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The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1890-01-01

rate ct interest Is therefore eoysrnsd en-
tiFelx by the laws q supply and demand.
The average IS and n per cent Wages
are gco1, the lA6orer earning from 50 TO
$50 Per day. Skilled labor secures much
better average compensation than i'm the
eilleS Of the East The cost OF living il
ressonshle. Rents are higher than usual
in Eastern cities Of the Siza OF Seattle, Spo-
kane Falls and Tacoma. but ths advan-
tages 70 the homeseeker much more than
eoanserhalance this drawback, which can
at most he only temporary. Good building
property in MI the cities is cheap. aud ma
terial also is cheap. Money Il plentiful.
and opportunities for men OF ordinary
energy and brains are nnriyaiea: bat the
laxv man is sure 20 get left in Washington,
juss the same as everywhere elsa In the
world.
Taxation for all purposes except city
state. county. school and road-averages
about Is mills The oaly heavy tax in
cities il the road tar incurred In the exten-
sion Of streets, hnt il Is invariably assessed
to the ahutting property and Is therefore
not general
Ii swould be appropriate to mention here
that the burden Of taxation viii un-
years by vast state or county funds that
will accrue from the sale OF what Is known
a. tide" or shore" lands on the Sound
and on the coast These are enani fats
between high and low water marx, and
exposed az low water. They cover q great
area in the harbors OF the sound. aud.
being adjacent 10 the business portions OF
cities, are very valuable. The tide lands
OF Puget sound are at a rough estimate
worth $4,000 600. These lands are now
the states and viii be disposed OF either by
sale or lease. or both. II Is estimated that
the interest from the accruing fund wiz
within a very few years bear all the ex-
penses OF the state government. The
general government has likewise given tho
state nearly s.0oo0a0 acres OF lard for
school purposes. This land cannot he
sold fer less than SO per acre. When
disposed of there will be realized IN the
aggregate school fund Of $50 .00o, ,00e at the
lowest possible estimate. There are row
near Tacoma two sections OF school land.
near Seattle one aud near Spokane Falls
one section that can he sold now for
St,0oo.0o0 Within five years the school
fund viii certainly be 5000 coo and IL Is
only question Of time when the schools of
Washington will be actually maintained by
the interest Of this gigantic fund. Over
6e0Ooo acres Of land were donated by
congress for public buildings. scientific
schools, state university, normal schools,
agricultural college. etc.
The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1890-01-01

Ih MS epaI IS SHIPPED Iargcsy @ cAn 7 TAT
cisco aud Portland Great hunkers are
erected at Seattle and Tacoma for the ready
loading 81 ships that are 10 carry the pro
duct The Oregon Improvement Company
is now putting in = wharf and bankers at
AnaeoFtss, skAgit county, for the shipment
OF the coal OF the neg skagit mines. a
new nine has just been opened up sonthof
Seattle, and other veins are about 10 be
developed in the eastern Part OK the county.
The lccai price Of coal Is s. per ton at the
bunkers.
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hare hsen organized and new boats
earn abous 8 per cent Taxable property.
i vii Be observed. IS nov nine times as
crest IS i was fifteen years ago. and twice
as erect - two years aro.
The increase Of values Of taxable prop
ersy during thc rear in the various coun-
ties Is shown in the following table:
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have been constructed. Many steamers
have ~ one time and another been hreuvht
around from the C0lunhss. and the entire
feet now numbers about rs steamers.
The new steamers nov under construction
ard purchased will not be At ali sufficient.
If trade increases in the future in the PRO-
portion that il has during the past few
wears
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4 MIGHTY STATE
| The Vast Resources of
| Washington.
j Fertile Soil and a Mild
Climate.
/ ne Field Of Wide Industrial
/ Activity.
rnher. Grain, stock, Fish, Coal,
fnaer. Grain, stock, Fish, Coal,
Iron. Gold and Silver.

\. rssa Of Great Forests. Rich Mines.
Esssnslvs Fi.hsriss, waving Grain
ysslas sna Happy Homes KxpaadinE
sommsrcc of raxet SQUAD -rIling
ne Brosd Agricultural Don.ain--In-
ausssss. YET IL, Their Infancy Heavy
Tide Of immigration where Capital
SAD labor Dwell IN EIArnsny He
s.sw ef she Counties.
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GRowTu or rHE STATE.

