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THE DALLES WEEKLY CHRONICLE, SATURDAY. APRIL 24. 1897.
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LOCAL BREVITIES.
Wednesday s Daily.
March was eby on wind storms, but
April is balancing ap the books for her
in good ehape.
It does not ake long for customers to
learn to appreciate choice and freshly
picked frait. The grower who furnishes
i thia class of goods is not' long looking
for customers.
; . There are two dangerous extremes in
the selection of varieties for the orchard
, The one is the liability of selecting too
few,, and the other too many. You can
strike the medium if yon observe care
fully the Bucceas of other people.
'The river was at 28.4 this morning at
8 o'clock and at noon was at 29. Re
ports from the npper country indicate
that it will go several feet higher before
checking. It is so early that a substan
tial fall may be iooked for before its
big annual rise.
J. R. Leigh, over 70 years of age, com
mitted suicide at Mount Vernon, Skagit
county, -Wash., last Saturday, by sboot
' ing himself in the head. The old man
' had been ailing for some weeks. He
leaves a widow and several eons and
daughters, all of whom are now living
away from home.
' Company B, O. N. G., of McMinn
yille, returned from its practice march
' to Amity Sunday evening in good con
dition, and ' with the enthusiasm of its
. members unabated by the ordeal tbrongh
which they had passed. The company's
next march will be to Dayton, two weeks
from next Saturday.
It is amusing to read some of tbe no
tices concerning mines, given by . our
brethren of the press in the bucolic
neighborhoods. One exchange says s
piece of ore had been brought to town
- that was rich in gold, silver copper and
lead, and added the further astounding
statement that it was fine "free milling"
ore.
The funeral of.tbe late Samuel Gates
took'' place this morning at 10 o'clock
from the family residence, Rev. - W. C.
Curtis conducting the ' services, which
rere brief and simple. A large num
ber of sorrowing friends followed tlie
body to its last resting place, where
after reading the services for tbe dead, it
was laid away. '
One of the curious things of The
Dalles is that when tbe east-bound train
pulls out there are from a dozen to
twenty strangers board the cars. The
mystery is where do they come from.
An examination of the passenger hats of
boats does not seem sufficient to account
for them, but it is the only explanation
that can be made.
From the news brought to Port Town
send by the steamer Al-Ei, which ar
rived from Alaeka at noon yesterday,
the new gold fields on the Clondyke
river are much richer than were at first
supposed, recent discoveries showing as
high as $335 to the pan. The city of
Juneau is almost deserted, as every
able-bodied man who can purchase an
outfit ' is leaving for the Clondike
country.
The streets of The Dalles have not
presented so dead an - appearance in
years as they do now. Tbe reason is
that everybody is at work and only show
themselves in the evening. Many are
at work on the farms and many more at
fisheries. The results will be seen in a
short time in the shape of more abun
dant money. At the same 'time ' the
stores are all doing a fair business, and
many teams are loading with supplies
for points South.
The East End today was dull " as a 4th
of July picnic,- and quiet as a country
courtship. Judge Filloon's temple of
Janus was closed, the - constable gone
fishing, the Judge gone we don't know
where. - There was neither hog nor
steer for shipment, tbe warehouses were
in statu quo, whatever that is,, and Joe
Worse v was engaged in an abstruse or
abstract argument on tbe pronenees of
Mormon women in the early days of
Salt Lake, to imitate gentile fashions,
and getting tbe best of the argument,
too. That was the only real live thing
in the East End today. : . '
Two daily passenger trains are now
run between Portland and Umatilla.
