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The Dalles daily chronicle. [volume] (The Dalles, Or.) 1890-1948, 1891-06-03
Cheap Funerals in Now York.

. NheSP = uncrAAS NEW
A Hester street undertaken says: .sFu-
nerals don't come very high in. this
neighborhood, bur such as they are the
poor people seem to have trouble paying
the bills. furnish what is considered a
respectable funeral for $3.50, but that
does not include any carriages. The
coffin and the hearse attendance is all
that / can give for. the money. The
people in this neighborhoed are mostly
Polish Jews and Greeks, who are nearly
all, very poor. and $3.50 represents a
small fortune. Only a few of them, in
my experience, have ever expressed any
objection to having their dead buried in
Potter's field, but they all are sensitive
and superstitious about the funeral, and
will sacrifice almost anything to obtain
a coffin and hearse.
"They seem to have no idea of the
value of our money. A woman, whose
husband died the other day, came to me
with a brass ring, which she thought l
would take in exchange for coffin. She
was very much surprised when refused
her, and offered to work for me for a
year if would only give her husband a
decent funeral He was finally buried
at the expense of the city. New York
Letter.
The Dalles daily chronicle. [volume] (The Dalles, Or.) 1890-1948, 1891-06-03

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.
ThOrnbuN & Hudson.
The Dalles daily chronicle. [volume] (The Dalles, Or.) 1890-1948, 1891-06-03
Enterprises That Would Benefit all OF
Eastern Oregon.

The wool clip of Eastern Oregon this
year will be about 1900, 900 pounds. In
all of this vast wool-growing region that
produces such a. vast amount of this sta
pie article there is not a woolen mill or q
securing establishment. Nearly all this
wool is shipped across the continent to
be manufactured into cloth and reship-
ped to the Pacific coast to be bought and
worn by those who produced it. The
majority of this wool shrinks on an aver
age 90 per cent by washing, so this year
the wool growers of Eastern Oregon will
pay freight across the continent on
4, 500 900 pounds of dirt that should be re-
moved from the wool before It is shipped.
The freight on the dirt alone would almost
pay for securing establishment with
capacity sufficient to scour all the wool
raised in the Inland Empire. But better
than establishments for securing and
grading the wool would be the building
of mills to manufacture it into cloth, or
at least enough of it to supply the wooden
goods that are consumed on this coast.
The saving of freight on the wool to the
factories in the east and on the manufac-
tured goods from the factories back to
the producer and consumer would be no
small item; but it is insignificant when
compared with the amount of money
that would be put in circulation by man
ufacturing the wool into cloth right here
at home. AS an illustration of the bene-
fit woolen mill is to community and
the amount of money it puts in circula-
ton, we may profitably consider the fol-
lowing report published by the secretary
of the Albany Woolen Mills Company
last week, at the close of the first year the
mills have been in operation: Wages
paid, $26,107 "a; wool purchased, $49,-
413.42; other expenditures, $18,11S.73;
total expenditures, 500, 5000. Suppose
every wool producing county in eastern
Oregon had in it an additional industry
that consumed $50, 600 worth of it's pro-
ducts and expended $25 600 annually for
wages, what would be the result?
Would it not make times better and
money more plentiful? Suppose we had
such an establishment in our own county,
what effect would it have on the business
of the county? in the first place it would
afford home market for portion of one
of the leading products of the county; it
would furnish employment, at good wag
es, for from thirty to forty laborers, who
must be fed, and this would create an ex-
ira market for farm produce; freight
would be saved on whatever amount of
wool the mills consume; the money ex-
pended for woolen goods would not go
abroad, but would be spent at home
the wages earned by the employees would
nearly all be spent here. Taken alto
gether the actual benefit to the county
from the establishment of such an enter
prise would be nearly double the amount
the mills would expend for material,
labor, etc.
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Ten Times Better.

Mr.. Upton-I notice in a French pa
per that Minister de Freycinet is now
one of the Forty Inmortals
Mrs. De Only forty? Is that
all Paris hass Why, in New York there
are four hundred of us. New York
Weekly.
The Dalles daily chronicle. [volume] (The Dalles, Or.) 1890-1948, 1891-06-03
$500 Reward !!

