CM) THE DALLES WEEKLY CHRONICLE, WEDNESDAY. JUNE 23. 1897. The Weekly Ghroniele. THE DALLES, OKBGON PERSONAL. MENTION. Saturday'! Dally. Max Voet, Jr., returned from Mr, Baker City this morning, Mrs. Kate V. Wendling of Portland is leiting Mrs. Doctor Kinehart. Philip Rinehart went Thursday to La Grande to visit hie grandfather, i Mr. and Mrs. D. M. French came up on. the 6 o'clock train last night. Mrs. French has been visiting relatives in Salem. Mr. C. J. Crandall arrived home this morning from Umatilla, where he had been to adjust the losses for the insur ance companies, on the bnildings burned there recently. Monday's Daily. Frank Fulton is down from Kjgs. Lewis C. Hennegan of Victor is in the city on land business. Mies Lizzie Bonn went to Portland to day to visit relatives. G. C. Blakeley returned from Portland last night, where he has been attending the pharmaceutical convention. Alex. Mcintosh, at one time a resi dent of The Dalles, but at present of San Francisco, is visiting his old friends here. Mrs. Katie Hallett-Abend, who has been the guest of Mrs. Bradshaw for the past two weeks, lett lor rortiana last night. Superintendent Gardiner, ot the Boys snd Girls Aid Society, came up lrom Portland last night, and will return to morrow. Tuesday's Daily. Hon. Win. Biggs went up to Wasco this morning. . . Lytle is at Biggs today looking after the work on the new railway. Dr. Lannerberg, the eye specialist, leaves tomorrow for Dufur, where he will remain nntil Monday. MARRIED. At Stevenson, Wash., Jane 12th, Fred E. Leavens of Cascade Locks to Miss Carrie North of Multnomah county. At Stevenson, Wash., Wednesday, June 16tb, John Anderson to Miss Amelia Jagens, both of Cascade Locks. bubs. In this city, Sunday, June 20th, to Mr. and Mrs. J. W. Smith, a daughter. In this city, Monday, June 21st, to Mr. and Mrs. A. H. Blazier, a son. In this city Sunday, June 20th, to Mr. and Mrs. Dave Lemerson, a daugh ter. DIED. At Fortuna, Humboldt county. Cali fornia, June 5, 1S97, Silas Beezley, aged e years, v montns ana ia days. y Deceased was lor many years a resi dent of thiB city, and had many friends here who will be grieved to learn that the good old man is no more. DIAMONDS MADE TO ORDER. . . Discovery of Process for Making Stone of Large Size. Diamonds are to be cheap. They will be made to order. Diamonds of a very umall size have been produced artificially heretofore, but no one had succeeded in producing them of large size. Consul Germain, of Zurich, has, however, in formed the state department that E. Moyat, a German, has discovered a new process by which they can be made in large dimensions. In principle Moyat's process is about the same as the one already invented by others, and that is to obtain crystallized carbon ont of iron and coal by means of high pressure and high temperature. Pulverized coal, iron chips and liquid carbonic acid are placed in a steel tube and hermetically sealed. The contents are then subjected to the action of an electric arc light by means of two elec trodes introduced into the tube. The iron liquefies, is then saturated by part of the pulverized coal, and at the same time the carbonic acid evaporates, there by creating an enormous pressure on the mixture of coal and iron. This pressure again considerably increases the dissolu tion of the coal in the liquid iron. While the mixture ia cooling, the car bon crystallizes, partly in the form of real diamonds and partly in the form of similar stones. These crystals are then segregated by dissolving the iron in di luted muriatic acid. They are diamonds that cannot be distinguished from those found in South African mines. Found the Cabin. Two years ago James Brown was at the death-bed of an old Indian woman, who lived on the upper Umpqua, and before her death she told Brown the fol lowing story, says the Oakland Gazette : Thirty years ago three Germans discov eied a fabnlously rich mine in the Bohe mia district, and while they were at work were murdered by the Indian woman's husband. She told where the bodies were buried, described the local ity, and told were the pick, shovels, etc., were hidden, and described a chopped tree which stood near the mouth of the mine. About three weeks ago Brown imparted this information to Will Mar cey, brother of the Marcey brothers of Oakland, and the two men left for the mountains. They returned a few days ago, and report