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The Dalles daily chronicle. [volume] (The Dalles, Or.) 1890-1948, 1896-12-29
Patti Outdone-Miss Yaw's wonderfu1
Voice.

Over year ago, while Miss Yaw was
abroad, there was very conspicuous
article published in the New York Her
aid, column in length, headed as
above. 1t discussed that voice as hav-
ing the greatest compass of any soprano
recorded by history-a range of nearly
four octaves, from G below the staff to
E in alt, and expressed surprise that a
voice reaching such an altitude should
possess such breadth and beautiful quail
lty of tone in the lower and medium
register.
Later we heard more of this phenom-
email voice through the Partisan papers,
which spoke of her as having power
fully high and extraordinarily crystal
line soprano, with wonderfully bird-like
notes, which rose and fell with the pre-
cision and ''rondeur" that French peo-
pie cbaracteristically compare to falling
pearls. Not only did they comment up
on the extent of this young girls voice,
but upon the sympathetic quality and
strength of the medium tones, and the
/ perfect ease with which she sang.
The Dalles daily chronicle. [volume] (The Dalles, Or.) 1890-1948, 1896-12-29
Surprise Party.

A pleasant surprise party was given
Mr.. and Mrs. WAlerton, on Alvord
avenue, last evening,>it being their
twentieth marriage anniversary. The
evening was enjoyably spent With games
and jokes, till dainty Luncheon was
served. Many beautiful PRESENT. were
given. Among those present were, Ir.
and Mrs. Randall Mr.. and Mrs. Chah-
dler, Mr.. and Mrs. Steers, Mr.. and Mrs.
Stevens, Mrs. Waters, Mrs. Herbert,
Mrs. 81. N. Stevens, Mrs. Goddard, of
Portland, Miss Rawson, Miss Snipes,
Miss Boyer, Misses Grace and Bertha
Willerton, and Master Ernest Will
lerton.
The Dalles daily chronicle. [volume] (The Dalles, Or.) 1890-1948, 1896-12-29
Refrigerator Line.

Attention of shippers is called to the
new refrigerator line operated by the
Oregon Railway & Navigation Company
between Portland. Huntington. Spokane
and intermediated points, leaving Port
land on train p, Wednesdays and Satur-
days. E. E. LYTLE, Agent.
The Dalles daily chronicle. [volume] (The Dalles, Or.) 1890-1948, 1896-12-29

Do not fail to Gallon DR.. Lannerberg,
the eye specialist, and have your eyes
examined free of charge. If you suffer
with headache or nervousness you un-
doubtedly have imperfect vision that. if
corrected, will benefit you for life.
Office in the Vogt block.
The Dalles daily chronicle. [volume] (The Dalles, Or.) 1890-1948, 1896-12-29

water freezes. There are but few read
ers, however, that know of the remarka-
bic properties of mixture of chloride
of lime and ice. A mixture OF three
parts of crystalized chloride of lime and
two parts of ice forms a combination
utes.-St. Louis Republic.
The Dalles daily chronicle. [volume] (The Dalles, Or.) 1890-1948, 1896-12-29
a Powerfal Fresz,ng all.tnre.

Many readers know that mixture of
two parts of pounded ice and one part of
common salt will reduce the tempera-
ture of anything inclosed SO as to be
wholly surrounded by the mixtuse (say
milk can in an ice cream freezer) to q
point SO degrees below that at which
The Dalles daily chronicle. [volume] (The Dalles, Or.) 1890-1948, 1896-12-29
AssIGNEE's NOTICE.

