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The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1894-01-12

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AND PRIMARY SCHOOLS FOR
BOYS AND GIRLS.
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Principal Miss winisrsoaras trrasssi Union
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rees Irsysbie Ia advance for either sessionl
- per months.
A snAil fec OF sc per month will be eharxed for
u5ast ssren D atsr ais use Of Eis ard stationery.
The methods ui teaching based on
bk6BFIS SYSTEM. whtch IL a1w being uai.
sseA.sy adop ed by ths best teachers OF infAnsa
Freeland tribune. (Freeland, Pa.) 1888-1921, 1894-12-13
Lii Hung Chang and Foreigners

1t was never an easy matter to
transact business with Lii Hung
Chang, the Chinese Viceroy, and yet [
always found him man of his word.
He would turn n question over and
over again-looh into it minutely-
quick to detect the slightest error in
your statement. 1t was never safe to
go to him without having your case
prepared. He would take nothing for
granted, nor accept assurances" or
understandings No Rialto usurer
was seyerer in the reading of the
bond Establishments or menaces
were in vain. He knew the tension
which each State would endure-what
was meant by Gladstone or Salisbury
ascendency in England, and the mean.
ing of Democratic or Republican ad.
vent to power in the United States.
He knew how to play one against the
other-when to give significant
smile to the ambassador of one power,
or n no less significant shrug to the
envoy of another power. He never
overlooked the relations between Ger,
man, anu L iISC, iioi htEltttCi bHt
iealousies of Russia aud England. But
when once you had an understanding
with LA complete accord-the mat.
ter was done.
He never professed affection for
foreign powers, and was free from sen
timent so far rs they were concerned.
If he ever had sent ment as regards
foreigners, it was toward General Cor.
don and General Grant. But to the
average foreigner Iii was the man be-
hind the connter-his business tc
make the best bargain. Ycu came
there to serve your purpose; he would
serve that of China. He had no pride
of opinion rs against fact, and once
the fact became patent, he would fol-
low it to its conclusion with logic and
courage. In this Lii was unlike any
other statesman | ever met in China,
and it gave II reason for his prolonged
tenure of power. Review of Reviews.
Freeland tribune. (Freeland, Pa.) 1888-1921, 1894-12-13

simplicity, or, as some one has said,
native duplicity, for, like the heathe
Chinee, the Jap is peculiar and so
clever in bargaining in buying and
selling that John is fool compared
TO him. There is one native char
acteristic which Western progress
has not yet been able to touch, the
unfailing good temper of the people.
No matter what happens, japanese
crowd is always in a good humor. A
couple of bearers may come along
with IA traveller in the curious native
contrivance that answers for cab;
with shout they plunge into the
crowd, push its members right and
left, and in the most uncermo.
nious emanner elbow their way
through; in any European coun.
try, or even in America, such a
Freeland tribune. (Freeland, Pa.) 1888-1921, 1894-12-13

A WOOL expert explains that the
terms "hne, "s"medium, and coarse"
as applied to wool, have reference to
the diameter of the fiber, and that
determines the market grade. The
division of woods into grades is not
done by exact measurement, but is
dependent on the sorters Judgment
The fine wooled" includes the Merino
and its various families; the "me-
dium wooled" breeds are the South
down, Hampshire, Suffolk, Shrop
shire, Oxford, Dorset, Exmoor, and
Cheviot; the coarse wooled" are the
Leicester, Lincoln, Cotswold, Rom
ney Marsh, Lonk, and Blackfaced.
In general, this classification is ac-
curate.
Freeland tribune. (Freeland, Pa.) 1888-1921, 1894-12-13
ctlrate

