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beach. The inventor Of this argument de-
serves a crown. Send that man py All
means to washington. Il 81 the hydra Sas.s
up and landed there, It wouldn't work two
miles of that endless beach before winter
settles upon the Arctic circle But can the
aii f' That IS al more serious question.
However what y the use q combating
such nonsense with argumentf Authority
has settled the thing just the way the
m 4 has Beam II the policy and law OF our
country that government lands below high
tide shall be sold or let TO nobody. This
Is what the yuprems court nso s q, r NE
at Cape Nome last season said. He would
on the one hand. permit no one to locate
permanent claim there. He would on the
9 fbere. n It was to Be common You might
dig gold there as you might dig clans
Only this. that when you left your place
the next man might DO the same. Inis
d deis SIe' Even those who. with their
names headed by that OF q local attorney.
communicate with the public in last even
n sn p waad be- perse c wen sassd to
20 back to Nome In the spring and mine on
the beach with the same rights he had last
summer /.
We'll, who says he shall not? Comm nj /.
commissioner has said In plain and unmis-
taxable words that he will not disturb
(even II he could the traditional policy Of
the government. He will issue no privf-
leges to either persons or corporations on
the beach. What more ID wantedf Go there
and dig You will find nobody ahead OF
you or coming after you with Q piece Of
paper emitting him to some definite strip
of beach beneath your feet. The persons
already quoted. unfortunately for them
selves, observe very knowingly no single
individual was In any way interested In
receiving this decision A bad admission
this. II 1t was not a private individual that
got this repulse from the commissioner, II
must have been corporation. Then the
commissioner has told corporation that he
can issue no privileges on the beach OF
Nome. He has announced the old, the
settled law. Why is ingenuity dissatisfied
with this?
II am not rejecting now on any efforts
made by our public-spirited Chamber OF
Commerce to secure legislation on general
mining questions. am sure they will be
cautious AS to attorneys, / do. however
regret the policy of many Of them in get
ting notoriety by the most unjust insinua-
tons and charges against companies simply
because they are corporations: companies
that have been no more selfish In opening
that region than miners themselves in
seeking Its gold; companies that have
done their full share In promoting the in
terests Of Seattle. For one OF these COM
NAMES I happen to be counsel, but I dc
feel that as a citizen OF this town could
saw in fairness all that have This thing
has been running on long enough and de-
serves q warm rebuke."
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DEFENDS THE COMPANIES.
BASIS FOR REPORTED ATTEMPT TO
ABSORB NOME BEACHES.
r. X. Bausman, Counsel for North
American transportation n
Trading Co. In Interesting Inter-
view Answers Miners Arguments.

Frederick X. Bausman, Of the law firm Of
Bausman. Kelleher & Emory and counsel
for the North American Transportation &
Trading Company, IL one OF those who be-
leve there is no foundation for the con-
tention by Cape Nome miners that an at
tempt is being made to gain control OF the
Nome beaches In behalf OF large cor
iporats interests, In an interview yesterday
y DAN this talk about an effort on the part
Of certain large transportation companies
to absorb the beach OF Nome through the
general land office or congress Is an out
rage. As Is now well known, several prom
inent attorneys of this city are anxious to
be employed by the miners. To be em-
ployed they have to allege that something
- wrong. To show that something IL wrong
they have to shut peoples. eyes to the
policy OF our government during a hundred
years and to the latest enuncfation OF 1t
by the commissioner OF the general land
office, meanwhile the agents Of these att
torneys are carrying on an unseemly can
vass and soliciting subscriptions on the
streets and In the elevators with open
rivalry and contention.
TN the name of all that Is reasonable,
why should a transportation company wish
to see that beach thinned Of its crowd?
How do these companies make money?
Who buys their tickets? Who buys their
merchandise? What more can they want
than to make that beach one of the busiest
spots in the world?
These questions have already been asked
by few OF the more thoughtful before set
ting down their names on a subscription
list for wine and Pullman fares TO Wash
ington for able counsel
"But, 1t is said. the companies want to
wharf 1t! Wharf the beach of Cape Nome?
How many miles of that beach are there.
pray? How many hundred millions Of dol
lars would 1t take to wharf It with labor
at 81 an hour and lumber at 800 thousand
feet? Besides, why build wharves at all
If the wharves are going to crowd out the
people2 What value would wharves have
without people, without busy. prosperous
people, to traffic on them?
This wharf argument. notice. is al
ready exploded. Now they have another:
The companies would like to hydraulic the
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.BEAR HuGn WAITE POPULAR.
In a Mild Form II Has been Intro
duced Into Society Dances.

