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THE DALLES, ... OREGON. FRIDAY, JAN. 16. 1891 LOCAL AND PERSONAL. Most of ourmerchants are busy taking account of stock. Mr. H. J. Hawson who has been sick at Arlington for some time is in the city. Mr. K. Ulinger, of Hood Kiver is in the city. We acknowledge a pleasant call. ' Mr. W. B. Perry, one of Hood River's solid business men, was in the city Fri day We still have a large supply of weather signal cards. Call and get one so you can read the signals understanding Hon's. Chas. Hilton, Geo. Watkins, and Geo. W. Johnson and their wives left on Saturday lastjfor the capitol What a magnificent lot of fun the lugu brious ghost of Hamlet's father is miss ins by not showing up in the Sioux country. , Our street commissioner has just com pleted a needed improvemeet by putting in a crosswalk from Mr. Dufur s to the Beezely property. The board of water commissioners are busily engaged in adjusting the water rates for consumers, which they will con clude in a few days. ' One of the pleasant little affairs that go to settle the question that marriage is not a failure occurred at Mrs. John Brown's Friday night. It is a boy For the past two days the sky has been obscured by clouds and with the JANUARY TEEM. Court met Wednesday morning, pres ent Hon. C. K. Thornbury, county judge, Commissioners Leavens and Kin- caid, County Clerk Crossen, and Sheriff Cates. , . . ; Business was transacted as follows : Resignation of David ScoU, constable of Antelope precinct, accepted. Report of D. G. Hill, road supervisor district No. 3, allowed for 34 days work. Report Peter Kopka district No. 5, with petition for road, and complaint for damages read first time. Report supervisor district 13; $24 allowed. Petition of Loy and others, new dis trict, ordered that W. L. Ward, E. W. Trout and P. P. Underwood be appointed viewers to meet at the house of petitioner January 19th at 10 o'clock a. m., to view, lecate and assess damages, and to report at next meeting of court. Petition J. B. Marchy and others, no action. Petition of John B. Crate and others, no action Communication from secretary of state referred to clerk to report at next ses sion.' Bills were allowed as follows A. M. Kelsey J. H. Hadley Thos. Morrel A. J. Brigham C. M. Fouts C. W. Dietzel B. H. Thurston J. H. Jackson I. J. Norman J. H. Larsen H. Wentz J. W. Moore J. B. Abbott L. A. Seufert J. M. Benson H. Chrisman juror. . easterly wind one would imagine winter I G. W. Patterson xi. v . uooice F. B. Crichten was near. It is reported that August Buchler Esq has resigned as a member of the board of water commissioners, but it is not made officially known as yet. The water pipes are about all dis- tributed and the work of digging the ' trenches will commence at once if the present weather continues. Mr. P. T. Sharp, one of our extensive farmers, has thirteen men plowing on his large ranch. Mr. Sharp expects to have a larger acreage in wheat this year E than ever. Mr, Max Vogt, is fitting up the brick "building, formerly occupied by . Fish & ' Bardon in fine style, which when cdm pleted will be occupied by Mr. L. Butler as a grocery and provision store. Eastern Washington papers unan . imously favof the opening of the Colum bia, and as far as heard from, favor the Chbonicije idea of standing in with Oregon to accomplish the work. Mr .Lord was at Centerville yesterday, he reports the roads in excellent con dition the ground frozen too much to -' plow. Up to Thursday the ground was in "excellent condition and much plow- . ing has been done. .j -'. .The ground for the big reservoir has been cleared of trees, and work com menced on the excavation. A hard - cement is encountered close to the but face, which will make the work some- . what slower than was expected. One of our friends has sent us the names of eleven new subscribers in the past week. This good work could be re peated in every precinct, and we hope to see such of our friends as like the paper, and its course, lend their influence to ex- tend its circulation. ? The election of city officers at Arting- ton Tuesday resulted as follows : Mayor, ' A. A. Jayne ; . recorder, F. C. Rollo ; - council men, J. W. Smith, D. Keed, J. Jordan. F. M. Remington : treasurer, H r T. Hawson. ! ,r The Indians are having a genuine ghost dance across Mill creek, and "we understand the same performances are going on across the river and ' at Cililo. ' Grand Duke Goffe of the latter place had best look after the wild aborigines in his bailiwick or they will stop the run of salmon with their orgies. The court house is again in good repair though it will take a week or so to com . plete the finishing touches. The judge's - room has been neatly papered, and is as comfortable as ' possible.. The court room is in fine condition, better than before the fire and the other rooms have had all evidences of the fire removed, 'and are neat and