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Daily Yellowstone journal., 1890-02-06
HISTORIC Houses.

Sir Edwin Arnold while in Wash.
ington city was told that it was pro-
posed to alter or rebuild the White
House. He protested in the name o.
posterity against any such action. say.
ing that future generations Of Ameri.
cans would wish to look upon the
very house in which Jackson and
Lincoln lad lived and worked. He
added that there was danger that a
people SO young and energetic as the
Americans would neglect TO preserve
the historical buildings associated
with their inf incy as nation, which
TO future gene rations would be price
less.
The Englisl themselves are na h>e
from reproa a in this matter. Many
an America, his heart burning with
eagVness T. see the houses and spots
in England which history has made
immortal, inds them swept away by
the advance of trade or fashion.
Il spent half my time in London.
said recent traveller, ''in lookin g for
houses that are no longer there"
lnls matter concerns even the
youngest Of our readers As they
grow older let their influence be given
TO protect all houses or landmarks con
nected with our early history. II will
be needed We are so close to those
historic days that their events seem
commonplace TO us. We forget that
time, which destroys houses unceas
ingly, adds enormous values to their
associations.
In another century the visitor to
our shores will make pilgrimage to
the house where the Declaration was
written, or the spot where Franklin
was buried. as we do to Westminster
Abbey. But will they he able then to
ind either house or grave!-Youth's
Companion.
Daily Yellowstone journal., 1890-02-06
A Oueer Pig.

A most remarkably deformed pig il
reported to be in the possession OF
lady in Fraserburgh, Scotland. The
creature has no eyes whatever, al
though there is a slight mark across
the face. The prominent upper part
OF the pigs nose is entirely absent, an&
what is most remarkable il the fact THAI
there are no nostrils Of any kind. The
chin is exactly similar to Q monkeys,
and gives the creature most ape like
appearance. The pig isunable to suck,
but its owner regularly feeds it ~ith
milk by a spoon.-Montreal Star.
Daily Yellowstone journal., 1890-02-06
IL Wouldn't BE Her Luck.

Elderly Spinster-I can't see why you
young girls should b 80 absurdly timid. You
can't walk block after dark without being
in an agony Of fear thinking that somebody
may be following you.
"Do you never look back 70 80 IL soms
man Is following your
mo. What's the usei Il wouldn't be my
luck r-Boston Beacon.
Daily Yellowstone journal., 1890-02-06

Miss Flora McFiimsey Of Madison square
Had, strange To relate. really nothing 10 wear,
And % the young woInan-po plan could se prop
erer-
psssed herself thus and went straight TO the
opera
New York Sun.
Daily Yellowstone journal., 1890-02-06

Wife docking up from paper)-IsnN
married life funnyf Hero
Husband (endeavoring to pacify the
twins = Hanged If l sse anything fun
ny about it.-Epoch.
Daily Yellowstone journal., 1890-02-06
Will RSwvet II

Mrs. Simpson So your servant has run on.
How foolish in her 10 leave a good home like
this Don't You think she'll regret itl
Mrs samPson-Yes; my husband went
with her. r.-New York Sun.
Daily Yellowstone journal., 1890-02-06
A Pleasant Fellow.

"Billy, the bartender, Is very liberal In tbs
dxe OF his drinksn
"Yes, Billy givesyou very broad smile.r
New York Sun.
Daily Yellowstone journal., 1890-02-06

1sr.swBey--lts circulation is aao.ooo a dsy-ovu
million a week-and Il costs by mail 7s cts.
month. four months 81 oo.-css sf q da1.
Walker Lake bulletin. (Hawthorne, Nev.) 1883-1926, 1890-01-29
cariosi,,es OF Railway history.


