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The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1897-08-22
A CORNER IN BARLEY THREATENED.
Tho Price Going Up In Consequence OF Rainy
Weather Mt Harvest Time.

weather nj Harvest Time.
Rainy weather at harvest time. the farmers
say. has a moro injurious effect upon barley than
upon any other grain. and rainy weather in
those sections of the country where the produc-
ton OF barley 10 largest has led during the past
week to an increasing scale of prices for various
grades OF barley. with some talk OF a possible
corner. The acreage In the several States de-
voted to barley varies greatly. for. unlike the
case OF wheat, corn, and oats, there are many
States which have no barley. whereas In others
IL Is one OF the most important grains grown
In respect of acreage California stands first
among States, and decidedly first I'm value of
the barley crop. which last year was In excess OF
$7.ooo,oO0. New York follows second, Minnesota
third, and Wisconsin fourth, and the brewers.
being great consumers OF barley.i 1t IL raised with
best advantage for market in those States, the
brewing interest OF which is considerable. The
barley grown In Minnesota and Wisconsin finds.
much OF II, a ready market in tho brewcrles of
Milwaukee, and tho New York barley grown,
though an important element of supply. Is insuf.
hcient for tho requirements OF the New York
oreweries. and enormous quantities are shipped
hither from California and Canada. Indeed, the
.lnportatloh OF canadian barley has been II mat.
yer or serious complaint among the farmers of
nsr 1rH; parsioularly those In the northern
Prior TO the adoption Of the tariff OF 1880, the
rate OF customs duty ON barley. measured in
5Hshels Of forty-cight pounds. was 10 cents.
wit a view Of excluding the Canadian hurley
the rate was raised in 1870 10 40 cents A bushel'
nma naner me Wilson Tariff bill the rate was
made S9 per cent, nd valorom, or about IL cents
Of Of fo GShS an on a. the present Dingiey bill the rate
hsOo, or 80 cents 4 bushei OF forty-cight pounds.
th y rnte on barley malt is 10 cents a bushcl OF
the new tari tP Il y cxn and Under nd The Operation OF
u not increased. certainly maintained. 40 far rs
ioTsign competition enters into the matter.
ino oariey ACREAGE OF 1890 was the largest on
aeuoru IN ths history OF the country, and the
average, yield 10 tho acre In that YEAR Was the
OF barley has varied from a dollar down to SO
sne,,i T. ,ors ana II, as some Of rho Chicago
rn nrS foS rain mas been materially injured by the
great GGencs source q surprise hit was to some extent
barley was seII II is Known IN trade as No.2
cents a 9ushel, and what Is know as mailing
s Sapt 70 t no cents; Amerlcan barley has a high
ducing country. The brewers az the World con.
sumo OO.ooO,OO0 bushels Of barley every year.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1897-08-22
PENNsYLrANIA STATE X Ell:
All oaay'a Way-rhe Contest May Ne startea
at the Coming saAte Contention.

