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The state herald., 1898-02-04
BIDS FOR DENVER MINT.
Omaha Firm Makes the loves, one

Omaha Firm Makes the Iovcst o1.r
Washington. d. c.. Jan. 20.-BIds
We're opened by the supervising archl.
lect of the treasury to-day for the
foundations. superstructure. roof coy-
crine. etc. OF the coinage mint build.
Ing at Denver. There were fifteen bids
opened, the lowest being that OF @, w.
Hubbard & Co. of Omaha, for sl9o. :
800 for gray granite supcrstruciurc. No
Bid was submitted by this firm for red
sandstone.
ii. Fcrge Of Milwaukee bid s223 G5l
Tor gray granite ana S20J,G5i for red
sandstone.
The next lower bids were submitted
by Colorado builders MS follows: g. w.
Atkinson 4 Son, Colorado Springs.
gray granite. s2si, 500: red sandstone,
S2i5 900.
Gcddes 4 seerlc Stone Co. Denver.
gray granite. s2io,75o; red sandstone,
Grccnlcc Il Son. Denver, gray gran.
lie. S2'i5,pr0: red sandstone. SoIT,32I.
The Mcu;llvray Stone Co, Denver.
gray granite. S2ji.3O0: red sandstone,
S2aO, ,ODu.
y. y, Mcintyre, Denver, gray gram
lie, S2ii.siI: red sandstone. S2O2, ST..
Frank Anderson, Denver, gray gran.
i'c. s2,o.oW: red sandstone. so2o.0O0.
&. y. smith, Denver. gray granite,
S3li So; red sandstone, S25l.1l2.
Other bids came from ~. Paul, Chi.
cngo, Washington. u. C., aud Mime.
npolls,
G. w. Hubbard & Co. of Omaha aud
H. Fcrge OF Milwaukee are unknown
TO the department. Their standing and
responsibility VIII b. investigated. MS
" always done In srch eases. anu II
found defective the contract may go TO
one OF the Colorado bidders.
The building viii be completed In
about sixteen months after the contract
u signed.
The state herald., 1898-02-04
ARE YOU TO LIVE IN ALASKAN
Some Requirements That VIII Be Found
Indispensable.

~>.A-Ne
Indispensable.
The universal article of diet in that
country, depended upon and indispens-
able, is bread or biscuit. And to make
the bread and biscuit, either in tho
camp or upon the trail, yeast cannot be
used-it must be baking powder; and
the powder manufactured by the pro-
cesses of the Royal Baking Powder
Company, miners and prospectors have
learned, is the only one which Will
stand in that peculiar climate OF cold
and dampness and raise the bread and
biscuit satisfactorily.
These facts are very important for
every one proposing to go to Alaska
,and the Yukon country to know, for
should he be persuaded by some out
litter to take one of the cheap brands
of baking powder, 1t will cost Just as
much to transport it, and then when
he opens 1t for use, after all his labor
in packing 1t over the long and difficult
route, he will find solid caked mass
or lot of spoiled powder, with no
strength and useless. Such a mistake
might lead to the most serious results.
Alaska is no place in which to expert
'ment in food. or try to economize with
your stomach. For use in such a
climate, and under the trying and
fatiguing conditions of life and labor
in that country, everything must be
the best and most useful, and above
all 1t is Imperative that all food sup
plies shall have perfect keeping quail
ties. 1t is absurd to convey over such
difficult and expensive routes an arti-
Gle that will deterlorate in transit, or
that will be found when required for
use to have lost great part OF its
value.
There is no better guide to follow in
these matters than the advice of those
who have gone through similar expert
ence. Mr.. McQuesten. who is called
'the father of Alaska" after an expert
.ence of years upon the trail. in the
camp. and in the use of every kind of
supply, says; we find in Alaska that
the importance Of proper kind of
baking powder cannot be overesti-
mated. A miner with can of bad
baking powder is almost helpless in
Alaska. We have tried all sorts, and
have been Obliged to settle down to use
nothing but the Royal. 1t is stronger
and carries further at first. but above
all things, it is the only powder that
will endure the severe climatic changes
OF the arctic region"
1t is for the same reasons that the
United States government In Its relief
expeditions, and Peary. the famous
arctic traveller, have carried the Royal
Baking Powder exclusively.
The Royal Baking Powder will not
cake nor lose its strength either on
board ship or in damp climates, and is
the most highly concentrated and ELL
cient OF leavening agents. Hence 1t is
indispensable TO every Alaskan outfit.
1t can be had OF any OF the trading
companies In Alaska. but should the
miner procure his supplies before leav-
Ing. he should resist every attempt OF
the outfitter to palm on upon him any
OF the other brands of baking pow
der, for they will spoil and prove the
cause of great disappointment and
trouble.
The state herald., 1898-02-04
III. s.minol. t.YnrhinE.