Notice is hereby given that the undersigned
has been duly appointed the assignee of the
estate of NJ. Hendricson ana L. a. Hendricson,
insolvent debtors. All persons having claims
against botn, either, of said insoIvcnt debtors
are hereby notified to present them to me prop
erly verified, by law required, within three
months from the date hereof, at the Office of ].
L. Story. in Dalles City, Oregon; and all per-
SONS owing them, or either OF them, are hereby
notified to settle with me at once.
The Dalles, Dec. s, 1896.
81 l.. s. DAVIS, Assignee.
The Pioche weekly record. [volume] (Pioche, Nev.) 1877-1900, 1896-10-01
John and His Pocketbook,

Between the brass rail and the plat
form on which the X-ray exhibition
was being given last evening in Won
derland continual stream of people
passed for hours. Carried by the cur
rent were two persons who kept an
affectionate hold of each others arms.
Just as they passed within the rail
man who saw conductors punch In
pocketbook loudly asserted that 'the
thing had been fixed" The affable ex-
hibitor smiled and shouted out:
Use your own pocketbooks, ladies
or tickets, but you can see the outllnes
of money"
Johns turn came.
use your own pocketbook, john"
said the girl.
"Oh, OATS all right Mayme," said
John. de ting's straight. don't
carry none. anyhow"
Eyes, you do, too. You took some out
of 1t to buy me that popcorn"
Oats so. | forgot. But come on.
Yves blockin' de pat"
But the girl insisted and John pro-
duced the pocketbook. The exhibitor
held 1t in position. Mayme looked
through, but she saw no shadow of
coin. She said the X rays were nc
good. The exhibitor, in self-defense
opened 1t and showed her that there
was not cent in it. The crowd laugh
ed, Mayme blushed and John looked
uad.-Detroit News,
The Pioche weekly record. [volume] (Pioche, Nev.) 1877-1900, 1896-10-01
ANIMALS OF AUSTRALIA.
Differ Greatly from Specimens of the
Same Species Found Elsewhere.

Differ Greatly from Specimens of the
Same Species Found Elsewhere.
Australia has been called fossil
continent" because it presents types
of life which have perlshed or become
insignificant elsewhere. Some time
about the beginning Of the tertiary pc
Rod of geology a CONFUSION of nature
severed the connection which at one
time existed between Australia and
Asia, and from that time the former
has been left to develop herself on her
own lines. A belt of deep sea, known
as Wallace's line, cuts through the Ma
lay archipelago, and all the fauna to
the south of this line, with the excep-
ton of many birds and few recent
importations, are of special and char
acteristic type. At the time of the sew
erance small creatures of the marsu-
pial or kangaroo type prevailed all over
the world. In Australia these have de-
veloped slowly and undisturbed. In the
rest of the globe they were subjected
to fierce competition, giving way be-
| fore the stronger races, till at length
no advanced marsupial is left, with the
exception of the opposum; and in him
the struggle for existence has developed
a cunning unknown to his Australian
kinsmen. In Australia, however, the
marsupials have had it all their own
way, and 1t Is interesting to notice how
they have developed into many various
| forms RI Suit their enyironmentS-e O.
there are flying squirrels specifically
resembling the flying squirrels in Amer
lea, but unlike them in their underly-
ing apertyx, belong to a type extinct
elsewhere. And, finally, much Of the
vegetation-the gum trees, the casual
rinas, and the wlry undergrowth-is a
survival from the forgotten floras Of
past geological ages.-St Louis Globe.
Democrat.
The Pioche weekly record. [volume] (Pioche, Nev.) 1877-1900, 1896-10-01

