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The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1890-08-10
Shrewdness OF jones, Of Nevada.
Riii Nva

Senator Jones, OF Nevada, who once in
great while goes over to San Francisco to
buy his groceries for the year. stops at the
Palace hotel while there. and has a pleasing
device for obtaining rest and soothfuI calm.
unbroken by the uncalsed for cal of people
who wish to drop in and expectorate from
his window. He registers, and room is
assigned to him by the handsome clerk at
the Palace This number is placed oppo-
site his name in the hook. People come
in, take a fresh toothpick, steal few
matches. scratch the calf OF one limb with
the shin of another. look along down the
page deliberately, so as to keep paving
guests from registering, and say: Hello
Jones is here. / will send my card up
him and see how he is behaving himself
The card is taken up and showed under the
door. for Senator Jones is not in that
room. That room is kept to store
cards in. But he is not in it. Sometimes
he gets almost room full OF cards. be
says. If he stays there long enough.
He has better room, which he occu-
pies. Sometimes a real friend or constitu-
emit calls. ard foolishly sends up his
card to this lay-fgure room OF Jones, and
atterward when the senator meets him 1t
affords him good deal of pleasure to re
greet his absence at the time o. the CALL
In attending a funeral. and while view
ing the remains. do not law The back OF
your hand upon the face of the deceased
10 satisfy yourself hat life is extinct unless
he had called upon vo;i during life.
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The Western Style of Joke.
fhfo.u~ Tvshu1a

A North Side cable conductor spins this
yarn: Two ladies got on my car the other
day. and when went to col ect their fares
they asked me II they were on the Lincoln
avenue car. told them they were not,
whereupon they asked me to stop the
train. l signalled the gripman to do so
and he did, though we were in the middle
OF short block. As they were leaving one
of the ladies said:
"You stopped in the middle Of the block
for Us, oidn't your" l said yes, where
upon she replied. But you are not allowed
10 do so. are your said no. 1T is very
kind of you," she said, and I think /
blushed and told her not to mention il.
DO YOU smoke?" she asked. replied
that did when / was off duty. .'WiIl
you accept cigar?" she said, and said
would with thanks, whereupon she handed
me one. which put in my pocket, and by
that time they went of.
was telling The gripman about it, and
said they were the incest ladies ever met.
When | went off duty / reached for the
cigar and match. and began to pull The
cigar didn't have any draft, so struck an
other match, and another, and so on until
had struck about dozen. Then inves-
tigated the cigar and found il was made of
candy with Havana wrapper. hone the
ladies enjoyed the joke they played on me
for nv p0llteness TO them
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TALL OF BARILLAS.
His Cabinet Forces the Guatemalan Di<
tat0r to Resign.

His Cabinet Forces the Guatemalan Dfc-
tatOr to Resign.
NEW YoRK, Aug. "A dispatch to the
He,uid from La Libertad says: A courier
who has arrived at the frontier from Qua
temala City says the rumors Of the revolu-
ton in that city are true, and the story of
President Bariila's downfall is also true.
1t is said that the rest of
the Guatemalan cabinet, compos-
ed of four ministers, interior, public
works, public instruction and of finance,
became incensed at the imprisonment OF
Martinez Sobran, minister of foreign af-
fairs. and sent in their designations, which
Barilas refused to accept and or
dered them to remain at their
works. This they refused to do. so
Barrillas sent them letters dismissing
them from the cabinet. Everything be-
came confusion. Alter the withdrawal of
the cabinet President Barrilas was d. posed
and it is said that Dr. Antonio Lazo Ar
raiga, prominent lawyer, has been placed
in temporary power until the arrival of
General Jose Maria Reina Barrey Barrios
from San Francisco, who is to be placed in
the presidency.
CRY OF MEXICO, Aug. 9-Dispatches
from Guatemala deny the report that Mar
tinez Sobral has been arrested. He has re-
signed his Office. however, ana Senior F..
Auguano, secretary of justice, has taken
charge of his portfolio. This denotes no
change in policy.
The government forces under General
Pedro Barillas have routed the revolution
lists at Tempisque. The revolutionary
army, which was largely reinforced by Sal
vadorans. numbered 5000. while the gov
eminent troops numbered 1900 The gov
eminent loss was slight. while the reyolu-
tionis.s lost LII killed. Fifteen OF the rev.
oluiionis,s were made prisoners, besides a
number of officers. The battle lasted five
hours The whole country is now IN a
state Of chaos.
Everything is quiet on the saIvadorian
frontier. Salvadorian commerce is moving
TRANQUILITY, and there are no reyolutionists
in the territory. Honduras is withdrawing
her forces from the frontier.
WAsHINGToN CRY, Aug. 9.-The denart-
ment OF state has received a disparch
dated La Libertad, Salvador, from Miner.
minister to Guatemala. Miner reached
San Jose, Guatemala, about a week ago.
The department declined to mage nubiic
the contents of the telegram. or instruc.
tons in reply.
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PATHS IN THE oLrMrICs.
Rolling Timber Lads and No Mountain
on the Coast.


