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The Yakima herald. [volume] (North Yakima, W.T. [Wash.]) 1889-1914, 1897-09-16
A Lie Nailed.

Once in while the associated press
departs from the truth, once in while
they are called down for 90 doing. 1t is
not long since their dispatches contained
the announcement that the two Nevada
senators, Jones and Stewart, had aban-
doned the fight for the restoration Of
silver al full legal tender money. SEN
ator Stewards denial OF the truth OF the
report is given herewith and shows how
INSCRIPTIONS the gold bug press can be.
He Gays:
81 have had no conversation with a
reporter or anybody else from which any
inference can be drawn, much less any
statement made, to the effect that have
changed my views with regard to the
unlimited coinage OF silver by the United
States independently Of any other nation,
and at the ratio of Is to l. recognize
the fact that there is temporary boom
in this country, founded on short crops
and famine in other countries, and which
will make times better until our competi-
tors have good crops again. But never
have intimated an opinion that there is q
possibility Of continued good times,
while the effort is being made by the
money powers to substitute gold money
for the silver money now in circulation.
"While the process continues gold will
appreciate and the general trend OF prices
will be declining one. do not predi-
cate any hope OF continued prosperity in
this country by continued distress else
where. The statement in the New York
Times that Senator Stewart, of Nevada,
is one Of the latest converts to CONNER
cisl optimism and that he is bull on
everything except silver is a total mis-
representation OF my position or anything
| have said. On the contrary, l am q
bull on silver, and believe the temporary
relief that the American people are en-
ioying by reason Of good crops and fam
inc elsewhere, will enable them to assert
their independence in 1900. do not be
lieve that they will be in the abject con-
dition that they were in 1896. which en-
abled the gold combination through
fraud, intimidation and bribery to
achieve victory.
at seems almost proyidential that re-
lief should come while the battle 10 on
which will give the people degree o.
independence to fight the enemies OF civil
lization who are are laboring to enslavt
the human race by contraction, fsllins
prices and poverty. This relief did moi
come by order Of the gold syndicate
They never ordered anything to make /
easier for the people, but Providence hsi
made 1t bard for other nations in ordel
to give the American people an opportun
ity to free the people from the bondage
OF gold contraction"
The Yakima herald. [volume] (North Yakima, W.T. [Wash.]) 1889-1914, 1897-09-16

Rossland and the hootenai country
are now only nineteen hours distant from
Yakima according to the time table of
the Northern Pacific. This popular road
is making special efforts To secure the
travel to and from that district and
there are no longer tedious waits at Spo-
kane. Passengers taking the east bound
train at IL 20 in the evening will be
landed in Rossland early the next even
ing litt.
The Yakima herald. [volume] (North Yakima, W.T. [Wash.]) 1889-1914, 1897-09-16

To heal the broken and diseased It's
sues, to soothe the irritated surfaces, to
instantly relieve and to permanently cure
is the mission Of DeWitt's Witch Hazel
6alve. Janeck Bros. Drug Store.
The Hawaiian star. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu]) 1893-1912, 1897-03-11
Genuine California
Insect Powder.

The best effect can be OBJ
tanned by burning. The fumes
and odor produced by the
burning of the genuine article
are not harmful to persons
health. We carry a nice line
of urns at very low prices that
invite inspection.
Many consumers prefer the
old method of simply busting
with the insufflator. We have
a large and complete stock of
various kinds on hand.
The feeling that one cannot
afford to purchase an insect
powder and outfit need never
be experienced, as we sell in
quantities to please.
The solid comfort obtained
by the use of this exterminator
will repay you tenfold for the
outlay.
The bite from mosquito is
sometimes very dangerous and
at all times quite painful.
Eruptions have been produced
on children more especially
than on grown persons by
being bitten by this mean
little pest. Protect the health
Of the little ones.
We are sole agents.
The Hawaiian star. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu]) 1893-1912, 1897-03-11

LEVERS & COOKE.
The Hawaiian star. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu]) 1893-1912, 1897-03-11

This White Lead has been tried in
Honolulu, and all that is claimed for it
has been proven true.
The Hawaiian star. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu]) 1893-1912, 1897-03-11
Ten Good Reasons
why you should
Use Carter Lead

