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REDUCE EXPENSES.

The proposition of the chief of police to
adopt the ''patrol SYSTEM" involving an
outlay of somewhere between eight and
eleven thousand dollars for an electric
outfit, of another considerable sum for
horses, wagons, stabling, etc., and calling
for six extra men, is most untimely. The
need of the present time is not for
development but for curtailment of police
expenses and for all other sorts of NUM-
cipal expense. The patrol system" is no
doubt an excellent thing for cities that
can afford it; but Seattle is not in a posi-
ton to take up new schemes of spending
money, no matter how excellent they NAV
be. Mr.. Rogers proposition is out of the
question.
If the chief of police wants to really
serve the city, and we believe he does, he
should set himself to the task of reducing
the expenses of his department. He has
already done something IN that line, but
he is hereby reminded that the city gov
eminent is spending more money than it
is getting in, and any means of economy
will be most heartily welcomed by the
taxpayers.
This task, too, is one that the fire COM
missioners and their chief engineer would
do well TO take up. There are many mani
test evidences of extravaganza In the fire
department. To cripple this depart
ment, which is now extremely active
and effective, Is of course not to
be thought of; but there ought to
be some way TO cut down expenses from
their present large volume without limit
ing the usefulness of the fire service.
The essential fact OF the situation is that
somehow the expenses of the city must be
cut down from $4,000 to ST., 900 per month,
and every department must aid in this re-
duction
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above the old Pauline theology which was
responsible. as interpreted by the Early
Fathers, for the social servitude and misery
once imposed upon women, and women
today stand almost where they did under
the old Roman law from Augustus to Con-
stantine, where women could do every
thing but vote and discharge certain re-
ligious functions incident to the higher ex-
ecutive posts. Here is where women stand
today. They do not govern by suf-
frage in politics, nor are they
made bishops in churches. The practical
justice of the Roman was tempered with
conservatism. and women were better of
under this Roman law than they were
under early Christianity and its Pauline
outgrowths of celibacy and asceticism.
The Roman OWNED the limitations of
women, and modern civilization is finally
gone back to that standard of justice and
common sense. The only male forces be-
hind woman suffrage today are prohibit
tionists and the most ardent woman advo-
cate of female suffrage is prohibitionist.
Woman suffrage is ''fad" with few
women, just as wearing trousers is with
some excellent women, and sending Aow-
ers to murderers, and the faith cure, and
'spiritism," and innumerable other utterly
tedious theories that have always been
periodically making the world grin, grieve
or ieer
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veteran scientist and principal OF MeGill uni
versity, Montreal. DR.. Dawson was born at
Pictou, n. 8, in 1919. His college course was
brilliant. At the school of Mines, where he
graduated in 1872, he won several prizes and
soon after was appointed geologist to the bound
AIRY commission exploring the border region
from the Lake of the Woods to the Rocky
mountains. In 1855 DIR. Dawson was assigned
to the Canadian geological survey, doing valus-
BILE work in British Columbia and the North
west territories. In 1877 he commanded the
Yukon river expedition in Alaska, making
journey of 1870 miles in boats, with one portage
Of fifty miles from the basin OF the Lizard to that
of the Yukon. Previous to this expedition DIR.
Dawson travelled extensively in Europe inspect
ing mines and metallurgicsl works. DR.. Daw-
son has written many books on geological sub
jects, and they are generally regarded a.
authorities. He writes extensively for maya
zines. He belongs to numerous scientific socie-
ties and had recently conferred on him the high
honor of being elected member of the Royal
Society in England. in recognition of his services
20 geology. Last year he was made an LII. d.
by Queens university, Kingston
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THE CIVIL SERVICE.

