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The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1891-05-05

PIrTsBURG, May 4.-The only item of in
ferest in the carpenters strike occurred to-
night, when meeting of the master build
ers betrayed national organization of
bosses, which has hitherto only been sus-
pected.
The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1891-05-05

Carpenters Strike for Eight Hours.
NEw York, May 4-The carpenters in
Hackenssck and Newark struck today for
eight hours.
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CHICAGO Ciearmakers Strife.

Cnlc9Go C1GAxmakero Strfke.
CHICAGO, May 4.-From 500 to 1,000
cigarmakers have gone out on strike for
on advance in wages. Many smaller en-
ployes have conceded the advance asked,
but the larger factories have not given In
and some have shut down entirely.
The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1891-05-05
POSITIVELY THE
Cheapest Store on the Coast
BARGAINS FOR EVERYBODY!

inperied ;s asi corssi: only W. u. worth si:sc.
0eod corsets. only 32c
Black silk mtts only l5c.
u,!nch embroidery, all colofs, only 25c, worth
Extn heavy children's hose, pairs for 25c
Aeeulsr 2 so boys suits only fl.6O.
Sssulss g oO oo boys boys suit. suite u, on,y s53S.
1eeular $500 boys suits only $500.
Regular 81. 50 boys suits only - 90.
Aen's suits only ~. eA.S0 and IS, worth y. -
len's pants only s,c, worth sl.s0.
2en's pants only 9l. %, worth $3.50.
Table cloths ali linen, ~ yds long, only oSc.
Needles, 1c paper.
Ladies' fast black hose, pairs TOR 26c.
1uys' pants csc and 35c.
lsdlesf fast black hose, regular made. only 2oo
6Ssce aowers flowers only only SOC, Soc, worth worth 100.
Choice flowers only 65c. worth 81. 10.
Choice flowers only 81. worth &l-7s
!Ace curtains only 75c per pair worth p. 80:
Lace curtains only u IS per pair, worth t2.26
Lace curtains only ~. 80 per pair, worth S2 75.
Lace curtains only e.. 90 per pair, worth $S.sS.
Aslin underwear at less than Its cost to manu-
Altlinen towels only 75c per dox.
Alflinen napkins only sSc per dog.
Turkish towels only 9Oc per dox.
ladies' Isle thread vests only i6c.
ladies' Jersey fitting merino vests only l7c.
ladies fast black Isle vests only S5c
ladies' silk vests, all shades, only 7Sc.
Envelopes Sc q bunch.
1eee paper 40 sheets for 20c-
eewng silk &c SPOOL
Iufst lc q SPOOL
ms &c paper.
Curiing irons loo and l5c.
.ktocosered hair curriers' SC a bunch.
skxtra quality bedspreads only 81, worth &1.lS.
Esne quality brdspreads only 81 Is. worth 81. IS.
1ufkey-red table linen only 2sc per yd.
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SNAP SHOTS.

Mr.. John Carbutt has Il new developer
which he calls "EihO-cum-hydro."
One sheet Of paper will take from tho
silver bath from thirty to forty-five grains
of nitrate Of silver.
Six hundred negatives were recently
taken in tour through Mexico by W. H.
jackson Most of the pictures are OF iahd'
scapes.
DR.. Parnele, of Hartford, one OF the vice
presidents of the American Photographic
conference, is making collection OF Vie"s
of historic houses in the United States
A fiourishing amateur Photographic as
sociat;on exists in Tien-Tsin, North China.
They began at the first meeting with "A
demonstration of development with elAo-
nogen.
The Columbia College Amateur Pnoto-
graphic society held a successful exnlDl,
ton Nav land & 1t was the sixth annual
exhibition. Some very creditable WORK
was displayed.
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WORLDS FAIR NOTES.

Mr.. George W. Childs, of Philadelphia,
has consented to exhibit mis- fine art and
souvenir collection at the Chicago fair.
The Chicago society of the Sons of New
York are deeply cnayrin ned at the failure of
the Empire state TO make an appropriation
for Worlds fair exhibit.
1t has Lcen determined to send to the
Worlds fair us a feature OF the govern
ment exhibit the largest specimen that can
be obtained of the famous big trees of Cal
ifOrnia.
Thomas NJ Waller, of Connecticut, eX-
consul general to London, will be the per
manent European representative OF the
foreign exhibits committee OF the Colum-
bian exposition in England
Thoma, =. Edison's exhibition at the
Worlds fair will be the "kinetOgrlph, Il
combination Of photography and phonog-
raphy, by which an opera, Il prize fight or
IL drama can be accurately reproduced.
The cons: r,lctiun of the caravcl, which is
TO be built for the Worid's fair in exact
fac simile OF that i'll which Columbus sailed
for the New World 400 years ago, is under
the direction of Lieutenant Mccarthy Lit
tie, n retired officer Of the navy. 1t is to
be equipped cX%ctly as was the caravel OF
Columbus, and manned by sailors i'll the
costume of that age.
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CURIOUS CULUlNGS.

