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sticks and rubbing of most of the adj
herring remains of the outer covering Of
the moss. The machine is CHAP and
very inefficient. The resulting moss is
either "two-cent moss" or "three-cent
moss'-the price per pound after gin
ming, according to the care with which
the picker delivered it.
The writer was surprised to learn that
this is the only preparation the moss re-
ceives. 1t is shipped in bales direct to
the WHOLESALER who generally dis
tributes them unopened to the up
holsterefs.
re freeze will not interfere with
W years crop. The dead moss is
treated just rs before the freeze. But
the outlook for next year is bad. The
crop will be small. Usually where
tree has been picked clean, plenty of
small bits are left, so that in favora-
bic locality the tree will be full again
in two or three years. This was shown
by the practice in moss localities of
cleaning il from the orange trees every
two years. But when the tenn erature
fell to eight degrees in the center of the
state last February, the moss was quite
generally killed and its development so
checked that the yield will be smaller
for several years. South of Ocala little
harm was done.-Scientific American.
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HAUNT OCEAN LINERS
Gamblers Who Make the Boats Their
LARS.
Cross from side to Side in Calm
Security and Fleece Young Men
Who Have More Money
Than brains.

1t is deplorable that so many profess
sional thieves should be able to so
easily make happy hunting grounds Of
some of the finest passenger vessels
afioat, but there is no question about
their doing so. The fact is certainly
due more TO the crooks ingenuity and
experience in disguise than to lack of
vigilance en- the part OF the steamship
companies, who go 10 great lengths TO
Illustrate the designs of that consider
able class of professional rogues who
devote their talents TO fleeing sea
travellers.
The Atlantic liners suffer most at the
hands of these men, and many of them
cross and recross the Atlantic ocean
more than dozen times year, living
in the lap of luxury. for no other pur-
pose iiran to fleece the guilible people
among the better.class passengers.
One of the most successful Atlantic
crooks" was man who served n num-
Der of terms OF imprisonment and used
so many aliases that no one knows pre-
ciseiy what was his real name. His sue
cess was due to his marvellous skill in
secretly marking the cards with his
nails, which he did so quickly and clev-
erly that once a pack had passed
through his hands he could almost in
variably identify the cards by his acute
sense OF touch.
His occasional failures were result
ant of the suspicious aroused by his
wonderful luck rather than by any
weak points in his methods, and no one
ever satisfactorily decided hoy, he ma
nipulated the cards to such personal
advantage. until one day, when intox-
icatcd, he disclosed some of his secrets.
During one Atlantic trip he feeced
three young men of an aggregate sum
of nearly $4,000. and on another &C.
casion, when posing as British army
officer, he succeeded, without arousing
any suspicion, in cheating one of our
congressman Of q considerably larger
sum.
One difficulty which the single-hand-
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II it were TO be considered which
branch of the fine arts is the most use
full to man, it would probably be found
that lie could most easily dispense with
sculpture. and especially that branch
of the art which portrays human and
animal figures. 1t is not too much to
say that, saving, perhaps, score of
masterpieces, every human and eques-
trian statue in the world might he de-
stroycd at very small cost to the aes-
thetic sentiments of humanity. Sculp-
ture lacks color, warmth and life. 1t
is luxury of the rich as far as The
ldornment of the home is concerned.
nd its public examples rarely afford
satisfaction to any but the amateur.
II has, therefore, very little interest
for the vast majority of mankind. The
idols OF idolatrous peoples must be cX-
cepted, but here the interest is not
artistic hut religious. In the extended
sense OF the term, sculpture could he
less easily dispensed with, because it
would mean the abolition of all adorn-
mcnt in architecture, and, 10 highly
civilized people, this would be intolera-
ble.-Cincinnati Enquirer.
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ed sharper has occasionally to face is
thepresence on board of rival sharper.
whom he did not recognize or suspect,
and this generally means bad times for
both, and sometimes great amusement
to those passengers who care to watch
the card play.
4 friend of the writer tells an anec-
dote of the kind. lie was crossing from
New York 10 Southampton, and among
his fellow passengers were two men he
had previously met, and lost money
to, in gambling houses in New York.
In his own mind he had no doubt they
were professional sharpers, and he eau
toned many fellow passengers against
them.
At first he believed they were work
ing as confederatcs, but one day, much
to his surprise, he found them playing
together, evidently unconscious of
each others profession. Whether their
methods of playing were similar no
ore could tell, but as the play proceeded
each of them Became mere and more
restless. Neither wen much. but both
played with the utmost caution.
