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The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1899-11-19
RECEIPTS OVER $3.50 900.

~ HE total assay office receipts
for the current year exceed W.
50hp worth OF native gold. .
More exact as TO statement. Assay
er Wings actual purchases of the
virgin metal for the eleven months
and eighteen days foot up $le,Sei.-
2iiS These figures bring the value
OF the total deposits since the CT
Zee began business. July /. 1885, to
$iS,i7o 3ae 50.
The receipts Of the office fell on
materially during the past week,
ard will continue to decline for the
rest OF the year. as the gold season
is over and the product OF the
camps has practically all been ship .
ped out. Only one large consign-
ment. that OF about $is5.ooo. is
known to be en- route TO the Seattle
office. II was shipped from Dawson
on the Anglican. which got caught in
an ice jam at Se!wyn. As the ves-
sci Is reported to have later extri-
Gated herself. making White Horse
ten days ago. ii is probable that 1t
will reach Seattle before the close OF .
the month.
The deposits for the week as paid :
for by Assayer Wing, were:
Monoay .......-............-.. 1871 q .
TUESDAY OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES. l4.4S - .
eoHeSday ..-................ SSbol 50 .
Ihursoay ..-.......-.......... 3S.5o9 NJ .
rTiuay ........................ I'm 20
Total for week ...........sl4l.7a TO 50
The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1899-11-19

The Northern Pacific railway Is recog-
nized as having no superior. 1t L. the
pioneer line from the Pacific Northwest
and maintains its high standard OF excel
lence. No advance is made that adds 10
the comfort. luxury and safety of travel
but is taken advantage of by the North
ern Pacific on behalf OF It's patrons. The
miner from the north. going to his East
ern home TO spend the winter; the WASH
ington resident going East to visit his
relatives: the tourist returning from his
Western trip. AL find the Northern Pacific
the ideal line. whether on business or
pleasure bent.
ITO Second avenue Is the place to get
fresh coffee tea and spiceS
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Specie Imports and Exports.

NEW YORK. Nov. ls.-Exports Of gold and ST.
yer from this port to all countries for the week
aggregate &E5g6 silver bars and coin and $3.50 gold
The imports of specie this week were $l2 IA gold
and So.s6 silver, total Of sis So.
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ssrses * sacesen sales @asa sssy sxy~-. A szzh-
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fnnEEtsN MARKETS
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Receipfs and SHIPMENTS.
Dairy Products.

On the Produce Exchange tssisy the butter market
was arm creamery, iSaasc. dairy. Aesae Chsese-
Weak. iisagi2se EgeS-Firn; fresh. isc.
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WASHINGTON. Nov ls-Today's statement Of
the condition Of the treasury shows
Available cash balance ................1c e2 l5s s5
Gold reserve 80 10 40
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The Bank Statement.


Money call easier, Sa4 per cent: last loans.
Ter cent elo~ed per cent prime mercantile paper.
ssas per cent Sterling exchange easy. with actual
business Ia bankers bills al 81 s6e8 ssi for demand
and Al S. slsa4 81 for sixty DAYS posted rates, s24
and 81 commercial bills. sol Silver certificates,
ssls5asc: bar silver. ssic; Mexican dollars, sac
Government bonds. strong. state bonds. inactive:
railroad bonds. firm
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Imports of Mercha ndise.
NEW YORK. Nov. R-The imports Of dry goods
and merchandise at the pert OF New York this
week were valued at So To-, esa
o. q. O..
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Bustcr~Kaneh, snc up: fancy dairy. in aqusrcs
Nts.s: Washington ereamerics. lib and slh prints
sxagne.
Cheese-Satiyr wash.ns'nn. ISsise: Eastern. isss
iss; half skin, cheese. ilseisc
Egxs-strsessy fresh RANCH Nsase; Eastern. 2ass
3ie
Comb honey-C California eomb, is4aise: strained
ikQSse
foaitry-Iise chickens. iaalic: live turkeys ise
dressed tnrksys. Tssisc; ducks. Sass per dor.
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Meats. Provisions and F;sh.

