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The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1888-12-04
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cleaning windows in the second stnryl
--Gersldine, = man has just rang the
basement bell
Rndget-ASk i'm up 10 the pzrior.
and tell him ON be down in : Nffy-
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Cheering up the Elepemen,

Time Miss TsnAay (that wAsEI
can't set over the feeling about what
papa will say
Mr. Tooker-Nou ought 10 be corr
p2rat;yely easy. I'm thinking Of what
he all 10.
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offering of this very
apuchase that will well
selling property
the $4,000 gold that shall Improvements
identifying of all Seas residence We have
acre twoacre offer
lots in East until April 1885,
according location
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STEAMER CLARA BROWN

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year gzsnsss sIs~a- On the vote a. Tss5.
the ffohtbsssoa third party gained
a>> xhsch gives rise to the szsF.eSon
Alma record. (Alma, Mich.) 1878-1928, 1888-03-23
A New Trick of a Queer Trade.

If the old clothes man goes on i'm
proving IN his tricks, his business will
soon rank among the learned profess
sions. 'What do you suppose Is their
latest deyice?' said a housewife to a
reporter yesterday. M bell rang
this morning and on my opening the
door. there stood a neat, well-dressed
and apparently gentleman-like young
man hold NO in his hand a square glass
such as you can buy at a crocky store
for p cents.
Take one lady he said, we arc
giving them away, as an advertise
ment.
" TO advertise whal?:' I asked.
81 will explain he said with 4 smile,
and went on TO say that the dish was
of a new kind of flint glass they were
trying to introduce. One could bake,
boil or DO any X nd OF cooking in 1t; il
was really unbrakeable; they were CIV
inc a few around to the best fam lies
Qhe last W Tn a polite bowl to intro
duce them and would | not try one.
after ! had taken it IN my hand he,
in most polite terms informed me that
they expected all their patrons to give
some old clothes in return--they were
useful to the r workmen, who. as ]
might see in the papers were unwilling
to abandon work 10y their union. the
Flint Glass Workers. which was dissat-
fled with the wages paid in other fac
tories. But on my informing him that
| had no old clothes TO give away.
and before | could recover my surprise
at his cheek he had taken the dish
out of my hands. as politely as he had
placed it there and gone to find some
more impressionable best family
NeD York Tribune.
Alma record. (Alma, Mich.) 1878-1928, 1888-03-23
This is How You Caught Cold.

An individual, who habitually drives
about in an open conveyance with per-
feet freedom from catarrh, happens on
one occasion to fall asleep when he
is out. and the next day has cold. The
explanation OF the phenomenon is to be
found n the fact that during sleep ner-
vous energy is lowered and the system
therefore less able to w thstand the in
furious effects of cold. Ii we
that the individual was also i'm a state
of intoxicat on at the time. the damage
done by the cold would be more seri-
Gus. as the dcpress on by alcohol is
superadded to that of sleep. 1t is
therefore not surprising to find that in
1amation of the lungs is frequently con-
tracted under such C rcumstances. We
instinctively acknowledge the nervous
depression during sleep by taking the
pr%ecaution TO throw a rug over the
knees before our forty winks on the
dining room sofa -ChanberS Journal.
Alma record. (Alma, Mich.) 1878-1928, 1888-03-23
Webster Scared Him.

