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Speed m Ocean Trax.n

''The great drawback" said Mr.. Ricl-
ard, one of the agents of the Hamburg
American Packet company, s'to crossing
the ocean quicker than we do at present
is the expense of coal, More powerful
engines could be built which would. in
crease the speed, but these engines would
require 80 much more coal. The steam
ers of the Hamburg American Packet
company now consume about 21O to $50
tons of coal a day; if $50 tons were
needed daily, these steamers would be
run at loes, for, besides the cost of and
the valuable space required for the addi-
tional 100 or SO tons of coal, more en-
giueers, more stokers, ETC.. would be
needed. But if we went to an unlimited
expense for the most powerful engines
in the world the gain of time in crossing
the ocean would not be more than eight
or ten hours, 80 long as coal is used.
t'I have great faith, however, in cleo
tricity some day or other taking the
place of coal for the propulsion of ocean
steamers, and when that is brought
about they will be run much cheaper.
The weight of the coal does not make
the steamer slower; that has nothing to
do with it. Sometimes a weighted.
steamer goes faster than one that is not
weighted, all depending upon the wind
and weather.
Steamers can never go as quick as
locomotives, because they have to con-
tend against water and air, whereas the
railroad cars have only air as a resist
ance. Assuming the maximum speed of
locomotive to be about sixty miles an
hour over short distances, it may be said
that it goes three times as rapidly as a
steamer, although the average time made
by the fastest limited express train is
only twice the average time made by a
fast steamer. Epoch.
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The kitten win vouch for rhi..


One the seventh floor of the st. Cathe-
rine flats, at Fifty-third street and Madi-
son avenue, particularly pretty NAL
tese kitten has the good fortune to live.
Her favorite snoozing place is on the
seat of one of the windows overlooking
the court yard. This window happened
to be open for a few minutes the other
morning, and the kitten, quite carried
away by the novelty of the idea, stepped
out upon the window ledge to take a
cats eye view of the yard below and the
surrounding country generally.
An instant later her paws slippA.
from under her upon a piece of ice ana
over she went. She fell a trifle of some
six stories and then landed feet fore
most just upon the extreme edge of the
roof of one of the outbuildings But SO
terrific was the force with which she
landed there that she bounced from off
the roof like rubber ball, and after
this instant's respite continued on her
headlong journey toward the ground
She landed on her feet again, shook
herself for moment just to see that
she was all there, and then giving vent
to a faint yowl of triumph, as one would
say, "How's that for high?" picked her
way toward the house again with de
hghtful air of nonchalance and total,
oblivious to the fact. that she has only
eight lives left to her credit.-New York
Evening Sun.
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Is Disease a Punisbme,ts

The following ngadvertisement, published
by prominent western patent medicine
house would indicate that they regard
disease as a punishment for sin:
'sDo you wish to know the quickest
way to cure sever cold? We will tell
you. To cure a cold gickly, it must be
treated before the cold has become set
tied in the system. This can always be
done if you choose to, as nature in her
kindness to man gives timely warming
and plainly tells you in natures way,
that as punishment for some indiscre-
ton, you are to be afflicted with a cold
unless you choose to ward it off by
prompt action. The first symptoms of a
cold, in most cases, is dry, loud cough
and sneezing. The cough is soon followed
by profuse watery expectoration and
the sneezing by prosuse watery dis
charge from the nose. LII severe cases
there is thin white coating on the
tongue. What to do? 1t is only necessary
to take Chamberlain 8 Cough Remedy in
double doses every hour. That will greatly
lessen the severity of the cold and in
most cases will effectually counteract it,
and cure what would have been a severe
cold within one or two days time Try it
and be convinced Fifty cent bottles for
sale by Snipes & Kinersley, druggists. =
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THE DALLES AS 4 TERMINAL
POINT.

