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The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1893-02-05
Powerful Currents in the Strata,
Port AngeIe. Trihnna


pccnler question has been opened for dis.
cussion through the finding OF a certain piece
OF rock on the spit near the lighthouse gen.
Leman VINO Is geologist OF more than local
repuse was waking on the north side of the spit
one day last week, when he noticed a good-sized
piece Oh rock, which, from his knowleage OF tee
Characteristic tormatioa of the rock used in the
oreaATater at Port Crescent, convinced bin
that It was originally part of that structural
"hen turning ths rock over he discovered a
hoe tha; lad been drilled, evidently for blast
ing purposes, al OF which further convinced
him that MS first superstition was correct Sew
e-i ayears ago skip laden with coal was wreck ed
On the Straits several miles west Of Port An.
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Shame on tho "Review."

1t 10 the universal opinion of statesmen and
politicians a. Olympia that instead of further
Ing the interests Of Judge Turner in the sena-
toriai fight the Spokane Reciev has, on the con-
trary, done much 70 iniurs him. It's unsruthiul
and disreputaoIs methods are unbecoming 20
that ciass OF journalism to which the Reries
would belong, and are denounced by Mr.
Turner's friends 10 be beneath the notice OF
decent men. Its recen: dirty piece OF scandal
from the capital, story that the Allen men
oaseiy eniiced Turner men into bawdy houses
in orde. to compromise them and thus influence
their votes. IS a faisehooi, pure and simpse. and
for the Rerfee deserves to lie SAT upon. shame
On such ow Instinct The Reriev should hide
isA mead.
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NORTHWEST NEWS.

l. A. Dow. OF Kent, has a standing cfer o! 20
cents per pound from two buyers Tor his egnt
tons of hops, but is holding OF for . cents.
At an Elks' social session at Olympia Friday
nignt Edmond $. MeGny was called before the
court and upon the charge tina, he bad used
bottle o. red ink purchased by D.. Calhoun. OF
the Worlds fair commission. with which 10 dye
his whiske.s, was dg.y Ensd.
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FA.sEO-FtT t)lI ID D.ac.
Ar. Peter Hsnes was chased q suadsylus
large bear, which rushed o1s Of Iae -
near NJ. McCoy's house and went Tor hin -
open Jaws. The old 11sa was badly frsxa,..~s
but managed % ran towards Eas house. las-
he nesrs1 IL the door opened aad Nm ~.
appeared with 8 rife. Lifting the ria Z. -
shoulder, the courageous woman sent tn -
tents into b-uin and killed him. Ina ED
very ungrs.efaIiy claimed the aide a his -
they agreed 20 aagvs x Il was :as la.zet ~
ever seen here.
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Castle Rock l1vocace.

''McGinty." EGoch shinla5e-'s black b., /.
uuqnsstioaa5Iy tEs most accurate wsashs.
barometer in Castle Rock. Juss besors n.
present snowstorT1 lie dag q hole, saac,e.fs
large for his carcass. under q large sraun :
which he Is Kept chained, ami The day prsy,er
20 the commencement CT the storm hs veas a,
his burrow and canno. be iaduced 10 coma an
so wnen the bear comes our We may Know a.
the storm IS over.
The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1893-02-05

Washington Is the Evergreen State BY
virtue OF its wealth of vivid green foliage,
IS well as by common consent and usage.
The sobrique, has been practically unani-
mously adopted at home anu commented
upon savorably by the press of the East.
ANY attempt 10 change the title by act of
the legislature az this late day, Of course.
cannot succeed.
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him 70 lecture there that they were tax
ing big chances against the city, Let rs
nos." he says. "wantonly provoke the
dispaeasure OF that God who has dealt 90
bounsifu.ly with Us" The superstition
implied IN this remark goes fa.- TO recon-
Gle many persons to the necessity and
value of the iconoclassic miss ion Of In
re-soiI
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gs'es, and shortly sfArwsss large ausnuu~.
coal were discovered On the SPIT, waiea ars.s
tiolsosy proves ths. strong ezr-eas ssss -
thss direction. and IL 10 within sha rsnr. ~ -
sio.lities that tEis partscGlsz stone vas 80
from Pcr. Crescent TO Our stores By tie -.
of the s.-ai-s
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Seattle Fighting for Eastern Washington

The people OF this state honored Seattle by
eiecting one of her citizens governor Now
Seattle Is trying to show that she appreciates
TIE honor, aud 10 working for the best Interests
OF the state by supporting John 3. Alien.
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One Of Two Things Necessary.
OaEeada,e INIT Dan

One OF two things is necessary for the veal OF
the state: Either the retirement from public
service OF ali such men as compose the Turner
faction, or let another party run the machine of
government
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An undue importance seems 10 be at
tached by some ministers of Atlanta, Ga.
TO bouncing Bob Ingersoll. and one of
them warns sundry citizens Who aAked
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The Yakima Herald reports that the
shree dark horses from that ci> y have re-
turned from Olympia greatly discouraged.
The Yellowstone journal. [volume] (Miles City, Mont.) 1893-1901, 1893-04-06
WHAT FASHION ADMlRES.