Guthrie, oklahoma. Jan, ~, Deputy
United Sinirs Marshal 'rlghnm has ~.
turnv1 from roitnwntomlp county.
whore he hnH been for a week inyrsii.
Rntln.f the recent burning of the iWo
Soinlnoln Indians. llo states that there
N 30 truth In III" report or the arrest
NJ ~ ilo Of the lynchefH. The names
0f Hcuto or more of the mob hnyr
been obtained hy the officers. however.
together with strong evidence nni n
lnrrc number ot warrants win bc h.
SUED at unrr, und wholesale arrests
viii be mndc before The week n out.
The state herald., 1898-02-04
AMAzoNs OF ITALIAN FIELDS.
A Land Where Woman Is Not tho Gentior

A Land Where Woman Is Not the Gentlcr
Sex.
A great deal has been said and felt
about the women of the lower classes
working in the fields and Of the hard
manual labor they are called on to
perform, says writer in Scribners.
In the light of the ideas that women
should be delicate and refined physic-
ally, doubtless the broad backs, hard
muscles and heavy, knotted frames of
peasants we see appear discordant
and unseemly. Flsherwomen Mt dep
pc or Whitby, we know, and along
shore everywhere hold their own
against .,wn councils when they die
tate the policy of town governments.
In moments of danger, when the Sig
nal gun summons the populace to
scenes of danger, then these women,
the wives and mothers of the fisher
men, man the lifeboats and breast the
waves, going to the rescue of their rel
ativcs in distress. Yet these fierce,
strong women scarcely fill the modern
idea of what womanhood should be.
Now. however, very recently, when
1t is the fad that women should be
athletic, broad-shouldcred and deep
lungcd to say nothing of the wider
education of our high-bred and healthy
modern girls, the question arises
among the observant, why working In
fields or carrying burdens is, after all,
such hardship and degradation to
the peasant woman more than to the
peasant man. Too much labor and
great toll doubtless break down and
age both sexes.
But Disraeli spoke of women as OF
the gentler If not the weaker sex:
and when, in Monte SacrO, l saw
women swinging the scythc with
broad swaths, or cutting the sweet hay
on the mountain sides with their sick,
les and then filling up tall, pannlerlike
straw baskets. which they bore away
on their shoulders, filed with fragrant
grass for the cattle, | asked myself II,
after all. in their present civilization,
these women of Varallo-Sesia, Mt least,
could be better or more healthily EN-.
ployed. They sung as they worked
and bright and bronzed cheeks spoke
of healthy toll
The state herald., 1898-02-04
rnnnri Aga n In ii,me..

