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The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1899-03-19
Great Northern. Northern Pacific and Ca

+
madam Pacific.
Ii has happened during late years that
summer rates by steamer from the sound
TO San Francisco have been cut down TO
s. for first-ciass and s.. - for second-ciass
passage. Even adding the former to the
second-ciass rate from St. Paul, the cost
OF getting from there To the Golden Gate
city would be 81 - less than the rate just
announced by the Southern lines, and at
the second class steamer rate the reduc-
ton would be stiil less. This is a source
OF competition that has apparently not
Vet been considered by the California
lines. and when IL IS thoroughly realized
In the East that such condition obtains.
il Ia believed there viii he AN oyerwnelm-
ing turning OF travel to California by
way OF the Northwestern roads. Even at
the present srcond-ciass rates from here
To San Francisco OF $50, the fare from
st Paul il :. less than ny this latest re-
ducsion. 10 say nothing OF the saving OF
hoard for three days. which Is included IN
III. Staanasr raie-
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there In no doubt
whatever that ii was
"A genuine case or
consumption - the
lungs. I had hem
orrhages from the
IA gs for SIX
months. / paid the
doctors $40, and
then they told me
they could not cure
rue --- that I was in
curabIe. / had be-
come 50 weak that l
xx~sa. - .ssar, - x..1 A. sa.A
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ments OF that road. A large part of the
money Will go tn pay for the new depot
will pay for the new equipment ordered.
another thick slice will pay for the Jules
burg branch bought from the Colorado
southern. and the remainder will pay for
lmproNements already contrac ted for
The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1899-03-19

Ing you tnat Peru
ma had completely
cured the bronchitis
with which l had
been afflicted for
some time. A short
time after ! ceased
taking the Peru ma
] had a slight attack
Of the bronchial
cough. l Immediate
Iy took one bottle OF
Il n a. which
stopped IL. After
4 n
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which had four successive winters. AL
though had cough with 1t. had not a
symptom of the bronchial cough which
had always troubled nae before. heart
lily recommend Pe-ru-na as a cure for
bronchitis"
Mrs Mary Fritz. Berwick, Mo, gays:
II WIS victim OF cons14nnnttnn ana
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More Homes~ekera Coming.

General Passenger Agent Fee. OF the
Northern Pacific. SAID in St Paul last
week that the next homeseekers' excur-
sicn. 10 leave there next Tuesday. would
De the banner one Of the wear, despite th.,
large number that ca me West on the las,
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/ contracted = -
rent cold. which -
tied on my lm
ard for four m00sl
! ran down rapool
coughing up Quaaee
ties OF bloody Tnuca
and frequently 49,
orrhages from -
lungs. I was ON ~
verge OF the gres
Ny husband
friends had Gfvea
.,n knsua una. NJ
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Mr. F. A. Dixon. SO East Tenth street. Kansas City.
NO.. editor Missouri Department "Sprg OF Myrtle In
recent letter to DIR. Hartman says: Permit
to my appreciation Of the that have
derived from nsing Pc ru-na in my family
Being OF limited means. have had TO be
careful not to spend any money than was neces,
sary on doctor bills Some years ago began using
Pe-ru-na in my family a family DOCTOR and have
been highly pleased with the result.
My wife has used 1t for catarrh and experienced
great relief. My little girl been sick number OF
times. and waen used your medicine proved sue
have myself several times and consider
II very valuable medicine.
speaking from personal observation I consider II a
good investment to keep 1t I'm my home, ard believe
every man 10 desires relieve suffering and az the
same time save money should investigate the real
Its OF your Pe-ru-na and other medicines"
Mr. q: +. Perry OF Atchison Kan, got entirely
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500 Meets the Rate

The Canadian Pacific has met the sec
ona-ciass reduced rate Of the Csrea I
Northern and Northern Pacific The rate
Is for one way. westbound. meeting the
fare tn all competing points and 20 The
kooienai district.
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A petition numerously signed by residents
or the FIRST precinct. Ninth ward, was YES
terday flied with the clerk of the city coun-
Gil against the operation in that precinct
keeping more than two swine or three cat
tie. This ordinance was introduced In the
council March 8. and its passage Is vet
pending.
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DR.. A Sparks. a retired physician. died
suddenly yesterday afternoon OF heart dts
ease at his home in Columbia. aged 7s years.
He was a native of Ohio. hut lived In ST.
John, Kan, from 1876 to 1893. During the
with his family. settling at Beaver. Ciai-
lam county. Last October he took up hts
residence in Columbia. where his sons are
In business. He leaves q wife. three sons
and three daughters
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The HTrs ~ <us@~ sz1eSat stsast - the Sc
AiEs- ROD sd Gas G4ssa AL be AEaa al TIE
&s+s SEATTLE tTATss sa@sax. @ssoasarx VII
leave 81 tss II p @s'Sees ferry. liz a8dst.or
~ the regular g~zssa1 sssosasx shsre xH De
a aAntseze event an1 cTss 80 two special
0AsGNsA~ ts&@xs~s@ Ara ssass4kxs4S ws.S1rons
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Charleston. w. Va. March I. u


