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The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1891-11-28
FOLLY's FOG BURNT OUT.

The granger or anti-monopoly move
ment appeared in the West in 1873: it
elected its candidate, William R. Taylor,
governor of Wisconsin that year, came
within 5000 of electing its candidate gov
ernor of Minnesota, and secured the iegis-
lature, which passed the famous Granger
Statutes" it was exceedingly strong also
in Iowa and other states, but by 1s76it had
disappeared as potential political guam
tity. In 1878 the Greenback movement
swept Maine. Eugene Hale, now United
States senator, was beaten for congress by
1900 majority in a Republican district
which had given MIN 1900 majority in
1876; his successful opponent was stone
cutter; cheap down East" demagogue
of the Kansas PETER quality.
In another "sure Republican district Of
Maine fusion of Greenbackers and Demo-
Gratis elected their candidate by 5000 ma
jority. In each of the other three districts
the Greenbackers polled SO large a vote
that had they been united with the Demo-
Gratis there would not have been Repub-
congress in 1878. In Ohio the Greenback-
ers in 1878 polled $1,000 votes. In Michi-
gan they cast $1,000 votes, which were al
most as many as the Democrats; in New
York over $1,000, in Indiana almost 10000,
and so on. BY 1879 their strength had
fallen off IS per cent. and they cast but
800, 900 votes out of over nine million in
1850.
In 1885 the Labor party gave Henry
George $4,000 votes for mayor of New
York, but by 1887 George received only
about as many votes for secretary of state
in the whole of New York as in 1885 in the
city alone, and by 1888 the party had dis
appeared.
The Farmers Alliance is the latest illus
tration of the national lunacies that spring
up suddenly in the night and die by noon
of the next day. In 1890 it was powerful
and threatening in Mississippi, Tennessee,
Alabama, Georgia, South Carolina, Kan
sas and Nebraska. In 1891 it was over
whelmingly beaten in Mississippi; it
walks today with staggering gait in
Kansas and Nebraska, and it is no
longer a controlling force in any state of
the South save North Carolina. The At
lanta Constitution has already thrown it
overheard in Georgia after encouraging it
during its short hour of victory last year.
The fog of folly has lifted under the sun
light Of searching discussion. A great ma
tional party in the United States needs
something besides wind and fog for fac
tors; it may get along for time without
virtue, but brains are indispensable.
The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1891-11-28

The prohibition vote in Pennsylvania de-
clined from 2l,SOS in 1889 to 1851 in 1891, not.
withstanding the fact that the total vote this
year was li6 6S4 in excess of that of two years
The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1891-11-28

First-elass all-rail service between se..,,. and
olympia. The Northern Pacific runs three
trains daily between these pointa Rate only
s. Round trip Sa
The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1891-11-28

FiEst-ciSxs sll-ran service between Seattle ana
olympia The Northern Pacific runs three
trains daily between these points Rata only
g. Round uip 1914 s
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Sst Angenne's souvenir spoons. in coffee. tea
Ano orange at Frisch Bros. 10 Front street
The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1891-11-28
MARRIAGE,
gave myself to him,
And took himself for paw,

gave myself to him,
And took himself for pay,
The solemn contract Of a life
Has ratified this way.
The wealth might disappoint,
Myself poorer prove
Insn this great purchaser suspect
The daily own OF Love
Depreciates the vision;
Bat, ill the merchant buy,
stili fable, in the isles of spice,
The subtle cargoes lie.
At least, it's mutual risk
Some found IL mutual gain:
sweet debt OF Lie-each night to owe,
lnsolvent, every noon.
--Emilv Dickinson
The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1891-11-28

Are you going East this fall or winter? II so,
take the Northern Pacific. Are your friends
coming West 20 visit? Then suggest 10 ther,
thai they take the Northern Pacific, as il is the
only direct line 10 Puget sound and Washington
points. No change OF cars or rechecxing of bag
gage Be sure your tickets read via tae North
ern Pacific railroad
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NOTICE TO THE PUBLIC.