LIST. The Carter White Lead is abso-
lutely pure.
End. The Carter White Lead will cover
one-fourth more surface and
thereby save you 20 per cent.
3rd. The Carter White Lead will last
much longer and look better
than any other paint.
4th. The Carter White Lead Company
is Independent of all trusts.
5th. The Carter White Lead is much
whittier than any other lead
offered.
9th, The Carter White Lead is much
finer and superior for inside or
fiat work.
18th, The Carter White Lead will take
more oil than any other lead.
Sth. The Carter White Lead is superior
in body.
9th. The Carter White Lead works
smoother under the brush.
10th Twenty-Five Test Boards paint
ed during the year 1886 SUBJ
stantiate ali of the above
reasons.
The Hawaiian star. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu]) 1893-1912, 1897-03-11

The trouble is If you attempt to smash a
man while in "a fit Of anger you are sure to
miss him, and II you wait until You are
calm you are afraid to touch him. "A tohi-
son Globe.
The Hawaiian star. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu]) 1893-1912, 1897-03-11
CARRIERS
WHITE
LEAD
IS STRICTLY Pure.

The Carter White Lead Company
stands ready at any and all times by
practical tests to prove that the Carter
Lead will cover one-fourth more sur
face, and do it better, than any brand of
lead manufactured by what is known as
the old Dutch Process. and also to prove
its superiority in body whiteness and
durability.
We invite practical painters to make
independent tests by carefully measuring
surface and weighing the leods to be
tested and then comparing results.
which will in every instance prove that
Carter Lead will cover one
fourth more surface
The superiority of Carter Lead is due
to improved methods and the putting
into use the very latest machinery by
which a perfect corrosion is obtained,
and, consequently, when you purchase
a keg of Carter Lead you get keg of
Lead that is perfectly corroded.
A key of Carter White Lead is
All Paint.
The new plant recently put in opera
ton in Chicago is the largest in the
world and the combined output of the
Chicago and Omaha factories places the
Carter Company in position to fill all
orders promptly.
There is more Carter White Lead
sold than any other brand manu-
featured i'm the United States.
The Hawaiian star. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu]) 1893-1912, 1897-03-11
WE HAVE
BUHACH TO BURN.

This rainy and changeable
weather causes the mosquitoes
and flies to seek shelter in the
house, and, in consequence,
are again a much dreaded
pest. You can obviate this
by calling at our store and
purchasing a box of our
The Laurens advertiser. (Laurens, S.C.) 1885-1973, 1897-09-28
The fabrication Test.

Very few of tho millions Of people
who carry watches realize to what a
wonderful extent fabrication is dcvcl.
oped and what an extraordinary num-
Dor Of turns the balance wheel makes
with ono oiling. A Chestnut street
matchmaker, whose knowledge Of these
wonderful pieces Of mechanism is not
exceeded by any man in this city, has
made up an interesting table of com.
parison to show tho perfection of lubri.
cation in q watch.
A watch will run on one oiling from
a year to u year and a half. Every
minute the balance wheel turns on its
axis $50 times and 81, 900 times in an
hour. Accepting a year as tho time tho
ordinary watch will run with ono oil
ing, he finds that if the driver of q 10.
comotivo was as well oiled us a balance
of a watch it ought to run 60
miles an hour day and night for 648
days, or well OH to two years, with one
oiling. In that time it would traverse
a distance equal to nearly 40 times tho
circumference of the earth.
In view Of the fact that in reality
few locomotives will run one day with.
out reoiling, he maintains that tho
matchmaker has developed his art to q
far greater degree than the locomotive
builder has yet been able to reach.--
Philadelphia Record.
The Laurens advertiser. (Laurens, S.C.) 1885-1973, 1897-09-28
wellington and Napoleon

There are some interesting stories in
the recently published reminisccnces of
Mr.. Corbould, the drawing master to
Queen Victoria's children. Hero is one
of them: "On reaching tho palace one
morning tho Prince of Wales showed
me a drawing he had just finished. Ma
poleon was depicted on horseback level
ing q pistol at the Duke of Wellington,
who was advancing to cut down his
great enemy. While | was looking at
the drawing, who should come in but
the duke himself. why. the very man
who can best criticiso my drawingr
cried the prince. Now, can you tell me
who that Is on the lcft?' he went on,
presenting the sketch to tho duke.
Well, replied tho latter deliberately,
Judging from tho waistcoat and the
cooked hat. l should say it was meant
for Napoleon Right, said the prince.
And who is tho other figuro?' by the
cut of the jib, returned tho duke calm
ly, i should say it was myself Right
again. Well, now, is tho drawing ac-
ourate? That's what / want to know.
The duke rose, put down tho sketch and
thus impressively addressed the Prince
of Wales: My boy, Pm going to tell
you something that the English people
don't seem to realize. / was sent out to
keep Napoleon in check, but never in
my life have | set eyes on him. Once,
II tho midst of n battle, some ono cried:
Look! There's Napolconv' But before
l could get tho glass to my eye the
smoke from Il field gun had envolopcd
him."
The Laurens advertiser. (Laurens, S.C.) 1885-1973, 1897-09-28
Tho Sad Fate of IL Greedy Shark.