At last one man threw down king,
whereupon his adversary. doubtless
fancying for the moment that the card
was the Enave. threw down a second
king of the same suit. Each rose to his
feet and Indignantly accused the other
with cheating. Strange n say, both
were right in their accusations. for the
real king Of The suit was among the
cards upon the table. which an on
locker snatched up and examined the
moment the sharpers had thrown their
kings.
Such painful incidents are very rare,
for these gentry know each other well
as a rule.
The pet prey of these men is the I'M
sophisticated youth with more money
titan hrains-;hcy generally travel.
The result is that many a young man
who leaves port with an ample purse
finds himself compelled to cable home
when the slip in which he is travelling
touches the arrival port for further
funds Cincinnati Enquirer.
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TJLLA REBEKAH LODGE, no 81, meets
" the serond and fourth Wednesday in
etch month at Odd Fellows Hall.
Visiting members in good stan ling cor,
daily Invited.
MINNIE O'NEILL, Y. G.
FRANCES CEossoN, Secretary.
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In Mexico when n man is condemned
TO death he is executed by being shot by
u file Of soldiers, and the body LETT
where il falls, to be taken away By the
mans friends if re has any. Not long
ago q worthless fellow was thus exc
cuted and left in the open country out
side small village. But after the Of
ficer in charge had inspected him, PRO
nounccd him dead and the soldiers had
left. the man got up. walked to the city
of Mexico, 80 miles distant, and entered
n hospital. He had a wound in lis
shoulder and two more in his skull, but
soon recovered. The authorities now
wanted to shoot him ag..in, but the gov
ernor of the province decided that the
man was legally dead, the lieutenant
having said so. and the Mexican was re-
Observation-Disclosures Enquirer.
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FLORIDA MOSS HAIR.
Extensively Used in the North by
Upholsterers.
Something About the Gathering and
Preparation of the Strange Sub
stanoe-Last Years Growth
Hurt by Frost.

The freeze OF this year killed the
Florida moss. People who do not
recognize what this means must be told
that this somber gray drapery IF the
southern forests gives 100 bales eek
of moss hair" 10 the northern uphols-
terers from the little village of Mi
canopy, Fla, alone, and other factories
in the state yield many times ms much.
and this is only about one-half of the
weight of the moss when taken from
the trees. The ether half is the useless
envelope to the inner and valuable hair
There is a mistaken idea as to how the
outer portion of the moss is removed
1t is generally supposed that the cover
ing is removed by chemicals or by pass
ing through some ingenious stripping
machine. The latter would be too ex-
pensive and the former open to the dam
ger of injuring the natural elasticity of
the fiber.
The moss when first gathered is
greenish-gray. When killed by frost or
lack of proper sustenance, it is easily
distinguished from the live moss. II
turns gray, and if bitten feels soft.
while the live moss ''crunchcs" Between
the teeth. Eut the outer ccvc-',n will
remain on either the dead or fresh moss
for months. If the moss, either alive or
killed, is simply piled in heaps in a
moist place and covered with muck or
sand, il soon begins to ferrlprt. The
temperature of the interior OF the heap
rises to point too hot for the hand to
bear, and, if not checked, it KEEPS heat
ing till too hot to walk over. Eut this
stage means damage to the interior
hair, and must be avoided. Properly
conducted, the fermentation means the
complete destruction of the outer skin,
and the moss is left duly "colored," i. e.,
showing the dark brown color of the
hair.
1t reaches this stage in the hands of
the pickers, who then deliver it in loose
wagon loads, like hay, to the gins.
There are about so of these ginning es-
Establishments in the state-very simple
affairs. The building is constructed as
cheaply as possible and costing from
$500 to S3C0-no insurance is obtaina-
BILE. The floor is six feet from the
ground and made of slabs ~ inches
apart, so that short fibers. sticks. and
diIA will sift out. In the building is
nothing but cheap modification of
cotton gina cylinder two feet long,
and of the same diameter, with two
inch teeth, which beat the moss against
similar stationary teeth. taking cut
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tary wantoaness justice. Competent
Judges assert that the island is nearly
.Ga,ro0 men short. In InCnt Of the prov
inccs the birth rate is less than one
half OF what it was before the war. The
island was stripped OF cattle. In Ma
tanzas. the province chiefly given to
the cattle-raising industry, there were
.9s.0O0 cattle, according to census,
in 1894. When the war ceased there
were fewer than 5000 cattle in the
province.-Franlilin Matthews, in Bar
per- Will.
