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The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1892-08-12
The Italian Game of Boccie.

TACOMA, Aug. Especial Italians from
Seattle and Tacoma will next Sunday play an
exhibition game of boccie at the baseball park.
None OF the stones or wooden balls used in the
game are smaller than the others, and it is said
the enthusiasm manifested in the game is quite
equal in some respect to that shown by those
witnessing baseball games. A footrace will fol-
low the game of boccie
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PORTLAND II. SPOKANE 2.
Oregonians Outplayed the Crippled
SpOkAnes ut Every Point.

PORTLAND. Aug. H.-lSpecial 1.-The Portlands
played clean and steady bali today, and batted
fitzgerald hard and at opportune times. Be-
sides this "Strke' En,-Out Fifz' was trifie
wild. The first two men up he sent to first base
on balls. This was followed by a double and sim
gle and wild throw by Reccils. which Melted
four runs. All the Portland players. excepting
Mains and Leiper, made one or more hits.
Leiper was hit freely, but the harder he was
nipped the harder be pitched After the first
inning spokane's hits were very much scat
tered. The score:
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Washington Postoffice Changes.

WASHINGTON CITY, Aug. n.-[special. ]--Oli.
yer Wells, postmaster at Pampa, has resigned,
and Peter McCallumc is his successor. J. r.
Davis, postmaster at Twin. has resigned, and
recommends f. Il. Jones for the place.
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Corbett 4 Co.'S Seattle City Directory ia now
in press and will appear i'll new dress. Those
who have made any change in frn; name, bust
ness or residence location since having been
called upon, or persons who are io doubt as to
their names having been taken, w1l please send
notice of such changes to our add4ess Corbett
L. Co., 7. .. box $751; or to Seattle CITY Directory.
office, 227. Seattle block, Seattle. Wash.
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Light Companies to Comh,n.

TORONTO. Aug. 1.-The convention of Edison
illumination companies concluded its session
here today. The Edison and Thomson Houston
companies, hitherto rivals, have been conson.
dated and arrangements have been made that
the consolidation shall apply to all cities in
which the companies are working.
The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1892-08-12
washington Pensions

WASHINGTON CITY, Aug. n.-[SpecialE
Washington PENSIONS. originally lillian b.
Lexon, William J. Smart, Jacob r. EllcOck,
George WINNER, Fred II. Barnard, Hiram G.
Chandler, Gilbert G. Luper.
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Runs earned-Port.and 5, Spokane /. Two
base hit-Burns aud Gilliland Three base hits
Burns. werrick. MAINS and Baldwin. Stolen
bases-Tebeau 2, Wilson, Klopf and Beard.
Double plays-Werrick and Mains, Baldwin and
Werrick. Bases on bals-Leiper /. Fitzgerald 2.
Hit by pitcher-Leiper J. Struck out-Leiper B,
Fitzgerald 2 Passed balt--Wilson l. Time,
l:25. Umpire-Mr March.
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Excursions TO snoauaImio Falls.

y, Tor round trip OF sundays limited to dat.
Oh sale $3.50 for round trip, three-day tickets
70 ue sold on Saturdays. Special rates for par
'Ies made on application t. me. Fine trout Ash
ing oenghtiui resort: gooi hotel |. A. Ma
aeau. General Agent,
The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1892-08-12
Washington Gets Her Percentage.

WASHINGTON CITY, Aug. 1L-[Srsca. After
hard and persistent work Senator Squire has
had the accounts adjusted SO that Washington
will receive the per cent. of the sale of publ
lands. The amount due for the gear ending
June 80, 1891, which is allowed, is IS, 9S1.37 The
state is full year behind yet
The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1892-08-12
Victoria Rifle Shooting.

VICTORIA, b. C., Aug. u.-tspecial. Victoria
won the Laurie Bugle match at the British CO.
iumhia Rife Association meeting today, Beck.
with, OF the Capital City team making the high.
est individual score and his team running
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Portland Oarsmen At Vancouver.
VICTORIA, B. c., Aug. 1L-(speeial.l Port.
lands great four.oared crew passed through to
Vancouver tonight. They take their boat with
them and expect to capture some Of the prizes
at tomOrrOWs regatta
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DR.. Carver Challenges an Editor.

pENvER, Col. Aug. 1.-THE famous DR.. W. F.
Carver, of the Wild West show. has caused
quite fiutter of excitement by isssling a chal-
lenge to the editor OF the Republicas to meet him
and give him satisfaction on account of articles
appearing in that paper criticising the doctors
show
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winning run made with two out
SCORE BY INNINGS.
SUMMARY.

