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THE hotol gossiper Of the Washing
ton ID. o. Post thus pleasantly chats
about one OF our own Washington's q
most highly esteemed citizens: "a
broad-shouldered and stslwsrt West
erner, with thin black moustache, is
at the Ebbitt, H. w. Livingston, OF
Colfax, Washington--I was going TO
say territory, but it is about time to
drop it. Mr.. Livingston was born
East, somewhere in Ohio, but Horace
Greeley's advice struck him hard
hard enough TO send him to the jump
ing-off place. He is a boomer from
Boomville, and talks up his state from
the word. There is little question that
Washington is growing, if anything,
more rapidly than any of the fledglings.
She hasn't big Indian reservation,
bigger than Indiana, to travel around,
as has South Dakota. She has a
warmer climate, more rain and more
timber than the other three. and then
Just think OF the salmon!"
, 1889-03-14

mupity, q pestiierous class OF bullet
headed politicians who fancy that all
there 10 in stateorsft is the ability to
stir up dissensions among the people.
If attached to the party in power they
become Extensively aggressive and Gre
ate bitter and resentful feelings by
their bombastio. assumptions OF author
ity to outline the policy and the meth
ods OF those above them in party lead
ership and In eli other attributes. II
perchance they are allied TO the party
n the minority they constitute them
selves alarmists and death telling seers
and go about the country prophesying
an era OF oppression, of tyranny and
OF rum. But for the existence OF these
incendiaries and disturbers OF the peace
it would not have been necessary for
the president to proclaim that he
would adopt no policy for the South
that was not applicable with equal
force to the North, the East and the
West-that he would expect obedience
to the laws in all sections of the Union,
and 30 long as such obedience was &C
corded there would be no occasion for
federal interference with the internal
affairs Of the states.
For the reason named above the
declaration was timely and proper,
since it completely disarms fool
friends Of the administration on one
side and the alarmists and malcontents
on the other, deprives them of all
power for evil in their particular lines
allsys all feelings Of unrest, and in
spires confidence and energy among
the people in all localities, 1t was q
very proper thing to do, and it was
done just At the right time and in the
right way.
, 1889-03-14

New YORK didn't get very promi-
nent representation in the cabinet,
but the state is coming in on the
homestretch in wonderful shape. Mr..
Bussey OF New York is made assistant
secretary of the interior; Mr.. Batchel-
der OF New York, assistant secretary of
the treasury; Mr.. Schuyler of New
York, assistant secretary Of state, and
40 m. The Empire state will get
there just the same." With the vice
president aud one cabinet and an as
-istsnt secretary in nearly every de-
Imrtment and host Of chief clerk
ships and foreign MISSIONS, New York
will have no cause for complaint. But
lr>w about the Pacific coast?
, 1889-03-14

by the single district system for repre-
sentatives.
The method by which they shall be
elected is equally important. II single
districts are established each voter in
the district will have one vote for rep
resentative and can vote tor his choice.
II the system Of allowing him 10 vote
for two out OF the three to be elected
in the district is adopted he has not a
free choice. He is debarred from vot-
ing for one OF the men who 10 70 rep
resent him. The Illinois plan OF
minority representation Is more demo-
cratic, and can be better defended on
principle. Each voter has his option
to vote for three, two or one candidate,
cumulating his vote on one II he
chooses. This opens the way to in
dependent voting 1t enables minor
ity party to be represented. If either
of these two modes of minority voting
is adopted, the same principle should
be exte nded to the election OF senator's,
and the senatorial districts should be
three times the size OF the represents
tive districts.
The main point is to have fair rep
resen tation for the people of all parts
of the state; to put it out OF the power
OF political bosses and rings, by cor
ruption or fraud, to smother the hon.
est vote of other sections, or to manip-
ulate the legislators. The nearer the
representative is brought to his constit-
uents the better. The single district
system favors this and will produce
the best results.
, 1889-03-14
MALICIOUS MOUTHING.

Some time ago, and after mature
consideration, the REVIEW suggested
the prporiety and in fact urged the
importance OF increasing the member.
ship OF the City Council. Reasons
were given for the belief that increased
membership would be to the advantage
of the public. In accordance with
these suggestions by the REVIEW, a
bill or ordinance was introduced in
the Council providing for an increase
from eight TO twelve members. In due
time this bill will doubtless become q
law, notwithstanding the adverse &C
tion OF the council last evening.
The REVIEW has also from time to
time urged the justice and importance
OF an extension Of the city limits 30 az
to include the whole of the city. This
extension OF the boundaries may be
made under an act passed by the legis-
lature at the last session. An ex-
tended extract from this Legislative
act was published in these columns
some time since, in order that the
mode of proceeding might be fully
understood. The REVIEW had fully
considered this law and had advised
, 1889-03-14
FRIENDLY SUGGESTIONS PRO BONO
PUBLICO.

