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Waterbury evening Democrat., 1889-09-17
CONTEMPT OF COURT.
How tho Ononso Was Punishod by a
 Georgia Justice oktho POaco.

How tho Ononso Was Punishod by . Georgia Justice oktho Pcaco.
 Istopped at an outof.the-way cabin iu Georgia" said a tourist to the Arkansaw Traveller, ''to git CT drink of water. I noticed number of men, in short sleeves and wearing bed-tlck suspenders, sitting under tree They were gathered about 3 pine table upon which notlced several volumes of patentoftice reports. I did not know that tho assembly was one of solemn ceremony until I asked for o drink of water. Then gaunt man with long neck aud eyes that wore an expression of dead set looked up and said;
 "'Air you from sich uncivilized country that you don't know how to behave your self when court Is in sessionF
 "'Excuse me- answered, I dld not know that this was a court
 "'But it is. sab. and want you to un- derstand 1t. You have come up here an' throwd chunk under the wheels of jestioe. A man Is drawd up hero on trial fur his life.'
 "'You don't mean to say that this Is Q court of such serious jurIsdictionp
 "'Yes, do mean to say 1t and If you even hint that don't I'll send you to jail for con tempt
 "'Pardon me; do not moan to be of- fepsive.'
 Good thing you don't, I'll tell you that
 May l ask why you are trying this manr
 {. ".YYes; .Y; he stole set of blow gear.'
 But is that capital ofensel
 I don't know what sort of offense you call capital, but when man steals gear in this community why that settles 1t with him.
 Pardon me, but that isn't law
 'Mout not be In uncivilized community, but 1t is here'
 "'Are you circuit judger
 "'Worse than that; am jestice of the peace'
 But under the law you have no author. 1ty to sentence n an to death'
 'Ha, you dispute my authorityi Mr. Constable, arrest this man.
 "A man stepped forward and placed his hand on my shoulder. You are under ar- rest rest saia he. Try to git away. and I'll
 "1 saw, by the determined faces about me, that was in a serious predlcament. tGentlemen,' said I, you surely would hot harm an innocent man. You
 "That's enough the judge broke In. You have come along hero and have tried @ to overthrow our iooal self -eovernment Sc. compared to this. You hsFe oomtnitt13 treason. MT. Constable, haVe yo6 2ot \ ropep
 "1 began to beg I told them that was their friend. I said would do a&$ thdn4 for them.
 am inclined to excuse your iguorance,' said the judge, but what assufanee can you give us - what proof that you respect our local rights, generously granted H us by the constitution of tho United StatesP
 'Gentlemen, I have nothing but good
 What have you gotin your saddlebagsp
 'Nothing but two quarts of whisky that l bought for medicinal purposes.' '
 Bring 1t and give 1t to Us as pledge of good faith
 VI did so and as rode away I copgratp- lated myself upon my eacape. Shortly afterwards, upon arriving at village, | told the story of my adventure. Tho crowd in the post-oh1oe laughed. That Is favor- ite joke Of those fellows,' man remarked. They never fail to get a stranper'e whisky"
The Dalles times-mountaineer. [volume] (The Dalles, Or.) 1882-1904, 1889-11-09

The fact is apparent that some of
our farmers cannot procure seed
wheat, and the business men of The
Dalles should canvas this matter and
see that all are supplied. The board
of trade at its last meeting appointed
q committee to investigate this subject,
and they have no time to idle away.
The county must be thoroughly can
vassed regarding the necessities of our
producers; and every ore needing seed
for fall sowing should be furnished
the amount he desires. Already the
Portland board has voluntarily offered
to relieve cur necessities in that regard,
but The Dalles is able and willing to
attend to all cases in Wasco county,
if their needs are only made known.
We hope the committee appointed
will go to work Immediately and ascer-
tain every individual case who needs
seed wheat, or who cannot purchase 1t
for lack of funds or security. There
is an urgent necessity In this matter,
and there should be no delay. The
the banker, the mechanic
and the laborer are dependent upon
the producer. and it is matter of indi-
vidual interest that they are provided
with the means for next years crop.
There is no time to waste, and some
hing must he done Immediately.
The Dalles times-mountaineer. [volume] (The Dalles, Or.) 1882-1904, 1889-11-09