Not Positive.-"Can l insure your
life?" asked the persuasive man. 81
dunno" replied Farmer Corntossel. II
don't want no life insurance. I've got
all kin carry, an my wife wants me to
stop some o. that. l hope you can't,
but I'm n truthful man, an l amt 60
in to express no positive opinion till
after I've heard you talk awhile.
Washington Star.
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I must have scen u Fraveyatds On
my trip in the various provinces. and
| rcmeElh,r only cha I'll, WAS not en-
largcd because of the famine Of the
war. Maj. Cen. james Il. Wilson tod
me the story Of the horrors Of recon
centraiiCn had been only partly told.
1t was far worse than the people Of
the United States had believed. The
pen of n trained historian alone can do
the story Of dca:h hy famine and mill
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r. ELAMAR MINERS UNION. wESTaR
DFederstion OF Miners
II. W. WARREN, Pres.
J. II. NoRcuN. Sec.
Meet every Monday night.
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COUNTY DIRECTORY

' ~ COMMISSIONERS.
Tim shea.
i-Hen-y Scot.
..-t-John McVnn.
Clerk of District Court--E. l.. Ballard
Sherin Oscar BruDzell.
AssessO.-Chris Olsen.
:rsPgu rer-Iohn C. Connors.
probI,e Judge-Geo IL. Handy.
STU o; Eduea ion-F. s. Heer
DELAMAR PRECINCT.
Justice of Peace yoh hn D; Harris
able-James W. Pascoe.
LEGISLATURE.
Senator-J. G. Watts.
REPRESENTATIVES, H. Arbuckle. ~
The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1899-07-03
NOVEL QUESTION PRESENTED.


Special Dispatch 10 thu Post-Inteil.gencer.
TACOMA July s-Sai. has been insti-
suted IN the United States court To settle
a I,avei question as 10 tie status OF a
corporation under the land laws Of the
United States
The su.s Evolves title to 100 acres %
land in the southern part 81 The city for
merry known as the Rsdehaugh property.
sheu. Wapafc lake.
In fsss tbs land gran. was made 10 the
Northern Pacific railroad, euf providing
that lands entered upon before the location
81 the lire should be excepted from the
grant
In isSa before the line 10 Tacoma was
definitely located the land 4n question
WAS entered for presumption. whtCh
showed en- the lard office records al the
tsrsie Of the filing Of the map Of location
OK the line
The pre-empgsr had subsequently,
abandoned the land ard The railroad made
q sees. OF conveyance 20 the Tacoma Land
Company. which transferred title TO
RAaeosagh who rscrtgax~d the property
ard the mortgage Was recently forecsose1.
In lSss Lewis ". Center made a home
stead entry on the land an3 - nc~ in pos
SESSION, though the land office refused MS
naai arcas lie Was not made a defendant
81 the foreclosure suit ard e5scsms1t IS
now brought against him.
II r. Morris. hiss attorney. uho sas
figured IA she various litigation grawtrs
cat cs lard grant matters. has bad tire
case removed to the Federal court.
Congress In mi passed al act pscysd-
ing that where the Northern Pacific rail-
read bad sold iasds which proved 70 b
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PORT ANGELES EASTERN.
President Cushing Brings Out East.
err Capitalists to Inspect Il.

President Cushing brings Out East
err Capitalists to Inspect Il.
Special Dispatch to the Post-Intelligencer.
PORT ANGELES. July 2.-Pres.dent
Gushing. Of the Port Angeles Eastern rail-
son Hs wss aceom lpam by M Mrs cnsh
ing, Mr.. John Chenery and Mr.. Eugene
Wing. members of the Gushing family;
also Georse O. Fogg. Frank r. car RI Sand and
dealer ia insurance. real estate and rail-
road Investments, and Is man OF large
enced iumberman and has very wealthy
connections. Mr.. Craig IL a member OF the
Diebold Safe Company and represents
General Manager Atkinson. Who went
East with President Gushing. had intend
ed returning with the party. but WAS 6e-
tanned short while by business matters
On Tuesday the entire party went over
the line OF the road as far East as Sequina.
In an interview with President Gushing
with the small contract business. and that
no other OF the kind would be let He II
now negotiating with two or three OF the
YORK. whose business It i to build ra.i-
roads for the bondholderA and he stated
that II was their purpose 70 have one OF
ting the road through to completion.
