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Seattle daily post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, W.T. [Wash.]) 1881-1888, 1883-09-12

New. Mr.. Talmage, in recent ser
mon, made point In favor Of life in
surance, and scored a certain kind Of
sslAshness In the following vigorous
language: When msn think Of their
death they are apt 70 think Of Il only In
connection with their spiritual welfare,
and mot Of the devastation In the house
hold-which will come because Of their
emigration from u. Il Ii meanly sell
fish for you TO DO 30 absorbed in the
sheavsn TO which You are going that you
forget what Ia 20 become Of your wife
and children after yen are dead. You
can 60 ont Of this world not leaving a
dollar, and yet die happy II you could
mot provide for them. You can trust
them In the hands Of the God who owns
all the harvest and the herds and the
nooks but II Jon could pay the assess
msnts ON . benefit certificate ami neg.
lectsd them. IL 10 a mean thing for you
10 70 up 10 heaven while they 90 into
the poor-house. You at death move
into mansion on river front, and they
move into two rooms on the fourth
story Of tenement. house on back
street.. When they are out at the
elbows and the knees, the thought Of
your splendid robs In heaven will no,
keep them warm. The minister may
preach splendid sermon over your re
mains, and the quartet may sing like
four angels aliRhted in the organ loft
bat your death will be a swindle. You
had the means 10 provide for the com
fort Of your household when you left Il
and Jon wickedly neglected % 10 do"
Seattle daily post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, W.T. [Wash.]) 1881-1888, 1883-09-12

An an evidence Of journalistic enter
prise and q compilation OF artistic and
literary merit, the extra edition Of the
California Spirit " TIE Times and Uaier-
mriters' Josrral. published July q, 1888,
ranks above any similar attempt JET
made upon the Pacific coast. IL con-
tains il6 pages Of matter. profusely IL.
Illustrated with portraits, maps and en-
cravings. including among the latter
copies Of the several Knights Templas
trophies, views Of the most prominen,
aud elegant public buildings aud pri-
vate residences Of San Francisco and
Sacramento, with numerous and aocur-
ats cuis Of places Of scenic interest
tAroaRhoat NE 6sats. Space prscludss
saeh sxtsnded mention ~ this publica-
ton deserves. Al IN historicsl com
pendulum and present photograph Of Gal.
ifornia, her resources and capabilities,
Il b esmpists, valuable. and worthy
Of AttinR recognition b. the people Of
The Golden Stats.
Seattle daily post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, W.T. [Wash.]) 1881-1888, 1883-09-12
sSeuoMasn NEWS.
The following comes to hand from a

The following comes to hand from a
correspondent in snohomish City:
In consequence Of the continued dry
weather the logging camps are suffering
for room ut the roll ways and some ars
obliged 70 suspend operations for a
time. One of the camps Of EiwelI d
Jackson was shut down last week. and
the crew, or part of them removed to
the other camp to engage in novel
traffic for floating the logs to tide water
a. follows: Dams are built across the
creek every quarter Of a mile or such
matter, raising the water and backing
il mp TO the next above. These dams
have sluice gate iu the middle, which
can DO removed 10 allow the passage of
the single logs, that IL one at a time.
This however is slew and tedious work.
AZ the water soon runs out of the dam
and leaves most of the logs on dry land
or in the creek where they can't float.
But you see the persevering Logger goes
on 10 the next dam above and takes out
that gate. crowds down as many logs az
possible and poles them through the
canal. and so on Il goes till mis- energy il
rewarded, and he has splendid raft
ready for the mill.
Billy Booth, our star Base Ballist, has
returned TO US from a five weeks tour
into Arizona, and his presence gives an
impetus 70 the popular game, which it IL
hoped will start the ball to rolling and
result In a grand tournament on the s.
d. p. A. grounds. The Pacitics entered
and IL the Townsend and Victoria clubs
get in, We may expect to have a good
Seattle daily post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, W.T. [Wash.]) 1881-1888, 1883-09-12

After all The talk about driving the
lask spike, which was 10 be Of gold,
driven BY President Willard. beaten 10
times, etc., the performance vas rsdi.
oaliy different frsm what vas expected.
Il was an old iron spike. driven by a
man named Davis. who probably sent
\ Aosas with all the vigor in him. Davis
and the spike, though, were connected
With ths history Of the road, and their
pssssnos and ma ON the occasion re-
fesrsd 10 was emincntly proper. He
vas the man who drove the first spike in
the rod. and the spike he then drove
vas tAs sriks driven by him on the 9Th
iaseAnk II vas modest thou9htsul
and eommendAbls not on the part OF Mr..
Willard IN psrsonally giving way in the
manner indicated, and will certainly
nos lssnen him in public sstesm.
Seattle daily post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, W.T. [Wash.]) 1881-1888, 1883-09-12

