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The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1900-05-27
KNIGHTS OF GREEN
TABLE OFF 70 NONE.
Santa Ana Takes North a
Veritable Monte Carlo.
WITH VAUDEVILLE ANNEX.
Great Aggregation Of Gamblers
and Variety Performers.

Seattle Sporting Men WIZ OAer the
Mil1ionairss Of the New Gold
Camp N Opportunity to worship
the MUSES., Pay Homage to
dess All Under One Roof-Faro
Dealers, Roulette Croupiers, Song
ana Dsnce Artists and Pretty Sou
bRettes help TO Make Up Throng.
The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1900-05-27
MANY LINES CONTEMPLATED
British Columbia Looks Forward
to a Railroad Boom.
WASHINGTON WILL PROFIT.

Nearly All OF Proposed Roads VIII
He Constructed with . View to
Developing Mineral Districts
Much Of the Ore to De Brought
TO This State-Canadian Pacific IL
Said TO he Back Of Building Boom.
The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1900-05-27

DON'T miss It," minstrel entertain
ment and ball. Ranke hall, Tuesday even
ing May 2s. Admission. Do.
The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1900-05-27

FREE Wagner concert tonight. Madl-
son Park pavilion.
The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1900-05-27

FREE--A trial treatment of DR.. Mack
sIziH's English Catarrh Curs-at Guys
The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1900-05-27

DON'T miss it, minstrel entertain
ment and ball. Ranke hall, Tuesday even
ing. May %. Admission, 2sc.
The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1900-05-27

EMERALD rings. Mays births,on.
William IL. Finck. jeweler. SIC Second
avenue.
The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1900-05-27

son Park pavilion
The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1900-05-27

outfit aboard the Santa Ana His work.
Ing force numbers forty men, and he has
an outfit of about fifty tons. He was
among the most successful of last sea-
sons Nome operators.
The Press. (Stafford Springs, Conn.) 1883-1935, 1900-01-11
A STORY OF
TWO CIPHERS
When the Old Man Wrote HIS
Check He Got Mixed With
His Figures.
BY w. r. ROSE.

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Obed Jarrett was a hard man. He
rather gloried in his hardness. A hard
man was a man who couldn't be fool
ed. Obed Jarrett never was fooled.
In his private opinion the world was
made up Of a few honest men and q
great many fools and kpaves. An
honest man was one who paid his way
and neither asked nor gave favors
Fools might call him hard. and knaves
might snarl because he wasn't gullible
But what cared Obed Jarrett?
The honest man sat at his desk that
June afternoon with his pen loosely
dangling in his fingers and his cheek
book open before him. He was IN nc
hurry. To give away money was SC
new a sensation that he felt justified
in prolonging it-not but that he could
amply afford to give the sum he had
fixed upon; it was the principle of the
thing that held him irresoiute.
He was worth close to $SO,oOO. There
was a memorandum slip in the upper
right hand drawer that showed this
total in round figures. He could have
told the amount within a dollar or two
It was a gilt edged property-stocks
MORTGAGES, cash and a little real es
tate.
"If l was sold out tomorrow" said
Obed, smiling grimly, lit would bring
every penny that I've totaled 1t at
He had won this comfortable prop
erty by shrewdness rather than hare
work. For more than 20 years he haC
bought mortgages and loaned money
and snapped up uncOnsidered hnan
cial trifles in that same old office. He
slept in the rooms above it, and some
times for days together he didn't leave
the building. There had been few
episodes to enliven the dullness Of thi!
money grubbing life, but tomorrow
one of them was to take place. To
morrow his son, his only child. was II
| be married.
Instinctively his eyes turned to thu
| portrait above his desk-the portrai
of a brown haired young woman. will
smiling eyes and slightly parted lips
AS he looked upon the gentle face h
felt little Tightening about the heart
| Oedu lOuI duu A"CANJ JOdAO' AANA
son was four and twenty, and he mar
ried tomorrow. Their son. Had b.
done his duty by their son? H
thought so. He had certainly givel
him a good schooling. The boy ha'
gone through college with credit t
himself and his father and had helpe'
to pay his way too. ODed had wante'
him to study law, but he had a low
for chemistry and. in company with
fellow student, had set up an Office o
his own. They started in as consult
Ing chemists and assayers and We're
from all Obed could learn-building u
fairly remunerative business. 81
was certainly a good boy. though pei
haps a little lacking in that respec
for his father which begets confidence
It seemed but day or two ago tha
he had come to him and said:
"Father, am going to marry"
It was like blow to Obed.
well, WELL" he presently said in hi
The Press. (Stafford Springs, Conn.) 1883-1935, 1900-01-11

