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.AUGUST 21, 1897
ITEMS In brief.
(From Saturday's Daily 0
Frank Malone and family, of Ante
lope, are visiting In the city.
Malcom Mclnis and family have
to Moffet Springs for a week a
aV ' '' '
Today C. M. Grlme9 shipped a car
load of cattle to the Union Meat Co.
atTroutdale.
Mrs. J. W. Talbott, of Portland, was
visiting in the city last night an3 left
on th boat tSls morning for home.
: Mrs: John Bonn and children left
on the boat this morning for Portland
to spend a month visiting in that city.
:' Refreshments will be seated on the
Regulator tonight by the ladies of St.
Peter's church during the excursion.
The wool shipments from here east
ark fromwnr-W- fiva cars daily, the
bulk of the wool having already been
moved.
It is rumored that Prof. Chapman,
president, of the Stole University at
Eugene, WuTEender his resignation to
y the board of regents.
Two 'cars of Wallowa County hogs
arrived' here last night and were
SATURDAY.
flWnjU W " r mJ
I They were en route to Seattle.
i - ' ' . , a. .Li. I JNan
---wnAarri8 ieis tain luuruug - "u
outing at Ocean Park where his family
' are spending the summer. Mr. Harris
will be absent from the.otty a week.
V- An adjuster for the Hamburg
Bremen Insurance Co. was in the city
: yesterday' adjusting the losses occa
sioned by the fire Wednesday night.
Mr. and Mrs. Jones and Mr. and
Mrs. Cooper, all of White Salmon,
were In the city last night going to
the Three Sisters for a summer outing.
Lutheran services will be held in
the court house tomorrow for the last
". time, as ' the basement of the new
hurch will be ready for use next
Sabbath. -- '
CM. Grimes has returned from
Crook county, where he bought a con-
; . siderable number of beef for the Union
Meat Co. -He will have several car
loads here next week.
W. H." Moore came in from Moro
this morning. He says harvest is pro
gressing nicely in Sherman county,
and the yield is fully up to the expec
5pBjHhe farmers.
--.Dout all of the fall wheat and early
f-spring grain In the vicinity of Dufur,
t. aAaA ' mil n. . number of
t a UVW . UtJOTUW, . ......
.c threshers are running in that section,
says Henry Hudson,, who is in the city
today,
V Next , Thursday evening Temple
Lodge, No. 3, will give a social to
members. Refreshments will -" be
; served, and the workings "of new
graded assessment plan will be ex-
! plained-,. All Workmen are invited.
The O. R. & N. Co. and D. P. & A,
TJ. Cm. will ha taxed to their full cap
" acity to move the wheat that will be
offered them at The "Dalles this fall,
and it is doubtful if they can secure
--dock room and storage at Portland for
: the grain as fast as it is offered. .
George Dufur has a severe attack of
. Klondike fever, that nothing will cure
except a trip to that northern region.
George is shaping his affairs so as to
be -ready to go on one of the first ex-
- neditlntis next sDrinsr. and expects, to
start some time in February or March
iJThis morning F. Drews, Jim Heater
and two other men started on a pros
pecting tour in the Cascade mountains.
Their destination Is a point some 30
miles bevond McCoy creek, near Mt
Ranier. They had a good prospectin
-and" sufficient provisions to last
them until winter.
Fears were expressed a few days ago
that the tournament would be a failure
for want of funds to offer sufficient
prizes, but all such fears are now re
moved. The people of The Dalles will
never allow a few hundred dollars to
stand in the way of making anything
they undertake a success.
The Steamer Geo. W. tlder re
turned to Portlond yesterday from her
first trio to Dyea. Passengers who re
turned on the boat say there are from
1700 to 2000 people at Skaguay and
Dyea who are preparing to go across
to Klondike. Many of them, it is
thought, - will not be able to get oyer
the mountain and some will return on
the steamers that coem down this fall
: Rev. L. Gray and wife returned last
night from Oregon City where Mrs.
Gray spent a pleasant vacation' during
. the month of July and part of this
- month. Mr. Gray joined his wife at
. Oregon City a week ago, and has sptn
the time since then visiting friends in
that city. Both Mr. and Mrs. Gmy
have been Improved by their vacation
and will enter upon their labors here
with renewed energy.
' A grain -buyer of this city, says the
Walla Walla Statesman, has been
-making estimates from reports sen
him by correspondents in Spokane,
Whitman and Lincoln counties. His
-estimate is 4,000,000 bushels of wheat
in Spokane county, 8,000,000 in Whit
man. 3.000.000 in Lincoln, or a total
for three counties of 15,000,000 bushels.
