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Pullman herald. [volume] (Pullman, W.T. [Wash.]) 1888-1989, 1897-08-21
A Splendid Crop.

There is many a quarter section of
land in the Palouse valley that has a
crop standing ON it that is worth more
than the land would have sold for two
or three years ago, says the Garfield En-
terprise. Let us figure on it and see.
Here is a quarter section that will aver
age 30 bushels for the whole quarter
even if there is little patch taken out
for buildings.
That would mean yield of 4, 300 bush
els. 1t is worth now say 81 cents, or
total of 1926. The combined expense
of seeding, harvesting, threshing, sack
ing and hauling off the crop may be es-
timated at seven dollars an acre or ST.
100 for the quarter lection. Deduct this
from the gross total and we have the
net sum of $2,096, which the farmer has
cleared over and above an allowance for
wages during the time he was engaged
on the crop.
Where is the farm land in oteer parts
of the world that will pay from fifty to
one hundred per cent. profit in a year.
What if we did have two years of low
prices, in the last four years the average
yield of profit has been good one. 1t
has paid better dividends than the high
priced lands of the east. And these
lands will soon be a great deal higher
than at present. When an acre of ground
will produce % bushels of wheat one
year with another it will yield fair re-
turn upon an investment OF $40 or $50,
and if SO it is worth that price. This
year the returns from farm lands are
better than three-fourths of the business
men OF the Palouse country have real
lied.
OF course this cannot be done every
year, but with wheat above 40 cents and
with moderate crop the Palouse farmer
who is out of debt is sure of a good liv-
ing. Nowhere on the face of the globe
where the soil is tickled by the hand of
man does it laugh forth in greater abund-
ance than in the favored Palouse coun-
try.
Pullman herald. [volume] (Pullman, W.T. [Wash.]) 1888-1989, 1897-08-21
w. G.. II. U. Convention.

All persons desiring to visit Spo-
kane on dates from September 4th
to 18th please report to me at once
if you desire fare of one and one
fifth regular rates. The annual
convention of Eastern Washington
W. G. T. U. occurring in that city
between the above dates.
LULA DowNEN,
Rec Secretary.
Pullman herald. [volume] (Pullman, W.T. [Wash.]) 1888-1989, 1897-08-21

Why suffer with Coughs, Colds, and
LaGrippe when LAXATIVE BRoMo Our
NINE will cure you in one day. Does not
produce the ringing in the head like Sui
pnate OF Quinine. Put up in tablets
convenient for taking. Guaranteed to
cure OF money refunded. Price % cents.
TOT sale by Ii. J. jackson. SIMS
Pullman herald. [volume] (Pullman, W.T. [Wash.]) 1888-1989, 1897-08-21

40 PIECES DIFFERENT GRADES SUMMER WASH GOODS
go Is off regular price.
LADIES SHIRT WAISTS 5c waists for SOC 1925 and $50 Shirt
Waists 90 Toe
STRAW HATS Entire line discount Chdrens Mus
lin Caps and Hats at SO 1-3 per cent. discount
STOCK Odds and Ends Ladies Misses and Chilrens
Shoes 3 off regular Mems OxBood and Chocolate
regular prices Baby Shoes 15c 25c, 45c and SOC
per pair You many pennies by buying Of these
bargains
MEMS SUMNER CLOTHING All placed two tables and will be
closed at 13 off usual prices Mems Alpaca Coats at 95c
UNDER~E ARo
MEMS BALBRGGAN UNDERWEAR. SOC kind for 35c. $O0knd
for zoe.
CHILDRENS LONG SLEEVE VESTS 12Ic kind goes &C.
kind goes at 124c
Pullman herald. [volume] (Pullman, W.T. [Wash.]) 1888-1989, 1897-08-21

All advertisements will be continued and
charged for till ordered out,
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1897-09-15
raso,nstins John nrisht.

Sir wemyss Reid gives some interest.
ing "reminiscences Of John Bright in
Cassell's Magazine. The great Liberal
leader often sat in an old fashioned
armchair in the Reform club. He de-
lighted in talk and was fond Of repeat
ing poetry. On one occasion he began
TO talk to Sir Wemyss about his favorite
hymns, and as he warmed to his subject
he repeated some of them. IL was q
strange subject, perhaps, for club
smoking room, but IL was still stranger
to observe that ns he spoke with that
wonderful voice of his the other men in
the room first looked up and began TO
listen, and then, AS though drawn by
nn irresistible spell, drew nearer to
him, until before long no had them all
sitting round him in circle enjoying
that music of the human speech" Of
which above all living men no was a
master John Bright reciting hymns in
"A club smoking rooml "There," ex-
claims Sir Wemyss. lis n picture for an
artist II he only knows how to treat it, T"
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1897-09-15
A Note From the Editor.

