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The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1891-08-11

The letter of Mr.. John Spencer, pub
lished in yesterdays PosT-IsTELLIGENcER,
will be generally approved. 1t is at times
desirable to require fees Of the public
where a special benefit is con-
ferred by the city; but in practice
1t is found to be productive Of abuse, and
it is better public policy to pay salary
where such supervision is necessary than
run the risk of subjecting an official to
temptation or the public to seeming OPP
preston. This does not involve any ques-
ton as to the inspectors qualifications.
The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1891-08-11
Miners Want an honest Survey.

EpUkhuG REVIEW,
As more light is thrown upon the peculiar
methods OF the proposed survey the miners
themselves have been quick to catch the point
They understand now quite clearly that the APP
preparation simply equipped favored coterie
OF prospectors with wealth sufficient to enable
them to come in and appropriate to their own
use the best veins in the camp. II Is rule of
mining that the blind veins are the richest, and
these veins the Bethune gang, with their little
army of employees and $4,000 OF the state .
money, could appropriate right under the eyes
of the poor prospeetors who have suffered hard
ships in discovering the mineral zones. The
prospector wants bona hde geological survey,
and he viii welcome capital that will buy his
prospects and develop them, but he has no use
for expeditions like the Laughton-Bethune
suryay
The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1891-08-11
What L. the Militia Fund Forr
Poriland 0reronian

fortiand Oregonian
The state of Washington is not well governed.
1t has just been discovered that through some
5ungling legislation last winter. all the work
that has been done aud all the money that has
been spent by the Worlds fair commission Is
without authority of law. Now the attorney
general decides that the state had no authority
to pay the militia for services rendered or for
maintenance during the recent trouble In the
coal-mining country. What is militia fund
for II not to pay the expenses OF the men en-
gagged in actual service? 1t might be economy
in the long run for Washington to farm out the
work OF making her laws
The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1891-08-11

Ex-senator ingalls, told a prohibition
audience on Staten Island on the LIST inst,
that after ten years of prohibition in Kan
sas There is no town in that state where a
man cannot get all the liquor he wants.
There is no organized municipal corpora
ton that is not supported by fines on the
liquor traffic, the entire expenses of his
own town of Atchison being met "by tax
or fine or license levied every month on
those who are known by the authorities to
The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1891-08-11

be engaged in the sale of into xicating
liquors contrary to law" He then spoke
of the situation in another prohibition
state, Iowa, where in the city of Council
Bluffs. of some 10000 people, he had been
reliably informed there are more than 200
places where liquor is openly and avow-
eddy sold, the municipal expenses being
largely paid for by fines levied each month
on men engaged in the traffic.
The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1891-08-11

When the City Council has passed the
salary retrenchment ordinance its work Is
partially performed. 1t should then pass
an ordinance regulating the salaries OF
those officials who will come into office with
the next council. If this is not done now,
when can it be done? Objection has been
made to this course on the plea that it
binds succeeding council. That is true,
but not more so than in an annual con-
tract, the issue of bonds, or many other leg
islatiye acts.
The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1891-08-11

The reverence with which English roy
atty is held in Australia may be gathered
from the following editorial utterancs
of the Sydney Bulletin: 1--WE hope the
royal family will multiply to the propor-
tions of rabbit pestilence until the people
of England offer seven pence halfpenny
each for their scalps."
The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1891-08-11
Judge Hofrm.n's Successor.

SAN Francisco, Aug. 1o.-The prevailing idea
among members OF the bar is that ex-Congress-
man Morrow or Superior Judge Van Fleet, of
Sacramento, viii succeed Judge Hoffman.
The United States circuit court and the United
States district court adjourned this morning as
mark of respect TO the memory of Judge Hoff-
man. Both courts will remain closed until
Wednesday, the day after the funeral
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NOTICE TO THE PUBLIC.

