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The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1893-11-11
orIsIox OK THE LETTER.
A Leading Hawaiian Declares ft Ts
UusraEeoua.

wAsHrxaTox CgrY, Nov. i0-SenAtor
sherman. formerly chairman OF the SEN
ate committee on foreign affairs, was seen
ts,night By a representative Of the Asso-
eiaied Press ia regard 10 the letter by Sec
rssary Gresham TO the president. relating
70 Hawaii. saermA an refused 20 make asy
statement
Senator Morgan. Of Alabama. a.so de-
e.ined 10 talk.
PfoG. W. C. Alexander. surveyor gen
era q the HassAssn Islands. Is IN the
cifY. Ia response 10 queries this evening
be said TO the Associated Press representa-
tive.
at will be 3 great biow % the United
States II this policy 10 carried out. Ii
The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1893-11-11

VASCoUvER Nov. 10 speclai. The
Comox arrived from the north this even
ing. She met 3 posse OF officers after
Lynn. the alleged Savary island murderer.
The officers had not seen the murderer.
bat the Comox brought reports thai he
had been seen IN . canoe as hecklsy bay.
The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1893-11-11
sh,p.wan ora.rea Deported.

pcK1 TosssExn. Nov. A-iSpeciai. -
An Me@, CElnese arrested sy Inspector
Brophy. Was ordered depcrted today by
Commissioner swan.
Wood River times. [volume] (Hailey, Idaho) 1882-1915, 1893-10-14
About Thermometers.

The aperture in the tube OF a ther-
mometer is smaller than the finest
hair. And though it appears to be
round, it is not. for If it were, the
mercury could not be easily seen. 1t
is, therefore, made fiat, and then
the glass magnifies it so that 1T
seems to be quite large. To bring
it out still more distinctly, maker
of Boston recently conceived the idea
of backing the tube with thin film
of white sizing. This device is now
generally adopted by the foreign ma.
kers.
Mercury is generally used in ther-
mometers beca; Sc it is more regular
In its contraction and expansion. It
Is indeed impossible to make spirit
thermometer that will be as trust
worthy as one In which mercury is
used. 1t is a mercurial thermometer
and the degree marks are all the same
distance apart because the expansion
under all conditions is uniform. But
In a spirit thermometer the degrees
are wider apart at the top, because
the expansion increases at a great
ratio after certain temperature is
reached. Though not so trustworthy,
spirit thermometers are necessary, as
mercury freezes 40 degrees below
zero
Wood River times. [volume] (Hailey, Idaho) 1882-1915, 1893-10-14

beneficiary OF that kindness too, and
before carload OF people who were
listening with deep interest to the
discussion of street car etiquet, al
though the discussion was one-sided
one.
'.NOw," went on the catechizer
without pausing for an answer, 'if,
on the other hand, you rendered me
your seat as mark OF Difference and
homage to the sex to which l belong
l shall he happy to accept it. Now.
which was it,"
As she now seemed to have come
tn full stop the embarrassed young
man attempted to answer.
~ gave you my seat because l am
going to get out"
And he did.
AS he jumped from the car without
troubling the driver to stop the wo.
man settled herself in the seat he had
vacated and gazed patronizingly
around the car.
Wood River times. [volume] (Hailey, Idaho) 1882-1915, 1893-10-14
The GrizZly in Winter.

