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The Wenatchee daily world. [volume] (Wenatchee, Wash.) 1905-1971, 1906-02-10
IL &C al a n d Personals

The ferry across the Columbia river,
which has been in operation fol the
past ten days, will close down again
tonight on account Of the low wateI.
W. Dwight McCaughey, teacher of
music. Farmers phone 316.
Work was begun ..this morning on
the addition to the Eagle Transfer
company's barn on Wenatchee avenue.
For sale-A six room house, two
lots. good location close IN. A snap at
$3.50. address. P. o. box 1854. Oft
For longtime farm loans apply to j.
s. Mooney
Chas. B. Reed. OF Malaga, arrived
in the city last night.
Have your watch repaired at Thorn
as, the man who makes watches 20.
E. M. sybert reaturned to Wenat.
chee this afternoon from q short visit
Nth friends in Monitor.
Fine stationery 10 dents to 80 cent
per box. Wenatchee Drug Co.
@. ". Babcook's residence at Cash
mere was totally destroyed by fire
Thursday night at $50 O'Clock. The
house was insured for $500. The pro-
perty was formerly owned py j. B.
Holmes.
please advise your friends in the
east that the Great Northern will
make the usual daily, one way, COL
onist excursion rates from the east to
Wenatohee at the usual low rates.
Rate from st. raul 30 Wenatchee will
be s22.5O and correspondingiy low
rates from other eastern points.
Tickets will be ON sale at our eastern
terminals February Is to April Is
inclusive, and from September 10 to
October 81, 1906, inclusive"
Mrs. Mcknight, who has been very
ill with pneumonis, is almost recover.
ed and was yesterday removed to the
residence of A. J. Mccullough.
Money to loan on farms or chattels.
John A. Gellatly.
/. Ralph Littlefeld will leave for the
sound the first of theI week to buy
lumber for the branch of the Scheble
Lumber company which he is manag-
ing at Waterville.
1--WE are pleased to announce that
rain number 265 and 266, the rev
local train between Spokane and
Leavenworth, will carry buffet sleep
er. The drawing room and the sect.
ions in this sleeper have been assigned
to Wenatchee. 1t will be set out at
Wenatchee by train number 265 west
bound. at midnight. This will enable
those who wish to go to Spokane, or
avoid waiting for the Oriental Limit
ed at $3.50 a. M, to retire at 1880 p.
:, and awake in Spokane at 500 a.
M, where they. can continue their
journey east o. stop at Spokane as
they may wish.'
A school meeting for the purpose of
electing a new member of the Wenat.
chez school board will be held on
March 8.
Columbia Valley Bank issues drafts
on all parts of the world.
A. M. Storch returned to Wenatchee
this morning from ten days visit
with his parents in Seattle, and has
resumed his duties in the Office of the
Chelan County Abstract company.
Do you need hat? All Gordon So
hats $3.50 Saturday at The Knew.
P. Davis of Leavenworth, is in the
city.
$3.50 buys a 50 Gordon hat Saturday
and Monday. The Knew.
The Wenatchee daily world. [volume] (Wenatchee, Wash.) 1905-1971, 1906-02-10

