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STORIES OF SEA SERPENTSFROM THE EARLIEST TIMES.
For Centuries People Have Believed in the Ex-istence of Marine Monsters.
TROMearliest times men have look"!
on the iwi with feelings akin toawe. Its vast extent and It*reslst-l»*s fore*?before which the work*of human hand* ««med *o weak
given corresponded closely with that ofthe mon*ter seen by c«pt. V Juhar. andIt may have been the *ame.
A H*(t Monster.
and fragile?made It a type of theinfinite and the eternal, without beginning
or end. Across lt» trackless waate* lay
unknown land* peopled by strange andsavage tribe*, while In It* water* livedbeing* unlike tho»e of land or river; vaat.misshaped monater*. that had nothing Inrommon with thine* of earth, but seemed
to belong to another world.Long before the Chrtatlan era the Psalm-
l*t had voiced thl* feeling when he *ald:
"They that go down to the **a In ahlp*.
that do business In great water*, these»ee the work* of the Ixird and Hl* won-der* In the deep." And doubtle** the won-
der* lost nothing In their narrative bythose who saw them. The seafaring folk
magnified the terror* of their calling.
pos*lb!y to deter competitor* a* well asthrough *uper*tttlon and Ignorance, and
the natural feature* of the ocean becamepersonified by the poet* until It* god* andgoddesses, mermaids and siren*, demon*and monster* were aR familiar a* thefabled deltle* of the land When theOlympian mythology wa* abandoned, andnymph* and natyra no longer haunted theforest or stream, the sea remained a homefor the "power* of darkne**" that long
Influenced creduloua *allor*. and probablydelayed the discovery of America.
The vessels of the middle ages madevoyage* to Britain and the Canary Islands;they crept along the coast* of Africa andAsia, while the Norsemen aklrted the Arc-tic Ice aheet and reached the Weaterncontinent, but In general these j»ere theexploit* of hardy adventurer* who found
few follower*. Beyond the pillar* ofHerrules the ocean wa* *tlll an unknownregion filled with terror*, a forbidding
wa*te. accursed of Ood. on which It waaalmost Impious to tre*pa**.
The voyages of Columbus and his suc-cessors destroyed most of these old-world
notions. *o that the mo*t auperatltloua
old salt would laugh at them, and yet
there are some of theee sailors' tales that,
when divested »f obvious absurdities, canneither be accepted fully nor rejected to-tally In the present *tate of knowledge.
There la a sort of "survival of the flt-ie*t" In these storle*. and tha duty 'of
aclence la to rull the true from the false
and to And the fact* on which Ignorance
or careless observation may have erecteda marvelous structure.
The Graphic of June 30. 1*77, contain* areport of a monster *e*n by Lieut W. P.Haynes, of 11. M S. Osborne, ofT thenorthern coast of Sicily on June 2 of thatyear.
It was first seen as a row of flns of Ir-regular heights, and In a line some thlrtvor forty feet long. It was distant from theship about 20n yards, "away on our beam,"when first seen, anr: then turned and madeoff. It had a broad back, fifteen ortwenty feet across, a "bullet-shaped"head, probably six feet through, support-ed on a narrow neck. Broad flappers, fif-teen feet long, paddled It along by a ro-tating movement, and It made about tenand a half knots per hour. "It was partlyout of the water, and from the top of thehead to the line of Immersion* measuredsome fifty feet; that was estimated to foea third of Its length. Th£ report wa* Il-lustrated hy drawings made at the timeIt Is needless to multiply Instances, andthose cited are merely specimens of re-port* that should carry some degree ofconviction. These men saw something un-common. What It was is a matter for fur-ther research. When Bruce published hiswork on Abysflnla It was greeted with In-credulity and Ita author denounced interms of unmeasured abuse, hut the cal-umniators have been made ridiculous byfurther exploration In Africa, and theirIgnorant pedantry should be a warningagainst refusing to believe what la not acommon experience. True as this Is Ingeneral, It Is particularly trim where thefauna of the sea Is concerned, for so littleis known of it.
