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The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1892-06-14
srRCIAL ELEcrIoN N0rIcY.

City taxpayers are hereby not fed thst i; IS
oaty few minutes ride over The Grant stree,
car Emo - The garden suburb 81 River Park
me vote 50 Tar = unanimous that a so paymcuJ
ca couple ol lots aui lumber s1yaucci on SIX
m'htHs Ngoe by Gould x WhItyc-th Is the hest
PROPOSITION Tor homes ever made 20 working
Uea. ts.t a. TooIn - Olympic block aud vote.
The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1892-06-14
For the Roslyu Relief Fund.

The miners of Cedar Mountain and
Renton yesterday left $50 at this office TO
be added to the PosT-iSrELLIGESC ER's
Roslyn relief fund. The miners, few in
number. gave literally and willingly
The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1892-06-14
Ho for the Baltimore.

Commencing Wednesday or Thursday, at 10
&. n. the steamer linier will leave Hatfield 5
wharf every fifteen minutes carrying visitors TO
Uncle Sans monster
The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1892-06-14

women with pale. coioTicss faces. who Zee,
"esk ana 1lscoGFaced, viii receive both II utal
aIld nodi'y NIgor ey using Carter's Iron Pills.
which are Made Tor TIE blood. nerves aud com.
pteNlQD.
The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1892-06-14

electric line. The polls are all erected, and the
road will be in operation by the latter part OF
The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1892-06-14

At this cali the guard details viii form and
be inspected by the first sergeant. and the band
viii march 10 the regimental parade.
Adiutants cali a. IN.
To be sounded by all trumpeters at a signal
from the atjgtant, followed hy march from
band. At this call the guard details will be
conducted to the regimental parade by the first
Maryland independent. [volume] (Port Tobacco, Md.) 1874-current, 1892-05-06
Not To he Reaien.

A New Hampshire man and man
from Ohio Glanced to meet at a public
dinner-table in New York. The man
from Ohio suggested TO him of the
Granite State that it might be advan'
tageous to him to remove to the West,
especially if he proposed to continue
TO follow the pursuits of a farmer.
The Yankee could not see it. There
was no State in the Union equal 10
New Hampshire. lie of the Buckeye
State could not agree to this. Ohio
was inferior to New Hampshire in no
respect, while in many respects she
was superior. The Yankee demanded
TO know a superior feature. The
Buckeye commenced TO enumerate;
but as fast as he presented his claims
of superiority his antagonist unhesita-
tingly swept them away by bold and
vigorous declarations TO the contrary.
At length, when all other sources of
argument had been exhausted, the
Buckeye confidently observed:
"You will at least allow that Ohio
Justly claims superiority over New
Hampshire iu point of extent of her
territory"
"No. sit!!" promptly and emphat-
ically replied the Yankee. "Your
State spreads out broad because it is
fiat. Look at the mountains of New
Hampshire! just roll 'em out fiat,
and they'd make territory enough to
cover up the whole of Ohio, and fill
up big slice of Lake Erie!"
The gentleman from Ohio cheerfully
paid for the few extra cigars which he
found in his bill on that occasion.-
[Lelgcr.
Maryland independent. [volume] (Port Tobacco, Md.) 1874-current, 1892-05-06

and miserable | am, but wicked /
am not, | said you shouldn't marry
him while l was alive and | shall keep
my word. Think kindly of dwarf
if you can. God made me as we'll as
him."
We hadn't got to the end of the
poor, dirty little letter when we heard
sound that made our hearts stand
still-a long. dull roaring, shaking tho
floor We stood on as if it was thunder
under our feet.
"An explosion in the minel" SAYS
Hetty, with face as white as chalk.
We rushed out. All Nine Pitts was
out; men, women and children,
screaming and running to the shaft
head.
Hundreds of tons of solid earth and
rock and rubble had fallen in, and
under it all was the dead, crushed
body of that poor creature we had
helped to send from the world.
1t was no use trying TO dig him out.
He knew when lie opened his Davy
lamp-and he must have opened it
that human help could mover reach
there. lie knew, when he watched
me and Jim go up in the cage, that he
was staying behind for his death, and
lie went to ii of his own free will for
the love of my sister lIetty.
She cried about it for week and
said she should never be happy again.
But think she is happy now, for she
married jim, come the Easter after,
and they live in Matty's cottage still,
and the garden is all abloom wit
flowers.
Maryland independent. [volume] (Port Tobacco, Md.) 1874-current, 1892-05-06
Fond of Ants and Clay.