No. 4, the afternoon train ont of Port
land, is a new through train to Spokane
and arrives at Umatilla in the evening,
continuing ' to Spokane via Wallola,
without change of cars, and connecting
direct with Spokane Falls & Northern
train for Kootenai and Great Northern
east-bound fast" express. Great North
ern palace and tourist sleepers are oper
ated daily on this train. This train is
the connection for . Heppner branch
trains from Heppner Junction and all
branch lines north of Walla Walla. No. j
2. the evening train out of Portland, is
still the through east-bound connection
nf the Union Pacific, but now runs via
Pendleton and not via Wallulu", connect
ing wRh Oregon Short Line east-bound
fiver at Huntington.' Pullman and tour
ist sleepers, also free reclining chair cars
are operated on this train to Chicago via
(Granger and umana. j
, Thursday's Daily . ' .
. The rush of prospectors to the Ok an
ogan, Methow and Reservation mining
districts tbrouzh Wilbur has com
menced, says the Register. '
Mr. W. E. Coman, son of Conductor
Coman, has been appointed general
aeent for the O. R. & N with head-
Quarters at Butte, Montana.
The city recorder is having a dull
time of it these days, the monotony be
ing broken only at rare intervals by the
appearance of a solitary drunk. ,
Mr. And Winans thinks there will be
ripe strawberries at his place inside of
ten days, and if 'the weather should
again tprn warm, there would be a few
earlv fellows showing up within five or
six davs.
The Oregon Telephone Company has
notified its patrons that beginning May
1st its old rates will be again charged,
which were!$2 per month on Blake trans
mitters, and $3 per month on long dis
tance transmitters.
The United Artisans initiated nine
new members into the mysteries of tbe
order last night. After the ceremonies
were concluded, a fine supper was at
tended to in first-class style. The order
is growing steadily and rapidly.
Send your' orders for barbed wire to
Mays & Crowe. The Dalles. They are
making red hot prices, when cash ac
companies the order.' Two-point paint
ed Glidden at $2:35 per 100 pounds, and
painted Baker, the genuine article, for
$2.45. a24-wlm
Mrs. Green, the wealthy lady from
Alabama who was looking farther niece,
Mies Ida May Stapleton, has found .her
and everybody Ib happy except us. We
made claim to being Ida May Stapleton,
bat Mrs. Green evidently took us for an
inposter.
The officers having in custody Ed.
Kelly, supposed to be Dunham, the
California murderer, decided be was not
the man, though be fits the published
description and photographs, and de
cided to turn him loose. Kelly is still
in Spokane.
J. M. Kincaid died at his home near
Palonse, Wash., last Friday of heart dis
ease. He was an old pioneer, having
crossed the plains from Kentucky about
fifty years ago, and located the home
stead near Palouse, where he lived the
rest of bis life.
"I implore you on my knees," said
tbe lovely heroine to the hard-hearted,
bat wealthy, young man whom she in
sisted npon classing as a villain. But
when she found that wouldn't work, she
got on hie' knees to do her imploring,
and tbe fight was won.
Hood River strawberries will be in tbe
market-within the next two weeks, and
from present indications the crop will be
a phenomenal one. In the height of
tbe season two and three carloads will
be shipped daily. Then is the time to
visit that prettiest place in Oregon, and
the visit you will never forget.
When we looked in the sheriff's office
today, vainly hoping for a real live item,
Bob Kelley floored us with the state
ment that the Mississippi river and the
farmers in its flooded district were in
the same condition. Then when we
asked him why, he said when one re
cedes the other re-seeds also. He still
has life enough left to sign a-tax receipt.
The Spokane flyer, the new train
which made its first run last night, is a
dandy. , It consisted of baggage, mail,
smoker, buffet and two sleepers. The
cars were all fresh and clean, and the
whole train looked like it had just come
out of a bandbox. -Tbe ). R. & N., un
der its present, management, seems de
termined to ' have its share of business,
and the new train is put on to meet the
demand ' for better service . to Spokane
and tbe northern gold fields. . :
The river this morning touched the
30-foot mark and is about at' a stand.
