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RATS ON THE RAMPAGE.
They Invade O Farmers Premises anG
Make a Great Fight.

They Invade q Farmers Premises and
Make Great Fight.
The village of President, an old-time
petroleum center, is in the Oil creek of
Pennsylvania There is where the
Karnses, once famous family of oil
operators, had their home, and some of
them live there and thereabout yet.
One of these is Henry Karns. The
other day, early in the morning. he
heard his pig, which had reached the
proper condition for killing, squealing
in such an agonizing way in the pen
that he knew something was wrong
with it. Karns' first thought was
bear, for now and then, even at this
late date, bears venture from the dis
tant woods to the sleepy towns in that
part of the valley and try their skill on
pigs and sheep. So Karns took his gun
and hurried to the pig pen But instead
of bears rats were the impudent In
vaders of the pig pen and hungry assail-
ants of the pig.
The stye was simply alive with rats
The pig was PROSTATE on the door of
the pen, and literally covered with this
horde of rats, which were squealing,
fighting among themselves for vantage
ground on the fat porker, and gnash-
ing and gnawing at the pigs flesh,
from his head to his rurnp. To fire his
gun into the swarming rats would be
the endangering of the pig, and think
ing that a prompt and vigorous attack
on the rats would put them to fight, he
clubbed his gun and began mauling
right and left with it. The pig had
plainly made desperate fight against
its assailants, for scores of rats lay
dead about the pen. The moment
Karns pitched into the rats those in the
outer ranks turned on him. They came
at him in such force that he was uu-
able to fight them off, and after brief
attempt to hold his ground he turned
and fled. fastening back to the house
he drew the buckshot from his gun and
loaded it with fine shot. Returning to
the pen, he gave the great body of rats,
shooting along the side of the pig SO as
not to injure it, the charge of both bar
rels. Many of them were swept down
before it, but their places were quickly
taken by others. Karns fred five times.
The rats that We're left still held their
ground.
The shots had attracted the attention
Of the neigh bors, who ran to the place
to see what was going on. This arrival
of reinforcements alarmed the rats, and
the survivors retreated, scampering
away in all directions. The pig was
dead. The flesh had been stripped from
it clear to the bone in many places. Its
eyes had been plucked out, and its
heart half eaten in two. A half-bushel
basketful of dead rats were taken from
the pen. Where the rodents came from
so suddenly in such great numbers is
not known. None of them has been
seen since
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NOTHING LIKE PRINTERS INK.

How It Once Induced Jaines Gordon Ben
nett to Raise Pressnan's Salary.
James Gordon Bennett is very erratic
in his movements. He drops in" upon
his branch offices in Paris or London
without any notice being sent of his
coming. and delights to surprise the
clerks by overhauling their books and
examining their accounts On one OF
these occasions, says the Utica Observer,
one of the pressmen, man who had
worked for the elder Bennett, and was
an excellent workman, though guilty
of an occasional lapse from sobriety,
had bad black eye and was in a
quandary as to what excuse he should
offer if Mr.. Bennett noticed it. Act
ing on a sudden inspiration he seized
an ink roller and rubbed a daub of ink
on the side of his face completely con-
cealing the discoloration of the skin.
Presently Mr.. Bennett came into the
press room, and with the superintend-
ent, John Hays, went carefully through,
criticising every detail, and looking
sharply at each employe. When about
to leave he turned suddenly, and,
pointing to the besmirched pressman,
he said:
''Mr. Hays, what is that mans name?"
The culprit quaked in his shoes until
Mr.. Bennett said, slowly:
II want you to give that man three
dollars per week more wages; he is the
only man in the room who looks as if
he had been working"
The Dalles times-mountaineer. [volume] (The Dalles, Or.) 1882-1904, 1895-01-26
The Public Schools.

Following is the assignment of teacher,
for the spring term. b ginnIpg January 81,
1895:
East Hill Primary-E.st room, lst and
81 grades. Miss Nan Cooper; West room,
81, and 9th grades, Miss Lurs Welch.
Academy Park-Fr;t hoor east, Isl
grade. Miss Salina Phrman; first foor
west, Sd grade. Miss Maggie Finn, second
floor east, 6 B (2 divisions), Miss Louise
Rintoul; seoopd floor west. A. 7 B. Miss
Tena Rintoul.
Union street-First Hoor south. lst grade.
Miss NJ. Grace Hollister; first floor north.
I'd grade, Frances E. Rowe; second floor
north. B e divisions), Mis-. Lena E. SnelI;
second ho T south, B. a. Miss Ella
Cooper.
Uoion street Aunex-4 A, B. Miss Ell
sic NJ. Ball.
Court Street-Fist floor south, 7 A and
8 B, Miss Melissa Hill; first floor uorth,S a,
z divisious) Miss Minnie U. Michel; SEQ
ond q or, high school, A, 9;h, 10th, NJ
N. Strattsn and John GAVIN.
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Hirhs.t Railway Bridge.

