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The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1890-05-22
Swedish Colonists In Vermont.

BOSOM traveller.
The experiment to DO made in Vermont in the
direction OF repeopling the abandoned farms of
the state has begun. the first ms tn1lment of the
Swedish coionists having arrived In that state,
and these are to be quickly followed by others.
The first coloay settles In the town OF vorshire.
in Orange county. They secure farms Of from
70 10 100 acres each, at the rate Of 81 to IS per
acre. and each of the families Is loaned by the
citizen1 committee which has encouraged this
colonization, sum Of SIS in cash, and
q cow Il also furnished to each family for q GER
tain stipulated period The farms which are to
be occupied have fairly good dwelling houses
and other farm buildings, with sugar orchards,
and the soil il said to be fairly good that H. for
Vermont This experiment win be watched
with good deal OF interest all through north
ern New England. There are large numbers OF
abandoned farms and tenantiess houses which
have for some time been ito let without 1nding
tenants or for sale without obtaining purchasers
The West has offered attractions to
the farmers. of Vermont and New
Hampshire, which not even the love
Of locality OF home strong ~ II 10 in the de-
scendant Of the Puritan, has been strong enough
to overcome. The authorities Of the two states
have recently been making efforts to find ten
ants and purchasers for these farms, aud some
degree of success has attended their efforts II
any one can make succt IS Of farming these
sterile lands the newcomers from the sterile
and cold scandinavian peninsula are likely to
do 50. aud If these first corners achieve even
fair measure Of prosperity and success the next
decade may witness the repeopling Of towns
now almost deserted. The experiment will be
an interesting one in any event.
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The mayor. the city clerk and other off,
cials are preparing their annual reports for
the fiscal year ending May 81. IL will fall
TO the lot Of Mayor Moran 20 deliver a
message in a year OF unusual interest
The IRE broke ont within few DAYS after
the opening OF the fiscal year ending this
month. and the changed conditions OF the
city win afford wide scope for the display
of synortseal ability.
II Is TO be hoped that the mayor viii
frame such message as will be read with
interest all over the United States. In
erier to accomplish this he mus. do much
better than some OF his predecessors, in
Guiding much more information and omit.
ing details that are only OF interest 20 a few.
and which can be readily obtained bv ref
erence to the records. He should present in
concrete form the growth and condition OF
the city. He should state the population
as compared With the municipa, records of
previous years, the amount OF actual in.
ceesedness. the assessed valuation OF p-or-
erty. the per capita Of taxation, the rate
OF TAXATION on the dollar Irregular and spe-
csall the death rate. the mileage Of cable
and electric roads. constructed and PRO
posed. the system OF lighting. with the
number OF lamps and tho price OF each.
together with the total cost; the cos;
Of police and the number Of men
employed: eoss Of the Ere de-
rsrtmens. with details; The coaditian
of the wssssworks sYssen,. With the rate
paid. snd the extsn: Of the mains ans.
pipes. the sewerage system. the street inn
rrovenenss, aumesr of miles planksf. with
sotA and average cost namh~r es rev
houses easls and the aggregate valns; the
present city limits and these proposed, and
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In another column appears an interview
with Resident Engineer Watson. Of the
Great Northern. In which it Is authorita-
lively announced that the work of building
the road which he represents will be begun
by July iss, and win be prosecuted without
other interruption than that which the
weather compsls until Seattle il connected
with the Great Northern system. Work
will b begun 1t this end Of the line. and to
those who are familiar with the building
record Of the old Manitoba II will be I'm
necessary 10 say that It win be pushed with
the utmost vigor.
To some of the more enthusiastic Of the
citizens Of Seattle the delay that has inter-
vensd between the granting Of the franchise
10 the Great Northern and the beginning
of the actual work OF construction, has
been Encouraging. Those who have felt
thus. however, surely have not considered
the immenss amount OF preliminary work
which b inssparabls from IN undertaking
Of such magnitude 9 the building Of .
transcontiuental railroad. As matter Of
fact. the manager Of the Seattle q Montana
have been working industriously. and the
amount Of work which they have accom-
plished can b inferred from the fact that
in les than six weeks the construction Of
the road will b under way. Surely no
time hes yet been lost. and none will be
lost until the great work Il complete.
