The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1893-03-27
MOSAICS OF THE CITY.

ing In q conversation between . steamboat cap
tain and . young attorney, which was over.
heard. Such things tend to show In what man.
ner men treat their wives. and also how wives
treat their husbands. The attorney remarked
that short time before he was informed OF Q
legal decision which won him Q case and large
amount OF money. He Immediately invited the
boys out. and spent several hours celebrating
the event Rather later than usual he went
homa When his vile looked into his face she
suddenly exclaimed: "Why, what's the mat.
terT 'Oh, I've won my case" he replied.
"wsll." said she reprovinly. ''you might have
brought home bottle or two for Us to celebrate
on" Then the captain came In with: "That
reminds me of little game Of poker had once
in which l won $3.50, and I went
home very late with ereenbscks stick
Ing out Of every pocket Ny wife
was angry and thought to appease her with
cash, SO took . handful OF greenbacks aud gave
them to her. saying: You can have these But
she threw them at my head and scattered them
all over the door. The next morning thought
OF the bills and went to look for them, but not Q
dollar could ! find. She had picked them oil
up" Another case 10 apropos. gentleman re-
lated the other day the circumstances attending
the only time he ever went homo intoxicated
He had been out with some city officials cole
brattng and champagne flowed like water. Il
was long past midnight when he vent homo
His wife was in bed wide.awake. with Q light
burning In the room. He thought he could 90
quietly to bed and sleep it Oh, and 30 he said
very little. she saw everything was not right
ons DID not suspect the true cause, 90 she arose
ana came toward him, asking what was the mat
ter. He told her the truth. Then she simply said
"Oh JimV and put her arms around his neck,
but not word of reproof. Jim swears he will
never go home In that condition again. He had
rather bs scoidsd than treated that way.
Charles E. Mellette. OF Port Angeles, was In
Seattle last week on one Of his periodical bust.
ness trips. He wanted to 60 to Olympia last
winter 40 member OF the legislature, but the
political wheel revoIved about fifty spokes too
far. and he was left at home Mr.. Mellctte 10 q
Democrat and good one, and did not 20 into
politics without elaboration. He said in one
OF his short speeches-he 10 not a speech maker
that having got into the vortex he could BE-
expected to remain there This was taken ~ q
hint that 'Charley" would be heard from again,
whether he was elected or defeated. He Is q
young, active business man, and his case affords
an example OF the way ones honest efforts will
be turned against him politically. He built and
owns the city water works, and also built an
electric Light plant in Port Angeles, investing Q
good deal OF money in the city. He paid out OF
his own poke. for the survey OF Q railroad line
from that city to the head OF Port Discovery
bay. and obtained pledges for Q subsidy
In land amounting to 100000 But his scheme
his county failed ON account of the hard times.
aud the fact that he had not built the road was
used against him in politics. Then, he had
lived several years in Victoria, although ma
lve-boru American, and he was called an alien
and all the other hard names that campaigns
bring forth. Although he was "traded" merci.
lessiy by those who should have stood BY him.
he took his defeat philosophically and went
right on about his business, having at least &C.
Quired some valuable experience The active
business men OF Port Angeles and Clallam
county have q good deal OF confidence in Char.
ley Melieite. snd he 10 now chairman of . com.
mittee to further the interests of the CITY in the
recently published plan OF building a railroad
to Port Ludlow. a scheme which is understood
to be backed by the Everett Land Company.
J. 8. Brown. department commander of the
Grand Army in Washington and Alaska. il at
the Occidental aud has been on the Sound for
about week visiting all the posts. IL visited
Miller and Stevens posts last Tuesday and
found them both in good live condition, and
last night was at the meeting of Custer post.
at Tacoma, which had an extraordinary good
turnout All the posts on the Sound are in
good working order. and have not found one
thatis dormant" Mr.. Brown, who is interested
In mining property in the SLOGAN district. savs
o! the outlook there: "Alt the talk il now
about SLOGAN, and great many men from Spo-
Kane have gone there. Many OF last year pros
pectors have winfered 10 Spokane, ana no doubt
when the snow goes off they will go back. You
know. the snow is lying late east OF the mount.
aims this winter and it is delaying the immigra-
non 10 s-ocan. some parties who have been in
the Lsrdesu district ell winter have come ont
with ha,tering reporta Many old-timers from
the Ceur d'Aiene mines sre getting interested
Ia slocan and they eli confden. tina, the
Nelson & Fort Sheppard will be built in there
before fall. as D C. Corb.n has considerable In.
teres;s IN the district"
Prof. J. 2. Hendricks. professor of aericu,,u,.
at the s'aIe agricultural college, ID in the citv
on business Connected with the school exbibi,
Ia The states World. fair display. He will re-.
turn to his duties at Pullman todsy.