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The Dalles daily chronicle. [volume] (The Dalles, Or.) 1890-1948, 1896-06-08

GENTLEMEN, drop in and see
II. E; Balch, Merchant Tailor, 78 Sec
ond street, for SPRING and SUM
MER Suits. He shows the finest line
Of foreign and domestic goods ever ex-
hibited in The Dal1es, at Frisco prices.
Garments made on premises. Per.ect guaranteed
The Dalles daily chronicle. [volume] (The Dalles, Or.) 1890-1948, 1896-06-08
For Rent.

The lower story of the Michelbach block, cor.
ner of Second and Union streets, now vacant,
will be rentad on a long or short time lease al
reasonable figures.
Also the Michelbach garden and fruit orchard,
with buildings for occupation. Amply to George
Williams, administrator of the Michelbach
estate aprS-u
The Dalles daily chronicle. [volume] (The Dalles, Or.) 1890-1948, 1896-06-08
NOTICE.


To all lUhonl it may concern:
of the County Court of the State of Oregon for
Wasco County, to-wit, on the Sth day of July,
1896, at the hour of two O'Clock p. m. at the
County Court Room in the Court House in IIalles
City, Oregon, the under.igued petitioners will
present the following petition and will apply to
the said County Court to grant to F. Erickson &
Co., copartnership imposed of F. Erickson
and G. F. Anderson, a license 10 sell spirituous,
malt or vinous liquors in less quantities than
one gallon within Oak Grove precinct for the
cense:
To the Honorable County Court of Wdsco County,
Oregon:
we, the undersigned, residents and legal voters
OF Oak Grove precinct, Wasco County, Oregon,
hereby petition your honorable body to grant to
posed of Fl. Ericsson and G. f. Anderson, a Ii
cense to sell spirituous, malt or vinous LIQUORS
in less quantities than one gallon within said
precinc for the term of one year from the grant
ing of such license:
MAKES. NAMES.
J P Abbott OP Weberg
p N Turner NJ Delore
Ward Cline FELTON,
w Greaves Richard Boyd
Charles Buckham NJ Orwiler
X McLaren Nagle
Jones Peter Mcdonald
n VOgt John Green
r Joynt L Peterson
Robert Turey Peter Hansen
Burns August Finn
Nels Christensen Thomas Swartes
Chas Murray A Roberts
Lutey Thomas Durron
Joseph Batty C Dawprey
Mark MallOy Dillingham;
J E Graham w q Flemmirg
Henneghan John Burns
Lrank Barton.
FM27-5t-w.
The Florida agriculturist. [volume] (DeLand, Fla.) 1878-1911, 1896-06-03
A Novel Greenhouse.

The latest novelty in greenhouses is
perambulating forcing glass house,
which may be moved about at will. The
greenhouse is the counterpart of the old
fashioned, or rather present form OF
structure, with the difference that it
rests on wheels, which run along a
regular track. 1t is similarly equipped
with heating apparatus, including an
engine and boiler. The striking feat
ure is that this entire outfit is complete
in itself, and may be moved about bod
lily.
This novel construction makes it pos
sible for series of different crops to be
covered at the successive periods. 1t
often happens that several kinds of crops
could be grown together were it possible
to protect one kind of vegetation at one
time of the year and another at differ
emit period. This has long been serious
problem among florists and horticultur-
lists. The movable forcing-house is a
very simple solution of this difficulty.
It may he used to force one crop, and
when this work has been accomplished
it may be used to ripen some other.
This glass house may be built on any
scale. The sides rest upon two tracks,
which resemble ordinary railroad tracks,
except that they are very much farther
apart. These may be extended for any
distance. The crops or plants which
are to be protected by the glass house
are planted in the ground between the
rails.
The Florida agriculturist. [volume] (DeLand, Fla.) 1878-1911, 1896-06-03

wool or cotton sufficient to make ball
large enough to fit inside, and you have
a dainty pincushion. The ball is easily
covered by taking round piece of vel
vet, stretching over it, and tying Sc
curely underneath.
A tripod made of canes and tied at
the top with ribbon bow, with little
gourd cut like martin nest gourds sus-
pended from the centre, in which a nest
and two or three eggs or marbles are
placed, would look very nice on parlor
or library table.
Three gilded ones attached to unequal
lengths of old-gold baby ribbon would
be attractive hanging from gilt framed
picture or mantel corner.
One placed on your writing desk would
be convenlnt receptacle for pens; an
other might hold loose stamps.
The Florida agriculturist. [volume] (DeLand, Fla.) 1878-1911, 1896-06-03
Geranium Culture.