If the road to the Fossil coal fields is
ever opened, as we fondly hope it will
be in the near future, The Dalles will
take a new start on the road to progress
such as she has never witnessed before.
The fine, agricultural district through
which the road must run no matter
what course it takes will make it pay
ing investment from the start. The
road will have the tendency to develop
the resources of the country in way
that nothing else can and The Dalles as
a terminal point will reap all the adj
vantages of its unique geographical posi-
ton. But road to the Fossil coal fields
with The Dalles as it's terminus is not
all nor half of all the possibilities that
may be in store for us, if proper exer-
tions are made to secure them. The
contemplated portage road around the
falls of Cello ought to have its terminus
here also and every possible effort should
be made to have it here. We are far
from being satisfied that road cannot
be built around the falls, whether below
the bluff or south of it at a cost not
much greater than that of a similar
road on the Washington side. But even
if the cost was considerably greater it
would be fully offset by the superior ad-
vantages it would possess. Such road
continued across the Deschutes, river
which it ought to be, and for that matter
on to Wasco in Sherman county or
further still, would command the entire
traffic of that magnificent agricultural
county. If it would be obliged to leave
the Columbia before or soon after cross
ing the Deschutes it would be a
simple matter to run an incline to
the most convenient landing, and
thus secure the whole river traffic of the
country on both sides of the Columbia
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knoeh,s classificatiop.

DR.. Van Dykes told this story: am
reminded of a preacher who preached
from the text, 1sAnd Enoch was not. .
He went on to explain that this text was
incomplete. "Now, brethren" !" said he,
you may not know in what way Enoch
was not. To find this out, we must ex-
anime the text carefully in the light of
the context. Firstly Enoch was not an
Episcopalian, because he walked with
God and did not dance. He was not a
Baptist, because he walked with God
and did not swim. He was not Pres
byterian, because the context tells US
that he walked with God at all, and he
was not Methodist, because we are
plainly told that God took him. New
York Sun ,-ts ~ f1t
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Arc the Ewes Ever safe4

Beware of the electric light. This is
warning sounded by a correspondent,
and warning that should be needed.
The use of the incandescent lamp is apt
to be highly injurious to the eyes if pre-
cautions are not taken with regard to
shades or globes. Plain or cut glass is
particularly noHous. In all cases the
little illuminator should be shaded with
green or thick white shade, and the
glass should be frosted. 1t is said that a
number of men in the clubs are suffer
ing with. sore eyes, entirely due to the
improper shading of the club Lights
London Letter.
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Machine orshaping and Boring Post Arm

Machine for Shaping and Boring Post Arms
An ingenious machine is used in Eng
land for preparing telegraph post arms
These arms are usually made from the
best selected English oak, and vary in
length from two feet to four feet They
are in the first case planed ON the four
sides by means of a special planning ma
chine, and then sawed to the exact
length required by means of double
cross cut saving machine made specially
for the purpose. The arms are then
passed on to the shaping machine, which
rapidly and effectively does its work
The machine is quite self contained, and
has the driving shaft placed overhead and
supported upon standards fixed to the
main bed. The arrangements for deal
ing with the various lengths of arms
have been carefully worked out. At the
official test Of the machine the wooden
arms were finished at the rate of three
per minute.-New York Commercial Ad-
vertiser.
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THERE is NO MIDDLE GROUND.


