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The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1891-11-20

The Democrats last year gerrymandered
Michigan in most shameful manner, one
district being eighty-five miles long, taking
in part of the city OF Detroit and extend
ing to Lansing. In one of these gerry
wandered districts the Democrats elected
the late Mr.. Ford to congress by 1000
plurality. A Republican, Mr.. Belknap.
was chosen for his successor on the Sd inst.
by 1000 plurality, making a change of
5000 votes in that district in one year.
The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1891-11-20
RECIPROCITY WITH GERMANY.

NORTH BEND, Nov. Is, 1891.
To THE EDITOR: viii you inform me If the
United states has a reciprocity treaty with Ger
many? w. C. WEEKS.
Germany has recently agreed to admit Amer
lean food products IN return for free admission
of German sugar into America under the Nc
kinley bill as amended by James g. Blaine.
The agreement viii be referred 10 in President
Harrisons message, to be read In Congress De-
oember s, and will be laid before the senate.l
The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1891-11-20

Those desiring to ascertain the dangers
of dishonest silver currency. the condi-
ton of a country where it is allowed, and
how it affects gold may read with profit
Macaulay's description (History of Eng
land, chapters 81 and 22) as to how a re-
turn, in 1895 and 1896, under Locke, New
ton. Somers and Montague, to honest
silver coinage instantly sent guinea from
its inflated value of 80 to its actual value
of 81 shillings.
The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1891-11-20
Lieut.. GIave's Alaskan Discoyeri...
New York SIM

Mr.. F. ]. Giave, who has just returned from
his second journey In Alaska, has discovered
that pack horses may be used 10 advantage
there, aud advises their employment for trade
aud intercourse between the stations of the In
terror. Glaye, who jumped from the Upper
Congo into the wilds of Alaska, is modest and
level-headed young man, known TO all students
of exploration because he was equal to every
task assigned him during his six years on the
Congo, and because Stanley lavished praises
upon him in print, as he always does upon the
subordinates who succeed in the rather difficult
matter of pleasing their commander. A Gave
has reached that conclusion, there is probably a
future for PACK horses IN Alaska.
The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1891-11-20

Herbert Myrick, in his History OF Co
Operation. says that cattle growers last
year comparatively marketed 10000 car
loads of live stock tor over $500 900, net
ting 80 per cent rebate on the usual selling
charges. besides paying 30 per cent. inter
est on the capital employed. Cooperative
banking and building associations are in
creasing at the rate of so per wear, each
with an ultimate capital OF 81, 00o,Oo0. their
deposits equahns those of all national
banks. while their assets are double tie
combined capital of our national banks.
One farmers cooperative bank alone has
reduced interest rates in whole state and
still has been able 10 return its farmer
shareholders profits of S700.001 CO.
operative stores that DO business
OF from $4,000 10 $500. COO year, are
owned and operated by workingmen or
farmers and return 5 to IL per cent divi-
dend or rebate 10 purchasers after paying
fair interest on capital. Farmers ex-
changes market thousands of cars Of pro-
duce for hundreds Of thousands of dollars.
securing better transportation, lower
ireishts. better markets and more prompt
returns At an actual net savings in the
usual selling agents commissions amount
ing 10 S5e.1s1 wear in one case. and in an
other instance furnishing au the capital
required for an exchanges cooperative
store that does bas}aess OF $4,000
year. Great numbers Of batter and cheese
factories are owned and operated oo-opera-
lively and pay much better than proprie-
tary factories Cooperative ire insurance
companies a only ten states carry risks
amounting 10 nearly S7oo 90. coo. AT a saw
Ing over the regular" companies of ST.
10000 year.
The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1891-11-20
NOTICE TO THE PUBLIC.

