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Morris tribune. [volume] (Morris, Minn.) 1880-2000, 1895-05-22
HAT NORTHERN PACIFIC DEAL.
Some Of the Committee Opposed to the
Berlin Plan.

Some Of the Committee Opposed to the
Berlin Plan.
NEW YORK, May 20. The indications
are that the road to reorganization Of
the Northern Pacific property will not
prove q primrose path, but rather a
steep and thorny way; before the
company be put on sound and SUBJ
stantial basis.
It leaked out that the reorganization
committee have just had q secret meet
ing to discuss the plan telegraphed
from Berlin, and that it does not find
favor with all the members. Further
than this, there is reason to believe that
Brayton Ives, the president of the
Northern Pacific, will lead the stock
holders in q fight to save as much from
the wreck as possible.
Morris tribune. [volume] (Morris, Minn.) 1880-2000, 1895-05-22
Gail Hamilton steadily Sinking.

WASHINGTON, May 22.-Miss Mary
Dodge, better known as Gail Hamilton,
is in very precarious condition, and
practically all hopes of recovery have
been abandoned. She is sinking steadily.
Morris tribune. [volume] (Morris, Minn.) 1880-2000, 1895-05-22
S. ]. Stebbins & Co.

are displaying a
Choice line of
Staple ard Fan
cy Groceries,
Fresh and Can
ned Fruits, De-
licious Candies
and Nuts, and
many New De
signs in Crock
cry. Go to that
store for your
holiday purchas-
es.
Morris tribune. [volume] (Morris, Minn.) 1880-2000, 1895-05-22
Chronic Nervousness
Could Not Sleep, Nervous
Headaches.
Cures.

DR.. Miles Neryine Is sold on q positive
guarantee that the first bottle will benefit.
All druggists sell 1t ats1. 6 bottles for IS, or
1t will be sent, prepaid, on receipt of price
by the Dr.. Miles Medical Co, Elkhart. Ind.
The Yakima herald. [volume] (North Yakima, W.T. [Wash.]) 1889-1914, 1895-12-19
Trials Of Newspaper Men.

The Rev. DR.. Talmage has obtained
some interesting and accurate informa-
ton about the interior workings of a
newspaper Office, upon which he bases
the following truthful remarks:
One Of the great trials Of the news
paper profession is that members are
compelled to sec more of the sham of
the world than any other profession.
Through every newspaper Office day aft
or day 20 all The weaknesses of the
world-all the vanities that want to be
pulled, all the revenges that want to be
reaped, all the mistakes that want to be
corrected, all the dull speakers that
want to be thought eloquent, all the
meanness that wants to get its wares
noticed gratis in order to save the tax Of
the advertising column, all men who
want to be set right who were never
right, all the crack Drained philosophers
with stories as long as their hair and as
gloomy as their finger nails in the morn
ing, bereft Of soap-all the bores who
come to stay five minutes, but talk five
hours. Through the editorial and re-
portorial rooms all the follies and shams
Of the world are seen day after day, and
the temptation is neither to believe in
God, man nor woman. It is no surprise
to me that in this profession there are
some skeptical men. / only wonder that
newspaper men believe anything.
The Yakima herald. [volume] (North Yakima, W.T. [Wash.]) 1889-1914, 1895-12-19
Too Much Machinery.

"Do you know the curse of modern
journalism" asked an old journalist
the other day.
Its the typewriter. 1t destroys orig
inality. 1t gives to everything that IL
written a mechanical touch There's
no style or individuality about anything
composed ON a typewriter.
"You will find that the newspaper
writers in all the larger Offices use type
writers. The use of them has extended
in many other directions. Mgr. Satolll
has ONE. But wherever you find man
writing ON one and composing as he
writes you will find that his work il
cramped, mechanical, unimaginative,
without the slightest touch Of fancy Oh
vitality
go into the offices of the big dailies
and You will find the young men who
make the papers seated at a typewriter,
grinding out columns Of colorless. un,
readable stuff for the paper. You can't
turn out thought by machinery, and the
young men who write their matter for
the press on typewriters never rise above
the level of mediocrity. Go into the
composing rooms of the big dailies, too,
and you will find the printers setting
type by machinery. No style about that.
It's straight, stiff, formal, unattractive
without any individuality. 1t takes the
human touch to give the proper life and
color to anything. There's too much
machinery. Atlanta Constitution.
The Yakima herald. [volume] (North Yakima, W.T. [Wash.]) 1889-1914, 1895-12-19

