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The Yakima herald. [volume] (North Yakima, W.T. [Wash.]) 1889-1914, 1899-07-27

IN lifetime OF seventy years. Assum-
ing that the average weight of man Is
100 pounds, ten mems forms could he
made out of the salt the septuagenarian
has consumed so far. OF butter he con-
sumes ton, adding 80 to 800 pounds
of cheese to aid digestion. The average
man. he says, will eat apples in quanti-
ties to aggregate in size one big apple
measuring fifteen to sixteen feet in cir
conference; the giant orange made up
of the oranges he eats in lifetime
would measure at least ten feet in cir
cumefercnce, the pear five feet.
A. to Corsumption of Tobacco.
Man consumes five and half pounds
of solids a day, namely: one and half
pounds of breadstuffs, one pound Of
meat. half pound of fish, two pounds
of vegetables and fruit and half a
pound of various other foods. That
means nearly ton a year, or tifty-four
tons In sixty years. \ man drinks at
least n half pint Of tea or coffee for
breakfast, lunch. dinner or supper, and
between times he has n full pint of
something weak or strong, or both.
This makes 800 pints, or sixty nine gal
Ions, per annum. equal to 1880 gallons
in seventy years. All in all, a man con-
sumes $4,000 pounds of food and drink
in seventy years. if his appetite is good.
That equals l,2S0 times his own
The Yakima herald. [volume] (North Yakima, W.T. [Wash.]) 1889-1914, 1899-07-27
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/ passed that Mr.. Winter did not rap at
Mrs. Culberson's door and politely re-
tlonary a minute
His prolonged visits annoyed ,irs.
Culberson at first. Ills presence pre-
vented her Seeding AT Ruth. and as he
himself seemed deeply immersed in
scholastic lore, thus forbldding opening
a conversation with him. the poor old
lady's evenings became seasons of eX-
quisitc torment.
Il don't know what makes him come
up here so often" she said, pctu.antly.
one night. after he had closed the die
tionary and gone away. Hes an aw-
full bore"
ITS your own fault he comes" said
Ruth. You invited him"
"Of course invited him" rctorted
Mrs. CulbersOn. Il invited all Of them.
Doesn't he annoy you:'
NO" she said, softly; 81 don't know
that he does
As the spring days took on the heat
I I
more fretful, Ruth became younger
| and prettier, and Mr.. Winter studied a
little later hour each evening in bliss
full oblivion of the added heat of the
gas jet.
Mrs. Culberson had long since ceased
sitting up waiting for him to go, but
babe him goodnight and went to bed
in the alcove.
One evening in early June. one o'clock
passed and Mr.. Winter had as yet made
no movement toward going away. Ruth
watched him closely. as she always
did when he seemed engrossed with
the words before him and she noticed
that he had not turned page for more
than an hour.
lie looked up at length and their
eyes met. Ruth felt her face flushing
again, and with the realization of her
weakness the flush grew deeper.
ITS pretty knotty problem that
have been puzzling over tonight" he
said, with a sigh.
couldn't you find what you are look
ing for?" she asked softly.
81 hardly know. | found the word
wanted. Whether it will ever mean to
me what | would like 1t to mean do
not know. Here it is. have been look
ing at 1t a good deal lately
He turned the big dictionary around
till she could read the line over which
his finger rested. There was one word
underlined with pencil. and she knew
it was the one he wished her to see. 1t
spelled love.
rs that ever to he for me?" he asked.
The blush had deepened into scarlet
then For moment a look Of exceed
ing happiness TRANSPORTED her face,
but a moment later the old troubled
expression drove 1t away. She turned
the leaves of the dictionary till she
came to the word mother"
That's all right" he said, and nod
ded toward the alcove.
Away over near the back of the book
her next answer was found.
Ruth" called out Mrs. Culberson
quarter of an hour later, what made
Mr.. Winter stay so late this EVENING"
"He was looking at the dictionary,
mother"
"Dld he find what he wanted?" ask
ed Mrs. Culherson.
Eyes, mother" said Ruth, Il believe
he did. "-ChicagO News.
The Yakima herald. [volume] (North Yakima, W.T. [Wash.]) 1889-1914, 1899-07-27

