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, 1889-04-25
THE ANANIAs cEUB.
1t Is Entertained by Sonae Fairy Stories
BY Experts--Sowsrs crswnsd.

The Ananias Club had a pleasant
meeting at Jago & Niblocks last
night. SIT wss on the blood stained
field of Ischuahn, India" said Broth
or Bell, 'that I saw a most remarks
bic occsrance. A member of my
company had his right leg taken OF
by cannon ball. He was taken back
to the hospital tents. The shattered
member Was nicely trimmed, and, as
an experiment the leg ofanother man
was put on the stump. Would you
believe it, gentlemen, bat that leg
grew to the stump, and that man to-
day has two sound legs, but his feet
are not mates"
During the famous strike Of 1876,
when it was impassjbIe to take q
train out of Indianapolis without po-
lice protection, ] was 8 reporter on
the Indianapolis Journal" remsrked
Joe Leyinson. "and had o wonderful
experience on an engine in writing
up the strike. We were going around
the curves sixty.five miles an hour.
Right ahead OF Us on the track was 3
big blueracsr snake. The varmint
would throw his head up every few
minutes and look back at US in such
a tantalizing way that the snginser
got mad, and made up his mind that
he would either catch that spake or
make him leave the track. TIE en-
gineer told .hs fireman to throw in
the coke, and then pulled her wide
OPEN Gee gosh how We did run. I
could hardly keep my seat..and the tel.
egrsph poles looked like a ane tooth
comb. The snake saw that we were
bound to catch him, and near Fort
vile the snake jumped the track. He
ran into q pool Of water and blew in-
TO thousand pieces. He was so hot
that when he struck the water it
caused the explosion"
"In the spring OF 1850 shipped
as an ordinary seaman ON board the
New Bedford whaler, None Such. for
a three years cruise" said the Port
Admiral. I've had been out about
four months, meeting with but poor
success, when one day a storm came
up. We had been expecting 1t and
consequently were prepared; but our
were all for naught, for
It was a storm of the most terrific
Kind. Billows mountains high dashed
upon US and our craft was tossed in
% the trough OF the sea like cork in
IN eddy. The rudder was torn away
me of the masts fell, the water roar
d in torrents through the scuppers,
md then all of a sudden the ship
ettled on her beam ends, lunged
onward and sank in 100 fathoms OF
Eatsr, every soul on board going
eBn with her"
rHow did you escapeT" breath.ess-
? inquired Frank Jago.
didn't escape. l was drowned
it'll the rest" sighed the Admiral
Then the ciab srose as one man
I'd presented The Admiral With q
reaih % soar doeh. L.
, 1889-04-25

Ex-Governor Eugene Semple has
once more settled down to hard work
in his sawmill at Vancouver. AS for
politics, he declares he will have his
hands full with his private business,
but should the sxigencies OF times
demand it, he will put his shoulder
to the wheel.
, 1889-04-25

The Tacoma Netcs concludes its
criticism upon the appointment of
the Hon. VIM. Il. Calkins in the
following forcible if not elegant
language: The NeUs nongratulatss
the Major and the people of this ter
ritory on his sppointment-but d-m
President Harrison's style of "hcns
rule"
, 1889-04-25
Merely q Question Of Time.

First humoriss fsadly)-Pbis funny
business 10 very trying. The stove pipe
is played out; The mule has ceased TO in-
tsrest; the carpet tack no lobger serves
its purpose; the business sod OF the wasp
has gone into bankruptcy. and The light
ing rod man has gone to his long rect.
" hat are Ne to dos
Second bunoEiss lsympaibsticallyl--
Braes up. old man. The Wisief'li coon
be sses sad sssn we ean lseeis ibs les
cream saekes. yea knos. Ttsss siwsys
Epze doea
, 1889-04-25
Very few persons have any idea OF

very 1eW persons nave any ldea OF
the size of the army of civil service
employees of Uncle Sam. The blue
book, which consists of two volumes
OF 22000 pages, shows that i40,S25
people are on the government pay
rolls in addition to those in the army
and navy. OF the whole number of
civil employees one-ninth are women,
and fully one third of those in Wash
ington are of the gentler sex. 1t is
awful 10 contemplate tho number Of
-a-ca's that Harrison will have 20 |
.ick Uut. fagIhn rasrals will have io |
70 kickei oal rs ihay sill never re
lzn.
, 1889-04-25

