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The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1890-06-14
A NOTE FROM MR. JOHNSON.

SKATrIR June IL. 1890
To THE Enron: In III mofnil rs edition Of
your psper appeared m item In which Il wss
sta ed that about month ago placed my mill
I'm nay wffe's name, and after doing so, ccntrars-
ed large debts: that yesterday was pay-dsy for
the employees at the mill and tia. drew worth
and that afferwsri 1t transpirsd that had no
account there. This statement 10 wholly I'M
true. and. Published in . paper OF SO general
circula ION 90 yours, materially does me great in
jury. ! did not at any time pat my mill in my
wise's name, and il stands in my own name to-
day. as It always has stood; and did not draw
for the men any check Of any kind on the Bank
OF North Seattle. ana have an ac-
count 1t the North Seattle bank Il IL
true that have become somewhat en-
tasrassed IN business but II Is not true
that have attempted 70 cover mp any property.
and have made arrangements for the payment
Of all u 9 men employed It my mill. The day
you mentioned - pay day Was not payday. and
the mill has been stopped since the drst Of the
month.
By giving this a. great publicity Is you gave
the injurious publication, you win confer
favor upon. Yours very truly.
THoMAs JoHNsoN.
OF course the PosT-INTELLrsENcER had NO
wish to do Mr.. Johnson an injustice However,
IL IL only fair TO say that the inform alton upon
which the item referred 70 was based came d.
rect to reporter Of this paper from IN ofncial
Of the North Seattle bank.
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AMUSEMENT NOTES.

A1pha-Did you read about that man In New
York who dropped six stories 10 the ground and
did not receive . bruise? 0megA-Eo-and
don't believe It Alpha-It il true, though.
He was coming out Of the editorial ONCE Of .
mag azlne, where he had been trying to sell his
six storieA -Norristows Herald
The minister Was great hand .shaker-shut-
ting down like wise. One day he shook boys
hand. and gave tt an awfnl squeeze - he said:
NY little fellow. 1 hope you are pretty well to-
day" with tears ia his eyes the boy answered:
Il Was till you shook hands with me."-CAristian
Advocate.
Tom-Do you suppose she has spoken to her
parents Gbout the engagement yet? Dtck-I
know she has spoken TO her father. He met me
today and invited me to have . drink. Tom
But he's . temperance man Dick-0f course,
and he wanted TO try me-Yaakec Blcds.
Wild Looking Guest Have you . room with Q
window overlooking the street, Hotel Clerk
No. but We have . room without any carpet
Front, Show the gentleman to No. IS Beg par
don. sir-at what me shall We send for the cor
oner?- Chicago Tribune.
Three-year-old inspecting latest arrival)-You
say this Is my new little brotherf Parent-Yes,
jamie. "Huhl II you'd SAINT me for II I'd have
found better lookin' brother than this one or
wouldn't brought any. "Chicago Tribune
''The early bird catches ths worm" Later In
the day the leisurely sportsman gathers In the
bird Harvard Lampooa.
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Ballard.

Put your money where il will make
you money. Put your savings into Bal
lard property. You viii never be
able to buy cheaper than 1t the pres
cnt time. investments made in Bat
lard now viii double and thripple In a
few months 1t IS as safe, and far
more profitable, than depositing in
savings bank.
There is no doubt now as to the
Canal being built from Salmon Bay
to Lake Union and Lake Washington
A company has been FORMED, backed
by millions Of dollars. They have Sc
cured the franchise at a cost Of
Sras,oooI Actual woek will soon be
commenced. Ballard will be bene-
fted more By this Canal than any
other point
The Great Northern, the Canadian
Pacific and the F1rhaven & Southern
Railroads have all secured terminal
grounds at Ballard The Fairhaven
& Southern have at the present time
1900 men grading AMI laying tracks
parallel with the Seattle & Northern,
and viii be grading and laying track
into Ballard in about ninety days The
contract for the FIRST forty miles Of
construction for the Great Northern
will be let on O. before the soth Of
June, and work will be commenced
from Ballard immediately thereafter.
The Canadian Pacific have con-
tracted for the delivery Of freight in
September
Immense Smelter and Rail Mills
will be erected az miles north Of
Ballard.
$soo,o 900 worth of property during
the last month has been purchased by
this Company. These works will be
the largest Ct the kind in America,
backed by $50, 900, coo.
The West Street & North End
Electric road has large force Of men
working along the line. Their trestle
across Salmon Bay win be finished in
about two weeks This line will be
in operation in July.
Lots in the Ballard Addition can
now be bought for from $Iss to SI6o
one-third cash, balance on easy terms
All lots will positively be advanced
$50 per lot in thirty days Remem-
Der that this addition is in Ballard,
and is not an outside addition
The electric cars will run to this
property. Here is chance to make
safe and paying investment for little
money.
Remember that these prices are
only for thirty days. then all lots vii.
advance $50 per lot.
This addition IS all cleared, level
and ready TO build upon Every street
in the addition win be sidewalked
without any cost to purchasers Now
is the time to buy at Ballard. You
can never buy cheaper than at the
present time.
Everybody will want Ballard prop
erty in few weeks You can buy
now at bottom prices There will be
. larger advance in values in Ballard
during the next six months than in any
other portion Of Seattle
Call upon or address
RUSSELL & RUSSELL,
Kilgen Block
Or d. A. MCKENZIE & Co,
Llewellyn & Dodge Building.
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oRrHEus ON wrLLEn cRrcx.

