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Griggs courier., 1895-08-30
P,rn AND po,Mr.

lis not light grander than firef Il b
the same element in . state of purity.
Carlyle.
Nothing is so good for nm ignorant
man as silence; and if he was sensible
Of this he would not be ignorant
Saadi.
-Wymble-"What is the coming
woman coming to?" Slyler-''Any-
thing in the shape Of man."-Bcston
Courier.
-"I don't believe that Jack will
ever learn to dance" "Worse than
that-he will never learn not to at
tempt it!'-Boston Budget.
why do you pass SO short = time
at each watering place?" ''Because 1
don't want the lady guests at the hotel
to say: She's worn that dress be-
fore. .'"-Syracuse Post.
Justice is itself the great standing
policy of civil society; and any emil
nent departure from it, under any cir
cumstance, lies under the suspicion Of
being no policy ut all.-Burke.
1T is of great Importance to the
honor of learning that men of busi-
ness should know erudition is not a
lark. which flies high, and delights in
nothing but singing; but that it is
rather like a hawk, which scars aloft
indeed, but can stoop when she finds
it convenient and seize her prey
Bacon.
Midsummer h the time when par
ents delight in dressing their boys and
girls to look like pen-wipers with legs
This style of costume is particularly
in vogue at the seaside, where the
effect of the sun ON tho bare calves of
the little ones is such as to enable
their parents to economize in the mat
ter of stockings for them.
"A Row in the Nursery.-Mother
Gnterposing)-"What is this fresh quar-
rel about. children? And you, Robert.
why have you been scratching your
little sister?" Robert-"Mnmma. this
is how it was: We were playing at re.
public. Yvonne had been president for
. full quarter of an hour, and she
wouldn't resign. La Justice.
-"Whatis is the matter. Harry? You
look worried" lam worried. just
got letter from Helen telling me that
she will be at the Wescora house at
Bath island next week. She wants
me to come down." ''Well, that is
very nice. You can Ro, can't you?"
Eyes; but. confound it. Jennie Roberts
is there, too" ."-Harper's Bazar.
She flung the package on tho
counter and stood like an angry queen
while the clerk unwrapped the bath
ing suit which she had purchased only
few days before. His cheek paled
and his glance fell when it met her
flashing eyes. Really. madam" he
said horsely, sit is partly your own
fault. You should have told me you
wanted one that would wash. ."-Wash-
inRton Star.
Griggs courier., 1895-08-30
From i. Chinese Point of View.

American and English women living
in China are endeavoring to induce the
Chinese girls to give up the practice of
COMPRISING their feet. They are meet
ing with curious opposition. The
Chinese point out that COMPRISING the
feet is not as vicious as compressing
the waist-that it does not affect the
vital organs-does not make girls hys-
terical, sentimental and weak minded
in fact, the amount of argument pro-
duced by the Chinese is prodigious.
There is only one fact that we have not
seen adduced, and it is that Chinese
girls can not by any possibility ride the
bicycle. However, arguments do not
prove much. for not long ago we had
Mr.. Webb, the Mohammedan. lecturing
In this country on the superior advan-
tages to virtue and morality of polvga-
my. and there were a number of tight
waisted women who were really con-
vinced by him.-St. Louis Re public.
Griggs courier., 1895-08-30
POlyglOt Telephone.

Eyes, it's the grandest place ever
saw or heard Of" said Maggie to a
group of her Cherry Hill friends, tell.
ing about the country residence in
which she had gone to work. "It's a
regular palace; electric lights and
everything. And they've got the most
wonderful telephone. 1t looks just
like a common American one, but you
can speak foreign languages through
it. When the masters in the city and
wants to talk to the mistress SO that
no one can't understand. they talk
French or something, and they can un-
derstand every word. And you can
talk American through it. too, because
heard the mistress talking to the
butcher and ordering roast beef for
Y. Tribune.
Griggs courier., 1895-08-30

Like everything else, even the FASH
ion in the cookstove changes. Some Of
the newest cooking ranges are made to
set close against the wall and close
down on hearth. This hearth is built
by the mason in the floor, Of brick and
Portland cement A hearth of this
kind costs about six dollars. The price
of the range varies, but it can now be
set up with the hearth as low as any
6rst-class range on legs. and it pos
sesses this advantage. that it takes ur
less room and there is no clutter place
at the bsck or under it to collect dust
and debris.-N. Y. Tribune.
Griggs courier., 1895-08-30
DON'T DODGE A BICYCLE.

