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The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1890-02-16

Il has esen suggested that n the city
council really and truly desires TO stop
Esnsssns in seAssie. u might begin by re-
voklnx the lsoenses Of houses which Per.
rait gambling.
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Mr. Mesa, Of the city council. wants ~
be chairman o. the charter commission.
soon 10 ne appointed, IS means Of getting
the mayarssty later on. We have not ret
heard ths, anybody else wants Mr.. Niesz
for either ct these Positions
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And now the irssuds OF Judge Cabins
are "econslns him tor The senate. They
seesa 10 have the Impression that some
how the state Of Washington owes Mr..
Calkans something
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Can on Daniel Jones & Co, and get mars free
showing North Seattle. BAiiari, salmon BAY
the proposed canal and terminal grounds Of
where Northern Pacific and Canadian Paciac
are coming IN in September. Maps free. Dan
lsi Jones Il Co. s2 Second street
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Through Pullman yexslhuied sieepcrs snd ain,
ing-esrs. Also latest improved tourist s,etpess
through - the East via Northern Pacific rssi.
ncad A. Cailherg. city tsckst sgcas Tis SECOND
ssress, Boston baocS. l. Tonkia. depot ticket
agent, Seattle
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Residence Property.

o3c. o00-24 lots on Lake Un.on end Of elec-
trie car line: improved
$1,000 Two lots iaoxlzp. corner Sixth and
Madison sreetA
%. 5oO--ii lots 81 osocx 81, Gilman Park add
Ballard.
500 To os0o-iots in hioess :. Il. %. IS Nc
6iivras second sdd on Nsdi-
son street eahse Hle.
Cheaper lots In all parts OF the city
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Woodland Park viii be the home Of the re
snea and wealthy. Ne cheap houses wisl es
built pauiei tcsss & Co. sxen,s e. second
street. Sale erxias Nssdsy. ey he hiork caiy.
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WASHINGTON TERRITORY
Investment Go.
PAID UP CAPITAL OF $4,000.
Room 10, 4lewellyn-Dodge
Building.
ROD'T n. DOYLH. Pressaeat.
=. 4. BTROUT. vioe-Prestdeat.
WH. II. WOOD, sec'y asA Trsas.
Business Property.

o8s, ooo-Tvo lots Icosla. soushesst corner
South Second and Jackson ssrueH
o33.oO0-Southeast corner yesie. avenue and
South fifth street. soxi2o: improved
paying l. per cent on invest ment
Gle. OO0-Sortheas corner Second and Wall
streets. i2Dxi2D
ofA,OOO-Iwo lots on Front street. between
Lake aud Eagle streets. i20xl2n
o9,O0o-Los eoxI2n 81 wat aud seventh
improved. paying Is per cent. net ON
Investment
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sarsaAse year steAsss aHe rssrrve ycur sss~p-
tnx car orx0D DcdAxsaa ever NersA<rn Ppcs e
s>eend stss<s, Hssssa saxk: 4 rezasn. aspss
tt<kss axeas. Sea1fsA
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tue1 ssa wsAs.Ay. Ne eAsAp Aeas>s utai 10
hasit nAntes Jaass a Ca. a9ensa &C. Ssxana
str~~l sac esxsne Monday. ~ tie eAs.rk onIf
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WlFSV|n5' $4,000
By forming words composed
Of the letters
K-E-N-SLN-GTO-N!

This is purely an advertising propo
sition It takes cash to advertise.
Here's . chance for you to get some
of it
SEQ for the LIST; $40 for the
Sd; s. for the Sd and 6 prizes
Of $3.50 oach--open to residents
Of King county under 81 years
OF age.
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Houses for Sale.

o5,s0o-Thrse 7-room houses with bath, on
Ash street. between Harrison and
Thomas: lots soxl2; easy terms.
os,60o-New house. 70 ms AID bah on
AXE avenue: $500 cash. balance 80
per meath.
Middlebury register. (Middlebury, Vt.) 1886-1937, 1890-09-12
SCIENTIFIC SQUlBS.