We pore folks down in willer town
Haint time 20 throw away
In music sich as 'em ats rich
Can learn 20 sing an play
We're midd in at iddiin'.
Though mostly it's BY rote:
Blu sing q hymn ar beat TIE time
Down.left-right-up by note.
They's 'em at runs 20 'eo.deens.
An them at cncose the drum.
Bur my fsv' rite. gash-ding sight
Is our melodeum.
Its wheezin' tone I'll have to own.
Amt good for opeYays;
Yit sitter ali like Its drawliu'
Good oil fashion way;
faint made 10 play them bang away
A highly tightly tunss,
At greet the ears aud reich the cheer.
In Turin French saloons
But Jest you start Take back the Heart
Er say, ''swee Belle Mahone''-
They're hard 10 beat. and twice Is sweet
On our me oieum.
An so of nishts before the lights
Are it, Ike TO hrs
Ny chair an sss little bit
An have nay fdy strg
Some o. love song learnt her long
Before her mother went:
Fer 'en II seems iise golden dreams
Dip from thet instrument
An wske agin voice as bin.
Fer many long year, dumb.
Al talks an cheers nv :oneiy years
From her melodeum.
VIII u1ste
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Port Townsend Compared with Havre.
Bill Nye.

Snow and hail rarely fall ct Port Townsend
ana some years there are none ct Ill. and In
summer she gets . cool breess up the straits OF
San Juan de Fuca from the ocean which makes
Townsend much cooaer In summer than any OF
the other Sound cities Port Townsend. Is one
approaches T.. reminds one-or. II there are
more than one. IL may remind the whole party
-of Havre, France. Europe The beautiful and
peaceful harbor. together with the green ter
raced town, rising rspidiy from the nppling
Potter. fresh from the bath-tt II beautiful
sight ! shall never forget how beautiful Havre
looked to me on the morning Of my arrival
thefA / had ridden from Southampton which
10 located In England. TO Havre tsometimes pro-
nounced Harv BY cultivated Americans from
the Little Big Horn mountains). II takes eight
long and nauseating hours to make this trip via
sort OF Fort Lee feuyboat which gives the
choppy ehanuei . chance 70 assess the already
depleted and despoiied and depopulased land
lubbef at . wonderful rate. The emerald hills
Of Law bel Frawngs, as heard q
scholarly man from Pumpkin Buftes call
1t. appeared before mo and rose along
with other bric-a-brAc in the bright sunlight Is
our good ship Hobokeu plowed the waves
stood forward Of the after hatch and abaft the
purloin deck rs my whole mast life came mp be-
fore me- Tears chased themselves and others
down my duffy cheeks and fell with hot spat-
ter on the deck. But they were tears Of Joy.
Though was landing In strange country
whose language could not speak. and had but
si.S5 in American money and letter OF credit
which did not know what to DO with. I was
coming to land-biessed land. In an hours time,
with returning hunger. ! had devastated .
French garden, and frightened garsoning had
told me in broken Engiish, with great sorrow.
how he had brother who looked also like me,
and he also died few years ago-he and his
fapeworm together. They died in each others
arms. he said, and one grave now holds them
both. lie then brought me some more things
TO eat aud with funny little bottle of much,
age aided another supplement TO the bill Havre
has green place in my memory aud warm
lower berth In my heart II was there that the
Credit Lyonnasse cashier cashed my letter. sim
ply requesting me to remove my hat BY way OF
Identification. Gazing on my massive skull for
an instant. and pacing his ear to II for . mo-
,nent In order to hear me think q little, he
turned to his escritoire and handed nae out .
hstlui Of shining NapoleouA
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Scratch . Magwump and you'll nnd-uhafY
Let tas anecdose tell. II il related tia, GER
tain asSls ant Democrat. who edits name, Of
silesed reform" Tendencies. hahitaslly in
dulgsd himself in the harmless passiue Of call.
ing Republican papers. which he named
sagxxlet" and .suosidized' He called ON
First Assistant fossmssfer-tienerai Clark ON re-
esntly. aad the after Quietly sounded hisn ON
his willingness 20 accept an appointment ns
civil service commissioner IL Ii were OF r,xt
him. The Mussump esgerly answered tha, be
WON'T; for evil service, or paniic service. n
dear 10 the xuxwnmp heart
Iaea Mr. ssksoa. sssa gently. asked II be
would eonsinue 10 publish hss Interesting ltss Of
the Subsidized" II the once were ofvsrrsf ana
aces pied. and sdosn the column v. tn his ovn
name
Al isx, accounts the estitar. who was 90 Willing
70 TAI from grace icr consideration. had not
made . desaite aaswer. Seii1es had he rot tha
plngE.
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Curiossty About Jay Gould.


