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The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1890-04-22
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BRAKEMEN, GRIPMEN,
All that Ride Continuously,
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The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1890-04-22
COUNTY SURVEYOR.
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Telephone. lSs
G. -. ANDERSON, County Surveyor.

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The Dickinson press., 1890-12-27
chicago's Feminine Billiard EXPERTS.

Chtcago's Feminine Billiard Experts.
The largest number of women players
atany n place may now be found at
tho a~ristocratic Standard club on the
south side. The young women here do
not hesitate to play an even game with
the men, and hold their own, too.
The Misses Goodman are recognized
as the best two players on the south
side. On the north side Miss Cool ranks
above all other female players. She can
play too strong q game for most anna
teurs, making runs of fifty and sixty
with three balls. Two years ago such a
feat was considered next to impossible
for any woman. Hampered by her
skirts and corsets, there were any num-
Der of shots that she could not make.
These have been overcome, however, by
learning to handle the cue with the left
hand. Nothing now seems to stand in
the way of q woman learning to play the
game as well as the average man.
Potter Palmer has q table of unique
design which is a combination cabinet.
The scheme was devised by Mrs. Palmer,
who, with many of her north side
friends, delights in the game. The table
was built after an original design which
she furnished the factory. George NJ.
Pullman is the possessor of another hand
some table, and the Misses Pullman are
credited with being able to play a fair
amateur game with four balls. Charles
Schwartz has o table that cost nearly
6 1000, and Mrs. 81. H. Porter personally
looks after both a billiard and q pool
table in her elegant home.-Chicago
The Dickinson press., 1890-12-27
History of an Indians Watch.

An ancient silver timepiece, valuable
for its historical associations no less than
for its antiquity, is owned by Daniel
Minthorn, of Watertown. 1t weighs
st ounces, and is $50 years old, and it
keeps good time when wound, although
it has not been repaired since 1S47. The
watch is of the pattern known as the
British ~bullseye," and is II inches
thick. The face is Of silver, roughly
chased, and has q double row Of figures
Arabic and Roman numerals. It bears
this mark, "Thomas Linhard, London.
no."
A search through ancient directories
of the city of London made by MI. Min
thorn at the last London exposition, re-
vealed the fact that this jeweler was in
business on Fleet street between the
years 1893 and 1858. This cumbrous
timepiece was once worn within the
buckskin coat of tho celebrated Mohawk
war chief, Joseph Brant, whose Indian
name was Thayendanega, and regard
ing whose accomplishments as q war
nor, chief and courtier many legends are
related in western New York and Can.
ada. His influence during the latter
half of the last century is unprecedented
in the annals Of tho Indian race.-Jew.
] >l-, VI>~lJ-
The Dickinson press., 1890-12-27
Queer People of chincotcague.


There is a little island about 1850 miles
down tho Potomac called Chinco-
league. This island is inhabited by
a strange race of people and a race
of the greatest ponies in the world.
The people of the island fish and
grow oysters and are a hardy, primitive
ace who fear God and attend strictly to
their business. Hundreds of these won
derful ponies roam the island, living in
the summer on the rank coarse grass.
In the winter they subsist on sea weed,
and in the Spring are mere frames in
consequence of the diet.
These ponies are unlike any ponies in
tho world. They are about 10 to 13A
hands high. nearly all sorrels or bays,
and r fine bodied and neatly limbed.
They have the head and eyes of the
Arabian, and the superstition is that orig
inally the stock came from some thor
oughbreds that swan ashore from some
wrecked vessel. What is most remark
able about them is that they trot and
pace fast, and arc possessed of remark
able endurance. In tho spring you can
purchase a good pony for $25 and up
ward. The colts are not gelded and
stations predominant. When the weather
is bad and the waves inundate the island
scores of the little fellows are swept into
the water and are lost.-Washington
Letter.
The Dickinson press., 1890-12-27
a New Way of Advertising.

