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The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1890-11-26
"A POLITICAL JuMBLE.

The political situation in Illinois has
been exceedingly interesting. and has been
growing more so day BY day. On the part
Of the three II. M. B. A. members of the
newly elected legislature 1t has had many
OF the features of an opera bouffe perform
ance, while on the part OF Democratic man.
ayers IL has been . fine illustration of the
.bunco" tactics to which that party has be.
come addicted.
ION the face of the returns" before the
Official count, 1t appeared that the iegisla-
ture would consist on joint ballot of l0l
Democrats. 100 Republicans, and +. NJ.
B. A., with the Democrats exactly . tie
with the other two parties combined in the
lower house. On this showing it appeared
that the three Alliance men were masters
OF the situation, both as to the choice OF q
Senator to succeed Farwell and As to the
organization of the lower house.
Under these circumstances the three alli-
ance rnen we're cocks of the walk, petted.
courtsd and followed from pillar TO post.
The Democrats we're disposed to make DR..
Moore Speaker. and to give him and his As.
sociases full swing for ell that they could
ask ~ to the organization and legislation,
provided only that they would vote for
Palmer for Senator. But he and his asso-
GATES wers full Of high holiness, and
we're suffnsed with full appreciation Of
their importance and dignity. Neither Of
thsm wonit IN the rsmotsst degree commit
hlnsolk Heoee ms unidentified = have
The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1890-11-26

The good Judgment Of those who advo-
Gated ownership by the city of its water
works and supply system has been amply
justified by results. 1t has always been q
close business secret just how much the
revenue Of the Spring Hill Company was,
and what its outlay. but in the few weeks
since the system passed into the city's
control the advantage Of ownership is
manifest.
The present gross income is not less
than $40 600 year. and applications have
been made by the hundred for service as
fast - mains and pipes can be laid. III
the whole city there are not more than
$500 houses now supplied, and when / 500
more are connected with the service the
revenue will be $4,000 year. The ex-
penses will be about $4,000 (of which
about $4,000 is for coal). leaving the hand
some balance to the city of $4,000. From
this should be deducted $42. $50 for interest,
but for the first year that will be met by
the special levy of u mills, so that the en-
tire proceeds can be transferred to the
available funds Of the city. Allowing for
delay in reaching the thickly populated
part Of the city and consequent diminu-
ton Of anticipated receipts. there will not
be less than $4,000 to the credit of the city
ct the end OF the first year.
The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1890-11-26

Much he's been said about the timber re-
sources q this section, but there are few
Who have fun appreciation of their value.
There 4 no property that can b held onto
with greater certainty of heavy enhance
mout n value than good timber tract.
e 4 estimated BY competent authorities
thot ne present annual consumption 10
1olly doubls ~ possibility Of replacement
~ natural growth.
i lats Issue Of the Boston HesulS alleges
Inst o. the twsnty-nins billion feet Of tim
NJ credited TO lower Michigan in 1850, not
moro than three billion fset-but little over
MISUNDERSTANDING, and thsrs are not more
than ten billion feet remaining in the three
statss q Michigan, Wisconsin and Mime
oosA. In the latter state the cut for
he current year IL estimated At S25. 0oo. 600
tost, and Is b predicted that next year will
h the banner season since the state was
organised. the more sanguins placing the
cut u 600 oo0, 90 fsst
Similar conditions are represented ill
along the timber belt Of the Southern
statsa The Southern Lssmbesmam reports
six companiss In one county Of Mississippi,
one II which cuts I26. 900. another lS5. 900.
another l25. 900. another 5000. and another
10000 feet per day. total Of 224.l75.0oo
fest Per annum.
The truth u that the denudation of our
forests = going on at friehtful rate. and
the time = not distant when good timber
tracts viii become enormously appreciated
IL vnluo
The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1890-11-26