Two questions ara being ssked about yay
Gould the king Of American haarce. Il he CO.
inS 10 DIE Il he going 20 marryf short time
ago the gosstps TAD him engaged TO the widow
Of Maurice Fiyna. politician who died souy
years ago: bat ii Mr.. Gould cnsrishes any sffrc-
ton for that lady am quite sure that II wiz not
be opeaiy Acknowledged ey marriage. af least
for some ume to come. Tns TACT Ia that Mr.
Gould has alsays been mos- urselfsh tsther,
and Jus. now be Is sacrificing whatever mani
nonIal aspirations he may have TO- the sake OF
has is-year-osd daughter, Helen. rnfil she Is
married he hsrnsais viii Dot take . wife, and
wxe1 sase Is srn sure that Mr. Could viii soon
yo<ss 50 q better halt Father aad daughter are
xsous 10 starr for Earope, and Il IL more thaa
likely thas Helen viii get . foreign husband,
she ia very good locking and . hsgaiy-bred
girl. aad it caa be safely anticipated thai more
shaa one title will be laid az her feet while abe
10 away. Could - nou living ~ hts Iyyirgsoa
nanssen. and comes 90 the csiy every dav on
his ssean yscaE He certainly saowS 10 some
extent the rsyages OF pAysicAl suffering. Two
years ago he stood fecl s. hus nov be has sunk
Al lsass two inches. nevsr stAadinx erect the
appearance Of has shoulders being Ike that Of 4
ve-y ages rnxn. he Is, os course. the most de-
sarAale OF sew York sissie men In the eyes Of
asyensurous women, And oas Of the annoy
anees Of his life In fouad in the continual szor.s
made 20 ensaase his affections Being shsewd
man Ia Tvsry ssnse .. fae word. y IL probable
that Nr. GoEld viii not be Enisssd, bur place his
heart IN the keeping o. sozas one shas he feels
10 NOS wholly governed By greed
~ - u 80 f. a
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Weeping Trees OF Washingtou.
Notes and OueyIes-

In the forests of Washington aud British Co
iumbsa. have frequently seen the trees drip
ping copicusly during Clear. bright DAYS. when
no dew was, visible elsewhere. The dripping was
so profuse that the ground underneath the trees
wss almost saturated The phenomenon in this
case, wa caused by the remarkable ccndeus-
Ing power Of the leaves OF the fir. and IL oc-
CURED only when the - alive humidity Was
near the dew point The dripping ceases after
10 or IL O'Clock In the morning. but resumed at
or near sunset In Hskiuyts "yoyages' there
is sn account of Hawkins second voyage 70
Africa AID America. written by . gentleman
who sailed with Hawkins. in which we ars told
that in the island of Ferro there 10 . weeping
tree which supplies all the men and beasts OF
the island with drink. there being no other
available water supply. Further. he states that
in Guinea he saw many weeping trees, bur OF q
species different from that ~ Ftrru
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THE STATE PRESS