Fresh mests-tou beef. rr per h, steel ase,
'satse FER III. muttVn settlers. 81 Ter 10 qoxk s.
FER Ii; veal. lNeev. e PR n: small a. per n
Provisions Hams large. tsse. sslan. Izc treak-
fast hseen *; dry tatted sides sse
Lard home made. fsF IN sse white star sie ]:
Cain Special. slc Lard compound sIrTces ~, ges
ssc. 4 II &c. *: N4la krs<. Size
fresh A&ls Habitat. sS{fc, ebiaauk salmon Ss-x.
tilScr. AsFee salsaa trot Sec mountain sr,st ea~
raanaess 5fir, sacs, A.; REX eoss sssc: shrsrng<
lAr. smsa' tsAe: herring. 81 se, hises e@t fass
eystsrs. OLYMPIA s. sack, e gallon Glars S. "a
sass: pnngsaess crabs, live. s. n. soasea. 81 y
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1899-12-12
An Explosive Nut.

Nature has hundreds of queer ways
of scattering seed broadcast, but none
of them are more peculiar than that OF
a South American tree called Hura ere
pitans. A celebrated naturalist, in
speaking of this remarkable tree, uses
the following language: "A curious in
stance of seed scattering shooting
them from the pod is afforded by Hura
crepitans, handsome tree which is
quite common in the valley of the ANA
zon. This tree has a peculiar fruit.
somewhat flattened. with deeply fur
rowed or fiuted body. made up of cir
Gle of many cells. each containing one
seed. When the seeds are ripe the cells
open and expel them with loud re-
port Hence the fruit is sometimes
called the monkeys dinner bell Stor-
les have been told of Hura fruits being
placed in desks, and subsequently open
ing their seeds with such violence as to
break ink wells, and even to crack the
wood of the desks
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1899-12-12
JAPAN's EARTHQUAKES.
Volcanic UpheavAIs in the Depths of
Ocean

he northeast coast of Hondo, the
largest of the Japanese islands, extends
nearer than any other land to the tire
mendous submarine hole in the earth's
crust known as the Tuscarora Deeps,
says Scribner's- This is the deepest
part of the ocean, so far as men know:
it is almost as deep as the topmost peak
of the Himalayas is high. Throughout
its hundreds of miles of width and
breadth there are submarine volcanoes
The seismic philosophers think that
through some volcanic upheaval in
these depths earthquake vibrations
were transmitted along the ocean bot
tom to the shore and a sudden rise of
the waters level sent the tidal wave on
its errand of destruction. The earth
quake shocks, which travel at a rate of
speed varying from two to twenty miles
a second, reached the shore first. They
were mild for quaky Japan. and it was
not until $50 in the evening-an hour
and half later-that the slower-mov-
ing waves of water were announced by
portentious booming sounds. Only
four miles away from the coast fisher
men were unaware of the presence of
any extraordinary wave But when the
on-moving volume of water reached the
steep sides of the sea bottom and
mounted up to the shallow places the
wave grew TO a height of twenty to
fifty feet and hurled itself into the in
lets and bays of the hapless land. over
whelming. with contemptuous ease. the
feeble dikes which the japanese fish
ermen and rice-planters had built to de-
fend their low-lying homes.
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1899-12-12
on the battle field, and has since been
living with friends.
BECAUSE WE'VE GOT TER"
Making the Best of What One Has-Do
Not Get the BIues.

making the Best of What One Has-Do
Not Get the BIues.
There was a clever little doggereI
going the rounds Of the newspapers
not long ago. written in the yernacular
Of HOgan's Alley or Mulberry Bend,
which gave good deal of wholesome
advice to the gamins of New York,
says the New York Tribune. Each
verse ended with the refrain: Because
you know you've got ter"
We must perforce accept the condi-
tons Of our life because ives got ter;
there is no choice about it. We are not
arbiters Of our fate. We cannot change
the circumstances of our environment,
but 1t is in the power OF every one to
make the best, instead Of the worst,
OF themselves and their surroundings.
Young people should be taught that
it is the part of coward to complain
and get in the blues over what is in
evitable and that "pluck's and "cour-
age" are qualities as admirable in
every day life as on special occasions.
Every one to a certain degree may be
''self-made" A youth may, if he is
ambitious. set himself to consider first
what material he has to work with
The same principle may be applied to
the body as well as to the mind. to So
cial as well as to business relations.
'Sef-made' need not refer purely to
material prosperity; physically and so
cially there are many self-made men
and women who, instead of succumbing
to circumstances, have so utilized what
has been given them that the one tai
ent or its equivalent has become ten
talents in their hands.
An undeveloped boy of is, for in
stance, resolves to improve his ply
sique and patiently and steadily de-
votes his energies to that end and by
systematic gymnastics, bathing, exer-
cising in the open air, proper selection
Of foods and avoidance of all things
hurtful, he becomes, four or five years
later, fine specimen of manly vigor.
A girl who is fairly good-looking but
not pretty makes up her mind to cure
herself of STOPPING, TO walk well, to
acquire fine carriage, to be scrupu-
lousy neat and well-dressed, to have
wholesome, fresh skin-in short, to
form herself, using the material which
nature has given her to the very best
/ advantage Both of these young peo-
1 pie may be said to be "self-made, "
| quite as much as the man who, poor
in the worlds goods, has made for
tune, for if good looks and health are
not equal to riches it would be hard
to tell what is
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1899-12-12
AMERICAN CHILD AND PARENT
FiiiaI Piety Almost Unknown In This
Country.

