SATURDAY.. ..DECEMBER 19. 1896 for I.,' ITEMS IN BRIEF. ..C-V.- (From Saturday' Dally ) M. Thornburne U in from Klngsley. .' Henry Pitman, of Dufur, was in the city today. Mr. and Mm. D. M. French returned - last ni?ht from Portland. M". and Mrs James R. Woodcock, of Kinsley, are in the city. ' E C. Warren, of Portland, an old ' resident of Dufur, is in the city. People coming in from the country report the roads in a fearful condition. - Dr. Shackelford went to Portland I yesterday and is expected home to-night. -,'.'' Hon. F. P. Mays is in the" city har ' ing been called here on account of the i illness of his father. . . , W. H. Moore, of Moro, made a flying Tisit to The Dalles yesterday, return - log home last night. . -- Mr. A. C Smith and Miss 'Jessie L. i Signian, both of Dufur, were granted . license to wed today. -' -Ten car loads of beef cattle from Baker City passed down the road last night going to Tacoma. . F. A. Menzies, freight solicitor for " the Northern Pacific, is in the city looking after business forthe road. v Business is slacking up on the rail- road, since the bulk of the wheat from the upper country has been shipped. Both Mr. Norman and Mr. Myers are recovering from their recent illness. " but Judge Mays is reported worse to day. SZlThero have been few wool or wheat sales made here the past week. Neither buyers nor sellers appear to be anxious to trade. " One candidate was initiated into the 1 Foresters lodge at the regular session - last night and three applications .. membership were received. k No. 8 was the winning card in the . ffla fnr the diamond ring at the Umatilla House last evening ana was held by County Clerk Kelsay. The Hood River-city election was held last Monday, and J. H. Uues, N. H. West and F. E. Jackson were elected aldermen and R. O. Evans, marshal.. . John Crate, who was kicked by a horse - sometime since is suffering severely from the effects of his Injuries , and ".has been taken to Portland for treatment In a hospital. The toll bridge washed out on the East Fork by the. la'te freshet in Hood river has been found almost intact a quarter of a niile - below, where it " lodged in some drift, Glacier. ; The matter of purchasing a chem ical engine for the city is again being considered by the authorities, ad F. G. Long, representing a manufactur ing firm, is, here conferring with the council. ' ''" - " A slide carried out a section of track this side of Bonneville last night, con- - frequently trains No. 8 and No. 1 met there today, and transferred mail and passengers, the latter train returning nere a o ciock idis niwrauuu The program for the State Teachers' Association to be held in Salem on Dec. 28, 29 and 30 has been received. Teachers who have not been supplied with copies of he program can procure them by calling on or addressing School Superintendent C. L. Gilbert. Thieves have been annoying W. H. H. Dufur recently, materially deplet ing his larder and reducing his win ter's supply of vegetables, principally potatoes: It is reported that the loss was 60 jars of fruit and nearly two dozen rolls of butter at one time. Dufur Dispatch. Hon. W. H. Wilson arrived home yesterday from a visit to his old home at Fairfield, taking Thanksgiving din ner at the old homestead,' and on his return stopped one day at Lebanon to visit his brother, and one day at St. Louis. Mr. Wilson reports having had a very pleasant trip. ... . An awful and unexplainable malady has overtaken Brother Cradlebaugh, He can't smoke. His favorite pipe nor the finest Havana have any attraction for him. What the malady is Mr. C. is unable to discover, but there are a dozen or more Elks in the city con fident it is a judgment sent upon him for having exposed their shortcomings as vocalists. Call back that doxology given away, Bro. C, and your appetite for tobacco smoke will return. between 6 and 7 o'clock. It was a rock and landslide which caused the wreck. the obstructions on the track. being not distinguishable in the dark. The engine and tender and four freight- cars left the rails and the engine going down the embankment, turned almost botom up, and embedded itself in the earth. The strange part of the acci dent was that no one was injured, al though Engineer Gibbon, Fireman Garner and Brukemen Waffle were in the engine cah. will begin on her regular trips . to Portland Wednesday morning. A washout on the Oregon Short Line in Idaho detained the west-bound pas senger 15 hours today. No. 1 that should have arrived here at 4 o'clock this morning will not be' in until 7. Last Saturday Governor Lord ap pointed successors to those memoersof the state board of agriculture whose terms have expired. The appoint ments were: Ex -Gov. Moody, of this city, to succeed J. n. Gray, of Crook county; H. S. Holt, of Lane, to suc ceed himself; and Frank C Baker, of Portland, to succeed Wm. Galloway. Whether McKinley carried Oregon by 2000 plurality