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The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1896-02-09

The greater your secret is the more la
BILE your confident Is TO tell it.--Atchlson
Globe.
A dogf1ght was recently given at Swamp
dale. In honor of young lady visitor there.
louisville Courier-Journal.
II you think a man has no troubles. you
will find IL is because you have never
given him chance TO tell them.--Atchi-
son Globe.
This is the season Of the year when a
man tells his wife that he would just as
soon NOW his own front lawn as not
Somerville Journal.
As EnEland's flying squadron is provis-
toned for six months. perhaps 1t In going
round the world just 10 scare everybody
New York Journal.
II is insinuated that the flying columns
with which the Spanish army is harass-
ing the Cubans are newspaper columns
Washington City Star.
IL Is rather a cruel reflection on Mr.. Al
gers boom that none OF the other candi-
dates seem to be laying any plans TO head
it off.-Chicago Record.
Senator Allison has been reelected. This
at least secures the senator a reserved
seat. from which he can calmly view the
prospect o'er.-Houston Daily Post.
II Cecil Rhodes is correct In his state
begun, II Is evident that he is beginning at
the wrong end.-Philadelphia North Amer
lean.
1T is an important duty TO die" says
the Rev. It. Dewitt Talmase. Yet how
many put of this important duty until
the last momentt-Pistsburg Chronicle
Telegraph.
Young Emperor William Is doubtless lost
I'm thought on his neutrality-suspicious. what
would become OF united Germany had he
happened not 10 have been born--St- Louis
Post-Dispatch.
4 project is on foot az Fl Paso 20 build
a hotes. When that town has entertained
a few hundred followers Of pFizefighters
she will wish she had more JaiIs--New
Orleans Picayune
The disappointed poet who was found
dead in her house at Mamaroaeck. West
chester county, has. at least, taught other
poets how to get their verses published
All they need 70 DO Is TO be found dead
Buffalo Express.
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co"aty and city official Paper.
SEATTLE, SUNDAY. FER. o.
TIE WESTERN TOWN.

In recent issue the United States In
weston published an article on the origin
and development OF the Western town. II
was not pleasant reading for those Who
had suffered from some OF the ill-effects
OF boom days on the Pacific coast. but It
contained some wholesome truths. Ii tells
OF tho unassuming village. content with
the present end only mildly interested in
tho future; slowly advancing as the growth
OF population ard the increasing wealth OF
the surrounding country necessitated. ono
day two men bought a forty-aere tract
lying alongside a prairie station. They
talked OF an additional railroad, terminals
and manufactures The tract became an
addition" with hundred lots. which sold
for 500 piece or sie,eo. This method OF
reaping riches was a revelation.
The suggestion Is enough: for ak years
this enormous imitation went on. In frantic
rivalry court houses, city halls, street car
lines. water works electric lighting plants
were rushed up. the building and purchase
Too often being fosterod by contractors
and engineered by councils whose MEM
bers had secured their election for the
purpose OF putting through Just such plans.
Debts had no terror bonds scarcely a limit.
The future sas reeklessly drawn upon.
while Seattle had some touches of this
fever. she was less unwise than many
other Western towns and cities. Her cIti-
xens may have been over-sanguine. but
they put IN their own money. erected fine
buildings and displayed faith and a
pluck which would have had rich re-
turn had not the universal stringency set
IN. and Democratic tariff spoiled what
chances were left as 10 save ourselves.
Seattle has a large debt. and il Is neces-
cary % he careful because Of the deprecia-
tion OF values bat with anything like a
return to normal conditions. and economy
IN the future. there is nothing 20 be afraid
or Taking haphsxarsi number OF cities.
81 VIII be seen that the proportion OF debt
20 property valuation is not seriously
great.
Tho following figures are taken from
the United States investor;
The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1896-02-09

