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Contemplated Street Imp roVements.

n TO all whom II may concern and to the owners
l. ofproperty abutting upon Eastside street,
between Union street and Washington avenue
in the city of Olympia. You Wilt please take
notice that the City Council deem 1t expedient
to grade Eastside street from Union street to
the north line Of Warrington avenue at the ex-
pense OF the sbutting property. A survey, dia-
gram and estimate Of the cost thereof has been
prepared and 10 now on file in my ONCE for the
inspection Of all persons interested therein.
Dated June -, 1890. 2t ROBT. MARI,
Clerk ofthe City Of Olympia.
Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1890-06-13

The Northernt Pacific may now be
truly said 10 he a transcontinenta tai
road. By late deal it has obtained
use OF the Baltimore & Ohio road and
terminal facilities. It has likewise ac-
quired on Puget Sound ismeliate CON
nection with the Pacific Mail Service.
s1sAJ. .ss--ft1 ~. =
Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1890-06-13

Brown & FERRIss have just received
handsome line of mems and boys
suits for Fourth of July trade. 1t will
pay you to examine them before buy
ing. j13-tf.
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A DAUGHTER of T. F. Cakes, the
railroad magnate, was married lately
to friedrich Brooks, son of a promi.
nent citizen OF Boston.
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Notice.

NOUlC0.
dds will be received by the under
Id signed at the First National Bank of
Olympia for forty-five bonds of the City
OF Olympia, for one thousand dollars
each. payable thirty years after date
thereof, said city reserving the right to
call In any or the whole OF such bonds at
any time after twenty years. upon giving
notice as required by section three of an
ordinance Of said city. entitled IAN Ordi-
nance to authorize the issue and sale OF
bonds Of the City of Olympia" approved
May 5th. 1890: said bids to state the rate
of interest ut which the bidder will take
said bonds ut par; all bids to be accom-
panied by certified check for 81 600, to
be forfeited II bid should be accepted and
bidder should fail to receive and nay for
bonds when ready, and after reasona BILE
1880.
Dated a: Olympia this oath day of May,
1880. JOHN F. CONVEY,
Mayor.
T. ]. McBRATNEY,
Chairman Committee on Ways and Means.
ROBERT MARI,
City Clerk.
Committee,
Olympia. June 9Th. 1890. ct
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Kittitas, 40; Klickitat, "a; Lewis, ia
Lincoln, SO; Mason, IL; Pacific, 20;
Pierce. 1856; San Juan, IL; Skagit, Al;
Skamania, 8; Snohomish, So; Spokane,
1853; Stevens, Is; Thurston, "a Wah-
kiakum, Z; Walla Walla, 90; What
com, G2; Whitman, 101; Yakima, 80.
Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1890-06-13

THE place to get the correct thing
in hats, neck ties and furnishings of
all kinds is at Brown & Ferriss'.
jl3-tf.
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WE claim that our Ferriss shoes at
81 are the best in the world. Try
pair and be convinced. BROWN &
FERRIss. il3-tf.
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ONE OF the @sit ,deltruc.ive FIRE. Of
the season visited Bucoda, last satur.
day, about 4 o'clock P. N. 1t oriei.
mated in the dry house and soon com.
municated to Che factory and mil, Ind
thence to the LUMBER pixies of about s.:
10000 fees.all' Of 'wi;cis were de.
stroyed. The loss foots up about.$E0,.
OOO nth an insurance Of s43, 700. The
hotel building of the company. was all
OF its effects that .vnslsaye,l. :, Ashigh
wind prevailed at the time. -. a
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VISA ~ "iuseu III 'le
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Attorney General Jones, in the
course of an interview on the recent
Supreme court decisions in the Seattle
and Puyallup cases, says he that the
special provisO of section one of the
article on interpretations of towns, al
lowing towns previously incorporated
to re-incorporate regardless of popula-
ton is unconstitutional. as being
special legislation for these towns, and
the constitution forbids special legis-
lation. The decision also effects
Spokane Falls, which was seeking to
annex outlying territory under the
same law as Seattle.
There are in this State 1,74l persons
who are drawing pensions from the
government, located in the following
counties: adams, Is; Asotin, is; Che
halls, 81; Clallam, II; Clarke, Ill;
Columbia, 80; CovItz, 80; Douglas,
Is; Franklin, l; Garfield, 81; Island,
8; Jefferson, %; King, 256; Kitsap, "a;
Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1890-03-22
Cleaning the Teeth.

