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The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1897-04-04
House and Card Parties.

Mr. and Mrs. F. Gilbert Of Kirkland. en-
tersained a number Of friends az their
home last Tuesday evening. TIE house
vas prettily decorated with hyacintas,
daffoiils and English lavender. A profu-
sion Of these iowegs were used IN the din
ing room. where eirnrtuous spread was
sat. During the. even ng games were in
dulged In tnterspersea with VOCAL and IN
s,rumsntai music by Mrs. Ida Fisher and
Mss Aunson. Popping corn ard pulling
tany candy were also happy diversions.
Those present weres Mr.. and Mrs. Gil
bert. Mr. and Mrs. Charles Daniels. Capt.
and Mrs. G Munsoa. Mr.. and Mrs. F.
Manson. Mr.. and Mrs. j. Patty, Mr.. and
Mrs. j. W. DeMott, Mrs. s. A. Jones.
Airs. f. T. Munson. Mrs. l. Munson, Mrs.
Ida Fisher. Miss L. p. De Mott. Miss
Grace Patty. Miss Tressa Gilbert. Miss
Iona Fisher. Master c. Gilbert. Master +.
Gilbert. Master Ray Gilbert.
Mrs J. w Pratt entertained a progress
siye whist party at her home on Madrona
Heights on Wednesday evening. The part
nerShip cards were water color sketches
in pairs. The party consisted Of: Mr.. and
Mrs. T. F.. Basse. Or. and Mrs G. II. New
lands, Mr.. and Mrs. Clarence Preston. DR..
and Mrs. III. r. Titus. Mr.. and Mrs. A. X.
Fisken, Mr.. and Mrs. George Kirk, Mrs.
Reuben ". Jones. Mr.. and Mrs. J. w.
Pratt, Miss Pratt and Mr.. ID. ". Bass. At
the conclusion Of the games a California
supper was served and the evening closed
with music.
A farewell party was given a. the JaIanita
hall. Lakeview avenue. Friday evening in
honor OF the Misses Alexander. who expect
20 depart for Nevada next Tuesday. To-
ward midnight a delicious lunch was
served. The guests included about sixty
friends. Dancing was the feature of the
evening until late hour.
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their friends a. their residence On Olympic
avenue
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Steamer % aoaolsla- Sc : L came.
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We have a very complete stock Of ~ -
latest and most reliable works on
MINES. MTNERALoGY AND Misl's.
In all Its several branches. Write ie' y
list OF our mining works. which " "
mail TO any address.
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The Monday Fertnightly Club has re-
organized with the following officers:
President. Mrs. Riton. vice president. Mrs.
Wilson. secretary. Mrs. Snyder treasurer
Mrs. Thompson. IL Ia the intention Of the
club "a take up for study the history OF
the different countries. beginning with
Egypt
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Miss powuie, a teacher IN the Day
school. invited the parents and friends OF
her pupils 20 a very pretty private enter
tainment n the Edgewater Congregational
church Friday evening. The church WAS
well filled with an Interested audience. and
a musical programme. exceiienfly rem
dered by the pupils. reflected great credit
on their teacher.
Savannah courier. (Savannah, Tenn.) 1885-1979, 1897-10-08
BITES OF MOSQUITOES.
Many Cases of Serious Illness Have
Been Traced to Them. ,s