One of the most outrageous methods
of attracting public attention ever adopt
ed was put in operation the other day in
Brooklyn. A colored man and woman,
both we'll dressed, were walking down
Fulton street, when the woman suddenly
turned upon the man like a tigress, and
began shaking him by the collar and
scolding him. The man meekly tried to
stop her. A crowd soon gathered. Then
the woman let go of the mar and they
both walked quickly away. as soon as
this crowd had dispersed the woman bo-
gan to shake her consort again and gath
cred another crowd, and this scene was
repeated at almost every corner along
that busy thoroughfare.
Between the mans shoulders was a
placard pasted to his overcoat advocat-
ing the use of some new nostrum. But
the crowd was slow to understand
whether the woman was really abusing
the sandwich" man or not. No police
man came in sight, though the scene was
unpleasantly well acted, and the crowds
DISTRACTED pedestrians considerably
| New York Tribune,
The Dickinson press., 1890-12-27
His SYMPTOMS.

People who go to apothecaries to have
their diseases prescribed for occasionally
get very strange diagnoses. In one case
a man, wearing a long c~ountenance, is
saidto have entered an apothecary'sshop
and remarked:
81 seemto have something queerin my
stomach, and | want you to give me
something for it,"
"What are your symptoms% the apoth-
ecary asked.
every little while something seems
to rise up, and thon settles back again.
and by and by it rises up again.
The apothecary put his chin in the
palm of his hand and meditated a
while.
Look herel" he said gravely. You
haven't gone and swallowed an elevator.
have youY'-EXchange.
The Dickinson press., 1890-12-27
Rare American Stones.

The United States is fast becoming a
land of precious stones. Diamonds have
been found in Georgia. Pearls are now
being picked up in Wisconsin, and Uncle
Sam is making arrangements for an in
voice of some of them for his collection.
There arc some beautiful turquoises in
the cases which We're brought by Mai.
Powell from New Mexico, and these are
quite us fine as the blue turquoises which
the government has from Persia. OF
less expensive stones the beryls are very
beautiful, and there is IL piece of aqua
marine from Portland, Me-, which is as
big as your fist and which shines like a
diamond.
There is an amethyst which is won
derfully beautiful. 1t was found in
North Carolina and is supposed to have
been used by the men Of prehistoric
times. 1t was originally in the shape of
a. turtle, but Professor Clarke tells me
that it wasspoiled i'll the cutting. There
are also oriental %amethysts, and the
alnethysts from Brazil show all the
changes of that stone from q light pink
to a dark purple.-Pittsburg Dispatch.
The Dickinson press., 1890-12-27

Two checks for quite a large amount
recently sent by a Saco, Me-, man to a
Portland firm have had quite an inter-
esting history. AS the Portland firm at
first denied having received them, it was
at first thought that they had been
stolen, but it was at last concluded that
they had found their way to the waste
basket by mistake. This supposition
was followed up, and four men were
kept at work all day Sunday turning
over with pitchforks the dump heap on
one of the Portland wharves. 1t was
like hunting for a needle in a .haystack,
but the search was successful, and the
two checks were at last recovered
Philadelphia Ledger.
The Dickinson press., 1890-12-27
A Famous Duck Hunter.

One famous duck hunter in Havre de
Grace is William II. Dobson, who has a
record that is unsurpassed in the history
of the river. His enthusiastic admirers
contend that as a duck shot his equal
does not exist, and his reputation is
world wide. Mr. Dobson has a record
of $40 ducks killed in one day. He
performed this feat in 1884, and it has
never been equaled. He is a native of
Havre de Grace, and is now about SO
years of age. Duck shooting has been
his delight since boyhood, and it is said
that he will lie in a sink for an entire
day without a murmur, with q quick
eye and ready hand for each victim that
comes within range of his gun. He rarely
misses q shot.-Baltimore Sun.
The Dickinson press., 1890-12-27

