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The Yakima herald. [volume] (North Yakima, W.T. [Wash.]) 1889-1914, 1897-04-15

The Japanese are a small race of men,
they are ambitious OF having cavalry
regiments, and have come to the con-
clusion the eastern Was hington and Ore
gon cayuses are just the size for them.
All authorities are emphstically in favor
Of adopting them before the Australian
horses. A San Francisco dispatch says:
President Tetsuatro Aoki OF the Yo-
kohama Specie bank Of this city, said
today that undoubtedly the American
horse will I'll all requirements.
"The horse most suitable for the
Japanese cavalry" he said. "should be
as tough a. raw hide, not over gentle
and not too dainty in the matter of
fodder. would unhesitatingly recon-
mend that the best horses for the home
government could be selected from herds
that thrive so well on the plains OF east
ern Washington, In Oregon. California
and other mountain states. 1t only re-
mains for those most interested to bring
the matter properly before the Japanese
government In order to open up big
market for these animals"
The Yakima herald. [volume] (North Yakima, W.T. [Wash.]) 1889-1914, 1897-04-15
An Epidemic OF statutes.

Chicago Chronicle: The millennium
will not come any sooner through the
efforts OF the bucolie Legislators with their
patent, blown-in-the- bottle statutory
medicines for every moral i'll that affects
the human family. The old world has q
habit OF jogging along at tolerably even
pace, and as the sum Of human enligbt-
eminent increases there il a growing ten
dency in we'll regulated communities TO
rank common sense higher than statu.
tory law. The higher the civilization the
less need is there to harass individuals
and communities with petty restrictions
that have their birth in q mistaken no.
ton that every one will 90 wrong unless
regulated by statute.
The prevailing epidemic of statute
making in the various state Legislatures
has reached an acute stage and will
doubtless be productive OF lasting harm
Not that that there is much fear OF any
curtailment OF personal liberty. but the
real danger lies in weighing down the
statute books with desd.letter laws aud
thus creating contempt for all laws. The
Kansas legislator who proposes TO enforce
the ten commandments by law is not
more grotesque or ignorant than the leg
islator in the same state who proposes
that no woman within the common.
The Yakima herald. [volume] (North Yakima, W.T. [Wash.]) 1889-1914, 1897-04-15

cred under two heads; first the internal
poisons or those which take effect by be-
ing eaten along with the ordinary food of
the insect second the external irritants
which take effect by closing the breath
pores or by causing extreme irritation.
The kind of insecticide to be used de-
ponds in a large degree upon the struc-
ture of the mouth-parts OF the insect /;
for beetles, the larvae of moths and but
ter flies, and others with biting parts,
the internal poisons are used while for
the various insects with sucking mouth
parts as the pant.lice, scale-bugs, etc,
the external irritants are used. The
reason for this Is very plain. We can
easily see that it would be useless to
spray a plant with an internal insecticide
when it was infected with an insect with
smoking mouth parts, for such insects
obtain their food from the juices OF the
plant which are not reached at all by
the poison.
Internal poisons are used for fighting
the insects with biting-mouth parts such
as beetles, caterpillsrs and others. The
most important internal polsons are the
various combinations of arsenic. Paris
green and London purple have sup
planted nearly all others of this class, of
these two Paris green is much more to
he recommended II NAV he anplied
either wet or dry.
The Yakima herald. [volume] (North Yakima, W.T. [Wash.]) 1889-1914, 1897-04-15
sheep ON Every Pawn.

Reasons cannot be advanced why there
should not be small flock of sheep on
nearly every farm In Yakima county.
They are q good income producer and
there is rarely time when they do not
find ready market. Farmers should
begin with . small band and when they
have learned oil that is necessary by
experience they can add more, or by
keeping the eve lambs, soon grow into u
q flock Of any size desired There is
one thing sheep must have to thrive and
that IL dry and good shelter in stormy
weather. Buildings need not necesssri.
ly be expensive, but a shed on high
ground is required to bring success.
Another thing that adds TO the health
and thrift of a flock is thorough dip
ping soon after shearing each year. The
dipping will pay even if there is no YER
min or scab, by adding TO the quality and
weight Of the next feeca. Few farms in
this county furnish pasture for sheep but
those who have tried it claim that IL Is
one Of the most satisfactory and protita-
BILE features Of farming.
The Yakima herald. [volume] (North Yakima, W.T. [Wash.]) 1889-1914, 1897-04-15
THE WEALTH OF ALASKA
The Marvellous PlaCerS Of the RlOndiks
District Show Riches Untold.
MINERS WAGES $t.25 PER HOUR
statutory Medicine Does NOs Hast.
en- she MiIlennium-Aiit the state
Lands OF Warrington withdra wn
From the Market.