SEATTLE, July 10, 1891
To THE EDITOR: / have carefully read the
commendable article on "Civil Service Reform"
in your paper of this date, and cannot refrain
saying the sentiments therein expressed, be-
lieve meet the views of nine-tenths OF the best
and wissst citizens of this entire country, re-
CARELESS OF party affiliations. The civil service
"ism" is un-American, and Is q graft from
monarchy. AS you aptly put 1t: "If 1t was
honestly sustained and believed in by both
parties Ii would create bureaucracy or Office
holding class that is utterly foreign TO the
spirit of our constitution or the desire of our
people"
Who can foretell what the result in time
would be? The people would gradually lose
their power, which would naturally be followed
by indifference and loss OF interest in politics,
their votes could not materially change the
existing condition of affairs
At the same time this crowned civil service
octopus would be reaching out his formidable
tentacles twisting and twining them around the
vitals of the nation, eventually squeezing out
its very life till that principle mot civil kerv-
ice hierarchy, "a government of the people by
the people and for the people, shall have be-
come extinct: and we find ourselves where? Or,
in other words, how far would we be removed
from monarchy?
It is unfortunate to be born too good for this
world. The advocates of civil service reform
say its adoption would do away with the I'M
seemlv scramble for office, etc. I doubt If any
honest, true American desires to do away with
this same "scramble;" but believes in laws Civ
ing every citizen an equal chance lthis 10 the
spirit of our constitution)and the contsnding for
power and place is the the very life of our form
of government 1t 10 this agitation of the politi-
cal waters that will keep the stream ever pure.
Thus the remedy is ever in the hands of the
people, and the party In power will be held re-
sponsible for a just and honest administration.
Civil service reform is advocated by those who
would ape foreign customs, and, a. you have
well said, "by either impracticable idealists or
cunning demagogues." Pardon me for having
a. humble citizen. but true American out
and out, taken so much OF your valuable space,
but your article hit the nail square on the head,
and, believing from the bottom of my heart that
one of the dangers that threaten the future
prosperity OF our country is this same so-called
civil service reform, could not help saying
word. DWIGHT B. BAKER.
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NOT THE GOVERNING SEX.

The great mass of intelligentwomenth think
themselves unfit to share in the govern
ment of the state. Very few women want
to burden themselves with the govern
ment of the church, and fewer still desire
suffrage in the state The movement for
female suffrage gets very little help from
women, and Its most active opposition is
represented by ewomen. The petition
against woman suffrage in England was
signed by many more distinguished and
influential women than the petition in its
behalf, and the same is true of this coun-
try. The recently published memorials pre-
sented in Boston and Chicago by women
to the legislatures of Massachusetts, and
Illinois. were signed by the ablest and
most intelligent women of both those
great states. The vast majority of women,
who, by their pure intellectual force and
independence of character. have achieved
solid and enduring reputation in the
world Of letters and thought, oppose
woman suffrage.
The presumptive prospective defeat of
woman representation in the General Con-
ference of the Methodist Church is an
other signal expression of the Indifference
or positive hostility of women to the as
sumption of the political function of men.
Women in the church are not only con-
tent to be. but anxious, to remain what
they have always been in the most modern
times, the governed rather than the COVER
nor. There was time in the evolution of
mankind toward civilization when the
absolute supremacy of women in the
family and the community prevailed,
when descent and relationship were recog-
nized through females only and q woman
was sovereign mistress of her own clan
So there was q time when cannibalism
largely prevailed, but the evolution Of
civilization has sent both cannibalism
and the matriarchate to the rear.
There was time, too, when not
only were men polygamous, but women
were polyandrous, but evolution has
dropped both polygamy and androgamy
out of enlightened civilization, and today
the only traces of the absolute supremacy
Of woman are found among the barbarian
tribes of Africa, where Amazons still exist
in Dahomey; that is, women desexsd by
dissolute conduct and sentenced to become
soldiers; where not only polygamy but
polyandry continue to be the law of the
land.
There is scarcely an instance in history
of a woman who enjoyed the substance as
well as the shadow of absolute political
power that did not more horribly abuse it
than the average man in authority. That
has been the rule, not because women are
worse than men but because they govern
more by impulse and caprice and less by
reason than men do when in authority.
They are not fitted to govern, and the best
woman that ever lived clothed with 'abso-
lutte authority in fact as well as in name
has always made a ridiculous botch of it
if she was weak; or bloody, cruel blum
der of it if she was strong
The modern state of women has risen
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violently by the mob and it was dirty
butcher that insolently offered to vote for
Fox if the Duchess of Devonshire would
give him kiss. and the duchess politely
complied. 1t is notorious fact that MEM
bers of parliament have been dragged in
their carriages by the mob into the sea
and left there to get home as best they
could.
There is nothing in America equal in
rudeness and vulgarity to the FRANKS of
the London mob. We do not stone the
carriages or break the windows Of any
statesman, whether he be Democrat or Re-
publican, or assault or hustle each others
leading champions at the hastings or else
where. If President Harrison and his
cabinet had been mobbed in one of our
great cities during his tour, or during any
of the presidential visits to anniversary
occasions, the whole country would have
been greatly surprised, for it is not our
American habit to treat our public men
with insult under any circumstances.
But a London mob is composed Of .
very nasty kind of people, who boot at
public men and members of the govern
ment as wantonly as children at school
make faces at the teacher. 1t was only
last week that Lord Derby was insulted
by a tedious old corn porter, who
was reading a lot of tiresome
testimony before the Labor Commission,
of which Lord Derby is chairman.
The witness observing that his lordship
looked as if he was asleep, roared out,
striking the table with his fist:
"If you won't listen to me what's the
good of my telling you anything?" and
grabbing his manuscript he arose to walk
out of the room.
Another witness, the socialist leader
Quelch, said to Lord Derby:
''Oh, what do you know about it2
You've never knocked about the river side
looking for work for three months with no
grub in your belly"
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beheaded. At Shanghai the authorities
issued q proclamation warning the
people against attacking the missionaries.
At Wu HUI several anti-Christian leaders
suffered decapitation, and the magistrates
were authorized to deal peremptorily with
others. At King Kiang the missionary
buildings were put under the guardianship
of Chinese troops. In short, the govern
ment has been energetic in quelling anti
Christian riots, in restraining the secret
societies that instigate them, and in pro-
tecting the missions in those provinces in
which they are established.
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The Warspite's Expensive Guns.
viaforia Timaa

