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CHARACTER vs.. ENVIRONMENT.

4 human will, firmly set on life Of hoi-
ness, may make the most untoward environ
ment only n means of progress onward and
upward. In short, in spite of environment
we find that man is what he wills to be; that
outward circumstance determines charac-
ter only SO far as it is permitted to deter
mine It. by impelling man on in that
course that he has more or less consciously
determined to pursue. The more we con-
slider the teaching of experience, and the
conclusions of science, the more we discover
the Scripture to I've profoundly true that
says, AS man thinketh in his heart, so
is he" It is the deepest current OF
mans nature, far below the surface. and
unaffected by outward circumstance. that
determines the essential character. To the
development of this selfdetermined nature
environment powerfully contributes, and to
one unacquainted with the hidden springs
of action it's effect may well seem to
be omnipotent But by one who knows
that underneath surface currents the tide OF
q mans nature is setting from or toward
God and good, the effect Of those things that
merely touch the surface will not be eXagger-
ated. Man is what he, in the depths of his
heart, wills to be, not what bis surroundings
make him. This. science, experience. and
the Word of God unite in testifying.-
Golden Censer.
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FIFTY MILLION HOGS.
Plenty ofSwine Left notwithstanding
the Large Number Slaughtered.

Plenty ofSwine Left Notwithstanding:
the Large Number Slaughtered.
The estimates of numbers and values Of
farm animals, made at the end Of each year
and returnable in January to the Depart
ment of Agriculture In Washington, have
lust been consolidated. There appears to-
have been little change in numbers, except
on the Pacific coast and in certain poraons
of the Rocky Mountain area, where the win
ter of 1SS9-9O was unusually severe. Losses
were especially heavy on the Pacific slope.
The number of horses on farms, as reported,
Is Ia, O56, $50, and the average price OF all
ages SS7, q decline from last year OF Sl.S4
The number Of mules is 2, 296, $50, having an
average value of s7.sS, a decline from last
year of thirty y-seven cents.
The number of mich COWS is 16, ,019, 591, an
increase of 66, 708 from last year. The aver
age value per head is S2l.62, which is less by
ffty-two cents than last years average.
There is tendency to increase OF datrylng
in the South, especially in the mountain
region, which offers induce ments Of cheap
lands and abundant grasses. Other cattle
aggregate Sc, 1875, GAS, including those on
ranches The highest value is SIS. "a In Con:
necticut; the lowest $S.46 in Arkansas and
in Texas $3.50.
The estimated number of sheep is 43, 49,
13S: the average value g. 81, or an increase
of twenty-four cents or more than ten per
cent. All other kinds Of farm animals have
declined slightly in prize. A tendency to In
rease of numbers is seen in most Of the States
though the heavy losses from the severe win
ter Of last year on the Pacific slope have de-
creased the aggregate.
The aggregate Of numbers Of swine Is 5O,-
6o5, ,1O6, showing decline Of nearly two per
cent. The average value is S4.15, decrease
of ffty-seven cents per head. The scarcity
of corn caused a slaughter Of stock hogs in
poor condition, tending to glut the market
and reduce the pr ice temporarily.
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DISPATCHES recsived In regard to the rev,
olution In Chilli say that the houses in thu
towns Of Pisagua and Iquique have been sep
on fire by shells thrown during lombard
ment by the insurgent feet.
A WOMAN about twenty-five years old,
known as "Carroty Nell, !" was found dead "a
the Whitechapel district Of London, E9S
land, and is supposed to have been murdered
by "Jack the Ripper" She was lying on
her back, with her head nearly severed from
her body.
MRS. LAFRANcE and her two children
were burned to death in their dwelling house
at St. Albert, Canada.
AN important engagement has taken placs
in Tarapaca, Chill, between the rebels and
the Government forces, and the latter were
completely defeated.
A NATIVE OF the Shan States in India 70.
Gently ran amuck and shot Major Nixon,
Lieutenant Jameson and two Sepoys dead.
DURING the burning Of the Romscheid
Theatre at London, England, three actresses
were burned to death and several seriously
injured.
THE invitation of the United States to
France to be represented at the Worlds Fair
in Chicago has been formally accepted by
the French Government.
NEW WESTMINSTER, British Columbia,
was visited by fire which destroyed prop.
erty worth about $500,00O and caused the
death Of John McCannon, member Of the
volunteer fire brigade.
A FATAL duel with pistols has been fought
at the village Of Krasno-Selo Russia. The
participants were Prince Vabolsky and Lieu.
tenant Tononossow, t,sh officers OF the Im-
perial Guard. Tomonossow was killed.
In the British House Of Commons Mr..
Morley moved to censure the Irish Execu.
tive for its action in the Tipperary prosscu-
tions; the motion was rejscted-320 to 245. Z
A CONSPIRACY to murder the principal
members Of the Argentine Government was
discoSered at Buenos Ayres.
Two HUNDRED Chinese persisted by the
burning Of steamer at Wuhu. China.
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WORDS OF WISDOM.