Been Traced to Them. s
Many cases of serious illness and
some deaths have lately been traced to
the bites of mosquitoes. The insects
are bred and fostered In decayed mat
ter and the transfer Of poisonous germs
to the blood of the victim causes the
complications. A person bitten on
one of the veins behind the ear by
mosquito inoculated with the poison Of
putrid matter would be in great dan.
ger, for the germs would reach the
heart and brain within few minutes.
The puncture Of a large vein is very
dangerous. A person with thin or
diseased blood is more liable to serious
injury than one who is healthy. The
humidity Of the season is source Of
danger. Large quantities Of decayed
matter are produced from which the
insects derive fatal poison. James F.
Whitaker, in the American Text Book
of Medicine, gives the opinion that an.
thrax, believed to be identical with the
plague of olden times, can be COM
municated by mosquitoes. Their
bites may be treated by an application
of oil or pennyroyal, liquid ammonia,
solution of bicarbonate of soda or pot.
ash, or Of chloroform. Recently q
large salt marsh OH Staten Islaud
which had been a prolific breeding
ground for mosquitoes was sprayed
with crude petroleum, with the result
that the plague has nearly disappeared
Savannah courier. (Savannah, Tenn.) 1885-1979, 1897-10-08
KINGS AMONG ELEPHANTS.
Two Fine beasts That Had Slave Ele-
phants 10 Wait on Them.


IT was our good fortune to be present
at an important meeting of the "khed-
1oh," at Chila, ON the banks of the
Ganges, where the Nepalese govern
ment had sent down their magnificent
troop of tame elephants for the chase
Of the wild ones. They were about $50
In number-magnificent, noble crea-
lures.
The two finest among them were the
"lSings" of the troops, and were called
aBijli Pmsad" and "Narain Gai
Prasad." Bill Prasad, which means
lord of lightning" was such grand
fellow. The width of his brows was
so great that he could not put his head
through our hall door; and he knows to
the smallest point what mighty crea-
ture he is.
He and his companion, Narain Gaj
Prasad, which means "the peerless
lord" arc provided with two slave ele-
plants, and the only duty of the latter
is to fetch and provide fodder for
Bill and Narain Gaj. They do their
duty right well. At early dawn their
mahouts, or drivers, drive them into
their jungles, and they work like real
slaves, They collect the sweet sugar
canes, tearing them up by their roots,
the. young succulent grasses and tender
leaves, and heap them up in masses
which weigh about 300 pounds each.
These loads are put on their backs, and
thrice day they gladly carry in their
burdens and lay them at the feet of
their lords.
We went out by moonlight to see the
latter fed, and any child would enjoy
The strange sight. First of all the ma
hout makes great big camp fire Of
twigs and brushwood, and on II he
places large fiat iron dish, supported
on two bricks. Then he takes wheat
flour and kneads it with water into
great round fat cakes nbout an inch
thick and twice the circumference of
a soup plate. These cakes he bakes on
the iron dish.
We were anxious TO taste them, and
we found them very good. We Wepunched
out with our fingers all the nice brown
spots, and ate them, piping hot. And
to make up to Bill and Narain for taxi
lug part of their supper, we had pre-
pared treat, of which they are par
ticularly fond. From the bazar we had
brought great balls of sugar cane juice
boiled down and made solid, called
'goor" in that country. Each ball was
twice the size of tennis ball, and in
each wheat cake or "chapati" we rolled
a lump of this molasses. You she Ila
have seen how the big beasts enjoyed
their feed-how their great trunks
rested down on our shoulders, always
upturned for the forthcoming delicacy
Marie A. Millie, IN st. Nicholas.
Savannah courier. (Savannah, Tenn.) 1885-1979, 1897-10-08
REDEEMIN0 MUTILATEO MONEY.
Full Value of n Note Is Paid for Frng-
ments Representing Threc-Fifths.

