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Seattle daily post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, W.T. [Wash.]) 1881-1888, 1886-05-08
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Seattle daily post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, W.T. [Wash.]) 1881-1888, 1886-05-08
NOTICE.

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Seattle daily post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, W.T. [Wash.]) 1881-1888, 1886-05-08

Save MONEY by buying dry goods for
half price 81 ecHwADAcHxR BRos. M
Seattle daily post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, W.T. [Wash.]) 1881-1888, 1886-05-08

cents pair. Chilarsn's foil flushed
white cotton boss. BoawABAcHnR Bnos.
Seattle daily post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, W.T. [Wash.]) 1881-1888, 1886-05-08

6k osnts. A LOS Of q cent fne dress
basions reduced 70 6{ cents. ScnWA
BAcHKn BRon. M
Seattle daily post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, W.T. [Wash.]) 1881-1888, 1886-05-08

IS csuts. Double face plush orstone
reduced to IS cents. R0awABAcHRn Bnoa.
Seattle daily post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, W.T. [Wash.]) 1881-1888, 1886-05-08

O. DpeR dozsn fog arst-olan cabinets
81 Pxuxs'a ART studio. aB9
Seattle daily post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, W.T. [Wash.]) 1881-1888, 1886-05-08

Brocade All siIk erenadins. 60 auaIsiy,
reduced TO s. cents. SoawAnAoann BRos
Seattle daily post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, W.T. [Wash.]) 1881-1888, 1886-05-08

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Seattle daily post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, W.T. [Wash.]) 1881-1888, 1886-05-08

cents. A lot Of colorsd embroidery
suitable for trimming lava dresses. re-
daosd fsom 80 cents % cents. scRvA-
HAQEER BEoa. En2
Seattle daily post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, W.T. [Wash.]) 1881-1888, 1886-05-08

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Seattle daily post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, W.T. [Wash.]) 1881-1888, 1886-05-08

7. +. PUarHaEx. Insurance. and Com
mission Agent ia10
Seattle daily post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, W.T. [Wash.]) 1881-1888, 1886-05-08

Fifisen yards for 81. Heavy canton
flannel. kcHwABAcMER Bnos. ~
Seattle daily post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, W.T. [Wash.]) 1881-1888, 1886-05-08

81 cents. A lot - dress goods reduced
20 ~ cents. SoHwABAcHEa Bnua. me-
Seattle daily post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, W.T. [Wash.]) 1881-1888, 1886-05-08

% ceats. Brooads silk plush reduced
70 Is cents. ScHwABAcHER BRos. M
Juniata sentinel and Republican. [volume] (Mifflintown, Juniata County, Pa.) 1873-1955, 1886-07-14
Relics OF Barbarism.

Once a year, on Good Friday, the
Mexicans select a victim for the whip
ping. and sometimes more than one.
The selection is made by taking the
worst ore of the lot. This is deter
mined by all making confession be-
fore a priest of the years misdeeds,
and the one decided to be the worst
sinner is selected rs a sort of Escape
goat" to bear the torture.
The martyr is prepared at the church
by being stripped nearly naked and by
being prayed for. Then he is made to
carry a heavy cross full ten feet high,
with the cross arm of five or six feet In
length, and made of wood six to eight
inches in diameter. He carries thrs
cross for Il considerable distance to 4
place selected for the purpose, where
there is another large cross erected.
Arriving at the upright cross, no car
ries his cross around and is then per-
mItted to lay it down. Here the bus
ineSS takes turn not quite so agreeable
to the candidate, for he finds crowd
of worshipers surrounding him. Two
of these worshipers are armed with
large cactus bushes Of what is COM
monty called "tree cactus" or "cane
cactus" on account of Its being used to
make walking sticks of. This cactus
grow to the height of three or four feet
and is armed with thousands of needle
like spines fully an inch long, The
main stalk is az large as a MANS wrist
at the ground, braSching off as 1t
rises, and each branSh having many
lateral branches, from three to five
inches in length, all fully armed with
needie-like thorns, which are very poi
sonous, the prick causing very painful,
fostering wounds in a short time.
SEEING one of the cactus bushes by
the butt, and which has been trimmed
for the purpose, two begin the ceremony
by striking the candidate on the naked
back and marching around the cross,
the rest keeping up acontinuous shout
ing and singing, with music by sort
of wind instrument. Having whipped
him around until their bushes are
broken up, they form procession and
march him back to the church door,
where he is stopped. Here, with
sticks like laths, the adhering pieces OF
cactus are scraped off of him and
placed on the ground in the door
where he is next to enter, walking
barefoot on the pieces OF cactus.
After this the victim is allow to be
taken to his home to get well or die,
as the case may be. He IS not al
lowed to pull out the thorns until
they come out by fostering, and it
frequently occurs that six or eight
months elapse before he RECEIVERS.
l went TO see one of these ceremo-
nies through curiosity, and ! am not
curious enough to go to see another.
The sight of the bleeding victim, sub.
ject to a torture that far exceeds
burning at the stake, is 10 attraction
TO me, though the POOR victim never
uttered a single groan during all the
performance.
Juniata sentinel and Republican. [volume] (Mifflintown, Juniata County, Pa.) 1873-1955, 1886-07-14
WORK FOR WOMEN.
The NeighborhOod Darner and the
Professional Duster

