THE DALLES WEEKLY CHRONICLE, SATURDAY. APRIL 17. 1897.
The Weekly Ghroniele
THK DALLES,
OFFICIAL PAPER OF WASCO COUNTY.
' Published in two ' parte, on Wednetdayt
and Saturdays.
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LOCAL BREVITIES.
Wednesday i Daily.
Rev. Wilbur M. Jones of Portland will
' preach at the Calvary Baptist church
tonight afr 7 :30.
The Oregonian says : "F." N. Jones,
1 member of the legislature, was in Port
land yesterday." What legislature?
. If yon are thinking of going any where
on the cars Sunday, do not forget that
the time card is changed on that date.
. - The Dalles Commercial Club has or
ganized a base ball clnb, and that game
- promises to ruu high the coming sum
mer.
The new school district, No. 63, at
Wamic, has chosen J. . W. Beaby, M,
Kennedy and John End, directors, and
. Tr l . 1 i
.j. Ei. JB-enneuy, cierK. r.
Word comes from Omaha that rumors
are in the air there, to the effect that
the O. R. & N. and Short Line are- to
consolidate, bnt the rumor cannot be
verified.
Mr. B. S. Stone has about completed
bis fish wheel a mile and a half below
town, and will have it ready for busi
ness by the time the salmon are ready
to tackle it.
7 ' Mr. Lock wood, who has the contract
for building the Hood River bridge, is
; in the city. The material for the bridge
is on the way, and work will be begun
on it at once. - .
The river came up eight-tenths of a
foot in the twenty-four hours ending at
7 o'clock this morning, against a rise of
nnA art A nnA.tpnt.h foAf. in tfiA nrprArlincy
- r o
twenty-four hours.
. The ladies of the First Christian
church will serve ice cream and cake in
the basement of the church on Friday
evening at 10 cents a plate. Come and
. bring your best girl.
Seufert's catch of salmon yesterday
was sold to the Dalles Commission
Company, it consisting of fonr fine fish
or about what would be caught in one of
their wheels during a good run, at one
dip.
If you wonld like to spend a pleasant
evening, which you will never re
- gret, come to the Good Templar ball
next Saturday evening. Besides an ex
cellent program, ice cream and cakewill
be served. Admission 15 cents.
. The river this morning was fifteen
. feet and a half above low water mark
The rise coming so- early indicates that
there is no -danger of extreme high
water this year, though it is probable
the 45-foot mark may be reached.
Judge W. W. Page of Portland died at
bis home in that city Tuesday. Jndge
Page was one of the leading attorneys of
the state, being a specialist in the laws
concerning real property. He was a
pioneer, an.d was admitted to practice in
1859 before Judge Deady.
There was an alarm of fire in the
East End yesterday afternoon, which
was caused by an incipient blaze in a
house back of St. Arnolds blacksmith
- shop. The East End Hose Company re
sponded, but the fire was out almost be-
, -tore the alarm was turned in.
Since the opening of the locks and the
advent of spring, the trip to Portland
by "The Regulator Line" is a most de
. lightful one. The steamers have been
. remodeled, and every comfort is offered.
. ' The specialties of the line are magnifi
cent soenenes, safety, quiok time, at
tentive employees, excellent meals and
economy, al3-Lwlt
The fishermen generally do not an
ticipate a heavy run of salmon this year,
it being according to their notion an off
year, and next year being the charmed
- fourth, will be the big run. In 1890 and
1894 the runs were extremely heavy,
- and. '93 is expected to rival them. With
a strike on the lower river, the catch
here will, however, be better than that
of the average off year.
Thursday's Dally
Single veils, with all the latest edges,
50c. 7oc, 11 ana I1.ZD at rease & Mays.
Ten per cent discount on clothing and
ladies' capes for the next three -days by
Pease & Mays.
Drop into the store of Mays & Crowe
and see their aluminum-ware, cooking
. utensils. It is the coming ware.
TicketB for the entertainment at the
Congregational church, April 23d, can
be had from any of the Erideavorers
jur til a eujaii huui ui xtj ueiius.