Special agents of the United States
treasury travel in many states and see
many strange things. They rear strange
stories too. In the big custom house
building every day from 8 o'clock until
4 there sits Il nan who is n very treas
ure mine of anecdotes. He is so modest,
though, that he won't allow his name
to be used III connection with this par
ticular story.
ct was off Cedar Keys" said he. II
had been shark fishing and was talking
of sharks to an old time sponge fisher
when he told mo that he had found,
some 90 miles off the keys, the largest
shark it had ever been his fortune to
see, floating belly upward, starved to
death. why, the shark was as thin as
a poker, said the sponge fisher, and l
determined to find out what allied him.
| pulled him aboard and cut hin open.
There, in his stomach, open end toward
the head, was half of a barrel which
had contained mess pork. The half bar
rel had evidenC,y been thrown over
board from some vessel and tho shark
had gobblcd it up as it hit the water,
without looking to sec what it was. 1t
was too bad that he swallowed it butt
end first, for whatever he alto after that
went into the barrel and did the shark
no good. So he just starved. New
Orleans Times Democrat.
The Laurens advertiser. (Laurens, S.C.) 1885-1973, 1897-09-28
A Slender Thrend of Mercury.

While almost any one knows about
the principles on which an ordinary
thermometer operates, there are q num-
Der of things about this apparently sim
pie littlo instrument which are not gen
orally known, and which arc Of u good
deal Of interest. One of tho most pecul-
lar of these is the question of the
length of tube which the mercury in the
bulb Of an ordinary thermometer would
fill If it wero all stretched u III q sim
gle column tho size of that i'll the tube.
Most people, when asked how long
this would be, would probably say from
8 to 10 feet, while as u matter of fact
this column of mercury would in an ex-
tremely delicate instrument be miles in
height. Tho reason of this is that tho
column of mercury, while it appears
quito large, is really of almost infin-
itesimal size. If tho tube of "a Their
mometer is broken one is mt first at q
loss to SEQ whore the mercury goes in,
but Il close examination will disclose 4
II line, much thinner than q hair,
running across the end of the tube, and
this is one end of II little slit in which
tho mercury rises. AS it has its fiat sido
toward the ego it appears to DO quite
large, and the convexity of tho outside
of the tube, through which it is seen,
magnities it and gives it that rounded
appearance which is so deceptive. The
reason why the slit is made so small is
to give the greatest ratio of result for
tho expansion of the mercury i'll the
bulb.-Boston Transcript.
The Laurens advertiser. (Laurens, S.C.) 1885-1973, 1897-09-28
Gold and

Some years ago tho mint authorities
OF n certain city noticed that a small
amount of gold was missing every day
after tho coming operations wero over
They watched and set traps of every
description, but no thief was detected,
and after the loss had continued with
regularity for some months they set it
down to an extra amount Of unavoidable
waste and thought no more about it.
Two or three years afterward two
brothers, who were working there, left
and set up Il public house together on
money which they said had been left
them by an uncle, AS they had both
good characters, it vas not until one of
them told a mint foreman, on the un
Outstanding hat no action should be
taken, that anything was known of the
following trick;
Both the brothers used tC grease their
hands before working ut the machines,
and whenever they noticed some gold
dust sticking TO the grease it was wiped
of III their hair Care was used that
enough was not taken 10 show, though
when they washed thcir hair at homo
each night the few grains meant several
extra smllinGs, which ultimately on
abled them to retire and live comfort
ably. Strand Magazine.
The Laurens advertiser. (Laurens, S.C.) 1885-1973, 1897-09-28
"Reminiscences of Dickens.

