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Seattle daily post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, W.T. [Wash.]) 1881-1888, 1883-11-28

Eye glasses for all sights at Little
Mas
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Lubin's justly celebrated Bav water
for sale a, the Temple of Fashion. l6
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DRS. A. q II. B. BAGLEY.

D1C0. "a. % N. ID. bA06E
HOM(EPATHISTS SEATTLE. W.T..
III DIR. II. Il. Bagley, late Professor of
Principles and Practice of Surgery in the
Michigan Central Medical College, will
make Operative Surgery and Surgical
Diseases a speciality. and will attend to
calls in any part of the Sound. nv5'
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~ g. CASE. DENTIST. OF -
IL' flee. Yesler-Leary Building citYYY1
Office hours. 3 II. m. To 5 p. m. Liquid
nitrous oxide gas administered for the
painless extraction of teeth
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For freight and passage apply at Com
panys office, on Yeslers wharf, or Oh boar d
the boats ut the same wharf.
mr3l-tf ). w. HOVEY, Agent.
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THE STEA MER
w. X. MERWIN

CAFTNIN MFRW IN,
viii leave Seattle for Snohomish touch
ing at Mukilteo. Lowell. and other way
landings. every Monday. Wednesday and
Friday mornings. returning on Tuesday.
Thursday and Saturday.
The Vancouver independent. (Vancouver, W.T. [Wash.]) 1875-1910, 1883-06-14
An Absent Minded Lady.

An amusing instance of this infrmity
is recorded by that indefatigable chroni-
cler, Tallemant des Reaux, in his notice
of Madame de Rohan, mother of the first
duke of that name, who was so deplora.
bly, subject to distractions" as to fur
nish continual entertainment both to
court and city. Paying a visit one day,
to NJ. Deslandes, grave legal func-
tionary, and being told that he was ex-
pected home shortly, she decided on
awaiting his return, and meanwhile in
stalled herself comfortably in his usual
sitting room, where, according to her
custom, she fell into u reverie and imag-
ined that she had never left her own
house. On the arrival of the magistrate
half an hour later she received him with
the respect due to such a distinguished
visitor, and insisted on his dining with
her and her companion; whereupon M.
Deslandes. whose ordinary fare was the
simplest, despatched his servant to the
nearest "tralteur' in quest of asupple-
mentary dish or two, in honor of the oc-
cation. When the dinner such as it
Washable its appearance, Madame de
Rohcc Nhancying hersel.rqe) es'mast'
hostess, glanced disparagingly at the
meagre repast, and apologized to her
supposed guest for its insufficiency, OBJ
serving that he would probably have
dined better at home. Fearing that she
might continue in this strain, her
friends quietly asked her if she knew
where she was, and this bringing her to
her senses. she suddenly reoollected that
she had accepted an invitation to be
elsewhere, and hurried away without
vouchsafing another word to the aston
ished NJ. Deslandes. leaving him to en-
joy his improvised banquet as best he
mlght.-All the Year Round.
The Vancouver independent. (Vancouver, W.T. [Wash.]) 1875-1910, 1883-06-14

