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The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1897-11-25
TACOMA. SEATTLE AND wHATCOH
ROITTE

Steamer George T.. Starr leaves Tacoma
MT : 70. m. Mondays. Wednesdays and Fri-
DAYS for Seattle, Anacortes. Fairhaven
and New whatcom, leaving Seattle ct
o m. Returning. leaves New Whafcem
Tuesdays Thursdays and saturdays ~
p. m. Steamer goes to Blaine Weon~
The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1897-11-25
CITY NOTICES.

NOTICE OF ASSESSMENT ROLL on
Local Improvement District No l40 for
the Improvement OF Howell Street. from
Boren Avenue TO the alley between Terry
and Ninth Avenues. and the alley run
ming through block ~. Heirs OF Sarah a.
Beli's Second Addition. under Ordinances
No. 4e4 and hearing thereon
Notice is hereby given that the assess.
ment roll OF Local Improvement District
No 40 for the Improvement OF Howell
Street from Boreu Avenue to the alley bA-
tween Terry and Ninth Avenues. and the
alley running through block a. Heirs Of
Sarah A. Bells Second Addition. under
Ordinance No. 1904 has been reported bv
the Board Of Public Works TO the CIV
on file in the office Of the city comptroller
and ex-officio city clerk. and the same in
now open for public inspection ut said ofYico
and will remain open for inspection until
Monday. the sixth day OF December 1907
at O'clock p. m. and all persons inter-
ested are hereby required TO appear before
the City Council at a session to be held in
the Council Chamber In the City Hall. on
the sixth day OF December. 1897. at 7:3o
to. At said time so fixed the Council win
consider any and all objections made and
will make such corrections In said roll "a
II deems just, and will then by Ordinances
approve such roll and levy and assess the
amounts thereof against each parcel and
lot shown in said roll and declare the
same a first Hen thereon. Said matter
dered by the City Council.
WILL II. PARRY.
City Comptroller and Ex-officIo CITY
Clerk OF the City of Seattle
Date OF first publication. November 9Th.
The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1897-11-25
WASHINGTON 4 ALASKA STEAM
SHIP co.'s STEAMSHIP
CITY OF SEATTLE

PORT TOWNSEND AND WAY PORTA
Steamer Idaho caves daily. except sun
day. at a. m: Sunday. direct. at 9 q. N
returning, direct, leaves Port Townsend =
p. m.
The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1897-11-25

PEOPLES SAVINGS RANK.
Occidental block. Seattle, Wan

Capital .......... .............. .... sl6anna
-oFFICERS AND TRuSTEEsNe
JACOB Furtn ....-...... ....-...... preSlAen~
Arthur A. Denny ..........,. Vice Presidsss
James r. Hayden. Manager. Cashr. SSss.s
Frank I. Blodgett. Assistant Cashs.y
Sigmund Schwabacher. John Conn
e. c. Neufelder. ]. T. CreenleaY
The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1897-11-25

Correspondence In all the principal eities
In the United States and Europe
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1897-02-11
HCGGiSH FISH.
So Carps Are Said to BE, Because They
VIII Eat Anything.

VIII Eat Anything.
''The carp is a very hoggish hsn," re-
marked q prominent naturalist at the
Cuvier club to a Cincinnati Enquirer re-
porter the other day. 1T will eat any
thing digestible, from water-soal1ed
log to a growing lily" continued he.
cts natural food consists of worms,
maggots, larvae, snails, beetles and
other insects, but when these cannot be
readily obtained it will feed on any kind
of plant that grows in or near water.
But a few years ago carp ate up all the
wild rice on Portage river, thereby
driving away all the wild ducks that
were in the habit of coming there to
feed
"The German carp was first intro
ducedintoAmericai in 1877 by the United
States fish commissioner. These fish
were placed in ponds, especially pre-
pared for them at Washington and Bal
timore. In 1880 the distribution Of fry
began, and up to January of the sub
sequent year the carp had been planted
in no less than 1850 localities. They
prove to sc especially adapted to Amer
lean waters, and in some localities they
grow with surprising rapidity. A Hrh
four inches long placed in the waters of
Texas was found to have increased to
201% inches in II months, attaining a
weight of five pounds"
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1897-02-11
A MigIltier Foe than Armies
OVERCOME By Brave UNION GEkERAL AID His FAITH.
Full ally, DR. VyLLlAMs.
From the Sentinel, Cherokee, Kansas.