e1ey mo M
at the Coming State Convention.
PHILADELPHIA. Aug. 2l.-The Renub,ic.,
State Convention Of Pennsylvania will meet Al
Harrisburg next Thursday. the 26th. and Major
McCauley OF West Chester will be nominated
Tor Auditor-General by reclamation, and James
8. Beacon will DO nominated for State Treas
urer on the first ballot-a few complimentary
votes cast for local candidates will prevent
Beacom's nomination by reclamation, and John
+. Elkin will DO reelected Chairman OF the Re-
publican State without opposition.
AS McCauiey. Beacon. and Elkin were slated
by Senator Quay fully six months AGO. II Ia
gratifying to him to know that the State Con.
vention will confirm his selections with verv
little friction.
Inc Executive OF the State LeaRue
OF Business Mon has secured rooms at tho
Lochiel. and Its Executive Chairman, a genial
G~erman.American citizen, Rudolph Blanken.
burg. will personally take command OF tho
anti-Quay forces and lead them against Beacon.
and II Brother Blankenburg fails to scare Quay
with his pessimistic bulletins against Beacon,
1t will be because Quay will decline reading Bis
marck Biankcnhurg's political literature in his
Indian River dug.out while fishing for tns
tarpon with Capt. Ben Sooy as his comrade.
When tho Hon. John WanamaIer led the
Senator he received 78 votes to io7 cast for S' sen.
ator Penrose,,more than Al per cent, Of the total
~ 100 '"at Suh 10 contracted with tho
vote to be cast against Beacon for state Treas.
nrer next Thursday-the only candidate against
made q fight. and for whose defeat the good and
great leader, Executive Chairman BinnEenburg,
mas %nsnea headagarters at the state capital.
for State Treasurer shall have boon cast avainst
beacoin- even Including complimentary votes
members men OF The state League of Business Men
politics; and II may also occur TO them To- do
something Y they would lead the people TO be.
lieve that they are In earnest In their Efforts 10
defeat Quay for Senator.
The Democratic Convention meets in Septem.
Der. and in the meantime Gold-Standard Har.
TN: supplcnlenied by Silver King Pattison, is
endoaNorinE 10 harmonic the cOntendinv lac.
tions OF The Domocratic party OF Pennsyivania.
put up TO this time he appears to have been
about as successful as Weyler has been with his
un.Mnmen SMnnn .pacincos, tnasmuch AS the
In the interests Of harmony the more he pacid.
COS seem determined to chuck both Harrity and
ra,tison over the battlement walls outside the
The Republican Convention will he a ouiat
narnionlons gathering. The Democratic Con:
vsnti9n promises volcanic eruptions and -cTSlSSS
Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1897-10-29
Do Metals Become Tired2
New Yo.I Ledger.

New 1O.A Leuscr.
Various instances are on record
where metals, while not showing any
appreciable wear, have literally fallen
to pieces, and that without any as
signed cause. On one occasion steel
rail, after % years continuous service
on the Great Northern railway, in
England, actually disintegrated under
the wheels of a passing train. So COM
plete was the breaking up that
scientists thought it worthy of in
vestigation, during which it determined
that the metal had become ex.
hausted and had broken down, just as
an overstrained animal might be ex-
pected to do. This has led to further
injury, and scientists are satisfied that
metals do become tired out. Fine
cracks often appear in steel rails, and
it has been supposed that they are
caused by the continuous conclusion
of railway wheels. This, however,
seems to be contradicted by the ex-
animation of newly made rails, in
which similar fine lines occur. The
idea that metals become weary, while
not altogether new one, is to an ex-
tent a plausible one and under the
careful scrutiny of scientific societies
will probably be satisfactorily ex-
plained and settled.
Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1897-10-29
Unnecessary Heroisnl.

One of the most ridiculous situa-
tions which at the time bring the
coolest sweat out on a mans brow
and ever after remain with him as a
constant source of mirth occurred to
a Shelton merchant. He thought he
would take a bath, and as his fiat is
minus one of the chief requisites for
the job-a bathtub-he extemporized
one out of a small washtub and en-
joyed cooling ablution.
He had just concluded ahd stepped
from the tub for towel, when sud-
denly the top hoop of the tub burst
with sharp report, and the man
saw to his horror that the whole con.
tents of the tub would soon be flood
ing the floor. At the same moment
he thought of the store beneath and
the amount of damage the water
would do as it ran down through the
ceiling. He is a man ofquick thought,
Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1897-10-29

and in moment he did the only
thing possible-threw himself down
beside the tub and clasping his arms
around it, held the already fast SWELL
ing slaves together. He was success
full in keeping the water in-but what
a situation! He dared not yell, for
he was hardly in a condition to re-
ceive callers, especially as he knew
that all in the block at the time were
Of the gentler sex, and he realized at
once that the only thing left for him
was to stay in that position until the
return of his wife, who was out on q
shopping expedition.
Like the boy who saved Holland,
he manfully remained in his most un-
comfortable position until relief in the
shape of his wife appeared. Then, to
cap the climax, when he asked her to
get rope or any old thing to tie
about the tub, she, after long fit of
uncomfortable laughter, asked him
why he didn't carry tub and contents
out to the sink-room and pour out the
water. With a look that froze the
smile on her face he did as she said
and without word donned his cloth
ing and wandered out into the cold,
unfeeling world, crushed and hui
inflated man.
Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1897-10-29
Out Of An Old Scrap Book.