1t is curious to know that the frst
sure enough railway in the world was
laid between Manchester and Liver
poo n 1890, less than sixty years ago.
II was twelve years laier before the
prn ence of English ministers of state
would permii her severe IN to travel
by rail. Prince Albert travelled fire.
eaeut,y on the Great Western, and
often nj a tremendous rate OF speed,
though he you'd sometimes say To the
conductor, mot quite so fast next
time. Mr.. Conductor, if you please"
But the first time Queen Victoria took
A railway "trip was on the annlversary
of the battle of Waterloo, June 18th
1919.
In Frsnce Louis Philippe came to q
conclusion that mode Of travel which
was safe enough for his subjects was
enough for himself, ordered special
train for q royal trip with his family
% his chateau at lizyi bpt was unex.
psctedly side,tracked by solemn res
olution of his council of ministers to
lhs effect that the chief OF the state
ought not to take SO hazardous a mode
of conveyance.
Smokers hgd no federation on the
early English trains. A certain for:
eign gentleman who presumed to smoke
his cigar was warned ia deslst, but
continued to take sly whit while the
train was in motion. Another passen-
gcr, however, in another coupe, smelt
the offensive odor, and complained to
the guard that somebody on the train
was smoking. The guard failed to
abate the nuisance; The testy passen-
ger brought suit, and recovered dam
ages against the company.
One OF the most recent improve-
ments In railway man agement in Eng
land is the application of photography
in many eaYa, such az the examina-
ton of bridges or tunnels which San-
ductors alege to bs giving way. II is
the photographer, and not the engineer
who makes the inspection, and it is
found that what might escape the eye
of the aBg,ueer Is never overlooked by
the eye of the camera.
Perhaps the p9dest railway in the
world is a cat corps at station in the
London and North Western, where
many thousand Of sacks are constantly
lying. The cats are fed daily with
milk only, and an appropriation is
made for their support. The rats are
thus kept from destroying the sacks
and q number of aplAen are employed
to mend the holes which are made in
ihs sacks by the rats which tho cats of
he company don't catch.
Walker Lake bulletin. (Hawthorne, Nev.) 1883-1926, 1890-01-29

THE cause Of he recent ADVANCE IN
tho price of siIver is becoming appar-
eat. The Bank of England has de-
cidtd to exercise rights never before
asserted TO use silver to the extent OF
one.third Of its reserve apd isspe 81
notes in siiyer against II. 1t Il said
that the Bank has purchased s3 100000
in silver bullion in expectation Of this
action. Thus it Is again evidenced
that England controls he money mar
ket of this country. 1t would seem
that it is high time for America TO
have some say In this matter. What
we waHt "A free coinage, and then we
will not have to depend Upon English
bankers to fix the price of our silver.
There never should be but one price
~ money, and that is ,ts par value
and this will only come with free
coinage, and no diciation ca be made
TO us after such nm act is established.
Walker Lake bulletin. (Hawthorne, Nev.) 1883-1926, 1890-01-29

A Hawthorne sehoolb0y admins.
tered thrashing to playmate, and US
punishment for bis pugnacity bis
teacherre require him to write it up' and
read the composition before the school.
Two hours of solitary oopfnement
evslyed the following:
When | was walking around one
day net Robert Jones;
BEFORE | said a word 10 hin he begun
Airing stones.
Do YOU suppose I'D stand ADDING
nothing on the ground,
While he was singing rocks and
stones and everything areunda
So just goes up to him and batted
him inthe eye,
And then the little coward holleIsd
and he begun to cry.
He told the teacher what I'd done,
and she made me wEite 1t up,
And that's the reason | think Bobby
is sneakin' little pup.
Walker Lake bulletin. (Hawthorne, Nev.) 1883-1926, 1890-01-29

We have received from James Wick,
ROCHESTER. N. Y, his Floral Guide,
which in beauty Of appearances and
convenience of arrangement surpasses
an ythlng in tlis line which we have
ever had the privilege OF seeing before.
1t is a pamphlet eight by ten INCHES in
size, and with the covers, which are
by no means the least important part
OF il, contains an even one hundred
pages. Although called a floral
guide,' it is devoted TO vegetables as
we'll, and includes as full a list and de.
scription of both flowers, vegetables
and also small fruits as could be
brought within the compass OF a book
Of this size.
The firm takes the same pride in
raising the same cliqice vegetables as
in developing attractive varieties of
flowers, end after using their seeds for
number Of years we are able to rec.
ommend them in the highest terms.
We advise all our readers 10 send ~
cents for the Guide (Which aaa pc de,
Quoted from first order; and if there
are any Of our lady friends who can
succeed in growing natural rose
which will compare IN beauty with
the New Striped Rose shown in the
illustration, we should like to receive
AN invitation to call and see it.
Walker Lake bulletin. (Hawthorne, Nev.) 1883-1926, 1890-01-29

