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The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1898-10-16
THE BOSTON rEHMs
HOW III WON
IlAE @HNMP l0WSEAIPo

their hold on the first place. though
fact Of which they were not slow 10 avail
themselves, Baltimore was also making
game struggle TO redeem her lost iaurels.
and from tbs point on was IL very prom-
neut factor in the struggle
on thu 18th OF August the Baltimorss
administered a defeat Ia the CincinuatIs
and 1t the same time deprived them Of
second place, The next day Cincinnati
whitewashed the Orioles and Tegained her
position.
On the first day Of September the three
leading clubs were Within five points OF
each other, the score being as follows.
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charge commissions in addition for making
loans.

street ana steam MARLBOROUGH
had talk last night with Capt. Will
lam S. Wilson, an American who has lived
out here for the past fifty years. on the
chances for American capital in Chile.
Capt. Wilson comes Of one OF the old
families of Washington and Baltimore. II e
Is now over 20 years Of age and has re-
tired, but he has in his day been one of the
noted sea captains OF the Pacific. He was
Is when he ran away from Georgetown
college 10 go to sea, aud at % years of age
in 1919, he was in command of the ship
Rome. OF Baltimore. He joined our navy
during the Mexican war. In lSi9 he came
to Chile as commander of the clipper bark
Bella Vista, built in Baltimore. and for
years had charge Of this and other Ameri-
can vessels on this coast. Later on he be-
came an officer OF the Chilean navy, took
part In the war with Peru and was also
a naval commander in Chile's war with
Spain. He has also been connected with
some Of the biggest coal mines of this
country az manager. and although he is
not now in active business. he is well
posted on ali things Chilean. Said he:
Chile is poor in money only. The re-
sources OF the country are great and the
chances just now for safe and profitable
investments are many. What our capital
lists, who are after such things should do
is TO invest a few hundred dollars in
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in TEEE BA@M W00DS OF (SE4ll4E
The Coal Beds and Goal
Mines Under the
PaeiGie Ocean,

lea. and all OF the ships must Goa, 49,.
] know there are mum Ter Of good nrss
critics OF this kind. All that the caa,ss AZ.
needs 20 do = to bring his experts of,, Ssss
and investigate They can tell from 49,
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Copyright. 1898.
HERE Is no use nowadays in
bringing home fine frocks,
odd bonnets and gay wraps. You
must fetch instead something that
IL is particularly odd. l. may be
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Chile has been very anxious to have i'm
migration, and she has In the past offered
extraordinary inducements TO colonists.
Each male immigrant WAS gwen 100 acres
OF land, a team OF oxen, a cart and a barrel
OF mats and 80 boards to build him a
house. lie was also loaned money for his
passage from Europe 20 chile. and WAS
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Copyright. iSas.

A@ HE baseball season OF 1895 Is
~ over. In spite OF the de-
pressing influence OF the late war
Il has been one of the most In
IL tCrest.ng races for the National
Freeland tribune. (Freeland, Pa.) 1888-1921, 1898-06-27

Miss Rella G. Harber, of Trenton,
N. j., State organizer for the Good
Roads and Public Improvement As.
sociation, has had such great success
with her work that the association is
more than pleased with her.
Miss Harber is a remarkable WON.
an. President Cleveland appointed
Miss Harber's father, the late Judge
t. B. Harber, Postmaster of Trenton.
Miss Harber was commissioned deputy
and succeeded to the postmastership
when the Judge died in 1896. Miss
Harber resigned in 1897 and went to
st. Louis, where she was employed in
the Good Roads office. Since then
she has been promoted to her present
position, and has organized fifteen
societies, all of which are steadily in.
creasing in membership.
Freeland tribune. (Freeland, Pa.) 1888-1921, 1898-06-27
How Some Roads Are Built.

The notion that anybody can build
road'' is responsible for many fail
ures. Commissioner Macdonald, OF
Connecticut, tells a story of such
people. He says that Quaker went
into hardware store to buy an axe.
"How much does thee ask for O
Bradley axe?" he asked.
Gone dollar and thirty-fve cents, u
was the answer of the shopman.
''Thee asks too much; 1 will make
an axe myself"
He bought n chunk of steel, took il
home, put it in the fire, hammered il
and belabored it until it had assumed
the general outlines of an axe head.
But it was dull.
"Huh," said he, "thee cannot make
an axe. But thee can make wedge.
He put the steel back into the forge
and knocked it into the shape of q
wedge. But it had lost its temper.
"Huh," again quoth the Quaker,
"thee cannot make an axe, and thee
cannot make wedge, but thee car
make sizzle," and he thrust the hot
iron into the rain barrel. That's what
a big majority of road-makers used to
do in this State-make sizzle.-Good
Roads Bulletin.
Freeland tribune. (Freeland, Pa.) 1888-1921, 1898-06-27
Affecting Proxies and samer Krnut.