The warship Warspite has returned from q
target practice of two days, and ID now in EsQui-
malt harbor again. One outsideof her officers gave
the following interesting data of her firing, which
in respect to Its accuracy, was excellent. The
nine-inch breech loading guns were fired fifty
two times, at an expenditure of 3,s40 pounds of
powder. The six-inch breech-loading guns
were fired 160 times, using 4,192 pounds of pow
der. The machine guns were fired great manv
times, at an aggregate expenditure of powder of
about 1000 pounds. In other words, she burnt
in less than two days over TO- 900 pounds of pow
der. During the torpedo practice in the outer
harbor yesterday afternoon LOCO Whitehead
torpedo was lost through somebody's careless
ness. II had been intended to be so arranged
that when Ii had expended its force 1t would
float, AZ to be easily recovered. Instead of
floating it did the opposite thing, and sank In
very deep water. A search was made for 1t, but
it could not be located, so the place was buoyed.
Today steam launch went to the spot, and are
now graphing for 1t, but with very little expec-
tation OF ever finding IL until 1t Ii washed
upon the shore somewhere.
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THE ENGLISH STYLE.

The hooting of the Prince of Wales by
the London mob need surprise nobody.
An English mob is far more rude and dis
respectful than the worst political mob in
our worst cities. The English mob stoned
Wellington's carriage and smashed the
windows of his London residence
less than twenty years after Wa
terloo, and Gladstone has been hooted
and Kissed repeatedly during his career.
his carriage and his house stoned. Time and
again at English elections the highest
English nobility have been hustled
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TOO LATE.

Twas dark upon the beach that night,
We'd never met before:
She sat down promptly by my side,
And asked me for the score.
She wore a lovely percale shirt,
A collar and cravat,
And on her dainty little head
There perched sailor hat.
We talked OF tennis and baseball,
Till things got very slow,
And when a cloud obscured the moon,
! said we'd better go.
We went, and now / weep to think
What might have been my Joy,
Alas, If had only known
That she was not boyi
Tom Mason.
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Fourth OF July on the Colvills.
Kettle Falls Pioneer.

Six Of Kettle Falls citizens ascendei Hapip
nest peak on the night preceding the Fourth cl
July, and at midnight exploded twenty-1m
pounds of giant powder on q stump. fhs
miners in the Mingo mountains and Other
camps responded. while the mill men slo1c
the banks of the Colville answered with anyilG
Echoes came back from the hills on the Indian
reservation, the reverberations lasting several
minutes. Il was q weird conversation from
mountain peak to mountain peak, and each
understood that all the othe-s were hailino
with delight the anniversary of Americas in
dependence.
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BIOGRAPHY OF A POLITICIAN.

Denver Sun.
Weight, ten pounds.
Cootsey-Tootsey.
Baby boy.
Mammals darling.
Papa's little man.
Jimmy.
jim.
James.
Jimmy, the kid.
Young Mr. Jones.
James Jones.
Mr. James Jones.
Clerk of Election Jones.
Committeeman Jones.
Alderman Jones.
The Hon. James n. Jones.
Ex-Alderman Jones.
James Martin Jones.
Jones.
Jim Jones.
Jimmie Jones.
'Steenth Ward Jimmie.
Jimmie, the bum.
jim.
whisky Jim.
Old soak.
Cell 90.
Coroner's office-"Unidenti6ed."
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The Chinese government has acted man.
fully in exerting its full powers tor the
protection of the Christian mission aries
and for the punishment of their persecu-
tors. At Marking, when the mission
buildings were attacked by mob, the
Chinese troops defended them by order Of
the Ficeroy. AT Tanyang a mandarin led
the troops that confronted the anti-Chris-
tan rioters At Niehu tr.nsy-tive ring
leaders Of the anti-christian party were
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KILLED by q Falling Tree.

