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The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1892-02-26

IL Do not compare these
goods with auction and cheap
closing out sale" trash.
The Irish standard., 1892-05-21
HISTORY or CREMATION.
Not an Innovation, as Many People Err
roneOusly Suppose.

Not Innovation, as Many People Er"
roneously Suppose.
Sixteen years ago December next the
first cremation in the country took
place, in accordance with the will of
the eccentric Baron Won Palm, of Gin
cinnati, says the Toledo Bee. His body
was incinerated in the crematory built
at Washington, Pa, and completed just
in time to receive it. The growth Ct
the idea from question of curiosity
and opposition to practical and COM
rnendable view of this manner of dis
posing of dead human flesh has been
rapid and healthful. The United States
has now greater number of crema-
tories than any other country in the
world, and we find that the greater por-
ton of these have been in operation
less than five years, which would seem
to show decided late impetus in con-
versions to the doctrine Sanitary
reasons alone are sufficient for con-
vincing argument in it's favor. There
are fourteen crematories in operation in
the United States, the best known of
which are located at Washington, Lam
caster and Pittsburgh, in Pennsylvania;
Baltimore, Cincinnati, Detroit, Atlanta,
Davenport Qa,), Los Angeles, Buffalo,
Troy and Wate1ville IN. ~. Many
persons believe that this disposition Of
the dead will become the accepted one,
the rule instead of the exception. Thus
does the civilization of the world move
in cycles, as Prof. Wright teaches, this
custom of disposing of the dead being
ancient enough to be an innovation in
the nineteenth century
The Irish standard., 1892-05-21
AS TO A TOWER.
Plans for Structure Higher Than the
Eiffel.

Plans for a Structure Higher Than the
Eifel.
After all the officials of the worlds
fair had reconciled themselves to the
idea of getting along without the tall
tower at the exposition Engineer George
S. Morrison surprised them by present
ing plans for steel shaft nearly one
hundred feet higher than the Eihel
tower Mr.. Morison's tower, on paper,
is nearly eleven hundred feet high. 1t
is a plain structure and could be erected
rapidly. Engineer Morrison is to in
terest eastern capitalists in his plans
Several large steel companies will be
given a chance to review the drawings
and, if they decide that it can be put
up in time, officers of the fair may find
space at Jackson park, Or near the
park. for the tower. The estimated
cost of the structure is one million dol
lars Most of the other proposed
towers could not be built for less than
two million dollars Their enormous
cost was the chief obstacle in the way
of their construction.
'sMr. Morison's tower" Designer-ln-
Chief Atwood said, ''could be erected
within few weeks after the material
was delivered on the grounds. Mr.. Nor
rison thinks it could be put up in six
weeks, but that estimate of time is Little
too low. It is simple structure, and the
material is so shaped that it could find
. ready market after the exposition"
The Irish standard., 1892-05-21
Mailing the Prophet.

Another nine years grace before the
world will be destroyed has been grant
ed the sinners by the English prophet,
Baxter, who foretells that the great
contamination will happen April II,
1901. The other day, when Baxter was
holding forth on his usual theme be-
fore numerous audience in the city OF
London, an impious fellow arose and
asked him to make a transfer OF his
property to charitable institution,
the deed to take effect on April 10, 1901.
''There will not be living soul on
earth. on that day. responded the
preacher ''Very likely not was the
reply. $50 you will not suffer any loss.
brought paper, pen and ink, so we can
make out the deed. You can make me
and my friend here executors" The
prophet still demonstrated, saying that
it would be foolish to make deed for
time when all should be dead. 'sNever
mind,'' persisted the other. s'Hereis the
paper. want you to sign it" Then
the prophet suddenly remembered that
he had forgotten something at home and
disappeared.
The Irish standard., 1892-05-21
stratford Church Restored.

Visitors to the church in Stratford-on-
Avon where lie the remains of William
Shakespeare will hear with interest
that the chancel has been restored and
reopened for worship, says the London
Daily Telegraph. It has been closed
for two years. The whitewash on the
walls has been removed, the WORKOUT
pavement replaced and all the windows
filed with stained glass. Some inter-
esting discoveries have been made. The
remains of Dean Balsan, who e-edifyed
the choir" and died in 1881, were discov-
cred, and his altar tomb has been re-
stored The stone which covers Judith
Combe, the namesake, if not the god
child, Of Judith Shakespeare, was found
concealed by modern tiles and is now
displayed to view. The old altar slab
of the chapel Of ST. Thomas, Of Canter-
bury, erected by John de Stratford,
archbishop, was unearthed, having lain
underground since the reformation, and,
although somewhat mutilatel, Is now
used for the high altar.
The Irish standard., 1892-05-21
Blackmai1ing Slot Machine.

