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, 1890-11-20

",Right near Pasco, sir. / tell
you, sir, that cotton Ii destined to
become the backbone of this states
commerce. Why 1t Is q perfect sue
cess at Pasco'
"'Well, how docs II come that so
much of the cotton IL In the sap 80
late In tile year
"'Why you don't understand cot
ton. That Is nothing. There Is
enough already bloomed out to make
a man wealthy
"'Well, how does II come your
cotton Is 80 short and so musty?'
"Why, young man I'm surprised
Mt your ignorance OF cotton. Why
what part OF the country did you
come from?'
"'Well, sir, most of my life was
spent in New Orleans
"'Ah! that Is very different. Now
here are our peanuts. We raise pea
nuts by the ton at Pasco.'
"a young Spokane ranchcr camo
In one day and began to brag about
his big logs. That board Amt as
big as some logs have on my farm
said he.
"'Why, there is stump on my
farm ofa bull pine tree, aud can
lay down on the stumpand both my
hoels and my head will be on the
stump. You amt got no bigger
trees n we have, I'll bet.'
"Then he was unconsciously
steered around to other exhibits un-
til his back was against the big
King county log nine and u half
feet In diameter Have you got one
as big as that" he was suddenly
asked.
"He staggered back with by gum!
that is a whopper, ain'tit Bill""
, 1890-11-20
DEATH OF l.. b. SANDERS.
A Well-Known Lawyer Dies at CBur
dAlene City.

A Well-Known Lawyer Dies at Csur
d'Alene City.
l.. B. Sanders, one of the publish
ers of the Times at C9ur d'Alene
City, died at that place at IL O'Clock
Sunday night of consumption. Mr..
Sanders removed to Cnur dAlene
City during the past summer from
Waitsburg, Walla Walla county,
hoping the change would prove ben
eficial to his health. He was raised
at Battle Creek, Mich, from which
place he removed to Waitsburg,
where he practiced law successfully
for ten years. His parents arrived
from Waitsburg last night, and will
proceed to C9ur d'Alene to-day ac-
companied by Ed Sanders, of this
CITY, a brother of deceased. The re-
mains will probably be taken to
Waitsburg for interment until Mr..
Sanders can make arrangements to
remove them to his family burial
ground at Battle Creek. Deceased
was 81 years of Sge, and leaves a
wife and two children well provided
for.
, 1890-11-20

The Seattle Times of Saturday
contains the following concerning
the recent discovery of asbestos and
belGar on the Skakit river
The asbestos, which was the first
discovered, Is pronounced by as
sayers one of the richest mines that
ever existed. This lies in region
which undoubtedly contains other
minerals, as prospectors claim that
wherever this Is found other rich
minerals abound. These two men
started ON their prospecting tour q
couple of weeks ago, never dream
ing that such n valuable substance
could be found in the hills of Skagit
county; but when they discovered
three large veins of asbestos they
were dumbfounded.
This is the first asbestos and
"belgar" found during their travels
throughout tn Is state. At first they
did not believe that the find was
o rich one, but after close examine
tion, they soon became convinced
that such was the case. The veins
are situated within few feet of
one another, and present a mag
nitlcent sight. A large sample was
secured and after storing ii safely
away, they decided that the matter
should not be made public until the
test was accomplished.
Not feeling perfectly satisfied
with the rich find they had un-
earthed, they concluded to prospect
the land around tho asbestos mine.
After some time their task was
rewarded by the discovery of the
"belgar." This was discovered
about two feet under the surface of
the earth. The vein at first was
about twelve inches in width, but
after digging along few feet it
became much larger, and finally
developed into Il very wide vein.
The exact measurement could not
be ascertained, although 1t is claimed
to be one of unusually large size.
A sample of this was also pro-
cured, and after covering over the
veins 80 as to hide them ,from view
they left for Fairhaven to have the
samples tested. Mr.. Fuller, an as
sayer in the above-named city, was
called upon, and after making IL
thorough test pronounced them to
be very rich. An assay of "belgar"
was made, and the rock carried 80
per cent of sulphur, ounces of
silver, and shade less than 10 per
cent. of arsenic. While every ef-
fort was made to destroy the asbes-
tos by fire, 1t proved frultless. and 1t
was pronounced indestructible by
fire. The men have now stalSed off
claims, with the intention of oper-
ating their mines.
At present there is but one ashes.
tos mine in the United States being
worked, and ns soon as operations
commence in this mine the state OF
Washington can boast of on enter
prise whcih the largest states in the
Union do not possess.
, 1890-11-20