The editor Of n leading state paper
writes: III you had seen my wife last
June and were to see her to-day you
would not believe she was the same
woman Then she was broken down by
nervous debility and suffered terribly
from constipation and sick headache.
Bacon's Celery King for the nerves
made her well woman in one month"
II. Alex. Stoke will give you a free
sample package Of this great herbal
remedy. Large size 25c. and soc.
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1897-09-15
STREET CAR CONDUCTORS.
rhey Work Harder and Rate Lower Than
Their Steam Road brothers.

Their Steam Road 1srothers.
You often think it's hard for the pas.
sengcr conductor of an accommodation
train which stops ut two or three sta.
tions to the mile to tell who has paid
his fare and who has not The conduct
or Of short run accommodation train
especially must be peculiarly gifted
i1an. He must be ut once both cool
headed and even tempered. or if not be
ls q total failure.
But IL tho requisites Of railroad
conductor are such, what are the re-
uuiroments of the man who runs com.
mon street car? Why, as much as those
Of the railroad man and several times
more The railroad accommodation con.
ductor OH one Of tho short run trains
which leave the big cities has little
more work, little more responsibility
and requires less real skill than the man
who by grace is called conductor" on
trolley car Of one of our cities.
Both men, Of course, have thousands
of cares. The railroad man has certain
number of stops to make and certain
schedule time allowed for getting over
his run Of the railroad The street car
conductor has an uncertain number Of
stops to make, yet he still has his GER
tain scheduled time to make OH his run,
and he must make II, too, or be able 10
give an "A No. 1" excuse for failure.
The railroad conductor is always the
biggest man on his train. Is ever the
street car conductor the biggest, unless
every passenger is off and the motorman
alsop These things make it hard for tho
patient man, who must be polite and
who is expected by the company for
which he works and spurred ON by
dozen or so sharp eyed "spotters, or
street car detectives" as they call
themselves. to feel as lovely as a spring
morning, and they make his already
nervous work doubly 80. The railroad
conductor doesn't meet that phase of
existence once in decade. or il so not
any oftener.
No one presumes to expect so much
from the knight of the ticket punch us
ho does from the knight of the trolley
rope Every one who travels on street
cars expects tho conductor to know
every cross street on his line and just
where 1t strikes that street, and, in.
deed. he should know this much. but in
addition he is expected to know every
one who lives on the streets along
which his line runs. every one who
lives ON all the countless streets which
cross the route Of his car and then all
the immediate streets aud their inhabit.
ants the whole length Of his line. The
street cur conductor is expected to be
porter as we'll on his car Ho must help
people on and of. lift up and lift
down huge baskets and bundles. never
get tired Of all the questions which
only the city directory could answer.
and then. in addition. keep all Of the
strict rules Of the company for which
he works and see to 1t that all Of his
passengers do so too For this work he
gets 81 or %. 90 day, while the rail
road conductor. who 10 a very king in
comparison, draws his Is or 80 per day.
or $l25 month. and is not olassed as
social suspect" either. -Pittsburg
Dispatch.
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1897-09-15
Turks and Meerschaum.

According to the best authorities
opon the subject. the idea Of using
white talo in the manufacture Of pipes
is Of comparatively recent date. COM
pared with the age of the habit Of smok.
ing. and what is still more curious is
the fact that in the oriental countries
which produce white tale, or meer-
sohaum. as 1t is called. and where the
use Of tobacco forms part Of the educa-
tion Of the faithful, the people never
dream Of making this substance into
pipes They make bowls and goblets of
1t. but no pipes It may be that the
long pipestems which allow the smoke
to cool and lose its aoridity before
reaching tho mouth leave the oriental
smoker quite Indifferent in regard to
the quality Of the bowl At all events.
one never sees Turk with meer-
schaum pipe Courier des Etats Unis
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1897-09-15

CORSETS formerly sold at S1.OO now 79c. fo
now SIC. formerly Soc, now 39c.
CAMBRIC at SIC. yard.
TAFFETY at s and 10c. a yard.
0. N. IT,, Clark's Cotton, 4c Spool Silk 4c
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1897-09-15
New England Meeting Houses.

