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The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1890-06-05
THE STATE PRESS

Csnizalia Hses: Samples Of magni6ceus fruit
fsom TIE aworthle0r hin lands around Cen'
trallA eenfinue = posr II = - Nsus o1ace
III. Joseph Lewis came In this Hoenlng With I
baskss a strawberries IHsc1o1s bsycaa descEip
ton The size attained b. fruits q nearly Il
kinds In this section d western Washingscn Il
alnost beyond belief Dossns q he strawber
ries brought IN b. M. Lswis measured from
nvs 70 seven inches h circamfefsnee. He has
ahoat a eighth 81 a aess In this iruix and h
making coed thing out OF them. These hill
sides and benches cannot be SUPPRESSED for fruit
and vegetables. The time win come when the
waving Ar trees with which our ills sre clothed
yin have given way 70 weil-keps ofrharda
Port Townsend Leader. "citixen" Train haa
started . lecture tour, which seems devoted 10
his grievances Is the hands OF Tacoma Dui
Iacoma = safis6ed, % long - tho old lunatic
doesn't ~ seattle has the largest population.
The 0ysterville Joarndrs opinion on nuycho
Trains trip Is thai Tacoma could have done IL.
self . vast amount moro good By paying out the
same amount Of money In lesidnase aaversis-
Ing among white people,"
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The Grand coulee Is an immense rent n the
earth, somewhat over 100 miles In length. vary
in width from three 10 eight milek This cham
commences on the south at Island rapids. on the
Columbia, and runs northessterly directly
through the heart Of the famous Big Bend
country TO . point on the Columbia about
twenty miles below the mouh of the Spokane
river. On either side Of the coulee rise stupen-
dou> walls Of black basait, in many places over
100 feet In height In the bottom lie numerous
lakes and ponds and a. far Is the eye can dis
Germ spread the velvet-like sra@es-she lakes
cleaning like diamonds in N immense bed OF
malachite. The coulee wouid present an I'm
passahle barrier to al accesses g. the western
side of the Big Bend country were It not for
the fact that here o. Coulee City the same con-
vulsion Of nature that made the chasm also
made highway across 1t. There ID another
crossing further to the north, but that 10 only
practicable for wagon travel. The lower cross-
ing presents gentle slope from the crest on
the east TO the west, and on this the Central
Washington railroad has laid its line with . q
per cent. grade. coming in, and per cent
grade going out on the west. The track of the
Central Washington railroad as present has its
terminus at Almira, twenty-five miles to the
east, but all the rail and tbs are now ct that
point. ard trains win be running into Coulee
City By July L.
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THE rAnABLE OF HAPPINEss
rich man. eoodly son aid 90

A rich mans goodly son did 90
Afaf 70 lind true happinesA
He tracked the treasure OF the snow,
And Indus tracked. The stormy strea
OF hill-set seas. the peace OF paim-set plain
He searched and o9ger searched; yet
searched In vain.
The hundred battered battle gates
OF Thebes, the ssoried temple door
OF Delphi, oracle OF fatcs
Or sacred shrine or holy store
OF hi aling things he saw; yet day By day
Grew care apan him like mantle gray.
Still had he honcrs Oft and great,
For goodiy was his heart aud keen
Ills wit and gener. US his state,.
And much his eager eyes had seen,
Yet happiness came not; and over all
His ways and days there ever lay . pail
And be grew fretfed; came to feel
That fate had bounded him: he said:
s.Ah, cursed OF God r. His heart grew steel
Aud stoue: and bitter grew his bread.
At last. outworn, he turned him, with sigh,
To seek his chiidless home and cherries
die.
And there he cat him. all apart,
A moody, selfish. sullen thing. sss
Yea, God had gwen him heart
Far back: But he had sought to bring
True happiness unto himself alone
So God ins.ead had given him stone.
One day child passed where he sat
Mid his ances raj wood aud moanod.
The barefoot hing did sfart shereat
And sta ting, fell. He grudging groaued
Some selfish word, the while he stopped and
bore
The bleeding waif to his own stately door.
And oh, the rising sun he knew
That day. and ali his after daysi
HIS pent eoul wsdened tail II grew
To reach, - reach the dear suns rays
Al things that lay about, before
Nor walled he ont ior happiness ance more.
joaquin Miller.
The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1890-06-05
ErrrEL TO RE EcLrrsEp.

