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The Dalles daily chronicle. [volume] (The Dalles, Or.) 1890-1948, 1893-03-04
Personal MENTION.

Mr.. Emery Oliver left last night for
Portland.
DR.. Leayins, of Cascade Locks, is re-
ported very i'll. f M
Mrs. P. E. Michel, of Columbus, is
visiting relatives in the city.
Mr.. Grant Mays was a passenger on
the morning train for Portland.
A. A. Whitney, travelling agent for
D. M. Osborne & Co. is in the city.
Miss Lora Morris, of Wallowa, is a
guest at the home of Judge Blakeley.
Messrs: R. F. Gibbons and o. Kinersly
are in Portland today and will attend
the presidential Inauguration celebra-
ton.
Mr.. VIM. Adams, of Nansene, gave
this Office a pleasant cah today. He re-
ports the ground too wet for the plow in
his section.
Mrs. Helm and daughter Miss Adnah,
came in from Nansene yesterday after.
noon on their way to Albany, where they
intend remaining for an indefinite
length of time.
We were pleased to meet Hon. s.. NJ.
Gilmore of Rockland, on the streets to-
day. Although Mr.. Gilmore has been
suffering from long siege of illness, he
has SO far recovered as to look like him
self again.
"a. Heppner, of the town bearing his
name, is in the city. He was in a rem
iniscent mood last night, and seemed to
enjoy telling of the old days when he
managed freight calvacade between
this point and Boise.
]. H. Cradlebaugh came up today.
He was first accused of coming up in
reference to the meeting of the Sun
stockholders today, but twas afterwards
learned that he is after the s'localn work
on the new paper at North Qalles. -
The Dalles daily chronicle. [volume] (The Dalles, Or.) 1890-1948, 1893-03-04

Money to Loan.
I have money to loan on short time
loans. GEO. w. ROWLAND.
The Dalles daily chronicle. [volume] (The Dalles, Or.) 1890-1948, 1893-03-04
MARCH MELANeE.

Stray Bits of News Gathered from All
Sources.
The Dalles daily chronicle. [volume] (The Dalles, Or.) 1890-1948, 1893-03-04
By this
We Mean

That Prices are placed
where customers receive
the benefit.
The Dalles daily chronicle. [volume] (The Dalles, Or.) 1890-1948, 1893-03-04

Work is progressing rapidly on the
new dock at the foot of Court street. It
is fast being enclosed and will now be-
finished in very few days.
The Dalles daily chronicle. [volume] (The Dalles, Or.) 1890-1948, 1893-03-04

A deep well is digging at Beaverton.
The contractor has gone down already
300 feet and the bottom of the we'll is al
ready below the surface of the ocean.
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1893-08-06

apt to slOp over, as we say, when they
were seized by the conviction that no
men were about.
Then the large bazars took the GUS
tom. 1t was found some time ago at
Macy's that some of their best customers
We're disabled by the heavy swinging
doors in front. The women gave these
doors a shove, strobe through and let
them swing to, and hit the next woman
square in the forehead. The funny part
of it was that the woman who was hit
gave it a vicious shove with both her
hands, strobe in herself and let it whack
the next woman full in the nose, and so
on ad infiuitum.
sit had q singular effect on the bust
ness. There were long rows of women at
the counters with their handkerchiofs at
their eyes, getting square with the clerks !;
they made them do double work and then
stalked out without purchasing.
''As soon as the management of the eS-
tablishment became aware of the trouble
it stationed two good looking men at the
doors to act as buffers, and it worked so
well that the system was extcndedin into a
whole corps of Lay Dulfs, who walk up
and down and look at the women through
gold eyeglasses"
''What women like in bazaar" said a
prosperous drug clerk to me, lis chival-
ry, and you can't have it without panta-
looms
thought that this was philosophy, but
he said it was business.
In all the meetings of the advanced
women you will find a number of able
bodied men in the back seats. They are
not interested in the proceedings particu-
larry, but they sit them out patiently
They are amateur Lay Duffs. They are
like the bass note in music, You don't
particularly care for it in a choir but is u
good thing to have it there. 1t is like the
foundation that is out of sight under the
mansard roof.
You might think these men were pass
i've husbands. who take the women home
when all is over; who carry their goloshes
and powder puffs in their coat pockets.
Well, some Of them are, but they are Lay
Duffs all the same, only they arenot hir-
ed They prefer it. But even they exert
a benign influence. Whenever the women
on the platform exceed the limitations of
sex and deny tho distinctiyely womanlY
functions there are these fellows in the
back seats, with silent protest, who
know better. NYM CRINKLE.
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1893-08-06
FLAMES IN A BURY1Na GROUND
Monuments Ruined and a Sexton
Barely Escapes Being Roasted.