east The dew lay ON the grass, and the
air was cool and invigorating. could
not but agree with the poets that the
scent OF the new mown hay was very
inspiring. I felt like a colt and was keen
10 jump into the sport.
The first heat consisted in punching
the hay after the rake, which the farmer
himself drove about the field with many
loud gees" and "haws," but few
"whnas." The old rascal took a fiend-
ish delight in crowding us. 1t began to
look little like work.
When the hay was all punched, the
high ladder wagons were driven into the
field. Being novice. was assigned the
duty OF loading. / stood upon the wagon
and built the load as the hay was pitch
cd to me theoretically, but ON me actual
ly. The first dose knocked all the poetry
out Of me-
The blazing sun had sucked up all the
dewdrops and was now high in the
east. He seemed to focus his scorching
rays on the wagons, and the hay cracked
and sizzled about me like frying fat. 1t
was noon 30 times all at once. thought
was becoming hquified. I sank to my
neck in the hay and roasted in con-
centrated oven Of absorbed solar heat.
Not breeze stirred. No friendly cloud
lowered near to screen the orb of fire. I
vainly tried to fancy was in the Arctic
ocean and the wagon was floating ice
berg The old pitchers, Injured to the
heat and the avocation, still fed ON the
hay.
We were jerked into the barn-from
the frying pan into the flre--and / was
there barbecued for half an hour in the
hot beds of the NOW.
Out We shot again into the broiling
field. All day long this process of slow
torture continued 1t was "a little drama
from the snowless land inserted into
real life. the farmer impersonating sa-
tan, the pitchers his archangels and my
self Charon's lost passenger.
But, thank heaven, the farmer was
no Joshua, and the sun Mt last complet-
ed his trip across the skies and disap-
peared beneath the mountain. The next
day my place on the wagon was occu-
pied by some other fool. -Philadelphia
Press.
The Yakima herald. [volume] (North Yakima, W.T. [Wash.]) 1889-1914, 1895-12-19

ceived 3s. for his professional attend
ance. Green tea must have cost at
this time 24s per pound, for in the bill
quarter pound sells for 6s. At this
Colinton mill the bank appears to have
kept all the employees in food during
the time the paper was being manufac-
tured. A man was engaged IL days at
the paper mill in dressing meat, and he
cut up in that time 200 pounds Of it.
Meat and mutton cost only 21sd per
pound in those good old days. A hen il
charged at Sd, duck at Cd, one "so;-
Ian goose, Is. Sd /; dozen eggs, Sd. !;
six chickens, only is. i'd, and a wild
fowl, Iod. cheese cost i'd. per pound
and bacon Sd per pound. In 1859 the
banks note paper was made at Red
haugh Min Redhall mill. -Chambers'
The Yakima herald. [volume] (North Yakima, W.T. [Wash.]) 1889-1914, 1895-12-19

1920 the banks paper was manufac.
tured at Giffordhall, near Haddington.
Attendants had to be present in the
banks interest, and their account was
paid by the bank. One item was "ale
and bread furnished to the workmen,
los. and another for "drink money to
servants, GA 17s Cd" The items are
suggestive, although it is possible they
only represented drink money in name.
In 1875 the bank got its 20 shilling
banknotes made az Collingtoun Min
(Colinton mill), and there is an SAC
compt for drink money" in connection
with IL. A barber came twice from
Edinburgh to shave the officials and re-
The Yakima herald. [volume] (North Yakima, W.T. [Wash.]) 1889-1914, 1895-12-19
Porter OF PorteraEs.

