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ITEJ1S IN BRIEF.
From turdays Dolly.
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er aume in auuu tuver.
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Mrs. Frank Fulton, of Biggs, la visit
ing-Mrs. W. H Bigg3 in this city.
city, the guest of Miss Ethel Demm
iag.
The snow remains with ua, but over
head the sky is clear and bright, indi
eating fair weather.
A marriace license was issued todav
to Mr. A. N. Rahm and Miss Henrietta
Rand, tjoth of Hood River.
Mr. W. H. Taylor, who has been
nc . a ... l .
ma, is reported convalescent.
Mr. H. C. Myers, a prominent far-
. mer of Gilliam county, waa in the city
this forenoon en route to Portland.
The snow has caused a lively demand
for cutters. Messrs. GunDing & Hock
man have sold six since the storm began.-
. A chinook wind is reported to have
; ' prevailed in Oak Grove country yes
terday, settling the snow down to four
inches.
' Mr. James Snipes' new residence on
the hill is completed. It is a com
. modious buildirj and presents an ele
gant appearance.
Mr. T. F. Sturtevant, recently from
- Portland, will in a few days open a
. cigar store in ths room formerly occu-
- pied by W. E. Garretson.
The railroad company has already
begun observing the holidays. The
engine that brought the local in this
forenoon .was decorated with ever
, greens.
nro. Armsworxny, oi ine wasco
News, arrived today from Salem. He
has secured a royalty on that com pi i
, cated churn, so we are informed by Mr.
.' Jacobsen.
At a late hour this afternoon Col.
. Sinnott informed our reporter that he
'had recruits flocking in so rapidly that
he will muster in a battalion. The
' Colonel's rank will be raised to gen
eral. Today Gorgy Oneal, of Paulina, filed
,, a homestead application for 160 acres
In sec. 11, 1 16 s r 23 e Final proof was
..' received at the land office from Chas.
- B. Sears, of Mayville, on 160 acres in
sec. 26, t 5 s r 19 e.
Workmen have about completed the
' ways on which the Keguiator will be
drawn for repairs on the first of next
month. The boat will be thoroughly
overhauled, and when it goes into, the
river again will be as good as new.
The board of trustees of The Dalles
Coimsercial and Athletic Club have
' ordered carpets and furniture for their
rooms. The furniture will be bought
. in Portland while the order for the
; ; carpets has been placed with Messrs.
Prinz & Nisehke.
Two deeds were filed in the clerk's
office i today. Hood River Townsite
; Co. to J. N. McCoyet and others, lots
sideration $123. Florence M. McLeod
to Geo. H. Luck, narcel of land in
' Hood River, consideration $1.00.
Last night Mike Bohan was arrested
. by Constable TJrquheart on a warrant
" issued out of Justice Davis' court. He
mortgaged property from the state.
' The complaint waa filed by R. C. Wal
las, of Sherman county, who holds
the mortgage. '
.Commander B. Dimmick, of General
Rusk Post, No. 59, G. A. R., writes to
Governor Lord that, while no formal
action has been taken by his post, he
. knows he expresses the sentiments of
, every individual member in tending to
the governor, as commander-in-chief
' of the Oregon National Guard, each
one's qualified services in sustatning
our chief executive and congress in
: any measure , necessary, to maintain
the national dignity and American in
stitutions.
Union Whist Club was royally en-
. tertained last night by Senator and
- Mrs.. Hilton. The members say it was
' one of the pleasantest evenings they
have had thus far this season. An
elegant banquet was spread at Keller's
Cafe, and after lunch was discussed
the hall was cleared and dancing in
dulged in for an hour. The whist
games were spirited and the playing
scientific. The first prize was awarded
to Mrs. W. H. Hobson and the booby
' , to Mrs. W. H. Wilson.
From Monday's Dally.
Mr. Robert Wright,'of Hood River
is in the city.
Mr. I. J. Driver, of Wamie, was in
the city this morning.
Mr. M. Herrick went to the locks on
toe Keguiator mis morning.
A state selection of zoo acres was
' made at the land office today.
; Mr. -M. A. Moody returned from
Portland on yesterday's local.
; Mr. A. A. Bonney went to the Locks
ua cue xwguiawr bins uiuimiu.
... Messrs. Chas. Chandler and A. B
Jones, of Hood River, are in the city,
. Mr. and Mrs. Kobert l eague came
Mr.. B. A. Hunsaker, has retired
from the firm of Hunsaker Barzee, the
Fast End Grocers.
Emil Metz made final proof today be
fore the register and receiver on n ei
sec. s 27, 1 4 s, r 13 e.
Miss Bessie Lang, who has been
visiting in Portland the past week, re
turned home yesterday.
We are pleased to learn that Mr. C.
P. Balch, of Dufur, is steadily improv
ing and is in a fair way to recover.
. The Regulator had a large load of
wheat this morning, also 120 young
hog9 which the Columbia Packing
Co. shipped below.
Yesterday Will DeWolf, who has
been sick" the past .three months, was
taken to the Sisters' hospital in
Portland.
Mr. Hugh Farmer came up from
Portland on the Regulator Saturday,
and reports an immense rainfall in
that city last week.
Midnight mass will not be held at
the Catholic church Christmas eve
Mass will be said at 5:30, 7:30 and 10:30
A. M. Christmas day.
At 3 o,clock this morning the wind
assumed the velocity of a blizzard,
. but was warm, and caused the snow to
disappear as if by magic.
Sheriff Holder, of Sherman county,
came down yesterday after Mike Bo
han, wanted in that county for at
tempting to take mortgaged property
out of the county. Bohan was arrest
ed here Friday night by Constable j
Urquhart Just as he was starting
across the river with the horses that
were mortgaged. Sheriff Holder left
on this morning's train with the
prisoner.
The chinook which began blowing
at 3 o'clock this morning was welcomed
by the farmers. If it continues it will
enable them to begin plowing again.