Every District Has Made Advances
Heavy Increase Of Population.
The agricultural and timber districts
have shared the general prosperity. The
vacant lands OF Eastern Washington are
being gradually TILED. and the timber
lands are being taken up in the West.
Not more than one-tenth OF the land of
the state is yet actually occupied or sep
arated from the public domain and the
greater part Of the nine-tenths, both east
and west, is accessible and tillable. Land
is easy 20 secure by pre-emption. home
stead, by being taken up as timber claims
or by purchase. The price ranges from
$l25 to 800 per acre, and higher Tor as
ricuIfural purposes. according 10 locality
Good land now in cultivation and in good
localities can be secured for $40 dollars per
acre and even less. Washington is capable
OF supporting population OF 100000
people and ii now has only $4,000.
GROWTH OF POPULATION.
A census OF the state is taken every two
years by the various county assessors 1t
is very defective, and cannot be relied upon.
Ii is sufficient, however. 20 give q fair idea
of the growth of the territory since ls77.
ReDortg since that year are:
The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1890-01-01

1As gTeztess pToFssFtsoaets assessass ~
anv e@S yeaf aTer another Mas trozz Isss 80
&ssss aen Is w&s saaat - Ter een1 Tie
nexs gEs4fegt w&s fsom iss7 10 3Sss ard
tFoa fssz ~ lssSs Nhen the incEease was -
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GROWTH OF PoPuLATfo.
rur yorE FoR TalRTY YEAps.

A test of the population Of the state can
he obtained by multiplication OF the vote by
five-a common basis. The method is
open 10 objection. but it is probably as fair
10 the whole state as the assessors 5 ceasus.
The vote Of the elections since 1859 are as
The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1890-01-01
coNl ~ All ran mILls.

AnaaAl Txesfuet - Iced. .aan Tons-Sa
tsaustFs Nst Im as tnsARrx.
iesvaifEo4S sFa4s e sEssssssf4a aaslstx e4S
wears sae fgsl .a5nes he.as opsael ap In
WA1feasss saA ktsg eaanGsVs. Iac sa&as-
III haS gropa u3sa Years. aatsl naw tAs
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GAIN or PROPERTY VALUES.
The state Assessment Increases Fifty Fer
Cent. in One Year.

The development ard prosperity q the
state are saown aot better by tie growth
of population than by ths appreciation Of
properly y&inss. The wealth Of assessahIs
property IN the territory since is5s Is ex-
Esltesi il the following figures
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THE INCREASE OF YRAR
The vote by counties in fsss and fss9,
the increase of each was a follows:
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1890-11-04
Hints for Vegetarians.

We were talking about good dinners
at the club one night. and one of the party
RECALLED us with story about an elabor-
ate meal be had had at the home of a
vegetarian. Then the doctor broke in
and said:
''It is all very well for vegetarians to
claim that their diet is more clearly,
more refined, more economical and more
healthful than ours. but you will find
that very few of them thrive on it. In
fact, obesity and diabetes can be traced
directly to living on potatoes and cereals,
which are the unsupported cause of much
of the illness Of modern life. Brown
bread sets up an inflammation Of the in
testines, and, if constantly eaten, slowly
produces a permanent arrangement Of
digestion.
Hominy and cracked wheat-main-
stays Of vegetarian diet-cause a strain
upon the vital powers, ending at times
in the breaking down of the nervous sys-
TEN. Cereals are laden with earthly mat
Ter which finally stiffens the joints. In
fact, proper diet would include these
articles in comparatively small proper
tons, but meat and fruit in abundance"
This is the opinion of one physician;
there may be others who would tell you
something entirely different. You pay
your money and you take your choice
New York Telegram.
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1890-11-04

Nuremberg, 1.-THE cradle of invention,
the birthplace Of the watch and many
other useful mechanical devices. was not
alone the home of that which most Is
useful and helpful to mankind. Among
some OF her achievements are the most
horrible instruments of torture ever used
by the inquisifors OF the Middle Ages,
chief among which might be mentioned
the ''steel maiden" The maiden is now
kept in one of the upper rooms Of the
town hall and shown TO visitors as a
curiosity
At first sight one is apt TO take it for a
gigantic statue of woman, clumsly
hewn out of wood Closer investigation
discovers two doors, one swinging TO the
right and the other to the left. These
open noiselessly and reveal the fact that
the statue is hollow, the cavity being
about the exact size of the average man.
Inside are straps by which the offender
was bound so tightly that he could no;
move limb or muscle. Both of the doors
are lined with long, sharp steel spikes,
strong and thick. When the victim was
firmly secured the door on the left was
slowly but firmly shut, the long spikes
going into his body, two being so ar
ranged as to pierce his eyes
Then the door on the right was closed
in similar manner. whereupon ne would
receive another complement of spikes,
the closing of the door, as before, being
done very slowly that the torture of the
person in the embrace OF the maiden
might be as prolonged as possible.
Death did not come until the last spike
was driven through hole in the door
into the heart of the victim Taken
from the "maiden's" embrace he was
ground to mince meat and thrown into
the river as food for the ishes.-St.
Louis Republic.
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1890-11-04
Primrose DaY.

