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The morning times., 1895-12-29
Boud OR of the Czarim.

The boudoir of the czarina at Czarskoye
Selo, is said to be a spacious apartment,
very light and very sparsely curtained.
Masses of tropical yerdure divide the room
into several COSY compartments and give
it very picturesque appearance. The dado
of the wall is formed almost entirely OF
An easel in ere OF the WIN
dow reccsscs and u grand piano in another
testify to the CZarina's artistic tastes; sew
erai Of her own water coiors hang on the
walls. and she is in the habit OF singing to
the car the folk-soDGs OF his own country
The morning times., 1895-12-29
Too HuSty.

They were talking about the various
methods of celebrating the passing OF the
old year, and the coming of the new.
'Did you ever dance the old year out and
the new year in?'' he asked.
''Yes, indeed; scores of times" was the
reply. And then she was sorry she spoke.
London Tit Bits.
The morning times., 1895-12-29

a new jewel in the favorite's diadeni, her
allowance will be stin,ed aad the favcrite
in the harem is as iinplacable as Juggernaut
to those who stand IN her path.
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AUCTIoNING OFF 4 HAREM.
The Seven Sultanas Must Be Supported
nv the State.

Naturally, the Sultan Of Turkey keeps the
largest ha rem in the east. But while all this
dangerous wa r talk mena ccS the sultan $ eHi-
pire causing the son OF the prophet anxiety
and slecpless nights, his three hundred and
more wives, who crowd the many palaces
of Turkey remain in blissful ignorance of
the state of affairs.
These are chiefly Georgian or Circassan
girls, presented by the pasllas- Once inside
the harem-lik. or wSmnn'S side of the
house, the poor women spend their time as
spoiled, idle children would. eating, dancing,
rrolicking, and, as Il rule, do not find in the
present sultan a cruel master This ruler
of Turkey is indeed Il gentle enough soul,
with only two strong passions, fear of such
assassination as overlook his brother
and delight i'm digging sibtcrrancan pass
ages. As young man, with no asnira tions
or hopes of the throne, he was well consider
ed in Constantlnop.e. and but Ia tely, when
an English physician was summoned to
the palace on the hill above the city TO oper-
ate upon the eye of one of the sullan's little
daughters, the hctender-hcartedmo monarchc could
not bear the sight of hes pain, but sat outside
the door weeping heartily in sympa thetic
anguish. Or his children he is exceedingly
fond says lady long resident of Constan-
tinople.
THE SEVEN SULTANAs.
"There are seven of his slaves known as
official wives" she explained. From
the children OF these heirs TO the throne are
selected. and should this sultan die OF be
deposed. the state must undertake to sup
port these women and their children"
Now,-to be the mother of n sultan is to
enjoy the highest honor a woman can reach
in Turkey. The sultan's mother has her own
palaces, her siayes. the affeetionate consid-
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The sultan's favorites rule those beneath
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NOTABLE PEOPLE.

