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The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1890-11-19

within the period OF any extension OF such time
that may be granted BY the comm y council OF
sid city. Or snail not prosecute sacn consIuc'
pleted, but otherwise shall be returned 10 SAID
grastee, It's success 70 or assigns, upon c'm-
pletioa Of the construction OF SAID lines OF rail-
way In this paragraph mention.
secOnd-Unless the grantee herein, ~ suc.
cessoss or assigus, shsll fully construct auo
equip and begin to eperste said line OF railway
along eacu OF tae above designated routes no
already in operation. within six cals.d~r
months after the passage Of this ordinance,
Third-Unless from and alter he time vi com.
either Of said lines OF railway ~ Aforesaid said
grantee herein. its successors or assigns. snail
continuously. except when ana during sucn
time or times as i or they shall Dc rsventeo
cident, maintain and operate sucn contem-
platoi line Of railway by running ~ least one
car for the transportation OF passenger. over
often - oncs each hour between the hours OF
seven o'clock .. N. and nine O'Clock p. N. IN
each day, and during such further hours not
earlier tnan SAX o'clock .. m. nor sat e IMAM
eleven o'c4ock p. m. as said common Q uncit
may prescribe.
Foarth-Unless said grantee herein, its suc-
( ep and perform the covenant OF indemnity on
IT. aud their part created ~ section MO- 10 u
this ord nance.
ceptine the benefits Of this ordinance, covenants
for lsse I, it, successors and assigns, win the
CITY OF Seattle tts successors aud sseiRns that 4
will ct ell times keep and save harmless saio
city OF Seattle and its successor from ana
assinst any and all liability, loss. damages.
costs, trouble aud expense, which may Of any
iime arise or occur by reason OF the consfxuc.
ton m siutenauce or opera Ion OF said nues Of
railway or either thereof. or BY reason Of any.
thing mat may at any time be done oy said
grantee, IL successor OF assigns, by virtue Of
this or iiuance.
Sec is. Tnsl all and singular tns rights, privi-
lsges. authorities and francaises hy this orui-
nance granted r. 30 granted only up "a - e.
cepting the benef OF this ORD name. dos ana
snaii torvvef abandon. rel lnquish aud surrenier
eli aud singular the rights. p.tviiegcss autnofi-
to have under or By virtue OF any erant or as
signmeus from the Seattle Street Railway Com
pany, tho west street. Lake Union and Park
Trsnsit Company, or Luther 81. Grimth, or I'M
der or by vs,s1e az either Of the following spect-
hsd ordinances Of the city OF Seattle. to-wtt:
Ordinance No l7S. entitled An ordinance
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{SE ~ ny part oil said railw shall have
S1ss'~co = paved or planktd, said grantee,
r - 49, W assigns. = all At the same dine,
8fssn WE expense, pave or plank the
S55 n Snln and between the RI. In Of eaid Z acrs
&1S ~ 49, ~ On each side Of the rails thereof
SS- manner, at the same level and Nth
SSf5s ~ @s'erlai - shall be used in paving or
~ ESSsnst OF such street or streets. pro
fSssseI. tnat upon any and al IT said
Re ~ ~ portion ,hereo! 10 he 40 imnrovsd
- - 49, hesuccessors or assisbs, may be
K~Sea pavement of tuch Kind aud cnarac-
$500 Win the approval Of the city
IN ~, board OF public works. Ali
~ go snal 10 erected In
1"~ q streets Of said city ior the
~ cS,ss .id railway shall be paint d OF uni
~ suo enali b subject 10 the designa-
UtH6.ssxst0vu OF the common council of the
lrfS - q TO heir maerial. size. style aud
~ 49,. - 20 the points upon the streets
I'll ~ &c apart a. which they shall be
80 =. - III wires that snail be Strung
- 3 -. ne purpose of said railway shall b.
x5n1s .a sue s1pervfson and approval OF ard
A36SS sssnciI or such board OF public wofkA
~ 49, - ana wires and all applause . con-
- 81 WIN and the materials aud con-
- y the roadbed snail be OF the most
~ snsracter. and 90 - to interfere -
S2eSs scsic bile with any other public use az
- o&-rss ~ poin the material and work man.
IT, sSsn u ~ oe OF the best kind and quail
- ec,,, y subject TO ttc approval Of the
III = s OF said city. Said grantee
- saccessors and aasigna. are hereby
- pefmission aud authority to
- = any and al streets and
1n1r1sss ee1 herein above named aud
-<onrS tne routes contemp plated IN this
n ~ ma 10 construct. maintain, ecu o
1td ~ Saer-on said lines Of rail way au-
shSsv ~ 10y and to place. erect and MAIN
III s,~S ~. ~ necessary p IT., columns. sires,
>l 4 n sim aad appliances which may be-
q e. ~ wv construction of such lines Of rail-
&1iSs ~ cation Of III same: provided,
N6sll 49, OF Seattle reserves the right Il,
~ - company TO adopt any improved
1ei ~ ocduct the eEectric currents sor the
~ ri .niway through or beneath the
z16H ~ city. and to remove the poles and
~ ~ when such plan Is adopted.
fl4 ~ ~. IN the operation Of q d street
~ 4Ss~. Srsntee. Its saccessors ana assigns.
- ~ electricity. and may adopt any
- - Ssem OF electricity that q now
4q1, ~ hereafter be invented or die
0e purpose of propelling cars on
9eeks; provided. hoWovsfs that no
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Hkockum Root Hair Grower VIII positively
esn tbs hair and scalp Of dandfuG
The Opelousas courier., 1890-10-04
Broods df Chinese Birds.