Not only does the Primrose league keep
Lord Beaconsfield's memory green, but the
day on which he died, April 10, bears in
English calendars the name of Primrose
day. On that anniversary the primrose Is
TO be seen in abundance on flower stands,
in the baskets of street flower vendors, and
decorates even the whips of cab and omni-
ous drivers, while primrose wreaths with
various notices are placed on his statue in
London, and his tomb at the country home
he loved so we'll
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1890-11-04

The bell in St Peters, at Rome. weigl
1850 pounds
The bell Of St Paul's, in London, weigl
1850 pounds
At Rouen. France. is bell which weigt
$1,000 pounds.
There is a bell in Vienna which weic
10000 pounds.
Great Tom. " at Oxford. England. weighs
1900 pounds.
The "Jacqueliue." OF Paris, cast in 400
weighs 1900 pounds.
Great Tom" at Lincoln, England
weighs 1900 pounds.
The bell which hsngs in Notre Dame
Paris, weighs $4,000 pounds.
In Nankin there is hell. now fallen t.
the ground, weighing $1,000 pounds.
The largest bell in England is the West
minister tell, Big Ben weighing 80. OOl
pounds.
The largest bell on the American cont.
nent is at Montreal. in u , cathedral. and
weighs 5000 pounds
The independence hall b II at Boston was
,ast in 1876 at the Menee Y foundry ana
weighs 1900 pounds
The great bell Of China" in Pekin,
weighs 10000 pounds, is Il feet in height
and II feet in diameter
There is a monstrOus bell in the cathe-
dral at Moscow weighing 10000 pounds.
II is rung three times year, when all the
other bells are silent. It's sound is like
the roaring of distant thunder.
The famous Liberty bell" of Philadel-
phis. was cast in l7JL 1t was subsequently
broken when ringing a FIRE alarm It is
now suspended By chain of thirteen links
from the ceiling in the hall of the State
house in Philadelphia
The most famous bell in the world Is
the great bell OF Moscow" or Gar Kolo-
kol (emperor Of bel.sl Its weight is about
40 900 pounds. and lis cost in simple bell
material is estimated AZ about $500 600, to
which. it is said. s. 10000 IVES added in
precious jewels, plates, etc, by the mobiles
at the time OF casting.
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1890-11-04
a PRiNCeLY LUNCH
The Man Of Millions Who Had Some
thing Worth Talking About"

The Man Of Millions who Had Some
thing Worth Talking About"
Jones and Smith happened to meet at
the same table in restaurant
''Do you dine at this place oftenT
asked Jones.
Quite often sid Smith. 1t Il
moderate in price. al least for the com
mon dishes. the cooking is excellent. the
service good, and everything is clean"
ut is pretty well patronized. too" OBJ
served Jones. "A good many merchants
and board Of trade men come here Tor
their meals
Yes What are you going 20 orderY
Il think I'll take a porterhouse steak.
a glass Of claret and pudding or some
thing Of that kind. a man On a salary
can't afford a swell dinner
That's fact We've got TO curb ouT
appetites- I'm going 20 Try veal outlets,
Dreaded. a few vegetables, an omeiet
soufle and pint Of porter. can't 20
over seventy-fve cents or dollar for a
mere lunch
That's about the figure for me. Now
If could afford such meal as Tubbs
over there at that table IN the corner il
about ID order I'd have something
worth talking about
You bet, What do yoE suppose
Tubbs is WORTH
Hes worth a million and half
Jones and Smith looked enviously at
the table IN the corner where the mill
ionzire. with the bill Of fare before him
was knitting his br0ws and pzrsing up
his mouth In tie effort TO decide what
he wanted After studying the printed
slip from top TO bottom several times
he seemed 70 have come TO conclusion
Waiter, he said 70 the white aproned
official standing respectfully by. bring
me some doughnzts and a cup Of eoHee- .
-Chicaxo Special Prsss Bureau
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1890-11-04
The jolly Man.

