SATURDAY .... FEBRUARY 6. 1817
-,.-- jxEMS IN BRIEF.
.. From Wednesday's Daily.
" Charles Schutz 1b home from a visit
to Klickitat count;
Judge Bradshaw returned today
from a visit to Salem.
Allie Henderson was up from White
Salmon yesterday and returned home
this morning.
The total amount of fees collected.by
the county clerk during- the month of
January was $323.31. -.." ;
: School Clerk Jacobsen Is making
- the annual enumeration of persons of
school age in the district. - ,
- There were 236 votes cast at the city
. election In Heppner yesterday. Thomas
Morgan was re-elected mayor.
Hon. W. H. Wilson returned last
. night from Salem, where he had been
arguing a case before the supreme
court.
The predictions of the weather
' prophet have come true, and rain has
been falling a good portion of the day.
, . which has put a stop to sleigh-riding.
Te sewer on Federal street has
been causing considerable annJyan
of late, having been clogged from
Fifth street to the river, but has been
' ' put in perfect repair by Marshal Lauer.
"' No business of importance was trans
acted in the senate yesterday, and little
was attempted in the house. The sen
atorial contest has overshadowed
everything else.
A coal county, III., paper says corn in
- that section is worth 50 cents a bushel,
though the farmers are compelled to
take 16 cents in cash and 34' cents in
confidence for it at present.
".. Judge Bennett and his steneograph-
er, G. E. Stewart, went to Goldendale
last night.' The judge has an import-
. ant case before the superior court of
Klickitat county which is in session at
present. '
If the attempt to hold a joint con
vention tonight fails, it is expected
that the Benson house will surrender
, and join with the'hold-outs" in effect
ing a permanent organization with a
constitutional . quorum present and
answering to rollcall.
Today the money collected on sub
scription for the purchase of a diamond
drill to be used in prospecting for coal
v on Chenowith creek was turned over
to T. T. Nicholas, and the order for
the drill will be forward by tonight's
mail. The drill is expected to arrive
in about three weeks, when Mr.
. Nicholas will begin active prospecting.
The Woodmen lodge of this city held
a very pleasant and profitable session
at Fraternity hall last evening. State
Lecturer McHaley met with the lodge
and delivered an ' impressive lecture
upon the aims and objects of the order.
- Scarcely had he ceased speaking when
the lodge room was invaded by the
' members of Cedar Grove ladened with
an abundant supply of coffee and cake,
and the Woodmen gracefully sur
rendered to their captors. The balance
of the evening ' was very pleasantly
spent in disposing of .the lunch and
playing social games. - .
cars went off, tearing up a consider
able length of track. No one on the
train was injured by the accident,
though trains will be delayed until
some time tonight. The accident oc
curred before the west-bound over
land reached Bonneville, so it i held
this side of the wreck and will not get
through to Portland until some lime
tonight. '
REAPPORTIONMENT.
(From Thursday's Daily.)
Mrs. Cradlebaugh came, up from
- Hood River yesterday.
Only three 'nightS more to see the
wonder of the 19th century.
Mr. Wallis, a prominent merchant
and real estate owner at 'Rufus, is in
the city today.'
Remember the lecture at the Congre
gational church Saturday afternoon
and at the Vogt Sunday evening.
Temple lodge will entertain the mem-v
bers of the Degree of Honor tonight,
A rare treat is in store for the ladles.
' A horse belonging to John Crate
will be given away at raffle at Char
les Frank's Balloon Saturday evening
at 8 o'clock.
Arrangements are being perfected
for giving a Dickens entertainment
: some time in the near future.- Local
talent only will taice part.'
During,the months' of October, No-
vember and December there were 290
' cash entries of forfeited railroad land
made at The Dalles land office.
The senators who went into joint
convention with the Benson' house
yesterday were Brownell, Driver,
." Dufur, Go wan, Johnson, Patterson of
Marlon, Price and Reed.
Numerous boats have , been on the
- river today dragging for the bodies of
the Indians drowned yesterday, but
up to the time of going to press the
bodies had not been recovered.
It was stated on the . streets today
. that the house of representatives had
reorganized, and that Hon. B. S. Hunt-
lngtoo, of this city, had been elected
speaker, but the report lacks confirma
tion. . Sheriff 'Matlock, of Morrow county,
will leave for Heppner tonight ac
' companied by James Morgan who was
arrested here.last evening and who is
wanted at Heppner on a charge of
seduction.
The Degree of Conor Lodge had a
very pleasant session last evening.
The Fera "Leaf " edited by Hon. J. F.
Moore' was nnusaally interesting, and
besides a fine musical program - was
rendered.
Dr.'Flynu, 'of Portland, is visiting
old acquaintances in the city. The
doctor is an old resident of The Dalles,
having been engaged in freighting be
tween here and Canyon City in the
early days.
- The attempt to hold a joint conven
tion of the two houses for the purpose
of voting for senator at Salem last
night was a failure. Only 39 members
could be mustered to go into the con
vention, hence no voto was taken.
