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The Dalles times-mountaineer. [volume] (The Dalles, Or.) 1882-1904, 1897-07-31
WHY WHEAT Is GOING UP.

Natural causes have led to Sltua'
tion In the business world which is at
once unusual and gratifying. Under
ordinary conditions agriculture is
about the last of our great national in.
d, terests to experience the stimulating
influence of reviving prosperity. This
year. however, is the very first. The
return of good times has made its
greatest advance in the agricultural
| states. Those communities are already
In prosperous circumstances. Their
farmers are paying off their mortgages,
increasing their bank deposits, ,improv-
ing their properties and reaping the
solid benefits of successful industry.
The explanation of this hopeful con-
dition is clear and simple. Wheat has
done it all. The total crop of that
cereal in the United States this year
is estimated by government experts at
460, ,000.0 bushels, and although that
Is 100000 bushels more than the
yield of 1896, the grain is already SELL
ing for 20 cents a bushel more than it
brought II months ago, with every
likelihood of much higher prices be-
fore snow flies. In the light of these
facts the splendid business revival in
the agricultural states is easily under.
stood The wheat harvest is supple
mented with the prospect of cores
ponding large yield of corn. Crops of
all kinds, says the New York Mail and
Express, are up to the average, and
many of them above it, and from every
point of view the outlook for the
American farmer is more promising
than at any time in many years.
This encouraging situation at home
is strengthened by adverse conditions
in foreign agriculture. Not one of the
great wheat-growing countries of the
world will gather an average crop.
Argentina, Australia, Russia and In-
dia all report less than their customary
yield, and this means that vast markets
hitherto supplied by those countries
will have to draw upon the United
States for enormous quantities ofwheat
and other cereals. Argentina, our
most formidable agricultural rival on
this continent has already made pur-
chases of wheat in the United States
small, it is true, and ostensibly for
seeding purposes, but still of sufficier
volume to disclose the unfortunate re-
suits of her own harvest. Brazil, whose
markets have been supplied by Argen-
tina for several years, has become
heavy buyer of our wheat. Australia,
with no wheat on hand and no harvest
to gather before January, will have to
buy vast supplies from our Pacific
coast states; and England, in conse-
qnence of the Australian failure, will
be compelled TO seek the same source
of supply.
\ With this rising tide of exports the
american wheat crop is bound to be
lilly absorbed into the markets of
10, and the upward tendency in
kISely to continue. The visible
bat In sho world is at the
11s touched in years,
>lrmer, with a crop
The Dalles times-mountaineer. [volume] (The Dalles, Or.) 1882-1904, 1897-07-31
AN "UNBIASEU' OPINION.

1t is really too bad that such a brig ht
light as the editor of the Fossil Journal
possesses in his brain should be hid
away in the mountains of the southern
part of Gillian county. Andit was an
unfortunate thing for the great Ameri-
can people that this editor did not
give them the benefit of his brilliant"
opinions prior to the convening OF the
Chicago convention a year ago, so
that the democracy might have selected
some other standard bearer than the
gifted orator of the Platte, for this
learned recent subject of Queen Vic
toria has discovered that Mr.. Bryan
is a most ordinary individual mentally
and as an orator has dozens ofsuperiors
in the state of Oregon.
Editor Stewart recently Travelled
200 miles from his quiet home on Butte
creek to Pendleton in order to hear
Mr.. Bryan speak, and after returning
devoted a considerable space to
picking flaws with the speech. He
informs the reading public that Bryan
is only third rate orator. as compared
with Mr.. Gladstone and the Irish
patriots isa mole hill to mountain"
and as to his argument for the free
coinage of silver, Editor Stewart says
it is perfect rot, and could be refuted
by an ordinary mind, but he did not
attempt to answer a single argument
submitted by Mr.. Bryan.
The criticisms which the Journal
editor made of the speech are preju.
diced and partisan from start to finish,
still the Oregonian quotes them in full
as coming from an independent and
entirely nonpartisan paper, "when it is
a we'll known fact to all who have read
the Fossil Journal for the past FIVE
years that it is and has been one of the
most narrow minded and radical par
tisan papers published in the Inland
Empire; it's editor is and has been
ever since he landed on American
soil (which is not SO many years ago. a
pronounced republican, and has ever
taken his ideas from the paper that
now quotes him as an independent.
- Fossil Journal is a nonpartisan
o is the Oregonian. If the
expresses regarding Mr..
biased, SO are those ex-
veY Scott.
The Dalles times-mountaineer. [volume] (The Dalles, Or.) 1882-1904, 1897-07-31
A aanring at Philadelphia.