alysis, made temporary wreck of the her
culean frame, and in view of his advanced
age, his anxious friends believed that he was
not long for this world. The following is
his own account of his illness:
. In the latter part Of 1890, [ was taken
down with a severe attack of typhoid fever,
which confined me to my bed for two months.
Two months is long time to be in bed, but
| was not to get up yet, for infammatory
rheumatism seized me- and it was worse than
the typhoid, for it was more painful. To
add to my trouble and make it more inter-
esting, the inhammatOry rheumatism was
followed by a stroke of paral ysis, and | lost
almost totally the Use of my legs and arms
for l could not walk a step and could not
feed myself 1t would seem that I had
reached the depths of misery, but such was
not the case, for my kidneys gave out, and
this seemed to be the last straw on the load
that was to crush me.
My friends all thought I would never re-
cover, and though the doctors came to see
me and prescribed, it was easy to see that
they were but trying to make my pathway
to the grave little more easy, without the
remotost hope of recovery, and I looked for
ward 10 death with happiness.
"While in this frame of mind, I was adj
vised by q friend to try DR.. Williams Pink
Pills, and began the use Of them, taking one
pill after each meal, and this [ continued
for one week, and began to fancy I perceived
Improvement in my condition. | then in
creased the dose to two after each meal, and
at the end Of the second week there was no
doubt but what Pink Pills were making me
BETTER 50 l kept Oh using them according to
directions, and in three months was well
man."
DIR. Williams Pink Pills contain all the
elements necessary to give new life and rich
ness to the blood and restore shattered nerves.
They are for sale by all druggists, or may be
had by mail from DR.. Williams Medicine
Company, Schenectady N. Y, for 80 cents
! g box. or six boxes for $3.50.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1897-02-11
HOT SPRINGS IN UGANDA.
Interesting Report of Their Working
Made by Bishop Tucker.

nAaNS W SssLAOR AOShSEs
The following is an interesting
story concerning the hot springs at
Ruwenzori, in the Uganda, as related
by Bishop Tucker:
las the sun went down, expecting the
cold, we had fire lighted outside our
tent, but to our establishment the heat
became SO great that we had to remove
the fire, and, sure enough, as time went
on, it seemed to get worse and worse.
1t was impossible to sleep-in fact, it
was worse than the worst night on the
Red sea, and the same distressing kind
OF heat. Unable to sleep, we lay per-
spring as if we were in a Turkish bath
Next morning we spent in inspecting
the wonderful hot springs which lay
about one hour away to the left. The
boiling water was bubbling up all over
a space of about 100 yards. Down the
center is channel in which the hot
water collects and runs away, forming
q good-sized stream as it gets free Of
the springs.
eve found number of people bath
ing at the time, as they believe the
water is a sure cure for almost every
disease. We placed a few potatoes in
one of the largest springs and had the
pleasure of eating them, beautifully
boiled, in about ten minutes. [ am told
that the natives living round here boil
their potatoes here every day, and are
thus saved irewood and water. The
bathers have their bath by diverting
one of the hot streams in large hole
dug in the ground.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1897-02-11
The St. Paul to Build.

The Milwaukee Sentinel has it that
the road will be built early during the
coming summer along the route sur-
veyed several years ago. The cause of
this Sudden move on the part of the St.
Paul company is said to be the conte m
plated building of the Superior & South
eastern, which is backed by the North
western company, and which would
drain the same territory The first
road built would get the pudding and.
hence the st. Paul company wants to
be first.
This, however, is only small part OF
the great tributary road which the Val
ley division is to become. The northern
terminus of the road is now a little
numbering village known as Star lake.
The management proposes to push its
line to the north until it stops a.; Ash
land, Superior and Duluth. 1t will thus
become 4 great trunk line in its elf to
say nothing of its being part of the
great st. Paul system. This roe d has
often been projected on paper a ad if it
could become reality it Would be a
great benefit to a large territory now
untouched by any system. The country
between this city and Berlin is old, we'll
settled, aud a highly productive region.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1897-02-11
MOSAIC AGE HIGHLY LITERARY.
Moses Could Have Written the Israelitish
Law

