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The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1891-03-27
JoKERs. MAGIC LYMPH.

1t il told of Cassius that when, on the day OF
Cesar s assassination, Cesar having remarked
upon receiving q thrust from Brutus dagger
81 am lost" he, CaSsius, observed: "Thou
wouldst do we'll to advertise, offering reward
for .hyself." at is too late" retorted Cesar
''Nay, too early" replied Cassius. Sand why ?"
asked Caesar, sinking to the Senate floor. "Be-
cause there are as yet no newspapers in which
to advertise" Had Cesar lived, he would
doubtless have laughed, since he was great
enough to enjoy joke at his own expense
Puck.
Foreman-The Snowman wants q cut of two
bald-headed twins in his advertisement Editor
Well. just shave of the mous,ache from that
cut of W. l. Douglas. and run him in with Bill
Nye. Foreman-But we've been running the
Bill Nye cut as DR.. Talmage. Editor-So much
the better for the Snowman. They'll think Tai.
mage is along, and the whole town will turn
out Run the cut in aud charge the agent IS
extra-Atsaa,a Constitution
Customer (who has Just had his whiskcrs
dyed)--Yes. that's . good jon. It's q rich.
glossy black. should think you would use il
on that gray beard OF yours. Barber-I have 4
position in society TO maintain Next.-caicnco
Tribune
Mrs. Upton-Henry, want you TO discharge
your typewriter girl. She was out last evening
in bad company. Mr.. Upton-why, nv dear
how-ei-do You knows Mrs. Upton-oh. |
know all about it saw you.-Nas York Sua.
"How did you manage to get out of your en-.
gsgement to Jessie without breach Of promise
suits" al threatened TO wiring her pug dog 3
neck, and she Tilted me. "-Aunseys Weekly.
De Brush-I saw . chrome effect in oil TODAY
that completely .captivated me. Palette-what
was it-an autumn De Brush-No, q sardins.
-Nesa York Sga-
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rHr CHICK on aoLD ExroRrs.

The refusal Of the treasury department
to exchange gold bars for coin. in order to
facilitate the expectation Of gold, is meet
ing with hearty approval in the leading
commercial and financial papers Of the
East, irrespective of party. When sterling
exchange is above $50 the British price for
American gold will yield profit on ex-
portation, over and above the charges for
freight, insurance and incidental losses,
and no matter how badly the interests Of
the general public may require it for circu-
lation, the bankers viii consider only their
own profit and will send it abroad.
This has been made all the more profit
able, and therefore the more certain, by
the practice Of our government,
heretofore, to convert coin into
bars free of charge, while other
governments viii only do so on the pay
ment of premium. and bars have the
double advantage for shipment, that they
lose less by abrasion than an equal amount
in coin, and on delivery abroad are more
readily convertible in foreign coin.
The wise and timely action of the de-
partment has therefore had the double eff
feet Of retarding and discouraging exporta-
ton, and also of reducing the undue profit
that shippers have been in the habit of re-
alizing. We need our gold at home quite
as badly as it is needed abroad, and we are
fortunate in having an administration that
is watchfnl to guard the public welfare
against the effects of personal greed of
gain
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THE GREAT WEST.