An officer heing moved from one sta
tion to another sent in bill, in which
was an item for porter. The item.
after having exercised the intellects and
received the Endorsements of five success
sive officials at the war office, was dis.
allowed ON the ground that porter
could only be allowed if taken under
medical advice. The officer respectfully
informed his superiors that the 'porter"
charged for was not drink, but the in.
diyidual who had carried his baggage
Tho reply was that this should have
been entered as 'porterage, whereupon
the officer ventured to inquire whether
If he took cab this should be put down
Is cabbage. Truth.
The Yakima herald. [volume] (North Yakima, W.T. [Wash.]) 1889-1914, 1895-12-19
PRINTING BY TELEGRAPH.
An Electrical Typewriter That Transmits
Printed Characters.

An Electrical Typewriter That Transmits
Printed Characters.
The printing telegraph, though de-
vice of comparatively recent develop
ment, has been the subject of ceaseless
investigation. and practical workers in
electricity have directed their whole at
tention in some instances to the trans
mission of messages and the recording
of them in plain Roman characters.
Its advantages are simply those Of an
electrical typewriter, by means Of which
the message is printed in the presence
of the transmitting operator in page
form, and duplicate Of the same print
ed ut all the receiving stations ON the
line, whether it be long or short Cir
cult. A single transmission prints 1t
simultaneously in page form ready for
the composit.Nr case in all the news
paper otfices OF many cities.
1t Is said to differ materially from all
other known means of telegraphy IN one
move the instruments, whereas III other
systems the instruments move the i'm
pulse--that is to say, the transmitter Of
the message il caused 70 run by sepa
rate power No combination OF cleo
trical impulse or currents is employed.
An even succession of dots or impulses,
which operate the polarized relay arma-
ture at the receiving station, places the
revolving type wheel in the required
position, when the local mechanism
causes the letter to be printed.
The apparent impossibility of trans
uniting printed characters 500 or 1000
miles over single wire at once presents
itself to the mind, and it is overcome in
this system, it is asserted, in very
simple way Each letter of the alphabet
is represented by a certain number OF
impulses, which revolve the type wheel
to the required position, when the let
tiers are struck by the local mallet.
Fourteen impulses represent the en-
tire alphabet, making complete revolu-
tion of the type wheel, which may be
turned 200 revolutions per minute, thus
securing very rapid printing. Its advan-
tage also is that Of absolute secrecy as
means of communication. The advan-
tage of the printing telegraph for the
transmission of news to the newspaper
Offices is unquestionably subject COM
handing attention ON the part of pro-
gressive proprietors Paper and Press.
The Yakima herald. [volume] (North Yakima, W.T. [Wash.]) 1889-1914, 1895-12-19

the most troublesome problems for tie
railroad companies is to keep their roll
ing stock in constant motion. 1t is con-
sidered loss of revenue for car to re-
main several days at a given point, and
everything is done to facilitate the rapid
movement Of the cars, both loaded and
empty. For n number of years loaded
cars were kept standing in the storage
yards of the Pennsylvania railroad at
South Amboy for weeks at time. At
times the company was embarrassed for
want of cars to transport the coal from
the mines. The difficulty was finally
solved about three years ago. In place
The Yakima herald. [volume] (North Yakima, W.T. [Wash.]) 1889-1914, 1895-12-19
TIE FAIRY STONE.
II h Found In Virginia and II Supposed
to lie a TAlIxnaAn.


