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The Dalles daily chronicle. [volume] (The Dalles, Or.) 1890-1948, 1891-12-14
Tanning Hides.

OF late years there has been much talk
of tanning hides by electricity, and sew
eral methods have been tried, but with
Indifferent success. There is no doubt,
however, but that electricity does greatly
aid in the tanning process. In the old
days of tanning, the hides, after being
dehaired and made ready, were placed
in the tan watts, and there allowed to re-
main untouched and undisturbed for
from nine to twelve months, and in some
cases even longer, until the tannin in
the liquors, thoroughly uniting with the
hides, had converted them into leather.
But after time it was discovered that
by putting the hides into a revolving
wheel or drum, which had first been par
TALLY filed with the tan liquors, the time
necessary to convert them into leather
was greatly shortened.-New York Ad-
vertiser
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why Boy Choirs Arc Preferred.

There are several reasons why the old
style quarUette should have been re-
placed by the boy choir. Under the old
system the singers often n1isbehaved;
they took no interest in the church serv-
ice, and have known cases where they
occupied their spare time during the
service reading novels AMI newspapers.
Then. again, the solo singers were ex-
tremely independent; they used to take
most unwarrantable liberties with the
service and were not at all a,nenable to
discipline. = Interview in New York
Epochs
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Hia Sigh. Was relescoplc.

The official of leading railway COM
pany tells good story about one of the
engine drivers of his line. The engine
driver was growing old, and frequent
reports were made to the directors that
his eyesight was not as good as it should
be. This the old man stoutly denied,
but nevertheless there is every reason
to believe that his eyes were getting a
trifle dim. However, he stoutly main
tanned that his eyes were not only strong,
but phenomenally strong, and that these
criticisms were made by Jealous fellow
engine drivers.
The test for eyesight on that line was
made by doctor who lived in a house
facing large common. When he wished
to test the mems eyes he used to say,
"Look over there and see what you can
see." This fact had got known to the
employees of the railway, and when the
old engine driver was going to be ex-
aInined he arranged with his son that he
should take his bicycle about half mile
across the common and stoop down and
oil it.
In due course the old engine driver was
led to the window and the doctor said,
as usual, ''What can you see?"
The old man peered ont and said:
"Well, l see young man STOPPING
down beside a bicycle
"Do your" replied the doctor; ST can
not see anything at all"
'Gammonr" said the engine driver;
"can't you see it? Why, he's oiling it."
On this the doctor took up q pair of
field glasses on the table and looking
out behind quite plainly saw a young
man STOPPING down oiling his bicycle
Magnificent sightr' he said; ''mag-
nificent!" and to this day the engine
driver is taking his forty shillings a
week with striking regularity. = Ex-
change.
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$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 satisfac
ton. Sugar Coated. Large boxes containing 80
Pills. 25 cents. Beware of counterfeits and imi-
tations. The genuine manufactured only by
THE JOHN c. WEST COMPANY, CHICAGO,
ILLINOIS.
BLAKELEY HOUGHToN,
Prescription Druggists.
IN Second st. The DaIIes. Or.
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Doctrine of ualthus and the Food Suppl

Doctrlne OF malthus and the Food Supply.
The doctrine of Nautilus regarding the
future food supply of the world and the
ultimate starvation of portion of the
race has been greatly misrepresented,
but even the most favorable interpreta-
ton is a gloomy one. Briefly stated, the
theory is that population increases in a
geometrical and food supply in an arith-
metical ratio; and hence the time must
come when there will not be food enough.
Perhaps the simplest and most correct
reply to this theory is that the assump-
ton that the race increases and will con-
tinue to increase in geometrica1 ratio is
not borne out by observed facts. The
theory that the food supply increases in
only arithmetical ratio, and must ulti-
mately reach its limit, is doubtless nearer
the truth. But while there is limit to
the possible production of food, it tran
scends all the ideas that ever occurred to
Malthus or to the people of his time.
1t has always been assumed that the
capacity of the soil to produce plants is
measured by what is popularity called its
fertility-that is to say, the amount of
production possible under ordinary con-
ditions of culture. The science of to-
day, however, shows this measure to be
incorrect, and the practice of agriculture
is already beginning to add its testimony
to the same effect. And remarkable as
is the story told in market gardening, IN
the reclaiming of the desert and in irri-
cation, it is only the first chapter of a
tale the already attested wonders of
which almost rival those of the "Arabian
Nights. ts."-Professor Atwater in Century.
The Dalles daily chronicle. [volume] (The Dalles, Or.) 1890-1948, 1891-12-14