If to this be added estimate of 4,000,
000 bushels for Walla Walla, 3,000,000
for Adams. 700.000 for Yakima and
Kittitas, and 3,000,000 for Northern
Idaho, the total would be 25,000.000
V huhels.- r
; Father McFadder, parish priest of
! Gwendore, County Donegal, Ireland,
arrived here last evening and has
li. spent the day in the city, the guest of
CoL Slnnott at the Umatilla House
Father McFadder was a prominent
"-" character in the celebrated Mary'
t' borough, prison : trials, and has ever
V been an opponent of the oppression to
f,$he people of Ireland practiced by the
landlords. His mission to America is
' to raise funds for the construction of a
cathedral at Lellerkenny, Ireland.
: Father McFadder is a typical Irish
gentleman, one of those wholesouled
persons whom it is a pleasure to meet,
: and make friends readily wherever he
" goes. : .
From Monday's Daily.
v Mrs. Buchler returned by Saturday's
boat from Portlan3.
Claim Agent D. E. Hal!, of the O
. & NV, is in the city.
Dr. Logan left yesterday forYaquina
bay to spend a week's visit.
Miss Maudie Michell came home
Saturday from a visit to Portland.
Mrs. Geo- Morgan has returned
from a visit to Mitchell and Antelope.
Carl Williams, of Portland, is visit
ing his sister, Mrs. Hal French, in this
city. . '.
A forest fire is raging this side of
Stevenson, and much -valuable timber
u being destroyed. -.Mrs.
Fred Fisher and daughter 4 ad '
Miss Lena Thompson came home Sat
urday from Trout Lake.
Al. Bettingen, K. E. Sultoiarnlio and
J. H. Jackson returned Saturday even
ing from a weeks fisbiug in the Cas
cade mountains. '
Misses Nellie and Carrie Butler re
turned Saturday evening from San
Francisco, where they have been visit'
ing the past month
A man by the name of Howe was
fired $10 in Justice Filloon's court last
Saturday after having pleaded guilty
to a charge of assault and battery.
Cbas. F. -Stephens left yesterday
morning for Albany where he will be
joined by his wife, and from there they
will go to Gatesville for a week's out
ing. Citizens of The Dalles did not need
heavy "wraps or fur coats yesterday.
Early In the forenoon the mercury
crawled up to 100 and staid there
nearly all day.
Jessie Spencer died at his homo on
Tenth, street last night from con
sumption. . Mr. Spencer had been an
invalid for several years, and his death
bad been expected.
The Chinese doctor, Chung Kee,
who attempted to bill a Chinese girl at
Baker City some time ago, was given
an examination in Baker last Saturday,
and was held in $2000 bonds.
Rev. J. H. Wood, Mrs. Hix and
daughter, Frank Wood, Misses Lolah
Ewbank and Edythe Randall and I. J.
Norman came up Saturday evening on
the boat from a camping trip at Wind
river. .
Walla Walla has determined to give
a fruit fair this fall. It will continue
for three days. Wasco county fruit
growers should be represented both at
this fair, and the one to be held in
Spokane.
Jerry Colwell, the heavy weight in
the Oregonias office, has been up to
Bingham Springs, taking an ante-fat
treatment, and took some 300 pounds
of himself back to Portland on yester
day's train.
Mr. and Mrs. Leslie Butler are still
at Sitka and expect to return home on
the steamer Queen. Mr. Butler writes
home that he is not much taken with
Alaska, and has not been attacked by
the Klondike fever.
Mr. and Mrs. G. G. Gibons and fam
ily returned yesterday . from ' Sandy
City, where they have been visiting
Mrs.Gibons' father, Mr. Cocklerease,
who is till quite ill, but was convales
cent when they left there.
The efficient porter of the -Umatilla
House, Billy Hoering, is taking a
much needed rest in the shades of the
Cascades, having left this morning for
Mt. Hood where he will feast on icicles
and mountain scenery' for the next
week.
- Walter McFarland, an old railroad
man and friend of Postmaster Crossen,
is in the city. Mr. Crossen was for
merly a brakeman under Mr. McFar
land when he ran on the Santa Fe
Southern, some eight years ago.
Nothing can prevent the forthcom
ing tournament from being the best
ever held in the state. Dalles firemen
have determined to not be outdone in
entertaining and making the . meeting
of veteran firemen here an interesting
one. -- ' ' -
Capt. Wpud, master of the Regula
tor, left this morning for his summer
vacation. He goes to British Colum
bia, and expects to be gone three or
four weeks. - During his absence Capt.
Miuhell will have charge of the Regu
lator.
NigTitwatchman Wiley left today
for Portland, and from there goes to
Newberg to visit his mother. He will
be gone until September 1, and during
his absence J. W. Heebner will preside
over the destines of the city from 6 p.
m. till daylight.
The high scores at the elub bowling
alley last week were: Monday, F. P.
Mays, 61; Tuesday, M. A. Robinson,
53; Wednesday, V. Schmidt, 45; Thurs
day, P. H. De Huff, 48: Friday, V.