There will be no Christmas service
at the Congregational church. The
congregation is invited to attend the
services at St. Paul's Episcopal church
at 10 a. m.
Mr. and Mrs. Robert Thompson and
daughter, of Portland, were passengers
on the Regulator this morning They
were accompanied by Miss Lena
Driver, of Wamic.
Today a deed was filed in the clerk's
office from Wm. Heisler and wife to
Monroe Heisler, conveying an un
divided one-half interest in the sw
and sei of nw sec 35, 1 1 s. r 13 e,-con
sideration $250.
Last Saturday J. H. Blakeney
bought the house and lota belonging
to the Sarah S tries estate at public
auction for $212. The sale of the
other lands belonging to the estate
was indefinitely postponed.
Messrs. W. T. Vanderpool and G. E.
Noland came in from Dufur this morn
ing. They report the worst wind storm
in that section that they have ever
known. The wind seemed to be so
powerful that it fairly raised the snow
and slush off the ground.
The report was circulated this morn
ing that the Western Union and O. R
& N. telegraph lines were blown down
between here and Portland, but there
was no foundation for the report. Both;
lines are working admirably notwith
standing the heavy winds that have
prevailed the" past ten or twelve hours.
' Some four weeks ago Alex Fargher
and other sheep raisers of Antelope
made a large shipment of mutton to
Chicago. Yesterday Mr. Fargher and
Alex and John McClennen arrived
here on their return from Chicago,
and report having met with a fairly
good market in that city.
Christmas stories areappropriate at
this time, hence we give space to one
from the pen of Mr. Williams, the
Australian journalist, who visited The
Dalles a few weeks ago, which Mr.
Williams says is a true version of a
sad occurance that was witnessed in
an Australian city a few years ago.
All who attended the ball given by
Gesang Verein at the Baldwin Satur
day night are a unit in pronouncing it
a splendid affair. The urcnestra
Union furnished its best music, and
the gentlemen who had the manage
ment of the party in hand left noth
ing undone to make all present enjoy
themselves.
Mr. Ellis, stock inspector of Umatilla
county, informs the Pendleton Trib
une that there are about 240,000 sheep
in the county and, contrary to recent
reports, they are in good condition for
the winter. The range is improving,
and they may not lack feed. The
stockmen are better prepared for the
winter than they were last winter.
Mr. A. Buchler, has a collection of
petrihed wood which he received some
months ago from Germany that would
be attractions in the best ' geological
cabinet in the country. They are all
highly polished, and comprise almost
every variety of petrified woods known,
Such collections are seldom met
with in this or any other country.
Mr. Grimes arrived here yesterday
with six carloads of hogs from La
Grande and North Powder, en route to
Troutdale, and unloaded . them at the
stock yards to feed. When he left
Grande Ronde valley Saturday morn'
ing the river was frozen over, and the
weather -vas very cold. There were
4i feet of snow on the summit of the
Blue mountains, but at Pendleton the
ground was bare.
Dalles Tent No. 20, Maccabees, held
their regular election Saturday night.
The officers chosen were, Sir Knight
Post Commander, R. H. Lonsdale;
Commander, F. Menefee; Lieut. Com.,
D. H. Roberts; Record Keeper, Chas.
Cooper; Finance Keeper, W. G. Kerns;
Chaplain, G. W. Phelps; Sergent,
John Hampshire; Master at Arms, Geo.
Brown; Sir Knight 1st. Master Guards,
J. P. Mclnerny; Sir Knight 2d Master
Guards, N. M. Lane; Sir Knight Sen'
tin el,. J. Zimmerman; Picket, J. Nits-
chke.
This afternoon Deputy Sheriff Kelly
effected two sales of real property un
der execution. One was an execution
in favor of the Oregon Mortgage Co,
against S. E. Ferris and. wife. The
land was 160 acres at Wapinitia in
cluding the hotel at that place, and
was sold to R. Livingston for $1,100.
The other was an execution in favor of
the First National bank of this place
against J. C. Baldwin and others cov
ering the north half of lota 4 and 5 in
block 22 in Gates' addition, and was
bid in by the bank for $2,129.34.
From Tuesday's Dally.
The postoffice will be open tomorrow
from 9 to 10 A. M. and from 12:10 to
1:30 P. M.
Merchants throughout the city re-'
port the holiday trade good, consider
ing the dull times.
License to marry were issued yester
day evening to Mr. M. Harton and
Miss Mildred E. Parkins.
Hon. A. S. Bennett returned ion to
day's local from Portland.
Mrs. A. Lytle, of Prineville, was a
passenger on the Regulator this morn
ing, going to Salem to spend the holi
days with her parents.
Marshal Blakeney announces that
the ordinance requiring sidewalks to
be cleared of snow will be strictly en
forced on and after next Thursday.
The recent snow storm was more se
vere here than at points to the south.
At Prineville there were only three
inches of snow, and that has disap
peared. Six carloads of hogs were shipped
from the stock yards to Troutdale last
night. They were the hogs which Mr.
Grimes brought from east of the Blue
mountains.
The Third regiment badges have
been received and are displayed today
at. Keller's cafe. They are exquisite
works of art, a description of which is
impossible.
The electrical display in Pease &
Mays window was of unique design
and was greatly admired by all passers.
by. A much more attractive display
is promised tonight.
Those of us who becoming elderly
cynics will do well to remember the
days of our youth, and put ourselves in
others' places, before throwing out any
thing at holiday tom-foolery.
Mr. W. N. Wiley is In, receipt of a
letter from Antelope, bearing date of
Dec. 21, stating that there as no snow
in that section, and that stock, were se
curing abundance of feed on the ranges.;
Dr. Price's Cream Baking Powder
World's Mr Hfebet Msdal sad
HOW HE LOST HIS DINNER.
A Tm Christ mas Story by' C. D C Wll.
, Hams.
