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or prudent eno1gh 70 earn hls own living
with any certainty; . fsiiog with innate
iaeszicieney and indolenes that ultimate
poverty has early marked for It's OWL
And yet this despicsble theft OF the eve
lamb Of excellent families oy m obscure.
ignorsnt indecent. fmpecunious aiven-
turer Is thing Of every day Occurrences.
The sad stovy of the niece Of the late
Senator Stanford. and the marriage" OF
the gifted Miss Beverage By that bank
rup. snd bieamist, Actor Charles Coshian.
are the latest illustrations Of our theme.
That man Is poor 10 nothing against
him; is il In his favor II he has indicated
that he Is lusty fellow, who has reso-
luts.y taken up arms with the determine
ton 70 get on by work at . reputable
trade or calling, bu. It Is no. that kind Of
poor man who seeks 10 steal the eve
lamb; 70 Is the fellow who 10 poor because
he eysdes work, because he will not or
cannot apply himself 10 that resolute labor
in an honest calling that always uiti-
mately achieves q decent income and q
comfortable home. Your honorable poor
man makes his acanaintancs with .
woman under legitimate circumstances; be
does not ask any man for his daughter
until he can give her a decent home and
maintain IL, because he has mastered .
decent trade or calling so thoroughly that
there IL reasonable assurance of his
capacity to respectfully meet the or.
binary Obligations aud responsibilities
of married life. He does not say:
81 have no money, no income. no
present or prospective employment ex-
cept Of the nleanest and moss precarious
sort; nevertheless I have. under circum-
stances Of iilegitimate social opportunity,
succeeded in winning your daughters
affections and / propose to marry her
whether You like it or not. for ii Is cheaper
for me to steal lamb with golden fleece
out OF your flock than to earn your respect
by success at honorable labor" The hon.
orable poor man does not say this: he tells
a plain story; proves . good record OF
energetic effort and industrious achieve
ment in . legitimate field of labor, and
gets the girl, If he gets her, without any
cloud upon his character a. an open.
aboveboard. self-respccting sutton.
OF course there are cases where parents
are ~ ugly rs Shylock and as tyrannical
as Capulet, but Lorenzo and Romeo were
neither Of them needy Adventures or I'M
pecunious and indolent social sheep steal
ers of the eve lamb. Jessica said. my
father makes home hell" and Juliet. to
escape marrying man she did not love.
ran away to meet her husband. . gallant
man, the peer in substance and station of
any knight In Verona. To marry wo-
man because you want to love and care for
her is honorable, but to marry her because
you want to live on her and have her sup
port you is the unprincipled ambition of
the social sheep thief who steals the lamb
| of the family.
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Right In His Line.
Chicago Tribune.