Many persons interested in the nat
ural history of the sheep do not clear
ly understand what density of the
fleece means. Wool, as it exists in the
fleece, is valued as to quantity and
quality. Quality depends on length and
closeness of the fibers. The latter is the
density Of the fleece. This depends on
natural popularity and exists in a re-
markable degree in certain breeds and
in families Of these. Pure Spanish Me-
rino wool has about $4,000 fibers on a
square inch of skin. The finest and
densest wool is on the shoulders.
A perfect fleece will be even in fine
ness from the shoulder to the thigh, of
nearly equal length of staple on the
back over on the sides from the Shout
der to the thigh, and equal in density
on the shoulder and back from loin to
loin. The sheep is the most impressive
Of all the domestic animals. The selec-
ton of the father of the flock is
thought SO important that experts are
employed to select rams.
The Press. (Stafford Springs, Conn.) 1883-1935, 1900-01-11
THIRTY YEARS AGO.
Items of local interest taken from the columns
of The Press, thirty years ago.l
Jan. Ia, 1870.

Levi Gary has commenced the -four
and meal selling business in this village,
occupying for the present the rooms on
the second floor of the Foster block.
At the annual meeting of the stock
holders of the Stafford National Bank,
held on Tuesday, the following officers
were chosen: Moses B. Harvey, Hanni-
bal Alden, E. G. Dennis, E. A. Buck,
John W. Sharp, Chester Scripture and
Silas I. Preston, directors. M. B. Har-
vey was chosen president, and s. Newton
cashier.
1t Is thought by many men competent
to judge, that much of the fear of what
might follow a general dam breaking
away on the Staffordville stream Is I'M
necessary. When taken In consideration
the broad level space below the dam of
the granite mill, 1t looks improbable that
the water of all the dams above could
make flood large enough or current
strong enough to endanger buildings on
the "Island" or below it. After water
has spread over so much surface as that
stream did in this village last October,
to add foot to its depth would take an
immense volume of water. 1t was dem
onstrated on the 2dinst. that the contents
of the Tuckerville reservoir, and of the
dam below it, in coming to the Springs
village, were so much scattered that the
rise in the river here was slight indeed.
AS for the Staffordville reservoir, it flows
over so much ground, that even suppos-
ing 1t likely to give way, 1t would take a
long time to discharge it's waters. The
two years last past have been unusual,
1869 in particular. The present genera
ton never saw flood like that of last
October-we hope that it will never see
another such.
| STAFFORD HoLLow.-G. & r. o. Brown
merchants at the Hollow, have sold theil
stock of goods to J. G.. Cross, who will
continue their business. The storehouse
has been sold by George Brown to Lin
coin Bardwell.
J. G.. Burley has taken the store build
ing owned by R. S. Beebe, and formerly
occupied by Claudius Harvey, and about
the first of April will open it with stock
Of goods.
Mrs. A. H. Preble, while out riding or
the 28th ult., becoming frightened by the
sudden starting of the horse, jumped from
the wagon, striking the ground with such
| IN FRO 80 %Lo
near the ankle, the bone being forced
through the skin.
BoRN.-Stafford Springs, January 3
1870, daughter to J, W. Rhodes; 9th
a son to John Brosnan; 7th, son t.
Joseph Gilman,
Stafford, December "a, 1859, a daugh
ter to Orrin Watrous; Goth, son to AS,
, Adams; January 7, son to VIM. B
Moore.
Union, January 9th, daughter to Mel
, vim Booth.
, MARR1ED.-Stafford Springs, Januar,
10, 1870, by Augustus Spellman, Esq.
Oliver Fl. Maynard of Ellington and Jen
; ME G. Cooley of Somers.
South Wilbraham, January 6, Sumne
L. Fairfield of West Stafford and France
Carew of Monson.
Mansfield, (Gurleyville), January 1C
by Rev. T. w. Douglass, Horace Mat
thewson of Providence and Mary E.
daughter of D. K. Simonds, Gurleyville.
Rockville, December 81, 1869, Jane
s. Still of Wilmington and Electa Neil G
Rockville
The Press. (Stafford Springs, Conn.) 1883-1935, 1900-01-11
Some Tones Make Drunkards.