Captain Bassett, doorkecper of the Senate,
says a Washington letter, is a character, and
he looks it. lie is slightly bent now, and the
hair, which Was lAxcn aud curry when Dan
lei Webster first appointed him a "a e, is AS
white a snow, and 1t hangs down around his
head, long and giistenine, ike spun glass.
Yes he said, YEARLY, in reply TO my
salutation, ct is a good while since / was ap-
pointed page by Webster. Calhoun was
Vice President then, aud, Of course, presided
over the Senate. A tall, lean, seycre-looking
man. ! remember how %tauntily he used 10
throw his long COAX over the railing. Jack
,ou was President, aud he used to come here
occasionally during a quarrel over the Uni.
.ed States Bank. | remember him as a thin,
oeaked man, and Mr.. Webster called him
4uarrels1ne ~
fond Of his toddyf' | said, with a rising in
dection.
Ale had a pow -rfll face ami a deep bass
voice. Mr.. Bassett said furtiyely. "Ie fright.
aned M once and made me angry. II wasa
bad, RAINY night and he called me TO him
Just before time for the Senate 10 adjourn,
aud told me 10 20 out and get a carriage for
him. | could not find one and told him that
they were all gone. ] never shall forget the
look he gave me. he took me by both should
FRS, scowlcd at me ana said In his %seyerest
voice, Go-and-get-s-carriagep ! was
chagrined and angry. They were the first
harsh words he had ever addressed TO me. |
started OIL aud walked about the town. find
me- no carr age, aud finally | went home. |
rcfused 10 20 out 10 the Senate next day.
Nv father saw MIR. Webster, who exclaimed
10 his rough wsy that he only did il for my
good; be wanted 10 teach me TO do whatever |
tried 20 DO. went back 20 nv On Is, but
there was no more familiarity between US
alter that"
Alma record. (Alma, Mich.) 1878-1928, 1888-03-23
BIG ktOUC Ion.
Randall'S Tariff Bill-An Estimated
Reduction of S95. OOO. OOo.

Randall's Tariff Bill-An Estimate |
Reduction of 500. OOO. Onn.
The Randall tariff bill, which has been
reported to the house, repeals the entire
internal tax on tobacco after July /. and
on fruit brandies. IL also repeals the
license tax on wholesale and retail LIQUOR
dealers. 10 makes alcohol, used i'm the
arts, free. and reduces the tax on whisky
- cents per gallon. ON the tarif the bin
is a complete revision OF the whole tariff
system. IL carries % the free list n large
numbe of articles now paying duties an I
which enter into consumption either as
raw material or otherwise, and in the
production OF which there is no injurious
competition letween this and other coun-
tries. The estimated reductions under
this hill will be: On internal taxation re-
pealed, S10,oon.0po: estimated reduction on
tariff schedules. S2tno0,O0o.
Among the items in the bill are these.
Copper ores. cents in each pound OF
fine copper contained. Old copper and
clippings for re-manutacture. > cents.
Composition metal and ingots, plates or
bars. - cents. ron ore - cents per ton.
rs at present. Pig iron unchanged.
Clothing and combing woods are un-
changed. Carpet ami other woois. 3 cents.
The entire list OF iron and steel manu-
features l. reduced, almost without eX-
ception, though the reductions are often
only slight.
Tobacco-Leaf wrappers. unstemmei.
90 cents. stemmed. ~ cents. Unmanu-
featured tobacco 30 cents.
There are no changes made in the pres
ent sugar schedule except "A new provi-
sion requiring sugar DRAWINGS or sweep
ings 10 pay duty as z or mo'asSes,
according TO test: an increase OF the duty
on confectionery not enumerated from
10 to II cents n pound and the addition
Of q section imposing a tariff of / cent a
pound on glucose or grape sugar.
Alma record. (Alma, Mich.) 1878-1928, 1888-03-23
PERTINENT PARAGRAPHS.