The appeals OF the REVIEW in favor
OF improvements in the government Of
the city are not designed as an attack
upon individuals, as has been fully ex-
planned at the outset. In contending
for closer scrutiny Of city expenditures
the design is to serve public good
and save the city from bankruptcy
rather than to find fault with any indi-
vidual or committee OF individuals who
may have such matters in charge. In
contending for system and uniformity
in the establishment Of street grades
the object is to secure drainage, and
improvement upon the present dis
graceful condition of our principal
thoroughfare rather than to find fault
with the city engineer. The fact of
the matter is, scarcely any grade that
has been established by the city engi-
neer has been allowed to ramain as es-
tablished. The property-owners along
the street will express dissatisfaction
and the street committee will try TO
please "the dear eople" by making a
change. With the change once mad
the system is spoiled.
Looking on from the outside il
would seem that "a all features and
branches OF the city government, and
more especially in the matter OF grad
ing and improving streets, the grea,
necessity is for the adoption OF and ad'
herence to well-matured system or
plan. To construct expensive drain
cutters before provision has been
made for getting the water near them
or up to their level, seems like going
at the matter backward. To cast away
vitiated mud and then fill in with new
dirt, seems like useless expenditure.
The city has issued its warrants and
become responsible for hundreds Of
thousands of dollars. Some property
owners resist payment upon the
ground Of loose and unsettled meth
ods of proceeding in the letting and
execution OF contracts. One of these
times day OF reckoning will come
and possibly crash unless heed is
taken in time to prevent it. There
ought to be a general overhauling and
strengthening up. This may be done
without treadipg upon the toes of any
good citizen unless the good citizen is
found to have his toes where they
ought not 10 be.
, 1889-03-14

When the wealthy Secretary Whit
ney went to Washington he rented
the fine residence on street that used
TO be occupied by Senator Don Cam
eron. He spent considerable sum in
putting it in condition to be good
enough for the Whitney family, and
with an eye to long residence there
he obtained an option to purchase.
After the news came in from the No
vember election Mr.. Whitney con-
cluded that he didn't care TO live in
Washington another four years and
he has sublet the mansion to Mr..
Wanamaker. The house referred to
was built by "Boss" Shepherd In the
pslmy days OF that disting uished gov
ernor of the District of Columbia.
The crash came, the boss went through
a searching investigation by congress,
which resulted in showing that Shep-
herd had changed Washington from a
rude, dirty town to one Of the finest
capital cities in the world. But Shep-
herd was politically ruined and we'll
nigh bankrupt financially. Raking to-
xeti,er what he had left, as result of
an industrious life linked with great
ability, he went to Mexico. There he
secured an interest in some silver
mines and in the course of good luck
Il. hA ha~snov,
government he secured the ownership
s',d control oi body of land equal to
y province, in which he has virtually
reigued as king, After he shall
have died, and when it will be TOO late
70 avail him anything, people who are
proud Of the nations capital in its
improved condition will rear a becom-
iug monument to the man who raised
it from deg Adstion at the expense OF
his own good usme. "Don't you think
that is making the street finer than is
necessarily" said an anxious inquirer
~ the work went on. Nothing is too
tine or expensive for this nations cap
ital.1 said Governor Shepherd "If I
had my way, I'd gid the curb-stones
and have the street foundations made
Of silveri"
The telegraphio announcement that
Nr. Wsnamaksr il 70 occupy the
house numbered 173l street calls up
This recollection Of it, original owner.
.ysws ssssq x,niAjr-, ii'w
, 1889-03-14
A sMELrEx WILL PAY.

