SATUftUA V . . . .FEBKUARY 6. 1897
ITEMS IN ' BRIEF.
today
(From Saturday's Daily.)
Judge .Bennett, came borne
from Salem. .
:v Mr.andMr9. Walter Moore, of Mi ro,
are in the city.
-' Charles Frazer is dangerously ill
witi brain fever.
' Yesterday Heppner school dittrict
k votsd a 7-mill school tax.
Two fawns will be adopted into the
. herd of Elks at the session cf that
" order tonight.
- There are 34 counties in Washing'
ton. Ten of these have women school
superintendents.
Senator Michell and Representative
Huntington came home from the state
', capital last night.
: . The over-worked legislators ad'
" journed yesterday to meet next Mon
day. . Certainly they need a rest, an
' so does the state.
A. B. Colby, of Portland, is in the
city, returning from Heppner, where
, he assisted in organizing a lodge of
Elks Wednesday.
Prospects for the permanent or
ganization of the legislature some time
next week are encouragiug, but such
an event is not assured by any means,
This afternoon 63 acres of land
sec. 30, 1 1 n, r 15 e were sold at sheriff
sale to satisfy a iuderment of FerQ H
Dietzel vs. Jas; F. Elliott and Wm
. Wood. The land was bid in at $250.
Three members of President-Elect
McEinley's official household have
been named John Sherman for secre-
: tary of state, Lyman J. Gage for secre
tary of the treasury and Russell A
Alger for secretary of war.
: The funeral of the late J. E. Graham
was conducted from Crandall & Bur-
get's undertaking parlors at 10 o'clock
- this forenoon, under the auspices of
Friendship Lodge No. 9, K. of P. De
ceased was a member of Phalanx
" Lodge, of Portland.
Sleighing is fine all over the country,
and farmers have taken advantage
the opportunity to come to town. The
streets of The Dalles have shown more
life today than any day for two
months.
On Wednesday the taxpayers of Du
'fur school district decided by a vote of
50 to 9 to bond the district for $3,000
" for the purpose of building a new
sbhool house. A tax of 7 mills was
also voted for school purposes.
Miss Katie Jarra, who is very sick
. at Roseburg, is desirous of hearing
from her brother, Frank Jarra, who
formerly resided in The Dalles, but
. left here about 9 months ago. Eastern
Oregon papers please copy. Should
Mr. Jarra see this article, he is reques
ted to go to Roseburg at once.
A dispute over the ownership of a
bantam hen resulted in a shooting
scrape between Ed Thayer and Jack
Irwin near Corvallis yesterday.
Chickens must be chickens down in
Benton county when two men will
seek to kill each other over the posses
- sion of one poor, little bantam.
Court The Dalles, No. 12, Foresters
of America, held a yery pleasant
, session last night. State Organizer
M. L. Jones, of Pendleton, met with
the court, giving them instructions in
. ' the secret work of the order, and after
lodge adjourned a nice lunch was
served. -
At the special school meeting held
this afternoon a levy of 6 mills for
school purposes was voted. The di
rectors were also petitioned to call a
meeting for the purpose voting $20,
000 bonds, the proceeds to beplied
to liquidating the debt of the district
and building an eight-room school
house. -
E. O. McCoy, who came in - from
Sherman county this morning; says
. the present storm is beneficial to the
farmers of that section, since the snow
is sufficiently deep to protect the graiu
from frost. " From present prospects,
Mr. McCoy thinks Sherman county
- will have more wheat next season thua
ever before.
r'lous John wanamaker has an
nounced his intention of building a
church to celebrate his escape from
being burned out in the big Philadel
phia fire a few days ago. His store
was damaged to the extent of $100,000,
but many times that amount was saved
only by tremendous work by the fire
men and hia store brigade. -
jLa uouiu, tne alleged newspaper
man who appeared in Pendleton a
few months sinee, and introduced him
self in that city by attempting to ex
tort money from Mrs. W. E. Watson,
"to keep down a scandal," has met his
just derert. .A jury of 12 men con
victed him of attempting to blackmail,
and he will get a term in the peniten
tiary.
.The Oregonian persists in making pic
tures, and while as a rule its cartoons
are not noted for their beauty or artis-
tie design, they are sometimes expres
sive. Th e one in today's issue repre
senting Senator Mitchell twisting the
legislative mule's caudle appendage
with senatorial attachment, while
Jonathan Bourne attempts to knock
the beast's brains out, is quite sugges
tive.
that city the present year and to pay
interest on the bonds of the district.
A car load of cattle that have been
fei at Langreen's place on Fifteen
Mile during the winter will be shipped
to Troutdale tonight by C. M. Grimns.
The Davis branch of the legislature
held another Sunday session at 8
o'clock last night with six members
answering roll-call. The house ad
journed t j t:33 this morning.
Senator John Michell,' wife and
daughter It ft on jesterday afternoon's
train for below. Mrs. Michell and
daughter go to Portland to spend the
week, while Mr. Michell is in Salem.
Four car loads of hogs came in from
Elnn on last night's train and were
taken off at the stock yards to feed.
They belonged to Mr. McCully, and
were shipped to Troutdale this after
noon.
P. L. Kretzer is home for a few days,
having arrived from Sherman county
yesterday. During: the winter he has
sunk five artesian wells in Sherman
countv, and has contracted for several
more.