! A face that cannot smile is never
good.
Good companyand good discourse are
the very sinews of virtue.
Patience is tho strongest Of strong
drinks, for it kills the giant despair.
! Some temptations come to the indus
trious, but oil temptations attack the
idle.
Those who live on vanity must not un-
reasonably expect to die of mortihca-
ton.
Society is like large piece of frozen
water; and skating we'll is the great art
of social life.
What is defeat2 Nothing but educa-
ton; nothing but the first step to some
thing better.
Whenever man dissuadcs you from
doing we'll, because perfection is
"Utopian," beware of that man.
The pleasantest things in the world are
pleasant thoughts, and the great art in
life is to have as many of them as posi-
BILE.
Every street has two sides, the shady
side and the sunny. When two men
shake hands ald part, mark which of the
two takes the sunny side; he will be the
Younger man of the two.
Don't regret anything. Remorse is a
corrosive force that eats away the pure
gold of vital purpose. Transform regret
into resolve, and make the future noble
where the past was ignoble.
The reason some people never change
their minds is because they have no
minds to change. To-day offers new
point of view, and it may we'll change
the vista from that discerned yesterday.
Do not seek happiness in what is mis-
named pleasure; seek it rather, in what
is termed study. Keep your conscience
clear, your curiosity fresh and embrace
every opportunity of cultlvatlng your
minds.
No wave on the great ocean of time,
when once it has hoated past us, can be
recalled. All we can do is to watch the
new form and motion of the next, and
launch upon it, to try. in the manner
our best judgment may suggest, our
strength and skill.
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LATER NEWS,

MRs. JULIA DOUGLASS HYDE died recant-
" at Bangor, Me-, aged ninety y-eight years.
TIE American Loan and Trust Company,
Of New York City, closed its doors. The nm
expected presentation Of three checks from
savings banks aggregating s3s9, 900 precipi-
tated the collapse, there being no cash topay
them Its affairs were taken possession Of
by Superintendent Charles NJ. Preston, Of
the State Banking Department. /
The new steamer Havel, Of the North
German Lloyd line, raa down the bark
Mascotts in New York haroor and two boys
we're drowned. s>,%
The Ens Coal Company, of Chattanooza,
renn., made an assignment. Liabilities
s10o, 1000. ..
D. GOOD and Ford johnson had terrible
cutting duel at Bluffton, Ala. Good cut
Johnson's left eye out with hatchet and
cut into the bones Of his face several times.
johnson cut Goods throat with knife.
Both were fatally injured. They were drunk
and alone. 4
A FIRE in Wadesboro, N. c., town Of
1900 inhabitants, destroyed thu largest por-
ton of the business center of the placa I
SUPERVISOR W. ". HANDLEY, of the
Louisville and Nashville Railroad, was run
over and instantly killed by passing switch
engine while crossing the track at New
Decatur, Ala. s, .
The legality Of the election of Rev. II.
Kyle as Senator for South Dakota Is to be
questioned, as he received only seventy-fye
votes. and majority of the Legislature IS
cighty-fve. - g.. :.
SPEAKER REED was confined to his rooms
at his hotel by severe cold for several
days. For this reason the House was.
compelled to elect a Speaker pro tempore.
Mr.. Payson, Of Illinois, was selected: (
The annual Assay Commission, appointed
by ths President to test the coinage reserved
at the mints during the calendar year 1890,
completed their labors in Philadelphia and
found all the coins reserved far within the
limitof tolerance as to weight and fneness,
and they reported the test satisfactory.
SMALLPOX prevails in Belfast. Ireland, to
IN alarming extent. The municipal authori-
lies are doing their utmost to check the
spread Of the disease.
FIFTY well-known French artists will send
pictures to the Berlin Exhibition for the first
time since the Franco-P Prussian War.
The Egyptian revenus for the past year
was $50, $50, 900, and is the largest ever COLI
lected.
WH1rELAw REID, United States Minister
to France, is recovering rapidly from an
attack Of pleurisy.
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Foreign.