The Attorney for the District of Co.
lumbia settled the very rerplexing
question, submitted to him several
days ago at the request of the sealer
of weights and measures, as to whether
sauer kraut and pickles should be sold
by dry or wet measure.
Says the Districts counselor: "The
well-known German preparation of
cabbage, known as sauer kraut, from
the method of its manufacture, con-
tains more or less of liquids, but, as
the greater part of the preparation is
solid, my opinion is it should be sold
by dry measure. AS to pickles, the
custom, as 1 am informed, is to sell
both by dry and liquid measure. If
the pickles are not drained they are
sold by liquid measure. If the brine
or vinegar is drained off, they are sold
by dry measure. My opinion is sauer
kraut should be sold by dry measure,
and that pickles should be sold by dry
and liquid measure, according as they
are drained or not. "-Washington Star.
Freeland tribune. (Freeland, Pa.) 1888-1921, 1898-06-27
Items,
Roads dependent on the weather,
Worthless are for months together.
Roads made hard by sciences art
AlWnNs firmly do their m rt

Roads dependent on the weather,
Worthless are for months together
Roads made hard by sciences art
Always firmly do their part.
If water stands on road it soon
ruins it; ruts collect and retain water;
the narrow tire is the father of ruts.
Hard roads make access to the farms
easy at all seasons; produce can be
shipped in any weather if the high
ways are passable.
In south Jersey town all the freight
wagons were changed to wide tires
over a year ago, and since that time
their roads have kept in much better
condition.
Lack of social life and restricted
means of communication drive the
young men from the farms into the
cities. Good roads will gradually
change ell that.
Colonel Pope, in speaking of the
wide tire agitation in Massachusetts,,
said: Carts and other heavy vehicles
should act as road-rollers rather than
road-destroyers."
Neb Wedtuer rOauS are Wnat are
needed. 1t is easy to make roads
that are good in dry weather, but to
make them good in the wet season re-
quires knowledge and skill.
The applications from the counties
in New Jersey for money to be used
under the provisions of the State-aid
law are so numerous that a bill has
been introduced in the legislature for
an increased State appropriation.
Farmers have been used to staying
cooped up on their farms in bad
weather for so long time that it is
hard for thom to realize the advan-
tages that would accrue to them from
having hard and clean highways at all
seasons of the year.
Freeland tribune. (Freeland, Pa.) 1888-1921, 1898-06-27
Better Roads Easy to Secure.

In recent paper Professor w. c..
Latta sets forth the results of investi-
cations which he has made in Indiana.
He sent out large number of letters
to farmers in different counties, and
from the replies received he gathers
the following facts
First The average estimated in
crease in the selling price of land due
to existing improved highways is SO. 4S
per acre. The estimates from which
she average is made refer in most cases
20 lands near the improved roads; but
in few instances they apply to all
lands of the county. The average in
crease, therefore, of Sc. As per acre is
lower than was intended for lands in
the vicinity of the improved roads.
Second. The estimated average in
crease per acre that would result from
improving all the public roads is SO.
Third. The estimated average cost
of converting tie common public roads
into improved highways is $1146 per
mile.
Fourth. The estimated average an
nua, hss, per 100 acres, from poor
roads is S76.2S.
He says that If these statements are
even approximately correct that they
furnish key to the satisfactory solu-
ton of the question of highway i'm
provement from the money standpoint.
On the basis Of the last mentioned es-
innate the average annual loss per acre
from poor roads is over seventy six
,ents. In five years the losses would
aggregate S2432 for every section of
and, and this sum would construct
rwo miles at cost of $1216 per mile,
which is sseventy dollars per mile above
the estimated cost given by the farm
ers themselves. The present road tax
which, under existing laws, is largely
thrown away, would, under proper
sJ stem of road maintenance. doubt
Freeland tribune. (Freeland, Pa.) 1888-1921, 1898-06-27
THE ILLS OF WOMEN
And How Mrs. Pinkham Helps
Overcome Them.
Mrs. MARY BoLLINeER, 11o1 Mariana

