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AUCTION SALES.
TOMORROW


WALTER B. WILLIAMS CO.. Auctioneer..
RESs9dAR SATURDAY SALE At OUR SALES
E EkE1kNrhv hSTE
H HEahfiSe STOVES. 6kockEki. dikssSAkE
I TWO RS say CASE FiASos,
FIFTY ENGRANINGs. ETCHINGS, ETC.
1t WALTER B. WILLIAMS 4 CO., Aucs..
THOMAS BOWLING & SON. AuctOneers.
N6 AZ o FTRNT dS
k 1872 SoMMESSdHIPSasY A 4fN cTEttcEkENra
1aSi sSs.
and HT
grain Carpets Cooking and Heating Stoves. &c. &C.
A lot of condemned material for D. @. Government.
crate Of Crockery Ware small lot Of groceries. Cotet
No. ' ~ ALSO ono Al INV twelve fass O'clock.
horses Sssnf SON.
~ $40 Pa. ave. NV.
H s$ s AHh $Rs SSaSHS $sa?'
SATURDAY. AE't Asf5S SS' 5t55SEs'H' AT
HORSES. CARRIAGES. WAGONS.
So HARNESS. &c.
Sale positive Stalls for horses waiting sale. Com
aPt-2t RADCLIFFE, DARR & CO., Aucts
8 BENsINGER, Auctioneer.
WASHINGTON HORSE AND CARRIAGE BAZAAR
fEhEMPTORf SALE OF HORSES, MARES, CAR
klAGEs. WAGONS. HARNESS, &c, &c.
MI De sod az the bazaar. $40 Louisiana ave.. SAT-
U EhpAI MORNING. APRIL ELEVENTH. AT TEN
O'CLOCK, thirty head of Horses and Mares. In
rkQrs andi
ALSO
One New MIX wagon, two New Business Wagons, two
New layton Magons. two New Buggies and fifteen
.p Ssss &C. S. BEN snS,aEE:r
/ ATlMER SLOAN. Auctioneers.
~ l4u9 q St.. near U. s. Treasury.
REGULAR SALE OF HOUSEHOLD FURNITURE
CARRIAGES. AT OUR AUCTION ROOMS, SAT-
uRDAl, APRIL ELEVENTH. 1891, COMMENC-
ING All TEN O'CLOCK.
Embracing in part two French Plate Mirrors Parlor
suites Parlor u:niture in separate pieces. handsome
Couches, one fine Persian CARPET one fine turkish
Rug. very handsome Cherry Cabinet. Chamber Eurni-
ture OF every description Stair and other Carpets
hne Show Cases with Counter, together with other
articles
ALSO, AT TWELVE O'CLOCK
Twenty-seven cases Burgundy Wine (ouarta)
Twelve Cases burgundy Wine (pints.)
ALSO. Al TWELVE O'CLOCK,
-Four Double Barrel Breech-ioading shotguns.
One Breech-loading single Barrel Gun.
Three hines by best makers.
, - ALSO. AT TWELVE O'CLOCK,
Al OUR HORSE AND CARRIAGE DEPARTMENT.
1851 and 1888 Ii ST.. near the Langiam HOTEL New
and Seco nd-hand Bugsi.s. several Horses. ap-:,t
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ap1O-5.
THOMAS BOWLING & SON, Auctioneers.

THOMAS BOWLING SON, Auctioneers-
TRUSTEES SALE OF VALUABLE UNIMPRoyFD
REAL ESTATE ON TENALLYTOWN ROAD
tHlGH STREET EXTENDED AND ON BACK
STREET. GEORGETOWN.
By virtue of decree of the Supreme Cour. of
the District of Columbia. passed in equity
cause No 1GtS7. of Thomas c. Ho nile. g.
a. VS. Charles Homiler ct al. the undersigned trus-
tees viii sell at public auction, OF the premi-
ses, on TUESDAY, the manifest DAY OF
APRIL, 1891. AT HALF-PAST -FOUR O'CLOCK
NJ. lots numbered from 21S to 2!r2 Inclusive in the
trustees subdivision ofparts OF lots POS and 10 So
1O, in Beatty and Hawkins addition to Georgefovn
recorded In Liber r. GEORGETOWN folio 3D. OF the
records II the surveyors office of the District of Co.
lumbia. said lots rs to % inclusive. hayinx
frontage of about 40feet High stree. extended by
depth of about lS7 feet and said lots s to
usye having an AVERAGE frontage of about 20 ieet
on Back street by average depth about S1 feet
Terms of sale to be onethird cash and the balance in
one and years de erred payments Interest
at the rate OF SIX W per cent ana to be secured upon
the property sold all cash. the OPTION
II tine terms Of SAFE are not complied with within ten
days from tho day of sale the property will resod
the defulting purchasers risk and Cost depos. OF
one hundred dollars (sIOO will be required upon each
lot sold. All conveyancing at the purchasers cost
lanes g. PAM, City Hal.
GEORGE G. PAYNE, 6l3 18th st.
aplUu&uS Trustees
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T ATIMER & SLOAN. Auctioneer..

