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ANACORTES, w. T, SATURDAY, OCTOBER 81.

I That fellows darned fool, heard
all around me, but | replied to this
by saying that last week, in Macon, l
had given away $500, and that l was
ready to do it again.
THE crowd was perfectly crazy to
see what came next. 1t was watch
chains. The chains | was to sell at
any price from 81 80 to anything
above that one wanted to give, tell
ing them the while that the more
they paid the better it would be for
them / limited that the watches
would come next, and this let them
off like a lot of madmen. The trick
now was to sell as many chains as
possible at - So had devil of a
lot of chains, and so l sent them out
right and left. The dollars came
rushing blindly at me, and l raked
them in like chat. Then l got out
of chains.
Previously | had prepared two big
red silk handkerchiefs. exactly alike,
and as soon as the chains We're all
sold / took the money, and, in the
presence of the crowd, tied it all up
together, and after making a speech,
proposed to throw the bundle in
the crowd for the best man to
take. While talking L purposely
dropped the bundle into my little
box by my side, in which 1 had the
other handkerchief. In this was ten
dollars in silver and some paper to
make it stand out and look like the
one l had dropped. All this had been
arranged beforehand, of course. With
whoop, l swung the bag around my
head after stopping to pick it up
where 1 first dropped it, and up it
went into the air. Great heavens
you should have seen the mob! L
never saw anything like it. They
fought like tigers over the handker-
chief, while l took occasion to leave
the spot. | had also arranged to
bring the thing to a climax about the
time the Albany train left, so | was
driven at once to the depot. was
just $3.50 ahead. But got very weak
in the knees while waiting at the
depot. | was little too soon, and
about dozen young men run up,
raising the very mischief of noise,
which L thought was for me, and it
proved TO be true. They saw me and
came around me laughing and knock
ing each other like crazy men. L
didn't know what on earth was the
matter, until they told me it was the
best joke that had ever been played
on Brunswick, and, although they
had been victimizcd, they wanted to
assure me it was all right.
II had sold the chains to nearly
all the best men in Brunswick, some
of them paying me as high as IS for
them. l was satisfied to leave, and
had my revenge. You may put it
down for fact that any average
American crowd can be humbugged
the same way every day in the year"
Il Chicago Herald.
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NO. 81.

ing room in the country, and al
though $4,000 have been expended
in decorating it, the work is not near
finished.
DECORATIONS OF THE DININGHALL.
This room is in Mr.. Tilden's former
residence and has for years been
noted as beautiful apartment-so
beautiful i'll fact, that the owner
would not consent to any changes in
the dado or the French walnut, birds
eye maple and ebony base of the hall.
The top of the room is covered by a
gorgeous canopy of light blue and
gold, and the magnificent center piece
consists of solid carving in bold re-
lief in sandal wood. The idea of ami
mate life in the decorations has been
followed as consistently in this cen
ter piece as it is on the exterior Of
the building, and the sandal wood is
covered with the same charming pic
lures of birds and masses of waving
boughs Above the foliage is back
ing of gold leaf. The semi circles
over the mirrors which line the walls
are similarly decorated. The other
parts of the ceiling are covered with
a delicate diaper work made up of
narrow strips of carved and gold
backed sandal-wood, crossing each
other diagonally and forming light
blue porcelain tiles. No money has
been spared in identifying this
apartment, and no form of plant or
bird life seems to be considered too
intricate for truthful representation.
One of the most striking features
about this art work is the endless va
riety of the subjects, no two forms of
plant or animal life being represent.
ed in any part of the room
The hall ceiling is gorgeously fres.
coed, and its polished granite and
pinkstone walls are beautifed by ar
tistic designs. The elevator is of
carved rose and sandal wood, and the
art work on it is said to have cost
$4,000. The artistic decorations in
the upper part of the mansion are
not so far advanced as those in the
rooms below, but they promise to be
fully as perfect when, in the spring
of 1888, they are ready for occu-
pancy.
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AMERICAN FABLES.

