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The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1893-01-30
STERN MARKETS.,
NEW YORK STOCK EXCHANGE

NEW YORK. Jan. 2A-Heavy ex9ortz Of gold
today and the assurance OF further lsrge sh! p
ments next week had decidedly restricting in
fueuce upon the general list In the si<cA mar
ket, and while quotations were he'd w:1hin ex-
tremeiy narrow limits Tor all but C,zzl stocks
and Manhattan. the dropping tendeleF resulted
in generally lower prices, wh,ca. however, were
only slightly changed from those OF lastayeuiug.
Government nis-puu and steady:
Patroieum-Ciosed, ~ tc bid.
EXPORT OF GOLD.
NEW YORK. Jan. 2>-Thc steamship Ia Nor
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HOTEL ARRIVALS.


Nv Potter, Olympia II II Dearborn, City
X { McCroskey, Wash u / Andrews. R0saiia
Mrs r. Williams. MAsh J MoIcauan, Port Town
ben Meyers, hent Vi Billings. 90
} stevenson Everett Il { Calhoun, do
& l. Inte-ule.a.wXc T TK { Calhoun, do
4, I iierdrlc. >u0homlshH Blanchard, Str Farm
r 4 Vadhams, sF J L Robert Walia "
Ms NAlhams, DO Mis-, Hobsou, Tacoma
II t Rubdge SIS do L Wade Il w. do
3 Alexander, Sedro " u o DOLE & ", Wash
J Hopp, clifton q / Brown. Everett
d. J II Rluehart. Bal'rdC Roth 4 ", y natcom
+ CalGerwood, EaucouyJ /. bowel i ", do
f q Fare, Fs;thayen Hamilton. ii
Z Patten. cry l. \ HaEi * ", X poo
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& New edi~h treaty.

WASHINGTON CRY, Jan. 29.-The presi-
dent has sent 10 the senate the new extra
dition treaty with Sweden recently nego-
tiated.
The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1893-01-30

Real estate transactions from January !, 1893
are 81, 542,93l. There were ied for record during
the week So deeds, the considerations aggregai-
ing sl4s,Si7. Following is the record of the
week BY days:
The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1893-01-30
sfffING rHkHor POLES
Most Successful Growers Adopting
short sticks aud Irvine

Ina VfAuVp, Jan. -. - Special. - The
seekers nave torty-two men at work A.
- III the hop ne.ds. Most Of them,
e"SSSed IN planting new wards 81 Is.
t. TIE rest shortening and putting the
- mo the poles N the old wards
:. :. : Neeker Is adding seventeen acres
,ae Asrshali yari. which he purchased
'A''' and pine acres 20 his yard south
The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1893-01-30

mandie. which sailed this morning for Europe,
carried s3,5S000 of American gold coin. Gold
hlpments since January of this year aggre-
gate So 400, 900.
FINANCIAL
money on call-Easy, at IL per cent closed,
ouered, per cent Prime mercantile paper. Il !.
go per cent Sterling exchange-Steajy, with
actual business in bankers bills at sass for
sixty-dsys snd Sls7ls for demand.
BONDS.
Z. {. ls (Regl...- 1lls< U. g. A. Coupon lIss<
U. :. Is Reg b.. 100 Pacific 6's........ los
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Portland Grain M.Sket.

PORTLAND, Jan. 2S-Tspecial. -Wheat-The
market was slow and steady. Valley, 81 20O
L24a: Walla Walla, $Ilo@L121: per Genital.
Receipts, 17,5l5 centals
The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1893-01-30
STEAMER FAIRHAvEN.