The highest railway bridge OF any kind
IN the world is the Loe River viaduct on
the Antofsga-ta railway, in Bolivia, South
America. The place where the structure
has been erected is over the Meo rapids in
the upper Andes, and between the two sides
of a canyon, which is situated ten thousand
feet above the level of the Pacific. Count
ing from the surface of the stream to the
level of the rails, this celebrated bridge is
exactly six hundred and thirtysix and one
II If feet in height The length of the
principal span ls eighty feet, and the DIS
tance between abutments o.al length of
bridgr) is eight hundred and two feet. The
largest column is three hundred and .our-
teen feet two inches lopg, and the battle of
the pier, what is known to bridge builders
as zone in three" TIsins cross the bridge
at speed of thirty miles an hour.
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ABSOLUTELY PURE
SHERIFF,S SALE.

In the Circuit Court Of the State Of Oregon, :or
Wssco county.
The Pacific Fire Insurance Company, plaintiff. vs..
Daniel j. Cooper, Arvazena A. c oper, The Dal'es,
Dufur q Sill sIone X. r. co., ID. NJ. french anu
j. W. French, defendants.
By virtue OF an execution duly issued out of and
under seal of the circuit court Of tha State Of
oregon, for the County OF Wascu, to me directed,
lated 2Sth day of November. 1894, upon tudg-
meut anu decree of foreclosure rehoersd and en-
tered in said court the 18th dAY Of November,
1894, in favor of the Pacific Fire 1nsuanc Com
pany, plaintiff, ana against D .nie j. Cooper and
ArvaL A. Copper defendants. for the sum OF
s16, ,s92 90. commanding and requiring me to make
sale Of the following described real property stu-
.I-d in the county Of Waseo, and state OF oregon,
to-wit:
The west half of Section SO, Townsh p north,
Range IA east 920 acres; the northeast quarter and
east half of ths southea quarter OF ction 80,
Township north. Range Il east, 2i0 ac' es; the
east hall of the southwest quarter Of Section %
township north, nge u esss, 80 acres; the
southwest quarter Of C iOr 81, Township north
tange Is east, ls8 acres; the southeast quarter OF
section 20. Town,hip north, Range ID east, l6U
,cres the west II of tbs Northwest quarterof
ection 81, Township north, Range Is, e's:, los
acres; the west half of the northwest quarter of
ection 50. ownship north range Is east, 81
tcre-; the southeast quarter OF Section 30 Town
h north Pa ge Is east, 100 acres; the east half
md the Sou Invest gu OF the northwest quarter
i secti 80, Township mo- tn, Range Is east las
,cres; the west half OF the southwest quarter oi
lection co. 7 wnship north, Rage 15 st, los
cres; the north hall Of the souths Ist quarter and
he northeast quarter OF the southwest quarter of
,ecsion 49, Township north, R,nge i5 east, 100
,cres; the east half OF Section 81 own>hip north
Range Is east, S2o acresl Total 2,032 acres did,
the 9Th day Of NoyeTnb.r 1894, duly levy upoi
the above de<cribed real property,
Now, therefore, by virtue Of said execution, jud1-
tnent order an decree. and n conformity attn the
omniands OF said writ, | will ednesday, the
md cay o. January 1895, at the hour of l o'clock
md 81 mInTte-, y. M, ut The IRON door Of the
c.Gunty urth nss of said wa>eo County, in the
City OF The Dales, in said county state. Sc at
public auction subj ct to redemption. TO the high
st bidder for United States go in, cash in hand,
all the right, title and ia crest Of the above named
lief ndants, or either Of them, in and 10 the aboy
ie,cribed rea. property to ii fy said execution.
judgment, oder and decree, interest and costs and
Il, accruing costs.
T. J. DRIVER,
Sheriff of Wasco C unity, oregon.
Dated at Dalles City, Oregon, Dec. !, 1894.
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Iusaua.