Rolling Timber Lads and No Mountains
on the Coast.
Port Crescent tar.
Charles Jones and Arthur Moore, who
left here some SIX weeks ago Tor trip
through the OlymIics. returned the nrst
of this week. Mr.. Jones reports having
done but very little prospecting on this
trip, most OF his time being put IN on
cabin which be is erecting on his claim at
the forks OF the solduck river. sixteen
miles above Beaver.
He states that he went south and west
from his claim for distance OF fifteen
miles, to the head Of river flowing direct
ly south, but did not follow The stream.
He was informed, however, by parties
whom he met, that the river had been fol-
lowed due south for q distance OF ten
miles. when it entered deep, narrow can
yon, and was traced no farther by the Far
tics.
He states that from the Solduck west to
the ocean there is no range OF mountains.
bnt that it is q rolling country. heavily
timbered. In his travels below the Sold
uck, he came across q series OF bench amos
about four miles long and one and quar-
TER miles wide, which contains, he say The
finest BODY of timber in the state of WASH
Ington with no exceptions. He states that
the valleys in the Olympics, If any. are
small and OF very little conseqnei &c.
He and his conn anton discovered nu-
merous traces of coal in The range OF hills
back of Lake Crescent. and say that they
think the whole range is a coal bed.
Mr. Jones' claim il loca'ei back over the
range from Lake Crescent. where three
branches Of the SOiduck river FORK. and,
from his description. is very fine one.
Both of them will return next Monday
and on this Trip will devote most OF their
time TO prospecting. as they firmly beieve
that there is plenty of gold>and silver to be
found in the rugged mountains OF the
OIymuics
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Neatness Along . Railway.
Bostpn Herald

The Boston & Albany railway from Bos-
ton to Worcester is about as fine a rebnke
to carless housekeepers as can be read by
those who run. Not a scrap of paper, not
a twig even, dares fall along the lines, or if
they 90 they are a. quickly removed, as is
every other trace OF rubbish. Walls.
fences. the shrubbery by all the way
stations-all bear evidence of that
immaculate keeIing which the big road
believes in and maintains at the cost of
eternal vigilance. not to mention the
greater exl ense of dollars and cents
People who have travelled in England and
on the continent are won't to deride the an
pearance OF American railways, but much
has been learned from foreign sys-
TENS and it cannot be admit.
t d now that our companies are
behind in the structure or the appearances
oil these arteries of travel The Boston a
Albany railroad has some of Boston's most
prizsd suburban towns strung like beads on
its iron threads. and ii is asmuch TO the adj
vantage OF real estate owners as IL is to the
pockets of the stockholders that this hiyh
standard is so admirably preserved.
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Uoo&se Resolution Limiting Debate
3s1orrea 60 Commfttee.
WAGEIuofo1 CTTx, Aug. Ain the Sem
- Hcar o6bfud the following resolution,
Which ~ roferIed to the committee on
1oIss:
DopDpo4 That ~ senate rule b amended
~ odo1ng The Believing: when any bill or
mGn4yo o1nH have been under confederation Q
1onecDo11o ttno Is shall be Ii order for any SEN
u1og r. Gonnon1 that dehate thereon sha be
Gl1oo4. r Gueh y seconded By . majority
- eoeeson saall then = taken thereon
W111cU tuI,nw dobeke and the pending bill
o&d1l ta1Io pso1orsnce Of sll others whatever. II
- Donnoo decide % cJose debate the question
c1ou - PM upon tho pending amendments. Of
MIA no1&oo Gnou b given, and upon the
1GoDuEo - ~ succemive stnees according
- ~ MS d he Senate. bat without
Go1o14 eUcopt that every senator. Il he
- = nj Uoeo then onco and not excecding
&lz1v utnutss After such demand shall have
1eon 0n1e ~ eny senator no other mo ION shall
~ - 1gdGp uut0 tho same has been voted on,
un3om 10 oomo shall fall TO Be- seconded. After
~ 0onGoo oha11 hayo decided % clos debate,
- uoei1n shall b IN order but The motion TO
01Du1zn 8 - taks recesA uhsn such shall Be
ofloe oueh T. los& of tai - b. seconded Il shall
- = ~ order - renew the same until one
Gonn1og Gnall hovs spoken on the pending
]nGneo e GO vote upon same shall hare In
0CVGne4
To tariff TN wss taken up, the question
nolne On Butlof's amendment reducing the
G1t9 q cotton Iies s. per cent After .
toug 6iseussion he amendment Was re-
loo1ed
Humb movod 70 reduce the 2-l0 Of .
cot additional duty on hoops when in
)on&ths for baling. 70 Lilo Of cent Asnot
aQuorum voted. he Senate adjourned.
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CoNDENsED DISPATCHES.

