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The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1891-01-03

CEAfALEf JAN kodV.
<.uees at the Seattle clearing house today
]..ssS 70 se56,74054 The balances were
RETAIL MARKET REVIEW.
a., examination of the retail trade and
~ resulted in the discovery OF few
-. shsnres. Business is quiet, as usual
1919 after the holidays, but the trade of
- rosfomers keeps most dealers and clerks
~ pyces are steady, with few exceptions,
x.sss are fairly good, except in the line of
1900 either thirteen pounds of yellow,
n. seuuds OF graduated, eleven pounds of
II = e;xht pounds OF puiverized is given
.n.u ereen Costa RIGA sells at soc, and
~ a ~ per n; Mocha and Java at 40d45c
= Snflisk breakfast tea is 81 per n: choice,
=. ka<ket. cred Japan, 4 e.
- t:sliloruia roll butter is Csc, and fancy
- Al n IL lbs. Iowa creamery, 4lc per ID.
4 ercs are SOC per dozen, and fresh
-. sre 1l.c per ID: sweet potatoes scarce
n. s-Aheees. II sSn2c; onions, SC; turnips, &c;
-. nc: celery, 90c; no cauliffower in
4 kssn here are a few pears, not choice in
81. & & per ID: apples, SC, or $3.50 per box,
4 IN supplies of fancy fruit; oranges are
= japsnese nandarins selling at I5c per
81 R}yersjdes at 40C, and nayels at 75c:
~. r.: bsnauas scarce and of poor quality.
- limits. vegetables and meats are steady
Ss-ns, arotations. Light demand is reported
n svr3es OF these goods. Cheese is steady
y comb honey sells at 25c per h, and
80 Il &c.
Issiions are unchanged, medium hams sell
& X and small at l5c; bacon, l4(gi6c; dry
- neat. poultry and fish are in good sup
unchanged figures.
IxPoRrAST SHIPMENTS.
r6kle among the shipments of the day were
Sl;oxine: One car hops and one car mer-
rde 70 Chicago, car merchandise to Port
=. ;fn merchandise TO Tacoma, car hons
Hnnesoia Transfer. car shingles TO Edge
tan coal 10 Tenino, car coal to Kent,
n6rbfrdse to Machias, car machinery to
fanny. Lear -four to sedro, car merchan-
10 yesles, ear oats to North Bend. car
nna movables to Bothell.
GENERAL SHIPMENTS.
~ The past twenty -four hours goods and
ssndise have been shipped from Seattle in
kz;1xing amounts: Northern Pacific rail-
N tons: seattle, Lake Shore & Eastern
~, Is tons; Columbia & Puget sound
NJ, q tons. BY water-Statc OF Washing
tQus. Edith, Il tons; Delta. Is tons;
Fiu tons; Buckeye, tons; Fleetwood, 8
City of Quincy, tons; Glide, 4 tons;
NJ IONS; lola, tons. Total shipments,
nn
u1czAypIsE AND PRODUCE RECEIPTS.
ndps 81 produce and merchandise at the
d sezttle during the past twepty-fo
Hsere a. follows. Northern Pacific rail
20 tons: Seattle, Lake shore d Eastern
~. 20 tens; Columbia d Puget Sound
-, 5 tons. By water-J. r. Mcdonald,
las Premier, 30 tons: State of Washing
tens; W. 7. Munroe, 10 tons; Angeles.
City Of Quincy, S tons: Fleetwood, 5 tons;
anderson. tons; Henry Bailey, tons.
nteipts, 90 tons
NATURE OF RECEIPTS.
y ibonssnd brick, 6 ears general merchan-
sean. coal. ] car condensed milk, car
~ goods, car glass, car oil, | car rails, /
1ke, eau wheat ear -four, car barley.
6 Ne, ! CT marble. car iron, Is cars Gil
%, icaf piles, ! car shingles. Car lum-
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FOREIGN MARKETS.
BREADsruFFs.