Schmidt." 49; Saturday, M. Robinson,
47; Sunday, Grant Mays, 53.
-.While there is very, little wheat, on
-the market at this place, still there is
a brisk demand, and buyers are ready
to engage at 75 cents a bushel. Very
few farmers are disposed to accept the
price, since they are confident the
price will not fall, and feel hopeful
that there will be an advance as soon
as harvest is oyer.
The temperature of the past week
would not suggest the necessity of
heating appliances, but the firm of
Pease & Mays are looking forward to
the future when old Boreas will reigh
supreme,-and have determined to put
a steam heating system in their store.
Wm. H. Chambers, of Portland, is
here to superintend the work.
Considerable uneasiness is felt here
regarding the Bafety ofMr. Skibbe,
father of F. W. L. Skibbe. Yesterday
he left Wm Burne'a place, on the
other side of the river, to shoot some
birds, and did not return. Up to 9
o'clock this morning nothing had been
heard from him and it is feared that
some accident has befallen him
Goldendale now has a perfect tele
phone system connecting it with the
outside world. The new line estab
lished by the Oregon Telephone &
Telegraph Co. is now completed, and
the enterprising people of Goldendale
can tails wih. Grants, The Dalles and
Portland without having their messa
ges repeated." - This will be a great
advantage to them during the wheat
season, as they can stay at home and
sell wheat at any point on the railroad
or river. The line crosses the Colutn
bia at Grant wbere it is connected
with the main Una,
This evening C. W. Stone leaves for
Sherman county and will establish
headquarters for the M. C. Stone
Jewelry Co. in the O. T.' store at
Wasco, with a branch in Moro. . Mr.
Stone takes with him the most com
plete stock of watches and jewelry ever
taken to Shormao county, and the
people of that place may congratulate
themselves upoo bis determination to
locate among them, as be is thoroughly
reliable, selling nothing that he will
not guarantee, and during the seven
years he has sold goods in The Dalles
has never bad a single complaint en
tered against his goods or had to take
a watch back. '
There wee 160 persons took advan
tage of the Invitation of the ladies of
St. Peter's church to spend an even
ing on the Columbia last Saturday,
The steamer Regulator left here
promptly at 9 o'clock with one of tba
boat. With banners flying and band
a W vs w " vus u T ua WVIU UnU IfUO I
pitying the Kegulator steamed down I
buu rivwi ouuio a km uiiioo iciruruiug lib I
midnight. During the excursion the
band rurnisoea music lor dancing,
which was an amusement for man v I
while others spent the eveninfir enjoy-
log the splendid moonlight trip on the
river from Hie upper deck and cabin. ,eonfh. ai6
The excursion was indeed a social and
financial success and many hope the
ladies will not allow this to be their
last effort in this line.
-rom Tuesday's Dally.
Last night The Dalles Commission
Co. shipped another car of prunes east.
A. H. Jewett, of White Salmon, was
in the city last night, leaving for home
this morning.
GusBonn boarded the steamer Dalles
City this morning for Trout Lake. He
will be gone a week.
Mrs. H. Glenn and daughter Hattie
and Miss May Jackson left on this
morning's boat fdr the coabt.
Miss Anna Wright, who had been
visiting Mrs. Parkins in the city, re
turned yesterday to ber home at Trout-
dale.
During the week there will be
shipped from Saltmarshe & Co's. stock
yards some 300 cattle and 3000 head of
sheep.
Frank Irvine, a prosperous merchant
of Antelope, was a passenger on the
Dalles City this morning going to
Portland.
Mr. and Mrs. L. E. Crowe left on the
boat this morning for Portland. They
will probably visit the seacoast before
returning.
W. H. See, proprietor of the suttler's
store at Warm Springs agency, was in
the city last uight and left this morn
ing for Portland.
Last night Wallace Fargher shipped
10 double-deck cars of sheep from here
to Chicago. They go over the O. R. &
N. and Great Northern.
Thermometers registered two de
grees lower temperature today than
yesterday, 100 being the highest
reached at any time today.
The tournamant fund is increasing
every day, the finance committee meet
ing with good success aud hearty en
couragement wherever they go.
Wheat still holds at o cents, and a
few loads are being brought in daily.
though farmers are storing, not being
willing to accept the present price.
There will be a meeting of the com
mon council tonight for the purpose of
considering the proposition of improv
ing the sewerage system of the city.
Oscar Angel, the boy who was so
seriously injured by the explosion of a
shotgun last Sunday, was taken to
Portland today to be placed in a
hospital.
