c Dalles Chronicle. if id r )( e. , h VOL. IX THE DALLES, OREGON, MONDAY, JANUARY 4, 1897 NO 307 a ll t li li ti Jit iti. RDERED TO FLORIDA Che Vesuvius and Dolphin to Suppress Filibustering. HE IS THE PASTES BOATT AFLOAT he Government Han a 9urtItm of lie- cetptfl for Ieot-mlier, the Sueolid Buriilus of the Year. Washington, Jan. 2. The dvnamite uiser Vesuvius and the armed dispatch- Lat Dolphin have been ordered toFlori- i waters to reinforce the already nu- erous fleet of government vessels now ti gaged in an effort tj suppress filibuat- ing expeditions bound for Cuba. The Dolphin is at the Washington ivy-yard, and probably will eail as ion ub Bhe can get aboard tho necessary ores and ammunition. Her captain, lommander Clover, was at the navy bpartment today consulting the officials igarding the programe for the move ents of his ship. Though a dispatch ligBel. technically, the Dolphin would li a formidable craft to a filibuster, not much on account of her speed, which about 15 knots, ub because of her ma- line gnns, her main battery and. active ew. She carries two 47-millimeter dlotchkies guns, several Biz pounder I r 11 i. Lino 01 me BHU1U LVJC, UUU lU luur 1IIU1J pid-fire rifles. From his experience chief of the hydrographic office, Com- ander Glover is well fitted to navigate is ship safely in the narrow channels id passes of the Florida coaBt. Tho Vesuviua should be particularly eful in patrol duty, on account of her beed. Twenty-one knots is her record the trial, and there is nothing afloat the Atlantic coast in the shape of a erchantman or private vessel that uld escape her in a fair run, with the tasible exception of the yacht Vamoose, d it is said it would be a "toss-up" be- i at ireen them, with the odds in favor of io dynamite vessel, owing to her super- lUU t.II!-. . 1 1 Joe. iro, r iiuuiiy iu unuuru u iuug iun. JiesideH the dynamite guns, the Vesu- iis has a small but effective battery ado up of threo-pounder Hotchkies ins, enough to stop anything short of armored boat, within a distance of iree miles. She draws only seven feet water, and therefore will be able to a llow the small filibustering craft mlo ull lallow wator. II The Vesuvius is now at the League land navy-yard, fitting out rapidly for rvice, after being out of commission llOI i, l t.. Tf is ornontail aim n go into commission on tue urn, opehder command of Lieutenant-Corn- lander Pillsbury, who has beeif de- Iched from the naval war college. The question was asked of treasury of- :ials today what more, in the way ot Ktrainins the department of vessels tth arms for Cuba could be expected of I I . I t Innra nb fiozen warsnips man oi one, o iuk Je Cuban boats are permitted to clear lYSfe ularly and according to law. No sat- factory answer could be returned, but ntoJappeared that tho officials are acting rent ider the belief that the clearance heme is really intended for a blind, Id the purpose of the Cubans is to ive one or more relief boats slip away lilethe authorities are looking after Ft e departure of vessels for which clear- Ice papers are sought. .Baal BUKPLUH IN DKOBMBBBi Teii rail icooj i Jin jH oat!' a 'on Ilienaiiuma. Washington, Jan. 2. The monthly mparatlve statement of the govern ent's receipts and expenditures shows e total receipts for December to have en $25,857,114 ; expenditures, $23,812, 1, which leaves a surplus for the onth of $2,044,456. For the six lift it m idoa D0J knths of the fiscal year, however, the uclt is shown to be ,$37,902,SW7. mis the second time within a year receipts kvo exceeded expenditure. Hie suroltiH this month is largely nc- anted for by partial receipts from the cent sale -of first mortgago bonds for Pacific rail i nnds balancing to the eotJntral Pacific sinking fund, which op- paw in the statement as a repayment the civil and miscellaneous exponen ts. The independent board tran sac- Ions surplus would have been about $500,000. Receipts from customs in De cember amounted to $10,779,412, an in crease lor the month of about $800,000. Internal revenue receipts aggregated $53,198,098, a nominal gain over Novem ber. TO SAVE THE SEAt. HEKD8. RcoommondBtinnn Made by Expert Stejneger. Washington, Jan. 2. An important official contribution to the seal question is the report compiled by Expert Leon ard Ste jnegar,, of the national inuseuai, on "Russian seal islands," just issued by tiie United States fish commission. The report is based upon two investi gationp, one made during the palmiest days of the fur-sealing industry, and the other when Stejneger was sent as a spe cial attache of the commission to in quire into the recent decline of the seals and to compare conditions of the past thirteen years. The report says the 30-mile zone stip ulated in the Russian-British agreement of 1893 baB been found utterly valueless as a protective measure against pelagic