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The Dalles daily chronicle. [volume] (The Dalles, Or.) 1890-1948, 1891-02-06
sending her our wealth she meets us

sending her our wealth she meets us
with so little encouragement that we are
liable to fail. Ever since the o. r. & N.
constructed it's road Portland has siren
ously opposed the opening of the Colum-
bia, and is now if not openly objecting,
is damning the project with less than
half-hearted assistance. We are indeed
sorry that this state of affairs exists, for
the welfare of the state demands that
sectional feeling be suppressed; but the
fact is patent, and Eastern Oregon today
is held to Portland but by a slender
thread-the hope of a portage railroad
and that broken, friendship ceases. We
are proud of our metropolis, and rejoice
in her growth and prosperity, both of
which are largely due to Eastern Oregon
but if she is to continue her ungrateful
course by standing in with our enemies,
to keep us the subjects of the Union
Pacific she will find that she has alien
ated her best friend Eastern Oregon is
now making its last appeal to her, and if
this is rejected she will not have friend
east OF the Cascade mountains.
The Dalles daily chronicle. [volume] (The Dalles, Or.) 1890-1948, 1891-02-06
SHE WILL BE FRLENDLESS IN
DEED.

In speaking of the division of the
state into congressional districts Judge
J. G. Moreland said Wednesday to an
OregoniGn reporter:
81 think, for one thing, that is good
provision of the bill which puts Eastern
Oregon and Multnomah county into one
congressional district, for without any
geographical division, this difference is
being observed more and more. There
is less prejudice against Portland
throughout Eastern Oregon than through
the valley counties, and the citizens will
work together better in that way,
think, than any other.
cit is wrong idea, however, to adopt
the June census, as it does injustice to
Portland. The government census was
badly botched, all of it, but in Portland
it was worse than anywhere else. In
the main, the committee is good one
and will probably do the right thing"
We sincerely hope that the Judge is
mistaken in saying that the valley coun-
ties have a stronger prejudice against
Portland than Eastern Oregon has, for if
they have. she is friendless indeed.
Eastern Oregon recognizes the fact that
Portland's interests are to a great extent
her interests. She realizes that her
trade, her business associations, her
friendship naturally belong to Portland,
and for years she has been trying to
force them all upon her. Portland has
proven coy damsel, turning deaf ear
to our wooings and a cold shoulder to
our proffered embraces. Only in the
character of a mercenary firt has she
given us any attention whatever. Our
courtship has been conducted much
after that of Jupiter when he sought the
unapproachable Danae, or to come to a
more modern comparison much like the
Portland politician mashes the voters at
the primaries. We have for years Law
ished our wealth upon her, and now that
we seek to increase our facilities for
The Dalles daily chronicle. [volume] (The Dalles, Or.) 1890-1948, 1891-02-06
Snyder and the wild Cat.

Chauncey Snyder. who resides upon
the road leading to the Overlook mount
ain, for some time past has missed sheep
from his flock, and after a light snow
which had fallen he saw the tracks of a
huge wild cat in the field. By the light
of the new moon he lay in wait for the
lover of lamb and mutton should he
make another nocturnal visit. He had
his faithful dog with him, and it was
near midnight before the sheep destroy
er put in an appearance.
He made straight for lamb, and Sny-
der bid his dog to ego for him." Jack,
huge bulldog, with a bound left his
master, and soon the cat and dog were
in deadly conflict. The wild cat was
a monster, with claws full half an inch
in length and as sharp as needles, and
when Snyder neared the combatants the
snow was crimson with blood The cat
had a decided advantage over the dog
when Snyder came to the rescue, but he
dared not shoot for fear of killing the
faithful animal
He raised his gun and brought it down
with full force upon the wild cats skull.
The animal reeled and seemed staggered,
but it was for a moment only. With
giaring eyes it sprang upon Snyder's
shoulders and sent its teeth deep into
the flesh. Jack was up in time and
grappled with the brute, and then came
a rough and tumble fight in which all
three engaged. Snyder rained blow after
blow upon the cats head with his gun
barrel until the ferocious beast lay quiv-
ering in death.
Both Snyder and his dog had paid
dearly for their victory. The former had
deep wound in his shoulder while the
latter's flesh was lacerated and torn, and
the blood ebbed from dozen gaping
wounds. The animal weighed thirty
four pounds and is the largest of its
species ever killed in the Catskills.-
Kingston Argus.
The Dalles daily chronicle. [volume] (The Dalles, Or.) 1890-1948, 1891-02-06
4 NATTER OF JUSTICE.