Ants are eaten by many nations In
Brazil they are served with a resinous
sauce, and in Africa they are stewed
with butter or grease. The East Indians
catch them in pits and carefully mash
them in handfuls, like raisins. In Siom
a curry of ant eggs is costly LUXURY
In Oriental countries, locusts are st;ll
utilized as food They are sometimes
fried and served with rice or dntas
sometimes boiled or baked occasionally
salted and ground up into cakes. on1
frequently boiled in milk. The Digoar
Indians rejoiced in the great swarms of
locusts of 1873, as n dspensation of AZ
Great Spirit, and laid in a store of dr;aJ
locust powder sufficient TO last them CO..
several years.
A curious taste prevails in many pnr,.
OF the world for clay. According to
Humboldt it is eaten in all the countries
OF the torrid zone, but the practice Il
also observed in the north, as hundreds
OF cart loads Of earth containing ;nea
soria are said to he annually consnInod
by the country people in the most romoto
parts OF Sweden, and in Finland hind
OF earth is occasionally mixed with brad
The Ottomac tribe Of earth-eotinr 4,
dams knead the earth into balls Of e..
or six fuchesS-in diameter, which thco
roast by slow fire until the outside ;s
hard. They remoisten them when tbov
are required us food, an !, according ~
monk wEo lived twelve years emona
them, one of them would eat from ,hroae
quarters OF POUND to ound IL
peculiar food in day. In Guiapni ~
Indians mix cay with thoir brca
Washington Star.
Maryland independent. [volume] (Port Tobacco, Md.) 1874-current, 1892-05-06
"1o \ g.. arualga H0aianGy and Oils
and the

| you won't; and if don't marry him
III never marry such miserable.
wicked, ugly wretch as youl So don't
llatter yourself would"
And she gave a kind of sob, and
burst ont at tho door, and rushed upor
our little flight of stairs, aud l heard
the door bang and the key turn in hel
lock sharp and passionate.
| waited, still as death, wondering
how he would take OF, and hearing no
stir kind of squinted round the door
post into the passage.
There lie stood in the dusk facing
towards the open entry door and the
starry sky. A desperate, hideous,
cvil-looking thing, with his monstrous
head and shaggy hair and his little
twisted legs. There was that dull,
tranced look in his eyes, and he was
staring before him like | had often
seen him do in the mine.
"She shall never marry Marwood
while I'm alive. God made me same
as him." | heard him mutter TO him
self, and then he went out.
saw him no more that night, and
| didn't let on to lIetty that had over
heard them. The next day we were
all underground as usual. Somehow
or other Matty and Marwood and /
found ourselves always pretty close
together. lie seemed 10 me to be
hanging on to Jim in a way didn't
like, hearing what / had heard, and
kept as close to both rs l well could,
keeping my tools ready 10 hand, and
watching the dwarf out of the corner
of my eye.
Jim never looked taller, nor hand
somer, nor straiglter than he looked
that day. Happy lie was as lark.
wEistling over his work and laughing
as light t-hearted as could be.
l couldn't be light, for there was a
curious weight on my mind, a sense
as if some mischief was going to hap
pen before nightfall.
notice that tho dwarf scarce took
his eyes off Jim, except at u o'clock,
when we stopped for our bits of food,
and then he sat in corner by himself
under truck and scribbled on scrap
of paper, with queer sort of smile
on his face. i had the shivers more
than once, for he looked so evil and
so black among the coal heaps. and
every now and then he would talk to
himself in Welsh. which | had never
heard him do before, and it turned my
blood cold, for il it sounded for all
the world like the jabberings Of a
maniac.-
In tn, afternoon we got down TO a
lower level. 1t was dangerous part
of the mine, as we all knew, and We
kept our Davy lamps pretty light, |
can tell You.
''There's fre-damp about here, said
one of the men.
''Aud a spark would settle the lot of
us, wouldn't itf" said the dwarf.
They were almost the first words he
had spoken, and the expression of his
face as he said it made my heart give
a turn.
"AhI that it would" Jim ar
swered.
Maryland independent. [volume] (Port Tobacco, Md.) 1874-current, 1892-05-06
Man1facturers, Importers and DeaIers il