There was a call lately, says writer,
for new trade, adapted 10 the COM
plexities OF the modern city house
that of the universal tinker. Now,
with an extension of the same idea into
the woman's kingdom, a correspondent
sighs for neighborhood darner. Most
OF us would agree as to the convenience;
but the correspondent was not, per-
haps, aware that the system recon-
mended Is in practical operation in
Paris. In the family where our home
was when there. punctually one day in
the week came Ia rdccdnln0deLSe, and
having bsen established in q back room
and given cup of coffee. set to work
on the ruin three children and an i'm
patient man had wrought. She had for
her pains her meals and 20 cents a day:
and she had a clientele of nearly dozen
families, from whom she drew occasion
ally something beyond the daily franc.
To some she gave but half day; but
matters were 50 systematIZed that she
was rarely without work. Very con
venient the American boarder found
her for the riping and cleaning OF
old gowns and the darning of hose,
which, in her devotien to the monu-
ments of Paris, she had no time to
touch.
Since the reign of bric-a-brac set III
we have professional busters in the
cities. IL should be comparatively
simple to introduce also professional
members. Perhaps difficulty would
arise as to the amount of payment,
since the women who mend for their
families do not roll in wealth, and even
30 cents day might seem to them ex-
trayagance. And the sewing woman
who drags her life out on the same SUN
boarding herself, wouldNrobably scorn
less. But, once give her patrons, she
might find her life both easier and more
beautiful; and the tired housemOthers,
seeing the economy and the relief,
would wonder why they did not do it
before. Under the present system the
thrifty women fret and tire themselves
over the endless task the sentimentallS
philsuthropie and the unthrlfty give
away, to the increase of poverty often,
and the old clos men profit by the i'm
providence Of the bachelors and hus-
bands.
A little more cooperation every
where would tighten womea's work.
Here, for instance. ia town OF 2,OOO
inhabitants, Che woman for years made
her piG-money by the brewing of yeast
for her neighbors. She has gone out OF
the business now, her husband object
ing; and the women are left lamenting
the lost convenience. Yeast is plenty
ut the grocery-patent yessti hut they
all prefer the home made when they can
get it. So, could they once get it, they
would prefer the nslGhborhoOd mender.
Juniata sentinel and Republican. [volume] (Mifflintown, Juniata County, Pa.) 1873-1955, 1886-07-14
A NEW INDUSTRY.
A Man Who Makes Il Living by
Wearing New Shoes For
Other Folks.

