THE EXCELLENCE OF SYEUP OF HQS Is due not only to the originality and simplicity of the combination, but also to the care and skill with which it is manufactured by scientific processes known to the California Fie Syrup Co. only, and we wish to impress upon all the importance of purchasing the true and original remedy. As the genuine Syrup of Figs is manufactured by the' California Fio Syrup Co. only, a knowledge of that fact will assist on 3 in avoiding the -worthless imitations manufactured by other pa ties. The high standing of the CALI FORNIA Ti'i Sykup Co. with the medi cal profession, and the satisfaction which the genuine Syrup of Figs has given to millions of families, makes the name of the Company a guaranty of the excellence of its remedy. It is fax in advance of all other laxatives,, as it acta on the kidneys, liver and bowels without irritating or weaken ing them, and it does not gripe nor nauseate. In order to get its beneficial effects, please remember the name of the Company CALIFORNIA FIG SYRUP CO. SAN FRANCISCO, Cat. lOnaVILLE. Ky. NEW YORK. If. Y. PERSONAL MKNTION. Mre. Wm. VanDibber left this morn ing on a businesb trip to Olyuipia, IVnsh Frank ' Wood left this morninz for Portland to attend the basinets college in that city. Dr. Hollister bae just returned from a professional trip Into bnerman county being called'to consult with Dr Smith. G. McPherson, who has been spend ing the holidays witli hia family in this city, returned to his ranch near Hay (Jreek this alternoon. A Narrow Escape. Thankful words written by Mre. Ada E. Hart, of Groton, S. D. "Was taken with a bad cold which settled on my lungs; congh set in and finally terrain ated in Consumption. Four doctors gave me up, saying I could live but a ebort time. I gave myself "up to my Savior, determined if I could not stay with my friends on" earth, I would meet my absent ones above. My husband wa9 advised to get Dr, King's New Dis covery for Consumption, Coughs and jColds. I gave it a trial, took in all eight "bottles. It has .cored me, and tbank God I am saved and now a well and healthy woman." Trial bottles free at Blake'.ey & Houghton's drag etore, ;Kegular size 50c and $1.00. Guaranteed or price refunded, ' 1 "Water Commissioners Special Meeting A special meeting of the water com missioners was called last night tor the purpose of making a settlement with the Pacific Bridge Co., which has just com pleted the work on the new water system Including extra work of extending mains, etc., the bill of the company was $10,933.89, which was allowed and or dered paid. Other bills allowed were : Wm Mores nfleld, labor ...$13 00 Wm Nicholas, labor 15 00 Geo Reno, labor. 4 00 Wm Michell, filing 6aw s. 25 J B Goit, work on map. ...... 24 00 The Sure La Grippe Care. There is no use suffering from this dreadful maladv, if you will only get the right remedy. Xoa are having paih all through your body, your liver is out of order, have no appetite, no life or ambi tion, have a bad cold, in fact are com pletely used up. Electric Bitters is the only remedy that will give you prompt and sure relief. They act directly on your Liver, Stomach and Kidneys, tone up the whole system and make yon feel like a new being. They are guaranteed to cure or price refunded. For sale' at . Blabelev & Houghton's drug etore, only 50 cents per bottle. ' 1 Heaviest in Spokane's History. Spokane, Jan. 2: Spokane during the laet twe days has experienced the heav ieat snow in Us history. Since yester day morning fifteen inches ' has fallen making twenty-five inches on the ground. Because of strong winds, te snow has drifted and it ia with difficulty that street car lines are kept open. In places the snow has drifted to a depth of fifteen feet. Horrible agony is caused by Piles burns and skin diseases.. These are immediately relieved ami quickly cared by Do Witt's. Witch Hazel Salve. Be ware of worthless imitations. Snipes Kinersly Drug Co. BACKBONE OF ARMY. Noncommissioned Officers the glorified Sinews of War. Un- With Unlimited Ability to Work, They Bear the Brant of Battle ud Shoot Their Way Into the Corridors of Oblivion. The recruit of the army no sooner swears tnat ne "win ooey tne com mands of all officers placediabovehim" than he falls into the hands of a cor- oral. This soldier, with the two clean white chevrons on his sleeves, looks im over, guides him to a bathing place and begins to lick him into shape. He begins by teaching him how to tand, how to turn around, where to keep his eyes and all the