O sPEcmii U$ SHOE SRIiEI In the course of our year's business, we have accumulated a number of odds and ends in our Shoe Department, which we are anxious to clean up previous to stock-taking. Special. Men'stShpes. o ist. 2d. 3d- All our Lilly, Brackett & Co. fine hand-sewed $6.oo Shoes. The best on earth. Only $4.35. A large line of Men's Congress and Lace Shoes. Regular $1.50. Special 95c. Corner Window. Broken line of Men's Shoes; reg ular prices $6, $5, $4, $3, $2.50. To go at half their marked price. Gentlemen, these offerings give you an opportunity to get Fine Foot wear at less than cost. Special. Ladies7 Shoes. Our regular line of $2.50 Shoes, including the Bay State7, Pease & Mays Own, Bast New York and Waverly; all fine Footwear. Going at $1.70. Brown Shoe Co.'s Fine Shoes, in coin toe; very latest lace and button. Regular $2.75. Special $1.85. Thomas G. Plant's fine Yici Kid; full line of sizes and widths. Regular $3.00. Special $2.15. Every pair is guaranteed. Brown Shoe Co. fine Button Shoe, stitched in white; the bon-ton Shoe of the season. Reg. $3.00. Special $2.10. O 5 Special. Ladies' Shoes. . J. & T. Cousins' Choice Line of Shoes; 'finest quality stock; up-to-date toes. Regular $3.50; Special $2.40. J. & T. Cousins' Hxtra Fine Stock; narrow square toe; good assortment of sizes. Regulnr $3.75; going for $2.60. Thomas G. Plant's Fine McKay sewed welt, invisible cork sole, pointed toe. An up-to-date Winter Shoe. Reg ular 3.50. Sale $2.60. PEASE & MAYS. All goods marked in plain figures. The Dalles Daily Chronicle. MONDAY. DEC. 7, 1896 IVeatber Koiecast. Portland. Dec. 7, 1896. Kon Eastern Obkgon Tonight and tomonow occasional rain. Fague. Observer. WAYSIDE GLEANINGS. Random Observation and Local K vcntH . of Leaser magnitude. ia to The local was an hour late today, caused by eliding rock. A young boy named Jimmie Zirke held tor examination for admission the reform school. A nice six-room, hard-finished dwell ing house on the bluff for rent. Apply to J. H. Cross. dec7-2t The ice gorge still hangs on to its job, and ntterly refuses to move, though the ice has grown exceedingly rotten. An effort is being made to secure the appearance here Dec. 30th, of Miss Ellen Beach Yaw, the famous songstress. The Si Perkins Company are billed to play at Portland for a week, after which a date will probably be arranged for their appearance here. Humor has it that our young towns man, Mr. John C. Hertz, who went to Portland yesterday, went on to Salem, and will not return alone. A lecture will be given by Bishop Earl Cranston at the M. E. church this evening. Subject, "Professor Satan Admission, adults 25 cents ; Children 15 cents. ' Wasco Lodge, No. 15, A. F. and A. M will have stated communication this (Monday) evening at 9 p. m. Work in M. M. degree. All M. M.'s are cordially invited. By order of W. M. The Salem Statesman figures it out thief way : Frank Davey and Harvey Jordan, reading clerks of the house; Steele Moorehead, reading clerk of the senate; George Eogers, chief clerk of the house; T. T. Geer and Edward Hirscb, collectors of customs; J. M Somers, district attorney ; John Minto, United States marshal. These are some of the principal political plumB, and men who are likely to gather them in, unless they miss their calculations. The articles on Kansas copied so wide ly from the Emporia Gazette are by William Allen White, known in that part of the world as "Billy," and univer sally liked and praised, both as editor and author. He has been invited by the Ohio State Republican League to re spond to the toast, "What's the matter with Kansas?" at the Lincoln day ban quet to be held shortly at Zanesville, O. Mr. White will be there, and Mark Han na, Joseph Benson Foraker, John M. Thurston and other celebrities will enjoy the feast. . A story is told of a lady teacher ' of Pomeroy who, having an inordinate dread of contagious disease, sent a little girl home because she said her mother was sick. The next day the chiid pre sented herself at school with her finger in her mouth and said : "We'ee got