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The Dalles daily chronicle. [volume] (The Dalles, Or.) 1890-1948, 1896-02-21
The Gymnasium.


The fixtures for the gymnasium have
all been put in place, and constitute the
most complete equipment in the state,
with the possible exception of Portland.
Everything imaginable for the develop
ment of muscles, the lungs, the eyes,
the attainment of skill in boxing and
fencing, the acquiring of suppleness, and
the diminishing of flesh. may be found
at the gymnasium of The Dalles Com
mercial club. Some of the contrivances
are very elaborate. A back strength
ener and chest developer is a quadra-
circular framework to support the body
bent backward. with sliding weights for
the hands. This is but one of the sev-
eral apparatus of the kind. There are
trapeze rings and bars, horizontal bar,
adjusted to any height up to eight feet,
parallel bars, dummy horse, punch
ing ball, bowling alley, Indian clubs
and dumb bells enough for a militia
company, and some to spare. These
varied appliances, If used as they should
be, will make Spartans of the fortunate
members of the club, will give them the
strength and color of the country, be-
sides the grace and carriage that is
gained by a systematic training of the
muscles, by systematic apparati.
The Dalles daily chronicle. [volume] (The Dalles, Or.) 1890-1948, 1896-02-21

Sheffield's name is a familiar one to citi-
zens of The Dalles. He passed his boy
hood days in this city and from here
started on a career which has been re-
markably successful one. From The
Dalles Will Sheffield went to Portland
and soon his aptitude for journalism being
noticed he was given position on the
Oregonian. His rise was rapid from the
fret and from the Oregonian he went to
Seattle, where after serving on the Post
Intelligencer for some time, he was Of
fered the responsible position of city
editor on the Press-Times, an evening
paper of Seattle, possessing a wide cir
culation and influence. Mr.. Shefield's
career has been followed with interest
by his many friends in The Dalles and
the intelligence of his successes will be
pleasantly received by all who know
him. Mr.. Sheffield enjoys the reputa-
tion of being one of the brightest jour-
nalists on the Pacific coast.
The Dalles daily chronicle. [volume] (The Dalles, Or.) 1890-1948, 1896-02-21

A committee report is to be considered
tonight in regard to the opening of the
Locks. Citizens of the city and county
naturally look first to this organization
in the matter of this great internal i'm
provement. A large meeting OF the
Club is looked for tonight.
Nine candidates for the Chapter, A.
F. and A. NJ. will proceed from the
Locks to Hood River today, to receive
their initiation there this evening. The
degree of Mark Master will be conferred
this afternoon, Past Master this even
ing and Most Excellent Master Satur-
the Royal Arch.
Lee Osborne, 13 years old, and an in
corrigible, is in custody OF Sheriff Driver,
who will take him to the reform school
at Portland. Osborne's mother has been
dead nine years and his father has been
unable to look after him properly. So
the other night when the boy in inno-
cent diversion commenced throwing
stones at lady an officer promptly nab
bed him. -
The Vogt cellar is quite prolific in
valuables. This morning the workmen
unearthed mass of melted metal, which
on being taken to Johnston's store, was
found to weigh I40 pounds. It was
thought to have belonged to VIM. Ora
ham, at the time he operated restau-
rant in the Vogt block, but is believed
to consist almost altogether of melted
leaden pipes. Mr.. Vogt has placed the
lump in Moody's bank, where Graham
can get it if he wants it.
An inquiry comes from Colfax mer-
chant, if when the cascade locks are
opened, the Columbia will be navigabIe
to the mouth of the Snake. No, there
is yet little matter above The Dalles to
remedy before ships can pass. But the
merchant need not trouble about that.
No boat will ever ascend the river DUR
ing his lifetime, nor that of his children.
There is posi- ship railway may
be built, but it is more probable port
age will have to meet the requirements
for the next several years at the dalIes.
Last fall Mr.. Jim Blakeney lost a 500
bill, and regained it today in singular
manner. One of the workmen engaged
in clearing out the dirt and rubbish in
Max Vogt's cellar, or the basement Of
his ruined buildings, accidently came
across the long-lost bill. Being an hon.
lest man he made known his find and
Mr.. Blakeney, hearing of 1t, remem-
Hbered his loss of bill of that denomina-
ton. He was fortunate enough to be
liable to prove his property and recovered
fthe green back.
The Dalles daily chronicle. [volume] (The Dalles, Or.) 1890-1948, 1896-02-21