One day giraffe met an ass on
the banks of river and called out:
''Ssy, my friend, why can't you
keep that internal bray of yours still
for half an hour at time. / no
sooner fall into doze than off goes
your 'gee-haw gee-haw ? until my
nerves are all unstrung."
At that moment monkey came
swinging down from the top of
tree, and reHlarked:
MIR. Giraffe, wish you would
keep your nose at home. 1t isn't very
pleasant TO have you come poking it
into the tree tops just as the family
are settling down for the night. And
why do you go trooping through the
forest like beast who is afraid the
constable may attach his neck for
debts ?"
"And 1 desire to remark" began
the parrot as he settled down ON q
limb near by, "that If / was a monkey
I'd have some respect for other peo-
pies rights. You do nothing but
chatter and chuckle all day long, and
there is a growing suspicion in these
woods that you had rather dine on
parrot than on berries"
"And what are you talking about |"
demanded the hare as he crept
through the grass "As for chatter,
I'd like to hear some one equal You,
and your squawks and squeals are
enough to drive hare crazy. You
are of so little account that even
hungry huntsman wont waste powder
to kill You y
IL wish the whole crowd of you
would clear out p exclaimed the
wolf, as he came forward and licked
his chops with self-satisfaction. "Fact
is, an honest, Industrious wolf can
scarcely keep his head above water,
| when compelledto exist among YOU"
"And i would like to add" OBJ
served the alligator as he crawled to
the bank, "tbat if any of you are
meaner than the member from Ar
kansas who has just sat down I'll
present him with medal p
"And it was only yesterday that
this alligator devonred one of my
kids p shouted the goat as he came
down the the path.
Sand You have often torn down my
houses for the mere fun OF the thingw
charged the ant as she came out Of
her abode.
| MORAL:
"Ladies and gentlemen" remarked
the rhinoceros, as he hove in sight,
'.let this convince you that we all
have our faults, and that we are ex-
pected to bear with each others.
| While the ass may bray, the parrot
chatter, the wolf howl and the alliga-
tor rake in the pot, they allow the
rest of us to so our ways and do as
we like. He who begins to find
fault with the ass will not stop I'M
til has he discovered that the whole
world is wrong. Let MS now shut
up and look for breakfast"
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POPULATION OF THE EARTH, The
population of the earth has long been
fascinating study for statisticians
Benin and Wagner, who have just
published an amended edition of a
former work in Germany. They give
the total as 1,433, SS7, 500 which is
about 22,000,000 less than their esti-
innate Of two years ago. They have
concluded that China has 50,000,0OO
less than they formerly supposed
There has thus been an actual in
crease of about 3S,000,000 in the pop
ulation of the. globe an increase
however, which must be spread over
ten years, as many of the recent cen
suses are decennial. For Europe the
present population is rated at 327,
743,400 showing an increase OF about
100000 over the previous figures
by the operation Of the censuses. In
Asia, making allowance for the re ad
iustment of the population of China,
there has been an increase OF 20,00O,-
600. the present population being set
down at 1851 900. OF course, the
estimates must sometimes be little
more than guesses. for example, for
such places as Africa. For this con
tinent Rr. Rohlfs maintains that an
estimate of 100,000,000 is quite
enough, while Benin and Wagner re
tain the old figure of 200,000,OOO with
considerable hesitation.
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OLD PIANOS.

