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The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1897-08-15
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BANKS.
THE PUGET SOUND NATIONAL
BANK OF SEATTLE.
Capital stock paid in ........ s5ss 900
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sight F4tiz Of exchange on London avail
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Collections made at ali points on favor
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PEOPLES SAVINGS BANK.
Occidental block Seattle. Wash.
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ANDERSON MAP or ALASKA aud
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showing klondike river and tributaries;
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Lewiston teller. [volume] (Lewiston, North Idaho) 1878-1900, 1897-02-11
HOrseleSs Carriages.

While advocates Of carriages driven
by motor-engines admit that much re-
mains for the inventors to do before
such vehicles can be made equal in
beauty Of appearance. facility of man
agement and all-around comfortable
ness to the present style of carriages
drawn by horses. yet they assert that
motor-carriages are certain to become
popular because they will save money.
In England it is estimated that the cost
OF fodder for horse travelling TWEEN
ty miles a day is twopence per mile.
while motor-wagon OF two and a half
horse power can be driven the same
distance at the expense Of half a pen
ny per mile. Another argument used
in behalf OF the horseless carriage is
that two-thirds OF the present wear and
tear of roads is caused by horses, and
only one-third by wheels.
Lewiston teller. [volume] (Lewiston, North Idaho) 1878-1900, 1897-02-11

Steve" Clay. as the new senator is
known throughout Georgia. as a boy
worked on farm and secured an edu-
cation by his own efforts lie studied
law, was admitted to the bar and made
his appearance in politics in the later
'7Os. when he was returned from Cobb
county as member of the legislature.
He served some years, and the third
term. In 1889. was elected speaker of
the house at the same time when F. G.
Dubignon was president OF the senate.
He presided over the house with dig
nifty and was very popular among the
members. At the next session of tho
general assembly he was elected q SEN
ator from the thirty-fifth district. and
was elected president OF the senate
without opposition. He was a factor
In much important legislation and
often took the floor to favor measures
Lewiston teller. [volume] (Lewiston, North Idaho) 1878-1900, 1897-02-11

able developments the fur trade has
ever known. The new fur Is called
electric SEAL" and consists of the
skin OF the ordinary French tame rab.
DIT electrically treated. Tho process
involves a careful first dressing to OBJ
tain softness and pliability, the coat
afterward passing under q machine Of
extraordinary delicacy. which catches
and shears down the stronger and
coarser hairs, giving at the same time
q softness and flow" to what is left.
me dyeing is skillfuliy managed to
give artificial gradations of golden
brown under the surface. The final
stage OF manipulation before the skins
60 TO the manufacturer is reached
through the operation of a really mar
velous electrical mechanism, which re-
moves any undesirably stiff hairs that
might have been left by the first ma
chine. Unfortunately experiments that
have been made with both the common
wild rabbit and the imported Austria
Han skins have been attended with scant
success, and only the fur of the domes-
tic variety appears to be available for
the process. The idea is not new. Il
has been considered for many years.
but 1t Is only through recent modsfica-
tfons and improvements in mechanism
rendered possible by electricity that it
has becomes factor to be seriously reck.
oned with in the wholesale fur busi.
ness.
Lewiston teller. [volume] (Lewiston, North Idaho) 1878-1900, 1897-02-11

as to have had absolutely no motion
whatever, except, indeed, in the direct
line toward the sun. IT, at the mo-
ment of starting. the object possessed
movement which would carry it in
the course of time out of the direct
line to the sun, then totally different
condition of motion would result.
All the time the sun was drawing
this wisp OF vapor toward it, the trans
verse movement would be gradually
moving the wisp out of the direct line.
Now, though the speed of that move
ment may be very small, yet in the
lapse of those millions Of years that
are required to draw the body into
the sun, this transverse movement will,
have increased to such an extent that
the object will miss the sun instead
of hitting it. In fact, after its stupen-
dous voyage from the Indefinitely re-
mote depths of space, during which
1t has acquired its vast speed of scores
OF hundreds of miles second the COM
ct will be found not plunging into the
sun, but passing to one side of it.
While the two objects are in such close
proximity, their mutual attraction is
of course of tremendous vehemence. In
virtue of this attraction, the RAPIDLY
moving comet is whirled round the
sun, and consequently begins to re-
treat again toward the same side from
which it has come. In this majestic
sweep the comet describes a graceful
curve. Coming in from inflnity, it ap-
proaches the sun, wheels round the
sun, and then again retires to the
depths of space.
AS the comet has swept in toward the
Lewiston teller. [volume] (Lewiston, North Idaho) 1878-1900, 1897-02-11

