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The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1899-04-19
NEW LAW At ATLIN.
Gold Commissioner Makes Import.
ant Rulings on Mineral Locations

Lewis Garrison recently arrived nj Skag-
way with the news % a ruling made ay
the gold commissioner OF the Atlln dis
trict, reading as follows:
"Ail miners in this Cassiar mining dis
trict who have free uainers' certificates
that have not expired and who have To-
Gated claims must appear and Tile with
the gold commissioner before the sfst OF
April sworn a-sidayit that they are the
original OF their respective claims"
This notice Is framed and written in red
ink and is hung in ;hc gold commission
er's office. Other copies are posted In the
postof.ee and other prominent places.
Mr. Garrison reported that this notice
is causing great CONSERVATION among the
miners Many Of these original focatorS
are absent and cauno, possibly return III
time to make affidavit. Nothing is being
Done by the miners. as there seems MOTH
ing TO do. but al are very much wrought
up over tho notices.
CRESCENT Bieycles-The record-hreak-
er In past years. the leader again for is-9.
ROSALIE sails for Alaska tonight
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sisversa Asks Damages Against TIE
Great Northern.

ans11'o s3yerfa yesterday commenced
. s1l.o0 damage SUR in the superior cnurs
ssaInst me Great ScrrhNgn Railway CON-
PaI.l- TIE alleges that while walking
aes,ss the eoFnpanys tracks al Smith cove.
~ december ] last. In the early morning
Ae was sruck hy train, knocke.. so.gn
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Denny's
East Park
..... f enoice lots IN Dennya east park
3ee-se9 New York BIZ.

asLsh1ans under a years contract a. tts
ss se wages. with q rsfse Of &c per mon n
. - lhs hFhf 81 tIs year. he claims an
80 s@t-%rk CT The contract wiieh Is
ss'ss, hss lien Srsngfaigy broken
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Ei@ve1 boys ~srEsrE r. agsr t-earn
fourteen % eighteen Years we're taken
- f@s} .~e A@a32s&arfsrs Yesterday afternoon
~ tsfF1c+TS f~afrer1r ars rrksnlg1~y TNa
s-eys are charged nth wagtcF sfe~f~1cf7.4gs
- property. = e ~aia tsas trey broke
tnfn q = ~r0rt~ ~ ~~Nos1ss IN Ss~ts SsAtt1a
az 80 49, - VAL ss-s~- oz~.S hr "a n
fF~ss ans tNe~ 1F@- and zSr~ Ussnr i <a~
4 gSTyrrs sss7~s a~f ~~rs}s Tx-gssz Tree w'sra
3scr .rsr err hwFsS3se-- fsr< t@rs N~w sv,t
th2 owners ra-rrfsf@sa - ire rofc~
Mss WIZ NSki ortlctau. IL Cherry
Corsuses'i@~ s~ee
TfR. MERRILL. sr@csails.-4ra soor
Collins aseck
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Tff- Tz~s~s Sssssa& %ens 4rassrarv has
nscvesz "a cuTner os - sSF&t4 Aess W1&-~ra
&VeBH~.
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Automatic Telephone Company Has
hrariag H~fsr~ Committee

TIE s~oUn>f committee ~ cAr.es-1tt1.s.
- wat~n +ceancHrar J \ James =
chairman AeAf. Ehe arguments = she
representatives. 80 te~ Aasouatic Te,s-
TsAGue Company ysstesAAy ~ Ssqq,srs of
Is sprlceto Ter frascnfSe far
gctrAlNE w$s~S and laying teni r.t@ * "a
ga ta@ rst* 0wifs sIa sapspsy}ux It's "a
;FaHs RftA ss4s@a anes EDder sae p4sen;
automatic sys;es1.
Tf,@ aEsatS ~ teA company sta's& n
ire committee tAas contracts wgs> I! lAe
patrons hs4 s-@H c}sss@i sind tnzt tas rars-
parry ~ss to . position. ~ gr3eea4 WITH
fhe construction 90 ttS rAa-t Tne ro-a-
ns4ttr@ ass aSSs,s - snsrr~ee sa~ argeA ~ esss
- tAe easa2anx wtssra i As& Ne ae saite
&eFsra Mas gahnn
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Or ANNIE RUSSELL uSznen'. IA
eases - Hincxiey-
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RosALIE sails FOR Alaska tonight.
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rt>strss- ss'l~ sar Afs~ss 'a~seN'
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CRESCENT Bieycies-The record-hreak-
Pr In pas; years. the leader again for iss9.
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FOR RENT

