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Suicided Rather Than Starve.

On the evening of the 14th D. l..
Patee, an old resident Of Crook county.
was found dead in his house one and
one-fourth miles from Prineville. Mr..
Patee had been unable to work for
several years and had been reduced to
Strengthened circumstances. Recently
he had applied to the county court of
Crook county for aid, but assistance
had not been granted. He had moth
ing to eat, and being unable to earn
anything with which to procure food,
evidently became dispondent and took
his own life. When found he was ly-
ing on the bed, a bullet hole in his
head and Winchester rifle by his
side. Evidently he had been dead at
least "a hours when found. He was
carpenter by trade, and about 20 years
ago resided in The Dalles, leaving here
he went to Prineville where he has
since resided.
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WASHINGTON, D. c., Aug. 10Th, 1895.
HON. JOHN MICHEL, United States
Senate.
SIR: Referring to the inquiry con-
tanned in your letter of the Sd instant,
as to the present state of the work on
the Cascade Locks and the prospects
OF an early opening of the canal, beg
to advise you that the project for the
expenditure of the money available
has just been approved by the secretary
of war, and it is thought by the officer
in charge that the work cannot be
done economically until the water
reaches its low stage, probably about
the middle of September. In two
weeks after commencement it is con.
sidered that the work will be SO far
advanced as to permit the safe opera.
tion of the canal.
Very respectfully, your obedient
servant, A. MACKENZIE,
Acting Chief of Engineers.
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Cure For Headache.

AS remedy for all forms of head
ache Electric Bitters has proved to be
the very best. 1t effects permanent
cure and the most dreadful habitual
sick headaches yield to its influence.
We urge all who are afflicted to pro-
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ADMINISTRATORS NOTICE.

Notice is hereby given that the undersigned
has been appointed administrator Of the estate
of Christina Phillips, late of Wasco county, and
now deceased. All persons having claims
against said estate will present the same, duly
verified to me at Kingsley, Oregon, or to my
attorneys, Dufur & Menefee, of Dalles City,
Wasco county, Oregon, within six months from
the date hereof.
Dated at Dalles City, this 10Th day of July
1895 S. B. PHILLIPS,
Administrator of the estate OF Christina Phil
lips, deceased. J25w5
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|
And ne'er be brought to mind;
Should auld acquaintance be forgot,
| And the days Of auld lang syne.'
Friday night the hospitable doors OF
the home of Mr.. and Mrs. S. L. Brooks
were thrown open to the old-time
friends of Hon. and Mrs. e. D. Jocelyn,
now of Colorado Springs, Colorado,
pioneers of Oregon. The event was
arranged and carried out as surprise
to the visiting pioneers. Among the
first arrivals was Mrs. Mary J. Atwell,
of Cascade Locks, who settled at her
present home on the Columbia forty
four years ago today, and at whose
frontier log cabin Mrs. Jocelyn was
guest on March %, 1856. when the
Indians made that famous outbreak
that gave Lieut.. Phil. Sheridan his
Oregon war experience. The little
river steamer "Mary" had escaped,
under storm of bullets, from her an
chorage near the present site of Steven
son, with barely sufficient fuel to get
across the river to Atwell's, where the
women and children, including Mrs.
Atwell and Mrs. Jocelyn, we're taken
aboard, and the rails from around the
little clearing were thrown aboard the
steamer for fuel to last the trip up the
river to safety at The Dalles. then a
military post.
Frontier "reminiscences were of |
course in order. and thoroughly enjoy
ed by all.
Mr.. and Mrs. S. L. Brooks, were the |
earliest Oregon pioneers present, dat
ing 1850. The Jocelyns, Mrs. Atwell
and Mrs. Camilla Donald were of 1852.
Light refreshments were served,
and throughout, very pleasant even
ing was had. Those present were:
Mrs. Sarah E. Funk, Mrs. Charles B.
Cushing; Mrs. Mary Jane Atwell, of
Cascade Locks; Miss Emma Roberts,
Mrs. Daniel Fl. Roberts, Mrs. Camilla
T. Dormell, Mrs. J. B. Condor, Mr..
and Mrs. Bella S. Huntington, DIR. and
Mrs. George E. Sanders, Mrs. Fred
Bailey, Mrs. Julia Knaggs, Mrs. David
w. Vause, Mr.. and Mrs. Truman But
er, Mr.. and Mrs. Eugene ]. Collins,
Mrs. John S. Schenck, Mrs. William
2. Garretson, Mrs. Arthur G.. Phelps,
Miss Salina Phirman, Col. and Mrs.
lanes NJ. Patterson, Rev. William C.
Curtis, Mr.. and Mrs. Geo. P. Morgan,
drs. Isabella Gray, DR.. and Mrs. Silas
Frazier, Mr.. and Mrs. George Ruch,
Mr.. Joshua w. French; Mrs. Emma H.
)oane, Mrs. James r. Warner, of
White Salmon; Mr.. and Mrs. Jesse
Hon. and Mrs. Erastus D.
'ocelyn, of Colorado Springs, Cal.
Grows will be bows /" but Won can't af-
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with fearful accident at Astoria last
Saturday. When 1000 feet above the
earth he attempted to make a para
chute jump, but the ropes were tangled
so that the parachute would not open.
With little to check his flight down.
ward, he fell to the ground like a
bullet, striking with such force as to
break both arms and his collar bone
and drove his legs up into his hips.
His recovery is thought to be impos-
sihla
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"For Charity Suffereth Long. I"


