C3 The Dalles Daily Chronicle. Published Daily, Sunday Excepted. THE CHRONICLE PUBLISHING CO. Corner Second and Washington Streets, Dalles, Oregon. The Terms of Subscription. Per Year. 6 00 Per month, by carrier 60 Single copy 5 STATE OFFICIALS. Uoveruoi... .' S. Pennoyer Secretary of State G. W. McBrlde Treasurer Phillip Metochan Supt. of Public Instruction E. B. McElroy e-tors , r jj:KPtchhell 'ongrcsHman . St B. Hermann State Printer ,...!. .Frank Baker COUNTY OFFICIALS. County Judge :.-...C. N. Thorabnry Bheritf D. L Cates Clerk J. B. Cronsen Treasurer - Geo. Kuch Commissioners J .Kineafd Assessor John E. Burnett Hnrveynr E. F. Sharp 8uerinteudcut oi Public Schools . . .Troy Shelley Coroner ... William Michell The Chronicle is the Only Paper in The Dalles that Receives the Associated Press Dispatches. FRUIT DRYING. Why would not the business of fruit drying pay in The Dalles? An enter prising fruit shipper in Walla Walla is making arrangements for putting up an vaporator that will have a. drying ca pacity of four tons a day. Surely an evaporator with a capacity suited to this market would put money in the pocket of the investor. It would prove a great benefit to the peopMe by creating a market for all kinds of fruit that can be preserved by the drying. process. ' The business of fruit raising is constantly in creasing while the home market is lim ited and many inferior qualities of fruit that are allowed to go to waste, when fruit products are abundant, could be turned to profitable account by drying. As it is, small orchardists, who' cannot well afford to put up dryers of their own and who have not good shipping facili ties find little profit in fruit raising in a year when fruit is abundant. A market for dried frnit can always be found, at alt seasons of the year and a fruit dryer with sufficient capacity to dry all the fruits that might be brought to it,' on the shares or any other way, would keep many a dollar at home that is now sent abroad for dried fruit. THE WASCO INDEPENDENT ACADEMY. The catalogue of the Wasco Independ ent. Academy and. State Normal, school for 1891-92 is before us. A careful ex amination shows that the various courses are admirably adapted to the purpose they are intended to serve-. One espec ially pleasing feature is the fact that the courses are not inflexible, but admit of modification to adapt them to the needs of individuals.. It is no longer judged essential that all students pursue exactly the same line of study in order to "be come liberally educated. Minds vary, and the studies which will train them best, vary also. , . The normal course deserves more than passing mention. Although the acad emy was made a State Normal school over two years ago, bnt little importance has hitherto been attached to this branch of its work. The- demand for trained teachers in nil departments of school work has been growing very rapidly of . late. A suitable normal course, such as is outlined in the catalogue, gives both theoretical and practical training. The state recognizes the merit of normal work by giving to graduates of the nor mal scnooi s certincates, good, tor six Years in anv nart of the state, and often honored to adjoining states. Another excellent feature is tho provision for an additional year's work in the different courses. With the training of the mind the development of true manhood and womanhood goes hand in hand. The discipline employed is such as to stimu late troth and honor in all. On the - whole it is safe to say that no better school is to be found in the state. The people of Eastern Oregon should give it their unanimous support. BRIEF STATE NEWS. The town council of Prinejille has or dered the residents of that town to dis infect their dwellings, outhouses and premises generally so as to ward off the scourge of diphtheria, which has car ried off a number of children in that neighborhood. The average weight of the salmon caught for McGowan's cannery, in As toria, - this season was twenty-four pounds, ihe cannery paid $1 a piece . for all salmon weighing twelve pounds and upwards.. Anything under twelve pounds went as half a salmon. ' ' Daniel Feister. one of the pioneers of the state, of 1847, died Monday at the home of his daughter, Mrs. W. C. Bar ker, of Salem. He was 80 years old. His wife survives him. He first settled in Clackamas county, and has since made his home in Josephine and Marion counties. Mrs. R. Bates and D.. Feister . are the other surviving children. . The schooner Robert and Minnie, the vessel that conveyed the arms and . ammunition