FUR RENE
SO Twenty avenue. modern r-racn
noas<. large yard. with s@wr. sruss
trees and -ewes .-.....-........$e So
Aesierr F-roa-s sas Oh FIRST hssl ...-.... 81
StrsSs9 Biz. modern srU8gss house ..s-4.v -
- washington street. modern s-rczs-r
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1-T0osn nat. newly papere3. -si sixth So
-tsR Western avenue. s-raors lower Eat.
ne"tE espsred --....s.-.s----. IL
Fremont. sfesaa house. Twa blocks
s%<'8 NSF kzESs -
Eighth ard Na-oa. modern s-recrn
separate tat .+...--......... 81
s-reerss cottage, ites Howell street ..-. SIC
s-rc0r1 heSsse. resr sl4 Pske street .-... 81
Completely furnished modern 5-rocm
house. trst hzN. vacant May I....ss... s.
Modern s--eorn FAX. very desirable.
Queen Anne hill, vacant May &c.. .STs
Rasgsey Heights. a-Teoyn cottage, large
yard. with fruit trees .........~ss-....s- 81
Desirable rooms in Downs and Acpon-
aid buildings
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nR MERRILL, sp~csAlis,-.,A soo-
Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1899-10-12

women. set out together In one Of their
large boats. The women take with
them their needles. thread and other
implements. to mend their husbands
clothes, In case they should be torn,
and to repair the boat II 1t should hap
pen to receive any damage. When the
men discover whale they strike 1t
with their hnrpoons. to which are fast
ened tubes two or three fathoms long.
make Of sealskin inflated with air. The
huge animal, by means Of this kind Of
bag. Is In some degree compelled to
keep the surface of the water. When
he is fatigued and rises, the men at
tack him with spears until he is killed.
They then put on their spring Jackets
made all In one piece Of dressed seal
skin, with their boots. gloves and caps,
which are laced so tightly to each
other that no water can penetrate
them. Thus attired they plunge into
the sea and begin 70 slice. of the fat
all round the animals body. even from
those parts that are under water; for,
their jackets being full of air, the meu
do not sink. and are able to keep them
selves upright, standing, as 1t were, In
the sea.
Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1899-10-12
The Tomato ms "A Tonic.

The tomato unquestionably possesses
n high dietetic value, ana has been
especially recommended for use In
cases of blood impoverishment, sug-
gestion which perhaps rests upon the
fact that il contains considerable
amount of iron. The presence of iron
may easily be detected by applying to
the cut surface of tomato the ordi-
nary tests for this reagent. AS food
for supplying iron, the tomato is far
superior to any of the combinations of
iron so commonly used as a means of
enriching the blood. 1t has long been
known that these inorganic compounds
can not enter into the composition of
the blood. 1t is possible. however, that
they may sometimes be useful; for. rs
has recently been suggested. while they
do not enter into the composition Of the
blood, they serve to neutraliZe acid
substances which form insoluble salts
with the iron Of food and thus prevent
its absorption and assimilation. In
other words, they act as protectives of
nutritive iron compounds of food.
The tomato may serve q similar pur-
pose, not only by supplying the sour of
iron, but the Introduction Of larger
amount than is needed. providing for
the conservation of the amount ac-
trally required.-Good Health.
Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1899-10-12
Visions I'm Dreams.

While under the spell Of dream the
moral is completely overturned. The
mental powers frolic In total freedom
from the reins of reason, order, ETH
quette, or even of the commandments.
l have one or two excellent friends
who assure me that their conscences
are occasionally awake in sleep, says
an English writer. On the other hand
n great many more confess that their
my own observations. For example. an
admirable and most kind-hearted lady
informs me that she palmed oil coun-
terfeit coin on bcggar, and chuckled
at the notion Of his disappointment. A
distinguished philanthropist, exercising
for many years high judicial function.
continually commits forgery. and only
regrets the act when he learns that he
Is to be hanged. A woman, whose life
ut the time of her dream was devoted
to the instruction of pauper children,
seeing one of them make face at her.
doubled him into the smallest compass
and thrust him through the bars into
lions cage. One Of tie most benevo-
ent of men deliberately ran his friend
through the body, and aver after re-
called the extreme qualification be had
experienced ut seeing the point come
out between the shoulders of his be-
loved companion. Other crimes com
mitted in dreams need not be here re-
corded; but l am persuaded that. IL we
could but know all the improper things
done by the most proper people in their
sleep with the utmost sang froid and
completely unblushlng effrontery. the
nicturc would present n divcrting con-
trast to our knowledge of them in their
conscious hours.
Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1899-10-12
Snake Charming.

