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

EDr10n OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES:
The ons-sidsd Sunday isv question
- represented BY the Chyvsicis, looks a.
IL Ne were going 20 present. the unen-
viable spectaeie Of having all oar busi-
ness houses open on Sundays. This is
not right from any stand point There
10 no ioss 10 any msroantiis tnssseet, ex-
cept liquor saleous and billiard halls.
The Hebrew portion Of the population
twho alone Wouid take advautaQe Of
this aotl do not observe their Habbash
--Batnrday-and as all classes concsds
that one day In seven 10 not too much
Tor rest and recreation, thsrs IN no
reasonable excuse for any sect requir-
ing privilege which the balance of the
population do mot avail themselves Of.
an In favor Of allowing sAloons and
billiard halls TO spen. bat am oppnssd
TO dryRoods stores, oloshiers. jewell n.
boot and shoe stores, hatfers, or hard
ware men doing 30, and hope the Coun
oil wili show backbone enough 10 resist
tho movement which the Chron;cis IL
chartered 10 work up. IL these inter
views are intended for fair expression
of the mercantile opiuio, Of the c1m
muuity, Why does the Chrosfcis suppress
the greater portion of the interviewed,
who are in favor Of q vigorous enforce
msnt Of sil taws2
OsR OF rnK INrxnvrRwKD.
SxArrLK, Dec. II. 1884.
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rAxs cAss % rsus BRA

There are o fev practical rules for
preserving the hsalth Of the ere vhioh
should be observed: First, always have
rood light. and yet Que which d nos
produced by the direct shining Of the
suns rays upon the eye. A reader shouId
stt win the light coming upon the paper
from cns side rather than from The
front. Good print also in necessary.
some typea are too small 30 Be read sith
safety. while others. though Of sufficient
sire, are % blurred or indistinet - TO
caass . strain upon the eyes which viii,
by and By. show itssif in weakness Of
sight. Another Good rule u mot 20 rsad
or write. or exercise the eye upon any
ciose -wark for . long PERI d without
rest. Great relief may % given BY an
occasional cessation from work, and Q
hxing Of the eyse npon come distant
point In the lsndsoape. This relieves
she mussles Of adjuslmsnt from 3 too
long continued strain. A very bad
thing for the eyes 10 the habit % many
have Of reading In the oars. The lost
ling and shaking Of the cars and the
paper require continual enlistment OF
the foous Of the syea. and the muscles
subjected to this constant and excessive
strain are liable 10 serioas injary. Il 10
q great temptation 10 read the morning
paper willis one ID on his way 70 bosi-
ness In . railway train; but II one re-
members that by this habit he In liable
10 impair his eyesiRht % that In after
years be oauuot read AZ AL, or ouly With
great dif1onlsy. he viii be liable TO deny
himself. Take care Of the eyes you
have, since thsy are ill you ever viii
have. You must 20 through life with
one pair. whether they are good or baA.
Seattle daily post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, W.T. [Wash.]) 1881-1888, 1884-12-12
..1Lr AND WEEKLx

.1ia1ual caTd8 q per month Tor one
- q oer ns0nth for ons-ilalf inch,
..ss 8 eenfs ! line fer ore weak. and
= lins per month.
pS...sssrciai advertising. 92 an inch fer
- md q an inch per month
Seattle daily post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, W.T. [Wash.]) 1881-1888, 1884-12-12

