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The advocate., 1897-07-21
Engllsh the Language Of Trade.

From the New York Press.
Notwithstanding all the difficulties
foreigners find in mastering the English
language, that tongue is becoming the
handmaid OF commerce the world over.
Sir Michael Mulhall has shown that OF
all the seven European languages the
English alone has increased in use since
the beginning Of the century. And the
figures tell a story not Of nominal in
crease, but of jumping up to more than
double, the percentage being from II
to o.
Three great countries within single
year have ordered the teaching Of Eng
liah in the schools. This was the first
thing Lii Hung Chang saw to when he
returned from his trip around the world.
Japan is giving to the study Of English
literature and language more time than
to her own tongue, President Diaz has
compelled the study OF English in all the
schools in Mexico.
The queer and sometimes awkward
features Of English photography are the
only blocks to the general acceptance Of
our tongue in commercial dealings. Then,
too, there is no court Of last resort to
which points can be- carried. This Is the
kind Of arbitration that the world needs
most, say people whose trade brings them
in contact with all nations.
Americas great commercial competi-
Tor, Germany, is the most active in
efforts to displaCe English by the Ger.
man language, Or by come new and
The advocate., 1897-07-21
"AmOng the OZarks."

''The Land Of Big Red Apples" is an at
tractive and interesting book, handsomely
illustrated with views OF south Missouri
scenery, including the famous Olden fruit
farm Of 5000 acres in Howell county. 1t
pertains to fruit raising in that great fruit
belt of America, the southern slope Of the
Ozarks, and viii prove Of great value, not
only to fruit-grOwers, but to every farmer
and hOmeseeker looking for q farm and
home Mailed free. Address,
j. +. LOCKWOOD, Kansas City, Mo.
The advocate., 1897-07-21
Repairing Mail Sacks.

"One of the most interesting depart
mentB Of our Government at Washing
ton, and one which is not much visited,
is the place where the mail bags and
canvas sacks ere repaired, said Wash
ington man the other day. "In former
years the Government had such repair
shops in several OF the larger cities, but
most of these have been abandoned.
One is still run, l believe, in San Fran
cisco, but most of the repairing is done
at Washington. About 100 people, most
Of whom are women, are daily employed
in making torn leather pouches and can
vas mail sacks as good as new. The men
do the leather work while the women
sew up the rips and tears in the canvas
bags. A woman must sew up an aver
age Of forty canvas sacks per day in
order to earn q salary Of $50 per month.
For each sack over forty abe receives 3
cents. Some of the women become so
skillful that they can mend sixty bags
day, and sometimes in the busy season,
along about Christmas time, when the
bags are not 80 thoroughly mended, the
number runs even higher. / have known
some of these sewing women to earn as
high as $75 per month. The work is
very hard, however, and each bag ls
subjected to rigid inspection Some
Of the sacks are so badly torn that most
persons would consider them worthless,
but it is only now and then that one is
condemned. Ordinarily, patch is put
here, another there, slits are sewn up
and the bag is as strong or stronger than
new one. A condemned sack is util.
lied for patches for others not so badly
damaged.
"The leather workers are paid by the
month, each man receiving $75 FOR full
months time. Leather bags also come
to the repair shop in pretty bad Condi-
tion, but the holes are patched over and
the pouch is good for another long or
short term in the service, according to
the treatment it receives. All the
leather patches are riveted on, and /
have seen bags which weighed several
times their original weight on account
Of the rivets. After the pouches and
sacks are repaired, they are packed and
shipped to the different cities as coca
sion demands, There is, however, al
ways large stock Of bags on hand at
the mail repository, which Is run in con,
nection with the repair shop"
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The advocate., 1897-07-21
Milknick Mountain.

