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Seattle daily post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, W.T. [Wash.]) 1881-1888, 1883-07-01
SECOND DAY, JULY q.

Grafton at 10 am. Immediately after
the Grafton.
No. 4-Team race mile heats best two
In three: McNaughts PAGERS not barred
owners to drive; Iree to all. Purse. 500
First team. $50; second, $50.
No. same day trotting race, free to
all. Purse. $500. First horse, $500; sec
ond. 500; third. $780,
No. 6-Same day: running race mile
and repeat; free to all. Purse. $500. First
horse, $50. second $50
Seattle daily post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, W.T. [Wash.]) 1881-1888, 1883-07-01
THIRD DAY JU,Y5,

No. 7-Trotring race; Gas class: best
three in five. Purse $500. First horse.
$500 second. $50; third. $50.
No. S-Same day running race free to
all half mile and repeat. Purse, 500.
First horse. $50: second, $50.
No. Foot race: 100 yards; IL r. m. I;
free to all. Purse. $50 The winner takes
the purse three to enter, two to start.
Seattle daily post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, W.T. [Wash.]) 1881-1888, 1883-07-01
NEW ADVERTISEMENTS
Rattle of Town Lots.

TWO HANDSOME LOTS ON LAKE
l Union will be ratified of st the New
England Hotel on Tue day night Jul Sd.
TO be had If BENZ uu phy. at the Hotel
Seattle daily post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, W.T. [Wash.]) 1881-1888, 1883-07-01
ScURRY d SNOW,

Civil Engineers and Surveyors, Seattle:
w. T. Rooms Q and 10. third floor of
Yesler-Leary building. corner OF front
and Mill streets. Je0 IT
Seattle daily post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, W.T. [Wash.]) 1881-1888, 1883-07-01
FIRST DAY. JULY 8.

No. l-Trotting; three minute class
mile and repeat Purse. 500. First
horse, sl25; second. $50; third. $25.
No. 2-Three-year- trotting race ;
mile he at and repeat. Purse. $50. First
horse. 500: second, $50. Three to enter.
two to start.
No. 3--Same day; running race single
dash of half a mile free to all. Purse,
first horse 800,
Seattle daily post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, W.T. [Wash.]) 1881-1888, 1883-07-01

THIS NEW AND ELEGANT SALOON
l. 10 now open TO the public in the rear
room, basement floor, of the Marshan
Block A cold lunch. including preserved
meats. and ali the delicaces OF the sear
son. served TO patrons-so something way
up. The best liquors, cigars and beer
kept at the bar. All are welcome. give
us call
fe4-tf ANDERSON q co
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1883-11-07
A Montana Man in yTinni peg.

From the Miles City journal.
Information reached Us yesterday from a
passenger who came in on the train. who was
eyewitness to almost a bloody struggle be-
tween Billings cattie-man and an English
lord. at the Queens hotel. Winnipeg. few
DAYS ago The cattle-man, who had just sold a
train load OF cattle i'm Chicago at high market
price, concluded that he would. in company
with his family visit the noted city across the
boundary line. Arriving at that place he put
up at the hotel, and during the evening took
his family to place of amusement. In the
meantime the tilted man from across the At
lantlc called at the office of the hotel for
quarters Every room i'll the house was Occu-
pied. bnt the clerk found room for his Eng
iish guest, or at least he thought he had, and
consequently removed several lariats q six
shooter. chaps" and vaiises belonging to the
Billings man from the room which he had en-
gagged. and the English lord retired. not dream
ing that in a few moments he would be reused
from his peaceful slunber at the point of a
Colts siX-shOOter.
Such. however. was the case. The room was
called for, and the reply from the clerk was:
Its occupied Dy an English lord"
The devil You say" was the cool answer
from the noble Montana man.
You see. says the clerk. I'VE ALWAYS in this
country make room for an En1lishman in pref
erence to any Americans, and cot in the hall
way ought to suit MOntanians, whose means are
limited.
Limited be id" was the reply; I've got
enough cash here in my weasel skin to buy all
the hotels in this town. and besides have ten
thousand head OF cattle ranging in the Judith
country Of Montana" and away he went to
bring forth the man who had taken possession
OF his room.
The panels ofthe door were broken with the
butt Of the slx-shpoter. and the cry of murder
attracted the attention OF the police aud made
general stampede among the guests of the
! hons". The herd Of guests were corraled by the
cattle kim who made an explanation of what
caused the disturbance. and the English lord
left the house muttering an oath that he never
again would intrude THO riz..atS Of any man
who hailed from Montana.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1883-11-07

