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The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1898-05-08
Offensive Catarrh
SuccumbS to the
Home Treatment.

Mr.. Olof Pearson, In Conner.
Wash, writes OF the effects OF his treat
ment by Drs Copeland and Provost.
when commenced my course Of treat
ment was in a condition that / ind dn-
ficult to describe. i had been
Suffering for Years
From Catarrh and my entire system was
50 saturated with the poisonous secretions
OF this disease that / was almost COM
pleteiy broken down My nostriis were
clogged with great clots OF foul mucous.
and my breath took on so offensive an
odor as TO be intoIerable 10 myself and
family. l had
Intense Pains in Ny Head
Continually. lost all appetite for food. and
was unable 10 sleep al night. commenced
TO have hacking cough and my chest to
choke up 90 that u was d si for me to
very Respondent. ii really seemed az IL
there was nothing. left TO live for.
II had consulted physieions and taken
their remedies until ! was tired: in fact,
I had used everything that ! heard Of eaid
TO be help for catarrh. but failed 10 get
relief.
IN the papers about how Drs. Copeland
and Provost were curing catarrh and
finally decided that Il any treatment
would help me i was theirs. and so i
placed my case under their care.
Mad Found the Treatment That
Cures.
81; was hu. n short time uatis knew
that I had found the proper treatment for
nv disease. and all my symptoms have
s,Irc;,uFseCi 20 its action / now have
sDlenssia appetite. the pains IN my head
Rave sn.ire5y disappeared, and tass offen-
sIre o3or Is removed from my breath Ny
head : free ard Gear, sleep wel! and am
feeling that life - again worth is tx.
For the sake Of csfsFrn- afflicted nu-
mainly, I trust they B2H have s4e same
success u all cases a. has been achieved
IN NY GIVE.
The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1898-05-08
British Warxhip at san Pedro.

Los ANGELES, May THE British
warship fmperieuse, flagship Of the Pa
cific squadron. stopped al San Pedro to-
day for frest supplies. She remained only
a couple OF hours and proceeded aorthward.
The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1898-05-08
LED ROI NINE IS SOLD.
British American Corporation Pays
x:s.ODO,OOO For 1t.

SPOKANE. May THE largest min
ing deal ever made in the Pacific North
west was practically consummated here
todav, when an agreement was reached
for the sale Of the lie Roi mine, at Ross
land, TO the British America Corporation,
OF London. The price Is $3.O0000c. Half a
million dollars was placed on deposit In
London today. About 1850 900 OF the pur-
chase price will come to residents Of this
city.
The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1898-05-08

Japan VIII Consequently Immediate
ly EYacunte Weihaiwei.

LONDON. May 7.-Represensatives Of
China today turned over TO Japan the
balance of the war indemnity. amounting
TO $65,o0o000. Japanese troops Will forth
with commence the evacuation OF Wei
haiWei.
The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1898-05-08
S. PEI Month.
Threatened With
Dread Consumption:
Health RECLAIMED.

Mrs. tstzabetn AnOersOOs W0Ws
castle, Wash: 81 am satisfied that the
treatment given me by DIR. Copeland has
been the means OF saving my life. Two
years ago 1 took severe cold, which oo&~
tied on my chest and bronchial tubeA I
had constant pains under my shoulder
blades and through my chest. and
An AsysuI Hacking Cough
that never left me day or night.
Sometimes I would raise great oman.
titles Of mucous and phlegm. and again I
would cough and cough without being able
IL disturbed by this continual coughing
ana having to rise up In bed TO catch ~
breath. I had terrible night eweata ana
was so weary and tired aii the time.
II kept growing weaker and thinner un.
I'll my husband and friends thought haA
consumption, and l feared 40 myself
when / had almost given up hone 0f
ever recovering my health I was por.
shaded 10 go TO Drs. Copeland and Provost
/ felt go weak and miserable that Wa0
hardly able 10 make the trip to their Office.
1.-THE first months treatment brought A
improvement. and I have followed e uD
until j am now well and strong again 4
never cough any more. nor have any dtfa-
Guilty In breathing. ] sleep well and awake
refreshed. My appetite IL good and my
strength has returned No that now do Ill
the houssaworx for my family.
My Cure In Com plet~.
my recovery 10 such excellent health.
from what seemed TO be certain decline
into consumption. is 80 marvel 10 all my
friends and neighbors."
The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1898-05-08
NATIONAL LEAGUE GAMES.