The public 10 hereby warned not to pay
any money to parties representing to De
ngenfs of the Seattle Posr-IsrEILrsEScER,
except the following, who are the only
authorized travelling agents of the Posi-
1xTEILIoEscER, viz: ]. A. Mcclellan, l..
G. Branson, T. A. Davies and ]. II. Wiiiett.
Thu does not apply to resident agents OF
this paper, who are located In various
cities and towns of the Northwest, nor to
postmasters, who are in all cases author
jxed to take subscriptions for the Daily,
Sunday and Weekly Posr-IrrELLIaEscEn.
6EATTyE. Tuesday. AUG. II.
The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1891-08-11
HER sCUTTLE HIATT.

Her scuttle HIATT is wondrous wide,
Beribboned, too, on either side;
so out she trippeth daintilie,
To let We Youth full we'll TO see
How fair We maid Is for We Bride,
A lyttle pulled, maybe, by Pride,
She vet soc lovelie il that I'd
A Shyllyng give to tie, perdie,
Her scuttle HIATT.
Ye Goals into We Scuttle slide,
Soc in her HIATT would /, and hide
To steal some KisseS--two or three:
But since she new keith me,
Ye seornful Cynick doth deride
Her scuttle Haiti.
-Ffdsk Dempstsr Sherman.
The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1891-08-11

There should be as little delay as pos
sible in passing an ordinance requiring
car line companies to remove their poles
from the middle of the street wherever
they are found to be menace to public
The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1891-08-11

Spokane deserves credit for the moral
courage which induced it to abandon the
proposed exhibition. This is the ebb tide
year and it may as well be acknowledged.
There has never been community which
reioiced in an invariable flood tide Of pros
perity. It is contrary to economic laws.
The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1891-08-11

It was found impossible to get quorum
of either house of the city council, and
after making canvass 1t was resolved by
the few who did put in an appearance to
abandon it for the circus tent.
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New Mfnfster To Nicar.x,,

CAPE NAY PoIsT. Y. J., Aug. 10-The presi-
dent today appointed Richard Cots shannon, of
New York. minister to Nicaragua, Costa Rica
and Salvador. This 10 q new Central American
mission created BY the last coagrsss.
The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1891-08-11

The King county assessor has not made
such showing of property valuation as
he of Pierce, but he has given much more
satisfaction to the taxpayers.
The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1891-08-11

Several illusions have been made in the
City Council and elsewhere to the faulty
record in several street grade assessments.
It is the court record and not the munich
pal record that Is referred to.
The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1891-08-11

Every month adds proof to the value of
the water system as an investment for the
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HOW IT Is WORKING.

sEArTzE. TUESDAY, AUG. II.
The Wahpeton times., 1891-04-16

double plate at top to carry the raft
ers, size 2x4. The rafters will be 2x4,
twelve feet long, framed as indicated
by the elevation. Floor jolst should
be 2xlO, and 2x8, and the ceiling joist
2x4, all placed sixteen inch centers.
Roof boards and outside sheathing to
be six inch straight, edged fenc-
ing. Shingles, either cypress, red
wood, or pine. The diagonal work
shown on the elevation indicates
1x3 matched and beaded pine;
all doors to be five paneledP. G., l&x in
ches thick, hung with 41sx4b japanned
butts;locks, ,four-inches mortise; knobs,
Jet or porcelain. Allwindow frames to
be boxed for weights, and sash to be
TX thick lip sash. All OF the castings,
jamps, sash, and interior finishing
lumber throughout is estimated to be
best quality, clear seasoned pine. The
stairs to be of pine, but the handrail
and balusters OF oak, either white or
red, quarter-sawed. The floors of
each story are estimated to be 1x6,
I'd quality pine, free from loose or
large knots, and all well laid and
smoothed off. The outside woodwork
and shingles, also all OF the interior
finishing lumber and the kitchen floor,
should be painted with three coats
in shades, as the builder may select.
The glass is to be double strength for
The Wahpeton times., 1891-04-16
Power OF Expression.

