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The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1891-06-02

The meeting OF the stockholders Of the
Seattle. Lake Shore & Eastern railrosd has
been postponed until June Is.
The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1891-06-02
Bound for Alaska.

Miss Mabel F. Gray, Miss Bessie Gray.
Miss Cordelia Lundy and Miss Annie
Kales, chaperoned by Mrs. Daniel Titus.
all Of Oakland. Cal, arrived at the Rainier
last night. They viii spend the early
morning IN taking drive around the
city, and then will board the City OF To
peka for pleasant voyage 10 Alaska
The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1891-06-02
unIawfuily in the United States.

Inspector Holden last night arrested
two Chinese women under Gee Lees store,
on Jackson street, on suspicion Of having
Illegally entered the United States. They
were taken 10 the county jail and locked
up in the sherif-s private Office. They
gave their names as Yo Sang and Bing
Coda.
The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1891-06-02
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smelter Is idle. but the plant is good one
of lao-ton capacity. They need four miles
Of additional track, aud the smelter COM
pany IS ready to go TO work as soon as the
railroad builds into the works"
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Temperance az the City Mission.

gospel temperance meeting vii be
held 81 the city mission this evening. cor
ne- Of Second and Jackson streets, 8.
which Rev. s Alonzo Bright OF The Trinity
Methodist Episcopal Tabernacle. will de-
liver an address Mr. Bright VII endszvor
20 set forth the uselessueSs Of the drink
traffic IS Al industrial and commercial
benefit, By showing that il employs less
men and gives profit 20 less men fhza aav
other business, while il ruins lis millions
Of victims
Wheeling Sunday register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1882-1934, 1891-05-03
NOTES BY A NATURALIST.
Jazz soRROUGHS PRESENIS SONE SEASON
ABLE SUGGESTIONS.
IA flying Squirrel and Els Relatives The
EVeluhsn q the Song Brd-ln Interview
viii soass-Ths Wolf Spider
and bis Hab.n.
iCOPYEIGHTEDl

When nature made the flying squirrel
she seems to have whispered a hint or
promise Of the same gift TO the red
squirrel. AT least there is distinct
suggestion of the same power i'm the lat
ser. When hard pressed the red SPUR
rel will trust himself in the air with
abe same faith that the flying squirrel
does, but, it, must be admitted, with only
fraction Of the success Of the latter.
He makes himself into o rude sort OF
parachute, which breaks the force of his
fall very much. The other day my dog
ran one up the side of the house,
through the woOdbine, upon the roof.
As I opened fire upon him with handouts
OF gravel, 90 give him 90 understand
that be was not welcome there. he bold
ly launched out into the air and came
down upon the gravel walk, thirty feet
below. with surprising lightuess and app
parent'y without tho least shock or iu-
jury, and was off in an instant beyond
the reach of the dog. On another Occa-
sion 1 SOW ono leap from the top OF :
hickory tree and fall through the air 40
least forty feet and alight without inc
jury. During their descent upon such
occasions their legs are widely expand
ed, their bodies are broadeued and fiat
tened, their Tail Stiffened. slightly
curved, and % curious tremulous motion
runs trough an. 10 is very obvious that
= deliberate attempt is made 90 present
Wheeling Sunday register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1882-1934, 1891-05-03

sylvania, entered. His hair is as white
as the plumage of snowy heron, but he
retains much of the fire Of youth. He is
AS straight as an arrow, and his eyes
sparkle like the eyes of a canary. And
there is full as much music
| in him. His mind is as clear
as an Italian sky, his memory
OF past events marvellous and his power
of description perfect. A colored boy
took his coat, hat and umbrella, and he
Joined the storytelling group at the
bright fireside. 1t was favOrite nook
with him, while member of the House.
He preferred it to the room of the
Committee on Foreign Affairs, of which
he was chairman. He was hardly seat
ed before Gen. Forney, OF Alabama,
passed him fragrant Intimidad. After
lighting it, he crossed his legs, blew
wreathS of smoke into the air, and
listened to past "reminiscences.
In the hall outside the droning read
ing of the clerk of the House was heard,
interrupted at times by the sharp rap of
the Speakers gavel. Through the open
door glimpse Of the side gallery was
had. Several la4ies were leaning for
ward, evidently regarding the little cir
Gle at the ingle-side with curious inter-
est. Their attention was momentarily
distracted by sharp spat between Gen.
Spinoa and Louis E. McComas over u
district bill, but it again became con-
centrated upon the group in the cloak
room. Gov. Curtin was telling war
story The handsome old fellow was all
aglow. His face pictured the emotions
of his soul-and his gestures were alive
with descriptive power. Framed by
the doorway, with the fire as a back
ground, and such men as Crisp, of Geor-
Wheeling Sunday register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1882-1934, 1891-05-03