tutIons are handled much more eco
nomically than here. He tells the
State Board of Education that if he
were allowed to handle the Capitol
building he could save many thousand
of dollars TO the State; that as il is
now the legislature takes everything
out of his hands and appoints new
set of porters, watchmen and man at
s. pei diem to wind an eight-day
clock.
Supervisors james Hay and W. L.
Woodward are in Redondo for the pur-
pose of experimenting the work Of
opening the new road to Los Angeles
through Moneta and Gardena. A por-
| ton of the route is already in use as a
public highway. This it is proposed
to improve and to build a new road
across the lands of the Redondo Rail
way Company and John F. Francis,
rights of way for which have been
secured. This road will make the
third going from this place TO Los An
geles, and it is of special importance,
az it will open a section Of Iich coun-
/ try.
The Governors staff, replendent in
handsome new uniforms, paid their
first official visit TO the COMMANDMENT.
Chief the other afternoon at Phoenix.
The staff consisted of General
Schwartz, Advocate General; Colonel
Frank Cox, Judge Acknowledgement;
Lieutenant Colonel P. p. Parker, Aide.
de-Camp; Major Robinson, Inspector OF
Rifle Practice and is Colonel Scott
Helm of the Veteran Corps. The Gov
ernor received them very pleasantly il
a most appropriate speech touching OIL
the usefulness of the National Guard
A pleasant half hour was passed il
discussing military matters after tn,
Adjutant General presented his repor
to the Governor.
The Pioche weekly record. [volume] (Pioche, Nev.) 1877-1900, 1896-10-01
THE POSTAL SERVICE.
Report Regarding Appointments and
inspectors.

Washington. = K. A. Maxwell,
fourth assistant Postmaster General,
has made his annual report to
the Postmaster General for the year
ending June 80, 1896. The prin-
cipal divisions of the department
under his caro- are appointments
and inspectors. The report shows that
the total number of postoffices in oper-
alton in the United States is 10000.
OF these 66,725 are fourth-class offices
and $685. Presidential, being an increase
over the last fiscal year of 296. Dur
ing the year 2046 postoffices were estab-
lished and 1850 discontinued. The
employees in the postal service handled
during the fiscal year 1881, 900
pieces of registered mail, with the loss
of only one piece in every 1924.
Mr.. Maxwell points out that there
has been decrease in the number Of
postoffices and mail burglaries and
robberies, owing to the killing and
arrest of many desperadoes engaged in
the business. During the year there
was 2074 arrests, of which number los
were postmasters.
The Pioche weekly record. [volume] (Pioche, Nev.) 1877-1900, 1896-10-01
He Was Truly Polite,

A visiting young man in town recent
ly ate the ribbons that were tied around
the sandwiches served him at a card
party. He was very polite, and dint
like to ask what the ribbons were for,
so he ate them. AS he had at least four
sandwiches, 1t Is estimated that he ate
fully three yards Of ribbon. We have
had occasion SO often to point out the
blunders made by visiting Topeka peo-
pie that we charitably refrain from say.
ing where this unfortunate young map
was from.-Atchison Globe.
The Pioche weekly record. [volume] (Pioche, Nev.) 1877-1900, 1896-10-01
FIRST BUILDER OF THE VATICAN
The Vast Structure Is Mainly Due TO
Pope Nicholas v.

The Vast Structure IL Mainly Due TO
Pope Nicholas V.
The present existence Of this palace
Is principally due tc Nicholas v. the
builder Pope, whose gigantic scheme
would startle a modern architect. His
plan was to build the church OF st. Pc
ters as a starting point, and then to
construct one vast central habitat for
the Papdl administration, covering the
whole of what is called the BOrgo, from
the castle of SAINT Angelo TO the cathe-
draL In ancient times a portico, or COW
cred way supported on columns, led
from the bridge to the church, and IL
was probably from this real structure
that Nicholas began his imaginary one.
only a small part of which was ever
completed That small portion alone
comprises the basillca and the Vatican
Palace, bich together form by far the
greatest continuous mass OF buildings
in the world. The Colosseum Is 1876
yards long by 1856 broad, including the
thickness of the walls. st. Peters
Church alone Is POS yards long and 156
broad, 50 that the whole Colosseum
would easily stand upon the ground
plan Of the church. while the Vatican
Palace is more than half as large again.
Nicholas V. died in 1455, and the old
est parts of the present Vatican Palace
are not cider than MS reign. They are
generally known as the Tore Borgia,
from having been inhabited by Alexan-
der VI, who died Of poison in the third
of the rooms now occupied by the IL
brary, counting from the library side.
The windows of these rooms look upon
the large square court of the Belvedere,
and that part of the palace is not visible
from without.
Portions of the substructure of the
earlier Building were no doubt utilized
by Nichoias, and the secret gallery
which connects the Vatican with the
mausoleum of Hadrian Is generally at
tributed to Pope John XXII1., who died
in 1417; but on the whole 1t may be
said that the Vatican Palace is origin
. ally building of tie period of the
Renaissance, to which all successive
: Popes have made misunderstanding.
The Pioche weekly record. [volume] (Pioche, Nev.) 1877-1900, 1896-10-01

