The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1892-03-13

travel, and the nervous shuddering at IN.
| noise OF the literally lightning expresse.
is in part the result of the iudul rencs !,
the imagination. Such roads may ansvs,
| many purposes, and the effect of personal
examination IS to dispeI preird;ca.
against the system; but there should h.
| some broader and easier method found ~
| handle the multitudes who, in our greas
cities. are clamoring for rapid transit
Repeatedly, in my run through Enron.
/ have been surprised by the developmsns,,,
| OF electricity in common use-as the tsIs
| phone and trolley in Italy. The trollev
IN Florence and the telephone in Genos
were handled IS if extremely familiss
| The London electrical road shows boa,.
wonderfully electricity as motor NAV ~
employed. The most striking examnls =,
the utilization OF the telephone was in the
Adelphi hotel, Liverpool. Each room
has telephone, with printed instruct;ora
that you must send all orders throngs
the Office. This includes ire. watsr
hot and cold; calls for tine porter or chan
bermaid. You touch the button and NJ.
hook the ear and mouthpiece-a very solid
and neat combination-and give youx a.
rections. Ii is a surprising help. Thfrr
want who answers the call is the right one
with what you want. IL you have frienSs
in the house, you can talk with them fror
your room by connecting through the n.
nee; or you can talk all over town witbng.
leaving your room. am not aware OF n
if there is the equivalent of this copye..
fence in America.
Memorably associated with the death 4,
the Duke of Clarence will be the plagusef
influenza, which has been scourca N
every city / have visited in Europe. Ana
most severe in England. There is no u,s
to say it IS a form of bad cold. and i
only the usual thing. l remember II ia
officially charged with the death of 60f0
people in the state of New York last yes-
and that the statistics ofincreased mortal.
ity in the cities of Great Britain are posi-
lively shocking. The Times, in London
printed $50 death notices in one issue.
number without precedent, and nearly al
were of men and women over so years OF
age. These persons whose deaths are noticed
in the Times in the accustomed way are
in great ma ority of cases, well-to-do. II .
may be safely assumed that they hays
had medical attention, the necessaries OF
life and the delicacies demanded in m.
ness. Considering these things. we are in
a position TO estimate the extent to which
the prevailing epidemic is slaughterinr
the aged poor. 1t is the general recon.
mendation that the way to defend ones self
from this plague is to eat and drink the
richest and strongest, and, when stricken
with the sickness, give up to it and
go to bed without fight. There
is a fashion in London to do some
thing to prevent the disease so much
dreaded. One of the fancies is to use euca-
lyptus oil on handkerchiefs and about the
rooms. The theory is that it stops the
malignant development of the offensive
microbe. The use of quinine and Scotch
whisky is strongly suggested. Mr.. Lin
coin, the American minister, has been one
T. L a 1.
nine. and had dined out as the guest of an
eminent physician. Mr.. Lincoln was in
perfect health apparently, and took walk
after dinner. Returning to his house he
became seriously i'll in q quarter of N
hour, and was soon helpless with well
marked case of influenza. He could
not get upon his feet, and was in
the greatest distress for three DAYS
then grew slowly better, and a week
after he was stricken was ordered not to
leave his room for several days under
penalty of the gravest consequences. The
long lists of death notices each day are
scanned with the greatest anxiety, and
persons with large circles of acguaintances
are sure to find each morning familiar
names. 1t has at last been declared that
the disease is contagious, and this adds 10
the prevailing apprehension. People go
about feeling that the arrows of death are
hying thick and fast: that under such
fire there is no moment in which an indl-
yidual may not fall. The news in the
Journals that is first read is that of the de
partment under the head Influenza"
telling Of its spread around the world.
Mr. Lincoln holds a high place in Lon
don, and discharges his duties with al
ability, dignity and discretion that con
mand distinguished consideration. De
has not the literary graces of Lowell. and
is not the legal authority that Mr.. Phelps
was, himself recognized exponent of IN
ternational law, competent to deal with
the trained diplomats on that subject, but
he adds to the prestige of great name the
force of a serious character, and is an
energetic and exemplary representative OF
his country. While in figure he IS unlike
his father, his face, as he approaches the
age at which all the world became &C.
quainted with Abraham Lincoln, is full oil
lines of expression that are marks of hisl
inheritance of thoughtfulness and trait
of the humor that had charity for all. L
While speaking of American representa-
tives abroad, it is only the fair thing to saN
of Mr.. WhiteIaw Reid that his period
service as minister TO France will be n
corded as an era of something more than
the splendid hospitality which is COM
spicuous feature. Mr.. Reid found hi,
office one that calls for great deal OF hard
work, and he has performed it with vigor
and constancy of application. 1t IS
true. / believe, that he has spsht
fewer days in vacation than any other
of our representative men abroad, and that
he has been most perseverlng and skilhul
in his attention to the relations between
the two countries, bringing to bear not
merely the literary faculty which adornsl
diplomacy, but the penetrating informa-
ton and executive faculty of the man OF
affairs, educated in the requirements OF
business.
Wonderful England was not buried in
SHOWS, as 1t ought to have been consider.
ing il is in the latitude of Labrador; buiI
Liverpool emulated the fogs of London
At the hotel two luxuries that
had been regarding as partlca
larry American were obtalnaole
first, glorious coal fires, and, second, ic
water that was reliable-water from Wales
ice from the lakes. The mutton CHOPS
were gorgeous. An American ought =
love Liverpool, because it is the great gan
TO our country and has home flavor
about 1t that IS enchanting.
l am sorry for the American who dos
not ind IL deep in his heart 10 say In Liver
pool and London, and indeed all over I'd
gland: why. these are our own boys ana
girls with their red cheeks and blue eyss
and their English speech-our own he'a
and blood. God bless them eyerywheIs
and always"
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