Black costumes of a wooden skirt and
silk waist.
Cashmere colored scarfs in gold and
red effects.
Misses red frocks, with q white silh
yoke and vest.
Felt hats having smooth velvet crowns
and velvet trimmings.
Long cape coats in light colors edged
with brown or black fur.
Hip length p for dressy wear OF
bengaline. velvet and fur.
Small ruffied cape collars of seaiskin
or Of velvet edged with fur.
Pique gloves having black buttons and
wide embroidery-for ladies.
Red wells IN plain and figured net 10
wear with the fashionable red hats.
Visiting capes of satin brocade having
. full collarette of velvet edged withfgr.
Tan colored gowns made up with the
grayish blue shade called 'RussiaH
blue"
Long cloth coats trimmed with mink
of navy blue or the darkest of green
shades.
Dressy capes Of black velvet trimmed
with the TRANCE mixture of white gui-
pure lace and moiFe fur.-Dry Gods
Economist.
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FAMILY
Lonesome Sights That Are to TIE Seen
on Southern ~Indinna Farms.

Lonesome Sights That Are to TIE Seen
on Southern IndiHna Farms.
There is no place like southern
lpdiana for g1ayeyards. said VIII
lam Yakey. of Bloomfield. Now,
that section including Green. Mon
roe, Brown and Sullivan counties is
a wonderland to traverse. 1t looks
as though the old settlers of fifty
years ago vcnted ca one to have a
graveyard If his own. Every mile
or two, often far from any roadway,
totally inaccessible to wagons with
out laying waste the fences. you
come upon little rock walled or rail-
bound Enclosures containing the
dead of II family. Father. mother
and sevoral children lie there, and
none others.
These places have long been for
saken and forgotten. Weeds flourish
in prof'lsion and hide the wind and
rain stained tombstones from view.
Often with a cuiapanion l have en-
tered one of those little Enclosures.
trampled and torn out the weeds and
righted the five or six headstores
that had fallen and buried even the
inscribed virtues of the dead into the
wormy earth.
"These people had no country
churchyard: no preacher except
the visiting parson whocame month
~ on horseback. They had no funer-
al in the present sense of the word.
Plain wooden boxes wereu used for cot.
fins and often the sturdy youth of the
family maue the coffin for the dead
parent or relative. These little Spots
We're dearto those families. One can
see that by the loving little inscrip-
tons and decorations. When they
We're all dead no one remained to
care for them and they fell into de-
cay and ruin.
They are lonesome sights those
little groups of white pillars. In the
winter when the trees are bare and
the grass dead I have seen flocks Of
crows coming and circling about the
clump Of trees that usually cluster
about those places. The bitter wind
moans through the cracking branch
es, and those crows wheel about and
cav and croak until the world seems
truly a placeof sorrow and death" y
Chicago Globe.
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RAILROAD jOTTiNCS.