Pittsburg. - When the National
Prison Association convenes in Mil
waukee the delegates will probably be
asked to consider the cases of DIR. Gal.
lagher and George A. Whitehead, the
dynamiters who were crazed by close
confinement in the Portland Prison.
As the programme has already been
printed, these cases cannot be made a
special order of business. but they will
be referred to. The Pittsburg mem.
bers Of the association are gathering
data in relation to the Gallagher case.
If they get the opportunity they will
spring movement for the abolition Of
life imprisonment.
The Pioche weekly record. [volume] (Pioche, Nev.) 1877-1900, 1896-10-01

attention Of those interested in olive
culture to several publications on the
subject, all Of which may be had free
upon application, namely: Bulletin
No. 104 and the Appendix to the Re
port of Work of the Experiment Sta
lions of the University of California
for the year 1915, Berkeley. The
publications of the State Board Of Hor-
ticulture on the Olive, Sacramento,
and the Olive Growers Handbook
issued by myself, Pomona.
The Pioche weekly record. [volume] (Pioche, Nev.) 1877-1900, 1896-10-01

A mother was explaining to a diminu-
tive juvenile the meaning of a picture
representing number of martyrs who
had been thrown to some hungry lions.
She tried to impress his infant mind
with the terrors of the scene and
thought she had succeeded, when sud.
denly he exclaimed:
"Oh, ma! Just look at that poor little
lion behind there! He won't get anyW
Answers.
The Pioche weekly record. [volume] (Pioche, Nev.) 1877-1900, 1896-10-01
Mining Engineers visit Denver.

Denver, Colo.-Over 100 members
Of the American Institute of Mining
Engineers have arrived in the city to
attend the seventy second session Of
this body OF scientific men. The pro-
gramme of the meeting consists of the
reading and discussion of papers, in
terspersed with visits to smelters and
other reduction works and to some of
the best mining districts of the State.
The Pioche weekly record. [volume] (Pioche, Nev.) 1877-1900, 1896-10-01

The Tulare Register deems that there
is no excuse for wealthy hobo SO long
as placering with dry washer on the
desert gold fields about Randburg will
earn an industrious man from 50 tos$5.
a day.
The Pioche weekly record. [volume] (Pioche, Nev.) 1877-1900, 1896-10-01
F. R. Durham. who took sue

+. r. Burnham, who took such an
active part in the Matabele war in
South Africa is in Pasadena, Cal.
Burnham is the man who finally dis
patched Milo, the Matabele priest,
and thus broke up the rebellion and
brought the savages to terms.
The Pioche weekly record. [volume] (Pioche, Nev.) 1877-1900, 1896-10-01

When Chloroform Ii Fatal.
Chloroform Is fatal once in 1,23e
tmAA
Lewiston teller. [volume] (Lewiston, North Idaho) 1878-1900, 1896-07-16
LITTLE PETE FROM CHINA.
Seems to Have Been the Most success
ful Swindler on tho Track.