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any money to parties representing to be
agents of the Seattle PosT-INTELLIGENCER,
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cities and towns of the Northwest, nor to
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Brenham weekly banner. [volume] (Brenham, Tex.) 1877-1907, 1891-10-15
An oddly in Painting.

The provincial cities of France are
just now being entertained by remark
able artist, one who displays wonderful
skill in her own peculiar style of paint
ing. With plates of various colored sand
before her, she takes the sand in he1
right hand and causes it to fall in beau.
tiful designs upon table. A bunch OF
grapes is deity pictured with violet
sand, leaf with green sand and relief
and shadows with sand of the colors &c
suit. When this has been admired by
those artistically inclined, it is brushed
away and is soon replaced by bouquet
of roses or some other object, all done
with great dexterity and delicacy. Even
the finest lines are drawn with streams
of sand, all as distinct as though drawn
with an artists brush.-St. Louis Re
public.
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Tho Danger from Cold Drinks.

"ln my opinion" said a physician,
"it is not so great mistake to indulge
in cold drinks in warm weather as it is
to drink them rapidly. On hot day it
is almost inevitable that people should
drink, and what the system seems to
crave is something cold. If that some
thing could be little less than ice cold
It would be so much the better. But it
is practically out of the question to get a
drink of temperature of 40 or AZ degs..
say, which is about as cold as is neces-
sary in order to meet the demands of
nature.
$50, then, ice cold drinks are likely to
remain permanency, and thousands
and thousands of people will continue to
drink them. Now, what should advise
is that they perform the operation with
some deliberation. The man who swal-
lows a glass Of soda water or anything
else at temperature of 90 or thereabout
does a dangerous thing. The danger is
in suddenly chilling the nerves of the
stomach. and the result may be sudden
paralysis. There is neither sense nor
reason in drinking thus rapidly.
81 do not mean, on the other hand
that it is necessary to wait until lie
drink, whatever it is, has grown warm
What plead for is that people should
take fifteen or twenty seconds, or even
half a minute, in swallowing Il glass Of
soda or beer or whatever they use to sat
isfy their thirst Everybody can afford
that much time-even the most hurried
man-and the result cannot fail to be
decidedly advantageous in the long run. ;
New York Tribune
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To Bame uurrlays.

French Ingenuity has contrived .
remedy for the inefReiency Of ordinary
combination locks for houses and
apartments, these contrivances being
usually of so little avail against pro-
fessionals who wasting no time in eff
forts to raise the tumblers and move
the bolt simply insert the end of a
short iron lever or Jimmy" between
the door and its rabbet, forcing the
whole affair inward. tearing out both
locks and bolts on the way.
According to the new device for
meeting this difficulty. combination is
resorted to of the iron shore with the
ordinary lock in such a manner that
locking the door sets a shore in place
which will resist an enormous strain.
but on the return of the proprietor the
unlocking Of the door in the usual way
shifts the upper end of the shore from
the door to the frame. where it presents
no obstacle to the opening of the door.
The mechanism of the lock itself need
not be very elaborate, although the
picking of the lock would move both
the lott and the shore, for if there are
tE'ablers enough to prevent picking
with bit OF wire, and if the jimmy is
insufficient for the purpose, the point
of security is attained New York Sun.
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4RM NOTES.

Glover straw makes splendid bed
ding.
Wait until the heller has her
second calf before determining her
value
The woman who does her own
house work is entitled to every ad-
vantage.
Plants grow faster between 4. m.
and 6 a. m. than at any other time
during the day.
The story of COWS getting drunk
on fermented apple comes from
Clarksville, Me.
Good colts of the right stamp are
just as ready sale as steers, and
more progntable.
Keep your wife out of the kitchen
and live! If you need a paperweight
get you brickbat.
Catsup keeps better, and pickles al
SO, if you put a bit of horse radiah in
the mouth of the bottle.
Breathing the fumes of spirits of
turpentine will afford relief to the
sufferer from whooping cough.
What farmer in sll the land when
he sits down to a nice meal of fried
chickens will not admit that it pays
to grow POULTRY.
Almost any kind of shelter is bet
ter than none, and with very little
work very comfortable shelter can
be made with straw.
Bran and oil meal can nearly al
ways be used to a good advantage
in feeding abe fattening hogs, and
thrifier growth at a less cost will be
secured than if corn alone is fed.
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FASHION NOTES.