Inc pyrethrum is daisy-like flower that has
much to cornmsnt it. II has delicate green TO-
mage, o. an aromatic fragrance, w!iiun soon
covers the surface of the pot. and makes a
pHaSn@ foundation for the exhibition of its
many pure white flowers. which are borne all
through the winter. For use i'm small bou-
qunts these flowers are exquisite. They are
"if IN used as substitutes for daises. and are
on tie as delicate and pretty. The plant prefers
al east window to one having more sunshine
1t likes a cool window better than q warm one
OF all shTubbrry plants suitable for parlOr Gull
tuTf daphne odorata deserves the first place.
Tor it will do we'll under eircn...-...r-s Cnich
would be death r. other plants. It's foliage is of
rich, s'LlIt:.g green. somewhat resembling
LT-s g. the laurel. Its flowers are a peariv
white borne i'm clusters and they are most de-
H-htsuiiy fragrant Though the daphne will
grow well i'm dry air. and with but little water.
ii crows much more luXuriantly ia a cool. moist
atmosphere lts leaves should be kept clean by
frequent syrnGlngs- Give it soil made up of
Garden In%!i aud rotten manure. i'll equal parts,
adding sand enough to keep it orpn and Iirht
u should have a sunny window TO GROW in II
generally CONES into bloom BY the last Of De-
celnh''r. ard will continue in bloom until March.
A sin re cluster of its beautiful flowers will fill
r""n with fragrance. 1t is q plant that one
docs not often see i'll window gardens. but it
"n4ht TO be there. not only on account of its
beauty eat because it is so easily grown.
How To KEEP FLOWERS FRESH.
The fast thought that follows those Of al
mration when flowers are receira,i is how to
preserve them as long as POSSIBLE. They should
ID" Kept in the coolest corner of the room during
the DAG ;;,dccd in water not too cold and Oc-
casionaly sprayed with water of like tempera-
fure AT night place them in fresh water
thoroughly sprinkle. and cover with tissue
paper that has been soaked in wafer Over this
Jay a newspaper. tuciting under the vase. to
Keep out air. Put in a refrigerator or cold
room In the morning the flowers will be found
fresher than the night before The India-ruhI,er
sprnklcrs used by florists are most convenient
i'll homes where flowers are watched and
waited upon,
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1883-11-07
From Popular Science Monthly.


The thinnest veil Is vestment in the sense
that it moderates the loss of heat which radia-
ton causes the naked body to experience. In
the same way clouded sky protects the earth
against too great cooling in spring nights. In
covering ourselves with multiple envelopes of
which we augment the protecting thickness ac-
cordlng to the rigOr of the seasons We retard
the radiation from the body by causingit to pass
through series of stages, or by providing re-
lays. The linen the ordinary dress and the
cloak constitute for us SO many artificial cpl
dermises. The heat that leaves the skin goes
TO warm these SuperpoSed envelopes: il
passes through them the more slowly in
proportion as they are poorer conductors reach
ing the surface. it escapes. but without making
us feel the chils which direct contact with the
atmosphere OCCASIONS for our clothes catch the
cold for us. The hairs and the feathers OF ami
mails perform the same function as toward their
SKIN, serving to remove the seat of calorific eX-
change away from the body. The protection
we owe to our clothes is made more effectual
by their always being wadded with stratum of
warm air. Each one of us thus has his own at
mosphere, which goes with him everywhere,
and is renewed without being cooled. The ami
mai also finds under its fur an additional pro-
lection in the bed of air that fills the spaces be-
tween the hairs; and it is on account of the air
they 1nclOse that porous subs tances, furs and
feathers keep warm.
Experiments to determine the degree of facli-
ty with which different substances used for
clothing allow heat to escape We're made by
Count RumfOrd. Seneber. Boekmann James
Stark and NJ. Coulter. The results were not i'm
all cases consistent with each other but they
indicate that the property is dependent on the
texture of the substance rather than on the
KIND OF material, or-as concerns non-luminous
heat-its color
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1883-11-07
Write Them a Letter Tonight.