', The Crook pounty Journal is misin
formed about the price of wheat in The
Dalles being 84 cents. The highest price
paid so far is 75 cents, but farmers ex
pect higher prices later in the .season
Wascocouaty fruit growers are reap
ing their harvest jusc now, and it is a
golden one. A car load of prunes Is
worth $280 here, and possibly more if
consigned and shipped at owner's risk
Mrs. J. A. McKeller died at Hood
River yesterday- and was burled at
that place this afternoon. Deceased
leaves four daughters residing in this
county and two sons living somewhere
in the east.
Today the contract for building Prof.
Gavin's new residence on Union and
Eleventh streets was awarded to II. B.
St. John for $1143.' It will be a six-
room cottag, furnished with all mod
ern appliances.'' -
Dougal McAllister returned a few
days ago from a visit to his old home
in Scotland after an absence of 20
years. Mr. McAllister says , Scotland
did not haye the attractions for him
he thought It would, and he' is happy
to get back to Oregon.
The Graqde Honda lumber company
is shipping out lumber at the rate of
250 cars per month, says the Chronicle,
The total shipment of railroad ties by
this company up to date is 70,000. The
shipment of tie and lumber by the
company for the month of July repre
sents a value of $50,000. -
Sometime between the 1st and 8th of
this month the Catholic oburoh at
Cascade Locks "was burglarized, and
all property ..therein was ransacked.
Nothing was taken however but a white
metal urn of small value. The thief
evidently expected to find furniture of
great value in the church, but was badly
disappointed.
Considerable speculation is Indulged
in as to who is purchaser of the Post-
Intelllgeneer. The Taooma ledger re
moves all doubt as to who is the' new
purchaser by asserting that he is Levi
Ankeney, the Walla. Walla banker,
who it asserts baa a senatorial bee
buzzing in his bonnet, and has purch
ased the P.-I, to boom tis ambitions.
' J. P. Jennings exhibited in Cottage
Grove last week a pan of decomposed
quartz from the Gold Bluff mine, near
Riddle. Great strings and "chunks of
gold could be seen all through the dirt,
although not more than bajf panned
down. There was probably 922 or 823
ic the pan. Mr. Jennings says there
is enoue-h ore in sight, and on the sur
face at that, to run a 20-stamp-mill a
year.
WhUksy vs. Qartluiakf .
A man was brought to the country
hospital last Saturday from the Echo
neighborhood who is the victim of a
rattlesnake bite, The reptile struck
him on the band while be was walking
along the river about a mile above
Echo, at a o'clock last evening. He
was kept full of liquor, and arrived at
the county hospital when very dark.
He is drunk yet, and unable to give
his .name. The hand is not badly
swollen, and it is thought the whiskey
will overcome the poison. This case
disproves the theory that .no amount
of whiskey will make a man intoxicated
who has been bitten by a rattler.
East Oregonian.
Everybody Bays So. .
Casoareti Cand v Cathartic, the moat won.
derfql piidical Jisppvery of the age, pleas
ant anq rerresnrng to toe taste, act gently
nuu wit4veiy uu aiuiitfya, uver puu. uuweis,
cleansing the entire system, disjiel colds,
cure lieadaohe, fever, habitual constipation
and biliousness. Please buy end try a box
of C. C. C. to-day; JO, 5. so cents. Bold and
guaranteed to cure ny au druggists.
Lost.
A Mystic Shrine pin. Two tiger
claws in the shape of a half moon sus
pended to sci niter and to which was at
tached a star containing a small dia
mond. The finder will confer a ereat
lavor ana be suitably rewarded by
A. MCALLISTER,
dlw At the Chronicle office.
Don't
waste stamps, aave up
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your bchilltngs Best yellow
tea - tickets,afl4 SCnd Several
&UCibCh IOr lnat miSSing
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WOru 111 One enVelODC
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rawing 5 feSf HlOney-
DaCK tea. at VOUT ?TOrfV;
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Rules of contest published in large
a,ertn?ent about the first and middle
SPKAKa I'KOM K.YFKKIKNCE.
rue Pendleton East Oregoniiin's lews
Kegardiog; an Allustriftted Kdltion.
The Times-Mountaineer will issue
an illustrated edition of The Dalles and
Wasco county about January 1. It has
been many years since a special edition
of a newepaper was issued in The
Dalles. Therefore it promises to be of
interest and its circulation will be ex
ceedingly beneficial to that section.
East Oregonian.
In regard to this matter the East
Oregonian speaks from experience
That paper issued an illustrated edi
tion last January, and Pendleton and
Umatilla county are now realizing the
benefits arising therefrom in the way
of increased business and immigration
that has been attracted through the
excellent showing of the resources of
Umatilla county made by the East Or
egonian.
In this connection we desire to say
with reference to the forthcoming
special edition of the Times-Mountain
eer, that the articles it contains will
be strictly descriptive of Wasco, Sher
man and Klickitat counties. There
will be no attempt to reflect the politl
cal principles of the paper or any of its
contributors. The edition will be i
sued solely in the interest of the In
land Empire, with the view of advtr-
tising its resources and attrajting de
sirable immigration. It will be an is
sue in which all may feel an interest,
and we invite contributors from every
section of the three counties on sub
jects relating to the products,reeources,
climate, soil, public lands, and in fact
anything that will be of general inter
est and will tend to attract public at
tention to the Inland Empire.