At the Palmer jubilee in Springfield, ILL.,,
the other night, General John C. Black.
erst Of Cleveland's cabinet, and Major
Jones, editor of the ST. Louis Republic.
struck the keynote Of the present political
situation in their tribute to the power and
influence Of the great West. The latter's
declaration that the West should assert
her power, and that his party should no
longer allow New York and the South to
dictate its nominations was received with
tumultuous applause.
This Is . lesson that the Republican
party learned at the very outset of its
career, and has pretty consistently needed.
Despite his temporary residence at the
time Of his nomination, Fremont was
distinctively Western man. And
although his campaign was but a pre-.
hminary skirmish, it gave . sure presage
OF the coming victory, and it is worthy of
remembrance that he carried New York
and Massachusetts, by the heaviest plu-
ralities those states have ever given to a
presidential candidate.
subsequently all of its successful candi-
dates, Lincoln, Grant, Hayes. Garfield and
Harrison, all were taken from the West,
and its only defeat was when it broke this
rule and went to the far East Cor candi-
date. who was. and is. personally tao most
popular public man in the nationA To be
sure. even this reverse was parsl~ due to
the accident Of Burchard's silly 4lliserar
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ton. and partly TO New York frauds, but
the fact remafns fhat the Republican party
las never been defeated with . Western
candidate. and its only defeat was when
ii deviated from the Western rule.
The Democrats, on the other hand, have
ever since 1850 turned their backs to the
West, fixed their gaze on s'the pivotal
states, !" and IN the persons of Mcclellan.
Seymour, Greeley, Tilden and Cleveland
have selected all but one Of their candi-
dates from the one state, New York, and
have won but one victory, and even tha
has been freely attacked as to its honesty.
But il Is characteristic Of bourbonism
that il never learns and never forgets, and
there i not the slightest danger that the
stirring suggestions Of Black and Jones
will be needed. In fact. It Is quite signifi-
cant that at the first ebullition Of Demo-
cratic enthusiasm over Palmer's election,
one retiring and one newly-elected con-
gresham from Illinois We'd with each
other in profestations Of continued ale
glance to Cleveland And when the time
comes around it will be found that the
Democratic masses will not be able to cure
themselves Of that habit; they viii not be
able TO take their eyes of that pivot. !"
and Cleveland will again be nominated.
1t may be that the West viii prefer
Blaine for his competitor. but whoever it
may be all of its traditions admonish the
Republican party to be heedful Of Western
preferences in making its nomination.
Those traditions viii be respected. A
Western man or the choice Of the West
will be chosen. And in that sign, AZ al
ways, We will conquer.
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Last Of the Hoods Canal slave.

Died, on the skokomish reservation, March 4.
Jack Clans, aged about 65 years, formerly :
slave. In 1855, when the treaties were made
with the Indians on the Sound, 1t was said that
the slaves comprised one-senth Of their popula.
ton. One Article OF the treaty required that all
these slaves should be freed, and it was rener
ally done. Old Sam, head man of Seabeck.
however, managed by persuasion to induce his
TO remain with him for 4 long time. thouch
they were not kept in q state Of
slavery. Paddy was from Fort Ru.
pert, but ran away and went home
several years ago. He has since returned tn the
sound, and 10 now at Port Hadlock. Jennie
Overland stayed with Old Sam until Isss.Nwhen
she was married, and even for several Years
after that, until the Seabeck mill was burnt.
She, however. ruled Old Sam as much a. he
ruled her. Her husband stole about $500 from
Old Sam and returned to his old homa in
British Columbia, and after the burning OF the
mills she went to Seattle TO work, where she
still lives. But Jack CLANS remained with his
master as long as he lived. He was q Port
Madison Indian, and did not care to go back.
After the burning of the Seabeek mills With
bis master, he came to the reservation.
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THE FAMILY SKELETONS BALL.

DID you hear of the family skeletons ball?
From many q closet in many a wall
Many gorgeously gilded wall
Thro' passages curtained with many pain.
They frooped TO q subterranean hall;
Skeletons spare and skeletons tall,
skeletons stout and skeletons small.
There were skeletons grim and skeletons grin
ming,
skeletons sinned against, skeletons SHINING,
skeletons staggering up from the mud,
Skeletons stained with innocent blood.
Here was great political boss,
The gold in whose fingers had turned to dross,
And one with q tongue all chained by fire
Because its owner had been . liar;
He had stabbed regulations all II the dark,
And this Cain of character bore his marx.
Twas sight to see how the partners met,
How skeleton couples danced each set,
Danced till their naked bones were wet
With an oozy, clammy, hofrible sweat;
And they needed never u casfanet,
For their joints made noise one couldn't forget,
II one heard IL once one would hear ii yet
Otherwise there was no music At all
Al the family skeletons midnight ball.
-Kemper Bocoek
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John B. Foraker, the marplot Of Repub-
lican politics in Ohio, has announced his
candidacy and has commenced organizing
his fight for John Sherman's seat in the
United States Senate. This is not good
omen. Standard Republicanism in Ohio
is not prepared for such drop as there
would be from Sherman to Foraker. The
latter may succeed in beating Sherman
and the party, but he cannot succeed Sher-
man. His defeat by Campbell should have
taught him q lesson.
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position, that every Republican In the
United States u free 70 exercise an nm
biased Judgment in the choice Of candi-
date whose nomination will best subserve
the interests Of the party, and that it i not
necessary for any member Of his cabinet to
resign in order TO be entitled to considers
tion ct the hands Of the Republican
masses. A general belief to the contrary
would heavily. and it is believed unjustly,
handicap the President
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Avon Record

