The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1888-08-01
At COMFY ISLAND.
Bill Nye Visits the Great
Summer Resort
He strait. Dswn The Ess ss us~-
szg-.1sfss the Ef~rhsns Bssrs--
Nsstx IN Ent~rs.snfsx senssewsn
WITH the Tksrssxa snsrs-
FNsw Zen w~s

fSew fsx& warAz
H1asy people who hse xs great DIS
s@ars troIa COREY fslxnd ara nos
aware that By rssing there shey may
ke Photographed wsth their backs
against the Elephant hotel ss,s y eents.
Asssi ssia we are lad that ever sssiry
a Cones Island. aside frosu the hos
sst5 q To- sea. i very high. Although
the ~eG@sfl = nos vet far aiTssa I'D
have been photographer already with
background 81 BROOKLYN bridge. tie
Statute % liberty In the very sst Of
enlightsniHg the world, Buffalo BiEl's
Wild West. and the empty elephant
81 Coney Island. but think the price
charged a. the latter place IS more rss-
so7alse than AZ most other posDtz
got tso tiutypcs there znd had j gilt
watch chain rsi on ~ the artist Tor
IS cent?. In one picture he also
allowed tse - hold his gold headed
cane. No man can lie utterly gixen
up 10 the last for gain when he can 90
this for orc who Is an utter stranger 10
him.
| showed these picssres u rival
arts~t further sisNn tlse Ree IL. Hexxae
aud lola him how cheap got them.
lie sid he would not he oatdoae IN
generosity. AMI 20 he photographed
lae twfee Tor 50 cents, with hi slie,s
heaa Oh ny shoulder
| There j. generous hat splritei
rivalry between the photographer az
| Goaey Island wsazeh j. certain 10 paace
/ fffsft{ses e
all
| The cold. easf-.roa heasl-rest Is stin
used there The arsl BsaFeS YOUR
/ features around over yogr facs b
means % bis tsyD large c0f5peress0resl
thumbs. which ltog and ieel as though |
| they had escaped from 4 jar 81 alcohol
IN a medical college ami come ssosa
+. here f0E a good time &nd give taena- |
selves up 70 pseasute.
When tn. arti & has 80 arranged |
| yuuE face that Fou lsias a fIa 81 emo |
tion a. 2 sn8N man, oniy hotter and /
nladder be bring oat ! pair OF iron |
aumb-t,ells attached to a.n upright rcd |
ard putt yugr head a.. 4inss tie saa-
chine Tbs called a h,s4d.rast. The /
heasi-rest Is seeded biean~e il rests /
isseif against one head. Il Is applied /
bg putting the cold iron rroggs Or do |
goods against the hove Of home and /
offspring which Is located just south 0: |
the cessAclluni.
Yoa sigen hook iiselly Il large red f!
card. Oh which i inscribed
To trust j. bust;
TO bus; is inigFi9ns
No trust, no bust.
No bust, no permanent injury.
Or words % that effect have modi- |
fed the stanza 50 that il cannot i'm
pair the circulation of a Sunday paper /
The Elephant hotel faay be dlsgerneJ |
for some distance out at sea. On land |
ing the sp3or j. at ones discovered. |
securing several native Bosrs from |
| tho We I End, ! entered the popcorn |
and hot sausage )angie. which lies 70 /
the north. and where loud trumpet /
Ing could be heard We we're de aged /
Tor some time rs the hostile iastr- /
who occupied the peanut kraais in the /
Hewgag country For that reason |
night set in before We sighted our /
game Ii was Just dusk. and the iog |
wall ol the kaxao came across the /
tropical stiliaess mingled with the |
heavy grant Of the hired hand, who
had come here Tor nsueh-nae5e1 rest,
and was now engaged Ia asceFtainipg /
hnW many paana he cosgld hit, when |
Suadsaiy / SAW the eye 81 the elephant
ReerinE d0Wa towards the iron pier
Ihe csc uf tae eierhafr AZ night Is
atieht and eiiulgeat. At Ill taaee ];
IA somswh hat mstsowea down. but as
sou approaeh Il tie expression IS 50
yefe aad iuSalent. fha eye 10 IS is |
gentle IW.tre ana becomes easdly 10
min0ua, wish the following FeoE
Hastily haa3ing over my Taigab!e /
a. a I'll 4a.