1t has been calculated that some-
thing like l,250,0 600 pints OF tea are
mbibed yearly by Londoners, and that
the teapot necessary to contain this
amount, if properly shaped would COM
fortably take in the whole of St. Paul's
cathedral. N. y. Sun.
The Yakima herald. [volume] (North Yakima, W.T. [Wash.]) 1889-1914, 1899-07-27

500 you see that pale young man
calling out CASH. at the ribbon
counter"
"Yes'
'Fate's awful funny sometimes.
Ten years ago, when we were boys to-
gether, his one ambition was to he a
mighty hunter and catch lions with
lasso. Tit Bits.
The Yakima herald. [volume] (North Yakima, W.T. [Wash.]) 1889-1914, 1899-07-27

a hole in his right heel enabled a
negro workman in the diamond fields
of South Africa to secrete and steal
gems to the value of $273.000. These
he expressed in small parcels of fruits
to a cousin in King Williams Town,
in the extreme south of Africa, from
which place both recently departed for
England.
The Yakima herald. [volume] (North Yakima, W.T. [Wash.]) 1889-1914, 1899-07-27

In nearly every street in japanese
cities is a public oven, where for
small fee, housewives may have the din
ners and suppers cooked for them.
The Yakima herald. [volume] (North Yakima, W.T. [Wash.]) 1889-1914, 1899-07-27

| have used or wasted in those years"
he continues, had been stored in
vessel of sufficient capacity its size
would make the famous Heidelberg
tun look like 80 cents. Being an ordin-
airy man, without special likes and dis
likes in the matter of food. bread was
the staff of life with me, as 1t Is with
most men and women"
The Yakima herald. [volume] (North Yakima, W.T. [Wash.]) 1889-1914, 1899-07-27

The police arrested man the other
day with pocket full of skeleton keys,
but released him when the man ex-
planned that he lived in haunted
house.
The Yakima herald. [volume] (North Yakima, W.T. [Wash.]) 1889-1914, 1899-07-27

One trouble with this world, says
the Atchison Globe, is that the fool.
killer is gallant and when he meets
some women he raises his hat instead
OF his club.
The Yakima herald. [volume] (North Yakima, W.T. [Wash.]) 1889-1914, 1899-07-27

X L L ii CCLBER-
son bought her die
tionary at a fire
sale. 1t was un-
abridged and con
tanned eighty thou
sand words printed
on one thousand
two hundred and
eighty-one pa ges of
heavy white paper.
There was no APP
pendix of weights
The Yakima herald. [volume] (North Yakima, W.T. [Wash.]) 1889-1914, 1899-07-27

At present England sells Colombia
nearly 20 per cent of the cotton cloth
used by the latter, and the United
States only about / / per cent.
The Yakima herald. [volume] (North Yakima, W.T. [Wash.]) 1889-1914, 1899-07-27
What a Giant Potatof

He reckons that he daily ate one and
one-half pounds of bread, biscuit, cakes
and crackers during sixty out of his
seventy years of life, adding that as
boy under 10 years he probably con
sumed about half that quantity. This
makes in seventy years 100000 to 300
900 pounds of bread, etc, a quantity
equal to All cubic yards. "A man eats
on the average three potatoes a day,
weighing in the neighborhood of one
quarter of a pound" continues this au-
thorlty. THAT isn't much per week and
per year, perhaps, but amounts up in
sixty or seventy years. Imagine twen-
ty-one potatoes piled up week after
week for seventy years, making due
allowance for lesser consumption dur
ing the first ten years. The giant potato
evolved would fill two fat railway cars
of the longest kind and 100 men would
be unable to move 1t. Carrots and tur-
nips, though healthful vegetables, are
not eaten in great quantities, yet if
those consumed by the I0-year-old man
in life were formed into one n big don
key would look insignificant beside 1t.
The rest of the vegetables he consumed
would fill twelve farmers big wagons"
The Yakima herald. [volume] (North Yakima, W.T. [Wash.]) 1889-1914, 1899-07-27