William h. Fay. aged % years. who wa,
at work for Mr.. Geo. R. Snipes last SUMMED
and later for Mr.. James Snipes in Gillian
county, was adjudged insane yesterday
and taken to the asylum at Salem thi,
morning by Mr. Robert Kelly, deputy sher
if. He Is single man and labors under
the hallucinatiou that he has invented sew
eral important machines, among which are
flying apparatus, etc. His father lives at
Downs, Kansas, an1 this is the state of hi;
birth
Today DIR. Brosius of Hood River brought
to the city, W. D. Rogers. who was vlo'
lently insane, and had threatened to kill
himself and his friends. This US not his
first attack, but about three years ago he
was troubled in the same way, Rogers ia
about &c years of age and unmarried. He
was adjadged insane today bv Judge
Blskely, and will be sent to the asylum to-
morrow,
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From TUESDAYS Daily.

DR.. Dietrich, of Oufur is in town to-
day.
Mr.. J. A. Gullifo-d, one of the success
fuI farmers in the vicinity OF Dufur, is in
the city.
Mr.. NJ. v. Harrison, the delinquent tax
collector, arrived il the city from Hood
River yesterday.
The telegraph and telephone wires
were heavily loaded with snow thls
morning; bat none were broken SO far as
learned.
Ice is being cut on the ponds In the
vicinity of this city and being stored in
warehouses. It's about six inches thick
and of gooo quality.
News has heen received in Tacoma from
the east that Put Shuize has succeeded in
placing 81 eco coo bonds of the Sammy side
ditch. in Ine Yaklma country.
The funeral of Mr. Patrick Maloney
tool, place this morning from the Cathu
lie church, ard was largely attended by
the friends and family OF the deceased.
The Newsbn,s s. Union Of Spok has boy
cotted the Chronicle because 1t VIII not
take back unsold papers at cost price.
Every body who buys one is to listed as
'scab.
The amount Of assesable property in this
school district for the present year Is ST.
20 400. THis Is somewhat less than last
year; but the valuation OF property has de-
creased.
Hllda johnson. a girl Is years of age.
iiyn at OF La, Kitsap county, toek strycb
nine Sunday morning. and died in two
hours 10 great agony. She W nted to 1--we
in Seattle If she staId CD earth at all.
Pedestrianism, without an umbrella,
WAS rather hazardous this morning, for
the wet snow from the limbs of shade
trees would aften fall in large quantities
upon The heads OF persons passing ON the
idewalkS.
John Rein, the man who accidentally
shot himself in the abdomen several days
ago. Is recovering from his injuries. such
wounds frequently prove fatal, and the
exceptions Of convae esciBg after balls
penetrating The abdomen are very rare.
Governor Pennoyer refused to pardon
Gibbs, the colored man who killed Young
NJ ;Devilt and who was sentenced to life
Imprisonment This was ibe last petition
presented TO the retiring executive, and
his tirmness in not acceding 10 the request
Is commeDdabe.
Tom Carter in Montana was elected
long term senator on the eleventh ballot,
getting thirty votes, one more than neces-
sary tor the caucus nomination. The two
senators, Carter and Mantle, are SAID TO
be for free coinage, but whether they are
will Ge known later on.
The light fill of snow during the last few
days has not covered the ground Ia the in
terror of the county, which the chinook left
bare last week, and cattle are sull dong
well on the range. In this vicinity the
depth of snow has been increased lnt little,
and it soon melts and becomes slush.
The Denver local smelters are shipping
refined sill er bullion, but they decline to
give p7rticui iars. 1t is positively known
that 600,o ounces have been shipped
lately. The Omsha 4 Grant and the Globe
are the smei,ers eng ged in the trade. 1t
IS not new market for Colorano silver by
any means, but the fact that it ls shipped
direct from Denver and not through east
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slOO Reward. 500.

The readers of this paper will be
pleased to learn that there is at least one
dreaded disease that science has been
able to cure In all Its stages and that is
catarrh. Halls Catarrh Cure is the only
positive cure now known to the medical
fraternity. Catarrh being constitutional
disease, requires constitutional treat
ment. Halls Cararrh Cure is taken In-
ternally, &c ing directly upon the blood,
mucous surfaces of the system, thereby
destroying the foundation OF the disease,
and giving the patient strength by build
ing up the constitution and assisting ma
ture in doing Its work. The proprietors
have so much faith in its curative powers,
that they of r One Hundred Dollars for
any case that it fails to cure. Send for
list of testimonials.
F. j. CHENEY s. Co., Toledo, o.
r|S Sold by druggists, 71c
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Important Iand peeiston.

