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The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1891-08-13
KING COUNTY SCHOOL LANDS.
sLAUGHTER, Aug. IL, 1seL

SLAUGHTER, Aug. IL, 1s9L
To THE EDITOR: Some few weeks ago the King
county commissioners sold by public auction
latter due notice had been given for sixty days
by advertisement in the daily papers of this
county certain school lands to the highest
bidders for one-tenth cash and subject to the
payment of the appraised value of the improve
ments made thereon within thirty days, If the
buyer was not the owner of said Improvements.
As one present at said sale can testify that
the lands sold on the average for q sum far in
excess of the appraised value of such lands, and
not q single piece sold for less. Since the said
sale some of the Pierce county people have had
considerable to say about the low price the
lands were disposed of, and if they honestly
believe what they are reported to have said re-
speeding the lands in section &c. township q
north, range east, adjoining the Pierce county
boundary, I have this proposition to make
them, to-wit: William Andrews is the farmer
owning the improved lands sold, and also the
buyer of the same, together with 160 acres.
Now, If any of the complainers viii kindly come
forward with United States gold coin in hand
and pay the said owner the amount he has paid,
together with the valuation of his improvements,
and accept his liability for the payment of the
future installments, they can Immediately have
said lands transferred to them by quit claim
deed.
shall be glad to be notified at once of pur-
chaser.
The prices obtained for the lands sold on the
average were good prices, and in several in
stances the buyers "rued their bargain" and
the county commissioners deserve much credit
for the handsome prices realized.
JAMES HART.
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capita amount was ssos2 In 1855 the cireuia-
ton was over s, 2o2.00e,o0o and the per capita
was $500. On the LIST Of January, lssls the
amount WA nearly si,szs,Ooo,ooo with sz4lo Is
the per capita allowance. There has been no
lack of currency In the country during the last
% years, save at intervals between 1874
and 1879. when the national treasury
was being fortified for the resumption
Of specie payments, and between 1855
and 1859, when purchases and descriptions OF
government bonds were causing heavy retire
ment of national bank notes The per capita
increase since $50 is $3.50, but Is really much
more owing to the multiplication of banks and
the increase Of checks, drafts and various sub
stisutes for money. If Stree silver" should be
enacted gold would be demonetzed, and $780,
100000 Withdrawn from circulation. creating
violent contraction and commercial disaster.
The country has enough currency for its bust
ness, and to attempt imitation BY Stree silver"
would drive out gold and produce contraction.
The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1891-08-13
sENATOR BRICE AND CONVICT
LABOR.

United States Senator Calvin 8. Brice. OF
Ohio, Democrat. was at the bottom OF
the recent outbreak of free miners IN EAST
ern Tennessee against the employment OF
conyicts in the coal mines. He IS at the
head of the firm of Brice, Thomas az
McGhee that have now secured all OF what
are known as the East Tennessee group OF
coal mines. They leased the CINCINNATI
Bouthern railroad and raised the shipping
price of coal so cents per ton, thus virtu-
ally closing the mines OF other owners
who could not successfully contest
against such odds. 1t may be said
that they have killed every mine except
those on the Nashville IL Chattanooga
line and the Birmingham line. 1t has
been q move on their part to drive out and
paralyze competing coal mines of the Gin
cinnati Southern railroad, and they have
been in a position to accomplish this since
they secure heavy rebate on their own
shipments over lines Of which they are
part owners and lessees. With the Louis
vile d Nashville railroad they have an
ironclad contract whereby neither is to
Interfere with the others territory. They
have influenced the placing of contract
labor In the mines, and the result will be
10 drive all free miners out of the state.
Now, In fact, the only free mining group
Is that known as the Walden Ridge.
The Memphis. Tenn, Commercial,
Democratic newspaper. says: "Mr. Brice
Is the chairman Of the Democratic national
committee and senator from the state OF
Ohio. He has had good deal of expert
ence in politics and is accounted to be
quite q practical politician. He must,
therefore, know that it will not do IN this
state for the Democratic party to have the
toilers and wage-earners arrayed against it
a. against party which does not hesitate
TO fix upon them the stigma, disgrace and
degradation of contact and competition
with the convicts leased by corporation,
which also has deal with two of the
strongest railroad companies doing BUSH
ness In the state"
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Weare a patient people-the
Ok is nowhere in comparison.

