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THE DALLJS WEEKLY CHRONICLE, FRUXKY; SEPTEMBER 301892:
The Weekly Ghfoniele.
THK DALLESi
- OREGON
LOCAL AND PERSONAL.
From the Daily Chronicle, Tuesday.
, ' This is the very best season to enjoy a
trip to Cloud Cap Inn.
Cords of wheat were piled op on the
Regulator wharf today for Portland.
Mr! Dexter will take a . locomotive on
'this division during the busy wheat sea-
Summer clothing and the shady sides
of the streets were popular again today
in The Dalles.
J. W. Kooutz threatens to sue the city
for potatoes lost by the eacks tearing
out on protruding nails in the walks.
Mr. Jack Dexter of Vallejo is in The
Dalles today on a visit to his father-in-law,
County Clerk J. B. Crossen.
Mr. Hunt, the Court street photog
rapher, has left us for Clatskanie, a stir
ring new town in Columbia county.
Messrs. Grant Mays, Fred Wallace
" and Lewis Porter, of Antelope, have
been in the city for the past few days.
Farmer Wilkins, of Klickitat, called
today to say that the free ferry at The
Dalles this fall is very greatly appre
ciated. The M. E. church was crowded this
forenoon by sad sympathizing friends at
the funeral of Mrs. Winzler, daughter
of Mr. Sylvester.
A party of ladies and gentlemen from
the east are taking in The Dalles today
under the pilotage of Capt. Haynes of
Buffalo.
. Yesterday ninety teams from Klicki
tat crossed the river to The Dalles, and
up to 12 o'clock to-day forty had come
in with wheat.
Mr. H. Herbring returned from New
York yesterday, where he has been for
some time past laying in a superb stock
of fall and winter goods.
Gentlemen are never so vain as the
ladies. Oh no ! But keep an eye on
the display of fall styles of Hats in John
C. Hertz' show window, and you will
see something.
A western editor met a well-educated
' farmer recently and said to him that he
would like to have something from his
pen., The farmer sent hini a pig and
charged him $9.75 for it.
. Rev. Mr. Wistler, late of the east,
has been appointed by Bishop Walden
to take charge of the First M. E. church
,i.,of Dalles City. He will arrive in time
..for Sunday services.
Mr. Allotfay announces that iree
transportation will be furnished by the
Regulator on Tuesday next to the com
, mittees and the band going to meet
the press convention at Cascade Locks.
Mount Hood has put on a new white
mantle of snow the past few days, which
reaches down the sides to a point below
Cloud cap. Miss Annie Lang is there
taking photographs of the grand scenery.
F. G. Lenz, around the world bicy
clist, reached The Dalles last night, and
proceeded on his way this morning.
He has a very poor opinion of Oregon
roads, havinz pushed his wheel 100
miles out of the 126 miles traversed
through the sand belt.
The railway between Jerusalem and
Sana was passed over to the use of the
general public last Wednesday. The
terminus at Jerusalem is near the road
to Bethlehem, half a mile from the city
wall. The road crosses the valley of
Hinnom and passes the pool of Bethesda
The Athena Press reports fully one-
half of the wheat crop of that section
sold "at fair prices," considering the
average run of grain, from 50 to 58
cents. Some very poor wheat, of which
there is not a great deal, has been sold
for as low as 48 cents per bushel.
- The Herald says the long-wished for
and much-appreciated rain came to An
telope last week, beginning on Sunday
evening and lasting until Tuesday even-
' ing. Grass, stock and sheep have been
much benefitted by it and a smile rests
on the countenance of the sheepmen
and stockmen in that section.
The recent decision of Justice Field
affirming the right of the Northern Pa
cific company to decline to haul cars of
. the Union Pacific over its lines in Oregon
and Washington, if sustained on a final
hearing, will, the hoard declares, make
the completion of the Puget sound a
necessity.
; j&he Oregon Lumbering company,
. which has recently come into possession
of the Weidler and Ordway property at
Chenoweth, have already put in one
more large mill, and in the spring they
will still further increase the capacity
for lumber production by moving the
North Powder works down, and erecting
Josh and blind shops at Chenoweth
v landing. - ;
Quite a lot of wheat is being hauled in
. but little is selling, as all who can are
waiting for prices to rise. The market
is dull. Buyers are not anxious to buy
' at prices the farmers demand, and as a
consequence but very little is being sold.
