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Seattle daily post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, W.T. [Wash.]) 1881-1888, 1885-12-17
Our Clothing Department

Does not require great deal of mention.
"A Visit TO our establishment will convince
you that we have in store the largest and
most complete line of
MEMS, YOUTHS AND CHILDREN'S
SUITS AND OVERCOATS
Seattle daily post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, W.T. [Wash.]) 1881-1888, 1885-12-17
PALACE CLOTHING HOUSE
QUALITY AND FIGURES
TELL THE TALE!
Everybody Claims
PRICE REGULATOR
SEATTLE!


Inc question arises, Who Is entitled to
the credit Z" 1t can be easily answered. The
one who came here and reduced the price Of
Goods, where formerly people were compelled
to pay monopoly rates for what they purchased
We claim a fair Proportion of the
Glory, if such be it Termed
We adopted the True and onIv
Method, and that is to
Let the public judge for themselves We
place before you our Goods and Prices and
nave you examine them and compare with
other stores, and you will soon be convinced
who gives you the best value for your money
For instance we have just received and have
on sale the following Goods, which are bv
far cheaper than our competitors can buv
them for:
100 dozen all-wool Vicuua Shirts and Draw.
ers, of the California Hosiery Comnanv
which we sell for 81 25. The regular
price charged all over the coast is So so
A great many people will wonder how
we can sell them SO cheap. That is leading
question which we keep to ourselves; but we
give you the article exactly as advertised
Seattle daily post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, W.T. [Wash.]) 1881-1888, 1885-12-17

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Seattle daily post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, W.T. [Wash.]) 1881-1888, 1885-12-17
HATS! HATS HATsv

A large variety OF the celebrated Jt
Hats, and other eminent makes, from {
est at 15c,, to the finest.
The comet. (Johnson City, Tenn.) 1884-1916, 1885-06-27

Then you-have-been deceiying
me. You don't love me' she said
with sob.
Now here, Ruth, don't talk that
way, You can find q better husband
than could possibly be. Ruth, where
are you going?'
TO the house,
4 hope that ] have not offended
you
ooh, no. she replied in tone of
sarcasm, the courteous Mr.. BY never
offended anyone. Good bye.
Here, Ruth, just minute
She did not turn around.
Now / haze fixed it, he unused. L
intended to break it gently. but failed,
Well, / have simply done my duty l
would be miserable if | we're to marry
and settle down here. 1t is impossi-
BILE for man to explain himself to a
woman Hang it, she don't want to
understand me. am sorry for the
old man-and sorry for the girl, of
course. Well, for that matter, ! am
sorry for myself, All over. Now I'll
show the people that | can accom-
plish something.
The comet. (Johnson City, Tenn.) 1884-1916, 1885-06-27
The Modern Shakespeare.

"Henric0l there's a gnawing at nae
heart | hunger for those lush-enla-
den words with which thou didst
adorn thy wooing days.
And 50, commend thee to thy
naenOory! Ii in good soil those words
have fallen, sweet, they have fruition
now in fruit OF faith, and these are
they that can thy yearning state"
Nay, nay, thou churl The germs
from which were grown these erst-
while blossomings Of concious love,
'twere mine to SOW within that breast
OF thine, and whatsoever their growing
product be such were my rightful
daily nutriment"
"a gourmond thou, an | do gauge
thy kind. I've served thee with such
bounteous growth OF sweets as should
thine appetite yet glorify. doubt if
thou hast drawn from earlier speech
the full provision of their lucious-
ness"
"Whereto ! give thee some conses-
sion, love. But list Are we with
jellied fruit content when June doth
blush with berries newly grown? And
should love batten on its memories
when fresher tribute should its off
ring be?'
"And there be naught of rust upon
the same I think 'twere naught against
their wholesomeness. But list, thou
maid of most insinate maw | have
a schedule of sweet speech prepared
enameled Of my souls most nectared
gush-and this thou can'st in wade
mucum wear, and when thou long'st
for blossom Of me love thou can'st to
some emphatic page refer, and as thine
eyes imbibe the written jam, unto thy
heart this sweet consolment make,
thus doth me loved Henrico testify
The comet. (Johnson City, Tenn.) 1884-1916, 1885-06-27
Unanswerable Argument.