Mr.. PARNELL has abandoned hope OF
coming to an agreement with the McCarth-
ties: Mr.. OBrien has issued statement
concerning the reason for the failure of the
negotiations.
THE Khedlve of Egypt has accepted the
resignation of his Ministry.
MEssRs. DILLON AND OBRIEN, the Irish
agitators, were taken from London, Eng
land, to Ireland, and lodged in Cionmel Jail.
THE Newfoundland Legislature has up
braided England for not ratifying re-
ciprocity convention with the United States,
and there is talk Of annexation.
THE German General Won Braun COM
mitted suicide III Berlin by shooting himself
with revolver.
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CHAPTER Xxx.


The Deserter of the Xenophon and
Captain Alton waited with no little an
1iety the return of the boat.
The Captain feared the British officers
would come to the conclusion that the
Americans were trifing with them, and
put On end to the conference by salldoWn
lie harbor and bombarding the fort.
But after an hour or two, the boat was
again seen to fill and start in for the
shore.
Il think your plan to delay is working
we'll" said the deserter. The day, has
almost been spent, and there has been
nothing done"
Griffith glanced at the sun and discov-
cred that it had long since passed the
meridian. He was so far succeeding
we'll.
The boat pulled steadily in and the
officer sprang ashore.
Simon, who had gone down to receive
the message, brought it back.
With trembling fingers Griffith Alton
seized the document, broke the seal and
read it aloud to his officers and counsel
ors, who were gathered about him.
The answer WAS brief and to the point.
It simply stated that if the commander
Of Manoa would send his terms for an
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IN breach of promise case in New
Hampshire the lover put in as offsets
all the candy he mad bought, the miles
he had walked, the rigs he had hired and
time he had wasted, and when footed
up and allowed the girl had only $3.50
left out of her verdict for damages.
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CONVICT STATISTICS.
Superintendent Porter Takes a Cen
sus of Prison Inmates.

sus of Prison Inmates.
Superintendent Porter, Of the Census
Bureau, has issued bulletin upon the sub
ie:t of convicts in the penitentiaries. The
bulletin was prepared under the direction Of
Fred. H. Wines, of Springfield, ILL.,. special
agent and expert for the statistics Of paaper-
ism and crime and shows the number Of
convicts in State prisons and penitentiaries
in the United States on June /, 1890, to have
been IS, ,233, against IS, 53S in 1880.
OF 1921 penetentiary convicts whose
birthplace and parentage are known tho
foreign born element of the population fur
nished Ia, T25, the colo.ed population u, 6S7
and the native white population, which
probably outnumbers them both, only Is, 7l5.
In other words, each OF these elements fur
nishes about oue-third Of all the inmates OF
our State prisons and penitentaries.
In respect Of sex, 43, 442 penitsntiary con-
victs are men and 1891 are women. The per-
centage of women is somewhat less than II
was ten years ego.
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aMARsHAL Won MoLTKE, the German
General" says Edmund Yates, spends
O portion of each day in the mansoleum
of his English wife, Mary Rurt, stand
ing in profound meditation beside her
k,Doh
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RELIGIOUS READING.
RESIGNATION