We understand that several large pools
are being arranged among the farmers,
which will no doubt cause more anxiety
to buy. Buyers are holding back, but
". it will not be very long it is thought,
before there will be a break.
Talkine with Mr. C. P. Heald in the
city today about Dr. Goucber's discov
ery, he saya that observation teaches
him that, the moth lays its eggs almost
anywhere, on the apple. He would
like to have Dr. Goucher experiment
with the worm pointed out by the sap
sucker, and keep him to see what he
will develop.'
The scarcity of cars on the X. P. R. is
caused by the heavy shipment of shin
gles from the sound country to the east
ern states, all of the surplus cars on the
Washington division having been taken
for that purpose, at the very time they
are needed the most for wheat. Thus
far the Union Pacific has been able to
supply its patrons with cars, but now
that the new crop has begun to come in
business is increasing so rapidly that it
is also difficult to get empty .cars on
this line. '",.'
Commenting upon the advantages of
the Inland Empire and referring to a
recent article in Tile Chronicle, the
East Oregonian speaks of Mr. Chas.
Cunningham, of Umatilla county who
has 21,000 head of sheep, 4,000 of which
are thoroughbred bucks worth at least
an average price of f 10 a head, while
his other sheep cannot be bought for
less than $3 a head. Here is one man
having $91,000 invested in sheep alone,
nor saying anythingabout land, of which
he owns at least 11 ,000 acres. Mr. Cun
ningham came to Umatilla county
twenty years ago without money or
friends, and at first herded sheep.
What a merry old time of it they , are
having down in Venezuela. The entire
list of generals is taking turns at being
dictator. It is a risky job, but there is
money in it if you know when to quit
the game. Venezuela will furnish a
target for the guns of our new cruisers
if she isn't a little more careful. Uncle
Sam is "fixed" to defend Americans
wherever they may be, -and manifests a
commendable disposition to do so. Life
is too short to keep track of the dicta
torships and revolutions in South
American countries. But they all seem
to deserve a thorough, international
spanking at all events. John Bull will
not be permitted to play his grab game
when American soil is at stake. Uncle
Sam and the Monroe doctrine must see
to it that Venezuela is not despoiled of
her Orinoco territory.
From tlieDnily Chronicle, Wednesday.
G. C. Colin of Dufur, is in the city.
Halo cases to report in the recorder's
court these days.
B. S. Pague returned from the east
Saturday crowned with new laurels.
Mrs. F. P. Mays and her two children
are in the city from Portland.
Mr. T. H. Johnson of Dufur. is in the
city on a flying business trip.
Mr. and Mrs. Ahola and daughter
Gussie of Goldendale, are in the city.
Isaac Davis of Wamic, is in the city
today arranging to leave for Southern
Oregon.
Jim Blakeley was out this forenoon
with a search warrant, hunting for a
Justice in the West End.
One wagon load of furniture from
Printz & Nitschke's new store, stood up
ten feet above the wagon bed today.
The rush of teams in the East End
continues today, heavily laden with the
golden grain of Wasco and Klickitat.
Mine Host Geo. Herbert of Hood
River is in the city today. He says this
is the season for enjoyment at Cloud
Cap.
Messrs. Wm. Michell and C. J. Cran
dall left yesterday for Seattle to attend
the Undertakers convention in that
city.
Mrs. S. French and Mr. Frank French
were passengerB on the Regulator this
morning for Portland, where Frank will
enter the Portland University.
The Canadian Pacific railway officials
at Vancouver, emphatically deny the
statement from Yokohama concerning
cholera on the Empress of India.
The crop of cereals is finding its way
to the ship side rapidly en route to Eu
rope. The U. P. R. send several big
train loads through daily and nightly.
Weather forecasts for the next thirty
six hours at The Dalles are : Fair, fol
lowed by warm showers, and cooler
weather. Winds shifting southerly and
easterly. '
A handsome window is presented by
Pease & Mays today. The design is a
lady draped in elegant dress goods, and
shows soine beautiful portier curtains,
the work of Mr. Briggs.
, The new palatial store room of Mr. A.
Keller on Second street, is receiving the
finishing strokes of the artist. It will
be as fine a store as can be found in
Portland according to the size of it.