nifllceltlee of Orfinlr Rrafirrh.The practical difficulties of oceanic re-
search are such that our knowledge oftne abyssmal depths ran Increase but?lowly, and despite the efforts of thepast half century the specimen* In ourmuseums are "like the few stray bodiesor strange red men that tradition reports
*"'Jl**? h**n washed on the shores of theId World before the discovery of the
New, and which served to Indicate theexistence of unexplored realms, inhabitedby unknown racea, but not to supply in-formation about their characters, habitsand history" (Edward Forbes). At leastone-half of the deep sea forms knownat present are represented by single spec-imens. and of these some are In suchcondition aa to make careful studv ofthem almost Impossible. The pressure ofdeep water Is tremendous, and njanv ofthe beings that live In It have soft bonesand loose, flabby tissues that are apt tobe torn or badly mutilated by beingdraped in *rou| , h , hrou|rh p«, rhapßimiles of water. If this danger be es-caped the lessening of the pressure asthe surface Is approached produces greatchanges aa tlxt soft tissues expand so asto dlatort the animal out of semblanceto Its original form, even If it does nothurst asunder. For these reasons pro-gress Is slow, and not Infrequently a scoreor more specimens may have to be exam-ined to determine characters that couli}be ascertained readily from the lnspe</tlon of a .Ingle Individual In good con-dltlon. Errors are unavoidable underese circumstances, and conscientiousstudents are painfully aware of the frag-mentary state of our acquaintance withthe fatuna of the sea and keenlv appre-
.ri*. «* the crumbs,that fall from the unattainable feast ofscience that Is spread beneath the waves.
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A Usg-Un< Relief <\u25a0 lea »er»fsti.Among the stories that are still current
are those relating to t*« sea serpents,great monsters of snake-like shape thntare said to have been seen In varlmiaparts of ttM> world. Belief In the existenceof such beings goes bark to the earlyNorse writers, snd In hli( "History of thaNorthern Races." published In Rome InlISMI, the learned and pious OlAus Magnus,archbishop of I'psala. devote* a chapterto them. According to the worthy arch-bishop. one of these serpents was KM feetlong, twenty feet thick, and appeared "likea pillar" when It raised Ita head In mid-air This wits truly a formidable animal,but on* that modern naturalists wouldhav> been unable to Identify?a difficultythat Is ahared by many others that havebeen described alrice th# days of Olaus.
The accouata of strange sea monstersthat have been encountered from time totime are usually so distorted and astmar-ated as to have invested the whole sub-ject with an atmosphere of doubt, andserious observers are unwilling to reportthing* that they may see. because of theridicule that la apt to follow "seeing thesea serpent."
Bo lonic a* the only account* of thewon.Urful creattlres cum* from Ignorantminora and eredulou* landsmen. lh>rewa* (TOO/1 resson for rejecting them. The.effect* of IlKhl and shade on the heavingwater* give rl*« to optical delusion* thatmay deceive the moat experienced. andthere aro many things. animate and In-animate. thai may resemble a vaat *er-pentlne ahape whan via wad from a dis-tance. Thra* appearances, Joined to aprejudice In favor of the serpent that maraxial unconsciously In lha mind of thaapacta tor may produce fata* statement*.In aplta of tha moat hoivaat Intentions. Anatural lora of publicity and notorietydoubtless underlies many of thaae storiesand produces grog* exaggerations. evenwhere tha whole account Is not fabricat-ed. but numerous reports have been mad*that cannot be dismissed In aurh lightfashion ICxperlsnced aeamen. such aacaptain* of ocean liners and naval ?fl-eer*. men of education, familiar with allthe changing a*pecia of tha watara, havemsdn detailed alaiemaot* that are aaworthy of < reilence a* would lie officialreport# on any other subject, and It launscientific In the extreme to refuse tobelieve them becaua* they tell of unfamil-iar thing*
talkeailr « aaea of Virile Noaaiera.In the l.ontlon Time* of Octolier 10. l»v>.