In most places the grizzly hiber-
mates, or. as old hunters say, "holes
up during the cold season, precisely
as does the black bear, but instead of
hollow tree or log for his winter
sleep he chooses cavcrnous hole in
the ground. The hole is sometimes
In slight hillock in Il river bottom,
but more often on a hillside, and
may be either shallow or deep. In
the mountains it is usually natural
cave in the rock, but among the foot
hills the bear usually has to take to
some hollow or opening, fashionipg
1t into burrow with his big digging
claws He Is cunning in the selec-
ton, and Is seldom discovered in his
winter den. Once settled thare he
passes the winter months in lethargic
sleep; yet in all but the coolest
weather, its slumber is usually light
and II disturbed will promptly leave
It's den. prepared for flight or tight,
as the occasion may require. In ex-
treme cold weather alternating bears
can scarcely be awakened from their
torpor In the far north the bear hi
bernates half the year, while In the
south only the shes with young and
fat he-bears retire for sleep. and
these but for a few weeks, and only
II the season Is severe. When the
bear first leaves its den the fur is in
very fine order, but it speedily be-
comes thin and poor. and does not re-
cover its condition until the fall. In
a short time after abandoning its den
its hunger becomes ravenous, and in
the early spring it is more of a flesh
eater than at any other time. Globe
Democrat
Wood River times. [volume] (Hailey, Idaho) 1882-1915, 1893-10-14
A Mere Matter of Punctuation.

An ingenious experiment was once
devised to save prisoner charged
with robbery in the criminal court at
Dublin. The principal thing that
appeared in evidence against him
was confession, alleged to have
been made by him at the police Office
and taken down in writing by a
police officer, and the following
passage was read from it:
Magnan said he never robbed but twice
Said it was Crawford.
This, 1t will be observed, has no
mark OF the writer's having any
notion Of punctuation, but the mean
ing he attached to it was that
Magnan said he never robbed but twice;
Said 1t was Crawford.
Mr.. O'Gorman, the counsel for the
prisoner, begged to look at the paper.
He perused it and rather astonished
the peace officer by asserting that SO
far from proving the mans guilt, it
clearly established his innocence.
"This," said the learned gentleman,
"is the fair and. obvious reading of
the sentence:
"'Magnan said he never robbed;
But twice said 1t was Crawford.
This Interpretation had it's effect
on the jury and the man vas &C.
Quilted,
Wood River times. [volume] (Hailey, Idaho) 1882-1915, 1893-10-14
For Strangers Only.

81 stopped at small town in West
Virginia not long ago." remarked the
drummer, land as l stood on the
platform at the station looking for
somebody to tell me something about
the place native passed along"
lis there hotel in this town." I
inquired
Thar amt" he replied, quite to
the point
"lsn't there any place for strangers
to stop att"
''Well, yes" he said. hesitatingly.
'tha1's boardin' house whar nobody
but strangers stops. Anybody that
knowed anything about it wouldn't
stop thar"
The drummer sighed.
II tried it," he said, in conclusion,
and the native was right"
Wood River times. [volume] (Hailey, Idaho) 1882-1915, 1893-10-14

foot struck her little slippers. In IN
instant he understood it ali. A CLEAN
OF ribbon showed in the water. He
plunged in.
Once more" he prayed hoarsely,
let me save her."
1t was Madge, poor Madge. half
drowned and unconscious, caught BY
the painter Of her little boat. All wet
and lifeless as she was, he lifted her
on to his horse. The tide was running
out fast, the shallow would be easier
now. Again over the hill, down past
the ghostly hut he forced his plunging
horse. This time an old man with sop
pyy-yellow skin and cleaning eyes strobe
out to bar the way. Ralf drove his
heels into the horses sides. The ami
NAL with shrill scream of terror
reared forward into the water.
Ralf could never tell how the rest Of
1t happened. But he saved her. Then
after awhile, when the shock and
fright were all over, he asked her again
what he had been too gentle and kind
to ask when she came to life in his
arms while they rode through the
woods home that night.
Will you be my wife. Madge?"
She looked up from her sick chair.
"Rosa--"
You said you would love me, darling,
II took to the new girl, and / tried it.
dear-did-did it work?"
Copyright BY the Authors Alliance. All
Wood River times. [volume] (Hailey, Idaho) 1882-1915, 1893-10-14
Retaliating Mustcally.

