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The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1889-01-11
NOT ENCOURAGING

The statesmen who are anxiously
hoping for invitations TO enter Harri-
sons cabinet might curb their impa-
iienee Il they would but consider the
experience Of the members OF the
present cabinet Certainly none OF the
official advisers Of President Cleveland
have gained in standing or popularity
by their connection with the admins.
tration.
Before assuming his present position
Secretary Bayard had for years been
looked upon as one of the MOST able
leaders Of his party. Even those who
we're politically opposed to him re.
garded him as among the foremost
statesmen Of the day. When he was
named by President Cleveland as his
secretary At state the choice met with
general approval and the country
looked forward to a lignihed and sue.
oessfal administration of the depart
ment of state. How utterly these ex-
peetations have been disappointed il is
needless TO say, Secretary Bayard
will be famous hereafter only as one Of
the most persistent and ineorrigible
blauderers among our public men.
Nobody would now think OF suggest
ing his name in connection with the
presidency, though for ten years prior
70 1854 he had been regarded as a
standing candidate for that high eaice
Secretary Manning. whose name fol
lowed that Of Bayard in the list OF
Cieyeiand'S first cabinet, was the only
one of It's members who came up to or
exceeded public expectation. lie was
the shlest OF those whom President
Cleveland called about him and Il
seemed that, OF them all. he alone
wsuld make creditable and lasting
reputation. Itwas unfortunate for the
administration that death soon re.
moved h'm from among its members.
His successor, Secretary Fairchild.
was politically unknown before enter
ing the cabinet. and be will sink into
obscurity immediately after leaving it.
Attorney General Garland was re.
garted rs among the leaders OF the
senate on the Democratic side. IL,
had represented Arkansas for several
terms and would have been reelected as
often As he chose 90 be, When he lett
the senate fer the cabinet he doubtlcs,
regarded his political career as lizzie
more than begun, bat already he real
izts thar il IS end q. He viii not even
return 10 his native state buI viii re-
tirc from politics and take up his resi-
dcpoc a; Washington.
The careers of Villas, Dickinson and
Endicott sS members Of the cabinet
have been similarly unfortunate.
lamar was saved from failure by he
ing tucked away on the supreme
bench. and Whitney has neither
gained ner lost in publjc estimation
since he entered the cabinet, though
he announces that he viii never again
hold public oftce
Surely there Is nothing In this recori
90 bring joy to ,se hearts Of aSpiranis
for positions in the cabinet.
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NOTICE

NOTICE Is HEREBY GIVEN To THE
~ stockholders of The Seattle Transfer
Company. q co poration organized under
the laws OF Washington Territory. aud hav-
ing its principal place of business al Seattle
in said territory. that meeting Of the stock
holders of said corporation viii BE- held on
saturday, the sIh day of February, A b.
lsSe, at 2 o'clock p. m Of said dsy, M the
Merchants National Bank ia seattle, W T..
The object OF said meeting is to authorize
the increase of the capital stock, from
si5a. 900 TO s2p0,00o
NOAH ARMSTRONG,
A. MACINTOSH,
J. Il. METCALFE,
CHARLES ARMSTRONG,
b. r sHAUBU1,
Trustees % The Seattle Transfer Co.
Sesttle. Dec. IL. ISIS. swF
The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1889-01-11
Tenth Street Tax Notice.

THE TAX LEVIED BY THE CITY
L couacil IN the district created by Or
diraaee No. "a, 10 provide for the grading
OF Tenth street. from Seneca street TO
Broadway, and constructing sidewalks en-
both sides thereof. is now due and pay able
at the Office Of the city treasurer All
taxes not psia within
FORTY DAYS
OF the frs; publication Of this notice will
be declared delinquent. a penalty OF Eve
per cent added aud interest at the rate of
ten tser cent. charged
W. Z. FORREST, City Clerk
First usahffpat5ar af this ,taflaa Ian IsAa
The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1889-01-11
Dissolution of Co-Partnership.

THE FIRM HERETOFORE EXISTING
L under the name and style of Bocqain
& Alexander, Going business in the city of
SEATTLE, - this day dissolved by mutual
consent. Mr.. LOUIS Bocquin having pur-
ehased the entire interesI OF D. Alexander
IN the concern LOUIS BDCQUIS.
d ALEXASBER.
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Notice of Dissolution.
January2, 1889.
Dissolution of Co-Partnership.

