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The Yakima Herald.
Volume I.
THE YAKMA HERALD.
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CATON A FAP.RIRH.
Attorneys at Law.
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Mf. 0a« on rint Street, t>vr>o»lte «U<* Cvwrt
Mow*. North Yakima. W. T. I.
H. J. HNIVFLY,
frtmtimt Ittsmy hr lakkn u4 Kittitas
fiMtin ft
Attorney at Law.
• with Coauty Tmnw, at th* focit
nSSum, North Yakima. WUI pracfir* (n «y t’o*
<*>a/1a ul lha territory ao*l IT. H. ÜbU olt era j
>. a. Baa via. | a. man*. | c. a. ana* 4a I
HKAVIH, MIRKS A <>RAVe«,
Attorneys at Law.
practice hi all Coart* .«< the Territory.
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bowsed VMir» x. mmx t. attaa i
real, raaasa, f k»:ii Walla !
North Yakima. »
. ULAN, WHITSON A HAHKKU.
Attorneys at Law.
First National Bank Bul|4l9*. |
■* ' ». O. MUHFUKb,
Attorney at Law.
Fracticra la all Cearta U> the Virtinry. Ka
portal atlrutlou t> CoUrrtlo-jM.
o%r* mp stairs tu Hill Block, KorUi Yakima.
am. a. cob, h. k. a. *.y« . s. a.
COK A HE*»,
WjslcUM, togwn ut UMututK.
(Mica Hoars—A fit! IS a. at. 2 till 4p. is. aa i
7 ttll k o'clock V- 1:.
OSUo on aaaentf street. ttear AUeu A Chap.-oat. a
DR. J. JAY CHAMBER*, p
Physician and Burgeon,
XMctol atiMtioo flwu to »janr. O* rt-tnje
•‘Mi Irtemi at Wouwn.
ODe* over Hiuhu-U’a Drug Store. my Bt-it
O. H. GRAMM.
DENTIST.
a U war* |n M lot traKlaaa. I*o*l M oat hal
loa twil w bfeMtwth wKhoat pain. Jo
liioivo lor aaealuatlan.
MTOIN or or rirot Kollo naJ Um
inemjjLNKorK.
Fire Wood * Braying.
: U«« o Ur*« anauttty o< Mceileat pine and
0r eerd wood and ir alob wood for hm rheap.
) aim mo two drara, aud am pr*yt*r,-1 to do
healing at raaooitahM dgarea.
An Economical Fence,
I HAVE mm the aold right tor .oklmoConn
l» for *< the boat wiaa law over pot*
n »tat kiule m inu.
Wire and laacblue fur maktug mi head. Tkoae
wiablu to bnlld fauree etaoaM raU oe ine.
J. W. 9**V%a * eat hide of Trdck.
AJiDkaum .
1 am new prepared to IvuUh famlliea with
Fore MUk from the Aht*a«n> Dairy. •
unrwmr -> srium»i
Kr delivery wairen boa a caavaa rover, wki<>
prevent* the can front Walla* down on the cane
md earning the milk.
y W. H. CARPENTER.
FIRST NATIOMAL BAMI
... Of North Yakima.
ciancroaa.
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8018 A tIIKIIAL IdKUKC M’tlMNt. 1
n| Mb inbm BmnmUc Kt*** i
PAYI WTUBT ON TIN! DWO**r«. J
Jon. J. Appel,
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FMTDIE2atIIQDOBS,
Ibeleet BrioS**!
liMrtd ail DnoOc Cipn
(UMk HIaTOUM «>«n
rmEWBLL TO lI'RIC.
Tara welt, thou darliog of the year.
J*we*t month of lore end too*.
Thy rare b run. thy w4 U bmi,
fweet June. •
Thou light**! up the eye.
• tart glory to the aooo.
With leant wo *«T to thee. •‘Oood-hyc.
f*ear June !**
Wc to tie lorvv.nl to eoW aud
Wbeo roaa thy ailvery moou.
And gladly took our flannel* ruf,
Ob! Juue' *
1 hou gifst atal wo taro to cjiM
A flan«, a trany eky.
L.i abort with palm lea! (as* w« meal
July. —Roatoo Courier.
AlaHlurtMUtMl.