Physicians say that cases of nervous
prostration are less frequent since low
heels have come into more general use.
Col Zilimboff, of Siberia, claims to have
discovered in ordinary eggs an oil by
which he can greatly increase the force of
explosives
A new phonograph has been devised in
Germany in which the sound waves are re-
corded in many lines on a strip of paper or
on smoked glass
Herr Krupp, the great gun manufacturer,
has plan for connecting the city of Vienna
with the Danube by canal. The Austrian
government is considering it.
The French have been making successful
experiments recently in the use of com
pressed carhonic acid gas as propellant.
The chief difficulty was found in the work
ing of the valve that controlled the flow of
the gas.
Some one has invented an electric mouse
trap, which consists of a metallic cage con-
tanning cheese. The mice naturally inves-
tigate the matter, but the instant they
touch the wires an electric current strikes
them dead.
A patent was issued in Washington re-
Gently for a steel fence post. 1t is to be
made of steel tubing, seven feet high, with
a neat cap and with bands to hold the
barbed wire. 1t is said that these posts
can be furnished complete for placing in
position at twenty-four cents each
Instead of increasing the weight of loco
motives to secure better traction, efforts
are being made to use the electric current,
as experiment has demonstrated that the
passage of a current through the driving
wheels increases the traction far beyond
what additional weight accomplishes
The color of a trout's back depends on
the color of the bottom of the river, ac-
cording to The American Angler, but the
trout which grow rapidly differ greatly in
spots and color from those which grow
slowly and thrive badly. and a middle
aged trout differs in color from an aged
trout.
Middlebury register. (Middlebury, Vt.) 1886-1937, 1890-09-12


of Tennessee; Townsend, of Colorado, and
Townsend of Pennsylvania; Turner, of
Georgia; Turner of Kansas, and Turner,
of New York Wallace of Massachusetts,
and Wallace, of New York: Wheeler, of
Alabama and Wheeler of Michigan; Will
Jams, of Illinois, and Williams. of Ohio,
and Wilson, of Kentucky; Wilson, of Ohio,
Wilson, of Washington. and Wilson, of
West Virginia. In addition to these dupli-
cate names there is still another class
members of the same name from the same
state. Thus there are besides Mr. Browne,
of Virginia, T. NJ. Browne and j. B. Brown,
both of Indiana, and distinguished on the
roll by their initials, and besides Taylor,
of Illinois, and Taylor, of Tennessee, there
are Ezra b. Taylor and Joseph D. Taylor,
both from Ohio. 1t is a noteworthy coin
cidence that in nearly every case of two
men of the same name one is Republican
and the other Democrat.
All these Implications of names add to
the difficulty of taking vote by yeas and
nays. In addition to calling the roll once,
from Abbott to Yoder, it must be in part
called the second time, as the names of
those who do not vote on the first call are
again gone over by the loud voiced reading
clerk. After all this has been done there
are the pairs to read, and finally the vote
must be recapitulated. At aspeed of forty
miles an hour the clerk rattles off the
names of those voting in the affirmative,
and then of those in the negative When
the result of the vote is at last announced
it is found that from forty to fifty minutes
of time have been consumed.
But the clumsy and stupid roll call has
its uses Party leaders are 10th to part
with it because of the opportunity it gives
them to rally their forces to maneuver.
If the yeas and nays were to be taken in
simultaneously there would be no time for
sending out whips" to bring in absent
members, no time to prepare for the next
parliamentary movement. Old members of
congress say instantaneous voting would
completely revolutionize our legislative
methods 1t would save great deal of val
liable time, but it is doubtful if it would
improve the quality of legislation. Prob
ably onefourth of the time of the house
is spent in calling the roll. Some days
roll call succeeds roll call in quick success
sion, so that The Record next morning is
almost entirely composed of long lists of
! names.
Over in the senate the taking of the
yeas and nays is not SO tedious. The list
of eighty odd senators is quickly run
| through, AS rule about one half the
senators vote on the roll call, and then a
dozen or "A score who have not responded
stand in their places while the following
takes place;
The Presiding OGicer-The senator from
| New Hampshire.
The Clerk-Mr. Blair.
Mr. Blair-Aye.
The Presiding Officer-The senator from
New York.
The Clerk-Mr. Sawyer.
Mr.. Sawyer-Aye.
And so on till all the tardy senators have
voted. A roll call in the senate consumes
less than ten minutes.
ROBERT GRAVES,
Middlebury register. (Middlebury, Vt.) 1886-1937, 1890-09-12
LITERARY LIGHTS.

