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The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1889-09-28

But while our income during the year
has increased very much. the increase has
failed to keep pace with the expenditures
demanded by the increased population
of the city. At the begin
ing of the fiscal year lsS7-lSss
no one could have foretold that our
progress during the year would have been
as sudden and as great as it proved to be-
The tax levy was in consequence laid too
low, and yielded a revenue too small for
the needs of the city. even when supple
mented by the large increase from licenses
and other sources. The council has spent
all the money it could command. and issued
warrants to the full extent of the city's
power TO borrow for general municipal pur-
poses. and after doing this has yet felt
cramped IN its ability to provide improve
ments which seemed TO be necessary to ac-
commodate the business of the city. You
will observe that the total net indebtedness
on May 81 was $ii,2is.2i, which. added to
the amount of the Grant street bonds
issued in the year, brought us to the limit
O,oool prescribed in the charter.
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t3su Hlites On sewers and arairRes
Granting the psission O. E.}s " Peterson
., o. Tor sever 80 Neslrr avenue. Ss-
f~etins PETITION fog sewer ,hreush
nerct. Cedar and Fourth Snd proroS.n-
Substitute thereto
street. committee Granting r~ftsisu
foF = Sidewalk on ThlFseen,h street from,
Jackson 10 the South scheo,holss ~
feTFed orierinE Sidewalk rvvlace{ oa
frcnt street. between SENECA and Gn.rer.
ssiy streets wherever z -Agf.eshlr. Granting
the ies.isoa ~ the san Francisco Bridge
Co@pAny TO- the bridging and plAnkinr
~ jseAsoa. dowa - The rasgroaa trsek
Granting the petition of VI D Alien = a
To- sSsiszAls so Maroon street tsswe.sn
Fourth ana F.fth. the property benefits ss.
"a pSy tae tax. Escofs amending tse Lva.f-
ing ~ Ncslsr avenue from Williamson
street 81 tAs Ifcsgle near lake Washing.
ter.
Committee On F.re arr wAser-secppt.
lnr The A8t u NofAn Br,ss. e. furmsSt
isenty tss TIRE AydFsots - Sfost Re
lss ting The petition 10: The seattle I.lusexr
aSd Commercial Company 70 MAINTAIN
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THEMAYOR'S MESSAGE
A Review Of tie Condition Of
the City.
THE DEVELOPMENT OF a YEAR.


Following IS the message of Mayor Moran,
Submitted 10 The council last night:
SEsrTIE. Sept ~.
To the Com mon Council of the City Of
Seasile-Gsmfs<ssea. / desire herewith 20
resent 10 you the annual reports of tine sew
real city officials for the fiscal year ending
May 81, iss3. In yie~ OF the fact that more
than three months have elapsed since the
close OF the year, il seems necessary that
some apology should be made by me for the
delay in presenting this message and docu-
ments.
Unfortunately a sufficient excuse is
found in the terrible disaster pf June s, Oh
which day almost the entire business por-
ton OF the city was consumed by IRE. Al
though the manifestation of some diseoUr-
agement would have been allowable in the
case of any community under such an ex-
tensive visitation. | am proud, as the mayor
% tais city, 10 have the privilege OF record
ding the unmatched pluck aud endurance.
amounting almost To heroisIn, OF our elfi-
zens IN meeting aud overcoming this great
calamity. as well Is the ureless energy
which has in large measure repaired the
losses of that terrible day. But although
much that vas destroyed may and will be
which are gone forever. Amongst these is
great portion of the accumulated records
OF the city. This has caused some disorder
in the various Offices. which has taken a
long time TO overcome. | believe. how
ever, that the statements annexed hereto
present correct account OF the city's
transactions during the year. and one that
can he readily understood by the people OF
the city.
GENERAL PROGRESS OF THE CITY.
The progress OF the city during the past
year has been of the most marked char
acter. The growth and development have
been general all along the line Our popu-
iation has increased from 1900 to more
than 5000; our wealth from an assessed
valuation OF $40 .0U 600 TO over si6oy0, go.
Our trade aud commerce has doubled, and
manufactures and city improvements
have kept pace with these. The last and
greatest in the factors of our progress is 20
be found IN the excellent qualities OF our
new citizens. Our people have always been
euterpriSing and self-reliant, and the new
energy and capital brought by the immi-
grafton OF the past year are valuable auxii-
iaries in the progress of the city.
FINANCIAL CONDITION.
Upon taking charge OF the city affairs.
the council found surplus TO the credit of
the city of S2o,l7s.s;;. This surplus, how.
ever, was more apparent than real, as an
amount of about Sl5,00 was due for work
done for the city and unpaid for at the
close OF the fiscal year. From the financial
statement attached il will be seen that the
total income of the city from all sources
was sos. .si95o, As against $3.50. 1855. for
the preceding year an increase of $fs;. itio 80.
This increase is derived from the increased
revenue over that of last wear from
, 1889-12-14
The Man In No. T..

