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The Dalles daily chronicle. [volume] (The Dalles, Or.) 1890-1948, 1891-07-27
Taking a eirI,s Arm.

The young man who lifts his girl
along by her elbow is to be seen every
few yards on Broadway. Nor is this
style of locomotion confined to any par
ticular class 1t is one of those fashions
that occasionally starts up jim the crude
society of the country village, and, re-
versing the usual rule of social con-
tagion. spreads to the metropolis. Being
simply a recorder and not an arbiter in
such matters, L am not prepared to say
that it is strictly fashionable in New
York, much less proper OF in good form.
If the glrl likes it l withdraw my nat
ural objections. Where the sex is con-
cerned it is pretty safe to follow the
rule that obtains in euchre-''W When in
doubt take the trick New York Her
aid ..
The Dalles daily chronicle. [volume] (The Dalles, Or.) 1890-1948, 1891-07-27
.Drat Such Luckr-

Ridicule it as we may, there Is some
thing in luck. and if there isn't you can
not break the faith of some people. The
other day young English friend Of
mine picked up two and a half cent
Columbian silver fcoin-probab bly the
smallest silver piece in<the world,
That's luck" said the young man,
who has an English syndicate deal on
his hands, Hefelt more confidence in
the coin as the day advanced. for he
showed it to several friends. all of whom
curiously examined the piece and smiled
with its possessor. He finally went joy
fully home late for dinner, and found his
wife fretting and with red eyes. He be-
gan to cheer her up by pleasantly begin
ming the topic of his afternoon and ex
hibiting his find.
''Luckl Luck! Don't you talk to me
about luckp' she fairly shrieked. plung-
ing into the sofa cushions and Mysteries
In the course of half an hours hard
work she had recovered sufficiently to
inform him that she had her pocket
picked while out shopping and lost a dia-
mond ring she had been afraid to wear
and all the money given her that morn
ing for her summer clothes Finally she
braced up all at once and said impera-
lively:
''Gimme that coini As she pitched
it out of the window she uttered the
usual feminine oath. "Drst the thing,
therer' and both she and her husband
felt better. New York Herald.
The Dalles daily chronicle. [volume] (The Dalles, Or.) 1890-1948, 1891-07-27
LET US BE FAIR.

The partisan press has busy time of
it. What with essays on tin-plate,
nominating candidates for the presi-
dency and besmirching everybody and
everything that does not belong to its
own side OF the heuse, there is little time
or space left for giving the current news.
The worst of it is, much of what is other
wise finely written is. absolutely silly
and valuless to Il man who simply wants
to know facts. Who cares whether the
last congress made appropriations
amounting to a billion or twice that
sum if so be the money was spent
wisely? A miserly, parsimonious con-
gress is surely q greater evil than one
that may err by an honest extravaganza.
After all is there not a great deal of
truth in the aphorism that this is bill
lion dollar country? The population of
the United States is constantly increas-
ing; so are it's revenues and so, OF neces-
sity, must its expenditures. We are
not defending extravaganza, but we are
not to be deceived by word that sounds
big to the ear when there is a studied
Vi ldCIS. w lldL VIC W NdIlb W
know is-not how much did the fifty
first congress of the United States APP
propriate during the term of it's exist
ence, but how much did it appropriate
foolishly and corruptly? AS matter of
fact the report of the secretary of the
treasury for expenditures for the year
ending June 80, 1890 shows Il sum of
1851, ,SSS, ,550.16; Tor 1889 it is 1888, 1885,,
1880; for 1883 it is $31 ,657 ,35I.l3 and
for 1887 it is $315, 1886 ,42S.l2. On the
other hand the report shows that the in
crease of revenues have kept nearly an
even pace with the increase of expendi-
lures. The total revenues for 1887 were
$371 ,403 ,277. SO; for 1888, 1895, 1885,
074.76; for 1889, $3S7, $50 ,O5S.S4 and for
1890, $4O3, ,OsO, ,9S2 ,63 The river and
harbor bill was in no sense extravagant
and we presume the greatest leak was in
the increased number of pensions. We
are most decidedly of the opinion that
this pension business has gone beyond
the bounds of all reason or common
sense and that some day in the near
future, the country will wake up and
say: What fools we have been. But
just so long as there is demagogy enough
left in political parties to make "liberal
pensions a part of their platform, just
so long will this thing continue. Before
any state or national election, for the
past ten years, both of the old parties,
alike, advocated liberal pensions. Now
when they begin to see what fools they
have been (for reaction has already set
i'm it is hardly fair for one party to be
saddled with the whole blame when
both were nearly alike guilty
The Dalles daily chronicle. [volume] (The Dalles, Or.) 1890-1948, 1891-07-27