From the New York Tribune.
A destructive fire which caused heart
aches to hundreds of persons occurred in
the Catholic cemetery in Peterson yes
terday morning. While Patrick McVilla,
the sexton of st. Johns Parochial school,
was trimming some shrubbery in the cen
ter of the burying ground, spark from
his pipe ignited the withered grass, and
soon the flames spread in all directions,
enveloping the sexton. Seeing that he
was in danger of being roasted alive, Nc
Villa tried to make his escape on the side
of the grounds, but was forced back as
the trees and shrubbery burned as though
prairie grass. Although nearly blinded by
smoke, the terrified sexton pulled his cap
over his ears and ran in the direction of
Park avenue, but when nearing the fence
he thought of his waistcoat containing a
valuable watch aud some money, which
was lying at the foot of monument. He
picked up courage again and faced the
flames to save his property. He found
the garment, which was on fire, but be-
fore he had taken a dozen steps through
the seething flames the garment was con-
sumed in his hands.
The fire department was early at the
place, but before it could do anything the
burying ground was practically de-
stroyed. Most of the monuments are
blackened beyond recognition. Hundreds
of persons who have relatives buried
there wept bitterly when they saw the
condition of the cemetery.
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1893-08-06
THE LAY DUFF. :"
An Amusing Sketch Of a New Pro-
iGSSiOn.
A Highly Useful Member of Society
Whose Business It Is to Preserve
Order Where Women Congregate.
-

iH'''J
New York, Aug. 5.-The other day at
the convention of representative women,
where the most eloquent mothers of
America were proving, beyond all dis
pute, that the advanced woman had no
need of men, there was an open window
and the cold March wind blew. in acridly.
Some of the advanced women drew their
wraps about them and coughed, and two
or three vigorous female athletes got up
and undertook to close the heavy sash.
They made the effort very much as If
they were taking fencing lessons. They
got up on the seat and managed their
skirts with one hand, threw
their heads back picturesquely
and undertook to pull down the
sash with the di sengaged hand. But it
would not come and the draught of air
disarranged their hair. Finally, a man
who was doing in the back part of the
hall was nudged. He got up, shut the
sash in an easy masculine way got no
thanks, went back to his seat, remarked
soto voce ''Well, we're good for some
thing yet" and then resumed his nap.
l was telling this to young theatrical
manager at the Gilsey house, and he
smilingly remarked:
''He must have been a Lay Duff"
GA WHAT" [ asked.
GA Lay Duff" he repeated. 'Don't
you know what Lay Duff is Z"
l did not. / had never heard the name
before, and I begged him to explain him
self
"Weu, ~ he explained. "a Lay Duff is
a man who is used as kind of lay figure
to keep women in order
lnaaf n inn nj
absurd. Cant women preserve or
der themselves}7
ut seems not" he replied, "when they
are without the restraining influence Of
men. l think this discovery was first
made in society. 1t was afterwards eX-
tended to some of the young ladies col
leges and then TO the theatre"
How interestingl
Eyes, it is curious, but it's fact. You
see, some years ago ladies teas were in
stituted. They get together 10 drink
Bohea and chatter at their respective
houses. There were no men. The thing
didn't work well for some reason, and 1t
was a long time before the cause was dis
covered
The young ladies' did not observe that
discretion in their conduct and CONVEX
sation which was looked for. They did
not take the same pains with their toilets
they talked about each other; they car
ried off the bonbons ana decorations in
their reticules They even quarreled
over the table and said bitter things about
each other and they gave away each 9TH
er's secrets.
"Then it occurred to some sagacious
duenna that they needed the restraining
influence of a mans presence, and the eX-
pertinent was made of hiring particular
ly harmless young man to come in and
stand round and not do anything. The eff
feet was so marked that the practice grew
into custom and the young ladies them
selves gave men the name of Lay Dutfs.
st was about the year 1878 that the de-
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1893-08-06
SPECTRE ON THE TRACK.
The Engineer Thought He Had Killed
Man.