George Dolby, manager Of Charles
Dickens on one of his reading tours in
this country, is still living, and the
London correspondent of the Chicago
Record reports at length some of Dolby's
"reminiscences Among other things the
quondam manager says: he wa the
kindest hearted MAJ | ever have known.
Many and many a time while on tour
We came across old associates of his
who were down on their luck. Dickens
would say to me after tho reading,
Joey, let mo bave $40 in crisp, new
bank notes, and | want to be alone to
morrow from II to g. l knew what
this meant. He had invited his old
friends to call upon him at this hour,
and such friends didn't go away
poorer. y n y
Dickens was fond of reading his
own books. Once at Liverpool, where
we had an off night, | was obliged to
leave him to himself for an evening.
He asked mo to call at a booksellers
and send him something to read. 1
asked him what no would like, and he
replied, Anything of Sir Walter Scott's
or my own / purchased old Curiosity
Shop and took it to him myself, where
ut he vas delighted, saying he had not
read the book for years. l was curious
to see the effect Of IS own work on
him, and upon my return was amused
to find him laughing immoderately at
certain incidents III tho book. Ho ex-
planned, however, that ho was not laugh
ing at his own creations as much as ut
tho recOllections of tho circumstances
undor which certain passages and Incl
dents had been written"
The Laurens advertiser. (Laurens, S.C.) 1885-1973, 1897-09-28

WHAT is YELLOW FEVER PIN view
OF the excitement occasioned by the
outbreak Of yellow fever, on our gulf
coast, 1t is pertinent to make some in
curry into the nature OF this foul NAL
ady. DR.. q. Ii. Tebault, of New Or
leans, who has been identified with the
treatment OF yellow fever for more
than thirty years, contributes to The
P~lcayune, of that city, q thorough
diagnosis of the discase. This able
authority says:
yellow fever is .n infectious, acute
and eruptive foyer. The eruption Is so
faint In some cases that it Is over
looked before tho physician secs the
case, but II seen early and q close in
spection Is made an eruption will be
'und on M skin and on the mucous
membranes OF the mouth and fauces.
The eruption indicates that there is
something OF an irritant character in'
the blood, aud Is doubtless the cause
OF the changes found in the internal
viscera, especially the stomach and
Kidneys, producing in the stomach
h a softened condition found In it's
mucous coat, which su%perinduces black
vomit through liberation Into some
blood vessel OF the stomach. This ir-
rltant substance circulating in the
blood damages the kidney and is the
cause of the albumen found In the
urine associated with this disease.
Yellow fever has three stages, the first,
febrile, Is ushered In suddenly with a
chilly sensation, and often a distinct
rigor. Fever rises rapidly (; there is
more or less headache and other pains,
and more or less irritability OF the
stomach with nausea. The first stage
lasts from twenty-four hours to three
days. This Is followed by a remission,
or second stage, where the fever sub.
sides, pains disappear, and the patient
rapidly conyalesces or energies into
the third stage, known as the stage OF
collapse. In this stage the fever be-
comes very much higher the gastric
irritab.lity increases into great nausea
and repeated vomitings. Albumen is
found In the urine, and frequently
blood' oozes from ali the mucous sur
faces and Is passed by the bowels.
Black yomit Ia associated with this
stage, the patient dies from exhaus-
tion or gradually ecover by slow
stages"
The Laurens advertiser. (Laurens, S.C.) 1885-1973, 1897-09-28

Der marriages, With grooms of moro
than three score ana ten and brides of
tender years. We all agreed that IL
such "a groom had anything to leave
such q bride besides his name and
would depart ghis life In a reasonable
time, she was justified in marrying
him. But in the first place, the prop
erty, should be in sight the "quid pro
quo' and it should be fixed, settled,
lowered, dovetailed, clinched upon
her, and there should be an implied
contract that he should die In stric:
accordance with the death rate, the
expectation laid down in the life insu-
rance tables. Indeed, If the late fire.
quency OF old men marrying young
women is to be multiplied to an alarm
ing extent, there should be established
a death insurance office SO that the
young girl could go to it and get a pol
icy insuring the old mans death in a
limited time, and If he didn't die with
In the time, the company should pay
her so much as she insured for-say
s. 5000 or So 600 or $40, coo as the ease
may be. With the money OF course
she could live ~decently and even secure
u divorce on the ground OF fraud
iraud in not dying according to hope
and expectation and an implied prom
Use. Why, know u lady who married
an OLD man twenty-eight years ago.
He was sixty and she but twenty and
as sweet and pretty as q pink. He was
rich and sickly and agreed to settle on
her $50, 600, to be paid at his death.
He looked like ne would die in q year,
but, bless your souls, my sweet young
sisters, he is living yet and she looks
nearly as old as he does. Her bloom Of
youth is gone. When she married she
was an orphan and soon became worse
than an orphan, and she is childless.
What q mistake she made. What a
fraud was perpetrated upon her. What
a wreck OF earthly happiness. Young
girls, beware These unions are not
according to nature and they shock
the judgment and the sentiment Of
mankind. There are widows enough
TO take these venerable widowers, but
let the maidens remain single if they
cannot get q young man Of their
! choice
The Laurens advertiser. (Laurens, S.C.) 1885-1973, 1897-09-28
The Russian Police.

