The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1892-05-14


a point six or seven feet above the ground. At
the word OF bidding the dog would scramble up
the pole, just cat would, until he could
reach the chip and pull 1t out with his teeth.
"That senseless song has been ringing In my
ears ever since left London, three months
ago." said Bronson Fillmore. OF Victoria, yes
terday, as theater's band. which was passing
the Grand hotel, struck up the catching
chorus, "Ta-ra-ra. boom-ds-ay." Mr.. Fillmore
is just returning home after years absence in
Europe "The song was all the rage In the New
York varieties when arrived there said he,
shut noticed that every soubrette has differ
emit way of singing it In New York it is sung:
You should see me out with pa;
Prim, and most particular: 80
The young men-sav, "Ah, there YOU arsf'
And pa says, "That's peculiar!"
ats like their cheek!' l say, and so
He's quite satisied-although
When his backs turned-well, you know
ain England It is claimed that George
Thatcher first introduced it to the public in
Tuxedo but Lottis Collins, one OF Londons
most successful soubrettes, is now singing it:
I'm not extrsvagantly shy,
Aud when a nice young man Is nigh
For bis heart have try
And faint away with fearful cry!
When the good young man, IN haste,
Will support me round the waist;
don't come to, while thus embraced,
Till OF my lips he steals taste!
J. W. Hart, OF Payette, Idaho, arrived ut the
Rainier hotel yesterday. Mr. Hart Is interested
in q company which is now putting under irri-
CATION tract OF 5000 acres in the Payet;e val
ley. In this tract is the largest prune orchard
in 1daho-one of sixty acres. 1.-THE growing OF
prunes," said Mr.. Hart, "has been very success
full in that region, aud expect that large part
OF the irrigated tract will be put into fruit"
John Andrew. a special agent for Butler &
Halidan, who represent the Phoenix Assurance
Company of London and the American Fire In
surance Company of New York, is ut the North
ern hotel. His work Is principally adjusting
losses in Oregon, Washington and Idaho. He
has just returned from New Dungeness, where
he has been looking into the burning OF the
hotel there.
G. J. Anderson, superintendent OF the steel
barge works at Everett, is at tne.Northern hotel.
He says that the first punching Of steel plates
was done at Everett yesterday, the plates in
question being intended for the tank in the
whalebGck Wetmore. "Our machinery is not
all in readiness yst," said Mr.. Anderson, "but l
rugged up dummy engine for this job"
Superintendent Nef, of the Great Northern
road, has just invested in two handsome pairs
OF elk autlers which were brought in from the
Olympic mountains. One pair is that OF buck
and measures forty -one inches from tip to tip;
Ctuer, tudL Oh u zoe, IL tWeuty iaCh0s
across Mr.. Nef will have them mounted for
ornaments to his hall.
l. A. Parsons, president of the Brooklyn
Watch Case Company, is at the Rainier hotel,
with Mrs. Parsons aud Miss NJ. E. Parsons. +.
T. Cushing, Chicago iron manufacturer, and
his wife, are also members of the same party.
They are now on their way home from Southern
California, where they have been spending sew
erai months.
Alpheus Byers did such good service as volun-
tary observer for the weather bureau at this
city that he has received the offer of assistant
signal service officer at San Francisco, with a
salary attached. He naturally appreciates the
compliment implied, but has too much private
business on the Sound to allow him to accept
the office.
II. F. Whitney, secretary of the school board,
went to Tacoma yesterday to look over some of
the school buildings there. He will get sugges-
tions for the structures which the Seattle school
board will erect during the coming year.
J. B. Mcmillan, a well-known lumber man at
Edison, is at the Arlington hotel. Mr.. Mcmillan,
who is manager of the large interests OF General
Russell A. Alger in the Skasit valley, is one Of
the leading Republicans OF his county.
Bishop Junger, of Nesqually, is making his
diocesan visits. At present he Is at Aberdeen,
but he will arrive in this city some time next
week.
Charles F. Higgins, Rudolf Won Scarpa, Miss
Edica and H. Cornelius, Of the New York SYM
phony Club, are stopping at the Grand hotel.