How Man Acts in a Woman's Company.
''My Office is nearly opposite popular
down town restaurant, the upper floor
of which is reserved for ladies or gentle
men accompanied by ladies'" said a
young aspirant for legal honors the other
day at the Lawyers club.
''The view from my window, however,
allows me to see only one person seated
at any of the three tables near the win
dow, and that fact has enabled me to
have lots of fun, and at the same time
gives me q first rate chance to study my
fellow man in the presence of girl of
whom he thinks enough to invite her out
to luncheon.
''In fortnight l got so could tell in
moment whether any man of whom 1
could catch glimpse at table had as
his vis-a-vis another man or a woman.
"How did do it? Oh, it was easily
enough OWNED. If thsre were two men
the one 1 could see would act perfectly
naturally. But if there were a woman
on the other side of the table things
were very much changed. The fellow
in my view would conduct himself en-
tirely differently from the one with his
chum along. His interest in the curl of
his mustache would be increased ten
fold, and every now and then he would
suspend operations in the eating line to
cast killing look at his fair companion
"In fact, under such conditions, I
found that the whole manner and pose
of nine men out of ten became at once
absurdly unnatural and self conscious,
and their efforts to please, from my point
of view, invariably became most anus
ing. New York Herald
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V. ..',s''' North Da11es,
Wa shingtOn
SITUATED AT THE HEAD OF NAVIGATION

Destined to be the Best
Manufacturing Center in
the Inland Empire.
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Dressed in style.

Stage Robber-Hold up y'r handsl
Scared Passengers yes, yes, of
course.
Robber (gallantly) beg pardon, lady;
you needn't hold yours up. Put 'em
down again.
Lady-My hands are not up. Those
are my shoulder puffs. York
Weekly.
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women

The common Affections of women are sick-hcad,
aches, indigestion and nervous troubles. They
arise largely from stomach disorders AS joys
vegetable saTsaparilla is the only bowel regI1-
lanng preparation, you can see why it is moro
effective than any other sarsapariila in those
troubles 1t is daily relieving hundreds. The
action is mild, direct and effective We have
scores OF letters from grateful women.
We refer to few:
nervous debility, Mrs. ]. Barron, 142 7th St. s. F.
Nervous debility, Mrs Fred 10y, s27 Ellis ST. F.
General debility, Mrs. Belden, $40 Mason ST.,
NerSous debility, Mrs. ]. Lamphere, 7s5 Turk ST.,
ST., S. f. -
sto~ach troubles, Mrs. r. L. Wheaton, 7o4 Post
Sick headaches Mrs. NJ. 3. Price, 1s Prospect
Place, S. L.
Sick headaches, Mrs. NJ. Fowler, s27 Ellis St.,
Indigestion, Mrs c. D. Stuart, 1921 Mission St.,
Constipation. Mrs.. C. Melvin, 126 Kearny St. F.
The Helena independent. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1875-1943, 1891-07-29
Tie Elkhorn Country,

j. H. Courtney has the following to say
in the Dillon Tribune about the outlook in
the Elkhorn mining country in southern
Montana:
II think the coming mining district is
the Elkhorn. While there are many good
veins OF high grade ore. which will pay to
nhlp, the bulk of our ores are comparative
ly low glade. If we had a railroad INTO our
district nifty mines. which, under present
circumstance are little better than pros
poets, would add to the output of Montana
and enrich a large number of deserving
men. And to the owners of high grade
veins a railroad would mean a bonanza in
every instance. Bat what we need most, if
we cau't get q railroad. are good reduction
works. A mill that would reduce five toni
into one would make all low grade ore run
ming above $35 pay. We have any amour,
OF claims in our district the ore from which
Will run $50 anu upward"
Williams d Mcdonnell are working thu
IN. c. W." claim, which is located neal
Comet mountain. They are running {
cross-cut tunnel with the view of cutting
two lodges and are in about 700 feet.
A strike was recently made in the Gu,
claim, which is situated at the base o.
Comet mountain. One foot below the sur.
face n twelve foot vein was uncovered, fou
feet of which will run at least 100 ounces il
silver to the ton.
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MINERS ARE PROTESTING.
Secretary Noble Asked to Stop the
Alleged Cutting Of Timber Near
York, Meagher County.
Operators in tho st. Regis Coun-
try Jubilant Over the Splendid
Showing Being Made.
The Constans Mill ut Work On Mao Ore
To Operate the Wsbber GrOup-A
Southern Montana Camp.