Two-base hit--sippi. Double plsy-Gooie-
nough to sippi Triple play-work TO Cody TO
Ianer. Bases on bsl.s-By Metsinnis 5, Cross 4.
Hit by pi;ched hsll--By Mc6innis l. struck
out--t,y MeGinnis L.. Cross q. Passed batis-by
Earle i. Cody g. Wild piiehes-By Cross :.
Time OF game-2.0a umpire-Ar. hnigaI
The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1892-08-12

The treasure train. with 500. 0sD, 600 in gold
from the San Francisco mint. for she New York
subtreasury, arrived at is Destination on Tues
day.
The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1892-08-12
California League Games.

SAN FRANCISCO, Aug. L-Oaxland 10. San
Francisco 8.
Los ANGELES, Aug. u.-Los Angeles Is, San
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points ahead of New Westminster. pr. kellert,
of H. NJ. S. Nymph, made the possible score at
500 yards range and Gunner Cameron the posi-
bic score at 400 yeards. The meeting WILL close
fomOrrow
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steamship tickets, outward AMI nrrnai.i M th.
M ,delhe city ticket Office, Seattle, Wash,
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THE KNIGHTS TEMPLAR.
Next COnclave at BOstOn--Hugh Nc
Curdy Grand Master.

DENVER, Aug. 1.-THE grand encampment of
Knights Templar went into session at the
usual hour this morning, and the members of
that body are the only ones of the Knights
Templar doing any hard work. The principal
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THE HOME CITY DIRECTORY.

Indigestion! Miserable! Take BEEcHAMs
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TWO EXTRA INNINGS.
Tacoma Wins q Stubbornly
Fought Battle.
WONDERFUL WORK BY M.olNNls.
Cross Also Pitches Finely-Scattle's
Poor Judgment Loses-Usual
Result 1T Portland.


OF THE LEAGUES.
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1892-05-25
Two Spid ers.

In an angle of basement wall knew
a contented and plethoric hermit spider
In the opposite corner dwelt another
One was black and the other was the
color of ashes. One was very fat and
the other exceedingly lean But their
webs were as nearly alike as possible.
and they both caught flies that came
through the same window. There was
no social intercourse and used TO sit
On the steps and imagine the rivalry in
business that must exist and the conse-
quent hatred. meant in the course Of
time to discover what the consequences
would be if they were made to exchange
webs, but a pledacious female with a
broom came upon the scene, with a re-
suit whose details would not strike the
reader as novel
But l am convinced that Montague
and Capulet are characters not unknown
in the spider kindred, though they re-
verse the usual and natural order of en-
nifty, and fight only when they are blood
relatives and precisely alike. The gray
and the black might live in distant
amity in the same basement, but two
grays or two blacks-abdomen. size and
general family likeness sgreeipg-would
not.-Belford's Review.
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1892-05-25
Foote'S Entertainment.

In 1147 Foote arranged an entertainment
at the little Haymarkct theater called
1.-The Diversions OF the Morning" which
had extraordinary success; nearly all the
characters were rude portraits of person
ages we'll known in town The public
rushed to see but as he also performed the
regular drama in an unlicensed theater
the authorities interfered. He then
thought of rather colorado device to
elude the law: Mr.. Foote begs the favor
of his friends to come and drink a dish OF
chocolate with him, and he hopes Their,
will be great deal of comedy and some
joyous spirits; ne will endeavor TO max
the morning as diverting as possible.
Tickets for this entertainment to be had at
ST. Georges coffee house, Temple Bar,
without which no person will be admitted.
n. B.-Sir Dilbery Dibble and Lady Froth
have absolutely promised"
1t was found impossible to suppress this
sort of performance, and Mr.. Foote'S
''show" became the rage. His plan was TO
introduce number of young performers
whom he affected to be instructing for the
stage, rehearsing with them and making
sarcastic remarks on the leading writer's,
politicians, etc. of the day.
Emboldened by success, he presently
changed the season of performance to the
night time, and called it giving tea"
Later he held an Auction of Pictures
another framework, in which he introduced
well known characters, such as Orator
Henley and the magistrate who had made
himself active in putting down" his show
-Cornhiu Magazine
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1892-05-25
The Sparrow Nuisance.