An agent of the Union Pacific appeared
before the committee having the portage
railroad bill in charge, and arguing
against the passage of the bill, said it
was unjust to the Union Pacific to pass
such bill, because it would injure that
roads business, it having leased the o.
r. 4 N, lines in good faith; and that it
was not now making per cent. on the
leased road. 1t is sight to make angels
weep when Jay Gould lifts his innocent
little hands to the legislature of Oregon
and pleads for Justice. What does he
ask, that he may have justice? Since
he gobbled up the o. r. & N, there is
not man in his employ whose wages he
dare reduce, that he, with his hundreds
of millions of dollars, has not compelled
to take lower wages. There is not today
white citizen of Oregon employed in
caring for his property except the section
bosses, but the place of every section
hand is filed by Chinaman, simply
because few cents day could be saved
to add to his ill-gotten millions. There
is not a farmer in Eastern Oregon who
turns the stubborn soil, and labors
in the hot sun, but that is Systematically
plundered of the fruits of his labor ex-
'cept the bare pittance of living, by
eXhorbitant freight rates and this man
comes before our representatives and
asks them to protect him from us For
years, we have been compelled to pay
the way freight back from Portland on
all eastern shipments. For years, this
corporation has levied a tax OH our wool
shipped east, of forty cents hundred
more than is charged for the same freight
from Portland! For years, our products
have been rated, not for what the service
was worth, but for what they would
stand without driving the producer out
of business! For years, this robbery,
for such it is, since our position is taken
advantage of to plunder us, has been
Systematically pursued, and now when
the people endeavor to throw off their
yoke, ,and utilize the God-given Columbia,
which no corporation can control, if
open, this remorseless railroad shark
asks that he be given justice. Oh! that
1t were in the power of the legislature to
grant his request, and meet out to him a
full measure of pure justice. He asks
our representatives not to deliver us
from his grasp! not to give us an oppor-
tunity to help ourselves! not to allow us
to seek the markets of the world unless
over his road not to allow our products
to reach the markets without paying toll
to him! not to permit us to better our
condition and be free men We know
not what the legislature will do. We
know not how far the folly of men will
carry them; but we too ask justicel We
ask that our own money be expended in
giving US relief from a consciencless,
soulless, grasping corporation, that for
ten years has choked the life and spirit
out of our industries,
The Dalles daily chronicle. [volume] (The Dalles, Or.) 1890-1948, 1891-02-06

The majority of Portland people inter-
viewed for the Oregoniam think the
apportionment of the state should be
made according to the June census. They
think, and rightly, that no advantage
should be taken of the fact that Multi
nomah and Marion counties got new
census and considerable increase, be-
cause it is fair to presume that the
balance of the state was also under rated.
The Dalles daily chronicle. [volume] (The Dalles, Or.) 1890-1948, 1891-02-06

Jay Gould asks for justice in order
that the steamer Baker may have no
opposition on the middle Columbia. As
she has been tied up at Crates point for
six weeks and the people on the Wash
ington side of the river left without trans
portation facilities we regret exceedingly
that he cannot get what he asks-justice
The Dalles daily chronicle. [volume] (The Dalles, Or.) 1890-1948, 1891-02-06
FINE FARM TO RENT.

THE FARM KNOWN AS THE "MOORE
i Farm" situated on Three Mile creek ABOUT
two and one-half miles from The Dalles, will be
leased for one more years at low rent 70 any ,
responsible tenant. This farm has upon IL q
good dwelling house and necessary out build
ings about two acres of orchard, about three
hundred acres under cultivation, large portion
crop in 1891 with ordinarily favorable weather.
The farm is well watered. For terms and Particu-
lars enquire of Mrs Sarah A Moore at the Office
of Mays Huntington q Wilson, The Dalles, Or.
SARAH A. MOORE, Executrix-
The Dalles daily chronicle. [volume] (The Dalles, Or.) 1890-1948, 1891-02-06

Our sheep owners are charged $27 900
year more by Jay Gould for shipping
their wool east than it would cost to ship
it from Portland. Is this that gentle
mans idea of Justice?
The Dalles daily chronicle. [volume] (The Dalles, Or.) 1890-1948, 1891-02-06

Jay Gould asking the Oregon legisla-
ture for justice, evidently forgets that its
jurisdiction is limited. Nothing short of
Omnipotence has any business with the
equities in his case.
The Dalles daily chronicle. [volume] (The Dalles, Or.) 1890-1948, 1891-02-06
THE DALLES.

