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The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1897-12-27
Shot AT Him.

Albert isIndv. A cigar dealer. Is trying 10
figure oUt the import Of an exciting ex
perience he had Yesterday about o'clock.
Lsudy rooms n the Mallory house On
Fourth avenue south. on his way TO his
room yesterday morning he found two
men. one 81 whom was a sailor. standing
in the doorway. just Oft the street. He
asked them 70 step inside ard let him
pass. when suddenly one drew a pistol
from his pocket The pistol went off and
Idndy djd not stop 10 argue the pros and
cons OF the matter although he was not
wounded. Before a crowd could gath r
the two men had also disappeared. Wheth-
or the shot was intended for Indy ar
whether the pistol went oT accidentally
can only he surmIseS
The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1897-12-27
HiLGE keEL ron THE OREGON.
Important Repairs to Re Made TO the
HaffEexbtu

The hattleshlp Oregon IS % 90 on the
dry dock az Breuerton next week 70
have hJee keels placed IN her. For this
important work fogty-tlvs men Will he
brought here frem the Mars Island navy
yard Twenty have already arrived.
and they will 80 20 Bremerton today 10
prepare for the docking ~ the Oregon.
which viii Re done January :.
When the Oregon vas completed. X
was believed ~ her builders thai har
great beam would make unnecessary the
use Of bjIEe keeis II Sas found
however. that in heavy weather she
would roll 50 that there was danger of
stralaing some 81 her armament II
vas therefore decided 20 send her 10 th*
dock on Puget sound 20 have the bilge
keeis placed 0a her
Twenty. SoFkmen ara here from Mare
Island IN charge OF Master shipwrignt
G. wharford Twenty-Five others w'al
foilow iEs three weeks. The work viii
Require freEa three 10 SIX week.
The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1897-12-27
WATCH NIGHT SERVICES.
Plans 30 Ring ont she Ola. ainE In
the New Year.

In accordance with = tlnfe-honcred cts
tor, many ~ the churches ~ Seattle vii,
hold special watch night services neSt Fri
gay night keeping Solemn vigil during he
closing moments - The obi year and for
nally greeting thc year I&'S a, its birth.
To the Christian these services nrc made
occasions II pious meditation. searching
seif-eNa mlnatinn aud good resolutions to-
tho future.
vary from the simplest exercise Of nvaver
30 The mos elaborate programme.
Among tlte most plIncfilioiss. though hv
10 means the only. Observers % watch
njeht are the Method &tS whose traditions
aof hNrnnoloey are ftii ~ references Ia It's
Solemn ho3arS. Every Nethedtst church In
the g}ty wiH either hold ~ }oia TN special
midnight services next Friday.
ttHrT denominations also mark the
tr0ns}tiaa between the wears yvftn s0p~o-
nrtste @eEofioH$. The order e sefrifa a
Plymouth CONGREGATIONAL next Friday
ulEht is Is Fellows;
g.st-a .5e-$arg service.
%+@s al-is~Ihense. Missionary Ienevo-
SAY tea-m5auta addresses. with rsve~rr.lr-
ute npra parliament on eaen. essh3st..S.
IN }}Y tfl&a to MISSIONS Rev - mn
r}tfo, "i9w tsiVef The Wgeue Nav g.
G>f. = l., tlatchs~ou. =. II *-4ee Rfz.t
W. }e 1. " \ d }oF '.,,r;tae-s;.ys ~.
HaV.r- t.v practice Il Today" RS.
I0atu4s t-ey1a Everett The kef9ax I@54t,-
sHce ~ GNias. Mrs n = G'awg}.
a.4s-5f 49, 4sn>errsatfou raeettnK I'D ~
she president at 'a1e Tacoma local tu4sy
blessing vita az address ~ ths pastor Of
p1S t7sf}3}A rHUTe53.
}}-a~lg IS silent prayer
- A,-~E'&Tt3@% hYgua af3 CONGRATULATIONS
The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1897-12-27
FIRED BuCHAN PARDONED
Police Received the News From
Olympia Inst Night

Information was received ut police head
quarters last night that Gov. Rogers mas
pardoned Fred Ruchan, one of the Finck
ieweiry store burglars. Buchan was sem
fenced TO six months in the penitcntiary,
while Harry Munroe and W. II. Webster
received four and three years respectively.
Buchan made the confession which re-
suited in the recovery Of the goods. with
the understanding that he would not be
punished. It was the occasion Of consi9-
cradle surprise that the case was not dis
missed against him in the superior court.
Prior to the time he was taken TO the
ponitentiary a strong effor; was made TO
have him spared the additional disgrace
of wearing the stripes. The pardon viii
restore him TO citizenship.
The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1897-12-27
Vie fioHri~hed ~ Gun.

