The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1893-04-16

shrub and did not know until recently
whether It was citrus or deciduous fruit.
I have. therefore, been taken advantage Of
~ dealers, now see, and have IN fact
been trying 70 graft the Rhode Island
ereenfng on the iackpine.
The ostrich can eat objects larger than
the neck, which seems Impossible. Big
beets or mangeis are used for food as we'll
~ grain. These mangels grow to the size
OF persons thigh Q decline to give the
pefson's nameI And with hatchet-an
ostrich hsschit-the owner chops OF the
big end Of tho beet and losses it to the
bird. who swallows It entirely whole. You
zee 1t As it goes down the neck. sometimes
before. and then again on the SHE or back
OF the neck, like q travelling tumor. till It
strikes the gizzard of this beautiful song
ster.
One Of the female birds LAID . set of
croquet balls for the editor of the paper
here and then began on big Easter Job
the following week. With . bottle Of
diamond dye and quart of cracked wheat
she would sunrise even people who have
lived in New York and who know almost
everything.
The birds are good to eat. and the second
joint will relieve the pangs of hunger for
hours. The ostrich has a wishbone that is
often used to pillow corn with or cultivate
the soil of the orange orchard. The kick
knock off s. on . hotel bill here.
One of them seemed quite fond Of me
and ate large stuffed horned toad out of
my pocket. / got so could hold him by
one wing and feel of his plumes-the
ostrich's plumes, mean. They have .
sort of graceful yet awkward walk, which
some critics have charged me with when
exiting from the stage. 1t is called the
SoudAn teeter.
Here at Santa Barbara STANCE incident
occurred not long ago. Gen. Burnett, the
Coast special agent for the pension bureau.
told me about it. An old pensioner and
livery and baggage man worth $500 was
discovered to be drawing pension for the
loss OF an arm, while his widow in the
that the wife's father had been
the villain. He had gwen the
wife notice by forged papers Of the
husbands death and then assured
the husband in like manner Of the wife's
death. so that after the war he had come
to California alone. leaving his children in
charge of the villainous grandfather, who
had taken this method Of educating the
children in the Catholic church. the father
being Protestant The father soon after
married here and for thirteen years has
lived with his second wife totally ignorant
Of the other wife's existence. He could
not o. course succeed in getting possession
"a A.S CnauIen W uis HIST marriage, Out
was blessed with . second crop of Cali.
fornia children. which answered every
purpose.
Imagine such man in the beautiful city
of Santa Barbara, surrounded by comfort
and a new home which beat the old one
all to death, suddenly confronted by gen.
eral pension sleuth hound with undoubted
proofs OF bigamy, bastardy and fraud
upon the government!
Where are our melodrama artists? Do
they read the papers, or do they prefer
European material adapted to this coun-s
tryP
Imagine . veteran of q great war,
crippled by the loss of an arm, who yet
had the courage to hight the battle of life
all over again in loneliness and in . new
world, past middle life now and with the
tears on his war worn features, confronted
with the charge that he has been for thir-
teen years . felOn, vet innocent as am of
. wicked or impure thought!
Earthquake jars are quite common in
Southern California. and are often used in
putting down apricots and other fruit.
The prune grows well in this part of the
state. aud is superior to the prune stone
and glue pie prune of the East. The prune
10 like the Goldfish and tho fresh young man
the farther it gets from home the more
offensive it becomes.
We have here the toy cowboy, who is .
typhoid ass on his fathers side. Some Of
them are from Harlem and some from
Avenue Az. They buy horsehair brides
and ride one of those saddles made from a
Mexican tannery. Their California clothes
are shipped here from Market street. Phil.
adeiphia, for just such cowboys. Their
courage comes from Kentucky. and biteth
like q serpent and stingeth like an adder.
''Do look drunk ?" asked one of them
the other evening Of friend of mine.
mo, / think not. said the man kindly.
"AlI right, them" said the COW gentle
man. unbuckling his spurs and leaving
them where they had caught in a Iady's
trail. ~ just wanted to know if looked
drunk"