I Young Lady—Father, this is scandal
| out! The idea of a man in your stand
; mg corning home in thi* condition!
, Old Gentleman—Couldn’t (hie) help it
ra’dear. Met zee young feller I wouldn’t;
let you marry, an* (hlc) had some drinks
i wiz him, en’ he’s such u g«>>d feller I
‘ said be (hie could marry you right off,
I inMear.
"Merof! Where is he?"
• Dunno, ru’dear. Plh emsn took ’im
off iu a wheaJbarrow.’’-.NW York Weekly.
tareawaf Umerxhtj.
Police Justice Duffy, of New York:
Another and more ominous feet is the in
crease of immorality among what are
called the educated, refined and wealthy J
classes. It ie diflkult to (ell the story in;
black and white. Tbe desire for excite- 1
meot, and above all, for novel sensations
becomes a disease aod produces results
! that are simply Incredible. I have had
over fifty cases in which mothers have
sold their daughters for base purposes;
forty In which sisters were thus put on
tbe market, and over two hundred where
wives were made tb{ subjects of bargains
and sales. I presume that other polios
magistrates have hrd the same eaperi-
I eoc**.
TWHUaAmHHI Imrv.
I The dtSudani OU Company has met
j with a reverse. The company had agreed
* to furnish the city of Toledo, Ohio, with
! gas at 12X cents per thousand feat; in
! practice it charged what it pleated. The
' dty had an act passed by the legislature
• authorizing it to issue bonds and borrow
I money for the purpose of connecting it
1 with a natural gas well. The preliminary
! steps necessary to carry this plan into ef-
I feet were (ought by the Standard Oil
i Com pun v with great energy. Being un
j able to stop the movement H applied to
i tbe Circuit Court of the United Htatee for
I an order restraining tbs city of Toledo
. from Issuing the bt*ods. The company
| brought Its suit at Nashville, Tennessee,
I where it met with defeat, tbe judge refoa
j ing to issue the restraining order. The ]
I CiocinnaUi Gazette remarks that in itsali !
' "the Toledo snterprUte is not a big one,.
1 tut it will prove an object leesuo for tbe j
. whole country. It will show the open!
, door through which people may pass;
from under the yoke of a moat gigantic, I
unscrupulous aud odious monopoly. We j
are on tbe verge of a revolutoin that is as
sureto tome fs that which followed ths
throwing overboard of a lot of tea in Bos
■ ton harbor.’’ _
Hr Vpm4 Wtatfe Tfcrtttk
PreaifltKit W. C. Van Horne aad a
party « ! Canadian Pacific railroad dlrac
; tors were in Vancouver, Seattle and Ta
coma this week ou a tour of inspection.
I They returned east over the Northern
; Pacific last Wednesday. President Van
Home’s especial delight is fast riding on
. the rails. There arc not many people
who care to travel over the C. P. R. R.
' between Winnipeg an 1 Fort Arthur at the
. rate of 70 miles, an hour, but Mr. Van
’ Horae whirled along ut that speed last
Thursday ami Friday week, and rather
> enjoyed tbe excitement of the ride. Mr.
Van Horne waa inspe«-ting bridfes ea
route, and stops wein made at abort in
tervals, which gave the gentlemen time
to regain their composure. On Friday
1 morning at a station this aide of Rat
Portage. Mr. Van Horne went up to tbe
engineer, and looking greatly in earnest.
\ asked:
"What’s the mutter with your engine?"
"Nothing, sir."
"Then, what's the matter with you?"
"Nothing, sir."
I "Why aren’t you running?"
"1 thought I waa running."
"Now," inked Mr. Van Horae, "how
: fast dare you run?"
, “Just an fast, sir, as you daw* ride,"
! promptly replied the engineer.
, Mr. Van Hare** mid no were, bat re-,
* turned to hi* ear. There wm bo more |
complaint made about alow running,
again that day. The driver crowded o«f
all the atepm he roold and opened the
throttle wide. The train tore along until
, the telegraph pole* looked like a eolid
board fence, and ohjerta along the road
appeared dim and uncertain. Treee,
booses, men and wood pile* were acee for
an inetant. flew poet like' shadow* and
were quickly swallowed np in the hori
boo. The party had scarcely yet settled
down before the train polled into the
Selkirk depot. Nearly seventy roller no
hour ware covered on that portion of the
| *ead. It waa a novel e*perieo*-e for most
of the gentlemea on board, but none of
. them appeared as happy as Nr. Van
; Horne. Feat traveling in hie special de
; light. He grows reetleaa and impatient
’ when riding in a slow train, and it hi
said when be geta in such a mood he be
gins to calculate the possibility of inersoe*
) lag the roetimnm speed to 100 mile# an
> hour
NORTH YAKIMA, WASHINGTON TERRITORY, THURSDAY. JULY 4, 1889.
