Ths Dalles Daily Chronicle. THURSDAY, - - - JAN. 15, 1891 METEOROLOGICAL EEPOET. Paciflo H Rela- D't'r W State CoaHt bae. a tive of 2. of Time. Hum Wind p Weather. 8 A. M 30.18 30 96 8W 0.03 Hail 8 P. M 80.17 39 90 " Sprinkle Maximum temperature, 43; minimum tem perature, 27. Total precipitation from July up to date, 2.91 : Txrajte precipitation irom juiy to date, 7.81; ayerage demciency from July 1st to date, 4.90. 'WIATHIR PROBABILITIES. The Dalles, Jan. -15, 1891. Weather forecast till 8 p. vn., Thursday, rain or snow. Sta tionary temperature. LOCAL BREVITIES. A light shower of rain and hail fell this morning. Mr. D. McLaughlin of Albina arrived here yestesday. Nothing pleases a woman like . being loved in vian. . Lawrence Blowers of Hood River was in the city yesterday. License to wed was issued yesterday to Frank Hathaway and Annie Stern wise. The west-bound passenger to-hiy is fifteen hours late, or nine hours early, and is supposed to arrive here at 8 o'clock to-night. The morning passenger at last report will not be here before 4 o'clock to-morrow morning. A big land slide near Huntington is the cause of the unusual delay of the west bound passenger to-day. Mr. Joseph "Whitmer, father of Mrs. George Filloon arrived from the Wil lamette valley this morning for a brief visit. . , Mr. R. B. Hood has leased I. C. Dar land's stable in Goldendale for two years, and yesterday, "Bob" went over .to take charge of it. Those invited to join the Ladies Gym" nasium Club, will meet for organization at Gymnasium hall, Saturday? evening the 17th, at 8 o'clock. The Diamond flouring mill started up this morning after being closed for the past three weeks on account of the sick ness of the head miller. The signal service authorities put up a longer flag pole yesterday and hoisted a storm signal, and the weather clerk at once sent us a light fall of sleet and hail. Jack Deinpsey was knocked out in thirteen rounds. It seems by this the Nonpareil was set to standard measure, but not solid. He can now be consfdered a bad case of nonpareil pL The desks, etc., of the New York and Washington Land company sold yester day by the sheriff, brought $20.85. This and Stone's cheek was the entire capital of the company. The schools of Illinois cost the people $11,549,000 or over $14 for each of the 778,819 children enrolled, this is twenty four times as much as the total tax of the state of Oregon, yet Illinois is so wealthy that this sum is raised on a very small tax. We still hear f the unknown disease prevailing among horses and cattle in Sherman county. A good many have died and many are sick. So far remedy has not been discovered. It would be well for the state veterinary surgeon to look into the cause and see what can be done to abate the disease, The week of prayer began last week at the Congregational church in this city, proved so interesting and profitable that it has been continued and will be extended through the entire present week. The meetings are doing a great deal of good. To-night the topic will be taken from Hebrew 11 : 40. Ad. Kellar's saloon was burglarized last night, the bold bad burglar taking a bottle or two of whisky and a box of cigars. He also pried open the cash register, getting about four dollars in change for his trouble. It looks as if the town had been tackled by a gang of petty thieves as nearly every night some petty offence is committed. UonsiaeraDie wotk is Deing done on the railroad between here and the Cas cade locks, new ties are" being put in, bridges and trestles overhauled and rer paired, cuts widened and earth removed from such places as are liable to slide, The high trestle near Crate's point will receive a general overhauling and while it is safe now it will be made doubly so. It will afford whole lots of satisfaction to such of our citizens as travel over this . road to know that this work " is being v done, for while no serious accident has ever happened to a passenger train on it, it is a dangerous piece of road, which V 1 1.. .l I i, 1 T t gwu men hub apparently uiariwu iui ucr own. work at the reservoir is progressing rapidly, twenty-five men, and ten teams ' being at work steadily. Two tons of giant powder have been sent for and this will facilitate the work, which is eomewhat more difficult than was at first supposed. The earth to be removed is f the cement order, tough as leather and extremely