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Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1898-07-22
Where Was Schley?

Quite apart from any spirit of cavil,
and speaking in the purest spirit of in
vestigation, we should like to know
whether Commodore w. S. Schley was
in the Santiago affair. There is gen.
erol impression that he commanded
the flying squadron which chased Ger
vera into Santiago harbor. 1t is also
a matter of common rumor that,
shorty after he placed his blockade,
and before Acting Admiral Sampson
appeared upon the scene at all, Schley
intimated to the Navy Department
his desire to enter the harbor and en-
gage the Spanish fleet. AS it now
turns out, he could have done this
quite handily, and, as we all know, to
our sorrow and regret, his achievement
would have saved us q month of fruit
less waste, thousand gallant lives,
and an expenditure which cannot now
be accurately computed. But Schley
was not permitted to do anything. He
remained there rocking idly ON tropic
ocean, a very picture of inaction.
Soon he was superseded by Sampson,
his junior in fact, but his superior by
circumstance, and the same pro-
gramme OF light comedy went on.
There were commandments, loudly her
aided as wonders OF demolition, which,
in fact, demolished nothing. There
was spectacle of wig-wagging which
amazed the gaping natives. But Ger
vera stayed in the harbor, and when
Shafter made his brilliant but exren-
siye assault on Ell Caney and San Juan,
the Spanish cruisers we're able to NOW
his regiments down with their secure
and unmolested batteries. Gen. Shat
ter did not see his way to holding the
position he had secured at so tragic
and appalling an expense. He tele-
graphed for help, and the machinery
of relief was in motion when the report
came that Cervera had made a sortie
and had been destroyed in the attempt.
Again, Schley was on the spot. 1t
was under Schley's direction that our
fleet engaged and wrecked the Spanish
squadron. AS he had followed Cervera
to the gates of Santiago, so was it he
who met Cervera as he made his dash
for liberty. At every important point
in the drama Schley has been the CEN
trail figure. He began it and he closed
it. He raised and then dropped the
curtain.
Still, Schley is not in evidence any
where-we mean officially. Two re-
ports have been sent in to the depart
ment-one from Sampson, who was
cruising seven or eight miles away
when the trouble began, and another
from Watson, who was not in the af-
fair at all-but Schley does not ap-
pear. So far as the record goes, he
did nothing. He is not known in the
bulletins. To all intents and pur-
poses-so far as concerns the official
proclamations, the fluctuations and
the various interchanges of mutual
approval-Commodore Schley did not
figure in the episode. How does all
this happen, we should like to know2
Where was Schley, anyhow, when the
Spanish fleet went out9
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= heir object.

Mr.. and Mrs. Gaswell had moved
only a few weeks before into fashion
able neighborhood and were preparing
to issue invitations for their silver
wedding.
"I'm afraid" said Mr.. Gaswell,
looking obviously at the pile of costly
stationary before him, "most of these
will 60 begging"
"Why, James," responded Mrs. Gas
we'll, "that's what we are sending
them out for"
Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1898-07-22

A PoULTtcE of bruised peach leaves
applied to d wound caused by stepping
on nail will save from lock jaw in
man or beast.
Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1898-07-22

The only place in the world where
violin making may be said to consti-
tute the industry is Markneukirkchen,
in Saxony, with its numerous sur.
rounding villages. There are alto.
gether about $4,000 in this district en-
gagged exclusively in the manufacture
of violins. The inhabitants, from the
small boy and girl to the wrinkled,
grey-headed veteran and aged grand
mother, are all constantly employed
making some part or other of this
musical instrument.
Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1898-07-22
KLONDIKE NUGGETS.