small details of the soldier business, ne impresses on him the necessity of quick doing, and cautions that the officers are there o think. Then the recruit is shuffled on to a sergeant, who places him in a set of fours and teaches him how to find his place and what to do when he finds it. He finally falls into the nanus of the first sergeant in company drill. He may get an occasional sight of his captain, but he learns to know ana em ulate his sergeant. The "noncom." is the teacher. His unlimited ability to work and his un dying patience straighten up round shoulders, liven up shulliing steps and make a'-sturdy soldier of the raw re cruit. He works always and forever, and executes the orders of his supe riors quickly and accurately. He serves as a model to be copied after by the private he is the backbone of the army. Glory seldom comes to the "non- com. A long time ago a certain Sergt. Jasper won a permanent place m his- tory, and more recently Sergt. Ham ton Fish died bravely at the front The "noncom."' works unnoticed, like the line player in the football team, because he doesn't run with the ball, but he is the backbone that holds the ribs together. When the battle is hot and sweat mingles with blood on the sodden field, when bullets whizz and shells scream, when comrades sink to the ground and turn on their faces, the oificer lifts his sword on high and step: lorvvard into glory. The "noncom. speaks the quiet "Steady, boys!" and walks into the jaws of death, shooting his way into. the corridors of oblivion. The captain knows he will be famous if be survives famous if he dies. The ergeant or the corporal knows his wife and children will weep over their loss, his comrades that survive him will bury him in a soldier's grave wrapped in his blanket. He is too numerous for the historian to mention; he was simply doing his duty. Yet if the vie tory is won it is because he is in his place and doing this same duty. Under the new tactics in use by the United States army companies no longer fight with men shoulder to shoulder under the direct command of the captain. Much stress is laid on the skirmish drill, in which sets of fours under corporals and squads un cier sergeants fight in open order, firing at will after the captain has or dered "commence firing." The cor poral is responsible for his set of fours and the sergeant for his squad. The first sergeant is in a manner re sponsible for the entire company and is ready to assume command when his officers are shot down. The new ar rangemen't gives opportunity to the noncom. to show himself.. It remains to be seen whether or not he will break into fame. It is not in battle, however, that the noncommissioned officer earns the title of "backbone," for in the fight the sweating private is a necessary per son. In the camp the white-chevroned soldier makes his presence known and felt. The first sergeant, gruff, stern, severe, kind, man of all work and all intelligence, father of his company and mother, too, in camp, is in charge of his men. He looks after the com pany quarters, tents, bedding, cloth ing, knows all about the kitchen and sees to the equipments. He calls the roll, details the guard, knows the abil ity and willingness of every soldier of his command -and is the disciplinarian and mouthpiece of his company." He" is the go-between for privates and offl: cers, adjusts quarrels and disseminates advice.- The company-books, though' not intricate, are tedipus.'and are kept by him, and he reports the dead to his captain. He seems "to1 be in everf pi ace at the same time, ne is th.e model soldier. " " " The literature of the present war is yet unwritten.. Glorious-victories have. been won and admirals and gen erals have been launched into ever lasting fame. It is to be hoped, when the war correspondents get back to the quiet of their 'desks, they will not have been blinded by the glare of up lifted swords and glittering shoulder straps to the bravery and courage of the "noncommissioned man." There is room in history fdr the "backbone1 of the army." Kansas City Star. In Olden Times People overlooked the importance of permanently beneficial effects and , were satisfied with the transient action ; but now that it ia generally known that Syrup of Figs will permanently over come habitual constipation, well in formed people will not buy other laxa tive's, which act for a time, but finally I injure the," system. ' Bay ' the genuine, made by the California Fig Syrup Co. PAYING THE TROOPS. Complicated Task