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The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1898-08-05
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The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1898-08-05
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The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1898-08-05

Chicago. Aug. 4--Receipts today: Wheat
Is cars; corn. 423: oats, 237. Estimated
cars for tomorrow: Wheat. 100; corn, 40;
oats, 965.
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1898-08-05

Sept. wheat ...........--.-..... SOS 66jsGS3
Sept. corn NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS.. S5s< 1888
The Yakima herald. [volume] (North Yakima, W.T. [Wash.]) 1889-1914, 1898-08-11
HOT WATER WELLS.
In Some Cases Temperature Rises
Twenty Degrees In a single Night
Cause OF the Phenomenon.

The wells in parts of Arizona have re.
Gently become producers of hot water.
and apprehension is felt by many of the
residents of the region affected that
they are about to become participants
in grand volcanic drama. In some of
the wells the temperature of the well
water rose 20 degrees in single night.
10 few the phenomenon disappeared
soon after its appearance. In "a ma jor-
ity of the cases, however. the wells fair
y steam from their newly-acqured
heat. The first known of this curious
state of affairs was a report that the
wells at Maricopa, on the Southern Pa.
itic railroad. 30 miles south of Phoenix,
had suddenly become hot. says the
Omaha Bee.
1t was four days thereafter that the
phenomenon first was noticed n dozen
miles west of that city. A test al one
well showed temperature of nearly
100 degrees. No difference is noted in
wells in the immediate vicinity OF
Phoenix.
The line Of subterranean heat wave
follows the general direction of the ST.
ezra Esirella mountains. volcanic
chain lying Immediately south of the
ella river. Thence il appears TO continue
on in the direction Of the Harqua Hala
mountains. near which are number of
| large and modern volcanic cones and
hills of drifted volcanic ash. Further
to the east the lava flows are so geolog-
ically modern as to have overwhelmed
in number Of places the cliff dwellings
of the apcients
The Yakima herald. [volume] (North Yakima, W.T. [Wash.]) 1889-1914, 1898-08-11
RAT WITH A WOODEN LEG.
How an Inventive and Humane PHIL
adelphia Boy Fitted Out
His Captive.

A rat with wooden leg is a curl
osity. as curiosities 20 nowadays. Yet
such an animal can be seen any day at
he residence of man named Dugmore,
~ The southwestern section of the
city. reports the Philadelphia Times
About a month ago Willie Dugmore. n
lad of l2 years, found the little rodent
IN trap in the cellar. His first i'm
Pulse was to brain the pest with a
base ball bat, but the raj lool ed at him
SO pleadingly that Willie's heart was
touched. and he decided TO take the trap
TO an adjoining vacant lot aud iberaie
the animal. This he did. but instead of
>camperng off. as he expected, the ra t
ljmped painfully up to him and began
TO lick his hand. Willie then discovered
hat one of the animals legs had been
almost severed by the trap.
Taking The rat home, he cut the leg
off and then bandaged the wound, using
as a linlmeu, little vaseline. He then
put the rat into cage and nursed il
for week. He then removed he ba nd
age and found that the wound had
completely healed. The rat was, how
ever. unable to walk, and Willie de.
rided that he would make for it an ar
'ifirial !eg. Going down to the cellar.
be Obtained piece Of pine. and after
some whiting succeeded in making a
leg. This he fastened on with a string.
and was delighted to see tina, his plan
was entirely successful. The rat is now
The family pc, and can be seen any day
hobbling about the kitchen or teasing
little Irish terrier, of which it has
made q lifelong friend.
The Yakima herald. [volume] (North Yakima, W.T. [Wash.]) 1889-1914, 1898-08-11
FIRE FIGHTING.
How II Was Done Tn the south In
the Days before the
civil War.