Seattle has everything 70 hope for from
the Great Northern. The construction of
its line TO the Coast means much to this
city and 10 Ill who are interested In its
prosperity. In this connection 1t may be
well to call attention to the fact that q por-
ton Of the people Of Seattle though II Is a
small portion-bclieve that the Railroad
avenue franchise granted to the Seattle q
Montana should be revoked, either in
whole or in part. To say nothing Of the
inefiabls folly OF such course, the fact
that the faith Of the city has
bean pledged In this matter should
prevent any loyal citizen Of Seattle
from advocating its adoption. The Rail
road avenue franchise was given in good
faith and accepted in good faith. For the
city to tampcr with IL or to revoke Ii would
be m act OF bad faith Of which the base
ness would b equaled only by the folly.
No honorable business man will break an
agreement which he has made. No honor
able business man should favor such a
breach of trust on the part of the city.
The management Of the Seattle q Mon.
tana have been actively preparing for the
construction of their road. They have kept
their faith with the city, and viii keep it to
the very letter. The city should do, and
viii do. no less with them.
Every citizen Of Seattle should feel pleased
81 the assured future Of the city. There is
nothing that does more 10 make that
future bright than the assurance of the
early building OF the Seattle & Montana
an assurance which the Posr-fSrEILfaExcvR
Is In position TO give positively and I'M
cquivocally.
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such corresatfve information - would &c OF
interest 70 other cities
summary Of the details printed sea-
rsssiy wonsd find il way into thousands Of
newspapers whose editors would never
think Of opening complete report
Taking last PEARS message Of Mayor
Moran and the reports Of bis colleagues In
ofsce. ss the latest and most elaborate. for
. model. it may be pointed out wherein
they are lacking and wherein they are
proIix
Ths report for Last year does not contain
. list OF the council members and the or
Gals then serving. The mayor SAYS the
total income of the city for the year vas
$20c. $50 but there is no balance sheet 10
show q glance how that money was ex-
pended. The financial statement OF the
CITY clerk IS very good in its way, and
should be published. but not in lieu Of a
balance sheet
The city fand receipts should be accom-
panied by the disbursements in totals. and
the details. II Published ut eli, placed ct the
end In the form OF an appendix. The
same method should be pursued with the
other funds. The reports Of the Chief Of
Police and Harbormaster might give more
details Of their Offices: those Of the Health
Officer and Sanitary Officer were fair ex-
amples.
The City Surveyors report II valuable for
local purposes. but many Of the accomp-
anying tables are of very limited import
ance. At least in such an expensive shape.
Among the best reports in recent years
we're that Of the late T. T. Minor for 1888,
and that Of Judge Strive for 1884. In
many respects the latter is Of especial
value, inasmuch Is among other things, it
gives the assessed valuation Of property for
the previous five years. with the rate Of tax
alton. and the registered number Of voters
in each ward. and generally it il . message
not only of timely interest but of perma-
nent historical value.
The simple story of Seattis's growth, its
light taxation, its conveniences Of inn
proved streets and car lines; its low DEATH
rate and criminal record told in an official
document, viii carry far greater weight
than ephemeral descriptive pamphlets.
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4 srxArKGrC STRUGGLE.

The movements OF England and Ger
many. nov in progress. for points Of ad-
vantage IA their rival schemes of African
colonization. are intensely interesting. Of
late the fluctaation in these advantages
has been 80 quick and sharp rs to Be quite
startling. The desertson Of Emin Bey. by
birth . German. from English patronage
and his enlistment in furtherance Of Ger
many's designs. vas hailed q . distinct
advantage for the latter. His familiarity
with the country and his remarkable ability
to endure the equatorial climate made his
accession to the German standard OF price
less value Is means of heading of Eng
lands advances toward the Uganda
country.
