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Seattle daily post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, W.T. [Wash.]) 1881-1888, 1883-12-16

An Italian writer on the dreadful
catastrophe which occurred 90 recent
~ on the island Of Ischia, mentions
those representations OF IN earth
quake which are derived from ami
mails. They were observed in every
place where the shocks were such as
TO be generally percertible. Some
minutes before they were fell the OK.
EN- and the cows began 10 below, the
sheep and the goats blested. aud
rushing 10 confusion one on the other.
tried to break down the wickerwork
OF the folds The dogs howled, the
geese and the fowls were alarmed
aud made much noise; the horses
which were fastened IN their stalls
were greatly agitaied. leapcd up and
down and tried to break the halters
with which they were attached to the
managers; those on the road stopped
suddenly aud snorted In very
strange way. The cats were very
much frightened and tried 10 con-
cesl themselves. or their hair bristled
up wildly. Rabbits and moles were
seen to leave their holes; birds rose
IS II scared from the places on which
they had alighted; and fish left the
bottom Of the sea and approached
the shores, where at SOMA places
great numbers were taken. Even
ants and reptiles abandoned. in clear
daylight, tteir subferrancan holes ia
great disorder. many hours before
the shocks we're felt. The dogs. few
minutes before the first shock took
place, nwoke their sleeping masters
by barking aad pulling them. as i
:hcy wished To warn their masters oil
the impending danger, and many
persons were thus enabled to save
themselves.
Seattle daily post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, W.T. [Wash.]) 1881-1888, 1883-12-16

Theee 80 . man IN oar town.
And - vas voodrooo viz,
Fog VAen he marked his prices down
He then did advertise.
And when he sAv his trade increase.
| With all his might and main,
He marked still lower every piece
And advertised again.
And when be advertised again,
His rivals loudly svors
To see folks rush With might and main
To patrUnize his store.
And while they sat in solitude,
And saw him custom vim,
That man behind the counter stood
And raked the shekels in.
And when he raked the shekels in.
And saw his fnrtone rising,
He took Goodly lot of tin
And kept on advertising.
Each day a generous sum he'd sink,
And demonstrate full plain
The more be paid for printers ink
The greater Is his gain.
And ~ he raked his shekels in
And to the bank went smiling,
The banker asked, whence come the
sinT'
"Ha, hA.' he said, "by advertising. !"
Seattle daily post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, W.T. [Wash.]) 1881-1888, 1883-12-16
BARGAINS.

TIME BEST EVER OFFERED IN
i Zeal est Ate in seattle can be had at the
Office of u. G. Phinney r Co. Intending
purchasers will please call at all the other
real estate OIL es first. ascertain their SOW
est prices. then come to Us. and we will
sell property ad dining as good. II not bet
ter. ten per cent. below the lowest prices
obtained his - hn unsurpassed offer.
and We are In position to stand by what
We say. as we own Five Hundred and Fiji
ty-four lots In our own ranfc. in all parts
OF Seattle. ranging in price from so to
$,O.uO per lot We own the folio wing
blocks in Burkc's second addition: Z, &
l9, 70 IS. 46. So. Sc 10. 81 and ~, eleven full
blocks. l32 lots in nat addition. We own
four blocks en- Jackson street; those two
beautiful blocks. 10 and 20. o. the top OF
the hill, BIS feet abOva the lake AMI level
as floor, fronp which the most magnifl-
cent view Of both the lake and the bay can
be had. There are few places in the world
from which such bodies Of salt and fresh
water can be seen. The rich man can bur
block and pay for 1t. The workingman
can pay part and have his own time for
balance; and we will give the poor man q
lot and let him pay Tor it. II he ever gets
able.
When we had plenty of money we were
always ready to help a poo devil. and
have given our last dollar to him we
thought in greater need than ourselves
now we haven't great deal of money.
but any Gods quantity Of property, and
we are ready t. give hume to the poor
and such bargains to the rich as has never
been offered N Seattle before. Come one
and ali! Lots Of envious itiiots will say
this IL only q Phinncy blow" but the
proof Of the pudding IS in eating II. Come
and see for yourselves.
Now 10 the time to buy real estate, be
fore the spring raise and rush. Look al
the daily records. You will see the long
headed, far-sighted business man quietly
gathering II in.
This offer ceases when we have solo
enough to Put US out of debt.
ONCE hours O. m. TO II m. every day
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the VALUE OF SLEEP.

