The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1890-05-31

once shows more entries than any other
N tee United States. il In SAID
human ate = quite safe now in Seattle,
tDe sAngusnary Chinook having become
quite tame and dociie l entered the cage
OF one OF them while there and remained
twenty minutes The Chinook Is essentially
water fuWi and is most AZ home in dur
out. When he Isncs be loses his dignity.
Tor ne Is knock-kneed and has gait like 3
mud turtle with stone brui<e Before one
knee can pass the other il has TO have .
written rerrait The sanaws are indassri-
Gus to degree. hrsnging into toxin every
morning large bouquets Of dex-laden clans.
which are sold 81 nominal price 70 the
people Of Seattle
The churches are numerous and well
tuiit, every denomination being repre-
senied The Methodist. Baptist aud Lufh-
eran churches have services in three lam
guages. 50 that each may attend and put
up his petition in the language TO which he
- most accustomed
On the Sound .-fhe typical American. . OF
whom We hear so much and read so much
N the books written by foreigners who
come to our shores, smoke Cigar take q
drink and go home. practically disappears
IL Is great congress oi representatives
from all states and all nations. The Yam
kee, the reformed rebel. the negro and the
eninaman lie down together and the cos
der gentle skies. toll on together and pros
per together.
The papers are handsome and metroposi-
tan IN ApTeAranee-two in the morning and
two IN the evening. A press club was
formed during my visit and started OF
with splendid prospects.
Seattle has no horse cars. The talented,
versatile aud ambiGexterous hobsaiI car
driver can never enter there. and the pleas
ing aroma OF the car stables does not cling
to the good clothes of the passenger when
be gets Of Two fine lines Of electric cars.
with four systems Of cable cars which scoos
up the hills and across the city. give q style
o. rapid transit which would put many an
older city to the blush.
Along the water front lots were iocsted
then the tide water fats. covering several
hundred thousand acres, more or less. were
located as lots and staked out, so that the
bay looks like forest of oyergrogn shad
poles That was not all: these proprietors
OF aquatic lots claimed as riparian owners
the margin OF deep water which accrued to
the lands, submerged though they were. and
some day the keen-eyed prophet sees here
the back bay ef Seattle filed in, and the
business portion of the city. where now the
tide rises almost rs high as the prices.
placed upon these humid building sites
That is not all. The buildings. one by one,
are wading out toward the deep water, and
factories, warehouses and residences. stand
ing on taIl and stately piles. creep farther
and farther out as the weeks roll by. In
stead of the missionary and the wood chop
per. the piiedriver becomes the pioneer at
this point. and the crustacean, instead of
the red brother, gathers up his household
utensils and sinks away TO seek other
haunts.
Wages are good. work is plenty and can
vas stores are giving place 10 handsome
brick and stone buildings One lot sold for
100 while l was there. and the music OF
the iackpiahes salutes the rapidly receding
forest