L AiiAEh q sLOA>. Auctoneers-
HANDSOME 5-PIECE PARDoR SUITE, ARTISTIC
SHEkhl CABINET AND SECRETARY, LEA
IHkIs,COhEkED ROCKER, SHAKER ROCkER
HANGlNGSAND POLLS, HANDSOME ENGRAV.
INGS, EASEL AND PICTURE, HALL STAND,
SHERRN CORNER CABINET, FANCY ROCK
Eks,BRONZE MIRROR. BRONZE TOURNAMENTS
rriHE BkUsSELS CARPETS, HALL AND STAT.
CARPETS, RUGS. SLEEPY HOLLOW, CHIF-
FoNiER; DECoRATEp IoILEr WARE, VERY
HANDSOME WALNUT NJ. a. CHAMBER SIT
MlII FRENCH PLATE MIRROR, CHAMBER
foRNlIUkE IN sEPARATE PIECES, HAIR
MAIIRESSES. WOVEN WIRE SPRINGS, WAL
nut EXTENSION DINING TABLE. WALNUT
MI SlDEBOARD, WALNUT DINING CHAIRS,
TABLE COVERS, DINNER AND TEA SFRA.
tSE 7,, CLOCK, RETRIGEhAToR, TOGETHER
On TUESDAY. APRIL FOURi EENTH. 1891 at
I'm O'CLOCK; at residence No. 500 French street,
between 9th and 10th and and y shall sell most
excellent collection Of household ELECTS Parties fur-
nising should not fail to this their attention
LATIMER SLOAN.
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7 ATIMER SLOAN. Aucroneers,
- 400 St.. near u. s. Treasury
VALUABLE IMPROVED PROPERTY
IN UNIONTOWN. D. c.,
AT AUCTION.

On MONDAY AFTERNOON, APRIL THIR-
TENTH. 1891 at FIVE O'CLOCK, in front of the
premises We shall sell lot % in Shannon's subdivision
OF Un,ontown. fronting 30 feet inches on shannon
pace by depth OF about 126 feet. Within one square
house IN me condition and Is very desirable property
years with notes bearing interest," and secured by
deed OF trust on the properly sold. All conveyancin
and recording at purchasers cost. 500 deposit
quired at the time OF sale The OF sale to DO
complied with in ten days from day OF sale.
49, LATlMER Il SLOAN.
ap3-d&ds Alctioneess
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New GrxoHAMs.
NEW oRGANprEs
NEW BATIsTE-
NEW cHALLIs.
NEW INDIA sILKa
NEW sERsEs.
NEW PLAIDs.
NEW sTRIPEa
NEW cAPEs.
NEW PARAsoLa
NEW ROBES.
NEW sArrNEs.
BEAUTIFUL LINE OF
DRY GOODS.
CHOICE STYLES.
AND An ABUNDANCE OF
DESIGNS
TO SELECT FROM.
ONE PRICE.
w.M SINISTER q soma
sp4 OLE PENNSYLVANIA AVE NV.
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Rupprx,s REMOVAL SALE
MAKES A DROP IN FURNITURE

