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pRrNKrNNfss ix ENGLAND.

Now and then there Is some new prssenta-
ton OF facts that indicate u startling in.
crease In drunkenness. The Registrar
General OF Great Britain reports that In 1890
over 1850 infants were Filled by drunken
mothers who overlaid their children or
otherwise killed them. The increase Of this
desth-rate accords with the reported in
crease In consumption OF alcoholic liquors
In that country. which is now running NJ
about 81, ,0o0, ,0l0 u year. In France the in
crease is even greater. Tho amount con
sumed per capita in 1850 was equal to ono
and n half litres In 1859. two and half
litres in 1892. four and u half litres and
wines. which are the prevailing drink, have
bcen replaced by brandy, gin and aDsinths.
--Sunduy-School World.
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three years. He speaks with fluency
oil the reason why revolt is imminent
IN Sicily.
"a merchant there cannot sell a
luayt of wine from the casks in his
cellar without paying toll on every
quart he owns, in order TO prevent
seizure. The land is taxed first, then
all il produces is taxed, and there il
nothing left If man kills n sheep
be must pay tax on the mutton.
Everything, everywhere is taxed, and
the people cannot stand it," Mr..
Fenic, the young Sicilian, said de-
jectedly. But he grew enthusiastic
over the natural beauty of the country,
the climate, where il is always sum
mer, and insisted that the school sys.
tenn was better there than in America,
since the industrial professions are
taught in the free schools, and there
are three fine universities i'll Sicily,
from which scholars are graduated
every year. He admitted that the
Sicilians had been in the habit of
pointing back to splendid past of
eight centuries, but that now, with
Government railroads, submarine tele-
graphs and other modern improve
ments, they had grown ambitious for
the future. But that hot blood which
led to the historic tragedy of the
Sicilian Vespers has not yet grown
cool.
At the time of the massacre, known
historically as the Sicilian Vespers.
which occurred in 1882, when the
French were routed with q terrible
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The town Of wes,neld. \. v. celebrated
is 100, h anniversary the other day, and as y
part ofthe exerciees OF the festive occasion,
a great banquet was projected. When the
ministers of the town heard tins they ap.
pointed a committee to look after the public
morals on the occasion and the coma tioe
insisted that there should be no wine at ths
banquet. The management demurred at
FIRST, but when the threat was made thai
mons of the ministers would honor the
occasion with their presence else, nor allow
the members OF their churches 10, II they
could help IL. tho managers gave IN. 80 tue
banquet was held without wine, ana tue
toasts on the occasion were drunk III cold
atsr.-Picayune.
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dent in other parts of the country
does not affiliate with the Roman
Greek k-Norman- Italian of Sicily. he
does sympathize with revolt against
injustice, and an outbreak of local war
upon the island is usually followed by
similar uprisings in other parts of the
kingdom. 1t is volcanic example
emanating from the most beautiful
and fruitful country in the world, OF
which historians record thrilling
deeds of vaIor, and poets sing in his.
toric measure.
There Archimedes discovered spe-
cihc gravity, and his tomb is shown
iii Syracuse to students, who, like
him, cry Eureka! Roman and Vene-
tian and Greek colonies may still be
traced there He who would have q
souvenir of Sicily has only to look at
the street fruit seller on the nearest
corner. who will rive hi'" G:,,"' - !,
the Sicilian tongue, and sell him
oranges that were lately plucked in
Messina, which supplies half the W rid
with fruit. Naturally harmless citi-
zens, these people i'll country they
have adopted, but where strange
language is spoken, and still volcanic
in the nature they inherited from fiery
ancestors; ready to revenge with the
knife the half understood badinaqe of
the stranger, but quiet and attentive
to their own business if unmolested.
Within stones throw of Detroit is Il
Sicilian citizen of higher caste, who
scans the daily papers eagerly for news
OF his country which he left within
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rnNn rlrr ANn rNprrrYprNcr.