.ne public IL hereby warned not to pay
uoney TO parties representing to be
asen. OF the Seattle PosT-IsrELLIeENcER,
Acept the following. who are the only
.ru1norized travelling agents of the Posr-
]rs,rs.LLIoEscER, viz: J. A. Mcclellan, l..
=. branson, 7. A. Davies and J. III. VIII
.s..; 1hss does not apply to resident agents
CUES and towns of the Northwest, nor 10
pos.masfers. who are in all cases author
s.eo 70 take subscriptions for the Daily,
sunday and Weekly PosT-IsTELLrGEScER
The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1891-11-20

No more Englishmen live to tell the
story of Waterloo. Lord Albemarle, Gen.
eral Whichcote and Colonel Hewitt, the
three survivors who celebrated the seventy
fifth anniversary of the battle in June,
1890, are now dead, and the famous Water
loo list at the British war office has been
alnsed
The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1891-11-20
The Population of MARYLAND.

The total population OF Maryland in 1890 was
l,42,Sao OF the twenty-four counties in the
state nine showed decreases since lSS0. Balti-
more, with asa. 40 inhabitants. is the only city
in Maryland having larger population than
Col u
The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1891-11-20

The naval forces Of Brazil comprise s. 20
officers aud men. There are five naval ar
sens,s, one each al Rio Janeiro. Para. Per
namhuco, Bahia and Ladario de Matte
Crosse. The navy includes four seagoing
and six coast defense srmor elads. i've
hrsi-c.ass, six seeond-class, and three
The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1891-11-20
The Population of Montana.

The total population of Montana In 1890 was
1919. No city approaches Seattle in size,
Helena, the metropolis, having only 1854 in
labitauts
The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1891-11-20
The Population of Ohio.

The population OF Ohio in 1880 was 1872 sls.
Ohio has five cities larger than Seattle. They
are: Cincinnati, 296,e0s; Cleveland, pol .S5S;
Columbus, $50: Toledo sl,4S4: Dayton, 81, 10
The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1891-11-20
Population of District of Columbia.
PERSONAL.

The population OF the District OF Columbia in
1890 was 23o,S92 The city Of Washington had
lSS &C. inhabitants
The sun. [volume] (Morris, Stevens County, Minn.) 1882-1895, 1891-10-01
DANGEROUS FELT HATS.

A Disastrous Experiment With One
Used for Straining Nitro-Glycer-
inc.
Everybody knows how terribly ex
plosive nitro-glycerine is under con-
CUSTOM" said a dealer in oil well sup
plies from Bradford, Pa, "but few
know the lasting properties of the eX-
plosive, and how next to impossible it
is to destroy its deadly qualities. In
manufacturing nitro-glycerine one OF
the processes is to strain it through
felt, usually through the crowns of
old felt hats, they having been found
not only the most convenient and ef-
fective for the purpose, but also pref
cradle for economy. This felt is burn
ed after using, to do away with all
danger that undoubtedly would result
from careless handling of it after
wards.
CAT one of the factories in the north
ern oil field once an employe resolved
to test the life of tro-glycerine, and
he took hat crown that had been
used as astrainer, washed it thorough
ly and then put it through a course of
treatment with alkalis. He LAID the
felt away on shelf out of the reach
and knowledge of any one else in the
factory. 1t lay there two years, and
one day the man happened to think
of it and took it down. Workers about
nitro-glycerine are VIGOROUSLY reck-
less, but the most careful and timid
man would scarcely have had any
fear of this two-year-old strainer, es.
pecially after the treatment it had re-
ceived. The workman had no idea
that there could possibly remain in
the felt the slightest suspicion of dan
ger, and to show that the stuff had
been annihilated he put the felt on the
iron arm on the timers bench, where
the cans for holding the explosive
are soldered, and struck it with a ham
mer. The result was surprise to
that factory. An explosion followed
that broke both arms of the workman,
stunned three other men, hurled the
heavy iron arm through two-foot
wall, and wrecked the thinning shop.
"Nitro-glycerine can't be annihilat,
ed, and from the careless manner in
which it has been handled ever since
it came in use in the oil regions it is a
wonder that there is a town standing
in the whole tield.-From the New
York Sun.
The sun. [volume] (Morris, Stevens County, Minn.) 1882-1895, 1891-10-01
A woRLD-woNDERFUL OFFER.
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BY fortunate arrangement with the
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Any one, parent or child, teacher or
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This magnificent work is comprised in
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No such offer was ever made by a news
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Present subscribers to the Weekly Pioneer
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The sun. [volume] (Morris, Stevens County, Minn.) 1882-1895, 1891-10-01
An Enthusiastic Muscovite,

