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DRINK Wa TER.

A popular belief discourages the
drinking Of cold water I'm hot wealth
er. This Is partly right and mainly
wrong. The drinking of ice water,
when not too cold, and in small
quantities and at frequent intervals,
is not only not injurious but Is posi-
lively beneficial. OF course per-
son should refrain from overheating
himself and Immediately drinking
large draught of ice cold water,
but by permitting your temperature
to lower somewhat after coming
In from the rays Of the midsum er
sun, and then drinking ice, water,
In sparing quantities, all danger of
suddenly chilling the stomach Is re-
moved.
Where there is danger though Is
In becoming overheated and with
out pauslng to allow the system to
cool TO drink literally of cold water.
On such occasions one is apt to gulp
down more than he imagines he Is
drinking. The human body Is
similar to glass vessel. 1t can be
gradually heated or cooled with
out danger, but sudden changes of
temperature are apt to prove disas-
trous.
So long as ones system can throw
off all the water that Is taken into
the stomach, there Is little danger of
over-drinking. In warm weather
much of the water you drink passes
off through the pores. 1t naturally
follows that all this Is beneficial,
because 1t opens the pores, cleanses
the system of Impurities, cools the
blood and keeps one In a more con-
tented frame Of mind. That Is the
secret, If secret II be, of the virtues
Of the water cure.
1t Is better far to drink cold water
than to outrage the stomach with
most Of the so-called summer drinks.
Soda water makes miniature vol
cano OF the stomach; iced tea is
ruinous to weak nerves, and beer
and other alcoholic drinks, while
cooling to the palate, really add
fresh fuel to the fires. There are
times, however, when the stomach
has been chilled by injudicious
drinking Of ice water that u glass OF
beer, or u whisky or claret punch, is
positively beneficial, but only Us a
corrective.
But after all, there Is nothing
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MINISTERIAL SCR UB.S

There are scrubs in every calling.
The minister of the gospel who will
trail the cloth in the dust by marry
Ing couples of runaway children
without the consent of their parents
is scrub and an enemy OF society,
and he ought to be condemned by
public sentiment. In British Co
lumbia few days ago foolish girl
of II took fancy that her future
happiness would be forever blighted
unless she could marry half breed
Indian. OF course the couple found
a preacher willing to wed them aud
launch them upon a life of mis-
cegenation, without even pausing
to inquire into the wishes of the
girls relatives. And still the pull
pit goes on blindly wondering at
the alarming increase Of divorce. II
the ministry Is really deslrous of &C
complishing something tangible in
the direction of reforming this grow
ing evil, 1t ought to strike at
the root Of the wrong, and
denOunce those preachers VINO
are always willing, for the sake of a
few dollars, to marry young people
without first consulting the wishes
of their parents or relatives. just 30
long as foolish or sentimental
couples can rush into matrimony as
easily as they can attend theater
or take glass Of soda water, just SO
long the country will have to face
the demoralizing spectacle Of dis
contented couples beating wildly
against the bars of matrlmony, and
sIghing for a return to the state of
single blessedness.
There are three great epochs In
the career of most men and women
birth, marriage and death. Tn
bends of matrlmony are too serious
and too significant to be taken on
and Off as one would don or doff a
suit of clothes. IL Is the most mo-
mentous compact into which a
young man or woman can enter
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anger 40 disturbs and curdles the
digestive juices as to render them
powerless to perform their func-
tions. Food taken into tho stom-
ach then ferments, instead of be-
coming assimilated for tho nourlsh.
ment of the body. Dyspepsia, ma.
laria, occasionally fever, premature
age, the appearance of blotches,
moies, pimples, and wild hairs on
the face and neck are among the
attendant results.
Medical observations have clearly
demonstrated that babes have been
poisoned and rendered scrofulous for
life by nursing mothers just after
the latter had passed through
storm of anger, while numerous
cases are on record wherein death
has resulted from the blte of an
angry woman.
Women afflicted with this most
deplorable of all maladies, bad
temper, are surely objects of great
pity, for there Is no remedy known
to science that will effect cure or
even produce temporary relief. True,
the confirmed patients themselves
have the means of checking Its raw
ages, while those who are afflicted
with symptoms of Its approach may
ward It off by their own will; but
few who are thus attacked seem to
realize the danger until 1t is too late
Disagreeable rs these statements
may appear, they are nevertheless
true, and tho subject Is now under
serious discussion In the medical
profession and the scientific publi-
cations, in the hope Of rescuing as
many OF the fair creatures from the
ravages of this malady as may 10
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ENEMIES OF PROGRESS.

