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The Dalles daily chronicle. [volume] (The Dalles, Or.) 1890-1948, 1897-10-13

Fred D. Hill returned from Portland
last night. He succeeded in passing
civil service examination while there.
The Dalles daily chronicle. [volume] (The Dalles, Or.) 1890-1948, 1897-10-13

MOUNTAIN GLEN, Ark.-1ur children
were suffering with group when we re-
ceived IL bottle of Chamherlain's Cough
Remedy. 1t afforded almost instant re-
lief.-F. A. Thornton. This celebrated
remedy is for sale by Blakeley & Hough-
ton.
The Dalles daily chronicle. [volume] (The Dalles, Or.) 1890-1948, 1897-10-13

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ladies to travel for responsible estab-
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erence. Enclose self-addressed stamped
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The Dalles daily chronicle. [volume] (The Dalles, Or.) 1890-1948, 1897-10-13
Personal MENTION.

Frank Hurley, of Rufus, is in the city
today.
Polk Butler, of Nansene, is attending
the fair.
John Roth, of Kingsley, isattending
the fair.
Alec Mcleod, of Kingsly, is attending
the fair.
city today. --------
Dell Porter. of Wasco, is down on bus.
iness today.
Rev. Father Black, of Portland it in
the city today.
A. L. Buunell, of Glenwood, Wash.
is at the Umatilla.
Mrs. Bulger and Mrs. John Michel
left for Portland yesterday.
Leo Rondeau, one of the leading farm
ers OF Tigh Ridge is in the city.
Ed. Craft, of Dufur. is among those
in attendance at the fair today.
Mrs. W. L. Bradshaw and Miss Clara
Davis left for Portland this morning.
Mrs. Alice Prov1ns, sister of the late
l. n. Frank, is visiting Mr.. and Mrs. 6,
J. Farley.
Fred Rogers. travelling salesman for
Simonds Saw Company, is in the city
on business.
Fred D. Hill returned from Portland
last night. He succeeded in passing
civil service examination while there.
A few weeks ago the editor was taken
with very severe cold that caused him
30 be in a most miserable condition. 1t
was undoubtedly bad case of la grippe
and recognizing it as dangerous he took
immediate steps to bring about speedy
cure. From the advertisement of Cham
berlain's Cough Remedy and the many
good recommendations included therein,
we concluded to make a first trial of the
medicine. To say that it was satisfac-
tory IN its results, is putting it very
mildly, indeed. 1t acted like magic and
the result was speedy and permanent
cure. We have no hesitancy in recon-
mending this excellent Cough Remedy
to anyone afflicted with a congh or cold
in any form.-The Banner of Liberty,
Lihertytown, Maryland. The % and 80
cent sizes for sale by Blakeley & Hough-
ton.
The San Francisco call., 1897-12-25
POETRY AND SCIENCE.

1t is so commonly assumed that poetry
and science are antagOnistic that an
address delivered by the poet laureate,
Alfred Austin, at the opening of a new
school of science and art last week, de-
serves a wide publicity. Macaulay, with
his well-known love OF antithesis, once
endeavored to show that as civilization
advances poverty almost necessarily de-
Clines; and taking science as one of the
most important factors in the ciViliZing
process, the inference is that a poet with
a knowledge of scientific facts labors un-
der a disadvantage. Now, however, we
are able to give a poet laureate's opin-
ion that science and art are complement
tary to one another and not rivals. Sci
ence, said Mr.. Austin, is exact knowl-
edSe-that and nothing more. But eX-
act knowledge is the foundation of all
the arts, and no man ever achieved real
greatness in any of them who did not
have the firmest grasp of the permanent
facts which underlie them. Music, the
most intangible and fantastic of the arts,
cannot move one step nor excite a single
emotion without submitting to the Sc
we're discipline of numbers Finally, the
matter of poets verse is not of much
account unless it be animated by the
scientific spirit of close and wide obser-
walton and of loving accuracy.
1t must be obvious to any one who has
read the 'Divina Commedia" that the
greatest poet of the middle ages, than
whom there was none greater in any
age, was thoroughly IamllldT WIN all
the science or exact knowledge of his
time; and Leonardo da Vinci. who might
have equals but had no superior in the
realm of painting, was not more fasci
mated by artistic conceptions than by
what are called scientific problems, and
at these he labored indefatigably. Alike,
therefore, by necessity and choice, art
exhibits a sympathetic kinship with
science. The scientific spirit, far from
being hostile to the artistic spirit, is an
cillary to it, for, as Dryden said, Genius
is perfected by science" The noblest
manifestations of both have always oc-
CURED in one and the same epoch. Ath-
/ ems produced Euclid as well as Praxi-
/ teles; the vigorous old age of Michael
Angelo overlapped the precociOus youth
! of Calico, and Bacon was the contem-
/ porary of Shakespeare. And though the
| century now drawing to a close has been
! pre-eminently scientific century, the
! locomotive and the telephone will not be
more enduring than the verse of Byron
and Tennyson or than the pictures of
/ Turner and Watts. The reasoning in
/ tellect is the foundation alike of science
/ and of art; but, concluded Mr.. Austin,
while reason alone suffices to science,
art is reason TRANSPORTED by emotion
] Nature.
The San Francisco call., 1897-12-25
PERSONAL.

