The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1889-12-22
PERSONAL AxD aKsEEAI-

terrific fight between an eagze 2ad
man named English is reported from an
Indiana town. IN which the man whipped
II the report be = correct one, II = she nTst
time the American eagle was ever whipped
By the English
Passaslsiphsa PSsxx. Free tobacco IN the
United States VII transfer Cuban culture
Is vel IS manufacture 70 Florida and give
. new lease OF lie 10 the old fields Of Nir-
ginia. The farmer pays this tax; why
should congress let him when the treasury
has no need of the money!
MISSIONER since his recent marriage has
seemed 10 lose ais ambition. He spends
very few hours day in his studio and does
& great deal Of aimless sketching and. daub-
ing. His trends regret his chsnge OF
habits, but MISSIONER always does as he
pIeaSes and there's an end OFT
The destruction Of game Il Europe goes
on amaze. The Due de Chatres, Prince
Leopold al Bavaria. the Princes Philip and
Augustus of SAKE Coburg- Kohary, Lord de
GRAY ana Count Karolvi have killed in Bo-
hernia during the last month IL $50 part
ridges, 6,SIs hares, ). 473 pheasauts, 81 roe
bucks and SO head Of miscellaneous game.
A demand has been naade upon the civil
service commission for man 70 work In
the ST. Paul quarters OF the geological sur
vey. The commission announces that 'she
must be geologist terminoiogist, ana q
draughtsman. wel Hp in paiezoic snyerte-
brate paleontology, likewise ceneozoic in
vertebrate paleontology." None others
need apply A salary OF $500 awaits the
scientist who can fill the bill.
There is a whole sermon in the follow
ing item for young girls. "a young lady
of Augusta, Me-, has received q bill
amounting to over 81 600 from Peter Clark,
of New York: aud in it she is charged with
twenty-five yards OF silk dress goods, two
gold bracelets, one diamond ring, a bat
and several other items. Clark was q re-
jected snitor of the lady and cisims the
above named articles were presents from
him"
Sardou is said to have received an sd
dress OF thanks from 100 Partisan mothers
in-law of the best families for his services
in removing contumeIy from the office OF
mother-in-law through the agency of his
play Belle Maman." The Partisan wits
now say that Sardou's mother-in-law COM
PEELED him to write the play, and the obi
cations of the other mothers-in-law appear
to be somewhat mixed.
Attention was called to the particularly
loose and unbusinesslike methods in regard
to the drawing of the pay of representa-
tiyes by General Garfield so long ago as the
Forty sixth congress. The defalcation OF
Cashier Slcott and the consequent fnan-
eiai embarrassment of large number of
congressman will doubtless, result in
putting an end 70 the old slipshod and
elastic practice in that respect. Ii is always
comparatively easy to lock the stable door
after the steed is stolen.--Aetg York Mat
and EyprsSs, Rep.
Children. in their ignorance of various
modifying conditions, sometimes ask ques-
tons that all the philosophy of the world
cannot answer The reflection of q little
one 3 short time ago voices the questioning
of centuries and tells of the doubts over
which wise men have puzzled. She had
been watching the funeral cortege of
little babe. the blossom sf whose Life had
been picked by the angels just as it had
begun TO unfold. Turning to her mother,
as the little white hearse and its somher
escort disappeared fro n sight, she said.
with childish gravity: 81 wonder why
God sends little baby so far for such a
short stay"
nephew Of Miilet. the painter of the
"AEgeIuss,.. is making brierwood pipes for
living in New York city. An account
says: His father was the brother OF Jean
Francois Millet. The parents OF jules
Millet died when he was but years old.
and, as the whole family was In poor cir
oumstances, Jules support was taken up
BY the painter. Jean Francois. Even this
little outlay was rather hard on the painter.
Jules was the youngest. and when he was
years old his was apprentioed to a turner.
He may have had some ability and genius
for art, but 1t was very soon crushed. as il
was quite enough TO have one artist in the
family who had to work hard 20 earn q
precarious living. jules did not see much
OF his uncle after he hsd been apprenticed
as he could only occasionally come 20 him,
for they lived some distance from one
another But he says that the friends OF
the family never thought much OF the
work which the great master created, and
that his creations were looked upon as the
result of so much time lost, which could
have been much more proftahly employed
in attending to the productions of his
farm So the influences around M.slet
were not very encouraging, and when be
painted the great 'Angelus" he was obliged
to sell it for bread.
The Psossesr- Press gives this racy little
sketch OF the career of sn Iowa Becky
sharp: ssome people would succeed any
where, bat, while We admire their pluck
and les reward we cannot always admire
their methods Sneh case is that OF q
Young lady who went % Chicago some
years ago fFon q little Iowa town with
desire 10 win fame and fortune as an elo-
cutionist. When she reached the Garden
CITY aud became established in boarding
house environments, She noticed that the
dresses her mother bad prepared with so
faueh sacrifice and labor were not like
those worn BY city maidenS straightway
she sent all her wardrobe. which sentiment
voala have prevented most people from
sacrificing. 90 q secondhand clothing
dealer. ard invested the proceeds in robes
after tie pattern worn by her urban sis
ters. Next she began to attend fashion
able church in the vicinity Of her city
home. and soon enlisted the sympathies
ard energies OF the prominent ladies who
were members. With them IS a snbsidiE-
ing committee she rented 3 bail on the
West Side and gave an entertainments
made I'D entirely OF musical and eioc1-
ticnarv numbers given by herself and
thereby Melted So II isn't necessary 90
trsoe her career any further. suffice IS 70
say that she married well and nov has
husband 10 care for her, whether satlslac-
tor.ly ieponent saith not bat the story Is
a true one. and shows that Becky Sharps