John Boyle O'Reilly used to say that he
had found the true fraternal spirit to exist
at its best in convicts, soldiers and journal
lists.
Alexander Dumas is said to do his best
literary work when seated in evening
dress at a table brilliantly lighted by wax
tapers.
George Meredith has finished his novel,
"The Journalist" and has taken holt
day. He has been engaged upon this book
for several years
Edward Eggleston has recently finished
another story of western life. His profits
in royalties and returns from serial matter
are about $1,000 year
W. H. Hardin is the latest aspirant for
literary fame from the south. He is 80
years old, and was a merchant in Georgia
before he took up the pen
year ago Rudyard Kipling, now one
of the most popular authors in the world,
was in Philadelphia hobnobbing with
newspaper men and regarded simply as
clever man.
Tennyson is fond of receiving visits from
pretty young girls who like his poetry.
While he is grumpy to older callers he is
at his best when young girls are around,
and recites his poetry to them and makes
himself agreeable generally.
Minister Pitkin is making a reputation
in Buenos Ayres as literary light He
recently delivered a lecture on THE Fools
of Shakespeare" before the cream of the
Argentine capitals society, and produced
a strong impression on his audience.
Those who remember the once popular
"Lovell's Progressive Reader will be glad
to hear that its author, John E. Lowell, is
still alive and comparatively hearty at the
age of 96 years. His home is near New
Haven, and he is still known as the
schoolmaster."
The late Lord Carnarvon, who edited the
recently published Letters of Philip Dor
mer, Fourth Earl of Chesterfield, to His
Godson and Successor" was born June "A,
1881, and was educated at Elton and at
Christ church, Oxford. Politician, philan-
thropist and scholor he was besides an au-
thor, and published poetical translation
of the "Agamemnon of .Eschylus" and
also of the Odyssey"
Middlebury register. (Middlebury, Vt.) 1886-1937, 1890-09-12

ners, break rudely In upon the congress
sional bathers in the marble tubs which
Uncle Sam keeps in the sub-basement Of
the Capitol This method of informing all
interested persons that a roll call has be-
gun has been in use in the house for q
century or more and is likely to be In use
for century more
The senate, however has more of the
elements of progress in it's forms, and long
ago adopted electric bells to give warning
throughout it's corridors and committee
rooms of the order of the yeas and nays.
Ludicrous incidents often occur during the
taking of the yeas and nays. Members
have been seen rushing from the bath
rooms to the hall in order to vote upon
some measure in which they were particu-
larry interested, completing their toilet as
they assembled in the elevator. Judge Ezra
b. Taylor, who succeeded Garfield in the
house, and who makes his boast that he
has not missed roll call during the ten
years he has been in congress, had mar
row escape a few weeks ago. A roll call
having been reached unexpectedly to him,
he was absent from the Capitol Return
ing, ignorant of the fact that voting had
commenced, he sat down in the restaurant
for bit of lunch. Suddenly hearing how
ever, that the yeas and nays were being
taken he made a wild rush for the hall,
with piece of BURBERRY pie in one hand
and napkin in the other, arriving just in
time to get in his vote on the second roll
call
Taking the vote of the house by yeas and
nays is tedious process. 1t consumes
forty minutes. There are $50 names to be
called, and the reading clerk must not &c
too fast or confusion may result. The re-
sponses of members are to be listened for
and recorded without error. Every name
must be called with the prefix "Mr.," and
when there are two or more members OF
the same name they must be distinguished
by mention of the states whence they hail
In the present house there are a number oil
such instances There is an Allen from
Michigan and another from Mississippi
Anderson, of Kansas, and Anderson, OF
Mississippi; Atkinson, of Pennsylvania
and Atkinson, of West Virginia; Breckin
ridge, of Arkansas, and Breckenridge, OF
Kentucky; Buchanan, of New Jersey, and
Buchanan, of Virginia; Gambler, of Geor
gia, and Gambler, of Massachusetts; Clarke
Of Alabama and Clark, of Wisconsin
Cooper, of Indiana, and Cooper. of Ohio
Culberson, of Texas, and Culbertson, OF
Pennsylvania; Henderson, of Illinois; Hen
1erson, of Iowa, and Henderson, of NORTH
Carolina; Kerr, of Iowa, and Kerr of Penn
sylvana; Lester, of Georgia. and Lester, o.
Virginia; Martin, of Indiana and Martin
of Texas; Moore, of New Hampshire, an(
Moore, of Texas; O'Neall, of Indiana
O'Neil, of Massachusetts, and O'Neill, O.
Pennsylvania; Owen, of Indiana, anC
Owens, of Ohio; Reed, of Iowa, and Reed
Middlebury register. (Middlebury, Vt.) 1886-1937, 1890-09-12

Mexican onyx is form of stalagmite
and its colors are formed by oxides of
metals in the earth over the caves
through which calcareous water passes
Gold is represented by purple, silver by
yellow, iron by red. copper by green
and arsenic and zinc by white. Volcanic
eruptions and earthquakes have almost
destroyed the caves in which only onyx
exists, and the native Indians who mine
it have to cut through masses of ruins.
Blocks of the material are quarried in a
primitive way, in order not TO shatter
the substance.
Deep round holes are drilled by hand
on a line. In each hole is inserted a
snugly fitting piece of wood, which has
been grooved from end to end. Hot wa
ter is poured into the grooves at night.
This swells the wood and the block is
split along the line without damage.
The natives then saw the blocks into
slabs and polish the surface by hand.
Each piece is semi-transparent, and when
placed between the eye and a strong
light presents remarkably beautiful eff
feet in form and color-New Orleans
Picayune
Middlebury register. (Middlebury, Vt.) 1886-1937, 1890-09-12
ROY AL FlUSHES.