Mrs. J. L. Bradley died at Junction
City on Feb. 1, and was buried at that
place the following day. Mrs. Bradley
was a daughter of W. H. Williams, of
Eight-Mile, and resided at Dufur for
many years. She leaves a husband
and six children.
J. P. Benton, of the firm of Maier &
Benton, hardware dealers of The
Dalles, has been in Dufur this week
doing the plumbing work on Mrs. A.
K. Dufur's new residence. Being an
' efficient musician, he assisted the local
' brass band in its practice Wednesday
night. Dufur Dispatch.
.A genuine chinook wind has been
blowing today causing the snow to dis
appear rapidly. While the weather is
pleasant, it would have been better for
, the country had there been no thaw
before the 20th of the month. Turn
log off warm now may cause fruit trees
to bud too- early, subjecting them to
the danger of injury from late frosts
in the spring. . .
A freight train got off the track near
Bonneville' about six 'o'clock this
morning. The engine and five or six
From naay's Oatly
Miss Mary Lay is very ill wiih
pneumonia.
Judge Bennett and G. Ernest Stewart
returned from Goldendale today. .
Miss Adna Helm returned last night
from a visit of three weeks in Portland,
We are pleased to state that Miss
Jessie Butler, who has been very ill
with typhoid fever, is much improved
today.
. There will be a business meeting of
the Epworth League this evening at
7:30 in the class room of the M. E.
church.
The picture of Representative Hunt
ington given in today's Oregonian is
enough to cause Mr. H. to forever
despise the art of photography.
The bottom has fallen out of one
place in Union street just below the
cut, there being a cave large enough
to put a small house in. It was caused
by a defective sewer.
The case of the Oregon Lumber Co.
vs Levi and Burns Jones, argued and
submitted at the last term of court, was
decided today by Judge-Bradshaw, a
judgement being rendered in favor of
the plaintiB. -
W. C. Gibson, who is charged by
George D. Barnard & Co with the em
bezzlement of two Baker county war
rants, amounting to $80.2-3, has been
held to appear before the next grand
jury of Baker county.
The damage to the track near Bonne
ville, caused by the wreck yesterday,
was repaired last evening, and trains
were all on time except the east-bound
overland which did not arrive here un
til 3 o'clock this morning.
Dalles Lodge No. 2, I. O. G. T. will
have a public installation of, officers
tomorrow night, to which all are in
vited. After tbe installation a short
program will be rendered and refresh
ments will be serve 3. Admission free.
Four elegant prizes will be given at
the mask ball next Friday evening;
two for the best sustained lady charac
ters and two for the best gentlemen
characters. The prizes will be dis
played at A. M. Williams & Co's.
store.
A. J. Brigham, of Dufur, was in the
city today. He had with him some
splendid samples of winter apples
raised in his orchard at Dufur that, are
far ahead of any of the apples that have
been shipped in from New York this
winter.
The D. P. & A. N. Co., has offered
free transportation to Portland dealers
who bring costumes here for the mask
bar. on the I2th. The ball is a benefit
for John Cra'.e, and the company has
done this to help the matter of raising
funds by the fire company that is
giying the ball.
Bro. Ireland, of the Moro Observer
tainits b Herman county has some
things to be thankful for. Here they
are: "Sherman county may have bed
bugs and flies but she has no convict
in the penitentiary nor member of
Salem's biennial disgrace."
The warm rains of the past week
have started the placer men in Jose
phine county to work again. The
winter there has thus far been of the
"open" order, stock of alL kinds run
ning at large on the natural grasses,
and this condition makes dull business
for hay and grain men. .
Tickets for the mask ball to be given
on the evening of the 12th are on sale
at all the principal business houses.
Tickets admitting lady and gentleman,
$1, ladies without escort, 25 cents, re
served seats on stage, 10 cents extra.
Maskers must be identified at the door.
No disreputable characters will be ad.
mitted.
Temple Lodge No. 3, A. O. U. W.,
entertained its lady guests, tbe mem
bers of the Degree of Honor, in a most
becoming manner last evening at
Fraternity hall. A magnificent spread
was laid, and J. H. Cradlebaugh de
livered a very neat address, followed
by music. The entertainment closed
with a dance and social good time
highly enjoyed by all who were present
On Wednesday Eli Hosletter was ar
rested and token before Justice Filloon
on a charge of larceny for having con
fused blankets belonging to a friend
with those belonging to himself and
carrying away property to which he
did not have a clear title. He waB
held in bonds of $100 to appear and
answer before the next grand jury.
Tom McCoy has opened a neat bar
ber shop on Second street, opposite the
Clarendon restaurant, where he will
be pleased to meet all his former pat
rons. Mr. McCoy is one of the best
barbers ever in Tbe Dalles, and his
former customers will all be glad of an
opportunity to have him shave them
once more. See his name on the window.