clean. Mr. Crandall who is in charge of the work can justly , feel proud of it. , The Chhonicxb would be pleased to have a correspondent in every precinct, , but as our space is limited, we can use only- brief letters. We want the local happenings, births, deaths, marriages, school matters, church matters, accidents in fact news items. We can find room for the discussion of matters of public . interest, but these communications must in all cases be boiled down. R. H. Darneille W. L. Hinkle John Filloon W. Tackman George Rice Cap. Endersbv J. J. Woolery E. Helm W. J. Davidson W. H. Taylor Ben Southwell W. H. Williams Peter Moore R. L. Mcintosh S. Pratt A. M. Barrett Z. Taylor E. C. Dickeraon J. M. Marden J. W. Marquis J. B. Dow Geo. Patterson Oleson Thomas F. G. Connelly 9 50 .... 5 50 " 8 00 " 5 50 20 20 " v 12 20 " 26 20 " 18 20 " 20 20 " 26 20 " 16 20 " 20 20 ' 19 00 " 16 60 " 17 00 " 16 20 " 17 80 " 20 20 " 16 60 " ..: 18 20 " 9 20 " 2 20 " 4 20 " 21 00 " 5 10 " --22 60 " : . . 4 20 " 22 40 " 20 40 " 23 00 " . . . , 22 00 " 20 70 " 4 40 " 27 20 " 29 00 " 10 50 " - 14 20 " t 26 20 " 10 00 " ; 20 20 " ". 26 20 24. 20 20 20 Thompson Hursoti" 14 40 Supervisor's report District 6, allowed for 60 00 Bovd & Doane medical services. 142 50 H. D. Straight district 4 93 37 Dr. Shackelford med services. . . 5 00 Gibons, Meal lister t Co. supplies 1100 Chronicle Pub. Co. printing 2 00 Thomas Olson trees 1 35 J. L. Story " 4 20 R. V. Gibon fees 3 95 F. Wright " 1 70 W ard & Kerns supplies dis trict 14 18 30 Thompson & Fareher suppliee district 14 17 00 H. W. Steel district 10 92 60 F. Drews drawing jurors 3 00 Wm. Moodv " 3 00 A. J. Staniels " 295 00 School superintendents salary was raised to $75 per month. Times-Monntaineer printing 12 50 M. Doyle laid over Joel W. Koontz district 10 184 25 D. L. Cates cash disbursed 53 00 Handley & Sinnott 28 50 Petition of Henry Williams and others; ordered that new road district be established as per petition. Hans Lage, district 5 14 15 Isaac M. Davis, district 17 73 00 E. L. Hinman was appointed con stable of Dufur precinct. J. H. Page, repairs court house. 2 00 Isaac Paliande, district 16 70 00 Times-Mountaineer, printing 20 00 H. Gourlay, assessor 260 00 Petition of M. F. Loy and others; prayer granted and road district as described in petition created to be Tnf wi conKi In where you Bit wfujtlim mja, LoStne, wbo hare not any child to die. Weep with 70a far tbe little one wboae love I have known noCbsog at The little arms that slowly, slowly loosed Their pressure round your neck the hands yoa need To kiss. Bach arms, such hands I never anew; May I not weep with youf Fain would I be of Ferric say some thing . Between the teats that would be comfortins But ah! so sadder than yourselves am L Who bare no child to die. James Wbitcomb Riley in Century. THE SHIP WENT DOWN. known as district 22, and A. L. Disbrow appointad supervisor. , The following persons were appointed road supervisors for the ensuing year : No. 1, J. W. Atwell; 2, Lyman Smith; 3, J. W. Wallace; 4, Chris Dethman? 5, Peter Kopka ; 6, Robert Dinsmore ; 7, J. W. Magmms ; 8, George B. Halvor ; 9, Ned wicks: 10. Joel Koontz; 11 Frank Seufert; 12, E. K. Russell ; 13 D. L. Brown; 14, S. W. Mason; 15, George Nedrow ; 16, E. L. Bovnton ; 17, A. Clark McCown ; 18, C. L. Morris ; 19, W. F. Kelsav: 20. K. N. Staehr. The janitor's salary was increased $10 per month. On recommendation of school super intendent, ordered that section 26, T 2 N. of R14 E, be included in district 15 instead of 14, and district boundaries between 8 and 10 so as to include sec tion 22. T 2 N, of range 12 E, in district 8 instead of 10. Adjourned for the term. THE HOUSE OF GOD. Geo.H. Thompson " 20 20 " 20 20 12 20 E. Schanno S. B. Adams W. N. Wiley " 12 20 F. Bulger " 12 20 M. Randall " 4 21 R. B. Hood . " 2 20 B. H. Robberson " 8 20 W. Corsen 8 20 W. Odell " 8 20 M. Hill 8 20 Thomas Wright " 8 20 George Smith " 8 20 Mrs. S. Joles, witness 2 20 Wm. Rodgers " 2 20 E. B. Dufur " 2 20 F. M. Warner " 11 20 R. Sagman witnesses $ 4 60 C. H. Southern " 4 40 R. E.Harbison " 6 40 T. W. Badder " 13 00 Paul Paulsen " 13 00 L. Bnneh - " ' 4 40 W. R. Cantrell " 8 00 C.L. Williams ' ". : 4 20 A. S. Cathcart " ........ 1 4 20 C. M. Brown " : 8 20 John Ehrcksen " 7 40 J. W. Cox " 7 00 M. Myer " 2 20 Jas. Barry " . . ; 27 60 Pan Lea , " 49 70 Emil Schutz " ' 2 20 John Roth " 15 00 S. E. Ferris " 2 20 R. V. Gibons " 2 20 ShooFly " 2 20 Dan Holoorn " 4 20 Frank Hill " 6 60 Harry Juker " 4 20 W. Li. r reman za) J. Doherty, drawing jury list. . 3 00 C. F. Lauer " " ".. . . 2 00 Geo. W. Rowland " "... 2 00 Maier & Benton supplies.'. ... . 325 Dalles Publishing Co.. printing 37 00 Jas. H. Blakeney 4 50 Hugh talenn not certihed to Harbison Bros lumber, Dist. 4. 9 00 E. Wicks road work " 9. '20 00 I. C. Nickelsen supplies. ...... 16 00 A. S. Cathcart hauling.. 1 50 Dalles City water rent . .-. 15 00 George Nowak cementing jail. . 