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New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1897-02-21

ne girl went out. trying To- keep 4 brave
face when Size passed Nh Barton wife,
sister
The Young man took roll Of bills from
hi, pocket. ." hope til, will be sufficient.
Don hcsit tie to take ii, for | will settle
the matter with Barton
He thrust the roll into the hand, OF the
bcwidcrcd girl and bowed her ont OF the
door. determined that 10 one else should
hear Of the matrimonial complication, of
his prospective brothcr-ln-law.
The next morning, grim and pale, he
arrived at the Office found Barton alone.
and giarcd at him in response to hi, cor
dli' greeting. Blu, before he had time to
explain hi, attitude Young man c,mc IN
and handed the dccciy,r roll of bills.
81 It, the return Of what YOU lent ye,tcr-
day to Mis-, Elliman. our Mr.. Barton Sis
tcr-in-law She didn't find out her mis-
take till She got home. Didn't know there
were two Blrtons on Wall street. asked
some one where Al Barton, Office WAS and
came to the wrong number. She's kind
OF fresh | guess doesn't often come to
town
Then Edward Seymour explained. That
evening. the engagement ring s.iticred
once more ON his sisters finger
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1897-02-21

that his partner, Mr..
Barnes. would arrive III a
few minutes.
His partner : We never
knew he had a partner
It's very queer he doesn't
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1897-02-21

TIE pretty girl, who sat III the
office with the young man who
had answered the questions, was
evidently disturbed by these re-
marks.
IF | can assist YOU, COM
nland me, said the man. II
presume Won are his cousin, Miss
Barton. We knew he had rela-
tivcs somewhere in jersey.
Ny names not Barton. We
never heard he had cousins III
Jersey. I'm Susie Elliinan, his
wife ; sister
Wifc's sister gasped the
other girl. Her face grew 50 white
tlat the stranger exclaimed A.:
Why, what the mattcr?
Surely - YOU YOU must have
known he WAS married
Ethel, dear, said her broth
cr. go down To- the terry and
wait for me. I'll come a, soon
- have seen Barnes And
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1897-02-21
4 CONTRADICTION IN TERMS.

IoHNNy What l. civilized "afiafo'
y papa"
Papa Well. Johnny, great many
people think there isn't any such thing.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1897-02-21

" IiOPE THIS WILL. BE SUFFICIENT.
MORE THAN ENOUGH
NEW YORKER TO hi, Brooklyn friend
" " DO YOU take much exercise ??
Brooklvmitc Plenty. walk every
day from the terminus of the elevated
road 10 the bridge ears"
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1897-02-21
No LIVING EXPENSES.

No LIVING EXPENSES.
..TnEREs one good thing abou, Phila-
dclphia.
What is il! 7"
You don't have any living expenses
there.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1897-02-21
A TALE OF WALL STREET.

HE stranger entered
the private office OF
Mr.. \. Barton, and
was informed that he
WAS not in town. but
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1897-02-21

Blast the hen that chicks in Autumn Size,
mean, onruly thing;
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1897-02-21
A NEW USE FOR cONGREssEs

TsAAcs. senior: DO YOU know Dr.. oa-
gresham from III, deestrici p"
I,aac>. junior " Not do Nou , mi,
HIM -
Isaacs. senior 81 Wonder d ,r aid
get him to send oud our circular, hi,
Congressional frank p
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1897-02-21

An e. she persist ODD aatchlu'
after bein cautioned. n'y
It's my positive conviction the,
'cr chickens OFT 10 die
The Dalles times-mountaineer. [volume] (The Dalles, Or.) 1882-1904, 1897-01-09

whose existence is threatened will be
represented by strikers whose aim will
be to convince the Legislature that they
must not be abolished. The strife for
"soft snaps" and life at the expense OF
the prople will be as great, If not
greater, than it has been during past
sessions of the legislature, and It Will
require firmness on the part OF mem
bers to withstand the demands OF those
who seek reward for political service
rendered, in the way of offices or ap'
preparations for pet schemes.
But the people demand economy.
and having been promised it, they
will not be patient under increased
burdens. Farm values are low and
farm produce, except wheat, is drug
on the market. > Every business in the
cities and towns is dull and unprofit-
able. Times are hard everywhere; it
is therefore not time forp legislative
extravagance. Or increased appropria-
tions, but rather for stern retrench.
ment. The people expect and demand
reform, and there is greatreputation
awaiting the members of the legisla-
ture who remember their pledges and
who will lead in the work of retrench-
ment. Who of the members can with
stand this demand for economy? And
who Of them will heed the, entreaties
of the pirates who infest the capital
during the legislative session clamor.
ing that they should have share oi
the states bounties?
The Dalles times-mountaineer. [volume] (The Dalles, Or.) 1882-1904, 1897-01-09
OFFICEhS' SALARIES.