to he q Talisman.
The Mother Of Statesmen" has pro-
duced q number Of good things from
6rst to last-chivalrous men; fascinat-
Ing. soft voiced women; fine horses
and the like. but that popular fac
should originate with her is an alto
gether new departure. Everything must
have q beginning. however. and who
knows, now that the fairy stone has found
such favor in the world Of fashion,
what possibilities she may develop in
this direction? These queer bits Of pet
rified earth are indigenous to Patrick,
q southern border county Of Virginia,
cut Off from Henry, and called, like the
latter, in honor Of the statesman and
orator, Patrick Henry. They are not ex-
cavated for, but lie loose upon the sur,
face of the soil, and though restricted
to two or three parts of the county ex.
list in great mum ers and various sizes
Upon each stone q representation Of
the cross is distinctly though delicately
traced, and legend concerning them
states that band Of fairies, dwelling
at Jerusalem during the life of our Saw.
Jour and witnessing the awful scene OH
Calvary, wero so Mortified by il that
they fed to this remote region and
transformed themselves into these pet
rified emblems. Tine legend has given
rise to innumerable supcrstitions, and
from time immemorial the stones have
been worn rs amulets by those living in
the vicinity in which they are found.
The reputation was local, however,
until that era in Virginia's history
known as "the boom. " Then her super
stitions and sacred traditions, along with
her other commodities, became objects
Of barter. Speculation fixed its calculat-
ing eye upon the fairy stone, and it was
taken from its native bed and expert.
mented with in order that it might be
rendered marketable. 1t was soon dis
covered that no tedious process was pec.
essary for its development A sharp in.
strument passed along the outline
htamped upon its surface converted the
jagged stone into symmetrical cross
and little polishing and plunge into
bath Of boiling oil gave the requisite
imoothness and the rich mahogany color
one sees in the stone of commerce. A
tip Of gold at the four extremities and a
ring to which chain might be attached
gave the finishing touch to it, and wheE
thus simply mounted fairy stones sold
for 81 apiece.
The traditions concerning their Won
der working power are as inexhaustibls
as the beds from which they are taken
and would furnish endless themes to
writers of fairy tales and folklore stories.
They are supposed to ward off evil and
bring good luck to their possessors, but
in order to do this must be worn around
the neck and next to the person. Phil
adelphia Times
The Yakima herald. [volume] (North Yakima, W.T. [Wash.]) 1889-1914, 1895-12-19

on the elevator belt and is carried to the
end of the swinging boom, where it is
dropped in the center of the pile and dis
tributed by gravity. The coal remains in
these piles until it is required for ship.
ment; then it is loaded in cars and trans
ferred to the docks.
The immense piles Of coal usually
contain from 10, 900 to IL. 900 tons each,
and are worth from $40, 200 to $50, 900.
according to the market value Of the
coal 1t is frequently the case that there
are ~ OF these piles Of coal in the stor-
age yard, representing value Of from
$500, 900 to 5000, 900. 1t was discovered
recently that the coal rusted while in
The Yakima herald. [volume] (North Yakima, W.T. [Wash.]) 1889-1914, 1895-12-19
El EcTRlClTY AT SEA.
Tests Prove That the White Light Il b.
Far the Most Easily Seen.

Tests Prove That the White Light Il by
Far the Most Easily Seen.
Some interesting experiments have
been made on the visibility of the cleo
trio light at sea by the governments Of
the United States, Germany and the
Netherlands The word visible" in the
report ON the tests means visible ON a
dark night with clear atmosphere
The result of the experience Of the Ger
man committee was that a white light
OF one candle power was visible /. 4
miles ON dark. clear night and ono
mile on rainy night.
The American tests resulted as fol-
lows: In very clear weather light of
one candle power was plainly visible at
one nautical mile; one of three candle
power at two miles; one of ten candle
power was seen by the aid of binoc-
ular at four miles; one of 20 candle
power family at five miles and one of
S3 candle power plainly at five miles.
On an exceptionally clear night white
light OF 3D. candle power was readily
distinguished at three miles; one of 5. G
candle power at four miles and one Of
1913 candle power ut five miles
In the Dutch experiments the results
were almost similar, but a 10 candle
power hight was plainly visible at five
miles. For green light the power re-
quired was two for one mile, I5 for two
miles, 81 for three miles and 100 for
four miles The results of tests with a
red light were almost identical with
those with green, but it was conclusive
ly proved that white light was by far
the most easily seen.-Chicago Record.
The Yakima herald. [volume] (North Yakima, W.T. [Wash.]) 1889-1914, 1895-12-19
Projected Washington State Capitol.

