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ATHENA, OCTOBER 27, 1893.
The gold cure has been tried in
the past, ; year in the National
Home for' disabled volunteers and
all its branches, with the result,
' ' according to Manager Outwait's re
port, of reforming 14,000 inmates.
It may perhaps be premature to
- declare a cure of inebriety of not
more than a year's standing com
plete. Drunkards who have vol
, untarily, or under moral or social
stress of some kind, quit drinking
for a much longer period than that
have not infrequently returned to
their grog and become more besott
ed than ever. Still it is something
if a method has been applied tothis
home and its branches that has
made 14,000 financially dependent
exsoldiers more manly, decent
and orderly in their habits than
before, even though the reformation
is not a permanent one.-Oregonian.
In the White House at Washing
ton sits a fleshy man, with a large
head and a mind of his own, who
steals in occasionally to see how
the newest baby is coming on. He
smiles as he sees the little one
asleep, and forgets for the moment
that there any such questions as
.silver, Chinese exclusion and spoils.
He goes back to his desk and as he
hears the dissatisfied cries coming
up from all sides says to himself:
"It is not my purpose to please. I
am here not to regard the petulant
cries of the dissatisfied, but to ad
minister the affairs of the nation
according to my own conscience,
the laws of the government and
the platform of my own party. I
may make mistakes, but none can
say that I do not make a patriotic
effort to serve this people well, bet
tor even than many would allow
today. But in the future they will
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THIS AND THAT.
It costs 18 or 20 cents a bushel
to ship wheat from the Pacific coast
to Jiurope, With a canal across
the isthmus of Central America it
would cost 6 cents a bushel. This
means a saving of from $3,000,000
to $4,000,000 to California wheat
interests alone. ' It means a great
addition to the export trade of
Oregon and Washington. These
facts and hgures will continue to
render the canal a live issue, not
withstanding the misfortune which
has overcome the Nicaragua project.
,r ine Danes Uhronicie.
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It has been settled. The battle
ship Oregon will receive a fine sil
ver service from the people of Ore
gon. The service will cost in the
neighborhood of $35CO and will be
engraved with Oregon scenery.
This money is to be raised by pop
ular subscription, a committee hav.
ing already boen appointed to look
after the matter. The service
should be the finest ever placed on
a warsmp. ma Uregon is the fin
est vcssiU in the' American navy
and the silver for the service should
"Oregon piiver. ,
Fourteen' and a half inch apDles
become the boast of other states
t the World's fair, wheu Oregon
' put up a halt inch better and then
no pigmented it wi' h sixteen inch-
( t s. Oregon as the state for big red
apples and pretty girls has not lost
her prestige as such, and if any
other state will match the eixtce'n
inch, it will not be twenty-four
hour before Oregon will get her
ear ud and send forth a seventeen-
. er, Oregon can't be beat. Dis-
; patch.
1 1 'r It may just as well bo stated, fur
jU U a fact, that the removal of P.
r Johnson from the board of pen
. - Itentiary directors !n the state of
' Washington, was a dirty and dis
reputable act, brought about thro
political intrigue. Governor Mc
Graw was not at all actuated bv
fairjjudicial reasons. Had he bven
he would have removed the other
' two members of the directorate,
since they must have been at least
equally censurable with Johnson
f ir sale of grain bags contrary to
hay. The truth is, a ring at Walla
yVi!u demanded Johnson's bcalp,
uvl the governor struck hinv down
under the promise or expectation
of getting the ring's support for the
senatorship. Oregonian. . -
Hbnor to whom honor i8 due. It
is as refreshing as an oasis in a
desert to find Senator Dolph voting
against Van Alen's confirmation.
Somehow Mr. Dolph has been as
sociated in the public mind with
plutocracy to such an extent that
this action was not expected of
him. That it was not expected
makes it all the more grateful. We
often disagree with Mr. Dolph and
never fail to signify cur disappro
bation of his course when we think
he is wrong. We should be equal
ly free with our commendation
now that we think he is right. The
Van Alen appointment was a pub
lic scandal, and we are astonished
that a majority of the senators did
not see it in that light. Telegram.
