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The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1891-04-18

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The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1891-04-18

ceiianeous supplies: sealed proposafs VIA -
sscessed - The once Of the board q public works
W 70 noon o. the 18th tEst- for the furnishing 70
nootns o. Nay and June. 1891. nasersass sap
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or portions Of bids Net prices 20 be Given = far Is
The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1891-04-18

HOMESTEAD AND TIMBER CLAIMS LO-
IL Gated: satisfaction guaranteed CAL on or ad-
dress Dewitt 4 WEttcnan room IS Scrire-I1afi-
mer building, Seattle, Wash
DEOPLE LOOKING FOR PERMANENT
J. homes or timber claims will do well 70 cali
the state Land Company; we have good places
near salt water also dne property for sale. Wight
Graham 4 Co. room So squire Lafimer building.
Commercial street.
Rock Island daily Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1886-1893, 1891-12-05
Singular Conduct of - citizen.

About l o'clock yesterday afternoon
man without a hat or cont. CARRYING a
small valise slung over his shoulder.
rushed through the crowd at promi-
nent corner near the court house square
and began hurriedly to climb up the fire
escape of six story building. Before
anybody could prevent him he had got
half way up 10 the top. Then he stopped,
stood with one foot on a round of the
ladder, held on with one hand, hung ont
as far as he could, and looked with wild.
staring eyes ut the excited throng below.
His long hair, thin about the temples
and gray with age or suffering, blew
about his face, and his gaunt frame shiv-
cred IN the scanty garb that clothed it.
My Friends" ne said to the horror
struck crowd watching him as he opened
with a trembling hand the valise that
hung down in front of him, ''if any of
You are suffering from a lame back,
sprains, bruises, neuralgia, corns, in
growing toenails or infiamed eyes. one
application of this magic salve. which l
have the pleasure of offering to you at
ten cents box
But his audience had fed in wild dig
may.-Chicago Tribune.
Rock Island daily Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1886-1893, 1891-12-05
C.. E. wlswALL 3 CO., 1eo State ST. CHICAGO.
WHY HE FELL.

Louis Napoleon was a die.
tator, the supreme ruler of
the French. He had, by his
own irresistible will, placed
himself over the great French
nation, He was a despot, but
he held his position up to the
time of Sedan. Then he sudden
ly collapsed and the man who
had braved the world, and re-
psatedly risked his life in
furtherance of his schemes, be-
came a dotard. He died under
the surgeons knife, and then
the truth became manifest, He
was the victime of kidney II ou-
BILE, and it was this that made
him weak, Slapped his intellect
and induced him to sapsction
war with Germany, and suffer
defeat afterwards. His case is
common IN every day life, 1T is
this terrible malady that is the
cause of half the business fail.
ures. If the sufferers will take
Reid's German Cough and Kid
ney Cure. the mists that cloud
their brain and the lastitude
that weakens their energies
will be banished. For sale by
all druggists, 25 and so cents
per bottle.
SYLVAN REMEDY Co.,
Peoria, Ill.
Rock Island daily Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1886-1893, 1891-12-05
A coNFlDINe MAN
He Put His Faith in the r,,,,.
Was All RiDbt

was All Right.
1here was young man ;bout twa,t,,
years old walking up and down pari,
place as II looking for mething snec;a1
ana policeman who had been obsarr,
ing him for some time finally asked hin,
what he wanted. ILL
ieit my satchel in doorway along
mere somewhere, was the reply.
You left your satchel in a doorw.v,y
Yes. WANTED to run INTO the nost
oilce ana 1T was pretty heavy to carry;
mad two suits of clothes in it."
AND you left it in doorwavpp
les. l put my wallet containing
nlnety-five dollars in it, and also watc6
worth about thirty-five dollars. was
AFRAID they might get lost. It was right
along here somewhere"
wei, you are about the preenest
chap have seen for the last ten vearsr,
exclaimed the officer.
"Why?'
Don't you know that some one n;clad
that satchel up within two minutespS
Oh! guess not. I've allus confided
IN the public, and never. got robbed
yet"
"eh' TINS Is real old fashioned inno-
cence' and no mistake" laughed the of
ncer. There is about one chance in a
million OF your ever seeing"-
An! heres the place and here's the
satchel! interrupted the young man, as
ne stepped aside into doorway and
Iugged 1t out. Il knew it was along
mere somewhere. Much obleeged for
your Kindness. Allus colfided in the
public and never got left yet"
AND as he shouldered it and went off
down the street the officer looked after
MIN IN blank amazement and muttered:
by jim! but l really believe l ought
TO have tapped him once with my club"
New York Evening World.
Rock Island daily Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1886-1893, 1891-12-05

