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The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1892-05-10

cred, at the Tacoma theater, an address
on the canal project, and was banqueted
by the Union Club. The address was illus
trated by large charts of the canal cuts
and levels. and proved very interesting
and instructive. Mr.. Miller reviewed the
benefit to the Puget sound country to be
derived from the construction of the
caaal, showing that the increase in the
value oflumber on this Coast would more
than pay for the entire work at an esti-
mated cost of 500, 100000.
Mr.. Miller will address the Seattle
Chamber of Commerce tomorrow night,
and will go East via San Francisco and
Los Angeles.
The theater was crowded, including
many ladies. Miller said he did not want
enough money from the Pacific North
west to build the canal, but only enough
to show TO the world that the citizens of
this section are thoroughly in sympathy
with the movement. He thought the Pa
ciiic Northwest should be the richest sec
tion in the world, as in ten years it would
embrace the only available valuable timber
tract IN the country.
Warner Miller. of New York, president
of the Nicaragua Canal Construc-
ton Company, will arrive in the
city today at 1 o'clock from Ia
coma He will be met by F.. O.
Graves and other members of the Chamber
of Commerce. The afternoon will be de-
voted to sightseeing. and in the evening
Mr.. Miller will give an address in Ranke's
hall on the Nicaragua canal project. This
lecture will be free and the general public
is cordially invited.
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WARNER MILLER HERE TODAY.
To Address Business Men OF Seattle on
the Nicaragua Canal.

TACOMA, May 9. Especial. Warner
Miller, president of the Nicaragua Canal
Construction Company. this afternoon ad-
dressed the Commercial club in the inter
est Of the placing of an additional s.. COO
COO OF the construction company's stock
with which TO push the work. He said
the purchasers of bonds would be pro-
tected in case the United States took q
proprietary interes: IN the project. SIX
months after the government assumed in
terest in the scheme, the bonds would be
purchased by it at par. Bond buyers will
receive a bonus OF 20 per cent. Of the mari
time canal stock. Mr.. Miller urged the pro-
priety of appointing committee 10 So
licit bond subscriptions. The following
committee vas appointed and will begin
soliciting at once, and will be in cOmmu-
nication with Ar. Miller and the parent
company in New York:
4. \. Fitch, ". J. Thompson, George
?. Eaton. Nelson Bennett, ". b. Black
veil, H. g. Huson, John T. Redman. c.
W. G-iggs, Alex BaIlle
This morning Mr.. Miller visited the De
Lyon dry dock and this evening be deliv-
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The Colvil,e Indian Eli.

WAsHINGToN CRY. May .. Especial. =
The Senate committee on Indian affairs
has been considering Senator Aliens bill
for the opening of the Colville Indian
reservation. 1t is possible that this bill
will he taken up and amended, but there
is some inclination TO consider Represen-
tative Wilson'S bill and insert amend
ments offered by Senator Allen. The most
important one is that which refuses to
take the treaty back TO the Indians for
their ratification. This seems TO meet
with some favor from the committee, be-
cause it is believed the Indians are being
we'll treated in the bill.
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Whatcom News.

WHATcoM, May 9-[Special. Fire clay
was struck by the Cornwell diamond drill
in the new workings at depth of l03 feet.
1t is considered an excellent coal indica-
tion and the company is feeling much en-
couraced.
The jury in the case of F. C. Tingly VS..
The Fairnayen Land Company returned Il
verdict in favor of plaintiff for -, IA - for
logs lost and conscated by defendant.
There is q small strike of shingie men Mt
the Munday mill. The men want their
money Saturday night and the manage
ment think some other day the better pay
day to keen the men straight
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IN THE hoUs Sc.
The River and Harbor Bill Passed by a
Large Maiority.