Chinese Mandarin-"You Ameri-
cans are smart, but you are not con
sistent."
American Citizens-In what way?,'
"You spend million Of dollars send
ing missionaries to us"
"That is true
And the object is to fit us for the
Kingdom OF Heaven.
eyes"
But still you refuse us residence
in the United States. Now, explain
that
"Well, you see We are afraid if you
go to our country to live you will get
into American politics"
"What Of that2'
THAT would unfit YOU for the King
dom OF Heaven.
The comet. (Johnson City, Tenn.) 1884-1916, 1885-06-27

teach YOU what it is to SITTER she
thought. How can the fool be so
blind2 Egotist, he thinks that I love
him. Men are such fools.
A large number Of people we're IN
vited. Ned wanted the affair to be
quiet, but Ruth said No, we wish to
advertise our happiness, Ned. We
want the people to see what happiness
the union Of two devoted hearts can
bring about
All right, Ruth Ned replied. 4
am willing to leave everything to you.
Little girl, noble and patient with a.
forbearance which the angels them
selves could not teach, you do not
know how worship you / have
bought nice little house and-wcll,I
long for you to see it, / want you to
see how devoted a man can be. You
are thoughtful, Ruth
i am thinking, love, of our coming
happiness
She turned her face from him. She
was afraid that her thoughts Of ven
geance might be outlined on her coun-
tenance. j know that we shall be
happy she said When loving hearts
come together, sunshine must follow
'Ah, little treasure, you shall be
doubly paid for every privation,
have never ceased to think of you.
Ruth, would you not rather be the
wife OF prosperous lawyer than the
wife of an Indifferent farmer?
1T would make no difference to me,
dear, so long as | am your wife.
You are an angel, Ruth | don't
believe that you ever had bitter
thought
Not against you, precious, she re-
piled scarcely able to conceal her
hate.
Ruth, during our long separation,
while many people we're anxious to
compliment me, l did not cease to low
ingly think Of the quiet little girl who
had won my boyish love. l know
now that fate is kind, that this old
world has been slandered.
The day arrived Ruth sat in her
room, waiting for the coming of the
, man who had darkened her life
when denounce him. she mnsed
uncle and aunt will say that l acted
rightly, Oh, will teach that wretch
: It lesson that he will never forget,
know that he loves me and | hazel hin
for it.
Ned arrived. Ruth heard his mer
ry laugh, and she laughed bitterly
She wore rose in her hair, rosC
J which she fancied came from the ole
: garden. When she descended thu
stairs and caught a siimpse of TIL,
/ company assembled in the parlor, SIN
smiled. She would give them piec,
OF acting, Without betraying he
: desperate intention, she stood besid
Ned. The minister advanced. Nov
l was her time, She trembled violent
ly The ceremony was pronounced
r She had said yes She sat dow
: when her friends had congratulate,
her. When the people were gon
Y she threw her arms around her hus
t band and exclaimed
oh, Ned, / worship you
, Yes, the time for her revenge ha
|
The comet. (Johnson City, Tenn.) 1884-1916, 1885-06-27

TayIOr's Cherokee Remedy of sweet
Gum and Mullen will cure Coughs, Group,
and Consumption. Price 25c and 81 bottle.
The comet. (Johnson City, Tenn.) 1884-1916, 1885-06-27
FOR THE
BOWELS&CHIL DREN TEETHING

It is THE GREAT SOUTHERN REMEDY
for the bowels. tits one of the most pleasantand
eficacious remedies for all summer complaints,
At season when violent attacks OF the bowels are
The wearied mother, losing sleep in nursing me
little one teething should use this medicine. oV
cts bottle. Send &c. stamp to Walter A. Taylor
Atlanta, Ga, for Riddle Book.
The Columbian. [volume] (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1866-1910, 1885-05-15
IiERAT.

