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Lincoln County leader. [volume] (Toledo, Lincoln County, Or.) 1893-1987, 1896-08-13
England'S Food Supply,

Strong as the English war fleet is, It
is very far from being strong enough to
successfully engage possible combna
ton of fleets and at the same time pro
tect our sea borne food supply, says
the Nineteenth Century. If the United
States and Russia declared war with
England there would practically be no
food supply left to protect. They
would keep the immense supplies we
now get from them at home, and the
fear of capture or destruction would
effectually prevent Argentina and other
neutrals from sending food to us in any
sufficient quantity.
What is wanted is that, instead Of
only a precarious weeks supply, we
should have stored up in this country
enough corn to last for at least twelve
months. Experts in the corn trade
agree that there would be no insupera'
BILE difficulty in gradually accumulat.
ing this store of corn. 1t would be for
experts to advise as to the best meth
JUS anu pldceS VI StOTuSe.
Perhaps the best plan would be to dis
tribute it over the country in magazin@
at the military depots, giving the mill
tary authorities charge of it, but II It
was in the country and safe it would
not so much matter where it was. Al
though most of our corn is made into
-four at the great ports, 1t would not be
wise, seeing that most of them are 50
defenseless, to store it there.
The entire control and management
of this great Dational store of corn
should be under some permanent gov
crnment department. Although its ex'
istence could not fail to have a steady,
ing effect on the corn market 1t should
be outside all speculative influences
the price at which it would be sold
when necessary to sell it. being fixed by
| law. 1t would be no sacrifice, in the
long run, for the country to provide
| such reserve of food, as it would al
ways be worth its cost
Other nations accumulate gold for use
in war time. We should have war
chest of corn. If we have it, what viii
II do?
1t will give our navy time to devote
itself to the crushing of the navy o.
navies opposed to us. 1t will give u
time, with out great resources, TO aug
ment our fighting fleet to almost an!
extent, and 1t will give our farmer
time to grow three or four times a
much corn and breed a much large
quantity of cattle and sheep than the
now do.
Lincoln County leader. [volume] (Toledo, Lincoln County, Or.) 1893-1987, 1896-08-13
A Walking Fish,

A queer fish, called the walking
goby," or the hopping fish," is found in
the Indian Ocean as well as along the
shores of West Africa. Crowds of
these curious creatures, resembling tad
poles in their outlines, bask in the
sun on a muddy shore and scamper off
on being disturbed. Many Of them keep
the ends Of their long tails dipped in
the water while they lie ON the sun
heated mud, or sit on mangrove roots,
and Prof. Hadcon has suggested that
there may be an organ Of respiration
IN the end of the TAIL additional to the
similar organs in the gills. A more re-
cent Investigator, DR.. Forbes, of Liver.
pool, thinks the fish are able to store
a sufficient quantity of water in their
gills to maintain aquatic respirati ton
during their prolonged absences on the
shore,
Lincoln County leader. [volume] (Toledo, Lincoln County, Or.) 1893-1987, 1896-08-13
Valuable Fox-Skins.

The most expensive and beautiful of
all fox fur, according to knowledge, is
that of the American silver fox. The
color is usually almost entirely black,
except the tip of the tail, and certain
gray-white markings on the back,
thighs and head. Occasionally COM
pletely black specimen is found, and
there are also some which are COM
pletely gray. The animal was once
comparatively abundant, but is now
scarce, and about year ago single
fine skin was sold in London for the
surprising sum of 1915. In 1894 many
skins were sold for more than $500
apiece. The cheapest skins are the
pale-colored ones, some of which do not
command more than S25.
Lincoln County leader. [volume] (Toledo, Lincoln County, Or.) 1893-1987, 1896-08-13
Tree Rings,

