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Northwest enterprise. [volume] (Anacortes, Wash. Ter.) 1882-1887, 1884-02-23

New York Cor. Chicago Journal
"Death Is on o pale horse, racing
right alongside of Eole," said man at
my elbow. We were at the Brighton
Beach races.
The speaker was physician. The
visible horse that he referred TO-, Eole,
was the property Of Freddie Gsbhardt,
the Langtry-famous young man, and
was winning the race.
"What do you mean about seeing
Death as o rider in this run?" asked.
"Simply that he is contesting with
the jockey who is mounted on Eole,"
was the reply, @That fellows name is
Mclaughlin, you says Well, / was
over at the Weighing stand when he
was preparing to ride. A jockey has
to be lightweight, for horse owners
don't care to weigh down their beasts.
This is dreadfully cold day. We're
shivering in thick overcoats, with the
collars turned up. McLaughlin has
nothing on under his thin mlk jacket.
He hasn't allowed himself an extra
pound in fannels. To all intents he is
exposed naked, not only to the low
temperature, but to the tremendous
wind made by the speed Of the race.
Every time he rides unclothed like that.
he takes . big risk Of pneumonia. That's
why say, that Death is running pale
horse by his side, and is just as likely
as not to beat him to-day"
Northwest enterprise. [volume] (Anacortes, Wash. Ter.) 1882-1887, 1884-02-23
THE AMENDE HONORABLE.

Bill Nye in Detroit Free Press
I remember an incident which oc-
cnrred last summer in my Office while I
was writing something scathing. A
large man with nm air of profound per-
spiration about him and plaid flannel
shirt stepped into the middle of the
room and breathed in all the air was
not using. He said he would give me
four minutes in which to retract, and
pulled out watch by which to ascer-
tain the exact time. l asked him if he
would not allow me O minute or two
to go over to the telegraph Office and
to wire my parents of my awful death.
He said that could walk out that door
when I walked over his dead body.
Then I waited long time, till he told
me my time was up, and asked me what
I was waiting for. l told him / was
waiting for him to die so that I could
walk over his dead body. How could /
walk over corpse until life was ex-
tinct?
He stood and looked at me, at first in
astonishment, afterward in pity. Finally
tears welled upi in his eyes and ploughed
their way down his brown and grimy
face. Then he said that I need not fear
him. ~5
@You are safe," said he. "A youth
who is so patient and cheerful as you
are. one who would wait for healthy
man to die so that you could meander
over his pulseless remnants, ought not
to die o violent death. A soft eyed
seraph like you who is no more con-
versant with the ways of this world
than that, ought to be put in glass
vial of alcohol and preserved. I came
up here to kill you and throw you into
the rain water barrel, but now that I
know what patient disposition you
have, I shudder when / think of the
crime / was about to commit"
Northwest enterprise. [volume] (Anacortes, Wash. Ter.) 1882-1887, 1884-02-23
The Habit OF Daurry.


The whole Of modern life, whether In tho
centres Of pleasure or the centres Of business,
is dominated by the desire to do too much,
and the consequent necessity Of doing 1t with
precipitation. It is horrible habit detri-
mental habit; we had almost said vulgar
habit. The whole world Is In q conspiracy to
double, to treble the pace. And what Is
gained by itl Loss Of temper, deterioration
of manners, injury to digestion, increase Of
nervous diseases-these ar, the natural and
inevitable results Of that high pressure to
which we nearly all expose Ourselves and
subject each other. Who is made better by
it, who wiser, who even riaheri Everything
Is relative in this world; AMI II everybody
gallops nobody is better of than II every
body walked. But who will consent to alter
iti 1t would require q universal consensus;
and this is not attainable.
Northwest enterprise. [volume] (Anacortes, Wash. Ter.) 1882-1887, 1884-02-23
COMMUNISM IN RUSSIA.
THE GOVERNMENT OF THE "MIR"-wHY
THE NIHILIsTs HAVE LEFT THE PEAS