When you are invited out to dinner,
would you rather have lot of style or
a plenty TO eat?
The Yakima herald. [volume] (North Yakima, W.T. [Wash.]) 1889-1914, 1899-07-27

Some people do business just like
clockwork-tiCk. tick.
The Yakima herald. [volume] (North Yakima, W.T. [Wash.]) 1889-1914, 1899-07-27
The Baby and the Ok.

One of the illustrations printed here
with, showing an OK and a baby, gives
the comparative size of the OK needed
to supply all the beef he got away with
in sixty years. The proportions are
drawn accurately: the baby weighs
twenty pounds, the OK $1,000 pounds.
Most people eat fish of various kinds,
besides meat and vegetables. Figur-
ing one-half pound of fish as the aver
age daily consumption, the total
amount consumed by a man, if he lives
to a ripe old age like our friend, the
mathematician, is 10000 pounds. The
calculator asserts that he has eaten
10000 eggs. Americans are great
sugar eaters. The statistician quoted
confesses TO having eaten 10000 pounds
of sugar since his birth. To offset the
sugar, person eats twenty-five pounds
of salt per year, or about 1000 pounds
The Yakima herald. [volume] (North Yakima, W.T. [Wash.]) 1889-1914, 1899-07-27
An Excellent Combination.

The pleasant method and beneficial
effects of the well known remedy.
SYRUP OF FIGS, manufactured by the
CALIFORNIA FIG SYRUP Co., illustrate
the value of obtaining the liquid laxa-
tive principles of plants known to be
incidentally laxative and presenting
them in the form most refreshing to the
taste and acceptable to the system. II
is the one perfect strengthening laXa-
tive, cleansing the system effectually,
dispelling colds, headaches and fevers
gently yet promptly and enabling one
to overcome habitual constipation per-
manently. Its perfect freedom from
every objectionable quality and sub
stance, and its acting ON the kidneys,
liver and bowels, without weakening
or irritating them, make it the ideal
laxative.
In the process of manufacturing figs
are used, as they are pleasant to the
taste, but the medicinal qualities of the
remedy are obtained from SIENNA and
other aromatic plants, by a method
known to the CALIFORNIA FIG SYRUP
Co. only. In order to get its beneficial
effects and to avoid limitations. please
remember the full name of the Company
printed on the front of every package.
CALIFORNIA FIG SYRUP co.
SAN FRANCISCO CAL.
LOUISVILLE, KY. NEW YORK. NY
fot sale by all Drggists.-Price SOC. per bottle.
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1899-08-16

aapoIson'a strange Plan sf Gs@qussa'
 A German historian IS said to have discovered Napoleon's original plans for the invasion of Great Britain in the year I78g, and accident wills is that Ehis discovery was made at the same time that the French agitation for a submarine tunnel connecting France (Yia spain1, with her African possessions is renewed.
 One hundred years ago Napoleon vas still General Bonaparte. He had humbIed Italy. and had captured the pope, free Switzerland was vassal of France. Then the general set out to be lord of the sea.
 He decided to tow an army over to the British coast on great floating forts. with large bodies of troops lined ID h battle order They were then to fight their way ashore and land on the coast without resort 10 lighters The troops were 90 march ashore in the order of Hheif regiments, preceded and backed ID by the artillery.
 It will be remembered that Napol con has often declared that he would have been as great an admiral as he was general with half a chance But. ha added "the French are useless as saii- ors. They are too fussY, too e6eitabte. At sea one needs a calm mtad quiet fortftuds. and energy
 To many on this side of the Atlantic. the words engine house marked on NapoIeonss plans. are of peculiar In- teresf. Fulton. the American inventor launched his first experimental steam boat on the Seine in 1903, but ais con- necti8n with the French government dates from 7797. when he offered his submarine torpedo boat 10 France. Failing in thIs. he turned his attention 4o steam navigation. From ais draw lngs. it would seem that Napoleon meant to try steam navigation with his l ferries one hundred years ago.
 No doubt Napoleon used Fulton s plans. but there was still another American inventor at his service John Fitch, Of Connecticut-Who bulls the first unsuccessful sidewheelefs ia i 1788 to 1190. and three years 1areT went to Paris to sell improved plans for steam navigation to The French i government.
 BonaDarte.s ferries were built in Brest, in Cherbourg, and in Boulogne but when Napoleon inspected them, in the spring of 179s. his faith in the new fangled marine monsters waxered. Hs abandoned the proposed invasion 0i the British Isles and Instead started or his famous expedition to Egypt
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1899-08-16