enc cuOuSu Steep III tue lore part
Of the night. if possible. Midnight
oil is great humbug and health
destroyer. Sleep! 1t is natures
time to carry on the process of assim.
ilatiOn-tO manufacture food into
blood and blood into healthful tissue.
The time for repOse is the time for
the repair Uf waste. A man is taller
in the morning than he is at nightfall;
his brain is clearer, his step more
elastic, his nerves steadier, his mus
cles more energetic. Give children
plenty of sleep. Put them to bed
early. Shut out the glare of gas and
resist the appeals to "sit up" to 60
to night parties, night concerts, night
Sunday school exhibitions, night
meetings. Send them to bed betimes
and give them sound sleep, sound
nerves. sound constitutions. Night
air is bad. Malarias are abroad and
there is no kindly sun to dispel the
noxiOus vapors and war upon the
deadly venoms. Sleep in the upper
stories, in the largest room in the
house, in the best ventilated. Let a
child have its sleep out in the morn.
ing. Never wake it till it wakes Of
its own accord. Some young men
and women have to get up at six to 90
to employments. 1t will not do for
such to sit up till eleven or twelve the
night before. Sleep till the eyes open
Of their own accord. 1t is hard for
boy or girl to be called to dress and
60 about business when the tired,
sleepy and unrested eyes feel as if
they were "full Of sticks"
Different persons require different
amounts of sleep. Some want six
hours, some seven, some nine. Gen.
Grant wants nine. and said at the
siege Of Vicksburg he could get but
seven. and that it almost killed him.
John Wesley found that he could do
with six. and fixed his hours of resi-
between ten and four; and by exam
pie, il not by preccpt, put the whole
Methodist preaching fraternity into
the same memorable straight jacket
John Wesley became thus tie author
OF a fearful waste of life and energy
He killed off whole generations Of
preachers, who undertook TO sleeI
six hours because thus exceptions
bundle of animated iron wires cOult
do with six. rhe strong requir,
much sleep. the weak and feeble re
quire more.
Sleep should be graded by'period.
Of life, and. perhaps. by tempera
inents; but no one mans experience
is guide for any other. The aver
age has been given AS follows: The
infant sleeps twenty hocrs aud wake
four; the old man wskes twenty ant
sleeps four; in the the middle lif'
seven to nine hours sleep aie requi
site to keep up the balance between
waste and supply. Nervous person
lind 1t difficult to sleep. Such shoult
nurse the hours of rest with grea
care; avoid tea. coffee and stimulant
before retiring; avoid hard, exciting
studies OF an evening; avoid excite
ment OF all kinds and court quiet
music, genial conversation and sooth
ing employments or meditations, ant
above all. go TO sleep when the frs
fit of drOwsiness comes on. Rouset
out OF that one may lie awake 70
hours, and roll and toss and not b
able to entice sleep again to the uu
easy pillow.
Seattle daily post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, W.T. [Wash.]) 1881-1888, 1883-12-16