On May % mention was made in ,,.
column Of IL curious theory concern,n,
the history of Il very old iir-tree r,o,'
North America, II section of the loy,o.
part of whose trunk is preserved in M
gland. The growth rings in the trunL
show that the tree lived for sevaraI
hundred years, and that when il iva,
about Il century old something han
pened which interfered with and do
layed its growth. The effect was to nro
duce a series of rings very narrow and
close together, followed by rings of III.
usual width, indicating that the trao
had suddenly reganed its vigor. A.
cording to the theory mentioned ths
influence thar retarded the growth of
the tree was IA series of atmospheric die
turbances in the Middle Ages which
caused widespread epidemics in EuroD,
and Asia, and presumably in North
America also. Mr.. b. Il. FernOw. Of
Washington, writes to Nature that hn
thinks this theory IS hardly teulle
Zones of narrow rings, he says, are
common in all of our trees, and he sug
gests this explanations: Let tree. like
the fir in question, grow up under fa
vorable conditions for hundred years
and then let hurricane break off
large part of its crown. Suddenly, At
least within year, the rings of growth
will become narrow. Within about
thirty years the crown recuperateS, but
still the food-material descending from
the leaves is scanty for the lower Dor.
ton of the trunk and narrow rings con.
tinue to form there. Higher up the tree
however, the rings will be found widen
ing. Finally, and rather suddenly, the
supply becomes normal lower down
and the rings resume their regular
width. Thus various accidents occur
ring to a tree record their effects in it
rings Of growth.
Lincoln County leader. [volume] (Toledo, Lincoln County, Or.) 1893-1987, 1896-08-13
Protection Against Snorers.

Now New Jersey justice has passed
Judgment on a man who was charged
with disturbing the neighborhood win
his snoring, which the prosecution
likened unto the noise from a boiler
factory in full operation. The justice
advised the man with the wonderfui
snoring power to move or readjust his
breathing apparatus. 1t was claimed Dy
the neighbors that he could be heard
snoring a square or more away. An
individual with such lungs would
doubtless make good cornet player
Over in Jersey they do not want 10
give a man chance to even sleep
without disturbing him.-Harrisburs
Patriot.
Lincoln County leader. [volume] (Toledo, Lincoln County, Or.) 1893-1987, 1896-08-13
DISCRIMINATING Butterflies.

Collectors of butterflies in England
are somewhat alarmed at the prospect
of the extinction of several localized
species, mainly through the effects Of
overcollection. 1t apears that three spe-
cies of butterflies have already been
eXterminated, at least from their
known haunts, and that three other
species are in imminent danger of ex-
tinction, and the chronological Society
has been requested to take some action
for the protection Of the insects. Some
of the much-hunted species, it is said,
will probably take final refuge in the
irreclaimable fens of Norfolk
Lincoln County leader. [volume] (Toledo, Lincoln County, Or.) 1893-1987, 1896-08-13
Great Tide Waves.

Those who see the rise and fall of the
tides In our Atlantic harbors seldom
think Of the wonderful career of the
moon-raised ocean-waves which cause
the tidal tiux and retiux. Such billows
not only cross the sea, but flow from
ocean into ocean, and in this way COM
plicated movements are set going
Thus, as Mr.. Vaughan Cornish has re.
Gently reminded English readers, once
IN every twelve hours the moon raises
tide billow in the Southern Indian
Ocean. When this billow passes the
Cape Of Good Hope, at noon. its sue
cessor is already born, and by the time
the first blllow has reached the Azores
Islands, at midnight, the second is
rounding the Cape, and third has
come into existence in the southern
ocean. BY 4 o'clock in the morning fol-
lowing Its passage of the Cape the tide
billow reaches the English Channel and
there the shallow water DELAYS # so
much that 1t does not arrive M the
Straits of Dover until 10 a. m. Here
the narrowing Channel causes the tide
TO rise very high and almost puts an
end to the wave. In the meantime an.
Lincoln County leader. [volume] (Toledo, Lincoln County, Or.) 1893-1987, 1896-08-13
Pathos OF Presidential Conventions

No one can examine the records of
Presidential conventions, with their
personal successes and failures. and
easily escape the conviction that there
is far more of tragedy than comedy in
our national politics. There are touch
Us of humor here and there. but the
dominant note is that of pathos. Be
hind every great success there is TO he
seen the somber shadow of bitter dis
appointment. of wrecked ambition. of
lifelong hopes in ruins. AS one pursues
through biography, autobiography. and
memoir, the personal history of tbe
chief figures in the conventions thot
have been held during the sixty wears
which have passed since that method
of nominating Presidential candidates
came into use, he finds 1t almost invari.
ably ending in sadness and gloom. No,
one of those seeking the Presidency
with most persistence has succeeded in
getting possession of that great office
and few Of them, when final failure
has come, have shown themselves obla
TO bear the blow with fortltude-Cen.
tury.
Lincoln County leader. [volume] (Toledo, Lincoln County, Or.) 1893-1987, 1896-08-13
The Cradle of Mankind.