Mrs. MARY BoLLINGER, 1101 Mariana
St., Chicago, ILL.,, to Mrs. Pinkham:
~ have been troubled for the past
leucorrh9a, pains over my body, sick
headaches, backache, nervousness and
weakness. tried doctors and various
remedies without relief After taking
two bottles OF your Vegetable Com
pound, the relief 1 obtained was truly
wonderful. ! have now taken several
more bottles of your famous medicine,
and can say that am entirely cured"
Mrs. HENRY DoRR, No. SOC Findley St.,
Cincinnati, Ohio, to Mrs. Pinkham:
For long time 1 suffered with
chronic Inflammation of the womb,
pain in abdomen and bearing-down
feeling. Was very nervous at times, and
SO weak was hardly able to do any
thing. Was subject to headaches, also
troubled with leucorrhGs. After doc
toring for many months with different
physicians, and getting no relief, 1 had
given up all hope of being well
again when read of the great good
Lydia E. Pinkham's Vegetable Com
pound was doing. l decided immedi-
ately to give it a trial. The result was
simply past belief. After taking four
bottles of Vegetable Compound and
using three packages of Sanative Wash
can say feel like new woman. l
deem it my duty to announce the fact
to my fellow sufferers that Lydia
E. Pinkhan's Vegetable remedies have
entirely cured me of all my pains and
suffering. have her alone to thank
for my recovery, for which am CRATE
full. May heaven bless her for the
good work she is doing for our SEX"
Freeland tribune. (Freeland, Pa.) 1888-1921, 1898-06-27
CURIOUS FACTS.

Parchment used on the best .banjos
is made from wolf skin.
A horse will live twenty-five days
without food, merely drinking water.
In Japan, coins are generally Of
iron, and in Siam, they are chiefly OF
porcelain.
Water color drawings will, it is said,
last 400 years, if they are protected
from direct sunlight.
The coldest inhabited country ap-
pears to be the province of Wercho-
iansk, in Oriental Siberia.
There is enough salt in the sea to
cover 100000 square miles of land
with layer one mile in thickness.
A petrifed log, ten feet long and
weighing three tons, is to be one of
Oregon's exhibit at the Omaha lNeb. J
fair.
There are thirty varieties of the
canary bird. 1t is a native of the
Canary Islands, from which it derives
its name.
Calendar is derived from word
meaning to call or proclaim. AS used
now, calendar proclaims the time as
fixed for civil purposes.
It is computed that oil the houses
in London and New York could be
built out of the lava thrown out by
Vesuvius since the first recorded erup-
tion in '79.
The eagle first appeared on the seal
of the United States in design sub
mitted to Congress by William Bar
ton, of Philadelphia, in 1882. The
device was adopted June 20 of that
year.
A Missouri locomotive recently ran
100 miles solely to carry bottle OF
medicine. A physician broke his leg
and Hook jaw followed. The medicine to
cure him had to be brought from that
distance, and the time meant life.
The largest waves are seen off Cape
Horn, rising to forty-six feet in height
and 765 feet long fl ON crest to crest.
Waves in the north Atlantic have been
observed to rise forty-three feet in
height. In the German ocean the
height does not exceed thirteen and
one half feet, and in the Mediterrean
fourteen and one-half feet.
A poor priest, who died lately in
the Province of Messina, in Sicily, left
to his heirs-all poor country people
an old piano, which they offered to
sell for fifteen francs. No one would
buy 80 they decided to break it up fol
tirewood, when they discovered, under
the keyboard, bonds and bank notes tc
the value of los, 900 francs
Freeland tribune. (Freeland, Pa.) 1888-1921, 1898-06-27
Nluniak.

( In the island of Barbados large
quantities of q mineral have been
found which the natives call "manjak."
1t is Of bright black color and occurs
at very slight depth, sometimes on
the surface, in beds one to two feet
thick. 1t generally appears under an
nngle of about 40 degrees, and in the
immediate vicinity of rock. 1t is pre-
sumed to be solidified petroleum, which
Is often seen there exuding from the
earth or floating on the water. In its
composition this mineral is similar to
the pitch of Trinidad, to the Gilsonite
of Utah and the Canadian Albertite,
but it is of much better quality. The
best varieties Of "manjak" contained
2 per cent. Of water, 70.S5 per cent. of
volatile organic substances, 26.97 per
cent. of ditto solid ones and .1S per
cent. of mineral parts. Trinidad pitch
contains from q to 80 per cent. of wa.
ter, and about 3S per cent. of ashes.
Hence the manjak mineral is much
richer in natural bitunen. 1t IS used,
among other purposes, for the insula.
tion of electrical conduits, for varnish,
bituminous concrete and for fuel, mix
ed with peat. etc. 1t may to some ex.
tent supplant gutta percha as an in.
6ulating medium.-Savannah News.
Freeland tribune. (Freeland, Pa.) 1888-1921, 1898-06-27
silver Combs Darkcn the Hair.