The redou btable Samuel Parr proved
as great bore to De Quincy as the dip
lomatist did to Coleridge. The opium
eater, sensitive little spirit that he was,
did not often put himself in the way of
being bored. He was completely taken
by surprise, on his first meeting with
the scholar of prodigious fame. to find
him no better than a slander mongering
''old babbler."
Byrons method of dealing with the
gentry was even more ingenious than
Scott's, who himself assumed the 'ardu-
Gus task of boring his bore. Byron used
to set Monk Lewis (whom he found
as great a bore as Scott did) on to some
''vivacious person" who peculiarly alb
horred the tribe-as. for example, he
says, Nine. de Stael OF Hobhouse-and
leave the pair to fight it out together,
while he quietly enjoyed his revenge.-,'
But even this was more humane than
the conduct of those who, like Douglas
Jerrold, leave their bore in the lurch.
''Well, what's going on today?" asked
the bore, full primed for siege. 81
am, returned the wit, hurrying remorse-
lessly past.
''Do not dull people bore your one of
his companions at the breakfast table
asked of the autocrat. Madame" was
DR.. Holmes suggestive reply. ''an men
are bores except when we want them. "
Exchange.
The Dalles daily chronicle. [volume] (The Dalles, Or.) 1890-1948, 1891-07-27
A ralk with a Bird Fancier.

Mocl1ing birds come from Texas chief
ly. Albany in that state is the head
quarters for them. One trapper there
sends me from so to 100 mocking birds
every week in crates. | forward nearly
all of them to New York, exchanging
them for other stock. The system of ex-
change is carried on to a great extent in
the fancier's business. Most of the stock
that we get from boys is negotiated on
that plan; SO many rabbits make squir-
rel, and so Cd.
do considerable trade in peacocks,
which customers who have country
places buy for ornamental purposes.
Farmers raise them in Maryland and
Virginia. Goldfish are propagated by
regular breeders in Maryland, Virginia
and Pennsylvania, who send them to me
in cans, but the fancy goldfish, with
double tails, are imported from Japan tc
San Francisco and reshipped from thai
city.
Those stuffed birds are pets. Theil
owners bring them here for the purpose
four legged beasts, too, of all sorts.
squirrel is one of the most difficult ami
mails to stuff successfully Food is al
item in caring for such a menagerie a.
this; it costs me nearly 81 600 a year
Interview in Washington Star.
The Dalles daily chronicle. [volume] (The Dalles, Or.) 1890-1948, 1891-07-27
NEW MARKET FOR HOG PRO
DUCTS

late dispatch from Paris says that it
is believed that the government has de-
cided to accede to the request of Minis
ter Reid to remove the embargo on
American pork, as It is known that the
government has agreed to introduce a
bill modifying the general tariff law of
May 1881 and fix the duty at 20 francs
per hundred kilos on all salted pork,
ham and bacon imported from the Unit
ed States. This would mean tariff
duty of less than two cents pound
which is by no means prohibitory. 1t
would also mean largely increased
market and better times for the pork in
oustry of the United States, especially,
too as it is likely to be followed by the
opening of the German markets to the
same product.
The Dalles daily chronicle. [volume] (The Dalles, Or.) 1890-1948, 1891-07-27
GOOD EDITORIAL JUDGEMENT.

The leading editorial in the Oregon
Blade of the 25th inst, headed ''recip-
rocal trade is one of the ablest we
have seen for many day. 1t was cop
led verbatim ct hteratim from the CRoNI-
Gle. On the first page of the same is
sue is another half column article,
from the same source; without credit.
We admire the Blades taste but have a
poor opinion of it's honesty.
The Dalles daily chronicle. [volume] (The Dalles, Or.) 1890-1948, 1891-07-27
Kingsley Items.

