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The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1895-05-23

washington city. May 22-The condi-
t3on q Miss Mary a Dodge u critical to-
night. and death IS looked for any tine.
The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1895-05-23

Ittsa fortunate day for a man when he
erst discovers the value % Ayers Ssrsa-
part'ia as a hioo1-puri7er. Win this
medicine he knows ne has found a remedy
upav wal~h hA may RELY. and that mis-
lifelong rna}ady S. a. last conquered.
Has cured Others, Vii cure YOU.
The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1895-05-23

Gloves
New shipment OF Castor
Gloves, in white and colored
4 button and Mosquetaire
lengths. s. pair. Extra quality
Undressed Kid Gloves, black
and colors. 81 pair.
The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1895-05-23
...THE STORE

Right in the height Of the season. Dry Goods
were never so easily bought now. New
things are being opened and added to the al
ready large stock. May trading goes mer-
Fily on.
The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1895-05-23

Ncilings. -
Arrived today-A line Of is-
Inch Black Dot Veilings. They
are just right for large hats.
Pretty styles. 35e yard.
Birmingham age-herald., 1895-01-22
Arrests of Russian Mendicants.

On an average about a50 mendicants of both sexes arc every week arrested in tho streets of St. Petersburg, while in Mos COW, Odessa, Warsaw and other populous centcrs the numbers taken by the police arc approximately large. Ono reason for the existence of so numerous a swarm of vagabonds Is to be found in the indorse- mentsin well known red stamped initialsof the passports of all persons who have suffer- cd terms of inprisonment, no matter how short those periods may have been or for what trivial offenses they may have heen committed. The universal passport system which obtains in Russia makes these en-
 dorsements more prohibitory for the hold CTS than actual police surveillance or than the ticket of leave system in England. The passport must always be produced, and in the case of domestic servants, male and female laborers, etc., the passports re- main in the employers keeping so long as the servants are retained. The raiGed mendicants arc returned to their birth
Birmingham age-herald., 1895-01-22
PLAIN FIRST NAMES.
The Absurdity of the "Ir." Prefix to Fam
 fly Personages.

The Absurdity of the "Mr." Prefix to Fam
 fly Personages.
 see no reason why people should stickle for their own titles, nor why 8 common MT. should add dignity to an i'm pressive name. MT. William Thackeray is not half as fine as plain William T., nor is MT. Grover Cleveland fine at all It seems tribute to tho solid fame of the person mentioned to speak his name out bold and full without mincing "misters." Fancy the reviewers of old times writing about MT. Nathaniel Hawthorne or MT. Washington Irving. Or the newspapers reporting the speeches of MT. Daniel Web ster. Tho London papers and magazines of the present day overdo this mastering to an absurd extent, and we are following after with ours.
 We laugh a good deal at parvenu moth CTS who allude to their daughters as Miss Lulu and Miss Jenny, but l, for my part, don't see why it is any worse than for women who are supposed to have been trained better to speak of their own hus- bands as ''Mr. Allen'' and "Mr. Brooks. The Lord be praised that we have no titles over here to tack on, for we should bo "siring" and ''honorabling'' and "mar- quising'' and "ladying' our own broth CTS and sisters as well as husbands and wives. A Christian name was made to be spoken and called by, and is not at all too fine to be used every day. If your wife's name is Annie, it will not hurt her bit nor derogate your dignity to speak of her by that gentle cognomen, and my wife, to utter strangers, who wouldn't know whom you meant by Annie, is al ways appropriate. e.-Chicago Post.
Birmingham age-herald., 1895-01-22
When Trunks Arc Damaged, Railways
 Ready to Pay the Bill.

When Trunks Arc Damaged, Railways Arc
 Ready to Pay the Bill.
 It is not generally known that the trans fer companies in New York, Chicago and other cities expect to pay for the baggage they smash, and it seems about time to bring that fact to the attention of the pub lie. Every railway baggage master is re- quired to give the transfer companies re- ceipt for all the baggage he receives and will not accept a package unless it is in good order. The same rule is applied when the transfer company receives bag gage from the railroads, so that if Q trunk is delivered at it's destination in damaged condition the blame can be traced and laid where it belongs.
 MT. s. W. F. Draper, general manager of the New York Transfer company, tells me that they have to pay several thousand dollars every year for damaged baggage and often are required to give indemnity even for the loss of strap. In order to secure themselves they carry an accident insurance policy of $1s,O00, and this not only covers damages to baggage, but ac- cidents to their wagons or drivers or horses. If one of their wagons happens to run over 0 child or take the wheel off a buggy, the accident insurance company pays the bill.-New York Letter in Chica- go Record.
Birmingham age-herald., 1895-01-22