"a . ' n 4
inadvertent pInxges from such vessels
are lost.
One reason Of this can be found in
the constant care exercised over the
life-saving appliances OH ships of war.
As soon as naval vessel gets under
way a man is stationed on the poop
whose sole duty it is TO be OH the alert
for the cry of "Man ovcrboard,' and
to drop the life buoys as close TO the
man as possible. At the alarm the
lifeboats crew, selected from the most
active of the seamen, instantly repairs
TO its boat. The boat is dropped from
It's davits by patent appliance as soon
as the engines have checked the yes
sells headway.
Ii the man misses the life buoys
which are thrown to him, or fails to
catch one of the two knottcd ropes
trailing from the stern, lie has only to
keep afoat few minutes and the life
boat will be to his rescue. His where
abouts are noted by the quartormaster,
whose duty it is 10 ascend the mizzen
rigging at the first alarm and direct
the movements of the boat by hail or
by signal, if the distance is great.
The result of all these precautions
is that very few men who accidentally
fall overheard from war ships arc
Iost.-[N New York Times.
Maryland independent. [volume] (Port Tobacco, Md.) 1874-current, 1892-05-06
How They Shave in Cuba.

A correspondent in Sic West Indies
writes us as follows concerning the
Cuban BARRIERS "In lathering the pa
tient no brush is used as with us.
Instead a sort of bowl made SO that it
fits about The neck is used. In this
the lather is made and applied to the
face with the fingers of the operator.
After the usual method of shaving
the customer is invited to go 10
wash bowl and ~aei his own face,
after which he res.unes his chair and
the barber dresses his hair. This
operation is regarded by the barber
as the most !. .portant part of his vo-
cation, and he spends twice as much
time on the hair as he docs in shaw
ing. When the tedious process is
ended the charge is ten cents in specie
or twenty-five cents in the paper cur
rency of the country National
Barber,
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them as | never get TO the bottom Of
they were deep set in his head, as
black and as bright as bit of silk
stone; and sometimes there would
come cloud into them and dull them,
and he would stare out before him as
though he were tranccd; it was sad
look, too, as well as dull, and | never
could make out what he was thinking
of then.
You might think that, being so mis-
shapen and little, he Wasn't much
good in coal mine; but | can tell
you there wasn't man of six feet
among us stronger than lie was. To
have seen him swing his pick would
have made you hold your breath; he
went at the work like steam, and he
could walk, you see, down some of
The narrow, low galleries where chaps
like me would have 10 crawl.
l lived along with my father and
sister then. We were precious poor,
and father used TO say he hoped Hctty
would marry some one able 10 keep
her, and so give us lift that way.
Ietty was powerful pretty. I've
seen a sight of women, as you may
suppose, in six-andthirty years, but
| have never seen one that could come
near her for good looks. Bright and
light she was as sunshine, and she had
a bit of temper, too.
One day new hand came 10 the
pit, Jim Marwood by name; a pleas
anter man TO look upon than Jim You
never saw. See him on Sunday going
TO chapel, clean and smart, as straight
az pole, with blue eyes looking so
frank and smiling, and you'd say he
looked picture.
He had struck up a mighty affection
for me before lie h;d been a month in
the gang.
You would have thought twas
wonder he had lived so long without
me. He told me all about his friends
and such like most confidential, and
] found out he had to keep his mother
and hadn't sixpence he could call his
own.
All he told me l told Hctty, and she
would listen, with a lovely color in
her cheeks, and go on talking about
him after l had stopped, TIL all of a
sudden it came upon me that him and
her knew as much of each other as
did, and more, too, and liked what
they knew to a degree that was con-
siderable.
] was tritlc put out about it, for
knew he was poor, and it would be a
bad lookout il they was TO come to-
gether; still, as I've said, Fin heavy
and slow in most things, and l thought
I'd better hold my tongue awhile
longer.
Well, one day remember it as
clear as yesterday lit was between
the lights on September evening,
very quiet and still, the stats Just show
ing ont like sparkles of diamond light
we get in the seams at times. was
smoking my pipe in our back room
father was ont of the house-when
heard voices in the other room across
7he passage. Il was Matty aud my
sister taking together
Maryland independent. [volume] (Port Tobacco, Md.) 1874-current, 1892-05-06
FOR HETTY'S SAKE.