But Cleveland's Celery Compound Tea
contains no alcohol-it is purely vegeta-
BILE. Steep 1t In hot water and it Is ready.
It is as pure and harmless as milk, but 1t
is the quickest and surest cure in the
world for Nervous Prostitution, Exhaust
ion, Constipation, Indigestion, and all
diseases of the Blood, Kidneys, Liver,
Stomach and the Skin. There is health
and vigor in every ounce Of it. We will
give you free trial package Large
packages, 25 cents. W. ID. Heald, Drug
gist. 4
The Press. (Stafford Springs, Conn.) 1883-1935, 1900-01-11

BRAVE MEN FALL victims to stomach,
liver and kidney troubles as we'll as wom=
en-, and all feel the results in loss of ap-
petite, poisops in the blood, hackache,
nervousness, headache and tired, listless,
rundown feeling. But there's no need to
feel like that, Listen to J. W. Gardner.
Idaville, Ind. He says Electric Bit
ters are just the thing for man when he
Is all run down, and don't care whether
he lives or dies. 1t did more to give me
new strength and good appetite than any
thing 1 could take. l can now act
anything and have a new lease on life.
Every bottle guaranteed.
Sold by A. q. Eaton, Druggist.
The Press. (Stafford Springs, Conn.) 1883-1935, 1900-01-11
WHY Do You Commit suicideq

The man who let's cold run on" until
he finds himself in consumption's grasp
Is guilty of self-murder. There Is no cure
for Death, and consumption Is Death.
Coughs and colds are nothing more nor
less than Death in disguise. There Is
one sure, infallible cure - Cleveland's
Lung Healer. Don't trifle-get flee
trial bottle. 1t Is the greatest lung med
cine in the world. Large bottles cost but
25 cents, and you can get your money
back If it doesn't cure you. W. d. Heald,
Druggist.
The Press. (Stafford Springs, Conn.) 1883-1935, 1900-01-11

Wanted-Several bright and honest per-
sons to represent US as managers in this
and close by counties. Salary 5000 a
year and expenses. Straight, bona-fide,
no more, no less salary. Position per-
manent. Our references, any bank in any
town. 1t is mainly Office work, conducted
at home. Reference. Enclose self-ad-
dressed stamped envelope. The Domin-
ion Company, Dept. G, Chicago.
The Press. (Stafford Springs, Conn.) 1883-1935, 1900-01-11
Sold by A. G. Eaton, Druggist.

The wooing Of the woodcock is one
Of those sights to witness which low
er Of nature in all it's moods will make
journey of miles. The scene Is enact
ed at twilight, and the setting Is of
willow or alder bushes whose branch
es are just beginning to show the
tender green of early spring. Sudden
ly from the damp ground bird form
shoots upward like some swamp spirit
until it Is outlined against the gray
Of the evening sky. Then it circles
above the branches, and the song Of
the wooing begins. Hidden in the
darkness of the thick lower growth is
the object to which this love song is
directed. The bird above circles per-
haps a score of times, then drops back
to the damp thicket, making a sound
which can be likened only to the drop
ping Of water into woodland pool.
Again the bird scars and circles, sing
ing still the love song. This Is repeat
ed time after time until the last CLEAN
Of light has faded and nights darkness
comes dowp,-Chicago Tribune
The Press. (Stafford Springs, Conn.) 1883-1935, 1900-01-11