Leaves City Dock. seattle. daily except satur-
cay. az 9 9 m, for Ednoais, Clinton Tuialin
Browns Point Langley. Coupssiile san Dc Fuca
Cak HGro0r ttsaiaiy AMI LAc0aaer Returning
caves Lsconnsf II for seattle. covering same
E9ate. L. GREEN Master
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Tie Union racine IS the only trsnscoltl mental
line running two through trains daily from the
Northwest 20 Omaha. Kansas City. II LOUIS sai
Chicago and a.. points last Modern equip
meut last time AID tie oesI of service Ticket
Once 10 second street. A. {. Martin, agent
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n- T. Eugene Jordan has removed from the
Iesler residence 10 safe Deposit auilling.
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Seattle Grocery Company. Telephone $50
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STEAMER4.
LILY ON THE FLYER
SEATTLE TO TACOMA
In one hour and twenty five minutes
THE STEAMER FLYER"
Having been rebuilt Is the finest passenger
steamer on the Sound. Regular daily and sunday
trips Seattle Tacoma route. as follows:
TAXING EFFECT
THURSDAY. SEPTEMBER 10.
Leave Seattle $50 a m. 1850 p. N. and 900 p m.
sharp. Daily except Sunday.
Leave Tacoma 1880 a. m. 1880 . m. and $3.50
p m. sharp Daily except Sunday.
SUNDAY TRIPS
Leave Tacoma q. m. and D. IN sharp.
Leave Seattle $50 a. and p. m. sharp
Landing at N p wharf Tacoma and CONNER
rial dock. foot OF Marion street. Seattle.
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MERCHANDISE
Hops-Firm: Pacific coast, 2l0s24c
Coffee-Options opened Irregular. ) to 10 points
UP. and closed steady, to Is points up Sales
T-45; March, Si675(1I6S5: May, $lo.4IGl6.5a
Spot Rio-Firmer: No. 7. lz7sc.
. sugar-Raw-Firm and Gull; fair refining.
l-l6c; centriingais, 90 test. sc. Refined-Firm;
standard A. IL i6(6i7se; cut loaf. 5-l6G5l &c;
crushed, 5-lG(G51&c; powdered. l5-l69o1se
graduated. 1l-l6G5c; cubes, l5l695lsc.
Copper-Duii. Lake, Sl100
Lead-Firm; Domestic, $50.
Iln-Firm: Straits, $211i
BOSTON STOCK EXCHANGE.
BOSTON, Jan. 2S.-Closing:
Atchison ......... p Mexican Central. l2l1
Burlington. 1o3 Bell Telephone. 2ll
CHICAGO BOARD OF TRADE.
CHICAGO. Jan. 2S.-There were lively times at
the opening of the Board of Trade this morn
lag. Wheat broke cents. 1t was attributed to
queer cause John Cudahy contracted Sc
we're cold. which he feared would develop
into pneumonia, so he decided to protect his
interests in wheat by buying puts against
it to the amount of several million bushels.
This was done on curb yesterday afternoon and
caused a break at the opening today. This
morning Cudahy was reported much better and
was a buyer of wheat. May closed yesterday at
7s7sc, today at z7ic, and declined to 763sc under
general and panicky selling, but the sentiment
then turned and rallied to 775sc. Thereafter
the market ruled irregular and easier, closing
weak. lac lower than yesterday. Receipts
were 164,U0o bushels; shipments, 5000 bushels.
Wheat-Steady; cash, 721%c: May. 77isc.
Corn-oteady; cash, 4i1sc; May. 4s11sc.
Oats-Easy; cash, S03sc; May, 35c.
Rye-5215c.
Barley-6fc.
Flax-sL15l4.
Timothy-s44S1cl5 so.
Pork-Firm: cash, sl965; May, $50.
Lard-Firm: cash. 81. 7215; May. sl165.
Snoulders-$G s7ia3l0
Short ctsar-$l0 60Jlo65.
Short ribs-Firm; cash, 5000; May, $10S71z.
CHICAGO LIVE STOCK.
CHICAGO, Jan. 2S-Cattle - Receipts, 1000;
not a sufficient number on sale to make mar
ket. Best steers, $5.7d0c600
Hogs-Receipts, 5000: steady. Mixed, 5000
500; heavy s7.9O(sS. ID; light. s. 500J775
Sheep-ReceipIs, 1,o00; closed dull: large
number carried over. Top sheep. s5.00(95.1a
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DEOPLE'S SAVINGS BANK. OCCIDENTAL
l. block, Seattle, Washington. Ca3ital. 500. 600
Officers - Boar OF Trustees 49, Bailey Gatzert
Pres dent Jacob Furth, Vice President: Arthur
A Denny. Second Vice President: James X. Hay
den, Manager, Cashier and Secretary; Frank l.
Bodgett. Assistant Cashier; l. Schwahscher, John
Leary, WIN. r. Bailey, John Collins. OTTO Ranke
Transacts savings bank business exclusively.
Deposits received from one dollar TO ten thousand
dollars. six per cent. interest," per annum allowed
term and per cent. ordinary deposits.
Dividends declared the last day of May and No
vember Loans made on real estate or approved
colaterals only.
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STEAM ERs.