45 00 Isaac Perry work, court house. 11 25 J. C. Meins sawing wood. . 3 00 A." Rand & Son supplies. . . 4 50 D. R. Tucker 7'. . .". ....... 17 20 Oregon Lumber Co" .. . 23 81 is. fc. Huntington attorney fees 15 00 Meston & Dygart supplies . 24 00 A r-l . 1 t . T Art by E. B, The state veterinary surgeon could find something to study upon by visiting Wasco.- Quite a number of cattle have '" died there from some unknown malady , recently. . The symptoms are those of ' poisoning,' the animals having severe spasms similar to those in cases . of strychnine poisoning. It is said, how ''ever,' that en examination shows the ' disease to work on the kidneys, these in some cases being almost entirely de stroyea. xne aisease or whatever it is, ' is not general but several stock owners have suffered losses from it, : The Chboniclb's dispatches give you the news twenty-four hours in advance of the Oregonian. Of course we do 'not have the telegraphic service of our big brother but for the small sum of fifty cents a month, you can get the cream of , the dispatches, besides all the local news, We are trying to make the Crbomclk serve your interests, advertise your city . and aid in its development. We feel that you should assist us in the good work. Take the Chronicle for a month, and see if you have not made a good investment. -. Salem correspondence states that our " Col. Nevius will in all probability be made either reading clerk of tbe house or the chief clerk. The Colonel is one of the brightest of men and will fill .any position in which he may be placed with rrmiit to himself and honor tn hia nnrtv Wasco will be pleased to see one of her to him fo5 811111 o, t1253-80 Platte fivnrito nr.no selected to fill th nwitirm lrum " insurance money, of chief clerk, and we hone that Col. Kn. The 8nm of 1321 was appropriated out vins will be chosen for the Mrit5on; of said fund for further repairs A. Gehres meals for jurors 7 00 Ward & Kerns teams 6 00 Glenn & Handley electric light. 23 06 C. E. Haight meals for jurors. . " 7 00 J. B. Condon special attorney. . ' 15 00 Story & Bradshaw " 30 00 Geo. D. Barnard supplies 16 75 Jos. T. Peters District 8 3 84 10 36 25 12 12 00 Johnston Bros . " 14 5 00 15 11 30 Report of M. V. Wallace, supervisor $7 allowed. Complaint for damages Dufur read first time. Report of A. C. Bennett oad district 20, $178 allowed. - , Account of J. N. Wallace, road super visor, of district 2, audited and $62 allowed. Report of stock inspector read and approved. , Report of R. W. Crandall read and ap proved and Mr. Crandall allowed $50, Report, J. B. Dow, district 12 read and account allowed for $35.66. Report Hampton Kelley, district 18, allowed $35.10, and A. E. Luche for sup plies for same, allowed, $10,36. E. L. Sharp surveying $ W. S. Ward viewer J.M.Benson " F. M. Thompson " ... ' A. J. Dufur chainman. .'. L. Klinger ' L. V. Wilson " A. Frazier marker J. H. McHaley " Report of George Netherow road sup ervisor district 15, allowed, $1.52. Liquor license granted to Albert Fleisckhauen of Falls precinct for six months. - Henry Hudson district 14 allowed $175.40. Mr. Jesse Crandall, architect employed to supervise the repairing of the court house, presents receipted bills for such repairs, and a warrant was ordered issued 28 00 4 00 4 00 4 00 2 20 4 00 2 00 2 00 2 00 Relig-ioas Services in the the Various Churches Yesterday. CONGREGATIONAL CHURCH. At the evening service Rev. Mr. Cur tis took his text from Matthew, 9th chapter and. 9th verse: "Jesus said to Matthew, 'Follow me.' " Matthew sat at the table collecting taxes, the vilest work f hat a Jew could do for the Romans and he left everything as it was and followed the master. The call may have seemed abrupt, but the one who heard it instantly responded and ever after was a follower of Jesus. It was a good instance of complete and perfect obedience. The influence of persons is far-reaching. How often we say "if we could only be with such or such an one or hear some certain preacher we would be drawn to follow Christ" but when the time or oppor tunity comes it fs not embraced. One may need great pain or loss to waken him to his lost condition and bring him to the service of God. Some men must have a call strong enough to knock them down, as was the apostle Paul of old, be fore they heed it. If the call, however, is neglected the first time it grows less loud each time and finally ceases altogether, God pity all who have by their indiff erence sinned away the day of grace, There is not a person to whom I speak to-night that has not had as loud a call as Matthew had, and had Matthew not followed, his Lord Jesus would have turned away, and never again would the disciple have been called. It is a mis take to put off the beginning of the ser vice of God till you are old. Youth is the time to begin the service and the work grows easier and the ' reward greater as time goes on. The church was well filled at all the Sabbath services yesterday and the in terest in religion is growing. The ser vice of prayer will be continued all the week at this church. outside of his peculiar fitness for the w- H- w"m attorney fees. t T I Ol A. A l - A A position, he has served his party loyally SCiif and long deserves any reward it may be able to give him. Troy Shelley Einil Schultz - ". Ward & Sons road supplies. 