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Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1895-03-22
DEPARTED GLORY.
A Formerly Groat Mining Towr
That - Now Deserted.
Where Thousand, If Miners Onee Dus
Out Fortunes There Are Now Only
Few 'hinrsr Nnkinga
Enrr Living.

After the tourist "a the Canadian
Pacific railroad has passed through the
SCENE wonders Of the Rocky mountains
and 'hr >''l;rk r>aGr. SAYS Il Yale Il. c.
letter. and las hung for hours above
II" prc'ipi,-t~ in BE r;iscr river CANYON,
III" tram ~udu"iiv shoots out into a level
space in rhr river valley and brings UP
AZ a. station ..ll!cd Na.r At present
Ia!r Is inhabited only hy handful 81
white men and several hundred Chinese
and Flaihcad Indians. whom the trav.
elcr sec, upon the station platform
with their baskets IF tempting fruit.
Yale is dull enough to-day. hut some
thousands Of people once lived in the
little rla"". FIR il was the greatest
placer :.nld washing field on the lower
Fraser and the center If attraction in
british Columbia Il, long H. it yieldeI
large quantities IF placer gold dust
The train stops long enough t. enable
the tourist to become enthusiastic over
the beautiful scenery that surrounds it.
East Of the town is a mountain sevcra
thousand feet in height, down whose
sides in rainy weather the lovcliest ID
cascades foam and tumble till they
reach the river. In front is the swift
flowing Fraser, which here is calm and
placid in comparison with the roaring
stream the tourist saw little earlier AZ
the Fraser tuubled down its rocky can
y"n t. the level country. Looking
across the river. the tourist sees far &c
the southwest Mount Hope. whose top.
IL. =
covered with snow.
in the fifth and sixth decades OF this
century, when several thousands Of
miners were panning gold dust, Yale
saw its best days. After yielding for
years average of fifteen dvllars .
day IL each man, the placer mines gave
out and then came decadcnce. Several
years ago the few white men in the
town believed its old prosperity was to
return. The Queen mine was opened
in q neighboring mountain. and it was
thought that fortunes would be taken
from the gold lead discovered there
! The prospect, however, did not prove to
be what it promised, and the mine was
! given up. A little gold is still found
along the river banks and among the
| sands near the shore. As the train
/ leaves town. tourists often see few
Chinese digging in the sand on the left
side OF the river. They are satisfied
I II they make an average of two dollars
q day. They monopolize the left shore,
but on the right bank. where the di.
lapidated town lies, is a German named
Edward Stout, who has been panning
gold dust there for several years. He
uses the cradle and quicksilver process,
ond is we'll content if he secures Al
average of fifteen dollars a week lie
keeps bachelor hall. and is satisfied to
make a living. Gold washing is pos
sible only during few months in the
year. The Chinese work only from
July till November. At most other
periods Of the year the water is toe
high to admit of digging in the sands
where gold is found. .,,A;..nc.,s.a.
Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1895-03-22
LITERARY TlD-BITS.

ONE Of the most thoroughly original
works in English is Bedlam, a play in
twenty-five acts. 1t was written by
Nat Lee when confined in a mad
house.
The first private library mentioned
by history was that Of Aristotle, b. c.
1884. Strabo says it was large, but
does not mention the number of
books.
The first known European library
originated in the present to the fam
lily of Regulus by the Roman senate Of
all the books seized at the capture of
Carthage.
DURING the last century an original
copy OF Magma Charta, seals, sigma
natures and all, was found in the
hands OF tailor who was about to cut
1t up for patterns.
So many forgeries of ancient works
have been perpetrated that some crit
les have been led to suppose that all
the ancient writings we possess are
but impostures.
MANY Of Lady Mary Wortley Monta-
gus letters were destroyed by her
daughter. who imagined that the
family name was impaired by connec-
ton with literature.
Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1895-03-22
MISSING LINKS.

I REAL agate marbles are made from
agate found in Oberstein, near the
Rhine.
NEIGHBoR was once only a nigh.
boor, or the boor or farmer who lived
nearest.
Coal. is dearer in South Africa than
any other part Of the world; it is cheap
est in China.
A CANADIAN court has defined the
word 'boodler" to mean 1.-The very
neanest class of thieves"
ROMAN treaties, laws and public doc
uments of importance were written on
tablets of brass
THE manuscripts Of Fenelon show nc
changes. 1t is said there are not ten
erasures in hundred pages.
A LARGE part of tho works Of Ben
Jonson were destroyed in manuscript
by fire which burned his house.
THE only source 0 ftbe great lakes ID
the rain that falls within their basin,
which averages forty inches per year.
THE number of people who die in.
side Of the city limits of London every
year would fill a cemetery Of twenty.
three acres.
A WIND blowing at the rate Of nine.
teen miles per hour exerts q pressure
of but one and four -fifths pounds "a
the square foot.
Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1895-03-22
WHERE THE MONEY GOES.

