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SATURDAY . . ..FEBRUARY 20 1897
ITEMS IN BRIEF.
. ! - - (From Saturday's Dally.)
! Hon. B. S. Huntington came up last
: - "night from Salem.
J. H. Cradlebaugh went to Hood
. River this afternoon to spend Sunday
with his family.
Rehearsals for the Dickens enter
tainment began last night. Watch the
paper for locals.
'i Judge Lowell, of Pendleton will lec
ture ia the Congregational church
next Tuesday evening.
- v The Benson house adjourned yester
. day to Monday at 10:30, and the senate
adjourned today to next Monday.
.' State Senator Will R. King, of Bak-
er City, is here attending circuit
court, having arriyed from Salem on
': last night's train.
Mr. Love met with the local min
strel troupe last evening and assigned
the majority of the characters for the
. coming entertainment.
J.W.Smith sold a clip of Lone
- Rock wool in San Francisco last week,
for 9 cents per pound. This wool had
been stored in Arlington at shearing
time, says the record.
The receipts of the charity ball given
last night were $145.25, and the ex
penses $45.25; leaving a balance of
$90.00, which amount the firemen have
. . turned over to Mr. John Crate.
The examination of teachers for
county certificates closed last evening.
Today there are two applicants for
" state certificates, one for state diploma
and one for state life diploma.
The joint convention at Salem met
- ' .today at noon, and 39 members were
either present or were excused by
Chairman Brownell. The convention
adjourned until noon next Monday. .
Engineer Lovell has today been ex
- amlnlno- the government reserve for
the boat-railwav with a view of mak
ing a report to the legislature with
reference to the proposed portage.
Yesterday afternoon the jury and at
torneys in the Osborn case were taken
onatriD over the city to view the
. place where the alleged robbery took
place and other points frequented by
. Rothery and the alleged robber.
S '. A big Scotchman, who has been
matdnar himself disagreeable on the
streets the past week, was landed in
- the city jail last night and has made
the vicinity of the jail musical with his
singing all day.
The success of last night's masquer
ade was largely due to the efforts of
. - Mrs. Burger and Mrs. Skibbe, who
. took charge of the ladies dressing
room and extended the greatest possi
ble courtesies to the lady maskers.
The Baker City Democrat is in
formed that a" rich strike has been j
made in the Don Juan mine, owned by
Kelly & Allen, in the Robinsonville
. district. It is said that the ore from
the mine will go at least $50 per sack.
At the masquerade last night "Un
cle" Josh Woodford was awarded a
ham for having sustained the most
comic character, and on Monday eve
' ning cext he proposes to give a ban
quet to his friends by serving that
ham, cooked in the most approved
style. -
Major and Mrs. Parker, 'command
ing officers of the North Pacific Diyis
'. ion of the Salvation Army, comprising'
Oregon, Washington and Idaho, will
visit The Dalles next Thursday and
t- Friday evenings. Thursday' evening
an admission of ten cents will be
charged, when the major will speak on
- their future pauper policy and housing
of the poor in America. Capt. Sherl-
dan of Seattle will accompany them
An interesting program has been ar
ranged. '
TheJDufur flouring mills have again
changed hands, Jones & Co. having
sold the property to William and W.
H. Helsler. The Dufur mills enjoy a
splendid reputation for producing
high grade flour, and it is the purposn
of the new proprietors to keep them
up to their past standard. The new
firm will be known as Heisler & Son,
and these gentlemen being well known
to the entire community, will be well
received among the many customers
of the mills.
City Marshal Lane, of Hillsboro, is
getting the tramp problem down to
fine point, says the Independent It
is his practice when he sees one of
these traveling gentlemen about town
to keep him in sight, and if the visitor
cannot show a habitation either at
one of the hotels or some other place
; after 6 o'clock in the evening, to put
him to bed in a cell at the city jail,
after first searching him. There the
tramp rests till morning, when Mr.
Lane turns him out with notice to
' leave town in half an hour or he will
work on the streets.
About 75 Jaclcson county farmers
have agreed to put out a quarter of an
acre each for the purpose of ascertain
ing the amount of beets the soil in
- that vicinity will produce, and also
the amount of sugar the beets contain.
Merchants of Medford have subscribed
a sufficient amount to procure the ne
cessary seed for making the test, so
that the farmers will only be out the
use of the land. If the test is favora-
ble, it is said there are those that
stand ready to put in a factory of suffi
cient capacity to use all the beets pro
duced in that valley
made almost new. and extensive re
pairs have been made in the cabin.
When The Dalles City goes into ser
vice again it will be comparatively
a new boat, as rood as any on the
river.
There is no lack of candidates for
Senator Mitchell's position, a number
of gentlemen having signified their
willingness to accept the honor.
Among those wbo would not object are
T. T. Geer. Judge Lowell, Chief Jus
tice Moore and Sol Hirsch.
The funeral services over the re
mains of Jessie Butler were held at
the M. E. church at 2 o'clock yester
day afternoon.Rev. J. H. Wood deliver
ing an eloquent and touching funeral
address. After the services at the
church a large concourse of friends
followed the remains to their last rest
ing place in Odd Fellows cemetery,
Saturday evening Judge Bradshaw
excused all the jurors in attendance
on circuit court. Court adjourned to
day until Feb. 26, after disposing of
the following cases: A. M. Williams
& Co. vs. J. E. McCormrck, Mary P,
McCormack vs. .T. E. McCormack, re
ferred to Geo. Dufur; Annie Urquhart
vs. Manhatten Insurance Co. settled
A. L. Sproule vs. Dalles National
bank, set for trial on first day of next
term.