Christmas Eve a few years ago, in a
comfortable room, -in a Superior board'
ing house, sat a young man. His good'
natured face wore, for him, a very un
usual sadness of expression.
" Tomorrow, said he, aa though
speakiner to himself, is Christmas, and
tomorrow I shall be without a shillln
and without a home. I have spent my
last, and my week's notice to quit is
up today; my landlady's natience ,has
expired at my inability to pay the rent,
and I must leave here in the morning.
A pleasant prospect indeed for the son
of rich people no employment, no
home, no money and a stranger in this
large city of Melbourne."
Thus spoke to himself my hero, a
tall, "fair, gentlemanly looking young
man about 23 years of age, whose whole
appearance stamped him as one worthy
the friendshiD of any good man or
woman, and yet one, this Christmas,
though needing such friendship, hav
ing it not.
Christmas morning broke a lovely,
sunny, cheering morn, which made it
easy to feel that renewed tidings of joy
and good will to man were being re
spread over the earth that day.
nd yet there stood that day, on
Elizabeth street, at about 11 a. M., one
without a home, one who had not
broken his fast since the night before,
when we were introduced to him.
"I wonder," he was saying to him
self, "if I shall have to go without my
Christmas dinner."
And all the sweet associations of
that home thousands of miles away
across the mighty sea, all the oft-times
enjoyed pleasures in Intermingling of
friends remet once more, passed before
him, bringing a pain at his heart and
a choking in his throat, while a sus
picious moisture bedimmed his eyes,
which, as a rule, shone clear In their
hazel depths, which easily convinced
those who saw them that their owner
was of no weak mould.
"But however," continued he,: "I
suppose I mu6t not complain. It is
the first Christmas dinner I have had
to go without, and I fear that many of
my fellow creatures, men and women,
have gone hungry, and will go hungry
this great day. But around Christmas
there is a great charm, and in all lands
where the English lauguage is spoken
it seems natural to enjoy oneBelf and
rejoice."
While he spoko he passed under a
newly erected building, the scaffolding
of which had not been removed; and
casting his eye down near one of the
poles saw before him a bright new
shilling only a bright new shilling1
and over which hundreds of the hurry
ing crowds must have passed "uncon
sciously.
.But what a friend in need! Oh the
tale of a little prospective joy in a
Christmas dinner to one who had never
experienced hunger before, and had
not broken his fast that day I
Well I am right for today," said he,
and glancing at a street clock he
noticed that it wanted a few minutes
to 1 P. M.
If I hurry up" he continued, "I
may be in time to reach C 's before
the good things are all gone."
So accordingly he went off as fast as
he could walk. Rounding a corner,
he ran up against a little girl of about
eight years of age, and after excusing
himself was hurrying on, when an ex
pression in the child's face pulled him
up, glancing at her again he saw tears
falling fast on the little cheeks and
observed that she was staggering un
der a parcel far too heavy for one of
her age.
"What is the matter, my dear?" he
Inquired. "The bundle is too heavy
for me," came in a pitiful wail, and
she explained that she had to carry it
to Clifton Hill. :
"Well," thought her sympathizer,
"if I carry it for you lassie, I shall un
doubtedly lose my dinner. But be it
so, I can still have some ChriBtmas
tea."
So seizing the bundle, and bidding
the little girl show him the road, he
trudged off, followed by the now smil
ing child. After walking with her
little way he had learned all the history
of the little one. She knew it waa
Christmas day, but she was not going
to get any nice things, for her father
was dead, and her mother was very
poor. ,
"Well," thought her companion.
"poor child, young as you are, you are
learning what trouble is, but though
go without my tea you shall have some
nice things."
And at the first fruiterer's they came
to he took her in, and planting her on
a chair, bade her look around and say
what nice things she would like for
her Christmas present.
There stood the child, the child of
humble parents, but clearly the child
of the righteous, clean, winning and
well spoken, her little face lit up with
eager expectation of childish pleasure
to come.
Oh, for the pleasure of giving joy to
the heart of a little one, of whom it has
been said, "Suffer little children to
come unto me, for of such la the king'
dom of heaven."
Having chosen her favorites, the
bill, which amounted to 9d, was paid.
The other 3d placed the child on a
tram car, which would stop a few hun
dred yards from her home; and the
two whose destinies were so strangely
brought together, parted, the child
joyfully to her home, the young man
to keep off hunger by the remembrance
of a noble and self-sacrificing act.
The day passed, and evening came,
and the homeless man passing by the
Herald office heard a bystander remark
"Sad thing about that little girl; she
waa terribly crushed; just took her In
my cab to the hospital."
"Had she anything with her?" was
the query from the listener, evidently
a reporter.
"Yes.'.' was the reply; "a bundle of
8om6 sort.
With a cry, away bounded a man to
ward the hospital and arriving there
after some - explanation he was ad'
mitted to the accident ward of that
institute, where, alas, lay his little
protleee of that Christmas noon.
' After be had stood, with some others
for some time looking down on the
little victim, the child gradually came
round to consciousness, and the first
form on which her eyes fell was that of
her anxious friend. For quite a while
her eyes remained fixed on him, then
her lips opened and the following
words fell from the expiring child: .
"I am going to father; good-bye,
mother. I wonder is there a Christ
mas tree in Heaven. Good-bye, good
man, you wer& very kind to buy; me
some nice things; good-bye, good-bye."
and the little spirit had gone.
A sad endipgy. truly but life will
ever have ita tad side.
Fiction may be painted in glowing,
Sunny colors, God's will, wills other
wise for Ufa and truth, but the day
brought heaven to the child and a home
to her protector.