Impoatant meeting of the Commercial
Club tonight.
Circuit court adjourned today until
February 9th.
Tomorrow being Washington's g birth
day, the postofice will remain open
only from IL until O'Clock.
The Workmen initiated one candidate
in the junior degree, two in the Work
men, also received one by card last
night.
Kelsay Porter was sentenced at Union
yesterday to be hanged on April 10th,
for the murder of Benjamin Mache, his
wife and son.
Prof. W. G. Alexander will commence
a course of popular lectures on ''Human
Nature" on Monday, Feb. oath at the
Baldwin Opera House.
About thirty of The Dalles people will
go to Hood River tonight to attend the
Macabees ball at that place. The Regu-
lator will leave at z o'clock.
A meeting of The Dalles Commercial
and Athletic club will be held this even
ing to receive and act upon the report of
the committee who went to the Locks.
A full attendance is requested.
Dennis Hanlan was seriously hurt at
the Cascade Locks this morning and was
taken at once to the Portland hospital.
He was run over by the engine and sus-
tanned serious injury in his back.
Messrs. Nate Sturgis and E. ]. Husky
were in from Mosier today. They pre-
sented petition to the county court to-
day signed by over half the legal voters
for division of the school district.
The Regulator left the Cascade Locks
this afternoon at 1 AS and will leave
The Dalles for Hood River between 80
and Z this evening. The whistle will be
blown fifteen minutes before leaving
time. /
1t is proposed by the Catholics OF this
city to build Gpfing the early part of
1897, magnificent church building, the
cost of which is t0>be $4,000 to $4,000.
This would add greatly to the beauty of
the city. -
Wild flowers and only February21st! |!
Mr. Dave Garrison distr ibuted today in
various parts of the city specimens of
the cisyrinthium, that pretty little
modest blue flower with the terrible
name which announces spring is at
hand.
The present long-continued spell of
beautiful Weather causes some appre-
hension among orehard men that the
peach crop will be short. The same ap-
prehension has existed avery year, but
somehow there is always plenty OF
peaches.
The Dalles daily chronicle. [volume] (The Dalles, Or.) 1890-1948, 1896-02-21
Mays-sommervi1le wedding.

An event of much interest to the peo-
pie of The Dalles was the wedding of
Mr.. Robert Mays, Jr., youngest son of
Hon. Robert Mays, pioneer citizen of
Oregon, and Miss Madge Sommerville,
daughter oil Hon. ] ohm Sommerville of
Portland. The ceremony occurred at
the elegant residence of the brides par
ents at Cedarhurst, few miles up the
river from Portland, Wednesday even
ing. -
Shortly after 9 o'clock the strains of
the wedding march, played by Parsons 3
orchestra, announced the appearance of
the wedding party. First came the
bridesmaids, then the bride, leaning on
the arm of her father and then the
groom, with his best man, Mr.. Edwin
Mays. In perfect bower of floral dec
orations the bride and groom stood,
while Rev. Daniel Staver pronounced
the beautiful words of the Episcopal SER
vice. at the conclusion the happy
young pair were warmly congratulated
by the large number of friends who
were present.
4LlO OICSSO0 III d WAll0
gown and carrying bunch of lilies of
the valley. was a vision of loveliness.
The BRIDES veil was held N place by a
brooch of pearls and diamonds, the gift
of the groom. The bridesmaids, Miss
Abby and Miss Dorothy Sommerville
were dressed in pink ergandie; Miss
Sibson and Miss Veva Sommervilie were
attired in white organdie gowns with
ribbons of pink. All the bridesmaids
carried carnations. The groom, grooms-
man and ushers were in regulation full
dress.
The ceremony was followed by an
elaborate wedding supper, after which
the guests spent the time till midnight
in dancing.
In every detail the affair was perfectly
arranged and successfully carried out
The house was beautifully decorated
with profusion of flowers, the conser-
vatories of Portland having yielded their
choicest treasures. The bridesmaids
were the Misses Alice Sibson, veva, Abby
and Dorothy Sommerville, while the
Aushers were Samuel Middleton Luders
iand Seth Winslow Geer. During the
ceremony the orchestra played with
sweet effect the air of ''Annie LAURIE
The young couple were most handsomely
remembered by their friends, the num-
Der of wedding gifts being very large.
/ Mr.. and Mrs. Mays arrived in the city
yesterday and after remaining few days
will leave for Antelope, their future
home. They start upon lies ocean with
fmost propitious winds, the good wishes
and hopes of large circle of friends fol-
lowing them as they GO.
The Dalles daily chronicle. [volume] (The Dalles, Or.) 1890-1948, 1896-02-21
MAHER DIDN'T LAST LONG.
FItzsimmOns Knocks Him out in the
" First Round.