NOTICE Is HEREBY GIVEN THAT
~ the co-partuership heretofore existing
between g. w. Hunt and J. r. Patton, un-
der tie firm name of Hunt 4 Patton, has
this lst day OF Decembe ISIS. been dis
solved by mutual consent The business
of said co-partnership having been con-
structiou work upon the Seattle, Lake
Shore & Eastern Railway in the county of
King, Washington Territory. All debts and
demands against said co-partnership are
to be paid and liquidated by G. W. Hunt,
and all sums or moneys due or TO become
due said co-partnership are to be paid to
said G. W. Hunt. Witness our hands this
LIST day of December, A. d. ISIS.
G. w. HUNT,
j. R. PATTON
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The attitude Of the Democratic
party in regard 10 the duty on coal was
revealed in the Senate on Wednesday.
when all but three OF the Democratic
senators voted for an amendment, to
the senate tariff bill placing coal on
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BIDS.

BIDS will hc received at nav unce until
Monday. January "a. o. 5 r. "a. for The ex.
eavatson for q errace uf sve harses on
fesler avenue for Chas. Mace. Esq The
righf Is reserved - reject aav OF alt bids.
4 H. FISHER Architect
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NOTICE.

THE BUSINESS HITHERTO CoSDT CT
L ed under the firm Basee Of Gniiins *
Canseroa viii in future ne carr ed on unsie.
IRE firm meme Of II. l. Guiliae & co.
The above change taking eject from this
date.
IaaaAsy ., iSss
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NEW HOME SEWING MACHINE

FRANK DENoUIPTED, Manager,
Opposite Boston Block, Second street, Sc
attic: DEAR SIR. This is 10 certify that |
have always used the New Home Sew ing
Machine in making my balloons, aud on
my last one used two of them, and have
afRays found them 10 give perfect salts
faction PROF. VAN TAssELL,
Aerauxuf
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Dissolution of Partnership.

NOTICE Is h EREBY GIVEN THAT THE
~ partnership heretofore existing be-
tween J. Wegert and Mrs. d. Romey. doing
business under the firm name of J. Wegert
& Co. as proprietors of the North Pacific
Brewery in the city of Seattle, King coun-
ty, Territory of Washington. has this day
been dissolved by mutual consent. Mrs d.
Rooney retiring. All debts due or TO become
due the firm are TO be paid J. wegert, and
all liabilities against the firm OF J. Wegert
d Co viii be raid by J. Wegert.
Witness our hanis this Cd day of Janu-
airy. lSS9. JULIUS WEGERT
MRS. DOROrHEA rooney.
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All kinds OF blank books and
rulings TO any pattern zone at =.
Anthony's bookbindery, Opera
Block, At the lowest prices.
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FIRE HYDRANT

SEALED BIDS WILL BE RECEIVED BY
- the undersigned clerk of the city of s.
attic on or before Friday, January u, Iss9
al 4o'eio' K p. m, for 20 IRE hyd ants. 70 ne
made in eorda &c with plans aIId speci-
fieatissns now on file in nv Office. The city
reserves the right 70 reject any and all bid
W. r FORREST, Clerk
Tu0ua-x fs<G
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Carpenter Contractors. Attention

All Carpenter Contractors engaged in
business in this eli are requested 10 meet
At the Odd Fellows hall, over Golden Rule
Bazaar, Front street, at , 2. m. Tuesday,
January u. 1859. to confer with 8 commit
tee from Seattle Local Union, S5l, of the
United Brotherhood of Carpenters and
Joiners of America--to arrsus the num-
ber OF hours to constitute days work for
the coming season, and wages 10 be paid
for the same BIZ order of the COMMITTEE.
Seattle Jauuary Z fSSa
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NEW ADVERTISEMENTS.
Stockholders Meeting.

The regular annual meeting OF the stock
holders Of the seattle American District
Telegraph Company win be held at the
compauy's Office in seat lie, ON Monday
January - 1879, at . O'Clock. p. n.
r, J GRANT. Vice President
C. A. AATslS. Sscretsrv DIV
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of the first publication of this notice will
be declared delinquent, penalty of five
per cent added and interest at the rate of
10 per cent charged
". Z. FORREST, city Clerk.
First publication of this notice Jan .. lss1
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The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1889-01-11
South Eleventh Street Tax
Notice.

THE TAX LEVIED BY THE CITY
i Council in the district creafeI by Or
dinance No. gs6. TO provide for the grading
OF South Eleventh street, frsm Mill street 10
Lane street. and constructing sidewalks
on both sides thereof, is nov due and pay
able at the Office OF the city treasurer. All
taxes not paid within
FORTY DAYS
of the first publication of this notice will
be declared delinquent. penalty OF five
per cent added and interest al the rate OF
10 per cent. charged.
W r. FORREST, City Clerk.
First publication OF This notice Jan 2. 1889.
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Uaf graz rDt1r I8se VI --EEf1eTn 5r6gEcSE Will
be Incomplete without f. For sale BY W.
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Seventh Street Tax Notice.