1
Hazleton, Pa, July 29-An apparition
as yet unexplainable was seen by Engin-
Ger MellOr early this morning as his train
climbed the mountain on the Lehigh road
with engine 577 assisting up the grade.
Just as they passed Cranberry station the
engineer glanced at the track behind. AS
he did so a sight met his gaze that made
his blood run cold. Between the tracks
Engineer Mellor distinguished what he
afterwards swore was the mangled re-
mains of a man whom he had evidently
run down. There was the blood, the distort-
ed features, the white face, the severed
limbs and mangled body. When En-
gineer Mellor arrived here he reported
the fact to the officials. Detective Brund-
age and Officer Wallace were detailed to
pick she fragments of the body. Under
taker Boyle, who was notified, also was
soon on hand with his equipments to take
care of the remains. Accompanied by
Mellor, they fastened to the scene on an
engine. Arriving there the engineer was
first TO dismount, but to his utter astOnish-
ment no body was in sight. Not even a
fragment of flesh nor trace of blood was
to be discovered. Mellor was dumb
founded, and ne had been deluded. They
were obliged to return without a corpse.
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1893-08-06

came close upon the heels of a rainbow
silk White duck suits walked with
white, masculine serges.
The queen of them all was an accor-
dion-plaited ombre crepon of pale mauve
The skirt was three founces, each plait-
ed, the top one very small and narrow,
and each cut up in small points at the
edge. The bodice was made of taffeta. to
match, and was gathered in at the waist
under pretty belt set with amethysts.
Two accordion ruffies fell over the sleeves,
and accordion borthe gave the necessary
triple effect. All the accessories OF her
toilet were mauve, and her gold hair was
bright enough to relieve the monotony of
shade. EVA A. SCHUBERT.
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1893-08-06
A FATHER OF FoRTY-FIvE.
Moses Williams the Prognitor of a
Company of Children.
From the Baltimore American

Raleigh, N. c., July 2S.-The fecundity
of the negro race has been the subject of
much comment and discussion. A case
has come to light in this state that is
one of the most remarkable on record
Moses Williams, a negro farmer, lives in
the eastern portion of this state.
He is 65 years old, as nearly as he can
make out, but he does not appear to be
over so. He has been married twice, and
by the two wives has had born to him 40
children.
By the first wife he had % children,
20 of whom were girls and three were
boys. BY the second wife had p chill
dren, 20 girls and two boys. He also has
about so grand children. The case is
well authenticated.
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1893-08-06

Have Fallen Low - All Sorts of
straws Marked Down-Costumes of
an Auburn Beauty.
Copyright, 1887
New York, Aug 1.-On cool days you
should see the way the women crowd the
shops. Those that are near the city take
run into town when there is a little air
abroad, and take advantage of the bar
gains It is really a sensible thing TO do.
Folks may scoff at bargains and say there
are none, but the intelligent shopper
Knows better. The one that makes the
round of the shops at regular and fire.
quent intervals, and has good memory,
will easily be able to note the great differ
ence in the price of many articles of cloth
ing. Therefore, if there is anything that
need not be purchased at the beginning of
the season, by all means wait until later.
Some Of the less fortunate folks are not
able to stay away the entire summer, but
can often take only month or two weeks.
In such cases 10 is wisest to take this va
cation in August, or at the beginning of
September. For then all the pretty tri-
fies so dear to the heart of the vacation
girl may be bought at great saving to
iHE- E1lt ttlAl cilOAh W ltbfA q u AAlN III D
charming in the city for the sake of he
ing bewitching while away. So she gladly
denies herself during the months of June
and. July, and then, in August, bloom
forth in bright and changing cOlOrs, in
pretty. light waists in soft trimmed hats,
in dainty shoes and all the rest.
followed the crowd this morning, and
longed for nothing but a well-flled purse
The cool wave made the girls look fresher
and brighter, everyone was dressed gayly,
and the bargains were so tempting.
noted with surprise the price of shirt
waists They had been three four, five
dollars for a long time; now 1 saw some
very pretty ones for niuety-eight cents
was amazed TO see one table piled high
with them, marked twentY-niue cents
They were common, TO be sure, but start
lingly cheap, for all that ] also saw some
beauties in fine, sheer dimity, for a dollar
and seyenty-fve cents, made up avery pref
tily.
Then there were the silk ones. A white
beauty. of soft fine quality and fancy
make, was marked two and a half, re-
duced from five and a half
The jacket fronts, to be worn with the
Elton Jackets, were still less. These, in
delicate silk, were a dollar and seventy
five cents; and, in silk not quite so
good abut nlnety-eight cents. Fine,
dotted Swiss fronts were d dollar and a
quarter, and sheer lawns were seventy
five cents.
To wear over them, a black Bolero
jacket was offered of short cut. beauti-
fully embroidered at the edge ina fine
vine, for 81 80, reduced from $50
Entire suits seem 10 have fallen almost
lower 1t is not worth While buying ma
terial for a linen or duck suit, for the
linen ones are TO be had as low as $40
q very respectable looking one bears a
fsah~ - d ns
Bedford cord ia striped China blue and
white, Of pretty cut, also costs $500:
while a neat looking serge, calculated, ]
. should judge, TO deceive, is marked S. 90.
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1893-08-06
THE WOMAN OF FASHION.
The Bargains Offered in the EARLY
August Days.