Today A. Clemens, the man who was
arrested last Thursday evening in an
unoccupied house on the bluff, was
given an examination before Justice
Filloon, charged with having stolen a
blanket and quilt from a house belong
ing to Chas. Haight. Clemens defen
ded himself, and evinced some tact in
examining witnesses; but the chain of
circumstances against him was very
damaging, and he was bound over in
bonds of $200. in default of which he
was remanded to jail.
Some of the legislators who were in
the city yesterday were quite confident
a compromise of some kind would be
reached during the week whereby the
house of representatives would be al
lowed to organize. On what grounds
the compromise would be made, none
seemed to have a fixed opinion. In
the event of an organization the legis-
lature will likely remain in session 20
days, during which time, the general
appropriation bill will be passed, a few
laws will be repealed and some new
ones enacted.
The proposition to build a telephone
line between The Dalles and Prine-
ville, says the Journal, is receiving at
tention in Prineville. A considerable
amount of capital in Crook connty is
ready to invest in the enterprise, and
the proposition meets with favor
among the business men of that sec
tion. Phis is a matter in which The
Dalles can well afford to invest
capital, since telephone communica
tion would not only be a convenience
but would increase the business be
tween the two places.
Malheur county with a car load of fine
beef for Wood Bros.' market. Mr.
Wood says stock have wintered well
in Malheur, there having beeu vo
severe storms since November.
A gentleman by the name of Rine
hart is here from La Grande buyiug
stock hogs for the eastern market. He
has 179 at the stockyards which he in
tends shipping either to Kansas or
Nebraska.
Baker City has secured the next fire
men's tournament, having guaranteed
to bang $500 worth of prizes for the
regular tests and a special prize for a
hut-and-hub race. The tournament
will begin on June 8th.
Constipation In its worst forms, dys
pepsia, sick headache, biliousness and
spent
From Monday'soDally.
Mrs. J. M. Filloon went to Portland
today for short visit in that city.
Hon. W. H. - Biggs returned this
morning from a visit to Sherman.
Charlie Frazier's many friends will
be pleased to learn that he is now in a
fair way to recover from his serious
illness.
The case of the state vs. Dan Osborn,
indicted for larceny, was given to the
jury at 7:30 Saturday evening and after
being out about two hours the jury re
turned a verdict of not guilty.
- xesteraay tnere was a goodly re
presentation of Oregon lawmakers in
the city, Senators Harmon, Johnston,
Dufur and Micheli, and Representa
tive Huntington were here, but all
left on the afternoon rrain for the seat
of war at Salem.
At the session of the Davis house
yesterday, the Benson ites came near
capturing the meeting. Eight of them
were present when Davis called the
heuse to order, and took a hand in the
proceedings, passing a resolution ad
journed to 11:45 tonight.
Mr. Brooks, who has charge of the
repairs being made to the steamer
Dalles City, was up from Portland
yesterday, and stated that the boat
would be ready for service by the 1st
V f March. The hull of the boat has
.boen thoroughly overhauled,, in fjet
From Tuesday's Dally.
Hon. J. B. Hosford, of Moro,
today in the city.
The Misses Lay are both improving,
and their friends now feel confident of
their recovery.
Prof. J. S. Landers is quite ill, and
unable to attend his duties as teacher
in the high school.
Judge Bartholmew, of Morrow
county is in the city today visiting
friends and acquaintances.
bpring stiowera ana May day sun
shine have alternated today, supplying
a great variety of weather.
Receiver Biggs, of the land office
went to Wasco last night to look after
his interests in that place.
The local minstrels are getting them
selves in shape to appear in the roll of
burntcork artists in the near future.
Capt. J. W. Shaver and Capt. C. W,
Hosford, two prominent steamboat
men of Portland, were in the city to
day.
The genial Mr. Abrahams, of the
Mason, Ehrman Co. of Portland, made
one of his regular visits to the city to'
day.
W. M. English, of San Francisco,
spent the day in the city taking orders
among the city grocers for Babbitt's
soap.
W. A. Hendricks was in from Dufur
today and reports roads almost impass
able between that place and The
Dalles.
This afternoon Sheriff Driver left for
Salem taking with him Bert Haw
thorn who was committed to the asy
lum some time since.
There were only 33 senatormakers at
the jointconvention in Salem yester
day. Of course they didn't elect any
senator, but adjourned to noon today,
. Yesterday articles were filed with
the secretary of state incorporating
th Davidson Fruit Co., principal place
of business Hood River, capital stock
$1,000.
The management of the entertain
ment "Evenings with Dickens," have
secured the Vogt opera house for the
evenings of the 25th and 26th of this
month.
Mr. and Mrs. W. Lord, Mrs. D. M.
French and Mrs. H. S. Wilson, who
have been visiting in California the
past two months, returned home Sun
day night.
Wood dealers in The Dalles are long
ing for an up-stream wind on the Col
umbia to drive their scows loaded with
cord wood from the Cascade mountains
to The Dalles.
Judge Stephen A. Lowell and wife
arrived from Pendleton this morning.
The judge lectures in the congrega
tional church tonight, his subject being
'Thou Shalt Not."
The Dal'es Is soon to have a steam
laundry, a gentleman from Yakima
having leased the building on the cor
ner of Third and Jefferson streets for
that purpose.
This morning F. F. Graham, of
Chicago.left for the Prinevill-3 country
for the purpose of buying horses for
the Chicago market. He wants either
heavy dray horses or good roadsters,
Yesterday was a dull day at the
state capital. The senate convened at
2:30, and after the introduction of one
bill by Wade, adjourned. The Benson
house simply met and adjourned.
It is now reasonably safe to say that
Mitchell will not be elected senator, at
least at this session of the legislature,
Only 36 members answered to rollcall
in the joint convention at noon today,
Friday evening the gentlemen of the
M. E. church will give a social under
the auspices of the Good Intent
Society. The same program advertised
for last Friday's social will bo ren
dered.