WAsuIxGToS CRY, May yo.-After routine
business the House resumed consideration
OF the river and harbor bill, the pending
question being reconsideration of the vote
by which the House on Saturday had
agreed to the amendment providing that
in eases where authority is granted the
secretary to make contracts for the COM
pletion Of certain works. If no bids are re-
ceived and it is deemed advantageous.
materials may be purchased and the work
done by contract. The vote was recon
s.dered and the amendment rejected. Hol-
man OF Indiana moved 10 recommit the
bill. with instructions % the committee
To report with an amendment striking cut
the contract provision. Cultivate Of
ONO moved 10 amend the instructions 5y
requiring the committee 10 strike out all
appropriations for new works or for 8
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CHICAGO. May Paul Taves. of Rio
Janeiro. who has been here for some time,
received a letter today from a friend famil-
lar with Brazilian public affairs, who says
il is almos, positively decided that
President Peixoto and the en-
tile military government shall soon
resign and an election be held TO choose a
new government entirely from civil lie.
This is to ne done without revolution or
b!ooashed, in fact it is decided upon with
the full consent of Peixo:o. The military
government, says the writer, has utterly
ed
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Republican Congressional Committee.

WASHINGTON CITY, May 9.-The Repub-
lican congressional campaign committee
held a meeting tonight. Hon. Joseph II.
Walker, of Massachusetts, was elected
temporary chairman of the meet
ing, and Representative Houk,
of Tennessee, temporary secretary
In accordance with motion by Repre-
sentative Boutelle, OF Maine, the following
persons were constituted a committee TO
report at the caucus meeting - plan of
organization and a list of perma-
nent officers: New England. J. II.
Walker, of Massachusetts, Middle states.
J. II. ketchum. OF New York; Western
states, Bishop Perkins, of Kansas; North
western states, w. +. Sanders. of Mon
tana; border states, J. II. Wilson. of Ken
tucky; Southern states, John c. Houk, of
Tennessee; Pacific states, Binger Her
mann, of Oregon.
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a Noted Business Man Dead.

BALTIMORE. May 9.-John Il. Robinson
arrived from Florida on Saturday. very
sick man. and died today, aged - years.
Holm X. Robinson was for many years a con
spicuous figure in large business Eisi financial
operations in this country and Mexico He
built the Hrst railroad i'll Ohio, was manager OF
the great line of stages between Fort Smith,
Ark, and san Francisco. and during the civil
war went to Mexico and developed silver mines
In Chihuahua Besides the properties named
M. Robinson had large possessions in New
York and Florida and in Maryland He leaves
three daughters and one son, Charles Robinson,
who with his father at the time of his
deAth.l
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The bill now goes to the president for
approval. The resolution for payment TO
the Choctaw and Chickasaw nations for
their interest in the Cheyenne and Ara
pahoe reservation was taken up as untin-
ished business. After debate the resolu-
ton vas agreed to; yeas 43, nays 13. At
ter an executive session the Senate ad-
journed.
Combinations - Richard Lambert, of
California. to lie United States consul at
MazatIan; Nathan Murphy, governor of
Arizona; 6. q. Lyon, receiver of public
moneys at Seattle; Z. G. Pendleton. post
master at Sprague. Wash.
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Tine Public Land Sale Percentape

WAsHINGToN CITY, May "a bill was
reported to the Senate today as a substi-
tute for number of bills making the act
TO settle certain accounts between the
United States and the state of Mississippi
apply to other states, so that Minnesota,
Oregon. Kansas. Nebraska, Neadva Col
orado. South Dakota. Washington, Mon
tana, Idaho and Wyoming shall receive 5
per cent OF the net proceeds of sales of
public land in the respective territories.
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\ Rare Opportunity.

Those who unable 70 visit the largest
cities in Europe or America will have an oppor-
tunty - and hear the world renowned mu-
sicisns. Mr. Charles T. Higgins. yioin virtuoso,
aud Mr.. II. Cornelius. the worlds grcatest clar-
ionetist. VINO has participated in 500 eoncert~
since iS52. They play with the New Yo-s9
phony Club AZ the Firs; Vi. Z. church p,
ing. Admission 30 cents, reservedS
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Il British .JurIst Dead.

is dead, aged 81 years.
baron Bramwell was the first of that name
He made baron when ne succeeded TO the
Office OF privy councillor. He was born III 1903.
He was formerly baron OF exchequer, from
1876 ~ I.3l he was lord justice OF appeal, being
peusioned as such, and Judge OF the supreme
court of adjudicature. HIS wife was a daughter
oil Bruno siIva1
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4 Rich Man Drops Dead.