: -'.
A Clause In sae-1eql.s.,on R"4 E.-
risissas~ *
What is tho meaning Of the following
cisHss in tho admissions bill: "But no
elector shall! vote for usoss than two per
sonsf"
It means just What Is stated. No voter
san put on his tisket more than TIVE
names Tor delegates, bat he may put oEe
name only on hls ticket. And the three
persons who nay have the greatest
number Of votes would bs elected.
Practically the result would bs that the
party in the msjoriay--or the party that
10 conceded 10 be ia the najosity-would
nominate two candidates for delegates,
while the party which 10 conceded TO bs
in the minority would n6minass but one
candidate. Ths sickeis Of the majority
party would then read: .For delegates
70 the constitutional convention. John
Doe, Richard Roe." Tho tickets Of the
minority party would be printed thus:
FFoI delegate TO The constitutional con.
yention, John Smith,
Blt il the two political parties were
nearly evenly divided, and each claimed
or hoped to obtain the majority, ea b
would noninsse two oaud idstes for dele
gates There would tben Be four oan-
didntes and the three who recsived the
greatest sumbef iof votes would be
elected. This system !. hst what is
known A. cumulative voting, such az We
have in Illinois. It simply limits the
choice OF each voter to two persons, ~kiie
three persons are to be elected in the
distFiqss. Ths political party 10 the
minority. eyei il shis tniDetfty be- very
small, will be abie to elect one delegate
in each district. If good man is nomi
mated, and il all efforts o. tho minority
are directed ia his faEor.-toopRFessmap
Springer,
, 1889-04-25
Personal.

Oar esteemsd fellow citizen. Hon. Al
bert Briggs, iesyes here on April Gath Tor
short visit to bis former boms ID Ohio.
with the intention OF returning 10 time
10 attend the grand meeting oi the
Pionsers of Washington Territory in
Olympia on the FopFth Of July uess:
Judge Briggs is one OF the earliest
settlers. snd his name is associated with
the first commencement OF settlement
on Port TowRsend Bay. He was born
in Shonum, Addison county. Vermont,
on the 2Sth day Of August, 1878. When
about seven years old his fathers family
removed to Northern Pennsylysnis,
where shsy remsinod till he was nine,
when they removed to Guernsey county,
Ohio. where he lived till 1914, then
moved TO Indiana, remaining there
eleven months, theacass Io~s. where he
remained till 1877. and then removed to
Oregon, to ths then embryo town OF
Portland. where III lived tifi May. 1852,
when he moved to Port Towhssnd,
where be has sisce made his home, aad
acquired fortune by rise OF land.
Judge Briggs was married in Guernsey
county, Ohio. Aug. is. 1888. and has bad
seven children. all Of whom are dead.
Mrs. Briggs died Nov. 90. 1888, aged 76
years and 8 months. Had che lived till
August next she aud Judge Briggs
would have been together ss man and
wife 55 years.
Judge Briggs is one Of our most re-
spected citizens, stsuAoh Republican
and an active. energetic man. although
76 years old. but he moves az actively as
most men OF 80. and bids fair to live to
be a eenteuarian. The ARGUs and bis
friends wish him . pleasant
journey aud safe return.
, 1889-04-25

The prosperity of Port Townsend
if continued at its present rate will
place that city far IN advance of any
on the Sound. All that is needed is
the confidence of our citizens in the
future of the Key City.
, 1889-04-25
Concentrated.

