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, 1889-06-06
4 Rat and a Dream.

A prominent society lady INDUCED in
a dream to the effect that small squir-
rel or chipmunk had bitten her upon the
wrist. Upon waking next morning she
remembered the dream aud noticed up
on the wrist small scar, or scratch, as
if made by the teeth of a chipmunk. She
wondered little at it and mentioned il
to some friends, who thought it some
thing Of a mystery, but as in these days
OF theosophy. Christian science, eIec-
tricity, psychology, nationalism, single
tax, new city charter, political deadlocks,
cataleptic autopsies and general occult
ism many strange things are constantly
happening, no great Importance was at
tached to the dream or its footprints.
Upon the following evening, however,
as the lady sought her couch, she shook
the pillows and disturbed the peace and
quiet of a lively young rat, almost
grown, who scampered from her bed and
sought refuge under the bureau. Mas
culine assistance was summoned and his
ratship was slain. The superstitious
Importance OF dreams is now somewhat
at discount in that household.
, 1889-06-06
HER MODEST REQUEST.
A New York Woman Asks for n DI-
vorce.

NEW YORK, May 27.-The frat favor
Mrs. Sadie j. Core says she ever asked
her husband, Francis r. Core, to grant
was a most extraordinary one. The
modest request was for permission to
marry another man. This waR the waY
she put The question TO him in letter:
''I have an offer of marriage from a
man whom I have thought great deal
of for long time, so what want is TO
either give-you divorce or get one from
you, for that is the only way I will ever
be happy, and il that does not happen /
shall only go from bad to worse. AS
you have been married three times
would rather have you let me get di-
vorce from you, but il you want the
public 10 think YOU have left me you con
have it the other way if you wish. You
always said You would do anything in
the world TO make me happy, and now
is your chance. This is the first time ]
have ever asked you favor. What is
the use of being linked to a woman who
cares nothing for you?
Mrs. Core was unreasonable enough
to imagine that she could ask for some
thing besides divorce, and her hus
band declined TO grant the little favor
Mrs. Gore waited patiently for q while
and then began q suit for separation
which came up before Judge sedge
wick Cd a motion for heavy alimony
Gore is man of large income, vel
known in business.
, 1889-06-06
SENATORIAL ROMANCE.
A Report That Allison OF Iowa is to be
Married.

a special from Washington says: The
announcement OF the marriage OF Senator
Allison, OF Iowa, to Miss Theresa Slough,
ton, only lacks authoritative yerifcation.
Those who have been most intimately as
sociated with the senator are disposed to
regard the story as romance, but upon
the simple ground that he has never
shown the slightest indication of tender
feeling pointing toward the sea of matri-
mony. 1t does not seem to be known
even by the senator's friends that his
alleged prospective bride is now a pros
pective bride is now guest with other
ladies of the senatorial Canadian trade
relations expedition en-route for Alaska.
Miss Stoughton is an exceedingly beauti-
full lady about 80 years of age, the
daughter OF 4 former patent attorney OF
Washington. The marriage announce
ment fixes the time for next fall. Senator
Allison resides in fine residence on Yer
mont avenue, Just off Thomas circle.
Since the sad death OF his wife the
senator's household has beeu presided
over by her foster mother, Mrs. Grimes.
, 1889-06-06
A Big Deal.

For some time past negotiations have
been in progress toward selling the j. G..
Ginger tract to eastern capitalists, but
there was difference in the amount Of
fered end asked, and for time it was
thought the matter would fall through.
On Wednesday Charles NJ. Jarvis, repre-
senting the Jarvis-Conkling Mortgage
and Trust Company, accompanied by
Mr.. John NJ. Friar, arrived here, and
drove to the property with R. G. Hill
and Charles Eisenbeis, and made a
tender of seventy thousand dollars. The
offer was held under consideration until
yesterday morning, when it was decided
to accept it, and the money was paid
over. The property will be divided into
lots and sold on easy terms to parties de-
string to build.
, 1889-06-06
Real Estate t ransfefs.