A lab9rer. while under the influence n
liauor. terrified the occupants If Shafer's
SALOON. On First avenue. yesterday after
noon by fsoarishlaE a pistol In a reckless
manner. FINALLY thF bartender caught h5u
off his guard and 3isaru1ed nm Officer
Iverson sent the man "a police heatiaus~-
tiers. where Ne refused 70 give his name
and vas finally locked IN a. John Doe"
The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1897-12-27
,ne Of the evening win begin in the

rrarne OF the evening viii begin in the
main auditorium 81 ti1e church.
The programme rrepsred IS along the
lines Of missions and giving ard there
MI! be six teD-Tninute addresses, follow
ed by discussions The programme Will be
found elsewhere in this column under the
head Of watch night services. Special ar
rzngements have been made with street
car lines 10 run their last car, ieay4g
down town at I2t5 o'clock IL n.
The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1897-12-27
Ton Ought To Know

That The Weekly ELECTROMAGNETIC IL
issued or Thursdays
That the price 10 any part OF the United
states or Canada Is % cents FOR six months
That cents handed IN nj the business
9fire win p9r for a single copy to anv na~+
AZ the United States or Canada
That II contains twelve pages O, scrac.ad
matter and 20 a@Gugict friends or the do
ngs IN Seattle, state or Alaska there 10 M
better paper.
The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1897-12-27

Never 'et n cough run on frcn sav n
day. 1t Indicates either inflammation or
irritation. which II allowed 20 continue.
may result III serious Injury 70 the lungs.
\ few doses ~ Ayers Cherry PICTORIAL
cures any pulmonary complaint M. en-
tlreiy beyond the reach Of medicine.
The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1897-12-27

Cranberry picking on ('hahot's n,arsh I,
Pacific county. Washington. mas jas, hem
ans.ed and all ~ TIE h,Yr1es raes,.l,.
gathered and rot yet ms rketed are IA fsi,,
packed ~ barrels for shipment .r,,ts
years crop aggregated SO barrels
The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1897-12-27

The sample CaS.a Of tac Herald Ta{l0rlrc
Company which stands III the entrance ~
the tol!uan h'@ck, was opened bv crock
~ IN ans 81 a chisal Saturday night 4
rcet and trousers pattern were stolen
The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1897-12-27

KoDAkS and other cameras for holiday
presents ran ne obtained at oil coiumbi.
street. opposite postofIlce. washinw.o,
Dental and Photographic Supply Co.
The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1897-12-27

IF you are sending East for arv friends
cali and see tho Northern Pacific agents
about IT. They viii arrange 20 your salts
faction and on the shortest notice.
The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1897-12-27

Give me ChsE rlaia's COACH Remedy
every time il n sieves cough quicker ara
ss's&gs : tafapiese cs.4y saoaer than Anv other
! hare esSs used,~-N. l. h4sso1sSS elea-
CORA, "a
The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1897-12-27

PIANOS PIANOS. PIANOS.
Nioiius, hanios. guitars. rnundo,fus
Martins SGS Second
The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1897-12-27
MORE MONEY FOR THE CANAL
Capt. Taylor Recommends an
Expenditure of S20o.ooV.
DETAILED plANS NOT YET READY

We Money Ha& Beeu Available TOT
That Work-Capt- Taytor,s t"nsah
Grafton in n General Way at the
Project Induces Him tn >uESess =
Canp,rra Rexf~iou Before Work
Is Comr.eneed-ESeret haroor-
The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1897-12-27