1tfMONAL DALE
MAKES DROP IN FURNITURE
FOR TEN YEARS
We have carried the finest stock Of Household Furns-
ture to be found in this city.
FOR TEN YEARS.
As our patrons know. we have sold Furniture lows
than any other house in Washington.
FOR TEN YEARS
Our moneysavins and satisfaction eivng credit sy.
TEN has enabled housekeepers furnish their home.
more cheAply and comfortably on credit than others
have done for cash.
But FOR THE NEXT THIRTY DAYS
We shall offer entire stock OF handsome service
able and seasonable Furniture such Eeirseraiors
Baby Carriages. Mating. Sc figures that will sur.
pass in cheapness. for cash credit AZ cheap -
for cash. all former offers.
II you don't want furniture now you will some day.
and this offer viii never again. 50 buy nov.
RUDDEN.
THE FURNITURE DEALER.
arS-lm $50 and 932 eth 81. NV.
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How TO SHOP IN BALTIMORE to the Ia
dies reception room of the Eutaw House, Balti-
more and Eutaw streets, near which are all the
big millinery and dress goods stores of the city,
and make yourself thoroughly at home. 1t
costs nothing. Ladies' restaurant attached,
Everything from cellar to roof new and re-
modelled; just the place for shoppers and thea
ter parties-Adut
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Topics of Great Interest Discussed at Last
Nights Meeting.
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THE FIRST CONGREGATIONAL CHURCH rHRoNaED
WITH MEMBERS OF THE CRAFT AND THE PUB
LIc--TuE WALLS DRAPED IN soMBER BLACK
EXTRACTS FROM THE RITUAL.
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I ATIMER l. SLOAN, Auctioneers
~ l4U9 u st., near U. s. Treasury.
IMPORTANT ANNOUNCEMENT.
Continuation Of
MOSSEL SALE
AT woRMLEY's HOTEL PARLoRs.
Corner 18th and Il SITS.

Embracing beautiful specimens of Louis XIV, XIV
and XVI Cabinets. Tables, Secretaries, Chairs &C.
Empire and Marguerite pieces Of the finest design and
workmanship Finely Carved Ivories Fine speei-
mems Of Jade and splendid assortment of Old Dutch
Irish and English Repousse Silver Large Elegantly
Carved Oak Tall Hall Clock, Cambridge and Whiting.
ton chimes, month, moon and day. Beautiful Gilt
Hanging Mirrors. French Cabinets, Secretaries
Chairs. Tables. &c. Old Sevres and Dresden Vas $
and Porcelains- Ormolu Candlesticks. Beautiful
Nerni Martin Parlor Cabinets and Sheffield Plated
ware. Also some superb pieces Of FLEMISH and
BOWER TAPESTRIES.
To b sold at public auction in the wormley Hotel
pariors. corner OF 10Th and H SITS n w.. on WEDNES-
DAY. THURSDAY AND FRIDAY, APRIL FIF-
TENTH, SIXTEENTH AND SEVENTEENTH. AT
ELEVEN AN. AND THREE p. NJ each day.
On exhibition Monday and Tuesday, April IL and
IA. from am until 9 pm
n B.-Catalogus can be had q. the hotel or at the
Office Of the auctioreers. l4O9 G St.
Purchasers can have their goods packed and shpped
to any point in the United States Parties interested
in articles OF value and excellence should not fail
to be present OF this exhibition and sale.
LATIMEK SLOAN,
ap1O-5. Auctioraer,
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THOMAS BOWLING d son. Aactionecrs

fhh h bbnnPPIrDRr SALE Oh VALUABLE IMPROVED
TOWN.
AZ auction, on WEDNESDAY. APRIL FIFTEENTH.
1921. at FIVE O'CLOCK Pm 1 shnn sci M, ~:
prsinses part Of lot No 30. square ~. fronting 81
lei On the south side OF street by derth feet
and improved 10y wostory frame dwell n- and lars
onI ding being premises No. soma street
Terms one third cash balance IN and two years
secure by des of trust the property All cash.
A. the option OF the purchaser. ceposit OF one hun
re dollars 100 At the time of sale. All conveyanc.
ING and recording AZ purchSser's cost
apS-d&ds Anrfions.arx
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AUCTION SALES.
FUTURE Days.