The demand is universal throughout
the state for general cutting down
of salaries and fees of officers. The
burdens of taxation are severely felt
at present, when business in every line
is dull and people of every walk OF life
are satisfied with reduced incomes,
hence they demand that their public
servants share in the reduction. And
tine demand is. indeed just. Officers
generally are paid decidedly higher
wages than are commensurate with the
labor performed. They receive decid-
edly more pay than they would if en-
ployed as private citizens at similar
work. 1t is not necessary to secure
efficient official service that exorbitant
salaries be paid. In fact the very OPP
posite is often the result. The higher
the salary the greater effort is put
forth to secure the position, and too
often incompetent men get positions
simply because the salary will justify
their resorting to trickery in order to
secure nomination or election.
While the people should not be mig
gardly in dealing with their public
servants, still they cannot afford to be
Any officer should be
paid reasonable wages for the labor he
performs, wages equal to those paid
for the same class of service for pri-
vate parties, and besides a reasonable
compensation for the responsibility he
and the risk he takes. Fur
ther compensation is extravaganza
The Dalles times-mountaineer. [volume] (The Dalles, Or.) 1882-1904, 1897-01-09
THIS is REFRESHING.

The Chicago Tribune, a republican
paper and hitherto one of the staunch-
est advocates of protection to
American industries is out emphat-
ically against a duty on wool, giving
as one reason that "there are more
consumers of WOODEN goods than there
are wool growers, and the greatest
good to the greatest number should
prevail" If this rule were to be ap-
piled to all Industries it would put a
stop to the idea of protection, for the
consumers Of every article are more
numerous than the producers, and the
Tribune and papers of its stripe would
be deprived of their stock argument
especially just prior to elections. But
the Tribune has another reason for
opposing the placing of duty on wool.
1t says that more than quarter of
the sheep in the country are in Texas,
Montana, Utah, Idaho and Washing
ton, and it is clear that these wild
regions are not entitled to much con-
sideration. They are out of the way,
they were for Bryan, and they should
not count in opposition to the wishes
of the eastern manufacturers?' This is
indeed refreshing, but how can the
Tribune reconcile its present position
with its teachings in the past? What
will it propose for the wool producing
states that voted for Nc McHinley- For
tunately there is only one Chicago
Tribune in the United States, though
there are a number OF other papers
that are equally narrow contracted.
The Dalles times-mountaineer. [volume] (The Dalles, Or.) 1882-1904, 1897-01-09
KlLLIEs AND THEIR FOES.

Not Only Fish, Fowl and Man Deyour
But Even Chickens Pillage Them.
"He doesn't mind little thing like
that" said the deacon, kindly, as he
passed his hook through the skin be-
minnow, hool. and sinker the length Of
his line to try the effect of a fresh bait.
''If the snappers don't bite any better
than they've been doing he'll be swim
ming as lively as ever when we pull up
anchor to go home. Look at those
killies in the bait box. Nothing damper
about them than some seaweed since
morning. and they'll all be ready to
swim away If they stay till tomorrow
They are tough and hardy little fel
lows and no mistake" he continued,
lifting the seaweed to look admiringly
at the wriggling little stumptailed fish
packed like sardines in the box. "They
seem to have been created for the good
of others. Everything preys on killies,
from men who bait their hooks with
them or eat the minnows as white
bait, down to the gulls and herons and
bass and blackfish and weakfish and
fuke and snappers that follow them
among the grass every full tide. And
with all this keeping after them they
don't thin them out that anyone can
see. Why, the very chickens along
shore will run from dough trough
for the sake of eating killies' eggs"
"Hold on a minute, deacon" said the
reporter, who was the; picus mariners
fishing companion that day. II grant
all the rest you,say, but please explain
how chickens manage to get at the
ki1iies' eggs. II you'd said ducks or
geese, could understand it."
The Dalles times-mountaineer. [volume] (The Dalles, Or.) 1882-1904, 1897-01-09
AGAIN IN SESSION
Both Houses Of Congress Re-
convened on Tuesday.
WANTS IT EXPLAINED
The House Passes Resolutions Max
ing Inquiry as to the Settle
ment of Uupatented Lands.
Farmers Have An Audience With this
Ways and Means Committee-Big
Hats to BE Banished From
Chicago Theaters.
WANTS IT EXPLAINED