Connects with boat for Snohornlsh. Connects
with steamer Bailey GatZert for Tacoma
Trips daily including Sunday
To take effect Monday, Septsmberls
SEATTLE AND TACOMA NAVIGATION CO.
CLAUD TRoCP, FRANK W. GooDHrE,
Pres. Secy.
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MINING STOCKS.

Drafts-On sight, New York, per 800, 2oI &C.
Sterling bi.ls-on london. 60-tay bsak, "a -
silver bar--Per ounce, So os55 &C. Mexican dol
lars, 66<Go6I2c.
The St. Johns herald., 1893-08-17
GIVE THE BABY GOOD LUCK.


The First Thing Is to Have It Go Upstairs Before It Goes Down. k5sEe [ ''Thinl1 of baby twenty-four hours old climbing step ladder!" exclaims the Washington Star. ''It was rather an undersized infant for that age, too. Of course, it could not climb up by it. self, so the nurse carried it in her arms. It did not cry, but clapped it's hands delightedly. The child was little boy, and the climbing of the ladder took place in the very room where he was born. The mother regarded it as important event, evidently. It was by place. Her interest was none the less because it was all for the sake of grat- flying an old-time superstition.
 Monthly nurses all agree that if baby goes downstairs before it goes upstairs it's path in life will be down. ward and ill-luclx will attend it. Ac- cordingly precaution should be taken against such an omen. Tn this instance the child having been born on the top floor of the house, it could not be car ried upstairs and, therefore, it's mother had suggested the ingenious plan of having a stepiadder brought into the room so that nurse could mount it with baby in her arms. But that was not all. A small Testament was att tached by string to the child's arm and in it's chubby little fist was placed a gold dollar. Thus reasonable certainty was secured that the boy would grow up both rich and pious. At the same time it seems very odd to see such SUI perstitious observances practiced in Washington in the year 1892. Some people say that it is very bad luck, in- deed, for a baby to see itself in mir TOT before it is year old, though why this should be so it would be difficult tn fell ,, ....1...sl--z-aa.:..-.z ...
The St. Johns herald., 1893-08-17
The Maidstone Myth.

"Here's something that will interest you," said physician, as he placed a lump of slaty-lool1ing stone in the hands of a scribe. "A patient of mine gave me that this morning with as grand an air as if she were giving me a silver dinner service. No doubt She thought it had as great value. It's maidstone. You've read accounts of them. Put them on a dog bite and they will suck it and give off green froth, and all that sort of rubbish. There's no such thing as a maidstone in the world. Touch the stone to your tongue. Notice anything? Sticks, doesn't it? That is because it is anhy- drous. It has gone through a slight chemical change and has lost part of the water that was in it's original com position, so that it readily absorbs the moisture. It will stick to a cut or bite or anything else that is wet, and that is all there is to it. But it's a harmless sort of superstition, and if it makes any poor devil comfortable, for goodness sake let him believe in it"
The St. Johns herald., 1893-08-17
A PERIlous TRlP.
On Foot Through Tartary, TurS~-ran and
 Siberia to St. Petersburg.