Which Volunteer - Paymasters Perform The Routine of Remunerating Uncle Sam's Soldier and the Amounts They Receive Paying Dear for Titles. One of the plcasantest features of army life is the coming of the paymas ter with his gripsack lull of money. Since the declaration of ' war "' with Spain the war department has added 70 paymasters- and twice as many clerks, under the emergency act pro viding for an increase. The work re quired is almost wholly that of expert accountants. Especially is this true of the department of the east, in New York city, where, in addition to keep-, ing the accounts of the volunteers in this vicinity, the paymasters are obliged to take care of the accounts of regulars and retired officers .and soldiers. There is no mercy shown' to a green paymaster. ' Whether he un derstands the work or not, he has to do the same amount as is given to a paymaster who has been in the service 10 years. In fact, there is a growing suspicion that the volunteer paymas ter gets the worst of it all round. The retired list which new paymas ters are required to wrestle with in the paj'master's office in this city com prises the accounts of 400 officers and men who have been retired from the service, but who are drawing three quarters pay. These payments are made ence each month under an in tricate pystem of bookkeeping. It is so complicated that no business man of to-day would think of applying it to his own business. The retired officers and men are paid on the first d iy of each month. Those residing in Kew York receive their pay in currency at the paymaster's office, while those residing outside the city are paid by check. The Xew York pay department is under jthe control of Lieut. Col. Wilson, who ranks next to Paymaster General Stanton. Un der him at the present time are two regular army paymasters, all ranking as majors. As in the army proper, there is nothing done in the pay de partment without orders, and the sol dier who becomes impatient at not re ceiving his pay at the anticipated time should not blame the paymaster. It may be that he has not received his orders The First New York volunteers were paid off recently by Maj. Fowler at Fort Hamliton, and the method of procedure will serve to illustrate all payments in the field. On the rolls furnished by the company command ers an estimate of the amount due each man, less fines,-was made by the paymaster, and the latter, with his clerk, went to the camp with sufficient currency to pay off. At Fort Hamil ton the place selected for paying the troops was the hall of the local lodge of Good Templars. Each company was lined up, one at a time, in front of the paymaster's desk, and as his name was called out each man stepped' for ward and received his money . First comes the captain, who: re ceives $150; then the first lieutenant, who takes $125. The second lieuten ant walks off with $116.67, and then fol low the noncommissioned officers, be ginning with the first sergeant, whose compensation is $30 a month. After the noncommissioned officers come the privates, who receive -$15.60 ' a month instead of $13 a month, as for merly. In fact, fn all the salaries of noncommissioned officers and privates there has been a uniform increase of 20 per cent. When an entire regiment is paid off it is done from what is known as the roll of the field, staff and band, containing xne-names ot me Drigaae or regiment al field officers. These officers are paid by the paymaster in the same manner that other payments are made, but the amounts are much larger, the briga dier general receiving $458.83 a month; colonel, $291.67; lieutenant colonel, $250, and major, $208.33. "Regimental quartermaster and regimental ad jutants receive $150, while, the regi mental chaplain's pay is $125 a monith. Commissioned officers - may draw .their salaries from any paymaster, ijjfcd it is not infrequent that accounts are duplicated. In such cases there is trouble in STOre .for tb.e officer. Pay masters, although "the handle large sums of money, are phljf under $10,000 bonds. They are responsible for the accuracy of their accounts, and the overpayment of money to soldiers is a loss to the paymaster. The govern ment checks up every, item in the pay rolls, and every error in payment- is charged back to the paymaster. The possibility of error is a constant worry to the volunteer paymasters, who are unfamiliar with the work and who are largely dependent upon their clerks. For this responsibility their com pensation is $208 a month. Were