i
Dry Goods.
This Department, as now located, is very pleas
ant and attractive. Our New Goods are near
ly all on the shelves, and a visit to this De
partment will well repay you.
Jackets and Silk Capes.
The lino we have ready for inspection has
never been equaled, and must interest you.
Don't fail to look them over.
Skirts
Ready-made Skirts are a new departure. We
have them, and at prices to astonish you. One
of these Skirts and a dainty Shirt 'Waist, of
which wo have a full line, makes an inexpen
sive and elegant costume. If Tailor-made
Suits interest you, we should be pleased to
show them to you. We have a variety.
Laces.
Our purchases in Laces have been large. The
latest production is Champagne Lace. We
have it.
All uoods marked
in plain figures.
PEASE & MAYS
Furnishings.
This Department is now complete, and you
will be well repaid by visiting it. Lots of
room-and plenty of light.
Clothing.
The lines for 'Spring and Summer are ready,
and cover a wide range in fabrics, colors and
patterns. Our prices are right. Examination
will convince j'ou that your interests lie right
with us.
Shirts.
We keep a complete line of Negligee and
Fancy Shirts perhaps the finest in the city.
Our Fancy Percale Bosom and Soft-front Neg
ligee Shirts are up-to-date.
Hosiery & Underwear.
These lines will tell their own story. The as
sortment is large and covers a wide range in
price. It will be a pleasure to us to show you
the goods.
All goods marked
in plain figures.
PEASE & MAYS
G
rocenes.
Wo are ready for business in this Department,
with better facilities than over boforo. Wo
aim to mako this Department interesting to
you, and as an indication of what wo proposo
to do, we make the following offerings:
Nuts Mixed.
ALMONDS,
PECANS,
WALNUTS,
BRAZIL,
ioc per lb.
Oranges.
The Celebrated Rose Brand 25c doz.
Lemons.
Best California Lemons 15c doz.
All goo;l8 marked
in plain figures.
PEASE & MAYS
The Dalles Daily Ghfonieie.
SENATE BILL 88.
THURSDAY,
- MARCH IS, 1S07
Owners of Stenin Threshers Itesjiouslhle
I for Dumiign by Fire.
WAYSIDE GLEANINGS.
IEamlniii Observation nnd J.mciiI Kvuntn
of Lessor MiiRiilttulo.
License to utarry was issued yesterday
to Geo. C. Cochrane and Miss V. Bredt.
Delft ware, the latest, in cooking uten
sils, at Maier & Benton's. 12-dlw
Early Rose seed potatoes at The Dalles
Commission Co. mchlo-lw
The commissioners court met this
afternoon pursuant to adjournment, to
make some arrangement for the collec
tion of the 1S95 taxes.
Professor Cordley lectures nt the
court house tonight on the subject of
fruit pests, illustrating his subject with
stercopticon views. Don't forget to be
on hand.
The dance inven by the Maccabees last
night at the Baldwin was a treat to thoso
who enjoy the "mazy." The floor
proved to bo as good as it formerly was,
and the music by Birgfeld's orchestra
up to its usual excellence.
The price of lemons and oranges have
dropped, and in consequence of same wo
will give our customers the benefit of
the drop. Rose brand oranges 25 cents
dozen and California lemons 15 cents
per dozen. Maiek & Buxton.
The body of one of the Indians drowned
while sturgeon fishing above this city
two or three weeks ago, was found near
Hood River this morning. Jake An
drews, the Indian merchant, wont down
today to look aftor the body.
Last fall we published the butter
record of a fine jersey cow belonging to
Mr. VanAnder. The cow was a record
maker if not a record breaker, and Mr.
VanAnder took great prido In her, but
like all things mortal, her career camo
'o an end, and last week she died.
Do not fail to call on Dr. Lannorberg,
the eyo specialist, nnd have your eyeB
examined freo of charge. If you suffer
with headache or nervousness you un
doubtedly havo imperfect vision that, if
corrected, will benefit you for life.
vmco in the Vogt block.
Mr. Frank Tracy was in tho city to
day. Five years ago, while working for
i''o 0. R. & N., he was knocked from n
"eight or gravel train near Clarnie,
eufldring injuries which resulted in the
loss of one leg. Judge Bennett brought
euit for him, getting judgment for $4,000.
ro matter then wont to the supreme
court, and as wo understand it, got into
'be United States courts. Judge Ben
nett, seeing that the case waa liable to
drag along for years, and that Tracy was
liable to die before a final settlement
could be reached, offered to compromise
Jhe suit, by throwing off his half ot the
Judgment, if the company would pay
acyhis $2,000. Thin has been done
and Mr. Traoy has his money. He also
"as the opinion that lawyers are not
Wte so heartless as they havo been
Painted.