The tales told by Ed. Thorp since his
return from the Klondike, a marvelously
rich district in Alaska, have set juneau
wild, according to the Post Intelligencer
Here is what he says: 1.-THE stories IN
circulation concerning the extraordinary
richness Of the recent discoveries in the
Klondike district have not been exagger.
ated in the least. Gold in good paying
quantities has been found on a number
Of creeks above Bonanza, but interest
centers almost entirely in that stream
and Eldorado, its first and principal trib-
utary. The amount Of gold contained In
many of the claims, which can be COM
puted with reasonable degree OF accur-
acy by sinking dozen or fifteen prospect
holes in various portions OF the pay streak
and taking an ave rage number Of pant
from each one, is almost incredible
When it is remembered that dirt thai
averages 10 cents to the pan is considered
very rich, what must it be when 1t runt
81 and s. to the pan? On Clarence Der.
rvs claim, No. 9 Eldorado, all the men
that could be had were given employ
ment this winter at $l.25 an hour. He
has sunk some fifteen or twenty prospect
holes to bedrock, and has located the
pay streak for q width Of 100 feet and
averaging three feet in thickness the full
length of his claim. Pay dirt 10 eucoun.
tered Immediately under the muck which
in that locality in about nine feet thick
that goes from 8 to % cents to the pan,
but the pay streak is not considered to
have been struck until 75cent dirt lie
reached. Pans taken from the bedrock
on this claim almost stagger ones belief
they not infrequently running as high AZ
$3.50 and 5000. The heaviest pan washed
out so far In the entire district came from
No. q, and weighed 1888, one nugget
alone in the pan weighing 1898. Berry't
expenses this winter have been from lO(
to $3.50 per day, and he settles with hi
employees every evening after working
hours, using only pan and some water
secured by melting ice to wash out the
amount necessary to pay his labor. The
amount of gravel already lying ON thu
dump ready to be washed out as soon q,
the water runs contains q fortune Close
on to six figures.
81 was standing near Berry's dump ont
evening when Mrs. Berry came dowr
from the cabin to call her husband Il
supper, While waiting for him to come
up the shaft she picked up over $50 in
coarse gold and nuggets that were lyinl
loose in the gravel just as they came from
bedrock, not FIVE minutes time being oc
cupied in doing it,"
The Yakima herald. [volume] (North Yakima, W.T. [Wash.]) 1889-1914, 1897-04-15
slightly Mixed.

In an English country church the cur.
ate had to give out two notices, the first
of which was about baptisms and the
latter had to do with a new hymn book
Owing to an accident he inverted the or
der and gave out as follows: II am re.
quested TO announce that the new hymn
book will be used for the first time In
this church Sunday next, and am re.
quested to call attention to the delay
which often takes place in bringing chill
dfen to be baptized they should be
brought on the earliest day possible
This is particularly impressed on mothers
who have young babies" "And for the
information OF those who have none"
added the rector, in gentle, kindly tones
and who. being deaf, had not heard what
had been previously said-"snd for the
the information OF those who had none,
may state, If wished, they can be OBJ
tanned on application in the vestry, inn
mediately after service today. Limp
ones, one shilling each; with stiff backs,
two shillings."
The Yakima herald. [volume] (North Yakima, W.T. [Wash.]) 1889-1914, 1897-04-15
Applies TO Future Mortgages.

Some doubt exists rs to the scope of
the anti-defcency judgment law for
mortgages passed by the legislature Of
this state. Many think it is retroactive
in it's effect, applying to mortgages that
were made prior to its passage, as well
az those to be made after. This is not
the case, the provision of the organic
law forbidding legislation impairing the
obligation of contracts is embodied in the
constitution of Washington. The bill as
originally introduced into the legislature
was retroactive, but an amendment was
made correcting this defect. 1t now APP
plies only to mortgages made after the law
goes into effect
The Yakima herald. [volume] (North Yakima, W.T. [Wash.]) 1889-1914, 1897-04-15
An English Ghost story.