RESTORATION
sSincc thy Fathers arms sustain thee,
Peaceful he;
When a Christening hand restrains thee,
Is it He.
Know His love in full completeness
Fills the measure of thy weakness;
If He wound thy spirit sore
Trust Him more.
"Without mnrmur, uncomplaining,
in His hand
Lay whatever things thou canst not
Understand.
Though tine world thy folly spurneth,
From thy faith in pity turneth,
Peace thy innlost soul shall fill,
Lying still.
"'Like an infant, if thou thinkcst
Thou canSt stand;
Childlike. proudly pushing back
The offered hand:
Courage soon is changed to fear,
Strength doth feebencss appear,
In His love if thou abide,
He will guide.
"Fcarest sometimes that thy Father
Hath forgot!
When the clouds around thee gather,-
Doubt Him not.
Always hath the daylight broken,
Always hath He comfort spoken,
Better hath lie been for years
Than thy fears.
'"Thereforc. whatsoe Ter betideth
Night on day
Know His love for thee provideth
Good Away.
Crown of sorrow gladly take,
Grateful. wear it for His sake
Sweetly bending to His will,
Lying still.
ITO His own thy Saviour givetk
Daily strength;
To each troubled soul that liveth,
Peace at length.
Weakest lambs have largest share
OF this tender Shepherds care;
Ask Him not. then, When" or How"
Only bow"
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sight the long gun, and our hero buried
his face in his hands.
'Fire!"
Simon applied the match, and sea and
shore shook with the explosion, and the
shell went soaring through the air.
Grifith's face was still buried, when
second shock at sea was heard.
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NO, SEQ, bue 10 Aoi eNAAo'
What is her course?"
Evidently she is going to stand IN. :,
And we dare not fire a shot at her,
said Griffith, with groan. On,
heavens, if Ola was not on board that
ship we could beat her away. What do
you suppose has caused this sadden
change In affairs, Mr. Burnett?'
There can be but one cause, the way
fipure il said the deserter Of the Keno
phon."
What is that?"
THE boat that you see pulling away
has lust carried some news abo ,rd the
man. .of-war, doubtless from the siege OF
Baltimore. Now, if the news was good
news. they would be in no hurry"
The sails of the vessel filed and she
gradually wore into the harbor. The
deserter fixed the glass for long time
on the man Of war as she tackled back
and forth, laying first one and then an
other broads;de to the shore.
At last he sad:
Captain Alton, I can stop this!"
"How?"
Il see the young lady. She is in safe
place in the cab:n. and can send shell
| into the fore part of the deck which will
De warming not 10 appIoacu Heutei' .,
Can you do it in perfect safety, with
out IN any way inJunng OLAF"
Il can."
Then do it, but for heavens sake b.
careful"
The deserter of the Xenophon had the
long gun loaded with a shell. He meas.
ured the fuse, weighed the powder, and
superintended the loading himself.
Are you ready2" asked Griffith, who
was restlessly pacing back and forth on
the parapet.
Yes.
! Are you sure sne is out of danger?"
! Il am"
May it not be some other woman you
see2" ~- --.
There is but one aboard"
The ,deserter Of the Xenophop began to
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Appearance Of Mrs. e. =. Keoley and II
Company In "Oavy Crockett."

Appearance Of Mrs. e. r. Keoley ana Her
Company In "Uavy Crockett.''
The opera-house was veil 6Iled laa4 hielt, and
In the audience there were very few who were
not carried back In memory to the time when
the thrilling pages of the dime novel made the
greatest attraction in literature for themi aDavy
Crockett for years has been described a an
idyll Of the baekw0odst but 1t II an idyll that
needs poetic treatment, tho touch Of genius, to
keep Il from becoming on the stage travesty-
an echo OF the blood aud gunpowder melodrama
OF border annals 10 not merely unlearned and
rude, but also unattractive In face and form, and
evidently unable to express his great love save
upon his teeth, the romance that should cover
his faults ID dispclled.
= The friends OF Marguerite D'Estes, or Mrs. E.
gathered In force the occasion OF her first APP
pearance and cheered her efforts by generous ap-
plause. At the close of the fourth act of the
and showed her appreciation OF the kindness
shown. 1t would not be just to criticise Miss
DEsfes attempts TO present even character
experience has been short, aud no matter how
earnest her study she could not expect to win u
great success so soon.
words. II IL not absolutely devoid of talent, but
the little force it possesses Is badly managed.
The one unqualified success Of the evening
is often something painful in the efforts Of chill
dren forced to perform feats of doubtful value
before the foOtlights, but in "Davy Crockett the
little one 10 not given too prominent place.
appreciation Of each situation should have made
some of her older associates turn green with
envy.
With all its shortcomings the play was fairly
well set upon the stage, and the scene of the
lonely cabin in the woods where Dayy, forget
ting his rife, which surely would have done
out the bowling wolves who thrust their suarl-
ing faces through the crevices in the log walls,
was most realistic.
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PERSONAL MENTION.