THE Trade Bulletin of Montreal
claims that the railroads have de-
stroyed the -four trade of that city by
discriminating rates. 1t says that
formerly a sale of 10000 barrels of
flour was not considered extraordi-
nary; while now such a sale would be
thought phenomenal, although if
made it would only represent half the
money that it would have done in the
halcyon days before the railroads di-
verted traffic. 1t also complains that
there are too many needy millers
now to make raise in -four prices
possible in Montreal as the country
mllers are in the hands of banks
Another doleful plant is that Amer
lean millers are taking consider
able portion Of the Newfoundland
trade by selling straight roller -four
for $3.50 and So 80 per barrel while
the ontario straight rol ers cost
S2.S5. These two tales hardly hang
together, or else the American mill
ers must be more desperately hard up
than their Canadian rivals.
Freeland tribune. (Freeland, Pa.) 1888-1921, 1894-12-13

mean antagonist either in commerce
or war Up to this time the Japan
csc have displayed no special desire
for military achievements, but the
eXtrt me readiness they have shown in
mastering the arts of Western civili-
zation iuStities the belief that in the
field they will exhibit the same deX-
terity and be rewarded with the
same success that has attended their
efforts in more peaceful lines.
The Japanese have been called the
"Grccks of the Orient and well de-
serve the appelation, for ages of ar
tistic training have so informed the
mind of even that class which de-
pends on manual labor for bread that
the day laborers and people who
could not, in the ordinary course of
affairs be expected to know any
thing whatever of art, possess accom-
pliShments that among other nations
are known only to the few who have
time to devote to culture and the
means of acquiring it, The love Of
art seems to be universal among this
singular pee p e, and not only do they
show the love, but, in no inconsider-
able degree, even the humblest dis
play an executive ability One trav-
cer records seeing large crane light
on tree in village, and, instead of
somebody hurrying away for gun, a
dozen produced note -booksa and pencils
and sat down On the ground to sketch
the bird. Another tells how the cook
who prepared the meals for the PARTY
amused the children by daShing off
little sketches by the hour: still an
other was carried by ordinary Jap
anese bearers, men Of the lowest or
der of labOrcrS, to an untrequented
shrine somewhere in the woods, and
to his amalemcnt found that two or
three of the carriers had while wait
ing made sketches of the temple and
vicinity, and these efforts were not
mere scrawls or bloJches, but pos.
ScSSed fair order OF merit. A coun-
try where day laborers are artists
and where cooks amuse themselves
by sketching must possess much that
would interest those who regard
mankind as the proper study of man;
- ~ ~ i'b 'ht ~ iSiIt5 w ht' tht"
ever since the opening of Japan to
the business travel of the West this
singular island state has attracted
the attention Of thinking men and
has given occasion for the publication
of an immense mass OF literary mat
ter concerning its people.
The early books on Japan have all
the freshness of a subject entirely
new. They deal with people who,
for ages, were so completely separated
from the rest Of the world that with
them the hands of the clock Of time
seem to have been at standstill for
centuries. Everything was strange.
The dress, the manners OF the peo.
pie, the customs prevalent every.
where among both high and low, the
houses, the legal system, the religion.
the ordinances of worship, the physi
cal appearance of the people them,
selves, all were so completely out OF
the ordinary line of occidental eXpe.
rience that had a traveller been sud.
denly transported to another planet
he could not have been more surprised
at what he beheld. But, with the
extraordinary acuteness that is dis
tinguishingly Characteristic OF the
Japanese people, they were quick tt
see that in some respects the mer
from the West had greatly the ad
Freeland tribune. (Freeland, Pa.) 1888-1921, 1894-12-13

ONE of the most important meas
ures of the last session of Congress
was bill, which became law, allot.
ting to some of the Western States
certain arid lands within their linn
its, on the condition that such lands
shall be improved by irrigation. 1t
Is estimated that there is more than
million square miles of land that
may be made tit for cultivation when
irrigated but which is practically
worthless now. 1t is not likely that
the Western States will undertake
this work. 1t is far more probable
that the Federal Government will be
called to aid in providing irrigation.
Powerful lobbies both in State aud
national capitals, will lie organized
TO secure the expenditure Of State or
Federal money, and after the work
is done the lands can probably be
sold for more than enough to repay
the expense. Yet we are sure that
this is a scheme which the Federal
Government cannot entertain with
out injustice to older sections Of the
country. Free virgin soil of the West
has been competing with the products
of Eastern farms, How much more
fierce will this competition be if irri-
cation is to be provided at Govern
ment expense? We have in the
lands now under cultivation all the
producing capacity that this
country will need for many years to
come.
Freeland tribune. (Freeland, Pa.) 1888-1921, 1894-12-13
SCIENTIFIC AND INDUSTRIAL.