-, Standing by the child, watching this
tender death scene, with weeping eyes,
stood a kiod lady, a well-known regu
lar hospital visitor. With little trouble
he, taking full advantage of the young
man's softened state of mind, obtained
a full account of the first meeting be
tween himself and the child, and so
pleased and touched was his fair inter
viewer that she immediately, with the
delicacy of all noble women who love
to do good for their Savior's sake,
practically aided him, aud shortly
afterwards was the means of obtaining
for him a position which soon gave
him a just claim to mix in the society
of those who, on very brief acquaint
ance, recognized in him a chieftain
and a man.
But though years have passed sine
the Christmas day of which I write,
and he is still going higher up in the
good will of all who know him, tears
will rush to his eyes, a sob rise in his
throat as he tells you "how he lost his
Christmas dinner 86.
Fills Do Not Core.
Pills do not cure constipation. They
only aggravate. Karl's Clover Root
Tea gives perfect regularity of the
bowels. For sale by M. Z. Donnell.
Oregon's Wealth.
On the 19th the state board of equal
ization had completed the footings of
all classes of property in the state,
except that included in the assessment
of Umatilla and Lincoln counties, re
turns from which had not been re
ceived. The footings show the follow
ing totals:
Town and city lots $ 37,601,883
Improvements on lota 16,168,251
1,840,873 acres R R land . . . 1,581,878
661.91r acres wagon road
land 702,447
6,427,60a acres unim'd land. 18,943,371
2,811,044, acres im'd land.. 31,215,086
Impts. on deeded land 5,657,482
Railroads
Telegraph and telephone. .
4,289,133
135,520
2,696,552
ma. obd norses and mules. .
362,328 cattle 3.463,900
1,600,450 sheep and goats. . 1,516,594
113,470 swine 251,996
Money 1,551,599
Notes and acc'ts 8,751,204
Shares of stock
1,177,472
781,053
3,533,829
1,522,565
8,485,403
514,353
Impts. undeeded land
Household furniture
Machinery and equipm'ts.
Mdse and imp'ts
Roiling stock
Grand total...
$150,512,268
A Great German's Prescription.
Diseased blood, constipation and kid.
ney, liver and bowel troubles are cured
by Karl's Clover Root Tea. For sale
by M. Z. Donnell.
Broke Jail at Condon.
Last Monday Bill Smith, confined in
the Gilliam county jail at Condon,
awaiting the action of the grand jury
on a charge of obtaining money under
false -ptetenses, made his escape and
has not been recaptured. The Globe
gives the following account of the de
livery : " Sheriff Wilcox was at Fossil
at the time, and had Gene Smith en-
gaged to feed the prisoner. When
Gene took his supper to the jail at
about 7 o'clock he found the outside
door of the corridor standing open at
the hinge side and the prisoner gone.
He had taken off the eight taps from
the large iron hinges from the inside
of the door, and in order to push the
door open he sawed or cut about a
dozen nails that held It to Its place by
a board. How he got hold of tools to
do the work is a mystery, as it does not
seem possible that he could have taken
off the taps with his hands, or cut the
nails without a chisel or saw.
Consumption Can be Cored
By the use of Shiloh's Cure. This
great Cough Cure is the only known
remedy for that terrible disease. For
sale by M. Z. DonnelL
. A Serious Affray.
Yesterday a" serious cutting affray
occurred at Wamic. Ed. Stoey and
Thomas Edmonson engaged in a dis
pute over a trivial matter, and in a fit
of anger, Stacy drew a knife, striking
Edmonson,' inflicting a dangerous if
not fatal wound. The wound is in the
right side, between the fifth and sixth
ribs. At last accounts Edmonson was
still alive, but the attending physician,
Dr; Kane, of Dufur," was unable to de
termine how the wound would termi
nate. Stoey , has been arrested," and
will be held in charge of the officers in
Wamic precinct until the result of Ed
monson's wounds can be ascertained.
The trouble yesterday Is said to be the
outgrowth of a feud that has existed
between Stoey and Edmonson for some
time past.
. . Verves on Edfe.
I was nervous, tired, Irritable and
cross. Karl's Clover Root Tea has
made ma well and happy.
Mrs. E. B. Worden.
For sale by M. Z. Donnell.
"or over Fifty Tears.
An Old and Well-Tried Rem
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has been used for over fifty years by
millions of mothers for their children
while . teething, with perfect success.
It soothes the child, softens the gums,
allays all pain, cures wind colic, and is
the best remedy for diarrhoea. - Is
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gists In every part of the world.
Twenty -five cents a bottle. Its value
is uncalculable. Be sure and ask for
Mrs. Winslow's Soothincr Svruo. and
take no other kind. '
YEARS OP INTENSE PAIN.
Xf B. Wttttm, drngg!9t and pbyst
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I
DON'T SHOOT SOLID SHOT.
Artillery Has Abandoned the Use of That
Projectile
The use of solid shot in warfare has
been practically given up. The pro
jectile of to-day is a conical shell of
steel and sometimes loaded with powder
so as to explode, or by a time fuse. It
is wonderfully different from the shell
of twenty-live years ago, says the Wash
ington Star. In those days one could
watch the projectile as it sailed through
the air in a graceful curve, at lengxh
bursting. There was even time to get
out of the way, under favorable circum
stances. But the new style of shell
moves at the rate of a little more than
half a mile a second. In striking a
metal target, its energy being trans
formed instantaneously into heat, it
becomes red-hot, and a flame is actually
seen to burst from the point struck.
Such a projectile moves, one might say,
in a straight line, and its impact at a
distanoe of a mOe sesms almost simul
taneous with the discbarge of a gun.
Such a shell, passing near a man, will
tear his clothes off, merely from the
windage. If it comes very near, though
without hitting him, it will kill him. He
drops dead without a sign of a wound.
Whereas an old-style shell would burst
into a few pieces, the modern projectile
flies into a myriad of small fragments,
each of them moving with tremendous
velocity. It may easily be imagined
that half a dozen six-pound notch kiss
shells finding their way into a vessel
would scatter death and destruction in
every direction. Protective armor,
owing to its great weight, can be placed
only over the ship's vitals that is to
say, along the middle part of the hull,
near the water line, so as to cover the
machinery. In future battles gun
ners will direct their fire against the
unarmored ends of an opposing vessel.
