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The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1890-08-01

Passenger Agent Freeman, of the Denver 4 Rio
Grande railroad, is in the city from Port
land Or
The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1890-08-01

General Manager J. NJ. Graham, of the North
ern Pacific Manitoba railroad. left Tacoma
yesterday for Portland, Or.
The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1890-08-01

Mr.. A. Abt, recently treasurer OF the Seattle
Electric railway, will leave today for Dayen-
port, Ia, stopping at Spokane Falls day or two.
From Davenport Mr.. Abt will shortly leave for
Europe, where he will reside.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1890-06-26
WAIST DEEP IN MONEY.
How the Lightning Tickct-Sel1er Doe
Business with Circus Devotees.

Tom Kelly, Barnum s ticket-seller, goes
through the whole process of receiving the
money, giving the ticket, and ma king the
change in three moments with the regular
ity of clockwork, says the New York Press.
The ticket window is about four feet
above the bottom of the wagon. Mr. Kelly
sits upon high stool, with large sum
of money in dollars, halves, and quarters
piled upon shelf on his right. A cor
responding shelf on the left is covered with
tickets and half tickets. All this is ar
ranged before the window is opened. A
line of several hundred impatiently clamor-
ing people wait outside Mr.. Kelly climbs
his stool, takes long deep breath and
opens the window. Money is received in
his right hand and dropped upon the floor
The thumb of the left hand has in the
meantime pushed ticket from the pile,
and the right hand has selected, mechani-
cally the change and presented it to the
purchaser. No attempt is made to pile
the money received. 1t is literally drop
ped. and when the show commences Mr..
Kelly sits like buoy surrounded by a sea
of money, the crests of whose waves mount
up to and press closely around his waist
and almost on level with the window
ledge.
After the performance commences and
no more people want tickets Mr. Kelly
closes the window and steps carefully over
this bed Of money. Then. and not till
then is any attempt made to count and
assert this sum, which amounts to several
thousand dollars in pieces of all demon
nations.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1890-06-26
WHY BOOKS FAIL.
The Reason So Many Are Written and So
Few Survive,
Murray's Magazine


The reason why so many books fail is
because the people who wrote them have
nothing original to say, or what they say
IS SAID badly. Another reason is that few
of those who can write know anything.
They have no invention. They do not
see with their own eyes, but with other
peoples eyes.
They write books about other peoples
books and have little of their own to tell
US. Chamfort gives another idea of au-
thorship: What makes the success of
numerous works." he says, lis the affinity
between the meiocrity of the ideas of the
author and the mediocrity of the ideas of
the public
When an author has composed work,
he necessarily takes an interest in it.
Every writer of books, says Shelley, likes
to breech@ his landings. He may have
spent many years upon it, and probably
forms an excessive estimate of its value,
He is under he impression that most
Lackington, the bookseller, tells a story
of gentleman who, not being able to find
a purchaser for his manuscript, resolved to
publish it at his own expense. The pub
Usher desired to know how many copies
o1oltld JIG " IHtcu. 1 lt StuUleIldu UoSdll
to compute how many families there were
in Great Britain, and assured the publish
er that every family would at least pur-
chase one copy. He was of opinion that
at the lowest 60, 900 copies only might be
of the first edition. The publisher pre-
vailed upon him, much to his disgust, to
print only | $50 instead of $4,000. The
result was that only 100 copies were sold,
not even enough to pay the ADVERTISE
ments, and the author departed railing at
at the stupidity of publisher, bookseller
and people.
Book writing is quite as much specuIa-
ton on one hand as bookselling is on the
other. Only a small number of the books
published pay their expenses and very few
of them reach second EDITION
Every year" says De Quincy" buries
its own literature" When an author
writes for money he goes to the publisher
and endeavors to sell him the manuscript
for as much as he can get. He may get
too little or he may get too much. The
publishes takes the risk and incurs the ex-
pense of printing, binding and advertis-
ing If the book sells and the author
thinks he has got too little he proclaims
that he has been outwitted or defrauded.
But if the book does not sell it never en-
tiers the authors head to refund the copy
money or return the amount of loss to the
publisher. Both have run the risks of the
speculation and both must be content to
abide the issue.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1890-06-26