Last fall DIR. w. o. Blaisdell, of
Macomb, secured from Oregon two pairs
of Chinese pheasants and turned them
loose to go forth and multiply their kind
on the face of the Garth in general, but
in McDonough County in particular.
Eight years ago the State Board of Agri-
culture Of Oregon impds@d from China
eleven Of these species Of grouse, and
with the protection of the game laws of
that State they have inccaesed to nearly
a million. These birds are about as
large as a common prairie chicken, of
beautiful plumage, and their flesh is
superior in every respect for the table to
the quail or common American grouse.
They yearly hatch three broods of fifteen
birds each, and seem particularly well
adapted to our climate. They furnish
good shooting and are much more diff
cult to kill than quail, pigeons or wood
cock.-0hicdqo Inter Ocean.
The Opelousas courier., 1890-10-04

up, massive, iron bound gates, of the
same heavy material, and a little frame
house occupied bytwo sturdy and deter
mined looking men, guard the secrets of
that odd looking ~inclosure on the side of
the little mountain.
To the sightseer or casual visitor who
passes the great plank inclosed fields, an
array of moving heads, with bullying
eyes and gaping mouths of immense
size, convey very little idea Of what sort
of stock is being reared there. These
heads, numbering dozens and even scores
Mt times, seem to be lifted up out Of
nothingness, poked high into the air and
hinged swiftly ovef the top of the plank
fence in the direction Of the visitor. A
sharp hiss emitted just as the glaring
Eyes and wide-open mouth come into
sight might prove a very effective object
lesson to a hard drinker.
But the heads are not those of monster
rerpents. The eyes which glare and
never blink or move are not the eyes of
antediluVian reptiles, but belong to an
inoffensive bird. The gaping mouth is
The mouth Of an ostrich, and within that
planked Enclosure are more than a huns
Tired Of them fully grown. But the array
IF heads and bare necks, twisting and
Writhing to and fro, cannot fail to con-
lure up before the mind of a visitor a
aest of gigantic serpcnts, wriggling and
Kissing in their endeaYors to get over the
aigh fence to deYour him.
Once within these iron-bound gates the
ightseer will witness sights which can
aot be seen elsewhere OF this continent
md nowhere else on the globe save in
.he vicinity Of Cape Town, South Africa.
The ostrich industry was begun in this
country eight years ago, but the BIRDS
hen brought from Abyssinia did net
thrive, and after a year or more, this at
Tempt to raise them for their plumes was
abandoned. But other persons were
quick to see that if birds of q suf-
~6ciently hardy nature could be imported
TO stand the climate of Southern Cali
iornia, there would be a large revenue of
profit in the business, The gentlemen
who own this farm determined to try the
Bouth African ostrich and young birds
were imported under the skilIfnl manage
ment of the foreman, who still has the
farm in charge. There were twenty of
these ostriches and they first saw the
farm near Fullerton, a little more than
Xix years ago. OF the original birds i'm
ported, sixteen still survive and Of the
four dead, only one died from sickness,
the others having injured themselves
fatally, by falling into bitches in the
night time. From the flock of twenty
birds, 40 have been reared, but owing
to death from accident, only 124 Of them
were on the farm when the World party
visited it last week.
The Opelousas courier., 1890-10-04