Albuquerque. n. NJ. Jan. 20. Short.
ly after II o'clock last night tho tunnel
nt Jolinson'S canon wns rcndy once
NOR" FOR the passage of trims, when
Tie iimbcrs ngnin caught IRE from tho
heated limestone aud spread With such
rapidly that In nm Incredibly short
Hrncc of time The whole tunnel was n
fhglng mnsH nf llnmcR. mounting hlrh
IN the air NJ both ends or tho tunnel.
nnd with such Intense heat that thc
wnrkmch could not approach. Worl,
cntnoi hc ngnln resumed until the
ilnin.s have spent themselves. which
mny he several days. Fortunately there
were no workmcn IN the tunnel nj tho
time nnd no fatalities nrc rcporlcd M
IN 'hc former burning.
The state herald., 1898-02-04
PRIVATE LAND CLAIMS COURT.
The Decree of Confirmation In the Arroyo
Hondo Grant viii Stand.

Santa Fe. n. NJ, Jan. 2S.-In the
United States Court of Private Land
Claims to-day in the controversy over
the Arroyo Hondo grant in Taos coun-
ty. the motion of United States At
torncy Reynolds TO vacate and set
aside the degree of confirmation 10
amend the decree in essential re-
spccts and to set aside the survey aS
not conforming to the natural objects
named in the decree of conformation,
cane up and was hotly contested. The
proposition to set aside the decree of
confirmation deeply interested scores
of land grant claimants who looked
upon 1t MS dangerous and far-reachins
in its possible effects. The court de-
cided not to molcst the decree, CHIEF
Justice Reed. Associate Justices Stone
and Sluss joining in the opinion. Jus
tices Murray and Fuller dissenting.
The case Is still before the court on
the question of area. The grant claim
under the courts decree Is for $4,000
acres, but until the location of the
eastern boundary is determined 1t can
not be said whether the mining dis
trict of Amizett is within or without
the grant lines.
The state herald., 1898-02-04
rald on the sho.hon-..

Fort Washable. wyo.. Jan. 2s.-
tSpccinll-rhc work Of paying the In
dlnns on the Shoshonc reservation
their lnstallmcnt OF the Hot Springs
purchase money has been concluded
The share of each man, woman aud
child amounted To about SaD2, nnd
over 100 checks were issued. All bui
about thirty nbscntccs have received
their share. Although this lnrg,
amount Of money was put IN clrcrln,
ilon there were no scenes of drunken
ness or disorder among the Indians
The share of the Arnpnlocs. amount.
Ing 10 Si5.ooo, win he distributed it
them In the spring In the shnrc OF
cattle.
The state herald., 1898-02-04

Some men have most distressing
habit Of carrying their business home
with them in the evening and lying
awake at night to think about 1t. This
is n bad habit which anyone with any
sort of control over himself can break
up. The conclusion of the whole mat
ter is that man walketh in vain sha-
dow and disquieteth himself in vain,
and the most unhappy man is the one
who thinks everything is wrong. and
1t is his especial calling TO set II right.
FrettinG causes our food to remain un-
digested. II whitens our locks and
makes wrinkles and imparts the b!-
cycle face.
The state herald., 1898-02-04

a Boston physician who formerly oc-
cupied the two positions OF medical OK
aminer for pensions and for positions
in the Boston police and fire depart
ments was called upon TO examine an
applicant for appointment to the police
force. The applicant testified that he
was able-bodied in every respect and
had never had sick day In his life.
Subsequently the same man appeared
before the board OF medical examiners
for pensions as an applicant for an In
crease OF his pension. and he testified
that he was physical wreck and In
capacitated for work on account OF his
physical inilrmlties resulting from his
services in the war.
The state herald., 1898-02-04

There are no trusts in England such
as we have in this country. Combina-
tions Of capital over there are con-
Quoted in way that is not over op-
pressive to the consumers. There are
no periodical meetings of directors for
the purpose of restricting output and
raising prices There is no hypocriti-
cal cant about supply and demand
after the supply has been restricted.
In the nature of things. and outside the
English law, there could not be. How
could one of our trusts exist under
such circumstances?
The state herald., 1898-02-04

BY no stretch of the doctrine of graf
itude can it be claimed that the gov
ernment owes clerks and other en-
ployes anything beyond the remunera-
tion which 1t paid with a certainty
and a regularity that cannot be de-
pended upon in any commercial or
other business pursuit. 1t is, there
fore, not only un-American in prin-
ciple to establish civil pension-and
that Is logical outgrowth OF the
merit system"-but it is an outrage
upon the taxpayers.
The state herald., 1898-02-04
Mrs. Grants s,rcoph,gu..

