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The courier., 1902-04-12
Bicycle 10 Eesser
...s Pleasure $feed

BY no means IL the bicycle a relic.
Nor is 1t destined to be very soon.
More are being sold now than ever
before. There are several good reasons.
Not many years ago wheels were
selling at all prices up to $50. Now
YOU can get half a dozen for the same
money and in quality Of material and
beauty of workmanship they are or
dinarily as good as their expensive an.
cestors. That is one reason why they
sell SO well now.
There is no more wheel erase. The
frenzy to scorch down the pike Is
thing of the past. That was the pas
sion of wheeling. Business has uper-
seeded IL. People ride now because there
is no more handy vehicle than the bi-
cycle. Light and always ready for
service. IL il hasn't been forced to ex-
list in service to a ramshackle old age,
no man or woman who was ever able
to muster the courage and determine
ton to learn is willing wholly to dis
pense with it. Oftentimes a man VIII
speak to his soul and vow to sell his
wheel. Very likely he will keep his
word. Then when the wheeling season
opens again and he sees others bring
ing out their steeds. Frightening them
up and preparing for the spring and
summer and fall, he finds himself
footing II toward the bicycle dealer.
And he departs from the emporium of
that gentleman nicely mounted The
spoles of his wheels glisten in the sun
light as he gayly pedals away and sat
isfaction seems to be his lot.
1t is figured in round numbers that
500 wheels were sold in Lincoln last
year by the various dealers Besides
this about 500 are said to have been
shipped in direct to purchasers. That
makes, you see. something over LOCO
wheels, new ones. sold in Lincoln in
one year, including mems. women's
and children's. This Is regarded
conservative estimate and certainly ii
indicates that wheels are not disap-
pearing from lincoln A dozen years
ago there we're hardly more than Q
The courier., 1902-04-12

score of them in LINCOLN. 1t was
while they were booming at an average
price of 800 that you heard of bicycle
clubs and regularly scanned the wheel
departments of the papers, read ac-
counts of such and such a club making
a trip last Sunday to such and such
place. You do not find these columns
nowadays. There is no better indica-
tion that wheeling chiefly as sport is
far out Of date. When you have looked
in vain for this kind of club news rest
your eyes on a view of the streets at
dinner and supper time. Then is when
you win realize that wheels have not
become extinct, even IL people don't
practice running to the cool sequester-
ed hooks Of an evening and on Sunday
You observe that the number of wheels
is not in the least on the decline Ev-
erybOdy has turned his bicycle to
practical use. Glancing at the situa-
ton nationally-there are seven inde-
pendent bicycle concerns, seven in the
trust and about ten minor institutions
There was a time when there were
about 200 makers, mostly on a small
scale. They have disappeared, you see
Many wen. out Of business. The others
combined and combined, uniting capi-
tai and machinery until now they are
comparatively few, but they turn out
about 100000 wheels a year. Two or
three have an output Of $1,000 a year
but the others do not do nearly as
much. Striking an average of 10000
apiece among the fourteen largest we
get 2S0, 900 wheels. The minor ten are
credited with an average of 1000 a
year apiece and there you are. OF this
500 900 a good many are sold to for
eign countries, so this nation cannot
claim the credit of riding this great
number of new wheels every year. 1t
must be remembered that in addition
to the new ones there are thousands
of second hand wheels in use Many
people buy a new one each year and
sell their old. This in turn is sold and
resold a great many times, more than
likely, before it is consigned to the
scrap heap.
Not so many dealers in wheels will
cultivate the market in Lincoln this
year as last. Heretofore many hard
ware, furniture and department stores
hovA(aneD n IN all than Tk>v D,~vn<
The Montgomery advertiser., 1902-03-02