The Prineville building association
contemplate erecting a large hall for
lodge purposes in Prineville during
the present year. An advertisement
appears in another column calling for
bids for the same.
Mr. and Mrs. Fred Hougnton re
turned Saturday evening from a visit
of three weeks in California. The
other Dalles people who are in Califor
nia have gone to Los Angeles and will
not be home for two or three weeks.
The attention of members of Wasco
Tribe No. 1G, I. O. R. M., is called to
the fact that there will be an Indian
war dance at the Vogt tonight. They
have been trying to play Indian for a
long time, and now an opportunity is
offered for them to learn just how it is
done. '
Last Saturday C. A. Sanford took
part in a rabbit drive at Shurt Bros.
place near Arlington and returned
home with an abundance of rabbits,
Judging from the number he brought
in one would judge that his office in
the drive was to carry the game.
Hugh Glenn came up from below
Saturday and spent yesterday in the
city, returning to Portland this after
noon. Mr. Glenn says he is pushing
construction work on the Astoria and
Columbia road, and has a large force
of men engaged excavating rock.
The Misses Gladys Jones and Har
riet Stevens, assisted by home talent,
will give a concert at the Congrega
tional church on the evening of Feb.
9. As Miss Jones and Miss Stevens so
completely won the favor of the public
in their last visit to us, it is needless
to say they will be greeted by a full
house.
Hon. G. W. Barnes, of Prineville,
who is in Salem in the interest of the
stock raisers of Crook county asking
the legislature to memorialize con'
gress to throw open the Cascade tim
ber reserve for the pasturage of stock
writes to his home paper that he al-
ways did enjoy a monkey show, and is
highly entertained by the pranks of
the Oregon legislature.
The chairman of the senate ways
and means committee has compiled es
timates of the necessrry expenses of
the state for the coming two years, as
a basis for fixing the general appro
priation bill to be passed by the legis
lature, and figures out that the total
will be a little over $1,300,000, a de
crease of $227,000 from the general ap
propriation bill of 1895.
A sleigh ride terminated very sud
denly in front of J. S. Sckneck's resi
dence on Fourth street last Saturday
night. A number of young folks were
enjoying themselves gliding over the
snow behind one of W ard,Kerns & Rob
inson's best teams, when the sleigh
struck a rock, causing the doubletrees
to break, leaving the young people sit
ting in their sleigh in the middle of
tho street while the team went on
The team headed, for the barn at the
top of their speed, but one of them
struck a telephone pole, breaking his
eck, bringing the mad chase to an
end.
From Tuesday's Dally.
Deputy Sheriff Kelly was called to
Hood River on official business this af
ternoon. At the rink last night Prof. Berry
gave a splendid exhibition of trick
skating, performing some wonderful
feats on rollers.
Deputy Sheriff Kelly returned last
night from Hood River, and reports
about nine inches of snow covering
the ground at that place.
. At a dance in Lane county gentle
men secured partners by taking hold
of a yarn passed under a curtain, with
a lady attached to the other end.
Thero are two hundred lawyers,
twenty-seven editors, and three minis
ters in congress. The editors have a
big responsibility on their shoulders.
Annual meeting of East End Hose
Co. No. 3 tomorrow evening at 7:30
o'clock. All members are expected to
be in attendance for election of officers
robbery and escaped on a technicality.
Since their release they have made
their home in the mountain fastnesses.
Deputy Grand Chief Ranger M. L.
Joens will deliver a free leeture at K.
of P. hall next Friday evening on the
history, aires and objjctsof Forestry.
The lecture will be illustrated with
stereoptican views.
Mr. and Mrs. T. H. Johnston, of
Dufur, were in the city today attending
the funeral of Mrs. Johnston's mother.
the late Mrs. Emma Krauss, which
wa conduc'.el from the M. E. church
at 1:30 this afternoon.
Some bad boy in the Goldendale
school last week put cartridges in the
stove wood. Last Monday there was
a loud explosion in the stove, and upon
eximininsr the pile of wood many 22-
calibre cartridges were found con'
cealdd in the slicks.
Pickpockets got in their work on a
young groom up in Idaho the other
day, who, with his bride, weretakinga
honeymoon trip on the train. The
vounsr man was robbed of $90, all he
had on earth; but such little annoy
ancos as these are never noticed by
such people.
Senator Palmer, of Illinois, pre
dicts: "The two wings of the two old
parties will be united in the next cam
oaisrn. The sound money democrats
and the sound money republicans will
form one, and the silver democrats and
silver repablicans will constitute an
other party."
Why don't the enterprising barbers
in Oregon follow the example of Jim
Reeves an Anderson, Ind., barber,
who has prepared a bill to be presented
before the Indiana legislature to tax
whiskers? Tho bill provides for a tax
of $10 per vear on every man wearing
chip whiskers.
Remember the grand mask ball to be
civen bv Jackson Eneino Co. on the
eveninir of Feb. 12. Also remember
the ball is given as a benefit for John
d ate, a member of the company who
has had the misfortune to meet with
an accident whereby he has been dis
abled for several months.
The regular annual election of Jack
son Engine Co. No. 1, will be held at
the council chambers this evening,
after which the members of the com'
pany will repair to the Skibbee hotel
and partake of a banquet. Final ar
rangements for the mask bait to be
given on the 12th will be made at this
meeting.
Eagle Valley Wins Prizes.
Eagle valley, Union county, each
year secures prizes for vegetables.