Try a pound of that new confectionery
Pease & Mays are opening today.
They'll sell it to you for 25 cents ; you'd
pay 40 or 50 cents anywhere else.
semen tvoa. receiveu a canuau ui un
. cans, and before the season is oyer they
will be filled with delicious Columbia
salmon. ..
. . The diamond drill was put In place
yesterday, and will be started op Satur- weather holds for any length of time, we
dav. The coal. Question -is going to be are apt to see a rare .thing, and that is
solved pretty quickly, and we hope very high water in April
oBseus I satisfactorily.
The Brown boy, who was so badly
scalded Sunday, has 'been more or less
delirious since the accident, but Dr.
Hollister has strong of pulling bim
through all right.
Two double-deck car's of stock bogs
passed through this morning, coming
from the Willamette valley, and bound
for Febraska, where hogs are evidently
scarce and 6 cents-a-bnshel corn abun
dant. ,.
Kew lne pure silk veilings at Pease &
Mays, thirty patterns to choose from, 10
to 30 cents per yard.
Mr. Lyman Daily tenders his heart
felt thanks to neighbors and friends who
so freely and generously assisted in the
care of his wife, and for the mrny kind
nesses rendered by citizens of The
Dalles.
Plans and specifications for the Col
umbia Southern railroad will .be com
pleted and can be. seen at the company's
office, in the Vogt block, on and after
Monday. Work will be begun on- the
grading within a very short time, and
will be pushed to an early completion,
The company's offices will be located
permanently in the Vogt building.
Owing to the probability of war in
Europe, wheat has become stronger,
with an upward tendency. At San
Francisco, there was quite an advance
Monday, and since that time there has
been no re-action. With the outlook ior
an abundant harvest and good prices.
our wheat growers may well loos
cheerful.
Kelchner's celebrated model of the
tabernacle of Israel and the heavenly
sanctuary, in gold and silver, will be
shown at the Methodist church Tuesday
evening, the 27th of this month. It is
a perfect reproduction of the tabernacle
built by Moses, contains 1700 pieces
weighs 1200 pounds, and cost $15,000,
It is one-eleventh the size of the or
iginal. .
Representative Misener, of Crook
county this morning shipped a billiard
table and a stock of goods for his saloon
business, to Mitchell.' The people out
that way must have a large capacity for
liquid refreshments, as. Bob shipped
something over six tons of supplies. He
also purchased a fine two-seated buggy
of Mays & Crowe, and evidently intends
to enjoy life, even though he is a bun
dred miles from the railroad.
We want it distinctly understood that
we sport an Easter hat of elegant shape
and elaborate trimming. It, is a cold
day when we get left, and the way the
young ladies in Mrs. Briggs' millinery
store canght on to our new .spring
"shape" and decorated it with marguer
ites and forget-me-nots, showed that
they just couldn't resist the temptation
to bring out our peculiar style of beauty
by ornamenting our hat with the mod
est and unobtrusive little flowers so em
blematic of our lovable character. We
shall ever bold those flowers and the
donors thereof as green in our memory
as the 17th of March, and the flowers
shall be preserved as long as the Colum
bia does not go dry. '
One by one all those who appeared so
prominently in ' the great Buecber tuit
have, passed away. Yesterday Mrs.
Tbeoddre Tilton, wife of Bfecher's ac
cuser, died at her home in Brooklyn.
- The Champion baseball club will meet
in the council chambers tomorrow night
at 8:30 o'clock. All members of the
club are requested to be present, as there
is business of importance to attend to. '
Baker City is to have a hospital, which
will be opened about June 1st. It will
be called the St. Elizabeth hospital, and
will be under the direction of the Sisters
of St. Francis, with the mother house in
Philadelphia.
The Dalles just now is at her prettiest,
with her fruit trees masses of bloom,
and her shade trees rapidly taking on
their foliage. It is just a trifle warm
for comfort, but we have no kick com
ing, the -more ,warmtn the more grass
and grain, and we cannot have too much
of either.