TKansas civ So I

Kansas City star.
| The story of the fiFst steam whist,
lon the Missouri river is amusing. IL
introduction dates back to 1874. A,
thae time the settlers on the Missouri
river were in the habit Of MAKING
regular yearly visits to st. Louis to
do their trading for themselves and
their friends. They were not pro.
vided with daily intercourse with the
outside world. and many who lived
back from the river seldom, if ever,
saw steamboat more than once q
year. II happened that during the
] fall of 1874 the new steamboat Lex.
ington started up the Missouri river.
loaded down TO the guards with
freight.
The steamboat vas provided with
Q steam whistle-the first used on the
Missouri river-and As it happened
no one knew about it except Warner,
Who was q wag and lover of joke.
The night after leaving st. Louis the
passengers were collected together
playing cards flor fun In the cabin,
when the talk turned upon steamboat
explosions, then very common.
L feel perfectly safe on this boat"
said Warner, as be dealt the cards.
Why 81 said Yocum, the planter.
Why ?" echoed the rest OF the
company"
II will tell you Why" said the wsg,
carefully studying his cards. This
boat is provided with q new patent
safety valve, which notifies passen-
gers on board when it Is about to blow
up. 1t is concern which makes q
most unearthly noise, aud when you
hear it, It is time to get back aft or
jump overheard"
Notwithstanding the tact that War.
ner told his story with the most sol.
emn and earnest countenance, some
were skeptical. Not SO with Yocum.
the planter. Next morning. when
the Lexington was steaming up the
long. straight stretch of the river Just
below Washington, Mo-. the passen-
gers were al breakfast. The meal had
been called, and all were busily en- |
gagged in doing justice to the kind of |
meals they were accustomed to serve |
on steamboats, in those days. Sud. |
denly the whistle commenced to blow |
for the first time on the trip. The |
looked at each other q
moment, and horror and dismay |
spread over thei: faces. The first |
man to realize the situation and act |
was Y@um, the planter, who. with
hair erect md blanched face, Jumped |
up, crying as he pulled over one after
another OF the passengers:
Run, run for your lives. the id
thing is going to bust. Come with
me. and let's save ourselves"
Of course there was a stampede for
the rear Of the boat, and it was only
by the exertions of some of the crew
that the more excited were restrained
from jumping into the river.
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18th the hot midsummer suu
~ men had marched all day;
a. soV beside dpplinR stream
Upon the grass they 10y.
..s.o AZ camee and idle jests,
n sweps the hours along.
-, called TO one who unused apart,
Gone, friend. give % song"
a., cannot please" he said;
aThe only songs know
!. those my mother used TO sing
Toe me long years ago..
sa;no one of those" a rough voice cried
s7bsrs's none bot true men here
=. every mothers son OF a
mofher's songs are dear"
r..n sveetly rose the singers voice
Amid unwonted calm,
.am a soldier Of the Cross,
4 sollover Of the LambI
sa,d shall I fear to own His cause"
~. rerv stream was stilled,
a. hearts that never throbbed with
u;.h lander thoughts were flied.
r,a.d the song, the singer said,
"A 70 his feet be rose,
.Thsnks to you all, my friends, good
night;
God grant us sweet repose."
..s;,. ma one more" the captain begged.
ia soldier bent bis head,
rtar sisncina round, With smiling lips,
sYooll join With me-" he said.
.w.,ll sing the Old familiar air.
G.sst as The buRle call,
An hsil the power OF Jesus name,
1t angels PROSTATE fall"
A., -ondrous vas the old tunes spell
A. on the singer sang
Nan after man fell into line,
And loud the voices rang.
m. ~ros are done, the camp 10 still,
Naneht but the stream IL heard;
But sh ! the depths Of every sool
b. those old hymns are stirred.
And M from many = bearded lip.
Ia whispers soft and low.
Riees the prayer the mother taught
The boy long years ago.
Chicago Inter Ocean.
Seattle daily post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, W.T. [Wash.]) 1881-1888, 1883-12-16
THE LICK HOUSE.
SAN RRANcaxcO. CAL.

THIS SPACIOUS AND WELL AR
i ranged hotel. occupying nearly q
block on Montgomery and suffer streets,
affords the travelling public nrst-class ac-
commodations At reasonable rates. II
has. ~ all coAcede. the har dsomcst dining
room in the world, . real work Of Art,
beautifully embellishesf. and irs panels
adorned with California seen. & the work
OF California srtistA There A'e upwards
OF two hundred and fifty suits and rooms
In the house. capaciouA well lighted and
ventilsted. supplied with baths and Ill the
mede4a improvements II II kept On the
Eur p ,an plan. embracing all the reQui-
sites which hotel should possess, - well
- the Qniet and comfoD Of Q home. No
pocial noticc ID called % the Lick House
restaur mt which u carried In tie din
ing room u the hotel the finest and must
coayenient restaurant In al its appoint
menfa, in the city. and yet Inexpensive.
Patrons may board By the monsk week,
day. or single meal served 70 Order. This
restaurant b n every way The most Do
drnh)e in Ian Franctsoo for the resost a
lndieaI 70 VIXEN evesY etteatloa win b
givsa. W.. HARRISON.
'i1s 49,. L; i nAsxV1h - 49,: -.
IN ~ II
Seattle daily post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, W.T. [Wash.]) 1881-1888, 1883-12-16