The prizes were given by Henry Maule,
a Philadelphia seed grower. John
Frazer, of New Bridge, and Silas Car
ter of the same place, this year secured
$50 prizes and in 1892, Fraser & Lang
ley received $100 for the best Freeman
potato; 1894, Geo. Sanders $50, first
prize for best parsnip; 1895, D. J.
Saunders $100 as first prize for best
onion. In addition to tnis tne iruit
grown in Eaglo Valley and exhibited
at the World's Fair attracted wide
spread attention.
Wasco county farmers and gardners
could as well as not enter this compe
tition, and, if proper attention were
given to the raising of prize vegetables,
no doubt some success would attend
their efforts.
Miss Hoffman's Lecture.
The lecture by Mrs. Hoffman, of
Kansas City, last evening was well at
tended. The subject "The Problem
That Faces Us," is one of profound
moment to the people at this time,
Mrs. Hoffman's array of facts, demand
ing the attention of men and women
at this day amid the present complies'
tions, was such as to deeply impress
her hearers.
At the conclusion of her lecture the
audience arose as with one voiee to
request the return of Mrs. Hoffman,
that hundreds of others might listen
to the fire of her eloquence and clinch'
mg argument. Daily Post. Camden,
N. J. Mrs. Hoffman will lecture in
The Dalles on next Saturday and Sun
day.
TEACHER'S READING CIRCLE.
Invitation Kx tended to Teachers to Be
come Members.
By an unanimous vote at the last
meeting of the department of the su
perintendent's at the state teachers'
association, the management of the
teacher's reading circle for the state
of Oregon was placed in the care of
the president of the state university.
The university undertakes this great
responsibility with the feeling that
the reading circle can be made a suc
cess and a credit to the profession in
Oregon if every teacher will co-operate
in the effort. This co-operation
involves two things: each teacher
should join the circle and should also
read the books selected diligently.
Merely joining the circle and payin
the yearly fee, which is fifty cents,
will not do the teacher or the circle
any good. Every member must work
It is not desired that any one should
ioin who does not feel the need for
earnest professsional inproveinent and
hard work. If vou feel the need for
steady advancement in your work and
wish to progress you are invited to
join the state reading circle. The foe
of fifty cents will be used to pay the
exDenses of the circle. Money must
be used to pay for correcting the paper,
for making out questions aud for sta
tionery. It is proposed to conduct the
reading circle on strictly business
principles; to do all the work promptly
aud if possible to keep the interest
alive at all times.
Two lines of work will be taken up
simultaneously this year. The circle
will read White's Element of Pedagogy
price $1.00 by mail, for the purely pro
fessional work. Ten sets of questions
will be mailed to all members of the
circle who read this book, at the rate
of one set a month. Tho questions
should be answered without reference
to the book and the answers mailed
to the university of Oregon, Eugene,
Oregon. The words "for reading
circle," should be written plainly on
the envelope. With every set of an
swers stamp3 should be enclosed for
return postage, the exact amount re
quired for this purpose should be en
closed. The reading circle will also study
this year Brander Matthews's Intro
duction to American Literature. The
course will be conducted in Ihe same
way as that in White's Pedagogy.
Teachers may join the reading circle
in either of two ways.
First Give your name and the fee
which is 50 cents, to your county su
perintendent. He will forward them
to the university. Then send to Port
land American Book Co., 219 Yamhill
St., for either or both the books which
the circle is to read. The set9 of ques
tions will be forwarded to you monthly.
Second Send your name and the
fee, fifty cents, directly to the univer
sity of Oregon, marking the letter
"Reading Circle," this will also make
you a member of the circle and entitle
you to the set of questions. Regular
exercises and examinations in the work
of the reading circle will be held at
the annual county institutes where ar
rangements can be made for them.
County superintendents are ex-officio
officers and agents of the reading cir -cle.
They are urgently requested to
push the work 'in their respective
counties; to keep it before their teach
ers in all legitimate ways and to give
them due notice to the university of all
ocal institutes and teachers' meetings
so that literature referring . to the
reading circle can be supplied to all
teachers.
The State Superintendent Hon. G.
M, Irwin, has promised to award a
special certificate of merit to all
teachers completing the full- work of
the reading circle satisfactorily.
Very respectfully,
C. H. Chapman,
man does who Is intercepted by a foot
pad at the edge of a dark alley. An
investigation was begun. Superin
tendent Gardner was called into this
case, and after some maneuvering, he
trapped Beulah and made her Confess.
The goods were returned intact to the
store.
THE CAUSE OF SEASICKNESS.
Beginning in tho Three Aural Tubes It
Eventually Reaches the Stomach.
Seasickness starts in the ear, says a
writer in JlcClure's Magazine. In its
cavity are three small tubes, each bent
in a circle, and filled with fluid. The
three sit at right angles to each other,
like the three sides at the corner of a
room or a box. Consequently, in what
ever direction the head is moved, the
fluid in some one of the tubes is given
a circular motion. Hanging out into
the tubes, from their sides, are hairs
or cilia, which connect with nerve
cells and fibers that branch off from
the auditory nerve. AVheu the head
moves the fluid moves, the hairs move,
the cells are "fired off," a nervous cur
rent is sent up to the brain and a feel
ing of the head's peculiar motion is
consequent. As for seasickness: This
nerve current, on its way to the brain,
at one point runs beside the spot or
"center" where the nerve governing
the stomach has its origin. When the
rocking of the head is abnormally vio
lent and prolonged, the stimulus is so
great that the current leads over into
this adjoining "center" and so excites
the nerve running to the stomach as to
cause wretchedness and retching.
