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THE DALLE3 WEEKLY CHRONICLE. SATURDAY. JANUARY 6. 1900 The Weekly Chronicle. TUB IIALLt OIKUIIK orricuu pai-k or wam:o ttouhTY. I'uldnhtd tn lut) purls, ult 'tdnridny$ and Auurmiv. Hl'IWt HIITION KATKH. v bmu, roataua rmriiD, in dax On ywr II UIOIlUll ... II Ml Tim uioiitlii 60 A'IvitiIIii( rate reasonable, Diada knowo til llf'ftllMJl. A-I.lre.sall eoiitinutilratloiii to "Til t I' II HON K I .a,'' I li PaJlea, Oro..u. LOCAL. IIKKVITIK. Vliilni-silay'a Hull)'. The Culumlila Dancing Club hat de cided to give it nvst party on Monday evening, January Rill. During lit pait year 2-173 rallrctd locomotive! worn built in th United Statri, tli largest number aver built in on year. Wall begun may b" half dona In moat rant; but In that of 1WK) If all done, (or although It began well, it certainly ill end In 0. Among the callun at the white bonis Monday to pay thrlr rfir'.i to 1'reai dent and Mra. McKinlry, were Kepre rntallvei.Tongua and Moody, the former bring accompanied by Mill Mary Tongue. Slate Treasurer Moore baa Hied till laml-annual report, allowing cash on band July 1, lH'.Hi, '.U2,H.'lii.72 ; receipt!, H01.011.85; total, 1 .734.74H .V. Dli buriemrnti, '.HIll.tJ'.H. Italance on baud Jinuary 1, 74 1,3 10. 4.1. We would liiggsit fiat the city lum inal uie bli prisoners to the lame ad vantage that Jailer Fit Gerald la uiing P.rown in keeping I lie lily cross walks clean. All tiie prisoners In the slat penitentiary might he profitably employed in the aame manner In this r.ty at present. Tiie many (rirndi of Mri. Slg Sichel, ol Portland, alio waa formerly Mill Sara Solomon, of thli city, y in jthle deeply with her in the Ion of her little ion, who died Suuday morning of diph theria, lid wai a b atillful and at tractive little chilli, an the parent! are prostrate with grief. The regular biennial meeting of the Republican stale league will be held in 1'ortland, Tuesday, Feb. 0. It li nerrs iary, according In the proriiioni of tiie league, that a lilt of the member be tiled wilb the league secretary thirty day prior to the date of the merlin to entitle a clu) to representation. Mlia Ellen J.Chambrrlln, of the itate normal school at "Monmouth, ha ig nified a dmre that a choroi from that institution I allowed to participate iu the coming May fritlval ami the ling eri will Ugin at onre practicing the "Creation." Mil Chamberlain li well known in thii part of the Hate, having j rrsl.leil in Mlriu lor many; year, and iiiimlieiid among the faculty of Willamette University. Statesman. The rn-Mii tnra of theordtr of Work men and Degree of lion ir are rxpecl Ing an rnj lyabl time thii even inir, when an entertainment and d.tnea will be given In thrlr hall, ami re. frraliincnta ,'lso lerrrd. All member! (, the order! and thrlr faiiillira ami friend are hivfled to be prrirnt. Splendid mniic for dancing bat been engaged, ami the beautiful screen work will be shown. The c unty mperlntendrnt will mail toeach ichool dialrict cleik In Ihe county today a warrant on the county ichool fund for Kh) 00. Tim diviiion of fund wal formerly madu in April. There will alio lie mailed to each ichool clrrk a circular letter Instructing the board how to proceed in caae the diitrict deiire to levy a ipecial rchool tax, to be ipread noon the la roll of A letter will alio be mailed to the chairman of each dialrict pertaining to the lame lubjrct. Krcorder Galei hai concluded that moral mailt n don't go when It come to dealing with a drunken man, for when he arrived at headiiarlert thi niorning he wa greeted by Hubert Ilarvry, whom li had prrinaded to turn over new leaf new year, day, and lo and be bold the paga wa badly tolled, II wi thcrelore fined S and I now lerv lng out hi time. Tlioi. Moran, another old oirrnder, ram np on the came charge and 1 alio working out hi fin. Lait evening Ml Irene l.'ruheit entertained a number of her friend at the reldenc of Mr. and Mr. Nlchola. After game, muiir, etc., the gueit were Invited to peitak of deliclon lunch. At a late hour the following guest! departed, wiihlng Mia Irene many happy return of the day : Miii Ila Fowler, I. 