A venerable ornithologist was standing
in group of people the other day watch
ing the movements of a flock of English
sparrows, as they flew about from tree to
tree in one of the down town squares Oc-
casionally one of the most daring would
secure a bit of food from the sidewalk, and
flying off would be pursued by the whole
company in post haste, when an incessant
twittering and fiuttering would begin
The old gentleman looked at them wist.
fully and said:
These are the birds that were brought
over from England to protect the trees in
our city parks by eating up the destructive
worms and bugs, but they have turned out
toibe most lamentable failure, and have
reproduced so rapidly that they are now
the pest of this country. They are regular
pirates, driving the robin, thrush. wren
and all our choice songbirds almost out Of
existence. Then they won't touch worm
so long as they can get anything better to
eat. and they have no more regard for
their young than the king of the Cannibal
islands.-Philadelp hia Press.
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1892-05-25

1t is to the credit of the Mormons that
they opened the path of civilization across
the continent. 1t is chiefly through the
Mormons that the roads were made more
safe than they otherwise would have been
by reason of the large number of Indians,
many of whom were very savage and en-
tirely unfrendly to whites, that roamed
from one part of the continent 10 the
other These Mormons had been driven
out from Nauvoo and Arkansas and Mis-
souri,. They first made settlement on
the east bank of the Missouri river at
what is now known as Council Bluffs, but
was then named Kanesville. They crossed
the Missouri river and established the
town at Florence, and in the early spring
of 1S4S they started out across the CONT
nent on foot, with wheelbarrows or what
ever conveyance they had at hand. Men
and women walked all the way from the
Missouri river more than 1000 miles
through a wilderness where not blade
of grass had been grown by the hand of
man.
The Mormons were largely instrumental
in the construction of the Pacific telegraph,
and Brigha Young constructed great
portion of this pioneer line between Salt
Lake and Julesburg where the connection
was made on July4, 1862, which placed the
Atlantic and Pacific states in telegraph
ic munication.-Edward Rosewater's
Omaha Address.
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1892-05-25
FLOWER AND TREE.

In California peach trees are successfully
grated with rosebuds, thus producing
groves of red, white and pink roses.
The largest ash in Scotland is snpposed
TO be at Carnock, ninety feet high and
nineteen feet in girth; and there is one in
Woburn park the same height and sixteen
feet in girth.
White ash leaves are Stunned by rattle
snakes. 1t is said that a rattleSnake placed
in circle, one-half of which is formed of
ash leaves and the other half of live Goals.
will cross the Goals rather than touch the
leaves.
The Irish shamrock is very much small
er than the ordinary clover indigenous to
this country and pure green. without any
of the shading seen in the white and pink
cloverS. 1t Is said that the Arabic word
for trefoil is shamrakh
The Glastonbury oaks, corresponding in
age to the old Charter Oak. in Hartford
are considered TO be 800 years Of age. The
Charter Oak itself, which was decaDitated
in n severe storm here, Aug. u, 1850. had
been famous tree at that time for Loo
years.
Those who only a1Ilow morning glo-ies
and moon flowers as climbing species OF
convolvulus and ipomGa will be interested
in knowing that one species grows rs a
tree in western Mexico twenty or thirty
feet high, and with a trunk three feet il
circumference. The flower is about tive
inches long and white, yellowish below
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1892-05-25
ghe naiy gaoe auleduesdau 7oruo 7au 25 1892.