Deaf mutes, whose ear "canals" are af
fected, are never seasick. But normal
ly the amount of ear-feeling which we
get by reason of moving our head in a
particular direction comes in a curious
way to be a measure of the direction
of sound. The feelings we get from
our skin and muscles in turning the
head play a similar role. We turn our
ear to catch a sound. We do this so
frequently for every point that in time
we learn to judge the direction of the
Bound by tne way we would nave to f
turn tne neaa in oraer to near me
sound best. Thereafter we do not
have to turn the head to get the direc-
tion, for we now remember the proper
feeling and know it. This memory of
the old feeling is our idea of the pres
ent direction. If we never moved our
heads we never could have any such
notion of the location of sounds as at
present perhaps none whatever.
THEY KEEP POND WATER CLEAR
The Water Commission.
The regular monthly meeting of the
water commission was held last Satur
day, at Which Commissioners Crosse n,
Peters, Randall and Neilsen were pres
ent. After the reading of the minutes of
the last meeting, a communication
from M. J. Cockerline applying
to purchase a quantity of shafting and
pulleys in the old mill, was read, and
the matter was referred to Commis
sioners Peters and Randall and Super
intendent Norman.
The monthly repoVts of the superin
tendent and treasurer, and the list of
delinquent subscribers, were read, and
placed on file.
On motion the superintendent was
authorized to purchase a soldering out
fit for the use of the" water works.
Claims against the water fund were
allowed as follows:
I J Norman, superintendent.... $ 15 00
W S Norman, helper 55 00
T J Seufert, secretary . 00
R J Akin, labor 4 00
P F Burham, hauling 50
J O Mack, labor 0 00
The financial showing of the super
intendent s report was as follow:
Book accounts for month.... 51 2Ji2 35
Total collections 1,032 HO
Delinquent 1J9 75
Minutes seem like hours when a life
is at stake. Croup gives no time to
send for a doctor, delay may intan
death. One minute Cough Cure gies
instant relief and insures recovery.
The only harmless remedy that pro
duces immediate results. Snipes-Kin-ersly
Drug Co.
Goldfish and Sunflgh Are Terrors to Green
Scum and Wigglers.
Fish have their uses to humanity
over and above serving as food material
or as unwilling caterers to the sport of
tne hsherman, says the riew York
Sun. Although it may seem odd so to
speak of them, they often are as indis
pensable to a country place as a dog or
cat.
If that country place happens to be
one that is supplied with running wa
ter, and this is used for ornament in
ponds or fountains, two things are pret
ty sure to bother the owner.
One is the well-known green scum
which spreads over the waters of ponds
and fountain basins. When its growth
begins tne plant is pretty. It starts
from the bottom, as soon as the sun
gets high, in May or June, and sends
upward a delicate, graceful, wavy
thread of vivid green. Until it reaches
the surface it remains pretty, but once
there it spreads along and rots, and is
Boon offensive in several ways.
The other nuisance from standing
water, even when it is often renewed
and directly from the springs, is mos
quitoes. The wigglers grow there.
The remedy for both these troubles
.is fish, and the two kinds that will cure-
them happen to be the two most desira
ble for other reasons.
uoiansn will Keep tne green scum
from growing; and yellow perch, or, as
they are generally called, sunfish, will
destroy tne mosquito wigglers.
The sunfish one has to catch, bnt the
goldfish can be bought two for a quar
ter m the fish and bird stores of the
city.
NO TIME TO AIM.
Cp to Date Scry Ice.
A great many Pacific coast people,
when contemplating a trip east and
when bringing friends west, know
very little about the interior lines, and
the object of this article is to afford re
liable information.
In the first place for good time and
service select a route via St. Paul and
Minneapolis, because the lines that
way are continuous under one system
without any change of cars, and eyery
man from peanut agent up, is a cour
teous, reliable and experienced officer,
ready to aid and protect you in every
emergency and capable of making you
feel at home and comfortable during
the long journey. Then see that your
ticket reads via the Wisconsin Cen
tral lines, because that thoroughfare
affords strictly first-class service, and
the meals on its dining cai s (always
reasonable in price) are equalled by
few acd excelled by none. Geo. S.
Batty, 246 Stark St., Portland, Or., is
general agent for this company and
will cheerfully furnish you a neat and
handy calendar and full information
on the subject of transportation, if ad
dressed or called upon, and any agent
will upon application, sell you a ticket
over the Wisconsin Central Lines,
Will Lecture In The Dalles.
Mrs. Clara Hoffman, of Kansas City,
delivered a most powerful address en
titled "The Dominant Issue," Sunday
evening, October 9. The national
reputation of Mrs. Hoffman as a
speaker of great force and power drew
an immense audience to this meeting
from all parts of the city. Many were
unable to find seats until chairs were
brought into the aisles. Mrs. Hoffman
spoke with great eloquence and fervor,
The rich melody of her voice, the deep
pathos of her pleading, combined with
her motherly face, added to her strong
magnetism as a speaker, held her
hearers in wrapped attention. Chi
cago Lever.