Law.
At first the Tel el-Amarna tablets
were declared to be forgeries, and Renan
gave expression to the critical"
skepticism on the subject in his annual
address on oriental discovery, says the
Contemporary Review. Very soon, how
ever, the most stout-hearted champion
of illiteracy of the ancient east was
obliged 70 yield, and the ''critics'' were
forced to admit that on this point, at
all events, they had been in the wrong.
But it was with a bad grace that the adj
mission was made, for it did not require
much penetration to see that the dis
coVery deprived them of what I may
term their base of operations. Just as
Volts skepticism in regard to the age
and authorship of Homer rested on his
belief in the late date of the use of writ
ing for literary purposes in Greece, so
the really strong argument of the crit
les" against the Mosaic age and author
ship of the pentateuch was that neither
Moses nor his contemporaries could
read or write. The Tel e!-Amarna tab
lets have come to upset this supposed
fact and to show that the Mosaic age
was highly literary che. 1t is amusing
to watch the undisguised reluctance
with which the 'critics" have swallowed
the unpalatable fact that, after all,
Moses could have written he Israelitish
law
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1897-02-11
Two HorSea.

The editor Of the New York Christian
Advocate learned not long since from
a coachman that horses are not unlike
human beings. He writes: riding
in a friends carriage one day, we no
ticed that the coachman made constant
efforts to restrain one Of the horses and
to hasten the other. AS the pair were
handsomely and perfectly mated, we
said: What is the difference between
these horses, that you are constantly
touching up one and holding in the
other?' Said he: The one that I whip
cannot possibly overwork himself. I
will not say that he is lazy, but he is so
made up that he never can and never
will do himself any damage. It would
be impossible to whip him so hard that
he would hurt himself. The other can
trot mile in less than 1926, and would
trot from the love of it until he dropped
dead. Hot or cold, he does his best"
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1897-02-11
BEAR MEAT.
Its Resemblance TO Pork. Especially e
the Bear Was Tame,

Iss Aesemoiance TO HCrE. Especially II
the Fear Was Tame.
got any bear meat -
The question was addressed by the
lounger to a purveyor Of flesh, nsh and
fowl, says the Dallas (Tex.) News.
No, [ haven't had any bear meat on
sale since 1 left Waco replied the deal
CT in meats.
Indeed" he continued, after a re-
Elective pause, wild bear meat is eA-
ceedingly rare nowadays. Once in
awhile a butcher gets hold Of a tame
bear, whose owner finds him to be more
trouble and expense to keep than he
cares to incur. and sells him to the
butcher. These pet bears are always
fat and tender, but they haven't that
fine, gamey flavor so higly priced in the
wild black bear. In fact, the taste of
tame bear meat is very similar to that of
an old fat hog. It takes a connoisseur
to detect the difference. l once knew a.
butcher who bought pet bear and put
the meat on sale for Christmas. The
carcass was exhibited in the skin, to
show that it was a genuine bruin, and
it sold like hot cakes for so cents a
pound. 1t went so fast that it was all
gone before the butcher knew it, and he
had numerous calls for more. A bright
idea struck him, and he gave it out that
he would have another bear on sale the
next day. He bought up three or four
big, fat, aged hogs. When one was
killed he was skinned, the head and
hoofs removed, and the carcass wrapped
up in bruins hide. Like the genuine
article, it went off rapidly at so cents
a pound. This game was kept up until
all the bear-hungry people of the town
were satisfied, and none were any the
wiser. They smacked their lips over
fat old swine, which, having outlived
their usefulness in another capacity,
were fattened, butchered and sold as
fine, fat bear"
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1897-02-11
Glad They Weren't Clerical.

