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The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1897-12-13
WHY SEATTLE LEADS.


An Observanf Exchange Wakes =
Few Complimentary Remarks.
winlock Pilot.
We have been repeatedly asked why Sc
attic stood unrivaIed as the leading city
OF the great Northwest The causes are
apparent 70 a careful observer. but for the
benefit of those who have not cared TO in
vessigate We might name few OF the
leading reasons In the flrst place she is
made up OF live, energetic business men
whose every aim and effort has been the
upbuiIding Of Seattle. Their efforts are
concentrated in this regard and time and
money are Of little consequences when the
welfare of the city Is at stake. How differ
ent this is from the horde OF busted BOOM
ers who make up her nearest competitor.
the city OF Tacoma, and how vastly differ
ent from the army Of mosshacks who In
habit the Oregon metropolis The future
OF Seattle is a matter OF paramount i'm
portance to each and every one OF her csti-
xens. and this Seattle spirit" as we are
pleased to can 1t. coupled with . vast
amount OF capital and an admirable Local
ton, il bound to build upon Eeattle's site
one OF the leading cities Of the country.
The boomers may howl Of their import
trade. the mossbacks may chronicle the
advent Of every new rowboat which man.
ages to waddle over the sand bars up TO
the Portland docks. with brass bands and
the blare Of trumpets. and San Francisco
may continue to gioat over her Alaska
trade and her sensational newspapers. but
Seattle keeps steadily forging ahead. not
to the position OF leader In the territory
she occupies. for that she already is, but
to the leading city Of the entire Pacific
coast. All hail to Seattle and the Seat
tie spirit" Would that more towns were
possessed OF 1t. IL only in lesser degree.
The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1897-12-13

Croker's undoubted purpose In 'recog-
MIXING Murphy as leader Of the New York
state Democracy is to control IL himself.
Murphy was long HIS puppet. and he IS
admirably qualified to perform that func-
ton well. But Croker Is doubtless making
an error. No city boss was ever able TO
control the state. except Tweed. and he
obtained 1t by barbaric profusion OF
bribery among the rural senators and
assembiymen. It would appear that the
city in Its present vast proportions il about
all one boss can look after. and even there
Cookers prestige is threatened by Nc
Laughlin. whs has q lurking friendliness
to Hin. Strange things win happen In New
York politics during the coming year.
The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1897-12-13

In British blue book. says the Literary
Digest on the condition OF colonial trade
ssle following causes are enumerated &c
explain why United States goods have dis
placed English manufacture In the West
Indies.
More attention to local requirements.
Superior finish.
Lower prize.
More careful packing ara absence OF any
special charge therefor.
Cheaper frsights-
More rapid Communication.
Yet the United States goods. which ars
given tire ADVANTAGE OF more rapid com.
ynunscstson. az lower freight rates. are ear
RED generally IN English and virtually
1Twsvs sn foreign ships When they shall
Ae carried In ATerscSn vessels as they
should be n the near future. they VIII IN
ysas,h,A5iy be carried more cheapiy ard ex-
psdi.geusiy. 70 the great advantage o..
American trade.
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The newest freak - New York freak
Journalism WAS tire publication ~ later
views NTH twelve nsuraesess a. IN the
gailt or inaocsnoe Of Martin Thorn and
Mrs, Mack, y specimen interview was
With LizEIe wong. 81 Louis whee NO
rsu. who msrrtea Chinese gambler. ard
killed another woman through jealousy.
This is EXPERT testimony. hu, {; must Re
admitted that IL II not valuable. unbiased
or convincing. II would seem ;hst readers
et New York papers would after awhile
tsrs % the rsenssToas and abnormal II
- entertaining and Instructive 20 visit: a
museum ana inspect the EXHIBIT q GU
rso>1;ses. living AID dead. bar II would
would seem ,hat persons evea NTH a
morbid taste for that sort % entertain
ment weuii tire az Eosns every day
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theoscphica1 and sccialistic circles. but II
may eniighten the public as 70 the proh-
able real motive 70 know that her hus-
band was recently employed In the high
school at salary OF 50 per month, for
which. 80 far. he has done three hours
work per day. In these hard times she
no doubt feels grateful 20 Mr.. Barnard.
only wish TO call attention TO one thing
which the lady says. She argues that IF
the board OF education gave Mr.. Barnard
the 500 so much talked about. II Is GER
tainly morally hts, for they have the pow
er and right to do so.'
III the board OF education overpsid Mr..
Barnard. they did it by mistake. or. con-
trary 10 the alleged requirements Of the
contract, made him present OF 500 Of the
peoples money.
what RICH, had Mr. Barnard 10 take the
money in either case? Such moral ethics is
ON par with keeping q S gold piece given
oy mistake for a shining i-cent piece. or
taking chickens which another man hands
down from his neighbor's treetop.
E K. SrMTSON.
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Where Congressman Lewis Stsnde.