Into the arena. Our struggle Is nothing to theirs! Do we In Christs cause suf- fer from the cold? They walked Green lands icy pS Ms tropfo. rH pe we-get fatigued? Ther fainted, with none to care for them but cannibals. Are we persecuted? They were anatnemauxe1. And as they look from their gallery and I seem to hear Isaac Watts addressing us in his old hymn. only little changed: Must you be carried to the skies
 On fiowery beds of case. | While others fought to win the prize
 Or sailed through bloody seas3 ] Toplady shouts in his old hymn:
 Your harps, ye trembling saints.
 Down from the willows take;
 Loud to the praise of love divine : Bid every string awake.
 While Charles Wesley, the Methodist, breaks forth in words little varied:
 A charge to keep you have.
 A God to glorify
 God for us and angels for us and proph- cts and apostles for us and the great souls of the ages for us and our glori- flied kindred for is-shall we give up the fight and die? No. Son or God. who didst wings are spread forth to shelter us! No, ye prophets and apostles, whose warnings startle us! No, ye loved ones. whose arms, are outstretched to receive us! No; we will never surrenderl
 Sure I must fight if would reign.
 Be faithful to my Lord.
 And hear the cross. endure the pain.
 Supported by thy word. ,1 Thy saints in all this glorious war v Il
 Shall conquer though they die;
 They see the triumph from afar @ 5, l
 And seize 1t with tueir eye When that illustrious day shall rise
 And all thine armies shine,
 In robes of victory through the skiess
 The glory shall be thine. My hearers, shall we die In the arena or ske to join our friends In the gallery? Through Christ we may come on more than conquerors soldier dying in the hospital rose up in bed the last moment and cried, Here. here! His attendants put him back on his pillow and asked him why he shouted "Here!" oh, I heard the roll call of Heaven, and was only answering to my namee won der whether after this battle of this life is over our names will be called in the muster roll of the pardoned and glo- rifed and. with the joy in Heaven break ing upon our souls. shall cry. Here. here!'
 Copyright. 1902. louis Klopsch, N. Y.)
The Montgomery advertiser., 1902-03-02
DR. TALMAGE'S = SERMON.

Washington. Feb. 2s.:-Thls discourse of Dr., Talmage is full of inspiring thoughts for those who find life a strug- gle and shows that we have. many ce- M fsi gsens we also 'sars ars about with So great cloud of witness. es:" l. Corinthians, XIV, Sz, Il have fought with beasts at Ephesus." .s
 Crossing the Alps by the Mont Cenis you are in a few hours set down at Ne- roma, Italy. and In few minutes begin examining one of the grandest ruins or the world. the Amphitheater. The whole building sweeps around you in circle. You stand in the arena where. the com bat was once fought or the race run, and on all sides the seats rise. tier above tier, until you count forty elevations. or galleries. as I shall see fit to call Kinks and the 25.000 excited spectators. At the sides of the arena and under the galleries are the cages in which the lions and tigers are kept without food until, frenxied with hunger and thirst, they are let out upon some poor victim, who, with his sword and alone, Is condemned to meet them. I think that Paul himself once stood in such a place and that It was not only figuratively, but literally. that he had fought with beasts at 'Ephesus.''
 The gala day has come. From all the world the people are pouring into Ne~o- ud. MeH, WoIleH anu CiiiuiCH oi "to. D and senators. great men and small; thousands upon thousands come, until the first gallery is full, and the second. the third, the fourth, the fifth-al the way up to the thirtieth, all the way up to the fortieth. Every place is filled. lm- mensity of audience sweeping the great circle. Silence The time for the contest has come. Roman official leads forth the victim into the arena. Let him get his sword with firm grip into his right hand The 25OO0 sit breathleSsly watCh- ing. I hear the door at the side of the arena creak open. Out plunges the half starved lion, his tongue athirst for blood, and with a roar that brings all the gal the sword of the combatant. Do you know how strong a stroke man will strike when his life depends upon the first thrust of his blade? The wild beast. the side of the arena: then rallying his wasted strength he comes up with fiercer eye and more terrible roar than ever, only to be driven back with fatal wound. while the combatant comes in ster is dead at his feet. and the 25.oO( clap their hands and utter a shout that makes the city tremble.
 Sometimes the audience came to see a race; sometimes to see gladiators fight each other. until the people compas- sionate for the fallen. turned their thumbs up as an appeal that the van quished be spared. and sometimes the combat was with wild beasts;
 All Have Lions to Fight.
 To one of the Roman amphitheatrlcal when he says, We are compassed about with 50 great a cloud of witnesses" The direct reference in the last passage is made to race; but elsewhere having ite idea of the Christian life as com hat.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1902-03-02
1Dsnna OLD LOOMS IN IRELAND.
Out of the Way Places Where Exqui-
 site Linen is Woven.
Canadian Journal of Fabrics