CHICAGO, May o.--John Hogan, aged =. for
merry resident oI Bath, Ne, who has been liy-
ing for a number OF years IL Australia, where he
accumulated a large fortune, dropped dead in
the Polk stree. depot th.s morning. He was on
his way home 70 Maine. where he proposed 10
spend the remainder OF his days.
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VIII Test WASHINGTON Goals.

WASHINGTON CITY, May Coal mer-
chants of the West having succeeded in
inducing Secretary Tracy to order the use
of American coal for vessels of the navy
whenever practicable, are now Quarreling
among themselves for the contracts. So
many letters have recently been received
at the navy department from persons in
terested in the coal mines on the coast,
each claiming that his particular coal is
the best, that the department, in order TO
establish a good standard of Pacific coast
COAL has authorized the appointment of a
board Of naval officers to make thorough
test of the steaming qualities of the differ
ent bituminous Goals of the Pacific coast.
Hereafter, also, special kind of bitumin-
GUS coal will be used by the navy depart
ment for making trial trips of cruisers.
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,yinister Smith Eesirns

WAsHrNGToN CITY, May o.--Hon. Charles
Emory Smith. of Pennsylvania, United
states minister 70 Russia, has formally
rendered his resignation to the president,
in order 10 resume journalistic duties in
philaheinhia
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, WASHINGTON. TUESDAY. MAY 10, 1892.

further extension OF works now under con-
struction, so that the bill shall include
only appropriations for the continuance
or completion of the works in progress.
The amendment was lost, 90 to 20. Hol-
mans motion was defeated, % to 14o. The
House passed the bill, 156 TO 90. Follow
ing is the negative vote:
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What folIyi To be without BzEcHAas PILLS.

Are free from a,l crude and irritating matter.
Concentrated medicine only. Carriers Little
LIVER Pills Very small; very easy 10 taks; no
pain; no gripping; no p1Tglag. Try them.
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Free Silver Men Not Crushed Yet.

WASHINGTON CITY, May 9.-Representa-
tive Pierce, Of Tennessee, says he has re-
ceived assurance from two members of the
House, now away from Washington City,
tina; they will sign a petition requesting
the committee on rules to bring in an or
der fixing the day for the final vote on
the Bland bill for free coinage of silver
and to prevent tlibustering against the
bill. The two additions make 127 sigma
lures to the petition.
CITY OF MEXICO, May 9-Thc low price
of silver and the consequent high rate of
exchange is doing considerable injury to
business between Mexico and the United
States and Europe. rs merchants are cur
failing importatlons, and there is very lit
tie hope of Improvement in the near
future
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NAyS6J.

The floor was then accorded to the COM
mittee on the District of Columbia. Moth
ing of Importance was done, and the
House adjourned
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Hun~nrian Cabinet alin..ter nead.

BUpA PEsTH. May 9.-Gabriel Won IA
rosa. Hungarian minister OF industry and
commerce is dead.
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BrRLIy, May 9.-The Vossische Zeitnmg
publishes report from Lieutenant Eilers
that Emin Pasha is totally blind.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1892-08-25
4ntjGste Furniture.