The bear hug" waltz will. t Is said,
continue to be popular in Washington. de-
spite the opposition Of dancing masters,
according to Prof. Sheldon, who has re-
ceived letters from Secretary Oscar Dur
yea, Of the American Association Of Dane
ing Masters, which held its annual con-
vention at Niagara Falls In June. The
waltz. two-step and lancers will still be
the most popular dances. and as the bear
hug figures in the waltz and two-step,
Prof Sheldon says there will be mighty
few lancers danced"
Tho association adopted three new
dances which will be known as the Mag
ara, Gurlette and DuQuesne.
Dancing has been on the wane in WASH
ingtcn for the past four years, according
to Prof Sheldon, and there will be less Of
it than usual during this season. Two BIZ
cycle has proved a great enemy to Terpsi-
chore. and young people, instead of pass
Ing the evening In crowded bathrooms and
parlors and exhausting their energy In
whirling around over the floor, find
more pleasure In bicycle parties to popular
resorts. which conclude with jolly suppers
at the homes of the hostesses or at some
of the large hotels, and by midnight the
participants are at home and get q good
rest for the next days business or gayety.
The "bear hug" according to Prof. Shell
don, had its origin on the stage. where the
tOuBn QdHCeIS gave ltIlitdtlOuS Oh I&IpSl-
chorean evolutions on the Bowery and
East Side, in New York. From the stage
1t driftes to the riverside and suburban
garden pavilons, where II was picked up
by the young men with fondness for fire.
quenting such places, and some of them
more daring than the others introduced t
In a mild form into society dances. where
1t soon became popular, and despite the
outcry raised against 1t by many Of the
more staid leaders in social circles, II con-
tinues to flourish.
Another dance which has been seen at
some of the local pavilions and may be
adopted by society in modified form is
the "chica,' which was annexed when
Cuba and Porto R.ca were taken from the
Spaniards. 1t was picked UP by the SOL
diers in Havana and Ponce, and soon
found favor in variety halls and other
places of public amusement The "chica"
Is said to have come over to Spain from
Africa and was taken by the Spaniards to
Cuba, where i was adopted by the Span
!sh soldiers and soon became on of the
most popular dances Of the island. The
position taken by the dancers In the
''chica' Is the. same as in the waltz, and
It u danced to waltz time. only whore tie
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THE BALM OF A FAD.
Existing Conditions Demand rhat
You Have = Cult.

Bxisting Conditions Demand That
You Have = Cult.
Twenty-five years ago II was considered
only natural that a man should concen-
tratc all his interest In life In his office
and that q woman's hor1xon should be
bounded by baking cake ana making Ber-
lin work. College life, with it, consequent
freedom from the restraint Of narrowing
home Influences. and its introduction to a
new and viriIe circle at an impressionable
age. has altered all this. We later-day
Americans are only afraid 81 being pro-
v.ncial. This II a decade OF specialists
and specialties individuality Ii the word.
II neither art nor science has attractions
for you, choose fad. II does not matter
whether You are suffering f1bm ennui OF
overwork, cult you must have. 1t will
an ever new and never firing interest. a
stimulant to the tired brain after hum
drum day.
For instance. II you are musical in a
small way. collect the signed photographs
Of singers; make copies on velvet OF ia
NOUS scores. II reading Is your pleasure.
the old book stores contain mine Of in
terest to you, and OF wealth for your
library.
Be photographer, paInist, graphoIo-
gist teach your boy to inteIligently collect
coins and stamps. eggs, insects or rocks.
What matter II he does litter his room
with rubbsh7 Better that than have his
idle mind filled with idle thoughts. Teach
your girl to know the great art works of
the world by names ana history and to save
her pennies to buy photo copies Of them.
Let her learn to distinguish the fine Iaces
and beautiful embroideries she can never
own. to decorate her own room with ma
ttonal costume sketches. to grow and graft
roses, or. best Of all. become an authority
on the chemistry Of cookery.-st. Louis
Globe Democrat.
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Seattle, the growth of business and the
consequent noteworthy increase OF traffic
have all contributed TO render these inn
provements a pressing necessity. The
tearing up Of streets occasioned by the re-
laying and Improvement Of car lines Gas
on jackson street and Yesler way. a feat
ure of all young and rapidly growing cities,
has occasioned some Inconvenience. which
will be soon relieved.
The unusual traffic has cut up the
ground, rendering Il easily washed by the
heavy rains of this season, and has rem
dered almost impaAable parts Of streets
that have heretofore bean IN tolsrably
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TRAIN JUMPING A LOST ART.
block system Instrumental in DOimD
Away with the Practice.