At the meeting Of the lady managers Of
the Worlds Fair commission In Chicago
on Monday. Mrs. General Logan. with the
shrewd common sense and regard for
sound business methods for which she is
noted. made one remark which should be-
come the keynote Of the Worlds Fair
management Let this business be bur-
ried through" said she. for every day We
stay here costs the nation over $1,000"
This b just what the country has been
thinking while the wrangle has been pro-
tractsd for weeks and months over the
question q single site or number Of
sites, and little has bssn accomplished be-
yond fixing few fat salaries Of $4,000.
So 900 and $4,000. which would be liberal
for high order Of practical service, but
cannot b regarded otherwise than as ex-
brilliant and outrageous - compensation
for dillydallying and devising show not "a
do the great work that has been projected
and 20 generously endowed.
Mrs. L0gan's remark will strike respon.
sive chord wherever there are thoughtful
cltisens who have taken IN interest in this
great project which involves the credit and
the reputation Of the nation. There IL bust
ness-an immense amount Of Tito b
done. and mono too much time in which "a
do It Every dollar that has been or will
b raised win be needed to carry out the
legitimate objects Of The exposition. and il
i hettef to realize now than later that The
payment Of big salaries to officers and
managers. or the expenditure OF large sumI
In long winded discussions were not among
those chief objects.
Il T. time TO get right down to the rea
WORK Of arranging the details and thu
methods for an exhaustive expedition o
the resources, and al Of the resources O
this country and every part Of it. and o
wisely and judiciousiy Disturbing the
moneys provided for this purpose in tn,
manner and in the places that it will d.
the most good.
Henceforth the country will hope to se'
the suggestion acted upon and adhered to
Of . little less talk and good deal more
legitimate business.
The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1890-11-26

g. 49,, - -, -, 8 III 90 ~
nefx. ana ruehea aeide ~ So Se5ikip
ana ctaer 1890. vith euvore1rn con-
te,.,nf
reft.,. -. 1, ~ nnu,dft1on vI,sn the
ofscfol count -. ths f1.nocrats smother
,nenl.v 81 - Inver bosas - plaoe 81
Re.nh,fcen NO hn6 Ieun repor1od elected.
Tbi. -. fhem IL rover 50 orxanise The
house without Alliances hslp. and lit them
only one short 81 enough votes . slect
their s.natnr. Thereupon he msstership
The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1890-11-26
A Good Thanksgiving Dinner.

MIS- 3 ]. Rover in Ladies' Home Journal,
30 few persons have the privilege of . perfect
Thanksgiving dinner. for the simple reason that
the majority OF individuals live at distance
from the abundant markets of our larger cities.
But for al this. the success Of dinner DO Ids
greatly upon the tact and TALENT OF the house.
wife. II she has the power to hold the appetite
Of her guests until the end OF thoroughly cd
dinner. and can assure them getting up from
her table in . comfortable state OF boy and
mind, she il indeed an artist, and would prob
ably have the power to serve q lovely dinner.
even in the midst of forest Do not attempt
grand dinner. but have satisfactory one. Be-
gin your dinner, II it II convenient, with three
oysters to each guest This may seem Z small
allowance. but II il preferable TO the conven-
uonal six Have the plates filled with cracs ed
ice and nicely gsrnished with water-cress, the
oysters In their deep shells, neatly disposed of
on the ice Let your Table be well iaid with the
best china you possess. aud = spotlessly white
tablecloth. Allow no dingy- cooking soblst or
duh silver to destroy the whiteness Of the linen
or the brightness of the tabl. Car nson tells
Us, "Over ara over again he has generous feaktx
transformed into sarbaric meals by th., lack Of
clean plates. clean forks and clean glasses.'
The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1890-11-26
BRI1Isn INrLUkNcx.

There have bean good many assertions
On ne one hand and dsnials on the other
in refsrsncs to British efforts and influence
ID this country against the protective sys.
tenn and IN favor Of free trade; against the
Republican party and In favor Of the DEM
ocrats. But never has the matter taken .
shape % definite. indisputable and unmis-
taxable - 10 presented in the present
political situation in North Dakota
The legislature Of that state Is Rspubli-
can on joint ballot and in both branches b.
What would ordinarily b regarded -
seep working majority. But there Is . SEN
asos 70 b elected 70 snooesd senator Pierce.
Who II candidate Tor reelection. He IL
ard has been one Of the staunchsst and
moet Nitahls protectiontsts in thar body.
On personaa grounds and - Z result Of
sivplxy thero = uishin hia own party Bit
- y l1tpo . Min, Aeade1 b. McKsnsis
Coc oqGea = 'sonything
The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1890-11-26

Out Of the bosom Of the cir,
Ont Of the Cloud-folds Of her garment
shaken,
Over the woodlands brown and bare,
Over the harvest fields forsaken.
Silent ana soft and eiO0
Descends the snow.
Even - our cloudy fancies take
Sudden shape in some divine expression,
wen . the troubled heart doth make
In the VIII & countenance confession,
The troubled 0ky reveals
The grief IL feelA
This Il the poem Of the air,
Slowly in silent syIlAbles recorded;
This - tho secret Of despair,
Long IN its cloudy bosom boarded,
Now whispered and revealed
To wood and neld.
III n. LonefelJow.
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BnrrER LET DAT MULs ALONE