DIR. and Mrs W. Head of Chico are
guests at the Grand
James T. Meagher of Meaghers Cove
arrived at the Grand yesterday.
r. B. Stephens, a prominent attorney
Of Los Angeles. is at the Grand.
William Northrup Cowles arrived in
the city yesterday from New York.
Major ]. H. Simpson, well-known ho-
tel man of San Mateo, is in the city.
A. c. Bilicke, proprietor of the Hollen-
beck of Los Angeles, is at the Palace.
George Kriehn, professor of history in
Stanford University, is at the Palace.
G. w. Boggs, a grain merchant of
Tracy, is at the Lick, with his daughter
H. c. Myers of the chemistry depart
ment in Stanford University, is at the
California.
NJ. Harterey, well-to-do farmer of
Modoc, is registered at the Russ with
Mrs. Harterey.
H. E. Diggles, Nevada wine man, is
in the city for the holidays. He is stay
ing at the Palace.
c. p. Higgins of New York, one of the
chief men of the Babcock Boiler Fac
tory, is in the city.
Mr.. and Mrs. A. L. Whitney of San
Mateo returned yesterday from New
York and are guests at the California.
Mr.. and Mrs. w. H. Robinson, a bridal
couple from Fargo, N. Oak, arrived at
the California yesterday from Montana.
T. A. Graham, district passenger
agent of the Southern Pacific at Ia
coma, Wash, is in town on a holiday
visit.
f. E. Curtis of Los Angeles, who has
several railroad station eating houses in
Southern California and Arizona. is at
the Grand.
Ike Hermann of Portland, Or, con-
tracing freight agent for the Chicago
Milwaukee and st. Paul Railway, is in
town for the holidays.
Ed Duffy, travelling freight and pas
senger agent of the Denver and Rio
Grande Railway, with headquarters at
Portland, Or, is in town.
A. D. Charlton, assistant general pas
senger agent of the Northern Pacific
Railway at Portland, Or, will arrive
here Tuesday with his family 10 spend
week in this city.
Ensign Harry Eaton Smith, U. S. N,
is at the Palace, accompanied by Mrs.
Smith, formerly Miss Hayes, only
daughter of the late President Ruther-
ford B. Hayes. Ensign Smith is station
ed aboard the Baltimore.
H. N MacGregor, formerly travelling
passenger agent of the Canadian Paci-
fic, with headquarters at Tacoma,
Wash, has been transferred to Califor-
mia, with headquarters in this city. He
has exchanged places with Arthur B.
Calder.
Willard 7. Barton, progressive man
of business affairs who compoSeS popu-
lar songs in his leisure, came 10 town
from New York yesterday, and received
a warm greeting at the Bohemian Club.
All of his melodies are enlivening, but
none are ribald, and that is what wins
him so much admiration in the Lyceum
circles of New England. Among his pop
ular songs are "Razzle Dazzle" (words
by Gillis), THE Young Dude, Foster
heimer," 'Imogene Donahue' and TIA
BILE dHote.''
The San Francisco call., 1897-12-25
NEW STORY OF LINCOLN.

