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The Dalles daily chronicle. [volume] (The Dalles, Or.) 1890-1948, 1891-12-17
Experiences Of q Gre.t SINCE.

have often had requests to sing be-
ide "a deathbed or a person very ILL., I
sung to the old bishop of Albany when
he was suffering. The first festival I
ever sung in was at Norwich, and when
returned to that place after six years
had a letter from an old gentleman who
heard me there, and who was now bed
ridden. He wanted to hear ssThe Last
Rose of Summer" and shall never for
get standing there by his side and sing
ing that beautiful song. And many
time have had to convert the balcony
of the hotel where was staying into
temporary platform, and appear at mid
night, long after the opera was over, and
sing "Home, Sweet Home" or some
such popular ballad, to the people wait
ing outside.
That was the case at Dublin few
years ago, when the students there took
the horses out of my carriage, and was
told that If I didn't sing they would
break the windows of the hotel. Istood
on the balcony wrapped up in great
shawls, for it was bitterly cold night,
and it was no easy matter to sing "The
Last Rose of Summer" under these cir
cumstances.
have sung, too, in the quiet little
church at Braemar in the choir, and it
was there that received what have
always considered one of my greatest
compliments. The speaker was one Of
the mountain folk, and had never been
in Edinburgh. When the service was
over friend of mine heard him say, ''I
never thought anybody could have such
control over ones voice" That is all
but that is the whole secret of singers
success-perfect control.-Mme. Albani
in Strand Magazine.
The Dalles daily chronicle. [volume] (The Dalles, Or.) 1890-1948, 1891-12-17
Love of old England.

When Mr.. Christie Murray started for
Australia the anchor of his vessel in
Plymouth sound brought up quantity
of Devon mud and ooze, which in the
course of a day or two, under summer
sun, baked into stifish earth. Half by
way of sentimental joke and half seri-
ously, he took a cubic inch or there
abouts' of this English soil, placed it in
an envelope, and determined to carry
this morsel of old England with him on
his travels.
Many months afterward a pastoralist
up country, whose guest Mr.. Murray
was, begged this bit of earth from him.
you'll be going back there" he said,
land never shall. I've been away
from home for sixteen years and I'd
value that bit of Old England more than
the Kohinoor" sWhen next 1 passed
his way" says Mr.. Murray, ST found
that he had ridden sixty miles (out and
.home) to buy little plush stand and a
glass shade for the precious tride. e."-
London News.
The Dalles daily chronicle. [volume] (The Dalles, Or.) 1890-1948, 1891-12-17
A SONG OF The SEA.

Come out where the billows are cool and Deep.
Where the waves never rest and the winds
never sleep,
Where plumed steeds course the oceans
breast,
Each Haunting pennant of foam at his crest;
Where the zephyrs are practiced to try their
wings,
And the sea new shrieks and the mermaid
sings
When the moon is low. and, with shudder and.
sigh,
The tides are turned meath her watchful eyel
Come down on the sands where the plaintive
snipe
Ehrills a mem'ry of Pan and his reedy pipe,
Where the ripples that lap on the shelving
beach
Seem to welcome a continent to their reach;
Where the great brown rocks in their trailing
weeds
Seem doing penance for guilty deees
Centuries since, when the pirates sail
Drove a bark to seek help in the teeth of a gale.
Leave sorrow behind when you'd -frolic with
me,
For there's never a grief that can sadden the
sea,
And never q burden too heavy to throw
Away to be lost in the ebb and flow;
Come down to the marge of the seething earth
And bathe in the surges, where Love had birth.
Where the fountain of youth in a crystal cave
Plays, hidden for aye. meath a laughing wave.
New York World.
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Didn't Lose Much.

One day a gentleman named Fleming
called on Mr.. c., and both being MEM
bers of the same society the conversation
drifted in that direction.
''You were not at the last meeting" !"
said Mr.. c. to Fleming.
"No," replied the latter, II was un-
avoidably absent. 1 have lost my wife -
Now Mr.. c., who was somewhat
deaf, failed to hear the last remark, and
said, emphatically, ''Well, you didn't
lose muchl'' referring, of course, to the
meeting of the society.
When Miss c., who was present,
explained the situation, her father was
overwhelmed with shame, and made
most humble apologies. Fleming under
stood at once, and had, no thought of be-
ing offended, as Mr.. c. was known to
be scrupulously polite and tenderly con-
siderate.-Harper's
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Advice to Young Authors.