Aside from all moral consiuera'
tlons and looking ut the propositioi
from a mercenary point OF view, tne
people of the Pacific Northwest can
not afford to look with a h"if pNno
eve upon the lawless deeds OF reck-
less and ungovernable men. 10 I'M.
migration they look for much OF
their prosperity, yet nothing 70
quickly checks the flow OF inmigra-
ton as the circulation OF reports
derogatory to the law-abiding char-
acter of community.
What has held back the South IN
the onward march to prosperity ana
development? No one questions
the fertility of her soil, the nildness
of her climate, or the wealth ana
variety Of her resources. Through
all the land, and extending even
across the seas, an impression has
already fioated In the air that In the
South the rights OF property ana
the sanctity of human life have been
held in light. esteem.
What made the state Of Missouri
byword and q reproach for quarter
of a century preceding and follow
ing the war? Nothing but n belief
that lawlessness was not punished
as in the Northern states. THESE
reports sent hundreds Of thousands
Of immigrants across the borders oil
that state, and led them to seek
homes in Kansas and Nebraska.
And even to this day the prices OF
real estate In that commonwealth
are kept down by the old-tlme beliei
that Missouri Is infested by despera-
does, and that the better elements
are more or less at their mercy.
The people wanted by the West,
the industrious homesceker and the
capitalist, will shun those cities and
those communities that gain a repu-
tation for lawlessuess and disorder.
The old belief that little lawlcss-
ness aud an occasional murder were
essential to the growth and prosper
ity of Western city has passed
away. It Is resources, productive
resources, that create wealth, build
up new states and foster the growth
and prosperity of cities.
Take backward glance Mt the
history Of the West, and without
exception you will see that the wild,
hurrah towns, places that became
notorious for disorder and lawless-
ness, have either purified them
selves, lapsed into obscurity or per-
ished entirely from the earth. Sudh
n crisis has come In the life of every
frontier town. If love of law and
order lay deep In the hearts of the
citizens and was given an opportu-
nifty to assert itself and assume con-
troll Of the affairs of the town an era
of publication followed, and the ir.
responsible elements faded away
and sought more congenial resorts.
But If the better glasses of people
failed to assert themselves and the
lower elements remained in control,
1t was not long until the producing
classes moved away. Then that
town was doomed, and In little
while it became abandoned, even by
the toughs who had been in control.
These are the lessons of expert
ence. They teach in no uncertain
tones that tin-horn gamblers, va
grants and keepers Of dives are no
friends of progress.
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THE SCHOOL LANDS

Only the vigilance OF the legisla-
ture and the state officials, IL now
seems probable, can save the school
lnnds from the selfish designs Of in
dlviduals. The pending nttempt to
acquire school section 18, adjoining
the city of Tacoma, under the min
eral laws of the United States, has
aroused a strong sentiment OF pub
lio alarm. II has been developed
that the legislature has utterly failed
10 take. the least precautions to pro-
tect the land interests Of the public
schools. No public official has been
entrusted with that important duty,
and no appropriation has been made
to contest the claims of the men
who have fixed their greedy gaze
upoi this rich heritage of the chill
dren of the state.
From Attorney General Jones,
who has recently returned from
Puget sound, the REVIEW learns
that there are now pending ut the
national capital more than 100 ap-
penls entered by men seeking to ac-
Quire school lands under the laws Of
the United States, their applications
having been rejected by the local
land offices. Some of these claims
are made under the mineral laws,
some under the stone and coal act,
and some contest the legality OF in
demnity selections. Yet absolutely
no provision has been made where
by the state Is to defend it's leopard
ized interests at Washington.
When the first attempt was made
to enter the Tacoma school section
last winter, Attorney General
Jones filed a protest, but he can only
prosecute that at his own cost, un-
less the legislature at the forthcom-
ing special session should make the
proper provision for the protection
Of the public's interests. Every
acre of that section has been staked
out as placer claims.
The claimants set up an absurd
proposition. They intend, they say,
to place water upon the ground
from the Puyallup river, and to
sluice the land for gold. They also
declare an Intention Of constructing
a big fiume across the residence por-
ton Of the city, n distance Of more
than a mile, and with fall of only
three inches to sixteen feet to wash
the debris and sllckens into the
tide flats. Mining men declare that
the proposition is absurd upon its
face.
1t hardly seems possible that this
big conspiracy will succeed. The
departments and the courts will
surely not take so narrow view OF
the case. If that attempt should
succeed, no man with real estate In
the West would possess quiet
title, because any irresponsible
blackmailer or tramp could wash
out few colors of gold upon valua.
bic real estate, and on the strength
of that "discovery" be empowered
to shake the title to property worth
millions.
This movement ought to be sup
pressed In its infancy, and the legis
lature ought to act promptly, and
take such steps as will result in the
protection of the school lands ant
the Encouragement of all efforts tt
acquire valuable property upon the
basis of trumped up technicalities
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Il DRIVER or MEN.