We have nnqneaeionahly the lareest
stock on Poeet sound Of elegant books,
suitable for Holiday pressnts- Volumes
from ten cen-s 70 forty dollars each,
and single sets from fro0 oua dollar 70
sixty. q. DAWES 4 Go. 7-tf.
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II you want laborers, mechanics,
cooks. steamer or vessel crews, mill OF
logging camp hands, call or address IA.
We make no charges. Washington
Territory Employment Bureau, Wash
inaton street, next 70 Police Court. p.
q. IN So. l6 I'm
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Ths 6TUDEBAKKR u ths st.ndssd
wagon Of ths void. For nls b Wald
4 Chmpball.
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.HACKMETACK,~ q lasting and fra
grant perfume. Price, . and 80 cents.
4. b. Stewart, DRUGGIST.
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Lubin's Bay vAsse. nsv preparation
for the toilet, deliehsfuily fragrant
and rslroohine, foe oale q - Temple
.: HAahien, eoEns1 ~ Seeuud md 1s-
si0a oeEooea -
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Dssa hovsn u the Temple Of Fash
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4 Bargain.

T OF II BLOCK T. BELLS FOURTH
IL addition corner lot ON Front street,
opposite the Barrel Factory will be Of.
fered for sale for few days, cheap. In
Quire at the law office OF
SMITH & OSBORN,
del POST Rui1diuD
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G. Kellogg 4 Co. have the finest as
sortment Of Christmas goods. Don't
forget 20 remember that. film
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Lubin'a Justly celebrated Bay water
for eale at the Temple Of Fashion. l6
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G. c. PHlNNBY 4 CO.,
nos Roem I. upstairs. Post Building.
FOR SALE.

COUrH HALF OF LOT3 BLOCK Is
y Maynard'A 5000.
Lots j and u. block G. Kids, with
house, 5000.
Lot l. block A.. Terry's. with house
$500.
south half LIT 4. block ~. Terry'a with
house. $100O.
Lot 5. block II. Terrys, with house
5000.
North half Of lot 4, block ~. Terry'a
with house, &22OO.
S.W. Of NV. Of section IL, townsf ip 9
n. range E., 403 acres, at outlet Of Lake
Union. 1900 pilee ON the land, 5000.
This property belongs TO o. 4. WRIGHT
residence, Kids addition, South Seattle
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Fine line of books and Xmas cards at
Brewster 4 Lang's, 1908 Front street. Go
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Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1883-08-24
AN INNKEEPEIs'S DUTIES,
Decision In a civil Right. Case.

WASHINGTON, ID. C., Aug. ia decision
was rendered by Judge Mills in the police
court yesterday in the civil rights case of
Rev. Geo II. Smith colored, Of Norwich,
Ct, against Jas. w. Bell proprietor Of res.
taurant. The ground of complaint was that
Bell denied the accommodation of his res
taurant to the plaintiff on account of the
latter's color and suit was brought to en-
force the criminal provisions Of the act of
March /, 1875. The court holds that under
the common law an lnnkeeper is bound to
take in and receive all travellers and wayiar-
ers,and that by the act of March LIST il is
made n misdem amor to discriminate
against Il traveller on account of race and
color, regardless of any previous condition of
servitude. The restaurant keeper has the
right to establish certain regulations as to the
hours for meals and to designate certain places
or seats for customers, but such hours and
seats must be the same for all, or if any
discrimination be made it must be made up
on some principle or for some reason that the
law recognizes as just and reasonable, and
not on account OF color, race or previous
condition of servitude. All guests of an inn
must be given equal privileges and places de-
signated tor them must be accessible to all
respectable persons at a uniform rate OF
charge.
Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1883-08-24
IABOIs,S VIEWS.
Statements BcfOre the Senate Investi-
eating Committee.

New York, Aug, 90. Before TIE Senate
labor investigation committee to day W. II.
Foster of Cincinnati, member of the typo
graphical union, said one great advantage in
legalizing trades unions would be that arbi-
halion might thus be made compulsory and
the number of strikes diminished, lie did
not believe that socialislic clement prevail
ed throughout the West, although many
trades union men held those views. Conrad
Carl, tailor, testified that the lailors OF
New York city number 10000, of whom a
large proportion are women. As a rule they
are harder worked and worse paid than any
laborer in the city. They are obliged to live
in the greatest poverty. A few years age
wages were SEQ and S2j week. Since
1878 they have been reduced to the rate pre-
vailing before the war. AS remedy fol
lettering the laboriug classes generally
Carl suggested the abolition of indirect taxa
ton and the imposition of an income tax.
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The NIcEnery Lands in Louisiana.