it not for the erold shoulder straps and the rank of major which goes with the of fice, there are few paymasters in the volunteer' service who would accept the place, there are among -the vol unteer paymasters some whose in comes from their private business ex ceeded that of their salary; brt whose age disqualified them for army serv ice, who have joined the pay depart ment that they might acquire a mili tary title. Such of these paymasters as have been assigned to the depart ment of the cast are fast realizing that they are paying dear for their titles. PLEASE LOOK HERE. WM. MICHELL, Undertaker and Eniljakr. THE DALLES, OREGON. Rooms on Third Street, One Block Back of French & Co.'s Bank. ' PICTURES FRAMED. ALL PRICES AWAY DOWN. BUM 33S QNV 3IAIOO SHERIFF'S SALE. NOTICE 18 HEREBY GIVEN THAT UNDER and bv virtue of an execution dated the 10th day of November. 18 :8. issued out of the Circuit Court of the State of Oregon for Grant County, upon a judgment Riven and rendered therein on the 5th day of October, 1896, (a trans cript of which was filed and docketed in office of me county cierk or husco uounty, Oregon, on the 22d day of October, 1896,) in iavor of K. 8. ren field and against Mary I). Hess, for the sum of 1 36S.45, und the further sum of $30.00 as at torney s feP8,and 111.00 costs and dl-bursemente, which said execution is directed tome ana com- mflnrtincr in n tr lew nnnn nnil m11 tlm nmnivtv of tne said judgment debtor, Mary D. Hess, or so ranch thereof as may be necessary to satisfy saiu juugment aioresaia wiixi interest tnereon at the rate of ten per ceut per annum from said 5th day of October, 1896, and the costs and ex penses of and upon this writ. I aid on Saturday the 17th day of December, 1833, levy upon aud on Thursday the 10th day of January, 1809, at one o'clock p. m. at the County Courthouse door, ill Wasco County, Oregon, will sell, to the uiguest uiuucr lur ua&u iu nana, ior me purpose of satisfying said judgment, interest, costs and expenses, the undivided oue fifth Interest of tne Baia judgment aeDtor in ana to the follow ing described lands and premises, to wit: All of sections 21. 23. 33. 27 and 35: the south east quarter and the uorth half of the northwest quarter ot section '22; the northwest quarter of :ion ; me west nan oi the west half and the south half of the south half of section 31; the Bourn ntui oi use nortawest quarter ot section 36. all in township 7 south, ranee 17 east, and all of section 3 in township 8 south, range 17 east, Willamette meriaian, in wasco i;ountv, uregon, containing 4G00 acres more or less. vanes city, Oregon, December 10. 1898, ROBT. KELLEY, Sheriff of Wasco Ccuntv. Oregon. By F. C. Skxton, Deputy. Iec21-4w SUMMONS. IN THE CIRCUIT COUET of the State of Ore gon for W asco Countv. Eagar B. Pratt, Plaintiff, vs.. Emily Piatt, Defendant. 10 Jtmiiy rratt, tne a&ove named defendant. In the name of the State of Oregon, vou are hereby required to appear in the above en titled court on or before the 2S day of January 1899, then and there to answ e? the complaint of plalntifl'flled against you In the above entitled cause, aod If you fail so to appear, aLd answer said complaint, for want thereof, the plaintiff will apply to the above entitled court for the re lief prayed for in his complaint to-wit. for a decree oi tne aoove en tinea court dis solving the bonds of matrimony- now existing between plaintiff nnd defendant. That plaintiff be awarded the sole care and custody of their minor children. Katie Pratt and rteuDin I'ratt, and for sucn other and lurtner re lief as to the court may seem equitable and just This summons is served upon you, the said Emily Pratt, by publication thereof, by order of the Hon. Y. L. Bradshaw, Judge of the above entitled court, which order bears date the 12th day of December, 1898, and direct d that said amount be published once a week for not less insn six consecutive weeKS in tne -dalles Cbbonicle," a newspaper of general circula tion published in Dalles City, Wasco couuty, Oregon, and said publication to begin w'th Sat urday, the 17th day of December, 1898, and eud with Saturday the 21st day of January, 1899. DUFCK MKNEFEE, 12-13-1 Altorueys f9r Plaintiff. NOTICE. U. 8. Land Office, The Dalles, Ob., ( NOVEMBEB, 23, 1898. . j Complaint havine been entered at this office by Frank C. Wilson against Gustavo A. Brock- man ior aDanaoning nig homestead entry, no. 4919, dated Oct. 21, 1893, upon the WV4 8E!4 sec tion twenty-two and tne fr'i section twentv-seven. towushio