Chehahs Nugget.
Congressman Lewis now comes out bold
ly and publicly and repudlates the faction
OF his party that favors free raw materials.
White River Journal.
Congressman Lewis regulates nothing.
He II not that kind. When he believes in
anything once he believes in ii forever.
But IL does not follow tina. he believes IN
only ore thing at time Indeed II does
not The esteemed dudes Distinguishing
characteristic is that he Is a believer. and
one OF great capacity and endurance In
regard 20 the tariff he believes In the mos.
radical reform. He IL for absolute free
trade. for free raw materials. for tariff
for revenue only: and incidentally he be-
lieres in several degrees OF protection. va
rying all the way from slight tax on coal
lumber and hops 10 a prohibitiys tar on
everything but corn-colored whisksrs This
l. Congressman Lewis position on the tar
III In a nutshell. We resent and protest
against the White River Journals rude
ana indelica;e pervsrsioa OF facts tha, are
well known,
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SEATTLE. MONDAY. DEC. Is.
a
WHITMAN AND RAINIER

IT. Abbott contributes TO the Sunday
Rogt-Iuteilfsencer very persuasive and
lnteresting argument for changing the
naue Of Mount Rainier to Mount
whitman. His plea IL based gen
erally On the ground that Raj
MAJ seeks to perpetuafe the name
q IN obscure and unhistoric English
nan. that Tacoma" has no sentimental
o. traditional association. that DR..
Nhitmau's achievements make It fitting
that his name b thus honored, and
that . matter OF much controversy viii
thus be happily settled.
Mr. Abbott's purposes are highly COM
menlabls. and II may be freely ad-
united that II Is fitting that some
worthy method be found Of perpetuating
the name Of DR.. Whitman. But there
are several objections to the Abbott
plan. and It il likely that they viii be
influential In defeating It,
The proposal 10 give the mountain
points being conceded-would probably
awaken another controversy scarcely
second to the old and practically settled
light between Rainier and Tacoma.
There ID q strong opinion in the North
west. not confined alone TO the Catholic
church. that the value and Importance
81 DR.. whitman's efforts Ito save Ore
gon' have been greatly overrated; and
discordant voices have not been wholly
silent Caring the late memorial celebra-
ton. when It might be supposed that
bitterness and contention would be
stilled.
The name Rainier 10 strongly and per-
mAnsntly identified with Seattle. 1t Ia
0eattle's other self. II IL the designa-
tion that the people OF this city have
long. ardeutiy and successfully MAIN
tanned belongs to the mountain. II liz
unique, euphonious and impressive. and
unmistakable as to the object 1t identi-
flcs. Its origin cuts no figure. It's deri-
walton, In view Of its history and asso-
cations, IL of no Importance or signifi-
canoe whatever.
Perhaps Tacoma would acquiescc In
the change OF name. The movement.
once so stoutly and noisiiy urged. to
fatten the name OF the city onto the
snow-clad monarch of the Cascades. has
lost Its force, and is virtually aban-
doncd. But II is not likely that the
suggested cognonsen sill arouse enthu-
siasm In Tacoma.
SO why Mount Rainier. II the brave
ard patriotic missionary deserves a
mountain 30 maintain his fame. why
not Adams or st. Helens7 Or. better
stu. why rot Hocd7 Mount Hood Is
In Oregon. Probably the citizens OF
that state care nothing for the name
Hood. who WAS an English lord BE.
aides. Whitman saved Oregon Since
the original territory was divided. and
part of II became Washington. the sig
niilcance Of the salvation OF Oregon
has TO . certain extent been lost in this
stAta.
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important feat the secretary has accom-
rN<hed. and 50 far as . rude ard iesrins
weird fnows. aof an unnecessary tear has
been she'd IL r. not easy 70 settle without
friction and heartburnsngs question be-
tween beautiful women Paris essayed It
once between Venus. Minerva and juno,
and the disappointed ladies made things
tropical Tor long time for whole IN
fortunate race, as the veracious historians
Virgil ara Homer reoord. Few have been
willing since to intervene In the troubles
Of warring beauty; but Mr. Long has shown
that the thing can be done. A daring and
talreriS person Is that same Mr.. Long
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Mother Mckinley had lived to see the
fulfilment Of the dearest wish Of all
American mothers. and she was content
and ready to pass away. She was good
mother, rarely blessed with a good, affec-
tionate and devoted son. The spectacle
OF the president at his dying mothers bed
side even when pressing public duties
made It almost obligatory for him to be at
Washington has appealed to the American
heart. and the whole nation took melan-
choly satisfaction In seeing him there. 1t
goes without saying that the bereaved
family has the deep sympathy Of the
country.
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,,vnnsen. Al was remarked ut the
opening OF the Republican city conven-
ton. the Republicans OF Olympia are stiii
transacsing business at the CID stand.
Seattle Republican VIII some fusicntss
kindly notify CONGRESSMAN Lewis that
congress convened last Monday and It >
in dreadful suspense on account OF MS
continued absence.
whatcom Reveille: When congress IS
making It's new laws for Alaska IL is to os
hoped that the effervescent Alaska mar
viii be mentioned in the penal code, his
ightest punishment swift death.
Seattle Review: The middle~of-the-road
Pops should remember that whom gods
wish TO destroy they first make mad The
proverbiai wet hen is not in ii alongside
OF the average middle-of-the-roadsr.
Auburn Argus: The human head
says the Cincinnati Enquirer. continues
to grow until the age OF twenty-one
years" But how about Gov. Rogers
heade Some OF the Pops seem to think
that his head has grown fearfully within
the past year OF So
Oiympian: The statement Of Lewis that
the senator TO be elected from Washington
next time should be a Populist does not
necessarily exclude Mr.. Lewis from the
field. Plenty of time remains In which he
may fit himself for the qualifications he
deems essential TO fair treatment Of the
Populists.
Whatcom Reveille: The judges path is
outlined He cannot go outside OF the case
or outside Of the law or outside Of the evil
dence. To condemn him. the criticiser
must have knowledge of the law regard
ing the case and all the evidence SUBJ
mitted. The rash assault on the superior
judge OF this county in connection with a
late assessment case Is unmerited and I'M
just, the parties who made the attacks be-
ing completely ignorant OF every fact Of
law and all the evident;ary facts on which
20 base criticism.
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A BIT OF SENSIBLE ADVICE.

