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The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1892-11-17
SUFICE To CUNTRICTO
NOTICE To CoNTRACToRS-ME LRos E
~ avenue grade

NOTICE To CON fRACTORS-M LROs e
~ avenue grade
Sealed PROPOSALS will be received by the under
signed secretary OF the board of public works az
the city Of seattle no on of Friday. November
IS. \. H. lSH2 for the grading and construction at
sidewalks On both sid-s Of MelrcSe avenue. in the
CJy OF seattle PSe street 10 Depot street, n
said city IN accordance with the plans and speciti-
cations now lie in this office
Each hid is 10 es accompanied by = certified
ChsCs payable I, the order of the city comptroller.
&. sam not ,eSs than FIVE 90 per cent of ths
amount bid and no "a sha ] b. considered unless
accom- panied ny such CHECK
The >ilc>assf. hitfde. ~ i.i he required 10 enter
into a contrsc and furnish satisfac CRY hondsulen
fl- the amounts required ~ the city charter and
stse laws within ten tlol DAYS nom tie ne Dcti iei
CT the award. failing Which sad CHECK and the
amount thereof will oe forfeited 10 the CIV
No person II igshis - q bidder VINO las within
two prior 10 the lett maize default in pay
Tueut Of ans Just claim for any work or iaoor per
formed or fcr any skin material furnished Vu.-
sGant 70 any sach contract as IS htre advertised.
Who within SAID two years, has assigned. ahan-
Goaed. surrendered or failed 10 piets any such
cOniEart
The board OF public works reserves the right to
reject any ard all bids
Proposals 10 De Endorsed On inc envelope Mel
rose Avenue crate"
II NaSe attach cory OF this advertisement 10 bid
BY order of the ooari Of public works
{. q. TlEiFN K. secretary
First publication November II. 1872
The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1892-11-17

ANDREWs-At the family residence 7J3 North
Eievsath street, seattle, Wednesday afternoon
November ~. 1897, the infant son OF M and
Arn L. w. Andrews, aged months.
Funeral Friday morning o. IL O'Clock Privasa
interment in Lake View cemetery
EAEKE-The funeral OF Otto Ranke takes nj ace
rom the residence, corner OF Tenth and Mad-
eon streets, a. O'Clock today, under the auspices
OF the Odd Fellows Of the city. InterTnef,t will
be male IN Lake View cemetery and Rev. D. c.
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los sAIE-ieo ACRES or WE'LL LOCATED
= land AT IS per acre: this is genuine bargain
West & Field. ~ Union block.
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RUSINESs CHANCES.

" ANTED-PARrNER IN AN OLD ESFAB-
W lished and legitimate business that is clear
ing from $500 IL $500 per month over ali es-
penses; this basines. nor any portion of II, has
ever been offered for sale before. and only nov on
account OF Immediate use Of money: the other
half could not be bought = any price; not neces-
sary understand the busine IS. but must be an
Industrious and sober business maa price So 500;
the present proprietor 8 well and favoraoly
known in seattle. and will give thu hes. Of refer
fnces aud expects the same Morgan's Exchange.
3os New York blk, Seattle, and 2i5 Washington
blk Tacoma
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YOUNG MAN, THE AGE OF IS, WISHES
IA 10 make the acquaintance of . nice young
lady between the ages of lS and 20; object mari
mony: blonde preferred. Address Imperial, Post
Inteiigencer
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conmodaitng terms; Steck. Ha:dnan. Vose 4
Sons Jeweft and kFell pianos: CHICAGO coyraya
organs. every one fully warranted. low r.n :.
light expenses, prorortona;sly low prsces special
snaps IN pianos re possessed, where consiSe-ahIa
ha' been paid. often on hand +. CarssI. aIe- ST.
Thiri street
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NPECIsI NOTICES.

TN BELL TOWN FURNITURE COMPANY
9lS Front street VIII save voU money on fur
n'ture: very compete stock. install meuts
IT NE OFFICES OF THE %iAVT COMPANY
in the Frye biloxi corner Front and Marion
streets. rooms I aua -
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y RocKRIFs-NoNEY SAVED BY PAYING