A well-snown writer says 1 saw In ths
carefully prepared statistics of insurance so.
cietles that total abstinence, as an indisput-
able fact. CONT 'hutes TO longevity The"
,uN a. 80. .ents OF strength chat man :,
the "a satest athletes in the world, from sam-
son downward, whose drink was only the
crystal brook. had achieved without alcohol
fents far more mighty than they could pos
sibly have achieved with II AMI as iar as ln'
telnctull cNerions are concerned. great writ
er-. though they have not always said with
pin!ar that water IL best, have yet constant
~ drawn from temperance lar better inspi-
ration than they could possibly have pro
duced chemically from the fumes oi wine.
Then I found that "a great number OF our
most eminent physicians had declared most
positively that In hundreds and thousands OF
cases alcohol was the fruitful source oi dis
ease, even 10 those VINO took II III quantities
conyentionally deemed moderate and. on
the other hand, other physicians who were
opposed 10 total abstinence ~ general rule
still confessed that the young and tho healthy.
NIL who eat well aud all who sleep well, can
do without IL and are better without IT.
All these proofs and many others convinced
mo that II was not necessary for mo TO con
tinue to touch any form OF alcohol; and !
gaye It up the more readily because the aban-
donment OF II was one element In that very
nsedful simpliication OF life which gets rid
OF an artificial wants and which II peculiarly
desirable In an age OF luxury like this. Tom
perancc puts wood on the fire, meal In the
barrel, hour In the tub, money In the purs-,
contehtment in the house and clothes on tn"
children" Believing that abstinence would
teud to simplicity OF life, 10 heathto strcngth
OF body. 20 clearness OF mind, TO length OF
DAYS. Tor me, NJ any rate, II became desirable
10 give up alcohol altogether; and did so,
with perfect giadness, and without ever hav-
ing suffered IN consequence even single
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decay, make the scene more horrible.
| The friends of the deceased Used to
dress them at intervals in fresh clothes,
until the authorities interfersd on
sanitary grounds, and that practice is
no longer permitted.
Syracuse is SO rich in historic lore,
and traditions OF the past, that 10 visit
il is almost equal to course in the
classics. The tomb of Archimedes is
not its greatest attraction. II lns a
remarkable cathedral, formerly an
open air temple where Plato pondesed
his new philosophy, and Cicero torma-
lated his theories of wisdom. Their,
also, is the ear of Dionysius, aca,e
with an entrance resembling human
ear. At this horrible and grotesque
slit, the tyrant was accustomed to sit
and listen, hoping TO discover the poll
tical secrets of his prisoners chained
within.
Marble and granite pillars, Greek
theatres and Roman amphitheatres and
the premises of the fair Arethusa, now
turned into fountain for washer
women, make scenes of interest for the
tourist which are not soon forgotten
The favorite speculation for Sicil.
ian-outside of the lotteries---is the
sulphur mine. Fortunes are made and
lost in sulphur. Burning lakes of sui
phur give one unused to the Sicilian
product fair idea of the Internal re-
gion. The people themselves call a
sulphur mine purgatorio. But the
thoughtful tourist remembers that it
| is this sulphurous atmosphere that has
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ian that he would leave feast to at-
tend II fight. so belligerent are his in-
stincts. But this time, SAYS the De-
lroit Free Press, it is not the tradi-
tional vendetta that is bursting into
action, but the revolt of an over-taxed
people against oppression. They can
not pay their tax, which is so heavy
that there is nothing left for their liv-
ing expenses. While the Italian resi-.
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Ir is impossible "a travel far with
the man who rides hUbby.
BEFORE the devil can lie chained
the saloon door must he shut
4 BIO salary for the preacher often
means a small Bible for his church
Antc.roomS to both Heaven aud
hell can be found in every great citN
A REVIVAL is in good condition
when taking mp collection helps IT,
THE man who lives only for him.
self Is engaged in very small buSi.
ness
LOVE has not proved that il is love
until IL has she'd its last drop oI
blood
THERE l., more life in one grain OF
wheat than there is in Il busne! OF
chat
TnE only giving that has any mean
ing in the sight OF God iSgivlng that
cost us something.
IoU will miss 1t ir Won undertake
% measure a mans religion by the
length of his face.
THE devil stands &c best chance
between an attractive saloon and an
unattractiyc home
The man who will steal chickens
is often found hiding behind hypO-
critic In the church
THE glory OF love is that IL de-
lights in doing for nothing what
others will not do for pay
lr never takes much talk from Il
thcatcr going professor u Kill a
prayer meeting stone dead.
THE road To Heaven is very steep
TO the man who is trying TO get there
without doing any giving.
Tue pastor who tries TO carry his
whole church on his shoulders WI.
soon be very lame IN the baCk
THE mar who howls at the passing
OF the hat in chur h will ray big
hotel blll with II smile on hi, face.
TnE only reason some rcople are
considered religious is because they
make a good deal of noise n church.
WHES man saws amen right IL
always means that hp Is Wiling tu
be put down Tor his share OF the ex-
penSe.
a GREAT many people know God
with their hearts who don't know
anything about theology with their
heads.
one
tu be thrown INT llUuN den In or
der that millions Il Others may DC
kept out.
ONE of the times when woman
has no mercy on man Is when hc
comes to her store to buy a bonnet
tor his wife.
THERE is no use in praying for
God to opcn the windows ot Heaven
until you bring all the titheS into
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hLr AND BEER MEASURE.