Reports from Lewiston show that it was
falling slightly there yesterday; and this
should start it on the down grade here
today. In 1881 the highest stage reached
was 'only 34.7, which was done June
19 ih. The high water that year came
early, on April 3d, being 21.3; on tbe
8th 25,7, and on the 25th 29.8. So that
there was a Steady flow at an average of
about 25 feet above low watermark
from April 1st to June 19th..
When tbe train from Portland pulled
in last night at 6 o'clock, it failed Jq
stop at the Umatilla House, .where there
was a large ndmber of passengers wait
ing to board it, but pulled on to tbe
depot. As there were only five minutes
to catch it in, there was a wild scramble
to get to tbe depot. As tbe ticket office
is located at tbe Umatilla, it seems
rather "queer" to see the train go by,
and at the same time the situation was
quite ludicrous when, one caught on to
the blank expressions of some of the
faces. It was probably a matter of over
sight more than anything else, and cer
tainly the fact that the train was not to
stop as UBual should have been made
public.
' Friday'sDally. ;
It is rumored that the company be
hind the steamer Pilgrim has arranged
for putting on another boat as soon as
the high water is over, and that tbe
steamer H. C. Grady .has been secured
for Che purpose. . . '.-
Mayor Pennoyer is beaten in the fight
against tbe nickle-in-the-slot machines,
and they are now running in full blast
in Portland.' '
One individual, who bad iooked too
frequently in the beer mag, or some
other mug, wag up before the city re
corder this morning $5. '
,: Let everybody and their best girl be
on hand; at tbe entertainment in the
Congregational church tonight. Admis
sion, including program and refresh
ments, only 15 cents.
The nominatiop of Harold M. Sewall
of Maine to the position of minister to
Hawaii indicates that tthis government
is going to "do something" about the
islands. If we mistake not, Sewall was
the minister at the time the American
flag was raised, and if-so, be is the right
man for the place, for he can "help put
her up again.'i .
The run of Salmon in the Lower Co
lumbia shows no indications 'of improv
ing, lne average eaten per ooat is less
than two fish. A number of men have
returned from the drifting-grounds dur
ing the past two days without bavin
ing secured a single salmon, and no im
provement Is expected until - warm
weather sets in. . -
The Case of. J. F. Clarke vs. G. W
Hanegan, involving the right of tbe road
as between bicyclists and .teamsters
was tried in JuBtice Schuebel's court at
Oregon City yesterday and was decided
in faver of the teamster, it being proven
to the satisfaction of the jury that the
damages sustained by tbe cyclist were
tbe result of bis own negligence.
A dentist in Walla Walla advertises
himself as "a painless dentist." The
world is full of painless dentists. What
the great tooth-aching public wants is to
be painless itself while in the hands of
the dentist. A man with the toothache,
or a 9-pronged molar that insists on being
pulled, doesn't care whether the dentist
is painless or not. He- has troubles
enough of his own.
An ordinance has been passed by the
city council of Ashland to prohibit card
playing or dice throwing for pleasure or
profit by minors, and is intended to op
erate to prevent minors from playing
the nickel-in-the-slot machines, as .well
as other games. Tbe ordinance fixes a
penalty for allowing minors to play at
such games, and is an addition to the
general ordinance against gambling.
We have perused very carefully the
last two issues of the Portland Dispatch,
hoping to read a glowing account of Tony
Noltner's visit to Washington City; but
somehow the account fails to material
ize. Won't you please tell us ail about
it, Tony, and relieve the minds of your
editorial brethren? What are C.orbett's
pebances now that, you have been on the
grounds? That's what we want to
know.
. William Wells was a juror in a case on
trial fn Olympia last Saturday. He told
the court that he could not be present at
the evening session of the court, as he
is a Seventh Day Adventist, and bis
Sabbath began at sundown. The court
insisted that he should be present, but
the young man insisted that be could
not go against his conscience, and finally
the. attorneys agreed to let him go, and
they proceeded with the case with eleven
jurors.