Cotton Mather said: II find 10 Just
ground in Scripture to apply such a
trope as church to house for public
worship A meeting house is the term
that is most commonly used by New
England Christians. and every town.
for the most part, can say we have
modest and a handsome house for the
worship Of God. not set Off with gaudy,
pompous, theatrical fineries, but suited
unto the simplicity Of Christian wor.
ship"
The people were seated in the early
days, says DR.. Ezra Hoyt Byington. in
his book on 1.-THE Puritan In England
and New England. on rough benches,
men and women on opposite sides
Pews were not provided first Now and
then special vote was passed by the
town authorizing some person to build
pew in the meeting house ut his own
expense. Squares on the floor, about
feet by 8, were decided to individuals.
on which they erected pews to suit
themselves The best seat was some
times assigned to the man who paid the
highest tax In the parish. Sometimes
the committee was instructed Ito
have respect upon them that are 30
years old and upward. others to be
seated according their pay" In one in
stance we have record that the com.
mittee was instructed Ito have respect
to age, Office and estate. so far as IL
tendeth to make man respectable, and
to everything else that hath the same
tendenCv "
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1897-09-15
The Ancient Umbrella.

On coins in the rock carvings of the
ancients the umbrella often shows its
familiar form, This goes to prove that
Jonas Hanway did not invent the um.
brella. but he saw the value of the east
ern sunshade and soon it became the
fashion to carry this useful article.
There must be great difference be-
tween the umbrella of the eighteenth
century and the modern steel ribbed,
silk covered. slender article which it il
regarded as misfortune to get wet
irish Times.
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1897-09-15
Does II PAY to be Sick ?

Besides the discomfort and suffering,
illness of any sort is expensive.
Hundreds Of people consult the doctors
every day about coughs and colds. This
is better than to suffer the disease to
run along, but those who use Otto's
Cure for the throat and lungs do better
stilf. II costs less and the cure is
certain. You can get trial bottle free
Of our agent, RI. Alex. Stoke. Large
size 2jc. and 50c.
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1897-09-15
Making Antiques.

In case before London magistrate
the question was as to the ownership
Of some antique ormolu articles, and
two worknen, who stoutly claimed the
articles, said that they ''made" them.
To prove their assertion they set to
work In court and showed how ormolu
was made "antique" with pumice
powder
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1897-09-15

Livery stable keepers should always keep
Arnicu aud oil Llnlmcnt IN the stable, moth
ing like II for horses. Arnica & oil Linimcnt
is equally good for man and beast. b and 10
cents per bottle. For sale by II. A. stoke.
Thousands walk the earth to-day who
would he sleeping IN It's bosom but for the
timely use Of Downs Elixir. For sale by IT,.
4. Stoke.
For n mild cnthartic and efficient tonic, use
Baxtcr's Mandrake Rltters. Every bottle
warranted. For sale by II. \. stoke.
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1897-09-15

WANTED FAITHFUL MEN OR WOMEN
w to travel tor responsible established
house In Pennsylvania. Salary $3.50 and cx-
pcnscs. Position permanent. Reference.
Enclose sclf-addrcsscd stamped envelope.
The National, star Insurance Bldg Chicago.
The Hawaiian star. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu]) 1893-1912, 1897-05-27
Hawaiian
Electric
Company.

The cleanest, brightest safest and really
in the long run, the cheapest and best light
for use in the family residence, is the mean
descent electric light. Safe; nothing could
be safer. A few days ago a prominent gen
tleman of Honolulu came rushing down to
the office of the Electric Company and said:
"Give me figures for wiring my house, and
want it done at once; no more lamps for me.
Last night a lamp tipped over and it came
so near setting fire to the house and burning
my children and take no more risks"
This is the sentiment of quite number in
the past few weeks, who have ordered their
houses fitted with the perfect light.
Just think it over and make up your mind
that you want the best and safest light send
for the Hawaiian Electric Company and tell
them what you want.
We have complete stock of everything in
this line and have just received lot of the
very latest designs in chandeliers.
The Hawaiian star. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu]) 1893-1912, 1897-05-27
BY AUTHORITY.
IRRIGATION NOTICE.