We will pay the above reward for any case of
Liver Complaint, Dyspepsia, Sick Headache, In
cure with Vests Vegetable Liver Pills. when the
directions are strictly complied with. They are
purely vegetable, and never fail to give satsfac-
ton Sugar Coated. Large boxes containing 80
Pills, % cents. Beware of counterfeits and 1ml-
tations. The genuine manufactured only BY
THE JOHN C. WFST COMPANY, CHICAGO,
ILLINOIS. tsss
+. IS BLAKELEY & HOUGHTON,
Prescription Druggists,
I75 Second ST. The Da1les, Or.
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The Chronicle is the Only Paper in
The Dalles that Receives the Associated
Press Dispatches.
Phillipsburg herald. [volume] (Phillipsburg, Kan.) 1882-1905, 1891-01-29

himsl II TO. look upon this matter GffJfese
as within that domestic department. Of
which he wisely recognizes his wife as
paramount chief, and he dons without
demur any suit which Mrs Gladstone
may put in his way. If he should miss
a comfortable old coat or pair of pants
Of a bagginess too palpable for Pail Mall,
he knows that Mrs. Gladstone has been
making a raid on his wardrobe, signs,
smiles and says nothing
Mr.. Gladstone is not rich man. It has
been estimated that his private income
does not exceed 81, 600 year, and the
demands made upon the purse of a man
in his position are enormous. In the
course of every year he receives many
presents from humble admirers, often
specimens from workingmen of their
handicraft, and his return gift in almost
every case is his photograph bearing his
now familiar autograph.
All the world is aware of Mr. Glad
stones prowess as a wOodman. When
residing at Hawarden Castle week
never passes in which he does not spend
at least few hours in the open air try
ing the edge of his famous axe upon the
big trees. But the great Solaee of his
old age is reading, and the hobby to
which he is most pasSionately devoted is
the collection of old and rare books. He
can never pass a secondhand book shop
without stopping to examine the stock.
There is not one secondhand bookseller
Of any note in London who does not
regularly send catalogues to Mr.. Glad
stone, and he receives early intimation
of anything good in the shape of rare or
curious editions to be obtained at a mod
crate price.
During the session Mr.. Gladstone is
very regular in his attendance at the
House, but he does not remain late ex-
xryf,a dol 70 &c IN
or an important division expected.
When not actually engaged in debate
but sitting as an interested listener Mr..
Gladstone has hard work to suppressshiS
natural inclination to jump up and join
in the fray, and he has curious habit of
betraying his eagerneSs and impatience
by grabbing his knees and clptching at
the air with his muscular fingers. Every
member knows when Mr. Gladstone is
about to make an important speech,' the
event being heralded by Mrs. GladstOne'S
appearance in the ladies' gallery, while
the great man himself wears a flower in
his coat and places on the table before
him little bottle full of thickish yell
low liquid, generally understood to be a
kind of egg flip. 1t is made by Mrs. :
Gladstone from her own secret recipe,
and it always has a wonderfully.restor
tive effect on the orator.
Occasionally within the last few years
symptoms of deterioration have been
noticed in Mr.. Gladstone's superb voice.,
but when lastheard in the House it was
very full, strong and musical. In Rarlia-
ment Mr.. Gladstone gesticulates more
freely than he does on the platform.
During the more vehement passage of a
speech he thumps the big brass-bound
box which lies before him, and at times,
especially when reused by Tory Interrupt
tions, he stretches himself almost across
Phillipsburg herald. [volume] (Phillipsburg, Kan.) 1882-1905, 1891-01-29
Electrical Terms.