II 10 conceded by all practical
miners that there Is not more favor
able location in tho West for smelter,
on large scale, than Spokane Falls.
II any doubts existed on this subject
they would be quickly dispelled by a
Rlauoe at the map. showing the rich
and productive mineral districts I'M
mediately surrounding this city. Some
of these mineral producing districts
are now accessible by rail and others
soon will be, giving the assurance OF q
supply oi ore sufficient to keep In op-
Grafton the year round a smelter as
large as the Grant OF Denver, now the
pride OF that city. This ore is now
shipped long distances, and at enor-
nous expense, although every ounce
of IL would come to Spokane Falls II
we had the facilities here for handling
IL. In the Colville country, soon to be
penetrated by the Spokane and North
ern railroad, the construction OF which
was made possible by the enterprise
and liberality OF our business men, are
rich mountains of ore only awaiting
the construction of the road and
smelter here to pour their immense
wealth into the lap Of Spokane Falls.
The Daisy mine, which is situated near
Colville and owned by H. @. Bell and
others OF Spokane Falls, can furnish
sufficient dry ores for smelter OF a
daily capacity Of rs to 100 tons. This
is an assured fact, while other pros
poets in that district promise an ex-
ceedingly productive yield. This, in
with the enormous output
OF the Ceur d'Alene country, the pros
pective product of the Chloride, all
the Kootenais, the Okanogsn. the
Wsnnacut Lake, Conconully and
other districts, will furnish supply
,u fficient 70 keep the smelter busy,
however great may be its dimensions.
Hence it is plainly evident that a
,melter would pay handsome divi-
lend on the investment from the !
very beginning. Another proof OF
This lies in the fact that Tacoma, Seat.
lie and Portland, several hundred
miles removed from the mining re-
gions, are Offering special induce
ments and exerting extraordinary ef-
forts to secure the construction OF
smelling works. There Is danger that
II Spokane Falls does not soon occupy
the field some other city will construct
an establishment of that kind, and II
il does not absorb all the minerals OF
the Northwest will so divide the pro-
duct of the mines as to deprive the
Spokane Falls smelter, when it is built,
of large share of the business that
should belong to it. Our business
men owe it to themselves and the
large industrial and other interests
which they have lsbored 30 hard to
build up here, to move in this matter
at once and thus secure this NAM
moth industry which is bound TO be
permanent and increase in magnitude
oyoru y>ar
, 1889-03-14
THURSDAY. MARCH IA. 1889.

THE New York Sun reminds the
democrats that "the time at present
can be spent more proftably by dem
ocrats in studying the works Of
Thomas Jefferson than in aiming spy
glasses st the mists OF the unknown
future" This means, II 1t means
anything. that the democratic party
must aban- don its latter-dav follies IL
it would hope ever again to obtain
control OF the government.
, 1889-03-14

In Chloride, and business has settled And
run TO q substantial basis. A bright
future is In store for this enterprisinr
town when tho snow goes of 30 that
prospecting on the rich claims adjacent
can be commenced. There are twenty
claims in this section which will make
dividend paying mines.
Capt. G.. X. Gray, the popular com man.
der OF the steamer Blue Bell made Aying
trip TO Spokane Falls this week.
, 1889-03-14
ECHOES FROM oAKksDALE.
Many Improvements In Progress and
Contemplated.

Many improvements In Progress and
Contemplated.
OAKRsDALE, March IL. Correspondence.
We had "A fine rain with some lightning
last Saturday evening.
The mud Is fast disappearing and no
one could ask for nicer weather than we
have been having the past two weeks.
The plows are running and the grass il
growing fine, and all nature looks spring.
like.
George s. McWilliams will at once open
hrst.class bakery, confectionery and
family grocery otore in his building ON
Steptoe avenue.
The business the past two or three weeks
has surpassed all expectations; all classes
of business have had q good trade and the
town was full Of people ell the time, in
cuding many immigrants, who are arriv-
ing daily from all parts.
The building to be occupied by II. N.
kitridge OF Dakota as o bank will be COM
pleted in few days.
The railIoad appears to be doing very
heavy business from the amount of freight
trains running.
Maurice & Mckay have moved into
their new room adjoining the Leland
house with their saloon. They have leased
the Leland house and renovated the whole
building, making many additions and i'm
The large brick aud stone building to be
erected on the corner of Front and Bartlett
streets, is a sure 90 and will be an orna.
ment to our young and prosperous town.
Lots are changing hands every day at
high advances. There are also numerous
buildings that will be erected a. soon ss
lumber can be obtained.
Henry Mccoy has the surveyors plating
an addition of forty acres to the townsite.
Ihis was necessary on account of the de-
mand for lots. We do not claim that
Oakesdale will equal the Falls, but we do
say that it will be the second town in this
upper country, and we are going TO get
there at an early day. Eli.
DR.. W. A.. Mosier Of Indiana arrived
here last week, looking up location for
the ,lrsctice. OF medicine. and doubtless
will locate with US.
Thomas Secrist purchased O half section
OF raw land near town for SIS per acre.
, 1889-03-14
HE WAS A DANDY,
a Post Not Good to Tie TO, who was o..
posed 60 Upright stsudinr.