LuC Clty COuDCls W Ill moot Iu6suhy
evening. Several matters of import
ance will CONS up, including the
squaring of the corners of Wenatchee
and Orondo avenues and the buying
Of the fair grounds for park purposes.
Several ordinances ARE also TO come
before the council for the final decis.
ion.
The great laugh maker. E. Vance
Cook, February 81. Third numberko
the lecture course. Seats now on sale
at Pogue's.
Mr.. Babcock of the firm Of Babcock
and Benson, large sheep owners of
Trinidad, Is in the city securing leases
on range Tor his focks next summer.
Leave orders for masquerade cost.
umes at Wenatohes Department store.
Masque ball. Feb. IA. ca 10
The excavation for the basement Of
the addition to the Cottage house is
almost complete aud the foundation
will be up in few days. The carpent.
er work will begin the fir st of the
week.
Columbia Valley Bank issues drafts
all parts of the world.
Bruce Hastings was pleasantly
surprised sby about score of his
friends last evening at his home on
Mission street. The young people
spent most delightful evening play
ing games and at 1890 a delicious
lunch was served.
Notice-Will the parties that Dor.
rowed my extension ladder, please re-
turn the same at once to the place
from which they took it. and avoid
trouble. A. Greenfield. c.2.10
Union services will be hello IN the
Christian church tomorrow evening,
kev. Barnum preaching. There will
be no services in the Presbyterian
church. The morning services in both
cburches will DO at the usual hours.
Send your money by bank draft
See Columbia Valley BANK ad for
rates.
Mrs. J. Y. Card, who started
Thursday for a visit with relatives in
Illinois. became i'll at Sr okane ana was
forced to returnsto this city, arriving
on Yesterday afternoons train.
A snap-s735 buys Groom plaster
ed nouse, painted, city water, lot 5Ox
1915, s435 cash balaDce easy terms.
come quick. J. s. Mooney and Co.
The four year-old son of F. A.
Rogers. who lives IN the south part of
town, lis i'll of pneumonia. DR..
Kaupp is in attendance.
Mrs. A. E. Wentz, of Tacoma, is
visiting at the home of her SON in. law,
he proprietor of the Catchall store.
J. M. Tompkins, who has been in a
Seattle hospital for several weeks
undergoing treatment for stroke of
apoplexy, returned to Wenatohee yes
terday very much improved in health.
He was accompanied by his daught-
er Florence, who is visiting at the
home of J. l.. Godfrey. Mr.. Tom.
pkins is in Cashmere today.
Rev. l.. r. Kufus, who has been
under quarantine at his home on &C.
count of the illness of his little daught.
er. was released Friday and will take
charge Of the services at the church
on sund aylas usual.
The Press. (Stafford Springs, Conn.) 1883-1935, 1906-09-12
ReaDIu~ Always.

There is no month in the year in
which the song of the reaper is not
heard in some land on the globe. In
January Is the wheat harvest Of Aus
tralia, New Zealand, Chile and the
Argentine Republic; In February and
March, upper Egypt and India; in
April, lower Egypt, India, Syria, Cy-
prus, Persia, Asia Minor, Mexico and
Cuba; in May, Texas, Algeria, central
Asia, China, japan and Morocco; in
June, California, Oregon, Mississippi,
Alabama, Georgia, North and South
Carolina, Tennessee, Virginia, Ken
lucky, Kansas, Arkansas, Utah, Colo
RADIO, Missouri, Turkey, Greece. Italy,
Spain, Portugal and south Of France;
In July, New England, New York,
Pennsylvania, Ohio, Indiana, Michigan,
Illinois, Iowa, Wisconsin, southern
Minnesota, Nebraska, upper Canada,
Roumania, Bulgaria, Austria-Hungary,
south Of Russia, Germany, Switzerland
and south of England; In August, cen
trail and northern Minnesota, the Da-
kotas, Manitoba, lower Canada, Co.
lumbia, Belgium, Netherlands, Great
Britain, Denmark, Poland and central
Russia; In September and October
Scotland, Sweden, Norway and north
of Russia: In November, Peru and
South Africa, and In December, Burma
and New South Wales.
The Press. (Stafford Springs, Conn.) 1883-1935, 1906-09-12
Not EIfrihIo