One quite important deoisIon has been re
ceived at the La Grande land Office from
the department of the interior. 1t relate
to the reservation lands OF J. A Marston,
the well.known insurance man. 1t seems
that Nr. Marston took 1853 acres of res
ervstlon land to ill out his homestead on
Wild Horse creek, and purchased l99 SO
acres more, forty acres of the latter being
timbered land. The department sustains
the general land office, holding that MIR.
Marston is only entitled to 200 acres APP
proximately. I6O acres agricultural and
forty acres tin Der land He will theref4re
be compelled to relInguish part of his
claims.
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Famous for It's Canoes.

Tilghman's island, part of Talbot
county, Md, and connected with the
mainland by bridge, is famous in the
Chesapeake region for its canoes. The
island is about three square miles in
area, and is densely populated by a
hardy race of eastern shore men, who
gain their living in the waters of the
bay. When ice or the laws of Mary
land interfere with their ordinary pur-
suits, the Tilghman's islanders. build
canoes, and do it admirably well. The
true Chesapeake canoe sstill dugout.
Sometimes two or three logs are hol-
lowed for the purpose and joined to-
gether. The result is remarkably
stanch boat, good in all waters, and al
,1ost in1eS+rnctible.
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Death of an Old Resid ont

wears, died very suddenly at his residence
in this city about o'clock this morning.
He had been ailing for sone time, but the
unm jns came rather unexpected. Until a
be around, but died in few minutes from
heart disease after being confined to his bed.
Mr.. Maloney came to The Dallss about
twenty years ago, and has resided here eyer
since. He was an honest and industrious
citizen, and had many friends IN the com.
munrtv. HIS widow, sons and daughters,
in their sfh ction, will receive the sYmpa.
thy of the communlty,
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EYnianRtOrF.

The elders of the Christian church having
granted me permission to preach in the
church Sund y, made announcement to
that effect. Since making the announce
ment certain parties have objected to me
using the house Sunday, and not wishing
to be the cause of any trouble, hereby re-
call the appointments. !. w. JENKINS.
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NOTICE FOR PUBLICATION.

LAND OFFICE AT Tax DALLEs, OREGON,
November g. 1894.
Notice Is hereby given that che following named
settler has filed notice of his intention to
make final proof in support of his claim, and
IL said proof will be before the Register and
Receiver of the L. land office at The Dalles, Or,
on december 20, 1894, VIZ:
k BERT DINSM0RE
81 E No 1884, for the Ell neA 1. tp 2 n, r IL e,
and lots 5, and ], sec 80, tp n, II g.
He names the following witnesses TO prove his
continuous residence upon and cultivation OF said
land, viz:
Charles Cramer, Herbert Thiei, Matt Thiel, l. ].
Davenport, all of Mosier, OREGON.
Nov lo-6; JAS. r. MOORE, Register.
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gether on the track when sighted by the
engineer, Joe Ball, who whistled an
alarm. To this they paid ne attention,
and before he could stop the heavy en- :
glue crashed into the bunch of cattle, the
shock being scarcely perceptible. Twenty
three of the animals were killed or
wounded, and the scene of gore and car
mage was frlghtfill to behold.
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THE FRENCH cABINEr CRISIS