AgRrvAL OF THE WILLAMETTE-The
steamship Willamette arrived n hours
from San Francisco yesterday after
noon, bringing go tons of freight. con-
signed as follows: Toklas d Singer
man, A c Graves, A Siorah, Ballard 4
Hatfield, Boyd Il Poncin, Brewster d
Lang, B L Page d Co, c Louch. c r
Stone d Co, d Horton 4 Co, E Marvin,
T Bones, z b Hessel, Pontius, Frau
enthal Bros, Cove d Wilson. Golden
Rule Bazaar, Hall, Paulson 4 Co, II Z
Levy, J Bersch. Christ, r AcDon-
aid, J Harris, J Stratman, Sullivan,
johnson d Peterson, Kellogg d Snyder,
L Reinig, Mrs q Wilson, Moran Bros,
N Chilberg, Page 4 Green, ] Lair,
K Merchant d Co, S,etson 4 Post, Wald
d Campbell, Schwabacher Bros d Co,
Washington Iron Works, W A Smith,
Waddeil d Miles, w ID Scott d Co, w
II Wilcox, W II Fredericks, w T Hol-
den, b l. Martin, W l. Steinweg d Cs.
s Stubs, Columbis and Puget Sound
Railroad Company, Oregon Improve
ment Company, T Lyle. Besides the
above, she brought quite a lot of freight
for Tacoma, Olympia, and Port Town
send.
Seattle daily post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, W.T. [Wash.]) 1881-1888, 1883-09-12

- ,ox think the ground taken by
q WaIla waIIa contemporary respecting
n. aecspsapce by officials Territorial
ar Nasi mai. Of passes 10 the Gold SPIKE
celebration is senable, nor the oblecssoi's
rs;ssd 70 the rsceipt thereof well found
cd. The point 10 made that the averaae
sxpsnss per capita Of Mr.. WIZARD :
quests in going 70 and from the pasoe OF
junction viii be sloO. and that there
fors sach Official guest 10 Compromise
in fhus accepting the courtesy OF .
ersss and poverfal corporation ms
nansr Il an svovsd and open oppooen'
Of giving frss ps.s 70 ofbeiais- II has
offered vhss in its Judgment are good
and sufssisus reasons against the prae-
tics- f3ut ve fail 70 Sc hov the 40
eeutspes By public of1oefs Of an invita-
tim "a visv and Assist at the completion
Of . ersas pabaie work can touch the
proposition The obligation, as ve view
Il. ID sltoesxher on the part of the NAE
acerpeut, and 10 not relieved even by tne
furnishing Of free transportation and
expsusss. Mr.. Willard. representing q
peuiy complessd line Of railroad across
tha continent, desired that iis compile
ton b appropriately csisorated- To
thss end be sought the presence OF cis-
tioouisbsd guests from private and
oa3ciai sources both At home and
abroad. Their attendance was matter
OF great importance 70 himself and his
company, not With regard 10 their pos
sib,s or probabis official action. bot as a
matter of present and prospective ad-
vertising of the road. It's character, the
nature Of the country traversed, and
the probable future increase in its busi-
nees BY development Of the country
which II In 70 serve. The occasion OF
the lest spiks csrer,onial was opportupe
for these purposes. AZ We said, the in
yitation carried with it no sense OF OBJ
LEGATION on the part Of the recipient. nor
Vas il 30 intended. Il was for par
ticuIar trip, at . special time. 10 dssig-
mated place, 70 attend a public csre-
mony alike th0sGh opposite 70 the lay
ing Of oornsr- stone. But tho scceps-
snoe Of pass-s general pa@-prosid-
ING st the wish OF option Of its owner
frsa transportation 70 tbs dones IN any
direction, at I'll times and on purely
private bushes, II 20 distinct and diff
fsreut from, the circumstance Of this
noted celsbsaiion, that Ne can see no
shadow u : parallel. The pass In one
case 10 givsn AZ q favor or present 10
the recipient; In the other 1t 10 presented
a. Q means Of obtaining at . given
place At given time tbs attendance Of
large number Of representative men,
Who have conferred favor on the rail-
road and It's management by 30 attend
ing, instead Of beine themselves placed
under especial obligation. such, at
least, In our view of the matter.
Seattle daily post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, W.T. [Wash.]) 1881-1888, 1883-09-12