AN UsEtlGH TWO WEEhS OLD
husband, scratched q little more dirt
here and dug a little deeper there, until
be had apparently carried out the orders
OF his spouse. She then sat down in the
nest, ruf1ed her feathers, kicked and
scratched a little and finally pronounced
the nest d ft. Then they both went Cos
Biping around BY the fence, letting the
inhabitants of the ostrich village into the
secret that they had the latest-improved
and best-appointed nessin all ostrichdom
and were about to hatch d brood which
should be the envy and wonder Of all be-
holders.
In an adjoining Enclosure an ostrich
hen was just going on her nest. She had
told her better half that be might take 8
little stroll, and he was cantering to-
ward the feed-trough at the further side
of the corral as fast as q horse could run.
The female III this particular instance
was q very Lad hen. The Superintend-
ent had taken two eggs from the nest,
and she had caught him at II. He had
tho eggs outside OF the fence, but he
couldn't put them hack for fear the bird
would kick him. So, as tie only alter
native. he laid them down carefully just
inside the inclosare AMI the hea rolled
them back on BY one, using her head
Al q lever Then she dutfed acs feathers
d little. uttered 1 defiant hiss at TIE iRls
pndent visitors who had caused her nest
10 be disturbed. sauattsd dora Srsr her
The Opelousas courier., 1890-10-04

s'If you will walk this way" said the
Superintendent, IT will show you the
Youngest ostriches ever exhibited In
America, here or anywhere else. I have
. number in q little inclosure down here,
which were Matched only dry before yes
terday, and they are well worth SEEING
We walked toward q little brook on
the bank of which stood q framework Of
boards which looked something like q
hot-bed In a vegetable garden. It had a
roof partly Of boards and partly Of glass,
and underneath the panes were several
birds about the size of half-grown Cos
lings. They were as lvelyas sparrows,
jumping hither and thither, pecking at
the gravel in ono corner of their cage or
nibbling at the tender shoots of alfalfa
clover growing in another. The sash
was lifted off and the Superintendent
went into their cage to catch one of the
covey. He had a PRETTY lively chase of
1t around the narrow limits of the in
closure, but finally succeeded in catching
one of the largest. The young ostrich
was covered with down soft as satin and
as glossy as If it had been oiled. There
was a slight moulting of white-tipped,
fluffy feathers all over its body, and down
the back of its neck was q broad stripe
of jet-black color, merging into shaded
brown and very pretty. There were ten
in all, ranging IN age from three days to
TIRES weeks. The Superintendent
dropped the one he had caught and
picked up another and q smaller one a
moment later. The rapid growth of the
ostrich can be imagined from the Super
intendent's assertion that in sixteen
months the bird will have reached d
stature of eight or nine feet when stand
ing erect.
What IS the value Of young ostrichav
/ asked.
I'VE value them at 500 each when
they are hatched, and their value in
creases with their age. They yield their
first crop Of feathers when they are six
teen months old. After that ne oct at
least two crops Of feathers every year
from them.
ssAnd for how many years viii a bird
continue to yield q paying amount Of
plumesav
ss0h, they live to q good age, and 50
long as they live yield frst-class feathers.
The made birds-au these Digg blac6 fiji
lows you see up there on The hillside are
males-of course pay the best for It il
from them that NJ get the finest pluEnes.
From the female birds ne GET the brown
md gray fsathers. These have - bo
The Opelousas courier., 1890-10-04
Measures a Hair of Your Head.

81 can tell you the exact diameter Of
any hair in your head" remarked the
proprietor Of a store on Fulton street
where delicate apparatus of all kinds is
made and sold. The reporter certainly
had no objection to seeing o demonstra-
ton of this, and he readily consented to
the extraction of a single hair from the
already scarce growth of his aerowning
glory"
After a few perhaps unnecessary pre-
liminaries the hair was extracted from
the head of the partially bald reporter,
and then began the performance of meas
uring it. It is surprising to see how
quick this is done, however, with the aid
Of q microrneter. The micrometer is d
very simple apparatus made Of steel, but
it does not lose any Of its wonderful
qualities by reason Of its simplicity. Tbs
hair was found to be .0025 in diameter,
-Nsp York World.
The Opelousas courier., 1890-10-04
WISE WORDS.