drianampandry was appointed minleees
OF the interior. which ONCE he had he0
until arrested by the French. The cir
cumstances OF his completely in the 70
bellion are not yet known here. An
that is known is that Gen. Gallieni sent
a telegram dated Oct. 80 saying that
the minister of the interior, Rainan-
drianampandry. and Prince Ratsi-
mananga had been convicted Of COM
pliclty in the rebellion and executed
at the capital. Prince RatsimanangA
was an uncle Of the queen. The rebel
lion is giving France a great deal Of
trouble. and she evidently intends to
be stern In her dealings with the peo-
pie and to leave no doubt a. to her
ascendancy. The prime minister has
resigned" and Gen. Gallieni's tele-
gram says "there will be no successor
In September. when Gen. Gallieni ~.
rived at the capital. he politely de-
clined an offer to be introduced to the
queen. Il consider" he said. that my
position requires the queen to cali On
me first. When I am little more at
leisure will inform her when she may
come to greet the representative a.
France"
Lewiston teller. [volume] (Lewiston, North Idaho) 1878-1900, 1897-02-11

sun, in consequence of the attraction
of that body, it may seem difficult to
understand why it should then retreat
outward again. Notwithstanding the at
traction which now seeks to draw it
back. This may, however. be illus
trated by a very simple contrivance.
Let a weight be hung from the cell
ing by a string. Let that weight be
drawn aside and then released. 1t will
of course, swing down to the lowest
point, and then, having passed through
the lowest point the weight will be-
gin to ascend. The attraction Of the
earth pulls the body down, but as it
descends it acquires speed, and in vir-
tue of this speed it is enabled to pass
the lowest point and to ascend in op-
position to gravity on the other side.
In the same way, the speed acquired
by the comet in its long voyage toward
the sun from the depths of space, en-
ables it to sweep round the sun with
out being captured, and then to pass
away, perhaps, never more to return.
The nearer the comet is to the solar
SuTi6Ce. tue tht sp'SN "''H
which it moves. and consequently the
more brief is its sojourn in the vicinity
of the sun. A comet has, in fact, been
known to Craze the sun so closely that
it passed within one-seventh part OF
the suns radius. In this case pc
riod of two hours sufiiced for the COM
ct to turn completely round the sun
and commence its retreat into space.
The actual circumstances presented
in nature are not quite SO simple. We
have assumed that the sun and the
comet were the solitary objects in the
universe. OF course, this condition is
not fulfilled There are the planets
surrounding the sun, and there ale the
countless host OF stars. Some OF these
objects may attract the comet with a
vigor sufficient TO sway it considerably
from the track which it would other
wise follow. In consequence of these
various forces. we are not justified
in discussing the problem actually pre-
scented in nature as being exactly the
Lewiston teller. [volume] (Lewiston, North Idaho) 1878-1900, 1897-02-11
EMERSON'S HUMOR.
Many Instances OF His Wit-"rhc Real
Things"

Many Instances OF His Wit-'"rhc Real
Things"
There never could be born a man es-
sentially great who did not like TO
laugh, or to make at least others smile,
| says the New York Times. Even Scho-
penhaur and Nietzsche could crack
their grim jokes. There is nothing in
compatible in that drolery which EN-
erson at times INDUCED in. In the
Forum Mr.. Henry d. Lloyd thus des-
cants on Emerson: A pleasantly re-
friend who carried a horse-chestnut to
protect him from rheumatism. He has
never had it since he began to carry
it. and indeed it appears to have had
retrospective operation, for he never
had it before An English friend tells
me that while with Mr.. Emerson in
his garden discussing some problem
of life. Mrs. Emerson called to him for
some wood. Emerson went to the
woodpile; when he came back he said,
with his wonderful smile, Now we will
return to the real things" When Oil
yer Wendell Holmes asked him IL he
had any manual deXterity he illustrat-
ed his want OF it by replying that he
could split a shingle four ways with
one nail. which" says DR.. Holmes. "as
the intention is not to split 1t at all in
fastening it to the roof. took to be
confession OF inaptitude for mechanical
work" In later years he lost his men,
DRY Of the names OF things. Once he
wanted his umbrella, but could not re-
call the word. But he got around the
difficulty. Il can't tell its name, but
can tell its history. Strangers take
1t away" His daughter ran in one day
to ask who should be invited to Join
their berry-picking party. "All the
children" he said. from 6 years to
CO."
Lewiston teller. [volume] (Lewiston, North Idaho) 1878-1900, 1897-02-11