i Ill DALLEO
The Gate City of the Inland Empire is situated at
the head Of navigation the Middle Columbia and
is thriving prosperous city
ITS TERRITORY
It is the supply city for and rich ari-
cultural and grazing country trade reaching as
far south Summer Lake, a distance of over two
hundred miles
THE LARGEST WOOL MARKET
The rich grazing country along the eastern slope
of the the Cascades furnishes pasture for thousands
OF sheep, the wool from which finds market here
The Dalles is the largest original wool shipping
point in America, about 5000, 900 pounds being
shipped this year.
THE VINEYARD OF OREGON
The country The Dalles produces splendid
crops of cereals and it's fruits excelled It
is the vineyard of Oregon, its grapes equaing Cali
fornias BEST and its other fruits, apples, pears
prunes, cherries etc., are unsurpassed.
ITS PRODUCTS
The salmon fisheries are the finest on the Columbia
yielding this year Of 81 500 900 which can
and will be more than doubled in the near future
The products Of the beautiful Klicktal valley find
market here the country south and east has this
year filed the warehouses, and all available storage
places to overfowing with their products
ITS WEALTH
is the richest city of it's coast and it's
money is scattered and is being to develop
more farming country than is tributary any
city in Eastern Oregon. 7
Its situation is unsurpassed! It's climate delight
full Its possibilities incalcuable resources un-
limited! And on these corner stones she stands
andI Liquors.
j. @. MHCk.
iquor Dealer,
III SECOND STREET, THE DALLEs OREGON.
The Dalles daily chronicle. [volume] (The Dalles, Or.) 1890-1948, 1891-02-06

When Jay Gould shuffles off this
mortal coil he will get new Dell.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1891-11-22

IL took only six counters for example. 70 repn0en'
the number nineteen, and In the squares aPpio-
prissed 10 scores and hundreds only one counter
for each composite unit. Thus, In the square LOT
hundreds three counters would represent t5oo
Tn the squares for pence, three counters scc In
triangle would mean eight. In the other squares
the numbers UP to seven were put down much 10
a modern might do, il he were dealing with
counters. But starting with seven, there was
nm jmnortant change Five WAS represented by
counter In the upper right-hand corner oil the
SQUARE In the same way, ten was denoted Dy a
counter in the upper left-hand corner Of the
SQUARE. This device reduced the number OF
counters needed, and the relative position OF the
counters was such that the amount could ne read
instantly by an expert. There are elements of
the decimal system in the method which are ex-
tremely interesting in view OF the fact that that
system was as yet unknown In Europe. But the
processes of addition and subtraction were similar
to those in Use with the numerals OF the Romans
So efficient was the invention, in spite of its a-
parent clumsiness that men who had been trained
in the Exchcquer, like Lord Treasurer BrIegh,
continued 10 check commercial schedules by means
of dots with pen and ink ages after Arabic
numerals had come into familiar use.
These are only some of the salient features Of
Mr. Halls learned and yet thoroughly popular
book Readers will find more entertainment In
these antiquities of English finance than they could
ever suspect beforehand. The volume is illus
trated with pictures of the chest in which the
Domesday Book was kept. of the hampers or bas
kets and shippcts wooden boxes in which
money was carried; of the chess board with pieces
set for the great game of the Exchequer; OF
notched talles counters, Exchequer symbols and
famous royal and papal seals. II is the first in a
series of volumes to be published under the
general title Of The Camden Library and is
soon to be followed by others on Old London
Theatres, English Homes in the Past, Camden's
Britannia, Monastic Arrangement. English Armor,
Folklore, Church Plate, Parochal Church-Life in
Medieval England, Miniature Portrait-PaintnR in
England, and others. The series is edited by u.
Laurence CONNIE and r. Fairman Ordsh.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1891-11-22
CIV. Z
ASLEEP.