farmer near Mooresville Ind, has a
six legged calf. Ituses all its legs in walk
ing.
A Milan (Tenn.) woman has given birth
to child which has horn, Z tail and
claws.
One of the peculiar customs Of the East
Indian coolies called Lascars, is the putting
Of ring on the great toe when they marry.
An lndlanapollS man swore in court re-
Gently that he did not know his wife's first
uame, though they had lived happily to-
yether for thirteen years.
Attention has recently been called to the
singular fact that until half a century ago
the inhabitants of the Philippine island
were a day behind those of peighboring
countries in their reckoning.
a full grown wild boy, aged about six
teen years, has been captured at Enoch S
Point, Australia. His body is said to be
covered with hair four inches long, the
hair of his head being four feet long and
his nails five inches long.
In Mecklenburg n strange custom exists,
chat when anybody dies the mirrors of the
whole house are Immediately covered with
dark cloth. The feet of the corpse must be
directed to the door, otherwise the belief is
,hat soon somebody else must die in the
same house.
The coroner of Buffalo, n. l.. vas in
vestigating the sudden death of an old
nan when a clock that had been owned bY
The deceased suddenly struck the hour of
10. AS the clock had stopped voluntarily
when the old man died the happening is
thought to be rather strange
Lightning recently performed two un-
Usual feats ut a house on Bean Hill, Nor
wich, Conn. 1t cut half an inch off the
rim of an inverted goblet on table and
left the goblet sitting as it found it. The
work is said to have been done as neatly as
if it had been done with diamond. The
electricity also set the hands on dial OF
the clock four hours in advance of the true
time without stopping the clock.
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FEMININE FANCiES.

Nine. Modjeska smokes sirup sweet
ened cigarettes.
Miss Marion Brookman is conceded to be
the belle of the City of Churches.
Mrs. Laura B. White, of the Boston girls
high school, instructs her pupils in scien-
tific bread making
Lucy Campbell, of Hartford, is said to be
the wickedest woman in Connecticut. She
has spent fifty of her seventy-Cve years in
prison.
Mrs. Eve Cross, of Adams county, o., is
one hundred and five years old, and able to
walk once week to the country store, two
miles away.
Miss HALEY, who has been appointed as
one of the two women inspectors of Massa-
chusetts factories, WAS tending loom in
the Washington mills at Lawrence when
her appointment was made
Miss Alice Victoria Murphy, of Buffalo,
n. y, the daughter of a former secretary
of the Prince Of Wales, is said to have
fallen heir to S25O,O0O Miss Murphy has
been earning her living as a governess and
seamStress
The Countess of Nuremberg, who was
recently married to member of the i'm
perial house of Russia, has negro blood in
her veins. She is daughter of the poet
Pushkin, who was a descendant Of a negro
| favOrite of Peter the Great
| Miss Rebecca Warren Brown, a descen-
dant of General Joseph Warren, the hero
of Bunker Hill, has received the appoint
ment as regent for Boston and member OF
| the national board Of managers of the
| Daughters of the American Revolution.
Mrs. General Custer has never taken of
her widows weeds She dresses very
| plainly in lusterless black, relieved by a
white collar and deep white cuffs. She has
sweet, patient expression, and must have
been pretty before grief destroyed her
freshness and youthfulness.
Mrs. Emma +. Pettengill, official stem
ographer of the Brooklyn Surgical soci
ETY., is all expert in her business, and ha.
reported in every court in Brooklyn a.
we'll as in cases tried out of court before
referee. She is u Massachusetts woman
a normal school graduate and former
| teacher.
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PEN, PENCIL AND BRUSH.