The first Russian visitor on board
the French men-of-war at Cronstadt
effected his appearance among them
in a somewhat peculiar manner. He
was O Russian soldier, who had an ex-
tended swim in the Baltic off Cronstadt
to where the French squadron was
approaching. When he reached the
first vessel, which was just about to
anchor, he chung to the side, shouting
with all his might the only French
word he knew, give la France!" Great
were the rejoicings when the unclad
enthusiast was hauled on board. He
was treated to any number ofcognacs,
wrapped in a French naval cloak, and
preparations were made to convey
him back to quarters in the ship, when
suddenly he threw of his cloak, plunged
into the sea, and still shouting, give
la France!" returned home as he had
come.-St. Louis Republic.
The sun. [volume] (Morris, Stevens County, Minn.) 1882-1895, 1891-10-01
II. ENDEMANN. Phi. D.
New York Tribune, Sept. II, 1891.
WHY THEY WANTED HER.
Not Because She Was Handsome
nor Because Her Pa Was Rich.

Not Because She Was Handsome
nor Because Her Pa Was Rich.
There was rejoicing in the McGilway
household, such rejoicing as is rarely
known save when boy baby is born
or papa's named winner. Cook for
got to be cross and the parrot in the
front window sang sweet nothings I'M
molested to the small boys on the
fence.
Down in his Office Pa McGilway
winked his matrimonial eye. In my
Lady's chamber was the busy hum of
the sewing machine and the eternal
chatter of the dressmaker with her
mouth full of pins.
In the train coming home from col
Iege was Abbie, the daughter of the
house, the pride of her father and the
Joy OF her mothers heart. Dear,
clever Abbie, q baby yesterday it
seems to them, and yet to-day wom-
an grown, graduated from college and
coming home with honors heaped up
on her.
But not for long was darling Abble
coming to make glad the hearts of her
parents and to cause the home of her
childhood to bloom like sweet syrin-
ga bush with her presence.
In that long, cool parlor, where the
white lace curtains f1uttered in the
June breeze and great punches of
June roses waited to challenge the
coming girl to the test of rival sweet
ness, there sat that day IN silence ten
young men. With hats in hand, all
save one were breathing sorrowful
maledlctions against the others for
being nearer the door than they.
Since early morn they had sat there,
waiting the coming of her at whose
feet were to be laid the ten hearts and
ten fortunes here represented.
She was not so beautiful girl, this
coming queen, nor yet was Pa McGil-
way so rich man. 1t was the fame
of Abbie's graduating essay that had
served as lure to the most eligible
men in town, explains the New York
Commercial Advertiser, "How to Keep
House on $40 a week." Miss Abbie
McGilway.
The sun. [volume] (Morris, Stevens County, Minn.) 1882-1895, 1891-10-01
A VILLAGE POO BAH.
A Reporter Seeks Information In
Sullivan County ettIenent