THE GOVERNMENT OF THE "MR"-wHY
THE NIHILIsTs HAVE LEFT THE PEAS
ANTRY.
Translation from Paris Figaro.
Every commune, every mir is gov
erned just the way it wants to be. The
Russian mir is the perfect realization
of the perfect commune dreamed of by
certain occidental Socialists. The
property of the commune is indivisible,
and as each has always more land than
tits possible to cultivate, a regular con-
ference is held every year and decision
made as to what part of the soil shall
be planted, and what products shall be
cultivated. Every soul in the village
is employed in the work, and after har-
vest the profits are equally divided.
The "mir" has the privilege of banish-
ing lazy or worthless characters. If q
crime be committed all the inhabitants
are held responsible until the guilty
party is found. In the same way every
member of the community is held re-
sponsible for the payment Of taxes.
But in practice things do not run so
smoothly by any means, as the theory
of the system might lead one to sup
pose. There are plenty of lazy folk,
turbulent and dangerous characters,
ambitious men; and over all these
tower the employees of the central gov
ernment who rule tyrannically and
make the peasantry pay them heavily
for overlooking certain things or pre-
tending to ignore deficiencies.
Yet, after all, what better condition
of affairs could the revolutionary party
promise to the peasant? In reality,
none. But the revolutionaries did find
one vulnerable spot through which the
peasant brain might be reached and
excited to dissatisfaction. Alexander
II. had given part of the seignorial
lands of the peasantry. The Nihilists
have persuaded the peasants that the
gift was given only as the first INSTALL
ment of larger one; that all the lands
really belong to them, and are due
them; that the lords have succeeded in
devising means to keep the emperor
from giving the peasant all the landed
estates. They have thus taught the
peasant to believe that the nobility are
their natural enemies. Thus have the
seeds of social war been sown by the
Nihilists. But the Nihilists have not
thus been able to win the poor people
to the cause of political reform.
Consequently the Nihilists have
ceased their propagandism among the
peasantry. They at first made it a
duty ito go among the people" as they
called it: and they really did mingle
with them, lived with them, identified
themselves with the masses. But they
were soon disillusioned. 1t is now
chiefly among the educated classes, the
intelligent classes, that they seek for
converts; and they make great many.
1t must be confessed that their journal,
Land and Liberty, is still published in
spite of all efforts to suppress it-pub-
lished irregularly, it is true, but still
published in the teeth of all opposition.
Northwest enterprise. [volume] (Anacortes, Wash. Ter.) 1882-1887, 1884-02-23
THE BELLS OF LYNN.

Temple Bar
When the eve is growing gray, and the tide
is rolling in,
sit and look across the bay to the bonny
town of Lynn;
And the fisher folks are near,
But wish they never hear
The songs the far bells make for me, the bonny
bells of Lynn.
The folks are chatting gay, and hear their
merry din,
But look and look across the bay to the
bonny town of Lynn;
He told me to wait here
Upon the old brown pier,
To wait and watch him coming when the tide
was rolling in.
Oh, see him pulling strong, pulling DER the
bay to ME,
And l hear his jovial song, and his merry
face / see;
And now he's at the pier,
My bonny love and dearl
And he's coming up the sea washed steps with
hand outstretched to me.
my love, your cheek is cold, and your hands
are stark and thinl
Oh, hear you not the bells of old, the bonny
bells of Lynn!
Oh, have you naught to say
Upon our wedding daya
Love. hear you not the wedding bells across
the Bay of Lynna
my lover, speak to mel and hold me fast,
mine own!
For l fear this rising sea, and these winds and
waves that moanl
Northwest enterprise. [volume] (Anacortes, Wash. Ter.) 1882-1887, 1884-02-23
A Hint ON Chimneys.
fTudusfrial Chronicl0.

e tth we'll known that the round form is the
- Ter chinmeys In workshops. ltfacilitates
- escape Of the smokei and gives less hold
p The wind, besides requiring less material
& construction Round chineys are, how
-, difficult to build. and in some places the
Nant Of workmen to make the round kind
M compelled the adoption Of square or octa-
pal forms. To obviate this European
u makes bricks in the shape Of wedges
~ correspondin. with the radius which the
nney is to have.
Northwest enterprise. [volume] (Anacortes, Wash. Ter.) 1882-1887, 1884-02-23
A Joke ON lngersoll.
TChicayO Times.