The effect is said to be really wonderful: for.
highly educated in this mechanical ace
that they may almost be said to have brains
of their own. 1t is difficult not to be con-
sclous of them, therefore. and that implies
awkwardness. But woman's chosen weap-
on Is the eye. and an important feature of
this new system from abroad is education
IN the use of that lovely organ. Within a
certain range the female of our species has
an Instructive perception of the manner in
which her optical apparatus should be en-
ployed upon her complimentary creature
In eantaloons; but science has reduced the
subject to exact terms. Charts have been
prepared-Washington girls are study
ing them-showing that the eye has 720
distinct expressions, conveying as many
different shades of meaning.
The proper thing to do is to procure one
of these charts, and reproduce with your
own eyes the 720 expressions before mir
ror. When you have mastered them all,
try them on other people and see how they
work. 1t is popularity imagined that the
eyeball itself is an expressive thing, but,
as a matter of fact, the ball of the eye
has scarcel y any expression at all. That
all depends upon the lids and brows, The
upper lid does the intellectual; its posi-
tons are regulated by the sort of thinking
you are doing. The lower lid expresses.
by It's drawing up or otherwise, the
senses. The eyebrows are emotional, and
so on. All this. however, is only the be-
ginning. Certainly. it would appear that
young ladies of the future trained to
make eyes on exact principles, will be
much more seductive creatures than hith-
erto. But you must not be surprised or
shocked if you find Washington girl
merely practicing the novel science of
ocular expression
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1890-06-26
The Quest for a Family Horse.

good many of us, at least once in our
life, have occasion to purchase a family
horse, and it Is also true that many feel
considerable ditidence in approaching the
matter, says an Albany Cultivator writer
There Is a prevalent impression that a
horse can conceal within his person more
tricks, hereditary weakness and other
shortcomings than any other animal. The
fact that so much unsoundness, both of
body and disposition, can be concealed
from mskllled eyes, makes the owner of
these eyes suspicious of every piece of
horsef1esh that is offered him. 1t is for
tunate that this is so, for such suspicion
has tendency toward caution. | would
suggest that the intending purchaser of
family horse let the average "jocky"
severely alone. The indiscrim;nate train
ing of good, bad and Indifferent horses
lies In too many cases, the effect of dnlling
that portion of a human being called con-
science.
The most desirable course to pu
when the purchaser is not an expert IN
equine matters is to take the horse on trial,
after having made good selection as is
possible from, external appearances. 4
weeks driving will bring out the good
and the bad qualities of a horse pretty
etfectualy. 1t can be seen then whether
the animal SHES or not If he does, don t
finish out the week of trial; that fault
should condemn him if he has no other.
With snying horse one is always ner-
vously on the watch, and very likely also
on the edge of an embankment, and lucky
he is if he goes no further
A weeks driving will also show whether
the horse Is afraid of the cars. the noise of
machinery and numerous other sights and
sounds that are met constantly. A horse
may have the finest disposition in the world,
aud yet, if easily frightened or addicted to
shying, he is entirely untitled to be family
horse that women and children may drive;
and family horse that mans wife can
not be trusted to drive is exceedingly poor
property. If the owner will not let the horse
go out on trial-and many dealers are not
willing to do this-at least the buyer should
insist ON taking a drive with the animal
alone, and should demand guarantee that
the horse may be returned if not found as
represented. Some of the desirable traits
In family horse are kindness of disposition
good size and strength, and the ability te
walk fast. 1t is of special Importance thai
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1890-06-26
A Clock that Foretells Death.

"We have not exactly Banshee in our
family who foretells by her wailing an ap-
preaching death, : said a Boston lady to
the writer of the ST. Louis Globe Democrat,
But we have had mysterious warnings of
such given us time and time again by an
old clock which has been in our famil y for
120 years. The works are ruined by a
shot fired by British soldier during the
Revolutionary war at my great-grand-
father, which shot, passing entirely
through his body, XII led him instantly, and
then broke the glass door, penetrating the
works and stopping them forever, for
though innumerabIe attempts have been
made to repair them, it seemed that some
unknown power kept the clock silent ex-
cept when death tapped his black wings
over the household; so it was banished to
the garnet.
The first instance of its warning was
when my grandfather died. He had been
very i'll, but the physicians had at last
pronounced him out of danger, and his
fumily were just congratulating themselves
on this news. when the loud noise of a
clock striking twelve, slow Y and solemnly
like the tolling of a bell. was heard.
Why, what is that?' said grandmother
There was but one other in the house.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1890-06-26
Potatoes Under Straw.
Prairie Farmer.