having found the ruins of the cabin, the chopped tree and the caved-in mine ; also what seemed to be "the grave of the Germans. They had no tools with which to open either the grave or the mine, but will outfit and return in a few days, when it is prom ised some interesting facts will -be developed. TRAVELS OF A DIAMOND, Story of a Paris Jeweler's Experience wit a Very Fine Stone. Some years ago a Paris jeweler told a story of one diamond which bad passed over his counter no less than lKtimes. It was a beautiful 6tone of nearly four carats, of perfect color and luster, but easily identified by means of a small "feather" in the tip of the lowest part. He bought it from an Bast India dealer and had it set in a ring. U was sold to a countess in 1869, just before the out break of the Franco-Prussian war. The countess died in a few weeks, and the ring was worn by her husband. He was killed in the siege of Paris, and a few days after his death the ring was brought in the ring and sold it to the mon soldier. He was arrested, and the ring was sent to the family of the dead count. Before the siege ended they brought in the ding and sold it to the. dealer in order to procure money to buy food. Directly after the siege i passed into the hands of an English tourist who visited the city, to get a look at the ruin wrought by the com munists, and a year later back came the stone from the Indian buyer of the firm, who, on being written to and desired to tell how he got it, stated that it had been the property of an English tourist hunter who was killed by a tiger, and his friends sold the ring to get means to send the body home. The stone was re set, and soon found a purchaser in a prominent member of the demi-monde, who not long afterward was murdered in her room. Among the articles taken by the murderer was the ring, and the firm began to wonder how soon it would turn up. They had hot long to wait, for all their people had by this time learned about the stone, and were on the look out for it. After six months it was found in the showcase of a jeweler in London,' who had bought it from a firm' in Amsterdam. It was bought by the Paris agent, and sent back to be started afresh on its travels. It was purchased again by a woman of the town, who, six weeks later, was drawn out of the Seine with the g"em on her finger, and, by a strange coincidence, it was offered to the firm that sold it by the police agents, the court having jurisdiction having ordered it to be sold. And so it went from hand to hand, attended with mis fortune at every change and usually bringing death to the possessor. La borers in the Golconda mines used to say that when a stone was baptized id blood when first taken from the eart it caused the shedding of blood where ever it went, and the story of ono such ill-omened gem goes far to confirm belief in such a superstition. Jewelersy Beview. . GERMS IN THE DUSTPAN, The Sweeping! of the Carpet Contain Many Dancers to Health. ' To those who know the true inward ness of things the sight of a housemaid brushing a dusty carpet is suggestive of many evils. The death of Pasteur haa leminded the world of what is constant ly present in the thoughts of medical men namely, that while micro-organ-Ums are the great producers of disease, dust is the great carrier of micro-organisms. Sow that we know these things, it is distressing to find how little out knowledge is put to practical use, and to see old customs still unchanged, old habits which we know to be destruc tive carried on, and to find the house maid on her knees, with her brush and dustpan, stirring up dust to the detri ment of every one, and breathing germ laden particles to her own destruction. It needs but a small amount of common sense to see that if carpets must con tinue, a thing' greatly to be deprecated Ihey should be rubbed with a damp cloth rather than brushed, and that if, in deference to prejudice, they must be brushed, this should be done by a covered American sweeper, with plenty of damp tea leaves. Of all ways of re moving dirt from a carpet the worst is by the use of the ordinary short brush, which involves the housemaid kneeling down in the midst of the dust which she so needlessly creates, and drawing it into her lungs with every breath. For ordinary household use something like lineoleum, something' which can be washed with a wet cloth every morning, would seem