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Seattle daily post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, W.T. [Wash.]) 1881-1888, 1884-12-18

Night brings oot stars ~ sorrow shows
NJ trnths: wc never see the stars tiii ws
can 80 litsls OF nzuRht else; and thus =
With truth.
Seattle daily post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, W.T. [Wash.]) 1881-1888, 1884-12-18

sarah's Delight, positive cure for
seminal weakness and impotence. fof
sale by A. b. SrxwAEI. deic
Seattle daily post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, W.T. [Wash.]) 1881-1888, 1884-12-18

PACIFIC CoAsr FnLuREs.-rhs Brad
street Mercantile Agency reports So
failures in the Pacific Coast States and
Territories for the month of November
jnst closed, with assets $287, ,429, and
liabilities $495.975, as compared with 50
far the previoas month, with assets
1916 265, and liabilities $69l. .34l, and 50
for the corresponding month of 1888,
with assets $702.351, and liabilities
$3.50, ,066. The failures for the last
month are divided among the States
and Territories as follows: California,
43; assets sos, ,834, liabilities $685., ,302.
Oregon, Is; assets $44,S95. liabilities.
$9i ,623. Washington, 3; assets 81, 400,
liabilities, $22,l50. Nevada, 3; assets
$4,000, liabilities $4,000. Arizona, 2;
assets $4,000. liabilities $12,900. To-
tais-faiiures, g.; assets, $751;, 40; lia-
bilities, $495,975.
Seattle daily post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, W.T. [Wash.]) 1881-1888, 1884-12-18

a. 49, iof Peck's Premium Perfumes
s~s., ssAs no other. as they are without
LOT fragrance and lasting quality.
: sssxart keeps thsu.
Seattle daily post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, W.T. [Wash.]) 1881-1888, 1884-12-18
1evERrIsInc RATES.
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Seattle daily post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, W.T. [Wash.]) 1881-1888, 1884-12-18
MORAN BROS,
MAC CHINISTS AND ENGINEERS

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Seattle daily post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, W.T. [Wash.]) 1881-1888, 1884-12-18

THE TREASURER OF THE CITY or
ii Seattle viii pay on presentation
Warrant as Roa Fuad-
Warrant I. Water Fund.
Warrant ". Gas Fund
Warrant - Gas Fund.
Warrant 31S. Fire Fund.
Warrant ZIG. Fire Fund
Warrant II. Cemetery Fund
J. ID. LOWAAN.
Dec. Ia fsss. City Treasurer.
Seattle daily post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, W.T. [Wash.]) 1881-1888, 1884-12-18

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Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1884-10-10
The BOSTON of China.

"Foo-Chow, sir, is the Boston OF
China, and one of the finest cities in tho
world" said DR.. Yontoze- Hing, a we'll
known Chinese physician of New York,
to a reporter, "The population of the
city itself is at least 800, 900, and that of
the suburbs about 100000. AS a seat of
learning it is pre- eminently distinguished.
No fewer than 5000 literary graduates
term that closely corresponds to that
of Senior wranglers at the University
at Cambridge, in England-or more than
a quarter of all the scholars in that part
of the empire, reside in Foo, Chow. 1t
is also the home of 1000 : literary stu
dents, seedy but clever young fellows,
who are supported somewhat in the same
manner, as the poor scholars of Ire
land that is, by teaching and similar
scholastic pursuits. Foo-Chow has a
considerable inland trade and has greatly
enlarged her commerce, especially since
the extirpation of pirates. AS we'll as /
can remember, the imports. of opium
last year exceeded So, 500, 900, of food
stuffs. 81, 600, 900, and of foreign goods.
500, 200, 600. Special attention is paid
to the tea trade, as the Bohea leaf
fourishes in the neighborhood of Foo
Chow. Perhaps the most important in
dustry is navigation. The Min river,
which is navigable for $50 miles, to a
city called Shau-nai, where canal con-
meets it with tributary of the Yang tse-
Kiang, is the home of over $4,000 boat
men. Thousands of fishermen also make
a good living by selling sharks fins,
BIRDS nest soup, devilish, dragonfsh,
gourami, seaworm greenfsh and many
other species of fish.
Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1884-10-10
FOR FEMININE READERS.
Matrimonial Tastes.