70 00 34 00 25 50 32 30 242 07 j U. E. CHURCH. As usual large and intelligent congre gations gathered at the M. E. Church yesterday. The pastor's morning theme was: "The Temptation of Jesus." Matt, rv : 1-11. Subject in the evening' "An Infidel's Comforting Logic." Job, xvi : 2. , The disconrse was mainly an analysis of a letter written by Ingersoll to a be reaved mother. Her wayward boy had died without hope, and the letter was written to comfort her. The speaker acknowledged that the letter was cred itable to the heart of the writer, but in sisted that so serious a subject concerned .the head as well as the heart. , Any con sideration of this subject that does not embrace the idea of moral government, is shallow ana, misleading. ' in a ques tion which so vitally affects our eternal interests we cannot afford to be shallow, nor can we afford to be led astray. Having examined and disposed of sev eral propositions contained in the letter, the true character of Ingersoll is pictured in the following concluding remark : "This is a singular spectaclc-Ingersoll playing the part 01 a comtorter to a Christian mother. By Ingersoll and his kind, her boy had been taught to regard God as a myth, the Bible as a fable, and the Christian religion as an ancient superstition. His mother's prayers are laughed at as the weakness of a foolish woman, and her godly admonitions are treated with supreme contempt. The counsels of the Bible the warnings of an awakened con science, the pleadings of the Holy Spirit, and the voice of the pulpit, are all alike the objects of his ridicule and scorn. On he goes in his godless career and the great infidel smiles approvingly, and says : "That's right my boy ; religion is a delusion, and your mother is a fool ; go on and be a man 1" And then when the boy is dead, and the mother is brokenhearted, Ingersoll comes around to administer an infidel's consolation to her whose hoes he had helped to crush." The solo in the morning by Mrs. Stowell, and the duet in the evening by Mrs. Stowell and Prof. Smith, were well rendered, and highly appreciated. , The installation of the officers and teachers of the Sunday School, ' was an interesting and profitable part of the service. A beautiful story has come to roe. A story beautiful in its sadness, its hero ism and its devotion; a story which brings into the prosaic Nineteenth cent ury a glimpse of that romanticism, chiv alry and sacrificial love supposed to be long so peculiarly to the crude and ro mantic meauBval tunes, f orty years ago the iiKadent8 which I win try to nar rate in the words of another happened. This other, an old Englishman, is now a man with silvered locks and sweeping beard. In hia younger days he was a midshipman in the navy of Great Britain. He also was something of an amateur artist, and after leaving the English serv ice came to tms country, when only a boy I was a f avorite of his, and for long hoars I would sit upon his knee or beside him on a low footstool and listen to his tales of the sea, and my youthful heart would be fired and I would determine a sailor to be. We would sit together in the winter evenings, with no tight save the firelight, now a shadow on the wall, then flickering strong and bright. There was a picture over the mantel, a picture which showed the crude hand of the amateur, yet was strong. It bad been his last and best effort. It was a repre sentation of the finale of the story which he told me. The picture, or rather the woman's face in the picture, had, young as I was, made a strong impression upon me. It was not the beauty of the face; it was not the excellence of the picture; it was not the scene that so affected ma He said she ' was beautiful. If so he failed in portraying her physical beauty. But -the expression of that face, the in tangible, spiritual something that seem- j ed to emanate from and hover aronnc and about, it was marvelous, and made of the ordinary picture a master stroke and covered up all the defects as chan ty covereth a multitude of sins. Tbe face, radiantly happy, and a portion of the throat alone were visible, and that face was sinking, sinking, even now, be low the snrface of the ocean to be lost forever, and yet a glory shone upon it if the first beam from the opening gate of heaven was shining there; and she was young and rich and had posi tion. . The sea was a sea of glass, and there was no "painted ship upon that painted ocean." Close in a strongman's arm she was held, and her face rested against his, which was not so distinct as was her own. Many a time I had asked for the story of that picture, and my friend would not tall it me, for it saddened him, and he thought I was too young to comprehend and sympathize with the spirit of the story. But last week, when on a visit east, I met him for the first time in years, and sitting in that old room before that . j 1 j , j i . prcrore lie kuu me mo smry. "As yon know, I was a middy in her majesty's service. . It was my third year on the ocean wave, and I and my friend and protector, Jack Sutherland, the second lieutenant, had just reported to the Golconda for service. The Gol- condS was to sail the next day for India. 