Paris promises to send us something
new in the way of barrel-organ which
may not be appreciated. The organ
grinder sets down his instrument in
front of the house he has in view. He
winds it up like clock, after which it
will go by itself for an hour, while he
adjourns for refreshment to any public
house over the way After the organ
has played for a quarter Of an hour or
so the jewellers begin to find it a nuis-
ance. A servant sent out to see what
can be done to stop it reads over the
organ the following notice: eff you
wish this organ to stop, put penny in
the slot" The penny is dropped in and
the organ is silenced. It resumes its
melody, however, at the end of five
minutes, and keeps it up until another
penny is sQuandered.
The Irish standard., 1892-05-21
poll I. WHEN 5ls oT pRET II

How Parrots Are Brought ~ Steenaer
from Mexico and Cuba.
A steamer lately arrived here with
the largest number of parrots on board
ever brought to this city, says the New
York recorder. They are the properly
of set of spectators who fairly
plunged in parrots and who counted
on making big thing out of the I'M
portation.
At Tampico shipment was made OF
five hundred birds Of course they had
to be kept on deck and matters prom
ised to be lively. When Havana was
reached nine hundred more parrots
were hoisted on board. The clamor be-
came awful. No parrot could be in
duced to sleep after four o'clock in the
morning, and they held succession OF
indignation meetings till night, intro
ducing into their debates few OF the
unparliamentary expressions INDUCED
in by the rudely awakened passengers.
The birds were nearly all very young
and not in full plumage. The natives
of Mexico were green, with yellow
heads, and the Cuban birds quite throw
them in the shade with their white
heads, red necks and green and blue
bodies. In spite of this grandeur the
Havana speculator only valued his
gaudy stock at couple Of dollars
apiece. while the men from Mexico
counted theirs at four or five dollars
The poor little things were scarcely
able to eat, and the attend
ants of the Mexican birds spent all
day and part Of the night administer
ing masses Of crackers soaked in
milk and water, opening their bills and
fairly examining the food down their
throats. The others were less fortu-
nate; their dinner was poked into the
boxes and they ate it Or not, as they
were able, and in consequence nearly
half of them died Several days from
forty to fifty soft little green bodies
were thrown overheard. BY the time
New York was reached they were SUI
fciently thinned out to make their sur
vivors comfortable.
The boxes in which parrots are trans
ported are rough wooden affairs SIX
feet long by two feet high and deep,
the front and back covered with wire
netting, and a long, rough perch in
serted In most cases the birds are
packed in as tightly as animals in
cattle car, and numbers of them never
succeed in getting down to the food
cups For some mysterious reason NO
water is given them, except that which
moistens the crackers, and it is really q
case of survival of the fittest, only a
very robust bird living through these
days and nights of torture. Then it is
very bedraggled and dilapidated, tail
featherless object that is presented to
the inspectors gaze, and it takes fully
Il fortnight to restore the smoothness Of
plumage and vivacity of disposition
which is the stock in trade Of a parrot.
The Irish standard., 1892-05-21
MEXICO AT THE FAIR.
Ten Thousand of Her People Will BE
Present.