When the composer of the Barber
OF Seville" was quite young man,
the manager Of the San Nose Thea
Ter at Venice became seriously. an
noyed with him In consequence of his
having engaged to write for another
Venetian theater-the Venice-and
treated him with so much inciv-
llity that Rossini determined to be
revenged on him.
Inc manager, moreover, had been
malicious enough to give Rossini
llbretto so utterly ridiculous that to
make 1T the basis of a tolerable opera
was out Of the question. Rossini,
however, was bound to set it to mu-
Sis, and. in default Of doing so, would
have been required to pay damages
In this difficulty he resolved at
once to fulfill his engagement, and
to take his revenge upon the man
ager by setting the absurd libretto to
music which transcribed it in alb
surdity.
Ills score was, as one OF his biOg-
raphers describes it, "ludicrous, gro
tesque, extravagant to the last de-
gree OF caricature. The bass had
to sing at the top of his voice, and
only the very lowest notes of the
prima donna were called into requisi-
ton. One singer, whose appearance
was always the signal for laughter,
had to deliver a fine-drawn senti-
mental melody. Another artist, who
could not sing at all, had a very diff
cult air assigned to him. which, that
none Of his faults might pass upper
celyed, was accompanied pianissimo
by a pizzicatO OF violins.
The orchestra itself was enriched
by the introduction of instruments
previously unknown In one move
ment the musicians, at the beginning
of each bar, had to strike the tin
shade OF the candles in front of them,
when the sound of these new "instru-
ments of percussion" instead of
pleasing the audience, so irritated
them that the audacious innovator,
loudly Kissed and hooted, found it
prudent TO make his escape from the
theater.
Wood River times. [volume] (Hailey, Idaho) 1882-1915, 1893-10-14
HuMoRs OF THE CRISIS.
An Eccentric Stranger Causes Quite . Seas
sati0n in . New York Bank.

An Eccentric Stranger Causes Quite . Seas
sation in New York Bank.
"Speaking of the financial string
ency," said Wall street broker TO
his companions as they were lunching
together recently 1--WE got q good
one to tell you. The other morning
tall, solemn-looking stranger went
into bank, which l might name,
only.I promised wouldn't and ap-
preaching the window OF the receiv-
ing teller quietly remarked that he
would like to deposit $4,000. The
teller In courteous tones inquired il
he already had an account at the
hank. The stranger said he hadn't.
So the teller fastened outside, cs-
corted HIM into the presidents room,
aud intro luced him to the president
The president, on learning his bust.
ness, smiled kindly. offered him
seat and remarked that it was fine
day. We'll, Of course they entered
the new depositor's signature in
big ledger, and one of the clerks was
directed to furnish him with pass
book. Then the receiving teller took
him back into the bank and politely
asked for his deposit. But the
stranger stroked his sandy goatee,
and explained that he had merely
come in to give the customary sixty
days notice and would be around
with the money on the 4th of &C.
tober. He added that it looked like
rain, and that steady pour for half
day would prove great blessing t.
the country. The teller reached for
his bronze paper-weight, but before
he could fire it the stranger had lit
out"
speaking Of financial stringency,"
said another of the brokers, II heard
unique illustration of it a few DAYS
ago. A man entered pawnbrokcr's
shop in the Bowery, and laying down
twenty-dolla bill, asked il he could
be accommodated with a dollar on it.
The pawnbrOker was an excellent
Judge of money, and saw at once that
the bill was genuine. So he turned
and said to the stranger, showing the
bill toward him as he spoke, that he
was in no mood for nonsense. But
the stranger, showing the bill back,
rejOined in earnest tones that he
meant business; that he couldn't get
any conductor on a horse car to
change the bill; that he had already
been put off three cars; that his boots
were awful tight, and that unless he
could get dollar on the bill he would
be compelled to walk to the Battery.
Well, the pawnbroker could but feel
that the stranger meant what he
said. So he took up the twenty.
dollar bill, toyed with it a few mo.
ments, and then said to him, well,
my friend, I'd like to accommodate
you, but owing to the financial string.
ency l can only give you Is cents"
New York Tribune.
Wood River times. [volume] (Hailey, Idaho) 1882-1915, 1893-10-14
CHAPTER Nv.
THE END