WedIc d pdtlent peopie-tnc
Ok is nowhere in comparison.
Webuylamp-chimneysbythe
dozen; they go on swapping and
popping and flying in pieces;
and we go on buying the very
same chimneys year after year.
Our dealer is willing to sell
us a chimney a week for every
lamp we burma hundred or
more a year-and we pillow for
him, pay him for goading us.
Macbeth's "pearl top" and
"pearl glass " do not break
from heat; they are made of
tough glass.
AS likely as not our dealer
would rather his chimneys
would break; it's good for the
business" says he. He buys
the brittlest ones he can get.
/" What are you going to do
about it,"
Pittsburg. GEO. A. MACBETH & Co.
The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1891-08-13
An Omaha Bank My.teriousIy Robbed

OMAHA, Aug. u-Three thousand dollars in
gold have been stolen FROM the Merchants Ma
tional bank. and the thief has not vet been
apprehended or definitely located. Il is amvs.
ferrous case that has been causing the Mer-
chants National bank no end of trouble. sus-
picion fell upon Paul Tate, young bookkeeper
who had been working for the bank. as it was
only few days after the loss of the money that
young Tate informed the bank officers that he
was going to leave their employment, having Sc
cured better salary elsewhere. His resigna.
ton was accepted, and be left the city. de-
tective found that Tate had not gone where he
announced. year or so ago he met a young
lady from San Francisco, who was visiting in
Omaha with the family of prominent banker.
and fell in love with her. He has been CORE
spending with the young lady since her return
home. This fact came TO the knowledge of a
detective, and he az once began to Law tran
Into which the young man might be led By his
affections. pecoy letters were sent inviting
him TO California, and nice little scheme ixed
up for the young mans benedt, but ii has not
worked "a vet
The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1891-08-13
IN THE MATTER OF TEACHERS.

SEATTLE, Aug. II, 1891.
ToTHE EDITOR: The questions put TO appli-
cants for teachers diplomas, by the state board
of education, as illustrated in the specimen
bricks published in your paper this morning,
might amuse uninterssted spectators who hap
pen to be familiar with the subject matter of the
particular questions, and might also mislead
and confuse the applicants themselves; but an
inspection of them does not profoundly impress
one with the proficiency and wisdom of the ex-
aminers themselves. The first question in the
algebraic examination is: From the sum of
50 -.lr, take -.03x. Answer: -2z." That
the answer Is not "-2z' is so clear at glance
that perhaps even in the nervousness incidental
70 being in the crucible, the person under exam
ination would not be confused and misled into
failure, and. therefore, the substitution Of joke
for scientific question may be excused.
Now look at the next question: "206-3ccldb-
4a9 Plus ia plus OBJ plus (ac plus ab-sa-2bl
Answer, o." Why the second and third parep-
theses? They are not part of any algebraic ex-
preston OF the quantities enclosed in them,
have no effect whatever upon the result, convey
no intelligence to the mind; they are not alge-
bra at all, but a mere trick of forms. And the
answer given is like that to the other, incorrect
is this q fair mode of examination? To present
scientific puzzles and quirks to applicants, in
stead OF examining them in Straightforward
and candid way, while of doubtful propriety,
would be far less objectionable than this scheme
OF trying to mislead and confound them
with signs and expressions which are
themselves improper in the association in
which they are placed, and with answers which
are assumed TO be correct but are, in fact false.
For example, If the applicant finds himself
reaching, as a result of the second question
above quoted. the answer Fab plus 2cc (Which is
the correct answer, viii there not be feeling
OF doubt, OF probable danger OF failure, in view
OF the fact that the examiner has stated that the
true answer is on 1t will hardly do for the ex-
aminers TO reply that these matters are too SIM
pie to confuse any person who is fit for teacher,
for the propounding of the question by the ex-
aminers is their assurance that Its difficulties
are such as to make it proper matter, not for
juveniles, but for educated and matured intel
lects. Yours very truly, w. L II.
The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1891-08-13

OUR STOCK OF SILVER AND PLATED
WARE, CLOCKS, NOVELTIES, ART GOODS,
CUT GLASSWARE WILL BE SOLD CHEAPER
FOR THE NEXT SIXTY DAYS THAN ANY
ONE HAS EVER PURCHASED SUCH GOODS
BEFORE, SIMPLY TO CONVERT THEM INTO
CASH AND TO MAKE ROOM FOR OUR FALL
INNOVATIONS, WHICH WILL SOON BE
ROLLING IN. WE WANT you TO INSPECT
OUR STOCK. COMPARE THEM. IF THEY
ARE NOT JUST AS WE ADVERTISE, WE
WILL BE WILLING TO PAY YOU FOR YOUR
TINE, PAY YOUR CAR FARE, PAY YOUR
BOARD BILL WHILE IN THE CITY; BUT
WE KNOW IT WILL PAY YOU TO EXAM
INE THESE GOODS.
The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1891-08-13
Grand Army Statistics.