VI cash AZ Conner Rros.
BasIng Powder. Royal. IS ......,,.,..,.. AZ
BAKING Powder Price = 10 oz............ az
Butter. Iowa creamery 5-ih tubs. ........ g.
Butter Iowa creamery, lob tubs ........ 3 IS
Beans, small white. per 10. .............. oS
Coffee. Roasted Mocha and Java =. IS and Al
Good osts kca Cotfee per pound ....... -
: our, best California brands. per Dbl .. ~
DrtfteSt snow our per Jack Il
Flour. Wa nington brands. per hni ...... 90
Flour. Graham, lo-io acSs,.......,..,., 30
Flour. Graham. 5o-lh sacks. ..........,,.. ! 10
Lard. Pure Lea SID pals ........,.,,..... IS
Lard, Pure Leaf, l0-lb pals. .......-....... -
Pure Leaf Lar (, - pounds ....,.-...-....-. = -
Corned or Rua>t Beef 2lb cans three for So
{ orne3 " Roast Beef, 2-ih cans. dor ...... ! 90
Maccarcni and Nermicelli. per box........ SD
N-Ccsroni ami NsruicelIi lib pkSs. ....... 10
Matches ialfornlA blocks .-......-. IS
soap ssvon. - bars in box. per box %
Rolled oats, per 10 Observation-Disclosures. o.
Rolled Oats, Gnaker = packs. ........- 80. Is
staN-el>s = NpNeS----.. --..-..-......-. %
, east takes . boxes ior--............. Is
condensed MILK. per dor. 81 40 20 . 90
Pickles, Ter seg. Observation-Disclosures. IS
I've I ans ioF,....- ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS. IS
klce. very best. per 10 ..-......... ........ 90
syrup per keg- ...-...-........ 81
Best Naive fo.a}oes. per loo pounds . -
New Wheat Pc 100 pounds ......-... 49,, : so
canned Tomatoes. Dozen az
~ si1t tet ot1- - -.-..-.-s.--.-...- Oo
80, Good % cen an & Rack ..-.......... 30
SzaiOa cans best ell ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS. 81,
Vinegar. per Seg. Observation-Disclosures. 40
CONNER BR - III Yesler Avenue
Half block q DCrinar-al
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U-ANTED-To HIRE &75 Or 800 FOR 80
w dayS will pay good per cent; secured by 10
acres of good land party improved near everett.
Wash. Address. W. IN interest required, Security.
care Pest Inieliigencer.
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observation-disclosures. .--..-~--Er--.- cA.'4S ~
Address J. W. Girvin & Co, 20 North Front
street, Portland. Or
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PIANOS. ORGANS asoRc A.H

w y rsh Hh -. 1lF eslsr Avenue
Half block west Of Occidental -oua-.
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EWPLUlNENr p&N TED-NAIE
" ASrEn-POSITfON A. COLLECTOR; Atl
w qaalnted with cjtS: furnish rsqu rcd
reference Address Collector. Post -iBteiiiSencer.
N-ANTEp-SirUATioN A. ENGINEER
w and tRGtor; best references given. Address
II. & r., Post lntelSeucer
" ASrEp-POStrioS RX MEMS FUR
w nishing goods salesman; - yea->' eNpe-
Renee Address Il, care Nosi- IntslhSencer
N ANTED- POSITION WITH COOP MILL
W company 40 foreman. ier OF sawyer:
strictly temperate; can Gise saod reference;
years in Washington. J, \. DpE&ee, Nsshon.
Wash
1kfASTEIA-BY AN EXPERIENCED RoOK.
w keeper, a set 81 hooks. siuSie or double entry,
ard tspewT3;ins aaeF o'clock u Hl, low rates
Address r. T.. care Pos, -lnte}i gencer
N&rANFEp-SITUA WATCHNAN
W ar fireman; has had experience in running
stationary cagtaeS Address NJ A., Posi- -Intsll-
lencCr.
ll'ANrEp- SITUATION By YOUNG MAR.
w rie,i man acquainted with CITY. vants tleady
lob Address Il. Ii. ross Intelligence.
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I.-FDR MONEY AT BEST RATS And
Il terms in any amour: first-clssS real estate
securifv. Apply 10 - \. Turner. Loans and Invest
mants. Established in seattle IN 1878. Room
l27 Occidental block. Take elevator at second
street entrance
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I'oR SALE-BLATNE WARRANTS:
Il No .2s. date August IS ........-.S IL 90
No 4qt date -epfa unar % ......... ( 90
No So date prmt,a- 20 - 3 90
No SIS da.e October 1 .-.... go 70
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DERSONAL--i, 3 +. NJ Xxx.

