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The Dalles daily chronicle. [volume] (The Dalles, Or.) 1890-1948, 1891-04-23
An Old New Orleans cu..o,n.

If You have plenty time to loaf and OBJ
serve everything that passes before your
gaze You viii notice on nearly every post
in the French quarters there are little
hand bills tackled up and bearing the
heading sfDecede.r Beneath this there
IS additional printing, all, however, in
French. These are death notices. which
seemed to be used instead of the newspa-
pers to announce the invincible hand.
They state the hour Of the funeral, ETC.,
and the name of the deceased. M
As general thing these notices are
tackled up all over the French section in
an hour after the person has died. Ino-
tfced several upon which the printers
ink had scarcely dried, and which an
nounced the demise of some unfortunate
which had taken place only few min
utes before.-New Orleans Cor. Rich
mond Dispatch.
The Dalles daily chronicle. [volume] (The Dalles, Or.) 1890-1948, 1891-04-23
FENCING GovEKNmENr LAND.
1t is Criminal Onense Which will Be
Prosecuted by Federal Attorneys.
.regoiiian


Mr.. Charles E. Lockwood, assistant
United States district attorney here.
calls attention to an erroneous impress
sion. The. statement has been made
that there is no adequate remedy at law
against the practice of fencing in public
lands. Mr.. Lockwood says the statutes
are plain and explicit on this point.
Many. applications have been received
at this Office from different points
throughout the state, asking to know
what can be done in the cases of stock
owners who fence in government land
without any title or claim to, it.. These
people have no right to do this, and the
punishment is provided by an act of
congress passed February 25, 1885.
Violation of this statute is made a Grim
inal otfense and the prescribed punish
ment is fine of not to exceed $1,000, or
imprisonment not to exceed one year.
The punishment applies to all connect
ed with the work of doing the fencing.
The act makes it the duty of the dis
trlct attorney to prosecute the offenders.
This Mr.. Lockwood will be glad to do
upon receipt of the required affidavit of
any citizen, setting forth the names of
the offenders and the description of the
lands fenced in.
The Dalles daily chronicle. [volume] (The Dalles, Or.) 1890-1948, 1891-04-23
THE sZAT1s71cIANs REPORT

The April report of statistician J. R.
Dodge is at hand and contains much
valuable and interesting information
1t is the result of the April investiga-
tiofrs relative to the condition of winter
wheat and rye and the comparative
healthfulness of farm animals Referring
to the present condition of wheat, the
season at seeding, winter. growth and
protection and damage from freezing and
thawing the report says: ''The un-
fermly favorable replies to all queries
mark present condition much higher
than usual at the date of this report.
While the present bright prospect does
not insure large yield it indicates
development of the plant which will 90
far toward securing it. The position of
wheat growers is further strengthened
by the threatened deficiency in the com
ing crop in competing countries which
is Indicated in commercial reports"
The general average condition of winter
wheat over the United States at this
time is 96.9, ''an April figure which has
been exceeded but once in ten years and
but three times in the history of crop
reporting by this department. This
high condition indicates stand, strength
and vitality which will enable the plant
to endure more than ordinary yiscissi-
tudes of the season. The state averages
OF last year, for Oregon and California
are as follows: Oregon 90, California II.
The returns for the present month for
these two states are Oregon 81, Cal
ifornia SO. The state of Washington is
not included in the report The most
striking fact in connection with the live
stock returns in the exemption of sheep
from loss during the year. Taking the
states of Oregon, and Washington as
those in which our readers are most in
terested the number and losses in horses,
cattle, sheep and hogs are as follows
Oregon horses 181 1856 head losses s.
per cent or 3,262 head. Washington
14S,29l head; losses IL per cent or g.
521 head. Oregon cattle S26, ,632 head
losses "a per cent or 19, ,S39 head. Wash
1ngton 635, 1862 losses 2.3 per cent or 12.-
Sll head. Oregon sheep 2.4SI, ,759
losses from all causes per cent or 81. .27O
head. The losses from winter exposure
Is placed at 2.3 per cent. Washington
sheep number $3.50 head. The losses |
from all causes are per cent, from
winter exposure 1.2 per cent. Oregon |
swine number 229 ,639; the losses are 2.3
per cent or 5.2S2 head. Washington
numbers 147.713 head; the losses are 2.5
per cent or 1898 head. These are re-
markably small losses and taken in con-
nection with rising prices and the pros
poets OF more extended market thev
prosperous time for the. stock
farmer.
The Dalles daily chronicle. [volume] (The Dalles, Or.) 1890-1948, 1891-04-23
Neatly Caught.