Old citizens are commenting on the
change the Savannah fire department
has undergone since the ante. bellum
days. The recent fires have given rise
to many recol!ections of former meth
DDS of checking flames, says the Sa-
vannah News.
The eyes of one man, who was posted
in glass house in the City Exchange
dome, constituted the alarm system
He was sort of sentinel, and while
keeping watch over the city cried out
the hours and whether things were
wen or no. There are few members
of the police force to-day who served in
the old glass house and recall the days
when fire alarms were sounded by ring
ing the old bell.
Hand pumps formed the apparatus
to drive water, and the effective work
they did is well remembered. All fire.
men before the war were volunteers
and, with the exception of the chiefs OF
divisions, were composed entirely OF
colored men. They were strong. hardy
and to get to fire was sort Of pastime
which was thoroughly enjoyed by them
While working the pumps they would
strike up tune, keeping time with
the movements Of the pump handle and
ringing out their song in such harmony
and fu,Iness as TO catch even the ear
of the critic. Then, too. there was fun
for the negroes getting to their re-
spective station houses. 1t was a stand
ing rule that the first man to place his
hand on the lock at the station received
dollar, and all were wild to earn it
1t was as much an honor as a game
sort Of trophy held unit! the next fire
The station houses were built of brick
and located in the squares in different
parts of the city
The Yakima herald. [volume] (North Yakima, W.T. [Wash.]) 1889-1914, 1898-08-11
The Pioneer Limited

Is the name OF the only perfect train in
the world, now running every night be-
tween st. Paul and Chicago, via the Chi.
cago, Milwaukee & st. Paul railway--the
pioneer road Of the west in adopting all
improved facilities for the safety and en-
ioyment Of passengers. Illustrated pam.
phlet, showing views of beautiful seen
cry along the route OF the Pioneer Limited
will be sent free to any person upon re-
celpt of two-cent postage stamp. Adj
dress Geo II. Heafford, General Psssen.
ger Agent, Chicago. Ill.
The Yakima herald. [volume] (North Yakima, W.T. [Wash.]) 1889-1914, 1898-08-11

Of their pupils, but they prescribe for
their MONDAY luncheons TIE ;dirgs that
il is hygieuical,y and scientifically prop
err for boys and gins TO eat.
Some Of the wise Bostonans viewed
with anxiety the youth of The city T. n
calamity munching pie, cake and other
indig eslih.es at their noon recess. ut
;erIy Indifferent to any result more re-
mote than the immediate grGf .Gcatiun
of their appetiies. Science applied to
food was summoned TO the r. scue, and
the mem lers of the committee on by
gient uf The Boston school board had
IN order passed providing that oIlN
such food as was approved by them
should he sold in any of the city school.
houses. This was aimed al the nnitors
and others who had been catering tC
;he demand for pies and cake by car
rying on brisk MONDAY trade in such
viauds. The New England kitchen, a
.4mi-pn illnthropic eYperiruen. in scien.
tic cooking and food production. was
asked to supply the luncheons that boys
and 2irls ought to have.
The first plan was TO have two grades
OF luacheons--a ten-cent lunch, consist
ing eff cup of soup. milk or cocoa, with
crackers, two slices Of bread and but.
ter and fruit or simple cake. and five.
cent lunch. consisting of a sandwich.
bread and butter. with fruit, cocoa and
crackers or milk and crackers. Ten
cent lunches. however, did not prove
popular. so all sorts OF combinations
possible for five cents have been made.
lf pupil wants more than that he buys
two or three lunches, according to the
degree of his appetite and the state OF
his finances.
The Yakima herald. [volume] (North Yakima, W.T. [Wash.]) 1889-1914, 1898-08-11
The Waste of War.