The mine owners in the vicinity Of York,
Meaghsr county, have united in a petition
to the secreta.y of the interior, calling his
attention to what they call the Wholesale
and disastrous %denudation of ths public
lands ON both sides Of the Missouri river in
that vicinity. According to the petition
the Butte and Montana Commercial com-
pany il the guilty party. The minors say
thai in the territory in which the company
is operating there are more than 100 mining
locations upon which the annual representa-
ton work IL being done. The timber is
being cut from the water sheds of Beaver,
Soap, Trout, KinRsbury, Maybe, Cave,
Neverswset, Whites Avalanche and Confed-
crate creeks, and these streams, they allege.
is their sole dependence for water for
mining and agricultural purposes.
The ranchmsn also join in the petition,
and both allege that the timber is abso-
lutely necessary not only for the quartz
and placer mines, but also for making i'm
provements ON ranches. 1t is also asked
that in case the Butte and Montana COM
pan should apply for the privilege of out
ting timber from land in this section that
the application be denied. The petition is
signed by F. o. Spratt, representing the
Trout Greek Gold Mining company, and
ifty-one additional mine owners, both
quartz and placer. and ranchmen. The
mater will be placed in the hands Of the
governor with the request that he send it to
Secretary Noble.
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the surface. IL 10 the intention Of the par
ties securing the pond to begin extensive
Developments. =
A placer strike wal made in Hangman'i
Guloh, a few miles above Bsnnaok, last
week, which promises to remunerate thu
fortunate l~ocators, NJ. 5. Herr and VIM.
Devoll, for their trouble. Thirty-hve pans
of dirt averaged Is cents.
Gen. Joe. A. Browne says that a rich
. strike was made recently on the Homsstake
claim, which 10 near Rock creek lake. The
strike 10 . contact vein, between lime and
granite. The vein ID about four feet wide
and the ore will average fifty ounces in
silver to the ton. The property 10 owned
BY Mr.. Francis.
Two more carloads of Cumberland bull
lioA were shipped Wednesday, and another
consignment OF two carloads was started
yesterday for eastern reduction works, says
the Livingston Enterprise. This makes a
total of twenty-eight carloads received at
this place for shipment since The Cumber-
land smelter was started, in june.
The coal deposit that the Doucet family
recently discovered near Castle has been
transferred to the Castle Coal and Coke
company. This i~acornorators are o. r.
Dabney, David Doucet, Louis Boudway,
Mrs. Mary Douoet and Mrs. Dottie Dono-
ven. The officers of tho company are: O.
p. Dabney. president; Mrs. Mary Doucet,
treasurer; Mrs. Dottie Donovsn, secretary.
1t is capitalized at $780, 600. the par value
of the shares being one dollar each.
The Helena independent. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1875-1943, 1891-07-29
Ceur d'Alene Mines.