CLEVELAND, Nav 7-LouEsville went
to pieces at one time In the first game and
did not recover until the second game also
had been lest, Score:
Worcester morning daily spy., 1898-02-27

A great deal has been said about the
inhabitants of the nearby world which
we are trying so hard to speak" and
much has been written about the men
that probably live there, but has any
one ever taken the trouble to fathom
the woman of Mars and find out what
her qualities and peculiarities may be-?
A French scientist has been at work
upon the woman of Mars, and this is
what he determines:
M. Carrot, FOR such is his name, de-
cides that the Mars woman will be IS
feet in height. He bases his judgment
upon the many scientific works that
have been written about the Mars in
inhabitants and upon observations
which he has made. In support of this,
his first and most positive statement re-
garding the Mars women, he cites the
vegetation visible upon Mars. He says
the trees are tall and straight, an in
fallible sign of tall women Quoting the
Indians of the central forests in sup
port of this theory, and the fact that
the trees grow close and luXuriantly
where women are big.
Women, this strange scientist asserts,
grow near to nature and follow the
vegetation as men cannot. Though he
adds that the men of Mars are neces-
sarily tall, springing from such parent
age This fact of superior height in our
neighbors has never been disputed.
M. Carrot says that the women of
Worcester morning daily spy., 1898-02-27

when it was found, it would show that
the world was much more elongated
at the poles than we now believe, and
that, consequently we would, by seek
ing the polar regions, stand very near
to Mars.
But this is diverging from the fascin-
ating woman question!
What, then is the consensus of opin-
ion concerning the women of Mars, as
deducted by NJ Carrot from his own OBJ
servations, and from those of other sci
entists. First, that the women are
very tall; second, that they are marvel
lously innocent and beautiful; and last
ly, that they dress with great magnifi
cence The latter-day theories that the
planet cannot be inhabited, is secuted
by this Frenchman.
He says that it is probable that the
people of Mars have much greater
knowledge than we, though they are
less educated Had they been educated
equal to us, they would now be answer
ing the many signals sent to them,
which they have seen, but doubtless
lack the facilities for reply. They need
electricity, instruments and education
before they can answer.
The dweller in the world can believe
then, that standing upon planet not so
very far away is a beautiful woman
IS feet tall, looking earthward with
longing eyes, but utterly powerless to
bespeak the people who are signalling to
her every night-as countless scientists
are busy doing.
Worcester morning daily spy., 1898-02-27

Mars are very lovely, with a different
beauty from earthly women. They have
an innocent expression, and are Singu-
larly unaffected in their ways. This, too,
he deduces from Gatural phenomena.
In the matter OF dress his deductions
are still more startling. The women Of
Mars dress in gold and silver he says.
A dress of cloth-of-gold, with suns in
pure gold scattered over it, would be
simply an afternoon costume for a
woman of Mars, one of her lounging
dresses, suitable for stroll in the
woods and on the hills Of the planet
Gold, Carrot says as do most astrono-
mers, is to be found in great quantities
in Mars, and naturally the women
would wear great deal Of it.
The gold theory Of the neighboring
planet was first brought forward by an
astronomer of the beginning Of the cen
tury. who declared that, even with his
crude microscopic possibilities, he could
detect the glittering presence of gold.
He, too, in one Of his essays, brought
forward the theory of the magnificent
dressing possible to the women of Mars
and suggested that nothing on earth
could ever equal it,
1t was this same theorist who sug-
gested that our present day Biographies
were at fault, and that when a correct
geography was made, it would show a
marvellous proximity to Mars, and he
urged the theory that, after all, the
Northwest passage might be a solution
of the difficulty. He suggested that,
Worcester morning daily spy., 1898-02-27
CONCERNING BREAKFAST.
From .Cornhill Magazine !

