Seattle daily post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, W.T. [Wash.]) 1881-1888, 1888-04-01
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Willis Collins 10 a9sin In the tolls oi
his tsoabiesoDe sne0y-shs goat.
Mssioo Osavfsed, IL Americas EGG
lisa au,hoF, 10 ssad 70 b . good toooI
sluass.
The library and readisa sosu ef Yals
eslteae hes been opened 70 VomeD ~
veil - 10 Den.
Madame PATHS autobiography u
sh5rtIy 10 appear simoitaneoesiy In
Loodos and Paris.
The cheous of go which Mrs. H. b
stowe received for "uucie Toms Cabin
vaa mads payable 10 hes husband.
Madams Chsistins Nilsson 10 abest "a
psxs her fsssvsil boz bsfoss IN EGG
Len audienee. Twenty ons yeass hAvs
slapyed since che made her debut q HsI
Msjsssy's Thes;sr.
There are six thsatsss IN Los0oa -
voted 10 conio opera, opofeseoD md
0usieal pieces generally. ThtssowDol
10 New York &c may expect 70 have
foor. perhaps Eve. The Qoeelioo ~
Win they eli nnd u psoAsabls?
EVERYBODY 10 Sssstle 80 the dss-
uatio rspfesensation or "ehs" . fsu
dare aso. Il viil interest them 10
kuos that the original Of A. Ridei
Hazards "She" " said 10 b the Qot @
Of Tonealaud, district Of Assiea With
which England recently signed treaty
Jenny Lind left about t23o. 00o -.
hind her, one third Of which II to b
q voted 10 charity sd to educational
purpoess. hss valuable coliectioo 81
paintings are, after the death Of her
husband, 10 20 to the royal gallery q
Stockholm
The Abbsss Jenasse." Esosst
Rsusn's FIRST attempts u fiction. 10 20 b
tran dated into Enaiish. II h pseolias-
~ o French novel full OF Rraphie
descripsion and ingenious combinations.
HsoAn' fame 10 universal; bis Life Of
Christ" stamping bin - ono Of the
mos. original thinkers OF shs nine
tssnth century.
MAJ VRsll. during . discu sion lot
ths Books which Have Helped Me-"
articles In English and American maga-
xirsa, u credited With having said that
70 book which hslpsd hin most vss
John Bull and His Island" II vas
this book which hrst raised him oot Of
sbe obscusisy Of . French teacher In an
English school.
Dan Suily. Who vill be RENT mbered
as. Daddy Nolan" on his appearance
10 tie Queen City lsss fall, has epcoun
tired some pretty rough weather lately.
After passing thsoagh Dakota big
gssd be vent east, and thoaaht be bad
quit the region sf suov, but be txperi
euotd New York's late blizzard and be
remarked audibly that the latter got
one better than its Dakots brother.
A veil knosn gentleman Of Lon son.
England. states that The Foundation Of
EraI,sh literature II comprised 10 three
original nursery rhymes: l. Jack the
Giant Killer" IL the first hero. =. The
House that Jack Built" 10 the parent Of
tae novel. 3. The old woman urging
the pig over the ssy, IL said to be the
original Of Inventive literature. What
peculiar vagsrics run In the minds Of
man.
An enterprisine Paris manager lately
asked Meissonief 10 paint q drop cor
tain for his theaser. The old master
n piled; II have calculated. and and
that my pictures are valued d %. 600
francs per metre. Your curtain would,
therefore, cost you 81 .600.0Oc francs.
Bat this 10 not all. Il sakes me twelve
months 10 paint twenty ave oeutimesres.
IL vtil, therefore, take Vs Just 100 ,eafs
70 fiuish your earfain. You should have
come to me earlier, Monsieur; yGu
shonid have some 10 me earlier. Good
morning"
A gentleman OF the name Of Elias Mo-
lac Announces 10 mise uided world stat
be considers the English language .
misfortune to any country USING II. be
oause the time of children 10 10 wasted
In tuntiua up the Greek. Latin aud
French roots. lie proposes TO reottfy
this by thro~ina out all The foreign eie-
meuts ADD retaining only words Of Ger
maain orieiu. This be announces 10
words almost entirely OF Latin deriya-
tion, With which be manages very ade-
uuately 10 convey ths idea that be 10
about TO issue hook on the suojsct en-
titled, ~ Plea for an American Ian
essge."
Sorse ACTORS love notoYiety, says 0
Nev York critic. They can go fasting
tveuty-foar honrs IL they can onlv get
their names 10 the newspapers. A few
days ago q gentleman who Vas acting
at one time With Mra Lsnafry aud =
ysunc Philadelphia Thespisn drew up
on their imagination and then saun
tered iuto the Hohusn Hoase barber
shop. TIE Phila4eiphisn bet bis com
panion tbst be oonidnt shave BIN.
The other declared that be coGld aud
The bet wss ccncIuted. Both we're veil
knosn; the scene drew a crowd. After
n vas I'll ovsr the NAN who did the
shaving started out. and b every news
paper msn he met and knew be told tie
story. d, sonrse be appeared 10 tne
papers and got all the credit, while tee
poor lutte Philadelphia chsp that Vas
shaved got very little. Bat toe Phi.a-
delpaisn has satisfaction 10 telling tie
story, to sesch be sads, by gay OF a
tag. aif Bob wss as good an actor a. be
10 9 shaver he'd be great" Bob doesn' :
Ike the compiimert. for the shave Vas