a little baby at onr house, but mamma told me to tell you it is not catching." The teacher blushed slightly, said she was glad, and told her pupil to take a seat. The story has a reminiscent flav or, but let's be charitable, and say it happened again at Pomeroy. Do not fail to call on Dr. Lannerberg, tbe eye specialist, and have your eyes examined free of charge. If you suffer with headache or nervousness you no; doubtedly have imperfect vision that if corrected, will benefit you for life. Office in the Vogt block. There was a genuine lady in the city yesterday who came from tbe far off sunny boutn. We know she was a per fect lady because she told us so, and she told everybody else so too. Nothing but her gray hairs and the fact that she was a woman prevents us saying something mean about her. She made life a bur den to everyone she came within reach of her long-distance voice. "She's gone, she's eone, we don't know where, and we don't care -either, so long as she does not wander back again." The memorial servi Elks of this city, yesterday deserv mention. It- was the kind here and the Two Splendid Sermons. Bishop 'Cranston delivered two ser mons yesterday that were both masterly efforts. The subject of the morning sermon was "Natural Difficulties in a Divine Revelation. " He gave the con gregation the choice of three texts Psalms i :1, Hebrews i :2 and II Corinthi ans xii:4. Tbe church was filled at this service, and that tbe sermon was appre ciated was evinced by the packed condi tion of the room in the evening. Tbe subject of the evening discourse was "The Divine Spiritual Force," and it was one of the strongest sermons ever preached from a Dalles pulpit. The bishop lectures tonight , in the Methodist church on the subject of "Professor Satan.'. Those who beard either of tbe sermons will be certain to attend the lecture, and those who did not will miss a literary treat if they fail to hear him. ' PJtBSONAL MENTION. - Mr. John Henrichs of Hood RJver is in the city. Mr. Grant Mays returned from Cali fornia yesterday. Dr. Morgan came up from Hood River on tbe local, returning this afternoon. Mrs. J.' M. Patterson returned" Satur day from a. visit to her parents in Salem Mr. Joseph A. Knox, justice of the peace of Baldwin precinct, is in the city John Lenz came up from Hood River today to make final proof on his cash entry. Rev. U.' Hawk, of the Goldendale Methodist church, attended the services here yesterday. . . Mr. C. A. Bone- pood River who has been purchasing theat at Grant for several seasons, is in tuttg. Cash Id lour Check. All county warrants registered prior to July 12, 1892, will be paid at my office. Interest ceases after Dec. 5, 1896. C. L. Phillips, County Treasnrer. ELKS MEMORIAL SERVICES. .n . Occasion That Will be Long Re membered. ' ces at heldin inore the n the B. P. O. K. of P. ball than passing ret- occasion of beautiful cere monies were witnessed by a large and appreciative audience. After the opening ceremonies a prayer was offered up by Rev. W. E. Curtis, followed by a bymn by the double quar tette, consisting of Misses Rose and Myrtle Michell, Beulah Patterson and Alma Schmidt, and Messrs. C. J. Cran- dall, R. G. Davenport, Chas. Stobling and Arthur Clark. This was followed by the recitation of3"Tbanatopsis" by Exalted Ruler John Michell, and it was given in a manner toadd to, or rather to draw out, new ideas from the crandest poem known to our language. A hymn followed, and then Judge Bradhaw de livered a beautiful and touching eulogy on the departed brethrenhis address taking a wide range, and illustrating the beauties and benefits of . the order. Atter another hymn by the quartette, Mr. F. W, Wilson pronounced an eulogy on the brethren gonebefore, that was one of the most touching and most elo quent addresses we have ever listened to. It was a word painting, each word apparently fitted to tbe grand mosaic of language as by a master mind. It was a prose poem, the sentences flowing so met rically that it was difficult to tell where the poetical quotations made by the speaker