to be the best covering for floors; but if carjpets must be, and it is impossible to teach the present generation comfort at the expense of future risks, at least let us remember that car pete may be washed even where they lie; that, till the day of washing comes a closed sweeper is far better than a brush, and that the worst form of brush is one with a short handle. British Medical Journal. MISCELLANEOUS ITEMS. A DAY IN BED. Itlch. riacer Strike. The news comes in from the old camp at Bye Valley that Messrs. Fred Gard ner and Charles Durkee have discovered a new tract of placer ground on what is known as Shelton gulch, which will pay $50 per day to the man. The discover ers of this rich ground are now con structing a ditch to cover the claims with water, and when this is done they expect to take out a large amount of money. Baker City Democrat. Deafness Cannot be Cured by local applications, as they cannot reach the diseased portion of the ear. There is only one way to cure deafness, and that is by constitutional remedies. Deafness is caused by an inflamed con dition of the mucous lining of the Eus tachian Tnbe. When this tube is in flamed you have a rumbling sound or imperfect hearing, aud when .it is en tirely closed, Deafness is the result, and unless the inflammation can be taken out and this tube restored to its normal condition, hearing will be destroyed for ever: nine cases out of ten are caused by catarrh, which is nothing but an in flamed condition of the mucous surfaces. We will give One Hundred Dollars for any case of Deafness (caused by catarrh) that cannot be cured by Hall's Catarrh Cure. Send for circulars ; free. F. J. Cheney & Co.. Toledo, O. EUfSoUl by Druggists, 75c. 6-10 Notice -to Taxpayers. On and after July 1, 1897, costs will be added for the collection of all taxes due Wasco county on all delinquent rolls now in the hands of the sheriff. This is an imperative order from the county court, and the sheriff has no option but to collect such taxes by levy on property if not paid voluntarily by property own ers. All parties concerned are berebv notified that no leniency will be shown in the collection of taxes after July 1, and that levy will be made on all prop erty delinquent after that date. T. J. Driver, jl4-td Sheriff of Wbbco County. Wanted. Agents for "Queen Victoria, Her Beign and Diamond Jubilee." Over flowing with latest and richest pictures. Contains the indorsed biography ot Her Majesty, with -authentic history of her remarkable reign, and full account of the Diamond Jubilee. Only $1.50. Big book. Tremendous demand. Bonanza for agents. Commission 50 per cent. Credit given. . Freight paid. Outfit free. Write quick for outfit and terri tory. The Dominion Company, Dept. 7, 356 Dearborn St.. Chicago. jon22-lm . May Be Indulged In with Profit by Tired Housewives. If a vacation is impossible, try rest, advises a writer on women's work. 1 here is no special satisfaction to the tired, over-worked housewife at this season to be told that she must try change of oene and moderate exercise. There' is no better preventive of nerv ous exhaustion, we are told, than regu lar, unhurried muscular exercise. If we could moderate our hurry, lessen our worry and increase our open air exer cise a large portion of nervous diseases would be abolished. But the tired house keeper realizes only too well that it is r.ot exercise she needs half so much as lest. For those who cannot get a holi day the best substitute is an occasional day in bed. Many whose nerves are con stantly strained in their daily vocation have discovered this for themselves. A Spanish merchant in Barcelona told hia medical man that he always went to bed whenever he could be spared from business and laughed at those who Bpont their holidays on toilsome moun tains. One of the most successful work ing women in England, who had for many years conducted a. large wholesale business, retains excellent nerves at an fcdrancfd age, owing, it is said, to the habit of spending one entire day of each week in bed. If we cannot avoid fre quent agitation we ought, if possible, to give the nervous system time to re cover bet ween shocks. If the idea of a whola day in bed seems absurd to the tired mother and housewife at least de termine to take half an hour's seclusion and rest after lunch, and it will prove a saving and not a loss of time. -Chi cago Chronicle. . SCIENTIFIC