matic apparatus, thus saving time Per sons who are improperly developed may now be balanced or "trued up;" muscles shrunken by age may now be made plump again Calves, which nature or exercise have failed to develop sufficiently will now no longer be drawback to wearing knee brooches or the short boomers of the fe- male bicyclist. The question naturally suggests itself, What will happen if this process of developing muscles electrically is continued still longer: If some way is then found to develop the bones, the manu- facture of giants by electrical means will be an easy matter. Electrical World
Birmingham age-herald., 1895-01-22
Prices of English Novels.

In 1750 "Ton Jones' was published in four volumes at 3 shillings q volume, and the next year "Peregrinc Pickle appeared at the same prco. Tho rise in prices be- gan early in this century For instance, Miss Edgcworth's "Talcs of Fashionable Life, published in 1910, were in three vol umes at the rate of G shillings volume "Guy Mannering'' was priced at a guinea for three volumes. It is thought that "The Pirate, ' 1929, was the first three vol ume novel published at the now familiar price of q guinea and half By 1860 the price of half guinea for each volume had become an almost invariable rule. The second and cheap edition of a novel at 6s or 3s. Cd. is a thing of not moro than go years duration. Miss Braddon is chiefly responsible for the yellow backed shil- ling novcl.-St. James Gazette.
Birmingham age-herald., 1895-01-22

to say no while yes Is trembling for expression; who, in short, is strong, sweet, noble-yet huTan."
 Merry Marshall P. Wilder said:
 "A bride in her fnery Is my ideal picture of an ideal woman."
 Samuel Duffield, the clever author, smiled as he answered playfully: ITO tell the truth, the woman who is my ideal par excellence is the woman who will consider me the ideal man. That is the most important attribute that re- quire her to acquire"
 High up in the great studio building on East Twenty-second street, found Guaccimannia, the Italian artist, busy preparing for his departure for the other side, and he said in answer to my question about the ideal woman:
 Well, she is jolly good fellow. 1 am afraid she is more than anything else. The character and disposition don't matter so much"
 At this l look asllance Here was one man who was absolutely honest, so 1 asked him to explain.
 "Thcre is little to explain. like the woman who is jolly and who has a bit of diablerie. She need not be beauti- ful if she can make me forget the fact that she is not, and if she can fascinate me so thoroughly that believe her to be the most beautiful woman in the world, so much the better. We Ital- ians have a word-'sympa tica'-that means most in praise of woman. It is more than charming, fascinating, low able, and is not all the same as your word sympathetic. It means that the woman is all that we require, and often this is the woman that does not pos sesss the conventional ideal of sublime character like to sec woman smoke cigarette. To me she is fascinating as she sits and puffs in a dainty fash ion. An, she is fascinating, my ideal beauty, say what you will about the saintly homebody, but, after all, don't believe she would be shocking, as l do not admire the woman who cannot adapt herself to anything"
 And there was twinkle in the eye of the clever artist, whose life seems to be one long fun-loving day as he de- scribed his naughty ideal.
 BARBARA KENT.
Birmingham age-herald., 1895-01-22
THE IL" CAR HOG.
He Was For Once Sat Upon to a Consider
 able Extent.


 The L car hog is ho who tries to occupy, to the exclusion of any one else, ono of the cross seats in tho center of the car. He utterly ignores tho fact that these seats arc built for two'' and is a crusty, crowding neighbor to any ono who has the audacity to sit beside him. Regular pa irons of tho L roads know this hog though his name is almost legion-and usually give him n wide berth.
 Ona recent afternoon just as m up town train was leaving Twelfth street, young man entered one of tho cars. He sumter ed through and found that the only vacant place was beside one of these typical hogs in a cross scat. Tho young man paused and looked at the other man, but the hog sat squarely in the center of the seat and looked unconcernedly out of the window. So the young man, rather than take the crowding which the hog would be sure to in1ict, passed through and stood on tho platform.
 When tho train stopped at Eighteenth street, the only passenger to get aboard was q rather rusty looking man who cer- tainly weighed ever zoo pounds. Tho young man was quick wittcd enough to Do you want to earn half dollar?' ho demanded.
 "Surc. <"
 "Scc that man in tho cross seat-tho only one who is sitting aloDcy"
 "I sec him"
 "Wcll, take this half dollar and then go and sit in the same seat with him. Don't be afraid of crowding him."
 The rusty looking individual obeycd. His more than 300 pounds of tissue forced the glaring hog to tho window. He was crushed and squeezed by his bulky neigh Dor. Tho hog began to fume, fuss and frown, but said never word, though ho was now able to occupy but a quarter of tho scat. The other passengers were quick to note the discolnforture of the hog and grinned their appreciation. The hog per ceived this and funed some more Tho only ono who appeared utterly unconscious was the rusty looking man who weighed over 300.
 But tho l. car hog Eeyer admits defeat. This specimen didn't. Ho stuck to his now narrow perch even after there wero other seats empty, and so did the fat man. They rodo to Forty ty-third street together, and it was very bad half hour for tho hog.
 Tho young man who had instigated it all got off at Thirty ninth street, and q scraphic smile was cn his face.-Chcago Times.
Birmingham age-herald., 1895-01-22
Nonbreakable Glass.