'idle Orate, Kannle Root, I.nlti lilakuiiey, Llllie Kelly, Irene Urquhart and Hubert Stewart, Tele Nickrlirn, June Cooper, Jamie Urqn. hart, lien Scott and Avers; Longmoere. It would eem from an occurrence In the city lait night that an American citizen ha not a right toexprea bis opinion In regard to the war now boing waged In Sinth Africa. At the new, that the British hail won a vlctnry, an old gentleman ventured In hurrah for England, whrn a burly blacksmith, of an age to ha hi grandion, railed hi fist and knocked him down. Without di dialing the merit of cither aide we would jmt lay that inch a coward I of more veluo to any country whrn out of It, A fellow who would alrik an old man on ucti alight provocation I a dii grace to hli country. Juit to how that they are a ewirt at any of tlit "ipeedy" hone In the city, tli animal that convey the aw 111 "cab" about the city, got on a tear till morn ing and went flying down the alley back of tha court houi lu manner which would have done credit tu any of David llaruin' thoroughbred. For a (hurt time it wa rather "iloppy" In that di rection, but they onn determined a muddy alley waan't fuit the place In which lo make the beat time and ilowed up and attended lo their buainei of collecting. The Dalle would certainly be all right if every line of business ihowrd such iiibitantial incrraie a ha that of the potloftli-a during the lait quarter, brglnuing in October and ending with December, when ihe largrit amount of buiineii, during any quarter lu it hi- tory, wa tramacted. Ihe receipt! amounted to 12.7.12.17, a againit fV VMM1 for tha corrripoudlug quarter lu lH'.m, and 12,594.11 in '07. Money order inued were a follow: For October, t-t.I31.U3; November, 5,318 05, and December, '),671 22, amounting to $10,- 061.80. I'ald out order: In Oct. 5,27."I; In Nov., 5,:i07.73j In Dec, o,oh0 05. Total 10,204. V). In tha football game at I'oitland Mon day between the Multnomah and Stan ford team Oregon won with icor of 1 1 to 0. Among tha prominent member of the Stanford team wa a Dalle boy, Italph Fiilier. KJ. Hoitetter, who at tended the game, lay Kalph put np the beat game on the Held, and of hlru Ihe Orrgonian lay: "htanfurd did not win, but it ha rcored op to It credit a feat that no other team In the North weit, nor even on the coait, including the heavy Olympic!, hal been able to accomplish hli year, that of croriing Mulliiumah' goal line. On an Oregon boy, though, Hill reiti that honor, for Kul.rr, of The Dalle, did the trick." At r-C. Vincent'! boipital in I'orllaud yraterday afternoon Dr. McKenele per formed an operation on Mr. MacAdam, and diacoveied, al It wai feared, that an ahem had formed on (lie brain, a quantity tf pun bring found. While Mi caie ii more irrloul than wai at tint ' anticipated by the huapital !irgnon, word received today bv Mr. 1'cne li to the effect that he recovered from Ihe 0eralioii In latlafactory manner and nited well lait night. Mr. MacAdam hai made many frlendi during hi ml deur her who ihow a deep intrreit in hi welfare. A later telephone menage, jnit ai we go to pren, iayi he ii getting along nicely and hi doctor feel much encouraged. What' the matter with The Dallei? Mai ihe decided to ihut ofT on good playi, or are we juit taking a vacation alter having bad a taite of inch, play ai My Friend From India." "A llreeiy Time, and otheriT Krveral firit clan im,,i haveviilted Portland ami paired through our city on their way lo I'endle ton and other Kaitrru Oregon towni, which no doubt could bave been keen red for a night' engagement here. looking over tl.e halt in Malriman we find that Frederick Warde will loon be In that citv, nnd that an agitation Ii on foot to lecnre M me Nevada ou her villi Weit. If Sa'em, with her poor facilitie In the way of an opera home, on ircure luch crlebrillci, lurely The Dalle can do likewiie. Our citi ni would much pre fer to pay i and even mora for the privilege of bearing Nevada then dozen ihow of light weight. Let' wake up and hear loinetliing good. Thun-U; Hilly ISradahaw, llatdwln and Kniti art till the champion bowteri, having