in my boat? You have never let me
row you once since you have been
here" Madge spoke almost tearfullv
Yes, If you like"
Rosa had made up her mind that
Ralf might think better of her if she
treated Madge a little more kindly,
ana having Overreached herself a lit.
We In her statements to Madge, she
.1elt 1t as well to take every possible
means to make good her words. Vir.
tue isn't always its own reward. They
had gone not SO very far when the
boat began to take water. Neither OF
them noticed it for sometime. Finally
the water lifted the footboard little
Don't be frightened, Rosa" Madge
urged. 1T isn't anything much. We
can run in at one of the islands and ge,
baled out"
The leak proved bad one.
~ am afraid it won't do-not with
two in," Madge said, ruefully.
Leave me, do! How l wish had
not GOMEZ"
I'VE could borrow one of these big
things here if only there was some one
Are you sure there is no one in the
hopse?"
Doesn't look much like it. can &C
up and see, though"
"Oh, do and hurry! | am getting
frightened. The sun is going down
too"
Madge fastened up to the shore tt
the house in sight. There was no one
there.
60 up to the top of the HILL" called
Rosa. Pm SO afraid to stay"
There is nothing on the other side
OF the hill, know" Madge objected
Let us wait. Some one will surely
come"
But some one did not come.
II shall 60 crazy with fright" moan.
ed Rosa. ''Oh, do see if there is nc
house on the other side! You don't
know why am so frightened"
Indeed, don't, but will go if you
like. l know all these islands, you
know. and these fisher huts are the
o.1y houses on this one."
IT was stiff climb to the top of the
hill. The evening had turned swiftly
chill as the sun went down, and sharp
wind blew cold in Madge's face as she
gained the hill.
There is a place." she called back,
and started swiftly down the other
side. 1t was queer place, and about
it hung the repellant air of desolation.
Madge knocked briskly. Then she
knocked again. At this the door
Wood River times. [volume] (Hailey, Idaho) 1882-1915, 1893-10-14
The Best NewsDaDers.

Every GOOD paper has its character.
istics which make for it friends and
patrons One journal is valued be.
cause it is morally clean and free
from extravaganza and wild state.
ments; another is esteemed for the
conservatism and soundness of it,
opinions on important matters of
principle and honor. Another gath.
ers following from its lack OF high
qualities and because it is q scandal
mOnger, an inciter to discord and
strife, or is the advocate of violent
ana radical opinions and measures.
No single paper pleases every class
but those which have the largest fol-
lowing and exert the largest amount
OF influence are the papers which are
the opponents of honesty, truth, ana
justice, and work for the welfare OF
the people, as nearly as human efforts
can formulate and teach the doc
trims and principles that conform to
those high standards. The great
body of public sentiment is in favor
of those principles Mems aspira.
tions are doubtless higher than their
attachments, but it is the Hottest as
piration and the highest principle
that should and do inspire all that is
best in human life, and the journal
which seeks to work up to such q
course, il it be also complete and ex.
cellent as a newspaper, will always
be at the head Of the American Press.
New Orleans Picayune.
Wood River times. [volume] (Hailey, Idaho) 1882-1915, 1893-10-14
About WEAKNESS.