4 ropOs of the general ign0ran;"
about antique furniture. 4 writer in
the Jeness Miller Monthly says: Not
II ore than two Ieople out Of ten can
tell whether a bit of ftrnitu:9 is Lonis
wv. XIV, or XVI, rococo OF rcnaiS
sa' &C. As a general rule when th''y
don't know they call it expire, us the
i, CcOrs call things grip wien nc dag
nosis is possible. Chairs are the most
CEa' Cteristic pieces of FL Is''a Of all
IT,, Sc periods, rs they do not admit of
s. much cOmplicati Of q -tail, anu arr
usually carried out with more conscr-
1XatIe attention to the salient points
Louis XIV. has Tyre shaped legs, often
with an effect Of network carried
through the decoration; his predeces-
sor is very much the same. save that
the network is never seen. Louis XVI.
furniture has straight turned legs, and
rocco partakes of the same charac-
teristiCs of all, with the addition of
shell or scroll patterns wherever they
can be introduced.
The empire style, pure and simple,
(O1lSISto VI ddlh WOOuo lily IL
laying WIS originally Of brass but tha-
used to come loose and disturb the
eqUanimity Of the court ladies by catch
ing in their gowns, so that what is now
known as marqueterre, inlaying with
mother-of-pearl and different colored
woods was introduced in its place. En-
pire style and the modern Adams are
oil hot +oIv nhcn,,r,oc
to see the difference There is one tiny.
infallible sign: In the Adams eVry
thing is angular; there is not curve to
be seen. Renaissance furniture is all
heavy and massive, totally unrelieved
by any thing save the most ponderouS
carvings that only emphasize the gloon
they were supposed to tighten.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1892-08-25
TIE BO0StfuI Youth

There is an old saying that we should
not count our chickens before they are
Matched which is a very good old say
ing indeed, and one that has been said
in many different ways. One of the
most amusing ways Of putting it was
that of the Greek Antisthenes, who had
been very much wearied by the boast
ing of an old acquaintance of his Of
how rich he would be when a cargo Of
salt fish arrived from the Pontus. The
youth kept telling Antisthenes of the
presents he would give him and other
attentions he would shower upon him
when the Greek seized an empty meal
bag and led the braggart to a dealer
i'll flour.
Fill this to the brim," he said to the
dealer.
The dealer did so, and Antisthenes,
turning on his heel, started to leave the
shop without paying for the flour.
"Here," cried the dealer, my money!
my money!
"Ah," said Antisthenes, 81 have none
but, er-this young gentleman" point
ing to the boastful youth, ''will pay for
it when bis cargo of fish comes in"
The haste of the dealer to empty
the flour back into the bin and hurl
the empty bag at the retreating Ants
themes, taught the young man the les
son the wit desired him to learn.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1892-08-25
Gri0i3a OF !S92eecH.

Prof. X. l.. Garner, who has made
many interesting experiments to deter
Lime the language of monkeys and
who has now gone to Africa to study
the speech of the great apes as we'll as
the native human beings in the in
terror, has published many interesting
accounts of our Simian kinSmen. In the
Forum for August he sums up the sci
entific results that he has attained thus
far i'll his original and interesting in
veStgations Of the origin of speech,
and explains the nature Of the expert
ments that he has gone to Africa to
complete. Prof. Gamers work was
made possible only by the discovery Of
the photograph, which he maintains is
yet a very crude instrument for his
use. He has so analysed the speech of
monkeys and of man as to convert the
sounds Of one into the other, and thus
he thinks he has determined the iden-
tity of man. He has gone far enough
in his experiments to ask the interest
ing question. Does this not prove along
the line Of photographic development
orr descent from monkeys? He ex-
plains in detail how by use of the phon-
ograph be has taken human sound and
anllyZed ii, and found that it's constit-
uent parts are the same as the
constituent parts of the speech
Of lower animals, particularly of
monkeys. The scientific value of these
experiments has been attested to by all
who have made original Investigations
into the origin Of language, including
Or. Alexander G. Bell and Prof. Will
liam D. Whitney. The present state
Of the speech of monkeys says Mr..
Garner, appears to have been reached
by development from a lower form.
Each race or kind Of monkey has its
own peculiar tongue, slightly shaded
into dialects, and the radical sounds do
appear to have the same meaning i'll
different tongues. The phonetic char
acter Of their speech is equally as high
as that of children in a like state Of
mental development, and seems to
obey the same laws Of phonetic growth,
change and decay as human speech 1t
appears to me that their speech is ca
pable of communicating the ideas that
they are capable Of conceiving, and,
measured by their mental, moral and
social status, is as well developed as
the speech, of man measured by the
same units In conclusion, would say
| that since the sounds uttered by mon
keys perform all that speech performs,
is made of the same material produced
by the same means, acts to the same
ends and through the same media, it is
as near an approach to speech as the
mental operations by which it is pro-
duced are an approach to thought. Ii
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1892-08-25
Business Habits.

