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The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1894-06-30
STATE or NAsHINGToS,
COUNTY or KING.

81. ------, do solemHly swear that | will
support the constitution and laws of the United
States. that will faithfully discharge the du-
ties OF ---, In which position have been
or am about TO be employed By Thomas +. Cakes
Henry G. Payne and Henry G. Rouse, receivers
of the Northern Pacific Railway Conn aud
that will obey all orders of the United states
circuit court for the district OF Washington, so
help me God
"subsaribed and sworn to before me this -
day of June. 1884 --
Middlebury register. (Middlebury, Vt.) 1886-1937, 1894-07-13
A story with a Resonant Moral.

Young men ought not to play poker
or old men, for that mater-at any time,
and when poker is played i'll business
hours the Nervousness of the act is fla
grant. So when President Warren Elliott
of the Wilmington and Weldon railway
came unexpectedly upon a group of his
young men playing poker, with coffee
beans for chips, the other day, he ac-
cepted their explanation that there was
no work on hand and the game was
lust for amusement. " AT some remote
period Of his existence Mr.. Elliott had
been initiated into the intricacies of the
game, and so he drew up a chair and
watched it with interest. Each young
man had i'll front of him pile of coffee
beans, which, as they We're careful to
explain to the president, We're of no
value whatever. AS a matter Of fact,
they had beer bought of the banker for
20 cents each. The president of the
road watched the game with mild in
terest and from time to time absently
helped himself to Il pinch of beans from
the different piles on the table, masti-
eating them with the Indifferent air of
a man who knew that unground coffee
was only 40 cents a pound. The an
guish of the young men, who saw their
chips melt away, was poignant, but no
body dared to explain. When the presi-
dent had consumed all the beans in
sight, he said good night in the most
affable way and went off with an limo
cent smile Oh his rosy, cheerful face.
The gentleman who kept the bank and
had no chips to redeem is now a warm
admirer of the president. New York
Press.
Middlebury register. (Middlebury, Vt.) 1886-1937, 1894-07-13
The Duse Turban.

Besides the prim, straight brimmed,
plainly trimmed sailor hat which has
nothing the least fancy about it but its
name-the hat which so many women,
matrons included, wear so comfortably
and becomingly when they would per
haps look and feel absurd in most other
shapes-is the neat little Duse turban,
a model not unlike a modified English
walking hat, with a low round crown
and "A pretty rolling brim that is unlike
the English walking hat proper, in that
the Duse brim does no roll up close to
the crown, but broadens more on each
side, making it particularly becoming
to slender faces. A veil fastens over it
gracefully and comfortably, and it is
just the shape to accompany a tailor cos
tune for shopping and walking, and for
travelling it is most admirable. The
shape described is easily recognized, but
different milliners give it a different
name. 1t was, however, called original
ly after the actress. -Milliner.
Middlebury register. (Middlebury, Vt.) 1886-1937, 1894-07-13
4 ORIGIN oF ERE.
Started by a Whale, According to the South
Sea Islanders.