SxsT1Ix, Sepf IL 1Ss3
Cocncll met porszznf 20 adjournment
Present Hrs 6oror. the Acting Mayor
Councilman L. II. 4 ssin- and Co1ncil
men Thomas Clancy, Otto Rsnke. 3. +,
Day. Geo. W. Harris. Charles MeDonalc
and r. W. wasfsof
FE1rrIoSs KncEvKD.
From Henrietta n. Halieg es al, fol
the cornraetion Of the grading Of Jane.
street Referred 10 street Committee
From George Smith, for using foot o.
Columbia sfrtet fog fish stand Re
ferred 70 Street ComnaIfsee-
ooM,TrxIcaTIomx EHcxvnD-
From S1rvryog, recommending The
conversion Of booIders into mAcadan.
Referred TO Street Committee
KzPokr kDcUvKD.
Prom Street Committee. On the pe<i
ton Of c. X Jenner Ct al for gradins
Washington street from Ninth q
Twelfth, recommending the cornpletioE
Of the grading Of Washington sfres'
from Ninth 10 Twelfth. ADOPTED.
Applications for Licenses we're made
BY Davidson d Hibbard, James Redd:e
KirschbsEg d Lsnesst and I. B. Timony
Grznte1-
ooHsxrKRkTToS on okDzxAScEs.
The ordinances Submitted by the Sc
attic S<rees Railroad Company, fog q
street railroad franchise, vas referrec
10 City Attorney.
The ordinance Submitted by j. B
Metcalf q al, for street railroad fran
chise, was referred 70 City Attorney
Street railroad ordinances we're made
the special order of basiness for Tues
day evening next
EDS ExCuvKD-
Battery street erade-wn. Harkins-
Ear;hvork, Ale; cribbi.g, s.; sidewalks
SIS; bsx drains, $zi /; grabbing and clear
ing, etc, t25.
South Fourth strees-Frahrn a. Simp
sou Earth work, 45c; cribbine, s. %
sidewalks, $l7zs: box drains. IS. r
Quigley-E srihvork, 451<c: cribbine
$40; sidewalks, $l7j0; box drains, IS
Jackson street, Twelfth 10 Market
q. N. Alexander - Earthvork, i95<c;
cribblng. q 60; sidewalks, $l9.25; boz
drains, SIS: grubbing and clearing. S100;
bridges, $3.25.
The Council proceeded to examine the
assessment roll for Madison street,
which was laid over until next meeting;
The Council proceeded toexamine the
assessment roll for Fourth street, which
was adopted.
The Council prcceeded to examine
the assessment roll for Pine street,
which was Adopted.
Ordered, that the contractors and
bondsmen for Fourth street grade be
notified 20 proceed 70 complete the con-
tract onvaid street.
Ordered, that the Clerk be instructed
10 notify By publication property owners
interested IN Madison street grade to
make complaint at meeting on Tuesday
next.
Adjourned until next Tuesday evening
Seattle daily post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, W.T. [Wash.]) 1881-1888, 1883-09-12

Gaffney, who is in prison at Norris
town, awaiting trial on the charge of
fatally assaulting an inmate Of the hos
pital for the insane, has brought libel
suit against the publisher of an Illus
trated weekly in that city. He claims
that there is libel in the way the assault
was illustrated in the paper.
Seattle daily post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, W.T. [Wash.]) 1881-1888, 1883-09-12

Agsnerai feeling Of satisfaction il in
dalesd throughout the Tertiary NJ the
punishnasnt given by Mr.. Besssrsr. edi-
Tor Of the walla walla Wafehssss, %
Kisssf. the fellow Who vent after Bss-
sssse VII murder II his hsart, but vho
hArsly ssoapsd with hts own life. The
villain deserved nothing les than kill
ine, but thai killing was unnecessary 10
pat N easctaal quietus upon him. Hss.
ssrsr and hisfrisnds An properly thank
ful.
Seattle daily post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, W.T. [Wash.]) 1881-1888, 1883-09-12

The NEW PosTMAsTERs.- Following are
Postmasters recently commissioned in
Oregon and Washington Territory:
Charles Clifford, Alpha. w. r.; David A.
Virgins, Sparta, Or; Joseph N. Bro
bant, San Juan, w. T.
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Teams Wanted .

THIRTY-FIvE Ms. WIT H
! drivers. to work on scrapers on the
Cedar river extension. Inquire 81 Thus.
F1NNACAN, Superintendent at the front
or ]. W. GALLAHER, at the Arlington
Hotel eel LIT
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WANTED.