A. Measure Before the Legislature to Re
apportion tbe State.
Under the constitution, it is the duty
of the present legislature to reappor
tion the state in senatorial and legisla
tive districts, based on the state cen
sus of 1895; and to that end. Represen
tative Somers has framed a reappor
tionment measure. The census figures
were obtained by Somers from the
secretary of state. The ratio of appor
tionment for senatorial districts is one
senator for every 12,084 of population,
and fraction thereof exceeding one
half; and for representatives one for
every 6042 of population. For senators,
the apportionment is as follows:
First district Marion county, two
senators.
Second Linn one.
Third Lane, one.
Fourth Douglas, one.
Fifth Coos, Curry and Josephine,
one.
Sixth Jackson, one.
Seventh Gilliam, Crook and Klam
ath, one.
Eighth Lincoln, Benton and Lane,
one.
Ninth Polk, one.
Tenth Yamhill, one.
Eleventh Clackamas, two.
Twelfth Washington, one.
Thirteenth Linn and Marion, one.
Fourteenth Multnomah, eight.
Fifteenth Clatsop, one.
Sixteenth Washington, Columbia
and Tillamook, one.
Seventeenth Wasco and Sherman,
one.
Eighteenth Morrow, Grant and
Harney, one.
Nineteenth Umatilla, one.
'Twentieth Union and Wallowa
one.
Twenty-first Baker, Malheur, Union
and Wallowa, one.
For the representative districts, the
apportionment is as follows:
First representative district Marion
county, five representatives.
Second Linn, three.
Third Lane, three.
Fourth Douglas, two.
Fifth Coos, one. ,N
Sixth Douglas, Coos and Curry, one.
Seventh Josephine, one. .
Eighth Jackson, two.
Ninth Benton, one.
Tenth Polk, two.
Eleventh Lincoln and Tillamook,
one.
Twelfth Yamhill, two.
Thirteenth Clackamas, four.
Fourteenth Multnomah, fifteen.
Fifteenth Washington, three.
Sixteenth Clatsop, two. '
Seventeenth Columbia, one.
Eighteenth Wasco, two.
. Nineteenth Gilliam, Sherman and
Crook, one.'
Twentieth Morrow and Grant, one.
Twenty-first Umatilla, two.
Twenty-second Union, two.
Twenty-third Baker and Malheur,
one.
Twenty-fourth Lake, Klamath and
Harney, one.
Twenty-fifth : Wallowa, one.
- Hold-over senators representing
joint districts shall bo considered sen
ators for the new districts in which
they reside. ......
The most important change in the
measure is the increase of the repre
sentation of Multnomah county. It
gives 15 representatives as against nine
at present. "
salmon, and to encourage fish prop
agation in Oregon, is the most rational
measure that has yet been introduced
in the Oregon legislature to encourage
the fish industry in tbe state.
The bill covers a wide field. In ad
dition to enacting tbe license features
of the Steiwer bill befoie tbe last leg
islature, which ' discussion has made
sufficiently familiar, tbe Stanley bill
closes absolutely against fishing oper
ations in the Clackamas, Sandy and
Deschutes rivers, Eagle and Tanner
creeks, and the Willamette within a
radius of 1000 feet of the mouth of the
Clackamas. Hatcheries are protected
by forbidding fishing for a mile be
low their racks, and while the exact
wording of the section concerning
dams and fish ways is not given, it is
presumed it is provided that fish ways
in all private dams must conform to
the requirements of the state fish pro
tector. The bill contains some ' stringent
rules for the regulation of stationary
fishing gear, which seem weil calcu
lated to render the contrivances strictly
amendable to control and without dam
age to navigation. Their Situation is
narrowly prescribed, and their num
bering, lighting, branding, etc., are
sufficiently regulative, if not even bor
dering on oppressive interference.
These sections will satisfy all observers
of the salmon industry except tho-e
who still seek the destruction of all
fixed gear.
A radical change is made in tbe ad
ministration of the office of fish pro
tector. In the first place, the bill con
templates, evidently, that separate
provision shall be made for game pro
tection. The officer named in this bill
is to simply be a "fish commissioner,"
to give his whole time and attention to
the duties of tbe office, at a salary of
$2000 a year. Then be is to be ap
pointed by the governor, instead of
being the creature of the present ne
farious political trading at the hands
of members of the legislature. The
governor must also appoint five deputy
commissioners, one each for the five
fishing districts of the state. The in
ference is that each of these districts
is to receive the benefit in disburse
ments for propagation of the funds
raised from it by licenses, as well as
by sales of contraband fish.
A very important feature of the bill,
new to Oregon, but approved in the
experience of other states, is the pro
vision for the forfeit of "boat or boats,
vessel or vessels, seine or seines, net
or nets, gill or gills, drift or drifts,
drawnet or net, fyke or fykes, trap or
traps, pot or pots, pound or pounds,
weir or weirs, setline or lines, fish
wheels or other apparatus," engaged
in unlawful fishing.
