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The Yakima herald. [volume] (North Yakima, W.T. [Wash.]) 1889-1914, 1899-04-27
TENT kANCE.
HISTORY OF FOUR DRINKS.
They Carried Misery, Crime and De-
struetiOn with Them.

In an exchange we find the following
testimony of thoughtful policeman,
who was Inclined to look below the
misery and crime which came in his
way to find the cause. He says:
81 was once standing in front of
Tufts saloon, when the barkeeper set
down blue bottle on the counter and
said: There are just four drinks in
that 1t occurred to me I'd like to
trace up them four drinks-where they
went, and what they did.
swell, a woman got the first glass. She
wasn't an old woman, nor used to
whisky; about30 years old, and had been
pretty once, and accustomed to having
a gay time, suppose. She was on her
way home from her hard days work,
tired and cold, and the whisky was
temptation. 1t would take the place of
the dance and thcater and fun. She
turned down into bystreet and stopped
at the door of a snug little house.
II knew her husband, Crafts, the car
penter; a cheerful, hardworking fellow
He opened the door, and her baby ran
out to meet her. She struck it down to
the ground with an oath. Her husband
The Yakima herald. [volume] (North Yakima, W.T. [Wash.]) 1889-1914, 1899-04-27
WHAT PEOPLE SAY.
Transient Record of Private Opinion:
Publicly EXPRESSED.

LNbiSooSu'
!. w. Dooley-I was at one time the
treasurer of st. CLAIR county, Mo. That
county has passed through the most re-
markable experience in the history of
that state. Fifteen years ago the county
was bonded to a fake railroad PROPOSE
ton. The company got a judgment for
the bonus offered OF 100000. The Fed
eral court issued mindamus to COM
pei the county court to levy a special
tax to pay the bonded lndebtedness to
the railway company. Every year these
officials refuse to obey the mandate and
they are promptly jailed in Kansas City
There they stay until the next fall cleo
lature and new set of commissioners are
elected who have to go through the same
ordeal. believe they have about come
to some compromise in the matter.
Joe Martini have been over to
Occur d'Alene painting the George
Cakes" new boat on the lake belong
ing to the N. p. R'y company. l am
now at work painting the new railroad
bridge over the Yakima In Selah.
l. II. Dills-The premature publica-
ton of alleged news sometimes work
grevious hardship.
Dan Lesh Il cannot find from my OBJ
servation that the fruit is injured to any
appreciate extent in the county, from
the late FROST
Orlando Beck have been over the
county pretty much and | don't think
the fruit crop is damaged to hurt. The
clover and alfalfa were damaged by the
freeze in spots badly. Tom Kelly's
place on the Wenas was affected by the
cold weather and he has kicked over
good deal of old alfalfa roots in places
that will have to be reseeded. The two
or three years old alfalfa is not hurt;
the weather seemed to effect the six or
seven year old fields.
John Dempsie-I am in favor OF Bry an
for president. | am in accord W it'll
Bryans views against expansion in the
Philippines. We may lose the state,
but what does that amount to, if we gain
the nation
Ii. j. Keuchler-I would come back
to North Yakima to stay. if l could not
make living in Stockton.
j. p. McCafferty-I regard the
spokesman Review as the best daily
newspaper that comes to North Yakm a
If the democracy endorses anti-expan-
sion, though personally believe in the
idea, they will be beaten.
Col. G. II. Stewart Qate OF Vancou-
ver)-The railway that is building from
Vancouver to kennewick should not be
mixed up with the Portland. Vancouver
railroad. 1t is a different proposition
altogether. have it direct from one of
the directors of the road which il being
built TO Kennewick, that the o. X. Il n.
is backing that road.
Col. Howlett-While IN Spokane the
other day / ran across quite a number OF
former Yakima folks. Sam Vinson was
there from British Columbia, where he
is running two saw mills. Sam is
changed very much by illness. Major
The Yakima herald. [volume] (North Yakima, W.T. [Wash.]) 1889-1914, 1899-04-27

If you suffer from tenderness or full
ness on the right side, pains under shout
blade, constipation, biiousness, sick-
headache, and feel dull, heavy and sleepy
your liver is torpid and congested. De-
Wits Little Early Risers will cure you
promptly. pleasantly and permanently
by removing the congestion and causing
the bile ducts to open and flow naturally.
THEY ARE GOOD FILLS. Janeck's Drug
Store.
The Yakima herald. [volume] (North Yakima, W.T. [Wash.]) 1889-1914, 1899-04-27

