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The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1895-10-24

The steamer Bertha recently arrived in
San Francisco, bringing us miners from
the Yukon. each with a buckskin bag full
of nuggets and gold dust 1t would be in
teresting- TO know how many have re-
turned without even a buckskin bag, to
say nothing of gold dust or nuggets.
The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1895-10-24

First they arrested the Duke of MARI
borough for riding bicycle, and now they
refuse to allow wedding gifts from abroad
to enter without paying duty. If it wasn't
for those s15.Oo0.o00 the Duke might be
tempted TO throw UP the whole thing in
disgust.
The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1895-10-24

DIR. Eastman, the Sioux physician and
missionary, says that tribe is now ruin
ed one-ruined by civilization. They are
mostly drunkards and physical and moral
degenerates. They are all beggars and
live only TO eat and sleep. The Indian
spirit is broken and only systematic work
Will revive IL.
The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1895-10-24

The president and family will so to
Woodley on his return from Atlanta So
long as we have to pinch along with small
revenues why wouldn't It be a good idea
to rent the White House furnished? There
seems to be little use for 1t by the pres
ent tenant
The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1895-10-24

hundred year extension of the Pacific
railroad debt will keep those lines in about
the same moribund condition they sre to-
day. Probably the best thing to Go would
be to sell them under foreclosure. put
them through a wringer to squeeze out
the water and run them on a real value
b1 al
The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1895-10-24

Out of us members Of congress, question
ed as to how they stood on the Nicaragua
canal proposition, only two opposed it.
Those two probably never saw a city till
they went TO Washington and then put up
at a place where they were told not to
blow out the gas.
The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1895-10-24

When the people OF New York city Sc
lect as party names such terms as Goo
Coos, Garocs and Gazoos 1t would seem
that they ought TO have the saloons closed
not only on Sunday. but every other day in
the week as well.
The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1895-10-24

South Carolina goes ahead with its
schemes to disfranchise the negro and
generally abridge his rights, paying about
as much attention to the United States
constitution as the puglists did TO state
statutes prohibiting prize fighting.
The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1895-10-24

Hundreds OF people were just ready to
applaud at reading that Corbett had re-
tired from the ring when later the mourn
full news came that he had reconsidered
his determination and was still In good
vocal condition
The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1895-10-24
A GUARANTEE.

The post-Tnteilgencer hereby suaran-
tees its advertisers q bona fide paid circu-
lation, Daily Weekly and Sunday, double
that OF any other newspaper published IN
the state OF Washington. Advertising
contracts will be made subject TO this
Guaranteed
The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1895-10-24

The United States has received an official
invitation TO participate In the Paris ex-
position Of 1900. After Chicago. il is
needless 10 say we shall not send regrets.
The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1895-10-24

About the most Improbable investment
the United States will have made will be
the payment of s450. 900 70 the Canadian
and English poschers for running the seal
industry
The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1895-10-24

Those familiar wise sayings and neatly
rounded sentences on the duties OF the
citizen take us back TO the days before the
fish began 10 bite.
The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1895-10-24

The free trade orators OF three wears ago
find there is very little in their old
speeches which they can use without
danger Of being cried down.
The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1895-10-24

There are 100000 total abstainers in
Great Britain. but there is no talk as yet
OF shutting down any of the breweries or
distilieries
The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1895-10-24

While the Astors and Vanderbilts send a
good deal Of their money abroad. they can
still be relied upon TO furnish America
with about as spicy sensations as there are
going.
The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1895-10-24

S. T. 8, Enumciaw-when the census
OF 1890 was taken Seattle had a larger
population than Portland. but Portland
obtained recount The final figures
were: Portland, ~. SIS: Seattle. 1887. The
ratio OF population OF the two cities is
about the same now as in 1880.
The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1895-10-24

People as well as things will soon be
waking up. for a Connecticut firm the
other day received an order for 100. 900
alarm clocks.
The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1895-10-24
REWARD.

A reward OF $40 will be paid for inforna-
ton leading 10 the arrest and conviction
OF any one stealing copies of the Post
Intelligence delivered to subscribers
throughout the city.
The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1895-10-24

The English language is Being seriously
strained this year furnishing names for
new political factions Of the old parties.
The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1895-10-24
short story.
Indianapolis Journal.