This is true English ghost story of al
unconventional kind. A young lady ar
rived late at night on visit to friend.
She awoke in the darkness, to find a
white figure at the foot of the bed. While
she watched the bed.clothes we're sud
denly whisked off and the apparition
vanished. After an anxious, not to say
chilly night, the visitor went down, with
little appetite, to breakfast. At the table
she was introduced to gentleman, a
very old friend of the family, who had,
she learned, also been sleeping in the
house. He complained of the cold. 81
hope you will excuse me-" he said to the
hostess, "but found it so cold during
the night that, knowing the room next to
mine was unoccupied. took the liberty
Of going in and carrying off the bed.
clothes to supplement my own" The
room, as it happened, Was not unoccu-
pied, but he never learned his mistake.
The Yakima herald. [volume] (North Yakima, W.T. [Wash.]) 1889-1914, 1897-04-15

The board Of state land commissioners
last week made very important order in
Withdrawing from sale all state, granted,
school or other lands. Hereafter appli-
cations for purchase Of the public lands
Of the state will be rejected. and special
deposits already received returned. This
does not apply to the purchase Of timber
and material on state lands, nor to such
applications a. have prior rights under
existing laws to purchase tide lands.
The reason for this step is said to be
that to sell now, in the present financial
stringency would be TO take the lowest
price ever likely to be offered, thus de-
feating the objects for which the several
grants were made to the state. The COM
missioner OF public lands is ordered to
lease all these lands possible to perma-
nent occupants and improvers to the
fullest extent permitted under existing
laws
The Yakima herald. [volume] (North Yakima, W.T. [Wash.]) 1889-1914, 1897-04-15
Big shipment OF Flour.

The largest cargo OF -four yet shipped
from Tacoma, consisting OF 100 900 sacks,
will be taken out by the steamship
Braemsr. Officers Of the ship, when
questioned regarding the large shipments
now being made to the Orient, gave as
their opinion that the Russians who are
seeking q harbor on the coast OF Japan
are playing big game Of bluff, and the
Japanese, fearing war in the near future,
are buying large supplies of every de-
scription. In this shipment there are
at least 20 different brands OF -four, the
largest brand amounting to 80 900 sacks.
The Touring mills at Spokane contributed
10 carloads to this large cargo.
The Yakima herald. [volume] (North Yakima, W.T. [Wash.]) 1889-1914, 1897-04-15
Superstitions Regarding lsa b,es.

In Ireland belt of woman's hair is
placed about child to keep harm away,
and garlic, salt, bread and steak are put
into the cradle of = new born baby in
Holland. Roumanian mothers tie red
ribbons around the ankles of their chill
dren to preserve them from harm, while
Esthonian mothers attach bits OF asa.
foetida to the necks of their offspring.
Welsh mothers put pair OF tongs or q
knife in the cradle to insure the safety OF
their children. The knife Ia also used
for the same purpose in some parts Of
England. Among the Vosges peasants
children born at the new moon are sup
posed to have tongues better hung than
others, while those born at the last quar-
ter better reasoning powers. A daughter
born during the waxing moon is always
precocious. Investigation into the folk
lore of any country reveals the oldest
superstitions regarding babies. and 20
into any English family to-day, and you
will find many unexplained ones still
vigorously observed.
The Yakima herald. [volume] (North Yakima, W.T. [Wash.]) 1889-1914, 1897-04-15
made Him Sa d.

Weary wstkins-What you lookin' so
sore about2
Dismal Dxwson-I met guy today as
tols me was really workin' harder bum
min around de country than II was
actually holdin' . job. It may be true,
too, fer al know.
The Yakima herald. [volume] (North Yakima, W.T. [Wash.]) 1889-1914, 1897-04-15

WASTED-Several faithful men or wo-
men to travel for Irresponsible established
house in Washington. Salary $3.50, pay.
able $l5 weekly and expenses. Position
permanent. Reference. Enclose self
addressed stamped envelope. The Ma
tional, Star Building, Chicago.
The Yakima herald. [volume] (North Yakima, W.T. [Wash.]) 1889-1914, 1897-04-15
Territorial Extension.

President Mckinley has an ambition
to increase our territory by annexation,
and Hawaii and Cuba are expected to be
under the protecting care of Uncle Sam
before the end of this administration.
Persons near to the new president and
his advisers say that this is the hope and
expectation of the new administration.
1t is an interesting fact that if Johnson's
administration be considered democratic,
and it was so regarded by the republican
party at the time, no federal wing or re-
area Of the republic. All expansion of
territory Of the United States have been
under democratic administration. Jefer.
son brought us the vast domain OF Louis.
lana, stretching from the headwaters of
the Yellowstone to the delta OF the great
Mississippi Monroe added the Floridas
Polk welcomed the Lone Star republic to
the Union and conducted the war with
Mexico which gave us Alta California,
New Mexico and the dependencies from
the Pacific TO the Rockies under Pierce
the Oregon boundary dispute was settled,
and the Gadsen purchase gave us the
country beyond the ella river, which, by
the way, is the hottest part of the United
States. The vast territory of Alaska was
purchased by Andrew Johnson, the presi-
dent that the republican party sought to
impeach. Mckinley desires to rank
with these presidents in es tending Amer
lean power. His success might Offset
any failure he may make in his domestic
policies.
The Yakima herald. [volume] (North Yakima, W.T. [Wash.]) 1889-1914, 1897-04-15
GOING EAST ?
IF YOU ARE,
DO NOT FORGET
THREE IMPORTANT POINTS