The botanical division Of the Ten
nessee Agricultural Department is in.
vestigating what is known throughout
White County as "Milksick Mountain" !"
This territory, which embraces some
eight square miles, has been celebrated
in the story by win Allen Dromgoole,
entitled IA Lsper of the Cumberland,
the atoEy giving some idea Of the terrible
The advocate., 1897-07-21

results from grazing cattle on this most
fertile and beautiful section OF the
State. There are said to be all the
various kinds OF trees and shrubs, vines,
canes and grasses known TO the Tennes-
see mountains TO be found on this strip
OF land, which seems to have been cursed
of nature. Years ago IL was found to be
so dangerous to all who lived anywhere
near that the County Court of White
County fenced the boundary in and inn
posed fine Of 800 on anyone passing
through and leaving the bars down.
People live within this iHclosure, but
dare not keep COW. Persons drinking
the milk from COW that had been graz
ing on this land are taken violently i'll,
and in most cases, unless relief reaches
them quick, die. A striking popularity,
as reported by the residents Of the
neighborhood, is that while the weed, or
whatever it may be, is worse on dry
cattle and horses than on milking COWS,
hogs and sheep can eat it with impunity,
and the fence is 80 built that hogs and
sheep may pass in and out at will. AT
least fifteen persons are known to the
inhabitants to have died from drinking
milk from COWS that have grazed within
this territory since the noxious weed has
been known to exist there. The poison
GUS area is clearly described and cir
cumscribed, and the whole matter has
been puzzle to doctors and scientists,
as we'll as the mountaineers, for more
than fifty years.
The State Botanical Department think
it is due to some kind of vegetable,
while others are inclined to the opinion
that the poison is some mineral substance
taken up by the vegetation. In support
Of the former idea, it is stated that the
poison does not affect cattle just after
the ground has been cultivated. In
support Of the latter notion it is known
that even hogs and sheep that eat acorns
lying on the top Of the ground in the
early spring are affected. Whatever it
may be, the people Of that section are
anxious to have the matter solved and
cleared up, for they live in constant
dread Of fatal results from drinking milk
from an infected animal, and the land is
practically useless, though vegetation
grows in rank profusion throughout the
entire border.
The advocate., 1897-07-21

universal tongue. Naturally Germany
opposes the advent Of such a court Of
arbitration as is proposed by tradesmen,
for that country realizes it would
invariably lead to the choice Of English
and drive out the mother tongue.
The advocate., 1897-07-21
Gold In Animals stomachs.

A Yuma (Ariz,) dispatch says that
Juan Garlic, who raisea cattle in COchis
County, near the Mexican line, il re-
The advocate., 1897-07-21
The Price Of Songs.

The following list shows that a great
deal of money is made from popular
music in England:
Sir Arthur Sullivan is said to have
realized 10000 for his celebrated song,
"The Lost Chord" Balfe appears to
have received high prices for the copy
rights of some of his songs. For IL
Dreamt l Dwelt in Marble Halls" he got
$4,000, the same for "When Other Lips"
and G5 900 for "The Heart Bowed Down.
When recently put up for auction,
Gl,2l2 los. was obtained for the copy
right of Michael Watson's song, "An-
chored." -HGrper'S Round Table.
The advocate., 1897-07-21

DIR. Pierce's Golden Medical Discovery
cures Consumption (Which is scrofula of
the lungs), by its wonderful bloOd.purify.
ing, invigorating and nutritive properties.
For weak lungs, splitting Of blood, short
ness of breath, nasal catarrh, bronchitis,
severe coughs, asthma and kindred affec.
tions, it is a sovereign remedy. While it
promptly cures the severes5 coughs, it
strengthens the system aud puriies the
blood,
The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1897-05-26

British Columbia. and finally secured an
option on the Vancouver group. which is
on the extension of the famous GaIena
Farm ledge on SLOGAN lake.
This group consists of four claims.
through which two lodges of high grade
galena ore have been traced. Several
hundred feet of tunnel have been driven.
and an extension of the lowest tunnel for
30 feet will bring il under one OF the ore
chutes from which shipments have been
made These shipments consisted or
twenty eight tons. and averaged 2i6
ounces silver and 50 per cent. lead at the
Tacoma smelter.
In talking of the feeling in England re-
garding American mining investments
Mr. PelIy said People oyer there are
talking a great deal about British Column
bia and many companies are being form
ed TO invest there. All the people are dete'
In South African stock, and have locked
up their money In them, so they are very
slow in letting more go Still lots OF COM
De MES are coming out here. and. when
South African mining revives. there viii
be plenty Of money for this section.
There is some activity In mining near
Vernon this year. On the point running
into Okanogan lake some rich float was
discovered two months ago. but no def
mite ledge has yet been found. Four very
promising looking claims are being work
ed within half mile OF that point. The
Blue Jay In Camp lie Roi. three fourths
of a miles from Vernon. has eighteen
inches of good looking ore in twenty
foot shaft and has been bonded by Mr..
Craven. The Mono3hee mine. on Cherry
creek. has been bonded for $4,000 by Capt
Molyneux, who has gone to England to
fioat it,
The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1897-05-26