The hot winds are getting away with
the crops.
A three months school closes tomorrow
after four-months hard struggle to find
the lost day, with Profes or Pitman as
teacher.
Robert Kelly has gone to Portland on
business.
johnny Whitten has given up the
idea OF ever finding water in his new
well after digging depth of thirty-eight
feet. THE devil take the water
Witches" so thinks Johnny.
Ira Americk has nearly filed the Ath-
ems feed stable with rye hay.
Emerson Williams is clerking for r.
Kelley during Mr.. Kelly's stay in Port
land. If Robert stays much longer
Emerson will have to have his pants and
hat made larger.
John Russell is hauling lumber from
Thompson's mill to build house in
Grass Valley for his eldest son.
Mr.. Sherman Clark and Miss Mary E.
Hillman, of Oak Grove, were married
at the residence of Chas. Fraley, one
and-a-half miles east of Kingsley. Luck
to the happy couple wherever they may
go.
The widow Baxter has the finest crop
on Tygh Ridge.
The farmers are making hay quite
lively. There will be lots of feed on
Tygh Ridge this winter.
Mr.. James Cox has gone to The Dalles
with his wife for medical treatment.
G. G. Abott has just had his hair
shingled He had quite large fleece to
contend with in hot weather.
Robert Kelly has forty acres OF corn
which looks fine.
c. G. Abott is getting his stock ready
! to take in the fairs this fall.
The Sunday school is moving along
nicely with jerry Vaughn aching as
superintendent. Everybody is invited
to attend, RAsP.
The Dalles daily chronicle. [volume] (The Dalles, Or.) 1890-1948, 1891-07-27
MORE HANGING OR FEWER MUIR
DERS.

1t is a sad commentary on the admin
istration of justice in the United States
that only 102 persons were legally exc
cuted for the 1920 murders committed
in the year 1890 while 126 persons were
lynched. Statistics clearly show that
the man who commits a murder has a
better chance of escaping than the man
who steals a loaf of bread. There is
surely something wrong when the execu-
tions by lynch law are twenty-five per
cent greater in number than by organ
lied justice and all the hangings put to-
gether are not three per cent of the
number of murders. There ought to be
more hangings or fewer murders.
The Dalles daily chronicle. [volume] (The Dalles, Or.) 1890-1948, 1891-07-27
Force of Habit.

A lady who wished. to weigh her baby,
two months old, but who had no scales
at hand suitable for the purpose. took
the child to neighboring butcher shop.
The butcher put the baby in his spring
scales, looked at the dial, and remarked:
with the bones and ALL mum, it's
fourteen pounds and half. Shall Pr
GLOW dare you make such :. sugges-
tion," screamed the woman, as she
snatched her baby and rushed out of the
shop.-Youth's Companion
The Dalles daily chronicle. [volume] (The Dalles, Or.) 1890-1948, 1891-07-27
MCKINLEY a BOLD BAD MAN.

The PLaindealer draws most touch
ing picture of poor laborer's wife, who
has to pay Mckinley duty of fifteen
cents on wash boiler that with ordi
nary care will last her five or six years.
What IL bold, bad man Mckinley is any
The Dalles daily chronicle. [volume] (The Dalles, Or.) 1890-1948, 1891-07-27

A neatly dressed boy fell into the
Harlem river just below the bridge yes
terday morning about breakfast time
He was pulled out and went home cry
ing. In the afternoon smaller boy fell
into the river from boat house float.
He got out without assistance and went
out in the sun to dry Il don't want
the old man to get on to me. he said.
New York Advertiser
The Dalles daily chronicle. [volume] (The Dalles, Or.) 1890-1948, 1891-07-27

Harvard university has 365. 600 bound
volumes in the library. Yale has 100000,
Cornell 10000. Columbia 10000, Syra-
cuse $4,000, Dartmouth 68,500. Lehigh
81, 600, Brown $4,000. Princeton $4,000.
Bowdoin $4,000. University of Virginia
10000
The Dalles daily chronicle. [volume] (The Dalles, Or.) 1890-1948, 1891-07-27

A new candidate for presidential hon
ors has jnst been announced in the per-
son of Senator PETER of Kansas. His
friends think that the man who was big
enough to beat ingalls,, is big enough for
a presidential candidate.
The Dalles daily chronicle. [volume] (The Dalles, Or.) 1890-1948, 1891-07-27
STATE OrFIoIALs.

The Chronicle is the Only Paper in
The Dalles that Receives the Associated
Press Dispatches.
The Dalles daily chronicle. [volume] (The Dalles, Or.) 1890-1948, 1891-07-27
FIGURING MILL TO LEASE.

HHE OLD DALLEs MILL AND WATER
i Company's Flour Mill viii be leased to re-
WATER COMMISSIONERS,
The Dalles, Oregon
The Dalles daily chronicle. [volume] (The Dalles, Or.) 1890-1948, 1891-07-27
EsTRAY NOTICE.