Square vests and the round Breton
basque will be worn.
Gray gowns of Bedford cords,
with trimmings of black, are quite
the fashionable walking dress.
Mohair skirts are light and dura-
BILE, and sell in neat silvery grays in
preference to other colors.
Until late in the season light suede
gloves will be worn, the mod;sh
colors being white, lilac and pale
gray.
White cloth vests in the early fall
suits should be embroidered in
Breton style, with black, yellow and
red silk.
The combination of dark flue and
lavender will, it cannot be doubted
obtain more generally as the season
progresses.
High stiff loops: ipointed ends,
long looped bows and torsades Of
piece velvet are on the new London
and Paris hats.
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W.ddInr ana = uans1naon.

Rev. Henry Wunder was marrying
Dr.. L. p Ehrman and Miss Adelaide
Grafton at the Leland when the groom
exclaimed:
Stop the dealP
whats the natter" asked the
preacher.
I'VE will have to postpone this for a
while-l hate that blue dress that AIDE
laide is wearing. If she can't be mar
ried in her steel gray | will disturb the
peace"
The miaistar was led out of the room
by the eccsntric physician, and the bride
changed her dress. When she was ready
a knock was heard on the door, and the
~, entered. The doctor wanted to go
= aust where the minister left off, but
j latter objected. Then the entire
wedding ceremony was performed again.
When the last word was spoken the doc
tor offered to match the minister to de-
terrnine whether he should give him
fifty dollars or nothing. This Rev
Henry Wunder did not 10
Soon after the ceremony the newly
married man rushed GOWN stairs and
asked for the register. Seeing the name
of Miss Grafton on the book he grabbed
a pen and scratched it out Then he
blotted his own name. and asking Tor a
new pen, wrote DIR Ehrman and his
wife"
That's better?" he asked of Clerk
Squires.
Certainly"
please call cab We will now take
our honeymoon.
Dr.. Ehrman rode about ten blocks and
returned. He said that the cabman
overheard him making love and that
made him angry, To a number of re-
porters who called he asked:
You want to kiss the brideF"
Delighted"
well. stand in the hall and throw
kiss. I've been married before"
The doctor was very kind though. He
introduced the reporters.-Chicago Her
aid
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A New Motor Engine.

A new method of working motor en-
gines with hot gases and steam is now
creating no little interest in English cir
Giles. According to this plan the mix
ture of the steam with the hot gases, to
form a charge for doing duty in the
working cylinder of the engine, is effect
ed in the following way:
First, the chamber having supplied
charge of mixture to the working cylin-
der and been afterward open to an ex-
haust, hot gases are passed through to
clean and dry it, and while the chamber
is still full of hot, dry gases it is closed.
Steam at a suitable pressure is now adj
mitted, mixing there with the hot gases,
and forming the working mixture for
use in the cylinder. This mixture, be-
ing at high pressure, expands in the
cylinder. which, after the former has
done duty in effecting a stroke of the
piston, is opened to the exhaust. and the
spent mixture allowed to escape
For single acting engine, one mixing
chamber is said to suffice, while double
acting engine requires at least two, in
each Of which the process takes place;
but the chamber or chambers to supply,
actuating fluid to one end of the cylin-
der, or of each cylinder, must be sepa-
rate from those that supply the other
end, In order to allow ample time for
the process of cleaning out, drying, fill
with hot gases, admitting steam. etc
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A Big Yield.

C. H. Bullock, of Mortified, Mimi,
has obtained 1920 bushels of potatoes
from one acre of land. This is said to
be by far the largest yield ever known,
800 bushels being usually considered a
big crop. That the l,l20 bushels were
all raised on one acre of ground is sworn
to by a number of Trustworthy people of
the vicinity. Mr.. Bullock will net 1886
for his product, nearly all clear gain.
Last year he would have made $500 of
the same yield. as the price of potatoes
was high then. The farmers in the
vicinity are considering these figures
and thinking of potatoes good deal
New York Sun
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They Took a Walk.

