Seattle daily post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, W.T. [Wash.]) 1881-1888, 1882-07-29
nAlLY Observation-Disclosures,
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letter awaits &C. B." at this Office.
BALES. the auctioneer, will sell two
GOOD ponies this afternoon. 1t
The Seattle boys have responded 70
the Newcastle challenge. see accept
ance elsewhere.
Twenty persons attended the dancing
school on thursday night and enroneo
themselves among the pupils OF MI
Kelley.
Il is said that Mr.. Dunsmuir OF the
WELLINGTON Coal Company has bouRh.
the property of the Vancouver Coai
COMPANY, which includes what arc
known as the NanaimO mines.
Workmen are now engaged In tearing
avay sheds and getting ready to move
the buildings of the Leary lot on Front
and Mill street. 1t is expected that De
fore the middle of next week large
force of men will be atwerk excavatlng
for the basement of the new building 70
be erected.
Sc. Nicholas for August is at hand.
TIA contents are for the period OF year
very appropriate. being devoted primer
naIiy 10 travel, taking in Norway, Egypt,
Turkey. Siam, Portugal, Lake George,
and ipcludino stories from Northern
MYTHS. a visit TO the home Of Sir Walter
Scott. a balloon story, DC. 1t Ii
charming number and will please the
youth of the land nightly.
When the steamer Rip Van Wrinkle
AGAIN goes into service she will look
very differently from what she did when
laid mn for repairs. Her boilers Will be
rrhuiIt. her engines Overhauled apd
fxed mn. and her old cabins replaced by
newer. handsomer and more commodi-
Gus ones. The Rip has been IN service
for five wears and needs considerable
work on her, She will probably be iald
nm a month or more, but she Is power
full little tug, and very useful on these
waters.
Some time ago, in a short editorial
naraoraph. we intended to say that the
exports OF Washington Territory sal
mon in 1882 would reach 1OO'OOO cases.
The typesetter, however, changed cases
10 cans. and it went cans III the paper.
We would not mention 1t now, but that
item has been extensively copied, anc
in every case the blunder has been cop
led too. There il a material difference
between.a case and can OF salmon, rs
n case contains AZ cans, and 2OOUU cases
are equivalent 10 9, 6OO. 900 cans. and that
estimate, dividing the product OF the
Columbia river evenly with Oregon, II
within the truth at least million or Two
cans.
The midsummer holiday Century Will
be unusually interesting in this latitude
from Lake Superior to the racine
(lcsau. by reason Of the first of Il. V.
Smalley's series Of articles on "The New
Northwest.'' In addition thereto II a
vast quantity OF other matter OF fasrina-
tino character. including the personal
history of Garibaldi, American yacht
inc, with description of the new Ben
nett steamer, as big as the Dakota, al.
aboriginal pilgrimage, and host OF
other articles, poems and stories. In
tho department of light reading per
hans nothing will be looked for 80
eagerly as Mrs. Burnett's Through one
Administration" The illustrations In
the Century are not excelled III any
other publication in the country.
In tho North American Reciem for
August, the Rev. Henry Ward Beecher
writes OF Progress in Religious
Thought" pointing out the many IN
fluences, social, educational and sclen-
tifc, which are by degrees transforming
the whole structure of dogmatic belief
and teachings. +. V. Powderly. the
official head of the Knights Of Labor,
the strongest union of wOrkingmen IN
the United States, contributes temper
ate article on 'The Organization OF La
bor." The we'll known British military
correspondent, Archibald Forbes, writes
OF "rhe United States Army" dwelling
more particularly Oh those features Of
our army management which appear to
him to be most worthy of imitation by
the military governments Of Europe.
"Woman's Work and Woman's Wages"
by Charles w. Elliott, is forcible state
ment Of the most urgent problems OF
our time. The author sees no advan-
tage TO be derived from the employment
Of women in mans work, whether OF
brain or of hand; such employment, he
insists. only reduces mans wages, and
does not really add to the total resources
Of the whole class of workers. La a
highly interesting essay on "The Ethics
of Gambling" q. b. rockingham an
alyzes the passion for play with rare
ingenuity. 1.-The Remuneration Of Pub
lilo Servants" by Frank ID. Y. Carpen-
ter, gives matter for serious considera-
ton, both to the civil service reformers
and their opponents. Finally, there is
paper on "Artesian Wells upon the
Great Plains." by DR.. G. A. White, of
the Smithsonian Institution. The Re
vieW Is sold by booksellers generally.
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