William Ball, bachelor, IS years old, was
killed near Messy rock, Lewis county, Tuesday
afternoon. He and Alexander Sandmire were
telling tree near Messy Rock, and had it al
most ready to drop when it broke and the
weight threw il back over the stump. Sand
mire ran for dear life and escaped. Ball ran
few steps and stopped Sandmire turned just
in time to see the tree strike Ball and grind him
down. Balls neck, back and one of his arms
were broken, and limb ran clean through his
Jaw He was terribly manQed
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The Rev. DR.. TalmaN cheerfully says:
att was just half-past four on bright
Monday morning in May that God said
Let there be light and there was light
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NOTICE TO THE PUBLIC.

The public Is hereby warned not TO pay
any money to parties representing to be
agents Of the Seattle Posr-ISrEILrsEScER,
except the following, who are the only
authorized travelling agents Of the Posr-
IsTELLIeEScxR, viz: J. A. Mcclellan. L.
@. Branson, T. A. Davies and J. Fl. Willett.
This does not apply to resident agents OF
this paper, who are located in various
cities and towns of the Northwest, nor to
postmasters, who are in all cases author
lied to take subscriptions for the Daily,
Sunday and Weekly Posr-ISrELLrGEScER.
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Bering Sea Commissioner Dawson.

DR.. G. N. Dawson, who has been appointed
one of the British commissioners in the Bering
sea arbitration, is one of the best known geolo-
gists in America. He comes of distinguished
stock, being q son of Sir William Dawson, the
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Montana Is for Blaine.
Senator Sanders, of Montana.
You bet yur life Montana In for Blaine.
FAIR WOMEN

All brigh beautiful and fascinating wcmen
are made more charming by the artistic use d
VISIONS famous Robertine. II enlivsns the
most regular beauty by adding freshness, puritj
and brilliancy to the complexion.
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ano. For sale at o. E. Psttis q Co g, Ices Frcnl
street.
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TsIleyrsnds Sayings.

Too much sensibiity creates unhap-
piness; too much insensibility creates
crime.
The love Of glory can only create
hero; the contempt OF it only makes
great man.
Truth and virtue can do less good
in the world than their false. well
acted semblance can do evil.
) generous man will place the ben
efits he confers beneath his feet, those
he receives nearest his heart.
a rich man despises those who fiat
ter him too much, and hates those
who do not fatter him at all.
There are many vices which do not
deprive Us Of friends; there are many
virtues which prevent our having any.
IL you wish TO appear agreeable in
society you must consent to be taught
many things which you know already.
General maIims applied TO every
day life are like routine applied to the
arts, good Only for mediocre inrelleets.
To contradict and argue with a to-
tai stranger is like knocking at gate
to ascertain II there is any one within.
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SEEPHERDSTOWN. w. VA, FRIDAY, OCTOBER 30 1891.
THE PASSING YEARS.
They are slipping away, these swift, sweet
yaars

They are slipping away, these swift, sweet
years,
Like leaf on the current cast;
With never a break in the rapid flow,
We watch them as one by one they go
Into the beautiful past.
AS light as the breath of thistledown,
AS fond as a lovers dream,
AS pure as the flush in the sea shells throat,
AS sweet as the wood birds wooing note,
So tender and sweet they seem.
One after another we see them pass
Down the dim-lighted stair
We hear the sound Of their steady tread
In the steps OF the centuries long since dead,
AS beautiful and as fair.
There are only few years lett TO love;
Shall we waste them in idle strife?
Shall we trample under our ruthless feet
Those beautiful blossoms, rare and sweet,
By the dusty ways of life?
There are only few swift years. Oh, let
No envious taunts be heard.
Make life's fair pattern Of rare design,
And fill up the measure with loves sweet
wine,
Rut upyer an angry word
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Be careful of your associations.
Bad company is not batter than none
at all.
Be careful what you say. You can
recall some things hut never spoken
words,
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Gibson's Drug Store.
GO TO MISS ELLEN'S

and see those Pretty Screen Fans, and don't
forget To buy one. They are not only Pretty,
but very useful. You will find some new H.
dies, Splashers, Table and Bureau Searfs,
Black Silk and Linen Belts with buckles:
Silk Mitts for Ladies and Misses. Black and
Waists. ELLEN WEISHANS.
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Two children were playing on the
sidewalk, and lady passed them
She's grass widow" said one.
Whats a grass widow, asked the
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Gracious, Don't you know that!
said the other scornfully; why, her
husband died Of hay fever"
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Time is money, but we never realize
it until we have to pay for some one
else's.