Seattle Dec II, 1897
To the Editor: Please let me say q word
or TWO on the short skirt question. Just
as surely as a woman starts in TO advocat s
skirts reaching to the knees. then sha lust
as surely gives the whole proposition a
nlack eye. am wearing rainy day skirt.
II Is SIX Inches from the ground and meets
ali requirements, even in such torrents as
we have had the past few days. The wri-
ter or the letter on this subject In your
issue or last Sunday was breezy" GER
fainly. but too breezy for the average wo-
man to take her advice seriously
MARIA NJ.
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THE HEAR.

We've slipped THE n0oy. were round -.
Head.
And suto she Nor.A we're Aogrx
God send Us boy To succer tas Dead
To ea3 what can't De found
o.. cur task is this ard nothing mare
Whatever .he n 3Sss men say.
Ard she lee Kings Kiss SnS s.s sa,lfsn res >
WI 1T ours sor many a Say.
On. Ire neyI's q swimmer swsfe srA
Sty9Ec
Ard - follows the wake ef car SKIP.
IN tAa faz2s while gs1Hzaasr As sNsz.s
atcEx
Ie. a@ssg ! sailor SIG.
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The prospectus OF Harper's Weekly. for

The prospectus OF Harper's Weekly FOR
1898 announces among its features
"A Sporting Pilgrimage Around the
World" by Caspar Whitney. the leading
American authority on amateur sports.
The first part Of the series Will be sport
In the West" and the cities selected are
Chicago, Kansas City. Denver. San Fran
cisco and Seattle, showing that Seattle is
considered one Of the Ave great representa-
tive Western cities
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Lack and Hard Work synony

OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES.
1t has been said that Seattle's capture
OF the Klondike trade was stroke of hap
py luck. 1t was not. For half score
OF years Seattle has been on the outlook
for the Alaskan trade. Its merchants had
studied the north country. and in q mod
est way had established connections with
the north. When the Klondike gold dis
coveries were made. the news came to Sc
attic. When the returning Klondikers
brought out their loads Of gold. they went
direct to Seattle, because Seattle had direct
steamer connections with the Alaskan
ports. Seattle has earned her klondiks
luck. just as Spokane has earned the pros
perity which has come to 1t from the devel-
opment Of the Kootenay district in British
Columbia.
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A diplomat .. varied ana unusual ac-
oonsplissuenis Is Secretary tsorr II wonsa
d Interesting 80 kfso~ by What sgigmpAan,
ssress &C TIE eoaciGla;ery arr he pxssaa ssl
he gevsrnor e Kentucky q lay aside sis
family r-ses ard al Ass other emotions.
and withdraw he Aprasnsmea. e lis
tauxAter 70 chrfsfea tAe ha;:lesAlp Ken
'@osy- Yet test sAas deuSa;e aaa highly
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Congressman Hit struck 1t just right
when he said that when this nation knows
Ii has been very cautious In Its dealing
with peiagic sealing. II now feels assured
of its position. and there is no dignity In
saying we viii not DO It unless somebody
else does something. That is Canada's
aftstt;fa
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ANSWERS TO QUERIES.

Answer to c. B. league. Kennedale.
Texas.-Steamers leave Seattle every few
days for Alaska. The best time to go to
the gold fields would be the latter part Of
February. You would have to take your
chances on making money there. We do
not know OF any company hiring men to
go. The fare 10 Skaguay Is $40 first class.
So second class.
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gov Rogers sdsairer No. =,

AFHt4f Wy tliA7AtlE-
There was enc party 20 the Populist cor
ference AZ Tacoma last week who vct:tf
raise his voice IN defense Of the Paprus,
governor % this STATE That was judge
Benson Of k3ug county Has the gov
error ARCHER dine about his clothes.
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81 know wha, ought 70 be dons with
cigarette sen6s."
WHAT"
MARY them 20 the girls who kiss their
roodles."-Chleago Record.
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Answer to Harry Martin. 40 South Sew
enth East street, Salt Lake City, Utah
The fare Seattle to Sitka is $40 first class,
" second class. The steamer service be-
tween Seattle and Unalaska will not begin
until about April I.
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MY PLAN.

I'm a small pupil OF the St Francis Hall
Like Washington. want to be great:
I may not be a first president,
But can speak the truth at any rate.
My dearest friends now tell me
have no time 20 lose
In selecting my vocation:
I know what shall choose.
Mamma says. Harold. my dear,
You should be an artist poet or NJ. D."
But I've plan. another plan
That's good enough for me.
My papa says I will make a musician.
Then. dear friends. you al know
I can play myself welcome
Wherever I wish 10 go.
But my grandma often advises me
To do this that and the other,
But will finally say
BE good boy and always mind your
mother"
NY Crcla Tom tells m.
IL would always he sure % my hash.
I would be a cunning tradesman
with a pockstful OF cash.
But I've plan. another plan.
Ever meath freedoms flag uneurled.
When ] get TO be man.
In travel around the world.
Harold Osborne GO years oidl, ST. Francis
hall. eth grade.
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NUGGETS.

Dilson-whats the necessity for bells on
bicycles anyway?
Kelson-None that can see; they can
run people down just as well without them
-Roxbury Gazette.
Artistic Observation-Disclosures call
1t presumption for one OF those organ
grinders to stop. unlimited, before your
door and grind out alleged music, and then
ask you for coin.
Gibbs-Yes. but think Of the presumption
Of another class Of alleged musicians who
demand your coin before letting you into
the house to hear their Observation-Disclosures
phia North American.
She-How much more would you love me
il had million dollars?
He-Oh million dollars worth more
The engagement was broken then and
there.-Roxbury Gazette.
Mosher-What are You doing with all
those bits OF card In your pocket?
Wiswell-They are seat checks at differ
ent theaters. 1t says on each, Retain
this check" It's an awful bore. don't you
know, to be obliged to carry SO much
pasteboard around. But. then, what's q
fellow to do?-Boston Transcript.
A Kansas man was talking OF that state
yesterday and the good times" there.
Business brisk, Is it?'' he was asked
well. It's pretty lively" he replied, "at
least in my town." What business are
you in?" Well" he replied, hesitatingly,
my wife is chief of police, and I'm on me
force."-Atlanta Constitution.
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THE BARNARD NATTER