The recent discovery in Somaliland
by Mr.. Seton-Karr is regarded as an
important contribution to the evidence
by means of which men of science hope,
eventually. to be able to locate the era
die of the human race. The implements
referred to are identical in form with
those found in Northwestern Europe
and in India, and this fact is thought to
be an indication that in the remote pre-
historic times called the Palaeolithic
age the inhabitants of Asia, Africa and
Europe belonged to single race.
Lincoln County leader. [volume] (Toledo, Lincoln County, Or.) 1893-1987, 1896-08-13
Ozark Light.v

Monsieur lie Bon, a French expert
menter, reports that he has obtained
outline photographs on dry plate
through sheet Of iron, simply with the
aid of an ordinary Kerosene lamp. He
gets the best effects by backing the iron
with n sheet of lead, but the rays do
not, like the N-rays, penetrate black
paper. He calls the radiation which
produces the photographs dark light
Lincoln County leader. [volume] (Toledo, Lincoln County, Or.) 1893-1987, 1896-08-13

1t is said that the tumbling mustard,
n weed introduced from Europe about
twenty years ago, has become very
troublesome in Manitoba and other
parts of Northwestern Canada. Prof.
Fletcher, of Ottawa. estimates that a
single plant bears no less than 1,5CO,OOO
seeds!
Lincoln County leader. [volume] (Toledo, Lincoln County, Or.) 1893-1987, 1896-08-13

other branch of the billow runs oron,,
the western side of the British ISLAM
rounds the north point of Scotland al,
moves slowly down the eastern coa+, a,
of England, until it finally flows IN % ,%'
Thames, and laps the whurves of Io1 +
don.
Lincoln County leader. [volume] (Toledo, Lincoln County, Or.) 1893-1987, 1896-08-13
First American Railway.

The first American railroad was laid
in 1886. 1t was three miles long, from
the granite quarries of Quincy, Mass
TO Neponset River.
The Yakima herald. [volume] (North Yakima, W.T. [Wash.]) 1889-1914, 1896-07-02
De rab,ex and HI. books.

The side ON which Twas most capable
of appreciating Lord de Tabley's gifts
as collector was the photographed.
If / am anything Of connoisseur in
this direction, owe it to his training
His zeal in the amassing of early edi-
tions of the English poets was extreme
he was one Of those who think nothing
of hanging about a bookshop at 9 O'Clock
in the morning waiting for the shutters
to be taken down. But his zeal was emil
nently according to knowledge. he val
ued his first edition for the texts sake,
not for the bare fact Of rarity. Every
book he bought he read, and with q
critical gusto. A little anecdote may IL
lustrate his spirit as collector. In 1877
he secured. by a happy accident. copy
of Millions Poems" Of 1645, book
which he had never met with before.
Too eager to wait for the post, he sent
a messenger round to my house with
note to announce not merely the joyful
fact, but-this is the interesting point-a
discovery he had made in the volume
namely, that the line in the Nativity
Ode, which in all later editions has
run
orb'd in a rainbow. and like giories wearing.
originally stood
The enamel'd arras of the rainbow wearing,
which," as he said, sis q grand
mouthful Of sound and ever SO much bet
ter than the weak like glories Com
temporary Review.
The Yakima herald. [volume] (North Yakima, W.T. [Wash.]) 1889-1914, 1896-07-02
Dianantine.

A very attractive ornamental art Of
recent introduction is, as stated, the pro-
duction of an imitation beadwork on
fabrics Of various kinds by means Of
what is known as glass powder, or
"diamantine, the result being patterns
which present an appearance similar to
that exhibited by glass beads on close or
open meshed fabrics. The method Of
operation in carrying out this idea is
said to be simple-thdt is. the fabric is
coated by means of molding boards with
rcsinous substances. composed of, say.
go parts Of guaiacum and 80 parts OF
shellac, dissolved in 100 parts of alco-
bol, 10 parts of glycerin being added to
the solution under continuous stirring.
After the composition has been carefully
distributed over the surface Of the fab
ric the glass powder is strewn ON it
and firmly pressed by repeated rolling.
ETC., the glass powder being prepared by
thorough pulverizing or pounding. and
may be of any or many colors New
York Sun.
The Yakima herald. [volume] (North Yakima, W.T. [Wash.]) 1889-1914, 1896-07-02
SUaMOsS BY PUBLICATION.