The New York Herald is too bad.
II is cruel. 1t speaks more in sorrow
than in anger, it is true, but its sever
ity is none the less pungent. In an
swer to London journals innocent
question" WI hat becomes OF the old
pianos?" 1t sarcastically replies that
to all appearances, the superannuated
and dilapidated "grands" and "cab-
inets" and cottages which We're
once the ornament of the Old World,
are now the torture of the New. 1t
says, that if any European tourist
will stroll through the streets of an
American village on summers even
ing, when all the windows are open,
he will hear satisfactory reply to
his impudent question, although
whether it will be satisfactory de
ponds on the enduring power of the
ear" Now, this is saucy to say the
least of it. 1t reflects upon some fair
performer as well as upon some much
abused instrument Furthermore,
the cynical journal says that one pia
no past service is as difficult to find
as "a dead mule. or a Civil Service
Reformer." This is coarse, but an
adjacent sentence is no improvement
on it: 8 1t is impossible to find an old
piano so bad that some dealer will
not buy it, and then get purchaser
who will put the old thing in his par
lor, instead of his woodward. 1t is
on such ancient Instruments that
thousands of the young women in
America practice until they scarcely
know harmony from discord, and
until their neighbors thank heaven
that pianos are not to furnish music
for the celestial future" The Herald
thinks that State like New York,
which pays a bounty of thirty dollars
to every person who destroys u full
grown wolf, should be willing to pay
at least as much as anyone who will
demolish an old piano.
1t appears from what the London
journal says, that all the old pianos
of Europe are bought up by specula
tors and shipped to this country.
Almost every ship that makes her
number at an American port" it says,
brings with her fresh contingent
of old pianos" What becomes of
them? They certainly are not sold
in important commercial cities, where
new Steinways, Chickering's and An
tisells compete for sales. The Lon
don paper answers the question cor
rectly, perhaps, when i says that
"there are pianos in all the hotels
and most of the boarding houses and
river steamers" There are "piano-
thumpers as well as piano-players,
and for them cheap old importations
of discordant castaways serve pur-
pose to which an instrument in del
icate tune should not be subjected
Let the pianos come to make night
hideous. It is entertainment to some
and night made hideous can survive
the infection.
4. 80 u .--.- = n
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The Jeanne dare corsage, open
ON one side and laced with silk cords,
and corsets laced under the arm, al
luded to early in the summer, will he
much worn with full. evening dress
this and the coming season. These
corsages are cut square, heart shape,
or in V point in the neck, and ac-
companied by a guimpe and sleeves
of white lace, or chemise Russo OF
white muslin, broidered in the varied
colors Of the dress.
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yirginia's grape crop is seriously
affected by dry rot,
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Any Description
PROMPTLY ATTENDED TO.

BY arrangements with reliable land attorne'
in Olympia and Washington, ID. G., my custo-
mers can have their land business attended to
the same as if personally present at either place
Parties wishing to purchase or locate Lana
Scrip. would do well to consult me.
eTy-All latest Land Laws, Rules and DECISIONS
kept on file. Land Warrants bought and sold
Conveyancing, taxes paid purchases and sales
made. Collections made and proceeds prompt:
lv ramitted II tf
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A YOUNG Austin lawyer was appoint
ed to defend negro who was too
poor to hire counsel Of his own.
After the jury was in the box the
young lawyer challenged several
jurymen who his client said had a
prejudice against him. Are there
any more jnrymen who have preju-
dice against your whispered the
young lawyer. "No, boss; de jury
am all right, but now / wants you
to challenge de Jedge. / has beer
convicted under him seberal times
already, and maybe he is beginnin
to hab prejudice agin mo-"
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1t is quite the fashion to have two
different animals represented in the
ear rings. This is the case in a pair
that accompany a pin shaped like q
wicker basket out of which cat and
a dog are snarling at each other from
the opposite sides across the handle.
The heads of the animals are a mass
of small brilliants, but they no wise
mar the features. The dogs eyes are
little rubies and the cats are emeralds
while tiny pink conques form the,
tongues. One ear ring is cats
head and the other a dogs.
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ing-room in the country, and al
though $4,000 have been expended
in decorating it, the work is not near
finished.
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The honest tradesman knows how
to make q customer happy. All that
is necessary is to charge him ~ per
cent, more than the market price,
and whisper in his ear, shut I'll let
you have it for 10 per cent. of"
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WHEN the war closed a party in
Georgia owned 100000 Confederate
bonds that have been lying in the
safe for seventeen years. and regard
cd as worthless. The other day he
took them to Atlanta and sold the
pile for $3.50 in currency.
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The man who was hemmed in by
q crowd has been troubled with q
stitch in his side ever since.
A farmer at Valdosta, Ga, has
made two crops Of corn on the same
piece Of land this year,
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.sKoBELoFR And IGsATrEFF.