The Indian camp, near Cottage
Grove, Lane county, was destroyed by
fire the other' morning. The Indians
all got drank and left the camp, and in
some way it caught fire and burned
with its contents.
J. H. Wood arrived last night from
derangement of the liver, are readily
cured by De Witt's Little Early Risers.
These pills never gripe. Small pill,
safe pill, best pill. Snipes-Kinersly
Drug Co.
Today the Denton place on Mill
Creek was sold at sheriff's sale to sat
isfy the judgment of I. F. Bains vs,
T. M. Denton et al for $2,G7o,68 to
gether with costs and was bid in by
the Western Investment Co. for
$2744.18.
On the 25th and 26th the ladies of
the Christian church, assisted by num
erous friends, will givea Dickens re
cital and pantomine entertainment at
the Vogt. About 80 of the prom
inentcharactersin Dickens' works will
be represented.
To cure a cold in one day take Lax
ative Bromo Quinine Tablets. All
druggists refund tht money if it fails
to cure, ia cents, J) or sale oy Biaiceiy
& Houghton.
Representative McKinley Mitchell,
of Marion county, is reported to have
deserted the Mitchell forces, and to be
in favor of any compromise that will
result in permanent organization of
the house. Other members of the
Benson house signify their intention
to pursue the same course before the
week ends.
The enterprising little-town of Burns
the county seat of Harney county,
proposes to have water works and elec
tric lights some time in the future.
The town council has granted a Iran
chise to a local company, allowing the
company four years in which to com
plete the water and light system.
An exchange puts the following lan
guage in tne mouth or one oi our
preachers: "The hand which made
tne mighty heavens made a grain of
sand; which made the lofty mountains
made a drop of water; which made you
made the grass in the field; which
made mo made a daisy." And here
the congregation bolted.
What is a poor, unfortunate creature
going to believe about the senatorial
contest anyway? One boss says Mit
chell can be elected any day, while
another boss declares he is a dead duck.
Judging from the capers of the legis
lature for the past35days one naturally
believes the statement that he is a
gone goslin. .
The Enterprise, of Wallowa county,
says from present indications the man
who has cattle to sell next spring will
have no diffiulty in disposing of them
at a good price. . A number of outside
buyers have been around to see what
can be got hold of in the rattle line,
and local buyers are offering $13 for
yearling steers and $17 for 2-year-olds.
Those are better prices than have pre-
vailed in that section-for several years.
.Hetty Ureen, the richest woman in
the world, repeats her father's advice
about money in these words: "It's
poor policy to lie awake nights think
ing how you can get the best of people
and planning how to cheat one's
neighbor. Instead, one should sleep
soundly, eat light and work hard, and
thus be in a condition to manage what
money one has and make plenty more."
In the list of congressmen published
in the Congressional Record, which
gives the age, occupation, etc., pf each
member, Senator John Sherman is put
down as 74 years of age and by occupa
tion a lawyer. Since Sherman entered
the 34th congress on Dec. 2, 1855, and
has never been out of office longer than
a day since, we would think he ought
to be put down as an officeholder. If
41 years of office holding don't make a
man a professional officeholder what
would?
We may reasonably .expect pretty
high water here next season. Im
mense quantities of snow have fallen
in the Rocky mountains during the
winter, and twelve inches of snow has
fallen in the Big Bend country sinee
Thursday morning. In the country
immediately about Watervihe it is
said there are now three feet of saow
on the ground, while in some of the
districts lying 10 or 15 miles out, the
depth is greater. Various estimates,
ranging Irom three to five feet, are
made on the total snowfall in that sec
tion this winter.
THE At, MASQUE.
It Was a Grand Social Sncces and the
Maskers liad a Fine Time.
Mask balls are always pleasant affairs
and furnish abundance of amusement
both for the participants and the spec
tators, but the one given by Jackson
Engine Co. at the Vogt opera last
Friday was unusually pleasant, be;
ing one of the best events of the kind
ever given in the city.
From 8 to 9 o'clock gaily bedecked
characters began coming into the hall
singly and in pairs, and when at 9 the
orchestra opened with the grand
march, there were some 60 maskers on
the floor, representing all manner of
characters, many of which were really
unique and indicated that much care
had been exercised in the selection of
costumes.
Probably the most attractive feature
on the floor was the parties represent
ing Jackson Hose Co. No. 1, established
in 1863, and called to the mind of many
an old fireman the difficulties en
countered while fighting fire in the
early days, with apparatus that was
crude and inefficient. A crude hose
cart had been provised, carrying some
100 feet of garden hose, and when an
alarm was sounded the mock firemen
responded to the call, though their
cart broke down on the way. Many
handsome costumes were noticed upon
the floor, and numerous cnaracters
were well sustained so when the judges
were called upon to award the several
prizes, it was no easy task. Agreement
was finally reached, however, and
when the decision of the judges was
announced, it was accepted as just by
maskers as well as spectators. The
prizes were awarded as follows:
Lady characters Richest costume
Mrs. Byrnes, Spanish girl; best bus
tained character, Miss Emma Jacob-
sen, railroad train; best waltzer, Mrs.
Teague, morning.
Gentlemen characters Richest cos
tume, Fred Burchtsorf, Mexican Don;
best sustained character, Fred Lemke,
colonial duke; best waltzer, M. Han
sen, summer dude: most comical char
acter, Joe Woodford, apple pedler.
Best group firemen Bill Gosser,
Arthur Stubling, Fred Burchstorf.
Those who appeared en masque
were:
LADIES.