Long life to che jolly man. Wherever
he goes there fits a breeze or sparkles q
sunbeam, or, behold! the refreshment Of
a shower that turns the withered COM
monplace of life green as an April
meadow. | have no patience with that
etiquette that forbids hearty laughter
As well reprovea lark for singing when
the sun is rising. | have no patience
either, with the crackle Of thorny laugh
ter under the .bubbling pot of meaning
less mirth; but downright. contagious
hilarity. with its quick peal of laughter
bells-give us plenty of that to keep our
hearts in tuneful harmony
Did you ever hear Of villain who was
full Of the appreciation of humor, or
quickly moved to laughter? Bad men
,gay show their teeth, like Carker, or
comfort their faces into meaningless
smiles, bat their merriment is as differ
ent from the jocund laughter Of good
men as the call of night bird differs
from bobolink's sunlit spray of morn
ing melody.-Chicago Herald.
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1890-11-04
Skin Grating on a Foot.

The delicate operation of skin grating
was performed in st. Mary's hospital at
Astoria. The patient was Ole Anderson,
who had his left foot badly crushed at
the jetty The skin from the ankle down
the side of the foot for the space of four
or FIVE inches square was torn off and
the flesh left exposed From the leg of
Anderson several strips were taken, but
not enough to cover the space necessary.
Another patient offered to lend An
derson little section of his cuticle. The
offer was accepted and from the patients
arm enough was taken to complete the
operation. and four out Of the six new
pieces are growing nicely. and in short
time Anderson will have skin all over
his injured foot.-Portland Oregonian.
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1890-11-04
NjllIlts Eagle
FINANCEAND COMMERCE.
WICHITA MARKETS.
Receipts of Live Stock at the Union Stock
Yards during the past 4S hours
1923 Cattle, 700 Hogs. Shipments
1.232 Cattle, 224 Hogs.

The receipts of cattle for the past forty
eight hours have been heavy. The bulk OF
the receipts were range cattle, most all OF
which went out in first hands. The catCle
market has been steady; few feeders
changing hands and the local butcher de-
mand being about all that was done. The
market closed steady with fair demand for
good stuff at strong prices
The hog receipts were fair for Monday.
The quality WAS good. The local packing
demand took about all the good medium
hogs that were offered. Some heavies
were bought for shipment. Good hogs
were strong at Saturdays figures, but
pigs and squealers were slow at poor
prices. One load of extra fine hogs brought
1890, with bulk at 1922. Some late
loads were held over. Market closed
etaadv
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1890-11-04

In a car wheel foundry in Detroit a
very ingenious system for handling the
molten metal from the cupolas TO the
TASKS, and carrying the wheels TO and
from the soaking pits. has been intro
duced. The work is done BY machinery
entirely, q series OF overhead troIleys
moved by a wire rope connection carry
ing the ladies. TASKS and wheels The
foundry has capacity Of 100 car wheess
per day, and about f30 tors Of metal can
De handled IN SIX hours By the new sys-
ten.-New York Commercial Adyer-
tssa-
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Tho following are the representative
I. 81. l. fnday.
Brief Mention

Brief Mention
Dold bought 'em all.
One load of prime hogs sold for So 90.
Dold bought 7l9 hogs, Steck l16, Wehl-
ner 49,
j. B. Craycroft, Kingman, had hogs in
today.
j. NJ Peterson, Sharon, sent in hogs to-
day.
Golden & Hanna, Whitewater, marketed
hogs today.
I. J. Garland, Kiowa, had load of hogs
on today's market.
Neal g. Son, w ellsford, hada load Of hogs
In today.
J. Barnett, Arkansas City, marketed
hogs today.
George Friend, Cicero, brought in load
of hogs today.
II. Herr Greenwich, was on the late
market with a load of hogs.
j. r. Hawthorne, Benton, came in with
q load of hogs today.
John Blakemore of the firm of Bean,
Blakemore & Co., spent Sunday in Guth-
RE, returning today.
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1890-11-04
Peculiarities of the jelly Fish.

The jelly fish have no resemblance to
FISH," and scarcely appear to exist. They
are of no use to NAV, and when removed
from the water dwindle by little and little
to tiny film and nothing more-they dis
solve into air and water Cases have been
known and tales told Of how farmers col
lected hundreds of these jelly fish for
manure, when the cart reached the
field, to tue mans Istcnishment. nothing
was left but what appeared cobweb in the
place of the load of fish.
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1890-11-04
Iae CURIOSITY SHOP.
Out Of the Way Information on Subjects
of Very General Interest.