To Care Constipation Fcrever.
Take CascaTBts Candy Cathartic; 10c or 25a
If C C. C fail to cuie, druggists refund money.
SACRIFICED FUR SCIENCE.
Indian Burying Grounds at Blemaleuse
Island Relieved of Their Skeletons.
Last Saturday Geo. A. Darsey and
Edward W. Allen, representing the
Field Columbian Museum of Chicago,
were landed by the steamer Dalles
City on Memaleuae Island, the noted
Indian burying grounds, and put in
the day industriously collecting relics.
When the Regulator came by in the
evening the young men bad accu
mulated a considerable cargo of Indian
skeletons, enough to fill eight sacks,
and including 82 skulls of . the braves
whose remains had been placed in the
numerous dead bouses during past
ages. They bad their trophies brought
to The Dalles by the Regulator, but no
sooner had these scientific gentlemen
reached here than they were arreBted,
and taken before Justice Filloon on a
charge of grave robbing.
After agreeing to replace the skele
tons on the island in the different dead
houses from which they had been
taken, they were permitted to go free,
and at once proceeded to carry their
promise into effect.
Darsey and Allen pleaded that they
were working solely in the interest of
solenoe, and were collecting relics for
the Columbian Museum and to be dis
tributed among other like institutions
throughout the United States, having
no criminal intent, and no desire to
disturb the resting places of the dead.
But the authorities here objected to'
baying the bones of their departed red
brothers paraded .around over the
country even in the interest of sci
ence. It is to be hoped that in the
future the whites, even though they
desire curios for museums, will refrain
from desecrating the Indians' graves.
and will permit the bones of the de
parted braves to rest where they have
been placed by their descen dents.
. lhia't Tobacco Spit and Smoke Tour Life Amy.
To quit tobacco easily and forever, be ma?
oetlc. full of life, nerve and vigor, take No-To-Bac,
the wonder-worker, that makes weak men
strong. All druggists, 50o or II. Cure guaran
teed. Booklet and sample free, Address
fcttpriipg .jiemea? va.. v&tcago or J4ew ortt
A FRIGHTFPI, ACCIDENT,
Oser Angel Almost Killed by an Explod-
lujc Shotgau.
Last Saturday Oscar Angel, a boy 11
years of age who resides ou Eight-Mile,
met with an accident that came n,ea,r
resulting fatally, an4 whiwh will leaye
its scars during his life, lie raised a
shotgun to bis face to fire on t flock of
blackbirds when the gun exploded,
seadlng fragments of the shell and
breech-of the gun crashing through bis
face, knocking out all the teeth of his
upper jaw and some from the lower
jaw, cutting off about one-third of his
tongue, and tearing the flesh of his
face into shreds,
D,r. Hojlister was called to patch tip
the Injured boy, and will be able to
save his life, though he will be badly
disfigured, and it is doubtful if he will
ever be able to talk, having lost
much gf h tongue and t,ha roof of his
mouth being so badly shattered. The
accident is one of those uuforseen oo
ocurenues that can never be averted
so long as boys will fool with firearms,
and mayjbe considered a fortunate one
in that the lad was not killed.
On Sunday afternoon Justice J. M
Filloon had occasion to be in the right
place at the right tune, HJ little hoy
Ray had ppeyailad upon him to go to a
slough above town and let him go
swimming, and when thev arrived at
the a,ppoined plaoe they found Nedie
Brlggs and Bert Yarney taking a bath.
Nedie could swim, but Bert had not
learned that neoessary accomplish
mentfora boy's pleasure. Mr. Filloon
sat on the beach for- some time watch
ing the lads splash around in the
water, and finally noticed Bert flound
ering in deep water. Xedie observed
the danger cf his companion at the
same time and started to bis assistance.
No sooner had be reached th" excited
boy than he was received ip his em
brace, and they sank in about 10 feet
of water. Mr. Filloon at once plunged
in and swam to wljere b,e boys wenf
down, oatQbimg them when they oame
to the surface and took them ashore-
The Vatney boy was almost drowned
wnen be. was got asnore, but soon re
covered. From this little episode,
parents should take warning to not al
low the boys to go swimming alone.
Had not Mr. Filloon been present both
boys would ha ve drow n ed.
A Confusion of Names.
Until people who write letters learn
to distinguish between The Dalles and
Dallas, and until postal clerks on the
railroads improve their eye sight so as
to tell the difference between Dalles
and Dallas, tuch delays in the delivery
of mails will occur as the one that has
001116 nnder the observation of the T.