Prof. Michael Foster has been iec-
turing at Cambridge ON the subject
OF WEAKNESS In this busy work-a-
day world there are few OF US who do
not often experience the sensation.
though not many may know exactly
what is the causation thereof. There
are two chief actors the profe sor
tells US, in the production of weari-
ness or exhaustion, a too speedy ex.
penditure OF bodily capital or force.
and the accumulation of the products
OF activity in the working organ.
The nervous system is candle that
cannot be properly burned at both
ends at once Endurance depends
largely upon blood adequately pure.
and the speed with which the internal
scavengers free blood from tho poison
which the muscles and other organs
OF activity pour into it is proper
tional to the staying powers of the
worker. The hunted hare dies not
because 1t is chOked for want of
breath. nor because its heart stands
still, its store Of energy having given
out. but because a poisoned blood has
poisoned its brain and its whole BODY.
The nutritive and excretory systems
must therefore, be of the highest im-
portance to the enduring activity of
the highest executive mechanism.
From the remarks the reader NAV
come to his own conclusions as to the
value OF pure food and fresh air. This
last should have the very freest en-
trance to every dwelling and yet how
very seldom is this the case. Take a
walk along the street in any town at
night and from the number of win
dows Theoretically sealed one would
think that pure air was mans great
est enemy instead of his best friend
LIVERPOOL Mercury.
Wood River times. [volume] (Hailey, Idaho) 1882-1915, 1893-10-14
STREET GAR ETIQUET.

He offered Her His Seat and She FINAL,
Accepted 1t.
''Take this seat madam" said a
young man, rising and politely raising
bis hat.
The ''madam," says the Free
Lance. was a lady of uncertain age,
who, after boarding the car and cast
ing a searching glance from one end
of the seat to the other and then
down the opposite side, had failed to
find an interstice between the sit
tiers sufficient to afford even 80 thin a
person as herself resting place.
She had then seized a strap with
each hand and determined look, and
was holding on firmly when the Young
gentleman aforesaid vacated his seat
for her.
Before l accept your seat, young
man." remarked the woman, II must
ask you what prompted you to offer it
to me-"
The donor was not prepared for
such query. He had been in the
habit of relinquishing his seat to
standing ladies unqestionably, and
having the seat accepted in a similar
unquestioning manner So he was
at loss how to reply. and STAN
mered:
"W-w-whY madam, -"
"Yes, want to know why" inter-
rupted the lady in a severe tone.
"Did you offer me that seat because
you thought was too old and feeble
to stand?"
ooh. no, indeed!" protested the
young man with unnecessarily forcible
protestations.
because, if you did shall insist
upon refusing it. I'd have you know.
SIT, that I'm not an old woman. I'm
quite young, in fact, and il you've
got The impression that Pm old and
feeble and that I can't stand In a
street car for nine blocks must dis.
abuse your mind of that idea. Was
that your thought in Offering me your
seat? Now, confess! l want to know
the truth, the whole truth. and MOTH
ing but the truth"
The young man by this time was
very red in the face. He thought it
was very hard to be subjected to such
close examination Of his motives In
performing an act of kindness by the
Wood River times. [volume] (Hailey, Idaho) 1882-1915, 1893-10-14

