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Seattle daily post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, W.T. [Wash.]) 1881-1888, 1885-09-13

TIE sick and afilcfed shoaid not fal 70 cali an
him The Doctor hes visited the hospitals ef
Europe and obtained . great deal Of valuable
70 those In need OF his services. DIR. GIBBON
viii make DO charge unless be ef1sea Q cure
Persons cured 81 home. Gall or write. AL
Communications strictly Confidential. sene
ten dollars for . nsekAge OF medictne. Ad.
dress DR.. j. y. GIBBOS, Bcx 1857, ssa Fran
cisco, Gal Mention Posr-INrxLxIsxxcEH-
Rpiedu
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Notice Of Final Proof.
Notice to the Tax Payers of
Island County, ". 7.

NOTICE Is HEREBY GIVEN THAT
~ the Duplicate Assessment Roll Of
Island county. w. T.. for the year 1885. Is
now in my possession for the collection of
taves levied therein. sid taxes will be
delinquent on the 3ist day Of December
1885, al D O'Clock p. m, and unless pa d
prior thereto ten pc cent. will be added
to the amount thereof as penalty, and in
terest charged at the rate of twenty per
are pay able at the office OF the County
Treasurer, at Coupeville, Island county,
w. T., during office hours.
A ID. BLOWERS,
Treasurer Of Island county. w.
Dated at CoupeYilia. Sent 4 lsS5
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Ayers Sar saparilla
STEAMER TRAVEL. ETC.
For PorH Orchard and Warrington

A N STEAMER HELEN. W. H
SEEllis. Master, beginning on
Smiths wharf. Seattle, every Monday,
Wednesday and Friday, at $50 .. m, for
Cleveland. Ports Orchard and Washing
ton. Returning, leave Port Washington
every Tuesday. Thursday and Saturday
at q. M. and Cleveland at 1879 g. m. ar
rivinZ at Seattle about II m. auLdw
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Guardians Notice.

NOTICE ~ HEREBY GIVEN THAT
y We anaersigne1 has hccn appointed
sAAr1iSh 81 the estate Of VIM y. Bell, q
rusats~u, Of SEATTLE. King county. W. r.,
~ ne iroh&ts Court Of said King coun
N, shirh toarf has adjudged the said
M. y Bcil tncsps aide Of conducting his
o"n Affairs ana all persons indebted to
81 satAax claims against said person or
hss estate. aad ali persons desiring TO
transact business with him. are hereby
mott sed that the nnieraxnei, alone. il
Aathq<ssed 10 transact bus mess for % in
behalf Of said VIM n Beil,
lsAted August q, i>Sa.
su6 tw wN II. HUGHES
0aafdtan Of the estate OF VIM. n. Bel.
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MISCELLANEOUS
Executors Notice to
Cred tors.

~-eTTCE Is HEREBY GIVEN BY
y the undersigned. executor OF the iast
vii on Amelia Shoemaker. deceased, %
the creditors and AZ PEI sons -. ~. ~,
SIS;,,Ss AGAINST The said deceased. 10 ex-
h175T tnsTl- with the necessary vouchers
SSiTkin one year sitter the first publication
~ fh;s notice. 70 the said Executor. az the
rIa9~ Of his residence. on the west see o,
Fourth street. between BlauchAru am
Bell ia the city OF Seattle. MIG eog Gun ,,
Wsshincror, TERRITORY. OF the same VIII De
fn-ever haired. MM. G. CURTIS.
Executor OF the last VIII Of Amelia SHOE
maker. de ,eased.
Dated August .. lSsA
Date of fir-t publication sept. < w.
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Executors Notice to
Creditors.