No person of sound mind and instruct
ed in the principles of common honesty
can dispute the fact that the Oregonian
is right when it denounces such men as
the Rev. Howard McQueary for remain
ing in the communion of religious body
and drawing from it a salary for his sup
port after he has not only abandoned its
peculiar doctrines. but commenced to
teach others fundamentally opposite. In
such denunciation the Oregonion has it
all its own way, for no one would care to
dispute proposition SO self evident as
that a man Is dishonest who takes pay
from church after he has abandoned
her doctrines But the Oregonian must
not imagine that thousands of its read
ers do not enter solemn protest when
such men as McQueary, Heber, Newton
and DIR. Briggs, waving the moral tur-
pitude referred to, are held up as sam
pies of a class of men so deeply skilled
in the art of higher criticism, that they
are compelled per force to eliminate
everything of the supernatural from the
Christian religion. 1t is believed that
there are tens of thousands of clergymen
in the various orthodox denominations
who are just as deeply learned in Chris
tion evidences and scripture criticism as
the gentlemen referred to who find no
difficulty at all i'll believing with their
whole heart that it is no truer that Jesus
Christ lived and died than it is true
that he also rose from the dead. 1t goes
without saying that with such men the
silly and illogical teachings of the Rob-
ert Elsmere school have no place. They
believe Christ was the Son of God or he
was an impostor. There is no middle
ground. Either his pretensions were
true or he was a deceiver. That he
claimed to be divine in his origin and
being is beyond question. The same
evidence that proves that he lived,
proves that he taught, that there was no
salvation for the human race except
through him. ''He that believeth on
the Son hath everlasting life and he that
believeth not the Son shall not see life
but the wrath of God abideth on him."
No sane man, apart from him, ever
made such pretensions as these If they
are not true they are the words of mad
man, Herein lies the inconsistency and
mental obliquity of the Elsmere school.
They would worship at the shrine of one
whom their logic makes to be an extrav-
agant pretender. They would compli-
ment as the purest and holiest and tru-
est man that ever lived, as the one
forsooth the race should copy after and
initiate, one whose whole life, their own
logic would prove to be living lie.
Theirs is not the Christ of scripture, and
they only are consistent who reject the
whole story or believe the whole.
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wamic correspondence.
WAMIc, Or, March 2s, 1S9

4
EDITOR CHRoNIcLE.[I herewith send
you few items from this vicinity as
some of your many readers may like to
hear from us.
The farmers are all very busy plowing
and seeding and expect to reap bounti-
full harvest the coming season.
Mrs. F. S. Gorden, of this place, has
been very sick but is much better now.
The stockholders of the Wamic acad-
emy met today at O'Clock and elected
the following officers: President, Mar
tin Wing; secretary, F. S. Gorden;
treasurer, A. E. Lake; Directors, Mar
tin Wing, H. F. Woodcock, Henry
Driver, A. E. Lake and F. S. Gorden.
A committee of three was appointed for
the purpose of selecting a site for the
school house and making arrangements
for building materials, ETC., consisting of
Asa Stogsdill, F. S. Gorden, and I'll. F.
Woodcock. The building of this acad-
envy is the wisest move the people has
ever made and they will surely reap a
grand reward.
Mrs. E. n. Chandler leaves for The
Dalles on Mondays stage to make that
her futrue home, as Mr.. Chandler is
now in charge of the grange's store.
We are very sorry to lose them.
Mr.. and Mrs. G. A. Williams will leave
tomorrow for Kingsley to visit their son
at that place, and Mr.. and Mrs. George
Williams will start for Erskinville. Sher-
man Co., Monday to spend a short time,
Our old friend Steve Kistner was mar
ried to Miss Nettie Confer of Juniper
Flat last Thursday, March 26, 1891, at
the residence of Mr.. P. M. Kistner of
Wamic, at IL O'Clock by A. J. Swift j. P.
and many friends of the happy couple
witnessed the ceremony and from there
proceeded to the home of the BRIDES
parents who gave a supper and dance
and every one had pleasant time. The
young couple have many friends who
wish them much joy and long and
happy life.
We are pleased to learn that Mr.. P T.
Knowles of this place will travel for the
S. B. Co., of Dufur, this season.
Van Duyn & Co., of Tygh valley are
closing out their merchandise store.
Mr.. E. F. Swift has returned from
Seattle to make this his future home.
The farmers of ali the country tributary
to The Dalles now have chance to test
their independence and support the first
move of any Importance they have made,
viz, to do all their trading it their own
store whether they are stockholders or
not and allow it to handle all their pro-
duce as far as possible and to wear no
other boots and shoes but those manu-
factured at North Dalles.
Born to the wife of Fl. E. Driver, a
daughter, March II, 1891.
Yours respectfully
OUGHT
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A Startling Compsrssou.

Recent statistics show that French
railways annually kill one person out of
each 2,00Q, 900 carried, while in England
~ ,p00, 900 arr carried before one meets =
violent death in q railway accident
French railways annually wound one
passenger out of each SOC, 900 carried;
English, one in each 750, 900; Belgium.
one IN each 1, $50, 900, and Prussia oaly
one IN each 4,00o, 900. .-St Louis Repub-
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FORFEITED railroad Land.

