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The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1897-09-03

An anonymous correspondent sends
clipping from newspaper without giving
lts name. and asks what the Post
editorial Is headed Some Facts and
Figures" K quotes the Bankers
Magazine as saying: I'm Nebraska 1t is
estimated that SOS. cocoon Of mortgages
have been paid of in the first six months
Of 1877 Commenting on this the paper
remarks:
In the first place. the highest debt OF
the state Of Nebraska. including its state
debt. county debt. municipal debt
exceeded $500 0eolM OF course. It
follows without any argument that
a state whose indebtedness never
exceeded SIG 900 could not have paid
or a debt Of szs eoo Coz and still owe. as
Nebraska does today a debt Of more
than $1,000 ooiif'
The paper in question has confounded
the state and municipal debt with the
private mortgage indebtedness. In 1880,
the state. county and municipal debt Of
Nebraska was $1,000. 900. but the mortgage
debt was So. 500, 81. II Is from this latter
sum that SIS. 600 have been paid of.
II. an the paper says. the state. etc.
debt Is now oniy si2.ooo.ooo. then IL has also
paid off s4ooa0o0 OF that debt. making
total reduction Of So 900 coo. Much of the
mortgage debt OF Nebraska represents
money advanced in good faith on worth
less land security. and twill never be paid
-rhn loas falls upon the greedy capital
Isl" who is out his money while the land
owner who borrowed II got the beneht
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The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1897-09-03

Of ssyrssvoxues Is he disposed TO see In
each bush a coaspirator and in every In
teIligent newspaper the bribea agent OF
Wall street. The real strength of the
PoruIIst party lies in that small and shift
less element Of rural society who have
never beea able TO make a living out OF
their farms: hence look 10 the govern
rnert for support and insist that their
neigh borS do likewise. As these men have
10 bay their seed wheat seed corr and
usually their -four and meat in the spring
they viii not Be long IN denouncing the
Money Power which has put up the prices
Of these supplies well as those neces-
stiles Of Mfe-.lczsr and terbacker. There
was one such man IN town the other day.
He is the leading orator Of the Farmers
Alliance IN this county. and the members
OF that order are notorious for resulting
against high prices early IN March every
year. He was airing his views TO an as
tonished crowd. and when ne came 30 the
mention Of dollar wheat he brought down
hts fist with true Populistic eloquence
and hraye6: ITS a 6aggoned Wall
street conspiracy" His views viii fni
enthusiastic support on the nail kegs and
empty dry goods boxes In front OF the
village store later on.
Still another class OF people see IN this
rise In wheat rothing but plot of gold
bugs farmer from one Of the border
bl1SHT&Ss cDQ1ffeS was explaining EASt
week the depIorable situation of some OF
his neighbors al a tobacco warehouse.
They fully believed that Bryan and Ollia
Jesmss, Bill Smith and Gaping Ellis,
Jchn Rhea and the Hon. Wheeler were
inspired of God when they proclaimed
from the housetops that there was an
umbilical cord linking wheat and silver
together in the markets Of the world.
These hard-headed gentlemen therefore
FASTENED To unload their wheat al 90 cents
a bushel on the guileless millers and mer-
chants who did not foresee that the price
was bound TO follow the ooboggan slide
OF silver. They even paid bonuses TO
threshers In order that they might get on
the market IN time. and also sold the re-
serves they needed for bread and seed.
calculating to buy back at 80 cents. Their
action was proper and logical. There
were many OF these foresighted farmers
in the city just about threshing time.
These men now see that through the
agency OF the Money Power they win be
compelled to buy back at 81 for bread
and seed the wheat they sold for 60 cents.
an outrage. and they win be heard from.
They viii be found at the polls in Mo-
vember voting for Shaekelford and Par
ker. and denouncing such tools of Wall
street as Buckner. Lindsay and Hindman.
The bred-in-the-bone Ccxeyite, the
Debsite and the Dynamite will find plenty
of reasons for sticking To the Mexico
theory. Luckily he VIII rot deceive we'll
meaning but sorely distressed people for
the latter will no longer be distressed.
The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1897-09-03
FACTS OF INTEREST.