Following real estate transfers, fur
nished by Carroll and Whittemore, alb
stractors, were filed for record May 3Ist,
1899:
NM Ellis and wife to Carrie v Smith,
lots and s, blk 67, in L B Hastings 1st
add to Port Townsend; con, $500.
WR Smith and VT to NJ n Ellis, un-
divided y interest in and TO blks 10 and
SO, in Webster's add; con, $500.
United States to John C Appleton, w11a
of NV 4, of sec 4, and lots 2 and Of sec
5, twp - n, r e, 126.75 acres.
Morris B Sachs to L d McArdie, un-
divided Z interest in Sc 4, of sell ol
see IS, twp % n, r1wof w NJ.
L ID McArdle and wife TO Morris B
Sachs, undivided = interest in lot 4, blk
52, Eisenbeis addition to Port Town
send.
The following were filed for record on
May 30th, 1888:
John T A Bulfnch to H Geatis, lots
1 and ?, in Bulfnch addition, in Colon
bia Park, in sec 8, twp so n, T l W OF
WIN.
United States to Edward Dundun, e11zz,
of NV u, ne u of sw114, and sw114 OF nett4
of sec 80, twp 90 n, 1w of w NJ, contain
ing I6O acr0s.
A + Learned and wife to Nixon
lots l and 8, blk 65, town of Gloucester
con, 800.
W Bourland to Chas E Weightman
lots and ., block Is, Al Pettygrove''
add; con, 81 $50.
F a Mcdonald and wife to Everett
Smith, p interest in lots number 5 ant
Z, block Sc; con, nominal.
CT Clapp and wife to Lucy ] Stevens
lot 2, block 2. town of Harrisbyi con
$125.
Id McArdle and wife to J Calhoun
h interest in block 81, Eisenbeis add
con, 800.
u Calhoun and wife to L D McArdle
the undivided Z of the Il, of the
"a of sec IS, in twp q n,r1w; con
5000.
AT Learned and wife to G Hunter
lot 4, blk 40, town of Gloucester; con
| $40.
, 1889-06-06
Country aud City Lungs.

A few days ago New York specialist
in pathology showed the writer two
bottles. One contained a section of q
healthy lung of man who had lived in
the country, and the other of man who
had lived and died in New York. The
country lung showed clear pink color
the city lung was almost black, and il
was impossible to trace the veins through
the smut and dirt. The experiment
proved, of course, that the air in New
York is SO impregnated with dust and
dirt that the lungs become in as much
need of bath as if they were laid in &
bed of charcoal.
, 1889-06-06
EXPRESSIVE CARDS.
a Late Fashion introduced in Bos

a Late Fashion introduced in Boston.
1t has been the fashion in Boston lately
to use at progressive eucher and whist
parties a new and very elaborate sort Of
playing cards, adorned with all kinds of
artistically nonsensical pictures in colors,
the denominational spots being ingeni-
ously combined with the designs on the
faces of the pasteboards. For instance,
the five of hearts is made by the red
faces of as many babies, in profile, the
figures OF the tots being represented in
outline. The clubs on the eight spot OF
that suit form the coats of an equal num-
Der of wild Irishmen, who are seen from
the back view dancing shillalah break
down. The ten diamonds on the ten
spots are the red knapsacks OF marching
soldiers, while the eight hearts on the
eight spot are zouaves' trousers. The
| king of clubs is seeking his couch ut q.
m, evidently very tight, his boots in one
hand and latchkey in the other. The
queen, his royal spouse, looks decidedly
| unpleasant, with canle and bootjack,
the latter presumably for furnishing the
delinquent. The queen of hearts has a
plate of tarts, and the king a pot OF jam,
while the knaye OF the same suit is a
wicked dude, with ciga; and a naughty
leer, directed, doubtless, at some chorus
girl. Such cards are printed by the big
jewelers. and swell stationers, They cost
from 81 to $12 pack, though some hand
painted ones fetch as high as 800. 1t i:
safe to assert that poker-players, who un
derstand the value of cards better thar
anyone else, will stick to the old unorna
mented style. The new fashion stand!
no chance OF receiving support from
them.
, 1889-06-06
= A Providence.

Hume u endurance under misfortune is
sometimes inexplicable and the escape
therefrom is equally surprising. What
men have endured and can endure; how
they have been providentially rescued
from a continuance of tortue, is well H.
lustrated in the following: Paragon,
Ind, July 80, 1888. The Charles A
Yogeler Co, Baltimore, Md, Gentle.
men:-I suffered steadily with pains in
my head for % years, resulting from
sunstroke. 1t was cured by st. Jacobs
Oil, and has remained so without return
OF pain for four years.
, 1889-06-06
Another Arrest

CHICAGO, May 27 The police made
another important move in the Cronin
case this afternoon. Harry Jordan, the
man who came from Philadelphia some
time ago and is said to have been an in
innate friend of McGehan's, was placed
in custody TO be held as a witness. Itis
suspected be knows something OF McGe-
hans movements that may prove Of val
us. The police do not accuse him of be-
ing one OF the principals in the murder.
, 1889-06-06
The Hawkesbury Bridge.

