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The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1900-01-28
An Athletic Coachman.

John, I'd Ike TO know what makes
your back SO straight" said rich man
to his coachman the other day. "And
how do you stand the fatigue of sitting
so beautifully erect while you drive for
hours at stretoh?'' The coachman
blushed with pleasure as he led his master
to light and airy corner OF the carriage
house. I'm show you the kind OF exer-
else take every day SIR" he said, $50
as to be credit to your livery and your
equipage. and yourself and lady" The
man then lay down on his stomach and
drew upward his body and his legs until he
formed a v, the point of which--his abdo-
men-alone touched the ground. Il do
this two hundred times a day, sir"
he said. 1T gives correct carriage" Then
on parallel bars he dipped. "One hun
dred OF these daily. sir. expand the chest
and give q robust grace to the upper
arms and shoulders He then nearly
touched his back with the crown of his
head and quite touched his chest with his
chin. THAT straightens the neck. sir
and gives the head proper poise. And
SO on. sir. continue for an hour or two
every morning. and I don't believe as
long as / keep 1t up, I'll ever lose my
figure. "-Philadelphi Record
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MYSTERY STILL UHSOIySS
Dfrigo Falls IA Bring Buv6A y,
tails Of ReIfe, Clayssn 80
Olsonss nfna Dueav~~S-.fTS ~

Nothing materially new has turyl.n N
the case of the mysterious .diss1S ..
OF Linn Relfe, Fred Ciayson and f1<S-<
Olson from the Yukon trial, % %, Ss ~ 3
officers and passengers OF M - !. ~
Dirigo, which arrived last nix6f ss.ss
Skagway, were able to report. Atel&s.s z.
received at skakway one week - 49,
that William ii. Ciayson, who ~ 49,
on the Yukon searching for hn brcsS u
left TaEish the previous Thursdav ~ 49,
nett. and that he expected 10 rsts.s ~ =
Skagway as soon as train coui6 u. y
through from Bennett. ="
Mr.. Clayson is reported a. sayin~ ~.
he found the Northwest mount "A 49, ~.
making diligent investigated. ars !.
was probably due to that fact fhsf ~
Clayson concluded not TO push his per.cs. :;
search farther.
Purser La Fargo, OF the Diriso sav, =.
heard reports at Skagway about I sss. =
to the interior and some distance n ~ ~
Yukon, but that they could net h. tyss "
to an authentic source. II Is unos -
theory that the missing men mae hss -
heard Of the find and attempted u $50
the place that the relatives and frisrsSs
base their hope.
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WILL INVEST $4,000 HERE.


A Georgia man of means, complaining
that he is not so successful In business
there as formerly. has decided TO come to
Seattle. He Informs the information
bureau that he will bring $4,000 for in
vestment.
Secretary Moore recently sent a guam
tity of Seattle ard Washington literature
to a Boston gentleman who was recently
in Seattle. In letter acknowledging the
receipt of the literature. he says:
Il am an enthusiastic admirer of Seat
tie and the Sound. and hope to become one
of your citizens in the near future. I
have talked much about Seattle since 1
returned to Boston, and have got num-
Der of excellent p,sopae interested in that
section, | wanted just the sort of liter
allure that You sent me to pass around.
and you may rest a.ishred that l shall not
waste it. 1t will not be my fault II Seat
tie does not acquire several more good
citizens"
An agent Of the bureau has also been
secured in st. Paul and one In New York
city. Secretary Moore says he would like
to have others suggested through which to
disseminate facts about Seattle and the
state. j. e. Moore and Senator Range are
among recent visitors TO the East who
have taken with them. quantities Of the
bureaus reading matter, the former agree
ing to distribute Twenty-Five pounds Of II
as he journeyed.
In recent publication of the bureau a
general description of the Puget sound
country was made by counties, and a gen.
erous circulation given, all at the expense
of the bureau. In appreciation OF what
the bureau has been doing in this line for
the surrounding counties. the commission
ers of Kitsap county have sent 1t bank
check of considerable amount. Kitsap has
made the first outside contribution In sup
port Of the work of the bureau During
the past seven months the bureau has
expended $1,700.
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CLOSE OF OPERA SEASON.