The clergy q Erie have challenged the
lawyers OF that city TO q game or baseball
and the chailerge has been accepted.
The vatican at Rome il the largest pal
ace that has ever been erected. In length
Il Is LOO feet and II breadth loo feet II
contains 49, rooms
The surviving members Of the Virginia
secession convention are 10 write cut
their recollection Of its session at the nc
quest Of the Virginia Historical Society.
A Maine paper tells Of farmer IN that
state who hired two boys TO help him cut
his hay. and when the Job was finished
gave each OF them cent for the work
they had performed. and then offered 70
for cent apiece.
A tropical lea:her~b back turtle, weighing
SIS pounds. got astray into Chesapeake
bay few days ago and was captured by
some stout fishermen II is feet s inches
long and feet inches broad. The sheli
is black and rather soft. like leather, ard
seven longitudinal ridges run down the
back from head 10 tail.
President Hyde of Rowdoin college,
Ne. says IN his annual report just sub
mitted 10 the trustees and overseers,
that the institution will probably receive.
under the favorable decisions of the courts
ssfA 0o from Mrs. Garcelon's estate, and
si5ees9 from the Fayerweather requests.
and that IL has besides received 1880
In requests during the year now closing.
II took IS trains. consisting os 2a7
cars. TO transport the 10000 odd people
who went TO San Francisco In connection
with the recent Christian Endeavor con-
vention. In spite OF these large figures.
however, The Railway Age thinks the
railroads will have comparatively little
show for their labor and expenditures
when accounts are balanced. the rate ct
less than a cent a mile being too low TO
be very profitable.
The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1897-09-03

the community has an interest In il. par
ticulsriy il states where the Law OF con-
nngnsty property prevails Secret mar
riages are against public policy. and no
such marriage should be lawful They
are rot oasy against sound morality. but
they often zHec; seriously Land titles Se-
cret marriages. or alleged secret marriages.
have caused ar enormous amount Of lit
CATION ever the estates OF ueiI-to-do men.
particularly In those states where COM
mon Law marriages are recognized, in
stances OF which are within the familiar
knowIedge Of all newspaper readers
There l~ little probability Of any reform
IN this direction being had for many years
10 come. bat any discussion Of the evils
Of the present want Of sys-n will have
a tendency 70 arouse public sentiment up
on the subject. and pave the way for the
ultimate reform OK the marriage and III
vorce laws Of the several states In the
direction OF uniformity.
The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1897-09-03
CITY OFFICIAL PAPER.
THE ADVANCE N PRICES.

Wheat IL not the only commodity which
has seen a heavy advance In price with
In the past month. coiucident BY the way.
with an equally marked decline in the
price of silver. Nearly every one OF the
great staples has shown advances ard
not one has shown a decline correspond
Ing with the decline Tn the price Of sill
yer. Cotton. wool, woolens. pig iron.
Besaemer. copper and lead are among
the staples which have advanced.
Nor IL this all According TO the mar
ket reports OF the Chicago newspapers for
the week ending August =. during that
time there was not decline In the price
Of a single one OF the nearly 400 diff
ferent articles handled by the wholesale
grocery trade: while the number of such
articles which advanced In price was
legion. One OF the greatest daily tasks
Of the heads of departments was to keep
abreast Of the constantly advancing quo
tations. and 70 keep travelling statesmen
advised OF The changes. A veFitabe
boom existed Ia dried fruits and In can
ned corn and tomatoes. the latter being
70 cents ioxen higher than last year
and 30 cents a dozen higher than al the
beginning of the season.
This upward trend Of grocery prices
Was not due. as was the case with wheat
TO any serious shortage In the supply.
i, had its origin entirely In the enlarged
demand created by the revival Of business
going on ali over the country. and the
increase IN the volume of the business
done was in proportion to the advance In
prices.
These advances are significant. not
alane because they point out unmistak-
ably the improved business conditions.
but because hey add an additional refata-
ton 70 the stock Pnpuistie argument
that tno prices Of all OF the great staples
nuetua,e Ia substantial accord With the
price of silver bullion. Silver bullion
has been steadily going dewn grade. un-
I'll yesterday II again touched the lowest
price ever recorded. Prices OF thousands
OF other commodities have as steadily
advanced. until they have. in some tn
stances. reached the highest point In
years.
An advance In the price Of one COM
modify Of universal use Il not necessarily
an unmixed good. especially II such al
vance Il due solely te shortage r. the
worlds supply OF that particular COM
modify. There is an immediate benefit
10 the producers of that particular com
modify. Il improves their conditions. In
creases their spendings and gradually ex-
tends its benefits all through the COM
munity. This Is a slow process. how
ever. and the immediate effect Of such an
advance IN the price Of a single cona-
modify Is To Increase the cost Of living
10 all persons without Immediately in-
ereasirg their earnings \ general ad-
vance IN prices Of all commodities due.
not to any artificial shortage. bat IA re-
spcnse to an increased demand from
consumers = one o. the strongest symn-
toms OF business revival and the return
Of prosperity. II Indicates thar the pco-
Pile as a whole are spending more money
because they have more monty to spend
The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1897-09-03