Herat the "O1te of India" and
Pearl of Khorassau, is one of the
oldest cities in the world. and probably
the most unfortunate Situated on the
Heri-Rud, at the northern extremity OF
fruitful province, through which lie;
the easiest and best road from Central
Asia to Hindostan, its possession was q
matter of the utmost importance to
Northern warriors who passed through
Afghanistan on their way to the golden
plains beyond the Indus. Thus, to use
the words of Persian historian. "the
city has been fifty times taken, fifty
times destroyed, and fifty times has il
arisen from its ashes. The few Euro
peans who have visited the town agree
in describing it as one of the filthiest in
the world The place would bs totally
uninhabitable were it not endowed by
nature with particularly healthy atmos
phere and benignant north wind,
which tend to counteract the un-
wholesome smells Ian1 dirty habits ol
the people. The surrounding country
is exceedingly fruitful, seventeen sorts
Of grapes, numerous varieties of melons
apricots, wheat and other cereals being
among the more valuable products
Silk and carpets are the principal man
ufactures 20.
The Columbian. [volume] (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1866-1910, 1885-05-15
FIRE HISTORY OF THE BRIGADE.


OF the measures taken for the suppress
sion of that stupendous conllagation,
the great fire of London. tho only
appliance with which we aro concerned
as at all approaching modern gear was q
squirt of three feet long, capable of dis
charging half gallon of water, on
instrument presumably Of some service,
since by act of Parliament of 1868 one
was ordered to be kept in every ward.
and for the working of which tho Alder
man of that ward was made directly
responsible If he did not set it in
action himself he was at any rate bou:ld
to see it done, rs nowadays the Sh:Tiii,
who has always been held responsible for
the execution of criminals must either
himself discharge the last Office of the
law or provide an efficient substitute
This squirt was the first step towards
fire engines in England, though for
some few years they had been already
known in Germany for i'll 1857 Hautsch.
of Nurembug, invented kinl oil
sledge water cistern, the pumps Of
which were worked by 90 or 80 men, Il
machine subsequently improved upon
by the brothers Yer Heyden, of
Amsterdam, when in 1872 they intro.
duced the flexible hose, the whole the
prototype of the manual fire engine still
in use OF these cumbrous German
arrangements the insurance companies,
dating in this country from 1851, were
the first to avail themselves, beginning
with the Hand in Hand in 1699, and III
1870 including the Sun, the Union, the
Westminster, the London, and the
Royal Exchange, all of which by thai
time had men of their own, and engines
amounting altogether to 30. In the
meantime, by an act of 1907, each parish
| was directed to keep Il fire engine, ant
q system of fire rewards was created fol
| the first three TO arrive on the spot--30s
! for the first, 20s for the second, los. fo
| the third, and sum not exceeding los
| for the first turncock. In 1774, by thu
IA Geo. Ill. C. 7S there were required
to be in every parish two engines on,
| large and one small, leathern pipe ant
five ladders, the whole under th
management of the beadle and charit,
boys of whom, when at work, Georg
| Cruikshank has made well-knowl
drawing. How far the act was enforce'
there is nothing to show, for there is n
record of prosecution, Indictment o
penalties. The attendance of tn
engines was not compulsory outside q
their own parish. and indeed the Who'll
appears to have been for many year
practically dead letter with the excer
ton of Hackney, where n brigade wa
maintained by half penny rate at
cost of $500 a year.
The Columbian. [volume] (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1866-1910, 1885-05-15
THE ART OF SOUP-MAKING.