The regent OF Bavaria has determined to
abolish the Oberammergau Passion Play.
King Kalakaua of Hawaii, will visit
London this year If he can raise the money
to pay his expenses.
Emperor William has only portraits Of
Bismarck and Won Moltke in the music
room of his private yacht, the Hohenzol-
lern.
Archduchess Valerie, youngest daughter
of the emperor and empress of Austria, is
a rival of Carmen Sylvia, queen of Rou-
mania, as royal poetess.
The Princess Maria Anna Of Portugal,
who is to marry an untitled doctor, says
'she would rather marry man without a
name than name without man"
Princess Pauline Metternich is the in
itiator of the international exhibition of
music to be held in Vienna from March to
May of 1891. The proceeds are to go to
charitable purposes.
Queen Victoria pays great attention to
the floral wreaths which she sends out.
Inquiry is made as to what were the favor
lite flowers of the deceased person, and if it
is possible they are obtained
The king of the Sandwich islands lives
in million dollar palace that was built of
coral few years ago by his loyal subjects.
When the princess died they spent $50, 900
on her funeral and 100000 for masoleum
to her.
Ishmael Pasha was foolish enough to go
to Constantinople year ago, and now the
sultan will not let him leave there Re
Gently Ishmael announced that he must 20
to Italy for a change of air. but the sultan
said no.
The sultan of Zanzibar has decreed that
there shall be no more slavery throughout
his domains. The decree provides in de-
tail that the exchange, sale or purchase of
slaves, domestic or otherwise, is absolutely
prohibited
Queen Natalie has sent all the papers
connected with her divorce to Russian
lawyer for his opinion, and has further
signfied her intention of publishing the
whole history of her matrimonial differ
ences in a book.
The reigning prince of Monaco recently
| had a new yacht built for himself in Eng
land. The princess, who was a Jewess,
far from Directing to her husbands hobby,
takes nearly as much interest in his inves-
LEGATIONS of the briny deep as himself
The empress of Austria has chartered an
English yacht for her voyage around the
world The trip will last four months,
and the coasts of France, Spain and Africa
will be visited. The empress will go to
Corfu for the winter, where a magnificent
villa is being built for her.
Middlebury register. (Middlebury, Vt.) 1886-1937, 1890-09-12
Arguing "A Technicality,

The eagerness with which lawyers
jump at technicalities to help out their
cases, no matter how absurd the techni-
cal point may be. is a matter of wonder
ment to laymen. Some illustration of
this tendency of the legal profession is
given nearly every day in the courts in
a more or less laughable form. A few
days ago "A lawyer who was trying in the
supreme court to secure the release on a
writ of habeas corpus of man who had
been committed for some misdemeanor
raised the point that the commitment
stated that the crime occurred Sept. IA,
l89, and that consequently the statute
of limitations freed his client from pun
ishment on account of it. The opposing
lawyer argued in opposition to this view,
and the judge gravely held that the
point could not be sustained. New
York Times.
Middlebury register. (Middlebury, Vt.) 1886-1937, 1890-09-12
A WOUNDED kNAPSACK.
Two Stories by Veterans of the Fight at
Bloody Chickamauga.