"MatS0ss Of q BeneUoEe,sf Home
and knowing the good Dr.. Miles, Nervine
has done me, my wish to help others, over.
comes my dislike for the publicity, this
letter may give me. in Nov. and Dec, 1898,
The tsssssates had the "LaGriDpe, -
and was one Of the first. Resuming duty
too soon. with the care Of SO many sick,
did not regain my health, and in a month
16ecanse SO de6ilitated aud nervous
from sleeplessness and the drafts made ON
my vitality. that it was question If could
go on. A dear friend advised me to try
Dr.. Miles Restorative Ees.pi,,e.
look bottles and am happy to say, am
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as my work is very trying A letter ad-
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oy toe LIZ. Miles Medical Co. Elkhart, Ind.
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NOTICE FOR PUBLICATION.

LAND OFFICE AT THE DALLEs, OREGON.
May 81, 1896.
Notice is hereby given that the following
named settler has filed notice OF his intention
to make final proof in support OF his claim. and
that said proof will be made before Register
and Receiver, at The Dalles, Oregon, ON July
8, 1896, viz:
SIDNEY NJ. BRIGGS.
Hd E No. 5000, for the E1k NE4 NWl1 NEA
and NEA NW14. 30. Up 2 N r 12 Z, w NJ
He names the following witnesses to prove
his continuous residence upon and cultivation
OF said land, viz:
Lee Evans, A. H. Swasey, L. Lamb, James
Brown all of Mosier, Oregon,
JAS. F. MOORE,
May 22* Register
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his every want and silently watching
the approach of the inevitable separa-
tion. His old friend and companion,
Charles Schultz, was the first to reach
Mr.. Closter after the rash attempt he
made to end his life, and was con-
tinuously by the suffering mans side
| till the end came, he being alone with
Mr.. Closter at the time of his death.
With the death of Mr.. Closter ends
a page in the history of The Dalles.
For SO years he had made this city his
| home, and no more familiar face ap-
| peared upon the streets than his, nor
| no more generous soul ever claimed
this as his abiding place. He was a
friend to the needy, father to the
fatherless. By his good and generous
deeds he left an endearing name that
will survive through this generation
| and merit a crown of reward in the
future. 'Tis sad indeed that he should
have sought self destruction, still
possibly it is best, since none can read
Alright the motives that lead brave
and generous hearts to seek the final
end. Nothing was found among his
pa pers to indicate why he had tired of
life, only two letters having been left
which show he desired his property
should Ego to one whom he had be-
friended In an hour of need.
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A REUNION OF PIONEERS.
A Pleasant Party Given In Honor of M :,
and Mrs. Jocelyn.

Should auld acquaintance be forgot,
And ne'er be brought to mind;
Should auld acquaintance be forgot,
And the days of auld lang syne.m
The San Francisco call., 1896-08-16