Another dastardiY chapter in tbe atstory of the Breyfas case is the saooting from ambuscade of M. Ternan1 Labori, the leading counsel tor Dreyfus. It is evident that the swo assassins who wavlaid aud shot If. Eabori were employed by French aeng officers of high rank who were prominently connected with the conspiracy to ruin Dreyf0s The 8ag before the court martial met at Rea anes. Nj. Lsbori expressed him sslf as being anxious to get at some G the strutting generals of the aeuv aud strip the masks from aaetr faces, It was stated that the distinguished lawyer would submit Bg3eoee establishing the innocence g Breyfus and proving that sever al army officers who have been most active in prosecuting his client were guilty of conspiracy, perjury aud forgery. For this reason it Is be aeeed that murderers were em- 9Iayed to put Labori out of the ag and prevent evidence going ef9re the court martial which would cause the ruin and disgrace
 3ismissa from the army of Gen.
 ereier aud other officers The at- aupted assassination of Laborj aaWever.= wtH serve ta strengthen be popular belief that DreFfus 1.
 victim of a foul conspiracy anc ao increase the sympathy for him.
 <. 0 States
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1899-08-16

5overnor Jones has pardoaed a great many criminals. Yet. strange sa say. we do not hear of stngle Bae of them having been again con zfs8ad of crime. The Jefferson county man whom the governor 1ardoned recently after having serged 500 days in the peuitentiary f0r ebe crimes of petit larceny and s1asive language, is sample of the governors idea of justice. The foreman of the petit Jury that tried that Jefferson sounty man should ae ssent up" for ife.- Fexarkana Courier.
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1899-08-16

The farmers of South Carolina are vidsuctng the possession of more good. hard sense than those of some other States we could name. They
 e 5a'alng thelr backs upon cotton and tae crop of tobacco this year is estimated at 10000 000 pounds es-ta from four 10 twenty-siX cents pound. Moreover tue cultivation of wheat has been s3 successful that he acreage will likely be doubled next vear.-New Orleans States.
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1899-08-16
MhaA Memorn

One rainy day in spring. says Stray Stories. an old Yorkshire fisherman re- turned to his native village after aa absence of fifteen years, and fearfully sought the house which sheltered his deserted wife. Entering without knock ing. he seated himself near the open door, took long and vigorous pull al his dirty clap pipe, and nodded jerkily to st'owd woman Mornin' Maria. ? he said. with affected uaeoneern. She looked ID from the potatoes she was peeling. and tried to utter the sca6bing tirade she had fully reheaFsed since hls departure, out ir would not coma. Ben, she said. instead. once more re- suming her work. bring thesen. D CT to 2 fire. an AhII darn that hole f thy Jersey Ah meant doin E day tha went away. but aummag Dut me 3fIg'
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1899-08-16

# trust to control lake ice has 4een formed with s60 000, 000 eapi- al.-Memphis Scimitar.
 Say, Brother Pickett, how would sou like to be the ice man2
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1899-08-16
aa r.. .s,IKuuEArIoel

zsle f5s.is GRAPHIC has nearly donbie the et1saiatios of any other Pine BIun daily rznaaaner. and the Daily and seui-"eekly zaaruI0 have combined circulation larger .hs.a tkat Of any other Pine BluT datlT or zs.lg aswspa0sra A lgerHsements accept s ca 6hsa guarantee.
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1899-08-16
Carrier Pigeons War.