to the Chilian steamer Itata, at San Diego, recently, is loading lum ber at the Bav City mill, Coos bav Captain T. O'Farrell is in charge, but rather reticent in regard to the Itata Affair. He is under $5000 bonds to ap- pear before the authorities at San Diego some time this month. Henry Hall came to the city last even ing, says the Baker City Blade, from Westfall, Malheur county, with thebody of hiswife, who died of typhoid fever. He is accompanied by his wife's mother and brothers and his little child. " Here the body was embalmed, and they went on to the Willamette valley, the former home of Mrs. Hall, where the interment will take place. Mrs. Mary A. Price died at the home of her daughter in Salem, on Sunday, aged 47. She came with her family across the plains to Oregon in 1852, and in 1859 was married to R. P. Price in Douglas county. In the spring of 1863 Mr. and Mrs. Price moved to Salem, where they have made their home ever since. She was the mother of six child ren, two sons and four daughters, three of the latter surviving her, Mrs. Sarah Crowell and Mrs. Flora A. Rennie of Salem, and Mrs. Mary E. Hales, of Adams, Or. They were all present at her last illness. She leaves a brother, J. .C. Arnold, ot Pendleton. General Personal Mention. The' Prince of Wales is to make a trip to the continent this month. Monte Carlo is not included in the itinerary. The last descendant, of the Maid of Orleans, according to foreign papers. died recently in France. He was an in spector in the commissary department of the army. Henry Labouchere will visit this coun try during the coming Indian summer. The great English asserter and retracter should have a hearty welcome from his New York confreres. The young king of Servia belongs to the "infant phenomenon" class, (to use an expression of the late lamented Mrs. Crummies,) but it is cause for gratitude that he has not yet taken to the stage or concert platform. - Major Rath bone, of Ohio, the new fourth assistant postmaster-general, is just 43 years old, and ia one of the most experienced men in the service. . He is a handsome fellow, a thirty-second de gree Mason and a wide-awake business man. Governor Buchanan, of Tennessee, is credited with being an affable, agreeable statesman, who "is fond of a cigar, enjoys a good joke and knows rye from corn." He is a great favorite with farm ers of his state, which may or may not be due to his last named characteristic. "Sunshine" Cox would have been a more appropriate name for the eloquent New Yorker, Clinton Lloyd thinks.' Mr. Cox had a-difference of opinion with Judge Pelham, of Georgia, in the forty- third congress. They buried the hatchet soon afterwards in "peach and honey" so successfully that ' thereafter they called each other "Peach" Pelham and 'Honey" Cox. .It was hard to Quarrel with Cox. Few Boston people , know who Daniel S. Ford is, yet in reality he ia one of the town's richest -men. He is the owner of the Youth's Companion, the most pros perous paper of its kind in the world, and indulges in yacbta and fast horses, and gives thousands of dollars to chari ties, but socially he is a recluse, arid is rarely seen except by a small circle of acquaintances. Mr. Ford is 70 years old and well preserved. He was a poor printer when JN . tr. vv una founded , the journal which Mr. Ford afterward built up to greatness. V. A Merry-Go-Round. Our bad man thought sure something queer would . happen to the Keating Implement A. Machine Company, of Dallas, when he learned that, besides being a deacon in the church himself, C A. Keating had induced Harry Keating to join his flock and substitute white paint for the carmine Harry had used so lavishly on numerous, occasions. Since Harry became catalogue editor of this concern, which carries everything in stock from a sucking pump to a mam moth coal consuming engine, he has advertised so extensively that when a man wants anything, from a pension to a car load of assorted implements and machinery, he immediately writes to the feating Implement & Machine Com pany, Dalles, Tex., and is seldom disap pointed in securing what he wants However, F. Tate, of Fairfield, Tex., hit Harry below the belt when he wrote for a merry-go-round "with twelve or four teen buggies no horses' Harry gave it np in the following honest confession : Replying to yours of June 14, 1 have quit drinking and joined the Salvation Army ; therefore, while I regret it very much, I will be compelled to decline your invitation for a ' merry-go-round In my younger days and before the Texas climate got in its work