Cinnamon kills the typhus microbe.
Children's first teeth have great
effect upon the second set.
Soap is one of the best known steri-
lizers of water suspected of infection.
Substitute for glass is made from
collodion wool and is flexible, not
brittle
The fiber of nettle weed is being
used in the manufacture of textile
fabrics.
The phosphorescence near the Cape
Verde Islands is at times so bright
that one can easily read the smallest
print.
Spontaneous combustion occurs in
many substances because during fer
mentation heat is evolved and indam-
mahle gases are engendered.
A closed room is bad for sleeping,
because air once breathed parts with IL
sixth of its oxygen, and contains an
equivalent amount Of carbonic gas.
The France Militaire says that the
French and Spanish Governments have
agree to the boring of two railway
tunnels through the Pyrenees to con-
meet the two countries Mt Saint Chiron
and at Oloron.
1t is estimated that $4,000, 900 tons
of coal are used for gas making annu-
ally in England. A train of coal
wagons three miles long, each wagon
holding ton, would be required to
bring into London the coal for an
hours supply of gas.
That lizards will catch and eat but
terhies is stated by Jane Frazer in an
article in London chronological
journal. In the Samoan Islands she
saw II skipper" butterfly when
lighted caught and instantly swallowed
by beautiful golden-green lizard
with bright blue tail.
a living specimen OF the largest AMI
most deadly snake known (Ophiop-
haSus elaps) has been added to the
Geological Gardens of London. 1t
grows twelve to fourteen feet in
length, and is hooded like the cobra.
1t occurs in India, Blrme and in the
East Indian Archipelago, living IN for
ests and iungles and readily climbing
trees.
1t has been discoverel that mi
crobes capable OF germination exist in
the ocean everywhere except at great
depths. They seem to be more plen-
tiful in the Canary, Florida and
Labrador currents than elsewhere.
and are not detected in the ocean bed.
They are, however, plentiful at II
depth of 1899 feet, aud are found as
far down as $500 feet-certainly deep
enough for all practical purposes.
Some of these microbes are phospho-
resent, aud are found on tho bodies
of living fish.
Freeland tribune. (Freeland, Pa.) 1888-1921, 1894-12-13

"t'N'A GIRL gle, not so much
for Corea as for supremacy ard pres
tige. Compared, either in area or in
population, with her gigantic antago-
mist, Japan seems )igmy, but in
point of fact the island empire is any
thing but small. Comprising, as is
does, an area of l47, 900 square miles
and population of 10000, 600, it is
larger than Italy or Great Britain, is
but slightly exceeded in size by Prus-
Sia, and falls little short of the Aus
tro- Hungarian empire; while in popu-
lation it exceeds France by >. 2.000,0 900,
Great Britain 5000, 600, has 10, 000
600 more than Prussia, II 900, 000
more than Italy, and over twice as
many as Spain. When COM
pared with any other than the
huge, uvcrgtown states of Russia and
China, Japan is therefore a formida-
bic lower, one that would prove no
Freeland tribune. (Freeland, Pa.) 1888-1921, 1894-12-13

A dealer III horses recently took to
Clyde, n. Y, lot of horses that had
been III use on New York street
railroad. d. II. Cady purchased one.
He was drlvinglt home when n traction
engine, which horses native to Clyde do
not notice any more than they would
sheep, met them in the road. The
city horse stopped, looked wildly at
the strange thing Tor II moment, gave
Il shutder and fell dead in its tracks.
--Chicugo Herald.
Freeland tribune. (Freeland, Pa.) 1888-1921, 1894-12-13
Cheap Meals,