It Only Confuses the Rider and May Cause
an Accident.
Before bicycling will ever become q
success meeting must be called for
the purpose of allowing the wheelmen
and the pedestrian to arrive at some
understanding l am in favor of a
convention or some thing of that sort.
said prominent wheelman recently.
AS it is now, rider comes down the
street and sees ahead " him at q
crossing man who is supposed to be
endowed with reasonable intelligence.
This person is in the act of crossing
the street. He looks up. sees the rider
coming and stands right in the middle
of the street. OF course, he is men.
tally calculating his chances of getting
across safely. One can see the work.
ings Of his mind in the muscular con.
tortions of his face.
In the meantime the rider is getting
closer and closer and is in a study
equally as profound as to what the
person is going to do. The pedestrian
takes a step forward, takes another
glance up the street, stops. starts back,
makes an effort to reach the pavement,
stops again, starts forward, stops
OF course, by this time the cyclist is
almost at standstill and is also zig
tagging from one side to the other
waiting and muttering. What he says
depends upon whether he is man or
a woman. The pedestrian seems to
give up all possibility of escape, faces
the rider, both arms extended, jumps
from one foot to the other and the two
collide: The cyclist is thrown to the
ground, his wheel twisted and he gets
the blame.
And how easily all this can be avoid
ed. Let the pedestrian instead of per-
forming all these trying evolutions
merely walk along as though there
was nothing behind him, keep his
course and the cyclist will know what
to do. He will turn his wheel
to one side and slide past with perfect
ease and safety. On the crossings let
q man walk along as though there were
not a bicycle in the state, and the
wheelman will judge his course ac-
cordingly. He has control of his wheel.
and is as anxious not to collide as the
other fellow. That's all we want We
merely ask that people walk along
about their business and we shall not
molest them.
In the case of horse which is not
readily managed the rider or driver
may be on the alert and skillful. and
there may be q collision; but with =
bicycle the rider has control. and if the
pedestrian will only go along and not
get ratified there will be no collisions.
This is what I want the people to
know, and the only way it seems for
them to learn this is to hold a conven-
tion or something.-Indianapolis SEN
tinel
Griggs courier., 1895-08-30
JOCKEYS OF THE SEA.
Birds That Perch on the BACKS Of Floating
Fishes.


Birds That Porch ON tho Racks Of Floating
Fishes.
eyes, we see curious things once in
awhile" said a San Pedro fisherman.
"A fc " days ago made a trip over the
Santa Satalina channel for q load of
abalones that they pile up at the 18TH
mus for me every few months, and when
l got off there about ten miles l saw q
big loon sitting on what seemed like q
spar.
''But while watched it seemed to
fall off. then circled around several
times and alighted again. retaining its
position with much difficulty.
1--WE slowly drifted up until we were
within fifty feet of it, when saw what
the roost was-not a spar at all, but q
big 6sh-one of these fellows the Ital-
ians call the luna, because it was like
the moon.
''The fish lay almost fiat ON the
water. with one big fin sticking out,
the other being under water, and the
weight of the bird made it lie over to
one side. AS we neared it the bird
rose and few away, and the fish
Strengthened up.
II saw something about as curious
last year." continued the fisherman.
I'm August the waters of the islands
off here from San Clemente up are
filed with fish that are spawning.
The water will then be covered in
places with small birds that look like
snipe.
ION this trip kept my eve out for
whales. When about halfway over,
right in midchannel, I saw the spout
OF big gray whale, and the next min.
ute saw the back of the whale, about
twenty feet of 1t, black as ink, on the
blue water. To my surprise it did not
disappear, and soon concluded that
the big creature was either asleep or
lying on the surface summing itself.
''As we came nearer I saw at least
fifty little birds running about on its
back, feeding, evidently having feast
upon the various parasites on the
whales back.
''They ran up ana down just as they
would on a beach, and it occurred to
me that it was not an accident, but
that there was some unders standing be.
tween the whale and the birds; in
other wards, the whale knew that the
birds were relieving it of many para
sites that it could not get rid of in any
other way, and consequently submit
ted to their running over it.
ION another occasion, rs I was cruis.
ing down by Ensenada, ran into a
little bay one day, and saw what sup.
posed to be log floating on the sur.
face. On it were n numerous birds walk.
ing about, others apparently asleep.
AS we ran in nearer l saw that it was
a big sea turtle, asleep on the surface,
and the birds had alighted upon its
broad back as they would have done
upon floating timber"
There are other sea jockeys than
those mentioned. The writer some
time ago caught a large hammerhead
shark off Redondo beach. The big
creature towed the boat about TO,
nearly an hour, and when brought in
sight of the boat it was seen to have
several riders-fish, almost pure black
and foot in length-which were at.
tached to the shark.
They were clipging to the shark by
q curious sucker on the back of the
head that resembled the Stats of q
Venetian blind, and the suction was SO
powerful that when the plate or sucker
was attached it was extremely diff.
cult to pull it off by main force-Bos.
ton Globe.
Griggs courier., 1895-08-30
ONLY ONE PERFORMANCE.
Experiences Of Conjurer Among Il
heather Of MOntaEa.