If your tongue be in good condition
for doing a little acrobatic work, says
the Boston Journal, try reading the
following word curiosity, aloud. 1t
may be familiar to some of you, for
it is one OF the treasures that we dug
up from an old scrap book:
If you stick stick across stick,
Or stick cross across stick,
Or cross q stick across a stick,
Or stick q cross across a cross,
Or cross cross across cross,
Or stick cross stick across a stick,
Or stick a crossed stick across a
crossed stick,
Or cross a crossed stick across a
cross,
Or cross a crossed stick across a
stick,
Or cross a crossed stick across a
crossed stick,
Would that be an acrOstic?
Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1897-10-29
CANNED EGGS.
\ Portland Slun Has shipped the nj,
In n ssknOc k.DOwn,, shape"

in n sknOck.DOwn Shape.,'
"Canned hen fruit for the Klondike,
or the patient and industrious hen to
the rescue" may be the title of Il some
what written chapter in the history
of Alaska, contributed by Chris E.
Vest, of Portland, who proposes to
take over $4,000 eggs, frozen solid in
cans, to the relief of the starving
miners. He expects to reach Dawson
by dog train before Christmas, and is
confident of realizing over 100000
clear of all expense by his enterprise.
Ever since Dawson was founded,
eggs have found instant sale there at
81 and over a dozen; and according
to the latest reports received from
Dawson, eggs were worth SIS Il
dozen early in September. Mr.. Vest
argues that, in the pinch OF midwinter
shortage, the gold-burdened Klon-
dikers will be happy to pay twice that
sum. The actual quantity he will at
tempt to take in is 3,S43 dozen, six
dozen to the can. As by actual test
they weigh one pound to the dozen,
it will be seen that this number repre-
sents nearly two tons of eggs. Vest
and party will also take in II tons of
dressed poultry, besides large supply
of oysters, fresh pork, bacon and other
food. II the outfit is successful in
reaching Dawson on schedule time,
somebody there will certainly be able
to enjoy something like an old-fashion-
ed Christmas dinner, and may after
ward astonish grandchildren by the
tale of the cost of that dinner.
But the most unique thing about
the enterprise is the manner in which
the eggs will be transported. They
will have to be served with their
Jackets" off, for they are shelled out,
dropped, in short, "knocked down."
Since the Alaska excitement began,
everybody has learned what "knock-
ed-dOwn" steamer, house, rowboat, saw
mill, or wheelbarrow is, but whoever
heard before of knocked-down eggs?
An important difference affecting Mr..
Vests eggs is in the fact that,
whereas they are knocked down to
facilitate transportation, they cannot,
as in the case of the other articles, be
put together again at the end OF the
journey, the reason for which will be
readily appreciated by every person
who has heard the tragic story of
Humpty-Dumpty.
To be more explicit, each egg was
broken into a tin can, care being
taken not to disturb the yolk. When
the can was filled, it was sealed and
placed in cold storage, the contents
being soon frozed solid. The cans will
be kept on ice until Dyea is reached,
after which there will be no likelihood
of their thawing until turned into
some hungry miners frying-pan at
Dawson
Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1897-10-29

No more gold seals will be used in
the Kansas State house. Every COM
mission to be issued from now on will
be adorned with silver seal. Kansas
is a silver State, and the State ad-
ministration is silver. The change
was suggested by Miss Edna Steel,
a young lady in the Governors
office, who selected the adornments
for official State papers of the future.
These adornments will be large sill.
yer seal, two inches in diameter, with
a narrow gold ribbon. Her idea was
to make the colors, as nearly as pos
sible, represent 16 to l. Heretofore
and at the present time the adorn-
ments are gold seal and white silk
ribbon.
Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1897-10-29
GATHERINGS BY THE WAYSIDE.