DY A MARRIED WOMAN, WASH
ID ing to do at home, or will go out to
work by the day. Address ~" this
once. sci st
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A BASEMENT ON FRONT STREET.
"A Mehlhorn's block Inquire of
CLAUS & HARMS.
aulS II Wholesale Liquor Dealers.
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For. Rent.

THREE HARD FINISHED GOT
tages, with five rooms esch and all
modern Improvements. On old railroad.
four blocks south of Lake Union. Apply
to JOHN r. CURTIS,
sci G. On the premises
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PKEsoSAI--we we're favored las. svs

PRRsoSAL--we we're favored las. eve
ming With = pleasant call from DR.. J. H.
Baxter, Chief Medical Purveyor U.S.A.,
and W. scott Smith, representing the
Nev York Casasesr.ai Advertiser in
Wass ineton, d. c. These gentlemen
came over 70 Yellowsious Park With
"Uncle" Rufus Hatch. and have ksps a
fsv days in advance Of the Willard PAR
" While en- route westward. They came
10 seattle Yesterday Pm, and left Iass
night for vietnriA. intending to retul q
bare Thsrsday. Bokh gentlemen ex-
preS thrmsefvss surprised % the evil
dsneee Of snbstactial prosperity which
they ind here, for which after seeing %
many hastily built and mushroom
tovns 70 the eastward, they were unpre
pared They viii probably remain here
70 wines The coming collaboration.
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RACES PosrPosxp.- Owing to the fail.
are Of the seattle Driving Park Associ-
alton 10 advertise their races, an
nounced 10 take place this week, the At
tendance yesterday Vas very small,
- much % that the society failed 20
pay expenses. and II was agreed that
the races announced for "wednesday
and fhursday shouid b consolidated.
and all take place on Sondsy next, At
which tiu1e the base ball game for a
purss OF 600 viii also be played be-
tween the Snohosuish team and 4 Seat
tle nine. Arrangements have been
made with the railroad compsny to run
special excursion trains AZ regular in
tervals ON SUNDAY, 40 as TO afford ali
Who wish an opportunity 10 witness the
races and base ball game. Tickets for
the round trip. including entrance 10
the grounds, viii b issued ~ one dol
lar each. The purses announced win be
hung fer each race. No pains will be
spared 10 make the dag pass pleasantly.
4 number Of fast horses have been en-
tered. and a. the track 10 in fine eoudi-
ttou. and the dust settled by the rsosnt
rains. sosne good time may b expecsed.
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AsorHra SrraxEs.-Oape.in W.

ASorHxa SrEAMER--Capeain w. X
Merwin. who recently sold his steamer
toths Washington Steamboat Company
has concluded 10 bnild another and sill
larger and faster boat for the Puget
Sound trade She viii be bailt at Sc
attic, and her Dimensions will be l3S
feet keel and - feet beam. Her engines
will have lAinch cylinders of 5 foe,
stroke, and she will be expected TO run
10 miles per hour. Louis Paqaet, who
built the Merwin, will do the wood.
work, and the machinery vill either be
built Ct one Of our local shops or at the
Willamette Iron Works. lu size and
appearance this boat will be much like
the Washington. and CapeAin Merviu
expects bar 10 b much better
speeder than the w. X. Msrwin.
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A Gaowrxo rcvx.-Mr.F. w. Mitch
ell writes m from Spakanc. that In pro-
oess Of construction there are fourteen
brick buildings. besides = large number
Of frame; that both mills ara running 10
their full capacity; that the bridge over
tAs river, ahoot c'.mplsted, Is fne
seruoeure and thai the town has an Air
q activity and hustle very captivating.
NJ Aitchell il nov a Medical IAke,-
Wsi1a Wsiia ysarsal.
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urniture for Sale

NY PERSON DESTROYS or Or
tanning possession Of two pleasa ntly
sstnsfed rooms In the business part Of
70 IN, lightly furn shed for housek eepine.
can hear o. An opportunity By sending
theis address - Post O1ace box No. II. -
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Several h.ndssd pApsrs await per.
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FxxIs 0aAEscA-Asasd fsou r. n.
Hcskinscu. Of Eagle Harbor, to shiu
journal, says: lhs bless~d rsinfall( can,
b. eas usrot = D.vsnly Father in thu
paee forty -ea&ee 0ours) amOnats 20 ona
- 9 qa.rssr fnsAss. Lss 10 all praise
God fse tn esuss."
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oy.tsrs asrved IN every ssyls At Fashss
Wo0dnxd.s. ~
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NEW ADVERTISEMENTS.
FOUND D.