A party Of Chicago capitalists have pro-
jeeted a Columbus Tower which will COM
pletely eclipse the E.ifsl affair, of which
Paris was SO proud. Without asking aid
from any quarter they will expend s., ooo,-
ooo in Its construction. And they make no
bones about admitting that it is not die
tated by charity, pubic spirit or patriot
ism. They admit that IL is strictly busi-
ness" 1t Is . pure and simple money
making scheme Unless they have mis-
calculated they win get their two millions
back, with more than two millions on ton
OF IL
II Is TO be substantial and permanent.
The base is 10 be 4so feet in diameter. and
500 feet high. Ii is 30 be metal building.
in which will be ball for music and as
semh!ies that viii accommodate 5000 peo-
PIE. and also grand hotel, with fuliv four
thousand apartments. Surmounting ths,
haiiding viii be a tower. the summit of
which will be fifteen hundred fee: above the
main aocr. There viii be eight elevators
IN the first hundred feet OF the man build
Ing. four in the second hundred feet. and
two will ascend 10 the top OF the tower.
The lighting OF the whole structure viii
require not less than fifteen thousand
electric lights-peshaps more. From top
to bottom there viii be no cembustib.e ma
serial used in its construction. The yea
isIatsng apparatus vii OF isseif be . study.
The plumhing-bat hold. That il an un-
revealed mystery. How building al such
dimensions. aiming to supply every con-
eesvsble comfort and convenience. can
keep the plumbing bill alone within the
above estimsae oi two millions is the mar
vel OF the age.
The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1890-06-05
A Bonflre ON Mount Bakers Apex.
SehOu1e Gazeffe

movement IL on foot by number Of citizens
Of the Bay cities 70 fit out : party Of Eve And
send them. on the Fourth CT July, on an illu.
mina,ing trip to Mount Baker. This was done
with great success in Oregon thres years aso
asd Mount Hood was. for few seconds 1t mid
night Of the Fourth. dciuged IN flood Of ueht
Many thousand people Witnessed the event. aud
II WAS noticed In many Eastern papeu and at
tracted universal attention. The same thins
could be done here, aud inquiry - to the ex
Iense has led us 70 suggest 70 the executive
committee Of arrangements on the Fourth to Ia,
aside Sis. the estimated amount inquired fol
thss purpose. The party should leave New
whAteom on the 18th Of June, and win neces
sariiy consist OF I'VE men to carry the suppliea
The height OF Mount Baker has never been de-
initsly determined. ana by the use Of . baron
eter the exact altitude could b found, and
many scientific disputes settled
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Al the convention Of Catholic societies.
heid in Milwaukee last week. Rev. Father
faechlsr. Ia the course Of sermon At 81.
Mary's church. said ths: "the customs
cropping cut from the foreign populations.
which are ternsd foreign frsnees.' shcasd
nss be too Lightly considered. rs they are
fsr superior TO the paint and powder Which
characterized the American people
nssAep Fseaseh declared that .-osr Cath.
clio ehasdTen We have rsghs 10 educate in
the sathesie religion. And the state has no
right whatever 10 interfere wish that sda.
easscn.s
Esshor kasser sad: Here ana every.
where else Tho individual ss before toe
state" Just ~ sAe state has no risht to
take esrs a Tire child. and wash and esosas
y. Il has 40 right 10 coasrol lis eaneaaios. I"
Rev. Mr. Hsidmann. Of Caseaxo. said !:
v6aasd well the education ox our yeasA,
no matter vAas sdacstton Law may b PRO
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rHx cxNsUs QUESTION.