AT Boise City sixty Of the leading
citizens have organized the "Arid Club"
They are not endeavoring to solve the
irrigation problem as studied by the de-
partment of agriculture, but are bent
upon social recreation, and will irrigate
with something other than Boise river
water. Tho session of the Legislature
soon to convene ut the Idaho capital
will probably call upon the "Arid Club
for moro specific information OH ques-
ton ofgrowing importance to the state.
, 1890-11-20
ART Tesla Nos q WAT Err
Latah Now Has Flowing Well
and Is Boring tor Six
More.
Business Is Excellent and Immi-
grafton Is Pouring In-The
Wheat Blockade.

Mr.. A. II. Wheeler, of Latah, was
in the city Tuesday. 1--WE have
an urtesian we'll Mt our
town." he remarked to q REVIEW
reporter, 'having struck water
about week ago. The sup
ply Is excellent, and flows ut the
rate of 10000 gallons per day. The
we'll was bored l2s feet through
solid rock. and the work was done
by the Latah Water Company. Hon.
B. +. Coplen president. 1t Is our
intention to bore six more wells,
and to supply the town. Pipes are
now being laid.
"Wheat Is selling for Al cents at
Latah, against 81 about two weeks
ago. 1t is astonishing how quickly
the market sympathized with the
Eastern markets when they began
to drop, considering the fact that
prices were not influenced when the
Chicago and Liverpool were rising
cent or two daily.
1--WE have 200,000 bushels of
wheat in over four ware
houses and one elevator which
can notbe moved for lack
OF cars. Another warehouse is
now nearing completion. Not one
fourth of the wheat in that vicinity
Is marketed, aud u number OF farm
ers have not yet threshed.
"Baled hay is strung all along the
line, waiting transportation. 1t Is
worth about 30 per ton.
"The business men and farmers
are terribly aroused against the I'm
ion Pacific, and are circulating II
petition pledging to give their ship
ments exclusively to the Northern
Pacific II they Will build from Span
gle to Latah on the line of their old
survey.
"Our fouring-mill has been idle
all fall. Mr.. w. r.. Leyman, the
owner, returned this morning from
the East with two carloads of new
wrights with him, and will i'm
medlately change his mill to full
roller system.
"rhe republicans failed to get out
their vote In the recent election. \
full vote would have called out 200
republicans. AS II was the party
cast only forty-three votes.
'In spite of the low price Of wheat
business is good. Latuh Is improv-
ing. The new military academy
has about seventy students, and
many more are coming to the winter
term. Latah is building u fine four
room schoolhouse, which will cost
"a, 500.
"lmmigrants are pouring in in
large numbers seeking lands.
Thirty new families have settled in
Latah within the last sixty days.
The difficulty is that nobody cares
to sell his land. Our country Is
favored In so many ways that pres
ent land owners hold tenaciously to
their lands. / was back through
the Dakotas, Minnesota and Iowa
last summer and am not surprised
ut the immigration now coming
Many moro would come out ii they
could get here.o
, 1890-11-20

THE Russian government knows how
to protect its finances. Ii drew out OF
Barings bank at the right time, and also
saved its deposits when the. copper
trust wrecked so many large firms. The
Russian bear was not a bull. 1t brought
about the crash, and all tho little bears
came in for their share of the wrcckage.
The Urso family is hourishing ali
round.
, 1890-11-20

THE Freewater Herald, on being
threatened with libel suit, reiterates
the statement made by 1t in former is
sue, and, standing with chip on its
shoulder, dares the plaintiff to knock 1t
of, in the following manner: We do
not fear his threats Of libel suit, as we
are ready for him. and before he collects
his damages We will show him up to
the public for the shameless, Infamous
reptile that he is. If that be libel-make
the most of it!
, 1890-11-20