One night when three or four of us
boys boarded a sleeper on the.L. and
N. road going south from Cincinnati,
a passenger in lower 7 began to snore
as soon as we were in bed. He had n
terrible snore for a human being, and
after several Of us had called to him
and failed to stop it one of our crowd
slid out of bed, reached into No. z,
and with great dizziness affixed a
springcclothespin to the sleeper's nose.
1t was, of course, expected that he
would wake up in a few seconds, but,
to our surprise, he did not, while at
the same time he suddenly ceased to
snore.
BY and by all of us dropped off to
sleep, and every one in the car was up
before No. z. In fact, he slept so late
that the porter parted the curtains to
o him. After one look he jumped
back with a yell, and when we hurried
up we found the man cold and dead.
He vas lying ON his back, hands
locked under his neck, and the clothes
pin had pinched his nose all out of
shape. The body was taken to Cincin.
natl, and most of us had to attend the
inquest. 1t was there testified to by
the doctors hat the man had died of
heart disease, but 1 tell you we didn't
banker to do any more joking for a
full year.-New York Sun.
, 1889-12-14

Dogs exhibit as many phases of
character as a human being. Some
dogs will go along for years as
straight, morally, as a Sunday school
cashier, and all of a sudden there is a
scandal. Dog disappears, A Wash
ington gentleman once owned a mag
nificent setter, a really valuable ami
NAL. He was offered $500 for it, and
refused to sell. The dog was finely
trained, and acted in all particulars as
a dog with a pedigree ought to act.
He gotinto the habit of staying down
town nights. He was reprimanded.
Staid away all the next night to
show his toughness and independence.
Was chained in the back yard. Ran
away at every opportunity and would
not come home till morning. His
owner had to finally. keep him chained
all the time. One day he had the dog
up in his room while he was dressing.
The setter got uneasy, SO he let him
out and called the girl to put him in
the back yard. The front door was
ajar, and the dog bolted and hasn't
been seen since. The moral is. When
you get a dog worth $500, trade him
off for five 500 ~pups.-Washington
Post
, 1889-12-14
OYERDNE T4YES

The delinquent tax list for 1889 will be
found in this issue of TaE LEADER.
Taken altogether the showing is not a
very unsatisfactory one even though it
appears at first glance to be quite extern
sive. Nearly one-sixth of the space 90.
cupied by the list is made up of lands
owned by the Wyoming Development
company and the Goshen Hole Irrigation
companies. Neither Of these companies
has secured patents for its lands from
the government, which accounts for their
hardness in coming to the front.
There is also a long list Of railroad lands
the ownership of which is not known.
Many owners of such land undoubtedly
live in Nebraska, where taxes become due
at a different date from that which pre-.
walls in Wyoming. The same is true Of
the several additions tu the city which
were plated last spring.
In the city proper are found only nine
pieces OF property whose ownership is un-
known.
, 1889-12-14
Lake TanganyIka Described.

At n recent meeting of the British
association, an interesting account of
Lake T~anganyika was read by E. G.
Hore. He said: This water is the
drainage reservoir of an area exceed
ing some 600 miles from north to
south, with an extreme breadth of 800
miles, and until recently has had no
outlet. The amount of rainfall has
for an unknown period exceeded the
loss by evaporation, so that the lake
has gradually risen until in 1874, the
time of Commander Cameron's visit,
it was brimfull, reaching the summit
of its barrier in two places, one on the
east, the other on the west coast. The
contour of the land to the east soon
checked the outflow in this direction;
but to the west the land slopes rapidly,
and the water cut a deep channel and
flows into the Congo.
In 1873, when Mr.. Hore began his
observations, it was a rushing torrent
and had already lowered the level of
the lake, which is 420 miles long by
ten to fifty miles broad, four feet. In
the succeeding ten years the lake fell
eighteen feet more, but now the out
flow is very sensibly diminishing, and
will probably soon represent simply
the inch or two of excess of rainfall
over the evaporation.
A striking description is given of
the peculiar meteorological phenome-
ma, the thunder storrSs of the lake.
Ten district tribes inhapit the shores,
representing all the African families,
from the Gallas on the north to the
Zulus on the south, and even includ-
ing the cannibal dwarfs. 1t is remark
able that the oldest inhabitants make
the least use of the lake, where the
representatives of the Ga1las, though
1.-THE most expert canoeists and fisher
men, and the only users of the cata-
maran, " have such a prejudice against
1.-The water" as they call it, that they
consider it unlucky for their principal
chief to see it.
, 1889-12-14