In the Pennsylvania Democratic state
convention on Tuesday. the so-caNed free
silver men-these who remained By thsir
party and supported the candidacy OF
Bryan 20 ihe bitter end-werc 81 an over.
whelmlag majority They succeeded IN
ferelns IareuTh a recommendation ter the
retirement % liarrity from the national
committee. recommended a successor for
him. and rsfrsineA fraus making any over
lures % the men who iaSs the party Ia the
last campaign 20 return 70 their Ga al
icglances. hus they di3 rot. Tn their plat
form. adept any sixteen to-one plank. ex-
eep, 50 Far se VAS Implied BY sae pep
fonesery reimbursement % the ChieaEa
platform gbe piank cn sbe money quss-
ton - shs Pennsylvania pesnccrass II
new We are nrnaN ard unaitsrahly or-
posed 10 TIE single Sold standard NhlcA
has been the dfrcc- cause - ere uaaaeisl
distress whieA has fallen upon o,sr people
slnce its at6ptiea sus we are IN gaver
q an immediate re,urn 70 ear orzslaal
specie basis IS 8, existed Prior 10 ,be De-
rnonetlzauon aes - 1874"
There Is essstnet advance In tais posi-
tier ever the attitude ADOPTED in tAs last
campaign. Staple opPosltssn 20 The s.ugie
sold standard. and demand Tor ar srn.
mediate return % the original specie sasas.
= a very Different ,hing froa a demand Ter
the free ana uutmltea cesuawe % silver a.
the ratio 81 sixteen -so~one. wAics IVES the
one Issue pat forws "a By the ptsaecrssfs
party IN 1855 and 81 wassA tas casnpaasu
was fought cat
wa!le she Democrats 81 pennsysvass.s
have made sAis Distract adSAnce in tAe.r
The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1897-09-03
Calamity Reerua..eenc.

Ts0nfsvtt'e Courier Journal
The remarkable advance IN prices. esne-
ctaiiy I'm Agricultural products has hea-
supposed by many to be sufficient 10 shu.
fbe mouths NJ the calamity howiers ev-
crywtere. ks7sas banks have been keep
fnE open uulN 9 O'Clock every evening IN
order - accomm0dass farmers who de-
e3re 20 make deposits after selling Gnfiar
wheat. and everything the asriculturisf
hss 20 sell hsH been taken a. better ratss
than have prevailed for many years. As
high prizes have been thN 8sfe~t which
PovuHSts have prof desire 20 ob+s p,
thre0Eh tire independent coinage - fftv-
cent dollars or TIE unlimited printing az
3~rcvieeyDshie paper. one would think thar
they would be saused
Far from =, Tire man who thinks the
voicSfsl 6euouscer % the Money Power
car ever - checked - death upon butter
Is bcuna - - rudsAv awakened The
terminals who saw uothng bur evu In
cheap bread. cheap clothing. chea ~ inter
est ard cheap nfgcsSarieS q I5fe general
g.. VIII not De long ~ nn8tuF out the ts,-
ecnEenisnces and difficulties % high
erires- Dellar wheat means a. advance
IN e~csa ard 8 nsr can,. money in us,y-v
80 the borrower. Tor instance here "a
ere New York Journal. which q year asra
%Rs h@woanins ere starvation Fry,rev ss
whfrh tire farmer VS. cou,re1 led 70 sal
es products. ao~ coming ouf tn az article
ever wheh are the following nansinx
headlines
''Whoat Bo7ra Roos Pockets q Poor
EreaA % Sc THvesa ~ Swslj Fortunes -
Hfch--Few MNEcnAtTes Squeeze Tenn
Purses - re Nany-Cre Cent = Leaf tee
f'sshufs Demanded ~ Wheat Corr hsrs.~
Thts cfY Vii ~ - long in berg taken
up ny she peoses aaa The Altgeias wha
eTofassed ssch toVe q tha farmer SIX
'naufns aEo- A rural ecAc ever waN nos
- wSrAnE. As Tsie IT, farmer "a A
f~s se-vstEFe honest HAN ~.s8 hRs 70 de-
sfe @ a9Eet tire established order q
tHtrgs ana ss willing 20 pay back the GOA
sols&rs ~h8ca be borrowed in ether aea-
srs e ihe Same intrinsic vBI9s. Cntv m
2es stress - hard ssn2es AID persuasion
The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1897-09-03
A Practical Test.