sealing. Three causes have been assigned for the decline of seal life on the seal islands of Behring sea and the North Pacific ocean. Excessive driving of, male seals, raids on rookeries and pelagic sealing. The report scouts the first two theories and places the whole blame on pelagic sealing. The Commander island seal herds are being killed off so rapidly that in a season or two it must become ut terly unprofitable to hunt the animals in the open sea. These radical recommendations are made : Total and absolute prohibition of pelagic sealing in the North Pacific ocean and the Behring sea at all seasons for at least six years, and after that time total prohibition at all Beasons in Behring sea and the Pacific ocean west of the 175th deg. of east longitude and north of the 52d deg. of north latitude, or, if preferable, within a zone of 150 nautical miles from islands. Total prohibition qf killing on land for one year; after that time bachelor seals to be taken on land not later than August. This scheme would involve support ing the natives for one year and the exterminatson of sledge dogs on the Behring islands. FLOOD AND 11L.IKKAKD. Terrible Weather lit Mississippi Valley States. GincACio, Jan. 3. From all parts of the West, reports of damage by flood and storm during the last twentv-four hours are coming. In Illinois, heavy tain has fallen, streams are flooded, making the roads impassable and dam aging winter wheat. Joliet is threat ened with one of the worst floods in its history. Hickory and Spring creeks are out of their banks, and the Desplaines river and the lower level of the canal baB raised sixteen inches today. Families are moving out of their houses and low lands are flooded. Water is sweeping through tho lumber yards, and the Rock Island track is submerged in the vicinity of Lacon. Wheat has been damaged badly by the twenty four hours' rain, and the roadB are impass able. The Sangamon river is rising, threatening destruction to thousands of bushels of corn. It has rained sixty hours, and it is atill raining, but grow ing colder. In Northern Michigan the ram is also - j i i severe. Near Menominee, it uas ramea for forty-eight hours. Logging hps been suspended. Ice gorges at Fisher and other points on the Menominee river threaten serious consequences to Men ominee and Marinette. In Minnesota a blizzard raged all day with alternating rain and sleet. South Dakota suffered a severe snow- storm, which prevailed all pay, ine It is new to guarantee tea satisfactory. Schilling's Best is so guaranteed by your grocer. Why ? Because we sup ply him the tea and the money. It is such tea as you will be glad to get besides. snow drifted and a railroad blockade is feared. Nebraska is suffering from the worst blizzard it has experienced for years, Snow was twelve inches on the level to night, and the wind piled great drifts six and seven feet high. Trains are de layed in theN vicinity of Hastings. To night a blinding snow is falling and a sharp wind blowing. At Grand Island there are several feet of snow in the Union Pacific vards. Judge Field's Condition Serious. Washington, Jan. 2. Justice Ste phen J. Field, of the United States supreme court, is ill. Persons who called at his house today to extend the com pliment of the season, were informed he was very feeble. Justice and Mrs. Field announced in yesterday's paper that they would not receive callers todav, but those who asked about the Justice obtained the impression that there was great anxiety about his case. Senator Taluier Is 111. Sprikofield, 111., Jan. 2. Senator Palmer is confined to his bed, and threatened with pneumonia. TEACHING BIRDS. An Interesting' Operation That Requires Much Patience. A Specially Constructed Organ Is Also Necessary for the rurjiose Some of tbe Airs Employed in the Lessons. Probably, not one reader in 1,000 ever heard of a "bird organ" or saw one. They are made only in France, and are imported to this country in small numbers, as dealers in mu sical boSes have few calls for them, and generally send for them only upon orders from customers. .They are made solely for teaching tunes to canaries and bullfinches. A wooden box about a foot square contains a lnre roller covered with pasteboard upon which brass pins are set accord ing to the system used in preparing the rolls of music boxes. Beneath the roller is a small pair of bellows, and in the back of the box is set a row of ten metal pipes about llie size of a long lead pencil. When the crank on the outside of the box is rapidly turned wind is forced into the pipes, as the valves open when the metal tongue be longing to each is struck hy a pin on the roller. The music is therefore pro duced on the principle of a et of Pan's pipes, and is very shrill and high, yet sweet and full. The ten notes produced by the ten pipes range from middle (3 in the