Musings.
In support of this bill, presented by
Senator Dufur in the late might-have-been
Oregon legislature, relative to run
ning steam threshing engines, and in
answer to the Wasco News, we have this
to say :
In the beginning, we claim the father
hood of the same, having often witnessed
the dangers, not only to others, but our
own property. However, Senator Du
fnr's good judgment was bv no means
slow to "catch on' to the justice and
common sense contained in it. Now we
ask in all honesty, is there a- shadow of
injustice in the act of making good that
which by common consent, or otherwise,
we have already agreed to do? Shall I
stand condemned because I ask a surety
on an account against a probable loss
from inability to pay? We have but to
consult the mortgage record, Hjoth chat
tel and real, as to the result ot the prac
tice of our business men, to confirm our
position. Has not the most insignificant
farmer the same right? Is he practicing
anything less than business principles
when he demands it? We contest for
the late utterance that "the farmer is a
business man," and has as much right
ot protection as any one else; but we
make no demands that are not already
conceded to us by the law of custom and
practice. What we want is a surety
that they, with whom we deal, are re
sponsible for their act3.
Is it injustice that a pilot should be
supported with proper credentials of his
ability before he apply to a strange sea
captain to bring his vessel into harbor?
As a matter of fact, it is hie business to
know to whom he is trusting his ship
and cargo of livos and freight. Do we
not demand a certificate of a common
school teacher as a surety along the
same lines? Has the farmer any less
right to know if years of labor and future
livelihood is being jeopardized by an ir
responsible party? His interests com
pel him to employ as much as in either
of tho former cases. Perhaps you will
say it is a hardship placed upon this
class. We assert if their business is not
worth the small sum of $1 for making
out and fling a bond, they better not run
it. You mav say it is not necessary,
they do so any way. So much the less
objection should be made to establishing
a responsibility.
Besides these and many other points
in support of this bill for in fact there
are none ngainst it wo say th'at the
man who employs, though ho consider
not tho risk lie may assume to himself,
extends a risk to his neighbor's prop
erty likewise. Wo have Eeen this dem
onstrated. Now, as to tho "doing away with the
business altogether," we claim we are
establishing this business and will make
it more extensive by giving an assur
ance that destroys it moat objectionable
feature. , . t .
In conclusion, lot us say we do not be
lieve the good judgment usually ex
pressed bv the News has been exercised In
careful tliought, else his position would
not have been taken.
Very Respectfully,
O. W. D.
Man born of woman, and most men
are, is of few days, and those are so full
of trouble it is hardly wortii while being
born at all. He riseth up betimes and
sayetb "Go to!" I will make a spoon,
and before it is high-noon by the town
clock, he has spoiled a horn. He goeth
forth early in the morning to shear,
and at night he returneth to his domicile
again, shorn, with mayhap some of his
wrinkles cut also. He cracketh his heelH
together like a grass hopper, in the
plenitude of his joy, and hath the foun
tain of hiB woe made to run over by a
hard-hearted bill collector before he has
time to sample a matutinal cocktail.
He layeth for his enemy, Jones, to
swipe him in a horse trade, and lo!
Smith does him up $40 worth, with a
Polled Angus cow. He chucketh the
hired girl gayly under tho chin in the
exuberance of his spirits, but the ex
uberance evanesces instanter because
just at that moment his wife appears
unsolicited in tho doorway. He puts
his money on the sorrel horse froia Osh
kosh, and the cream-colored streak of
lightning from Green Bay wins the
shekels. He writeth a letter to his best
girl, that owing to the irony of Fate,
falls into the hands of his wife, who in
sists on that lovely bonnet he promises
therein. He goeth to the bottom of his
jeans to purchase the same, an. I the one
for whom it was intended aiveth him
the cold shake. Such and much more ie
inau.
"It is natural for men to indulge in the
fleeting illusions of hope." This morn
ing as we walked up to our palatial of
fice our glad number 8s spurned the
plebeian sidewalk and we ambled on air.
We had a letter due, none of your every
day letters with a return card in tho cor
ner and a dun inside, but a regular bil
let'doux, pink-tinted paper, scent of vio
lets, and all that sort of thing. In imag
ination we sniffed the flowers
of spring, rosebuds and pansles, violets
and honeyeuckles, fluttering birds and
song of larks. Wo had ecstatic visions
of Cupid fluttering his wings among the
peach blooms ; of one lovely face with
eyes like dew-filled violets, complexion
of apple blossoms, lips half-opened rose
buds, Bweet enough to tempt a bee from
a garden of mignonette, hair black and
soft as the tresses of Night, voice low
and sweet as an jEolian harp. That's
what we expected, and from whom we
expected it. This is what wo got from
tho aharer of our wealth and other ca
lamities. After tho usual endearing
epithets customarily used by old married
people for the purposo of perpetuating
the comedy, the letter we received said :
"Don't forget to send me twenty pounds
of Early Rose potatoes, I want them
for seed." Like Ben Adam's angel, we
read and vanished. Vanished also the
dreams; vanished the rosebuds and the
lilies, violet eyes and breath redolent
of spring; vanished Cupid. Hie bow
and tile arrows thrown aside, he seized
spade and hoe and got down on to his
matrimonial job,
Who is there shall tell a man what
shall come after him? Who shall whis
per into the pink, sea-shell ears of girl
hood the story of that wicked Cupid?