America has the credit of being the
land Of boundless opportunity, but one
Of the early Chicago lawyers discover
freedom, a barrier to his career. The
story is vouched for in an old pam
phlet ON the Illinois bar.
Edward D. Baker was a young man
Of some parts and Of intense ambition.
Walking one day in the woods, a broth
er lawyer discovered Baker sitting on
fallen tree weeping bitterly. On be-
ing pressed to tell the cause of his
grief he replied:
81 have been reading the constitution
Of the United States and find a pro-
vision in 1t that none but native born
citizens can become president. / am
Of English birth, and SO am not eligi-
ble!'
Notwithstanding this disability Bak-
er had brilliant military and political
career and served his adopted country
well. He was a member Of the Illinois
legislature and was elected to congress
from that state both before and after
the Mexican war, in which he served.
Later he removed to Oregon and was
sent to the United States senate from
that new state.
He left the senate to enter the army
at the time of the civil war. He fell
at Balls Bluff, pierced by nine bullets,
because, as he said before he died, "a
United States senator must not re-
treat"
The Press. (Stafford Springs, Conn.) 1883-1935, 1906-09-12

Herbert Spencers notions of art were
very crude. His favorite color was
what he called 'impure purple" He
wore impure purple gloves and, find
ing that the furniture was a little SOM
Der, had binding Of ''impure purple"
pasted round it by a seamstress. He
cut the first strip himself and showed
her how to stick it on with paste. He
had his vases filed with artificial flow
ers. He wished to have everything
bright about him and consequently en-
joyed color. When it was suggested he
could get that in real flowers he re-
piled: ''Booh! They would want con-
slant replenishingv He wanted to
know why the people should object to
artificial flowers in a room any more
than to an artificial landscape.-"Home
Life With Herbert Spencer"
The Press. (Stafford Springs, Conn.) 1883-1935, 1906-09-12

"There are date experts in the Sa.
hara," said Il sailor, "men that can dis.
tinguish varieties of the date as easily
and accurately as you or can distin-
guish the various vegetables. As
went from Biskra to Touggourt last
winter learned lot about dates. I'd
thought, the same as you, that there
was only one kind. found there were
seventy-nine kinds. And the Arab
expert, the date merchant, could tell
those seventy kinds apart with
ease. All the worlds dates come from
the Sahara. They grow in the GASES.
The date palms need just little wa
ter along with the hottest kind of
hot sun-a desert sun. The variety of
the date is amazing. l know myself
now nine kinds. It's the same with
rice in Burma The best rice comes
from there, and there are 102 kinds Of
1t, which the Burmese rice grower has
no difficulty in differentiating."-
York Press.
The Press. (Stafford Springs, Conn.) 1883-1935, 1906-09-12
FIGS OF SMYRNA.
The Way They Are Grown, Gathered
Sorted and Packed.

The Way They Are Grown, Gathered
Sorted and Packed.
In Smyrna the fig district Is largely
along the line Of the Smyrna-Aidin rail-
road. The best grades of fruit (termed
erbeillD come from Inovassi. Figs from
MALL and from Sultan Hissar are also
highly valued, although the skins are
somewhat thicker. Trees begin to bear
In their sixth year and are in full vigor
In the fifteenth year. Fig trees on the
low plains yield fruit which Is both
larger and richer in saccharine matter.
They often suffer, however, from an
excess Of moisture in unusually wet
seasons, when groves on higher ground
are less harmed owing to the facilities
for drainage.
The fruit ripens about the middle Of
August, when it Is picked and dried in
the open air for from three to six days.
It is then packed in sacks Of about $50
pounds each, two Of which constitute a
load for a camel, and transported to
the nearest railroad station. After ar
rival at Smyrna camels likewise trans
port the sacks to the warehouses Of the
dealers. Carts are not employed in
this connection, as the fruit is liable to
be damaged when the sacks are piled
one on the other. The arrivals from
the country are promptly bought up by
the various packing houses, who have
each large corps of employees, chiefly
women and girls, for the operations of
sorting, washing, drying and packing
the fruit
This means work for many thousands
In Smyrna during the months of Sep
TENDER and October, and the average
degree of prosperity among the lower
classes during the entire year is large
ly dependent upon the amount of mon
ey set in motion during this short pc
Rod.
The sorting of the figs is carried out
with great care. Color, but more spe-
cially size and thickness, or, rather,
thinness, of skin, guide the classified
ton. The inferior grades, the so called
"AordaS," cullS or refuse, are eliminat-
ed and sold for purposes Of distillation
A certain quantity Of this grade is ex-
ported to Austria and Hungary and
used as a substitute for chicory. The
delicate flavor of Vienna coffee is due
to the presence of dried fig powder.
The better grades are prepared for ex-
port in various ways. The least ex-
pensive is packing in linen or other
bags and is used usually for the less
valuable qualities.
The finer grades are subjected to a
certain manipulation before being
tightly packed in boxes containing
from one to eleven pounds. During the
manipulation the workmen continually
dip their fingers in sea water AS a re-
suit the fruit Is better preserved and
the sweetness is not diminished by
long keeping.-New York Herald
The Press. (Stafford Springs, Conn.) 1883-1935, 1906-09-12
ORIGIN OF NEW YORK NAMES
New DOrD Replaced a Town Thrice
noSA-ouaH nv ERro