We are now ready to prepare papers
for the filing and entry of Railroad
Lands. We also attend to business be-
fore the U. S. Land Office and Secretary
of the Interior. Persons for whom we
have prepared papers and who are re-
not be charged additional for such papers.
THoRNBURY & HUDsoN,
Rooms and 9, Land Office building,
The DaIles. Oregon.
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Prominent democratic announcement is
made that Reed g rules will be ignored
in the Fifty second congress. Very likely,
and yet, the majority in that congress
must maintain those very rules unless
they want Thos. B. Reed and the rest of
the republican minority to control the
legislation. on.-Astorian.
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We have ordered Blanks for Filings,
Entries and the purchase of Railroad
Lands under the recent Forfeiture Act,
which we will have, and advise the pub
lie at the earliest date when such entries
can be made. Look for advertisement
in this paper.
ThOrnbuY & Hudson.
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Worse Than That.

Dolley-Gd she say you nay. old man.
Goslin-She wasn't 80 consideratc ~
that. She used a plain and emf I. &,
mo. o."-Munsey's Weekly.
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The home that shelters in honorable
woman is ground as holy as the church.
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STATE OFFICIALS.

The Chronicle is the Only Paper in
The Dalles that Receives the Associated
Press Dispatches.
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THE DALLES.

A" O1AA4AAAo.
The Gate City Of the Inland Empire is situated at
the head of navigation the Middle Columbia and
is a thriving, prosperous city.
ITS TERRITORY
1t is the supply city for extensive and rich agi
cultural and grazing country trade reaching as
far south as Summer Lake. distance of over two
hundred miles
THE LARGEST WOOL MARKET
Inc rich grazing country along the eastern s1one
OF the the Cascades furnishes pasture thousands
of sheep, the wool from which finds market here
The Dalles is the largest original wool shinnino
point in America, about 100000 pounds being
shipped this year
THE VINEYARD OF OREGON
The country near The Dalles produces splendid
crops of cereals and it's fruits cannot be exceed II
is the vineyard Of Oregon it's grapes equalin Cali
fornias BEST and its other fruits apples pears.
prunes, cherries etc., unsurpassed
ITS PRODUCTS
The salmon fisheries the finest on the Co1umbia
yielding this year of 81 500 900 which can
and will be more than doubled in the near future
The products Of the beautiful Klickital valley find
market here and the country south east has this
year filed the warehouses and all available storage
places to overhowing with their products
ITS WEALTH
is the richest city of it's size the coast and it's
money is scattered and is being used to develop
more farming country than is tributary to any other
city in Eastern Oregon
Its situation is unsurpassed It's climate delight
full Its possibilities incalculable resources un-
limited! And these corner stones she stands
THE DALLES MERCANTILE Il co..
---:.- General Merchandise.
Gents Furnishing Goods, Boots and Shoes
Hats and Cans
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KilIed Nv a Bridpe Col,apsin.

SYRACUSE, N. Y, June 30.-An iron
bridge which the Empire Portland
Cement company was building over the
Erie Canal at Warmers collapsed and
carried nine workmen into the canal.
William B. Cadd was killed and Will
ham Faustin seriously injured.
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all Cut a Swath.

HURON, S. D.. June 30.-Some damage
is reported to crops in the neighborhood
of Norwegian lake, fifteen miles south
west of here, by hail. The hailstones
were as large as hickory nuts and cut a
swath half mile wide and nearly three
miles long.
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Jack Gives Warming.

LONDON, June 30. = The vigilance
committee in Whitechapel has been re-
newed to activity by an undoubted
warning from Jack the Ripper. Patrols
were revived Friday night and Scotland
Yard sent an extraordinary contingent
to watch the Whitechapel district. A
letter identical in style and writing
with previous missives from Jack the
Ripper has been received by the chair
man of the vigilantes. in which Jack
announces that he Is about to perform
another operation. and if the chair
man or vigilantes attempt to track him
he will knife them to the heart. 1t is
the duty of the police. he says, to catch
him. He adds he has been nearly
caught twice, but that he will never be
taken alive.
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Damages for Prairie Fires.