There is constant controversy going
on as to the economy, digestibility, and
necessity of soupat the commencement of
dinner, some maintaining that dinner
without it cannot literally be called
dinner; others, preiudiced against
slops," describing it from their tables
altogether; while II few who would
gladly, perhaps, take advantage of an
opportunity to reduce the meat bills,
have only the will, being ignorant of the
way. The average middle-class wife
and mother may have sighed over the
items of ribs and sirloins of beef, and
legs and shoulders of mutton, and said
to herself, "Ah We must take to hay.
ing little SOUP" With praiseworthy
promptitude and zeal she has perchance
opened her cookery-book of the old
extravagant style, and closed it sorrow
fully, sadder, if not wiser woman,
the brain all dizzy from the long strings
of ingredients which she is commanded
to throw into stock pot if she would
insure success. .T ...
Now, with soup-making as with all
else, once master the theory aud the
practice is comparatively easy; while,
on the other hand, years of practice
without a perfect knowledge of the why
and wherefore will prove of no avail.
Let me illustrate my meaning clearly
the would-be soup-maker, in scanning
recipe, discards it as impracticable
because she lacks one or more of the in
| gradients mentioned, while she who
grasps the nods operdndi, owing to hen
theoretical knowledge, at once substi
tutes others, or perhaps dispenses with
them altogether No doubt, III many
families, the prejudice against soup ha.
arisen from the fact that it is usually
prepared and served in large quantities
instead of, as at the tables of the rich, il
small portions, though many of the kline
would furnish in themselves substan
tial meal for a growing child. A well
known authority has said that nothing
tends more to restore the tone of tn,
stomach, and make easier of digestion
that which is to follow, than a ittl,
| SOUP
The Columbian. [volume] (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1866-1910, 1885-05-15
THE PESITESrES.

This society until it is crushed out
will remain an effectual barrier to the
progress of morality and good order in
New Mexico 1t was founded Mt Santa
Cruz in 1893 by the old Franciscan
missionaries. 1t was originally intended
as a means of bringing the whole popu-
lation within the pale of the church,
and its principal dogma was that no sin
could be so great but that sufficient
expiation would purge it away. There
are 10000 penitents, aud as they are
mutually sworn to assist and protect one
another, even to the extent of perjury,
it will readily be seen what formidable
hydra the New Mexican Judges have to
deal with. 1t is only the powerful
influence Of their priests that Keeps them
at all within bounds. The public services
of expiation are held once a year, in
Holy Week. There is never any lack Of
expiants. An image OF the Virgin is
placed in the centre of the church, or in
the campo santo before it, and the
ground for many yards in front of it is
StreWu hHee ueep W'u cicluS, WHoSo
poisonous spines will sometimes pierce
the heaviest soled shoe. Through this
bed of living thorns the pentents march
with naked feet or crawl along ON bare
knees, calling piteously the while to the
Virgin for forgiveness of their sins. As
if this We're not sufficient they scourge
themselves with great punches of
cactus tied together on a thong, and
slash themselves with knives. The
natural result of these horrible exercises
is death now and then, and many
manned and pitiable creatures who
drag out a miserable existence for the
remainder of their days. In one of the
little chapels we visited the white
washed walls were splashed with blood
to the height of six or eight feet, Mgr.
Lamy, the present enlightened Arch
bishop of New Mexico, has made strenu-
GUS efforts to abolish this evil, but SO
strongly is it intrenched in the customs
of the people that he has met with but
little success in his efforts.
The Columbian. [volume] (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1866-1910, 1885-05-15
FLORIDA SINKS.

These curions depre ;sions of the soil
known as sinks have attracted the
attention of scientific men, and form
one of the features of the country to
visitors. Timid people IRE afraid Of
them, but / do not see any difference
between them and the natural depres-
sions. one meets with in all wooded
countries writes correspondent.
Sometimes an acre will commence to
sink towards the centre, and year after
year the depth increases until it reaches
its lowest point and stands still. Some
of these places are wonderfully beauti-
full, being covered with luxuriant un.
dergrowth of bush vegetation, shaded
by immense trees garlanded with grape.
vines and jasmine, and charmingly
draped with the beautiful moss of the
country, with perhaps at the base 0
pool of clear water. These bosky
shades are much frequented by cattle.
and they enhance by the attractions OF
life and motion picture that any artist
might be proud to add to his collection.
Sometimes the central part really does
fall out of sight, leaving hole whose
depth may be imagined, but out Of
such fisures have seen oak trees grow,
ing of large girth, proving that they dc
not really go through to China
The Columbian. [volume] (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1866-1910, 1885-05-15
ELECTRICITY APPLIED TO BIG GUNS.