He also stated that the financial arrange
ments OF the company are complete and
most satisfactory.
Mr.. Gushing also had something Of In.
terest TO say regarding transcontinental
connections for the Tine.
IT have here" he said. several letters
from Chairman Shakespeare. Alderman
Williams and others Of the Victoria COM
mittee on railroad matters. They are anx-
ious for some documentary evidence OF our
ability to give them an outlet by trans-
continental connections that they desire
and must have. In this connection you
may say that we were royalty received and
treated by the head officers OF the North
ern Pacific system In New York. Presi-
dent Melien assured me that any sort OF q
signed statement necessary to satisfy our
friends at Victoria that the Port Angeles
Eastern would have the Northern Pacific
connections would be cheerfully given and
I VIII have such a letter to submit to them
at the next committee meeting. President
Mellen tod me that the Northern Pac!nc
had not penny invested In the PORT
Townsend Southern or the Pacific Coast
Company and that the only enterprise on
the Olympic peninsula that they were at
all Interested In Is the Port Angeles East
ern railway"
A telegram has been received from Gen.
eral Manager Atkinson stating that he
would leave New York for Port Angeles
July q He win be accompanied by Mr..
H.bharc, one OF the largest railroad build
ers In the United States, who comes
out here to look over the situation with
a view &c. taking the contract for the con-
struction Of the entire line TO Olympia
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Programme Arranged for the Three
Days' Session This Week.
SPECIAL Dispatch 20 the acknowledgement.
TACOMA. July 1.-The Washington
State Bar Association will hold Its an
nual meeting here this week. converting
Thursday for three days session The
programme will be:
Th1rsday, July ..
Address of welcome-Mayor johnson
Annual address OF the president. T. l.
menss Upo ao' Private kife. "'0A'"
Report OF the treasurer. w. A. Peters.
Reports Of standing committees.
Election OF new members
"Decennial Of Our State Constitution. !"
paper. by e. r. Blaine. of Seattle
.Fourteenth Amendmsnt to the Consti-
Byron Millett, of Olympia.
Friday, July ..
Reports OF standing committees: con-
What Shall Be Done About the
Trusts?' paper. by George H. Walker.
Reform in Criminal Proceeding" pa
per, by James @. McClinton. Of Port
1.-The Law and the Laborer." paper, by
Samuel r. Stern. OF Spokane
Friday, July rs r. n.
Evening entertainment at Elks hall
In the old courthouse. sls South street
Installation and convivlal ceremonies.
conducted under the supervision Of Col
Thad Huston. regent.
Saturday. July 8.
Reports OF standing committees: con-
tinued.
Unfinished business.
Election of officers.
Saturday. July SIS p. n.
Clambake and fish dinner at Point De-
dance park.
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DETROIT, Mich. July 2-The plans Of
Gov PnGree ard his associates Tor mu-
nicipai ownership and operation Of De-
trost street railways were Jeff 'an the air.
BY the common council Saturday night.
The two pending ordinances and other mat
tiers appertaining 10 the municipal owner
ship scheme were laid on the table by
unanimous votes, and IL Is prohlamaticai
when these questions win be again publicly
debated
Tho Joint committee which had in charge
the petition Of the street railway commits
eioners for calling a special elect.on TO de-
ternine the sentiment OF the people. sub
mitted q report which made no recon-
menda;ions Ola the main texture Of the
proposition. bu; suggested several minor
amendments to the proposed security or
dinance.
The committee found that no bargain
could be made with the railways s: scent
instead of scent fares were inserted in the
security franchise. and UNANIMOUSLY de-
clined to recommend any steps towa-i city
ownership at this time. The commts.ee's
report was unanimously accepted and the
ordinances tabled.
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sHIPPED A CREW QUICKLY.


SPECIAL Dispatch TO the Post-Intslligencer.
PORT TOWNSEND, July 2-Another
demonstration of the fact that Port Towns
end is pre-emInent as q port where sailors
can be secured promptly and with little
expense 10 the vessel interested was made
toray in the case OF the British ship An
3rsda. Capt. Adams laden for London The
vessel arrived down from up Sound at
midnight last night and today at noon
eleven superior deep-water sailors had been
placed aboard. to their own satisfaction
sn,s that OF the skipper. and tomorrow at
daylight the vessel proceeds 20 sea Capt.
Adsms il loud in his praise OF the quick
dispatch given his vessel SITTER beng led
to believe by misleading up Sound publica-
tons that Port Townsend was a sailor port
TO be avoided.