On Saturday there arrived four ships
from Alaska, bringing gold in amounts
reported as follows: City of Seattle,
from Skagway, $5S3,OO0; Cottage City,
from Skagway, $75O,OOO; Tartar ar
rived at Victoria, $4,000. The Siglin
came from Cook inlet. Eighty-four
miners returned on these vessels.
Sanitary regulations are enforced at
Dawson.
saltwater Bill arrived at Dawson
ON June 27.
The last cleanup will not be made
before July 81.
Quartz claims prospected so far do
not show up well.
There is a good deal of grumbling
about the royalty.
An English syndicate has bought
number of claims.
Captain Yeatman has put Skagway
under martial law.
Many of those who come out will
go back in the fall
The four sawmills at Dawson are
doing big business.
Large quantities of provisions are
going up the Yukon.
There is no possibility of food
famine in the future.
The water in the Yukon was very
low. Wood was scarce.
Joseph Ladue has secured patent
for the Dawson townsite.
About 1000 men are on the boats
coming down the Yukon.
joaquin Miller thinks Monte Cristo
island a very rich district.
The Canadian officials have collected
a royalty of $2,OOO,OOO this year.
The Nugget is the name of the first
newspaper published at Dawson.
Some OF the returned miners had no
gold, not having been successful.
No liquor licenses were issued and
the saloons were running wide open.
Most of the men who worked on
shares last winter failed to make
much.
The cleanup on Bonanza creek
shows that its wealth was over-esti-
mated.
A supply of much needed nails had
arrived ut Dawson and building was
resumed.
Telephone wires are to be stretched
from Dawson to the principal creeks
and claims.
Many men will come out of the
country before winter, telling hard
luck stories.
1t is claimed that not more than
half the gold taken out will be brought
out of the country.
Some speculative fellows want to
secure Soapy Smiths body, embalm it
and exhibit it through the west.
The keenest disappointment is as to
Bononza creek, several of the highly
priced claims turning our poorly.
In March stampede occurred from
Circle City to Jefferson creek, where
several hundred locations were made.
Among those who died during the
winter we're John Friedland, Nels o.
sen, Peter Shearer and J. NJ. Stacey,
of Tacoma.
About 130 men have arrived from
Copper river. Nearly all of them say
that region is not a good one to 60 to,
gold being very scarce there.
A whisky famine at Dawson was re-
lieved on May 81 by the arrival of
20 barrels. The liquor was consumed
in a few days at the rate of a dollar a
drink.
The best strike of the season was on
French gulch. a tributary of Eldorado
creek. The country all around was at
once staked off. 1t is about II miles
from Dawson.
Dawson was booming. The popula-
ton wat estimated as high rs 10000.
Work was easily obtainable at good
wages. A good meal could not be
bought. All who go in should have
years outfit and be prepared to board
Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1898-07-22

A strong, hot decoction OF the leaves
of the beech tree will relieve and some
times cure letter on the hands if
bathed frequently.
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RESULTS OF THE WAR.
Some New Things We Have Ac-
Qtired Very Recently.

q1ired Very Recently.
These are a few of the things about
the Philippines that our boys who ar
rived on July 1st will learn regarding
the country:
No brooms.
No hats worn.
Girls marry at 10.
No knives nor forks.
They sleep at midday.
Horses are curiosity.
More women than men.
Rice is the chief product.
Cattle as small as goats.
Manila enjoys electricity.
Natives bathe twice daily.
Dewey had a rabbits foot.
The grasshopper is delicacy.
We buy half Manila's hemp.
Laborers earn 10 cents day.
Cocoanut oil is an illuminant.
Manila was fOundid in 1911.
Buffaloes are used for plowing.
Orchids command ST. 900 apiece.
Manila has 100000 inhabitants.
Annual cigar output, 14O,OOO,0OO.
Weyler was governor for four years
Bellies smoke cigars and chew betels
Cigar factories employ 81 900 women
Cigar-makers earn Sc to $40 &
month.
Macadamized streets; tin-roofeG
houses.
SANTIAGO DE CUBA.
Girls smoke.
Inhabitants, 10000.
Forests of mahogany.
No wild animals except dogs.
Everybody takes a nap at noon.
Here is the highest land in Cuba.
Lottery tickets on sale everywhere.
Most of the houses are One-story
buildings.
Santiago is the Spanish form fol
Saint James.
The bellies plaster their faces will
powdered egg shells.
The harbor of Nipe embraces g.
square miles of deep water.
Copper mines have been worked
since the 18th century.
Tobago island was so called by Co
lumbus from its fancied resemblance
to the tobacco or inhaling tube of th'
aborigines. Our word tobacco ii
thus derived.
PORTO RICO.
Width, 81 miles.
Length, los miles.
Area, $500 square miles.
Immensely wealthy.
Poverty is unknown.
Area, $3.50 square miles.
Trees are always green.
Every man owns horse.
Older than the United States.
Most healthful of the Antilles.
Principal sport is cock fighting.
One mountain is 5000 feet high.
Every house has a roof garden.
Principal pastime is horseback rid
ing.
San Juan, the capital, 100000 in
habitants.
San Juan has the finest harbor ir
the West Indies.
People sleep in the day, and shol
and visit at night.
Water supply is one of the principal
sources of revenue.
Soil fertile, the proportion of sugar
obtained from an equal area, greater
than any other of the West Indis
Isles.
San Juan has been three times un
successfully and once successfully, at
tackled by the British. The city
stands on a small islet, on the nortf
coast, and is connected with the main.
land by a bridge.
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If you have your work for the sea-
son all planned out before you start
in it will save much time and worry
when the work is fairly opened.
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A HUNDRED years ago n gentleman
bowing to a lady always scraped his
foot ON the ground.
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THE TEREDO'S WORK.
SOME ACCOUNT THIS MARINE
PEST.

