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The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1898-08-17
John Davis & Co.
Downs Block. 709 Second Avenue.

been practically denudel-?e per cent. by
fires and y per cent eat off II must not
be construed. however. ma Is per cent.
OF the timber has heen cut or burned. as
the average stumpage Of the remainder is
heavier than that which has been con-
summed and cut The estimates made are
Ton the present methods az logging and in
ciude nothing bu. what would now be
taken OF. With increased values for legs
AMI lumber. thF average output from log
sing districts viii increase % per cent and
when II reaches MS clos shave system Of
the white pine men VIII show an outnut
perhaps double The figures made"
The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1898-08-17

The best route IS via Southern Paclac 20
San Francisco. theme 81 direct steamer
Aeon, rnoda.tons should BE- engaged well
I'm advance a. the demand IS great
For rates saiiinEs. ctr. call or or ad-
ar.<s Thomas \ Gre lam. district passen-
ger and rrefgh: aeen.. Southern Pacific
&c SIC FIRST avenue SEATTLE.
The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1898-08-17
At Madison Park.

The concert given Il: Madison park last
night was a success. over ~ people were
presen: ard tho applause accorded the
performance was an evidence that ne per
fo~aaarce me- with success. y Red Gross
entertainment viii be given tonight.
The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1898-08-17
personal.

NJ J. Roche. Of the Der YER Rio Grania
q Western railway. IS registered a. the
Seattle hotel
John l.. Humphries is now a candidate
for enc Of the nominations on the kepub-
icau state ticket for judge Of The supreme
court
The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1898-08-17

Edward III. Brown has been appointed
deputy city clerk, without pay from the
city. for the purpose Of copying the regis
tration books for the central Republican
committee
The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1898-08-17

THE Al1ska 3 s. C0npsny's steamer
Posall@. now az Ye~'er wharf, leaves for
skagway ard Dyea on "Wednesday morn
ing. the nth. 81 10 o'clock,
The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1898-08-17

FOR the convenience y It's patrons. he
Northern Pacific mas established through
car service 20 W Ila Walla. Train caves
Seattle daily at 4 > n.
The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1898-08-17

Sam +. Rathbun, deputy treasurer ief
yesterday Morning for two weeks fsh.
ing trip In the Cascade mountains
The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1898-08-17

HAVE YOU though. q trip through re
II &C write - l. \ Na3esU. general agent
Northern PaciGc railway. Seattle, fo- ali
particulars, or cali a; the Northern Pa
en-, office fo- a copy % w end r.as3"
giving a description Of the trip. outr.vals
i hSlrcneAu TIP.
The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1898-08-17
ANt 81. NENTS.
Henry MILLER.

4 ne romance. chlVaIry, brilliant gowns
and elegance Of manner characteristic OF
the last decade OF the eighteenth century
all form a part Is Heart sea ~" which was
seen for the first TING last night IN Seal
tie at the Seattle theater. The piece has
atmosphere ana color, given il by the
magnificent dressing and the perfect re-
production on the part OF the members of
the company OF the style. the diction and
the manner of the empire period
The chief feature Of the performance OF
the piece by Henry Miller and his COM
pany of capable players last night was the
costuming and stage setting ana the en-
semble Of the company. Mr.. Aiiiler's work
is permeated with his sincerity and indi-
Viduality. lie Is very strong in the scenes
when dramatic heights are reached. Ana
he has fortunately been surrounded with
a company Of actors each admirably suited
TO the part chosen.
"Heartsease' is open TO criticism as be-
ing unnatural and al times far fetched In
some of the scenes. The critical NAV call
attention 10 the relation the plot bears
TO the melodrama OF Il generation or more
ago In spite of these. however, Hearts
case" is deeply interesting. There is gen
une dramatic interest from the opening
act. and the cInaxes in the third and
fourth acts are handled with true dramatic
dIscernment.
Mr. Miller received half dozen curtain
calls at the end of the third act Mis-
Dale. az Margaret Miss Bert. as Lady
Neville: Mr. Cock as Iord Neville and
Mr. Elliott. as Sir Godfrey. rendered the
star splendid support
Tonight the bill will DE THE Master"
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MISS wTEZTNSKf Graduate oc,ic Soc
cfaHs' guarantees Scientifically attsd
glasses Consultation free - Cherry 81
The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1898-08-17
CITY HALL NOTES,