will not be decided by a Dalles court, since Silas Osborne has withdrawn his suit in Justice Fil loon's court, paying all costs, and each party drawing down his money. This was the cose mentioned several days since, as one in whfch Osborn sought to recover $20 he had bet that McKin ley would not carry the state by 2000. L. S. Logan and T. M. Baldwin ar rived here from Prineville Saturday evening en route to Portland. Mr. Logan, as administer of the estate of Thos. Logan, deceased, and has begun action in the U. S. clrcut court against the N. Y. Life Insurance Co. on a $10, 000 policy held by the deceased, which the company refuses to pay on account of Irregularities. Mr. Baldwin ac companied Mr. Logan as a witness in the case. :A jury at Roseburg has acquitted James Dixon, who was on trial for kill ing Charles Rice at a ball game at Oak Creek, in Douglas county, last June. The evidence produced at the trial showed little provocation for the kill ing, the defendant having been in no immediate danger at the time he did tho shooting. He is a lad only 18 years of age, and the son of a wealthy and influential citizen, which probably ac counts for the strange verdict A gentleman who has had much to do with steamships and who does not favor a boat railway at the dalles, but Insists that a canal should be cut around the rapids, suggests a plan by which this canal might be cheaply built, says the Oregonian. " He favors the passage of a law for employing convict labor to build the canal. Not only would he have the convicts in the penitentiary employed on this work, but all persons sentenced to the county t ii - CThan a hnhn np thief ia I sentenced to 30 or 60 days or more im- j thing out of it and has only one county prisonment send, him off at once to " Be- He tells the farmer he can - - httvA ft. fni XIIN) ann If ha vrffnt.a Ifc t.n write to him. Iu a few days swindler The Cinu'atlne Library. . It Is not everyone who can afford a library of hie own. In fact were one to purchase every book he might de sire to read, he would pood find him self incumbered with more books than he would know what to do with, and be sides would be out a vast amount of money. In order that all who desire to read standard works, and still are not prepared to supply themselves with the same , circulating libraries are es tablished and maintained in almost every city. Some three months since Misses Owen & Van Duyn established a circulating library in The Dalle', with about 150 volumes of choice works by standard authors on English litera ture, history and fiction, and while the library has not met wi'h the en couragment that it should, there are about 30 contributors who are deriving much benefit from the use of the books it contains. The membership fee is $1.50 while the dues are only 25 cents a month. ' Each member is allowed the use of any book in tfie library two weeks, or may return the book in a shorter time, though none are per mitted to take more than one book from the library at a time. Mis9es Owen & Van Duyn are continually ad ding to the library the latest and most popular works, and should certainly meet with hearty encouragement in their commendable efforts. Laxative Bromo Quinine Tablets moves the bowels gently, relieves the cough, cures the feverib condition and the headache, making it the best and quickest remedy for coughs, colds and la grippe; cures in one day. "No Cure no pay." Price 25 cents. For sale by Blakeley & Houghton, druggists. Look Oat For Swindlers. The following swindle is being worked In different counties in Oregon: Swindler No. 1 calls upon a farmer with a patent wagon tongue and is on his way home, having made a good work on the canal, and keep him at work till his term expires. From Mondays' Dally. J. w. Condon went to f ortiana wis afternoon. , ., . J. E. Rand and M. P. Isenberg, of Hood River, are in the city. - raiser of Klickitat, is in the city. Sheriff Driver returned Saturday . . evening from a visit to Roseburg. Hon. E. L. Smith came up from Hood River on the local today and returned on the afternoon train. ' , H. W McGuire, state fish and game commissioner, is in the city having come up on the noon train. ' . Wm. de la Fontain, foreman of the Oregon City paper mills, is in the city visiting W. E. Garretson and family. What little snow that was left on the streets of The Dalles was thawed by the continuous downpour of rai a last night. Bishop Morris, of f ortiana, spent . .... . i j , a - yestera&y iu iua viijr, auu uguvotcu two sermons in St. Paul's Episcopal church. Jake Boon and Mr. and Mrs. Hal Bell arrived here this morning , from Prineville. Mr. and Mrs. Bell are en ; route to saiem. T'.!. T I .V. law Mf.AlrtfvIot at the Germania, leaves tomorrow for o n n xM,wiAtu,sh tj BTw.nn' a month ' vfait log bis friends in that city. N. Whealdon returned yesterday - from Portland, where he had been sev eral days a witness in the case of the