PHILADELPHIA, Pa, July 27.-Pas-
q ielie Dadario was hanged today for
the murder of Medestino Moffo, g.
year-old chic. The crime was one of
,e most brutal in the police records of
Philadelphia.
The Dalles times-mountaineer. [volume] (The Dalles, Or.) 1882-1904, 1897-07-31
A SAN FRANCISCO ENTERPRISE
Dyea and Dawson to be Connected by
Telegraph

SAN FRANCISCO, July 28.-The Clon-
dyke is promised close communication
with the rest of the world in a short
time. At least telegraph company
has been incorporated which will get
to work Immediately, its promoters
say, stpinging the wires. Articles of
Incorporation of the Alaska Telegraph
The Dalles times-mountaineer. [volume] (The Dalles, Or.) 1882-1904, 1897-07-31

From now on until all are sold, $50
cash will get large sized, fully guar
anteed Chicago cottage organ at Jacob
sen Book and Music Co., The Dalles,
Oregon. If
The Dalles times-mountaineer. [volume] (The Dalles, Or.) 1882-1904, 1897-07-31

Publicity is the greatest safeguard
against extravigance, negligence and
defalcation. Every custodian of pub
lie funds-city, county aud state
should be compelled to publish monthly y
statements of the amounts collected
and disbursed, the balance on hand
and where deposited" says an ex-
change. ibis is true and applies to
contingent funds as we'll as to all
others.
The prospects are favorable that the
coal miners will win their strike and
that wageswill be advanced. Operators
though not willing to concede every
thing the miners demand, recognize
that the miners have the best of them,
since they are unable to fill their
orders, and are also unable to operate
their mines. Whatever concessions
are made by them, however, viii be
because of necessity, and not because
of any desire to better the condition of
the miners.
Papers which have been reporting
all evidences of returning prosperity
have given prominence to the report
that the farmers of Nebraska have can
celled $50, 900, 900 of mortgages in the
last eighteen months and many were
refusing renewal of loans. 1t trans
pires that about this amount in mort
cages has been canGelled on the rec
ords but the greater portion of 1t is
Represented by cancellation by fore
closure, which is not an evidence of
returning prosperity SO much as it is
an evidence that the land is passing
out ofthe hands of the people who ara
growing more landless as time rolls on
and the soil CONTINUES t9 De mortgaged.
The Dalles times-mountaineer. [volume] (The Dalles, Or.) 1882-1904, 1897-07-31
Philadelphia

Educate Your Boss.4s- With Cascarets.
Candy Cathartic, cure constipation forever.
t0c 25c. II c. Q. O. fail, druggists refund money
The Dalles times-mountaineer. [volume] (The Dalles, Or.) 1882-1904, 1897-07-31

With a wheat crop of SIS million
bushels in sight in the United States
and an unusually light crop predicted
in all the other great grain producing
countries of the world, the prospects
OF the American farmer are bright.
The recent issue of "Bradstreet's,
which is usually very conservative in
its views as to the business future;
calls attention to the fact that the
stock of wheat in hand at present is
unusually light, being only IS million
bushels, while nearly all the great
grain producing countries OF the world
re unusually light crops this year.
ct reports, it says. from Russia,
ny, France and Hungary point
ped wheat harvests, and that
Sardly supply her home de-
ke reports from Australia
and adds: s'This
d States to the front
beat exporter under
those which ex-
hevival succeeding
We or six years
pony" The
iion to the
The Dalles times-mountaineer. [volume] (The Dalles, Or.) 1882-1904, 1897-07-31

PITTsBURG, July 29.-At 2 o'clock
this morning Sheriff Harry Lowrey
was called from his bed and asked to
send deputies to the mines of the New
York & Cleveland Gas Coal Company.
The request came from w. P. De
The Dalles times-mountaineer. [volume] (The Dalles, Or.) 1882-1904, 1897-07-31
Observation-Disclosures
.DallGS Moro
Antelope Stage Line ;:
Through by daylight via
Grass Valley, Kent an d
Cross Hollow.

Leaves Umatilla House Monday, Wednesday
and Friday. Stops made Mt all points for COM
mercial travellers.
The Dalles times-mountaineer. [volume] (The Dalles, Or.) 1882-1904, 1897-07-31
NOW IT'S A QUARTZ FIND.