10
The South Sea islanders tell a curious
story of the origin of fire. If they are
to be believed, they came into possession
of that useful element in the following
manner: A great whale was once wash
ed ashore upon one of their islands during
the prevalence of a terrible hurricane.
The monster became ~entangled in a
grove of tallow trees "a species of ever
greens whose branches easily ignitel
and while crashing his teeth in his inn
potent rage struck off a spark which
lighted the grove and consumed both
trees and whale. Fires which are said
to have been perpetuated since the day
of the ''great whale fire" may yet be
seen burning in many parts of the is
lands.
Another fire legend, believed in by
the inhabitants of the islands to the
north of the ones in which the great
whale fire. is preserved, is to the effect
that a great air dragon probably light
ning) breathed upon a tallow tree and
set its branches on fire. From the Goals
left from this fire they learned of its
great value and have ever since used the
element for domestic purposes and in
their religious ceremonies. They also
have a tradition that the time will come
when the dragon will return for the fire,
and that no nan will be able to with
stand him and save the sacred spark ex-
cept he be a person born with pink eyes,
fair skin and white hair. For this rea-
son the birth of an albino is always
hailed as a good omen and his or her
person guarded with jealous care, so rs
to preserve life to its utmost limit.
Marionette mentions seeing a fire god"
or fire guard" (albino) while ON his
visit to the islands who was believed
to be at least 1915 years old and who had
always been provided for by the tribe.
Reffinesque, who made South Sea is
land myths and legends a study for
years, is of the opinion that the return
of the dragon for his fire is symbolic of
death and the flight of the spirit.-St
Louis Republic.
Middlebury register. (Middlebury, Vt.) 1886-1937, 1894-07-13
Dr.. Andrew J. Willard's
Establishment for the treatment
of nervous disease, sometimes
known as "rhe Nervine"
and "Rest Cure"

fhe 5. Weir. Mitchell Rest-Treatment a spec
blity. DR., Willard is a graduate OF Yale, '5S
nd Medical Department L. V. NJ, ~. Some OF
is. permitted references are as follows
bishops Atwell, Mo-, Bissell, VT, Davies
lich.; Presidents Angel, Ann Arbor, Buck
lam, L. V. NJ, Dwight, Yale, eX-President
White, Cornell; Professors Goodrich, Grin.
|ell, Perkins, Roberts, j. b. Wheeler, Wit
baus, L. V. NJ; DR.. B.J. Andrews, Hon. u. g.
Benedict, Rev. DR.. Bliss, ex-senator Ed
hunds, Rev. +. Hungertord, eX.Ministel
Phelps, Hon. b. b. Smalley, Judge Wales
on. G. W. W~oodhouse, Burlington; Drs. Ed
~, Middlebury, Caverly, Rutland, JENNIE, 81.
klbans, LawtOn, Brattleboro; Judge Munson,
anchester; Prof Smith, Hanover, \. H.; Drs
tellogg, P~lattsburgh, Leith, Lancaster, y. H.;
| 7. Thayer, Boston, sawyer, Barre, Crisand,
Worcester, Mass, Frank Lewis, y. Y, Dennis,
ewark, Nj. j. Rollins Brown, Brooklyn, Cal
ms, Springfield; Edmund Clarence Stedman,
harlton f. Lewis, Rev. DR.. Wilton, Rev
insley Twining, Isaac Bromley, 5. w. Kne.
ais, New York, Rev. Or. Stafford, Brooklyn
Jew. DR.. Munger, New Haven, " ayne Nc
eagh, Philadelphia, Pref. f. II. Grimm, Bal
more, Judges ). Shiras, Washington, Bill
lgs, New Orleans, Prot. p. Collier, Geneva
on. IL. Z. Robinson, ID. II. +. Stems, Hart
brd, G. +. and +. II. Russell, Drs. F. W. Page
Z. Stedman, Boston, Rev. VIM r. Camp
ell, RoxburY, Rev. J. W. Buckham, Salem
ass, Rev. Theodore Bacon, Essex junction
ev. DR.. Chester, Nashville, Tenn, Rev. DT.
oor, Philadelphia, Rev. Hiram Bingham,
onolulu, ST. Gen. Hariand, Norwich, Conn.
en-. q. A. Johnson, san Francisco, Rev. DI
ugh, Santa Barbara, Albert Emmett Kent
an Rafael, Cal.
Middlebury register. (Middlebury, Vt.) 1886-1937, 1894-07-13
Higher