Dentists are daily committing the
error of not i~nstructing their patients
in regard to the proper methods of
cleansing their Notwithstanding, pick
ing, rinsing with warm water after
meals and at night just before going to
bed. Our observations most show that
the people who do those things faith
fully have little or no dentistry to do.
II is astonishing what ignorance exists
among people Of all classes and con
ditions as TO what cleanliness of the
mouth means. They will tell you
frankly that they do not brush their
mouths as we'll q S they ought to, for
they did not know they were
going TO be examined, and when you
looked you really thought so, and
the second thought was, probably
not for a month. Cleanly habits are
part of an individuals education and
can be formed only in childhood. Too
much care cannot be bestowed on the
subject for tho little ones. Each indi-
vidual must see it thoroughly done
have 1t done for him and experience
having Ii well rubbed in with a brush,
Not much dentifrice of any kind is
needed-smsll quill tooth picks are
best, narrow strips of rubber dam for
spaces the quill will not clean. Water
used frequently for rinsing, with a mo-
ton Of the tongue on all the surfaces OF
the teeth and gums, lingual, palatal,
labial and buccal. So much for proven
tive dentistry, which should be our
highest aim.
Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1890-03-22
The Earth Growing Larger.

The earth. travelling in it's orbit
around the sun and onward with the
solar system around some unknown
and still greater center of attraction,
Is constantly traversing new regions OF
space, which 1t depletes of meteoric
dust and meteorites. thus s~teadily--no
matter how slowly--increasing in
diameter. Now let this growth con-
tinue till the earth has just twice the
attractive power which 1t now possess
es, we should then have twice the num-
Der of meteorites and double the
quantity Of dust falling annually upon
it.
Fortunately for our heads the earth
has not yet attained very formidable
dimensions, but we may look upon It as
an established fact that it constantly
gains in weight. and that in proper.
ton to such gain its attractive power
steadily increases.
The attractive force Of the sun is 50
enormous that a perpetual hail OF
meteorites and q torrent Of dust par
ticles must rush upon 1t from all di.
rections. and some Of the foremost OBJ.
servers are now of opinion that these
falling bodies are the sole cause of the
suns heat.
In the light of this theory our earth
Is q young and growing, not an old
and dying planet; y planet with q
future. which ought to be cheerful news
to all of us. although we shall not live
to reap the benefit Of it, and the sun,
far from being on its last legs n ar
expiring luminary. is steadily gaining
In heat and lighting capacity--Amers
can Geologisk.
Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1890-03-22

A Wonderful Cavern.

Sam Tyack, the enterprising lessee
Of the Syndicate, broke into a natural
cave in the mine a few days ago, about
200 feet from the surface, and dis
covered many things of interest to the
student of archaeology. The miners
were putting in a hole. when the drill
suddenly disappeared, much to their
establishment. A couple OF holes of
less depth were then drilled and fired,
which made an aperture though which
the men entered a chamber about forty
feet square and quite as high, the
sides and roof of which we're chalce-
dony bulged out in all sorts of grotes-
quo shapes. Sammy entered first. and.
swinging Ais ,auuIe arcaAI. caaaht
sight of n score of objects that startled
him. Come in boysw he exclaimed.
Here's a bloody anatomical museum"
They crawled In and participated in
Sans establishment, for which there
was ample cause, as the interior Of the
cave flashed with the iridescence of q
million Of colored gems 1t seemed
SO Sam says-as II all the glittering
stars in the armament had come down
to hold high carnival and flash them
selves through lenses of variegated
hues. Exploring farther. they found
more cause for wonder. P~etrifactions Of
animals, birds and reptiles abounded.
There were great owls and monstrous
bats, and several snakes as hideous as
If endowed with life, as they were
many ages ago, before Bodle Bluff was
created. and when the present site If
Mono's metropolis was closely dotted
with vents of thermal springs. from the
accretions of which millions of dollars
in bullion have been given to the COM
mercial world. Mr.. Tyack has re-
moved several of these petrifications In
perfect form, intending to forward
them to Professor I~relan, Chief of the
State Mining Bureau, who will highly
appreciate them. The few who have
been permitted to view this interesting
chamber of antiquities were almost be-
numbed with astonishment. Hank
Blanchard remarked that it recalled the
time when God was moulding the earth
to its present spherical form. cycles OF
ages before Cain belted the stuffing
out of Abel with a baseball club. AS
this is Hanks second time on earth he
has a right to refer to such things
Homer Inder,
Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1890-03-22
The Canteeu System.

