Seattle daily post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, W.T. [Wash.]) 1881-1888, 1883-04-20

nents and inventions are made use Of
10 far A. money 1t their disposal viii
allow. Surf and life boats, life cars,
rats. preseeysrs, and belts, patrol Ian
terms, signals, working lines, blocks and
tackles, sand anchors, vrecking eqoip-
menss and implements, mortars and
powder, taking boxes, shot lines, life
line carrying projectiles, rockets, guns,
and other appurtenanoes- With these,
in the hands OF brave men, much has
been accomplished, and IL y . shame
that peu1rious provision Is made for
such q noble work Why II h, no one
knows; evsu after asking the Trainer OF
the river and harbor bill. Storm signals
no more raised. Surf and life boats
looked up With no one 20 mas then
What viii come Of It!
rm Axx1IcAx yIszKHI
Interests are 70 b rsprsssuted Ut the
greet London ESposition, opening Nay
Ist, nsxt- The American exhibit, occu-
pyina l2,000 fest Of space, will b super
intended BY Professor q. Brown 0oode.
Captain J. ". Collins is 20 Be in charge
Of hshipa vessels, boats and apparatus
Of commsrcaai nshsriss, and Rsuben
Wood Of ANGLING apparatus. Mr.. X. Z.
Esrll will be In charge Of the dsh eol-
turs, including artificial Matching, etc.
Mr.. A. Howard Clark looks afssr the
interests Of the products Of fisheries.
Captain H. c. Chester the packing and
installation aud Mr.. w. v. Coy is the
Disturbing of1cer. The latter four left
New York by tbs American line for Lon
don the hrxt Of this week.
Six hundred pounds IL offered a.
q prizs at the London Exposition for
tho BEST lifeboat. aud no doubt several
will be sens from the United States.
There may b o0e from q company in
Washington, and one 10 under construc-
ton on the COAT At Gloucester, Mass,
by the firm Of Higgins d Gibburd.
Hx-PRysTpKST DIAz.
With his father in-law, mother -in-law,
sister. in Law he must DO good man }
wife and son, have paid COR country and
capital social visit. "Purely social, "
he says. He in an especial railroad man
in Mexico and keeps his weather eye
and ear agog for that line Of business.
He II fine and manly looking, but his
pretty. young. second wife, speaks best
| Euglish and Ii charming. They are de-
lighted with everything In tho United
States.
JOHN M'CULLOU0H
Appears at the National Theatsr this
week In his intmisabls impersonations.
He selected tout Of compliment % the
memory Of John Howard Payne AZ a
play writer) Tuesday night for the trag.
ody Of "bruius," one Of Paync's BEST
works. Washington turns 0us on snasse
| 70 pay their respects to their favorite
actor, and al the press call him "Our
Mccullough" 10 do the people warmly
respond.
CHRISTINE NILSSON
Comes to ~ Ia concert company this
week also. The same great swedish
charmed the world with song. Hhe ap
pears In her native ballads, "Homs
Sweet Home" and ''Swanee RIVER
bat Mr.. Abbey promises TINT she shall
be In Washington Ia Italian opera, with
Schslchi and other unpronounceable
nsnes next winter. Al we have fully
ak months time and Congressional
library for refersnce. the names will be
mastered BY that time for tho benefit VI
the Posr- INTRLLLoExoKR.
Y
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Legislation therefor missed again
F&ucco o NOV snc'r needs. They have
nov oso,U'o DOCKS ana pamphlets, ~,
nave ocsn adoeo tue past year, sho wang
ne fapid increase: Ons hundred and
sniry snoosand volumes are packed IKE
hay in a loft, and the small shelving il
nlc9 WIN oouoie rows, mak@ng tho u.
Saarians Work tedious and tiresome
Eleven thousand one hundred and sixty
are purchased reference works, l2,2S1
are copyriRht dcPosits. N,0i5 presented
cy Dr. ionlf, 61!l wer0 gifts OF Other
donors, zHu are from exchanges by the
library and through She Smithsonian
institute. lnc improper storage FOL
want " room and the exclusive rules t.
applicants. .. well ~ the hours Ut open.
inR aud closing, preclude all ordinary
working GLASSES from its benefits. The
laboring man or woman has not the
Rnost OF cnance 70 whst the brain In
on hours ON Uncle SANS intellectual
gandstone. There has been great cry