Bismarck can only dim the luster
of q great name by perslstlng In
forcing his political Views upon the
world. When q great author COM
pletes his masterpiece he writes the
word "finls" and closes the book;
and 80 when great statesman
rounds out an oventful career, and
retires from the field Of government,
he should refrain from trying to add
sequel that can not possibly Inn
prove his life work, but is more than
likely TO detract from the glory Of
past achievements Prince Bis
marck has gained nothing by his
persistent dabbling in German poll
ties since his retirement to private
life. On the other hand, he has not
concealed his pique and envy. His
actions and expressions show very
plainly that back ofall his greatness
he possesses little spirit. He stands
alone, without IL party following,
and Ill conceals what the world has
always suspected, that his power
and influence were sustained by
force and fear. He has been adriver
of men, not a leader.
1t Is interesting and instructive to
compare the declining years Of this
man of iron with those of Gladstone.
The latter, though shaken from
power ere his great LIES work was
rounded out. easily maintatos his
lofty position as leader of great
party, u party that to-day seems 10
possess the confidence and support
of the British people. They who
have followed the vicissltudes Of Brit
ish politics since the defeat of the
British ministry will recall the fact
that nearly every election for mem
ber of parliament that has been held
since that memorable event has
shown Glndstoniau gains. There is
little doubt that general ELECTION
now would result in the restoration
of Gladstone to power. M
But there is.a wide difference be-
tween these great men. Bismarck,
as observed above, is a driver, and
Gladstone q leader Of men. The lat
ter Is not dependent upon the smiles
of his sovereign for influence and
power. Bismarck Is, and, us in the
case of Cardinal Wolsey, he retires
to private life feeble, garrulous and
peevish old man, Ineditat.ng upon
the greatness of the past and vainly
struggling against the iron DEGREES
of fate. How much better IT would
be had Bismarck followed the lofty
example of Washington and retired
TO his estates, there to enjoy short
period of well-earned rest, to round
out his career In quietude and re-
Election, and to approach eternity as
a mighty river approaches the ocean,
with a placid bosom unru flied by
the storms Of life. Such u termina.
ton of a life full of storm and pas
sion Is II glorious rounding out of q
noble career. 1t Is like the calm
that falls upon the world Mt even.
tide, the brilliant burst of sunshine
that often comes at the close of u day
of stormy weather.
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IN THE ,nRoNG STA TIE.