Something peculiar In the gait of 4
man who was distributing little hand
bills attracted the attention OF a re-
porter on Saturday, and he put out his
hand for one Of the slips of paper. The
man gave it to him in a furtive manner.
and then waited for it to be read.
What met the reporters eyes was:
'Wanted. New shoes or boots to be
broken in. Any man having tender
feet, which make 1t uncomfortable for
him to wear new shoes or boots. can
have them adjusted to his feet before
he puts them on by addressing or call
ing at NO. .--,--Street."
''What kind of contrivance have
you for breaking in shoes?" asked the
reporter when he had read the circular
81 wear them," was the brief res
ponse, as the man thrust forward r
shoe such as may be seen in MAJ
shoe store window, labelled: "Shoes ior
tender feet" or Fat mems shoes"
"Humph!" said the reporter, sd
rather break in pair of new shoes in
the first place than to tackle them after
they have become fitted to somebody
else's feet"
"Oh, but that Is where you are
wrong, was the reply. 'YOu see l fit
them to your feet; not to mine. Does
this pair of shoes look as If they were
a 1t for me? No. Well, then, you
see have padded my feet in exact con-
formity with the size and shape of
those of the owner of this pair of shoe'.
Oh, 1t is artistic work to do that.
don't use any measure, but 1 do it By
the eye. can break in any shoe, from
six to ten, so that it will feel Ike
slipping your foot into an old stocking
when you put it on"
"How long does it take to break in
a palr?"
"Oh, that depends upon how partic-
uIar the customer is and how long he
has TO wait. l wear them all the way
from one day to two weeks, and charge
accordingly. Some Of nay regular Gus
toners pay me three or four times the
cost of the shoes"
"Do you get much to do?"
"Well, sometimes have more than
/ can possibly attend to, but at others
/ have no work, or else shouldn't be
showing these circulars" and the man
went on tucking the bits of paper under
the doors of the houses.
Juniata sentinel and Republican. [volume] (Mifflintown, Juniata County, Pa.) 1873-1955, 1886-07-14
Character I'm Eyebrows

II is a common thing for men TO Judge
of Others by the expression Of the eye
or general makeup of the faee, but some
men have fixed ideas which depend
mon smaller things than these. l know
n man who judges every one by tne
curve . or slope of his eyebrows. In
his estimation heavy eyebrows denote
a strong character, while light eye
hrows indicate a weak or flppaiit
tamperment. If the brows are straight
and square they show a direct anu
aarnest character. If they have an un-
certain curve he esteems the owner
Uraverinc The eyebrow with the
heantiful curve and graduated ending
he assigns to persons of an magma
five M and amiable disposition. III thes
t,,rn @ up at the ends the owner IS OF d
cur;ons turn of mind. The man WHO
frowns from under oyerhanglng eye, eye
ilrows he looks upon as eccentric anu anu
,'aO"rious uaU while the broad, smootil
pprahrow betokens meditation, ana ilae lie
With the raised tuft in the miaoie
hum0r
Juniata sentinel and Republican. [volume] (Mifflintown, Juniata County, Pa.) 1873-1955, 1886-07-14
\ Hollow Tree Full OF Trout.

\ short time ago singlar occur
re. ce tr;Insplred at the wood camp on
Wolf Creek. Cal. The land on which
the timber is being cut is extremely
ragged and broken by huge powders
ami rocky cliffs. Over these rocks the
little streams which form Wolf Creek
come tumbling down from their snowy
sources on the mountain tops. Near
one of these streams couple of sturdy
wOodsmen set to work to fell large
pine tree which stood close to a high,
smooth wall OF granite. About thirty
feet from the foot of the tree, at which
point it seemed to be decayed, the
trunk divided into two large branches
one leaning over against the perpendic-
ular wall of rock. a small stream of
water poured over the. rock, and, fall
ing upon the limb, fell In spray down
along the sides of the tree. The water
made the woodchoppers' position very
uncomfortable, but they kept ut then
work, and soon the tree began to totter
and fell with 4 resounding crash and
broke in twain, The men followed its
course with their eyes, but their gaze
turned to stare of wonder and their
surprise found vent in loud shout,
which ran from mouth to mouth and
sent its echoes ringing through the
mountains. "Flshi fish IN the tree!"
cried the woodmen, for from tho top Of
the tree poured volume Of water as il
fell, and with it a hundred or more
mountain trout, which were left squirm-
ing and wriggling helplessly upon the
stony ground. The excited woodciop-
pers crowded around and began to pick
up the fish as they could, all at loss t.
account for the presence of the trout III
the tree top. The most plausible theory
is that the water caused the tree to de-
cay and become hollow. and the fish,
being swept over the rock, fell down
into the tree. In whatever way their
presence there may be accounted for,
the sight Of the tree emptying itself OF
its lively contents was wonderful, if
not to say startling.
Juniata sentinel and Republican. [volume] (Mifflintown, Juniata County, Pa.) 1873-1955, 1886-07-14
Horace Grce!cy's ,usticity ofManncrs