of an editor Of one of the largest periodi-
Gals in this country, who had offered
Chaueney NJ. Depew a yearly salary OF
500, 900 for five years il the railroad
magnate would write his editorial page
for him over his own name. Think OF
investing a round half million dollars in
one man, and then think of that man de-
clining the offer! Another editor OF my
acquaintance recently paid $4,000 for
single feature for his magazine, and the
feature had to be worked out, involving
a very large additional expense. Sena-
tor ingalls, has had two offers to take
the editorial helm; one of SO, 900 year,
the other of S25,0 200, to which latter
offer was attached the proviso that he
would write only three editorials each
month. A single business literary idea
nothing startling only unique
brought it's Greater a check for $1,000,
and it will take fully S25, 900 properly to
advertise the idea! One periodical re-
Gently paid 1000 for single short
story by famous pen, which had never
yet turned TO fiction. Another maya
zine pays one of its editors several thou
sand dollars per year, and all travelling
expenses, Just to travel around, keep his
ears open. and his memorandum book
full.
Wheeling Sunday register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1882-1934, 1891-05-03

- exhausted itself till We reach
~ walking fish Of tropical America or
80 tree-climbing fish Of India. From tn'
u W coloring OF certain Insects
a.t-,,1s and birds the step is not Tar 70
..t,,oI nimicry Of certain special forms
- coIors. The naturaliSts nud IN
IsS. = spider that exactly copies upon
Io.ftbe form aud cOlors OF Olrd urop'
80 How many studies OF honey
F.,5erinr bees did nature make before
- ocbieved her masterpiece To this line
- the honey bee Of our hives Inc
sL,,t,s peculiar weapon Of defense Is
.n~gested bv the mink and weasel. IL
oo3 tbe beaver the head OF the series
- cn.wers. the loon OF divers, the con
Sor ~ soarers? Always one species tha'
a.,os bsvond any other. Look over
soliection of African animals and see
49, bigb shouldered they are now
-,.,v hints or prophecies OF the glraue
100 arc before the the giraffe Is
.oocbed After nature had made the
common turtle. of course she would not
ston I'm She had made the box tortoise
~ bi,, tbe idea IS fully realized. On
the bodv of the porcupine che Quils Sre
Sotorbed and stuck into the flesh OF lts
eDe,,v on being touched; bat nature
bssnot stopped here. With tho tai. the
animsl strikes its quil.s INTO ITS a7sS'I-
Wheeling Sunday register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1882-1934, 1891-05-03

before he made up his mind. He col
iected dead leaves twigS, bits of paper
and all sorts OF stray bits and began
nest right off. Several days after in his
lonely cage he would take bits of StrawS
and arrange them when they were given
him"
l thought what different emotions
this bird S rejected image awoke iD It's
little breast from those aroused in a
male blue bird last summer that dis
turbed the sleep of my hired man in the
early morning. The bird with it's mate
had q nest i'm box near by the house,
and after the manner Of the blue birds
was very inquisitiye and saucy about
windows. One morning itChanced to dis
cover its reflected image in the win
dows of the hired mans room. The
shade, of some dark stuff, was down on
the inside, which aided in making a
kind Of q looking glass of the window.
Instantly the bird began an assault upon
his supposed rival i'm the window and
made such . Chattering that there was
no more sleep inside that room. Morn
ing after morning the bird kept this up
Tin the tired plOwman complained Bit
terly and declared his intention TO kill
the bird Ia an uulucky moment l Sug-
gested that he leave the shade up and
and try the effect. He did so, and his
morning sleep was thencefOrth undis-
turbed-
Wheeling Sunday register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1882-1934, 1891-05-03
Murdered By a Tramp.