Two English institutions, framed in
the interests of workiugmen, might
well be adopted in our large cities. In
London, Liverpool and half dozen
other places there are located in the
main streets han isome coffee palaces,
where cup of tea or coffee, with
sugar and milk, and slice of bread
and butter can be obtained for three
cents. There are other cookeries. to
which workman takes the slice oil
raw meat he will bring with him from
home in the morning, In the noon
hours this is cooked for him on Il grid.
iron, and he is supplied with knife,
fork, salt and pepper for three cents.
Six ounces of bread with butter can be
added for six cents. st. Louis Star,
Savings,
Freeland tribune. (Freeland, Pa.) 1888-1921, 1894-12-13
An Eccentric Millionaire.

According to the Paris Figaro Mr.
Coates, the American millionaire, dur
ing the whole of his lifetime has never
taken any medicine. He has con
stantly consulted doctors and chemists,
and all the medicine they prescribed
for him he put away IN a room. The
result OF this strange fancy is that
Mr. Coates has now 1900 bottles OF
medicine, 1870 boxes of powders and
$40 boxes OF pills. Atlanta Constitu-
ton.
Freeland tribune. (Freeland, Pa.) 1888-1921, 1894-12-13
THE MERRY RAIN

Sprinkle, sprinkle, comes the rain
Tapping on the window-pane,
Trickling, coursing,
Crowding. forcing,
Tiny rils
To the dripping window-sills.
Laughing raindrops, light and swift:
Through the air they fall and sift
Dancing, tripping,
Bounding, skipping
Through the street.
With their thousand merry feet
Every blade of grass around ia
Is the ladder to the ground; n
Clinging, striding,
Slipping, sliding,
On they come
With their busy, pattering hum.
In the woods. by twig and spray,
To the roots they find their way,
Rushing, creeping,
Doubling. leaping,
Down they go
10 the waiting life below.
~
o. the brisk and merry rain. ~'
Bringing gladness in its train!
Falling, gancing,
Tinkling. dancing,
All around
Listen TO its CHEEKY sounl
-Rhymes for You AMI Me.
Freeland tribune. (Freeland, Pa.) 1888-1921, 1894-12-13

' - -'' ''''' my at West Point
from Louisiana, graduated in 1854,
was assigned to the Third Artillery
as Second Lieutenant and ordered
to the Pacific coast, thence to the
Artillery School at Fort Monroe, Va
Since the close of the war he served
at Fort Leavenworth, Kan, till 1873,
in New York city and the Deplrt-
ment of Dakota, till 1877, then on
the Pac fic coast and in Chicago, aud
when he received his present appoint
ment was in the War Department at
Washington.
Freeland tribune. (Freeland, Pa.) 1888-1921, 1894-12-13

vantage of themselves, and with rare
good sense they determined to aban-
don their own ways and adopt those
Of the strangers. This determina-
tion was not arrived at hastily. but
after the most careful cons Iteration
Of the respective merits of the two
systems, and sober conclusion that
the interests of their nation could be
best forwarded hy making the change.
Hence it is that the social and politi-
Freeland tribune. (Freeland, Pa.) 1888-1921, 1894-12-13

army, to succeed
Brigadier General
John Z. Hawkins,
has served forty
years in the army.
General John L.
II a W k i ms h a .
reached the age
limit of "a years.
Gen. Morgan is 81.
At the age of II he
was appointed tc
I he Military Acode.
Freeland tribune. (Freeland, Pa.) 1888-1921, 1894-12-13