Experiences of = Comjurer Among the
heather OF MOntaEs.
A well-known conjurer, who, under
the present circumstances, wishes to
be nameless, sends the following good
story of his experiences in Montana:
among other things l had two dice
boxes and two clay marbles. caiied
the miners around me. and proceeded
to manipulate the marbles and boxes
on the bar of the local saloon.
"'Now. gentlemen said I, I'm NO
worker Of miracles; L don't heal the
sick or raise the dead, but I'll put this
marble under this cup. and bet you q
twenty it's under the other cup Come,
who'll open the ball?"
"Silence followed. Then a friend of
mine elbowed his way to the front.
"'I'll bet she's there said he, and
laid down his money.
"'And there she is,' exclaimed I.
Here you are, here's Jour cash. Once
in awhile fm caught just in that way.
Well. who's next? Here's the marble;
you can see it go under the cup. Now,
I'll bet you either way
'Three rough hands were raised with
three twenties. when q husky voice
shouted at the edge of the crowd:
" Hold in your bronchos, boys, I'm
the first man to bet A burly in
dividual in blue shirt and broad
brimmed hat pushed his way to the
bar. Now, perfesser. I'm ready fur
yer. Lift up you box. There's the
ball. dead to riRhts-see 1t. fellers?'
1.-THE boys answered af1rmatively.
"'Here's twenty, perfesser,' went ON
the husky ky-voiced man, an I bet the
balls under that cup. Cause why?
Cause I'm a rational man, an we're all
rational men-we believe what We
see. We seen the ball under that
cup, an it's got to be there.
an I'm betting it's there. If
hocus pocus, and that kind of work
don't go down with this hyar COM
munity.' The husky-voiced man pro-
duced a six shooter about as long 40 .
Winchester. In my opinion I'm bet
ting on a dead sure thing. Lift the
cup, perfesser.'
"The six shooter was cooked with an
ominous click, and the huslsy-voiced
man looked me squarely in the eye.
II confess that smiled in a sickly
way, coughed, hesitated and would
have said some thing had not q pair Of
determined steel.gray eyes given me
fair warning. The joke had gone
further than intended.
Il raised the box: the ball was there.
"I thought so.' said the husky
voiced man as he pocketed the money.
If you want to take any more bets,
perfesser, reckon the boys'll accom-
modate ye.'
"But l didn't. ."-Pearson's Weekly.
Griggs courier., 1895-08-30

u general OetermlnaG ION until they
came to an end. Then he was consid-
erably paler, but his eyes had grown
uncommonly bright.
"'You will hurt me much more than
the company he said, when he could
get a hearing. I shall lose my place
IT I don't collect your fares
"'That is your lookout.
'"'We amt going to tell your loss. II
you keep quietv
''Lloyd's shining eyes turned from
one to another of the twenty tall fell
lows lounging around him, so sure of
the trumps they held that they were
in no hurry to finish the game.
There is greed for tormenting
animals which distigures most human
nature from Spanish bull. ba:ters to
those rat-fghters down east. We are
not without a touch Of it here in Mon
tana. And that the tormented animal
belongs to our own kind adds q keener
relish to the fun, when the party do
ing the tormenting has swallowed as
much bad whisky as the cowboys had
that morning. So those bright eyes of
Lloyd's didn't meet any mc7~ encour-
agement than did Father Noah's the
first time he took q squlnt at th>
flood through one of the t>ortholes OF
the ark.
without speaking, hs stood, very
pale and still for a moment, looking
at the open pccketbook in his hand,
while they all stared at him, grinning
and jeering. There -,as a firmness
about his mouth thai didn't suggest
unconditional surrender to two or
three who watched HIM closely and
who were much surprised when sud.
denly the color rushed back over his
face, and. shutting has book with q
snap, he went out of the car.
HE was followed by roars Of laugh
ter and facetious yella.
"Then the crowd returned to poker
playing, some of them just bit dis.
contented with their victory and NUT
tering that twenty to one was too BIG
odds for any chap, specially q slim
little chap with fists which couldn't
hold their own against a kid"
"A quarter Of an hour later the train
stopped, not gradually, but with a jerk
which sent poker chips flying. There
was a cowboy half out of every window
in the car quicker than you could have
cooked pistol. for stations were sell
dom within hundred miles Of each
other in those days, and they all knew
that this sop wasn't regular.
Behind and before them the track
stretched as far as they could see,
while on both sides the prairie spread
away to the low edge of the gray sky,
Griggs courier., 1895-08-30