GIRLS SHOES EXERCISE.
Harriet Prescott Spolord Glia Uselil
Hints to Girls.
Tli* Seal Preserver «*f Btssir-The
| Gnat Value off Oat-Deer KsercUe
-Lilt ef a pert* ReeeasmcaAeA.
There are tew things lovelier to the eye
than a young girl. A bsby may be
sweeter, tenderer, dearer; I sit a young
girl Is as satisfactory In another way.
lithe, symmetrical, Willowy, beaming
with unquestioning content, her eyes are
stars, her teeth are pearls, her blushes
are damask, bee dimples are smiles, her
amilea are caresses. It Is true that there
are periods in a woman’s life that are
happier and liner—finer, inasmuch as
consciousness is superior to mere exist
en«r, and an humanity's superiority to
Uie heart lies in consciousness; while no
one will deny that in youth generally
there is more in the mere Joy ol living
than consciousness of its possession. A
woman at SO, or at 36, is aware of her
happineaa, her nature, her possibilities;
she has reached a point in development
very near whatever degree of perfection
she is to attain; her beauty is not yet
impaired, her health ought to lie alwotato
her powers are at their bight, and could
•be pause there for 100 year* before
growing perceptibly older she would find
the world u pleasanter place; but as K
is, scarcely have she and others come (o
the realization of it all before much of h
is a thing of the past—the cheek Las
fallen, the eye has sunken, the glow
gone, the thing* that once made her
thrill now giva her only the memory of
that thrill.
Rut if the young girl is like the delic
iousoeas of the rounded sod son-pierced
grape, and
THi. won** ar 3u i* tua cues*, stkono
a ink ;
yet bow lovely is the bloom ujkmi that
grape! And the question is how to keep
that bloom and add to it all the rest.
The question is Low to make that rosy i
cheek aad white forehead perennial, j
their leant/ fed hy wholesome sud time-'
resist iiiu currents, and to *nrich them be
sides with the consciousness and wisdom |
and charm of soul that should belong to I
later years, a!! without exhausting the;
supplying fountains of health.
Of course the subject has to he consid
ered in a large manner from the physiol
point of view—that of food, clothing and
habits. We all know that good food
makes good blood, unless the blood is
already as hopelessly vicious at Its source
as tho blood of king*—good food, not
meaning rich food, but that which is
nutritious, sufficient, and which approves
itself by its evident assimilation, which
fills the blood-veasels, and
WARS T«X SUN VZLTKTV AS TUB CKTAL OP
A SOME.
flood clothing, too. keeps this blood in
; healthy circulation, this skin in healthy
activity; aad doubtless if Hebe were
painted to-day for the first time, and by
a discriminating artist, it would be in
flannels that she would be pictured, and
in Jaegar flannels at that. A tew other
things, also, should be allowed our .young
girl whose health is to preserve her
beauty, develop her soul and give comfort
to hereslf and all about her; no worry,
not too much study, plenty of bathing,
and all the exercise in the open air that
ahe can take, and sleep at night.