T.
Il think you are thu hestest. coolest
husband in all the world"
II
Il wonder how much she wantsY'
III.
And he gave Il TO me without rass,rr
bit ] wonder what he has been nm to-,
The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1895-10-24

n. P. c., East Sound.-In Washington,
where there are some counties in which
the men outnumber the women. and
where. consequently. nearly every woman
who wishes can marry. the interests OF
the sex" do not require "women's pariia-
ment-" Most of the men in this state would
he sorry TO see the women organized as
they are in Kansas.
The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1895-10-24

J. p. H. Mission City-Pubiic Opinion
and the Literary Digest. published in New
York each week. are what you want
Write for samples of each.
The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1895-10-24
ANSWERS TO CORRESPONDENTS.

NO communication or question will re-
ceive attention unless the writer signs his
name. not necessarily for publication. but
TO show good faith-l
The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1895-10-24

A G.. r, S'lyer-The signature Anon"
TO poems and other writings means
Anonymous.
The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1895-10-24

Washington City Star.
''Von Boobies w1fe ia very .rsfrra~.
with him"
Why
lie played trick or her. He came
Rome very late the other night"
That has happened before
And ne ted he- he heard a burglar On
ne house 50 that she SaS afraid 70 sco!a
llaa ABOVE walSsSx,t
The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1895-10-24
Edmouds wash October 8, 1ss

Edmonds, Wash. October 8, 1858.
To the Editor: Please give the following
Information in your paper: ]. Is there
law in this state for the condemnation OF
property for public improvement 2 II so,
is not a school public improvement. and
can property be condemned for that pur-
pose? The above information viii be of
great interest to this neighoorhood- Re-
spectfully yours. D. HUNTER
% There is such a law. CO. Lawyers
disagree on the subject. and II VIII require
a judicial decision to settle the question.
The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1895-10-24
Oysterville, Wash, October

To the Editor: A short time ago there
was an article IN the Weekly Post-Intelli-
gencer concerning the aggressions and en-
croachments OF the British on the Alaskan
frontier. VIII you kindly inform me where
I may obtain map of British Columbia
showing their asserted boundary: also
map giving the boundary as claimed by
the United States? I would also like TO
know where could obtain complete syn
opsis Of the controversy relating to the
Northwest boundary question of former
years II. A. ESPY.
Alaska" by Miner w. Bruce, published
by Lowman & Hanford, Seattle, contains
a full explanation of the Alaska boundary
dispute. with a map showing both lines.
A synopsis OF the Northwest boundary
question will be found in Schuylers His
tory of the United States.
The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1895-06-02
@|,i|dboodz Rsalm

with this good little boy, nothing ever
turned out with him the way it turned out
with the good little boys in books. They
always had good time, and the bad boys
had the broken legs; but when he found
JIM Blake stealing apples and went under
the tree to read TO him about the bad little
boy who fell out of a neighbours apple tree
and broke his arm, Jim fell out of the tree
too, but he fell on him and broke his arm
and Jim wasn't hurt at all.
| There was nothing in the books like that.
| And when some bad boys pushed blind
man over in the mud and James went up
| to help him and receive his blessing, the
| blind man did not give him any blessing
| at all, but whacked him over the head
with his stick and said he would like to
see him showing him over again and then
pretending to help him up. This was not
in accord with any of the books. Jacob
looked them all over to see.
! Once when he was on his way to Sunday
! school he saw some bad boys starting off
in a sailboat. He was filed with conster-
nation because he knew from his reading
that boys who went sailing on Sunday
/ invariably were drowned. So he ran out
on a raft to warn them, but a log turned
and slid him into the river. A man got
| him out pretty soon and doctor pumped
the water out of him and gave him a fresh
start, but he caught cold and was sick in
| bed nine weeks. But the most unaccount-
able thing about it was that the bad boys
in the boat had good time all day and
| then reached home alive and well in the
most surprising manner.
When Jacob got well he was a little
discouraged, but he resolved to keep on
| trying anyway.
| He examined his authorities and found
that it was now time for him to go to sea
as a cabin-boy.
He called on a ship-captain and when
the captain asked for his recommendation
he proudly drew out tract and pointed to
the words, Jacob Blivins, from his affec-
tionate teacher" The captain said that
wasn't any proof that he could wash
dishes and he guessed he didn't want him.
| This was altogether the most extra
ordinary thing that had ever happened to
The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1895-06-02

