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The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1891-11-08
LIFE AT APEMAMA.
Robert Louis StevensOn's Queer
Native Servants.
THE ROYAL COOKS DISGRACE.
King Tembinok's Visits to Equator
Town-His Wonderful Vocabulary
and His Thirst for knowledge.

APEmAmA, Gilbert Islands. Aug. %, 1891,
Especial Correspondence Five persons
were detailed 10 wait upon us. Uncle
Parker, who brought us toddy and green
nuts, was an elderly. almost an old man,
with the spirits, the industry and the
morals of a boy of 10. His face was
ancient, droll and diabolical, the skin
stretched over taut sinews like a coil on a
guide rope; and he smiled with every
muscle of his head. His nuts must be
counted every day, or ne will deceive us in
the tale; they must be daily examined. or
some would prove To be unhusked; moth
ing but the kings name, and scarcely
that, would hold him to his duty. After
his tolls were over he was given
pipe, matches and tobacco. and
sat on the floor i'll the moniap to smoke.
lie would not seem to move from his
position, and yet every day, when the
things failed to be returned, the ri ug had
disappeared; he had found the means to
conceal it III the roof, whence he could
radiantly produce it on the morrow
Although this piece of legerdemain was
performed regularly before three or four
pairs of eyes, we could never catch him in
the act; although we searched after he was
gone, we could never find the tobacco.
Such were the diversions of Uncle Parker, a
man nearing sixty. But he was punished
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MR.. EDISON AT HON f.
Talk With the Great Electro
elan in His Laboratory.
INVENTIONS OF THE FUTURE.
How n Little Chunk OF Coal VIII Light
Whole House and BasketfuI
VIII Move n Steamboat.

New York, Nov. Especial CORE
spOndcnce Our patent system puts
premium on rascality. / have taken cut
200 patents for my inventions, but | have
never had one minutes protect on"
The speaker was the great inventor,
Thomas \. Edison. The place was his
experimental laboratory near Orange, \. J.
The time was about II o'clock one morn
ing few days ago. Mr.. Edison had had
no sleep for thirty-six hours, and during
the scycnty-two hours before this he had
closed his eyes for less than six. Still he
looked as fresh as a daisy when the morn
ing sun strikes the dew on its petals, and
the sparkle of his eyes and the laugh
which shook his frame from time to-
time were those of a boy. lie was in the
midst of one of those inventive periods
when he takes but little rest and works
away night and day to accomplish his
ends He had left his chemicals To talk
to me, and he came in his shirt sleeves,
with his vest of Scotch tweed open at the
front and with his shirt bosom of white
linen decorated with spots of all the colors
of the rainbow. These spots were having
kind of a polka-dot dance up and down
his great chest. They went III and cut
between his gold studs, and some were
stains of yellow and others of wax and
melted birthstone. An odor like that OF
the hell broth of Macbeth's witches came
from the chemicals in the room, and all of
the surroundings showed the simplicity of
it's owner. During these inventive periods
Edison sleeps III his laboratory, and his
meals are sent down from his magnltl-
cent home at Llewellyn park. Upon
plain table, covered with brown
paper, lay the remains OF his
breakfast These were the bones of
two mutton chops. the crumbs of muffin
and glass fruit can, i'll the bottom of
which was little coffee of the same brown
color as that in the glass beside it, out of
which Mr. Edison had evidently drunken
instead of a cup. In one corner of the
room was n washstand with a couple of
well-used towels over it, and the remain-
der of the space was taken up with bottles.
machines and other articles of an expert
mental kind. The room in which Mr.. Ed
ison sleeps when Mt the laboratory is quite
as simple and his bed is folding arrange
ment which you could buy anywhere for
SO Still this laboratory all told must
cover several acres. Its original cost must
have been more than $500,0O0,i and
it takes, it is said, more than
100000 year to run it. 1t is
the most complete laboratory in the
world and no inventor in history has ever
had anything like unto it. In the store
room, which. by the way, is bigger than
any country church in the United States,
Mr. Edison has pieces of every known
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pERSIFLAGE BY NYE.
Ne Visits the Infant Hippopota-
mus i'm Central Park.
ruouGHTS ON THE ELEPHANT.
v.enement in Brooklyn-How n College
student Got Inside Points on the
Examination Papers.
COPYRIGHT 1891. by Edgar W. Nye.