A German has succeeded in making Q glass that he claims will not break or crack over the fiercest flame and may be sprin- kled with cold water while filled with boiling liquids. In tho manufacture of this glass the ordinary methods are disre- garded, and instead of single thickness of glass in tho vessel with the ordinary characteristics of compression on one sido and tension on the other there is an outer skin of glass that has composition capa- ble of greater expansion than the inner portion. The problem of elastic and malle- able glass is one that will win for it's solv- CT much gold and glory, and it is to DC hoped that the invention mentioned may be one of the first steps in this important achieyement.-Ncw York Ledger.
Birmingham age-herald., 1895-01-22
Her Dig.

I've heard about the mean things women can pleasantly say to each other but could scarcely keep my counten- anee when listening to two of my sex parrying verbal hatefulness the other day.
 ''There comes Ida Ccmstock," said my companion.
 "Fricnd of yours?" inquired.
 "Oh, we pretend to be.' was the re- ply, "but she's cat and she'll give me dig before we part
 Well, you are prepared for her at any rate" thought l but said nothing. Up floatcd Miss Comstock.
 Sweet day; so glad to sec you," and all the rest of it. While prolonging her good-by she remarked smilingly:
 "Ivhat an awful swell you are! that's sncA pretty dress! that color used to be so fashionable. "-N. Y. Recorder.
Birmingham age-herald., 1895-01-22
Tribes of Blue Eyed Indians.

Red haired negroes arc scarce enough, but an equally curious freak of nature is seen in the Griegos Indians, near tho City of Mexico. They are light comploxioned, and tho majority have blue eyes and light hair. They dress principally in two shades of blue, and their clothing is good and well made and generally ornamented with the Lead and silk embroidery of which h. dians are so fond. Their houses are better built and furnished than is usual among Indians, and many have pianos and other musical instruments, upon which they play with considerable skill These Grie- EOS have no commercial or social con nections with other tribes holding aloof from even those who live at the base of the mountain on which the village is sit uated. They raise their own food, do their own manufacturing, have their own schools churches and social institutions, and seldom, or never, marry outside their own tribe. Thcro is said to be another tribe of bluo eyed, fair haired Indians, who hayo the appearance of Germans, liv- ing in the Sierra Madre mountains in tho state of Durango
Birmingham age-herald., 1895-01-22
REWARDED HIS INTELLIGENCE.
Tho Lad Appreciated the Book the old
 Man Was Reading.

Man Was Reading.
 Poverty and intelligence arc daily trav- cling hand in hand. The poverty is all ways recognized where intelligence stands poor chance of acknowledgement, much less reward.
 A threadbare, half fed looking youth in Sixth avenue "L" train the other day got for his intelligence an unexpected re- ward. lat in the corner of one of the side seat which enabled him to overlook the eros eats before him. Directly in front a1 gentleman was deep in well bound The boy leaned over and soon, ut the owners knowledge, grew abso1 d in the book too.
 He deyddfe1 the story so greedily and read so well that he usually reached the bottom of the page before the old gentle man and then sat twitching nervously with an anxious glitter in his eye until the unconscious reader turned. It went on thus from Eighty-sixth to Eighteenth street. Then the tables were turned. The old man must have skipped something which the boy, who was drinking in every word, didn't, and was placing his thumb at the foot of the page preparatory to turn ing it when he was startled by grimy thumb pressing back the page right beside his own.
 Not yet, not yet" the owner of the grimy thumb called out, forgetful of every thing in tho world just then but the story which didn't belong to him. Then in a second, recalled to himself by the old mans bewildered state, he tried to explain himself and begged a thousand pardons.
 There was no need to ask pardon from this particular old man. He took in mat ters at q glance.
 You'd like to finish the story, wouldn't youf' he asked. 'I'm glad to find boy like you caring for this story. Read all you can like it. Hero's the book" Ho stepped off at Fourteenth street. leaving the happy youth in possession of respect ably bound volume-New York Herald.
Birmingham age-herald., 1895-01-22
Dancing Shoes and Periwirs.