Pottsville, Pa. Chronicle.
Judge Savidge, of Northumberland
county, yesterday held naturalization
court at Sunbd-y. where several hundred
foreigners applied for papers. The judge
adopted novel method of testing the In
telligenee and fitness of the applicants to
become citizens. but one which cannot
but prove beneficial. A number of cleo
tfon booths were scattered about the
court room. Each applicant for papers
was requested TO visit a booth and mark
a mixed ticxet also to write his name on
the back of said ballot. In case of success
they were given further examination, 9TH
erwise the time Of the court was not
wasted on people too ignorant to read or
write One-half OF those applying passed
the judges approval. This was practi-
cal test. and one which was calculated to
bring out all there was in an applicant
for citizenship papers.
The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1897-09-03
Wire. Protection Against lightning

People living in cities are prone to be-
leve that the increasing number OF tele-
phone telegraph and trolley wires increase
the danger from electric storms, writes
Edward w. Box in the September Ladies'
Home Journal. ION the contrary. the maza
OF wires is a protection. and lessons the
danger, since 1t is shown that where the
wires attract the electricity they hold II.
and discharge Il only al the end Of the
wires in the central station. The fact Is
that Of the 200 lightning accidents every
year only an average OF forty occur In the
cities. The trees In the country are a far
greater danger; they account for the pro-
portion Of four cases In the country to one
in the city,
The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1897-09-03

Guvnor Teafs has been convicted by the
city council OF Tacoma of the charges
made. The entire vote OF the sixteen
members was cast against Rim. We ara
bound 10 accept this as proof until Mr..
Tests clears himself before another tri-
bunal AS Mr.. Teats was a rampant re-
former there are some people who will
not be surprised to learn that he is ac-
cused of having asked a keeper of a house
OF Ill fame IL it was not worth so q month
to have opposition houses on a certain
street closed I'D.
The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1897-09-03

The gentleman who is manufacturing
gas, or thinks he has made a generator
which will manufacture gas. Is a long way
yet from the Klondiks. After he has
started his generator and made his gas
and bought his balloon and raised the
money and raised the wind. he may start
for the Klondike. but even then It would
be unwise for Andree TO wait long up In
the Arctic regions for the ambitious aero
nauts arrival
The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1897-09-03

Spokane Chronicle: SPANS new premier
has started out or HIS duties with a fresh
ness that almost takes ones breath swsv.
People We're accustomed to hear old sanor.
Canovas srurhie about the United States
interfering in Cuban matters and nobody
paid much attention 70 him but the man
nsr IN which Premier Azcsrraga warns
Uncle sam 10 keep his hands of az C-,,b,
Is 80 indefinite that nobody can ten ex-
actiy what he means
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Subject for confederation,

Portland Oregoni3n.
IL the stories that come from Port Town
send of smuggling operations and Impend-
ing prosecutions are true, the community
is subject for eommiseration The worst
thing about Chinese and opium smuggling
IS the revelations that come cut Of the
depths TO which human depravity can 90.
The informer comes near being the loves {
type OF our Western civilization. II his
rottenness could be left unstrred the So
cial atmosphere would be less noxious by
The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1897-09-03

Gen. Weyler has written friendly letter
10 consnl-General Lee. In which he says
that ''the recent agitation in the American
press made his favorable action difficult"
as 10 Senorita Cisnsros Would Gen. wey-
Ter have the American people believe that
IL would be more easy for him to save the
young lady II the American people should
raise howl for her immediate execu-
The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1897-09-03

The Colorado Popuiists held state con-
vention. but the attendance was less than
one hundred. They were presided over by
chairman who expressed the conviction
that the party would win. He is appropri-
ately named overs. but he viii be beaten
this year by the payers"
The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1897-09-03