II fashions were ever governed by
common sense. the hustle and the
roller-skate would come and go to-
gether. -~AiiOaukee Journal
While b smsrck played his pacific
trumps in his speech all Europe was
dying To- know what the old nan had
in his sleeve.-Atd California.
There : a girl in Omaha six feet six
inches tall, and when her lover stands
on his tiptoes and pleads for a kiss she
stocps to concur % Aeu (Neb.) Irtb-
me.
California has green cucumbers in
the market a foot long. How does that
look zach east, where cucumbers bloom
late in the spring, ira Ia?-Ata Cali
forHta.
Speaker Carlisle went to Fortress
Monroe on "A revenue cutter. That
was right. The speaker is something
OF IA revenue cutter himself. Peoria
Transcript.
Only about Z per cent. of the spirits
manufactured in this country is used
in the arts. The balance is absorbed
in promoting sociabihty. -Martha's
Hneyard Herold.
1t is a good deal safer for a man TO
twist the tai of a Brit sh lion in this
country than for a woman to put her
head in his jaws over in England
Ieorta Transcript.
Bereaved widower TO Office boy:
There is the obituary notice of my
wife. VIII you see that the editor gets
It? Office boy: "Yes, sir. Do You want
it llIustrated?'-EpOch
The dreadful bl yards are made up
of many soft and balmy b~reeZes. II 3
the combination organized INTO a trust.
as it were, that is terrible when let
loose.-NeO orleans Pecaytple.
No man whose name is Bill Smith
can match Mr.. Gladstone in parlia-
ment. The tories should raise their
leader to the peerage to improve his
name. augusta thr0Htcle.
The Mayor of Cincinnati IS closing
up the lottery offices. As the bank
officials are also closing up the banks
the Cincinnati man will be able to save
his money. -HtlOa'ttee Sentinel.
A daring ind vidual proposes the
bu ding of an old maids home. 1t
would be empty from the start to the
finish. No female Is going to acknOwl-
edge herself an Old maId.-Rochester
POST Express.
The coils on Of two revenue cutters
in a Massachusetts harbor the other
day shows that even the vessels en-
pIoyed to see that the tariff laws are
observed get nto c%ontrovers es over
the matter. -Phpaietphtt Hera'd.
"What is the capital of IlInois?'
asked "a broker of his partner. when he
could not recollect the address Of a
correspondent to whom he was VIZ ting.
Il forget, was the reply. but IS all
in bonds. and is listed At the exchange.
-P,usburgh C%hroH,cie- telegraph.
A Boston woman is sa Il to have died
and come back TO life the other day.
We don't happen to know the particu-
lar woman IN question, but we have
seen Boston people Of whom it would
be easy TO bel eve that they wouldn't
be perm tied TO stay long IN either of
the next worlds. Chicago Times.
Alma record. (Alma, Mich.) 1878-1928, 1888-03-23
How Billiards Biz.

A Western newspaper explains how q genu.
inc blizzard originates somewhere in the re-
gion Of the north Pole, anil sweeps across
British North America through a sort Of fun.
mel hanked by the Leurentian Mountains on
one side and the Huronisns on the other, ris-
Ing in some parts 400 feet, while on the
saguenav River the gorges form sheer cliffs
loo feet high.
The blizzard strikes against the western
limit Of this rocky barrier, aud IL DETECTED so
that In Wisconsin,, eastern Mlnncsota, Mich.
gan and Illinois its force IL broken. From
that point, aud the Rockies and Serras fur
Their south, there Is al uubroken plateau %
the Gulf Of Mexico, where the blizzard dis.
ports Itself unchsllenged. South of the
mountains the arctic currents are less severe.
Manitoba is only a mid station in its career.
Alma record. (Alma, Mich.) 1878-1928, 1888-03-23
A Book That Helped Him.

The book that most influenced Senator In
gals youth was "rhe Earth and stars" I
lon't know who wrote IL, says the senator,
out to It | am indebted FOR 4 larger hor ION
han | had before and a broader grasp Of
things, for 1t gave me the first faint concep-
ton OF the inininc depths Of the universe.
II showed me that the earth is 50 far from
Sirius, or even from Alpha Ccutauri, which is
said 10 bc BOO times ss far OF as the sun /;
that II taxes wears for a rag OF lgbt to come
from them 10 Us, aud other STA rs are so dis
taut that II they had machinery for looking
upon The earth and seeing its Inhabitants,
some OF them would SEE IL az Il was during
the havoc Of Napoleon. others would see the
wars Of the Roman Empire, aud the preaching
Of Jesus and his apostles; others would follow
the movements OF Adam and Eve in the Gar
den Of Eden. and stu more remote gszers
towsri the earth would sec primordlal man as
he dropped his prehensilc tail, or the earth.
quake shocks Of the earlier ages when granite
was boiling. IL Is one OF the most stipend
Ous thoughts that The human mind is capa-
be Of grasping, that the whole history OF our
race is still being recorded dsv BY dav in the
myrisds ~ Orbs that swing In our evening sky.
That little book taught this truth. aud it
greatly increased the range Of my vision and
enabled and inclined me to seek various
points OF view In the examination Of every
question"
Alma record. (Alma, Mich.) 1878-1928, 1888-03-23
Great Loss of Life.