The congressional committee now
visiting the coast will b, in this city
Wednesday or Thursday of the pres
ent week. 1t will be to our advant-
age to show these men around the
city and the immediate vicinity. 1t
is frequently query with eastern
men what supports The Dalles,
and how does the people make live
llhood2 Coming along the line of the
railroad they see nothing but sand
dunes and frowning bluffs, and they
imagine these represent the country.
They cannot be made to believe our
productiveness without they are
shown our fruit orchards, vineyards
and garden spots. The fact is, Wasco
county is one of the most fertile coun-
ties in the state, and for peaches,
pears, prunes, apples AMI grapes can
not be equalled. All visitors should
be made aware of this fact, and then
they would not describe the city as an
oasis surrounded by desert.0 ur
productions of all kinds will speak for
themselves, and need only to be exhib-
tied to receive favorable comment.
The Dalles times-mountaineer. [volume] (The Dalles, Or.) 1882-1904, 1889-11-09

There is O movemetn on foot to sink
an artesian well as a means of supply
for this city, and as sufficient amount
of money has been subscribed COM
me lcement should be made at once.
1t may take months to strike the
water shed of this region, and as we
can expect no relief from the fever
breeding substance that is now fur
nlshed as water supply, it IS impera
tive that some other measure should
be inaugurated. Let US try to arouse
ourselves from the fatal lethargy that
hangs over this community as blight
to every enterprise and call to our aid
the spirit of Spokane Falls and Ellens
burgh. We must have good water,
or else the banker in few years
must lock his safe and the mer-
chant close his doors. If we
want artesian water, let Us make
the effort to get it and not
he satisfied to drink the eeoings of
pine logs and decayed wood that we
now do. We must have water
good, wholesome, pure water-a bev-
erage that is heathful and invigora-
ting, and delay in this matter is not
Only censurable, but criminal. We
have pure air, and pure water we can
and will have.
The Dalles times-mountaineer. [volume] (The Dalles, Or.) 1882-1904, 1889-11-09
10 flesh and the Democracy.

Every month that elapses seems to
further increase the percentage OF gain
in this years export trade over that OF
1888 and preceding years says Brad
street. The month of Sept, as shown by
the Bureau of Satisfies preliminary
report, furnishes notable addition to
the previous records, while making an
apparent decline in the import trade
sufficient to put the total for that
month below any month since
December, 1887. The total Septem-
Der exports of merchandise we're
valued at S66,074,371; the largest
total for any month since March, and
a gain over September last year of
fully % per cent. On the other hand,
September imports were only $685..
6l2,74O, a loss as compared with the
same month last year of over l per
cent. The size of the export figures
would seem to indicate that the less
important branches of the trade, while
not showing the percentage of gain
noted in the principle articles of ex-
port (the figures for which had Leen
made public last week) had still ex-
panded largely SO as to allow of uni
form gain equal to the percentage
above given. This expansion of the
business in the less important branches
of trade constitutes enc of the most
encouraging features of the present
seasons good trade.
The Dalles times-mountaineer. [volume] (The Dalles, Or.) 1882-1904, 1889-11-09
WATER! WATER!

The lack Of a good, heaithsul water
supply has been a great drawback to
the growth of The Dalles for the past
two or three years. If we had good
system of water works, it is not exag-
geration to say our population would
be thousand more than it is, and in
dustries greatly needed would have
been in operation. The old company,
or certain members of it,, seem de-
termined to place every obstacle in the
way of the water commission accom-
plishing the object for which it was
appointed. The injunction against
the city officials taking any action was
dissolved by Judge Bird last July;
but it is intimated as soon as the
water bonds are placed on the market,
an appeal from the decision will be
taken to the supreme court which
meets IN Pendleton next March. The
case will then be placed on the calen-
dar, and may not be reached for sew
eral months. Of course, no capitalist
will buy water bonds while the case is
on trial, and this would cause vexa-
tious delay. There is no doubt enter
tained that the decision of Judge Bird
would be sustained; but until the case
is reached The Dalles would be a
heavy loser i'll the health of the COM
munity and the lack of good, whole
some water as an inducement to immi-
grafton. In view of these facts the
matter has been suggested that an ar
tesian well could be sunk on the upper
bluff, and by this means speedy relief
would come. From indications there
is reason to believe that artesian water
could be procured on the upper bench,
as already there are springs which fur
nish an abundant supply to residents
in the vicinity. From the canvas
made of this matter about $500 haye
been subscribed in shares of $50 each,
and in day or two the list will be
presented to those who desire to sub |
scribe smaller amounts. The citizens |
managing the matter desire to secure
$1,000 before commencing operations,
and they hope this will be sufficient to
sink the we'll TO depth to strike the
water shed. This is very feasible
project, and we hope there will he no
delay in prosecuting the work. There
is no fact u-ore apparent to the most
casual observer than that we need water
of a different quality from that which is
now supplied to the city. The health
of the people demands better quality,
and the safety of property requires
larger quantity and greater force.
We cannot afford, es business enter
prise, to let this question Of water lie
dormant. As an incentive to manu-
featuring industries, to an increase in
our population, water is absolutely
necessary, and the sooner we procure
it the sooner will our resources he de-
veloped and our city grow and prosper.
The Dalles times-mountaineer. [volume] (The Dalles, Or.) 1882-1904, 1889-11-09
WOOL.