There are two or three advantages in
growing potatoes in this way. One IS that
no cultivation being necessary the hills can
be planted closer together each way, Civ
ing larger yield. The mulch aids ma
terially to retain moisture in the soil, and
this In dry season especially is quite an
item. No cultivation is necessary, and
In busy season often this will be an
item
The plan is better for late than for early
varieties, as the mulch neither retards the
growth, at least at first. In many locali-
ties there is more or less of drouth near
ly every summer, during the latter part of
July and August, usually at a time when
late potatoes need moisture; and a good
mulch at this time will aid in securing this
by retaining moisture in the soil.
Were it not for interfering too much
with other work. the best plan of applying
mulch is to prepare the soil in a good
filth, mark out the rows and plant the
seed, covering with soil, but taking pains
not to cover too deep. Then later the
plants have started, just showing above
ground, apply the straw. But care must
be taken not to wait too long. The only
objection to covering with straw as soon
as planted is that if the weather should be
cold and wet there is considerable risk of
the seeds rotting. and especially in low,
wet land. On higher or wel-drained land
this danger is very much less.
The soil should be plowed deep and
thorough, and prepared in good filth by
narrowing. Mark out the rows shallow
and not more than two feet apart; then
drop the seed Is inches apart in the
rows, covering With little SOIL and then
haul out and ap ly the wheat-straw
spreading evenly over the surface No
other attention will be necessary. Occa-
sionally few of the stronger weeds, like
Unison or ragweed, will force their way
through the mulch, but the few that will
succeed III doing this can be easily pulled
up, and no cultivation is needed Where
wheat is leading crop, so that good
supply of straw can be readily secured, this
plan can often be made profitable as it
saves labor at time when usually work is
a much less risk of failure. Wheat or rye
straw only should be used
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1890-06-26
Pleasant People.
Harper'S Bazaar.

We are sometimes surprised to find
how many pleasant people ere sojourning
upon this planet, and how ready they are
to say and do pleasant things, and I'LL the
world with sweetness and light" for
others. Sometimes, when we least expect
it, and when it has seemed to Us as if al
most everybody was made up on the bias,
so to speak, we suddenly happen upon one
of those pleasant people, and the cobweb
are all swept out of our heaven, and the
whole complexion :of things is chang
ed. They make dull day cheerful; they
have something of the same effect in a
room as an open fire or boquet of flowers
or they are like the trill of a brook hidden
In still wood, or the unexpected whistle
of bird in early spring. They make us
feel for the once as if everybody was
charm about them which is reflected upon
their atmosphere which to analyze would
be like ''lnistrusting the sunbeam" We
can not always explain exactly why they
are so pleasant; they may not be beautiful
they are often, indeed, what those who
insist upon symmetry and harmony as the
first principles of beauty would call plain;
they are not always robust people, who
raise our spirits by the mere fact Of their
strength and health; they are sometimes
invalids, who spend their days upon a
couch, with pain as a companion; they
are not always people of leisure, with
nothing to do but make themselves agree
able, but often the busiest mortals under
the sun; they are not always the wittiest
or the most clever among our acquaint-
ances; but they possess magic superior
to all these. which dwarfs the wit and
cleverness of others, and makes these of
small value beside their own attractive
ness. Perhaps their spell resides in the
fact that they have the kind of common
sense which may always be said to amount
to genius genius for divining the feel
ings and prejudices of others, for making
us pleased with ourselves. An aroma of
good nature pervades their neighborhood;
they have essentially that ''sweet, attract
i've sort of grace of which the poet sings
When we meet them we wonder that
everybody has not attempted to initiate
them, that everybody does not acknowl-
edge their excellence, and beg for the rec
ipe. 1t seems as easy for them to be de-
lightful as it is for rose to be sweet or a
star to shine. They always say the right
thing; they never remind US, if we are
rich to-day, that we were poor yesterday.
They never repeat the disagreeable things
others have said of us, nor criticise our
friends in our presence, nor snub or en-
barrass US.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1890-06-26

he should travel smoothly, and draw the
carriage evenly, some horses having the
disa greeable habit of starting suddenly,
and thus jerking the vehicle whenever
they are urged forward with the voice, or
touch of the whip.
A horse with very heavy coat of hair
is to be avoided, since this makes groom
ing a much more difficult matter. The
thick coat induces such abundant persplra-
ton as to make the horse look unkempt
whenever he has been driven. Unless this
perspiration is thoroughly cleaned out,
the hair will soon get into very filthy
condition. Another point to notice is the
position of the name. A few horses are to
be found with this falling over upon the
left side of the neck, causing a good deal
of vexation in Harvesting, since it is al
most sure to get into the buckles when
buckling the throat lash of the bride or
halter, as this is the side on which
horse is usually hitched in the stall, it
gives him a chance to ruin his name, if he
is SO disposed and he frequently is
Width Of face between the eyes, breadth of
back just forward of the hips, broad,
deep chest, and good outstanding feet mot
fat are points that should be we'll consid-
cred
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1890-06-26
LonSfelIowS Old Home.

The most interesting spot in Cambridge
is the old Longfellow house. where Miss
Longfellow, the eldest daughter, and Rev
Samuel Longfellow. the brother of the
poet, now live. The house looks exactly
as it did when the great poet received his
friends with sweet and gentle courtesy.
His spirit seems to haunt the rooms and
halls and will be ever present to those who
had the privilege of his friendship The
two younger daughters, Mrs. Richard Il.
Dana and Mrs. Joseph G. Thorp, Jr., have
built houses adjoining the old estate, so
that the Longfellow sisters live side by side,
IN the order of primogeniture. Across
Battle street is the little park named in
honor OF the dead poet. = 1t was an appro-
pirate idea that the vacant land over which
Longfellow's eyes so often wandered as he
looked from his windows. should remain
free to the inhabitants of Cambridge as a
memorial to him.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1890-06-26
Poultry as a Source of Profit.