DERSONAL--i, 3 z. NJ. XIX.
4 YOUNG MAN. THE AGE OF IS, WISHES
n 10 make the acquaintance of . nice young
lady oe,Ween the ages OF - and 20: object mari
lntelsencer.
/ street
DERSoNAL-wHAT Is THE MATTER
i with buying IA good second hand heating stove
cheap of Parker 2oo south second street:
AIRS. J. DAVEGA WISHES To INFORM
vi the ladies that she has removed her dress
making pariors TO the southeast corner OF Seventh
and Madison streets
LICE VI. AIKEN WISHES To INFORM
"A her many friend AMI tn general pubic that
she will remove her popular manicure and hair
dressing parors 10 a more central location in the
Hotel Stevens. Front AMI Marion streets, on or
about the 18th of this month
DERSoNAL-BEFoRE BUYING OR SELL
L ing household goods il will paw Won 10
Frederick & Nelson, Masonic temple eos ana 10
Pike street
DFKSoNAL-CALL AND SEE OUR DINING
r room fornlsU5s ana get prizes be,ltown
nlentS
HAVE A NEW COVER Prr on YOUR
IL umbrella Umbrella hospital. opposite post
Office.
NEW CARPETS AND FURNITURE SOLD
~ easy payments Benne,t & HUH surni,urs
COMPANY. corner Front and Marion streets
CPECIAl. OFFER FOR NEXT 50 DAYS
- Mrs Nash viii give twelve lessons in painting
for - IN advance II HoNnSe hlock.
4 n T MEssENGER RATES FROM oUR
"A. office. ll6 CHERRY street: II blocks " less 5
cents: IL blocks 10 cents. u blocks. 5 cents: 20
blocks o. over "a cents: answer. cents extra; by
tile hour. ~ cents: circulars and advert sing mat
tons. etc. delivered AT 81 so per day Ring the
A. !, :. call box only fpc seattle rausfe- ON
PANS ha. X gurneys ard express wagons; Pacific
Postal Telegraph Cable Company IL egrsrIs:
cpen ri all hours Of the day ana night. Telephone
No 2S&,
CCHooT OF ART pREssMAKGNG ST.
- EinckIsv block.
N-ANTEp-CA~r OFF CLOTHING BOUGHT
" lil- second street
SPECIAL NOTICES.
CURING IUMBER FOR CONnrlTS SEW.
\ .rs or any u>a where laid IN ground rarn1a-
neuylv: giarantes.I IS wears against rot tera.io
and oorers. A. = Bailey, room /, -. South &
street, Tacoma Wash.
CPEIaEE & HrRLBUT WILL. SELL YOU
~ Pcnusuisr stoves and ranges with = written
sua-Sntee; sea them. ais Pike street. RAuke
building.
Tn BELITowS FURNITURE COMPANY.
9lS Front street viii save voU money on fur
niture: very compete stock Install neuts.
THE OFFICES or THE NiAVI COMPANY
4 sre in the Frye block. corner Front and Msriou
streets. rooms - aud ~
DTEING AND CLEANING.
GAN FRANCISCO DIE WORKS SO SEC
~ 01d street.
" ANDERSON. DYER AND CLEANER OF
W ladies and gents eiothins- Fifth and James.
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E'oR LEASE-WANTED. MAN TO LEASE
i fr1it farrn and chicken ranch: "a acres straw
berries; good terms Address Ilks, care Post-In-
teilicencer
Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1892-09-02
A Typical American.

James Russell Lowell said in an ad
dress before the Boston Tariff Reform
Club:
"fccl myself strongly attracted to
Mr.. Cleveland AS the best representa-.
tive of the higher type Of Americanism
that we have seen since Lincoln was
snatched from us. Every
word he says is weighed with what he
is. We are here to falicitate
each other that this man understands
politics to mean business, not
chicanery; plain speaking, not palter-
ing with us in double sense; that he
has had the courage to tell the truth
to the country without regard to per-
sonal or party consequences"
Chauncey NJ. Depew said at the
Washington banquet in New York,
April 30, 1889:
II am to name the typical Ameri-
can, the man who loves and believes in
his country beyond everything else,
the man who, determining once in
what direction his duty leads, cannot
he swerved from the path-the man
who is doggedly persistent in what he
believes to be right-the man who
thinks not OF self, but OF his country
and its needs, would name Grover
Cleveland. What he has accomplished
is the very highest tribute to the
possibilities of American citizenship.
Asa country lawyer in the city of Buff
falo, he shed luster on the high profes-
sion which he had chosen. As the mayor
OF his native city he presented as his
record clean and economical ad-
ministration. Coming into the highest
position OF the land without previous
experience, and with scarcely
a precedent to guide him in
the conditions which surrounded
him, he won the affection
of his party and commanded the res
pect OF his opponents. 1 find myself
in one of the proudest positions of my
life in being permitted to present to
you Grover Cleveland as the typical
American
Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1892-09-02
An Honest Gerrymander.