80ttoe Oonoso Comment On the STUFFED
Prophsts Oslambus speech.
New York San.
His never-fsiling snappish iEritability at pop
ulaT transportation turned mp In the Stuffed
Prophets speech Is he Thurman banquet on
Thursday night, just = naturally - though the
occasion had been specially created to give him
IN opportunity to show II M. Clev lands &C.
customed kick ct the public for mot th1nkinn
precisely a. he thinks took this form:
ut cannot b denied that In the past yeal
every thoughtful and patriotic man has Ct times
besn disappointed and depressed By the appar-
ent indifference and decentralization Of the peo.
Pile"
when the American people eft down upon
Grover Cleveland their decentralization and
their mental and moral vici0usuess reach their
utmost height in his cyea
The Stuffed Prophet ID that o6hcer In the lats
civil war whose horse.having been crowded on,
OF the middle of the road by Z strafning mule
in the lead of IN army wagon team, snatched at
its bride with the enraged demand, "Where are
you going there7" Whereupon the darky driver
stanchly came to the front with s'Wnar you
goin' yo'self? Let dat mule alonei She know
Whsr she goin'."
The American people have been neither vi
cious nor demoralixed at any time since Mr..
Cleveland has come before their observation.
They were al right before he left Buffalo and
they will continue 20 take care Of Themselves
after he ceases from the effort to make himself
. candidate for president And the sooner tina,
cessation il apparent. the sooner will the ar.
rangement Of their affairs be effected In the di.
rection Of permanent progress and improve
The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1890-11-26
Henry viila, d's Fortunes.
New York Warfd

Mr.. Willard In coming back 10 save what he
can out OF the wreck of his properties. They
are not entirely demolished and return of
good times 10 wall street would make the re-
construction OF the financial structure Z com.
pssativsly easy task. Mr. Wizards downfall In
1854 was complete. and when he returned after
Q long absence In Germany to this country tvo
yeau ago he had to build anew
The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1890-11-26
TEN TO FIFTY HOuRs aAvrn

By taking the Northern Pacific vessibuled train.
leaves Seattle o:osNa m daily. No change OF
car. and III miles the snortest route to Cnicsro.
tourist sleeping cars through. placing paas~n.
gers in Union depot ten 70 ~ hours ahead Of
other lineA A. Chtlbork, city ticket aren't zis
second street. Boston block: = Ionkin, depos
ticket agent seattle
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Edisor johnson slandsrsd.

The runor that the Walla walia Uaion had
gone from Squire to Calkins proves incofr,ct
p. B. johnson 10 made Of Steiner stun than this
reported sudden hop would indicate Besidee
he has too much Lncolnism in his nature 10
venture trade while crossing the stream
The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1890-11-26

ls.saras wedding rinsa = Basss'A - Yross
The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1890-11-26

RErroz. wash, Nov. Is, 1seo

RENToz. wash. Nov. 70, 1884
d. ]. Eugene Jordan. Seattle, wash -
Dear Friend: should have written you
bsfore regarding our little girl. Her re-
covsry was 80 very slow could not have
written bofore and said she was well. but
feel can safely say she IS well now. and
think had it not bsen for your wonderful
medicines she would not be with rs now.
Ny husband. Yates Mountain. joins me In
thanking you for the great favor ron have
conferred on US. Wishing you greater
prosperity in your wonderful work, re-
main. sincerely.
MRS. Y. MOUNTAIN.
MoDEsro, CAL, Nov. 2. 1880.
DR.. ]. - Jordan. Seattle. Wash.-My
Dear Sir: NJ. and Mira Purvis left here
in August; hsve just reached Texas and
Mrs. Purvis writes 70 me that Mr.. Puryis
has been cured by the use Of the medi.
cines which he used during the time they
were here and On his journey. You will
remember he mad eczema twenty years.
He also had : lump on his lip which was
vsry annoying and It has disappeared On
tirely. All he did was to use medicine ex-
ternAliy. he has doctored ms face Tor
twenty years and found nothing before
that gave him any relief.
Some time ego told you about having
such bad finger. One Of my fingers b.
came taPribly inf1amed and Anlarcad the
sS =. 800 .-- -. - 49,. 49,. '---
P.an .l4 aA'AA. ;. = - oels
appheo tne dmtogeneue meoicines ana
the Inflammation and the enlargement has
disappeared. beg to remain. sine rely,
, 1890-03-13
SPOKANE FALLS REVIEW. HUksDAY, 13. 1890

