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Nfo1Dw Et.soN-At tho residence 81 the
.efrctailns clergy sli. Rev. Jehn u. Damon. IL
:ttts sfr~el. s~4ttieN faurssiay. lane "a. lsas
;Mr Darwin X ~eos,N ard and Miss Betsy Nei-
:son- nash Of tscona Pierce scaaty.
RTCur rgIoGE--At the residence oftne txss,e's
Parents. nsr OF AEiy and Fifteenth stre@ss
:soaih seattle, thursday, June - 1895 Mr.
:frSisrick j. ue:hs and Mis- Mary p Prixsr
hoIs Of sass city. kss. jeha y. Dafsoa of.scla,-
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The DE shove.

sanger 4 Lent's Combined Circus. Mem
agsrie, Hippodrome. Oceanic Aquarium and
Congress OF Living Wonders. will exhibit
1t: Seattle on July II and IL Reports
fr'.m all quarters pronounce the above
shpws the leaders in tented amussments
ARD cannot fail TO interest the masses.
THAT Il possesses many rare animals never
before seen IN this country. the only real
aenatic show OF sea animals, great hippo
dTpme. . double circus and many phenom-
sr:si living wonders 10 without question.
Its career has been . triumphai success.
LIZ il enthusiastically received and inn
msnsely patroniEed everywhere II spreads
III. tents, aud IL is said TO give more and
better show than any other organization
in. America The newspapers arc unani-
mpus In its praise. A grand outpour;ng
ofsthe popuiAcs here on show day may be
Looked for.
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vtsws in EseaaaA ADsag tbess.
~ osd syanDae scheol . Sesasfsrd.
sh.s roam IN which 6haknsresso ~ bors,
~ ruins Of Lsicssesrs easlss, To pFfDceIy
ho;.s q The wssuteaa. eur tmmoetai
wbshingson's anesstsal hens. the tomb
of LswYsses waskiagsoa ssd Ehakes-
psws's tomb vess the eA3sS. Il. Indeed.
ans might b called ehief aDesg - many
nobis vierA Mr.. Haenn's style vas
n4sksd BY the ssme careful abstisesce
frejm ornate periods and osssoFfcal flights
vksch eharacssrissd ali his previous
iscfurea In simple, esegans- veil
ehis<n words he Instructed hts
aasiso~s - easily and pleasantly ~ II iE-
dssRing in friendly parior tax. and vita
. s;st which showed the pleasure taken By
hiiase,f in bis tssk Tonixa: --Gsimpses
Of feStsand' viii oecuny the lecturer. and
Es bis views Of the 'ssand o. cakes and
bss.ey" form list Of the most celebrated
sights sud scenes, 1t il certain 60 prove an
inifrucsive and deiightf1l occasion
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The current number Of Sauibs 10 de-
vS,ed to the commencement exercises and
oshe. bright news Of the Seattle senior
grammar school. commonly known ~ the
high school. 1t 10 beautifully printed and
We'll edited by Herbert A. Schoenfeld and
HIS stat OF high school pupils.
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..sissss.a.. BY Clever society respi,

ssHssgsged" BY Clever Society People
i fall dress reheassa. OF .-Enzased" vas
gisSn yesterday afternoon .: the Seattle
thSsser. and those who were admitted 20
thl performances were fairly surprised 1t
ths real merit Of the production. II IL
hsidly necessary to apoIoxiss for the per
formers on the score OF their bsing ana
tsrsrs. sos the ease and grace with which
The. parts are taken are not always found
In professional companies. Miss DIV
Miller. daughter Of DR.. p. B. u. Miller, has
hissrionic ability Of m unusual order.
Mits Cheat il just adapted TO her part.
WHICH she plays 70 perfection Miss Roper,
% minnie, - all that could b desired.
while Miss Ciunss 10 veritabls Mn. Nc
YaSisne. The men are al excellent. Mr..
Tayior. Who manages the play. 10 perfectly
at shons on the stage and plays like .
veteran 1t the SERVES. Nsssrs. 0ibhon,
Jsllkson and Moore sFe free from many Of
the crudisies that might Be found in ANA
ter,rs and could easily b mistaken for old
ha ads 81 the business. The costumes are
up'to the standard II the play. some Of the
gowns Of the ladiss bsing quite Gorgeous
Tbs stage sitting 10 very tastsfal no pains
bespg spared In this dirsction. The play
wig Be . society event. Most Of the boxes
are engaged BY prominent psopis Of the
eit,. and from nov on the large number
OF ticksss sold through the agency Of the
gus.d will be presented for reserved seats.