Canadian Journal of Fabrics,
 In the little matched cottages Of Donegal and Connemara looms and spinning wheels are busy manufacturing homespuns for royal The Kings ,hsn and o aPs fit for Court attire. and the peasants of the north and west of Ireland are reaping golden harvest.
 Two years ago Queen Vivtoria ordered a large quantity of Irish home made woolens This Immediately created an outside inter est in the goods. and a few weeks sufficed to set all idle looms in motion. Orders are now being received from every city in Europe large order recently came from Persia and even in Australia the homespun is not unknown. The Irish peasants are rapidly pe- coming prosperous, compared with tnelr GIT cumstances a few years ago: The new market for their goods has claimed every yard they manufacture. so that while royalty taunts 1n1,k the homespun the cottagers are content win
 For hundreds of years the peasantry or Ire land clothed themselves in garments ss. & or tneir no wedding was complete without a spinning wheel heading the list of presents from the parents of the bride. Even in poor old Ire strides that had Queen Victoria delayed much longer in placing the first royal order for not now be heard in the land. As 1t is, old wheels are being dusted and renovated; hn- gers that had almost forgotten the duties required of them are being ,quickened again to work, and young hands are rapidly becoming expert with practice.
 Ity in homespun circles. and the cottages along the mountain sides are filled with the hum of busy workers The entire family spend inc Winter months at reel. wheel and loom. When the days lengthen and the sun grows more genial work on the little patch of ground necessitates decrease in production. Pota- toes must be planted, few cabbage plants .dibbled'' in the ridges. and rood or two of oats "trenched." Then follows the hay making season, with it's delightful weather and cioudless sky No matter how many or ders royalty may send for homespun these hardy hill folks will take things aisy in sum r1ar dava These simple peasantry live to please themselves. and their pleasure is usu ally / the fulhllment of general desire to ike the sunshine and the growing meadows, inc green pastures and the moss-covered banks: there Is something in the white thorn that calls them to the hedge row when it is white with blossoms and not for gold would they miss the small birds chorus Therefore 1t follows that the homespun har- beats pitiIessly on the roof and the wind moans and groans in the wicker chimney,
The Montgomery advertiser., 1902-03-02

A cottage owning a loom may always be known by It's unusual length. The loom fills one end of the cottage. which is only one story in height. Additional floor space for spin ming wheels makes greatly inncreased front pfoportion and gives the abode a sQuatty ap- pearance that is deceiying. The walls of the cottage are whitewashed a couple of times each year and are remarkable for their clean illness.
 The machines used in manufacturing the homespun are amazingly crude in appearance. They are very serviceable and enduring in spite of their lack of finished workmanship. Looms are handed down from one generation to another and the secret of the age of most of the spinning wheels belongs to the workers of another time. All the machines per meated with the odor of turf smoke, and the natural color of the wood used in their con struction has long since been dyed black by the burnt peat
The Montgomery advertiser., 1902-03-02
HENRY s. JACKSON, Manager,
 a2t2 WEST ALABAMA STREET, ATLANTA, GEORGIA.

dicating his proclivities for mental I'm, proyefnent, he organized club composed of all the young clerks, time-keepers ana operators employed about the main i,. oI. Aces. An arrangement was made with inc pIttsburg Mercantile Library Asso- citation whereby the Club, on payment of a membership fee. was made sort or circulating library.
 Tn order to improve one another Tn correct speech, a rule was also made rAat any one using an improper word In con versation was to be fined cent for each offence. a-a voted to his mother, not marrying until after her death. His brother Tom, who was my age, and companion. died some years ago. A more genial and approach able man than Andy the many-umes millionaire, would be hard to find"
The Montgomery advertiser., 1902-03-02
A Bottle of Stuart's Gin& Buchu FREE!
Cures Diseases of the Kidneys,
 Bladder and Prostrate Gland.