LAYING ON THE LAST STRAW.
The Horse May Now Be Seen Led on the
Htreet by a Bicycle.
The horse has been getting the "worst
of it" for some time. First he was
found to be edible and was made into
sausage and canned and sold in steaks
and his hide made into cordova. Then
electricity took away the work of his
old age pulling street cars. And now
the bicycle has further restricted his
sphere of usefulness by depriving" him
of pulling the Sunday young man and
his best girl on their afternoon drives.
Livery, which was his exclusive field,
has been adopted by the impertinent
wheel, and now, in the next stall to
the horse, is the glistening bicycle,
which needs neither oats nor bedding.
Then, too, they have shared with him
and the bicycle the honorable epithet
"steed," and the gaudy wheel, with its
noiseless, sneaking rubber shoes, is
called the7"noble iron steed," etc., ad
nauseam. The future of -the horse is
indeed dismal.
The crowning insult, however, went
unresented the other . day. Down
Grand , Avenue, says the Kansas City
Star, rolled a man on a wheel, leading
a fine,' sturdy, middle-aged horse, in
the prime of life and usefulness. The
horse jogged along after the wheel
with his head hanging dejectedly and
shamefully. . He evidently realized his
degradation, but was too hopeless and
heartsore to resent it. And lovers of
the horse, nan's intelligent friend and
companion, looked after him pitying
ly and wished he would back up, pull
the man off the wheel and dance on the
machine but. he didn't.
SOMETHING ABOUT COINS.
If They Are Plugged or Worn They Have
. . Little Special Value.
, , As viewed from a numismatic stand
point it is the condition of a coin which
fixes its. value. - It is not the date or
age, except in less than thirty instances,
that is sought for at the big quoted
premiums. Pierced, plugged, badly
worn, ' scratched coins, or those on
which the dates are illegible, have no
particular value.
- A. perfectly-uncirculated cent of 1799
.would easily bring $100, whereas a good
cent of the same date can be purchased
for $10.
For gold there is but a limited numis
matic demand, and the supply is yreat
ly In excess of the demand. The double
eagle of 1849 is worth about $300. All
gold dollars are at a premium, and
worth from $1.20 to $1.40 each. Those
dated 18G3, J864 and 186S command from
$2.50 to $4 each, and 1875, $8.
Most numismatic transactions are in
silver coins. A dollar of 1804 is worth
$400; a half dollar pf 1797 brings $10, and
a quarter of 162T commands $40. The
dime of 1304 is the most valuable, being
worth $10, and the half dime of 1802
easily holds the record at $03. A large
copper cent of 1799 would.bnng $25. and
a half cent of 1796 is in demand at $30.
A thin silver half dime of 1802 was
bought by its present holder for $63,
and has been sold at $75.
STRANGE COINCIDENCES.
Soma Instances of the Efficacy of Obeying
,-. Queer Orders.
The . London Spectator lately had a
clever article entitled "The. Tyranny of
Coincidence. The example shown is
of a lady who was driving outside of
Athens. When the horses were halted
one of the team refused his oats. The
Greek - coachman insisted that the
horse, waa. under a spell. The young
Euglish. lady had an "evil eye." The
man: told Miss Symonds to spit that
was the only cure. The young woman
waa forced to go through the unlady
like performance, and at once the horse
took to his feed. "The coincidence
rivited the chains of Superstition upon
the driver tighter than ever." Many
coincidences of a similar character
must occur to the reader.7. Here is e
case:- A child was told to put a four-
leaf clover In his left shoe, and was as
sured "that lie would be sure to find
something." : The little boy did so, and
had hardly moved out of his tracks in a
large grass-grown pasture before he
found an old half-dollar of an ancient
date, -evidently lost years before. The
child was not superstitious, and fortun
ately the parents were not. The matter
of coincidence was explained to him.
and among other things he was plenti
fully supplied with four-leaf clovers,
but he never found anything. The
origin of superstition associated with
amulets or any material objects must
owe its being to just such coincidences.
Among those who are not educated it
may be that the tyranny of coincidence
does exist, but it should not hold with
those having sound minds. We all
have, however, a dark chamber in our
brains, and it is there that the owls
and bats of superstition flap their
wings.
RUN GREAT RISKS.
Insurance Companies Are Chary
About
. Kelnsnrins; Delayed Snips.
Reinsuring risks on vessels long over
due and supposed to be lost is a game of
chance in which speculative marine un
derwriters have been indulging. One
of the vessels on which such big odds
have been taken, says the Philadelphia
ilecord, was the British bark Command
er, which sailed on April 11 from Chit
tagong, India, for the West Indies and
the Delaware breakwater, and has been
given up as lost. Both vessel and cargo
were insured as ordinary risk at the
rates then current for vessels trading
on. long voyages. After three months,
had elapsed without the arrival of the
vessel the original insurers placed their
risks with other companies, paying
twenty guineas premium and escaping
the payment of a total loss, Those who
took the new risk Tjecame alarmed at
the continued absence of the vessel, and
to protect themselves thev reinsured
the vessel and cargo at forty guineas
premium. As the loss of the vessel now
Appears to be beyond doubt those who
last took the risk will be called upon to
pay a total loss.
The British shin Mnnater baHmI in
ballast from do Janeiro on May 10 for
Newcastle, 2T. B..T, sod is believed to.
nave Deen lost oS Cape Horn. She
is now being reinsured at eighty
guineas premium. The ships Lord
Spencer, which sailed from San Fran
cisco for Queenstown on April 9, and
the Star of Austria, which sailed from
Santa Rosalia on March 25 for Fal
mouth, are believed to hare been lost,
and the vessels and carg-ocs are being
reinsured at seventy guineas premium.