The following is told of judge before
whom man was being tried for steal
ing gold watch from a woman as she
was entering bus. The man declared
the watch was his, and the woman was
mistaken in identifying it as hers. Sud
denly the judge asked: e8a
Where's the key?'
The prisoner fumbled in his pockets.
and said he must have left it at home.
The judge asked him if he wound the
watch frequently with the key, and he
said yes" 80
Then key was procured, watch and
key were handed to the prisoner, and he
was told to wind the watch. lie opened
the case but could not find any place to
use the key, because the watch was a
keyiess one. The sentence was Eve
years.-London Tit-Bits. 2 re
The Dalles daily chronicle. [volume] (The Dalles, Or.) 1890-1948, 1891-04-23
THE HEART FAILURE FAD.
1t Has Developed Out of the Indolence
of Doctors.

1t Has Developed Out of the Incidence
Of Doctors.
For nearly year now certain Boston
physicians have been assigning 'theart
failure" as the cause of death in the
certificates which the law obliges them
to make out and return to the board of
health. Beginning with this week the
board will refuse to accept this entry and
demand the name of the disease before
it will issue burial permit. Why. the
thing has been rankly abused. Either be-
cause they didn't know, or because they
weren't sure regarding the nature of the
disease, doctors fell in the way of assign
ing ''heart failure" as the cause of death.
Heart failure! Might Just as well saw
breath failure" OF fcourse the stopping
OF the beating of the heart is the ultimate
cause OF every death, but it cannot
properly be assigned as disease except
in some few cases. Some slovenly phy-
sicians started the theart failure" a few
months ago, and others, seeing it given
In the weekly reports which the local
papers print, took it up, until now it has
become the rival of consumption as a
New England disease. A few years AGO
doctors of this kind gave ssmarasmus.''
which, in general way, means debility.
or a gradual wasting away, was bad
enough; but this ssheart failure is
simply ridiculous. AS / told you the
health board is now putting stop to it,
and what disease careless and half-edu-
Gated physicians will take UP next /
can't guess.
The Dalles daily chronicle. [volume] (The Dalles, Or.) 1890-1948, 1891-04-23
STATE oFFIoIALs.

The Chronicle is the Only Paper in
The Dalles that Receives the Associated
Press Dispatches.
The Dalles daily chronicle. [volume] (The Dalles, Or.) 1890-1948, 1891-04-23
The ThouEhtful s1anaeer.

Mrs. De Style Gin theatre boxewhat
was this placard, mo Loud Talking, {"
put in our box for? u
Mrs. Forundred (after refection)HI
presume the manager left it here so we
could show it to the people on the stage
when their chatter interrupts our con
versa@ion.-New York Weekly.
The Dalles daily chronicle. [volume] (The Dalles, Or.) 1890-1948, 1891-04-23
DISSOLUTION NOTICE.

THE PARTNERsHIP OF BILLS & wHYERs
- is this day dissolved by mutual consent.
The business will in the future be conducted by
Nh =, q; Whyers who VIII pay and collect all part
Dated April i4th, 1891. 5. wHTERs:
The Dalles daily chronicle. [volume] (The Dalles, Or.) 1890-1948, 1891-04-23
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The Dalles daily chronicle. [volume] (The Dalles, Or.) 1890-1948, 1891-04-23
The Red Mans Disappo,ntment,

"OghEs said the Indian, in disgust.
Whats the matter, Swallowtail?r
asked the agent ~ .t1ff-s'4
big Injdn chase white man four
mile. Want scalp. Catch white man.
Ugh! white man bald. ."-Harper's Bazaar.
Waterbury evening Democrat. [volume] (Waterbury, Conn.) 1887-1895, 1891-07-07
WICKED zENo.
A Texas Parrot That Made Fun for the
Hens.