SOETBEER says that the earnings of
the Prussian people increased % per
cent. from 1872 to 1855.
SINCE the beginning of the present
century the land of Great Britain has
doubled in assessed value.
THE average cost OF city houses in
this country is estimated at 200; of
country houses at 81 $50.
TIE world has a large part of its
wealth invested in 325,69O fixed and
107, $50 locomotive engines
THE people of Great Britain devote
Is, $4,000 of their wealth every year to
the support of the clergy.
THE merchant marine of Great
Britain is equal in value to that of all
the rest of the worlds ships.
THE assessed valuation of the United
States, according to Mulhall, is sI3,-
900. 900, 900, or sos, 600, Zoo, 900.
The annual value of the clothing
made in the United States and Europe
Is estimated at s2,205, 100000.
ALL the Australian colonies are as
sessed at 81, 500, 900, 900, most of which
is mortgaged in Great Britain.
THE estimated value of the beer and
spirits made in this country and
Europe is stated at S., O55, 600, 900.
Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1895-03-22
WRITER'S AND THEIR WAYS.

LrcAS died repeating a passage from
his own poems.
MILTON was extremely anxious to
have his poems properly punctuated.
RoscoNMoN died repeating the lines
OF his own translation of the Dies Irae.
Dr. WARrON says that most of the
English poets were notably handsome
men.
PASCAL often copied a composition
six or eight times before allowing it to
be printed.
DRYDEN always trembled violently
Tor some time after concluding an in
teresting poem.
IERvANTES wrote a new dedication
TO one of his works after he had re.
celved extreme JUNCTION.
CICERO was a notable punster. A
collection, not now eXtant. of his puns
was made by Julius Cesar.
STERNE and Churchill were ALWAYS in
quarrel with some reviewer of their
works. Both hated critics.
HARD, the great French dramatist,
wrote eight hundred dramatic pieces
between the years 1000 and 1857.
Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1895-03-22
DINNER IS AN OLD INSTITUTION

1t Has Always Enjoyed the Distinetion q
Being the Chief Meal. ?s.>..>s
1t is believed by some that the word
dinner springs from a corruption Of the
word "dixheures." indicating the time
at which, in the old Norman days, this
meal was taken. The mere idea, says
the Chicago Tribune, of having dinner at
the barbarous hour of ten o'clock in the
morning would in all probability send Q
modern chef into a fit, yet it was at this
carly time that persons of quality, both
in England and France, partook OF the
meal. Froissart mentions waiting up.
on the duke of Lancaster at five o'clock
in the afternoon, after he had supped,
and during the reign Of Francis I. and
Louis XII. of France fashionable peo
pie dined at half past ten and supped at
the latest at six o'clock in the evening.
From Northumberland household
book bearing date 1919 one learns that
the family rose at six o'clock, break
tasted at seven, dined at ten. supped at
four and shut the gates at nine p. IN.
Louis XIV. did not dine till twelve,
while his contemporaries. Cromwell and
Charles H.. took the meal at one. In
100 the hour was advanced TO two, and
in 1851 the duchess Of Somerset's din.
ner time was three. In 1850 Cowper
speaks of four o'clock as the then fash.
ionable time. After the battle OF
Waterloo six p. IN. was the time Of
which the beau monde took their sub
stantial meal, while at the present day
many of the nobility do not dine until
eight or nine.
The Romans in the time Of Cicero
and Augustus took breakfast from three
to four in the morning, a luncheon at
twelve or one, and at about o'clock
the coena or principal meal of the day.
corresponding with our dinner. A Ro-
man dinner at the house OF q wealthy
man consisted chiefly Of three courses.
All sorts of stimulants to the appetite
were first served up and eggs were in.
dispensable to the first course. Among
the various dishes we may instance the
guinea hen, pheasant, nightingale and
the thrush as birds most in repute. The
Roman gourmands held peacocks in
great estimation, especially their
tongues. Macrobius states that they
were first eaten by HOrtensius. the
orator, and acquired such repute that Q
single peacock was sold at fifty denarii,
the denarius being equal to about seven.
teen cents of our money.
Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1895-03-22