Jacob in all his life. He could hardly be-
Heve his senses.
This boy always had a hard time of it.
At last, one day, when he was around
hunting up bad boys to admonish, he
found lot of them fixing up a little joke
on fourteen or fifteen dogs they had tied
together in long procession and were
gong to ornament with empty nitro
glycerine cans tied to their tails. Jacobs
heart was touched. He sat down on one
of the cans-for he never minded grease
when his duty was before him-and he
| took hold of the foremost dog and turned
a reproachful eye on wicked Tom Jones.
But Just then Alderman McWelter, full
| of wrath stepped in. All the bad boys
ran away; but Jacob rose in conscious
innocence and began one of those stately
speeches out of book which always begin,
"Oh, sir!' IN dread opposition to the fact
that no boy, good or bad, ever starts re-
mark with ooh, SIR
! But the Alderman never waited to hear
the rest. He took little Jacob by the ear
and turned him around and hit him; and
in an instant that good little boy shot out
through the roof and scared away toward
the sun, with the fragments of those fifteen
| dogs trailing after him like the tail of a
kite. And there wasn't sign of that
| Alderman nor the old iron foundry left on
the face of the earth.
Thus persisted the good little boy who
did the best he could, but didn't come out
according to the books. Every boy who
ever did as he did prospered, except him.
His case is truly remarkable. 1t will prob
ably never be accounted for.
MARK TWAIN in 1870
The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1895-06-02
"A Compact Encyclopedias.

In addition to the great encyclopedias of
many volumes in which attempts are made
at a comprehensive summary Of human
knowledge there is a general need for
smaller and more convenient works of a
similar character to serve for ready refer
ence rather than for study. Such book
is the "Globe Treasury of Universal
Knowledge" Within the compass of 431
pages it comprises large amount of gen.
eral information on a wide variety of
topics. 1t is arranged in narrative form
for convenience of general use, and a con-
secutive and progressive result is attained
by beginning with the 'origin and cause"
OF all things and following natural
sequence through successive studies of
science. language, literature and history
from the earliest ages to our own times.
Each item of information is put in the
shape of question and answer for the pur-
pose of defining clearly the meaning of
each paragraph and facilitating research.
In addition to these advantages of form
the book is provided with an analytical
index, which enables one to turn immedi-
ately to the page containing the informa-
ton desired. 1.-The Globe Treasury of
Universal Knowledge: G. w. Dilling-
ham, New York.
The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1895-06-02

able suggestions than that of the Rev.
George R. Dodson of Alameda, entitled
physical Means to Moral Ends" "Char-
acter," says Mr.. Dodson, sis the way your
organism reacts to your environment. 1t is
perfectly recognized that ones conduct is
changed by overwork, and that many a
mans moral character is different before
and after he has eaten his breakfast. 1t is
impossible for sick man to be good man,
for man who is sick is not whole, is not
perfect as lie might be.
cit is coming to be understood that people
are physiological machines, and that it is
foolish to come with ideal moral considera-
tons to people who are cold Or tired or
hungry.
Character is changed by disease, some
times radically, and why not? 1t is easy to
understand that serious illness which
alters the physical being, may leave a
greater or less pressure, may give greater
The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1895-06-02
DR.. Gray's Quest.

This is the last work of the late Francis
81. Underwood, LID, whose "Quarbin"
and handbooks of English and American
hteratures have made his name familiar to
many. "Dr. Gray's Quest is not par
ticularly strong story, and one might ques-
ton the ethical purpose of the writer,
whose most detestabIe character, officially
considered, fares from first to last about
the most comfortably of any of the people
in the book. But the story is interesting
as giving clear and tangible picture of
the time and people dealt with. For the
time being the reader lives and has his
being among New England people in the
early forties. They are not old maids, nor
any such wells of English defiled as Mary
E. Wilkins and the rest of the modern dis
coverers have presented to US, but they are
all genuine. The habits of thought, ex-
preston and life of moderately cultivated
Americans of that period are very clearly
portrayed, and the atmosphere in which
they live, while perhaps a trifle common
place, seems far more real than most of the
amazing realism of the modern school.
Boston: Lee & Shepard. For sale by
William Doxey, San Francisco
The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1895-06-02