posed to Upright standins.
CHICAGO. March 13.-Alfred Post, who
has been running what 10 known as the
Western FreiRht Claim Bureau, processing
to have special facilities for the settlement
Of claims Of shippers for rebate, damages,
etc., be: disappeared. Post professed 70
per cent, and roped in number Of capi.
talists into taking stock. He lived high,
cut vide swath and bought everything
on credit, and It Ia said, leaves 900, 200 In
claims against him.
, 1889-03-14

8egE,s Blood PuStns. and Blood Maker Is he
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Steam Machinery of the World.

According to a recent publication OF
the Statistical Bureau at Berlin four
fifths of the steam machinery IN the
world has been constructed within the
last twenty-five wears. France has
40, 800 boilers, 1000 locomotives and
LOO ship boilers; Au,tro Hungary,
II, 600 boilers and 2,400 locomotives. IN
the United States the steam machinery,
exclusive of locomotives, has 1.5O0,0V
horse power; III England. 1000, 1000; IN
Germany, 4,500, 900; i'll France, 3,VoV,-
600: in Austro- Hungary, 1,5Oo,Coo.
There are some 105,C0) locomotives
with 5000, 600 horsepower in the world;
All the steam machinery in the word
possess 46,000,0C0 horsepower. Ins
one horsepower OF machine operatea
by steam is equivalent to the strength
of three ordinary horses, and the
strength of an ordinary horse is eq'iiVa
lent to the combined strength OF seven
men. From all this the Statistlcn
Bureau at Berlin draws the conclusion
that the steam machinery of the worlu
does the work of 1000, 900, 900 men, OF
twice the working population OF tns
globe. - Times Democrat.
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31netrm aua 3tli5erllanu.
/ BHIER ROSE.