The adjutant generals report showed that on
August II, 1890, there were borne upon the rolls
of the order forty departments, with 6,1S5 posts
and S97,9E comrades in good standing The
consolidated report OF the adiutant general for
the period ending June 80, 1884, as far as the re-
turns have been received, not all vet being in.
shows in good standing forty-fve departments,
with 7,4e9 posts and S9S, 067 comrades The sum
expended in charity, as reported for the year
ending June 80, 1890. was s217,957.54, relieving
81 64 persons; for the year ending June 30. 1891.
$685., 69o.S5 The total number of deaths re-
ported for the year ending June 80, 1850. was
SAP; for the year ending June 50, 1891, was
x
The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1891-08-13
The Bardsiey Investigation.

PHILADELPHIA, Aug 1.-THE Bardsley invest
igsting committee of the council resumed work
today. Expert Brown testified that the entire
deficiency of Bsrisley, city and state, crediting
him with $4,000, the amount of due bills in
the Keystone bank, was sS53, So. When be was
requested to give an account OF ali Bsrdsley's
loans and payments of public moneys TO indi-
viduals there was considerable discussion.
some OF the committee fearing Injustice
might be done innocent parties Committee
nah Etting. however, said he wanted to know
just what citizens borrowed money from Raris-
ley afteShe became city treasurer, adding tina,
he knew the list Of those who did 30 before his
The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1891-08-13
THE LAST JOURNEY.

Oh, what night for a soul to COL
The wind a hawk, aud the fields in snow;
No screening cover of leaves in the wood,
Nor q star abroad the way to show.
Do they part in peace,-soul with its clay?
Tenant and landlord, what do they say?
Was it sigh OF sorrow or of release
heard just now as the face turned gray?
What If, aghast on the shoreless main
OF Eternity, it sought sgain
The shelter and rest of the isle of time,
And knocked at the door of its house of pain.
On the tavern hearth the enbers glow.
The laugh is deep and the fiagons low;
But without, the wind and the trackless sky,
And night az the gates where a soul would CO.
Arthur SherbuTne Hardy
The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1891-08-13
Oregonfan Railroad Litigation Ended
Chong sam,s Hard Luck.

WASHINGTON CITY, Aug. I1-Attorney- Gen
eral Miller has decided that Chong Sam, q
Chinaman. should be deported TO China. Chong
Sam was arrested at Port Huron, Mich, and sent
back 20 United states commissioner for depor-
tation to China. The British minister inter-
fered in the Chinaman's behalf. claiming that
he was q citizen of Canada He submitted q
number of papers in the case, but no certificate
OF his being q citizen of Great Britain was
among them. He will probably be Immediately
denorted
The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1891-08-13
The steamer victorian Accepted.

TACOMA, Aug. 12-lspecial Union Pacific
representatives here deny the rumor that the
Victorian win not be accepted by that company
because of the alleged fact that her machinery
is too heavy for her hull and is causing her to
expand at the center and draw out OF shape.
Chief Clerk Rathbone, who represents Port Cap
tain Clancy during the latters absence, says
the Victorian has been accepted from the con-
tractors by the Union Pacific and is perfect in
every respect
The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1891-08-13
Rattling serpen Is at Osooyos Lake.

tNEIUAI' d =, -NEWs.
Down at Osooyos two weeks ago an Indian
boy was bitten by rattlesnake at D. m, diving
the same evening at 6 O'Clock The "whiskv
cure" did not prove effective ia this case. Rat
tleSnakes are very numerous near Osooyos lake.
Mr.. Kruger, the customs officer there, having
killed seven near his place this summer.
The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1891-08-13
The steamboat Pool Reduces Rates.