Senator Mills has a new story about
Lincoln, says the Washington Post. II
was told to him by son of John l..
Helm Of Kentucky, who lives in Cor
sicana.
"Old John L. Helm" said the Senator
twas a famous character in Kentucky.
He was, if l remember rightly, Gov
ernor of the State, but at any rate his
position was a most prominent one.
When the Civil War came on Helm was
a rabid seceSsionst. He could not praise
the South too highly, and could not heap
enough abuse upon the North. He was
too old to go into the war with his sons,
and remained at home, doing all he could
to help the Confederate cause and harass
the Yankees who invaded the State. Fin
ally he became so obstreperous that the
Federal General who was in command
near Helms home put him in prison.
The old mans age, the high position
which he occupied in the State, his wide
connection, and especially his inability
TO do any actual harm, were all pleaded
in his eXtenuation and he was released.
Instead of protiting by the warning, the
old man became more persistent than
even in his course. Once more he was
clapped into jail This happened two or
three times, and finally, while he was
still locked up, the matter was brought
TO the attention of the Federal authori-
ties. Even President Lincoln was ap-
peaIed to, and asked to commit the ar
ueIC SOutnerner TO an lndennlte connne-
ment in order that he might be curbed.
Lincoln listened to the statement of
the case with more than usual interest.
Then he leaned back and began to speak
with a smile upon his face. You are
talking about old man John Helm? Well,
did you know that 1 used to live, when l
was, boy. in Helms town? He was
kind to me. He used to like me as
boy, and he never lost an opportunity to
help me. He seemed to think said
Lincoln, with another of his most pa
thetic smiles, that I would probably
make something of a man. Why, when
| went out to Illinois, poor and un-
known, that man gave me the money to
pay my way and keep me up until 1 got
start. John Helm? Oh, yes, I know
him. And 1 know what 1 owe to him. l
think I can fix his case.
coin went to desk and wrote a few
words. The bit of writing is treasured
in the Helm household to this day. This
is what the President wrote:
hereby pardon John L. Helm, of
Kentucky, for all that he has ever done
against the United States, and all that
he ever will do.
ABRAHAM LINCOLN
The San Francisco call., 1897-12-25
CHRISTMAS ASPIRATIONS.

N FACE ON earth good will to men, was the
~ song the shepherds on the old Judean hills
heard the herald angels sing at the birth OF
Christ nearly 1900 years ago, and through the long
drawn centuries the world has waited for the full
fllment of the promise of that divine harmony The
old song will be heard in churches to-day and
the old aspiration will be felt by IL kindly hearts
The salutation of Merry Christmas" will derive
most of its ervor from the deep desire for peace
on earth, good will to men,
We are far from the attainment of peace. War
ravages to-day of the farest islands of hem
isphere. and throughout the whole length anG
breadth of the Old World the nations stand armed
and ready for battle that seems imminent and threat
| ening. We far from the attainment of good
will. In every land and in every community are
envies, jealoasies hatreds, and all OF un-
charitabencss even among those whose purely self
Ish purposes could be best served by harmony and
friendship. To another generation than ours IS
postponed the uhllment of the promise of the angel
| song. For there is nothing but to wait and to
work in the faith that grow better year by year,
and that in the fulness of time both peace and good
will will be realized on earth
We have thousand evidences that through the
ages one increasing purpose runs" The history OF
civilization record of the upward movement OF
humanity toward the attainment OF the great aspira-
end to war, and kndliness among men that will
remove anmostes and wrongdoing Compared
with former centuries ours has been one of marked
humanity. Compared with the earlier years of the
century the close is of splendid accomplishment
Never were nations slower to war than now
Never were international disputes frequently ad-
justed by rather than by conquest Never
was the great mass of men so well rewarded for
work. did the laborer get so full proportion
Of the products of his toll never did the common
people have much control of their Government
ant were the innocent so often succored from
wrong; never were the guilty more free from ex-
cessve punishment were the rich more i'm
pressed with of the duty wealth imposes and
never did the have surer reason for the faith
that is in it OF better time to come.
We can recall to-day all the aspirations of our
faith without doubt or dependency. The menace
of r the East need not disturb the hope OF any
one who remembers that events which merely
threaten to-day would have been actual war in
time not long past. The agitaons which disturb the
relations between labor and capital cause no anxiety
to those who note how closely the two are bound
together in the existing social order, and how
slight the grievances of either class to-day when
compared with what prevailed in past generations.
All the forces of the time tend to the improve
ment of the world Nations, classes and individuals
have their faces to the light and are moving forward
Progress may be Slow but it is sure We may this
morning with sincere voices wish our friends a
merry Christmas, and respond with glad hearts to
the chorus, Peace on earth, good will to men,"
The San Francisco call., 1897-12-25
THE PENALTY OF WIT.