The BOrcr Which Destroys Our
Wharves in Spite of all EXrcd-
ientS-It is of Prolific Growth
and Has Been Found From
Time ImmemOrial i'll all Parts of
the Globe.
Keowee courier. [volume] (Pickens Court House, S.C.) 1849-current, 1898-10-06
n If no action ID taken and this GRO, ,,

EIf no action ID taken and this Drop
is forced on the market aa usual in
the next four months at present and
probably y lower prices, it viii not pay
thetcost Of production, the country
will be stripped Of means and every
business interest must suffer. II
there shonld be no elective organi-
zation to regulate the acreage the
industry will be but an illastration
of the survival Of the fttest; those
who can raise II cheapest and those
Of us who cannot compete must &c,
cept the hopeless and cheerless lot Of
the bankrupt and pauper. a:15
j, G. WIInoRN,
President G, G.. w. IS. C.
L. w. YouMANs, 2
+ Vice President ". @. wv. s
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800 REWARD 800.

The readers of this papor will be
pleased to learn that there is at least one
dreaded disease that science has been
able to cure in all it's stages, and that is
catarrh. Halls Catarrh Cure is the only
positive cure known to the medical fra
ternity. Catarrh being constitutional
disease, requires q constitutional treat
mont. Halls Catarrh is Curo taken inter.
nally, acting directly upon the blood and
mucuous surfaces Of the system, thereby
destroying tho foundation of the disease,
and giving the patient strength by build
up tho constitution and assisting nature
in doing its work. The proprietors have
have so much faith in it's curative pow
ors, that they offer one hundred dollars
for any case it fails to cure. Send fol
list of testimonials.
Address, +. j. CHENEY & Co., Toledo, O.
Sold by Druggist, 7bc. .
Halls Family Pills are the best.
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tion Of SO per cent In next years
acreage would insure such a diminu-.
tion Of the supply and make cotton
scarce and competition among tho
manufacturers 50 active as TO bring
about a rapid and steady rise. That
this rise would be a certainty we,
only have to refer to the war Of
secession. MoHenry in his History.
Of the Cotton Trade says, page 81 \
'sIn ordinary times there is always
two years. supply Of cotton in the
crude and manufactured state at. the
consuming points. at tho fall of
Fort Sumter there was a sufficiency
for three years requirements" With
the supply greater then in proportion
than now, as soon as production was
contracted we note the following ex-
.traordinary rise in price: 1t averaged
in 1860, II cents in 1861, 13 cents !;
,, in 1862, 81 cents; in 1868, 81 cents /;
in 1864, 81 Oh. But it is argued any
contraction of production in the
South to raise prices would stimu-.
late foreign competition. If 81 per
pound could not stimulate injurious
foreign competition in the '60's,
eight and ten cents cannot do it now.
On, this point Ellison says,in his His
tory of the Cotton Trade, Page 141~
142: "For some years prior to the
outbreak of the Civil War ii had
been foreseen that, sooner or later, a
serious labor disturbance at the South
was inevitable, and in view of the
calamity which such an event would
bring upon Lancashire every effort
was made to discover new sources of
cotton supply. But although the
powerful association formed for the
promotion of this end searched every
nook and corner of the cotton zone,
and sent seed to every one in the
four continents willing to expert
ment, they entirely failed to accom-
plish the laudable object they had
in view" Mr.. Ellison further tells
us that while the enormously high
famine prices during the war did
considerably increase foreign ship
ments of cotton, they declined almost
to their normal level when the price
receded so 15 cents or so cents per
pound.
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BY JAxNns. yHH1sL Or. sprrrH y srEcK