Through the courtesy of the Western
Union Telegraph company, we are in
formed that the Fitzsimmons-Maher
prize fight took place in Old Mexico,
across the line from Langtry, and that
Maher was knocked out in the first
round, by blow behind the ear by
Fitzsimmons.
The Dalles daily chronicle. [volume] (The Dalles, Or.) 1890-1948, 1896-02-21
A Dalles Boy who Has achieved sucoes,

A Dalles Boy Who Has Achieved success
The last issue of s'The Fourth Estate, y
a magazine for newspaper men, pub
lished in New. York, devotes portion of
its space to speaking OF some newspaper
men on the Pacific Coast, who have
achieved distinction in their lines of
work. Among the journalists noticed is
William M. Sheffield, city editor of the
Seattle Press Times. whose portrait is
published in the paper mentioned. Mr..
The Dalles daily chronicle. [volume] (The Dalles, Or.) 1890-1948, 1896-02-21
BRIEF MENTION.

Leaves From the Notebook of Chronicle
Reporters.
The St. Johns herald., 1896-11-07
The Stoo1ins of Grain.

The stooling of wheat and other small grain is not question well un- derstOod by most farmers. There is, of course, a cause for the increase of stools, and it should be the aim of ev- cry farmer to know what this cause is, for it would doubtless lead to the dis covery of some certain mechanical work that would increase the nuraber of healthy stools. There are few farm CTS but that have heard the remark dur ing a cool day or two after grain is well up that it was just the thing be- cause the grain was stooling. Many have probably observed that it was true that during cool days following very warm, dry weather, there was a liberal Stooling. The cool weather is not the direcC cause, but indirect. If the evaporation from the leaf of the plant is checked the growth of the main plant is checked and therefore additional shoots come from the main stalk at the surface of the soil just the same as branches may be made to shoot out of trees by cutting off the ton.
The St. Johns herald., 1896-11-07
How to Sell Eruif.

In order to effect a ready sale for fruit of any kind in these times of great competition, it is necessary to grow large and highly colored fruits, to strive after quality-as understood in the market-more than quantity, al- though the latter must not by any means be overlooked. Let it be noted, if fruit is to be sold privately, that good flavor and proper degree of ripeness, will recommend your fruit to your GUS toners. If you intend selling through a market agent, flavor will count for nohting; but rich color and Soundness of condition are everything towards securing the highest price. All fruit should be grown as large and highly colOred as possible, gathered and pack ed before it becomes soft and overripe. When gathering fruit, never gather when there is heavy dew or just after a rain. They should be gathered dry, and be kept dry. -,,1,'-~ .-s,lii
The St. Johns herald., 1896-11-07
England's Old Trees.

The oldest tree in England is the yew tree at Braburn, in Kent, which is said to be 5000 years old, while at Fortignal, in Perthshire, is one nearly as old. At Ankerwyke house, near Staines, is yew tree which was famous at the date of the signing of Magma Charta, 1215, and later was the trysting place of Henry VIII. and Anna Boleyn.
 The three yews at Fountains Abbey are at least 1,200 years old, and be- meath them the founders of the abbey sat in 1132. There are no famous oaks that rival any yew in age, 1000 years being the greatest age attained. Da- morey's oak, in Devonshire, which was blown down in 1703, had this dis tinction Cowthorpe oak. near Weth- erby, Yorkshire, is said to be 1000 years old.-Philadelphia Press.
The St. Johns herald., 1896-11-07
Three RemarkabIe Suns.