49,
Present.
Ten thousand is the estimate that
Lieut.. Baker makes on the number OF
Mexicans who will participate in the
exposition. Lieut.. Baker has just re-
turned from Mexico, and says the in
terest in the exposition amounts to en-
thusiasm. While in Mexico he visited
nearly every state of that republic, and
gives the following general statement
of exhibits that may be expected from
them: From Neuvo Leon, relics of the
intervention; textile fiber, the plant
and all processes for the manufacture OF
fiber from it, all kinds of cereals and
minerals The state of Tamaulipas will
send full exhibit. From Tampico, in
the state of the same name, will be sent
a model and relief map in colors show
ing the river jetties now constructed in
that harbor, also very fine display OF
Here Mr.. Baker also secured a valuable
collection of Indian idols for the archBo-
logical department. From Jalisco
there will be sent rebosos, serapes and
felt hats and large and varied agri-
cultural and mineral exhibit. Among
the agricultural exhibits from the state
of Vera Cruz expected are tobacco,
cocoa and medicinal plants. From
Pueblo the exhibit Of onyx in large
slabs and in manufactured articles will
make beautiful display. Oaxaca has
been until lately completely cut off
from the world by the great ranges OF
mountains separating it from the re-
mainder of the republic. A railroad to
the capital is now in construction and
the chronological and archaeological dis
plays from these states will be very
large and valuable and an exhibit par
ticularly interesting will be that of the
artistic needlework of the natives. In
general way Lieut.. Baker says that
interest in the fair is manifested by all
Mexicans, from the humblest private
citizen in the most remote states to the
president of the republic, and that the
general exhibits from that country will
more than meet the greatest expecta-
lions of the visitors to the exposition.
Lieut. Baker was, until recently, the
special commissioner to Mexico, but is
now in charge of the marine division OF
the transportation department.. He ar
rived in Chicago the other day to take
charge of his new department.
The Irish standard., 1892-05-21
Poisonous Plants.

There are certain plants which pro-
duce flowers which make not only
poisonous honey but also poisonous
wax Cases often occur Of persons be-
ing made i'll after eating honey, and the
cause is often attributed to indigestion,
but more frequently the reason is found
in the honey itself, the bees having fed
upon poisonous flowers. In some parts
Of South America there are hoEers
which produce honey and wax o. a
blush green color, and it is said that
both the honey and wax are more
poisonous than the same quantity of
arsenic. No such poisonous honey is
produced in the United States, though
it is known that the quality Of honey is
frequently greatly impaired by the
flowers of certain trees on which the
bees greedilv feed.
The Irish standard., 1892-05-21
ABE L,NcoLN's sTEeMoTHER.
Odd Circumstances Connected with Her
Marriage to His Father.

Odd circumstances Connected with Her
Marriage to His Father.
Abraham Lincoln was seven Or eight
years old when his father, Thomas Lin
coin, removed from Kentucky to In
diana, where, in year or two, his wife
died. The year following her death,
says a writer in the Christian Union,
Mr.. Lincoln returned to Elizabethtown
to search out, If possible, a former
neighbor and friend, Mrs. Sally Johns
ton, whom, upon inquiry, he found
still a widow, and to whom he at once
made proposal of marriage. On en-
tering Mrs. Johnston's humble dwelling
Mr. Lincoln asked if she remembered
him. EYES," replied she, II remember
you very we'll, Tommy Lincoln. What
has brought you back to old Ken
tucky?" ~;'Wen," said he, in answer,
's1ny wife Nancy is dead "Why, you
don't say SOP eyes," said Mr.. Lincoln,
''she died more than year ago, and I
have come back to Kentucky to look
for another wife. Do you like me, Mrs.
Johnston?" EYES," replied Mrs Johns
ton, II like you, Tommy Lincoln -
'sDo you like me we'll enough to marry
me?'' EYES," she answered, y like you,
Tommy Lincoln, and I like you well
enough to marry you, but can't marry
you now" 'Why not?'' said he. "Be-
cause I am in debt, and could never
think of b,1rdening the man l marry
with debt; it would not be right {"
what are those debts?" said he. She
told him of the sums which, said
she, II have all down here in my &C
count book" On looking it over he
saw that her debts ranged from sixty
cents to dollar and a quarter, and
amounted in the gross to something
less than twelve dollars-not a very
startling sum even in those days of
small things. He succeeded in putting
the little book into his coat pocket
without attracting her attention
and went out, looked up the various
parties and paid off all the little SUMS
according to the memorandum and re-
turned in the afternoon with the ac-
nowledgments of payments in full. On
his returning the account book she ex-
claimed: why, Tommy Lincoln, have
you gone and paid off all my debts?'
eyes," he said; land will you marry me
now?" YES" said she, and they were
married the next morning at nine
o'clock. Mr. Haycraft, the narrator of
the story, was present at the ceremony.
The Irish standard., 1892-05-21
THE ToCcl TWINS.
Scientific Authority Discusses This Re
marltable Freak of Nature.

