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. ' . ,ut- i.J U J. - - ; I Have tiie Best ? I f WE S E LL THE Mp; : j i 1 WW The R. & G. Corsets. Mlff-: : f 1 JOLES, COLLINS & CO., Successors to The Dallas Mercantile Co. anlJoles Bros; ' SPECIAL AGENTS FOR ' '', " - pr) WL bLLL I n t-M. Made on. Fronoli Models. K ttst .-irtr. a -rvrT'-rvsr FITTING, Jw Long w .ertj3, Comfortatole. x ? Black and Drab at ....J $1 00 I Black and Drab at . $1 50 5) X Black and Drab at $1 25 Black and Drab at 75 xf There Are No Others j e Therx, 5 I ztjEs PEASE & MAYS. $ The Dalles Daily Chronicle. it iitered a the Postofflce at The Dalies, Oregon, as second-class matter. Clubbing List. Regular Our price price tatiele ud S. I. Tribne '.. .$2.50 $1.75 " i Weekly Oregoiiia 3.00 2.00 " ml imericM Firmer . . . 2.00 1.75 " ail leClare'i Itgui 3.00 2.25 " aid Tie Detroit Free Presi 3.00 2.00 " ud Cotnopolitn lasuiie 3.00 2.25 " il Pniri Firmer, ftieigo ... 2.50 2.00 " and Cl.l-Dnocnt,Ci-w)St.loaij 3.00 2.00 Local Advertising. 10 Ccuu er line for first insertion, and S Cents pec line for each subsequent insertion. Special rates for long time notices. Ail local notices received later than S o'clock frill appear the following day. The Daily and Weekly Chronicle may be found on sale at I. C. Nickelsen's store . Telephone No. 1. TUESDAY, - - MAY 8, 1894 MAY MINORS. Lesvei ITrom the Noteboolt of CUronicle Reporters. ,. One vague inflection spells the whole with doubt; One trivial letter ruins all, left out; A knot can choke a felon into clay; A knot will save him, spelled without the k: The smallest word has some unguarded spot, And danger lurks in i without a dot. O. W. Holmes. "Enlisted for the War" at the opera house May 15th. Seven more subscribers were added today to the telephone list, making the total number 68. The first company of Scheffler's army to reach La Grande arrived at that point this forenoon Co. H. The rivers leading into the Columbia above this point are all very high. At Umatilla it is 17.1 and rising, The river is rising again, and has gained a foot since yesterday morning, the guage now marking 26.1 feet. The Frineville News reports that the per centage of increase in lambs is very large this year, 100 per cent, being quite common. ' The cool weather is keeping back the growth of wheat and all kinds of vegeta tion. ' So low a thermometer is unprece' dented for May. The Wasco Warehouse received five loads of wool yesterday from the Bald win Sheep and Land Company. The lot weighed 29,531 pounds. Mr. Z. Taylor comes out in the An telope Herald this week denying the re port that he is antagonizing Mr.-A. M Kelsay for county clerk. Voters will have plenty of opportunity to scratch their tickets this year. In Multnomah county a voter has to scratch out 256 names to vote the ticket. . V ; Another car load of freight and two families have arrived from Spokane, and wjil be taken by the Regulator in the morning to the White Salmon colony. The Scheffler contingent of the Coxev army is making very slow progress to Washington indeed. At the rate they have been traveling for the last month tney wm reacn there about 1897. . There will be a meeting to-morrow evening, Wednesday, April 9th, at 8 o'clock, in the hall over over the Citron xcxs, of the business men of The Dalles, to . . aevise ways ana means to improve and make passable the roads leading to The Dalles. Mr. J. H. Sherar, who baa just been over the roads, will be present and give his views. The necessity of being present is urged upon all who are inter ested in the prosperity of The Dalles. The meeting is of vital importance to every business man and property owner in the city. Let no one fail to be pres. ent. Robbery at Hood River. Mr. A. S. . Blowers' store at Hood River was entered late last night by four robbers, one of whom was caught soon after leaving the store by Mr. E. S. Olinger with part of the stolen ' goods in his possession. The prisoner had re moved his shoes. The goods stolen con sisted chiefly of knives, razors and tools, the only goods available of the most value. The prisoner was brought to The Dalles at noon today by Mr. Olinger. He givep his name as Frank Williams, but will tell nothing about the robbery or give any information concerning his confederates. In Memorlam. In loving remembrance of Mabel Dell Griffin, who died May 2d, 1894; aged 10 months and 18 days : Asleep in Jesus blessed sleep From which none ever wake to weep. A calm and undisturbed repose, Unbroken by the last of foes. Asleep in Jesus; far from thee Thy kindred and their graves may be. But thine is still a blessed sleep, From which none ever wake to weep. - J. K. G. Interest Fast Due. Yesterday's Telegram has the follow ing concerning the reported forclosure of the O. R. & Co.'s mortgage : The rumor comes from Omaha that there is an extreme probability that the interest on the Oregon Railway & Navi gation Company mortgage 5s and 6s will be defaulted for December, bringing