Jumping from trains Is rapidly becom-
ing a lost art. One does not need to be
very old In the railroad business to re-
member when fiagman was not consid-
cred half hagman unless he could tuck
a lantern or flag under his arm and let
himself down to the ground from the high
step Of caboose when the train was run
ming at twenty-five miles an hour. Every
man OF the crew did It in those days 1t
was not merely an accomplishment, 4 was
something they had to learn, for which
they had use in their business every day.
In those days fagman practically had
no other duty than to protect the rear of
his train. The books of instructions were
very explicit on this point, and the word
Immediately was so prominent that you
could see It about AZ far as you could see
the book itself. The moment the slack
came in the train after the engineer had
whistled for brakes the fagman was sup
posed to Jump of and run back to hold
up the next train; and with trains running
under a five-minute limit man had to be
particularly nimble. While men were not
specially and officially instructed In the
art Of jumping on and of moving trains.
still brakeman had no chance Of being
promoted to fiagman II he lacked nerve or
was otherwise unit for the practice.
There are sometimes fat fagmeu now;
there were none then.
The block system has been chiefly in
strumental In doing away with train jump
ing as fine art. BY this system every
train Is assured of an absolutely clear
track for a certain distance. II for any
reason train comes to stop between
tive signal points flagman must 20 hack.
but this Is only In the nature OF additional
precaution. The fiagman 10 no longer the
sole protector OF train in the rear. and
the trains are under better control on ac-
count Of the air brake and other appli-
ances.
1t would be hard to say how fast train
a man could jump from. In general 1t de-
pended much upon the man. Men have
jumped from trains running at the rate Of
thirty-five miles an hour, and the FIRST
step they took when they struck the
ground was about rail length, thirty
feet Sometimes II was easy for them; at
otffer times a depression or an elevation
Of an inch under your foot would be
enough to make every muscle In your body
sore for a week. although you were able
to keep your footing. Nowadays. except
in rare cases. q man has no business, and
is assuming an unnecessary risk, In get
ting on or of trains running faster than
fourteen miles an hour
Idaho's Solitude.
Every state IL settled differently, Il the
trv, re to- Al
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up into idaho" he says, ''once, called the
'mountain-walled fastness.' and realise
how long tho pioneer must have been
held there In lonely solitude before the
the mines could have reached thu other
world. and then calculate why Idaho has
given existence to the Occur d'Alene, and
why It has men In congress with the cleo
trio vim OF Dubois. Can man arise
from such m environment without bear,
ing with him the resoluteness OF the mas
ter. even though he fail after he has.
emerged?''
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good condition. An example Of this is
Madison street. Mud is knee deep on It in
some places, where It is the despair OF the
crossing cleaner. The scene of the accom-
panying sketch was on this street, beyond
Twentieth avenue. yesterday. There is a
long hill there, which was once well plank
ed, but the passage Of many teams heavily
laden with lumber during the past fan,
breaking the planking and making many
chuck holes, has rendered II weilnign i'm
passable. Several wagons have been
wrecked and vast amount Of breath has
been wasted In profanity DIP and down this
hill .4
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THE street department Of the city gov
eminent is just now very earnestly
studying the question Of street i'm
provement. Ways and means are being
considered for beginning the work of con-
verting the muddy thoroughfares of the
rapidly growing city into delightfully."- clean,
well-paved modern thoroughfares. Various
kinds OF paving are being discussed, and
the relative advantages of plank. cedar
blocks, macadam, stone and asphalt are
receiving much attention.
The rapid extension Of building all over
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WALKERS would wheel instead Of the sharp