Holders of water privileges, or those
paying water rates, are hereby notified
that the hours for irrigation purposes
are from to o'clock a. M, and from
to o'cloc1 p. m.
ANDREW BROWN,
Sup't. Honolulu Water Works.
Approved:
J. \. KING,
Minister of the Interior.
Honolulu, II. L., April 9th, 1897.
The Hawaiian star. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu]) 1893-1912, 1897-05-27
BOllALN NOTES.
Merry Gathering at Mahukona- School
Teachers Leaving.
North Kohnln. MAY "a. n1.

North Kohala, May -, o..
The weather still continues very
dry in Kohala and the plantation peo-
pie have good cause to be low spirit
ed. No amount of rain now can pro-
ducc half crop for next season. The
mills are still running. but the end
of the present crop is near at hand
The schooner Anna entered at Nah
ukona on May II with cargo of gen
eral merchandise and is now loading
sugar for San Francisco. The Muriel
is due, at ITonoipo this week.
Mr.. and Mrs. Frasier gave social
dance and card party at their home
in Mahukona on May Il. 1t proved
to be the event of the season. y
special train started from Multi at 6
! p. m. and took on passengers at Hal
ava, Kohala, Union Mill, Hawi and
| IIonoipo. The train steamed into Nah
I ul<ona at o'clock with as large and
as merry lot of people as Mahukona
has seen for a long time. There were
two ships in the harbor with their
lights, and the place was beautifully
Illuminated with Chinese lanterns, til
the usually dull looking place had
quite a lively appearance. The dane
ing was in large lanai adjoining the
dwelling and the large parlors were
filed with tables for the card players
At about II o'clock splendid lunch
was set for the hungry people and al
1890 the train started home with its
tired and sleepy load. When it comes
to entertaining, Mr.. and Mrs. Fraisel
are second to none in the district.
We are to lose four of our young
lady school teachers during the sum
mer vacation, and we are expecting
to hear of the fifth engagement being
announced at any time. This viii
leave quite vacancy in the Kohali
schools.
The Hawaiian star. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu]) 1893-1912, 1897-05-27
OUGHT TO BE IN JAIL.

The amputated leg of the japanese
taken to the fertilizing works by ano-
Their japanese yesterday, and offered
for sale. The matter was reported to
the Marshal and the chap who wanted
to barter in human flesh taken into
custody.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1897-07-04

may be seen strange looking affairs,
which, to put it broadly. do all manner
of things. There are tops which draw
pictures on paper. TOPS which hum
tunes like an aeolian harp, tops shaped
like ballet girls and Dirouette with as
much grace. tops made to spin uD and
down piece of wire like a tiohtrooe
walker, tops shaped like dogs and give
a shrill Shrek like a steam whistle
when they spin, tops which spin by
means of a spring when you press a
button. tops which are simply hugh
teetotums. tops which have to be
roundly whipped TO make them go. tops
with cords attached which can be lifted
from the ground and spun in the air.
and tops, if you Will believe it, which
are over three feet high and require
two or three men to spin them.
The top which draws pictures on pa
per is little more than q lead pencil
run through the center of a disc of
lead. 1t is spun between the thumb
and forefinger, and as it whirls over 4
piece of white paper naturally leaves a
track wherever ii goes. Concentric
rings, spirals, S-shaped figures. waving
lines, there is almost no end to the fig
ures it will trace or the amusement II
will afford. BY spinning it on a piece
of heavy cardboard, you may pick up
the latter, and by manipulating it,
cause the top to trace out original de-
signs of your own. II will be quite
easy to make one of these tops out of
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1897-07-04

from the rear through the brush. 1" =
We were ordered 10 mount. 1 was
by the side Of Colonel Reno. going out
Of the wood. and asked il we were going
to charge through He said yes, and
the command moved, Colonel Reno in
the lead | was here separated from
the command for a time. and on turn
ing towards it, saw il moving toward
the ford that led up the hill. The coll
umn was fighting at close range from
all sides. | rejOined with difficulty. and
followed close along the rear 10 the
ford. and here the confusion began.
Previously the men had kept in col
umn. using their pistols. When the
ford was reached, it was each man for
himself. In passing up the HILL beyond
the river, horses and men were Joined
together, and some of the hindmost suf-
fered necessarilv.'
Major Mathey says it can be seen
from even such small extracts from the
authentic account of the proceedings of
the fatal day that Major Reno was TO
blame, and not General Custer.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1897-07-04
JACK LANGDON'S
CELEBRATION
Or, the Grand Duke and the Fire
Crackers.
BY GERALD Brennan.