Whistler, the artist, is said TO have
planned every detail of Oscar Wildes S
memorable tour of the United States.
Mrs. Alexander, the novelist, is a tall,
handsome and rather pOrtly woman, with
a fresh complexion, fair hair and blue
eyes. She is in every way Il striking figure.
Vladimir Korolenko, the talented Rus
sian writer, is now a prisoner in the gloomy
fortress of St. Peter and st. Paul. His ar
rest is due TO a series of articles entitled
"In Deserted Palaces"
Guy de Maupassant, the French author,
is a man Of forty, a cynic and hypOcnon-
driac. In manner he is eccentric and
brusque even toward women. In his liter
ary work he is prodigy OF industry.
Maurice Thompson, in a recent poem,
made the hollyhock, the dahlia and the tu-
lip bloom at the same time, and when a
botanist called his attention TO the error
simply justified himself wit b his poetic
license.
The president of the Chicago Palette
club is Mrs Egert0n Adams, whose work
has frequently been exhibited in New York
and Brooklyn. She is New England
woman by birth, and studied with Carolus
Duran and IIenner.
Miss Lizzie Chase, a young artist OF
Louisville, has achieved an cnvlable trl-
umph in having two pictures admitted 10
the Paris salon this year. The pictures are
the first she has painted since leaving the
studio of her teacher.
Francisque Sarccy, the eminent French
dramatic critic, is siHtyfour years DID, out
fertile and interchangeable writer. For
years he has contributed fourteen or more
columns a week Of dramatic criticism 10
his paper, and his pen shows no signs oi
tiHLgIng.
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CORpULENT BUT CLEVER.

Napolcon was decidedly embonpoint.
DR.. johnson was fleshy even to flabbi-
ness. So was his biographical shadow
Boswell.
Rossini, the composer, was regular
Jumbo, since jor six years he never saw
his knees.
Jules Janin, :he prince of critics, was SO
big that he broke every sofa that he ever
sat down upon.
Eugene Sue had such an aversion to his
growing corpulency that he drank vinegar
to keep it down.
Dumas pere was stout, and Saint Beuve
was cursed with the stomach of a Falstaff,
as Renan is now
Lablache, the Italian singer, was so
enormous in size that he was charged three
fares when he travelled.
Balxac, the great French novelist, was 90
stout that 1t was q days exercise to walk
around him, and he was encircled With
bandaess a. II hc were hogshead,
The weekly Floridian. [volume] (Tallahassee, Fla.) 1867-19??, 1891-06-27
EPlCUREAN MORSElS.

If there is one vegetable more than
another that should be daintily eaten it is
asparagus.
1t is pleasant to read that there is mo
such thing' as artificial blood oranges in
this country.
When we learn to cook rice in true Chi
nese style the consumption of it will be
greater than now.
One of the few gastronomic things from
England some hold to be good all the year
round are English mullins.
Trout to be at their best and most palat-
able should be eaten as soon after they
are caught las is both convenient and pos
sible."
An epicure can detect the American sar-
dine at sight, although it may be served on
as handsome decorated fish plate as was
ever seen.
Cream one gets in the country and cream
that is served in the city are about as diff
ferent rs the ant is from the elephant, with
all in favor Of the country.
No more appetizing breakfast or luncheon
salad is seasonable than that made Of
bananas and oranges 1t will almost com
pensate for bad cup of coffee.
Any one who makes lobster salad cut of
the canned article when the fresh lobster
can be had ought to be blown from tne
mouth of gun loaded with hot oatmeal
Some new and dainty desserts came with
the last of the season from the fashionable
caterers. One called the yale pudding'
is having quite a run all through the land
1t is an afTcctation of some people who,
when dining in public places, want to be
considered bon vivants and epicures to
squeeze lemon juice in great profusion over
hot asparagus! If it were cold, one might
be partially rcconciled, but hot-who ever
heard of such tning:-New York Mail
and Express.
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dialeIy commence getting the machinery
ready 10 be placed in position.
Analachicola T;moe. Eoo.o, ~, 3,

dla'ely commence getting the machinery
ready 10 be placed in position.
Apalachcola Times: Emanuel Cahre,
says that some days since while he was in
Deadman's bay he shot an alligator that
measured thirteen feet, and that he and
Captain Joe Raybon pulled the sauran on
shore with block and ropes. They went
off some distance after this, and upon their
return they saw some twenty five allioa,o1s
around the dead one He and Captain
Ravhon watched their movements for some
time, and finally saw the i've alligators
carry the dead on" into the water AMI some
distance from the shore.
jacksonville Met opolis William Daw
sey, IN Old c"lored employe OF Culpeppcr
Grocery Company, says he was horn IN
South Carolina. ON Tie grea, Pee Dee river,
on March 10 1911; came 10 Jacksonville in
August, 1S45; has been married 1w!ce,
father of seventeen children and HAS
twenty-five grandchildren. "Uncle Billy" "
as he Is generally called, fought in the In
dian wnr tor two years and six months.
Billy" says he is The best man in Dlval
county, and can out-}un or 0u'-iump any
man in the state.
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To cure stone in the bladder eat calcined
white onions mixed with white wine.
To prevent the bleeding Of the nose keep
a little roll Of white paper under the
tongue.
Leprosy can positively be cured by drink
ing half pint of celery whey night and
morning.
In the case of fever, smear the wrists five
or six inches long with warm treacle, and
cover it with brown paper.
A person seemingly killed by lightning,
or apparently drowned, can be revived by
blowing down their throat with bellows.
A remedy for the bite Of mad dog Is
two or three spoonfuls OF the Juice Of RIB
wort morning and evening, and repeated
for two or three changes OF the NOON
Wesley's Primitive Physlc,
The weekly Floridian. [volume] (Tallahassee, Fla.) 1867-19??, 1891-06-27