Ar. Porter says specifically, with reference 70
the PATHOLOGICAL inquiries. that Dr. Billings
approves them on the ground that the statistics
sought through them would Be Of the utmost
value TO medh al science. Doubtless this y
true; bat the inquiries can produce no such
ssatistics unless the government sends out .
skilled disgnostician with every census cam
vasser to ascertain the actual physical condition
Of every citizen. The ordinary man, even when
intelligent. knows less about what il the matter
with him than about any subject whatever.
Even ii every citizen conscientious tried to
answer these questions correctly, the resulting
statistics would be grossly inaccurate and mis-
leading through mist ken diasnosia Ar = mat
ter Of fact Q very large proportion Of the popu-
lation will answer the questions evasively or
falsely, so that the statistics collected will be
inaccurate In IN extreme degree, The ques-
tons ought not to be asked II all-Nts York
World
Mrs. Gabb: s.My dear. II that man Harrison
ever rams for president again want you to vote
against him." Mr.. 0abb: swell, we'll! What's
the matter with Harrison!s MrA Gabb with
an injured air): "He's gone and appointed Mra.
Gadd's husband % census-taker. and now she'll
know everything about every family in town.
Hew York Weekly.
Next Monday Nh Porter's hired men win be-
gin asking people whether they are insane.
idiotic, blind. deaf. crosseyed or aflicted with
any contagfous disease. 1t viii Be light. gen.
teel empl0ymer but not without its perilA In
many respects Mr. Porters census 10 likely to b
howiing farce. Minneapolis Tribune.
On the ground Of humanity, to put e NO
higher, the government should provide each Of
tu census euumerstors with . neat piacard
bs airing the following legend printed on 1t In
large and plain lesten: "Don't shoot the emu
merator: he u doing the best he can. "-Nese
Fork 1ritvMe.
When you see census enumefatoR negotia-
tiating for the purchase of baseball maak you
viii understand that public opinion in regard TO
his schedule Of questions has begun 70 assert it.
self.-Nsw York World
Those pefsons who are complaining OF the
census question ought to BE- thankful that they
are no woslp. where did you get that hat -
- WasAfag5osg Post
The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1890-06-05

General JubaI A. Early. while engaged in .
hot discussion OF war issues - the Exchange
this afternoon. was approached by . stranger
who slapped him on the shoulder and r.
marked: MY dear General Lcnsstreet, how do
you DOR Early astonished his visitor BIZ en-
claiming savseeiy: Il want nothing 20 90 with
. man who mistakes me for sacn 3 rascal A
James Lonssfreetr' friend of the latter who
was standing BY demanded retraction Exrly
refused. wnereupon Lonssffeets friend made
lunges for harry, but the latter was protected by
friends long enough for him 70 escape. The in
eident has cansed . sensation
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nonE cENsUs QUESTIONS.

New York world.
Do yoa Csntf Have yoa read Looking Back
were yuu born in Nev Jersey or Matnes
Can you lick postage stampss Wefe Jour anoos-
tors trnmpS.
Have yon ever built castles In epains
viii you 70 70 the country this summer?
Do y0u like your champagne dry Or sweet?
HAVE y.a courage enough. when Ne give you
thia blu6,
To kick NJ ont into the street,
u your daughter or wife kleptomaniacs
Do you ever have ntS? II %. when?
Do ron sing like Bling biugu. the baritone
singer
How long are ron out at the s'pen:"
Has the street yOu live on BEEN swept latelyf
Do you wear dannels ell summer long?
u your middle name Peterf Do yOu like Car
meucita?
u "Some Dayo vour favofife nopG4
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OF the twenty-six survivors Of s.the gallant
six hundred" who made the famous charge q
Balsklavs. only two have been abe to obtain
admissancc to the Chelsea hospital. and four or
more are known 10 be the iucnmhents Of English
poor honssa Not one Of the survivors il in
comfortable circumstances. And yet the last
English treasury report announced Q surplus Of
hiieen millions IA the exeheqaer History hsa
axreed with Tennyscn tina; In respec, TO the
famous chssge Somebody hsundered." bur In
shs treatment of these impoverished survivors
there b something worse fhaa hlunSersnr n
Is iaha1an and monssroas
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raE SEASONS.


Warrington star.
Sweet childhood what dream Il r.
Unreal - that Of night
4 little May of blossoming bliss.
with warm h and sunshine bright
No doubt to chi its budding faith!
No paat to cloud the soul!
A lustf0us, stlvery, nooutide wrath,
With heaven its s.arry goal!
Bold youth! All, tender are the chords
In halcyon harp sends forthl
Ambition teeminG thought affords
Weird as the iroet-clad Nerthi
And love with Wild ecststic fame
Leaps high IN rspsurons Joy
Gorgeous the shining mines Of fame,
All gold, without alloy!
Ripe manhood! Real the war Of life.
No ideal visions now,
Blu frry passions, wrestling rife!
Hard wrought the toll bound beUw1
Laurel. lie not In every path.
Bread 10 the priceless boon!
Triumph the mockfne aftermath
That seldom comes too s0onf
And sees Old age IL In the airl
The garish lighss burn lowl
Distant the de d. that once were fair!
Yonder the Wild flowers blow!
Sail On, o soal! . rOeeate morn
Awaits thine opening eyes.
When waking amid scenes new born
Beyond tho clOudlem skiss!
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And Has Half the Tree Left
Ortrnx Oracle,