New DOrD Replaced Town Thrice
Destroyed by Fire.
There are some names of places in
Greater New York common enough on
the modern tongue. but the origin of
which In rot so generally known. New
Dapp, on Staten Island. was so named
by the Dutch 10 distinguish 1t from
Dude DePp (Old Dorp) the first Dutch
settlement on the island, which was
thrice destroyed by the Indians Old
Defp stood to the northwest OF Fort
WadsWerth about where Arrochar
now stands Two miles to the west Of
the ruins of Old Dorp the persistent
Dutch built their New D0rp.
The northeast section OF Staten Is
land which until the formation Of
Greater New York was known as Cas-
Teton, and IL still generally 80 called.
takes its name from the fact that 1t
once formed Governor Dongan's "man-
or of Castleton." Dongan-the Dongan
hills are named from him-was Of the
family of the Earl of Limerick, and the
scat of the earl I'm Ireland was Castle
town, In the County Kildare. Many Of
Governor Dongan's descendants still
live OH Staten Island, some of them oc-
cupying and owning houses on the land
of the old manor. At first Governor
Dongan merely had hunting lodge on
Staten Island, and it is significant Of
the state of that portion of New York
city at the end of the seventeenth cen
fury that at meeting Of the colonial
council the governor was entered on
the minutes as 'absent, being engaged
at his hunting lodge on Staten Island
killing BEARS"
Bellows island, on which the statue
of Liberty stands, was purchased in
1716 by an Englishman named Bedlow.
who had amassed large fortune in the
East India trade and was an acquaint-
ance of the then governor, the notori-
Gus Lord Cornbury. Bedlow received
from Cornbury the privilege of victual-
ing the British fleets which frequented
New York. 1t was a most profitable
monopoly, having in it great possibili-
ties of graft. Cornbury is supposed to
have "stood i'm with Bedlow. When
Bedlow died suddenly Cornbury seized
all his papers, collected all the out
standing debts due the contractor, and
kept everything Of Bedlow's he could
lay his hands on, leaving Bedlow's wild
Ow and children In poverty. Bedlows
island was bought and used by the con-
tractor while he victualed the fleets as
O depot for his stores.
Corlear's Hook takes it's name from
Jacob Corlear, the city trumpeter in
the old Dutch days. Governor Beck
man bought it from him. The governor
also bought a country estate, the site
of which is commemorated by Beck
man street.
The true meaning of the word Man
haitian, originally spelled variously as
Mana-ha-ta, Manhattoes and Manhat-
tan, is hid in mystery. 1t is not even
certain whether it was the name of the
place or of the tribe which inhabited it,
or of both. The old idea that the word
meant Place Of Drunkenness has been
satisfactorily confuted, but what does
the word mean?-New York Press.
The Press. (Stafford Springs, Conn.) 1883-1935, 1906-09-12