The sale OF live lambs at department
store in Lexington street Saturday was
d novelty to shoppers. The lambs were
not as gentle as the little one that be.
longed TO Mary. and some amusing
scenes were caused by the animals strug
Cling to release themselves from their
purchasers. Those who bought the lambs
were required to take them away them
selves. Ladies. who were the principal
buyers, managed to do this by grasping
the little creatures in both arms. Near
ly every one of the lambs. il is said,
was bought TO be kept as a pet -Balt-
more Sun
The Yakima herald. [volume] (North Yakima, W.T. [Wash.]) 1889-1914, 1895-12-19
Tho Heat of Our Clothes.

How hot our clothes are has Just been
determined by DIR. Won Bebber, a
German meteorologist. When the out
side temperature is so degrees F., the
temperature ON the coat is 7l.2 degrees,
that between the coat and the waistcoat
1916 degrees, between waistcoat and
shirt 75.9 degrees. between shirt and
unaershirt IA degrees and between
the WOODEN undershirt and the skin 60
degrees. Exchange
The Yakima herald. [volume] (North Yakima, W.T. [Wash.]) 1889-1914, 1895-12-19
The BaIfour Family,

Mr.. Arthur James Balfour is not the
only noteworthy member of that family
His Oldest brother, Frank, who was per-
haps the ablest of the family, has made
such q reputation at 80 as q biologist
that special professorship was estab-
hshed at Cambridge for him. and after
his death, which was caused by fall
in the Alps, scholarship was founded
in his name. There are two brothers
now living. One, Gerald Balfour, chief
secretary for Ireland, was for seven
years fellow Of Cambridge, where he
has so far done nothing remarkable
Both these brothers are members of par
lament and politicians The Oldest sis
ter is the wife Of Professor Sedcwick,
The Yakima herald. [volume] (North Yakima, W.T. [Wash.]) 1889-1914, 1895-12-19
The Canadian Ten Cen, p,.s..

The Canadian silver ten cent piece,
which used to be worked upon the nm.
wary at all ferry Offices. railway STA
hons and like places in New York, seems
almost entirely to have disappeared.
Even the street car conductors no longer
Keep choice selection of these coins
In special pocket for the benefit of
nearsighted men and undiscriminating
women. The coin would pass with the
utmost ease now. AS in device. weight
end size 1t is nearer the new dime than
the Qld.-New York Sun
The Yakima herald. [volume] (North Yakima, W.T. [Wash.]) 1889-1914, 1895-12-19
MISCELLANEOUS


Oh, II was but dream had
While the musician played
And here the sky and here the glad
Old ocean kissed the glade.
And here the laughing ripples ran,
And here the roses grew
That threw kiss TO every man
That voyaged with the crow.
Our silken sails In lazy folds
Dropped in the breatbless breeze.
As DER a field Of marigolds
Our eyes swan DER the seas,
While here the eddies lisped and purled
Around the islands rim,
And up from out the underwood
We saw the mermen swim.
And 1t was dawn and middle day
And midnight-for the moon
On silver rounds across the bay
Hal climbed the skies Of June,
And here the glowing, glorious king
OF day ruled DER the realm.
With stars of midnight glittering
About his diadem.
The seagull reeled on languid wing
In circles round the mast:
We heard the songs the sirens sing
As we went sailing past.
And up and down the golden sands
A thousand fairy throngs
Flung at US from their flashing hands
The echoes of their songs.
James Whitcomb Riley
The Yakima herald. [volume] (North Yakima, W.T. [Wash.]) 1889-1914, 1895-12-19