again carried away the honor in the onteit lait night. The boat bad load thi morning a econd band one, on of It paiirngerl being In luch a condition a to be carried on board and then he crawled up the itair. A very pretty club pin with arrow head letting, wa picked np en the floor at the lait club party. Th owner may hav the nine by applying at thi office and paying for notice. The ladle ol the Good Intent Society pent a very pleaiant afternoon itb Mr. J. 8. Iiobertaon yeaterday. After buiineii bad been tramacted generoui and moit Inviting lunch waiieivid. Flvangrliit C. F. (ioode, of Milton, Or., arrived in th city yeiterday after noon, and a aerie of meeting wai com menced lait evening In th Christian church, to which the general public I Invited. A. It. Smith, who hi charge of III construction force on th Columbia Southern Railroad txtenaion, lit that the line will b completed lo Shaniko in about three month, if the preient favornbla weather continue. There are 600 inon now employed on the line.- Moro Leader. A the quration of relunding thn 'J5, 000 bond i to he brought up and de cided by th council Saturday, It I thrlr deiire that every citizen take an Intrreit In the matter, itudying it over from all polnti of view and 1 lien attending th meeting and oOVrlng inch inception a may preient themielvr. Tho quotion I not on In which the council alone i concerned, but all reiidcpi of the city. A ihort adjourned meeting of water coinmiaaionera wn held last evening at th recorder' of11ce,C"uui!ikioner 8eu fert, llulliu, Flih and Moor being preient. The purpoie of tli meeting wa to llten to a written- opinion of Attyi. Moor A Gavin regarding the power of the com minion lo refund the bondi, which proved to be favorable to io doing. Th report wai accepted, placed on file and Moor depuiixed lo place the matter before th council. The commldioneri are "mowed un der" with buiineii thii time, and thii morning, lurrounded with mapi, chart! and what not, In the endeavor to re- diitrlcl the county that ii the road diitrlcti and elccth-n precinct! the Judge wai at the aame time laying be fore th comiiiliiioneri Ihe claim of aoma of the county' poor, while a woman itood by wailing to preient lu r grievance to tha commiiiiorirr In re gard lo taiei. Kach member looked ai 1 if lie wlihad lie had been born twin. I-mt Saturday afternoon the O. It. A N. itratnhoat H.tnalo and the D. I'. A A. N.Co.'i Heguliilor entered the mouth of th Willamette river at tha lame lime, and a pretty race rniued. Kach boat crowded on mora iteam In trying to diitanc the other, and at timet it would leein ai though one had I tie lead, and then th other. It wai nip and tuck clear up to ihe docki, however, and neither boat wa the victor. A they reach the mouth of th Willamette at nearly the lame time every day, the boat! are likely to hnve many more op portunist for teal! of ipeed. lelegram. Th Workmen and Degree of Honor hid their inning! lull night, and invited large number of friend to join them, io that Fraternity hall wn again the cen of a pleaiant occiiion. During the early part of the evening th officer! of th order were iuitalled and then followed a (pread which showed the "good taite" of the lady member and proved their gueiti were "laity," too. At length Min Georgia Sampion began tiie itraln of a tempting walls and loon all were occupied in thii paillme w hich lee n 1 1 to bar captured it! devotee thii winter. About midnight the merry making ceased. F'rom report! coming from the country east of ui The Dallei mint be the "warmest" place In F. litem Oregon. On the lake! near LaGrande the ice ii eight inchei thick and it I now being put Dp. Mr. Grime bat just returned from the extreme eaitern part of Ihe lata and iiti it wai irven below zero at liaker en th '-M'th, with a foot of mow on Ih ground. Thii cold ipell cemed to extend along a belt reaching far to the louth of Uakrr, while over in Idaho the weather i mild. Stock 1 wintering fin in these icctioni, all itockmeu tremingly having an abund ance ol fued. That ill newi travel! laM, and gather! at it goer, lias been fully demonstrated by the