Get originality into your work, my
friend. If your forte is writing articles
choose a new, bright, popular topic and
treat it freshly. Don't affect the dull
and stupid essay style. Use few words.
Make your sentences brief. Be crisp and
make your thoughts crackle. Tell the
public something it doesn't know and is
trying to find out. If you lean to fiction
tear away from old plots and take an in
cident that a reader will recognize at
once as being fresh. Make your dialogue
natural and bright; let your characters
move around and have being. Stop
when your story is told; lively story of
1900 words, full of life and snap, has in
it more prospects of success than a drawn
out tale of 5000 words. If you feel poe
try to be your forte appeal to the heart
rather than the mind. Don't fail at blank
verse when you can succeed at popular
poetry.-E. w. Box in Ladies' Home
Journal
The Dalles daily chronicle. [volume] (The Dalles, Or.) 1890-1948, 1891-12-17
A Reminiscence of Carlyle.

Mr.. Robert Harrison, who has been
librarian of the London library for more
than thirty-four years in the course of
his presidential address at the Librarians
conference at Nottingham, gave some
interesting "reminiscences of Carlyle, who
was accustomed to frequent the library.
He said: Carlyle often visited the Ii
brary. His conversation was most anus
ing, full of extravagant and exaggerated
statements, and always ending with a
loud laugh, apparently at himself. He
used the library books extensively for
his later works, and was guilty of the
reprehensible practice of writing on the
margin of the books. I must admit that
his remarks were never meaningless, but
chiefly consisted of corrections of date or
errors in the text.
''One remark of his, however, which
was pretty well known, was criticism.
It occurred in Charles Dibdin's collection
of songs, the last page of which contained
the ordinary version of Rule Britannia.
At the foot of this boastful song Carlyle
had written 'Cock-a-doodle-doo,' with. a
small forest of notes Of exclamation
after it. In case like that the librarian
would be martinez, indeed, if he effaced
from the book an expression so charac-
teristic of the man of genius who wrote
it."-Pall Mall Gazette.
The Dalles daily chronicle. [volume] (The Dalles, Or.) 1890-1948, 1891-12-17
steel nixininr Rods.

A man in San Francisco has some
queer, divining rods. They are four
slender pieces of steel, tapering to a
point at one end and fattened out at the
other, with notches in the extremities
like the notches in an arrow. Two are
an inch shorter than the others. Two
persons use them, each taking hold of
one long and one short rod with the
thumb and forefnger and holding them
out horizontally with the hands close
together. The notches are pressed to-
gether. In few minutes the rods move
from side to side, or up and down, point
ing, it is said, to that part of the room
where coins or jewelry may be conceal
ed. Some persons cannot use the rods,
but those who can may easily find the
hiding place of any valuable. York
Sun.
The Dalles daily chronicle. [volume] (The Dalles, Or.) 1890-1948, 1891-12-17
The Food supply Is Measure1ess.

The fundamental mistake out of which
grew the gloomy doctrines of the older
theorists was in measuring the ipossibili-
ties of production by what they knew of
soil culture. Science had not revealed
to them that, aside from proper tempera-
ture and moisture, the essential factor
in vegetable production is plant food;
that this may be given to the plant with
out the aid of the soil; that what they
understood by soil fertility is a compare
lively unessential factor of agricultural
production; that, in short, the possibili-
ties Of the food supply in the future are
measureless.- rofessor Atwater in Gem
tury.
The Dalles daily chronicle. [volume] (The Dalles, Or.) 1890-1948, 1891-12-17
Her BARGAIN.

The following true story is told in the
journal of Emily Shore:"
A little girl near us was one day play
ing before the house, when a woman ap-
peared and begged few pence. She
had baby in her arms. And the child
was so delighted with the little thing
that she asked the woman if she would
sell it to her.
--What will you give for it, missP" was
the counter question.
''Half a crown"
Every WELL" said the woman; ''let's
see the money"
1t was produced, and the sale made.
The little girl took the baby, carried it
up stairs and laid it on her bed, and
after she had fondled it "enough for
once" scampered down stairs, calling
to her mother.
Mamma, mammal I've got live
doll i always wanted one, and now
I've got it."
The baby was found, and the story
frankly told, but though the beggar
woman was sought all over the town,
no trace of her could be discovered.
Meanwhile the Ibaby's little "owner"
begged so hard that it should be kept
that the parents yielded, and the living
doll became household blessing.
The Dalles daily chronicle. [volume] (The Dalles, Or.) 1890-1948, 1891-12-17
The Cultivation of English walnuts.