Shirt Waists and Silk Fronts for a
Song-Linen, Duck and Serge Suits
straws Marked Down-Costumes of
an Auburn Beauty.
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1893-08-06

President Cleveland caught shark the
other day. On cutting the fish open, it was
found to contain carpet bag, two paper col
ter at Wildcat City, Ga. and sixteen testimo-
mails as to fitness and Characterization
Transcript.
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1893-05-17
a MUTlLATEO TRANSCRIPT

JEFFERSON CITY, No, May 16-The
attorney general today fled petition be.
fore the supreme court. asking that an
order be granted aGGer which the records
in the Joseph \. Howell murder case, from
Linn county, can be perfected Howell
killed Miss Minnie Howell! and four chill
dren and set fire TO the house. When the
case came up on appeal to the supreme
court il was discovered that pages OF the
transcript records had been torn out and
others substituted. The substitution is
very patent. The official stenugrapher
has been required TO rrwrite the missing
pages from His shorthand notebook. aud
NOW TO get the transcript as flied corrected
: the effort OF the state. Just how 10 do
this i question that Is puZzlinc all
heads. One Of the supreme court iudces
said that 1t was about the hOliess piece Of
rascaliy practice he had ever known.
The supreme court affirmed the verdict
OF the lower court IN the case OF James
Duncan. negro, who shot aud killed
Police Officer Brady IN 4 saloon IN ~.
Louis n lSs9- Brady WIS killed in a gen
eraI fight made by negroes upon "A scuxd
Of police y ho had raIded the place The
day OF execution was not fixed.
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1893-05-17
MISSOuRl OAN ASSOcIATIONc

KANSAS CITY, May 16-rhe annual
meeting of the Missouri State League OF
Building and Loan associations began
here today, with President Woerbride of
St. Louis presiding. Mayor Cowherd well
coined the delegates. He was surprised to
learn that he faced the representatives of
S34 600, 900. Henry Fairbauk of St. Louis
responded to the mayors address.
1 lie committee on resolutions reported,
denouncing the system and motives of the
so-cailed co operative financial institutions
operating under the name of building aud
loan associations, and all other co-opera-
tive institutions or bond and investment
companies which promise enormous profits
and sell bonds based upon no actual as
sets: affirming confidence In tue system of
legitimate building and loan associations.
aud favoring rigid system of state IN
specjion Tor building ana loan associa-
tIous, The resolutions were adopted
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1893-05-17
DANGER |

Ii you have a feeling of oppression and
uneasiness Il little above the diaphragm
and just below the right ribs, aggravated
by lying on the right side, look out! As
sure as fate. your liver is disordered.
Perhaps not seriously as yet, but-fatal
hepatic assesses are not uncommon
Hostetter's Stomach Bitters is the precise
remedy to regulate the liver, and prevent
its congestion and inasmatlou, and to dis
perse such minor indicia OF its derange-
ment as yellowness of the skin and ball OF
the eye, furEed tongue, sourness of the
breath, nausea on rising in the morning.
dizziness, sick headache and constipation.
BY relaxing the bowels paiuiessly, it
opens channel of exit for the superfiuous
bile, checks a tendency to congestion and
engagement of the liver. at the same
time giving gentle impetus to its secre-
tive action, and affords relief 10 the
stomach, which is usually inactive, out of
order and oppressed with wind when the
bowels are costive, Use the Bitters also
in fever and ague, rheumatism aud kid
new troubles
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1893-05-17
THE WEATHER CROP BULLETIN.