There are light, quick. surface voices
that seems involuntarily to utter the
slang, ut won't do to tie to-" This
mans words may assure You of his
strength of purpose and reliability, his
tone contrsdicts his speech.
Then there are low, strong, deep
voices, where the words seem ground out
as il the man owed humanity a grudge
and meant to pay it some day. That
mans opponents may well tremble. and
his friends may trust his strength Of
purpose and his ability to act.
There is the coarse, boisterous, dicta-
torial tone invariably adopted by vulgar
persons who have not sufficient cultiva-
ton to understand their own insignifi-
canoe.
There is the incredulous voice that is
full Of . covert sneer, or q secret You
can't-dupe- me, sir" air.
Then there is the whining. beseeching
voice that says "sycophant" rs plainly
as if it uttered the word. 1t cajoles and
flatters you; its words says, II love you,
1 admire you; you are everything that
you should be-"
Then there is the tender, musical CON-
passionate voice, that sometimes goes
with sharp features las they indicate
merely intensity of feeling) and some
times blunt features, but always with
genuine benevolence.
II you are full of affectation and pre-
tense Your voice proclaims it.
II you are full of honesty, strength
and purpose, your voice proclaims it.
II you are cold, calm, firm and con-
sis.ent, or foolish, tickle and deceptious.
your voice will be equally truth telling.
You cannot change your voice from a
natural tone without its being known
you are doing so.
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tered the room he said. almost in a whis-
per:
"You are too late, Madam"
The widow betrayed no emotion of
any kind. She walked slowly to the bed
side, leaned over the pillow for several
moments, looking into the face of her
dead husband. Several times she seemed
about to kiss the face before her, and
at last her lips touched Ralph Fra
sher's forehead. Then she sank quietly
on her knees by the bedside; when she
arose there were no tears on her cheeks,
but neither was there anything unwo-
manly; DR.. Whitmarth saw only a
peaceful, composed expression that had
been stranger to her face ever since she
had married.
Everybody said it was too bad that
Whitmarth had lost this case, for there
was nothing mean about Frasher, and if
he had recovered the young Doctor
would have gained great deal of money
and reputation. The older physicians
were generous enough to say that Whit
marth had probably done all they them.
selves could have done; pneumonia
sometimes batiled all medical skill. and
the healthiest men were generally the
surest to succumb. But DR.. Whitmarth
never sent in bill for his services; he
refused resolutely, when asked to render
one. His conscience tOrmented him in
cessantly until he saw Mrs. Frasher, who
had returned to her parents home, grad
ually regain the expression and manner
that had been hers before her marriage.
Then, instead OF making love to her, as
her mother rather encouraged him to
do. he abruptly left the town in fear
that his feelings might prompt him to
take so great reward for what he still
was sure had been a terrible crime
Greusome Bright, in The Hour.
The Vancouver independent. (Vancouver, W.T. [Wash.]) 1875-1910, 1883-06-14
Are CObblers Dangerous!

Cobblers have been accused of a ten
dency toward infdelity and atheism, but
Mr.. Winks shows at least that there are
many very conspicuous exceptions; and
the charge is probably grounded only on
the apparently certain fact that cobblers,
whether for good or i'll think much more
than their no buster neighbors. Mr..
Winks suggests that their sitting posture
may have something to do with this; but
the attitude of cobbler is seemingly i'll
suited for meditation. And it is GER
tainly surprising that an occupation
which seems constantly to demand the
closest attention of eye to hand should
yet leave the mind free to wander in the
distant fields of religion and politics.
Sir Robert Peel is said to have declared
that the shoemakers were at the head Of
every conspiracy and political move
ment; and among map "s-.,.,"
Hard~ tried as d DC eolored, 25 cts . each
panic of 1894, Thomas Cooper, the ia
nous chartist, and George OdRer, the
we'll. known workingman's candidate, all
of whom for the whole or part of their
lives were shoemakers. Samuel Drew
thought ont his refutation of Tom Paine
and arguments for the immortality OF
the soul while engaged on his work,
scribbling notes on the first piece OF
paper when a moment of leisure &C.
Cured. And Bloomfield composed most
of the Farmers Boy" in q crowded gar
ret among his fellow workmen, making
verses silently in his head, for he had
neither time nor materials to write them
down.-Saturday Review.
The Vancouver independent. (Vancouver, W.T. [Wash.]) 1875-1910, 1883-06-14
The Presidents Nose.

Probably the most trying experience
President Arthur has had since he filled
the executive chair was in entertaining a
delegation from Boston temperance al
lance, on his return from Florida. The
delegation consisted of half q dozen
dried-up men, with blue spectacles and
umbrellas, and several ancient females
who looked Ms though they never could
endure man who touched or tasted any
intoxicating beverage. They had an APP
pointment to meet the president, to talk
with him about the cause of temperance,
which was dear to their hearts. He was
Just back from his fishing excursion. and
as he put some cold cream on place on
his nose where the skin had come of,
preparatory to going into the blue room
to meet the delegation, his servant said
to him:
"Mr. President, had rather you
wo1ld meet any other delegation Oh earth
than this temperance crowd. They have
come to size you up and see if the re-
ports that you steam it too much are
true, and your nose and face is a dead
give away. None Of the delegation prob.
ably ever went fishing and it will hard to
convince them that the blisters and sun
burn is not the result of looking upon
the wine. Now, the first thing you do
when you meet them, you apologize for
your appearance and talk about fishing
in the sun, and all that"
The president felt little nervous, but
after throwing his cigar stub away, he
went into the room where the delegation
was, looking like boiled lobster. The
delegation was drawn mp in line, and
every eye was upon his nose. The leader
made q few remarks upon the object OF
their visit, and while he was speaking.
the women looked at each other as much
as to say: II told you so, What dis
gushing exhibition" etc, and the presi-
dent blushed until you could touch
match to his face anywhere. When the
leader had concluded, tho president
said:
Ladies' and gentlemen, glad as am
TO see SO distinguished party, l must
apologize for my appearance. The fact
Of Il il, few Of rs have been indulging
in . little"
Don't apologize. Mr.. President. " said
Q vinegar facsd female. I'VE can read
ny take in The situstion by your facs. II
70 duty We owe 10 oursslves and the
The Vancouver independent. (Vancouver, W.T. [Wash.]) 1875-1910, 1883-06-14

