the new Age, jportijAnd, oiiegon. TOPICS OF THE TIMES. Of tlic building of Cnrnegle libraries It would appoaf Unit there In do end. colonization might perhaps bring about that "blostjoinlng like the rose" which penal colonization Is unable to effect. American Mormons are reported tnaklng many conversions In Europe. Assimilation, as it were. Arrangements should bo made to tilde the cup. Lord Dunravon threat ens to come over again and try for It. Admiral Dewey was only used to con tests with guns or swords. NafJvally, Cupid's arrows were too much fur him. Should It bo true more birds wings than over are worn as millinery, it's only a feat'joflii the hats or the ladles one way. There Is some hope for the nobility of Km; '.and. Two members have gonu to work one as an actor and the other as 11 newspaper man. It will be noticed that the countries with the biggest coal piles llrltnln oud America--are the great manufac turing nations of the earth. In the Cornhlll Mr. Paget gives an account of the early rising habits of the Imperial court of China. "At 2 a. in. every morning the halls of audi ence are opened, and at U a. in. the cabinet councils nre held." "The court entertainments take place at a a. in., and at 10 a. in. the work of the Km peror's day Is over." The British Med ical .Tourmil, commenting on this, states that the habit of early rising which Is regarded by so many elderly people as a virtue Is In reality to bo traced to physical and not to moral causes. "To be drowsy In the evening and wakeful In the early morning Is rather characteristic of age and Is prob ably to be attributed to the hardening of the arteries and the less ready ac tion of the vaso-motor system." This sign of degeneration Is crystallized as a characteristic of the body politic In China. Bum ii f. Mnke Your Deposits With the COMMERCIAL HANK capital, $:.o,aoo,: Responsibility, fioo.coo. Hoard of directors: Gen. Thcii. M. AndorVon, . I,. Iloise, a. M. licnril, Lieut. C, II. Mnrtln, Henry Christ, interest paid on time deposits. SAVINGS DEPARTMENT-DcpoMts received In Mimol One Dollar and upwards, tnterest credited rciiil-aimnnllv. 8. M. Ilcnrd, President; Gen. Tlios. M. Anderson, Vice-President! A. HossAck, Cashier. TjlIRST NATIONAL DANK c.D- BOWLES ATTORNEY-AT-LAVf. VANCOUVER, WASH. OF VANCOUVER, WASH. Charles Brown, prcldcnt. L. M. Hidden, vice president, K. I.. Canby, cashier. If It Is true that no man Is a hero to his wife, Admiral Dewey has reduced the number of his ardent admirers by entering the marriage state. For that matter It only adds Insult to Injury to say that a Chinaman who Iiad his queue cut off should go to one of tliu retaining stores In Chinatown. It'H not known whether tho porter will try to work a compromise In that effort to abolish tips on railroads, lint ns n principle he believes In give ami take. The discovery of men who court, wed mid swindle numerous women are be coming iiilte frequent. So long as women will rush Into marriage with rtrangers this form of fraud will con tinue. The heirs or the author of David Ilariim have been paid .$12,01)0 In royal ty on the book. That's nothing. Jef fries jjcit ?.riU,(M)() for an hour and a Imlfsjob. A gay Lot Initio pledged his troth w'th two wldodws and made matrimonial tlntes with them both at the same place and hour. They waited In vain. Probably hu believed misery loves company. As has been suspected all along, the "kissing bug" nonsense that spread over the country last summer was tailed by a couple of yellow newspa pers lit the I'Jasi. 