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The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1890-09-21
The new CHARTER.

Within ten DAYS tine electors of Seattle
will be Called upon to adopt or reject the
new charter. which has been submitted to
them. For several weeks. by its pub
Iication and distribution broadcast abund-
ant opportunity mas been afforded for
studying and cemprehending its provis-
ions. II there are ans VINO have failed
to do this. the faalt cannot be laid at the
door OF those who framed it. or Of the city
authorities.
The present charter was well enough for
the city in name. but village, in fact, whose
necessities 1t was intended to subserve.
But Seattle has passed from the embryo
snd~waddling-ciothes period. and is a city
in fact as well as in name. with great inter-
ests and industries established and multi
plying. This city is fast acquiring metro
politan proportions--needs and must have
a charter adapted to that condition and its
requirements.
Such document has been carefully and
iaboriously prepared by q body OF gentle
men chosen on q non-partisan basis, EN-.
bracing number of the ablest lawyers in
the city. Republican and Democratic: .
number Of our heaviest proper.y-holders;
. number OF our leading business men; q
number Of bright and capable members of
labor organizations. In fact, it may be con-
fidently asserted that the commission
which prepared the new charter was cred
itaoly representative of all the leading and
best elements of this community.
With equal confidence it may be de-
clared that The document reflects credit on
those who prepared it. By diligent study
OF similar instruments under which other
progressive and well-governed cities con-
duct their affairs, and By careful compila-
ton Of the observations and experiences of
the authorities of those cities. the trainers
Of our charter have enjoyed and have with
good judgment availed themselves of
great advantages. BY this means they have
been able to adopt the meritorious and to
reject the mischievous or doubtful pro-
visions of the best models.
1t cannot be claimed for this charter that
II 10 perfect no work of its kind ever was
or ever win be; but it is q vast improve
ment over the old charter, and over the
charters of most Of the leading cities of the
country. Its defects will be discovered and
demonstrated by its application. and this
intelligent community may be depended
upon to correct them speedily. II there be
new attempt to draft charter again. the
chances are a thousand to one that the
new document would he more easily criti-
cised than that upon which We are now to
vote.
As whole. IL Is an admirable document,
and it ought to be. as it unquestionably
will be, adopted.
The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1890-09-21
Ex-Secretary Bristow.
Eara.opA Ietfer

Benjamin H. Bristow and wife are among
the top-shelf people at the states. The ex-
secretary of the treasury under Gran, is a
large. portly man. with a pleasant. round
face, upon which are written, however.
signs of courage and frmness. He served
IN the Union army. and Grant knew and
liked him. When the war closed Grant
made him United States district attorney
of Kentucky. Later he brought him to
Washington and first made him solicitor of
the treasury and then its secretary. When
he was made secretary he began 10 Law
plans to DESTROY the whisky ring Then
the political enemies of Grant made Bris.
tow a candidate for the presidency. only 10
destroy him Is he did the whisky ring.
He left public life in disgust. and went to
New York to practice law, quitting. he
says, public life forever. He has nlodde I
a,ong, made money and reserved digni.
ned political silence ever since. II end
his estimahle wife look upon the scenes OF
s sratoea mostly from the Broadway front
of the States piazza.
The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1890-09-21

The King County Republican Conysn-
ton which assembled in this city yesterday
wss . thoroughly representative body.
Every precinct had its chosen delegates to
speak for It. There ware professional men.
capitalists. merchants, farmers, miners.
mschanios-men Of al sorts and conditions.
sanding for every interest and for every
shade Of Republican sentiment And in
II vary appearance II illustrated the for
tsnate and prosperous conditions Of the
county.
The proceedings Of the convention were
sntirsly harmonious in the sense that
thsrs were no bittr controversies; but the
contests for several Of the more important
o0ees ware sharp and spirited. illustrating
two things, namely. confidence Of victory
q ~ polls. and the fact that the Republi.
eons Of King county make their own nomi-
nstious In convention assembled and not
b any sort Of "slats' arrangement in ad-
vance. The platform. which 10 printed In
full elsewhere. shows the King County Re-
pnhlicans to be abreast OF the times
Il endorses the national and STATE
administrations; approves the protect
i've tariff principle; approves Mr..
Blains's reciprocity proposition; com.
msnds our representatives. At Washington
Tor faithful services. and by no means least
important pledges the party to a policy
locking to the full protection. of labor in It's
present rights and to extension of those
rights. This platform is straightforward
definite and easily understood. It SAYS
plainly what It means and means all that
4 says.
The nominations are exceptionally good.
There II not . man on the ticket who Is
not good Republican and In every way
adapted to the ofice for which he has been
named. Judges Humss and Osborn are
now serving in judicial positions.
Mr.. John II. Miller will not
b new to the duties of the
prosecuting attorneyship. Mr.. woolery
win b doing familiar work in the sheriff 9
o6ice, and % on through the whole county
administrative ticket. The men chosen
are experienced, able and honest The
legislative ticket has been made
mp with exoseding care to include
every Interest. and Kinnear, Forrest, Rut.
ter. Dyer and Van Devanter. named for
senasors. are oil we'll known. They are
among our best citizens, and all are trained
In the public service. For the lower house
there are some newer names but no strane.
srs-not man for whom every Republican
In King county cannot conscient iously and
hopefully cast his vote.
Very few political conventions do their
work so well. There is usually either too
much harmony or not enough. In this
instance the happy mean was found. and
~ result We have . ticket made up in
the interest Of good county government.
dean and capable from beginning to end.
The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1890-09-21
PowDERLY.s SALARIES.
In Twelve Years 0s0.SoO From City Of
Scranton and Knights OF Labor.