'JacK Sutherland was some years older than 1, and as we had both come from the same neighborhood he had con stituted himself my protector. In my young eyes he was invested with all pos sible manly qualities and excellencies, and I loved him as only a young boy can love and admire a young man who is not only his friend and adviser, but his ideal as well. But everybody on board loved Jack, from the lowest sailor to the cap tain, always kind, courteous, amiable and manly. And he was strong and handsome, too. Was it any wonder then that Nellie Westingboase loved mm? Lies Weatmghouse carae on board early on the morning of the day on which we sailed. She was the daughter of the viceroy of India. ; Her school days in England were completed, and she was to join her father and his family in India. bae was tall and rather slender, with a form of loveliness and grace. Her hair was raven black, and her eyes large and bine, wide open in their innocent sur prise, features that were perfect, a com plexion or naranng whiteness, and a voice that had all the melody of music. If there is anything in the affinity of persons and souls, those two seemed cer tainly intended for each other. "The anchor was lifted, the vessel sailed away, andth&cliffsof old England sank low upon the horizon and disap peared. It was at dinner, the first day out, that Miss Westmghouse and Lieut. Sutherland met. A long voyage was be fore us, and as a large and gay party was on board, the evenings were spent m delightful entertainments; but soon. as is nearly always the case, certain affiliations of persons and sets were no ticeable. The decided preference exhib ited for each others company by Miss Westinghouse and Lieut. Sutherland soon became a matter of remark, and a positive source of uneasiness to Maj. and Mrs. Bromley, in whose charge Miss Westinghonse was sailing and to the captain of the ship, who was warmly at tached to Jack. "Sir John Westinghouse, the father of Miss Nellie, was a proud, cold man, and would never have sanctioned any at tentions paid to his daughter by a pen niless lieutenant in the service. He was too proud of his race and name, his po sition and his gold. Mrs. Bromley spoke warningly to Nellie, and Capt Richards more than once spoke to Jack of the almost insuperable obstacles to his union with the daughter of Sir John Westing-' house. He told him that the end of the voyage would be the end of all, and that two hearts, saddened and miserable, would be torn asunder to go their sepa rate ways. But since the birth of time what two people in love ever heeded the advice of another? If they did they were not in love. They loved, as they felt themselves. with a love that was more than love and while each recognized that they would be separated at the end of the voyage. they resolved to blind themselves to that awful thought, and, at least, revel with out alloy in the brief happiness allotted them. They would live alone in the present, which was so intensely bright that it hid the blackness of the future. The days wore on, the love grew strong er and the stately ship sailed like a swan ever the nndulatinK classiness of the Happy hearts were on board that ship. The hours lengthened between them and England and the hours of love grew shorter. In just one week they would be in Bombay, and she would go from him, and at the thought they loved still more fondly and sipped the shortening cup of sweetness, which now began to have, perforce, a tincture of bitterness unutterable. We were three days out from Bom bay. It was a glorious morning; a stiff breeze was blowing, and the sea as it rose and fell, long and even and deep, shone in a reflected glory that almost TBiroiy ceased tapping when Jack came on deck. He thought the ship had a -lurching, loggering motion that was un usual. It kept increasing, and soon the cry of "A leakl A leakl" was heard. Jack gave a few hurried orders, and the sailors and carpenters went to work with a will Tbe ship lurched heavily now and was visibly sinking. The hammer ing in the hold continually jarred above the noise on deck, but the old ship was sinking fast. umal insect, the female of the terrible digger wasp, which I do not doubt will be found to store trap door spiders as well as tarantulas and lycosids. Henry C. McCook, D. D., in