THE COMMON COUNCIL.
TO PROTECT THE OKCI1AK8.
i Is the Time to Spray for San
Scale.
Jose
THE OLD RKLIABLES.
Jackson Engine Company Holds Regular
r1 Annual Election.',
Our bid reliable fire company, Jack
son Engine company No. 1, one of tbe
oldest volunteer companies in the state,
held its annual election of officers last
night, and the following were duly
elected: A. Sandrock, president; F.
W. L. Skibbee, secretary; Harry
Clough, treasurer; R. B. Sinnott, fore
man; John Blazer, first assistant; Gus
Bartell, second assistant; Chas. Lauer,
W. H. Bulls and. J. W. Fisher, dele
gates. After the election President
Sandrock appointed the following
standing committees:
Finance Geo. Liebe sr., John
Blazer, Walter Klindt.
Investigating Geo. Liebe jr., R. B.
Sinnott, Geo. Williams. ,
When the proceedings at the meet
ing were concluded the firemen were
invited to the Skibbee hotel to partake
of a splendid banquet, which was given
by F. W. L. Skibbee and August
Bucbler, the solid refreshments being
supplied by Mr. Skibbee, and the
liquids, better known as the choicest
product of the Columbia brewery, were
furnished by Mr. Buchler.
At the banquet numerous speeches
were made by the local firemen, and a
stirring address was also made by M.
L. Jones, an old Pendleton fireman,
who was one of the guests of the com
pany. Those of Jackson Engine Co. who at
tended the banquet were A. Sandrock,
W. H. Butts, Geo. T. Thompson, John
Blazer, L. Klindt, Ike Perry, Joe
Studinicker, J. W. Fisher, Gus Bartell,
Sherman Frank, Geo. Liebe, jr., Chas.
Lauer, Rudolph Frank, August
Buchler, A. S. Cathcart, Walter Klindt,
James Maloney, F. W. L. Skibbee, H.
Clough and Geo. Williams.
Death of J. O. Douthlt.
- The reaper death has claimed for bis
victim J. O. Douthit, brother of the
editor of the Times-Mountaineer.
His death , occurred ot his home at
Cross Key, Crook county, on Tuesday
evening, Feb. 2, and was the result of
injuries sustained from a fall from a
horse on January 26.
J. O. Douthit was born in Hamilton
county, Indiana, 57 years ago. When
13 years of age he came with bis par
ents to Oregon, settling in Linn coun
ty. In 1865 he a as married to Louisa
J.-Thonpson, who with three children,
Mrs. L. D. Claypool, James H. and
Samuel G. Douthit, survive him; be
sides, he leaves two sisters, Mrs. O. P.
Cresap) of -Canyon City, Miss M. L.
Douthit, of Portland, and one brother,
J. A. Douthit, of The Dai'es. He was a
member of West Point lodge, I. O. O.
F., of Coburg, and was a communicant
of the Episcopal church. Deceased fol
lowed the occupation of farming in
Linn and Lane counties until 1S87,
when be moved to Crook county and I
engaged in stock raising.
A Temperance Thunderbolt.
"We have heard the silvery tongue
of Bain and the wit of Anna Shaw, but
from Mrs. Hoffman, the thunderbolts
of unanswerable argument, with the
pathos of a great, motherly heart, stir-
rednto its very depths by.a legalized
sin. The W. C. T. U., has manygreat
leaders, but none so fearless yet with
all so tender," says one who has
listened to Mrs. Hoffman lecture.
Mrs. Hoffman is expected to speak
in the Congregational church on Satur
day, the 6th, at 2:30 and in the Vogt
opera house on Sunday evening. ' It is
hoped everyone will attend.
Dr. Miles' Pain Pills stop Headache.
DROWNED IN THE COLUMBIA.
Two Indlaas Lose their Lives and Another
Narrowly Escapes.
About 10 o'clock this forenoon two
Indians, John Williams and John
Waters, were drowned in the Columbia
while attempting to take up a sturgeon
line in the river some two miles above
the city, and an Indian boy named
Dave, who was with them, had a nar
row escape from drowning. They had
a line stretched across the river and to
it were attached a number of sturgeon
lines, reaching down into the water.
The three had gone out in a small
boat to take in the fish that had been
caught, and were engaged in hauling
ip.a loose line when the one across the
river parted at both ends. This threw
all the weight of the lines upon the
boat, turning it over and throwing the
occupants into the stream. Tbe boat
together with Williams and Waters
was carried down under the weigh;,
and it is supposed tbe men were en
tangled in the ropes and could not free
themselves. The boy Dave got clear
from the boat, and swam about until
he was rescued by C. A. Grimm and
Oscar Pieper, who were fishing some
300 yards below, and went to his assist
ance as soon as they were apprised of
the accident.
