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The Yakima Herald.
Volume I.
THE YAKIMA HERALD.
Official Paper of Yatiia Coiaty.
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iffiurtUas Kata CffiM A*Uat*i.
E. M. Rxed. Editor and Business Manager.
PROFESSIONAL CARDS.
OKOBOB TUBS BE. V. I. MILBOY. L. A HOWLBTT,
B. B. MILBOY.
TURNER, MILBOY A HOWLETT,
Attorneys at Law,
NORTH VASINA, WASH.
L. & Hewlett, ei-Recelver of Psblle Money! at
the V. A Land office, will five
Special attention to mating out papen for
Settlers, and to Land Contests.
M. T. CATOM, _ IL. C. r ABBIBH.
Sprague. I North Yakima.
CATON A PARRISH.
Attorneys at Law.
practice Inallthe Coarts of the terri
tory. Office on rtrst Street, opposite the Court
House, North Yakima. W. T. 1.
H. J. SHIVELY,
tanning Ittmcjr hr Tiling u4 Kittitas
Ctutin, ud
Attorney at Law.
ffif»Offlce with County Treasurer, at the Court
ffouae, North Yakima. WiU practice In aU the
couite of the territory and U. ft. land o«cee
t. * mavia | A. Mina. | c. I. eiAVia
REA VIS, MIRES A GRAVES,
Attorneys at Law.
practice In all Courts of the Territory.
Special attention riven to all U. 8. laud ofllce
business. Offices at North Yakima and BUens
burgb, W. T. L
sfssr I
North Yakima. I
ALLEN, WHITSON A PARKER,
Attorneys at Law.
Office in Pint National Bank Budding.
8. 0. MORFORD,
Attorney at Law,
Practices in all Courts in the Territory. Ea-
YUlma.
DR. O. W. Cim. DR. J. D. CHAPMAN.
Biochemle Physicians.
Diseases tnafeffiaecordlng to Nature's Laws.
We In i Ihl nil friends and all who believe In
true science fid advancement to call and see as.
Calls attended to day or night Office consulta
tion free. Office over Poet Office, North Ysklma,
Washington.
wm. o. cob, h. d. 1.1. m0, «• d.
COE A HEG,
Physicians, Surgeons ul Actonchenrs.
Office Hour*—l till Ma. sa.,3till 4p. m. and
7 till I o’clock p. m.
Office on Second street, near Allen A Chapman’s.
DR. J. JAY CHAMBERS,
Physician and Surgeon,
Has hed five years' practice—one year Assistant
Surgeon of City Hospital. Baltimore.
Kapecial attention given to Surgery, Obstetrics
and Diseases of Women.
Office over Bnshnell’s Drag Store. ay-tf
0. M. GRAVES,
DENTIST.
All work in my line first-class. Local anesthet
ics need to extract teeth without pelu. No
charge tor examination.
gmt office over Pint National Bans.
J. T. KINGSBURY,
(Cit,
Civil Engineer.
if Opvicb: Boom No. I, Kingsbury Build
ing, north Yakima, Washington.
HALL & GARDNER
Civil Engineers,
liiiig (bin LkiM u4 Anta fjtiWbW.
Office Over First National Bank
MISCELLANEOUS.
Alitamim Dairy.
KAIII'EL BEAR, PROPRIETOR,
■vccbmob to
W. H. CARPENTER.
Milk tarnished Hotels. ReaUanints end Ice
Cm« Parlors et Bedaeedßstss
A. F. SWITZER,
Contractor and Builder,
NORTH TAR ERA, W. T.,
Will Contract for the erection of all eUsees of
Bnlldtacs. either Brick, Stone. Concrete, or
Wood, and will complete the work hoaeeUy
Aid According to idromoit
Rtmuci . Pint Nat’l Bank of North Yakima.
Office, in rear of Rodman A Bshclman’s. Yak
ima avenue, hear Hotel Yakima, Office hoars,
«toip. m.
FIRST RATIONAL BANK
of North Yakima.