Romantic Miss-Do yDu love me we'll
enough to do battle for ne?
Ardent Suitor-Ay, against a thou
sand
well, Mr. BiSfsh is paying me n
good deal of attention. Would YOU
fight him for me-
Yes. / would"
could you defeat him."
mo, he'd probably thrash the life
ont of me"
Mercy! Well, never mind. I'll take
you without any fighting; and, oh, do
please remember, my darling, promise
me on your honor, that if ever you see
Mr.. Bigfsh coming you'll run. Good
News.
Rock Island daily Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1886-1893, 1891-12-05

Tommy-Oh, ma, look at that fat man
coming along. How awfully his vest
does stick out.
Ma-Hush, Tommy! It's not polite to
speak of any one you see on the street.
That is Mr.. Paunch, tie new deacon of
our church.
Tommy-Oh, it's, Ell? Well, pears to
me he's hunchbacked CD the wrong side
of 'im.-Boston Courier
Rock Island daily Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1886-1893, 1891-12-05
Often That way.

Him, that young man of yours-is he
worth anything financially"
why, yes, papa. He is worth at
least thirty-fve dollars week to the
store, he says, though they only give
him ten dollars. indianapolis Journal.
Rock Island daily Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1886-1893, 1891-12-05

Baron Ito wealthy banker)-My good
sir, 1 happen to be just now in pecuniary
difficulties; could you not assist me with
one of your daughters? -Dorfbarbier.
Rock Island daily Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1886-1893, 1891-12-05
A Kicker.

Mrs. Slimdiet-Is there anything l can
put in your room to add to your COM
fort?
New Boarder-I notice there is no
thermometer on the stove, how do you
tell whenit is going?-New York Sun.
Savannah courier. (Savannah, Tenn.) 1885-1979, 1891-05-28
One Dollar Per Year,
PERSONAL AND LITERARY.

About twelve months ago the editor
of Light, the principal spiritualistic
journal in London, received an anony-
nous donation of one thousand pounds
for the support of hispaper, The other
day another donation of the same
amount came apparently from the same
quarter, but the donor remains entirely
unknown.
Prince Anton Radziwill, the father,
and Countess Aranicla, the mother-in-
law of Prince George Radziwill, have
procured an order from the courts ut
Potsdam placing Prince George under
tutelage, on account of his eXtravagant
mode of living. His racing stable is to
be sold off, and it is understood that his
creditors will lose everything.
The story called "The Brazen An
droid the first part of which appears
in the April Atlantic, was written more
than thirty years ago. The then editor
of the Atlantic returned it with the re-
quest that the author should rewrite it,
but the author would do nothing of the
sort, and no more was heard of the
story until its present appearance.
Mrs Eleanor Kirk Ames, the au-
thoress, is as Industrious as she is sue
cessfu She is constantly occupied ut
her charming home in Brooklyn, with
revising proofs, correcting manuscripts
and collating literary information, as
well as in creative writing. Her noted
book, "Information for Authors" is in
great demand among literary people.
One of Barnum's recipes for old age
was this; "In addition to being strict
ly temperate, have always been cheer
full. | once adopted as my family motto
the words Love God and be merry"
and firmly believe that he who faith
fully follows that precept in all that it
implies is pursuing a course well calcu-
lated to enable him to live to be very
old.
Emma Abbott's ashes are to be sur
mounted by an eghty-fve thousand
dollar Gothic monument of Westerly
granite, which is to be erected in
Oak tGrove cemetery, at Gloucester
Mass. 1t will also serve as a
tomb for the body of her husband, Eu-
gene Wetherell. The monument will
be fifty-seven feet high, and will re-
semble the Prince Albert memorial in
London.
james Whitcomb Riley lives on the
wing; now in the best indianapolis
hotel, then with his sister. The next he
is off somewhere lecturing. 81 never
owned desk in my life" he said re-
Gently, land don't know what it is to
have library. l write everywhere,
sometimes on the liitchen-table in my
sisters house, then in a parlor, and
again on the printers case-just where
the fancy seizes me. When the frost is
on the punlkin' was written on the end
of desk in ten minutes"
Rider Haggard, who has just re-
turned to New York from Mexico, says
"the climate is very trying-thin air
and insufferable heat. And the insects!
The air swarms with 'them-mosqui-
toes, 'iiggers. kind of tick they call
'garapata, and don't know whatmore!
They made life misery, and couldn't
sleep even at night for them. | have
plenty of material for my story. shall
take the time of Cortez to tell it in, as
| believe that Mexico was more civ
ilized then than it has ever been since
Savannah courier. (Savannah, Tenn.) 1885-1979, 1891-05-28
ESOUlMAU EVENINGS.