The present cabinet crisis in France
turns on constitutional question that
Is as interesting as it may be signI6-
can't. The minister of public works
resigned his office because the council
Of state decided against him in the
matter of guaranteeing the interest of
certain railway lines. The govern
ment held that the guaranty was per-
petual. The minister of public works
ordered the directors to indorse their
bonds so that the guaranty would eX-
pire il 1914; the directors refused and
appealed to the council of state. The
council decided that the guaranty
was perpetual.
The question was then carried be-
fore the chamber Of deputies, the point
at issue being the right of the gov
erument to appeal to the council of
state in such cases or in any case. The
majority in the chamber take the posi-
tion that the appeal should have been
to the chamber itself and not to the
council. The government contended
that the chamber had recognized the
question. that the decision had been
made and could net be disregarded;
that the council of state had decided
question of principle. The radical
leaders held that the Interpretation
placed by the government on the de-
cision of the council was erroneous and
a motion to the effect that the govern
ment adheres to the doctrine of the
separation of powers and non interfer
enca of the chamber with the judicia
functions of the council of state was
lost and the ministers resigned.
If the council of state is the court
of last appeal in the sense that the
supreme court of the United States is,
then the position of the majority in
the chambers would be unconstisu-
tional and revolutionary The specta-
Gle of the house of representatives in
this country overruling or protesting
against a decision of the supreme
court Interpreting a law passed by
congress would be simply absurd; but
the constitution of the United States
contemplates three branches of gov
ernment, the executive, the legislative,
and the judicial, and the powers of
each are SO clearly defined in the COD
st1tution that there can be no dispate
as to the province and power of the
supreme court.
In France, ho wever, the tendency of
radicalism has always been toward
one parliamentary body supreme in all
the functions of government. The
oC ohSOo AAClh
this idea, and the amendments that
have been made have further modified
the constitution on what may be called
the American model. There has been
resistance to all attempts to abolish
the senate and to limit the powers of
the executive, and up to this time the
relations of rhe eourcil of state in its
judicial capacity to the chamber of
deputies have not been clearly defined.
The contention of the government in
this case is that the council of state is
made by the constitution the court of
last appeal, aud that the chamber of
deputies is not superior to the courts
of France The majority in the
chamber of deputies resist this inter.
presation of the constitution, aud the
discussion will probably result in a
clearer definition Of the judiciary that
will be to the benefit of the French
republic.
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RanI.tn a Band of Cattle.

The slaughter of cattle by Fridays
down freight was terrific one. says the
La Grande Chronicle. 1t occurred short
distance this side oil Haines, where there
is large fill In the track. The cattle,
about $50 in number, had gotten through
the railroad fence in some fashion, and
almost the entire band were huddled TO-
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NOTICE FOR PUBLICATION.
LAND oFr1cE AT TIE DAIIrs. Or

LAND OFFICE AT THE DALLEs. Or,
Octubsr 20, 1894.
Notice Is hereby given that the following named
settler has filed notice of his intention to MAKE
hIIal proof in support OF is claim. and Gh SAID
proof will be made before the register and receiver
at The Dalles, Oregon. on Decsm er 4, 1894, viz:
RA>MUS NIELSEN,
q z No 3S25 for The lots 8, and s, sc ls tp ! n
r13e, WM
He names the following witnesses to prove hi.
continuous residence upon, and cultivation Of saio
land, viz:
Nielsen, Jesse Simunson, John Frederickson
John Klindt, all VI The Dalles, oregon
ct 27-6t JAS +. MOORE, Register.
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ia X EN- UP,

Came to the premises of the subscriber in Long
Hollow, about II miles southeast Of ghe Dales one
orrel mare, branded M on right shoulder two
white hind feet, white strip in face She 3 colt
branded the same. The owner can nave the same bv
proving property and paving for the charges of
keeping aud he cost of this advertisement.
Long Hollow, Oct. 4. 81 d. F. OSBORNE.
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by sl62, 500. COO than in 1898, but less by
over $500, 100000 than in 1902, and the
output of labor is of less value in 1894 by
81 1863, COG, 600 than in 1892, though it is
greater by Sl,254, 600, 600 than in 1893.
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Jan. l7-C mila F. Don ell to Simeon
Bolton; lot l, blk 4, Neyce and Gibson's ad
dition to Dalles City; $1,000.
Jan. l7-Martin q. Donnell to Simeon
Bolton; lot blk II, Thompson's addition
to The Dalles; $3.50
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NOTICE FOR PUBLICATION.
LAND OFFICE AT TIE DALLEs. OREGON

LAND OFFICE AT TIE DALLEs. OREGON,
December 13, 1894.
Notice Is hereby given that the following named
settler has LED notice of his intention make final
proof in support of his claim. and that said proof
will be made before the Register and Receiver at
The Dalles, Oregon, on January "a 1875, viz:
RI HARD l. KIRKHAM,
n E No 52sS, NJ Nwf, SEX NwA, Sec 2s, and
SEA SW3 Sec 81, Tpl s, RIA E.
He names the following witnesses to prove his
con inuous residence upon and cultivation of said
land, viz:
Henry Hudson. Harry Hudson, John " Montgom-
cry, John ID Decker. all of Dufur, Oregon
JAS. +. MOORE, Register.