A mystery of the toilet, male and
female, has been disclosed by the dis
tinguished scientist, DR.. Vanderwelde.
He says that the use of silver combs is
very ancient and has always been
popular among people of an uncertain
age. A silver comb tends to darken
the hair and beard when used with
regularity. The reason is very simple.
Hair contains sulphur, and this COM
bines with the invisible pieces of the
metal, which are worn off every time
the comb is employed. The combina-
ton of sulphur and silver is pure
black, as every housekeeper knows
who has used silver tableware. Young
men with slight and light-colored
mustaches, old beaux whose mustaches
are beginning to turn gray, women
whose hair shows the mark of age are
the three classes who use silver combs
with earnest zeal"
Freeland tribune. (Freeland, Pa.) 1888-1921, 1898-06-27
ODD DUCKS OF PORT TAMPA.
Of the Wild Variety, They Respond
Readily to Mans Call.

The most interesting thing at Port
Tampa is the duck. Port Tampa is
collection of piers, but there is a hotel
built on rres that are dressed in sewer
pipe trousers to keep the teredo away.
No Shooting is allowed around the
grounds or the piers, and, of course,
not little stuff Is thrown from the
hotel that is good food for ducks, peli-
cans and gulls. Accordingly these
birds come about the hotel in hocks,
and not only are they without fear of
the people there, but they have learned
to come for food when any one whistles
for them as If for a dog.
"At first It seems as II the birds come
as readily to the call of one person as
Of another, but the fact Is that two or
three people about the hotel are on
speaking terms with them. The birds
know their voices, and are plainly very
friendly with them. At an old boat
landing stage the pelicans gather doz
en- at time, and, sitting there in the
sun, preen their feathers and scratch
their ribs with their long, ungainly
looking bills. The fact that a lot Of
people are standing six feet away Is IN
no way disturbing to them unless some
unmannerly fellow pokes them with
cane. In that event the bird gives the
Intruder white-eyed look of astonish.
ment and utters a protest in Q voice
that Is SO gentle and delicate as to
make one wonder where in the world
such an ungainly bird got it. Then 1t
fops Its way to safety beyond the piers.
If undisturbed the pelicans often pill
low their heads on their backs ard take
a nap, but in that position they are
quickly observed by the tourist who
thinks 1t is fun to make trouble for
quiet folks, and they are quickly shared
by cane-crook and sent tapping to
the water.
"Only the smaller ducks come about
the hotel, but they are exceedingly beau.
tiful and graceful in their movements
while the gulls in their dancing flight
are of endless interest. No one has tried
to teach the birds to come to hand for
food, 1t is said, but 1t is plain that any
one with knowledge and tact and love
might establish an acquaintance there
that would enable him to write most
interesting story about our feathered
brothers af1oat"
Freeland tribune. (Freeland, Pa.) 1888-1921, 1898-06-27

The latest novelty in the way Of a
dinner was given recently by Lispen-
ard Stewart. of New York City. He
invited twenty y-fve of his friends to
dine at Martins restaurant, where
they found an elaborate spread and a
beautiful table, decorated with white
tulips, lilies of the valley and maiden
hair fern. When four courses had
been served-oysters, soup and fish
and an entree-the ladies resumed
their wraps and took carriages fur
nished by their host to the Hoffman
House, where haunch of mutton was
served with Brussels sprouts and a
grand display of violets. When this
was eaten the party re-entered their
carriages and drove to the Waldorf
Astoria, where they finished the din
ner amid most gorgeous spread OF
orchids.
The progressive plan will no doubt
be initiated, as Mr.. Stewart is great
swell and has many admirers, the idea
being that persons who want to eat
should go to the places where the
various viands they crave are served
in the best style. Nearly all the ia
nous cooks in New York have their
specialties. You go to one place for
fish, to another for joints, to another
for French concoctions, and others
will be celebrated for their salads and
their ices. The proprietor of a small
Mexican restaurant in one of the side
streets uptown is rapidly getting rich
because some bon-vivant stumbled in
there one day and was pleased with
dish of chill concarne, of which he
boasted among his friends, and as a
consequence all the "chappies" are
eating the hot stuff as matter of
fashion. Another small place kept by
an Englishman is famous for chops
and cheese, and, according to the pro-
gressive plan, people who follow fads
must hereafter chase tkalr dinners all
over New York, eating it in sections
instead of adopting the department
store policy of getting everything un-
der the same roof. William Z. Curtis,
in Chicago Record
Freeland tribune. (Freeland, Pa.) 1888-1921, 1898-06-27
An Anti-substitution victory.