In the Superior Court of the State of Washing
ton, IN and for the County OF Yakima
C. II. Lewis, Plaintifi,l
s. Gardner, Maggie Gardner. his
wife. and VI. y. lsaacs,
Defendants.
The state II Washington to the said 3. Gardner
ana Maggie Gardner. his wife, defendants
You are hereby summoned TO appear within
sixty DAYS after the date OF the first
publication OF this summons, to-wit: with
ia sixty days after the 4th day of June,
lsb. and defend the above entitled action in
me above entitled court. and answer to
me complaint of the plaintiff, aud serve
copy OF your answer upon the undersign-
cd attorneys for the plaintiff, at their OFF ce be-
low stated; aud In case Of YOUR failure 50 To do,
Judgment VIII he rendered agaitlst YOU accord
ing 10 the demand OF the complaint, in said
cause. which has been filed with the clcrx OF
said court.
This Is an action to foreclose q mortgage for
Five Hundred Thirtv-two aud S3lOO IxiY2 M,
Dollars given by said T. Gardner and Maggie
Gardner, his wife, TO said plaintiff g. H. Lewis
on certain real estate situate In Yakima county
washington, described rs follows: Lots 4 and 5,
In Block 10. aud Lots and I, in Block 60 In the
Iown OF kennewick, said county and state
Iogether with all and singular the tenements
nereaitaments and appurtenances thereunto be.
longing or In anywise appertaiuing.
REAvIs & ENGLRHART,
Plaintiff 3 Attorneys,
p. Q. Address, North Yakima. Yakima county,
washington. 20.t
The Yakima herald. [volume] (North Yakima, W.T. [Wash.]) 1889-1914, 1896-07-02
A SOCIETY ITEM.

Striking Object Lesson In the Ethics Of
Nomenclature.
1t was at the Emerald ball, and the
young society reporter sharpened her
wits and her pencils, that full and salts
factory description of each costume
might be presented. Surrounding her
were those most DESTROYS Of seeing their
names and gowns in print. and in the
crowd stood a shopgirl, gowned in
flimsy pink cheesecloth of Undesirable
cut.
When her turn came for inspection,
it was with hopeless eye that the re-
porter surveyed the toilet. The artful
question, however, was asked, as usual !:
"And your name and gown"
Miss Matilda Jenkins, attired in
pink crepon and diamonds, was the
studied and prompt reply.
Pink crepon," wrote the newspaper
woman, delighted with the new aud ele-
CANT name for cheesecloth, but her PEN
Gil refused to add land diamonds"
until her quick eyes had discovered on
the girls collar a tiny rhinestone as big
as aSpinhead. Then land diamonds"
Went down in the notebook as proudly
as il announcing tiaras and stomachers
of purest luster.
The next day all the girls behind a
notion counter exclaimed enviously over
well worn newspaper clipping which
read. Miss Matilda Jenkins, attired in
pink crepon and diamonds" and when
the society reporter glanced over the
printed words she felt never pang as
to the accuracy of the information she
had given to the public. New York
Times.
The Yakima herald. [volume] (North Yakima, W.T. [Wash.]) 1889-1914, 1896-07-02
aRlce,s GREATEST Play.
The Story Of His Manipuiation Of the Nick
Ell Plate Road.

The Story OF His Manipulation Of the Nick
ei Plate Road.
Brice's greatest play was building the
Nickel Plate. He put in every dollar he
could get, and there came time when
be had to sell He went to Vanderbilt,
whose road the Nickel Plate paralleled.
Vanderbilt would not buy the Nickel
Plate. He said he could afford to wait
the first mortgage foreclosure and buy
1t from the sheriff. ''f you don't buy
il, Jay Gould will. said Brice. "Oh.
no, he WON'T" said Vanderbilt Brice
then went to Gould. He knew that he
did not want the Nickel Plate, but he
had O beautiful scheme to propose. He
knew Vanderbilt would buy the road be-
fore ne would allow Gould to get in.
Brice thereupon told Gould that If be
would sit silent and not contradict,
neither affirm nor deny, any newspaper
articles to the effect that he was going
to buy the Nickel Plate, and after this
clamlike silence had continued for
week, if he would then ride slowly over
the Nickel Plate in an observation car,
Vanderbilt would buy the road, and he
would give Gould $500, 900.
1t struck Gould that the whole thing
would be majestic joke on Vanderbilt
The papers said that Gould was going
to buy the Nickel Plate. Gould. when
questioned, looked wise. At the end Of
week he meandered, snaillike. over
the Nickel Plate in the rear end Of an
observation car and had all the air Of
man who was looking at piece Of prop
erty. Stories were wired about Gould's
trip from every water tank and way sta
tion along the line, and, before Gould
had reached Chicago, Vanderbilt. in a fit
of Mysteries. wired Brice that he would
take the Nickel Plate. He did SO. and
Brice was saved. Francisco Argo-
naut.
The Yakima herald. [volume] (North Yakima, W.T. [Wash.]) 1889-1914, 1896-07-02