Up where the north pole towers high
Out of o snow.drift up to the sky
Up In the dreary Arctic regions,
Where the EsquimauX are the only legions
There where the climate IS always frgd
And explorers are centrally frozen rigid,
The nights last always nalf u year,
And the evening three months, or very near;
There, ev'nings are long as spring or fall.
oh, there is the place for an ey'ning call
The Esquimau lover may well rejoice
When he calls on the maid OF his fond hearts
choice;
From her sweet smiles he need not be ban
ished
After brief two hours have vanished.
There they can sit for three months together,
And talk OF love- or about the weather;
They can pass their time amid chat or song
And ev'ning goodly three months long
No hurrying clock hints he must 60
] envy the gallant Esquimau.
When the clock strikes ten there appears nc
sire
To tell the maid she had best retire.
Nor call is there from the stairway's head,
Telling the damsel to haste TO bed;
No voice comes saying how late tits growing,
Asking: "Well, isn't he over going?"
Nor need he, fearful Of walking far,
Hasten to catch the latest car,
Young lovers who know It's hard to go
win envy the happy Esquimau.
II drama the Esquimau attracts,
He can sit through couple Of hundred acts;
So long the evenings are, yOuseo,
He wouldn't put up with play Of three.
Then, after every act is ended
The neighborng bar" is, of course, attended
When the play is over how full of giee,
How awfully iovial he must be!
With their nights so long, why, it stands to rea
son
That an Esquimau play must last season.
Harry b. Smith, in America.
Savannah courier. (Savannah, Tenn.) 1885-1979, 1891-05-28

she might pass to the place next the
window.
"'"If you please" she said 81 will
take the outer seat, as l shall only go
to the next station, if my brother meets
me there"
She was dressed in deep mourn
ing and wore heavy veil, which she
kept drawn over her face, rendering it
impossible for me to get glimpse at
her face.
Il endeavorcd, without success, to
engage her in conversation, She APP
peared willing TO talk, but her sentences
were interrupted quite frequently by
sobs, ana she would raise her handller-
chief to her face, evidently to wipe the
tears from her eyes.
i was very tired, and fell asleep
soon after the train pulled out of Car
Isle. The stranger had not left the car.
when awolle, just before reach
ing Otis, she was gone, as were my
gold watch and chain and my pocket
book, containing several hundred dol
lars and numerous valuable papers,
i learned that she got off the train
at Laporte, and had no doubt she was
the one who had picked my pockets,
" Il was unable to recover my watch
and chain and money, but the papers,
of no value to anyone except myself,
were several days later returned to me
from New York city by mail.
4" 'On her left hand had noticed n
curious ring, and the day on which l
came to Clifton | saw its exact counter
part on the hand of a lady who is at
this hotel,
Confident that two such rings do not
exist, | made inquiries of this lady rel
ative to the one had seen on her hand.
l could only learn that it belonged to a
friend, who did not wish her name
mentioned in connection with it.
The person with whom this lady is
more intimate than with anyone else
in Clifton is Mrs Mary Ashleigh, whom
suspect to be the owner of the ring,
which have not seen since the time
specified
iouuo hOU SunPSSU UhIO -hio' hSA
leigh was connected with the burglary,
do you?' the detective asked, in a tone
of surprise mingled with horror.
"And it is not strange that he was
astonished and Mortified at the idea OF
her guilt as Mrs, Ashleigh seemed to
be one of the wealthiest as she was one
of the handsomest and most attractive
women in Clifton.
81 suspect only what | have told
YOU replied; and if you base youl
Savannah courier. (Savannah, Tenn.) 1885-1979, 1891-05-28
HUMOROUS.