Pauline Drews, Mother Hubbard;
Theora Jensen, sunflower; Ellen Jen
sen, cook; Ida Burchstorf, flower girl;
Mrs. Bunnell, morning glory; Emma
Jacobsen, railroad train; Retta Aiken,
Spanish dancer: Mrs. Wyke, little
girl; Mrs. Geo. Webber, gold stand
ard; Mrs. Harding, kite; Mrs. Byrnes,
Spanish girl; Mrs. Blagdon, Turk;
Rose Wilkins. - school girl; Mrs.
Teague, morning; Christina Phirman,
night; Annie Patterson, Grecian lady;
Mamie Patterson, Scotch lassie; Mrs.
Melquist, domino; Lea Nelson, domi
no; Mrs. Nickelsen, night; Lena Bel-
mer, Ureclan costume.
GENTLEMEN.
J. Jacobsen and H. Butts, firemen;
, Butts, negro woman; Bill Goeser,
negro; Claud Kelsay, ' Topsy; Arthur
Stubling, Fred Burchstorf, Jackson
Hose Co. No. 1; B. Hansen, dude; Ed.
Burchstorf, clown: Arthur Bang, sher
iff Wasco county; J. W. Douthit,
smoker; August Bostrous, What is it?
Henry Snipes, tramp; Jas. McCowan,
hobo; Will Frank, Josh Spruceby;
C. Murray, sport; Fred Snipes, Scot
tish chief; Geo. Moabus, marquis;
Will Norman, dude coon; Frank
Huott, Uncle Sam; Frank Sandrock,
Spaniard; Harry Hampshire, Spanish
cavalier; F. W. Blagdoa, Modoc In
dian; Tom Ward, Sultan of Turkey;
A. Richardson, Uncle Sam; IE. Ward,
French soldier; Joe Woodford, apple
peddler; R. Frank, Lafayette; August
Deckard, Ole Olesen; I. C. Lewis,
g-oldbu: P. Ekman, Turkish zouave;
Charlie Frank, Robin Hood: Charlie
Burchstorf, Mexican Don; Bob Teague,
Sioux Indian; M. Hansen, summer
dude; R. Hasell, Barnum's clown; F.
Lemke, colonial dude; C. Frank, for
tune teller; E. G. Moore, football play
er; M. Cushing; Cuban liberty; Joe
Studenecker, Gen. Weyler.
man of the Knights of Labor, has
written a sensational letter to the In
dustrial Advocate, with Private Dal
zell's exhortation for war with a foreign
nation as his text. He declares tbiit
secret revolutionary societies, known
as the Iron Brotherhood and the In
dustrial Army are being organized in
every part of the country, with their
members leagued together to resort to
war as a means of obtaining "remedies
for the populace" which they cannot
secure by the ballot. He deprecates
Private Dalzell's talk as being in a line
which might tend dangerously to fan
this sentiment into flame. He aserts
that should a revolution come, he will
not be among the cowards now on the
side of the plutocratic classes.
HIS GRACE'S SUSPENDERS.
Clever Rose by Which the Duke of Wel
lington's Autograph Was Secured.
It is well known that, toward the lat
ter years of the duke of Wellington's
life, it was next to impossible to coax or
wheedle his autograph out of him. All
the stratagems used to get a reply from
him to letters failed; he either did not
answer them at all, or directed his pi
rate secretary to do so; and thus.be
famous signature of "Wellingto.-" be
came a rarity highly prized lr collec
tors. Apropos of this, Answerftells of a
London lady who had arjL-ilbum gar
nished with the autografts of most of
the great men of the dgr, but wanted
that of the "Great Capt-in." She men
tioned her distress to. friend, a certain
Mr. H., and a few da s after he, to her
great surprise anr7 pleasure, brought
her a note from tb hand of the victor of
Waterloo. It ra; thus:
"Field Marshl Duke of Wellington
never orderedi pair of braces of Messrs.
Simkin. If 1 M. duke of Wellington
had ordered the articles he could not
forget it. M. duke of Wellington al
ways paysfor liis braces."
This ws 0 very odd document for a
lady's alhim, but its authenticity was
undoubtfl, and it therefore found tho
best pla in the interesting collection.
The ye.y in which this singular note
was elcited was this:
Mr. H. filled up one of the bank
ruptcy court forms and signed it, iu
forminr the duke that in winding up
the aiairs of Messrs. Simpkins, he (tho
assigree) found on their books the sum
of 6a (1 due by his grace for a pair of
bracev which he requested the duke
would immediately pay or have paid.
Mr. I.'a ruse was founded on pure
fictkn, bat it succeeded.
or Over Fifty kears.
An Old and Well-Tried Rem
edy. Mrs. Wiuaiow's Soothing Syrup
nas Deen used ior over nlty years by
millions of mothers for their children
while teething, with perfect success
It soothes the child, softens the erums.
allays all pain, cures wind colic, and is
tne best remedy for diarrhoea. Is
pleasant to the taste. Sold by drug
gists in every part ot the world,
Twenty-five cents a bottle. Its value
is uncaleulable. Be sure and ask for
Mrs. Winslow's Soothing Svruo. and
taKe no otner land.
Mr. J.P.Betl, Otitatcatomie, Kan,
wue oi tne eaitor or The Graphic, the lead
ing local paper of Miami county, writes
"X team trouble ritH Heart Oimeame
for six years, severe palpitations, short
ness of breath, together with such ex
treme nervousness, that, at times I would
walk the floor nearly all night. We
consulted the best medical talent.
Zey MM f Acre ca no helj for tnm,
was i naa organic atmase of the heart for
Which there was no remedy. I had read
your advertisement In The Graphic and
a year ago, as a last resort, tried one bottleof
Jr. Mil em" Jew Cairo or the Beart,
which convinced me that there was true
merit In it. 1 took three bottles each of the
Heart Cure and Bestorative Nervine and
It completely cure me. X mleej
well at night, my heart beats regularly and
I have no more smothering spells. I wish
to say to all who are suffering as I did;
there's relief untold for them If they will
only give your remedies Just one trlaL"
Dr. Miles Heart Cure is sold on a posttrvw
leeinatuienrst Dottle will benefit.