A Texas Parrot That Made Fun for the
Hens.
Zeno was an inmate Of our house for
many years, and during that time seemed
to become almost q member Of the family,
30 peculiar was his character and SO
marked his individuality. He was pretty
parrot, with such lovely shades mingled
with the green on his shoulders and such
brilliant red on his wings that we children
thought him the very paragon of parrots.
How many times have I seen him side up
to mother when she would be a little pale
and still, and, climbing up to the back of
her chair, lean over her shoulder and peer
into her face, asking sympathetically:
Whats the matter? Got headache?"
My sister Nell was little fond of stand
ing before the glass, and whenever Zeno
caught her there he never failed to climb
to the bureau and strut back and forth be-
fore the mirror, exclaiming: Just see US
Amt we pretty?" until Nell was fairly
driven away.
zeno always noticed strangers very
critically, and am sorry to say that he
got into the habit of making remarks
about them. A very elegant young gen.
tleman called on sister Nell one evening,
and we didn't know that parrot was in
the room until suddenly there he was, in
the middle Of the floor, promenading back
and forth in front Of the young man,
twisting his head about and saying:
"Oh, my! Just look at US! Amt we
fine! Sister Nell got the broom and
swept Zeno out, and he shouted, MUIR
der! oh. my! But amt we finer all the
way to the kitchen. The young man was
very much offended, though, as he
thought we had put Zeno up to it, and he
never came back any more.
One Of Zeno's chief amusements was
worrying the chickens. He would spend
IN, Ln a~I IL
slowly slip up behind hen that was
scratching or was taking a dust bath,
and would tweak her feathers unmerci-
fully, sometimes pulling them out, and
the hens would run cackling and squawk-
Ing away, while the parrot would walk
up and down and chuckle, as nearly as a
parrot can. In a few moments the hens
would forget the incident, and Zeno would
select another victim and begin to side
around to surprise her in turn.
On one occasion, however, Zeno made a
slight miscalculation. He succeeded in
slipping upon the hen he had selected, and
tweaking her feathers with great vigor
prepared to step back and enjoy his usual
chuckle; but the hen proved to be a new
game rooster which brother John had
brought home that morning. Mother
heard wild Tapping Of wings, cackling
and screaming, but did not hurry to see
| what was the matter, as Zeno was always
| creating a disturbance among the fowls.
| When she went at last, she met Zeno COM
| ing In at the back door, his head covered
with blood, and every feather rumpled,
| draggled and dirty.
why, poor Zeno! What has happened?''
cried mother in dismay, but Zeno waddled
past her, exclaiming:
Never mind me! Go and tend to the
henP'
He had bitten the ROSTERS bill off, and
Johns prize had to be killed, but Zenc
never had any taste after that for slipping
up on unwary hens.-St. Louis Globe
| Democrat.
Waterbury evening Democrat. [volume] (Waterbury, Conn.) 1887-1895, 1891-07-07
Lost i'm the Colorado Desert.

John McGrath has received a letter I'M
der date of May 10 from Walters, on the
Colorado desert, telling of the terrible fate
of a miner who had lost his way on the
desert. From the letter it is learned that
two parties Of prospectors, Miller and
Masters and Bowen and his partner, we're
together, and that on May Miller, as he
was known, started from Cottonwood
which had gone astray. He had with him
five quarts of water and provisions for one
day.
Nothing was thought of the matter, and
no one dreamed but that he got through
all right. On the 18th the balance of the
party went to Walters, and reaching there
learned that Miller had not been seen.
They Immediately put back to search for
him, and found his tracks where he took a
cattle trail which would lead him to the
Colorado River, in O direction directly op-
posite to Walters. AS they had no provi-
sions they could not follow the trail and
returned to Walters. He has been given
up for dead, as since the fourth Of the
month, if he had reached the river, he
would have had time to return or to have
written back to his companions.
Bowen sent to Los Angeles to Miller's
friends to have them come and search fol
the missing man, but up to the date on
which the letter was written no word had
been received from them.
The lost man was German, about sixty
years of age. Miller was only part of his
name, his companions say, and he had
dropped the rest Of it, at least while with
them.-San Bernardino Times-IndeX.
Waterbury evening Democrat. [volume] (Waterbury, Conn.) 1887-1895, 1891-07-07
Snake and Rain.

The saying is that if you kill a snake
and hang him up it will bring rain. It is
an old tradition among the country folk,
and has been verified in many instances.
Meriwether Hill Is one Of our wisest and
best City Fathers, and he succeeds at
whatever he undertakes. He thought the
drought had lasted long enough and he
determined to have rain If it took all the
snakes in Wilkes County to bring it. So a
few days ago he set out to killing snakes
and hanging them up. He first went down
back of his house, where a week or two
ago since a snake had bitten the Colonel of
the Ninth Georgia Regiment on the ankle.
1t was not long before he had his snake,
and he hung him up high and dry; and
then it wasn't twenty-four hours before
we had as pretty a rain as you could wish
to see. The only trouble about it is that
Meriwether ought to have done this thing
several weeks before he did.-Atlanta Con.
stitution.
Waterbury evening Democrat. [volume] (Waterbury, Conn.) 1887-1895, 1891-07-07
CaIffOrnia's First Pies.