A recent announcement to the effect
that the ~''canteen system" was to be
introduced in the military post at Fort
Smelling awakened no little curiosity,
not only among the younger generation
of civilians, but among Grand Army
men, veterans Of the war of the rebell-
ion. The canteen system. IS under
stood by the latter, consisted during
the eventful years intervening between
1861 and 1865 in smuggling peach and
honey and coinmissary whisky into
camp. This is, in reality, about all the
canteen system Of which the old boys
in blue were cognizant. But the can.
teen system which it Is now proposed
to introduce into the American Army
Is altogether a different one. 1t Is an
adaptation Of a custom now general In
European armies. particularly so among
English troops. There is to be q wet
and q .,dry" canteen. The wet canteeu
consists simply OF a post club room fit
ted up with a library, games and re.
freshment annex. where. for an exceed.
ingly small sum, the private soldier can
procure coffee, tea. cocoa, or chocolates
eggs, soup. or q square meal. The dry
canteen will dispense articles Of wear.
ing apparel. notions for the toilet and
ali the stocks usually found at the post
traders or the suffers. Both will be
under government control. and. instead
of exorbitant prices being the rule. first
cost Is all that Is expected from Uncle
Sans blue coats. The canteen system
has proved q success In Europe; that II
will be in the United States Is regard
cd AZ undoubtedly. Paul Pioneer
Press.
Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1890-03-22
Something Great.

The trial was ended-the vigil past;
All clad In his arms was the knight at last,
The goodliest knight in the whole wide
land,
with eyes thai shone with a purpose
grand.
And said, HE is meet for some high en-
prise"
To himself he thought, 81 will conquer
I will either die, or do something great"
So from the palace he rode away;
There was trouble and need in town that
A child had strayed from its mothers
side
Into the woodland dark and wide.
"Help!" cried the mother with sorrow
wild,
Help me, sir knight, TO seek my child
The hungry wolves In the forest roam,
Help me to bring my lost one home ~"
He shook her hand from his bride rein;
ALIAS, poor woman, you ask In vain;
Some meaner succor will do, may be,
Some squire or variet Of low degree,
There are mighty wrong in the world 20
right;
l keep my sword for q noble fght,
I'm sad at heart for your baby's fate,
But I ride in haste to do something great
One wintry night, when the sun had set,
A blind old man by the way he met,
Now, good sir knight, for our lAdy's sake,
On the sightless wanderer pity take!
The wind blows cold and the sun is down;
Lead ne, / pray thee, till l reach the
town."
May said the knight, 81 cannot wait,
l ride in haste 20 do something great"
So on he rode in his armor bright,
His sword all keen for the longed for fight,
Laugh with US, laugh" cried the jolly
crowd,
20 weep?' walled others, with sorrow
bowed
Help u.s. the weak and weary prayed
But for Joy nor grief nor need he stayed,
And the years rolled on, his eyes grew
dim,
And he died and none made moan for
him.
He missed the good be might have done;
He missed the blessings he might have
won;
Seek some glorious task TO find
His eyes TO all humbler work were blind.
He that is faithful in that which 10 least
Is hidden to sit at the heavenly feast
Yet men and women lament their fate
II they be not called to do something great.
Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1890-03-22