TERRTToEY OF WASHINGTON. COUNTY
I Of King. -. In the Probate Ouurt of
sid King county.
L. The matter Of the estate Of Strong Bur.
nell, decessed.
sotsos 10 hereby given By the undersigned,
the executor Of the last viii of s,rors Burnett
Deceased, 10 the credispss Of and 20 ali per.
sons having Claims eainst Ia ssid deeeased
g. present. them. With she necessary vouchers.
within one year After n > Arst pobiiestion Of
his potsce, 20 the sid sxscutoR. q his Place
q fsaaence In the ely Of Seattle. in King
eoanfy aforesaid. 90 Brook street. be.veco
Derot md second streets. IN what 4. ino-n
ts the addition % The F2frvisx homss.e>d
Assscfsffon. or the anne VII Be- forever
barred
Bsssd July. 1855.
Exscasor Of the Ias. viii Of ssrong RuxnsIl
deenneea
Dsss q azR psbsessisa SEPT .. 1855.
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TO THE UNFORTUNATE

,ispensary No. 6s3
Aearoy street. Sac
Francisco. Rstnb
lished In 1854, for
the treatment OF
sexual and seminal
Diseases, such -
6oSozKH1A. 6LKET,
srRcTcKE. sYPHrL-
LIS in all it's FIRMS
SEMINAL WKAxSEss
add IMPorKxcY
Loss Of MANHOOD
-
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A couple Of men attempted 10 Jump
q mine neAr Aunhns, A. r.. rec<asfy.
Que Of them eesng AEssed vita Q rifle,
Just - he was about 20 uss tie veap-
On Que Of the mine ewners krecked
kim down utth = rock. gave him .
thoroaeh heasins, and drove both the
junpsu al.
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Notice of Final Proof.

Q. 8. LAND OFFICE AT OLYMPIA. W.T.
sepieI Der 3, 1855.
h. Motto Is hereby given that CHARLEY
FINNIGAN has flied notice OF intention TO
maze final proof before the Judge or. in his
absence. the Clerk Of the District Court 8.
b flee In Seattle. ". T.. on Mon -ay, the
18th day of October. A. D. 1855. on Homestead
application No 1902, for the Sw \ OF section
Il. township 20 north. Iange east.
He names - Witnesses Henry Gro5hen
james Dalton. Johz Iarkin and Z. @. White.
all Of 0sceoIs. W. 7.
JOHN T. CONVEY,
sel0ocl5 Register of the Land OfscA
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Notice 10 Creditors.

ALL PERSONS HAVING w.
"A against the estate o. ye sySs a Ef11D
fieid. deceased. are requested %
the undersigned. By mail o. 80 - ,
or before Doo. I. lssA Of Seetus ~
order that said claimants seo -
confer a. 70 proceedings fof
meuf OF said estate.
Datsd Sept. 7. 1855 rwnpgM0
soodwim O. ID. bUtis
Seattle daily post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, W.T. [Wash.]) 1881-1888, 1885-09-13

SKwTAPss fktx.--It 10 understood
here that Major Enech q. Adams. pro
priesor of the CssAsssAias newspaper AZ
81. helens, intends rsneving bis plan,
30 this city shortly and establish a
weekly newsr~per. Major Adams served
In the rebellion and has msny Threads
in tkis city, especially ansonS The Grand
Army Of the Repahlic, and there h no
doebt bal thai he wssala do we'll. IL 10
also said that r. J. HaiSht. Of this eity.
and Seattle gentleman. viil shortly be
GIN Publishing = Dsmecraiic weekly
here Psrfks.d Sees.
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THE STEAMER
CITY OF QUINCY
DrAUNr q hENNv
FOR the UPPER sKAclT.

stnr Glide G. W. Cove, Master
r EAvES YESLER'S WHARF ON
II Wednesday and Saturday, returning
Thursday and Monday. calling at Stan
wood, Utsalady. Noes Landing. Skagi,
City, Mount Vernon, Starting and all In
termediate points above. For freight OF
passage apply on board or to GEORGE
EOSTER on the wharf. apl
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THE SPECIAL TAX hui. ssy,
i School District No !. m ~.
W. r., il now In my hands ana - q
are due thereon. and the SAID ~ 49, -
paid within sixty days frsm ne - sssics,
iirst day Of publication q ~ ! M 3
shall be declared delinqnent - - Nj
recovors d In the same ma,n1 tsxsp
the same costs a. other dalip1nsss n.
OF said county Of KinG Wasan
ritory. a., - a geVlw-
Der. leS5. A. Gal
Clerk Of School Dss vi
King cou1E ~
Once. room l. up stairs !" =
ing.
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Try abottle of squibbs' corn cure. at
HAsBRoUCK d TERRYs. Every bottle
guaranteed. SCI
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FOR SALE.