F. H. Folsom, formerly OF Everett,
but now in charge of the telephone
station at Walker. few miles from
Sylvanis, in the Stillaguamish valley,
brought black bear to town Wednes-
day, says the Everett News. which he
had just killed within 10 rods of his
house in which the telephone office
is located. A few days previously he
killed another in the same vicinity
Last week his wife shot large wild
cat in the dooryard of her home, while
it was trying to capture a chicken.
Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1895-03-22
Timber Land. Act June 3, 1878,
NOTICE FOR PUBLICATION.
UNITED STATES LAND OFFICE.

UNITED STATES LAND OFFICE.
OLYMPIA, WASH, Nov. !, 1894. I
Notice Is hereby given that in compliance
with the provisions of the act of Congress of
June 3, 1873, entitled - An act for the sale OF tim
Der lands in the States OF California. Oregon
Nevada and Washington Territory" Andrew J
Davis. of Bucoda. county OF ThurstOn. State OF
Wash. has this day filed in this office his sworn
statement No. 3i2. for the purchase of the SH i
of Section No. -, In Township No Ii y, Range
No. q West, and will offer proof to show that
the land sought IL more valuable for its timber
or stone than for agricultural purposes. and TO
establish his claim to said laud before the Reg
lister and Receiver Of this offce ut Olympia.
Wash, on Saturday, the sd day of February,
1895.
lie names as witnesses. F. Ii. lIaurs. of &C.
darville, Wash; Burt Lemley. of Cedarville
Wash; James liemphiil, of Oakville, Wash; Ii.
y. Vanatta, of CedarTille, Wash.
ANY and all persons claiming adversely the
above described lands are requested to file their
claims in this Office on or before said 23d day OF
February, 1875. JESSE +. MURPHY,
Register
Date of first publication, Nov. 80, 1894. 10
Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1895-03-22
WAS MADE INSANE. !

The Disastrous Effects OF HypnotIsm en-
T.. Young Girl.
, One OF the most striking warnings on
record against the use Of hypuotic ex-
periments is the story Of lima Szandor.
which Dr. Won Kraft Ebing has given
at length IN small volume. saws the
Boston Transcript. This Dung girl, a
hungarian by birth. was Of historical
Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1895-03-22
The Worlds Most Famous People

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and in all the ranks of life full description given of each
object of interest and brief biographical sketch of the eminent people
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This book will be free for cash subscribers the
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Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1895-03-22
A REASONABLE OBJECTION.
IN English Clergyman Who Protested
Against Remarkable Name.

An English Clergyman Who Protested
Against n Remarkable Namc.
Sometimes in English country par
ishes, where the clergyman has been
accustomed 10 have his own way, he
protests vigorously if the name pro-
posed for child about to he christened
does not suit him. Occasionally, how
ever, he does so upon false premises.
James Payne writes in the Indepen-
dent:
The late Dean Burgon, when Il
curatc in Berkshire, was requested by
village couple to christen their boy
Venus" or, as they called it,"Vanus.'
Are you aware" he said, that you
IRE asking something ridiculous as
we'll as exceedingly wicked? Do you
suppose ! am going to give Christian
child, boy, the name of n woman
in heather mythology? How did such
monstrous notion get into your
heads?"
"Please, sir" said the father, 1--WE
want him called after his grandfather
And do you say his grandfather was
hamed Nenus?'
"Ycs, sir; there he is, sir"
A poor old man, looking very unlike
Venus, hobbled ont of the crowd.
"Do you dare to say you were chris
tened Venus?" asked the indignant
clergyman.
well, no, SIR" was the respectful
answer, II was christened Sylvanus,
but they always called me Vanus."
Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1895-03-22

w. ii. Sells committed suicide at
Garfield, on the 18th inst, by shooting
himself He was about so years of age,
and has been in poor health for long
time. The weapon used Was an old
cap and-ball navy revolver. He held
the weapon low, evidently intending
the ball to enter among the lower ribs
and range upward through the heart,
but he held it too nearly level, the ball
entered just below the ribs, little on
the right side. and coming out on the
left side, between the sixth and seventh
ribs. To one in good health, the
wound would not necessarily be fatal,
but be died the next morning, from its
effects. He was 4 veteran OF the
Mexican war, and leaves q wife, one
daughter and four sons.
Birmingham age-herald., 1895-06-03
To Out-of-Town Patients:

Since the establishment of the South ern Medical Dispensary in this city several years ago, and which, by the way, was the first medical institute in Birmingham-es the files of the city papers will show-our success has been so pronounced as to encourage other less competent doctors and self styled "old reliable specialistso to i'm itate our mode of advertising, and by their spacious pretensions and heroic self-praise make capital for themselves by their questionable methods. We therefore advise all those who may not be personally acquainted with Dr. Do zier, before submitting their cases to any specialist, to consult their own in- terests and safety by first making an investigation of the home character of the man that they would have treat them.
 If you are a member of any church, or if you are Mason, Odd Fellow, K. of H., K. of F., or belong to any order or organization then write to some leader. officer or member of such church or order in Birmingham and inquire concerning our professional, social and financial standing. After doing this, write to us a plain state- ment of yonr case and inclose stamp for reply. We will give you then our opinion, terms for treatment, etc.
 Our system of mail treatment is the best ever devised, and enables us to cure thousands every year who could not otherwise have been reached by US. It will cost you nothing more than a stamp to get our opinion of your case, which may prove valuable indeed to you.
 We will send in plain sealed envel- ope our Book for Men" and Question List for % stamp; Question List for Ladies for Pc stamp.
 A)l correspondence will be consid- cred confidential and be kept sacredly inviolate.
 As a pointer, please read this from 8 recent issue of the Age Herald:
 IA gentleman from another town came to Birmingham one day last week to place himself in the hands of a specialist. As wise man would do under the circumstances, he made in- quiries among the citizens of Birnling-- ham. He asked a score of men, and nearly every ono referred him to Dr. o. T. Dexter, bend of the Southern Medical DispeDsaryo
 "Do you take the hint?"
Birmingham age-herald., 1895-06-03
MARKETS BY TELEGRAPH.
Chicago Change.

Chicago, June 1.-The first of the month was ushered in with sufferable heat and the complaints from all sections were in the same vein that they have been for several days. Rain was what was needed, and 1t was rain that the country did not the neighborhood of the 90's and this cer- tainly was not the best thing in the world many vicissitudes. The curb price before the opening was firm and higher and the regular tradin during the session was at more or less of, m advance over yesterday s close The trade was not large, nor was it much other than local There were some outside orders, but the bulk of these was of sca1png kind. The country specuator was notably absent today. and the theory that he has taken his profits and gone home ing a short but brisk shower of rain fell, and the crowd showed their qualification by selling prices off few fractions, but in covering later they forced a recovery There was no English cables, this being a holiday in that country.
 Bradstreet's reported exports of wheat and flour from both coasts for the week at 2E6,000 bushels. July wheat opened from, from 794 1a3, to 7s1sc declined to 7Sssc and Cash wheat was steady.
 Corn-There was not much of interest in corn today Left to itself, to a great ex- tent, it followed the action of wheat, al though the large receipts, 3312 cars, was a e1Se,nn d1iSscoura 9ging fact at the opening, The from B to 52a4c. declined to 52isc closing at o17sc' ts9Hc hgnef, than yesterday. Cash corn was about 14c lower, but closed firm Oats-It was altogether Saturday mar ket in oats. Prices were changed by the varying tones Of wheat and corn. The average feeling was steady. July oats closed AQ3sc higher than yesterday Cash oats were steady to firm.
 Provisions-An extremely moderate busi- ness was transacted in product In fact there were times when they were quite neglected. The hog market was weak and lower and for that reason a decline in product was excusable. July pork closed 10 cents lower than yesterday, July lard 2l2 cents lower and July ribs cents lower
 Domestic markets were quiet and easy.
 The leading futures ranged as follows.
Birmingham age-herald., 1895-06-03
Suns Cotton Review.
J. P. MUDD.