WASHINGTON, Jan. 5.-The senate
re-assembled at noon today, the at
tendance being somewhat meager.
Among the bills introduced was one by
PETER, of Kansas, "to improve the
banking business" and one by Shoup,
of Idaho, as to alien ownership of lands
in territories.
The first reference to Cuba was in
two resolutions offered by Call, of
Florida. The first requests the presi-
dent to send the senate in secret or
open session, as he may deem best, all
reports relating to the condemnation
to life Imprisonment in chains by the
Spanish authorities at Havana, of San
gully, an American citizen.
The second recites the circumstances
of the Sanguilly trial and, condemna-
tion and directs the secretary of state
to demand his immediate release"
The resolutions went over, Call stat
lag that he would speak on them.
Pettigrew, of South Dakota, offered
resolution, which was agreed to,
asking the secretary of the treasury
for information as to the Bering sea
seal fisheries, particularly as to why
only $1,000 was yielded the government
in 1896 for the privilege OF taking $780,
600 sealskins.
PETER then addressed the senate on
his resolution for commission of five
senators to investigate the entire mon
etary subject and report within year.
Peffer's speech dealt largely with the
Heterogeneous character of our various
kinds of money and the uncertainties
of the present financial system.
The Dalles times-mountaineer. [volume] (The Dalles, Or.) 1882-1904, 1897-01-09
SOME TARIFF TALKS.

1t appears that the big importersi in
the eastern cities, says the Tacoma
News, and many of the manufacturers,
are worried over the proposed changes
of the tariff and would be pretty well
satisfied if the existing tariff were let
alone. The Dry Goods Chronicle de-
clares that "among dry goods men
generally the mention of any proposed
disturbance of the present tariff sched-
ules produces sensation of weariness
which finds expression in an almost
unanimous wish that things be left as
they are" The Dry Goods Economist
favors specific duties. 1t says that. if
the full duties imposed by the existing
tariff could be collected there would
practically be no deficit. Therefore.
it suggests that if the present ad valo-
rem duties were made specific there
would be no need of further change,
and that tariff along these lines
would go further toward satisfying
domestic and foreign interests and
producing for the government the full
estimated revenue than any proposed
tariff within 20 years" The wooden
manufacturers do not waut the wool
interests further protected. The New
York papers generally concur in these
views. 1t is apparent that the same
old disregard of the interests of the
west is manifested. The struggle is to
give what are called the advantages of
protection to the eastern importers
and manufacturers. Now, if protection
is TO be the policy of the country, the
west should insist on its products being
amply covered by the new law
Portland Dispatch. -.
The Dalles times-mountaineer. [volume] (The Dalles, Or.) 1882-1904, 1897-01-09