'• *■ *• *•
jsjjaj- - •isss
“ w *WKai»..
w. L. Bvsimras, Cashier.
DOES A GENERAL BANKING BUSINESS.
PATE INTEREST ON TIKI DEPOSITS.
NORTH YAKIMA, WASHINGTON TERRITORY, THURSDAY, OCTOBER 24, 1888.
GREAT OVERLAND ROUTE,
Northern Pacific R. R.,
yia cascadb ■:* Division.
The only line munln* Pullman Palace Sleeping
Cars, magnificent day coaches, and
ELEfiAIT EIHiKJUrr BLEEfUti NICIES,
with Berths Pros of Cost,
FROM OREGON AND WASHINGTON POINTS
To the East,
YIA BY. CAUL AMP HIMUBAPOUS.
The Only Transcontinental Line Running
PALACE DINING CARS
(Meals, 76 Cento.)
Fastest time ever made from the Coast, over the
lORTHESI PACIFIC R. R.
To Slonx City, Connell BiuA, St Joeepb, Atchl
son, Leavenworth, Kansas City,
Burlington, Quincy,
ST. LOUIS, CHICAUO,
And ail points throughout the East and South
east, via St Paul and Minneapolis.
Pillmu Sleeping Accommodttions
Can be secured in advance.
EMIGRANT SLEEPING CAES
Are hauled on regular Express Trains over
the entire lengSof the N. P. B. R.
Connection made at St Paul and Minneapolis
to all points East South and Southeast
Through trains leave Yakima for St Paul at
-87 p. m.
Through trains for Portland and all points on
Pacific and Cascade division, at SM p. m., con
necting at Taooma with boats for olnto on
Puget Bound.
Tickets oa sale to all points in the United
States and Canada. For routes, rates, Ac-, ap
ply to U. C. HUMPHREY,
Ticket Agent, North Yakima.
A, D. Cm ablbt»m.
Asst. General Passenger Agent, No. l«l First
street cor. Washington. Portland. Oregon.
HOW TO SAVE lOM
If there is anything that yon want to bay in
the line of Farniture or Household Goods of
any sort, you cun save Fifty Per Cent or More
by calling at
Banter’s Second Band Store.
Everything Bought and Sold.
Furniture Repaired. Pictures Framed.
Saws Filed.
Wm. Steigler, Manager.
M. D. RAUM,
THE PAINTER.
No Combinations. No Dirty Work. All or
ders done promptly and work guaranteed. Or
den Solicited. Paper Hanging and Ktlsomln
iug a specialty.
WELL DIPPING.
lam fully prepared to dig wells, eedlan and
other excavations In the city or count/. All
work done speedily, cheaply and In good shape.
THOS. NORTON,
North Yikimi. W. T.
—For coal and wood call on John
Reed. 32-tf.
—Five hundred boxes of soap at Barth
olet Broe. only $1.26 per box. *
—Goodwin A Pugsley have cheap money
to loan on improved business property. *
—John Reed will have his headquar
ters at H. H. Ellis’, First street, near
opera house. 32-tf.
—Goodwin A Pngsley’s fire insurance
companies do not cancel their policies.
Give us a call. *
—The finest line of neckwear ever
shown in North Yakima just received at
Myron H. Kills’. •
—The public will please bear in mind
that foal and wood is cash on delivery.
John Reed, Agent. 32-tf.
—A fine new line of saddles, harness,
etc., Just received at C. E. McEwen’s
shop, Yakima avenue. •
—Groceries you must have. Groceries
we must sell. Let’s trade and both be
happy. Bartholet Bros. •
—John, when yon go to town, just step
In at Bartholet’s and get me some of that
elegant salt pork. It is delicious. •
—Geo. W. Solomon has the only exclu
sive cigar and tobacco stand in the city.
Smokers should try bis fine goods. •
—Go to Redfleld’s and examine those
steel glasses with gold nose-pieces—a new
patent. They never rust nor wear out. *
—Call and examine my samples for fall
and winter clothing. I guarantee a good
fit and will give you prices that defy com
petition. Mtson H. Ellis.