q combination of the growers and
the business element Of the cot
ton bolt, to rob the farmers, not only
Of the profits Of their years labor,
but Of nearly ono-half of the value of
ten million bales of cotton, and
thereby itnpoverisii tho most favored
section Of the globe. Blessed with
natural advantages of 8 climate and
soil which alone can produce this
great staple in volume and quality
sufficient for the demands of the
world, wo should be the most pros
perous people on the earth. Efficient
organization, which would control
the volume of production and regu-
late its marketing, would make these
advantages mine of wealth. g.. -
But with every cotton grower
separately striving to increase his
acreage and multiply his bales, first
above and then below the cost of pro-
daotion !; with q vicious financial sys-
tom that causes tn" claims of the
local merchant and banker to force
the entire crop on the market in four
months, these natural advantages are
distored into blight and a curse,
and the cotton grower is made to
become the prey TO the speculator
and the manufacturer. Never was
there a situation which more per-
emptorily challenged the wisdom of
economic craftsmanship, or presented
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AND iT MUsT As TIa THE oANsT


ssE
change present conditions5in ninety
days. Thorough and complete organ an
ization, which would enable them to
act rN q as e q s5l unit, under wise and dis
Greet guidance, would place them tn tNrl{lll in
command OF The situation in three
months, and change their condition
from one OF bankruptcy and distress
TO ono OF competency and profit. f5y
what means could organization
attain Ghese most desirable iends
Adopt the fecom1ml'eendations econ nc OF the
y atioonM q CoSton Growers Y mon mon
organize promptly, hold all tho cot
ton on hand, and .flrmly bind our.
selves to reduce this years acerage
oo per cent the ensuing year. NC
business man OF any intelligence and
experience VIII deny the soundness
OF this prosposltlon, that as soon as
effective measures OF this nature are
taken ana become a certainty cotton
VIII ADVANCE ana you can borrow
more money on IL than II Is worth TO-
day' because 1t VIII become seecu'
rity anticipating III Value' Inc visi'
DIG supply Is h1teen hundred thou
saho oaies.: Inc invisible supply OF
stook at the mllls Is estlmated at 1ive
hundred thousano oales' Inns would
make tne stocK OUTSIDE OF the grow
efs' 'l"hos TWO mlliloh pales' 10 DC
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a more inviting, nay more impera-S
tive field for organization. Never,
was there an exigeilcy which would
more fully justify it. Vet we are
told that the cotton growers are an
ignorant GLASS, devoid of leadership
and without the power Of organiza-.
tion that it is impossible to organize
five hundred thousand cctssc.! grow
ers. Why even the lower animals
will rally for the purposes of self
protection, Can il, be possible that
the cotton growers constitute the
only element Of the animal kingdom
who cannot uniteP That they are,
SO devoid of manhood, intelligence
aud foresight that the strongest in
centives, independence, competency,
the welfare of their section and the
maintenance Of their families, can
not induce them to uniteP If it be
true that as class they are SO de-
void of spirit, 80 ignorant, supine
and helpless that the most direct and
forceful appeals to sentiments most
calculated to stir the human heart
cannot induce them to organize for
purposes of mutual pro lection and
self-defence, then truly we should
hear no more complaints of the
aggressions of trusts and combina-
tions, but as a class we should meekly
accept the law of nature which
DEGREES that tho improvident, the
careless and the weak shall serve the
vigilant, the active and the strong.
Then should we join in the refrain
of the other avooations
l hold the farmer is a simple tool
Born to labor and not to rule.
And [ will do unto him that which /
7 see
Will bring g.te most money to mine
and to ne.
Prompt and concerted action on
the part of the cotton growers would
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@PEA-YINE HAY
lfeW Capt. Self Cures Ii, Sound md
Bright, Without Losing IGayes. 4.
Lincoln On, !, o. Journal. 81