Great success is being made with the
cultivation of English walnuts in Cali
fornia. It is believed that they can be
produced proftably in the eastern states
as soon as more experience is had in the
fertilizing of the flowers. This is always
a great difficulty, and it has been found
on the Pacific coast that very effective
remedy for it is to plant among the trees
black walnuts, or even the common but
ternuts. They are all cousins and the
plentiful pollen of the butternut or black
walnut trees fertilizes the blossoms of
the English walnuts, which would not
otherwise be impregnated.
Before very long this country will be
shipping English walnuts abroad, and
the same is likely to be the case with al
monds. Of the latter very big crops are
now produced in California and Arizona.
They require dry climate. East of the
Rocky mountains they do not do well,
because of the frosts and dampness.-
Washington Star.
The Dalles daily chronicle. [volume] (The Dalles, Or.) 1890-1948, 1891-12-17
rhs canman wa. Afraid.

Mr.. Walter Besant tells the following
story of disputed cab fare: "A friend
of mine drove from Piccadi1ly to some
place in the suburbs outside the radius
On getting down he rendered three shil-
lings and sixpence for his fare-this was
a little over the proper fare. The driver
wanted five shillings. The passenger re-
fused I'D like to fight you for it, said
the driver The very thing? cried my
friend, who had never in his life put on
a boxing glove, and was almost as ig-
norant as Mr. Pickwick even of the fight
ing attitude. The very thing! Capital!
Well have the fight in the back garden,
and see fair play The cabman got
down slowly.
".I was pleased continued the mar
rator, to discover that he appeared al
most as much afraid as was myself,
perhaps if that was possible even
more. He followed into the back gar
den, where there was a lovely little BIZ
of turf, quite large enough for practical
purposes. placed my five shi1lings il
my brothers hands, took off my coat and
waistcoat and rolled up my sleeves, all
with an appearance of cheerful alacrity.
Now, my friend, said, L am ready as
soon as you are The anxiety of the
moment was, confess, very great. But
it decreased as watched the mans fact
express successively all the emotions o.
bounce, surprise, doubt, hesitation an6
abject cowardice. No. he said, gimme
the three and six; I know your tricks
both of you. I've been done this way
BEFORE And so, grumbling and swear
| ing, he drove away"
The Dalles daily chronicle. [volume] (The Dalles, Or.) 1890-1948, 1891-12-17
Chinese Children.

The Chinese give their boy babies a
name in addition to their surnames,
and they must call themselves by these
names until they are twenty years old.
At that age the father gives his son a
new name.
The Chinese care SO little for their girl
babies that they do not give them
baby name, but just call them No. 1,
No. 2, No. 3, according to their birth.
Boys are thought so much more of in
China than girls are, that if you ask a
Chinese father who has both a boy and
a girl how many children he has, he will
always reply, "Only one child. Gin
cinnati Commercial Gazette.
The Dalles daily chronicle. [volume] (The Dalles, Or.) 1890-1948, 1891-12-17
some Feminine Advice.

This advice was given by an old lady
to young wife going out to the colonies
and looking for maid to accompany
her: "Take a pretty one, my dear" said
the old lady, ''for, ugly or pretty, she
will have an offer of marriage before she
has been out a week, and while your
ugly girl will say yes to the first offer
she gets and leave you, your pretty one
will be harder to please and will say mo-
several times before she consents. San
Francisco Argonaut.
The Dalles daily chronicle. [volume] (The Dalles, Or.) 1890-1948, 1891-12-17
worth Thinking Over.

Young Mr.. Garter-Is your sister in,
Harry?
Little Harry Clasp-Yes. But she
isn't going to receive any gentlemen after
this unless he comes in dress suit.
Mr.. Garter-Why2 What brought her
to that decision?
Harry-I guess she must have found
out that you didn't lave one.-Clothier
and Furnisher.
The Dalles daily chronicle. [volume] (The Dalles, Or.) 1890-1948, 1891-12-17
Old People.

]. ". 8. is the only sarsaparilla that old OF
feeble people should take rs the mineral potash
which is in every other Sarsap aparilla TINT we know
of, is under certain conditions known to be
emaciating. ]. " S. on the contrary is purely
vegetable and stimulates digestion and creates
new blood, the very thing for old, delicate or
broken down people. 1t builds them up a7d
prolongs their lives. A case in point.
Mrs. Belden an estimable and elderly lady of
$40 Mason St., s. F. was for months declining SO
rapidly as to seriously alarm her family. 1t got
SO bad that she was finally afflicted with fainting
spells. She writes: "While in that dangerous
condition saw some of the testimonials con-
cerping J.V. S. and sent for bottle. That marked
the turning point. I regained my lost flesh and
strength and have mot felt so well in years"
That was two years ago and Mrs Belden is well
and hearty to-day, and still taking J. v. s.
If YOU are old or feeble and want to be built up.
The Dalles daily chronicle. [volume] (The Dalles, Or.) 1890-1948, 1891-12-17
Power of VIII.