The loss suffered by business men in
the yellow fever section is estimated at
SOS, 100000.
Sir Edwin Arnold, the journalist
and poet was married to a japanese
woman, in London Sunday.
A white rose is to be the distin-
gushing emblem on the Prohibition
lists State ticket in Nebraska this fall.
The public school at Thompson's
POstoffice, Del, is in state of insur.
rection because colored pupil has
been admitted.
One OF the most curious trades ex-
tant is that of man in Berlin, who
gets living by breeding rats for vivi.
section purposes.
A Russian thistle nine feet in cir
cumference was recently found grow
ing by the wayside in the Santa Fe
valley, New Mexico.
Spain's bill of expenses on account
OF the Wey1er regime in Cuba has
been $l9S,OOO,OOo, or $11, 100000 for
every month of his rule.
A health evangelist" who is taking
in the West says that in his opinion
many cases of alleged total depravity
are only cases of total indigestion.
According to Nilsson, the zoologist,
the weight of the Greenland whale is
100 tons, or $4,000 pounds, or equal
to that of 50 elephants or 40 bears.
Near Homer, Mich, man started
a duck farm last spring with two
ducks. The eggs laid numbered 100,
and he raised to the marketable age
116 ducks.
The proportion of killed to the
number of railway travellers is, in
France, l in 100000; England has
one in 2S,OOO,OOO, and in the United
States in 100000.
Acorns are so thick on Ross Island,
near Portland, Oregon, that owners of
land otherwise of little value, are buy
ing hogs, with the intention of fatten-
ing them on the acorns and marketing
them.
Mrs. Clara F. Nye, widow of Bill'
Nye, the great humorist is poverty
stricken, at her home at Ashville, N.
c., through failure of a bank, in
which she had a modest competency
deposited.
The old Tyler house and estate,
where President Tyler lived after his
second marriage, at West Brighton, s.
l., has just been sold and an ancient
landmark in the history of Staten Is
land will be removed.
Mrs. Ollie Handy of Cobb county,
Ga, is the 10Th child born to her par.
ents. Mrs. Handy had seven brothers
who were Baptist preachers, and has
six nephews engaged in the tame call.
ing. Her descendants now numbor
II.
Bishop Potter's new book "The
Scholar and the State" recommends
reinstatement of the whipping post as
punishment for certain crimes. He
says: You have abolished the scourge
and the lash. DO you realize that
you have thus thrown away the one
weapon that can deter multitudes
from vice." This utterance, coming
from so emenant man, has created
q sensation.
Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1897-10-29
Would that be an acrOstic?

WHILE thorough in action, Ayers
Pills strengthen rather than stimulate
the extretory organs. Leading physi-
clans recommend them because they
are free from calomel or other in
furious drugs, being composed entirely
OF the best vegetable aperients.
Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1897-10-29

EDITOR j. L. Montgomery, of Mar
shall, (lll,) Democrat, states that for
years, he suffered untold agony from
dyspepsia. At last he began to take
Ayers Sarsaparilla, and by the time
he used six bottles, he was as we'll as
ever. Cures others, will cure you.
Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1897-10-29
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Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1897-10-29

HALLS Hair Denewer renders the
hair lustrous and silken, gives it an
even color and enables women to put
it up in a great variety of styles.
Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1897-10-29

ABOUT 500 bales of hops were sold
at Puyallup last week, at from 13a to
IA cents pound.
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Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1897-10-29
Gold From Sea Water.

To extract gold and silver from sea
water automatically tank is placed
over the weter at the right height to
be filled as the tide ebbs, valve pre-
venting the escape of the water through
the inlet pipe, compelling it to flow
out through a filtering material COM
posed of alternate layers of coarse and
fine carbon covered with a layer of fine
wire cloth.
Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1897-10-29

Puck: First farmer-Them foreign
crops seem to be awful short. Second
farmer-Yes. 1t seems jest like dis
nensation of Providence.
Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1897-10-29

Church Crccds Are TOO NarrOw-AIt
Truth Divine; All Intelligence
Spiritual l,luminaItOm-Sab bba III.
Day Religion Exclusive In Its
Nature Religious ObScrvauces
Should Parlake of Secularily
Enough TO Command General
Respect and support.
Tombstone epitaph., 1897-02-28
OUR GOVERNORS.
Governors Nf Arizona Since its
 Organization.