—Persons desiring transportation about
the city or vicinity can be accommodated
by leaving orders at Alien A Chapman’s
for Stanton’s hock line. tf
—lf yon have lost any money lately,
Redflekl will return it by selling yon
goods so remarkably cheep that you will
forget your misfortune.
—Dr. Savage will be found always
ready to attend calls day or night. Office
over poetoffioe; residence on Second
street, two doors south U. 8. Lend Office.
C. E. McEwen takes a pride in turning
out good work. This Is the reason' his
harness, saddles, bridles, Ac., give each
satisfaction and outlast all other*. •
—Go sad examine those elegant gold
watches at Redfleld’s. They are daisies
and so cheap! Remember, they are war
ranted as represented or no trade.
—Disease is censed by a lack of some
constituent part of the human orgahism
at the part affected. Biocbemk Rome
dies supply thadeAdancy and thus re
store the normal condition. 28tf.
YAKISA TOBACCO.
is Account of tie Ciltire of Tobacco
is Wisilngtoß.
Taken by Csnnnl Trans Iks t'npnh
lithe* Revert sf Revsnser
■lln C. Mweru.
I was lead to try the experiment of rais
ing tobacco in Washington territory in
1887. My friend, the late Dr. Jorgensen,
in company with Governor Miles Moore
and other gentlemen, was discussing the
possibility of raising a high class tobacco
in this country. He expressed himself as
having no doubt that the thing could be
done. From hie experience in Virginia
he waa admirably qualified to form a cor
rect judgment in the matter, and be forti
fied his opinion by reasoning so sound as
to convince me that he was right. Among
other things I rediember, he said that he
had submitted a sample of tbe soil to the
late Prof. Henry, of the Kmitbaonian.
Prof. Henry, after analysis, said that the
soil was peculiarly adapted to the growth
oltobacco.
I tried the first year Havana, Sumatra
and Virginia seeds. The Sumatra did
not do very well, while the Havana and
Virginia were a distinct success.
Tbe next season I pot in Havana seed
alone, mainly for the reason that this
class of tobacco commands a better price
and has, at present, a better market than
the larger and cheaper grades.
When factories for the handlingof these
cosrser tobaccos are established in tbit
country, however, it will pay the farmer
well to grow them.
So far we have not used any fertilizer
on our tobacco land. There was much to
learn both in growth qpd curing, and tbe
following is a brief statement of our
methods and success so far:
The plants are raised in beds and trans
planted.
We sow one-half ounce of seed in a bed
one rod square, raising plants enough for
three acres ef ground, the plants being
set about two feet apart.
The first hot beds are sown during the
first half of April. If more than one bed
Is desired they should be sown at inter
vals so that the plants may not become
ready to put out at the same time and so
hamper the grower.
After the middle of April, if the season
is not unusually cold, open beds may be
sown and the plants will be ready for the
last setting.
The tobacco field should be prepared by
careful cultivation and should be thor
oughly irrigated. The plants may be put
out when they are from two to throe
inches high.
Till the plants take root and begin to
grow they should be well watered but
afterwards very little water and constant
cultivation are required.
The crop matures in from sixty to
eighty days.
After the plants have budded and be
fore they blossom they are topped, leaving
not more than twelve leaves on a stalk.
The suckers are then removed constantly
until the plant is cot
When ripe the leaf will be mottled with
light spots and will be quite brittle in the
cool of the day.
It is then cut and left in the sun until
it is thoroughly wilted, then strong on a
lath (six to eight plants on each lathi and
hung in the curing boose. The laths are
placed about four inches apart.
Our climate in Eastern Washington is
so dry that artificial moisture is required
in coring. This may be partially sup
plied by flooding the ground which forms
the floofof the coring shed, but we
found it necessary to supplement this by
steam. A vat is placed outside with a
steam pipe running into the shed. The
latter is closed up and filled with steam,
under the action of which the tobacco
rapidly becomes soft and pliable.