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sAaoth B;issrs are recog "A ised and prescribed By
t5s medical profession . blood purifier and
ssre cure toaic tat has no equal BY all drug
g'sts
columbian aaiiors at &c. 40c and soe Up The
pSsr Ms-ehs. Front ard Cedar sfsvsts
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BVoS 2BooS0ooO - Cooooo040o,
The Chautauqua season opens on Satur-
day. July l, as $50 p. m. with an address
OF" Political Ideas. By Chancellor c. C.
Station, Of Portland. No one should
mi3s this. The speaker 10 one Of the fore
ms,st men Of our Coast In the evening
thirs will b. grand concert BY the Ia
cosna Andean Choral Society in the
patiison- Come and enjoy . fine concert
blythe sea- The steamer Fleetwood has
betn chartered by the assembly and will
les,ve the dock 1t the foot Of Marion street
1t az 30 and 6:l5 p. m. Returning leaves
Ch:autauqua 1T 5 and 10 p. m.--only one
hctsr's ride and home in time for cars.
Fare for round trip. including admission
TO: the grounds and all entertainments,
only IS cents Procure tickets st the dock.
Hstsl Chautauqua il now open. First
ci,:ss dinner IS cents. Ample accommoda-
tsons for spending the Sabbath. Chan
csslor Stratton breaches on Sunday.
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PERSONAL.
7 WISH, IN THE NAME oFNY HUSBAND.
children and myself TO thank the Bufsan Of
United Charities. the Ladies' Aid society and
Other friends Tor their assistance. sympathy ard
Kindness 20 ourselves and chi4sen We hAd
hoped 20 b able 70 sepAy the expense they have
Incurred on our account As Ne Dot ve can
only Thank them for that cid ard sympathy which
has be freely esvcn Respectfully. ". Brfscoe-
NfAy OF 90 DESIRES ACoUAINTANCE OF
IVA lady; object nasyi mony. Address l. Cinema.
city
AIRS MILLER PROFESSIONAL NURSE,
VI has moved 10 the Maitland block, 1905 frons
street
d T. MESSENGER RATES FROM Our
"A. ocics. lis Cherry street: l. e.ocxs less.
s cents: l. blocks, 20 cents. Is blocks Is cents:
20 block or over. 10 cents. answer cents extra !:
BY the hour - cents. circulars aud Advertising
matte: Distributed ~ 81 50 per day: cards iav!t-
tsoas, etc. delivered n $50 per day. Ring ins
A. II r. call box only for seattle TraasssF Corn
psny's ascxs xa.seys aae xp-css wagons. Pacs &c
Postal Telegraph Cable CorapSsvhs tessxrAms;
open ~ ali hours Of the day and Night Teisphoas
Ma 33a
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NOTICE TO STOCKHCLDEE.-S NOTICE IL
~ hereby given ;ast s9e regG AaEual meeting
OF the aha seao.sera Of tue Uaoa Navigation ON
PAM Nil ee hes. On Wednesday. Jaiy IL. 1898 ~
$50 p ~. ~ the p-iSeira esaee Of fae counSny
.oofn Va $50 Bailey euisGinx seattle. Wash
sor tbs election Of . haArd % iAr-e tres zee
reception sf The anDuai repasts and such other
bcs!ueas . ce-as oefa the fE eetiax
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Jaiy 10. ise3 sad viii remain closed uati: tae
Ian dag 81 JGiy, 1874
= 6. wfLMAys President
q. 8 BrrxBrR. Secfesasy-
NOTICE TO STANDARDIZATION Is
~ he-~by given IA sAe rsgeaas annual meeting
Of the shaf~as dsrs os The seattle far hallway
to u;Aay wi. ae he,d Wednesday. Isfy IL
i-s3 II os.acx p - tlse pstsc-pa. osSs Of
IN COMPANY room SO Bailey basld.nx SEAT
tie. NASH. for the election Of . EoAsa .. .sx
Trustees. reception q the asaaa rescsss AMI sucn
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TIE tran FER beaas AL D. closed Monday
Jefy TO- 1898. and ~ts resaatr csesea sssss tie
lS,a say Of Jugy. 1898
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-. their psacs Of nussneSs TO New Whs,rnn
All Communications <nsssd Dc Addressed there
NEW oDoaLEss ExcAvATfSG COM.