On Foot Through Tartary, TurH~<ran and
 Siberia to St. Petersburg.
 It may be safely asserted that not one of his Episcopal brethren has ever performed such a feat as formed an ep- isode in the early life of the newly-ap- pointed bishop cf Norwich, says the St. James, Gazette. After serving a couple of years as curate under Dr. Hook at Leeds, Mir Sheepshanks went out to British Columbia in 1859, when that colony was far wilder and more isolated country than now. He did eight years of rough work, and then determined to come home fora holiday, at all events, electing to travel via Japan and China, in those days a by no means familiar route. For months he disappeared entirely from mortal ken, and his family began to entertain seri- ous misgivings as to his fate.
 One evening a young Cambridge man, afterwards head-master of we'll known grammar-school, but tutor for the nonce to Russian prince, was smoking a cigarette in his rooms in St. Petersburg, when his. servant an nounced that moujik wanted to see him very urgently. The unknown wis itor was shown up and appeared in the weIl-worn garb from which Brian O'Lynn derived his simple but practic- al sartorial notions. To his hosts ut ter bewilderment this uncouth being addressed him in refined English, and presently explained that he was 9 brother Cantab dcsirous of securing his good offices. The man, in short, was Rev. John Sheepshanlzs, who, hay ing landed some six months before near the mouth of the Amoor river, had made his way alone and on foot through Tartary, Turlestan and Si- beria to the banks of the Neva.
The St. Johns herald., 1893-08-17
A SUBLIME STRUCTURE.

The Holiest and Most Famous of tho ks, 1:ss Early Buddhist Shrines. ,, One of the most beautiful as we'll as the holiest and most famous of the few surviving Buddhist shrines of long ago is the Temple of the Tree, at Buddha-Gaya, near Pa5na, Bengal, which was once the center of the Budd- hist religion, and is still place of pious pilgrimage. The temple is now occupied by Brahmin college, but a movement is on foot among followers of Buddha all the world over to es- tablish Buddhist college there and restore the ancient shrine to believers of the primitive faith. scs-szt:
 The temple is square, with Q pro jecting porch, and from it's top scars skyward a pyramidal tower of nine stories, all profusely embellished with a graceful upper pinnacle and gold finial. A small tower stands at each corner of the roof of the lower struc- ture, and there is broad walk about the base of the great tower. Over the porch which fronts the east a triangu- lar aperture is pierced whereby the glory of the morning sun may fall upon the gilded image cf Buddha seated in the sanctuary within. This magnificent temple is almost the last one remaining of the eighty-four thou sand erected by King Asoka to the memory of the great teacher two hun dred and eighteen years after Buddha's death.
The St. Johns herald., 1893-08-17
SEEING AN OPPORTUNITY.
Johnnie Thought He Had the Chance of
 Lifetime.


 g Lifetime.
 Many laughable things have hap pcned in Sunday schools, but few su- perintendents or teachers can ever have been taken more completely abacl1 than was Bishop Cheney on one occasion. He was to superintend his own school, says American Youth, and as he entered the church he met lit tie group of street gamins-ragged, dirty and unattractive.
 q stopped to speak with them pleas antly and told them that I would put them in classes after I was through with the opening exercises. At this one of them thrust his hand deeply into his pants pocket and pulled out an old jacll-llnife.
 Mir. Cheney, I wish you would keep that until after the Sunday school is over.'
 "Why he wanted me to keep it I did not know then. I do not know now; but I took it. put it without thought into my pocket, took my place upon the platform, struck the bell that called the school to orderand was about to give out the opening hymn when my attention was diverted by the pat ter of little feet coming up the broad aisle.
 It is a long church, and little girl was coming from the extreme oppo- site end. She came slowly, but with an expression in her face that showed she had most important message to communicate, and so all exercises were suspended.
 '.Every eye was upon her and upon rne as she climbed up the chancel steps. With face and voice expres- sive of intensest eagerness she said to me:
 "'Say, Mr. Cheney, Johnnie wants his knife He's got chance to trade.'"
The St. Johns herald., 1893-08-17
OUR NATIONAL EMBLEM.
The Bounteons Golden Corn That Grows
 from Canada to Chill.