he deadens his conscience and lulls
his aversion to Mcphisto.
The evil influence of this enemy
Of truth, and virtue, and inno-
cence ended not with the tragic life
Of Marguerite. The drama OF
"Fuustn is daily enacted in real life,
but VIC remain blind and deaf 10 Its
pathos. Even at this moment we
know that the cruel cunning OF
Mephlsto IL directed against the
virtue of manya village maiden as
fair, as pure, as loving us the broken
hearted Marguerite. His subtle
flattery is poisoning the minds and
hearts Of countless Fausts. This
foul league against the happiness OF
homes, the purity of daughters and
the manhood of young men Is near
at hand, and twill continue so long
as the evil that turks in mans heart
can be tempted with the arts that
were employed to break the heart OF
the German maiden, and to send u
high-minded brother TO a noble and
chivalrous death.
, 1890-03-13

the Industry Of the entire nation.
They wish to become the England OF
America.
The sentiment which iInpeiled the
capitalist, lnborer and fnrmer to cs-
tablish and maintain manufactures
IN the East Ia extending to all parts
OF this country, and protection is
regarded as essential to-day j.. the
new states and the new South as 1t
ever was In times past for New
England. 1t is a conflict Of interest
which creates the controversy now
existlng between tho people Of the
various sections on the question of
protective .arifi and free trade.
Mr. Cleveland moves In o circle Of
admirers who are advocates Of his
lost cause, and is led to believe that
the nation is ready to surrender
her manufacturing industries to the
monopolies Of New England and OF
foreign countries.
With hope Of obtaining political
aid from his New England converts
he sees In the solid South chance
to regain supremacy. He forgets
that the party lines are drawn as
close on election day In these
manufacturing states as In any
other part Of the country, and that
the New England farmers who roll
up the republican maJorities will not
vote away their opportunity to fur
nish these manufacturers with raw
material from their farms.
, 1890-03-13

the first year, there Ia no district up
ON which It would entail great
hardship to compel six months
school from the funds already avail
able and from special taxes. In adj
dition to the theoretical right Of
every child to be well-born, II has
an absolute and practical right in
this country to receive good COM
mon school education, and this Ia
impossible on term of three months
n year, considering all the contin-
gencles likely to arise on account of
sickness or otherwise enforced non-
attendance.
California's law not only provides
for a six months school each year,
but Ii also offers an additional in
ccntive in the shape of reappor-
toned funds to all schools that
maintain an eight months school.
This provision was found Necessary
OH account of the tendency of GER
tain districts to hoard their funds
rather than oyerrun the lowest
limit allowed by law. BY taking
away their hoardings and redis-
tributing where they would do
good, they were awakened to u
sense of their responsibilities.
The second defect is the lack of
provision for schools in cities of over
10000 Inhabitants. This lack IL
plainly retrogression, for 1t was pro-
vlded for under the territorial law.
1t may be possible that there is II
special bill to be reported to provide
for these special cases, but its ex-
istence is not known here as yet.
Certainly the Drum bill as already
introduced for that purpose would
not be the one, ms its provisions are
In several essentials in conflict with
tho act under consideration. 1t
would certainly seriously interfere
with the already established school
autonomy ofcitie slike Spokane Falls
to revert to the old system of three
directors aud no especial privileges.
, 1890-03-13
THE coMMoN sonooL ACT.

TIE REVIEW is in receipt of a
typewriter copy of the new COM
mon school bill, reported by the
joint committee Of the Legislature on
education, composed of the senate
and house committees. II is Of ne
cessity n somewhat voluminous doc
ument, covering forty-three pages of
the size of legal cap. 1t Is compro-
mise measure, taking the place Of
all the bills heretofore referred to
either educational committee, and
the probabilities are that 1t will be
passed and take effect before the
legislature adjourns.
The bill H. In the main, good
one, and adequately provides for the
uniform system Of common schools
planned by the constitution, with
perhaps but two exceptions. These
exceptions are, however, important
ones, and should certainly receive
amendment before the bill passes.
The most serious defect Is In the
section authorizing u minimum of
three months school for all districts.
With the magnificent heritage of
school lands that this state has, and
the speedy income sure to arise
therefrom, there Is no excuse for al
lowing any school district in the
state To keep less than six months'
school In any year. Even II the
funds arising from the school
lands should not be available
, 1890-03-13
THE MORAL OF "FAusr.r