Chicora, Pa., Herald: Richard Ven
sel reports One Minute Cough Cure
the greatest success of medical science
He told us that it cured his whole fam
ily of terrible coughs and colds, after
all other so-called cures had failed en
tirely. Mr. Vensel said it assisted his
children through a very bad siege of
measles. One Minute Cough Cure
makes expectoration very easy and
rapid. Snipes-Kinersly Drug Co.
The new president of the state agri
cultural college, Hon. H. B. Miller,
the bridge carpenter and all-around
politician, is not even a good fighter.
He allowed Attorney Yates to knock
him down and walk all over him on the
streets of Corvallis yesterday. The
question naturally arrises, what is
Miller good for anyway? He has no
qualifications for the presidency of an
educational institution, isn't a good
ngnier, is not mucn account as a
lobbyist at the legislature, but we do
remember that he used to be a p-etty
good footracer, and that probably ac
counts for his holding the high position
of president of the state agricultural
college.
- From Mondavs -Dailv.
Another inch of snow fell last night.
The Antelope Herald of last Friday
reports the mercury down below zero
and six inches of snow covering the
ground.
Judge Bradshaw, W. H. Wilson and
F. A. Seufert were passengers on yes
terday afternoons train, all bound for
Salem.
Mrs. B. S. Huntington accompanied
her husband to Salem yesterday, and
will spend the week visiting in the
capital city.
Twelve car loads of cattle that had
been fedin Eagle valley,' Union county,
were recently sold at $3 per hundred
weight to eastern buyers.
Antelope school district has voted a
10-mlll tax to carry on tho school in
Senter Payton is headed toward The
Dalles with his popular theatrical
troupe, and expects to give a week
entertainment some time in the near
future.
Last evening Wm . Wiseman slipped
and fell in front of his place of busi
ness and severely strained one of his
anicles, so that he is laid on the shelf
for repairs.
Four hundred head of cattle were
shipped from Baker City to Omaha
last Sunday. The cattle were all
bought in Grant county, along the
John Day.
A petition asking for the appoint
ment of Judge James A. Fee to the office
of United States district attorney re
ceived a number of signatures in Crook
county last week.
Company C. of Pendleton, add com'
pauy u. oi lm uranae, j. jn. li., were
highly complimented by Lieutenant-
Colonel Patterson, after his latest
tour of inspection.
It is stated that ex-Congressman
John D. Long, of Massachusetts, has
been tendered and has accepted the
ofHce of secretary of war in President
McKinley's cabinet.
On Tuesday evening of last week, D
C. Herrin, of this city, grand lecturer
of the A. O. U. W., delivered a lecture
before a meeting of Workmen and in
vited guests at Albany.
The store of Roney Bros, at Goshen,
Lane county, was burglarized Sunday
night and aDout $250 worth of goods
were taken. This is the fifth time the
store has been burglarized within the
past five years.
John Case and the Pool boys of
Douglas county, Oregon, are suspected
of being the guilty parties who held
up and robbed the Southern Pacific
express near Roseburg last week
They were tried two years ago for train
or Over Fifty kears.
An Old and W ell-Tried Rem'
edy. Mrs. Winaiow's Soothing Syrup
has been used for over fifty years by
uiuuuus oi motners ior ineir children
while teething-, with perfect succahh
It soothes the child, softens the gums,
allays all pain, cures wind colic, and is
me best remedy for diarrhoea. Is
pleasant to the taste. Sold by drug
gists in every part or the world,
I wenty-five cents a bottle. Its value
is uncalculable. Be sure and ask for
.Mrs. Wmslow's Soothing Syrup, and
tane no otner Kind.
"For Charity Sufferetb Long."
r
Mrs. Laura C Phoenix, nilvaokee. Wis.
"Matron of a Benevolent Borne
and knowing the good Dr. Miles' Nervine
has done me, my wish to help others, over-
Comes my dislike lor the publicity, this
letter may give me. in Nov. and Dec, 1333,
THo inmate Had tho "LaGrirme.'
and I was one of the first. Besoming duty
too soon, with the care of so many sick. I
did not regain my health, and In a month
X because mo debilitated and nervoua
tram sleeplessness and the drafts made on
my vitality, that it was a question if I could
go on. A dear friend advised me to try
MJr. nuer Restorative Nervine,
I took 2 bottles and am happy to say, I am
tn better health than ever. I still continue
It ooeamioual use, mm m tserve food,
as my work is very trying. A letter ad
dressed to Milwaukee, Wis wm reach me."
June 6, 18M. Mrs. LXura C Phoehix.
Dr. Miles Nervine is sold on a nraitfm
guarantee that the first bottle will benefit.
All druggists sell it at IL 6 bottles for aft. or
Dr. Miles' Nervine
Restores Health
ESCAPADE OK A DALLES GIRL
She Outwit at Portland Merchant Gets
Goods on Forged Orders.
Beulah Gilgard, who was sent from
The Dalles to the Boy's and Girls' Aid
Society at Portland about two years
ago, has developed into an expert for
ger, and is causing Supt. Gardner no
end of tiouble. The Telegram gives
the following account of some of her
escapades:
Some of her latest exploits have been
daring enough to land the 15-year-old
incorrigible in the penitentiary if any
person cared to prosecute her. The
girl is too young to be dealt with by
the law, but she has now been incar
cerated at. the Magdalen Home, on the
East Side, where the course of disci
pline is expected to correct her traits.