Judge Culberson. or Texas. now . con-
80 man. has defended lie men charged
ia murder in the first degree. and has
-essr Mad = client sentenced 20 death
Ippecanoe and Tyler. too." was writ
seh o. A. c. Ross. OF GAINESVILLE, o. Ross
sds member Of the church choir during
o o.s mated canvass OF $50. and was also
one OF Quartette that furnished music 10
TIE Political meetings. He was urged TO
yFlte q song for a coming meeting in
ppsnesvilie. and chose the tune little
song one Sunday morning IN church.
STR John Christopher wnloughby. Bart.
row prisoner in the Transvaal. is the su-
1Lqr Of three books on Africa. The first,
Eeohshed in lssS, Is entitled "Eas. Africa
and Its Big Game; the Narrative or a
sporting Trip from Zanzibar 10 the Scr
GERS OF the Nasal In 1888 he published
"A Narrative OF Further Excavations at
lowing year he wrote an account OF the
Close OF the campaign in MATaheleIand and
the downfall OF Lobengula-
When ex-senator Ransom was appointed
minister TO Mexico, an Old colore6 man in
NORTH Carolina who knew him said: And
so oey has p'inted Mars Matt a minister.
has dey? Well. Use 'stonished at dat. OBJ
cose, de genr am good man. and ain
sot neshin' TO SAY against him. but sim IL
eats me TO think he'd turn preacher in his
Gle days. But he's powerful talker, Mars
Matt is. and III bet all de cotton raise dis
year dat he'll convert a wagon load OF sim
ners cher time he gifts into de pulpit
IL Is reported in court circles In London
and on the continent that a hitch has oc-
Cured in the projected match between
Prince Alfred OF Saxe-Coburg and the
enormously wealthy Princess Elsa OF Wur-
temoerg. This is owing to the fact that the
prince, who Is very neadstrong and self
wllled, has fallen in love with his relative
~ penniieSs cousin, Princess Feodore OF
Saxe-Meiningen, who has inherited all the
good looks of Emperor Williams eldest
sister, Princess Charlotte, and who Is rec
ognized as the most beautiful princess in
Europe The young princes mother, who
Is sister of the late car, and who is very
Proud and ambitious, is much distressed
at the threatened failure OF her most cher
ished project.
A former resident of Charleston, W. Va.
writes denying that the wife of Postmas-
ter General Wilson takes no interest in
her husbands public career. He says: Il
know that Mrs. Wilson has always taken
the hveliest interest in her husbands Won
derfui political Announcements. Being OF
e very retiring disposition. she has not seen
ut to enter the giamor OF Washington
City's official society, but has shown a
greater and grander devotion TO Mr.. Will
sons interests by making for him the hap
piest OF homes, thereby enabling him the
sooner to reach the goal of his aspirations.
She has shown herself to be noble wife
and mother by her unceasing attention to
the proper rearing and cultivation OF a
most interesting family OF boys and girls,
instilling into them that true spirit OF
manhood and womanhood so much needed
and so seldom encountered In this age of
selfish ACKNOWLEDGMENT"
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Politics I'm seattle.
Coupeyile Times.


Seattle's pending city campaign viii he
watched with the keenest interest through
out the state. AS usual IL Is to be fought on
party lines, and the outcome viii undoubt-
edly foreshadow much of destiny In the
realm of state politics. Our politicians now
feel more curiosity than they have ever be-
fore felt 10 peer beyond the vel OF the fu-
ture. Washington politics never appeared
10 be In so disorganiZed and chaotic con-
dition as at present. Since the admission OF
our state to the Union its government has
been In the hands OF the Republican party.
and in the Republican party the King
county Republicans have held control. OF
the leaders who have made the King
county Republican organization the con-
trolling force in our state affairs In the
past only one ~ now in the flesh
and In the state: and the Post-Intelligencer
has undergone an entire change OF man
agement since the last election. In place
of the old leaders We see score or more as
pirants strug Cling for their vacant places.
Old cornpacts are being dissolved and new
combinations are being formed.
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be United states Investor:

or large cities. baltimore. Brooklsn. Gin
clnnstt Columbus. Jersey city and Omaha
have preportionately larger debts. But
there are some very nns and prosperous
cities which have tATiveu with consider
ABLY less AeAt They have grown more
slowly. and she annual taxation has teen
s0facieat - meet requirements as they
Snow Pittshars WITH a Valuation ~ sss4.-
81. 80. has bonded debt eF only 81 OK fgT.
The rate Of taxatioa Is much higher IN
souis ot tho Western towns Notable
among these Ia Platysmouth. Neo.. wi,h
e -: valuation. ss5S 90. e9naei debt slss.-
ea. or nearly - < as against seastle's
itoa. % other excessive levieS ara Aher~
deem. : u. e.. Alton. III. ~ %: Amhcy,
III. Nsa Arkansas city. g; Atehison.
Kan. s. -. AarcrA. &eh. g: BsAtrsce.
Neh. Ass Reuoville. III. s6sas Blair. Nes.
s3S5: Bloomington. IL. SO: BusiinEtsn.
Ia. E-aS, Cairo. IL. - -; ChEesgo. go.
cosumhas. Neh. e. Davenport. la, e.
Falls CITY. Neb.. SSe8s Fremass Neh.
rs. Galesbars. IL. S,s9s Grand Isaana.
Neh. e 81 KeAFney. Men -. Lcs4vtli-.
6: i4ncoln. Nee.. ~. Medicine Lodge.
Kan. -. oswege. kan. = -. faehio. IS
quincy. ia. sS-95 Reek Islaa I. IA. $40
Indeed. there are ssw essses ~ssfs tie
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American market from the Welsh ard En-
giish manufacturers. who had had Ersiss-
pu:ed possession Of II for over century.
This wonderful development was first slim
uiafei by the Mckinley tariff bin and has
been helped and strengthened By the mod
err methods applied al the tine OF the con-
strscsion OF the new plants. Within three
years this country has built thtrty-fnrse
mills that are rolling their own plates.
These mills comprise 155 stands OF rolls.
with an annual productive capacity or zsS,-
Go tons and representing an investment OK
ss.a1oo to 80. go The annual con-
sumption OF tin In this country is 1905" 10
10000 tons. bat the only tin plate now De-
ing imported is that used by the Standard
Oh Company and the packing industries,
which get rebate OF 90 per cent of the I'M
port duty when the Tin goes out again n
closing petroleum or meats.
An attempt was made by the tariff re-
form thinkers to annihilate this new and
growing industry, but peculiar circun-
stances have arisen TO prevent it. The re-
duction OF duty from the Mckinley TO tie
Wilson scale amounted 10 about 30 per
ton. AS Ii came contemporaneously with
q decline from IS per ton to SIG per ton In
the prize OF steel. many Of the mills were
stiII able to run at a small profit Last fan
however. when steel advanced to 10 per
ton. those mills which had no supply or
cheap steel on hand shut down. The steel
market then fell of again and operation
became more general. The present threat
ened advance In steel viii again force
shutdown. With low priced steel 1t is pos
sibIe TO compete with the Welsh manufac-
turers. even under the Wilson law, and pay
wages three times as high as are paid In
Wales. but with high priced steel, 1t VIII
be necessary to restore the Mckinney duty
on tin plates or turn the American market
over to the welshmen again Should the
Republicans be returned TO power. and
everything points to It, no doubt the tariff
will be 50 adjusted as TO permit our TN
plates mills TO operate The Mckinley law
built them up, allowed good wages to be
raid, and moreover lowered the price or
the manufactured article to the consumer.
1t would be folly TO permit an industry 50
fun of promise TO go to the wall.
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The Seattle Times waited to see which
way the News was going TO take as to the
new charter. and when 1t ascertained that
the News intended opposing 1t. the Times
came out for ii. That is how the Times
does its thinking. II started out with a
statement. 30 per cent. of which. at least,
was untruth. 1t puts the onus on an anony-
nous member OF the revision commission.
Ii makes him say that the charter will
save 1880 a year, but attributes 1850 OF
that 70 abolishlng the three commits
s.oners Of the board OF public works" IL
the anonymous member Of the commission
knows no more about the other provisions
of the charter than about this item. his
Judgment IS not worth whoop In Texas.
The 'three commissioners of the board of
public works do not get any salary. and
have not for four years. The board OF
public works under the new charter will be
the same as under the old. except that the
city engineer takes the place of the su-
perlntendent of buildings. This knocks
out nearly half the Saving to the tax
payers
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Under the dispensary act of South Caro-
lima the governor has the right to depose
the police force OF any town or city in the
state and substitute for IL police of his
own appointing. whenever he is convinced
that the local force is negligent In enforc-
ing that law. Gov. Evans has just acted
in accordance with this authority in re-
moving the police officials of Charleston,
or refusing to permit a newly reappointed
chief 10 serve. and has taken the manage
ment OF the police of that city into his own
hands. much 10 the disgust of the people.
1t is charged, and probably with consid-
cradle truth, that the motive for this snub
TO Charleston is anger at the persistent
opposition Of that city to the Tillman ring,
and not zeal for the enforcement of tho
dispensary law.
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Whom Can They Meant
ChlcaEo Tinnes-H erald.