HUyrxo Hore.-Mf. Samoei Ramsay
ef N ssons:n has been stcppina as toe
Driard for several days past, hAvine
come over from Washington Territory,
where be Was eueAged IN ooying ~ al
ths hops he could secure. Mr.. kamssy
stasss thas the hop crop 10 hts part oi
ths country uas total failure thla
ssAson. aud be 10 thus compslisd = %
elsewhere fer . supply. a vsFy iarRl
crop uas rAised IN wsshinGtoo Tern
sory shis year. bus ths psscs h.s falasn
oonsidsrabiy. 10 10 pruo1ahis crop
and IL seems strange that faruers u
British Columbla do nss snzses q 20
cul,isaaion, especially % when q - Z
nell known fAes that they thrive eers
rnuon better than across The linz Ihs
srssssr porsiou Of tho hops Rrown oss'
sne Iine IA the neishboghood of tscoms
snd sesstie ass shippsd % En1tsn1
vhere . ready maskse . obtained
rnouid sns farmers N this provinces %
s~ce extensively b sheir colszveetco
sh~rs = IStsis doabs thar TN schsm&
~.snia urovs 3 nnAsosai saceesA Ths1
- n nrrspas uossh AboGs Is esnss -
-cnnd. vhioh d equivaisnt toaboas -
- srr~' = Fkforss 7isss.
-
Seattle daily post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, W.T. [Wash.]) 1881-1888, 1884-12-12

Uss Peck's Premium Perfumes In
stead ct any others, and ron will BE-
more highly pleased than evsr before.
for they ere srue odora. Samples can
be had al A. B. Ssewart'G -
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xss % rive nessrss su,rs.
fBrocklyn Eagle. /

For few days there viii be soms life
and activity In the Brooklyn navy yard,
for. large number Of workmen have
already been engaged 10 destroy two
Immense huiks known as the Colossus
and the Java. For ths past twenty
years thees two uncompletcd vessels
have never been moved from the ways
on which they were originally built, and
tbs very tiinbers on which they lie are
almost rotten from long exposure. The
Java and Colossus have always attract
cd great deal of attention from visit
ors, and from their battered appearance
many people supposed thlt the two
ships must have been through some
friQhtfnl naval eombats.
The Colossus was 70 be double tur.s
reted monitor carrying four fifteen inch
guns. She was designed by Benism
Deiano, one Of the most skiiIfui naval
constructors of his day. Two miilions
and q half we're 10 be expended ON her,
but when the war Vas more advanced,
orders were received from Washington
to stop workton Colossus. This vas done
and many men Ia consequences thrown
out Of employment. The SHIPS engines
had juss been put In her, and she vas
all ready fer launching when the men
ceased work. and nothing has been done
to her from that dag 20 this.
What about the Java p
The Java was designed for fast
steam cruiser, for the purpose Of par-
suing such swift vessels ~ the Alabama
and others Of her GLASS. She wxs 70 be
capable Of attaining speed Of ssvsn-
teen knots IN hour; In fact. shs miaht
havs e1nslsd the speed sf the Arixona.
The lava Was snainiy built for speed,
ana all her wood work gas Of the best
white oxk She would have made .
formidable mate 20 the Colossus. and
especially In those all var times she
two vessels could easily have withstood
the attack Of any other two men-of-var.
II 10 pity 30 see them 30 withcut hAv-
ina even tooched ths salt water, bot
than fhe space th&t these two old hulks
occupy u very SMlnahle, aud WI be
used FOR something elss. hope more
usefui and ornamental"
Whe1 are yoa roine 10 begin the
work Of destruction r.
We have CON menced 10 demotish
the Colossus already. and - soon ~ We
take on some more help ve viii lay the
lava low. Il will take about i've
months altogether to break ap the swo
ships." - 60
Seattle daily post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, W.T. [Wash.]) 1881-1888, 1884-12-12

sLL BUSINESS FoR TAX CoILrcroxs.
sn,,.s'u Jordan, who IL ex-officio tai
49, Of Maltnomsh county, 10 nos
i lh ssh PLEASED at the tardy manner
-. payments are being made this
- ne has sufficient force Of dep
= ~ g make out receipts for and take
,-, money Of two or three hundred
eas scsss each day. and 80 far he says he
s,scs ~ nave had no harder work ali
4 ns,un .1sn q country postmaster. 10 10
a r,.sa consequence OF the strincency
M ssy - matters that sveryb. dy shoald
~ s paying his taxes as long as pos
ssss.. -. the slowness shis year Is almost
-. Deputy Sheriff Powell has
srs., making the rounds of the country
- 1ois a. was announced some tims
pos .aa retcrned yesterday, seemingly
-. 49, .vsfourdened With cash and very
a. fsRardinR his trip. The facts
iss.. ssid prominent lawyer and ex-
90. : sno took pity upon the reporter,
eeIs -. .r.l rsveli has had fine trip, su. hss
49, eoliected t375 in the entire two
--o,.and Or and this 6s got a Rooster Rssl. !.
Seattle daily post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, W.T. [Wash.]) 1881-1888, 1884-12-12