Those Wke believe General Ignatieff's as
surances that the Russian Government re.
grets the recent belligerent utterances of
General Skobeloff. are probably few in
number. The successor of Gortschakoff
has long enjoyed the reputation of beipg
the most intrepid liar in Europe, and in
the present case there are good grounds fer
believing that he himself arranged the de-
tails which Skobeloff carried out. OF
course Ignatief was prepared to disown
his employee if it became necessary or ad-
visable. This. however, is very old
Russian trick. 1t has been played so fire..
quently in connection with Central Asian
neyed. When the Russian Government
wants to extend It's frontier toward India
it permits some General to disobey his or.
ders, and proceed to punish some convent
emily aggressive petty Oriental ruler or
ohieftain. This leads him far in advance
of the boundaries previously agreed to.
Presently England calls attention TO this.
Then the st. Petersburg Government sud.
denly discovers what is going on, displays
much honest indignation. and recalls the
disobedient General That, however, is
always the end of the matter. There is
never any retrogyade movement The ter.
ritory taken is permanently occupied, and
after judieious interval the disobedient
commander is promoted. No doubt it VIII
be worth while to observe what follows in
regard to Skobelof. who is supposed for
the momen. to be in semi. disgrace, but
who is nevertheless the most popular man
In Russ;a
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PERsIsTINo N TRR Wrong.

Tne House of Commons appears deter
mined to continue in the wrong, as regards
the Bradlaugh case. It has no authority
for it's action in refusing to allow the men,
Der for Northampton to take the oath.
But it has refused to retire from that un.
tenable position, though Mr.. Gladstone Of
fered somewhat feeble protest against its
intolerance and lawlessness. 1t is clear
enough that this will end in the abolition
of the oath, or in some modification which
will open the door to Bradlaugh, for it is
certain that the House cannot undertake
to exclude legally elected member who
declares his willingness to 60 through all
the ceremonies, and who, moreover, az
firms that the oath will be binding upon
his conscience. The House of Commons
is very powerful, but it cannot maintain its
present attitude, for the reason that it is
in the wrong. The alternative is no doubt
sufficiently disagreeable. but it must be
encountered sooner OF later, and the sooner
the better.
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roasrgR,s TuLEkMoRg SPEECH.

The speech made by the Irish Secretary,
Forster, at Tullamore. appears to have pro-
duced great deal of sensation. 1t was
by no means in the nature of confession
of error, but was much more in the ma
ture of an Indictment He talked quite
plainly to his audience. condemning the
outrages in the strongest terms, and sayir &
that he had undertaken his late explorations
because be feared that the stories brought
to him were exaggerated. He had, however,
seen for himself that they were true
that terrible and wanton and cruel out.
RACES were being constantly committed
and he said that while the English people
earnestly desired to do justice to Ireland,
while they admitted that great wrongs had
been done to her in the past. they were
now embarrassed AID thrown into state of
uncertainty by these manifestations of fe.
rooity AID cruelty. Bsing questioned about
the suspects, Mr.. Forster said that they
would be liberated when the outrsres
ceased, when the people of Ireland showed
themselves willing to submit their giev-
ances to the lawfully constituted tribunals,
when there was an end OF assassination and
musilation and crimes of that kind Alto
gether the Secretary seems to have sur
prised his audience by his holiness, aud to
have made them reflect by the straight
forward practically oil his remarks, and it is
thought that his speech will create wide
spread feeling when it is published in all
the Irish iOurnale. No doubt it it comes
TO be understood that nothing can be gained
politically by keeping up the outrages,
they will cease. for this has been the case
repeatedly on previous occasions,
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ate examination, and that the question of
its practicability has been thoroughly in
ouired into. The committee refer on this
point to the overwhelming affirmative tes-
timonY of the most eminent living eng.
neers and naval architects, and especially
to the evidence of Sir Edward Reed, late
Chief Constructor Of the British Navy, who
appeared before the committee. They fur
Their point out that while the practicability
of the undertaking must be regarded as
conclusiyely established, the United States
would be completely protected in any case
by the provisions of the bill. since it stip-
ulates that the Government guarantee
shall not attach until the project has
been fully tested and its practicability has
been shown. In discussing the route ques.
ton the committee say that every consid-
Grafton points to the great superiority of
the Tehuantepec route, which is the one
adopted by Captain Eads. If a vessel
leaves the Mississippi bound for California,
they point out, and crosses the isthmus at
Tehuantepec, her voyage will be $50 miles
shorter than if she crossed at Nicaragua,
and |, $50 miles shorter than if she crossed
at Panama, The advantages of the Te-
huantepec route are also very great in
connection with the question of favorable
winds for approaching the isthmus on both
sides. They consider that the transit at
Tehuantepec is naturally the American
route, and they express the opinion that
Captain Eads has solved an important ma
tioral problem in this enterprise. 1t re-
mains to be seen how the Senate will deal
with the report, but it is evident that the
committee has become thoroughly con-
WINGED not only of the practicability, but
also of the ACCESSIBILITY of the proposed
undertaking. OF course Captain Eads has
most powerful opposition to encounter.
The prosecution of such enterprises is too
often painful and a thankless task Men
must be strong fbered who set themselves
to such achievements, and they must be
prepared for every sort of misrepresenta-
ton and resistance that ingenuity can
devise. If in the end they succeed they
are fortunate, and even then it is seldom
that those who have borne the heat and
burden of the day enjoy the rewards at
Iast
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CAPTAIN EADS AND THB SENATE
COMMITTEE.