Now that lent 10 over vs trust thss
church sociables may be commenced, for
by this means the ICY coldness which e1-
lists IN some OF oar congregations may
cease to exist. We sometimes wonder IL
some of our regular attend ants at church
would greet o stranger pleasantly when
they join the congregation in the great
beyond.
PORT ToWHsRND, April q.
Ts the Editor Of the ANGUS:
Apropos OF the above taken from your
Sunday, April 2lss. issue. let me say il
finds an echo in nay own experience in
your most lovely, and, as truly believe.
to be large and prosperous city. PORT
Townsend is certainly the most beautiful
spot in Washington. and I sannot imsg-
inc liys soul coming here on any one
of the many steamsrs thai farroy yopr
bay without feeling sbss b. mRss renaip ,
but no msttsr hog mnch enthusiasm
ono may bring here it ebbs continually
under the adverse conditions ono finds
here.
Your people are cola-Trey do noth-
ing, absolutely nothing, to induce pso-
pie to remain. It 10 not enough that a
man should enter into business here;
his family ought TO be made welcome.
L have been in your city two whole
months. and lass Friday saw my frat
caller aside from the wife Of my hus-
bands psrtner-She has bssn assid D.
ously kind. I really think that il the
people of Port Townsend desire immi.
grafton. or care whether their town 10
built up or NOT. they should sdopt some
mere democratic piao than the ono I
have been subjected to. Fer their bene.
ft los for yoursl I might add that ! sm
a Massachusetts woman, and am fully
eonyersapt with all the fdistsncsH meth
DDS of that commonwealth, but ! hsye
learned ihst the customs and habits OF
a settled and time honored community
are not the ones by which it was built
up. Very Truly Yours.
CONWAY"
, 1889-04-25
A Street Fight.

A. amusing scrap took place at '''s
corn of Washington and Jeffesssa
sire. Monday afternoon between sss
Individuals one of whom had the sop's
s.nd Of his trousers artisticaliy kicAV
a nd the other had his face cut. The ons
v hose trousers had the worst ofit sa't
h did not want to set arrested and '0s
Il nat reason he placsi that end ''s'0's
t he, enemy. The affair collected 3 crow
made mp of merchants. baasers, 9ie, ~
etc. The mayor was on hand with e's
dog Tray The dog became 20 - -
that he risksd . tigh. ~ish aRe'i'ri i,', -
nine Iuss to make thing 'n'sTTf
There wese no erresis.
, 1889-04-25

Port Townsend will put up one mill
ion dollars worth of buildings this
year. And yet there are those who
assert that the city is ''op the wrong
side of the Sound" Post Intelii-
0fHcPr
, 1889-04-25

4 little girl had been absent with
parents at Il camp mt eting for two
weeEs. On her return Ter playmate,
Ella Day eHteitHiEed ler 10y show
ing her, LcT new playthirEs At
night little Marry in saving her
praye- 7i1s vE Lord, bles- Ella
Lay, ua. .af "a good girl 20 7 cau
take Lsr I.t. .-- away IN ma hHF
and sLe v..b .#rs them back
again.
, 1889-04-25
What IL u to BeY

Anumbcr Of people have stopped the
AKaus man on the street aud asked
him about the "aniQue and original
party that is 10 be given at Red.
mems hall on the 3Oth. The Argus man
pleads Ignorance; he passed q lady on
the bill the other day and sbe seemed to
be talking TO berself, bat the only words
he could understand were "Mariba and
George" Whether it had anything to
do with the party or not We cannot
imagine. At the meeting OF the Ana.
MAS club Saturday Frank JaRo started
a story with "MarthH and George" and
be was ruled ont because George al
wsys carried truthful hatchot. ct is
in ths ARGUS Office now.) II any OF the
ladies' interested in this ssystesieus as-
fair will give 10 40 idea OF what the
party is to be wc will discontinue the
use Of hair sestorer, il not, our hair psust
continue turning gray over the affair,
and some one must come to our rescue.
We have met editors who grew stout Gu
bat We are confident il was Of
; more substantial kind than this
Come, ladies, va too are orphans.
Uome to our aid that ue may answer The
many asxious inquiries on the subject.
, 1889-04-25
Sorry He Spoke.