(From ,Cornhill Magazine)
The breakfast appetite varies strange
ly. Some persons are content with a cup
of coffee and piece of toast; others
make it the most determined meal of the
day. Once it was formidable indeed. In
Sir John Hawkins History of Music"
is quoted sixteenth century manu-
script belonging to the house of North
cumberland, which gives the breakfast
arrangements of the Percy family both
for Lent and for flesh days; and, oh,
how some of us have fallen away in
trencher work! Here is the simple
Northumbrian scheme: Breakfast for
my lord and lady during Lent-First, a
loaf Of bread in ternchers, manchets
"a manchet was a small loaf of white
bread, a quart of beer, a quart of wine
2 pieces of salt fish, baconn'd herring
white herring, or a dish of sprats
Breakfast for my Lord Percy and Mas
ter Thomas Percy-Item, half a loaf of
household bread, a manchet, bottle of
beer, a dish of butter and a piece of salt
fish, dish of sprats, or three white her
ring. Breakfast for the nursery, for my
Lady Margaret and Master Ingeram
Percy-Item, a manchet, quart of beer
6his for the nurseryD, a dish of butter,
q. piece of salt fish, dish of sDrats, or
three white herring"
At ordinary times my lord and lady
Jared thus: First, a loaf of bread in
trenchers, manchets, a quart of beer
a quart of wine, half a chine of mutton
or else a chine of beef boiled; Lord
Percy and Master Thomas Percy dis
posed of "half a loaf of household bread
a manchet, | bottle of beer checking
or else 3 mutton bones boiled; while to
the thirsty nursery went "a manchet, l
quart of beer, and three mutton bones
boiled"
In Halls Seventh Year of King
Henry VIII we find what constituted
the breakfast of outlaws. "Then sayde
Robyn Hood, Sir, outlawes brekefaste
is venyson and therefore you must be
content with suche fare as we use. Then
the Kyng and Quene safe downe and
were served with venyson and Wyne by
Robyn hood and hys men, too they're
great contentacion." "Contentacion" is
splendid; it might be reserved for the
red-letter breakfast. Isaak Walton and
his honest scholar made brave break
fast of piece of powdered beef and a
radish or two, as they sat beneath a
sycamore. Considering that this was
at 8 o'clock and they began fishing soon
after 5, they deserved it. ''All excellent
good" said the honest scholar as he
wiped his mouth "and my stomach eX-
cellent good too" Walton's collaboration,
Master Charles Cotton, was less indul-
gent my diet" he said, 'is always
one glass (of ale) so soon as ] am
dressed, and no more till dinner, which,
compared with the excesses of the Percy
children, is asceticism itself Viator, in
the same work, took even less. 81 will
light a pipe" he said "for that is COM
monty my breakfast too" Viator, how
ever, was misguided. Had he eaten
breakfast first and lighted his pipe
after, his lot would have been more en-
viable. No pipe is so gracious as that
which follows breakfast. Calverley
sinned when he omitted this season
from his ode to tobacco, Sweet when
they've cleared away lunch" he sings.
True; but sweeter, nay, sweetest, when
they are clearing away breakfast.
Worcester morning daily spy., 1898-02-27

side doors, blinds and rain conductors,
olive; veranda floor, light brown; We
randa ceiling, oiled; panels in gables,
light brown with olive framing; gable
shingles, oiled
Accommodations: The principal rooms
and their sizes are shown oy the floor
plans. Cellar under whole house with
inside and outside entrance and con-
crete floor Three rooms and hall and
closets finished in attic as shown by the
plan. Set range, stationary wash tubs,
sink and boiler with hot and cold water
in kitchen. Open fireplace in dining
room and parlor Sliding doors connect
parlor and dining-room and nall. China
closet in dining-room and large pantry
and closet in kitchen.
Cost $4,000, not including mantels,
range and heater The estimate is based
on New York prices for material and la
Dor. In many sections of The country
the cost should be less.
Worcester morning daily spy., 1898-02-27
PATAGoNIAN GIANTS.
CFrom the Boston Transcript.)


The tribes to the east of the Cordilleras
in southern Patagonia belong to Araucan-
ian stock, and are a superior race. The
Tehuelches-as they call themselves-of
southern and eastern Patagonia, are the
people whose unusual stature gave rise to
the fables Of early days to the effect that
the natives of this region were giants
averaging nine or ten feet in height. 1t is
a fact that they are the tallest human be-
ings in the world, the men averaging but
slightly less than six feet while individuals
of four to six inches above that mark are
not uncommon. They are in reality by no
means savages, but somewhat civilized
barbarians. They are almost unacquaint-
ed with the use of firearms, notwithstand-
ing some contact with the whites, but
they have plenty of horses and dogs. Tn
surpassed hunters, they capture the gu
aIlaco and the rhea or South American
ostrich, and from the skins of these and
other animals they make clothes and COW
erings for their tents. They make beau
tiful "capes." or mantles of fur and
feathers which are highly priced by Eu-
ropeans and find a ready market, most Of
the proceeds being spent for bad whiskey,
which is brought into the country in guam
titles by traders.
Worcester morning daily spy., 1898-02-27
THE WEIGHT OF BRAINS.