For the amount of capital invested there
is nothing on a farm that will return SO
large a profit as poultry. AS a source OF
national wealth a comparison of figures
shows that the sum derived by our people
from poultry and eggs is much larger than
from some animals, and, strange to say,
despite all we can do to supply the de-
mand for eggs, there are importations being
made of them from Germany. France,
with a limited area, as compared with
ours, produces eggs to the value of
$40, 100000 annually, and considering that
this vast sum is the production of those of
limited means, the raising of poultry is
one that is not exclusively in the hands of
the wealthy, but within the province of
all. The annual production of chickens
is 50, 100000, valued at S24, 900, 900, while
the capons and fatted fowls bring over
100000 more. The total value of the
productions from poultry reach little
below S100,000,000.
The above facts impress upon those in
eterested the Importance of poultry as a
source of wealth, not only to the private
individual, but also to the nation. The
sum derived is enough to pay half the in
terest of our national debt, and is more
evenly distributed than that derived in
any maDner There is no limit to the
demand for poultry, not only that which
comes from farms, but for pure breeds
Within the last ten years there has been
more attention given the breeding of
poultry than during and previous fifty
years. and the more the people become
familiar with the value of poultry as a
source of profit, the greater the demand,
the larger the profits, and the wider the
operations. There is not city, town, vii
lage or hamlet that does not possess some
specimens of the feathered tribes, and the
poultry journals have done much to in
crease the interests.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1890-06-26
His Memory Deceived Him.
Bremen Courier.

A man who was accused of theft set up
a plea of insanity, hoping thereby to elude
punishment. Professor Mendel, of Berlin,
was deputedto examine the prisoner and re-
port on the state of his mind. He found
the man !ying in bed. To all questions
that he put, such as how old he was. where
he lived, what he was called, the patient
invariably replied:
Il don't know
Then Professor NJ took sixpense out
of his purse and asksd again how much it
was.
Il don't know" was the answer, as be.
fore.
The doctor then asked for the prisoner s
purse, out of which he took shilling, and
once more the man declared he d1dn
know its value; W ereupon Professor M
put the sixpense into the prisoners purse
while transferring the shilling to his own.
Here the patient interfered, saying:
Why, doctor you We made a mistake. -
The lmposture was laid bare.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1890-06-26
CROP BULLETIN.
The Weather Favorable for Growing Crops
in the Northwest.

WAsH1NGToN.-The weather crop bull
letin says the weather has been
favorable for growing crops in the north
west the past week. The condition of
wheat is reported excellent in South Da-
kota and Northern Nebraska and has
been much improved by recent rains in
North Dakota, while in south Nebraska
the wheat crop is in poor condition.
Iowa repots all crops improved wheat
acreage increased and prospects better
than during the past three years The
harvest of wheat is in progress in southern
Kansas with a fair crop. In northern
Illinois wheat is reported in good condi-
ton, but in the central part of the
state the crop is poor, and considerable
acreage is plowedup. Minnesota reports
the wheat crop in very good condition
and with large increase of acreage. The
crop has been slightly injured in some sec
tions by the heavy rains and rust has ap-
peared in some localities.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1890-06-26

which was IN full view, so it was evident
that it was not the one. 1T is my father s
clock. said her husband. It has struck the
close of my day, and before they could
reach him he was dead, Just as the last
stroke died quivering away.
This occurrence was repeated when nv
grandmother herself lay dying. The old
clock struck twelve just as she drew her
last breath, and my father, at last believ-
Ing there was something supernatural in
the affair, had the works removed. leaving
only the hollow case; but fe years after.
when my brother was brought home dan
gerously wounded after the battle of Chan
cellorsville, the long, slow, solemn tones of
the old clock were heard as before. and
poor Leon S life went out as they died on
the air. They struck for my father and for
my little child, who died last year The
clock warned me, too, when my sister died
IN Japan. had just gotten letter from
her, IN which she had spoken of feeling
very well, when | heard the old clock
which was IN a remote store-room. strike
so rapidly that the notes almost mingled,
and then began slowly to strike another
twelve strokes My sister is dead. said
TO my husband, and has died very sudden
ly, but who the other strokes are for | can
not imagine. My husband tried to reason
and then to ridicule the idea, but mourn
ed for my sister as earnestly as though her
seen her die, and when. as knew | should,
| heard the news of her sudden death,
found it had taken place on the same day
at the same hour as that on which the clock
struck, allowing for the difference of time
between japan and Boston. Her baby, a
few hours old, died few minutes after
the mother.