FIRST-Go via St. Paul be-
cause the lines to that point will
afford you the very best service.
SECOND-See that the cou-
pom beyond St. Paul reads via
the Wisconsin Central because
that line makes close connections
with all the trans-cCntinental
lines entering the Union Depot
there and its service is frst-class
in every particular.
THIRD-For information call
on your neighbor and friend
the nearest ticket agent-and
ask for a ticket reading via the
Wisconsin Central lines, or ad-
dress
JAS. c. POND, or GEO s. BArrY
Gen. Pass. Agt., General Agent,
Milwaukee. Wis. 246 Stark ST..
Portland, Or.
The Yakima herald. [volume] (North Yakima, W.T. [Wash.]) 1889-1914, 1897-04-15
The Old Maxim

That the BEST is the
CHEAPEST is plainly H.
Illustrated to all those who
trade with
St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1897-12-03
WEST CONCORD.

Among those who returned home to
spend Thanksgiving were Misses Mary
and Minnie Knapp OF Montpelier at Rev.
]. E. Knapp's, Mr.. and Mrs. c. M. Bonett
and Mr.. and Mrs. A. ]. Corriveau of St.
Johnsbury at c. L. Stacy's. Mrs. Will
Bradley and two daughters of Hartford
at o. D. Cobleigh's and W. 0. Rocheleau
and family OF Morrisville at John Davis.
Robert Hull has returned from Nor
risville, where he has been attending
school.
Mrs. Berry and son of Iowa are the
guests OF Mr.. and Mrs. l.. w. Russell
The village schools will commence the
winter term next Monday with Miss
Kellogg in the higher department and
Miss Blanche Wabridge in the lower.
The many friends of Miss Celia Hay.
wood, formerly Of this place, but Tor
the past few years residing in San Fran
cisco, CAL. will be pleased to know that
she has accepted the position as librarian
in the public library at Gaesburg, Ill.
Mrs. Bronson OF St. Johnsbury was
the guest of Mrs. S. Moody Saturday and
Sunday.
Mr.. and Mrs. Geo. Cross and son OF
Madison, New Jersey, are visiting at
Henry Ranney's.
G. H. Dudley has gone to Massachu-
sets on business trip.
Frank Mcfarland has gone to Grove
ton selling weather strips.
George Reed is in Groton working for
]. r. Darling & Co.
Charles Smith has sold his blacksmith
shop and tools to Carpenter q Son OF
Barton for $3.50, possession given at
once. They will occupy the tenement in
Rand's block.
St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1897-12-03
HARDWICK.

Col. Balm delivered his celebrated lee.
ture, Lessons from Memory" at Acad-
envy hall, Dec. 2. A fair sized audience
was much pleased with the entertain
ment.
Mrs. Marion Thomas, farmer who
resides about two and half miles west
Of this village, was united in marriage to
a Mr.. Slayton on Tuesday.
Miss Eta Jackson is employed as clerk
at the telephone exchange in Taylor &
Welch's store.
Fred Smith, our professional on ditch
matters, is now employed at Newport.
The Titus sisters are at home.
The'hearing in the post office contest
was held at st. Johnsbury last Saturday
before Gen. Grout. Mr.. Shattuck and
Mr.. Taylor, with their lieutenants, were
on the ground with their respective pc
titons, which were impartially reviewed
BY the General. No decision is as yet
rendered. Undoubtedly one Of these
gentlemen will in due time be appointed
by the president as postmaster at Hard
wick. "Magnum bonum."
Hon. H. H. Powers was recently a
visitor to this place on business connected
with the c. E. Jeudevine estate.
Elmer Batchelder has moved into his
new house on Cherry street.
Marion Sullivan is able to be out after
her lines.
Miss Mabel Way Of Burlington was a
guest OF friends here this week.
Carrie Kent is making her mother a
visit.
William Warren has moved from ]. H..
Drew's tenement to ]. Cowles' new house
on West Wolcctt street.
The Christian Crusaders are holding
nightly meetings at the Congregational
church. These Crusaders are fivein num-
Der, three men and two ladies. They are
indefatigable workers Tor the cause and
much good stands to their credit in this
town.
St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1897-12-03