a.
Over Twelve steamers have been added
. Ne steam heet In British Columbia
safink The past year.
= ihs bark Niphon, 1910 tons. Captain
nssssn, arrived In E.qaimxit haroor In
@ the tue Alexander, yesterday
aassnine. The tug made the tow in 10
vSsulA she bark carrying l3u2 tons Of
sanecuver coal.
aae siesmship Sardonyx. Capt. Back.
sAiied yesterday afteraoon fos
asaekonR. xith 200 Chinese. There
~ sereat stampede Of Oelestials down
pshs wharf, TO see their brethren
~ y. ]. Helmcken, son Of DR.
eken Of this city, arrived 10 Vic.
- Yesterday after an abssncs oi
.sea Years. He has studied ths
raoai profession in the Eass aud In
- sspe and will take up the practice oi
v;.k sa.ne s In this city. in conjunction
'A ms father. .-Stasdard.
Seattle daily post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, W.T. [Wash.]) 1881-1888, 1884-12-12

...s.usi cards - per month Tor ene
.5 n g)per month forone-hak inch
80 a rei1ss line for one insertion,
RI resis line per month.
...er.,isI advertising, 81 per inth far
:.ssssson. and ~ per month.
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'syrRTlsINc RATES.


usssal cardA p Per month sa,e fof s,..s GO
"a 9 per month ior or ss oneea't 1890 ,ncn.
Ie - for six insertions. and -
- { sdvertiseznenfs. % cents en
- 1<ss@@rsio6. ef.5o n inch for SIX
~ 81 ~ - Inch for two weeks. - 50
- Y ana IS per month.
Seattle daily post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, W.T. [Wash.]) 1881-1888, 1884-12-12

THE CouSrx ASSESSMENT. = To the
surpriss OF saxpayers. 10 10 nov dsvel
opsd that In al least one respect tbs
county assessment of 1854 was not
Thoroughly or veil taken. The property
az non rec sidents has heen very escef-
erallv assessed 20 unknovn own<Fp.
This neceeaitased the asssaauneut ef saeh
piecs OF property separately. and In the
case OF non residents makee u neces-
sary 90 describe % the tax coliector each
niece OF property. 4 friend or an agent
Il rrouesfed By Martin Jones. OF Omaha.
10 nav Jones' kine eouuty tsxes. Here
sofore the AGENT could comply with this
reuucss By calling at the Trsasursr's
once and giving the name OF ~.
Joaes. Nov No. Jones' nasns doesnt
appear, and II she agent hasn't eos Do.
ssriptions Of the property the TAI must
90 uupaid. and on The iss Of January
viii become delinquent. With penalty
Attachment The penalty viil have g
be paid by q largo number o. non rea.
denss on this account In other psrfs
al ths Uuion ali property u assessed g
this vay; but the people undsfssand ~
and no hardship results In eonssqosnoe
Here IA In cutie different
Seattle daily post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, W.T. [Wash.]) 1881-1888, 1884-12-12

ToSraHr's ESrKKTAISAESr. - me
Rail-. Of Oornevills" Win Be presenssd
Al the Frye Opera House tonight, y 2
comhinsfiou cf the amateur musicA
and dramatic talent Of the city. hns
ccsnic opera in three scts, and y 10 $50
she persous Who have u In hand render
"A most aeceptabiy. Ihs curtain VII
riss a 3 o'cIock Seats en- b eee1re1
a - opesa DFsG osese.
Morning appeal. [volume] (Carson City, Nev.) 1877-1906, 1884-04-12
The Vfctors and the SpoiIs.