Mr.. Greeley never entirely lost the
rusticity of ways and manners acquired
In his boyhood. One who had found it
difficult to secure sufficient raiRent for
the austerities of New England WIN
ter could not be expected to consult the
fashion plates very sedulously. The
whole matter, however, as such matters
are apt to be, was abSurdly exaggerated.
He bought clothes enough, and eX-
pensive ones, but unfortunately he dis
not know how to put them on. To
save his life he could not have tied his
neck-cloth neatly, and if he lost his
buttons it might be necessary to remind
him of it. From the noise made about
this, one without due information
might suppose him the first GIst1n-
guished man who cared little for ap
parel. Without much trouble the names
of fifty might be given of those who
were negligent in the same way, with
DR.. johnson at the head.
The superficial manners OF Mr..
Greeley were those which a boy would
lie likely 20 acquire in q rural country
or in the pursuit OF a mechanical bus;-
ness. Doubtless he had no arbitrary
graces and did not know when it was
proper for him to take off his hat and
when to put it on. If lie had ever in
dulged in tea he might possibly have
poured it into the saucer 10 cool, and it
is just possible that he might have used
his knife when he should have used his
fork. He might even have been capable
Of asking a second time for soup.
Judged, however, by one test, we do
not think that he could have been SUBJ
stantially an ill-bred man. Accomplished
women were fond Of his society. He
was absent-minded, brusque, and plain
in speech, and SO a little forgetful OF
the artificial amenities; but Of the i'll
breeding which springs from a disre-
gard of the recognized rights of others
he had none at all,
Juniata sentinel and Republican. [volume] (Mifflintown, Juniata County, Pa.) 1873-1955, 1886-07-14
The Ministerins Hand.

.ha fields saw her 20,
Acuss.H youur maid of motion fleet;
-aa.ang petals drifted snow
Is ii;,1r pale white blossoms grazed her
feai.
..,-,inr breeze was fresh and clear,
4eT bue sky crowned perfect day,
! ~ ", ,bat iue chorus filed the ear.
hTS;rh makes the orchestra of May.
,-r.cbseked, so young and fair,
~ ~ 's-sns noticed long and well,
I1 h' .,upd they took her quickly, where
AL- -,fsrinr household CHANGED to dwell.
-. h,-a within her baskets space,
sIo nair,ies and food for those in need;
Ill the sweetness OF her face,
Isgy reelected in her deed.
Gle lifted up the hearts struck down
Nv lifelong sorrow and despair,
a. ny her presence, shed around
TIs;r humble home her love and care.
q. lii not seem 10 make task
~ what befell so fair and free:
p,, nothing more could crushed hearts
ask,
Tbap her most welcome ministry.
Nh there Is beauty in the spring,
And strange delight in summer days
Rn. an. what Joy one hand can bring
When touched by loves transcendent
grace.
Juniata sentinel and Republican. [volume] (Mifflintown, Juniata County, Pa.) 1873-1955, 1886-07-14
Housewives Scrapbook.

Lard may be made perfectly sweet b.!
boiling a pared potato in it.
y bit of soap rubbed ON the hinges o.
doors will prevent them from ereaking
Window plants in Germany are Otter
watered with cold tea or coffee. Tht
effects are said to be beneficial.
The great secret of sweeping without
making big dust is to have a damp
broom, take short sweeps and keep TIN,
broom near the floor.
BY rubbing with damp flannel dip
ped in the best whiting, the brown dis
cOlOration may be taken out of cups il
which custards have been baked.
Juniata sentinel and Republican. [volume] (Mifflintown, Juniata County, Pa.) 1873-1955, 1886-07-14

Two Long Islanders had an ode
match at Westhaven for 500 side
one picking the feathers from fou
chickens in less time than it took hi
competitor to skin twelve eelS.
Juniata sentinel and Republican. [volume] (Mifflintown, Juniata County, Pa.) 1873-1955, 1886-07-14

Flower-pot STAINS can be removed
from window sills by rubbing with fine
wood ashes. Afterward rinse with cold
water.
The new North-west. [volume] (Deer Lodge, Mont.) 1869-1897, 1886-04-23
THE WHITE HOUSE IN 1900