The following scheme for keeping
live HOLSTERS has been started by a Bos-
ton man in Southport: A large cove
has been purchased and damned up so
thai it forms a salt water lake. When
the Holsters are brought from the fish
ermen they are put into this lake and
kept until later in the season, when
fewer of the fish r caught and the
price Is higher. The dam is SO built
that a gate can be raised and the water
let out and in again with the tide, thus
having pure sea water at all times in
the cove. AS many as 5000 Holsters
can be kept in this place at a time.
When the owner wants to get a lot he
raises the gate at low tide, lets the
water run out and then picks up all
thai he wants.-Philadelphia Ledger.
, 1889-12-14
ONLY AN AUTUMN LEAF.
It Has a Little TIT at the Old Tree at
the Hour of Parting.

the Hour of Parting.
Something has turned you" said a
grim old oak one mournfully beauti-
fulautumn day to a leaf hat hadobeen
firmly attached to him for some time
past.
81 would as lief turn as not" an
swered she, pertly surveying his
gnarled and twisted frame. II was
rather green last summer, but l can see
through you now, and a l believe in
plain dealing | will say at once 1 don't
care a twig for your opinion, and
would rather be changeable than as
set and rooted as you"
What you say goes somewhat
against the grain" replied the oak. Il
know l appear bowed down at times,
but it is only caused by slight pain in
my lumber region, or by a corr or
two that troubles me. But you can
not deny that l branch out consider
able after all. Perhaps we had better
part, though / shall not leave at pres
emit, but at some future time may pull
up stumps and moor my bark in other
climates. But even if l stem the cur
rem l shall no doubt find it a close
shave to gain the beach"
"You would better take more than
CHS ahtAh lOu plain lOuTStll Ut
Long Branch" the silly leaf retorted
all in a hutter, but you may bring
up II Botany Bay"
Il have been looking up my family
tree" said the oak, rather loftily, land
find l have relatives at DeForrest, sol
shall board with them, and notPine
to go further east to the popular re-
sorts"
"ChostnutsT" snapped out the leaf,
what a tissue of sells you are, to say
you are going for rest when 1 know
very well that, though your family is
one of naughty culture, you have
plenty of good timber in you and are
not so sappy as TO leave your plant be-
hind, though by taking it you may
soil yourself more than is to your lik-
in"
Il shall leave in the spring any
way" replied the oak, in a hollow
tone; when do you go7"
Next fall, " said the saucy thing, as
she dropped to the earth in the arms
of a wild zephyr. Il would as lief
mold down here as to stay up there
and make a rain show of my skeleton"
There is a good deal of pith in her
remarks, unused the oak, but l opine
she will bawl some when she blows
around the garden and tries to cotton
up to some of those orchids, for that
may nettle them, and they have been
known to stalk around with pistols,
and unless Sweet William comes to
her assistance, or she is able to wake
Robin, she may wish herself back with
me, for | am not as rugged as l seem."
Louise Phillips in Yenowine's News.
, 1889-12-14
Ten Hlndoo Commandments.

There are ten commandments hung
on the walls of the Hindoo theological
college in Madras. Homeward Mail
reproduces them: "Q) Pray to God as
500 as you rise from your bed-5-5 10
a. m. G Wash your body and keep
your surroundings clean -5:10-5 80
a. m. () PROSTATE yourselves before
your parents or guardians, and take
good exercise-5:30 to 80 a. m. "a
Prepare well your school lesson-6:3 80
9 a. m. () Attend school regularly
and punctually, and do the school
work properly. t6) Obey and respect
your teacher and the teachers of the
other classes, and other respectable
persons. "a Read till 8 p. m. at home.
49, Pray to God and go to bed-9 p.
m. to 8 a. m. (9 Keep good company
and avoid bad company. QO Practice
righteousness at all times. London
Standard.
, 1889-12-14
A Puzzle.