The principal trouble with Beulah is
a peculiar fondness of getting into
mischievous scrapes of one kind or
another. This has led her to become
a forger with such succass that she
has obtained goods from various stores
on written orders made out by herself.
The ludicrous part of it is that the girl
does not realize that it is a very great
harm, or that it is dangerous. The
little forger is certainly an adept.
She forged an order upon her mistress
at a house where she was staying for
her release, and obtained her freedom.
Before she was found, Superintendent
Gardner, of the Boys' and Girl's Aid
Society, was put to great trouble and
some expense to locate the wayward
girl.
Mr. Gardner thinks that if there
ever was a born kleptomaniac, Beulah
Gilgard is one.
The girl's last adventure, of which
Superintendent Gardner declined to
say much on account of the embarrass
ment it might give the people who
were involved, is causing a Fourth
Street business man and a salesman in
a leading dry goods house to endure
a good deal of "joshing," as the affair
is looked upon as a joke. Beulah
wrote out an order on the house re
ferred to, instructing them to let the
bearer have all the clothes she wanted,
and the bill would be paid during the
week. To this order Beulah signed
the name of the senior member of the
firm of Palmer & Palmer, the owners
of a Fourth-street egg and butter
market. .
The order was duly honored by the
dry goods firm and the pert Miss Gil
gard was told to ask for anything she
didn't see. The salesman danced at
tendance on the customer, and helped
her make some ludicrous selections in
the way of dress for the girl. Beulah
was not modest. She bought two or
three dress-skirts and a cloak and some
l'tt'e knick-knacks, making the bill
124. When this bill was presented to
Mr. Palmer he felt just about like a
The Luck Shot of a Hunter at Critical
Moment.
It is a strange fact that the human
hand, eye and nerve are so constituted
as to act automatically and correctly at
the proper moment, almost without
conscious "effort on the owner's part.
The author of "Tales of Nomad" gives
an experience that illustrates this in a
most fortunate manner.
, - . , ,
tve were passing through grass
about two feet in height, with clumps
of low scrub here and there. I was
leading, and my spoorer, a Kafir named
Jacha, was following me. He had
only one eye, and that eye was keener
to detect game than two pairs of ordi
nary optics; but on this occasion it
overlooked a terrible danger, for the
reason that the danger, though within
a few yards of ns, was invisible.
I here was a rustle in a patch of
scrub six or seven yards before me, and
suddenly out of it rose a wounded buf
falo with bloody mouth and glaring
eye, which wheeled round facing me in
act to charge.
It all took place quicker than
thought. My rifle, which happily was
at, lou cocl, went' up to my shoulder
instinctively, and I dropped him in hi
tracks with a ball, through the brain.
bo sudden was the whole affair that
my heart had not time even to give a
great thump. I do not quite remember
how I did it. I am sure I did not take
a fine sight, and I doubt whether J
looked at the rib of mv riSa at alL
A weed in the garden can be easily
destroyed when it first starts. Con
sumption can be nipped in the bud by
One Minute Cough Cure. Snipes-Kinersly
Drug Co.
The Three Dog System.
A man up in Umatilla county hasn't
lost a sheep from coyotes since adopt
ing the three dog system of watch fu'?
ness. He keeps just three good hounds
which can make a good run after the
coyote and are not afraid to tacklo
them single handed. For two of the
hounds he makes a comfortable and
warm bed under a shed, and leaves
them loose at night. The th'rd hound
he ties to a post on the side of the cor
ral farther from the sheds. The bound
has to keep awake on account of the
cold, and is on the alert for any coy
otes which may com prowling- around
during the night. - When the hound
knows a coyote has approached, he
sounds the note of warning, and the
two loose hounds rush out from the
sheds and make for the coyotes. The
next night he puts out another of the
hounds and allows the one which was
out the night before to go under the
shed. Since adopting this plan not
one sheep has been killed by coyotes.
Most people who read about this plan
will say it is tough on dogs, and that
the owner ought to provide steam heat
or an oil stove for the hound which has
to stay out all night or be punished for
cruelty to animals.
houses. Of course they will all re
member some pleasant features con
nected with the service of their con
stituents, such as free entertainment,
passes, etc.; but between the "pull" of
the office seeker,the fine and coarse
work of the lobby member and the
thousand und one vexations, many
will get enough of the "good thing."
But the citizens who spend this same
season their time and money traveling,
and who use the Wisconsin Central
lines between St. Paul or Minneapolis
and Chicago or Milwaukee will be sub
ject to no 6uch annoyances. They will
get the best service on earth and a
square moal at reasonable cost. For
particulars address Geo. S. Batty,
Gen'l Agent, 246 Stark St., Portland.
Or.; or call on your nearest ticket
agent..
STORY OF A
CAT.
That
a Caa
A torpid liver means a bad complex
icn, bad breath, indigestion and fre
quent headaches. To avoid such com
panions take DeWitt's Little Early
Risers, the famous little pills. Snipes-
runersiy urug Co.
Don't Want Foreigners.