w as7 7th st. nv.
CONTENTS OF A VARIETY AND FANCY eoops
sIn00Rk 10 BE SOLD AT MY AUCTION
TENTH. CoMMENCfNG AT fES ocIocK'
y pry Goods q every dee ription. Dr~ss Goods
Notions. SILK Ribbons Millinery Goods Stool sllk
and Cotton, Gloves. Underwear, Collars and Cus md
other Neo swe2r. Hosiery. Corsets. LAces. En-
small stock Of Tin, Glassware and Toys
,on Nm LoWENTHAI.
.PIo<t Auctioneer.
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An ADDRESS BIZ Prof. LANGLEY-PRoF. TRow-
BRIDGE on PHYSIOLOGICAL sCHooLs-PRoF.
THUEsToS AND TEE STEAM ESGISE-ADDREssEs
DT DE- BRAcKETT AND PROF. CLARKE.
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FUTURE DAYS,

I ATIMER l. SLOAN. Auctioneers,
~ l4Oe u ST., near U. 5. Treasury
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eiler. Gen. Pixies probable successor, con-
cluded the ceremonies by saying: Il bless thee,
y dead brother. il the name of Almighty God,
in the name Of the Order of tho Holy House of
The Temple and in the name OF the knights and
brethren here assembled. May the light of the
face OF God shine upon and bless thee. Amen"
The church, which was in darkness during
the ceremonies, except the light from the
candles. was lighted and the body was taken to
the Scottish Rite Temple.
The Helena independent. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1875-1943, 1891-05-17
CROSS-CUTS.

1t is no trouble for some editors to lie
awake; the trouble is for them to keep from
lying while they are asleep.-Texas Siftings.
"Those actors are regular hams,;' said the
slangy young man.
.'Dear me-" sighed the homesick Chicago
girl chow | should like to go and see them
Washington Post.
The wife g a. m.)-"When you married
me did you not promise to love, cherish
and protect me?"
The husband (sleepily)-"Yes."
well, then get up, light the gas and kill
that mosquito."-New York SUM-.
Bookkeeper-"I was compelled to absent
myself from my desk yesterday, sir, on &C
count of the grip"
The Boss-"Grip? Lack OF grip, you
mean. never saw such a loose, fumbley,
muffey game of ball in my life, never!!'-
New York Herald.
Edith-You can't imagine how Mr.. Bull
finch complimented your singing.
Ethel-Did he, though?
Edith-Yes; he said twas simply heavenly.
Ethel-Really?
Ethel-Well, Just the same thing; he said
twas simply unearthiy.-Boston Courier.
The President-What species of a tree is
that, General Rusk?"
The Secretary of ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS
Mr.. President, it's an-an oak. That ls-el
I mean an elmer no; it's an ash.
IN. BIT was a hiokory.)-New Yorl
Continent.
Thrifty Trockmorton Injecting physical,
apparently by accident doc
You're looking frst-rate. If you had
constant tickling in your throat-hem!-a
I've got, you wouldn't be looking SO spry
I'll bet a dollar. What do you general,
do-hem! hem!-doc, when you nave
tickling in your throatY" Physician
(passina ONT generally cough."-Chi
cage Tribune.
San Francisco Examiner: The Body com
planned that, while Soul was immortal, it
self was doome to perish without the hop
of q blessed resurle ction. THAT is fair,
said the Soul; 'you have your innings i
this world" "But YOU" said the Bod,
"live here and hereafter too" st is true,
the Soul assented, that ! drag out a mise.
able kin of semi-existence here below, bu
: you have Ill the fun"
: With the under dog in the canine scrap
I lis we'll to sympathize,
But place your bets on the other pup
Therein discretion lies.
indianapolis Journal.
The Helena independent. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1875-1943, 1891-05-17

THE close money market of the past
winter has checked building operations
throughout the country. Helena, how
ever, keeps right along with improve.
ments, and promises to break the record
by completing before next winter 6
magnificent club house and one of the
finest opera houses in the northwest
There may not be 70 much general
building here this season, but the cree
ton Of the two structures we have
named will mark this as a red-letter
year for Helena.
The Helena independent. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1875-1943, 1891-05-17
THE LOST MANUSCRIPT.