AN ENERGETIC NEW WOMAN.
9he Can Make Her Way in the World and
Look Out for Herself.
T don't take much stock in these new
woman ideas," remarked a man from
south Georgia the other day, according
to the Atlanta Constitution, "but I saw
one to-day I would like to have in my
corn field in fodder season to pull foil
dcr. Say, that woman was a James D.
She saw a street car about a block and a
half away and made up her mind to
catch it ; and she did begosh. She made
a plunge tor it and whistled for the con
ductor to stop the concern. The con
ductor didn't think she would ever
reach the car and consequently did not
stop. But that woman was one of the
up-to-daters, and she had different no
tions from those of the conductor. She
ran like a rabbit, and it wasn't long be
fore she had planted her tiny foot upon
the step of the retreating car.
"I felt disposed to applaud her for this
feat, but about that time she reached
up and pulled the bell cord and stopped
the car herself.
"The conductor and motorman looked
up in astonishment. 'I simply want to
wait for my dog to catch up,' she re
plied, to their inquisitive glances.
"Xow, all I have to say is this that if
that woman is a new woman, we need
more of them to run this country. We
need them particularly in the com
fields."
OSTRICH WANTfcD A
SMOKE.
He Swallows the Lighted Clear, to
the
Consternation of His Keeper.
There was a performance in the os
trich department of the syndicate shows
the other day, says the Tucson (A. X.)
Stary'which had not been advertised.
it tooK tne place ot tne strong-man lea
ture which was advertised but didn't
come ofE. Sammie Hughes was stand'
ing near the ostrich conservatory mak
ing a scientific study of the birds and
smoking a freshly-lighted ten-cent
cigar. An ostrich suddenly lengthened
his neck about a foot and removed the
cigar from Mr. Hughes' mouth and
swallowed it, fire and all. The lengih
of an ostrich's neck furnishes a wonder
ful opportunity for a lighted cigar, and
it burned every inch of the way to the
prompting of his indiscriminate appe
tite. A gentleman connected with the
show in the capacity of chambermaid
for the ostriches saw the cigar disap
pear within the bird's bill. He accused
Mr. Hughes of having made a voluntary
contribution"; and., uttered language
which was neither moral nor polite,
showing that the spiritual training of
this great educational menagerie in not
what it is cracked up to be. He threat
ened to eject Mr. Hughes from the prem
ises. Mr. Hughes tried to explain that
he was the chief loser by the t ran sac
tion and that the whole thing was an
affair between himself and the ostrich.
Deputy United States Marshal 'Ezekicl
also began to say that the ostrich had
brought the trouble on himself. The
showman pushed Mr. Ezekiel aside, and
the officer was compelled to exhibit his
gun as his badge of authority. In the
meantime the cigar had been extin
guished in the bird's gizzard, and he
seemed to have forgotten the episode
of the cigar and was looking longingly
at an empty soda-water bottle which
lay on the ground just out of reach.
TRICKS IN HIGH DIVING.
Experts Do Not Kan as Many Risks
Most People Suppose.
. "What bothers most people who think
anything about the subject, said Kear
ney P. Speedy, a high diver, who, pe-
cording to the New York Herald, began
his public career by jumping head first
from the St. Louis bridge four or five
years ago, "is how a dive of fifty or six
ty feet can be made into a tank of thir
ty -t-ix inches of water.' You see they
confuse diving with bridge jumping
quite a different thing. Bridge jump
ers are neither jumpers nor divers
they're droppers; that is, they reach
the lower rods of the bridge truss and
drop feet foremost into the water. The
trick is to maintain the perpendicular.
They must have plenty of water under
them, too. The high diver, as you hue
seen, makes a clear dive, head first, just
a. boy does from a springboard in
swimming. . I do it in very shallow
water.. I weigh, stripped, one hundred
and eighty pounds, ana never ao any
training. I have been diving from the
top of a circus tent all summer into a
tank but seven feet wide and into water
but three feet deep. The shallow water
dive is possible from the same principle
that a cannon or rifle shot meets the
most resistance the more powerful the
impact. You see, I give my body and
head a slight inclination upward at the
instant I strike the water, which causes
me to pop out as a board would do or
an oar on the feather. I learned this
trick in the St. Louis natatorium when
a boy practicing in shallow water and
from a greater height. Then there is a
certain elasticity in the water known
to the high diver, but the trick is in the
strike and turn, for water will break
bones and crush chests, as many a man
knows." ";
The aeronaut, Cayazza, claimed re
cently that his parachute was bo con
structed that he could, to a certain ex
tent, control his flight thronn-h t ho o,v
and to prove his assertion designated
before his last ascension at Parij the
spot where he would effect hisdPswTit
He rose with his balloon to a height of
i-wcive mousana leet, and actually
wuid uuwa OQ me appointed spot, al
though the wind was not favorable to
j i ... y
nis aeecent. it seems, therefor, t.w
qib Bwjenng apparatus works satisfai
torily.
Constipation,
Fa'line Sen.
sation,Nrv
oos twitching
of Ore eyes
and other
paits.
Strep ctfintiB
in v Ik orates
and tones the
enriref-yfefm.
NervousresH.
Emissions,
and developi s
and restores
weak rrgars.
Pains in the
Dace, lotset
bv o a v n
liifahtatopped
quickly, ver 2,000 private endorsements.
Prematurenea means imootenry in ibe first
stage. It is a symptom of seminal weakness
and barrenness It can be stopped in 20 days
by the nae o f Hndyan.
The new discovery was madn try the Special
ists of the old fiunons Hudson Medical Institute.
It is the strongest vitalizer made. It is very
powerful, but baimless. Sold for 11.00 a pack
lire or 6 packages for 15.00 (plain sealed boxes).
