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Seattle daily post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, W.T. [Wash.]) 1881-1888, 1884-12-31

:, rnst grand ball aud exhibition drill
" Company ID, First Regiment, N. q.
- ~, new Years Eve "Wednesday. De-
Cnoef Sl. 1854, TO be gwen at the
= Su house drill at 3 o'clock. dancing
A. Observation-Disclosures and la
u. Tickets TO be had from mem
40 80 ot the company or at the door the
ku. OF TIE hop 500
Seattle daily post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, W.T. [Wash.]) 1881-1888, 1884-12-31

Several holes wsrs charged With pow.
der in 4 Gold hsu mine. One bissf
failed TO 90 o6. An Irishman vas or
dered 20 20 In and see ~hss the master
vas. .No, sor." he said firmly
vns blown % in California vance that
vsv. an rd rather lave me work than
hs kils again"
Seattle daily post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, W.T. [Wash.]) 1881-1888, 1884-12-31

EnsRAcED BY THE PREss.-"Oh, |
.a..a sl.ak 70 must be 90 nice 10 be connected
.An q newspaper" said Miss M'Flynn
- young Quiildriver. as they sat 10
sesnef one evening. Yes, IL is so 90, !"
= = ,sspiled. Bat Why do you think IL
II why, &c has 50 may advantages.
soaid think you would glory In the
.anseoom, ~ the power aud the liberty and
~ see privileges Of the press" Ger
sy sany do. It's pity, with all your
s1.nasiasm on the subject. that you are
@M journalist" think 90, TOO. but
soa Know It is hard for woman 20 get
eooguition. should be delighted 90
~ mat the press embraced me" oh.
~ would, would your Great Scott
van uil turn down the gas"
Seattle daily post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, W.T. [Wash.]) 1881-1888, 1884-12-31

TWO NICELY FURNISHED ROOMS
j for sinxie genfiennen. in . private
family: three minufeei walk from the
Posi- uf1ice. For particulars apply AZ this
offIrs' desas
Seattle daily post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, W.T. [Wash.]) 1881-1888, 1884-12-31

SHIIOH'S 0ATARRH REMEDY-a
positive cnre for Catarrh, Dipkthesia
and Canker Month. Sold by A. b.
Stewart.
Seattle daily post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, W.T. [Wash.]) 1881-1888, 1884-12-31
MIHCELLANEOUS.
LITTRLL'S LIVING AGR.

THE LIVING AGE HAS BEEN PUB
ltshed Tor more than forty years, AID
has met with continuous commendation
and success.
A WEEKLY MAGAZINE. 1t gives So
numbers Of 81 pages each, or more than
Three and . Quarter Thousand
Double-column octavo pages OF reading
mat or yearly. II presents in an inexpen-
sive form. considering ite amount OF mat
ter. and with . combined freshness and
completeness nowhere else attempted.
The best Essays Reviews, Criticisms
serial and short Stories. sketches Of
tific. biographical, Historical and
Political Information. from the en-
tire body of Foreign Periodical
Literature. and from the
Seattle daily post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, W.T. [Wash.]) 1881-1888, 1884-12-31

TWO OR THREE APPRENTICES TO
j leara dre@nsktn4-. Apply q Aka
Seattle daily post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, W.T. [Wash.]) 1881-1888, 1884-12-31

THK GARDEN OF EpES.-The re-
puted sight Of the Garden OF Eden At
the junction Of the Tigris and En-
pirates IL nov sterile tract. where
the only vegetable life consists OF .
clump Of date trees near . very small
and dirty village called Gurna. nj
which the Turks maintain . garrison
and telegraph Office. The inhsbi-
tan,s point out to strangers, the tree
of knowledge--a most sickly speci
men, bearing Q small green berry
which would cause goat 20 turn
AWAY in disgust.
Seattle daily post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, W.T. [Wash.]) 1881-1888, 1884-12-31

A VI rrioe's dental ofiics is removed 10
ssiosnte on Fourth street. between
av'fn and Madison. aus
Seattle daily post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, W.T. [Wash.]) 1881-1888, 1884-12-31
FOREMOST LlvlNc WRITERS.