Il don't care if he is a grand duke.
He has spoiled my Fourth o July,''
And Jack Langdon shook his small
brown fist after the retreating carriage
OF his excellency the governor of o.
Jack Langdon's father was one of the
growing number of Americans who have
taken up business in Russia. He owned
the iron works of V. and was respect
throughout the province governed by the
Grand Duke Alexis Alexandrovitch Re
lying on this resupect. and the favor with
Nhlch the authorities regarded him. Mr..
Langdon had ventured 10 waylay the
grand duke on one of his morning
dawes. for the purpose of asking certain
privileges. The reply of the governor was
polite, but none the less decided He
said, You ask. my dear Monsieur Lang
oon. that your young son be permitted
TO celebrate your national holiday. the
Fourth OF July. by the letting off of GER
tam toy explosives. | regret to have to
inform YOU that such methods of jubila-
hon, While common in America could not
be allowed in Russia. Two years ago
your countryman, Monsieur Moreland OF
tse Nraisk mills, requested a like favor
and was reluctantly refused. The fact is
that our laws strictly forbid the use of
explosives IN any shape or form. Ny
good cousin. the late car, enacted the
law, Immediately after his father had
been slain by the nihilsts. Firecrackers
IN themselves harmless, would give the
chance 10 introduce dynamite.
p, But surely protested Mr.. Langdon,
q tiny demonstration in honor of the
birth of a friendly nation
The grand duke raised his hand depre-
catingly.
Il cannot help it," he said, but such is
the law. Your son will have to forego
rs cannon crackers. 1 fear. this Fourth
IF July
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1897-07-04
HUNTING FROM ELEPHANTS.
A Recently Tanned Beast That Would
Stand ANY Charge.

Mr. H W. Seton-Karr, in the July Cen
fury tells of his experiences when After
Big Game in Africa and India" In the
latter country he hunted as the guest of
the Maharaja of Kuch Behar Mr. Karr
says:
One of the first things the Maharaja did
after our arrival was 10 hand 10 each
guest slip OF paper on which was writ
ten the name of the elephant allotted TO
; MIN for shooting purposes, which bore on
us PACK the structure known as how
J dab. 10 carry the shooter and his guns
As these elephants were necessarily large
and the howdah is high, the oscillation
was much greater than if one were seat
ed upon plain pad upon the elephants
pack or on one of the smaller elephants,
which have a smoother gait. We usually
therefore, went TO the cover. or jungle
upon one of the beating or pad" ele-
plants. which afterwards during the oper-
atoms of the day were employed in q
long line to force the rhinoceroses and
other animals out of the dense lhickets
IN which they live.
The howdah elephan, which the Maha-
raJa allotted to me was named 'Secun-
der. Three years previously il was an
uncaptured wild elephant ranging at lib
erty the Jungles of Bengal. 1t was fine
female, between nine and ten feet in
height al the shoulder with short but
perfect 'tushes projecting few inches
beyond the upper lip. There are other
elephants in the Maharaja's stud which
have been tanned more recently still. Ii
was very gentle and obedient and per-
fectly fearless. and therefore very valu-
able as a shooting elephant; as for ex-
ample, on several occasions during the
following three weeks ii stood without
finching the charge of wounded buffalo
tiger and rhinocerous. thus enabling me
to take a steady shot. Almost all ele-
plants show great fear of the Indian rhi-
nocerous; there are few that will not turn /
tail when they scent their enemy. and |
fewer still that will stand the crash and /
short snorts that precede the charge.
About breakfast time each morning the |
elephant told off for each guest was /
brought to the neighborhood of his tent
and the howdah placed upon it, resting I
upon a saddle composed of ,"o cushions I
of strong sackfng about six feet by two. /
which rested in turn upon a large cloth /
covering the whole of the elephants back. /
The howdahs for shooting are lightly (
build of wood and cane work and con-
tain two seats and racks to hold six guns (
or rifles. three on each side. All this is I
lashed on by ropes passing under the I
elephants neck, belly and tail. The /
weight which an elephant is able 10 carry /
upon its back exceeds a ton; for short I
distances they have been known to carry (
as much three thousand pounds. but [
for long marches half ton is considered I
the limit. Many of the Maharajas ele-
plants had fine tusks. but most Iusks are
cut at regular intervals to prevent them
from injuring one another. One or two
of the fighting elephants. however, had
pointed tuSks