True weeKiyuiH'OMeieT THI DALLES. - - - - OREGON. SATURDAY, - JAN. 3, 1891 The recent rains extended over the Klickitat valley and was sufficient to make the plowing good. South of us the ground is yet too dry to plow. Every thing is quiet about the freight depot, but one car has been set out in . the past week for wheat, and it was the only one called for. ' Mr. Deerhake the man who shot him sell last week is in a very - precarious condition. He may pull through, but the chances are all against him. The furniture for the board of trade rooms is in place and the board now have aa neat and comfortable a meeting place as any like association on the Coast. 1 tour car loads of cattle from Hater - City were taken off to rest here Thurs day night, being sent on, Friday eve' - ning. They were sent to the Sound and a car load of hoes was sent with them from here. Don't forget that the Chronicle gets from a column to a column and a half of dispatches daily, and many of them are in print forty hours before you find the same in the Oregonian. We get the cream of the dispatches and feel that we should receive a generous support. The sample boots and shoes being turned out of the North Dalles boot and shoe factory, are first class in every par ticular. We understand thev will put men on the road soon soliciting orders and as these come in the force will be increased.. A young lady attending the Geary -school got into an embarrassing position one day last week, says the Eugene Reguter. She slipped out and went up in the garret. While walking about she missed her footincr and pushed her feet throueh the plaster, and hung them down in the school room below. The many friends of Hon. E. L. Smith will be rained to learn that he has gradually grown worse until there little hone of his recovery. He was re moved to the hospital Saturday, and now under treatment by Dr. Henry Jones of Portland. Nearly all the trains between here and Portland are run in the night. It would be of some accommodation if freight or two would run, but as it is one freight train leaves Portland early in the moraine and gets here late at night. The present arrangement is nuisance, and in case children have to travel It becomes an outrage. Mr. Aaron Fraiier, superintendent of the public school at Dufur, is in the city, The school has made wonderful progress under his efficient management until it ranks now second to no school in the state outside of the larger cities. School will commence again Monday, and the term will open with about ninety pupils, Dufur is proud of her public school, and justly so. t Two Italians have certainly discovered a way of beating the sentence that "by the sweat of thy brow shalt thou earn t thy bread." They are both strapping ' big lazy fellows each owning a tame bear that earns a Irving for them, the bears llfllt f. CUU fc.'V VI, ....... UW...Q W..V .begging act. The whole four are unde sirable citixens . though the bears are certainly Dossessed of the better educa tion, and at least equal intelligence. The day before Christmas the Colum bia Packing Co. of this city presented the editor of this paper with a ham of their own curing.- We sampled that ham yesterday and can truthfully say that it is (or rather was) as good as any ' ever packed. It was firm, juicy, sweet, and of delicious flavor, and shows what Oregon can do in the meat packing busi ness. Chicago never sent out a better ham. Tf it il V ,.1 .J UAHA will be nothing to prevent work being ; commenced on the new water system, and it will be done immediately after the holidays. This will furnish employ ment for a large number of people and . will assist materially in keeping business moving through January and February' the dullest months of the year. Eight carloads of pipe are on hand and the work of distributing it will be commen ced probably week after next. . - The reservoir for the new , water sys tern is to be located near the old pest house in the pines. This will give it ample fall to supply under good pressure all the houses on the bluff and the needs of the city until it has multiplied in population several times. The water will be taken into the ' pipes near Mes- plie'a place on Mill creek, and it looks now as though the new system would be in operation early in the spring. The weather for the past few days has been decidedly peculiar for this side of tne mountains. The recent heavy storms at sea have evidently forced a large sized section of webfoot's own climate across the Cascades and it can not find its way back. The fog could be cut up into excellent nun's veiling, it being thick enough to cling to one's face like cobwebs in a dark cellar. It must be sadly missed on the other Bide of the range where it is not, for it is almost mist here, where it is. ' The Court house is distressingly quiet except in the way of being repaired. The county clerk, the sheriff and the ever buisy reporter unite in protesting a gainst this state of affairs. Mr. Crossen has lots of blank marriage licenses. Mr. Cates plenty of blank attachments. The combination ought to work. Besides all