KINCAID'S FBUiiJNH ANIF1S.
His Beport Shows Some Uttneoessary
prases Have Been Cut Off.
There are several features of Secre
tary of State Kincaid's report to the
legislature which are both interesting
and enjoyable reading to the taxpay
ers.
one sensible move on his part was
when he stopped paying out the state's
money for newspapers to state officers
formerly a state otneer would take as
many newspapers as he wanted and
the state would pay for it. Secretary
Kincaid stopped all this and the news
papers (some of them) have been abus
ing him for it; but the saving to the
state in two years has reached nearly
$2000. .
Under the head of disallowed claims
appears another item of interest to
the taxpayer: $6,696.89 in the claim of
John H. Hall for services to the state
as deputy district attorney of Multono-
mah county, struck out by the secreta
ry's pen. Out of the $8000 appropriat
ed for the indigent poor of the coun
ties the secretary has covered $6,736
back into the treasury. He has cut
down the average cost of conveying
convicts to tyie penitentiary, from
$57.56 under his predecessor to $15.51,
thereby saving the state a little over
$5000 in the two years. He has also
by careful auditing covered $2000 into
the state treasury from the fund for
conveying insane, haying reduced
the average price of oonyeving each
person considerably.
it is interesting to note the item
about weighing paper for state print
ing. Before Mr. Kincaid's time the
many tons of paper used annually was
not weighed to see if it came up to the
weight bid on. Mr. Kincaid had suit
able scales purchased and in the first
invoice thereafter found a shortage of
several hundred pounds, amounting
to $19 on just one order. Pow many
hundred dollars the state has ' in the
past lost in this way no one knows,
Probably here was one reason why the
state printer's office cost the taxpayers
so much more.
That the secretary has used impar
tiality in applying the pruning knife
to the expenditure of public money is
shown by the fact that he has covered
about $1000 back into . the treasury
from the amount appropriated to pay
clerical aid in his own behalf, and
this notwithstanding the fact that
the work of his office has been in
creased, as he estimates,' w per cent
during the last two years by the aud
lting of all bills by the secretary of
state instead of sending the money out
by the executive committees or other
officers of the different state institu
tions to audit the claims and payout
the money at pleasure, as was the
former custom. East Oregonian.
THL EFFECT WAS STARTLING.
Consternation Caused by a Cry of Fire in
a Philadelphia Tailor Shop.
Ne:6 door to the office of a popular
magistrate in the central portion of
that citj there is a small tailor shop
which ins this sign in the window:
"TroUflan pressed while you wait."
Quite a number of politicians frequent
the magistrate's office, says the Phila
delphia Record, and they often drop
into the Uilor shop to have the "bags"
taken out of their trouser knees. One
day latelySelect Councilman "Tommy"
Jtyan and anumber of up-country dele
gates were litting in the tailor's back
room while their respective pantaloons
were being roneo. iiepresentativp
John n. Fow,.who ia forever on the
lookout to plaj a practical joke, passed
the door of the shop and took in the
situation at a glance. Mr. Fow raised
his mighty fog-horn voice in one wild
cry of ".Fire!. The effect w in
stantaneous and startling. Mr. RyaU,
the first to dash through the shop door, '
was clothed, as to his nether extremi
ties, in flaring scarlet. Two of the
country politicians wore gray , and
white, but the third wore, besides the
startled look upon his face, not much
of anything. His "biled" shirt was
pretty long, but it did not prevent the
few pedestrians on the street from see
ing his bare knees knocking together
with fright. When the victims real
ized the triak that had been played
upon them they scurried back to
shelter.
THE CUEKKSH1P CANDAL.
It la a Growing Menace to the Taxpayers
of the State.
The Oregonian's Salem correspon
dent gives the following explanation
of how 67 clerks happened to be em
ployed by the state senate:
The labor that the 67 senate-committee
clerks did not do for the state and
for which all are to be paid, will pass
into history as one of the real achieve
ments of the present session. With
the exception of the engrossing com
mittee, the ways and means committee,
the judiciary committee and perhaps
the printing committee, there-was al-.
most nothing to do in the way of regu
lar senate business. Sompi the
clerkt have scarcely beeveen since
the opening of the seston. Others
have been on hand defy, and, having
been duly emptied and having report
ed regulary for duty, they of course
have a valid claim for compensation.
The nrollioe committee never had a
sile bill before it, none having been
Aally enacted and passed to enroll
ment There were 10 clerks on this
committee. The rai'road committee,
of which Senator Brownell is chair
man, had three clerks. Ho tried
very hard to get one more. A
single clerk would havo been more
than enough. No injustice is done to
Brownell when it is said that he has as
little regard for the interests of the
state as any member of the legislature.
In this particular matter his record is
very vulnerable. He was all but con
victed last Friday of deliberate mis
representation id having stated to the
republican csucus that 125 clerks were
employed two years ago. The actual
Dumber was about one-half. Senator
Selling charges that it was due entire
ly to Brownell's statement that the
caucus agreed to the employment of 56
clerks. The real blame, however,
rests upon the republicans In accepting
Brownell's statement without investi
gation. Most of them knew Brownell.
EFFECT OF TIME.
rlECTHlu LOCOMOTIVES.
Some
to
New French Ones Expected
Make 10O .Miles an Hour.
A new electric locomotive of large
dimensions, calculated to draw trains
of double the weight of those attached
to ordinary engines at a rate of 62
miles an hour, has been tried with
success on the Western Railroad of
France line, The first experiment of
this kind were madu ip J 893 between
Havre and Buezville with an electric
locomotive, which behaved well
throughout the trial trip.