Some interesting facts bearing on the
size and weight of the brain were given
recently by Sir William Turner. In the
case of Europeans the average brain
weight is from 40 ounces to 50 ounces in a
man, and from "A ounces to 45 ounces in
woman. 1t is interesting to note that even
in newborn children the boys have bigger
heads and heavier brains than the girls.
The brains of a number of men of ability
and intellectual distinction have been
weighed, and ascertained to be from 55
ounces to 60 ounces. In few exceptional
cases, as in the brains of Cuvier and Dr.,
Abercrombie, the weight has been more
than 60 ounces, but it should also be
stated that brains weighing 60 ounces and
upward have occasionally been obtained
from persons who had shown no sign of
intellectual eminence On the other hand,
II has been pointed out that if the brain
falls below certain weight it cannot
properly discharge it's functions This
minimum weight for civilized people eX-
perts have placed at 81 ounces for men
and 32 for women.
Worcester morning daily spy., 1898-02-27
BENEFITS FROM WATER DRINK.
ING.
(From the Youths COMPANION.

When it is considered that the body is
made up very largely Of water it can
readily be understood how important to
health is a constant supply of this fluid
Many people have a notion that the
drinking of water in any amount be-
yond that actually necessary to quench
thirst is injurious, and acting on this
belief, they endeavor to drink, as little
as. possible. The notion, however is
wide of the truth. Drinking freely of
pure water is most efficaelous means
not only of preserving health, but often
of restoring it when failing. All the It's
sues of the body need water, and water
in abundance is necessary also for the
proper performance of every vital func-
ton. Cleanliness OF the tissues within
the body is as necessary to health and
comfort as cleanliness of the skin, and
water tends to insure the one as truly
as it does the other. 1t dissolves the
waste material, which would otherwise
collect in the body, and removes it in
the various excretions. These waste
materials are often actual poisons, and
many headache, many rheumatic
pains and aches, many sleepless nights
and lstless days and many attacks of
the "blues" are due solely to the circu-
lation in the blood or deposit in the tis-
sues of these waste matters, which can
not be got rid Of because of an insuffi-
cient supply of water. Water is ac-
cused of making fat, and people with a
tendency to corpulence avoid it for that
reason. But this is not strictly true
1t does undoubtedly often increase the
weight, but it does so because it i'm
proved the digestion and therefore more
of the food eaten Is utilized and turned
into fat and flesh. But excessive fat
which we call corpulence, is not sign
of health, but Of faulty digestion and
assimilation, and systematic water
drinking is often employed as a means
of reducing the superf1uous fat-which
it sometimes does with astonishing
rapidity.
Worcester morning daily spy., 1898-02-27
A RICH woMAN's UNIQUE CHARITY
From the Chicago Inter-ocean.)

G'rom the Chicago Inter-Ocean.)
A San Francisco doctor performed
successful operation for rich woman.
and when asked for his bill presented one
for $50. The woman smiled and said, DO
you consider that a reasonable charge
considering my circumstances? The doc
tor replied: That is my charge for that
operation; your circumstances have moth
ing to. do with it," The lady drew a
check for $500 and presented it to him. He
handed it back saying; II cannot accept
this. My charge for that operation is
$50. Every well." the woman replied.
keep the check and put the balance to
my credit" Some months after she re-
ceiyed a lengthy itemized bill, upon which
We're entered charges for treatment of va
rious kinds, rendered to all sorts of odds
and ends of humanity. male and female,
black and white, who had been mended at
her expense. She was so delighted at it
that she Immediately placed another
check for $500 to her credit on the same
terms, and it is now being earned in the
same way.
Worcester morning daily spy., 1898-02-27
THE POPULAR HOUSE.
fCopvright, 1881

Some years ago the popular English
writer who was known as Hugh Con
way" wrote a novei that made a sersa-
tional success. 1t had an extremely or
igiual ard striking plot. The hero was
a blind man, and one evening he was
walking alone in the street in front of
his London home Finally he walked
up the stoop Of what he supp lsod was
his house, opened the door With MS
nightkey and mounted the stairs within.
RuL il proved that he had gotten into
the wrong house, and had entered it at
the most importune moment, for mur.
der was being committed, an he had
interrupted the assassins at theic dos-
perate game. The story was so thrill
Worcester morning daily spy., 1898-02-27