The Columbia is coming up rapidly
and steadily, but we are not like the
people alpng the Mississippi, who get
drowned out 'with a 26-foot rise. It is
not classed as high water here until it
passes the 42-foot mark, and . in '94 it
went within an inch of the 60-foot
mark. It made some of as move at the
latter figure, but anything under 50 feet
is all right.
A. M. Williams' & Co. have a very
handsomely decorated window in honor
of Easter. The floor is covered with
loosely-draped Swiss, from the folds of
which peep many prettily colored eggs,
ine center piece is an immense egg
made of handkerchiefs, the top chipped
off and a couple of handsome dolls peep
ing therefrom. It is a dainty and artis
tic bit of decorating that must be seen
to be appreciated.
The Shipes-Kinersly Drag Co. has
very pretty and unique Easter display
in its windows. Each window is car
peted with sod, and in one two large
white rabbits, with a couple of baby
rabbits, are at home 'to all who call to
see them. In the other, a hen, with
brood of ducklings, divide the honors
with the rabbits. A swimming tank is
provided for the youngsters, and they
seem to enjoy themselves as thoroughly
as though they bad the whole world to
roam in.
Have you seen those beautiful Olive
Platin photos that Mr. Hammond is
making at" the Herrin gallery? They
are, without a doubt, the finest finished
photos that have ever been made in the
West.- Photographers in the East
charge 8 to $15 per dozen for them.
To introduce them in The Dalles, Mr,
Hammond, for a short time, will make
them at $4.50 per dozen, for cabinetB
finished on large, heavy or other fancy
cards, which is very reasonable consider
ing his is the only gallery in the North
west where they are finished as they
should be, or he will make you a present
of one Olive Platin with a dozen of the
polished photos, prices of which are
still as low as at inferior galleries. a!6-3t
MERE IDLE MUSINGS.
Dancing- and Other Things, Bat Prlncl
pally Dancing;.
The Artisans gave one of their social
sessions last night in their nail, and a
number of .guests were present, who
thoroughly enjoyed themselves. The
program was exceptionally good, among
the numbers being an address by the
deputy organizer, Max Morehead, which
gave those present a better idea of the
order of Artisans than they previously
had. He will be in the city next week,
when new members will be taken into
the order. . After the program the gen
tlemen served refreshments in a unique
style, boards being used for plates, and
one of the principal delicacies was taffy
on a dish pan. The pleasing part of the
lunch was the generous manner in
which it was served, each guest being
offered nothing less than, a box of or
anges. Altogether it was a very sociable
social.
Friday'sDaily.
C. J. Hayes and Mrs. Ann Stranahan
were married at ilood River one day
this week.
The steamer Ainsworth sank in Lake
Kootenai Sunday morning. She will
be raised.
Mr. McGann of Lyle will conduct ser
vices at the Episcopal church Sunday
morning at 11 o'clock.
Pease & Mays have their windows
beautifully decorated, but that is no un
usual thing with them.
Stabling & Williams now have the
celebrated Hop Gold Bock beer on
draught. It is all right.
The roads all over the country are in
fine condition, and as a result all the
stages are arriving ahead of time.
The little Brown boy, who was so
badly scalded, is much better this morn-
ng. and bis recovery is now only a ques
tion of time. -.''.-. .
A. Ullery of Wamic, while at the
table at Wm. Davis' house at Wamic
Monday last, without a moment's warn
ing fell out of his chair, and in a mo
ment was dead.
. Rev. O. D. Taylor, pastor of the First
Baptist church, preaches on Sunday
morning at 11 o'clock. Subject of ser
mon "God Rules." There will be no
evening service. ,
The river was at the eighteen-foot
mark this morning, and if the present j
W here. We Got That Bat.
When E. J. Collins does anything, he
does it thoroughly. This morning in
company with the reporter of our con
temporary, we called at bis place of
business, and it at once struck Mr. Col
lins that the newspaper fraternity
needed new hats, which he at once pro
ceeded to supply. After those noble and
classified heads were properly fitted, he
presented each of the reporters with a
big block of matches, and as matches
are no good without something to light
with them, be added a fine cigar to his
gifts. Then he carefully wrapped up
the old hats 'which have .for jears
done ye scribes such yeoman ser
vice, and remarking, "gentlemen, your
hats will be delivered to your offices by
Bpecial messenger, he invited us to call
again, and as we left, bis genial face was
irradiated with that beautiful smile that
illumines the countenance of him who is
conscious of duty well done.