The Hawkesbury Bridge, in New South
Wales, was opened for traffic on May /,
with great ceremony, in the presence OF
the governor and many distinguished
men. This bridge was built by the
Union Bridge Co., of New York, and is
especially noticeable for the great and
unprecedented depth OF the foundations,
some of the piers being sunk l60 It. be-
low high water mark. The bold and IN
genious n4ethod by which the spans were
erected on pontoon and then tioated 10
position was fully described, with Illus
trations, in the Railroad Gazette, August
10, 1888. The opening OF this bridge
completes all rail communication between
Adelaide, in South Australia and Bris-
bane, in Queensland, the route passing
through Melbourne and Sydney, the
chief cities OF Victoria and New South
Wales, the other two principal colonies
in Australia. The total distance Is l,Sl2
miles. The worst grades and sharpest
curves occur in New South Wales, where
the country is very mountainous and
broken. Grades OF 176 #. per mile are
frequent, and curves of deg. 40 min
The highest summit is All IT. above
sea-Ieyel. The obstacles to rapid travel
ing are not lessened by two breaks O
gauge, Queensland, on the north, having
a 3 #. 6 in. gauge, while the New Soutf
Wales lines are of the standard guage
and Victoria and South Australia havt
the ) #. 3 in. or Irish gauge Th'
through express, however, runs iron
Melbourne to Sydney, $50 miles, in l!
hours, giving a speed OF so miles pc
hour, including stoppages and change G
cars at the border where the break Q
gauge occurs.
, 1889-06-06
An Editors Graceful Baokdown

Last week we announced that We
were going on The trail Of j. B. Davis,
the Apache avenue grocer, and this
weeks issue would contain an expose
calculated to startle the community. We
had over column OF it 10 type when
Mr.. Davis called nt the Kicker office
and subscribed for the paper and gave
us column ad. for q year. NJ. DAVIS is
not only genial, wbole-souled gentle
man. worthy OF place in our best So
ciety, but an enterprisiDg go-ahead citi.
zen, who is q credit to the whole state.
Arizona Kicker.
, 1889-06-06


An eminent physician says; SIT has
long been known that kissing causes a
species OF heart disease which termin.
ates in matrimonial fever, and the victim
dies sooner or later" Generally later.
An enterprising undertaken advertises ,
"Why live and be miserable when Won
can be handsomely buried for three
pound ten?" Yet there are doubtless
men who will persist in walking about
in order to save funeral expenses.
Miller and Going is the style name OF
new firm who seek public patronage.
They are experienced and competent
surveyors and engineers, and have pur-
chased the business OF Fortman and
Hammond. They have very pleasan,
rooms in the James-Hastings block.
In order that advertisers in the Argus
may appreciate the cheapness OF adver.
Using rates, we will mention the price:
charged by few OF the leading papers
One column space, one year, the Chicago
Tribune charges 1000; the New Yori
Herald, $39, ,623 for lowest, and for highes
price, $+S, 600; the New York Tribune
its lowest price, 500, ,754, and its highcst
SS5,64S. And they are never al 4 los
for advertisements TO fiji their columns
, 1889-06-06
THAT'S DIFFERENT.

1 asked her if she'd take a stroll
She said she didn't care.
| told her | admired her mole,
She said bhe didn't care.
l asked her If she'd take my arm,
She said she didn't care.
carelessly remarked How Warm!"
She said she didn't care.
Lets take the opera in," said |,
She said she did MT care.
What seats do you prefer I'd buy?'
She said she didn't care.
Quoth l, when going home, Ice
cream?'
She said she didn't care.
''Oh, do l wake or do dream?"
She said she didn't care.
oh, will you be my bonny bride?"
She said she didn't care to have
More than one husband at time.
She was married. M. j. Dounelly
, 1889-06-06

The Pasco Headlight is booming T. H.
Brets for United States senator. 1t
says that she is man we'll qualified,
competent, honost and Trustworthy in
every respect; q man to that has rep
resented us twice as delegate to con.
gress, giving us in each instance perfect
satisfaction.
, 1889-06-06

The fence around the city pound was
torn down Tuesday night, and 6 COW
and horse taken away.
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Gotham.