If there are family or other distreeaee,
they should be kept from the knowledge
of the young girl, who can do nothing to
rectify them, and will merely have her
nerves and temperament injured by
dwelling upon them. And as for her
studies, it is not necessary that she
1 should learn to give the measurement of
the great pyramid according to lha num
erical value of the Hebrew characters in
Genesis, in order to train her intellect;
but her studies should lead in directions
specified by her own aptitudes. If she
bsa an irresistible desire to penetrate the
secrets of cabalistic lore, of analytical
mathematics, of air-drawn metaphysics,
she can do so hy and by when there is no
question of the establishment of a Arm
foundation of health; at present she
wants to multiply and All her blood-ves
sels, oxygenate all the blood iu them,
TgAl'U MBS LINOS MOW TO SKRATHK,
HttVSU OUT MSB MVBCUCS,
and set her heart-nests to the tune of
health. And the previous conditions
obeyed, she will find all that is wanted
in exercise. Not the guaged and bal
anced sxerdar ef calisthenics and gym
nastics. in a fixad air, methods to be but
guardedly allowed the young aad grow
| Ing, aa they have possibilities in than ol
j dwarfing and impairing growth; not
I those of dusting and sweeping, since
! sweeping is bad work for a woman at any
* time of her life, aud dusting is only less
j unwholesome than living where there is
no dusting at all; but exerciaa out of
doors, where every draught of air feeds
the lame which bums away impurities,
exercise of the sort furnished by walking,
| riding, mountain climbing, rowing, swim
> uting, dancing, the last belong
ing to wintry weather, most ol the
others tu summer—and walking and
dancing to the whole round year.*
One mav sail from ice to ice between
the north pole and the sooth pole, and
receive no other benefit from H than that
of being In the sun and air, and feel the
delight ol swift motion carried on anoth
er's wines. Bat, when rowing, one is in
the sir ami sun as well, and is expanding 1
the client and strengthening the muscles
of all the limbs; aod when, between two
| Minuets, one above and one lieneath, out
ou wide expanses of river-mouth, for
rock in;; no the f well about the islands of
the sea, or lifting the protectimt boughs
of secluded reaches and dark pools of In
land rivers, and Riding into the green
shadow s, or pausing out under the immen
sity of starlit space that one aeea in a
boat level with the water, as nowhere
else, Is it that the soul, too, does nut ex
pand, and the intellectual fibre quicken
and gather strength?
raw or oca ouuji «m avxa swim
so as to fam-y themselves the attendants
of Galatea* but the eff<*rt will bring every
portion of tbe body into exertion, and the
knowledge possibly be of inestimable
use to them some day; yet wise precau
tions are to be taken in this matter, the
shock of see bathing being something
that all systems cannot bear. All of
them cannot afford riding, nor obtain a
master in tbe art of mounting, and may
not experience the transport of controll
ing another will, becoming almost a part
of another mature and feeling the ecsUcy
of danger defied, of swift passage and
i bounding animal spirits. But all of them
| can dance and set the body moving to
: the measure and rytlun, the pulses play-
I ing to music, and the brain responding to
| ordered sound; all of them can know
> that delight fif being when, thoroughly
[attuned to melody, one floats ou wings,
1 and the lark that t*ata the sky knows no
i more joyous flight—only in good air, in
i innocent companionship, in healthy
i hourr.
But ii, peradventur*. they do not dance
jor have no wat**r for rowing, our young
! girls, without exception, may walk; and
; after all. walking may he made almost
I the equal in i4easur<fof Uw other forms
‘of amusement and quite their equal in
j health. Not I!;* slow gait of the obaerv
| ing naturalist, ii it is an affair of health,
[ but the brb>k, quick gait from point to
1 point, and tbe lingering and observation
upon arriving. Iu fact,
WITH HMOKt HEISTS, WITH KASY HOOTS AND
A (OMFANION AUCRT AS ONk’» SEW,
with shoulders back, head up, and arms
| swinging, a gait of twenty minutes to ths
mile, if fifteen is too much, gives one
| presently a sort of unconsciousness of the
separate acts of moving tbe feet, and a
sensation as near akin to flying is it ii
given the children of earth to have, while
the lunge are filled with purifying breath
to tbe remotest cells, and the blood is
spinning in its slenderest vein.
But whatever form the exercise to be
taken assumes does not so much signify
as tbe fact that exercise should be taken
daily in some form. Nor is It right that
it shall be optional with our young mold
ien whether it shall be taken or not. It
!in as much the duty of her parents or
| overseers to insist upon it in suitable
| amount as to insist upon her proper diet
and clothing. It is to be remembered
that she does net belong to them or to
herself alone, tiut also to her generation
aud-her race. They have an interest in
her aad a right: they art wronged, as
much aa if they were cheated of any oth
er possession, if her health ia in any way
I impairs*!, so that she is made the chan
■ uel through which Impoverished blood
and a lowered vitality are passed on to be
intermingled with the healthy blood and
exalted vitality of those who have been
obedient to law, and if, instead of lifting
tbe race, the one step that should be in
I her power toward its goal of perfection,
I she debases all the generations that are to
come. Harwkt Prescott Srorrono.