"Henry, dear" said Mrs. Newbride
to her husband the other morning, 81
wish, if it won't be too much trouble,
dear, that you'd bring me home yard
want of orange rihhoa to night. | don't
it so ye.y wide nor yely narIoW: some !.
thing between an inch aud halt, or.
at most, an inch and three quarters.
will be about right. Be sure and get
u pretty shade of orange, dear; and I'd
prefer it with one side satin or all
gros.srain will dol hut I think you
can easily get the other II you look
around little, and he sure, dear, not
to get picsust-edged ribbon but one
with Just u PLAIN corded edge; and
don't get slsAy piece; and don't get
any shade but orange; not real vivid
orange, either, but a piece that will
look well with pale green; and don't
pay oyer thirty-ive or forty cents for
it; and don't get red or blue or green
Or pink by mistake. You won't forget,
will you, dears must have the rib;
bon to,night''
Was 1t any wonder tha; when ,he
da1ed Henry came home be brought
three yards Of sky blue yalered rib
hon . or that, when his wife saw It, she
sank into char and gasped out;
NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS.
Walker Lake bulletin. (Hawthorne, Nev.) 1883-1926, 1890-01-29

sIANLEy Sees fine prospects for rail
vays In Africa. According to his es-
inmates 500 miles pould be laid down
for $l70OO.Qq0. This mileage would
open TO commerce four great river
basins, with u total area of 2,37O,0O0
square miles. and latal population
Of $4,000, 900. OF the rerources of the
region he speaks in the highest terms.
Walker Lake bulletin. (Hawthorne, Nev.) 1883-1926, 1890-01-29

A letter from Newrfork says; we
pan scarcely write anything hnt 1.-THE
grip" !, u death and disease, disease
and death On every sde. II you cali
At friends house YOU will be sure to
find some Of the family sick, and per,
haps some Of them dead. II you pick
ppa paper you will find it crowded
Tith Statistics of sickness and death.
Ifyou walk along the street ynu are
sure tn meet q funeral One hundred
,hsasand aFe eaIimated to pc Frustrated
by this terror from Rpasia. Hospitals
are overun, doctors are used pn, md
nndertakers are reaping harvest,
Physicians havo no remsdy thar can be
u,ed with any degree Of confidence.
The best they Gan do is TO p; escribe
great care for the we'll and quinine for
the sick. The druggists are unable to
meet the demands on them, aud quiz
nine is becoming scarce commodity.
On one day We had'9s9 deaths, nearly
all of which were CAUSED indirectly by
The ipBsenza- This Is q larger death
rate thar that Of the hottest days in
Summer, and the doctors think the
epidemic will coptlp1e for another
month. One pbyeiciaa believes that
everyone will have il sooner or later,
sad altogether the Prospect is very dis
fouraging. What was at first made
light of has turned aat to be the most
ssrious epideniis since the cholera
Cur only hope seems 70 be in q change
81 weaiher We have had dsy or
two OF braeing air, but outside OF that
wa have had no'hing but unhealthy
peas for. weeks. We will welcome q
prolonged yisit from luck Frost M VIC
peysr did before.
Walker Lake bulletin. (Hawthorne, Nev.) 1883-1926, 1890-01-29


whenever you punish a child" say
those wise people who find it SO easy
to give good advice, always DO sure
that the child understands perfectly
why you do So" The mother Of y COR,
tain Miss Alice acted upon this priIci-
pie, but is not sure that il is always
successful.
The lutte girl was in the habit of
cryipg upon the very slightest eepa;
sion. Finally she was warned that
the next time she offended in that way
che should be punished Soon otter
ward she was heard hawling hastily.
WHIST are you crying foff' inquired
her mothYg
"Becauth Bridget will no, Jet me 20
out TO play
The threatened punishment was
promptly Administered. Nov, Alice"
s@d her mother, do You kRoy why
you were punished 2"
Eth, mamma
Why was iiy'
"Becapih Bridget would aot 10, me
90 out TO play
Walker Lake bulletin. (Hawthorne, Nev.) 1883-1926, 1890-01-29

SENATOR PErrIoKrw, 81 South
Dakota, has the only herd of buflalos
now In existence. There are fifteen
animals 10 the herd and they are cor
rallied on farm about four miles from
Yankton at the end Of a railroad
built by him and used by the public
for excursions.
Walker Lake bulletin. (Hawthorne, Nev.) 1883-1926, 1890-01-29

Seemingly, tor certain wretcLed in,
yshds who toddle feebly along, though
always looking as il they were going
10 die but emitting to do ". They dry
SA, wi,her, dwindle away finally, but
N Tho meantime meyer having robust
Wealth, know po,Aing of the physical
enjoyment, the zest of that existence
70 which they cling with such remark.
sble tenaeiY, They are always to be
ipapd irving to mend by tinkering at
themselves with some trashy remedy,
ionic r."pick me upsto give a clip
soAigeation, or "help the liver" II
such misguided folks would resort and
aAnere to Hostelte5's Stomach Bitters
!; would be well with them. This su.
sesb lnyigorant supplies the stamina
gns,. the feeble require, by permanently
reinforcing digestion and assimilation.
Il overcomes pervouspess. insomnia,
malaria, kidney romtp.lsints. bilious,
,aas, constipation, ghsq1naiism and
Walker Lake bulletin. (Hawthorne, Nev.) 1883-1926, 1890-01-29