Change of Time.
Next Sunday the O. R. & N. will be
gin running two through passenger
trains each way every day. The time
card for this point has not reached us
yet, bat the time of arrivals and de
partures at Portland are as follows : No.
1 arrives at 6 :30 a. m., No. 2 departs at
9 p. m. Train 3 will arrive at noon and
train 4 will leave at 3 p. m. The hour
of arrival from Portland will be about
12:30 a. in. and 6:30 p. m., and thev
will leave for Portland at about 3 :10 a.
m. and 8i30 a. m. The change will
prove of great convenience to the travel
ing public. ' Trains 3 and 4 run on the
Spokane route, the others 'to connect
with the Short Line, and the latter will
not co by the way of Walla Walla, as at.
present. ''"'-,
Notice of Bale.
Notice is hereby given that on the 19th
day of April at the hour of 2 p. in., the
buildings and sheds known as the Loch
head feed yard will be sold at public
sale, by virtue of a power of sale in a
chattel mortgage executed on Feb. 1,
1893. by W. H. Lochhead to The Dalles
National Bank to secure the payment of
a certain promissory note of date Dec.
31, 1892, amount $1200 with interest at
10 per cent..
al2-w Malcolm McTnnis.
Cervantee, , in that most delightful
creation Don Quixote, gives a very
graphic, though somewhat pathetic, de.
script ion of that doughty knight-errant's
encounter with a windmill, which he
had mistaken for a giant. . As that poor
gentleman's lance struck the fans the
wind caught and whirled them so
violently that the Don was unhorsed
ana poor Kosinanie, snaring hia mas
ter's misfortunes, was thrown into the
ditch.
It has been our misfortune to dupll
cate that unfortunate adventure, but.
like the other "fellow," we learned our
mistake too late. So, we have kindly
"loaned our eves and our ears" to the
callow youth who invites us to his li
brary under the name of "Consistency,'
and have done our best to "emerge from
the lofty pinnacle of our editorial great
ness" (by which we suppose our young
friend means that we should "come off
the perch") and have read bis state
ments anent the sinfulness of dancing
with a great deal of pleasure, not un
mixed with profit.' The pleasure con
sisted in being led along new paths, into
verdant fields of fresh-flowered litera
ture, and resting our tired braiu by fol
lowing the 'dreamy, though somewhat
salacious, fancy of our kind and youth
ful mentor. The profit was from eev-
eral sources, the most prominent of
which was the amount of 'information
we were enabled to grasp from one who
appears to be thoroughly informed con
cerning the habits and private character
oi that much-in-evidence personage
known in . polite society as Satan, but
whom our young Telemachns, with un
seemly familiarity, bails as the devil.
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j;) Buy abas, read too coupon and see how to get your share of tOW In presents.
Now' let us say to our young friend
(for such we judge him to be) that there
is not a person on earth who has a
greater - love for the human race than
ouraelf. There is. only one thing this
side of heaven that commands our ven
eration more than an honest, conscien
tious, truthful Christian boy, and that
is a pure, sweet girl, with heaven's .own
light in her clear eyes, and soul as spot
less as an angel's wing; one who can,
as she grows to womanhood, nestle up
against the bosom of the man she loves
as trustingly as a babe against its
mother's breast, and whose very touch
goes to his soul and makes the strings of
his heart vibrate in a harmony of thanks
giving to the good God for making such
an one;' one whose feet kiss the earth
bat to bless it; whose hands touch bat
to glorify, and whose presence is a bene
diction.: And tbank Godt many such
there be. Rather than knowingly put
a stumbling block or a pitfall before the
feet of such an one, we would choose the
punishment of eternal solitude upon tbe-i-
Stygian shore. And yet we believe in
dancing. We believe that the young
men and the young women of these days
are good, not Dad. We believe that
chivalry exists today, as in the olden
days, and that young people can meet,
as God intended they should, to mate,
without a thought that would tarnish
the petals of the snowy lily. He who
cannot look upon women but with libid
enous eyes is a beast, not a man, and in
the dance or out of it his nature is the
same. One who looks upon dancing as
'hugging set .to music" has no business
m the ball room or anywhere else
where there are good women.
