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THE DALLES. WASCO COUNTY, OREGON, WEDNESDAY, SEPTEMBER 21, 1898.
VOL. VITT.
NUMBER 48.
PROF. P.
Prof. P. G. Daut, the Optician of The
Dalles, Oregon, a Doctor of
Refraction,
We here show the portrait of Prof. P.
for the paet nine months, and is recognized as an optician of high scientific attain
ments and ekill, and enjoys, to an unusual degree, the confidence of his patrons.
He has just completed an operating rcom, known, as a "Dark Room," and ia
lighted with the new Aecetylene gas, which gives light at all times of the day,
The examination of the eye for errors of refraction and accommodation, and a
thorough familiarity with the tests, such as the professor uses for the detection
of anomalies of the ocular musclers, aig the very best known. He has many tee
: timonials in bis possession of people be has fitted in different states, but they br
ing of not much interest to the home people, be furnishes a great many home testimonials-,
bnt for lack of spaca we print from some of the people yon, know.
Bye Helps. Kye Hurters.
Spectacles are eye helps if right, eye
hurters if wrong.. Who is to know in
time to let you stop the mistakes? Not
tho average optician is a spectacle seller,
"for he is unable to distinguish between
optical defects and diseases. Prof. Daut
is the only graduate of disease of the
eye. He gives you a thorough examina
tion free of charge, and advises the use
of glasses only when needed. If you
don't need them, he tells yon so. .'
The Dalles, Or.,Jtily 22, '98. ;
To whom it may cancers:
This is to certifyt hat the undersigned
hatTpurchased glasses of Prof. P.G.Dant,
the optician, which have given entire
satisfaction. I very cordially recom
mend his work to the public.
-Very respectfully
Rev. W. V.Boliz.
Rector of the Church of Christ.
- The Dalles, Or., Jaly 6, '93.
The undersigned takes pleasure in
saying that he, having been troubled
with his eyes, called on the optician,
Prof. P. G. Daut, in February last, and
secured lenses which have proved to be
very beneficial. Respectfally,
. L. Grey, Ev. Lutheran Pastor.
"I Can't See"
As well as I could, is the complaint you
hear, not onlv from older people but
from the young as well. Age is no cri
terion for the wearing of glasses. Many
are born with greater detects then come
with age. - Young people inherit and
cultivate defects by strain or abuse.
Young, old or middle-aged, if yoa are
not getting tbe service from your eyes
that yon think yoa should, you ought
certainly ascertain the nature of your
trouble.
The Dalles, Or., June 9, '98.
Prof. P. G. Daut,
Dear Sir: It affords me the greatest
of pleasures to inform you that the
glasses which you fitted "to my eyes are
giving perfect satisfaction. I have not
known for several rears the pleasure of
being able to see objects distinctly nn til I
began to use yonr lenses. Thanking yon
for your kindness, I remain
Respectfully yours,
A. E. Negus. -
The Dalles, O., April 14, '98.
I.wish to add my testimony, and will
say to those concerned that my - daugh
ter had been troubled with her eyes for
the past few years, and had been fitted
by different so-called doctors with blue
tint glasses, her eyes getting constantly
worse until she was compelled, to wear
( glass at all times. I finally called on
Prof. P. G. Daut, tbe optician, and he
fitted her, saying that she must only
' wear them half the time and while read
ing or studying. His directions : were
followed, and now she ' only wears them
a few hours each day and her eyes look
. natural. Tbe vision is good again. The
. professor can handle a child better than
- any optician I have ever seen, and I can
- recommend him to any parent whose
children's eyes are effected. -
Respectfully,
Mrs. Anna Nichols.
lour Mind's Eye ''
Has perpetual unison, but everyday eyes
cannot always be depended upon. Don't
G. DAUT
G. Daut, who "has been in The Dalles
neglect them ; you can't afford it.
1 give you the most exacting examin
ations that will leave no defect uncor
rected. - . .
No glasses can give more comfort, and
in very few cases as much, becanse my
lenses are absolutely conect.