yrw YORK, Nov. 2. 49, Especial Core
.rondence. Several years ago | had oc-
.a.;on tn write very able article regard
..s the Herzog teleserye. scheme for en-
.hI;ng guest at hotel to order $50 diff
srsat things by pressing a button after
,laeing an index point over the article
rr.n.ed. mention this in order to show
ne power of the pres, for / poked fun at
,1s teleserye in a whitening way, as so
,o.nv able writer's do when they dislike a
new thing.
I had a great deal of fun with this
r,,le machine on the dial of which you
eould find anything from the morning
,sner 10 a pair of horses. Yesterday /
ost Mr. Kerzog, looking as well rs he did
ae,ore nv attack ON him. and was sur
,rised TO find at my hotel and in many
a,ber hotels since, the little machine
which used several years ago in busting
Of the streets.
This shows, as | say, the power of the
,ress and how a fearless writer with q
rood command of language may often ac-
Somplish great good by attacking a meri-
torons thing.
Whenever come TO New York, even for
.few weeks, like to fall into the hands of
an old New Yorker who knows the ropes,
for it gives me feeling of COM
fort and confidence which nothing
else can. Day before yesterday l
started to go up town with an old
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yet ripe TO take hand in the man s death.
hut IN the meanwhile here was my unior-
tunate China boy shaving Tor the pair and
presently he fell sick | was now in the
position OF tImondaln Lautenac, and. in
deed, all the characters in Qudtrc f5Rgt
lretge; to continue To spare the guilty |
must sacrifice the innocent. | took the
usual course and tried To save both with the
usual consequence OF failure. Well rehearsed
| went down to the palace. found the
king alone. and obliged him with a vast
amount OF rigamarole. The cook was too
old to learn. | feared ne was not making
progress, how If we had boy instead p
boys were more teachable 1t was all in
vain the king pierced through my dis
guises to the root of the fact. saw that the
cook had desperately miSbehayed, and sat
awhile gloOming. II think he tavvy too
much, " he said at last, with grim concis-
ion. and Immediately turned the table to
other subjects. The same day another
high officer the steward. appeared In thy
cooks place, and, | am bound to say,
proved civil and Industrious.
As soon rs | left 1t seems the king called
for a Winchester and stTolled outside the
pailsadc. awaiting the defauter. He wore
that day the womau's trock; as like as not
his makeup was completed by pith he'll
met and blue spectacles. Conceive the
glaring stretch of sand hills. the dwarf
palms with their MONDAY shadows, the
line of the palsade the crone sentrles
teach bv a small clear lire) cooking syrup
on their posts. and this chimera waiting
with his deadly engine. To hun, enter at
last the cook, sirolling down the
sand hill from Equator Town,
listless, vain and graceful. with no
thought of alarm. As soon rs he
was well within range the travestied
monarch fired the six shots over his head
at his feet, and on either hand of him; the
second Apemama warning, startling IN
itself, fatal in significance, for the next
time his majesty Will aim TO hit | am
told the king is a crack shot; that when
he aims to kill the grave may be got
ready, aud when he aims to miss. misses
by so near a margin that the culprt tastes
six times the bitterness of death. The
effect upon the cook had an opportunity
of seeing for myself. My wife and | were
returning from the seaside of the island
when we spied one coming to meet us at a
very quick disordered pace between walk
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BILLS TENOR AND MY BASS.