At an early hour in the evenings of | September brilliant star of slightly reddish color, will be visible low in the northwest. The curved handle of the Great Dipper" points to it. It's name. Arcturus, can be found in the book of Job. At the same hour, nearly over head, in the middle of the Milky Way, will be seen the outlines of a large cross formed by stars. This cross is in the constellation Cygnus. The largest star, at the head of the cross, is called Alpha Cygni, and the next in size, situated at tie point where the beams of the i'm aginary cross meet, is called Gamma Cygni. Concerning these three stars Mir. Lockyer, the English astronomer, has recently made a very interesting statement Analyzing their light with the spectroscope, he finds evidence that Arcturus is almost exactly similar to cur sun in its composition and is cool ing off. Alpha Cygni, on the other hand. is a sun very different from ours. and is getting hotter, while Gamma Cygni somewhat resembles the sun, but is also increasing instead of decreasing in temperature.
The St. Johns herald., 1896-11-07

When Gen. Scott was asked his au- thority for spelling wagon with two g's, he said that the spelling was on the authority of Winfield Scott, com mander of the armies of the United States of America. When the officials of the Bureau of Engraving and Print Ing are criticised for spelling tranquility with one l, on the face of the recently issued one-dollar silver certificates, they reply, that in quoting from the constitution they followed the spelling of the original document; and in view of this authority 1t is not worth while to hoard for future premiums one-dol- lar silver certificates of the issue of 1896.
The St. Johns herald., 1896-11-07
The Poultry Yard.


 Sand should not be made a sutsti- tute for gravel.
 Mixing breeds promiscuaIsly does not work we'll.
 If fowls do not moult we'll look for lice; put a little flour of sGsQhaT in their food and little iron in the drink ing water.
 The chickens need run oa green pasture just as much as do the cows, hogs and horses. Don't shut thern up in dry yards.
 Clean the poultry house of lice, dust the hens we'll with Persian insect pow der, and give them fine, dry earth in which to dust.
 Ducks should not be encouraged to lay in the fall, as there is little de- mand for their eggs except for hatch ing, and nobody wants to hatch ducks in the fall.
 If you are afraid of work; is you have no stability of purpose; or if you are possessed of the false notion sAat fowls will take care of themselves, do not go into the business of poultry rsis- ing.
 When fowls are confined in swall runs and lack shade, there is nothing better than gourd vines. They are not eaten or destroyed by fowls and grow quickly, being both useful and ornamental.
 Are you going to take any poultry to your county fair? If you do not. do not stand in the poultry house and tell everyone who comes in that you have better specimens at home than those on exhibition.
 Do not waste time packing eggs in lime water solutions Eggs thus pack ed cannot be used with much satisfac- tion in cake making, and they have, to one used to the delicious taste of fresh eggs, rank. limey taste.
The St. Johns herald., 1896-11-07

The railway sandwich, that old-time object of the shafts of the wits, has come into notice again through a reduc- ton in price from 10 cents to cents. Hard times is supposed to have re- drced it to this necessity, but after all iS said there will be those to regret this downfall of an institution as old as green lanterns and contempOraneOus with the phrase Tickets, please" As a matter of truth, no one thing has been more vilified than the railway sandwich, unless it may be the mule. The railway sandwich has always been as good as any other sandwich of con- luerce. Any one who buys a sandwich at any price and eats it expects to be attacked by indigestion. The sand wich of any kind is the very corpse of food stuffs. It absOrbS a cool, clammy
 moisture which is suggestive of InOrgues, and under any circumstances it lies upon the stomach as heavily as good putty. The only excuse for its existence is that it is filling and indi- gestible. As to the railway sandwich, however it is no more culpable than is the newest sandwich in the newest of new city cafetieres. Its chief use at railway stations has been to protect passengers on trains from the influ- ences of dining cars. To the traveller i'll modest circumstances it has always been a gOdsend. On a limited train which will stop only for water the or dinary travellers appetite is worked up to a pitch which suggests cannibalism. 1'c atisfy this there is the dining car at $1 a meal-or the railway sandwich at some Junction where the train stops just long enough to take on the United States mail. Hard times force down the price of railway sandwiches? No man ever ate one without saving at feast 75 cents, even when he paid 10 cents for it. It is an absurdity. The logical thing to do would be to raise the price cents and make the sand wich just a shade more indigestible. Eating stations with the most approved cuisines could make only dyspeptics of customers who are in mortal dread of q train pulling out and leaving them; therefore give us the railway sand Wich without carping and put the price back to 10 cents.
The St. Johns herald., 1896-11-07