Owing to the success of this machine,
the company's engineer's constructed
two larger locomotives, and it is one
of these which has just been tested,
It is 57 feet long and 1,350 horse power,
In spite of their size, they wear out the
rails less than ordinary locoin dives
as the weight is distributed on eight
axleslnsteo4 of four or five.
They $re safer than the others,
owing to their elastic character, which
enables them to make curves with
security at full speed. Great things
are. in fact, expected from thete oi
trivannes, which, when perfected, will
do 100 to 115 miles an hour.
RUBBER-TIRED CAB9.
The Londouer Sow Cliues Over the Streets
IVltuuut a Jar.
Dancing has oicii i.c&cribed as the
poetry oi luoi.un, ui.il ,i;i naps it was at
the time liiu uiacnjiUuii wu penned;
hut that was boiuc iiue ago, says the
JSew lurk ii.ui-pi-iititut. lo-tluy the
poetry oi' mot.uu is iwui.d in driving in
p i uuui-i-iucu i..i.t'ii. iU u v CI u v OIX1
puveu Lutitiou battl. rorunles you
guue uioii,', bt-aict-ij conscious that you
uie moving until $ uui- course is arrested
py a bloc&iug ul iiati.s near Hyde i'ark
jcorner. conVei&at.ou is ever inter
rupted hy a tli .vc in iuudou. indeed.
JX you want u lew quiet words alone
yvitii a friend, tne Liest uav to yet thein
14 to tuke u cap. 1 l.ci c, uu.s there
be someiluu in yuur uiuuuer to excite
the dri er' curiuoity or suspicion which
may induce him to ucu tne trap door
in the top ot the cub and listen, you are
as secluded us you would be in your
own boudoir. 1 don't uiun now many
hansom cabs there are in London, but!
know that there are t least 15,645, for
1 saw that number on the uack of one.
So that you are never at a loss for them.
. Woman So Old That Her Muscles Bans
like Shreds on Sticks.
In the Cornhill Magazine a writer
thus records a visit to an Egyptian
domicile situated upon the Kile: "We
went into the hut after some hesi
tation (the dragoman whispered there
were 'ladies' there) and found a vigor
ous old man telling his Mussulman
beads cross-legged upon a mud bench,
and on the floor bent over the fire the
oldest looking human being I eversaw-
alive. Mummies I have seen, and won
dered not that they were dead, but in
what part of her withered desiccated
frame that old woman found space to
keep the stern, vital energies that lined
her grim, carved face I can sarcely
guess. She looked no more living than
seaweed does dried and stretched on
paper.
'Her arms, her legs (thrust almost
into the fire) were so shrunken that
the long leathern flesh and flaccid
muscles hung round them like dangling
shreds on sticks. Round her neck
were beads of wood and round her
wrists leathern bracelets (though, to
be sure, I cannot feel certain they
were not folds of skin) and oi her face
lurked not only lines, but gillies and
passages they seemed so leep and
fallen. But for the oecasonal up
turned glance of her cold, uiquestion
ing eye I could not have suiposed her
anything else than one of tie earliest
, and best preserved of thi remotest
queens of Egypt ' ' .
I " Tbe old man gave us lusty wel
come' and sent for milk an dates and
i filled ourvpGeteti-ne slowed us his
! long f;pcar that hung agStiStthe wall,
. and told me' with a proud gesture that
, he had often killed his man, but flora
. often with the sword, and, taking m?
I by the shoulder, showed me fiercely
I how he used to do it. He was ninety
' years old and had never been farther
from home than Assouan, and then
only once. All his sons sat and stood
around us,-and in ' the background
against the mud granary white teeth
glimmered and the broad, black faces
pf the women shone, I asked him
what present he would like and he
asked for a little rice and a little black
coffee. All the time he clutched and
fingered his Moslem rosary, which,
when I admired it, he wanted me to
accept. The son came back with us to
the dahbeah and carried off the coffee
and rice in envelopes, to which I added
a handful of cigarettes and a couple of
oranges, with particular injunctions
that one was to be given to the old
gentleman."
SCHOOL -ELECTIONS.
All drofffrlglnaell ltAtsl. S hottlna ln,u
Dr. Mfles' Heart Cure
Restores Health
WARNED BY SOVEREIGN.
I Says Private DaixeU's Remark will Lead
to Civil War.
-' Chicago, Feb. 14. A Times' special
from Denver says:
I ? X. ft. Sovereign, grand master work-
-
.'They Are the People."
The legislators of Qregqn and Wash
ington ar now in session, and for the
time beipg "they are the people.
The day is not far distant, though, be
fore many ef them, like their predeces
sors, will for obvious reasons wish they
hid never seen the respective- state
houses. Of course they will all re
member some pleasant features con
nected with the service of tbeir con
stituents, such as free entertainment.
pisses, etc.; but between the "pull " of
the office seeker, the fine and coarse
work of the lobby meaiber and the
thousand and one vexations, many
will get eppugh of the "good thing.
But the citizepa who spend this same
season their time and money traveling,
and wbo use the Wisconsin Central
lines between St. Paul or Minneapolis
and Chicago or Milwaukee will be sub
ject to no such annoyances. They will
get the best service on earth and a
square meal at reasonable cost. For
particular address Geo.. S. Batty,
Gen'l Agent, 246 Stark St., Portland.
Or.; or call on your nearest ticket
agent.
The Old Question of Who Can Tote
Brought Up.
An extract from the opinion of the
attorney-general on the qualification of
school electors was embodied in a letter
from Superintendent of Public Instruc
tion Irwin to County School Superin
tendent Armstrong, of Marion county.