about foreclosure proceedings. Near Condon. Mav 4th. 1894. to the wife ot Charles B. Stevens, an 8-pound son. A lady at Tooleys, La., was very sick with bilious colic when M. C. Tisler, a prominent merchant of the town gave her a bottle of Chamberlain's Colic, Cholera and Diarrhoea Remedy. He says Bhe was well, in forty' minutes after taking the first dose. For sale by Blakeley & Houghton, druggists. Lutheran Church. Confirmation was accomplished last Sunday in the Lutheran church. Next Sunday there will be services at 9 :45 a m. and 10:30 a. m., with distribution of the Lord's supper. Sunday school will convene' on that day at 9 o'clock a. m. where on other Sundays itjbegins at 9 :30, Kommet alle, kommet her. Kommet ihr betruebten Suender. Jesns rufet each and er -Macht aus Suendern Gotteskinder. Glaubets doch uni denket dran Jesus nimmt die Suender an ! All Free. Those who have used Dr. King's New Discovery know its value, and those who have not, have now the opportunity to try it free. Call on the advertised drug gist and get a trial bottle, free. Send your name and address to H. E." Bucklen & Co., Chicago, and get a sample box of Dr. King's New Life Pills free, as well as a copy of Guide to Health and House hold Instructor, free. Alf of which is guaranteed to do you good and cost you notning. oia dv onipes s junersiy. PASSING THROUGH. Four Companies of the - Twelve Have X.eft Portland. There is only one industrial in the city at present. His name' is '.Sam Kline, a stationary engineer of Portland, who belonged to Co. H, the first to leave for the east. He resigned at Pend leton and came home, at the solicitation of his father. He will join the Coxey reserve at Portland, which is variously estimated to consist of from 3,000 to 7,000 men. This reserve furnishes the money to Col. Scheffer with which to move the army. Co. II reached Pendleton at 5 p. m. yesterday, and did not encounter any more U. S. troops, as they fully ex pected. At Arlington, a point they reached' at 9 o'clock in the forenoon, they met Marshal Brady, bat all he did was to inspect . the cars to see that they were not abused, and let the 'wealers pass unmolested. ' His company left Pendleton just before he left for home and had no trouble getting out. Com panies E and M are now in Pendleton, as is Col. Scheffler who went up on a paesenger train and is looking out for their interests there. Co. C. passed through The Dalles this morning without stopping, and Co. L will follow next. There are eight more companies to come. ' On leaving Port land they are supplied with two day's rations, and are supposed not to stop until they reach Pendleton. One com pany will leave each day, consisting of forty men and a captain. Conclusion of the Meeting:. The remainder of the meeting of the city council, not reported yesterday, is as follows: Aid. Crowe moved that'' Attorney Rid del 1, acting for Mr. Harmon, be in formed that the council will not recog nize his claim against the city for the steers. Seconded - tby Mr. .Butts and carried. On motion of Mr. Crowe, also, it was ordered that a telephone be placed in the engine house. In the matter of draining the cess pool on the Beezley premises, the street com missioner was ordered to drain the same by putting ip a gutter on the north Bide of Fulton street and connect with the sewer at the head of Washington street by Mr. Joles' residence. In the matter of the Eighth street sidewalk it was decided that the remon strance against it was of sufficient force to warrant its not being built. Ordered that F. Drew be instructed to complete the sidewalk on west side of Court street, between Ninth and Tenth. Ordered that the recorder collect the rent due from thesoda works at the rate of $100 a year. The mayor stated that he was com pelled to leave the city for a few weeks and advised that a mayor pro tern be ap pointed. On motion Mr...T. N. Joles was appointed mayor pro tern'. On motion the marshal was instructed to furnish tt full1 sirid detailed report of all bis official acts during the month, as called, for in the charter. - , Adjourned., ".i .i-ivui. Leaves of the'Talipot mlmin'Gevldn sometimes attain the length of twenty feet, with a-width .of eighteen feet. They ' are used by the natives in making tents. The leuves cf the double cocoa- nut palm'Vare often' thirty feet long. while, those , of theInaja palm on the banks of the rivers of .Brazil are some times fifty feet long and ten to twelve feet wide. ., pipe liighter. rlEVEt WEHRS OUT. A ereat labor-and money-saver, as it does awap with the necessity for kind ling ot any description in starting eitner wood or coal fires. It is always ready for us, and a most convenient house hold contrivance. Directions for Use. Take a can and pat in sufficient coal oil to cover the lighter, which should re main in the oil for three or four min utes. Then light with a match and place in front of or under, the grate. If the blaze goes dfrectly to the