M. reporter. . On May 18 a letter was
posted at Payette. Idaho, with a remit
tance of 930 enolqsed, addressed to an
attorney at Dalles, Oregon. The let
ter went to Dallas, where it was re
ceived oo May I9th and was returned
to sender on the 23th. -After a consid
erable amount of correspondence the
letter was finally dug up by the sender
and has just been received by tho at-
torney here. The fault Is principally
wifh the sender for not writing the
word "the" in front of Dalles, though
such omissions are likely to occur until
such a time as people learn that the
name of the principal city of Eastern
Oregon is "The Dalles," another evi
dence of the fact that out city needs
such advertising as will be given it
tirouirh the medium of the forthcom
ing special edition of the Times-Mountaineer.
MISCELLANEOUS ITEMS.
German authority estimates thatal
most a third of humanity speak th
Chinese language, that the Hindoo lan
guage is spoken by more than 100,000,
000, the Russian by 89.000,000 while the
German is spoken by 57,000,000 tongues
and the Spanish by 4S.000.000.
The races inhabiting the world
communicate with each other in 3,004
different tongues, and confess to about
1,000 religions. The number of men
and women is very nearly equal, the av
erage longevity of both sex-ea being only
38 years, about one-third of the popula
tion dying before the age of 17.'
A Hillsboro (Ore.) man owes more
to his bicycle than he ever thought he
would. He missed the train that was
to take him to be married and was sore
put to it. when he bethought him of his
v heel, which he mounted, aud scorched
to such effect that' he arrived just in
time to cheer the drooping spirits of a
wilting bride.
Gouverneur Morris, of New York,
in 1872, proposed to the Continental con
gress a decimal currency system. He
suggested that ten units equal one pen-
ny;tenpennies,one biir.ten bills.one ooi
lors, ten dollars, one crown. In 1784,
Jefferson proposed the system as now
in use; congress, in July, 1785, resolved
that the coinage should conform to the
decimal system.
Generally, taking the entire world.
married people live longer than single,
and those who have to work hard for
their living longer than those who do
not, while also the average rate of lon
gevity is higher among civilized than un
civilized races. Further, people of large
physique live longer than those of
small, but those of middle size beat
both. ' ' 1
The boblink builds her nest in a lit
tle depression in a meadow, and as bird,
eggs and house are all of the same mot
tled brown, and well hidden by the
grass, she is riot often molested. Some
birds excavate a cup-shaped hole and
line it. The nighthawk and the whip
poorwill deposit their eggs on the bare
ground, where they are only protected
by their inconspicuous coloring.
The boundary line between Canada
and the United States is marked with
posts at mile intervals for a great part
of its length. Cairns, earth mounds and
timber posts ore also used, and through
the forests and swamps a line a rod
wide, clea of trees and underwood, has
been cut. Across the lake artificial
islands have been put to support the
cairns, which rise about eight feet above
the high watermark.
T
i ho-To-bm Tor virty cents.
guaranteed tobacco habit cure, makes weaa
men slrong, blood pure. 60e.it. All druggist
SLAUGHTER OF HORSES.
Hundreds uf Animals Killed on Barbed
Wire Fences.
. A Lewiston dispatch to the Spokane
Spokesman Review says': Many In
dian horses are being killed on the
reservation by barbed wire fences.
The degenerate horses, abandoned by
their Indian owners, have become an
acknowledged nuisance upon the pub
lic ranges. Tbey roam about in wild
herds and are as wild as- antelops.
Their watering places have been
fenced up and it is hard to divert them
from the runways of a lifetime. Each
herd is led by a patriarch stallion, who
holds bia command' with discipline
that would be a credit to military tac
tics. The herds range on the bills far
from water, seeking the springs only
onee or twice a week. Their runs are
sometimes as far as 10 miles. The
stallion drives the herd to water, fol
lowing in their flying wake and driv
ing every lagging beast with hoof and
teeth, pushing them at a high rate of
speed, nauoh after the manner of buffa
loes. Mad with thirst and blind with
dust they rush into the wire fences
that cross the old trails, the leaders
being driven with such force that
throats are cut and legs ue severed,
but the fence goe down, and the herd
proceeds over plowed fields and
through growing crops. As a result
the reservation is covered with dead
and dying horses, every section re
porting the same scene and allowing
the victims to fare as best they may..
Successful Fedagocnes.
Following is the result of the third-
quarterly examination for teachers
certificates whleb began August lltb
There were nine applicants for
county certificates and seven were
successful as follows: .irst grade,
Lizzie Nichols, "Boyd; Nellie Hudson,
Dufur. ecQqfl grade, Timothy Miller,
Oasoade Locks. Third grade, Francis
H. Fouts, Cora Stanton, Nona C Rowe,
The Dalles: Nettle Kemp, Hood River.