Written guarantee given for a cure. If yon boy
six boxes and are cot entlrrly cured, sue more
will be sent to yon free of all crarges,
Send for clrcnlanand testimonials. Address
HUDSON MEDIC At. INSTITUTE,
Junction Stockton, AlmrJcec it Kills Btm
taofraocUco. Oi.
v fete L h
OTdinnry Be- fSS
Jovenator is s'(i3Kk!j
the most
wonderful "jwfHi
UyEe- - mo
tifto men of SJS
Europe and " t VW 1
nuoyan is 15;;;, S "uuian cures
mrelT mm. 1 Deb 111 tr
iable. ills,!
Hudyss stops I rm
fremalureness I m wsv.a
of the d Is- t
r 7 111
LOST k
(JVo. of Sank, S4J1.)
REPORT OF THE CONDITION
OF THE
FIRST NATIONAL BANK,
at The Dalles, In the State of Oregon, at the
close cf business, December 13, UC5.
RhSUUKCES:
Lean and discount? 3 98.942 84
overdrafts secur-'tl and un-curl 2.(86 39
U. f. bonds to secure circulation 12.500 uO
frmiums on L". f. bonds 1.50J 10
Stocks, Securities. ev 6.tii5 30
Banking house, furniture, and fixture.. l(53l fed
Lue from s&tiotal Banks (not rtserv-e
aire'it-) 3,030 39
Puh fr.tto Mate B.i,kt Jtlid R-inkrre 1.U33 74
ue from approved reserve aieuta &6 4d
Ch cks an J oilier cabh items til 02
Notra of oihir Itaii-.tiil Bttiki 145 00
Kr ictioual paper currency, niikels, and
cenrs S7 60
Lawful ilosEY Eesebvb is Baxk:
bpecm v-i.f) 0J
l.c-a'-tei'der nores. 12J U0
TJ. S, certfs deposit for legal tenders. 2400 00
Keuempiiou lu..u wiiu L: b. Treasurer (a
per cent, of circulation) 62 50
Total 8153.125 99
LIABILITIES:
Capital stock paid la $ 51.0"0 00
MiM.hw fund li.tOO CO
Undivided profita le txpenjes and taxes
pid 0.038 25
National Banknotes outstanding 10,900 00
Individual deposits subject to ciieck 51,743 4i)
Demand certificates of uoposit 19.333 1
Total 8163,125 99
State ot Oresron t
County of Wasco
I, J. IT. Patterson, Cashier of the anove-named
bank, do solemnly we-ir that ihe above statement
is true to the best of my knowledge aud belief.
J. M. PiTr.Rt.x, Cashier.
Subscribed and aurora to before me this 23d
day of December, 1S95.
FRANK MESEFEE,
.Notary Public for Oregon.
Corbict Attest: J. S. Schesck, )
Geo. A. mb, V Directors.
Lo. il. Williams, I
NOTICE FOR PUBLICATION.
Laxd Office at The Dalles. Obeoos
December 23, lift).
Notice Is hereby givea that the followiruj
named settler has filed notice of his intention
to make final proof in support of his claim, and
that said proof will be made before .Register
a id Receiver, at The Dallas, Oregon, on Feb
ruary 4. lsS96, viz:
DANIEXa F OSBORN,
Hd. E, No. S7j, for the shi, satf . and s yt sH,
sec. 29. tp 1 s, r 14 e W. M.
He names the following witnesses to prove
his continuous residence upon aud cultivation
of, said land, viz:
John Adaras and Charles Adams, of The
Dalles, and Charles Eothery and George Nolin,
of Dufur, Oregon.
JAS. F. MOORE,
December 23. Register.
NOTICE FOR PUBLICATION.
Land Office at The Dalles. Obe., 1
. November 13. lfiCa. j
Notice Is hereby given that the following
named settler has Sled notice of his intention to
makr final proof in support of his claim, and
that said proof will be made before Register
and Receiver, at The Dalles, Oregon, on De
cember 28, 1895, viz:
SHERMAN SMITH.
Hd. E. No. 3573, for the xwtf Sec. 7, Tp. 1, S.
R. 15 E. W. M.
He names the following witnesses to prove
his continuous residence upon and cultivation
cf said land, viz:
F. H. Wakefield. James L. Kellv. Joseph
Kelly, John Quirk, of The Dalles. Oregon.
jas, r . iiooitjb., register.
Dec 16-8
NOTICE.
Land Office at The Saixzs. Ohegos,
Aovemoer la, isvo.
Complaint having been entered at this office
by Oirille O. WinfrOeld against Norval E. Gray
lor aDanaomng nis aomesteaa entry ko. 4cos,
dated August 22. 1S93. upon the sen sec. 27, tp
1 s, r 12 e. in wasco ounty, uregon. witn a view
to tne cancellation or said entry, tne saia oar-
ties are hereby summoned to appear at the
above entitled TJ. S. Land OiUce on the 30th
day of December, 1895, at 10 o'clock A. M., to
respond and furnish testimony concerning said
auetrea aoanaonment.
This notice Is served by publication by the
order of the register and receiver made of this
date. JAS. F. MOORE.
nov3 Register.
XOTICE FOR PUBLICATION".
Land Office at VAScorvER, Wash.,
December s. lsns.
Notice is hereby given that the followln?
named settler has filed notice of his intention
to make final proof in support of his claim, and
that said proof will be made before W. K.
Dunbar. Commissioner D. S. Circuit Court for
District of V ashington. at his office in Colden-
aaie, wasmngton, on January zi, lsye, viz:
WILLIAM O. A. MAECKMANN.
Hd. E. No. 6483 for the WW of NE Jf . SEi NW
and NE of SW see. 82 Tp S N, R 13 E, W. M,
He names the following witnesses to prove his
continuous residence upon and cultivation of
Baia iana, viz. :
John Kurl, Marlon M. Splawn.Gabrlel Hardi-
son, Kobert struthers. ail or Hnrtinncl P. u.,
w asnington. ii.u. a. stjsvjsnson.
dec7 Register.