We have now a high school for the
culture and development Of feminine
beauty. At this beauty college the fair
pupils are taught the science of impart-
ing the highest degree of graceful ex-
preston to their features and move
ments. The young ladies are taught
how to speak,. e., without pulling
faces-and how to pronounce difficult
words in the most bewitching manner.
One of the most difficult words is the
simple potato" Two hours are barely
sufficient to acquire a correct and agree
able pronunciation of the name of this
homely tuber. The professors at the col
lege have discovered that music lends
a peculiar charm to the expression of
the c%ountenance. But the difficulty lies
in the choice of the compositions. La
dies of fair complexion grow melancholy
as they listen to Chopin. Wagner is
specially adapted to dark ladies. His
''polychromatic music imparts the req
uisite softness to brunettes, " rendering
them charming and pliable. The lar
gest attendance is found, however, at the
lectures where the pupils are shown how
to sleep-that is to say, with a sweet
expression and in a graceful pose. I'm
fortunately W. are not told by what
means this delightful accomplishment is
to be acquired. -Frankfurter Zeitung.
Middlebury register. (Middlebury, Vt.) 1886-1937, 1894-07-13
SHE CAME TO HER LOVERS RESCUE.
A SchOolteacher Executes the Fire Drill to
Accept n PROPOSAL of Marriage.

A SchOOlteacher Executes the Fire Drill to
Accept n Proposal of Marriage.
Miss Isabel Medallion was a teacher
in a public school. She had a young
man friend who was nervous and diff
dent. She knew that he was in love
with her, but every time he started to
propose he stammered and suffered and
became SO embarrassed hat she felt
obliged to change the subject.
The young man realized his failing
and was much Inundated thereby.
Night after night he went up to Miss
McGallon's house, determined to ask
her if she would not consent to give up
teaching school and become his wife, and
night after night he made a frost of the
operation. One day he was passing along
the street on which the school in which
Miss Medallion teaches is situated, and
he felt that if he could see the object of
his alteration at that time he would
have nerve enough to ask the momen
tous question. He thought the matter
over and became firmly convinced that
he was equal to the emergency. There
was nothing to do then but try the ex-
pertinent, and he walked boldly into
the school and asked to see Miss Nc
Gallon.
The %janitor escorted him to her room.
She had a lot Of youngsters in front of
her, deep in the mysteries of decimals,
when the young man came into the
room. She came graciously forward to
meet him. He blushed a bit, but his
tongue did not go back on him.
"How do you do?" she said, with a
charming smile. ITO what am l indebt-
ed for the great pleasure Of this visit"
The young man grasped her hand.
"Niss McGallon-Isabel, - he said fer
vently, 81 have called here this morn
ing because l have something very i'm
portant to say to you. 1t is something
on which depends my happiness for all
my future days. l want to ask
But, " interrupted Miss Medallion,
eff it is so important as that, would it
not be better if we were a%lone?"
Eyes, but l beg of you not to turn a
deaf ear to me because these children
are here"
Mss Medallion smiled again. Then
she walked to the desk and rang a big
gong three times. AT the sound of it
the children all rose and marched out of
the room.
''That, " she said as she turned to the
astonished young man, lis the fire drill.
Now, if you hustle, you will have time
to say what you van to say before they
get back.
And he had just received the be-
trothal kiss as the children came troop
ing through the hall on their return
Buffalo Express,
Middlebury register. (Middlebury, Vt.) 1886-1937, 1894-07-13
[ Continued from 9Th page.l