Senior Cyrello Mached has been ap-
pointed Portuguese minister to the United
States.
John Lankenau. president of the Ger
sented to the officers OF that institution
the handsome new nve-story extension
bearing his name.and erected at his ex-
buildings of the kind in the country.
NJ. Alphonse Daudet has been sorely
troubled by his uncomplimentary remark
about English women. He declared the
other day that he had decided to say
nothing about women in the future, be-
cause this sex usually called feeble, has
too many defenders when attacked"
Flournoy Rivers. OF Pulaski. Tenn. is
writing history of the Flournoy family
In Europe and America, which is being
published serially in the Virginia Maya
zine of History and Biography. Laurent
Cution in Champagne. France, TO Geneva,
Switzerland, in 1852. His great-grandson,
Jacob, came with his family TO this coun-
try, and settled in Manikin Town, on the
James river, now Powhatan county, Va.
His descendants are numerous and are
scattered all over the country.
In an interesting paper which he read
before the meeting of the Actuarial So
ciety of America, in Montreal. the other
day, William 7. Standen, the welI-known
insurance man of this city, discussed the
relation OF certain mental disorders 10
hard times. He said that he had learned
by investigation that a marked increase
OF mortality from brain diseases and trOu-
bic OF the nervous system has invariably
followed the occurrence of panics and pc
RODS Of long-sustained financial stringen-
cy, and ne pointed out the physical and
mental ailments most unfavorably affect
ed by such conditions
The Chicago Evening Post tells a num-
Der OF characteristic stories about the late
John y. Drake, for 50 many years propri-
etor OF the Grand Pacific hotel. Chicago
ON one occasion a travelling man saw
him go into the little room behind the kew
box frame and drink some water. as was
his habit. and he accosted the little man:
say. John, why don't YOU pa;roniZe the
bar--drink mineral water cider or some
such thing, instead of that plain water?
ir l owned this place I'd have the best
you can bet" II had to break the ice our
OF the water bucket winter mornings and
melt Il 10 get drink" replied Mr.. Drake
When was boy, and somehow just
plain, clear water out of a white pitcher
docs me quite well"
The natona. committee of the Proh:-
b.ton party VIII meet IN Chicago Deem
DeF !, 70 CONSIDER the location Of the ma
tohai convention. The committee has two
members from each state Prof. Samuel
p.ck.e, or Albion. Mich Il chairman. and
among the prominent Prohibition leaders
VINO represent Their states on the commit
tee are: EX-Gov. st. John. OF Kansas:
Mrs. Helen NJ Cougar. OF Ind.ara. ard
W1ltam F. Wardwen Of New York. The
Froh.b,ton.stS are inclined TO hold Their
convention ear.v in IS@f probably during
April Unless tho Prob .bit.Ou convention
IS set for April II g not likely 70 he held
until June. Chicago Cleveland. Baltimore.
Pttsburg and Des Mo.nes are a present
the most active contestants for the place
of holding the conversion. From l3,0lU TO
1900 people VIII attend.
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GETTING THOSE MARK ELS.

Mr.. Cleveland. II is reported. win COM
mend the new tariff law In his forthcom-
ing message as partially tightening the
burdens of the people. but he will have
great difficulty in showing wherein a
single burden has been lifted or a single
individual benefited. AS a matter Of fact.
all the splendid results promised have
failed TO put in an appearance. Congress
man Bynum told his Indiana hearers that
dented demand for wheat; Senator Voor-
hees averred that by opening the market
10 foreign manufacturers OF wool the
European demand for raw American wool
would be so stimulated as TO insure higher
prices Neither OF these predictions has
come true. AS matter OF fact. our
wheat exports have diminished greatly,
and instead OF supplying IS per cent. OF
the wheat used in Europe, we are now
shipping only Sc per cent. VOORHEES, said
that within two weeks from the passage
OF the Wilson bill which made wool free.
wool would sell at higher prices than ever
prevailed under the Mckinley bill. The
actual result has been that wool has fallen
80 Per cent. in price. many American
growers have become bankrupt. the clip
IA this country has been cut down over
81. 0oo.0oo pounds. and the Imports OF for
elgu wool in 1895 show an Increase Of SIS
4oo,oo0 IN value over 1894.
The foreign markets promised with so
much certainty have turned ont 10 he a
myth. Each month shows that We are
buying I'm foreign countries more than we
are selling thcre. The showing OF the ex-
port provision trade Is A sample OF how
much better we are doing with foreign
markets as the new tariff law remains in
force. Here II s.:
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HOW NSAS CITY DID.
SEATTLE, Wash, Nov. so.

seattle, wash, NOV %, 1870
To the Editor: We hear great deal
about Tacoma ard her plight. We
well remember Kansas City when she was
in worse plight, before IL had 1000 in
habitants. when the Masten and First Ma
tional banks failed. and a more rascally
fraud We have no recollection Of earring
the Credit Mobil.er). Kansas City and
every man In it was absolutely bankrupt.
The city went to work and issued sloo,-
900 in 81 and 81 bills MISUNDERSTANDING.
These notes circulated freely in the city.
paid all city employees, paid for all street
work and repairs, everybody was en-
ployed and business men We're happy. The
worthless land that those banks advanced
money on increased to such q degree that
Notwithstanding their infamous fraud
they were enabled to pay dollar for dollar.
Then those notes were called in by degrees
in $500 and $4,000 at a time and de-
stroyed.
St. Louis issued 100000 in like manner,
and yet there is not state in the Union
can boast Of two such prosperous cities
as this great state OF Missouri. / know of
no one who suffered by that act except the
scalper or the warrant broker. Win you
please tell us why Ii would not be feasible
for our Sound land unsound) cities to do
in like manner and stop sending SO much
money East to pay interest?
Surely II We have the right to saddle
million and a quarter onto ourselves OF an
Understanding debt we ought to have the
right to issue s50,000 or 800, 900 (non-inter-
est-bearing notes. to circulate amongst
ourselves. Respectfully,
j. c. CARNEY,
Madison and West streets.
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WHAT A PICNIC