Country.
II was a pretty little letter that Ii
Hung Chang wrote to a little Brooklyn
girl few weeks ago, in which he com
mended especially to her the religion
Of his country-reverence and respect
for her parents-yirtues which in this
country are sadly neglected, says the
New York Tribune. The American
child judges his parent with youthful
severity, not unmixed with prejudice,
inasmuch as he is directly affected by
his fathers or mothers shortcomings.
To feel respect simply because GER
tain Individual stands to him in loco
PARENTS never enterg his mind. If his
parent IS worthy to be loved, accord
ing to the child's standards, he loves
him; II not, he dislikes him and calmly
discusses his faults as if he were a
stranger. What is known as fllial piety
is almost unknown in America. A GER
tain sense of duty is undoubtedly felt.
An old and INDECENT parent would be
cheerfully supported. For, without
having any particular reverence,
Americans are kind to old people, and
even tolerant to the foibles and weak
nesses of a grandparent. being only
severe in their criticisms of their i'm
mediate progenitors. The chief trouble
in this country is that there is no reg
ular standard common to every house
hold that all young people should con-
form to as matter of course. Some
families arc qfricf ofbaro aro Low L,,f
in one and all children rank with their
elders. Family rule is hydra-headed
in America" says one of our many
foreign critics with some reason, but
how they do love to criticise u.s. No
other country is so constantly dis
sected and pulled to pieces. Children,
wives and servants, all but the legti-
mate head Of the house, with an equal
voice in the management, and each
with veto over his personal wills and
wants"
1t must not be supposed" this
writer says in another part of his book,
from the social and domestic promi-
nence of the women and children, that
American men are a supine lot; they
are subordinate to their families, but
are not to be bullied by other men. 1t
is simply the habit of the country, as
an Indian warrior of undoubted bray
cry, whose tepee is hung with scalps,
may be beaten by his favorite squaw
without loss of dignity"
But, continues our latest critic, who
finds our institutions atrocious, our So
ciety crude and vulgar, yet who evil
IDENTIFY has kindly feeling for Amer
lean men and women despite their
short-comings-'le plus terrible of all
the enfant terrible, is the American en-
fant-"-in him he finds nothing to
praisel
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1899-12-12
THE SONG OF THE SHIRT
Mrs Hood Anew 1t Would Be a Sue

Mrs Hood Knew 1t Would BE a Sue
During his last illness Tom Hood in
an idle moment made an imaginative
sketch of his own tombstone. says the
Philadelphia Ledger He drew himself
reclining at full length on a thick slab
of stone. on the edge of which. in large
capitals, he wrote: He Sang the Song
of the Shirt This was the only in
scription, and, as he himself has said,
Tom Hood needs no other. How much
he felt and prided himself upon the
song by which he became known and
loved by millions is shown by this and
the following fact: IF were ennobled
these are the arms l should adopt, :"
said he one day, showing a rough Wig
nette to friend. The sketch contained
very beautiful and pathetic idea. 1t
represented heart pierced by needle
threaded with silver tears, and beneath
was the motto he had inscribed on the
imaginary tombstone. THE Song of
the Shirt" appeared in the Christmas
number of the fifth volume of Punch. 1t
was unsigned, but every paper in the
land quoted it, and it speedily became
the talk of the day. Hood himself did
not think it very remarkable, but Mrs.
Hood had said to him, as she folded it
for press: Now. mind. Hood, mark my
words. this will tell wonderfully. 1t
is one of the best things you ever did. -
Mrs Hood was right. The song was
translated into French. German and
Italian. 1t was printed on cheap cotton
handkerchiefs and parodied times with
out number. But what delighted and
touched my poor father most deeply"
says Tom Hoods son, was that the
poor creatures to whose sorrows and
sufferings he had given such eloquent
voice seemed to adopt its words as their
own by singing them about the streets
to a rude air of their own compost
ton"
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1899-12-12
Chinese Smiles.

