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The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1888-11-17


THOUGHT He WAS PoisoxKp.-A messen-
ger from the city jail yesterday afternoon
hunted up DR.. 1anes. the health Officer.
and communicated TO him the intelligence
that q man who had taken poison was in
dire need OF his services At the jail. The
dector Immediately answered the sum
mons, and found lying In one of the cells .
man Of about 90, who looked like long
shorenan, in an almost unconscious con-
dition. He subjected the fellow 70 several
tests, and came 10 the conclusion that he
was simply very drunk The mans name
il Robert Anderson and he was found by q
policeman fat on his back ON the walk on
Fifth street, near Washington. Froth was
running from his mouth and every appear
snce indicated that be had poisoned him
self He was taken to the jail where he
win doubtless find himself this morning
with head that would ell . barrel
A PsoxorIos.-Mr. Edward Cooking
ham, formerly chief clerk in the ONCE of
the general manager of the Oregon Rail-
way 4 Navigation Company At Portland,
has been appointed assistant TO General
Manager Holcomb in the .. r. & N. Co.'S
Affairs Mr. Cookingham Is to be congrat-
ulafed on his prefernent. He entered the
service OF the company in 1881 as steno-
grapher in the chief engineers ofiice and
worked his way up TO his present import
ant position entirely by his own merits
He is thoroughly familiar with the Affairs
of the company, and ii is not too much TO
promise that the interests of Puget Sound
win always have fair treatment at his
hands
The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1888-11-17
Ladies' Lsndon.Made Walking
JACKETS!

The assortment of high.
class London Made Walk
ing jackets which we shall
offer this week is beyond all
comparison the greatest in
variety ever seen in Seattle,
and the styles are exclusive
with US. They are marked
greatly under value. Adher-
ing to our strict rule, we
make no charges for altera-
tons.
The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1888-11-17
lrnE PRECINCT VOTE.

lEepubiiean Candidates for Justice
and Constable Elected.
Following is the ofhcisi vote in this city
on precinct officers;
ron Jtssrfrx or fNr rRarv
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~, Fso,se Co, Of the Golden Rr,. p..
81 osss. street, arr rot eonnsr,sS 80,
HI, n, Anon or business hopse a., ~.
SAVE any branch store s'''
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T0ELls, SHeERMAH GEO.,
Front and Columbia SITS.
Unprecedented
Values
For this Week

Remember the antiquated
maxim, "Never buy a pig
in a poke Remember a
dollar saved is a dollar made.
Remember when you think
Of laying down your money
for Dry Goods. Clothing.
Millinery, Carpets and Fur
nishing Goods, that Tok-
las, Singerman & Co., ex-
ponents of liberality and
champions of the LITTLE
PROFIT SYSTEM of
doing business, guarantee
the largest selection and the
biggest dollars worth on
the Pacific Coast.
1t makes no difference to
T. S. & Co. how low a price
other dealers may name,
we will always sell the
same quality for a LOWER
PRICE. By strictly adj
herring to this principle of
neutrality-suspicious.
truthfully representing
article we sell, we have built
up a business that is with
out a parallel in the devel-
opment of any mercantile
venture ever made.
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Five New Buildings 20 - ERECTED
On Ce11aa's wharf.
Mr.. J. n co;man hss bsxun shs eur
sSxuctscn. on bis wharf. near The feeS O.
Nsrioa street. Of . tuesssry building, Of
vsod and corrugated froa. stxiee feet in
dimensions. 10 b cccspied BY Mcdonald
4 Lansing. lateiy from the East, ~ . cold
storage warehouse. The froa covering Of
the structure win be extra heavy. and viii
render Il perfectly frcproof The work of
construction il expected 10 be faished in
side Of mouth
Mr.. ColNen has completed arrange
msnts also for the construction Of four
more buildings Of the same material. TO be
erected on his wharf On the spaee now
occupied BY the Queen City Boiler works
and the strip between the bufldisgs oceu-
pied BY Knapp Barrsll 4 Cos warehouse
and the Leeke property The buildings
win be two story, 2sx7o. a11 viii be a. i'm
peryious 10 the action of Ere as the first
structure Work VIII begin about Christ
mas. and IL viii be finished As soon a.
practicable. The buildings viii be oe-
cupied mostly BY Wholesale eusine.ses.
the names OF which cannot - yet be made
pubic
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Priestley Henrietta; all the grades; see
their Trademark vanished board. Toklas,
Singerman & Co.
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Great Sale
BLANKETS and PILLOWS.

