The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1890-05-04

he had forgotten about there Delng
Kodak on board.
1 sometimes think that science will
eventually make prevaricatien utterly
impossible, but while there is still an OPP
portunity I beg leave to submit the
! above, which was told to me by a man
in whom I had formerly the utmost con-
fidence.
A curious feature of the shore along
the banks Of the Columbia is the wood
fume It is q long trough cut V shape
and supported by high poles, making a
| long schultz, sometimes extending for
miles up the inaccessible hills and top
ping the almost inexhaushble pine woods
which cover the bluffs. Eight or ten
;pches Of water viii do the work of a
! hundred teams in scooting the fire wood
down these hills, and in fact in most
places wagons could not be used at ALL
1t is beautiful sight to the tenderfoot.
/ Cords and cords of two and four foot
wood come down these fumes to the
steamboat landing, wet and surprised,
but otherwise in good order.
In Portland l met an actor who had
just returned from Alaska. He says
that Alaska as yet is not good show
place. He saw the country, however. l
asked him how the scenery was and other
works of creation. He said they were
every clever" 1 had never heard the
works of God indOrsed so heartily by an
actor before, and so 1 speak Of it here. I
do it in order to prove that many Of the
unkind criticisms we hear relative to the
creation are really unjust, and arise
from a feeling Of envy and jealousy
worthy only Of smaller minds. A truly
great man viii not try to belittle others.
No matter whether we are trying to con-
strUct solar systems or elevate the Amer
lean stage, nothing can be gained by the
exhibition of a small jealousy.
Do not order broiled oysters in Port
land, Oregon. Other victuals are reasona-
blein price and well prepared, but there is
10 economy in buying broiled oysters.
paid sixty cents for six broiled oysters,
and each one was smaller than a collar
button. On the coast the clam is the
Ward McAllister of nautical circles. He
grows to an enormous size, and is AFRO
CANT to a degree. [ saw in San Fran
cisco a clam shell which had been used
for years as a horse block-that is, saw
man who said he saw it. His name
was Samuel Post Davis, and letter adj
dressed to him at Carson, Nevada, will
call forth pleased and happy response.
At Tacoma [ saw several of the Siwash
tribe of Indians. l paused to scrutinize
them more carefully. Especially bright
young Alfarita squaw with white teeth
and black eyes. They had been BACKED
by her husband, presume. But she
was quite pretty, and therefore a great
curiosity among the Siwashes, who are
low, tritling set.
| looked at her earnestly until she
came tiInidly toward me with a large,
wet mackerel in one hand and blood
curdling oath in the other. Then I said
to Mr. Lacy: eve will now go and look
at those lots of yours, if you are not too
busy" He said perhaps that would be
the better plan, so we trudged away.
The ChinOoks are a more peaceable
people, fond Of out door sports and Hol-
land gin. Their lives are spent mostly
in their canoes, which gives them won
derful depth of chest and a paucity of
legs which is quite remarkable. One of
them looks very robust as he rows, as he
rows, but when on land he goes, with his
ten converging toes, it would make you
sure to grin at the way his toes turn in
On the shore.
And his string halt style of walk, and
his Waterbury talk make you smile. For
his knees are out of plumb, even when
he's out of rum. and his language knocks
you dumb
Evermore.
When George Francis Train got ready
to go around the world few weeks ago,
making Tacoma the starting point, it was
that he take with him Queen |
daughter of old Chief Seat |
tie, Duchess of Yamhill, and heir to the |
throne Of Puyallop. She is now over so |
years of age, and no longer cursed by the |
fatal gift of beauty, but she said that her
parents were both dead, and in their alb
sence she certainly would not consent TO |
take such a journey with man of whom !
she knew very little indeed. She said |
that there was already scandal enough in |
royal families elsewhere without any |
from her family. The !
queen then took small bite of Piper |
tobacco and declared the audi
ence at an end. AS she swept proudly |
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