The name "Gotham" was FIRST
given to New York by Washington
Irving and James X. Paulding in
"Salmagundi." in allusion to the
fact, noted by them, that New York
ers were accustomed to regard them
selves as wiseacres, without due
justification. The use of the term
had reference to the nursery legend
concerning the Three Wise Men Of
Gothem" who ''went to sea in 4
bowl" The original Gotham Of
the nursery rhyme is q parish in
Nottinghamshire, England, whose
people were noted for their remark
able stupidity and self-conceit.
These traits Of the people of the
parish were so widely known that
they gave rise to.a number of pro-.
verbs, and to the word ''Gothamite, /"
which is recognized in literature
and in the dictionaries as an estab-
lished synonym for 50 fool wiee in
his own conceit.-N. Y. Commercial, !,
Advertiser.
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Royal Blood in Everybody's Veins.

Every man has two parents, four
grandparents, eight great-grandpar-
ents, sixteen great-great-grandpar-
ents, thirty-two great-great-great-
grandparents, etc. Now, if We
reckon twenty-five years to gener-
alton, and carry on the above cal
culation to the time of William the
Conqueror of England, it will be
found that each living person must
have had at that time even the
enormous number of 35,OOO,OOO of
ancestors. Now, supposing we make
the usual allowance for the cross
ing or intermarrying Of families in
a genealogical line, and for the same
person being in many of the inter-
sections of the family tree, still
there will remain a number at that
period even to cover the whole
Norman and Anglo-Saxon races.
What, therefore. might have been
pious, princely, kingly or aristo-
cratic, stands side by side in line
with the most ignoble, plebcian or
democratic. Each man Of the pres
ent day may be certain of having
had, not only barons and 'squiree,
but even crowned heads, dukes,
princes or bishops, or renowned
generals, barristers, etc., among his
Observation-Disclosures Sun.
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The Heart in the Stomach.

The i'll nature Of many men will
vanish in the presence of their fav-
orite dishes on the dinner table, a
fact that has given rise to the old
saying that the way to mans
heart is through his stomach.
The writer once boarded with an
irratable elderly man who gave
laughable illustrations of the truth
of this adage. When things had
gone wrong with the choleric old
gentleman his wife would slyly say
to her daughter, who assisted in the
cooking:
"We'd better have apple dump
Inns to-day, Sarah, your pa is out
of speerits. l intended having a
potpie. but he don't care much for
that, and you know how fond he is
of dumplln's."
When the ''dumplin's" appeared
the old gentleman's wrath would
speedily vanish.
Sometimes the wise old lady
would scatter an impending storm
and keep it for breakfast by ap-
pearing with plate of doughnuts
or pie, saying:
Here, pa, you'd better eat this !;
nobody else wants it, and it's just
sittin' round in the way"
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A Liberal Judge.

One of the keenest things ever
said on the Bench is attributed to
Judge Walton of Georgia. He once
sentenced a man to seven years in
prison for a grave crime. The pris-
oner's counsel asked for a mitlga-
ton of the sentence on the ground
that the prisoners health was very
poor. "Your honor" said he, II
am satisfied that my client cannot
live out half that term, and beg
of you to change the sentence :
"Well, under those circumstances,
said the Judge, II will change the
sentence. Twill make it for life in
stead of seven years." The prisoner
chose to abide by the original SEN
tence, which the Judge permitted.
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per previous arrangement, and, re
pairing to the next village, the par
son very quickly made them one il
holy wedlock. Joe took the bride
and soon dashed back to the tewl
of P, and halted at the hous'
of Danforth, who was already lock
ing for him, and received him with
open arms.
'.Is it done?" asked the old man
"Yes-yes," answered Joe.
Bring her in, bring her in," con
tinued the od fellow in high glee
"never mind compliments; no mat
ter about the dark entry. Here
here, to the right in the parlor, well
have jolly time now,' said the
anxious farmer, pushing away fol
lights, and returning almost i'm
mediately.
II am married."
eyes, yes"
"And this is my wife," he added
as he passed up the beautiful bride
the lovely Minnie Danforth.
"What?" roared the father. "Joe
you villain, you scamp, you audac'
ious cheat, you-you-you-"
"It is true, sir; we are lawfully
married. You assisted me, you
planned the whole affair, you lent
me your horse, you thought me
last week worthy of any mans
daughter, you promised me the
cottage at the foot of the lane
YOU"
II didn't! l deny it: You CAM
prove it. You're a-a-a-"
Calmly now, sir" continued
Joe; and the entreaties Of the hap
py couple were at once united to
quell the old mans ire, and to per
suade him to acknowledge thei,
union.
The father relented at this. II
was a job of his own manufacture
and he saw how useless it would be
finally to attempt to destroy it.
He gave in reluctantly, and the
fair Minnie Danforth was overoyed
to be duly acknowledged as Mrs
Joe Walker.
The marriage proved to be hap
py one, and the original assertion
of old Danforth proved truthful in
every respect. The cunning lover
was good son and faithful hus.
band, and lived many years to en-.
joy the happiness which followed
the runaway match, while the old
man never cared to hear much
about the details of the elopement,
for he saw how completely he had
overshot himself.
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An Arizona Indian Shampoo.