IS this The boon desired so mprn.
The thuruy rose We cannot touch,
But We are wounded for our pains.
Yet clasp il while the thorn remains
For Love did once in Eden dwell,
Ere yc, among The thorns il tell,
That now is bur brirr rose
Amid the wilderness that grows.
But ah' her thorns. how sharp and keen,
How deep they pierce, how long abide,
How closely in her beauty hide.
For every rose n thorn, Il tear
Who wants a flower that costs so dca-N
For Love is but n brirr rose
A thing ofjoy, beset with woes.
But ah, how rich and and red and rare
Her roses are. Who would not dare
The woundng OF her thorns to bear
This fairest earthly rose to wear,
For there is nothing sNceter here.
Tho full of thorns and costing dear;
And it will bloom one day. be sure,
4 bricr rose no more. no more.
Marie L. Eve, in Augusta Chronicle.
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"And--a-I think size said his mus
tache was waved"
''Mustache waxed - good" Mr..
Grumley checked off finger number two.
LET me see. think he drawled his
worls-had also slight lisp, and then
his nose-his nose, now"
"Drawled- lisped - COOL" Mr..
Grumley exhausted his two remaining
fingers with a check apiece. and then
slapped his thigh. 81 think / know the
fellow, sir-wel! known crook, too. Now
for the property. Must know what
the bracelet looked like, You see.'
"Ah-yes-tO be sure"
Mr.. Horshaw cogitated and Detective
Grumley, producing formidable note
book, lotted down a few points.
"Now-you'd hardly think it, vet
though I've seen those bracelets a hun
dred times-I can hardly describe them.
except that they are all spanSle and
glitter. If my wife were only here
now"
81 have it, SIR" said the detective,
'theres mate to that lost bracelet. If
l could take a squint at it now
Certainly" Mr.. Horshaw rose with
a smile. 1T takes detective to think
of ways and means. BY looking at one
You can spot-that's the word, isn't it.
Yes, You can spot the other"
Mr. Grumley leaned back with a Ma
poleon-like nod OF approval, while Mr..
Horshaw hustled up stairs, muttering to
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Observes the New York Commerc,d,
AdrertiSr: when Cardinal Gibbons,
the other day, in Baltimore, ordained as
priest Charles Randolph Uncles, a
colored mar, a step was taken which is
likely 20 mark an epoch in the religious
history Of that race Uncles is the first
colored man DER elevated to the Roman
Catholic priesthood in this country"
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at Is all r."ht. guess. The man is
to Ice back directly; besides, he left
lovely st of pearls rs security.
Thought Id be more apt 70 buy them, L
suppose"
left pearls. eh.''
Mr.. Horshaw, though insignificant rs
an adjunct of fashion. had certain bust
ness instincts, and this procedure struck
him ar unusual, if not queer. well
we'll see when he comes back"
But he did not come back. They
waited until four o'clock, then Mr.. Hor
shaw, taking the pearls along. went to
Jaccard's with many misgivings. One
of the statesmen looked Mt the set and
then shook his head.
the poorest grade of imitation.
Hope YOU did not think them genuine.
Mr. Horshaw gave his wife's version
Of the whole affair
evidently a case of gross swindling,"
said the sale >man. 1--WE have no such
man i'll our employ, and goods like
these" he eyed them contemptuously,
"we never handle on any pretense.
There seemed nothing for it but to
inform the police, which Mr.. Horshaw
did forthwith. Then lie went home and
lecturcd bis wife, who, aside from grief
over her loss, felt quite humiliated at
having given her husband such good
grounds for asserting himself, privi-
leSc he seldom acquired i'll his present
position, rs an appendagc OF n woman of
fashion.
Women are too easily imposed upon,
he sad "Now, what man, I'd like to
know, would have entrusted such a
bracelet to rank stranger, unintro-
duccd Mt that"
Mrs. Horshaw family reminded him
of the pearls.
'Paste, yOu mean" Mr.. Horshaw
coOlly lit a cigar i'll his wifo's bOudOir,
thing he had never had the temerity to
do before. every inferior limitations,
too. What do you suppose would be-
come of Won without husband to keep
you straight
Is man ever more odious, she
thought to herself, than when so shabby
Il small triumph initiates him. She
sought consolation by shrouding herself
in a cloak of icy Indifference. Yet the
loss of the bracelet pricked her sorely.
On the following morning Mr.. Hor-
shaw was in the library writing letters,
when n servant handed him this card:
81. GRUMLEY,
"Detectige,
"PoLICE HEADQUaRTERs.~
''The great Detective Grumley.
Wants to see me, does he. Well, show
him up. Ha, Mrs. Horshaw." he so.
you've lost your bracelet
We'll see who gets it back.
Then tall, grim looking man, rather !
stylishly dressed in plain black, with an
air something between clergyman and |
a hotel clerk, entered the room. He !
looked at the wall, mt the books, at the !
window, and finally at Mr.. Horshaw.
''Nlr. Horshaw, / believe" he said, /
briskly: my card informs you who
am. Your wife has lost a diamond /
bracelet. | am detailed to work up the
cas-"
Mr.. Horshaw offered him a chair Mr.. /
GrIm!ey seated himself, casting a keen .
glance under the library table, as if, I
perchancc. the thief might have got en-
tangled between the legs somehow.
Il suppose | can see the lady" con- ,
tinued he. "Must have full description
Of property and details of loss, YOU
know"
"Mrs. Horshaw is ont. She SAYS the
man has slight cast in one OF his
q es.
"Cast in one eye. Good" Mr.. .
lirlmlcy checked that point OF On one
+inrpr
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The San Francisco ChrvDicle thinks
that many of the Indian reservations are
entirely out of proportion to the bcggarly
collection OF savageS that roam over them.
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The many complications in Europe,
growing on: of desire for more territory
and other causes, have created shrinkages
In stocks, the moneyed men believing
that wars are fairly sure to be the result.
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Ten years ago there were twenty-five
railroads which could not interchange
cars owing to the gauge. Now all are
alike, and cars owned in Maine are seen
slipping over the rails in Texas. The
railroad system of the United States is
declared to be as perfect as a system can
be made.
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The value Of property is decreasing in
parts of England. a Cambridgeshirc
farm o! 202 acres, which few years ago
was purchased for $50, coo, and has since
had Sl5, 600 spent upon the homestead,
has just changed hands at Wisbech for
the sum of 5i9.250.
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IF Chicago has really solved the smoke
nuisance, as is claimed. she will have
won, observes the New York E0ice, the
lastin- gratitude Of the civilized world.
The Wisconsin Central is trying on its
engines a new srokc-burncr which seems
to work satisfactorily.