Full Value of n Note Is Paid for Frng-
ments Representing Threc-Fifths.
According to the present rule OF the
redemption division of the United
States treasury nothing less than frag'
nents representing two-ffths of bank
note or greenback will be redeemed by
Uncle Sam. If that much of note is
presented the United States will allow
the holder one-ha,f the face value of 1t,
while three-ffths of note will be re.
deemed for full value. OF course, there
are occasional exceptions to this rule.
Some time since man from New
England forwarded bunch of dis
colored paper money that hehad buried
in field. 1t had laid in the ground SO
long a time, and had been so generously
feasted upon by worms, that 1t fell tt
pieces as soon as it was touched. l.
would have been utterly impossible foi
anyone unacquainted with the secret
marks that the government places OF
its bills to gather these decayed pieces
of money together in their proper
OTucT, DupsUluc VI tHC SiCi ho III tho &c
demption division Of the treasury are
particularly expert in sorting and de-
ciphering bits of muti.ated money, and
through long years Of experience are
able to tell in an instant to what par.
ticular note or kind of note n certain
scrap belongs. When the pieces con-
tanned in this bunch of old money were
finally sorted and mountedit was found
that while there was not one complete
note remaining (not more than two or
three scraps in some instances) the
rightful owner was entitled to re.
demption of $400. Unfortunately for
the man who found the money, he could
not prove his ownership, nor could he
make affidavit as to what had become
Of the missing portions of the notes.
Consequently, the United States was
the gamer in this case. Accidents OF
this nature are by no means rare, as is
attested' by the numbers of boxes OF
charred remnants of money which are
kept among the curious records of the
redemption division.-Clifford Howard
In Ladies' Home Journal.
Savannah courier. (Savannah, Tenn.) 1885-1979, 1897-10-08

And Basil gave it, kissing her with his
heart, as she told me, gently smoothing
the dark road she was treading by every
loving device, seldom leaving her, and
never for any length of time.
He was holding the puny babe in his
arms, close to the mothers white,
wasted face, when the boy shivered
gasped and died. j looked in terror at
Ellen, but she smiled into my eyes:
''He will wait for mel" she said, soft
ly, and nestled against Baxil, as I took
the little one away.
did not return for long time. When
| did Ellen's eyes were closed, and her
face had changed, with a change that
chilled my heart.
"She is asleep whispered.
"But will never waken!" Basil said,
solemnly, and even before he spoke
knew the truth.
Basil mourned truly, blaming him.
self bitterly, when ! held him blameless.
But he married again in two years, and
lives in his own home in the city. ]
could not let his wife come to Stony
Hill in Ellen's place, though she is
kindly welcome when she visits me.
She is lady, refined, educated and
very handsome. She makes Basil en-.
tirely happy, having won his respect as
well as his love, a love more lasting be,
cause built upon foundations of esteem
l have no complaint to make and am
glad, very glad, that Basirs home is a
happy one, but know that never, never
can my old heart take Genevra Hill into
that deepest, warmest niche that is filed
by the memory OF the impulsive child,
Hasll's first wits.--N, y, Ledger.
Savannah courier. (Savannah, Tenn.) 1885-1979, 1897-10-08

ceiver, which is held to the ear, are
made in one piece and hung at the side
of the apparatus, as shown in the cut.
The necessary coin is thrown into the
slot, visible in the upper part of the
box, and falling upon spring makes
an electric contact, which releases the
catch holding the crank firmly in place.
The crank can then be turned and the
conversation can proceed for three
minutes. After this period has elapsed
the telephone is disconnected at the
central and automatically locked, so
that continuance of the conversation
can be had only by depositing another
coin. The apparatus is rapidly becom-
ing popular, and there are upward OF
$4,000 of them placed in various cities
of Norway and Sweden.
Savannah courier. (Savannah, Tenn.) 1885-1979, 1897-10-08
England ms Decay.

By an unfortunate juxtaposition Of
words and emblems, England is unin-
tentionally depicted in the new con-
gressional library as a decrepit old
woman, gathering dry sticks, who is
being winled at by linowing-looking
owl, perched on neighboring bough.
The pendentives Of the beautiful south
west pavilion Of the library are filled
by four plaques in relief, representing
spring, summer, autumn, and winter
Under each is single word Illustrative
of the season--seed, bloom, fruit, decay.
The mural paintings of the room are
designed to illustrate the progress OF
discovery through conquest to civiliza-
ton, and honor is shown the four ma
tions most conspicuous in the colonial
ton Of the new world-Spain, Portugal,
France, and England-by inscribing
their names conspicuously in the four
corners of the pavilion, and therefore
under the notices describing the me-
dallions. One or other name had to be
painted under the ominous word decay,
and beneath the decrepit old woman:
and as chance would have it, the lof
fell to England.-N. Y. Post.
Savannah courier. (Savannah, Tenn.) 1885-1979, 1897-10-08
HARD ON THE BLOOD.
Acid Food Frequently Causes De-
rRnEement of the Heart.