government againBt Taffe. - The past few days of warnr weather has started grass growing, and the hills surrounding The Dalles present quite a green appearance today. J. L.McCollough, of Prineville, who has been visiting his mother at Grants Pass, arrived from below last night, and will leave on tomorrow's stage for Prineville. Roads in the country are next to in passible, says Tom Fargher. who came in from Eight-M ue mis morning, tie was on horseback,, and it took him 2i " hours to cover eight miles. The Regulator, with the Dalles City in tow, arrived safely at Portland this morning, having left Cascade Locks yesterday at noon, 'ihe Regulator ill arrive here tomorrow erenlng.and From Tuesday's Dally . Mr. and Mrs. Fred Houghton went to Portland on the afternoon train. The King's Daughters will meet with Mrs. Brooks tomorrow afternoon. Don't miss ladies' night at the Bald win Skating Rink; Wednesday Dec. 16th. - - 2t This morning Sheriff Driver left for Salem, having in charge James Zirka, the boy committed to the reform school. Harry Liebe is recovering slowly, and with no set backs will be once more on the streets by the first of the year. Mr. and Mrs. James Eaton, of Nan- sene, are in tbe city. mr. caion is here making final proof on his home stead.- " ' . r Hammond & Wilder, the new photo graphers, have taken views of all the schools in the city and also a member interior views of business houses. The room in the French building formerly occupied by H. Herbring, is being refitted, and J. C. Hertz will move bis store into it some time next spring. . . ... " The weather bureau informs us that the storm is over, and that fair, cold weather may be expected for a time, This is .welcome news, since all are tired of the long wet spell so uncom mon to this country. The Oregonian reports and improve ment in trade among the merchants of Portland. Merchants up this way are rdy for' the 'wave of prosperity to strike them, and are open to any sort of improvement that may come. Last Friday night some one broke into the boy's school room of St. Mary'; Academy and stole la cents in money and a number of paper tablets. En trance was made through a window, and the burglars are supposed to have been boys.. R. H. Gordon, of Looking Glass, Douglas county, is now down 143 feet with his artesian weH, and the flow of petroleum is increasing. Professor H O., McClure, of the etate univer sity writes that the Sow assays about 6 per cent crude petroleum. The assessment rolls of all counties for the year. J896 except Marion and Wallowa have been received by the state board of equalization. They show a considerable decrease in the amount of taxable property as com pared with the assessment of 1895. The members of the Salvation Army report having found a number of fam ilies in the city in need of food an clothing, and during the next fe days will solicit donations for those in want. Persons desiring to assist may address Ensign R. Stevens, P. O. box 309 city. James L. Cowan, appointed superin tendent of the Warm Springs Indian reservation, has received notification of approval f his official bond, and that his commission was mailed from Washington last Wednesday. Mr, Cowan expects to leave for Warm Springs in a few days. Oregonian. The Baldwin restaurant reopened to day under the management of George Herbert. This popular stand has al ways been a favorite resort for the hun gry, and under tne management oi Mr. Herbert will continue to be a place where all will fnd a genial host and well filled tables. The case of the government against L H. Taffe will have another hearing in Judge Bellinger's court, the judge having assured District Attorney Murphy he should hare a new trial when the verdict was read in co irt yesterday. Mr.' Taffe arrived from Portland today,- and is perfectly satisfied with having the case tried again, since he does not consider he was awarded the damages to which be is entitled. - . .. V At 10:30 this forenoon a flue in F. S. Gunning's residence on Fourth street burned out, causing a considerable ex citement in the city. Mrs. Gunning was alone in the house, and noticing the flames bursting from ..the flue, telephoned her husband the bouse was on fire. He at once turned in an alarm. and in an incredibly short space , of time the apparatus from Jackson Co'r house was rushing through the mud to the west end of town. The fire had subsided before the firemen arrived, and no material damage was done. The 'eastbonnd freight train wu wracked near Pendleton Friday sight, 1 No. 2 comes along. He has' heard that the farmer has the right of the county ior tne patent wagon tongue, and, as he has made a big thing of it in Pennsylvania, he wants to buy the right of the county and offers the far mer $250 and pays $10 to bind the bargains. - The farmer writes No. 1 and sends to him his note for $100. He never hears of either of the men again, but his note comes up for