should.have everything I wanted. But
the more be insisted the more emphatic
l became; and he at length took leave,
saying that IL / should change my
mind ! must let him know.
As soon as he was gone / told nam.
ma all about 1t; and then she drew
from me the story, told with many
tears, Of Harvey's declaration, and how
l spurned Ii, and how miserable I had
been ever since; aud now he was en-
gagged to somebody else, and / would
never marry anybody. After sobbing
a little with my head in her lap l felt 3
great deal better, and that 1t would not
be so hard to be an old maid after all.
My only regret was that, old as l NIGH,
consider myself, no one else could pos
sibly consider me so for ten years yet.
and yet during all that time / should
be obliged to go into society.
A few days after this mamma and
papa went out one afternoon to make q
can and ] was sitting alone in the par
Tor. Suddenly some one pronounced
my name and looking up / saw Cousin
Harvey, who. when | sprang up in dis
may, caught me in his arms.
But | shall not tell any more, save
that when papa and mamma came In
they found US sitting very costly on the
sofa where Harvey held me fast, though
l tried hard to assume a more dignined
position at a distance when l heard
them coming.
There were a great many explana-
tons to be made, and 1t finally appear
ed that l had been the ictim of a con
spiracy.
Papa and had suspected
something all the time. but had known
nothing for certain until my confession.
Papa had Immediately seen Harvey,
and had brought about this meeting.
As for the latter, his attentions to
Miss Baker were intended solely to
bring me to my senses, if | had any, as
she was soon to be married to a gen
tleman who was then abroad.
We were married after a short en-
gagement; and, though my short mar
ried life has had some clouds, they
have resulted, generally, from my own
pettishness, and they are becoming
more rare. But Of this i am sure, that
| never was so happy before, and am
extremely gratihed that | missed the
very narrow escape / had of losing the
man Of my heart.-N. y. Evening
World.
Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1890-03-22
A FOXY THIEF TRAPPED.
He q Somnambullsm, and Being
from Chicago, Got Free.

We had been stopping at a hotel at
Des Moines for two or three days when
two men arrived by the same train.
One was a drummer for a New Cork
jewelry house and the other apparent.
ly q country parson Of meek and lowly
ways. That was the way we sized him
up; but the drummer, being naturally
suspicious OF all men, contended that
the supposed pars0n was some thief
after his yalise Of valuable samples.
To convince him to the contrary. | took
the opportunity to introduce myself to
the other man and draw him out. and
he presented me with a card on which
was printed his name. Rev. Joseph
Smith," and he claimed to hail from a
town about twenty r,iles away. His
congregation had planned .ome church
entertainment, and he lad come up to
buy some needed filings. That's all
there was to it, except he hoped and
trusted that l was not walking in the
broad way which leadeth to destruction
and his offer to come TO my room and
kneel with me in prayer. was per-
fectly satisfied that he was all wool
and a yard wide, and returned 20 so
report.
The drummer bad his own ideas,
however. He took his sample case 10
his room, but afterward slyly changed
1t to another. Then he vacated his
room for one across the hall. and Ia
the vacated room, Just in front OF the
bed, set a fox trap. He wanted "A bear
trap, but couldn't get n in town.
When all was ready we went to bed,
four or five Of us having rooms down
the hall from the parsons. AS we
passed his door we heard the good man
reading aloud from his Bible; / f.it
like knocking ON his door and apollo
giving for the pigheadedness Of the
drummer.
About midnight there was a sudden
yell. followed by the clanking of chains.
which aroused every one of US, and as
soon. as we could turn out we discov-
cred that the parson had been caught
in the fox trap. He had stepped his
right foot into the jaws, and was sit
ting on the bed and staring into va
cancy when we found him. He had
the cheek to declare that he was walk
ing in his sleep. and seemed much
grieyed when VIC asked him how it
was that he had unlocked the door with
q skeleton key. In the morning when
arraigned in court, his plea was SOM
nambulism. and what did the Court do
but order him turned loose! In doing
so His Honor explained:
about ten years ago l was found in
a mans barn saddling and bridling his
800 horse. 1t was a case OF somnam-
bulism on my part, but they wickedly
forced me to pay $500 to settle the
case. ! then determined never to do
any one a like injustice. and the pris
oner is h%onorably discharged"
Half q day later 1t transpired that
the good man" was a noted Chicago
thief, but he had cheesed the racket
and was Off.-N. Y. Sun.
Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1890-03-22
SAM HOUSTON.
Ills Streak of yanity--How Santa Ans
Was Captured.