STRUCK 1T RICH IN 4 WE'LL.
Mining Discoveries Spreading From
Cheney Towards SDOkane City

Mining excitement has been aroused TO
white heat by the recent discoveries
around Cheney. One of the most notable
was made by Fred Pouin. in an old we'll
$40 feet from the normal school. He re-
Gently took sixty pounds of this ore 10
Spokane and in an interview In the
Spokesma m Review. said:
we are having assays made. Three
years ago this well was Dug and some
mineraiized rock was taken out at the
time. It was shown around Cheney. but
created no excitement. When the recent
strikes We're made at Fish lake. two and
half miles from Cheney, these facts
were recoilected and located the ground
around the we'll a mineral claim. call
ed the Ruth. We set to work pumping
out the water. and at depth Of twenty
two feet | discovered the ledge. Ii Is
two feet wide, of solid mineral and
has a we'll defined wall OF porphyry. The
other formation there is gray granite. We
have had three men at work. but the wa
ter came in faster than we could pump il
out with our hand pump. and we had to
quit and wait for better machinery.
AT Fish lake. two and a half miles
northeast OF Cheney, nifty claims have
been located and work Is being done on
ten or twelve chiefly on Engefs claim
which. AT depth OF twenty-five feet.
has given an assay Of sN They struck
the ledge there again last night and Il is
said to he richer than ever.
People are a: high pitch OF excite
ment and claims are located all along
the road from Cheney 10 Ma rshslI
have located two claims near the latter
place. the Lucy and the Nellie Bly,. and
shall start work Thursday morning TIE
surface rock looks fine. The prospectors
are working this way, and should not he
surprised 10 see them making locations
In the city limits Of Spokane before long"
The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1897-05-26
Mrs. Oesaut ua an Orator.

Apart from her distinctive character as
a Theosophist Mrs. Besant is best known
to the world as an orator Lady Henry
Somerset herself a fine speaker has
lately described Mrs. Besant the great
est woman speaker I'm the world. and n
late writer in the Cosmopolitan Maya
zine expresses his opinion 20 like effect.
stating that 1.-The gplendor of her voice.
the richness Of her die,ion. the truths OF
her gesture and expression. in short. the
strength and amplitude Of her equipment
for appealing To the heart and brain OF a
multitude were such as TO command ones
admiration and wonder" The series OF
lectures 10 be delivered by Mrs. Besant in
this city Is splendidiy calculated 10 Illus
trate her intellectual force and her mar
veious eioquence. and cannot fail 10 tn
terest all thinking people. even though
they may not be able 10 assent to all of
her conclusions. Mrs. Besant Ia always
lucid forcible and interesting. Her audi
ence Is never in doubt as 10 what she
means for she carries the mind easily
and pleasantly from one point 20 auother.
But far more impressive than the craCes
OF the orator is that deep moral earnest
ness which characterizes Mrs. Eesants
ntterauces. appealing tn all that is best
In her hearers and Iroclsimiug the fer
vent devotion of the prophet and re-
former.
The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1897-05-26

Developing the May Earhart--Exten-
sion of the County Road mt Hand.