So many people have asked me re-
Gently how to raise nicely shaped geran
iums that think some account of my
way of growing them may be welcome
to other flower lovers.
My rule for taking slips is to take
branch where it snaps easily under
moderate strain, as this seems to be
the proper conditioned wood to root
easily.
put them in pan two inches deep
filled with prepared soil of one-half
sand and one-half leaf mold. Pressing
the soil firmly around the stems, set
the pan where the morning sun will
reach it.
Usually in two weeks time they are
we'll rooted and [ transfer them to three
inch pots. Then carefully nip out the
end of every branch and cut off all buds
until the first of September.
June cuttings will bloom the best dur
ing the winter, as geranlum rarely
does we'll before it is five months old.
Be careful not to keep the slips too
wet, once week is often enough to give
water and then not too much, the soil
should be damp, not wet. Geraniums
like plenty of sunshine, but compare
atively little water.
Souvenir de Mirande is naturally of
leggy growth but by careful cutting
back it can be made quite bushy. Mrs.
Hill is the finest single salmon lowered,
and can be grown into perfect trees very
easily. No other geraniums yield SO
easily to training as this variety and
the White Swan. [ can make them
almost any shape desired.
In making the soil ready for the pot
ting, use either garden soil that is
quite rich-or else leaf mold with a
pinch OF fertilizer mixed we'll through.
*. W. Lawson in Mayfower.
The Florida agriculturist. [volume] (DeLand, Fla.) 1878-1911, 1896-06-03
Ornamental Gourds.

1t would take quire of paper to tell
of all the decorative ways of utilizing
the tiny gourds which our grandmothers
grew to delight little children. Of
course, many new varieties have been
added, yet the original miniatures are
just as pretty after passing through
artistic hands; unless, perhaps, one
might like to follow the markings Of
some which form accurate designs for
tracing with the brush.
The simplest way to ornament them
is to use gilt, silver, or metallic paints
for the ground work, then paint flowers
or corresponding scenes with artist
paint.
They can be converted into 'cute"
little baskets by cutting off the small
end with sharp knife. The edge may
be scalloped or left plain. Wire handles
can be attached, being first wound with
ribbon, or they can be cut so as to form
handles. The made handles, however,
relieve the gourdy appearance and COM
plete the delusion of fineness The in.
teriors may be stained or lined with vel
vet The last should be used when the
baskets are to do service for gold trinkets,
bracelets or watches.
One cut to stand higher than basket
would make a pretty hairpin holder.
Crochet top of zephyrs to match prevail
ing tints of the room.
Cut one halfway, brush it with coat
of bronze-green lustre paint, then take
The Florida agriculturist. [volume] (DeLand, Fla.) 1878-1911, 1896-06-03
An Old Fashioned Pillar Rose.

No rose Of my acquain lance is more
suitable for this purpose than the old
acquaintance our grandm others called
the Cabbage rose. [ do not know by
what name it is designated in the cata-
logues, but it is very hardy, very double
and sweet, and in June is loaded with
beautiful pink blossoms. If the ground
is rich it will make a surprising amount
of growth in one season. and there will
be no fear of winter killing unless it be
the tender tips of the stems that were
not thoroughly ripened when Jack Frost
made his appearance.
We dug holes on each side of our little
front gate, fully two feet deep and about
that square, and filled eighteen inches
of the bottom with rich dirt from behind
the barn-not manure, but so full Of the
soakings from the barnyard that it was
black, and the smell was so unpleasant
we were glad to dump six inches of
garden soil on top by way of an ex-
tinguisher. In this top soil the roses
were planted, and securely fastened to
post that had been put in the hole be-
fore 1t was filled, to make sure it would
be firm. You see we are all women
gardeners at our house, and although
we could fill in around post, we could
not drive it in as man would, or so we
wodld feel no fear of the first wind top
ping 1t over.
TIE first year we just let the roses grow,
only keeping them tied up so they were
obliged to grow straight and upright.
1t was fun to feed them dishwater, wood
ashes and chamber Stops occasionally,
for they repaid it four-fold in growth.
The next spring we found they had win
TERRIFIED little at the top, and the
cutting back thus rendered necessary
induced great many branches to start,
which were kept cut back to the rounded
form we wanted, while all the top
branches that would grow upright were
The Florida agriculturist. [volume] (DeLand, Fla.) 1878-1911, 1896-06-03

encouraged to do their best. In this
way two or three years sufficed to grow
pillar roses that were beautiful all sum-
mer-columns about six feet high of
thrifty green, and as we'll shaped as
though made of something that did not
grow, while in June-well, just come
and see them.-Florence Holmes, in
Mayflower.
The Florida agriculturist. [volume] (DeLand, Fla.) 1878-1911, 1896-06-03
MY WILD ROSE.