MASY of the Palouse farmers having
demonstrated to their entire satisfaction
that their country is unsurpassed as q
grain belt, are now turning their atten-
tion to orchards. and hundreds OF young
trees will be set out in that section this
fall. If that country proves rs great for
fruit as II did this season for grain. its
inhabitants will have little left to wish
for.
, 1890-11-20

The Boise Statesman says:
Three drummers with sporting
blood yesterday taught the boys n
new wrinkle In the way of
wagers, and gathered in sufficient
shekels to recompense them for
their stay in town. The night before
q discussion had arisen about various
feats Of Workmanship. and wager
was made that John Ridenbaugh
could not kill IA chicken ut forty
yards with No. s shot. Accordingly
shortly after A o'clock yesterday
, 1890-11-20

In the walla Walla valley farmers are
very anxious for rain, which must fall
before plowing can bc done. Their
hopes were raised lately by falling
barometer, but oil to no avail, as the fol-
lowing from the Journal will show;
"someone's barometer said about
week ago that 1t would rain soon,o but
that instrument Is either out OF gear or
else It believes in the good old doctrine
that God loves cheerful liar"
, 1890-11-20
IN A LIGHTER VEIN
A Railroad From Puget Sound to
st. Petersburg, Capital of
Russia.
A Couple of Facts Better Known
Than Remembered by Most
People.

George Hazard, the well-known
democrat, who has travelled oil over
Alaska and through Siberia, Is u
bull on the future greatness of
Alaska.
"Why, SIR" said he "in five years
there will be railroad from Puget
sound 10 Juneau, and in twenty
years man will be able to get into
u sleeping car in New York and
travel to Spokane, where the porter
will put his head in the door and
cry:
"'Change cars for st. Petersburg
and the Russian colonies.
Washington will be the gateway
through which the riches of the
lands of India and the Orient,
whose mere drippings have made
nations great, will pass.
II have sat on the rocky isle of
Attou, the last of the Aleutians,
and kicking my heels, shouted
hurrah for the democratic party
and while doing 50 tried to realize
that was 30 miles further west of
San Francisco than Eastport, Me. 4,
the most easterly point of land OH
the Atlantic cuast of the United
States, is east of San Francisco"
The Center Of the Land.
When the Union Pacific was
being built, before the western
slope even thought Of its present
state of civilization, and when San
Francisco was yet II village, George
Francis Train named frontier
station in Nebraska Central City,
and promulgated the idea that 1t
was the center Of the United States.
The people accepted the theory
without thinking much about 1t,
until some level-headed searcher
after knowledge made the discovery,
which ut the time was considered
absurd, that go miles west of San
Francisco lay the center, and now
even school children know that fact.
Every Watch q Compass.
John Nj. Barclay, the genial bon
vivant, made the assertion the other
night that any man who had II
watch was equipped with a compass
in other words, every watch was u
compass. Said he:
"Hold your watch in the palm of
your hand, turn 1t around until the
hour hand points toward the sun,
and the half way point between the
hour and the minute hands will
invariably be due south.
, 1890-11-20

that the Spokane smelling works
Will have q capacity of $50 tons u
day, or twice as much as the Tacoma
suleltar
, 1890-11-20

THE Warlner News favors the re pre-
sentation at the worlds fair of ono of
the great mines of Northern Idaho, with
all us 'sGrroundings.. II would un-
doubtedly prove n great attraction at
Chicago, and would serve to advertise
the C0ur d 'Alenes as nothing else could.
Daily Yellowstone journal., 1890-01-03
White Halt 1Irueu Hack.