A down town restaurant was in the
turmoil of the busy dinner hour. Care
worn business men rushed in and
swallowed a lunch as though millions
depended on their haste. Walters bal
anced steaming platters on the tips of
their little fingers with the ease of
Japanese jugglers, and everything
seemed confusion. Yet there was a
certain degree Of discipline among the
walters, and they seemed to know
their customers and their usual choice
Of dishes. For instance, when a pair
of lantern jawed actors without an
engagement entered, the waiter that
listened to the order yelled out to the
cook, 1.-TWO supes and Hamomelet!
Detroit Free Press
The Press. (Stafford Springs, Conn.) 1883-1935, 1900-01-11
Pleasures of Anticipation.

Pleasures of Anticipation.
May-I shouldn't thin! you'd be feel
ing so gay after quarreling with Jack
last night.
Madge-But just think Of making up
again!-Brooklyn Life.
The Press. (Stafford Springs, Conn.) 1883-1935, 1900-01-11

There are some very remarkable in
stances Of people who have been mar
ried large number Of times, and also
Of husbands and wives who have lived
together to an extraordinary age. st.
Jerome mentions a woman who mar
ried her twenty-second husband, who,
In his turn, had been married to 20
wives. There Is an instance recorded
in Bordeaux, in 1772, Of a man who
had been married 10 times. A woman
named Elizabeth Nase, who died in
Florence in 1853, had been married to
seven husbands, her last wedding TAX
ing place when she was 70 years Of
age.
Numerous cases exist all over the
world Of people who have been mar
ried four, five or six times. In 1768 a
couple was living in Essex who had
been married 81 years, the husband
being 107 years old and his wife only
four years younger. These cases are
also not isolated ones, and it is some
what remarkable that IN most Of such
instances when one has died the sur
| vivor has died the next day.
The Press. (Stafford Springs, Conn.) 1883-1935, 1900-01-11

MILLIONS GIVEN AWAY.-1t Is certainly
gratifying to the public to know of one
concern In the land who are not afraid tC
be generous to the needy and suffering
The proprietors of DR.. Kings New Dis
coyery, for Consumption, Coughs ano
Colds, have given away over ten million
trial bottles of this great medicine; anc
have the satisfaction of knowing it has
| absolutely cured thousands of hopeless
cases. Asthma, Bronchitis, Hoarseness
and all diseases of the Throat, Chest anC
Lungs absolutely cured by it. Regular
size SOC. and 81. Every bottle guaran
teed, or price refunded. 3
Trial bottles free at A. 9. Eaton's Drug
Store.
The Press. (Stafford Springs, Conn.) 1883-1935, 1900-01-11
Two Kinds offwomen.

"It Is very difficult for a clerk to
actually draw customers to a store"
said an old merchant the other day,
'but 1t is the easiest thing in the world
for him to drive them away. OF course
customers are themselves very trying
at times, but the clerk who is scru-
pulously polite always has the best Of
such encounters. That reminds me,
by the way, Of an odd little incident.
"a few days ago one of our girls
who comes from a distinguished and
once wealthy family was waiting on
an i'll tempered woman who treated
her with such brutal rudeness that I
was strongly tempted to personally in
terfere. However, the clerk remained
perfectly calm and courteous and be-
trayed not the faintest sign Of annoy
ance. Just then a lady who is recog-
nized as one Of the society leaders of
New Orleans approached the counter
and gave the shopper a very frosty
nod. At the same moment she aught
sight Of the salesgirl and instantly
! dropped her air Of reserve, rushed up
and seized her cordially by both hands.
| "'My dear child she exclaimed, 4
am so glad to see you! Can't you and
your mamma come to my little must
Gale tomorrow nightp
| "With that she sat down and launch
ed into general talk. The first wo-
mans face was a study. She would
evidently have given front tooth for
an equally gracious recognition, and
she glared at the girl with an expires.
sion between wrath and awe. 1t was
very funny. l was behind a pile OF
dress goods and laughed myself tired
New Orleans Times-Democrat.
The Press. (Stafford Springs, Conn.) 1883-1935, 1900-01-11
MKeena fine Feet warm and Dry.