this the court room is being put in eleg ant shape, and the sequel to misfit affec tion can be found there. If some of our young folks or old folks either will take advantage of a dull wedding market, we will gladly give them a good send off in our columns. . Some of the mill owners in Hood Eiver are thinking seriously of building a narrow gauge railroad from that place to a point near the Elk beds. This road would be used principally for logging purposes, traversing a fine belt of timber but it would also carry passengers to the foot of Mt. Hood, and to within five or six miles of Cloud Cap Inn. This would no doubt largely increase the number of visitors to that famous resort, and would also make accessible the Coe glaciers, Lost lake and the many mag - nifleent camping places at the bane of the old mountain, Lawrence Wieland and Maria Johannes. The A. E. O. organized a lodge here Sunday night, in Odd Fellows hall. The lodge starts in with twenty-three mem bers. It is to be hoped that the authorities of Sherman county will stop the collec ting of toll on the road leading to - the Deschutes bridge. It is an outrage their citizens as well as ours. An exchange says: "Lawyers burv their mistakes in the supreme court physicians bury theirs in the graveyard. but the printers put theirs in the most public places imaginable, where everyone can see and criticise them Conpanies "A" and "C of the 3rd Regiment have issued invitations to guard mount, ana social hop at the reg imental armory on Wednesday January 7th 1861- Proffesssor Birgfield will fur nish the music for the occasion. Mrs. J. R. Warner, of White Salmon has been in town the past few days visit ing friends, and soon expects to leave for Portland, where she will make an ex tended visit with her daughter, Miss Annie Henderson. The number of tramps who came here to spend the holidays is considerably excess of the average. However, they are kept at work on the streets no great damage accrues, but it seems strange that they should prefer the warm and sheltering hospitalities of the city jail, to the wild and untrammeled freedom of the grass-covered hills Mr. and Mrs. C. W. Drew who arrived here from Quebec one week ago, were of course much surprised to find the hills covered with green grass and the ther mometer in the times, as there was two feet of snow at their home when they left, and the thermometer stand ing at 20 below. They left this morning to visit their daughter Mrs. D. E. Gil man in Gilliam county. The officers of Wasco Lodge No. No, 15 A. F. & A. M. were installed Satur day evening. December 27th, 1890, as follows: W. E. Garretson, W. M. G. V. Bolton, S. W. ; D. L. Cates, J. W. Geo. A. Liebe, treasurer: O. D. Doane, secretary; E. C. Phirman, S. D, Henry Clough. J. D. ; E. Schanno, S, S. : A. Larsen, J. S. : R. G. Closter, Tyler. How dear to this heart is the old yel low pumpkin, when orchards are barren of stuffing for pies : when peaches and apples have both been a failure and ber ries of no kind have greeted the eyes how fondly we turn to the fruit of the corn field the fruit that our children are taught to despise the old yellow pumpkin, the mudcovered pumpkin. the big bellied pumpkin that makes such good. pies. Mr. J. R. Underhill of Boyd is in the city. He informs us that several horses have died in his neighborhood recently from some unknown disease. - The an imals act as if dizzy stagger and fall and when down roll about as if drunk, Work horses are not affected, the disease only showing in the bands of stock horses' He also says that bleeding them in the forehead seems to give re lief, and that the blood coagulates at that spot, and the skin when cut looks as if it had been badly bruised. A few days ago Ole Johnson, a rancher and shingle-mill man, was working on his place near Stanwood with a long iron bar, which he used in rolling logs. At a period in his labors he plunged the sharp end of the bar into the ground, and was greatly astonished to see the tool quickly disabpear into the bowels of the earth, and a stream of clear spring water spout up from the aperture. On invest igation he found the bar had sunk into the ground about nine feet, through a hole lees than a foot in diameter, and which was surrounded by a wall of solid stone. A flagpole has been erected on the corner of the Chboniclk building, and commencing with the New Tear, weather signals will be displayed from it. The United States signal service will furnish about 8 o'clock every morning a forecast of the weather for the next twenty-four hours. Mr. Brooks the signal service officer here has kindly volunteered to see that the signals are displayed. As soon as that is done we will pnblish the meaning of the signals, and then if you want to go visiting, fishing or any where else, a glance at the flagon the Chbon icle office will tell yon what you may ex pect from the weather clerk. The Lake I.ablsh Disaster. This is the title of a little book issued by Clare Irvine, city editor of the Salem Statetman. It gives in a concise manner the history of the railroad wreck which occurred at Lake