stuarts Gin and Buchu will clear up all DE-
 POSITS in the urine.
 KIDNEYS, SMALL Of the BACK. It will cure DIABETES.
 If will remove every trace of ALBUMEN. ,It will stop FREQUENCY OF UR1NATIoE- 1t will positively cure DROPSY. It will both PREVENT and CURE BRIGHT s
 DISEASE.
 It viii stop LOSSES and relieve oBsTRUC-
 TIONS. - It will cure CYSTITlS/ AND ENLARGED
 PROSTATE GLAND It creates tremendous APPETITE AND
 PERFECT DIGESTION.
 It tones up. heals and strengthens ALL mu- cous membranes. and hence cures all forms of catarrh. whether of the bladder. prostate gland. nose. throat stomach or bronchial tubes. It IS PLEASANT to take
 Stuart's Gin and Buchu ST per bottle. All druggists. or by express, prepaid. To prove it cures a sample bottle sent free and prepaid to any one writing Stuart Drug Co.,, Atlanta, Ga Don't hesitate to write we have set aside 5000 bottles for free distribution. so that every one may know by personal trial what Stuarts Gin ana Buchu will do There are no conditions. so write at once t29wd-su
 For sale in Montgomery, Ala, by Gay, Hardie & Durr
The Montgomery advertiser., 1902-03-02

It is astonishing with what accuracy these century-old machines operate. On one, of these looms was woven the Irish linen presented to Queen Victoria on the occasion of her jubilee In 1887. The linen was said to be the finest ever manufactured.
 the homespun industry will again spread over the whole of Ireland. Little surprise will be caused by this at least to those who have fol- lowed the growth of the lace industry duffng the past few years. in many districts 1t has been almost impossible so engage servants on account Of their being busify employed working the most costly Irish lace and other kinds of fancy needlework-
The Montgomery advertiser., 1902-03-02

In Haiti e new species of tobacco has been produced by cross fertilization. which grows from Ave to seven feet in height. bearing . leaf inches long by 5 in width. Three or even four cuttings caa be made from on1 plant between November and March.
Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1902-09-05
DEATH OF MRS. HOLMES.
Another OF the Older Pioneers Gone to HI,
Reward.

Another Of the Older Pioneers Gone to Her
Reward.
Mrs. Mary A. Holmes, a pioneer OF
the early SOS. died in this city, at an
early hour Sunday morning. Her res.
idence for half century has beer
without interruption in this county
and she had just turned her SD veal
when death called her hence. She was
born in Kent, England, in August
1919, and came to this country when q
child with her parents, who settled in
Wisconsin. Her family name was
Fullager. She was married to Samuel
Holmes and resided at different per-
iods in Kenosha and Chicago. On
April 9, 1858, the family, consisting OF
father, mother and three children,
Louise, afterwards Mrs. Robert Frost !;
Fred, now residing in Olympia, and
Florence H., now Mrs. Bradshaw, ,e
riding at Port Townsend, together with
a small party, among whom was w. H.
Mitchell, now residing at Tumwater,
started across the plains with OK
teams, and across the Cascade noun
tains to the Sound.
Mrs. Holmes was O woman OF kind
disposition and exemplary character,
and her loss leaves a void amid a wide
circle of friends.
The funeral services took place at
the residence Of her son.in-law, Robt.
Frost, on Eastside, Tuesday. The
funeral was private, only relatives and
. few pioneer friends being present.
She was laid to rest beside the body of
her husband, who died in 1873.
Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1902-09-05

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Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1902-09-05

Summons.
Foreclosure of
Tax Lien.
Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1902-09-05

The steamer Multnomah broke her
ehaft, Wednesday, while entering Ia
coma harbor, and consequently did
not arrive here, and has since been
laid up for repairs. As it will require
some time to replace the shaft the
Capital City will perform the morning
run indefinitely.
"Tug" Wilson was fearfully beaten
by an expressman, named Jack Ly.
man, Wednesday evening, for refusal
to pay bill for hauling, amounting, II
is said to IS cents. Mr.. w. has ever
since neen confined to his bed. and al
one time It was thought the would be
o serious matter.
The weekly meetings OF Olympus
Lodge No. l, I. O. o. F.. are made quite
interesting OF late by literary exercises
readings. recitations, etc. At next
Monday evenings meeting the pro.
gram will include q banjo solo by Prof
Rowell, . story by c. NJ. Moore, and
readings by other members.
Miss Jennie L. Conine. daughter Of
Mr.. and Mrs. ]. C. Conine, of Yelm
and Frank Edwards OF Los Angeles
Cal, were united in marriage few
days ago at the home of the brides
sister. Mrs. Jewell, in the latter city.
The happy couple will make their
home in Los Angeles for the present.
The pastor is home from the Beach
and on Sunday the Baptist church
will open its work in all departments.
It is rally day for the Sunday school
In the morning the pastors theme
will be Ideas Rule the World; in
the evening at 7:30 he will meet the
question, "What are the Evidences
that Jesus Christ Is the Saviour of the
Worldr Sunday school at IL is p. M.
Strangers are cordially invited. All
are welcome.
Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1902-09-05