It seems that man was going through
and the gate caught his coat and held il
fast. We closed up the station and went
home, leaving him there.
1.-THE man didn't utter a word. He said
afterward that he thought the bunko mer
had got him and that the best thing he
could do was TO remain silent and not pro
woke the bunko men by any outcry, as be
feared they might kill him.
Next morning he was found there hal,
dead with fear. and the colored porter who
came to clean up the station WAS going to
have him arrested for trespass when the
ticket agent came along. The porter had
got him down on the ground and was
about to hammer him when the agent re-
leased him. He went to a lawyer and
threatened suit for damages, and it cost
the road large sum to settle the case"
81 don't believe word of that story >
sneered a skeptic who had heard the yarn.
See here" said the gaternan, when
tell you gentlemen stories do you expect
an affidavit with each one, me to pay the
notary public's fees2 You can take it OF
leave it, just as you please, but I'll be
eternally blowed if / ever try to kill time
for this gang.
South ferryp' he howled sourly as a
train came along, and he hasn't told Al
anecdote since.-New York Herald.
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1892-05-25
Drowning Half a Continent.

When the Panama canal was first pro-
posed a great cry went up that such q
ditch" would endanger the lives Of mil
lions of human beings. 1t was argued
that the waters on the Pacific side of the
isthmus were hundreds of feet higher
than they were on the Atlantic side. and
that the great rush of waters TO even up
the difference in the level Of the two
oceans would drown ont all southern
North America, all the West Indies and
most of Mexico and Yucatan. Would
be engineers and sensational editors
passed their opinions OF wrote yards Of
scare editorials on the s1b1ect- IL now
turns out that the Atlantic and not the
Pacific Is the higher Of the two oceans.
and that in place of the difference in
level being hundreds Of feet. as had been
affirmed, the surface Of the water On the
east side OF the isthmus Is exactly 81
feet higher than II is on the western
side.-St~ Louis Republic.
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1892-05-25
EaSter Lilies hH Thousands.

The Easter lily may be seen by the thou
sands in the fields of Bermuda From
these islands there used to be received
quantities of the flower. They were packed
in moss, but more often than not reached
us here in a faded condition. discolored by
the packing and too soft TO handle. After
some years home florists began to raise
them, and now they furnish lily with
which the Bermuda flower cannot com
pare. The trade from the island has fall
off TO almost nothing-so far as florists
north of Washington are concerned, at
least. Perhaps the increased popularity
of this flower is due to its longer life and
superiority over those of former times
Boston Transcript.
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1892-05-25
The Latest French Fashions.

The latest French notion is that the
skirts and bodices of smart gowns should
be made OF different materials. If the
skirt is cloth the bodice must be silk, end
vice versa
Virot is using beautiful ribbons with
Grape stripes for trimming hats
Never has the choice in ribbons been so
great as this season.
Felix makes the sleeves full. but not
very high. on the shoulders, and with long
tight cuffs to the elbow: nearly al the
bodices finish inside the skirt, with an
embroidered corselet over, or q velvet or
satin waisthand. fastened under the arm
AZ the side with a round bow.
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1892-05-25
THE MEASURE OF OUR DAYS.

In all our walks, in all our ways
Think not the measure of our days
Is gagged by figures and by rules,
AS erst was taught US in the schools;
But, as we help brothers needs
BY noble acts and generous deeds,
BY giving comfort where we may,
BY lighting up a mourner's way;
The sum of means that we employ
To turn fellows ills to joy
This is the measure of our days
A veteran in the wars Of life,
A prisoped soldier in the strife
OF soul with stingy. envious Time
Is ne who makes his actions rhyme
To universal brotherhood.
Though long or short hath been his ROAD,
Centuries or decades his abode
Among his kind. IL matters least
So fellows by him have been blest-
His life rs measured by his plan
OF dealing with his fellow man.
This is the measure of his days
And much methinks OF time he gains,
For all his labOrs, all has pains,
For reaching outward far and near
To succor want and shelter fear.
No stingy paddock hens him in,
To mean desires and groveling sin.
A widows blessing him avails,
An orphans prayer some good entails,
While stretching outward over man
He converse holds with Natures plan,
And solving hfe's deep mysteries,
He grasps eternal verities.
This is the measure OF his days.
II. @. Rice.
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1892-05-25
An indignant Ticket chopper.

Il never close that gate without "a shud-
der" said the ticket chopper at the down
town platform OF the Thirty-fourth street
Ninth avenue i station, pointing TO the
framework that slides aside TO let ahghs-
ing passengers reach the street
You must be shuddering pretty near
all day" put in one OF the group that was
waiting for a train. It's a wonder the
manager don't dock YOU for it. What 90
you shUdder for. anyway
Six months ago" said the chopper.
after the last train had passed / closed
the -ato ,=5La ksa>. ssaS ks--i4>5 Le.-.-
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1892-05-25
SPORTING NOTES.