Additional advices about the Delaware
breakwater storm at Lewes, Del, on the
night of the 10th show that y persons
were drowned or frozen TO heath, and
nearly 80 persons we're more OF less inlur-
ed bv the cold. About 81 vessels were
living near the hreakwater, and the storm
which came up about midnight increased
until il assumed the proportions Of a hur-
ricane. The tug George simpson and tire
wrecking steamer Tamesi were put in
collision and san During the night y
barks and schuoners wen ashore.
The total loss 20 shipping is estimated
at one million dollars. Only two bodies
have been recovered.
Alma record. (Alma, Mich.) 1878-1928, 1888-03-23
GOLD IN NOVA SCOTIA.
Ffght Million Dollars Worth TAX en-
Out Since the Discovery I'm 1858
Inst Years Product bout $780,

Inst Years roduc bout $780,
900.
Says New York dispatch, OF recent date:
more than $500, 900 worth OF gold was dug
out OF our mines last year, and there has
been more than g, 00O,0O worth extracted
during the last Twenty-Five years, which Is
about all the time that the mines have been
worked"
That was the reply given by F. w. Christie,
one OF the mining engineers In the employ OF
the Nova Scotia government when asked, on
his recent visit TO this city, about the extent Of
Nova Scotls's gold mines.
Gold was not discovered there" he contin-
ued, until 1855. and for the first few years
the discoveries did not amount to much. 1t
was at that time thought that because OF the
abundance OF coal IN the province there could
be no extensive gold deposits in their proxim.
ity. But valuable leads have since been
struck within comparatively short distance
of the coal mines. In fact, gold has been
found through the entire length Of the prov.
ince, a distance Of more than three hun
dred miles. 1t is almost entirely in quartz
leads.
Some mines have at times yielded seven
teen ounces 10 the ton, VIII lie as a general rule
~ paws w hiAh' hutAh u a fltlu VI ltr7 lhdh
ten pennyweight. to the ton can be got. The
average yield per ton of all the stuff crushed
during the year 1856 was over sixteen pc my
weights, and The average earnings per man
were $50 per day. which | think Ia rather
a better showing than that OF the gold mines
OF most countries. Our gold has also been
found part cularlV pure, netting within a few
cents OF the standard OF so per ounce value.
OF course our gold mining as an industry is
stu IN It's infancy. In fact there has been
hardly any systematic development Of mines.
HE miners have merely scratched over the
surface and stripped The ieads that were cas-.
Nv accessible, without going 10 the trouble or
expense OF putting IN machinery necessary
Tor deep mining, such as has proved most
profitable IN the western states. There are
only one or two holes that are anv way near
one thousand feet deep. aud very few deeper
than two OF three hundred feet. | know OF
one m me from which Two brothers took out
some $500, 900 IN three or four years, aud then
abandoned It simply because It would be nee
esssry to put In q new set of mach merry Ia or
der to 20 dee ger.
Miners wages are SIPS 10 Sl.7j per day,
fuel is cheap, aud az other expenses are very
light.
The government procDsims the mining
areas ana eases he rights at a uomiual fig
urc IN order 10 protect the worker. Most Of
the Developments that have been 50 far made
have been Win local cap tai, but within the
last few years several American Spectators
have invested IN them TO 4 considerable ex-
font
Alma record. (Alma, Mich.) 1878-1928, 1888-03-23