In numbers the audience which heard
robin Hood" by tho Bostonians, at the
Seattle theater last night, was without
doubt one Of the largest ever assembled
that not since his administration has there
ever been so many people In the theater
at one time.
1t is to the credit of Reginald De Koyep,
the composer of robin Hood" that the
work wears far better than was expected
after its production in New York. nine
years ago. Robin Hood" has been heard
in Seattle great many times, but from
the number of curtain calls and encores
last night 1t is evident that the tuneful
work has lost none of its popularity. Crit
les have charged Mr.. DE Koven with
plagiarism in Robin Hood" While there
may be evidences of this in one or two of
the concerted numbers. and in the work
allotted to the orchestra, yet the fact Is
that very much Of the composer's work Is
original, while II Is all thoroughly in con-
sonance with the theme, and better yet,
distinctly agreeable to the cultivated ear.
Many of the numbers possess such charm
and originality as to quite make one for
get the reminiscent moments in the opera.
This is true especially of the "churning
song" in act ]. The madrigal in the same
act, and the quartette in act H., are both
Of a very high order musically.
Miss Bertram sang and acted Maid Ma
ZION WIN mucn IerVor ana spirit, and was
at all times vocally satisfactory. Miss
Van Dresser's rendition of "Oh Promise
Me-" De Koven's ballad, which was inter-
polated in act H., was SO fine that 1t was
re-demanded three times. Ballad singing
is Miss Van Dresser's forte--that is her
very mellow and sympathetic contralto ap-
pears to more than ordinary advantage in
this line of work. Miss Cameron, a young
and promising singer. took the role of
AnnabeI very aCceptably.
Mr. Barnabee Is truly great as the sheriff
OF Nottingham. There is nothing in the
annals of opera comique equal to the rich
ness and flavor Of Mr., Barnabee's comedy
in act H., where the sheriff imbihes overly
much of brown October ale. Robin Hood"
was acceptably rendered by Mr. Rush
worth. Mr. rockingham was himself.
which is saying great deal, and the
chorus was unusually effective.
The season OF the Bostonians ended last
night. The business done by the theater
was enormous. The company could have
played here a week to big money. The
immense audience last night, which filled
all the vacant places in the building and
stood patiently to the end in the foyer,
was handled by the ushers under Head
1IshA Bechel without any confusion. Mr..
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TO many parents IL very important item.
The slow fellow who. when classed with
brighter ones. becomes discouraged and
leaves school. II ciassed with those OF equal
abilfty ranks relatively higher. may be-
come leader. thrives Intellectually and
cont tnues In school TO the end, The quick
wittdd fellow gains time, completes the
coursN, makes room for new pupils and
saves the district many dollars. The most
gratifying evidence OF the value OF this
plan " the constant increase IN enrolment
In the high school, compared with the
total I'm all schools; the percentage OF en-
rollment for 1889 being more than double
that OF 1881, Or to be exact. an increase OF
11S per cent"
General statistics.
In connection with Finishing statistical
tables about the promotion system. Prof.
Barnard has just finished an elaborate
series. showing the conditions Of the
schools and this district during the mast
nine years. showing OF remarkable
gains Is exhibited. The growth of the
school population OF Seattle, which In 1899
amounted to IL per cent over 1898 is of
course well known. but there has also
been an increase In the average number
belonging Of II per cent. 60 per cent. OF
the popuiati ton belonging In school. ana a
growth of y per cent. In the ratio OF the
average number belonging to the school
population. These matters are set forth
In detail for the nine years in the follow
ing table:
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HERE IS A BUNKo PosroFFIcE.
Political Game for . village
IN New York state.

IN New York state.
After an existence OF nearly sixty years
little postofYlce In New York state that
had its origin I'm sort OF political buuko
game has ceased to be. On September Is.
Arcadia postofiice. which was located in
Arcadia, despite the fact that Newark
also has its own village postoffice, was
ofiicially closed by the government, and
Postmaster John Dillenbeck turned over
the property to Postmaster Richard p.
Groat, of the Newark ofiice. Away back
in 1870. so tradition runs. Roderick Price,
who wanted to see Arcadia grow to be a
great town, made a visit to Washington
with L. L. Rose, another Arcadia mer-
chant, and labored hard to get post
ONCE established at Arcadia. in their Pc
tition they seemed to state that Arcadia
was distant three or four miles from
Newark. but over the figure -" In fine
lettering, was the figure 49," SO that the
petition really stated that Arcadia was
80 or "a miles, distant from Newark
Three-quarters of mile is the actual dis
lance.
The postof1ce ofBcials failed to detect
the little figure, and Arcadia secured her
postofice. Ever since then mail has come
daily to the little postoffice for dispatch to
the towns round about, Newark postofiice
receiving the village mail. On the maps
Arcadia appears as separate village,
but as a matter of fact, 1t has been q
part of Newark nearly nifty yearR-Buf-
faio Courier.
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LIrE-sAvINe HUMAN CHAN.
Three Young Women Naryowrv =.
capes Death by Drovxrfne