The following points are derived
from the experience of an English lady
of good social position, but limited
means, who, for several years has been
taking clients in need of husbands, to
watering places during the season. In
ten years she scores twenty-three sue
cesses and nine failures, this fisher of
men. 1t appears that dark girls go oil
best in spring and autumn, and blondes
at mid summer; that the market is apt
to be dull in the beginning of the season,
and to grow brisk toward its close; that
very young, fair men like brunettes best,
but veer toward their lighter sisters as
the fair men grow older. and that the
converse is as true of very dark men ;
that brunettes almost as invariably prefer
fair men, irrespective of age, and that
the prediction of blondes is commonly
an opposite one; that blonde girls work
off very i'll in raw, goldfish weather; that
to couple fair and dark girl in walk
ing, driving, ETC., is generally, but not
always, good policy, since the intended
victim sometimes falls in love with each
in succession, and ends by taking neither
and, finally, that while mountains and
lakes prove lively incentives to firta-
ton, at early periods, the seaside was
decidedly the stronger in the way OF
landing the fish as the leaves turn and the
days grow shorter.
Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1884-10-10
Western Feminlne Nimrods.

A Coleville (Cal) letter to the New
York Sun says: A young girl, pretty
and modest, with rifle on her shoulder
is not strange sight in these parts.
Many young women in the far West are
very proficient in the use of firearms, and
no one thinks it strange to see them thus
equipped on the highway, or in the
mountains hunting.
In nothing is the Western freedom
from conventionalism more striking than
in the latitude given young women in
their amusements. The typical far West
ern girl would doubtless shock her more
subdued sisters of the East in many
things which here are considered within
the bonnds of propriety. She hunts,
fishes, camps out, rides and tramps, with
all the relish shown by the sterner sex,
and in not few of these accomplish
ments is she the equal of any of the men.
Visitors from the East unfamiliar with
pastimes of this kind have often been
seriously embarrassed on finding that
their charming companions of the parlor
or the lawn could load and shoot gun
as we'll as riheman, mount and ride u
horse like a trooper or climb mountains
with untiring limb.
The girl over whom this section Of the
State is raving just now is Miss Lillian
Smith, an expert with the rifle, who
threatens to carry off the honors in
craftsmanship if she ever consents to
appear in q contest of skill. She is
only thirteen years of age, but she APP
pears much older. She has a strong
frame, abundant dark brown hair, and
big brown eyes. Tanned by continued
exposure to sun and wind, she is the
picture of health and of typical far
western beauty. When only nine years
of age she manifested a fondness for
the rifle which her parents readily graft
fed. She often went off into the wilds
of Mono county on hunting expeditions,
and frequently secured game which she
was obliged to procure assistance to
bring in. OF late she has amused herself
at odd times with shooting at glass balls
and at targets, and so unerring has he1
aim become that failure to hit the mark
is considered almost out of the question
On her hunting tours she uses twenty
two calibre rifle, which she handles with
the ease and precision of an experienced
marksman.
One of her feats with the life which
has attracted most attention is the break.
ing of a glass ball travelling 5000 feet
per minute. She shoots straight forward
and also over her shoulder, using hand
mirror to sight with.
Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1884-10-10
THE KatYdid.