DR.. w. r. English, of Pittsburgh, be-
lieves that we eat too much acid food.
Nature evidently intended that we
should confine our use of acid fruits
and vegetables to the summer months,
but we now eat them during the whole
year. The flavor of tomatoes depends
upon the acidum lycopersicum. 1t is
estimated that since 1890 the produc-
tion of this vegetable has multiplied
ten times. In 1885 New Yoik city con-
sumed weekly 25 car loads of lemons.
The daily demand. now exceeds that
amount. Oranges are used in about
the same increased quality. Five years
ago, lines, the most acid of all fruits,
were in small demand. To-day they are
imported fresh and picked in large
numbers. Rhubarb plant. gooseber-
ries, currants, cherries, plums, apples
and pears are canned in vast amounts
for winter use. Sweet apples are
hardly salable in the markets. Acid
favored drinks are in demand at the
soda fountains. Acid conditions favor
the development Of micro organisms,
promote fermentation and cause re-
duction of red blood corpuscles. A de-
rangement of the heart and other or
gans often results. - Chicago Inter
Ocean.
Savannah courier. (Savannah, Tenn.) 1885-1979, 1897-10-08
A LITTLE NONSENSE.

--"If eggs are SIT dozen in the Klon-
dixie, what on earth do you suppose they
would ask for bicycle?" - Yonkers
Statesman.
Wasted Efrort.-Tcn Eycke-"A
man can be n good Christian, even If
he doesn't belong TO the church." Maud
Eyes, but what credihdo you get for
it?'-Truth.
-"Say, Weary, dat bloke wot shot
de big Spanish guy is goin' to be gar
roted. Wot does that mean?" 1T
means he's gon' to get it in the neck
Cleveland Plain Dealer.
"A Hilarious Combination. - Mrs,
Dunnigan-"Phat ye laughin' at, Pat?''
Mr.. O'Flagherty-'Oi wor just t'inkin'
phat divil av tonne there'd be av the
siventeent av March came on the Fourt'
av July."-Truth.
--"The sloth," said the witty dean Of
st. Paul's, "moves suspended, rests sus-
pended, sleeps suspended, and, in fact,
passes his life in suspense, like a young
clergyman distantly related to bish-
op."-Hpusehold Words.
Mrs. De Montmorenci Jinks--"I am
so much troubled about Dorothea, doc
tor. She is just getting to that age
when she thinks her mother has no
judgment whatever" DR.. Filthy
"Ahem! Reaching the age of reason, !
uppose."-Broolklyn Life.
Instances in Plenty.-"What silly
expression No more sense than the
law allows Did you ever know man
who had more sense than the law al
lowed?' Certainly. The jai.s are full
of fellows who got there by being too
smart" ."-Indianap Journal.
-1Ilgard-"Jaso has got n model
wife. He was going to buy bicycle,
and she persuaded him that lawn
mower would give him just as good ex-
ercise, and that it would be more eco
nomical" NiXon-"T'm awfully glad
Jason has got such an excellent wife
It is such comfort to know that no.
body else is in danger of getting her."
Boston Transcript.
Savannah courier. (Savannah, Tenn.) 1885-1979, 1897-10-08
The saIe of m Famous Mine.