New York policemen have placed under
arrest man named William Gleeg, who
was trying TO pawn 81 600 worth OF jewelry,
and believe they have captured the New.
port. r. l., diamond thief.
A party of II 600 natives belonging to
hostile tribes in the vicinity of Morocco
have assembled before the Spanish colony
of Melville, and threaten to hight If the
Moorish hostages held there are not re-
leased.
= Rochester garment cutters, trimmers
and tailors have adopted resolution con-
denining the contract labor system and
asking congress to instruct the Indian de-
partment 10 award contracts to union men
only.
By the desertion of sailors and marines
at Boston few days ago the United States
Gamer Boston lost 10 men and the Chi
cago sixty. Police receive reward of so
for every deserter returned 10 the ships.
The san Francisco Examiner publishes a
sensational dispatch from Point Reyes,
stating that Belle Reynolds. who was mar
ried at Olema on Thursday to Sherbrook
Hartman. was born male aud continued
so until about eighteen months ago. when
her physical transformation took p ace.
The Havana. Cuba. public is greatly ex-
cited over the frequent outrages committed
by band of organised ROBBERS under the
leadership of irias. Their latest crime
was to wreck freight train on the Havana
4 Matanzas railroad, murder the conduc-
tor. and make of with the plunder. Troops
are now in pursuit.
A meeting of nihilists at the foot of
Mont Blanc, in France, was raided by the
police S .turday, and thirty arrests made.
Captain Oliver. of the American ship
Louisiana, is under arrest at San Francisco
ON charge of cruelty to sailors.
At the Democratic primary election in
Sacramento Saturday, the contest was be-
tween ex- Postmaster Stephens and John
r. Dunn, each OF whom desires the nomi-
nation for state controller. Stephens won
an easy victory.
On Friday last negro named Joe John
son entered the house of Mrs. Mcclellan.
at Birmingham. Ala, for The double pur-
pose of assaulting and burglarizing. A
young man ran to the assistance of Mrs.
Mcclellan on hearing her screams. and
was shot by the negro, who then 6ed. He
was pursued and captured, after wounding
four other persons. 1t is feared he will be
lynched.
A man supposed to be the son of General
Wall committed suicide by hanging at
Eureka. CAL, FRIDAY.
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is not yet twenty, 70 compete 81 the show
of female beauty which took place this
spring at Lisbon, where she carried on the
first prize. The advertisement proved
an excellent one, for ever since the impress
sario has been bombarded with letters
from PERSONS Of I'll classes, wishing to know
when the beautiful s.Torera" Is to make
her debut She has not yet appeared IN an
arena, but last week she came out IN . trial
fight ri Oporto. a huge crowd collected 10
see the unusual sight. The young lady
quickly laid two bulls in the sand. and
rode of. followed by . band OF music,
amid tnunders OF applause. CROWDS OF
hotel at which the '.torera" Was staying,
and fsr into the night she was Obliged to
appear on the balcony in response 70 their
calls for her.
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The Butte MIIlionaire,. He,r..