Who shall draw the invidious compari
son between belore and after taking a
wife? Who, seeing Cupid hovering
among the flowers, shall daie draw his
profile in the truck patch? Who shall
convinca youth that kisses may satisfy
the soul, but are persona non grata to
the stomach?
Love is a fraud, a delusion and a snare,
The front of his basgue is filled with
chiflbn, and the taillets thereof cover a
sham in the back breadths of his skirt
lets. Before marriage he wears a but
tonhole bouquet and travels on silver
lining of the summer clouds. After the
ceremony he demands a corset full of po
tatoes aud plods on foot. Before, his li ps
drop honey and mint juleps. After,
they are greasy with pork and cabbage.
His promises are as pearls on a gold
string, his fulfillments, as a string of
suckers waiting to be cleaned for tomor
row's breakfast. He is a mixture of
comedy, tragedy and farce, thrives by
deceit, fattens on the despair of others
and is altogether a snare for tho feet of
the young, a trap for the middle-aged,
and a pit and deadfall for the old. Fair
to the eye, ashes to the lipe, a nettle
to the touch, an ingrowing nail in tho
great toe of progress, u song in tiie
heart, a cinder in the eye, a thing to be
desired, until you get him, and then
well, if you get him good you wouldn't
take six bits for him. This lusi ttdte
ment is true.
Toulcllt.
An evening with the Oregon experi
ment station.
Music Illyh Echool Quartet
Opening Address l.x. (1. K. Banders
Music Mixed Quartet
Address by 1'rof. A. Jl. Cordley on tho Oregon
Experiment Btutlon, illustrated by steru
optlcou views, ol the ttutum work
Music High School Quurtet
fERSO.NAL MKNTION,
Mr. Sig Sichel came up from Portland
last night.
Mr. V. C. Brcck came down from
Wasco yesterday.
Miss Been, who for the past few
weeks has beeu a guest of Mrs. J. Hertz,
returned to Salem today.
Mr. John Fender and wife, who have
recently come from Kansas to live at
White Salmon, was in the city yester
day and called at this office.
President Miller and Prof. Cordley, of
the Agricultural college, arrived on the
local today, coming from Hood River.
They are both n.ucti pleased with their
reception in that place, and the keen in
terest shown by the people there in
horticultural matters.
Old papers for sale at 10 cents per hun
dred. A large lot ot old daily and week
ly CiinoMCXKS on hand, the accumula
tion of 1890. Very good for putting
under carpets, on account of uniform
size.
Bteftiuer lor
We will sell the Bteamer "Wauna,"
thirty-five feet long, eight foot beam,
built in 1893. All in good order. For
full particulars apply to
OuEaoK Lumber Co.,
incb2-lmd Viento, Or.
Wo have secured tho services of an experienced
bicycle repairer from San Francisco, and are bettor
prepared to do this class of work than wo have ovor
been before. We will guaranteo all bicyclo work
done by us to be first-class, and satisfactory to our
patrons.
We have on hand about 25 wheels, '90 patterns,
of different makes some new and soino second
hand. To close them out, to make room for '97
wheels, wo havo decided to ollor thorn for salo at
very low prices, many of thorn away below cost.
This is your chance if you are not particular as to
whether you ride a '9G or '97 wheel. Thoy aro all
good wheels, and in good shapo.
MAYS & CROWE.
GEORGE RUCH
PIONEER GROCER.
Successor to Clubman & Corson.
FULL LINE OF
STAPLE and FANCY GROCERIES.
Again in business at tho old stand. I would bo pleased to
Eee all my former patrons. Freo delivery to any part of town.
7V. Z. DONNELL,
P$ESCSlPTIOfi DRUGGIST
TOILET ARTICLES AND PERFUMERY.
Opp. A. M. Williams & Co., .
THE DALLES, OK.
5el?ool Boos, Stationery,
o MUSICAL INSTRUMENTS, !
A.T.
Jacobson Book & Music Co.
No. 174 Second Street,
New Vogt Block, The Dalles, Oregon.