appears a communication, dated l*ly.mouth, October T. stating that the liae-dalus frigate t"*pt Patrick *l.-guh.tr.had lust reached that port from the K-astIndies Tl>e corteapondent went on to *a>that while the vessel aaa between therape of 'l.x.d Mo|>e and St Helena toeoaptaln ami mint >f hi* ~ff|. er* saw agreat sea serpent that t*aaaed under thaquarter and remained In sight for twentyminutes The animal held it*head atnoitfour fret <'\lt of the water and about sixtyfeet Of lis length stratchMl In a *traighttin* on the surf« e, while a portion es-timated to be thirty or forty feet ion*was under water It* law* were fnil ofteeth and opened widely enough for am»» to stand erect between them At thetime this wa* seen the ship was tailingnorth at eight knota. On the day fol-lowing the publication of thl* letter, theadmiralty called up,>n fapt McQuharfor an efli> i»l report. sod this formalstatement appeared (n the Time* oa Oe-t »er it its the r> i*»rt It seem* that onAugu*t « ls«. at i p m the l>ae4alu*»«" in latitude S» degree* <4 minute*south ami longitude » degree* It min-ute* east, ahen the *«rt«nt wa* seen byMr Kaitorla, A mldahijwnsn. and BY himw*« reported to l4eut Kdgar I'ruromoid081 er "f the wat h wt... aa* walkingoa the d* k with William Barrett, master,and the captain. The animal was #eegby all of them and by other* on boardand lha deaortptton aa* the -,*m* aa thatgiven above, except tUat It wa* «*US tobe of a biown color, with yellowish whit*about tha throat, *:id to have a reddish(nana just betuii I the head The captainmade aeveral sketches of the animal.Wit-- h he in loae.i with hi* report, andwhldto the admiralty permitted to he pub-
lished tP the Illustrated Ni A* ofivt .ler '?**-
Is, the MLB* number Pf file last nam »dperiodical la A letter from Janiea Hender-son of vfc* *l*ry Ann. of tilasgow Theletter *a> \u25a0 thatV'n September 1»W. hespoke the Am<-rl\Vn brig Daphne, of Ho.ton. t'apt Mark I Prelaw: > In Idsbua.and that the mateV' "»e TMWitM reportedtilat on Sept- nberV# P*»c. luig in lati-tude I degree* II niipu<c» south, iongitute
IS decrees IS -ulnuif* east, a serpent M!\u25a0** BM Mbirt Xb« (fefcaltfUoo
Many of the Inhabitant* of the depth*are too large, too gwlft. too wary or toocunning to be taken hy our net* ordredges, hut from time to time specimen*of these are cagt ashore by storm* or ar«round dead on the surface One of thesathat has never been captured by an ex-ploring ship I* the ltegalecua, or oar fish,usually from eighteen to twenty-four feetlong Prof. Ounther. of the Britishmuseum. give* a lint of forty-four thathave been *een by naturall*t*. but thl*represent* only a fraction of the wholenumber that have been actually atramleilIt I* widely distributed and ha* beensighted In every part of the world. Incolor the Itegalecu* t* silver gr»y withspot* or streaks of darker lint. It* headla oblong and the cleft of the mouth I*vertical, not horlgontal, a* usual Thetin on the back makes an elevated crestthat Is sometimes divided Into two parts,and the two vertical fins expand Intoblade-like tip* at the extremities. Itcan be seen at once that this tiaji whenswimming at the surface will presentmost of the feature* ascribed to the "ner-pgnt." when allowance Is made for exag-geration One Of these animal* cameashore at Hungrv bay. In Bermuda. InM*l. and although but seventeen feetlong. II nas described as much longer bythone aho saw It before Its capture Theyalso said I hat It had a head like that of anImmense horse. and a mane that **»
flaming red This latter feature was thedorsal fln and doubtles* the vertical tinswere the "flapper*- seen by Ueut. Hayne*from the Oaborne,