1t takes a lot of pluck and 1 rood -
cunt OF common sense to rescra 33,..
young women from death by dros.rsss
but pluck and common sense wers 80 -.
wanting during recent accident on ierr
Island. 1t was a matter OF seconds ~
at least so far as Miss Minnie HiS6fs,
was concerned, and the others wers nss,.
err death than they are ever likely z =
again and escape.
Patchogue mill pond. one Of the larr.st
on Long Island. was crowded ~
skatcrs- They had been warned 10 IN
away from the east shore, where III IN.
ters had been at work.
Agnes and Minnie Grundy ana As..~,.
Hiadink neglected the warning. 81 iers
as they skated singly the ice was sty6re
enough. to bear their weight; but Vhss
they glided along three abreast. iAsr
arms interlocked. 1t gave way under fken
and they were plunged into the was<r
Will Stillman realized conditions n
ordered the skaters to keep back. ~
almost in the same breath called ~ M
unteers to form human life line.
Men and boys threw of their cosys
threw themselves fiat on the ice ~
grssped each others heels. Stillman fbIIp6
he could not reach the young wpna>s "a
the ice was sinking under their v2S{f
He called to George Homan, who fafrh3
and strong. The latter pulled himS1lf
along the chain until he was 1t ~ III
Agnes Grundy can swim. and fesr Aza
not paralized her mind. She not only lept
ahoat herself. but grasped her sirfefs
hair and kept her above the water. Shs
told Minnie Hiddink to hold on u liz
ice
But the wits had been frishtepea cut
of Miss Hiddink. She was unconsci0uo ~
fore Holman could reach her. TWice III
had gone down.
Take out Minnie first." said A.
Grpndy. I'VE are all right for Iflls
time"
Holman grasped Miss Hiddinks dren
just as she was disappearing stuEnaa
called to Agnes Grundy to take hol4 d
Miss Hiddinks dress.
Haul away on the line" he shaut1d
Then those behind. where the icosvaa
strong. tugged with all their might IN
human chain started backwaE The sIroin
on Holman was terrific, but he nevol NJ
80, nor did anyone else.
When the Ice grew Ar1uer Agnes 0rundy
held on to 1t, still supporting her nutes.
while the line was drawn back with Miss
Htddink in Romans arms She was pfop-
ped in blankets brought from 3 nearby
house, and then the human line pus>ed
forward again for Minnie Gfundy ~
then for Agnes Chicago Chronicle,
The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1900-01-28
TALKING ABOUT LOG RATS,
GrowinE Interest in the Proposed
Law to Prohibit Them.

The telegram sent by Senator Turner
asking what position was taken In Seat
tie on the bill introduced in congress 10
prevent the operation of log and pile RATS,
nus aroused an unusual interest, and Ia
being generally discussed
The secretary of the Chamber of Com
merce is being made the recipient for nu-
merous communications ON the subject.
ana IT is probable that when the matter Is
presented at the next meeting. Wednes-
day afternoon. there win be considerable
interesting discussion.
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number of prominent Republicans of
latona and Brooklyn held social gath
ering Friday evening at the residence OF
NJ ]. Lnnd. 1t was agreed to hold a
smoker In the near future, Those pres
ent We're: John Hedberg, william Cowan,
Theodore Sundblad, J. N. White, II. w.
Stone. A. Sundblad. j. r. Davis c. l..
Willis Waifrid Carlson, r. s Moore. J.
u. White, Charles White, G. Carlson,
John Seldomridge. c. II. Scott and A.
Cayg.
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Clarence Eddy. the Orgnnist.