IT is announced that ships loaded
with wheat from the Argentine Re
public and with barley from Russia
are on their way to New York and
this bit of news has been made the
basis of predictions that the United
States is to become an extensive i'm
porter of grain. However, it appears
that wheat has teen brought into
this country for many years previous
ly and that the impOrtationS do not
prevent the exports of large quanti-
ties also. In 1892 the exports of
wheat were about ten times the i'm
ports. Still it cannot be denied that
very short wheat crop would com
pei the United States to seek else
where for a part Of the wheat supply.
1t may not be many years before our
fast increasing population may find it
necessary to import ii cOnSidera BILE
part of their grain in years when the
crop falls below the av, rage. In
that event the grain brought in
would doubtless be mostly the cheap
South American wheat which could
be used for feeding purposes, while
our growers would still continue to
export ;he choice, hard wheat OF the
Northwest. Our own cheap grades
of wheat are likely to be exported in
constantly decreasing quantities, As
the home demand increases and as
the farmers come to use wheat more
and more extensively for feeding ia n
stock and beef catt.e.
Freeland tribune. (Freeland, Pa.) 1888-1921, 1894-12-13

lenge the admira-
tion of the world. "
This sentence, re-
Gently uttered by a
well-knOwn mill
tary man, does not
fairly represent the
actual status of af-
fairs in the East,
nor give IA correct
idea of the Tespec-
tive powers of the
COmhatants now en-
gagged in what is
roullv a tiarpa strllu-
Freeland tribune. (Freeland, Pa.) 1888-1921, 1894-12-13
JOTS ABOUT THE JAPS
A QUiC<-WITTED AND ARTISTIC
RACE.

People Vino Deserve the Compliments
that Have Been showered Upon Them
-Cooas and Iaborers Who Sketch Like
hr.ists-Geisha Girls and Their Ways.
Freeland tribune. (Freeland, Pa.) 1888-1921, 1894-12-13

"The courage with which the little
state of Japan tackles the big Chi
nese Emrire is a spectacle to chal-
Freeland tribune. (Freeland, Pa.) 1888-1921, 1894-12-13
FORTY YEARS IN THE ARMY.

General Michael II. Morgan and Something
of Ills Life.
General Michael II. Morgan, who
has been appointed Commissary Gen
eral of Subsistence, United States
Freeland tribune. (Freeland, Pa.) 1888-1921, 1894-12-13
SUBSCRIPTION RATES.

Subscribers are requested to observe the date
following the name on the labels of their
papers. By referring to this they can tell at q
glance how they stand on the books in this
Office. For instance:
Grover Cleveland 2SJunea5
means that Grover is paid up to June es, 1895
Keep the figures in advance of the present date.
Report promptly to this office when your paper
rs not received. All arrearages must be paid
when paper is discontinued, or collection win
be made in the manner provided by law.
Scranton Wochenblatt. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1865-1918, 1894-01-19