Z .. n lew AmerlcAu WarSn1ES T
japanese waters wonld do no harm"
Evening star., 1897-03-06

a bag OF flour, poured out a portion of the
contents and put the bag of gold well into
the center of the bag of -four
The stage ratified of and / used nv bag
OF flour for pillow. 1 doZed off bit /
guess, and was rudely awakened by the
horses being Jerked up. The next moment
we-there were two other passengers-heard
that dreaded:
Hands upr
We didn't hesitate and up went our
arms They went through us all ard got
several dollars and a couple of watches
Then they examined the grips and looked
at the bag. L trembled they opened it
and the flour poured out. To my joy they
did not examine my bag further Finally
they departed. and 1 tied up my bag with
Feelings of profound gratitude for had they
taken the gold 1 would have been financial
ly ruined.
You've lost some of your -four mister
SAID one OF the passengers.
Yes: 1 said, but they left the most val
table flour in the bag
And truly they left $4,000 in coin. That
was the nearest 1 came to going under in
the early banking days. But for my un-
accountable nervousness, caused by premo-
milton, or whatever you may call it, which
led TO the little device of the -four bag, the
robbers would have reaped an unexpected
harvest"
Evening star., 1897-03-06
A Crows Joke.

From Meehan's Monthly.
Whether or not animals have a sense of
humor Is a difficult question to answer,
considering that no one can well interpret
the actions or expressions of these crea-
lures; yet there are occasionally Incidents
which seem to Indicate that they are cap
able of having humorous sensations. The
writer Of this paragraph once lived in the
vicinity Of a person who was fond of TAX
ing and bringing up young crows. 1t was
the custom to place a basin of water ey-
cry morning In the yard, for the young
creatures to battle in. There was usually
have the first chance at the bath. On one
occasion one succeeded in obtaining the
coveted privilege. As soon. however, as he
had finished his ablutions. he quietly jump
ed out of the basin. took the edge of the
basin in his beak and then tilted 1t over
ed away with an air Of triumph 1t was
certainly his object to play joke on his
less fortunate fellow crows. More recent
ly pair of fowls were noticed in the
highway. AS Is well known, the cock birds
often call the hens for a choice piece of
food-it may be a worm or something else
i On this occasion the hen was a long dis
tance away. The cock took small peb-
BILE in his mouth, and then gave a cluck to
| TIE hen to come and get 1t. The hen rushed
vigorously toward her lord and master.
| who then quietly dropped the pebble and
strutted away. The hen came to look for
| what she supposed was a delicious morsel,
but could find nothing among the pebbles,
where she supposed something good was
| in reserve for her. The Offering eye of the
male bird surely indicated that he thought
| he was practicing a huge joke on his life
| partner 1t was evident however, that she
| could not see the joke: and there is no
| doubt but that a curtain lecture was await
| ing him when his lordship returned.
Evening star., 1897-03-06
A sHREWD DEVICE.
There Was O Time When Banking In
Arkansas Was Rather Exciting.

There Was o Time When Banking In
Arkansas Was Rather Exciting.
From the Detroit Free Press.
Banking in the northern part of Arkansas
was a hazardous business in the early
days, and in some of the towns. where there
are no railway connections. 1t is SO still.
"When we borrowed money for our bank" :"
said a banker to a representative OF the
Free Press with whom he was talking over
old times It ,.sed to go to the neighboriEg
town and get the gold. Then had to carry
II by stage over the mountains to our
Mace. or course, took mighty good care
that no one should know. IL could help IT.
inst when 1 was to make these trips.
also KENT 1t as secret as possible what my
,easons were for going to the other town.
talking about mortgages. Investments. bus
ipess matters and everything except trans
porting gold.
"At first I would take the bag Of gold.
inst as It was given me in the bank, put it
IN the seat of the stage. place a rug over
II and use 1t for a pillow. endeavoring to
sratch q little sleep during that long night
ride. One day somehow I got nervous.
guess II was that mysterious sixth sense
scme people talk about that worried me-
ANYHOW, was Just trembling all over
when I thought Of the journey and the gold.
I never felt the least bit apprehensfve be-
fore. 30 went 70 the grocers and bought
Evening star., 1897-03-06
HER DIsaUIETING QUESTION.