left TO begin her work at the state uni
versity, being the first japanese girl in
the country to seek what is called the
higher education. She has thoroughly
mastered the English language and
speaks it without an accent. She resides
with her parents in Oakland. They are
enthusiastic over their daughters prog
ress and enterprise and are staying in
this country only that she may carry out
her determination to get college edu-
cation.
In the same university are 10 Japa-
nese young men who left home to get
an American education, and who intend
to go back and be of service 10 their
country and themselves. They are all
poor boys and are working their way
through college by acting as walters,
janitors and doing other work. In some
Of the eastern colleges are other Japa-
nese students. sons of rich men, some
Of whom are being educated at the ex-
pense Of their government, so it seems
that our educational institutions have a
high standing in the land Of the chrys-
anthemum.
The Yakima herald. [volume] (North Yakima, W.T. [Wash.]) 1889-1914, 1896-07-02

sih JUN MiLiAiS. child OF D,
when staying with his mother in Brit
tany, his sketches of soldiers at French
garrison were pronounced marvellous,
and when he gained his first medal from
the Society of Arts he was scarcely more
than a boy. Before he was Of age he had
carried off all the honors from the Royal
Academy schools. He became the young
est associate Of the academy at the age
Of "a and the youngest academican on
record at the age of go. His first at
tempt at portrait painting was picture
of Charles Reade. Ruskin, whose opin-
ion he asked. told him that he had
made, not failure, but fiasco. In his
anger Millais kicked hole through the
picture, and revenged himself ON Rus
kin by marrying the latter's divorced
wife, whose portrait he painted, and be-
came famous at bound. This was in
1856.
Since then he has painted perhaps hun
dreds of portraits. Once he was glad to
get $40 for portrait, but now he gets
from $40, 600 to SIS, 900 for single pic
ture and the people who buy them feel
honored at the distinction. He is chiefly
famous for his exquisite delineation of
the faces Of children. He was one of the
founders Of the pre- Raphael movement.
As he paints dozen or more portraits
year his income is very large. He lives
In palatial house that has an entrance
as imposing as Buckingham palace and
which is counted as one of the glories of
London, but he likes working out of
doors better than in his studio and passes
much of his time in Scotland. Millais
was baroneted, somewhat tardily. about
nine years ago through the influence of
Gladstone. Sir Johns portrait of the
Grand Old Man is considered one of his
finest works.
The Yakima herald. [volume] (North Yakima, W.T. [Wash.]) 1889-1914, 1896-07-02
Notice for publication,

LAND OFFICE AT NORTH YAKIMA, WASH,
May IL, 1861
Notice is hereby given that the following
named settler has filed notice of his intention to
make final proof in support OF his claim, and that
said proof win be made before the register and
receiver at North Yakima, Wash, on July $,
1896 viz: Harry J. Spratt, II. Il. No 1879, for the
50 seq and So swL sec. =, TIP. IL, n. r. zoe.
He names the following witnesses to prove
his continuous residence upon and cultivation
of, said land, viz: J. NJ. Hall, J. A. Leach,
Thomas q. Redheld, G. II. Haines, all of North
Yakima, Wash.
ANY person who desires to protest against the
allowance OF such proof, or who knows Of any
substantial reason, under the laws and regula-
tons of the interior department, why such
proof should not be allowed, will be given an
opportunity at the above mentioned time aud
place to cross examine the witnesses of said
claimant, and TO offer evidence in rebuttal of
that submitted by claimant.
May2l-Jun25 A. Y. SMELLING. Register.