hard to handle. The giant powder will loosen it up, but even this eannot get in its. work as it does on rock. When the powder arrives if the weather will permit, . a . much larger force of men will be put . to work, and they will be hired here if possible. The Hyer Sister. The Hyer sisters played last, night to a fair audience. ; The "Blackville Twins," is of ; decidedly small merit, and large caliber. It was as weak a framework as ever supported a gauzy production of the variety style. The singing was excellent, and this alone made the evening an enjoy able one. The small boy was in his ele ment when the chestr.utty portion of the entertainment was on, and encored so often, and so long that the audience be came a little 'weary, but the singing be tween the fourth and fifth acts, rewarded the patience of those who waited un necessarily long to hear it. We take pleasure in commending the Hyer sisters to our exchanges as giving an entertain ment far above the average. An Eloquent Tribute. It is related of Emory Storrs that when taunted for his abstemiousness by his friends saying: "What is there in water? You can say nothing for it," he pronounced the following eulogy on water : "How do you expect to improve on the beverage furnished by nature? Here it is Adam's ale about the only gift from the garden of Eden. Nature's common carrier, not created in the rot teness of fermentation, not distilled over hres. V irtues and not vices are its com panions. Does it cause drunkenness, disease, death, cruelty to women and children? Will it place rags on the person, mortgages on the stock, farm and furni ture? Will it consume wages and income or advance and ruin men in business? No! But it floats in white, gossamer clouds far up in the quiet, summer sky, j i j . . i. . . hiiu novers in ureamy iumt uvcr tuc dui faces of all our sparkling lakes. It veils the woods and hills of earth's landscapes in a purple haze, where film lights and shadows dritt hour alter hour, it piles itself in tumbled masses of clouds, domes and thunderheads, draws the electric flash from its mysterious hiding places, and seams and shock the wide air with vivid lines of fire. It is carried by the winds and falls in rustling curtains of liquid drapery over all the tliirsty woods and fields, and fires in God's mystic eastern "eavens His beautiful bow of promises, glorified with a radiance that seems reflected out ot heaven itseit. it gleams in the frostcrvstals of the moun tain tops and the dews of the valleys. It silently creeps up to each leal m the myriad forests of the world and tints each fruit and flower. It is here in the grass blades of the meadows and there where the corn waves its tassels and the wheat is billowing. It gems the depths of the desert with the glad, green, oasis, winds in oceans round the whole earth, and roar its coarse, eternal anthems on a hundred thousand miles of coast. It clasps its hand in the flashing wave crests of the sea, laughs in the little rapids of the brooks, kisses the dripping,, moss- covered, old oaken well bucket in a countless host of happy homes." A prominent physician and old army surgeon in eastern Iowa, was called away from home for a few days ; during his absence one of the children contracted a severe cold and his wife bought a bot tle of Chamberlain's Cough Remedv for it. They were so much pleased with the remedy that they afterwards used several bottles at various times. He said, from his experience with it, he regarded it as the most reliable preparation in use for colds and that it came the nearest being a specihe of any medicine he had ever seen. For sale bv Snipes & Kinersly. A worn about the schools, it is a mistake to teach children a little cf everything and nothing thoroughly. About all education can do for man or boy is to set him to thinking for him self. The germ of originality in the individual needs cultivation, needs stim ulant. The head crammed with other people s ideas lias little- room for its own thought. Many a boy is so thor oughly schooled that the common sence, the will power, the selt-reliant man hood, is driven out of him. A load of facts with no education in their use is of little value. The most successful business men in our cities are those whose scanty education embraced thor ough knowledge of simple rules and -studies, but whose necessities have since demanded vigorous thought in- incessant