EcOromy Wns All Right In It's Way.
hut She Had No Chance to Practice 1t.
Frcm the Chicago Pos:
This particular family jar was labeled
Economy" and every one knows that that
is the very worst kind
1t came when she asked for some money
to buy new gown. That is when they
usually come, and the strange feature of It
all Is that man who Is most particular
in all matters relating to the subject of
modesty in women will roar like an angry
bull at the mere suggestion of spending
money Tor her clothes. He seems to think
mat a woman can go out and find such
things growing on trees, as Eve did for
getful of the fact that he would be the first
to find fault with the costume If you don't
Deiieve IT. ask any woman who Is married.
should think" he said in this instance,
that one gown a month ought to be
enough for the wife Of a man in my posi-
tion"
1T would be too much." she replied cold
MONTHS
He was about to dispute her assertion,
but. after a rapid mental calculation, he
decided that perhaps 1t was not advisable
1T costs small fortune to run this
mousse. he asserted, intent upon making 1t
interesting for her In some way.
You pay the bills" she said, ''and do
most Of the ordering
AAC "hCCO a AttIe, Uul returned 10 tle
attack.
"The trouble is.'' he said. that you don't
know the value Of money!
DO you know why?" she asked, with a
suddenness that startled him.
"Why-why-what-'
DO you know why?' she demanded
again.
Now. Mrs. Marblehead." he said recov-
ering his self-possession, II don't want any
OF your worn-out excuses"
do you know why?" she repeated. refus-
ing to be turned from the original question.
This foolishness must end he exclaim-
ed. Il"
DO you know why I don't know the
value of money!" she persisted, at the
same time opening her purse and taking
out a solitary quarter and toying with II
suggestively.
In another minute she was alone. He had
retired Vanquished and inside of twenty
four hours he had suggested that it would
be better all round If he made her a regu-
lar allowance for household and personal
expenses, which was what she had been
trying to convince him for two or three
Evening star., 1897-03-06

than we sometimes see him. His distance
Oar nearest approach to this planet 10
when the planet 10. at the time Of opposi-
tion, in the sign Aries. about II degrees
east of the equinox. The distance from US
to the planet Is then nearly SOOOO,00o miles
less than now.
Saturn and Uranus are both morning
stars, and are very close together In the
constellation Scorpio. Saturn will be sta
tionary on the 9th Of this month, and after
that date his apparent movement in the
heevers will be retrograde, or toward the
west. The planet now rises at about 1:SO
am Neptune, invisible, Of course. Is In
Taurus, about five degrees southwest OF
Mars.
Evening star., 1897-03-06

the fierce ringing of the bell
"You-you said anything on the floor
Find it! Find it,! he thundered. Don't
dare to come back without it,"
Poor Harriet's face burned as she went
down stairs. for she knew If the professor
didn't. that the refuse wagon had called
paced up and down, with anger In his heart
against Mrs. Hodgson and her omelets.
until there was a soft. knock at the door.
which he recognized 1as Mrs. Hodgson's.
what she would doubtless call "an unfOr-
tunate accident He would let her know
| in plain terms that hers was the worst
conducted house in Lo6dohs
Come in" he roared s9'
Your book. professbf." she said. holding
1t on the floor. I picked 1t Tout of the rub
bish. thinking could do no harm. any
"Er-ah! Thank your'ri
"And have let the fooff for Saturday"
she went on in a voite which he thought
| was assumed to annoy hinh.
"Er-ah! Very well!'
! His friend observed that the museum
mutton pie on that day was especially
| good. The professor ate heartily OF It,
but was soon feeling so bad that he ccn-
| cluded to devote the remainder of the
| afternoon to searching for rooms. After
! climbing the stairs of seven different
the world landIadies were able to let such
miserable ii-kept apartments to anybody
| At one place, In a moment Of absent-mind-
! edness. he actually asked If the cook could
make good Umelets. When the landlady
| said Perfectly lovely omelets! he told
her abruptly that he wouldn't think of
taking her rooms. 1t was on his tongues
end to add that the making Of omelets was
not an art to be spoken Of lightly, when
he remembered that this was the very ex-
preston Mrs Hodgson had once used. He
determined never to utter the word omelet
again. Weary and cross. he returned To
his rooms. In the morning. noisy Harriet
robbed him Of his sleep, and he went into
Evening star., 1897-03-06