Every trade or profession has a Ian
guage of its own, which few outsiders
can understand. Electricians are Pc
culiarly prone to the use of odd terms,
all of which have meaning, however.
Thus we hear them speak of "farad, %
"ohms," "joules," "amperes, watts,
etc. The unit of capacity is one farad !;
unit of resistance, one ohm; the unit Of
work, one joule; the unit of activity,
one watt; the unit of quantity, one,
coulomb: the unit of current, one am
pere; the unit of magnetic field. one
gauss; the unit of pressure, one volt ;
and the unit of force, one dyne.
Odd as these names may sound to
the ear, there is really nothing wonder
full in connection with their origin. they
all having been derived from the name
of some man famous In his special field
of electrical study.
Thus Michael Faraday, George s.
Ohm, and James p. Joule, famous En-
glish and German discoveries, give
their names to the first three units
mentioned above; James Watt and
Andre NJ. Ampere, English and French
inventors, to the two units following !;
Charles A. Cou1omb and Carl +. Gauss,
the former Frenehman and the latter
a German, give their names to the
units of quantity and magnetic field.
The volt is named for the Italian dis
coyerer, Volta; the dyne Is derived
from the root word of dynamo, itself
meaning force.
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physicians have forbidden him to incur.
Occasionally he visits the theater or
opera. and invariably at midnight, but
never before, he takes his candle from.
she hall table and lights himself to bed.
He has himself stated that he always
leaves business outside his bedroom
door, with the result that he invariably
sleeps well.
Mr.. Gladstone does not smoke, and
dislikes tobacco in every form. He has
no need for stimulants and scarcely ever
drinks anything stronger than light
claret, of which he does not profess to
be a connoisseur. He has a profound
contempt for smart attire, and a pro-
found dislike for new clothes. In town,
in winter, he wears a tall black nat and
black clothes, which include a queer
looking short Oyercoat with a long cape
fastened on. The cape, which is alb
surdly disproportiOnate in length to the
coat, generally opens out as the Wearer
walks along the street, and assumes the
appearance of great substantial wings.
In summer Mr.. Gladstone dons a tall
white hat and wears light clothing.
usually of gray cashmere. If
left to himself he would doubtless
become a very shabby-loolzing old
gentleman, but Mrs. Gladstone's solicit
tude and vigilance stand him in good
stead in this as in more important mat
tars. Mr.. Gladstone has accustomed
Phillipsburg herald. [volume] (Phillipsburg, Kan.) 1882-1905, 1891-01-29

the table. But this exuberance of method
is merely occasional. Every one of his
speeches contains passages of singular
beauty delivered in the most stately
style of Oratory, and the peroration isl
always digniied, eloquent and effective
1t remains to be said that Mr.. Glad
stone is richly blessed in his domestic
relations. His wife hassbeen his devoted
helpmate for more than fifty years, and
his bearing toward her is still that of. a.
devoted lover. When Mr.. Gladstone
enters his home the acerbities of politi--
cal strife are left outside. He is gentle
and courteous even to. the humblest
member of his household. He requests
but never orders; yet no despot could
receive more devoted service than is daily
accorded to this fine old, English gentle
man.
AS an orator William Ewart Gladstone
has no equal in the land of his birth, out
of which unfortunately his voice has
been seldom heard; as, writer and.
scholar he has long held undisputed place
in. the first rank; as a statesman, his
record stands before the world and in the
course of nature must soon be enshrined
in history.
Phillipsburg herald. [volume] (Phillipsburg, Kan.) 1882-1905, 1891-01-29