Sensitive. -Judge-"So Huber is
your accomplish. Thief-"EXcuse me,
my associate. "-Fliegende Blaetter.
"A recent examination elected the
following forms of comparison: Ill,
iller, illest. III, worse, better Ill,
worse, dead. Exchange.
Lady of the House-"You say you
haven't had anything to eat to-day?"
Tramp-"Lady, if you believe me; the
only thing I've swallowed to-day is in
suits. Exchange
in the Geological Museum. -"See.
Hans, that is lion. He belongs to the
animals that eat flesh" But, mamma,
if you look at this hole in his side, you
will see that he is full of hay."-Flie-
gende Blaetter,
Young Daffodil says that when a
young man kisses willing girl for the
first time their pleasure is mingled with
mutual reproach that they did not have
enough sense to do the same thing long
before. -Somerville Journal.
W.T. understand you are learning
to be sprinter." P.-"Yes, my girls
father has sent me word that if he ever
catches me at his house he'll thump the
life out of me, and I'm bound to have
the girl, that's all."-Outing.
81 noticed that tramp left the
house as l came over the HILL" said the
farmer. EYES," replied his wife, che
81 bo Init hn nt1a n frnf
away with about everything else in
sight. Maybe he'll come back after the
house later on"
He must have been a bright boy,
very bright little boy, who said to his
mother: 81 wish lion would eat me up"
"Why?" the mother asked. because
it would be such joke on the lion; he
would think was inside of him, and /
should be up in eaven,"-Congrega-
tionalist.
-Hinter-"So you've given up your
attention to Miss Camden, eh?" Winter
Eyes. saw there was going to be
annoying complications, so | dropped
out" Hinter-'I observed figure drop
out of Camden's parlor window last
night, but wasn't sure it was you. -
Yonkers Gazette.
The Pail Mall Gazette tells of "a
doctor on a man-of-war who had very
simple method of treatment He would
tie piece of tape around the waist OF
the complaining mariner and command
him to state whether the pain existed
above or below the tape. If above, an
emetic, and if below, dose of salts fol.
lowed as matter of course.
The boys fishing pole was fastened
under the root of tree on the river
bank yesterday, and he was sitting in
the sun playing with dog 'Fishing?'
inquired man passing along the road
"Yep," answered the boy, as briefly
"Nice dog you've got there. What's hii
name?'' "Fish." Fish? That's {
queer name for dog. What did yol
call him that for?" "'Cluse he won =
bite. Then the man prC ceeded on BIZ
way Warrington Star.
Savannah courier. (Savannah, Tenn.) 1885-1979, 1891-05-28

future investigation upon what | have
said, do not wish to publicly figure in
the affair
"'You shall not And l will prose-
cute my investigations in such way
that Mrs Ashleigh, if innocent, shall
not know that the faintest suspicion
ever attached to her
"To make the story as short as posi-
BILE: In the cottage occupied by Mrs.
Ashleigh were found nearly all the
spoils of the pocket-piclling, the lar
ceny and the burglary, besides burg
hairs tools and innumerable articles for
effecting disguise. Confronted with
these evidences of her guilt, she calmly
said:
The daughter of poor but estima-
bic parents, more than fifteen years ago
| left my home in disgrace, to get my
living by my wits.
Eventually, l attached myself to a
gang of miscreants, and met with Won
derful success as a pickpocket and con
fidence woman.
"'My face and manners easily won
me the attention of gentlemen who i'm
plicitly trusted me, and whom in vari-
Gus ways | victimized without arousing
their suspicious.
For instance, the impossible teller
of the bank in this place was fasci-
mated by my charms smiling as the
words left her lips, and more than
once has explained to me all that an
inexperienced craftsman need know
in order to appropriate the contents Of
the vault without leaving any clew to
his identity.
50 have a wonderful faculty of re
membering the names and faces OF
those whom ! have victimized, and
wherever l go am on the lookout for
them. Learning that YOU addressing
me, were in Clifton, felt certain that
you, seeing it, would recognize the
ring which | carelessly exposed tc
your view on the occasion when | re-
lieved you of your valuables. at
once obtained it from her to whom
had lent it, but you had seen it, and
have no doubt that it was the immedi
ate cause of revelation of my mis-
deeds
"She was arrested, tried, founC
guilty on various counts, and sentenced
to Imprisonment for fifteen years per
sistently refusing to divulge her rea
name.
"Her two servants were found tC
be her accomplices, and each was i'm
prisoned for1five years.
The impressible teller of the Cliff
ton national bank was discharged from
his position.
"The ring in your hand Mrs. Ash
eigh gave me as partial compensa-
ton for the loss you sustained at my
hands two years and more ago -
Fred F. Foster, in Chicago News.
Savannah courier. (Savannah, Tenn.) 1885-1979, 1891-05-28
SAVANNAH, TENNESSEE, THURSDAY