At the meeting az the Chamber az Com
rneree Iast wight two % the principal
speakers n favor ~ the water ordinance
were Oranss Jacobs and , J. McGivra-
They made declarations watch should
alarm the people more than al that has
been ~ast against a.
They pointed anger n the direction
whence al this remarkable desire TO 80
into 6eat arises.
II seems that in their opinion. aad tie
ordnance appears 70 bsar thea cut. a.
thoash the entire proposed plan Is sot
forth IN ordinance No. &saa. the city cocn-
ca VII rot oe bound ey IFS terms ana
thai az TIC people h4Ns lie Tishs 10 CO =
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Not by lowering our duties on imports.
but by reaching out by our own transpor-
tation lines, will the foreign commerce OF
the United States be promoted. An ag-
gressive commercial policy. such as was
outlined by Mr.. Blaine. is what will enable
us to supply our great staples and manu-
featured products to other countries. SEN
ator Burrows. OF Michigan, touched the
keynote when at a recent banquet OF the
New York Chamber OF Commerce he ex-
pressed the hope that the time is not far
distant when the flag OF our commerce
shall be unfurled in every port of trade in
Central and South America, when the
feeble barrier between the two oceans
shall give way TO American enterprise and
American capital. and new highway OF
commerce shall open on the sea; when even
an intercontinental railway shall pene-
trate to the very centers of South Ameri-
can trade. binding the republics OF the
Western hemisphere In indissoluble bonds
OF commercial interest and unity. when
that time comes" he said. "the republic
VIII enter upon a new and unexampled era
OF Industrial prosperity and commercial
prowess." Not by breaking down our in
dustries, but by building them up and
will the end be attained, and there is
prospect that within a few years there will
be that display OF broad and enlightened
craftsmanship such as win accomplish the
results desired.
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folly Is IL due more than 20 any one cause.
Fortunately II Is decreasing. and IN few
years viii become one OF the least i'm
portant OF the annual items OF expenditure.
Tsiimzn treats {; az an injustice to TIE
South, forgetting entirely q victo-'s gene--
osgty when admitted al the way-wsri
states back into the Union. ard within
seventeen years gave them control OF the
government they were trying 20 destroy
twenty years before TIliman's idea ap-
paren;Iy Is that the South should have been
received back fo-givingiy with the Fed
er1l government again tarnsd over 10 her.
and ar exemption from payment for all the
ruin. death and disease enta.led by q war
brought on by herself. This absuriity IS
not coasonant with the ideas OF sane men
OF the past or present, and the majority OF
the Southern people realize Il They viii
not indorse the reactlonary utterances
which for the first time have Interrupted
the era OF good feeling noticed In Atlanta
since the gates OF the great Southern ex-
position were opened. The South has gone
beyond the Evans circumscribed concep-
ton OF patriotism. broadened out in its
ideas OF nation and begun 10 leave be
hind the narrow ssctionalism which has
been a blight in the past Il viii advance
along these lines as rapidly in the future
as in the past. and any obstacles such as
Evans. Tlllman and their sympathizing CO.
horts, viii be unceremonIously trodden up
on and passed over in the throbbing eager
ness to Join In the upbulalng OF reunited
country without sections, disagreements or
differences bequeathed from the past.
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Total loss. July and Aug. 1875. .

Total loss. July and Aug. 1885. .S2.et-.I0s
During the FIST two months OF this IFS
cal year We have sold nearly COOS 30
pounds Of fresh beer less tAan year ago:
over i.ooooo pounds less Of salt beet; over
s,oso 90 pounds lees - tauow: nearly
Ssoo 80 pounds less ~ bacon. over 1900
eso pounds less % hams. nearly soo0. 30
pounds l~ss % lard: an3 nearly rOao 90
pounds less % cheese. THE aggregate guam
titles % these seven products exported
being s4tt2ls pounds less than in July
and August. iSs, This IS probably one Of
the good results Of the new tariY law Tor
which Mr.. Cleveland tsjnkS 1t ought 10 Be
commented
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PERSONAL.