Why grown men and women with ma
tured reflective powers should neglect
their small ailments is really a puzzle.
Hosts of otherwise sensible people thus
bewildersd conjecture. 1t is one of the
things which. as the late lamented Lord
Dundreary exclaimed. mo fellah can find
out. Diseases grow faster than weeds,
and, moreover, beget one another. In
cipient indigestion, a touch of billlousness,
slight i~rregularity in the habit of body
what complex and serious bodily distur-
bance, not local, but general, do these not
beget, if d~isregarded? Battle aud drive
off the foe at the first onset, with Hostel
ter's Stomach Bitters, sovereign among
preventatives. A constitution invigorated,
a circulation enriched, a brain and stom-
ach ~tranauilized by this national medi-
cine, becomes well nigh invaluable. The
Bitters coupteract malaria, rhematism
and kidney complaint.
, 1889-12-14
JNo. r. CARROLL. --- Editor
TO PPROPRL4T0NS."


The Laramie boomerang is apparently
willing to give only a negative approval
to any law passed bv the next legislature
looking toward a publication of our cleo
tons. The great desideratum, it thinks,
is a hue and cry for no appropriations.
As far IS public improvements are con-
cerned, 1t says, Wyoming is ahead, In
that respect. of some of the territories
that are more populous and have already
been admitted as states. Neither Mon
tana nor South Dakota have ever capitol
buildings. nor has Colorado one vet and
she has been a state since 1876. There
is no public improvement of any extent
that is now necessary in Wyoming and
the w%atchword of the legislature this win
ter should be
No appropriations
South Dakota is certainly no criterion.
The reason it possesses no state house
simply is that in the division North Da-
kota captured the buildings. As far as
Colorado Is concerned 1t is of no particu-
lar credit to the state that its state house
is now simply in process Of building and
that its legislatures have met in a build
ing erected by private capital and rented
to the state. Enough public money has
been squandered. Incorporated and
stolen in Colorado to equip as magnificent
a statehouse as New York possesses.
If money has been spent in Wyoming
we have something to show for it. The
naonla hava avaru raaann ~ ho nro,J 80
, 1889-12-14
Appearance. sometime. Deceive.

1t need not be told TO any n
claiming the least knowledge Of ore
deposits that proximity to a good vein
is absolutely no indication of value.
The extension of a vein beyond a pay
chute or bonanza is usually barren,
though the vein itself may be as wide
and large as where it carries rich ore.
Still less value a be placed ON a
mine upon the fact thata vein is in its
neighborhood, though not the contin.
uation of one in rich ore. Mining Ex-
pert in st. Louis Globe emocrat.
, 1889-12-14

The LEADER may plume itself on the
fact that it helped to inaugurate the
movement. which has eventuated in
cheyenne being selected as the place in
which will be held the next tournament
of the Rocky Mountain Sportsmens' As.
ISOLATION. The event will attract many
participants and sight seers from all over
the country in the midst of a season of
activity when Cheyenne will be in the
best condition to receive them.
, 1889-12-14
New Outdoor Game for Ladies'.

Ringoal is a new English out of door
game for ladies. 1t is played with
grace hoops and sticks and two nets
eight feet high and ten feet square. 1t
is proposed 10 make it rival and rule
out tennis, if possible, as it exercises
both arms, both shoulders, both hands
and the whole body in the running
and turning necessary to catch the
hoops before they reach the goals or
nets.-Wsshington Star.
, 1889-12-14

Pallet Ito Polly Poser, the popular
modeD-I want you to call up a look
OF expectancy; OF longing for some
thing that you feel you will never
grasp.
Polly (promptly)-All right Mr..
p, I'll think of that thirty bob as you
owes me for that last half dozen O. set
tins. That'nd do the trick, if anything
will-Fun.
, 1889-12-14

E. Clarke, taxidermist aud furrier, SIT
w 10th street. II you contemplate pre-
sonting your friends with something rare,
call and see my stock Of animals heads and
furs. | will give great bargains from now
on. Leave orders now at the above ad.
dress and avoid the rush at the holidays.
Visitors will find an efficient staff Of
obliging clerks to conduct them through
the various departments Of interest in my
vast establishment.
N. B.-I pay market price for raw furs
and don't you forget to say 1 told you.
, 1889-12-14