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OLYMPTA.July 2-Yesterday was the
last day allowed for flling articles OF incor-
poration with the state secretary. In
corporators who have not compiled with
the statute IN this regard will be liable TO
q penalty of $3.50 making the cost OF fil-
ing their articles $3.50. instead CT the reg
uIar SO annual fee. II this fee is not paid
before January l. a fine Of - q day viii
be impoEed. which the secretary Is empow-
cred BY the statute 10 collect.
These articles were filed during the past
week.
Little Chester Gold Mining Company. Of
Spokane-$l, 10000
The George spalding Company Lime. Of
Spokane-$100 go
international Flyer Stage and Express
Company. OF Bossburg-es. 90.
Tacoma Kennel Club-Stephen Hcibrook.
correspondent.
North American Fertilizer and Fishery
Company. OF Seattle-ei50.000.
Mutual Mining Company. OF spokane
S15, O0
Green Lake Congregational church. Of
Seattle.
Burgan- Roberts Company. Of Latah-
$1,000.
Goid Bar Lumber Company. OF Gold Bar.
Snohomish county
Leavenworth Mining Company. Of Spo-
kane-$15. 00O
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NOTES FROM CHELAN FALLS.
Ce1ambta River Very High and
Gofag Haaher nofly.

Special Dispatch to the -Intelii9encer.
C1iEf.AN FALLS. July 2--The Column
hia has nearly reached the forty-nye-fo foot
high water mark and still increasing sew
erat inches daily. There has been very
little drift running this year. but such
~ has has Increased f. Turner's wood raft
20 about thirty cords. the result OF steady,
hard work. and Il Is still growing
The delegation OF Epworth League peo-
pie from WatervilIe returned Wednesday
evening and recroSed the Columbia, az
Ter weeks outing on Lake Cheian and
an annual convention at Cheian report
ing the trout fishing OF the very best =
Mr.. pfckson's orchard keeps the town
well supplied with all varieties OF tho
Finest cherries. - well rs al steamboat
people who relish fine fruit
81 ~. Foot. of Wilbur. who rerc9tiy
crossed several hundred head OF horses
ct this place. having sold his large stock
ranch south OF wiib4r returned this week
with his family and several loads OF goods
cattle. etc, to take up his permanent resi-
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MD STORY OF kOTlEBUt.
ALLEGED CANxIDALIsM NJ srAnv-
ING GOLD MINERS.


CHICAGO, July IA special TO the
Chronicls from Portland. Or. says:
The stories Of cannibaiism pracficed In
Alaska are detailed In their htdeousness
q letter received here yesterday by
Cart. Hans svenson from Ma3onine. in the
Xotsebue country. The writer. OIof Jor-
aensen, depicts q condition without par
al.ei He with two other sailors. sailtag
from Stockholm. Peter Martin and Au-
rust Olsen. together with twenty others.
vent To the kotzebue country last Sep
1nmber from Seattle
The letter includes one 70 Joreenaon's
nother In Stockholm. which Martin. In
go roundabout manner. succeeded In
la3Itax at 81. Michael. where he n now
hing al the point Of death. unable to give
a account Of what he and hts fellow
HoSpectors suffered. Jorgensen.s letter
come days before he penned his letter to
nyeusofl AZ II r. more lucid.
After explaining how he and his COL
leagues separated from the rest of the
Areouauts and went prospecting on their
avn account with dogs and sheds. Jorgen-
20 told how they got LOST In the most
hhospitabie region on earth. Ia Deeem-
Der last
The great part Of their provisions we're
stolen by Wild beasts and .hy January
they had nothing left but a few Sides Of
hacon.
Hunger also stalked among MS. a.a-
"a Jorgensen. "and you have not even
faint idea what Il means among ahaa
Of hopeless men. desperate In the ex~
creme dozen of MY party died In thirty
days. and we then began To cast lots for
healthy human flesh. There are only four
OF us alive. but all too weak to travel,
excepting Martin. who VIII Try 70 mail
this letter and obtain relief But I sup
pose the latter will be too late"
The writer says that only q few days
hefore he discovered large nest Of mug
gets peering out Of the frozen ground
q his tent. but he turned from the gold
With disgust.
~apt. svenson stated this evening that
g would be useless to send relief 10 Jor-
gensen In the unknown section of the
kotxebue country, az he and his COM
panions must be dead by this time