A Well-known Worcester clergyman
tells good story at his own expense,
says the Boston Record. In bis younger
days he was tramping through the
White mountains with q companion,
who was also a clergyman. One day
they mounted the drivers seat of a
stage coach. The driver was an inter
esting character, loaded with good
stories. The three speedily became
friendly, and it was with reluctance
that they parted at the end of the jour-
ney. I'm glad ter hev met yer, fell
lers,'' said the driver, in farewell. Yer
see, haven't seen a, man this summer
eXceptin' minister's"
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1897-02-11
IN A LONDON HOTEL.
Novelties and Luxuries of Life in the Inns
Oe England,


oe England.
The American visitor to London who
stops at a certain hotel in that city
finds many novelties and convcniences
that are not known here in America,
where hotels are supposed to have
reached the acme of luxury. It has an
American plan dining-room, but only
a French bill Of fare. 1t has an In
dian room, where an Indian chef, in the
costume of his country, prepares ma
tive dishes for those who desire them.
In this hotel each guest is known by
the number of his room Instead of his
name, and it is rather odd to an Ameri-
can to be addressed as "Mr. 90" as
though he were a convict in peniten-
tiary.
On each floor, day and night, are to
be found q maid, valet and a waiter,
who are at your service and have free
access to your rooms. When you come
bone at night, if you are man, you
lind your clothes pressed and cleaned
and carefully packed away in a chest Of
drawers. If you are q woman the maid
attends to frills and furbelows, as
though she were hired by you especial
". Guests never bother with their keys
the maid or valet on the floor takes
charge of the key and is ready at any
time to OF en- your door.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1897-02-11
MANUAL FOR ARMY COOKS,
Camp Cooking Not So Bad as Might BE
Supposed.

eaG-p SoOAkHs not SO b2Q as might BS
Supposed.
In camp life the joys of dining are
more precarious than in the barracks
because of the many Inconvenience to
proper cooking of the food, says the
ShautauQuan. However, as an offset
to this drawback to camp life, the ap-
petite is better IN outdoor life. For
field use the cooking utensils are neces-
sarily simple. The dishes are few and
instead of the reliable barrack range in
the shelter of tidy kitchen some rude
cooking place must be improvised. Of
these cooking places the simplest and
most economical as to fuel is in the
form Of trench dug in the ground.
With moderate weather, favorable soil
and sufficient skill such q stove can be
made to answer every purpose Field
ovens, too, Of primitive fashion are con-
structed for baking soft bread" beans.
meats, etc. This is done even when the
army is On the march, provided the
weather is not too stormy for the bread
to rise
For individual cooking and eating on
| the field, necessitated by emergencies,
the government furnishes each soldier
with one meat can and plate combined,
one three-pint canteen, one tin cup, one
knife, fork and spoon.
With all its hardships, camp cooking
with the most primitive implements is
not so fatal to good food as might be
supposed. Perhaps the chief reason of
this is that there are many recipes for
cooking meats, breads, vegetables,
soups, etc, adapted to just such condi-
tons of fire and dishes.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1897-02-11
Deafness Cannot Be Cured

by local applications, as they cannot reach the
dis aased portion Of the ear, There is only one
WY TO cure Deafness, and that is by constitu-
ticna1 remedies. Deafness is caused by an in
famed condition of the mucous lining Of the
Eustachian Tube. When this tube gets infiamed
you have a rumbliTg sound or imperfect hear
ing, and when it is entirely closed Deafness il
the result, and unless the Inflammation can be
taken out and this tube restored to its normal
condition, hearing viii be destroyed forever;
nine cases out of ten are caused by catarrh
which is nothing but an infiamed condition Oh
the mucous surfaces.
We will give One Hundred Dollars for any
case of Deafness Caused by catarrh) that can
not be cured by Halls Catarrh Cure. Send fol
circulars Tree.
F. J. CHENEY & Co, Toledo, o.
z-Sold by Druggists, 75c.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1897-02-11
PHILADELPHIA Signs.

The following placard is displayed in
a Philadelphia barber shop: For the
convenience of patrons brush and comb
are provided for each. No brush and
comb will be used twice without wash
ing. Our barber will not receive any
extras. Please do not offer any" Out
side the shop a colored man has boot
backing stand, over which is the sign:
Pedal teguments artistically illu1nin-
ated and fabricated for the infnitessi-
NAL compensation Of five cents per oper-
ation."
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1897-02-11
Marble in Ala ska.

Marble of excellent quality has been
found in several parts Of Alaska, par
ticularly at st. John the Baptist bay,
Whitestone narrows, Rood's bay, Mitch
ellis bay and Marble bluffs. The diff
ferent localities are soon to be thor
oughIy prospected by skilled men with
a view to opening them and marketing
the product.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1897-02-11
Testing Diamonds.