Our contemporary, says the Hills
bcro Io,GeTendea.t, states there ha We
been a great many failures in woolen
concerns in the first eight months of
this year. He attributes the tariff on
wool as one cause of the failures.
Consequently as panacae for this
ailment he favors free WOO. There
may have been failures among wooden
manufacturers; but in what business
90 ell succeedl If we say business is
improbable because al who engage in
it, have not succeeded, we must con
dem all kinds of business. Under the
high wool tariff of 1867, the number
of sheep in this country increased from
22.471,275 in 1850 to over $4,000, 900
in 1883, at which time partial re-
ducllon of duty on wool amounting to
q to 3 cents on the pound, was made
and the number of sheep fell off to
"A, 1894 in 1887. Under protac-
ton the quality of sheep was also im-
proved. Our contemporary says that
We cannot produce the finest qualities
of wool here. We have fine wooded
sheep here, and are informed that the
wooden mills of this state use domestic
woods only. A coat made from the
wool clipped from James Withycombe's
merinos may not be fine enough to
satisfy the aristocratic ideas Of some of
oar Democratic friends, but if they
want something finer, let them pay the
tariff duty and wear imported goods.
The fact is, we are importing hun
dred million pounds Of wool annually,
which ought to be produced here. If
we remove the duty on wool the i'm
portations will increase.
Is it not short-sighted policy to
make the wool industry in this coun-
try unpro6table9 Is it not better that
our farmers, instead of impoverishing
their soil by shipping large surplus
of wheat to foreign market, TO be
sold in competition with the wheat
produced by the cheap labor of India
supply the home market for wool?
Query2 Does the editor of the DEM
ocrat favor free trade, or does he
favor the Mills bill? Will he please
answer2
The Dalles times-mountaineer. [volume] (The Dalles, Or.) 1882-1904, 1889-11-09
THE DRAMA.

The evolution of the drama is as
marked as the evolution of any factor
in the development of the race. The
classic characterization of tie customs
and habits of the artistic Greeks uron
the stage was a fitting prelude to the
dramitization of the religious and
thoughts of races and people who have
followed. The rude barbarians, who
were the ancestors of the present Ger
mamie people, knew little or nothing
of the refining or educating influence
of the presentation of the most lessons
contained in the plays of Shakespeare
and Goethe. Facitus and Cazar have
given the world some insight into the
inner life of the northern nations of
Europe; but the pages of those authors
are incomplete in many particulars.
If the orama existed, it must haye
been in the rudest form, and perhaps
similar to the war dances of our own
savages. Though not presented on
the stage with actors arrayed in be-
fitting costume, and sung from town
to town by the author, Homer's Iliad
may be considered the first drama ever
written. The grand conception of the
past placed gods and demi-gods
in the leading positions, while the
chivalrous Argines and Trojans took
the minor parts. Something of the
same nature may be predicated of the
Aeniad of Vengll. Coming down to
the renaissance, Dante's Inferno was
a dram attic effort and later still Mil
toms Paradise Lost partook of the
same general Characterization. The
scenes were laid in heaven and hell,
and God Lucifer, BeeIzebub, and
archangeis acted the ideal parts. But
the English speaking people date the
birth of dramatic art and literature
among themselves to the time of
He is the Homer of
of the Anglo Saxon race, and through
all coming time his portrayals of hu-
man character will be considele ed the
most perfect models. Hamlet, Mac
beth, Othello and King Lear are
truthful delineations of human pas
sions, loves and hates, and in whatever
light we analyze them, we can neither
add to or take from them as illustra-
tlons of the different phases of human
life. Like literature, of which it is
a leading branch, the drama is an i'm
portant factor in the progress and ad-
vancement of any people. When the
songs of Skelly, Keats and Wadsworth
are read by every fireside, and the
pages of McCauley, Lytton and Thack-
cray are household words we may ex-
pect to see an era of progress never
before experienced. But this pro-
gression will not be complete, until
side by side with the moralists and
philosophers are placed Homer, Virgil,
Dante, Milton, Shakespeare and
Goethe, the dramatists of the world.
The Dalles times-mountaineer. [volume] (The Dalles, Or.) 1882-1904, 1889-11-09