One of the most famous mines in
Leadville was the Robert Il. Lee. Its
promise was discovered when the vein
or deposit was first struck, but for
some reason or other people did not
take kindly to it, and the owners tried
in vain to sell an interest. "A gentle
man who happened to have few hun
dred dollars was besought to take n
third of it for $500. He studied the
matter, and, deeming the venture too
risky, declined. The Lee was pockety
mine, and some of the pockets con.
tanned rich ore. To effect sale the
owners wagered' that they would take
81, 900, 900 worth of ore out of the mine
in "a hours. BY great good luck they
discovered few rich pockets ard won
the bet. After this there was no diff
Guilty in selling the mine for $780,
000.-San Francisco Chronicle.
Savannah courier. (Savannah, Tenn.) 1885-1979, 1897-10-08
WHOLE STATE MAY GO TO JAIL.
Fool Legislation I'm North Carolina
VIII Result in This If Enforced.

Fool Legislation in North Carolina
VIII Result in This III Enforced.
North Carolina is not the only state
that has trouble in the collection of its
taxes from people against whom they
a,C assessed, but the commonwealth
HIS legislature that undertook to fur
nish remedy, and has done it in way
that may involve both the state and its
delinquent taxpayers in some trouble.
The new law directs the sheriffs of the
counties, by whom the taxes are col
lccted, TO report TO the criminal court
the names of all persons who have
failed to pay their taxes within a specl-
fed time, when they are to be adjudged
guilty of misdemeanor, and liable to
a fine of $500 or 70 Imprisonment in the
county Jail for term not exceeding
six months.
The new law was to go into effect on
September /, date before the farmers
had marketed their cotton, and there
fore vast majority of them would be
unable to meet the demands of the
sheriff. There Is quite commotion in
the state and the encouragement has
been called upon for an opinion as TO
the constitutionality of the law, in re-
sponse to which he has given two L.
gal opinions, one of which declares the
law to be valid as to all taxes and the
other that it can apply only to licenses.
The result is that this lucid attempt TO
straddle the question has involved it in
still greater uncertainty.
From present appearances IT is evil
dent that the law will fail because thei G
is not Jail room enough in the jails I o
hold one-tenth of those who may Re
delinquents on the first of the month,
while neither the judges of the GRIM
inal courts will dare to impose the pc
cuniary punichmenf provided by law
nor would the sheriffs be able TO collect
the fines IL the courts decreed them.
The experience North Carolina is hav-
ing with hasty and ill-considered legis-
lation is not peculiar to that state, and
many of the laws on the statute books
of many of the states, known as dead
letter laws" are of this variety Of legis-
!ation. The laws are too dead and too
generally unobserved to be worth the
trouble OF repeating them.-Chicagc
News
Savannah courier. (Savannah, Tenn.) 1885-1979, 1897-10-08
A Capitay OTensc.

"What's the crowd gathering for?"
"Dah's some talk O. lynchin "a cullud
pusson, sah."
"What! a murder?"
"Worse'n dat, sab. Jim Thompson
sah, was delegated by de membahs OF
de White Rose Social club sab, to gwine
across de way an buy de forty-poun'
prize watahmelon, sab. Dey guv Jim
de money nm he got along all right,
sab, but ies' as he was gwine up de
stairs, sab, Pete Mullins white bull
terrier run atween his laigs, sab, an
Jim stumbled an dropped de melon
plum on de sidewalk, sabl Guess dey'll
lynch him, shuah, ,"--Cleyeland Plalp
Dealer,
Savannah courier. (Savannah, Tenn.) 1885-1979, 1897-10-08
POPULAR SCIENCE.
CHLoRATE OF POTASH.
How II 1s Refined by Means of EIec'
tricaI Appliances.