In damp weather, of course, this treat
ment is not required; bat in the usual
worm, dry weather of Eastern Wasbing-
too it should be repeated at intervals of
about two weeks.
After the plants become moist the
house is gradually ventilated until they
become dry. This is repeated until the
tobacco is thoroughly cured, which should
be about the Ist of February.
It la taken down (while moist), stripped
from the stalk, sorted into grades, and
peaked Into cases containing usually
about 300 pounds each, in which it goes
through the sweet which prepares it for
the manufacturer.
Time is saved and the tobocoo improved
by putting it through an additional aril-
flcisl sweat. For this purpose an ordi
nary box stove, with pipes running into a
water pan in the bottom of the sweat
box, may be need, the case being pat in
bodily.
In this district the growing and har
vesting are much the asms as in the old
tobacco districts. We consider bom eight
hundred to one thousand pounds of Ha
vana par acre a good crop so far.
Our last crop had much more gum than
either of the preceding ones. 1 escribe
this to increased dew, consequent on the
increase of irrigation in the valley, and
increased knowledge in the matter of cul
tivation and watering. Great care should
be taken not to give the plants too much
water after they have fairly started to
grow, as the tobacco will then core more
easily and better.
That the method of caring which I have
deacribed la ancceeaful la proved by the
quality of cigars we manufacture. The
flavor of our tobacco is said by experts to
approach more nearly to that of Havana
than any other tobacco grown in America,
and the cigars meet with the practical
approval of constant use by the most
critical smokers.
That tobacco culture is one of Wash
ington’s great resources would seem to be
fairly proven. Wm. Keb,
President Mozee Co.
Put Tmefiag.
Horse Dealer—l warrant tbia horse
sound and kind.
Possible Buyer—How about speed.
“Speed? Well, I’ll tell you. Oldman
Grimes died the oilier day—died rich,
you know—and it was understood that
hia will was to be read at the house after
the funeral waa over. Well, air, I waa
out on tbe road with this horse that day,
and hang me if I didn’t beat the Grimes
family back from the cemetery.” —Sew
York Weekly.
—The stock of harness, saddles, Ac., at
C. E. McK wen’s is the best in the city,
and his prices are the lowest. *
1 ■MUTYPWJKfT.
A lew Luhrtj U tk fimt UknvA AtUi
tkSokari
Seattle Post-Intelligencer: Messrs. John
Arthur, Henry W. Croken, Willis Collier
and J. Luttrell Murphy yesterday filed
with tbe county auditor articles incorpor
ating tbe Puget Sound A Great Eastern
Railway, Telegraph and Navigation com
pany, with a capital stock of $6,000,000,
divided into 6,000 shares of the par value
of SIOO each, with the right to increase to
$50,000,000 with proportionate shares at
like par value, reserved to Use corporation.
The purposes for which the corporation is
formed are given at length and lq detail.
Briefly they are as folio we:
To build itMm, electric, or other motor
power railway lines, beginning at Seattle
and running thence by a convenient or
practicable route, in an easterly direction
through the Cascade mountains by way
of Spokane Falls and by a main or branch
line to an outlet on and connection with
the great lakes and Atlantic ocean, to
gether with such branch or connecting
lateral lines running northerly or
southerly from the main lines as the
corporation may deem necessary, and to
obtain subsidies, grants, rights of way, to
acquire property, issue certificates and do
all other things necessary thereto.
To build and operate telegraph lines
along the routes of railroads owned by the
company, and to do all things necessary
and appertaining thereto.
To buy, build, own, operate and main
tain steam, sail and other boats on the
water* of Puget sound and Pacific ocean,
and do all things necessary thereto.
To acquire any other properties, rights,
privileges or franchises for corporate pur
poses, benefit of stockholders or other
wise.
To hypothecate securities of the corpor
ation, and to do all other things necessary
to carry oat the purposes of the corpor
ation.
The principal place of business is fixed
at Seattle. The duration of the compa
pany’s existence is fifty years.