Capt Brown returned 10 duty yesterday.
after an absence OF two weeks OF his sum
mer vacation
The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1898-08-17
srANrsYI.ANFRTNAN WAR

u aNs,, euaei hut fhe pas<e1Eer rate var
r. s.U OF Fer rates 3nd sl'ep'ns SAr
reservations fnQuir9 az ne R'frlrs3>r
rogre tiekst o,nce. ies Yes.F- way. -
neer Suuare-
The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1898-08-17

ANOTHER bright VroSrn -7ne~ Veg
ners Rau3 Madison Park ,origh.
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STEAMER ssnttrel CITY sock t0r Ia
coma. n II. SO ?. II Fare Go
The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1898-08-17

rF. ANNIE Ia SSELL. disease. ..
women - Hinckiry-
The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1898-08-17

This afternoon the city council viii go
over the ground where the proposed i'm
provemcrts Of the Great Northern railway
will be made. for the purpose of ascertain
Ing the exact extent OF the concessions
asked. The matter viii come up in the
council meeting tonight.
Yesterday was a busy day ir she public
employment Office. Orders for ''h-lp want
ed" To fiil positions in the city were flied
greatly in excess Of the usual number and
Az there are always applicants for local
employment most of them were filed. The
Office has a large number of orders for
woodcutters and laborers and the demand
for hoppickers promises to be great
The following building permits were is
sued
+. III. Prouty. 10 repair 17Is Harrison
street; cost So.
W. NJ. Morrison. 10 repair 1873 IscS aid
le2s Madison street, putting in brick under
pnning beneath the row: COS. $50
Mrs. n keenan,, 10 build a cottage l5l7
Twelfth avenue: cost $3.50
w. l-omhardine. 10 repair loo Tenth ave-
nue.: cost $3.50
David Walsh. to build a frame dwelling
iS9 Harvard avenue; cost 81. 0uo
Beck Bros. 20 repair Denny school: cost
$i,tpp.
The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1898-08-17
July Shipment of Shingles From
This State Not So Heavy.
TOTAL LUMBER SHIPMENTS.
Little Promise for the Future for q
Thfrty-Cent Rate on Lumber to
the Eastern Narkets-James J.
HIN Writes to the West Coast and
Puget sound Lwmberman ON the
Sabject-Henry Gannett's Figures.

TIE August number % the West Coas.
and Puge, Sound I4urterrnan gives The
usual fun reports or monthly shipments
from Washington by rail- ard sea There
was shipped by rail i'm July lall cars Of
lumber and i,Ss cars OF shingles. leaving
June Of his year as the banner month
in shingle shipments In the history OF the
coast The total lumber shipments for the
seven months OF ISIS were 6s47 cars as
against 1876 ears IN 1877 AIS cars In isss.
and s.ils ears in 1875 The total OF shingles
for 1855 was la.s7s ears az against 10 30
cars In IS9f. s.si4 in 1895 and ..714 ears in
iSS. This shows an increase in lumber
OF s4se.oH feer over lss1 10 The Eastern
markets and nearly leoes.9 more shingles
In 1873 than in 1897.
OF the total shipments given above the
Northern Pacific carried in the seven
months of this year 500 cars Of lumber
and 5.i4s cara OF shingles; the Great North
ern l,55 cars OF lumber and S.GTa cars OF
shingles and the Canadian Pacific 2a2 cars
OF lumber and e.ois ears Of shingles
The summary OF shipments by sea for
July shows a falling off. the foreign ship
ments having been ..si0eii feet of lumber
ana eoastwise ll.Ts7.si fee, of lumber
betuef rom NH.
The L0mberman Is in receipt OF letter
from President ]. j. Hin, Of the Great
Northern from which an extract Is given
showing little promise for the future FOR
3o-eent rate on lumber 10 the East He
reviews the present conditions of the luw-
Der tariffs ard contrast them with shosa
prevailing wher the Great Northern rail-
road reached Puget sound. lie calls attan-
ton 70 the lower rates now prevailing. ana
which were brought al oul by his road H..
mentions the difficulty OF keeping the
.arge ears occupied and the reluctance OF
lumbeTmen to load them preFerr.ag the
small cars. n aich cost more 10 haul There
was nothing III the letter 70 Indicate that
a 30-cent rate was contemplated In con
Guiding his letter he says: The lambermen
aDd all others Interested In building up the
lumter business. cannot expect or even af-
ford 10 at,emp; IN mild business on the
assumption that railway companies will
carry their product Is ii loss. our present
rates are 30 cents for fir and "a for cellar
shingles and timter and these. are as low
a. the railways can afford and lower than
couli h.- maintained II th. business should
Increase 80 that empty ears had 10 be haul
I'll 10 the coast for that purpose"
Through courtesy Of Henry Gannett. of
the United States geological survey. the
ate estimate that has ever beer made on
her In Western Washington. The figures
by counties lying west OF the Cascade
mountains IN Washington are as follows:
The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1898-08-17