Bill was short and dapper, while I was thin
and tall
/ had tiowin' whiskers, but Bill had none at all:
Clothes would never seem to set 80 nice on me
Folks used to laugh and say 1 was too power
full slim.
But Bills clothes fit him like the paper on the
WALL
And We were the sparkn'est beaus in all the
place,
When Bill sung tenor and Isung bassi
Cyrus Bakers oldest girl was member of the
choir
Eyes as black as Kelsey's cat, and cheeks as red
She had the best sopranner voice L think
ever heard
Sung Coronation" Burlington" and
'Chiny' like bird;
Never done better than with Bill a-standin'
higher,
A-hodin' Of her hymn book so she wouldn't
lose the place.
When Bill sung tenor and l sung bass.
Then there was Prudence Hubbard, SO cozy- like
She snug alto ana wore pee-wee hat;
Besutd her around one winter, and, first thing
one evenin' on the portico up and called her
Pruei
But, sakes alive she didn't mind little thing
ike that
on all the works of Providence she set cheer
fui face.
When Bill was singin' tenor aud was singin'
bassi
Bill, nevermore we two shall share the fun we
used To then,
Nor know the comfort ana the peace We had to-
CctheT when
We lived in Massachusetts in the good, old
courtin days,
And filled up voices in psalms and hymns
oh, how wished that could live them happy
times again,
For lie. as We boys knew it, had g sweet pc
fMF
when YOU was singin' tenor and was singin'
bass
The music folks have nowadays amt what it
used 10 be.
Because there amt no singers now on earth
ike Bill and me:
Why, Ltmuel Bangs. who used to go to Spring
hylI twice year,
Admitted that Tor singin Bill and me had not
When Hi went soariu' up to A and I dropped
The Oil bulI-tddle Beza Dimmitt played
warn { in the race
'Longside oi Bill's high tenor aud my sonOri-
Gus bass
BIT moved to Californy in the spring of -.
And We fol6s that used 10 know him never
knew him any more;
Then cyrus Bakers oldest girI-she kind O.
pinei q spell,
And. halAer4u after sympathy, it materially
bcteN
That she married Deacon Pitkiu's boy who KEEP
the general store:
And 80 the yesrs-tne chaugeful years-have
ratified on apace
Since BiII sung tenor and I sung bass,
AsI was sittin by the stove this eyenin' after
tea,
I noticed wife KEEP hitchin' closer and closer up
10 me,
And, as She patched the Bingham frock cur
gran child wore today,
I hesrt her gin s sign that seemed 20 come
from fur away
Couldn't help inqu.rin' what the trouble might
be-
WAS thinkin' Of the time" says Prue,
a-bres hin at her face.
when Bill sung tenor and you sung bass"
Eugene Ficid
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the wheat in the market, by which they
mean the visible stock. There are two
enormous difficulties in the way of such a
performance, either of which must always
remain nearly insurmountable; but which,
acting together, as they always do, form
an absolutely impossible barrier. The
fact IS that no single individual or combi-
nation OF individuals, no matter how
much capital he or they may con-
troll, has ever been able TO buy all
the wheat in the market; the second
Is that the visible stock is an uncertain
and unknown quantity, and forever ex-
pands just in proportion as the needs of
the Spectator call upon it to contract, or
at least to remain fixed. The visible sup
ply is ilgment of the agricultural reports;
the agricultural reports are really hearsay,
and III our courts of justice hearsay, even
If sworn to, is not admitted in evidence.
Therefore unsworn hearsay must be
worthless, indeed. And whoever specu-
.lates on worthless information is liable to
get the worst of it.
As rule farmers are shrewd class of
men. 1t IS for their interest that people
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our Immigrants Not to Blame
president Eliot in the Forum.


The theory that the immigration OF q
few million of foreigners within thirty
,,esrs is the true cause Of the municipal
evils in the United States must be re
iected. although the too quick admission
~ the suffrage of men who have had no
acousiutance with tree institutions. has
5onbtless increased the evils Of city govern
mont in q few localities The great majority
al the immigrants have been scFNlceable
,,,.,pIe. and ~ late wears many 81 them
PARTICULARLY the Germans, English. Scotch.
Scandinaviaus and Swiss-haVe had a bet
Ter education than the average Turai
American can obtain. The experienced
voters of the country cannot She''St ti'ein-
sclyss behind the comparatively small con-
tipgent of the inexperienced, particularly
when the former are wholly responsible
for admitting the latter 10 the suffrage.
Nv SASl -an NJ
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wished that she would ATTEMPT nj least 70
assert herself through the columns of the
press IN such way that her greatness and
nIr WONDERFUL and uninterrupted growth
might be shown to the people of the salts.
hef, East. why doesn't she speak of il?
refined barber sign that ever capa ,,,r,,,.
L think. 1t was called. ~ ''0''
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CORNERS IN WHEAT.
"Old Hutch" Tells Why They
Are Difficult to Obtain.
CHICAGO AND WORLDS FAIR.
Visible supply n Dangerous Chimera to
Misiead the Spectator Who Tries
to Control n Food Product.

he controlling of
I h e prices Of
staples like
W heat and corn
is among the
grand enter
prises whose ac-
complish m g n t
at some future
period engrosses
the attention of
visionary men.
Men sometimes
discuss he
chances of being
Ill ii
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Pacl &c steamer 10 Ansoortes and Bellinghan
hay points a. {. AAETIS, Gen. AgL
v. IL. Hurlburt, 4. u. 7. \.
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his printing. and before he had washed the
forms. to sit down III the entire SNo page
accidentally.
trousers.
"Oh. there's nothing like college edu-
cation for developing boys talents
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Piper. aue candies fresh daily. ~ second St
Nevada County picayune., 1891-07-09
A MISTAKEN IDEA.