The Bounteons Golden Corn That Grows
 from Canada to Chill.
 "What plant of our splendid fora shall we choose for national emblem?" asks Edna Dean Proctor in Ladies' Home Journal, and her answer is an interesting one.
 Ut should be one which is purely American, which is widespread, dis tinct in character and rich in associa- tion. The plant which fulfills these conditions in the highest degree, and from its importance transcends them all, is our stately grain, the maize the corn. It is indigenous to America and peculiar to it-never a kernel else where in the world until carried from here. 1t grows, in many varieties, from northern Canada to southern Chilli With its commanding height, its graceful, curving leaves, its crown of flowers, it's silllen tassels and pliant huslls-nature's choicest wrappings for her statelieet grain-and, above all, for its golden ears, true cornucopias, symbols of abundance and joy, it is distinguished for beauty and dignity and individuality 1t is associated with all life on this continent. It was food, with game, of the primitive peo- pleS hereof the wandering tribes, the Aztees, the Incas-and the object of their prayers and thanksgivings in songs and dances and rituals, as it is of their descendants to-day. Among ourselves it is our most important grain product, nearly equaling in value that of all the other cereals to- gether. Then it lends itself with such effect to decoration. Its leaves, it's flowers. its tassels, its ears, with their varied tints and forms, make it unri valed for artistic use. And always 1t is so unique, so purely American. The eagle flies for other lands, the maize is native only of our own. Let the states choose each what flowers they will; but for national emblem let us have the only plant that is American enough to fitly symbolize us-the maize, the corn.
 ''I'he arbutGs and the golden rod
 The heart of the north may cheer.
 And the mountain laurel for Maryland
 Us royal clusters rear.
 And Jasmine aud magnoiia
 The crest of the south adorn.
 But the wide repGb:ic's Crltlern
 Is tie boantcoUs. golden corn
The St. Johns herald., 1893-08-17
AIR-TlGHT PIES.
The Man with the Ginger Beard Tells a
 Story of Early Colorado Days.

The Man with the Ginger Beard Tells a
 Story of Early Colorado Days.
 ''Them fellers at Chicago is maxim a whole lot of money in the hash busi- ness.'' sad the man with the ginger beard, "but I jist bet they ain't none of them got on to the scheme that feller out in Colorado did oncet."
 The grocer sat looking dreamily out the window, wondering when his com mission was coming with the postmas- tership, says the Indianapolis Journal. The man with the ginger beard noticed his abstraction, got insulted, walked across the street, thought better of it, came back and went on as though the grocer had exhibited the deepest interest.
 'Itwas jist like this," he said. ''This here feller made thousand dollars in one year a-sellin' air-tight pies.''
 ''What is air-tight pies?"
 ''Air-tight pies" said the man with tight. The feller made 'em this way. Them pies was made out of two crusts, and the fillin' was wind, which he blowed into them till they was about two inches thick. You see, he sold them pes to the tourists, to be ct off the premises-mostly when they was out explorin'. Teller would buy the pie, thinking it was the thickest pie for the money that ever he had bought, and so it was; but when he come to bite into it his teeth would come together so sudden that some of 'em was jist as likely to break off as not. But then tenderfeet is made to be skinned and when the Lord sends one a good mans way he is a sucker hisself if he don't do him up as he should be did"
The St. Johns herald., 1893-08-17
AN uNLucXY MAIL CAR.
No. 800 Is 8 VeritsbIe Terror to the Erie
 EaiIMaT Men.