THE ABLKsT AND NosT CULTIVATED IN
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1T - THEREFORE, UNDERSTANDABLE TO
every one who wishes to keep pace with
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time. or to cultivate in himself or his
family general intelligence and literary
taste,
Seattle daily post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, W.T. [Wash.]) 1881-1888, 1884-12-31

wNrKR AT GnAr's HARBoR--On Mon
day I. heavy gale set In from the east,
and By Tuesday 10 vas blowing . hurri-
cane, the wind being accompanied BY
binding equals of slees and snow. The
Newell gave up her regular mail trip 10
Pstsrson's. Captain Whitcomb realizing
the fact that II he made the run In
safety be could not make . landing,
which 10 made by q swaIl boat. The
Tillie wss the only boat that made her
regular trio, and her captain reports it
the roughess day he ever sav on the bay
The Wind blew with such fury that it
would pick the water up IN sbeess and
VAN the spray twenty fest Inso the air.
The storm has absted aimee oos the
weather is still chaneeabls: nrst sun
shipe, then snow and rain The ther-
mospeser has ranged between IA . and
30 ; above. The preseut outlook u
very gloomy tor sssekmen, and II IL
don't clear Of warm they win have %
a. considerable feeding in order 10
winter their cattle.
Seattle daily post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, W.T. [Wash.]) 1881-1888, 1884-12-31
Opinions.


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Seattle daily post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, W.T. [Wash.]) 1881-1888, 1884-12-31
A PLEASANT AFrAIR AT ursALADY
EprroR Pesr -IsrwIlIaKxoxs

EDITOR Observation-Disclosures
Captain @. ]. Noyes, superintendent
of the Puget Mill Cos mill at this place,
was very agreeahly surprised on Christ
mss Day BY present from several Of
hts friends of very nice gold-headed
cane, With his monogram &C. j. N.")
very beautifully engraved on IL. Capt.
Noyss expressed bis thanks in q manner
that showed bis warm appreciation of
their gift. Preparations we're at once
begun for grand reception at their
residence on saturday evening, she 9Th
instant. Invitations were sent to their
many friends, and By $50 p. N. their
house was veil dlied with guests. The
party was very pleasantly entertained
by the productions OF choice selections
OF vocal and instrumental music ty
Mrs. A. X. Smith and Misses Jane aud
Oracle Noyes until 7:30 O'Clock, when
sll were invited by Mrs. Noyes into
their spacious dining room to. partske
Of q lunch and the choicest fruits and
wines that the market afords. AfteI
the inner man was satisfied. the party
enjoyed few more selections OF music
and at IL 80 the guests tsok their leave
Wishing them . happy New Year. All
expsesssd themselves a having spent q
very pleasant evening, and u will long
be remembered By al participants a
one of their bright spots in life. x.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1884-05-15
wOMAN's TENACITY OF LIFE.

1t appears from the gathered statis-
tics of the world that women have q
greater tenacity of life than men. Ma
ture worShips the female in all its va
rieties, says the Modern Age. Among
insects the male perishes ut relatively
early period. In plants the seminate
blossoms die earliest, and are produced
On the weaker limbs. Female quadru-
peds have more endurance than the
males. In the human race. despite the
intellectual and physical strength of
the man, the woman 1endures longest,
and will endure pain to which the
strong man succumbs. Zymotic dis
eases are more fatal to males and more
male children die than females. De
verga asserts that the proportion dying
suddenly is about 100 women to 780
men; 1880 men in the United States in
1870 committed suicide to 285 women.
Tntemperance. apoplexy, govt, hydro
2ephalous, affections of the heart or
liver, scrofula, paralysis, are far more
fatal to males than females. PulmOna-
~ consumption, on the other hand, is
more deadly to the latter. Females in
the cities are more prone to cOnsump-
lion than in the country. All old coun-
tries not disturbed by emigration have
majority of females in their poputa-
ion. In royal families the statistics
show more daughters than sons. The
Hebrew woman is exceptionally long
lived, the colored man exceptionally
short lived. The married state is ia
vorable to the prolongation of life
among women. DR.. Hough remarks
that there are from 2 to per cent.
excess of females in the living popula-
tons. From which statistics we con-
@lude that all women who can possibly
obtain one of those rapidly departing
men ought to marry, and that, as men
are likely to become so very scarce,
they cannot be sufficiently priced by
the other sex.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1884-05-15
Cut Near The Surface.