For the construction of objectlVes the
Jena glass is now preferred by all opticians,
and Americans have constructed lenses OF
the highest quality, equhling If not excel
ing the productions of other countries.
The latest photographic ''fad" is catch
ing picture of couple as they stand at
thc altar being married. Such pictures
are much appreciated by the bride and
bridegroom \ hand camera is kept con
cealed by IL friend, and the button pressed
lust as the contracting parties arc pro
nOuncel man and wife.
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State Normal College.

DEFUNIAK SPRINGS, Fla,
June 10, 1891.
To the Editor Of the FLoRIDIAN:
The institution Of learning at this
place. of which Prof II. n. Felkel, form
erly of your city. is president, closed its
fourth years work last night. Governor
Fleming made the address to the gr4du-
atng class aud presented the diplomas.
III remarks were replete with whole
some truths such as should be impressed
starting out on lies voyage. The peo-
pie of West F orida know how to appre-
ciate Governor Fleming, and the APP
plause given him last night was not con-
ventional but a true expression of the
high regard entertained for him by our
citizens.
The essays of the graduates were
for the most part characteristic Of the
normal training they had received. The
one that exhibited to the best advan-
tage the character of the professional
work done at the institution. was that
read by Miss Victoria Hulse of this
place. Her subject was Effort and
Development in Modern Educational
methods" and while she criticised the old
way IN which the teacher WAS hardly more
ihan n healer of lessons learned by To'e
She WAS quite as severe in her remarks
upon The elimination OF all efforts on the
part OF The pupil, as practice by many
teachers o. to dny. The paper showed thai
HE school is under a careful, conservative
management, that, though the science o
.ducauon is recuguiZed as a progressive
ore. vel the inculcaIlon OF mere theories
n"wever new and fascina Ing, Is not pr.
mt,en. Another important point notices
was lha, good scholarship in the teacher Is
some hing insisted upon in this college
Everything said from the platform clearly
indicated that this is not simply school OF
methods but that thorough academic worE
is demanded Confederation OF tins is fht
tsct that a number OF the senior class were
refused diplomas on account O 10 haylhs
pnssed the strict tXamin >tinns required oy
the pYesiuCni. OCCASlONAh.
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Jimmy Got the Cake.

''And where are you going, Katyf"
called a Houston street mother from a
third story window to her daughter on the
sidewalk
"Over to Mrs, Johnson's to inquire about
her sick boy"
"Well, go on; but remember that if she
begins to brag that his pulse has been up
to 10 you want to say that our Jimmys
pulse saw that and went fifteen better the
week he had the measles. Don't let her
bluff you on pulses. New York Evening
World
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FLORIDA THRIFT.
AI'cies of Incorporation OF New
companies Filed with the Secretary
of State.