N the Superior Court of the State of Washing.
L ton, for Thurston county.
Frank Aears,
Rufus 7. Jones, Anna z, ( To1SSlosuIo VI
Canaday and Lucy A. lux L'en'
Lang, Defendants.
The State Of Washington to Rufus T. Jones Anna
Z. Canaday and Lucy A. Lang, Defendants:
You are hereby notified that Frank Mears is the
owner and holder Of certificate of delinquency
numbered io6S and 1859 issued by the Treasurer Of
May, 1902, for the sum of sixty-eight 7S-1OO
$685. Sl dollars the same being the amount ther
due and delinquent for the taxes for the years
and costs thereon, upon real property assessed to
X. 7. Jones, and of which you are the owners, or
reputed owners, or In which you have or claim
real estate is situated In Thurston county, Wash
scribed to wit:
/. Lots and 4, block 5. Pattison's subdivision of
blocks 62 and 6S, and lots to IL inclusive, block
81. Swans Addition to Olympia
That plaintiff has paid taxes, other than those
sum Of hity seven 6l-l0O ($57.6D dollars and
which bear interest al the rate OF Is per cent.
per annum.
You are further notified that plaintiff will spply
to the Superior Cont Of the State of Washington.
for Thurstou county, for q Judgment for the
amount Of said delinquent certificate, taxes, in.
pcuaity Coste, anu IOreCioBtng MS lien
against said property hcreinbefOre described.
You are hereby notified and summoned to ap-
pear within sixty days from July 25 1902, and If
served personally upon you, then within sixty
days after the servive Of this summons upon YOU
and defend this action in the court Aforesaid, or
pay the amount due; and In case of your failure
30 to do. Judgment will be rendered for the
amount Of said certificate OF delinquency, taxes,
interest penalty and costs. and fofeclosng plain
Tins lien against the lands and premises herein
before described and the same will be ordered
sold to satisfy said Judgment.
:, Any pleading or process may be served upon
the undersigned at the poet.Ofice address below
given. FRANK MEARS,
Plaintiff.
Post Office address: Olympia, Washington.
TROY FALKNoR, Attorneys for Plaintiff,
Olympia, Wash.
First publication July Is, 1902.
Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1902-09-05
olympia, Second Ward, c. J. Rob-

Olympia, Second Ward, c. J. Rob
erts.
Olympia. Third Ward, C. o. Young
Olympia, Fourth Ward, Chas. Stew
art.
Olympia, Fifth Ward, T. J. Kegley.
olympia, Sixth Ward, J. 6. Rad
cliffe.
Iumwater, James McMahcn.
Little Rock, Frank Kotick.
south Union, Chas. Hartsock.
Chambers Prairie, Geo. Stedman.
South Bay. Hy. Bickel.
McLane, K. II. Dye.
lelm, Frank Longmire.
Rainier, B. +. Ruth.
Bucoda, G. X. Brown.
Tenino, jeff Canon.
Gull Harbor, VIM. I.ittleiohn.
Convention adjourned.
FRED SCHOMBER,
Secretary.
Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1902-09-05
Creditors Executrix Notice to Estate
Of Lafayette Wiley, Deceased.

Notice 10 hereby given that letters of admins.
tration on the estate of Lafayette Wiley, de
ceased, were granted to the Undersigned, on the
Of the State Of Washington for Thurston county.
All persons having claims against said estate
or deceased, are required to exhibit them TO me
for allowance, at the law office of & c. Israel,
Suite McKenny Block. Olympia, Thurston
county, State Of Warrington, within one year af.
ter the date Of this notice. or they shall be for.
ever barred: Said office bcin now designated BY
me as the place Of transaction of the business Of
said estate.
Date Of notice and first publication, September
9Th, 1902.
BELLE WILEY,
Exccutrix OF estate Of Lafayette Wiley, deceased
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Brainerd Low and
Low, his wife, Ella Low
aud frank X. Low, her
husband, and Nellie
Wright. Defendanta.