Allen S. Olmsted, of LIE Roy, N. Y, whose
phrase, "a sample sent free on applica-
tion," is so ubiquitous in the newspapers
won signal victory when Justice Laugh
lin, in supreme Court, Buffalo, issued a
permanent injunction on the ground that
the Foot Powder in question was an in.
fringement on Foot Ease, the original one,
for shaking into shoes, etc. Suits will be
brought against all others who initiate his
trade mark, powder or sample packages,
which packages are sent free. A postal
card addressed Allen S. Olmsted, LIE Roy,
n. Y, gives your feet relief.
Freeland tribune. (Freeland, Pa.) 1888-1921, 1898-06-27

less keep improved highways in per,
feet repair.
The advantages to be gained he con-
cisely says are that good roads (2)
Economize time and force in transport
thtion between farm and market; (2)
Enable the farmer to take advantage
of market fluctuations in buying and
selling; (3) Permit transportation of
farm products and purchased commo-
dities during times of comparative
leisure; (4) Reduce the wear and tear
on horses, harness and vehicles; (5)
Enhance the market value of real
estate.
Freeland tribune. (Freeland, Pa.) 1888-1921, 1898-06-27

The New York State League for
Good Roads, which has been working
for seven years to develop a healthy
sentiment regarding road improve
ment, has changed its name to the
New York State Road Improvement
Association, in order to better dis
tinguish it from the State division Of
the League of American WEeelmen.
Freeland tribune. (Freeland, Pa.) 1888-1921, 1898-06-27
Mfnistera Will Ee Scnrce.

During the academic year 1S96-'97
the twenty-one German universities
granted 2,371 doctors degree, 1,1S7 of
them in medicine, 500 in philosophy,
1856 in law and 20 in theology. Erlangen
seems to be the favorite place for the
final examinations, 332 degrees having
been taken there.
Freeland tribune. (Freeland, Pa.) 1888-1921, 1898-06-27

A Georgia girlreioices in the name OF
Mary Eementa Ola Ludentia Laura
Suzetta Missouria Georgiana Jennie
PRESLEY Rhoda Diaretta Jane Cornet-
ia Bailey Purdue. That's all-at pres
ent--though some young man may
wish to add his name to her collection
sooner or later.-Lewiston Journal.
Freeland tribune. (Freeland, Pa.) 1888-1921, 1898-06-27

Clean blood means a clean skin. No beauty
without it. Cascarets, Candy Cathartic clean
your blood and keep it clean, by stirring ur
the lazy liver and driving all impurities
from the body. Begin to day to Danish
2imples, boils, blotohes, blackheads, and that
carets,-beauty for 10 cents. All druggists
satisfaction guaranteed. lee 20c, Csc, 50c.
Freeland tribune. (Freeland, Pa.) 1888-1921, 1898-06-27

A curious idea relative to flowers
prevails in Germany. It is regarded,
there; as q gross insult to lady to
offer her a rose from which the green
leaves, have been stripped, OF which is
unaccompanied by foliage of some sort.
Freeland tribune. (Freeland, Pa.) 1888-1921, 1898-06-27

an item in every marriage contract,
the husband engaging to allow his wife
certain sum for bathing purposes. If
it be withheld she has only to go be-
fore the Caai and turn her slipper up
side down. II the complaint be not
then redressed, it is a sufficient ground
for divorce.
Freeland tribune. (Freeland, Pa.) 1888-1921, 1898-06-27

The elephant does not smen with his
trunk. His olfactory nerves are con-
tanned in a single nostril, which is in
the roof of the mouth. near The front.
Freeland tribune. (Freeland, Pa.) 1888-1921, 1898-06-27
A School Girls Battle.

From The Mail, Milford, Ind.
Miss Emma Rybolt, a prepossessing schoo,
girl of Milford, Ind, is of more than usual
intelligence, and is ambitious to rise in the
literary world.
Sin the fall OF 1885," said Mrs. Rybolt,
Emma was taken i'll. She was q close
student and her work began to tell on her.
She grew weak, pale and nervous, and COM
planned of pains In her back, chest and
limbs. few weeks passed and she grew
worse. The doctor said she was victim Of
nervous prostration, and should have been
taken from school weeks earlier. She gradu-
ally grew worse, her nerves were so tense
that the least noise irritated her and she
had fever and q continual twitching in
her muscles. The symptoms were much
like ST. Vitus' dance,