UkWat Cenlj Uta.
The Goldeadale Sentinel says that east
|of Rock Creek, ia Klickitat county, the
| grain crop is slums! totally destroyed and
in only a few places will the crop make
I bay. The farther west one goes, how
ever tbe less the grain appears to be dam
aged. The summer fallowed land west
and south of Goktoodeie aad north of the
Columbia bills will generally yield about
two-thirds of a nop. The Sentinel aava
the advantage of summer fallow, deep
plowing aad sowing not more than three
pecks of seed to tbe acre have been thor
ouglily demonstrated this year.
Forty thousand Oregon sheep have
paid tbe migratory sheep lax in Klicki
tat county. Fourteen hundred bead
were poisoned after crossing the Arling
ton Ferry, by eating poisonous weed.
; They were tbs property of Wo. Barker,
8. B. Barker aod T. J. Ferguson.
The Sentinel says that tbe V. 8. Build
ing A Loan Association of Bt. Paul, which
organized a local board at Goldeadale, is
a grand fraud.
Fucral ef In. Ketafl.
Angola. N. Y . Record. C. A. Kinsley
■ and W. H. Redman and little son reached
j home last Monday with the remains of
j Mrs. Carrie Redman, whose death took
i took place May 29th at North Yakima.
IW. T. What a long, aad journey it waa
| lor them. Tbe funeral services ware held
|at the bouse Tuesday at 10 a. m.. and II
'o’clock at the Cong, church. Rev. F.
| Hehard officiating. A targe number of
i friends and relatives assembled to pay
' their last tribute of respect to the deceased.:
| Had she lived ontil June 4, she would
I have been SjS' yean of aga. The floral ]
j offerings were many aad very beautiful. J
Among the relatives and friends from out
|of town ware: W. H. Redman’s father of j
Columbus, Ind., F. R. Kinsley and Urn-.
ily, F. A. Kinsley and family. W. H,l
Race, Charles Hloda aad Mrs. Will Davis J
[ of Buffalo, W. L. Kinsley and family of}
1 Doakirk.
FORTY YEARS AGO.
Chula of luw ud Cisterns ii
Foir Douda. .
Old Tlase Mm ax aad Hellas aod
Plctares e« a People aod TklOfft
lo Tbeee Bare.
Forty years ago the flint aad steel went
used in many a farmer’s household for
kindling tbe fires. Hatches, not so plen
tiful as now, were called "looofocoa," a
name also lor a time applied to the Demo
cratic party.
The apinning-wheels hummed aad bus
sed in many house#. Fanners raised flax
aad bemp and wore their own “home
spun" and bome-dved.
Gentlemen wore ruffled bosoms, ‘slocks’
in place of cravats aad high shirt collars.
False bosoms, termed "dickeys," tied on
with strings, served such as would make
a pretense of wearing a shirt.
’’The "stock" waa a collar of steel en
circling the neck, covered with silk or
satin and having a permanent be w in
front.
Shoemakers in tbe country made every
body's shoes aod never kept their word.
The village tailor sewed baggy trousers
and black coats, generous in creases, aad
our fathers wore them with contented aud
plasid minds. A suit of clothes a year
was the average limit.
Pantaloons were strapped under the
boots, buttoning pantaloon straps was a
hard aud irksome and unclean business
for such as had no valets. The majority
of our. fathers did not indulge in that
luxury.
Pantaloons and boots were frequently,
when worn with straps, taken off and put
on together to save time and trouble.
The 1 toots were "Wellingtons." The
gaiter was little worn.
A SWELL’S orr-cr.
Long, beevy cloaks, reaching quite to
the heels, were worn bv our elders. Koch
a cloak lasted almost a lifetime.
