The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1890-05-08
THE STATE PRESS.

Tie walla Halsa Sf<stssn cssrs . prize 30
The country correspondent Who writes tie best
series az local sesserx That - good i1es. bar .
pocr moces has been oSsrcd in the exfrsrs from
. letter OF advice 10 country correspontens
which u pnhlishe& says the authority The
great Jaggsrnant of civilization v upon you.
Ar.ss. before It's wheels crush you 20 tae earth
Tie up to the dock and serape OF the e@-nseieA
II ron are incompetent, yra have no more
right 10 year title than . mule to thai OF pro
lessor. Fss yourself for your avocatson: II
- noble one- Let no. the fruits o. the mid
night OIL be the fulninaticna the vaporinss %
. shallow mind, but rather the noble snorfs OF
Q b-netaesor 70 elevate and better mankind
Adfeu- II Is Just saca writer's who sre she
terror Of IN EDITORS life. The most welcome
writer il he who confines himself 10 the simple
narrative Of the happenings Of his locality. not
sgnorirg those he does not Ike nor
necessarily mentioning his immedss.e friends.
who writes of Others ss he woaid be written Of,
who sends his letters regularly. and helps to
make the paper . welcome guest throughout
the county.
Sumner Herald. Last Monday morning when
he fragments OF the Indian killed oy train On
the Puyailnp river hridxe the night previous
were lying In box In the freight room CT the
depot Ct this place they were viewed by prob
ably hundred or more citizens, all OF whom
were of the opinion that the box then contained
ell that was morta, Of Indian Dick. except the
parts Of him that still lay scattered sround on
and under the bridge. Indian Dick. being wei
known character about sumner, was duly
praised and his untiEnsly death properly
iamen,sd- While quite crowd was stiEl stand
ing around the box who should appear but In
dian Dick himself. locking as fresh IS any of
his ..teIacooms" west OF the Rocky mountains.
when Dick was told that the crowd supposed
the remains to be his. he marched up TO the box
and after casting long. deep look on the mutt
lated mass, said: No. them amt me-
The Slaughter sna publishes series of ad-
monitions under the sarcastic heading How to
Kill Your Town." bat its own philosophy is
sorely tried. and although usually cheerful
and lively sheet IL was exasperated last week
into publishing the following:
I've sincerely wish that every citizen Of this
town could have Just three weeks trial of pub
fishing country paper ike the sun. Well
wager waller dorg' that at the end of their
probation every mothers son of them would
swear by the great horn spoon that the pub
Usher of q country newspaper was the worst
paid. the most abused and the least appreciated
OF any business man in the community. After
the experiment had gone the rounds. we sin
eerely believe that the publisher OF the ssa
would be enabled to make . little something be-
sides bare living in this community"
Lynden Pioneer Press: Our citizens ought TO
take a deeper interest in the public schools
Your whole duty to the schools Ia not dis
charged by attending the elections and voting
for good officers and for tax sufficient to hire
good teachers A visit now and then wiz
greatly encourage the pupilA Children like to
be well thought OF and TO receive encourage
meut They cannot understand why people de-
sire them to go to school day after day and
week after week when these same people never
come to the school TO see what they are doing.
Don't leave all the visiting of the schools to
the officers Every ratron should visit the
schools at least once q term, aud those not
patrons but expecting to be could do them
selves and the pupils good by paying the
schools frequent visits
The sidney Broaddr has . correspondent at
Tracyfon who has made the acquaintance OF q
scientist with q remarkable discovery. I'VE
Visited the Point and we were shown as fine q
specimen Of pottery clay rs are to DO foand On
the Pacific Coast A. E. McInerney has tested
the clay, with common caloric. and Il stood the
heat $40 degrees above what IL takes to melt
Platinum the hardest OF al known bodies We
also ind that Mr.. Mcinsraey had obtained set
OF acids the most powerful that are known 10 the
chemist, and he says it stood heat of 1890 de-
greea When we had seen the man. A. u. Nc
Inerney, we was both dumbfounded and aston
ished because the man possessed SO little ap-
rearance Of intellect We found him to be per-
fectiy at home In mathematic and chemistry"
Port Townsend Leader: The census super
visor estimates that the nineteen counties west
of the Cascads mountains com prising the Puget
sound division. viii show . population of 22s.
SIS, and that Eastern Washington win show
about ls0oao. making a total population OF
ss4.525 In 1850 the census showed population
OF 1920; 1870. 17.le0; 1850. $3.50. The pre-
ponderanee of population on Puget sound is due
to her varied industries and resources and her
equabIe climate. and this preponderance will
increase as Eastern people learn OF these favor
able conditions
Bscoda Enterprise: May day was given to the
school children for . picnic. and as they were
marshsled past the office we thought how much
more enjoyable such q day could be made for
them by little effort on the part Of parents in
providing games and amusements for the day.
and in having the band escort them to the
grounds The children could not even borrow
croquet set for the day or a rope for swing.
We should not be 50 absorbed in business a. to
overlook the Importance OF giving the children
pleagare and sport on q holiday of this kind.
seAhaven Wesfe~a Hortd; There Is talk Of