The Pennsylvania company is double
tracking the Chicago and indianapolis
division between Logansport and Anoka.
Information from Il reliable source IS
to the effect that negotiations are pend
ing which will probably result in a CON
solidation of the Pullman and the Wag-
Eer palace car companies.
The Kansas and Texas railroad has
entered into a contract with the Ameri-
can Express company to perform the ex-
press business over the entire Missouri,
Kansas and Texas system from Feb. /,
1893.
The Great Northern has inaugurated
mixed train service between Spokane
Falls and Wenatlchee. Wash. 113 miles.
The new arrangement opens up seven
teen new stations on the line of the Pa
cifc extension.
After being abandoned for more than
twelve years the Mays Landing and
Egg Harbor City railroad, seven miles
long, will be operated as soon as the
necessary repairing is done. Almost q
new railroad will have to be constructed.
The New York Central is putting fix
lures for using compressed gas in all the
new coaches, as well as equipping the
old coaches, at the rate of ten a week.
The gas plant is at Syracuse, and it is
n Of thirty or more located at differ
emf parts Of the country on the first class
railroads,
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The Africans are a very hardy
race, and I think it is no doubt ow-
ing to a very great extent To the in
PRODUCTION they receive at a very
early age to the strengthening effect
of cold water bathing. Every morn
ing as oon as they leave Their huts
the women file down to the rivers
edge to give their babies a bath. Thu
mother walks knee deep into the
stream, then catching the half awak
cned infant by the wrist, she dips
him into the chilly water and holds
him firmly as he wriggles beneath
the surface.
It always happens that several
women are SO occupied at the same
time, and they naturally engage in
conversation, when the discussion is
often of SO interesting a character
that the infant in the water is almost
forgotten. till his frantic struggle
and tuggiIg warn the dusky parent
that lie is not amphibious. The child
is then hauled cut, but before he ha-
time to recover lis violent CHOKING
and spln.tariug ere again lost in tire
depIks of tie muddy stream. a
repeating this operation four Or Eve
times, the mother carries tie bc
The Yellowstone journal. [volume] (Miles City, Mont.) 1893-1901, 1893-04-06
Mr. IOoies .IOkPs.

Mr.. Toole has confessed to an inter
viewer that there is no truth in the
rumor that he is "a reformed char
acter' in the matter of practical
jokes. On the contrary, he is of opin-
ion a "a little harmless acting of
this sort off the stage keeps one
from growing old'-always remem
bering that practical jokes likely in
the slightest degree to give pain are
not fair game. Unfortunately the
photographers, by making every
body's features familiar nowadays,
rather spoil this amusement.
Yesterday, however," said the
popular comedian, Il went to a jew
eler's to buy some plates and get
some amusement for some time by
pretending to be the income tax com
missioner, and the other day Weldon
Grossmith and / went to the Tower
and made an offer for the L.. If the
crown jewels for ON private theat-
ricals News.
The Yellowstone journal. [volume] (Miles City, Mont.) 1893-1901, 1893-04-06

Arc you particular about the
matter of a perfect fit: If you
are not, you certainly ought to be.
There is only one sort OF fit about
a suit of clothes that doesn't sit
easily they are fit for nothing. II
it cramps you in one place and
hangs too loosely in another, it
The Yellowstone journal. [volume] (Miles City, Mont.) 1893-1901, 1893-04-06
RIPS sill MIsER BROKEN.

Bozeman appears to have partially
awakened from its protracted slumber.
and through its board Of trustees for
the agricultural college has issued a
circular announcing the opening Of the
first term of that institute on April. Il.
lS53. For the present and until the col
iege is planned. contracted for. erected
and ready for occupancy. the pupils will
he accommodated in the Bozenan high
school. Tuition is free but an entrance
fee of two dollars is charged for thr
preparatory and college classes and ten
dollars for the business course. \ les
ire to secure the government appropria-
ton of $4,000 for 1893 is probably at
the root of this Unprecedented energy on
the part of our somnolent friends in
"Fair Gallatin." .Apropos Of the sub
ject. the following concerning the Min
nesota agricultural college will be of
interest:
The 10 student farmers of the state
university agricultural department
have closed another year Of combined
study. practice and experiment on The
state farm, and have adjourned to the
farms Of Minnesota for the summer.
1t can be said of Minnesota's farm
school, as Of no other in the country.
that every graduate thus far has taken
up farming as his calling and profession.
There could be no better proof that the
institution is practical. inspires interest
IN the farming pursuit. and is in every
way adapted to the production of pro.
gressite and successful farmers.
Ii is doubtful if such success can be
looked for with the Montana college az
owing to climate Embraces in the Gala
tin valley, experimental farming must
be limited to the production of IA very
MAR qualit. of barley but had the Iegis-
The Yellowstone journal. [volume] (Miles City, Mont.) 1893-1901, 1893-04-06
A GLlNTs.