Ask for Aliens Foot Ease, powder. It cures
Chilblalns, swollen, Sweating, Sore, Aching,
sample FREE. Address Allen 8. Olmsted, LIE
] Roy, M 7.
The Press. (Stafford Springs, Conn.) 1883-1935, 1900-01-11

If only people would wash out their
mouths twice Or thrice daily with an
antiseptic, there would be far less dis
ease than there is now, since most dis
ease germs are taken into the mouth
and from thence into the system. One
Of the best and simplest of antiseptics
is carbolic acid and water. There is a
difference in the strength of carbolic
acid purchased at different chemists,
SO one should ask the chemist how
much of the solution should be put into
a tumbler Of water. Hold little Of
this mixture in the mouth, and if you
can do SO gargle the throat three times
a day, and all disease germs that may
be lurking there will perish.-Home
Notes.
WORKING NIGHT AND DAY.-The bust
est and mightiest little thing that ever
was made is DR.. Kings New Life Pills.
Every pill Is sugar-coated globule OF
health, that changes weakness into
strength, listlessness into energy, brain
fat into mental power. They're wonder.
full in building up the health. Only Csc.
per box. 8
Sold by A. G. Eaton, Druggist.
The Press. (Stafford Springs, Conn.) 1883-1935, 1900-01-11

RED Hot FROM THE GUN was the ball
that hit G. B. Steadman of Newark,
Mich,, in the civil war. 1t caused horri-
BILE ulcers that no treatment helped for 90
years. Then Bucklen's Arnica Salve
cured him. Cures cuts, bruises, burns,
boils, felons, corns, skin eruptions. Best
Pile cure on earth. Is cts. a box. Cure
guaranteed. 8
Sold by A. G. Eaton, Druggist.
The Press. (Stafford Springs, Conn.) 1883-1935, 1900-01-11

started on their two weeks wedding
journey and the old man was walking
back to his lonely rooms he suddenly
Strengthened up and said to himself
half aloud:
SIT will only be two weeks."-Cleve-
hand Plain Dealer
The Press. (Stafford Springs, Conn.) 1883-1935, 1900-01-11
CURE SICK HEADACHE.
A Cure for Consultation.

have been troubled with constipation for
years. 1t was running my health, my COM
fort and my com plexion, and am glad to say
that Celery King has restored all three, and
this after trying many other medicines that
were supposed to be good, but which were of
no value whatever. would like to tell every
suffering woman what Celery King has done
for me.-Nellie Gould, Medina, Ohio.
Celery King for the Nerves, Stomach, Liver
and Kidneys is sold in &c. and Soc. packages
by druggists and dealers.
The Press. (Stafford Springs, Conn.) 1883-1935, 1900-01-11

THO Cottage on Highland Ter
a race. Modern improvements, including
nrst-elass range Spring water. J. ]. ELLIS.
Aberdeen herald. [volume] (Aberdeen, Chehalis County, W.T.) 1886-1917, 1900-01-04

Port Townsend, Jan. 1.-The pur.
chase of foreign vessels by the United
States government for use as transports
during the Spanish American war and
their subsequent sale by the govern
ment to private citizens has resulted in
complicating matters for purchasers
from the fact that after purchase OF
such vessels the government refuses to
allow them to he documented in the
United States as American vessels.
The case in point is the steamship
Scipio, which was recently sold by the
navy department and was afterwards
refused Recommendation. The purchaser
applied to the secretary of the treasury,
asking that if he should break the
Scipio up, whether the material OF
which she was constructed would be
subject to duty ii sold in the United
States. Yesterday Collector Heustis
received circular letter covering the
above case from the treasury depart.
ment in which Acting Secretary Spaul.
ding says that upon the sale of said
vessel in port OF the United States
the material or materials taken there.
from would not be regarded as an i'm.
portation within the meaning OF the
customs laws, and would therefore be-
exempt from duty.
Aberdeen herald. [volume] (Aberdeen, Chehalis County, W.T.) 1886-1917, 1900-01-04
The Plague Scare.