LIVERPOOL. Jan. 2.-wheat-In good demand
new winter, 70 71sd, firm; do spring, Is nd,
firm. " '>z~'
Corn-ln good demand spot SIS SD, strong:
January, new, Is 2s<d, strong; February, IS Id.
FINANCIAL.
LONDON, Jan. 2.-Closing-Consols: Money.
20 l5-l6: money, account, IS 1915: L. s. Is I24Ji
1zgS15 per cent.
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Shipping Intelligence.

PoRT BLAKELEY, Jan. 2.--Arrived-Courser.
SAN Francisco. Jan. 2.-Arfived-Str Walla
walla, Victoria; str ST. Paul, Port Townsend;
bktn Tam O'shanter, Columbia river. Cleared
Str Columbia, Astoria; str Al-Xi, Port Town
send wh str Reivedere whaling
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IsscaAsplsE AND PRODUCE RECEIPTS.
- - - -------------
EASTERN MARKETS.
yIv YoRK sTocK ExcHANGE.


foRx, Jan. 2-The year 1891 opened
aeusly In Wall street today, and the
h and activity displayed were unusual
Gay utter New Years day, especially as it
~ the end Of the week and on Friday,
nonelery conditions are not generally fay-
sdysnees. Dealings on the whole had
q Professional appearance than they have
long time. There were realizdtions as
wore along, but none to make an inn
rpoE prices, which were the highest
many days. The close was firm to
shout the best prices of the day.
damenis bonds, dull
MONEY AND EXCHANGE.
3! On call, closed offered al ?: prime mer-
paper, dds: sterling exchange. quiet and
q; azfy DAY bills, si7s: demand. 81 s4ss.
sr, leass.
BONDS
na.lisgistersdli2l ~. s. SIS tcoup'sl. 1914
~ ttoopon)- IL Pacific 6's .l 100
III sfegl. 1851
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FRANCISCO MARKETS.

ssf OF The SITUATION.
IN al, Jan. 2,-The general market
~ sv ssser New Years. with but little
6ne ssA Nothing - doing in the
N butter and eggs, and
naf sh~sattef are shade of, owing to
ners q are a good many coming into
tSass 49, = good stock of both Eastern
tser s..sef on hand. and prospects in
IN Niees. There - no change
The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1891-01-03
PlDE AND SHIPPING.

uprs At SEATTLE HARsoR TODAY.
Wessington Springs herald. (Wessington Springs, Aurora County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1891, 1891-11-27
Beware the Night Air.

A correspondent Of the London Lancet
gives useful hint to persons whose
duties take them much into the night air.
He says that when facing o cold east
wind OF breathing quickly the night Dir
he never quite closes his mouth, but
keeping the lips trifle parted he curls
up his tongue towards the roof of his
mouth until the tip reaches as far back
us the soft palate, when the arched under
surface Of the tongue is pressed against
the hard palate. The cold Dir then, as it
enters the mouth, is made to pass between
the sides of the tongue and the buccal
mucous membrane Of the pharynx, and
thereby SO warmed that by the time it
reaches the larynx it is rid of chill and
does not excite coughand catarrh. Some
people cannot breathe through the nose
alone, which is the right thing to do in
the night air, or, indeed ut any time, and
for such the plan recommended above is
good one.
Wessington Springs herald. (Wessington Springs, Aurora County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1891, 1891-11-27
Pampas Plumes.