Expectant Nephew-How is my rich
uncle today?
Family Doctor Much better. His will
keeps him alive.
Nephew (sadly)-Tm afraid that's so.
He made his will in my favor twenty
years ago, and 1 don't believe he'll die
while that will is in existence..Good
News
The Dalles daily chronicle. [volume] (The Dalles, Or.) 1890-1948, 1891-12-17
Point Tor Wheelman.

Wheelman-I believe III give up hi
cycling. am as careful as can be, but
every now and then some accident hap
pens. This is the second time I've been
arrested and fined for running into peo-
pie.
Business Man-Pll tell you how to man
age. Just you get job as bill collector.
Everybody II dodge you then.-New
York Weekly.
The Dalles daily chronicle. [volume] (The Dalles, Or.) 1890-1948, 1891-12-17

AVermont man claims to have squash
vine, on the end of one branch of which
grew cluster of eighteen full grown
squashes, all well developed.
The Dalles daily chronicle. [volume] (The Dalles, Or.) 1890-1948, 1891-12-17
Corroboration.

Lighthouses are very expensive" re-
marked Mrs. Dimling. looking up from
a government report.
Eyes, any theatrical manager will tell
you that. replied her husband. Detroit
Free Press.
The Dalles daily chronicle. [volume] (The Dalles, Or.) 1890-1948, 1891-12-17

The silk industry shows that single
cocoon from well fed silkworm will
often produce continuous fiber more
than 1000 yards long.
The Dalles daily chronicle. [volume] (The Dalles, Or.) 1890-1948, 1891-12-17

1t is not so hard as is supposed to pro-
nounce the name of the queen of the
Sandwich Islands. That gu" in Liliuo-
kalani has the value of ''w," and if one
says Lileewoka-lanny" he will hit it
about right.
The Dalles daily chronicle. [volume] (The Dalles, Or.) 1890-1948, 1891-12-17

What was long supposed to be wax
figure on crucifix in the Burgos cathe-
dral turns out to be mummifed human
body. The church record shows that it
has been in its present position since 1140
A D.
The Dalles daily chronicle. [volume] (The Dalles, Or.) 1890-1948, 1891-12-17

The marble capitol building at Hart
ford is 300 feet long, and the engineers
declare that it is three inches longer in
summer than in winter.
The Dalles daily chronicle. [volume] (The Dalles, Or.) 1890-1948, 1891-12-17

I'm winter" says Yuan Mel, Chinese
writer, 1--WE should eat beef and mutton.
In summer, dried and preserved meats.
AS for condiments, mustard belongs spe-
ciaIly to summer; pepper, to winter"
The Dalles daily chronicle. [volume] (The Dalles, Or.) 1890-1948, 1891-12-17
NOTICE.

NOTICE.
R. E. French has for sale number oI
improved ranches and ~ unimproved
lands in the Grass Valley neighborhood
in Sherman county. They will be sold
very cheap and on reasonable terms
Mr.. French can locate settlers on som}
good unsettled claims in the same neigh
borhood. His address is Grass Valley
Sherman county, Oregon.
The Dalles daily chronicle. [volume] (The Dalles, Or.) 1890-1948, 1891-12-17
joys sssssessi'ia sssssss's

Most modern, most effective, largest bottle.
same price, s1.oO, six for $500.
For Sale by SNIPES & KINERSLY
THE DALLES. OREGON.
The Dalles daily chronicle. [volume] (The Dalles, Or.) 1890-1948, 1891-12-17
a Severe Law.

not what they are represented to be. Under
this statute thousands of pounds of tea have
been burned because of their wholesale adul-
teration.
Tea, by the way, is one of the most notori-
ously adulterated articles of commerce. Not
alone are the bright, shiny green teas artif-
cjally colored, but Thousands of pounds of
substitutes for tea leaves are used to swell
the bulk of cheap teas; ash, sloe, and willow
leaves being those most commonly used
Again, sweepings from tea warehouses are
colored and sold as tea Even exhausted tea
leaves gathered from the tea-houses are kept,
dried, and made over and find their way into
the cheap teas.
The English government attempts to stamp
this out by confscation; but no tea is too
poor for US. and the resultsis that probably
the poorest teas used by any nation are those
consumed in America
Beech's Tea is presented with the guar
anty that it is uncolored and unadulterated;
in fact, the sun-cured tea leaf pure and SIM
ple. It's purity insures superior strength,
about one third less of it being required for
an infusion than of the artificial teas, and Its
fragrance and exquisite flavor is at once ap-
parent. It will be revelation to you In
order that its purity and quality may be guar
anteed, it Is sold only in pound packages
bearing this trademark:
The Dalles daily chronicle. [volume] (The Dalles, Or.) 1890-1948, 1891-12-17
Washington