His Streak OF vanity--How santa Ana
Was Captured.
Nashville American.
General Sam Houston was q hand
some and graceful man." said Judge
Thomas Berry, OF Gallatin. He was
discussing the characteristics OF cele-
brated Tennesseeans with whom he had
been intimately acquainted.
"He was proud Of his fine personal
appearance, too" the aged speaker con-
tiuued. 'and there is told OF him a
story, which, IL true, will serve TO illus
trate his youthful vanity. When a
young man, SO the story runs, Houston
was in Nashville n day, and was pos
ing on a prominent street corner, when
two or three giddy young girls passed
by. They were attracted by the band
some man in his SNOWY uniform. and
after passing him turned their heads to
get another glance.
~ wonder who that man Is one Of
them exclaimed to her companions.
81 am, ladies, Lieutenant Houston,
OF the United States army said the
young soldier, as he stepped forward
and lifted his cap as he addressed them.
General Houston told me once how
he captured General Santa Ana. Just
after the battle of San Jacinto two OF
Houston's men, who were searching for
prisoners, scared UP a deer, which ran
through the tall grass. Tho frightened
animal passed near 10 a Mexican, who
was concealed in the heritage, and who
Jumped up in evident alarm. The two
Immediately secured tho prisoner, who
asserted that he was a common soldier.
"'You are not said one of his cap
tors, look at your embroidered vest.
You are an officer
THE Mexican, In his embarrassment,
ran his fingers into his jacket pocket
and drew out an elegant gold snuff box.
This more than ever caused the Amer
leans 10 believe him an officer. He Of
fered them a large sum Of money TO re-
lease him, but they refused and started
with him TO Houston's tent. AS they
passed a large group OF Mexican prison
ers, these mon cried out that Santa Ana
was captured.
THE Mexican general, thus exposed,
urged his captors to take him at once 10
General Houston's tent. lie remem.
bered the affair Of the Alamo, and was
afraid he would be summarily dealt
with by the Texan soldiers who begun
10 crowd around, Santa Ana was, by
General Houston's order, transferred &c
Washington, and from there, after he
had made a treaty acknowledging the
independence Of Texas, was sent to
Mexico.
THE action Of General Houston in
bringing on the battle OF San JaciEto
was daring. He had the bridge across
Buffalo bayou destroyed during the
night, SO that all avenue Of escape for
Mexican army was cut of. The morn.
ing OF the battle General Houston said
that he was awakened by the sun shin.
ing in his face, and thought he beheld
the sun of Austerlitz. The Mexicans
were encamped east OF his position.
Huston waited until the sun had crossed
the heavens, and was shining In the
face of the Mexicans, before he made
q movement to assault their position.
These ease-loving people, about the
hour of ] in the afternoon, began to
take their usual ~siestas. In which un.
fortunate pleasure they were engaged
when Houston attacked them"
Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1890-03-22
Never Heard Her.

Texas Sift.nys.
Father ito the dentist)-I want you
to examine my little boys teeth and
see what's the matter with them.
Dentist-Certainly, Seats the boy
in the operating chair and looks at his
teeth All, l see. His teeth are
crowding each other and one or two
must be extracted 10 give room for the
rest
Father-What is the cause for the
crowding?
Dentist-He has evidently inherited
the large teeth Of his father and the
small Jaw Of his mother.
Father-Small jaw OF his mother,
Reckon you never heard that woman
talk. She's got the biggest jaw Of any
woman in seventeen counties.
Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1890-03-22
Weight OF Railway Mails.

On April 1 the quadren-
NAL weighing Of mail matter in the rail-
way mail service. The weighing tests
continue for t~hirty-fve days. 1t is sup
posed to last a month. but as the Sun
day mails are added to the Monday re-
ports, the work will actually be longer
than a month. The weighing Is done
in order to furnish an estimate for
charges for services.
Representative Dorsey has recon-
mended the appointment Of the follow
ing mail weighers, and they will report
for duty at the beginning of next
month: Alex Peterson, Of Kearney,
to run on the Union Pacific to Ogden;
4. s. Nesbitt, Of crawford, from Lincoln
TO Crawford; Fred Brown, OF Fullerton,
Burlington and Missouri, between
Grand Island and Ord; +. Hunter. OF
Wayne, from Omaha to Sioux City;
Edward Benton, Of Fremont, from
Fremont to Norfolk; Simpson Bever-
idge, OF Fremont, and Z. NJ. Northrop.
OF Norfolk, from Fremont to White.
wood; Frank Kenyon, OF Monroe, from
Columbus to Cedar Rapids; Howard Cot.
terman. OF Petersburg, on the Union
Pacific to Ogden.