collection in a neighboring town and be is out $90. BKLICS OF TBI DJCAIK The old way of delivering messages by post-boys compared with the modern telephone, illustrates the old tedious methods of "breaking" colds compared witn tneir almost instantaneous cure by One Minute Cough cure. Snipes & iUnersly uruguo. An Ungrateful Thief. George Craddy, a young man who rooms back of St. Arnold & Scboren blacksmith shop is out about $50 worth of clothing from having furnished lodging a few nights ago to a supposed friend. About a jreek ago a fellow by the name of Dever. with whom Croddy had once been acquainted, arrived i the city without funds, and Croddy took him in, furnishing him lodging, In return for his kindness, Dever took his benefactor's clothing in last Sun day night, while Mr. Croddy was ab sent from his room and skipped out for parts unknown. A new suit of clothes, underwear, shirts, and in fact everything in the room except the bedding was taken,- amounting in all to about $50 in value. Mr. Taffe Oeta sm.SOO. The second trial of the case brough by the United States against I. H. Taffe to condemn a right of way across his lands for the boat railway, was fin ished in Judge Belliuger's court last Saturday, the jury returning a verdict of $17,500 damages in favor of Mr, Taffe. He asked $75,000 damages, and at a former trial the jury returned verdict for $14,700. Mr. Taffe has not yet determined whether be will accept the verdict, or whether he will appeal to the supreme court. far Orer Fifty t An Old and W ell-Tried Rem edy. Mm. Wiusiow'b Soothing Syrup nas oeen usea ior over nrty years oy mnuons oi moiners ior tneir cniidren while teething, with perfect sucoea It soothes the child, softens the eums allays all pain, cures wind colic, and is the best remedy for diarrhoea. Is pleasant to the taste. Sold by drug gists in every part oi the world. Twenty-five cents a bottle. Its value is uncalculable. - Be sure and ask for Mrs. Winslow's Soothing Syrup, and take no other kind. " Farmers should bear in mind tha W. A. Johnston is sole agent in The Dalles for McSherry drills and seed ers, which are recognized by all to be -the best. "For Charity Sofferelh Long." Mrs. Laara C Paoealx. filly k . Wla, and knowing tbm good Dr. Miles Nervine has done me, my wish to help others, over sea -or dUUfca ior tha publicity, this letter may give bm. In Sot. and Use, U93, IU immmtn Urn th0 "LseWDH." and I was one of tha Ant. BeansaiBg duty too soon, with the care of so many alclc, 1 did not regain my health, and in a month I beemme debilitate aaxltteruaait from aieeptaaaneas and the draft made on mjr vitality, that it was a question if I could go on. A dear friend advised me to try Jtr, MUeiT Jtetei uttve Servime, I tookS bottles and am happy to say. I am tn better health than error. I still continue Mtm MntiiMMl UN, mm m werv f, aa my work ia very tryinft A letter ad dieaaed to Milwaukee, Wis win reach me." Jane (, 18M. Has. Latnu O. Fiona, Dr. HIW Nervine la sold on "a Msfttve guarantee that the fliat bottle will benefit. Ail irwrjwaeell It attXS bottles forts, or Dr. AWes Nervine Restores Hesltb A Carious Indian Find From Mrmaloose Island. A email job-lot of Flathead and other curious Indian relics, found by Mr, Hays, of the O. R. & N. Co., at Merua- loose island, some distance up tie Co lumbia, eays tho Oregonian, is on ex hibitlon in a drugstore window at the corner of First and Jefferson streets, in this city. There are several thigh bones and remarkable Oathead skull?, a dozen or so strings of wampum of an cient make, and a lot of old coins and tokens, one bearing the date 1820. But the most remarkable and puzzling thing about the collection ia a large number of ancient brass buttons found with the other things. Each bears a number, several being "No. 6," others 'No. 4," "No. 12," '-No. 24," etc. Be sides the number is the legend in French: "Je renais de mes cendres," nearly surrounding a conventional representation, in relief, of the "fabled phoenix." Translated the expression is, "I shall arise (be born again) from my ashes." Where did these curious buttons come from? How did they get into the possession of the Indians? There are several different sizes of them as well as numbers, suggesting the probability of their having belonged to different srarments such as coat and waistcoat of some uniform, the numbers suggest ing different companies or stations in companies. There is something about them that looks nautical; several other buttons in the collection aredistinctly naval, bearing anchors in relief. Did some French ship, long years ago, sail up the Columbia, and did some of its crew, going ashore, fall into the hands of the savages and lose their buttons as well as their lives in this far land? It is usual for the Indians to place with their dead, relics of war and the chase, gathered by the departed warriors in their lifetime. However, it is quite probable