An acre of pampas grass judiciousyI
managed has been known to produce tenI
thousand plumes. The harvesting usually
commences in September ere the seed
begins to mature. The plumes are cut
and laid upon q sled which is drawn be-
tween the rows, for convenience. From
the field they are first conveyed to the
packing shed where they are stripped Of
the green sheath which closely envelopes
them. Afterward in exposing them to|
the sun the male panicles hang heavily
like oats, while the female plumes become
light and fluffy. The latter alone are
suitable for the market. The plumes'|
which average from two and half to|
three feet in length. are then spread upon
the ground to dry. Here they remain 8
couple Of days before they are again
transferred to the packing shed, where
they are placed upon wide shelves ana
eft until the stems are thoroughly dried
Then follows the work Of packing to1
shipment. The plumes are graded and,
made into bales consisting Of two or threa|
thousand. These bales are then packed,
into boxes made for the purpose. lfthey]
are packed smoothly, there is no danger
Of injuring them in transportation
When they reach their destination it "a
only necessary to shake them gently
over a stove, or in the sun to have them
regain their original beauty. England
and Germany send the largest orders tor
California pampas grass. 1t is USED
solely for decoration in these countries
as elsewhere American Agriculturist.
Wessington Springs herald. (Wessington Springs, Aurora County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1891, 1891-11-27
THE COPTS.
An Interesting People About Whom
hut Little is Known.

These people esteem themselves to be
the true descendants Of the ancient
Egyptians, and distinguished from the
conquering race Of Arabians who have
now overrun their land. 1t is comical
idea, but they call upon US to note their
close resemblance. Early converts to
Christianity, they have remained faith
full to their belief amidst the Mohamme-
dan population all about them. 1t must
be mentioned, however, that they had
been pronounced heretics by the Council
of Chulcedon before the Arabian con-
quest; for they had refused to worship
the human nature Of Christ, revering
His divine nature alone. They arc the
guardians of the Christian legends of
Egypt. In crypt under one of their
churches they show two inches. One
they say, was the sleeping-plaoe of
Joseph and the other Of the Virgin and
Child, during the flight into Egypt.
Near Hcliopolis is I'm ancient tree, under
whose branches tho Holy Family are
supposed to have rested when the sum
shine was too hot for further travelling.
There are between four and five hun
dred thousand Copts in Egypt. They
are the book-keepers and scribes; they
are also the jewellers and embroiderers.
Their ancient tongue has fallen into dis
use, and is practically dead language.
They now use Arabic, like oil the rest Of
the nation but the speech survives in
their church service, part Of which is
still given in the old tongue, though it is
said that even the priests themselves do
not always understand what they are say
ing, having merely learned the sentences
by heart, SO that they can repeat them as
a matter Of form. Copts have been CON-
verified to Professionalism during these later
days by the American missionaries.
They are not, in appearance, an at
tractivc people. Their converts and
churches, ut least in Cairo and its neigh
borhood, are so hidden away, inacces-
sible, and dirty that they are but slightly
appreciated by the majority of travellers,
who spend fur more of their time among
the mosques Of Mohammed. But both
the people and their ancient language
are full of interest from historical point
of view. They form field for research
which will give some day rich results.
A little has been done. and we'll done;
but much still reSnains hidden. 1t has
yet to be dug out by the learned. Then
it must be translated by the middle-men
into those agreeable little histories which,
with agreeable little tunes, agreeable
little stories, and agreeable little pictures,
gre the delight Of the many.-lHarper's
Magazine.
Wessington Springs herald. (Wessington Springs, Aurora County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1891, 1891-11-27
How Tenement Ho use Folk Lfse.

The object of having q count taken by
the sanitary police in New York city is
not SO much o mere enumeration as to
ascertain how the people housed in tene-
ments live, what is the condition Of their
health, and what are the drawbacks that
can be cured. The instructions given to
the squad are to ascertain what proper
ton Of the rooms they visit or how many
Of them ore workshops; to inspect yards,
cellars and stables, and incidentally to
collect the number Of horses on whose
work an army of the tenants depend.
They report the cubic air space Of the
rooms used as workshops, the numbers
who are sick, the children under fourteen
who are at work, and to ascertain how
many speak English. These statistics
are now in course of preparation, but
enough has been ascertained to show that
comparatively few sick persons were
found IN the tenements, and that few
children under fourteen are ut work.
Nothing like the work accomplished by
the sanitary police in the last eight
months has ever been attempted before
except in the case Of the Hebrew workers
in clothing, and the results will be found
full Of interest when analysed and
properly grouped. 1t has been difficult
task, owing to the clustered colonies Of
various nationalities in the tenement
districts where foreign languages are
spoken almost exclusively, and the man
who asks questions is regarded with sus.
pician, US O spy. Before the census Yves
made eminent philanthropists were in.
vited to make suggestions as to the
questions to BE- asked, with view to
throwing as much light as possible on the
vexed problem Of the social conditions OF
the poor Philadelp hia Record.
Wessington Springs herald. (Wessington Springs, Aurora County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1891, 1891-11-27
The Sea Of Galilee.