New York. Jan. 2s,-Thc sarcophn
gus which Is 10 contain the body oI
Mrs. Grant hns been placed beside III,
rcceptnclc that holds the remains nj
General Grant In the tomb nj River
side park. Both snrcophagl were Gu
from the quarrlcs nt Montello. Wiscun
sin.
Each snrc0phngns weighs nhou
eight tons. All Of the exposed face,
are highly polished. The color Is {
dark red. rnrlegnicd In spots. ON III,
sarcophagus Intended FOR Mrs. Gran
there Is the name In bronze, Julia d
Grant"
The SarcophnEus Of the great rnior
general merely has his name. "rlys
scs :. Grant"
The state herald., 1898-02-04

The recent attack OF the commission
er of pensions on the pension attorney,
followed up by some efforts TO bring
the worst specimens to account, is a
circumstance that is notable enough to
deserve attention. The pension abuse,
however, is not to be abated by attack
Ing the pension attorneys. No doubt
many of them are much to blame, and
when they have committed frauds they
should be held 10 severe accountable
ty. But. after all. 1t is just as well to
recognize the fact that congress has
often been the chief offender.
The state herald., 1898-02-04
lie Wili Not iie ign.

Washington, u. g., Jnn. 20 Srnntor
Lindsay was nskcl tn.'lny for n Hlntr.
m"nt ~ his position regarding tho no.
ilon Of Kentucky Legislature In nak.
Ing his resignation. lie pnldi
" do ho' owe my honi Ia the sonnie
TO tho present Kentucky Legislature.
hhi ! nm not liH nrtni represent
the state Of Kentucky. aud not mere.
~ it, Legislature. | dn not recognize
~ righi T. ritldgr my term of service
No Hurl power N ~ wna conferred M.
on u hy t.p construction " the t'nii6d
siatcs or " lha f~'e or kehuclyH
The state herald., 1898-02-04
EFFECT OF eoLoRS.

Green needs sunlight to develop tho
yellow IN 1t and makes II seem cheer
ful.
itcd brings out In room whatever
hint OF green turks IN the composition
OF the other eolors employed,
II Olive or led brown be used In
conjunction with mahogany furniture.
the effect lB very different from what
1t would bo II blue were used. Blue
would develop the tawny orange turk.
ins In the mahogany,
The state herald., 1898-02-04

The tendency Of young men born
and reared on farms to leave the coun-
try for towns and cities is certainly an
unhealthy movement In large sense
and improbable to many of those who
embark in 1t. Properly and steadily
followed, there is no safer business
than farming, nor any more certain to
yield satisfactory results. In very
many instances they who abandon II
for city life live to regret the change.
The farmers institutes and farmers
themselves ought to be able 10 develop
a higher interest in the occupation and
more of certain sort of esprit du
corps among those who follow II.
The state herald., 1898-02-04
There is danger that in short time
the 4 will become an obsolete quantity
In New York's 400"

The objection of West Virginia
representative to the civil service sys-
TEN is that is makes 1t less possible
Tor poor man to go to congress be-
cause he can no longer pay his politi-
cal debts with patronage. When the
representative has had experience he
Will learn that for every debt he pays
with an office he makes ten or twenty
enemies or other aspirants, and may
revise his judgment.
The state herald., 1898-02-04

An exchange says I, is tired OF the
frequent pictures OF Gladstone, with
those Of his near and distant rolatIyca
ut various periods Of their existence.
But the exchange must admit that
Gladstone has been neglected to some
extent In behalf Of Martin Thorn, Mr,.
Mack. and our old friend bismarck.
The state herald., 1898-02-04
PEppLEas IN MEXICO.
Why an Ola Woman wouldn't Sell All
Her Honey Mt One Time.