opened suddenly and silently and q man
stood before her, mute and menacing
Il beg your pardon" Madge managed
to say, "but L" He certainly was
an awful-looking old man. His eyes
rolled towards her, but he made nc
sound. Il am sorry to trouble you,
went on Madge, stoutly, though some
how the words stuck as she spoke, "but
you see my boat has sprung leak, a
bad one, and l have to ask you to lend
me "a boat.
The man shook his head, and made as
IT to shut the door.
"oh, you must! you must! I will pay
you, If you want.
Again he made gesture of dissent,
and this time hoarse and disconcerting
sound came from his throat
And I will bring it back tonight, |
will indeed! Mine is safe for one, but
l must take my friend back, only a
little way it is-Red Sands-I will come
back tonight and bring back your boat.
Oh, please don't refuse me-"
"To-night?" His voice was harsh
and strange. In spite of herself Madge
felt her blood run cold, but she man
aged to say: Tonight" A dreadful
grin overspread the mans face The
gesture he made was almost a threat.
Madge waited for no more but, trem-
bling in every limb, she fed.
We'll, what luck?" Rosa questioned.
EOh, such dreadful man! But we
can have the boat. He was awful"
How" cried Rosa, sharply.
Il have to bring it back tonight.
He was SO queer! All soppy-skinned
and yellow"
What" shrieked Rosa.
Yes. Do help some, Rosa. | can't
move it myself. l didn't dare ask him
to come and help; he was so cross and
strange"
"Oh, hurry"
Il never knew such man lived here.
His beard was"
"Scraggly! Oh, come, GOMEZ"
yes, scraggly is just the right word,
and such cleaning and"
But Rosa was crying hard and trem-
bling. At last they got off. 1t was a
hard row; the boat was a great tub
and the oars heavy and uneven She
almost gave up. Why not let the old
thing go over. She could swim out of
it safe, and who would blame her about
Rosa; Rosa, who sat there trembling
and moaning and wishing "Ralf were
here" Madge set her teeth over the
wicked thoughts that would rise.
Ralf must love her, thought she. and
for his sake-fOr his sake. She rowed
on.
you are not going back" protested
Rosa weakly.
"Of course 1 am going back" said
Madge, and started.
Rosa crept guiltily into the house.
1T isn't my fault; it isn't my fault, she
kept saying.
you were not at dinner" said Ralf.
NO"
Wood River times. [volume] (Hailey, Idaho) 1882-1915, 1893-10-14
Painfully Incorrect.

II see a mistake in your paper
that l thought you might want to
straighten up" said the man in the
linen buster, Who had toiled up three
flights OF stairs to see the editor.
"Weil?" said the editor.
''W'y, its jist like this: You say
that when the balloon went up
cheer arose from a thousand throats.
and that 1000 eyes were gazing at
the intrepid aeronaut Now, that
there amt right cause know they
was three one-eyed men in the party;
and that only leaves only 1897 eyes
to be again Unto space. flowed
you would like to know" and the
linen-dustered man trotted down.
stairs.
Wood River times. [volume] (Hailey, Idaho) 1882-1915, 1893-10-14
Atlantic Cables.

Eleven Atlantic cables in all have
been successfully laid, and the first
two are dead or lost. OF the nine
cables, only four are in really good
order, the other five being old and
having little chance OF continued
life. The average life Of a cable is
only ten years. One of the nine was
laid In 1869, another in 1873, a third
in 1874, fourth is the cable of 1866
repaired in 1880, while fifth was
laid in 1876. The more recent are
the French (Pouyer Quertier) cable OF
1879, the two new Gould and the
Bennett and Mackey cables.
The Oldest company, the Anglo
American, is the owner of the four
Oldest cables: including the patched
one Of 1880. Three OF these it laid.
while the cable of 1869 was laid by
the French company, and came to the
Anglo-American when it absorbed
that company. These four old cables
are represented by capital of $l2,-
$50, $50, preferred per cent. shares,
a like amount Of deferred shares, and
80, S34, 900 of ordinary shares-in all.
$35, 100000. Their total length is
1919 miles, and the capital is.
therefore, 81 per mile.
Wood River times. [volume] (Hailey, Idaho) 1882-1915, 1893-10-14
Paper Hangers Paste.

A good paper hangers paste is
made OF four pounds of fine wheaton
flour mixed with small quantity of
cold water, thoroughly stirred; two
ounces of powdered alum are then
added, and when dissolved a gallon
OF boiling water. When cool it NAV
be thinned as desired with cold
water and used.
Wood River times. [volume] (Hailey, Idaho) 1882-1915, 1893-10-14

The bravest man on earth has been
found In Indiana He organized all
the church singers in town into one
choir.
Wood River times. [volume] (Hailey, Idaho) 1882-1915, 1893-10-14

THE first horse cars in New York
were run along the Bowery in 1888.
Now there are nineteen street rail-
roads in that city, using 1000 cars
and 10000 horses, and carrying 1885,
600, QUO passengers annually.