The board of trustees for the first six
months Is as follows; Wm. Van Fleet,
of New Jersey; Wm. J. Broad well, of
New York; Edward Vernor, of New York;
John Arthur, of Seattle; Henry M.
Crocker, of Seattle; William Collier, of
Washington, and J. Luttrell Morphy, of
Seattle.
A fioNTMi fiwrcmnt.
Beattie Preu: Sam L. Crawford, the
genial real estate man, did some figuring
this afternoon, and after casting a final
comical glance at them, said:
“Very few people have considered what
an immense extent of land ia donated to
the state of Washington by the enabling
act. Most people know that, not count
ing the university grant, which amounts
to seventy-two sections, port of which
has been received, the aggregate amounts
to 600,000 acres. This means 781 square
miles, or a tract almost 28 miles square.”
“Why,” continued Mr. Crawford, “the
whole state of Rhode Island consists of
only 1054 square miles, or 674,944 acres.
Washington contains an area of 60,994
square miles, or 44.706,160 acres. This
tract of land is a good deal more than
on*4hird as large as the state of Delaware.
It Is one-sixth as large as Connecticut,
and almost exactly one-tenth as large as
the old state of Massachusetts. Congress
should have thrown in with this grant at
least one extra senator and two more con
gressmen.”
Twi leWfleils.
First Tramp—Down with whisky is
what I say. Don’t you say so, partner?
Second Tramp—l’ve alius set my face
agin it, whenever 1 had a chance.—Terre
Haute Erpreu.
A new and apparently valuable ditching
machine has recently been invented, and
{s likely to find favor among those inter
ested in large irrigating schemes in Yak
ima and Kittitas counties. The machine
works on the same principal as the grain
header. It is supplied with a gang of
plows and the dirt is carried up through a
spout and damped on the outside of the
ditch, as it moves along drawn by six or
eight horses. From all appearances it is
capable of plowing a ditch six or seven
feet deep and from ten to fifteen feet wide
and possibly more.
NUGGETS 0? NEWS.
Gsthend From Here, Tien end Eierj
shen (or tie Henld Readers.
New Ditching Machine—An OR* Law
Which Mtlll Helfit UnMl—The
Worry Dlvwrcc Knit.
A company has been incorporated to
build a hotel atGoldendaletocost $15,000.
Dora Louis, king of Portugal, died on
the 19th inst. The Duke of Braganza,
eldest son of the king, who succeeds to
the throne, will assume the title of Car
los I.
Tbe president has appointed General
Green B. Raum, of Illinois, commissioner
of pensions, to succeed Corporal Tanner.
General Kaum is an uncle of M. D. Raum
of this city.
F. J. Carlyle, of the Deimonico hotel,
Walla Walla, received word last week
that he had drawn one-twentieth of the
capital prixe of $300,000 in tbe Louisiana
state lotterj-.
In the inst two years 331 patients have
lieen cared for in the territorial insane
asylum, of which number two hailed
from Yakima county and seventeen from
Kittitas county.
On Sunday, Oct. 13th, a girl baby was
born to tbe wife of John Curtis, at Wes
ton, without the semblance .of eyes, hav
ing only a slight mark indicating the>
place where the eye ought to be.
The taxable valuation of property in
this state for 1880 is $125,058,879, an in
crease of over forty millions since 1888.
There was a decrease of valuations in
three counties, vis: Cowlitz, Garfield and
Skamania.
The famous Brooklyn Tabernacle, of
which the Rev. T. DeWitt Talmage is
pastor, was, for the second time in Its
history, destroyed by fire on the 13th of
this month. The loss was $150,600,
which was fully covered by insurance.
The population and area of the new
states, North and South Dakota, Montana
and Washington, loots op as follows:
Population, 1,100,000: area,300,720 miles.
The state of Pennsylvania has 5,000,000
population and only 46,086 square miles.