grandfather's white MORE vest but
than can command to put them to.
gether properly and evolve pair of
long white gloves"
Mrs. Blake suddenly sparkled with
animation.
"Why, Esther Blake, speaking OF mir
acles, I've had a pair of white gloves.
the kind you want, lying In the bottom
of my trunk for five years. They may
be little yellow. but we can have
them cleaned, and there's plenty of
time for the odor of gasoline to wear
of them"
She didn't tell the girl the history Of
those gloves.
Five years before, when the rector
was having more financial difficulties
than 1t seemed right for one man To
have, he had read the marriage service
for one OF the wealthiest young men In
the town. 1t was quiet home wed
ding, and the bridegroom had laugh.
lngly presented him with the brides
gloves as souvenir.
The rector always had been In the
habit of giving all wedding fees to his
wife for her own personal use.
When he upon his return home gave
her the gloves she had tossed them In
to her trunk, wondering in the depth
Of her heart what earthly use the
bridegroom thought those gloves would
do her financially distressed husband.
She now found them in the very bot
tom of her trunk and tossed them into
Esther's lap.
AFTER all these years, my dear, may
be they will be of service. They be-
longed to one bride. Perhaps they will
prove a talisman to bring happiness to
a girl who is just engaged"
Esther unwrapped one glove from
the other and commenced smoothing
them out. They were long and soft
of the finest suede.
She slipped one of them on to
straighten the fingers, then turned them
in establishment
Mamma Blake" she exclaimed, her
face crimson with excitement, "there
is a piece of paper money folded in
every blessed finger of this blessed
glover
Mrs. Blake turned pale and picked
up the mate that had fallen unheeded
to the floor.
cali your father, dearie," she said
in an awed whisper. "There's a ten
dollar note in each Of these fingers. AS
badly as we've needed money at times,
I've had hundred dollars lying in my
trunk for five years."
When Dr. Blake came he sat down
on the edge of the bed, and the three
stared helplessly at the long white
gloves.
''I'll go this very afternoon and thank
Mr.. Carter" he said, looking slightly
dazed. perhaps he will overlook the
thanks being several years delayed
when I tell him my little girl is going
to wear these gloves at her own we'd
ding"
The Press. (Stafford Springs, Conn.) 1883-1935, 1906-09-12
Pigs In China.

A Peking correspondent says: "It is
no uncommon sight to see twelve or
thirteen enormous fat pigs, with their
legs tied, huddled close together having
a ride Ia a Chinese cart with some
sort of light cargo on top Of them and
a man sitting on the cargo. The pigs
are silent, and consequently one would
think they should not be objects for
the action Of the Society For the Pre-
vention Of Cruelty to Animals. The
fact is that the animals are too fat and
lazy to make any noise until disturbed
at their journeys end, when bagpipes
are as Italian opera to the terrific
gQuealing heard"
The Press. (Stafford Springs, Conn.) 1883-1935, 1906-09-12

GAS you know, wrote you that my doctor
said must have an operation or ] could not
live. / then wrote you, telling you my all
ments- followed your advice and am en-
tirely we'll can walk miles without an
ache or a pain, and / owe my life to you and
to Lydia E. Pinkham's Vegetable Compound.
l wish every suffering woman would read
this testimonial and realize the value Of writ
ing to you and your remedy. Mrs. Mary
Dimmick, 59th and E. Capitol Streets, Wash
ington, D. G.
When a medicine has been successful
in restoring to health so many women
whose testimony is so unquestionable,
you cannot we'll say, without trying It,
!" do not believe it will help me-" If
you are i'll, don't hesitate to get bot
tie of Lydia E. Pinkham's Vegetable
Compound at once, and write Mrs Pink
ham, Lynn. Mass, for special advice
It is free and always hslpfu1.
The Press. (Stafford Springs, Conn.) 1883-1935, 1906-09-12

There is one thing in particular in st
Patrick's cathedral in New York that
you cannot see in any other building
in the city, if indeed in the country. 1t
is framed sheet of paper hanging on
the wall Of the southern entrance that
contains the complete chain of title of
the property on which the edifice
stands from the time it was first sold
until the church authorities bought it.
The only reason for it's being there so
far as any one knows is to put a stop
to the old story that the property was
originally purchased by the church for
a dollar. To settle this point the chain
of title shows how much was paid for
1t In the beginning, and from that
point on each change of ownership is
accompanied by the price it was sold
for,
The Press. (Stafford Springs, Conn.) 1883-1935, 1906-09-12
The dead Sea-