But this great advantage for the Germans
seemed to have been completely nulli6ed
when the news came, few weeks ago,
that Explorer Jackson. with caravan and
six hundred men, had in the English inter-
est penetrated the Uganda country and
made an effective treaty with King
Mwanga. by which the whole country was
placed under the protection OF the British
East African Company. Thus Germany
appeared TO be completely checkmated.
and Emin's expedition destined TO inevita-
BILE failure
Later. however. the situation has been
completely reversed. The Arabs in over
whelming force have fallen upon Mwanga,
who once more has been expelled from the
country. and ell of the Christian mission
aries along with him, and Ksrema, the in
tractable Mohammedan ruler, is again on
the throne, and this in turn, at least for
some time to come, is checkmate for Eng
land. What the future is to bring forth is
mystery. but IN the past, as rule,
neither Germany nor any other modern
government has been able to cope with
England in the work of colonization.
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In Illinois q short time ago father was sued
on an account du. from his minor son. The
law makes q father responsible for the debts of
his minor children where the debt is due for
necessary supplies furnished. This indebted
ness was for tobacco and the court sustained
the fathers plea that tobacco is not "neces
sary supply" and the use OF 1t was q habit
which he had labored haro to correct By the
press generally this decision has been held up
to ridicule. but IL is certainly correct and COM
mendable, for whatever msy &c said about the
use of tobacco aconfrmed habit In Q man of
mature age, il can in no sense be considered
necessary for minor. And even IL IL had been
less clear court would have been justified in
strained construction under the circumstances
OF this case.
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WHAT SAY THE NINETY-sEvEN.

In their address TO the legislature in be-
half of . renewal of their charter for
twenty-five years. the Louisiana lottery
managers declare that NOS more than three
per cent. of their receipts are contributed
by citizens of their own state. The remain
ing ninety-seven per cent. CONSISTS of loot
ings of the people of other states. and in q
majority of these the selling of lottery
tickets is prohibited by law. Many, if not
most of them, are sent through the mails.
which Is a violation of United States law
and postal regulations.
1t is not at all likely that the lottery man.
ayers offer TO the state for the renewal of
their charter to exceed thirty per cent of
their gross receipts, which it Is presumed
would be equal to fifty per cent. Of their
gross income, for their advertising and
other expenses are enormous. But max
ing liberal allowances for the urgency of
their case, and for the sake of argument
assuming that their offer to the state
amounts to fifty per cent. OF their esti-
mated gross receipts, their offer of one
million year for the term of the solicited
charter would represent round sum of
fifty millions. of which forty-three and .
half millions would be contributed by peo-
pie OF state, other than Louisiana.
1t is not consistent with fair regard for
the welfare of their people that the gov
eminent Of the United states and of the
several states should view with unconcern
this boldly announced and broadly heralded
scheme for the spoiiation of their people in
an amo unit OF such enormous proportions.
There should consequently be no hesita-
ton or loss of time in passing through
both houses OF congress the bill introduced
the other day by Senator Hoar Of Massa-
chusetts. forbidding the conduct OF any
such business within the United States,
and afiixing heavy penalties for violations
of this law
The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1890-05-22
CHRISTMAS IN INDIA.

Dim dawn behind the tamarisks-the sky is SAT-
fron-yellow-
As the women in the village grind the corn,
And the parrots seek the riverside. each calling
to his fellow
That the Day. the staring Eastern Day, is
born.
Oh. the white dust on the highway! oh,
the stenches in the byway,
Oh. the clammy fog that hovers over earth,
And at Home they're making merry meath
the white and scarlet berry
What part have India's exiles in their mirth =?
Full day behind the tamarisks--the sky is blue
AS the cattle crawl aheld beneath the yoke,
And they bear One DER the field path VINO is
past all hope or caring.
To the CHAT below the curling wrcaths of
smoke.
Call on RAMA, going slowly. az ye hear q
brother lowly-
Call on Rams--he may hear, perhaps. your
voice.
With our hymn-books and our psalters we
appeal to other affairs,
And today we bid good Christian men
rejoicer'
High noon behind the tamarifks-the sun is hot
above us
As at home the Christmas Day is breaking
wan.
They will drink our healths at diuner-thosc
who tell US how they love US.
And forget us till another year be gone!
Oh, the toll that knows no breaking! Oh.
the heimweh, ceaseiess, aching.
Oh, The black dividing Sea and alien Plain!