What the Silver Men Think.
Ex-Representative Bartine, of
Nevada, who has been in Wash
ington during the entire silver
fight, to a certain extent as repre
sentative of the interests of the
West, speaking of the situation,
said there was no hope for silver.
He continued:
"I expect to see silver go to 40
cents an ounce. There is only one
thing to prevent it, and it is by
shutting down all of the big silver
mines, which will be the case in
Nevada. At the Fame time I think
unconditional repeal much better
than the compromise proposed, be
cause with that we would have lit
tle opportunity to go before the
people with any hope ot winning a
silver victory. Now we may make
such strides toward it in the next
election that even so unfavor
able an executive as President
Cleveland will be compelled to do
something for silver."
Senator Allen, of Nebraska,
talked about the political effect in
the West. In Nebraska, he said, it
meant a populist victory, and that
Senator Manderson would be suc
ceeded by a third-party man. It
is supposed liryan would be ready
to go into the populist party and
make a race against Manderson.
Bryan himself says he thinks the
action of the senate, or,-rather, con
gress, in passing unconditional re
peal, would strengthen the silver
democrats. Ho would not . sav
what he would do, but mentioned
the fact that Bland warned Eastern
democrats they had reached the
parting of tho ways, and he would
see how they would part. The sil
ver men all say very frankly they
prefer unconditional repeal to any
such compromise as agreed on
among the democrats Monday.
fiscal year ending June 30, 1S93, to
the postmaster general. The re
port shows the net revenues of the
entire department for the year to
be $77,869,933 and the. expendi
tures $81,084,104, making a deficit
of $5,178,381.
It Should be Opened.
The sooner the Pendleton Sav
ings bank is opened the better it
will be for Pendleton, for the people
and for the depositors. If the bank
stays in the hands of the receiver
all the notes due the bank will
have to be collected by action in
courts and the depositors will not
receive all their money within
anything like the time stated in
the propisition to reopen thj bank.
In truth, if the bank is not reopen
ed, not only will the depositors
have to do without their money
but those who owe the bank, will
be put to much expense and' in
many instances be made bankrupt
by enforced collection of their obli
gations dun the bank. It would
mean much hardship and would
result in great loss to many worthy
men who cannot stand to be press
ed and made to pay at the present
time. E. O.
An Oregon Horse.
"Challenger Chief bred and raised
by J. W. Wisdom, of Baker City,
and entered through the grand cir
cuit in California, is proving him
self a trotter, says the Democrat.
He has won four or five races in
which he has started and reduced
his record to 2:16, which is the
stallion record of the North Pacific.
His last performance was at Santa
Anna, October 11, in a field of
eleven horses sired by such stall
ions as Guy Wilks, Simmons,
Stamboul, and over which
he was victoroua after five hard
fought heats. The California pap
ers say he is one of the finest look
ing and. gamest trotters, ; which
6peak volums for the Baker county
horse, and goes far to prove that
Eastern Oregon beats the world for
producing trotting horses. . .
I Mrs. DePeatt and Mrs. Gates
while . returning from Henry
Schmitt's their horse became un1
rnly and ran away throwing both
ladies out, but they escaped with
considerable bruises,
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Within A Week.
Dubois, of Idaho, who took a
leading part in arrainging for a
continuation of the fight against
unconditional repeal, said a vote
would probably come within a week
as there would not be any opposi
tion or attempt at filibustering,
lie said: "The speeches which
have been begun will be finished,
and such other speeches us the sen
ators may desire to deliver. It is
understood that Teller has some
thing yet to say, and Stewart and
Jones desire to conclude their work.
Allen also desires to make further
remarks. The leaders on the dem
ocratic side said they would 6tand
by us if would continue the fight.