Ine VlctOrS 8nO tue SpOAES.
The following bills were presen-
ted to the Board Of County Com
missioners Democratic) to-day.
W. II. Sweeney (Democratic) to
telegraphing in case Of Martin,
escaped murderer, $3.50.
District-Attorney CARRIER. Dem
ocratic). That's legal, pay it!'
10 Eureka Leader (Republican)
for publishing rotice of Del Barba
escaped convict, (request of Sher-
ifD s..
District-Attorney CARRIER Dem
ocrat). "Reject that. won't pay
any bills of that kind" Seiah.
Moral Ito the victors belong
the spoils." No Republicans need
apply. Eureka Leader
1t is customary all over the State
for Democratic Boards to patronize
Democratic papers and Republican
Boards to. patronize Republican pa
pers. After a newspaper has
worked through the heat and dust
of campaign, and the ticket it adj
vocated is elected, it has right to
expect the patronage of it's party.
1t is certainly little enough to ask
and a party paper hes right to
this sort of official recognition; if.
however, a county officer orders an
advertisement in some other news
paper the Board should pay for the
service, and, if it does not the pub
Usher has his remedy in Court of
Law.
Morning appeal. [volume] (Carson City, Nev.) 1877-1906, 1884-04-12
EKOnOring u Murderer.

An interesting ceremony took
place at Birmingham, Eng, re-
Gently, on the occasion of the
homecoming" of man named
Hall after 20 years penal servitude
for wife murder. Thousands of
people, it is stated. met Hall at the
railway station and gave him an en-
thusiastic reception, greeting him
with loud cheers until he was driy-
On of in q cab with his relatives.
These tokens of sympathy and es.
TEEN must have somewhat sur
prised Hall. Wife murder was
90 years ago looked upon as a rath-
er grave offense, even when as in the
case of Hall. it was committed I'M
der circumstances Of extreme prov
0cation.
Morning appeal. [volume] (Carson City, Nev.) 1877-1906, 1884-04-12
DEATH OF ,CHAS. READE

The dispatches Announce that
Charles Reade, one Of England s
greatest novelists. died yesterday
afternoon. His stories were noted
for their vigorous plots, their ro-
bust, healthy sentiment and an in
terest which drew this reader on
from the beginning to the close.
He is generally ranked as next to
Dickens, but has thousands Of adj
mirers who consider him in
every way the latters equal His
works were always written with a
well.considered end in view and
we're always in the interest Of
right and justice. His characters
were all strongly drawn and his
tsrse, forcible style will be adj
mired for generations yet to come.
Morning appeal. [volume] (Carson City, Nev.) 1877-1906, 1884-04-12

When Hayes was inaugurated
President, twenty old line Demo.
Gratis in Chicago registered . SOL
snn VOW that they would not
touch whisky until . Democrat was
inaugurated. At first it seemed .
great undertaking for these old
topers to abstain from their favor
ito guxzle, and they had the hearty
commiseration of their fellows;
as time passed on they thought 90
themselves, and when Garfield was
swept into the White House they
met and bewailed thu unfortunate
condition into which their beloved
country had fallen. Whenever q
Democrat heard Of their strange
oath, he wept real tears of woe.
but this pledge proved the best
thing that ever happened to them.
Instead of being roaring drunk
twice q week, they became sober.
industrious citizene. and began to
make money. BY temperate habits
and strict attention to business they
have become men of worth and re-
speciality, where they were poor
and worthless before. Their sue
cess in life dates from that pledge.
If all the Democrats would quit
drinking whisky four years, We be-
lieve that they could elect Presi-
dent at the end of that time, but
we apprehend no danger to the
Republican party from that source.
Morning appeal. [volume] (Carson City, Nev.) 1877-1906, 1884-04-12

"AVlN(. SUCCEEDED TO
III the business of the Carson CITY saw
ings Bank we are now prepared to 40 a
General Banking Business.
Bills of Exchange bought and sold on
San Francisco, New York, England.
Ireland. Germany, France and all the
principal cities OF the United States and
Europe.
Telegraphic transfers made.
Issue certificates of deposit and re-
ceive deposits on open account.
Collections made at current rates Of
exchange.
Bullion bought and sold.
Mining stocks bought and sold on
commission only.
Liberal advances made on approved
stocks and other securities.
Morning appeal. [volume] (Carson City, Nev.) 1877-1906, 1884-04-12
Banking Notice.