The revolution which electricity is
destined to make in modern warfare is
as yet only in its infancy. The latest
invention of Mr.. Maxim is. however, an
earnest of the things that yet shall be
The invention is an electrical training
gear, SO contrived that by the simple
movement of the handle the heaviest
gun may be turned by single man, aud
with the greatest ease, in any direction.
You pull handle to the right and the
breach of the gun moves to the right; to
the left, and it moves to the left. You
raise the handle and the gun is
depressed at the muzzle you depress
the handle, and the gun is raised This
training gear was applied day or two
ago to one Of the 3ston guns at CARR sor
Point Fort and the preliminary tiial
showed that one man could train the
gun with the greatest nicely, One may
expect Providence to be very much or
the side of the big gus whom 3s.tor
gun comes to be aimed AZ quickly NOV
ing objects as easily us ii it We're a pis
tol or walking sticA
The Columbian. [volume] (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1866-1910, 1885-05-15
--s-ND-~.---
AN AMAZOSIAN paradise.

Among the colonial possessions, or,
more correctly, dependencies of Hol-
land, there is n remarkable little state
which, in its constitution and original
costume of its inhabitants, surpasses
the boldest dreams of the advocates of
womans rights, In the island of Java,
between the cities of Batavia and
Samarane, is the kingdom of Bantam,
which, although tributary to Holland
is an independent state. The sovereign,
is, indeed, a man, but all the rest Of the
government belongs to the fair sex The
king is entirely dependent upon his
State Council The highest authorities,
military commanders and soldiers are,
without exception, of the female SEX
The Amazons ride in the masculine
style wearing sharp steel points instead
OF spurs. They carry pointed lance,
which they swing very gracefully, and
also musket, which is discharged at
full gallop The capital of this little
state lies in the most picturesque part
OF the island, in fruitful plain, and is
defended bv two well-kept fortresses.
The Columbian. [volume] (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1866-1910, 1885-05-15
A MARKET FOR OLD HATS.

A group of islands known as the
Nicobars' situated about $50 miles south
of the Andamans, has been but little
explored though the manners and
customs of the inhabitants of these
islands offer very interesting peculiari-
ties to the notice of the ethnologists.
One of the most noticeable of these, and
one which seriously affects the trnde of
the islands, is the passion for old hats,
which, without exception, prevades the
whole framework of society. No one
is exempt from it. Young and old
chief and subject, alike endeayor to
outvie each other in the singularity of
shape no less than in the number of old
hats they can acquire during their life
time. On nemorning at the Nicobar's
it is no unusual thing to see the surface
of the ocean in the vicinity Of the
islands dotted over with canoes, in each
of which the noble savage, with nothing
whatever on but the conventional slip
of cloth and a tall white hat with
black band, may be watched standing
up and catching fish for his daily meal.
Secondhand hats are most in request,
new hats being looked upon with sus-
picion and disfavor. This curious
passion is SO well known that traders
from Calcutta make annual excursions
to the Nicobars with cargoes of old hats,
which they barter for cocoanuts, the
only products of these islands, good,
tall white hat, with black band, fetch
ing from fifty-fve TO sixty-five good
cocoanuts. Intense excitement per-
vades the island while the trade is going
on, and fancy prices are often asked
and obtained. When the hats or Cocoa
nuts have at length come to an end, the
trader generally lands cask or two of
rum, and the whole population in their
hats get drunk without Intermission
until the rum also comes to an end 1t
is curious that in those far away regions
so profitable market should be found
for cast-of specimens of one symbol of
civilization. The same yearning after
better things in more advanced stage
may de observed in Madagascar, where
no officer is content if he cannot deck
himself out in the tarnished plumage of
some long defunct admiral, general, or
ambassador
The Columbian. [volume] (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1866-1910, 1885-05-15
THE CHLORAL HABIT.

1t is q sad truth that the chloral habit
is steadily on the increase, not only
among sufferers from constant insomnia
but also among persons subjected to
milder forms of nervous irritation. to
the strain and excitement of speculative
ventures, or to the wear and tear of
late hours and fashionable dissipation.
This nepenthe is more seductive to
people of refinement than the juice
of the poppy; and habitual surrender
to its domination is harder to break
than the opium habit. To the usual
questions in the application for life
insurance as to the use or abuse of
alcoholic drinks, tobacco and opium,
may well be added scrutiny as to hydrat,
of chloral, for many persons who never
use the former would have to plead
guilty to more OF less frequent recourse
to the latter.