Ilarris and others declared it was
their determination to prevent a
voto from being taken, even if
methods not yet invoked should be
used. With this Understanding
we declared our intention of keep
ing up the fight. This morning
Harris gave the same assurance,
but an hour latter he came to me
and said he felt it his duty, after
the assurance he had given, that he
would not continue the fight as sug
gested, but would yield to the pres
fcure of his associates on the demo'
cratic side. He said he spoke for
the silver men on that side. I told
him if we could no longer depend
upon the friends of silver on the
democratic side wo could no longer
keep up tho contest, and that u
vote might bo taken after tho de ;
bate had closed, but that there will
be no more obstruction. The sil
ver men will offer amendments
and debate them, and will probab
ly vote for all the amendments
which promise anything for silver.
It is impossible to say when a vote
will be taken, but I should think
within a week,"
National Finances.
Receipts from customs at New
York, which comprise fully three
fourths of those of the entire coun
try, during the first twenty days of
October amounted to $5,038,258, as
compared with $5,597,571 during
the first twenty days of September.
The net gold in the treasury Sat
urday was $81,700,649, a decrease
of nearly $12,000,000 since the first
of the month. The currency bal
ance was $21,048,047. National
bank notes outstanding were $209,
344,402. National bank notes is
sued the past six davs aggregated
$830,310, and those destroyed dur
ing the same time $838,168.
The receipts of the government
for the fiscal vear up to date a
mount to $18,225,000 and the ex
penditures to $20,226,000,
: The sixth auditor of the treas
ury department, in charge of the
finances of the postoffico depart
ment, submitted his report for the
Xrory BUUard Bulls Stained With Blood.
The globe of ivory which ia knocked
about a table in a game of billiardncosts,
if of good quality, at least $10. This rep
resents its cost in money. There is,
however, a far more important and for
midable element in the price which has
been paid for it The billiard ball of
pure ivory represents as it lies, white
and glistening upon the cloth an expend
iture of human lifeblood as well as of
money.
Elephants' tusks are brought down to
the African coasts by caravans general
ly in charge of Arabs, which have been
trading in the interior. Very often they
have picked tip slaves as well as ivory.
But tMa phase of the matter may be left
out of the account.
It is estimated that every large caravan
bringing ivory to the coast lias cost more
than 180 human lives through fights and
murders in the course of the expedition.
Thirty more men are likely to have suc
cumbed to fevers or other diseases and
the fatigues of the march.
The hunting of the elephants and the
capture of the ivory are very likely to
have caused the death of 10 men alto
gether. Such casualties are the rule
in elephant hunting rather than the ex
ception. An average tusk does not furnish more
than enough material for two good bil
liard balls. Of course the remainder of
the ivory in each tnSk is made use of in
other ways. A perfectly cut billiard ball
requires special quality or so called
"nerve," which is found only in one part
of the tusk. 1
Tho chances are ihat a billiard ball of
the first quality h&4 cost at least one hu
man life, and therein not one such ball
which may not truly. he eaid to be
stained with huwanS blood. They can
hardly be considered; therefore, a cheer
ful accompaniment to a sensitive per
son's diversions. Youth's Companion.
An Anecdote of JusUoa Fuller.
Tho chairman of the lecture committee
in Oldtowu, Me., told me that he once
belonged to a debating club of which
tho chief justice, when a boy, was a
member. One evening "Capital Punish
ment" was the subject debated. Tho
deacon of the church and two clergymen
were for hanging. Young Fuller was
opposed.
Said the deacon, quoting from the Mo
saic law, "Whoso sheddeth man's blood,
by man his blood shall be shed." Think
ing this to be a bombshell to his oppo
nents, he dwelt upon it till his tune had
expired, when the boy sprang to his feet
and said:
"Supposing wo take the law which the
gentleman bos quoted and soo what the
logical deduction would come to. For
example, one man kills another; another
man kills him, and so on until we come
to the last man on earth. Who's going
to kill him? He dare not commit sni
cido, for tho same law forbids it. Now,
deacon," continued the boy, "what are
you going to do with the. last manr
Laughter.
The boy's logio called out rounds of
applause and vanquished the deacon.
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