among the big, brown, brawny roughs,
who left their card-playing to swarm
into the aisle, or lean over the seats
nearest those Of their comrades who
had answered to his request for tick
cts that they had none.
The company will take money for
fares also,' said Lloyd, without
glancing at the gathering crowd.
When the company can get it.
somebody chuclkled.
Invariably Lloyd asserted, or
the passenger who refuses to pay it is
put of the train
"'fou don't say? Suppose you try.
Hero are Tin and me to begin with!
And the whole carful after us, for not
one cent Of our earning is going into
the money-bags Of your - swindling
company
- That's soi'
"sYov beti'
Not chipr
"Lloyd listened to these expressions
Griggs courier., 1895-08-30
New Legal Point.

The Judge-Have you any reason to
offer why sentence should not be pro-
nounced upon you?
The Prisoner-I amt got much to
say, but it's right to the point. When
l shot the feller, was only doin' it fer
fun; an here you fellows are, wantin'
to hang me,in cold-blooded malice, so
you air. ir.-Indianapolis Journal.
Griggs courier., 1895-08-30
An Un.pprsci.tsd suitor.

He-Your-er-father and mother have
noticed that I am-er-calling ON you
quite frequently. haven't they?
She-They couldn't very we'll help it.
''Are they mad?"
mot bit"
''Truly?"
Certainly. They know it isn't my
fault that you come SO much. IN. Y.
Weekly.
Griggs courier., 1895-08-30

According to the statistics fur
nished by our consular service, the
farmers of this country are better
clothed, better housed, better fed, give
their children a better education, and
have more money in bank than the
rural population Of any country in the
world.
Griggs courier., 1895-08-30

Artist painted this picture, sir, to
keep the wolf from the door.
Dealer (after inspecting it)-Well,
hang it on the knob where the wolf
can see it-Pearson's Weekly.
Griggs courier., 1895-08-30

Continental Money: The CONT.
mental money consisted of bills Of
credit issued by congress during the
war of independence, which were to be
redeemed with Spanish milled dollars.
Two hundred million dollars worth
were issued. but they were never re-
deemed, and caused much suffering.
Griggs courier., 1895-08-30
It Sounds Like Sarcasm.

1t sounds Like Sarcasm.
Hojack-Young Dolyers is a very sar-
castle chap.
Tomdik-Why do you say that?
II heard him allude to Miss Fortytoc
as a new woman. Detroit Free Press.
Griggs courier., 1895-08-30
PLAYED A LONE HAND.
dow q Western Conductor COL
lected Fares from Cowboys.

81 o S E W h o
blam e the ir
failure to
Providence or
fate, or what
ever they may
choose to call
their C,roafor-
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FOR EXCHANGE.

FOR sALE-Lodging house. 4osia Pike
street
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NOTICE TO STOCKHOLDERS.

OF assessment-Office Of West Seat q
Land and Improvement Company. Seal
tie. Wash. July ? 1886.
Notice n hereby given 20 the stock hold
ers OF said company that al a regular
meeting Of the board OF trustees Of sad
company. daily convened at its principal
Office this date an assessment Of one dol
lar on each share OF the capital stock OF
said company, not fully paid up. was duly
made and levied due and payable 10 Dex-
Ter Horton & Co. rrea surer % said com.
"a nv al its banking house In SEATTLE OF,
or before SATURDAY.. August 3. 1895.
n. @. STRIVE.
Vice President Acting as President IN
the Absence Of the President Of said
JAS. Fl. WATSON. Secretary.
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SAN FRANCISCO BRIDGE COMPANY
Engineers and contractors; bridge build
ing. dredging. haroor Improvements ana
reneraI Contracting so Seattle Ma.
t.cEai Bank building
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WANTFD-AGFNT
WANTED REAL ESTATE.