Last Tuesday, our esteemed cotem-
porary, the East Oregomian, had a
double.headed editorial same
style that it advert;ses its $3.50 Sew.
ing Machine Free" and "Our Family
Physician" to subscribers-h
"The Beginning Of Victory
Brother Jackson, do not crow too
loudly or too early. 1t is possible,
nay even probable, that before 1892
you may have occasion to change your
tune and string your harp to differ
ent song. The causes of the Demo
cratic victory ere apparent, and Re-
publicans are sufficiently sagacious to
~srd against these mishaps in the fu-
ture. Ohio is all wrong in 1889, but
she will be all right in 1892; so will
Iowa and Massachusetts. The capital
of the southern confederacy-so-
called-was located In Richmond, Fir
ginia, and her traditions are Democra
tic, and she will always remain true to
the faith once delivered to the saints.
Its strange fact, as a prominent Dem
ocrat said to US yesterday, that these
northern states, in "off-years," will 60
Democratic; but in presidential cam
paigns will march in the Republican
columns. The reason is that local is
sues, such as prohibition and the Sun
day law, may divide the party when
great issues are not at stake; but when
a national policy is to be decided upon,
they are in harmony with the party of
progress and protection.
The Dalles times-mountaineer. [volume] (The Dalles, Or.) 1882-1904, 1889-11-09


Some of our cotemporaries west of
tn. Gas cades mountains have been
naming probable U. S. Senators whom
Eastern Oregon papers have placed in
nomination. We have, so far, not
seen single man named for the SEN
ate from Eastern Oregon by a single
Republican paper in this region. Re-
publieans do not believe in nominat-
ing candidate months before the day
of election, and then erecting the ma
chine and calling into requisition the
caucus rule to accomplish the desired
result.
The Dalles times-mountaineer. [volume] (The Dalles, Or.) 1882-1904, 1889-11-09
The election news is somewhat sur

The election news is somewhat sur
prising There is nothing very strange
that Virginia and Maryland should
give Democratic majorities, or that
Malone should be buried in his own
state; but it is inexplicable that Ohio
and Iowa should show Democratic
gains. Gov. Foraker, like Tanner,
talks too much, and if he is defeated it
will be a rebuke to him for the man
ner in which he has politically con-
Quoted himself. As a matter of
course, the prohibition vote was dis
turbing element to the Republican
party, and tended largely to increase
Democratic M. .orlties in precincts in
Iowa and Ohio. We can console our
selves that it is an of-year, and that
two more state elections will elapse
before we enter the presidential CAM
paign. By that time it is pcss;bls that
the Republicans .an recuperate and
recover lost ground.
The Dalles times-mountaineer. [volume] (The Dalles, Or.) 1882-1904, 1889-11-09

To add to the misfortunes of the
northwest this year the country seems
infested with horse-thieves and incen-
diary fiends. These Williams reap
their richest harvests when the coun-
try is suffering from drouth and short
crops, and seems to take the greatest
delight in human adversely. For sew
eral weeks past our exchanges, from
different counties, have chronicled
fires and theft of horses. and a
dose of cold lead or hemp-stretch-
ing seem almost necessary to cure
the evil,
The Dalles times-mountaineer. [volume] (The Dalles, Or.) 1882-1904, 1889-11-09

1t is a cold year for Republicans,
and Democratic blizzard has swept
through the east. The dispatches
state there are large Democratic gains
in Massachusetts,, Ohio, Iowa and
other states. The election of Foraker
in Ohio is very doubtful, and Malone
i'll Virginia has been overwhelmingly
defeated. The returns are meagre,
but sufficient are known not to cause
any Republican rejoicing.
The Dalles times-mountaineer. [volume] (The Dalles, Or.) 1882-1904, 1889-11-09
Bob lngerso,I's Daughters.

