The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1896-01-26

have mentioned: but without going fur
Their into them il Is easy 10 see In the facts
already stated ample ground for the de-
cay of the native population Poverty.
hunger and disease are steadily doing
their work, and VIII doubtless continue 10
do 50 until the system founded in 1876 is
radically reformed.
The Press aud America.
A newspaper almost invariably takes a
side, and special-pleadS \ judicial afti-
tude is rarely assumed Smart writing.
rather than sound writing, is the rule. And
yet in al great issues which divide ma
tons. or which divide the citizens OF a ma
ton. there generally is a good deal 10 be
said on both sides. What amuses me is
thar newspaper almost invariably insists
that all thoughtful men are with IL in
its opinion-agreement with that opinion
being taken as proof OF thoughfGlness,
disagree menr as an evidence OF its absence
Thus. in the dispute between US and the
Americans. all Thoughtful Americans are
said 10 be against President Cleveland all
who are with him are said TO be thought
less. This may be so, but we evidently.
as we are against President Cleveland. are
hardly in a position 10 draw this line OF
demarcation between the wise and the fool
ish in America
We are apt 10 fancy that the entire world
looks upon US with eyes OF admiration tenn
pered with awe-a nation whose mission il
is 10 guide. tn restrain and 10 serve as al
example 10 all others. This is not pre-
ciselv re feeling OF the rest of The world
toward Us. but other nations deem us
(wrongfu,ly. OF course the wealthy iahabi-
tants OF an island, apt at commerce. bur
given TO take adva.is ge of our irsular
position predatory N our politics, md Oft
en- masking our predatory instincts under
cover Of philanthropy and desire I beae-
1T ether peoples u Introducing them &c
the blessings or our rule. Our action in
regard - Egypt has cut away the last
straw OF confidence in US, and our avcysed
Intention - build a feet so porten.ous in
size that il viii enable US without any
great risk To GU. selves. 10 lombard and de-
destroy the seaboard cities OF any country
with which We may fall out and 10 carry
with which We may fail cut. and % .iess4oy
their commerce sInacks too much OF uni
yersal empire to tender IL popular outside
the confines of our empire.
IL Is because these 81 the sentiments OF
almost every nation in regard 10 US, that
j. as one DESTROYS OF maintaining intact the
empire that providence has vouchsafed to
US, have, in season and out OF season,
urged that we should do well 10 rest salts
fled with what we have rather than seek
to extend our possessions; and have depre-
Gated the boasts. in which our Jingoes are
always INDUCING, as 10 the creation of a
navy that IS to place creation at our mercy.
Football ia the Army.
have spoken once or twice about the ia
vor shown 10 crack football players in the
army. and the wire-pulling and maneuver-
ing that go on 10 obtain their services for
particular corps or stations. In Egypt this
state OF things seems to have led TO spe-
cially absurd consequences, for / am told
that when volunteers from other corps
are invited 70 join the medical STAFF corps
out there the selection is invariably made
on the ground OF the candidates proficien-
cy in football A fighting corps may be
all the better for getting hold of all the
smart football players il can, but there is
a sine qua non in a hospital orderly. and no
one viii be surprised TO hear that some Of
these athletes do not earn golden opinions
from their patients.
There has been some interesting corre-
spondence in the Western Morning News
over the fact that the parish churchyard Of
BuckfastleiSh has been converted into a
sheep pasture: and one letter gives painful
evidence of the feelings OF a parishioner.
who, on visiting the grave of 4 relative a
few days after burial, found the wreaths
destroyed the grass torn from the grave
and the spot generally desecrated by the
sheep. The party responsible for this seam
DIAL is Rt. Hon the Earl OF Maccles1sld,
who as lay rector OF the parish, claims
the churchyard as his property. He is said
10 have offered 70 let IL to the incumbent
at a nominal rental, but the incumbent de-
clined to recognize the proprietary right.
so the ground is let TO somebody else. and
the somebody else turns the sheep in.
soldier just returned from India after
a trip over the Afghan frontier tells me
that he saw in Afchanistan a native wear
ing a brand new tunic of a British grena-
der. My informant says he saw the gar
ment closely enough 10 be absolutely sure
about its nature, but how II came TO he
worn by an Afghan tribesman he is unable
20 say. Can any one else?