Labish on Nov. 12th ult., by which four persons lost their lives and over one hundred were injured The price of the book is ten cents and it is well worth that amount. We never realized until we saw the book how great the disaster wasdisaster typograph ical we mean. It bears the imprint of an impecunious country printer,evidently with an amateur outfit, and his slaughter of everything in the way of art or style in the way of workmanship is absolutely heart rending. . As a first-class sample 'country blacksmith" job work the book is worth sending for. Kitreme Low Water. The Covvallu Timet rises with this re mark : The Willamette river is lower than ever before known at this season of the year. Yesterday Max Friendly's logging outfit consisting of a wagon and three yoke of oxen forded it about a mile and a half above this citv and the driver didn't get a drop of water on himself. The like has never been known in December. In this city Dec. 29th the infant child of Mr. and Mrs. Stone. Sunday. Dec. 29. 1890. at Portland. nfant son of Mr. and Mrs. S. S. Johns. In this city Sunday Dec. 29th. Ed ard Angel, aged about 23 years. The funeral took place this afternoon at Eight mile. Mr. Angel came here re cently to assist in caring for members of his family who were sick with Typh oid fever. Aa they recovered he was stricken down, and passed away a vic tim of that disease. The natural gas in the vicinity of Pitts burg is said to be giving out. The lead ing company engaged in supplying natural gas to consumers, cleared nearly one-half million dollars last year, yet the stock is falling very fast in value. If the supply fails, the plant will be worth little or nothing to the stock holders, t , fields are ail sweat with hay. The brakes are ail bathe withsnng, ' On the hedges rase garlands sway, Oocrrolruius earners t&rong, . Aa shoes' , and tattered, and grimy, aad grsy, - He shuffles along. skylark sings Ugh above, A thrash from yon hanging bough. Far away hi the wood a dove; Bat he passes with acowung brow. Their melodies oace he was wont to love; He hates them now. Hates all; save the sheltering night. When under a bank he creeps, And Sqnalor is out of sight, And Hunger its distance keeps. And immockrrt by the birds and the meadows bright. His misery sleeps. New York Tribune. Aa Affecting Incident. The conflagration of the scaffolds in tended for fireworks for the celebration of the marriage of Louis AVI is gener ally known. Amidst the distracted multitude pressing on every side, tram pled under the horses' feet, precipitated into the ditches of the Rue Royale and the square, was a young man, with a girl with whom he was in love. She was ' beautiful; their attachment had lasted several years; pecuniary causes had delayed their union; but the follow ing day they were to be married. For a long time the lover, protecting his be trothed, keeping her behind him, cover ing her with his own person, sustained her strength and courage. But the tu mult, the cries, the terror and peril every moment increased. "I am sink ing, " she said; "my strength fails. 1 can go no further." "There is yet a way!" cried the lover in despair; "get on my shoulders." He feels that his advice has been followed. and the hope of saving her whom he loves redoubles his ardor and strength. He resists the most violent concussions; with his arms firmly extended before his breast he with difficulty forces his way through the crowd; at length he clears it. Arrived at one of the extremities of the place, having set down his precious burden, faltering, exhausted, fatigued to death, but intoxicated with joy, he turns round. It was a different person! An other, more active, had taken advantage of his recommendation. His beloved was no morel New York Ledger. . Jnak an Ordinary Woodchuek Log, When I was a boy my father had a fine field of clover, and he discovered that wood chucks were making sad havoc with it. On the field was a log, and near the lot; the destruction was the eatest. My father told me I must kail those woodchucks. I went to the field a number of times, but could not get a shot at them. ' I came to the conclusion that I must use a little strategy; so one morning I went to the field before light. With my gun both barrels loaded with a heavy charge of BB shot. I got in a position where I could take a range of the log lengthwise. As it began to grow light the wood- chucks began to gather for their morn ing frolic They mounted the log, sat np and looked around to see there was writhing to disturb them. When I thought the log was nearly covered with them I pulled both barrels at once. The gun kicked me over. When I got up there were no woodchucks to be seen. I went to the log and picked up fourteen dead woodchucks, and it wasn't any great log for woodchucks, either. Bos ton Becord. Bat Office Cats Axe Very Useful. We have edited a newspaper for sev eral years, and in that time we have re ceived propositions to advertise goods on shares, to advertise and take the pay in pitls, in trees, in flowers, in free tickets, have even had opera house managers AtmtLnA