I don't fit by guesswork. I have been
properly taught, beeides having . had
years of experience.
The Dalles, Or., Aug. 29, '98.
To all whom it may concern:
Several months ago Prof. P. G. Djint,
of the Daut Optical Co., gave my eyes
such a test as no other optician has given
them before, and hie glasses which I am
now wearing are giving me thorough
satisfaction. I recommend his compe
tent and efficient service to any one who
may have visionary troubles.
Yours sincerely,
. A. G. Hoering.
The Dalles, July 25, '98.
Prof. P. G. Dant, Optician :
With pleasure I write to express my
gratitude for the glasses you fitted for
me last May. They are very satisfac
tory. I can see far and near with them
better than any I have ever tried. It is
really wonderful how good I can see with
them and bow little I could see without
them. I wear the glasses continually,
and can see to read, sew and do any
thing I have to do. I like them very
well. . Martha A.'Stone.
Fits Like a Coat. -
The need of having glasses that fit
the eye like a coat fits the back ; the
need of accurate lenses properly cen
tered to tbe glass, all are absolutely nec
essary for the preservation of the most
precious of all senses, the sight. We
have no old fogy ideas, but adapt tbe
latest and best methods in our fitting
and -examinations. - No charge for the
latter. -
The Dalles, Or., May 14, '98.
To the Public : .
The undersigned wishes to state
to .the public that my eyes were bo
affected that it was impossible for me to
read tbe papers, even the large head
lines, and especially of evenings I was
like a blind man. I had to feel my way
and was nnable to eee anything or any
body. It seemed as if a dark wall would
rise up and shut off everything, so I con
cluded to call on Prof. Daut, the opti
cian. After consulting bim he told me
if I followed bis instructions he could
bring my eyes out all O. K. I finally
consented, and within three months,
with his lenses, I am able to read iny
papers and can now eee of evenings with
out glasses. He is without doubt a
thorough doctor of refractions, and I can
not eay too much for htm aB an able op
tician. Any. one troubled with their
eyes will do well to see him. - - :
Very respectfully,
E. Wand.
The Dalles, Or., Aug. 25,'98.
To whom it may concern :
This is to certify that Prof. P. G.
Daut, of the Dant Optical and Jewelry
Co. of Tbe Dalles, Or., tested my eyes
and prescribed glasses during Novem
ber, 1897. I have been wearing the
glasses obtained from his test ever since
and they have proved entirely satisfac
tory in every respect up to the present
time, and eo tar as I am able to judge
will continue to give satisfaction. I can
heartily recommend him to. any ono
needing work in his line to be a, careful
and competent workmen.
William Menefee,'
Of the Jacobeen Book & Music Co.
Hour Own Judgment.
If your horse needs a shoe to a horse
shoeing shop. . -
If you need a suit of clothes to a
tailor or clothier.
If vou need dental work to a dentist
If vou need medical attendance to a
ctivsician.
- If you need yonr eyes attended to, go
to an optician for lenses. "
Don't go to a man who has rend all
that he knows out of a book. ro man
can learn by books alone; it takes prae
tical experience, and . Prof. T. G. Dan t
bas had Liof.ii. lie guarantees eaiteiac
lory results in all cases.
The Dalles, Oregon, April 23, '9S.
Prof. Daut.
Dear Sir : For tho past. eightyjearg
mv eves have been failing me, especially
; my left eye, having run a, cornstalk in it
while gathering corn, tor 4 or o years 1
could not see to read with it and was un
able to get glasses to see with until I
went to you w ho fitted me with glasses.
I can now read the. finest of print with
either eye and the 'enses are giving inc
the best of satisfaction.
M. Parkins.
. - April 14, '98.
To whom it may concern : .
. Daring the month of Februaryl called
on Dant. the optician, for a remedy for a
failure in my eyesight,. caused from in
tense heat and bright Jigut from the fire
box of a locomotive. After having my
eyes fitted with lenses, in less than one
month I could notice a wonderful im
provement in my eyesight.
M. M. Sayre.
. Wrong About Tour Eyes.