2aiier WiIbeIm fpisIt fi6 neuerbines
,u elmer b0dfen Snitana auf benz @ebiete
Der beitiden 2iteratur uub MiHenfbaft
auf. 8on friber Der iinb nod mande
9orfommnife Der art i'm @ebddtniB.
90 bic unssb6rise Irt Der Sinsinmiiduns
pOlitiider Spmpatbien unb slniipatbisn
BEL @eIesenbeit beS SubilaumS Der aus,
ssseitneten 8erlinsr @sIsbrten 8ir6otp
unb Selmbolb, inbvm er ben @ritersn aIs
Sortidrittsmann nidt nur ednsIid isno.
rite, ionbern ibm in BEN 9anbi6reiben,
mitteIS beHen CT SsImboIt ben abeI unb
einen boben Srben perIieb, nod einen
uparten Naientiiber stpiiden ben 3eiIen
periebte. Dieter @nsriff oes fleinen Ger.
nesrob auf ben @~siiissrisien 8ir9op
bate auf bic 6fentIihe Weinuns unb bic
@elebrtenipeIt unsefdbr bieielbe @irfune,
ais ipenn Der Mops ben MOnb unbslt.
Damn foIsts bic bonn 8aifer betriebene
Puferei fir .SOfpoeten" @iIbenbru6,
oeien fdpilftise, in eemiitbiser S6ipeifs
rebeIei Dor benz Soben;olerntbum e~riter.
benbe Boeiie benz oeutiden 8olfe ais
edtsr bi6terii6sr S6aB a~nseptiefen
purOe. @abrideinlid mar Der 8erbruB
pes 8aiiers lber bic 3urldiesuns Wil'
benbtudS, tpeIder ben S6iaerpreis nidt
srbielt, Der Grunb, bab Der iunee Di6ter
SuIba iid baS aIerbbdite Mibfaaen
,usos. 9lud bic Berliner 8initler mubs
ten bic idtpere Sanb bsS faiierli6en
Rritifers empfinbsn, Der iid obne tpeiterss
iber ben lusiprud beS S8iebsserihts
bintpeeiebte unb benz bon bisism auriid'
sefpieienen 8ilbbauer GaIanbreai bic
%ausfibruns zines ftdotiiden 8ilbperfS
ibertrus.
Seine neuefe 2eituns auf biciem
@ebiet iiberiteist absr ales bisber Dase'
%peiene. st Bat Der grtbeiluns zines
Preiies fur paterldnbiiae @eididte an
ben berdbmtsn Siitoriter Seinri6 bon
SpbeI ietne 8ensbmisune periast, neil
nad isinsr Nniidt Spiel cine gu erobe
9orliebs fir 8ismard betpieien babe.
Sem 8aiier ibeint barum su tbun su
fem, bas Bib bes Mannes, Der 9eutid'
lambs ginbeit sesrinOet, aus ben 9afeln
Der @eidi&te tuessufraBen. SpbsI III
Der SOri6er, peIder suerft bon Der
preubiiden &esieruns bic @rlaubnib
erbielt, bic idmmtliden Staatsar6ips
su feinen Auelenitubien fir feline
,Breubii6e Geididte" su bsnusen.
@erabe in 8ssus uuf Dbiectipitat unt
itrense Unparalleled erfreut ii6 Spiel
zines poblpsrbienten Rufes aIS @eIebrtsr.
nnb Der iunee Sans Dampf in alien
Sahen auf benz beutiden 8aiiertbron
BARI ss unseitraft hagen. ben mafeIoien
Ruf zines arbeits' uno mibepOIen 2ebens
in Srase ,u sieben, neil er sesen ienen
Mann, benz Spbel Doqe 6erebtiSteit in
ieinen @srten ertuieien, blinosn Sab
beat
Scranton Wochenblatt. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1865-1918, 1894-01-19

SIN gbiIabsIpbia III am 9onn.rftas
elmer Der be~fanntsften unb a%nsefebenften
Deutib. gmerifaner seitorben, Ospalb
Seibenitider, BrOfefior an Der University
of Pennsylvania. OSnaIb Seioentider
tparb i'm SABRE 1925 in 6bttinsen ees
boren unb fam 1916 nit ieinem Batter.
Sriebri9 8arl Ibsopor Seioenftider, Der
1881 als @ommanbant Der @bttinser
8irssripsbr psrbaftet, gu IebensldnsIi4sr
Ginferfsruns SerurbeiIt. l845 aber unter
Der 8ebinsuns Der Iustpanoeruns nab
Gmsrifa bssnabist tpurte, in bieies 2ano.
Ser Spbn bes alien MdrtprerS Der
Sreibeit nabm bon ieber on allen bsutiaen
8sitrsbunssn reeen gntbeiI. Sem sr6B'
tes 8srbient aber bat er fid ertporben
burd feline srinoIi6en Stubien dber 8e'
ididte unb 8erbaItnife Der 9eutiden
in BennipIpanisn. ipobsi er oas ibm ;u
@ebpte itebenbe gr9iU Der beuti6eu @e'
isaidaft in gbiIabeIpbia, iopie anbsre
ardips nit siisrnem SIeibe benubte.
Seine Sorfdunsen tbsiIte er in f!arer
unb Isbenbiser Sprade in 8eitunssartl'
teIn, 8ortrdssn, 8rodlren unb 8iidern
nit. Seine ssfdidtIi6en &ufseidnun'
sen baben bauernben @srtb. Ospalb
Seibeniidsr mar bis an fem gnee RATIOS
tbGtis. Die beutid.amerifanii4e @e'
i6idtsi6reibuns perliert in ibm ibrsn
b%erufeniten 8ertretern.