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leaves of the roof, and presently on to
the ta bic by the lamp dropped a good
sized tarantula. locked in a death
struggle with four inch gecko Ia liz
ard. As the rain continued all next
day we were of couse confined TO the
house and made a further search. but
beyond catching sight of twoor three
hairy-legged fellows scampering away
through the loose thatch, our hunt was
quite unsuccessful
Far more trou blesome, and even
more dangerous than scorpions or tar
autulaS is that lively and almost in
visible pest the jigger. He is only a
small flea, but far more 20 be dreaded
than Thousand ordinary ones When
he makes his attack you know nothing
of i. He burrows quietly beneath the
skin, generally around the nails of
fingers or toes and leaves there, un-
known to you, nest full of eggs Two
or three days afterwards you become
trou bled with an itching feeling, and
woe to you if yoa don't carefully dig
out the entire colony; for If any of the
eggs remain you viii suffer from long
and painfgl alterations
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GATHERED ON. THE RAIL.

SOUTHERN PACIFIC locomotives viii
soon use for fuel bricks made of coal
dust and asphaltum-
TIE narrowest gauge railroad now
in use is one of twenty inches in North
Carolina. built last year for transport
ing timbers-
THE length of railroads open in Rus
sia increased from 1880 miles in 1875
TO 1877. miles in 1889. being an In
crease of S,aSs miles only.
THE recent run of the Exposition
flyer" over the Lake Shore road be-
tween New York and Chicago was thu
fastest long-distance run on record.
The distance of 9s0 miles was covered
in two minutes less than twenty hours
WHEN Queen Victoria travels by rail
she pays the companies IS. Cd per mile
for herself. and first-class fare for
everyone else in the royal train. This
is supposed TO make good the loss en-
tailed by the TEMPORARY stoppage of
traffic.
EIGHTEEN railway companies have
aided the Columbian exposition by
taking S6s7 500 of its stock and $3.50. goo
of its bonds. Among these the Balti-
more s Ohio took $50, 600 in stock. and
the Illinois Central $50, 200 in stock and
500, ,0Oo in bonds.
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American countries, poisonous taran-
tulas are by far the most 10 be dreaded.
They range in color from light brown
to blush black No tiny creeper is the
tarantula. His eight legs Will some
times spread over q space OF fve inches
in diameter. Over the entire surface
OF the body and legs he is covered with
a thici, coat of hair or fur fully an
eight of an inch in length Right on
the top of what We will call his head is
a cluster of six eyes all gathered to-
gether in little hillock On each side
of the front of his forehead is single
one, twice as large as the others, bright
and globular like ruby set there for
ornamentation. Now, while this scor-
pion carries a single weapon in his tail
the tarantula carries two in his head,
black shining and perforated, so as to
allow the venom to pass through into
the wound These weapons may aptly
be called nippers, and are used to hold
and kill his prey. They are slightly
curved, as thick as stocking needle
and sometimes over half an inch long
that is, in length and thickness these
nippers fully equal the poison-teet of
the adult rattlesnake. Woe to the hum
ming bird or even lizard caught by the
hairy tarantula! A large one which 1
once kept in a glass fronted cage, used
to kill and devour lizards four inches in
length as well as all the insects 1 could
get for him. On one occasion, he killed
and ate a mouse that had almost at
tanned its iull size He was danger
ous but very interesting prisoner But
in spite of his size and venom, he was
himself killed and partly eaten about
two months after, by an invading army
CT fire ants.
AS l was once bathing in a tree
shaded bend of a Venezuelan river,
most curious coincidence occurred.
Standing to the waist in the water |
noticed two canoes coming down the
stream Shading my eyes with my hand,
] counted two men in each While the
hand was thus appraised felt something
alight upon my wrist To my horror
it was large tarantula clinging to me
with all his great hairy legs outspread.
With violent shake / flung him off
into the water and scampered for the
bank as fast as | could. He had fallen
from great tree trunk leaning out
over the spot l had just stood in A
piece of rotten bark had given way
with him, and both dropped at the
same time and were now floating separ-
ately down with the current From a
village upstream the men had come
to seek me, for two days before a wo-
man had been bitten by a tarantula,
and these her friends wished me to go
with them. thinking that a man who
hunted and fearlessly caught the dead
ly snakes of the country, would surely
be able to cure the bite of n tarantula.