can only learn to sing well who sing hap
PLY, naturally, without criticism, without
self-consciousness, without forcing. ANY
rational observer knows that the same rule
will apply to the learning of anything;
yet we shut our children UP in school,
rooms, and the State provides that they be
stuffed with information, whileit asks no
question as to whether it may have been
provided with food.
1t has been well said that the kindergar-
ten system is yet in its incipiency. Nav
it soon grow with us, as in Germany, to
the point of taking the children out of
doors to learn their lessons.
Why should not the teachers of San
Francisco lead their charges to the neigh
boring hills for first lesson in geogra phy !?
What printed page can put before the chill
be spread before them? And the whole
some exercise, the lively interest, the i'm
piled assurance that the earth is theirs and
The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1895-06-02

or less supply of nutriment to those nerve
or brain centers that make the mans
nature, his conduct, his character"
Catching but an linking of the great
truth which Mr.. Dodson has so ably en-
deavored to portray, what parent can fail
to recognize new responsibility toward
her child. 1t becomes necessary to give
attention to an unknown science, the
knowledge of the effect of physical condi-
tons upon the child's moral development.
The childs immoral tendencies, his
bursts of temper, his fits OF sulkiness are
undoubtedly always directly traceable to
physical conditions easily understood and
possible of removal or at least of mitiga-
ton if the parent will but give the time
and energy to sitting out the real troubles.
Well-borD babies, with their physical
wants intelligently attended to, are sure to
be "good babies" And when does the
child begin to be "bad, " if his environment
is one which leaves him room to grow2
Children are "bad" usually because they
demand freedom, and, deprived of it, cam
not but be an annoyance to the elders,
who, in turn, become far more serious
annoyance to them. But set the
The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1895-06-02

deeper insight into their mental processes
than perhaps almost any other traveller of
to-day. In "In the Twilight Of the Gods"
Mr.. Hearn views a collection OF japanese
gods and tentatively lifts mental curtain
to afford fleeting glimpse of the Buddha
ideal that is as suggestive and inspiring as
it is unusual. Virna Woods, Californian
writer who is beginning to win name for
herself, has poem, ION the Oregon Tx
press, IN this number OF the Atlantic.
SCRIBNER's MAGAzINE.-The bicycle craze
receives full and substantial treatment in
the current Scribner's. 1t is treated from
the standpoint of the expert. The woman
and the bicycle has full consideration and
the social and medical aspects of the fad
are given due attention. Even one who is
not yet avictim to the wheel rabies cannot
but be interested in these articles, and it is
a pleasure to note that expert, physician,
society woman and man, alike all protest
against the absurd, straddlebug, doubled
up-over-the-handle style of riding affected
by would-be "scorchers," and which has
done probably more than anything else to
disgust many people with the wheel and
its devotees. Mrs. Humphry Wards
novelette, increases in Interest," quality
usually lacking in Mrs. Humphrey Wards
work, and Mr.. Robert Grants stultifying
work on 1.-THE Art of LIVING treats upon
the use of wine in way calculated to be of
some value to a very small minority of
people. An article on Chicago, Before
the Fire, After the Fire land To-Day" by
Melville Z. Stone, constitutes the principal
interest of the number, and the History
of the Last Quarter-Century in the United
States" deals with the eventful centennial
year, 1876.
The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1895-06-02
CALIFORNIA PRODUCTS.
The Manufacturers Association Asks
That They BE Supplied to All
State Institutions.


With view to the protection of home
industries, the Manufacturers Association
has addressed the following letter to State
institutions and departments:
JUNE 1, 1895.
Dear Sirs: 1t has been called to the attention
of this association that the various State insti-
tutions will soon be calling for bids on supplies,
and in the past the commissions OF this State,
on more than one occasion, have not given due
consideration to California manufactures and
products in calling for these bids. This asso-
citation. therefore, feels called upon to write
you and urge that, in all specifications here
after submitted calling for bids Tor supplies of
any kind, California manufacturers and pro-
ducers be given full opportunity to bid on all
articles called for when the same are manufac-
tured in California.
This association now numbers among the
manufacturers and producers of California $50
members, which mem bership represents an in
vested capital in manufactures within this
State of sis, 00O, 900 or sac, 100000.
There is hardly anything that might be
called for in these specifications that is not
manufactured in California, and where quality
and price are equal, we hope your honorable
body will give California manufactured goods
the preference.
We sincerely hope that you will aid us in
this undertaking, as we consider 1t one of i'm
portance and one which will be of Considerable
benefit to every citizen of the State. Yours
very respectfully, L. R. MEAD, Secretary.