rldiculom report! we hear of our elveifrom ilitlVrent parti of the c.uii try. Thoso w ho delight in making the wont of everything have been eo buty that It ii a wonder any of in are to be found alive in M no. Already we bave been i.td lled with 25 dcithi and tome lH) miei of email pox. Wo with to coir tradicl these lilly assertion, and itate that the precaution! taken by the board of health have the deiired effect, and thednease ii not spreading. The red Hag hai been removed from three or four dwelling, releasing the inmate from quarantine, and it Ii probable that Moro will he able to ihow a clean bill of health in a conple of week. Leader. If you want eopl to know abut it, advertise in Tin Chromi'I.k ; if you lote anything, juat tell the people o through the column of thi family journal ; or if you want anything which you bave failed to God by any other mean, just tell your trouble to Tin Chronicle reader, and It will be forthcoming. Tueiday evening a loit ad. wai placed in our coluinui, and th next morning an expeniive handkerchief, which bad been lost the evening before, wa re lored lo it owner. Lait evening a bom keeper wai wanted and thii morn ing at 9 o'clock an application wai mad for the poiition. You muit alio b a reader of the paper or you may mln tomethlng of importance to your telf. Time, place nor circu instance! teem to cut '.ittle figure when it come to the laying1 qnalitle of th matrimonial knot. Even the moat romantic sur rounding oft hav a lendtncy to cauie a knot to be tied which toon dip and allow th captive to go rcott free. Dalle people no doubt remember a most romantic marriage which took place under lb (had of Ih high rock at the It-It of th road leading to th garriion, over two year ago. However, in (pile of th unusual lurroundlng, the picture which were afterward taken a a proof of th fact that two heart had been made on for life, wa find the following in the Vancouver note in the Telegram: "Charle llaker ha commenced pro ceeding for a divorce from Caroline liaker on the ground of desertion. The couple were married at The Dulles, Or., in July, 1S07. There are no children or property right involved, and the plaintllfaiki for a decree of divorce and that the name of the defendant be changed to Caroline I'uckett." Friday' Dally. Tho U. of O. Glee Club boys passed through tho city thii afternoon on their homeward journey. They will give a concert in 1'ortland. Apalrofapec was left in the post etllce Wedneiday by an old gentleman, who may have theia by applying at tbii office and paying for advertising. Clarke & Falk have received a carload of the celebrated Jamei V,. I'atton ktrictly pure liquid paints. Chaplain Gilbert' led ore hal been iluUveil but a week, and be will be in The Dallei on the evening of the loth, and will speak in the Congregational chur.-h. So far about about a dozen have reg iiteied with th clerk. While a few icatterlng name will be added a the month go by, no doubt there will be a grana ruih about .May 14th, or when election draweth near. The cannon lent to the Second Ore. gun volunteer! fioin Minlla wai cut in 1770. By enlarging the calibre, 119 ponridi of bran can be lecmed, which will be ample for the medala to be given tho volunteer! and tin will not destroy the gun. Tha anuuil meeting of lb public library will be held at 8 o'clock Satur day evening at the library, th purpose being th election of officer for the year. Anvone who may have been a member ix month! prior to the regular meeting ii entitled to vote. Since the imallpox icare ii abroad in the land, leit we fuiget, it might be well to caution Dallei people againit allowing any disease to run which may be in the least lUipicioua. At the first lymptoms, call physician, keen the children home from ichool and do all In your power lo keep even the"chickenpox" from spread ing through your cirelessnei'. I'.etho d. lease at Mom whatever it my, private letters and ineieages re ceived from Wafco lay they bave a genuine caie of smallpox at Wasco, the patient being a Mr. Hicks. Resident! are using every precaution, and a letter received yesterday afternoon iayi