The Republican leaders are great
clamorers for n fair ballot and an
honest count, but want a force bill
with a partisan supervisor to say who
shall vote. and to do their own count
ing and issue their own certificates.
SO too. do they loudly disclaim against
gerrymandering OF legislative or con-
gressional districts, unless the fraud
upon and disfranchisement of the
people is wholly in their favor, as it
was in New York and Michigan, until
the Democracy so changed it that the
population was made the basis of
representation.
The genuine old Republican brand
Of the gerrymander with the name
blown in the glass cork, can be found
in Pennsylvania. 1t spreads all over
like genuine McGraw pledge and is
bound TO give satisfaction to the party
using it. This honest, great and good
Republican Party was afraid it might
lose the legislature OF that State, and
has recently reapportioned it into
legislative districts, of which the fol.
lowing is specimen as given in the
Chicago MaH,in independent journal.
Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1892-09-02

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tili is~i ~hsa BE- esms 81 Tacoma
iir sstfwi sac isgm ip lhs Ia~s lseis
isiafF 80 has lees lhs tssnasa Its
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saFs ssssn actively la lsililiss fso
fssis sso hs ~as = tsaslilass iuf con
sfsss snl hai ,hs i,ill surl-,', II State
tssHissfsi isi tslts,i states senate
ts shs Legislators ~ tatfulls as,i
iuas - Olfrspls as disniHsi ali
ihFsusl and bowed ihs fssl.ssl II sysn
lhs seattle ~iss pailsfs saii be b. =
fs5efs fsra'tff fssisf,lsy whsn ms,
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So lhsss aa rlsfs spuusy plstiusm
al ush, u shs plstiifm caetalas =
pfu.tansi g.lsnt I an net iitF
Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1892-09-02
Hon. II. J. Snively.

Hon. II. J. Snively was born in Tay-
lor county, Virginia now West Vir-
ginia, in August 1856. He resided
there until he came to Washington, in
the fall OF 1885, and settled in Yakima
county. He was educated at the Uni.
versity of West Virginia, now Morgan
town, and at the University of West
Virginia, at Charlottesville, Va, having
taken the degree of master of arts at
the University of West Virginia, and
the degree of bachelor OF laws at the
University of Virginia. He is a promi.
nent citizen of Yakima, and was dis.
trict attorney of Yakima county for
two terms of two years each, and a
member OF the last Washington Terri.
tory Code Commission. He was the
Democratic candidate for Attorney
General at the first State election, and
is member OF the State Legislature.
Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1892-09-02
The Next Senate.

The terms OF twenty-five Senators
expire on the 4th Of next March in
the following States: California,
Charles N. FELTON,, Rep; Connecticut,
Joseph N. Hawley, Rep; Florida,
Samuel Pasco, DEM; Indiana, David
Turpie, DEM; Maryland, A. P. Cor
man, Dem. Missouri, +. NJ. Cockrell,
Dem.; Maine, Eugene Hale, Rep. :;
Massachusetts, H. L. Dawes, Rep. :;
Michigan, Francis B. Stockbridge,
Rep; Minnesota, Cushman X. Davis,
Rep; Mississippi, James z. George,
Dem.; Montana, Wilbur F. Sanders,
Rep; Nebraska, Algernon S. Paddock,
Rep; Nevada, William NJ. Stewart,
Rep; New Jersey, Rufus Blodgett,
Dem.; New York, Frank Hiscock,
Rep; North Dakota, Lyman r. Casey,
Pennsylvania, Matt S. Quay, Rep. !;
Rhode Island, Nelson w. Aldrich.
Tennessee, William B. Bate, Dem. ::
Vermont, Redfield Proctor, Rep ::
Washington, John B. Allen, Rep. ::
West Virginia, Charles ]. Falkner
Dem.; Wisconsin, Philetus Sawyer,
Rep; Wyoming, Francis E. Warren.
Rep. Senator German has already
been reelected. OF those going out,
the Democrats will have to gain five
Senators and hold their own in all
they now have, in order to secure the
next Senate. These can be had from
New York, California, Michigan, Mon
tana, Nebraska, Washington; Wiscon-
sin, with probability of Connecticut.
There are eight States in which the
Democrats have fighting chance,
while there is hardly probability of
their losing any of the States now
represented by Democrats.
Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1892-09-02