The Transvaal republic has had
enough of foreigners. It does not
want them on any terms.' If, however,
they will insist on coming, then they
must submit to some very strict regu
lations President Kurger's government
has passed. If the foreigner is only
traveling and making a temporary
stay in the republic, he must before be
enters procure from his home govern
ment a certificate to the effect either
that he has money enough to support
him or is able to earn his living. In
case he has such he may stay in the
famous republic three months, but
must take out a permit to do so. The
license or permit be must carry always
with him. At the end of three months?
if he is not yet ready to move or., he
must secure another license, and so on
every three months of his stay. The
government will admit him as a citi
zen of the republic if he so desires, but
he must in that case pass through com
plicated red tape processes. The
stranger may either be licensed to re
main three months at a time or become
a citizen.
All the different forms of skin
troubles, from chapped hands to ecze
ma and' indolent ulcers can be readily
cured by Ue Witt's Witch Hazel Salve,
the great pile cure. Snipes-Kinersly
Drug Co.
Death of Mrs. Krauss.
Mrs. Emma Krauss, widow of G. M
Krauss, died at her home in this city
last Saturday, aged 71 years. Mrr.
Krauss was an early settler of this
section, having resided in The Dalles
for 34 years. She leaves four children,
all grown, Mrs. Ben Korten, of Port
land; Mrs. T. H. Johnston, of Dufur;
Mrs. David Creighton and George
Krauss, of The Dalles.
That iMmo BarM can be esrreoT Wlii
Or. alilas' MVE PLA8TEB. OnlyXSc
It not only relieves, it does more; it
cures. We refer to One Minute Cough
Cure. Suitable for all ages, all con
ditions, at all times. Snipes-Kinersly
Drug Co.
Hasn't Struck There Yet.
A number of papers on this coast,
and a few in the east, are endeavoring
to prove that times are improving
east of the Mississippi river, and that
the dawn of prosperity is really here.
It would be a pleasant thought indeed
if this imagination were true, and the
long spell of adversity were actually
replaced by more prosperous tiroes,
but it is difficult to stretch ones imag
ination to that extent. Possibly there
are places in the east where there is
more activity than there was a few
months since, but there are other
places where prosperity has not yet
struck, and one of those places is Al-
toona, Pa. A gentleman residing in
The Dalles, recently wrote to a brother
residing at that place, asking how
times were, and this is his reply, dated
Jan. 28: "Times since the election
are not brightening up much. We
are sti l living on confidence. Our
work is eight hours a day and five days
in the week. Before the hard times
I would earn from $60 to $75 a month,
now I earn from $15 to $30. Unskilled
labor is 12 cents an hour or 96 cents a
day when any work can be had."
OanUd So Much Elec-trlctty
Is Set on Firi.
The efficacy of a black cat as a light
ning rod has been too frequently the
subject of discussion and assertion to
be treated at length at the present
time, the drift cf which is to show the
apt manner in which an illustration of
this popular belief can be deduced
from an incident that occurred on the
evening of the Fourth of July to the
wife of a well-known business man of
Washington.
On the evening in question the young
matron had been expending consider
able time and attention upon a hand
some black cat, which she continued to
stroke, notwithstanding the assertion,
of her family that by so doing she was
charging herself with electricity.
Finally after dark the young matron
decided that a pleasant way of wind
ing up the evening would be to go for
a ride on the electric car to Bethesda.
Accordingly, inviting two of her
friends to accompany her, she set out
for the ride in high spirits.
The trio found places together near
the middle of the car, and had gone a
short distance beyond the power house
when their conversation was inter
rupted by the conductor hurriedly
bending over them as though to avert
some catastrophe beneath and telling
them to leave the car with all speed,
as it was on fire. Scarcely had they
left their seats before a sheet of flame
burst through the floor just beneath
the very spot over which the . young
matron had been sitting, the electrical
apparatus beneath having ignited at
that very point.
Spokane's Big Boy.
The biggest boy in the world lives
in Spokane, says the Chronicle. His
name is Eddie Black. He is six feet,
three inches tall, and is now 14 years
and six months old and growing like
any other healthy boy.
Until about two years ago he was
rather a delicate boy. His chief diet
was bread, water and tea. In fact.
upon thiti he lived and thrived. He
could not eat meat or vegetables. In the
last two years, however, bis appetite
has demanded more substantial food
He has grown strong and vigorous
Indeed he is well proportioned. The
last pair of shoes he bought were
No. 12. Now they are pinching his
feet, and his next ones must be No 13,
and be made to order.
Eddie is light complexioned, quiet,
and as his father says, a good boy. He
purposes some day to become a brisk
mason like his father. But this far in
life he has spent his time in school.
He has attended the Franklin building,
where his tall, stalwart form is a
familiar sight among the other chil
dren of his age and grade.
" N. R. Packard Vendlcated .
Under the above heading The Cali
fornian, published at Bakersfield, Kern
county. Cat., in its issue of Jan. 21,
says concerning the acquital of N. R.
Packard, who was some 30 years ago
county clerk of Wasco county:
"The particular charge on which
one indictment was found was for re
taining certain fines collected from
non-attending jurors.
"The case came up today, and the
accused man produced the treasurer's
receipt for the money alleged to be
missing, while examination of the
treasurer's books' showed the proper
entry of such payment."
Mr. Packard was clerk of Kern
county, and was a candidate for re
election, and it seems that just prior
to the November election the grand
jury indicted him on a frivolous charge.
This resulted in his defeat, but the
Californlan thinks it will work to his
benefit two years hence. It says editor
ially:
"For county clerk, in 1898, N. R,
Packard, and no other candidate will
be "in ic" with him. The people owe
him thau much reparation for the ter
rible wrong inflicted on him,
Carly Marriaeea of Royalty.