"Oh, yes," said the maid from the mis-
sion, 1--WE go every Thursday. The week
would be all wrongi If we did not. OF course
all who belong do not go; there are al
ways some in a society who shirk, but
the real workers of the mission are very
steady"
Before 1 tell of the hospital work 1 must
lay before you the needs of the mission.
There is money on hand from bequest
but the principal is being used all the
time and the expense is considerable.
The mission needs fruit. 1t is shame
that now, while fruit is rotting on the
ground and being dumped into the bay or
fed to hogs, the Fruit and Flower Mission
has to send canned fruit and jellies to the
sick or the poor. 1t is doubly shame be-
cause the charity n eed cost the donor
nothing.
Wells Fargo will take free of all charge
any boxes addressed to the mission and
will return the boxes afterward. Think
of that when your fruit is going to waste,
and take time to pack few boxes. Your
purse will not be the emptier for a thought
of Others. If The time is too precious set
the half grown children at it and kill two
birds with one stone. 1t will help the sick
and it will be teaching the children the
beautiful lesson of unselfishness, of giving
of their abundance to the unfortunate.
Children are naturally loving and if you
tell them the story OF sick children in dark
rooms who need those juicy pears and
peaches, they will trot their little legs
weary and take tender note in their
voices as they pack fruit for "poor, sick,
little girls and boys"
Wholesale fruit merchants when over
stocked might send many box, and it
would buy them penny's worth of para
disc without in the least decreasing their
profits. The fruit would go to class who
could not buy it.
Half-worn shoes and outgrown carmen IS
for children are always in demand. And
baby clothes. This is tender subject,
but truth is tender as well. Helpless
childhood in need is one of the greatest OF
wrongs. The mother whose baby has
gone away and left the dainty garments
to be bedewed with tears has no right to
lay them away so long as other babes as
pure and innocent yet as hers are coming
into the world to find no covering. The
little clothes seem sacred, and they are
sacred-sacred enough for an angels mis-.
sion. Give them away Take them your
self, if you will, and in drawing the
scented folds over the body of some child
born into poverty and SIN feel the pain in
your heart melting into broader mother
| love for all little ones.
Books and cheerful magazines and pa.
pers are needed always; and remember
that Wells Fargo will carry them free.
The San Francisco call., 1896-08-16
WHERE SWEET FLOWERS MOST TRULY REFLECT GODS GRACIOUS SMILE

The next Thursday, armed with two
baskets full OF spoils from the garden, 1
again sought the mission with entirely
different ideas and sure of welcome.
The same girls were going with fruit,
flowers and books to the City and County
Hospital. Six baskets of flowers were
taken and the fruit and books sent ahead.
One basket was especially beautiful with
roses. 1t came from two young lady
florists up on Sutter street, who are very
kind. Do you believe in signs? l do. l
think those roses were a sign of great
future success for those florists 1 confess
1 was little skeptical about the good of
hospital visiting with flowers. The bigotry
of ignorancei
Without any sentiment, but with
CHEEKY friendliness, the girls went from
bed to bed giving pear and a few pieces
of candy to each patient and offering the
books and flowers. Every face turned to
them; eyes which were closed opened and
frightened; every hand reached for the
offered flower. Perhaps when well these
men cared nothing for flowers, and, con-
sidered merely as flowers, perhaps they
cared nothing for them W hen i'll, but there,
with the friendly face and the friendly
word, the flower was a symbol. 1t was
sign that somebody cares" Many
workingman will, in the future, see in the
heart OF every flower that grows
pair of brown eyes that looked at
him as the maid from the mission hoped
he would be we'll by next week. Every
man, except the very il! and the two VINO
were cross, took flower. and three who
were overlooked called the girls back. AS
long as they were passing up and down,
the wan faces followed them. The manner
of the patients was the same all over the
place. The girls are welcome and they
know it. t.They are glad to see US, ex-
claimed the young matron, though they
do not gush. Poor men, l don't want
them to be overwhelmed with gratitude
for little thing like this. The way some
of them look up and say thank you
would pay for more than we can DO.
| No girl would go out there week after
week and walk miles up and down the
wards, looking at pale and dying faces aad
| offer smiles and encouragement, Just for
effect. The patients know this. They
| GROW used to the faces and look for them.
and when they are getting better they are
| Glad to eonfide it to the decided little
matron and hear her hearty, "l'm so
| gladr'
As rode home with my two big empty
market baskets the funny boy may have
grinned at me for going about looking like
| a peddler. l would rather carry baskets
for the Flower Mission than wear the
robes of society queen.
| OLIVE HEYDEN.
The San Francisco call., 1896-08-16