Barber Ito eustomsr)-Your hxir ID
very thin. sir, for 80 young 9 man.
Cassomes-Tsae; bat 1t isn't nsasIy 30
thin a. your capillary baisem.
, 1889-04-25

The ARGUS acknowledges the re-
ceipt of an invitation to attend the
opening Of the North Pacific Indus
trial Association fair building at Port
land on the Both instant.
, 1889-04-25

Ii is rumored that Judge Eaha b. y.
about completed the sale Of his preyss 4,
eI,esits 20 kaba's White hlcek. Z a,
purchasers ve sse isfosnei are ss.s. -.
eses.alssis sal The psses 20 hs psaS .
&Nase.a
, 1889-04-25

The psissf sbo as.ss ss sag - sse
days lssus azt siss 1ssss ass
Tamt.ss sea slzasssns NJ. ssesss
Ssassssins sfss Fsss@gsi ssssess 80 -
, 1889-04-25

The best men in the territory should
be elected as delegates to the State
Contitutional convention. Let the
pot-house politicians rest.
, 1889-04-25

"No; can't give you the Office" said
Postmaster-General WannamakeE to a
Philadelphian few days ago. any
thing else to-day?"
The Ottawa free trader., 1889-10-19

ery that, although 1t was a decided
economy to the government and an ad-
vantage to the Indian children to he
sent TO the missionary schools, in point
of fact, a vast majority of these schools
were conducted under the auspices OF
the Roman Catholics; in short, OF the
$4,000 paid last year to contract
schools, $347, 900 were paid to those
established and conducted by Roman
Catholics! Not only that, but having
sent out DR.. Dorchester, his superin-
tendcnt of the government Indian
schools, to look them over, it was dis
covered that Of the 220 teachers in the
Government schools, IA were Roman
Catholics. Well, DIR. Dorchester forth
with had II of these II Catholics re-
moved, and on his recommendation,
meeting the hearty concurrence or
Commissioner Morgan, it was resolved
hcnceforth to abandon the contract
system of educating Indian children
in Christian schools, and toconilne the
labors of the government in that line
TO its own schools. How this Will af-
feet the question Of Indian education
for the future may be judged by the
fact that, even with the aid OF the
missionary, or contract schools, at
present but II, 900 Of the 10000 Indian
children of suitable age are enjoying
the advantage of any school what
ever.
That this is work Commissioner
Morgan engages in naturally and con
a,nore is easily inferred from the fact
that as IA resident of San Francisco ne
had obtained some note for his lee
lures against Catholicism; and that
readily accounts also for his selection
of DR.. Dorchester as his lieutenant,
the latter having won some fame Tor
notOricty) as the author of a very yio-
lent anti-Catholic book under the title
of Romanism VS.. The Public
Schools"
It is needless to say, however, that
in spite of the predominance of the
Catholic among the contract schools,
the Indignation against the new poll
cy of the Indian Commissioner is even
hotter among the prOtestants than
Catholics interested in Indian educa-
sion This Is shown by the Outspoken
language of the recent conference OF a
large body Of protestant ministers at
Lake MOhonk, in Minnesota, and the
strong language of protestant divines
like Bishop Whipple, Francis A. Walk
er and many others. Even the Inter
Ocean admits that the step of the In
dian Commissioner is grave mistake;
and on all hands it is about agreed
that the whole movement had it's
foundation in nothing more reputable
than religious bigOtry.
The Ottawa free trader., 1889-10-19
MONTANA.