nNE or THE MOST pROFI FABLE
" 80 acre IA aas IN kiag county. situated
on the tel sfsph road. ~ miles north OF
ocstile- six acres In small fruit. ~ OF
which are stFs " berries. and IA black her
mes. rsspbsryssa aad earrznts. Also. an
orchard at tSs frat trees. Twenty -fve
scrrs 10 rich bottom land, free from
a. Jumps sAd stones Xiii be sold for one
hail its saias. Satisfactory reasons given
for seiling. Apply to
X. d. PARKER,
eaSdszs ON the premises.
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wHags kunlpsSa. contract for
tse repiling Of the wharf underneath
the sondsd warehouse. aad the northern
extremity OF the rsllroAd doek, has
been secured by Mr.. z. II. Forbes. He
says thai Il wtll be necessary for him 10
obtain 81 least $500 piles for the work,
and be is nov endcsvosing 60 secure
that numhes. The snpply will have ~
be obtained fram vsricas points on the
Scand. Mr.. Forbes GILL hsgia the work
Ne soon ~ he has obtained the mate
rial When this work has been com
pieted. the wharf vii have been en-.
tsrsiy replied, The southern portion Of
she structure having iuss been repaired.
--Tsnaasa Ie4fsxr.
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hereby Join in the above notice of sale
and will execute conveyances Of my in
terest in the above property, according to
the sales thereof which the above guar
dian may make.
sel0dwtd LUCY g. BELL.
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- - -

kuIKp NJ fGLLisa rRxs.-Yestsr-
DAY morning about 6 O'Clock a. the In.
mates Of tsnt. belonging IN Burns 4
Chapman. railroad contractors on Green
river, we're getting up. two tall trees that
stood near the tent gave away and fell
10 the ground, striking the tent. killing
one man aud seriously injuring eight
others. The name of the deceased IL
unknown. but bv nationality he was a
Norwegian. and had bot Que friend tn
this vicinity. He recently came from
Portland. where he has brother resid-
ing. and bad been at work bat $50 days
when the accident occurred. Tbs body
Of the deceased. with three OF the in
jared men, vas brouaht down on this
mornings train from South Prairie.
One Of the men had his les broken shove
the Ankle. and Vas conveyed 10 the FAs
ny Paddock hospital. His name Vas
aieo unknown. bat by ssiiouaiity be Vas
Russian Finn. He has been in this
country but short time. and canno,
speak English. IL Is evident that great
carelss=ness vas exercised In the cot.
struetinn Of the camp. as several rninor
accidents have occurred there lately.
The camp u situated in n heavy growth
of timber wAere forest farr- have been
frequent, rendering the trees liable 20
fsA ~ sny moment several of the
wofkmen have left their work on account
OF this great danger. - Tiaeaasa Neaes.
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Notice Of Final Proof.

September 3, 1888.
70 Notice is hereby given that JAMES
DALTON has fled notice of intention to
make final proof before the Judge, or in his
absence, the Clerk OF the District Court, at
his Office In Seattle, ". T.. on Monday. the
18th day of October, A. d. lsS5. on Home
steal application No. S62l. for the Sc \ of
section IA, township 20 north, range s east.
Hs names D. witnesses Charley Finnigan,
Henry Grothen, John L.rkin and L. u. White.
all OF OsceOls. W. T.
JOHN p CONVEY,
sel0oci5 Register Of tie Land Office
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pon-kRS BUILT OF ALL pESCRIps
ID ttoaA TAnkA shees iron wurk and
rcpstrtng dnss ~ skars nossreA tci
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Notice TO Tax Payers OF
XII sap County.

NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN THAT
y the Duplicats Assessment Roll Of
kitsap county. W T.. for the year 50. i.
Bow IN my possession for the co.lectisa OF
taxes levied ihereiR- Taxes will be de-
linouent on the Slst day OF ilecemeer
next, a. 8 O'Clock p. H.. and unless paid
prior the eto ten per cent will re added
10 the amount thereof as penalty. and in
teresl cha -xei 81 the rate OF twenty per
cent per annum from date of delinquency
until paid said taxes are payable at the
office OF the County Treasurer, at Port
Madison, W. T.. during office hours.
p J. PRIMROSE
Treasurer Of kitsap county. W. /.
Port Madison. W. T.. aug. II. ISIS. iw
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FOR SALE.

NIX HAVE A NUMBER OS GOOD
w FARMS, soSsf Of them SeiI Improved.
which we wih sell worth the money.
The farms rssse from ~ ~ 70 800 acres
each. Also, city Properly of ell descrip-
tons. HkFkkk A DisHON,
ses 10ss Commercial street, Seattle
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WASHINGTON
STEAMBOAT TRANSPORTATION CO
Carrying the y. 8. Mail.
THE COMPANIES STEAMER
z&cWAShlNGT0N
CAPTAIN 8. JACKSON,
WILL LEAVE SEATTLE EVERY
w Sunday, Tuesday and Thursday
evening. at Q O'Clock, for
WHATCOM
Calling at Mukilteo, Tulalip, Coupevtlle
Oak Harbor, Utsalady, Laconner, Fidalgo
Anaoortes, Guemes, Samish, Fairhaven
Bellingham and Sehome.
Returning, viii leave Whatcom every
Monday, Wednesday and Friday even
ings, at O'Clock, for Seattle. calling
intermediate points on the way.
THE STEAMER
CITY OF QUINCY
CAPTAIN 8. DENNY.
Willleave Seattle fer Skagit river and way
ports, every Monday and Thursday. 10
turning Tuesdays and Fridays.
For freight and passage apply at Com
pany's office, ON Yeelerswharf, or on board
the beats at the same wharf.
mr3l-n GEO. 8. JACOBS, Sec'y.
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LIST Of lErTEks

Remaining In the s@at,ie Po=t O1ocs
u saturday. sepssrno~r Y, l--5- Persons
calling for tbsss letters <iA please say
ADVERT sed
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JS THE DISTRICT COURT OF THE
/ Third Judicial District Of Washington
Territory. holding terns at seattle, in King
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DEXTER HORiOU + CO.,
BANKERS
SEATTLE, w. 7.

Deposits received and sccounn go
subject 10 Check or DrAfk
Sight Exchange and TeieRraphic frlsS
fer On San Francisco. Portland and New
York.
Sight hills Of exchange drawn b sum
to suit direct on London, svailahla else
where In Europe.
Money loaned on approved security.
Bonds. Stocks and other valuAh1u ~
ceived ON deposit for safe keeping.
Collections made and proceeds pFe@pA
remitted.
The National tribune. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1877-1917, 1885-07-23
PERSONS AND THINGS.