The police court reporter, who had been
called upon in the absence of the regular
society reporter to go to a wedding and
describe ii to the best Of his ability, had
just returned and was struggling with his
notes pertaining to the brides toilet.
'She was attired." he wrote, '.in a
dress that had business running in a
gorgeous loop down in front, then up
round the waist, over the shoulders. and
had big wrinkled sleeves made of cloth
that looked as if IL had been gouged ont
of some rich material of brignt cream
color. drappled with iron-gray"
us that the way you ara going to do it
up" inquired the sporting editor, looking
over his shoulder at the manuscript.
why not?" fiercely retorted the police
court reporter. SIN doing this on space
rates"
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Last Sunday morning while the church
bells were toiling their glad tidings and
reckoning the Christian worshipers to
congregate at the shrine Of the Gospel ex-
Founders, young man of Hercuies-iike
proportions was prancing up and down
our streets like an Apache on the warpath.
His face was livid with rage, his teeth
cienehed and blood in his eye. Lacerated
feelings were concealed deep down in his
broad bosom and pugilistic thoughts
reigned supreme in his Isaac Newton era
MUM. lie was looking for the humble
editor OF the Seatiaet, who in last weeks
issue published mild criticism on the
action Of the young man AZ q
comedian IN recent church en-
tertainment. We sincerely regret
that the youth was so unfortunate
in his search as to not locate rs Had he
come to the Office, where person who
wanted TO see the Sentinel would naturally
go, he would have found rs at home ready
to welcome him with open arms. Ii his
thirss for rich, red editorial blood had
been so violent as to make him obstreper-
Gus We would from a sense of duty have
given him q rebuks by taking him bodily
and wiping up the grease spot under the
press With his shirt bosom, gently forced
his Roman-Greciau nose into the ink
keg, piayfuliy tossed the hell box into his
bread basket, made his pants strike the
ceiling and held him up Tor years sub
scriptson TO our great. free-spoken, I'M
tramme,d, household weekly and sent
him on his way rejoicing.
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made many friends while In the city and
made su@h good use Of their Friendship
that when he left shortly after he quit the
Leseev,s service they we're much worse on.
bat some wiser. Now that he has got an
Office his debtors may possibly realize .
dividend From here he went to Calves
ton, procuring transportation over tho
railroads. BIZ passing himseif as CORE
spondens OF the Ledger. Ii worked like q
charm. July 4, 1895, Barrett made the
Grafton at Portland, which was afterw ard
published in the Oresoniasa A resident OF
this city who knew Barrett said last night
that he was positively ashamed of him
when be read IL, ITS greatest peculiarity
being its utter poverty Of thought.
/. said q man who knew Barrett last
night: HE was one Of the most cheeky
fellows I ever saw. He never lost \
chance TO blow his own horn, and every
blast was long and loud. His talent runs
chiefly in that direction" The appointee
is q native of Grafton. Vt. and comes Of .
good family. He is graduate OF Dart
mouth and about 30 years old. He Was for
. time city editor of the Portland 1cjeyrcs,
leaving there to ssek IN Office.
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The writer made the round Of various
European and Asiatic consulates at the
time when in 1889 Mr.. Harrison and Mr..
Blaine were cutting OF the heads" of the
Democratic incumbents who had succeeded
the men that Mr.. Cleveland and Mr..
Bayard decapitaied in 1856. II happens
that again in 1895 he visited . number OF
European consulates and witnessed the
effects of another .clean sweep" Al
most invariably he found that four
official enough training to make
him useful. Many Of the consuls rudely
displaced by Mr.. Harrison were rendering
splendid service, were absolutely free from
any display of offensive partisanship."
and ought BY every rule of good
business sense, OF fair play and
OF public and private morality,
to have been retained. To some Of
them the recall was : pathetic hardship.
just ended. Many difficult investigations
had been committed to our consuls, hav-
ing to do with trade and commerce, with
agriculture, with public improve
ments, with municipal government,
with emigration, with pauperism,
with the public health and with various
oSnor topics. A me morale hou peen oe-
veloped, for the most part, and the service
had begun in the last year Of the Har-
rison administration to show signs Of .
commendable average efficiency. But .
majority of the voters of the United
States were opposed to the Mckinley
tariff; and therefore hundreds of our
agents in all foreign countries must be dis
charged, and the whole service must
be reduced to the kindergarten stage
once more, to the serious detrimens OF
every permanent interest that ID served
by regular, experienced body Of foreign
representatives. Il is . state of affairs
that calls for righteous wrath. Tt would
not appear advisable to put the diplomatic
and Consular service upon the same basis
be promotion within the ranks. and every
presumption ought to DO against the dis
missal of q distinctly valuable ofRcsg who
Wishes 70 remain in the service.
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Why Times Are Hard In Tacoma.

The Ledger bill for advertising the de-
inquent tax list of 1895 is S, $50. Had the
lowest bidder for the city printing, the
City BsIaetin, been awarded the contract.
the advertising of this tax list would have
cost the city 81, tSS, 8 saving of $4,2l2. the
difference between the Ledger's and the
Bwlietsa's rates. which sum. added to the
Lodgers steal during the first three
months OF the contract, makes a total of
s49i5sS. an amount of money that would
nearly pay the salary list OF the city hail
Tor month. or would give a days work
to some 2ooo men IN this era of poverty
and distress,
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vAncoUvrs, Feb. "A. 1904

VAuCoUvHk Feb. IA. 1894.
To THE EprroR: Kindly give decision
on the following bet: A bets that man
owing business property in city limits OF
Seattle. having paid the taxes thereon and
being registered voter Of that city, and
he. Of course. being an A0crican citizen,
has . right TO vote for mayor. b bets that
he lives outside the limits Of the city,
whether . registered voter or not, even
If the said citisen owns . brick block in
the city of Seattle and has paid taxes
thereon mp to date or il q registered voter
of Seattle ~ long Is he lives on the out
skirts Of the city. B bets that he cannot
vote for mayor. SUBSCRIBE
LIB wins. A man cannot register or vote
unless he il bona fide resident Of the city
of Seattle. no matter how much property
he owns here
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Criticism SiIenced.