You have been wrong in thinking you
ought to put off wearing glasses as long
as poesible. This very thing is responsible
for so many eye troubles. All eyes be
gin to fail at forty years of age ; some
more than others, and when complicated
with incorrected defects, failure begins
mnch sooner. A correction at the right
time will save your eyes. Neglect is
bound to injure them. Attend to them
at once.
V The Dalles, Or., Aug. 26, '98.
Prof. F. G, Daut :
- Having purchased a' pair of lenses of
yon about five months ago, will say that
they have proved a great benefit to my
eye's. - I am relieved -pf -"that tired and
strained feeling of my eyes which has
troubled me for some time, and am also
relieved of headaches caueed from my
weak eyes. . I am well satisfied with
your work. . . " Respectfully yours,.
' : - Mies Nora Turner.'
The Dalles, Or., May 20, '98. -About
ten months ago I called on Mr.
Daut, the optician, to be fitted for
glasses. I suffered with nervous head
ache, which I felt sure was caused by
the detective elasoes which 1 was .wear
ing at the time. Mr. Daut fitted me
with lenses which have given perfect
satisfaction, and I am also relieved of
the headache. I can cheerfully recom
mend Mr. Daut as an experienced eye
specialist. :'." . Mrs. P. Cram.
Looking lute the Fotare.
I venture to predict to a certainty that
some day you will have to wear glasses.
I venture to Bay t hat when that time
comes, no glasses will give yoa ease and
comfort if yon continue to strain your
eyee, after nature warns.
The eye is a window of your soufc
don't abuse and strain it. Treat io as
you should and cave money and eyes for
your life time. ' "
The Dalles, Or., May 16, '98.
I have bought glasses for about ten
vears from different ones ; but the lenses
I had made by Prof. P. G. Daut, the op
tician, are without doubt the best 1
have eyer bad. His glarsses have im
proved my eyes wonderfully. I can rec
ommend him as an honorable optician,
and a man who deserves to be classed
among tbe best refractionists and eye
specialists. With best wishes, I am .
. Yours to serve,
C. Berry.
- Tho Dalles, Or., May 29, '98.
The glasses which I had fitted to my
eyes by Prof. P. G. Daut, the optician,
are giving perfect satisfaction and I can
recommend him to anyone needing any
thing in the optical line.
' Angust Bnchler,
Prop, of Columbia Brewery.
" The Dalles, Or. Sept. 8, '98.
To whom it may concern :
This is to certify that Prof. Daut has
fitted my daughter with glasses, which
she has been wearing for six months,
and tbey give perfect satisfaction. She
has been fitted before by some of the
leading opticians but never could see as
well as now with the glasses furniehed
by Prof. Daut. -He has done other work
in my family (fitted my wife and myself
with glasses') which give the best of sat
isfaction, and I can heartily recommend
him to any one wishing work in this
line. In tbe case of my daughter, would
say, that she was unable to recognize
people acrose the Congregational church
with any glasses she had previous to the
ones furnished by Prof. Dant, but can
with tbem. ' C. B. Cashing.
. . ,.v Shooting; Paine
In the temples doll aches across the
forehead blurred vis:on letters and
lines running into one another skip
ping oi words and letters in reading
seeing objects doable floating specks
that come and go aversion to bright
light a confusion of objects which can
be reduced by closing tbe eye momen
tarily that tired feeling in back of your
eyes inflamation in the minute vein9
overrunning the whites of the eyes all
which are symptoms of the optical de
defect that I can remedy with a proper
A $10.00 examination
. -The Dalles, Mav 3, '98.
Prof. P. G. Daot,
Dear Sir: The eye water yon gave
me has done my eyes more good than
anything I have ever tried, and the
lenses you lilted are perfectly ealisfac
tory. - ; M i s. Julia Knaggs.
. Ho It Today
If vou have tho faintest snsnicion that
jyonr eyes are not just right. If they
bother you in any way.it is best to have
them examined at once. The longer
they are deprived of the aid they need
the weaker they become. I know what
I nm talking about.
What Will reo(lo Say?