1t is we'll known to jewelers. that
aluminium Will mark glass or paste
diamond, but not the true gem, pro-
vided the surface is wet. This fact has
now been applied to the production of
a mechanical tester, which consists Of
a small disk Of aluminium, rapidly re-
volved by an electric motor. The stone
to be tested is wetted and held against
the edge of the disk by means Of a
snrinC clamD.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1897-02-11

At the breaking out of the war of the re-
bellion in 1861, General Wi1es, whose por-
trait adorns our page, was Captain and own
er of the then well-known river steamboat,
Charley Potwin," plying between Zanes-
vile and Parkersburg, but he Immediately
disposed Of his boat and became enrolled as
lieutenant in the 18th Ohio Infantry. At
the battle of Fort Donelson, on February Is,
1862 Lieutenant Wilcs was promoted from
lieutenant to Northumberland. for " brave
and meritorious conduct on the field" and
at the age of thirty-six General Wiles was
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1897-02-11

colonel of his regiment, and while with Sher-
man, was gazetted brigadicr-generaI.
The General lives the greater part Of his
time in Halstead, Kansas, though he is
much in Windsor, New York, in both Of
which places he has business interests that
require his presence.
Some few years ago General WiIes was at
tackled by illness, which came very near
proving fatal. Typhoid fever, followed by
infammatory rheumatism and then par
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1897-02-11
Threw Away His Canes.

Mr.. D. Wiley, ex-postmaster. Black
Creek. n. Y, was SO badly afflicted
with rheumatism that he was only able
to hobble around with canes, and even
then 1t caused him great pain. After
using Chamberlain Pain Balm he was
SO much improve hat he threw away
his canes. He says this liniment did
him more good than all medicines and
treatment put together. For sale at 90
cents per bottle by F. L. Steib & Co.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1897-02-11
Latest News from Washington.

The Capital City now presents very
lively appearance. The very elaborate
arrangements for the Inauguration
ceremonies on March 4th, are being
rapidly pushed. Congress is rushing
the appropriation bills, while individual
members are taking every advantage to
get through some local or pet scheme,
this being the last chance with many OF
Them
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1897-02-11

For constipation and sick headaches,
East India Herb Tea has no equal
For Sale at T. L. Steib & Go. Feb. AIMS
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1897-02-11
THE SUPREME COURT.

The United States Supreme Court has
made another decision, which is likely
sooner or later, to bring about a great
deal Of discussion, and perhaps
trouble. 1t is asserted by manythat
its recent decision in the case of
Robertson aad others versus the
United States, that the Thirteenth
Amendment Of the Constitution is
wiped out completely.
The Court decided that the appellants
were rightfully impressed for the
violation Of their contract to serve as
sailors on the ship, Arago. The
appellants shipped at San Francisco for
the voyage on the Arago, from that
port by the way of Astoria to Val
paradise, and then to such foreign ports
as the master might contract, and re-
turn to the port Of discharge in the
United States. At the port of Astoria.
Oregon, the sailors being dissatisfied
with the ship, and being on shore re-
fused to proceed on the voyage, thew
were arrested and brought before the
Justice of the Peace, who ordered
them delivered to the master on board
of the vessel, they still refused to 60.
They were, against their will, and
protest, delivered in irons, to the
master on board the Arago. Refusing
to the work on the ship, they were
held to answer before the United
States District Court, for the crime of
disobeying orders of the master on the
high seas. The Supreme Court holds
that the officers and Justice of the
Peace of Astoria, had the right to
seize to the fugitive sailors while
on Oregon soil, and to deliver them to
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1897-02-11
M'KINLEY'S CABINET.

The new Cabinet is being rapidly
made up, there being only two positions
not yet filled. The members selected
are as follows: Secretary of State,
John Sherman, of Ohio; Secretary of
the Treasury, Lyman D. Gage, of
Illinois; Secretary of War, John D.
Long, Of Massachusetts; Secretary of
Agriculture, James Wilson, of Iowa;
and Secretary Of the Interior, Joseph
McKenna, Of California.
1t seems from the makeup as indica-
ted above, that Mr.. Mckinley has
given New York aud Pennsylvania the
go-by. 1t has been a long time since
these states were ignored in the nam
ing Of the new Cabinets. Mr.. McKin-
ley seems to be making himself solid
with the West, and evidently intends
to let the East take care Of itself