ASOrA FL ar.gas p~ogra r.ase Y
Ecr Bad. A~d-soa PARK ssl.Sat
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General DISEASES.
Blood and Skin

ma. letter. - -ofu4a. tamof
primary and secondary 10
Gated. leaving The fyStssn
ulire ant. healthy state.
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Write Your Symptoms

M. 4. H.IsIHESS. : q n o = Il
1uUdiuE Front
Street. seattle Separate rooms scr ladies'
ard gentlemen. Sos r. y. e ard Il
Hoara . 30 I2 q II. 80 : and 10 .. IN
9naaara from 70 70 /. q II
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Special Diseases

charges re4rslts Or ind!~cFction. nvdrocele
YaTicoceie structure piles nstula. h-yu.
and all kindred troubles quickly cured
No Diet ION from business no emitting
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thousands % you troubled with "
aching backs. kidney and bladder,
other unmistakahie signs Of nervous
hiilty ana premature decay. Many al
th.s difficulty, or I've in daily torture
norant Of The cauet DO not allow r
es4.v TO defer you from seeking irnrne a
relief The mQst Obstinate cases ire
with unfaliiug succsSs ~ The great
iz.nG. treatment.
The San Francisco call., 1898-02-27

business. I admire that girl more and more.
 1:30-A windfall. A whole dish of may onnaise fish on the slab in the hall. Be fore you can say Jack Robinson 1 have boted it.
 1:33-Pains in my underneath get worse
 1:34-Horrid feeling of sickness
 l:35-Rush up into Aunt Browns room and am sick there.
 1:37-Better. Think I shall pull through If l am careful.
 1:40-Almost well again.
 1:4-Quite well again. Thank heaven. It was a narrow shave that time. Peo- pie ought not to leave such stuff about.
 1:42-Up into dining room. And to show how well l am, 1 gallop round and round the room at full pelt, about twenty times. steering myself by my. tail. Then, as a grand finale, l jump twice on to the waistcoat part of old MT. Brown, who is sleeping peacefully on the sofa He wakes up very angry, indeed and orders Miss Brown to beat me. Miss Brown runs the burglar for all he is worth. But no good. Qld MT. Brown is dead to all decent feeling. So Miss Brown beats me. Very nice. Thoroughly enjoyable. Just like being patted. But of course I vein and pretend it hurts frightfully. and do the sad eye business and she soon leaves off, and takes me into the next room and gives SIX pieces or sugar. Good bus mess. Must remember always to do this.
 to 3:15--Attempt to kill fur rug in back room No good.
 3:15 to 3:45-Sulked.
 3:46-Small boy comes in and strokes me plaything.
 BAT to 4-Another attempt to kill rug, Would have done 1t this time had not that odlous Aunt Brown come in and inter-
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no better than repeat the toast given at Norfolk in April, 1916, by Stephen Decatur: Our country-In her inter- course with foreign nations may she always be in the right; but Our Coun- try, right or wrong!
 The tones were strong and vibrant. full of the true fervor which should characterize such an utterance by an American citizen, and on the sensitive paper appeared a singular figure, close Iy resembling the famous Grab Neb- ulae' in the constellation of Taurus, discovered by Messier in 1731, and sep arated into distinct jewels of light by Lord Ross telescope very many years after.
 To those who are aware of the gen. erals fondness for astronomical re- search the coincidence seems little short of marvellous.
 That night the artist and I went be- hind the scenes at the Baldwin. I was eager to picture some of the voices which have gained the Bostonians their worldwide and we'll deserved reputation.
 I wish that together with the picture of Jessie Bartlett Davis lovely vel vety voice l could give picture of the cantatrice herself. with her loosened blonde hair, her perfect profile, and the t.
 She would sing 70, Promise Me" into my vibrator register? Certainly she would. And so she sang that world wide fayorite and as her rich, full tones poured into the opening provided, the powder was agitated into a thousand different forms, which consolidated themselves at the close into the sim ilitude of a beautiful bouquet of Cali fornia flowers. Surely nothing could have been more appropriate, more lovely nor more pleasing.
 Tom Barnabee was arrayed in all the glory of the Duke of Santa Cruz's ele- gant raiment, but the kindly face sur mounting that astonishing getup and crowned with that unique picture hat was genial Tom Barnabee's own, and so was the voice in which he sang that ever-popular Dreaming, Dreaming, Talking in My Sleep"
 Whether MT. Barnabee be possessed of sporting tendencies or not is un- known to me, but certain it is that the song made perfect representation of a greyhOund's head for our edification. and added a most striking picture to our vocal art gallery.
 Popular Eugene Cowles is of a scien- tific turn of mind. and withal of an almost infinite suitability, as large men are apt to be, and oh, wasn't he a pie lS uIe III HIS DIlRd0Q costume. with his handsome eyes emphasized by an artistic touch of shadowl
 Certainly l saw MT. Cowles at his best, and that best was we'll worth re- membering Down Deep Within the Cellar Here" was his selection. and his magnificent basso filled even the chinks of the over-full room with vibrations which seemed to make our very hearts beat in a sympathetic tremolo. Like II. -.o1, T., T
 tained was the picture spread before us. Light and dark were curiously in termingled, the light gathering to- gether near the singer and forming a distinct body. It was a very clear and accurate reproduction of one of the plates published by the Lick Obserya- tory of the crater of the moon.
 What does it all mean?" asked MT. Cowles, and l. not being truly scien- tific. but only dabbler In science, echo his question.
 FLORENCE MATHESON.
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CHINESE STUDENTS GO INSHNE
 DURING H RIGID XHMINHTION