There is Il possibility that Clarence Ed
dy, the distinguished American organist
will give recital liz Plymouth church on
February IA. Subscription lists have been
placed at Winter & Harpers. w. Martius'
and Sherman. Clay & Co.'S music stores,
and II sufficient seats are subscribed for
during the week arrangements will he
made to have Mr.. Eddy play on the above
date,
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New Orleans Races,

NEW ORLEANS. Jan. z.-weather cold; track
fast Results:
Six and half furlonss. selling -Araiona won Free
Ledy second, l.. T. Cation third Time, nj.
Three furlongs, 2-year olds-Buda won Stripes sac.
ond Clara Davis third. Time sci Wv
Mile and five eiehths- School Girl won. Jim Con-
way second Etidorpha third Time. 25o.s
Triadit,a second Dr. Vaughn third Time. ItI
Six furlonGs. handicap lgaretta won Miss Mae
Day second sandurango third Time liz
One mile. selling-Nanokes won, Flora Daniels ssc
ond Eldrm third, Time. l:fs
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Howe's rule that late Corners shall wait
until the curtain goes down. proved bene-
tlcial. and the people who bought and
paid for their seats were consequently
free from Interruptions during the first
act. Many of the patrons of the theater
have asked Mr.. Howe to order the per-
formances to begin at or Sis sharp here
after, In order to avoid the confusion of
seating the late arrivals
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AGAINST THE FRANCHISE.
Committee of One Hundred VIII
Fight Railway Consolidation
in the Courts.

At the meeting of the committee OF one
hundred at the Chamber OF Com
merce rooms last night 1t was
unanimously decided to resort 10 le-
gal proceedings 10 prevent the pas
sage or execution of the proposed
thir;y-iive-year street railway franchise
in all possible ways. ON the ground thai
it 10 in violation OF the city charter. It
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charge Of four parallel TIA cks or divis-
lens 1, 2. and I. ailowins,I each division
(train) to 80 ahead at siclt speed as the
ability Of the pupils cornpri sing the divis-
ION viii peFnit.'
Institutings this system eli int years ago,
Prof. Barnard gave these 4 uatructlons to
the teachers: 'The theory upon which
the course Of study for the A primary ~
corstraicted is. that 1t will AXE one year
to complete It. but II you capt do the work
thoroughly and easily In less time. why
dor 50, and then at once bee ing the work
Of the d grammar. overtaking the low-
est division OF that class IL possible This
means daily promotion; progress is con-
slant The first division of one class wiz
overtake. for n time work with and finally
pass the lowest division OF the next high
er class. while the lower divisions 20
steadily forward, m any of the pupils
working up to the hi cher divisions OF the
same class.
Results of Eight Years.
AS result Of eight years testing Of
this educational scheme. interesting statis-
tics have been gathered. showing in de-
tail what has been acc omplished The
figures given are based on the records Of
pupils registered for the last year Of
school. ending In June, 1899. by grades.
and cover a period of tim for each grade
reckoned from the date of entry, or first
year to the date Of the la VI recorded pro-
motion:
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Fl.anee. 81 the sshoeIs.

Taking UP the financial sac OF tne ei.y
schools. and the statistics show that the
growth OF population has bsen greater
than the possible expansion OF the facil-
tiles for taking care of II. though the most
energetic efforts have been made, as ap-
pears In this tabulation:
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Oakland Races.

SAN FRANCISCO. Jan. 27.-westher At OAKLAND
fine; track fast. Results.
seven fnrlonss-Tuthifi wop Limerick s.cord
Mont Eagle third. Time l:a1i
Six furlongs- Diomed won R.tlwald sccond T.
NJ. Whittier third. Time, :1sJ.
Three fuilonss Sig Levy won Lily Dirrs sscord
Game Warden third Time, :36l
~ mia xAmAA hAAdinn. A.too,-na,.s,Ah-,>
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1ilQVA
Indications all point to lively time in
this camp as soon as the snow Is out and
the winter rains subside. Eastern capital
lists are already here, and several trans
fers OF property are under way.
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The larger finances are more succinctly
set forth In tables showing the assessed
valuation of this school district the value
OF school property and the ratio OF the
assessed valuation to each one OF the
school popu,ation:
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BOSTON. Jan N.--At the Boston coll
lege games tonight in Mechanics building.
IN team races. Harvard beat Columbia.
Eowdoin boat Brown. williams beat Yves
lsyan.
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Summarizing the foregoing, and Il 10 seen
that the records OF 7.oso pupils arc studied
OF the 6.575 pupils below the high school
3.271, or about half. required additional
time to do the work, and 702 finished their
studies In the regular time. while 2.513 did
their work In less than the time allotted.
The total time gained to the end Of the
last school year OF all. the primary and
grammar schools was 1852 years and three
months. reckoning ten months for the
school year. The total time lost was 2, 7a1
years and three months
Practical Success.
Reference Ia made to one grade to show
the practical success of the plan. and as
the A grammar, or eighth grade pupils,
entered the d primary after this system
was adopted their records are complete
and of great value. This table shows the
percentage OF the pupils who gained in
time:
-Four months or more 80
nibnt inohtns Ut mofo -
iwelv0 months or more ....... "a
A1ns VI mVio 20
twenty months or more ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS Is
Twenty-fo'ir months or more ....................
Inirty-two months or more ........,.4......... q
A study Of the tables will show about
the same relative results for all grades, as.
for illustration, the first year high school
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AssEssED VALUATION,
Conditions In 1sOg.