TACOMA, Aug. 12--lSpecial 1.-The Puget
Sound Steamboat Association today reduced
passenger rates as follows:
Round trip, Tacoma and Olympia, from g to
$l.50, which IL IS cents lower than the Northern
Pacific all-rail price
Seattle and Olympia. 81 to $50 for the round
trim and from 81 Is To 81 80 for single trim
The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1891-08-13
Your Hair

What is the condition oft. Isit
dry and harsh to the touch. Has
It q lifeless appearance, and Is IL
void of Iustre, Ike the hair upon
the head of q convalescent fever
patient? Does it fall out when
being combed or brushed? Is your
scalp dry or In heated condition.
and is your hair full OF dandruff?
If these are some Of your symp-
toms, be warned In time. lest you
become bald, and thus lose one of
natures noblest gifts. bountifui
covering tor the head. We offer
you a valuable herbal treatmentfor
Impoverished HARM AZURE
OWN REMEDY. Our preparation
viii stop all cases Of FALLING
HAIR, eradicate dandrun. and
thicken the growth where the hair
Is thin and eniesoied. ShOOKUM
ROOT HAIR GROWER Ia q cool
ing and refreshing tonic An eIe-
CANT dressing Tor the hair, being
exquisitely perfurned- Free from
poisonous substances, oils or dyes.
1t Is endorsed BY physicians every
where. S,Nld by druggists, 81; six for
s5. Manufactured By SK00KUM
ROOT HAIR GROW Err CO., New
York Western branch, 153 Yam
hill St, Portland. or.
The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1891-08-13
Fares Reduced During state Exposition

TACOMA, Aug. E.ISpecial l-Round trip tick
cts over the Northern Pacific have been ordered
reduced TO one and one-ffth fares for thirty days
following September 9, for the use OF those wish
ing to visit the Western Washington Exposition.
Manager BUGGY, of the Western Washington
Exposition, has eabled to C. P. Ferry at Geneva
for permission to exhibit the statuary purchased
by Mr.. Ferry in Italy for decorating the parks of
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election to that Office was very small II was
finally decided to allow Brown 10 give . report
of all transactions in which Rardslsy paid
money to others, and he began reading an ac-
count Of the loans. There are hundreds OF these
transactions, ranging from IS to $4,000 The
experts had not gotten far into lengthy state
ment when the committee took . recess until
Monday.
Oregonian Railroad Litigation Ended.
PORTLAND Or, Aug. 1.-THE case of the Ore
gon Railway Company, limited, against the
Oregon Railway & Navigation Company. which
has been before the courts for several years,
was finally settled today in the United States
circuit court by the entry of an order made by
Judge Deadly approving the report of Master in
Chaneery Durham a. 70 the receivers accounts
and discharging Receiver c. n. Scott In 1852
the 0regonian lines were leased by the Oregon
Railway & Navigation Company, but the lease
was subsequently repudiated by the latter COM
pany. The Oregonian company brought suit 70
enforce the terms of the lease, and was sus-
tanned by the United States circuit court On
appeal TO the United States supreme court this
decision was declared reversed and the lease
declared invalid. The Oregoninn lines are now
owned and operated by the Southern Pacific
company.
The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1891-08-13

There is no lack of currency. for the treasury
figures show that the amount of money in cir.
culation in lS6o was about stSS.0OOeoo ana the
amount per capita was si2Ss. In ISIS there
were 81, $4,000 IN circulation and the Per
The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1891-08-13
Shipments of New Crop Wheat.

TACOMA, Aug. 12.-[specisl Superintendent
Cardin, of the Northern Pacific Elevator Com
pany, says limited quantities of the new crop of
wheat is being offered for sale at the company 3
elevators throughout the wheat district. The
first car load shipments OF the new crop are ex-
pected here on Friday or Saturday.
The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1891-08-13

Buyers, dealers and SPECTATORS
should not miss the opportunity to
examine the Diamonds we are now
offering AT such extraordinarily low
prices, we look at neither cost price
nor value, our sole aim being to reduce
a portion of our immense stock into
cash. Diamonds bought of us can
be returned, less 10 per cent, when
so stipulated in the bill of sale.
Lewiston teller. [volume] (Lewiston, North Idaho) 1878-1900, 1891-09-17
NOT A WASTE.
To Spend Your Money For Any Thin:
that viii Give You Pleasure.