Believers in the Malthusian theory
will find little to support their argu-
mcnts in this land.
Here are half billion of acres of
public domain unoccupied, and yet
there are only Gj, 900, 600 people in all
the United States. Add to this the
great areas Of private lands that are
sparsely settled, and America can take
care of 500, 100000 people and not be
as thickly populated as England. Our
development in the past hundred years
has been wonderful, but the oppor.
tunilies of the future are unlimited.
Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1892-09-02
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Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1892-09-02
Our Public Domain

The fact that there are 277 .sGl,7ll
acres oi unsuryeyed lands in the
unitoi states shows the vast extent
~ this countfy's ares aud The posi-.
Utilities u holds uut a. the home seeker.
The total area 81 public domain, or
~hat 10 often knuwu as government
land. is sol .5s6 ISL acres, of which
isbilpl pil acroa are already surveyed
Oregon posscsscs ~ &3j.s73 acres of
ruhtic land, Of which ii.2G0 .j3g re.
main unsuf,cyed. while Washington
Isa.,rssls lplOyN ago acres, Of which
litis,stS are not surveyed. Iowa is
,he only Weston state that has no
vacant land The largest amount of
un'utvsyrd territory 10 in Montana,
sh,ch has G2.7ib .V2G acres.
This aggregate oI over 5JO.OOO,OOO
iot the country at large does not in
cluds $50 .b2v. 600 acres in Alaska's
Ffea, esient, nor does IL cover Ohio
Indiana ~ Illinois. which have only
small isolated tracts Of public land
left II is aiso exclusive Uf Indian
reservations. national park sites, tim.
l,ef reservations aud railroad grants.
Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1892-09-02
LIME LIGHT CANDLES.
They Are Still Made by Crude and
Old Fashioned Processes.
New York Sun


Crude and apparently wasteful pro-
cesses still hold good in the manufac
ture OF the lime candles used in cal
cium lighting. The use OF this light
has enormously increased of late years,
and even the electric light has not
supplanted it, but the attempt to SUBJ
stitute machinery for handwork in
manufacturing the candles has met
with small success. Lime candles are
produced by compression, but they
are not satisfactory, and the same is
true of magnesium candles. The
bandsaw and the circular saw have
been tried in the cutting of lime can
dies, but have not proved satisfactory.
The greater part of the lime can
dies used in theaters, lecture rooms
and clinics in this city are made by
hand. The workmen sits on bench
or stool, and has in front of him a
square box open at the top, and partly
filled with log of wood that rises
some inches above the mouth of the
box. Across the horizontal end of this
log bit OF plank is nailed, and this
plank is traversed by deep groove at
right angles to its length.
Lime for the manufacture of candles
comes in barrels containing about 225
pounds each. 1t is lump or unslacked
lime. The powder and the small
Jumps are useless. Lumps as small
as four inches long and two inches
wide are rudely shaped with a hatchet.
Larger Jumps are sawn in parts and
then shaped as the smaller Jumps.
After preparing the rude lnmps the
workmen takes them one at a time
and smooths them with broad, coarse
file. He lays each lump parallel to
the groove i'll the plank ON top of the
box and slowly turns the lump as he
draws the file back and forth through
the groove.
The whole process of making the
candles seems crude and simple, but it
can be successfully done only by
workman acquainted with the quail
ties of lime and long practiced in
handling tools and material. A skilled
workman knows what Jumps are
worth saving, and just how far to 60 in
shaping them with the hatchet. Lime
with much sand is almost useless for
the purpose OF making candles. Some
times only dozen candles can be
made from whole barrel of lime.
The best lime will produce twenty
dozen to the barrel. Such OF the lime
as is unfit to be cut into candles and
the small filings that fall into the
workman's box are put back into the
barrel and returned to the merchant.
They are as good for ordinary pur-
poses as the large Jumps.
The best lime candles will burn un.
der the oxyhydrogen stream from two
to five hours, but may last only an
hour, and some must be thrown away
in five minutes. The lime slowly pits
under the stream, and after a time the
candle splits or flakes off. The best
candles may be reversed and burned
for some time in that position.
Lime candles are ordinarily three
inches long and rather less than an
inch in diameter. A skilled man,
with good tools and material, can
make eight dozen day. They whole
sale at about eight cents a dozen,
though some for stereopticon use,
being more carefully made than those
supplied to the theaters, fetch rather
higher price,
Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1892-09-02


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