II ac grsst st}rircf Of the hi~trfoass
Art When hoy had strong medina tions
ward the stare To perscnate chArsc-
,.t so as 70 make Il live and move upon
sn audience stth the reality and natural
nesss u liza Is Il noble accomplishment
The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1897-12-27

sTt'eE hyFnn ana consratulatlo1a.
The St. Johns herald., 1897-11-13

Of late the telephone has been util-
 ized to a considerable extent in legal
 proceedings. Affidavits have been
 sworn to, acknowledgements have been
 taken. and in one case at least testi-
 mony has been received by telephone. This last innovation must be credited
 to Fort Scott, KaS., where two wit nesses, described as prominent busi- ness men, were permitted to give evi- dence in this manner, the attorneys stIpulating that no objection should be taken to this unusual proceeding. An other case that has attrSc Scted unusual attention is reported from New York, where an affidavit which had been tele- phoned from Cincinnati and acknowl- edged over the wire was accepted il. the Supreme Court as sufficient ground for the issuance of an attachment in- volving considerable sum of money. The proceedings were unusual and in teresting. The facts were telephoned from Cincinnati over a long-distance telephone line, an affidavit was Ore. pared at the New York end of the line and read to the complainant, who was standing at the telephone in Cincinnati, where in the presence of witnesses he made the required acknowledgement. It was still necessary to have some one in New York talk with the complainant and positively identify his voice. This was done, the papers were filed and the attachment issued. The interested parties announced that several days delay had been avoided by utilizing the telephone, and by this prompt action it was possible to have judgment satis- fled which it might have been difficult otherwise to accomplish. Many im- portant transactions have hinged upon telephone messages, and the courts have long since recognized their ad- instability as evidence unuer proper re- StrictiOns.
The St. Johns herald., 1897-11-13

Many of the news reports from Ha- yana are of very doubtful authenti- city. but full credence must be given to the official reports forwarded by Dr. Brunner, of the United States Marine Hospit.J Service, stationed in that city. He says deaths from all causes are in- creasing rapidly, but particularizes only yellow fever, which shows a very slight increase. It would be interest ing to know what the other causes are, and weather starvation and the crowd ing of ''pacificOs" into the city without providing food, shelter or sanitary ar engagements for them have anything to do with the increased mortality.
The St. Johns herald., 1897-11-13
Mrs. John A. Logan denies that st

Mrs. John A. Logan denies that she is heading an expedition of women to the KlOndike region and in most em- phatic manner denounces those who have without her permission connected her name with it. She says she is con- stantly being made use of In this way and is tired of it. Mrs. Logan is exact ly right. It is sheer and inexcusable impotence which leads women who are behind some scheme for their own ben eft, to levy, as it were, upon those of their sex who occupy a place of prom thence and others should follow Mrs. Logan's example and denounce those who attempt it.
The St. Johns herald., 1897-11-13
"A Good Florida Story

A story, too able, we fear, to be either
 new or true, but none the less worth re-
 cording, comes from one of the great Florida hotels. There is no need, per haps, of concealing the fact that the tale comes from the Ponce de Leon. for that hotel rather brides itself on being, next to home, sweet home, the dearest place on earth. Be that as it may. it is reported that a young man who had been two days at the Ponce de Leon on what may well be called a combination or business and pleasure, since he was courting a milliOnaire's daughter tenn residing there, went to the clerk and asked for his bill. The clerk looked at the young man carefully for B long moment, then made out and handed over a bill for $23S. The young man did not stagger or grow pallid. He tossed the slip of paper back to the clerk and said: Guess again, you chump; I've got more money than that"
The St. Johns herald., 1897-11-13
Growth of the South.

Where the proud city of Birmingham
 stands to-day, says the Macon Tele-
 graph, there were in 1877 only worn out fields. Chattanooga was a dilapi- dated village. Atlanta sat still in the ashes of the war. Florida was almost as much of a wilderness as in the days of Spanish rule. Texas had made no impression upon the worlds markets as a cotton producer. The States of Louisiana, Mississippi and Arkansas were in poverty and despair because of the miseries of the reconstruction period. The coal and iron mines of Tennessee, Alabama and Virginia were practically undiscovered and unopen- ed. There was no serious competition by any Southern port with New York and Boston for the export and import trade. With single exception there was not one great railroad system in the South, and that did not touch the southeastern part.
 Twenty years ago the manufacture of cotton in the South was wholly an infant industry. The cities now known as textile-wOrking centers were mere trading posts at the cross roads. The fruit and vegetable business of Florida was so small as to attract little atten- tion, while the fruit and melon busi- ness of Georgia did not exist at all. Southern farmers then bought their corn and meats instead of raising them as they do now, and the cotton crop of Georgia, notwithstanding the comparatively low prices, and not Wlthstanding the cities have absorbed so much of the rural population, is twice as large as it was then.
The St. Johns herald., 1897-11-13