Our language has a wonderful power
OF expression. On one occasion, we
aretoid, doctor of divinity rung the
changes on "He that hath ears to
hear, let him hear" "He that is &C.
cessible to auricular vibration, said
the doctor, ''let him not close the gates
OF him tympana." Then again we have
that old-fashioned saying, "The more
the merrier," delightfully."- translated
in this way, "Aultitudinous assem-
blases are the most provocative of
cachinnatory hilarity.'
1t is even reported that not verv
long ago a clergyman spoke of seeing O.
young lady with pearl-drops of af-
lection hanging and glistening on her
cheek" He meant that she was cry-
ing. Certain critics, too, occasionally
launch out i'll similar metaphorical
style. Concerning a young and aspir-
ing orator, one wrote: "He broke the
ice felicitously, and was Immediately
drowned with applause. "He goes
on his own hook" has been rendered
more elegantly, in Difference to and in
accordance with the spirit of the
times, in this manner: "He progress
es on his own personal curve"; and q
barber advertises that "his customers
are shaved without incision or lacera-
tion for the microscopic sum of one
halfpenny."
Zone might have heard pin fall'' is
a proverbial expression of silence; but
it has been eclipsed by the French
phrase, You might have heard the
unfolding OF q lady's cambria pocket
handkerchief; and as it is somewhat
vulgar to say "pitch-darkness," it
has been SO improved as to read
"bituminous obscurity." Another
polite way of expressing the fact that
a man is naturally lazy is to say he is
''constitutionally tired"; and "Nomin-
ate your poison" is the poetical way
OF asking "What will you drink"
The Wahpeton times., 1891-04-16
Settling a Duel.

An amusing story used to be told OF
a wag who accepted a challenge to
fight aAduel. On the appointed day
he sent word to his opponent to chalk
on q board an outline of his 1.-THE
challenged party's figure, and if the
challenger hit it he would consider
himself wounded or dead, as the case
might be.
This story may possibly have been
originated from one talk of q certain
irascible inn-keeper named Bardwell.
He was often at variance with his
neighbors, and once he and O. guest,
having quarrelled, agreed to fight a
duel. At the appointed hour the adj
versary appeared, armed with q gun.
Bardwell loved a joke, and being very
busy, said to him.
'Tom, I'll tell you what I'll do;
you go up and set up O board about
my size and shoot at it, and if you hit
it I'll acknowledge myself killed, and
invite the whole crowd to dinner"
The ludicrous proposition made
everyone laugh, and thus ended
farca
The Wahpeton times., 1891-04-16

have something to show for yourmo
ey.
This is what is known as Canadi-
an cottage. is one and q half stories
high and presents a very handsome
and cosy appearance. 1t is especially
designed for the northern climate and
is built in such a manner as to be
both warm and comfortable in winter
and cool and airy in summer. In
glancing over the plans person is
struck with the artistic and convenient
arrangement OF the rooms, which are
large and well ventilated.
The house contains seven rooms, on
the first floor will be found q splendid
large hall, a parlor, dining-room, or
sitting room, bedroom and kitchen,
with a pantry opening off it. The sec
ond-tioor contains three bedrooms,
each of which is supplied with a good
sized clothes closet. In fact, nothing
has been omitted that goes to make
up @ desirable, modern home.
SPECIFICATIONS.
The frame of the house will set on
SxS stills, properly framed and sup
ported by eight inch cedar posts, set
i'll the ground on blocks, and braced
on 2x4 scantling. The studding for
the outside walls will be 2x4, sit SIX
teen inches from centers, double at
corners. These studs will be sixteen
feet long, with ribbon joined in to
support second-story joist, and q
The Wahpeton times., 1891-04-16

y d ~ iIl & s6o u s
stsrred sron building thsmsslv lv,ss com.
fortab homes under the impression
that 4 good modern house to suit the
requirements Of an ordinary-sized
family, is q luxury not within the
reach Of the man Of average means,
will no doubt be surprised on looking
over the accompanying plans and es-
Inmates, to learn that this handsome
little cottage can be built for the small
sum of $2,2O5.77, Of course this esti-
mate may vary, according to the
locality, but this price is fair
average of estimate the cost for such
work and material in this section of
the country.
= 1t is a crime for person to pay
rent month after month and year
after year when such a home as this
is within the reach of all. Build a
home of your own and then you will
The Wahpeton times., 1891-04-16
Held a Train by Telephone.