aSe SkEbs
The great Won Moltke at 90 rises at s
O'Clock, makes his own cup of coffee over
a spirit lamp. and busies himself with
garden and farm till 10, when he takes a
bowl of soup or a biscuit, with IA glass Of
wine, for his second breakfast, after
which he attends to his correspondence
and other business till l. From l to 9
he lies down. At 9 he dimes sparingly
and works again till friends drop in
with whom he talks or walks until his
= o'clock tea. and at 10 he is in bed.
He attributes his clear head and good
health to his regular and abstemious
habits. -Harper's Bazaar.
Driven to Suictls by Love of His Dead Doc.
Sidney Clay was n London builders
clerk living in Euston road. He was SO
years of age and had a wife and several
children. A sistcr-in-law lived with the
family, and this lady had n pet dog, a
toy terrier called Peep, which became a
great favorite with all. Clay took the
pet dog for a walk and lost it; presume
bly, tho creature was stolen, for it was
extraordinarily small and marvelously
intelligent. Clay made every effort to
recover the pct, but failed. Thereupon
he became Respondent and moody, and
four months later he suddenly fell dead
in the family sitting room. At Tic post
mortem examination it tr;anspi-ed that
the man hadtaken a dose of cyanide of
potassium with suicidal intent. It seems
that clay had for q long time contem-
plated making away with himself, for a
letter (Which had been written three
months) addressed to his wife was found
upon his person.
ITO the best and dearest of women,
Marian, my wife," he wrote; "there are
times in tho life of a man when he is u
premely happy. Such has been my lot
with you until quito recently. Then
IL downfall such as has befallen
me. Since | lost our dear, darling Peep
tho life, light and Joy of our hearts
[ have been brolzenheartcd. l told you
on n occasion l should never be able
to brook her loss, and l feel I never can.
With kindest love, your affectionate
husband. Chicago News.
The Dickinson press., 1890-12-27
Primitive Methods of w,s,,,,,

at Edinburgh the poorer classes still
do their weekly laundering as it was
done years ago. They convey their
washing to the river, dump it into large
tubs and fill their tubs with water that
has been heated in hugo public kettles.
Then the women pull off their shoes and
stockings, and, holding their skirts we'll
up about their waists, get into the tubs
and tread on the steaming linen, there
by squeezing all the dirt out of the sew
eral pieces. This is go common a spec
tacle that the natives pay no regard to it
at all, but visitors seem to consider it as
n of the sights Of Edinburgh, and but
for the activity Of the police tho river
side would be thronged with imperti.
nent strangers every wash day.-Eugene
Field in Chicago News.
The Dickinson press., 1890-12-27
n,,stcr neet,cs in Abundance.

A green insect called the Spanish fly
has achieved u reputation in medicine,
Reduced to Il powder it is applied most
effectively as u blister, inaaming the
skin through the operation of an active
principle which the powder contains
called "cantharidin." Precious few peo-
ple are aware, however. that ordinary
potato bugs dried and powdered have an
equal virtue of the same description.
Furthermore. there are ever SO many
other insects which supply this canthari-
din. For example, there are fifteen
known species of 'blister beetles in this
country which serve the same purpose.
Washington Star.
The Dickinson press., 1890-12-27
IF THEY WOULD ONLY THINK.
Failure In Life and Business Avoided
Through Careful Meditation,

Failure in Life and Business Avoided
Through Careful Meditation.
John Durham, the wholesale grocer,
was indulging in Renaissance a day or
two ago, and he made some interesting
comments on the methods of credit in
vogue at the present time. Mr.. Durham
has been a merchant in Minneapolis for
thirty-three years, thirteen of which
were spent in st. Anthony as a retailer.
He deplored the want of system among
merchants in extending credit, and said
too many merchants failed to keep post
ed about the conditions around them, or
the markets-in short, they didn't think
or read. And then he repeated a story
told him by j. B. Bassett, the veteran
lumberman. in illustration of the point.
"'People don't think, and that's why
s many are poor said Mr.. Bassett.
DO you know it takes brains to pile
lumber or shovel dirt? There's q right
way to do it
"And then he told this story: He Wis
tied his lumber yard Il year or two ago
and found two men piling boards. A
load had been dumped in the alley, and
this was to be put in a pile. 1t was the
manner in which the work was being
done that attracted Mr.. Bassett's attcn-
ton. He observed that of the men
picked up a board, carried it to the pile
and dropped it on the ground. Then the
other man picked it up and placed it ON
the pile. Mr.. Bassett called the two
men to him, and they sat down on the
pile.
Ibid you ever think, you two meny
he asked.
"The men were IL little puzzled at the
query. Don't you men ever think of
improving your lot in life? Don't you
ever think about ity he asked.
Tho men weren't positive that they
ever did think, and Mr.. Bassctt said:
"'Well, l thought SO when l saw you
piling those boards. 1t takes two of you
to do one mans work; did you know
that? Now, instead of dropping that
board on the ground and picking it up
again, can't you drop the board right on
the pile where it belongs? Both of you
can carry them from the pile, and the job
will be done in about half the time.'
"That little talk of Mr.. Bassett's set
the men to thinking, and he told. me not
long ago, as the incident was recalled,
that they arc nov two of tho best calcu-
lators in his employ.
ut is so with merchants, city or coln-
try. They sell goods without thinking.
Is the customer responsible? Will there
be any crop? How much had the man
ought to have? These questions are
never thought of, and before long fail
ure follows. l kept a retail grocery
store in st. Anthony for thirteen years
and never lost but $3.50 by bad credit,
and n year sold $35, 900 worth of
goods. That shows what can DO done.
| estimate that Is per cent. of the gro
ceries bought, wholesale and retail, are
never paid for."-Minneapolis Journal.
The Dickinson press., 1890-12-27