WINCHESTER, KY, May 1.-The fam
ily of Oliver Morgan, a farmer of this
county. yesterday afternoon left him
blowing in the field while they went to
Lynn on business. When they returned
they found him in an upstairs room dead,
having been shot through the heart.
His revolver was missing and rock
was found on the floor. The room was
smeared with blood and evidence of q
desperate struggle. a strange man,
giving his name as Charley Mckinney,
was traced to the city and placed in
Jail, accused of the horrible crime. He
is apparently tramp. When arrested,
he was found TO have two fresh cuts or
scratches on mis- face. and a bloody
handkerchief was found in his pocket.
Everything seems to show that he is the
murderer.
Wheeling Sunday register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1882-1934, 1891-05-03
Driven by a Corpse.
Tyr..,oo JT.r0f1

Cabman Thomas Gilbert died on his
box last night while driving a passenger
To the West Side Union Depot After
the Chicago Opera House was built Gill
bert made his stand at the southwest
corner of.Clark and Washington streets.
He was there at O'Clock last night,
when a man stepped up into his Gao and
said: Drive me in a hurry to the West
Side Union Depot Gilbert climbed on
the box, and. gathering up the lines,
swung his horse into Washington street
and headed west. A crowd of people was
serging into the Chicago Opera House
when the cab ratified by. Some one
noticed Gilbert's head droOp and then
fell over on his breast. The whip fell
from his hand, and he clutched at the
iron rod of the box.
That claimants dying said the man
that had noticed Gilbert's actions. He
followed the cab. Three or four others
followed him. The horse trotted along
Washington street and stopped for mo-
ment at La Sale TO let a Milwaukee
cable train pass by. At Fifth aveeue
the men who had followed the cab from
the Chicago Opera House overlook it,
and one of them grabbed the bits. The
occupant Of the cab leaped out and de-
manded what right the stranger had to
stop the horse, Il have only ten
minutes to make my train" he said, ex-
citedly, land l paid this cabman in ad-
vance to haul me to the Union Depot.
"You will never reach the Union
Depot with this driver" said the man
who stopped the horse. Look up there
and you will see that you are being
driven by corpse" Two men climbed
on top OF the vehicle and lifted The
driver off. He was dead. His fingers
were twined around the iron rod of hi
seat.
Wheeling Sunday register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1882-1934, 1891-05-03

like swiftly revolving wheels beneath
him. As came near he dived under
the water TO escape me, but came up
again like a cork and just as qickly. 1t
was laughable to see him repeatedly
duck beneath the surface and pop up
again i'm a twinking. He could not keep
under water more thana second or two.
Presently I reached him my oar when
he ran up it and into the palm OF my
hand, where he sat for some time ana
arranged his fur and warmed himself
lie did not show the slightest fear. 1t
was probably the first time he had ever
shaken hands with human being. He
was what we call "a meadow mouse, but
he had doubtless lived all his life i'm the
woods and was strangely unSophiSti-
Gated. How his little round eyes did
shine and how me shifted me to find out
If / WAS more dangerous than appeared
to- his sight.
After awhile l put him down in the
bottom of the boat and resumed my fish
inc But it was not long before he be-
came very restless aud evidently wanted
10 go about his business. He would
climb up Co the edge of the boatand peer
down into the water. Finally he
could brook the delay no longer and
plunged boldly overheard, but he had
either changed his mind or lost his rec6-
onipg. for he started back in the dlrec-
zion he had come, and the last / saw OF
him he was a mere speck vanishing IN
the shadows near the other shore.
The day I disturbed this mouse l saw
, sDidpr probably the wolf spider, kill
a Young toad. When perceived he was
dragging the toad along over the plowed
ground. The toad was Of course small,
vet a good deal larger than the spider.
The toad was alive, but died very soon
after when the spider left him, alarmed
no doubt by my presence, and hid under d
clod. There is a spider in South Amer
lea that kills small birds, and here Is
one at home that kills small toadS.
This wolf spider is very savage
creature. IL spins no web by which to
catch its game, but prowlS about like a
wolf and pounceS upon its prey where
I il finds it. II you encounter one IN
vour walk or confront him with stick
or the point OF your cane, he Is instant.
/ " mn i'm an attitude of defense or will
leap upon your stick and sink his poiS-
onous fangS into II.
/ III have seen an insect kill a toad, l
have seen the little piping frog IN the
woods swallow an insect the pretty
green tree cricket; and it was 4 slow
/ and labori0us task for the little frog,
too. JOHN BURROUGHs.
Wheeling Sunday register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1882-1934, 1891-05-03
HOW GRANDMA DANCED.