That property has responsibilities to organized society, as well as rights to be protected by it, is fact that seems often to be overlooked by the owners Of large wealth. In the long run the rights of property cannot remain secure if the responsibility that goes with its ownership is ignored. Wealth demands protection from thievery and violence at all times, and no society is civilized that does not afford such protection. But what shall be said of the wealthy corporate interests that insist to the let ter upon the rights which law confers upon property, even to the ordering out of troops in their behalf, and then cool ly shift disproportionate share of the burden of maintaining the government from which they claim those rights up- on the shoulders of other and probably poorer members of the community? A great deal is heard in these days about attacks on the rights of property, and it is indeed unfortunate that the wild and revolutionary talk of a certain class of agitators should find even as much response as it does among part Of the population. But let wealth re- member the duties it owes to society and the dangers that menace its rights will vanish and the power of the revo- lutionary agitator will cease. Let hon. est wealth array itself on the side of the public and honest government when interruptions wealth is trying to plunder the public. In short, let wealth remember the responsibilities which it owes to society, and the rights which it claims will be accorded without ques- tinn
The St. Johns herald., 1897-11-13

We wish to enter our most earnest protest against the enforced education of one Alaskan point of interest. At the beginning of the excitement we were informed that there was place on or near the Yukon River called Fort Git There. While very likely this was not the spelling or pronunciation that college professor would have given the name 1t was deliberately selected by those who were first on the ground, and, on the whole, is appropriate. Con- seQueDtly there seems to be no reason why it should be changed into Fort Get There just because a few late corners insist upon going by the spell ing book.
The St. Johns herald., 1897-11-13

If the people of Michigan and Wis
 consin have their way, says a well-in- l formed writer, the next new State to
 be added to our starry flag will not be one of the territories, but a well-peO- | pied State Of half million people, and with abur iant wealth in minerals, fish cries and timber tC support a popula-
 tion of 100000 yg more. It will con- sist of the northern peninsula If Mich igan, with all that part of Wisconsin lying nortb of inc northern end of
 Green Bay. Both oI these sections have been rapidly increasing n popu-
 latiou. They contain the valuable iron
 mines, iron which more and cheaper
 iron can be produced than anywhere
 else in the world. These regions are isolated from the States to which they
 belong, and have moi the influence with
 their State government which their
 population and wealth entities them to.
 The peninsu'q of Michigan is esrncially
 discQnnected from the rest of the
 State, and h winter, when the Legis-
 lature is il session, its representatives
 are obliged 10 make q detoUr through
 Wisconsin by way of Chicago before
 they can re8CL the capital, at Lansing. Before Michigan was admitted as
 State, the States of Ohio and Indiana had taken considerable slices of south ern Michigan, wlicA were conceded to them by Congress. which has full au- thority to deal wiJh the territories as it chooses. There was in cOnsequence so much indigl lation among Michigan peo- ple taat warlikg acls were threatened. So when Michigan came to be annexed in 1887. the northern peninsula, then thought of little value, was tacked on to the State. U wes regarded for years as a sort O. Siberia by the people of the southern part of the State. The rich mines cf copper, which are found near Lake Superior. first attracted cap- ital to this section. Still later it's mines of iron and its timber resources have been found equally valuable The new State will have many wealthy towns. 1 and there ar already several uuiversi- | ties and colleges in t. There ie r1 req 1 son why it should not become popu- lous and prosperous commGnwealt lth. In territory 1t will be about as large as Kentucky. It is believed ny most of the advocates of the new State that Su- perior City, which lies across the arm of the bay, from Duluth wiu be a larg- CT city than the latter. It will un1oubt- edly be the metropolis ot the new State of Superior
The St. Johns herald., 1897-11-13
Some Tested Points in Diet.