E. j. Henley and Aubrey Bo1cicault
will produce Captain Horne, Z. S. A."
this season.
The Gaiety Opera company has been
r~eorganized, with most of the old favor
ties. including Milton Aborn.
Katharine Rober is making Il very
successful tour of the country in BARLEY
C~ampbell's 5-act romantic play. "A
Heroine III Rags"
Normac, the famous leaping grey
hound. who holds the worlds record for
high jumping. is connected with Bur
tines $4,000 dog h%ippodrome.
A Chicago paper says of Baroness
Blanc that 'she will take the place va
Gated by James Owen OConor and
should be treated in the same manner"
Nat Goodwin always likes a part in
which there is a little pathos. and for
that reason he always preferred to play
The Gold Mine to any OF his other
pieces,
Assisting Manager Candy, on the bust
ness end Of the Francis Wilson Opera
company. is Guy p. Wilson. until re-
Gently an active newspaper MAI of Bal
timore.
In DR.. Carver's THE Scout Indians.
cowboys and bronchos by the dozen enac.
wild scenes in the most realistic manner.
A most sensational scene is presented in
the pieoe-a horse falling through a
bridge a depth Of twenty-five feet into "A
deep tank under the stage, representing
the bottom OF a canyon.
Denman Thompson was in the line of
ticket buyers at the benefit recently ten
dered to Harry Hine in New York.
When he got to the box Office he handed
an envelope to the treasurer, saying:
Here's a little check l brought up to
you. ! don't know Mr.. Hine. but | was
told that he is a good fellow, and that's
all / wanted to know"
There Is one scene in Diplomacy
where John 7. Sullivan throws himself
a chair. He missed the chair III
Philadelphia, and striking the floor dis
his shoulder joint. He wills
pered to the stage hands to send for IA
surgeon. Afterthat act the put
the joint into position again, and the
actor finished his work without missin.
a line.
The Yellowstone journal. [volume] (Miles City, Mont.) 1893-1901, 1893-04-06

THE inclination of that August body.
the senate Of the United States. seems
t 5, be veering toward the seating Of the
appointed senators. 1t is Senator Pow
ers opinion that this will be the outcome
and the fact that Senator Turpie, who
so bitterly opposed the seating of San
ders and Power. is an outspoken advo-
cate for the appointees. does not lessen
their chances Of success. Hoar of
Massachusetts and other old liners are
opposed. but it is thought that when it
to a show down they will be in
the minority.
The Yellowstone journal. [volume] (Miles City, Mont.) 1893-1901, 1893-04-06

Mr.. S. c. Hall. in his Memories
describes the burial Of the poet Camp.
he'll i'll Westminster abbey. States
!1en, poets and men of letters fol
lowed the venerable dean of St.
l'aul's, the poet Millman, as, reading
the burial service. he led the solemn
procession to Poets corner. 1t was
] OF, however. the presence of these
ilustrious mourneis that made the
funeral one of the most impressive
ever seen III that mausoleum of great
llen.
A long, ~reverential pause preceded
the words, Ashes to ashes, dust to
Gust" AS they were slowly uttered,
!: Polish officeradvanced from among
The mourners and dropped upon the
coffin some earth taken from the
iraye Of kosciusko, the hero whose
Patriotism and death the poet had
PRAISED in Verse. The effect was
startling.
Then came the climax.
4 heard a voice from heaven
read the dean, and Immediately q
thunderclap shook the old abbey. He
paused; the mourners were thrilled.
As the awful sound died away the
dean finished the sentence-"they
vest from their labors."
The Yellowstone journal. [volume] (Miles City, Mont.) 1893-1901, 1893-04-06
Thursday. April 6. 1888.
THE HELENA ELECTION.

The result of the Helena municipal
election can scarcely be used as a politi.
cal pointer for several reasons. the chief
est OF which and one always applicable.
is that Helena is VIGOROUSLY unreliable
politically. and is just as liable to 90 as
heavily republican as it has the year be-
fore gone democratic. Local interests
and influences predominant to a large
extent in every election. and it is these
that sway the ballot. \ year ago Cur
tin. the democratic mayor just re collected.
had a slightly larger majority than he
had this year, and the fact that the re
publicans with such a hopeless candi-
date as Jockey were able 10 reduce the
: democratic majority at all. should be
taken as an evidence of increased repub-
Hcan strength. Mr.. Jockey is an est
mable gentleman and a good citizen. but
he belongs to that objectionable class in
growing and ambitious cities known as
'Obstructionists." mer who on account
OF their large propert holdings are con
OL1NutHoildIlN oIDbSti W any INV dl pro-
gressive movements that are at the ex-
pense Of the municipal purse. His rec
ord in opposing all public improvements
and in legally resisting the collection of
taxes caused thereby is known far and
wide, and it will never cease to be a
wonder that he was not beaten by one
thousand votes instead of five hundred
in a total poll Of some three thousand
Such men are not without their uses.
They act as a very efficient brake on the
wheels of municipal extravaganza and
often by their o%utspoken opposition to
careless and perhaps criminal local leg
islation. direct public attention to jobs
and schemes that would otherwise pass
nnnoticed until too late. but they are not
the timber of which popular candidates
are made. Municipal extravaganza is
n Of the CRYING evils of the day and at
this time more thoughtful attention is
directed to its prevention all over the
country than tn any other subject. But
in every new city or town there is an TN.
dercurrent permeating the masses. that
urges expansion and improvement. and
where, as in most localities. the masses
have little and the few much. il will not
brook the restraint that is continually
put upon its eNertions 10y those who feel
that their proportion of the cost of any
proposed improvement is too large. 1t
should not he forgotten that the tax
levy of ten. twenty or thirty mills is as
large proportionately to the owner of
$1,000 worth of taxable property as to
h owner of 81 ,G33, 900 worth. As
matter of fact. the ability to pay ismuch
greater with the latter than the former. |
but 1t Is generally the small owner who
wants and champions public improve
ments. and the millionaire who opposes
them. Opposition to the public will IN
this regard has wrought Mr.. Jockeys
discontinue. and while the financial
condition Of Helena of which We know
nothing may have demanded a man of
his ilk at the head of government. il
would have been better politics for the
republicans to have selected an unknown
than to put forward so well known a
character as their late candidate for the
mayoralty.
The Yellowstone journal. [volume] (Miles City, Mont.) 1893-1901, 1893-04-06