Popular Science. '"Jack's duties called him everywhere. The boats were lowered and all the la- wdies and passengers ordered in. Jack saw Nellie for an instant and kissed her a passionate good-by. In the rush that ensued Nellie and Mrs. Bromley were separated. In fact, Mrs. Bromley in her terror, never thought of Nellie until her boat was far away from the sinking ship, and waited patiently for the ar rival of the other boats confident of see ing Nellie there. "All the boats and an the passengers were gone. The soldiers and sailors. martyrs as they were, were drawn up in line, not forsaking their charge, as they and it slowly sank. Grim, without an. evidence of terror, stood the brave fel lows. Jack was. looking out over the sea toward the boats, trying in the mo ment of death to get one last glimpse of his love. The ship was shivering now and sin Ring last. " Jackr "Every one turned, and there stood Nellie, dressed in white, pure as an an gel, and seemed a visitor from heaven come to guide them home. She glided across the deck, a radiant smile was upon her face, her arms were extended to her lover. He took her without, a word, pressed a kiss upon her forehead and held her close, and still the radiance of unseen things was upon her face raised so lovingly to his. "The ship went down. While strug gling m the water a rafter came to me, and 1 clung to it. 1 looked around, and on the crest of a wave being borne toward me were Nellie and Jack, as you see them there Her face was raised to heaven and his. and all the happiness of angels was wepicted there, and then the waters came over them and" My friend s eyes were wet with tears, and I had heard the story. Cecil Hast ings in Omaha World Herald. SIOTTfrXDTmfiHS, Wash. The Largest . ' I The Iron Sake and the Toad. Le petit Caporal was worshiped and feared, but men loved and adored the Iron Duke. Of the former, how few are the kindly human traits recorded t while of the other, to this day, fresh proofs keep coming to light of simple sweet ness dwelling long in the minds of men. The following anecdote may serve as one instance out of a thousand Urastrating the sympathetic nature of the great com mander: It seems that the duke, in the course of a country stroll, had come upon a lit tle boy weeping bitterly over a toad. A strange trio they must have been the lean, keen eyed old soldier, the flushed, sobbing boy, and, between them, the wrinkled reptile squatting, with tearless eyes and throbbing sides. The boy wept day; he had come daily to feed his toad; j the little heart was racked with grief because he feared his darling would be neglected when he was gone and might starve. The duke's heart was as soft as the boy's, for he .undertook to see that the toad was looked after. Blackwood's Magazine. How He Game to Harry. The romance of the life of the fur dealer the late John Ruszits is interest ing. Some thirty years ago, while abroad on a business trip, he visited a friend at Stockholm, Sweden. While in conversation with his friend in the tat ter's parlor he heard music in the next room. The pianist was a young lady from Bremen, who was visiting there. Mr. Ruszits turned to his friend and said, "If I should ever marry I would like to marry a woman like that." The gentleman went to the door and called the young lady in. "What do you think Mr. Ruszits just said?" ho inquired. Of course the lady didn't know. ' Mr. Rus zits struck in and said, "Well, I am not afraid to repeat it," and he proceeded to do so. The lady looked at him thought fully for a moment or two and then said, "Well, I wiU accept" Thus his mar riage came about. Cloak. Suit and Ladies' Wear Review. In the last two weeks large sales of lots have been made at Portland, Tacoma, Forest Grove, McMhmville and The Dalles. All are satisfied that North Dalles la now the place for investment. New Man ufactories are to be added and large improve ments made. The next 90 days will be im portant ories for this new city. Call at the office of the in the t it. The X2w . Boot and Shoe FACTORY. Fnniitnre M'fy. Wire Works. . Chemical - . ; . Laboratory. NEW BRIDGE. Several Fine Maps. The Perk Over Bank. Did you ever hear of the Peck Over bank? There is a pecuii;ir story con nected with the title of the institution. The Peck Over hank, which at the time' of the South sea trouble had another name, was located on Lombard street. London. It was a conservative instita- tion, as it is now, and when the bubble burst nobly withstood the ran upon its resources. When every claimant had been paid in full the cashier found that he had a quantity of specie still on hand. He was an enterprising fellow and saw a chance for an advertisement. He pro cured a peck measure, and oiling it up witn goien guineas placed it in the win dow of the bank to notify passers by that that institution, at least, was all right When the directors met the next morn ing they showed their appreciation of . Army