Tboro he more heroes in this woriu'
10 my way of thinking ina"
ever get talked on in the newspapers
or have the Victoria cross presented 10
Them. or have books written aUo"'
them after they are dead and gone
All the same, I've never been aO'e
TO make up my mind as to who'nO'
ono man I've known was nero VI
not. Maybe I'm heavy kind o cn"p'
and things don't strike me SO clear y
thew do others; bit if ! tell you '''
story lust as it happened, you can pu'
what reading you like on it. :.
Pm a miner down SiaGordshire way
have been q miner all my life' AM
reckon I'm likely to stick to the plo'
till some explosion comes along a"'
makes an end of me.
| worked with gang III the MN
Pits colliery about fifteen years O"o'
and there was one man there WI
hailed from South Wales as ] gotpreu
friendly with.
Tve called him "mnn," but doi
know if the title comes right. lie W
more like stunted boy than a ma
and moro like some queer animal IN
either. lie was a dwarf. lie had
monstrous large head and shoulder
and pair of little, bowed, twisty le
no bigger than chilPs Of nine yea
= old.
His backed was crooked; he ha'
lot of hair on his face, as those Wel
men have, and his eyes had q looS 9 !,
Maryland independent. [volume] (Port Tobacco, Md.) 1874-current, 1892-05-06
'GiUI[0R I'll UT COMPANY,


poor vo,,re y faeIAIow MI y =, r ,lI1sblve
msjudged for his metropolitan manners,
when his delicate health made him q Htal
abstainer!
Joyita, one of the Mattresses, became
a great favorite with us all. She was a
girl of about fifteen, slight, with regular,
delcately chiseled features, and glossy
dark hair falling in two long braids "a
type of lovely rural innocence. There
was an exquisite shy grace in her move
mcnts.
Take her photograph" suggested
Don Colso, and the proposition was
hear lily seconded by all hands. But even
here the function of hand camera ap-
peared TO be known, and Jovita took sud
cen alarm.
NO, no, she appealed Hhr head
dropped, pretty fingers went shyly to her
mouth, flush stole over her brown
checks, and she stood there with face
averted, picture of maidenly shame.
She was now on her guard, and ever
glanced apprehensively towards us.
Every time she saw the instrument
aimed in her direction she would turn
h't 4"OV ihcNty dWhy. III was too
shadowy in the fonda for good snap
shot, and so | really did not lose any.
thing. But when we rose to leave, Jovita
was standing by the range, we'll out in
the light, and awaiting an order. She
had seen us start, and deemed herself in
safety. She was looking the other wav.
! was within few feet. and my camera
was ready.
"Adios, Joyita!" said.
She turned my way unthinkingly.
Click went tie shutter, and | had her.
\ shout of merriment from my com.
panions greeted the success of my STRAIT.
ngem, and the expression of dismay on
Joyita's face gave way to ripping
little smile, as if TO say that now it was
done, il was no great harm, after all
Harper's Magazine
Maryland independent. [volume] (Port Tobacco, Md.) 1874-current, 1892-05-06
The Gentle G, ,.Ost Of JOY

A little while ago you knew no' w." an
A little while sgo knew ho'
you
Now the swift hours have run Oy
And al the world is new.
hear the young irds sing
In the rosy light q morn'
Like them could take wing
And sing as newly born
A little while from now J shall po 10 -,
A little while from now your i"''
not see
But within my heart ray
To light the dark Will be-
DO YOU not know that pam
SO sad, so sweet. so coy
That comes, and comes again.
The gentle ghost Of joy
All. that shall dwell with me-
When vour iace do not sec
-fLouise Chandler Moulton' in lnu't'"'
Maryland independent. [volume] (Port Tobacco, Md.) 1874-current, 1892-05-06
MEXICO
,.,.,,.0,nely Good Meal and
." Pretty Waitress