OF all the "reminiscences of Chickamau-
gas iron hailstorm Jim Brotherton's ex-
perience was the hardest strain on
credulity. Jim was fighting "the best
he lnowed how" He was in the thickest
of the assault on Snodgrass Hill As he
charged across the road and over the field
toward the Dyer farm Jim caught a
glimpse of the house he was born a.. But
valor did mot make Jim forget discretion.
He took advantage of all the pine trees
he could when going into and coming
out of the fight On his back was strap
ped his knapsack, and over the knapsack
was rolled his blanket. The two made a
hump which projected beyond the trees
behind which Jim took temporary shell
ter. When Jim unloaded his knapsack
and blanket the night after the battle he
found that thirty-seven bullets had pene-
trated it.
eyes, sir" said jim, looking the re-
porter straight in the eyes. Thirty
seven bullets had gone into my blanket
and knapsack-thirty-seven bullets and
two buckshot. If / had that blanket
and knapsack now wouldn't take 81 900
for it, After the battle gave them to
mother and told her to keep them for me
until 1 came back from the war But
ing around. Things get lost. don't
know what became of the blanket or
knapsack."
There was only one veteran who told
story which approached that of Jim
Brotherton in picturesqueness. He was
Private Sinnatt, who came all the way
from Virginia to attend the reunion.
Private Sinnatt was particularly anx-
ious to meet and renew acquaintance
with some of the Twelfth Georgians. A
big man of the Twelfth Georgia saved
his life, Private Sinnatt said. He ex-
planned how. When he got into what
seemed to him the hottest place he had
ever found, Private Sinnatt lay down
behind tree which wasn't more than
eight inches through, and made himself
as small as possible.
While he lay there wondering how
long it would be before he would be hit,
a strapping fellow from the Twelfth
Georgia grabbed him by the leg, lifted him
from behind the tree and lay down where
he had been. Sinnatt says the Georgian
was about twice as big as he was. He
couldn't lick him, so he made the best of
a bad situation, crawled up close behind
the Georgian and kept quiet. 1t wasn't
but few minutes until a bullet struck
the Georgian and killed him. Sinnatt
lay still behind the body, which stopped
fifteen bullets before the wave of battle
passed on. That is why Private Sinnatt
says he will always cherish kindly feel
ing for the Twelfth Georgia. Loui:
Globe-Democrat.
Middlebury register. (Middlebury, Vt.) 1886-1937, 1890-09-12

One remarkable flower of the Sierra
Nevada range is that fragile and para
doxical wonder, the snow plant, known
to the botanist as the sarcodes sanguinea,
meaning "blooded flesh" Nothing was
ever more eXquisitely beautiful than this
rosy, snow tinted botanical oddity, which
has the appearance of being a crowned
hyacinth. 1t grows from eight to twenty
inches high, each separate bract, sepal
and miniature bell frosted as delicately
as though done by the hand of the ice
king himself, Although the whole trans
lucent spike is flushed with rose and
carmine, the petals are the deepest and
most brilliant parts of the flower, which
is five parted, each open one plainly
showing the little frosted stamens and
pistils.
The Long expedition zone of its mem
bers being the original discoverer of
SarcOdes) found one or two specimens of
the plant bearing eight perfect flowers,
one of them having false bulb twenty
or more inches in circumference. shaped
like pineapple and as brittle as spun
glass. Hard to the touch, this pseu-
do bulb dried up in few days I'M
I'll it was no larger than the odd look
ing icicle like stem upon which it grew.
Floriculturists of the Pacific slope have
made many unsuccessful attempts tC
cultivate the snow plant, the bulbs be-
ing too brittle to stand transplanting
aud the seeds refusing to grow.
1t was once supposed it would not sur.
vive below the line of perpetual snow
but this idea has lately been proved tc
be erroneous. One thing is sure, how
ever, it makes its early growth while
covered with many feet of snow, bloom
ing as soon as the bud is exposed.-St
Louis Republic.
Middlebury register. (Middlebury, Vt.) 1886-1937, 1890-09-12
THE LATEST IN JEWELS.

A new bracelet is a band of woven gold
tape
The old fashioned handcuff bracelets in
gold have reappeared.
Long silver chicken feathers and bird
wings are used as brooches.
A string of enamel buttons overlapping
one another is used as a bracelet.
Silver bracelets are more worn than ever
The slender bangles united by bar have
come into favor again.
Bracelets in filigree silver have been in
troduced They are made up of oblong
blocks and daintily fine
Queen chains are made in tiny cubes,
holding alternately diamonds and pearls
and diamonds and rubies.
Chatelaine watches in white enamel,
with stones and reedy foliage and flowers
in colors, are among the novelties.
The most gorgeous Oriental daggers are
made for the hair of rich yellow gold. In
one the only variation of color, which is of
quality not degree, is in large deep yellow
topazes.
Pale pink coral is used judicously in
floral jewelry A diamond spray will have
large pale pink bud held in a diamond
calyx Calyx, by the way, is the favorite
setting of large pieces.
Silver sleeve buttons are used with the
shirts that are now universally worn by
women. They have heraldic designs with
a place for the initials; others have ia
panese aspect, and knots and folded rib
bons are also popular, The two buttons
are always different.
Structural and decorative forms, such as
are found in Moorish and Celtic architect
ure, are worked out in gems. A brooch
has for it's center large emerald; the next
large forms are diamonds; emeralds and
diamonds alternate at the point of inter
section and in the terminals.-Jeweler's
Circular.