- Edmund Hoyle, the patron saint of old-fash-
ioned whist players, was born over 200 years ago
and lived to the advanced age OF ~, dying in Cav
endsh Square, London in 1862
duced into China by accident One of the Empe-
rors of the Han dynasty heard of the remarkable
teachings and works of Christ, and sent embassy
TO see him and bring back his teachings The en-
bassy, arriving in India, heard OF Buddah, and
st,posed he was the sage whom they seeking.
China, where the Emperor cordially received Budd-
hism ssr-
Smallpox was first introduced into Europe by
the Saracens.
Connecticut leads in longevity in this country
Tine majority of very old people women.
Among men, soldiers aud farmers are the longest
lived A recent investigator found lO0 ministers
who had passed the century limit, but he found
only 80 doctors, 10 lawyers and 10 actors
In North Carolina they lay refractory convicts
on their backs shace their ankles and hoist their
feet about yard higher than their heads. Five
minutes of this punishment is about enough for
most convicts.
The great French chemist Chevreul hopes to
day in August. He is a total abstaner from all
spirituous liquors. and is in full possession of all
his senses frequently lccturing to the students OF
the Jardin des Plantes, in Paris.
- Prof. Briggs makes an attack, in the PreSbyte-
rdn Reeieto on the revised version of the Old Tes-
lament. He holds chair of Hebrew in a leading
theological seminary. He charges that the revlser-
have slavshly followed the Jewish Masoreic text,
instead of seeking TO secnre as did the New lesta-
ment reyisers n correct text; and that they have
proved themselves incompetent from their igno-
rance of Hebrew grammar, to translate correctly
the text rs they received IT.
= In the East the husband calls his wife after her
first SON. and the wife the husband after the same
manner If their first born be named Joseph, they
address each other as Mother of Joseph" and
Father of Joseph" respectively.
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HIS IDEA.
lie Wanted the Soldier TO Have Fair Play.

lSoufhern Bfroudc.
Once upon time at place and date which
had, maybe, better not be given, a gang of Con-
federate cavalrymen, of that class which the
French style "zephyrs," and We call bum
mers," boarded railway train which had been
stopped between two fourishing cities, and be-
gan to levy contributions On the passengers.
They were in great hurry, because they ex-
pected every moment the arrival of a detail of
guards, which would not only interrupt their
operations, but make it warm for them, if
caught "ia Jfagrante."
There was a number of Jews on the train, en-
route from the more Southern city to buy
goods in the other and more favorably located
point, and their pocketbooks were well lined
The bummers were prancing around in this
crowd. and going through" the sorrowful
Hebrews in scandalous way when, it is re-
lated, long, lank slab-sded Michigan cavalry
man, who had been very philosophcally watch
ing all that transpired, as if a quite familiar
scene to him, reached out and grabbed the most
active examiner by the jacket and said, Hold
on minute, Reb, want to tell you some
thing"
WELL now spit it out quick" said the reb.
" l always like to treat prisoners right but
amt got much time. That id, stuck up
provost guard will be along directly, and well
be 'beeged to quit work.
81 amt goin' to detain you. You see that
Jew sittin' over thar. see him take his pocket
book, just now, and stuff it under the seat /
wanted to give you the pint"
The reb started off like shot out Of shovel,
but the Michigander pulled him back again.
don't want to be misunderstood" he said.
You needn't think I'm a tryin' to curry favor
with you fellows, becuz I'm a prisoner. I've
fit you for three year, and I'm goin' at it again
soon as Pm exchanged, but for all that, 1 don't
aoant TO see no d-d Jew defraud a soldier"
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WIN. SIMPSONS DAUGHTER.
What Made Her the Host Snbdued Passenger on the
10 Train.