Mr.. j. S. Moore, who airs his free
trade views in this paper this morn
ing, is entitled to thoughtful consid-
Grafton. He is citizen of New
York city, notorious for corrupt
politics and big democratic majori-
ties, and his influence in the prepa-
ration of Cleveland's one-idea mes
sage and the Mills bill has given
him national reputation as Free
trade theorlst. Hence 1t may be
fairly assumed that Mr.. Moore's arti-
Gle in to.day's REVIEW is the best
logic and argument that the free
traders have In their shop, since he
is generally understood to have been
the source of all the arguments ad-
vanced by Cleveland and the gen.
tleman from Texas.
Since Mr.. Moore is the father of
the Mills bill, he IL just the man
the people of the Pacific Northwest
wish most to interview. Very
likely he can explain away a few
ugly features of that measure, fea-
lures that were too much for the
local orators I'm the last campaign.
Doubtless he can explain why the
Mills bill proposed absolute free
trade in two of our leading products,
lumber and wool, and at the same
time proposed a continuance of the
tariff tax ON everything our people
buy In the markets of the East and
the South. Mr.. Moore will also be
able to explain how protective
tariff, which hedenounces as robbery
how these Infamous taxes, rs he
styles them, oil iron girders and
beams-became fair and just when
introduced into the Mills bill. The
REVIEW believes 1t reflects the
Judgment of the Northwest when 1t
ventures the assertion that II the
Mills bin had proposed absolute free
trade the republican niajorities In
the Northwest would not have been
30 great as were those cast as re-
buke to the men and the party who
framed and approved 80 one-sided
and unjust proposition as that Of
fcred TO the flock owners and lum-
bermcn of this section.
Mr.. Moore can doubtless reconcile
two democratic arguments TINT
hitherto have appeared incompati-
BILE. Now we shall learn how the
woolgrower would receive higher
prices for his raw product, and how II
the same time the buyer Of wooien
goods Is TO effect such o saving IN
the cost of his purchases. \
Here In Washington we have In
exhaustible deposits of iron ore and
coal. Under the protective tariff
the people have faith In the ulti'
mate developmentofthose resources
1t is this faith that has given Wash
lngton her present era Of prosperity
and has created = demand for the
stately blocks that are now being
erected In the clties Of this state
Nobody out hers believes that these
great resources cculd be developed
without protection. Mr.. Moore u
right in one respect At least. With
free trade we should save . great
deal of money, because we should
not be building % many nns docks
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and SO should not be required to buy

and so should not be required to buy
iron girders and beams.
Perhaps Mr.. Moore will bc kind
enough to enlighten us upon an
other point. II the manufacturers
Of the country nre 10 highly favored,
II the government Is levying this
glgnntic tax 80 that they may travel
in Europe, and buy titled husbands
for their daughters, why Will capi-
tallsts be 30 stupid as to invest their
money In government bonds at
three per cent when thoy might
better put II into manufactures ana
reap the wonderful profits which
MIR. Moore describes?
Mr.. Moore has come to the wrong
state to talk free trade.
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who explore these realms Of mys-
terry aud doubt nre rewarded with
Just enough discovery to urge them
to fresh effort. That something Will
como OF It all is almost assured, be.
cause nature has never yet iured
man into now fields of thought
without amply rewarding him for
his patience and industry.
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and should be assumed only after
the most mature reflection, ana
never without the full consent OF
the parents where either OF 'ne
parties Is under age.
There Is entirely too much reck-
less and indlscrlminate tying OF the
knot matrimonial, both by CIVIC
officials and the clergy, and thst ID
why the courts are forever grindihg
out divorces,
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A FEW FACTS.