Scranton and Knights of Labor.
Scranton, Pa. Letter In New York Sun.
Terence V. Po~deriy, ex-mayor OF Scran-
Ton and general master workman ot the
knights OF Laaor, has done fairly wei
since the spring OF 1878. lie was then
elected mayor OF Scranton oy party OF
worSingmen that was stronger than
any other political organization in
the Lackawanna and Wyoming valleys
for two or three years atterward,
In 1-eO, Mr.. Powderly was rejected by
the same party. and in 1882 he ran for
mayor on the Democratic ticket, and was
reelected for tbs second time. de was
therefore, mayor OF this city from April,
1878, till April. 1884. at q salary OF II 500
year. He drew 5000 out Of the city
treasury while he was acting IS the chief
magistrate of Scranton But that wasn't
ali he got as salary during his three terms.
For hve years of the time that Mr.. Pow
Derry was serving Scranton in the mayors
once he Was a.so drawing $500 year
from the treasury OF the Knights OF LABOR.
de was chosen general master workman
OIL the order in the all of 1879. and for seven
years, or until October, 1856, his salary
amounted 70 $1o, 800 ali tod. This sum.
together with what the city of scranton
had paid him. made $l9 5OO At the general
assembly IN Richmond. in October. 1885.
air. Phwderly made pathetic speech 10
the delegates, telling hem that he would
probably never address them again. 1t wa
at that meeting that the cunstitu ton Of the
oraer Was thrown to the dogs, and MIR.
Powderiy's salary was raised to 5000
year. Ii he has drawn it regularly, and
there are reasons for supposing that ne
hasn't failed to DO SO, be hns had So
UU more since the fail of 1888, making
,3o sou that he has got from me city OF
Scranton and the Knignts OF LABOR in
little Eior. than twsiye years.
cartoon In q recent number of o comic
weekly represented the mlsmanager of the
knights as smoker and tippler. This
wasn't any nearer the truth than many of
Mr.. Powoerfy's careless pubiic statements,
Tor the general master worA man has never
drunk liquors OF any kind, and he detests
tobacco IN all its forms Mr.. Powderiy
lives in much better shape than he did ten
years ago. He owns fine new residence
on the west side OF the Lackawanna river,
nearly opposite the main part of Scranton,
and when everything is qnieI In The order
he takes bis ease and comfort like well
to-do citizen. 1t is said u at he has pOred
over good many law books OF late, ana
hat he intends 10 enter The legal profess
$40 as soon as the Knights get enough of
him.
The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1890-09-21
Smart Walla walla Birds


The orchard OF Marshal Rob nson has Of late
been subject TO depredations by birds, which
alight In large f1ocks on the trees and ruin the
fruit Mr.. Robinson on Monday placer q scare.
crow in the orchard which for a Jew hours did
excellent duty; but the birds soon became ac.
cus,omei TO the 81 snt and immovsble form
and again asserted their natural Or, cl,yiri.s
Rob was ar a loss to know how to proven, fro
evil until his wife came to the scus Have
you an extra poicemsns starr" she INQUIRED az
her husband Monoay night as they were about
TO retire. She was answered i'll the affirmative
and the star was produced by the mar, hal. Mrs
Robinson took the badge OF authority aud left
the room. After few minutes she returned.
remafking as she entered, 1--WE fixed tnose
oirds." Early next morning tn. worthy mar.
shall arose, and upon taxing his usual morning
walk through IN orchard, Wa. surprise II 6nd
that every bird had fown-there was not twt,
ter TO be heard. Glancing at the scarecroy. he
piseovered his policemsn's star pinned upon
the coat And since that morning there has
not D en- bird ventured within block OF his
prS misses
The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1890-09-21
How Portland Padded the Census.
Grav's Harbor Times.