%n tbssrd mistake.Not alt '*f the tales of the sea serpent
are *.. well *u*ta!ned as those based onthe Regal ecu*, and absurd mistake* havebeen made by enthusiast* In IMI an al-lege,t Sea Serpent wa* seen off Gloucester,Mas. and an Investigation wa* set onfoot by the Idnnaean Society of New Kngland After a while a cur!ou*ty shapedreptile wa* taken that the committee pro-nounced to be the young of the monsterthat had been wen. and gave It the nameof ' lUtaUcvi." Tti* r#p*>rtwa* hy Am * »Tory. and was
br th" but it sut>*«-QUftitljr that the y«>unf #ea n#r-rwnt a with ar*rh*«M »f*4nr The »ocl«-ty couht not »ur-vtva the 4*rt*lt*r\ wtth which thl* report*** wwn found an Uinoml-
It I* noc«»rif>u*ly dlfTVrult tn prove * nrj-»tlv* *m! It I# whrn llttl* I*hn»wn of thr rr*i fact*. For thl* r»«aonIt I* lm|H>**lbl# t«> a*iM»rt p»«Jiivtljr thatno *u< h Animal an th«* n>i «*xl*t*,although th* l«Vnc» In fax;>r «>f It*lutanr# la far from «*oertnctn*. Th« m« r*
fact that It ha* not b**«n captured 1* no*n that It may not W a* fh* r*
arr other aquatic animal* that are hnown,although no are to he ha<l.I nknnnn fr'tahe* tu Orran l)r|«th»-
ln malting Inveatigattociii Into the fur*eal* a few year* ajro. It wa* found thatthe *t mach* of many of the **>ai* con-tained the b<tne* of * «mai! that mume*l*t In graat number* and yet not aaingla ap+clxu?n wa* taken by the *cien-tUt*
Thla fl*h !« known from ft* and(loubtleaa many forma are In tha M-a thathave not given any *lgn» »f thctr i r» *-
Th»> *truggl« for food Ip auch thata »Jead bod,* I* rapidly devoured by ra\-enoua neUUtbcra, and the chance i>f fln-i-Ing any remains of It la vary axnail.that an animal of even tha dlmenaion*attributed to these monsters may remain
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?* Hch In ihi* f'>4t}>rtnttt '.f wmr greatorganism* of wht. h no other trace re-mains If Much *m the fat* of organ-ism* In remiiit ift-iink-il rrti*, tt maybe the f»m»' with th «>> of tddW.
From what has Mn definitely ascer-tained about th-- fauna of Us- «. « thepnibftMlhk# are ik«ldM the existence ofany *iKh monster as the sea ivrpfnt. butfurther than thf» It Is unsafe to «>> with-out w re Sight than ran he had at pres-ent. It Is true that roll* of sea weed.k>ir» and other hits of the flotsam of thesea have been mistaken fur a rant ser-pent until hiwstlgated. It l» also truethat a school of dotphlr.s plunging soddlvtng in single ftle will simulate n rep-tile alawH p»rf»> tly, but these do n«>texplain ait of tbe rsporte-l phenomena-In other ra*e* a single gigantic ruttle-9sh or squid was the bads for the re-ported mor.ster. and some of the high-est authorities let.\ (he possibility oftherw belnc a sea serpent at all. It hasbeen suggested that some huge aniroai.partly serpent and partly fish, such a*the Ichthyosauri, roa.v lin«er In thedepths of the ocean, but this Is meresupposition. This ocean mystery stillneeds many Hue* before It can be solved.
I.nvn Heds of the tiresl XorthivstA wide wa«ie of *r«> cjvi ..lack de.<o-
la Hon" would 'w'*t describe t twee lavabeds as seen from the crests of any onoof the myriad waves, hummocks, orn4se« which cvarywuara project la Uie
wildest ronfualon. Here the formationwijl take th« texture of n'.ajz or Toiranlc*lau. there It will he wrlnkied, r»>py.In folds and ro!l« or Rtnnt roll*. It*pretelllnn irk la often virM by iras ?
f*h, yeliowtah or «reenl»h tint*. It* ron-*l*tcncy «-«n anything from the potk'lof a»hea or cinder* ttv»t look u thoughth* ftre had *irned Itaelf out but v-»-terday, to th® rough. funic*! clinker*.