all others. Some farmers accumulate
money still more rapidly, not by increas-
ing their income, but by grinding par
simony, by robbing themselves and
cheating their families, to put dollars
into their purse. These are NOS exam
pies to be initiated. The aim of most
men is not only to mako money, but in
the meantime to live in a reasonable and
comfortable manner. To accomplish
these objects it is not difficult to prove
that neatness is essential. There are
many reasons why habits of neatness
in farming lead to success. The farmer
who grows his grain among weeds can
never sell his grain at the highest mar
ket price, while the extra care needed to
secure absolute purity, is sure to be pro-
portionately well paid. Farmers under
stand this well enough, as is shown by
their periodic endeavors to secure pure
seed for showing and planting. If wego
into any market we will find that the
bulk of the crops are more or less mixed
and therefore unstable for seed and I'M
desirable for any purpose. About every
spring there is an active demand for bar
ley seed, free from oats and other varie-
ties of barley, and not unfrequently far
mers buy from seed stores, paying from
two to four times the price they sold
their grain for the season before. In al
most any neighborhood farmer who
will grow pure seed of the various grains
Will find demand for his various stock
at prices enough better than market
rates to assure him profit. When we
are told that farming is not profitable,
the implication is tn. t reference is made
to the common slovenly method. The
fancy kinds of farming, such as growing
vegetables. nearly always pays those
who intelligently conduct them. Yet,
seed growing and gardening are really
as true farming as growing hay or max
ing cheese and butter. They are better
paid because they cannot be conducted
without close attention to details, and it
is in this that neatness consists. -Ameri-
can Cultivator.
The Vancouver independent. (Vancouver, W.T. [Wash.]) 1875-1910, 1883-06-14

Intelligent observers have generally
notsd the fact that in every agricultural
neighSorhood the prosperous farmers
are those who kept their buildings
painted, fences in good repair, and their
fields free from stone. weeds and rub.
bish. OF course it may be said that men
who have plenty of money can afford to
spend it keeping mp appearances. But
this evidently is not the full explana-
ton of this coincidence of facts. Men
who make money, especially in farming,
are least liable 10 pay it out for mere
show. II may be safely put down as q
general rule that the work performed by
the most thrifty farmers 10 in the dirsc-
ton Of profit; hence, ~ neatnsss gsaer-
ally goes With thrift, IL 10 quite - likely
10 BE- one Of IL casss - one Of its s0ects.
There are sxesptions 70 this rule, - "a
The Vancouver independent. (Vancouver, W.T. [Wash.]) 1875-1910, 1883-06-14

country to reason with you. Strong
drink is the bane of our land. o, why,
! why will men put serpent in their
mouths to steal away"
But, excuse me, madam" said the
president, interrupting the female, ''you
are mistaken. The direct cause of this
sanguinary appearance of my face and
nose is owing to little recreation" and
he rubbed his nose with his finger to see
if any N ore skin was loose. Chandler
and lot of us who had been bottled up
here for many months decided to imbibe
little of tn"
II beg pardon" said one of the blue
nosed gentlemen, eve do not care for
any confession as to what you and
Chandler imbibel. We feel that a few
words from us can do no harm, and
while it may seem out of place for pri-
vate citizens to advise chief magistrate,
our position as temperance people makes
lis bold to ask You to Danish the winecup
from your table. and set an example that
can be safely followed by the youth of
the land"
During the talk of the bluenosed man
the president swallowed q bit of tobacco
that had remained in his mouth from his
cigar, and began to hiccough. You
know how o little tobacco will some
times cause q man to act as though he
was full. The president would almost
have given his right hand if the tobacco
had been in hades instead of down his
neck, for he could see at the first "hic"
that every eye in the delegation was on
him, and all believed he was drunk.
His face flushed, and he was more en-
barrassed than he had ever been before
in his life. He looked around for some
one to help him out, but he was alone,
except the temperance delegation. Put
ting his hand over his mouth to hide the
hiccough that the wicked tobacco had
caused, he said:
I'm billing a desire to go fishing, Mr..
Chandler and myself visited Florida, and
for several days we were exposed to the
elements, and became sunburnt, and you
(hic) nisconstrue my appearance to be
the result of (hic) drink. This hiccough
is the result of swallowing q bit of to-
bacco. and is unfortunate in coming at
this time. will weigh well what you
have said, and now l bid you (hic) good
day." and the president bowed and re-
tired, while the delegation looked about
the room, said to each other that they
had witnessed sight that would cause
the stoutest heart to quail. and they
went out of the White House sick at
heart. James," said the president to
his servant, when he got to his room,
Ego to DIR. Bliss and tell him l almost
wish 1 were dead, and 1 want HIM to
come and attend me. Tell him to bring
something that will cure sunburn and
blisters on the nose at once, or l an a
ruined man." and as James went out
after the doctor the president saturated
handkerchief in some cooling liquid and
laid it over his face, and lay upon a
lounge, and dreamed of the Florid4 b
:. .! gen ! aso eIt 3lazes they biz, .-nu wv
the mosquitoes got in their work; ar as
he dozed off into the land of dreams he
could see the air full of female temper
ance reformers with blue spectacles and
umbrellas, and he thought how good
man is sometimes misunderstood Mil
waniee SIM
The Vancouver independent. (Vancouver, W.T. [Wash.]) 1875-1910, 1883-06-14
Colonel According TO Law.