Portisnd's recount showed something over
5000 people. and placed that city ahead of bot b
Seattle and Tacoma In the mstser OF ropul alton.
There was q great cry over in Oregon about pad
ding methods used In this state: and it would
seem that Oreson's metropolis was Tot over.
scrupulous itse about its mythods of Sc urins
q large enumeration In private letter to the
editor OF this paper, Q resident OF Graye Hsrbor,
stopping for the present in Portland. says:
"Today the census man was around. Ny ate
m mt that my census was taken at Grsy's Har.
Dor did me no good, and so shall figure twice in
the returns; but not only that H counted
also my wife and chi d. whose census had been
taken in South Dakota: and ne di So against
nv remons'rance- snou d no BE- surprised IL
they wou get about $4,000 population" If Sc
attic ami Tacoma were TO get recounts. there ID
little doubt that they could easily di-tance Port.
Ian
The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1890-09-21
DEssICATED HUMOR.
Je suis bun
Tu - bones
II ct beans
Mons sommes bon hons
Vous ctes bon-bonnieres
lis sJnt bOD-tol.

NOUS SOmme8 .O010
Vous ctes bon bOnnieree
lis sJnt bOD-tOl-
st Louis Republic
Principal of Girls Boarding School 20 her
bu;cher-From tomorrow you can send me
three pounds OF meat less than the usual 0usu-
tity. Hive you lost some OF your boarders?"
"No; but four Of the girls have 70 len in love. /"
-Basler Ndchrfchtcn.
Guest-Pn glad there's rope here In case of
fire; but what 10 the IDEA Of putting Bible in
the room in sucn . prominent position3 Bell
Boy-Dat am intended foh use, sab, in case the
FIRE am too far advanced fob you to make yoh
escape, ssh.-Puck
Literary Old Maid-There IL q line of poetry
which runs. There neverendiDg spring
abides." Do you know who wrote III Billy
sharp-Eo, but II was probably the advertising
agent OF the Waterbury Watch Company.-St
Louis Republic.
A M.ry Institute TEACHER gives The Man
Abont wn the following. which was submit
ted by young iafv sfur 'hree.weeks' wrestle
with Fasquelle or .endorff, or Whichever text.
book 10 used. II is dec. eusion of "Je suis
bon."
McFergus (who has surreptitiously been to .
baseball matcn)-K.ll tn impirei Kill tn I'M.
pirel Mrs. McFersus-Tn' poor diyii! Thin
Clsn-na.Gaei conshpricies 10 LAWN him no time
to shlape.-Jud0e
Shells Miss Bond engaged to Prince Sans
sou? He-Not exactly. he has an option for
ninety days, believe.-Hoosier.
The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1890-09-21
Newspaper Whose Readers Are sucn.

ltsan unwritten law, recognized by most
Americans, that the sucker has an ina,ienshla
right to be heeced. under ordinary circnm-
stances, If he insists upon it. Any other vav a,
Looking st the mat er makes this a government
OF the people for the nett OF fools
Gran Lotera Juar.z." Incorporated nv N /.
state OF Chihuahua, Mexico. for chsritshla 49,
poses. Grand monthly drawing will take ,lsca
in public 81 the city OF Jusrez Mexico. Wednas.
day, september "a $50. under the snr.I
SUPERVISION of General John 5. Mosby and N,
Csmiio Argullss, both gentlemen OF him .1and'
ing Capita priz $4,000 Only co 600 tis 1t.
waole tickets. 81 half ticke 9, &; quarter tic \.
cts, 81.
The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1890-09-21
The Crowded Nations.
San Francisco Bulletin.

OF the great civilized nations the United
Kingdom heads the list in density OF popu-
iation, having $40 Inhabitants to the square
mic. Taking the three divisions of the
kingdom separately. the account stands
thus: England ana Wales. 492 To toe
square miie; Ireland. l47; scousn... l2J
The Otissr great countrl folio =
the United Kingdom II this oraeT:
It,iv. 26i 10 The -quare mi =, Germany
I'll; France. Is7; Au-tro- Hungary. l67i
opa,n. IS: Russia la Europe. A.: he Unit &
s ate, IL. Ii The smaller civilized nations
b. tak-n into account the Uniiea Kingdom
hse- its prlmacy in this direction. Bel
GUM has so inhabitants 10 the square
lnile, aud The Netherlands $50.
The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1890-09-21
Tired Of Elk Anecdotes.