San Francisco, Jan. 1.-The steamer
Gaelic arrived here this afternoon from
the Orient, via Honolulu. The Gaelic
was sent to quarantine, owing to the
plague scare. but her cabin passengers
were allowed to land, towboats plying
between the steamer and the city for
the purpose.
The press correspondent at Honolulu
says there have been no new cases OF
plague since last advices. There have
been several sudden deaths, and in
each instance rumor assigned the
plague as the cause. Investigation
proved otherwise. The hoard of health
now claims but two deaths were caused
by the scourge, the remaining cases be-
ing doubtful or suspicious.
Aberdeen herald. [volume] (Aberdeen, Chehalis County, W.T.) 1886-1917, 1900-01-04
PACIFIC COAST NEWS
Of Interest to the Growing
Western StHtas.

Since the first Of July the people Of
Alaska have contributed to the federal
treasury in license money the magnifi.
cent sum OF 1888, 278. 40 for the priv.
lege of doing business in Alaska and
developing the territory, says the Skag.
way Alaskan. This Is in addition to
the tariff duties paid, internal revenues,
taxes and all other taxes common to
the country at large. 1t is a special
tax levied upon business in Alaska
alone, such as no other citizens OF the
United States are required to pay: in
fact 1t is a tax that was never before in
the history of the United States levied
against any of its people.
Plenty Of Supplies ut Dawson.
D. w. Bullock, lately arrived from
Dawson. said to an Alaskan reporter:
Dawson is supplied with everything
needed there for the winter. The re-
port as to q great shortage of oats Is
not true. There is plenty OF oats along
the river and in Dawson to supply the
interior. When we got away from
Dawson, November Z, oats we're sell.
ing for 20 cents pound and hay at
10 cents. Last winter oats went to 40
and As cents, and hay to 35 to SO cents.
Tobacco sells in Dawson today for 81
to $1.25 a pound, less than it brings in
Bennett. The Bennett price is $3.50
pound. Flour that sold for SO in Daw.
son year ago is worth only $4.75
there today. There will be plenty of
beef in Dawson throughout the winter.
Dumbolton had four scows loaded with
beef on the way in, one of which is at
Selkirk and one at Stewart river. do
not know where the others are. Dunn
bolton will take the meat through to
Dawson over the ice after the river
freezes. McDougall & Burns have 80
tons below Selkirk and will take it in
over the ice. The labor market Of
Dawson is glutted. There were 1000
to 1900 idle men in the town when I
left, and more were rushing in from up
the rverD
Aberdeen herald. [volume] (Aberdeen, Chehalis County, W.T.) 1886-1917, 1900-01-04
North west Notes.

An opera house is one of Albany's
needs for 1900.
Mule-buyers from California are in
Southern Oregon counties.
A Burns paper reports sale of 2.700
stock sheep ut $40 per head.
1t il estimated that the call for war.
rants recently made by the county
treasurer OF Whatcom county covers
about $40. 900 OF county indebtedness.
Figures of real estate transfers re.
corded in King county (Seattle) since
July / show q total OF 495 transfers, OF
an aggregate value of $3,9s9.625, not
including, OF course, the value of the
transfers for nominal sums.
In Umat,lla county, wheat farms are
advertised for sale at prices from $40
to $40 an acre. A farm on the foot.
hills east OF Milton sold for IS. 800
spot cash.
Tho old mill, on Chambers creek,
near Fort Steilacoom, was recently de-
stroyed by fire. 1t was one OF the old
landmarks of that part OF the country,
having been built in 1859.
The convention OF the Linn county
Christian Endeavorers 10 to be held in
Brownsville on January ~. Is. and IA.