At Albany two ladiesSdressed in the extreme
Of fashion, entered TIE car. Their manner;
| indicated great sftHecfation and consequent
| shallewness. Thef6nlyouSeccupied seat in the
car was directly Belint a qutcs-looking lady
evidently from the country. Her dress was o.
| calico, her bonnet of plain straw, and hel
gloves were of cotton. She could not, however
have looked neater, and she had good, honest
face. As the fashionable ladies adjusted theil
| draperies in theianoceapied seat, one Of them
said to the Other:je y
Don't you think ft too bad that there arc
such poor ACCOMMODATIONS on railroad train;
| now? 1870
"How-in what way2" asked her compan
why, here We are crowded up with all
classes of people, some of them so common.
Look at that person in front of US"
"HOrrid, isn't she?"
Perfectly dreadful"
Looks like common laborer."
HOW annoying to have to como in contact
with such people,
Belongs to some ordinary family. IF one
could only exclude ones self from such persons
when travelling even short distances! sup
pose it's horrid in me to say 1t, but l have all
my life had such repugnance to common
laboring people"
The lady in the calico dress must have heard
part OF this conversation, but her face was
perfectly composed. At that moment an ell
derly man in the home-spun and homemade
garments of a farmer came down the aisle. He
stopped before the ladies of fashion, closely
scrutinized the features of the one having
such repugnance to common people" and,
just as the train stopped at station, cried out
loud enough to be heard by every person in
the car:
"Lookee hyar, haint you old Bill Simpsons
darter2 But l know you air 'thout askin.
How de do, anyhow? You don't change a
speck. Got the same nose you had when you
wOr a little gal O. IL or 15 years, trottin' bar
foot round my old farm in Podunk County.
Yer mind how youst ter give yer two bits o day
an yer dinner for helpin' my younguns dig
taters! Ho! no! ho!"
The young lady had dropped her beaded vail
and was nervously biting at her fan, but the
old farmer went on heedessly:
"They's ben a mighty change since then.
fortin' thar, an hear you live in great style.
But Bill Simpson aint the man ter fergit old
frens, an you tell i'm that you've saw old Jack
Billings, what youst to give him a-menny a
days work when he was so pore his family had
ter wait till the hens laid fore they could hev
any breakfast You kin remember that yerSe.f
l reckon.
"An' there want nobody gladder than me
when yer pap did git rich SO sudden, for he was
mighty hardworkin' blacksmith, an always
pore cause of bad luck.
g My wife sez she lost an awful good wash
woman when yer ma moved, al git of here.
Good-by! good-by!"
The meekest. most subdued person on tha:
train during the rest of the trip was "Bill
Simpsons darter." ''
The National tribune. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1877-1917, 1885-07-23
THE G0LD-BUG,
The Cipher-IndeX to the Pirates
Treasure.
Printed by permission of A. c. Armstrong * Co..
New York.
III.
BY EDGAR A. POE.

"And yet" said Legrand, "the solution is
by no means so difficult as you might be lead to
imagine from the first hasty inspection of the
characters. These characters, as any one might
readily guess, form a cipher-that is to say,
they convey a meaning; but then, from what
is known of Kidd, could not suppose him
capable of constructing any of the moro alb
struse cryptographs | made up my mind, at
once that this was of simple species-such,
however as would appear, to the crude intel
lect of the sailor, absolutely insoluble without
the key"
"And you really solved it?"
"Readily; | have solved others of an abstruse-
ness ten thousand times greater. Circumstances,
aud a certain bias of mind, have led me to take
interest in such riddles, and it may well be
doubted whether human ingenuity can con-
struct an enigma of the kind which human in
genuity may not, by proper application, resolve.
In fact, having once established connected and
legible characters, l scarcely gave thought to
the mere difficulty of developing their import.
Iu the present case-indeed, in all cases of
secret writing-the first question regards the
language of the cipher; for the principles of
solution so far, especially, as the more simple
ciphers are concerned, depend upon, and are
varied by, the genius of the particular idiom.
III general, there is no alternative but expert
ment directed by probabilities) of every tongue
known to him who attempts the solution, until
the true one be attained. But with the cipher
now before us, all difficulty was removed by
the signature. The pun upon the word Kidd
is apprecable in no other language than the
English. But fer this consideration | should
have begun my attempts with the Spanish and
French, as the tongues in which a secret of this
kind would most naturally have been written
by pirate of the Spanish main. As it was,
assumed the eryptograph to be English.
"You observe there are no divisions between
the words. Had there been divisions, the task
would have been comparatively easy. In such
case / should have commenced with a collation.
and analysis of the shorter words, and, had q
word of a single letter occurred, as is mGst like
iy, Ia or /, for example,) should have consid-
cred the solution as assured. But, there being
no division, my first step was to ascertain the
predominant letters, as we'll as the least fire.
quent. Counting all, l constructed table,
hnS