fuel,' the fire will be quickly started. Keep the lighter in the can of oil and it will al ways be ready for use. IJltIOE, 25 CEISTTS. Maier & Benton, AGENTS FOR THE DALLES.' PERSONAL. MENTION. George Morey is to hang June 22d. Mr., M. Jameson is up from Portland. Mr. George Young, of Bake Oven, is in the city. , Mr. E. Johnson, a wool buyer of Phil- adelphia, is in the city. M. Deitchenmiller and Litre Husky are in the city from Mosier today. Mavor Kreft left today for Winne- masha to be absent about two weeks. Mr. J G. Parker, a weir known rail road man of the east, is -registered at the Umatilla House. Mrs. Mamie 'Lewis, of Waitsbure. and Mrs. G. .Cunningham, of New West minister, arrived in the city today, en route to Prineville. Mr; J. H. Pomeroy, of Oswego, Ore gon, a prominent mining man and min ing expert, is in the city, and a guest of Mr. VV. a. liobson. Mr. L. S. Davis will leave for the fossil beds of the John Days in a few days, in the interests of Prof. Condon. He will not be absent, long enougn to visit the main beds. Mrs. J. M. Patterson and Mr. C. H. Brown left on the early morning train to attend the annual encampment of the G. A. R., to be held at Roseburg. The Grand Army are to dedicate tne new Soldiers Jtlome. ' Hon. M. P. Isenberg of Hood River was in the city yesterday and called at The CnaoKicLB office. He states that the outlook for a bountiful crop of all kinds of frnit is most'promising. . There are few peach trees raised in the Hood River neighborhood, but plenty of ap- J)les, cherries, prunes and plums. The ate frost did no appreciable injury, and the strawberry crop will be very large. MEN OF MANY WORDS. Vocabularies of Kdncsted 3Ien Kcmcn H UiBb as Twelve Thousand words. How many words are included in the vocabulary of ordinary persons? Prof. Max Muller thinks a farm - laborer would not have more than 400 words in actual use, and the same writer de clares that a well-educated man, who has been at the university and who reads the Bible, Shakespeare and the daily papers, together with circulating library books, seldom uses more than 300 or 400 words in actual conversation. A contributor to Cassell's Saturday Journal has been at considerable -pains to check these theories, and . thi con clusion he arrives at is that the figures criven are too small. - Farm hands, he finds, are able to name all the common objects of the farm, and to do this in volves the use of more than the entire number of 300 words allotted to them. Then, by going through a dictionary, and excluding, compound words, or words not in pretty constant use, he found that there were under the letter "s" alone 1,018 words that nre to be found in ordinary people's vocabulary. It would be nearer the truth, we are told, to say that the agricultural laborer uses 1,500 words, and knows or can guess the "meaning' of 1.500 more, and that intelligent farm hands and artisans eommand 4,000 words, while educated people have at call from 8,000 to 10,000. Journalists are credited with 13,000. : : Teachers Examination. . Notice is hereby given that' for. the purpose of making an examination of all persons who may offer .themselves as candidates for teachers of the schools of this county, the county school superin tendent thereof will hold a public ex amination at his office in The Dalles, "be ginning at 1 o'clock p. m. Wednesday, May 9th, 1894. . . Dated thia 30th day of April, 1894. " , .'' '( Trot Shelly, , County school Snpt. Wasco. Co. dAwtd... Haworth , printer, 116 Oonrt St. tf Posson Come and see the -ALSO HEADQUARTERS FOR- GEfiEAL mEHCHflDlSE. - 390 and 394 Second Street, - THE ZDXjXj3S, OZEGHOIfcT- ' TO STOCItnEfl: We have just received Fifty Ton of Stock Salt, Lime and Sulphur. Call before buying. GENTS YOUTHS' BOYS' , .Good Boys' Suits SPECIAL TALXTES IUsT Staple parley Dry Qoods, loots a.xxd Shoes. Ginghams, Galieos, ffluslins TERMS STRICTLY CKSH. Tyillipery. MRS. M. LeBALLISTER,' The Dalles. mm XT f itl Nursing Corsets, Misses' Waists, Children's Waists, $ Vr lp'.H') -Shoulder Braces and Hose Supporters made to order. LITSEilRY ' ' C iQ W LET. r I THE LATEST BOOKS RECEIVED AT ; ; I. C. NICKELSEN'S BOOK AND MUSIC STORE. THE KING'S TTQCK. BROKER, by Gunther. . . KATHERINE LAUDERDALE, by Crawford 2 Vol. TOM SAWYER ABROAD, by Mark Twain. . . . ...... 5 V " Little Gem .Incubators Machine in operation. -IN- GENTS BOYS' from $2.00 up. and Overalls, at Cut Prices. Reduction The Latest Styles -IN- Hats, Bonnets -AND- Trimmings. The ladies of The Dalles are invited to call and inspect our large and varied assortment of Millin ery Goods, which is the finest in in the city. What? Hand-Corded Corsets. Health Reform Waists. ' Where ? At the Pacific Corset Company's Factory, north-, east of the Fair Grounds. It desired each garment will be fitted before being finished. ' Call at the fac tory and examine, our goods, or drop a card in the office, and oar agent will call and secure your order. so .... ...... 2 00 .... ..... 15