There has been some talk lately of the
first pie maker in California says l. R.
Griffith, of Placerville, Cal. Many an old
California miner who worked in Ell Dorado
County in the early sos" remembers Mrs.
Wakef1eld's dried apple pies. She came
across the plains and started in almost as
soon as she reached HanRtown, as it was
then called, at the business of pie-making.
Dried apples were sent around Cape Horn
from New York in clipper ships. These
she bought in bags and converted into
pies, baking them in wide, deep tins. She
was never able to supply the demand, al
though she charged two dollars piece for
them. She opened restaurant, and her
favorite plan was to sell a quarter of one of
these pies and cup OF coffee for a dollar
The early miners we're queer cattle. Just
as soon as raw Misourian or down-east
Yankee, who had been raised on corn and
bacon, began to make money fast there
was nothing good enough for him to eat
He would buy sardines at 50 a tin or
canned peaches and other fruit at from 50
to So per can. So Mrs. Wakefield's pies
became noted, and when any miner came
down to Hangtown with his gold dust he
was never satisfied until he had eaten his
fill Of her apple pies and carried one or two
home with him. She cleared up several
thousand dollars in few months.-St
Louis Globe Democrat.
Waterbury evening Democrat. [volume] (Waterbury, Conn.) 1887-1895, 1891-07-07
What the Shakers Read.

I had the curiosity not long ego to ask
Elder Frederick William Evans, the most
noted Shaker leader in America, says Ed
ward Box, what the reading of this sect
consisted of, and he wrote in answer to
my question: What do we read! A
medium reports that when Luther went
into the spirit world, the authorities set
about making a Christian of him, and
shut him up in library in which he would
find no book Of which he himself was not
the author. It has been somewhat the
case Of the Shakers. The Alexandrian IL
brary was burned on the plea that, If 1t
contained what was not In the Alkoran, 1t
should be destroyed as being wicked, and
If it contained nothing but what was in
the Alkoran, it was useless; therefore, 1t
was burned. Was there not wisdom in
that? Has the heather literature of
Greece and Rome, used in all colleges,
made good men and women? What of the
Iliad and Odyssey; what of Ovid, etc.?
Novels, teeming with generation, as the
beginning and end, we leave to the child
rem of this world who marry and divorce.
Travels and biographies we read, and all
scientific works. The best cyclopedias are
likewise in our libraries. We are not de-
void Of good reading, assure you, but we
are careful in our selection, and do you
not think that, you OF the world might
do well to exercise little more discre-
Waterbury evening Democrat. [volume] (Waterbury, Conn.) 1887-1895, 1891-07-07

SENATOR PETER of Kansas says,
"that if the whole state Of Kansas was
put up at auction it would not bring
near enough to pay her Indebtedness. ="
There can hardly be a question as to the
correctness of this estimate. Affairs in
Kansas, as in the farther western states,
are in deplorable condition, and all be-
cause of the inordinate thirst for grow
ing rich in a hurry. Millions of eastern
money have been invested out there, the
temptation being the offer of 10 and 10
per cent on mortgages. All experience
has taught that such rates for money
cannot be paid and the borrowing party
thrive. That is especially the case in
the west, where speculation in real es-
tate has been perfect mama, and
where millions of eastern money have
been invested in mortgages which fire.
quently amount two twice the real
value of the land on which they are
placed. Such mortgages are not by any
means held by millionaires only. A
very large proportion of them belong to
people OF moderate means, who having
few thousands to spare, were induced
by the tempting offer of usurious rate
per cent. We are fast learning wisdom
in the bitter school Of experience. The
year 1891 will ever be memorable for its
teachings of that kind. So immense
have been the losses caused by the
greed for quick fortunes that any other
country than ours would be in the
throes of great financial panic. But
our recuperative energies are SO great,
our resources SO almost unlimited, that
we can stand almost any kind of a
money shock.
Waterbury evening Democrat. [volume] (Waterbury, Conn.) 1887-1895, 1891-07-07
Turlkish-Bath Mnnincs.