One day when the lesson was the iabls
called ALE and Beer Measure little hoy.
remarkable for his correct lessons, was quite
unprepared.
How is this John2" said the teacher.
81 thought II was no use" said John.
.so use y said the teacher.
.No, cir; it's ale and beer measure said
john.
81 know Il Is. +" said the teacher
''well, sir. said tho little boy. father and
iiink II is no useto learn about the ale and
beer. as we mean never 10 buy, sell VI
drink it,"
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TEMPERANCE.


The only way intemperancs can he checked
Il for growing body OF men and women &c
practice absolute total abstinence. In view
OF the awful extent OF the curse. Gods people
cannot do less than throw their influence
aud words against the evil in every way pos.
sible. Total abstinence is not a populat
theme In New York, but the pulpits should
thunder H.. Al present they rarely sound o
protest New York Advertiser.
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ISLE OF BEAUTY.
SICILY, LAND OF HISTORIC VEN
DETTA AND RECENT RIOT.
The Native Rebels Against Heavy Tax.
ation--some Of the Famed ISL
and's Riches of Nature
and Art.

NE of the most in
teresting islands of
the world is Sicily.
1t is noted for its
people of volcanic
Temperance II t. a $
we'll as for it's IA
nous Mount Etna,
and it is recorded
r IL ... Gill
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travellers find eternal vigilance neces.
sary in making n pilgrimage among
the mountains in the vicinity of Pa.
lermo or Monreale. The organized
band of robbers with their picturesque
encourage and their ransom money
may not exist ~ they once did, but
robbers are plenty, only less violence
accompanies their acts than formerly.
Messina. with its lava pavements, is
clean and handsome. it, villas are
palaces overlooking the sea. There
is tower OF Norman architecture. n
Capucin monastery, and good hotel.
There are many English residents. 1t
is said OF tue Messina people. that
they are very devout, aud have al.
ways the word "Letterio" for one ol
their names, or the feminine Let
tenia." The custom is traced to "a
traditional letter written 60 them by
the hand of the Madonna when she
took them under her special protec-
! tion. How beautiful the coast of italy
is at this point may he learned from
the ecstatic language OF traveller
who invok,s the magician's pen of
Joy, where the consonauts dance and
the vowels sing TO describe IT
In Catania there is II subterranean
street kept in good repair and through
which people can walk III companies.
The destruction of Sicilian towns by
earthquakes aud volcanoes is promi-
nently brought to mind by the pres
ence of imposing ruins.
And there is always Mount Etna
looming III the distance with per.
petusl threat of calamity. II is u
tradition in Sicily that if Etna growls
| Vesuvius roars, Stromboli rumbles
and Lipari threatens. These volcanoes
are all in touch when one complains.
The Sicilians themselves are most in
teresting. The men are handsome, and
the women in their early youth are
very attractive. But they are tram
meled 10y superstition and idolatry.
They do not trouble their heads about
revolutions or the higher education of
woman, but take life ~ If il were u
draught of pleasure If rich, and work
and pray If poor.
Paris costumes, rich equipages, ns
/ Ntli hS tlt aluhlll iuNht uhN "
great display of wealth are to he seen
in all large Sicilian cities. but to the
tourist they are less inter, sting than
the Siciliau peasant, whose heroic blood
has never been filtered to s.agnant
quality by contact with luxury. The
throes of revolution are always there,
whether dormant, like the fires of their
oes, 3 out
.ly has bt successfully
" Carthaginians, Romans,
ks, Saracens, Normans,
A. pians, Austrians md Span
ish. a.. under Neqpolitan Gov.
ernment in I several different
periods the people of Sicily have risen
III revolt during the present century.
Garibaldi was their leader in 1860, and
afterward when they were annexed to
the new kingdom of italy under Victor
Emanuel. There are more than 1000
900 of population, and every man is u
soldier or fighter. Love OF Sicily is
Sicilian virtue.
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Ir rather destroys the poets IL
lus.on TO hear a good.natured old
soul, returned from abroad, expatiat-
ing upon the pictures lue qualities of
the 'Grande Canaille OF Venice"
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TRUMPET CALLS.
Cams Horn Sounds Warning Noss to
ehy ttnrpd~eo o,~d