By act of the late Legislature the Third Congressional District was re- duced from the safest district Tn the State to the most uncertain. But as in former years was it taken from the doubtful column so again will the un- terrified Democracy of Southwest Ar kansas lift it from the slough of de- spond and place it high and dry on the rocks of safety. But the work must be thorough and the enemy routed upon every occasion. - Cam den Beacon.
 The Beacon is in error in its sup position that the Third is the weak est District in the State in the amount of its Democratic majority. The counties of which it is composed gave, at the September election last year, a Democratic majority of 36i5 more than double that of the Second, which is barely li00. The basis up- on which the apportionment was made was the Eagle and Fizer vote, the only means available al that time. The Second K the weak District, and will be the principle battle ground m the coming campaign. - Fort smith Call.
 The Beacon is eminently correct the new Third District is now the closest one in the State. Some time since, we published an article show ing it's exact political status, winch doubtless the Beacon noticed, prov Ing this the most doubtful district. The Call is badly mistaken in all of its assertions the Eagle and fizer vote was not "the only means avail able, and upon which the apportion- ment was made Apportionlng com mittcc had table, giving Presidential and Congressional vote ui preceding years. It's not proper to base a Congressional vote upon State clcc- tion should be based upon prcccd- ing Presidential vote, as in National elections turn out is much larger, and many who vote with the Demo- crats in State affairs, wtll not in Ma tional. Next week we will publish an article on this subject from Hon. Asa Morgan, of Union county. when we will have more to say.
Nevada County picayune., 1891-07-09
MeEI.s.,. WINE or caapul for female disease
Our Broken Family.

Our little family was composed of three, Father, Mother and little daughter of six summers. until the 10th of June, 1891, when the grim monster" death, entered our little household and took our loving and devoted companion and klnd and af- fectionate mother. She is gone-our home is so drear and lonely. We can see her no more on earth but feel assured if we only live for heaven we will meet her again.
 l wish to extend to relatives and numerous friends my sincere thanks for their many kind favors and at tenton and words of condolcnce.
 While l feel that my happiness on earth is blasted l thank God that l can feel that it is only for briei time that we are to be separated iron our beloved Dora. She told us that she had made all preparations to meet death and that she was ready and willing to go if it was the Lord's will. She spoke so calmly and as suringly of her prospects for ever lasting happiness beyond the tomb that we feel perfectly confident that she is to day in the home of the pur, and good.
 On June 17th Brother J. W. Er win conducting the funeral service. large assembly of kind and sym pathizing friends at Harmony churcl were present to look upon the fac' for last time and to witness the in torment of the mortal remains of ono whom they had loved and respected so long. In compliance with hel dying request we placed her body il Harmony church yard, beside tn, sleeping dust of her sainted fathe who hal preceded her to the glory world nearly l5 years.
 ask the prayers of all Christians ] that l may so live and raise littl, Jessie that we may vet make an "un broken" family in that Happy Home" where parting i. no more.
 w. l.. PurIns.
Nevada County picayune., 1891-07-09

Hep yoTSeT if you're a suffering woman, with the medicine that's been prepared especially to help you-Dr. Pierce's Favorite Prescription. It will do it where others fail. For all the dis eases peculiar to the sex-dragging- down pains, displacements, and other weaknesses, it's poSjtiUe remedy. It means q new life, and a longer one, for every delicate woman. In every case for which it's recom- mended, it gives satisfaction. It's guaranteed to do so, or the money Is refunded.
 It improves digestion, inyigorates the system, enriches the blood, dis pels aches and pains, produces re- freshing sleep, dispels melancholy and nervousness, and builds up both flesh and strength. It is a legiti- mate medicine not q beverage. Contains no alcohol to inebriate 1; no syrup or sugar to sour or ferment in the stomach and cause distress. As pecHiiar in it's mar vicious, remedial results as in it's composition. Therefore, don't be put off with some worthless com pound easily, but dishonestly, rec, commended to be "just as good. ,
Nevada County picayune., 1891-07-09
THIRD PARTY CONVENTION