place. Each celi Is about five feet by three and provided with three boards that do duty for table. desk and bed The ex- anniners appointed by the Emperor first go through the ceremony of washing the heart at the temple of Perfect Justice, and then stubbornly refuse to hold com-- munication with any one.
 On the morning appointed, the students, in their light blue gowns, begin to arrive, carrying bedding and food for two days. Their baskets, blankets, clothes-even their queues-are searched and woe be to the luckless fellow caught snug gling the least scrap of printed paper. He is simply thrown out. and may think 1t good fortune if he is not sentenced to wear. the heavy kangue, or wooden collar. For the first examination two days are allowed. Themes are selected from the Lun Yu or Confucian Analects; the Doc Urine of the Mean, the Great Learning, and the Book of Mencius, upon which he is required to write three essays of 1000 words each and a short poem. On com pletion of the set time a cannon bOomS, the doors are thrown open and the candi- dates pass out. After a days recess a second examination is held, the subjects selected being the Five Kings or classics, being compilations by Confucius of the works of ancient 0&ings and sages. The final test consists of catching questions in political economy, history and general lite erature.
The San Francisco call., 1898-02-27
BOUQUETS TND BEETLES
MHDE BY THE VOICE
Queer Outlines Formed by Tone Vibrations on Talking or
 Singing Into a Box.

ored lycopodium on the paper top of the apparatus. and then the Chief, whose ringing voice means so much to us when conflagration threatens our city, spoke the following words into the circular aperture:
 What San Francisco needs at the present time is a well-paid Fire De- partment and weeks steady rain"
 While he spoke the powder behaved in the most singular fashion, shivering and Jumping about as if beWitched. and When he ceased it had resolved itself into series of black and cream lines and waves and dots, which is an excellent representation of an Egyp- tion scarabaeus.
 Next l sought Mrs. Louise Hum phrey-Smith. the well-knoWn and much admired dramatic reader. Would she speak a few words into this mys- ter1ous box? The why's and the where fores having been explained the lady consented. and very delicately out lined picture of a leaf approaching in form to the maple was the result of this patriotic sentiment, spoken by a feminine voice which is under perfect control. Should present events lead to war with Spain, we will all hasten to uphold the honor of our country"
 It was noticeable that in this case the light and dark powders spread over the paper with great evenness, the light, however, coming to the top over almost the entire surface.
 Such was decidedly not the result when Rabbi Voorsanger's sonorous tones seemingly vivified the tiny par ticles of mineral and vegetable matter There is something about the rabbi's voice-the ideal pulpit voice-which seems trumpetlike; it is so strong and clear and far-reaching, and it sent that powder all of a tremble, bringing the heavy emery to the top and collecting most of it at the end of the paper next the opening through which he spoke.
 "The explosion of the Maine" said he, lis a calamity which the people of this country greatly deplore.''
 I looked at the lines which his words had made.
 "A bit of algae fastened to a rock" I declared.
 Tt looks more like a submarine ex- plosion," declared the rabbi.
 And it does.
 For the orator of the day" I selected General w. H. l.. Barnes, whose elo- uuent and impassioned. speeches have given him such an enviable position in law and politics.
 Would he give me and my box a sen- timent in his best rostrum style? Ger tainly he would. The sentiment was worthy the speaker and the time.
 ''On this occasion," said he, T can do
The San Francisco call., 1898-02-27
Nearly 14,000 Competitors We're Locked Up in Little Cells
 for Three Weeks