Youth was cheap-wherefore we sold it..
Gold was good-we hoped to hold il,
And today we know the fullness of our gain.
Gray dusk behind the tamarisks-the parrots
ny together
As the Sun is sinking slowly over Home;
And his last ray seems to mock M, shackles in
lifelong tether
That drsgs US back howe'er % far we roam.
Hard her service. poor her payment-she In
ancient battered raiment--
India. she the grim Stepmother OF our kind
Ifayear of life be lent her. II her temples
shrine we enter,
The door is shut-wc may not look behind.
Black night behind the tamarisks-the owls be-
gin their chorus
Az the conches from the temple scream and
bray.
With the fruitless years behind US and the hope
less years before US.
Let us honor. oh, my brothers Christmas
DAY.
Call truce, then, to our labors-let us feast
with friends and neighbors,
And be merry Is the custom OF our caste;
For IL faint and forced the laughter" and II
sadness follow after,
We are richer by one mocking Christmas
past
--Rudydrd Kipling
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At Saco. Maine. May 10. Judge simons OF the
municipal court, rendered q decision In con.
sonance with the Maine statutes and in contra
vention OF the late original package decision
OF the United States supreme court, in respect to
q 10, Of liquors which had been side tracked and
seired two weeks before. The cars were scaled
and no attempt had been male to deliver the
goods. aud IL was claimed that the liquors were
virtually the property OF the railroad company.
But the judge said be had received no official
copy OF the supreme court decision. and he
would be bound By the Maine statutes, 10 he
ordered the liquor spilled On the same day
similar case came up iof trial In ST Adams.
Vermont bat the matter was taken under sd
ylsement
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Bill Nye ut Wallula.
EdOar Willis Nve

learned with great sorrow this spring tina
the hotel at Wallula had been burned.
stopped there once aud suffered all OF one night
remember especially the oths; occupants o
the room. They had not registered. but they
were there. They were not trsnsients, aud they
did not have to register. A friend Of mine, whc
was good man, also stopped there. He could
not sleep. so he put in the night killing Insects
In the morning the chambermaid found on the
wall. pinned up like motto. these words con
structed OF deceased bedbugs:
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NashEnEtOn Posi-
wandered through the Weakening wood
And heard the sounds OF spring:
Isav q bird ia merrissi mood,
And watched its hu,tering wing:
spied o crow that ci-cled high,
Aud listened 10 his call
This vas the burden ST mis- cry
Play bali.
Watched she timorors, trembling leaves.
AL vibrant In the bses xe;
heard the melody AZ wesves
Amoag the wind-toueheA trees
The meaning Of I've sought In vain:
Twas simple sfter eli--
This ID the bard . of each strain
Play Bali
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The new Northwest. and especially the Puget
sound county. 10 the grsa, country. Half a
dozen citses are growing up ike asparagus in
the mols; Londoa air OF the sound. TIE pros
perfsy o. oIe does not hurt the prosperity of an-
other. The more business there 10 for the sound
the better IL 10 for all Nearly al the trsnscout!
mental roads are already there. FIVE railways
~ least are represented. aud Asiafic trade viii
spoa turn thai war
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Rasstan papsr--tAe Baasey-is puhlsshps
once month in New York. with q csrer atom
OF i-No large portion OF which Is in Rus.sa
where the mere reading Of IL Is sufficient 70
sse1re free pass 10 sieersa, with permanent
employment fes lie IN scFne healthfal outdoor
occupation Little fsIher." tie Gar guar
aaiees TIE passes Very few newspapers oser
sreh liberal prizes 70 subscribers
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New Brunswick, y. j.. Special
Terrence Hickey today mourns the loss Of his
son John. Is years of age, whose death is due TO
the excessive use of cigarettes. Young Hickey
was . confirmed cigarette smoker. He begged
and borrowed money continually TO supply his
craving for cigarettes. and smoked from three
to six packages daily. Hickey's system was i'm
pregnated with the poisonous nicotine. Lock
jaw was the resuls. and he was taken to Wells
Memorial hospital four weeks ago The boy
fingered in the throes of the fatal malady Until
yesterday, when death came to his relief
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THIS INDEED Is HE'LL.