Fred HIlgerf. Of Ksponsin. recently built {
boat and psced II on The crystal ua:sa OF Lake
Kspousin, which Il not only . specimen Of nrst
class workmanship. bat IL serves TO illustrate
the value Of sings tree In that region. Ths
boat VII carry ten men or Q ton Of freight
Then out OF . portion OF the remainder Of the
same tree he built house Ax21 fest. and there
stifI remains enough Of that gfsn; old cedar &c
supply lumber ior chicken heuse and . picke,
fe1ee ct ssfhciens length to inciose the barn
varH
The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1890-06-05

A ve-y sssiAsng improvement In the ecoronsc
instruction asarsnr ga The tariff question. 80 far
- A=aersssa uasssrasses ard eoilerzs are cau-
cerned. has nesa esnonsgrassa hy sas ansxsr.
- questions sAss we're gropssnsea n~ ,As
Asssessas kasss~ssa To he seasors of farsy- ave
ceslsSzs wese sdassssea tAess saesssons: .A~
YEA n fsvce Of rsos<casss. saTsE resorza O. fr~e
rsdsf fsun whom Aave ye1 rscsivsd sscsuzss d
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did not attack civil service reform a. q prin-
cipie and dist nctly said that the Republican
party was committed 10 IL aud that IL had come
70 stay. did SAY, however. thar IL was mortal
affair and still open to discussion among the
plain people q well ~ the reformers, and that
was IN favor Of amending and maturing Il into
something practical and changing II away from
English 20 American spirit and form. l declared
that Ill holders OF ofhclai places should have
fixed tenares which the present law does not
give; that all applicants should be subjected TO
thorough and practical examination by the de-
parfmenta which they desire TO enter ins cad OF
being chosen. - now, by those who neither
know anything Of the practical workings aad
needs OF the Different departments nor have any
should be made on merit and that all people in
the federal service should be retained a. long a.
they are found faithful and usefHl, Just O. the
people themselves return the moss desirable
men to elective efisex Ny objection to
the superine theory OF Mr.. Ledge and
Others IL that II 20 largely suppressss both
the elements Of patr osism and practi-
cal sense in once seeking and sface-
holding that its logical effect 10 TO make Q man
In once fofsws q ps.sissnshsp and al srai AMI
activity in behalf Of party pri neiples or In pub
lie afAirA His Theory wonld make . poor cifi-
zen OF maa in order 10 make him 3 good ON
Ger instead. believe that the highest char.
ae,er of eisfxenshfp should be represented In the
ofices. and not the poorest. Under his system
the m an accepting IA cfflcs wonid accept IL q
. er4bary that took away his political hIrthright
and made him neutral IN politics and without
opinion 10 express or maintain I am opposed
to any such plan OF decitizsnixing free Ameri-
Cans am not lonesome In this position. The
American people believe in r. and they are Good
company. They believe that The interest Of the
average man must b kept alive in pablic
Affairs both politically and personally In order
The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1890-06-05

PeEdins consideration Of the bin au,horsa
The building OF three tire OF hattie sAis . sens.
tor Blair 1t New Hampshire. offered an amend.
mens which fsovidea thss before ordering tas
SHIPS the govern mens seonld asa Great Britain
70 disArn. psssamshay With IN expressed or I'm.
piled promise that II this request should Ia
complied with we weaid refrain from ha,idsar
fasss shipx. The senator Is sid 10 have brains.
and never makes motion vsshous q purposa.
Tie Sew YORK Herd has heen q some paans "a
discover nss purpose In ssking Enslana 70 ass-
ARA Alter adjournment he 10 gcsng over there
% telsver lecture
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The census Of New York city VIII show the
population to b. about i.s9o.ooo ~ Increase Of
nearly bali . million In ten ysafs: ehlld1ea q
school, 171oo0. churches. 20: fac1orfsa 7190;
horsss, ~ CO., ssvines hank depo<ss 11c4 on0 500
poiicsnsn. 1si: deaths n . year. A.0oo. -
looms. att. being 130 len than In - o. cot of
buijdines crested In ten yeaFs. 91sz 80 Gu
The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1890-06-05