Said an attache of a Turkish-bath house
the other day: "It is a wonder that people
who work in positions similar to mine
don't lose their minds. 1 really got daft
the other morning, and for few minutes
was as crazy as lunatic. 1t was early in
the morning and the bath was filed with
drunken men who had been spreeing all
night. Their talk and antics were just as
/ should imagine one would see at Long
view. really, in all my experiences of
eleven years, never encountered such an
aggregation of drunken idiots. had been
on duty all night and was completely worn
out, and the effects of tho situation
worked upon me until became alarmed.
1 really think 1 would have been tenn
porarily crazed had I remained much
longer" Enquirer.
Waterbury evening Democrat. [volume] (Waterbury, Conn.) 1887-1895, 1891-07-07
A Funny Dog Case.

The funniest case that ever tried was
about dog, said George Pierce, a lawyer Of
Santa Rosa, Cal. Old Judge Southland was
on one side and was on the other. The
Judges client wanted $50 for a dog that
my client was alleged to have killed. The
dog was not worth fifty cents, according
the market value, fer the law provides for
no valuation on CANNES. At any rate, the
case was the means of making that canine
the most expensive dead dog 1 have ever
heard of. There we're three trials, and a
disagreement resulted every time. The
costs, / think, were something in the
neighborhood of $500. / knew had for
lorn case, and my only hope was to mix
up the jury on the question of valuation.
The Judge had his witnesses we'll trained,
and so had mine. At just such a time
and just such point in their testi-
mony two little girls who figured promi-
nently in the case for the prosecution
would burst into tears and exclaim in
tones Of the most piercing agony, Dear
darling Carlo; poor, dear, darling Carlo;
shall see you no more. A wicked man has
killed our poor old friend-boo-hoo." That
was all very well in its place, but it didn't
affiX valuation on the dead dog. The
Judge had some butchers testify as to the
probable worth of the defunct animal
Their estimates varied from $50 to 500
But had some butchers, too, and they
discounted the wailing and weeping Of the
Judges infants. When he asked them on
the cross-examination what they thought
poor, dear Carlo was worth, WELL" they
said, If cats was scarce Carlo might have
brought two cents per pound for sausage
compound" There was compromise
afterward, and we shared the cost of the
poor, dear, darling Carlo litigation between
us.-Globe Democrat.
Waterbury evening Democrat. [volume] (Waterbury, Conn.) 1887-1895, 1891-07-07
Testing q Trunk.

A slim-faced man with a graveyard
cough was inspecting some trunks in front
Of q Grand street store yesterday, when
the proprietor Of the place appeared and
asked
Looking for trunk sir2"
Yes"
Here's the best 81 trunk ever made.
and I'm the only one that sells 'em at less
than So
No good" replied the pale-faced man
with sorrowful shake of his head. One
of these trunks wouldn't stand the journey
from here to Poughkeepsie."
What2 I'll warrant them to go around
the world! Take hold Of one and bang it
about and convince yourself"
Do you give me leave to wrassle with
one2"
"Of course do! Take right holdw
The man with the graveyard cough drew
In full breath. called out Sche-neck-t ia
day" as il warning a carload of passen-
gers, and then reaching for the trunk.
"RipW went one Of the handles" rip p
went the other, and as he stood it on end
and upset it and Topped it back again one
hinge burst loose and the cover split in
two. With twist Of the wrist he gave it
a slam-bang which completed the wreck,
and, with a bow to the trunk man, he
joined the crowd and disappeared.
Upon my soul!' gasped the proprietor
as he viewed the ruins, but made big
mistake in him! He's baggage-master
instead CT dying traveler."-N. Y. World.
Waterbury evening Democrat. [volume] (Waterbury, Conn.) 1887-1895, 1891-07-07

PROF THOMAS G. SHEARMAN estimates
that tariff taxes take about one-sixth of
the earnings of the people, and points
out that these taxes fall most heavily on
women. Sufficient attention has not
been directed to this significant fact,
but as soon as attention is directed to it
it at once becomes apparent as fact.
For, considering the case of the single
woman supporting herself, every
article of her clothing is subjected to
heavy taxes, which, ON her ribbons, in
sertions, gloves and other similar ar
ticles, average even higher than the
high taxes on mems apparel, the theory
being that the bit of ribbon at the
throat, the inserting" in the yoke of a
chemise, the lace on dress skirt, the
plume and flowers in a hat, are ''luxu-
ries" which can be highly taxed-three
and four times as highly, in the case of
some articles ten times as highly under
the present tariff law, as diamonds and
rubies. Mr. Sherman protests with
justice that, though man can do with
out ribbon, lace, artificial flowers,
gloves and similar articles of adorn-
ment, they are, by immemorial custom.
necessary for women, and are to a
greater or less extent worn by all
women, however poor.