Before we had time to start one OF their
fellow villagers, passing by, informed
US that the woman was dead
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an yss,,1.
~SyssIyI ss,s;sss|'. c ss5slyssEs'
GEORGE w. GREEN.
A Story Of the New England
Fourth of July.
COPYRIGHT. 1921

tCcF iCoo-l
My earliest remembered view of
George Washington Green revealed
him as the artist rather than the hero
lie was inhicting original designs in
fresco upon the ceiling of the orthodox
church. In my youthful mind this
work impaired something of sanctity
TO his character, though in reality it
detracfed seriously from that of the
edifice. Mr.. Green became to me a
man above the ordinary, partly be-
cause he had been thought good
enough to paint a church, but more
because he could stand upon a high,
swinging ladder and chew tobacco as
calmly as if he had been on the firm
floor. l was dimly conscious that such
courage must command some honor in
the world, and ] took speedy occasion
TO ask my father whether Mr. Green
had ever been captain Of anything, or
perhaps first selectman of the town.
''Mr. Green needs no such honors," :"
replied my father. ''He is the George
Washington of Rockport."
This answer filed me with lively
curiosity about George Washington,
which my father gratified with hun
dred stories ! came to know the great
patriot very well. considering my
years: and the American boy who does
not admire him is mistake of nature
AS to Mr.. Green's right to be called
the Gorge Washington of Rocl1port, |
suppose that his name and the forti-
tude with which he bore the peril of
high places sufficiently established it.
The literal Interpretation did not come
to me until the following Fourth of
July.
On the morning of that day George
Washington Green took down the
sword of Bunker Hill from the wall of
his kitchen, and with its dented edge
Topped off the last five letters of his
name. Green no longer, but George
Washington in all his glory, he rode
forth in full uniform and took his sta
tion at the head of the procession.
My eyes were dazzled by the sight of
him. ] thought there was a halo round
his continental hat. began to under
stand how great man Washington
had been.
Gle drew the sword (which Mrs
Green always secured with brick dust
on the evening of July 81; he waved it
with a gesture of command, and the
procession moved. | was one of the
miniature sailors on the brigantine
Gabriel Gray's yawlboat, which, rugged
as the ship of state, was drawn by
three yoke of oxen. We sailed along
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ess of imitation. At first he made no
effort except to play the part when
! the occasion permitted him to wear
the dress OF Washington. He refrained
| from drinking to excess at such times;
| he told no big stories. Originally this
abstinence may have been largely due
| to fear of ridicule, for others were
quick to follow Simon Gardeners lead.
| But eventually he played the part thor
oughly for its own sake. He tried to
think what Washington would have
| done in this or that event. Books fur
nished him with ideas of the great pa
triots language and demeanor. He
/ became nOticeabiy courteous, espe-
fcially to women. whenever he wore
the uniform of the leader. Gradually
the self-command he thus acquired
produced its effect upon his daily life.
lie was Washington at all times;
often stilted and ridiculous, no doubt,
but on the whole a better I'D an hon
ester man than he had been before.
He schooled himself to tell the exact
truth in the smallest as well as the
greatest affair. At the time when
first saw him riding at the head of
Roclxport's parade he was man a
good deal laughed at in quiet way,
but implicitly trusted by every person
who had the sense to understand him.
His home was model: he prospercd in
his trade; he was the George Wash
ington of Rockport.
locf +ha
twelve years old then, and my present
memory OF the events is accurate. Mr..
Green had relatives in Green's Land
ing on Deer isle, in Penobscot bay.
His ancestors had given the landing its
name and it had given them little in
return. Silas Green, of the Landing,
was young man with no money and
meager prospects. 1t came into the
charita bic heart of George Washington
Green to take this young man into his
own family and train him up in the
painters trade. Silas gladly accepted
the offer, and for two years he welded
the brush under his llinsman's s tuition.
Then Silas began to complain that his
earnings were insufficient. He quar-
9Citu W iUl Illo DtttldCtOI, anu SUxsI JCu
into business for himself.
1t seems incredible that this migrate
should have had support from the men
OF Rockport, but such is the fact.
jealousy of George Washington was
at the bottom of it. His enemies saw
a chance to strike at him by the ageucy
of this young man. 1t happened that
the Washington features which, in a
general way, marked the family, were
accentuated in Silas. There is no doubt
that he looked far more like the i'm
mortal George than did his benefactor
Upon this resemblance a wicked plot
was based. 1t object was no less than
the retirement of George Washington
Green from his place at the head of
the column in the Fourth of July pa
rade and the substitution of Silas.