A subscriber OF tho REVIEW writes
from Hutchinson, Kan, that stories
have been industriously circulated
there declaring that the bottom has
fallen out of Spokane F,lls and that
this 10 therefore a city to be avoided,
This is unqualifiedly false, but 1t Is
moro or less effective In the East,
just the place where II is most cal
culated to injure Spokane. There
are only two effective methods of
dealing with such malicious false
hoods-clther leave them entirely
unanswered, or stamp them out
with facts. For the latter mode Of
reply there IL no lack of material
First--Within the past month
more Eastern capital has been in
vested In this city than In the four
months preceding.
Second--Although the city has
been practically rebuilt, and to-dry
we have more business quarters
than we had before the fire, more
building Is being done right now
than at any time since the city was
laid In ashes.
Third-In the whole city there Is
not to-day single man who is Idle
through necessity.
Fourth--If 1000 laborlng men
were to arrive In this city to-mor-
row, they could all secure employ
ment before the end of tho week.
Fifth-Never In the history of the
country has there been an era Of
railroad construction equal to that
right now In progress. At the front
there Is an iucessant call for more
men and more teams.
Sixth-The crops grown In East
ern Washington and Idaho this
year will exceed anything in the
'history Of the United States. Thou
sands OF acres will yield fifty BUSH
els Of wheat TO the acre, and the
farmer whose yield falls below twen-
ty bushels per acre will look upon 1t
as crop failure.
Scventh--The output and devel-
opment Of the score of mining camps
tributary to Spokane Falls is greater
to-day than ever before, and the
growth has scarcely begun.
Elghth-Spokane has seven rail-
roads. Almost without an excep-
tion tEes. railroads are extending
their lines, thus broadening the area
of Spokane's trade, an area of great
er extent and embracing within its
broad scope richer and more divcrsi-
fled resources than that enjoyed by
any other city I'm America.
Ninth-New manufacturing en-
terprises are constantly being added.
One big smelter Is now in course Of
erection and another is coming.
Tenth-The Great Northern Rail
road will be here inside of another
year. thereby giving Spokane three
transcontlnental railroads and five
branch lines.
Eleventh-An interstate exposi-
tion will be held here this autumn
which will eclipse all previous fairs
In the West and which will afford a
thorough rcfutatior Of the injurious
stories set afioat by malicious per-
sons In the East.
Twelfth-Less than year ago the
city was consumed by fire. To-day
its wholesale trade is double that i'm.
mediately preceding the conhagra-
ton.
Thirteenth-Despite the fact that
the past year has been one of unex-
ampled activity in building, there
are no vacant houses, either in the
city or the suburbs.
Fourteenth--These are only few
of the facts that 60 to establish Spo-
kane's unexampled prosperity.
Against them not one fact can be
advanced to show the city is moi
now moro prosperous than ever be.
fore.
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THE FORFEITURE BHL.

ing a portion of the land grants Of
the Pacific railroads has been before
congress, and OH u number Of occa-
sions bills have passed the house
that seemed to be unsatisfactory to
the railroad companies. These bills
never got by the senate.
In brief, the history of the North
ern Pacific grant may be stated
thus: The original grant extended
to the city of Portland, but the COM
pany halted at Wallula, In this
state, and made connection with
the lines of the Oregon Railway &
Navigation Company. As the
Northern Pacific failed to build
from Wallula to Portland 1t has all
along been willing to abandon all
claim to that grant, but II strong
sentiment in and out OF congress has
also supported a proposition to de-
clare the forfeiture of all that por-
tion OF the grant through which the
railroad company, by reason OF
physical and financial obstacles, was
unable to construct its lines within
the period stipulated by the grant
ing act.
The measure now ready for con-
ference, having passed both houses
with amendment, practically sur
renders to the railroad companies.
When 1t Is remembered that the
Northern Pacific has built it's lines
as quickly as possible, and in good
faith, and that Washington largely
owes its present prosperity to the
boldness and far-seeing wisdom OF
the originators of the road, 1t seems
that the present bill is not far
wrong. 1t will be generally con-
ceded that had it not been for the
construction of the Northern Pacific
railroad, Eastern Washington would
still he i'm the infancy of its develop
ment, Western Washington would
not be far ahead, and the new
states of North and South Dakota,
Montana, Idaho and Washington
would still be territories. OF course
1t is merely matter of speculation
to dwell upon what might have
been, but in view of the fact that the
Northern Pacific, with all the pres
tige of n great land grant, was built
only after repeated failures, 1t Is
reasonable to suppose that without
the grant the liue would not be COM
pleted, and in all probability Spo
kane Falls at best would only be Il
village. The men who conceived
the Northern Pacific, and they who
pushed 1t to tidewater upon the
shores of Washington, put millions
of dollars into wild region at G
time when their confidence appeared
reckless and fallacious. Time ha:
verified their wisdom, and they have
fully earned the gratitude of tho
prosperous and contented people
who have followed in the wake o
their development and have re
claimed the wilderness.
If, as now seems probable, the for
feiture bill should become law, IT.
benefits will be seen in another di
rection-in the quieting of title t.
great tracts that have long remained
In dispute. Those settlers who II
good faith bought from the railroad
company within the disputed arei
that will thus be confirmed to tn,
company will be able to acquire I
clear title, while those who hav'
bought in equally good faith within
the area declared forfeited will b.
amply protected, and permitted t.
purchase from the government no
more than 800 acres for $l.25 pc
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better than the drink that kindly
nature has given man. and when
taken in sound discretion It Is difii-
cult to drink too much. Too many
men drink water too rparlngly, and
that's what's the matter with the
great American stomach.