tricaI Appliances.
The city of Niagara Falls has more
factories making chemicals by electric
ity to-day than any other city in the
world. The plant for manufacturing
chlorate Of potash is the first to intro
duce this industry into the United
States. The uses for this product are
continually increasing. From 100000
to 100000 pounds are annually inn
ported, large portion of which is used
in calico dyeing as an oxidizer. 1t is
also employed in the manufacture of
parlor matches, blasting powder and
some of the smckeless powders. II Is
taken incidentally for various ailments.
The salt commonly called muriate of
potash is found in large quantities in
Stassfurt, in Germany, and is shipped
to this country in bags containing 240
pounds each. 1t is dissolved in wooden
tanks, pumped up to storage tanks, and
is led from them through pipes to cast
iron, porcelain-lined, electrolyzing
tanks, divided by porous partitions into
positive and negative compartments.
The chloride solution is kept circulat-
ing from the positive to the negative
compartments, being electrolyzed in its
passage, and evolving chlorine gas at
the positive pole, and forming caustic
potash at the negative pole. The gas is
led into the negative compartment,
where it combines with the caustic
potash, forming hypochlorite and
chloride of potash. 1t is then led down
to tanks containing lead steam coils and
evaporated to the concentration point
of chloride of potash when cold. From
here it is run boiling hot to tanks,
where it is allowed to cool. Little of
the chloride crystallizes with the chlo-
rate, as the two salts form at different
densities. The chlorate crystals are
raked out and dried and packed in kegs
holding 100 pounds. The mother liquor
is pumped back to the storage tanks to
be used over again in the cells.
Savannah courier. (Savannah, Tenn.) 1885-1979, 1897-10-08

rife clip IL space. For awhile 1t hung
gracefully pendant, then by force Of the
centrifugal action began to lift at the
bottom until it had assumed the shape OF
an enormous sickle, thrust down an-
grily from heaven, ready to NOW away
all before it.
The next change was one of gradual
dissolution, the tail curling up and then
flying off at right angles to the east
ward in thin black, vermiculate stream
ars like snakes. At one time in the proc
ess of dissolution it looked as IL II were
going to reform, but of sudden gave
over the idea and melted away in space,
much as cloudlet does in the blue Of
summer day. 49,
The local weather observer, although
he had not himself seen the phenom-
enon, said that from the descriptions he
had heard the vermiform appendix to
the big gray cloud was identical with
the western tornado. The meteoric con-
ditions, however, were such that the
storm could hardly have done much
damage. Devastation by tornadoes is
always accompanied by very low bar
ometer, 20.S0 or 29.70 degrees, while
there was high barometric area over
this section. Had the cloud reached
down to the earth it might have upset
a boat or overturned house or two, but
as there was little or no forward motion
the damage would have been confined
to the space of few hundred feet.
AS soon as the cloud had dissolved, or
drawn back into the big nimbus from
which it was born, heavy showers Of
rain fell from opposite ends Of the
mother cloud and soon cleared the at
mosphere.
Savannah courier. (Savannah, Tenn.) 1885-1979, 1897-10-08
AUTOMATIC TELEPHONE.
New Apparatus Is quite Popular In
NOryyay and Sweden

New Apparatus Is quite Popular In
Norway and Sweden.
Norway was the first country to es-
tabiish public telephone stations which
need no attendants, but the system is
spreading all over the world. A very
simple nickel-in-the-slot arrangement,
connected with crank which is used to
call up the central station, made it pos
sible to place large number of ap-
paratuses at convenient points, thus
greatly increasing the efficiency of the
service. The telephone does not differ
much from the ordinary apparatus, ex-
cept that the mouthpiece and the re-
Savannah courier. (Savannah, Tenn.) 1885-1979, 1897-10-08
The Course of Bullets.

In Switzerland recently conducted
experiments show that the course of
bullets may be DETECTED by electric
wires. Four wires were strung parallel
to and 1875 feet away from the line OF
fire at the range near Thun. At inter
walls of 80 feet the course Of The bullet
was marked by paper screens. A cur.
rent of 5000 volts caused detection of
Is feet from the course, and toward the
wire at distance Of 275 yards. A
japanese rifle threw slender bullet
that went straight for the wires and fol.
lowed their course, in close contact un.
til its energy was spent In friction.
Eevn cannon balls were affected by the
current.