A shell thrown from Patton quick
firing gun rushes through the air at the
velocity of 1900 feet per seco nd. strik-
ing its object with force equal to that
of 1880 tons falling one foot. And
yet, comparatively speaking. they are
very harmless. Thus during the one
day bombardment of Alexandria by the
British fleet of IL ships. lasting from
a. IN. to 1870 p. m, no lese than 3,165
shells were thrown into the town. yet
not more than 500 Egyptians We're
killed-that is, it took, roughly speak
ing, six shells to Kill one man.
Again. during the Franco-German
war, the Germans threw 100000 shells
into Belfort, only killing 60 French
men. or 500 shells to kill one French
man. At Strasburg. in the same war, it
took IS shells to kill every man. And
at the siege of Paris 10000 shells only
killed LOT and wounded 209.
The Yakima herald. [volume] (North Yakima, W.T. [Wash.]) 1889-1914, 1898-08-11
SAVINGS BANK FOR SOLDIERS.
Not Less Than Five DoIlars-Pays
Interest ON Amounts Over $50.

1t may not generally be known that
for many years the general governme Mt
has conducted savings bank for the
mmodation of certain citizens, says
the Kansas City Journal. An act of
congress Of the date of May IS, 1872,
provides that any soldier in the army
may deposit with any paymaster his
savings in sums not less than five dol
lars, and it shall be the duty Of the pay
master to supply the soldier with de-
post book, in which are entered the
amounts of his deposits. When the de-
posits have reached the sum Of $50 the
government is required TO pay the de-
positor interest at the rate of four per
cent. per annum. Having once deposit
ed sum OF money the deposit or is not
permitted to draw il until the date of
his discharge. The deposits are exempt
from attachment for debt, but they for
felt to the government If the depositor
deserts from the army. The govern
ment assumes the responsibility for all
such deposits and defaultng paymas-
ter can work the soldiers no injury.
Paymaster Rucker once told the writer
that abou. 30 per cent. of the enlisted
men in the regular army avaIled them
selves OF this privilege.
The Yakima herald. [volume] (North Yakima, W.T. [Wash.]) 1889-1914, 1898-08-11
FEW BOOTS NOW.
They Were Once Very Common, but
Their Place Hns Been Almost
Entirely Taken by Shoes.

when / was boy" said a middle.
aged man, according to the New York
Sun, pretty much every body used &c
wear boots--I did, know, fine calfskin
boots. Now nobody wears boots ex.
cept horsemen and farmers: that is,
practically nobody; you do meet "A man
in the city now and then that wears
boots, but such men are so few'that they
don't count.
1--WE turned from boots to congress
CATERS, once almost universally worn.
and there's quite lot of congress gal
tiers worn still. You look along the
rows of feet of the men sitting in an
elevated car and you are pretty likely
to see one or more pairs of them, but
button shoes and lace shoes finally. in
very large measure, supplanted the
congress CATERS, and they remain the
shoes commonly worn to-day.
'And we shall stick to shoes of one
sort and another. We shan't go back &c
boots for various reasons. In the first
place we don't need them. In cities they
arenot necessary for protection, nor are
they essential to comfort. Shoes are
now more suitable to wear at centers
of population, besides being more con.
venient and cheaper.
$50 in populated regions, for the wear
Of the great majority of men. we have
got through with boots. It is another
illustration of how easily long-estab-
lished customs vanish when conditions
change"
The Yakima herald. [volume] (North Yakima, W.T. [Wash.]) 1889-1914, 1898-08-11
GETTING RID OF FLIES.
London Women Adopt an Oriental
Plan and Meet with
Success.

Most people who have travelled in the
far east have seen orientals burning
sandalwood in their houses for the pur-
pose of driving flies away. 1t is odd
that the plan is not more generally
known in this country. where il meets
with success wherever the experiment
is tried. A recent arrival from London
says that the women there have discov-
cred this agreeable method of Kidding
their homes of the pest. In London il
is possible to get the wood prepared for
this purpose, but here it is not so easy.
as American women have not yet taken
to the practice. Now that the festive
fly and the merry mosquito are about
to make their appearance. housewives
might do as well to give the sandalwood a
trial. Sandalwood can be bought at al
most any Turkish or japanese import
ing house. 1t is prepared for burning
by first being cut into small pieces half
an inch thick and three inches long.
Then it is baked or dried out in a slow
oven for "a hours. A piece of the wood
is put into a metal urn, lighted and al
lowed to burn until we'll afame, when
the flame is extinguished and the red
hot ember left to smolder until the
wood is consumed and nothing is left
but heap of fine gray ashes. During
the smoldering process the wood sends
out sweet and aromatic smoke.
The Yakima herald. [volume] (North Yakima, W.T. [Wash.]) 1889-1914, 1898-08-11
A Sure Thing.