Of the HIS delegates to the Gin cinnati convention 530 were from Ohio, Indiana and Kentucky and that 1T more hailed from Kansas :; that 33S represented Missouri, Ne braska, Minnesota, and Wisconsin, making a total of ,279 leaving only l39 for the other thlrty-four states. Even if these delegates all hailed from one state their views would be entitled to respect. But the move ment, so far as the south is concerned is q failure, and must continue to he. It can have no following in these states, and therefore we do not fear it. The Democratic party is the party of the people here, and what ever reforms may be demanded as necessary for the general welfare must come through that party. The peoples parly y will find it's best field in what are known as the granger states, where the Republican party has been heretofore carrying things with a boom, and in these states 1t will be an ally of the Democratic par ty and help to defeat the republican national ticket next year. Memphis Commercial.
 At the time the convention was held, the St. Louls Republic, and the Cincinnati dailies stated that a majority of the delegates hailed from the two states of Ohio and Kansas conglomcratcd mass meeting of any and everybody who desired to attend, there being no fair rule of delegated authority, As we have heretofore published the socalled platform, which emanated from the convention, and commented thereon we 20 no further in this direction. Simply publish the above from the Memphis Commercial, to show up it's makeup, that the people may un- ! derstand it's paternity.
Nevada County picayune., 1891-07-09
Eternal Vigilance.

l- the price of health But with all our pr,caulion there are cprmic, al- ways lurking ahuut our systems, on- ly waiting favorable opportunity to assert themselves. Impurities in the blood may he hidden for years or even for generation, and suddenly break forth. undermining health and ha,tcninp death For all disease. arising from impure blood IIood' 'a Sar,miarilla Is tbe uuequallcd and unapproachcd remedy. IL is king of them all, for it conquers disease.
Nevada County picayune., 1891-07-09
PRESCOTT NEVADA COUNTY ARKANSAS THURSDAY JULY 1S9

In the St. Louis Republic free tours contest" k. C. Cave, the non sectarian preacher, got largest vote and first tour Father Brennan came next, getting second. Rev. Dr. Mathews of the NJ E Church, South, was third highest, and was given a complimentary tour through Europe, to start when he pleases. The Re public is great paper, and It's en- terprise is unbounded.
Nevada County picayune., 1891-07-09

Congressman T. C. McRac an nounces elsewhere, that competitive examination will be held at Hope on Saturday, Aug, lst, to select quail fled candidate for the Military Acad- emy at West Point. There has been a vacancy in this district now for over five years, because of number of failures of candidates, and if an other failure occurs MT. McRae will no longer resort to this method, but make an appointment straight out.
Nevada County picayune., 1891-07-09
Deafness Can't be Cured

by local applications, as they cannot reach the dis cHScd portion of the car. ihefe is only ouo wal to cure deafness, and what Is by constituiiunu remedies, Deafness k caused hp an intlamod con ditiun ut the Eu,tachin Tube When this tub, gets iniamvdi you have a rumhling sound or i'm perfect hearing, and when if is entirely closed Deafness is the result, and unless the inflammation can be taken out and this tube restored tu is nor mal condition, hearing will be destroyed forever nine eases out of ten are caused hy calrrh which Is nothing but an uAamed condition of th, mucous surfaces.
 We will give One Hundred Dollars for an, case of deafness tcauscd by catarrh1 that we can not cure by taking Halls tatarrlr Cure. Sen, turcirCulars free.
 FJ. CHENEY X co. Toledo, Q.
 Sold by druggists - cents.
Nevada County picayune., 1891-07-09
BRIGHT,s DISEASE.
Why vul anyone with weak kidneys
 continue to sufsri

Of All insidiog. ajlmept. there is none more certain of tes4ly effect If neglected, than Brights Disease. Thousands who sutfer from this disease do not even know dowly but surely, like a thief in the night It Ina. no symptoms peculiarly it's own. but it's effect is indicated by symP- toms that might be traced to other eauses. The fluids of the body vary in color from a cloudy appearance and deposit sadi- meht that may be either red or white. Frequently there is pain about the lQinst under tue left shoulder, or in the small of the back Tho victim feels listlsss and drowsy is easily fatigued, and usually of A nalnnnlv and melancholy disposition. Inc