REASON GIVEN. The oldest national flag in the world is that of Denmark, which haa been in use since the year 1219. Among the earliest specimens ot alphabetical writing are the inscrip tions given on the monument of King Eshmunnezer, which rival in ' import tance the Moabitic inscription of King Mesha. The Oldest Jewish alphabet is sup posed by some scholars to have been an adaptation of the Egyptian ideographs. Its earliest use in a monument is sup posed to be the Siloam inscription at Jerusalem. Astronomers calculate that the surface of the earth contains 31,625,625 square miles, of which 23,814,121 are water and 7,811,504 are land, the water thus covering about seven-tenths of the earth's surface. Size for size, a thread of spider silk is decidedly tougher than a bar of steel. An ordinary thread will bear a weight of three grains. This is just about 50 per cent, stronger than a steel thread of the same thickness. Italy has 48 per cent, illiterate peo ple; France and Belgium about 15 per cent. In Hungary the illiterates num ber 43 per cen t. ; in Austria, 39 per cent., and in Ireland 21 per cent. In India only 11,000,000 people out of 250,000,000 can read and write. The 72 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 average longevity of both sexes being only 38 years, about one-third of the population dying before the age of 17. Jeroslaf I. of Russia had no teeth, having lost these valuable adjuncts to happiness by a blow from a Turkish mace. An English traveler in this country snys it was commonly reported that the king's chewing was done by the queen, who masticated all the royal looa and transferred it from her mouth to his majesty's with a spoon. C. W. PHELPS & CO. Agricultun -DEALERS IS- Implements. A FUNERAL CUSTOM. The ana tour Grain. Few realize that each squirrel de stroys $1.50 worth of grain annually. Wakelee's Squirrel and Gopher Exterm- in cor is the most effective and econom ical poison known. Price reduced to 30 cents. For sale by M. Z. Donnell, Agent. Why the Eyes of a Tainted Portrait Fol low tho Observer. Wollaston's curious discovery was that by adding to each pair of eyes a nose directed to the right or the left, the eyes lose their front direction, and look to the rigfht or left, cct'crCinjr to the direction of the ncsje. I?y iuca.it? of a flap representing the lower features in a different position, ar, Hi: Wollaston remarks, "a lost lool. cf devout abet Tac tion in an uplifted countenance cf in quisitive archness in the leer of a younger face turned downward ami ob liquely toward the opposite side." As by changing the dircctlou of the lower features we change the direction of the eyes, says Notes and Queries, so by changing our positior.'the eye of the portrait apparently follows us. If a vertical line be- drawn through the tip of the nose and half way between the eyes, there will be the same breadth of head, of cheek, of ohin and of neck on each side of this middle line, ajid each iris will be in the middle of the whole eye. If we now move to one side, the apparent horizontal breadth of every part of the head and face will be di minished, but the parts on each side of the middle line will be diminished equal ly, and at any position, however oblique, there will be the same breadth of face on each side of the middle line, and the iris will be in the center of the whole of the eyeball, so that, being on a flat surface, the iris will be seen in front of the oicture or oblioneiv. Troubles of a Woman in a Wild Mountain Country. "On my first circuit I had a lesson In human nature that I have never for gotten," said a Methodist minister to a Washington Star reporter. "The circuit was in the mountains of West Virginia, and among the members of my church was a widow, who, in ad dition to the loss of her husband, had suffered final earthly parting with four 3f her children, leaving but two, a girl and a boy nearly grown. "One night I was asked to hasten to her cabin, which I did, reaching there just in time to be with her son when he died from the effects of an accident. "The mother, although deeply grieved, acted more calmly than I pected, and early in thcmominrfl went home, returning in the afternoon. I found the widow in the paroxysm of tears. I tried to comfort her with the usual Christian consolation. Finally she quieted down enough to say: " "Tain't only thet he died. I know he's a heap better