NNss tWWkscAI LthlsF.
Governor McGraw etfectaally silenced
his critics in advance by the appointm snt
OF Judge Thomas Burke TO succeed John
McRsavy. removed. as capitol commits
sioner. Judge Burke's sturdy honesty
and his opsn record in public life in this
state and territory for nearly a generation
past, sllences all talk of jobbery in eonnec-
ton with the state capitol building. Even
should Judge Burke decide not 20 accent
the appointment. the purpose Of Governor
AeGFaw &C. make the personnel ofthe com
mission above suspicion will have been
fully proven
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THE COST TO HOMESTEAD.

MAcHIAs, Feb. 10, 1894.
To THE EpIroR! Please let me know the
fee to homestead. A SUBSCRIBER
ITO homestead 100 acres worth SIS an
acre it will cost $l2 commission and $40
fee, both payable when entry is made.
Entries OF less than 100 acres in like pro-
portion. To homestead 100 acres worth
$125 an aero it will cost So commission
and IS fee. payable at time Of entry.l
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VOTING ON FIRST PAPERS.

SEArTLE Feb. Is. 1894
To THE EDITOR: Please inform me if a
foreigner can vote or register on his first
papers at the city elections or county
elections and II such registering or voting
would DO legal. A FOREIGNER.
Before the admission Of Washington to
statehood person of foreign birth could
vote on his first papers, provided he had
lived in the territory the required time.
All persons who were legal voters at that
time are voters now, but those who were
not qualified voters then cannot vote on
their frst papers now.
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MOE 4 LOCKOUT.
SEATTLE, Feb. l6. 1894.

SEATTLE, Feb. 10, 1884.
To THE EprToR: We notice IN your issue
of this day that at meeting Of the West
ern Central Labor Union held last night it
was stated that the Queen City Baking
Company had locked out all union bakers.
This il not true. We have always EN-.
ployed union bakers until they of their
for rs. We have always paid the wages
demanded by them. We are now paying
union wages and propose in the future. as
in the past, to deal justly, honestly and
fairly With every one We have dealings
with.
QrEES CrrY AND EUREKA BAKING Co.
D. A. DUrrY. Manager.
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LISTER Wash
Fab Is 81
Seattle Psstiafeli.ss~

Seattle Pcs{infeksz9sv
Sasfis Wash
I'm much surprised the view you you take
Of the A. p. A. in Your Editorials but il
plainly sets forth one Of tia two things
That the p. I. II under romeish influence
or . ret of ignoramises Has not Chasoiics
attacked our politics undr the romiah infiu-
ence Then has not politics not . wright
to attack romanism You make IL your
busines to read catholic paprs ron should
make it your business to read history also.
/ sits ron 70 Italy under the pope for
i4o0 years. statistics show . very ignorant
elias Of people
You sheuld make yourself acquainted
with the demands Of the american people
befor ron try 70 lead them. american
tooth aud nail. HARxy EGxR
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NOTICE TO THE rusIIo.

The prbiic 10 hereby warned not to pay
any money 10 parties reprssentsng to %
agents Of the Seattle Posr-IrrrILasxscER
exeept tie following. who are the only
authorized travelling agents of the Posr-
Jx7rIIrorsera. viz; J. A. Mcclellan, I.
A. Davies, and j. /. Hawisy. 7Ais does no:
eyriv 70 resident agents OF this paper who
are located in various cities and towns OF
Abe Northwest. nor to postmssssrs. who
are in sll cases authorized to take subscrip-
ssons for the Daily. Sunday and Weekly
Posr-IsrEIIfsKscER
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THE LARGEST CIRCULATION.

SEATTLE, Feb. Is, 1894
To THE EpIroR: What ladies' paper or
magazine has the largest circulation on
the Pacific coast? SUBSCRIBER.
THE Ladies' Homo Journal, published at
PHILADELPHIA
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lie Has . Great Pail.