A transaction in which you cannot lose
is sure thing. Biliousness, sick head
ache, piles, pimplee, bad breath, and a
thousand other ills are caused by consti.
patton and lazy liver. Cascarets candy
cathartic. the wonderful liver stimulant
and intestinal tonic are by all druggists
guaranteed to cure or money refunded.
G. G. G. are sure thing. Try a box to-
day. l0c, 25c, SOC. Ask your druggist
for sample and booklet.
The Yakima herald. [volume] (North Yakima, W.T. [Wash.]) 1889-1914, 1898-08-11
ITEMS OF INTEREST.
There are found in both books of the
Bible 8 1856, 4s3 letters and 773 ,69S words.

There are found in both books OF the
Bible 1856, 4s3 letters and 773 693 words
A stubborn cough or tickling in the
throat yields to One Minute Cough Cure
Harmless in effect, touches the right
spot, reliable and just what is wanted
1t acts at once. Janeck Bros Drug Store
The Liverpool docks. one of the won.
ders OF modern commerce, extend along
the Mersey a distance Of six and hall
miles.
You invite disappointment when you
experiment. DeWitt's Little Early
Rsers are pleasant, easy, thorough little
pills. They cure constipation and sick
headache just as sure as you take them.
Janeck Bros Drug Store.
Samuel Edgar Francis, a waiter in a
Boston hotel, has, by his own unaided eff.
forts, mastered nine languages, and that
without ever having been abroad.
Truth wears we'll. People have learne
that DeWitt's Little Early Risers are re.
liable little pills for regulating the bowels
curing constipation and sick headache.
They don't gripe. Jsneck Bros Drug
Store.
1t is reported in Berlin that Emperor
William has contributed the sum OF TO-.
600 marks as prizes for English and Ger.
man sailing yachts at next years Kiel
week.
More than twenty million free samples
OF DeWitt's Witch Hazel Salve have been
distributed by the manufacturers. What
better proof of their confidence in it'e
merits do you want? 1t cures piles, burns
scalds, sores. in the shortest space Of time
Janeck Bros Drug Store.
Caroline Croft, formerly Caroline Abb.
gail Brewer of Boston, has left 800, 900 TO
two prominent physicians of that city for
Investigations to find some way of curing
cancer, consumption, and other diseases
now regarded as incurable.
The Yakima herald. [volume] (North Yakima, W.T. [Wash.]) 1889-1914, 1898-08-11
LOVE AMONG LApLANDERS.
Curious Customs That Are stu in
Vogue Among Inhebitaats Of
the Icy Land.

When a young Laplander is in love
with girl he and she run a race. He
is heavily handicapped, so that she may
win if she chooses, and if she outrun
him he cannot propose again. OF course
she suffers herself to be overtaken il
she cares for him, but the consent OF
her parents must be obtained before
she can be married. The law of the
land is very strict on this point, and
in olden times the man was subject tc
capital punishment il he married with.
out the consent of the girls parents.
After Laplander has chosen a bride
he sends her a present of a girdle, o
ring and quantity of brandy; he
goes as far as the door of her hut, but
remains outside until invited to enter
when bumper of brandy is offered &c
the girls father; if he drink it is a
sign he consents to the marriage, and
the young lover then promises to give
the girl some clothes, and pays a sum
of money, generally 100 copper dollars,
on the spot. This, of course, is a rem.
nant of marriage by purchase, which.
in primitive times, succeeded marriage
by capture. Banns are published once
in Lapland and the marriage ceremony
is very short. The bride wears her hair
loose and has a gold band round her
head. Her presents and her dowry are
generally reindeer. and she and her
bridegroom remain with her parents.
for a year after marriage.
The Yakima herald. [volume] (North Yakima, W.T. [Wash.]) 1889-1914, 1898-08-11
BARGAINS IN CLOTHING.
Some Good SuGRestiOns ~ to What
to Buy and Wear 1T . Mini
mum Expense.