A tyrannical and universal secret
surveillance blights all Russian ma
tional life. The clergy preach but little,
tho great majority never attempting
to deliver Il sermon, chiefly because an
~unguardcd or misunderstood word may
be sc reported as TO- lead to severe pen
altics. All public meetings are prohib-
tied, and SO ridiculous is the extreme to
which the supcrfinG bureaucracy pushes
its operations that nobody is at liberty
to give even a dinner party without the
permit of the everlasting politsi.
The police officer is the god of Russia.
If permission is granted for II party, a
detective must he admitted. Public
lectures are all but unknown, for tho
law stcrnly forbids them. Seeing that
education is rapidly spreading, and that
by the efforts of the authorities in this
land of endless paradoXcS, it is manifest
that the clements of some fearful social
cataclysm arc being abundantly and
cXpcditiously provided. The passport
system is AN u~nnpcakablc abomination,
for which there is not the slightest JUS
LITIGATION. 1t puts travellers to the ut
most Inconvenience and occasions con.
slant annoyance. contemporary Re.
view.
The Laurens advertiser. (Laurens, S.C.) 1885-1973, 1897-09-28
a POST OFFICE BANK.
Postmaster General Gary Greatly
Interested in II scheme for its
Establishment

postmaster General Gary Greatly
Interested in n Scheme for its
Establishment.
Washington Star.
Postmaster General Gary is greatly
Interested in the scheme for estab-
fishing u postal savings bank system
and Is getting facts about the work
ings of such systems in foreign coun-
tries. He has just received from the
postmaster general Of Canada q full
explanation of the system adopted
there, and Is most favorably impressed
with the system in vogue there. He
has received letters in regard to the
system from prominent men all over
the country and farmers, especially as
banking facilities for the latter are
extremely limited. Savings banks in
connection with the post offices, there
fore, it is thought, would be of great
benefit to them especially.
The New Zealand Post and Tele-
graph Guide, published at Yelling
ton, New Zealand, containing the rules
and regulations Of the postal savings
bank system as applied there, has just
been received by the postmaster gen
erai. In that country deposits OF one
shilling or any multiple of one, may
pc made AT any ~postotfice savings
bank. Interest is allowed to each
depositpr at the rate of 81 per cent per
annum, when the balance at the credit
of his account does not exceed E2O0,
and at the rate of 3 per cent wnen it
exceeds that amount, but no interest
is allowed on more thar $500. The
calculation is made from the first day
OF the calendar month next following
the day on which a complete pound
has been deposited up to the last day
OF the calender mont preceding the
day on which the money is withdrawn.
The interest due to each depositor is
calculated to the 31st of December in
each year, and is then added to and
becomes part OF the principal due the
depositor.
Upon opeuing an account the deposi-
tor is required to furnish his or her
Christian name or forename, and sur
name, aud occupation, and residence,
must also sign a declaration to the
effect that he or she is not directly or
indirectly entitled to any sums stand
ing in his or her name or names of auy
other person or persons in the books of
the post Office savings bank, unless it
be as trustee of another person, or as
a member Of a friendly or other So
clety, and consent must also be given
by the depositor for the amounts 20
HoSoo oeoolulhS W GHo FeRula.
ions of the post office bank. 1t is re
CURED that such q declaration must be
Witnessed by the postmaster or by
some person known to him, or by a
justice of the peace.
The postmaster general will decide
upon the best individual features of
each system in vogue throughout the
world and will embody them in his
coming annual report, and will request
that favorable action be taken as soon
as possible. 1t is thought most of the
details will be copied from the Cana
dian system, though there are a num-
Der of others which are considered ex-
cellent.