The polite hlghwaymen who lit a match
so that their victim would find his hat
ought 20 be treated with the utmost con-
slderation by Chief Reed whenever that
official has a chance to extend his hos
pitallty 70 them.
The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1897-09-03

Mr.. Latestayer-I'm going to kiss you
when l go.
Miss Weary-Do IT now while I'm still
young.-odds and Ends.
"why did you leave Kentucky?" she
asked. 'T am the victim Of circum-
stances. You see / quarreled with the
editor OF the other paper published in the
town where I was located, and after con-
siderable badinage he acknowledged that
he had been in the wrong. Not being
used to their ways, / was fool enough TO
write an article explaining his backdown.
and headed ii 'Griscom Takes Water
Then not only my rival editor but all his
friends began erming themselves That's
how come to be up here. "-Cleyeland
Leader.
why are you sad. Mabel, darlinge"
Il was thinking dearest, that this was
the last evening that we could be together
until tomorrow"
do you succeed in picking up living7"
said the robin 10 the toad.
"oh. yes" replied the toad; but It keeps
me on the jump
Mr. Sparks love your daughter so
that cannot live without her.
Old Gruffy-Good! Go away somewhere
and die. That's another load of my mind.
Say, Weary. think tn Sandwich ISL
ans is the place for me-"
why so. Chapter
'eCause I'd be free from temptation"
'Wot kind o. temptation?''
why. the papers says tn climates so
enervatin' tibet there's no temptation to
work cleveland Plain Dealer.
Where have you been lately?' asked the
athletic GIRL
Been at home" said the fancy work
girl working on some new throws"
do you mean to tell me-" asked the ath-
letic GIRL that you have gone in for
haseha u 2,t-Inaianannlis Journal
The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1897-09-03

IL IL disappointment that the pros
pectors at skaguay pass have not united
to improve the road. Three thousand
men could have accomplished great deal
In the way Of road construction. All that
was needed was concerted action. and
some unselfshness
The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1897-09-03

The Chicago banks are sending out
money to help the farmers move the big
grain crops at the rate OF 100000 a day.
This beats Yukon steamers.
The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1897-09-03

Spokesn an- Review: Portland Is a veri-
table journalistic graveyard. Within the
past thirty years half score OF "oppo-
s,tion' dsilies have come before the public
Of that city, put IN their bids for support
and patronage. and yielded Up the ghost.
Five hundred thousand dollars would not
cover the losses entailed by these failures.
Three hundred thousand dollars was sunk
IN two ventuves-the Bulletin and the
News
The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1897-09-03

This IS about the anniversary OF the
day when the warning was first promui-
gstsd about 4oo0 years ago never in
dcrse strangers check"
The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1897-09-03

The government has cut off all rations
TO Apache Indians except -four and there
Is threatened uprising. The cause Is not
stated. but it is supposed to be because
they had no yeast.
The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1897-09-03
COAST PAPERS.

san Francisco Bulletin; Luigi Of SAVOY
has achieved glorious triunpb in tbs
conquest % Mount 81. EIias. upon whose
iofty summit no man has Heretofore So.
toot, bat Z does not spt'ear that the ola
mountain resisted hls attack with modern
arms of precision. Tho mountain. in fact
uay American. u greeted a prince
with its most charming manner r.
The snow held or, ard the grest -,z~i.-s
we're ststl
The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1897-09-03
A GUARANTEE.

The observation-disclosures hereby
guarantees Its advertisers bona
ad~ paid circulation, Daily, Weekly
and sunday. double that of any
other newspaper pahlfshed In the
sinte of washington. Advertising
contracts will he made subject to
thfs guarantee.
The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1897-09-03

As II Europe had not suffered enough
from short crops. thunder storms and
rains have swept over Great Britain. doing
much damage 70 the wheat.
The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1897-09-03

III Luetgert, the sausage maker in Chi
oago. cannot be proved TO have killed
his wife he ought to be hanged for hav-
irg called her a rotten beast"
The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1897-09-03

the Republican triumph in lSS. Calling
the victory. luck. however. win not de-
tract from the glory Of the Republican
sweep OF Ohio. Iowa and the other states
In November.
The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1897-09-03

The signs OF the times may as well
come down now. The world is pretty
vel informed thar Seattle Is headquar-
ttrs for Yukon OUTFITS.
The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1897-09-03

japan seems 70 be as omnipresent in au
she troubles % the present year as the
crime OF - was last year.