Mr.. Samuel wainwright. who has charge OF the
rolls in Carnegie, Phipps 4 Co.'S rolling mills at
Pittsburg, was In the city yesterday and left last
tour of the Coast from the Mexican boundary
northward. Mr.. Wainwright is one OF the leading
members Of the Amslgamated Association OF
Iron and Steel Workers.
private letter from DR.. G. A. Weed states
that he will return to Seattle early In the cur
rent month and that he expects to resume his
practice Immediately.
Mr.. A. d. scroggy, formerly travelling freight
agent for the Union Pacific beats, was passen-
ger up from San Francisco on the Mexico, arriv-
ing yesterday.
Lieutenant John L. Hayden, who has been
spending some days In the city, left last even
ing for his post
room and is under the careful supervision of her
physician.
Mr. C. c. Thornton, of Tulalip, the reservation
agent there, Is among the guests at the Airing
ton.
Mr. George LAWYER, we'll known shelton mill
man, is at the Arlington with his family.
Mr.. Louis Franz has returned to his old place
as morning clerk at the Rainier hotel.
Rev. w. E. Copeland, paste. of the Unitarian
church at Tacoma. is at the Diller.
Mr.. L. Sargent who keeps the Sargent house
at Aberdeen, is at the Arlington.
Captain Thomas A. Tew, OF Aberdeen, ID reg
istered At the Arlington.
Mr.. C. D. Kimball, the postmaster at Mount
Vernon, is at the Grand
Mr.. F. P. Friday, of Port Gardner, is at the
Snoquslmie hotel.
Mr.; Francis smith. Of Muskegon, is staying at
the Rainier hotel.
Mr.. D. B. Hannah, Of Tacoma, was at the Diller
hotel yesterday.
Captain AL Taylor, OF Anaeortes, il staying 1t
the Arlington.
Mr.. D. Mclnnes, Port Angeles lawyer, Is at
the Arlington.
Mr.. John Davis, of Anacortes. is stopping At
the Rainier.
Mr. and Mrs John F. cordray left for Portland
last night
Mr.. Will A. woolley, of woolley, is at the sno-
qualmie.
Mr.. p A. woolley, of woolley. is at the Rainier
hotel
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COMEDY OF ERRORS
Ending Happily in a Wedding
at the Snoqualmie.
LOVERS MISSED EACH OTHER.
zhsy Stayed 1t the Same Hotel i've
Days But Never Chanesd
70 Meet.

wedding q the Gnoquslmie hotel last night
-. the culminatiou Of . series Of incidents
which could Be easily woven into comedy.
On Sunday Mr.. J. D. Reard came to the city
ana took room IS ct the hotel, registering from
1unen. He q rancher-a fact quite evident
from Ms appearance and bearing-snd he owns
one OF the best farms In the Squak valley Mr.
keard was not at al reticent about his business.
put said he had come to the city to marry his
sWeetheart She was California girl whom he
nao known In days gone by. They had been
corresponding lately, and abe had agreed to
~ cn Mn % seattle to meet him. He expected her
on Monday morning Mrs. Groat, from Mon
sague. IN the siskiyou region Of California,
Miss Emma Groat I tail, handsome young wo.
msu. They took room is at the hotel
On Monday afternoon Mr.. Rcard began to meet
vaIiably present at the arrival of each.
MS sweetheart did not come on Monday after
noon: but he kept his courage up, declaring sne
T Trcp Lopaoiy been delayed and would arrive on
Tuesday forenoon wore away, and he scanned
sne trains more eagerly, but ''she cometh not"
Tuesday afternoon passed, and the night came
down, but no lady love stepped from car or boat
70 gladden. the heart Of Mr.. keard, of the Squak
valley. Then bis eagerness deepened into
AZ about o'clock Tuesday evening, worn by
his Watching, he walked into the dining room Of
the s;noqualmie to get HE dinner.
His eye rested on Miss Groat, who sat calmly
9 ner evening meal. Mr.. Reard paused, looked
q ner sharply, and then hurried out into the Of
nee and asked the clerk who she was
miss Emma Groat, of California" was the
prompt answer
Nv ny, that's the very lady I'm looking fori'
cried Mr. .eard, in an excess Of delight.
REARD-GROAT-At8p p. m. March 4, 1891, in
the parlor OF the Snoqualmie hotel, by Rev.
George Il. Lee, J. p Reard, Of Gilman, to Miss