As usual always in the lead. Hop
Gold Bock Beer on sale today. See that
you get it'bn draught at all Star brewery
saloons. . ' al5-lw
We know there are many good people
who 'object to dancing, that is their
privilege, and being conscientious in
their beliefs, we respect them for it.
Bat because tbey do not believe in it,
what right bave they, or you, my young
friend, to say, or to insinuate, that those
who believe differently are immoral?
Yet you boldly assert that those who
dance are doing so in the service of the
devil, and if that were eliminated, there
would be nothing left of the dance. And
you think it blunts the finer sensibili
ties and weakens the character? Well,
George Washington was a fine dancer
and enjoyed it ; yet be bad some charac
ter and had "parental instinct" strongly
enough developed to become the father
of his country. Lafayette was a famous
dancer, so was Frederick the Great, and
so were Ferdinand and Isabella, their
most Christian majesties of Spain.
There were, and are, others. Others
somewhat too numerous to mention.
Bat we would like to ask our young
friend, who has so kindly volunteered to
shed the light of his .wisdom along our
pathway of rayless gloom, whether, in
speaking of . the effects of dancing, he
but repeats what be has been told, or
whether be describes tbeeffect of Terpsi-
cborean exercise upon himself? If the
former, we want to add onr voice to the
millions of others that will tell bim he
has been misinformed. If to the latter,
we only want to suggest that invitations
to dances be sent bim the day after they
are over; and to add still further that
be couldn't be trusted with seven yards
of second-hand calico in a jimson patch.
If dancing for bim has nothing bat al
luring and debasing influence,'we shall
strictly . refrain from asking him to
dance with us. 'But let ns suppose the
former proposition is correct, and that
he only "tells the tale as 'twas told to
him," and so conclude this rather prosy
musing by examining his authorities
and glancing at those statistics. ' --;
Mr. T. A. Faulkner, ex-president of
the Dancing Masters' Association of the
Pacific coast, is fiist. I do not care to
jepeat what Mr. Faulkner saySjforthe
language he uses does not flow readily
from my pencil as from that of our young
moralist; but at any rate this Mr.
Faulkner, who visited two hundred
'ladies" in San Francisco, learned from
their own lips that 163 owed their posi
tion in life to dancing; and Mr. Floris,
another high-stepper, says that of 2.500
"ladies" in Sail Francisco three-fourths
are the result of dancing. Now, we do
not think either of the persons named
authorities. The class of their acquaint
ances prevents us placing the utmost
reliance in their truthfulness, and the
persons from whom thev get their al
leged information are notorious for their
frugal and economical use of the truth
on the subject named. Daniel Webster
perhaps did not dance, but be had a
reputation in a certain line that would
spoil a refrigerator. But let him pass
for what he is worth. Our young friend
says he said "he hadn't brains enough
to dance," Which certainly would excuse
him, or our young friend either. Gail
Hamilton railed against dancing when
she got through railing at everything
else, but only ia her dotage. As to the
other authorities quoted, we infer from
their calling they knew nothing of danc
ing except from hearsay, and conse
quently were not capable of judging.
Against their opinion we place that of
the millions that do dance and enjoy it,
innocently. And somehow we are
tempted to believe the hundreds of good
women who dance, when they say it is
an innocent pleasure, in preference to
the hearsay statements credited to a
class of women unnamable in th!s con
nection. It may be' a depraved taste,
but we prefer to adopt the opinion of
our friends respectable ladies and gen
tlemen to those of the class quoted "as
victims of the dance. .
ONE OF THE OLDEST SHIPS.
An American Bark 133 Years Old Doing
Duty In English Waters.