advertisements as a matter of news, and then demand pay for admis sion or no go; but it remained for an enterprising merchant of Temple to cap the chinax with his proposition. He has a lot of strayed animals, and after Minting around and suggesting "news" items that would contain some reference to the lost animals, he finally proposed to advertise for them if we would take the pay in cats. Temple Times. Her Regard for Propriety. A gentleman on a 'cycling tour staid t night at a prim old lady's cottage, the inns being fulL He was very deaf, and took care to impress the fact on his host- i, with instructions that some one most enter his room to wake him at a particular time in the morning. Wak ing of nfmanlf some time later he found that the old lady, with creditable regard for propriety, had slipped under his door a note inscribed: 'Sir. it is half-past 7!" London Tit- Bits. Simple Safegwards oa Kleetrio Railways. M. C Sullivan suggests in The Elec trical Engineer that a very wise and sim ple precaution will be the supplying to each car operated by electricity of a pair of rubber gloves, insulated pliers and nippers, and suitable inscriptions to indicate their use. These may possibly be the means of preventing delay and Inconvenience, and of obviating serious results in case of accidents. The greatest measure of variability in the matter of lopped ears is to be found amnng dogs. Spaniels, setters, pointers, bloodhounds, beagles and foxhounds all have long, pendulous ears; bulldogs, ter riers, collies and greyhounds droop only the tips of their ears; the spits has erect ears, while mastiffs and many other breeds have short, pendulous or semi pendulous ears. The elephant probably came of' an an cestral stock that had erect ears, bat for ages past there has been no creature powerful enough to cause it alarm, and for want of exercise the .muscles which move the ear have lost tone and wasted away, leaving the ear to lop or hang Directly one enters a room there is a either of cheer or the reverse. After leaving tne apartment one may not be able to teU how it was furnished. vat every one knows the effect pro duced. An Illuminated Fountain. The apparatus employed in the electric fountain in Lincoln park, Chicago, is quite simple. A number of arc lamps with horizontal carbons and each provid ed with a parabolic reflector are located in a vault or cavern beneath the fountain pooL Openings covered by plate glass and inclosed by brick spouts, permit of the upward projection of the light into the streams of water and spray. By means of colored glass slides interposed between the lamp and the lower open ings in the spouts a great variety of beau tiful combination effects are secured. Western Electrician. Quinine is robbed of its bitter taste by combining it with sugar of milk and some bicarbonate of soda. . Capsicum, ginger or other aromatirs are also used in combination with quinine to prevent its disagreeable head symptoms and for other valuable improvement in its ad ministration. The badger is by no means unworthy of being taken as an emblem. He is a very plucky, persistent little animal not so industrious as the beaver, perhaps, but capable of a great deal of endurance, and sufficiently brave in his own defense, though ordinarily quiet and inoffensive. I James Wilson and John Martin, resid i Ins near Edwardsville. went to New Al bany recently to procure a coffin in which to bury James Bouth. On their return from the city the heavy rain ! storm came up, and the sky became so I dark that they were unable to see the road ahead of them, and they trusted to j their horses to take them safely along ! the dangerous highway. ! At the point where the storm overtook 1 them the road winds around the high ! hills, and in many places passes near j high precipices. The rain was pouring down in torrents, and it was only when the lightning flashed they were enabled to see the road at alL Suddenly there was a brilliant flash of lightning, followed by a deafening peal of thunder, which stunned the men and seemed to stagger the horses. Before thev could recover from the shock the horses and wagon fell over a precipice, and all went down a distance of 110 feet. Some men who were passing heard the cries of distress and went to their assist- . a i , . a ance. 1 oev iouna tne men ana tne horses and wagon in a deep hollow, more than one hundred feet below where the road passes the top of the precipice. Wilson was almost unconscious, while his companion lay near him bruised and bleeding. One of the horses was dead and the other so badly crippled that it had to be killed. The wagon and the coffin were both smashed to pieces. The men were gotten out of the place and taken to their homes. Wilson is the most seriously injured, and it is thought he cannot live. Martin's injuries are of a serious nature, and his recovery is matter of considerable doubt. Louis ville Commercial. What It Costs to Live In a Hotel. The boarding house habit seems to be continually on the decrease in New York and new restaurants spring up in every direction. As soon as a new hotel with