A aged colored woman OF Washington.
~ q the colored Indignation meeting In
!. city recently, was 90 overcome by the
saodist sound Of Ingersolrs voice that she
- Sac general routine Of gymnastics com
used in p-meeting-viz: jumping
M down, droning out a hymn, and keep
p ans to the tune by the gentle pit-a-pe.t
n pedal extreniities She had mistaken
Ssnial star-route attorney for q minister
Northwest enterprise. [volume] (Anacortes, Wash. Ter.) 1882-1887, 1884-02-23
After the Porpolsea.
fEvChauOo1

A company has been organized by persons
living in Philadelphia and Cape May to catch
porpoises, by means Of net invented for
that special purpose, and convert them into
oil, leather, and fertilizers Those products
Of the sportive porpoise are said to be par
ticularly valuable, but hitherto the difficulty
has been to catch the porpoise. The new net
with which the company b to make war il
capable Of accommodating $50 Of them at
time
Northwest enterprise. [volume] (Anacortes, Wash. Ter.) 1882-1887, 1884-02-23

"What's this Dead Scott decision aboutr
queried MrA Wigglesworth, 10 king up from
the paper. "Dread Scott-not. Dead Scott y
corrected Mr.. Wigglesworth, with q mans
patronixing smile Of superiority. swell,
Dread Scott, then. What IL itF' Mr.. Wig
ellsworth was stuck, but he looked wise.
Something to do with the Mexican war;" he
explained. "Gen. Scott, you know, was
terrible fighter, and tho Greasers got to refer
ing to him as the Dread Scott. Some decision
or other be made about . battle is what the
papers mean" Mn Wigglesworth, with
satisfied air, folded the paper back and
%urned to see II any new people had been
born, while Mr.. Wigglesworth winked to
himself at his having got out Of It so smoothly.
IAN woman needs, he mentally remarked,
''is to have thing explained one way or an
other. Don't matter what you tell 'em, 30
long a. it's something. It's mighty sight
easier than having to answer hundred ques-
tions. Makes 'em respect man, too"
Northwest enterprise. [volume] (Anacortes, Wash. Ter.) 1882-1887, 1884-02-23
PHYSICAL EFFECTy OF COLOR

JOhu W. fSOOC IN IuO6r-OCeSu.
Certain effects Of color on domestic
animals (ruminants, fowls, etc. are
well known. It is only within q very
few years that anything like systematic
investigation has been made of color
effects on men, but, as far rs they have
been made, it appears that they can be
recognized and rudely predetermined.
In the case Of certain lunatics, and
other persons of deficient mental con-
troll, red and yellow was obviously ex-
citant, blue and green soothing-ss
with those of us who are not lunatics !;
while all savage tribes manifest for red
and yellow, and for all brilliant and
glittering things, marked and
passionate fondness.
Northwest enterprise. [volume] (Anacortes, Wash. Ter.) 1882-1887, 1884-02-23
The Hairpin Craze.
milwaukee Journal