'Die men wuo in vented the story have confessed. There will be quite a saving of time ami Ink In writing the number of next year In Unman numerals, It will be RIC.M. This year Is MDCCOXOIX, ami even that does not take so many letters ns 1RSS MDCOCLXXXVIII-the most literary year, If wo may so "put It, In two millennia. Hlcyelo enthusiasm, which reuehed Its highest mark in 1S1XJ and 1M)7. Is now distinctly on the decline. It wis predicted then and the universal favor with which the wheel was regarded Justified the belief that It would con tinue to grow In favor and become an established Institution. Within certain limits It will undoubtedly do so. It Is not now tho exacting and absolute fashion, and hence loses that great de mand. It has fallen to the prosaleal place of a practical convenience and utility. The enthusiasm of fashion able rivalry has vanished and as n measure of recreation Its use has largely fallen away. It has been found that the wheel has Its Inconveniences and dangers, and Is not altogether the health promoter that was urged at one time. Still It remains for many thou sands, and possibly hundreds of thou sands, an Inspiriting and protltable ex ercise. Hut the novelty has worn off, the fashion craze has gone and tho wheel Is simply regarded from a prac tical standpoint with a legitimate ami limited demand. rplIE BAZAAR DRY GOODS, FURNISHING GOODS, HATS. One Prleo to All. ri HILL A A. WATSON lj. AUCTIONEERS. arlcty Store. Household goods, blankets. VANCOUVER .... shoes and - WASH. TEW EUREKA MARKET ALBRIGHT A MARSH, Proprietors. Dealers In FRESH AND CURED MEATS. 0! LEADING BUSINESS FIRMS OF EASTERN OREGON. THIRST NATIONAL HANK, THE DALLES, OR. X J. 8. Schenk, Pres.j 11. M. Heal, Cashle.. A Reneral batiklnp business transacted. ...ii, rn..,it.ni! iiiitit to Lht draft or el Collections nisdo and proceeds promptly re mitted on day ot collect nn. HlKht ami tele graphic exchange sold ou New Urk, San Iran olsco ui ul Portland. Dc- or check. r ALSTON A CO. F RENCH A CO., BANKERS THE DALLES, OR. J." HARVEY Lessee ol City Light Plant. A full line of electric supplies always on hand. Lighting nt lowest possible tutus. J. R. HARVEY. A D. EASTHAM DENTIST. Room 3, Wlnttcr Ulock, cor. Main and 5th Sts. RACKET STORE Posloftlcu Mock. Fine stationery, notions, Jewelry, ladles' am! Jilts' furnishing goods. cunt T D. MAYER Dry and Fancy Goods, Notions, Millinery. Cloaks, Capes and Wrappers. All mall or. Kid Gloves Fitted to the hand, era given prompt attention. Cor. Main and Fifth Sts pEORGE H. ECKARD Proprietor of IMPERIAL BOTTLING FACTORY and dealer In Fine Wines. Liquors, Vancouver Hottlcd Beer, Pure Ice, Cigars, Tobaccos, Pipes, etc. IT RANK EICHENLAUB Popular Clothier. Merer) tint Tailor. Hntlcr, Furnisher and VANCOUVER. WASH. MR. SPARKS-DEALER IN SHELF AND . Heavy Hardware. Tabic and Pocket Cut .cry, Stoves, Tinware, (imnitcwate, Flshliu; Tackle, Guns ami Ammunition, Pruning Tools', faints, Oils, etc., Vancouver, Wittli. D. M. French. J. W. French. J. C. Hostetler, Cashier. T HE CELEBRATED COLUMBIA BREWERY AUGUST BUCHLEIt, Prop. Dealers In rurntture, Carpels, Wall Paper and Shades.' Undertaking Goods. ' LA GRANDE, OR. P. BASCHE Dealer In Hardvvaro nml Mining Suppll, Stoves, ware, Cutlery and Guns, Tin HAKER CITY, OREGON. This well-known brewery Is now turning put the best Beer and Porter cast ol tho Cascades. Tho latest appliances for the inamlfacturu of good healthful Deer have been Introduced, and only the llrst-class article will be placed on the market. East Second Street THE DALLES, OR. ARMY AND NAVY-CHOICE WINES, LIQ. unr ami Cigar. Vancouver Mar Brewery Beer on Draught. Private Parlors for Ladles. John N. Klein, Proprietor, (or. Seventh and Reserve Sts., Vancouver, Wash. The completion of a telephone line 3,700 miles long and reaching from Detroit to Houston In Texas should