A Norwich, Conn letter TO the New
York Times says: The katydid is one of
the most curious and interesting insects
in the chronological kingdom. In its
habits it is exceedingly clapnish, and its
prediction for certain localities and APP
parent distaste for Others that seem to be
equally eligible and inviting are inexpli-
cable. Year after year it appears in I'M
counted numbers among the trees in the
locality it affects, while q quarter of
mile away, in place equally uncovered,
not note is ever heard, except, perhaps
of an insect that has strayed away from
the crowd and is gradually winning its
way back. In Hartford, and in all the
cities of New England whose streets are
bnrdered by trees, there are certain ave-
nues that resound half the night with
the harsh clocking concerts of innu-
merable katydids, while on the next
thoroughfare, though it offers every in
| duCement in the way Of foliage, not a
katydid is heard In this city dark,
tree-shadowed Broadway is so infested
for two months by the insects that pass
ing strangers pause in establishment,
mystifed by the uproarious clatter.
So loud and clamorous was the katy
did concert in the trees about the walls
! of Park church, at the upper end of
Broadway, one Sunday evening two
summers ago, that the officiating clergy
man was compelled to dismiss the con-
gregation, as he was unable to make
himself heard above the din. On other
outrageous streets in this city, some OF
them running parallel with and not
two blocks away from Broadway,
a katydid is rarely heard. The
same popularity of the insects is noticea-
BILE also in the woods, there being certain
quarters that they frequent in armies and
others that they persistently avoid. The
fall cricket, which in appearance seems
| to be a distant relative of the katydid, is
evidently not strongly marked by the
bump of locality, evincing no fastidious.
ness in the choice of a singing box. 1t
takes its place in tall tuft of grass, OF
on the highest bough of an elm with
equal indifference. 1t is a solitary insect,
avoiding crowds, and singing exclusively
for the entertainment and solace of its
equally lonely and melancholy mate. Its
note is sad and mournful, seemingly q
droning negation in the debate, els life
worth living?"
The katydid is native OF this con-
tinent. 1t is sort of a night grass
hopper, though of purer, paler green,
more slender of body, and more ethereal
in its general expression. Its organ Of
sound is transparent elastic membrane,
in strong, oval frame in each of the
wing covers. These membranes, by the
overlapping of the wing covers, can be
made to rub against one another, and the
sound is produced by the friction. The
concert begins at evening twilight, be,
comes most clamorous about 8 or 1C
o'clock, and ends at midnight. Occas
sionally solitary drowsy clack may be
! heard an hour or two later. The katydid
does not sing constantly; the notes fol-
low each other in rapid succession for &
few momeuts, after which there is 6
pause of two or three minutes.
Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1884-10-10
Fashion Notes.

Parasols have rings and bows on both
ends.
French notices are very popular on
small doilies.
Handbags now come of undressed kid
to match gloves.
Red and yellow are the prevailing
colors in millinery.
Low shoes, with plain colored stock.
ings, are worn on the street.
White satin-wood furniture is again
fashionable for drawing rooms.
Fresh butter tint is a very popular
shade in long Mosquetaire gloves.
Ladies now wear a necklace and one
bracelet made to match each other
Dresses are much less draped than
they have been for many seasons past.
'Molere vests, which are very becom.
ing to slender women, retain their popu-
larity.
Jersey cuffs, two inches wide, are con-
venient for the tight sleeves now so pre-
valent.
A fashionable necklace is a velvet rib.
bon with snap of hammered gold set with
turquoises.
Basket straw bonnets are gilded and
trimmed with grasses, peoples and vel
vet strings.
1t is noticeable that the heels Of
women's shoes are being made lower and
the toes less pointed.
Among autumn novelties are round
waists without darts, with the fullnes;
shirred on either side.
A style of loose garment that hides q
multitude of sins in slender figure is
called Roman drapery.
Diamond hide" is a very supple ma
terial VIII CHI looks like patent leather
and is used for making shoes.
The Spencer waist and pointed girdle
of velvet with full, flowing skirts take
us back nearly to the medieval ages.
Colored dotted muslin, matching the
stuff of which the frock is made, is worn
in the neck and sleeves instead of lace OF
linen.
Children's hats and bonnets made ovel
reeds have embroidery brims shirred in
shape, and are finished with an edging
and ribbon rosettes.
Very little girls wear poke of cream,
blue or pink satin brocade, with huge
crowns of stiff, upright plaits; bow and
strings of satin ribbon.
Fancy pins are almost rage for hail
ornaments, several being worn at one
time, displaying Rhine stones, or any Of
the semi-precious stones. Rubies set in
silver are marked favorites.
The possibility of wearing a lace bon
net this winter ought to delight these
women who dislike to give up the pretty,
becoming trifes of lace and muslin proper
to the warm season, and it now seems az
if whole bonnets might be made of yak
lace this winter, and very certain that II
will be arranged in rosettes on the toy
of the bonnet and drawn down to form
strings, so as to give all the airy effect
Of thread or cotton lace.
Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1884-10-10