"A crank"
"What breedr
"a very common one just at this time.
He's hairpin crank"
"What do you meanf'
"Why, simply what I said. It's new
craze that has struck all In heap those pecu-
liarly rattle pated individuals who have been
wont to burn the midnight lamp composing
sonnet to my mistress eyebrows. As the
small boy used to gather postage stamps and
the wee girl I'LL up her button-strong, so do
these tender hearted youths collect hairpins.
They watch the ladies as they pass along the
streets, ats parties, balls, and In stores on
shopping excursions, and when hairpin
works loose and falls to the ground or floor
It Is quickly picked up, the lady's name
discovered II possible, and the hairpin,
properly labeled, herewith goes to swell
the collection. The bolder Of the hairpin
collectors will succeed in picking a loose
one from a lady's back hair without her
knowing 1t. ] was invited the other evening
toinspect a collection Of these relics of beauty
gathered together by Seventh ward young
man. He had 800 Of them, and they all bore
the name Of the charming wearers,
including all the changes Of fore
and aft ON the name Smith, from
Arabella to Zola, and from plain Smith.
to Schmith and Smyth One of the pins, my
delectable companion informed me, was from
the head Of one OF the leading society bellies
Of the city, and cost him $5 to secure it, a
rival collector having obtained the precious
trophy and sold out to him."
"What do they do with themm
"The same as the boy did with his postage
s.ampa or the girl with her button-strings-
keep them to look at and to admire. The
craze has just struck the west II originated
among the dudes of Boston about year ago,
and has just arrived. In all probability 1t
will die out in single season, as it seems too
foolish TO endure long"
Northwest enterprise. [volume] (Anacortes, Wash. Ter.) 1882-1887, 1884-02-23
A COSTLY RESIDENCE.

Millionaire Flood, Of San Francisco,
is about to begin the erection of what
he says will be the handsomest and
most costly private residence in the
United States. 1t will be of brown
stone brought from eastern quarries,
and the cost when completed is esti-
mated at $4,000, 900, not including the
value of the ground.
Northwest enterprise. [volume] (Anacortes, Wash. Ter.) 1882-1887, 1884-02-23
Some AAditie nal Signs.
fCourier-J Journal.

Lord Bacon's signs Of short life are quick
growth, fair, soft skin, soft fine hair. early
corpulence, large head. short neck, small
mouth, fat ear, brittle, separated teeth. The
other signs are: Going into . saloon at
twelve intervals day, sitting ona railroad
crossing, and writing original poetry.
Northwest enterprise. [volume] (Anacortes, Wash. Ter.) 1882-1887, 1884-02-23

Cotton raiaing In southern California has
not proved - profitable - was expected, and
the chief trouble seems to be inefficient labor
ono seasons experience has proved that
for his work q ..ths white man, be cannot
pick one-third the amount of cotton. A num-
ber Of negroe..are 10 be engaged to take thu
place Of the Celsstials.
Northwest enterprise. [volume] (Anacortes, Wash. Ter.) 1882-1887, 1884-02-23
A OOR0EOUS SCREEM

New Orleans Times Democrat
All the best needle-workers in New
York are engaged on gorgeous screen
for the Vanderbilt mansion. It is being
made at Mr.. John La Farge's studio,
under the supervision OF Mrs. Tilling-
hast. The gold thread alone used in
this embroidery cost $4,000. Such q
screen as that should cover multitude
OF sins.
Northwest enterprise. [volume] (Anacortes, Wash. Ter.) 1882-1887, 1884-02-23
PROFESSIONAL CARDS.

DERSONS in NEED OF LEGAL BLANKS,
Warranty Deeds ETC., would do well to make ap
plication at this office, where they can be OBJ
tained at reasonable prices. Blanks printed TO
order on short notice.
Northwest enterprise. [volume] (Anacortes, Wash. Ter.) 1882-1887, 1884-02-23

Among the 50, 600 possmasters in the United
States, 5000 year b the highest salary,
and cents the lowest There are forty
seven who receive d . year salary.
Northwest enterprise. [volume] (Anacortes, Wash. Ter.) 1882-1887, 1884-02-23

Arkansaw Traveller: Dar's some lit
tie truth eben in de- bigges' lie. chen
ef il is no more den de fack dat it Is
Lie.
Northwest enterprise. [volume] (Anacortes, Wash. Ter.) 1882-1887, 1884-02-23

A whaling company with 81 ,O00. 600 capital
has been started In San Francisco.
Northwest enterprise. [volume] (Anacortes, Wash. Ter.) 1882-1887, 1884-02-23
JAMES A. GILLILAND,
LACONNER, - = W.T..
Land Business
Any Description
PROMPTLY ATTENDED TO.