industry and tne Dest use or every resource of mind and body. The hotbed system of eeccation en feebles rather than strengthens. Only a few require the cissies, astronomy or a knowledge of the dead languages. If the lights in your dressing-room are so arranged that you cannot see the top of your head to your satisfac tion, hold a fan or something of the same size behind your head some thing light if your hoir is dark, some thing dark if if light and every curl, wave, puff and love-lock will stand out against it like a white cloud in a blue sky Mrs. John Sherwood, a literary and society woman of New York, recom monds a cab ride over cobble-stones on Fifth avenue for liver complaint. There is something better for liver com plaint than that; it is a lively horse back ride through country air that is riotous with the perfume of wild flow ers and the breath of spicy woods. An American thief who got safely to Buenos Ayres with his boodle asked a messenger one day to do an errand for. him, and the half-clad, half-starved native, who never had ten dollars in his life drew himself up and repled: "Not for you, sir. . You are a runaway theif while I am an honest man." In Paris one must allow one's cook to do the Jmarketing, says Lucy Hooper. She gets her percentage on every article that she purchases, and, if called upon to relinquish these recognized perquisites, she will incontinently take her departure. From this it,would appear that American housekeepers are not. the only ones who have not yet had the servant question answered to their satisfaction. . Since the discovery of gold in 1860, the mines of Idaho have yielded about $175,000,000. on the Towel. Print- When I think of the towel.' the old- fashioned towel, that used to hangup by the printing house door, I think that no body in these days of shoddy car ham mer out iron to' wear as it wore. . The tramp who abused it, the devil who used it, the comp. who got it when these two were gone, the mak-up aud foreman, the editor, poor man, each rubbed some grime off while they put a heap on. In over and under, 'twas blacker - than thunder 'twas harder than poverty, rougher than sin ; from the roller sus pended, it never was pounded and it napped on the wall like a banner of tin." It grew thicker and rougher, and harder and. tougher, and daily put on a more inker hue, until one windy morning, without any warning, it fell to the floor and was broken in two. No man is as good at home as his pict ure looks in a neighbor's album. CHRONICLE SHORT STOPS. Elaine oil at Maier & Benton's. Nebraska corn at Joles Bros.' Lard in balk at Central Market. For coughs and colds use 2379. Fresh Iowa Butter at Maier & Ben ton's. , . Columbia ' river smelt at W. A. Kirby's, 10 cents per pound. Does S. B. get there? ul should smile." S. B. Oregon Star brand of hams at the Cen tral Market at 15 cents. C. E. Dunham will cure vour head ache, cough or pain for 50 oenls, S. B. Sliced hams, boneless hams, ham sau sage and dried fish at Central Market. - New manufactories are eoine in at North Dalles. - 2379 is the cough, syrup for children. Get me a cigar from that fine case at Snipes & Kinersley's. ' Joles Bros.' is the boss place to buy groceries. You need not coueh! iBlakelev & Houghton will cure it for 50 cents.. S. B. The finest stock of silverware ever brought to The .Dalles at W. E. Garret- ns, feecond street. Snipes & Kinerslv are anxious to cure your headache for 50 cents. S. B. For a lame back, a pain in the side or chest, or for tootache or earache, prompt reliel may be had by using Uhamber- lain's Pain Balm. It is reliable. For sale by Snipes & Kinersly. Those easy chairs made bv Livermore & Andrews are the neatest thing of the kind ever made. They are just the thing for your porch or lawn in the summer, and are as comfortable and easy as an old shoe. Call and see them at 77 Court street. The Dalles IT'S Will meet at the residence of Mrs. Marsh Sylvester on Third street Friday, January 16 at 3 o'clock. Y's please at tend, as there is important business to be brought before the society. Mas. Sylvester, Rec. Secretary. NOTICE. All county warrants registered prior to September 13, 1887, will be paid if pre sented at my office. Interest ceases from and after this date. " Geo. Rcch, -Treas. Wasco Co., Or. Jan. 13, 1890. 