The same party that stole Louisiana
and Florida in 1876, and bought up
Indiana in "blocks of five" in 1888, is
now engaged in an equally scoundrel-
ly scheme to rob the Democrats of
their recently honestly gained victory
in Montana. The election of the DEM
ocratic Governor appears to be cOnced-
ed, but the two u. S. SenatOrshipS at
the disposal of the legislature are a
greater prize, and it is these the repub-
licanS are aiming to steal. With the
representatives from Silver Bow cOun-
ty, whom the Democrats elected by a
clean majority of from three to five
hundred, they have an assured major
ity of seven on Joint ballot in the leg
islature. But Mr.. WILDER Il. Sanders,
as keen and crafty lawyer as he
appears to be a scroundrel, who aspires
after one of the seats in the senate,
has undertaken, with the help of Sc
ligman, the Chairman of the Repub-
licag State Committee, II. G. Power,
the defeated republican candidate for
governor, and Others, to invalidate the
returns of two or three of the strong
democratic precincts in Silver Bow
county and have them thrown out.
TO aid him in the job he had hired Il
scoundrel named Henry Barnard, who
but recently completed term Of eight
years in the Idaho pententiary, to
swear to the necessary atlidavits
The case, however, will have to be
tried before Justice De Wolf, who is a
democrat and one of Cleveland's ap-
pointees The democrats have no fear
but they will get an honest decision
from Judge De Wolf, their only ap-
prehension being that the schemers
will succeed in getting DeWolf re-
moved by President Harrison, and Il
tool Of theirow appointed in his place,
before the contest comes off, which is
set for Nov. 7th. Should the plot sue
ceed with or without the helROf Pres
ident Harrison, the democrats of Mon
tana, land half the Republicans SYM
pathise with them,) declare it will be
Il sorry job for the plotters and one
they will never live to repeat
The Ottawa free trader., 1889-10-19
PLENTEOUsNBSe,

| Says that thoroughly Infatuated de-
votee of the high protection fetish, the
Chicago Inter Ocean,:
| Wooden goods are so much more plen-
tful i'm the United States than else
where, that the American people yearly
buy and use more of them than do all
the other people of the world put to-
gether.
Iron and steel rails are so plcnteOus
here that we yearly build more miles
of railway than any other people in the
world.
Sugar is so plcnteous here that we use
more pounds per man, woman, and
child than are used anywhere else.
Newspapers are so plcntcous in A
mcrica that their number and circula-
tion is not only greater, but almost in
flnitely crater than in any other coun-
try Of the world.
Meat is so plenteOuS here that our
people, and our people only of all that
son earth do dwell" often injure their
health by eating too much OF it.
Now, why are these things so plcn-
teOus here?
Because the products of foreign cheap
labor have not been dumped on our
shores. Because the price of Amerl-
can labor has been protected. Because
the American purchasing power has
been made and kept greater than the
purchasing power of any other people.
Oh, yes, woolen goods are made so
pentcous here that the American peo-
pie are SO much more able to buy them
than the rest of the world, because
they have the privilege of paying SO to
60 per cent more than their production
really costs in the way of protection to
the manufacturers. For example, a
good tailor made cloth suit in Chicago
costs $50. Got Toronto, and any first
class tailor there will duplicate the
suit, of precisely the same quality of
cloth, for $500; yet while protection"
makes wOolen goods so much higher in
the u. s. than Canada, our wooden
manufacturers say, this protection" +"
because it is handicapped by another
onerous protection to the wool grower,
another to the manufacturer of ma
chinery, another on chemicals, NOR
dants, etc, instead of help is a
grievous burden to them, and if con-
gress would give them, what the Cana
dian and British manufacturers have,
free raw material, they pledge them
selves to manufacture woolen goods as
cheaply as any country in the world
and to quadruple their output and
the number OF men they employ. So
while the wool tariff costs the Ameri-
can people some $50, 900, 600 yeas in
hard cash, it really almost destroys
the industry and imposes idleness on
thousands whom it otherwise would
give employment.
''Iron and steel rails are plenteous
IL is true, but while our manufacture
ers boast that they can make steel
rails here as chcaply as they can in
England, would they not be still more
plente0us If six or seven dollars per
ton were cut Off from the Sl7 which
protection enables them to charge
over the cost Of British rails?
The Ottawa free trader., 1889-10-19

Utica is crying for hotel, with
three in the field now. The Neacs man
thinks the existing hostelries, how
ever are not good enough to accOmmo-
date the best of visitors to Starved
Rock, the Canyons, etc, hundreds of
whom pass through that village every
year to these resorts, and the number
is increasing year by year. A first
class hotel certainly ought to by well
patronized; and it is possible that if
such structure were built, the Rock
Island road would make excursion
rates for tourists.
The Ottawa free trader., 1889-10-19
EHE NEWS.
From Fridays Daily.