of the long string Of loaded cars may
now be seen immense piles of coal.
When train arrives from the mines,
the various kinds Of coal are sorted ont
and the cars drilled to the proper side
track for unloading. In close proximity
to each side track stands large derrick
with movable boom extending diagon-
ally into the air about so feet To this
boom is attached large travelling belt,
ON which are fastened large buckets. The
belt is operated by a small steam engine
in charge Of the man who manipulates
the elevator. As the coal drops from the
outlet in the car it falls into the buckets
The Yakima herald. [volume] (North Yakima, W.T. [Wash.]) 1889-1914, 1895-12-19

the economist, and is president of Newn-
ham college and one of the best known
women in England. She founded that
college and has been its president for
three years, teaching mathematics, in
which she takes very high rank. An
other sister is also fine mathematician.
She is the wife of Lord Rayleigh, the
scientist and discoverer of argon, and
helps her husband in his researches and
his mathematical investigations. A
third sister is the housekeeper. friend
and companion of the leader Of the COM
mons and is a woman of fine intellect
and scholarship. Boston Transcript
The Yakima herald. [volume] (North Yakima, W.T. [Wash.]) 1889-1914, 1895-12-19
The Modern Daughter.

II wish to ask your permission to
pay my addresses to your daughter. :
said the old fashioned young man.
"All right" said the old gentleman.
If l can get her permission to give you
my permission, go ahead. "-Indianapo-
lis Journal
The Yakima herald. [volume] (North Yakima, W.T. [Wash.]) 1889-1914, 1895-12-19
- -
Market Quotations.

"Sir," said the indignant alderman.
"are you not aware that were to vote
for your measure would be exposed to
the condemnation of all the good cisi-
ems in my ward? And that sort Of
thing" he added, lowering his voice,
comes pretty high, you know. '-Indi-
annapolis Journal.
The Yakima herald. [volume] (North Yakima, W.T. [Wash.]) 1889-1914, 1895-12-19
FORTUNE IN BLACK DIAMONDS.
Value Of the Thousands Of Tons Of Coal NJ
Perth and south Amboy.

Thousands of tons Of coal are shipped
from the ports of Perth and South Am.
boy, at the mouth Of the Raritan river,
every month. 1t is loaded in vessels for
all points along the Atlantic seaboard
and many European ports The coal
docks Of the Lehigh Valley railroad at
Perth Amboy are among the largest in
the world The docks of the Pennsyl-
vania railroad at South Amboy are
nearly as large in shipping capacity.
In connection with the handling of
such immense Quantities Of coal one Of
The Yakima herald. [volume] (North Yakima, W.T. [Wash.]) 1889-1914, 1895-12-19
The Rank OF Scotland.

The Bank Of Scotland, now 200 years
old, naturally sought to encourage Scot
fish industries. and this is shown in the
manufacture of its paper for notes. Tho
first large notes were made in 1896, 20
shilling notes, as they were termed, be-
ing only issued on April 2, 1904. In
The Yakima herald. [volume] (North Yakima, W.T. [Wash.]) 1889-1914, 1895-12-19
sEpHoT hAvMAkING.
o.e Amateur's Experience Was Complete
and Satisfactory In One Day.

and Satisfactory In One Day.
The hottest experience ever met
with in the country was the day help
cd to make hay. The farmer began to
call rs shortly after midnight, ard after
long siege Of intermittent yelling he
succeeded in his design Of getting us out
Of bed several hours before it was neces.
sary. II was then 8 a. m. About two
hours later We had had our breakfasts
and were entering the bayfield,
When one gets into trouble, the open
Ing scenes are always alluring. A gor-
geous sunrise was in full swing in the
The Yakima herald. [volume] (North Yakima, W.T. [Wash.]) 1889-1914, 1895-12-19

Edison says there is practically no
lint to the speed that can be attained
un railroad. He thinks the greatest
speed viii come when electricity is OBJ
tanned direct from coal