Typhoid is very prevalent all over the
coast at present. The city health officer
of Tacoma reports 135 cases for September
and the Seattle Preu says there are a
hundred cases there at present and a
thousand will not cover the record for the
year.
The indictments against Supreme Judge
elect T. L. Stiles, of Tacoma, which were
found in the Tucson, Arisons, courts, for
alleged embessletnent of money while he
was the assignee of Hudson A Co., have
been dismissed. The prosecution wanted
more time, which the court refused to
accede.
The terms of seperation in the famous
C. P. Ferry divorce suit are said to have
been agreed upon. Both Mr. and Mrs.
Ferry are in Tacoma. Mr. Ferry will not
contest the application and "incompati
bility of temper” will bo the severest alle
gation made. Mrs. Ferry is to receive
$60,000 of the community property.
The youngest judge in the new state
was elected on the same day that he cele
brated hia twenty-seventh birthday. His
name is J. B. Winn. He was elected
superior judge of the district embracing
Snohomish, Skagit and Whatcom coun
ties. His majority was only twenty-four,
but at that low majority be ran ahead of
the rest of bis ticket fully 1600 votes.
An interesting discovery has been made
near the deposits of koolin recently dis
covered thirty-five miles north of Spokane
Falls. At a depth of twenty-two feet an
cient pottery of good quality was found,
showing that these deposits were known
to a bygone race. Fire-brick made from
this clay was subjected to a test of 1800
and 4000 degrees in the assay office, one
brick breaking at the former and another
withstanding the latter degrees of heat.
Chapter 17 of the laws of 1885-6 of
Washington territory provides a penalty
of SIOO for failure of any guardian or any
person having the custody of any children
between the ages of 8 and 18 years to send
the same to school lees than three months
each year. Allowance is made where no
school is held in the district The time
loot by reason of no school being held
convenient, or for any other reason, must
be made up when a school is taught there.
Tita fir a Ckrgyua.
They tell a good story in this connection
regarding Mr. Lei ter,of Chicago. He was
out through the Black Hills prospecting,
dressed in gentlemanly garb, and with
the dignified yet gentle bearing that is
his. At a certain point the stage upset,
not an uncommon occurrence, but quite a
startling one. Mr. Leiter distinguished
himself by his utter silence under the try
ing circumstances and by the gallantry
with which he assisted the ladies of the
party. After all had been straightened
up again a red-shirted miner, who bad
been watching the Chicago capitalist,
said to him: “Stranger, will you take a
drink?” at the same time producing an
old flask.
“Thank you,” was the courteous reply,
“I don’t drink.”
The miner subsided for a moment, and
then taking out a villianous-looking cigar
“Well, pard, will you have a
‘‘l appreciate your kindness, sir,” said
Mr. Letter, "but I rarely use tobacco and
do not care to smoke at present.”
The miner looked surprised. Presently
they oil slighted end partook of dinner in
a rode frontier eating-house at $1 e meal.
When Mr. Letter came to settle, the clerk
astonished him by saying, “The bill is
paid; that party over yonder fixed H.”
Our townsman looked screes at the cov
ered porch, and there sat his friend the
miner, tilted beck in his chair, complac
ently smoking his big cigar. He stepped
up to him with the words: ‘‘My friend,
I understand that yon have paid my bill.
Now, I am very much obliged to you, but
1 have a little money of my own, and am,
perhaps, much better able to settle the
bill than you are yourself, and I insist
upon paying it.”
“No you don’t, pardner,” broke out be
of the red shirt, “don’t have much re
ligion out this way, but I want you to
understand that when a gospel sharp
come along we know how to treat him
white!” And the Chicago ex-dry goods
man had to submit to being taken for a
preacher.—Block Hills Corr. Chicago In
ter Ocean.
uconi niiD m toe.
■•w His Mittiie VMia Mood loMantk
Ksagha Ceuty is lento.
Dr. J. S. M. Smart, coroner of King
county, tells a new story on Charles K.
l-aughton, lieutenant governor-elect of
Washington, and his ability as a fiddler.