The Dead sea is 1900 feet below sea
level. There can, Of course, be no out
let for the Dead sea, and the volume of
from 100000 to 100000 tons Of wa
ter that the Jordan throws into it
every twenty-four hours must be car
ried away by evaporation. Not soil
tary dwelling is on it's coasts, and there
Is no living thing in its waters. AS we
stand on the north shore the Sc:
stretches out some fortytwo miles to
ward the south and Is, on an average
eight miles wide. The water Is of a
greenish blue and as clear as crystal
The Press. (Stafford Springs, Conn.) 1883-1935, 1906-09-12

Toward the end of September my
ruffed grouse began strutting, q per-
Torrance similar to that Of the turkey
gobbler. The tail is spread, the black
ruff thrown out around the head, and
the wings are dragged on the ground,
the object being to show all their new
feathers. AS with turkeys, the young
hens strut as well as the cocks. In
strutting the birds indulge in a deal of
bowling. tapping the ground or log with
the bill, and while shaking the head
from side to side give vent to kissing
sounds, slow at first and increasing in
rapidity and eliminating in a prolong-
ed hiss - "chuu - chuu - chuu-chuu-
chuu - chuu - Chuu - chuu-chuu-chuu-
chuuuuuuuuu" Qiss the syllables with
out vocaliZing). The sounds are made
In the same tempo as the drumming
and remind one somewhat of an auto
mobile starting up. A cock may be
thus engaged for hours together, pa
rading his charms before demure lit
tie hen, while she persists in looking
up at the sky or in nipping at a bud,
with not so much as casual glance
out of the corner Of her eye-the most
remarkable example Of true masculine
patience and perseverance and of fem
mime heartlessness as well.-Country
Life In America.
The Press. (Stafford Springs, Conn.) 1883-1935, 1906-09-12

Foley & Co., Chieago, originated Honey
and Tar as throat and lung remedy, and
on account of the great merit and popu-
larity of Foley's Honey and Tar many
limitations are offered for the genuine.
These worthless limitations have similar
sounding names. Beware of them. The
genuine Foley's Honey and Tar is in
yellow package. Ask for it and refuse
any substitute. 1t is the best remedy for
coughs and colds
The Press. (Stafford Springs, Conn.) 1883-1935, 1906-09-12

Following we publish two let
tiers from q woman who accep-
ted this invitation. Note the
results
First letter.
Dear Mrs Pinkham:-
"For eight years have suffered something
tsrrible every month. The pains are excru-
dating and ] can hardly stand them. My
Doctor says have a severe female trouble,
and ] must go through an operation IL want
20 get well do not want to submit to 1t If
can possibly help it. Please tell me what
% do. I hope you can relieve me."-Mrs.
Mary Dimmick, seth and E. Capitol Streets,
Warrington, d. @.
Second letter.
Dear Mrs. Pinkham=
After following carefully your advice,
nnd taking Lydia f. Pinkham's Vegetable
compound, am very anxious to send you
nav testimonial that others may know their
value and what you have done for me.
The Press. (Stafford Springs, Conn.) 1883-1935, 1906-09-12
THIRTY YEARS AGO.
Items OF local interest taken from the columns
OF The Press, thirty years ago.l
September Ia, 1870.

Schools in district No. 2 began last
week Monday, Misses Woodward and
Cady continuing as teachers.
J. V. Squier is taking his first va.
cation during his services of eight
years as station agent here, and dur.
ing his absence the travelling public
will be served with credentials of
fares paid by l.. K. Lord.
Born. -Staffordville, August Both.
daughter to John Rock; September
5th, a son to Allen West
In Stafford Springs, Aug. 22d, a
son to Fred A. Pierson.