Don't 90 10 the theater, lecture or ball,
But stay IN Your room tonight;
Deny yourself 10 the friends that call,
And a good long letter write
Write 10 the sad old folks at home,
Who sit when The day il done.
With folded hands and dowucaSt ewes,
And think OF the absent one
Don't selliShly scribble: 'sEXcuse my haste,
I've scarcely the time to Write.r
Lest their breeding thoughts 90 wandering bacl
To many q by-gOne night,
When they lost their needed sleep and rest,
And every breath was prayer
That God would leave their delicate babe
To their tender love and care.
Don't let them feel that you've no more need
or their love and counsel wise;
For the heart grows strangely sensitive
When age has dimmed the eyes.
II might be we'll to bet them believe
You never forget them quite
That You deem 1t pleasure when far away
Long letters home TO write.
Don't think that the young and giddy friends
Who make your paStime gay
Have half the anxious thoughts for You
That the Old folks have to-day.
The duty of writing do not put off,
Let sleep or pleasure wait,
Lest the letter for which they look and lonyed.
Be day or an hour too late.
For the sad Old folks III home,
With locks fast turning white,
Are longing TO hear OF the absent one
Write them a letter tonight
Cincinnati Saturday Night.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1883-11-07

There are two things that have never
understood, viz: why the French, who pass half
their day reading newspapers, and another con-
siderable portion oft in theaters, do not rise up
and periodically hang newspaper editor and
theatrical manager. The newspapers generally
contain an article upon the state of political par
ties, putting that which the particular journal
represents; city article recommending the pur-
chase of some particular security in which those
connected with the journal are Interested; about
half dozen bad jokes; the same number Of fats
divers; dozen or two extracts from
contemporaries generally beginning ''our
talented and sympathetic coLfrere writes;"
and considerable number of para
graphs which are paid for, urging all to
buy hair washes, soap and other such articles
The theaters-! am not speaking Of the acting
are perhaps a shade worse than the newspapers
They are invariably filthy and 30 i'll ventilated
than when it is warm one ia almost stifed. The
seats are narrow, too close together and gener-
ally i'll constructed. Unlsss premium be paid,
1t is difficult to get one from which the stage
can be seen. The corridors are pervaded by
hideOus old hays called onvreuses, and these
ancient harridans almost tear the clOaks off the
backs Of ladies in order to obtain tee for keep
ing them. Their idea of restoring them is to
hurf them at the owners while the last act is
proceeding. But IL petit banc nuisance is even
still worse. The hays thrust little wooden stools
under the feet Of ladies, whether they want
them or not, and then. before the play is over,
come round and demand payment for them.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1883-11-07

II was an ancient bO0k-keeper,
And he was tall and slim:
Though lis fJce was mild h. rarely smiled;
HIS clothes were dark and prn.
And every thing about Ills desk
He Kept exceeding trim.
He always hung his hat and coat
Upon the self same hooks,
And Laid lis ruler. pen and ink
In their respective hooks:
And III" only exercise he had
Was footing up his books.
Each day upon the seif-same hour
He took his lofty seat,
And bent his body and his mind
His laborS to complete;
And hlOtS were neither on his fame
Nor on his ledger sheet.
The music of his pen was heard
From morn till eventide:
Up columns vast his eyes were cast,
Then down again with PRIDE
quite pleased was he though he saw his work
increased and multiplied.
The cash that DER his fingers came
Each day was something grand,
And yet no schemes to bear il off
BY hin were ever planned;
Although you saw with half an eye
That he wrote a Sloping hand.
He had no wife, he made no friends,
Ills joys and cares We're few:
And his dearest hone from day to day
Was tn keep his balance true.
A good world this ii every man
The latter thing would do.
He never sighed when little ills
His way OF life would cross:
And Ger the errors OF his youth
He showed no vain remOrSe;
But set down all that came along
TO profit or to loss.
One day the creditor Of all
Dropped i'll Tor his amount;
He found the Old man at his post,
Though low ran natures f0unt:
The books were closed and he was borne
Up 10 his last account.
-Nalr Vol. .LnitranI al Conn m e1ce
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1883-11-07
Wednesday WRggerieS.