Just as we were getting ready to go
to press Wednesday morning the cry of
fire was beard, and the smoke house
back of the batcher shop was in flames,
A bucket brigade was organized and the
flames were prevented from spreading to
adjacent buildings. The building and
contents, except about a ton of wheat,
were entirely destroyed. The most of
the property belonged to WaBh Rey
nolds. . Tbe fire caught from the furnace
under the lard kettle. The loss is prob
ably $100. No insurance. Wasco News.
Last night Night-watchman Wiley find
Sheriff Driver arrested Ed Marshall, and
he is now ' confined in the city jail.
About two months ago Marshall Was ar
rested and demanded a jury trial.
ing found guilty he was fined $50 by Re
corder Phelps, and after staying in jail
one day he wished to be released, prom
ising to leave town and remain away
from it. Instead of doing so, it seems
he has been in the city ever since, but
has kept himself ont of sight. He will
now have a chance to eerve out the bal
ance of his sentence.'
It is reported that the long-delayed
eastern mail will be in tomorrow morn
ing." The delay was caused by the un
precedented high water in tbe streams
about Baker City. Small washouts oc
curred ' between Baker City and Hunt
ington, extending : over a distance of
fourteen miles, which made it impossi
ble to transfer the mails, especially as
the bridges on the wagon roads, as well
as on the railroad, were gone; Ihe U,
R. & N. has bad every available man at
work to put tbe road in condition, and is
accomplishing wonders. The ' delay is
annoying, but has to be put up with.
If the mail arrives in the morning, the
postoffice will have a steady job for sev
eral hours getting it distributed.
Yellow washing powder will make
your clothes tbe same color. Avoid
this by using Soap Foam. It's pare
white. a2-3m .
Soap Foam
excels all other washing
a2-3m :
compounds.
DRIFTWOOD.
What Was, What Was Not, and What
Should Not But Been.
"Are women human beings?" was tbe
qneetion before tbe meeting in the sixth
centurv , at the council of Macon. The
reverned fathers went at the subject in
no frivolous manner, but debated it long
and earnestly, and did not decide it un
tu Be vera l days naa been consumed in
debating the proposition. Tbe council,
not without some dissenting votes, how
ever, finally decided that she was a
human being. That opinion is shared
by some people even to this day. It
was, perhaps, the only solution possible
that was not beset with future bicker
ings and dangerous pitfalls, for suppose
that the council bad decided that she
was not a human being, the question of
man's position would have also been
brought into . the matter, for if the wo
man was not human, could tbe man,
being born of. something not human, be
himself classed as such? We think the
good fathers were biased in their judg
ment by th,is state of affairs, and that
they only decided that she-was human
for policy sake. Whenever a man's
proud position as boss of the universe
and master of all created things is called
in question, be becomes suddenly find
pathetically tender about other things
that might combine to his injury.
- Had we been in the council we would
probably have voted as they did, especi
ally when we coneider the style of head
dress and cut of garments women of those
days wore; .but now as we admire the.
gracefully-faliing skirts, peep at the
neatly-booted Trilbye, ' glance at tbe
bewitching waists and leg-o'-mutton
sleeves, and bow down before the rain
bow eplendors of the Easter hat, we
would not vote that way. She might
have been human then, but now she
is an angel.