Many people, even in our own enlight
ened America, are willing to sacrifice
themselves and their children to the
prejudice of "what pesple say." The
foolish prejudice against the use of eye
glasses by children often results in the
greatpst suffering, and often in the per
manent disability of one who might oth
erwise make a mark in the world.
The Dalles, Or., Sept. 16, '98.
Prof. Daut, Optician, .
Dear Sir: I deem itrray duty, not
only to myself, but to you, "to offer you
my sincere thanks for the able manner
in which you have treated my eyes.
They were very bad, bnl thanks to your
skill I am able to see as well today as at
any time in my youth, for in my youth
I had splendid sight, but four years
of hard service during the Civil War
and tryining service on the frontier, left
them in bad condition. Bat .thanks to
your ekill I am able once more to eee a?
good as I ever could. The glasses are
just magnificent.
I am gratefullv Tours.
t.'J. Lynch.
Late of the '4:h regiment, Maryland
Volunteer Infantry.
Don't Guy.
, Many people have saved their vision
bv using glasses; bat for them, their
lives would be valueless. Nearly all
young people who wear glasses are de
formed, not outwardly but inwardly.
They have a deformed eye; it's. either
too long or too short : it isn't failure,
like old people have, but a deformity
undei stand me, a deformity of their
eyes, bo, for mercy's sake, don t guy
them: - -
The Dalles, Or., Sept. 8, '98.
Prof. P. G. Daut,
Dear Sir: Eight months ago I took
my sister Isabell to you to undergo a
treatment of her eyes. She had been
in a critical condition-for-the . past four
years and for two years has been unable
to attend ecbool, also her general health
was failing, caueed from nervous eye
strains. We had resorted to .different
remedies but all proved -a failure until
yoa htted her eyes, and a marked im
provement has been - noticed both in
eyes and in health ever since.. To me
yon have given entire satisfaction, and I
sha'l with pleasure inform my friends
of the a bili i y you used in your good
optical work. Yours truly,
..' Miss Alma Heronx.
The Common, bat Beautiful Sunlight,
Is composed of seven colors. . An ob
ject that absorbs and does not reflect
any of them, is called black. Black is
not acolor, but is really on absence of
any color . whatever, while white is a
combination of the seven original solar
colors. A child is a five-year-old before
it can recognize any of these colors.
One vision out of every seven is color
blind. Ninety-eight out of every 100
have defective eyes. If your -eyes are
good, you ought to be thankful, but
don't try to make' yourself think they
are when they are not. If yoa do, there
will be a day of judgment.
The Dalles, Or., Jaly 16, '98.
Proi. P. G. Daut,
" Doar Sir: I extend to you. my heart
felt thanks for tho good your glasses
have done mv daughter, Lily. Her eyes
have been afflicted for five years, being
troubled with double vision. This gave
ua much alarm, as she had been given
up by three doctors, with the advice to
keep' her oat of school and away from
books. After you fitted her with lense,
three months ago, in less than a month
she felt an improvement, in her' eyes,
and they now have the appearance of a
perfect eye and the vision is good. She
does not wear the glasses only about a
third of the time. I am well pleased
with the work and will help yoa when I
can. - :.- Sincerely yours,
Mrs. Win. Sherar.
The Dalles, Or., Sept. 1,, '98.
Prof. P. G. Daut:
I feel it my duty to thank yoa f jr the
excellent services which yoa rendered
my eyes: .
Though I have been fitted in Portland,
Seattle "BnSalo and New York, I-cannot
bnt declaim the fine judgment and
ability displayed by yourself in obtaining
the proper corrections, and must say in
justice to you, for the benefit I have de
rived from your lenses, that never be
fore, since requiring glasses, have my
eyes been in their present good - condi
tion. In fact all my former corrections,
it ieeros to me now, have served to hurt
my eyes. Again tendering yoa , my
thanks and wishing yoa every success in
your good work, I am
, ,' Gratefully yours.
Otto Meyer.
. Portland, Or., Sept 8, '98. -Prof.
P. G. Daut, Optician,
The Dalles, Oregon.