James VI. Bunker, n son OF the Siamese
twins. Ing and Chang j. an inmate Of
Kansas penitentiary for perjury in seek
ing a divorce from his wife.
Sir Edwin Arnold. it is stated. is likely
TO be appointed poet laureate in success
sion To Lord Tennyson, as the queen
warmly favors the author OF the Light OF
ASIA
Miss Van Wart, grand daughter of the
late Marshall q. Roberts, Is believed to be
the wealthiest young woman in America.
See inherits something over s3,00O,0OO.
Governor Hill of New York, is some
indian clubs and gloves every day that he
NAV be able to knock out President Glove
land In the next democratic convention
Alma record. (Alma, Mich.) 1878-1928, 1888-03-23
The Worst of the Season.

a terrible snow storm ragged throughout
New York state on the 18th inst. All
roads were blockadei. In New York city
the storm Is the worst known since. loj4.
and the metropolis was literally at the
mercy OF the wind. snow and cold. The
drug stores in the city were filed with
Peep Q with frozen hands. feet and ears.
\ woman was frozen to death on the cor.
ner OF Broadway and Fulton street.
Alma record. (Alma, Mich.) 1878-1928, 1888-03-23
The State of Europe.

With respect 20 the Gar, they seem to have
him where the hair Is short. should he re-
fuse to fight, Europe would -riggle at him TO-.
900 900 fingers from the tips Of :, 000,0 o noses;
and should he fight, the allies wonld be apt
10 plump IN surora boreslis under his right
eye.-Phidds Dhi1 Record
Alma record. (Alma, Mich.) 1878-1928, 1888-03-23
No yagrancy About Him.

Police. J~udge-William Snydeheeler.
you are accused of being a vagrant.
What do you say about itp
Pr soner-It a libel.
"How do YOU make that out?"
MY wife does the largest business
washing in town"
''Sixty days."-Lincoin Journal
Alma record. (Alma, Mich.) 1878-1928, 1888-03-23

There are 100, 900 girl, taking the places
which 100. coo boys should occupy in the
business Of the country. and the result
must he an increase Of shiftlcssness and
loaferism ON the one hand. and a decrease
of vigor in the manner Of doing business
on the other. After a girl has kept a boy
out Of a place until he has been compelled
TO turn TO something else, She is ready to
get married.
Alma record. (Alma, Mich.) 1878-1928, 1888-03-23
A Youth of Great Promise.

A New York bov, whose father was sent 10
the Penitent ary last week, stated in court
that be had never heard OF God. There IL the
making Of an Alderman In that boy Wash
lsgfon Critic.
Alma record. (Alma, Mich.) 1878-1928, 1888-03-23

Rev. Dr. Dewitt Talmagc ad lrcssei the
graduating class of the Long Island Col
lege hospital in Brooklyn, and in the
course Of his remarks said that great
triumph~ were yet TO be achieved by the
medical profession, and he urged his
youthful hearers to charge upon hydro
phobia. cancer. consumption and leprosy.
They should convince the world that
genius was superior to the bite Of a dog
and scratches of a cat.
Alma record. (Alma, Mich.) 1878-1928, 1888-03-23

It is incvp~essihly sad to think Of the
aged empe~or'S last days being imbittered
bv sorrow over the uncertainty Of his
noble sons untimelv end. Together the
father and son had fought their country's
battles. one as thorough a soldier as the
other. and each proud Of his relationship
with the other-1ne that he was the
father of such a son. and the other that he
was the son of such a father. Death in
the case of either would have robbed life
of its bit'crest pang the necessity for
mourning the loss Of the other.
Alma record. (Alma, Mich.) 1878-1928, 1888-03-23

