! 1 t To Dress Well Is more the result of good judg ment and taste than mere lavish use of money. Ou r new stock of Spring Dress Goods Is adapted to fill the wants of all. FANCY SUITINGS All Wool, 30-inch, 15 cents per yard. English Cheviots and Etamines, All Wool, 34-inch, 25, 30 and 35 cts. per yard. You Must Eat. Since it is a self-evident fact that you must Eat to Live, or Live to Eat, whv not trv eoine of that delicious Breakfast Food, Flaked Hominy, at 5c per pound. WE CAN RECOMMEND IT. We have it. $3.50 The GORDON HAT ! 1 I 17 Point to the You ,name, can do so with confidence if it's a & & GORDON ! I ALL GOODS MARKED IN 1 PLAIN FIGURES. PEASE & MAYS. The Dalles Daily Ghronieie. WEDNESDAY, - - MARCH 24, 1897 WAYSIDE GLEANINGS. Itamloin ObHorvutiuns uiul Jjucal Events of JLuHMur Magnitude. Mr. Geo. F. Prather was up from Hood River today. Mr. R. I. Young was in from English today, and favored us with a call. Lost The rubber tire from the wheel of a baby carriage. Please leave at this office. Mr. John Hampshire went to Portland toJay to attend the convention of Mac cabees. Girls wanted one to do general house work; one to wait on table. Apply at European House. Dr. Hollister received word this morn ing of the death of Mrs. ilollister's moth er, Mrs. M. A. Kearney, at .Baltimore yesterday. There will bo services at the Episco pal church Thursday evening at 7:30 o'clock, conducted by Rev. Mr. Harrison of Cove, Or. Well worthy of your attention is the lino of fancy ribbons now being shown by Pease & Mays. The prices will as tonish you. Miss Alma Schunno broke the ladies' record at bowling last night, making a score of 41). Miss Myrtle Michell held the record before with 45. Notwithstanding the receut sharp ad vance in oranges, Pease & Mays continue to supply them to their customers at the original price, L'5 cents per dozen. The Dalles Trading Co., corner of 3d and Federal streets, will pay the highest cash price- for second-hand goods. m24-tf C. p. Flkmisq, Agent. The lecture at the Baldwin last night was well attended and vory interesting. The doctor does some very clever and mystifying things that are well worth seeing. Mrs. C. L. Phillips will give a grand opening of spring millinery Thureday afternoon and evening. The finest lino of patterns aud trimmings ever shown in the city will be on exhibition. 'Hie will of Owen Williams was pro bated on tho 18th. By its terms Chas. Stabling, his partner, is made sole heir. Gibons, J. B. Crosson and Gee. P. Morgan were appointed appraisers. An insurance man named Leon Cabol committed suicide at Milwaukee yester day. On his person wore found papers showing that ho was heir to an estate in Russia amounting to $4,000,000. Now wouldn't that jar you? lieports from the stock ranges show that there has been a heavy loss of lambs and calves, and u good many owes, caueed by the cold weather and lack of Kfasa. The recent and wnrmor temper atiiro, it is hoped, will stop this loss. Muslin underwear for ladies and chil '"en can no longer bo made economical ' "t homo, Pease & Mays are showing a full ine of Peerless Manufacturing I Co.'s goods in this line, and an exr.min l ation of prices will convince you of the trutn of the above statement. Mrs. John Meredith and daughter, Jeannette, who came up from Salem to attend the funeral of Mrs. AdaniB, and who have been visiting Mrs. D. M. French since that time, returned to Sa lem this morning by boat. Mrs. French accompanied them as far as Portland, and will be absent for several days. The Dalles district Epworth League, comprising Rev. R. Warner's district of the Columbia River conference, will meet in convention in this city the first week in June. It is expected that there will be about seventy delegates present. Our local chapter desires to entertain the delegates in a manner that will be a credit to The Dalles. At tho Stu tiling Greenhouse you will find strong, well-rooted geraniums, fuchsias, white and yellow marguerites and heliotropes, from five cents up. Roses in bloom, 15 cents, or two for 25 cents; calla lilies in bloom, 25 cents ; pansies 25 per dozen. Appropriate floral designB furnished on short notice. 