Formidable as the SILVER Increment IL.
there Is q rift in the cloud II is the ~
sincerity Of a number OF TIE Disciples Net
ali Of these senators who voted Tor silver
yesterday bslieye this eolnSry NEEDS free
coinage or change Of staneards Some OF
them would refuse 70 vote for u II there
were any danger of its becoming law A
majority Of ne senate. even as IL IL son-
Etstutea today. il too intellectual 20 beleve
tn free silver But" pleads fnss sensfor
or that. why should / quarrel with my
people and perhaps cut short my political
career when the passage OF this blll cannot
possibly 60 A-y harm
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tar levy IL 'oxer than fl Seattle. an tae
growth Of fhs city and county wiz sda
very little 10 IL. az half % our levy . .er
Interest oE oJnds for ex9ss.ditures which
viii not By long way fnrrease with pcpa-
1ztion. These statistics. however. can only
BE- considered Approximate The percent
age Of vainataon. the method q grading
streets and constructing sswers, and fns
water rates. ali have bearing on the
municipal tax rate
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Carl Laes.z. the German ship and steamer
owner connected with the Hamburg Amer
lean Steam Packet Company. has just come
out strongly IN defense OF the sailing ship.
which he denies is sopn 10 be a thing OF
the past. Mr., Laesiz ought to know what
he Is talking about. FOR he owns a round
dozen four-masted ships, including the Po-
tosi. the biggest ship afloat. His state
ments are borne out in part by the expe-
Fences Of the Sewalls OF Bath. and the
great shipping firms OF New York. who
have shown that big sailing ships may be
made 10 pay. or course the best OF the
business Of freighting has gone TO the
liners and tramp steamers. but for carry
ing non-perishsble. bulky cargoes. sailing
ships have many advantages.
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NOTICE TO THE PUBLIC.