country minister lately visiting Seattle met
In the street servant girl who had left his con-
gresation 10 go TO situation in the city well,
Maggie" said he, kindly show do Won like xor,,
new situationf" .sFine, air, but I'm very lonely
among so many strange folk" az was thinriro
90, Maggie. Well, III cali and see YOU before I
leave town.. "No, sir'-very dolefully-.you
mustn't do that, for my mistress allows no hi.
lowers: Notwithstanding up-..if you come to
the back gate when il is dark. can let YOU IN =
the window"
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Mrs. Bethiah Wattles . few days ago trans
ferred to Jonathan Trumbull most interesting
relic of Revolutionary times, which Mr.. Trum-
bull accepts as the trustee of the Connecticut
Sons of the American Revolution. It Is q squat
little building, with gambrel roof, which, az
well as the sides Of the building, is covered with
weather-beaten shingleA This building was,
during Revolutionary days, occupied az the ONCE
of Jonathan Trumbull, the then war governor Of
the state, whose counsels were often sought by
General Washington and the other Revolutionary
leaders, and is now occupied by Mrs. Wattles,
who il 81 years of age. 1t is located at Lebanon,
Conn. At this little war ONCE, in s'the days that
tried mems souls" Washington, Lafayette, de
Rochambeau, Montesquieu, the Duke de LAu-
zun, the Marquis de Chatelleux, Samuel and
John Adams, Benjamin Franklin, John Jay,
Thomas jefferson, Admiral Tiernay and Gen.
erals Putnam, Knox and Sullivan often met the
sage old war governor for advice and sugges-
tions. So great was washington's respect for
his opinions, and 90 often were they sought by
him, that Governor Trumbull came to be known
as "Brother Jonathan, which has become
hardly less typical than "Uncle Sam" Of true
Americanism. It is pleasant to know that this
venerable relic of those grand historic days has
passed into hands that will be sure to preserve
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Mrs. john Sherwood, the famous authority on
social customs, 10 writing q book OF thirsy-six
chapters on 1.-THE Art OF Entertaining The
work viii be published serially In the sunday
ros1- INTELLIGENCE Next sunday Mrs Sher.
wood VIII tell how e furnish county house.
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A short time ago young man who was camp
ing In the Sierra Nevada, observed and cap
tured peculiar butterfly, which, on exhibiting
1t to friends, he was induced to send to the
Smithsonian Institution at Washington, whence,
a few days later, he received check for $500,
with q request II possible to find more of the
same kind. It belonged to FOSSIL species, sup
posed to be extinct, ana the sight of living
specimen set the scientists wild. Diligent
search has failed to discover another OF the same
kind. From this incident the Christian Union
draws the moral that it pays one to keep his
eyes open for the peculiar in nature. But it is
well enough to remember that one may catch
millions OF butterflies and not obtain the hun
dredth part OF $3.50 for them.
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Mrs Charles Russell, of Eastern Oregon, was
cured OF asthma Of dfteen years standing BIZ
Moore Revealed Remedy
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REMOyEp