Muskets in the stack never Kill any
body.
selssh men do not make good hus,
bands.
Never to be in need is never to ba
grateful.
Rad seed is sure to flourish the best in
good soil.
To the wise every experience in life is
serviceable.
People without hope are OF no service
in any cause.
Doing good is a better occupation than
digging gold.
The richest man is the one who does
most for others.
Love gives all things when it has all
power behind it..
A mule is not as big as a horse, outne
can kick harder.
To-day is the time to do; tomorrow Is
the fools seed time.
It takes life and effort to go up stream.
A log can float down.
All vices are expensive. Wrong do
ing is never profitable.
The man who is always looking for
mud generally finds it.
No man knows how to live until he
has learned how to die.
It never gets SO dark but what you can
see the sky somewhere.
The highest tree is the n that the
wind fights the hardest.
That day is a failure in which you
have not tried to make somebody happy.
Thought in marble stands the wear and
tear of time for a long while, but thought
in spring poetry is not so fortunate.
A man may storm the ramparts OF
popular favor for years without making
an impression, but the very minute he
steps On somebody's corns he finds it out
at once.
Mary things more nonsensical than try,
ing to eat soup with a wooden toothplek
might be named but sailing down wealth
without economy, prudence and fore
thought, is about as difficult.
People can perhaps be found who never
saw a postage stamp or tasted molasses,
but a man would have to travel far and
observe closely to discover the woman
who no longer takes an interest in a love
story.-Lndianapozis (lnd.) RAMS Horn.
The Opelousas courier., 1890-10-04

dyed before they can be marketed, and.
then they are shorter and lighherin body
than the plumes from the males. The
feathers from the female birds are made
INTO tips and short rlumes, and bring
nuch less, comparatively, than the long,
heavy plurnes Of the males"
"How do you pluck the feathersan /
asked, DESTROYS Of seeing the operation,
Il possible,
Il cannot pluck a bird for you now,
because We are through with that work
for this month, but if you will walk up
into the main corrals I'll show you how
1t is DONE"
Up on the side of the sloping hill are
sixteen small squares within the main in.
closure. These littls squares are about
forty feet each way and accommodate a
male and female bird. In them the
young are raised, and into them it is very
dangerous for the keepers to go during
the breeding season. In one corner of
the Enclosure was a triangular pen Of
boards, just large enaugh to admit the
body of an ostrich. A stout bar stand
ing by the fence could be used to drop
into place as soon as the bird had been
driven into the pen. Then a stocking
slipped over his head shut off his sight
and he was as effectually a prisoner as If
he had been thrown upon the ground
and tied. When an ostrich is thus i'm
prisoned one of the keepers reaches
through the bars Of the pen, lifts up his
wings, and with q pair of keen-edged
nippers clips off the plume quilts just
above the skin, allowing the stunps to
remain in the flesh. These are subse-
quently she'd by the bird, and imme-
diately thereafter a new plume continues
to grow. From six to ten plunes of the
finest quality are obtained from each side
Of the bird twice a year, to say nothing
Of the smaller plumes and tips from the
back and tail.
The devotion Of the male bird to the
female amounts almost to alteration. He
guards her nest' day and night and will
fight furionslT to protect her from an
imaginary danger. He relieves her on
the nest at 4 o'clock in the afternoon and
remains there until s o'clock the next
The Opelousas courier., 1890-10-04
Ald.Eashioned "Frfends, in Chicago.

The Hicksites or central meeting of
ssfriends" hold their services at the An
thenaum and Friend Jonathan Plumber,
of Morrison, Plumber s Co. is at the
head of this department. The Hicksites
conform strictly to the old customes OF
the "friends" and they think the ortho-
dox branch is composed of proselytes, for
the latter have employed a pastor ano
have adopted several modern issms IN
speech and dress. There are sixty Hick.
sites in the city. The s'friends" as 3
rule do not take kindly to city life and
there arc only about 300 quakers in
Chicago, but this number comprises many
prominent business and professional men
who remain steadfast to the homely ant
commonsense practices of a long lima
of ancestry. -W Chicago Meus.
The Opelousas courier., 1890-10-04

a surprising result OF the census hume
lation IN B~otetourt County, Va, is the
increase in the number Of farms. In ons
district where there were ISo farms IL
1880, the present census shows 225, tie
arge farms having been divided and sub
divided. The Fincastle HsraM regards
this as IN indication ssthat the large farms
That have laid waste 50 long have been
sut up into smaller ones, and that waste
places are being cultivated and made to
FIELD more advantageously to the labor
Of the husbandman; that there are more
homes, and consequently . better CON
aition generally Of the farming class. 7
The population Of Botetourt County In
1880 was Il, 800, while partial returns
indicate that the present population is
10000.
The Opelousas courier., 1890-10-04

With the exception of Mrs. William
H. Vanderbilt, Mrs. Mary Ann Connolly,
Q New York dressmaRer, who came TO
this country more than forty years ago as
q steerage passenger, and who pulled
basting stitches for two years, is said to
have more money in her WI right than
any Of the Vanderbilt women, and she
earned every penny of it with her needle.
She owns about ten cottages at Long
Branch, facetiously known as the "Party
Dresses, ! one Of which il fit for a king,
and brings in a royal rent every summer.
The Opelousas courier., 1890-10-04
Simple Substitute for sea-Water.