A Reporter Seeks Information In
Sullivan County SettIement
A reporter for the Sun seeking infor-
nation Of q former resident, visited
Oakland Valley, Sullivan County, the
other day. While awaiLingthe Monti,
cello train at Port Servis the reporter
inquired of II group of loungers where
he would be most likely to obtain the
required information.
"When you get off the train" said
one man, take the main road, and in
the first house to the right lives an old
fellow who can tell you all you want"
"'d see the supervisor if were
you" said another; "he has held OF
flee nineteen years and knows every
body"
cor the postmaster. In those little
villages the postmaster knows every
body's business" suggested a third.
"Take the little path down the hill
and you'll come to sawmilI. Ask
the boss" was the next suggestion,
and it was followed by this:
"There's only one storekeeper i'll the
village; ask him."
The last one was: "OId Ben Case II
tell you all you want to know"
At the foot of the very steep hill
leading from the railroad station the
reporter met a tine-looking, weIl-set-
up man in top boots, rough trousers,
q wooden undershirt, and a SLOUGH
hat, who in answer to an inquiry,
said he was Ben Case. He knew all
about the man the reporter was seek
ing, and gave the information freely
AS there was no way of leaving the
village until the next train, five hours
later, the reporter determined to visit
the other persons to whom he had
been directed. He thanked Mr.. Case
and walked to the SaWmill and asked
to see the boss. The workman direct
ed him to the general store near by
There he met Mr.. Case again. In an
swer to an inquiry for the sawmill s
owner, or for the general storekeeper,
Mr.. Case replied: "They're me"
AS it was unlikely that he could give
more information as general store
keeper and mill owner than he had al
ready given, the reporter asked to be
directed to the supervisor, and again
the reply, "That's me-"
"You seem to be nearly everybody
here, Mr.. Case. Where shall find the
postmaster? He may know more
than you've told me-"
"Waal, don't think so, but you
ask him if you like. I'm the post
MASTER
Unwilling to ask any more ques-
tions, the reporter started for the
white house to the right of the road.
There two young women, busily en-
gagged in domestic duties, said their
father had gone to the store, but
would return in q few moments.
Would the visitor wait? The report
er waited and in about an hour the
Ubiquitous Mr.. Case arrived.
"Come, girls" he said, "Im ready
for dinner. Lay plate for the strang,
err He wants to see me bad"
The sun. [volume] (Morris, Stevens County, Minn.) 1882-1895, 1891-10-01
ONE SPOILED CHILD,
The Wasted Life Of Payne Todd, Sol
of President Madison's Wife,

The Wasted Life of Payne Todd. Son
of President Madison's Wife,
Mrs. Madison, besides being the wild
ow of President, who was also a
wealthy planter, possessed some prop
erty in her own right, and her only son
was originally a man oflarge fortune.
1t was this son that brought her to
ruin, asserts the Richmond Dispatch.
He was the child of her first husband,
and his name was Payne Todd.
During the presidency of Mr.. Madi-
son he lived in the White House with
them, a pretty, engaging lad, with a
pleasing talent for mimicry.
Everybody liked, courted, petted
and fattered him. When older he took
to no serious occupation, and finally
went to Europe, where he spent many
idle years, wasting his fortune in ex-
travagance.
On his return home he was no bet
ter. He did, indeed, buy an estate in
Virginia, bat at that time an estate
in Virginia was of little value unless it
was vigilantly looked after by the
owner.
And so he wasted his life and his
substance. After spending the whole
of his own fortune, he allowed his
mother to waste the whole Of hers up.
n him, for she continued to the last
j, be dotingly fond of him. sra
She was obliged to sell Montpelier,
and if Congress had not bought from
her her husbands papers she must
have been wholly dependent upon
charity. The last words she uttered
were: "My poor boy, - - - - e. =
b Two years after her death her son
died Of typhoid fever carefully nursed
to his last moment by the old serv'
ants of the family.
The sun. [volume] (Morris, Stevens County, Minn.) 1882-1895, 1891-10-01
Artistic Advertising,

Undoubtedly the Ivory Soap people de-
serve credit for the best grade of illustra-
poses The series of full-page drawings
which have been appearing on the last page
ofthe Century represents some of the most
capable book and magazine artists in the
country. The series must have cost no
small figure AS yet the way up" artists
do not sign the work they do for advertisers,
but apprehend that it will not be, long
such names as George Wharton Edwards,
+. w. Kemble, etc. Such men as these bring
to their work, besides mere mechanical
skill, trained imagination and an artistic
conception of things. These qualities, when
used in connection with advertisements
command scarcely less interest than when
used in the ordinary literary way.--(Print-
'ter's Ink, August 10, 1891.
The sun. [volume] (Morris, Stevens County, Minn.) 1882-1895, 1891-10-01
Strange Superstition in Russia.

A curious case of gross superstition
recently brought before the Criminal
Sessions Court at Samara, in Russia.
Six peasants were tried and sentenced
to Imprisonment for terms of various
duration up to four months for de-
Iiberately disinterring the body of
woman who had died of intoxication
and floating it down the Volga as
means OF causing rain. 1t seems to be
quite fixed belief among the Russian
peasantry that throwing the dead
body of drunkard into the river is a
sure cure for want of rain.
A temperance lecturer is always backing
water.
The man who ought to suit you we'll
your tailor
The sun. [volume] (Morris, Stevens County, Minn.) 1882-1895, 1891-10-01
AMMONIA IN BAKING POWDER.
Discussion Before the American
Chemical Society.