vi incorporation of New
companies Filed with the Secretary
of State.
new companies have filed articles of
incorporation with the secretary Of state
as follows:
me FOLK County Phosphate Company,
win principal place of business in Barlow
ana capital stock Of $4,000. The officers
'o' me hrst year ale j. H. Tatum, presi-
dent; D. M. Snediger, vice-president; H.
W. Smell, secretary, ard Warren TYLER
treasurer
lhe Aacasassa Phosphate Manufacur-
lug Company, with principal business office
IN Gainesville and capital sto k of $780,.
QUO. The incorpora,ors are 3. F. Camp
sgd l.. Carter and Evans Halle.
The Seminole Rock Phosphate and Land
Company, Office at Jacksonville. Capital
stock s1,150,000. Incorporators, John L.
Davids, J. &. Cooper, G. B Rogers, G. S.
Beerbower.
The Farmers Alliance Exchange, o
HHsboroueh county. Capital stock $40,
600. Officers: J. B. Brown, president; A.
\. Duncan, vice-pre>idtnt; II. L Tay
lor, secretary; Daniel McMullen and Y. H
Tongey, directors.
High Springs Phosphate Company
Office at jacksonville. Capital stock $500
coo. Inc"rporn'or>: A. w. Bars, Bon II
Barnett, II W. Clark, Bryan Taliaferro
Raymond D. Knight, W. II. Bours, G. E
Garner
The Oak Hill Cemtte Association O
Clermont, Lake county, capital stock $3.50
The directors are c. II. Goodenough, NJ. Z
Wilson. &. S. Collins, W. Il. EavensOn anC
Z &. Hooks
The Bloomfield Kaolin Company, capita
stock $50 00O The incorpora,ors ere Alex
Lynch, V. j. Shpmdn, J. s. Warner, l.. y
Barnes H. L. An.erson and Ira Brown.
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CURIOUS OLD TIME REMEDIES.

In cases Of gravel eat largely of spinach.
To cure swelled glands in the neck drink
of sea water.
Those troubled with heartburn should
eat four or five oysters.
To cure the green sickness take an ounce
Of quicksilver every morning.
To cure dropsy drink copiously of cider
small beer or even cold water
To cure whitlow use poultice of pow
dered pit coal and warm water.
To cure the toothache hold slice of ap
pie, lightly boiled. between the teeth.
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Both the method and results when
Syrup of Figs is taken; it is pleasant
and refreshing to the taste, and acts
gently yet promptly on the Kidneys,
Liver and Bowels, cleanses the sys-
tenn efectually, dispels colds, head
aches and fevers and cures habitual
constipation. Syrup of Figs is the
only remedy of its kind ever pro-
duced, pleasing to the taste and ac-
ceptable to the stomach, prompt in
its action and truly beneficial in its
effects, prepared only from the most
healthy and agreeable substances, its
many excellent qualities commend it
to all and have made it the most
popular remedy known.
Syrup of Figs is for sale in SOC
and 81 bottles by all leading drug
gists. Any reliable druggist who
may not have it Oh hand will pro-
cure it promptly for any one who
wishes to try it. Do not accept any
substitute.
CALIFORNIA FIG SYRUP co.
SAN FRANCISCO. CAL.
LOUISVILLE, Ky. VIEW YORK, NV
Ja,. !, 1S9l-lv
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His Little Joker.

II feel like wood pile after hard win
ter, your honor" he murmured as be rose
from the bench and faced his accusers.
"How's that?" kindly inquired the judge.
"All used up, your honor"
Sixty days to recuperate," smiled the
court, and it came to pass.-Detroit Free
Press
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v, c. POWELL, Stenographs|

AMEs BUILDING, TALLAHASSEE, FLA.
All kinds of Stenographic. machine
work. Legal work specially. Will visit
any section OF the State upon engagement
and report proceedings and deliberations OF
public meetings.. assemblies and speeches
making duplicate transcripts, as may be
desired. lily
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florida FACTS
r,n, OF THE STATE IN BRIEF
t"' PARAGRAPHS
# Progre.. and Prosperity

,r1Y CELEBRATloN- BIC
-THE GRAPE AND PlNhAP
~prrS-INTEREsTING ITEMS
|,mssps7 OF ALL SORTS
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Fixing the Blame.

Don't blame me-" he cried wildly, 'tit
you die a spinster."
mo, Mr.. Budd," she answered sweetly,
| "sbut am sure some day pour future wife
will New York Herald.
Idaho County free press. [volume] (Grangeville, Idaho Territory) 1886-current, 1891-10-30

ment. His wife probably knew of its
contents, as she had caused 1t to be
made. Witness never opened letter
addressed to his wife before marriage
and none without her permission since.
The first suggestion of the co-part-
nership came from Mr.. Stillman at the
suggestion of Mrs. Searles to the effect
that she would like some arrangement
made to manage her business Wit
ness did not read the copartnership
papers, as he had confidence In the
party that drew them. His wife never
to his knowledge took independent
advice in regard to the matter.
Witness did not understand that the
lawyers were to have SIS, 1000 a year in
any event, but that they were to have
10 per cent Of the income. He under.
stood that the 10 per cent for the =
torneys of both the assets and incon.
of the partnership were for thei.
services.
Mr. Burley put IN the will of Edward
F. searles, made on the same date as
that of his wife, now in contest, July
10. 1888. 1t left all his property to his
wife.