NEW York, Aug. a-word has reached
this city within the past two days that
search will be made in California for the
widow and children of Davis. the dead
Montana millionaire, over whose estate
there promises to be almost as lively and
intricate contest as over that of Thomos
Blythe. Davis was supposed to be intes-
tate until the discovery a few days ago of a
will leaving practically the entire estate to
bis brother. and 80 throwing out several
relatives. Now. however, il is claimed that
Davis lived Tor a long time in California,
and has there wife and several children.
who, If discovered. will come in for an es-
tate valued at 100000.
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1n1ton Apppopr1ation Amendments Nom
0onearro1 in-filibustsring Checked.
WAouuo1ou C1rT. Aug. Gin the
House The Senate joint resolution accept
IN from The q. a. r. the statue Of General
Grant VS., on motion Of Mckinley, taken
~ end passed.
s The speaker then stated that the ques-
don Was On The resolution Of the commit
~ On rules, providing that after two
hourss debate Il shall b in order 70 move
non-concurronce in Senate amendments to
he Indian appropriation bill. The resolu-
tion Vas adopted.
Enlos, rising to question Of privileges,
said that pending cali of the House he
had started ont Of The House without his
hat In passing out Of the door the door
keeper told him he could not pass out He
peplisd that he would pass out The door
koopor then attempted 10 arrest him. He
ofIorod : resolution 70 bring the door
koepor 70 The Dor of the Rouse for con-
tempt of the House and 3 breach Of the
peivileees Of = member. The speaker, In
ruling, said that the rights and privileges
81 IL members In the House in the dis
oharEo Cf their duties were sacred. The
chair thought this was . question which
ought to b passed on BY the House. The
rules Of the House made provision for the
obtaining and the retention Of quorum.
70 tnfofce that rule the House had re-
quested that whom call was ordered, the
doors should be closed. such closing Of
doors being to prevent any member from
leaying. The speaker had issued no orders
IN regard TO the mater, but In response to
question Of the doorkeeper as to the
meaning Of the rule, he had stated bis
Dpinion, and the doorkeeper had acted
upon II. subject, Of course, to the decision
q the HOUSE. An this resolution raised q
question which must be disposed of, the
chair ruled Il admissible. The resolution
Was referred TO the judiciary committee.
The House then proceeded under q spe-
clal order to consider the Senate amend
ments to the Indian appropriation bill.
Dockery commented on the extraordi.
nary rule which took Senate amendments
ont Of the committee Of the whole and pro-
vided that the House should vote In bulk
on i0l amendments.
Perkins approved the resolution and de-
tonded the speaker from attacks on him.
The vote then required on the motion to
uon-concur in the Senate amendments.
This agreed TO. Adjourned.
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HALLER CIT


THERE Is no point in the state OF Washington 81.
such great advantages for the investment Of smal -
l does Haer City. The Seattle, Lake Store s r.
Railroad is being operated to Halter City. The Z
has been let the San Francisco Bridge Co to Co...
firsclass wagon bridge the Stiaguamish Rive
connecting the south and north forks he railroad 80
is now building side track accommodate the vast 80
freight for this place.
You can buy. lot now for sIa5 that in six month,
worth several times much Terms half cash and III
three and six months
Three hotels are being constructed as fast 8 D.
money work.
Five store buildings also being built besides
many dwelling houses.
The posof1ce of "Haller City will open for bus;u
side of ten days.
newspaper will begin publication about Sepenk.1
Two townships of part timber and part farming ~
being surveyed the and will soon be open u
ment. The timber ands of great value owing "a
mense amount of timber to claim. The farming
this section are invaluable, producing hops in quani
quality equal if superior, the celebrated Whe
and Puyalup hop lands. Coal and minerals are IS
quantities up on the north fork of the river Prospe
diligently work. and gold in paying quantities has BED
in this fork.
Now is the time invest and reap rich results as B n
possible make mistake by investing in Haller civ
Halter City destined to be great railroad ccntx
offers the only practical crossing of the Sllaguamih
Already has this been taken advantage of by the Seam
Shore Eastern Railroad and the Farhaven & Soutbn
the Great Northern, have both preliminary surveys
ing the river here.
QUERY-At what other point possessing SO many 9
and acquired advantages you be assured of such
suits upon the investment of small amount?
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Old Heads and Young Hearts.