that the people are sensibly quarantining their own bomei againtt it! invatiun. The present winter hai been an ideal one for stockmen. They have been put to no expense for feed, w hile the gran on the range ii better at this time than for ten yean. There conditions are io favorable that Ihe low price for wheat hai little effect npon the spirits of the people, who are promised a bountiful wheat crop this year and a fair price for It. K. O. Yesterday the pitman of the steamer Daliei City was broken. She was, bow ever, not disabled and is running today, and transfers will be made at the locks both today and tomorrow. Monday she will be taken off, overhauled thoroughly and repaired, during which time the Regulator will carry on the traffic, leaving The D.illea Mondavi, Wednes days and Fridays, and ariiving Toes days, Thursdays and Saturdays. A Urge black bear was captured re cently about five milei from the St. Mirtio springs on Wind river I y Amos St. M.irlin. We are told that frequent ly in winter when the mow is deep bear will capture deer iu that locality. It see mi that bear tan walk on snow- that deer will link through, thui enabling bruin to bave a great advantage over the fleet-footed animal. I'm neer. In contrast with the weMf.er of the opening wtek of l'.00, which ii -clotniy and ciuinot be laid to be cold, w as that of the corresponding week last year, when on the O'.h Ihe river wai blocked and a light mow wai on the ground. It u not, however, extremely cold, the thermometer dropping to nine above but one night during the week. Most of our reiidents would prefer the clear cold weather to the present dismal, foggy atmosphere, with continual threat ening rain. In Canyon City recently a case of lio.uor seUing lo minors came np before a jury, which failed to fine a verdict of guilty, ai sufficient evidence could not tie found lo convict. The jury, how ever, added that they found the parent! the more guilty as they had failed in their duty to their boys in not furnish ing sufficient amusement to make home attractive, and therefore caused their children to seek it elsewhere. While ail may not agree in thi verdict, never tho les the rebuke i well timed. To take a peep into the commissioner court today and watch them bending over a large map one would Imagine they hid a plat of the South African war district, so covered is it with streak of gore, which however, prove to be but red lines drawn in the endless task of re districting the county and endeavoring to compel the varloiir, stubborn road districts to lio within corresponding election precincts, as the law does not permit a collision or intermingling on account of electing lupervisors in each. lf ! j;'t drunk enough last night to think he owned the earth, and in tended to begin by asserting I. is rights as monarch of all he surveyed. Of course a hen he got that far there wasn't room enough for him even in the place that had been the cause of bis condition, so they proceeded to eject him from the saloon. In doing so he somehow slipped and his ankle was badly dislocated. An officer was cent for and he was taken to the city jail, where a physician attended to his injuries, and he is today hobbling about on a crutch. Hi name is with held by request. It will be a satUftiction to the friend of Miss F.llcn Chamberlain in The Daile to know that the is to be egain associated with Prof. Gated in educa tional work, having been elected Wednes day a dean of the agricultural college, wher he i president. For many year thei two popular educator! were associ ated in their work, In Salem, The DjIim and Seattle, but for the patt three yean Miss Chamberlain hai taught In the normal ichool at Mon mouth. She will have lufcervisioii of the girl itudeiiti at the college, lave at the dormitory, and will teach hiitory, drawing a lala'y of 1200 a year. Merritt Campbell is tha name of an unfortunate individual win wa today adjudged insane by Judgo May and com mitted to the asylnin. Four or five year ago he wai committed by Jmlge White from Clackamas county, but hai been out on parole. He owned a farm near Wamic, but recently