Up on Sutter street, drawn modestly
back step or two from the pavement,
Is small house with the simple sign.
''Fruit and Flower Mission
All day and nearly all night feet, light
and heavy, glad and sorry, pass this un-
assuming place. and eyes, seeing or un-
seeing, meet the sign.
Every Thursday bright-faced girls come
out from the house laden with heavy
baskets, and in twos and threes they go in
all directions. For many years there has
been fruit and flower mission and every
week the girls have gone out with baskets
on their arms and sweet charity in their
hearts. Yet of the great hosts of COM
Portable people in the City very few un-
derstand the importance and the breadth
OF the flower mission work. The poor and
the sick know.
1t may be that you, whose ewes rest on
. these words now, have passed the little
cottage as used to, with tha idea that it
was fad of wealthy young ladies who
needed no assistance, and wished to keen
the affair exclusive. I had vague picture
in my mind of butterflies futtering down
to the mission with small bunch of flow
ers, and much purple and fine linen, eat
ing lunch and exchanging society gossip.
and sending basket of flowers by a mes.
senger-boy to hospital.
With the authority of great newspaper
behind me to balance my lack of social
prestige, l visited the Fruit and Flower
Mission on distributing day.
First, 1 tripped going down an abrupt
step and gracefully presented myself in the
basement head first. Two women in big
aprons and sleeve protectors, who were
sorting flowers at a big table, smiled like
old friends, and were $50 glad 1 came.''
If would go upstairs, they said, the sec.
retary would tell me all about the work.
In the front rooms, upstairs, there were
perhaps dozen young ladies, all in shirt
waists and round hats and all pusy. Such
gabbe. Such pleasant, busy gabble,
too. Such an intentness in filling my
basket with just the right articles. Where
was the purple and fine linen and where
the elegant ease2
The secretary and two older ladies were
flying about like mothers at Christmas
time, dealing out supplies and listening TO
the appeals of the poor who had applied in
person for relief.
The name of the charity is pretty one,
but think it misleading. The fruit and
flowers are there, but only as the dessert
after the more substantial relief Great
bins of -four and oatmeal can hardly be
called fruit or flowers, nor can canisters
of tea and coffee, barrels of sugar sacks OF
potatoes, bottles of beef extract and port
wine, shelves full of clothing and rows of
shoes. All these and more are in the
The San Francisco call., 1896-08-16

golden-red beard and full lips and melan-
choly eyes, Mathew Arnold, with his
hard, cold, strong and noble head, pales
beside beautiful portrait OF Lord Tenny-
son, dark and rich in color, the head
modelled against background Of smooth,
dark laurel leaves the eyes, under droop-
ing eyelids, have mysterious and
thoughtful melancholy. King Arthur or
Lancelot might have had such eyes.
Robert Browning comes next, with a
The San Francisco call., 1896-08-16

storerooms of the mission, and the baskets
the girls carry are heavy with the neces-
saries of life, and invalid dainties. The
handful of flowers on the top is only
touch of beauty to crown the whole.
The aim OF the Flower Mission is not to
make steady pensioners. but to have a
should be, "To help over hard places"
The purpose is to help those who are i'll,
while they are i'll; to take strengthening
food, cheerful books, warm clothes and
bright flowers into the sickrooms Of the
poor. Could you imagine sweeter
charity?
After showing me all the stores and ex-
planning that they were bought with mis-
sion money instead of being, as 1 thought,
contributed by merchants, the secretary
told me something queer.
The Flower Mission needs more flow
ers. Think of that In this land of flow
ers, where, if you plant pine knot, roses
will grow from one end and peaches from
the otner. it is difficult to gather in half a
dozen basketfuls once week without pay
ing for them.
people forget the Flower Mission" the
secretary said little sadly as she turned
away from the table.
think it is not all from forgetfulness or
carelessness, but from ignorance. People
do not know how gladly the mission will
welcome the blossoms. I felt guilty, re-
membering how l had shipped off my
sweet peas and dropped them on the
ground to keep them from going to seed.
| Would like to go visiting with two OF
the girls to see how they worked? Yes,
indeed, and l wanted to carry basket. So
my basket was loaded, and with two girls
started on my first mission of charity in
San Francisco. One of the girls was a
young matron, but that doesn't matter. If
you come from the mission you are a girl.
My basket was heavy. 1t was large. too,
and was awkward in the managing of it,
and had to be helped on the dummy.
Never mind, said the young matron.
1T is awkward till you get used to it, and
the handle makes your arm black and
blue, but that is nothing"
We transferred to the little horsecar and
went out Fifth street to some side place,
where we were to leave the first basket
On the way learned that no promiscuous
work IS done, but that all cases are inves-
tigated by the Associated Charities. "Of
course" the young matron added in her
decided way-such a kindly way, too
'some OF them are not worthy, but they
are sick and miserable and that is all we
think Of
was going straight past big ugly
house which might long ago have been
mansion, but the girls called me back,
/ ran up the broad steps, opened the door
The San Francisco call., 1896-08-16

but full of a quaint interest, we find
Charles and Mary Lamb, two funny bent,
little old people; Mary with cap and
bobbing curls, and both dwarfed as pig
mics and with apple-red faces.
The beautiful tread of Leigh Hunt and
the badly painted portrait of Thackeray
are the only ones that take the attention
away from the noble collection painted
and presented by Frederick Watts. The
first is of Dante's Gabriel Rossetti, with
The San Francisco call., 1896-08-16

the baskets contents, and jelly and
book. For this invalid there was bunch
of long-stemmed roses of creamy tint, and
as she held them close she told how last
weeks flowers had lasted five days. 81
was in the country week once" she told
US. land l could have brought home
plant, bat it would die in this dark place"