There is no more unhappy man than
he who is described by injudicious
friends as extremely witty" Better for
that man if he be subject to the charge
of parricide. For gradually he becomes
conscious of his reputation and tries to
live up to it. If man of true wit de-
livers himself of one good speech
month he is doing admirably, and the
potentiality of his speech will be a con-
slant source of amazement. Few are
willing to be thus self-Contained. They
wish to strike twelve every ten minutes
They fail to see the necessity of a back
ground of seriousness. They degenerate
quickly into aggressive monologists
They are peevish, if laughter is not a
hair-trigger affair. And if there is no
more unhappy man there is no greater
bore than your wit of the first magni-
tude. When you see Mr.. Dazzler work
ing his mind in a cornel' at the club, sit
in another room, or go home; there will
be no chance of conversation-which be-
ing interpreted means that you will have
no opportunity of exploiting your own
ability.-Boston Journal.
The San Francisco call., 1897-12-25
THE GOLDEN JUBILEE.

FOR CALIFORNIA and the whole of the
greater West, the most important event of the
winter will be the exposition OF mines and min
ing to be held in this city part OF the celebration
OF the jubilee OF the discovery OF gold The best
efforts of the city and the State will be required to
accomplish results worthy OF the occasion, and to
that end the thoughts and energies of many public
spirited citizens directed
In order to promote the great undertaking by
every means in its power, The Call will issue on Sun
day. January %, grand special edition devoted to
mines and mining, and to exploitation of the rich
mineral resources of the great West. The edition is
already in preparation and every portion of it will
be in charge of man of known ability and emf
nence in his line of work.
The success accomplished in the publication of the
New Era Edition of The Call is a guarantee to the
public of what the quality will be OF the forthcom-
ing Jubilee Edition. Care will be taken to make it
thoroughly reliable and valuable to miners as well
entertaining and attractive to the general reader
1t will be the complete review of the conditions
of mines and mining ever issued, and will have an
important usefulness not to California only, but to
the whole mineral region of this section of the
Union.
1t is certain the exposition will be largely attended
by mining men from all parts of the world The
fame of the Klondike placers will draw to the Pa
cfc Coast this winter great host of people who in
tend to make their way to the goldfelds next
spring. The mining exposition will attract the great
majority OF them to this city, and the result will be
probably the largest gathering of mining in the
history of the world 1t is that large special audi
we'll to the normal of its home readers
the Jubilee Edition of The Call will be addressed
and in every respect will be made notable in its
way as was the great New Era Edition OF 35o,ooo
which has just been published
The San Francisco call., 1897-12-25

Lord Mansfield has been a member of
the London Carlton Club continuously
since 1882. Gladstone joined the club in
1893, but left it in 1859 for political rea-
sons.
w. f. Aldrich, who Is contesting the
seat of Mr.. Plowman for the Fourth Dis
trict of Alabama, proves his faith by
works. He has moved his family to the
capital.
Herbert NJ. Lord, Secretary of the
Ways and Means Committee of the
House of Representatives of Congress,
has the reputation of being one of the
finest tenor singers in the State of Maine
In a letter to Senator Lodge, Labor
Commissioner Carroll D. Wright insists
that the taking of the last census would
have cost $2000,000 less if the appoint
ments in the bureau had been made un-
der the civil service rules.
Sir William Harcourt is the son of a
clergyman and the grandson of a Bishop.
He was trained for the bar, and after a
considerable time in practice and some
service as Solicitor-GeneTal became pro-
fessor of international law at Cambridge.
the northern border line of Pennsylvania,
there are twenty persons over 80 years of
age; and five, Mrs. Mary Cullen, John
Gelson, William Derby, Mrs. Ellen Carey
and Mrs. Phillancy Gollen, have passed
the century mark.
Henry w. Walters of Baltimore, son of
the late William T. Walters, the art col
lector, has received the twenty silver
and bronze medals which he had made
in Europe in memory of his father. One
of the medals has been presented to the
Metropolitan Museum of Art, and the
others have been or will be presented tc
members of the family and personal
friends,
The San Francisco call., 1897-12-25
A NOTABLE EXCEPTION.