I would not hesitate to get on a jag that would easily enable me to go"-round '. with you in twelve or fourteen buggies, with or with out horses. I have" a lot of red paint left overwhichl will donate, but can- join you. l exas Jtarm and Kanch. Seven cars of beef cattle passed through the city yesterday evening for the Amer ican Dressed Meat company, Troutdale -Ten thousand bushels of wheat were sold ia Helix last Tuesday at 65 cents for blue stem and 64 for club, clear of the sack. " . The Dalles ' City,' companion steamer to the Regulator, has been towed over to this side to . receive ' her finishing touches. Oregon Express. The wheat crop of Walla Walla county for the current year ia estimated by the secretary of the Walla Walla board of trade at 3,306,937 bushels. " There are fourteen applicants for teacher's certificates now undergoing examination before Superintendent Troy Shellv and the board of examiners. THE HOUSEHOLDER'S DIFFICULTY. A Comparison of the OlU fVay nd the New Way of Buying and Selling. Any householder..: whose - happiness it is to pay for the supplies of a family, must be aware of the extreme difficulty of getting with any certainty a steadily good article of almost any sort. . It is easier in the case of luxuries, for the reason that for these the demand is more limited, the number of purchasers small er, the number of producers correspond ingly small and the chance of tracking bad work or untruthful statements great er. But for the things which every one must have, and which most must have as cheap as may" be, buying is a lottery with a miserable prevalence of blanks. Yon can get virtuous butter for a dol lar a pound, but the search for eatable butter at forty cents a pound is a weary and depressing pursuit. It is the same with the innumerable articles of cloth ing and materials of clothing. From the hat that grows gray in a month's service to the shoe soles that will not stand a day's rough tramping, the things that are turned out in large quantities for "the million" are not trustworthy. 1 think the chief reason is that in our complex and widely ramified system of exchanges the producer and the con sumer rarely come into direct relation with each other. The' former rarely knows, and still , more rarely cares, fdr the opinion the latter may have of him, of his methods, his character and, his goods. The seller deals today with one set of buyers, tomorrow with another, and so on, and the buyers change their places of purchase with the greatest fre quency. The relation indicated by the old fash ioned words "custom" and "customer" is dying out, and with it the possibility of accountability and the hope of profit able honesty. The type of modern re tail dealing Is that most abominable de vice the "bargain counter," where cheap ness, real or imagined, is the main thing considered. Scribner's. A. Blissful Ignorance. Nature, has evidently done wisely in hiding tomorrow behind an impenetrable night. What a dismal plight it would be for Flora to foresee Reginald s angry impatience and possible profanity in the sudden May day . shower, and so for an incident which has not yet occurred to feel that she must give him the mitten! We can hear the poor girl sobbing, "Reg inald, I love thee, but never more be suitor- of mine." But why, in the sum mer moonlight, as they loiter by the sea and breathe the lover's vow, should they listen for the laugh of fate? Why, be cause of that nnf alien shower of May upon furniture yet. nnstuffed, should they, lose the hour which, whatever be tides, will be theirs forever? Why should Flora know Reginald except as time gradually reveals him? Would you have her see today the thin white hair on the shining dome that shall tomorrow renlace this brown lux uriance of curls? Would yon have her agnast untimely at mat ponderous torm which shall hereafter supersede this slight and elastic figure? Would it be better for her or for him if she could hear the sharp, impatient word that from those tender lips she never yet has heard? Who . knows? Perhaps that she has never suspected the possibility or that Sharp word may make it impossible. Who knows? Perhaps when May day moving comes there - may be no sudden shower. George William Curtis in Har per's. A Has Turtle. . About two miles below the junction. in this county, can be found a deep hole of water in Current river, in which a large turtle, measuring about four feet across thetack, has been seen at differ ent times for the last fifty years. Various plans have been devised and put into execution to capture the