One side of q conversation over the
telephone is said to be very satisfact-
ory, but the one which Telegraph
reporter happened to hear few days
ago gave promise OF being so interest
ing that he wanted to hear the finish.
1t seems that w. o. Hughart, Presi-
dent OF the G. r. and 1. Railroad, was
III the city, and called at Mount Hol-
yoke Seminary, as he takes great in
terest in that educational institution,
being President Of the Board of Trust
ees. The time flew rapidly, and he
found himself late for the train home.
About this time the telephone bell rang
In the G. R. and l. depot, and a Young
man, late of Kentucky, new employe
OF the road, and one not acquainted
with the officials, answered the call.
Here is the conversation in the denot
end of the line.
eyes, this is the G. R. and l."
eat 2:25, SIR"
"Hold the train? Well, 1 guess not"
III bet you 50 we don't hold it,"
"Just Il few seconds? We won't
hold it a second"
'Don' t care who you are. See YOU
in Jericho before We'll delay q train.''
Won't do any good to talk with
Mr.: Baker. We run our trains on time.
This is no Jim Crow road"
''Who in H. is Hughart?"
At the mention of that name every
one in the Office, from Station Agent
Baker to the messenger boy, made q
rusk and tried to get the telephone
away from the Kentucky chap, but,
nothing daunted, the young man sung
out
.stand back there; I started in with
this duck and l guess l can handle
"But he'sthe President of the road. !"
argued Mr.. Baker.
"The President of the road" "grasped
the young man. And then he yelled
over the wire:
'Yes, We'll hold the train for vou-
hold it week if you say So"
The young man has been exiled to
Bowling Green. Kalamazoo Tele.
graph.
The Wahpeton times., 1891-04-16
AGeorgla Teachers Trials.

II tried, not long ago to impress
upon my pupils the necessity OF ac-
quiring knowledge. You must make
yourself familiar with books, said;
Gin fact you must swallow books OF
course, ] spoke fguratively; but
that night the father of one of my
pupils called to see me in great dis
tress. "Tom he gasped, have done
swallowed q book, an I'm feared ne
gwine choke to death! Yo' better
come m fish it out o. him!" I went in
a hurry. Tom, a poor fellow too ig-
norant to be anything but a literal
soul, had chewed up and swallowed
part Of Webster's primary diction-
ary. / sent for a doctor, and it re-
quired two hours of his most skillful
work to save Toms life. Since then
have been very careful not to speak
tiguratively when advising my pupils
to acquire knowledge. Atlanta
Constitution.
The Wahpeton times., 1891-04-16