WANTED real. ESTATE.
NANrED-Encp- hered residence IRON
efiy. close IN preferred. German Amer
han investment Il Guarantee Company
yeslSr bGtaing
wv FSeIA--tNcr CRsh Mise lat tov about
SAl. n0St be bargain Henry hnust.
southeast corner Front ana PIKE. Gail
hstwesn - ani 5 .. -.
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FOR SALE-REAL ESTATE.

FOR SALE-s5oo CASH: SNAP-A nom
resident instructs US TO sell for casn
lot is, in block IL. in McAleer's addi-
ton. this lot is 50Xl20 feet, on Four
teenth street. street graded, less than
three-fourths of a mile from the Occi-
dental square, on the Beacon hlil car
line, and is so situated as to command
an unobstructed view of the bay, city
and Sound.
NEAR THE STATE UNIVERSITY
a Broom cottage at Latona; good loca-
ton; yard all in fruit trees and lawn;
splendid bargain: price, $50.
IN BROOKLYN-Three lots and 7-room
house, all very accessible to the univer-
sity: price. 81. 40, half cash; this prop
erty will make a good investment.
A DOUBLE CORNER-We offer a special
price on a double corner in Brooklyn
for cash: this property is near the uni
versity grounds and is OF extra value;
price, $780,
JOHN AND TEMPERANCE STREETS
One OF the finest building corners In Sc
attic; splendid location; 6oxl20 feet;
Price. 1880
THE SEATTLE LAND COMPANY,
Ia Columbia street.
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ADVERTISERS NOTICE.

Advertisers desiring display advertise
merits changed for the Sunday issue must
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insure change.
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FOR SALE-IODGING HOUSES.

FOR SAIlE-Ballard hotel. including fur-
ntt-re; al present 30 boarders; vii $50
sell good cow and DO chickens; gool Ia
sons for selling. Address Ballard Ho'ei,
Ballard.
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street.
FOR EXCHANGE.
FOR EXCHANGEThe Seattle Truss
Company. g Boston block. VIII take
real estate IN exchange for their me
team OF black Morgan horses: also Dug
gy and surrey; team and rigs can be
seen al Washington stables, on Tn.rd,
near Pine. This is the most stylish
team in town. Sound and kind.
FOR EXCHANGE-For Seattle property.
unincumbered farm So acres In one or
the best fruit and farming sections In
Washington; also business properly IN
Kent Robertson, SIS Bailey.
FOR EXCHANG E-ls acres water 'front.',
1irhly improved creek and springs,
fourteen miles from Seattle, for house
ana lot in Seattle. William Bremen, w
Bailey building.
Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1895-08-14

,f ,,,o,lo every day. Each branch Of
u,orot1-> treated in N" rows q books
H. An a compartment Of its own, and the
s,stem 81 keeping The Library Is most
convenient and effective.
orus "a collection OF old manuscripts
l.to recently been found IN the GA
rl,,4rg auartmcnts. and those vil Do re-
,-..,l Q. IN, now building at once
,r..rr them are the following papers
a.. AUTOGRAPH letter % John Ran
f.fra ~ Roanoke. g. ted May %. 1919.
g.. vs. TheDdor.cA I.1.r Randolph. az
Harvard College. another OF j. X. Of
n fom london. autograph letter of
General DuHidlie % O neral Morris
4af.i Williams burg March lo l555 g.
legal opinion Of Thomas Jefferson. writ
tru by himself dated Monticello. AU-
gust iG. l's2: warrant ia MIR. George
Washington 90 survey certain lands In
Trodcuck county. dated October -. 1855.
u the 2jl year 0f his Majesty
KinR George rs reign. and a good spe-
cimcn Of the hve-doilar notes of Cont
mental currency. according 90 resolution
OF Congress. september 90. l7,s
Among the visitors 10 the Capitol yes
terdly Wcfo Nj a. e. Cromwell. Sheriff
Of Norfolk county; Mr j. = Gillian.
Treasurer Of Chesterfield. and J. ".
Bronaugh lr.. Treasurer Of Manchcster.
$ crcts ry-of-the- commonwealth Joseph
T. Lawlass is back at his post OF duty
again. after az absence of several days.
Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1895-08-14
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