' A piece of money was picked up this
afternoon about 1 o'clock in front of
Leslie Butler's store. The owner can
have it by describing the denomination
of the piece, and paying for this adver
tisement. When in these busy times, a man in
The Dalles has to make sundry trips a
day between the East End, the banks,
the Regulator wharf, the telegraph of
fices, etc., a sigh goes up for an elec
tric car system belting the city; for a
telephone and a messenger service.
Three things greatly needed now in this
city, all of which' might be combined at
less expense than our horse . feed and
sole leather annually.
The committee on entertainment of
the editorial visitors will perhaps issue
a programme Saturday. Refreshments
are- to be served to the guests on board
the Regulator at Cascade Locks, Tues
day, the 4th. ' '
Hon. A. J. Dufur, the Oregon World's ;
Fair Commissioner in lS7f, passed!
through today from Dufur en route to '
Portland. The old gentleman is in ;
pretty good health, and still hus a fond-
ness for work. t . . ,,; )
. A brother of Mr. A. Keller, from Peta- j
luma, who has been visiting in. The;
Dalles with bis family, left on the noon
passenger today for New York. Mr.
Keller says he will give him six months
to make up his mind to come back to
Oregon again.
Some rich gold bearing quartz has
been recently found in the Blue Moun
tains, about forty miles from Pendleton, j-
Within that distance of The Dalles there
are numerous prospectors in the moun
tains with hopeful indication of some
rich strikes. ..-
F. .1. Martin of McMinnville was in
tbe city today and proceeded eastwards
on the noon passenger. He is looking
after his agricultural machine business
in the Inland Empire, which has been
quite extensive this year.
" Judge Bradshaw returned last night
from holding a term of the circuit court
at Condon, but must be away again
Monday to hold a term for Sherman
county. He regrets this very much as
he would like to be in the city next
week at the annual session of the press
association.
Agent T. A. Hudson of this city has
been furnished with a copy of the quar
antine tag attached to immigrants by
the health officers when they are per
mitted to proceed after being washed
and fumigated in New York. Mr. Hud
son's vessels have never yet been called
in question ; but under present regula
tions the tags are required for all lines,
in cases of emergency.
Mr. Lee Fairchild of Seattle,' who is
taking a lively part in the campaign
work of Eastern Washington, is in The
Dalles today. He hopes to find time to
be with us at the press association
meeting on Wednesday. Mr. Fairchild
once rated as the funny man on the
West Shore, but Ambrose Bierce denied
him the right to the rating. This was
because he "took a joke" from Col.
Mitchell which Bierce could not possi
bly be mAde to understand without
some explanation.
A good many people think the city
council should have authority to assist
the people financially in the matter of
finances when contributions are asked
for the public good. The whole city of
The Dalles for instance is benefited pro
rata by a meeting such as the Press As-1
sociation next week. .The man in Tim-j
buctoo who may be owner of real pro- 1
perty here gets benefits without any as
sessment, when collections are roade to
meet the bills, because he is not here to
contribute. The - council is tbe only'
place to apply for- a just proportion of
he costs, and it has no power to act.
Rev. A. J. Wigle and wife of Rowland
passed through The Dalles today return
ing to their home from Dufur. They
wish The Chronicle to thank the
residentsiof Dufur for the many acts of
kindness and sympathy extended to
them during their sojourn in the pleas
ant little town, and to say ' that they
will ever feel grateful to those with
whom they have become acquainted for
making their stay as pleasant as cir
cumstances would permit. Mr. and
Mrs. Wigle were both under treatment
by Dr. Vanderpool for cancer, notice of
which was made sometime ago in Thk
Chronicle.
From the Daily Chronicle, Thursday.
Seed rye for sale at Mays' farm in
Tygh valley. d&w
E. G. Bigbee of Wapinitia, is in the
city today.
A.J. Brigham, of Dufur, was in the
city yesterday;
Address "Duncan" this office. See
advertisement.
Merchant Crofton and A. L. Bunnell,
of Centerville, are in the city.
Mrs. A. B. Moore and family have
moved in town for the winter.
Rev. R. W. McBride of Salem, passed
through today for Warm Springs.
Mr. and Mrs. L. E. Crowe left on the
afternoon train yesterday for Portland.
There is a lot of work daily now on the
Regulator wharf. Yesterday there was
enough for 20 men to do.