Jaeons Ledger: The assempt 10 brihe he
scheoa book b0art q Olympia and Tie tneina-
ton fhat some Of The members bad been cor
rupsed. win III The people Of the state esnef.
ally With feeling Of dlkxuxs and exssPefafaon-
Tns lame and impatient resolutions adopted By
me board are b. no means measuring. Il taas
board feels 10 more than 10 expssssed Ia fheke
resolutions with respect TO The ques'son-u y
has only % say that Il ssrnquait6edly dsanp
proses u methods Of the agents Of the said
book company. o. amp other publishing house
In attempting to biaa the action Of the msmbers
Of The hoard in the free choices Of text books
upon merit aione"-it falls far short Of tAking
prcper sense Of the lamentations character q the
procesding Il il more than . corrupt scsiedfs-
ton at pubic ofscers Of the state" II b
downright attempt to brsbs them. crime that
merits exemplary puniahmsnt
Tacoma Globe: he new state Of Washinsto1
cannot afosd to allow IN impression 70 b pno-
lshed abroad that 1t has in high o6icial position
any ses Of men OF any man that would accfps
hribe 70 prostitute his position for dishonorabie
gain. The tendency toward doodle that has 50
disgracsd New York and Chicago, and other
cities In the East. should never Be allowed -
pollute the ssase Of Washington. and upon the
frst suspicion should be thorouE hly crnshed
out If any agent Of any corporation or pub
fishing house has made improper overtares to
any member Of the state board of education, the
Law provides ample means for his punishment.
Port Townsend Leader: We wish to urge the
importance Of arranging for the running Of >
steamboat daily besueen this city and Seattle
that shall make the round trip. Such steam
k<<aS - - A. D<xue
Townsend than any single transportation a.
rangement It d possible to make q this time.
Olympia Tribune: With sack iullof money.
which the Democrats are getting from the
wealthy members Of that party. the campaign
promises 10 be lively. earnest and energetic. SO
far Is they are concerned. while this prelimin-
aEy work il goins on the Republicans Of the
state appear TO be asleep.
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Canadian Pae nc Not Alarmed.
Brg,nkfxn S>anssrs.svrs.x-

prominent neer of tas CAnsa;sa psesae
railroad IL enotec a. exDresstnx the bessar ~ =,
that eosroTAs10n 1as nothing 10 lear in the sra -
o. iexss.Sslon ss NakainEsen Senator IN s,erss =
rssesuuen touching the iuroass Of csnssfmn
railroads apo1 she carrying trade OF the TrnssTd
states eas "a tesreFs tes sae Canadian Pscifc -
Max fark SAs-
II the people at the Unisei States ara nlsssed
10 place such restrictions spaa sA1sr eva rr.sas
xs ~ pTsveus lozx Az9.s--sAas is ;ssnseons r,a.s
81 transportation 90 TIE ssss sersns-th~y eanuox
sxpess 20 tmpe~e similar conditions upon TIA
rest Of nAaksni sss~een the far.rstsse com
raefre and sns coumissssa that In erprsts IL
tAsre Is . Eudsie. TIE lau nees3s rexfssan
xad Eo< In tie a2rectsen OF sessraesiou-
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lar - uosd '-acco0modet5oos- occurs four
sfnn. II evesy Instance mispellsd, ard II In
e1udes ibis sensencs: In order thas escA persos
may proceed q once % thefr room without De-
~. Ekefv naas shoaid ~ s1vsn = ~ Princ1pal
- the eax.i@s ponabs monsut whom y VIII -
placsd - ~ hosei register with the number of
fAefr rosm.s The schools of New York. like al
other pnh'tc institution. are run b. Tammary,
ana that ancsent organizisinn, for mere than IN
hundred yean tbs self-constssute1 exsnpir Of
JeEsxsonian democracy. b entitled to credit fog
ne Dedagogfe proficiency impstsd b The said
circular.
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A correspondent ei "a Eastern s4per says that
en mskiax tap from Jersey City LATELY. ~ tie
psrlor cars paslssi sas BE observed gsnssemaaly
pcrsen step hxssxsy toward tbesa vita an ssa-
snense hsnsa al Alacs IN his hands The xpa-
Esmzaly person AS eaasesy followed BY ore al
ism geHsissaznlg dsnssaes. In sses . rearh
leoksag eassnsser A Gaiez movement ss shey
wcrs sAssAs 70 ester the cars ressslssa bekiass
tas hg baneh Al issans . glesnins pair 81 AxzSs-
eans. wtseh wer~ esssped ssonna he wrists OF
tAs EsaslsaAaly pesson- TIC oshe< Wa .
asyasx sheriff sssa bad ssEu u sAssse.
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The annual meeting OF the Washington
Bankers Association viii take place at Spokane
Falls, on the 10Th. 10Th and 2lst Of June. Inter
esfing papers will be presented By members Of
the association. and Invitations have been sent
to Hon. George s. Coe, president of the Ameri-
can Exchange NAtiorai Bank. New York city
and Hon. Lyman J. Gage. vice president OF the
First National Bank Of Chicago. TO be present
and address the convention. A rafe OF fare
and one nth has been obtained over the lines OF
the Northern Pacific Railroad Company. and
delegates must In ell eases pay full fare going
and take . recent for the amount. This re-
ceipt, when counfefsiened by the secretary OF
the association, ct Spokane Falls. will entitie
the bearer to purchase return tickets at one
nth the usual rste. The bankers of Spokane
Falls have particularly requested that the wives
of the members accompany them to the meet
ing. IS the social features of the occasion will
be greatly enhanced by their presence.
James Russell. ex-possmaster Ct chehalis and
. noted Democratic politician. 10 suing his wife
for divorce. ct Tacoma She has been In the
habit OF beating him craeliy. he saga
Fifth street. Olympia, d being secared BY the
Chinese
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When the school girls OF Chicago were bonn
harding him with flowers the other day.
Chauncey n Depew showed = good deal Of
emotion. and declared: I'D rather have these
nDwsrs flung % me By ron chsidren than the
presidency Of the United ssases hurled 1t me in
the Auditorium t~o yesn hence" The chances
are that chsuacsy's emotions got the better Of
him. That b not the way he will tax 10 the
boys ir the Auditorium two years hes ce. That
viii be the ''proudest day OF my life'' Ill the
same. There are . great many flowers and .
great many pretty school girls in this work. snd
always win be. tut there Is not. nor ever viii
be. more than ono presidency OF the United
States
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vhseA dsy - IN vss spprovsd b -
eUsusnos. the Isw cisasiy cann0t - aPpiisd
il t1me for "A s,ecfion - hs hid July -
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Take tie NasseeTn Practise rxasrcsss he feus
equipped ane. sor al To-n1 East A. caiss@rx
t4fy rskss aEenr 80 second street. Hcssnss
eseck; = 1aaxla. depot ticket &xezI seasasa
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Aesra:ss vas Fsesns;y issued ~ eommlssse
ii ssz Ssw yssk ssa nfsaksya teachers srxsar
. FsE<sAl sss<rs.nss Il nssllns Of 10 s<sss
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MeMarrag. cAilsers = Gardner. . LasweHyn-
postSc bsz1dAux-
Baxter Springs news. [volume] (Baxter Springs, Kan.) 1882-1919, 1890-04-05