A Scientific Authority Discusses This Re-
markable Freak of Nature.
A writer in the Scientific American,
commenting on the Tocci twins, which
are being exhibited in this country, says
of this remarkable freak of nature
The twins are connected from the
sixth rib downward, an6 have but one
pair of legs and a single abdomen. The
spinal columns are distinct until the
lumbar region is reached. There they
unite at an angle of 1876 degrees. The
sacrum seems to be single one They
have two distinct stomacfas: hearts and
pairs of lungs. The arterial and res
piratory systems are quite distinct, the
heart-beats and breathing differing
often in the two individuals. At the
age of thirty days they weighed eight
pounds, and in the next thirty-one days
gained nearly three pounds. 1t was at
this period of their lives that they were
first subjected to critical examination.
Their lives are distinct. They have re-
gions of common sensibility, and of
purely individual sensation. One often
sleeps when the other wakes.
There is no direct correspondence of
their appetites. One may be hu ngry
while the other is fast asleep. In their
general appearance there is nothing re-
pulsive. They have bright, intelligent
faces, not of the peculiar cast common
to cripples. They are educated, and
write their names as souvenirs for Wis
itors. They are able to Stand, but have
not yet succeeded in walking, as each.
leg is governed by it's own brain. The
want of correspondence has proved
fatal to any attempts in this direction.
They can stand quietly, SO that it is
not only a question of strength. At
their home they spent much of their
time on the floor, using their inner arms
for the most part, craving and tum-
bling about and thus getting certain
amount Of exercise. They can dress
and undress themselves. Giovanni
drinks beer in considerable quantities.
The other, Giacomo, not liking beer,
drinks mineral water in it's place.
Giovanni is quite fond of sletching and
draws with some spirit. He rests the
book or paper on his knee. Sometimes
his brother, who is more of talker and
more volatile in disposition, finding
some fault with the drawing, will kick
the drawing off his knee. All this in
good part, for they live on excellent
terms with each other, and seem un-
conscious of any misfortune in their
condition
The Irish standard., 1892-05-21
A MARITIME MUSEUM.
Many Interesting Relics Which May APP
pear ut the EXPOSITION.

SOSAA4G1
pear ut the Exposition.
One of the most interesting features
of the Maritime exchange is its museum.
Situated in a remote part of the floor"
it is frequently unobserved by the
strangers who visit the institution, but
those who have inspected it once have
invariably paid it a second visit. An
old sea captain, whose son has sent a
letter around the world for the fun, +"
originated the museum by presenting
the exchange with the envelope that
surrounded the letter This envelope is
almost covered with post Office marks
and stamps and shows that the journey
consumed eighty-nine days For sew
eral years after that this was thought
to be the star exhibit of the museum.
1t is one of the least important now.
One of the museum exhibits is a big
cane presented by Abel Abbott, which
was carved from plank taken from
Commodore Perry's flagship Lawrence.
Near the cane is a canister shot from
the confederate Savannah, the first pri-
vateer captured during the late war. It
was presented by Thomas T.. Ball. The
freight contract of the Great Eastern
hangs near by. Pompeii is represented
by piece of brick from the palace of
Diomeda, portion of the walls Of the
ancient barracks, and some lava taken
from the wall Of the buried city's chief
theater A fragment of stone taken
from the ruins of the church at St. Do
mingo in which Columbus was buried is
on exhibition; a check for one cent
drawn on the United States treasury by
the government for the refunding of
duties paid; piece Of stone given to
the Washington National monument by
the king of Siam; the original seal Of
Shakespeare; relics of the Greedy arctic
expedition, and blood-stained dagger
taken in battle from a Malay pirate.
Next to this weapon is a piece of sail
and remnant of gold-woven cloak
that came from a Viking ship of the
eighth century.
The collection is rich in marine curl
osities, relics of famous battlefelds,
petrifactions from Egypt, weapons of
barbarian tribes and works Of art and
nature Among the exhibits is a col
lection of butterflies obtained in the
straits of Sunda, said to be the finest in
the world. It was sent to the museum
by Capt. Desler, of the ship Lothair
The shipping men Of this city think
SO highly of the museums collection
that they are talking Of pet1tioning the
board of directors to permit it to be ex-
hibited at the worlds fair.
The Irish standard., 1892-05-21
A Door for = Lottery Share.

A citizen of Pfalzburg, in Alsace-Lor-
raine, bought a share in Strassburg
lottery. In order not to lose 1t he
pasted it firmly on wooden door, The
number was drawn and won fine par
lor suit. But the poor fellow tried in
vain to get the ticket off the board It
would not come off except in small
shreds What to do? Spoil his door by
saving out the ticket? he would not do
it. He lifted the door from its hinges,
took it up and carried it to the depot,
He and the door travelled to Strassburg,
where he told his story on producing
the door. Both the suit and his door he
took home with him.
The Irish standard., 1892-05-21
Women of the Twentieth Century.