Fourth Floor and Basement.
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Heavy sacrifices in
morning: something
Singerman & Co.
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IL DESTiEuTE CIkcVxSTsScEs-Af family.
living la Sos.h Seattle. Of the nsne OF
Craner, is in the most destitute csrcnm-
stances The father Is slowly dying Of con
sumption. ks Is also an infant child. and
the mother, who has been supporting the
family Tor sose tine by doing Walking.
etc. Is no longer epnsl % the task. ard
contributions Of n9ney, proxisions or
clothing have bern askrs " the uuhiie
Anything iest with Chief OF Police Mitchell
or Dr.. Esmrs viii he turned over 10 the
family.
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additional Local q

Marvellous bargains
can sell you a zsc sca11
Singerman & Co. u q. 4 & q
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UNDER THE AUSPICES OF
SEATTLE TURN yEREIN.

DMIsSlON-Aembers, IS cents; not
members. 50 cents Ladies in company of
gentlemen, free.
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time IN New York last night. The pleas
ure derived from this representation soon
made itself evident in the performance.
additional Local q -
Marvellous bargains "a -
Singerman & Co. g b
Heavy sacrifices in
morning: something
Singerman & Co.
Priestley Henrietta; all the grades; see
their trademark vanished board. Toklas,
singerman & Co.
Towels Chester Cieary.
When Baby was SICK,
We gave her Castoria
When she was Child,
She cried for CasteriA
When she became Miss,
She chung to CastoriA
When abe had Children,
She gave them Castoria
To do full justice to the prescription de-
partIaent of their establishment. the
Stewart & Holmes Drug Co. find IL neces-
sary to keep their store open all night. A
competent prescription clerk will be on
hand at all hours: els Front street.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1888-06-06
Sanitary Precautions in Russia.

The stranger wonders how, in ST.
Petersburg, for instance, the market:
and shops are kept as clean as they are
when the water is so filthy. One car
smell the water of the Neva, which
furnishes the supply for drinking and
household purposes, for mile on al
ordinary summer day. A native tells
me the reason things are clean. Every
day health officer goes about inspect
ing the shops and houses. Gerdarmes
assist. If there is any stencil or decay
discernible, or any filth of any kind
the place is arbitrarily closed, and kept
closed for weeks or months. There Is
no resource, no help for it. Cleanli'
ness in the commercial centres is All
imperative necessity. Many people
have been ruined in business by being
closed by the officers. They can never
learn what is wanted. The only reply
is, "You must keep the premises
clean" How clean is not explained
and there can be no appeal.
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A Baby's Accomplishments.

1t can wear out o one-dollar pair OF
kid shoes in twenty-four hours.
1t can keep its father busy advertis-
fng in the newspapers for a nurse.
1t can occupy simultaneously both
sides of the largest-sized bed 1nanufac-
tured.
1t can cause It's father to be insulted
by every clearinghouse keeper in the
city who ''never take children"
which in nine cases out of ten, is very
fortunate for the children.
1t can make itself look like fiend
just when mamma wants to show
"what pretty baby she has"
1t can make an old bachelor in the
room adjoining use language that, if
uttered on the street, would get him in
the penitentiary for two years.
It can 90 from the furthest end of
the room to the foot of the stairs in the
hall adjoining, quicker than its moth
er can just step into the closet and out
again.
These are some things that a baby
can do. But there are other things as
well. A baby can make the common
est home the brightest spot on earth.
It can tighten the burden of a loving
mothers life by adding to them. 1t
can fiatten its dirty little face against
the window-pane in such way that
the tired father CAP see it as a picture
before he rounds the corner. Yes,
babies are great institutions, particu-
larly ones own baby.
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Hot Water for Plants and Trees.