NLESS YOU kill
your doubts they
will some day
kill you.
THE ss n
Christian reads
his Bible the
mur' his heart
shr nks
The III o | v
Ghost cannot I'LL
a man who Is al
ready full him
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to which has beeu added an unsightly
Neapolitsn dome. In IL are found the
magnificent sarcophagi in which, near
ly II century ago, the remains of EN-
peror Frederick were discovered, clad
in royal splendor. They had been
buried there for 500 years. and the
skull cap he wore is on exhibition in
the sacristy. 1t was really an Arabic
crown covered with uncut gems, and
embroidered with pearls.
Another church of great antiquity
is of ancient Eastern origin. II resem-
bles, even in its ruins, St. Marks, OF
Venice, with its large central dome,
and four smaller ones, and il il histor-
ical that the bell of this church rung
the alarm when the massacre of the
Sicilian Nespers was enacted in 1882.
Archbishop's palace is another
tn century memorial.
many rare treasures, among them she
bronze ram. remarkc' piece o.
,ient sculpture, the wor~ OF Greek
aftits. A fine collection of Sicilian
CONS. Of interest to the numismatist,
Is seen here, and a bronze group from
Pompeii.
The cata'pmbs are very repulsive To
the AmericaAor European tourist at
iirst, the expdsed dead giving one a
horrible sense Of the emptiness of all
worldly fame or pleasure. The bodies
are stood mp IN rows, dressed AS in life,
and holding out card, with age and
date OF death. Glass eyes being sub
stituted for real ones obliterated by
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Brides Dress.

This dress is OF thick satin in ivory
white. A series of very finely crimpel
ruffies of the material finishes the
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preserved the antiquities of Gre elk and
Roman art.s
In spite OF the assurances we have
from the authorities that brigandage
is no longer profession in Sicily,
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oes, & out
.ly has be success,vely
" Carthaginians, Romans,
ks, Saracens, Normans,
,ians, Austrlans md Span
under Neqpolitan Gov.
The Yakima herald. [volume] (North Yakima, W.T. [Wash.]) 1889-1914, 1894-12-20
CHRISTMAS GREETING.