stattEe. us. 7 fssT.
70 the EiItcr. I noti,s In ~. rsaper @.
this morning a warm s@sense % Mr. par-
rars hv Mrs Frances n Rtcss rsfsou.
TIE seeming 5sssntsrest.Sres. Of the fasv
sr defending tsas which she believes to be
right Will be augmented IN RE minds Of
Most readers by fa@ knowledge ~ tie fsc,
that she Is . weit-knawa ragorraer Il,
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STATE PRESS.

Oiympien: As was remarked at the
opening OF the Republican city conven-
ton. the Republicans Of Olympia are Sun
transacting business at the cid stand.
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10 be great city, and these banker
became men Of great wealth.
II have heard ii said that they sub
sequently lost their heads in a real
estate boom similar to that which about
the same time struck Chattanooga and
dissipated the fortunes they had built
up on their captured gold.
Two others, whom / knew, invest
ed their booty in the cattle business
and became wealthy cattle kings, while
another became wealthy planter in
Texss.
The Richmond banks spent large
sum of money ia vain effort to recov-
er their money and detect the men who
had got il. Some twenty years after
the war was over they got informatis
that the bankers and boomers Of the
Western city were among the men who
had captured their money, but they
had no way ofestablishing the truth of
the information, the witnesses to the
transaction could not afford to tell on
them, and 90 their effort to get some
thing hack from this source came to
nothing.
81 give you this unwritten chapter
Of the civil war to show how a handful
OF rebel soldiers were seized with the
Klondike fever long before the Yukon
,,-,.s I-,..,,,-u or A Iaala haH taeoFuQ the
property of the United States"
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Wages in China.

How a Chinese workman manages to
support his family and remain sleek
and fat on the wages he receives is an
everlasting mystery to the European
and American. The Chinese are a
people Of marvellous economy. They
will support a family, furnishing food,
clothes, shelter, from small garden
which they call farm, but which in
America would not more than furnish
an American family with early vege-
tables.
In cities the labOring men receive the
merest pittance. In Canton, where la
bOrers are better paid than in 9TH
er parts Of China, skilled workmen live
on these wages: Shoemaker, 81 psr
month; blacksmith, > per month;
fine ivory carver, Sl2 per month; tailor,
- per month; fine embrOiderer, 81 per
month; designer, s. per month; silver
smith, 5 per month
The Chinese are superstitiOus, and
the workmen support, in addition to
their temples and pagOdas and priests,
which receive more in proportion than
the churches of Europe and America,
idol makers, geOTnancers, fortune tell
ers, physiognomists, sOOthsayers, astrOl-
ogers and Interpreters of dreams, who
exist by thousands and coin all the
money they want. Another thing
which makes money for a certain class
j. the Chinese custom of burning great
quantities Of spirit money" imitation
coins, which are supposed 10 be legal
tender for dead relatives. One city
alone employs 10000 people in making
this cash for ghosts.
Peculiar superstitiOns embarrass the
workman. For instance, carpenters
aud builders have 70 exercise great care
in selecting u ridgepole for house. It
must have neither cracks nor knots,
and in il a small hole must be made
and filed with gold leaf and the whole
beam painted red. This Insares good
luck for the owner of the house
The tea trade employs thousands of
persons. The labOrers receive from 81
to $40 per month, according 70 their
grade of wOrk.-ChicagO News.
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Deafness Cannot be Cured

by local applications, as they can not
reach the diseased portion of the ear.
There is only one way to cure deafness,
and that is by constitutional remedies.
Deafness is caused by an inflamed con-
dition of the mucous lining of the Eus-
taehian Tube. When this tube gets
inflamed you have rambling or i'm
perfect hearing, and when it is entire
ly closed deafness is the result, and un-
less the Inflammation can be taken out
and this tube restored to its normal
condition, hearing will be destroyed
forever; nine cases out of ten are caus-
ed by eatarrh, which is nothing but an
inflamed condition of the mucous sur
faces.
We will give One Hundred Dollars
for any case of deafness (caused by ca
tarrh that can not be cured by Halls
Catarrh Cure. Send for circulars, free.
+. J. CHENEY & CO.,
Toledo, o.
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