pleasant story comes from Dallas
county, Arkarsaw. Some time ago,
just after & drOuth, butter became so
scarce that the people were compelled
to toregO this almost necessary article
Of diet. Old man Reglin and his wife,
Charity, had ever been proud of their
table, and the scarcity OF butter caused
them great annoyance. The old lady,
however, had saved up one ''churnin'"
which she took greet pleasure in work
ing over, stamping with fanciful
print, and placing on the table. The
children were Taught not to touch it,
any more than they would have done
vase Of flowers placed on the table
for ornament. One morning, two
neighbors, Webley and Alison, came
over to help Reglin perform piece of
work. Mrs. Reglin prepared for them
an excellent breakfast, and when the
guests sat down at the table, there was
the plate of butter, bearing an angel
surrounded by a garland of roses.
Webley understood the situation, and
would not touch the ornament, but At
son was particularly fond of butter
and especially during the drouth, had
made quite q reputation as q butter
eater. Just after blessing had been
asked, Alison took a biscuit, tore it
open, reached over and with a slash
cut off the angels head. The children
looked at each other in establishment,
and Mrs. Reglin cleared her throat.
Pretty soon Alison swept off the angels
right wing and spread its pinions on
his biscuit. By this time the children
thought that the time for eating butter
had come, and reaching out their
knives, begin to dip in lightly. Reglin,
observing the outbreak, said:
Children, cut near the surface"
The children desisted, but when At
son swept away the other wing, to-
gether with a rose, they reached out
again.
Children. says Reglin your
mother wants some of that butter for
Christmas"
When Alison left the table, Webley
remained near the door to hear any
remarks that might be made. There
was silence for some time. Finally
Reglin said:
"C-larity, did you observe how that
man Alison d0re into your butter?"
ArEQnSQlU Traveller.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1884-05-15
POetry and Religion.

L have heard it said that the saga
| clous and admirable naturalist whom
we lost not long ago. once owned to a
TREND that for his part he did not ex-
perlence the necessity of two things
which most men find so necessary to
them-poetry and religion; science
and domestic affections, he thought.
were enough. To born naturalist,
can well understand that this. should
seem SO. SO absorbing in his occupa-
tlon with nature, SO strong his love for
his occupation, that he goes on acquir-
ing natural knowledge of and reason
ing upon it, and has little time or in
cnnatlon Tor thinking about getting it
related to the desire in man for con-
duct, the desire in man for beauty. He
relates 1t 10 them for himself as he goes
along, so far as he feels the need; and
he draws from the domestic affections
all the additional solace necessary.
But then Darwins are very rare. An
other great and admirable master of
natural knowledge, Faraday, was
Sandemanian. That is to say, he re-
lated his knowledge to his instinct for
conduct and to his instinct for beauty,
by the aid of that respectable Scottish
secretary, Robert Sandeman. And so
strong IN general is the demand of re-
liglon and poetry to have their share in
man, to associate themselves with
his knowing, and to relieve and rejoice
1t, that Tor one man among us with the
disposition to do as Darwin did in this
respect, there are fifty, probably. with
the disposition to do as Faraday.
Education itself lays hold upon us by
satisfying this demand. Prof. Huxley
holds up TO scorn medieval education,
with its neglect of the knowledge of
nature, its poverty even of literary stu
dies, its formal logic devoted to :'show-
ing how and why that which the church
said was true must be true" But the
great medieval universities were not
brought into being, we may be sure, by
the zeal OF giving iejune and con-
temptlble education. Kings have been
their nursing fathers, and queens have
been their nursing mothers, but not for
this, The medieval universities came
into being because the supposed know
ledge delivered by scripture and the
church so deeply engaged mems hearts,
by so simply, easily, and powerfully
relating itself to the desire for con-
duct, the desire for beauty. All other
knowledge was dominated by this sup
posed knowledge and was subordinated
to it, because Of the surprising strength
Of the hold which it gained upon mems
affection by aliayng itself profoundly
with their sense for conduct and their
sense for beautv.-N0tthcW A2W0ld, 5n
The NaVhatla11 FIR AprH.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1884-05-15
Tagging Salmon.