A ??< Bud ma»« hard ?» fling. In cage*,notary In »<*me of the Snake river nan-Mint, the walla are very renaiar. conical,
\u25a0 5 cuiwllke A.ong the C#umMa. andIn full view at the Oreat Northern rail-way In Kantera Washington, we flodthe Oiant'a rauaeway <}ult« faithfullyreproduced Kl*ewher« many of tharrents of ridge* have cmkod open, andthe figure* preeent along their wailaquite «>ra«netrteal tuiunna "Hvelr cavern-
\u25a0u» depth* not Infrequently reveal for-aaUt n* unique and fanitstlc. well worthhour* of *tudy.
The tmur a.iwo Mile* Loss.The Amur, about which we aw begtn-
| nlng to bear *o much !n the ttua*o-Ckt--1 net.' complication*. I* one of the four gi-Kantic river* of Siberia, each of whichmeasure* :!A» mile*. The other three, theObi. Ten. ci and L «ena, drain northward,hut the Amur, a m vgnt:>< ent waterway,run* eastward, defining th* modern fri.n-
--1 Iler of Manchuria and empties into !h*l'a irtc. Control of the Amur river givesHui-sla free communication from the in-terior with the Pacific, aunit thing eai«n-uai to her policy.
THE SEATTLE POST-INTELLIGENCER, SUNDAY, SEPTEMBER 2, 1900.
JUPITER'S RED SPOTA GREAT MYSTERY.
Peculiar Markings on theSurface of the
Big Planet
NO ONE UNDERSTANDS THEM.
Some Observer* S«y It Shifts It* Position?Other* Think It Due to a
Rift in the Clouds.
Erfar the largest and mist per-
plexing marking on Jupiter 1* the?(rreat red spot." It la roughly
estimated to he thirty thousandmile* long and several thousand miles
wide. Is pointed at both ends, and liesparailel with and Just aouth of the south-ern equatorial belt. A* If by somemysterious power of repulsion. It has cre-ated a deep indentation In the margin of
the belt, so that a wide boundary of
brightness l« Interposed between the edge
of the cavity and the spot.
When the great red spot was discovered.
In I*7*. It had a fairly well defined out-line and a salmon pink hue. During thenext two years It gained In distinctness,
and Its color deepened to n brick red.Then It began to fade. From that time tothe present its visibility and tint haveundergone many fluctuation*. At timesthe spot has almost entirely disappeared,and then It grows In distinctness. Whennear the minimum of visibility It appeari
only as a very faint ring of pink, the cen-tral portion being white or gray. Thereare perceptible differences, too. In theease with which the two ends can be dis-tinguished. In l«W-'»7 the spot almostcompletely disappeared. Stanley Will-iams. a well-known English amateur, re-ports In "The Observatory" for July thatwithin the last few months there has beena distinct revival. Its color Is now a sal-mon pink, and Is almost uniformly dis-tributed, although the front end seem*
to be a little paler than the rear. Mr.Williams add* that, whereas In I*9B thespot appeared to have gained on the ad-jacent cavity In the southern belt, and to
have fallen betilnd In 1899, It I* now Inabout the normal position Two or threeyear* ago observers called attention tothe fact that the equatorial bright xonepossessed a rich orange yellow color. Mr.Williams say* the sone I* now white. In1899 the southerh dark belt had a deeper
reddish hue than the northern, but nowthe conditions are said to be revetted. Thecolor of both is that of iron ru*t. Similardifference* between the two dark belt*In the plenitude of small dark or whitespots, proturbance* from the edge*, diag-onal rift* and other minutiae are observedfrom year to year, and It ha* been sus-pected that there are variation* in the ro-tational velocity of certain region*, but onthl* point there I* no agreement amongthe authoritle*. It ha* also been tasertedthat In these manifestation* of activity
there I* a periodicity like that in theabundance and site of *un spot*.