The Lake Of Gennesareth, called also
the sea Of Galilee, etc., situated in Palesj
tine, sixty-fve miles north Of the DEAD
sea, is pear-shaped The greatest WIDTH
is six and three-q quarter miles, its extreme
length fifteen miles. The Jordan enters
it muddy ut the north and passes out
clear at the south. The natural features
Of the lake are neither various nor es!
pecially attractive. The chief Interest
connected with it is that Christ passed
much of his time on its shores. u
abounds in the best kinds Of fish, which
made the southern part Of it noted as 9
fishing ground. The towns around 1t y
former times IRE now mostly in ruins
Chicago Times.
Wessington Springs herald. (Wessington Springs, Aurora County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1891, 1891-11-27
The Dead Sea.

The Dead Sea is in the southeast of
Palestine, and is called by the Arabs
Bahr Loot, or Sea of Lot. 1t is about
forty miles long, with an average breadth
of nine miles. 1t is fed by the Jordan
from the north, and by many other
streams, but has no apparent outlet, its
superduous water being carried off, as is
supposed, by evaporation. The north
shores of the sea are marked by the
blackened trunks and branches Of trees
which are encrusted with salt, as is
everything that is exposed to the spray
of this sea. On the southern shore il
the remarkable mass of rock called I'd.
Wessington Springs herald. (Wessington Springs, Aurora County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1891, 1891-11-27

CHICAGO women who are plunged
into depths of melancholy by the dis
coyery that the law which purports to
give them the right to vote for school
officers is simply a fraud and de-
ceit, should take heart. The expert
ence of Boston has shown that the
fashion of voting, like other feminine
fads, is but transitory, and does not
persist through two consecutive cleo
tions. Last year $500 women regis
tered in that city, while this year
but 1900 made preparation to avail
themselves of that right of suf-
frage which seems so precious to
woman until she gets it.
Wessington Springs herald. (Wessington Springs, Aurora County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1891, 1891-11-27

MODERN modes of travel, the tele-
graph and the postal system have
combined to make this very small
world. Time was when the people
who lived in one country regarded
distant regions as somewhat myth
cal, as impossible to reach, and as
belonging almost to another sphere.
A person could commit crime then,
and could disappear as effectually as
though he had dropped off the earth.
Now Americans daily meet acquaint-
ances on the streets of Paris, and
men who have formerly lived in Osh-
kosh are not surprised at encounter
ing old friends in Natal. All of
which remarks are peculiarly applica-
BILE to the case of Jack Hallowell, ex-
organist of Chicago church at the
corner of Twenty-fourth street and
Lawndale avenue. Mr.. Hallowell
had pretty wife who sang in the
choir of the same church, and the
couple were much respected. A short
time ago a Lawndale man went to
England on visit. While there he
met woman who asked him if he
had ever met Jack Hallowell in
America. Now America is a very
small place, and of course the young
man had met Mr.. HallowelL The
woman who asked the question was
the mother of five children, and was
and is Mr.. Hallowell's legal wife.
The latter is no longer organist of the
pretty church at Lawndale, nor does
his American wife sing in the choir.
There is just enough of moral in
this story to make any man who has
put the world between himself and
an unpleasant past feel uncomfort,
able. ..
Wessington Springs herald. (Wessington Springs, Aurora County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1891, 1891-11-27