The mines in the St. Regis country are
looking irst-class. and the operators there
are feeling very jubilant. VIM. Lewis, who
is interested in the Black Traveller. on Par
ker creek, says the shaft on that property is
down thirty-five feet. all in ore. A cross.
cut at the bottom. of fifteen feet, did not
encounter the hanging wall. The ore as
says rs per cent. in copper, twenty-five
ounces in silver, with traceAof gold and a
small percentage of lead.
A. S. Denaugh, of Mullsn. has been en-
ployed to thoroughly overhaul and repair
the Stemwinder concentrator and tramway
at Wardner. A new wire cable has been
ordered from st. Louis, No.. and it 10 ex-
pected that Mr.. Denauch will have it in
place and running in the course of a month
or six weeks. The Stemwinder has been
shut down for a period of seven months.
The You Like company continues to ship
galena ore Of a very rich quality at the rate
of 10. 600 pounds per day, hauling it a dis
tance of nearly four miles, from the mine
to the Union Pacific depot.
Seventeen miners are at work on the
Ge:tysburg under the management Of supt.
G. L. Hathaway.
Walter j. Hughes is doing assessment
work on several claims at the head of the
South Fork valley.
Over 400 men are employed in the mines
and concentrators in and aaound Mullan.
Wardner only of the Coeur d'Alene towns,
can make a better show than Mullan.
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$4,000 Worth OF Prop
erty for S12,5OO.

Tho undersigned will sci OF leAse {for n TORN
Of three yaarsl their hay ranch. seven, miles
northeast of HELENE. forms easy aud satisfactory
to any reasonable purchaser.
Also a beautiful mountain ranch, twenty.neven
miles north Of Helena, and within three and ono
half miles of tho Great Northern railroad, to-
gether with sixty heat OF fine graded stock, one.
half cAttle anti tho other half ilorses, nino head
broken to work and riae, nataralixod to tho
noighborhocd and all tame and gentle, Tho
ranch is loca,ed on Sheep cresk and Glen Mnrir.
and includes tive wa o. rights and numerous
bitches, and about s5tu worth Of fruit Of all
kinds suitable to the soil and climate. tino hun
dred acres fenced. enclosing fish ponds wo l
stocked with trout and live beavers to kcep the
temporary nse, For gardening, fruit RAISING,
stock raising, = dairy location or gentleman's
residence, this ranch cannot bo equalod by any
other in this part of the state.
For terms or information call 1t the ranch or
write to Mitchell's Station.
This proposition 10 made on account Of tho
precarious health OF Ms. Wilkinson and the Ap-
preaching old age Of the parties.
4. u. WILKINSON,
MANIA WILKINSON.
The Helena independent. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1875-1943, 1891-07-29
JOTTINGS ABOUT TOWN.

Shooting gallery at Harmonic Hall.
The state board of equalization will prob
ably meet to-day.
1t is expected that the improvements at
Ming's will be finished by September /.
Scandinavian meetings were commenced
in the Salvation army barracks last even
ing.
The Northern Pacific w%est-bound train
yesterday was about three hours late, owing
to heavy traffic.
The next attraction at Ming's will be the
Bottom of the Sea, a melo drama with
special scenic effects.
The family desire to thank their many
friends for their kindness during the sick
ness and death of Mrs. Joel Dial.
Miss Burge gave an interesting and in
structive lecture on marketing at the Hell
ena Business college last evening.
There will be a temperance meeting to
be conducted by Mr.. Murphy. at the Inter-
national hotel tomorrow evening.
The conference of the M. E. church south,
of Montana, will begin at nine o'clock this
morning. There will be preaching at three
and eight O'Clock.
pionship of Helena nd $50 begins at
Marks hall tonight. with a match between
Frank Edwards and l.. d. Beasy,
The rattle for the elegant pair of otto
mans and the elkhorn easy chair that are
on exhibition in the window of the "Atlas',
on Main street, takes place this evening.
Mrs. J. Il. Pierce has just finished furn-
ishing the Cullen residence at No. 10 North
Benton avenue, and is now prepared to ac-
commodate a number of roomers and
boarders.
The divorce case of Mrs. Harris against
Evan j. Harris, on the grounds of habitual
drunkenness and neglect of his family, was
before the district court yesterday and
Judgment was reserved.
Percy emmett is having great fishing luck
up in Fergus. The other afternoon, in
company with q friend, he went to Spring
creek and in four hours the two landed
seventy-four trout, one of which weighed
three pounds and two ounces.
ii. o. Wilson, of the Union Pacific, yes
terdav received the new transcontiuentsl
rate sheet. The fare to Chicago is reduced
$l.50, from $51. 80 to $50; to New York, from
ST. to $40; to st. Louis. from Sat. so first
class and $3.50 second class, to SAG. 80 and
$3.50 respectively.
There will be an important meeting at
the Board of Trade rooms this evening for
the purpose of considering plans for enter
tanning the teachersnext year. The Toronto
committee will be present and it Ia hope
that there will be a large attendance OF
members.
AS Sergeant Nicholson was taking lunch
about half past eleven o'clock last night he
heard a rooster crow on Main street, Real
lzlng that it was not yet morning he went
ont and found a drunken man sitting or
the curbstone amusing a big Grove b,
Growing for all his lungs were worth. Thu
Grower was run in.
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PERSONAL.