lative combine been less powerful, and
Miles City been chosen as the location.
Things would have been vastly different.
Here the students of agriculture could
have experimental with every product
OF the soil, that natures in the temper
ate zone and fitted themselves for the
pursuit of scientific agriculture in any
portion of the country. But it was not
t. be. and nlore's the pity.
The Yellowstone journal. [volume] (Miles City, Mont.) 1893-1901, 1893-04-06

Wlldeied iittle piece OF euoniIci III.
mainly back To the village. am,
spreads him out on the NAT III IL.
sun to gradually cover from the
shock.
This seems to me 20 be rather /.
rough and uncomfortable means oi
providing for the survival Of the fit
test.-E. j. Glave in Harpcr's Yours
People.
The Yellowstone journal. [volume] (Miles City, Mont.) 1893-1901, 1893-04-06

should share the fate of every other nuisance it ought to be abated.
You cannot be too fastidious for us. The more particular you are
the more you will appreciate the attention which we give to every
thing that contributes to a faullcss clothing outfit. Even chronic
critics cannot crticisc our stock of Clothing. Hats and Caps. Boots
and Shoes, Furnishing Goods, etc.
The Yellowstone journal. [volume] (Miles City, Mont.) 1893-1901, 1893-04-06
Merchant Tailoring Department.

We have received a full line of sample Cloth for Spring and
Summer suits, Trousers and Ovcrcoats, among which arc some beau
tiul designs and rare novelties in the Clothing line. An carly sclec-
ton will insure you the choice Of the assortment. and a suit when
You want it.
The Yellowstone journal. [volume] (Miles City, Mont.) 1893-1901, 1893-04-06

An eminent artist "a, ;: "Somt
thirty years ago | was sketchrng q
the shore at Lochgoii Head when /
shepherd accosted NE. lie ever
looked at my sketch, AM drew ny
attention to IA low lying mass of roci
jutting on, from the shore that l ha
caught as faithfully as l could. Yes.
Sir, he said. Il curious thing cur
there about three weeks ago. Foxes.
you well know. sir. are in the habi.
Of coming down ut low tide and eat.
ing the oysters out of their shells
One day ! found one lying dead. and
on examining it closely observed
that its tongue was held as if by "a
wise. The oyster was firmly attached
TO the rock. and poor foNy's tongue
to the oyster. 50 the returning tidt
settled his fate
Il asked if he had ever come b,
this kind of thing before. No, s'r.
never before. though | believe it il
not uncommon. He was ii yorr.
fox, though full grown. and maybt
he was not MP TO the dodge of nut
ting Il stone between the shetis.
That is what | am told they as a rlIs
do. Oh. they are cunning things
foxes, whatever. l tell YOU tn,
story as it was told to me. l believed
it then, and l do SO still. "-London
News.
Had Time to DO Good.
A hungry man went into ii fashionable
down town restaurant and gave an oroer
for dinner. Among other dishes. he or
dered calls liver and bacon.
The waiter was absent Il long time,
and when he served the meal he said
alphabetically:
Sorry to keep you waitin. sab, but de
calls liver was out. an we had to send for
it, sah."
But this is not calls liver. This is
cows liver said the disappointed Gus.
TONER. turning it over with his fork.
''Carn't help it, sab. Dat was a calls
liver when we ordered it, suah, saL."--
Detroit Free Press.