The Progress of Fish Culture is
set forth in the April Century by Fred
Mather, who describes as follows the
method of marking fish: I'm the mode
of obtaining salmon eggs, a great step
in advance was made by Mr.. Atkins,
on the Penobscot, when, instead of de-
pending on the accidental capture of
salmon with ripe eggs, he found that
he could keep the fish in pens, in fresh
water, until their spawn ripened, and
thus could obtain a hundred-fold more
than had been got before. At Bucks
port Maine, after the eggs are taken
number on it is attached to the poster
ior part of the dorsal fin. A record is
kept of the sex, length, and weight of
each fish, and the date of it's liberation,
thereby showing what growth is made
up to the time of their second capture.
A reward is offered for the return of
these tags accompanied by statements
of the time and place of capture, the
weight of the fish, and other informa-
ton. A female salmon, liberated at
Bucksport, November 10. 1875, which
weighed sixteen pounds after spawn
inc, was captured two years later, and
was found to have grown q foot in
length, and to have increased eight
and q half pounds in weight Mr..
auckland also marked salmon by
punching holes in the second dorsal fin
with a conductors punch, but we have
no records of their subsequent capture
and rate of growth"
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1884-05-15
The What and the Tt.

A What, escaping from its keepers,
was walking down the street, and occa-
sonally mingling in feeble way with
the Human Beings who jostled by,
when it met lonely 1t, surrounded by
a Newmarket.
''Ah, deah boy,'' said the What,
tevah's mattah with you?'
''Alas, replied the heart-broken It
...Dweadful, isn't it? Y see, they came
home new lawst night, don't y know,
and my valet, he pulled them on the
tongs to stwetch them, don't y know?
An l just want to die, deah boy, pom
honah, do now"
And shedding q tear as large as q
pea, the unhappy 1t was drowned in its
briny depths. Huntington HaWkeye.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1884-05-15
Alexander Stephens Thinness.

There was some talk about thin men
and bony men, when the Pittsburg
correspondent said: II once heard
Matt Carpenter tell Don Cameron that
he had just seen an empty carriage
drive up to the Department of Justice
and Alexander Stephens get out of it. y
''Ihere's q vague sort OF familiarity
about that story" said the Virginia
journalist, ''as if / had heard it when
[ was a boy and forgotten it. But /
know 4 less ancient one about Aleck
Stephens. 1t was at White Sulphur
Springs in 1861 think it was '6S-but
anyway, Gen. Robt. f. Lee and Gen.
Rosecrans and other distinguished men
were there at the time consulting as to
the best means of reconciling the North
and South, and bringing about much
needed peace and harmony in the ma
ton. One day the stage coach drove
up in front of the hotel, and out of one
door of 1t stepped a newspaper man
named Hanna. He was SO long and
thin in body that he offered no particu-
lar obstruction TO the passage of light.
The thickest thing about him was a
shock of red hair that hung down on
each side of his face, covering his ears
and framing his cadaYerous counten-
ance. He wore large linen buster
about as large around as an umbrella
case. As he climbed out one side of
the stage Alex Stephens climbed out of
the other, and the two started up to-
ward the hotel together. One of the
boys at the hotel pointed at them and
called out to me, ''Look here, Gil;
here comes the vanguard of the resur-
reotion ~
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1884-05-15
Got Him Down Fine.