-. os,onishingly gGOr.
Inst think Of meal IN ,ns n,"nds of Mexico
ous place down in the hT' ia in the Italian
ooual TO the best TO DC il"t stnnd high III
~ ~ French restaurants ina, .her bohemians
M favor Of artists ana o'nS ,,;ue bounti-
ny New York! There wore rnnt Int style, at
~ ri ~" oo"rses. served in excel'eN or thirty
~, o.oi cost Of three reaIes; ;oOn money,
roo en- and a half cents in neAat ~ cents Am
sc, sarSI, III more than twenty,nsoo ~ il was
n.iu Ha.. ,x;.h exchange recoJ reckonG =. dessert
eLic"''' et The watermelon servso o~cr % tasted
.nen, l ,ho most delicious nao .ovtnre and
was deep spS red pulp of a .t hrm melted in
"a IoVr drr;snnoss that almost AZ region
nle",y yon,h The melons ~ W. N sbe
me inJs need on the sandy OeuS uSere shov
are i",9 in the dry senson' wn Saot For
s,reams ,o,rn oniekJy in the intense nguO Arnm on
mature ,hero d Was pulque IRON ,.,av train
drink lia MI lord brought by ralo rallwayS hauled
the .aoio.,t oarc. 4 station, and thence ~
ny teanis f,,da was, Of course Pus.o so,,, IN
II ms ms l.onality'-the visitors ;.,, me neopl
N by me INC great estates cry o.ftepet fe
;" neighcolnS a5me over from JonacatTkk Tks.
es VINO nuo c oros with their tamlileS5d over.
el ana iunGnoe i:,l' earner-folk the woriu o,,.,
an latter hho 49, undemons'ratiye anu AZ a."
- believe, beaoN %eav eeyehanging but few worJ wonaIi
he of speech eA.nS .i,le awkwardiy hanun
Of they SAT s AZ and forks, aud eyiaen oar
no their SniNes ,%noccustomed magni,hcc,. ~.
w. awed by tno nv. Don Ernesto had On.
cen ot their rePIi;fl, i;t,,e friendly chaihne y
cen ed into aood;nr ll',ao upon which 4
tho Maria, plo0o.t1 aot o1posite with her
YER band, looked with evluond ,'eard to remarl
luch Drink. snU nSer her breath. /.
mall her sWas uus !" 10 responded, with Conn
Maryland independent. [volume] (Port Tobacco, Md.) 1874-current, 1892-05-06

oui,e i number Of cases have oeen
.,sor,el recently where passengers on
oceau steamships have lost their iiVoI
pss ~ falling overheard while the ves'e. en
y .,s !, AZ. Occasionally there Is an
'sas.ncs was : y person falling into the
sea and beia saved by the efforts = .a..no o.
,qs ,Se crew, bit the instances of rescue ,us.
M nn,ess ali circumstances have peem ,'ssn
~ I,;onallv favorable, have been
yerS&sso. On the other han hand orar .n'
ohancdl Of person who fails al" UrSs %uel
greater. and, -. .'s' ,or O~'y who M TAX
PEA. H.asiEssd sdfl1LSEY'TETFI y
Maryland independent. [volume] (Port Tobacco, Md.) 1874-current, 1892-05-06
Might Have Been Worse.

She-I am very sorry, but our en-,
gagement must cease. | can never
marry.
Hc-My gracious? What has hap
pened?
She-My brother has disgraced us?
He-Oh, is that all. That doesn't
matter. ] feared maybe your father
had failed. New York Weekly.
Maryland independent. [volume] (Port Tobacco, Md.) 1874-current, 1892-05-06