and Nary Death Bates. Army and navy death rates in time of war and peace deserve much attention The official tables give us not only the number of men killed in action, but the relative tendency to disease in divers armies. For example, in the Crimean war the British army lost 2,840 men killed on the field and 21,000 who died in hospital.. It took 910 Russian shots to kin or mortally wound an Englishman or a Frenchman, and 700 English shots to kiU a Russian; but the havoc caused by disease was far greater. If we study these statistics with attention and act upon them, we may reduce our cam paigning losses by 50 per cent. We may also learn some interesting physiological facts.as that the proportion of Frenchmen who die after amputation or other surgi cal operation is greater than of British or Russians. Contemporary Review, Hemljailroad Interstate Investment Co., 72 "Washington St., PORTLAND, Or. O. D. TAYLOR, THE DALLES, Or. r JOLES BROS -: DEALERS IN Staple ag Groceries. Hay, Grain and Feed. Gheap Express Wagons flos. 1 and 2. Orders left at the Stcre willj-eceive prompt attention. w Trunks and Packages delivered to any part of the City. Wagons always on hand when Trains or Boat arrives. No. 122 Cor. Washington and Third. Sts. Clearance Sale! the cashier's idea hv nrnTnnt.lv nhnnonnir the name of the bank to the "Peck Over Sanitarians and health food people are bank,'' which title it bears to this day. sounding the note of warning against uixrrvicw ui xitujuurg Liispawa. Tbe TbrlftyJOatmeal King-. A short, nervous German stepped up to the Auditorium register the other day and ornamented it with the name F Schumacher. While he did so a lobby lounger gave to the club man these facts concerning the well known "oatmeal king", and Prohibition leader. Mr: Schumacher is a millionaire, earned by ms own exertions, hth daily work is indicated by a remark madein a recent interview upon the eight hour work day: 1 Deheve in it, for I've always worked on the eight hour system myself eight hours before lunch and eiaht hours afterward." He dresses very plainly His sons dress faultlessly, and they have often tried to get the old gentleman himself to pay aiittle more attention to matters of dress, but they have failed. Uhicago Mail. , ingredients so common in our everyday cookery that we use them always as s matter of course. The first danger sig- I nalTs hoisted alongside the bottle of Savoring extract with which we make tasty our cakes and puddings. These extracts all contain alcohol, say the wise ones. For the Purpose" of Disposing of our Fall and Winter Millinery, Will Sell so CHEAPthat it will pay you to hare a, nevr hat if only for , "Looks." MRS. PHILLIPS, 81 Third Street. THe TJallei Orceon. As Sung by a Gamin. Mrs. Henry M. Stanley when Miss Dorothy Tennant was almost the first lady in London toipractice 'humming " She used to befriend little street vaga bonds, and reward them for good be havior by teaching' them to play familiar airs with one finger on her piano, and sing them to an accompaniment She relates of her experiments, with much delight, that one young guttersnipe was heard to render "Rule, Britannia: Britannia rules the waver as foUowa- Rnle, Britsnioal Britsllioa ruins the whales. True 'earted Britons Never, never snail be slain. Harper's Bazar Tbe Ijoat Tribes of Israel. I wonder if there has ever been any correct answer made to the query, "What became of the tea lost tribes of Israel?" Of course nothing certain can be known as to this matter. - Writers must content themselves with specula tive opinions based upon hypothesis and altogether . conjectural. It has been argued after this - manner that the erghteeBth chapter of Isaiah has refer ence to the descendants of the lost tribes who-settled North America, but I never "could see it" These tribes, we are tanght, settled, at some period after they were carried away from Palestine, some where between the Caspian and Black , and pushed on from there into Sarmatia, occupying the country be tween the Danube and the Don rivers, whence they were driven by the succes sive invasions of the Tartars, even as far north as Lapland, Scandinavia, Den mark and the British Isles spreading an over Europe. It is seriously contended that the ogles, Saxons and Celts are undoubted ly the direct descendants of Ephraim and Manasseh; and that our thirteen colonies represented the thirteen tribes which settled in Palestine under tbe rule of Joshua, which colonies were made up mostly of the descendants of Joseph. The reasoning by which this teaching fe urged upon our acceptance is plausible and quite ingenious; but altogether too much has to be taken for granted. Cor. Boston Transcript Enemies of Trapdoor Spiders. It is difficult to say what may be the enemies of the trapdoor spider, against which such ingenious architecture has been reared and such vigilant watch is exercised. But the quite general testi mony is that these