The bark True Love, buiit in Phila
delphia in 1764, has been fonnd npon
search to be yet afloat in the capacity Of
a coal hulk, engaged in active trade at
the age of 133 years. This discovery was
made through a casualty recorded in the
Maritime Exchange as follows : "True
Love," . barge, was in collision with
schooner Graveeend of London off
Gravesend, and had port quarter dam
aged to such an extent that it was found
necessary to tow her into Rochester, and
Bhe arrived at that place in charge of the
tug Commerce." The True Love has
not only outlived her builders and their
successors, but has also outlive i every
craft that was built in her time and for
many years afterward, and this fact,
coupled with the report -that the historic
craft is still engaged in active pursuits,
places Philadelphia at the very top notch
as a shipbuilding center.
In 1764, when this famous old craft
was launched on the banks of the' Dela
ware although her length was but ninety
six feet eight inches, she was then the
largest vessel of commerce that the
Delaware had - ever floated. Contrast
this with the dimensions of the huge
Hamburg-American Packet Company's
steamship Pennsylvania, the latest ad
dition to commerce, whose length is 587
feet, while the new White Star liner
building is 704 feet long, and one will be
amazed with the magnitude of the modern
ship of com merce. The True Love, npon
being completed, sailed away from
Philadelphia early in 1765, and no rec
ord is had of her return to this city'
until August 22, 1873, when , at the age
of 109 years she came into port from
Ivigtnt, Greenland, with - a cargo of
kryoline, in command of Captain Thos.
Nathaniel, consigned to B. Crowley. She
was discharged here and surveyed by
the American Lloyds in October, 1873,
and sailed away, never' to return again.
Upon her arrival shortly afterward in,
London, she was sold and turned into
a coal hulk, in .which capacity, she still ;
serves.
The dimensions of this famous True
Love are: Length, 96 feet 8 inches;
beam, 26 feet 9 inches; depth of hold,
17 feet. She measured 206 tons register,
and, like all old craft, carried very little
more cargo.
The discovery that there was still
afloat a Philadelphia-built vessel of such
an age has caused . much comment on
the floors of the Maritime Exchange, and
some shipping men are of the opinion
that the old craft should, if possible, be
purchased as a relic. Records show
that the True Love was for a time
owned in Hall, England, by G. Dahl,
previous to her, purchase by John S.
Ward, of London, and during that time
she was engaged in the Baltic trade.
V. W. Butler's 8nlt.
The suit ot the United States against
Dan Butler, recently agent the Warm
Springs agency, and his bondsmen, was
tried before Judge Bellinger Monday and
a vefdict rendered in a verdict rendered
in favor of plaintiff for 117.53. The
suit was for something over $1450, bat
Mr. Butler was able to account for every
thing except one item of $164.35, which
should have been deposited with the
FirBt National bank at Portland, but
which' failed to show up. It was this
item on which judgment was given
against bim, the amount being cut down
by credits due hiin for salary. Mr. But
ler had nothing but his word to explain
this item, he claiming to have turned
the check over to Clerk Lester, and the
latter neglected to forward it.
The amount is a small one, and will
be paid at once, as there seems to be no
way of correcting the mistake, except to
put up the money. But two mistakes
were found outside of this in Mr. But
ler's accounts, one of 35 and the other of
30 cents. -
The New Marriage Service.
Wilt thou take her for thy pard, for
better or for worse; to have, to bold, to
fondly guard till hauled off in a hearse?
Wilt thou let her have her way, consult
bet many wishes; make the fire up
every day, and help her wash the dishes?
Wilt thou give her all the "stuff" her
little purse will pack ; buy ber a monkey
boa and muff, a little sealskin sacque?
Wilt thou comfort and support her
father and ber mother, Aunt Jemima,
Uncie John, thirteen sisters and a
brother? And then his face grew pale ,
and blank it was too late to jilt. As
through the ' chapel floor he sank, he
sadly said, "I wilt."
Soap Foam
compounds.
excels all other washing;
a2-3m
We Sell
Buckeye Mowers,
Acme Mowers,
McCormick Mowers,
McCormick Reapers,
Hodge Headers.
Also astobk of extras for above machines. We
are the leading Hard-ware and Implement dealers.
MAYS & CROWE,
. THE DALLES.