Mamie Driver received second grade
without examination, " she . having
secured the required . standing in
August, ' 1806, and having bad the
necessary experience In teaching.
Nancy P. Cooper, of The Dalles, was
recommended by the board for state
life diploma and J. M. Corral), of
Mosier, for a state certificate.
Claiuianta Must Watt,
In reply to a letter from J. A. Wil
son, of Albany, to Treasurer Metscban
asking if the secretary of state will
issue warrants for bills of the senate.
for which he gave certificates, Mr.
ICincaid has replied, saying:
'It will perhaps be some time yet be
fore the mandate of the court will be
received, ''Then" it will require muoh
investigation of the statutes and the
opinion of the court to decide what
claims can be audited, and as there
are several thousand claims now pend
ing it will be a laborious and lengthy
job, but will be proceeded with as
rapidly as possible. What will be
done with the claims you name I dq
qot know, but they will perhaps be
audited."
Among the many questions asked is
the one whether the secretary will re
quire the original parties to sign
vouchers. The secretary says he will
deal only with parties to whom vouch
ers were issued.
The Mount Lebanon Shakers recent
ly per'prmed a great 4ed. of charity,
although t was not designed as 3 charl
ty, btjng nothing more nor less than an
advertising scheme. It however resulted
in great good just the same. They gave
away 1.006 hollies of their Digestive
Cut dial to those suffering from stomach
derar gemeuts.
It was so eff-etive in curing those who
used the remedy that they were 1 ud in
their pra:s es of it and in const-quence a
large demar.d for the Cordial was af
once created.
The dfEffists o this town have liitlg
b oks that tell all about it, Digestive
Cordial create, an appetite, aids diges
tion anrl brings about a rapid increase
in flesh and strength.
Lax I is the name oi a palatable Castor I
Oil. Just the thing for children. -
STORY OF A CAT.
go Much Ktectrlcltv That a Cat
Is Set ou Fir.
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 of 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 bo 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 Betkesda.
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 llauie
burst through the floor just beneath
the very spot over which the young
matron had been sitting, the electrical
apparatus beneath having ignited at
iliat very point.
Kleu Quarts at Spurt.
John Cobb, a mining man of Sparta,
was in Baker City the other day and
created some excitement by display
ing specimens of quartz taken out of
the ledge recently discovered by E. S.
Thompson and Kanaka Sara. Regard
ing the mine the Democrat say?:
In a week's worn, by sinking an
eight foot shaft, Messrs. Thompson
and Knacka Sam obtained $800 of the
sunny metal, thoir work on Friday
yielding them over $200. While they
thus strucic a pocket in the ledge, the
vein shows gold throughout In excel
lent paying quantities and Is likely to
become a steady prolucer.
Nr. Cobb reports a rich find on
Paddy's creek, a mile above Charles
Reed's mine. This new strike is so
thickly sown with gold that one man
can pound out in a day, with a com.
mon hand mortar, over $20 in gold
These two strikes, and the mine just
filed upon by Joseph Wright, near
Sparta, are further indicative of the
treasures in the mighty Eagle moun
tains, and the news of these latest
finds is producing wide spread excite
ment. Kduraf e Yoor Hu IVith Casea.rts. .
Candy Cathartic, cure crn.tupiuiou forever.
0c. 2Sc. If C C. C. fail. driiKgisus refund money
A Question In f inance.
A banker sauntarlng home for his
dinner saw a $10 bill lying on the curb
stone. Of course "he picked it up and
took the numbers in order tolQod the
owner. While at home, his wife
remarked that the butcher had sent in
a bill for meat amounting to $10. The
only money be bad with bim'was the
bill he bad found, which he gave to
her and sbe paid the butcher. The
butcher paid it to a farmer for a calf
and farmer paid it to a merchant wbo
in turn paid it to the washerwoman;
and she owing the banker a note of
$10, went to tba banker and paid her
note.' The banker recognized the bill
as the one he bad found, and wbloh up
to that time had settled $-30 of debt.
On a more careful examination he
found the bill was counterfeit. Now
will some of our financial friends tell
us what bad beeu lost in the trans
action and by whom, if anything?
. Educate Tour Uowele with Cua carets.
Candy Cathartic, cure constipation forever
Wo, 85o. If 0. C. C. fail, drureists refund money.
Death of Mrs. tiosaer.
Mrs. Christina Gosser, wife of George
Gosser, died at their home in this city
at noon Friday, after an illness of
two weeks, aged 50 years. Mrs. Gosser
was native of Qulnoy, 111., and had
resided in The Dalles the past six
years,' haying come here with her hus
band and family in 1891. Deceased
was a loving wife, a kind mother and
a pleasant neighbor, winning the af
fection and esteem oJdll who knew her,
and in her death The Dalles loses one
of .Its most highly respected ladit a
Besides a husband she leaves seven
children, three daughters and four
sons, all residing in The Dalles.