RED COW WITH WHITE SPOTS, swAL-
N low fork in each ear but no brand, is in my
pasture on Mill creek The owner can have her
by paying for pasturage and advertising.
w BIRGFELD
The Dalles daily chronicle. [volume] (The Dalles, Or.) 1890-1948, 1891-07-27
MIR. KendaI,s stupidity.

The members of the Four Hundred are
enjoying story at the expense of promi-
nent society lady of this city who is famed
for her loud dresses, her elaborate dinners
and her faux pas. 1t seems that while the
Kendals were playing in this city dinner
was given in their honor, to which this
lady was invited The Kendals were in
troduced to those guests whom they had
not met before by their own name-Grim
stone-Kendal being, is well known,
only their nom de theatre.
When the time for the company to go to
the dining room arrived Mrs. x, who
had been told that she was to be escorted
to the table by Mr.. Kendall, was amazed
when a certain Mr. Grimstone was pre-
sented to her, who thereupon offered her
his arm, and before she had an opportunity
to protest, led her, to the adjoining apart
ment. She was so furious at what she
Thought was the deception practiced upon
her that she was hardly civil to her escort,
replying to his polite speeches with mono
syllables and addressing most of her re-
marks to her neighbors on the opposite
side of the table.
After the dinner was over and the guests
had reassembled in the drawing room, she
approached her hostess and said indig-
nantly: "That was a pretty trick you
played upon me. | thought you told me
that Mr.. Kendall was going to be here, and
that he was TO take me to dinner. Instead
of that you palmed off a mere nobody on
me, and the stupidest person I've met this
winter | was hardly able to be decent to
him.
81 am very sorry" replied the hostess
sweetly, understanding at once the sftua-
ton, "that you found Mr.. Grimstone stu.
pid. He is generally considered very intel
ligent and interesting. Besides, my dear
he really isn't a nobody. Grimstone is his
family name, but on the stage he is known
as Mr.. Kendall
Then she sailed away, leaving Mrs. x. il
state of mind that can be better imagined
than described.-New York Telegram
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Notice

All city warrants registered prior to
October 3rd, 1889, will be paid if pres
ented at my Office.
Interest ceases from and after this date.
o. KINERsLY,
City Treasurer.
The Dalles daily chronicle. [volume] (The Dalles, Or.) 1890-1948, 1891-07-27

Cut flowers for sale, bouquets and
floral designs made to order Corner
Eighth and Liberty.
Mrs. A. STuBLNe.
The Dalles daily chronicle. [volume] (The Dalles, Or.) 1890-1948, 1891-07-27

A girl medical student in a western col
lege is the proud recipient of two prizes
won from a competition with seventeen
other places. One of the prizes was for
the best physical diagnosis of the diseases
of children.
The Dalles daily chronicle. [volume] (The Dalles, Or.) 1890-1948, 1891-07-27

In the list of late patents are one for a
propeller and brake cork packed bicycle,
another for the improvement in the con-
struction of tires for bicycles, others for
improvements in the running gear of road
vehicles, and all invented by women.
The Dalles daily chronicle. [volume] (The Dalles, Or.) 1890-1948, 1891-07-27
CORD v OOD.
Oak and Fir on Hand.
Orders Filled Promptly.
$500 Reward.

We will pay the above reward for any case of
Liver Complaint, Dyspepsia, Sick Headache, In
digestion, Constipation or Costiveness we cannot
cure with Vests Vegetable Liver Pills, when the
directions are strictly complied with. They are
purely vegetable and never fail TO give satls1ac,
Pills, 25 cents. Beware of counterfeits and imi-
tations. The genuine manufactured only by
ILLINOIS.
BLAKELEY q HOUGHTON,
Prescription Druggists,
176 Second st. The Da11es, Or.
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Money. to Loan.

500 to $500 to loan on short time.
BAYARD & Co.
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$40 REV ARD.