that no such tragedy as suggested is needed to account for the buttons. Bright brass buttons were often used by e-irly traders in their dealings with the In dians. Still, it would be interesting to know, even then, what the buttons were originally intended for, and the reason for the strange device. The relics were found on the summit of the highest rock on Memaloose isl and. The island stands out in the Co lumbia about 15 miles below The Dalles, and from times prehistoric has been a cemetary for savages. Its name is Chinook for "death." It has been raided by relic hunters many times, until little is left to repay a visit for that somewhat (from the Indian's point of view) questionable purpose. It is said that the Indians themselves, find ing that their dead were no longer safe from the desecrating hands of the relic hunters, have removed man 7 bones to a more remote and hidden resting place. For a time and, indeed, it is said, until quite reoently, it was dangerous for a white man to go to the island to bunt relics, as the Indians had armed guards posted determined to kill. SETTLERS LOSE LIEU LANDS. IT. S. 8npreme Court Decides In Fayor of the Railroad. A decision of vital importance to settlers on lieu lands throughout the entire west as affecting their rights to these lands, has been rendered by the United States supreme court, in which the Northern Pacific gains a signal victory in a contention lasting over a period of twenty years. It is the first time that this tribunal has had occasion to pass on the point in ques'ion and the decision is a direct reversal of the land department deci sions covering the above period. In short, it means that settlers upon thousands and thousands of acres of lands within the Northern Pacific grant, have in nine out of ten cases no right to the possession thereof, but the land reverts to the ownership of the railroad company. The supreme court decision as defin ed by Dudley, Bunn & Dudley, land attorneys for the Northern Pacific, holds that occupation and cultivation of these premises at the date in which the company's rights attached when unaccompanied by any filing of a claim in tne proper land offlee, then or thereafter, will not attach to the land a claim or right which would except it from the railroad company's grant: that to attach a claim to land, sufficient to except it from the grant requires the - proper - proceedings before the local land offices in addition to resi dence, settlement or cultivation of the lind. This is a reversal of the doctrine that has ruled in land department decisions for over thirty years and is the most important question arising in the construction of the congres sional land grant. The departmental doctrine here overturned has been the basis of nine out of every ten decisions that have been rendered adversely to the railroad company's contention. articles at a minimum price, aa no profits are intended to bo made over operating expenses, and that it will supply a flexible currency for local transactions. If all these objects can be accomplished the exchange will certainly be a good thing. Iiabor exchange is not altogether a jiew thing, einco they have been in operation in eotue of the states the past five or six years, and in places are reported to be operating successfully. There are a number of thenTin Wil lamette valley, and the one established at Salem is said to he doingatood business for the farmers. There they have a large warehouse established and are handling a considerable amount of farm produce and merchan dise. Scalv eruptions on the head.chapped hands'and lips, cuts, bruises, scalds and burns are quickly cured by De Witt's Witch Hazle Salve. It is at present the article mo t used for piles and it always cures them. Snipes & Kinersly Drug Co. Land Oftice Transactions. HOMESTEAD FILINGS. J H L Rubber.., sw i sec 21 1 4 s r 16 e. Isaac A Macrum sej ni and lots 2, 3 and 4, sou 19, 1 1 n, r 10 e. Isaac N Crabtree, swi sec 30, t 4 s, r 13 e. James W Barr, swi swi sec 29, jvi nwi, sei nwi sec 3T, t 3 s, r 19 e. Hannah C Porter, swi nwi, nwi nwi nei uwi sec 23, t 2 n. r 11 e. Arthur F Fuller nwi tei sec 11, t 2 n, r 17 e. Robert G Brooks ni swi, swi swi sec 31, t I n. r 13 e. E J Hostetler, ni eei, swi sei, sei swi sec 31, 1 1 n, r 13 e. CASH ENTRIES. Alfred Dillenger, swi and si nwi and lots 3 and 4 sec 3, t 2 s, r 18 e. Victor S McDonald, lota 1, 2, sec 15, t Is, r 18 e. D C Downer, nwi se i e i nw i and lot 1, sec 31, tp 3 s, r 23 e. Henry Padberg ne i sec 35, tp 1 e, r 24e. A A Missildine w i se i sec 11 tp 2 s, r 26 e. Manuel Sawyer ne i sec 29, tp 3 s, r 24 e. Aathur K Fuller sw i and s i se i ne i sw i sec 11, fp 2 n, r 17e. Elizabeth Eaoton s i ne 1 and lots 1 and 2, sec 3, tp 2 s. r 14 e. John Morrow s i ne i s i nw i sec 31, tp 1 n, r 19 e. James E. Redmond, s i ne i and lots 1 and 2 sec 21, tp 1 s, r 21 e. William Curry, n i ne i sw i ne i w i se i, se i sec 31 tp 2 9, r 18 . j Geo. Phillips, nwi nei s i ne i n i se i sec 23. tp 1 s. r 22 e. Fredric F Hanna nei and nw i sec 7, tp 1 s, r 22 e. James A Easton, sw 1 sec 1, tp 2 s, r 14 e, I THE VOTE FOB FSX S1DENT. McKinley' Plurality Over Bryan Is 6Sa.aT8. Full returns have been made up in all the states of the election held Nov. 3d. The total vote cast was 13,897, 269, of which McKinley received 7.