Gentlemen:
w.
anent directly
happen these
Penna internal
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bed. Ny husband went To town ana got
a bottle OF Pe-ru~na and IL id me
much good that he got six more and |
took them according 10 directions and
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Examination OF the table will show tina.
the coast line has had considerable more
rain or than the Observation-Disclosures,
and Skagway. and that the number OF
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From points east and south OF the Twin
rate plus the cut rate
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Mr.. O. +. Perry. OF Atchison, Kan,
says: Il wrote you some time ago tell
Rock Island Argus., 1899-04-12
A NATURAL SOLDIER.
Lfeutenant Colonel Forrest,to Whom
War Meant killing.

Soldier by nature, from earliest boy
hood at home ON horseback, with firm,
| erect and easy seat, rode at the head of
the column an ideal of the beau sabreur
From beneath the wide and slightly up
turned brim of the soft felt hat, which
bore no tawdry plumes. the large, deep
/ set blue eyes We're peering with more
than usual alertness. The look of kind
illness which came in moments of repose
or gentler mood was gone, and some
thing hard and almost savage had re-
placed it. The broad, high forehead. the
shaggy brows, prominent cheek bones
and bold assertIfe nose told not only
the story of his Gaelic origin, but the
bulldog tenacity of the man.
About the ears and neck heavy half
curling tufts of deep black hair hung so
stltfiy and stubbornly that they We're
scarcely swayed by the strong, cold wind
which swept the sno%fiakes in minia-
ture clouds from the tree tops and sent
them scurrying to the ground. The dark
mustache and heavy short chin beard
were gray with frozen moisture of the
expired air The massive, firm set jaw
told of the strength CT will which mas
tered all. The compressed lip and deep
flush of the face bespoke the bloody
business of the hour. Six feet and two
inches in stature, broad shouldered and
Of athletic frame, well might one say
there was in him
A combination and form indeed
Where every god did seem to set his seal
To give the world assurance of a man.
A plain capped overcoat of coarse, heavy
homemade gray, close buttoned to the
throat, reached amply beyond the knees.
About the waist, and buckled on the
outside for quick and ready use, there
was a broad black belt in which two
navy sixes'' showed and from which
hung that famous saber, heavy and long
and, against all military rules, ground
to razor edge, and swinging from the
right side of the cavalier. No regulation
saber or school drilled swordsnan, this
left handed scion of the American pio-
necr but in all our war there was none
other that did such bloody work. To his
crude and earnest mind ''war means
fighting and fighting means killing.
He could cut or thrust deeper with
sharp than with a dull sword, and if in
the melee he should happen to hit one
of his own, it was all intended for the
good of the cause. -''Lieutenant Colo
mel Forrest at Fort Donelson, by John
A Wyeth, NJ. D., in Harper's Maga-
1ina
Rock Island Argus., 1899-04-12
The Magician and the King.

There is good story told of a ma
gician who has passed the great divide.
He was a world travelled player, and
his wanderings set him upon one occa-
sion in faraway New Zealand. 1t was
arranged that he should give an exhibit
ton of mind reading before the king of
the Maoris After some parleying 1T
was decided that the king himself should
conceal the article which the magician
was to discover.
The mind reader left the room and,
after time. was brought back blind
folded, as is the custom in such per-
,formances. After some time the ma
gician declared that the hidden article
was in the kings mouth. His majesty
shook his head savagely in the mega
tive. The magician insisted upon his
point and demanded that the king 8
mouth be opened wide The king re-
fused.
The magician insisted, and the ex-
element became very great until at
last the dusky king reluctantly opened
his jaws. The article was not therel
The next instant, however, the king
was taken with n violent fit of cough
ing He had tried to swallow the lost
article, a button, but could not, and
was compelled to cough it up.
The Maoris We're uproarious with
mirth. They did not know which to
admire the more-the wisdom of the
magician or the heroism of the king
London Globe
Rock Island Argus., 1899-04-12
The Drawback.