Best Selling Property OF
the Season in the North7
west.
St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1891-08-17
AT THE HOTELS.

b Thomas, of Tacoma, is at the Mer-
chants.
HA. Thompson, of St. Louis, is stopping
al the Ryan.
D. c. shears. of the Hotel Emery, of Gin
cnnati, is the guest of Col. Montort at the
Windsor.
HIP. Porter and wife departed last even
ing for points in Southern Illinois, where
they will visit friends and relatives.
The Stripes defeated the Unions yesterday
by a score Of II 10 s. The feature OF the
game was the catching of John frankie and
the pitching of Frank Eubank.
At the Clifton: j. G, Baines, Aberdeen
NJ E. Baitly Crookston; S. T. Packard and
wife. q. W. Packark Portland, Ne. William
H. Cochran, Iowa City; G. A. Miller, Phila-
delphia; c. Allen, Winona.
AT the Windsor-A. c. LIE Richeux, Edwin
Mooers, Duluth; ). Hofeimer. Louisville; G.
E Meigs, Chicago; DR.. 4. B. Shaw and wife,
ST. Louis: VI. 5. Moore, Chicago; J. h.
Lardy, Duluth; Mrs. Bently, Warsaw, Wis.
Rev. Father Elliot. celebrated as the most
eloquent orator IN the Catholic church of
America, and the famous Paulist priest, will
lead into retreat this morning the clergy of
the archdiocese of st. Paul. They will re-
main in retreat until saturday.
At the Merchants Thomas c. Lewis, ST.
Louis; O. J. Hamilton. Winona; W. II.
Shuette, Chicago; A. Cox, Marshalltown;
George \. Weston, FeTibault: George W.
Harrison and wife. Austin; Henry n. Blake,
BarnoYa Brown. Helena; George A. Varmier,
Devils Lake; W. L. Fisk, Duluth.
At the Ryan-0. T. Seymour. Syracuse. n .
WV. $ Shatuck and wife, Brooklyn; .
r. Forbes, Milwaukee; J. J Hayes, Boston
j NJ Greenwood, Kansas CITY; Harry We'll
and wife. Chicago; W. W. Taylor, Pierre; j d.
NJ. Delaney and wife. Eau Claire; B. B. Tut
tie and wife, Portland, Or; J. J McVean,
Grand Rapids; Alexander Boyd. Pbiladel-
phia: Lyndon Hawkins Rochester N y
St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1891-08-17
Rev. Hastings H. Hart Gives
His Idea Of How to Pass
Sunday.
A Day for Rest and the Strict
Observance Of Religious
Duties.
Rev. w. C. Rice Enlarges Upon
Christian Methods. in
Moral Reforms.
The Reverend Gentleman Does
Not Lay High Stock Upon
Human Laws.

Rev. II. H. Hart preached at the
Peoples church yesterday morning on
the question "What manner of OBJ
serving the Lords day is best calcu-
lated to promote the growth of true re-
ligion in the heart ?' After discussing
different manners of Sabbath, known
as the Mosaic Sabbath. the -Rabbinical
Sabbath. the Puritan Sabbath and the
Continental Sabbath, the speaker took
the ground that the strict religious Oh
servance OF. the Sabbath, as day of
rest and day OF worship, is an essen
tial to the cultivation of true religion.
He argued for the spiritual efficacy of ly-
ing in bed Sunday morning and taking a
Sunday afternoon nap, but cOntended
that the strict religious observance of
the day is essential to religious growth.
First-AS means of religious culture,
unless the whole of Sunday is devoted
to religious uses, busy people cannot
find time for religious thought and
study.
Second-As means of practicing self
denial, which has largely ceased to be
religious grace in these days, but is eX
ercised chiefly for worldly gain.
Third-As a means of pronouncing the
religious liberties of the people. Every
step towards the seculariZation of the
day, both for business and pleasure.
increases the number of those
who are practically detained from reli
giouS privileges.
Fourth-ln order that parents, espe-
cially fathers, may attend to the reli-
giouS training of their children.
When Sunday is devoted partly to
pleasure, or wholly to business, there is
no time for the religious care of the
children, which is left largely to the
Sunday school. Thirty hours in the
week are given to the training of the
child's mind. which will develop only
partially in the right direction without
culture; one hour in the week is given
to training the child's soul, which will
go entirely wrong without culture. Sun
day should be the brightest and happi-
est in the week, but it is too short and
too precious to be devoted to ordinary
uses.