prove a great public convenience. Ity Kolug to Detroit anyone having a row on with a Texan can tell the latter Just what lie thinks of him with satisfac tion and safety. The armored train Is an element of iitrcngth to the force that controls It and at Hie same time It Is a ticklish tiling to run and to trust to, for It would take but little to throw It off tho rails or to blow It Into the air with dynamite or other explosive, In either went spreading carnage among Its oc cupants. Then again, It Is both a gain find a detriment to the army which depends upon It, Inasmuch as while it makes an almost Impregnable cover for the soldiers ,lts frequent use soon renders these soldiers very poor light ers In the open. A lleiiln paper says that "(lie Amer icans begin earnestly to think of the political and economical annexation of Booth America." Another (iermaii newspaper says that "the suspicious doings or the Americans" In South America 'Vhoiild be watched careful ly." The London Saturday Itovlcw, a consistent hater or America and all things American, asserts that "the dream of the rar-seelng American to day Is 'South America for the North Americans.' " All of which Is as amus ing as the runniest "piece" In the ftiu tilcM of the comic papers. never iiiet an American who would have this rouiitry take the whole or any part of South America as a gift. Did you? After a review or the origin of that penal Institution a writer In I.a Itevue de Paris gives the number of exiles sent from Kusslu to Siberia. Micro were 1)00,000 from 17." I to IStll ,-U3.ofl riom JSdl to 1SSS, and Kt'J.OOO from ISSN u 1MW. He states that the system has given Siberia a proletariat that lives In mendicity, vagabondage, ami crime. 'Transportation gives lltt'o correction to the criminals and exerts no civiliz ing littltience ou Siberia, nor does It add to the security or society." That has been olllclally admitted by Hie t'zar's government by the decree of May IS, 1MM, which adopted the principle that tiausportatloii to Siberia should be lim ited, and established a commission to devise a way of encouraging a prollt able colonization for Siberia. Siberia Is not the sterile region that tho novel ist mid dramatist picture It. The laud cut nourish 60,000.000 men, and fritc When It conies to averaging the num ber of crimes commuted by men and women, the statistician demonstrates pretty clearly that the men are much worse than the women. Some modern sociologists have ventured to assert that the women were quite the equal of men In the Held of criminality, but this appears to be a mistaken Idea. I'rof. Mcntcgaza lias made a study of tills matter and gives his conclusions In an article published by the Ilumaul taiiaii. Ills statistics are quite elabo rate ami equally as convincing, show ing plainly that women occupy a high er plane of morals than that held by the men. As these statistics are of un usual Interest, covering a question much mooted Just at present, some of them are given here, as follows: Man hears fnlse witness 100 times to a vv oinairs seventeen. Man for forgery and counterfeit coin ing was convicted 100 times to a woman's eleven. In Franco women are summoned lie- fore the ti Minimis four times less than men. In France hi 1SS0 women delinquents were fourteen to 100 men. In Italy in the same year they were only 0 per cent. In KtiKlnnd anil Wales between ISM and 1812 there were twenty-four women to 100 men, all for the more serious of fenses. In 1871 Dr. Nicholson found in the prisons In Hiiglanil 8,218 men ami 1,217 WJineii. In Havarla from 1802 to 18(1(1, In a pop ulation consisting solely of pensions, the women who were condemned were in proportion twenty-nine