The Cook county grand jury yeSter'
.day found indictments for jury brib'
inc against the men who had been in
dicted by the special grand jury, a.
noted on Tuesday. Henry N. Stolten
berg. a stenOgrapher in the law once
of Windes s. Sullivan, was yesterday
before the grand jury. lie was III
charge of an officer, having been ar
rested on Wednesday, and that iac'
seemed TO worry Mr.. Windes, Mr.
Alex. Sullvan's partner, exceedingly
who failing to get an interview with
Stoltenberg while in the oiiicers
charge, prepared a petition for IA writ
of habeas corpus for his Immediate re-
lease. The writ was made returnabie
at 4.3O, but at 80 appeared the young
man was not in custody and the pro-
ceedings came to an end. lie pro-
fesses not to know anything of use in
the case. As to the murder case, the
examination of veniremen continued,
Judge Mcconnell occupying the bench
A treasury report shows a marked
decrease for the year in the number OF
distilleries in the country, notwith-
standing the production of spirits has
largely increased. The whisky trust
is, therefore, slowly but surely driving
20, IN tpull
The general convention of the Epis'
copal church at New York yesterday
adopted resolution providing for the
appointment of a committee to pre-
pare standard Prayer Book, to be
submitted TO the general convention
of 1892.
1t is announced that pension com
missioner will be appointed very soon
The name of the man is not announc'
ed, but indications point to ex-penslon
agent Poole of Syracuse, N. Y.
At four O'Clock yesterday morn
ing three young men, John Lewis, Jc,
rome Race and T'hOs. Co0ney, were
run over and killed by train on the
Hudson River road at Hudson.
1t transpired yesterday that the
death of Dr. Deans, late OF the
Cook Co. Asylum, was case OF sui
eide.
A cablegram announces the unani'
nous election of Hippolyte to thu
Presidency OF Hayti.
Gen. John +. Hartranft, ex-governor
of Pennsylvania, died yesterday morn
ing at MorristOwn.
The pan-American delegates reach
ed Detroit yesterday.
The Ottawa free trader., 1889-10-19
SENATOR MANDERsON GIVES BACK.

While the case of u. s. Senator
MandcrsOn, of Nebraska, was but one,
and by no means the most scandalous
of the mass of Corporal Tanners pen
sion re-rating operations, it caused
more remark than any other on ac-
count of the exceptionally conspicuous
object of official favor. Senator Man
dersOn, like many Others, had been
allowed a liberal pension on account
of wounds received in the service of
his country. To this nobody objected.
But when Senator Manderson, who
came out of the war sufficiently able
bodied to amaSs since then large for
tune, and is regarded as sufficiently
able-boded to serve the people of his
state and the country efficiently as a
member of the u. s. Senate, receives
an increase of pension, with large back
pay. on the ground of total disabil-
ity," then people naturally begin to
wonder. And when it is found that
dozens of Others, sufficiently able
bodied to honestly earn salaries of
from $1,000 to $1,000 in government
offices at Washington, also have their
pensions re-rated and largely increased
on the ground of total disability"
the wonder increases.
Well, Senator Manderson, admit
ting that in his case at least there had
been no re-eXamination by board of
pension surgeons, as the law requires,
previous to the re-rating, and the al
lowance to him was therefore irregu-
lar and to that extent the outcry
against it by the newspapers justified,
therefore, protesting that he had never
asked the favor generously extended
tohim by Corporal Tanner, respectfully