The gls of the attorney-general's
opinion is that an elector at a school
meeting must be 21 years old and a
citizen of the United States; must
have resided in the state six months
preceeding the election and in the dis
trict 30 days immediately preceeding
the election; must have property on
Which he op She pays a tax and in case
they have no property then In districts
oi less than 1,000 inhabitants an- elec
tor must be the parent of children of
school age.
This opinion it should be borne in
mind, ia based solely upon statutory
law, irrespective of section 2 of article
II of the state constitution, wherein it
is provided that eyery male citizen of
the United States of the age -of 21 and
upwards, who has resided in the state
during the six months Immediately
preceeding the ejection, and every
male of 21 and upwards of foreign birth
who was resided in the state six
months immediately preceeding the
election, having declared his intention
to become a citizen of the United
States one year prior to the election,
shall be entitled to vote at all elec
tions authorized by law.
The attorney-general takes the
position that it is not a part of his
duty in this opinion to pass upon the
constitutional question, as any law
regularly enacted and placed upon the
statute books is operative, until some
tribunal having proper jurisdiction
declares it otherwise. The supreme
court, it is suggested, is the proper
forum in which po determine that
question.
Uemselves as favorable to Senator Mi
ciell's bill, and there is little question
bit they will report it favorably. This
is encouraging to the friends of the
imasure, since the majority of the com
mittee, Senators Harmon and John
soc,, are residents of Western Ore
gon, and a favorable report from,
then will huve good effect in seci'ring
ts pfcsago through the sr"r'. Of
coune, in view ofthe unsettled state
of atVirs at aliD", it may be impos
sible, ever iTthe bill is passed by the
senate to get favorable action in the
hoo in case that body organizes,
bough should it not go through this
session, it will have a good chance in
the next, provided active work on the
boat-railway Is not commenced in the
mean time.
CHANCE FOR YOUNG DOCTORS.
Can Go to South Africa and Blake a Mint
of Money,
There is a promising field open for
young physicians in South Africa. Ac
cording to a letter received by the Lon
don Telegraph from a lady who pro
fesses to know South Africa well, the
openings for irood doctors are numer
ous and inviting. She says: "The
scarcity of medical men in South Africa
Is very great, and their numbers are
very inadequate for the population.
am speaking of Cape Town, Johannes
burg and liarberton. There seems to
be no reliable oculist, optician or
dentist in either of these places. A
lady who has recently gone to Jo
hannesburg with her children writes
that people residing there and requir
ing an optician must go to Uurban. Ail
who can afford it come home to have
their eyes and teeth attended to, and,
as this is expensive and inconvenient,
many suffer much pain and injury.
Many ladies endure the fatigue of travel
and come to England when they require
special care rather than place them
selves in the hands of the doctors at
present available. 1 understand the
mortality in Johannesburg is appalling.
Many are there quite alone, and, having
no one to attend to them in sickness,
go to the hospital, where they usually
die. I should state that the patients
are not admitted free, but pay about
(20 weekly. It seems to me most
strange that this state of things should
exist, especially as there are so many
doctors here who complain of scarcity
oi patients."
WILL SHE TRUNDLE HOOPS?
It Is Hinted That This Will Be Woman's
Next Fad.
Everything is new now and nothing
lasts! There is no repose In the mod
ern woman. She is utterly unable to
remain at home in dignified obscurity.
but must needs scamper oil to where
people most do congregate, says .Lon
don Truth. Display, excitement,
movement and novelty are the things
which she craves for. The rage for
skating at the real ice rink continued
tor about three months, and then fash
ion suddenly switched May Fair on to
the bicycle. This in its turn is already
commencing to lose the charm of nov
elty, and those whose vanity forces
them to be the first to do whatever is
peculiar are beginning to turn their at
tention to trundling hoops. Being on'
essentially solemn people, however,
whenever we lapse into frivolity we jus
tify our folly by serious argument. It
appears that trundling a hoop and spin
ning a top are altogether better forma
of exercise than are either skating or bi
cycling. The first strengthens the
spinator longus, the triceps and tho
latissimus dorsi, while the latter gives
play to the deltoid and the extensor
carpi radialis longior. That being the
case, no reasonable objection can be
raised to our women running along the
streets trundling their hoops or spin
ning tops in the park. ui
Laid to Rest. . V
ie funeral services of the lateessie
Butle'held at th M. E. jjrtfrch., last
Sunday afernoon, wfcr'Vorylargely
attended. An TKftS?"9 V
pointed
deep feelinsr of loss and bereavemeulJ
The entire church was packed, the hall
way being filled with young men wjio
stood during the entire service.
That a universal feeling of sorrow
filled all hearts was forcefully expressed
by the extreme quiet and stillness that
prevailed the vast audiance. The ex
ercises were opened by the pastor,
Rev. J. H. Wood, with the customary
scripture reading of the M. E. church.
A quartette sang an opening hymn
"Lead, Kindly Kight," then prayer
was offered by the pastor, being fol
lowed by a solo by Miss Elliott, of
Portland, feelingly rendered.
The pastor introduced his remarks
by relating somo bits of history of
Jessie's life, and began his address by
using a favorite quotation of hers and
one she had repeated to her mother
the night previous to ber deaah, "I
know that my -redeemer liveth." He
touchingly alluded to her conversion
in the church, and feelingly spoke of
her zeal for the work of saving souls.
Her sense of duty was clear and defi
nite, and she faithfully performed her
work. Her influence for good was felt
by all her loving friends in the Ep
worth League, the Sunday school, the
church and the public school, all knew
that Jessie was moved by a divine
power to accomplish good. Under this
new born and holy influence, her social
and religious development was rapid
and most marked.
On her sixteenth birthday she care
her name to the church and Epworth
League, and when the Queen Esther
a. An nrag"" -r,- -
peoplo bfaOtl
eager to'abdw in tbislfiV
(wu
. t:' .ia
The highest claim for other
tobaccos is "Just as
good a3 Durham."