BY arrangements with reliable land attorne,s
In olympia and Washington, d. c., my custo-
mars can have their land business attended to
the same as if personally present at either place
Parties wishing to purchase or locate Land
Scrip. would do well to consult me. -
~. All latest Land Laws, Rules and Decisions
kent ON file. Land Warrants bought and sold.
Conveyancing, taxes paid, purchases and sales
made. Collections made and proceeds prom1pt;;
" remitted. Hu
Northwest enterprise. [volume] (Anacortes, Wash. Ter.) 1882-1887, 1884-02-23

Two Questions ana All was Over.
San Francisco Post
''Have you got quail on toast" asked a
seedy looking party ~ he entered Market
street restaurant the other day.
"Have you got an eagle ON silveri' asked
the proprietor.
And the conference adjourned sine die.
Northwest enterprise. [volume] (Anacortes, Wash. Ter.) 1882-1887, 1884-02-23
koaLINN HOUSE.
N0MMER Mt

MO PAINS WILL BE SPARED IN KEEP.
N ing up the we'll established reputation of
e house az one Of the quietest and best kept
3otels in the Territory. No. LIQUORS SOLD.
1pecial efforts will be made to keep the table
1pplied with the best the market can AFFORD
~ TO see the food 10 properly cooked and
rived second to no other house in the Terri.
n. A large reading room for the accomo-
~ JOHN McGLINN.
Northwest enterprise. [volume] (Anacortes, Wash. Ter.) 1882-1887, 1884-02-23

But never word he said!
He is dead, my love is deadi
All me! ah mel did but dream; and am all
alone
Alone, and old, and gray; and the tide is
rolling in;
But my hearts away, away, away, in the old
graveyard at Lynn!
Northwest enterprise. [volume] (Anacortes, Wash. Ter.) 1882-1887, 1884-02-23

There Is one lawyer for every TOO people In
the United States.
The Iola register. [volume] (Iola, Allen County, Kansas) 1875-1902, 1884-01-04
Fashion Notes.

The new velvet polonaises are simply
elegant, some of these have the Louis
XIV. vest covered with black silk en-
broidery. or Il heavy garniture of jet
beaded flowers in applique. Most OF
the skirts hang straight without dra-
perry, others have Vatican plait IN the
back, but polonaise of this deScrip-
ton is becoming onl y to the slender and
stately.
Many of the latest opera wraps are
of the circular form instead of being
made with sleeves of any kind, the deep
cape being more easily put on aisl oil.
A very beautiful one Just opened is
made of soft brocaded white satin. the
design being tiny arbutus blossoms in
raised velvet flowers and in natural
hues. The circular is lined with pale
blue satin. The white satin hood is
lined with pale blue velvet, and tho
whole garment is bordered with white
ostrich feather trimming tipped with
pale blue.
The jockey cap seems to have taken
a new lease of life, and is especially
popular in the skating world. Many
young ladies do not set the cap on the
head after. the manner of the natty
equestrians from whom they originate.
but wear it rather far back on the head,
consequently, the little poke, instead of
shading the eyes, curves u ward and al
lows the soft Langtry bang or fluffy
The Iola register. [volume] (Iola, Allen County, Kansas) 1875-1902, 1884-01-04
The Secret Hip ie Tong.