An admiring friend of Bob IngersolI's
has given 10 New York Sun reporter
this extolllng account of the daughters
"Ihey have never gone 10 school ID day in
their lives, never attended church ser
vice, never had love affair, nor a secret
from their parents, meyer uttered pray er
nor bowed. their naughty heads before "a
shrine, image or priest, but they are two
of the lovellest creatures that ever
breathed the breath of life. If the big,
merry, inidel lawyer could be induced to
quit his TRADES long enough to write d
book on how to bring up daughters, there
would not only be profit for the writer
anG publisher, but u very excellent reast q
tor lenient opinion on the part of the
abused church goers. 1t is not possible
to come In contact with these sisters with
out Il feeling of admiration and astonish.
ment. 1t one is pious the feeling is also
regretful. They captivate by their very
presence; their manners are irresistible,
and the beauty of their lives is as positive
as 1t is indesciibable. Contrary to the
established modes of procedure the IDger-
soil girls were never disciplined. The
colonel started out by praislng instead of
Furnishing his children. Nothing was for
hidden. Everyone was at liberty 10 say
and do ana be what he wished. The
word must was by common consent
eliminated from the family vocabulary,
and has remained obsolete ever since.'s
The Dalles times-mountaineer. [volume] (The Dalles, Or.) 1882-1904, 1889-11-09

The candidates for the senate in
Washington are waging bitter fight
against each other, and considerable
feeling is being manifested. When
the legislature convenes, it will un-
doubtedly act wisely and for the
best interests of the new
commonwealth, and all should be sat-
ished with the decision.
The Dalles times-mountaineer. [volume] (The Dalles, Or.) 1882-1904, 1889-11-09
MORE ECONOMY.

lne republican party, says Gan
Francisco exchange, did not make so
many or SO frequent professions of
economy as did their political oppo-
nents, but the administration is con-
stantly sho wing its regard for the in
terests of the. people by Looping off
unnecessary expenses here and there
and reducing the cost of carrying on
the government. Only few days
ago the treasury department abolished
lot of sinecure positions with sala-
ries of $4,000 a year, and this Igood
example Is evidently being initiated by
the other departments.
For example, Postmaster General
Wanamaker has just awarded con-
lract for adhesive postage stamps for
four years to the American Bank Note
Company. The new stamps will be
one eighth smaller than those now in
use. There is genuine economy.
When we stop to consider that the
government saves l2l per cent. on
every single one Of the millions of
postage stamps used In this country,
we see the advantage of having bust
ness man at the head of the postoffice
department. 1t would have been
long time before Villas or Dickinson
would have hit upon such a beauti-
fully simple method of economy, and
had they discovered it it is question
able whether they would have ayailed
themselves of the discovery.
The saving is not alone in the size
of the stamp. either. 1t could be de-
monstrated very readily that the saw
ing in the amount of mucilage or glue
which is applied to the stamps will
be enormous, and as gum arabic is be-
coming scarcer each year, this saving
will benefit the world at large, as well
as the people of the United States. A
hogshead of gum arabic solution may
seem an unimportant matter, but it is
in the small savings that true economy
is shown. The little leaks are the
ones to be stopped.
But the crowning glory of this stroke
of economy is found in the Indirect
benefit which it will confer upon the
people. There is an absurd regulation
of the postoffice department-probabiy
a Democratic regulation-whlch pro-
Libits clerk at the stamp window of
a postoffice from licking the stamps for
his customers. AS matter of fact he
might as well do it as not, as his time
is not generally fully taken up; but as
the government will not allow it,
everybody has to lick his or her own
stamps. Now it is easy to see that
a reduction of the size of the stamp
must necessarily operate to save time
and moisture, Co put it in polite way;
and when one considers the aggregate
of lime expended in year by the
people of the United States in licking
postage stamps, to say nothing of the
friction on the tongue and the strain
on the salivary glands, one is almost
'empted to start subscription for a
statue to Wanamaker as public ben
efactor.
The administration may well be
proud of this stroke of genius, and
may congratulate itself upon its sue
cess in winning Its way to the hearts
Of the people. With president Elliot
Of Harvard safely landed in the dem
ocratic fold, Corporal Tanner out of
he pension bureau, and the size of
The postage stamp reduced l2a per
cent, the Republican party is impreg-
1able against the assaults of the world,
he flesh and the Democracy.
The Dalles times-mountaineer. [volume] (The Dalles, Or.) 1882-1904, 1889-11-09

If Tammany should te laid upon
the shelf in New York at the Novem-
Der election it would be a blow
squarelJ in the face of Grover Cleve-
land, one of its latest converts