came into the city and beioufht bis brother, who work! in a reitaurant, to sell everything and allow him to ercape from people out there who were punuing him. ilia brother lecure I.a job for him at Peter', loading tie, hoping the hallucination would pan; but a he grew worn, he turned bim over to tha judge for exami nation, with the atxjve result. THE CITY'S BUSINESS. Matters irau(lil l fur Consideration Last Mxht-IUfuudlDf tha Hands. . Tbuiulay'a Dail7. Councilmen Clough, Keller, Johnson, Gunning, Stephens, Kelly and Wilson were preient at the regular meeting laet night, and Mayor Kuck presided. Tho claim of the Gorman Rubier Company, which had been laid on the table at the last meeting, waa again brought up and ordered paid. The matter of insuring tli city'a property wsa introduced and referred lo the finance committee w ith Instructions to accept the proposition of A. Seufert to insure for three yeara, for two pay ments, thus laving 100 to the city. I-eriouily the insurance bad been re newed each year. There ii still some work to be ('one in improving Federal street, which will amount to about -"X), and the matter waa brought up and referred to the com mittee on streets and public property. After a motion by Stephens that when the meeting adjourned they adjourn to meet ai 7 :30 Saturday evening, Jan. 6th, the reports of the treasurer and tax col lector were read. The latter reported Ihut the taxes bad all been collected. The claim of (3 for street commission er's salary was then ordered paid. On motion of Johnson the matter of purchasing universal transmitter for the fire alarm system to be placed in the central telephone office, was laid on the table. Wilson introduced special ordinance Xj. 310, which provides for granting to the O. K. A N. Co. a right of way for a aide track on Main street, com mention at Liughiiu and extending along toutli side of Front street, im mediately contiguous and adjacent to block 5, Liughlin's addition, on the north line cf block 5; the strip of land to be twelve feet wide. An ordinance was introduced author izing and directing the city to enter into a contract with the Seufert & Comb n telephone company providing for the company maintaining a tiro alarm sys tem. On motion of Councilman Wilson the consideration was reerred until the Saturday evening meeting. An application of thn water com mission was then made as follows: For the authority torefunl t-'o.OOO worth of bonds, which are due March 1st, next. The commission having been called upon to meet extra obligation! of late are not in a position to meet the required pay ment, and w hile they might probably secure an extension at the rate of six percent interest, ills deemed by the water commission advisable to refund for twenty yeais at four per cent. The question was deferred until the next meeting. tbeasi kek's report. Dec. I Bal cash in fund ?040 90 Kec'd during n.ootb, 3432 54 5473 .V) 14 F'rror .5473 OS . 18S4 1 Bv warrant issued.. Jan. 1 Available cash T33S$ 77 Maori? Will Balld It. Ex-Gov. Moody is all right, but be now has a job on hi ihoulder which we are much afraid will "link" him. He i not the kind, however, to crosi the "bridga" before he reaches it, and will give himself no unnecessary concern or cause his hair to grow any grayer there by. In the meantime he baa "one more river to cross," for the city council has turned over into bis hands the job of constructing a bridge across the Columbia. Quite a little merriment waa occa sioned at the council meeting lastjnight w hen Mayor Kuck read a communica tion from vbridge contractor in the F.ast to the effect that hejhad learned it was the intention to bridge the Colum bia at the dalles, and inquiring concern ing the possibility of securing the con tract. When the mayor askeJ what should be dune with the communication, Johnson arose and said he understood the state legislature authorized The Dalles to bond itself for $-50,000 to con itruct a bridge across the Columbia nd placed the matter in the hands of a com mission of which 7.. F. Moody waa chair man. He therefore moved that the communication, aa well aa the