Jim Corbett says that brain work will
figure largely in his attempt to whip Johr
i. Sullivan. He expects to win by gener
alship, scientific boxing and hard fighting
Frank Ives, the worlds champion bill
HARDEST, got his first points on the balb
line game from George f. Slosson, and
then perfected himself by watching Jacob
Schaefer and by hard work with the cue.
Dorntge, the phenomenal young Buffalo
bicyclist, will make strong effort the
coming season to break a record or two.
He won wide recognition by his perform
ances last year.
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1892-05-25

continent from Al.
buquerque, n. NJ,
10 his home in the
Smoky City. His
route is by way OF
San Francisco,and
before he reaches
Pittsburg he ex-
poets to have COW
cred a distance OF
ZOO miles on his
wheel.
w h n Boyle
reached San Fran
cisco recently he
told interesting
stories of his ad-
ventures with In.
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1892-05-25
LEO ON THE WHEEL.

which can be easily fastened in front OF
the main rider on any diamond framed
machine, and which not only allows the
small boy to ride, but lets him do his share
toward propelling the bicycle.
The small rider has all the privileges of
his big companion. He can coast or he
can pedal as he pleases, and a single mo-
ton of lever convenient to his hand will
ungear the attachment and let his pedals
hang quiet. Most of the balancing is done
by the adult, and the child is in no danger
of falling.
Mr.. McKenna's 311%-year-old son Leo, af-
ter whom the invention has been named,
rode 900 miles with his father last summer,
sometimes keeping his saddle for as much
as forty miles at time. Leo is the small
est bicycle rider in the world probably.
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1892-05-25

Persons with tender feet will be inter
ested in an insole for boots and shoes. IL
is made OF hollow india rubber, inflated
with ar or gas under pressure. the ex-
ternal protective covering being canvas
silk or other similar material Inserted
in the shoe II relieves the pressure Of the
leather against the tender parts Of the
foot-Shoe and Leather Facts
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1892-05-25
Assistance Still Needed.

Distressed Female-Oh, please, sir,
give me something all the samel
Benevolent Gentleman-Why call the
same?'
D. F. (weeping)-Oh, sir, you don't
recognize me; I'm the blind mans wife.
B. G.-Yes, 1 remember you; but
what's the matter?
d. F.-Oh, sir, we're in fresh trouble.
Ny poor husband has recovered his
sight.-Drake's Magazine.
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1892-05-25
Chanernns Mnst Co

Mr.. De Style-How does it happen that
our daughters are going around without
a chaperon?
Mrs De Style-rve dropped the silly
custom 1t doesn't work well On this
side Of the water.
Why not?'
The young men seem rather afraid Of
chaperoDs- ye~k Weakly
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1892-05-25

dians, who chased him out of curiosity,
but did him no harm. He was lost for a
time in the great American desert, and
suffered from hunger and thirst. One day
he became so thirsty that he tagged a
train in the Arizona desert and asked the
astonished engineer for drink.
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1892-05-25

10 harden tools for engraving they ars
heated to whiteness and plunged into seal
ing wax, withdrawn after an instant and
plunged IN again, repeating the process
until the steel becomes cold. The tool will
then become almost as hard as a diamond
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1892-05-25

In Belgium no person IL allowed 70
Of forty francs year. This Law makes
the voters only twenty-five out Of every
thousand Of population
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1892-05-25

The Ksntish ployer, like the stone
curlsw or thickknee, Is being rapidly ex-
terminated N tire county from which II
derives lie name By collectors zrf -
called ''Ea.ural.stz-"
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1892-05-25

A balance Of three cents claimed by the
New York customs collectors and disputed
by an importer, was collected under threat
of placing the claim In the district at
torney's hands The importer paid il by
means Of a certified check for the amount
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1892-05-25
Mani. Amanx the Greeks.

With the ancient Greeks the rlazpae
was supposed 70 possess the soul Of q
gossiping woman. and we all know how
uIlucky il Is to meet an odd number Of
the species IN ireland Times