Fred Hart. OF Colfax is a guest at the
Raln.er-Grand.
e. T. Elwen a pioneer rancher OF Nov
city. IS az the Dl!ler.
NJ T. Callahan. a lumber dealer OF Bel
fast is at the n.Eer.
Hon. Jacob Furth leaves for a months
trip 20 California today.
4 Hacartv the weL-known lumbermau
os Snohomish s q guest at the Northern.
". ". Adams. a weU-known mining
man OF Montana, is stopping az the But
eo N Tacoma. IS eg.steTed At the
Northern.
Hon. Thomas Burke. local counsel FOR
fhe Great Northern. VIII return Monday
from his Eastern trip.
c ". Snyder editor az the Puget Sound
LumbermaE. u Taeoma. IS IA the city.
stopping al the Northern.
Farquhar Nacrae, police magistrate q
victoria. . &c = ~ the c+tE on q F-Sal
and Is a guest az the Victoria.
Mr and Mrs. Frank M-!er. Of Clar.nda,
Ia, are guests a. the Butter Mr. Miller
Is a newspaper man OF C-arinda-
L @. Earle and We. % Coupev.le, were
IN The city yesterday. Mr.. Fare s the
ed tor OF the Island County Times.
Mr.. and Mrs Robert Koeu. % Monte
Cr.sto. and Mss Jess Roycr0ft. o. Grant
Fails. are among the OILERS guests.
C. G. M-Coy the we,l-known MAJ con-
tractor ard transportation man Of Port
land. - among the guests a. the Butter
Inspector Tom Delaney arrived n the
cry .ast nigay W.ta as family from Port
Townsend and reg-s.ere5 al the Northern
Mrs HA.da Nelson. Of Back Diamond.
accompanied ~ Mrs 7. Thomas ana Miss
Edlth Thomas, q the same pace, are AZ
the D,ter.
= NJ Tuu. ". A Lews and Cyrus
Happy. prom.ne citizens OF Spokane. ar
rived n the city yesterday and registered
a. the Butter.
DR.. Robert LyaI.. q Port Townsend. Who
vas pAyssc-au a. board the cutter Grant
during her Ber.EE sea cruise, y - = guest
a. tie Northern l2st nigAL
J. 2. K-Ech and Frank =. LieAtey. well
known CITIZENS q Iowa. returned - tals
ely yesterday from a visit u BRITISH CO.
lumFa. ard VII .s4gs 70. TIER aons
s-4E1y.
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SEATTLE, SATURDAY. NOV. 80.
THE WATER QUESTION.

A weil-attended meeting OF citizens al
the Chamber OF Commerce last night re-
suited I'm a full discussion OF the ordi-
nance soon to be submitted to the people
on the water question. Both sides were
very fully represented by speakers. and
after long discussion II was resolved by
an overwhelming vote that 1t is inexpedi-
ent at this time for the city to assume
the great debt proposed.
The report OF the proceedings Is the best
comment that can be made. The speeches
deserve the careful attention of even,
taxpayer.
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NOTICE TO THE PUBLIC.