"Sixthly, brethren" said the preacher;
Then no a~nxiously looked round;
"sixthly, sixthly," he repeated
Till 1t seemed a hooking sounl.
Fieroely did his fingt rs 4 mb'e
II ifthly," 'fourthly, ''thirdly"-all.
But his lips kept mut,ering 'rixthly,"
And 1t answered not his call.
"Sixthly, brethren, as | mentioned"
Then. To turned the bible or;
Eve y hair stood up in angni h,
While his two eyes swept the floor.
Then q good old gray-hairel deacon
Rose with, 'parson, Of yer please,
'Sixthly' jist sailed out the winder
On tho buzzum o. the breeze"
Then a small boy snickered gaily;
"Ah, that w.nd's q beauty bri sht;
thirdly 'fourthly,' both We're winners;
But that 'sixthiy's' out o sight"
Columbus Dispatch
The Helena independent. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1875-1943, 1891-05-17

Tom Fairweather being a little man. II you
call n man that stands 5 feet, II inches in
his stocking feet and weighs ls4 pounds Il
small man, that IL me. ! Was taller and
larger than my brother"
Mr.. Fairweather sends ono Of his pictures.
He is mistaken in saying that his brothers.
only picture 10 in New York. Hngh Mo
Quad has III excellent photograph Of Bill
Fairweather stored away in the safe at tho
~CoaMonnliIan hotel.
The Helena independent. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1875-1943, 1891-05-17

THE man who wants to rent a house
in Helena doesn't find a long list to Sc
lect from nor any material lessening in
rents. The rapid building of the past
two years has not gone far ahead of the
demand. Desirable houses in central
locations are taken as soon as vacated.
The Helena independent. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1875-1943, 1891-05-17

worthily bestowed. But it is such cases
as the following, cited by the Chicago
Tribune, that rouse righteous indigna-
ton among taxpayers:
The abuses of the pension system are
illustrated by the in which Ito one
hundred-day men from OHIO have been re-
instated on the rolls. Their scheme to get
a pension was carefully organized, and they
succeeded in getting on some time age.
From evidence furnished him, Gen. Black
ordered these claims held up pending an
investigation, which was still pending when
Corporal Tanner came into office. A the
result of the investigation they finally we're
dropped. but now they have managed by
some kind of influence to get back on the
rolls again. They are to draw pensions for
the rest of their lives for one hundred days
play in Washington, in which they never
fired a shot and never saw a rebel, and IN
which not Of them was even sick. By
fraud and deceit they got on the rolls orig
inally. Then they were hung up II re-
iected. and now here they are againln some
mysterious manner grabbing from the
treasury to pay them for their hundred-day
picnic. They are patriots for revenue only.
1t is just such outrages as this which have
brought scandal on the pension business.
If the rolls were investigated and cleaned
up under a fair construction of the law fully
one-fourth the IN would be taken off as
having no legal right there.
The real enemy of the worthy veteran
is not the man who demands a pruning
of the pension lists but the man who
votes bountles Unfortunately and thus
depreoiates the value Of the old soldiers
services.
The Helena independent. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1875-1943, 1891-05-17

Mr.. De LAMAR, the Idaho mining
man, offers 100000 to give that state a
roper exhibit at the Worlds fair. The
Salt Lake Tribune signs for ten such
men in that city. We have ten such in
Helena, but eight or nine Of them are a
little backward about coming forward.
The Helena independent. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1875-1943, 1891-05-17

THE st. Paul Pioneer Press pleasantly
says of a prominent Montanian:
"Mr. Carter has been moro than men
toned in connection with the appoint
ment as secretary Of the interior in the
event Of Secretary Mobiles retirement.
He is, in fact, a strong probability in
that connection, and would be a Ger
tainty if the west could have it's way
about it."
The Helena independent. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1875-1943, 1891-05-17

THE man who makes torpedoes is
keeping steadily ahead of his brother
who builds armored ships. The country
that has the biggest navy isn't necessa-
rily the most formidable.
The Helena independent. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1875-1943, 1891-05-17

BACON and Shakespeare are going to
have it hammer and torgs. The Hon.
Ignatius Donnelly will be Mr.. Bacon's
second, while Col. Ingersoll will take
care of Mr.. Shakespeare's corner. 1t
will be a battle of giants.
The Helena independent. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1875-1943, 1891-05-17

If the new opera house is built on
Main street below Sixth avenue, the
necessity for opening Lawrence street
to the east side will become imperative,
and the sooner it is done the better.
The Helena independent. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1875-1943, 1891-05-17

Iss't it about time to give up the
custom of charging an admission fee to
high school exhibitions? The schools
belong to the people and should be free
| to the people at every point.
The Helena independent. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1875-1943, 1891-05-17
HELENA, MONT, MAY II. 1891.