Some of the ordinary expressions of
the Chinese are pointedly sarcastic
enough. A clustering. harmless fellow
they call "a paper tiger" When a man
values himself overmueh, they compare
him to "a rat falling into a scale. and
Weighing ITSELF OVERRIDING thing
they call "a hunchback making bow
A spendthrift they compare to "a
rocket" which goes off at once. Those
who expend their charity on remote
objects. but neglect their family. are
said to hang a lantern on pole.
which is seen affair, but gives no light
below"
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1899-12-12

While native of Central America
was boiling sugar in a bush. a iasuar
paid him a visit, with disastrous con-
sequences-to the jaguar. 1t made a
slight miscalculation in leaping for the
native, and landed with one leg in the
sugar kettle. The pain enraged the
brute still more and in revenge If
knocked over the kettle. This made
matters worse. as all four feet were
in the hot syrup. and then. cat-Ifke il
rolled over and over on the ground
with the result that it was soon COW
cred from head to foot with the sticky
stun, even its eyes being gummed nm.
In this condition it thrashed around for
full hour. bowling and snariing and
banging against trees until eomplateIy
worn out. Then the native. who had
been watching these antics from a
branch of a tree. cautiously. approach
ed. and. with his axe. knocked out the
last vestige of life, Then he removed
the hide from the carcass and exhib-
tied it as proof of his prowess.
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1899-12-12

An odd burial was that of Francis
Bancroft, summoning officer of the
Lord Mayors court in London, some
two centuries ago, who was character
lied as a wicked old sinner, though he
left E2O, 900 to the Diapers Company
to found the almshouses which stand at
Mile End TO this day He had made
his money by regular system of Of
fetal blackmail. issuing bogus sum
monses and limiting at the same time
that q fee to him would save all fur
Their trouble. These proceedings were
well known, for at his death his coffin
went TO the grave amid the excavations
of the mob The coffin was a curious
affair. The lid was hinged. to enable
the occupant to lift it and walk out.
and to make everything easy the vault
had folding doors paneIled with glass
TO permit the inspection of the interior.
The old rascal was possessed with the
notion that he would come to life
again after a number of years. and
burdened his liberal charitable founda-
ton with the sole condition that his
trustees should pay an annual visit to
his tomb on May day to see if he had
got up. They did this for a time. but
ultimately tired OF it and gave it up.
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1899-12-12
TIE JEALOUS ELEPHANT.
Charlie Was Determined to Have Re
venge-Hard to subdue.

&barife was Determined TO nave ne
venge-Hard to sabdue.
Elephantine jealousy Is no laughing
matter An extraordinary instance ct
this huge and unwieldy sentiment wa
seen at Twickenham when Charlie, the
elephant which gained a great deal OF
notoriety some months ago by killing
his keeper in revenge for some real or
fancied slight. made an outrageous at
tack on fellow pachyderm named Ed
gar because he imagined the latter was
paying too much attention to Mary,
female elephant. in whose affections
Charlie thought he ought TO reign su-
preme. Edgar was purchased the 9th
er day at Earrs Court, and as he is not
yet accustomed to the strict discipline
of circus it was found necessary to
curb his disposition to run away by
claiming him from the tusks to Mary,
whose gentle character would, it was
hoped exercise soothing effect on his
turbulent character. Charlie did not
approve of this arrangement at all He
eyed the couple vindictiveIy and wait
ed his opportunity The circus people
kept him away from the happy pair
as much as possible. but suddenly one
morning, while Edgar and Mary,
chained together, were taking stroll
In the field where the tent was pitched,
/ Charlie saw them, trumpeted like the
herald in an old-fashioned turnament
giving the signal for the ARRAY, and
made a dash for Edgar. The latter
commenced trumpeting also; so did
/ Mary. Seven or eight other elephants
/ in the circus Joined in the chorus,
which was soon increased in volume by
| the efforts of camels dromedaTies.
horses and fowls of all kinds with
which the menagerie abounds. The
music was fully equal to score OF
| German bands playing in their most
| approved and yariegated style. Char
lies attack was so violent that, al
/ though the other is quite as big as he
| is. Edgar was forced to fee and was
pushed by his adversary through a
brook which separates two fields, drag
/ ging the unfortunate Mary with him
How the fight would have ended it is
impossible to say had not the great
noise caused all the people of the circus
to assemble with poles, ropes, sticks
and whips and end the combat-no
easy task, as Charlie seemed deter
mined to put an end to Edgar's court
ship for all time. However, the united
efforts of trainers. drivers and attend
ants succeeded in beating on the ag-
gressor The moment he saw the odds
were against him he sounded a final
defiant war-whoop and trotted of to
his stable. Edgar was then examined
and it was found that he had really
suffered very little injury. Charlie had
butted him in the head, causing a
slight wound under one eye, from
which blood was slightly flowing, but
beyond that the only damage he seems
to have received consisted Of scratches
on his back and sides from being
pushed through a hedge Charles
trainer, Prof TOttenham. said, in an
swer to a question respecting the origin
Of the fray: 1T was jelousy, and jeaI-
ousy alone. You see, Charlie and Mary
had been together over fifteen years
and he was undoubtedly jealous when
he saw his old sweetheart in the com
pany of Edgar"
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1899-12-12