gorgeous appointments is opened hun dreds of the curious in matters ' gastro nomic go thither to dine. As soon as fashionable ten story apartment house is opened there are scores of families eager to pay high rates for its shelter. The hotels this season are unusually crowded and prices for permanent lodg ing are enormous. A man of my ac quaintance recently asked the proprietor of a well known hotel on Fifth avenue what would be the price per week to himnpif and his family four persons in all for a moderate sized suite of rooms. The price named was nearly $200 week. That was an old established house, however. The new ones are charging less for the purpose of having all apartments occupied before May 1 when new contracts with lodgers will be made. New York Star. The Browning Society Still Lives. The flyaway squibs on the decline of Boston interest in Browning that have appeared in certain papers chiefly in the funny columns could not be better refuted, if they were worthy of refuta tion at all, than by the gathering of Browning lovers at the Hotel Brunswick. Over 130 members of the Boston Brown ing society came together in the large parlor of the Brunswick for the first meeting of the society after its summer recess, and had an in teres ting and en thusiastic meeting. There was a brief business meeting at which eight new members were elected. The society has taken up for its enter tainment and study this winter the great poet's longest and most elaborate work, "The Ring and the Book." Bos ton Advertiser. Polled a Tooth for a Princess. Dr. William C. BoswelL a young and skillful dentist, who, coming from Balti more, located in London last spring, had the honor of pulling a tooth from the royal mouth of the fair Princess Maud of Wales last week. It was a wisdom tooth and it hated to let go. The prin cess screamed like a locomotive. Dr. Boswell got 10 ($50) for the job, and of course the advertisement is a priceless one. As for the royal tooth, the- doctor has mounted it and enshrined it in a vel vet case. Eugene Field in Chicago News. C Child Suicides. The Medical and Surgical Reporter is authority for the statement that from Jan. 1 to Sept. 1, 1890, 63 children 46 boys and 16 girls committed suicide in Berlin. Of this number 24 had attained the age of 15, 14 their 14th year, 9 their 13th, while 7 were only 12 years of age and 1 had not attained the age of 7. In most of the cases the immediate cause for the act remains a secret, but it is supposed to have been due to exceptional severity on the part of servants or teach ers. The Trouble With, a Pipe. The rise in cigars is producing a resort to the pipe. The smoker will probably reconcile himaplf to the difference, but the one behind the smoker will . lament the change. When you smell, a cigar you smell that cigar only. . When a pipe favors you it gives you not only itself but a feeling reminiscence of all its pred ecessors. Exchange. . Respectable Poverty. Miss Baqne Bey I nnderstuod you to say, mamma, that the Emersons were wealthy. Mrs. Baque Bey Are they not? Miss B. B. I should say not Every body at church today had on new fall spectacles, except Miss Emerson. She wore her summer glasses. Cape Cod Item. - . A Turtle Stops a Cotton Mill. . The Barnard mill was stopped for an hour or so Monday. The machinery was all right, but a curious mud turtle had wandered up the feeding pipe of the engine, causing a cessation of. work. Fall Biver Globe. Cul Bono. Amateur Photographer What do you think? I have become so expert that can catch a cannon ball in its flight. Layman No use. There's no money in baseball nowadays. Good News. Her Reward. .Pretty Aspirant What must I do to win fame as an actress? The Dramatist Study hard for about five years, day and night; work your way up for five more and then P. A. (breathlessly) And then? - The Dramatist And then you may be asked to sign a soap testimonial, or get your picture in the tobacco b tores. Pittsburg Bulletin. Seventy-five thousand baskets hold 15,000,000 oysters. Multiply that by 243, the number of days in Cbe oyster season, and we have the enormous amount of 3,630,000,000 oysters eaten in the metropolitan district every year. Besides this the oystermen say that the local traffic uses nearly one-third as many clams in the course of a year, or 1,210,000,000. New York Letter. The revenue cutter Bush, late from a northern Pacific tour, brought home a walrus skin over fourteen feet long. It was captured by some junior omcers on Walrus island, and will be sent to the Smithsonian institution at Washington, where, after being properly prepared, it will form one of the Alaskan exhibits at the World's Fair. THE IMPORTANCE OF CARING PROP ERLY FOR BABY'S COLD. A Boaae Society for Girls The National Council of Women The Women oi Kansas Beading Browning; in Mossa ehnsette Women in Hotels. . . ,, . . . ... At this season the temperature is ha - , , . ... , nn jjf - , a . t jt 6 be succeeded by wintry blasts at night. 