"Now. Samuel" said his doting mother
''you are going to see one o. the incest girls
tonight that ever came to this town, and
want you to make good impress ion.
Now, the way to do that is to show appre-
citation. As some one says. Be good lis.
tener.' Now, don't YOU forget il"
II won't, mother, !" answered the dutiful
Samuel.
Al another house, the one to which Sam
uel's feet were tending. loving aunt y a.
saying to her visiting niece: Now. If Sam
comes, don't You rattle on as If yen hadn't
any brains. Just you keep quiet and lei
him do the talking. He'll like sou ali the
better for IL.
To this day those matchmaking women
can't understand Why those two young folks
despise each other
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Chickasaw squawmen Threaten Trouble.
WAsHIroTos Crry. Aug. 8.--The secre-
tary Of the interior has received telegram
from Bennett, Indian agent at Muskagc.
Indian territory, saying that the Chicks-
saw situation is serious. There was great
danger Of an outbreak on the 18th instant,
the day Of the election, on account OF the
dis reimbursement of sqnswmen. In
communication to the president the secre-
tsry expresses an opinion that there Is no
great probability Of an outbreak such as to
require the interference Of troops. Yet. as
precausion, be recommends that the Sec
rotary Of war be directed to have the troops
ct Fort Gibson in readiness to report to
any order necessary TO suppress riot. In
reply TO BENEFITS telegram. the secretary
says that no use Of troops is to be made
unless . riot OF dangerous character
actually breaks out The government, he
says, does not intend to display force OF
freeps unless 1t is necessary.
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In John s. Farmers "Anericanisms, Old
and New" published in London last year,
we find common werd o. our street YER
nacuIar thus curiou>lv defined:
jag is also slang term for an umbrella.
possibly from that article being SO con-
stantly carried"
The source of Mr.. Farmer conjecture APP
pears in this paragraph, which he appends
to his definition:
HE came in very late latter an unsuc-
cesstui effort to unlock the front door with
his umbrella) through an unfastened coal
hole in the sidewalk. Coming to himself
toward daylight he found housekeeping
overcoat, silk hat. jag and all-stre ched
out in the bathtub. AIbany Journal 1883. y
The jag could not be The coal laoie, the
front door or the daylight The spring
overcoat and the silk hat were accounted
for. What else could it be but the UNI
breila3
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Ing IL his stomach and his mother advised
MIN to let the coffee cool or Immedi-
ately afterward. however, Mrs. Broad
waters made similar complaint, and fell
from her chair. A physician was called,
Who found the coffee full of arsenic. The
daughter. who had not been seen drinking
from her cup. was at once arrested. Be-
fors she reached the station-house Mrs
Broadwsters expired. and the boys life Is
now despaired of. Mrs. Metzdorff. who
was also affected, vomited freely. and to
this fact she owes her life. She Is craxed
with grief and horror. and acts like one de-
mented. Mary has declared her inno-
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Heat and the Growth of Hair.
Or fauis RannhIic

It's generally understood that the hair
and nails grow faster in hot weather than
in cold. but perhaps few are aware that any
temperature can impart so great stimulus
to the growth, as Colonel Pejevaisky. the
Russian traveller, said the Central Asian
heat did during his journey in those regions
in the summer of 1889. In June the ground
and the air became excessively not, so
great, indeed, Is TO render travel in the
DAYTIME impossible. Within q fortnight
after this oppressive weather began it was
noticed that the hair and beard of all the
party was growing with astonishing rapid
ity, and. strang-st Of all, some youthful
Cassocks, whose faces were perfect v
smooth, developed respectable boards with
the short period OF twenty days.
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ment mad sacrinced the rights Of Protest.
founded and . most barefaced attack from
the man who cent Darlington TO Rome in
1881 TO enter into direct relations with the
pope. Il wss, said Balsour, one Of the
many instances Of Gladstone's perversity
in attacking the government through his
own reputation. WHY" asked the
speaker. was Gladstone determined 70
repudiate every act Of the first fifty years
OF his life, and TO score the government
when they followed his precedent OF be-
traying the interest Of the country"
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MERrDES. Miss. Aug. 1.-TWO Candy
boys met the Fairchilds in Tnrcsnolo today.
A fend las been existing between the two
families for many years, and a fight en-
sued with knives, in which Brown Candy
was fatally, and John Candy badly
wounded, and one of the Fsirchilds 70
seriously cut as to leave small hopes of his
recovery.
Fogr WORTH. Tex, Aug. Erred Han
cock and brother today quarreled with J..
Gunter aud Charles Gunter, and an ex-
change OF shots resulted. Fred Hancock
received dangerous shot in the neck. j.
Gonter started to give himself up, when
Arch Hancock ordered Gunter to surren.
der. Gun'er replied by shot, killing
Hancock instantly.