24-dlw-wltn A riL'UMiiit Afternoon. A Stoma Iiuuudry. A long-felt want is being supplied by the establishment of a first-class laundry in this city. Mrs. I. L. Glazier has opened a steam laundry at the corner of Third and Federal streets, and it will be no longer necessary to support a lot of Chinese dives and opium joints under the name of waBh. houses, or to send our clothes, and therefore our money, to Portland; but we can instead maintain a home industry and employment of our own people. We need to loster all such industries and encourage others to invest in any enterprises that will employ labor and make a pay roll, however small. We trust the "Red Star" laundry will re ceive the liberal patronage it deserves. Champions. Monday afternoon the oldest members of the Methodiet church in this city spent a very pleasant afternoon with their pastor and his wife, Rev. and Mrs. Wood, at their home on the bluff. The afternoon was their's to spend as best Euited their pleasure, and at 3 o'clock they had a short prayer meeting, after which they spent eome time in talkinc over their religious experiences, some of which were as followB : Rev. A. M. Walker, who is aged 70, was converted at the age of 12, and has been a member of the church sixty-five years. Mrs. Walker, aged 77, converted when 12 years old, has been a church member sixty-six years. Sirs. W. Ma gee, 85 years old, converted at 20, when she united with the church. Mrs. J. Gorhain, who is now GO, was converted when 0 years of age, being a member of the church sixty years. Mrs. Eliza Mc Farland, 81 years old, converted when 13, has been a church member since that time, sixty-eight years. Mrs. I. N. Sargent, aged 79, converted 111 her 13th year, has been a member sixty-six years. Mrs. Angel, 05 years, converted when 15, has been a member of the church fifty years. The average ago of those present is 75 years; that of Uieir conversion 13, and the total number of years' service given to the church 440 years. Then followed a light lunch served by Mrs. Wood, which was as much enjoyed as it could have been by those who are younger and much more vigorous, and the conversation which followed proved that though most of them bad measured up to the full three score and ten years alloted, they were still light hearted aud enjoying life, the more so in the hope of a glorious immortality beyond, when the last of such earthly pleasures are o'er and they join in the pleasures which never end. X J)1KJJ. The following base-ball team was or ganized last Monday to play for the championship of E.istem Oregon. They will practice from now on : Jas. W. Fisher, s. s.; J. Maloney, p.; Geo. Moabus, 1st b. ; Ed Jenkins, c. f. ; A. Ferguson, c. ; G. Dufur, 2d b. ; I!. Fisher, 3d b. ; C. Van Dnyn, r. f. ; W. W. Brown, 1. f. What are Schilling's Best tea coffee soda baking powder flavoring ctract and apices good for? Good for anybody who likes good things and doesn't want to pay for adulteration. Tor sale by W. E. Kahler Nebraska corn for sale at the Wasco warehouse. Best feed on earth. niO-t At Kimrslev; Tuesday, March 23d, i Mrs. Elizabeth Culloch, aged 75 years. I Funeral at Kingsley tomorrow. Mrs. Culloch was born in County j Down, Ireland, and came to Oregon ' about twelve years ago. She leaves two daughters in this country, Mrs. Hugh Baxter and Mr. Georue Baxter. IICJKN. i At Tho Dalles, March 24th, to the wife of Chas. R. Meins, a daughter. 1 Iifnl--!' oimtiiln Pen. Monday afternoon I lost mv Water man's Ideal fountain pen, gold point, black rubber holder. Forget number. Reward if loft at Ciiuoxici.e office. Ilt.V C. PllICHAItD. ."UcuitlUK of Stocliliolilorj J), 1. & A. N. Co. Notice is hereby given that there will bo a stockholders' meeting of The Dalles, Portland & Astoria Navigation Co., at their office Saturday, April 3, 1897, at 2 p. m,, for the purpose of electing seven directors and transacting such other business as may properly come before said meeting. By order of the presi dent. The Dalles, Or., March 1, 1897. OmoN KiNur.sLV, m8-td Secretary. Subscribe for Tim Ohuonjclk, Bieyeles, Bieyele Sandfies, Fishing Tackle, Steel Hinges. Also a Scow-load of DRY FIR WOOD JUST RECEIVED AT MAO & BENTON'S Audit Free Sneds. We have been invited, along with tho balance of the newspapers of the United States of America, to express our opin ion upon the free distribution of seeds by the government, by and with the consent and advice of tho congressmen. We have been furnished with a collec tion of newspaper clippings to aid us in arriving at a conclusion on tho seed ques tion, and yet we are forced to conclude