An amusing anecdote is told of Louis
XVIII of France.
This inoffensive monarch took break
fast one morning Then his ministers
called upon him.
well, said the king. chow are the
public affairsG'
Getting along very nicely, sire, a"
said the ministers.
'Huml In that case, " said the king,
Il think will go and take walk
Next morning after breakfast the
ministers called again. well, how do
the public affairs get on today2" asked
the king.
Very badly, indeed. sire. said the
ministers.
HUMP exclaimed the king; lin
that case 1 think will-go and take a
walki"
Next day no ministers called on the
king.
What has become of my ministry
said the king, after breakfast.
Sire" said the palace functionary
who was i'll attendance, parliament
has turned out the ministry"
Abr said the king; then it's they
who have taken walk this time. ehf'
Youths Companion.
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The Planet Jupiter.

A radiant star viii adorn the sky for
several months to come. 1t is Jupiter,
the largest and grandest planet of the
solar system.
He is now in opposition with the sun,
rising at sunset, reaching the meridian
at midnight and setting at sunrise, be-
ing visible through the whole night.
Jupiter in opposition, or opposite the
sun, as the word implies, is at his great
est distance from the sun and nearest
to the earth, which accounts for his
superb appearance.
This majestic planet is equal in vol
ums to 1900 worlds like ours, and casts
shadow that extends so, 900, 900 of miles
in space. He is called planet, but is
more like sun, and probably gives out
some light and heat. The rapid changes
visible on his surface through the tele-
scope indicate the action of mighty
forces, and a possible condition ap-
preaching incandescence.
Countless ages must pass before the
planets fires grow low, and are succeed
ed by periods of development, perfec-
uon ana decay, the three processes That
rule the material universe.
Observers, therefore, may watch the
progress of world making on this
stately member of the suns family, as
the telescope reveals the varying belts,
the riffs, the bright spots, and especially
the famous red spot, showing that fierce
forces are raging within and beneath the
cloud atmosphere that envelops the
planet.
Those who are familiar with the
planets story will take deeper interest
in watching the course of the bright star
that reigns supreme, and that may be
recognized at II glance as, looming above
the southeastern horizon like young
moon. he makes his way toward the
zenith. Youths Companion.
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Fought with jackson at New Orleans.

Fought with jackson at New Orleans.
Jose Cardova, who was I0S years old
is dead. The cause of his Death was old
aye, He has been wUrhins is laborer
up to two years ago, wien he qnit, inca
pacitated.
Jose Cardova was born in New Or
leans, and was twenty-seven years old
and serving in Old Hickory's army when
the latter beat the British out of that
city. Before he left New Orleans he had
acquired the English and French Ian.
guages in addition to the language of his
father, and after he moved to Nacogdo-
ches. Tex, he was such well informed
man that it did not take him long, in the
rude Mexican conditions prevailing
there, to build up competence.
The fortune went. though by some
process not clearly recorded, and in 1886
he moved to San Antonio, where he has
since lived. He leaves wife, aged
ninety-eight years.-San Antonio Elk.
press.
Brenham weekly banner. [volume] (Brenham, Tex.) 1877-1907, 1891-10-15