same as that in the case hterto sup.
posed. But our illustration will, at all
events. suffice to give a general idea
OF what actually happens. The comets
are drawn in from the depths of space,
they approach the sun, they sweep
round the sun, and they then retreat
again to the abyss from which they
nave come. The laws of mathematics
assure us that 1t is quite possible for
an object, after journeying from an
UNNECESSARILY great distance for an
UNNECESSARILY long time, to enter our
system, to wheel round the sun, and
then again retreat to commence an
Infinite voyage which should last for
all eternity. 1t is perfectly certain
that this kind Of motion, which we
know to be possible, does closely re-
semble that actually performed by
many of the comets. These Lodies en-.
ter our system, they come into the
vicinity of the earth, and, under these
circumstances, they are accessible to
our observation. AS they retreat into
space they gradually withdraw from
our view. Many of the comets which
come to visit us appear to be objects
which have never been within the ken
OF the earth before, and will never be
within the ken of the earth again.
There are, however, a few of their
bodies which describe orbits of diff.
ferent kind. They move round in ell.
liptic or oval paths, so that their Wis.
its to our vicinity and their conse-
quent visibility to the inhabitants OF
the earth recur with more or less reg.
ularity. OF such a nature is that most
famous of all comets which bears the
Lewiston teller. [volume] (Lewiston, North Idaho) 1878-1900, 1897-02-11

An interesting comet. which has at.
forded much occupation to the pho.
tographer, was discovered on July 8,
1898, by Alfred Rordame, an astrono-
mer residing in Salt Lake City. w. ].
Hussey obtained some admirable pho
tographs of this object at the Lick
Observatory. and we are also indebted
to the same astronomer for very in
teresting account of the physical char
acteristics Of this body
On looking at the photograph of the
comet Rordame on July IL and COM
pairing it with that taken on the fol-
lowing night the observer will be as
tonished at the difference in the struc-
ture of the two tails. 1t would seem
as II some violent dislocation of the
material of the tail must have taken
place in the interval which has elapsed
between the times when the two pic
lures were taken. There Is no doubt
that visual observations would never
have established this point so clearly
as the photographs have done.
1t will be noticed that the plates are
marked over by numbers Of bright
streaks; these are the photographs of
the stars which happened to lie In the
same field of view as the comet. But
it may we'll be asked how 1t has come
to pass that the stars are represented
by streaks instead Of the round images,
which we should expect from their
sun-like character The explanation
Of this circumstance is not a little
curious and instructive. The comet Is
in motion, and it moves SO rapidly that
in the course of such protracted ex-
pcsure as that on July II, which last.
ed for one hour and twelve minutes,
the comet changes its position or the
sky through a distance which Is quite
directed throughout the exposure to
apparent. II the camera had been
the same part Of the heavens, the COM
ct, like the unquiet sitter, would only
have permitted us to obtain very
blurred and indistlnct portrait. To OBJ
viate the effect OF this motion it was,
therefore, necessary for the astronomer
who was engaged In taking the picture
to shift the camera slowly during the
course OF the exposure, and In that
way to neutralize the influence of the
comets motion. The picture is thus
made to represent the comet as II that
body had remained at rest during the
exposure. But the stars which were
strewn over the background remain
ed quiet all the time: as, however, the
camera was shifted for the reason just
mentioned. 1t follows that each Of the
stars. instead OF being represented by
point, as 1t would have been in an
ordinary sideral picture, is manifest
ed by streak.-Robert S. Ball, Dept
Astronomy. Oxford.
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conduct the defense OF Faraiatra dur
Ing the war; and when the war was
over and the French were triumphant
Iy installed in Antananarivo the ex-
governor went back to Tamatave and
settled down quietly in his home Rain
andrianampandry's establishment was
unbounded when the news was brought
to him that the French had deposed
the aged prime minister and husband
OF the queen and had appointed him
prime minister. He did not believe the
news. and he remained in Tamatave
He was at last convinced that he had
really been appointed prime minister,
and so he set out for the capital. But
his dilatoriness cost him the place.
Before he reached the capital Gen.
Duchesne had grown tired OF waiting
for him and appointed Enthusiastically
urine minister. and soon after Rainan-
Lewiston teller. [volume] (Lewiston, North Idaho) 1878-1900, 1897-02-11