Addison Smith and II. C. Bollong left
yesterday for the May Earhart camp on
Cedar river. whittier f. Il. Robinson had
preceded them with crew of men and
three months supplies Mr.. Smith. who is
an experienced miner, will return in about
ten days. but Mr.. Bollong will remain on
the ground. 1t Is intended TO pack out 500
pounds Of ore for treatment by the Canopy
smelter, and. as soon as the roads are dry
enough. to ship ten tons to the Tacoma
smelter.
The county commissioners are planning
a trip to the camp shortly after June 10. i'll
order to look over the route and devise
plans for the completion of the county road
to the mouth of Bear creek. to which point
it was located several years ago. though II
stopped six miles short of there. The Rob
inson Mining Company is prepared to ex
tend the road half mile further to the
mine and to begin shipping ore immed-
ately upon its completion. The only OBJ
stacle 10 shipments is the lack of such
read. The orehouse now contains enough
ore 10 pay for the construction of a small
slnelter on the ground. and as soon as reg
ular shipments begin. steps will be taken
to that end
The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1897-05-26
AMI sEMENTS.
Tomorrow Night the Last.

Tomorrow night viii close the engage
ment In this city Of the excellent Read
lex company. which has been entertaining
the patrons of the Third Avenue theater
so successfully for the past few weeks.
Kidnapped" the play In which the Read
lex company appears. is a strong one,
and combines tragedy and comedy In
such q manner that one scarcely knows
when tn stop crying and commence laugh
ing. The interest does not lag from the
time the curtain goes UP on the first act
until the final triumph of the hero and
heroine In the last.
Johnson and Lundin. the marvellous
strong men. Will appear at every per-
formance
The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1897-05-26
62l-623 FIRST Az.

the four already known. on the claim. II.
Is believed 10 be an extension OF the VIM
nipeg ledge
Fred l.. Leslie goes TO Silver creek today
to visit the vandaiia mine, OF which he -
part owner.
George Terwillger, of Ballard. has gone
to the cle-Elum to work on his claim on
Fortune creek.
Noah Armstrong and ]. T. Robinson
have gone to Lake Chelan 10 look over the
mining situation.
Ore from the New Seattle at Silverton
Is being packed 20 the railroad for ship
ment TO the Everett smelter.
The Morning Glory lsige, near Vernon,
Is. c.. is being stripped and "A five-S.amp
mill has been ordered for the property.
The whole bottom of the sc-foot shaft of
the Royal Gold on the Colvilie reservation
is in ore. carrying 81 gold, the total value
being $50.
j. Il. Montgomery. one OF the owners
of the Whitewater mine. SLOGAN district.
denies that II is sold TO the Puget Sound
Reduction Company.
A. Gebhard. OF New iberia. La, has
shipped a ten stamp mill from San Fran
cisco to Buckley 10 be erected on the cur
rent group, Summit district
The Vancouver World says the local min
ing stock market Is dull and that the East
ern market has petered out since the ex~
posture OF the Orphan Boy swindle.
Two men have been set TO work extend
ing the tunnel on the Family group, Gle
Elum district owned by f. O. Marsh and
others. of Ballard, and A &. Bowman, of
Seattle.
Shipments have begun from the tunnel
OF the Wonderful. SLOGAN district, Gnc
ledge has been followed for 800 feet and
carries punches OF ore. indicating proxim-
isy OF the ore body.
The Rossland stock exchange Is closed
and asked the spokane exchange TO follow
suit A committee from Rossland met a
cold reception. and il was decided TO hold
on two months longer
The Monoshee mina on Cherry creek,
British Columbia, Is likely 10 I've reopenei,
Capt. +. Molyneux. an Engiishman of
South African experience, having taken a
three months option at ssee'
Or. Natterson. OF Port Angeles. has oh
tanned an assay of 81 gold from surface ore
from his claim on the Eiwha river. near
Port Angeles. ". RI. Guthrie. of Colo
RADIO. has been examining the hurricane
group in that vicinity.
The Port Angeles Democrat-Leader says
George w Meaghers w. II. Gould and III.
Johnson have returned from a. prospecting
trip in the Olympic mountains and mat
Il IL reported q. 4. Wolf has discovered
paving ore in the Geyser valley.
W. A. Carlyle provincial mIneraIogis, OF
British Columbia. starts In a tsW day
time to report upon districts which ne
was unable 10 visit last season He Will
be absent for i've months. ana expects 20
v,slt Yale Vernon. Kettle river. boundary
creek Lardeau. Trout lake, illecilitMaei.
kamioops and sar1noo.
The Sans Poei wagon road IS completed
thirty miles up from the Columbia About
10, men are employed In Eureka camp on
IN. reservation, its objective point, and IL
~ expected that all supplies Will go in
from Wilbur when the road n completed.
Several psa GERS are being worked along
the Sans Peel
The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1897-05-26