Conditions In 1909.
Taking up the affairs Of 1899. the follow
ing table has been prepared to show the
conditions more clearly:
Per cent Of school population attending school 73i
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Results of El,xht Years.

This table shows the per- cent. Of gain
since entering the d primary, class. on the
1sasis Of ten months time for each class:
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This table also shows the per cent. OF
gain since entering ID primary. on a basis
Of ten months time for each class:
Audubon County journal. (Exira, Iowa) 1884-1993, 1900-10-11

it was his delight to wait upon his
mamma and perform for her every
act and errand that his little hands
and feet could do. What parents
heart does not join in sympathy
with these bereaved parents in the
cruel death of their precious boy?
The funeral was held in the Cath
Ollie church, at Richmond, Sunday,
at two O'Clock, the services being
conducted by Rev. Father We'll. A
very large concourse of people at
tending, and the body was laid to
rest in the Richmond Catholic
Cemetery"
When you eat be careru1 TO leave
off hungry" is advice often given at the
dinner table. but seldom received in an
obedient spirit.
The caution was repeated not long
since to young man Of vigorous APP
petite.
"Pshaw," said he, you might as well
tell me to wash my face and be careful
to leave off dirty"
Audubon County journal. (Exira, Iowa) 1884-1993, 1900-10-11
A Sad Accident.

The following item, taken from a
Washington county, Iowa, ex-
change tells of the terrible fate that.
befel little nephew of Mrs. Thorn
as Bumgardner, of this city:
"One of the saddest accidents that
has happened in this community
for many day was that which be-
fell Paul Lamont, oldest son of Mr..
and Mrs. Newell Grady, who was ac-
cldently killed by a falling tree last
Friday afternoon.
His uncle, Henry Strabala, was
yards northwest of the house, and
the little Grady children had been
playing nearby. Mr.. Strabala eau
toned them to 90 to the house and
they started off in that direction,
while Henry supposing they were
out of the way of danger, continued
chopping down the tree.
1t is thought that little Paul, who
was playful boy and extremely
fond of his uncle, thought to sur
prise him, and for that purpose
took a roundabout way through
some short brush to the east side of
the tree, intending to jump out and
scare him. Henry had planned the
tree to fall to the west but instead
it started to fall to the east. 1t was
then he turned and for the first time
saw the little fellow standing direct
ly in the way of the trees fall and
realized his peril. When Paul saw
his uncle looking he exclaimed:
ooh, Henry, you didn't know l was
here, did your His uncle shouted
a warning cry and tried with all his
might to turn the tree TO one side,
but without avail. Lamont made
an effort to get out of the way but
in picking place for his little bare
feet over the thorns and brush he
was not spry enough and the tree
fell, one limb striking the little fell
low on top of the head and knocked
him down. The tree then struck a
stump, glanced off and caught the
PROSTATE boy, pinning his head to
the ground. Henry does not know
just how he released the boy but in
some way he succeeded in getting
the tree off, lifted the limp and
bleeding form and started for the
house. Mrs. Grady. hearing Henry's
shouts and suspecting evil, rushed
out and met them half way, grab
bed the dying boy in her arms and
carried him the rest of the way to
! the house. A physician was hastily
summoned, but the spark of life had
vanished long before he arrived.
The grief of the parents can we'll
be imagined, also the uncle who
was compelled to witness the life
crushed out OF the little nephew
whom he dearly loved. Paul was
the oldest boy and the next oldest
of family of four children. He
was born November D 1894; was an
exceedingly affectionate boy and