Among the latest d%isinfectants is
selysol," which appears to be very much
like carbolic acid. The emulsifying
agent is resin OF fat soap, tar acid being
incorporated with the soap at the mo-
ment of specialization.
The Dickinson press., 1890-12-27
Oil unon Troubled w.t.z,

A suggestion has been made that oil
might with advantage be used at the
most exposed lighthouses to reduce the
force OF the waves. 1t is thought that
this end might be attained by placing,
say, a couple of small steel buoys in the
most exposed direction at a distance
from the lighthouse of some $50 feet.
There should be a pulley on the buoy
and a slight rope, SO that the bag or ap-
pliance for distributing the oil could al
ways be hauled in when required. The
method is most simple, and can lie tested
without great expense.-New York Com
mercial Advertiser
The Dickinson press., 1890-12-27
THE OF OLD

Flaunted the skull and cross bones, their CHI
sign, defantly ut the masthead. Your modern
pirate, not on the high seas, but upon the high
various DISCUSSES. His hole and corner traffic
has never to any degree affected IIostettcr's Stom-
ach Bittcrs, although that standard invigorant
and corrective has long been the shining mark
local bitters, composed of fiery unrcctifed slim
ulants. with an infusion. or extract possibly, of
some tonic bark. are etill sometimes
ed as identical with, or similar to, or possessing
virtues kindred to those of Americas chosen fam
lily medicine. These perish speedily, while the
great subduer and preventive of disease pursucs
its successful career, overcoming malaria, dys-
pcpsia, nervousness, kidney troubles, constipa-
ton and rheumatic ailments, not only on this
but on many continents.
The Dickinson press., 1890-12-27
AUTOMATIC SEWING MACHINE:

Prices reduced. Every family nor can
have tho best Automatic Sewing Ma
chine in the market ut reduced price.
For particulars send for our new Illus
trated Circular with samples of stitch
ing. Our Illustrated Circular shows
every part of the Machine perfectly, and
is worth sending for even if you hare n
Machine. Krusc & Murphy Mfg. Co.
455 aud 457 West 26th ST., N. Y. City.
The Dickinson press., 1890-12-27
The Ruling Passion.

An old Yale halfback was in a rail
road accident a year or two ago, and
lost a couple of legs and an arm or so,
had most Of his bones broken, and was
battered and bruised beyond recognition.
As he was being carried away Oh a
stretcher he opened his mouth feebly
and murmured, "Did we get a touch
down." He thought he had been taking
part in an animated game.-New York
The Dickinson press., 1890-12-27
Hung Tho Wash on the Electric Wire.