He was good man. but he ives thoroughly
sincere. He was what you might cali an out
spoken man, and said what he thought at all
timea He was an eccentric man, also. An
Englehman once aaked him about our constitu-
ton. II am told" said he. that God II not in
your constitution" NO." said this plain man.
he Is not In it, II was slaugy, but expressive
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The Democratic rapers. having assasled the
lately adjourned Republican legislature OF New
York ss easeiy corrupt and the worss that ever
Sat in the state, the New York T+9snae IA axes
this telling re;osndsr, State tar for this wear
SSa mills, state tax for next year a mills: re-
eaciion. So per cent Legislative sppropria.
ttcns for Use, ss.sS7. 81 legislative apnropria-
tons. loo. sssI7,s4s. reduction. 1855. 7n4" III
the worst of Republican Legislatures can do this
vel. what nay be expected from the best Of
Repasacaa legislatures
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THE STATE PRESS.

The Tacoma E<cord il after the scalps Of tae
Tacoma council because IL has recently voted
its members m extra compensation Of 50 per
month. II stays: A more barefaced outrage
under the guise OF the Law was never perpe-
trascd. These men knew when they became
candidates for the positions which they have
thus disgraced what their pay would be: they
knew the time tina, would be consumed in the
work Of the city. and in every sense were well
posted - to the neonveniences attending their
election. There was not particle Of excuse for
their conduct. and that they well knew 1t is
evidenced BY the fact that the bills for their
services were acted upon In secTe.
Tacoma Ledger. The declared intention of
the authorities TO hereafter prevent. not only
the publicly announced aghfs. bat ell those of
which they can learn anything definite in adj
vance, is in the right direction. Such exhibi-
tons give the community bad name at home.
and particularly abroad. The authorities may
not be able 10 prevent sluggiag matches en-
tireiy. but they will be conducted on tie qaiet
and ~ little publicity given to the disgusting
details a. possible
Spokane Falls Rsrissr: Is spokane's industrial
boom to be nipped in the bud by cruel frost
OF apathy This city has only fairly started on
the highway of prosperity. II the men who
own the property and the citizens who are do
ing business here will keep up the o;d-time rep
utation of the sity. they win surely be repaid
for their enterprise. just Is they have been re-
paid in the past.
Spokane Falls G;oos: Many persons have
wondered where the word "Annacortes" came
from. A gentleman from Victoria who was
lcunging In the Spokane lobby lest eve ming said
IL was named after the townsite owners wife,
Anna Cortes, now Mrs Boman. Mr.. Boman
made $2lo, 900 selling Annacortes town lots this
spring.
The Tacoma Globs "has never limited that
newly-elected officials either contributed or ex-
pended the large campaign fund which was in
strumentsl in their election. The money came
from very different sources, Is is well known by
any person at all familiar with the inside his
tory of the late election
The Herald ID neat new paper published at
TOO, on the Northern Pacific. The Port Ange-
les Tribune win appear today. ana the Port
Crescent Resident in two weeks.
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wales was accompanied 10 Berlin By his sec
oud son, Prince George. After they bad been
there two days the son broke out suddenly one
day with .Fafher. have you seen pretty girl
sinee you came hereg" "Thst'sa curious aues-
fion.'' replied wales- How came you to
ask it,
"weii. faneied you'd be on the lookout
said George. .'snd / wish you'd tell me II you
see one, for I've got tired OF hunting for them.
yonr judgment in that direction VIII do well
enough for me-"
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The cranberry FARMS near Olympia make good
rssRrns on sse capital and labor expended upon
thena- ons acre In BEARING cranberry vines
Is worth si,ooo. An effort Is being male 70 q Art
tAese sasrss In sksgls county There are many
aae cranberry farms In Pacific county. In fact
maca of the San Francisco market Is supplied
from shere-
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THEY ARE NOT YET APPOINTED.

CASTLE Rock, May 90
To THE EDITOR: have thus far failed to see
who the governor has appointed on the medical
examining board. note in your paper stating
what has been done viii be highly appreciated.
JAMES E. STEVENS, NJ. d.