Stockholders' Meeting.
The annual meeting of the Stockholders of
the First National HanK or The Dalles will be
held at the office of said Bank on Tnesdav.
January 14, 1893, at 10 o'clock A. M., for the
election or directors lor the ensuinp year.
J. M. PATTERSON.
' 14dec4t Cashier.
w
ANTED: Several trustworthy gentlemen I
or ladies to travel in oreiron lor estab
iisneo, renuDie house, salary iino ana expen
ses. Steady position. Enclose reference and
self addressed stt
1 stamped envelope.
The Dom in
ion Company,
loiru noor, umana .ouiiojaff.
umcago. in.
AMERICAN and EUROPEAN PLAN
ifEKUL itel,
Seventh and Washington Sts,
PORTLAND, - OREGON
Thos. GrrxEAN, - Proprietor.
-KATES-
EFBOPEAS PLAS.
(1.00. 81.50. 12.0(1.
AMERICAS PLAN
&!.00, 2.50, fci.00.
THE
First National Bank
OP the dalles;
Succeseora'to
SCHENCK m
AND
BEALL, bankers
Transacts a Regular Banking Boshes
Buy andVellExchanc.
cllpctlons carefully miide and promptly accnuntcd
lur. uraw on new story, ban irancuco ana. fori.
uuiu
Llrcetor t
D P Tboo-psor, Fd H Williams, J S Schenck,
Geonre Liebe, B M Besll.
HAREI LIEBE,
Pitoliil :. laliia
er
AND DEALER IN
Clocks,
y, Eh
Always keens on sale the latest and host
styles oi Time-pieces. Diamond Rings, Bow.
riiui xxmtni, Duverware, eic, eic.
182 Second Street, next door to A. M. Wll
uams & (Jo.
REPAIRING A SFEOIALTY.
162 Second Street, next door to A. M.
Williams & Co. 's.
THE PLLES, - - - OREGON
THE DALLES
Cigar
SFt OI STREET
Oppotit ttif Implement Waieboute
FACTORY NO. 105.
HIP A DO f ,r,e efit Brands manofatt
UlWrtO nrtd. and orileas from all pan.
of country fillcH on tr nhr.rtrpt notice.
The reputation of J UK JJALLKs CIGA
h become Urnil eMal mrim, acrt the .el
m 'fid for the home mum t.iotnaen' artiel. g
increasing eyery day, A. ULJLL(.il SO.N
ciory
THE GARLAND STOVES AND RANGES
HR6 THe BEST IN THE WORLD.
We respectfully invite all those who are in need of a Cook or
Heating Stove or Steel Range to call and examine
OT TP? TMPTW T T MR
Aud get our prices. We have a very large assortment to select
fiom; we can give you splendid bargains this year, and
WILL GUARANTEE TO SAVE YOU HONEY
Simply because we are satisfied with making very small profits
We also are prepared to Jo Plumbing, Tinning, Hot Water
Heating, Furnace Work. We employ none but first
class workmen, practical and experienced in this
class of work. All work guaranteed.
Special Inducements
to Cash Buyersaav
ilAIER & BENTON,
Hardware Dealers and plumbers-
Next door to Snipes & Kineraly Drug Co. A. BettingeD'e old stand, Second St,
THE DALLES, - - OREQON.
MERCHANT
MR. PAT. FAG AN, :
At hU establishment on Second street, next door to C. Lftuer' Meat
Market, is prepared to make
Spring and Summer Suits
new- ijui
81 Per Day.
T. T. NICHOLAS, Proprietor.
Cor. Front and Union Sts The Dalles, Oresron
RUPERT S GHBEL
WJiolesal and retail manufacturers of and dealers in
Harness, Saddles, Bridles, Collars,
Tents, and Wagon Covers.
And All Artlols kept in a Rirt Claaa Harnett Shop, '
REPAIRING PROMPTLY DONE.
THE DALLES
251, 217 Clay Steet,
San Francisco, Cal.
BIS SINGER & CO.,
-DEALERS IN-
Hides and Tiir
THE DALLES, OREGON.
Correspondence and Consignments Solicited.
V -
iiiiimiiiniimnim inmrnm
Wholesale Liquor Store
(j- o. kkck's old stknd.)
173 econd street, The Dalles, Oregon.
Stubling & Williams, Proprietors.
: Agents for Pabst Beer and
CORRESPONDENCE! SOLICITED.
rfrrnnrmrrmimrri mrrrrrrmniiH Trrnr.fnFrrmrrrrr
HOLIDAY PERFUMES
Buy a nice clean sweet Perfume, or Toilet Water,
elegantly put up. It makes a handsome and muoh
appreciated present. At : : '
Prices to tickle long
or short purses."
COLUMBIA PACKING COMPANY
Corner Third and
Cured flams, Bacon, Dried Beef and Tongues,
And the Best Beefsteaks, Mutton Chopi'and
Veal Cutlets in the Market.
Orders Deliverel io
Fresh Vejetatles on Sale
THE GERMANIA
STUBLING & WILLIAMS, PROPs.
Fine Wines, Liquors and Cigars
AllbraD da of Imported Liquors, Ale and Porter,
aud Genuine Key West Cigars. A Full Line of
CALIFORNIA : WINES
Twelve-year-olJ Whiskey, strictly pure, for rxedlclnal pur
poses. Malt Liquor. Columbia Bievtery 1 ear on draught.
Second Street. TIXE DALLES,
04
TAILORING
uwuia nuiei
First-Class Meals, 25 Cems
Opposite Moody'f VV rehouse
OREGON.
Pacific Dock, -Portland,.
Or.
mmimimiiiiiiiiiimrmrn
Leading Brands of Cigars. - :
DONKELL'S DRUG STORE
Washlnjrtoji Bneeta.
Anv Part of tho Oitv
at the LowestPrlces.
: AND : BRANDIES
OR