THE TAX LEVIED By THE CITY
l. Council in the district created by Or
dinance No. SO. TO provide for the grading
OF seventh street, from Madison street to
Mil street, and constructing sidewalks
on both sides thereof, is now due aud pay
able at the Office of the city treasurer All
taxes not paid within
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Opera Block.
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this osiee.
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himself tn eoEnEnu1feasIon with NJ G. Has
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right fore leg: answers TO the name of
Curly; r. l. TIbbais name on collar; return
| same to chief Of police and receive reward.
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L licked with black black head. end
black patch on saek: had on leather collar.
Also bitch puppy. six months old, marked
similar To above. has some white on one
ear Finder OF either or both the above,
will be rewarded by leaving them as West
Gnn Store, glI Front street
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Send Zoe for the Young HAAS Frisaa,
or Guide 10 Wedioek.
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tie. VT.
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DEssONAfA-IF MATTE HASTINGS i
IN seattle. please write y Hubbard,
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The Arkansaw traveler., 1889-04-20

Washington said 1t was we'll the gen. eral was so rarely Ill, as she could never get him to take his medicine
 Major Lawrence Lewis once asked his uncle what was his height in the prime of life," says Custis. In my best days, Lawrence, l stood six feet and two inches in ordinary shoes Of his weight we are an evidence, having heard him say to Crawford, governor of Canada, in l799: My weight, in my best days, sir, never exceeded from two hundred and ten to twenty His form was unique. Unlike most ath- letic frames, which expand at the shoulders and gather in at the hips, the form of Washington deviated from the general rule, since it descended from the shoulders to the hips in per- pendicular lines, the breadth of the trunk being nearly as great at the one end as at the other. His limbs were long, large, and sinewy; he was what IS called straight-legged. His joints, feet and hands were large, and could & cast have been made from his right hand (so far did it's dimensions exceed natures mold), 1t would have been preserved in museums for ages as the anatomical wonder of the eighteenth century"
The Arkansaw traveler., 1889-04-20

to the softening of their tasks, or seeking, as Emerson expresses 1t, for unprotected corner" but are going on as If their work was not only we'll worth doing for its own sake, but had possibilities In 1t of something better.
 Nine times out of ten, the one who gets better work to do than the work he Is doing, gets 1t by doing we'll, and with spirit, the work that he has found to do.
 The horse in the tread-mill who Is always "up and a-coming," stands the best chance of getting a carriage posi- tion. The horse that lags back upon his rope will never be promoted.
 The secret of success does not lie 90 much in any gift of smartness as in the disposition to "braoe up" when the task of life Is tedious and hard, and when ills of one sort and another try to scare one. And 1t is astonish- ing how little one need be scared, if he has really good mind not to be scared.
The Arkansaw traveler., 1889-04-20
Deafness Can't Be Cured

by local application, as they cannot reach the diseased portion of the ear. There Is only one way to cure deaf ness, and that is by constitutional remedies. Deafness is caused by an inflamed condition of the mucous lining of the Eustachian Tube. When this tube gets infamed you have & rumbling sound or imperfect hearing, and when 1t Is entirely closed Deafness Is the result, and unless the inflamma- tion can be taken out and this tube restored to its normal condition, hear ing will be destroyed forever; nine cases out of ten are caused by catarrh, which Is nothing but an infamed con- dition of the mucus surfaces.
 We will give One Hundred Dollars for any case of Deafness (caused by Catarrh) that we cannot cure by talk ing Halls Catarrh Cure. Send for circulars, free.
 F.J. CHENEY & CO.,, Toledo, O. E-Sold by Druggists, 76c.
The Arkansaw traveler., 1889-04-20
TO ONE AWAY.
RY CLARENCE URNY.

A dream came in the night, | thought you near The autumn winds outside Stood still to hear; | thought heard your voice, Our hands, they met Why should l wake Co find The pillow wet? A thought came in the spring Would that your hands Might part the gloom that lies Between the lands Hut no; with April tears Come fond regrets, X sad heart and grave
 With yioletS Dear one, so near to me
 In thought and dream, lt cannot be S9 Tar
 Across the stream: l pluck a violet from thy grave And on its breath | send these simple lines to thee. Past life, past death. -Erchdnge
The Arkansaw traveler., 1889-04-20
Valuable Inventions.
The Inventor.