An advertisement appears in No. 1S0 of The Tattler informing the public that n stagecoach runs from Nando's coffee house to MT. Tiptoe's dancing school, adding postscript, Dancing shoes not exceeding four inches in height in the heels and periwigs not exceeding three feet in length are carried in the coachbox gratis.
 This of course was satire upon the mob caps, concal hats, flowers feathers and representations in glass of butterflies, caterpillars and even miniature coaches and horses with which the fine lady of the day adorned her head.-Good Words
Birmingham age-herald., 1895-01-22
Hoist With His Own Pctord.

Horace Greeley onco wrote a noto to Q brother editor in New York whose writ ing was as illegible as his own. Tho re. cipient of the note, not being able to read it, sent it back by the same messenger to MT. Greeley for eluoidation. Supposing it to be the answer to his own note, Mir. Greeley looked over it, but likewise was unable to read it and said to the boy: "Go, take 1t back. What does the d--d fool mean'" "Yes, sir," said the boy. "That is just what he says. "-San Fran cisco Argonaut.
Birmingham age-herald., 1895-01-22
Early Lessons.

Watts-A fellow never quite forgcts the lessons he learns at his mothers knee.
 Potts-That's SO. I often laugh when think how short time it took me to learn to stuff my hat in my knickerbock- CTS when had been swimming without permission. on.-Indianapolis Journal
Birmingham age-herald., 1895-01-22

places or recommitted Numbers of them are time after time expelled from their native communes return to the large towns and are again committed to prison, in which they spend the greater part of their Yes-London News.
Birmingham age-herald., 1895-01-22
Music Deyelopment.

Some recent scientific researches, which |ca;l doubtless be trusted, show that tho weight of muscles of animals was increas- 40 per cent by proper periodic appli- tion of an electric current the growth bg true development of the muscle a0rding to this, it will now be possible lase to order size of any desired
 npt tiresome gymnastic exer-
 ning in a soft chair and
 1ied. This, we sug-
 by an auto
Birmingham age-herald., 1895-01-22

North Carolina convicts mako their breakfast of meat, bread and coffee; their dinner of meat, bread and vegetables; their supper of bread, lnolasses and coffee
Birmingham age-herald., 1895-01-22
The Executions.

Tho world generally gives its admira- tion not to tho man who does what mo- body elso ever attempts to do, but to the man who does best what multitudes do well.-Macaulay.
Birmingham age-herald., 1895-01-22
His Preparatory Course.

Wylie (talking over college days)-And whatever became of Duller, the only fel- low in the class who was always at the footp
 De Biggs-Professional chiropodist, tho last hcnrd.-Buffalo Courier.
Birmingham age-herald., 1895-01-22

The big ditch excavated for the purpose of draining the Tow Head lake and con tingont swamps in Calhoun county, Ia., is 26 miles long and 20 feet wide and feet deep.
Birmingham age-herald., 1895-01-22
BAGGAGE SMASHING.

Virginia City, New, is 6, 400 feet above tho sea.
Birmingham age-herald., 1895-01-22
THEIR IDEAL WOMAN.
Prominent Men Describe the Types
 They Prefer.
Dr. Depew's Home Body-Bnnaio Biirs Horsewoman -DuHleid Osborn's Natural Aspirstion-An Artist Who Is Look
 ing for a Jolly Good Follow.
tCoPYRiGHT. 1895. l

V III t II v l c I b e a II [ yo or brains? Do they like better sweet sixteen, or the f a s c i n a t in F woman ofthirty? Is the conquer ing she of the blonde or.b bru- nctte type? In short, what is the ideal woman of the fn-de-siecle man?
Frederick citizen., 1895-01-25
APPLE MERlNGUE PIE.
One of tho Best and Most Palatsbie of
French Desserts.