onel has never been Of any more use to
me then one of those rats in yonder hall
During all the time he has been in India
he has not written me line or sent me a
dollar. I was not at the wedding when
bis sister married my brother. In fact,
never saw himl"
~No?" returned Ellington, with a
flush Of intense relief. allow singular. "
"Not at all. The fact is, was on bad
terms with the sister, who rejected an
offer OF marriage from me long before she
met Jessie's fatheri"
"Ahi I remember nOwi" cried Killing
ton, looking more and moro relieved.
"The Colonel gaVS me not long ago some
idea Of these bad relations, or rather
this utter absence of all personal associa-
toni"
"Then there's no occasion for me to
gable on the subject" declared Radd.
"The Colonel and his sister have left me to
starve all these years, and I'd be a hard
boiled fool to care a tinker's single iota
for what becomes of them or Of their
money! If some Thug gets hold Of them,
so much the better for the Thug, that's
ALI Their fate is nothing to me-noth-
ing whateverI Oh! how 1 hate them!"
Radd fastened to produce his bottle
of Yquem, with couple Of tumblers,
and drank freely, Ostensibly to the health
Of the East Indian, but in reality to the
tempering Of his intense excitement.
"And now, Mr.. Hillington," he re-
sumed, after pause, @let's get down to
bedrock, as we say in America. Did
you write from Cape Town or elsewhere
to my sister-in-laW about the terrible
fate which has Overtaken her brother?"
al did not, for several reasons. One
was that was very busy, and another
that hoped from one moment to an
other to have better news to send her.
Finally, when my worst fears were Yerf-
fed, 1 concluded such bad news could be
best told in person"
"That was well reasoned" commented
Radd, who thought great deal for him
self while not losing a word his new &C
quaintance had to say. "But you are
not in America merely to report to my
relatives that Colonel Ridley is dead?"
"No, sir; I have left India and the
East forever. am here to remain. But
one Of the chief motives of my presence
here remains to be told"
He produced a photograph of Jessie
from one of his pockets, fixing an admir-
ing glance upon it, after affOrding Radd
a glimpse of it, and proceeded somewhat
nervously:
"The Colonel has often spoken to me
of his niece, suggesting that he would
like to see me make favorable impress
sion upon her, as you have seen, in fact,
by his latest letter to his sister. Curl
ously enough, have fallen madly in love
with Miss Jessie through this counter
felt presentment,' which Colonel Ridley
was so good as to give me, and have
come here, Mr.. Moreland, with an ar
dent, all-absorbing hope of being able to
make her my wife. She seems to be
very beautiful"
sin her way-yes," admitted Radd.
az could give you curious point or two
about her, as also about the old girl her
self, but won't. You'll be wise, Hill
lington-very wise-if you seek to make
good impression upon that girl, and a
very fortunate fellow indeed if you can
win her."
"Then may consider that you are in
favor of my proposed wooing?"
"Certainly-certainly!
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ten inches, and lean. He has no hair on
his face and little on his head, but his
badness is not very apparent when he
wears hat, because there is a fair
growth of silvery gray locks around the
base of the skull
Mr.. Gladstone owes his unique Virili-
ty in great measure to the regularity,
SIMPLIFY and purity of his private life
His time is about equally divided be-
tween London and Hawarden, his beau
tiful estate in Flintshire. He has no
town mansion properly so called, but
hires house each year for the parlia-
mentary session of from six to seven
months. When in town he usually rises
at half past 8 o'clock Detesting lazi-
ness and abhOrring slovenliness, he es-
chews dressing gown or lounge coats.
and always dresses for the day as soon
as he leaves his bed. When his toilet is
completed he goes to church, or, if the
weather is bad, he takes book and
reads until breakfast time.
The morning meal is invariably shared
by Mrs. Gladstone and visitors if there
be any, which is rarely the case in Lon
don, 1t is always of plain character,
usually consisting of fish, bread and
butter and tea. Mr.. Gladstone is very
fond of fish of all kinds, and drinks
enough tea in the twenty-four hours to
After breakfast Mr.. Gladstone invari-
ably proceeds to the library, where he
disposes of his immense mass of CORE
spondence, which, he once informed a
friend, aggregates twenty Thousand LETT
tiers a year. When in Office he had the
assistance of several private secretaries;
now that he is in opposition he does not
employ a paid assistant, but does the
whole of the work with the help of his
son. No arrears are permitted to accu-
mulate, each days work being disposed
of as it comes to hand. Having gone
through this arduOus daily routine the
Grand Old Man devotes the remainder of
the morning to the study of Dante and
Homer, or some others Of his Latin or
Greek authors, making marginal notes
as he proceeds. This intellectual seclu-
sion is reverently respected by the entire
household, from Mrs. Gladstone down
ward, and it is permitted to be disturbed
only upon occasions of grave political
crises, or by business, public or prir
vate, of the most urgent Importance.
Mr.. Gladstone takes luncheon almost
invariably alone, eating only a small
slice of beef or mutton and drinking
one glass of light claret.
The afternoon is devoted to social or
political duties, but Mr.. Gladstone al
ways finds time to take a long walk by
himself or drive with his wife.
OF late years, when in London, Mr..
Gladstone has generally dined out. He
has so many personal and political
friends that to entertain regularly at
his own house would involve an amount
Of labor and excitement and disturb
ance OF hcaithful routine which his
Phillipsburg herald. [volume] (Phillipsburg, Kan.) 1882-1905, 1891-01-29