The nature of the great red spot, which1* lu*t now Increasing in visibility. Is yeta mystery. Jupiter I* believed to he Ina state half way between that of theearth and the sun. Blnce It waa detachedfrom the latter In the formative periodof It* history It has cooled down a greatdeal, of course, yet It Is probably a mol-ten mas*. Partly because It Is at only ared heat and partly liecause It appear*to he pretty well clothed In clouds. It 1*thought that It has censed to shine by It*own light. Mr. Maunder expressed theopinion a few years ago that If the va-pors that envelop the planet could beswept away Jupiter would exhibit a sur-face of uniform redness like that of thebig spot. And Mr. Barnard remarked in1892, Just after a temporary revival Indistinctness, that the phenomenon seemedto him to be a shifting of an overlyinghut very thin veil. There was a disposi-tion fifteen or twenty years ago to sup-pose that the spot was a new-born con-tinent, lifted above the level of'the adja-cent territory hy some Internal force.Hut If. as Mr. Williams thinks, the spotshift* It* position, that theory would heuntenable. On the other hand, If oneImagines that he Is merely looking downthrough a hole In the clouds. It will benecessary, as Mr Maunder ha* pointedout. to explain why that framework re-mains so nearly stationary and so un-changeable In form. For the present thenroblem I* Insoluble.
The mnrklnga on the surface 0 f Jupl-tor. which undergo more or l«u changefrom time to lime. «re unique In manyrespects. When we look at Mare weprobably eee the solid material compoe-In* that ruddy little orb, whereas Venueand Jupiter are supposed to tie clothedIn cloud »he|l* which ctnriot eaelly hapenetrated by the human gase. Hut thamarking* ou Venue are Irregular In theirdletrltiutlon and exceedingly faint. Thoseon Jupiter are more *}*t*matlcand strik-ing. although their significance la farfrom belli* fully revealed In the llratplace, there _ls a general arrangementof bands at right angles to the axis. abroad equatorial bright gone, a darkerbelt on each side of It. and then In atlllhigher latitude* n northern and southernsub-tropical bright belt, hounded moreor le»* distinctly by an extension "f thedarker potar regions
The tendency of Jupller'* envelope toarrange Itaelf In streaks In readily ex-plainable by the Inequalities In the plan-eta rotation. A patch near thegoe« around once In about nine hour* andfifty minutes. whereas In higher latitude*m.-re than Ave minute* additional arerequired, A difference In *peed of oneIn 1M I* enough to draw out any plastic
mat-rial like the planet'a cloud-Ailed at-mosphere Into belt* In a very abort flm*.K>en 'he much "mailer Inequality* whichare "baerved further away from the equa-ter operate In the same manner, thoughmore slowly.
The bn«ad general feature* }u*t re-ferred to can b» discerned with «mallglasaea. but with larger Instrument*mmh detail la f lsible~tlny black andwhite spot*. diagonal lift* acroaa 'hedark belt*. Irregularities along the lat-ter"* edge* and delicate wtsps of vaporoverlaying the bright central gone, which,by the way, la sometime* »e*a to h» di-vided longitudinally by a faint line abouton the fl*net's equator.
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brelth dork M't.'Uyi W»-dn»eda>» amiFriday*. al 7 a. m.. for Klii«at*n, polnt-No- Point. Tort Gamble. ttanror. H<-abr k.Hrlnn.n, Duckaburh, Molly. fiewatto,
Hoodaport. I'nlon r*|»y anilwar Sanding* Returning on alternateday*. For fre.ght. and rate*apply to agent at Oalbr.iHh lock.
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HTEXMFR KKHOMKWHATCOM. FAfP.HAVKN, ANAXOIt-
TKPlj*mm City dock. foot of Main itmt.