No. 800 Is 8 Veritahle Terror to the Erie
 Railway Men.
 Railroad men, as a rule, are far from being superstitious, but there is cer- tain mail car on the Erie railroad which trainmen always dread to have o1 their train. This car, which is re- garded with such Q superstitious dread, is mail car No. 800. On account of the aversion to it, this ear is kept at the shops, except when it is absolutely needed on the line. This car, accord ing to the Chicago Tribune, las a record which perhaps no other car in existence can equal. Not this car alone, but all it's predecessors bearing the same number have met with dis aster.
 In the great disaster at Tioga Center thirteen years ago, mail car No. 500 was wrecked and burned. A new No. 800 was soon after built at the Jer- sey City shops. After being in Q num- Der of minor wrecks, it went down the steep bank at Shohola a few years ago in one of the worst wreclzs the road has ever experienced. The remains of this Ll-ldISQ CCI WClC Otl1 AANNl SiA-Ne sb AASN one bearing the same number was built at the Buffalo car shops. For a short time the bright, new car ran from one end of the road to the other in safety, and the trainmen began>to lose their fear of it when it was in their train. It's luck was short-lived, however, and it las been in nearly every serious wreck the road has had since. A little over a week ago train No. 12 ran off the track at a switch. As was expected, this car was on the train.
 Recently there was g wreck near Laclzwazen. X railroad man at that station the day of the wreck, in talk ing to some passengers, said: ''Tll bet 800 was in the train" When the train had been put on the track and pulled slowly into the station the railroad man said: ''There, 1 told you so." Sure enough there was the mail car with the unluclly 800 in big figures on its sides. These three figures are terror to every man on the road, and until the car is laid up for good the railroad men say frequent wrecks may be looked
The St. Johns herald., 1893-08-17
AT THE PHONE,
Emperor William Issuing His Imperial
 Orders by Wires.

Emperor William II. has his own inn perial way of using the telephone, says the Appeal-Avalanche. Despite mis- takes caused by the emperor's refusal to name himself at the opening of his conversation, as other people do, he invariably introduces his telephoned orders, merely with the words: ''I con- mand that" and so forth. As soon as chief of department hears these words he motions that his subordinates must at once leave the room.
 The significance of this arrangement is supposed to be that the chief is having something like an audience with his majesty, and that it would be pre- sumptuous for person not summoned to hear the imperial voice to occupy the room into which it's tones are con- veyed. At the end of the conversation the emperor walks away without say ing ''goodby," and the chief with whom he has conversed must listen for five or six minutes afterward to make sure that the imperial orders have been completed. Then he calls back his assistants, and the usual etiquette is resumed.
The St. Johns herald., 1893-08-17
STORES ON sHlP6OARD.
Passengers Will Soon Be Able to Get Wha
 They Need in EIidocean.

Passengers Ntlli soon 1Se <ADto TO Get " nay
 They Need in 5Iidocean.
 The steamship men are talking of adopting another wrinkle. Ut is a capital idea, said the originator, who, according to the New York Evening World, manages one of the biggest lines running between the Mersey and New York.
 Ut is our intention to establish a counter on every one of our ships. The department will be in charge of landsman and an assistant, the latter a petty officer on board. It will be necessary to select landsman, because sailor men know very little about mo- tion counters.
 Everything to be found in first class dry goods store will be put on sale at this counter; everything, say, with the possible exception of the latest fanglc in bonnets and trunks.
 "Wen run a full line and sell as good and as cheap as any firm on shore. The time has gone by when passengers have to be inconvenienced through an oversight in having forgotten to pack away shoe buttoners, a particular kind of glove, hair brush. hand glass or any other article that makes human nature kind and good.
 No, we won't have any special sales, but we'll have silks and ginghams in abundance, that the ladies may have a chance to while away the monotony of the voyage. It's a big scheme, and it will be a great boon to our patrons when it is fully established"