Snake charming is favorite and dis
gushing exhibition in all the markets
of the East, and involves n great deal
of beating of drums, with sometimes
tootling of pipes, until both the snakes
and their charmer are worked up to
the necessary pitch of excitement,
when the snakes seize their patron by
the nose, and even draw blood from
his tongue. In the further East have
seen venomous snakes employed fol
this purpose while in full possession OF
the power to kill, and l am told that
this is also done in parts of Morocco
In every case, however, that has come
under my personal nOtice-and 1 have
had these artists all to myself in the
garden, with every facility for careful
investigation-the venom fangs had
been previously removed. The whole
performance is not particularly edify.
ing, though as a novelty 1t OF course
has some attraction for the tourist.
There exists, by the way, well worn
fable, which, while l am yet on the
subject Of snakes, may rs well be gent
~ ana palnleSSIy lalu 10 rest IL re
lates that there abound in the older
houses Of Morocco City enormous rat
eating snakes, which live in friendly
intercourse with the household, and
even droop from the gaping rafters and
take snacks at table. Reduced to ito
lowest terms, the bare truth Of the
story appears to come down to this:
That there are snakes of no gigantic
size resident in the more dilapidated
novels Of the poorer quarters Of the
town, where. however far from being
welcome guests at the family board,
their presence, is tolerated only because
they are best left alone, and do not
readily permit themselves to be h"n'
led.-New York Tribune.
Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1899-10-12
Wonderful Diving Horses.

The latest novelty consists of two
Arabian horses, which dive from a
platform at the end Of runway thir-
ty-seven feet high into tank of water
twenty feet deep. The horses make
the dive at their own impulse, no "trip
ping devices being employed. They
require no coaxing to ascend the run
way and when they reached the top
they brace themselves as If to make
SIRE of their foot hold before making
he leap. They jump upward about
three feet in the air. and outward far
enough to clear the platform. and then
in the descent straighten out their
forelegs and stretch their noses for
ward They strike the water in about
the position OF a person diving. On
coming to the surface they swim
around for time and then make for
the landing point The horses make
the dive singly. Their owner says that
III either horse makes a false step and
strikes the water In wrong position.
II will again ascend the runway TO re-
peat the dive. The horses are forr
years old.
Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1899-10-12

the evening and Just growing dusk.
The train pulled up near the obstacle
and It was discovered TO be house.
The owner of the house was moving
II, 1t was afterward learned, and when
@ o'clock came the tolling of the sup
per bell found the house on the rail-
road. Whether or not the farmer be-
longed to union, he stopped work i'm
mediately and took his horses to their
oats and himself to his evening meal.
No farmer works after supper. and the
house was left on the track.
The train crew secuted out into the
country to find the farm house which
sheltered the single-minded house
mover, and the conductor sent man
to the nearest station to telegraph for
a wrecking train. The farmer was
found and the wrecking train arrived
in time, and, by the efforts of both, the
house was moved of the track.-Indi-
annapolis Journal.
Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1899-10-12
Gave Him a Pointer.