Harper's Bazaar; sWhat is the use
p that girl bangiu' aray on the piano,
Marian "Praetipe, John. Practice
makes perfect Perfect what-pande-
monium?"
Walker Lake bulletin. (Hawthorne, Nev.) 1883-1926, 1890-01-29

A man was opt hunting the other
day, near Cat Creek, and while he was
thus engaged, there came up a big rain
snd he sought shelter in hollow log;
the log became soaked in water end
swelled until the opening WAS too
small for the man to get out. There
be was in dilemma. He quickly re-
viewed his past life, and when he game
to remember that he was not even q
subscriber to his home paper, he felt
so small that be erawled opt again
without any tronble whatever.
Walker Lake bulletin. (Hawthorne, Nev.) 1883-1926, 1890-01-29
Herssshoeing Consndrpm.

A correspondent Is informed that the
total cost Of having horse shot BY
the payment Of one cent for the frst
nail, two cents Tor the second, four fer
the third, and progressing In tho
seMe ratio until the total number OF ~
are drivan in the four shoes, would not
bankrupt the treasures OF the world"
The total cost at that rate of progres.
sion would exceed $5l 100000, and il
the correspondent is anxious TO asccr.
tain tho exact figures he can do so by
the simple process OF MULTIPLICATION
and addition.
Walker Lake bulletin. (Hawthorne, Nev.) 1883-1926, 1890-01-29

Acmvrry ia Saline Valley horax
lands continue; many hundreds of
acres are being located.
Walker Lake bulletin. (Hawthorne, Nev.) 1883-1926, 1890-01-29

Eidney affections Of years standing
S3ssa by SimUon Liver Regulators
j. " PoyRsss
Walker Lake bulletin. (Hawthorne, Nev.) 1883-1926, 1890-01-29

For horsecolic Summons Liver Reg.
ulasor Is Known 70 be tie bes, remedy,
Walker Lake bulletin. (Hawthorne, Nev.) 1883-1926, 1890-01-29

Are tho best in the market, yisitors ara
assured gentlemanly treatment.
Drop in.
nj C. b. KIMBALL, Prem.
Aberdeen herald. [volume] (Aberdeen, Chehalis County, W.T.) 1886-1917, 1890-12-25

make his labor much easier than that OF
his eastern brother. But let him look out
when he gets into burn or windfall,
for then his trouble begins, for Wash
ington burn is mighty good substitute
for sheol, Who ever has wrestled in the
loving embrace OF vine maple OF cor
daily shaken hands with devils club
can we'll understand what he can expect,
if he has not walked in the straight and
narrow path. When the tree has been
felled, trimmed, cut up and road
swamped in, that grand mogul OF the
camp, yclept the Ok teamster, with Zig
o, presents his lordly presence and with
anywhere from two to six yoke Of oxen,
as the size Of the tree warrants, proceeds
to "yard out. Yartling out is simply
shaking the logs one by one out to the
main road or one Of it's principal branches,
and this is only accomplished by an
amount OF profanity that would lead
Wisconsin teamster to hang his head IN
very shame. have heard Mexican
vacqueros, Italian fishermen, Yankee
'longshoremen and Canadian log drivers,
but for pure, forcible, continuous "cussin'
commend me TO the Washington OK
teamster.
A rather curious feature OF yarding out
is that chain and grab hook is an un
known factor in this operation, the
swamper driving dog, such as used to
be in vogue in the dark ages to haul logs
into the MILL into the log, the chain be-
ing attached to this dog Then the fun
begins. The teamster works harder than
the oxen he. uses the goad stick freely
| and throws his body into contortions that
would do Justice to Nautch dancing girl.
Begrimed with dirt, dripping with pers-
piration and profanity, he dances like
demon, and the oxen, seeing him work
| ing so hard, make up their minds to
work little also, and with a surge Oh
the chain the huge log slides on the hand
skids and makes its first start to the river.
The swampeis have previously raised
and fattened one side OF the log and
TOullucU Oh TIC cllu ~ IL uldy IlOt CdtCIt
on the skids and tear them out of the
ground. AS soon as the log with four or
five Of its fellows are yarded out, they are
coupled together with dog and chain and
then, the faithful greaser with his swab
and can Of oil taking his place in front,
the procession moves on. The greaser's
duty is to oil each skid before the passage
OF the train OF logs, and if he does his duty
well, it is surprising the ease with which
the logs are hauled. Loads Of ten or
twelve thousand feet are common, and
have heard OF twenty thousand feet being
hauled by six yoke Of oxen. On arrival
at the landing the chains are removed,
the logs scaled and with gioan the huge
sticks are rolled to their final resting
place in the river Mississippi Valley
Lumberman.
Aberdeen herald. [volume] (Aberdeen, Chehalis County, W.T.) 1886-1917, 1890-12-25
Aberdeen Chealis County was Thursday December @ $780,