La Roche, the Photographer, has removed to
100 Second street, between Columbia and
Cherry, Rengstorff building.
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peculiar fraud, venerable with age, has Just
been exposed. 1t relates to picture which, In
1855, was hanging in the shop of dealer in Bris-
toll. England. A facetious visitor proposed to
call 1t Chatterton, who was then the rage, and
whose portrait would command a good price.
One Dix. who bad just completed "Life of
Chatterfon,' used 1t for his frontispiece, and in
all subsequent editions OF his poems this pic
ture has been adopted. The supposed portrait
passed into the hands of the poet Southcy. then
TO Wordsworth, then to Mr.. Tyler, and for
many years has hung in the Guelph Exhibition.
But recently the whole story leaked out and
the bogus Chatterton has been expelled from the
good society upon whom he has been imposing
so long.
Wrahin Pasha, Turkish general who died on
the 2sd of last January, and who at the time of
his death was in active command OF an army
corps, had reached the advanced age of l0l
years. This throws Gladstone, Bismarck and
Crispi, with their boosted so years and there
about, completely into the shade.
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OakeSdale Sun.
Portland Oreyoniau.

In the absence of Governor Ferry, OF Washing
ton, from his post, Lieutenant Governor and
Acting Governor Laughton has made the execu.
tive Office of the state do the behest of the cor
porations, and the press of the state is giving
voice to the indignation OF the people It is the
general opinion throughout Washington that
Laughton will never be called into service by
popular suffrage again.
, 1891-04-16

A'NR
PARIS, April I5.-Apropos of the flu
ture Increase of the effectiveness of the
French army and of the minister OF wars
demand on the budget committee OF the
chamber ofdeputies for further appropria-
tions, Senator Barthelmy St IlIlnrc
minister of foreign affairs, SAID today
1T becomes more and more evident that
France is on the high road to bankruptcy.
We often hear it said that France Is one
OF the richest countries in Europe. This
is quite true. So, too, we would call a
man rich who had an income OF 900, 900
francs a year. But suppose he spent
each year | 800, 900 francs, And suppose
he kept on doing so year alter year, what
would his wealth amount to under such
circumstances? And yet this is just what
France is doing and has been doing for Il
very long time The upshot of the whole
thing must be that we shall have to re-
pudiate our debt as we did in the first
revolution aud start airesh. | greatly ad-
mire the magnificent manner in which the
United States has gone on paving off its
tremendous debt contracted during the
gigantic civil war. We ought u initiate
10 a modest way the American example.
But several circumstances oppose this.
In the first place, the wastefulness of our
great departments of government Is some
thing irightiul. While it can not be said
that there is any outright stealing of the
public funds. the extravaganza is ire
mendous, and no government dares incur
rhe.anger of the politicians in cleaning out
the Augean stable.
Then again, our military system is so
expensive aud keeps on growing more so
every day that 1t seems an almost hope
less task to try to stop this suicidal
financial policy. We canuot reduce our
army, for there stands that Alslce-
Lorraine difficulty still Undecided. What
an objectionable sin it was for Germany
to take those provinces. We would
have willingly paid many more millions of
francs could We have preserved our terri
, 1891-04-16