WASHINGTON, May 16.-The government
weather crop bulletin says that the week
ending May Is has been the most favor
able Of the season in the spring wheat re-
gion, in the states of the upper Mississippi
and Missouri valleys in Kansas. Indian
and Oklahoma territories and northern
Texas
In Kansas, rain. warmth and sunshine
have greatly improved the crop conditions.
Wheat, corn, oats and pastures are assum-
ing better colcr. Wheat is heading out
in the southern portion.
In tie western portion of Oklahoma the
rainfall was deficient and the crops are
suffering; in the eastern portion the rain
was sufficient and well distributed, and
all crops are growing rapidly.
COLUMBIA, No., May 16-The weekly
crop and weather bulletin for this state,
issued today, reports the temperature as
ranging from normal in the northern to
three degrees deficient in the east, central
aud southwestern counties. The week
has been an improvement over the four
preceding, with bright weather and
rainfall not varying far either way from
the normal, with the warm weather over
coming any i'll effects of the moisture, as
we'll as visibly improving all vegetation to
an inestimable extent. 1t is too wet for
further plowlng, except in the higher
fields, and, considering the amount OF re-
planting to be done, there is need of long
continued fine weather.
The condition of the crops throughout
the state is generally unfavorable, though
the brighter weather is being taken sad-
vantage of to improve them in every way
possible.
Wheat varies with location. but in no
case is a normal crop promised, while in
places its condition sinks below so per cent.
Oats promise as we'll as anything sown,
aud the stand is healthy. Grasses aud
pasturage are doing we'll Potatoes have
rotted some. Fruits are looking better,
but the outlook is still very poor Cherries,
apples, plums, etc, are dropping badly
Corn is III bad condition, and most of the
ground planted in which the seed has rot.
ted will have to be replanted. Gardens
have hardly started, and early vegetables
are not probable.
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1893-05-17
THE BERlNG SEA COURT.

PARIS, May 16-ContinuinS his argu
ment in support of the British case before
the Bering sea arbitration tribunal today
Sir Charles Russell argued that the seiz-
ures made of British vessels In BeriDg sea
were not justifiable. He reviewed AT
length the origin and nature of the
rights transferred by Russia 10 the United
States in 1867. The pretenslon OF Russia
to exclusive jurisdiction over the waters
of Bering sea Was untenable; hence, the
rights derived from Russia by the United
States were merely ordinary property
rights in the soil and not III the seals.
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1893-05-17
THE SOUTHERN sApTIsrs.

NASHVILLE, Tenn, May 16-The South
ern Baptists adjourned tonight, to meet a
year hence in Dallas, Texas. After several
reports had been read and adopted, after
considerable debate, the committee on
nominations reported the names of the
members of the boards of foreign missions,
home missions and Sunday school litera-
ture. The presidents of the boards are as
follows: Professor Harris of Richmond,
president of the foreign board: Governor
Northen of Georgia, president of the home
mission board, and j. NJ. Frost. pastor of
the First Baptist church of Nashville,
president of the Sunday school board.
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1893-05-17
THE KANSAS CITY SHOOT

KANSAS CITY, MAY 16-The annual
tournament of the Missouri State Fish
and Game Protective association was re-
sumed this morning The first shoot on
the program was for teams of two. Ben
nett and Mason of Kansas City won the
first prize; Williams and Black of Kansas
City the second; Elliott and Guinotte OF
Kansas City, the third, and Dick and Hill
Of ST. Louis, the fourth. The other event
of the day was a ten-bird sweepstakes
Keene Macintosh, Hill and Tramp Irwin
divided the first money; Elliott, Under
wood, Reck and kearns, the second, aud
Burrell, Sherry aud Combs. tae third.
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1893-05-17
DESTROYED BY FIRE.

BALTIMORE. May l6-The establishment
OF T. T. Day, sons & Co, makers Of
trunks, satcheis, harness, etc, in West
Baltimore street was completely gutted
by fire this afternoon. Many OF the en-
ployts had marrow escapes. The loss is
sl00 0Jo, with an insurance OF SO, 900
LONDON, May IS The central part Of
the handsome episcopal palace at Bishops
Court. Isle of Man, the seat of the Angli-
can Bishop of Iodor aud Man, has been
destroyed by fire. The confiagraii0u
broke ont so suddenly aud spread 40 rap
idly that the servants narrowly escaped
with their lives Books and documents OF
priceless value were consumed.
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1893-05-17
a STREET RAIL WAY SALE.

ST. JOSEPH, Mo, May 16.-The St. Jos
eph street car system. which comprises
about thirty-five miles of track, and also a
plant for furnishing electric light and
power, was sold today by a master in
chancery. The principal bidder was
James Il. Gardiner representing the bond
holders and local syndicate. The system
WAS knocked down for 1866, 600 The old
company will be reorganized and will pur-
chase the system from the trustee