources. She
will throw down the barriers which
have closed her vast possessions to
trade and commerce. She will intro
duce such modern methods as are pos
sible into the interior, which has been
absolutely stationary for centuries.
The day when lucifer matches and mills
and railroads and other results of civil
ization cau be shut out of one of the
richest and broadest' countries in the
world ended with the decisive battle of
the Japan-China war.
"The victory of Japan over China
.nay well make certain English and
American industries tremble for then
future. It means that from now on
cheap labor labor which is incredibly
cheap to us will bo thrown into com
petition with high-priced labor. Tariff
duties will not protect us or you. No
nation could protest itself by tariff
against the attack which Japan can
and will make in the near future, any
more than it could protect itself by
guns and forts against an invasion of
the influenza epidemic.
'Let your cotton growers look to
their positions. Even England's Indian
cotton will be hard pressed, and if the
growers are in danger then the manu
facturers are in greater danger. The
capacity of the Japanese and the Chi
nese for increelible detail in their work ,
makes for them the most perfect work
men in the world, cs they are the most
rapid. And when one realizes that this
ability and capacity can be obtained
there for an average of eight cents a
day, against from a dollar and a half
upwards in America and four shillings
upward in England, it is not hard tc
see there is reason in what I say. I be
lieve that Japan will ere long play very
hot with Manchester, our great Eng
lish cotton manufacturing center, and
there are American, cities which, while
they may not feci the evil effects of
this modern progression quickly, will ,
not feel them less seriously in the end.
"And cotton is only one of the indus
trial branches of which Japan is des
tined to become the queen. In silk
growing and silk making and the labor
and resources of China which she will
develop she will be supreme, and iu an
infinitely varied and infinitely numer
ous list of other industries in whicb
eheap labor must be the chief clement
such as matchmaking she will rule
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AND IT3 CUIUS
The old lady was right when she said
that child might die if they waited for
the doctor. She saved the little one's
life with a few doses of One Minute
Cough Cure. She bad used it for croup
before. Snipes & Kinersly Drag Co.
The Order Entertained It Lady Friend
Datarday Evening.
The social session of Cascade Lodge
No. 303, B. P. O. Elks, Riven last Sat
urday evening, was one of the most
enjoyable events ot the season, and
indeed it has been many a day since a
merrier crowd assembled in The Dalles
than that which congregated at Elks'
hall on that occasion.
Promptly at 8 o'clock Judge Drad-
shaw, as chairman of the session, was
escorted to the station of authority in
the ball, and after a rendition by the
orchestra, Exalted Ruler John Michell :
delivered a brief and happy address of
welcome, followed by a vocal rendition
by John Hampshire. Then thejolity
of the evening began, as member after
Circzit Court.
In the circuit court to lay the follow
ing cases were disposed of:
Katie KizeJ vs Henry Kizer, contin
ued.
J J Spenc.er vs W R Windens, de
fault acd judgment.
Assignment of L and M Hendrick-
son, order to sell personal property.
Davenport Bros Lumber Co vs C P
Healb, dismissed.
K L. Barrell vs. W. C. - Barrell,
agreed and submitted.
Mays & Crowe vs John Wood, referred
to H H Riddoll. .
A M Williams & Co vs J E McCor
mack, demurrer overruled.
Wm Rune vs F W L Skibbe to an
swer on first day of next term.
To the Editor 1 have an absolute
remedy for Consumption. By its timely use
thousands of hopeless cases have been already
permanently cured. So proof-positive am I
of its rower that I consider it my duty to
send two bottles fret to those of your readers
who have Consumption, Throat, Bronchial or
Lung Trouble, if they will write me theli
express and postoffice address. Sincerely,
T. A. SLOCUM. M. C, IS3 Pearl St, Bew Tort.
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