Explorers irto the Olympic mountains. whose
stories are published In the Puget sound D. pe,s.
are telling moth sg but yarns about him
grouse and chasing elk and ,umbliuK over rocte
and into the creeks. We would like 20 hear
something OF the mineral. timner and agricul.
tura resources OF this region. Hunting and
public
The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1890-09-21

The result of the Thurston county con-
vention, held yesterday at Olympia. shows
evidences OF the fre hand of Mr.. Nicholas
Owings
The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1890-09-21

RvISED Census FIGURES
According to Superintendent Porter's revised
census figures, Fairhaven is raised several hcn.
dred. Tie exact count 10 LIS.
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Robertine. ",'1oA8
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Umbrellas. juss in. Chester Cleary.
The Londonderry sifter. (South Londonderry, Vt.) 1883-19??, 1890-09-18


Recently was conversing with a po-
liceman who is a rose enthusiast, and
he told me he had strong bushes of some
of the best hybrid perpetuals upon their
own roots, that he had rooted himself
in way quite new to me. Having OBJ
sained suitable shoot, or several of
them, they were placed in an ordinary
bottle which contained some water, and
this bottle was hung upon the wall of
the house in a sunny position and there
left, water being supplied to make up
the deficiency caused by evaporation.
In this water, which often becomes very
warm from the heat of the sun, the cut
tings remained, and after short period
they calloused, when they were taken
out and dibbled into pots in the ordinary
wav, the formation of the roots soon
taking place.
The above plan was claimed as expedi-
tious, as the cuttings calloused much
sooner in water than they did in the soil.
1t is known that many things root read
ily in water, and oleanders are frequent
ly propagated in that way, whilst some
Sedum spectabile that l have lately had
in cut state had rooted freely long be-
fore the flowers faded. With the roses,
if cutting is once nicely calloused, success
is almost certainty, and if this needed
state can be brought about by immersion
of the base in water, we then have
simple and valuable aid to rose propaga-
ton, because it is much easier to preserve
alive cutting placed in water than it is
one in the soil during its early stage
Vick's Magazine.
The Londonderry sifter. (South Londonderry, Vt.) 1883-19??, 1890-09-18

A stringency prevails in the money
market and Secretary Windham is
exerting his constitutional powers to
relieve it. 1t is interesting to note
the cause of the close money market,
as given by the Secretary.
In reply to a question as to the cause
of present stringency in the money mar
ket the Secretary said: "In my judy
ment it is attributable mainly to the re-
markable activity in business of all kinds
in connection with the great advance in
values during the last eighteen months,
The increase in values on Sept. of three
products of agriculture (wheat, corn and
oats) based upon the crop and prices of
1889, amounted to over SO, 100000, ard
if to this be added the increased price of
all other products of industry the total
increase for this year will doubtless
largely exceed $l,OOO,O00, 200. This in
crease of values necessarily requires "a
much larger amount of money to handle
the products, and hence the unusual de-
mand from the South and West.
The Londonderry sifter. (South Londonderry, Vt.) 1883-19??, 1890-09-18

The l0Sth annual meeting of this body
was held in Grafton on Wednesday and
Thursday, Sept. 10th and 1lth. The as
sociation is composed of 16 churches and
about 1900 members. The annual SER
mon was preached by Rev. o. ?. Fuller
of So. Londonderry, who took for his
subject: "Our best things for God"
Other sermons during the meetings were
given by Rev. A. MacGeorge, State Mis-
sionary, and Rev. j. H. Robbins of Sax
tons River. The letters from the sever
al churches were hopeful in character and
all the churches were represented by let
ters and delegates except that of Ply
mouth. The letters reported 9S baptisms
during the year.
Rev. o. P. Fuller was chosen modera-
tor and Rev. W. H. Rugg of Perkins
vile, clerk and treasurer. There were
short papers on the conversion of chill
dren, by H. c. Bacon of Bellows Falls,
on possibility; Rev. G. B. Wheeler of
Cavendish, on Importance; Miss Mary
Brown of Proctorsville, on instruments !;
and Mrs. M. j. Barry of SaXtons River
on p ace for converted children. The
meetings were greatly enlivened by the
solo singing of Mrs. H. B Hudson of
New York city. who is spending the sum
mer at Ludlow, and the evangelist. Mr..
Searles, who is now laboring with the
pastor of Mechanicsville and Mt. Holly
Rev. j. S. Lyon conducted the praise
and testimony service on Thursday morn
ing. The people OF Grafton gave wal m
welcome to the visitors and provided
bountifully for their entertainment. The
next meeting is to be held at East Wal
lingford with Rev. H. M. Hopkinson as
the preacher of the annual sermon, on the
I'd Wednesday of September 1891.
The Londonderry sifter. (South Londonderry, Vt.) 1883-19??, 1890-09-18
A Mine of ReeSwax.