Hung tho Wash on the Electric Wire.
A very careless trick of a domestic in
a family residing in the Corliss block
was to use an electric wire running over
tho roof for a clothes line. The wire
broke and came near setting fire to the
block. The wire was eight inches above
the clothes line, and she had been eau
toned about using it. That's the way
careless people sometimes do.-Haverhill
Gazette.
The Dickinson press., 1890-12-27

While Mr.. Williams, of Montezu1na,
Ga, was driving under an oak tree at
dusk the other day he was amazed to
find his horse leave the ground and re-
main in the air. Investigation proved
that the affair was not supernatural, as
the, animal got caught in a swing hang
ing from a bough Of the tree.
The Dickinson press., 1890-12-27
A Caraless Habit

once had an intelligent young man
IN my employ who deemed it suf6-
clent excuse for neglecting any impor.
tant task to say, II forgot it," l told
him that would not answer. If he was
sufficiently interested he would be care
ful to remember. It was because he did
not az enough that he forgot it. l
drilled him with this truth. He worked
tor me three years, and during the last
OF the three he was utterly changed in
this respect. He did not forget a thing.
His forgetting he found was a lazy, care
less habit Of the mind, which he cured.
-Ameeican Grocer.
The Dickinson press., 1890-12-27
A Safe ant

Is one which is guaranteed to bring
you satisfactory results, or in case Of
Iailure . return of purchase price. On
thus safe plan you can buy. from our adj
vertised Druggist q bottle of DR.. Kings
New discovery tor Consumption. 1t is
guaranteed to bring relief in every case,
Lungs or Chest, such as CONSUMPTION
Inflammation Of Lungs, Bronchitis'
Asthma, Whooping Cough, Group, etc
etc. 1t is pleasant and agreeable to
taste, perfectly safe, and can always be
depended upon. Trial bottles free att.
j. Freeman's drug store.
The Dickinson press., 1890-12-27
The First Stan.

Perhaps you are run down, can't eat,
can't sleep, can't think, can't do anything
to your satisfaction, and you wonder
what ails you. You should heed the
warning, you are taking the first step in
nervous prostration. You need a
Nerve Tonic and in Electric Bitters YOU
will find the exact remedy for restoring
your nervous system to its normal.
healthy condition. Surprising results
follow the use of this great Nerve Tonic
INC Alternative. Your appetite returns.
good digestion is restored, and the Liver
and Kidneys resume healthy action.
Try a bottle. Price 30 cents, at j. j.
Freeman's drug store.
The Dickinson press., 1890-12-27
Two Ancient romba.

Two mounds of the prehistoric period
have been discovered on the isthmus Of
Corinth by P. Kastromenos, who thinks
that they are the tombs of Sisyphus and
Neleus, mentioned by the traveller Pau
sanias when describing the country SUBJ
ject to the rule of that place.-Boston
Transcrint.
The Dickinson press., 1890-12-27

1t has been proposed to make the up
per half Of war balloons of very thin
steelan the lower portion of ordinary
balloon material, the whole so construct
ed as to hold hydrogen instead Of Or
dinarY gas,
The Dickinson press., 1890-12-27
She knew.

An up town teacher asked a girl how
many bones there were in her body, and
the glib girl nearly swallowed her chew
ing gum in her haste to answer 2OS..
"Wrongl There are only 207," said the
teacher. "Yes'm," was the triumphant
response; ''but l swallowed a fish bone
today."-Philadelphia Record.
The Dickinson press., 1890-12-27
Looking for Mates.

A sea captain called at u village inn
and asked the landlady, a young widow:
do you know where l can get a matep
I have lost my mate"
81 am very sorry for you, Mr.. -"
she said, smiling. 81 want a mate, too,
and cannot get one. AS we are in the
same position Ill tell you what I'll do;
if you'll be mine l will be yours"
He closed with tho bargain, and tho
widow keeping her word he is now sup.
piled with two mates.-London Tit-Bits,
The Dickinson press., 1890-12-27

Blackening the nose and cheeks under
the.eyes has been found an efectual pre-
ventive of snow blindness, or the injuri-
GUS effect of the glare from illuminated
NOW upon eyes unaccustomed to it.
The Dickinson press., 1890-12-27
Has 457 Letters from Her

Has 457 Letters from Her Husband,
Col. Clark S. Edwards, of Bethel,
while in the army during the rebellion,
wrote home to his wife 457 letters, which
she saved, and most of them are in ex-
istence now. They give a very good his
tory of the war.-Portland (Me.) Argus,