A few days after baby was born in
Newport gentleman neighbor called in
the house, aud. on being shown the
Young one, said to it;
How are you, colonel?
It's mother then asked: why do you
call it colonel"
ITS a male child. isn't it," he re-
sponded.
Eyes" replied the mother.
well, then, he's colonel. BY the
common law OF Kentucky every male
child born in the state is colonel"
The mother was greatly tickled over
the fact that she was the mother of q
colonel. Courier Journal.
The Vancouver independent. (Vancouver, W.T. [Wash.]) 1875-1910, 1883-06-14
LIFE ON rHE OCEAN.

Sen,mcutGlists all have q notion
(TLo6e who get their ideas second. hand,
That II life on the limitesS ocean
ls inspiring exciting aud grand
II they only had one CApp-Horn view
or storm aud a nautical scei @,
They would wish the deep ocean like blue
Were changed to Invisible green.
a life on the fathomless deep
Is to cat, grow sea- sick, aud drink;
Like old Kip Van Wrinkle to sleep,
TCoindoleut evtn to think.
When dead calm prevails on the ocean
storm like a growing old grumbler,
And with feet in perpetual motion.
Practice all the strange feats of @ "tumbler."
One night in terrible roll
Like pancake my corpus was found;
The feeling was certainly droll,
The rolling had rolled me up round
my friend in the berth overhead
The physician had hardly hope;
He WAS taken out seemingly dead
Coiled up like huge coil of rope.
When from horrible Nightmares break,
To escape the blue devils" of night,
gaze on the vessels long wake.
That is flashing with spirits of white:
watch the wild serpentine trail,
Standing in the dark shrouds hours togethe r
Or sit on the wet weather rail,
And rail at the wind and the weather.
When get unexpectedly blue,
victim to dull melancholy
Having nothing but nothing to do,
From the 'loDg,bost' | run to the "iollyl"
When insufferably Grabbed and cross,
climb to the main-top cross-tiees
And crossing my arms. take dose
OF grumo biting as hard as please.
OF each coming monotonous day
1t is terrible even to think;
Time is only a blank on lites way,
Months into oblivion sink
Days seem to be weeks as they fv,
Heightened out by some magical power;
az At,sk rhnt, 4. ttv,,a ha.. 4
Are compressed into one listless hour
And hence l am right in the main,
In calling the main delusion,
Though 1t Certainly was with much pain
was forced to this painful conclusion.
A humbug deem the blue ocean,
Ny sentiments plainly to tell
Forever, like Yankees, in motion,
And eternally cutting swell.
The Vancouver independent. (Vancouver, W.T. [Wash.]) 1875-1910, 1883-06-14

A historical horse died at Waterbury,
Conn, few nights ago. This horse was
owned by G. n. Hall and was purchased
by him twen.y-four years ago in south
bury ofSamuel Goodrich Peter Parley)
the we'll known historian and writer OF
juvenile literature. The money paid for
the horse was expened by Mr.. Goodrich
in bis final illness. The horse was ~
wears old when it died, and had been in
active service till within year. The
last five years of its life it was used as
saddle horse
The Vancouver independent. (Vancouver, W.T. [Wash.]) 1875-1910, 1883-06-14