My dear friend : Having been troubled
for the' past fourteen years with my
eyes and haying tried everywhere to
get glasses, thought there was no relief
as eo many had told me there was no
lense or remedy to give relief. For the
paet ten years -1 have been unable to
see anything clearly, and was thrown
out of work of all kinds on account of
not being able to eee good enough. So
when I came to The Dalles I thought I
would try yon, and to my eyes you have
fitted a lense or pair of glasses which
are the best I ever saw ; my eyesight
Adjusted glass,
free.
at present . is very much improved
and I will do all lean foryour careful
judgment in your profession ' as an
optician. You certainly deserve the pat
ronage of any one who is in need of eye
attention. I am your well wisher, and
if at any time I can say a word for you
I will be only too glad to do so.
Truly yours.
W. H. Aiken.
:' Worth Knowlug.
Your eyes work fifteen hours daily,
and anything that will help them do
their work is worth knowing. Of course
I can't tell yoa much in this little space,
but if yon will come in and eee me, I'll
tell you all I know about yonr eyes. I
don't know it all, and the man who
thinks he does about any subject
nearly always knows the least.
Viento, Wasco Co., Or. Sept. 10, '98.
Prof. P. G. Daur, Optician.Tha Dalles,
Dear-Sir: Your treatment to ray
eyes has been very suecsssful, as they
are now well. I am many times obliged
to you. Veiy sincerely vonrs, .
Aaron Boggs.
Portland, Or.. July 20, '98.
P. G. Daut, tho optician, " fitted my
eyeswiih glasses which have given me
euliro (satisfaction. He is a first-class
optician and deserves the liberal patron
age of the people. Prof. H. M. Ryan.-:
Thn Dalles, Or., April 4, '98.
The elasses fitted to my eyes bv Prof.
P. G. Diut, the optician, of The" Dalles,
suit me tetter than ny I have yet bad.
Very Respectfully,
Mrs. J. M. Fleming.
The Dalles, Or. Sept, 8, '98.
Prof. P. G.Daut,
Dear Sir: I was fitted with a pair of
your glasses some time ago and they are
perfectly satisfactory. . Tom A. Ward.
The DaHes. Or., Sept 14, '93.
Prof. Daut, about a year ago, fitted me
a pair of glasses which are giving per
fect satisfaction. Dr. S. H. Frazier. '.
HOW THE CHILD SUFFERS.
Should Have a Thorough. Examination
on Entering; School.
Speaking on the Eubject of children's
eyes : A great many children are sent to
school with eye defects which demand
great expenditure of nervous forces in
order for them to keep np with those
who enter on the same work with
natural eyes. -
The eame children lire often c'nssed
as idle or stupid, when in reality their
mental condition may be just as keen
as their classmates, tbe failure to keep
pace being; entirely due to defective
vision. In some cases by virtue of great
persistence, they succeed in . "keeping
abreast of their more fortunate com
panions; but this task is accomplished
at the expense of vital energies which
often lays tbe foundation of future
dieease. It is not uncommon and cer
tainly not improper to have the first
teeth of children fonr of five years of age
filled instead of extracted ;' while tbe
eye, the most intellectual, the most ap
Drehensive and the moBt discriminating
of all our organe, receives scarcely a pas
sing thought, much less an examination.
It seems never to occur to some par
ents that the principal agent in requir
ing an education is the eye. lhe child
is placed in school without the slighest
iaqairy on the part of either parent or
teacher, as to whether it has the normal
amount of sight, whether it be near
sighted or far sighted, whether it be
clear or blurred, whether it sees with
one eye or two eyes, or whether the act
of vision is accomplished at the ex
pense of an nunaturai strain upon the
nervous system.
It would bo a boom to the children
that attend our public schools if the
board of education would enact a regu
lation which would require a certificate
from some competent doctor of refrac
tion, one who has graduated from some
good optical collego or school, who had
found them to be normal pr had cor
rected the eye to be normal. .