spread rapidly, and it was soon demonstrated
beyond doubt that a cure had at last beer
found for deadly Cancer. Evidence has accu-
mulated which is incontrovertible, of which
the following is specimen
Cancer is hereditary in family my father. a
sister and aunt having died from this dreadful
disease. My feelings may be imagined when the hor
rible disease made its appearance my side 1t was
a malignant Cancer, eating inwardly in such way
to great alarm The disease seemed beyond the
skill of the doctors, for their treatment did good
whatever, the Cancer growing worse all the while
Numerous remedies used for it but the Cancer
grew steadily worse, until it seemed that doomed
to follow the Others of the family, for know how de-
when inherited was advised to try Swifs Specific
first day, forced out the poison continued its
bottles when | was cured sound and well and have Il
dreadful affection though many years have elapsed
for Cancer.-MRs S NJ IDOL, Winston N. c.
Our book on Cancer, containing other testn
The Yakima herald. [volume] (North Yakima, W.T. [Wash.]) 1889-1914, 1899-04-27
The Yaklman's Cuerdon
BY WOODWARD sAPLrSG.


Take up the YAKIMA HERALD
Read all the local news
Its hoard of information
You can't afford to lose.
A dollar buys 1t yearly
1t beats sixteen to one,
And as for advertisements,
It's never been outdone.
II just sets out to tell you
The things you want to know
There's snap and and ginger in it
And lots of push and go.
You can't afford to stop 1t
when once you've started in,
And II you've never had it
You'd better now begin.
II makes the Yakimsn's guerdon,
Aud beats the Philippines,
And what 1t don't provide you
: not worth hill of beans
CAS- viewed from local standpolnts
Perhaps we'd best explain,
Lest new caught old subscribers
Thrust out their tongues amain.)
Then search your t'other trousers
Go find an hundred cents
Two score and twelve OF HERALDs
Wait on your move .mi-ents.
Wen send them through the Summer
You'll get them in the Fall;
They'll moderate the Winter
When billiards have the call.
Take up the Wise Mans Paper
Don't borrow from Il friend:
Ills less than tuppence weekly
A bagatele to spend
And when you've read your copy,
Eds, ""Ads" and items through,
You'll know a heap sight more than
Than men less wise than you.
Take mp the Yakiman's Guerdon-
Have done with foolish ways,
Supply yourself with reading
Two papers, price o. one these days.
Come now to bless your home
Through all the thankful years,
The Farm Journal and THE HERALD
For news and spice they have no peers
The Yakima herald. [volume] (North Yakima, W.T. [Wash.]) 1889-1914, 1899-04-27

BURY me-" pleaded the dying sailor,
"on American soil"
''All right" said the ships comman-
der. There's an island in the offing.
Well just bear down and expand little
more.
The Yakima herald. [volume] (North Yakima, W.T. [Wash.]) 1889-1914, 1899-04-27
No Cure-NO Pay.

That is the way all drng,ists sell
Groye's Tasteless Chill Tonic for Malaria,
Chills and Fever. Il is simply Iron and
Qninine in tRsteess form. Children
love it. Adults prefer il to bitter, nauss-
Gus tones. Price soc.
The Yakima herald. [volume] (North Yakima, W.T. [Wash.]) 1889-1914, 1899-04-27
GA . TO RIA.
s ss.,. the 'A' Kind y. 4... Away: Bought
Signature Of &AzZx

j. ID. Bridge, editor and proprietor of
the Democrat, Lancaster, N. H., says
81 would not be without One Minute
Cough Cure for my boy, when troubled
with a cough or cold. 1t is the best rem
edy for Group | ever used" Janeck' e
Drug Store.
The Yakima herald. [volume] (North Yakima, W.T. [Wash.]) 1889-1914, 1899-04-27
Cure a. Cold I'm One Dav,

Take L,x,nvs B-1n) QIinin, Tab let
All druggists refund money il it fails to
cure. 25c. The genuine has l.. B. O.
on each tablet.
The Yakima herald. [volume] (North Yakima, W.T. [Wash.]) 1889-1914, 1899-04-27

looked at her, and fell back as though
he, too, had been struck. Then he
picked up the child and carried il into
the pretty, warm room | saw the
mother lying stretched across the
hearth, as though she were dead.
THE second drink out of the bottle,
the bnrkeeper told me, was given to old
The Yakima herald. [volume] (North Yakima, W.T. [Wash.]) 1889-1914, 1899-04-27
Results Fatally in Nine
Gases Out Of Ten "A
Cure Found al Last.

operation, BECAUSE tFV Nrulent
poison the blood circulating throughout the system and although
the ulcer known the Canccrmay be the
the blood and promptly breaks aesh
renewed violence
The wonderful of s. s. curing obstinate eepseaed
blood diseases which considered ncurabc
sprng sufferers for Cancer exhauSg skill of
the physicians without Much their delight s proved
equal to the disease and promptly effected The glad
The Yakima herald. [volume] (North Yakima, W.T. [Wash.]) 1889-1914, 1899-04-27
CANCER IS DEADLY!