-12-.976, Bryan 6,498,106, Palmer 125, 037, Levering 123,469, Machett 16,010, Bentley 9,665. The vote for the two princio;il candidates was as follows: States. McKinley. Bryan. Alabama 54.i:.7 J3l.2i Arkansas 37.512 California 146,217 Colorado 22,279 Connectlcutt 110,288 Delaware 20.372 Florida 11,319 Georgia 60.191 Idaho 6,324 Illinois 604.447 Indiana , 323.71!) Iowa Kansas....i... Kentucky Louisiana Maine, Maryland Massachusetts. Michigan Minnesota Mississippi.. . . , Missouri Montana Nebraska. . 289.293 158,541 218.171 22.1137 80,420 136.978 278.796 293.327 193.501 4 849 304.910 10.490 102..r)64 Nevada 1,919 New Hampshire 57,444 New Jersey 22l.:i7 New York 795,271 North Carolina 155.22 North Dakota 26,979 Ohio. 52-".989 Oreron j8,711 Pnnsvlvania 728.300 Rhode Island 3t.437 South Carolina 9.313 South Dakota 41.042 Tennessee 148,774 Texas 162.506 Utah 13.461 Vermont 61.127 Virginia. 135,294 Washington 39.122 West Virginia 106.205 Wisconsin 268.540 Wyoming 10.072 110,103 142.926 IB 1, 2(59 56.740 16.679 32.213 23.192 464.2'U 305,771 223 74! 173 042 217.8'.o 77.17-. 34.WM 104.74K 105.71I 237.251 139.K2U 3.2--3 363.6S2 43.630 115,624 8,359 21.650 133.1S75 577.495 174.488 21.421 477.495 46.249 433.230 14,459 58.801 41.224 168,176 368.289 67.053 10.640 154.785 51.547 91,1(4 163970 10,838 Totals ...7,122.976 6,498.106 In California and Kentucky Bryan received one electoral vot, thus giv ing McKinley 271 and Bryan 174 of the electoral college. ' r Exercise for the eyes. The length of life may be increased by lessening its dangers. The major ity of people die from lung troubles. These may be averted by promptly us ing One Minute Cough Cure. Snipes & Kinersly Drug Co. Orrg-on City Locks Damaged. A big break occurred in the wall of the canal at Oregon City last Saturday, which prevents the passage of boats for several days. The Pacific Bridge Company's men had excavated some what under the canal in building the extention of the new power-house, and the rotted timbers proved unequal to the strain of supporting tbe bottom and wall. '. The steamer Eugene was passing through the-canaTTand was aT-' iiiwit they ' Absolutely Keeessary la Order That the j Vision May B Freeervea. ' When the eyes are treated fairly they are strengthened, not weakened, by work, says the Philadelphia Times. Just as the arms of a blacksmith grow the stronger for his trade, so the eyes of watchmakers who work under, healthy conditions arc found to im prove and not to deteriorate in vigor and quickness. It is the abuse of the eyes, not their use, which is to be avoided. I If a man is aware either that his eyes need no artificial correction or else have received their proper adjust ment, and if his work, whether liter ary or mechanical, is done in a light both steady and sufficient and with a due regard as to ordinary sanitary rules, he may fell sure that he is strengthening his eyes, not weakening them, by hard work. Men of intel lectual pursuits sometimes are afraid of losing their mental powers in old age because they have drawn so much upon them when youmj. The reverse is nearer the truth, and if they have not overtaxed their brains the fear ia absolutely groundless. The man whose intellect goes first in old age is generally some farmer or laborer wha has never strengthened and invigorated it by use; not the politician, the lawyer or the man of letters. . So with the eyes. Those who have strengthened their eyes by using them properly keep keen sight longer -than those who have never trained them. In the case of the man who has neglectedTto give his eyes full develop- will fail in power alone TO TBE OIVKS Tha -M o: fa T aciioitinentai Be tt: VIA VIA SPOKANE MIXSEAPOLIS AND DJ NVdR OMAHA AND KANSAS ST.PADL Low Rates to All Eastern Cities OCEAN STEAMERS leave five days for Portland evtry SAN FRANCISCO. CflL For full details call on the O. B. it N. Ascot at THE DALLES, or address K. McNEILL, President and Manager. W . H. HURLBURT. Gen. Pas. Agt.. Portland, OreO1 New O. R. Jk N. Schedule. Train No. 1 arrives at Tho Dall. 4:4o A. M.. and leaves 4:50 A. M. Train No. 2 arrives at The Dalit t 10:15 p. M.. and leaves 10:20 p. M. Train No. 8 arrives at Tbe Dalit 11:50 a. M., and west-bound train No. " leaves at 1 P. M. aTrain 23 and 24 will carry passengeit between The Dalles and (Jmatilli , leaving The Dalles at 1 p. m. daily am arriving at The Dalles at 1 P. M. dailj connecting with train Nos. 8 and " from Portland. i.. E. L.YTLE, Aient. NORTHERN PACIFIC R U N S PULLMAN ELEGANT TOURIST SLEEPING CAI