The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1895-12-01

ter should never appear IN the dinner
table. but many bostssses are fol0Wihs
ire English custom. ard serving u with
celery, Just before the cheese and coffee
Mrs. Julia Ward Howe aptiy says: The
dropping OF the word lady does not mean
that she has ceased 70 exist. Rather tnat
her gentIeness has become more earnest,
and that her timsdity and hesitation have
given place 20 conviction and EFFORT
The gliding on CHINA Is as susceptible OF
furnishing as sslverware. II kept IN a damp
closet. and It's brilIiaDcy may then De re-
stored by rubbing with a little dry whit
ing and a soft bit Of channels; only tins
should be done as rarely az possible. lest
the gliding wear of The careful house
w1fe never allows her best china dishes
% rest upon each other without placing
canton flannel or blOtting paper, cut INTO
circles the size Of the plates, between
them. The bottoms OF all dishes are a 1T
tie rough. and many a delicate bit OF china
has had fts gliding or decorations scratch
ed for lack OF the prscautiou just men,
toned. Cups, for the same reason, should
never be piled one inside the other, but
should be hung OF little hooks. screwed
under the shelves. such as are now seen
in the little closets found in the up-to-
date dlning-room. BY the way, the new
est OF these cabinets instead OF showing
the mirror backs. are simply finished on
like the ordinary closets. with cleafs
against which the fancy dishes are taste
fully arranged. Cut glass, which rivals
china IN many wornen's affections. is much
more easily kept clean. IL should be wash
ed I'm warm. not hot. water, In which a
bit OF borax has been dissolved. and rub
bed with a piece OF soft cloth.
Tho hearts OF civilized nations bleed with
tender sympathy for the ~long-sunering
Armenlans. and shrink with apparent help
iessness from revelations Of renewe bru-
tality and sickening massacres practised
by the relentless Turks. Progress, mans
distinctive mark" has not risen in the
scale OF tolerance. among the seml-bar-
barous people. since the death of their
prophet. nearly thirteen hundred years
ago. Instinctlvely one turns 70 the reli-
gion and sacred literature OF a country for
principles. handed down from one genera
ton 10 another, to govern the hearts aad
minds Of its people I'm even the most trivial
acts OF life. If that literature be false and
corrupt. and II fits prophet, the acknowl-
edged l~aW-giver today, upheld and en-
Outraged the slaughter OF the innocents.
how then can Il be possible for a minority
or un~believers 10 live in safety. surround
Ell as they are by such intolerant despots7
History repeats itself. Murders or Chris
tan men. indignities heaped upon defense
Tess H0ttitlls di'A EitfLEsAB QR VI 6aAAtAtso
babes are but a reproduction OF the cruel
ties inflicted by Mohammed and his disci-
pies on the Jewish prisoners after the bat
tie of Badr in A. ID. 624. one OF the most
brutal acts was tho execution or between
seven and eight hundred Jews, who had
surrendered all discretion and asked pro-
lection. and the subsequent sale of their
wives and children into slavery. Moham-
med selected one woman. more beautiful
than the others, to add TO his own harem,
gave one 10 his father-in-law. and one each
20 his two sons. As the bodies OF his old
opponents were cast into a pm he cursed
them bitterly, and glanced fiercely at the
prisoners brought before him for sentence.
There Is death I'm that glance" said
one unhappy man; who will take care Of
my little girl?" "HeIl-fre." replied the
prophet. who ordered him cut down at
once. A Jewess, who had written verses
against MOhammed. was assasslnated by
one OF his disciples. whom the prophet
praised for the deed at the public mosque.
From that day 70 this the Turks have had
an intense hatred OF all outside OF Islam,
and While hutchering Christians are but
carrying out the spirit end the letter OF the
koran. In a recent article James Bart
lett wiggin quotes verbatim from what
he terms "the wickedest book in. the
world" not mentioning the good, which
needs no defense. "NoslemS." he says,
ARE sincere. that makes it all the worse
for others. Perseverance Is no virtue,
except 10 do right Moslems nave some
prime virtues which. with the koran, are
like a pan OF milk with poison in It," From
the koran, Chapter .. entitled THE Cow
written At Mecca:
I'm the name of Cod, gracious and mer-
ciful. I am the most wise god. There is
no error I'm this book.
HE that shall contradict the prophet
shall burn IN he'll fire.
Esteem no man 10 be elected Of God
who IS not Of your religion.
There is no other prophet but me on
tho earth.
The punishment Of those that oppose
the VIII Of God. that Of his prophet. IS
20 ho slain. hanged. 20 hav the right
foot and left hand cut OF. and to be ex-
tirpated from tho earth.
''Thc greatest part Of the world are i'm
pious.
God mlslesdeth whom 1t %pleaseth him.
Thou hast created me Of fire. and man
OF the mire OF tho earth.
Marry wives that please YOU. one, two,
three. or four and cbastise them
God forsivcth sins 70 those that extir-
pate in6dels
"Km unbelievcrs. take them slaves.
hold them prisoners. lie in ambush FOR
them.
Flight az all times against unbelievers.
such as trlnsgrpss the will Of God and
His prophet shall he eternauy damned.
believers shall dwell eter1allv in Para
disc. where Cow many rivers. With women
beautiful and lean.
"Inddcls shah be fred into hell and
drink water flll u corruption and blood.
There is no contradiction In this book:
&c caches The right WAY.
As Ter Jews and Christians. we have
cast among them enm.ty and hatred I'M
I'll the d7v ~ Judgment"
And his IS the belief Or two hundred
millions. who think themselves saints. hnt
who prove that a false religion IS the curse
Of tho world.
DOROTHY DEAN.