The river has been dragged and the
boat and lines have been brought to
the snrface, but neither of the bodies
has been recovered. A reward of $20
for the recovery of each of the bodies
has been offered by the friends of the
deceased.
lO PROTECT FOOD SALMON.
A Comprehensive Bill Introduced by Rep-
, resentative Stanley. .
The bill introduced b"y Mr. Stanley,
of Union county, for the protection of
Experienced fruit growers have
learned that February and March are
the months when Sit, Jose scale can
be most effectually destroyed by spray
ing trees, and the state board of horti
culture recommends .that orchardists
adopt every possible measure during
these months to kill the scale on thei
trees. Especially is this recommended,
since fruit for shipment next year will
be very closely inspected, and any that
is affected with scale ' will be rejected
in the markets. " The board recom
mends the following wash as a certain
remedy for scale if applied according
to directions: "
Lime (unslaked) 50 pounds, sulphur
50 pounds,' stock' salt 50 pounds.'' This
will make 150 gallons of wash.
Directions Slack 50 pounds of lime,
then add 50 pounds of sulphur, boil it
over a brisk fire for an hour, then place
all the salt with it in the boiler and
boil 15 minutes, then add the necessary
amount of water to make 150 gallons.
This solution should be used at temper
ature of at least 100 degress. Before
using strain the liquid. The utility of
this wash depends a great deal upon
the strength of the sulphur. It is,
therefore, recommended that those
who use this, wash, have a Beaumes
scale for acid. When it shows eight
degrees when cold, it Is of the proper
strength. . These scales may be ob
tained through aoy druggist, at a cost
not to exceed 50 cents.
Amendments to the Charter Considered
by the Members.
The regular monthly meeting of the
pity council vas held last evening.
Mayor Menefoe presiding and the fol
lowing coaiioumen were present:
Nolan, Wood, Thompson, Kuck,
Champlain, Clough and Johns.
The minutes of last meeting were
read and approved, when the following
proceedings were had:
Petition from the Luthern church
for the purchase of certain real estate
belonging to the city was read, and
the recorder was instructed to draft
ordinance in accordance with the pe
tition, to cover the sale of said prop
erty. A motion prevailed ordering a
special meeting of the council -on Fri
day evening to consider said ordinance.
A communication from Representa
tive Huntington was presented, rec
ommending amendments to the new
charter, and on motion the recorder
was instructed to communicate to Mr.
Huntington these amendments: That
the recoi der be allowed five days in
which to report all ordinances to the
mayor, that a vote of a majority of the
council be sufficient to remove from
office the recorder or marshal, that the
present system of electing recorder
and marshal be not changed, and that
the amount of license tax for the sale
of liquors in original packages be. left
blank.
Consideration of the ordinance to
regulate the sale of liquors in bottles
(known as the drug store ordinance),
was postponed to tae next regular
meeting. '..-.
On motion T. T. Nicholas- was grant
ed the use of the rock crusher engine
for the purpose of operating a drill in
prospecting for coal, provided the en
gine should be returned to the city . in
as good condition as at present.
The special committee on electric
lights reported they had no further
communication from the electric light
company to submit.
Monthly reports of officers were re
ceived, and the following claims
against the city were ordered paid:
C F Ltuer, marshal .8 75 00
Geo J Brown, engineer '.. 75 00
J J Wiley, night watch 60 00
Geo Phelps, recorder 50 00
C J Cranuall. treasurer 20 00
Jim Like, laborer 21 70
VRoase " 8 20
W J Barsett, labor 3 20
Jim Hogan " 1 80
J W Hurley " 1 80
Wm Heozie, team on streets... '10 75
California resturant, meals lor
prisoners
J ET Harper, lights, street lamps
J P Mclnerny, mdse
Gutta Percha Rubber Co, sec
tion hose
Times-Mountaineer, printing
P F Burham, hauling
Gunning & Hockman, mdse ...
D W Mann, hauling ,
Dalles CHv Water Co, water r'nt
Electric Light Co, lights 29 00
L Rorden, mdse 1 95
Ward, Kerns & Robertson,haulrg. 1 00
Prinz & Nitachke, mdse 3 50
Mays & Crowe, mdse .- 11 62
12 15
39 40
1 20
40 00
1 50
2 75
1 80
50
32 00
EVERY MAN A FIGHTER.
I
An Explanation.
Editor Times-Mocntatneeb:
In answer to an article thai appeared
in last evening's Chronicle, I beg to
state for the information of the public
that the delay in ordering the drill
was not caused by T. T. Nicholas and to
not knowing exactly what kind of drill
to get, or through waiting to ascertain
the cost of the same. The fact is T. T.
Nicholas & Co. have long since decided
as to what kind of a drill they require,
and -have been ready with their part
of the money to order it long ago, but
the Dalles Commercial Club did not
hand over the $500 to them before last
Wednesday, Feb. 3d, and on that date
the drill was ordered, and the people
of this city can rest assured that T. T.
Nicholas & Co will find the coal if there
is any in this part oi the country.