4t For a cut, bruise, burn or scald, there is nothing equal to Chamberlain's Pain Balm. It heals the parts more quickly than any other application, and unless the injury is very severe, no scar is left. For sale by Snipes & Kinersly. 850 Cash. . For the best shots of The Dalles For full particulars call at the shooting gallery No. 86 Second St. Don't fail to make a record. John Pashek, jnercixaat Tailor. Third Street, Opera Block. Madison's Latest System, Used in cutting garments, guaranteed each" time. and a fit Repairing and Cleaning Neatly and Quickly Done. DISSOLUTION. NOTICE. The firm existing under the firm name of Brooks & Beers is this day dis solved by mutual consent by the retiring of Mr. S. L. Brooks. The busi ness will be carried on bv Mesers. G F. Beers, and K. E. Williams under the firm name of "The Dalles Mer cantile Co.',' The new firm will pay all uaDiimes ana collect all aeots. Samuel L. Brooks. G. F. Beers. January 1, 1891. - Haying retired from the above firm, I desire to return my thanks to the pub lic for generous and friendly patronage and to ask for the new firm a continu ance of the same. Sam'i,. L, Brooks. $500 Reward! We will pay the above reward for any case of Liver Complaint, Dyspepsia, Sick Headache, In digestion, Constipation or Costiveness we cannot cure with West's Vegetable Liver Pills, when the directions are strictly complied with. They are purely vegetable, and never fail to give satisfac tion. Sugar Coated. Large boxes containing 30 Fills, 25 cents. Beware of counterfeits and imi tations. . The genuine manufactured only by THE JOHN C. VVFST COMPANY, CHIGAGO, B1AKEIEV SS HOUGHTON, Prescription Druggists, ' 175 Second St. The Dalles, Or. F. TAYLOR, PROPRIETOR OF THE .... City Market Bnrdett's" Kwlog-y . lnff Office ':.;th Popular Cosmos Flower. The cosmos flower, -which has come to be all the rage here this fall, has an in teresting history, which Mr. Rrn, the florist, related. It is indigenous to Mex ico, where it grows -wild in the fields like the daisy in this climate. Some four years ago a German florist in Hoboken, N. J., propagated some of the plants from imported seeds and introduced the flowers in JTew York. Then the plant appeared in the Soldiers' home gardens at Hampton, near Fortress Monroe, -where it was found that it would bloom as late as January and February, on ac count of the milder climate. A gentle man near Alexandria, Va., then secured a quantity of the seed and began to grow the plant for the market, meeting -with such success that he has now several acres covered with the cosmos blooms, and be ships immense quantities to New York daily. . Mr. Small sacs that the plant cannot be grown with great success farther north than this city, as it succumbs to the first frost. This is the first year that it has become common, but just now great branches of it adorn the windows of each florist's establishment, and can be bought cheaply in the market or of the boys on the street. The flower makes a pretty interior decoration, or it will keep fresh for four or five days if placed in a vase of water immediately after it is cut. The white blossoms are the handsomest, resembling a narcissus in their white petals and gold hearts, but there are other tints that are highly prized. The cosmos is apt to be as pop ular ere long as the chrysanthemum, al though florists will always prefer the latter. Washington Post. The Cue Bu Gone. The really high caste London swell has "cursed his stick and cast it out." Swagger Englishmen no longer appear in public with canes of any description. The collection of choice silver topped and natural wood weapons they drew mental sustenance from through so many seasons has suffered a temporary divorce from the fashionable toilet. British manhood is unprotected, and goes empty handed on the promenade save for a glove possibly, or in stress of , weather a medium sized silk umbrella. The collapse of the stick is attributable to the wholesale adoption of imitation costly canes by the London clerk and petty tradesman. 