In regard to weather: Miss Mslaprop
was heard to remark apropos Of the
weather II can't see into this Virgins
idee. OF course Juniper and Satan bein'
in pedigree would be rather like ter git
up some sorter storm, but it don't seem
ter me that the sun and moons bein' in
efligy would raise any rumpus."
The Vancouver independent. (Vancouver, W.T. [Wash.]) 1875-1910, 1883-06-14

An old bachelor. having been laughed
at by party of pretty girls. told them
"You are small potatoes. I'VE may be
small potatoes" said one of them. "but
we are sweet ones
The Vancouver independent. (Vancouver, W.T. [Wash.]) 1875-1910, 1883-06-14

The other day . Florida couple. aged
sixtv years each, rode thirty miles IN
sprinelsss cart 70 get married.
Texas viii nss el3. 500 600 from hse
sheep herds this year.
The Vancouver independent. (Vancouver, W.T. [Wash.]) 1875-1910, 1883-06-14

The meanest slight girl can put on
an admirer is TO use postal card in re-
fusing an offer OF marriage. 1t proves
that abe doesn't actually care two cents
for him.
The Milan exchange. (Milan, Gibson County, Tenn.) 1874-1978, 1883-11-24
Philosophy of Advertising.

In his address to the editors of In-
damn, at their recent meeting at Fort
Wayne, Col. Pierce, of Chicago, pre-
sented the following thoughts with ref
erence to advertising:
In presenting beautiful sheet ty.
geographically one. should remember
the advertisers as well as the readers.
A man likes to have his advertise>
ment pleasing to look upon, catching
to the eye, and indicative generally of
the advertiser. This class of patrons
are so important to success that they
should receive every encouragement.
Particularly should they be impressed
with the desirability of keeping their
wares before the public. A man new
er realizes the full benefits of adver-
Using till he has placed the matter
before the same people fifty or huns
dred times. The first advertisement
is good, hut the one-hundredth is
worth more than five hundred times
as much as the first. The
First time a man looks at an adver.
tisement he does not see it.
The second time he does not notice it.
The third time he is dimly con,
scious of it.
The fourth time he family remem>
bers something of the kind before.
The fifth time he half reads it.
The sixth time he turns up his nose
at it.
The seventh time he throws the pa
per down impatientlv.
The eighth time he calculates
"There's the COMPOUNDED thing again. v
The ninth time he wonders if there's
anything in it.
The tenth time he thinks it might
possibly suit somebody else's case.
The eleventh time he thinks he
will ask his neighbor il he has tried
it, or knows anything about it.
The twelfth time he wonders if the
advsi tiser can make it pay.
The thirteenth time he rather think:
III must De good thing.
| The fourteenth time he happens tt
think it is just what he wanted.
The fifteenth time he, for Ions
time, resolves to try it as soon as h
can afford it.
the sixteenth time he examine
the address carefully and makes
memorandum of it.
The seventeenth time he is tanta
lized to think he is hardly able to al
ford il.
The eighteenth time he sees pain
fully how much he is in need of tina
particular article.
The nineteeth time. he counts hi
money to see how much he woul
have left if he bought it.
The twentieth time he rushes fran,
ically forth and buys it. II
The Milan exchange. (Milan, Gibson County, Tenn.) 1874-1978, 1883-11-24

People who think Butler is dead,
and Massachusetts is hopelessly Re-
publican, may be surprised to learn
that the old warrior received this
year 1900 more votes than he did
last year, and that the $50, 1000 votes
he received on the 9th of this month
would have elected him Governor any
other year except in 1880. The Re-
publican majority is now much
smaller than it has ever been, and if
Butler lives to give them another
fight next year it may be considerably
less, and perhaps be gone altogether
There is nothing for the Republicans
of Massachusetts to crow ever in the
defeat of Butler. He made gallant
fight, and if the State had not been
convulsed from centre to ciacumfer-
ence and desparing cry been raised
for help from within and without,
there would have been no Republi-
can victory. With 10000 opposi>
ton votes to start on the Republican
outlook cannot be said to he glorious
ly assuring. American Register.
The Milan exchange. (Milan, Gibson County, Tenn.) 1874-1978, 1883-11-24

A movement is on foot in this city
by prominent citizens, to build mar
row guage railroad from this place to
Dyersburg. 1t is believed if $780,
900 can be raised along the line by
private subscriptions, that the
road can be built, with aid from ans
other railroad company. = Jackson
Wing.
Hellol We thought you had clean
ed out Forked Deer river so that
boats could run between jackson and
Dyersburg. What use have you for
the narrow guage road and river too
for the small local trade between the
points?