From the Medical Record.
"A good horse is never of a bad color"
so with the homer there Is no standard for
size color or shape; still. II happens that
there Is a pretty well-recognized type be-
longing to the best birds. They are of a
composite breed. having received blood
from several different sources-the "Cu-
mulet." pearl-eyed pigeon Of the tumbler
species. inclined to ny very high and long:
the ''Smerl." a round-headed small bird,
somewhat like an owl pigeon noted for its
swift flight. and the Dragon" a strong.
robust pigeon. being the most prominent
ancestors Of the present day Belgian
homer" 1t is the birds love of home and
his endeavor to reach II that we utilize for
our benefit. The young birds should not
be trained till the age of four months.
when they may be taken on successive
days a mile or two from home In different
directions; the distances may be increased
In. geometrical ratio up to 100 or 40 miles
for birds in their first seasons work.
The advantages to a practitioner In the
rural districts from the use Of this method
of messenger service can hardly he over
estimated. Take. for example, the young
wife living remote from neighbors and
expecting her confinement. By leaving two
or three birds with her. she has the COM
forting assurance that she can send word
to her physician at the rate of a mile a
minute, SO that, even before q human
messenger could reach the ONCE the doc
tor. II at home when the bird arrived,
could be ready to start. The bolting wires
on the balcony of the loft when pushed
may complete an electric circuit which
rings a bell IN the residence, thus an
%sssss the so SS DsrIs m,
passable. II Ia quite q relief to get daily
bulletins from the bedside which 1t mai
be almost impossible to reach.
Evening star., 1897-03-06
Why Men Don't Go to Church
From the New York Times.

From the New York Times.
A correspondent of the Hartford Times,
In referring to the season for the nom
attendance at religious services I'm that city
which a well-informed statfstician puts
at 1000 In a total population of 53Wo-
says the chief cause is the inability of the
poor to dress suitably for a visit to the
churches. There seems to be very much
Of truth in this. and pastors of churches in
this city and Brooklyn alike have all too
frequently heard the same reason advanced
by persons whom they have visited and
invited to their services. A weli-dressed
person whose purse strings are loosely
drawn finds himself most cordially well
coined and escorted TO a front seat in the
edtice. But to the man or woman who
seeks a church home wearing clothing that
is not of the latest cut. there is too apt to
be cold shoulder turned by the ushers
and looks OF contempt from fashionably
dressed fellow-worshipers. This is a con-
dition that exists not only in the fashion
able sanctuaries. but in those where So
cial distinctions are not supposed to be
made SO much of. Ministers and rectors
may try faithfully and earnestly to break
down barriers, but they can make little IL
any, headway in the work. and all ac-
knowledge their inability to re-create any
of the old feeling Of fellowship that once
drew strangers in cities to church congre-
cations. not only to enable them to find
congenial acquaintances, but communistic
worship according to the faith in which
they have been brought up in their homes.
1t is the clannishness of church-goers
against the man not stylishly dressed and
the woman who does not fiaunt sealskins
and diamonds that prevents the success of
and that thus drives thousands into the
arid plains of an irreligious life
Evening star., 1897-03-06
slow Literary Proa.ctie.
cngo Times Herald.

From the Chicago Times Herald.
II suppose you'll hardly believe It," said
the colonel, who is writing the Mbretto OF
a comic opera. but I began work right
after dinner last night and worked hard
till 3 O'Clock this morning on eight lines
Just eight lines
That's noA.ing." calmly remarked the
major. "A friend OF mine has been work
ing for the last six years on one sentence"
Evening star., 1897-03-06
NOT THAT MELANCHOLY:
Patient Spirit Of Job Wounded Inv /.
Brooklyn Preacher

Brooklyn Preacher.
From the New York Herald
Job sat In a secluded corner, with his
head IN his hands, and his halo was Sadly
awry.
1t seems to me- said a fellow angel.
that for a person so pleasantly situated
you are sadly in the dumps What's hap
pened to your
I'm trying not to be rebellious," remark
ed the venerable and sanity sufferer II
nave about run the gamut of Affections,
but draw the line on this"
And he held forth in his wrinkled palm
a newspaper clipping which annoauced
that Brooklyn preacher had compared
him TO Hamlet
Evening star., 1897-03-06
RWkhiA. IL In.

From the Philadelphia North American.
"You don't even dress me decently." she
cried. I'm going home to papa
"An right" replied Doolits; you might
say to him also that need new suit my
The Independent. [volume] (Honolulu, H.I.) 1895-1905, 1897-01-06
TOPICS OF The DAY.

The remarks on the question of
annexation must chill our late Envoy
to Washington to the marrow
Leading papers throughout the
United States have but little to say
about the annexation of Hawaii, and
the little that is said would reduce
the temperature in a cold storage
room. Mr.. Dole and his supporters
were never honest in their desire for
annexation until now, and now only
because they dread the task of hold
ing down the disturbing elements in
this "funny little republic" Annex
alton is looked upon as the least Of