eyes," said the candidate for Office 81 sup
pose can't sue that paDer for saying spent
part of my life in Jail. Yon see was a warden
for six years. 1 can lick the editor thought
Boston Post.
Vermont editor in publishing one of Byron g
poems changed the words. ''Oh. godsi" to oh
gosh!' because the former was too profane for
his readers.
western paper says ''silk kerchiefs knotted
around the neck will be much worn this season"
The west is getting very nice about such mat
tiers. Not long since a rope was thought to be
good enough.-Philadelphla Cau.
II don't take much stock in proverbs" said
Brown to Jones' For instance look at the
Oft-quOted one "A friend in need is friend in
deed Now, most of my experience with friends
in need has been that they wanted to borrow
Give me the friend that is not in need. '-Son,er-
ellie Journal.
A sick friend writes to us to ascertain the
shortest road to health. There are two paths
-al!opaths and homeopathic; you take your
choice and pay your money.-Boston Courier.
81 hev allus noticed" observes aunt Abetha,
''that the boy who lets his mother bring in all the
klndlln' wood and build the kitchen fire is the
monrner that bellers loudest at her funeral g"
And then she added. thoughtfuiiy. .'Mebbe as
not IL is because he misses her the most
"NO." said Brown. ''when go to a concert
/ never appland anything that / can understand
BY applauding severely classic pieces it gives
me standing in society. You know. When I
hear the 'Suwanee river Yankee doodle and
such like vulgarities. L usually ask somebody
near il he can inform me what the thing -
Boston Transcript.
Scene. a Sunday school. Young lady cate
chising the children on the plaques of Egypt.
Y. land what became of the plaques OF
lOcusts!" A pause. Then small boy at bottom
suddenly. "Please, miss, know! John the bap-
fist ate them"
The other day grocer sold an old farmer
gallon of tar through mistake for molasses
After discovering the mistake he waited to hear
some complaint, but hearing none wrote to the
old fellow, who replied as follows: Much
obliged fur the c'reckshun, but it come too late,
as all of the stuff is done sopped up. Wife she
lowed that thar was suthin' Outen fix with the
'lasses, but lowed she must be pregedist- -
Arkansa,o Trduelr.
Gamma, what must you do, before everything
else, to have your sins forgiven" Commit the
SINS"
People who are color blind cannot distinguish
any difference between red and green To them
the woman who paints her cheeks looks green
Philadelphia Herald
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1883-11-07
A Close shave.
From the Nara CCal } Register.

From the NaPa (Call Register
As Miss Annie Derry, daughter OF Thomas
Derry. esq, OF Napa City who is now teaching
the public school OF Soscol district. was walking
to her boarding place after the close of the
school Tuesday evening, on the railroad track,
indulgng in pleasant reverie she noticed the
Susun train rounding the curve about half q
mile distant. Satisfied that il was too far away
to bring danger to her. she lesurely continued
her course upon the track Watching its coming
toward her without anxiety. she did not notice
her steps when, accidentally. she stumbled and
fell violently to the ground. On attempting to
rise the young lady discovered that one Of her
feet was fast beneath the rail She made vio-
lent efforts to release il. but all In vain What
must have been her thoughts in this situation as
she saw the distance growing less each moment
between her and the rapidly approaching train,
can only be imagined. while she continued her
frantic efforts to get free. She waved her hands
and shook her handkerchief in distress. but her
signals We're unseen. ASH by inspiration from
heaven, almost at the last moment a thought
came like a flash of lightning that her foot might
be eXtriCated by unbuttoning her shoe which
was an old one. pretty loose upon her foot The
thought was acted upon with nervous energy,
the foot pulled from beneath the rail- and she
rolled from the track not a moment too soon TO
escape horrible death
1t would not be strange considering the
mental strain the young lady had suffered, il
she lay for some time in halffainring condition;
for even after her friends had come to her as
slstance for two hours she remained In a speech-
less condition. suffering from the nervous pros
trati0n subsequent upon the agoniZing position
in which she had been placed. with death rapidly
approaching, from which there seemed no escape
With the most deyOut gratitude she blessed the
KIND Heaven that inspired her with forttude and
presence of mind To unbutton the shoe and thus
secure release from her perilous position. The
shock to the nervous system was great that
Miss Derry has not fully recovered at the present
time. Some seven or eight OF her scholars saw
the accident from the court yard. and. although
almost paralyzed with an agonizng fear for the
life of their beloved teacher, they rushed TO the
track with blanched faces to find that she had
suffered no physical injury. The engineer of
the train which was running at high rate Of
speed. seems to have been unsconscious of the
manner in which he had jeopardized a human
life by his careless watch alongthe road.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1883-11-07
PETROLEUM CHEWING GUM.
New Industry that Is Eating Into
the CUM Trade.