BATON ROUGE, La, Aug. 26.-Gov. Nc
Emery has requested the encouragement 10
institute proceedings to annul the entries of
land for which payment was made in scrip
issued to his brother John McEnery under
the contract made by the late Gov. Wilt,
with the view of testing the legality of the
same. The action is taken on account of
the charge made that the issue of scrip was
illegal or that it was illegally issued and has
been illegally used. 1t was charged that the
scrip was substituted for cash after the
money had reached the State land Office
Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1883-08-24
Or. HaygOOd on the SOuth's Need OF
Educational Aid.

CHAuTAuouA, N. V, Aug. 20.-Dr. Hay
good of Georgia lecturcd this afternoon on
universal education as demanded by univer-
sal suffrage. Emancipation, he said, doubled
the responsibility OF the South. The war
left it poor. The South is improving in all
industries but not in proportion TO the IN
crease of illiterate population. 1t was neces-
sary for time that the nation should help
the South to teach the negroes, for it made
them citizens before they were prepared for
suffrage. The speaker criticized Senator Lo-
gan's plan of distributing aid on the basis OF
population and favored the views Of eX.
President Hayes as expressed in his speech
| st Woodstock.
Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1883-08-24

BEAUrRE& LOWRY, Cor. Church land Bank SITS
June 4, cOdSwly
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PROGREsS THE SOUTH.

CHAuTAUQuA, N. y, Aug. 17.--Dr. Hay.
good of Georgia, president of the Slater fund,
In an address today said that without the
negro preacher the South would have been
much worse than it is. Negroes must lead
and help negroes upward. The negro race
was making great and real progress. North
ern papers quoted what the wrong headed
southcrners said rather than what the right
headed said. The generous North had sent
S2O, O0O, 900 into the South since the war.
The church in the North had yet to do its
work now hardly begun. The South was
not able to do it. She was greatly changed
for the better and was making reasonable
rate of progress.
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A Missing Yacht.

BosToN, Aug. 2O.-The yacht Mystery
sailed from New Haven August 10th for
Nantucket, having aboard Leicester Sargent
Of New Haven, Rupert Sargent of New
York, Hawkins of New Haven, and Bart
lett of New York. 1t has not since been
heard from, and there is much anxiety 70!
their safety.
1t is feared she has been lost in scme of the
| recent severe stolms with all on board, as sht
was expected to arrive at Nantucket the 18th
| at the lateat
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Shot His wife,

SELMA, Ind, Aug 90 -Mortimer Hill shot
his wife in the breast last night, as she lay in
bed with her babe, and then killed himself
Hill married her a year ago, and they have
lived unhappily, owing to his drunken hab-
it's. A short time ago he sent his wife to her
fathers saying he could not support her.
Last night he went to her fathers house,
took of his boots, crept to the window of his
wife's room and did the shooting. Mrs. Hill
is seriously hurt.
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Bridges and Houses swept Away M
CrOps Ruined,

TORONTO, Aug. 20.-At Brussels the river
is three feet higher than ever known. All
the bridges and several houses are washed
away At Ethel Henry Ferguson was
drowned while trying to save logs. AT New
Hamburg great damage was done to the
town and the surrounding villages. Maitland
river at Wipgham is still rising SIX inches nm
hour The farms along the bank are COW
cred with water and thousands Of dollars
worth of grain Is ruined. Lower Wingham
is flooded and the water is slowly advancing
to the business part of the town.
Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1883-08-24
LIGHTNING,S WORK
Two Mcn killed-A Flock Of sheer
Struck-A CyclOne.

Struck-A Cyelone.
HYDE PARK, L. l., Aug. l9.-The new
Union chapel at Hyde Park was struck b,
lightning this morning and damaged A
Garden City flock of sheep on the Stewar
farm took refuge under tree which wa
injured. This storm was severe in this cit,
but there was no serious damage.
GALVESTON, Texas, Aug. l9.-Thufsda,
afternoon Il cyclone struck Oglesby demolish
ing the station house and a store and scatter
ing the goods over the prairie. A man wa
blown 200 feet AT Pcckham Grove Mr.
Harris and horse were killed by lightning
AT Sour Lake Horatio Parsons was Killed b
lighting.