Her Honey ut ono Time.
while travelling in Mexico n few
years ago l had funny experience
with Mexican yender which goes to
show what little business ability the
lower classes have" said Il. F. GuIg-
non OF st. Louis. Il was en- route TO
look at some mines away up In the
mountains. Al the station where we
left the train to take the stage | saw
an old woman selling some honey. She
did not have more than ten pounds Of
II altogether and as II looked SO good
l wanted to buy II all to take along with
us. | asked our Interpreter to buy II.
Much TO my surprise the old woman
would sell him but two boxes. claim
Ing that II she sold II all to him she
would have nothing to sell to other
people. neither would she have any
thing else to do during the remainder
OF the day!"
The state herald., 1898-02-04

The newspapers have copied photo.
graphs Of two couples with arms nbou,
each others noelia The first, that
OF the ,sar and the kaiser. has been
connscaled In Ruarla. the other, that
of blcycler OF ephmcfeil fame and
his niiinnccd bride. ought to be. TO
make capital OF affection Is to shame
H.
The state herald., 1898-02-04

Diamond drops ornament tho car. OF
the pet Gu, OF conan OF st. Louis,
and tomorrow we shall hear Of Chi.
cago cat that has diamond rings on her
four lcrs and couple on her charm
Ing tail
The state herald., 1898-02-04

The wife Of Fl,zsimmons Ia wls7 IN
refusing to let her husband go into
the ring hgiin. The nuko-wo think
that is the word-docsn't occur Ir talf
Kind VI battle moro than once
The state herald., 1898-02-04
nErrER THAN A SILVER MINE.

The editor estimates that the In.
crease in yields had by the American
farmer by planting salzer's Potatoes
and new creations in Wheat. Oats.
Corn, Rye, Grasses and Clovers the
past year amounted in round numbers
to S50,0O0,0O0. The reason Of this Ia
Salzers farm and vegetable seeds are
bred up to big yields. Salzer is the
largest grower of grasses, clovers and
farm seeds in the world; 100000 bar
'rels potatoes. sl.50 n barrel and up.
Just Send This Notice with 10 Cents
to John A. Salzer Seed Co., La Crosse,
Wis, and get their great catalogue and
II packages farm seeds, positively
worth $40, to get a start with. Wing
The state herald., 1898-02-04

There Is more Catarrh in this section
OF the country than all other diseases
nut together. and until the last few years
was supposed TO be incurable. For a great
many years doctors p-onounced II n local
ilsease. and prescribed local remedies. and
by constantly falling to cure with local
treatment, pronounced II incurable. Sc.-
ence has proven catarrh TO be a constitu-
stitutional treatment Halls Catarrh
Cure. manufactured by +. J. Cheney &
tional cure on The market. It is taken
Internally In doses from 10 drops 10 q
teaspoonful. II acts directly on tho
blood and mucous surfaces OF the sys-
TEN. They offer one hundred dollars for
any case II falls to cure. Send for circu-
lars and testimonials. Address
f. J. CHENEY & CO..
Toledo. o.
Sold by Druggists. 15c
Halls Family Pills are the best.
The state herald., 1898-02-04

'Do you lend money on furnltureT' "No;
you've got into the wrong place; wo lend
furniture on money"
The state herald., 1898-02-04
Sold by Druggists. 15c.
Halls Family pills are the best.