MELBOURNE, the rain-wizard, will
furnish all rain necessary to make
Western Kansas blossom, as the rose
for ten cents per cultivated acre.
This is considered cheap. 1t Kansans
are gullible enough, and Providence
helps the wizard out with one or two
coincident wet spells, this is liable to
prove a good thing for Melbourne,
who, of course, is not in the business
for his health.
Wessington Springs herald. (Wessington Springs, Aurora County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1891, 1891-11-27

snm or sodom. To the north of Udsum
is the supposed site of ancient
Sodom On the borders Of the
Dead Sea curious plant grows that
Yields fruit called the apple of Sodom,
beautiful on the outside but bitter to the
taste, and. when mature, filled with fibre
and dust.-[St. Louis Republic.
Wessington Springs herald. (Wessington Springs, Aurora County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1891, 1891-11-27

You can scarcely have On idea Of
the lightning which shines before you
in the electric burner. Prof. Kohl
branch, who has been making some
curious experiments with lightning
finds that the amount of electricity in
an ordinary fash is so small that it
would require thirty-sevcn flashes to
keep a common incandescent lamp
burning one hour.
Wessington Springs herald. (Wessington Springs, Aurora County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1891, 1891-11-27

THE fastest mile on record has been
trotted again and Maud S. is de-
throned. Stimulated by "the glori-
Gus climate of Californy," sunol has
done her mile in 2:0s4, and now reigns
queen of the turf. Half a second is
not much in a lifetime, but it is a
good, big slice to lop off the trotting
record, and the man who is not prop
erly impressed by the tidings that
this feat has been accomplished does
not appreciate the greatness that lies
in the infinitely little.
Wessington Springs herald. (Wessington Springs, Aurora County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1891, 1891-11-27

A GREAT deal depends on the point
of view. An Indian boy attending
the school at the Pine Ridge Agency,
S. D., asked the Superintendent one
day with much concern if there was
going to be another uprising Of white
people" soon.
Wessington Springs herald. (Wessington Springs, Aurora County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1891, 1891-11-27

A NEWSPAPER writer rises to re-
mark that spanking is lost art.
Well, mebbe; but it would be safe to
wager that this newspaper man We.
an only and spoiled child. Had he
been laid across the maternal knee in
his youth and felt the stinging appli
cation of the maternal hand, or car
pet slipper (as the case might be) he
would depose and say otherwise.
Wessington Springs herald. (Wessington Springs, Aurora County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1891, 1891-11-27

OKLAHOMA is reaching out for
more Indian lands to conquer. If
she can absorb the Cheyenne and
Arapahoe lands she will figure herself
large enough to assume the stature of
Statehood. Oklahoma, like the dime
museum fat boy, is thing of
prodigious growth. but with very little
material in the top of his head. 1t
would make very poor State.
Wessington Springs herald. (Wessington Springs, Aurora County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1891, 1891-11-27

A METHODIST clergymen with adj
mirable eXactness has located the in.
fernal regions exactly flfty-two miles
straight down from any point on the
earth's surface. The attention of the
National Government is called to the
fact that the Federal building in
Chicago is going there with good
deal of rapidity. A.
Wessington Springs herald. (Wessington Springs, Aurora County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1891, 1891-11-27

A SP1cELAND, Ind. man, named
Lamb, endeayored to elope with his
sweetheart, when he was set upon by
the young ladys father and rudely
handled with club. The unfortu-
nate lover is now shorn Lamb.
Wessington Springs herald. (Wessington Springs, Aurora County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1891, 1891-11-27
A Bushel Of Coin.