The doctor was surgeon of the Virginia A
Truckeo railroad at tbe time that Mr.
Laughton, wbo was then auditor of tbe
road, was elected lieutenant governor of
Nevada.
“Yes,” said Dr. Smart, yesterday, to
a I\M-Intelligencer reporter, “Charley
I-anghton and I were chums in 1882, when
be was elected lieutenant governor of
Nevada. An incident of that campaign,
which was a decidedly warm one, I shall
never forget. The state waa democratic,
but tbe republican party made strenuous
efiorts to carry the election. W. W.
Bishop, a Eureka lawyer; John P. Jones,
a Mr. Halleck and George Tufley, all
prominent men then, stumped the state
in the party’s behalf.
“About two weeks before the election a
big meeting was advertised to be held at
Genoa, the county seat of Douglass
county, and a democratic stronghold.
The day for tbe meeting arrived and the
speakers, including Bishop, Halleck and
Tufley, started for Genoa, fifteen miles
from Carson, at 8 o’clock in tbe morning,
wanted to go also, bnt waa de
tained in town until tbe afternoon. He
then determined to hire a team and go
out, bnt to his dismay he was unable to
get one at any livery stable in town. Aa
a last resort he appealed to me. I had a
fine span of horses and a good baggy,
and I readily consented to hitch up and
drive him oat. We hastily prepared for
the trip, but it was nearly 5 o’clock in
the evening before we left town.
“We made Genoa about 7 o'clock, and
after taking dinner started over to the
ball. We found Bishop haranguing the
crowd in a maudlin sort of a way. He
had been in town all day and had par
taken freely of liquor. By and by he
made some statements that didn’t suit a
German democrat in the house, and the
fellow jumped up and howled “Liar!”
Ttiis naturally angered Bishop and he be
gan a tirade of abuse against the German
democrats of Nevada, commencing by
comparing them to ignorant negroes.
Now, that whole valley was inhabited by
Germans, and they made three-fourths of
his audience. Fifteen minutes after he
began his abuse he didn’t have an audi
ence of a dozen. I saw the whole thing
was a failure, and, fearing that our time
had been thrown away, 1 began to study
up some scheme to redeem ourselves.
I knew Laughton could charm any crowd
in America with his violin, and the idea
of giving a free concert struck me; but 1
was afraid I could not find a fiddle in the
whole town. The county treasurer, how
ever, bad one and 1 succeeded in borrow
ing it. Then Laughton and I went down
to Livingstone’s saloon, the largest drink
ing place in the town. Laughton got up
on a barrel, and before he had played his
first tune he had 200 spell-bound miners
about him. He played "Buwanee River”
and several other* popular airs, and soon
nearly every resident of the town, includ
ing the women and children were in the
vicinity of that saloon. Ovid Morin
never held the attention of a more de
lighted audience than did Charley Laugh
ton. To vary matters we all took a drink,
and then a few more, and then Laughton
played a jig, and the crowd all danced.
Livingstone closed qp his saloon and the
whole crowd got out and took in all of the
other saloons. Laughton played more on
the old Addle, and every man in that
crowd was soon a Laughton man—first,
last and in the middle.
"It was 3 o’clock in the morning before
we bad made the circuit of every saloon
in the town, and then we bad to go back
and take another drink with Livingstone.
We Anally got away, bat not until almost
every voter in town had personally
pledged himself to vote for Charley
Laughton, and they all kept tneir word,
for Charley carried the county by a hand
some majority, and waa elected. He was
the only republican on either the stale or
eeuaty ticket that got a majority in Doug
loascounty. I firm ly believe that he made
hia election by his ability as a fiddler, but
then he presided over the Nevada senate
in a manner that was an improvement
over that of his predecessors and an ex
ample 4c Me snacemon.”
Number 39.
TIHLY POLITICAL GOSSIP.
The Legislator* Likely to Sit Fin or
Six loitls.
*«»T Tklng* tor the Mra* t• Da~
IfMkenklr •» the Haaoe..
FHtral ifpalKnMati.