began orSyendcd. . We have in the course of a soibefwhat varied life heard many addresses, bt we say with out flattery to our gif jfed young towns man, that his eulogy esterdayN was the finest thing of the kind we ever heard. It deserves to be preserved in print, a model for all future occasions, and one that many . may imitate, but few equal. As we listened to our eloquent young friend, . tbe frag ment of a poem written by the truest poet the South has ever produced floated across our mind, and it seemed that we were listening to exactly .those things tbe poet declared unattainable. The fragment as we recollect it runs : "There are billows far out on the ocean That never shall break on the beaeh : Ttaeie are songs I have heard In the silence . 1 hat never shall fluat into SDeech : There are thoughts I have had in tbe midnight en ue. These horses are not worth $1 apiece. There is absolutely no market for them. Dp to three years ago we were shipping horses east in large num bers. Electricity and bicycles have killed the market. This year Traffic Manager Hannaford, of the Northern Pacific, has made vigorous efforts to find a market for horses in the east. Glue factories and rendering establish ments of various kinds have been of fered horses very cheap. They do not want them. A few carloads are being shipped to the Atlantic coast for ship ment to France, where horse meat is in demand, but tbeee shipments make no impression on the supply. The horses are destroying the ranges twelve months in the year. There are over 100,000 head id Eastern Washington and they are destroying ranges that would sup port 500,000 head of cattle. The situa tion is really appalling, viewed from the cattleman's standpoint. Walla Walla Inventor. Too lofty for language to reach.' Tbe Caynse Nuisance. Regarding the proposed extermination of the range horses, E. F. Benson, of the Northern Pacific land department, who has made a special study of tbe situation, says : . ' "Hot. winds., squirrels and grasshop pers are ' bad, but the horse pest is be coming still worse in Eastern Washing ton, particularly the cayuse variety. Horses have become so cheap that many bands are running loose without being branded or cared for in the least. There being no demand, they have multiplied rapidly and are now eating bunch grass that should otherwise support thousands of cattle and sheep which bring in rev- Henry Steinberger, Jr., a Walla Wal la boy, who lives with his parents near the O. R. & N. dedot, is. by a luckjf in vention, in a fair way to become inde pendently rich. For some months past Henry has been studying tbe insulators on the . telephone and telegraph poles with a view to improving the same, and after some hard thinking his patent is abont completed. The invention can be attached to telephone or telegraph poles in a much shorter time than the old cross pieces and glass insulators now used. The new insulator will cost about one-third of tbe old ones, and it is gen erally adopted will be worth at least a quarter of a million dollars to the inven tor. The National Recorder, a paper de voted to inventions and patents, in a re cent Issue, devotes considerable space to the inventor, together with his picture. Card of Thanks. The undersigned desire to express their heartfelt thanks to the people of The Dalles lor the kindness shown them during the recent illness and death of their little son. Mr. and Mrs. W. F. Bartlett. Awarded Highest Honors World's Fair, ' Gold Medal, Midwinter Fair. 17) it) Most Perfect Made. 40 Years the Standard. If m All-Steel Clamp Skates, 50e a Pair. MAYS & CROWE. School Books Supplies. Jacobson Book & Music Co. No. 174 Second Street, - New Vogt Block, The Dalles, Oregon. GEORGE RUCH PIONEER GROCER. ' Successor to Chrismaa & Corson. 1 FULL LINE OF STAPLE and FANCY GROCERIES. Again ia business at the old stasd. I would be pleased to see all my former patrons. Free delivery to any part of town. Remember Wo havfl strictlv First-class FIR, OAK and MAPLE WOOD To sell at LOWEST MARKET RATES. Phone 25. JOS. T. PETERS & CO