Beardnan was a writer of plays. ulti-
mately fairly well known in his day.
For nearly 20 years he struggled and
fought his way along without meeting
with any very pronounced success. each
play in turn proving more or less of a
failure. At last, however, he produced
play that really caught the public
taste. He and the famous Sheridan
happened to be present together on the
opening night. All went well. Success
followed success. and applause greeted
and ended each scene At the end of the
second act Beardman' $ elation got the
better of his discretion. and. leaning
over toward Sheridan-as usual too
witty to be merely synpathetic-he ex-
claimed:
Sheridan, Sheridan. it's going to
be success, q complete successl''
''Ah, yes. murmured Sheridan, with
exquisite compassion in his voice, "too
bad, too bad'
''Too bad2" stammered his friend.
completely taken off his guard. why
too bad that it should prove q success p
Because now, retorted Sheridan.
cit II take you another 20 yea to con-
vince any one you wrote il Town
Topics
Rock Island Argus., 1899-04-12
THE "GREEN RAY"
To BE Seen Frequently MT the Delta
of the Nile.

The "green ray" an optical phenom-
enon which has been made the founda-
tion of a story by Jules Verne, is a
flash of greenish light seen as the limb
of the sun rises or sets under certain
conditions of the atmosphere. The sea
horizon is good for observing it, but
the effect is occasionally seen in the Alps
or other mountains, and, according to
Plot Bey in paper to the Academic des
Sciences, Paris, it is often to be observ-
ed in Egypt from. the point of the del
TIA to Alexandria or Suez, either at rise
or set of sun.
The ray is distinctly visible, and al
ways of an emerald green, which is
brighter as rule at sunrise than sun
set. At sunset, when the eye can follow
the effect better, the ray sometimes ap-
pears longer and ultimately takes blue
tinge This blue ray has also been OBJ
served preceding the .'green ray" at sun
rise, for example, by Mr.. William Gaff,
near the ruins of Memphis, not far from
the stepped pyramid of Saggarah. He
even thinks the ancient Egyptians were
familiar with it, because in monuments
of the fifth dynasty and others the sign
of ''Kha," representing the rising sun,
has the outer streak of blue color and
the two inner streaks are green. Their
writings also speak of the greenness of
the sun ON rising, and they liken it. to
an emerald.
1t is evident from all this that the
'green ray is an objective, not sub
jective, phenomenon. and that the hori-
zon of the sea has nothing to do with it.
Nevertheless, the state of the atmos-
phere evidently has to do with it, and
that of Egypt. ordinarily pure, seems to
have much, for the ray is seldom seen
elsewhere on land.
Rock Island Argus., 1899-04-12
Secret of the Telephone Discovery.


Professor Alexander Graham Bell is
reported to have explained in Il lecture
how he came to invent the telephone as
follows:
MY father invented a symbol by
which deaf mutes could converse. and
finally l invented an apparatus by
which the vibrations of speech could be
seen, and it turned out to be a tele-
phone. 1t occurred to me to make a
machine that would enable one to hear
vibrations. I went to an aurist. and he
advised me to take the human ear as
my model He supplied me with dead
mans ear, and with this ear I expert
mented, and upon applying the appa-
ratus 1 found that the dead mans ear
wrote down the vibrations.
Il arrived at the conclusion that if
could make iron vibrate en- a dead
mans ear l could make an instrument
more delicate which would cause those
vibrations to be heard and understood.
1 thought if placed delicate piece of
steel over an electric magnet 1 could
get a vibration, and thus the telephone
was completed.
1.-The telephone arose from my at
tempts to teach the deaf to speak 1t
arose from my knowledge. not of cleo
tricity, but as a teacher of the deaf.
Had / been an electrician 1 would not
have attempted it Electrical World.
Rock Island Argus., 1899-04-12
The Market In CauIs.

We believe that there is still some
market for cauls among sailors, who re-
tain their belief in the efficacy OF the
membranes as a protection against ship
wreck and drowning. Notices of .'Cauls
For Sale Within" were to be seenrecent-
ly in windows in the vicinity of the
docks of both London and Liverpool.
but 1T Is some time since we have no
tlced an advertisement of a caul for
sale in the daily press 1t may be re-
marked that the sale of cauls, so far
from being a very ancient custom. is
comparatively modern innovation. The
witchcraft of the middle ages declared
against the caul retaining any virtue
whatever if parted with by gift or sale
to any but a member of the child's kin
dred.-London Lancet.
Rock Island Argus., 1899-04-12
nERH Inv Post.