No male attire waa perfect without a
big "lob chain" and seal dangling from
the waistband. Gold watches were
eearve. Silver watches were large in
dimensions. The vulgar called them
"turnip#." They were wound up with
a key, which was always getting lost, and
in the winding the machinery was
noisy. ,
Rome of the styles and changes in cut
and fashion were even more marked than
those of to-day. At one time gentlemen
wore a summer garment called a'‘blouse,"
though very unlike that of the French
workman. It was of linen, reaching to
the knee, belted at the waist, buttoning
in front from the skirt to the bosom, and
was pleated above and below the bait. It
resembled the old time American hunting
shirt* and was a comfortable and becom
ing garment. At another period men
wore white duck-linen jackets, much
shorter than the present each coat.
Gentlemen put their feet in pumps, or
lew slippers, at balls and dancing parties.
Dancing then in shoes or goitery would
have been deemed as great a lack of pro
priety aa would be going to an evening
party now in a pair of rubber boots.
The ball rooms ware illuminated by
candles stuck in sockets on tbe walla.
Or. If more pretentious, in a chandelier
suspended from the ceiling. Tbe candles
and tbe ladles' and gentle
men’s apparel frequently testified to that
fact. "Round dances" ware barely tol
erated—waltaing was scandalous.
TUB UOHT FANTASTIC.
Soma of tbe "steps" peculiar to that
period required no small degree of agility
on the part of the gentlemen. The "pig
eon wing" and the "double shuffle" lifted
a man quite of) the floor and would star
tle a modem ballroom. The ladies lilted
their skirts so as to not interfere with
their freedom of pedal locomotion and
were not adverse to the display of a well
timed ankle. Striped and colored
hosiery were unknown.
Custom had not then sanctioned fem
inine skating. A girl on skates ia 1842
would have been a phenomenon. So
would also have been a feminine swim
mer.
Vegetables ware far less in variety than
now. Tomatoes ware regarded with sus
picion. They were called "lore apples,”
cultivated as a garden ornament aad sus
pected of a poisonous, tendencies. Can
ned fruits and vegetable* were generally
unknown.
Children were more respectful to their
elders. Boys wars required to bow and
girls to "courtesy" on entering and leav
ing the achoolrum. Boys said "sir"
whan addressed by a grown person, a
juvenile habit now generally dispensed
with aod swept away by the march of
progress.
Party spirit was more bitter and de
monstrative than to-day. Sworn foes ex
isted in every village, who bad not spok
en to each other for years on account of
political differences. Hen cried like child
ren because Henry Clay was not elected
president. The old aristocratic families
who had held office since the time of
Washington and who deemed federal
office theirs by a sort uf Divine right, held
firmly to their hatred of Andrew Jackson
ontil relieved by death of tbe capacity
for bating. A congressman than had a
standing in the community which, in
many cease, might naw be envied.
The bottle of lb# period was a vary
thick, very heavy, vary clumsy, very
dark fiv*n aad almost black "junk hot-
tie." That, too, bss gone out of exist
ence with the "old soldier of the revolu
tionary war," and warming-pans. Tbe
common lantern of the time was of tin,
pierced with'many holes somewhat after
the fashion of tbe nutmeg grater, through
which tbe light fioru a candle end glim
mered and was often blown out by a
strong blast.
onr west.
A ansa returned from Illinois, then one
vast prairie, was deemed an adventurer
and explorer.
One who had seen London and Paris
waa a man of note in the community.
Ou the schoolboy’s map of that period
the "Indian Territory" covered a great
area now occupied by prosperous states.
California was known only in connection
with bides and tallow. West of tbe
Rocky Mountains, all aava a small area
•f Oregon was wild, vague and misty,
and consequently mysterious and lancina
ting
Ferry-boats propelled by horse-power
crossed the East river and tbe weary ani
mals, laboring on their treadmills, poked
their heads after a disconsolate and for
lorn fashion out of the peddle-bouve
windows.
One-horse cabs ware abundant in New
York.
Straw brooms were made "found" aod
"flat." The round broom, for floor
sweeping. is obsolete. Tbe country wife’s
favorite duater for cupboards and corners
difficult u t access was the wing of a wild
goose. .
Wooden clocks were universal. "Brass
clocks" were considered as "something
extra" and run-dials were occasionally
' seen.
<>ld people called auctions "vendues."
' Children were whipped on their birth
days—a custom of unexplained origin.
A woman or girl under the pressure of
familiar rebuke wua often called "a good
for-nothing trollops.’’ This was due to
Mrs. Trollope's book criticising so severe
ly and justly the raw American manners
and customs of that time. Our fathers
swallowed criticism with a vary wry
face, especially when its origin waa Eng
lish.