walters would wheel instead OF the SHARP
turn there Is momentary pause.
The two-step now SO popular is said by
dancing teachers to be the same dance
known a. the Dutch or German gallo
pode" In vogue years ago In German beer
gardens, and still danced by many Teu-
tons at their picnics or other gatherings,
only the Germans danced It more hilar.-
ously than It is usually danced at social
functionA
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No Money
In Advance.
Treatment
on Trial
and
approval.

full month. Remedies wcndul and aarvelous
deposit obligation exposure delivery
ton kind. .c..,.. - -
dubbed
tell that q: had died Yesterday and sy new eel xs.
And thus II dumped carload geld my feet would
answering and mention this and te company pcs SEND
Write ERIE MEDLCAL COMPANY Buffalo N. ~ and ask
forth caled MANHOOD
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Equal to the Emergency.
Amelia says that Georges proposal was
the most provoking thing she ever en-
countered."
How so7'
"why. just as soon as he had asked her
to be his wife he went right on and said,
I know this In 80 sudden
"And what did Amelia say?"
"Sayl Why, she couldn't say a thing.
He had just said himself the only thing
she was prepared to say
.Well, what did she do7'.
''She said, why. 1t isn't 30 awfuily md
den.' and then fell oil his neck.r--Cieve-
land Plain Dealer.
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Rsy =. q. Di1s, D. D.. pastor Flint Hsthod,ux
Episcopal Church. OAKLAND. writes: II n ~
qualrtsd wath the xork Of Professor J. whitehorn
In PhysicL CULTURE. and can bear testimony 70 IL
sssults / hare known two young men who have
bean ysv grsauy bsnsftsd--ons IN ny own family
and the ofhW young man who has bean sntirsly
cured q stammsring By short couns With Pro
fess3r WhttehMn His methods are sxcsalsns snd
] can commend him TO the coincidence a an /"
ssad for booklet. to J. wHITEHORN. A. u.
Phi o.. speech Spcctsliss, ISIS Linden st., near
etxtesnth D., OAKLAND. Cal Reception housa, =
y p n daily.
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TURQUOISE rings in many styles to
choose FROM w. H. Finck. s16 Second
avenue.
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Idaho's Solitude.
Every state IL settled differently. IL the
contention of writer In Ainslee's. Look
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FINEST WHISTLES. Haggerty's. 100 Sec
ond avenue south.
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THa SEATTLE DnoElfBm rs 1861
Tho Triumph d Love
IS Happy, Fruitful Marriage.

Every man who would know the 1
the now discoveries Of mcdfCa.
married life; who would I
and avoid future pitfau
tho wonderful Hftlo
The times., 1899-05-31
Valuable Building Lots in Desirable
Sections of Washington City at
Public Auction, by Order of the
CAPITAL Traction COMPANY.