Quite novelty in the way of a balloon
ascension occurred at Reed Lake re-
Gently. Mr.. Charles Godfrey, proprietor
of lake hotel. owns big mastiff,
weighing $50 pounds. which has always
evinced a great interest in balloon ascen-
sions, and double parachute was ar
ranged, one for the dog and one for the
man. Both went up, and when at an
altitude of about 1900 feet. the dog was
swung off His parachute was slow in
opening, but came around all right, and
he fell in the middle of the lake, from
whence ne was rescued by a steamboat.
He howled, but was not hurt, and dog
ascensions will be feature hereafter.
The Humane society threatens prosecu-
tions.-Grand Rapids Cor. Detroit Free
Press.
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It seems there was one incident of the
recent attack on Fishers Island not down
on the bill. 1t had been arranged that
the invading force should in due season
capture the island, and directions had
been given accordingly, but no one had
thought to mention the fact to the great
bull that lords it over the pasture where
the struggle occurred. When he saw
that there was danger of losing the island
he lowered his horns and raised his tail
and charged upon the combatants, rout-
ing the hospital corps and threatening
to clean out the whole army.-Hartford
Courant.
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The period of maximum is approach
ing and amateur and professional astron-
omers in all quarters of the globe are
directing their telescopes TO the orb of
day in hopes that his smallpoxed ap-
pearance will be more than usually in
teresting. There is an excellent chance
for amateurs in this class of observation
The comparison OF solar disturbances
with the variations of the magnetic
needle forms an abundant field for use
full work. The owner of the smallest
telescope may discover something which
will send his name down to posterity in
the astronomy text books.-New York
Recorder.
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Cures for wit6llaf
[osenh Doderidee. n rs

Rev. Joseph Doderidge, in hiss
of the Settlement and Indian Wars d.
Pennsylvania and Virginia" in that
portion of the work treating of Witch
craft" says
The diseases OF children supposed
to be inflicted by witcheraft were those
of dropsy OF the brain and the ricketts,
These were diseases which could neither
be accounted for nor cured, conse-
quently they were ascribed to some SUI
pernatural agency. For the cure of
diseases inflicted by witches, the picture
of the supposed witch was drawn on d
stump or piece of board and shot at
with bullet containing little bit Of
silver. This silver bullet transferred a
painful and sometimes mortal spell on
that part of the witch corresponding
with the part of the picture struck by
the bullet
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The question of Sunday rest for pub
lie officials has lately been to the front
in Switzerland This has induced the
postofice of the republic to test public
feeling IN a somewhat original way.
Special Sunday stamps" are being
printed. which will be for sale at every
postofice Any letters posted on Sun
day with these new stamps affixed will
not be delivered on Sunday. but held
over till Monday, All those franked
with the ordinary postage stamp will be
delivered on Sunday The number Of
Sunday stamps used will decide the
future action of the postofice depart
ment.-London Tit-Bits.
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some nrodern Aouednct..

1t is nearly 500 years since London
drew her first gallon of drinking water
from New River Almost 200 years
have elapsed since MarseiIles built her
aqueduct sixty miles long, delivering
water to the city at the rate of 19S, 600
gallons per minute.
Within the present generation Glas-
Cow has tapped the almost chemically
pure water of Loeb Katrine, and Man
chester has abandoned her earlier sys-
tens of water works to construct new
aqueduct sixty miles long from the
Lake district. - New York Evening
Sun
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Snow rha. Did Not Reach tho Ground


Possibly the most novel feature of
two balloon voyages near Denver, and
the one mostly commented upon, was
the experience of the Eagle Eyrie
and its occupants in the snowstorm.
Not a flake of the beautiful
dropped in Denver or on the crowds
of people who gazed on the air
ship directly above them. The sun
shone brightly and oppressively hot, and
yet in five minutes after the great gas
bag had left the earth it was in raging
snowstorm, almost directly over the
point where the balloon was cut from its
moorings.
It was blowing a perfect fury, the
great fakes swirling and flying in blind
ing profusion into the faces of the voy-
ayers, filling the basket and covering
the top with a sheet fully three inches
thick. No such occurrence has ever been
recorded in the history of ballooning,
and the chances are not favorable to its
ever occurring again. But the space of
100 feet and the occupants Of the car
vanished from the glowing sunshine
into the freezing snow.-Denver Repub-
lican
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A Rnthless Relic Fiend.

The relic hunter fend is at work on
the monument of Nathaniel Hawthorne
TO such an extent that big fence will
be placed about it to keep intruders
away. The magnificent tombstone has
been Clipped continually until now there
is scarcely any of it left. A stranger
went to the grave last week, and with a
heavy chisel broke off large bit of the
stone. He brought it to Boston, it Is
said, and sold the chips at fabulous
Observation-Disclosures Ledger.