1 It is therefore very difficult to arrange the clothing of a little child so as to pro - uioviuLmug ov" i tect it properly from these sudden changes, and colds are almost inevitable. A baby's cold is often a very distressing matter to the mother. She knows how liable an apparently harmless cold is to become a fatal infl.iiniii.ition of tho lungs. No cold of an infant should for a moment be neglected. See at once that the child is thoroughly protected by flannels, if it is not so already. Notice especially that tho feet ore kept in warm, woolen socks or hose, which must be secured so that they cannot be kicked off. Greasing the baby's nose with a little mutton tallow and rubbing in a drop or two of camphor certainly relieves a cold in the head, although it is an old wife's remedy. If the baby shows any hoarseness lose not a moment, but lay on the chest a flannel cloth dipped in sweet oil, or rubbed thick with mut ton tallow, over which a tablespoonful of camphor has been sprinkled. Heat this greased and camphorated cloth and apply it as hot as it can be borne, cover ing it with a piece of dry flannel to re tain the heat and to keep it from greas ing the child's clothing. Before this cloth is cold replace it by another hot one. After such treatment a child will often fall asleep and wake up entirely recovered. If the hoarseness continues, however, or shows any signs of growing worse, a physician should be summoned at once, as moments of a baby's sickness lire equivalent to hours i:i grown persons' illness. Tho r.tvwiisest child requires the tenderest and most unremitting car to bring it through . infancy strong and sound, without any organic weakness, which may dcvclox in after years. When the child's cold settlis ia the bowels nothing U bettor tliau au ;li cation of flutiueh wring ont in li:t liquor. laid v:-r me b.oiiiac.i ami u domen. and covered wi.j drv flannel. New York Tribnne. A Ilonic Soi-l t v f r Cirls. At last New Yor ij tr have a home a free, respecUiLlo American home. where young women out of employment can find shelter, sympathy and substan tial aid. The institution is to be the same sort of a place as a public school, with no more charity, religion, politics or restriction, and will be supported and maintained by the French Evangelical church of the city of New York. The certificate of incorporation has been filed in the county clerk's office and the work of establishment will begin at once, the board of managers including Mrs. Lena Roberts, Mrs. Caroline Lecoultre, Mrs. Marie Grosjeans, Mrs. Emilie Swyeffort, the Rev. H. L. Grandlienard and Mr. J, E. Roberts. The Young Women's Home society will provide unemployed young women whose occupation is that of a teacher. maid or domestic with a pleasant home and good board. Medical attendance will be furnished the sick, decent and comfortable clothing provided for the needy, together with financial aid, good counsel and friendly support and encour agement. The needs of the girl will be sufficient plea for admission, and, as in the regulation of a public hotel, good conduct will serve as a guarantee of good character. The catechising to which the applicant will be subjected is in tended for industrial use only, in order to acquaint the examiner with her ability. Suitable and profitable employment will be found for her without any charges or fees whatever. Intended to benefit the French girl directly, it is not decisive whether other nationalities will be debarred from the Evileges of the home. There is some id in New York city for a dozen just such organizations as the Home society promises to be. New York World. The National Council of Women. The National Council of Women of the United States, organized in the sprinir of 1888, will hold the first of its triennial meetings in February, 1891, in Albaugh's opera house, in Washington. It will last four days, including seven public sessions. Eleven of the most important national organizations of wpmen in the country have entered the council. As soon as any organization enters the council, its president becomes an acting vice presi dent in the council, and it has also the right to appoint one person to represent it on the executive board. This board includes the general officers of the coun cil, together with the presidents of all organizations belonging to it, and one delegate besides its president from every organization. The corresponding secretary of the council, Mrs. May Wright Sewall, 343 North Pennsylvania street, Indianapolis, wiu gladly answer all inquiries ad dressed to her, and will see that every provision is made for the appropriate representation on the programme of all departments of work in whose prosecu tion the women of the country nave ef fected national organizations. It is hoped that women interested in women's wots win resnonti to tuis can and give the aid necessary to render the first triennial meeting worthy or tuo oD jects in whose behalf the National Coun cil was formed. Kate ileid s washing- ton. The Women of Kansas. There are hundreds of bright women and girls who have taken up claims in the western part of the state and lived on them until they got a deed for the land. There are hundreds of women in the state who manage to keep men de pending on them from going hungry; there are hundreds of women who can do anything a. man can do, has ever done or ever tried to do, and there are hundreds of women in Kansas who want equal rights with men. The signa'are that what they ask will -be conceded them. They have taken charge of the public schools, and no state in tho Union has better. They are members of school boards, county and city superintendents and teachers. They lead in the educa tional and prohibition movement. They are making no noisy or threaten ing clamor for equal rights. They ::re simply showing by what they do that they are the equal of man and that the ballot in their hands v.