~Nontanians abroad will always find TIL
DArLY INDEPENDENT on file At their favorits
hotels: Fifth Avenue and Metropolitan, New
York; West, Minneapolis; Baldwin and Palace,
oaa Francisco; McDermott, Butte; Leland Hotsl,
Springfield. III.
The Helena independent. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1875-1943, 1891-05-17

EVEN though a large part Of the bill
ion dollars voted away by the last con-
gress goes to pay pensions, the American
people would not complain Of congress
sional extravaganza were the money
The Helena independent. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1875-1943, 1891-05-17
]. MCCONNELL,
II. Architect and Superintendent.
Rooms SO and 81. third floor Montana National
bank Building.

Prompt. al tsniion given to orders from clients
~ home or abroad. by strict attention to bust
ness ] hope 10 retain the patronage OF old clients
and merit the confidence Of any and all who
may employ me In my capacity M architect and
superintendent Of the construction of buildings.
plans, details and specifications gotten out foe
baIidings Of any description on tho shortest NO.
The Helena independent. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1875-1943, 1891-05-17

MONTANA has 1O3 varieties of grasses,
but none Of them grows in the streets
of Helena.
The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1891-11-22

ton is a most Kaleidoscope one. ranging
all the way from the wobbly vaporings of
rancid mind up TO the magnificent sug-
gestions offered me without money and
without price by those who have been
most wonderfully unsuccessful except as
suggesters.
There are four mirth-provoking mani
acs who have been writing to me for years
regularly. One of them sends me page
after page of Scriptural references, as. for
instance, az Timothy, TO 10 verses !" "V.
Chap. Revelations, and verses" 'svII.
Genesis, 20 and q verses, etc. Once
looked up these passages of Scripture to
see if there could be any conference or
point to their use in my case, but found
that they were evidently furnished by a
man in California whose mind had been
neglected at a season when he should have
put the Bordeaux mixture on 1t.
Then every little while get letter in a
female hand, breathing words of love.
They have been coming for over five years
now, and though. as heaven is my Judge,
have never replied to one of them, they
follow me over the Union wherever I
60 lecturing and tell of a tender
heart that is throbbing for me, of
a warm affection that has been inspired by
The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1891-11-22
WORSHIPIN APEMAMA
How the Medicine Men Hold
Converse With the Gods.
EVEN TEMBINoK' RELIGIOUS.
rurchase OF One of the Sacred Boxes
Ane Plated Palms. or Devil Work,
of the South Seas.

APEaAMA, Gilbert Islands, Sept. s.
Especial Correspondence. The bay imme-
diateiy opposite Equator Town, which we
called Foo bay in honor of our cook, was
fortified on either horn. 1t was well shell
tered by the reef the enclosed water clear
and tranquil, the enclosing beach curved
like horseshoe and both steep and broad.
Inc path debouched about the midst of
the re-entrant angie, the woods stopping
some distance inland. In front, between
the fringe OF the wood and the crown of
the beach, there had been designed reg
uiar Inquire, like the court for some new
variety OF tennis, with borders of round
stones Embedded, and pointed at the an
giles with low points, likewise of stone.
This was the kings pray place When he
prayed, what he prayed for. and TO whom
he addressed his supplications. l could
never learn. The ground was taboo.
In the angles, by the mouth of the path.
stood deserted moniap' Near by there
had been house before our coming, which
was now transported and figured for the
moment in Equator Town. 1t had been,
and it would be again when we departed.
the residence of the guardian and wizard
of the spot, Tamaiti. Here in this lone
place, within sound of the sea, he had his
dwelling and uncanny duties. / cannot
cailto mind another case of man living
on the ocean side of any. open atoll, and
Tamaiti must have had strong nerves, the
greater confidence in his own spells, or
what believe to be the truth. an enviable
skepticism. Whether Tamaiti had any
guardianship of the Pray Place. l never
heard. But his own particular chapel
stock futher back in the fringe of the
wood and by the jams OF the path. 1t was