gent, highly respected and prosperous
farmer OF Greenland, n. IL. Mr.. Seavy
was a grandson of Ezekiel Twombly'
and lived with his grandparents. lie
was II years old when his grandfather
Ezekiel Twombly, traded with Benjamin
Kelly for the dam of Vermont Black
Hawk. He had the care of this mare
mostly for eight or 10 years. His dc
scription of her conceded with that given
by Wingate Twombly. lie said she was
black, would weigh 100 pounds, and
was a mare of great endurance. His
grandmother, a lady well advanced in
wears, often drove her after the death of
her husband, Ezekiel Twombly.
Mr.. Seavy stated positively that this
mare which was the dam of Vermont
Black Hawk was not mixed gated,
never paced a step in her life to his
knowledge, and he drove her for years,
that she was never called a Narragansett,
but hat Mr.. Kelly, from whom his
grandfather got her, always said that
she came from New Brunswick, and he
never heard it disputed.
Here was a perfectly trustworthy man
who knew the dam of Vermont Black
Hawk better than any other man that
ever lived, and above is his statement in
regard to her, which we carefully noted
down at the time. Furthermore, MIR.
|Seavy assured the writer that he had
read a great many misstatements In re-
|gard to Black Hawk and his dam which
he would have been glad to have correct
led. but that the writer was the first news
.paper man who had ever interviewed him
upon the subject.
There is other testimony from expert
horsemen who knew this mare well, and
ball agree that she was black in color.
.not mixed gated, never paced, and that
her conformation did not in the slightest
legree resemble that of a PAGER.
The fact is the man who prepared the
hedigree of Vermont Black Hawk, as it
bow stands registered in Vol. WILL, page
%, got his information second hand and
rom parties who had in mind some
mare other than the dam of Vermont
b ack Hawk American Horse Breed
Middlebury register. (Middlebury, Vt.) 1886-1937, 1894-07-13
A Comparison In Years.

How strange our ideas of growing old
change as we get on i'll life! To the girl
in her teens the ripper maiden of 20
seems quite aged. Twenty-Five thinks
80 an 'old thing" Thirty-five breads
40, but congratulates herself hat there
may still remain some ground to be pc7-
sessed in the 10 years before the half
century shall be attained.
But 80 does not by any means give
up the battle of life. 1t feels middle
aged and vigorous and thinks old age
IS a long way in the future. Sixty re-
members those who have done great
things at threescore, and one doubts if
Parr, when he was married at 100, had
} all begun to feel himself an old
kn.-LondOn Tit-Bits.
Middlebury register. (Middlebury, Vt.) 1886-1937, 1894-07-13
The Dream That Didn't Come True.

In the interests of common sense it
is we'll to occasionally relate of the
dreams which didn't come true. One
If the contesting heirs of al aged Bath
Lady dreamed three nights in succession
that there was a will and that it had
been buried with the woman. On the
strength Of this the grave was reopened
and the casket searched carefully, only
to learn that the dreams amounted to
nothing, Augusta Me Journal.
Middlebury register. (Middlebury, Vt.) 1886-1937, 1894-07-13

"My little boy was very bad off for
months with diarrh9a. We used
medicines. also called in two
doctors, but nothing done him any good
until we used Chamberlain's collie, chol-
IRA and diarrhpa remedy, which gave
immediate relief and soon cured him. !
it the best medicine made and
Fan con~scientiously recon- mend it to all
who need a diarrhUa or collie medicine.
b. f. Hare, Trenton. Tex. % and 30
rent bottles for sale by w. II. Sheldon,
NIiddlebury. and Dyer q Co., West
salisbury. VT.
Middlebury register. (Middlebury, Vt.) 1886-1937, 1894-07-13
l n Opposition.

Especially i'll those women who are
always at W lrk upon pablo opinion by
letters, speeches and writings does OPP
position to woman suffrage seem selfish
and narrow. They exercise the largest
liberty of affecting the public for them
selves, but they would deny to the
masses of women even the secret ballot
Transcript.
Middlebury register. (Middlebury, Vt.) 1886-1937, 1894-07-13
When the World Was a Cube.