It is q fortunate circumstance that 8
plant will endure q scalding heat that
is fatal to most of Its minute enemies,
Water heated to the boiling point
poured copiously over the stem of an
enfeebled peach tree, and allowed to
stand about its collar, will often have
the happiest restorative effects. Trees
showing every symptom of the yel-
lows have often been rendered luxuri-
antly green and thrifty again by this
simple means. The heat is presuma'
bly, too much for the fungus which
had infested the vital layers of the
tree, Immediately under the outer
bark.
The London florists recommend hot
water, up to 145o Fahrenheit, as a rem
edy when plants are sickly owing to
the soil souring-the acid absorbed by
the roots acting as a poison. The usu-
al resort is to the troublesome job of re-
potting. When this is not necessary
for any other reason, it is much SIM
pier to pour hot water freely through
the stirred soil; it will presently come
through tinged with brown. After
this thorough washing, if the plants
are kept warm, new root points and
new growth will soon follow.
A lady friend had fine Gala in a
three gallon pot, which showed signs
of ill health. On examination the
outer portion of the filling was found
moldy, it being in large part fresh
horse manure. AS repotting was in
convenient, the plant being in flower.
hot water was freely used. 1t killed
the mold, and the plant began to re-
viye and was soon all right.
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Greek Net Greek.

It is not safe in an intelligent gath.
ering to make remarks under cover OF
foreign language, which we do not
wish to have understood by persons
present. Especially if the remarks
are disagreeable they had better be left
unsaid.
A Russian lady had been invited to
dine with NJ. de Talleyraud at the time
when he was Minister of Foreign AT
fairs, but was unfortunately detained
an hour beyond her time. The fam-
ished guests were in the sulks, and
kept looking at their watches.
When she arrived at last one of the
company said in Greek to his neigh
Dor, "When u woman is neither young
nor beautiful she ought to be punctu-
al.n
Whereupon the lady turned sharp
round and replied in the same Ian.
guage, "When q woman has the mis-
fortune to. dine with barbarians she al
ways comis soon enough.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1888-06-06
VOLUME XXXIII. NO. 4.
The minimum Christian.

The minimum Christian! Who is
he ? He is the Christian who Is trying
to go to heaven at as cheap q rate as
possible. He Is the man who aims at
having as little religion she can with
out lacking it altogether. He wants to-
get all the world he can, and yet escape
The worldling's doom. e. q.
The minimum Christian goes to
church in the murDing, and IN the
evening also, unless it rains, or Is too
warm, or too cold, or he Is sleepy, or
has the headache from eating loo
much dinner. He listens most res-
pectfully to the preacher, and joins In
prayer and praise. He applies the.
truthvery sensibly-t9 his neighbors.
He goes rarely to the prayermeeting,
as it Is apt to lie uninteresting. He
goes occasionally to the communion,
and is frequently quite regular in his
family prayers for q week or two after.
The minimum Christian Is very:
friendly toall good works. He wishes
them well, but ii is not In his power to
do much for them. The ssabbath-
school he looks upon as an admirable
Institution, especially for the neglect
ed and Ignorant tits not convenient,
however, for him to take q .eiass. His
business engagements are so pressing
during the week that he needs Sabbath
as day Of rest. Nor does be think
himself qualified to act as a teacher:
He is in favor Of tract distribution,
and visiting the poor; but he has no
'tipsa to take part in these labors OF.
He thinks it q good thing for
laymen to assist at prayer-Ineetingas
and in social religious circles; but he
has no gifts for public prayer, or for.
making addresses and he must leave, i, it
to others. He very friendly to home.
and foreign missions, and gives his
"mite." He thinks there are: too
many appeals but he gives, Ii not
enough to save his reputation, pretty
near it-at all events, he ains at &c.
The minimum Christians not clear
on a pumter of points: The opera
and dancing, perhaps the theatre aud
card d-playing, and large fashionable
parties, give him some trouble. He
cannot see the harm In this, or that,
or the other popular amusement.
There is nothing in the Bible against.
it. He does not see but that b mani
may oe q Christian, aud dance orgo to
the opera. He knows several excel
lent people who do. Why should not
he follow their example,
The minimum Christian does not
believe much in sudden conversions,
nor in Jealous aggressive efforts. His
greatest concern is dignified propri-
ETY. and q faultless decorum, and that
all things ''shonld be done decently
and in ORDER" whether souls aresaved
or not. He has q fondness for the
aesthetic, and prides himself onaa re-
fined literary taste, and he haa no
patience with rousing appeals to faith
and repentance. They are not elegant.
These are they ''that hinder the Cos.
pei" .
The Church of God Is not in half as
much danger from skepticism, as she
Is from her minimum Christians. Be
one thing or the other. Be hot or cold.
Be Christian or wording. But be
no longer tepid, vapid, and indiffer-
ent Christians !-Idlmdge.
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Things Worth Knowing.