With she advance Of summer the
mountains are beginning 70 swarm with
prospectors either IN search o. new
claims or doing assessment work on OH
ones. and with miners who are Develop
Ing the most advanced properties IN each
district. TIE snow is disappearing from
the south and vest slopes Of the noun
tains very fast-or had done so until the
present cool spell set Inland nov re-
mains only on the northern slopes. 81
SUBMITS and In the deep gulches where
slides have accumulated il. The estah-
Hshed camps have either been kept open
All winter or have been reopened % men
who Travelled over the snow TO them
Where development Is beginning on new
properties. trails are being cut 20 them
as fat as the snow rnelts. and camps
are being established ready for long
seasons work
Miners ara greatly elsted at the early
summer. az IL assures them long sea-
son for work, before snow again ham
pers tfretr operations. II must not be
imagined. however because warm wealth
or has prevailed on the Sound for several
weeks and snow is IN sight only oN the
high peaks. that II has yet melted enough
10 no longer hamper mining operations
Many mines are being opened far towards
the submits Of the ridges. where the
snow will not disappear till late in the
summer Others are in gulches. where
snow lies piled TO a depth OF fifty or more
feet and where tunnels have 10 be run
through IL or under II In order TO effect
an entrance 20 the mines. Still sum
ner has so fairly set in that there Is no
danger OF relapse into winter such as
delayed operations last year.
An encouraging sign of the renewed con-
ndence I'm the development Of the mineral
wealth Of the Cascades is the energy with
which prospectors are beginning the
sessment work on their claims They see
In the renewed activity among investors
an opportunity to sell or bond and
therefore wish 10 open up their ore bodies
so as TO make a good showing. This Is
In striking contrast to former years. when
the general dependency caused men To
gladly avail themselves of the law sus-
pending the requirement Of assessment
work. or to resort to some OF the tricks
OF the trade by which claims held
without compliance with this law. An
other good sign is the occasional presence
in the city of mining men from other CEN
tiers, who are looking over the ground
with view 20 possible investment.
The forest reservations do not appear
10 interfere with the activity of the pros
pectors. for they pursue their researches
regardless OF these restrictions in fun
confidence that congress will throw down
the bars which President Cleveland set
up Even were location Of new claims
within the limits to be stopped, there are
abundant old locations protected by the
saving clause of the proclamation to oc-
cupy the energies of the mining popula-
ton in their development for years to
come.
The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1897-05-26
Mines Of AmadOr County.

g A. Carpenter has added materially TO
tne reputation he built up az an enterpris-
ing newspaper man while editor OF the
Anacortes American and the Alaska News,
by his record as editor OF the Antador. Cal.
Record His last stroke of enterprise is a
special mining edition OF the Record neat
" printed on good paper and copiousiy
Illustrated with photo engravings. IL con-
tains also a good-sized map of the county.
showing the locations Of the mines. Each
mine liz described in detail. many of them
arc illustrated. and good portraits OF some
Of rhe mining men OF the county are given.
Amador jumped TO second place In SOLO
production among the counties Of Califor-
mia in 1896 when her total was estimated
~ 81 go go
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events will be close and exciting and there
VIII be more different men competing than
In any other meet ever held in the North
west.
The handicapping In the athletic events
viii be done by Portus BAXTER. OF the Sc
attic Athletic Cub while Henry Good
man OF Portland. of the l.. A. ". racing
board. will perform a like office in the
bicycle events. The two-mile and i've
mile handicap bicycle events will be
closely contested. and will bring out the
best riders in the amateur class that are
now In the Northwest, The professional
race Will be watched with exceeding In
terest. as IL is confidently expected that
all the old favorites will appear in it,