"Did you know that nearly three-quarters of
the chewing gum that tires the Jaws of the ris-
ing generation in the United States is now made
from petroleum. sail manufacturing confec-
TONER to New York Sun reporter the other
day
Inc reporter did not know it,
ION. yes" said the conIectioner petroleum
nrst knocked he spots off of the whale oil bust
ness OF New England, and now it is c!tr:.:.g into
It's sr-;;ius' a.1 tamarack s.n, Industry at fear
iul rate. Here's lump of petroleum we have
just received" The coufcctioner slapped his
hand on large oblong block that resembled a
piece Of marble. a few days ago" said he.
that came out of the ground in PENNSYLVANIA
dirty. green.sf-brown fluid. with smell that
could knock an OK down. The oil retners took
il and put it through lot of chemical processes
that don't know anything about, and after
taxing out large percentage of kerosene a
good share of naphtha, considerable benZine a
cart load or so OF tar and a number Of other
things with names longer than the alphabet lett
us this mass OF nice clean wax There isn't any
taste to it. and no more smell than there is to a
china plate.
I'VE will take this lump. cut it up. and melt
IT IN boilers. This piece will weigh 21G pounds
We add 80 pounds of cheap sugar to it and flavor
II with vanilla UtntIrgreen. peppermint. or any
pleasant essential oil. Then we turn it out on
marble table and cut it into all sorts OF shapes
with dies. After it is wrapped in Oil tissue paper
and packed in boxes it is ready for the market.
You can imagine that somebody's chewing gum
III this country when tell YOU that a lump like
TINS one will make 10000 penny cakes. and we
use one up every week. There are dozens of
manufacturers using almost as much of the wax
as we do.
Il believe this petroleum chewing gum. if
honestly made is perfectly harmless, and that
is more than can be said of some of the gums
made from the juices of trees, especially the i'm
ported article
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1883-11-07
TWO GUINEAS AND FOUR MEN.
A Scene Of UAuSual Interest ON the
Greyhound Of the Ocean.
From the New York World.

From the New York World.
Four gentlemen were seated at table in the
smoking room Of the steamer Alaska, Of the
Guion line, on her recent remarkable trip across.
Ihe sea was running heavy. and the smoking
| room steward found it delicate matter to place
| glass and a bottle before each of the tour gen
tlemen and to nncork the complimentary ginger
ale otherwise than on his head. The converse
ton turned on :'e extraordinary speed the
steamer Vas making, and led to a bet. In ''cov-
ering" the wager of a sovereign upon a trivial
matter one of the four gentlemen took from bis
purse guinea OF the reign Of William aud Mary.
There are only two of them in existence. y
ne said proudly. land this piece is worth hun
dred times its face value. Had / the other the
collection of two would be simply invaluable 10
numismatists''
He laid it on the table as he spoke and In a
moment after the coin had disappeared. No
body saw it fall or glide off the table. Nobody
saw anybody else take it. Its owner searched
high and low: his three companions and the
steward helped him. No other persons were in
the compartment, and yet the coin could not be
found.
These four men had been strangers TO each
other when the voyage began. They had been
4, five days out and were rapidly nearing port
The owner of the valuable coin was inconsola-
bic. suspicious and profane by turns.
IN tell you what is the best thing to do"
Sa1O one OF the party. The com Is not on the
floor: it cannot have rolled through the ceiling
Somebody here must have it. Let all OF us be
searChed!'
All agreed but one gentleman who had hith-
erto said nothing. He postively refused to suf-
fer such an ndignity. When il was suggested
to him that where all others agreed no single
person ought to object he simply declined. made
his bow, took his drink alone and left for his
stateroOm.
The good ship Alaska plowed on to her sixth
day. and just after her completing ii Fire island
was sighted. The gentleman who had refused
to be searched had been put in coventry: the
three Others who had sat at the table with him
unanimously suspected him.
But just as the pilot came aboard the Alaska
the gentleman who had lost the guinea found it
sticking in the sole of his boot, where il had
been wedged ever since he had first displayed it.
He was OverjOyed ut his discovery and anxious
to make amends for bis unjust suspicious.
But, said he to the gentleman who had re-
fused to be searched, why on earth did you not
agree as we all did TO such simple test? That
would have settled the matter instantly"
mo it wouldn't" answered the other.
'Why nOt?'
Because (producing his purse) there is the
only other coin OF the kind in the wOrld-same
date. same color. worn the same! That is the
reason refused to be searched. for nothing on
earth would have made you believe this was not
your own coin had you not been SO lucky as to
recover it."
As the Alaska steamed into port social glass
removed all traces of unpleasantness.