Grandma told mo all about n;
Told me so couldn't doubt 1t.
How she dauced-my grandma danced
Loug ago;
How she held her pretty head,
How her dainty skirts she spread
How She turned her LITTLE toes;
Smiling liule human rose!
Long ago.
Grandma's hair was bright and sunny,
Dimpled checks, too-ah, how tuhhY
Really qui "a pretty girl
Long ago.
Bless her why she wears "a cap,
Grandma does, and takes nap
Every single day and yet
Grandma danced the minuet
Long ago.
Now she sits there. rocking. rocking.
Always knitting grandpa $ stockings
Every girl was iaught to KNIT
Long ago;
Yet her figure Is SO neat,
can almost see her now
Bending To- her partner bow,
Long ago.
Grandma says our modern Jumping,
Hopping, rushing. whirling humping
Would have shocked the gentle folk
Motley moved with stately grace.
Everything I'm proper place;
Gliding slowly forward, then
Slowly courtcsyiug back again,
Long ago.
Modern ways are quite alarming,
Grandma says; but boys were charming
Girls and boys, l mean, OF course
Long AGO.
Bravelv modest, grandly shy
What III all of us should try
just 20 feel like those who met
In their graceful minuet,
Long ago.
With the minuet In fashion
Who could fly into "a passion:
An would wear the calm they wore
Long ago.
In time 10 come. II perchauce
Should tell my graddchild OF our dance,
] should really like 10 say;
We did dear. in some such way,
Long ago
Daughters Of AnlericG
Wheeling Sunday register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1882-1934, 1891-05-03
SAVE YOUR NICKELs.
Simple Schemes Being Adopted by Banks
Throughout the Country.
Daughters Of 4mericG

Chicago people are about to be treated
to the latest device in the savings bank
line. s. II. Williams, Of Detroit, the
promoter of the "nickel savings SyS-
tenn" is at the Auditorium. He is in
Producing his scheme in many Chicago
banks. The system which Mr.. Will
Jams favorS is of French origin and has
been in use in that country since 1884.
In the last few years it has also been in
troduced into Italy, Hungary, Belgium
and Great Britain. III is simple in the
extreme, but enables children and wage
earners 10 save their nickelS in a way
that no other system does. Mr.. Will
Jams does not use the system exactly as
is done in Europe. He has made some
changes by which it is rendered more
simple while at the same time the cost
of operation is greatly leSSened. The
plan as adopted by Mr.. Williams is for
a bank to issue to agents in all parts OF
city or country sheets Of stamps some
thing after the style of the ordinary
government stamps. These stamps are
worth a nickel apiece, and when a work
ingman or SchoobOy has a few cents to
spare he can go to the nearest agent
and buy any number of stamps he de-
sires. With the first stamp he is given
a book containing five leaves, each leaf
arranged so rs to give sufficient room
for twenty stamps. One by one as the
stamps are purchased they are pasted
into the book. As soon as one leaf has
been filled the purchaser has saved ST..
The agent then tears out the leaf, sign
ing a receipt for it on the stub left in
the book, and forwards it to the bank
issuing the stamps, where IL is received
as 81 cash and the depOSitOr given due
credit. The banks pay interest from TO
4 per cent ON these deposits. Stamps
for 10 and - cents are also issued, but
the scent ones have proved The most
popular.
The plan was first adopted in America
by the Citizens Saving Bank OF Detroit.
That it is a success is shown by the fact
that during the year that the system has
been i'm use the banks deposits increased
from S67l, ISL TO Sl,233,Sl Already
the system is in use by banks from Yer
mont to Texas. IL has proved popular
with manufacturers, as it tends to in
duce their employees TO save, thus max
ing them moro contented. For this
reason many big factories have adopted
it, the bookkeepers being made the
agents. Over $4,000 600 stamps have
been issued i'm the last three months,
while the demand from banks which
wish to adopt the plan is so great as to
almost exceed the supply. In support
ing the system the officials of the Ram
sey X Co.. : savings bank state the num-
Der of their depoSitorS has increased $50
per cent since Jan. /, when they com
menced issuing the stamps, while the
Little Rock Trust Company, of Little
Rock. Ark, states that the deposits
have increased - per cent in the same
time. Many building associations have
taken hold of the scheme and are run
ming saving departments, while several
Chicago banks are preparing to issue
stamps to agents for sale to the public.
Wheeling Sunday register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1882-1934, 1891-05-03