By virtue of an order OF the Board OF Directors
Of the Capital Traction Company. will sell at
public auction, in front Of the respective premises
ON THURSDAY, JUNE lST, 1882 At lIALF-PAST
FOUR O'CLOCK p. NJ:
LOTS IS, %. 80. AND 81, IN SQUARE NO. ALL
each fronting "a feet St, just cast OF 9Th St
NV, with depth of 12G feet to 4 wide alley.
These lots are bounded thu east by Wiitoefser
ST. and on the west by paved alley i5 feet wide
AND, On THE SAME DAY, AT o'CLef'K p A..
LOTS "a, %, 26, and g. IN SQUARE NO. 23i,
each fronting "a feet on the cast side of lith
ST, near Florida ave. NV, with depth ot 100
feet TO q paved alley.
AND, AT THE SAME TIME.
The res- portion OF lots l2S and l2z, IN same
square (adjoining the foregoing property on the
south) improved by brick blacksmitl's shop,
fronting - the alley.
ANn, AT G O'CLOCK p. NJ SANE DAY,
LOT 81. IN BLOCK II. OF MERIDIAN HILL.
ting 80 fee, on Ontario ave-. Just north of Su-
pericr St, with a depth OF 40 feet.
NJTE.-All Ct the above property is located In
a rapidly advancing section, has good surround
ings, is in demand and offers rare opportunity
TO spcculators builders. and homsseekers. 10 be
sold separately with good title and taxes paid up
to date of sale.
TERMS on EACH LOT: ouc-third cash, and
the residue in two t2) equal installments. payable
in one and two years from date OF sale (with in
terest at per cent per nnhnm, payable semi.
annually, the deferred payments 10 be secured
by deed OF trust upon the property sold, or the
purchaser may pay all cash- deposit Of Sl00
will be required each lot at the time OF sale.
and il the terms not fully complied with in
fifteen days from date Of sale the company re-
serves the right to resell the lot or lets in de-
fault at the risk and cost Of the defaultins pur
chaser, after five days readvertisng in the Even
ing STAR" Of Washington, d. C. All convey
ancing, recording. notarial fees, and revenue
stamps at purchasers cost.
C. 7. DUNLOP,
President Capital Traction Company.
G. G. SLOAN & CO., Aucts- my1s-dSds
The times., 1899-05-31
RESIGN LIFE TOGETHER.
A Colorcd Man and Woman Agree
to Commit Suicide.

Montgomery. Ala. May 30.-Tbe discov-
cry yesterday afternoon in Oak Park. this
city. of the decomposing remains of Lula
Elmore completes the chain of evidence in
a story OF negro sentimentality. Lula Ell
more and George Wilson lived together in
this city. Recently Wilson was called
away for a month. On his return he found
another man living with the woman. A
few days ago he protested, and the wo-
man promised to be loyal. Saturday she
wrote him to meet her at railroad station
a mile from town about dark. He did So
The following morning he was found half
a mile further down the track with his
threat cut In the mans pocket written
on a pencil pad. was a statement purport-
ing TO be signed by him and Lula Elmore
The effect of 1t was that they had lived to-
gether and were then dying together
Careful search failed to reveal the wo-
mans body, and it was suspected that she
had committed the murder and left the
writing as blind The police have been
searching various houses in the city for
her since that time. Yesterday afternoon
persons strclling through the park found
the womans remains. The park is half
mile from the place where Wilson died.
and the presumption is that he killed his
willing victim in the park and then pro-
ceeded along the railroad to an advan-
tageous place and cut his own throat.
The times., 1899-05-31
HELD CAPTIVE BY INDIANS.
A Hunter Forced TO Marry the Chiefs
DnuEhtcr.

Vancouver. B. C.. May 3o-Joshua
Moody. an American. arrived few days
ago at the Indian village of Mamarok. tell
ing one OF the most peculiar stories OF
northern adventure on record
Moody was a sailor, originally hailing
from New York and went up the coast
from San Francisco ten years ago, being
then a young man. He found his way to
the Indian village. fell in love with a pret-
ty squaw and married her. One day he
went out hunting. That was eight years
ago, and he did not return until the other
day. This is the story he told
81 had been out hunting several days
and one night csmped at the side of a
stream. While / was asleep three Indians
sneaked up. bound me and dragged me to
the chiefs camp, a mile from there. From
that time ! was made his servant We
Travelled nearly 1000 miles toward the
Peace River district.
In year or two the people all treated
me with respect and the chief came to re-
gard me with marked friendliness. The
knowledge l had of medicine was a decided
help to me.
THE chief finally offered me the hand
Of his daughter. ! protested that ! had
one wife already, but was forced to wed
the chiefs girl just the same.
Until year ago was the principal ad-
wiser of the chief Then disease broke out
among the tribe and they blamed me for
not staying its rayages. l was forced to
fee.
THE trip took me a couple of months
and all / had TO live on was wild game"
Moody is now living with his first wife