off.' "'What is it, then?' " 'We kain't hev no funeral "'No funeral?' ' "No. Sal's jess pot back from th' Bto an' not a ya'd o' black hev they got. I never did 'tend no funeral 'thout black. an' I am t goin ter 'tend now. He kin git 'long1 ter be buried 'thout a funeral better'n I kin bemean myse'f hav'n one when I am t got nothin' fitten to w'ar. "And Jim was buried with no one present except his mother, his sister and me." Drapers Manufactured and Repaired. Pitts' Threshers, Powers and Extras. Pitts' Harrows and Cultivators. Celebrated Piano Header. Lubricating Oils, Etc. White Sewing Machine and Extras. EAST SECOND STREET, THE DALLES, OR Wholesale. CLtines and Cigats. THE CELEBRATED ANHEUSER-BUSCH and HOP GOLD BEER on draught . and In bottles. Anheuser-Busch. Malt Nutrine. a non-alcoholic beverage, unequaled as a tonic. . STUBLING & WILLIAMb HON. W. J. BRYAN'S BOOK. THE FIRST BATTLE THE FIRST BATTLE is an Interesting story of the great political struggle of 1896, its most important events and the many issues involved : a logical treatise on Bi-metallism as uttered by eminent exponents, including the part taken by Hon. W. J. Bryan in the silver agitation prior to the Democratic National Convention, and dur ing the campaign ; the best examples of his won derful oratory, the most noteworthy incidents of his famous tour, a careful review of the political situation, a discussion of the election returns and the significance thereof, and the future possibilities of Bi-metallism as a political issue. THE COUNTY COURT of the State of Ore gon for W asco County: In the matter of the adoption of Kenneth Clair, a minor child, by George J. Farley aud Esther fancy, nis wile. To thk Hon. County Court Above Named: Your petitioners, George J. Farley and Esther Furley, his wife, respectfully represent to the i;ourt: That Kenneth Clair is a child of some person other than your petitioners, of the age of 16 montns; that neitner ot the parents ot sata child are known to your petitioners, or either of them; that-on the 18th day of February, 1896, me parents ot said cniia wiituiiv deserted said child in Wasco County. Oregon, while said child was aooui tnree aays oia, ana nave ever since laiiea ana negiectea to provide proper. Of anv. care or maintenance for said child; that such failure and neglect baa continued for more than one year last past; mat saiu culm was lett py some unknown person or persons upon me door steps oi me resiaence oi your last named date daring me stltiouers on said lours of me night or early in the morning: mat neither of your petitioners Know wnemer eitner ot trie parents of said child are living or not; that the parents of said child, if living, have wholly abandoned sola cniia ever since sua last namea aate. Wherefore your petitioners nrav that an order be made berein granting to your petitioners leave to adopt raia Kennetn (Jtair. and mat his name be changed, upon such adoption, to Ken neth Clair Farley; that the Court appoint a Bui table person to act in these proceedings as next friend of said child to give or withhold consent to such adoption, and that an order be made herein directing that a copy of this petition and the order thereon be published in some news paper printed In said County and State in the manner provided by law. GEORGE J. FARLEY, ESTHER K. FARLEY. Subscribed and sworn to before me this 18th day of June, 1897. t NOTARIAL JJ. B. M UflTlKUTOK, i SEAL Notary Public for Oregon. Subscribe for The Chronicle. i i .iirA- i'Sfy ELY'S CREAM BAT.M is awwlUvecnpe. Apply into the nostrils. It is quickly absorbed. 60 cents at Drnetrlsts or by mail ; samples 10c. by matt. ELY BROTHERS, 66 Warren St., New York City. It appearing to the Court from the petition this day presented In me above entitled matter by me aDove named George J. and Esther Far ley, that the above named Kenneth Clair is a minor child of parents unknown; that on me 18tnaayof r-edruarv. 