The funeral will take place at the
family residence at 4 p. m. tomorrow,
conducted by Rev. L. Gray.
. Bis Use For KchaAgee.
An exchange has discovered that
the hobo who eom.es into the printing
office and calls for exchanges has a
new explanation for the use of them.
wnen-; asked 11 he wanted the old
papersin order to read society notes
or to find the location of a bath bouse,
"Naw' he replied,, "de side dooi
sleeper on dese railroads are so dirty
dat we want 'em to keep our clothes
clean, see! Give us republican sheets,
If you got any there; dere softer, de
argaments ain't so solid, aud de foots
aint der cold kind wot knocks yer
silly; an points don't stick out fur
enough to hurt, see! It's jee' like
sittin on a pneumatic bed, dere's so
much wind about it."
Child Uuruml to ikeatb.
At Wasoo last Saturday night, about
12 o'clock,' fire broke out In a tjleepinjr-
tent In which the mall children of C.
Hucki' family were sleeping-. One
little one, about 6 years old, was
burned until only' the charred trunk
remained. The fire originated from a
lighted candle which was allowed' t5
burn too low. In trying to save tl e
child, Mr. Huck was overcome by
smoke, and came near losing his life.
Bis hands, feet and legs were fright
fully burned.
qr over Flits tears.
An Old and WeuTried Rem
EDY, Mrs. Wiusiow's Soothing Syrup
has been used for over fifty years ty
millions 01 motnera ior tneir cniiarc n
while teething, with perfect success
It soothes the child, softens the guics,
allays all pain, cures wind colic, and 5s
tne beat remedy lor diarrnoea. J si
pleasant to the taste. Sold by arut-
p-ists in every part oi the worn'.
Twenty-five cents a bottle. Its vah e
is uncalculable.. Be sure and ask U r
Mrs. Winslow's Soothing Hyrup, and
taka no other kind. ' -- .
Prof. W. H. Peeke, who
mage a specuutr ot
Epilepsy, has without
-doubt treated and cur
ed more cases than any
living Physician; his
success is astonishing
We have heard of case:
of so years' standing
4 cured b
fl him. Hr
publishes!
vaiuabl
work o
this di,
ease, w hi,
ho scat
vrt b
le of his absolute cure, free to any suffcrc
ho may send their ja. o. and txprcs-. ad.'rcs
We advise nnv on wlahlnK jx-uro tonrl.lr
froi-W. a. !. r. 1., 4 Cedar SU rp
To Cure Conatlnatioa Forever.
Take Cascareta Candy Cathartic, 10c or So.
If C. & VfaUweura,duriU refund
N
ew
BARBED WIRE
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- 167 Second Street
I You Can't -irl
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'f 'i-f a white Plume from a
A Ajd&&&:& Crow's Tail, nor a good
Jsir tTtL Bicycle from Castings. V
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A jtT ysgj Is good all through, rt
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We want bright t WJ 5
. business men J si$fS' 5t
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O everywhere.
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Light running Jones Reapers, Mowers, Binders,
and Headers. Best Harvesting Machinery made.
For sale by .
C. -W. PHELPS
SOLE AGENT, THE DALLES, OR. :;
Iggr Correspondence regarding- prices and terms solicited.
Ben wilson Saloon
Second Street "opposite Diamond Mills,
THE DALLES, - - - OREGON
. - Fine Winea, Liquors and Cigara
Free Lunch served at all hours
wall street"
500,000 shares, $1.00 euch . .
200,000 shares in Treasury .
Free Milling Gold Properties,
County, Washington. : :
Price of " Wall Street" Treasury Stock
Price of " Strictly Business " Treasury Stock. . . '.
Only 5,000 shares of each Company on the market at above prices.
49The Butte of Rossland is a good speculation at present price. 4c. -
- C. S. RUTTER, Broker. Spokane. Wash.
ANDY
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10 s.iiLfis'ffimrcK. :TViistia:f-.
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Fainting, Paperhanging and Kalsomining.
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Third Steeet,
Job Printing
Goods
New line
of Stoves
from
to arrive
(J up to $60 Sieel Ranges
Don't be deceived by buying
second-hand goods. AVe have
nothing but new goods and up-
to-date stoves.
New York London
"Mis
$500,000
. 200,000
located at Loomia. Okanogan
: All Individual stoi k pooled.
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Children Cry T
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"I n Castar'a In mv practice, aw) find ft
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'-From rersmsJ knowledge I eaa say thus '
tsnori is a :-iost axcelirat medicine lor coil,
lrea." La. O. U. OaoooD,
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Castoria promotes Sfipsatioa, and
Overcomes Flotuleucy, Constipation, Hour
Stomach, Diarrnoea, and Feverishueea. .
Thus the child is rendered healthy and its
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