Two men bargained about bushel of
tive-oere, the smallest Danish silver coin.
the other day at tho Oslos fair. The sell
Ter offered to deliver it for 800 kroner
within certain time. and the other took
him up. The bushel Of coin was forth
coming on the appointed day, but it
proved bad bargain for the one who de-
livered it. Its value was nearer 600
kroner than 3O0.-[ New York Recorder.
Wessington Springs herald. (Wessington Springs, Aurora County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1891, 1891-11-27

Why repine because John L. Sulli-
van is stranded in Australia? A man
Of Johns muscular developments ought
to be able to work his passage home
in the stoke-hole.
Wessington Springs herald. (Wessington Springs, Aurora County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1891, 1891-11-27

the shores of Lake Michigan and
show the effects of the bad seaman
ship which is constantly driving our
war ships aground.
Wessington Springs herald. (Wessington Springs, Aurora County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1891, 1891-11-27

ONE of the exhibits at the Worlds
Fair will be brick ship $50 feet long
and 70 feet wide, built in imitation
of vessel of the American navy. To
be striking likeness to any Of our
naval vessels as things 60 at present
it must be stranded high and dry on
Wessington Springs herald. (Wessington Springs, Aurora County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1891, 1891-11-27

THERE is no telling what animals
once inhabited this country. 1t is
good enough for any of them. A
petritied elephant has been unearthed
near Jasper, Fla.
Wessington Springs herald. (Wessington Springs, Aurora County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1891, 1891-11-27

ANOTHER new torpedo-boat has
been ordered by the Navy Depart
ment. This type of vessel is destined
to be very popular in the United
States navy, because, having very
light draft, it can go safely where the
most incompetent officer may steer it.
Wessington Springs herald. (Wessington Springs, Aurora County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1891, 1891-11-27

The theatrical company which a
few short weeks ago devastated Chi
cago with the play Abraham Lincoln
has gone to complete. never-ending,
and exemplary smash in Philadelphia.
One or two such incidents as this will
make grateful people obliterate the
blot which Bardsley put upon the
'scutcheon of the Quaker city.
Wessington Springs herald. (Wessington Springs, Aurora County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1891, 1891-11-27

WE are often told how men die in
battle. Why is it that some surviv-
ors of bloody encounters do not tell
us how men live in battle?
Wessington Springs herald. (Wessington Springs, Aurora County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1891, 1891-11-27

QUEEN VICTORIA has prohibited
smoking at Windsor Castle, and Wales
has to go out behind the barn to en-
JOY those 81 80 weeds.
Wessington Springs herald. (Wessington Springs, Aurora County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1891, 1891-11-27

The boss snake story bubbles up in
Alabama, and is to the effect that a
king snake entered q house, killed a
rattlesnake in bedroom. and then
cTawled off and doctorcd itself for the
po1sQno1s bites. The rattesnake had
ains fsitle. We caa infer What tas
Alabama man had fr561 the 6phidian
condition of his premises.
Wessington Springs herald. (Wessington Springs, Aurora County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1891, 1891-11-27
THE HERALD.
wkss,No7oN SPRINGS. s.ps

THE dress rcformers must be whist
players. They all expect to lead from
their short suits.
Wessington Springs herald. (Wessington Springs, Aurora County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1891, 1891-11-27

THE Gillian authorities have al.
ready expressed their determination
to take immediate and effective steps
to ferret out and punish the ring.
leaders Of the mob that attacked the
American sailors in the port of Val.
paraiso. This is not only the proper
course for the Chilians to pursue, but
it is an eminently diplomatic one as
we'll. 1t leaves the United States no
grievance against that nation to set
up as an Offset to the causes OF com.
plaint which Chill may prefer against
this people.
Wessington Springs herald. (Wessington Springs, Aurora County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1891, 1891-11-27

IT is sad to learn that the popula-
tion of Yvetot, in France, is decreas-
ing. Matrimony has fallen into
desuetude there. and, though there
are manageable spinsters in abund-
ance, marriages are rare events. 1t
would not have been thus in the good
old days Of that jolly King of Yvetot,
peu connu dams l'histoire, of whom
Beranger sang. His greatest pleasure
was to ride about his kingdom max
ing matches, and the annual baby
crop was source of pride to him.