Tueeday*. Tnuradaya and Baturday*. I*p. m.
I«vn Whatrom Hun4aya, Wednesdayand Friday*. * p m.
Fare from fleattl*. tl rt>._W ] F.M.IM. Tr,.ffl- Mai,» t«f
FOIt ANA(i>RTK» FAIHHAVF.N.WHATCOM AND M.AINK HkiinrrOEOROF. E. KTARR leave* Ontral dock.Seattle, at I p. m . Monday* Wednesday!and Friday*. Returning, leave* What-com at » p. m., Tutadnjra, Thursday* ul\u25a0MurlMra. w
CuresWeak Men
FreeINSiRCSIOVC AND *NAPPY HOW FOR ALL
How any man may quickly cure himselfafter years of suffering from sexual weak-ness, lost vitality, night losses, varicocele,etc.. and enlarge small, weak organ* to
I* W. KNAPP. M. D.full slxe and vigor. Simply send your nameand address to Dr. U W. Knapp, IW> Hullbldg., Detroit. Mich., and he will gladlysend the free recipe with full directionsso that any man may easily cure himselfat home Tills la certainly a most gener-ous offer and the following extracts takenTrom his dally mall show what men thinkof his generosity.
"Hear Sir:?Please accept my sincerethanks for yours of rrt-ent date. I havegiven your treatment a thorough testand the benefit has been extraordinaryIt has completely braced me up. I amJust as vigorous as when a boy and youcannot realise how happy I am."
"Dear Sfr:?Your method worked beau-tifully. Results were exactly what I need-ed. Strength and vigor have completelyreturned and enlargement ta entirely sat-isfactory."
"Dear Sir:?Tour* Was received and Ihad no trouble In making use of the re-cipe a» directed and can truthfully aayIt Is a boon to weak men. I am greatlyImproved In sire, strength and vigor."
AU correspondence I" strictly rnntlden-tlnl. mailed In plnln, Honied envelop# Therecipe In free for the asking and he wantsevery man to have It.
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BOVTH ROCVD. IVictoria ?JTownsend ... «?2j®
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FOR VANCOUVER. B. c.. rn»»JSTEAMER NORTH PACtllaf
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Leave* Tesler wharf every» edneaday and Friday at » p.
Arrlvea Vancouver 10 a. m.day.leaves Vancouver every
Thursday and S.»:iinlay at I p. m.Arrives at Seattle at It a. m. |,|JConnects at Vancouver with <1 fefltrains for all points Kaat. aad wltE Jflera for Nanalmo. Comox, VlctmtejH
Westminster and Texada IslandFreight will not be received atQflafter fp.m. on day of salting. THFor freight or passage apply \u25a0» «-\u25a0
nee of the Vancouver line ThlvSTelephone Red I.BM.
DAILY ROATS TO PORT TOMIAND PORT ANOKLn r£3PI
CITY [>OCK. \u25a0Steamer Alice Uertrude IsaraaSundays, Tuesdays and ThursdayS
midnight for Port Townsend Vlams, Dungeness, port *laa»lim \u25a0Crescent. Gettysburg. Pyaht, ClafiflNeah hay. Returning, leavsagelea Tuesdays, Thursdays and laaaflat 8 a. m ; leaves Porta. m.; arrives In Seattle at ijiaTJl
Steamer Garland leave* City deck \u25a0\u25a0days, Wednesday* and Fridays ullnight for Port Townsend, Port WsflDungeneaa. port Angelea andReturning leaves Port Aagale* gi iHon Mondays, Wednesday* iM nlleaves Port Townsend at 11 a.In Seattle at I.SO p m.