"stcbbins. never hear you say n word
S1n nSGe, ,as ,he wsaih.f ,hn, PROMISED my
The state herald., 1898-02-04

Hoods pills cure all liver Ills. ., cents.
Lincoln County leader. [volume] (Toledo, Lincoln County, Or.) 1893-1987, 1898-03-11

among the islands of the lake. There
is an amiable tradition that in this body
of water there are 1865 islands. one for
every day in the year. In leap year,
so the story goes, an additional island
appears, which is again lost to view on
the last day Of December. There were
islands enough for everybody, and the
mother and daughter managed to steer
clear of the aristocracy of Horizon
Ferry.
John Treadwell saw the two occa-
s!onally and greeted them by touching
the rim of his hat. 1t is the unwritten
law, at Horizon Ferry, that Ham
leteer must be greeted by removing the
hat and describing with it considera-
BILE arc; one of the Justin set may be
greeted by raising the hat; and guest
of the hotel is to be ignored and
snubbed. Treadwell's salute was fee
Bile compromise.
You needn't trouble yourself to
speak to me any longer said the girl to
him one day. Il think that can adapt
myself to the present situation. sup
pose that if had gone to .Iustin's you
might have treated me with ordinary
civility."
In her heart she said: 81 can hardly
blame him. He has career before
him. If / loved him less l would have
married him when he asked me two
years ago.
There was one day in the calendar
when all differences of social standing
were forgotten. That was Dove Rock
Day. On that day the great rock,
which rose from the middle of the bay,
near Horizon Ferry, was piled high
with driftwood 1t was the funeral pyre
of the season which was gone. The
material for the confagration was
gathered from the islands and from the
wooded shore. The Hamleteers, the
boarders at Justin's, and the guests at
the hotel all Joined in transpo fting the
supplies for the last spectacle OF the
declining year.
John Treadwell that year was masteS
Lincoln County leader. [volume] (Toledo, Lincoln County, Or.) 1893-1987, 1898-03-11
Turblhes for Torpedo Boats.

The navI department has ordered a
trial to be ield at the New York navy
yard OF the steam turbine engine, with
view to the adoption OF the type on
some OF the new torpedo boats. With a
sieam turbine and oil fuel the en-
-gineers say it will be possible to secure
far higher speed in torpedo boats than
prevails now. The Turbna, an Eng
lish-made boat, developed the phenom-
email speed of 32 knots, and it is be-
lieved, considering that she is only half
the size of the Gushing, that when the
invention is perfected it will be prac-
ticable to attain at least two more
knots with ships which now are not
fitted with it.
Lincoln County leader. [volume] (Toledo, Lincoln County, Or.) 1893-1987, 1898-03-11

Of ceremonies, directing the move
ments of the navy of transports, which
all day long was busy conveying loga
and packing boxes to the rock. In the
center of the pile were trunks of giant
trees, placed on end and heldjn place
by smaller logs. In the center was
pocket filled with light kindllng wood,
covered with pitch and tar. This was
the mine from which was to ascend
tongue of flame. Hamlet and hotel
viewed Dove Rock with pride when the
work of the bonfire builders was dane.
The night was falling when from tie
point a tiotilla of boats swept towards
the rock. There was a clanking of row.
lock chains, and the oars ratified against
cedarsheathed hulls. Craft which for
weeks had been lodging each other.
were moored side by side. The slow
beating of the oars kept the half moon
of boats from drifting toward the rock.
A single boat shot out from the swing
ing group and grated upon the edge of
Dove Rock. A CLEAN of light Shone
from beneath the shelter of cap; then
the flame from Il torch flared high in
the air. John Treadwell, his face H.
lumined by the jet of fire above his
head, turned to the crescent of boats
and bowed. He hurled the torch into
the center of the giant tinderboX AMI
turned to go. But his foot caught upon
Il root and he lurched forward. In try.
ing to save himself he half turned, then
fell upon the rock. From the top of
the pie of timbers burst a binding
food of light Beneath its glare those
who sat in the half lune OF boats could
see that a thin stream of blood was
trickling down from the right temple
of the man who lay stretched upon the
rock.
The pile of timbers began to settle. A
blistering heat compelled the specta-
tors to pull back from the nest of
flames. A pine log rolled from the side
of the volcano of wood and fell, snap
ping and snarling within six inches of
Treadwell's feet.
why doesn't somebody pull out to