.;,3 ~ sick fear came over nn'
~, oar lives we're in the dwarrS
esecr. aud hanging, as i m'sn' .,o .D
~, ,,,,.al Such a longing came
- nj for a mou.hful of fresh y,
and tbe sight of the open sky as : ~"
~. avn in the mines before
peeple warming their toes a. me-. ,...
...a.amc fires on the winter n'g"''
so,s. suow what it means to us chaps p
,sho have the digging Of the s0"'
,he depths Of the earth. ana wnI ,.a',r -"
,',s aa.n and blood in jeopardy every hour
) TO do It. :, .nont fire.
a.mr however, and that day. ~
!. longest day l bad ever KNOWN sn,o. s@
roun,. to 6 o'clock without AZ
', sion. ret
N The cages were ready t0s - ), %
M 10 tic top Of tho shaft anu ma
,er the men had gone. a.rarf
..you 20 now !" says ! to the aw''. :,
H., "Nop he answers, "lm gong J
=, ~ .,ov little overtime tonight ~
-, ~ All 60 on, and send tho cage uoM
ouoip for me. And look herc' :"
10 ,his 10 your sister Hctty, will '"
and tell her 10 open It. 4,
ow, He put bundle in my Oa"a' = !,
,bep - - = handkerchief. ] took IT 9
vc gerlv enough, for, with sucn
piclons in my mind, half cxpec'''
= might 20 of in my face somehow. :
,...r. Thoe VIC touched the signal TO
(, an -, mn went Jim and me, ana
.oom lat stood underneath and 'uF
near II. face MP, watching us out Of y
a~ara wo,,i | felt more comfortable W
/, that 30 mt our feet on firm ground on
j vou ~ ,he shaft, and then sent Inv
think down again for him.
"A has wonder what's in that Dunc
nix you says jim. !, ,.n won
alive?" "Maybe HeiIy WIZ ..,.,.,, ~. !,
X, and iime," replieo' h'''0
is tone concerned him' ia uo
- what took it home ami e'i's'' -
omen IL. Our cottage wasn't iat
eoUca, the pi.-, aud it couldn't have %
0os 49,, M a,,ore ton minutes since the diva
mt it into my hand.
5 got my She und'u ','e -" ,cre I
I'm not you would Oei'o'0 - = don
: or any deeds of his cottage ana d uV~
: cottage co creign. tied up u : piece Of !
G SO NOR and The scrapol III ,rnck.
ve to wait scribblc on unue' w :.
ink you'll were these woras q. ~ ~ vo,.
{ him, for .Wf1i Is het0
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.r,.u W. Have Leap.Years-

- return TO our leap-years,
INV Is il that there have to be such
aars--,lat all of our years are not OIL
s.mo lcngthP 1t arises from the
.',s ss., that tho year does not consist OF
.@S, !. o,act number of days. The length
- ,I,o .las and that of the year are
- y. -, rca.nros of the motions of tho
IN Tho globe We live on moves
,.wo ways Il turns itself round
~ '',o : spinniug tor, and at the same
lime i, goes slcAail Forward like
.' -, sl,ot from nnh. 1t turns IT.
O a,t once compIclsIy round in twenty
s.,r If our hours as shown by the
'o" ~. amosAt OF time we call
az lis forwaER o. onward motion
"S srr;s. Il round tlc-,uu in path that
!" 's,, nearly ear a -cirsIej, time it takes to
: 90 completely Al we call q ye"', i
o. AZ, mo,ioy les us day aud
~ .,,..,v;, other in turn,
= ,ho word I'd having now '.'..,,
o mo, namely, not TWEEN
y 'y.tour NM. l,ours, the time Of day
= n ;ght. The set Il motion gives u
70 les that is, periods of d"yhgh'
growing gradually longer ana 'nI y,
.s gradually shorter, one emu Oh y
~ 18th turning more toward the 81
sR sar g. half the time and the other cl
- j. ,he other half; and this brings
- .amu,cr and winter aud the other s.
~. Now. tho length of the year
'pc' sornd TO be ue.s sS6S IA times
the , ,o''a,b of thc dlsS Of p hours; that
fnou ~ rear is 500. Gays long and ne'
gnr ~ ~ hours more. ftis these six nc
'no" that give Us our, lcar-years, anu
'0p II the s.&Asly" that we find tho
c's' son for 1900 not being one Oh !
:, !, uumbcr. 4lse Nicholas.