This fearful disease often first appears
as a mere scratch, a pimple or lump in
notice, until in many eases, the deadly
disease is fully developed.
Fisherman & farmer. [volume] (Edenton, N.C.) 1887-19??, 1899-02-03
Trade via Disfna.. Swamp Ca

Senator Pfitchard has present
ed resolutions of the Business
Mems Club of Elizabeth CITY,
n. c., stating that the transpor
tation facilities from this city to
Norfolk and other points are too
lew and meagre to meet the de.
inands Of the increasing bust
ness of North Carolina, and that
if the distractions in the river
were removed, it would open up
a line of transportation via the
Dismal Swamp Canal and ask
ing that the members Of the
House and Senate urge an ap
preparation for this purpose.
A Accompanying the documents
are number Of petitions from
citizens throughout Eastern
North Carolina to the same eff
feet.
Fisherman & farmer. [volume] (Edenton, N.C.) 1887-19??, 1899-02-03

The best way to avoid sickness is to
keep yourself healthy by taking Hoods
Sarsaparilla, the great blood purifier.
Fisherman & farmer. [volume] (Edenton, N.C.) 1887-19??, 1899-02-03

II H. White will leave
next Tuesday for New Orlean:
ID attend the Dental Association
and will be absent about two
weeks. Those who may need his
services are requested to wait
until his return.
We understand that the Al
bemarle Hotel has been prr-
chased by Rev. Paul Spence,
and after thoroughly renovating
It will convert it into a Baptist
Boarding School. The price
paid was $4,000.
Commencing next Monday
night The American Theatre
Co." VII FIJI a thr>e nights en-
gageDent at LoWry's Academy
Of Music, presenting the first
night the charming romantic
drama. The Prince OF Russia. !"
This is strong Company aud
we bespeak for them a liberal
patronage.
Married yesterday afternoon
at the residence Of the brides
sister Mrs. H. NJ. Balance, No.
80 Cypress street, Miss Susie
Garrett, of Petersburg, Va, to
Mr.. Samuel Belerend, Of Wash
ington, D. c. The bride wore
a handsome travelling suit of
grey cloth and carried white car
nations. The groom was dres
sed i'll the usual travelling suit.
The happy couple left on the
4 train for an extended trip.
The bill before the Legisla-
ture to authorize Elizabeth City
to issue bonds for public i'm
provment has passed. The bill
authorizes the issuance of bonds
to the amount of thirty thous>
and dollars at 5 per cent. to be
sold at par value and to be Io>
ted upon by the people. The
money is to be used for the
purpos> to broaden, lay out, im-
prove, pave and put in order the
streets Of Elizabeth City an !
pay for the lands condemned
and used for opening, widening
and improving said streets in
such manner and to such extent
as may seem best to the Board of
Commissioners. With the
present condition Of the streets
we cannot see how any citizen
of Elizabeth City can possibly
vote against this bill when vo-
ting time comes.
Fisherman & farmer. [volume] (Edenton, N.C.) 1887-19??, 1899-02-03
On Mendav Next.

The American Theatre Com
pany, which begius a three
nights engagement on Monday
rext at the Academy of Music
has more meritorious features
to commend it to the favor of
the public than any similar or
ganization. The PLAYS present
ed are all pure IN tone, all tried
successes. and all replete with
qua1ot comedy, exciting situa>
tons, magnificent costuming,
accurate and lavish stage set
tings that cannot fail TO please
the most fastidious and exacting
playgosr
The costumes worn during
the coming engagement viii b.
a feature seldom seen is drains
attic productions. The ladies are
suPerbly gowned. while Miss
Carr displays some exquisite
toilets, especially pleasing to the
ladies, one in particular, a
creation OF lace, flowers aud em>
broidery, which is a ver.table
poem.
The com oany gives good pro-
auctions CT the following plays:
Prince Of Russia, - The Fatal
Wedding,' The Scarlet Cir
Gle The Battle Of Lille"
dove and War, Ragged Nell"
"Ihe Counterfeiters," MY Un>
Gle Dick" The u. S Mail, -"
giving a change of play ct each |
performance. The company in
cludes Lester Walter, J. P
Clarke, Harry Tansey, A. Burr
ton Churchill, Eva N. Carr, CT
St. Felix, Emma White. Irene
Batenan, Frank Carter, w. X. |
Weston, A. NJ Gr1swold, Hor-
ace Jeffrles, Eddie Hayes, Jules
Carr and his wonderful perform
ing bear.
Fisherman & farmer. [volume] (Edenton, N.C.) 1887-19??, 1899-02-03