Dear tired Mother Earth has gone 10 sleep:
Walk tiptOe through her chamber, lest she wshal
Her children faithful watch above her keep.
While she with sumber sweet is overaken.
Not long ago n thousand tender ferns
Spread over her their wealth Of dew-spun laeex
And nestled close ~ her warm heart where bum
The fire that kndles Sprin gtme's sylvan rssa
And when the blessed Mother longed for rest
How soothingly the little slender grasses
Threw all their soft green arms across her brex:
No wintry blast shall touch her it passes.
The naples watched her with beaming smile
When proud October covered them with g0v,
And gladly doded their golden robes the Will
with them they made her bed--tbe old sweet st-y,
And Yesterday all day the longing sky
Bent lovingly and wistfully above her.
While SOFT white kisses-O so teildery
Came down and covered her-whO could but lore ~
EDWARD A. JENH
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1891-11-22

ally. There is, however, nothing in the
Law, either In its principles or in ifs sta,..
form In the United States, to prevent tho lsg
Of copyright, or the adoption Of metbols :.
which France and other Latin coubtri..
thrown safeguards about the author 8. ~n
relations with the publisher Il NV. ~
said roughly that with us in Amerc,
in England, the publisher Is master, =
France, the author is master lie can ea..'.
the conditions of publication he has len, a'sa
upon both printer and publisher The 80
cannot print, nor the publisher sell, sins,. w
of his book without his written authority 49, ~
criminal law may be put In motion II thu ~s
The books and accounts are in the authors NJ. w.
when are they with ms, except such az IN. -,
Usher chooses to render? When shall we -! -
agitate for q reform which shall put the Ans
author in these and many other partieul,, .a
less essential on a level with the French, ~
should we Sit down content with q posto, !.
lnfcriority to a nation whom we are NOT 1, ~
habit Of thinking our superiors in ciyillzatio,
In that branch OF il which consists In profasss:N
the weak against the strong?
OF course there are difficulties. but difBes.,
il a thing made 10 be overcome. Our friend. ~
publishers. who were strong enough 10 prers
the passage Of an international Copyriel, s
till the ten-cent pirates converted them aio =. "a
vocatcs of what they had heretofore opposed. 90
perhaps might oppose such a reform. Selfl,s..
est Is always strong, and that does not ssn nj ,
lofty morality which prsctlsed piracy 40 ons !. :
il was profitable, and when it had ceased = !.
profitable suppressed IL. There will be oppos,t,s
from other sources, perhaps. But the ayons..
the opposition. the stronger the argument FOR r.
mediate organization. Reform must come s -,
day This generation might as well have the ~
vantage of 1t as the next. IL is for the pub.
interest. not less than for the authors inter-.
everything is a gain TO the public which fes..
literature and protects the producers Of IL Gw
IL is as true now as ever that the chief Ql,ry !,
every people arises from its authors.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1891-11-22

very prominently In this volume. ana In iasnio'
which leaves no room for donbt that ne detests 'ei
very cordially. We are inclined to think tnat nc
rather exaggeratcs the extent OF her pefSon"'
hatred of the Queen. but it is cerlaihy ''"t
that she was In the front rank OF those unpaiahceo
and fanatcal enthusiasts who nonrisheu "f'"
yoltair, Rousseau and the Encyclopedias. occu-
pied themselves at this time In inc erecuoh vi
ream-castes. which their ill-comprehehoihg u''
ciDles materialzed into government by guiiiotihe
and natonalized robbery. Nine. Roland was also
M doubt vain and superficial and it must bc
admitted that she did not at first display mucn, IL
any horror at the September massacres. Inc
hideous atrocities then perpetratcd. and the WORST
of which were inflicted upon women. mus1' ohe
would think. have thrilled with horror ana re-
pulsion every woman then living but Nine Ko-
land was so little moved that she could calmly
entertain at her table men who impudently UNDER
took 70 Justify all these infami,s. and there Is
nothing TO indicate that she felt any disgust OF
repugnance at the situation. She was. moreover
without pity for the su.rings Of Marie Antoinette
and even gloated over the Incarceration OF the
Queen in the Temple. But the" vlrtuons hoiahd
himself was just as hard. and so indeed were al
who held any responsible positions NJ. dc SAINT
Armand, however, feels that the "Ecerla OF the
Grondins" has been greatly ovcrrated; that
great deal of fulsome nonsense has been talked
and written about her; and that it is time She
was RELOCATED to her proper place as q female
demagogue who was purely and solely an instru-
ment Of mischief: and so feeling he deals with
her career very severely and unsympathetically.
Nor shall we find fault with this attitude az
a time when the historical rehabilitation of all
the scoundrels of the Revolution has becomc-et
us hope rather passing fashion than an introduce
ton of new and sinister points of view. But
when Danton and Murat and Robespierre are seri-
ously defended and apOlogzed for in journals and
periodicals Of standing and reputation; when it is
proposed to erect monuments to the memory OF
these and similar men; it is certainly the duty
Of all whose moral ideas remain unperverted, and
whose minds are not tainted by Socialist or An
archie doctrines, to speak the truth Of the past
boldly, without fear or favor, and to recall the
facts upon which the sober Judgment of mankind
has been formed in these matters. NJ de Saint
Armand is conservative and the conservative view
is often very useful and suggestive Men will
always differ as to the issues of the Revolution :
as to what it did did not do for France and
for the world. This author does not regard it
Optmistically, yet his opinion is well worth con-
sidering, and those who read him purely for en-
tertainment will find plenty of moving incidents
in the account OF the downfall of royalty, though
the climax Of the great tragedy is evidently re-
served for another volume, which shall bring
the Of st. Louis ana his martyr Queen to the
scaffOld.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1891-11-22
THE SONG OF THE Axe.