A warm salt bath is very refreshing to
any one suffering from exhaustion OF
travel or of a long shopping expedition
which is as trying to mind and body
as anything that can be undertaken by a
woman Away from the seashorea very
simple substitute for sea water is a cup
of rock salt dissolved in warm water and
added to the bath. When the salt is IT.
ritating to the skin, take q warm bath
and sponge off with a mixture of violet
or lavender water and alcohol, about
half and half, and rub briskly with a
warm friction towel. Such a method
prevents the exhaustion and danger of
cold which follow a warm bath.-Cbi-
ergo News.
The Opelousas courier., 1890-10-04
A Big Redwood.

The mammoth redwood tree which
the citizens of Kern County selected as a
portion of their exhibit at the Worlds
Fair and had felled recently, has arrived
in Porterville. It took ten wagons to
haul the section of the tree selected for
the exhibit, and en- route to Porterville
M of the wagons broke down and the
driver narrowly escaped being crushed tc
death. The giant redwood was photo
graphed and pictures Of it will be ex-
hibited in this city IN a few days.-san
Francisco Chronicle.
The Opelousas courier., 1890-10-04

a. c~ablegram from China says that a
decree from . Of the viceroys imposing
! tax upon opium has been abandoned
because Of the protests Of Great Britain.
The British Government holds a monop-
bly, Of the opium crop in India. Under
ibis opium is sold to middiemen at a pro-
It Of six hundred per cent. It is then
aiken to China, but the Chinese are per.
nitted to impose only o nominal tax
England holds it as British interest ia
India, and insists that il shall be SO re.
;eivcd in China. The revenue from this
monopoly varies from iorty-fve to fifty.
Our millions Of dollars a year, and with.
put it England could not govern India.
The Opelousas courier., 1890-10-04

Inc growth Of the orange industry ii
California is phenomenal, asserts the New
York Tribune. 50 great has been the
demand for young trees that the nur-
sery stock has been exhausted, and no
more trees can be had. Ii Los Angeles
and San Bernardino Counties 5000 acres
OF new orange groves have been planted
IN each county this year, and in Yuba
and Placer about half as much. Califor-
MIA shipped last year 3400 carloads of
oranges, valued at 81, 500, 900. This
year the shipment will be much larger.
The Opelousas courier., 1890-10-04

eggs, tucked her head under her wing
md went to sleep.
sCome this way now, said the Super
intendent, ''and I'll show you the full
grown birds, not yet mated off, over in
the big paddock. They are d bad lot
Just now, for they are mating and the
males like to show off. Don't get too
near the fence, for they will kick you If
they can"
As soon as we stopped they came up to
the fence and snapped at our hats in a
friendly sort of way The Superrntend-
emit took up d stick and ratified it be-
tween the boards of the fence. Instantly
there was a crash as of a heavy blow, ac-
companied by @ shrill hiss. Crash after
crash followed as one of the ostriches
kicked at the stick held in the superin~
tendent's hand. He thrust his great foot
forward with lightning-Iike rapidity and
every time his horn-shod great toe struck
the fence it left an indentation almost an
inch deep. 1t was an exhibition of kick
ing such as I had neye seen elsewhere,
and 1 had much rather see that ostrich
practise on the plank fence than on any
part of my anatomy.
The feeding of the giant birds is in
teresting. In the evening they eat grain,
principally oats and rolled barley, but for
their other meals they are fed finely
chopped green alfalfa. The fields of al
falfa on the ranch afford an unlimited
supply Of nourishing food fos Che birds
and they thrive upon it perfectly. It IS
the fOod the ostrich gets III South Africa,
and he does as well on it in California as
there. The alfalfa is brought in from
the fields by the wagon,load then chopped
in a .feed-cutter very finely and thrown
into the feeding-boxes in the various in
closures in unlimited quantities. The
birds eat little at a time, but eat often.
They are not gluttons nor gourmands,
though they will eat and swallow any
thing. They drink large quantities of
water and spend their time in chasing one
another around the paddocks.
The Opelousas courier., 1890-10-04
Very careful experIments have been

Very careful experiments have been
made BY the authorities and physicians
at the Hygienic Institute of the Uni7er-
sitY Of Pisa, with regard to the utility Of
whitewash in preventing contagion from
diseases. It has been proved that d
single washing of the walls with the or
binary preparation Of lime at once des-
troyed all germs Of cholera and typhoid,
but even repeated application Of white
wash had no effect whatever upon the
microbes Of pulmonary tuberculosis, of
carbuncls and several other contagious
diseases.