Al Pis'shurg, Pa. on the 2sth ulsimo. Judse
Ewing, of the Allegheny County Courts, very
boldly joined issue with the United States su.
prsme Court in respect to the ia,ter's Original
package" decision. In passing upon q case
which was pending before him, involving The
same principles, he declared: III that a the d.
eissoa Of the United States sapreme Court, %
far As am concerned they viii have to decide
1t over again. have observed thss the United
States supreme Court have frequently made de-
casions which they have afterwards reversed.
II III Is . iacs thai such Is their decision, 1 re-
gard II As the entering wed.e that win eventu-
al y destroy the liberties of the people" Pretty
strong language about . superior from IN In
feglor court aH6 badly uttered
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Transportation rates east OF the Mississippi
river are In . frishtfully demorslixed condf.
ton. To such an extent 10 this true, aud 20
hopeless seems the prospect OF . stable adjass-
meut. that the railroad people seem awaking to
the necessity for radical changes In their the
cries and methods. During the past month the
rate for nrss-eiass freight from Boston to st.
Paul has rulsd a. low as 80 cents . hundred
pounds, and passenger rates have scarcely SUIT
feed to cover this cost Of lubricants Cattle
have been carried from s. Louis 10 Chicago for
less that cents per hundred pounds OF course
such prices are ruinoas to he carriers and an.
der existing methods the next step viii be to
jump 20 rates a. ruinous to ship rs and con-
sumers.s Aud tbs instability. the uncertainty.
the frequent fluctuations. are al the while ruin.
Gus to legitimate business
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New fefk farmers are preparing 70 besssre
congress- for pfcsecsien sgAssss an aprrehen4ed
danger ;hAs neaaiacfnress az oseomasr.rsue
WI sAks advaataes II tAe 'sorietnaI packaes-
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Says the Washington correspondent Of the
Philadelphia Inquirer: The Boston speech OF
General Clarkson II very Satisfactory to the
members of the administration. 1t Is regarded
~ fair exposition OF the Republican position
on the questions discussed. There Is . percepti.
BILE modification Of the early views In reference
to the civil service work. There u . movement
On foot TO introduce some very radical changes
in the organic act Of the service. The speech Of
General Garrison was somewhat In the nature
Of avalcdictory to his oficial life, - he u get.
ting his affairs in condition to retire about the
end OF June. In connection with the enter
priscs In which he vii embark he expects 70
continue in active party work. He feels that he
can accomplish more untrammelled By once
duty. member OF the easinet referring to
the speech tonight. said Il endorse every
word OF it'
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IAs Minneapolis Tff0xas y guilty Of cruel
inGinsafinn whoa if notes largs increase In
the number Of proAibiyf0niEts IN Topeka, KAN.
who do thsir ovn marketing since Tie s'oeiginal
package,' decssson was rendered
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The rssidence which VIM Waldorf Aston II
about TO erect ON his estate near Abbevi1lo n.
c., Is 10 cost 81 COO CO., and branch railroad has
been built for the purpose Of transporting
material 70 the gYoand. Commenting on this
the Pfonser Press says:s "Six mi lion dollars
would al many mil ions Of hungry mouths In
this world. and the mouths need hiiing great
deal worse than does Mr.. Aston need = six
million temporary r sidence." This u very
cheap ba'dertasa and the Piosesr Pres II
generally above giving circulation to the IKE.
The aix millions spent in building
that palace viii not divert any food from hun
Cry moufhs On the contrary. il win iced them.
Ard better still, they viii have earned II. which
il tar more to their advantage than II Is had
beea received - charity. And distributed in
this Way the ak millions not only helps those
who need it and earn It, but also leaves moi
ument to their toll and IN ornament to tho
country In which II Is located. to say nothing Of
the spirit of independence which 1t has fostsred;
al Of viii. b would have been lacking had It
been disbursed ss . grasuitv. No harm will
come TO the country, or to the People. ii rich
men put their surplus funds to no worse use
than in the building Of fine houses in this coun-
fpx