One Of tho Best and Most Palatabie of
French Desserts.
A well-made apple meringue pie Is
one of the best of French desserts, even
better than the favored lemon meringue
pie.
Stew tart, well-flavored apples until
they are thoroughly tender, adding
only water enough to prevent its burn
ing. Sweeten them when done and
press them through fine straincr. 10
every pint of apple sauce add table
spoonful of cornstarch, mixed to thin
paste, the grated rind and juice of one
lemon, and little grated nutmeg
Let the whole cook over q fire for
three minutes, stirring it constantly
Then fill pie plates that have been
lined with paste, and let them bake In
hot oven for half an hour. At the
end of this time remove the pies, and
when they are cooled little make
meringue of two eggs and two heaping
tablespoons of powdered sugar for each
pie, and spread them roughly over the
pies. Dredge the meringuc thiclSly with
sugar and set the pies again IN the
oven to cook for ten minutes. The oven
should be so slow that at the end Of
that time they are delicateiy brown. -
" T,thuoa
Frederick citizen., 1895-01-25

first stretched on a frame very taut as
foundation: then the colorS are laid
on exactly as if they were stained
glass. Pale blue crepe forms the sky,
yellow satin the sun. a different thick
ness of white cheesecloth the clouds.
white satin the sails, and somewhat
darker blue silk the water. with cross
lights of lighter blue. Yellow silk
forms the golden rod, with the stems
laid on in floss and the rocks in dark
silks These silks are all cut and
basted in position on the cheesecloth.
and then the edges are covered with
floss silk 'couched'' on, producing, as
has already been said, very much the
effect of stained glass,
The next panel represents a gray
day." with gray crepe sky, with cheese
cloth clouds and gray satin water,
against which background comes out,
in charming contrast of color, the rose
pink of IA mass of marshmallows and
another group of golden rod.-St. Louis
Globe Democrat.
Frederick citizen., 1895-01-25
DAINTY NUT CANDIES.
How TO Make Brown Almond Bar ant
Other DeIicacies

How TO Make brown Almond Bar and
Other DeIicacies.
10 make brown almond bar. place
two pounds of sugar, one-third tea
spoonful cream of tartar and two-thirds
cup III OF water in a granite saucepan;
when it begins boiling add one pound
of almonds, stirred in slowly; boil until
the nuts are as brown as desired, which
will be when they will slide off the
lifted spoon easily; pour the candy un-
til an inch thick into a creased pan,
and when cool cut into strips with
hammer and strong knife. Blanched
almond bar is made in the same way
as brown almond only that the almonds
are blanched. Peanut bar may be
made similarly, using two pounds OF
peanuts instead of one. Brazil-nut bar
may be made with two pounds of sugar,
one-third teaspoonful cream of tartar;
two-thirds cupful of water; cook to
hard crack; pour out one-half candy in
creased pan, then scatter over this one
pound Brazil nuts, after having
trimmed the brown skins off; add to
the top the rest of the candy; when
cool cut into bars. 1t should be one
inch thick when done. English wal
nuts may also be used with good effect,
Delicious sliced cocoanut bar is made
by cooking two pounds of sugar, one,
third teaspoonful of cream of tartar,
two-thirds cupful of water to hard crack
then adding slowly one sliced cocoanut;
stir carefully; then pour into creased
pan and cut any shape wished. The
cocoanut should be pared, cut into
halves, and sliced very thin with a
sharp lHnife.-Ladies' Home Journal
Frederick citizen., 1895-01-25

sephine is pupil of Eddie Collyer, and
will appear at Tony Pastors shortly IN
the children's carnival. The child is
very beautiful and apparently quite
strong and healthy. She does all the
most difficult steps and twirls and gy-
rates in the most eccentric as well as
the most graceful style. The baby has
performed before theatrical managers
and aroused their wonder Never be-
fore in the history of the stage, how
ever, has four year old undertaken to
capture an audience in the way Baby
Josephine proposes.
DAVID WECHsLER
Frederick citizen., 1895-01-25

BEEN greatly injured throughout the
oonntry by the fact that It's headquar-
tors were here. Now, however, a great
rcyival Is looked for and the organized
Wege Garner hopes to have things his
own way with the capitalist John Nc
hride has radical views of his own of "a
rather socialistic nature and 1t Is ex-
PqQfed that he will inaugurate some
very decided changes. The unions will
take an active part in politics so far as
politics affect the demands Of organized
tabor. The old and somewhat slow
methods of Gompers will be discarded
aitogether. The developments of the
near future will certainly have sensa>
tlonal interest. The case of Debs will be
one of the vital issues.