ton continually harp That itls the no.
blest duty OF woman to make the family
life beautiful and harmonious, TO ale
viate SORROWS andt6 exercise love, Do
they then forget entirely that-accord-
ing to psychological law-thc exercise
of this beautiful, ,womanly virtue is first
possible when IL is induced by condi-
tions corresponding to her individual
ity.
Only from one point of view can it be
understood that woman's natural call
ing consists in being wife and mother
upon the same ground that the natur'
al calling of man is fulfilled in his char
acter as husband aud father. But it
never occurs to anybody to assert this
Complete freedom is permitted the man
to found household or not; never is he
required before every thing else to be
husband and father. That were alb
surbl But woman-every woman--in
the fulfllment of her duty shall rise
only for the family, in work for the
home, which in spite of wish and aspir-
alton is not all interesting to her.
Experience has demonstrated that
woman in almost all departments of in
tellectual work has achieved, and,
therefore, can achieve greatness. And
yet men perseveringly exclude her from
the lecture-rooms of sciepce, they con-
fine to "A narrow limit women to whom
the mastery of branch of industry is
question of existence, to a region where
y cultured and intelligent woman finds
no suitable field of activity for her in
tellect They believe it is due to the
welfare of humanity to deny the ablest,
most aspiring woman, what they grant
without reserve to the worst, the idlest
man. o humanity! o justice!
Henceforth woman-as man-accord-
ing to her individuality, her ability and
her inclination, should be educated as a
morally free, independent human being
this is the ideal aim of all education),
moreover singing out one of her talents
she should practice assiduously her
chosen profession, aiming at her IDEAL
finally she should appropriate that
knowledge and readiness which give
her standing, to fulfill in worthier
manner her position as wife and mother
if following her free WILL she either
wholly or partly quits the pursuit of an
Independent calling and for the future
takes her path of life at the side of a
husband.
In Such an instance her "natural call.
ing" would not hinder woman in the
fulfllment of her most natural calling,
the performance of her duty to human
ity; her aspiring mind would not be
limited to the narrow circle of home, il
would wander out into the greater
circle of the community, and her intel
lect, her aspirations would be satisfied.
Translated from the Frauenberuf by
Sophie Salvanius for the Chautauquan.
One Woman Among Thousand.
Mrs. M. Louise Thomas, the eX-presi-
dent of Sorosis, has a quaker fondness
for cleanliness. No bric-a-brac cutters
up her parlors the pictures are guilt
less of scarves and the windows of cur
tains-there is nothing to catch the
dust and breed disease. The walls are
painted instead of being papered anC
in the bedrooms there are no carpets
whatever. tall four-poster of ma
hogany, black with age, and with cur
tains of old brocade, has the honoret
place in the chamber
Savannah courier. (Savannah, Tenn.) 1885-1979, 1891-05-28

gold, set with cameo cut to represent
a snake that lay coiled with head erect.
It's eyes of emerald seemed to snap at II
tiny bird, also cut in stone.
There is singular incident con-
nected with that ring, which," my
friend remarked, as picked it up and
carefully examined it, perhaps you
would like to hear"
81 should,' was my reply; and he
narrated story which ] will tell as
nearly as | can in his own words.
Three years ago 1 went to pass a
few days in Clifton-as you may know,
a noted summer residence, but a better
resting place than most resorts.
II had been there only few hours
when | saw on the hand of lady who
lodged at the same hotel a ring which
greatly excited my curiosity, for
reasons that will appear later in my
story.
81 easily secured an introduction to
her, and in the course of our first con-
versation referred to this ring, no
longer on her hand, as having attracted
my especial attention.
cit is very curious, she said.
Does it belong to your | inquired
1T does not, but was lent me by a
friend
May inquire the name of the
owner?'
"'She requested me not to mention
her in connection with the ring; so you
will please excuse me from telling you
her name
Il should like to purchase it, if she
would dispose of it for a reasonable
sum- remarked, interrogatively.
"I will learn whether she is willing
to sell it, and let you know soon.
Before my arrival in Clifton there
had been many cases of pocket-picking
and petty theft in the place, and on the
fifth night after came the village bank
was burglarized.
Though the minor offenses had
caused no particular excitement, the
burglary did, for the temporary as well
as the permanent residents of Clifton
would lose considerable sums if the
stolen funds were not recovered.
Every possible effort was made to
ferret the crime to its source, but SC
shrewdly had it been planned and exc
cuted that no clew to its perpetrator OF