The story Of "Faust' is more than
q poets conception. II is a power.
full drama, so true to life, 40 full of
the pathos, the hopes, the doubts,
the fears and the disappointments
that sway mems minds that II ap-
peals to everyemotion of the human
breast. 1t touches the heart strings
as a musician sweeps the strings of
his harp; II reflects vice in all Its
hideOusness, and teaches the mighty
truth that love and youth and
wealth, when bought with the price
of honor and purity, are at best but
Dead sea fruit, fair and alluring to
the eye, hut in reality as bitter as
the ashes Of death.
There are two distinct conceptions
of the character Of Mephistopholes,
OF wide contrast, and both correct.
Vice has two aspects, and II is nat
ural that In the naturalization OF
the evil spirit the conceptions OF
men should differ. Goethe has
chosen To portray his Mephisto with
all the hideous aspects and qualities
Of the orthodox Satan, and to arm
him with gifts sufficiently alluring
to overcome the horror that he In.
spires. Thus we see that Faust
shrlnks with the utmost detestation
from the overtures of the foul spirit.
Mephistopholes appears to him In
all his powers Of evil and darkness,
and the aged man who summoned
him shrlnks from the being whose
presence his magic has conjurcd.
But the vision of Marguerite,
the innocent and beautiful
German girl, fans the flame
Of love into passion, his horror IL
overcome, and 10 gain the love OF
the object Of his affections and the
restoration OF his vanished youth,
, 1890-03-13

John Hay, in February scribnersl
In the dim chamber whence but yostor.
day
Passed nay beloved, filed with awe
stand
And haunting Loves iuttcring on
every band
Whisper her praises who Is far away,
A thousand delicate luncies glance and
play
on every object which her robes have
famed.
And tendercst thoughts and hopes
bloom and expand.
In tho sweet memory OF her boau,y's
ray,
An could that glass but hold the
iaintcst trace
Ofall that loyelineSs once mirrored
there,
The clustering glory of the shadowy
hair
That framed so we'll the dear young any
gel face. =.
But no, IL shows my own face full sf
care,
And my heart is her boautys dwelling
place.
, 1890-03-13
A TURBULENT STREAK.

The Mississippi is at Its old game
Of breaking levees and terrorizing
the people of Its broad valley. The
peril increases every season. One
year the planters will construct a
barrier at great expense, but the
muddy father Of waters, confined 10
a narrow channel, fills up Its own
bed with sediment. and keeps rising
above the surrounding country.
This plan Of raising the levees has
been followed SO long that In many
places the river Is several feet above
the surrounding valley.
The problem becomes more diff
cult with each succeeding year, and
the danger more alarming. Mill.
ions Of dollars are annually expend-
ed In tho uncertain attempt TO con.
troll the great stream; rewards are
offered for suggestions; able men
write long articles upon the perplex.
ing subject, and still the people are
no nearer q solution than they were
five, ten or twenty yeam ago. The
swift river Is more turbulent than
ever, and the loeses Of life and dam
age TO crops each year are appalling.
There Ii but one mode Of release
for the planters and farmers Of the
Mississippi valley-emigration. In
Washington they will find compar-
atively no floods, and . climate that
, 1890-03-13

Boston Advertiser.

boston Advertiser.
A paragraph is going the rounds
of the press of the country to tho
effect that ladies IN London have q
fashion of having their hands or
arms modelled In terra cotta or mar.
bic Us gifts 10 friends. The para.
graph predicts the importation ol
the custom, In due course of time,
into this country. If any ono IN
Boston will take the trouble Ia step
into the modelling shop of Paul a.
Gareo on Province court aud see tho
wilderness of hands In plaster sus.
pended from the walls and ceiling
there will no longer bc IA doubt that
this custom has already obtai ned y
foothold here. The casts ARE Of all
sizes-irom the tiny hand of u baby,
the delicate, slender hand Of the
young girl, the fuller, stronger hand
OF the matured woman, to the
powerful muscular hand of the man,
They are curious aud Interesting
sight. Now and then there Is
dainty foot and ankle, and some
times II llncly-formed arm appears.
London Is not one whit in advance
of Boston,