The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1889-09-01
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-. i<srn ~ tar efTsrons q hsfiia
f7ss. ard esess Ia TO IN tire city lie
va the FIRST i'r1@.a@n- sxeeff ffesi-
srick tl4s ssrvss. siaaost ffsiSrrsAisy
kno~D, Tor I4sliszr AS sst1n' F" Al
Iensfsfs bohemian.
The rear Humboldt died the pres
e,.t .ur.ror ~as born he was ~ year
Old wf,sn the former emperor, fred-
e,iek III. xax born. be was = year.
Old xfsen the essa emperor, William l..
ma. horn. the noIuinas hero of ssfaYs-
ioss~ and sedan
EsrIto had AZ Huiufol5t's birth not
more thar fss4 80 people al hss dea;ss
II had 5000. HE sAs - years osa It
the battle VI Jena, when Napoleon
walked over Berlin he Sas - year.
ola AZ the death 81 Washington; lie
lived 20 write letter III favor Ut 10fats
&. fremont az president OF The Z INTEL
states la 1856. and sifacat % hear Dt
the election Of Lincoln.
lie lived. hoxwver. before The great
political sriarnphs af Prussia he
vas 4. wears old AZ the death 81 FRED
erirk the Great, bat The Prus~iAf'sz-
ing Of Germany was not u happen
until he had been seven years IA tit
crave After his death tire pubsica-
lion 81 hts letters sisox ed that be hal
rather A French heart. One sofisers
# he ever had lady love ia Paris, or
a lady cssis! IN ls%fliu, ho aidnt lac
him. Perhaps ali Paris was to him
WOMAN aud ali Berlin mere booied
and bsimst~.l soldier prince. He
never married at ended by a servant
he died. of great fame. bat perhaps al
ready In the decay oi it. HIS work
Was genuine. but 20 ugixed with eouE-
,iersislp and and sort of eyasfve poi
itics and 20 fnagnihcisnuy rewarded
during his LIE that there - muir
muir. perhaps. as over any man siao l.
pasheonized while alive
I have already skeiehed hts youth,
endowed with flne private and Gni-
yerSity education. and never COM
PEELED to seek oihce, trough he sas
always possessed oi IL. and have
shswn hog. while Napoleon was going
to Egypt. Hnmboidi slipped off 70
South America, by the special favor of
the kiag OF Spain. and flrst told the
world oil What gAs there. Returning
he found Napoleon emperor. and soon
Prussia fell st hts ieet. Then his
friend. fresisi tx William ". thought
that a. "A scientific maa be could get
better treatment for Prussia III Paris
than anybody else, aus. made him sec
rtary there under a prince minister
until Napoleon fell. tie had preyl-
onsiy been very much in Paris. aud
there he brought out his expensive,
nearly eatFayagsnt. book on America.
lt t.. -. AZ
this time. in spite of his professions of
independence. But will continue To
digest from the copious memorial
volume OF his time.
A PAKsIisS GERMAN.
A Tenton says i.asaile vas almost
Obliged To confess with bitterness that
Paris was at that time 1900 the cap
ital OF Germany.
TO Humboldt, ~ man Of birth
AMI position, every house and palace
in the empire sas thrown open; to
him. a. a distinguished traveller and
successful investigator. Familiarity ac-
quainted with all that was newest aud
most interesting IN science, every cir
Gle Ia the worlds metropolis belonged
by right, private circles and learned
wish To claim him as their Own even 1T
the institute. OF which he had long
been a member, where literature and
science found their noblest represen-
ta.iyes, he was al once accorded tie
position OF a distinguished and Illus
trious genius, and eventually regar.
ded n a French conquest, to be re.
tained, II possible, as permanent
and valuable possession. But be Was
yet dependent on the king of PEus-
STA revenue
Both the Humboldts had Just then
been placed in position OF painful
pecuniary embarrassment, anu this
political mission 10 Paris WAS accepted
by Humboldt. not merely In the in
terests OF bis country. but 10 meet the
urgent rcquirem cnts OF his own
affairs" He wrote tn show how the
French conquest OF Poland had locked
mp his frus, sian cash there
The dreadful rscuniaTy embarrassment
In which my brother AID myself are At
present involyed may be conceived We
have the sum Of R5fao FFussian lhalcrs on
mortgage ia the grand dueny Of wsrsax
ny thr law passed on the 9th of JannaTv.
is4e, We are interitcisd for Sn indefinite
p,fi,-i from The use either of the capital
or the Interest
lie nov went on getting out his
book on America. ami from the book.
sellers be exscted large sums. for
which, III view 81 the great y*cnuiarv
sacrifices involved 10y the Journey. he
u certainly not to be e.nsured The
booksellers, in consequence, expected
Ia realize large pronts. aud sought
eagerly for purchasers. To promote
The safe the agency of the press was
brought into operation. and the ser
vices of competent writers secured for
introducing the works iavorahlv 10
the notice of the public. In solicit
Ing reviews Humboldt dtsplayed con
siderable tact. and always adopted A
noble and Straighttor coarse
when endeavoriug "a iniere. others In
his cause. IL scents that even the
great Hamlsoldt knew What pufFrry
was
His work on America gradually ex.
tended 50 FAR beyond the original plan
a. to hll tSenty nine volumes. both
Folio and quartz. illustrated hv rs
maps and plates, many of which were
culofe,i
The eNpsnss of engraving and print
ing the eoppcrplate illustrations was
truly enormous In a letter e. Bockh
Humhoisit remarks that the cost az
The cngravluRs ior the French work
amounted "a tssft a francs st.sl 0sss.
In tdeteF Sranslsiiun az The Exa-
men triiique. u Is stated that the
coHp letiUn of the Publication of Hum
eassit great work un America Nas en-.
hfvis due Ia the generosity ef The
public the corpcrpiate Illustrations.
occupying a. tollo leaves. costing in
printing and paper alone $50 ESQ
francs.
IN this way Ntfv ~0sia expended not
merely hss private iueomr and pen
SioH, out slso thc SUMS he reviewed
from Gotta tor has hterary prsslue-
tions, - he asked iean. haseard
Prussia luF
ASSISTANTS
In eonsolusnee ef representation
made IA psr o. ey Humbos,it 60 Ven
bulos tie Fvusssau minister al
hnSuev. q ho happened 10 be at that
uae visiting Paris. Re reessvt.ti in ISIS
81 advRncs vi "a - francs The .ums
be borrowed iFptn Prussia Il seems he
esd uoi rvt0rn foF by A ravxl order Ia
council om AUEoSf t. i<NA. II VA
sEfvsss "a ss'rept a. 81 eslalvalput lor
The losa advaneesi te HamisssslS fear
saagH'iscens cepies ~ hls wosks. ssl.h
we're prescntess bv gas k'ur ga iSe
anlTvgs1sse* og lsersio. hsssiAa Hale
asst bonn
lie a. ,hiyk ia l'As5s = ish the S,sE,.
so sent minister ana Protestant.
tssasot The friendship ghAt fur hslf
cratesrg existed esswseu Namesais5t