There is no doubt but the editor
of the Chronicle is an able,
intelligent writer, and I am well satis
fied that his influence has done a great
deal towards getting the drill, but I
suggest now to let the drill question
drop; the people are getting tired of
it. It reminds me of the old tale about
the man making the long prayer be
fore a congregation that got so tired
and disgusted with it that several
asked him if he was ever going to quit?
to which he replied that "that's what
puzzled him, he did not know how to
wind the darn thing up." ' Citizen.
Money For Land.
The report of the local land office
shows that for tbe quarter ending Dae.
31, 1896, the receipts from all source
were S67.41U.4U. These moneys na.
been collected principally from the
settlers on forfeited railroad lands io
Wasco and Sherman counties, and
since they have all been forwarded to
the department at Washington, ex
plains the scarcity of money in this
section. The receipts from various
sources were as follows:
No. aeres Amt.
Cash entries 51,796,33 $64,705 40
Hd entries 20,959,51
Final homesteads. 7.786.00
Final tim. culture. 3,730,57
State selectiens...
Wagon road select
2.116 00
362 00
125 00
12 00
'90 00
Letters Advertised.
The following is the list of letters re
maining in Tbe Dalles postoffice un
called for February 6, 1897. Persons
calling - for these letters will please
give date on which they were ad
vertised: Bernard, L H Beaty, J W
Beach, Emery Graham, Dell
Harris, Tbos Johnson, J W
McCaul, Kate Mrs Pugh. John E
Turner, Bert ': Teel& Coleman .
J. A . Cbossen, P. M.
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The Metabeles, Who Have Risen Affalnst
EngliKh Colonists in Africa.
About three years ago the warlike
and intelligent Metabeles, of Mashona
laud, threatened a war upon the Eng
lish ' colonists in that country, but,
listening to the counsels of their king,
the wfce Lobcn.sfula, the trouble was
warded eft. IJut the grumblings of the
figh ting men continued. They partial
ly believed Lobcngula s explanation
of the course he was pursuing. He
had told them that his ambassadors to
England Raid that for every drop of
'English, blood Dhed a fresh : English
man would spring into being. The
medicine men said: '"Let us kill these
here and sec if what they say will bap
pen,"' but Lobengula's counsels pre
vailed.. The restive feeling finally
grew beyond .that sable monarch s con
trol and now the cable' brings news
that tho young men have risen and are 1
nisr-jhin.? npon Fort3 Victoria, Sails-1
bury, T-.:ii end t!io other.i, comprising
the . foreign raiiiicry system in that
country. If the uprising is not speedi
ly suppressed England has a ccrious
job on hand. The Metabeles arc of the
scmo btocli as the Zulus. Their mili
tary organization i3 almost perfect:
The population of Metabclcland proper
is auont two hunurel thousand. The
standing as ay iacaid by the Pittsburgh
Dispute!! to number fu'teen thousand,
divide--! iot-. fcrals or regiments and
commouacu bv inaunas. W l:at Is more,
thcr.o fellows can Cght. 1 hey are born
soldier:;, us t'le troops are almost
as thorouclilyorppn'zedas the British
they will laalro quite a struggle. , The
favorite weapon is th assegai or
spear, but many are equipped with
good guns and know enough to pick
out their men to shoot at when doing
battle.
Mr. Huntington's Position. ' .
' In the dispatch from Salem published
in yesterday's issue Representative
Huntington is quoted as having said
he did not consider the Benson house
legally organized, but this seems to be
a misquotation. . What Mr. Hunting
ton said was:
- "I did think a majority of the quali
fied representatives was sufficient to
organize the house, and therefore acted
with the Benson house and this joint
convention. ' But now you refuse to
announce the roll call, and employ all
the bad methods possible, which prove
to me that the Benson house and this
joint convention are organized solely
for the purpose of electing one man
and giving no one else a show. I have
no chance to support, my candidate
(Williams), and find that improper, of
fers have been made to induce men to
come in. I therefore announce that I
withdraw how for good."
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JlSCONTENTED WITH THE GODC
U In loos Constantly bcragcllng Between
l'ol.vthelftm and SXonoCieiam.
The gods of India are everywhere,
and yet they seem to be nowhere, 'ihe
religion has been one long winter of
discontent; one prolonged struggle oa
the part of the people to worship many
gods under many shapes, while al
ways on the point of believing in one
single divine essence as the cause and
creator of all things; a hand to hand
fight between polytheism and monothe
ism, in which the priests have contin
ually endeavored to play the part of
conciliators. Vishnu and Siva are now
the chief contending parties, and the
priests have tried to make them agree
by adding a third supreme deity in the
snape or ijrahma. Uf this lact ingen
ious searchers after collateral evidence
of Christianity have made capital, say
ing that israhma, Vishnu and Siva are
inseparable, and that the Hindoos are
evidently in possession of the dogma of
the trinity, says a writer in the Cen
tury. As a matter of fact this is pure
nonsense, and contains as much truth
as the parallels 'that have been drawn
between Christ and Buddha, Christ and
Krishma, Napoleon the Great and
Apollo. Archbishop Whately, in his
great squib, showed once and for all
the absurdity of such demonstrations.