There was noticed one summer. in
Concord, \. H. an odd appearance in
the topmost branches of tree believed
to be a hundred and twenty-five wears
old, and the observers could hardly be-
lieve their eyes. But when an adven-
furious marine climbed up the old giant
he found that the sight had not been
deceived; a currant bush was growing
contentedly up there. and clusters of
ripe fruit were hanging from the stems
as if it were the natural thing for CTR
rant bushes to grow in the tops of CEN
tury-old trees 1t is supposed that
earth collected. by the winds of years.
in the little clefts. and that the seeds
Of the currant had been brought by
birds. to find their home in the gatn-
cred soil.
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1899-12-12

\ heir velvet and diamonds with sucn
! Incompatible grace, crowded, Whisper
m ng. around the entrance. As is GUS
NJ ,oanary at Rome under these circum-
tances the church had been trans
,ormed into q concert hall; draperles
.s,f red silk covered the walls, the al
I sars had been removed and under
h ,arge canopy, supported by columns OF
,,ntdque wood, the platform was placed,
pom which forty musicians, all blind
/ ,,om birth. had just taken their places.
A. la the hall certain restlessness still
,.signed; the ushers were conducting
,s,,ae invited guests to their seats; in
ne first row only two seats remained
/, .noccupied.
). THE Princess Gozia is late, as US
al," remarked one of the pretty
M. aests. looking toward the empty
#. aces
;. "Oh, well, do not reproach her for
sch trifling fault"
H. What indulgence, my dear count.
~ is evidently useless to argue the
]. iestion with you. Has the delicious
III tile French woman staying with the
jncess turned your head, too? II she
Il. rs you had better look quickly, for
) IRE she comes"
!, A movement more pronounced was
#. ade In the crowd at the door and sew
al ushers hurried there. An old lady
: me bustling in, bowling and smiling.
:, le was without doubt one of the great
Il. irons of the Institution. Behind her,
s. ming on the arm of distinguished
u, liking man. walked the prettiest of
risians. Her nationality was evil
Mt, from the blonde hair, prettily
!. /. rled, to the tip of her small, highly
i. lighed shoes.
y. My friend, the Countess Germaine
Prefaille," said the old lady, pre-
J! 1ting her to two or three authorities
~, ssent.
i There was q murmur of voices, the
~ md OF scraping chairs, then the
IVY ices were lowered as the players be-
nl'a a to tune their instruments; the con-
'u t was about to begin.
I am SO sorry to tell you" said
~ ince Gozia, who had been talking
n'sa the leader of the orchestra, "Gaetano
me Il not be able to play his variations
AlF Rubenstein's romance. The young
nd girl who plays it with him was
DC ZEN scik this morning and no one
'Iet Q plays the violin we'll enough to
hA her place"
q lls Oh, what shame! The concert
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1899-12-12

Curious facts have lately come to
light concerning the island OF SakhaIin.
which lies off the eastern coast of ST.
IBERIA Cold winds and sea currents
circulate around it, and their effect
appears 10 be to produce on the is
land a reversal of the ordinary course
Of nature respecting the arrangement
of temperature. Usually the air is
warmest near sea level. the coolest on
highlands and mountains. but in SAX
hahn the coolest air is found near the
sea. and there the plants are OF an are
tic character. while in the lofty interior
OF the island the climate is mild, and
even sub-troDical plants flourish on the
heights.