S TO LABOR EXCHANGE. Will Aa Institution Which Is Proposed be Beneficial to Prodacers. An effort is on foot to establish branch of what is known as the "labor exchange'' at this place, and a number of producers throughout the country are taking a considerable interest in the matter. The plan on which the exchange proposes to operate is somewhat novel though it appears to have some com' mendable features. The purpose of the organization is to establish a ware- bouse where the products of the farm may be stored and at once placed upon the market at the prices prevailing on the day when stored. When the product is deposited certificates are issued against it; for instance if farmer stores 100 bushels of wheat, and the ruling pi ice is 60 cents, he receives certificates of deposit to the amount of (60, not in money, but in merchandise out of tbe warehouse, since it is in' tended that the exchange shall carry a full line of staple articles, groceries and dry goods. It is expected that these certificates will circulate as money in the community, since they will always be backed or secured by the merchandise in the warehouse, hence it is claimed that the circulating medium of the community will be in creased through the workings of the exohange. It is not intended to make the ware house a lace for speculative storage. but whatever is placed in it will be sold immediately or exchanged for merchandise. To pay the running ex panses of the concern a light commis sion will be charged for handling the ptioduce and also merchandise will be Sold at a slight advance over the whole sale priceft. "What is claimed fcr the exchange is that it will furnish a ready market for all manner of produce, since when the demand here is supplied the exchange will look elsewhere for a market; that it will supply producers with staple most abreast of the break when the wall gaye way. Six men were work ing'iust in front of and below tbe breaking timbers. There was suffi cient warning for the men to get at a safe distance before the flood rushed through, and the steamer was also gotten through the locks. The break took away about 60 lineal feet of the ! wall, and the bottom of the canal about half-way across the channel. Tbe water carried away car tracks and other temporary structures used in building the power-bouse extension, pipes and flumes connecting the paper mills and some timbers. The damage is comparatively small, but a few hundred dollars, outside of the incon venience to navigation and the paper mills. A Pleasant Surprise. ' Despite theinclement weather Friday evening a jolly crowd of young folks gathered at the home of H. D. Par kins, and though unpleasant out of doors, merriment reigned within. Games and pleasant conversation were the order of the evening. Time passed han of rapidly until about midnight, when afc, and sounds had told him of aainty Dut elegant luncneon was an- hia distress. Both ox the animals had nounced which was indeed enjoyed by become greatly attached to Prof. Gar with his otKer bodily functions. When however, the man who, born 'with good eyes, has kept them in constant bard work and vet never strained them reaches old age, be may find them capable of performing their functions better than any . other organ of to body., ' , I A Monkey's Death-Bed Scene. Prof. Garner's chimpanzee, Elishaba, recently fell a victim at Liverpool to the severe weather. The scene at the death bed was very distressing. Poor Aaron, the male' chimpanzee, . had been most assiduous in bis attentions to his consort . during the whole of her illness. Prof. Garner was present during tbe last moments. and when he put his hand to her heart to find if it had ceased to beat, Aaron also, put his hand there, looking np in the professor's eyes as if inquiring if that was ail they could do for her. Aaron would not suffer Elishaba to be taken from him. and clung to her body with such tenacity that the professor was compelled to lay it down on its bed of straw. The sadness depicted on Aaron's countenance could not have been more clearly portrayed on the face of any human being. Poor Aaron was not consoled until he had placed DINING CAI S SLEEPING CAI S MINNEAPOLIS ST. PAUL GRAND FORKS DULUTB ' FARGO CRC OKSTON WINNIP ia HELENA aad; BUTTE. 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You will find one coupon inside each and two "1 itffWfcstll f arffa mi f uiacxweirs namrjl t A fUll AND COMPLETE LINE f C3 ALL KIK05 C? f ia AT PRICES FROM 10.00 TO $ 75.00 A full and wmpteh line of .fiV' csonss mans icrau khk i ? fust .msec bu iim ir.t inUaC .rArl IS. .xmA m,taMiil.t fcr AnV olfir (iftfl EM T I& OVB STOCK Of K (GENERAL HAUIWAfSE noust rusN.5i.ii& ouure tic 13 MOST COMPLETE AND SOU 4VT LOWER PRICES THAN CVf to mm & BENTOFJ. 16 efecond Sliwf, Fri'iie!:'- !. The Di11p. Ore. Who Said We Had Moved! You may still find us next door to the Po?toffice. V But we are much batter prepared than heretofore to serve you. 