1896. me parents of said child abandoned and wilfully deserted said child In said County, and have ever since failed and neglected to provide proper, or any, care or maintenance for htm; that it is not known whether or not said parents of said cbild, or either of them, are now living, and neither of said parents can De touna within said County or State; that A. M. Kelsay is a suitable person to act as next friend of said child for the purpose of granting or withholding consent to the adop tion of said child by said petitioners. Therefore it is considered and ordered that said A. M. Kelsay be, and is hereby appointed next friend of said child for me purpose ol granting or withholding consent to the adop tion of said Kenneth Clair by said George J, rarJey and Esther rarley, his wife. That a copy of this petition hied herein, and of this order, be published once a week for three suc cessive weeks in The Dalles Chronicle, a weekly newspaper of general circulation printed and published in said County, the last publication thereof to be at least four weeks before the hear ing of said petition. Tbat Monday, the 6th day ot September, 1897, at the hour of 10 o'clock a, m. be, and is hereby, fixed as the time, and the County courtroom of said Court in Dalles Clt, Oregon, be, and is, fixed as the place for the hearing of said petition. Dated at The Dalles. Oregon, this 21st do v nf June, 1897. i KUBEKT max S, County Judge. 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MAIER& BENTON'S 167 Second Street. Subscribe for The Chronicle. Administrators Sale of Real Estate. Notice is hereby given that under and by vir tue of an order of me County Court of me State of Oregon for Wasco County, made on the 21st day of May, 1897, in the matter of the estate of Frank Ireland, deceased, I will, on Thursday, the 24th day of June, 1897, at the hour of 2 o'clock p. m, at the courthouse door in Dalles City, in Wasco, Oregon, sell to the highest bidder the following described real estate belonging to said estate, to-wit: The Southwest quarter of the Northeast quarter of Section 12, Township 2 North. Range 11 East, W. M., in Wasco County Oregon. Said premises will be sold In one parcel and for one-third cash at me time of the sale and two-thirds in four months after the confirma tion thereof, the deferred payment to be secured by note and mortgage upon me premises sold. Dalles City, Oregon, May 22, 1897. - GEORGE IRELAND, Administrator of the estate of Frank Ireland deceased. , m26-5H Administrator's Notice. Notice is hereby given mat the underaiened has been appointed administrator of the estate of Silas W. Davis, late of Wasco County, and now deceased. All persons having claims againBt said estate or against me estate of Coram and Davis of Wapinitia, Oregon, of which said firm said deceased waa a partner. will present tie same, duly verified, to me at The Dalles, Oregon or to my attorneys, Dufur & Menefee, of Dalles City, Wasco County, Oregon, within six months from the date hereof. Dated at Dalles Citv. Oregon, this 22d dav of May, 1897. B. F. LAUGHLIN, Administrator of the estate of Silas W. Davis. deceased. m26-6t-i Executor's Sale. Pursuant to an order of the Countv Court of the State of Oreeon for the Wascn Conntv. made and entered on the 3d day of May, 1897, in tho matter of the estate of James McGahan, deceased, directing me to sell the real property belonging to me estate of said deceased, I will, on Satur day, the 5th day of June, 1897. at the hour of 2 o'clock p. m., at the courthouse door in Dalles C(ty, Oregon, sell at public sale,tto the highest bidder, all of me following described real prop erty belonging to said estate, to-wit: The Southwest quarter of Section Eight, Township One South, Range Fourteen East W. M., con taining 160 acres more or less. Notice. Treasury Dxpartxikt, c Omci or Comptroller or Cubrkucy, 1 Washington. D. C. June 5. 1897. ( Notice is hereby given to all persons who may have claims against "The Dalles National Bank" of me city of The Dalles, Oregon, mat the same must be presented to H. 8. Wilson, receiver, with the legal proof thereof, within three months from this date, or they may be dis allowed. JAMES H. ECKELS, un!6-w3m-l Comptroller. Assignee's Notice. Notice Is hereby given that the undersigned has filed bis final account aa assignee of me es tate of Young Quong Lee Juke Tow and Da-Ong Tong Tang, partners doing business under me firm name oi Wai Tal, Young Quon g Company and YoungQuong insolvent debtors, with me Clerk of the Circuit Court of the State of Oregon for Wasco County. That said final account will come on for hearing in said Court on the first day of the next regular term of said Court Court, to-wit: - The second Monday in Novem ber, 1897, at the hour of 10 o'clock a. m., or aa soon thereafter aa the matter can be heard. lunl6-ew-l J. O. MACK, Assignee.