A spot knew where a wild rose grew,
And in the mornings hush
Ere thirsty Day drank up It's dew
Toasted on it's blush.
My loving lips, the rosebud's tips
Gave warm and fond caresses
And freely as the wild bee sips
It's sweets, and onward presses.
But ah. one day there passed that way,
A plowboy on his roam.
And ere thought to cry him nay
My pretty rose was gone.
-JohnStOne Murray in Womankind
The Florida agriculturist. [volume] (DeLand, Fla.) 1878-1911, 1896-06-03
Bulbs & Plants.

Butterfly Lily (recently catalogued as "White
Gamma" by some enterprising forists), beau.
tiful and fragrant loo
Canna-Gant Cardinal, tall and Snowy 10
G. Nepalensis fine yellow. ................~10
G. RObusta, bronze leaved. ...................10
G. Fiaccida, the "Orchid Gamma" .............1O
Caladium OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES ar.......1O
Ry-The above collection for so cents.
Amary!lis Equestre, cents each; three for Is
Genus; SIX 1Or 25c
Tuberose bulbs, fine double, SC. each; six for..25
Tuberose, smaller size, per Dozen. ..........1O
Oxalis bulbs (rose-colored), per dozen
Madeira vine, sc. each six for. ..............25
Pereskia Aculeata, each.
Night-blooming Cereus &c grandifora) ......2O
Coral, or Fusia-fowered honeysuck1e.........1O
Ampelopsis, quinque folia (American Ivy)...1O
Wisteria Sinensis.
Crotalaria Retusa (West India Rattlebox, or
Yellow Sweet Pea), good plants, each........1O
NB-To those who purchase 25 cents worth of
bulbs or plants and enclose cents additional
towards paying postage, 1 will send cuttings Of
handsome, fragrant, cream tea rose or if pre-
ferred OF the Cherokee rose; both fine evergreen
climbers; of variegated Iantana cuttings.
SEEDS.
Two cents per packet. or 5 packets for Sc.
Gamma Flaccida, G. Giant Cardin al, G. Nepalen.
sis, Balloon vine, White Cypress. Thunberga,
Wisteria, Velvet Bean, Crotalaria, Racinus
palma Christi). Lantana, zinnias, mixed, Mari
gold, Coral Honeysouckle.
At SC. packet or two for SC.
Bryonopsis, marble vine, with lovely little
round fruits, notified red and white; Brazilian
Morning Glory. lavender blossom; Mexican
Ipomea, white Mexican Moon Flower; Balsam
Apple, the variety with small scarlet fruit
AD-To all who purchase eight cents worth of
seeds, sending self addressed, stamped envelope
will send @ packet of fine Watermelon seed,
saved from choice melons. by myself; or il pre-
ferred Crotalaria seed.
Aa-I seeds or plants do not give satisfaction
would be glad to be informed.
NJ. G. Mills.
st. Thomas, PasCO County, Fla.
The Florida agriculturist. [volume] (DeLand, Fla.) 1878-1911, 1896-06-03

stocks, and wallf1owers are grown in
large quantities. The white and yellow
marguerite bushes attain dimensions
which would astonish people who grow
them in pots under glass.-New Eng
land Florist.
The Florida agriculturist. [volume] (DeLand, Fla.) 1878-1911, 1896-06-03
Flowers in the Sicily Islands.