Every old smoker
knows there is none just
as good as
dkwei&'s
DHAGS
You win find one coupon inside
each t wo ounce bag, and two cou
pons msiae eacii lour ounce
bagot iilackV7cU s Durham.
Buy a beg of this cele
brated tobacco and read the
coupon which gives a list
of valuable presents and how
g to get them.
THE CELEBRATED
Colu
nibia
J3
rewery
. AUGUST BUCHLER, Prop.
This well-known brewery is now turning oat the best Beer
and Porter east of the Cascades. The latest appliances for the
manufacture of good healthful Beer have been introduced, and
caly the first-class article will be placed on the market.
East Second Street
The Dalles,
Oregon
Fruit Boxes of -mm m
AT PRICES TO SUIT THE TIMES. ;
Teach Boxe3 $5 00 per J 00
Gantalope Grates $9 50 per 100
Lumber and Building Materials at proportionate prices.
ROWE & CO.
The Clarendon
RESTAURANT
OPEN DAY AND KIGHT
Tables supplied with all delica
cies. ' Oysters in any style.
Special inducements to perma
nent boarders,
JOHN OONjIUUE, Proprietor.
0. IC
LTH?WWB
tmiiiiimnniinmuinnRji
THE DALL
National
OP DA
President. . . .
Vick-Presidsn
Cashier. ,
1
LLESr
I
lousiness TranrnZlrX
General Banki
fl a. at
Indiana- bi-'
6' Chicago, 8AW FaA.
- 0800 JfOBTLAOTV -
i rotPglTiigrrmliiiJiiiTia
HND BHTH HOUSE.
Hair cutting, shavine and shampoo
ing in the most approved style. Open
frem 7:?0 A. M. to 10 P. M
Junes
MCCOY. - -
110 Second Street.
PROP.
BARBOUR'S
IRISH FLAX
SALMON NET THREADS
AND
DOUBLE
Salmon
KNOT
GiL. Netting
SEINES TWINJ3
Cotton and Manilla Rope
Cotton Fisli Netting
Fibh Hooks, Lines Etc.
HENRY DOYLE & GO.
517. 519 Market St
SKN FBXNCISCO.
micaf srtoTT 1i1a uraa frrm CkA aho a r I i
tered heartily into that. At ber death Sole Agents for the Pacific Coast
she was 3d vice-president of the
League. How we shall miss her, but
for her, "to die was gain;" she cannot
return to us, but we may go ly her.
In our chartered grief 'we are con
soled by the Christian hope, "Though
absent from tho body, present with the
Lord," apd there iu bliss supreme Bhe
waits our coming. The floral offerings
were numerous and very beuutiful.
The league, her class in the public
school and many friends sending
tokens of loving remembrance.
Farewell, young, loyal Chri3tian
soldier, we meet no more this side of
heaven, but in joyous expectation we
wait the glad reunion.
Leave
Your Orders
For Dressed Chickens,
Fish, Fine Dairy But
ter, Eggs, Fruits and
Vegetables of all kinds,
Coal and Ice, at .' .
The Dalles Commission Co's
STORE
Office corner Second and Washington
PHONKS 1S8 AND SSS
fat Clocd Sample Room
THE DAL.LES, OIV
BeSt Kentucky Whisky
FROM '.OTJfcVUXE. "
Very Best Key West Clgart and Beat
of Wines.
English Porter, Ale and Milwaukee
Beer always on hand.
THE DALLES
Cigar Factory
OpMtittf 4a Iqipleaaot Warehouse
MAETZ & PUNDT. PROPRIETORS
HARRY LIEBE,
I
FACTORY NO. 105
BALDWIN
WILL BEPOET FAVOBABtr,
Cigars of the Best Brands manufac
tured, and orders from all parts of the
country niiea on tne snortest notice.
The reputation of THE DALLES
CIGAR has become firmly established,
and the demand for the home manufao-
. ured article is increasing every day,
A, ULR1CH b SON.
r
t
AND SEALER Ut
Cluik Watches. Jewelry. Et
R EPA T RING A SPECIALTY.
TOOT
THE DALLES.
BLOCK,
- - - OREGON
Latest Style
Lowest Profits
: In Mens and Boys
The 8nte CpRunittea Thinks VfM ot th
Portage Road Proposition,
The senate committee on commerce
and navigation, composed of Senators
Harmon, Johnson and Dufur, arrived
here on Saturday night's train, and
were taken in a private car Sunday
to the proposed route of the Celilo
portage road in company with a com
mittee of the Commercial Club. They
made as careful examination of the
ground as was possible in the limited
time ffiven them, and returned well sat. TUTTiT IT. CT ST AT.T, TTOTTR R I HONEST VALUES IN
lsnea tnat tne proposed portage would
Job .
Printing:
RestauranT Goods.
MENS FURNISHINGS. :
Y4 Front Street.
be of great benefit to the Inland Em- j
pireand that the appropriation of $195,-
000 for Its construction jvould be a judi
cious expenditure of state funds.
In conversation with a rep-.-esenta-
tive of the Times-Mount aineeb, the
members of the committee expressed
Oysters in every style. Fish
and Game ir season.
Regular Dinner from 11:30 to : :
GEOROR HERBERT. Majucer .
Dr. Price's Cream Baking Powder
Awarded GoU Wid ltidwiaUr Mr. Stm Fnaaaca,
Boots ana S&oes
Of all kinds done on short
notice and at reasonable
rates at this office.
Troy Laundry Go's
OFFICE t
c
F. STEPHENS
134 Second Street.
Max Door to the Dalles Rational Bank
Telephone Vos. JOO and
.1, 1. fl-Lll. d.!. .
Faoiilv work at reduced rates. Wash wii.j
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sad delivered free. .
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