This will be the last issue OF TIE HER
AID before Christmas; and with feeling
Of friendship for all good people and the
psid-up subscribers Of this paper in par
ticulsr--we extend greeting and best
wishes for many happy returns Of the
day. Santa Claus may be a trifle poor in
purse, frayed in clothing, and have leaky
boots; his reindeer may rot be ~ sleek
and well fed as of yore, and his pack may
display evidences OF the prevailing bard
times-but be 10 the same jolly old fellow
and will do the hest he can to cheer up
young and old under very discouraging
circumstances. Santa Claus, however,
comes but once = year and il the good
people Of Yakima want another welcome
visitor, and one who drops in on them
with newsy tidings every week, they can
be accommodated by making Christina
call at The HERALD Office and leaving q
couple OF silver dollars or their circulst.
ing equivalent.
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An effort il now being made by some
Of the newspapers OF the state to envelop
the memory OF the late Warden Cobientz
with sentimental perfume. Coblentz be-
trsyed a public trust without any cause
except lust for money, and then he took
advantage Of the towards weapon rather
than face the responsibility. Papers Of
this character are OF the same stripe as
those women who bsdeck brutal murder
ers with gsrisnds of flowers. The odium
Of crime 10 q punishment OF at least equal
severity to the legal castigatioD, and in
many cases grester--aad it's tendency ID
to deter other violations OF law and NOR.
Atty. In the interest of better govern.
msnt TnE HERALD protests against trying
to make q saint out Of . dead sinner.
BY the by, what have those editors to say
who Investigated the charges against
Coblentz few weeks ago, and found bis
administration to be OF the purest charsc-
ter9
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many on his brother. A "wah-wah" e n
sued. II gun had been fred there
would have been bloody work. Whether
or not it was a case Of lone afraid and
the other daren't." the fact remains that
they agreed not to open the ball then and
there, which was doubtless the prudent
course for Captain Splawn and his men.
Moses retreated about fifteen miles and
went Into camp near Moses lake. The
Yakima boys followed later and about
midnight surprised his camp, capturing
him and the murderers-and brought
them to Yakima City.
They were all indicted-Moses as ac-
cessory after the fact. lie was then ia
ken out OF the hands OF the county by
United States authority, taken to UNA
tilla, bad another "wah-wsh' with Gen
eral Howard-and finally turned up in
Washington rs the guest of the Indian
department, and because he was a good
Indian was presented with a reservation.
That he was a lisr when he told Howard
the murderers were not Sin his midst" ia
proved--the murderers while in Jail rec
oenizing one of Howard's staff officers
who happened to see them there. He
asked them how they knew him, and
they told him they shook hands With him
while Howard was at Priest Rapids the
year before.
The murdersrs were Yskimas who ran
away from the reservation and were on
their way to join Moses when they met
Mr.. and Mrs. Perkins. The facts given
here as to the killing are such rs were
confessed by one of the number, who be-
came a witness for the territory and after
the trial WAS discharged Two OF them
were hung at Yakima City early in 1880.
One of them shot himself in Moses camp
rather than be taken and one-Tonmy
hop Towne-escaped from the Jail and
was re-csptured near Umatills in the
summer OF 1891, tried at the October term
of that year and hung on January 10th,
1882.
There were many heroic acts OF citizens
OF this valley during that exciting tiae,
which deserve mention. 1t is impossible
Geo. Tsylor. w. Y. York, II. N. Benton
and David Correll are among those still
living who were engaged in the capture
OF the murderers and Moses. Samuel
Chsppell lived along the Yakima below
the gap. Cornell csms to his place with
. jsded horse and armed only with rs-
volvsr. He said he had heard the boys
were in close quarters over on the Coum-
his, and he was going to their aid. Mr..
Chsppel could not leave his wife and
children, but gave Correll his rife and
horse and babe him "God-spsed."
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No one ha. vet been Able to realize tn,

No one has yet been able to realize the
advantages OF casting aside the special
charter Of North Yakims and adopting
that under which We are now working
City warrants which formerly brought
dollar for dollar don't seem at present to
be marketable At any price, and the ex-
psnses OF the numerous elections in the
past year are sstina,ed at 5000. Will the
advocates OF the change, who wers 90
fluent in their arguments in its favor,
please inform TEE HERALD how the city
has been benefited in any particular
These columns are open to its champions
and impatisntly We wait to hear from
them
The Yakima herald. [volume] (North Yakima, W.T. [Wash.]) 1889-1914, 1894-12-20
Notice for Publication.
UNITED STATES LAND OFFICr, {

NORTH YAKIMA. wash. Dec. 20. ls94N
Complaint having been entered at this Office by
James klgin Baxter w. Laughlin Mclean. for
failure to comply with the law rs to deser; land
entry No lsG. dated Dec 3, lSss, upon the net I,
and nwi. of sec. "a, tip. 10 II. r. q, e. W. IN, in
Yakima county. Washington. with the view TO
the cancellation of said entry, contestant alleg-
ing:
THAT the contestee failed to conduct water
upon each local subdivision of said tract. with
IN four years from date OF entry. or within any
other period. In sufficient quantities. though
the time for 50 doing has long since expired.
THAT said contestee has never conducted
any water upon the said land and has wholly
failed to reclaim the same;
S-Thnt at the time OF the submission of the
alleged tinal proof upon said desert land entry
No. lS6 to wit: Dec. 4, 1891, contestee and his
witnesses had not seen water conducted over
and upon said trnct, Ms required by the desert
land law:
THAT coutestee has never seen water con.
Quoted upon said land by artificial means
Now, therefore. the said eontestee is hereby
summoned to appear at this Office on the sth day
OF February 1898, ut the hour of $50 o'clock. u.
m, to respond aud furnish testimony concern
ing said alleged failure.
4S-6 A. r. SMELLING Reci.tsr