encountered a little mouse in my
travels the other day that interested me.
He was ON his travels also and we met
i'm the middle of mountain lake. l was
casting my fly there when / saw just
sketched OF etched upon the CLASSY sur
face "a delicate v shaped figure, the
point of which reached about the middle
of the lake, while the two sides as they
divcrged faded out toward the shore. l
saw the point of this V was being slow
Is pushed toward the opposite shore. l
drew near in my boat and beheid little
mouse SWIMMING vigorously fer the OPP
posite shore. His little legs appeared
Wheeling Sunday register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1882-1934, 1891-05-03

There are always Craduat'Ons iu ma
ture. or iu natural life; no very abrupt
departures. III You find any marked
trait or gift in a species, you viii ind
hints and suggestions of 10, or, as it were,
preliminary studies Of 10 in other allied
species. am not thinking of the law
of evolution which binds together the
animal life of the globe, but of q kind
of overflow in nature which carries any
marked endowment or characteristic of
= species in lesseued force or completion
IN other surrounding species. Or li
looked at from the other way "a pro-
gressive series, the idea being moro and
more fully carried ont i'm each succeed
ing tvpe-a kind of lateral and second
arv evolution Thus there are progress
sive series among our song birds. The
brown-thrasher is an advance upon the
est-bird. and the mocking-bird is an ad-
vance upon the br0w-thraSher DO the
same direction. Each one carries the
snecial gift of song or mimickiug some
STAGES forward The same among the
Iarks. through the tit lark, shore lark
mn 10 the browning triumph of the sky
Iark The nightingale also finishes "a
series which starts with the hedge
warbler. and includes the robin red
breast. Our grouud-Sparrow songs pro
bablv reach their highest perfection ID
the song of the f0X-sparrow; our inches
I'm chat of the purple finch, etc.
The same thing may be observed IN
other fields The idea of the flying iSh'
tbe ssb that leaves the water and takes
Tor = moment TO the air, does not seem
Wheeling Sunday register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1882-1934, 1891-05-03
A Fatal Quarrel.

NASHVILLE. Tenn, May About
noon to-day Michael Sanders, eX-Deputy
Criminal Court Clerk, became involved
ia difficulty with j. F. FarriS, saloon
keeper. Both men drew pistols aud
fired. Farris received a bullet in his
breast, passing through his body. San
ders was slightly wounded. 1t is
thought Farris will live but few
hours.
Wheeling Sunday register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1882-1934, 1891-05-03

the broadcast surface possible TO the air,
and l think a red squirrel might leap
from almost any height 20 the ground
without serious injury. Our lying
squirrel is in no sense flyer On the
ground he is more helpless than chip
nunk because less agile. He can only
sail OF slide down deep incline from
the top of one tree to the foot of am
other. The dying squirrel is active only
at night hence It's large soft eyes. It's
soft fur aud its gentle, shrinking ways.
It is the gentlest and most harmless OF
cur rodents.
Wheeling Sunday register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1882-1934, 1891-05-03
BIG SUMS FOR LITERARY LABOR.
An Offer of 100000 Year to MIR. Depew
and one OF $4,000 TO ex-senator In-


This is undoubtedly the day Of big
things in literary ventures. A man who
wants a success nowadays, in the
noriodical field more especially, must be
nrepsred TO send e small fortune after
r. The small, commonplace things no
longer have their effect. In the editorial
field the freshness of literary material
novelties. old authors brought into new
o,stpres, tell, and these things cost.
Oniv last week 1 was in the company