spiders leave their tubes at night and go forth in search of prey, or, as in other cases, open the lids of their tunnels and spread straggling lines near by, upon which passing insects are entangled and delayed long enough to allow the spiders to pounce upon them from their open caves. If we credit these accounts we might infer that the enemies which the trapdoor spiders most dread are not such as are abroad at night Evidently the creatures are fearless at that time a state of mind which doubt less results from their knowledge that they are comparatively free from their worst enemies. The enemies which they most dread may therefore be reasonably looked for among diurnal creatures, and not among those of nocturnal habits. Among these foes at least one of the j Slim Jim's Strategy. ' During a luU in business the dealers in the "Ma ah market occasionally get together and swap yarns to kul time. The other day a German butcher gave in his experience of a "beat" as foUows: "Dere vas a tramp used to hang aroundt de market vot we called "Slim Jim.' He looked like he vas yust about starved most of de time. He come to my stand und picked up a string of sausages and holdt it up and say, 'How much is dis? Pefore 1 could say a vort a lean cur dog jumps up, snatches aboudt dree pounds of sausage, and was off. 'De man yelled and say, 'Take off 1 your: dog. Vat for you keep a tangerous animal to bidte your gustomers?' I ogs- plained dot it vos not my dog, but he vent away ehweanng. Dot feller, as 1 aftervords foundt ondt, ownedt de dog and had him trainedt for dot bizness. He followedt him to the Smithsonian grounds and got de sausage. Pooty goodt trick, don't it? But I bate yon dot 'Slim Jim' don't come aroundt by my staU some more. Washington Post Crandall & Bapqet, MANUFACTURERS AND DEALERS IN FURNITURE CARPETS. Undertakers and Embalmers. NO. 166 SECOND STREET. - . ' 1 D. W. EDWARDS, '' DEALER IN . " Paints, Oils, Glass, Wall Papers, Decora tions, Artists' Materials, Oil Paintims, Clroisani Steel ftpaviir TneTordelSseSnlw Mouldings and Picture Frames, Cornice Poles one Aquarius Breen was convicted of ad- Ptr PanprTrimmpH FrPP Floture Framea Made to Order. . 276 and 278, Second Street. - - - Tie Dalles, Or. w What's in a Name. In the Massachusetts Reports, if one would take the trouble to look there or. indeed, whether one looks for it or not there is one of the coincidences which ulterating milk. It must be evident to any theorist that the name was respon sible for his departure from the paths of probity. How could it be expected that a man with the name Aquarius would fail to water his milk? His whole conscience might rebel against the sin, but his destiny was set tled when he was christened, and how could he resist it? Had justice been done punishment in this case would have been meted out, not to Aquarius Breen, but to the parents who by inflict ing upon him such a name had made it impossible for him to do otherwise than to water his milk. ' He was the victim of circumstances over which he had no control whatever. Boston Courier. $H. C. NICKELSEN, -DEALER IN- STATIONERY NOTIONS It Didn't Work. ' A HaHowefl husband tried a suicide scare on his wife with iU success. The couple had quarreled, and the husband, taking a bottle of red ink, strewed part orf the floor and daubed the remainder on his throat. Then he laid down on the bed, feigning death. The wife came into the room, saw her husband and at once comprehended the trick. "My GodT she exclaimed, "he's committed suicide? I must get the neighbors to help lay him out." . - She then left the room, and returning a few minutes afterward saw that her husband had moved. "He has turned over; I iraess he'U live," she remarked. and he did live. Cor. Boston Journal. BOOKS AND MUSIC. ; Cor. ofM and f asliinston Sts, Tlie Dalles, Oregon. H. Herbrmg, Dealer in Traiiaplantuct Uriunis. Transulanted to new countries, such as Au3tr!ha. the British race becomes very much more vigorous and of better physique. Yet iu Australia, strange to say. ino cniiuren or unnsn emigrants are more likaly to have decayed teeth 01 to lose them earlier than tiieir parents Probably the toft foods requiring littla mastication with ' which we are pam pered in nioJern times is one of the rea sons for dent-XI decay. Lionrlou iit-Bits , The most interesting fe;iinre of Mr Oludstone's face in bis eyes. They ai described as of a 'splendid flashing. dark brown color." They show his tire and Renins, and iri-.v his face an ever changing expression Mexico is culed a republic, Dut as a matter of fact it is governed' by an oligarchy of landlords. Some of these mc-n own vast domains, one possessing 5.000,000 acres of land . FANCYiGOODS AND NOTIONS, CLOTHING, HATS AND CAPS, Boots and Snoes etc. PRICES LOW AND CASH ONLY. -: For the Best Brands and Purest Quality of Wines and Liquors, go to. 5 j! 6 MMGK, Ul?ole5ale : Ijquor : Deafen 117 SECOND ST. THE DALLES, OR. r i .