"A rifle ball moves with velocity of
one thousand miles per
Measure 200 feet on each side and
you have u square acre, Within an
inch.
A Sabbath days journey in the Bi.
BILE is 1,l55 yards; this is eighteen
yards less than two-thirds Of mile.
There are 2,750 languages.
Two persons die every second.
The average human life is 81 years.
Slow rivers flow miles per hour.
A moderate wind blows7 miles per
hour. ..... ......-.
A storm moves SO miles per hour.
A hurricane moves 80 miles per hour.
Sound moves 743 miles per hour.
Light moves 10000 miles per sec.
ond. -. ri
The first steamboat piled the HUI
son in 1907. X
The first iron steamboat was built 10
1880. .,. -
The first lucifer match was made in
1929.
The first horse railroad was built in
1887.
Gold was discovered in California, in
1S4S. 1.
The first use of the locomotive in
this country was in 1929. 4z
The first printing press in the Unit
ed States was introduced in 1929.
Until 1776 cotton spinning was per-
formed by the hand spinning wheel.
The first steam engine on this. conti-
nent was brought from England in
1853. ...... ..,.... a.s,. -.s. =s%
An acre contains 4,S40 square yards.
A square mile contains $40 acres.
A mile is $3.50 feet or 1,760 yards in
length. '..1-z
A fathom is six feet. -
A league is three miles.
A days journey is 335 miles.
A cubit is two feet. .,..
A great cubit is eleven feet.
A hand (horse measure) is four
inches.
A palm is three inches.
A span is 105 inches.
A space is three feet.
a barrel of flour weighs 1876 pounds.
A barrel of pork weighs 500 pounds.
A barrel of powder weighs 25
pounds.
A firkin of butter weighs Sc pounds.
A tub of butter weighs "a pounds.
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Vanderbilt and His Father.

The son was then thirty-two years
old, and himself a father. They were
OH board the steam yacht Northern
Starr on their way to st. Petersburg,
William, who was an habitual smok-
er, was putting his favorite cigar.
"Bill," said the Commodore, II wish
you'd give up that smoking habit OF
yours; I'll give you ten thousand dol,
lars if you will"
"You needn't give me any thing"
was the sons answer, as he flung the
cigar overheard. "Your wish is suffi-
cient.n He never smoked afterward.
Would that more of our young men
would follow his example!
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Dur plan is composed of two parts,
Congress of Nations and a
urt of Nations, either of which
ght exist without the other; but
sy would tend much more to the
bpiness of mankind if united in one
In, though not in one body. A Con-
&ss of Ambassadors from all those
istian and civilized nations who
Id choose to unite in the measure
ghly desirable to fix the fiuctuat-
and various points of international
by the consent of all the parties
resented, making the law of ma
hs so plain that court composed OF
most eminent jurists of the coun-
Is represented at the congress, could
ily apply those principles to any
s.ticular case brought before them.
ch a congress would provide for the
yanization of such court; but they
Build not constitute that court, which
buld he permanent, like the Supreme
burt of the United States, while the
ngress would be transient or periodi-
Il, with change of members like the
congress of the United States. 1t Is
lot proposed that the legislative and
hdiciary bodies shall be united. Tho
Congress of Nations, therefore, is one
body, and the creator of the Court of
Nations, which is another distinct
BODY. No objection can be brought
against q Congress and Court of Ma
tihns. which is not equally valid
afeSnst all legislative and judicial
bss5ta. The system is safe for all
forms Of government; its expense Is
not worth naming; and it is altogeth-
er preferable to Individual umpirage,
as it concentrates the public opinion of
the whole civilized world, and would
be able to enforce its DEGREES and decis-
ions by moral power alone. 1t is an
ncontrovertible axiom, that eUery-
thinq of q moral nature aOhich ought to
be DOME, can be done. I do not say
that so great an enterprise, as q Con,
press of Nations, can be accomplished
in a day. 1t will probably be of slow
grow tn, like the trial by jury. There
IS the greater need. therefore, that
those who favor the object should be-
gin the work without loss OF time:
War is called "the last resort OF
kings" simply because there never has
been an international tribunal on an
extended scale. Every man who re-
fuses to lend his aid in bringing for
ward q Congress and Court of Nations,
neglects his duty to his country, to the
world, and to God, and does not act
consistently with the character of a
statesman, philanthropist, or Chris
tian. It is time that Christian nations
should be ashamed to attempt to settle
disputes by physical force, like bullies
and pugilisis. 1t is time they had
more compassion for human suffering.
and more. respect for the precepts OF
Christ William, LAID.
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The question whether one-eye, two.
eye, three-eye, or half pieces or whole
potatoes for seed should be used is a
conditional one. In very rich soil
two.eye pieces might give the best
crop; in a poor soil larger pieces
would perhaps yield better. Some va
rietles.of potatoes are weakly growers
and would be helped by the larger
seed. Others are rank growers and
small seed pieces would serve as well
or better. This problem is best solved
by each planter, as the condition Of. the
soil differs with the locality.
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"They Say"