 The Inventor.
 The rubber tip at the end of lead pencils has yielded elO0,0OO in Eng land. A large fortune has been reaped by a miner who invented a metal rivet or eyelet at each end of the mouth of coat or trousers pockets to resist the strain caused by the carriage of pieces of ore or heavy tools. In a recent legal action 1t transpired in evidence that the inventor of the metal plates used to protect soles and heels from wear sold upward of 12,000, ,000 plates In 1879, and in 1887 the number reached 43,000, ,O00, producing realized profits of &1 ,25O, ,O0O.
 As large a sum as was ever obtained for any invention was enjoyed by the inventor of the inverted glass bell to hang over gas to protect ceilings from being blackened, and a scarcely less lucrative patent was that for simply putting emory powder on cloth. Ere quently time and circumstances arc wanted before an invention Is appre- ciated, but 1t will be seen that pa tience is we'll rewarded, for the in- ventor of the roller skate made over $l ,000,00 notwithstanding the fact that his patent had nearly expired before its value was ascertained. The gimlet- pointed screw has produced more wealth than most silver mines, and the American who first thought of putting copper tips to children's shoes is as we'll of as if his father had left him $2,000,O00 in United States bonds.
 Upward of $l0, ,0O0 a year w as made by the inventor of the common needle threader. To the foregoing might be added thousands of trifiing but useful articles from which handsome incomes are derived or for which large sums have been paid.
 Few inventions pay better than popular patented toys. A clergyman realized $2,000 . week by the inven- tion of a strange little plaything to be seen for a long time in every toy shop window, and even in the streets of London.
 That favorite American toy, the "return ball"-with an elastic attached yielded the patentee an income equal to $50, ,000 6 year and an income of no less than $76,000 per annum to the inventor of the dancing Jim Crow"
 The invention of "PharoAh's ser pents," toy much in vogue some years ago, was the outcome of some chemical experiments and brought the inventor more than e50, ,000.
 The sale of the little wooden figure, "John Gilpin," was incredibly large for many years, and very ingenious toy, known as the "wheel of life," Is said to have produced upward of $500,- GOO profits to Its inventor. One of the most successful of modern toys has been the chameleon top," the sale of which has been enormous. The field of invention is not only vast and varied, but 1t is open to everybody without respect or favor of any kind to sex or age, station or means. The merest trifle may be the key to for tune if it be an article that the public actually wants in great numbers.
The Arkansaw traveler., 1889-04-20
Two Word Origins.
Exchange.

ENCnAnRe-
 If there is any word in the English language which is more a favorite, and more familiar than any other, 1t would seem to be the word "baby." It must, one would think, be as old as the lan- guage itself, and yet the word "baby" is not genuine English word after all. Our learned men derive 1t from the Irish bd6, bdbdn, or the Welsh 6dbdn, mdbdn. The French, how ever, who have the same word, but who spell 1t 6ebe, insist that 1t Is of French origin, and tell this curious story of its beginning:
 Tn the French tongue, final CT" following the vowel "e" Is not sounded. Formerly this was also the case with the final"l." Bel -bei, mean ing "pretty one"-a term often applied to children-was shortened to 6e6e, and gradually passed from the French into other languages.
 It is much more likely, however, that the word is due to the process which learned men call OnOmdtopGid. This is long and very hard word, not to be pronounced readily even by schoolmasters. It means the forming of word by imitation of the sound made by the thing itself.
 Two such words are buzz, which signifies the noise made by insects, and crackle, the noise of the burning or breaking of twigs.
 Thus the words baby, 6e6e and the like, may we'll have been borrowed from the first babbling attempts of the babies themselves. The child is called baby because he says 6a-6G, or something like it, before he says any thing else. Perhaps it is & mere acci- dent that infants are not called dh- zoos instead of babies.
 Another word which would seem to be entitled to an English origin is "curfew," which is the name of an old institution in England, the ringing of church bell at bed time.
 But the word, as we'll as the insti- tuition, is derived from the French. Its original form is cOucre- leu, which means cover r-fre. It was the old sig nal from the church to the people to cover their fires and go to bed. Where wood fires are used it Is possible to keep the coals alive over night by covering them with ashes.
 The custom of ringing the curfew, though 1t has disappeared, tor the most part, in Europe and in American cities, still prevails in many villages in various parts of the United States. The bells are regularly rung at nine o'clock in the evening, though the ringing Is oftenest called by the peo- pie "the nine o'clock bell," with no thought of its original significance.
 It is only one of many old time cus- toms which have survived long after the use to which they were once put