Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1890-04-12

Immortality upset. There are good many
Canadians here, some Germans, Hollanders
and Scandinavians, a goodly sprln king OF
French and English, together with many
numerous Japs aud enough o! the Monsieur
Chnois element to do the laundry work OF
the town and keep the rice market active,
Spokane Falls is most social place, call
ing. visiting, party going, etc., being quite
as much INDUCED in as in more hrmly es-
tablished Eastern towns. A young bud
makes her debut here about the time she
enters her teens. Eligible bachelors abound
and old maids are scarce. The bread and
butter age-sweet 16-is about the pairing
age at Spokane, and if the society girl
wishes to be en- rIgle, she must see that her
twentieth birthday at the latest, places a
flashing solitaire upon the correct finger.
MANY beautiful houses have been recently
built, chiefly by newcomers who have been
attracted by the beauty of the town and its
fine business advantages. As pedigree
counts but little in such
A COSMOPOLITAN TOWN,
one's' prestige has to be gained by that
satisfactory substitute, which has been va
riously designated as ''tin, "soap, ""corn,"
etc. Money atones for blue blood very sat
isfactorily in the East and out here it is
douDly welcome. People are beginning to
be accorded social rank, in proportion as
their houses, clothes and horses put to shame
those OF their neighbors.
The educational advantages of Spokane
Falls are decidedly fine. Gonzaga College
is an institution of high rank, and the pub
lie schools are we'll conducted. A Metho-
dist college for both sexes has been recently
completed, and is under the management OF
a distinguished pro 'essor OF New York.
More than $3.50, 900 has been expended in
public buildings since the fire, and that
amount will doubtless be doubled during
the present year in brick and mortar.
The town is compactly built-the strag-
Cling elements so detrimental to many
Western places being not noticeable at Spo-
kane. Looking to-day upon the town one
can scarcely realize that it lay charred and
blackened waste so few months ago. Phe-
nix-like, the flame seemed to hold no terrors
forintrepid, soaring Spokane. Its enubilous
countenance shows no scar-its aliferous
form no cinerary blight. We appreciate its
effort in the past,-we admire its success in
the present,-for its future-waitl
INDUSTRIES AND RICHES.
The city being on the main line of the
Northern Pacific Railroad has advantageous
transportation facilities with the East aDd an
trade center for Eastern Washington and
Northern Idaho. it is unrivaled. A branch
railway connects on the right with the won
derful Coeur d'Alene country, which is
rich mining district, while another railway
runs south and threads for more than hun
dred miles the charming Palouse country.
the choicest farming region of the Pacific
coast. The city has direct communication
with Helena by way of the Manitoba.
The Touring business is probably the
greatest enterprise of the city, outside of
mining and numbering. The river falls in
clear sight from height of more than $50
feet. The several banks of the city have an
aggregate capital OF 81, 800, 900. The typi-
cal Spokan. Falls business man has the
clever cunning of Yankee. He is alert,
but genial; sharp, but hospitable; his eye
teeth need no cutting. Over your faults he
will pull the mantle of charity, and over
your eyes the wool. Life in Spokane Falls
is a drama rich in comedy and pathos.
H. M. SPALDING.