As we went down, towards the depot
the other day, walking along the track,
we saw a can of salmon (or at least such
we supposed it to be, for the label was
off it) near the old Herrick cannery
Now. under ordinary circumstances we
would have paid no attention to it ; but
what struck us about it was that it
would roll over end over end, and at
times joup tip in the air a foot or two
and shake itself as though it was trying
to light in five or six places at once. As
may well be imagined, we" were very
much astonished, and had to stop and
smell our breath two or three times be
fore we could convince ourself that we
didn't have 'em again. Being satisfied
on that point, we began to examine the
can' As we started to pick it ap, it
made a migbtly leap and the end tow
ards us bobbed up in such a manner
that if tbe blamed thing had had legs
we would have believed it was trying to
kick at us. It was with some trepida
tion that we finally got the can in our
bands, and with something of a grew
some feeling that we proceeded to open
it. However, it behaved very nicely
and lay perfectly still as we cut the top
off with our jackknife. There was no
salmon in the can ; "instead it was filled
with two pounds of as good meat as ever
grew inside the hide of a bucking devil
of a caynse. It was a piece of tbe famous
old saddle horse ridden by Chief Moses,
and canned by Herrick two years ago,
The warm sun awakened the natural
iuBtincts of. tbe btute, which had been
preserved by the canning process, and
he was trying to buck. Salt is cheap
One of tbe pretty minor tales of myth
ology has for its subject a most beauti
ful yonth named Narcissus, who was of
graceful tnein, a rover of the woods, a
poetical, dreamy eort of a fellow, who
set the wood nymphs by the ears over
bis sweet self, and almost broke ap the
peace and quiet of the forest, vale and
stream. To see him was to love him,
for he was a thing of wondrous beauty.
The Diyads peeped out of their trees,
and the leaves trembled with their sighs
as he passed unheeding by. The Naiads
smiled at him from running brook, and
stirred the surface of the placid pools in
Bt-ltheir desire to see him; and it is even
said that Venus, having cast her eves
on mm, made some comparisons be
tween her husband, Vulcan, and the
gazelle-eyed youth, that would have
made tbe old man jealous could be have
heard them. He was tall, supple, grace
ful, with a magnificent head of jet-black
hair and eyes of' limped violet. Yet
with all the beauteous nymphs, and
even the goddess of of love, gone on him,
Narcissus remained as cold as tbe snows
on the summit of Olympus. The Dryads
ogled, but he ogled not. The Naiads
sported, but be wasn't sporty. Venus
wooed, but he would not. Why? Be
cause be bad seen his own image re
flected in a pool where a love-lorn Naiad
had shown it him ; ' and from that mo
ment he was mashed on himself. ' His
fate was sad, but deserved, for, stooping
to kiss bis image in the pool, the treach
erous Naiad, who was strictly ap to that
date, nailed him and be was a goner.
There are several morals to this moral
tale.Tone ot which is that in some things
reciprocity is better than a prohibitory
tariff. . I " ' -
The X Kay Found It.
About two weeks ago Mrs. Obarr, in
brushing some' dust from her shoulder
with her left hand, struck a needle
which was stuck-"in her dress. The
needle penetrated the end of tbe third
finger, eye foremost, and broke off, as
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subsequent events proved, leaving two
of the broken pieces of the needle in her
finger. She went to Dr. Hollister, who
extracted quite a 1 laree piece of the
needle, and supposed he had extracted
all cf it. The finger gave Mrs.'Obarr
great pain, and she insisted that there
was etill a piece of the needle in the
finger. Receiving no encouragement in
this beliefsl.e went to Mr, McArthar,
at the electric light plant, and bad him
take an X ray photograph of the finger.
Tbe picture showed the piece of the
needle lying with the eye near ttfe finger
nail, and extending diagonally backward
just across tbe end of the bone. The
peculiarity of the picture is that the
needle happening to be turned in tbe
right direction, the eye shows very
plainly.
. We understand the cause of the
trouble and this item was removed to
day.' The High Water Checked.
A rapid decline in the temperature last
night is shown in the stage of water 'in
the river today.' The water has fallen
between a foot and eighteen inches, and
unless there should be several successive
days of very warm weather tbe highest
point has been reached. There is etill
an abundance of snow in tbe mountains,
but under the present circumstances
there is a freezing temperature in the
higher altitudes during the night time,
and the snow may be expected to recede
by gradual degrees.
Although the bridge over the river at
Oro Dell has been condemned, it is being
crossed by light vehicles without ap
parent risk. The bridge at Island City
ia safe, although daring the highest
stage there was about two feet of water
running over the grade at the south side
approach. The water at this place has
now receded to a ' depth of about, six
incnes. ia uranae unronicie.