The funeral of Frank Roach was
largely attended this morning. The fire
department was fully represented.
Mrs. E. J. Brown, Mrs. Nichols, of
the Columbia, B. Wolfe and several
others were passengers today by the
Regulator. .
On and after October 1st forecasts of
the weather will be made by Mr. Pague
for the Pacific northwest, from the Port
land office.
A. W. Branner of Nansene, manager
of the bona fide staging of the
InlandEmpire, including some in Cali
fornia, is at The Umatilla.
' Miss Anna Peter & Co. will open a
fine display of trimmed goods Friday of
this week and invites the ladies of the
city and vicinity to call.
A. H. Boomer passed through the city
yesterday noon from San Francisco, on
the sad errand of attending, the funeral
of his son John at Boise City. He was
accompanied by his family.
Mr. and Mrs. Geo. Phelps of Collins
Landing, arrived by steamer Regulator
last evening on a visit to Mrs. Phelps'
parents. ' After this week they will visit
the Exposition at Portland
Mr. Sharp has finished threshing at
his home place, and is now at the same
kind of work on ' the 5-Mile place.
Grain turns out better than was ex
pected. Nancy Hanks, at Terra Haute yester
day, on a circle track, threw off 3 seconds
from her record, making a mile in 2:04
flat. - The event was witnessed by 6,000
people. '
Man never saw finer trout than comes
to The Dalles daily foa. Lauer, from
Hood River. Large, fine, speckled
beauties, fresh from mountain streams,
that tempt the palate of an epicure.
The Dufur flouring mill has been
awarded the contract for flour and feed
for the Warm Springs .Indian Agency
for the coming year. It aggregates
about $2,500 net.
Tom Kelly's pacer will be home from
Portland by the steamer Regulator to
night. Pacer has won a reputation in
the consolidated city amongst horsemen,
equal to any mile a minute horse that
ever wore a circingle. s
L. L. McCartney yesterday contribut
ed a lot of the Rose of Peru grapes to the
Portland exposition, which are certain
ly not surpassed . by any grapes yet
brought in. They grew in the city, on
Thompson's addition, and for size and
flavor cannot be beat.
Humidity today 60 percent, with the
dew point 60 per cent. Temperature 69
on a part cloudy sky, shows but little
evaporation at midday. The forecast is
fair, with threatening rain, stationary
temperature, followed by cooler -weather
and changeable winds. ,'
Jos. Southwell complains that the
Celilo and Warm Springs' Indians are a
pest to him. ' They turn their ponies in
to his meadows after dark and take them
out before daylight, and destroy tbe feed
for his own stock. " There ought to be
some recourse at law for redress of such
trespassing.
The Silgol Mining company, was or
ganized in this city yesterday. They
are putting prospectors in the Mount
Adams district at once, with fine pros
pects for the future development of a
rich mining region tributary to The
Dalles. We are promised further par
ticulars at no distant day. '
BORX.
On' 5-Mile, near this city, Sept. 27th,
to the wife of Wm. W. Patterson, a son.
We've heard of a woman who said
she'd walk five miles to get a bottle, of
Dr. Pierce's Favorite Prescription if she
could't get it without. That woman had
tried it. And it's a medicine which
makes itself felt in toning np the system
and correcting irregularities as soon as
its use is begun. Go to your drug store,
pay a dollar, get a bottle and try it try
a second, a third if necessary. Before
the third one's been taken you'll.know
that there's remedy . to help you.
Then you'll keep on and a cure '11 come.
But if you shouldn't feel the help, should
be disappointed in the results you'll
find guarantee printed on the bottle
wrapper that'll get your money back for
yoa.
How many women are there who
would rather have the money " than
health? And "Favorite Prescription"
produces health. Wonder is that there's
a woman willing ts suffer when there's
a guaranteed remedy in the nearest drug
store.
Dr, Pierce's Pellets regulate the
stomach. Liver and Bowels. Mild and
effective.
FOR SALE.
Sixty well bred rams, onghalf of them
thorough-bred Spanish Merine; Will
sell fibeap as we are going out of busi
ness. Inquire of Kerr fc Buckley,
Grass Valley, Sherman county, Oregon.
9-23-3tw
SX:SIMOK8 In the Circuit Conrt of the State
of Oregon, for the County of Wasso.