I'm COMMERCIAL STREET, A
" watch and chain. The owner can
have the same by proving property and
paying for this notice. Apply to
n. h. MARTIN,
sell Ct At Railway Depot.
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WANTED.

GOOD MAN TO RUN THE PLANER
VI in the L. w. NJ. Co.'S mill on Lake
Washington. A stead, job all winter tn
LIVE NAN: no other need apply; good
wages. G. c. PHINNEY & Co,
ee4 II At the Mill.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1883-12-07
General News.

Gambetta's son is about to enter shortly on
military curriculum in England. He has
received the greater part Of his private edu-
cation in that country.
Mary Churchill ran away from st. Louis
because her parents required her to practice
at the pianaforte two hours q day, and nov
that she has returned and begun to play
eighteen hours day, rumor says that her
parents are missing.
The Paris Municipal Council has taken .
step which will lift heavy burden from the
shoulders of the poor rent-payers Of that city.
1t has just abolished the house tax on small
apartments renting for 800 or less, and has
decided to make up the deficit by increasing
the tax on all apartments renting for more
than 800 year. This measure Is . sweep-
ing one and is received with general satisfac-
tion.
In one of the Lofoden Islands, of the
coast of Norway, is a deep and tideless lake
of considerable extent, connected from the
ocean by short and .hallow ditch. The i'm
portant discovery has lately been made that
this lake, though it contains so little salt that
the water is not unpleasant to the taste, II
stock ith herrinQs. which not only thrive
but breed there. They are so numerous that
thirty tons of them were netted in few days
this season. The story is that they multiply
faster and flourish better than in the sea, for
the reason that the lake contains none Of
their natural enemies.
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The Sorrows OF Genius.

Homer was bcggar.
Terence, the dramatist. was a slave.
Plautus. the Roman comic poet, turned
a mill.
Lee, the poet died in the street.
Cervantes died OF hunger.
Spencer died in want
Dryden lived in poverty and distress.
SIR Walter Raleigh died on the scaffold
Tasso. the Italian poet, was often dis.
tressed for five shillens.
Butler lived life OF penury and died
poor.
Bacon lived life of meanness and dis.
tress.
Otway, the English dramatist. died pre-.
maturely, and through hunger.
Steele, the humorist, lived life of per-
feet warfare with bailiffs.
Paul Borghese had fourteen trades, and
yet starved with all.
Chatterton, the child of genius and
misfortune, destroyed himself at eighteen.
Bentlvoelio was refused admittance in
to hospital he had himself erected.
Savage died in prison at Bristol. where
he was confined for the debt of f40.
The death of Collins was through neg
lect. first causing mental arrangement.
Goldsmith's '.Vicar of Wakefield was
sold for trife to save him from the grip
of the law.
Fielding lies in the burying ground OF
the English factory at Lisbon, without a
stone to mark the spot.
Milton sold his copyright Of Paradise
Lost" for S75. at three payments. and
finished his lie in obscurity.
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Scientific.

DR.. c. c. Abbot of Trenton. N. j., has
DESTROYED another old belief in weather
lore. For 20 years he has kept record
of the building OF their winter houses by
the muskrats, the storing of nuts by
squirrels, and other habits of the nam.
mails which are commonly regarded as
foretelling the character of the coming
winter. His conclusion is that the habits
referred to have no connection with the
rigor or mildness OF the approaching sea-
son.
1t was reported short time ago that
piles had been driven by dynamite in some
German experiments. Later advices con-
cerning the process state that an iron plate
16 inches in diameter and 5 inches thick
is placed on the top OF the pile to be driv-
en-, and upon this plate pound and hall
charge OF dynamite is exploded by elec.
triciiy. The force OF the explosion drives
the pile into mud as far as would five
blows struck by weight Of $3.50 pounds
falling from a height of 10 ieet The sys-
tenn was originated by Herr Pradamouic,
city engineer OF Pesth.
Elephants are capable Of doing variety
of useful services. A Singapore lady has
sent London journal sketch OF ele-
phanis at work in the timber yards oil
Moulmein. Under the direction OF drivers
seated on their neeks. these beasts carry
huge planks. sometimes two or three to.
gelher, and with great care and precision
place them in stacks one over another
The old hands are even said to take a
side long view with one eye closed te
test the perpendicularity Of the stacks.