Mr.. J. Callahan, Of Livingston, ID in tn,
city.
Jerry KinRman. the assaysr, 10 the happy
father Of . s~even-pound boy.
Ben Gardner, the popular young assessor
Of Mesgher county, 10 IN the city.
Mr.. Il. v. Maze, general agent of the
Northern Pacific, amt over from Butte
last evening and 10 at The Helena.
Mr.. G. 4. Fernald and Charles Swartz, OF
st. Paul, are at The Helena. They have
been looking up the assessment OF the
Northern Pacific road in different counties
of the state.
Ira Brown, an inspector from the general
land Office, was In Helena yesterday. Mr..
Brown is on . tour of inspection of the
land Offices in the northwest. his duties
taking HIM as far west as Portland.
H. F. Boyd, assistant superintendent of
the Pacific Mutual Life Insurance company,
with headquarters at San Francisco, who
has been in Helena for several days, left
for Council Bluffs yesterday by way of the
Union Pacific.
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The Weber Group,

There is a prospect that work will be
resumed on the Webber group of mines, in
the Pen d'Oreille country. Several years
ago there was a great boom in that section,
but the ore found proved too refractory,
and there was a virtual desertion of the
country. A great deal of work was lone on
the Weber group, however, before work
was stopped. and now f. A.. Weber, one of
the heaviest owners, has determined to put
up a stamp mill on the ground. Ore has
been shipped from this claim in sufficient
quantities to guarantee running expenses.
A railroad is now being contemplated from
the lake to the mines, a distance of Eve
miles. At present there Is a good wagon
road which facilitates large shipments with
out much trouble. The ore selected for
shipment runs about 50 per sent. silver,
and the average is about 30 per cent, The
mine IS being worked with the object of
development and to find lead, if possible,
80 as to make it a smelling proposition.
The Helena independent. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1875-1943, 1891-07-29
Reported Find of Anthracite,

A vein of anthracite is reported to have
been discovered at the mouth of Mcclellan
gulch, about ten miles east of Helena. 1t
was discovered in digging an irrigating
ditch a short time ago, and the coal had
such 4 fine appearance that the owner of
the ground decided to sink upon it. A
shaft was put down to a depth of fifty feet,
at which point the vein was found to be
about four feet in width, and averaged
three feet from the surface. A level is now
being run at u depth of fifty feet to further
test the extent Of the vein. A g~eologist of
recognized ability has visited the new ind,
and pronounces the coal, in his opinion,
the only anthracite ever found in Montana.
The Helena independent. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1875-1943, 1891-07-29

The Oldest member of this staff will he
in Helena and have Offices at the Merchants
hotel from the LIST to the 7th of August, in
elusive, and on the same days each month
afterward. Rc"nember that Drs. Liebio
treat successfully all chronic and specific
diseases and deformities, and that thew
have an ms gumental treatment OF their
own device and invention, the most rational
and scientific, and therefore tho most sue
cessful in all obstinate and hitherto incur
able cases Of catarrh, otorrhoea discharges
from the car and deafness the result there
or Hnd all female diseases. All persons
afflicted i.s above should avail themselves
of the benefit of Il full weeks treatment, A
single trial treatment, which is free, will
convince all of the superiority of this most
laudable system.
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Pleasant 10 urneys,

Pleasant journeys can always be had via
the Wisconsin Central line. The employees
are courteous and obliging. the sleeping and
dining cars and day coaches are peers of
any in the northwest. The leaving hours
at principal terminal points are conven-
lent, and the depots are centrally located.
Altogether it is the most desirable route in
either direction between St. Paul. Mime
apolis, Ashland and Duluth and Milwaukee
and Chicago. Try it and be convinced.