Clara E. Toland, 1
Plaintiff, j
vs. .
Isaac F. Toland,
Defendant.)
To Isaac F. Toland, the aboix-namcd Defendant:
In the name of the state of Oregon, you are
hereby required to appear and answer the com
plaint tiled against you in the above-entitled
suit within ten duys from the date of the ser
vice of this summons upon you, if served with
in this county ; or if served within any other
eountv of this state, then within twenty days
from the date of the service of this summons
upon you ; and if served upon you by publica
tion, then by the first day of the next regular
term of thi- court, to-wii: Monday, the 14th
day of Novcirl c-r, 1S92; and if you fail to appear
or answer, a aoove required, the plaintiff' will
apply to the court for the relief prayed for in btr
complaint herein, to-wit: For a decree of di
vorce, and for her costs and disbursements here
in. This summons is published by orderofthe
Hon. W. L. Bradshaw, judge of the above-entitled
court made at chambers in Dalles City,
Wasco County, Oregon, on the 29th day of Sep
tember, 1.S92. J. L. BTOKV,
-29-7t Attorney for Plaintiff.
ADMINISTRATOR'S SALE.
Notice is hereby given that the undersigned,
the duly appointed, qualified and acting admin
istrator of the estate of John Mason, deceased,
by order of the county court of Wasco county,
Oregon, heretofore duly made and entered, will
on, Saturday, the 29th day of October, 1892, at
the hour of 2 o'clock, p. m., of said day, at tbe
front door of the county court bouse in Dalles
City, Wasco county, Oregon, sell at public auc
tion, to the highest bidder for cash in hand, the
following-described real estate, belonging to the
estate of said deceased, to-wit: Tbo northwest
quarter of Section Twelve (12) in township one
(1) south of range fourteen (14) east of the Will
amette meridian, in Wasco county, Oregon, con
taining one hundred and sixty acres of land,
more or less.
Dated at The Dalles, Wasco county, Oregon,
this 22d day of September, 1892.
. B. V. MASON,
Administrator of the estate of John Mason, de
ceased. .
DUFUR A MHNEFEE, .-
Attorney for said Estate. -9.wJt
HER FRIEND.
Twaa in the Boston fast express a little maid
.. en sat;
She occupied the seat alone; beside her lay her
hat.
She clutched her dolly to her breast in childish
mother play. ,
As ff she feared some dreadful giant would
snatch it right away.
"Are yon alone, my little RlrlT" I asked aa I
stooped down.
'My mamma told me Dud waa here!" ahe said
with naif a frown.
"She tissed me an my dolly, and I dess 1 deal
know yoa."
"But, dear.". I answered, smiling, "tell me
where you're going to."
She twisted In her seat, and then she loosed
. her tangled hair.
"I'm doin on to Boston, an my pop'll meet me
there."
"Bnt. dear," I questioned gently, "if thechoo
choo cars should stop,
"And you should walk, and walk, and walk.
and then not find your pop,
"What would yon do?" The little maiden
shook her head and frowned.
"My mamma says when pop ia gone, that Dod
is somewhere round."
The train rolled into Boston town. I waited
there awhile
And watched my little bine eyes, with her half
expectant smile.
"Dess waitin for my pop," she said, "with dolly
fast asleep."
And then a man came rushing in, I knew him
by his reap. .
He snatched his little daughter np with frantic,
feverish glee;
And then, with father's instinct, quick his cya
was turned on me.
"Well, Bess," he asked, "who is your friend?"
With quaint, expressive nod
The maid replied: "I deaa I know. I fink It
mus' be Dod." . " .
Tom Masson in Brooklyn Life.
America's Paper Making; Capacity.
The United States has a capacity for
producing- about 15,250,000 pounds of
paper annually, not counting the idle
mills, of which at present about seventy
are reported, out of a total of 1,180. Of
this enormous product some 3,735,000
pounds are used in printing newspapers
and books, and 213,800 pounds more go
to help bind the books printed. It is
estimated that 498, 0Q0 pounds are con
sumed by the building trades; 3,176,000
pounds of wrapping paper are used and
590,000 pounds of writing papers. An
important item is the production of
nearly 1,600,000 pounds of press, straw
and wood pulp "boards." The produc
tion of "artificial leather," fortunately
for the purchasers of shoes, has been de
creasing since 1884, when 129,000 pounds
of this material were produced. The
most rigid economy is practiced in pa
per making; hence - the-high degree of
mechanical - skill and executive ability
connected with this industry as com
pared with the cost of the product.