When suitable bank has been found, a
stout skid twenty inches through and a
hundred to a hundred and twenty feet
long is buried lengthwise on the edge OF
the bank level with the ground. This ia
called the brow skid, and forms the foun-
dation OF the bed skids Of the rollway.
Then these bed skids, sixty feet lonp, il
the ground will permit are placed like the
road skids, nine feet apart, one lying on
and pinned to the brow skid and the other
forming continuation OF the main road
skids.
A number Of smaller skids called sheer
skids are pinned to the brow skids, fol-
lowing the incline to the bank to prevent
the logs wearing away the bank and I'M
dermining the brow skid. A pitch Of
about half inch to the foot is given the
beds skids to facilitate the rolling OF the
logs. Suitable 'dutchmen" are provided
to prevent the logs rolling into the river
until SO desired. One OF these landings
is an expensive luxury, often costing as
high as a thousand dollars, while good
road in = bad country will often cost as
much as a marrow guage railroad without
the iron. But when these two items OF
the logger's outfit are complete the shekels
begin to come the other way. Next we
proceed to the actual work of getting the
logs to the stream. The telling Of a tree
is an operation entirely different from
that to which we are accustomed, and ac-
complishes its object, though at first sight
a great waste OF timber appers to occur.
The chopper, after selecting the ground
for his tree to fall on, cuts notch six
inches deep, five OF six broad and as mar
row as possible, as high from the ground
as he can reach. In this he inserts a
spring board, which is merely six foot
board six inches wide with a iron shoe to
prevent its slipping. If, by standing on
this board he can reach above the swell
Of the butt, he chops his direction notch
while his partner performs like opera
ton on the other side Of the trunk. The
necessity Of this protecting is on &C :
O unit OF the great swell or churn of the
butt OF the fiji tree; this swell containin g
generally that bane OF the loggers and
mill men, the 'spitch sha ke" A pitch
shake is not "a thing Of beauty and Joy
forever. quite the contrary. 1t would
correspond to ring rot in white pine, he
ing just as damaging to the grade Of til e
lumber or worse.
1t is a separation OF the annular' rings
Of the trees growth, the rings being sep
arated as much as an inch at times, and
the intervening space being filed with
pitch. have seen as much as barrel
OF pitch pour out of one of these shakes
when the telling notch was cut in tree
For this reason it behooves the chopper
to get above the swell of the tree int the
solid timber, SO that often the tree is
sawn off as much as ten or fifteen feet
from the ground. This feature of the
logging business led to the old chestnut
Aberdeen herald. [volume] (Aberdeen, Chehalis County, W.T.) 1886-1917, 1890-12-25

of the tenderfoot, when passing through
an old chopping, remarking that they
must have terribly deep snow in this
country, SO deep that the chopper could
not get to the bottom of the tree, and had
to cut it off near the middle The amount
OF pitch in the butt of the tree necessitates
liberal use OF kerosene on the saw,
which is accomplished by hanging an in
verified bottle with small hole in the
cork over the saw, so few drops may
fall OIL it at every stroke You can inn
agine that when the tree falls there is a
great scattering of choppers, it being no
easy matter for man to get down fifteen
feet in second or two unless he falls
down. Eight foot saws are in general use
both for telling and cutting up. 1t is a
wonder they don't use an inserted tooth.
They do in every other sort OF a saw. One
man alone cuts up, coast loggers claiming
that one man can cut up nearly as fast as
two, and in this they are correct. It's a
pointer that the white pine logger could
use to good advantage. One man will
make as many cuts per minute as two
and nearly as deep. The reason there
fore for one cutter up is obvious. The
length of logs generally cut is twenty
four, thirty-two and forty feet, these be-
ing the handiest for the mill man.
Twenty-four foot logs will cut into two
twelve foot boards. thirty-twos into two
sixteens or fourteen and eighteen, and
forties will take care of any short stuff
wanted. Of course other lengths are cut
with twenty foot as a minimum, for the
reason noted above, but the three lengths
mentioned are the rule. The swamper
has not such hard job as he has in the
east, as the limbs OH fir tree are not as
plenty or thick as on a pine tree, while
the lack of underbrush also contributes to