seems to Have Been the Moat Success
full swindlsr ON the Track.
It has been pertinently asked during
the past few days why Little Pete, the
corrupter of juries and Of jockeys, has
not been deported to the fowery king
dom long ere this, says the San Fran
cisco Bulletin. Little Pete Is an ex-
convict and the federal authorities have
sent many Chinese back to the "coun-
try whence they came" on that score.
Therefore. when it was discovered last
week that Pete had bribed several jock
eys at the Bay District track to throw
the races in which he was interested
and had incidentally captured about
100000 of the money Of the bookmak-
ers the cry Immediately went up, why
hasn't the government sent this pestif-
erous, sleek. designing. slant-eyed
rogue of Chinaman back to the celes
tial empire. where he could no longer
Lewiston teller. [volume] (Lewiston, North Idaho) 1878-1900, 1896-07-16

the well-remembercd words came c'm-
fortincly and assuringly 20 the aea:ts
Of the listeners and dispelled for a
moment their fears. The minister
naused as the opening invocation was
delivered. and, rare thing with Elm,
smiled. 1t was quaint smile, holding,
within it suggestions OF much
knowledge. suffering, forbearance ana
sweetness; bringing charity with IL
and much humility. The smile that
some of the disciples might have greet
ed the master with, so franght IL was
with faith and love everlasting. lhen
he took up his well-beloved biple' anu
fixing his compelling gaze on the con-
gregation. he again, though slower
than before, commenced impassiVeiy:
~ am the resurrection and the me-
saith the Lord: he VINO believeth ia
me. though he were dead, yet shall ne
live: and" At this 1uncture his
hand fell. he tottered, and this time, be-
yond all possibility of trance. even
past the questioning of his Maker, tne
old preacher fell back in the arms OF tne
visiting minister, dead.
Lewiston teller. [volume] (Lewiston, North Idaho) 1878-1900, 1896-07-16

exercise his malevolent influence upon
the jury system and the honest sport
of the land of the iree?" At least fifty
within the past year as the result OF
their having served term in state
prison. Little Pete was convicted of
jury bribing and sent to Folsom, and al
though he succeeded in securing his re-
lease before serving out his term, he is,
nevertheless, an ex-convict. But the
federal law has a loophole in it. Little
Pete has escaped the deportation clause
through a technicality. An amend
ment to the Geary act prohibits the is
suance of laborers' certificates to con-
victs, and the lack of the certificate is
the crime for which they are sent out of
the country. Far from it. He has
never been known to soil his hands
with hard work, since the days when he
was small, cunning-looking Chinese
youngster in Chinatown. being edu-
Gated carefully by well-meaning Chris
tians for successful criminal career.
He is merchant and merchants are
not required by law to have laborers'
certificates. They are not required
to register in this category and conse.
quently a criminal record debarrine
them from registering does not affect
their status. So little Pete Is secure
from deportation. He says he does mo-
mind being excluded from the Bay Dis
trict track. Perhaps not. He coul(
we'll afford to rest ON his oars.
Lewiston teller. [volume] (Lewiston, North Idaho) 1878-1900, 1896-07-16
Appearance.

neighborhood. The reverend gentle
man was going to preach his farewell
sermon, and was preparing for 1t when
he was taken i'll. Everything was done
for him, but his condition did not i'm
prove, and on Good Friday he apparent
ly died and was placed in his coffin.
Another minister was to occupy the
pulpit in the church.
Old men and young men, mothers,
wives girls in their teens, the old peo-
Pile with that look which solitude and
repression stamp on the human physi-
ognomy; brown, furrowad faces, mark
ed with ineffaceably mournful lines;
the faces of children, almost, in that
still look in their deep-set eyes, the
faces of statues nearly in stony indiffer-
ence of look. Peering from their
queer, old-fashioned hats were the
faces of the men. A little vague curl
csity in the gaze, perhaps, and grea
pathos in their scanned and sunburn
faces. The women were dressed gen
orally in rusty black, with here ant
there an impossible looking flower
spray or totally incredible repre-
| sentation of fruit. The little girls ant
Lewiston teller. [volume] (Lewiston, North Idaho) 1878-1900, 1896-07-16