From a very early period man appears TO
have been DESTROYS TO study the art of fly
ing. The old myths of Dedalus and Icarus
show US this, and it is not to be wondered
at When the graceful flight of birds is
noticed we feel envious almost that we
cannot rise from the earth and sail away
! at our pleasure over land and sea. But to
descend to history. 1t Is undoubtedly true
that in the time of Nero Simon Magus at
tempted to fly from one house to another
by means of some mechanical continuance,
and failing killed himself Roger Bacon,
the admirable doctor" to whom the in
vention of gunpowder is generally at
tributed, had distinct notions of flying by
means Of machines, and hollow globes"
and Liquid fire." But he did not succeed,
nor did many successive attempts succeed
any better in subsequent years. Bishop
wilkins treated of the art of flying, but
most, if not all, who discussed the subject
appear to have been indebted to Roger Ba-
con for the idea.
When the nature and pressure Of the at
mosphere by Torricelli's experiments be-
came better known Father Lana, Jesuit
priest, constructed a flying machine or
balloon of curious shape. He proposed to
dix four copper globes, very thin and about
twenty feet in diameter, and to these be
fastened beat or car looking very much
like basin His idea was to empty his
great copper globes, and that their buoy
ancy would chen bear the weight of the
traveller. Bat he overlooked or was igno-
rant of the effect of the atmospheric press
ure, which would have speedily crushed
the thin copper globes when empty. La
mas suggestion was made in 1870; the ba-
rometer had been discovered in 1913.
There were some fairly successful expert
ments made in flying in 1878 and in 1909.
The former attempt was made by Besmir,
a iocksmith Of Sable, who raised himself
by means of wings up to the top of house
by leaps, and then succeeded IN passing
from one house to another lower down by
supporting himself in the air for a time.
He started from an elevated position and
came down by degrees. Dante, mathe-
matician, also tried to fly, but without
great success Lawrence de Gusman
claimed an invention for lying in 1909, and
petitioned for a patent" which was
granted by the kings favor. The machine
appears to have borne some resemblance to
bird. 1t was not till 17S2, however, that
tie true art of aerial navigation was dis
covered. The knowledge of hydrogen gas
possessed by Cavendish in 1166 no doubt
led up TO it, and the year following its dis
covery Professor Block, lecturing at Edin-
burgh, stated that It was much lighter
than the atmosphere, and that any vessel
filled with gas would rise in the air. The
invention OF the balloon in 1852 is ascribed
to the Montgolher brothers, paper makers
st Aunonay, near Lyons.
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1890-11-04
The Sneed of the Ely.

The rapidity with which flies pass through
the air is not likely to be appreciated by
those who see only with what apparent
ease they do it Flies will keep up with q
fast horse, aud that. too, without lighting
on him In an open express car, through
which the wind blows, they hold their
places, flying this way and that without
hitting against tie sides They must,
therefore, g f'err- than horse or car
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1890-11-04
Great Trnfhs.

The one beautiful thing about the spe-
cial delivery stamp is that it is never Oh
sale at the hour you need it most ur-
gently.
A man is known by the company he
keeps. II would be very odd indeed II
thev didn't know him
The shortest day in the year Is Dec. %
A twenty-second day ought TO be short
enough for snybody.-Puck.
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1890-11-04
Nicknames of onacers of the Civil War.

Among the officers of the civil war may
he mentioned Gen. Robert f. Lee, who
was Familiarity called Uncle Robert" Gen.
Thomas J. jackson was best known by the
name ''Stonewall Jackson" which he re-
ceived at the battle of Bull Run. Gen.
George B. Mcclellan was called Little
Mac" Gen. George II. Thomas was called
'The Rock of Chickamauga," because of his
courage and Grmness in that bloody battle.
Gen. Joseph Hooker was admiringly called
Fighting Joe" name which needs no
explanation Gen. W S. Hancock was
called ''The White Horseman of Gettys-
burg" because he rode a large white horse
in that famous battle. Gen. William T.
Sherman is admiringly called Uncle
Billy" Gen. Philip II. Sheridan was called
Little Phil" Gen. John a. Logan was
called "The Black Eagle of Illinois," Gen.
Fitzpatrick was called kill"
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1890-11-04

Three trains daily in each direction
between Wichita and Kansas City, Wich-
ita and st. Louis, via Missouri Pacific
railway. 1O7 If