New York Telegram.
. - Change of Fifty Tears.
The tardy justice done to women . in
the passing of the women's property act
in England and America was the direct
outgrowth of the wages system. The
fact that woman had no right in her
earnings, inherited property, or even in
her personal belongings, until recent
years, took away all stimulus to active
money making effort.1 ' Driven to it by
the failure of husband or father to pro
vide for her wants, she could not ' hold
any possession from tbe grasp of the
selfish, cruel, tyrannical or degraded
male relative who possessed legal power
over her. The change in these serflike
conditions has all occurred within the
past fifty years, and it is marvelous.
Jenny June's "Thrown on Her Own Re
sources." '
Catcher Flint's 'Wonderful Bands.
Charles Seymour, the newspaper man.
used to tell a story about Catcher Flint
When the Chicago Ball club called on
the president in Washington each mem
ber of course shook hands with the ex
ecutive. When the president's hand was
released by "Old Silver" the president
was seen to quickly thrust it into the
pocket of his coat. Then he felt about
in his pocket a bit, took his hand out
and looked at it with some surprise, re
marking, "Oh, I beg pardon; I thought
you had given me a handful of wal
nuts." Chicago Post.
Three Small Trees.
Keampfer is quoted as describing a
trio of trees he saw in a box 1J inches
broad, 4 inches long and 3 inches deep,
for which the owner asked the traveler
the modest sum of $500. The three deni
zens of the box were a bamboo, a monthly
blooming plum tree and a blue leafed
pine, all perfectly formed and seemingly
enjoying their dwarfed existence. St.
Louis Republic.
Taking Her Down.
Little Dot Ala, may 1 take the baby
out in my doll's carriage?
Mamma Why, what for?
Little Dot Susie Stuckup has a new
doll 'at shuts its eyes an cries "Wail,
wah!" I'm doin to betend the baby is a
doll and let her hear him yell. Then 1
dess shell stop puttin on airs. Good
News. '
Horse Sense.
As regards color, gray horses live long
est, roan horses nearly as long. Cream
colored horses are deficient of staying
power, especially in summer weather.
Bays, on an average, are the best. Horses
with black hoofs are stronger and tough
er than others. Rider and Driver.
Wanted the Xectllc.
A man customer in a Boston store
would not purchase an electric belt be
cause it did not have all those needles
sticking out in every direction from it,
such as pictured in the papers. Phar
maceutical Era.
The earliest coinage that can be called
American was, ordered by the Virginia
company, and was minted in the Ber
mudas in 1613. But -then, and for long
afterward, the standard currency of
Virginia was tobacco.
Conch shells, when ground, enter into
the manufacture of porcelain. The rose
colored pearls of the pink conch are
very valuable, and have a beautiful
wavy sheen like that of watered silk.
An English clergyman whose adver
tisement has more than once appeared
in a London paper nets a nice sum an
nually by the sale of a special breed of
puppies.
A HOME IN VENICE.
AN ENGLISHMAN'S IDEAL ABODE
. IN THE CITY OF CANALS.
A Venetian Palace, Its Treusures of Art
: and Personal Interest A Few of the
Many Ornaments, Pictures. Hooks and
Bite of Bare Brle-a-Ilrmc.
" When some five and twenty years ago
Sir Henry Layard resolved to make for
himself, and for the treasures of art
which he hod gathered from the four
winds of heaven, a home in Venice, he
found, fortunately enough, that the Ca'
(or Casa) Capello was just at the very
moment at his disposal. It had been the
abode for several years of an English
man who had just died, and who had
left Mr. Malcolm, then well known
among the English residents and now
their doyen, his executor. A friendship
had long existed between Mr. Malcolm '
and Sir Henry Layard, born of similar
ity of taste, which has ripened with
many years of neighborhood and inter
course. It was thus that the Ca' Capello came
into the hands of Sir Henry Layard, and
from that day it has been his home. '
Hither in the intervals of his ministerial
duties, his missions and his visits to his ' -English
kinsfolk, he has returned with
ever growing zest and affection. Here
he has surrounded himself with a fine
library, a noble collection of .pictures
and bronzes, marbles and mosaics, tap
estries, ancient furniture and bric-a-brac,
relics of the past, the spoils of a
long and varied Career". Here, too, in
the year 1869. he brought his wife, a
daughter of the late Sir John Guest.