On an average 200 carrier pigeons are officially kept h every German eors- vess.
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1899-08-16

Delicious lee Cream Soda ; cents ae BaiieY's. b
 Ar. J E. Mayer, representing the doltenherg Music Co, of Little Rock, ss Ju the city.
 aust received q fresh lot of pratt's wood for chickens and stock of all sk5nds. Mccain Grocery Co.
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1899-08-16

Battered at the Post-odice at Pine .5zzff= Ark, as seeond-elaas mall azza6Eer.
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1899-08-16

pe a5asCRTPrToHs DUR x ADVANCE WITHOUT EX8Ek TON.
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1899-08-16

0FFICE 2l6 ". BARRAQUE ST.
 TELEPHONE No. lf2.
El Paso daily herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1881-1901, 1899-09-12
VETERAN SIDETRACKED
Wheeler Threatens To Apply
For Permission to Return
Unless Philippine Man.
agement Changes.

NEW YORK, Sept. IA Hong
Kong dispatch to the World
gives Manila advices under the date of
September I. saying:
General Joseph Wheeler only OBJ
tanned an assignment to active duty af-
ter q serious dispute with Gen. Otis,
who wanted to sidetrack the veteran
fighter by sending him to some obscure
post in the southern islands. Wheeler
now declares that he will apply for
permission TO return to the United
States soon unless there is some change
in the management of affairs in the
Philippines.
SEES HIMSELF AS OTHERS SEE HIM.
NEW YORK, Sept. ia dispatch to
the Evening World from Manila, via
Hong Kong, says that for three days
Gen. Otis remained in his quar- ters
reading newspaper attacks upon him
printed in the American press.
Otis, the dispatch asserts, is bitterly
aroused by the sentiment against bis
and campaign in the
Philippines and he is quoted as saying:
''If Washington does not relieve me,
I'll relieve myself"
El Paso daily herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1881-1901, 1899-09-12
CONVENTION
Of Brotherhood of Railway Track
men Begins Today.

hOu oVShS aOu0y'
OTTAWA, Ont, Sept. 12.-Nearly
every state in the union and many OF
the Canadian provinces were repre-
sented when the convention of the
Brotherhood of Railway Trackmen
convened today. After addresses ol
welcome had been made and respond
ed to the convention went into execu-
tive session. 1t is probable that the
real work of the convention will be
most manifest in a thorough revision
of the constitution.
ROADMASTERS' ANNUAL MEETING.
DETROIT, Mich, Sept. .12.-One hun
dred and fifty roadmasters represent
ing the leading railroads of this coun-
Try and Canada were present today
when the annual convention of their
national association was called to or
der. President T. b. Hickey, general
roadmaster of the Michigan Central,
presided and delivered the address of
welcome.
The annual meeting of the Road
Track and Supply association is being
held in connection with the roadmas-
ters' convention.
El Paso daily herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1881-1901, 1899-09-12
STOCKS UNAFFECTED
By the Death Of Cornelius Wander
biIt

NEW YORK, Sept. 12.-When stocks
opened the shock of Cornelius Wander
bilt's death was the uppermost topic of
discussion. The knowledge that he
had retired from active business affairs
since the stroke of paralysis two years
ago tended to prevent any manifesto
tion of panic.
The sharpest declines were in Ten
nessee coal, which opened off 81, then
rallied to six. Brooklyn rapid transit
declined II in the opening sales, but
partly recovered the lose and then broke
to 965. Losses on the railway list were
El Paso daily herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1881-1901, 1899-09-12
PALMER
DEFEATED
Knocked Out In The First
Round By The
American
IRRESISTIBLE RUSHES
Won McGovern The Bantam
Weight Championship of
The W0rId-A Beauti-
full Day.