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FLY ON THE FLYER.SEATTLE Tfl*TACOMA. ?\u25a0Four round tripe dally, except
In one hour and twentr-fiveTHE STEAMER "FI.TwW
RegulAr dally tripe, BeatilAtfMroute ae follows:TAKING EFFECT TUESDAY. Jttfl
TIME CARD.Leave Seattle?7 :tt; 11:11 a.I*ave Taeoma?»:» a. m.: L l-JtfeflflLeaveI-eave Tacoma-9:» a. m..I/anditi|t at N<#thern Pacific
coma, and Commercial dock.rlon street, Seattle. *
Sundays, steamer Flyer or OmUSEATTLE A EVERETT NAVNjH
(OMPANT.
OO ON THE QIMtItOMBMSEATTLE. EVERETT AND KOHSM
route.Time card?leaves Seattle f a. gJ|
and t p. m. leaves Everett IvHI*p. m. and T:IS p. m. ' \u25a0Three round trlpa dally, exaeat tdßflConnections?At Seattle win niHer Flyer f.ir Tacoidk; at
steamer Mikado for Snohomish uiflthe Everett and Mont* Ctlata raiwHHMonte Crlsto and way itatMH 31
Colman dock. Seattle: MmttmMtSBEverett. Telephone Vettfe. MflEverett.«q. E B. WCClftlMg^J
FOII VICTOMi.Commencing Wadneaflaat iHtl
Taka tha popular stuMjf'
ROSALtm -1Laavas Caiman's dock. fMtft4MH
street, calling at Port TOWMMM OHDAILY, excepting Saturdays ft ItIIundine at tha Inner »lltl(«|-Ril(iReturning, leaves Victoria Mi&Jfl
arriving at Saattla 4 p. m. |Office. Colmaa dook.
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THE FAVORITE «.B. MAILJIMM"STATE OF WASHWpHEO
Has now reoumod bar HWMIWMHtween Seattle and Bvaeott. MMFalrhavan and Whatcom. dwmHSaturday at 10 p. m., from ImmWH
Thle palatial and popular stMBMJust from the hands of thamachinist and decorator, andMJHMconditions for this season's MMMEJElegant staterooms and euMnt HflMIThe'traveling public can now bejHHof rapid transit and quMkfreight, tha "Stale" being tha Wboat on tha Seattle-Whatcom WWS'R
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FOR TA9OMA AND OMMIh*JSTEAMER MCLIttOtUP »,,]
Dstly. except Sunday; leaves w Wma and Olympl* at I p. Mb ' J
STEAMER CITT OF AHnUHMiDally, except Sunday:and Olympla at 7 a. m. I
Fare between Seattle sad I^SSbMround trip. *c-
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landing at White Star does, MlSpring street. JTelephone, Main M*»_etmjfl
HK At J IT RIVER RtH 'TE-dIM>R^PWQueen. Monthly timealtie Monday. Aug. TI, at B IIIMWednesday. Aug 9. al Bday. Aug. *l, at It midnight. MffflVernon: Tuesday, Aug. *St tJJThursday. Aug .*>. at ' PEdmonds, Htanwood. rW.Mt Vernon and Avon. jymH
Fur paaeenger and fretgwt<'lt> Ivxk. Seattle. Wash.
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leaves City ilorli fflDr»p* f*<irwUy. for P^rtF*ort dtmbif. P'>rt jSAITr»wn»«»ii«! RrturntNl.la. tt». dally Bund** l<*JfflljTowoa«>itil fiirtct *t ] *?
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PORT ORCHARD AND\JBf*INOTOM w»« TE ISTEAMER A R. R<>OT*Wfr|
Cerrvlng t MaHIntel City k at » » '">£2lH»«n I«.lnt, PVeaeant R«*«t*nlte<! State* navyton. Tracyton. 1 nleo a» iturning, leave* Sidney 2 p.1 'ULMT. BOOARDI'S *£pk
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day* aid Saturdays stta. Wj*mTtu,Hn» n. Mar.ager ownar.gardu* A Co.. Agents. <TOpluine. Mslojll.
Yt lit WHIDBT POOfSUBCONNER - Steamer FAI"JM
leave;) Cenirn] dockm. ' irej.r Sunday* Retuwnj. ffMConner at 6 p m., except
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