There is something so shocking about
sudden death That the mere mention of ii
wrenches the nerves of sensitive people.
Millions of people pray for deliverance from
It. Every Sundayin every Episcopal church
IN the world, these words are said
From battle, and murder and sudden death,
Good Lord, deliver u.s."
Just why sudden. death should be shock
ing, and death after lingering disease easy
to bear, would puzzle any one to tell. 1t
would seem that it would be more terrible
to see some loved one wasting away, daily
becoming weaker-daily slipping toward a
death no less certain because It was slow IN
coming. Consumption causes more deaths
than heart disease more than cholera
more than yellow fever-more than any
other disease the world has ever known
And yet people are careless about it. A man
In danger Of sudden death from heart dis
ease can avoid the danger simply by keeping
quiet and avoiding excitement. Consump-
ton goes right on with its deadly work, no
matter what the man does or how he con-,
ducts himself, if he doesn't take the right
medicine to cure It Consumption affects
the whole body. 1t is a blood disease. II
permeates the whole system. 1t shows IN
the lungs because the blood goes to the
lungs for publication. It carries impurities
there to be made pure. If there is too much
impurity, the lungs are over-worked-ovef-
loaded the impurity stops there. The
germs of disease stop there. They develop
and multiply and then consumption takes
definite form. Dr. Pierce's Golden Med
ical Discovery cures 90 per cent. of all cases
OF consumption. lingering coughs, throat
and bronchial diseases if Il is taken accord
ing to directions. Get it at drug stores !
learn all about it in DR.. Pierce's great IooS
page work, " Common Sense Medical Ad-
viser," sent FREE on receipt of 2I one-cent
stamps to cover cost of mailing only. II
co:itains 1908 pages, profusely illustrated. II
Is yeritable medical library, complete IN
one volume. Every family should possess a
copy for ready reference in case of sudden
sickness or accidents. Worlds Dispensary
Medical Association, Buffalo, N. Y.
The Dalles times-mountaineer. [volume] (The Dalles, Or.) 1882-1904, 1897-01-09
LEGLSLA1IHE ECoNOMY.

1t will deyolye upon the incoming
legislature to dedide among other
things, whether the burdens of tax
alton shall be increased or dim inished,
whether the property of the state shall
be subject to plumber in order to keep
up needless extrayagances, or whether
the expenses of the state shall be kept
within the legitimate requirements of
economical. administration. Should
that body be true to the pledges its
members elect have made. and which
have been-nade blythe party that is in
the ma alority in its state platform, and
thereby cut down appropriations. as
closely as the needs of good govern
ment will permit, the state tax levy for
the next two years will fall below three
mills, and the acts of the legislature
will meet the approval of the people.
But If we should have another legisla-
ture of thousand scandals, one whose
apparent effort is to squander as much
as possible of the peoples money, one
which requires two clerks for every
number, and which creates lot of ad-
ditional high-salaried offices, the con-
demnation of the people will justly fall
upon the legislators, for taxes in the
future will necessarily be high.
It is plain from the moves that are
being made by the politicians and
those hungry for office, that every eff
fort will be made to increase public ex-
pepse. Every institution that is sus-
: taixedmholly or in part by the state
viii have &SUfRers about the state capi-
tol eemanding increased appropria-
tious. Every board and commission
The Dalles times-mountaineer. [volume] (The Dalles, Or.) 1882-1904, 1897-01-09
SATURDAY. JANUARY 9, 1897
s,S@A SURE PLAN.

-
We are in receipt of circular from
the New York Reform Club. in which
that body asserts It's intention to "con-
tinue the fight for honest money nn--
til the ranks of the free. silver forces,
are SO thin that they will. not be a.
barrier to industry and prosperity"
The club does not outline It's methods
cooperation, but it is presumed it will
rely on the certain. system of prod ue.
ing thinness by enforcing low wages.
declining prices, high taxes, extrava-
CANT appropriations for enriching pro-
fessional politicians, by encouraging
railroad pools in order to keep freight
and passenger rates at the highest pos
sible notch, by fostering trusts and
combines, and repressing labor organi-
zations as being in contempt Of
court" by giving to the banks the
control of all circulating medium and
then looting the banks, by calling in
all paper money that does not pay in
terest and substituting therefor inter-
est-bearing bonds; in short by con-
tinuing the admirable systems that
have produced the times we are now
enjoying.
This plan would be most certain to
produce the desired result. If it is
continued few years longer, there is
not the remotest doubt that the free
silver forces will become so thin that
their slight'forms will no longer be a
barrier to the industry and prosper-
ity" of the money lenders Of New
York. -
But when this end is reached the
members of the Reform Club will find
themselves in none too prosperous con.
dition. If they would thrive they must
at least give others an opportunity to
live. Those who grow rich of the
labors of the producers cannot long be
prosperous while farmers and laborers
are ground down to starvation. If the
Reform Club would effectually "thin
the free silver forces" and at the same
time leave themselves upon a firm
foundation, they will pursue live
and-let-live policy. They will not at
tempt to contract the currency, but
instead will expand it; they will cease
wrecking banks, but will uphold those
that are solvent though somewhat em-
barrassed; they will curtail the privi-
leges of railroad pooling, manufactur-
ing trusts and banking syndicates. In.
stead of giving the producers further
''object lessons" of the ''folly" of de-
claring their rights, they will be con-
tent with smaller profits, give the pro-
ducers q chance to I've. and present an |
"object lesson" of how prosperity can
become general under the operations
of their "sound money" system. Un-
less this is done, the free silver forces,
though thin, will have sufficient vital !
ity left to sweep the country at the |
next general election.
The Dalles times-mountaineer. [volume] (The Dalles, Or.) 1882-1904, 1897-01-09
One More AIrship.