| NEW YORK, Sept. 12.-Pedlar
Palmer was knocked out in the first
round. Ones McGovern's irresistible
rushes did the business.
| George Siler called the men to the
center of the ring soon after o'clock.
| THE ROUND.
| Both feinted. Palmer left on cheek
both then clinched and Palmer fell.
Both tented and spsrring again. Pal.
mer got in q hard left
to face and sharp exchange
followed. The men fought hard
and finally clinched in q corner.
Palmer put his left to Terry's face and
then rushed into a clinch. Terry
knocked Palmer down with a hard left
in the jaw. He came up on the fourth
count, but McGovern downed him with
q right on the jaw and sent him to
dreamland. Palmer was carried to his
corner. McGovern's knockout blow
was left hook on Palmer's jaw and
then body blow with right.
Time of round two minutes and
thirtytwo seconds.
McGOvorn had forced the lighting
from the start. His vicious swings
landed frequently on the Englishman's
face.
NEW YORK, Sept. l2.-The after
noon has turned out beautiful and
everything is in readiness for the fight
between Pedlsr Palmer and Terry Nc
Govern for the bantam weight cham
pionship of the world.
Ten thousand people are already In
the arena and they are still pouring
in to witness what promises to be the
most interesting scrap since the Fitz-
simmons-Sharkey fight.
Mrs. McGovern sits in window in
the tall building overlooking the un-
rooted arena.
The battle starts at half past three
O'Clock.
Both men weighed in this morning
and tipped the scales at the required
weight of one hundred aud sixteen
pounds.
Many sports have bet heavily on |
Palmer, and it is said that Sir Thomas !
Upton backed the Englishment for five !
th ousand dollars.
Opinions differ as to who will be re-
burned as the winner. but men who
have watched McGovern career have
picked him to carry off the major por-
ion of the purse
El Paso daily herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1881-1901, 1899-09-12
CARLSBAD NOTES
Jersey Cows For the Federal Sani-
tdrlum For the Use of lnvdlids-
Cattle Awaiting Shipment Along
the peCos Valley Road.

Special Correspondence of the Herald.
CARLSBAD, N. M., Sept 1I.-Ths
federal sanitsrium for the navy. re-
Gently established at Fort Stanton, has
imported small herd of Jersey COWS
from Kansas for the use of the
to be sterilized and then given
to the patients in increasing amounts.
and DR.. Cobb, the physician in charge,
thinks that between the climate ana
Jersey milk, properly administered, he
will lose few patients, unless they
reach Fort Stanton in q state of the
disease that is too far advanced to be
affected by any sort of medical treat
ment, no matter how careful or en-
lightened it might be.
The artesian we'll of Chaves county
now number over one hundred, flow
ing from so to 1900 gallons q minute.
The latest one struck was on the old
Chisum ranch, now the property of
James j. Hagerman, president of the
Pecos Valley and North Eastern. This
well now shows a steady flow of 200
gallons minute and since the drill was
with drawn last Friday, it has shown no
sign of diminution.
A trip over the Pecos Valley roa
shows q large number of cattle await
ing shipment in the various pens, or
being held near the big shipping sta
tions. 1t is notable fact that eli these
cattle bear che ear-msrks OF the Here
ford breed. White-fsced cattle
are everywhere. In the vicin-
ity of Portales on Friday last
there were fully LOU head awaiting
all going from the
three fourths bred to the standard. at
the River Pens west of Portales J. l..
Page of Clarendon was holding 5000
young steers for shipment to the par-
handle that he had recently pur-
chased from the Bar. v. ranch.
Portales promises to be the great
shipping point ou the road this fall and
from all appearance most of the cattle
from the northern section of the
'Staked Plains'' will be forwarded
from that point. Water is struck there
an Swhere, at from fourteen to twenty
feet and 1t is the pure article.
A heavy rain visited the entire val
ey on Friday night, IN some sections
'he fall being five inches. This will
'olve the problem of stock water on
he ranges for some months to come.
ARGUS,