SSs S/s}
The value Of psary hay is recognized
everywhere, but the difficulty hereto ofor6
encountered In curing Sit has aonl6yyhat
limited the production.
Ono Of the finest farmers in tho State is
Capt. I. r. Self, Of this county, who has
demonstrated tho fact that pea-vins hay
can be harvested and cured with less
trouble than any other. His success In
curing 1t has become known and he is
constantly IN receipt of inquiries as to
his method. For the benefit OF dis bro.
ther farmers, Capt. Self kindly gave the
journal his experience in curing pea-yine
hay. IVY 81" ~ G, %jssa5{si
Two years ago he tried tho method as
an experiment.. He moved tho vines in
tho morning and lot them lie until the
afternoon Of the next day, whom, if no
rain had fellon, he raked the hay into
cooks. The next morning, as soon as
tho dew had dried OF, mo hauled tho
cooks to his barn lot and packed the vines
into rail pens ton feot square, having a
heavy man to tramp them in, putting
seven two-horse loads to pen. i S s. Y
/ -
,On the third morning after the vines
had been packed into tho pens, smoke
was seen issuing from every crevico and
the vines were found so hot ono could
scarcely bear his hand on thom. Tho
smoke or steam continued to issue from
the pens until the fifth morning after
they were packed, then it ceased alto
gethor. -. .g3tE ...a
Capt. Self naturally concluded that his
experiment was failure, but when he
opened tho pens in tho winter he found
the hay beautifully cured. It was nice,
bright, sweet and absolutely free from
mustiness, and not leaf fell from the
, vine. a" ..y,..a
Last year he used the samo method,
| with tho Same result.
Capt. Self says tho vines should be 80
tightly packed around tho edges as to
exclude the air, and the vines should be
weighted down and tho pens we'll COW
erod. His plan is to lay rails aoross tho
top of the pom and top this off with straw.
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CeTTON GRO sWERs' ADDRESS.
How TO Avoid tho Sad Lot Of the
Bankrupt and Pauper. Z. ". .% q.

\ To the Cotton Growers of South
Carolina: The special committee
appointed ct the Convention Of She
I. Cotton Growers Union Of the State,
held In Columbia on the Goth instant,
desire to. say that the exceedingly
low prices of cotton at the present,
with the Indications of lower. prices
still in the future, painfully admon-
ish us that we have reached q orisie
in the history of the industry. Prices
to-day ARE not only far lower than
they have previously been at this
season of the year, but lower than
they have been for fifty years, and
the months of November, December,
january and February are selling on
the Liverpool market at figures lower
than during the great depression of
the '40's, and even at these figures
English agents are advising the
spinners of Great Britain to withhold
their purchases upon assurances that
prices will soon be fifty points lower,
In consideration of these conditions
we desire to call the attention, not
only to the cotton growers, but of
every business avocation in the cot
ton belt, to the ominous fact that for
the want Of ordinary tact and fore,
sight we are allowing this great elo-
M .t&of wealth to pass beyond our
limits for mere song; that our
birthright is going for mess of pot
tage, and our great natural advan-
tages sacrificed with the careless
Indifference with which a drunkard
filings from his lap his treasures
Foreign spectators and manufac-
turers, fully aware that the staple is
passing out of the hands cf the grow.
ers at figures far below the cost OF
production, nevertheless keep aloo1
from tho market to allow the matur.
ing obligations of the farmers to force
the crop out of their hands for q
nero pittance. Defantly claiming
to command the situation, they boldly
propose to avail themselves of con-
ditions which could be remedied by