Whether woman is poor or rich it
behOOveS her to acquire methOdical
business habits, keeping her little ac-
counts accurately and knowing to a
cent just what she does with her mon
ey, whether she has ten cents or ten
dollars to eXpend on her own little
personal wants. An allowance is tue
first step toward this end, if at the
same time it is impressed upon her that
every sum spent should be set down
with unfailing regularity. In black and
white one notes how much more easily
money can be spent, how quickly it goes
and just what foolish little nothinGs
have lured it from our pockets. With
out setting down each item it is ten
chances to one that you will conclude
you must have lost some money when
you cannot see how that ten-dOllar
bill went when you only bought such
very few things. The neat little
figures are genuine restraint, besides
instilling a habit that will be of great
value if ever fortune smiles and a great
estate comes to your hands, and still
greater if economy is necessity AMI
the dollar has to be forced into doing
duty for two.
Unless the accounts are kept accu-
rately, the cash made to balance every
evening, you had better not attempt
any book keeping at all, for slipshod
methods are worse than none and only
confuse everything rather than help
matters. If anything is worth doing at
all it is worth doing well; and there is
nothing so productive of future good
as the habit Of looking carefully out
for the pennies when school days are
the only trials and the allowance of
fifty cents a week goes for candy and
| pickles. If this plan is once establish
ed in childhood the girl will grow to
womanhood with a clear knowledge Of
where her money goes and what she
has to show for it.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1892-08-25
Il Heated Co4ltTorersy.

Four year-old Francis and her
mamma got into a heated controversy
about wearing a certain garment
which mamma wanted to put on the
baby. and which the latter objected
to. Finally, after the affair bad dis
tressed the entire family and the gar
ment was safely on, amid Wailing and
scolding, mamma asked:
..Now, darling, would it not have
been better for you to obey mamma in
the first place, and SO saved all this fuss
and worry?"
sBut. mamma" came the plaiDtive
reply. chow was to know in de first
place 90 was goin' to make all dis fuss
and worry"
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1892-08-25
Scientific Notes.

Scientists assure us that upwards of
100000 minute glands are constantly
at work in our Stomachs, secreting gas
tric juices.
During the recent influenza epidemics
in Germany the proportion of ozone in
the air was found to be scarcely ten
per cent. of the normal amount.
Not earth-Worms but ants are the
Soil-tillerS of Southern Africa Ant-hills
exist by millions, each covered by soil
50 fertile that a common saying is that
IN OK can be paStured on an ant-hill.
When Portland cement is mixed with
water and used in an atmosphere below
the freezing point it will set, but rap
idly disintegrats. 1t has recently been
found that the mixing of n small
amount of caustic soda will overcome
this difficulty.
The coal fields of the world are said
to have the following areas: China and
Japan, 100000 square miles; United
States, $4,000; India, $4,000; Russia,
1900; Great Britain, 5000; Germany,
$500; France. 800; other European
countries. 1,5C00.
The application of one to three caats
Of coal tar has, been recommended for
rendering masonry water proof, the adj
dition of little rubber dissolved in
benZine giving the coating increased
dura bility. When the color is obiec-
tionable the freshly Jared surface may
be busted witt! plaster Of Paris.
IN observations on "squi1ting," DR..
Stevens. an English oCculist, has taken
over 1000 photographs of persons af-
fe cted. The investigations demonstrate
ed that certain well-defned types of
facial expression are both associated
with and dependent upon certain rel
ativc tensions of the muscles of the
eyes.
70 say that Jupiter and Venus re-
Gently came i'll conjunction is a figure
of speech, by which is meant that
Venus. i'll running her orbit, swings into
the line of sight from the earth to Jul
piter. Jupiter is really 1,400 times as
large as Venus, and their distance apart
is more than 400,000,000 miles.
A novelty in the line of building ma
terial comes from Germany, where a
firm has perfected q means by which
sawdust is mixed with an acid and the
whole is then pressed into the required
shapes. The process makes the mater
ial non cOmbustible. It is lighter than
iron or steel and stronger than wood,
being also very cheap.