/ believe that ] was the first person
in Rocllport, aside from the plotters
themselves, to get hint of their base
designs. An incautious word in my
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for though the scorpion is large and
well armed with venom he is usually
alone, whereas, oftentimes the small
delicate mosquitoes. ants or ticks make
up by their mum bers a atormenting army
| SO countless, that retreat from their
| territory is frequently the only means
| of safety from their attacks But still
we may justly regard the scorpion as
virtual king of them all, for he will
| assuredly kill and devour the others: nor
is there any man so brave as to wilfully
| suffer even 4 single puncture of his ter
rible sting.
A scorpion is like little lobster, but
with this difference, that while the
Holsters tail is curled beneath him,
that of the scorpion is carried up over
his back just as dogs is. and from the
tip of this tail protrudes his ever ready
and formidable sting. Around the
base of the sting are numerous invisible
openings from which the venom is
sprayed out around the wound into
which the sting enters Consequently
the first thing to do when stung is to
suck the place vigorously with the
AAipNSh. cAf IL LlilS tdA!cb bt dDne. 10
wipe il well with dampened handi,er-
chief Should this operation be per-
formed at once. most of the after
trouble will lie avoided.
In the Blue Mountains Island of
Jamaica. l was once stuug by a scor-
pion in the tip of the first finger In
stantly l jammed il in my mouth and
sucked as hard as was able. with the
result that beyond slight NUN bneSs
OF the part which remained for two
or three days, never suffered anY in
convenience. 4 friend Of mine received
a similar sting IN the same part a few
days afterwards Instead OF using nv
remedy ne ran az once 20 doctor 20
have the wound treated medically.
The delay was only short for the doc
tor lived close by. but before ne ar
rived there he poison had had time 70
hc absor BED, and the Consequence vas
that in spite OF csutcrization and appli-
cation Of ammonia, the hand sgvel,ed 20
an enormous size and caused him 10 lie
extremely III for the whole following
week. Ba, these scorpions were small
Neither in southern Europe nor n
the West Indies nor in an7 OF the coun-
tries OF South or Central America tina:
have visited, have ! anywhere seer
scorpions OF extraordinary size rs Z
rule they are from one and halt 20
three inches in length, bat occasionally
you meet with one CT fire or SIX. 4 friend
in the French Foreign Legion, gave me
= large black one which ne had sroughi
from the province OF oraa IN Algeria
measuring over nine inches. with sn
enormous sting ana claws In MS co.
lection from the same place saw many
similar 20 u In South Africa their
length does net exceed SIX inches. tu.
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presence gave me the clew. and made
counter-plotter of me in second.
Wrapped in an old piece of canvas in
Hiram Leavitt's sail-loft, | subsc-
quently heard the scheme discussed.
Had | simply gone out into the town
and told all about it. doubtless that
would have stopped the mischief; but
what boy would have done that? To
work IN secret, to conspire, IS a boys
delight l summoned my immediate
cronies. and we organized d secret soci-
ETY. called the Rochport Patriots. the
object of which was the destruction of
Sllas Green's hopes. We met NAVY
tunes, surrounding our proceedings
with deep mystery;. but before we had
decided whether to drown Silas. or
simply to kidnap him and innrison
him on desolate island il the bav.
the mask was thrown off by our oppo-
nents and the whole town was talking.
They had been exceedingly clever.
BY packing" the committee on Fourth
OF July obervances. they had secured,
apparently. the success Of thc.r ucfari-
GUS enterprise. With this Committee
rested the question who should lead
the parade. They voted for Silas Green.
Then arose one Of those village wars
which are 50 amusing to witness. The
spirit OF partisanship ran high 1t
seemed at first that all this might re-
suit in the abandonment Of any cele-
br2tion, but finally Il became certain
that there would he two parades. Two
Washingtons would take the field on a
single Gay.
Throughout the controversy the de-
neanor OF the true Washington had
been worthy OF his great prototype.
Not 4 word of bitterness haI escaped
him Re had been inczpressiblv
panied, hut he had borne il as the
hero bore the winte. ., Valley Forge.
He had argued against t,lc idea ot two
parades; he had worked for peace in
Every honorable WAY; but a last, fu,.-
ner an nnn"aStinu..hie rgla i,lri-v - 7he