For some reason which we cannot IN
ierstand there is, perhaps. as much ig-
norance as to what constitutes a va,u-
able bargain in clothing as in any OF her
line that could be mentioned. There is
40 one item, except food, on which men
have TO spend as much as on their
clothes. While this is true, most men
exercise so little caution or judgment
purchasing clothing that large ratio
Of loss 10 the consumer is the result. II
rs standard of civilization, when we
find men anxious TO dress well. To do
20 at minimum expense is the highest
,r,. says the Textile Manufacturers
Journal.
The first qualification that the buyer
must insist on is fast color. In pur-
,hasing foreign-made article he must
Dear in mind that the color particularly
5 Liable TO give him trouble. A color
hat stands very well in Europe or Eng
and. that does not give way under
eaden skies or foggy atmosphere, wiz
soon succumb and look cheap and mean
n the warm, clear atmosphere and pure
sunlight of our ATTITUDES.
A maker or seller cannot deceive a
buyer as TO cut and fit if he has his ewes
open. If man has ordinary taste and
lses the faculties of observation TO no
ice the cut that looks neat and natty,
ind yet not loud or extreme, he will be
Ible, when he buys suit for himself, to
lit pretty near the mark.
The Yakima herald. [volume] (North Yakima, W.T. [Wash.]) 1889-1914, 1898-08-11
Two Millions a Year.

When people buy, try, and buy again,
it means they're satisfied. The people OF
the United States are now buying Csscs-
rets Candy Cathartic at the rate of two
million boxes a year and 1t will be three
million before New YEARS.. 1t means
merit proved that. Cascarets are the most
delightful bowel regulator for everybody
the year round. All druggists l0c, 25c.
SOC box, cure guaranteed.
The Yakima herald. [volume] (North Yakima, W.T. [Wash.]) 1889-1914, 1898-08-11
Through Tours. car. TO 70. To,

Through TOURIST cars TO ~. Louis.
tourist sleeping car will leave Port
land every Monday via Mo. Pac., and
every Wednesday via the Burlington
Route at p. IN. via the 0. X. & N.
through Salt Lake and Denver without
change to st. Louis, and under the sup.
ervision of experienced conductors. No
change of cars to the cities, Kansas City
or st. Louis. Keep this service in mind
when going east and consult o. r. & N.
agents or address,
W. H. HURLBURT,
General Passenger Apent,
Portland, Oregon.
The Yakima herald. [volume] (North Yakima, W.T. [Wash.]) 1889-1914, 1898-08-11

Clean blood means clean ska. No
beauty without it. Cascarets Candy Ca
thartic clean your blood and eep it clean
by stirring up the lazy liver and driving
ali impurities from the body. Begin to-
day to Danish pimples. boils. biolches.
black eads. and that SICILY bilious COM
plexion by taking Csscarets, beauty for
ten cents. All druggists; abstraction
guaranteed, lOc, 25c, SOC.
The Yakima herald. [volume] (North Yakima, W.T. [Wash.]) 1889-1914, 1898-08-11

The Spanish soldier is a frugal liver,
MS commissariat allowance being two
meals day-one at nine a. M, the
'ther al five p. m. In some corps coffee
nd soup are served out in the early
morning. A pound and a half of bread
ier man per day constitutes the govern
nent ration. He gets little meat, and
:eeps in excellent condition on a chunk
# dry black bread. little oil, and a
love of garlic q day.
The Yakima herald. [volume] (North Yakima, W.T. [Wash.]) 1889-1914, 1898-08-11
PIE is TABOOED.
Boston Children Are Not Allowed to
Eat This TOothsOme Delicacy
at school.