tortoise, but np to the present time to no avail, as he seems to be proof against spikes, spears. gigs, gunpowder and dynamite. A few days since a hunter residing in that neighborhood, while passing along near the river bank, espied his turtleship basking in the sunshine on the root of a large oak. Quickly bringing his Win chester to his shoulder (a 48-caliber) he fired, the ball striking the monster fairly between the eyes. But judge of his chagrin and surprise when the turtle, in stead of tumbling over dead, quietly let go his hold and swam away as placidly and unconcerned as if he had been thumped by a graveL .... Upon examination the hunter found that the ball, after striking the turtle, had glanced upward and imbedded itself in the body of the oak to a depth of six inches. It is supposed that the monster shellfish made his way up from the Mis sissippi river in the great freshet in the spring of 1841. Eminence (Mo.) Current Wave. ; A Story of Mlaa Karnes. ; t It is recorded of the young beauty that the Prince of Wales, one evening during a performance of "Romeo and Juliet, sent one of his aides-de-camp to inform her that he was coming to visit her in her loge to congratulate her on her bril liant success. "Many thanks to his royal highness for his kind intentions," was the reply of Miss Eames, "but I never receive calls from gentlemen in my dressing room. If the prince and princess will "permit me, 1 shall be happy to come to . the royal box and pay my respects to them instead." - -; This spirited yet courteous response was reported to the Prince of Wales, and, in consequence,' he has taken ' a great fancy to the young vocalist, who is to be the prima donna at the private concert which the prince and princess will give at Marlborough House. Cor. Pittsburg Bulletin. . A Cat That Flays tho Piano. Milton Moshier, of Shelton, Conn., heard sounds from his piano the other morning, and knowing that no one , was in the room he began to be a believer in STjirita. On investigation he found his cat prancing up and down on the key board, seemingly delighted at the sounds Droduced. After that she was watched. and whenever the piano is left open she will rlav upon it to. the best of her ability. Cor. New York Sun. Dr. Oliver Wendell Holmes says : "H nine-tenths of the medicines in the world were thrown into the ocean man kind would be benefitted." But what about the fish? James Campbell of Philadelphia, is the oldest living cabinet officer, having at one time been a member of President Pierce's cabinet. Though his age ia near four score years, his interest in matters of a public nature is unabated. SOCIETIES. ASSEMBLY NO. 4827, K. OF L. Meets in K. of P. hall on first and third ftiinrinvn t 9 o'clock p. m. TTTASCO LODGE, NO. 15, A. F. & A. M. Meets first and third Monday of each month at 7 P. u. DALLES ROYAL ARCH. CHAPTER NO. 6. Meets in Masonic Hall the third Wnlnimdiiv of each month at 7 P. M. MODERN WOODMEN OF THE WORLD. Mt. Hood CamD No. 59. Meets Tuesdav even. ing of each week in I. O. O. F. Hall, at 7 :30 r. M. COLUMBIA LODGE, NO. 5, I. O. O. F. Meets every Friday evening at 7:30 o'clock, in Odd Fellows hall, Second street, between Federal and Washington. Sojourning brothers are welcome. H. A. Bills, See'y R. G. Closteb, N. G. FRIENDSHIP LODGE, NO. 9., K. of P. Meets every Monday evening at 7:30 o'clock, in Schanno's bulldinir, corner of Court and Second streets. Sojourning members are cordially in vited. Geo. T. Thompson. D. W. Vatjbe, See'y. . C. C. WOMEN'S CHRISTIAN TEMPERENCE UNION will meet everv Fridav afternoon at S o'clock at the reading room. A 11 are invited. TMSMPLE LODGE NO. 3. A. O. U. W. Meets X at K. of P. Hall, Corner Second and Court streets, rnursaay evenings at 7:30. JOHN ilLLOON, W. 8 Mtebs, Financier. - M. W. THE CHURCHES. OT. PETER'S CHURCH Rev. Father Beonb O gbest Pastor. Low Mass every Sunday at 7 a. m. High Mass at 10:30 A. x. Vespers at I r. it. rrtfRST BAPTIST CHURCH Rev. O. D. TAY P lob. Pastor. Services every Sabbath at 11 A.. M. and 7:30 p. St. Sabbath School at 12 x Praver meetinsr everv Thursday evenlncr at 7 o'clock. CONGREGATIONAL CHURCH Rev. W. C. Curtis. Pastor. Services everv Sunday at 11 i. M. and 7 p. 1 7 p. m. sunaay scnooi alter morning Strangers cordially invited. Seats free. service. M. E. CHURCH Rev. H. Brown, Pastor. Services every Sunday morning and even ing. Sunday School at 12 o'clock M. A cordial Invitation is extended by both pastor and people to all. - J. M. HUNTINGTON & CO Abstracters, Heal Estate and Insuranee Agents. Abstracts of. and information