iaG 3hd eNc.tug that ordinary readcrs
accepted it without demure. But some
critics proceeded 10 pull i. apart With
out raercy. 1t was urged that the plot
was palpably absurd in tlat it made
the hero's nghtkey open strange
house, and in that the eNtraerdinar|
acute senses of a blind man did not in
stantly detect the unfamiliar surround
ings. But that such mistake could
readily occur in a bewildering row of
city houses, all built after the same plan
and at the same time, there have been
many experiences that could be adj
vanced as arguments Many a person
has entered the wrong house and gone
as far as the second or third floor with
out discovering his mistake, and that
without blindness for an excuse. 1t is
generally supposed. however, that such
experiences must of necessity be limit
ed TO rows of houses; what will be said
of the statement that there are hun
dreds of villa houses scattered through
all parts of the country that are identi-
cally alike save for idiosyncracies of
furnishing. Into any one Of these,
whether situated in New York state or
Arkansas, a blind man might be led, and
he could not distinguish tEe difference
save by an examination of the fulni-
ture. This is rather a sweeping state
ment to be accepted save upon proof,
but the proof is not far 10 seek. The
villa that is pictured here might well be
called a popular house for the rec
ords of the architects show that the
plans have been purchased and the
house erected from them not fewer than
one hundred and sixty-seven times. The
demand for it has come from all parts
of the country, and it also has been
>rected in other lands. One might find
Worcester morning daily spy., 1898-02-27

ulst ana second stories, cidpooards; ga
'les, panels and shingles aoof slate.
Interior finish: Hard white plaster,
plaster cornices and centres in parlor.
aining-room and hall; white flooring
throughout first and second stories ex-
cept in kitchen, where yellow pine is
used; spruce flooring in attic; first story
10 have double floor with paper be-
tween; trimmed thoughout white pine:
staircase, ash; panels under windows
in parlor and dining-room; wainscoat in
kitchen; interior woodwork finished in
hard oil.
Colors: All clapboards of first story
seal brown. clapboards Of second story
and all sashes bright red; trimmed, out
Worcester morning daily spy., 1898-02-27

Shifting the responsibility-''I has
been proved by half a dozen witnesses x
said the police magistrate, that you are
selling bread under weight Have YOU
any explanation to bffer?" 1.-THE fours
so bad these days your honor, replied
the honest baker. looking the magistrate
fearlessly in the eye. that my con-
science won't let me sell it to the people
in greater quantities than can help.~
Cleveland Leader.
No Novice-Cattus Cal-"Thet there
new minister Z ourn amt no tenderfoot.
See; he's usin' his left hand ter shake
hands with TIL membrs Z his congr'ga-
ton" Easterner--"Whatd does that ac-
tlon signify?" Cactus Cal--"It don't sig
nifty nothin', stranger, but 1t leaves his
gun-hand free. Judge.
Worcester morning daily spy., 1898-02-27

Trouble in the Family.-"We gave up
having coat of arms" "Why?" MY
husband said my griffin wouldn't look
well dragging his ancestral milk wag-
on."-Chicago Record
Worcester morning daily spy., 1898-02-27

its fac-simile in the uttermost parts of
the earth 1t will be seen that the
'house is an attractive one, but its sue
cess is not due to this part alone. Many
houses are just as pretty and as home
like in design, but have nothing like
such a record for duplication Those
who have purchased the plan give us
the reason for their choice, that it is an
unusually large and roomy house for
its cost. A careful examination Of the
plans will show that every inch of space
has been made available. In especial
there are many bed chambers, and all
are well located for light, ventilation
and comfort
If man has pleaty of money to spend
In the erection of villa house, he can af-
ford to indulge his individual tastes. He
can make his house reflect his own per-
sonal whims and preferences. But when
his means are limited he naturally seeks
most for his money, and to him it is the
best indorsment of the accompanying
plan that has found acceptance as many
as one hundred and sixty-seVen times.
AS long as it is different from his neigh
boris house and is individual in its sur
.roundings, it makes no difference to him
if 1t has been erected in many other cit
les or towns. But think what one hum
drel and sixty-seven houses mean.
Brought all together they would make,
not a hamlet, but quite village 1t is
certainly the banner record for any set
of plans. 1t proves that haman nature
is initiative, and establishes the fact
that wage-earners feel an interest in
improved housing
Worcester morning daily spy., 1898-02-27
DESCRIPTION.

General dimensions: Width through
dining-room and kitchen, 29 feet; depth,
Including yeranda and pantry, 81 feet
Inches height of stories, cellar, Z feet
inches; first story, 9 feet 6 inches; sec
md story, 9 feet; attic, s feet.
Exterior materials: Foundation, stone;