To q person who reads modern books
and modern literature in general, and
who has never had either time, opportu-
nifty Or inclination to strike off into the
bypaths which were so frequently and
industriously followed by ancient writ
ers, thinkers and dreamers, the heading
of this mote will be an enigma.
Without further speculation, however,
and following the desire which should
always be uppermost in every writer's
mind-that of at once getting the sub
ject itself before the reader-I will say
that there was a time, centuries since,
Of course, when the learned men of tho
world really taught that the world vas
a square, not merely fiat, but that it
was a cube, The primitive ~geographers
of Egypt, Assyria and China all taught
that the world was a square plane, ="
evidence of which may be found on
thousands of ancient monuments in the
countries mentioned, as well as in their
ancient manuscripts. upon their in
scribed tablets of clay and other early
literary remains.
One of the most curious discoveries
ever made in Central America concern
ing Toltec belief, symbols, etc, is that
they also had a similar idea concerning
the form of what we now speak of as
the ~"globe." A late writer on the dis
coveries made among the monumental
ruins of that country says, '"They
(meaning the Peruvians, Toltecs and
Quiches) believe the world to be a cube,
suspended from the heavens by cords of
gold fastened to each of its corners -
Exchange.
Middlebury register. (Middlebury, Vt.) 1886-1937, 1894-07-13

Be cheerful. 1t is better to live in
sunshine than in gloom. If a cloud rests
apon your heart, turn its silver lining
10 your friends, and the glow of cheer
1t will cast upon them will be reflected
on you, and the cloud will give way be-
fore the brightness and joy its own
light has begotten. New York Ledger.
Middlebury register. (Middlebury, Vt.) 1886-1937, 1894-07-13

COUGHING LEADS TO CONSCMP-
ZION. Kemp's Balsam stops the cough AT
bnce.
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1894-08-20
Ida Jones, AssaiIants.

JACKSON, Tenn, Aug. 20.-Allen Autory and Ben Smith, two of the men accused of brutally outraging the 14- year-old girl, Ida Jones of this city, are in jail at Humboldton that charge. The girl says that there were three others, but does not know their names, Autory, it is said, admits knowledge of the girl, but with her consent. Smith stoutly denies any connection with the affair. The two men will have to face their ac- cuser in preliminary trial at Humbold. The girls character will be attacked. She Is ander legal age of consent. The details of the affair are brutal in the ex. treme. The crme viii b. thoroughly eifted
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1894-08-20
SAN ANToNio'5 STRIKE.

Somebody |. Liable to Hear Gun
 Go on.
 SAN ANTONIO. Aug. 2O.- The street. oar strike on the San Antonio electric system continues. Non-union men are working to the number of four. Sat urday an attack was made on street car by sympathizers of the strikers and street riot ensued in which an ice wagon driver was bit In the head with q coupling pin. The car was pretty badly wrecked. The moterman escaped with his car and on the return trip had 8 Winchester ready for more fun. Several arrests have been made.
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1894-08-20
STANDING BY THE FLAG.


 The following from the Hope Gazette has such clear ring of true Democracy in it that we gladly give it space in our columns and com mend it to those whose hopes were not gratified in the recent primaries and also to our esteemed contempo- raries, the Commercial and Press Eagle:
 Sc yeral of our brethren of the 1 fourth estate were defeated for of flee in the primaries of their respec- tive counties, but we are glad to note that they accept the verdict of the Democratic masses gracefully and not in the least cast down. Turner, of the Nashville Neacs; Beck, of the Philadelphia Herald, and Meador, of the Okolona Messenger, were made to feel the sting of defeat, !" but the sting don't seem to have dampened their Democratic ardor in the least, for they are fighting for the old flag just as hard as eyer. This is the way Beck feels about it:
 We ran for office aud that is all there is to it. It pleased the Democracy of Clark county | to ignore our claims, and their verdict rem dered last Saturday is accepted without com plaint. We are conscious or having redered | Democracy a faithful and unfaltering service for fourteen years. but we are never un- mindful of the fact that the Democratic party owes no man promotion as a reward for duty done. A performance of duty that is induced by hope of personal reward does not possess those qualities that will endure under trial and survive defeat, We exercised our right to offer for office, and the Demo- crats of the county exercised their right and perhaps discharged duty in denying us. So mote it be In the gloomy shades of most signal defeat our hearts strongest desire Is for complete Democratic success in Septem- Der. and to the attainment of that end our very best efforts and every necessary saeri- Ice is hereby pledged, Long live Democracy!
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1894-08-20
THE NEWS IN BRIEF.