@Of course; but what is that other let
ter? See what it IS
The remaining letter was opened, and
Jessie scanned it hastily until she
reached the signature.
Sits from Mr.. Wyeville, as sup
posed, ~ she announced. she writes to
say that Uncle Radd turned up there al
most as soon as we vanished. In fact,
he has taken possession of The Elms,
effecting an entrance by breaking a
glass, and is making himself quite at
home there. Mr.. Wyeville wants to
know if the intruder is to be left In I'M
disturbed possessioni"
sand that's al. Jessie2"
SAl Of q business nature, mamma
The rest is merely a hope that. we are
well and enjoying this beautiful
weather"
Mrs. MoreIand extended her hand for
the letter, and read it from beginning to
end, signing profoundly when she had
reached the signature.
"There is not the least reference to his
recent proposal of marriage" she COM
mented, while the light faded from her
eyes and the color from her cheeks, Hnor
does he so much as express a desire to
ever see me again!"
"WeH, he at least writes you, which is
more than can say of Vance," returned
Jessie, with a sombe1 countenance and
eyes In which had gathered a flood Of
tears %But why should either Of them
write rs, after all the care we have taken
to thrust them out of our hearts and
our lives? Men of that sort are not to
be trif1ed with and they probably accept
their dismissal as final"
She gave way to the violent grief
which had flashed upon her soul, as such
grief will come. at even the slightest
provocation, and her example seemed
contagious.
At least Mrs. Moreland could not re-
frain from following it.
The rumble Of wheels suddenly fell
upon their hearing, and they had only to
turn their heads to see that two-horse
carriage was approaching at furious
pace, and that it was occupied by their
expected visitor:
eyes, there he is-this Agnus Killing
ton, baggage and ALI" cried Jessie, who
recognized him from the photograph
which had been sent her. "What q task
it will be to meet himl"
"But let US do our duty, as pointed out
by Doctor Robinett," returned Mrs.
Moreland, as she arose and led the way
into the house. "The very life and for
tune of my brother may depend upon
discretion. The fellow may be as dan
gerous as a tiger of his native jungles!"
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and looking in the direction of the More
land cottage, which was not far from
a mile distant.
~Can he have fooled me?" he asked,
after looking at his watch again. "He
told me, when he separated at the land
ing, that he would come to me in an
hour"
He was interrupted by footsteps be-
hind him, and had only to turn on his
heel to find himself face to face with
Agnes Ellington.
"You can't imagine, Mr.. Moreland,
how anxious I have been to come
to you," exclaimed the East-Indian
abruptly.
There's something wrong, then?" re-
turned Radd.
eyes, everything"
"Didn't the ladies hear what you had
to say, and give you room, baggage
and alp"
"Oh, yes"
"Then what's the troubIe?"
"The trouble is they're playing game,
Mr.. Moreland; repeating some lesson
which has been taught them; watching
and waiting; hearing and seeing all they
can and saying as little as possibleI Oh,
they are sharp and critical, as you
warned me they would BEL"
$50 that it was really a bore for you to
go into the details of the Cape Town
tragedy for their benefits queried Radd,
with barely perceptible smile.
"a bore? would about as soon take
poison as go through another such cate
chism and commentary" and the East
Indian sighed profoundly at the recollec-
ton. with all their mods of assent,
saw that they did not believe word
told themi"
Nevertheless the story seems to me to
be the invention of master mind" de-
clared Radd, thus treating it as fable
without a shadow of hesitancy, sand
am at a loss to comprehend just where
they will pick flaws in it. The
mere fact that Colonel Ridley has not
turned up here in accordance with his
avowed intentions is a pretty good evil
dence that his homeward voyage has
been interrupted"
"And yet those ladies venture to hope
for the best till further advices'-their
very words!"
"What can be the secret of their con-
duct?"
"The secret seems to be that some I'M
demanded game is being played against
me-"
allow? By whom?"
That's mystery. But begin to see
and feel that some one hostile to me is
operating to my detriment and disad-
! vantage"
"What proof have you of this?" asked
Radd.
"Why, the manner in which the mother
| and daughter received all 1 had to say
about that horrible tragedy at Cape
! Town"
"They didn't faint or shriek?"
| "They acted precisely as if all I said
was an old, old story, which they knew
! to be false"
"AhL they dido"
The tone of Radd was grave, and his
! glance singularly searching. He looked
] as if the declaration of the East Indian
| was a sort Of admission which harmon
] lied with some suspicion he had been
/ cherishing.
fro BE CONTINUED
Phillipsburg herald. [volume] (Phillipsburg, Kan.) 1882-1905, 1891-01-29
EIGHTY-ONE YEARS OLD
WILLIAM EWART GLADSTONE.
STATESMAN AND SCHOLAR.

A Remarkably Vigorous OctOgenarian-
The Youngest Old Man IN the World
his Unique Vfrnity Due to the simplicity
and Purity OF His Private Life.
William Ewart Gladstone celebrated
his eightY-first birthday on the 29th of
December. A stranger observing him
striding along Pail Mall on his way to
the House of Commons, head erect and
chest expanded. on hearing him thunder
ing forth denunciations of Tory mis-
government frem his seat in Parliament,
would probably set him down as a re-
markedly vigorous seXagenarian. Mr..
Gladstone is in truth the youngest old
man in the world. His eyes are full and
singularly bright, his face clean-shaven
and wonderfully intellectual, and his lips
tender and tremulous like those of a high
spirited woman. He is tall, five feet