For the chief of Buddhist institutions
was the monastery, and in no Catholics
country have the mendicant and priest-!
ly orders ever flourished in such num
bers, in, such wealth or in such power
as they did in India during the eight
or nine hundred years which elapsed
from the rise to the extinction ot Budd
hism. The monks took the vows of poverty
and mendicancy as individuals, but the
order, as a body, owned vast estates,
magnificent buildings and untold
riches.. Their error lay in severing
themselves too much from the people,
in making their religion too abstract
for popular comprehension, in leading
lives which were too secluded to admit
of any breadth of view and too well
provided with good things for any great
intellectual activity. They have left
but little behind thenf worthy to be
ranked as literature. In countries
where people live much in the open air,
dress simply when they dress at all and
eat what they can get, it requires little
effort of imagination or skill of pen to
make them seem as primitive as one
pleases. As a matter of fact, where it
is very easy "to live, or, at least, where
little thought or labor is requisite to
obtain the means of living, a nation en
dowed with any natural activity is very
likely to devote its -energies to intel
lectual pursuits; and the result is sure
to be a state of national thought which,
in despite of scanty clothing and rice
for breakfast, dinner and supper, will
turn out the very reverse of primitive.
India is such a country, and, so far as
the Aryans are concerned, always has
been. What it was before the Aryan
conquest we have no means of know
ing, but it is not at all likely that the
modern religions and customs belonged
to the aborigines prior to that date. It
seems much more natural to suppose
that the Vedic hymns and the Vedic
faith if we may so call it were at all
times the exclusive property of the
higher class of Aryans and that popu
lar religions existed among the masses,
as they do now, simultaneously with
the highly-civilized belief of the Vedic
Brahmans. The word brahmana, as
designating a member of the puiestly
caste (distinguished from the brahman,
the officiating priest and singer of the
sacred verses), is found only in the very
latest of the hymns, showing that no
such distinction was necessary before
the fusion of the classes whieh proba
bly accompanied the southward migra
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twenty-five years ago says deer was as
plenty tnen in the woods ncrt'n of Sebec
lake as anyone could aak for. The
slate company has a larje number of
men empicyiHl. and boarded them in
camps, the same r.3 lumber men board
their crews in iiic wcoas.
To keep the camp3 supplied with fish
and meat they kept a hunter employed
every day. The supply never ran short,
but some of his methods were peculiar.
He evidently kept lisR on call in the
winter sea-son- On several occasions
company came in from Uangor unex
pectedly late in the evening. .Cut they
only had to say trout to Stone, the hun
ter, and he would start oui into the
woods to return in fifteen minutes with
a handsom string of fishJ apparently
just taken from tbe water, says the
Lewiston Journal.
He would bring in deer in the winter
much the same way. His manner of
doing this the gentleman explains, for
he went with Mm once and learned the
secret, ne took thV- 'Ipt sled out tc
bring in game, and -1 he v.-o: kma:i went
along to help haul it. 'xiicy d'-l not
go very far into the forest when they
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THE FIRST SHAKESPEARE FOLIO
There Never Was a Volume Which Caused
So Much Argument.
Surely a little enthusiasm is allow
able here. Never was there a volume
which has caused so much controversy
ana argument, says the Cornhill Maga
zine. It has been measured up by
eighths of an inch, counted in lines,
recKonea Dy page, by letter nay, even
by stops and omissions, and made the
subject of thick treatises which try to
prove it something different to what it
is and its author a myth. It was pub
lished at a guinea; in 17S7 a copy sold
at auction for ten pounds sterling, and
to-day a fine specimen would not fall
for less than fifteen hundred pounds
sterling! What a history for an un
pretentious tome of old plays!
But even. more precious ore those
squat quartos which represent the ab
solutely first editions of many of the
bard's productions.
It is a little singular how few of
them have survived. Heaps upon heaps
may very likely have been made food
for bonfires in the stern days of the
Ironsides and tho strict fanatics who
took away England's pleasures and
gave her her liberty, yet one would ex
pect to meet with more copies. They
were issued at six pence, most likely
on somewhat the same footins aa the
acting plays 'of Mr. French in the
Strand, dear to the ambitious amateur.
Their money value must now in some
instances be reckoned in three figures,
while many are almost if not quit
unique.
Of the first quarto "Hamlet," in many
respects the most interesting and at
tractive of the immortal scries, only
two examples are known, both of
which are defective, though the two
together would make a perfect copy.
The duke of Devonshire has the title
page, but lacks the last leaf; in the
museum copy the exact reverse is the
case a curious coincidence.