Mr.. Harris, a Concord philosopher. says
that Bronson A'cott will be more famous
hereafter than he IS now Nevertheless
as the author of Louisa Alcott and the
grandfather of 'HLittle Women" the
present generations are a good dcal in
debted to him. They feel as the Young
man did when the poet Southy asked him
which OF all hi, works he liked best, and
the young fellow replied, "Your daughter
Dora.
Alma record. (Alma, Mich.) 1878-1928, 1888-03-23
The long delay in the reception of news

The long delay in the reception of news
from Stanley, the African explorer, is
causing considerable uneasiness I'm Europe,
and fears have been expressed that he
may have fallen a victim TO some OF the
marauding Arab tribes which are interest
ed in preventing him from reaching
Emin Bey. 1t will be a matter of deep
regret if anything shall have checked
Stanley in his enterprise; but il is clear
that the Arabs, foreseeing that with the
gradual opening MP of the Congo country
a severe blow will be struck at the slave
trade, are putting serious obstacles in his
way. Barbarism dies hard. and although
civilization triumphs in the end, it is at
the cost of the lives of brave and indefati-
gable pioneers.
Alma record. (Alma, Mich.) 1878-1928, 1888-03-23

\ gentleman recently returned from a
trip through The south has been telling o.
the wonderful progress that section Of
the country has made within the last ten
years. Among other things to note the
progress of that region, he mentioned the
adoption of the northern fashion of Gov
cring the natural scenery with gigantic
signs. Riding on a railway near Raleigh.
y. c., he saw painted ON a big rock this
cheerful advice to the wayfaring man:
TRY Smiths collins an Baskets. "
Alma record. (Alma, Mich.) 1878-1928, 1888-03-23

The late Bronson Alcott never read
Darwin. but always expressed the greatest
CONTEMPT for a doctrine that developed
the soul from matter. NO one who has
seen him during the last thirty years can
form any idea of what he was as a young
man. he was a fiery prophet, a man with
wonderful Il w of ideas, and an inspira-
tion TO all around him. lie used TO travel
through all the cities in the northwest as
long as he was able in the winter and
spring 70 meet people who were interested
in thought. He was immensely interested
in the northwest AMI thought that the
future was boond mp in the civilization
that he found in the Mississippi valley
and the lake region.
Alma record. (Alma, Mich.) 1878-1928, 1888-03-23

The picture Of the new emperor Of Ger
many, Ere lerick. TT. on his journey from
San Reno 10 Berlin 10 take in his feeble
grasp The socptrc of the Hohen7ollorns,
riding 10 ephemnral pomp and glory be-
side the King of Terrors, his DAYS num-
bered and his hopes withered i'm this
supreme hour of his lie, is a pathetic
one. indeed. Not a baggar on his foot
stool, possessed of health, cnvies this ruler
Of the mightje,t power in Europe. SYM
pathy and love and respect are only his.
Alma record. (Alma, Mich.) 1878-1928, 1888-03-23

Says The Chicago Saturday Evening
Herald: "A deaf race Of men seems TO
be the inevitable result of a continuance
OF schools for deaf-mutes. The close as
ISOLATION with one another naturally
leads to inter-marrIage, with offspring
inheriting the common infrmity.
Alma record. (Alma, Mich.) 1878-1928, 1888-03-23

Hyde Tavern, five miles above Norwich,
Conn, ON the old Hartford post road, was
burned recently. II was an inn of glorious
name, having sheltered Washington and
Lafayette, and been the fountain head of
the most b%ewildcring cider fips made in
all that neck Of the woods.
Alma record. (Alma, Mich.) 1878-1928, 1888-03-23

The Prince Of Wales has passed judg-
ment on the lately # scovered statue Of
Venus at Subiaco. lie says IL is the per
lection Of femme contour aud physical
symmetry. This settles the question.
His royal nibs is an expert in this branch
OF criticism.
Alma record. (Alma, Mich.) 1878-1928, 1888-03-23

1.-THE White Lady" whose appearance
is reputed to presage a death in the royal
family OF Prussia. failed to materialize
before the death Of the emperor William.
No longer do 'the heavens blaze forth the
death Of princes