STEELE, N. D., June 3O.-In the dis
trict court the third prairie fire case
against the Northern Pacific was tried
and resulted in verdict for Smith, the
plaintiff. This and two preceding
cases aggregate $4,000 against the COM
pany. Four more cases are to be tried.
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ON A PERIODICAL SPREE
The Missouri River Tearing
Things at Kansas City and
ST. Joe.
A Portion Of Harlem and Low
Lands of Kansas City
Flooded.
Several Hundred Feet of Hannibal
and St. Joe Track Washed Out.
Crops Ruined.

KANSAS CRY, June 30.-The MI ssouri
river at this point is at dangerously
high stage. At o'clock p. ~. the water
registered three feet above high water
mark or twenty-three feet above stand
ard low water mark. The water is ris-
ing steadily one inch per hour and will
probably rise two or three feet more in
the next day or two.
Parts OF Harlem, hamlet just across
the river, have already been submerged
and about twenty-five families have left
their homes and are camping on the
high ground. All the farms along the
river are submerged and the crops
ruined. On this side of the river the
high water has caused no flood except
ing as it has backed up the waters of
the Kaw which empties into the Mis-
Iouri at this place. The back waters
have submerged much of the loWlands
and the hundred or more squatters liv-
ing there have been
Obliged to Abandon Their Homes.
The waters have also backed up in the
sewers in Kansas City, Kan, and have
run out of the manholes, flooding vari-
Gus parts of the town. Very little actual
damage has been done as yet, and nc
great damage is anticipated unless the
Missouri waters should rise more than
three feet above their present stage.
A dispatch from Atchison, Kan, says
The Missouri river is now two feet
higher at this point than it has been at
any other time this season. Farms on
the Missouri side are submerged. Wheat
fields will be total loss.
Leavenworth also reports very high
water, the inundation Of much farm
land and the destruction of crops.
Railway Tracks Washed Out.
Much excitement was occasioned BY
the report that the flooded river had
washed out a pier of the Hannibal and
ST. Joseph bridge at this place. An in
vestigation showed that while the bridge
and approaches were intact the flood
had broken down the embankment in
Harlem, town across the river, and
had washed away about 200 feet of the
track of the road, thereby stopping all
traffic across the bridge. The people of
Harlem have been compelled to move
to higher grounds and there is evidence
that the houses will all be washed out.
Reports from up the river show that the
food is higher there than here and this
coming down on the break in the levee
will cause all the slough land to be
overfowed, entailing loss of thousands
of dollars.
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INVESTIGATION

viii show in every case why the road
named below is popular among the
travelling public. 1t is perat ed
through Central Iowa, Central and
Southern Minnesota, extends from St,
Paul and Minneapolis to WATERFOWL,
S. D., and forms direct line from
Mankato to Red Wing, Mimi, on all
of which lines are located the many
prosperous cities of Iowa, Minnesota
and South Dakota.
Its through train service couples the
Twin Cities of the Northwest with
Chicago, Peoria, St. Louis, Kansas
City, Denver, Pueblo, Colorado
Springs, Council Bluffs, Des Moines,
Cedar Rapids, &C., SC.
Pullman Buffet Sleepers, Free Chair
Cars, light and CHEEKY Day Coaches,
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Consul EwinS,s Latest Break.

NEW YORK, June 3o.-A special to
The World from Vancouver, B. c., says
that "Jay Ewing, American consul, is
becoming more unpopular every day.
The arrival of the first through train to
Whatcom, Wash, from here was cele-
brated Monday by an excursion and
demonstration by Whatcom citizens.
In honor of the guests the union jack
was conspicuously displayed side by
side with the stars and stripes. Ewing,
who was one of the excursionists from
here, demanded that the union jack be
taken down. and as a haif-drunken mob
backed up his demand the union jack
came down"