Plays of this period generally are
much esteemed and eagerly sought for
in nrst editions, and all collectors are
familiar with these thin quartos, often
sumptuously clad by Uodford or
Riviere,' which represent such a bi-h
and " ever-increasing money value.
Whether this bo an indication of
growing interest in matters theatrical.
or, as is more probable, a renoyiiliou
of their importance as factors i:i our
literature and faithful pictures of their
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ramf .tn n lot of fivorpreen Lioup-lis
heaped upoir the snow. Hero Stcne I times, it were perhaps difficult to sat-
stopped. Lifting the boughs he tipped , wfactonly decide.
he pile over, and the looker-on, who
rendered what he was up to, was scared
nearly out of his senses when a Tjig
buck bounded up out of the hole and
fell flat on his side. His feet- were
tethered together so he could not stand.
Stone had caught him. and tethered
him and buried him alive under the
brush and snow against future emergen
cies. This was his system of cold stor
age. .
HORSE RECKONING. ISl
. Land Transfers.
Mat tie and Arthur Coffin to Emma
Thompson, lot 5, block 25, Bigelow ad
dition to Dalles City, il.
Charles Reley to W. Bolton & Co.,
lot 1, block 2, Laugblia's addition to
ntelope, $1.
G. F. Boswell and wife to Phebe
Helen White, 25 acres in sec 27, 1 2 n,
r 10 e, $725.
p Charles Rilay to M. F. Kerchheimer,
lot 1, block 1, Laughlins' addition to
Antelope, 700. -
J. L. Story and wife to John P.
Breskirk and wife, lots J and K, block
33, in Dalles Military Reserve addition
to Dalles City, $275.
J. C. Weslergard to F. W. Angup,
nwl sei, nei sw sec 10, t 2 n, r 10 e,
$1,000.
TheB) too Good.
There never was a truer saying than
that "The best is not too good." when
speaking of tbe accommodations for a
long overland journey and therefore
it will be well for the traveler going
east to remember that he will be very
weary when he gets to St. Paul or
Minneapolis, and that he should make
a wise choice of routes from there to
Chicago or Milwaukee. The Wiscon
sin Central trains run between these
points making close connections with
all trains at both terminals. Posted
travelers seek tnis route for many rea
sons, one of which is, they can get 'a
well cooked meal at a moderate price.
An Instance Bbowlng; the Animal's MathJ
ematical Capability.
A Bnssian doctor has been experi
menting to find how far some of our
domestic animals can count. The in
telligence of the horse, as this is shown
in mathematics, seems to surpass that
of the cat or the dog. The instances
given by him are interesting, but be
fore they are accepted as authentic
they should be verified by the observa
tions of naturalists whose skill and
care are unquestioned.
He found a horse which was able to
count the mile posts along the way. It
had been trained by its master to stop
for feed whenever they had covered.
twenty-five versts.
One day they tried the horse over a
road where three false mile posts had
been put in between the real ones,
and sure enough, the horse, deceived
by thi3 trick, stopped for his oats at
the end of twenty-two versts instead of
going the usual twenty-five.
The same horse was accustomed to
being fed every day at the stroke of
noon. The doctor observed that when
ever the clock struck the horse would
stop and prick up his ears as if count
ing. If he heard twelve strokes he
would trot off contentedly to be fed,
but if there were fewer than twelve he
would resignedly go on working.
The experiment was made of striking
twelve strokes at the wrong time,
whereupon the horse started for his
oats, in spite of the fact that he had
been fed onlv n.n hour Iwfore.
Tbe Old Sons;.
the way I
long have
because I found it
"This is
sought:
And mourned
not."
Has been the peon of joy and satis
faction of many a traveler, who after
weary days of unpleasant experience
with this, that or the other line, settles
himself for a, comfortable ride from
Minneapolis or St. Paul to Chicago or
Milwaukee in one of the elegant
coaches of the Wisconsin Central
LineSj. Then again the inspired lines
and eat it at leasure as they speed, to I of the poet come to mind as he seats
their destination. Address. Geo, S, himself at the table in the dining car
Economising on Bate.
' "Fishing!" said a man who lives on
Blake street, "why, I went fishing in
New Jersey and caught the biggest
string of eels that yon ever heard of
There is the tandem eel that you have
all heard of. When they go down or
up stream from their quarters for tho
winter or summer they go in single
file, one behind the other, like the pri
meval man. They leave exactly fix
inches between their noses and the tail
of the eel in front. When an ecl si
that the fellow ahead is lengthening
this space he jumps ahead, and, seiz
ing the tail of the offender in his
mouth, pulls him back into place.
I dropped my hook right down in front
of a string of these tandem eels and the
bait was accepted, and I jerked out the
eel. The one behind, seeing that the
fellow ahead , was running away,
obeyed his instructions and seized his
tail to pull him back, and so also did
the one behind, and so on to the last
one, and I pulled them out hand over
hand till I had a great mass of slippery
Mis about me.
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will receive sealed bids (or tbe construction of
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