When the young couple returned and
took possession of their cosy little fiat,
it was a crusty old bachelor uncle OF
the bride who proceeded to make
things pleasant for them.
Nice kiru of a welding trip you
took" he declared with n frown just
after he had kissed his pretty niece.
1T is the very worst in its line that
was ever brought off and the fellows in
the club have been making so much
sport of me that I'm thinking Ill re-
sign"
Don't you do it, uncle" she advised
cheerfully. THAT would mean your
almost continual presence here, and
that's what we don't want. We went
down into the mountains Of Tennessee
for our honeymoon so as 20 get out Of
the conventional ruts and see some
thing of each other. instead of going
about in state and on public exhibition.
We intend to continue this plan Of cam
paign by living alone. An hour or so a
day of your cheerful presence will be
the limit, uncle"
Il guess l can stand it, stiffiy.
Don't think for minute that I'm try
ing to settle down on you. All want
to do is to urge an observation of the
proprieties. Going down there and iiv
ing for a month among the natives
in the Cumberland mountains was
reckless and defiant innovation. Every
body is talking about it,"
'Glad to hear 1t. l wish they'd go
over the route and investigate. The
reports would drive them green with
envy. Those rough and kindly people
down there thought | was the prettiest
woman they ever saw. Swapping six
footers would put aside their tobacco,
comb their hair and bring me the
daintiest wild flowers. The women
borrowed my clothes to get patterns.
We were welcome wherever we
stopped, and the best wasn't good
enough for us. Say, Uncle Ren." with
flashing Of the eyes, "if you had half
the courage and gallantry of those men
down there you'd have thrown few
of your dude cronies through the win
dow instead of getting ready to resign.
I'm mighty glad. for some womans
sake, that you're an old bachelor"
Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1899-10-12
She was I'm Earnest.

The fast express on the Yavapai ana
Tombstone Railroad was bowling mer-
rily along over the Arizona plains of
sand and cactus. Perhaps the sun
beams had warped the track, or per-
haps a petrified tree had fallen across
1t, but at all events, as 1t sped by the
side Of n parched river, the train sud-
denly left the track and rolled down
the banks of the so-called stream like
child at play, landing in three feet OF
water with n splash and causing a
woeful mix-up of passengers. cushions
baggage, and shoe boxes full of lunch.
The occupants Of one car extricated
themselves from the hodge-podge and
sought for means of exit. while stanch-
ing as best they could the cuts received
from broken glass. But all places of
cgress seemed damned tight. Then
arose woman's voice I'm emphatic de-
mand: IF you don't let me out Of
here I'll break a w."-Detroit
Free Press.
Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1899-10-12
Made Money ms IL by Magic.

An estimate of the late Cornelius
Vanderbilt's net income from invested
securities places this annual revenue at
$3,5OO,000.
For his household needs, entertain
ing and improving his residences, add
ing to them works of art and renewing
their furniture ii is not likely that
more than 100000 year was re-
quired.
Mr. Vanderbilt had an income indie
pendent Of his dividends and interest,
as every other man of great wealth
has, which generally is overlooked.
1t is the custom when n large cor
poration floats an issue of bonds to
have them "underwritten." That
cate of rich clients of some of the larg-
er banking houses. agrees with the cor
pUraton to take its entire issue of
bonds mt par, or a stipulated figure.
Then. through several banking agen-
cies, the bonds are sold to the public at
an advance. frequently, of 5 per cent.
or even more.
suppose the Dond issue is S2O,OOO,OOO
and the profit is . per cent The under
writing syndicate, which has not been
obliged to spend dollar, divides n
commission Of $1,000,000 for its SER
vices.
Mr.. vanderbilts name appeared fire.
quently among the underwriters who
guaranteed the large bond issues of the
Vanderbilt roads. and of companies
financed by J. p. Morgan & Co. and
other large banking firms. There is
little doubt that his annual profits on
this line of business would suffice to
keep up his splendid establishments,
and even his charities. great as they
were.
This profit-nnking merely illustrates
the reproductive power Of millions.
Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1899-10-12
The Triumph of Invention.

The farmer who fails to avail him
self Of all the labor-saving contrlvances
within his reach and ability to buy,
places himself under a serious disad-
vantage. When only single plows We're
used, the amount of WORK done was
measured by the speed of the team
and the endurance of the farmer. Many
farmers Of the present day can remem-
Der when all seed was sown or dropped
by hand and covered with hoes, or
shovel plows; when all grain was cut
with back-breaking cradles and
threshed with fails, or tramped out
with horses. Then all farmers were
practically on an equality as far MS
special advantages were concerned.
Then the products of the labor of one
farmer would feed and clothe from six
to ten persons. With improved tools
one man can produce enough to feed
and clothe forty. Now, or n farm
properly equipped. one man can pro-
duce more, working eight hours a day,
than his grandfather could by working
from daybreak till dark. and moonlight
nights, as was the custom in those
days. The condition Of farmers has
been vastly bettered by the inventive
genius of man. But do they appreciate
these benefits, and make the most OF
them? A few do, hut the many do
not-Farm and Ranch.
Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1899-10-12
AN ARTIFICIAL SILVER MINE.
How the Treasury Department stops
the Waste at the Minis. -

