Seattle daily post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, W.T. [Wash.]) 1881-1888, 1882-11-23

10 good If you expect to receive it.
One thing certain: The navy ia use-
Ioi, after all. What would the para
graphists do without it?
Han brushes are best cleaned by
wasnlng them In saleratus or soda wa
ser' which removes all the oily coating.
When q woman exclalms, "You don't
sayg ahe means that she 10 delighted to
believe every word you tell her and more
too.
The annual Ststs eonysntiou of the
Young Mems Christian aasociatien win
next year Be held at Nswbuzg on the
Hudson.
A New Hampshire moshsr, crazy with
grief over the death Of her boy, was
found digging. open his grave, believing
that be was alive.
Prot. Gould leaves the. Newton Thso-
logical Seminary, Q Massachusetts, Bap-
1lst institution, because his views have
swerved from Calvauism.
The now fall oyercoat will soon cover
up the old summer suit, and, like q man
tie OF snow on the face Of nature. hide
all the raRRedness and rouRhness.
Five times one are five, f. Turns two's
tan, a. tums three's sifteen-" If you
went 70 hear the rest of this Just drop
In one the public schools ON the hill.
An esteemed but irreverent tempo
rary describes Wayne Mcveagh as 1.-The
barbed wire fence in politics" We never
imagined Wayne was 90 very hard to sit
down On.
What is a pessimist, papa?" asked a
bright lad. "A pessimist, my son." said
the old man, sis one who would nnd
fault with his seat in heaven if he ever
got there"
Some Of the West Pointers have dis
covered that the new colOred cadet is a
pretty good sort of fellow. He is big
and muscular and won't take any sass
from any of them.
Mexico has proved very encouraging
held for the Methodists and the Presby-
terians. Nearly one-third of the for
elgn mission membership of the Pres
byterians ID in that country.
Queen Victoria invariably transacts
her public business between breakfast
and luncheon, and hardly once in a
month does she concern herself with
public affairs at any other time.
The Wisconsin man Of 80 who has
just married woman of % is not rich,
as ID usual in such cases, but is q pau
per, while the bride has q little money.
ITS genuine love MATCH" she de-
clares.
It has been proved from records in
Bedford that Walter SCOTS fancy that
Inhn Annuovn ~vsv 80
entirely unfOunded. But John was the
first tinker and best thinker in the
family.
A woman lately looked at printing
press at work. turned TO her companion,
and in most earnest manner inquired:
" Well, Charley, an them's the things
AS writes the papers. Be's them what
they call editors?"
A stranger called at forty-eight diff
ferent houses in Cleveland and asked,
us the boss at homer" There was no
man at homo in any one instance, and
yet fOrty-seve of the women promptly
replied. Yes. sir; what do you want?'
Yes, my boy, there are fifty-three
millions and two hundred thousand
people in this country. And you are
Only one of them. Just one. Think of
that once in a while, when you get to
wondering what would happen to the
world If You should die.
Thirty-three Chicago bootblacks went
70 st. Paul, counting on nickels from
tho crowds during fair. The Chief Of
Police ordered them to quit the city, but
they were not to be bulldozed. They
hired a lawyer to fight for their right to
work wherever they pleased.
An embassy from the Queen Of NADIA
Rascar has arrived in England. This
movement on the part of the Madegasy
authorities is attributable to the action
OF tho French on the west coast of the
island, where tho latter have hauled
down the Queens flag at two stations.
The original manuscript of MAUD
Muller" O. sent to che Washington
National Era, contains q note from
Whittier, in which he says that he has
tried to make something of the pas-
t0ral conditions of New England life,
after the manner Of the German poets"
Plans for very handsome stone, early
English residence, to be built ON one of
the most prominent heights of our city,
with seventh century, Tudor and Byzan-
tium towers, battlemented. All finish,
including floors of hard wood are now
being executed BY an architect Of this
city.
While boys In the East are longing to
become bandits and Indian slayers ON
the western plains, two ten-year-0ld Ne
braska urchins, after reading some
story paper descriptions Of New York
life, bought two pistols with stolen
money. and cot out for that city to be-
come Bowery rufiaus.
Two miners announced in q Dakota
bar room that they were going to dis
solve partnership. (Which Of you is to
withdraw" was asked. Cant tell un-
I'll the fight is over" was tho reply. This
fought next day with pistols, and one
received mortal wound.
Scranton has two singing societies, of
about 800 voices each, composed almost
whelly of Welsh miners and their fami-
lies. Both the leaders are daily toilers
in the coal mines, and yet they have the
time and ability to train the singers to
take conspicuous part in forthcom-
ing musical festival in Philadelphia.
Whatever else may b lacking at Rug
BY, the colonists are well supplied with
reading matter. The Hughes Library
received 6O25 books from American
publishers whom Mr.. Hughes was here,
and several ChicaRoans, remembering
his aid in establishing the Chicago Ii
brary altar the great fire, have agreed
70 give such books - may still b
needed.
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