The fact that milk has become ex- tremely popular with all classes of phy- sicians of late years Is emphasized by recent writer in the North American Review. Formerly a fever patient was forbidden to take the article, while in modern practice 1t is about the only food allowed. and a well-nigh exclu- sive diet of that liquid Is said to he very etficacious in diabetes. At the German spas, Carlsbad, Wiesbaden. etc, a very little bread is allowed. inc diet being mostly made up of milk eggs, grapes and lean beef; non- starch diet is the rule, bread, starchy vegetables and cereals being almost excluded. Rice is easily digested and an excellent food, except that if abounds in earth salts. Fruits are not only digested in the first stomach. but they have large part of the nourisb- ment already in a condition to he ab- sorbed and aSSimilated as soon as eaten. The food elements in bread and cereals have to undergo a process of digestion in the stomach and then be passed on to the intestines for q still further chemical change before being or use to the human system, showing the advantage of a diet of lean meats and fruits.
The St. Johns herald., 1897-11-13
WHEN HOGS. ARE RIPE.
frformation Obtained by Jerry Rusl
 from a Western Farmer.

t,formation Obtained by Jerry Rusk from a Western Farmer. l Gov Rusk happened to drive ovel the State line once into Minnesota, look ing at the farms. He was particularly struck with one farm, on which he found everything in first-class order and, riding up to the house, inquired the name of the owner, when a tall Ger. man came out and gave his name as Theodore Louis.
 What do you regard as the greatest wealth-producing agency in lgricul- ture?" the Governor asked him.
 "The hog" was the contentious reply.
 'Upon what do you base this state ment?"
 "He lifts more mortgages than any thing else"
 The conversation which ensued de veloped the fact that Louis had once been what is called an all-wheat farm CT, and kept constantly sinking into debt. He decided that something had to be done quickly or there would be very little left for Louis, so he decided to try the hog. The first year he made little money, the second year he made more, and then he became thoroughly interested. The result was that he be- came recognized as a great authority on hogs. His neighbOrs took up his example, and mortgages began to be lifted, until finally there was not one on record against that community.
 How long would you keep a hOg?" asked Gov. Rusk.
 T would not keep him-I would kill him."
 "WhenY
 "When he is ripe"
 "When is he ripe?"
 "When he is fat.'
 "Wouldn't it pay to keep the hog for two or three years?
 ''I tried that once," said Louis. "I and took my corn and weighed it. When spring came the corn was all gone and the hog weighed about what he did in the fall. That made me say next year that I would kill my hogs in the fall and save my corn.'
 How much does it cost to keep hog through the winter"
 ''Three dollars"
 "HOw many hogs winter in Mime sota?''
 "One million. I have just looked at the Auditors report"
 Do you mean to say that we lose S3,000,OO0 a year in winterlng our hogsY
 ''Yes; that's what you do. If you kill them all in the fall you will have left in your cribs $3,O00,0OO worth of corn to sell."-Atlanta Constitution.
The St. Johns herald., 1897-11-13

Mrs Frances Shaw, Chicago wom- an. has discovered a new fireproof en- ameI which is said to be wonderful. Mrs. Shaw knows very little of chemis- try and yet she has discovered that which scientists are said to have been working to discover for fifty years. She is a womanly woman, too, and come to think of 1t it is the womanly women to-day who are making discOv- cries which are of practical benefit and not the ranting propagandists.
The St. Johns herald., 1897-11-13
"Bird in the bush" is a new viand on

Bird in the bush' is new viand on American menus. A small hole is made in the end of watermelon and the core scooped out. The interior is filled with breasts of chickens, leg meat of sQuabs, Chinese mushrooms and sprouts. Then the watermelon is seal ed up and boiled for two hours. All the juices are retained, and when serv ed the melon is plugged in the top.
The St. Johns herald., 1897-11-13
Startling CoIors in Handkerchiefs.

Handkerchiefs next season will be gaudier than ever before. They will be of all the cOlors of the rainbow, in sol ids, stripes, plaids, polka dots and tg- ures. Even white ones will not be plain, for when not heavily embroid- cred they will be lace trimmed, not with one edge of lace, as heretofore, but with several lace frills placed one above the other and on both sides of the handkerchief, for the fashionable article has neither right nor wrong side.
The St. Johns herald., 1897-11-13
Yankees Good Guessers

That the Yankees still can guess, n man with a weighing machine is en- deavOring to prove at Old Orchard Beach, Me. He has a chair attached to his scales, and before a person sits down he "sizes" him or her up. If he doesn't guess within two pounds of that persons exact weight he makes no charge and sends the thrifty New on his way rejoicing without cost, but that does not happen often.
The St. Johns herald., 1897-11-13

The pineapple seed hoax has caused rdore trouble in the newspaper offices of this country than any other piece Of transformation that has been printed for years. Instead of being worth $:2sJ apiece. as has often been stated, pine apple seeds cannot be sold for $25 q million