important matter referred to, be turned over into the chairman' hands. Wilion amend ed the motion by a iding, that "he be granted power to act." Whether or not Dallei citizen cro the river on foot or still continue to deli- nd on the old meant of travel, there fore rests with Mr. Moody, whom we are all auxioui to hear from. What tha Lltararjr dull la lining. Kmtoh CiiKoMti.K : It may be of interest to your reader lo know what the Student Literary Club i doing. We have bad several very instructive debates, and one moot court, but the debate of the season will take place next Friday night w hen the question will b debateJ, "Resolved that the free coinage of both gold and silver at the ratio of 10 to 1 would better promote the pros perity of the peopleof the United State than would the ling'e gold standard." We have a number of talented speaker ready to fight the question to a finish and forever settle the matter for all lime to come. The members of the club have just finished seating the hall in good shape., so that we are prepared to entertain onr friends and help them to enjoy a very pleasant and p-ofi'able evening. The members are all requested to ba present at7:.'X) sharp, tonight, for the) purpose of arranging lor moot senate or leris'ature, to take place Friday, Jan. 19tl. We are also arranging for a serie of lecture by local and other talent, to commence Friday Jan. 12th, and to con tinue every other week until further notice. We have the promise of soma very interesting lectures on up-to-date topics, and they bid fair to be very in ilructive, and should be the mean of attracting good audiences. Anyone interested in this line of work that would like to take a part with ns, can do so by apply'ng to the president at the time and place of meeting, every Friday night in the old court boose, corner Third and Cjurt streets, at 7:30 eharp. A cordial invitation is extendej to botb ladies and gentlemen. Keportke. A Flrasant A ITalr or tha Stiioa. A party was given Friday evening at the home of Mr. and Mrs. C. E. Bayard in honor ol Mrs. Bayard's S. S. clas. The guests were requested to represent some of Dickens characters or historical characters. The parlors were beautifully decorated in evergreens, one being of a pink effect and the other yellow. The guests assembled dressed in s manner which represented the char acters, a portion of them as follow: Oia Norman, Mrs. Jailer ; Stella Hughes took tiie part of Stella Havereham ; Ona Hughes as Little Dorrit ; Stella Brown, Fannie Squeers; Hannth Krause, in a very suitable costume, took the part of Mrs. Rudge; Georgle Johnson and Anna Witherell both represented Little Nell; Mav Jones, in a pretty costume, took the part of Dora Copperfield ; Harry Curtis, Guppy; Harry Miller, (J'lilp; Liiiih Curtis, in a charming costume, represented Minnehaha in the poem by Longfellow. Others present were: Meivin Withera'.l, Mr. O'Kyan, Geo. Egbert, T.ertha Smilie, Grace Stillwell, Joseph MartiD, B-.-rnie Schooling, Earl Curtis. Ola Norman received the trlxs for guessing the greatest number of char acters. After playing games, an in teresting sketch of the life of Dickens was given by Harry Curtis, after which Lucy Fox, who represented Queen Mary, seated herself on the ttirono and feasted her subjects on a dainty lunch. After lunch waa over the guest er joyed theuieelvei by playing games and sing in?. Having spent a very pleasant evening the guests departed, pronounc ing Mrs. Bayard a very agreeable hostess, Th rrettlcst Calendar. Hood's Sarsaparilla Proverb Calendar tor 1900 i the prettiest we have leen. It is borne in front of two little girls, whose fresh, sweet faces, and dainty lobes of blue and pink form a pleasing picture on which to look during tho coming year. The calendar i printed from large, plain type and give valu able information. The calendar is made tt stand alone or it ca.i be sus pended : om the wall. Everyone will want Hood'j calender, and you should sk your druggist for it at once. Yon can obtain one, If more convenient, by sending 6 cent in stamps to C. I. 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