No one has ever been able to give an
authentic account of how such enor-
nous quantities of beeswax came to be
deposited on the beach near Nehalem.
Specimens are found along the beach in
various places, but it is most plentiful
near the mouth of Nehalem. AS the sea
shifts the bars pieces Of 1t are washed
ashore, and large quantities are found
by plowing in some of the low land near
the beach. There are spots where the
sea has never reached in the memory Of
the Oldest settlers, and which are cover
ed with good sized growth Of spruce,
where deposits Of the wax may be found
by digging.
Specimens of the wax may be found
at the house Of any settler on the beach,
and to all appearances it is genuine bees
wax. Several tons have been unearthed.
and one man shipped large amount to
San Francisco once, for which he re-
ceived $500. In quality it is as good as
any in the market, and has retained its
familiar odor through all its rough usage
and age. 1t is supposed by some and SO
stated that it came from the wreck Of a
Spanish vessel over century ago.
Others say it came from a wrecked Chi
nese junk. These traditions In regard
to the wrecks come from the Indians
and are not reliable. 1t is possible this
beeswax is really 'lost treasure" which
people are digging for on the Nehalem.
-Tillamook (Ore.) Headlight.
The Londonderry sifter. (South Londonderry, Vt.) 1883-19??, 1890-09-18
Vermont News.

Springfield hopes to have the cleo
trio light soon.
Hardwick has appointed commit
tee to secure an act of incorporation.
A bullfrog weighing three aud one
half pounds was captured at Wake
field.
Ludlow's Democratic Representa-
tive is the first since Andrew Jack
sons day.
The buildings of the new state asy-
lum for the insane at Waterbury are
well under way.
The Bennington electric light COM
pany is expendiug flom eight to ten
Thousand dollars on it's plant.
The Bellows Falls High school
opened Monday, with ID pupils-the
largest number at opening for several
years.
The Christian Endeavor societies
Of Bennington county will hold their
third annual convention at Rupert,
Wednesday, Sept. II.
By the annexation of Summerville,
st. Johnsbury adds 1000 to her pop
ulation and rises from the fifth to the
third place in the villages of the state.
OF the six games played with the
| u. V. Ms in all, the Brattleboros
win four, thus making them cham
pions of the state in fact rs well as in
name.
+. l.. Smith, the Democratic can
didate for representative from Barre.
has served notice ON j. III. Perry,
Representative elect, that his seat in
in the legislature will be contested.
The general term of the Supreme
Court will begin on October Il al
Montpelier.
Mary l.. Amsden as been appoint.
ed postmaster at Amsden.
Barnard, at a SPECIAL towh meeting
held last spring, voted to furnish
free text books for pupils attending
school These are,now being distrib
uted
The next annual meeting of tht
, Vermont baptist Association will b.
held in st. Albans the first Wednes
day and Thursday of September
: 1891.
Notices are being published, as re
/. quired by law, previous to asking th,
Legislature for city charter TO
Montpelier. as well as the annexation
of part of Berlin.
The Londonderry sifter. (South Londonderry, Vt.) 1883-19??, 1890-09-18
Catechism on Hats.

What hat shall I wear for dressy occa-
sions?
Beyond all question the silk hat. The
best substitute is the derby.
What shall wear for business?
The derby is the American business
hat 1t is neat, requires little care, is
fashionable and durable. The next sub
stitute is soft hat of the tourist shape.
This hat has a cut in crown, a well rolled
brim and rather wide band and bind
ing. 1t is jaunty without the reckless
shapelessness of the crusher.
There is no social law against the silk
hat for business hours. All men are
right in dressing according to their sew
eral occupations, and if these forbid any
thing more elaborate than soft slouch
hat then that is the proper hat to be
worn. The blacksmith who should wear
white felt, the miller black, would
each be sadly i'll covered.
What is the proper thing for summer
wear?
The foregoing answers hold good, ex-
cept that straw hat is in good taste as
well as good sense for business hat in
hot weather Outftter