PITTSBURG, Jan. Charles D. De-
forest, Pittsburg inventor, who has
been interested in the stories about
the alleged California airship, says he
has flying machine that will fly. Yes
terday he exhibited model which
few across field. He believed the
airship would be built on the principle
of a birds flight, and his model looks
like large hawk or eagle. He was
careful to arrange il SO that the body
of the bird would hold sufficient gas to
make the machine buoyant enough to
elevate and sustain itself in the air.
After filling the model with gas he
attached a rope to 1t. AS coon as he
released the model it started skyward
until the end of the rope was reached.
Deforest has made number of public
tests of his model and all were success
The Dalles times-mountaineer. [volume] (The Dalles, Or.) 1882-1904, 1897-01-09
SERVANTS ON lNsrALMEnrs.
It Takes Six In Guatemala to Do the Work
OF Ono Girl Here.

It Takes Six In Guatemala to Do the Worh
OF Ono Girl Here.
The American woman, when abe
grumbles at the generality OF servants,
doesn't know when she is well off. II
she could spend year at housekeeping
in Guatemala she would come back TO
the United States and pass the rest OF
her life in peace and ccntentment, says
the New York Journal.
In Guatemala the servants are either
Indians or half-brecds. They will live
on black beans and tortillas, and as to
wages, they are content for a month
with what C servant girl receives here.
But no American housekeeper would
feel inclined to charge servant board.
You hire Guatemala woman, for in
stance, as a cook. Then You must hire
man TO keep the fire going. If he is
away, the cook will let her fire go out
sooner than debase her dignity by put
ting on more fuel. A third servant
must be furnished to pat the crude
articles OF food ia;o shape for handling
by the cook. A. fourth is needed to do
all the carrying. Still another must
do the dish washing.
Altogether. . half-dozen servants are
needed to get an ordinary breakfast for
three or four persons. A bright, in
telligcnt, sturdy servant in this couD-
try would accomplish the same feat all
by hercelf in an hour or less. 1t is
comparatively inexpensive to maintain
a household of twelve or fifteen SER
wants in Guatemala, but they are q ter
rible trial to an American woman.
The Dalles times-mountaineer. [volume] (The Dalles, Or.) 1882-1904, 1897-01-09
Timely Rains Saved india.

CALCUTTA, Jan. AT a meeting OF
the council today, Sir John Woodburn,
revenue member, said the timely rains
of November and December had saved
India from the greatest calamity of the
century, so widespread and severe was
the drought. The large area sown
with the assistance of the November
rains had, he said, been greatly bene-
flied by further rains last week, and an
addition to food stock was expected in
April.
In spite of this, the present situation
was very grave. Nearly 1901 900 persons
we're already in receipt of relief, and
the task OF providing for the enormous
numbers was gigantic. The govern
ment was giving unstinted help.
The Dalles times-mountaineer. [volume] (The Dalles, Or.) 1882-1904, 1897-01-09

IF one looks about him almost any.
where in Maine" says an observing res.
ident of that state. ''hc will find that
in the Inntter of descent of property we
have unconsciously put in force or have
effected just the opposite of the Eng
lish rule OF priIhogcniturc. Where
there are a number OF children in n
family it is almost always the young
est son that stays with the old folks
and inherits the homestead. Where ]
live can point ont dozens Of such In
stances in the families / know, and /
cannot now recall II single instance
where any other than the youngest was
preferred. OF course this results from
the disposition of the older boys to seek
their fortunes away from the parental
roof tree as soon as. they are old,
enough, while the younger, with the
others gone, finds room enough for his
activities at home. and stays there. As
distinguished from the old world
method this may be called ultimogeni-
ture."