Practically all the packages that go
through the New York postoffice are
examined. Many persons seem utterly
unable to resist the temptation to scrib-
BILE a message upon the back of a photo
graph or the lid of box. a written
dedication in a book or a written greet
ing, such as the conventional "Merry
Christmas. is allowable. but, with
these exceptions. any written word
makes n package liable to letter postage
The whole fly leaf of book may be filed
with dedicatOry note. but any other
words. as. for instance, ''See Page A.,
would cause the package to be classed
as written matter.
Another common error is to put seal
ing wax on the knot of the string around
the package. Such a package is classed
as ''sealed against inspection and
must pay letter rates The same rule
applies to boxes that have their lids
nailed or tackled ON. The amount of
money collected for insufficient postage
is surprising. The average receipts in
this department of the postoffice are
$500 a day .-Leslie's Weekly
Rock Island Argus., 1899-04-12
Effect of an nH.s

A cockney whose name was Ogto1.
which he. following the usage of his
class. pronounced Hogtown settled at
the beginning of the present century in
the city of New York where he did
business as trader. His prefixing of
the h was the occasion of a postoffice
story which Dunlap. the author of the
History of the Arts of Design" tells.
Before the clerks of the postoffice
knew Ogtcn he called day after day to
inquire if there We're ''any letters for
John Hogtown. .
''None, sir. ;" was the invariable an
swer
Every strange . said he. feeling un-
easy about the goods he had ordered
from England and the bills of exchange
he had remitted.
One day after the usual question,
"Any letters for John Hogtown?" his
eye. following the clerk, noticed that
he was looking among the letters begin
ming with Fl.
''Ollo, cried he, "'what are you
looking there for? 1 said John Hog
town"
81 know it, sir. and am looking for
John Hogtown, and there nothing for
you
NAY, nayi'' shouted John. t.Don't t
look among the haitches; look among
the hoes " And among the O's Were
found pile of letters addressed TO John
Ogton. which had been accommodating
for many a week.
Rock Island Argus., 1899-04-12
Vitality of SnaiIs.

The snail is blessed with great power:
of vitality. a case is recorded of al
Egyptian desert snail which came tc
life upon being immersed in warm wa
ter after having passed four years glued
to card in the English museum. Some
species, in the collection of a certain
naturalist, revived after they had appa-
rently been dead fer 10 years; and
snails, having been frozen for weeks in
solid blocks of ice. have recovered upon
being thawed out. The eggs are as hard
to destroy as the snail itself They seem
perfectly Indifferent to freezing and
have been known to prove productive
after having been shriveled up in an
oven to the semblance of grains of sand
Rock Island Argus., 1899-04-12
Gunners, Patron Saint.

Why was st. Barbara chosen to be
the patron saintess of all gunners? 1t is
one of those things which are to be
known and which one ought to know,
but does not. Meanwhile there is the
fact that she does intercede for all gun
ners by land or sea. In the old French
navy the Ste. Barbe was the gun
room, and the name may be found with
that meaning attached to it in all die
tionaries. Moreover, in France she is
the saint not only of gunners, but of all
fire brigades. The sapeurs pompiers,
who, for some mysterious reason. are
regular chopping block for jokes, hold
their holiday on the day of her FEAST
Pittsburg Dispatch.
Rock Island Argus., 1899-04-12
Magxar ArIstocrat..

The Hungarian aristocracy has the
largest estates Of any nobility in Eu-
rope. The manner of living of these
grands seigneurs is strongly patriarchaL
Their country chateaux are comforta-
| bic. but unpretentious. and are lordly
in nothing but the hospitality of their
owners. The stranger and the native
are alike made welcome within the
doors of these old manor houses and in
vited to sit down at table like friends
Of the family.
If a stranger drives up to the en-
trance door of Hungarian chateau.
Immediately and before any questions
are asked concerning the visitors busi-
ness, even before the master of the
house has made his appearance, legion
of servants rush forward and carry the
visitors baggage to one of the half doz-
en- rooms always ready to receive guests,
invited or otherwise When the Hun
garians wish particularly to honor
guest, Is or 20 courses are served at
dinner, but as the Magyars have in ev-
erything the utmost respect for indl-
vidual liberty no guest is ever pressed
to eat or drink.
'You are at home. Do as you would
at home" says the master of the house
as he greets you on your arrival Liv-
ing as they do, away from court and
court life, these proud Magyar aristo-
Gratis ask nothing and expect nothing
from the sovereign. and maintain in
consequence their pride. dignity and
independence of character --Argonaut
Rock Island Argus., 1899-04-12
The Obvious.