The public is hereby warned not 70 pay
ANY money TO parties representing 10 De
agents OF the Seattle Post-lrfe.iigencer.
except the following. who are the only eu-
fforixed travelling agents Of the Post-in-
felliancer. viz: J. A. Mcclellan. J. l.
Hawley and G. r. Peck. This does not
= rs located In various cities and towns In
ire Northwest, nor 10 postmasters. who
are in all eases authorized 70 take sun.
erripfscns for the Daily, SUNDAY ana
I Cafhcarf, r r. HawIey, w. II.
Hanna and w W. Ewing.
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Doctors are often handicapped by the
mere fact that when treating the diseases of
women, they suggest and insist on exam
nations " and local treatment" A great
many of them do not know that this is abso-
lutely unnecessary. Many woman has
been thrown into a dangerous state of ner.
vous excitement by the mere suggestion Of
such treatment Many women lie TO thu
doctor. That sounds hard, but II is I'M
doubtedly true. They know that If they
admit certain symptoms that the doctor
will inevitably insist on an examination.
They do not give him all the facts IN the
case, and so he works IN the oyk. Quite
often the doctor is too busy and foo hurried
TO make the necessary effort to obtain the
facts. He frequently treats symptoms for
what they appear to be on the surface, when
the real cause and the real sickness IS deeper
and more dangerous. A arrangement OF
the distinctly feminine organs viii derange
the whole body. The woman herself may
not know exactly what is the matter with
her bat whenever she IS sick, there arc two
things She should look out for frst. One ~
what is called female weakness :" the
other is constipation, for these two things
frequently go together. DR.. Pierees "a
vorlte Prescription Is designeo fos ,ne sa' !.
Of diseases and disorders of women and II
does cure them. II has been performing It's
healing mission for % years, and tens OF
thousands of women have been made happy
by IL Dr.. Piercc's Pleasant Pellets are fof
cousti patton, and contingent Ills. Druggists
sell them. but sometimes N well meaning
ignorance, they viii try 10 sell yor some
thing else There is nothing juss tne
same - or inst a. good" The druggist
who tells vol, there is. is either mistaken
Or dishonest.
Ifyou care 10 know more about yoar Own oody.
send II one-cen; stamps 20 cover co>f 81 h-iains
esly and you will receive a6sosss<t f,e< SPY
Medical Aexts~r's Address. World Disssnsary
hr6icai Association Buffalo n 4.
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The Wilson law has now been In oper-
alton seventeen months, and in that time
Il has produced a deficiency OF s54,1ea 2ss.
This is an average deficit Of more than
Sea9 'oo a month. Or over 80 o,0 90 a year.
Ana this Is the tariff which the entire DEM
ocrstic press Is DANGEROUSLY demanding
that the Republicans shall ''let sIone," II
Is pretty hard 70 pound any business sense
iato the head % the Democrats party.
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last Sunday vas the fifteenth anniversa-
~ ot the beginning OF the Young Peoples
Society OF Christian Endeavor. which start
ed in Portland. Me. There are now 43. 600
branches OF the society. with about 2.6a,
go members. and there are about twenty
new branches formed each day. These So
eieties are found In Germany. Poland. Bo-
hernia, Russia, Norway. Holland. France.
Switzerland. India, Turkey. Persia and
China
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Consul General Jernigan reports 10 the
government at Washington City that there
are great possibilities OF American trade
with the far East. but he points out the
need OF American ships as factors OF trade.
AS a rule. the nation that owns the ships
that 90 the carrying OF goods 10 foreign
countries viii own also most of the goods
that are carried in them. The nag makes
the ship. and the ship makes the trade.
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Today thu Post-IntalI.Eencer meets a aA.
naAna Tor information concerning Alaska
BY aa article which Nli form reujy- "a
vary many inquiries Letters reach this
paper from every part o. .he United States
asking questions Of ell kinds about a lana
which has been a mysterious and far-oY
coGatry uB,l ghe past two years.
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Tecre - nothing new, perhaps. In having
public schools addressed by public men on
public topics. blt the development % the
ldes by the Brookline high school IL well
worthy % general adoption Every Friday
afternoon lessons are laid aside ard an in
formal address il given the scholars bv
some prominent citizen On valuable local
or timely historical tonIc-
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are producing more provisions for home
consumption. rapidly improving their
farms. and adding to their HOUSEHOLD COM
forts The corn crop OF fourteen Southern
states last year was sg1. OF bushels, an
increase OF Ia. 900 GO bushels over 1874. and
OF 172.ee.0o bushels over 1886. Southern
agriculture Is in excellent shape. and
grows In proportion as il Is intellisentiy
diversified. This fact is now so clearly
proved that it should no longer be neces-
sary TO harp upon II.
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II SPITE ef strong aHA stursy asnlais On
ira pa~t % Democrats orators in lNse "a
shs efset sAAt American tin plate vas
hasaSeg and thar sash tnln< could r,,s
- manufactured ia thAs country. y = an
Acknowledge fast tast AEnerlcaa TN rate
makers have wttsia Ire PAST taree years
practically wressea tie eo2ssol q ma
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The production 90 aluminium in This
country has Increased from elxhtv-thr~e
pounds in ISS3 70 - - pounds II, fSas ar.
the estimate for Isss IS 3 s6ae,s pounds tha
processes Tor making II having been great
Is improved
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a GUAHAN ,rEE.

tees tfs advertisers q bona Jide Pasd ctr
eutatioa. Daily. Weekly aud Sunday
6o.sfe that Of any other newspaper P~e-
Hshed in the sfafe Of Hashtngfo~. Ad-
serftsissg contracts rftf be made subject
o. this guarantee.
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Asouthern magazine prints reports from
80 correspondents on the financial condi-
tioa CT the farmers Of that section. II is
shown that the southern farmers are car
ryiHs less debt than ever before: that they
The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1896-02-09
Kid Fitting. No. 228.
Price s. 40

Made expressly for short la
dies while it is a short corset,
1t has a long waist; for riding.
boating and cycling; and with
short ladies. whether slim, me-
dunn or stout. is a great favor
lite. black.
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II is said that the interstate commerce
commission Is after the railroads. but that
is no surprise. for that commission, al
though ten years old. has never been any,
ur5ars
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REWARD.

A reward Of SO viii be paid for informa-
tion leading TO the arrest and convieton
or any one stealing copies or the fost-
intelligencer delivered to subscribers
throughout the city.
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Probably Dan Stuart wishes II was az
easy 10 pun OF fight as stranded steam
ship.
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II Is TO be hoped that this pickering over
Yale going to Henley win break UP n .
row.