Discussion Before the American
Chemical Society.
To the Editor of The Tribune-Sir:
have just seen the report in your
issue of Sept. 8 of the discussion at
the Washington meeting of the
American Chemical Society, Aug. IS,
relative to the use of carbonate of
ammonia in baking powders.
This report is incomplete and in
correct in many particulars, and as
the paper which precipitated the dis
cussion was read by me and was
based upon my own experiments, l
desire to make certain corrections in
the interest of the truth and for the
benefit of the large number OF your
readers to whom the question is one
OF great moment.
The paper as read before the society
related that ammonia in baking
powder is retained in the bread by
reason of its affinity to the gluten.
The consensus of opinion as expressed
during the discussion was against the
use of carbonate of ammonia in
baking powder with the only exception
of DR.. McMurtrie, who is now an
employe of baking powder company
which uses carbonate of ammonia in
its baking powder.
OF the other parties mentioned rs
having taken part in the discussion
were Prof. DIR. Barker of the Universe
ty of Pennsylvania, who is the Presi-
dent of the society and one of our
highest authorities. In answer to q
pleading by Prof. McMurtrie that on
ly small quantities of ammonia were
used in baking powders, he stated:
mo matter how small the quantity,
/ must decline to be dosed medically
without my consent when taking my
meals"
DIR. E. H. BARLEY, formerly chemist
of the Brooklyn Board of Health and
Professor of Chemistry at the Long
Island College, likewise named, did
not, believe, take active part in the
discussion, but is already on record
as strongly opposed to the use of am
mOnium carbonate in bakingpowders.
| DR.. Richardson volunteered only
the question whether the flour used in
the experiments was of good quality,
of which | assured him by stating that
it was the best and the flour used in
my family.
Prof. Mallet was not present.
Your article is misleading in so far
as it gives the impression that am
monia disappears on baking. My
actual tests agree with those made by
others, showing that ammonia re-
mains in the bread. My Investigations
simply assign a new cause for its re-
tentlOn.
H. ENDEMANN, Phi. D.
New York Tribune, Sept. IT, 1891.
Note-Dr Endemann, the writer of
this communication, is we'll known in
scientific circles, and was for twelve
years chemist of the New York Board
Of Health.
The Baking Powder company above
referred to is the Royal Baking Pow
der company of New York.
And the employee, DR.. William Nc
Murtrie, who defends that company's
use Of ammonia, is their much adver-
tised Government Authority.
There is no such Office known under
our government as that of Govern
ment or United States Government
! Chemists-ChicagO Tribune.
The sun. [volume] (Morris, Stevens County, Minn.) 1882-1895, 1891-10-01
ViCtOrIa'S Cousin.

The duke of Cambridge, since the
age of 10, has been in the queens
employment. The following are the
rough estimates of the money he has
received: Grant of912, 900 for thirty
nine years, 946S,OOO; army emolu-
ments from 1887 to 1861, $40, 900;
colonel of Grenadier guards, 1851 to
1869; 945,000; commander-in-chief,
1862 to 1889, G125, 900; rangership
OF parks, e17,OoO; total, 9671, 900,
or 80, 355, 900.
The sun. [volume] (Morris, Stevens County, Minn.) 1882-1895, 1891-10-01
HELP! HELP! THE LADY FATNTS.

When sudden fainting spells come
upon a lady, you may always suspect
some uterine disturbances or trouble, or
some great disorder in the circulation and
nerve centers. A remedy that has al
ways proved successful in warding off and
removing the tendency to recurrence of
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of them, cOrrects the circulation of blood,
and gives to the system that even run
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Pierce's Favorite Prescription.
The Prescription is guaranteed to
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You only pay for the good you get.
Can you ask more?
AS regulator and promoter of func-
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"Favorite Prescription is a perfectly
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only good results. 1t is equally effica-
cious and valuable in its effects when
taken for those disorders and derange-
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