In the meanwhile there had come
among them another the purpose of
whose thought it was to eliminate the
esoteric from the obvious
I'm hard times" unused this person,
1.-THE people talk of nothing but the
money question:"
well it is then they have no money
to speak OFF, retorted the unconscious
imbecile. thus revealing his Identity
Detroit Journal
Rock Island Argus., 1899-04-12
horticulture Versus Theology.

Small Johnny had ON his best clothes,
and his mamma told him not to play in
the dirt with them on
Don't they have any dirt in heaven
to play in ?" he asked.
mo. of course not replied his
mother.
Then what do little boys do up
therer" queried Johnny.
''Oh. they play harps and sing and
sit under beautiful trees" was the re-
ply.
We'll" said the little fellow, 'I
don't see how they can have trees if
there amt no dirt. Houston Post.
Rock Island Argus., 1899-04-12
Guilty Conscience.

Miss Peerseeker-Oh. baron. would
so much like TO hear You tell again
about how King Ludwig presented you
with decoration when you were a
mere little shaver. and
The Baron Barberossa-Al leedle shaw
eri / did not shave any one ven was
leedle- 1 did not learn my trade until
-(recollecting himself)-dot isl did
not learn a trade at all-Harlem Life
Rock Island Argus., 1899-04-12
a Reminder.

Perhaps one of the most unique ideas
for causing an umbrella that has been
exchanged by mistake to be returned to
its owner is that of Bangor gentleman
who has painted in bold. white letters
on the inside of his earthly parachute
the following reminder. ''Stolen from
John -, - Ohio ST., Bangor, Ne !"
Exchange.
Rock Island Argus., 1899-04-12
Consistent to the Inst.

eff 1 was to commit suicide at sea. -
faid Weary Walker as he shifted the
hay band on his left foot, ''I'd jump
from tn bow of tn boat
''An why not from tn stern ?" que
ried Limpy Lannigan.
eff 1 jumped from tn stern," said
Weary, II couldn't avoid tn wash r'-
Cleveland Plain Dealer
Rock Island Argus., 1899-04-12

Cocoanut shells make excellent fuel
The enormous amount of oil they con-
tain causes them to take fire at once
Many hotel keepers in England recog-
nize the fact and buy large quantities
Of them to mix with coal as fire lighters
Rock Island Argus., 1899-04-12

The leaf of a creeping moss found in
the West Indies. known as the life
plant +" is absolutely indestructible by
any means except immersion in boiling
water or the application of a redhot
iron
Rock Island Argus., 1899-04-12
Equally Cutting.

''Your Voice" said the commanding
officer. lis decidedly rasping''
Yes. SIR" said the subordinate.
touching his hat 81 have been out
roughing it with a file Of soldiers all
morning. Chicago Tribune
Rock Island Argus., 1899-04-12
Woman,. Mi.dom.

Select the blue cloth. dear, and that
v;ll make you two new dresses. In the
evening it viii appear green "-Phila-
delphia Press
Rock Island Argus., 1899-04-12

In an article on Peking DIR. Goldbaum
declares that pawnshop. where he can
put up his wardrobe, seems to be an in
dispensable institution to the Chinese
merchant.
Rock Island Argus., 1899-04-12
One Cron.

''That is raised mostly in damp eli
natesI" asked the teacher.
Umbrellas. replied Johnny.-Lon-
don Fun. ~ ~
Rock Island Argus., 1899-04-12

The telegraph messengers in populous
French towns use bicycles for the dis
tribution of their kilograms.
Rock Island Argus., 1899-04-12

Passenger trains leave Il q p Moline
avenuol depot Eve (5) minutes earlier than time
given. Trains marked daily, al other train
daily except Sunday.
Rock Island Argus., 1899-04-12
FRESH AIR AND FOOD.
THE BLACK FOREST SURE CURE FOR
CONSUMPTION.

No Medicines, No InocuIatfon, No
CoGdIIne-simply Pure Air Day and
Night. Enormous Meals. Carefully
Regulated Exercise and Rest.