The patient was a oma aged ~,
who had had snow white hair for
twenty years. For the symptoms of
commencing uramia, due to contract
ed kidney. twenty To thirty minims of
extract of jaborandi was prescribed
several times daily. The drug was
taken from October, 1856, 10 February,
lSSS. During the autumn of 1887 the
eyebrows were becoming darker, and
the hair of the head also became
darker in patches. This continued
until the patches Of hair were quito
dark, contrasting with the patches Of
snow white hair. The hair did not
universally change before her death.
In 1851 DR.. Prentiss had published
another ease of kidney disease, pyelo
nephritis, treated with pilocarpine.
The hair of the patient, a lady aged
25, changed from light blonde to black
under the influence of the drug. The
pilocarpine was administered hypoder-
mically (one-sixth of a grain twenty
two times in the course of two months;
the dose was then increased. In ono
nloutn alter commencing the treat
ment the hair changed from a light
blonde TO a chestnut brown; four
months later it was almost a pure
black" 1t is satisfactory to find that
eight years afterward. the hair isagain
adark brown. DIR. Prentiss ascribes
the phenomenon TO the jaborandi and
its active principle, pilocarpine.
Cases where, as the result of the in
fuence of the nervous system, in pain
OF fright, the hair has changed color,
are pathological curiosities. So little
is known, however, of the physiology
cal influence of the nervous system
over the growth and nutrition of the
hair that it is at present quite impos-
sible to understand how drug dnin-
istered internally can affect the color
of the hair. 1t would be interesting
to learn from other practitioners who
have used jaborandi or pilocarpine for
an EXTENDED period, whether any
change in the color of the hair has
been noticed. Therapeutic Gazette.
Daily Yellowstone journal., 1890-01-03

THE Republican members Of the
ways and means committee have held
an informal conference and, it is IN.
derstood, have agreed to endeavor 10
report a tariff bill the fret week in
February. They agreed that the SEN.
a.e bill should be the basis of their
action, and that their alterations should
be made on it principles. They
agreed that there should be nc free
coal, free iron ore mol free wool provis.
ions in the bill, nor any provision for
any free raw material of any import.
ance unless 1t should be sugar. The
disposition is 20 cut the sugar duty
down Tower or cut il away altogether,
giving the cane, beet add sorghum
raisers q bounty.
Daily Yellowstone journal., 1890-01-03
DEPENDS ON THE VIEW.
q Girl Whose Profile Was Beautiful, but
Whose Face Wa Ugly.

Whose Face Was Ugly.
81 have walked about the public
buildings in this city for a good many
years, and have learned in that time
something about beauty" said a well
known Washington correspondent to
Q reporter last evening. did it ever
occur to you that "a sitting posture isa
thousand times more attractive TO
some people than when they stand,
while a beauty in profile is LONELINESS
itself when a front view is presentedi
II knew a young lady employed in
the postotlice department by sight for
several years. / have seen ler sitting
at her desk. bending over her work
month in and month out. Her profile
was a study, and with all my critical
tendency ! never saw where an i'm
provement could be made. She was
the quintessence Of beauty, and passing
her door and seeing her sitting there
was one Of the things that made the
Journey pleasant. Imet a friend one
day And asked him if he knew her.
He answered that he did. but when l
limited that she was one of the most
beautiful ladies ! had ever seen, he
only wanted to know where | had
been keeping myself. spoke to sew
eral people who had occasion to see
my goddess OF beauty now and then
in transacting business with her Office,
but from not one could get any sym
pathy in my admiration. Every one
said they could not imagine where I
could find anything beautiful TO adj
mire in that young lady.
~ began 10 think that | had been
the subject of an optical delusion, and
when / made my next pilgrimage by
her Office door glanced in. and there
she sat, that profile that deiied criti-
cism standing out boldly, the ear per.
feet, and such a tasteful arrangement
of hair that would have made Venus
herself envious. There could be no
mistake. | said TO myself that the
people about the postoffice depurtD tnt
were chumps, and nothing else. One
day as / walked down 4 street at
about 4 o'clock noticed young lady,
short Of stature and homcly of face,
fifteen feet from me, coming in the
opposite direction. There was moth
ing about her that should attract my
attention except that she wore rather
a sour expression Of couptenance, and
walked IN an ungraceful manner. AS
she came alongside me | happened to
glance at her, and | will toll you /
was startled. There was that iaultless
profile that had been the subiccto Of my
admiration for 50 many months, |
looked back, the profile had passed,
and my delusion had gone.
II have had many similar expert
ences. A homely profile has devel-
oped into a beautiful face. \ beauty
when friSking about with a tennis rae
quet in her hand sobers down in APP
pearance when quietly seated. A face
lovely in admiration might become
unattractive when in rest, and vice
versa. So, you see, that beauty is not
one of the exact sciences after all"
Have you impaired this wisdom to
your wifef
my wifel Don't mention that
again. She thinks / 90 about think
ing very hard about the specials | am
% send off during the evening"
Washington Post.
Daily Yellowstone journal., 1890-01-03
IL Was His Trick.