How many flowers this morning?"
''Twenty TONS" This seems large or
der for cut flowers; but it represents the
quantity sent off by one steamer during
the busiest time this will be repeated
three tim es week for weeks in sue
cession, and occasionally thirty tons
have been sent at one time. The ques-
ton who was the first exporter from
Scilly to Covent Garden is difficult to
answer satisfactorily, but the trade has
assumed proportions which its originator
could not have dreamed of. When he
looked round his garden and picked
few handfus of flowers with the inten-
tion Of sending them to M rket as an ex-
pertinent he little thought that within
twenty years the flower Grade would be
the most prosperous trade which had
ever been known in Scily.
Now every farmer is a grower of
flowers (which as rule means narclssi
and daffodils) on large scale, and al
most every individual householder, If he
can get a garden, is one.
say, if he can get a garden, for in
Scilly every available piece Of ground
IS used as a garden, and if from any
cause one is given up, number of
would-be tenants apply to the lord pro-
prietor for it, Sometimes a piece of
farm may be divided up into gardens,
and those who are fortunate enough to
get portion Immediately set to work
and plant hedges Of veronica, escallonia,
or euonymus, or put up wooden fences
at stated distances apart, to make shelter
for the flowers which are to come.
In Scilly it would be hopeless for any
one to think of growing flowers unless
he had first provided shelter for them,
for every wind sweeps the islands, and
protection from storms is absolutely
necessary.
On the other hand (and this no doubt
is the secret of the success with which
the flowers are grown there), the eQua-
bility of the TEN persture is remarkable,
severe fros5 being almost unknown. The
flower gardens divided into these
squares by the hedges have quaint
and pleasing appearance. AS a rule
each square. patch is devoted to one va
riety of flower, though most Of the lar
ger growers have many squares OF each
sort, especially Of the older kinds, such
as Scilly white. soIeil d. lor, ornatus,
etc.
The flower season begins about Christ
mas when few small consignments find
their way into the markets, and are
usually sold at good prices, especially If
the French flowers have not yet made
an appearance. From this time up to
the end of May flowers in larger or
smaller quantities are sent by every
steamer, the busiest time being as a
rule during March and April.
Besides the narcissi and datfodils, mar
guerites. gladioli, arum lilies, the scar
let anemone "Fulgeus, white single
The Florida agriculturist. [volume] (DeLand, Fla.) 1878-1911, 1896-06-03
FLORAL DEPARTMENT.

Address all communications to Floral Depart
ment AGRIcULTURIsT, DeLand, Fla.
Arizona republican., 1896-12-02
OBSERVATIONS.

The beautiful snow often covers multitude of disgraceful sidewalks.
 Some people, like hens, can never find anything where they laid it yes terday
 Business covers a multitude of tran sections just out of the reach of the law.
 It is useless to worry; but it is use less to tell man that it is useless to worry.
 The paving material of hell consists of good intentions and unpaid election bets.
 Even if the wind does whistle, it is forbearing enough to avoid the popular airs.
 When you have a hair-raising tale to tell, always spring it on a bald headed man. Judging from the size of our gas bills, the gas meter must make both ends mete.
 All the worlds a lunatic asylum, and all the men and women are more or less insane. Fleshy people would undoubtedly fall off great deal if they would try bicycling.
 Care will kill a cat; but if you don't t care, boot-jack or a gun is just as effective
 Some men who fool with bent pin can't see the point-but they feel it just the same.
 One half of mans energy is wasted Only the down strokes count in chop ping wood
 Economy is a good thing but it is poor policy to set a hen on one egg to save eggs.
 A dog can say more with his tail in a minute than the average man can ex- press with his tongue in a month.
Arizona republican., 1896-12-02
A TYPICAL TRUST.

The combination of wire nail manu- lecturers, which is about to dissolve, illustrates in it's career of less than year and half all the distinctive feat ures of the trust system When the trust was formed, in June, 1895, wire nails were selling at 80 cents a keg and cut nails at 70 cents. At these prices there was a profit in the manu- facture But the profit was not big enough to satisfy the greed of the manufacturers, and a combination was made to control production, raise prices and dominate the trade.
 As the treasurer of the trust puts it, the members of the combination have every reason to be well satisfied with the results" The price of wire nails was raised from 80 cents to $255; of cut nails, from 70 cents to $2.25; and the trade was brought into absolute sub | jection. For the comparatively short life of this trust, it's profits have been eHofIHouS. It Has IeNieu lrlDule up- on mechanics builders and owners of more than S1.50 on every keg of nails used by them This tribute mounts up to many millions, exacted from in- dustry and trade
 The wire nail trust now leaves the field, not because it has been driven out by the law, as it ought to be, but be- cause capital has organized in compe- tition against it.
Arizona republican., 1896-12-02
A GOOD SUGGESTION.

In his address at the Democratic club banquet in New York recently, ex-Governor Flower expressed the hope that the members of the com mittees of the new house of repre- sentatives to which tariff and currency questions will be referred would be chosen on account of their eminent abilities, and not because of their po- litical standing or the length of time they have served in congress. The suggestion is worthy of consideration. Both the tariff and currency are es- sentially business questions, and men of practical experience are undoubted- ly best fitted to deal with them. By temperament business men are nat urally opposed to violent and radical changes, and tariff framed by com mittee such as MT. Flower proposes would be likely to receive in advance the approval of the commercial world and afford assurance that no measure would be reported that would cause alarm to industry and trade.
Arizona republican., 1896-12-02
MEN AND THINGS.