making his way rapidly across the
street to the florists, evidently trying
to avoid detection.
When he reappeared good-sized box
reposed under his arm and generous
smile suffused his always pleasing
countenance. From his actions 1t
would almost seem, II one did not know
honest, jolly Charley Walters, that he
was bent on some evil rAssion. He
slipped around the corner, whispered a
few mysterious words into the ears Of q
youngster standing theres transferred
the box he was carrying to his willing
hands, took silver piece from his
pocket, gave it to the boy and was
gone.
Next morning Jack must go to church.
Charley ,eont hear to any thing else.
The church was decorated much as IL
was last Easter, the congregation was
much the same, as was also the service.
They are seated in one Of the back pews
and are glancing around when-what
Is the matter with Jack? His actions
are quite alarming; but don't be appre-
hensive, dear reader, for what he sees 10
only very pretty young lady with q
happy smile on her face and lovely
bunch of roses nodding at her corsage.
Just such as he had sent her the year
before. Has the past year been all
terrible dream and is this that first
Easter, tho day on which he had ex-
pected to be so happy, or is the present
scene an optical delusion, the vision Of
disordered brain? While all this and
much more was passing through jacks
brain Charley sat composedly back in
his seat apparently much engrossed
with the speakers remarks, and when
the congregation was finally dismissed
he detained his friend in the vestibule
Of the church on one pretext or another
until Lydia approached. To jacks ut
ter anazement she stepped forward. ex-
tended her neatly-gloved hand frankly,
invited Him to call, gave him her
sweetest smile and was gone before he
could utter a word or make move.
"What does it mean, Charley; what
onoAA 0Os hA 0WohO Va 40 InAS o44 -
dream?"
"Never more wide awake in your life,
my dear boy" chuckled Charley, ''and as
to what you're to do, can only give
this advice: Accept this gracious invita-
ton without delay. And until ! see
you again, goodbye"
We will not follow Jack as, with
light, quick steps that he has been a
stranger to this long while, he goes to
the home of his loved one. We will
leave him in peace with her and will
not listen to the explanations and tender
words that are spoken during this, the
happiest moment of their lives.
When next Jack sees Charley he has
to seek him at his own domicile, and he
goes at him with good-natured rush,
preceded and followed and interspersed