There are not many Anglo-Maniacs
in Burlington, but the other day a
young man who was endeavoring to
imbibe ideas by sucking the head of a
cane, said to the manager of the street
car:
law, say you know. put me down
at Valley street.
Put you DOWN. and the manager
looked puzzled
Yes, l get down there. Put me
down for the depot, you know"
III put you down for fool" NUT
tered the manager, and then deep
silence fell all over the car, like the
solemn hush of man falling down
stairs in the dark.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1884-05-15
CIassicalIy Appropriate.

Sploodoogle is a new father, and the
other morning, after a noisy night
with the kid, he picked up Spoodoogle,
Jr., and began codding him:
''Es 90 title ootsy wootsy tootsy," he
gurgled, 100 tweet title sing; COR
mammals darlin'. You darned little
Macbeth, you -
Whats that?" cried Mrs. S., start
led by his changed tones, whats that
you're calling the baby?''
Nothing. dear, only Macbeth"
That's horrid name. What do
you want to call the little angel that
for?'
lon strictly classic principles. dear.
| call him Macbeth because Shaks-
peare says Macbeth doth murder
sleep. Merchant Traveller.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1884-05-15
Built to Fight Arctic Ice.

The sailing steamship Bear, which
was purchased recently by the United
States as one OF the vessels for the
Greedy relief expedition, was considered
one of the strongest sailing vessels in
the Arctic sealing fleet. She is three
masted, barkentine rugged, and divided
INTO three Water-tight compartments.
Her dimensions are: Length, 100 feet
4 inches; breadth of beam, % feet 9
inches; depth of hold, Is feet inches;
gross tonnage, $50 tons; net tonnage,
1863. She was built in Dundee, Scot
land, in 1874, and has compounded en-
gines, with cylinders of % and so
inches diameter, respectively, and 80
inches stroke.
Her hull proper is built of oak, with
iron fastenings, and she is sheathed
from the keel to above the water-line
with green-heart-a very hard wood
exported from Demerara, West Indies.
The forward part of the vessel, from
the stem for about fifteen feet aft, is
built up solid with oak timbers. The
stem is broad and cut away diagonally,
so that the tendency will be for the yes
sci to run up on the ice until her weight
tends to break it down, thus making a
channel for the vessel. This gives her
great advantage over ordinarily built
vessels in encountering ice foes. There
are several thwartship braces of stout
timber to enable the sides to resist the
pressure of ice. Other braces have al
SO been added at the navy yard. Her
propeller wheel is of composite metal,
has on ly two blades, and is protected
from the ice by q skeleton frame. 1t
can be raised at any time for repairs.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1884-05-15
Wardrobes for the Little Ones---Pret-
ty Tables.
NIESIC.

IT listened to the music broad and deep
heard the tenor in an ecstasy
Touch the sweet, distant goal, heard the
cry
OF prayer and passion, and heard the sweep
Of mighty wings, that in their waving keep
The music that the spheres make endlessly:
Then my cheeks shivered, tears made blind
eye
AS flame TO flame felt the quick blood leap,
And through the tides and moonlit winds of
sound,
To my loves passionate voice grew aud
ible,
Again felt your heart to my heart bound q
Inen silence on the y.OiS and voices fell;
But like the still, small voice within a she'll
l heard love thrilling through the void pro-
found
Philip BOurkc MarstOn
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1884-05-15

A writer in the Popular Science
Monthly for April tells of y man claim
ing that he was able to recognize an
antagonist who struck him in the dark
by means of the light emitted from his
own eye rs the result of the blow. II
this means of discovery had only been
communicated TO Mr. William Patter-
son it might have saved him years OF
worry and veXation, and at the same
time settled very perplexing question.
A Washington observer says he has
noticed in walking up to the Capitol,
that the women. headed by Susan B.
Anthony, always keep to the left of
the sidewalk and stem the tide of other
pedestrians.
The lotus flower of Egypt is natural
lied on mill pond near Dover, Del,
and the flower was in full bloom last
summer near 4 lawn in the charming
Chester Valley in Pennsylvania.