The finding of gold and silver and
money orders to the amount of thous-
ands of dollars, which Mr.. Spofford of
the National Library had put in an old
desk and forgotten, accounts largely for
the recent inability of that gentleman to
balance. his accounts: No one ever
dreamed that he was dishonest in the af-
fair and though the recent revelation
may not stamp him as a Thoroughbred
business man, according to conventional
standards, it is not altogether unpleas-
ant to occasionally find a man who can
forget money long enough to be en-
crossed in higher considerations and in
terests.-Boston Transcript.
The San Francisco call., 1897-12-25
THE UNION PACIFIC PACE.

Some more fast train running is re-
ported from the Union Pacific road-an
eastbound passenger train making the
102 miles from Cheyenne to Sidney in 81
minutes, and the ia miles from Sidney
to North Platte in lit minutes. The same
train on another part of the line went at
the rate of IS miles an hour. That is
time which would make a two-hour train
from Springfield to Boston seem slow
And the Union Pacific roadbed and gem
eral equipment are hardly to be COM
pared with those of the Boston and AL
bany. But there is the element of grades
and curves still to be econsidered.-Spring-
field (MassO Republican.
The San Francisco call., 1897-12-25
REFLECTIONS OF a BACHELOR

Love is the only real contradiction in it.
self.
Men make more mistakes than women.
but women make the same mistake
oftenest.
When a woman goes to get a check
cashed she always acts as if she was
buying something and wasn't sure
whether she liked it.
When a woman goes to a party, when
she isn't wondering whether the men ike
her, she is wondering whether the women
like her dress.
The pleasure the average woman gets
out of getting Christmas presents is gem
orally balanced by the fear that she may
not be able to find out just what some of
them cost.
The San Francisco call., 1897-12-25

Judge Campbell has been called upon to adjust
many delicate matters, but anybody having an idea
that emergency rattles him is liberty to ask the
Judge about it and be apprsed of error A recent
case, however, must have made the Police
Bench lumnary think. A was brought before
him charged with the of vulgar and profane Ian
guage in the presence of woman, she making the
complaint. There no doubt that the man had
sworn with much the vim and volume of the army
in Flanders Indeed, he did not deny it. pleading
in justification that he had been swearing not at the
woman, but at his dog, and the canine made no
formal charges the Judge, after pull at his whis
kers let the prisoner go. Now anybody who wants
to swear in the presence of woman has only to
bring into the situation. The cur will not
have him arrested and the vicarious sufferer can
stuff cotton in her or go away from there But
only Campbell could have thought out scheme
SO logical and astute.
The San Francisco call., 1897-12-25
TIE CHRIST CHILD.
BY G. A erik


Hail! the day that saw his birth!
Hark! the shouts of rapturous mirth!
Lo! the Child hath come to earth.
Danish every doubt and fear,
To your Lord, oh, men, draw near;
He is holding out his hand
To the men of every land.
Bring not spices, costly, rare
How can these with love compare?
Rather to the needy go:
Dry the bitter tears of woe.
Incense sweet are deeds like these,
Waited upward on the breeze
To the King of Lands and Seas.
The San Francisco call., 1897-12-25

Teachers of the city complaining of the course
of Superintendent Webster in cutting down their
holiday vacation one-half. They are required dur
ing the year to do certain amount of institute
work, but the habit has been to So apportion this
among the several terms to make it easy for the
teachers. This time however, the Superintendent
has decreed that there shall be week of the regular
vacation devoted institute work. One result will
be that many teachers will defy the order and re-
main away enjoying the vacation to which they con-
slider themselves entitled, and the rest will perform
grudgingly the prescribed duty, and enter upon their
next term with distinct idea that they have been
robbed of chance to rest If there is possibility
of Webster's making mistake he could almost be
accused of having made it this time.
The San Francisco call., 1897-12-25
CALIFORNIANS IN CHICAGO.

CHICAGO, Dec. A.-At the Palmer
z. Levy, Francis Brown, San Francisco;
c. a. Bowker, Los Angeles; Leland-L.
S. Graham, San Jose; Charles w. Pike,
San Francisco; Auditorium-Mrs. F. NJ.
Schumacher, San Francisco; Great
Northern-Mrs. NJ. B. Hart, San Fran
The San Francisco call., 1897-12-25
e MISTAKEN NOTION.

All that can be expected of govern
ment is conditions which will insure ev-
cry man field for his efforts. To this
ali will agree. Still there are those who
act upon the assumption that govern
ment can and should give all who desire
forty acres of land and a mule.-Indian-
apoliS Journal.