But I realize that each a radical
measure would meet with much opposi
tion and might possibly defeat the very
end It was intended to accompHeh. A
careful study of the eabject of children's
eyes leads me to suggest 'to the teachers
of the schools making a test of each
pupil's vision. For that nso .I will
gladly furnish charts and instructions
to find out the errors of each pupil's
eyes, which might lead to the discovery
why pupils have been kehind in their
studies. '
If a child, whose vision is but wak
and with proper glasses will heiD it
to outgrow its defected vision and use
them while young, will probably in nine
cases out of ten, have' no use for glasses
after a few months, or perhaps for study
ing only. "
Only those who have been relieved by
the use of glasses understand what bear
ing the condition - of the eye bas on
general health. There are children to
day eick . becauee of eye-strain. Their
illness may be attributed to other causes,
but they go along sick until the true
cause be discovered by the exercise of
good common sense on the part of par
ents. If your child complains of t'te
eyee, see what the trouble is. Take her
to an optician ; one who understands bis
work, not a man who simply hangs out
a sign, "Glasses for Sale", but to an
optician. I will be glad to examine any
case of eyes, and if jou need glasses I
will tell you so, if not, I will tell you eo.
It costs you nothing to find out. Ex
amination free. P. G. DAUT,
7 Optician .and. eye specialist.
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HER LAST
RESTING PLACE
Funeral of the Murdered Empress of
: Austria.
- Vienna, Sapt. 17. Emperor. Francis
Joseph this morning received the special
representatives of the foreign sovereigns.
An hour later he- received the visiting
sovereigns; with the' exception of the
king of Saxony.
The emperor, Prince Hohenlohe, the
German imperial chancellor, and Baron
von Buelow, received Emperor William
at the railroad Elation. The emperors
ehook hands and kissed each other's)'
cheeks three times. ' They then pro
ceeded to the church where Emperor '
William, in behalf of himself and the
empress of Germany, deposited on the
casket containing the remains of the late
empress a floral wreath which his
majesty had brought from Germany.
The emperor dined at the German em
bassy after the funeral, and started for
Berlin this evening. '"' '-
Great torches threw glaring fiamesr ;
over the royal chapel in which the re
mains of the late empress have lain in
state since yesterday morning. Tbe
doors of the chapel were closed at noon,
thus barring thousands of people who :
were anxious to see the casket.
At 4 o'clock tolling of bells announced
tbe starting of the procession. The .
route from Hofhurg to the insignificant
church of Capuchins, whose vaults en
tomb tbe Hapsburgs, is so short that
only a small proportion of the populace '
was able to crowd into the adjoining:
streets. A ddtachmeno of cavalry led
the procession. Then came carriages
drawn by six horses, covered with
funeral trapmcgp, escorted by footmen.
A train of servants followed, and then
came footguards and a squadron of horse
guards, followed by ft detachment of
yeomen, gorgeously uniformed, preced- -ing
tho funeral car. Following the car ;
were several bodies of infantry and cav
alry ;
A large number of priests met the
procession at Augustus church and pro
ceeded with it to Capuchins. The clergy
united in atoning prayers, wh'ich were
also exquisitely chanted during the
services by the court choir.
During the last prayer, the coffin was
lifted from the catafalque and clergy
bearing torches walked before it. Em
peror Francis Joseph, attended by the
highest officers of stale bearing wande,
followed. The procession slowly passed
from the Bight of the congregation down
the stone stari way to the vault.
ERUPTION OF VESUVIUS.
Increased Activity of the " Volcano
Frightens . Neapolitans.
Naples, Sept. 18. A slate of gloomy
apprehension prevails among the popu
lation regarding tlys eruption of Vesuvi
us, which is hourly becoming more ac
tive and menacing. Streams of lava are
epreading in every direction. Tbe most
threatening of these flows through the
Vedrino valley, which .is almost filled.
The observatory, which originally ctood
at R height of 610 meters, is now only 27
meters above the sea level, owing to'the
sinking of the ground. Seven new
craters have formed around tbe central
one, and this has not tended to diminish
the fears formerly felt, which were
based npon the eruption of stones and '
scoria similiar to that which' occurred
in 1S92. " .
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