"Have we had any dishonest clerks
here in my time, and how do they Sc
lect money lettersf" said veteran Sam
Bovine, the superintendent Of the New
York delivery, repeating the writer's
question.
swell, I have been here a good
many years, and II would be strange
II no one VI the kind had turned up
since ! began, but / don't recall many.
The few / knew anything about had
methods Of Identification which were
peculiar tricks Of their own.
II remember one young suspect
whom / kept my eye on very closely.
One day ! was watching him from my
box, a. he assorted the mail on the
long table over there. No M was
b him. ! noticed that occasionally
Axmld ston anA &crvtinirs- one II
Daily Yellowstone journal., 1890-01-03
Fruit In England.

English agricultural journals draw
attention to the great increase in fruit
growing in that country of late years.
In 1889 there Were some $4,000 acres
of fruit trees all told in England.
Now, however, the area has increased
to PA, 900 acres. But even with SO
great an increase in the supply the de.
mand is far from being satisfied, and
as a consequence last year nearly four
million bushels of apples alone were
imported, at a cost OF $500, 900, most
of them coming from America. Eng
lish farmers are consequently urged to
devote still more attention to the cul.
tivation of fruit. - San Francisco
Chronicle.
Daily Yellowstone journal., 1890-01-03

the letters before him, and then he
would pick it up and smell it. Some
Of the letters so treated he would
throw down again and 60 on with his
work. Others he would lay aside. l
was puzzled TO know what he was up
TO, when l saw him take the letters he
had laid away and STOPPING down
quickly place them in his shoe, which
he slipped into and out Of with ease.
They were an old pair that had the
backs cut out, and which he used as
slippers around the office. ! brought
the lad at once to my Office and took
off his shoe. / found the bunch of
letters there.
AFTER he was convicted and sem
fenced | went to him and said, Bob, l
am curious To know how you smelled
money through those envelopes
He put his thumb 10 his nose and
shook his fingers at me, replying as he
did SO, 'That'smy trick. New York
Star.
Daily Yellowstone journal., 1890-01-03
The Language Of the Sandwich Islanders

Mark Twain says of the language Of
the Sandwich islands: The native
language is soft and liquid and Aex.
ible, ana in every way efficient and
satisfactory-Gll you get mad; then,
there you are; there isn't anything in
it to swear with. Good Judges all say
it is the best Sunday language there
is, but then all the o'her six days in
the week it just hangs idle on your
hands; it isn't any good for business,
and you can't work a telephone with
1t. Many a time the attention of the
missionaries has been called % this do.
feet, and they are always promising
they IN going to fix it, but they 90
fcoling along, and fooling along, and
nothing Is done."-Troy Telegram.
Daily Yellowstone journal., 1890-01-03

OVER 100 head If iuu.p jswed steers
were killed in Chicago last week.
They came from the Peoria distillery
and were rendered M.
Daily Yellowstone journal., 1890-01-03

The regular annual meeting Of the shareholders
OF the staekgrowers National Bank. for the cleo.
ton Of directors, will he held at the banking
house, Tuesday, January II, 1890. between the
hours OF 10 o'clock q. m. and 4 o'clock, p. N.
IA. y. BACHELOR, cashier.
Daily Yellowstone journal., 1890-01-03
A Draw back.

Admiring Friend TO struggling ar.
tist-That drawing is grandl Is there
anything you can't drawi
Struggling Artist Yes; my check.
aud a prize int%1 ioIsary.-Epoch.
Daily Yellowstone journal., 1890-01-03
Notice.

The annual me ting of the stockholders Of the
Fist National Bank Of Miles city, tor The pufpOs'
u ~eleciiug directors. will DO held a. their banking
o zee in Mile. q y. ON Tuesday. January II. 1880,
between The hours II 10 a. N. and p M.
II. u, WEIklCk, Cashier.