small onions mashed into pulp are add ed and we'll mixed with the curd. It is then put into moulds and left to drain for thirty-six to forty-eight hours; then the cheese is taken out of the mold and placed in well-aired room at a tenn perature of G5 to 70 degrees F., on an csier hurdle covered with wheat straw, where it remains for six or eight days. It is then salted and placed in a cellar upon shelves covered with fresh straw. The salting is repeated after two or three days, after which the cheeses are merely turned from time to time. once a month the cheese is brushed over to remove the mold, and in three months the cheese is ripe.
The St. Johns herald., 1896-11-07

In his recent address before the American Bar Association, Lord Chief Justice Russell, of England, gave his opinion as to the paramount interna- tiOnal question-that of the arDitra- ton of the disputes of nations. His utterances are not those of an enthu- siast, but of a mind severely trained in taking the practical view of ques- tions of international law. His onin- ion may be accepted as a decision as to how far the civilized world is pre- pared to substitute reason for force in the settlement of international difficult ties. Lord Chief Justice Russell says that arbitration may be fitly applied in the case of by far the largest mum
 Der of questions which lead 10 inter- national differences" and. substantial ly, that the two great English speak ing nations-Great Britain and the United States-are in position to lead
The St. Johns herald., 1896-11-07
Bird Min1iCS.

Another form of protective resem- blance," which exhibits much ingenious contrivance and skill, is sometimes found among birds. Some birds hide their eggs among stones which resem- ble the eggs in form and color The little ''bottle-tit" in England weaves a hottle-shaped nest out of moss, ichens and spiders webs, and when placed in tree or bush, the nest so closely re- sembles its surroundings that it can hardly be detected. The color and ap- pearance of the nest are limitations of the prevailing color and appearance of the particular tree in which it is placed. An amusing story is told by MT. H. F.. Witherby in Knowledge, of a bottle tit'' which made serious blunder in trying to hide it's nest. The nest was placed in a green holly-bush and was covered with white lichens. It might be suggested that the bird was color blindi
The St. Johns herald., 1896-11-07

One cannot but pity the ignorance aud folly of 1000 Canadians who are about leaving Montreal for Brazil, un- der inducements offered to settlers by the Brazilian Government. They are permitting the poverty and lack of work which, in common with almost every one else, they have had to face for several years past, to drive them ''Gut of the frying pan into the fire" :" They cannot stand the climate, the food, the conditions of human existence in Brazil. They are much less fitted for such a change, even, than the colonies 'f Confederate soldiers, who, disap- pointed at the result If the war, sought new homes in Brazil. After a longer or shorter period of sickness, want and misfortune, the few survivors of nearly ail those colonies were glad to be en- abled, through the assistance of friends, and sometimes on government vessels, 10 return to the United States.
The St. Johns herald., 1896-11-07
AGRICULTURAL NEWS
THINGS PERTAINING TO THE
 FARM AND HOME.
Detasse1ing Corn Is Not Profitable to the Ordinary Farmer1How sto Sell Fruit = Farmers shoald 1Hesp Ac- counts-FaIl Fattening of Hogs.
DetasseIiuP Corn,


 At various times it has been thought corn plant would result in a larger yield. This was based on hesadmitted fact that a large amount of energy is used in the development of the flower and the production of pollen. A num- Der of tests were made to determine the facts of the case. Of course, it was necessary to allow enough pollen to be produced to fertilize the silks. In most of the tests, therefore, the tassels were removed from every al ternate row-pulled out as soon as they appeared-or three rows were de- tasseled and one left untouched. At the Cornell station detaSSeled corn pro duced a slightly greater yield during the first two years, but the third year there was practically no benefit. In Nebraska. detasseling resulted in de- creased yields. here the taSsels were cut off instead of being pulled out, as was the case in New York. In Maryland the yield was decreased by the practice In Kansas, the detaS- seled fields produced slightly the most corn. In Illinois tests were made dur ing two years. In both cases it was evident that no greater yield was pro- duced by the rows that had been de- tasseled. It will be seen, therefore, that the question has by no means been decided, but must be more fully investigated. One thing, however, is certain-the ordinary farmer can with profit leave the matter for experiment station men to determine. !,