staff to li, above, or an octave and three notes. That is, the bird music is written in the octave used in the musical notation for the human voice, but properly would be written in an octave higher when comparing the voice of a canary wJlh the voice of a soprano. However, the quality of the tones differ so great ly that the shrill, clear pipe of the bird makes its voice sound as if it wero pitched much higher than is really the ease. The "bird organ" is pitched in exact ly the same tone and key as the voice if the canary, or perhaps this is put ting the cart before the horse, for the bird strikes faultlessly the key and tone of the pipes. Jt is more accurate to way, after all, that on the hand the organs are pitched to be with the ca nary's voice, as tho result of the ex perience of the builders, and that the canary shows wonderful power of im itation iu falling in with tho tone qual ities of its toaeher. If one note in the organ is oil the key in the slightest de gree tho bird takes the same tone, und if it once learns that note wrong it will always carry the blemish in the harmony. AH of tho airs used in thesu organs are written in the keys of G, una sharp, or in C, and as they have onlv the rnnce of ten notes, from (J to 11, it is very difficult to adapt many tunes to tho limitations of canurj music. There is a dealer hi music boxes on llidgo avenue who sells "bird organs" mid writes music for the canary teach ers, lie bun u drawer filled with man uscript music which he bus arranged for use in these "bird organs," and he also puts tunes to order on the rollers. He has bird organs which pipe a reper toire of seven, airs, with "Mulligan Guards," "Ytmkco Doodle," 'A Dream of Love," Lucy Gray," "Dowu Went McCUnty," and "You Can't Play in My Yard,'"'.!!!! on one roller. "One irno is nil that a tiNin tries to i teach n canary," he said, "and he will never let the bird hear more than that one. He Ueejw the bird in a quiet room while ho Is teaching it und doesn't let it hear the voice of (mother bird. A ca nary's brain is not very big.nndhegeta his musical memory tangled it ho hears more than the same old tune. 1 have hoard of birds that could whistle two aifs, but these are very rare, and it is a risky undertaking. For when n bird is working on the second tune he is likely to get mixed with the first, and then all your trouble's gone for nothing. It's simply a ques tion of time and patience. You've just got to play the tune on the organ as often as you gel a chance; the more the better; you'll grind away for two or three months, or longer, perhaps for six months. "If you have the luck to get a bright bird, he'll begin to notice the tune iu three months. At first he'll sing twoor three bars, then falter and start over again. When he has learned the air all the way through his voice is weak and uncertain, but it gets stronger and more confident all the time. When he once picks it up your troubles are over. It's simply a matter of time and prac tice then It's all luck in getting a bright bird with a good ear, anil the sweetest singer may turn out a failure as a trained soloist. Bullfinches arc eas ier to teach, but they are i'O short-lived that the results are scarcely worth the trouble. A canary will keep his voice and memory for eight or ten years, and he makes the sweetest music in t he-world." The German's patience nnd love of music make him most successful in the training of canaries, and nearly all of the schooled songsters in Philadel phia have been educntcd by GcriuaiiH. The man has sold several at an average price of about $100. There are many curious industries in a great city, but none more unusual Ahan the educating of canaries, and the adding to one's in come by selling "bird organs" nnd writ ing music for these little soprano stars. The music furnished is very simple, and accidentals, grace, notes, runs and quavers are ruled out. But the adnpter has not an easy task with his imitation of key and range, and earns all that he gains in this unique fashion. Occa sionally a customer calls for an air which the adapter discovers cannot be adapted to the vocal powers of the canary, and is obliged to find a satisfac tory substitute. "Home, Sweet Home." is one of the sweetest, and easiest airs for a canary 1o bo taught, and once heard will linger always in the memory. Philadelphia Press. SLEEP&REST For Skin Tortured BABIES And Tired MOTHERS In One Application of (uticura A warm bath with CUTICURA SOAP, and a single application of CUTICURA, the great Skin Cure, will afford instant relief, permit rest and sleep, and point to a speedy, economical, and permanent cure of the most distressing of itching, turn ing, bleeding, scaly, and crusted skin :.nd scalp diseases, after physicians, hospitals, and all other methods fail. 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