New York, April l5.-In the stock
market this morning the aspect Of none
tarv affairs, both at home and abroad,
showed continued uncertainty. The fate
of the Western Traffic Association, owing
to the inability to get a quorum of the
advisory board together. hurt the market,
though there was no material decrease in
the amount of business done nor a decline
in prices. The final adjournment Of the
advisory board, subject to the call Of the
chSir. however, was met by a heavy buy.
ing movement in granGers, which seemed
to come from Western sources. and all
through the afternoon prices slowly nd
vanced. The market finally closed fairly
active and firm at or near the best figures.
Governments steady.
Money on call, easy; closed offered at ,.
Petroleum-May closed at 723.
Copper-Nominal.
Lead-Heavv. Domestic, 81 30.
Tn-LOWer. Straits. $I9.G5.
Bar Silver, 97s
Following are closing prices OF stock.
u. s. As. registered, 2l4 u. S. IS.
coupons, 2l3; Pacific Is. -: Atchison,
2Ot; American Express, l94: Canada Pa
ciic. 79s: Canada Southern. 5l5. Central
Pacific. %; Burlington, S5i. Delaware,
Lackawanna 4 Western. SO: Denver a.
RIO Grande. 1T; Erie, l98. Kansas x
Texas. l24; Lake Shore, lOs; Louisville
4 Nashville, ia. Michigan Central. 93l
Missouri Pacific. 695; Northern Paclic
254; preferred, G7s; Northwestern, 1914.
preferred, l34, New York Central.
1921 Oregon Navigation. 70; Oregon
Improvement, 265; North American, l6g.
Pacific Mail, 37I, Reading, 32s. ROCK
Island, 73s, Milwaukee Il st. Paul,
60; st Paul & Omaha. "a; Texas Pa
citc, 49,. Union Pacific, 465 Fargo Ex-
press. 40, Western Union. sos; Oregon
Short Line. 224, American cotton oil 25l
CHICAGO, April Is -Cattle-Receipts
II 900. Market steady to strong, with
good demand. Steers, choice to extra,
60. 0OCG6. 30; other steers, 81. SOFAS. 30;
cows and heifers, -. 75G425; stockeIs,
So OO(a4 60.
Sheep-Receipts G,OOO. Market steady
to strong for good. slow and weak Tor
heavy weights. Natives. S5.5O(GG 90;
Westerns, s.. 6O(G5 90; lambs, $5.G2llq
e 20.
, 1891-04-16

SIoUN FALLS, S. D, April Is
Plenty Horses. the Sioux Indian accused
of having murdered Lieut.. Edward Casey
on Jan. ), was brought before the United
States district court tor a~rraiRnment uron
the indictment OF murder in the first de-
gree this afternoon. His attorneys sur.
priscd the prosecution by making a mo.
zion for dismissal OF the case on the
grounds that the indict neGt did not dis.
tingtly s'a'e in caption the name of the
Judge presiding when the indictment was
found, and further, It did not state by
who's order the court at DeaiwOod was
adjourned, which It should slow to make
1t legal aud effective. Judge Edgerton
expressed a wish 20 hear authorities upou
the point, and the case was continued nm
til tomorrow at 9 o'clock. Plenty Horses
takes this Arrangement in the customary
stJical manner OF his race. and is ambitions
10 gain as much notOrietY out Of it as pos.
ible.
United States District Attorney Sler-
ling received this evening telegrAphic in
structions to assist in the prosecution of
the murderers Of the Indian policeman.
Few-Tails, who was shot by three men In
Mead county, this state. during the late
trouble with the Sioux Indians. The
surrender Of Plenty-H Horses to the govern
ment was upou the condition hat the
murderers of Few-Tails would be pros
ecuted, aud the Instructions Of this even
ing are in iulillment OF the promise
made. The murder OF Few-Tails was one
OF the most cowardly and atroeious that
has happened for years in the West.
Few Tails was an excellent scout and had
performed excellent service for the army
officers lie was passing through Mead
county on = hunt with his family. when
three cowboys rode up and shot HIM
down without the slightest provocation
Being in al organized county. the muir
derers will have to be tried under the
laws of the state.
, 1891-04-16

A somewhat unusual scene IN III Epis-
copal church in Cardiff occurred not
long since. 1t appears that the pastor
took what he thought was "A seasonable
opportunity to reprove the members of
his church for their n-on-attendance at
Sunday morning worship, He imparti-
atty included his own family. As soon
as he had concluded his own daughter
rose up and said that her father. when
he first awoke, could not rise unless his
hot water was brought up and the towel
was placed under his nose.
She related how boots had to be cleaned
fires lighted and the breakfast prepared,
and her went on TO describe how the
worthy Clergyman required his book and
his coat, and his gloves, and his hat, and
his stick, and-his cake and his wine,
before he was ready to start to his work.
This was all detailed with minuteness
and voluhlity. The reverend father
kept no servant, and there was the house
hold work 10 be done, and, besides, lie
insisted upon a hot dinner served with
punCtuality. Under these circumstances,
the lady pleaded, was it possible for her
to get to worship on a Sunday morning:
The sympathies of the audience We're
with the daughter. 1t is not likely that
the good parson will soon repeat his
complaint of non-attendance. South
Wales News.