Warrington City Special. San Francisco
Chronicle.
Nathan T. Blum, who was concerned in
the Northsest Pacific coast opium snug
gang cases, and who turned states evil
dence against his associates some time
ago, is an applicant for the position Of In.
spector Of customs OF the treasury depart
ment IN Alaska
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Low DEALS IN CRIB.

Hor SPRINGS, Feb. Is 1894.
To THE EDITOR: Will you kindly in
low2 ]. MEG.
Low deals
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now To PRONOUNCE RIALro.

SEATTLE. Feb. 16, 1894.
To rHR EDITOR: Please inform me what
is the proper pronunciation of the word
Rialto. IL il Ri-alto or Re-awl-to7
A CONSTANT READER
Pronounce both the and short, the .
as in fat, or sally.1
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The appointment Of John Barrett. of
Portland, as minister TO Siam has created
great surprise among many people OF this
city who knew Barrett several years ago
when he vas here. Every one who knew
him comedies that the administration
could have scarcely made q moro ILL
judged selection for such an important
position out Of thu entire army Of Office
seekers tho are always found in the na-
tional capital When Barrett came TO Ia
coma in isss his best recommend was his
lungs. which never tired Of breathing
forth his adapiabiiity for anything and
mental development On his professions
he Was employed a. society reporter Of
the Ledger. He proved his incapaeisy "a
about ten days His copy was . reveal
ton TO those Hhe had heard him talk. He
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BIC keavy 10 Guilty.
Tacoma News

Judge BarSe. by accepting the vacant
chair. tells the world that he believes John
McReayy guilty and Governor Me6raw
right
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DEBTS OF NATIONS.

0LsEY, Feb IA. 1894
To THE EDITOR: What is the present
debt Of the United States and that of En-
gland. Germany and Russian s. p. r.
United States, February l. 1884, ....$ o65,tl2,525
Great Britain and ireland, 1880, $3.50, 7l9563
Germany. 1880. ....................l sSA2i7,0l7
RUSSIA, leso. ...................... S49l,uld.o74
The debts of all four countries ara
greater today. but the figures given above
are the latest reliable ones obtainable. In
the British debt tho obligations of the
colonies are not included, but in that Of
Germany all the federal states are taken
into account
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Ise aext snazaI woman Suffrage Convention
VII es ss.a IN Atlanta
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4ow deals. ]
Abilene weekly reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1888-1935, 1894-09-20
THE RACKET.
las. SCHILLINC.
Political Notes,

The Chapman Standard makes this
observation: 1.-The Populist banner
bearing the inscription vote for John
Davis and get a dollar a bushel for
your wheat was not displayed on the
picnic ground at Sutphen's Mill, last
Saturday"
Herington Signal: There is a fell
low who thinks he is running for dis
trict clerk in this county simply be-
cause the Populist managers have
granted him the privilege of paying a
part of the party campaign expenses.
Herington Times; 0. l.. Thisler,
the Republican nominee, will repre-
sent Dickinson county in the legisla-
ture next winter as sure as that time
ever comes-and he ought to, too. He
is a man Of brains and knows Just
exactly what the people of this county
want.
A special train will be run by the
Rock Island to the Overmeyer meet
ing at Herington next Friday evening.
ingalls, will probably speak in Abb
lene early next month.
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FINED FOR CONTEMPT.
]. H. Mahan Pays $50 in Court
District Court News.
From Tuesdays Daily.