hhON osORn
thenWaste mt the Minis.
In one corner Of the melting room at
the New Orleans Mint is a large iron
tank in which the newly cast silver
bars are dropped, kissing, to cool off.
At the end of hard days work the
surface of the water shows faint
rainbow hued serum, like the metallic
lustre of stagnant pools, seen near a
dyehouse. 1t comes in part from
microscopic flakes of silver that have
scaled off in the cooling. The water,
when changed, runs down pipe that
terminates i'm the bottom of a cistern,
which contains a layer of mud a cou-
pie of feet deep. AS the water seeps
up and through, the mud acts as i'll
ter and catches the particles of preci-
Gus metal, so in time it becomes an
artificial silver mine. Once every
quarter the stuff is scooped off and
passed through a reduction process.
The result Is silver brick, worth
maybe $50
When 1t comes to money making,
Uncle Sam can beat the world for
stinginess. The artificial silver mine
in the yard is only one of his
numerous schemes for checking
waste. When the casters raise
their glowing ladies' from the
melting pots shower of sparks fly
from the molten surface. They are
mostly incandescent particles of car
bon, but among them are pin points Of
silver, almost gaseous. Some fall
among the ashes and clinkers beneath
the furnaces, and when the fires boxes
are raked out at night the contents are
scrupulously preserved. Down below,
in the basement is great revolving
crusher that grinds the debris into fine
powder. and when enough accumulates
1t Is sold by sample to Northern
smelter and treated like ordinary ore.
Nor Is this all. Every evening the floor
Of the melting room Is swept far more
carefully than ever lady's parlor, and
the sweepings are preserved along with
the ashes. Once In three months or so
the SCOT Is scraped out of all the flues
and chimneys, and finds its way to the
same receptacle. From the ashes.
clinkers, sweepings and SCOT of the
New Orleans mint Uncle Sam derives
larger income than the average bank
president. The crucibles used in melt
ing are good for about three charges;
then they are wheeled down to the
basement, crushed, and share the fate
Of the clinkers. The pores Of their
earthen sides are full of virgin silver.
and the gritty brown powder into
which they are ground yields an aver
age Of 5000 ton. A worn out crucible
is really worth more than new one
Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1899-10-12
NEW CAVE DISCOVERED.
Underground Opening I'm TENNESSEE
a Strange sight.

Opcmhmk
Strange Sight.
A cave which 1t Is believed will
eclipse the Mammoth. cave In Ken
lucky and the Luray caverns In Vir-
ginia has been. discovered In Clai-
borne County, Tennessee. For years a
small hole in the side of Cumberland
mountain has attracted the attention
c. persons passing on account OF the
stiff breeze wrich came from Ii; so
strong was 1t that a persons hat would
l., blown Off his head.
The place is located on the farm o.
Mr.. William Housely. He became
curious to know something further of
this underground passage, and by
blasting made an opening into which
man could walk. A party of explorers
was formed and on entering they found
after travelling about hundred feet
magnificent chamber, which was so
large that a regiment could Vancouver
in it. The floor and walls Of the cham
Der were smooth.
Leading from the chamber were four
passages. One passage was selected
by the exploring party, because 1t was
the one through which the strong cur
rent of air came. When about a half
mile from the big chamber the passage
began to widen and a strange sound
began to fall upon the ears of the ex-
porers. The sound was like distant
music.
AS the party advanced the sounds be-
came more distinct. On going further
they entered another big chamber and
here they found the cause. Away up
the incline, which set in few feet
from the entrance, was long row Of
stalacites and stalegmites, making
their presence known by phosphores-
cent glow. which showed the many
peculiar shapes Of these formations.
The noise and music could now be ac-
counted for. 1t was caused by the
heavy current of air passing through
these cones. Mr.. Houseley. the owner
Of the little farm on which this cave
is located, will explore further.
Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1899-10-12
Fishing for whales.

To the Greenlanders. as well as to
the natives of southern climates. the
whale is an animal Of vast importance;
and these people devote much OF their
time to fishing for 1t. When they set
out upon their whale-catcning expedi-
ton they dress themselves In their best
apparel. imagining that IL they are not
cIeanly and neatly clothed, the whale.
which. defeats dirty. slovenly garb
would certainly avoid them. Ia this
manner about thirty persons, men and