to 100 men. In the prisons of Turin from 1871 to ISM the women in respect to men are represented by a llgiiro of 1II-07 per cent. These statistics show that, taking the whole of Kurope, the men are live times more guilty than the women. There Is a lack of Information concern ing the relative morality of men and women In the I'liltcd States, but It Is safe to say the men, when compared with the women, will be found to be a pretty bad lot of fellows. TOIIN BETZING MERCHANT TAILOR. Asent for Wanamakcr A Brown's World Famous Clothing. Repairing, cleaning antf dyeing a specialty. H1 F.NRY C. DR08TE-FINK WINES, LIQ. uors and c ears. Tho celebrated Gain. brlnus beer kept fresh on lap. Give us a call. At Boat Lauding, Vancouver, Wash. s TAR BREWERY CO. Brewers and Bottlers of the Famous HOP GOLD BEER ryASCO WAREHOUSE- COMPANY W. LORD, Manager. General Storage, Forwarding and Commls slim. Wool. Pelts Hides and Grain. Flour, Mill Feed, etc. Wool grading and baling for Eastern shipment. Largest brick stuiago warehouse In Eastern Oregon, References -l'reuch & Co., Bankers; Jlrst Kutlonnl Hank. THE DALLES, OR. BAKER CITY IRON WORKS GEO. I McLYNN, Proprietor. Builders ol siHtnp .inns, ore cars and Gen eral Mining, Sawmill nud Planing Mill Ma chinery. Architectural Work, lite. Brass and Iron Founders ami Mnahlnlsts. Special atten-. lion given to repairing and rebuilding all kinds ol machinery, Telephone, Red 1CI. BAKER CITY, OR. T 1HK ST. LAWRENCE FRED ERNST, Proprietor. w VANCOUVER, WASH. Fourth Street, next to Corner of "B," West Vancouver. A RTHUR M'GOLDRICIC Dealer In Fresh and Cured Meats, Poultry, etc. The choicest of cold storage and all govern nient Inspected meats. Governuitutcuutractor J."' JAGGY Successor to Jaggy A Co. mltE SOLDIERS' STORE W. M. Allen. Main St., CIGARS, TOBACCO, CANDIES, AND FRUIT. near Sixth. NUT8 w. W. 8PARK3 PROSECUTING ATTORNEY." VANCOUVER, WASH. ATTS' MARBLE AND GRANITE WORKS F. II. WATTS. Proprietor. Marble. Granite and White Bronze Monu ments. Pane Woven Wire and Iron Fenclne for cemetery and farm use. Solo agent for hlio Bronze work for Eastern Oregon. Writes Flro Insnrancu la two of the oldest American com panies. THE DALLES, OR. The Umatilla House 1HH DALLES, OR. SINNOTT & FISH, Proprietors. Only flrut.clasj, European plan. BAKER CITY, OREGON. J. W WISDOM A CO, Druggists and Apothecaries. Proscriptions carefully compounded. Articles. Toilet Main Street, BAKER CITY, OR. iy PATTEItSON Proprietor of c.a GRIDLEY NOTARY PUBLIC. Dry Goods, Millinery and Fancy Goods, No. tlous, Capes and Jackets, children's Clothing. Indies' and Genu' Furnishings. Agent for Buttcriek Patterns. Sohns' Block, Main Sticcl, Bet. Fifth and Sixth. c W. SLOCUM Dealer In Dry Goods, Groceries, Boots and Shoes, Cloth lug, Hardware, Tinware, Crockery. Ilour-o furnishings at lovvtst prices. VANCOUVER WASH. Established lh"l. Abstracts and Loans. Best equipped olllcc In I lie Male Every deed platted. Duplicate typewritten copies of nil records Insure picmpt and accurate abstracts. Mortgage loans a specialty. Court llouso VANCOUVER, WASH. J. C. Huston. T UCIA MILLS J. W. Aldrlch. COMPANY Dealers In i.i.The American Plan Only,,,. Rates, l, 1.60 and U per day. All trains stop for passengers. O. R. it N. tlrkvt olllcc. Wesicrn Union telegraph. Long distance Bell telephone. Agents ami ottleo for til stage, lines. Accommodations llmt-ela s. Z. F, MOODY THE EXCHANGE SALOON Solo Agent for "Old Bat-bee," Woodford. County, Ky., Whiskey. I1AKKR CITY; OREGON- w; VTERMAN A SCIIM1TZ THE DALLES, OR. Rough and Dressed Lumber, t.ath, Wood, Etc. VANCOUVER, WASH. pITY BAKERY AND CONFECTIONERY AUGUST SPECHT, Proprietor. Homo Made Bread, Cakes, Pies, Pastry, Crack, vrs, etc. Candles