In a recent letter from Wash>
ington, D. c., to an old friend
Major G. A. Studer, for twenty
years United States Consul at
Singapore, says; "whi.e at Des
Moines / became acquainted
with a lininent known as
Chamberlain's Pain Balm,
which l found excellent against
rheumatism as we'll as against
soreness OF the throat and chest
giving nle mach easier BREATH
lng). l had touch Of pneu
monia early this week, and two
applications freely applied to
The throat and chest relieved me
at once. I would not be with~
out it for any thing" For sale
by Griggs & Son.
Fisherman & farmer. [volume] (Edenton, N.C.) 1887-19??, 1899-02-03

The readers OF this paper Will be
pleased to learn that there is at least
one dreaded disease that science has
been able to cure in all its stages, and
that is Catarrh Halls Catarrh cure is
the only positive cure known to the
medical fraternity. Catarrh being a
constitutional disease, requires a con-
StitutiOral treatment Halls CataVrh
cure is taken internally, acting di-
reCtly upon the blood and mucous sur
faces of the system, thereby destroying
the foundation OF the disease, and Civ
ing the patient strength by building up
the constitution AMI ass 'sting nature in
doing its work. The prOprietors have
so much faith i'll its curative powers,
that they offer One Hundred Dollars
tor any case that it fails to cure. Send
for list Of testimonials.
Address, f J. CHENEY & CO.,
Toledo, O.
Sold by Druggist, 75c.
Halls Family Pills are the best.
Fisherman & farmer. [volume] (Edenton, N.C.) 1887-19??, 1899-02-03
Lost, Suitable Reward.


A ladies gold watch, small
size, was lost on Wednesday af-
ternoou, on street or some Of the
stores Oh Poindexter or Water
streets. The owner values the
watch beyond price as it was a
gift from her father, The find
er will perform a gracious acl
and be suitably rewarded by
leaving it with Mr.. Mitchell at
Fisherman and Farmer office,
or returning to owner.
MRS. {. r. ODON,
Martin street, near the saw mill.
Fisherman & farmer. [volume] (Edenton, N.C.) 1887-19??, 1899-02-03
About Catarrh.

1T is &C us%d by cold Or succession
OF colds, eombined with impure blood,
IS symptoms are pain in the head,
d .sCha &c from the nose. ringing in the
eau 1t is cures by Hoods Sarsapa-
'illa which purjties and enriches the
blood, soothes and rebuiIds the tissues
aud relieves all the disagreeable sen
satious.
HOODS PILLS cure all liver ills.
Mailed for 25c. by c. I. Hood & CO.,
Lowell, Mass.
Fisherman & farmer. [volume] (Edenton, N.C.) 1887-19??, 1899-02-03
Net Yet Ended.

Rev. J. T. Gattis has instit'>
ted suit against DR.. Xii
go, N. b. Duke, w. II. Branson
and w. R.Odell for one hundred
thousand dollars damages to his
character, from things said and
printed about him IN the long
C1ark-Kilgo controversy which
was of State wide interest few
months ago.
Fisherman & farmer. [volume] (Edenton, N.C.) 1887-19??, 1899-02-03
Prepare for Spring.

Don't let this season overtake YOU
before you have attended to the i1l-
portant duty of purifying yonr blood
with Hoods Sarsapa-ilIa. ~ taking
this medicine now yOn may Save sick
ness that will mean time and money
as we'll as suffering later on. Hood S
Sarsaparilla viii give you rich, red
blood, good appetite, good digestion
and sound. healthy body. 1t IS the
greatest and best spring medicine be-
cause it is the One True Blood turifier.
Its unequallcd record Of marvellous
cures has won for it the confidence of
the whole people.
Fisherman & farmer. [volume] (Edenton, N.C.) 1887-19??, 1899-02-03

Don't make the mistake this Of planting some
cheap pea that will begin to blossom about the time
Iats Nonparei is setting pods
The experiment Station of your state will tel you that
the Nonpaseil is the earliest and best trucking pea
These stations established tor your benefit Why
should you take advantage ofthem
But take not to buy Nonapreils without the
lead seal with thistle stamped upon it better but
direct from Then you'll know.
TAFT & SONS, P. O.. Box, $40, Norfolk Va
Fisherman & farmer. [volume] (Edenton, N.C.) 1887-19??, 1899-02-03
NOTICE.

The annual meeting of the
stockholders Of Norfolk and
Southern Rail Road Co., will be
held At the office of the Compa>
ny in Norfolk at 9 o'clock a. III. ,
on Thursday, March 3D., for the
election of Directors and such
other business as may BE- pre-
scented.
NJ. w DOMINICK, Secty.
Fisherman & farmer. [volume] (Edenton, N.C.) 1887-19??, 1899-02-03

Beneath the deep shade of tbs
forest the young cavalier escort,
the dearest object Of his heart
carefully selecting for her the
choicest terms for pressing, and
he is very unlike the rest of us
if he doesn't do a little pressing
that will discount all botanical
efforts, three to one.