The presidents house has been the scene Of
more changes, and business of Importance
to the welfare of greater number of people
has been transacted within its walls during
the past eighty-six years of its existence than
in any building in the world. 1t was the first
public building erected in Washington. In
March, 1892, the commissioners having
charge of the new capital city advertised in
the New York and Philadelphia papers 'sfor
plan for presidents house to be erected in
the city of Washington" !" offering as prize for
the competition the liberal sum of $500 for the
accepted design. The successful one among
the fifteen applicants was James Hoban, a
young Irishman. He pleased the commission
ers SO well by his talent that they gave him a
large salary to superintend the construction
of the house. Hoban's plan, it was after
wards found, was not such an original con-
ception as they at first supposed, for he
closely copied the plan of Duke Of Leinster's
palace at Dublin, SO that the present White
House is almost duplicate of that palace.
The above sketch of the presidents pal
ace," as it was then called, has been handed
down to us from those days A fitting ac-
compartment to it would be this extract
from description ct the city by John Cot
ton Smith, at that time member of congress
from Connecticut He wrote: "One wing of
the Capitol only had been erected, which,
with the presidents house, mile distant
from it, both constructed with white sand
stone, were shining objects in dismal con-
trasts with the scene around them. Instead
of recognizing the avenues and streets por
trayed on the pan of the city not one was
visible. The Pennsylvania avenue. leading,
as laid down on paper, from the Capitol to
the presidential mansion, was nearly the
whole distance deep morass covered with
elder bushes, which were cut through to tho
presidents hou e." Here is a contrast with
the Pennsylvania avenue of to-day.
The new North-west. [volume] (Deer Lodge, Mont.) 1869-1897, 1886-04-23
THE PRESENT WHITE HOUSE.

In 1872 the corner stone of the White
House was laid, and though the neighboring
hills of Maryland and Virginia were full of
excellent marble they were unaware of it,
and a sandstone from Virginia quarry was
used in the walls Of the building. This sand
stone was afterwards found tn be such poor
building material that it became necessary
to give it each year a coat of thick white
paint to keep it from crumbling away. The
house is 170xS6 feet in dimensions.
The original White House cost about $3.50 :.
600, and when John Adams and his famiiy 7
first occupied it, but six of its rooms were
furnished. In 1914, on the invasion of
the city by the British troops, President
Madison fled from the city to a place of
safety in Maryland, but his wife, Dolly Paine
Madison remained to fulfill an engagement
for dinner party which she had made, not
believing that the British would reach the
city before the next day. While the guests
were assembled at the banquet servant
rushed in with the startling intelligence that
the enemy was on Capitol hill. Then there
was scamper. The guests fed in all direc-
tions and half an hour later the British
soldiers were in the house. Finding a glori-
GUS dinner spread in the east room they re-
galed themselves first, then pillaged the house
and set fire to it. The wines which tho
soldiers found in abundance at the deserted
feast so fired their brains that they made
bungling job of the incsndiary portion of
their raid and but little damage was done to
the building 1t was not until 1917 that tb
house was restored.
When General Jackson was president ii.
1929 the grand portico was added with its
Ionic columns, which add such grandeur to
the building. Since "Old Hickory'sn time nc
other important change has been made in the
building, except refurnishing and its annual
coat of paint. These expenses, together with
the original cost of the building, foot up tc
nearly Ss00,000.
The new North-west. [volume] (Deer Lodge, Mont.) 1869-1897, 1886-04-23
"LittIc Phil" and His Family.

On these snnny afternoons one sees the
lieutenant general of the armv walking
down Pennsylvania avenue with his four
little girls Little Phil's" hair is quite
gray and his mustache is almost white,
but his heart is young and he wears red
necktie. He also wears sack coat and a
tall silk hat, but this combination, un-
pardonable in any one else, is pardoned
like anything else he may do or may not
do. Little Phil' is as popular in Wash
ington us lie was in Chicago, and as much
liked in society as he was in the army. He
is not at the front so often in society, but
he does not neglect his social duties,
which are quite as pressing and
responsible as his military duties His
devotion to his family keeps him
ut home, though, whenever tits not abso-
lutely necessary that he should be abroad.
This winter he has been at home more
than ever because of his wife's illness.
But she is getting well now, and he is
seen in public more frequently. 1t is q
charming sight to see him walking out
with his bright little girls, three. of them
In white caps, and one in crimson cap,
and all in bright colored gowns. He car
ries his cane in his coat pocket with a
jaunty, military air, and looks like the
brave bon sabre he is.-Washington Cor.
Philadelphia Record