college or university in China having a faculty for granting academical honors. Wealthy young men sometimes engage a amid such scenes as inspired the minds of their sages and poets. A high official of State, called the Literary Chancellor, is sent down to the different district cities like our county towns-to conduct the ex- amfnatfons for sin tsai or Towering tal- ent, equivalent to our A. B.; the first of which Is held in the city hall or yamen. On the day appointed the candidates are searched and the detection of the least scrap of paper, pony or other help dis qualities him from taking his seat
 When the roll is called the doors are shutaand bolted and all ingress or egress is impossible till the task is done The themes are taken from the writings of Confucius and are written on board in full view of the candidates. who write es-
The San Francisco call., 1898-02-27

of voices, but as it records them tan dem fashion the result is not speclaiiy pleasing. There Is nothing sentiment ally attractive about scraWllng nhe of semi -punctures like the tracks or disabled spider on warm wax, but our youths and maidens instead or, Ill hackneyed fashion. exchanging hlghly fattered photographs of themselves can say sweet things into a simple llt- tie instrument and then send to each other the composite pictures ot the different tones used in saying those same sweet things, and in almost eNeiy case the picture Is as artistically beau tifuI as it is scientifically interesting;
 To prove this statement before max
The San Francisco call., 1898-02-27

ton, China, recently, as the result o1 \ their struggles at the examination
 to secure the honor of Xii Yin,
 which is equivalent to the degree of master of arts in an American univer- sity.
 There were 13,600 competitors, all sin tsais, or bachelors of art. Only eighty could hope to secure preferment. The number of those who have died or gone mad during the ordeal of examination Is not large, comparatively. One year thirty six died and six became crazy. The ex- aminatio Is triennial. It lasts three weeks.
 Lii Hung Chang, of peacock feather and yellow jacket honors, began his career of fame as student at one of these ex- aminations. Success in them means the opening of brilliant career to the Chi nese student, no matter how poor he is.
 Rev. F. J. Masters, who formerly re- sided in China, describes some peculiari- ties of the triennial contest for scholas- tic honors The contestants are locked up in narrow cells. Men drop dead in such cells every third year, in all the provincial capitals of the empire. Hun dreds of thousands of scholars are con- tent to dig and grind for long years, to endure great privations, to travel long distances at their own expense, to try and fail and to try again, because this Is the only road to intellectual eminence, official rank and national renown. This compett- tive system came into vogue in China nineteen centuries ago.
 There are primary schools in every Chi nese village, which are supported by the parents of the children. They are ex- clusively for boys. The schoolroom is a spare hall in the village ancestral tenn pie or room in a private house, at one end of which is the shrine of ConfuciuS, before which the pupils must bow three times. Among the tasks imposed upon the pupils is acquiring knowledge of the 40,000 characters found in Khang His dic- tionary, no two of which are formed alike. The pupil begins work at a. m., takes recess at 10 for breakfast, and then studies without intermission until 4 D. m. He has to study "the thousand character classic and the classic on Filial Piety. Until he is or 10 years old he is taught nothing and receives nothing but strokes.
 Later he learns the meaning of the strokes, their root and combination and. little by little, he is able to take in the profundities of Chinese moral philosophy and to try his hand at prose composition and, that acme of all scholarship anti thetical couplets.
 At the age of Is a lad who shows apti- tude for study is sent to one of the higher grade schools, where he prepares for his degree, conferred by the Government, no