-ouJ not only be safe, but wisely usad for t'-ia b;tbteri:nt of the people and development of a state that is coming to the front witli .--.ater strides than any other in the Union. Kansas Cor. Chicago Tribune. Beading Browning in Massachusetts. The most devoted end uncompromis ing worshipers of Robert Browning live in Springfield, and, of courEa. they are womenv They gathered at llio home of well known lawyer, and listened with rapt and soulful attention to selections from the great poet as read hy the law yer's wife. At length the reader paused the part of the audience. "It is exquis ite," murmured the Browningites in concert, and the reading proceeded. Again the hostess paused, solicitous, and asked her guests if they were sure they liked it. "Oh, yes," was the chorus, "it is beautiful." "But do you understand it?" asked Mrs. Lawyer; "I can't make anything out of it." "Why, yes, we I comprehend it perfectly," was the assur- i ance, "and it is so delightful that we 1 ,',,., . . , " " , ' I would like to hear some more. Then the wicked reader coolly informed the enthusiasts that she had been reading the poems backward for half an hour. rri. . r .1.;.. ...i ..i i i , a . j. learned on inquiry of almost any mem ber of Springfield "society." Springfield (Mass.) Homestead. Women in Hotels. "The most desperate creature on earth," said the clerk of a well known uptown hotel, "is a woman from out of town in a hotel bedroom on a wet Sunday. There is absolutely nothing to do, the confinement is almost intolera ble, and the isolation of her lot is made unusually painful by the fact that so much is going on all around her from which she is debarred. Men come to town with their wives or daughters. leave them at 7 in the morning, and go off to attend to business. The ramifica tions and extraordinary character of the 'business' undertaken by rural visitors is one of those things which no man can accurately gauge. It is certain, howev er, that the western merchants are out of the hotel pretty much all the time from 8 in the morning till 13 at night. Sometimes they come in to take their meals with the women of their party, but not infrequently they leave them entirely to their own resources." New York Letter. A Pen Picture of a Well Known Woman. une day last -week a customer in one of the large Brooklyn dry goods stores stood waiting for her turn to be served and idly watching the woman who was claiming the attention of the clerk at the moment. There was nothing about her to attract a second glance. She looked to be close upon 60 years of age, her hair was very gray, though not white, and a pair of large, rather dark eyes looked out from a colorless, unimpressive face. In figure she was short and "mall, and the black costume she wore was simple to plainness. Yet when she gave her name and address for a parcel to be sent it was realized that this little woman of insignificant appearance was one whose name eighteen years ago was in every body's mouth from one end of the coun try to the other, and whose personality at that time was almost as well known as her name. She was Mrs. Theodore Tilton. New York Times. Pullman's Pretty Daughters. Two dashing young women these. They are the Misses Pullman, of the world. I say of the world, because, while their home is in Chicago, they know as many people in Boston, New York, London, Paris and Vienna as in the Lake city They walk as erectly as grenadier guards. They are superbly dressed, but their clothing is not in any sense loud. They are both tall, being pretty nearly six feet in height; have rosy cheeks, clear skin and constitutions made strong by judicious work in the gymnasium. They are seen very often at the opera in this city, go to the thea tre frequently and are known in many of the best houses on Fifth avenue. They spend their time at the Windsor hotel, and whenever they visit this city their society is eagerly besought by young men of the best families. New York Cor. Chicago News. Boston Women. All the women of Boston do not wear gig lamps and calf shoes and carry broad cloth reticules bulging with manu scripts and leaflets of transcendental philosophy. Anna Whitney is the vice president of the St. Bernard club, of Massachusetts, and knows aa much about dogology and dogdom as any breeder in the country. She can size up a dog at a glance. At the recent dog show in Detroit, Mich., Miss Whitney was one of the