that none of tho papers seem to have reached either the root or the seed of the evil. We are told that our proud and grandmotherly government expends $150,000 a year, besides paying freight bills, in furnishing free seeds to the great Eeedless public. That even with this grand outlay tho results are unsatis factory. That there is no judgment used in disseminating these free vege table germs, and that those who receive them, albeit getting them free, are far from satisfied. This is in a measure true. The man who wants to raise watermelons opens his prize-package and finds that it contains Kaffir corn, string beans and lettuce. The lady who ex peels flower seeds of infinito varieties and all new, finds that sho must either grow Early York or Flat Dutch cabbage and Mam moth pumpkins in her carefully pre pared beds, or let her flower garden go bare. Theso little idiosyncracieu are only to be expected and should be borne cheerfully. It is tho pamphlets that are prepared by the department, giving full instructions concerting the planting and cultivation of the seeds that lead one to believe sometimes that the civil service is not so civil as it is cracked up to be, and that either tho clerks are inclined to be humorous or else are not upon garden truck. .. It was only a year or two ago that a neat little package of variegated beans, together with some slips looking like dessicated asparagus, reached ns through the postoflice. Recognizing the package by the frank expression where tho pos tage stamp should be, we turned it over to the sharer of our wealth. She, in a thoughtless mood, opened it. We saw her pick up the "directions," and then we taw tho little wrinkles gather on her forehead and we know there was some thing in that paper that had set her thinking. Experience has taught us to Ijh on our guard when sho does that, and we were just preparing to take a short walk for our health, when she looked up with a puzzled expiessiou on her classic countenance and remarked, "I don't un derstand this quite; do you?" Wo con fessed at once that we did not, and clinched it with tho statement that if she could not understand it it must be incomprehensible. We thought that ought to fetch her, hut it didn't. She passed the paper over to us, with the command to read it, and this Is what we read : "The enclosed Blips should be planted In May, also the ground. They should bo Bet in a well made bed, tho soil being worked until perfectly loose. Tho Blips Concluded on fourth page. f We have secured tho services of an experienced bicycle repairer from San Francisco, and aro better prepared to do this class of work than we have over been before. Wo will guaranteo all bicycle work done by us to be first-class, and satisfactory to our patrons. "NVe have on hand about 25 whoels, '90 patterns, of different makes some new and some second hand. To closo them out, to make room for '97 wheels, we have decided to oiler them for sale at very low prices, many of them away below cost. This is your chance if you are not particular as to whether you rule a '90 or '97 wheel. They aro all good wheels, and in good shape. MAYS & CROWE. Remember We have strictly First-class FIR, OAK and MAPLE WOOD To sell at LOWEST MARKET RATES Phone 25. JOS. T. PETERS & CO Northern Grown Seeds. Fresh Garden and Grass Seeds in Bulk. Seed Wheat, Seed Rye, Seed Oats. Seed Barley, Seed Corn, Flax Seed. Alfalfa See'd, Timothv Seed. Red Clover Seed, Millet Seed. Crimson Clover .Seed, Blue Grass Seed. White Clover Seed, Orchard Grass Soed. Bee Supplies, Fertilizers, Oil Meal Cake, liny. Grain, Feed and Grocerios. Early Rose Potatoes. I'oultry and EgRS bought and sold at J. H. CROSS' Feed and Grocery Store. Goods Sold at Bedrock Prices for Cash. Storo open from 7 a. m. to 0 p. in. GEORGE RUCH PIONEER GROCER. Kuccewior to ClirUimin it Cothon. ' FULL LINE OF STAPLE and FANCY GROCERIES. Again in business at the old stand. I would be pleased to see all my formei patrons. Free delivery to any part of town. Z. DONNELL, PfESCflPTIOfi DRUGGIST TOILET ARTICLES AND PERFUMERY. Opp. A. M. Williams it Co., I'll 10 DALLES, Oil. 5el?ool Boos, Stationery, xl MUSICAL INSTRUMENTS, ! AT Jacobson Book & Music Co. No. 174 Second Street, New Vogt Blook, The Dalles, Oregon. i . . , i ,, 11 , , . . . . Lumber, Building Material and Boxes Traded tor Hav. Grain, Bacon, Lard, &c. ROWE & CO.. The Dalles, Or.