Smut o. Indian corn., Z

Inc smut OF Indian corn is too well
known to need any description here,
but a few remarks regarding the ma
ture Of the disease and means by which
it may be avoided may not be out OF
place, as we are approaching the corn
planting season. I say means of
avoiding instead of means of curing,
rafter the diseasehas developed there
is no treatment that will be of the
least avail in checking it. The smut
does not pass from stalk to stalk in
the field, and sois entirely harmless to
the ones around it, so far as any dan
ger of communicating the disease is
concerned. The infection takes place
only when the corn is very young, the
terminating spores entering at the ten
derest part-the root, node and the
lowest Joint of the stem; but after the
disease is once in the plant no appli-
cation of any liquid or powder will
do the least good. The spores of
the smut will live a long time in
the ground or in manure and
every care should be taken to de-
stroy them. When a growing stalk
shows the slightest sign of the disease
it should be cut out before the smut
has time to ripen and resow itself for
another year. Much can be done in
the way of avoiding the trouble by
selecting perfectly clean seed for plant
ing. Ii the seed has been selected and
taken from the field before huskinc
time, the husk stripped back and the
ears then hung in a dry place until
spring there will not be much danger
of infection. If the seed is taken from
the crib, or from the bin or car after
shelling it will in all probability have
been in contact with some smutted
corn and received more or less infec-
tlon. If not certain that your seed
is clean further precaution should be
taken by immersingit for short time
in astrongsolution of blue vitrol. The
solution should consist of one pound
of vitrol to each gallon of water, and
the seed may be left in from fifteen to
twenty minutes. In field corn the
smut is rarely wholly absent, and
sometimes is so prevalent as to cause
a large per cent. of damage; but it's
worst ravages are usually in early
sweet corn, marked gardeners some
times have an entire planting render
ed worthless. 1t is one of those mat
ters in which the possibly "ounce of
prevention" should be taken adyan-
tage of.
The Wahpeton times., 1891-04-16
Italy's Big Guns.

In the list of the Italian war vessels
10 battleships are armed with 1O6-
ton and 11O-ton Tor 171Aa-inch calibre)
Armstrong guns. These are the same
size guns which have given so much
trouble i'll the British Navy for the
last three years; in fact, they have
proved q failure. All naval men
who have had any experience with
these great guns are agreed that they
are monstrous abortion; and pro-
baby the Italians will come to the
same conclusion if they ever get q
chance to fire them. They have
"drooped at the muzzle," and "kinked
at the bore;" they have become "dis-
abled after firing the third round"
and they have not yet been found
sufficiently strong or scientifically built
to stand the shocks, even when fred
with reduced charges. In several in
stances also the guns crews have been
fatally reduced in number. The bat
tle-ships themselves have been seri-
ously damaged from the conclusion
Of firing as, for instance, in the cases
Of the Sanspareil, the Victoria, the
Blake and others which might be
named. It is hard to see how any
one can be found to advocate such
big guns for war-ships. That the
United States naval ordnance experts
have followed the most shsible idea
in making their largest guns of 10 and
l2 inch calibres is proven by expert
ment. For instance, at a recent test
with the English S-inch gun the pro-
jectiles pierced 21 inches of steel ar
mour, and this is about the extreme
thickness of armor-belt.-New York
Tribune.
The Wahpeton times., 1891-04-16
A Scene Of Horror.

Strohschneider, the aeronaut and
rope-walker, has been giving perform
ances at Stockerau, near Vienna. On
New Years day he carried @ Doctor of
Laws. on his back along a rope 100
feet long, one end of which was at
tached to the church steeple. A few
days afterwards the posters announc-
ed that Strohschneider would ascend
in a balloon accompanied by Herr
Pramper, the respected landlord of
the "White Rose"
Although it was known that the po-
lice had forbidden Pramper, who has
numerous family, to take part in
the perilous performance, large
crowd assembled at the hour fixed for
the ascent, and vociferously applaud
ed the popular landlord when he APP
peared on the scene, in defiance of the
authorities, to fulfil his share of the
programme.
Amid loud huzzas from the popu-
lace who thronged the streets and
squares, the balloon rose with Herr
Pramper, who sat on the trapeze be-
side Strohschneider, with the speed of
an arrow into the icy cold upper air.
Two or three spectators declared that
the landlord turned pale at the start;
nevertheless he waved his hat, by way
of salute.
General CONSERVATION, however, fell
on the crowd, when it became evident
that the two aeronauts were engaged
in a lively dispute at that giddy
height. From words they came to
blows. Then all OF sudden theland-
lord dropped headlong from the terri
BILE elevation to which the balloon had
by this time assembled.
A cry of horror escaped from the
crowd as they hurried to the spot,
where they expected to find mine host
of the "White Rose" lying with mangl-
ed limbs. But imagine their astonish-
ment when, in place of the landlord,
they found a large doll or manikin
decked out in his clothes. The said
manikin was conveyed in triumph to
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