John Hazel, a Canadian, died under
such circumstances a warranted a
post-mortem examination, and the
doctors found that his death had been
caused by his habit of eating the skin of
grapes in order that nothing might be
wasted. About two pounds of them
had failed to gest--Detroit Free
Press.
, 1889-12-14

All creditors of and others interested in
the estate Of John I. May6eld, deceased,
will take notice that the undersigned as
administrator of said estate Intends to
make final settlement Of said estate at the
next (January, lS90) term Of the Probate
Court. FREDERICK SoHwEICKERT,
Administrator.
Cheyenne. Wyo., Nov. %, 1889.
, 1889-12-14

Among the Incidents of childhood that
stand out in bold relief, as our memory
reverts TO the days when we were young,
none are more prominent bar severe
sickness, The mother wildly remembers
that Chamberlains Cough Remedy cured
her Of Group. and in turn administers 1t
to her own offspring and always with the
best success. For sale by B. B. David.
, 1889-12-14

Try a weeks board at the Occidental
hotel and If you are not satisfied | will re-
u q your money. f. NJ. DARLING, Prop.
, 1889-12-14
Dr.. Wagaer&ca.
sH1aOIAIu1sTs-

We offer no apology for devoting so much time
and attention TO this much neglected class of
ity is too wretched to merit the sympathy and
best services OF the profession TO which we be-
the physician Who devotes Himself
TO relieving the afflicted and saving
philanthrophist and a beneiactor TO his race
than the surgeon or physician who by close ap-
plication excels IN any other b anch OF hispro-
fession. And, fortunately fol- humanity the day
is dawning when the false philanthrophy that
condemned the victims of folly or crime, like
for, has passed away.
YOUNG MEN
Who may be suffering from the effects of youth
full follies or indiscretions, will do well to avail
themselves of this the greatest boon ever laid
NER will guarantee to forfeit nve hundred dol
lars for every case OF seminal weakness or pri-
vate disease of any kind or character which he
undertakes and falls to cure.
MIDDLE-AGED MEN.
There are many men of the age OF 30 to 90 who
are troubled with 100 frequent excavations OF
The bladder often accompanied by a slight
smarting or burning sensation and a weaken
Ing of the system in a manner the patient cam
posts a ropy sediment will often be found, and
sometimes small particles of lbumen win ap-
pear, or the color will be of akin or milkish
hue, again changing to a dark and turbid ap
Pearance. There are many men who die of
the second stage of seminal DIR.
W m ssss sIa VIII y hs gnarantee a sure = In all such
nrsns = a neaitny RESTORATION OF tne gen,s9,
examination and advice. $500.
See the Doctors additional advertisement In
the Daily Denver News and Tribune-Republt
Accommodations should be addressed
DIR. WAGNER & co.
ll4 Larimere street. Address, Box 27sa. Den
yer, Colorado.
Cut this out and take along
, 1889-12-14

| am selling a good suit for 81. so, worth
$1,000. Greentree.
, 1889-12-14

Practical Christmas presents at He'll
mans.
, 1889-12-14

Good clean beds, all newly furnished,
Tor Csc to SOC. at the Occidental hotel.
, 1889-12-14

Job Printing neatly executed at the
Leader Job Printing Rooms.
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The Study of Human Nature.

A teachers work is not to correct effects,
but TO study and mould causes. The trouble
With poor government is that it is always
dealing with effects. Good government di-
reefs the working of causes. We have known
a poor school become a good one through the
skilIful management Of causes; there was no
ctormiug, but disorder disappeared bad
words were dropped, rough manners were
smootLed, impohteness became politeness; in
a word, the old school was transformed into a
new one, but there was no noise about it.
Nothing was done that even a critical visitor
would notice, but everything was done. The
teacher knew how to touch the springs OF
causes. Here was the secret of her success
"Where can 1 learn this divine art2" a thou
sand teachers ask. Not in books, but in your
selves. Study causes and effects. First in
your own experience and then in others. Why
do I dislike this and like that} Why is that
boy mischievous and that girl heedlessl
Why2 Why? Why7 Soon you will know
Just what to do to make that boy forget bis
michief, and that girl her inattention. There
= no more profitable study than the study OF
human nature-humanity as it is called. 1t
IS moro than mind study; it is human study.
The School Journal
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The first intermediate steamer, new
arrangement, is the Umatilla due here
from San Francisco on April 7th, and sail
ing hence on or about the 18th.
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The Quickest Man with Weapon In the
Whole Southwest Was the Innocent
Looking Dare Devil the Kid-He Never
Missed.