For some months it has been believed
in certain quarters that tt Chinr~c
hare in this city secret tribunal. OF
court. which has both original and tina
jurisdiction. and whose DEGREES are 40
so!ute. Several civil eases that have
been begun In tie various Regular courts
have been mys!criously withd avn,
without settlement, and Il number of
other eases have been settl Il in 4 curl
GUS fashion by the litigants. to the great
myStiticatiOn of Their attorneys 1t has
come to be understood among police
men stationed near Mott street that
there is Il Chinese court somewhere, and
4 SIM reporter set out to find this court.
At No. Is Mott street is threc-stOrv
brick building, with high wooden
Stoop in front. Over the third-StOry
windows hangs a red and gold sim.
bright with bits of scarlet bunt no. Its
cabalistic characters convey no intelli-
residents in the neighborhood what the
place is, and they will say that it is
Chinese club room. The policeman On
the beat viii say he thinks it is Chinese
Masonic lodge room. The fat and
stOlid stOrekeeper down stairs will look
;nnOcently through his round, horn
cimmed spcctacles, gurgle ..No sabe,"
and shut the door in the inquirer face
Having the idea that this was the
place he was in search of, the
reporter ran up stairs to the top story
Of II Mott street without encOuntering
any one. The first two stories are dirty
and ill-smelling, but at the third story
L sudden transition takes place. The
lall floor is covered with soft mating.
and the walls with bright paper splashed
with gold, while a huge Chinese Ian
!ern lights up the passage. a broad
doorway. flanked on either side by red
scrolls with notices written upon them
n black, terminates the hall. The re-
porter opened the door and stepped in.
1t was u large, double room divided by
An arched partition. The floor was car
peted with Turkish carpet, the walls
were hung with scrolls. swords, battle
aNeS and spears. The furniturr WIS %
teak wood, richly carved. and con i,trI
Of settees and chairs, :et against the
walls in solemn arrat. with an eDOny
.able about two feet square between
Zach two chairs. Carved lanterns hung
from the C ling. and wax ,andles ard
peIfumed punk burned in front of an
deliberately carved altar, before which
sat hideOus image Of joss.
At the end of the room upon a raised
dais sat fat old Chinaman wearing a
red-button cap and blue robes. Before
him, but on the floor level, sat two other
fat Cinnamon writing in big parchment
books with brushes, and sitting in two
bodies were a score of Cinnamon of the
better class. The entrance of the in
truder threw the company into great
confusion, and a Ch;naman who looked
as big as Chang, the giant, grabbed the
reporter and demanded to know what
he wanted.
''N ant to see man. said the re-
porter.
The Iola register. [volume] (Iola, Allen County, Kansas) 1875-1902, 1884-01-04
DOctOrers OF Lemons.

"By the way" said a well-knc WI
commission man to Il reporter y1ttar-
day, IS tie two passed a wagon loaded
with oranges and lemons, ..do you
know that lemons are 'doctOred' in Chi
cago?'
How do you mean" queried the
curious reporter.
"Why. you know that lemons grow
ing in some parts will not ripen eitheI
on the trees or in the store, but remaii,
as green rs the foliage of the trees or
which they are grown. Well, in orde',
to impart fine golden yellow and in
crease their market value, they are sub
jected to the fumes OF certain chemical.,
for which purpose several regular e.
adjustments are in existence here"
"Where?'
90, don't know just where they are
But that dodge is harmless compared
with some other tricks of the trade prac-
ticed here and across the water
"DO they fix up oranges at ALP
eyes; that is what l was going ttI
tell YOU about. You know the red
iuiced or blood oranges bring high
err price than the ordinary oranges.
Well, the cunning dealers inject aniline
dyes into the ordinary oranges through
the tube of fine hyrOdermic syringe.
The imitation thus made is perfect, but
its effect is injurious.
is this a Chicago idea?' asked the
reporter, who was led to judge that It
was by its ingenuity.
.'No. believe it's an Italian invcn-
ton.
fhe reporter had not the utmost con-
iidence in the commission mans nara
tive, as he knew his fondnrsS for fairy
tales" and had never before heard of
the sophistication Of oranges and lemons
except through the polishing process
generally in practice among the timer
ant vendors, who employ Il din@y rae
for that purpose. Approaching we'll
known Clark street frUiterer. he 10
porter asked him what there was 10 the
commission man yarn.
.'Well. he may be right about the
lemons" he said, .sas in the South thcr
give yellow color to the green lemons
by subjecting them to the fumes of sui
phur. These are cheap lemons. how
ever. The good ones assume Il natural
yellow. On the ORANGE story I'm afraid
your friend was 'stringing' you, as l
have been in the business several years
and never heard of any imitation
blood oranges. "-Chicago Tribune.