Mckinley is another of the long list of American presidents who were not college graduates.
 The crown worn on state occasions by William, emperor of Germany, weighs exactly three pounds.
 President Cleveland will be sixty years old two weeks after the expir- ation of his present term of office
 The French government has decided to prosecute Arton of Panama, notori- ous for having bribed deputy, al- though the deputy has been acquitted.
 By using electric light during the day time, Prof. Bailey has produced lilies fully two weeks before the plants grown under the natural conditions lowered.
 The Countess of Derby recently laid the foundation stone of new hospital for Liverpool, toward the building of which the David Lewis trust has given $500 OOo.
 The salary of the Archbishop of Can terbury is s75,00O a year. He has two palaces provided for him free of cost by the British nation, and his attend ance and maintenances are also set tied for in great part by the British taxpayers.
 First Tramp Couldn't you work the old dame for a meal?
 Second Tramp-No; she wanted me to saw wood for it.
 T see; she wanted to work you fol it"-Yonkers Statesman.
Arizona republican., 1896-12-02

Dr. Edward S. Holden, director of the Lick Observatory of the University of California, has received the decoration of Knight of the Royal Order of the Dannerbrog of Denmark This ancient order was founded in A. D. 1219, as a mark of military distinction, but is conferred in the present case for ser vice to science.
 Notwithstanding it's immense popu- lation Russia, according to official sta tistics just published, has only 1S,0O0 medical men; that is to say, one for every 5000 inhabitants, as against the France and one to 1900 in England. In spite of this there are more in stances of longevity in Russia than in any other country of the Old World.
 Captain General Weyler, the gov ernor and commander-in-ch of the island of Cuba, is tOrmented with other anxieties besides those connected with the suppression of the insurrec- tion. For his wife is lying dangerous ly i'll at Barcelona, his eldest son is in the last stages of consumption and ex- pected to die at any moment, while his little children, who are not in Ha- vana, are staying with various friends and relatives owing to there being no one at home to look after them. Un- der the circumstances his imminent return to Spain on the plea of family affairs of a pressing character cannot be regarded as mere pretext.
 | Philadelphia papers report that the project of erecting a bronze monu- ment to the memory of Governor An drew G. Curtin, which is in charge of eX-Governor Beaver, has met with so much encouragement that the services l of sculptor have been enlisted, and he has prepared model of the work as it is proposed to have it in it's per | fected shape. The statue is to be erec- ted in a suitable open place at Belle fonte, the Governors home. It is ex- 1 pected to cost, including pedestal, from s12,0O0 to $15,00O, and enough of this sum has been already secured to encourage the hope that the securing of the full amount will be a matter of no great difficulty.
 Consul-General Crittenden reports from Mexico that Mexican tobacco may take the place of the fine grades of Cuban tobacco in the markets of the world. The report is an exhaustive re- view of the tobacco resources of Mexi- CO.,, and presents the subject in new and important light. General Critten- den makes no mention of the Cuban war as a cause of the depletion of Gu ba's tobacco product, but he points out that under normal conditions Cuba s soil has become impoverished until it
 can yield no more Under these cir cumstances, the Consul-General says
 the worlds requirements of what are 1 generally known as Havana cigars
 can be supplied only through the use of Mexican leaf tobacco
Arizona republican., 1896-12-02

'Only trif1e," you say; perhaps so but it is best not to trifle with it. That cough, if neglected, may result in some thing serious, such as bronchitis, pneu- mOnia, or even consumption. Sore throat, colds, coughs, hoarseness, diff culty of breathing, and similar disor- ders, though so common as to excite no alarm, should be treated without delay. The continued irritation of the bron- chial tubes may result in a dangerous inflammation The best remedy to take is Ayers Cherry Pectoral. It is agreeable to the taste, only small doses are needed, and it is always ready for use. Actors, singers, preachers, teach CTS, auctioneers, and all whose vocal organs are severely taxed, declare they prefer this preparation to any other It affords speedy relief, soothes and heals the irritalted mucous membrane, and gives tone, strength and flexibility to the voice. No other medicine is so prompt to act and so sure to cure as Ayers Cherry Pectoral. To it were awarded medal and diploma at the Worlds Fair.