Concern ing Land Titles on Short Notice. Land for Sale and Houses to Rent. Parties Looking for Homes in COUNTRY OR CITY, OR IN SEARCH OF Bugiqe Location Should Call on or Write to us. Agents for a Full Line of Leaili fire Insurance Companies, - And Will Write Insurance for on all . Correspondence Solicited. All Letters Promptly Answered. Call on or ... . Address, . J. M. HUNTINGTON & CO. Opera House Block, The Dalles, Or The Dalles Gicja? :faetopy, FIEST STREET. FACTORY NO. 105. ptTp A TG of the Best Brands j L JT X -Wi lO manufactured, and orders from all parts of the country filled on tne snortest notice. The reputation of THE DALLES CI GAB has become firmly established, and the demand for the home manufactured article is increasing every day. A. ULRICH & SON Health is Wealth ! 8RAI.M Dr. E. C. West's Nerve anb Brain Treat ment, a guaranteed specific for Hysteria, Dizzi- oi aiconoi or lODacco, waKeiumess, Aientat im pression, Softening of the Brain, resulting in in sanity ana leaaine to miserv. aecav ana aeatn. Premature Old Age, Barrenness, Loss of Power in either sex, Involuntary Losses and Spermat orrhoea caused by over exertion of the brain, self abuse or over indulgence. Each box contains one month's treatment, f 1.00 a box, or six boxes lor 15.00, sent by mail prepaid on receipt oi price. WK GUAKANTEE BIX BOXES nv case. With each order received t: US fornix hnzm. mwnniTMiiied bv S5.00. we wll send thA nnwhiupF rmr written flriiarantee to re- iuiiu we money 11 tne treatment uua uu. uuwi cure, uuaranieea issuea omy oy BIAKKLXI & HOUGHTON, . Prescription Druggists, 175 Second St. , . The Dalles, Or. $20 REWARD. TIT ILL BE PA ill FOR ANY INFORMATION T V leading to the conviction of parties cutting e ropas or in anv way interfering with the win Doles or lamina of Thk Electric Light Co. H. GLENN. Manager I Lafei r..VfA J. H. GROSS, -DEALER Hai, Grain, Feed il Fir. HEADQUARTERS FOR POTATO IDS . Cash Paid for Eggs and Chickens. ' All Goods Delivered Free and Promptly TERMS STRICTLY CHSH. Cor. Second The Dalles Mercantile Co., Successors to BROOKS & BEERS, Dealers in General Merchandise, Staple and Fancy Dry Goods, Gents' Furnishing Goods, Boots, Shoes, Hats, Caps, etc. G-roceries, Hardware, Provisions, Flour, Bacon, HAY, GRAIN AND PRODUCE Of all Kinds at Lowest Market Rates. Free. Delivery to Boat and Curs and all parts of the City. . 39Q and 394- Second Street NEW FIRM! ; NEW STORE' toscoe & Gibons, DEALERS IN CHOICE '.'.STAPLE '.' AND 7 FANCY 7 GROCERIES, Canned Goods, Preserves, Pickles, Etc. Country Produce Bought and Sold. Goods delivered Free to any part of the City. Masonic Block, Corner Third and E; Jacobsen & Co., WHOLESALE AND RETAIL R00KSELLERS AND RTATI0NER8, Pianos and Organs , Sold on EASY INSTALLMENTS. Notions, Toys, Fancy Goods and Musical ments of all Kinds. XbZcX Ox-dorw Filled Proxnptly, 162 SECOND STREET, Phil Willig, 124 UNION ST., THE DALLES, OR. Keeps on hand a full line of MEN'S AND YOUTH'S Ready - Made Clothing,. Pants and Suits . MADE TO ORDER On Reasonable Terms. Call and see my Goods before ourcbasing elsewhere. Chas. Stubling", RonnroB of thk New Yogt Block, Second St WHOLESALE AND RETAIL Liquor -. Dealer, MILWAUKEE BEER ON DRAUGHT. C. E. BiAiy) (!0, Heal iEstate, Insurance, and Loan agency; Opera House Block, 3d St. FLOURING MILL TO LEASE. mrrn ot.t tat.t,f.s mill, AND WATER X Company's Flour Mill will be leased to re sponsible parties. For Information apply to the WATER COMMISSIONERS. The Dalles, Oregon. IN- & Union Sts., Court Streets, The Dalies, Oregon. Instra- THE DALLES, OREGON. JAMES WHITE, Has Opened a Xiunoli Oou.nter, In Connection With his Fruit Stand and Will Serve Hot Coffee, Ham Sandwich, Pigs' Feet, and Fresh Oysters. Convenient to the Passenger Depot. On Second St., near corner of Madiaoo. Also a Branch Bakery, California . Orange Cider, and the Best "Apple Cider. If you want a good lunch, give me aeall. Open all Night Steam Ferry. t A CXfrnilC is now running a steam If. v. fcltiijiO Ferry between Hood River and White Salmon. Charges reasonable. R. O. Evans, Prop. ANEW PRINZ & NITSCHKE. DEALERS IK . Furniture and Carpets. We have added to our business a complete Undertaking Establishment, and aa we are in no way connected with the Undertakers' Trust our prices will be low accordingly. '. Remember our place on Second street, next to Moody's bank. . ESTRAY NOTICE. A RED COW .WITH 'WHITE SPOTS, SWAL low fork in each ear but no brand, is in my pasture on Mill creek. The owner can have her by paying for pasturage and dw5r'Jlgj.ELD Undertaking Estabhsiimenl! "