him that in ease | sh0af4 never retagn /
alive he sh0ald tara II is % the Hotel |
Brighton toward ms beard, ! stealth |
| Us crawigd through an aperture IN the /
| gioamlns asceadet The nigh hind leg
OF the iniufiatei brute, and q mon4eni
after had plunged heaIlong into his /
| Eigai
The Elephant hotel was not over
crowded at The time ! visited Is, Rooms /
there afe not numbered bgt designate /
a. the hip roou4. the shntlisier goom, 1
the eye room, etc The trunk goam |
was vacant 30 we're tie hcaaqaar
tiers. ia the top is h9wdah. From
! this hoSaAh one can readily see the |
western extremity Of the Atlantic /
ocean and the eastern siasit OF tie /
United states,
This Is a pretty hosslah do, ! |
calculated 70 a man who seemed SO tse /
Ia eharre lie Hia4e Ro reply. but
ogty cag another Eofoi on tse edge |
81 e board which be held IN hi lap.
The Elephant Hotel is hoilaw fiear
- tho ground 80 are these who
! board there, judge.
4 somnamhllist Noaii stand = poor
1 bow there. II be AFed in the q e
foon. Tor instance. it woas.i be com |
n1un thsug ler hifn 20 le down IN the |
mouth y neH he woke az.
Goucy isiand y provided Nith sc
| hghtiai mu-ic this ye'ss band ONE
/ hail. with comfortable seats. and wlth
/ ia soana "a. the ever low spiri,r! aad
| complaining sea, Is Glied by those who
come e. hear the Metropolitan opera
| hau~e orchestra under the leadership
0f the handsome anl h.1ent Herr
| seifi Herr Sci il duas rot tlaY any
instrument him .tN. but makcs tlse
| gestures sfa paactuates tire music.
/ ale also shows The pico1o where "a PISS
I in sae piano and Ptiafs ont 10 sac
! tIias where & woala be e gees ieea
sock Ia fhe ioslis- $3.50. Music is rs
/ heaft's delight lie waeta rather
/ stand there sud listen II sceaae5 to
nse. ana sli mosquitoes with has
pointer, than lo play himself
lsAptSs Eaf OF HtsrEA.
| In the seat ahead 81 me sat plain
man with gray h4ir and toii-baFaenfd
/ hands liver and anon he wipea the
/ h0ae sweat fFea hi~ hroS, ani then
uinugiac 4 inll-bicNa nose taia has red
{ oaaaanBa. he sounded toesin which
wnaid aatar4iiv snake an alta horn SO
aild aisasse 81 il eli AZ sscssiice.
/ You aIr an Ohio msu. 90. jiess,
( | said Sc him in a hauterlnr De-
WAY. sof'
Wi. yea seem 70 have - tue
/ Thurman saort
,"Na. I amt Iroa ohio. ! ia fr,ssa
weT Hampshire ! carried a hsndan
"a before fAe Mar Politics d0nE have |
nawthiu' - do With a. have slsays |
believed that
satan tFeEaAies = tsu he sees
Tha old hau.fAuna go - ssssze
Il sappoSe thai l. often IN yauT case /
taken Tor a campaign b-.sige-
Yep nsigr | should say 20 II /
I've lsee sss = lickah ap TO-DAY ouee. /
III bate I've beea at fawsy tiisaes. /
They say the Republican fsrsy : the 4
free ckAh party. bet - Tar, It strikes /
me saat che democrats are a ga9a deal /
frsser u}ih their licsah than the kepss- 1
iis4nS an :"
We 81 pretty wei acquainted dur