and Nuts. Cor. Eighth and West BSts. u.8- HOTEL PETROS A CO., I Props. ..J. F. HOLMS. Only flrM-clas tee Cream Parlor In ths city. The leading dealer In Best Meals In tho City. Good Rooms, Pleas antly located. Meals at all hours. White cooks only employed. Good bar In connection, Bicyclists are di rected to rldo ctrnlglit up the street to Sixth after leaving tho ferry boat. i STABLE VANCOUVER FEED AND LIVERY A. F. BENNETT. Prop. Itlgf for Fishing, Hunting and Other Purposes. Stables, Comer Fifth and West 11 Sts. Telephone No. Si VANCOUVER, WA8H rplIE AHINGTON v Thos. '. Pttddcn. Proprietor. . , Dcalcar In High-grade Liquors and Clgsri. Vancouver, uU. , I rv I n it's View ol' tho Stniro To-itny. "The greatest marked development In tho theater in the last tweuty-llve years," said Sir Henry Irving slowly, ami in that stilkliiKly measured man ner. "Is that It Is no longer necessary to vindicate the sIiikc. There was a time when It was. Another peat ehuiiKe, and one that has helped the actor Im mensely Is the growth in du number or stroiiK, honest ami capable critics, The actor must have publicity and honest criticism, ami, In proportion as he gets that, the necessity for 'vindication' ceases, lie then takes his place accord Ink' to his merit, that Is, he takes his place In his time, ltut an actor Is never sure what another time will think of him. An actor's rewards are peculiar, 1 think It was Mr. Archer who sa'd that beautiful pictures, statues and Hue buildings, no matter how much you ad mire them, never cause you to throw up your hat or applaud very vigorously, In walking through an art (ollcetlon you simply make a pencil mark along side of the mime of the plctutes that please you. Tho methods of express ing approval of acting are stronger, but the thing that produces tho ap proval has passed away with Us creation."--A Inslee's. M ATT BROWN Dealer In Groceries, Flour, Provisions andnJcd. llardvvure and Groceries. tall and scons'. MATT BROWN. Soda Fountain, Fruit Juice Flavors. News Agent; Troy Laundry Agent. Mala Street, Opposite First National Bank, VANVOCVKK, WASH. F. J. LACKAFF, DK.U.Ul IN Wines, Liquors s Cigars General Forwarding Commission Merchant. Oltlces and Warehouses at RAILROAD AND STEAMER DEPOTS. Wool handling our specialty, Grain bought and sold. Wholcsalo and Retail Dealers in WINES, LIQUORS AND CIGARS BAKER CITY, OIL rplIE STORE One of the finest places In tho city lor traveling men. FINE WINES, LIQUORS AND CIOARS Remember the place. E. ACKERMAN, Proprietor. HAKER CITY, OU- II NDEUTAKINO W. In tho neatest form. Pol. inhed and metallic: colli ns. A No. 1 licartc. Good ecr vlco ussurcd. 8. NELSON, Funeral Director, PENDLETON,. OR, T. C. TAYLOR THE "HARDWARE MAN." WHOLESALE AND RETAIL. The Regulator Line. The Date, Portland & Astoria NAVIGATION CO. and Pole ncent for Ulatz'a Dandelion Celeiy Ionic. CtoocN Delivered Free to All Parte ol the City. P K. M'PIIERSON A : CO.- 5'C( JU. "SLEEPLESS MACK'.,' Dealer In "i.. FURNITURE AVI) SECOND-HAND GtrtpS. Vancouver, Waih. U MILLER, Importer and Dealer In Choicest Wines, Liquors and CIkiiis. California, Wines and llradiesa specialty. Cor. 7th and West II, Vancouver, Washington. TA R.SCHOFiELD Dealer In CIGARS, TOIUCCOS, CANDIES AND FRUITS. J OHN LAIPPLH THE ONLY SALOON Choice Wines, Liquors and Cigars. W, ANDERSON'S LUNCH COUNTER . 'V In connection, T Cor. Fifth and Main Sts., .... Vancouver J. C. Wyatt, Druggist (Successor to D. Wall.) THROUGH FREIGHT AND PASSENGER LINE.... Daily Line of Stmm Btwn Portland, Vancouver, Cascade Locks, Hood River and all Points on the Washington side. Hardware, Stoves, Tin and Copporvarc Lime, Planer, Cement, Coal, Iron and Steel and Hydraulic Pipe. 721 Main Street. PENDLETON, OK. mllE PIONEER DRUG STORE ULA SLATE, Proprietor. Our stock l thoroughly iip.tn.dnto.' Wecsrry nothing but oirlcily Al uoods "t popular prices. 