TOBACCO AND SPIRITS.
All men in these days chewed fine-cut
tobacco. The spittoon was found even
in the family pew. Cigorettee were un
known. The richer and older families
kept sideboards in the dining-rooms well
stocked with liquors. The parson, mak
ing a paroachial call, was still open to a
cheering glass of spirits. A big jog of New
England rum always accompanied a
"house-raising." The whole village
would turn out to help. Red-noecd
deacons were not uncommon. Praoper-
ous merchants sometimes walked un
steadily home about 6or 6 o'clock ia the
evening. Ruch a gait and its inference
was not then laid op against a man as
now.
Spit* dogs, English pugs aad Bkya ter
riers were unknown; so waa lager beer.
A divorced woman was a social pariah
aod a curiosity.
Horticulture waa confined to pinks,
roees, sweat Williams, marigolds, sun
flowers, lilac and hollyhock.
Unpainted bouses were plentiful; other
wise the color was a glaring white,
"picked out" with gretn blinds. Rhodes
of color in house painting had not appear
ed. The pump was of wood, long-handl
ed, big-eponted, wheezy aod often out of
order.
The more pretentious architecture of
the time ran largely to Grecian pillars
and porticoes of wood.
Methodist churches were not topped
with steeples, but terminated bluntly in a
big box of a belfry. Inside they were
quite devoid of ornament.
Other than the Episcopal places of wor
ship wars termed "meeting-houses.’’
TUB TBBATBBS.
At tbe theater tbe entertainment com
menced with a farce, woe sometimes
sandwiched with a pat teul by a daneeuse
and did not terminate before midnight.
In those days there were "pits" sad both
pit and gallery were often noisy.
From tbe frequenters of these localities
came a general cry of "supe" when the
stage assistants appeared in front of tbe
curtain. This to many afforded no small
part of tbe pleasures of the evening.
Bars were found in Arst-cUse theaters
at the rear of the galleries aod were tbe
common resort of disreputable women.
Hieeing, as a sign of disfavor, was still in
vogue.
The coarseness ot tbe farce and also
the play would not be tolerated by the
respectable and! race of to-day as it was
then. The "gags" were sometimes vul
gar and indecent.
Church members ware never supposed
to enter the theater. From tbe moral
standpoint, it was dangerous; from the
religious a "dark and bloody ground."
Barnum, the showman, at last made mat
ten easier, by inventing tbe temperance
drama and calling hto theater a "lecture
room." Good people, ministers and dea
cons went to see this play, and sugar
coated their consciences by the thought
that they were learning a "great moral
lesson," though had the came lesson
been preached from the "lecture-room"
stage instead of played on it, they would
have p*ld no money to hear it.
Pbbnticb Mtaroan.
—Until the blood to cleansed of import
tie* it to useless to attempt the cure of any
disease. Rheumatism, which to trace
able to an arid In the Mood, baa been
cured in many rases, by the see of Ayer’s
Rarsapsrilto. external treatment being of
no avail.
Number S3.
WANTS TO IRBIGATI.
An Editor Tills About the locitloi of
the SUte Capital.
H«l« ■raih UU I'raM Klleaikargh
Plains and Ikf OlrAopla
lannlsrc He Is4srr cm.
Asotin Stutintl: With s short crop in
proapei t and the chances slim to malts a
raise in the direction of legitimate trade,
it become* o* fellow* of the pencil to
look a “leedle oud" politically or other
wise for some feather* to anrround our
neat the coming winter. The old wlae
acres art already predicting a hard win
ter and we, to be a lac, ought to prepare
lor the worst. Now in scanning the hoe
iron and (muffing tbt. air for pointers, the
location of the capital seems to be the
moat feathery object to pluck. Ho far,
the bids have not approached the magni
tude of onr wants. Ellensburgb leads
out with the offer of a town lot In one of
her sagebrush plains for the influence oi
the "sage" who presides pver the dignity
of the Stnliiul, but sage as we are, we
don't want to be burnt as an offering in
ao odorous a pile. The Yakima Hkbald
in canvassing the situation, falls back
upon the licauties of location, accessi
bility, etc., but does not even promise to
locate a free diatillerv for the memben of
the first legislature when her valley is
noted for its corn-producing capacity.