Seattle Prett: The length of the .next
soMion of the legislature is one of the sub
jects that is being discussed with much
interest by the newly elected members.
The constitution places no limit on the
first session. I asked Judge Turner how
long be thought it would last. “Why, it
will take five or six months to bring our
laws in conformity with the constitution.”
be said, and he went on to explain that
the work laid out in the constitution tor
the legislature is enormous. There is the
land question, which occupied two weeks
of the constitutional convention, and
which will take a month at least; there
is the commissioner of public lands, whose
duties and salary must be fixed; there is
the classification and assigning of duties
to the new county clerks, and rating their
salaries; there is the registration law, the
railroad commission, and so on through a
long list, commencing with the preamble
and closing with the schedule Undoubt
edly someone will try to pass an amend
ment or amendments to the constitution.
Fortunately all special legislation Is for
bidden. or there is no saying where the
labors of the law-makers would land
them.
The legislature meets on November 6th,
and the following Tuesday, the 12th, the
balloting for United States senators com*
mences. The two booses ballot separ
ately at first, then they ballot together,
and the two candidates getting absolute
majorities will be declared elected. Un
doubtedly the republican candidates will
be selected in caucus. This seems to be
the view taken by everybody to whom I
have talked.
There seems to be a wide division of
opinion as to bow long the new senators
will bold office. The United States senate
is divided into three parts, one of which
goes out of office every two years. Usu
ally when new states are adir aedthe
senators draw lots or are specifically
elected for a long and short term. But
the present cirsumstances, the admission
of lour states at one time, are without
parallel in the history of the country.
The eight new senators will have to be
divided among the three classes or parts
mentioned and their terms will conse
quently range from eighteen months to
six years. No one can tell the terms of
Washington's senators, consequently,
and it is both probable and possible that
the newly elected state senators will have
another opportunity in 1891 to cast their
ballots again for a United States senator,
to succeed one of those they are to elect
next month.
The speakership of the boose is another
interesting question now being discussed.
By general consent it would seem that
Tacoma deserves the honor, if she wants
it. If not, Kittitas. Jefferson, Clarke or
Whitman might undoubtedly find accept
able candidates. There will be a large
number of committees for the speaker to
appoint, and it will be a task that no one
should envy Mb.
The senate nri—Hisss will undoubtedly
be sppoinled as they are to the national
The president, 4 learn from high Wash
ington authority, is ready to issue his
proclamation as soon as the certified re
turns from the recent election are received
by him. It is hoped that this can be
done by the 25th mat. He is already ac
quainted with the provisions of the new
constitutions and will approve them.
Had they contained any peculiar clause,
like woman suffrage, it is probable they
would have been rejected; so, at least,
said one of our senatorial visitors of last
summer.
Very shortly after the proclamation Is
issued the new federal judges will be ap
pointed. These will be personal appoint
ments of Mr. Harrison. The United
Mates marshal will also be selected, with
the United States district attorney, for
each new state very shortly afterward;
The senators will be consulted on these
appointments, and their endorsements
will be necessary to win the prises.
IwMt tf tto Msfaa Wm t Saatt
“Last week I purchased some water
melons from a country man and sent
them home. After I had eaten all the
melons but one, and having an appetite
that demand more, I placed this one on
the table and cut it. Imagine, if you can
my surprise when I found that there was
no heart to the melon, but it had a
smooth opening on each side. By plac
ing the two halves together I could see
that the space was made by something
round. I began to look around to try to
discover what could have made ’he place,
when right under my nose on the table
lay a small snake. Of what species was
it? I don’t know. It was of a light
green color, about sixteen inches long,
and had a horned head. I never saw or
heard of one like it before.”
“How can you account for it getting
into the melon T” was asked.
“Can’t do it The rind of the melon
was perfect, and it could not have crawl
ed through it. The nearest 1 can guess
at is this: It roust have been a very
small snake when the melon was in
bloom, and when It developed into a
■mall melon the snake wenttato it
Athens Chronicle.