Tincture Of benzoin. .............-...1 ounce
Yolk of two eggs
Oil sweet almonds. x scruples
Rose water. '.............s-...1 ounce
Beat eggs and oil together. Coat the
hands with the mixture and draw on
gloves two sizes larger than the hand.
Violent perspiration will set in, espe-
clally if the gloves are rubber; the
skin will become hot and moist, you
will tumble and toss on a sleepless pill
low, hear all sorts of frightful noises,
have visions of hobgoblins, dragons,
sand-baggers, burglars and murderers;
the night will be so endless and your
nervous system so worked up that you
will jerk your suffering hands out of the
hot pudding-like cases, throw them
across the room and go to sleep-if you
have more sense than vanity.
Red hands are caused by hard work,
tight sleeves and allowing the arms to
hang down. Tight lacing has something
to do with this. hateful coloring. Wear
the clothes loose around the body, es-
pecially at the waist and armhole, take
eight or ten footballs day, and have
the water as hot as can be endured. The
best way is to sit on the edge of the
bath-tub, turn on both fauceGs, and after
cutting off the cold water allow the tenn
perature to go up to the point of endur-
ance. 1t will not be necessary to par
boil the pedals. If this treatment, with
the outdoor exercise, does not counteract
the lurid hue, you have too much blood
in the system and had better negotiate
with the family doctor for bleed with
cupping glasses. Carry the hands up,
as that position will send the blood back
to the shoulders
Sweaty hands may be partially cured
by dissolving spoonful Of alum in the
water A few drops of aromatic sui
phuric acid in the water is also recon.
mended. Powder the hands well after
moistening them with bay rum, and
wear open kid gloves or lace mitts as
much as possible. People who have
most hands perspire freely, and should
battle at least once day.
Wet clammy hands cannot be pre-.
scribed for here, as such condition is
suggestive of enfeebled health or imper
feet digestion, and requires the attention
of a skilled physician,
Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1884-10-10

A New York paper asserts that "the
nun of Kenmare, MISS Cusack, has opened
q school in connection with a eonvcnt at
Nottingham, England, for the training
of domestic servants, and her enterprise
suggests the need of schools for servants
in New York. The difficulty of obtain
ing competent servants is the cause OF
much aggravation to metropolitan house
keepers, and they would be delighted to
have school for the proper training OF
servants established in our city. Proba-
bly, most of them would gladly grant
permission to their servants to spend
several hours week at such a school
while pursuing the course Of instruction,
AMI the services of graduates of the in,
stitution would be at premium. Miss
CorsOn might contribute much more to
the general welfare and at the same time
increase her income by the establishment
of the proposed school, and as soon is
servants discovered the eagerness- OF
housckecpers to secure the services of the
graduates of the school, she would have
more applicants than she could admit.
She or some other competent person
should soon open school for servants in
New y orll. -
Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1884-10-10

OF the Territories, Utah has beehive
on a stand surrounded by flowers, with
bees lowering near it. Washington's
'female figure with flowing tresses' has
an anchor by her side; to her right a
city with spires and domes and steam
vessel; on her left log cabin and a
pine forest. On Dakota's shield an anvil
and agricultural implements appear in
decidedly incongruous juxtaposition,
with an Indian spearing buffalo. Ari,
IONA is represented by a miner, dressed
in shirt and trousers and a broad leaved
hat, resting on pick and spade. Mon
tana shows plow, pick, and spade in the
foreground of her shield. Wyoming DIS
plays in one compartment of her es-
cutcheon a railroad and train of cars !;
in another are agricultural implements.
Thus are labor and commerce rep
resented in American heraldry.
Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1884-10-10
The Palaces of the BOsphOrus.

When we had moved out from the
lower bridge into the stream, writes
a correspondent from Constantinople, l
could see the principal residence of the
Sultan, the Dolmabagtche palace. This
is really an elegant structure, invitingly
white and clean, right at the very shore
of the Bosphorus. 1t stretches along the
stony quay for long distance, inclosed
with graceful fence, which possesses a
really magnificent gate in the rear. But
the sultan has long since abandoned this
and all the rest of his charming palaces
that fringe the picturesque shores of the
Bosphorus. He spends his time in tho
palace Of Yildis, which is high up be-
hind Dolmabagtche, on the very brow Of
the hill. This is a very decent establish.
ment, but it has frowning aspect when
seen in the same picture with graceful
Dolmabagtche. 1t is an immense oblong,
with, believe, six vast towers, ranged
four at the corners and two in the center
of the longer sides. The Bosphorus pal
aces are seldom used, except when royal
guests are quartered in them. Then the
Bosphorus is gay with gorgeous galleys,
and melodious with the strains of Or
chestral music.
At intervals north of the Dolmabagt.
che are attractive two and three story
palaces, along the quay, in front of which
sentinels pace, and in which pallets
eunuchs serve. These are the headquar-
tiers of the royal harem, a large and inn
portant institution.
Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1884-10-10