Ys,HE UEDERSIGNED BEG. TO
1 announce that they have transferred
their Banking Business to The Bullion
and Exchange Bank incorporated in
Carson City, Nevada. March "A, 1850
which will continue the same. Thank
ing the public for the liberal patronage
OF the past, we beg to solicit the contin-
uance of the same for our successors
The Carson City Savings EanI<.
Carson City, Nevada, March 81, 1884.
Morning appeal. [volume] (Carson City, Nev.) 1877-1906, 1884-04-12

LONDON, april 10. - Charles
Reade died this afternoon.
PARIS. April II The death of
Jean Baptiste Dumas 10 announced.
Morning appeal. [volume] (Carson City, Nev.) 1877-1906, 1884-04-12
CoRREspONDENrS:

New York-Messrs. Opdyke 4 Co.
The American Exchange in Europe
fIimfted) .Messrs. Knauth, Nachod &
Kuhne. g.
San Francisco-The Anglo Californian
Bank (Limited.) Messrs. Homer T.
King 4 Co.
april
Morning appeal. [volume] (Carson City, Nev.) 1877-1906, 1884-04-12
J. 3. ELY.
PLAIN AND DECORATIVE
PAPER HANGER.
House. Sign and Ornamental
Painter. Glazing Done. Walls
Whitened and Tinted.
Country Orders Solicited

l keep on hand Head Boards for
graves, both plain and imitation of
marble, with brown stone base. Letter.
ing done to order.
Agent for the patent Embossed Glass
Letters and the new White COmpO-
sitiOn Letters.
Paper Hanging a speciality,
Office aud shop-Opera House Block,
next door too Limbs harness shop,
Carson strset. Carson City, Ornyby
county, Nevada. mrl6
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1884-10-19
"ANOTHBR LIE NAILED"

Patrick Sullivan, of Cheboygan, recently
caught a large pickerel which seemed unusu-
ally %corpulent. Upon cutting it open he was
surprised to find a swarm of bees inside of it
and ten pounds of honey. 1t is supposed that
the fish inadvertently swallowed a bee one
day for a fly and since then the insect utilized
it for a hive. The flavor of the fish was de-
%licious, but the honey had such a fishy taste
that it could not be eaten.-New York
Graphic.
There may be some people simple enoughto
credit this improbable story, though we feel
certain that even the most superficial exami
nation must expose the fallacious character of
its statements. A fish, and especially a pick
erel, might easily swallow a live bee in mis-
take for a fly, but it is hardly possible that he
a few minutes. Pisciculturists and natural
lists have produced no evidence that the gas
tric membrane of a fish is any more proof
against the bees ready and pungent argu-
ment than is that of any land animal. Ma
ture has wisely provided the fish with an
armor or seriate coat of mail that effectually
protects it from the sting of bees. But live
bees, as a diet, are nowhere prescribed as
proper food for fishes. Passing by this point,
however, it is little less than apocryphal that
even a live bee, at Cheboygan, or any other
point in Michigan, should propagate a swarm
of bees in the stomach of a live fish. In his
natural habitat the bee that produces new
generations is not the bee that goes prowling
about, gathering honey and producing a panic
in ministerial pants at a Sunday-school pic
mic. Upon the queen bee, the only instance
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1884-10-19