115 Court Street. PENDLETON, OR. Te steamer Dalles City and Rtgulator leave f-J'lV"1.," f rjr ?.orn,n (escept Sunday) at 7 jndTheIUllfsat8a, ra arriving at dastina. Uon In ample time for outgoing trains. Freight Rates Greatly Reducs. W. C. ALLAWAY.Gen. Agt., Foot nf Court Street. The Dalles, Or a 0. THAYER, Agent, Portland, Or. Perfumery, Sonne and Toilet Articice. A fttil line of Patent Medicines, Rund niM'fi, Trtifeef". etc., always on hand. Your tmtionuge. solicited. FOURTH AND MAIN STREETS 1? Who keeps all the lcadlnt; brands ot Clears and i. nice oi vv . u. icifgrapit to.' AuiiumI ItnlnlHll otWonrly Korty Koot The heaviest rainfalls ho far observed with scleutllle accuracy occur In India. At ChcrranuiiJI. In the Khasl Hills, In Assam, the mean annual precipitation Is III) feet (1 Inches, at Debundja HO feet 10 Incites, and at Hlbuudl III feet 4 Inches, lloth the latter stations are on the sea coast and at a much K,ier level than OherrapunJI. ,10R A GOOD SMOKE GO TO JOSEPH CARTER, tud Tobacco? fNlIB CITY MARKET. C. A. liluroo , proprietor. I M. HOFSTKATEH Portrait and Landscape Photpf rsphcr.B Main Klnot 1ttu.n Vlllh an, I Cl.. - ..:.... ".;.".: - iij vuuitt, 1IU, J, iy II. 1IREWSTER Dealer In ' Etapltand Fancy Groceries, rrovlilons, Fa iij uu ri-vu, uuiivrauu eggs. What a Jolly old world this would be If others could only see us through our eye. pONK HR03. Manufacturers and Dealers to Rough and Drctitd Lmubtr and' Slab Woo. Yaucouvrr, Wash?: m DONEQAN The Uadlng Boot and Shot Dealer. YA.KCOUVKB ..... WaI Portland? Vancouver Ry. AND MERCHANTS' EXPRESS 00. FREE DELIVERY to all bustueis homes In Vancouver and to principal bulnen houses In Portland. The company s wagons connect with rail) express car. Exprcks car leaves Portland from Front and Ruriibldo street 0:10 and 9.(0 a. m.,anl 2;-X and 3(0 p. in. Leaves Vancouver 8 and 10 a. m. and 1.M0 and 4:10 p. in-, daily except Suudsy. PORTLAND OFFICE: Cor. Third and Washington, Tel. 176 With Northern Pacific Express Co. SLITER'S CAFE 148 SIXTH STREET Between Morrison and Alder -REST GRADES OF ...Wines, Liquors and Cigars... The Finest Northwest. Straight 10-cent Saloon In the T HE HOWE SCALE COMPANY 83 First Street, Portland, Or. A. C. CHUMASERO Fl'MEUY AND TOILET ARTICLES. Prescription. Carefully Compounded. CHRIST I1LOCK. VANCOUVER. WASH. KKI.I.Y Peales and Trucks. Railroad Specialties. Bicycle tftore Ladders, Grocer's Fixtures, Ur Pi esses, etc. Hotel Pendleton.. E. J. MOORE, Proprietor. PENDLETON OR. HENRY RUST Pacific Brewery BAKER CITY, ORGEON. A. NEUBERGER DEALER IN Let. iACIFIC METAL WORKS 73-75 North Second Street, Portland, Or. Dealers In Metals, RootingandTln Plate and jalvanlted Iron, folders nud Rabbit a Specialty. B ROWN A M'CADE, STEVEDORES Portland, Oreton. Correspondence solicited, fhlp'. mill promptly delivered. Cable address Brown. roil General Imrance Atent. Fire and Marin. cottUh l.'ulon & National Ins. Co., Edluburg and Loudon ; Western . and M. Assurance Co., Toronto, Can. kJ)j Third St., Columbia Bid. OUTCLIFFE A BLIED-HAMER SUTCLIFFE. n John Blled, Wall Paper ami Decorations! lain and Decorative far IUiikIuk, Home Patntlmr, OralniUR, KnUomlulnr. hbop and r. KH Alder Street, Portland, Or. 'Paoju Hawk. l$3. "" Fine Klhiskies and Cigars Headquarters for Mining and Commercial Men... BAKER CITY OREGON iiUbCiH Cold Star Soap IT IS THE BEST SOAP MADE TVE PAY GOOD WAGE3 To Good Peopla For Good Work ETAR LA.UNDRY CO., No. 2G( Gllian P . I Oregon 'Phone 77S. ' near TbtrI