"From the frontiers of Guatemala to
those of the United States" says th9
Mexican FiRancieS 1--WE have a vast do!
main whose growth of precious woods ID
truly enormous Along almost the emf
tire length of the coasts, both of the
Pacific ocean and Gulf Of California, a
variety of wood abound that are remark 1;
able for their perfumes as we'll as
such valuable cabinet timbers as rosewood,
mahogany, ebony and the cedar The
Mexican cedar is especially priced in
foreign markets. for, overlooking its
rich aroma, it possesses such hghtness
of weight and grain so fine that 1t is
considered superior to the ordinary wal.
nut, now so largely used in the manufac-
ture of rich furniture, While the interior
States rival the coast States of Mexico in
valuable timber reso%ces, it is note
worthy fact that the woods which com.
mand good prices in many foreign mar
kets are here almost everywhere burned
careessly as the cheapest fuel. Tho
coming exhibits in Boston and New
Orleans should attract to the neglected
regions of Mexico, SO rich in wooded
wealth. their deserved attention"
Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1884-10-10
Womb You Relieve IN

Natures great remedy, Kdney-Wort, has
cured many obstinate cases of piles. This
most distressing malady generally arises from
constipation and a bad condition of the bowels.
Kidncy-Wort acts at the same time as q Ca
tlartic and a hepling tonic, removes the cause,
cures the disease and promotes healthy state
OF the affected organs. james +. Meyer, car
riage manfr, of Myerstown, Pa, testifieS to the
great healing powers Of Kinney Wort, having
been cured by at Of very bad case Of piles
which for years had refused to yield to any
other A2edy. =
Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1884-10-10

Elisha E. Everett, cabinet maker and
inventor of Philadelphia, who has taken
out twenty or thirty different patents for
mechanical appliances, is now at work
on an invention that, if successful, may
completely reyelutionize ocean and rail-
way travel. This is nothing else than
the reduplication of steam power. Hd
has designed steamboat which, BY
means of a succession of paddles beneath
the water, may attain speed of thirty
knots an hour and accomplish a trip to
Europe in three or four days.
Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1884-10-10

1iAsOS & HANL'v commenced as melodeon
Ak rs in le5L Tloy soon introduced the
spr-y d ia t'Em5nt now known as tho
tsan On Aae ian organ, as it is termed in
.aro2e. Ihe new istcument proved so SUI
.lr!o, that i, soon took the place of every
aiis else ia tbs country, icing adapted and
nanufa. turel by all who had previously
,laje me!odeons and many others who were
induced TO commerce the business by the
;ipidiy growing demand Now about S100J
American organs are made and sold yearly.
Those 10y the Mason a. Hamlin Company have
always stood az The head, being Acknowledged
the lest The same makers are now producing
improved Upright Pianafortes which they
organs have dOne-Bnstnn TrnrcILen
Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1884-10-10
Skeletons Wrapped in Skin.

Commander Schley, of the Greedy re-
lief expedition, said to a Boston Herald
representative at Washington: The whole
voyage was one of sensational scenes and
incidents, perilous moments, furious
storms, narrow escapes, etc., but there
was nothing to compare with the terri
bic impressiveness of the hour @" rescue.
The only tears | have shed for many a
year were shed on that memorable occa-
sion, and there was not man who could
retain his composure. The scene was
ineXpressibly horrible and thrilling. A
little camp of survivors, looking actually
like skeletons, and nearly all of whom
were in the last stages of starvation,
while one at least, Council, was actually
in the very agony of death, doomed to
die within an hour if nourishment had
not been at hand, and unconscious for
two days afteFward that he had been
saved. The little camp, desolate, filthy,
barren, on an icebound coast, with the
long row of graves that told their story
with awful pathos-the first grave made
with all the care and skill that village
sexton could have bestowed upon it.;
the second less carefully constructed !;
the third more narrow and shallow, and
the others showing waning strength and
failing energy, until the last body that
had just been dragged out of sight of
the camp, and left to the mercy Of wind
and storm uncovered, because no one
could lift the earth or ice with which to
cover him. The picture was terrible one
indeed, and the days Immediately follow
ing were scarcely less terrible. Greedy
and those of his party who were rescued
were bathed in the cabin. They were
perfect skeletons wrapped in skin.
Every bone was clearly visible. Hips
and ribs were frightfully prominent.
These men were hungry every five min
utes; ravenous is an inadequate word.
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