80 suppose that there was no 9TH
.,r in the universe than our own
|, and let Us further, for the sake
mstipg the argument clearer. sup
thot the sun is deprived OF its
E..m Of attendant worlds. Next, let
6,o other object be introduced which
Aay suppose to be extremely light,
|. wjsp of vapor, and let it be sit
kos o, a distance from the sun which
| m,y regard as indefinitely great.
o.o Two bodies, namely, the sun and
wish of vapor, are then supposed
,o abandoned to their mutual at
oson Each of these objects will
N rho other. and the result OF the
kr.ction bety cen the two bodies will
;, make them approach each other.
howeyer. the mass of the wisp is
4 small, we may fairly assume that
! greater part of this movement will
done by the wisp, while the sun will
hain comparatively at rest. The
h is. indeed, much the same in this
! meet as in the fall Of a stone to
ground. The stone goes down to
bet the earth, but the earth at the
he time comes up to meet the stone.
however. the earth is more mass
than millions of millions of stones,
actual movement performed by
earth is in this case quite un-
h-eciable. We may say, with truth
bugh for all practical purposes, that
is the stone which does all the
living. while the earth remains at
In the same manner We may sup
ke the sun to be at rest, while this
h of yapor is drawn toward it from
Lewiston teller. [volume] (Lewiston, North Idaho) 1878-1900, 1897-02-11

Jefferson Davis once asked Gen. Reb-
ert E. Lee what he thought of a certaiS,
officer of the army. as he had an inn
portant place he wanted filled by a
Trustworthy man. Lee gave the officer
an excellent recommendation, and he
was Immediately promoted to the posi-
ton. Some of Lees friends told him
that the officer had said some very bit
ter things against him. and were sur
prised at the generals recommends
ton. Il was not asked" said Lee, "oi
the officers opinion OF nc, but my opin.
ion of him" Only noble heart could
prompt such action.
A foot OF newly fallen snow change;
into an inch Of water when melted.
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advanced this Hova gentleman to one
OF the highest positions In the pro-
tectorate. and this fact makes the news
all the more surprising that has just
come from the big island. He has
been tried by court-martial on the
charge Of completely in the rebellion
now In progress, sentenced to death.
and executed at Antananarivo, the
capital.
His name was acknowledgements
dry. and In rank he was nearly as high
ms he could get. for he was a Hova OF
fifteen honors and there are only sixteen
In the list. About the first thing the
French did when they declared war
on the Hovas. nearly two years ago.
was to take possession of the west
coast port OF Tamatavc. The Hova
governor Of that port was therefore
Lewiston teller. [volume] (Lewiston, North Idaho) 1878-1900, 1897-02-11

OF merit. In tho convention which
nominated Gov Northen In 1890 there
was a contest for the position of attor-
ney-General between the late George
N. hester, one-armed ex-confedrate
soldier. and Col. Clifford Anderson. the
profound and brilliant attorney general
OF preceding administrations. Perhaps
the most thrilling speech ever made in
the Georgia capitol in nominating 4
candidate for Office was made by Mr..
Clay IN nominating Lester. II carried
the members of their feet and Lester
swept the convention. When Gov. At
kinson became the democratic nomines
In 1894 he was succeeded a. chairman
OF the state executive committee By
Mr.. Clay. In the campaign recently
closed he held the same position. He IN
young, active. vigorous and OF com.
manding physique.