Whoopingcough is said to be epidemic among the children Of Alton, Ills.
 Five train hands were injured by 8 wreck on the Rock Island at Trenton, Mo.
 In wreck at Cubero. N. M., the fire man was killed and the engineer badly hurt.
 Judge J. B. Strode was nominated by the Republicans of Congressman Bryan's district.
 Dr. J. D. Clardy was nominated for congress by the Democrats of the Second Kentucky district.
 The effort of railroad strikers at St. Paul and Minneapolis to secure general reinstatement was failure.
 A prisoner in the Chicago Bridewell contracted smallpox in that institution. Nine hundred persons are confined there.
 William C. Aldridge of Monteau county was nominated for congress by the Populisss of the Eighth district to oppose R. P. Bland
 Burton c. Cook, who placed Lincoln in nomination at the conventions of 1860 and 1864, is dying at his holnein Evans ton, Ills.
 South Carolina Reform Democrats in- dorsed Tillman for the United States senate and nominated John c. Evans for governor and Dr. Zimmerman for lieutenant governor.
 H. H. Harris, editor of the Cham paign qlls.) Daily Gazette, has sued E B. Chspin. editor of the Champaign County News, for se5,0O0 for defapna- ton of character. Both are Republican papers.
 The Indiana Democrats met at Indian apolis and nominated state ticket.
 An attempt to wreck Missouri Pa cif1c train at Fl Dorado, Kan, was foiled.
 James Orsborn was shot from Am bush and killed at West Glaize, Cam den county, Mo.
 Missouri Cumberland Presbytsrians are holding their annual encampment at Fertile Springs.
 Chicago fire inspectors have un- esrthed & school of Johann Most, in ar- resting a nest of firebugs.
 Delegates representing Ohio labor un- ions met at Columbus and formed an independent political party.
 Miss Mamie Elmore created senSa- ton in Keoknk by doping with mar ried drummer named Mitchell.
 D. Grant Armstrong, dying at Gov ington. Ky, confessed to forging his brothers name to notes aggregating sl5,ooo.
 George Fisher stabbed, probably fa tally, Philip Wild of Spiokards, Mo, because Wild asked him to pay little bill.
 Miss Helen Martin, daughter of Sena tor Martin of Kansas, entered the noyi tate at St. Mary's academy, Leaven worth.
 C. F. Drake has sued the Chicago and Alton railway for S50,0o0 damages fol injuries received while acting as an en gineer.
 British subjects in China and Japar have been notified by the home govern ment to be strictly neutral.
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1894-08-20
Troubles of Chicago Mnstarymsn.

CHICAGO, Aug. a0.-Amateur soldier. ing in Chicago does not pay, Numbers of militismen who helped to suppress the late trouble were discharged by em- ployers for absence from their employ ment. Now 1t turns out that ecalpers are reaping 8 rich harvest from state troops who were in the field during the late riots. The uncertainty of getting their vouchers cashed from the state treasury until after the legislature ad- journs next year. and the failure of sev- eral bankers to come to the front, has compelled many of the citizen soldiers to take their vouchers to money brokers, who charge 10 per cent. for cashing. The troops complain bitterly of this ar engagement, and say it is scant spprecia- tion of their services that forces thom to submit to such heavy discounts.
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1894-08-20

TIE Pine Bluff Press Eagle and the Nom oe County Sua are engaged in the small business of attempting to hold Jimmy Adams up to public ridieule because his name happened to be mentioned among the gentle men who might succeed Clifton R. Breekinridgein Congress. We don't know what spirit actuates the Soa, unless it is pure unadulterated eus- sedness, but the animus of the Press Eagle is easily found. Adams is a better Democrat than the Psess- Eagle man, and by hard work has sue ceeded in putting straight Democ- racy on top in Jefferson county Helena World.