Queen Isabella of Spain, who came to
the throne at three years of age, was
married on her sixteenth birthday.
Queen Victoria of England, who was
crowned at eighteen, was married at
twenty. Queen Maria da Gloria da
Ilraganza, born in the same year as
Queen Victoria, ascended the throne of
Portugal at the age of seven, and at
fifteen wedded the duke of ' Leuchten
berg, one of the lieauharnais family,
who left her a widow before she waa
sixteen, and the year after she married
Prince Ferdinand of Saxe-Coburg
Gotha, from which alliance the reign
ing house of Portugal proceeds. From
these examples it will be seen that
there is nothing premature in these
projects oi marriage which the qeeen
regent and the privy council of Holland
have set on foot on behalf of the fif
teen-year-old Queen Wilhelmina.
O Vhenj'cacs:) atfhs OW
JMmm 111
A FULL AND C0M?tT LIME FC.1 All I'JKDS Of
fuaAT pRices mow io.co to $?3.oo
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Cor Court and Front Stru i
AL. BETTINGEN, Prop.
Oarrtta everything to bo found tn Klratolaaa Liquor Stor.
WHISKY FROM $J TO $5 PER
THE DALLES - Oregon.
ALLON.
Z. F. MOODY
General CommissioD anil Forwarding Merchant
V
391. 393 UND 395 SECOND STRE8T.
(Adjoining Railroad Depot.)
Consignments Solicited
Prompt attention will by paid -to those who favor nie"with their patronage
Prillt BOXeS of Klickitat Pine
AT PRICES TO SUIT THE TIMES.
Peach Boxe3..... .....$5 00 per 100
Cautalope Crates ..$9 50 per 100
Lumber and Building Materials at proportionate prices.
ROWE & CO.
THE CELEBRATED
Columbia
rewery
AUGUST BUCHLER, Prop.
This well-known brewery is now turning out the best Beer
and Porter east of the Cascades. The latest appliances for the
manufacture of good healthful Beer have been introduced, and
onlv the first-class article will be placed on the market.
East Second Street
The Dalles, : Oregon.
A Kcat Calendar.
There are many varieties of calen
dars being distributed this year. Some
are works of art but large, while
others are small, neat and handy. To
the latter class belong- the ones being
handed out in this section by the Wis
consin Central lines. They are just
the size for the desk and may be had
by addressing- Mr. Jas. C. Pond, Gen
eral Passenger Agent, Milwaukee,
Wis., or Mr. Geo. S. Batty, Gen'l
Agent, 246 Stark St., Portland, Or.
The Wisconsin Central trains run be
tween St. Paul or Minneapolis, and
Milwaukee or Chicago and close con-1
nections are made with all trains to
and from these points. Its dining car
service ip strictly what posted travelers
want and prices are very moderate.
Your nearest ticket agent will provide
you tickets on application over, this
favorite route.
Sherman County Without a?aloon.
Sherman county is again without a
saloon. When an attempt was made
recently to have a saloon, Miss Maegie
Eaton, of the W. C. T. U., took her
horses and carriage, and with another
white-ribboner, drove 55 miles in one
day, and opened 45 gates, and the next
day, taking another woman, drove 45
miles and opened 30 gates; making 100
miles in two days, and the opening and
closing of 75 gates. By doing this they
found men employed upon their farms
and secured a majority of signatures bf
the voters, and so saved the county
from a saloon, say9 the Wasco News.
For Salo.
Now is the time to buy land, since
we 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
ana other outbuildings, one mile from
school. A good chance for a man who
wants to run a dairy. Will sell in
parts or the whole farm for (2200.
Apply to this office or at my home.
Nov 7-tf J. A. Fleck.
OREGON MARKET
: : GEO. KELLER, Prop. : :
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HEADQUARTERS FOR
Summer Sausage, 5alamie,
7V
Corned Beef, Pickled Pork,
Smoked Beef and Venison,
Hgma, Bacon & Pure Lard
Union Street, opposite the Court Hoiue
PHONK 0
Laxative Bromo Quini e Table.9
moves the bowels gently, relieves the
cougn, cures tne feverisn 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
maireiey cc iougnton, aruggists.
"Thry Are the People.
The legislators of Oregon and Wash
ington are now in session, and for the
time being "they are the people.'
The day is not far distant, though, be
fore many of them, like their predeces
sors, will for obvious reasons wish they
had never seen the respective state
x49k
Prof. W. H. Peeke, who
makes a specialty of
Epilepsy, has without
doubt treated and cur
ed more cases than any
living r-aysician , nis
success is astonishing.
We have heard of cases
of aa years' standing
q enrea oy
M him. Ha
publishes a
valnablo
work on
this dis-
se. which
he sends
.with a
Inrir. w
tie of his absolute core, free to any sufferers
who may send their P. O. and Express address.
We advise anv one wfahtnir A ram tn uiIiItm.
i rxaCw. B. PFfXft, 7. D.f 4 Cedar Zcw Tar
Blakeley & Houghton
175 Second Street - - The Dalles. Oregon
tnfinnniTixrUTr
Country and mail orders will receive prompt attention
NEW COLUMBIA HOTEL
$1.00 Per Day. First Class Meals
cents.
J, M. T00M6Y, PROPRIETOR'
COR FRONT and UNION STS. . . .
. -THE DALLES, OR.