'Arry, the haberdasher, greengrocer and draper men were contented until re cently to carry blackthorns or a light rattan. To this no objection was raised by the aristocrats, and all would have gone well had not a sharp American flooded the market with cheap, flashy copies of swelldom's own stick. The re sult was intolerable, and hence the uni versal renunciation of canes in upper circles. Illustrated American. To Winter in tne Arctic Three vessels from San Francisco are now in winter quarters at the month of the Mackenkie river, within 1,200 miles of the north pole. This is said to be the first time that whaling vessels have vol untarily wintered in this location. The colony comprises - nearly seventy men. It will be late next summer before they can be heard from, unless by some chance a trapper might find his way that far north by sledges and back again to a British fur trading post. Provisions in the way of fish and game will be pro cured from the Indians who have vil lages close by. The vessels are the steamers Grampus and Mary D. Hume and the schooner Nicolene. Alluring stories of bowhead whales being so thick in the water that you could walk about on their backs as on broken ice led the vessels to their present location. San Francisco Alta. r tout of tne Buflale. There is a small herd of buffalo on what is known as the Bed desert, not many miles from Laramie, Wyo. A party of hunters recently returned from there and report having seen fifteen. Daring their trip they captured two with a lasso, but both of them died, it is said, from the effects of the choking they received. One of them was taken after a chase of two days. ' Mr. J. C Bobbins was at the head of the party, and. hU purpose in capturing them alive was to add them to a private collection of the wild animals of the Rocky mountains. which he intends exhibiting at the World's fair 'at Chicago. He left three hunters in the hills near the desert for the purpose of capturing other animals. Denver News. -A Queer Duck at Great Dunk Island. On Sept. 12 a colored individual, who gave his name as "Joe" Hopkins, came ashore in a fourteen foot dory on Little Duck island. Members of the lighthouse department offered to take him to the mainland, but he declined, and since that time has lived on the island. Little Duck is entirely devoid of vegetable growth, and Hopkins has subsisted en tirely on mussels. To procure these he has been obliged to wade up to his waist in water. He still refuses to go to- the mainland, but desires a new boat. He claims that he is en route for Africa, having started from Nova Scotia. Cor Boston Globe. It's Way Politicians Have. . A lady of this city who has 'been read ing about politics a good deal lately said to her husband the other day: "I sup pose it is all right for a prominent public man to be referred to by a nickname, though I think it is rather undignified. But what puzzles me is why everybody should refer to Mr. McKinley as McKin- ley Bill, instead of Bill McKinley. suppose, though, it must be in imitation of the .cowboy style." New York Tri bune. Coal Thieves Baa a Coal Yard. Seven persons have been arrested at Reading for systematically robbing tne coal cars of the Beading railroad. It was developed at the hearing . that they scraped the' coal from the cars on the sidings at Port Clinton, and virtually supplied and operated a large coal yard from their stealings. Philadelphia Rec ord. - fiOnTH DflLiLiES, Wash. In the last two' weeks large sales of lots nrltoV have been made at Portland, Grove, McMiunvUle and The are satisfied that North Dalles Is now the place for investment. New, Man- CC8I ufactories are to be added and large improve- WcWDDii?pP" ' rp, . , ntu tinlUbt. uicubo maue. xiienexi, w aays will be im portant ones for this new city. Call at the office of the Interstate Investment Co., r 72 Washington St., PORTLAND,. Or. O. D. TAYLOR, THE DALLES, Or. -: DEALERS IN Staple ai)a Fancy Groceries. Hay, Grain and Feed. Gheap Express Wagons Jtos. 1 and 2. Orders left at the Store willjreceive prompt attention. 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! For the Purpose Fall and Winter Millinery, Will Sell so CHEAP that new hat if only for "Looks." MRS. PHILLIPS, 81 Third Street. Tho XJallesj, H- P- GLKSIER, DEALER 1ST pine Cigars Pipes, Cigarettes and Smokers' Notions. GO TO THE SMOKER'S EMPORIUM. 109 Second St., The Dalles. Grandall & Budget, MANUFACTURERS AND DEALERS IN FURNITURE CARPETS. Undertakers and Embalmers. NO. 166 SECOND STREET. I.C. NICKELSEN, DEALER IN STJITI0J4ERY, KOTIOKS, BOOKS AND MUSIC. Cor. of Third and VasMngtou Sts. The Dalles, Orepn.' Tacoma Forest in the West. Dalles. -All Bootan(Jshoe factory Furniture mfc Wire Worts. Several Fine Cottages, Hem Railroad of .Disposing of our it -will pay you to have a Oregon. and Tobacco