It is barely possible to reach the Ca'
Capello on foot. You may cross the
Rialto and bear toward the left through
and across a series of tortuous and intri
cate calli, but the two haudsomo gon
dolas, reposing on the broad bosom of
the canal at tho door of On' Capello, ,.
which has every right to he called the
front, suggest to the- callers the .only
rational method of entrance. It has
been said that the houso is not one of
the largest; its aspect, however, is nn- .
doubtedly one of tho most attractive in
the most beautiful highway in the world.
THK HOUSE.
The two sides of the house, one in the .
Rio di San Polo, the principal, with the
porch on the Grand canal, give scope for
a display of color which elsewhere might
suggest garishness. but which in Venice,
par excellence the city of many colors,
is natural and pleasing. As your gon- '
dola roaches the broad flight of steps be
hind the tall green pali, you cannot fail
to notice that every window sill bears
its burden of flowers after our English
fashion, and that the portico is a veritable '
floral bower, with a conservatory over
it, in which, beside the greenery, an im
mense Venetian gloss chandelier is a
most striking object. It is a mass of
vine with depending black grapes, great
creeping convolvuluses, canariensis and
white jessamin, all struggling for life
apparently, with no inconsiderable de
gree of success, on the trellis work
which supports them. '
As is common in Italian private resi
dences, what we ordinarily describe at
home as tho ground floor is given np to
the servants and the domestic offices of
the establishment. A broad staircase
on the left of the entrance, on either
side of which, fixed in the wall, is a frag
ment of sculpture from Nineveh, leads
into a hall of noble proportions which
divides the house itself into two une
qual parts. Here some of the larger
pieces of furniture, such as tho cabi
nets, are to be found; and here, too, a
pair of admirable three-quarter length
portraits of Sir Henry and Lady Lay
ard. painted in Madrid by Palmaroli,
head of the Spanish academy at Rome,
face each other. Another portrait of
Sir Henry Layard challenges an even
closer inspection that, namely, by Lud
wig Passiui, which was shown in the ex
hibition of the Royal academy. Largo
receptiou rooms give out on either side
of the hall, and, like it, all uro floored
with terrazzii, a material which to its
great beanty udds tho advantage of be
ing absolutely uninflammable.
TASTEFUL FURNISHINGS.
The dining room and the drawiug
rooms are filled, but not crowded, with
beautiful works of art, including mas
terpieces of such painters as Gentile
Bellini, Buiiafazio, Sebastian del Piouibo
and many oilier famous Italian masters.
Nor are the exquisite and delightful
productions of the furnaces and work
rooms of Mnniiio forgotten. Of the
modern Venetian glassblowiug proc
esses. Sir Henry is imst indisputably
the founder, and some of the most per
fect specimens of this liruutifnl art are,
as it is fitting, to lie seen in liis house, .
as well as some be.uilil'nl inlay work,
and the rtdiuirable woodwork by Biraghi.
who executed the f;i:nons double stair
case in walnut wood for Lord Wim
borne, at Canford. under Sir Henry's
directions.
Sir Henry's own siim-fum is on the
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npiKr floor of the Ca.-iu. Here are
records and memorials of a more per
sonal hind than were noticed in tho
lower rot-.i.-ptkm mom. au I among
them the Englishman t'o.'s not fail to
notice tho fraiae.l certificate on illumi
nated vellum, headed "Challis, Mayor," :
which sets foitb the bestowal of the
honorary freedom of the city of Lon
don upon Austeu Henry Layard. Here,
too, are some noble bronze figures,
portfolios, huge volumes honnd in vel
lum and gold, and a in . of books
nearly all, it may be remarked, of quite
modern literature together with the
latest periodicals. It is characteristic
of Sir Henry LayaErd's wide and com
prehensive intellect that, identified as
he is in the popular imagination with
the history of the remotest past of
which we have any knowledge, there is
no living man more completely what
the slang of the day calls "up to date."
London World.
The Carthagenians were the first to ''
introduce a stamped leather currency.
Leather coins with a silver nail driven
through the center were issued in France
by Kins John the Good in 1306.