Ave south, ranre ten eaaf, W. M. iu Wasco county, Oregon, with a view to tne cancellation oi saia entry, and nam parties are hereby summoned to appear at this office on the 10th day of January, 1899, at 10 o'clock a. nr., to respond and furnish testimony vuuix'iuiug Mtiu aiiegeu aoanaonment. u.ao-1 jai r.LuuAn, Keg) - tor NOTICE FOK PUBLICATION. . U. 8. Land Office, The Dali.es, On., I December, 12, 1898. j Notice is hereby given that the following- named settler has filed notice of his intention to make final proof in Bupport of his claim, and that said proof will be made before the Register and Keeeiver at The Dalles, . Oregon , on luesuuy, January z-t, jsuu, viz: Le A Bears.. Xbe Danes. Homestead Application No. 5310, for the KWK, NWJi Becti. n 31, Township 1 north, Kange li, East V. M. He names the following witnesses to prove his continuous residence upon and cultivatiou of saia iana, viz: Newton Patterson, of Tho Dalles. Oreeon John Ferguson, of The Dalles, Oregon: Hcnrv Ryan, of The Dalles, Oregon; Andrew McCabe, of The Dalles, Oregon. jAy P. Lucas, Register. NOTICE OF RESIGNATION. Notice is hereby given that the undersigned has filed his resignation as one of the adminis trators of the-estate of Perrv Watklns. deceased. and the county court of the state of Oregon for Wasco county, has appointed the 30th day of January, mm, at the hour of JO o clock, a m, as the time for hearing the same and the accounts of said administrator np to said date. All per sons interested in said estate are hereby notified to appear iu said court at said time to show cau.e, if any exists, why said resignation should not De accepted ana said administrator aiscnarg- EU. Dalles City, Or., Dec. 27, 1898. Frank Watkins. One of the Administrators of the Eotate of Perry Watklns, Deceased. d28-4w 85 REWARD. Per bead, for the return of- twenty bead of cattle which were lost above Mill creek falla. Branded E-A on the left ehonlder and two crops off the right ear. Eeturn same to SaH.marahe'a stock yards and receive reward. 20-d2t w3w Bock Allert. AflORTHERN PACIFIC RY. J s Pullman Elegant Sleeping Car Dining; Cars Sleeping Car Tourist ST. PAUL MINNBAroM DIILVTU' KAKGO TO GRAND FOB CROOK9TON WINNIPEG HELENA an liTJTTE Through Tiekets CHICAGO WASHINGTON PHILADELPHIA NKW TORE BOSTON AND ALL POINTS EABT and SOUTH For Information, time cards, mam and ticket. u&i on or write to W. C. ALLAWAY. Agent, ine viunua, uregor. A. D. 26 ARLTON, Asst. G. P. A., rrison Cor. Third. Portland Oregon Regulator Line Tie Dalles. Fortlaiii ani Astoria Navigation Co.' striReguIatorDalles City FREIGHT AND PASSENGER LINE between The Dalles, Hood River, Cascade Locks and Port land cany, pi-cent bunaay. 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Lewis, deceased. Defendants. By virtue of an execution, decree and order of sale, duly issued ontof and under the seal of the circuit court .of the state of Oregon, for the county of Wasco, to me directed and dated the 28th day of December, 1898, upon a decree for the foreclosure of a certain mortgage, rendered and entered in said court on the '20th day of Decem ber, 1898, in the above entitled cause in favor of the plaintiff and against defendants, in the sum of Thirty-two hundred and Fifty-lour dollars, -and commanding me to make sale oi the real property embraced in such decree of foreclosure and hereinafter described, I will, on the ... 7tn day of February, 1899, at the hour of 2 o'clock p. m. of said day, and at the front door of the County Court House in Dalles City, Wasco Countj , Oregon, sell at pub lio auctiou to the highest bidder for cash, in hana, all the right, title and Interest which the defendants or either of them had on the 11th day of June, 1883, the date of the mortgage fore closed herein, or which said defendant or any of the defendants herein, have since, acquired, or now have in and to the following described Sroperty, situated and being in Wasco couuty, regou, to-wit: The 8, NWJ.and the KE, Section 19, Township 5, south of range 12, East of V il lamette merioian, containing 160.47 acres accord ing to the government survey thereof, the same, being known on the maps and plats of the U nited States as Cash Entry No. 83, of John P. Shannon; or so much of said property as will satisfy said judgment and decree Said property will be sold subject to confirmation and re demption as by law provided. Dated fit The l.Uj, Oregon, this 28th day of December, 198. ROBERT KELLY. UccSltl Shetift' of Wasco Couuty, Or. . Printing L