WILL BE 4A4D.FoR ANY INFORMATION
w leading to the conviction of parties cutting
e ropes or in any way interfering with the
wiz poles or lamps OF THE ELEcTRIc LIGHT
Co H. GLENN.
Manager
The National tribune., 1891-04-02
WE'RE so DEcrtnTED

Ly losses in action. that they were Withdrawn
from The field and sent 70 different post in tie
Nerth 80 be recruited. some Of the regiments
having only handful Of men.
Ny regiment. the 2f Inf, upon their depart
uro from City Point, Va, Nov. 3. 1864. had but
about - men for duty. They had been con-
solidated into one company tC}, after the bat
tie Of Cold Harbor Va, and for the first time
during the war were taken from the line and
assigned 20 provost duty at Gen. L. u. Ayers )
headquarters.
have not visited Gettysburg since the battle,
consequently my memory may be at fault some
in regard 10 the conformation of the ground.
But ] am ready 10 be corrected iu any point
/ forgot TO mention in passing that the Buck
tail PA regiment referred 20 was composed
OF individual heroes. and they lost heavily ia
their charge across Plum Run. Among the
killed was their brave commander, Col Taylor,
whom ] saw carried OF the field.
The question naturally arises. What were the
losses Of the Regulars in the desperate fighting
On the % of Julyg
Official reports give the strength Of the Sec
ond Brigade on the morning of the 2d as so
officers and s25 men. or these 80 officers and
400 men were either killed or wounded. In
the First Brigade there were about ! 900 men,
including officers. OF these, in killed, wound
ed or missing, were II officers and i3l enlisted
men, but the subsequent casualties OF the night
and following day increased these figures.
The National tribune., 1891-04-02
Gen. Batter as an OUTLAW.
[ErehGHgel


When Gen r. T. Buffers attention was called
to the published statement that a forthcoming
volume OF the memoirs of Jefferson Davis
would contain a document proclaiming Gen.
Butler to be an outlaw, ETC., he said
"The proclamation fell dead letter. Not
only was l made an outlaw by it, but my OIL
GERS were included in its terms"
The General refreshed his memory by read
ing the proclamation Is it appears in Parton's
book, and said:
81 never blamed Davis for that proclama-
tion. 1t was a piece Of the supreme folly OF
his Secretary, Judah 2. Benjamin. had per-
shaded Benjamiu's boy to take the oath Of ale.
glance In New Orleans"
The General was asked If il was true. as re-
Gently published, that he came disagreeably
near being captured on the north side Of the
James River while out treconnoitering with one
or two staff officers, and that he was rescued
by his two Orderlies, of the Sd ". Y. Cav. The
General smiled as he recalled the incident and
said:
"Yes; that Is substantially true as related
/ doubt, however, if there was any danger OF
our being captured. There were only three
armed pickets that we encountered. Such in.
cidents were not infTequent with officers dur.
ing the war;"
The National tribune., 1891-04-02
FAIR PLAY FOR SOLDIERS.
One Mem York Paper that Speaks Up Boldly In
their Behalf.
TNelg York Pyfrs

The Press demands fair play for the veterans
Of the war. The whole pension question has
been so shamefully misrepresented by Demo-
cratic organs that there are fsir-minded people
who actually believe some Of the wild and in
tentioually statements that are ap-
pearing IN Journals deliberately creating o
false sentiment on this subject How many
readers, for example Of journals like the
Herald and World could answer the question
OF what is the actual pension rol, of the civil
war to-day? How many readers Of the Press
could answer that question oil hand? How
many would say at least one hundred millions.
and how many would say, "Why. one hundred
and forty millions OF course" Such an answer
would not surprise Us ~ all in view Of the re-
cent articles that the veteran -haters are send
ing broadcast over the land declaring that the
pensions will soon bankrupt the Treasury and
the pension rolls reach these impossible totals.
Now for the truth. Glance at page 10 Of the
annual report Of the Commissioner OF Pensions
for the year ended june 80, 1890, and we fud
that tho total annual value Of pensions as
shown by the roll was only SIS, ,3G7. PSI That
includes the 3g2, 500 soldiers and the 1044J6
widows and all the pensioners and the widows
drawing pensions Of the navy as well as the
army. That is the true annual pension roll.
VIII that bankrupt the Government And
that, be it remembered, is constantly and
rapidly decreasing roll. Over twenty thousand
were dropped, mostly by death, last year and
a greater number will 90 this year. And as
this army of men silently drop into the grave,
many OF them hastened there By reason Of
their patriotism, they hear around them this
almost Eendish misrepresentation and these
ghoulish attacks. A concerted attempt is be-
ing made by the Democratic party and its
leaders 10 confuse the amount OF money paid
out for arrearags with the annual pension roll
In n measure it has been successful. And yet
nothing can be more unjust to the soldiers.
The money thus paid out goes in q lump sum
and there it ends. It is not an annual charge
in any sense. Within two years, therefore, the
amount paid out for pensions under existing
laws must decrease. Ii is well for Republicans
to bear this important fact in mind. The an
nual pension roll is one thing, the total amount
paid out in some given year for pensions alto
gether another.