They say''-Ah we'll, suppose they do:
But can they prove the story true?
Suspicion may arise from naught
But malice, envy, want OF thought:
Why count yourself among the" e"they"
Who whisper what they dare not say?
"They say"-But why the tale rehearse,
And help to make the matter worse?
No good can possibly accrue
From telling what may be untrue;
And is IT. not q nobler plan
To speak of all the best you can!
''They say"-Well, II 1t should be so,
Why need you tell the tale OF woe;
VIII 1t the bitter wrong redress,
Or make one pang of sorrow less?
VIII IL the erring one restore,
Henceforth to 60 and sin no more?
"They say'i-Oh! pause and look within,
See how your cart inclines TO sin;
Watch lest in dark temptations hour,
Yor, too, should sink ben cath Its power;
Pity the frail-weep DER their fall,
But speak Of good or not at all.
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Habit.

"Habit at first Is but n slken thread.
Fine us the light-wlnged gossamers that sway
In the warm sunbcams OF q summers day;
A shallow streamlet, ripping DER Its bed;
A tiny sapllng, ere its roots are spread;
A yet unhardened thorn upon the spray;
A lions whelp that hath not scented prey;
A little smiling child obedient led:
Beware! that thread may bind thee as q
chain;
That streamlet gather TO fatal sea;
That saplIng spread into gnarled tree;
That thorn. grown hard, may wound and give
thee pnin;
That playfu whelp his murderous fangs re-
veal: ....." 4"
That child crush thee meath his heal
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Professor Blackie recently delivered
lecture in Edinburgh, on the "Phi-
losophy of Education" in which lie
takes the ground that Bible history
and geography ought to belong to all
well-conducted schools, independent
of churches, because religion is the
breath of daily life, and Christianity
is not a religion founded on fancy, but
OIL the history of the human race for
1900 years, and it belongs to a mans
education to know the record of Gods
dealings with the human race.
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Willie and His Mother.

"Papa," said little Willie Wilkins tc
his father, who was reading the paper
"Papa, won't you listen TO ME? Pa'
PAL
Don't bother your father, dear, u
said his mother, "what is it you want
to know"
"Why do sailors trim their sails ?"
ooh, why, to make them look pref.
ty, of course. Whenever you want to
know anything just ask your nam.
MAJ
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". O. g. Advocate.

A brother who occupiesa prominent
position in our church said in our Of
flee the other day, that "if the Metho.
dists in our section do not pay more at
tention to denominational education,
in twenty years we will have no Meth
odists."' While that statement may be
little too strong, there if much cause
for thinking that at this point we need
to strengthen our defenses. If we al.
low other denominations to educate
our young people, we must not be sur
prised if they find church homes in
those denominations.
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Yourself has prompted you to stub
bornness, TO pride, to goddess ambition,
to chickering's, to contentious, to wrath,
to envy. to evil passions. Cruelty it.
You will still live; yet not you, but
Christ will live In your life Of faith.