The public IN hereby warned not 10 pay
any money TO parties representing 10 be
agents OF the Seattle Pcst-fnfelligencer.
except the following. who are the only
authorized travelling agents OF the Post
lnielligencer. viz: J. A. Mcclellan, j. l.
Eawley, X. r. Hill. g r. Peck and G. G.
Higgins This does not apply 10 resident
agents OF this paper, who are located IN
various cities and towns IN the North
west. nor TO postmasters. who are In all
cases authorized 10 take subscriptions for
the Daily. Sunday and Weekly Post-Intei-
lgsncer. City collectors. J. A. Cathcart,
". q. Ewing. II. W. Case and W. II.
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TO vote s.yes'' or "no'' on the general prop
osition.
After that the council may proceed Just
as II pleases. and the cost may be. ac-
coriing to the ordinance, sl.253.oo ''as
near as may be-
Payment for real estate. etc, may be
made by the council from sums obtained
by the sale OF warrants TO the contractor,
as hereinbefore provided. ''or from such
other funds as the city council may au-
thorize"
Oh. what picnici
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Mr.. Carlisle says: LET US have no more
ambiguous phrases, no more inconsistent
and irreconcIlable clauses in party plat
forms or in public uttersnces on finance"
This is good advice, but 1t is certain Mr..
Carlisle viii never be asked to draw up
the financial plank at the Democratic con-
vention next year.
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In the last year OF the Mckinley law
imports Of agricultural products into the
United States amounted 70 s5i.414 .5s4 In
the first year OF the wilson-Gorman law
the imports for the same period amounted
TO so, IS, 572. This is an increase OF over
100 per cent The exports Of agricultural
products during the last year OF the Nc
kinney law were SIS. 5s5 .ss4 more than un-
der the first year OF the Wilson-Gorman
law. 1t Is no wonder the farmers are
speaking up with no uncertain tones.
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There is some doubt as to just what the
Monroe doctrine means. and. therefore,
why would il not be good idea for con-
gress to set forth its meaning by resolution
in a way that VIII leave no cause for mis-
understanding in the FUTURE
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Good things rarely come without being
asked for. Therefore. instead OF petition
ing for Is per cent. reduction on upper
berths in Pullman cars. why not ask for
50 per cent. reduction all around? Prob
ably the Pullman company would not go
into the hands OF a receiver IL it were al
lowed
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In order to expedite the business of the
supreme court, the next communication
the president sends from the White House
after the message should be the nomna-
ton OF an associate justice to fill the va
cancy caused BY the death OF Justice
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An Omaha preacher complains because
the 8. 90 lawyers OF the country get FIVE
times as much pay as the 81 600 clergymen.
and ii is evident he doesn't realize that the
common belief is that the minister will get
additional rewards hereafter, while the
lawyer will not. at least not of kind that
are especially TO be desired.
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The London Economist says there has
been a shrinkage In the value OF Kaffir
stocks of s3eo, oc0. 900 since last September
This ought 10 lead a good many English
people to believe that American securities
are not so very unreliable after all.
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Mr.. Reed IS original, II nothing else, and
not much taken by presidents. Perhaps
the reason is that of the thirty-one occu-
pants OF the speakers chair since the days
OF Muhlenberg but one reached the presi-
dency. That was James h. Polk, and he
was an accident
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Hin and Cleveland are peculiar men.
When Hill mentioned Clevelsnd's name in
Minneapolis there we're groans. Had
Cleveland been there and mentioned the
name Of Hin. there would probably have
been a similar demonstration.
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Senator Vest does not object to the Re
publicans organizing the next senate, be-
cause he does not think his own party
can take the responsibility. When a party
or man wants to shirk responsibility in
this way. il shows structural weakness
somewhere
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Prohibition as an issue I'm the state Of
Iowa seems to be dead. In 1888 the Pro-
hibitionists cast 1888 votes. This year
out of total of S94516 votes. they cast
but 9.6s4 1t is doubtful il either of the
two old parties will ever again take them
into consideration as a political factor.
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The cruiser Minneapolis has sailed for
Turkey. 1t is to be hoped she WIFI reach
that country in season to protect some Of
the Turks from the hloodthirsty Armeni-
ans the sultan has been writing the pow
ers about
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Democratic presidential possibilities may
see little encouragement ahead in the mat
ter Of securing the nomination. and there
fore we suggest that they get in early and
apply for position as one OF the recelv-
ers OF the party
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According To Hon. Orange Jacobs and
Hon. J. j. MCGilvra, the ordinance Is only
a Blind, After the people vote for the
Cedar river scheme under the terms pro-
posed. the city council can do as II pleases.
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Congress win take up a good many meas
ures which were exhaustively discussed
the last session, but there Is one thing on
which it need waste no time. and that is
the income tax
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II is 4 question whether 4 man who is
short S27.753 oso in his estimate Of the an
nual internal revenue receipts IS the best
man IN the country for secretary Of the
treasury
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The British ought 10 put an ~na to the
farce on the Bosporus II for no other rea-
son than thar the cost Of keeping M steam
on the British feet s. e. os0 per day.
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A GUARANTEE.

The PoEt-Inteligencer hereby Ruaran-
tees Its advertisers bona flde paid circu-
iation. Daily. Weekly and Sunday. double
that OF any other newspaper published in
the state OF Washington Advertising
contracts will be made subject 10 this
guarantee