The public and private aspects of the
position of women are ably dealt with
in pamphlet by MN. Jules and Gus
tave Simon. The latter, being medi-
cal man, deals with the physical life Of
woman, and gives many valuable de-
tails about food, medicine, etc. M.
Jules Simon, his brother, the we'll
known member of the French academy,
takes up woman's mental qualities. He
denies that she has any natural apti-
tude for politics, observing that Nine.
de Stael, the only woman, he considers,
who ever achieved success in political
writing, made philosophy OF her poll
tics. M. Jules Simon admits that
women have distinct natural gift for
philosophy, and superior subtlety Of
Intelligence, but adds that it is an in
telligence which succeeds rather in
comprehending ideas than in weighing
or originating them. The title of MN.
simons' pamphlet is *'Les Femn1es du
yingtieme Steele"
The Irish standard., 1892-05-21
FRENCH FEMALE coN..i- .
BY Marrying Fellow Convicts They Cao
Escape Confinement in Prison.

by marrying TeAOW NOASACts my Ss-1
Escape Confinement in Prison.
French female prisoners and convicts
are treated with more kindness. on the
whole, than persons Of their class IN
England. says an exchange. Their
matrons and wardresses are Augustine
nuns, whose rule, though firm, is gen
tier, more merciful and more steadfastiy
equitab BILE than that of laywomen could
be. The female convicts are allowed
the same privilege as the men in the
matter of oearning money and buying
things at the canteen; those of them
who are young also enjoy privilege
not granted to female convicts in other
countries-that of having husbands pro-
vided for them by the state-only their
husbands must be convicts. Every six
months notice is circulated in the fe-
male penitentiaries calling upon all
women who feel minded to go out to
New Caledonia and be married to make
an application to that effect through
the governor. Elderly women are al
ways prompt in making such applica-
tons. but they are not entertained.
The matrimonial candidates must be
young and exempt from physical infir1n-
tiles Girls under long sentences readi-
ly catch at this method of escaping from
the intolerable tediuzn of prison life,
and the pretty ones are certain to be
put on the governors list, no matter
how frightful may be the crimes for
which they have been sentenced.
The only moral qualification requisite
is to have passed at least
two years in the penitentiary. The
selected candidates have to sign
engagements promising to marry con-
victs and to settle in New Caledonia for
the remainder of their lives. On these
conditions government transports them,
gives them decent outfit and tick
et-of-leave when they and at Noumea.
Their marriages are arranged for them
by the governor of the colony, who
has selection of well-behaved convicts
ready for them to choose from, and each
girl may consult her own fancy with
in certain limits, for the proportion of
manageable men to women is about
three to one. OF course il the girl pos
itively declares that none of the aspi-
rant bridegrooms submitted to her in
spection have met with her approval,
the governor can only shrug his shout
ders in the usual French way. 1t has
happened more than once that pretty
girls have been wooed by warders, free
settlers, or time~expired soldiers and
sailors, instead of by convicts. In such
cases the governor can assent to a mar
rage only on condition that the female
convict's free lover shall place himself
in the position of ticlxet~of-leave man
and undertake never TO leave the col
ony. Love works wonders, and there
is no instance on record of a man having
refused to comply with these conditions
when once he has fallen in love.
The Irish standard., 1892-05-21
Telegraph Wire.

There are 100000 miles of telegraph
lines in the world, with approximately
$500, 900 miles Of separate wires. Eu-
rope alone has 81, 465 telegraph stations
out of the total of 1855, 900. The worlds
yearly messages are put down at 1885,
DOC, 900. From this number 57,5o0,0Oo
are messages transmitted from one
country to another. The total receipts
Tor the world telegraph service amount
4 "a upward of $3.50. 600. 900.
The Irish standard., 1892-05-21
A valuable Diamond.

A remarkable diamond has been, re-
Gently found on the Kofeyfontein Dia-
,nond Mining Company's ground in
Australia, which appears to be Of such
value that even competent judges hest
late 10 name price commensurate with
It's worth. It is said TO be of beauti-
full shade of pink, entirely devoid OF
spot or blemish, and to weigh thirteen
and one-haH karats.