boys, in homespun and dreadfully ILL
fitting clothes, made from garments
formerly worn by their elders, were
there, silently watchful. and there
were also there the "unco AUDI feeble
in step and with marks Of time set deep
around their lusterless eyes. Every
body was awaiting the new minister.
Some one approached, and there was
flutter throughout the entire church.
The minister stepped to the front OF
the pulpit and every eye was flXed on
him with a solemn expectancy. lie was
an old man, who has been almost
lifelong contemporary with DIR. Hawk
ms. and it was naturally expected that
either before or after his sermon ne
would offer some remarks about the
departed brother. Besides, there was
the announcement of the funeral which
was to be made, and. altogether, IL was
a moment0us occasion for the little
country church.
There was pause after the nrst
hymn had been sung, and the minister
taking up roll of paper. coughed
slightly and advanced again to the
front of the pulpit. At this point an
extraordinary occurrence happened.
At the door of the meeting house, and
walking up the aisle came Rev. Heze-
kiah Hawkins in person, his face dead
" pale, but bearing himseslf with CAIN
ness and dignity almost supernatural
Every face in the church was lmmeoi-
ately turned toward him. every eye
spellbound with terror. There was nc
mistaking that form and figure, the
long hair falling back in venerable
waves over the Slightly stopped
shoulders. He advanced to the pulpit
stems. mounted them and turned to thu
, congregation, and the startled people
, noticed for the first time that ne car
. ried in his hand large roll OF writer
, manuscript. evidently the notes OF hi
farewell sermon.
l For q few moments nothing was said
The people were 50 stricken witt
amaxement and fear that they dare
. not even test their voices in expression
: Of wonderment. while as for their be
: loved old minister, he seemed trans
a figured with a strange surrounding @
e almost ghostly serenity. Suddenly hi
n powerful and naturally scnorous voic
9 was heard reaching every nook an
Il conner of the building, falling on tn
! listeners with a cadence not entirely
. this world, and chilling them with tn
/. deep solemnity of its tone.
:. II am the resurrection and the III
saith the Lord; he that believeth in m
though he were dead. yet shall he liv
and whosoever liveth and believeth
Ia me shall never die"
The beautiful and musical chant
Lewiston teller. [volume] (Lewiston, North Idaho) 1878-1900, 1896-07-16
TW 0 FAIL I r Z s.

He was not much of a man to look at
as he leaned back in the chair opposite
the city editor in the dingy little news
paper Office. His rough, sandy beard
showed several weeks growth; his blue
eyes had an uncertain, vacant express
sion in them that verified the story told
by his breath; his clothes were shabby,
and his old overcOat. even In the
warmth of the Office, was buttoned up
close under his chin in way that sug-
gested a dearth of other clothing. He
did not look like a gentleman.
The city editor opposite, even in his
shirt sleeves, with the ugly green shade
pulled down over his eyes. had a pa
trician bearing that was unmistakable.
They were not at work. They were
waiting for the telephone to ring up
the account of the hanging down at
Scoop. The Office was dark except for
the one incandescent light that swung
over the city editors table, and the
figures of the two men on either side
stood out in bold relief, showing sharp
ly the contrast between them--a con-
trast so decidedly in the city editors
favor. Yet there had been time, ten
years ago, when Mrs. Marvin, the social
leader of the town, then mining camp
had refused to allow Hetherly, the city
editor. to lavish his attentions and af-
fections upon her pretty sister and had
smiled on Sherwin.
Hetherly and Sherwin were friends
They had been chums at college. where
Sherwin, the more brilliant Of the two
had coached Hetherly all the way
through. and solved his problems
translated his Greek and written his
daily themes. A few years after they
graduated they had met in the ives,
unexpectedly and had renewed the
friendship. For more than year the,
worked together on daily paper.
1t was not strange, after having
learned during his college course to be
lieve that Sherwin was all-powerful
that Hetherly should turn to him whel
the course of his love affairs failed t
run smooth. Sherwin was equal to tn
emergency. 1t was a comparativel.
simple arrangement. Mrs. Marvin ia
vOred Sherwin and Elsie, the pretty
bttle hazel-eyed sister. favored Heth
erly.
The scheme by which Hetherly an
Elsie profited everything and Sherwi
nothing was first put into executi0
the night of a 6reman's ball, to whic