'When you need Anything in our line give us a call. Orders by Phone given closest attention. f W. E. KHHLER. Phone 62. No. 176 Second Strut. -Boots anflSte F. STEPHENS 134 Second Street. Next aor to toe Dalles National Baak OREGON BAKERY AND- all present Saturday morning had dawned in all its beauty ere the guests bid a pleasant but sad farewell, as one of their number, Miss Beck, leaves to day for Portland wbere she will spend the remainder of the winter. Those who enjoyed the pleasantries of the : evening were: Mrs. T. E. Horton, of Colorado, Misses Nellie Sylvester, I Edythe Randall, Lolah Ewbank, Ethel Deming, Hilda Beck, Elizabeth School ing. Lulu Berrian and Hattie Lane, Messrs. F. B. Saunders, P. E. Michell jr., M. Murcbie, F. Wood, C. O. Bunker, n. D. Parkins, E. Hill, Tunis and Irwin Parkins. oer. and, apart from her valne ia sup port of his theory, tbe loss oi Elishaba - 'a keenly lelt bv him. A. KELLER; Prop'r. GEORGE' RUCHi- ; PIONEER GROCER (Successor to Chrisman tt Corson.) a A FULL LINE OP STAPLE AND FANCY 0R0CERIE5 Again at the old stand I would be pleased to see all my former patrons. Free delivery to any part of tbe city. c mam Am prepared to. furnish; families, botels-eaac' restaurants with the eboioest Thorouffhlj Looted The depositors of the defunct Walla Walla Savings bank have bad thdir last hopes destroyed by the recent re port of Receiver McOhee. The esti mated value of the assets being only $3,492.90. and the amount due deposit ors nearly $250,000, it may be said that any dividend to be ezp3cted would be infinitesimal. Never was a bank more thoroughly looted than the Walla Walla Savings bank by its chief man ager, Edmiston, wLo diverted the funds of the institution to his own speculative purposes, and defrauded his depositors and stockholders alike. Walla Walla Union. . Old People ' - Old people who require medicine to regulate the bowels and kidneys will find the true remedy in Electric 'Bit ters. This medicine does not stimu late and contains no whisky nor other intoxicant, but acts as a tonic and al terative. It acts mildly on tbe stom ach and bowels, adding strength and giving tone to the organs, theebv aid ng nature in tne performance pi tne functions. Electric liitters is an ex cellent appetizer and aids digestion, Old people find it just exactly what they need. Price 50 cents and $1 per bottle at Blakeley & Hougnton's drug store. For Sale. Now is the time to buy land, since wo have an open river. 360 acres of deeded land 4i miles from The Dalles, plenty of wood and running water, about 50 acres in cultivation, 2 barns and other outbuildings, one mile from school. A good chance for a man who waste to run a dairy. Will sell in parts or tbe whole farm for $2200. M ply to tola omce or at my nome. Nov ?-tt J- A. FLECK. ThAt Isiu Cfcsefc esojba mr Dr. MOM1 N&3VK .Oatfax Me. A3TO XT9 CCRB To the Editor : I have n ibsolute , remedy for Consumption. By its timely use ' thousands of hopeless cases have been already permanently cured. So proof-positive am I ot its power tnat i consider n my duly to srnd heo bcttln frtt to those of your readers ; who have Consumption, Throat, Bronchial or Uinr TrouMe, if they will write me tbclr express and postontce address, bmcerery. T. 4. aXOCUX, at. C, ISl rarl St, Hw Tor. ay The Editorial aa4 Bartmis Siumot at D W. VAUSE Brpad,Cateand K. jjfljj; B0XC$ Of Klickitat Pine Fresh Oysters Served in Every Style. AT PRICE TO SUIT THE TIMES. Sboond Street, next door to Dalles National Panlr. HARRY LIEBE, Practical Peach Boxes ,.15 00 per Cautalope Crates $9 50 per Lumber and Building Materials at proportionate prices. 100 100 ROWE & CO. Pattella Onoceajor to T. KBKTT 00.) JPfiinfs ifs En5 ASD DIALER IX loch Watches, Jewelry, Etc REPAIRING A SPE.CIALIY. TOOT BLOCK. THE DA.LLES. - - THE GEEIAIIA 94 Second Street, j OREGON Artists' Material and Painters' Sup- plles. Agent for MASURY'S LIQUID PAINT. All orders for painting, pap- enng and kalsomlnlng prQ-nptly at- tended to. - - Oakes & Stringer - Successors to J. H. Blskeny EXPRE4S ENT. Goods Delivered to Any Part of tbe Oity. OTTO BIRGFELD, PnopirieTo mm SALOOM, Passengers and .bassaca takes "to sad from too Doa or aim. Order Baeelv Prosapt Attaatloa. PRICES REASONABLE1 DAN BAKER, Proprietor. 69 ; TELErH0XE 69 Keeps on hand the best FOR TOT7B Wines, Liqmrs and CipR Ml and Vegetables FEE! LUHCH EVERY EVEMINS. Near the Old Mint, Second Street, THE DALLES. - - - OREGON POULTRY and FrSH ; GA"E IN SEASON; AHERICAN TIARKE .74 Second Street. Fine Wines, Liquors and Cigars Agent tor the Gambrlnus Brewing Co., Portland : : Families supplied with Keg and Bottled Beer. : SHROPSHIRE RMS. lj&TeBt Mutton Ram Breeding Frm in America j Strong, vigorous animals now ready for shipment. uriuau him lur rao(o use m uywimiyj Woodside Farm, Oregon, Wisconsin. Job Printing: Of all kinds done on short notine and at reasonable rates at this effioe.