Pie, that good. oldfashioned New
England staple, is doomed, if modern
educators have their way, says the New
York Press. In the public schools of
Boston instructors keep watch and
ward not only over the mental pabulum
The Yakima herald. [volume] (North Yakima, W.T. [Wash.]) 1889-1914, 1898-08-11

The largest county in one body and
under one government is the Russian
empire. 1t comprises 1853. 1876 square
miles.
The Yakima herald. [volume] (North Yakima, W.T. [Wash.]) 1889-1914, 1898-08-11

Sixty languages are spoksn in the EN-
pire governed by the car OF Russia.
The Yakima herald. [volume] (North Yakima, W.T. [Wash.]) 1889-1914, 1898-08-11

One hundred new words are annually
added to the English language
The Yakima herald. [volume] (North Yakima, W.T. [Wash.]) 1889-1914, 1898-08-11
PROFESSIONAL CARDS.
MISS ID. |. WASHBURN,

Room I. smaller Caldwell block, over THE
HERALD office, North Yakima. Wash.
The Iola register., 1898-07-08
A UNIQUE PLAN.
How the students In Public schools
at Washington Are Taught
History.

Public school officials Of Washington
have adopted a un que plan of teaching
their scholars history and amiliarizing
the1u with the workings of the govern
ment. as well as other branches Of
study. The scheme is for the teacher
of each school to take her scholars on
"a iaunt to the capitol, or to the suburbs
TO study geology, history, and any
other branch of study which may be
chosen. Since tho opening of the spring
weather hundreds of children, accom-
panied by their teachers, flock to the
capitol to listen to the statesmen debate
important questions. Hardly a day
passes but 500 or 600 children crowd the
galleries to listen to the debates and
roam around statuary hall and study
the marble figures of Clay, Lincoln, Cal
houn, Webster, and Grant and learn
something of the characteristics of each
man. Then they overrun the rotunda
and feast their eyes upon the huge
paintings which depict the historical
epochs of this country. From here a
visit is made TO the historic senate
chamber to watch and listen to the
grave. deliberate senate, Before leaving
the building they never fail to spend
considerabl time before the picture Of
Perry's battle on Lake Erie and gather
inspiration from the magnificent cour
age displayed by that gallant sailor
One day lastweek 200 girls clad in whit,
dresses invaded the capitol, and, as tn,
house was not in session, took posses
sion of the hall, occupied the speakers
chair, and did about as they pleased
They presented pretty sight and th
day will live long in their memories.
The Iola register., 1898-07-08
SKULL LIKE PIECE OF STEEL.
Peter Gray Fires Three Bullets I'm
His Head, Bnt All Are
Flnttcncd Out.

When the rain was pouring down in
New York the other night a well-dressed
man walked out to the end of the Nor
walk line pier, sat down TO the string
piece, drew revolver from his pocket
and began to shoot at his head A
crowd came running to the spot. After
firing three bullets into his head the
man jumped into the East river. He
was rescued unconscious and carried to
a hospital.
After having the man under treat
ment for two. hours the hospital doctors
succeeded in bringing him back to con.
sciousness. He said that he did not re-
member shooting himself. DR.. Rodman
said:
'We have dug three leaden bullets ou'
of your scalp, and each one of them has
been tiattened out. Each of the bullets
which you fired at your head was OF
% caliber, and each of them has beer
aattened out as IL they had been shot
up against piece of steel"
WELL" said the would-be suicide, -,
was always told that had the thickes'
skull of any man born. I've been hi
on the head with everything but an ak
and 1t never took any effect on me-"
He will be arraigned TO answer to {
charge of attempted suicide. He saiC
his name was Peter Gray.