To Spend Your Money For ANY Thing
that Will Give You Pleasure.
1t Is not waste to spend your
money in cabs. in good medicine and
in good things to eat, when you are
going to get health from them.
1t is not waste to buy somebody a
bunch of flowers, a box Of candy or a
new book. for it is going to bring a
smile to her face and happiness to her
heart.
1t is not waste to scatter pleasant
words everywhere; you will reap a
benefit from them.
1t is not waste to have your coats
and trousers, gowns and jackets well
made, for they will wear much longer.
1t is not waste to spend your
money on newspapers and magazines,
because then you learn to talk about
something else besides your neighbors'
affairs.
1t is not waste to spend your
money at all-that is what money is
made for. 1t was made to give the
greatest amount of pleasure and hap
piness to you and me. and we are con-
summate fools if we don't realize that.
Lewiston teller. [volume] (Lewiston, North Idaho) 1878-1900, 1891-09-17
Chickens Under Glass-Gapes.

My experience with 'hot- bed"
chickens was successful, says writer
to the Ohio Farmer, and l was able to
put the first chickens on the Newark
market April 22d. at 81 per dozen,
They were Matched Jan. goth and
raised under glass in an old hot bed.
1t was simply hole two feet deep in
the ground, with board sides. earth
bottom and glass top. There was no
manure used. l kept the bottom lit
tered with straw. which I changed
frequently. The chicks never felt the
cold. and had light and full benefit of
sunshine. On pleasant days they
were taken out short time and the
bed we'll aired. l never had to cover
the glass but would have to SWEEP of
snow when it fell. They grew and
were perfectly we'll and happy; we're
fed on cracked corn. milk and always
water The expense OF the bed is
trifling and l was extremely well
pleased. 1t requires considerable
resolution to reserve the pullets when
selling. but they will pay in being
early layers and settlers in tho fall. NV
later Matched chicks sold for 81. 50.
The money is in the early bird.
Now about those fatal gapes. If I
had every little sufferer in Ohio and
the owners Of them under my care a
short time l would convince them that
the remedy is simple and sure. 1t is
the horse hair and little practice
will enable you to cure one chick IA
minute. instead OF letting them suffer
and die by the thousand as they have
this season. cured my own and also
had them brought in by neighbors for
treatment and sent them home reioic-
ing. How ! wish you would try il and
try it right. Take long. coarse hair
from the tail and double and twist it
so that there is Il loop left open at the
end. Put the loop end down the wind
pipe (you will see it right at the base
of the tongue; it will open and sh ut as
the chick breathes). 1t must 90 down
at least two inches, and then twist the
hair two or three times and dra w il
out. II you have done the job proper
ly you will find one or more worms on
the hair, and your chick will live even
though it may cape and sneeze for q
| while.
Lewiston teller. [volume] (Lewiston, North Idaho) 1878-1900, 1891-09-17
A Lost Ring.

A New York paper has a remarka-
BILE story about the recovery of "a lost
engagement ring. 1t belonged to Mrs.
Brickell, of Jersey City. Two years
ago. soon after drawing some water at
sink, she missed the ring. She
searched the house for it, but the ring
could not be found, and, as she de-
SPARED of ever again seeing it. an
other was obtained. A friend recently
noticed something glistening in the
gutter and picking 1t up. found it was
the long lost ring. He restored it to
the owner. The supposition is that
the ring slipped from her finger at the
sink, and going through the pipe, en-
tered the gutter and had remained
there ever since.
Lewiston teller. [volume] (Lewiston, North Idaho) 1878-1900, 1891-09-17
For Finding the Sea Level.

An apparatus for measuring the
mean level of the sea is announced.
1t is based on the principle that when
liquid wave traverses capillary
tube or a porous partition its ampli-
tude diminishes. and it is retarded in
its phases without the mean level of
the wave changing. 1t consists OF a
glass tube the lower end communicate
ing by flexible pipe with plunger
which is lowered beneath the lowest
water level. There are two cells in
the plunger. the lower being filled
with sand and open to the Sea, the re-
suit being that the column of water in
the tube rises and falls very little with
the tubes, and the mean sea level can
be read from a graduated scale.
Lewiston teller. [volume] (Lewiston, North Idaho) 1878-1900, 1891-09-17
TRUSTING.

Make Of life the very most.
Stand the holder at thy post
When the angry pillows host
Thy light bark would overwhelm.
He who marks the sparrow's fall,
Is with both the great and small
Trust Him, man, through dangers all,
He is by thee at the helm
Troubles here are soonest DER
Storm and wave will rise no more,
If we steer straight for the shore
For the shore of Joy and rest.
There Gods light win pierce the dark,
Shining beacons anchorage mark,
And the soul leap from its bark.
In the HarbOr Of the blest!