the Atlantic, is a dreadful mystery
which will probably never be divulged. The
gentle DANES and damsels who have enjoyed
the pictures of high life drawn, as they sup
posed, by one of their own class, will shudder
when they discover that the same deft hand
has catered to the enjoyment of the cook and
the chambermaid. Indeed, it is not unlikely
that they will feel themselves contaminated,
as if brought into personal companionship
with these low and i~lliterate persons. They
fattered themselves that they had a novelist
of their own, but he has betrayed them, and
in whom now can they put any confdence7
1t is a sad disclosure. Mr.. Fawcett should
have guarded his secret better.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1884-10-19

what I consider one of the finest productions of the
English language" and then in an impressive manner
reeited the poem. AS Mr.. Lincoln was leaving ths
room after his recitation Mrs. Hills asked him who
the author of the poem was and where it could be
found. Lincoln replied that he did not know. But, -
he added, 'f you wish it 1 will write you out a copy
of it." The next morning while Mrs. Hills was eat
ing her breakfast Lincoln handed her the copy he had
promised. 1t was written on the oldfashioned blue
legal cap.
SOME shopkeepers on Fleet street, London, exhibit
historic relics by way of advertising their wares.
Thus a tobacconist displays in his window Sir Tssac
Newtons pipe and the stopper, for which, one one oc-
casion, he thOughtlessly substituted the finger of his
lady love; and the stump of the cigar which the French
Marshal Moreau smoked while his leg was being am
putated on the battlefield of Leipsic. The riding
boots of the chivalrous highwayman, Claude DuvaL
are exhibited by a shoemaker, who by way of contrast
shows also the pumps worn by Beau Nash when he
exercised undisputed sway in Bath at the height of its
reputation as a watering place.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1884-10-19

in animated nature, perhaps, where polyandry
is successfully practiced, devolves the bust
ness of producing the next crop of honey
gatherers. So, at a glance, it must be apparent
that, even granting that the pickerel swal-
lowed a live bee without afterwards sending
in a general fire alarm, that particular bee
must have been a queen bee if any progeny
followed her advent to the intimate fellowship
accorded by the fish. An ordinary swarm of
bees comprises one queen and some 16, 400 in
dividuals, each sharper than a tack at the
southern end. So, now, the possibility of the
Sheboygan pickerel picking up a queen bee
was in the proportion of one to 16, 400.
1t may be argued, and with a shadow of
plausibility, that the construction of the
mouth and jaws of a pickerel is peculiarly
favorable for the ingress and egress of bees.
Going in, the entrance is through the mouth,
while coming out, the bees are expelled
through the gills. This all looks very nice,
but we wonder if the conscienceless inventor
of this story-for we feel warranted in de-
nouncing it at least as very improbable, if
not absolutely false alb initio-we wonder, we
say, if he ever thought Of the feelings of the
fish with an animated torchlight procession
parading up and down his throat9 This lie is
go palpable to the chief apiarist of the Jour
nal that he does not hesitate to mail it" and
expose it to the people. But, lest it be
imagined that we are too dogmatic,
and not prepared to fully and
scientifically combat this Munchausen
story, we would briefly and without elabora-
ton cite the facts that bees cannot breathe
water; nor could they collect honey and bee
bread from aquatic plants, they having
neither bloom nor pollen. The constant shift
ing of the hive would also prevent the accum-
ulation of honey, since the bees could not in
reason be expected to find their way to the
fish in its pe~regrinations after food. In this
argument we have purposely made no men
ton of the fact that water saturated with bees
would soon become so hot as to melt the
comb, thus effectually preventing the storing
of honey, even though all the other necessary
conditions be met.
But the most remarkable feature of this
story is the fact that a reputable paper like
the New York Graphic should countenance
and give circulation to it. 1t is preposterous
to argue that there was not some one about
that establishment that could detect its weak.
points. We can account for its appearance in
the Graphic only on the ground that the
Graphic is so deeply involved in campaign
stories that its conscience is thoroughly
blunted. We earnestly hope the Graphic will
have the sturdy manhood to disclaim it, now
that it's attention has been formally
called to it. The Journals expose will rob it
of its intended effect.