The Senate Committee on Commerce has
reported Captain Ea6s' ship-railway bill to
the Senate favorably, with the recon-
mendation that it pass. The repors of the
committee shows that the whole enter
prise has received careful and disposition
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GARD OF THANKS.

YENHE BOARD OF OFFICERS AND MEMBERS
of the Congregation B'nai Israel desire to re-
turn thanks to the ladies and gentlemen who assist
ed at the entertainment for its benefit givsn at
Turner Hall, Monday evening, March 6th and by
their kindness in appearing contributed largely to-
wards its success: To Mrs. Tracy Gattmann, Mrs.
John F. Cooper, Mrs. A. E. Bruno, Miss Jennie
Woods. Miss Amelia BOIL, Miss Lizzie Griffin, and
little May Mcdonald also to Mr.. Frank Palmer,
Mr. Albert Hart Mr.. John F. Cooper. Mr.. Fritz,
Messrs. Kidder and O'Meara, and Mr.. L. S. Grant !;
also to Mr. Hod Eldred, of the State House, for
courtesies extended and to all the audience who
kindly favored US with their presence.
L. ELKUS, President.
L. j. LITHAuER, Secretary. mS-lt
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Moscow. March 7th.-Tbere are serious
signs OF a movement among the Poles.
More Nihiiisfs Arrested.
ODESSA, March 7th.-Important arrests OF
Nihiiists have been made here lately. A Sc.
cret press has been discovered.
Death of an Earl.
LONDON, March 7th.-The Earl of Wilton
is dead.
Annexation of Luxembourg.
LONDON, March 7th.-The st. James Ga,
sette says strange report comes from Brus.
seis, that convention exists between Ger
many and Francs, agreeing to the annexation
by the latter Of Luxembourg in certain
eventuali.ies.
Prussian legation at the Vatican.
BERLIN, March 7th-The Prussian Cham.
Der of Deputies to-day voted the sum re-
quired for the establishment of Prussiau
Legation at the Vatican The Liberals op-
posed the measure.
Capture OF an Aiiesed Murderer.
BRUSSELS, March 7th. Leon Peizer,
charged with the murder of Bernais, of Ant
werp, and supposed TO have fed to San Fran
cisco, has been arrested at Cologne He ad-
heres to the statement that the shooting was
accidental.
The STERN ut the City OF Mexico.
CITY OF MEXICo March 7th-Disastrous
effects of Sunday nights storms are reported
from all parts of the city. The principal
market is total wreck. The corrugated
iron roofing gave way. pulling down all the
stone supports. Two Indians were killed.
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DOMESTIC AFFAIRS.


Two Women Murdered-The supreme
Court Judseship-Prinfers on strike
In ct. Louis-Proceedingsf In Congress-
Chinese Aardcr IN Colorado special
Session of the Illinois gislature Called
The Great FiOsd- The Boston Bank
Faflure-Esc.
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'O-MORROW AND FRIDAY our Stores
will open and close as usual, except the
Fancy and Dry Goods Room which will not be
opened until 9 o'clock A. NJ, and will close
promptly at S o'clock p NJ. This is done to
enable our staff of Clerks to get the stock in
readiness for the business of the same and fol-
lowing day