. F. f. Weatherly.
Harll 10 the axe ! see the trees fall
The axe, rs II swings has song for an!
II sings yeo-hOi for the bounding ship,
AS Il hews her stout planks down,
1t sings Of the vain on the harvest plain
And the coach for my lord in town,
The festive board with its light and song,
And hey for the dancing Door.
Where the lovers vow, as they float along,
To love for evermore.
Hank to the axe see the trees fall
The axe as 1t swings, has song for AM
But a tender tone the axe must keep,
AS il shapeth the bed OF rest,
Where the maiden sleeps her last long sieet
With a rose upon her breast.
IL seems to speak OF the long goodbye,
And the ship that came In vain,
And then love that will not die
However the years may wane.
Uark TO the axe see the trees fa
The axe as IL swings, has a song for aut
So the axe tolls on, by sun and star,
Under the woodman's hand,
Plank and rafter and mast and spar
Come forth at his command.
And the world wags on in peace ana strife,
With laughter and tears for ALL
And the song of the axe is the song OF Lie,
And we-are the trees that fall.
Harll to the axe see how they fall 49,
The axe as It swings, has song ior All
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1891-11-22
WHICH WIS THE DRUrE'

From The London spectator. -, AR whscn
gentleman fond Of animals had PEI PEI a' ssanishcd
his Wife who hated dogs. detesied, .ne day, 0.
whenever II entered the drawing ROOM. In and LAY
she Wns sitting there, the dog mstc.'n, ,n out The
down H. fore the fr, The lady turned nv" ,rtins h.
dog suprosipg tina! she was afrs s Kitchen tepossa
n on the rug and lay down upon II az ~ She Told
a woman W, ended by havms hi" kicked o Or' iniuaas@
IL herself TO the person nom WHO'LL nox a.
Miss Novel; Mammals cousil-heSN
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1891-11-22


who can, if they will, start a society
successful author does. to certain extent, take
care Of himelf. He may not get all he ought, hut
be gets something. The division of profits be-
tween him and his publisher, If not entirely equi-
table, Is still division; the publisher does not take
all Reason the more why he should bestir
himself in behalf of his less successful and srug-
Cling comrades who cannot defend themselves.
II any such champion should arise, beg to
suggest to him that he should not be content to
follow in the wake Of the English Society or to
keep his efforts within the limits they have pre-
scribed to themselves Let him look further
afeld. The Soccte dcs Gems de Lettres in France
is his best model for many purposes. II he will
study the conditions Of publication in France, he
will find them far more favorable TO the author
than in either England or America. The trade Of
authorship in France is far better one than in
any English-speakng country, yet the trade Of
publishing is certainly not worse. The great
houses in France, the Hachettes the Charpenties.
the Calmann Levys, are. Or some Of them are,
perhaps even more wealthy and powerful than the
great houses in Great Britain the United States
Yet the author is protected by law to an extent un-
known here. and unknown in America. What is
wanted, therefore, is not merely society 70 secure
to authors the rights 10 which they have claim
under the existing law, but society which shall
aim ut reforming the law.
France, OF course, has her Code, and enjoys
the blessings of a commercial system for which
the Roman Law supplied the base. The Roman
Law is as superior to the English for commercial
purposes as II Is inferior In it's guarantees OF In
diyidual liberty, and for CRIMINAL purposes gener-
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1891-11-22

Mr.. Robert Beverly Hale, son Of DR.. Edward Everett
Hale, has written a clever Thanksgiving story fo
"Thc Boston Commonwealth II is called "A Fam
lily Quarrel"
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1891-11-22
LITERARY NOTES.

Mr.. T. b. Aldrich's poem. Elmwood, "-commem-
orativc Of Mr.. LOwel-wil appear in the holiday
"Scribner." Meanwhile, may read In the
Harper OF Loweli's Ship" whose
"--tardy topmasts never climb