She ought to “rot" * little corn for the
benefit uf the ••dry-rot” of the press.
Now comes Olympia a little notice.
In times past we heanl*much of the pow
er of “button-holeboqueta” placed where
they would do the most good by the hands
of female loveliness. We acknowledge
the power, but can the press be forever
maintained on pure sentiment? Can we
feed our family on sentimental flowers
when “flour-sack" haa run dry? Wa
pause to weep over the vanities of human
Ufa.
WKmnWIL MIE6ITES.
Tim lit Farty-lw BryiUkut, Tnaty-dglt
Itmtrab ad Tm Lahr la.
There ere 45 republicans, 28 democrat*
and two labor men in the constitutional
convention, which begins it* session at
Olympia to-day, giving the republicans 15
majority. Two ofthe republicans, Weis
enburger, of Whatcom, and Cosgrove, o I
Pomeroy, were elected a* independents,
but they are republican in politics. The
republican members are: 8 H Manley,
Colville; C P Cosy, Rockford; George
Turner, J Z Moore. Hiram E Allen, Spo
kane; H W Fair*rather, Sprague; F M
Dallam, Davenport; J A Sfaoudy, A
Mires, Ellensburgb; £ H Sullivan, Col
fax ; m George Comegys, Rosalia; D
Buchanan, Ritaviile; 8 G Cosgrove, Pom
eroy; R F Sturdevant, Daytons D J
Crowley. Walla Walla; it a Dunbar,
Goldendale; W F Prosser, Yakima; Lew
is Bohns, Vancouver; A A Lindsiey, Un
ion Ridge; O A Bowen, Cathlamet; J A
Burk, Oyatervllle; Henry Winsor, Shel
ton; Allen Weir, George H Jones, Fort
Townsend; James Power, La Conner; J
J Weisenberger and E Eldredge, What
com; Thomas Hayton, Mount Vernon;
A Bchootey. Snohomish; J C Kellogg.
Coupevityef 8 A Dickey, Port Gamble;
T T Minor, T P Dyer, John R Kumedi.
John P Hoyt. Seattle; Morgan Mcrgani,
Black Diamond; George W Tibbetts,
Sqnak; T L Stiles, P C Sullivan, H M
Lillis, C T Fay. Tacoma; John FsGowey,
T M Reed, Olympia; O H Joy. Bolalort;
Robert Jamieson, Wilkeson.
The Democratic members are: J J
Travis, Rockford; J J Browne, T C Orlf
fits. H F Suksdorf, Spokane; B B Glas
cock, Sprague; J T McDonald, Ellens
burgh; JPT McCroakey, C H Warnar,
J M Reed, James Hung-te. Colfax; W B
Gray, Pasco; M M God man, Dayton;
Lewis Neste, Waitsburgh; B L Sharp
stein. N O Blalock. Walla Walla; J T
Esbeliuan, Goldendale; Q H Stephenson,
Cascades; Jesse Van Name, Kalama;
John M-Reavy, Union City; A J West,
Aberdeen; H C Willison, Port Townsend;
H Clothier, Sterling; R Jeffs, New Cas
tle; D F Doris, Seattle; Qwin Hicks. Ta
coma; R S Moore, Puyallup;- Francis
Henry, Olympia; S 11 Berry, Chebalie.
The labor members ara: M J McElroy,
Seattle: W L Newton, Avondale.
lapt. Isllm fcfc a Icdai.
"Capt. C. M. Holton, no employee of
the U. 8. Senate received last week from
the war department a medal of honor, in
accordance with the law of 1882, for die
tinguiahed bravery in the presence of the
enemy. On the medal, which is of very
interesting and appropriate design, is in
scribed:
THE CONGRESS
to
CHARLES M. HOLTON.
Ist Sergeant, Company A,
7th Michigan Cavalry.
The especial act of bravery U* which
this medal waa awarded was the capture
of a refcel flag at Failing Waters, Md..
July 14, 1863, during the charge upon the
laat brigade of lee’s army, on the north
aide of the Potomac river."—
D. C., Herald.
—Go and examine those elegant gold
watches at Red field's. They are dairies,
and cheap! Remember, they are war
ranted aa represented or no trade.