judges. As understood by this canine connoisseur. "Go to the dogs" is not a saw, but a proverb." . In stead of a reproach, she claims the mean ing has been distorted by abbreviation. "Go to the dogs for a lesson in patience, love, fidelity and sagacity" is her inter pretation of the old adage. Exchange. Mrs. Tanderbilt's Change of Heart. Mrs. Frederick Vanderbilt is credited with an effort to bring back summer country life in her world to the simplic ity which means summer rest. Last season at Newport she wore cool', and simple toilet with few ornaments, she turned her children out to play in the plainest and most serviceable garments, she invited guests to quiet pleasures; and set her whole life to the key of un ostentatious comfort and leisure. It is said that her missionary labors resulted in some conversions from the painful worship of Mammon. Harper's Bazar. A Girl at the Throttle. Miss Nellie Tetreau, who resides at Lumpkin, has proved herself an expert at handling the lever on one of the im mense road engines used for hauling logs into the saw mills. Miss Tetreau is not more than 14 years of age,' and her courage in the line mentioned is something remarkable. She steered the mammoth engine and wagon through the woods and up and down the hills with a dexterous hand. She surprised the men at the mill with her aptness, and conducted the engine as well as any man could. Oroville (CaL) Mercury. Some Complexion Tints. The cold winds of autumn make the following advice very seasonable: Rose water and brandy is recommended for roughness caused by walking or driving in the wind.- Another skin tonic is al cohol and water. The white of an egg beaten well, five grams of alum in five grams of sweet almond oil, is said to be a sure remedy for wrinkles. One teaspoonful of carbolic add in a pint of rose water is an excellent remedy for pimples. Strong tea will darken the eyelashes, we are told, while sage tea makes the hair dark, and cream made by pint of glycerine and six ounces of lime water will, when rubbed thor oughly into the hair, make it glossy and keep the scalp clean. New York Jour nal. Springfield' Jfu Springfield, Mass., is to have a direc tory of nurses. The board of registra tion will consist of two from the trustees and two from the medical staff of the hospital, who will pass upon each appli cant. The manager will know the loca tion of every nurse; those unemployed can be reached at short notice, and both the sick and the nurse will be benefited through the convenience of the directory. Mrs. G. A. Nichols is one of the hospital trustees on the board of registration. Boston Woman's Journal. The Influence of Beading. Seventeen ' years ago Miss Ticknor, of Boston, having been often appealed to to direct the reading of young girls, founded a society to encourage home study. This society, including at first half a dozen names, now has a member ship of 524 active students, whose intel lectual work is planned and simplified Dealers in Farm Implements and THH! DALLES, OR. UNCLE SAM We call Special Attention to our Stock of Gang Plows, which are TJnequaled in this market. Sold y-N-w-k AnnTP n-mvi c ftyi1 Q T.lTQT0 1 T.icnnTit crivATi tn R-nrvr nassri Rmrpy? HsU COMPLETE Stoves, Ranges, Tinware, House Furnishing Goods, Carpenters,' Blacksmiths' and Farmers' Tools, Fine Shelf Hardware, Cutlery, Shears, Scissors, Razors, Carvers and Table Ware, and Silverware. Pumps, Pipe, Plumbers' and Steam Fitters' Supplies, Pack ing, Building Paper, Sash, Doors, Shingles, Terra Cotta Chimney, Builders' Hardware, Lanterns and Lamps. SPECIAL AND. EXCLUSIVE AGENTS FOR. Charter Oak Stoves and Ranges, Acorn Stoves and Ranges, Bellville Stoves and Ranges, Boynton Furnaces, R. J. Roberts' "Warranted" Cutlery, Meriden Cutlery and Table Ware, The Grand Oil Stoves, Anti Rust Tinware. Goulds and Moline Power and Hand Pumps. All Tinning, Plumbing, Pipe Work and RepaipC, Will be Done on Short Notice. ABRAMS 174, 176. 178. ISO. Brooks & Beers,. . ' - The Dalles, Or. . ' JOBBERS JliTJD DEALERS IUST , STilPltEandFflfiGYGriOGERlES; , ;"V ' .. - - P-: ', V' ..; -Hardware, Flour, Bacon, Etc. Headquarters for . T:as, Coffees, Dried . Fruit, Canned Goods Etc. New Brands of Choice Gro ceries Arriving Daily. Hay Grain and Produce. Of all Kinds Bought, and Load Lots, at Lowest Market Rates. Free deliv ery to Boats and Cars and all Parts of th,e City. 300AND304 SECOND STREET. " ' Snipes & Leading Druggists Dealers In Wall Paper, COAL and PI N E TAR, Artists Material, Imported I(ei We 12 Q Second Street, c. STUB LI NO, PrOPfIETOH Gefmania Beef Mfi The Keeps on Draught COLUMBIH BRGWERY B8ER, WINES, LIQUORS AND New - Umatilla - House, THE DALLFSj OREGON. HANDLEY& SINNOTT. PROP'S. THE LARGEST AND FINEST HOTEL IN 0RIG0N. Ticket and Baggage Office of the O. K. & X. Union Telegraph Office are in the Hotel. Fire-Proof Safe for the Safely of all Valuables. Mielftv GANG PLOW. and TlTamine OUT Stock. .PILLOON BROS. STOCK OK & STEWART. SECOND STREET. Sold at Retail or in Car Kinersly, and Domestic (Jig. The Dalles, Oregon. KEY WEST CIGARS. Company, and office of the Western