the 45th anniversary of the wedding of
Mrs. Carter's parents, Mr.. and Mrs.
John Page, at Sheffield last Saturday.
J. c. Eaton & Co. have put in two new
furnaces here this week, one Tor c. S.
Dole and one for DR.. Haviland.
The remains of Mrs. P. T. Walker of
st. Johnsbury were brought here for in.
terment Monday.
d. K. Wakefield offers for sale his fine
faim stock, farming tools, etc., at auc-
ton Tuesday, Dec. IA.
Newton Page has gone to Bartlett, N.
H.. on hunting trip.
Mrs. Fannie Green and daughter have
gone to Dover, N. H.
The union revival meetings conducted
by Rev. ]. M. Buffam have been very sue
cessiul They will be continued at the
Congregational church this week and at
the Methodist church next week.
Mrs. Emily Trussel died last Friday
after long illness. Mrs. Trussel has
been life long resident of Danvllle and
leaves many friends who mourn her
death. Mrs. Trussel has been a faithful
member of the Methodist church and
leaves them legacy oil 5000.
A. B. Hoyt has moved into his new
store in c. S. Dole's building and has a
good line of harnesses, blankets, whips,
etc, and employs good workman to
do his custom work.
St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1897-12-03
WEST BARNET.

E. H. Strowbrdge, wife and three chill.
'dren arrived from Tennessee, Thursday.
They will spend the winter with Thomas
Norton.
c. Brock OF Marshalltown, Iowa,
was in town last week.
Rev. and Mrs. S. P. Brownell have a
fine little boy which arrived at the par
sonage last week Wednesday.
Remember the Christmas sale and
chicken pie supper in the Village hall Fri.
day afternoon and evening.
During the fall term of the village
school Mamie Dunbar Merrill HASTE
Florence and Karl Somers were not alb.
sent; Clarence Caldwell, Clyde Conant,
Dudley Fitzgerald, Lizzie Morrill, and
Bruce Wallace were not tardy; Fred
HASTE. Harold Conant, Bernice Conant
and Gladys Conant were neither absent
nor tardy.
St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1897-12-03
MONKEYS FOND OF MILK.
Tear Open the StOmachs of Lambs In
Their Eagerness to Get 1t.

Tear Open the StOmachs of Lambs in
Their Eagerness to Get 1t.
The tshakama, monkey of the bab-
Don family which is rather common in
South Africa, has become a perfect
plague of the Transvaal farmers. The
ape, says the Philadelphia Record, has
acquired the habit of killing young
lambs, not in order to eat their meat,
hut simply to tear open their stomachs
and drink the milk contained therein.
Having acquired passionate desire for
milk, and being unable to milk the
sheep themselves, they patiently wait
until they see lamb sucking milk
from its mother, and take it away as they
would take milk pail which was thrown
away after the contents are consumed.
The tshakama then takes to the cacti
thickets, which are inaccessible to hui
man beings, and furnish at the same
time refuge and a source of food in
the fleshy leaves and fruit for the monk
cys.
The same ape has also quickly learned
to distinguish men from women. At
the approach of man they quickly
flee, while they allow woman to come
quite near, paying no attention to them.
The farmers, however, have adopted
themselves to the circumstances, and
when lambs are missing from their
flocks they don the skirts and bonnets
of their wives, and, taking up gun,
start in pursuit of the mischievous an
finals.
St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1897-12-03
A GOOD TIME.
He Knew Game That Was Better
Than Golf.

He Knew a Game That Was Better
Than Golf.
One of the old residents in the rural
community had been intently watching
the two young men from the city as
they played chess, says the Detroit
Free Press. The game was long one
and he ventured to interrupt:
Excuse me; but the object of both
of you is to git them wooden objects
from where they are over to where they
ain't?"
"That partially expresses it," replied
one.
"And you have to be continually on
the lookout fur surprises and difficult
ties?"
Constantly"
"And if you amt mighty keerful
you're goin' to lose some on 'em?"
"Yes."
"An' then there's that other game
that you dress up old fur an play with
long sticks an little ball."
"You'mean golf"
81 think prob'ly that's what ! mean.
Is that game amusin'?"
"It's quite interesting, and the exer-
else is very beneficial"
''Well, l reckon it's a mighty good
joke on me-"
what do you refer to?"
"The way I've been havin' fun with
out KNOWN anything about it. If you
gentlemen want to rely enjoy your
sells, you come. over and git me to let
you drive pigs. You'll git all the walk
in you want an the way you have to
watch out fur surprises an fgger SOS
not to lose 'em would tickle you most to
death"