New York June 1.-The Suns cotton re- view says: Cotton fell 9 to F points and closed easy with sales of l19,30o bales. There was holiday in Liverpool. Spot cotton here was .1-1Gc lower with no sales. The weather at the south was generally clear and warm New Orleans showed more weakness than New York and fell 16 to II points. The Liverpool market is closed for the Whitsuntide holidays. One firm said: "The best illustration of the spot market conditions in America is that New Orleans. at the threshold of the cot ton producing country, with 150. GOO bales of June, July and August, there is likely to sell above August in New York" Yester- day in New Orleans August was only points lower than August in New York. North Carolina acreage, estimated at 25 per cent less than last year Texas and Louisiana crop adyices are unfavorable. During the past week S5. .142 bales came in sight, against 16, ,611 bales in the same week last year; total in sight 9.553, 393 bales, against 7,2f3.6T bales at this time last sea son.
 Today's features: Clear and warmer weather in most parts of the cotton belt for local and southern account and a sharp break In New Orleans where there Is less said about an impending corner, led to a decline here and the market closed at the lowest figures ofth day The weather has been warmer and fair for several days in most parts of the cotton belt but copious rains were again re- ported in Texas, where they are not wanted and Texas Is. of course, one of the most important of the cottonstates. Further more. rain is wanted in Arkansas and in
Birmingham age-herald., 1895-06-03
Mortgage Sale.

Under and by virtue of the power of sale contained in a mortgage executed by D. N. Fike and hissgife, Salie A. Fike, of date the 12th day of March, 1891, and on record at the office of the judge of probate, volume 137 and page 4l2, of mortgage records which said mortgage was given to Thomas w. Spencer to secure to him an indebtedness therein mentioned, which is now past due and unpaid, I will offer for sale, in front of the court house door at Birmingham, Jeffer- son county, Alabama, on
 TUESDAY, THE 25TH DAY OF JUNE, 1895 to the highest bidder for cash the following real estate. to-wit:
 A certain block or parcel of land fronting 75 feet on the north side of Sth ave, south and 95 feet on Eighteenth street being a rectangle 75 feet by 95 feet, and being in the southwest corner of block No. 235 accord ing to the plan and survey of the. Elyton Land Company of the city of Birmingham situate in said city, state and county, to- gether with all and singular the appur- tances, buildings and improvements thereto belonging The above property will be sold to satisfy the principal and interest of the indebtedness described in said, mortgage, and q reasonable attorneys fee for fore closing and conveying.
 This the 18th day of May, 1895
 THOMAS w. SPENCER, Mortgagee.
 5-25-d30d
Birmingham age-herald., 1895-06-03
Q. T. DozIER, N. D.,
Specialist.

This well-known Institute, which was established Beveral years ago in Bir- minghaIn, is under the immediate su- pervision of Dr. or. Dozier, graduate of every branch of the medical and surg ical sciences, man eminentin his pro- fession and foremost among all southern Specialists in his remhrkahle and suc- cessful treatment of all chronic, nerv- ous, blood, skin and genito- urinary diseases.
 Dr. Dozier gives his individual study and efforts to the diagnosing and treat ment of every case, prepares all medI- cines and gives all directions and advice, thus securingto every patient the high est professional skill and privacy, as well as security against mistakes and the use of inferior drugs.
 All Kidney, Blddder and Urethral troubles cured in the shortest possible time.
 Neuralgia, Sciatica, Nervous Head aches, Insomnia, Lumbago, Rheuma- tism, Catarrh, Eczema, Palpitation of lhe Heart, Pale and Sallow Complexion, Nervous Pr6stration, Varicocele, Stric- ture, Gleet and Gonorrhoee, Cystitis, Psoriasis, Tetter, Syphilis, Erysipelas, Leucorrhaa, Falling Womb, Suppressed or Painful Periods, Piles, Fistula and Fissure, WeQkpess, Railing Memory, Lost Power, Impotence and all results of Indiscretion, contagion or inherited diseases which yitiate the blood, impair theneryes and destroy the strength are specialties in our line, and we can point with pride to our esta bliShed Reputation, founded on skill and grounded in the gratitude of thousands whom we have cured.
Birmingham age-herald., 1895-06-03
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Clippings From the Press.
IAEe-Herald.I

II always affords public journal pleas. ure 10 testify to merit where it is de- served. It is therefore with pleasure and Fardonable pride that the AeE- HERALD !olns win its brethren of the press in tes- uIying the merit, skill and reliability oi pr. U: T. Dezier, principal of the Southern Medical dlspensary of this city. Dr. Dozier has resided for many years ID B1rmlneham, and each successive year has added 10 his reputation, to his uso- lulness, and 10 the esteem in which he is held by our best citizens. Ills Ionu record and approved abilities entitle him To the proud distinc tion of standing at 'ibe head of his profession" |"