The secretary of the territory va. recently reqT.ted tyA firm in New York prb'isi ing tn. \ uioaal Cyclo- Ieiis o' American Biography to furn ish ihe firm with liss of ih. govern ors of Arizona and the psriod. of ,hei, respective terms of oAics and tho To aii'ies from whence they were ap- wiatei. The following is the lie, furni.h'd by him. which will be 0. unu,u l interest to our r. aders:
 Gnfl.y, John A. Ohio, March l0 1861.
 Goodwin, John H. Maine. Feb. 2 1861. 1 Mccor,lick, B. c. Arizona. Apri; 10 lse6.
 S-ford, A. P. k., Nevada, Ap,il ' 1869.
 Stafford. A. P. K, Nevada, April II 1873.
 H'y', John P, Michigan, Octobe, g. 1877. Fremont, John c. New York, June l2. 1878.
 Fri le, Frederick A. Nevada, Feb. 6 1882.
 Znlick, c. Myer, New Jersey, May 5, 1886.
 Wolff y, Lewis. Arizona, March 2S, 1889.
 Murphy, N. O., Arizona, August 2s, 1870.
 Irwin. John N, I..wa, Oct. l, N9n.
 Murphy, x. o A'izD-r, Nav II. 92
 Hnghe', l.. :. AIiz April F. 1893. Bruce, c. Nj, Ariz.. Marcl 30, IS 6
 FranI lin, E. J., Ariz App. 10. 1896
 c. NJ. Bruce, ,ucceedi'g L c. Hughes. and M. o. Murphy. surc. ed. ing Lew,s W"!iley. did not receive e mn i1-inDs, hut ta..unird office under 'hu 1. d, ral s'.tu,e which pr"vid that the ssctstnry of the t.rrts " shall e1. scutr sll the powers sLd perform all the duties O! governor during . vacancy in the executive office un,ii another governor is sppointed and qdaliii. q.
Tombstone epitaph., 1897-02-28

A telegram ceived this p m. CO., vPyed the rad information that Mrs. Mike Welsh de ! 4, Con cres- today Mr-. Welsh wss at Congress on a visit to her daueh'er. Mr-. Chss. Platt and was taken ill few days since, result ing in her death despite every efror, to save her. The heartfelt sy m oathy of the community go out to the be- reaved 'smily consisting of husband son and daughter in their loss Mir. Jos at No-,ales is d son of the de c, ased.
Tombstone epitaph., 1897-02-28
ANOTHER ONE.
It Buries Itself Eight Feet in
 the Earth.

Areport was received in town today to the effect that . metor {. Il yesterday evening near ,he rauch of J. x, Cur ti',s short I''ance below St. David, and was secured by Mir. Curtis. This meteoric e, ne is round and weighs ? pounds snd fell with great fcrce, plow- ing up the ground for . con ,ideI able distance and burvirg itself m the earth lbont eight feet. Some are oi the opinion that this is . piece which became d.t chsd from the big aeroli,e that ps ssed scross the heavens ard fell uiih ,nch terrific force somewhere 70 the northeast of Tombstone, while other- ih pk :t was s separate and dis 'inc r'onr A It is pert. ctly rrupd and -ho.s no -Ign or mark of hsving been brvken away from another part but, i- thatn.u may. Uni, meteor bu-iness is becoming rather numerous. and no On. oar can tell where they are g ing tc hi'. and besides they are getting co awfuily big it would he ne, ,t to irnpos> sible to do..gs one of them should It hay zen ;od om. thi. way.
Tombstone epitaph., 1897-02-28

Professor Bland: has made . cAre- full compilation of the copper ou'out for Ariz,nn, and iudI 1t foo.s a total Of 63, 3,323,1S pounds, This dces not includs the output from inc great copper pr ducing district oi G.ohe, Gila county, which has five orsix mills and IS many sn:e,ters running C., an,i night tn, ning ont copper matte.-Fick nd Drill.