- ASs@> eNS~~S 1917
An incident Of the court proceed
ings this morning was the filming for
contempt Of court Of Attorney ]. H.
Mahan. At the conclusion Of the
evidence in the case Of Lebold VS..
NALL ct al. last evening the court in
structed the jury to give verdict for
the plaintiff. The suit was over the
possession Of the carpets that were in
the Lebold residence at the time Of
Lebold's assignment and Mr.. Mahan
owns the judgment which he was try
ing to enforce and SO obtain the prop
erty or its value. Upon the render
ing Of the courts instructions he re-
marked to Judge Humphrey: III the
court had advised me Of its decision
in advance Of the introduction of the
evidence it would have saved me the
cost Of making a record in this case, :"
thus implying that the court had
made up its mind IN advance Of the
evidence.
Judge Humphrey called him to ac-
count and gave him until . o'clock
this morning to apologize. When the
appointed time came Mr.. Mahan said
he had nothing to say, to offer any
further remarks would probably make
the matter worse. Judge Humphrey
then made a ten-minute talk on the
necessity Of maintaining the dignity
Of the court in order that Justice
might prevail for all and at the con-
clusion fined Mr.. Mahan $50 and costs
for contempt. Mr.. Mahan at once
gave his check for the amount and
business proceeded.
Today has been on trial the fore
closure case Of Gross vs.. judy which
is suit to recover in n foreclosure
case from two former owners Of Il
piece Of property, who it is claimed,
assumed the payment of the mort
gage.
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A Wedding Party,

Thursday evening, about 5 o'clock,
a wedding party of twelve or four
teen from the country, halted at the
residence Of Rev. M. s. Dunning,
pastor Of the Christian church, and
filed into his study. When they
came out Mr.. +. j. Browning and
Miss Lille Noble had been made hus-
band and wife. A reception was
given them at the residence of Mr.. A.
+. Hart, of Buckeye, to whose home
the party proceeded Immediately
after the ceremony, and where
pleasant and enjoyable evening was
spent. The young couple were the
recipients Of some valuable and useful
presents, and left for their home, on
Mr.. Brownings farm, with the well
wishes and congratulations Of their
many friends.
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MRExRN DON'T LIKE IT.
The Department Proposes to Have lts
Allowance Restored.

When the city council at its last
meeting cut down the allowance of
the Fire department from t25 a quar-
ter for each company, or $500 a year,
to $3.50 year as a department, with
an accompanying demand for a quar-
terly report Of expenditures from the
department treasurer, it stirred up a
hornets nest among the fire boys. 1t
resulted in special department meet
ing last evening behind closed doors.
The proceedings were strictly in ex-
ecutive session and the council is to
be brought to time by summary
means.
The matter was discussed pro and
con in the meeting, mostly con. The
members were almost unanimous in
their opinion that it was Unfair thus
to reduce the allowance and several
expressed determination to resign
at once unless it Is restored.
1t was finally resolved to go before
the council at the next meeting and
present the matter and ask restora-
ton Of the allowance to the old basis.
II it is not granted a resignation of
the department en- masse may be ex-
pected.
A committee Of three was appoint
ed to attend the council meeting and
owing to cooler heads being present
last evening further action was post
poned until after such conference.
Since the loss Of treasury funds
through careless or criminal guard
ians few years ago the companies
have been in the habit Of dividing up
among the men the appropriations as
received, making from " to $3.50 per
member each quarter. When there
has been need Of funds for the aid Of
sick members, purchase Of uniforms,
ETC., subscription papers or voluntary
contributions have been necessary.
The councils idea Is that it would be
better to keep the allowance in bank
as a permanent fund. But the boys
don't think so. The iiremen claim
that the small amount received does
not pay for the clothing injured at a
single fire and has no comparison with
the amount Of property saved The
council under the city's straitened
financial condition think economy and
retrenchment should rule. A whole
lot Of fun is likely to ensue before the
matter is settled.
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than short negative or naiI amrmHuIvu
responses, l changed the subject
TO general topics, the weather,
etc. Still meeting with no better
success, rclapsed into complete az
lcnce, determined not again to talk un-
less invited to do 3d. For hours we
continued down the road at q fox-trot,
or rapid walk, without a word being
spoken. The prolonged silence was
growing oppressive to me, when ]
noticed him muttering, as II talking to
some one he had in mind--probably
arguing question Of strategy. As
the debated point grew in interest the
muttcring became louder and more
frequent. lie was evidently in hot
dispute witha imaginary person upon
q subject which they differed widely,
Dummy had apparently laid down
some proposition which to the gen.
erals mode OF reasoning was clearly
untenable. lie therefore replied mo,
sirl No sir" IN a loud voice and with
q gesture Of impatient dissent The
physical exertion seemed to arouse
him from his reverle, Dummy van
ished instanter, and turning to me
with an odd expression of countenance
Jackson remarked; That Is a hand