The hair of both sexes is worn
long, reaching nearly to the waist,
and it is cut squarely across. Do
the dusky children of the desert
profane their ebon locks with brush
or comb? Not to any great extent.
They follow a device at once eco
nomical, unique and effective. They
make thick paste of the adobe
soil and water, and, having wound
their hair closely around their
heads, they smear it from brow to
occiput with sticky dry mud and
let it dry. When thoroughly dry
it is cracked off and the hair emer-
ges therefrom clean, smooth and
glossy as the proverbial ravens
wing. Compared to this the sham
poo of civilization is foolishness.
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CAN MEN LEARN TO FLYi
Shall we mortals ever be able to

Shall we mortals ever be able to
fly?
A few weeks ago an adventurous
eronaut succeeded in flying a couple
of miles in the suburbs of New
York, with the aid of a huge ma
chine that had wings and that
seemed to use them with consider
able success. For something like a
generation the inventor of this fly
ing machine has been at work upon
it, and had been laughed at because
of it as heartily as ever the ire
pressible Keely of motar fame was
laughed at. But he was a Scotch
man, who possessed true Scottish
tenacity. He stuck to his idea and
finally had the satisfaction of see
ing its great wings beat the air over
Coney island and carry it consider
able distance before it was thought
we'll to let it rest.
The Scotch inventors success has
created an impression. His flying
machine is cigar shaped, some sixty
feet in length and forty-two feet in
diameter. It's wings work exactly
like those of bird by the aid Of a
propeller worked by electricity, and
the passenger is carried just as the
eagle carries it's prey. 1t is pecu-
liar affair, but has been more sue
cessful than anything of its kind,
and hence the arguments among
the scientific professors. Most of
these professors believe that man
will be able to fly by means of me-
chanism only when that mechanism
is made after that of the bird.
The authorities tell us that the
flying machine is of prehistoric orr
gin. We are told also that some
400 years B. c., wooden pigeon
was made to fly with considerable
success. AS this exploit was ac-
comp!ished more than 1000 years
before the Montgolfier brothers
started their balloon on it's flying
trip and more than 2,1OO years be-
fore the trial of our Scotch invent
or's machine, once Of the opinion
on the part of experts that we must
initiate the bird if we would fly, we
have not much to boast of.
But whether we are initiating the
ancients or not it is certain that
this craze for flying has seized upon
a good many people lately, and that
a good deal will be heard of it in
the future.
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The Model Woman.

A wit belonging to the Skating
Club has declared that in order to
be deservedly known as a "belle
patineuse," lady should be gifted
with the thirty following good
points: "She should have three
things white. the skin, teeth and
hands; three black, eyes, eyelashes
and eyebrows three rosy, the lips,
the cheeks and the finger-nails ;
three long, waist, hair and hands ;
three short, teeth, ears and tongue
three broad, forehead, shoulders
and intelligence; three small, waist,
mouth and instep; three finely
formed, the nose, head and feet J
three artistically shaped, fingers,
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The KEYSTONE has long been acknOwE
edged to be the sole representative Of the
Great Upper Wood River and Sawtooeh
mining regions, and, located rs 1t II In tho
very heart of the most promising mining
country on the face of the earth. and leav.
ing nothing nndone to present its readers 2
complete synopsis of all mining news and
developments, as we'll as matters of lOcsd
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