ReaolutloDB.
Whebeas, The Supreme Consul has
Been fit to call our late neighbor, Latimer
Booth, to the supreme-- lorest above,
therefore be it
Hetolved, That in the death of our late
neighbor, Latimer Bootb, Mount Hood
Camp, No. 59, Woodmen of the World,
has lost an . exemplary and faithful
Woodman, which ever member of this
camp feels the loss of, and misses bis
cheerful presence. Be it farther
Resolved, That this camp extend to
the family their sympathy, and that a
copy of these resolutions be sent them.
Resolved, That a copy of these resolu
tions be Bpread upon tbe minutes of this
meeting, and that our charter be draped
for thirty days. Also that a copy be
sent to tbe papers for publication.
C. L. Phillips,
D. W. Mann,
A. L. Reese.
- Committee..
Attention Horsemen.
The horsemen will meet at BakeoVen
May 1st, for the purpose of having a
general round up. All borseowners are
requested to be present. ' ,
R. Booten,
H. C. Rooper,
Feank Fleming.
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NO HELP FOR THE CHILD.
A. Oypay Fortune Teller Gives Sad News
to a Mother.
"Tell me what my baby's lot in life
will be!" pleaded the fond young
mother, crossing the gypsy's hand with
silver! "He is so different from other
babies, don't you know, that I"
"All babies are different from other
babies, my dear," replied the soothsayer,
who was as befitted one who could read
the secrets of tbe stars .with the facility
with which tbe average man discerns bia
own fitnees for holding office dead onto
the frailties and foibles of human na
ture in general, and of doting mammas
in particular. "But be will outgrow
that in time."
"But he really is different," persisted
the young mother earnestly. "Although
he talks almost incessantly, and his
language sounds exactly as if it ought to
be intelligible', I am utterly unable to
understand a word be says. Then bis
bead is extraordinarily large for a child
of his age, and he often snffers from se
vere pains in it. He is bold and self
possessed in the extreme, and is abashed
at nothing that frequently affects chil
dren, but, on the other band, he often
wakes in the dead of night shrieking
with the fear of terror of his own dream
ing. And daring his waking hours be
is never satisfied with what is given him,
but cries for the sun or the moon and
other impossible things."
"My poor dear I" returned the gypsy,
banding back the silver, while the tears
ran down her withered cheeks like rain.
"It is entirely unprecedented, but I can.
not keep your money while I prognosti- ..
cate ill fortune for you. Try to bear the
blow bravely. Your baby will grow up
to be a Populist ! There is no help for
it "Portland Welcome.
The Tabernacle of Israel.
Prof Kelchner's celebrated Tabernacle
of Israel, which will be on exhibition in
tbe M. E. church next Tuesday evening,
should be seen by every Bible student,
Sunday school scholar and every lover
of the beautiful and instructive. Prof.
Kelchner is a lectnrer of high standingr
and will giye the beautiful lessons of
this sacred structure in an interesting
and instructive manner. -
This model is pronounced the most
magnificent and extensive reproduction
of the original ever attempted. The
educational exhibition is hard to over
estimate. Admission fee will be, for adults, 50
cents, for persons under sixteen years of
age, 25 cents.
Jennie Llnd's Terrible Nervousness.
A reminiscent article on Jennie Lind
and her home life has been prepared by
ber daughter, Mrs. Raymond Maude,
for puolication in tbe May Ladies' Home
Journal. It ia said to be filled with in
teresting memories of the famous singer,
and is noteworthy also as being the first
view we have of her tbrongh the eyes of '
ber adoring daughter. Mrs. Maude
brings to light the fa,ct that Jenny Lind
was always nervous and overstrung be
fore events just before singing in a new
opera or oratorio, but was quite calm
wben the very moment of action arrived.
and Implement dealers.
MAYS & CROWE,
THE DALLES.