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The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1896-02-02


acquainted with the United States, and es-
pecially with the things in it which are not
true.
A Buffalo woman snapped loaded pistol
at her husbands head just for joke. He
never told her whether he appreciated the
joke.
There has never been n war where cleo
tricity played so important part the
present Cuban war-thanks to Samuel
Morse.
The English made the king of Ashantee
bow low, but they themselves rolled in the
dust to the extent OF s5o0o0,o00 from the
Ashantee diggings.
Bayard says he spoke at Boston. Eng
land without notes, but that was because
be left just before the hard times and
didn't have to make any.
Piisbury, the chess player. came out
third in the ST. Petersburg tournament.
but, II we hadn't demonetized silver in 1873
he would have won hands down.
campos says IL he had had horses he
would have put down the Cuban rebellion.
There is no doubt he would have done bet
ter had he substituted horses for asses.
The new United States penitentiary will
be at Walla Walla the new army post at
Seattle Now Walla Walla will have an
opportunity of demonstrating that the pen
Is mightier than the sword.
A good many eloquent men in the Ameri-
can congress have said they would die in
order TO protect Americans in Armenia,
but 1t Is noticeable that very few of them
buy tickets for Bitlls and adjacent towns.
Times are hard and the United States
has been through panic, but you will
never be able TO convince Paderewski Of
those facts while he can pick up $4,000 TO
$4,000 week, as he is now doing for play
ing the piano.
1t is ali right 10 talk about important men
and cite the czar. Emperor William and
President Kruger as individuals having
authority, but IL you want to hear the
tones of A monarch. listen to man al the
top of telephone pole order the man be-
low TO slack up"
Frank Lawler, who recently died In Chi
cage, lived for some time on the reputa-
ton he made by saying that "the majority
is the bulk of the people David Davis.
Of Illinois. while on the supreme bench,
disagreed with him. and as another mem
DER OF the court agreed Nlt1 bdNiss LAWYER
knew that while the majority OF the court
might be with him, the bulk wasn't
Dunraven said he had been jobbed.
He'd prove IL in trfce;
But proving il before Joe Choate
He found was far from nice.
lie had a gen raj rough idea
That something had gone wrong;
But when they asked for facts exact
They didn't come along.
The charges fell like pancakes fat,
And yet II came 10 pass.
That one thing sure was proved. and twas
His lordship il an ass
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There has never been Il war where cleo
tricity played so important a part as the
present Cuban war--thanks to Samuel
Morse.
The Colfax chronicle., 1896-11-21
How He Thought Kings should Die.

Cramer was Voltaire's Geneva pub
Usher, and the following anecdote may
perhaps prove to be interesting. AT the
rehearsal of one of Voltaire's tragedies
NJ. Cramer was finishing one of his re les,
which was to end with some dying SEN
tences. Voltaire, objecting to the man.
ner in which that death scene was
PLAYED, cried out in accents of scathing
scorn: "Cramer, you lived like prince
during the four preceding acts, but at
the fifth you die like bookseller"
Tronchin, being present, could not help
in kindness interfering. IN. Foltaire," "
said he, deprecatingly, "can you cx-
pect to have gentlemen to be at the ex-
pense of dresses and fatigue of getting
up such long parts if you thus upbraid
them? On the contrary, think they
deserve the greatest encouragement at
your hands, and, rs to my friend Cra,ner,
/ declare that, so far as am Judge. he
dies with the same dignity he lived"
Voltaire raised his head and glanced de-
family at Tronchin. doctor" he cried.
"when you have kings to kill, kill them
your own way. Let me kill mine ns
please.".Notes and Queries.
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the COMMONPLACE.

Shall we but value what Is rare
The fiawless gem. the peerless race
And none of our affection spare
For what is only commonplace?
The gifts of God. like words, abound
On ev'ry page of natures book;
There's something worthy to be found
wherever you may chance to look.
We do rank common things before
Gods rarer wonders, now and then.
AS common bread Is worth far more
Than diamonds to hungry men.
And always in Gods common things
There's beauty, II we care to seek
The sober brown of sparrows' wings.
The wrinkles on q furrowed cheek.
IT'S not perfection icy-cold,
In earth beneath, or heav'n above
That can alone our heart-strings hoio'
Hearts cannot tell US why they love.
God help us all II men should care
For only what is full of grace,
Lest love itself should then be rare :.
And we should still be commonplace!
&C. ]. Boden. in Chambers Journal.
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Plainly Put.

1t is we'll known that the queen OF
italy breads becoming stout. 1t is q
family feature of this royal house. Her
love of the mountains is partly due to
the fact that high air is considered
"thinning." Victor Emmanuel in time
grew inconveniently stout. He had an
odd shooting attendant, named Gui-
seppe, to whom he appealed on one oc-
casion: "Giuseppe, they say I've grown
fat. Is it true?" Giuseppe and the
king had travelled far from the rest OF
the shooting party, and Giuseppe was
supplying the place of the kings valet
at the final halt. you're as fat as a
pig" (sierg, in patois), said Giuseppe,
who was no courtier. The king told
the story with great glee.-London
News.
The Colfax chronicle., 1896-11-21
Eating Apples at Night.

Those who have been brought up t..
believe that "fruit is gold in the MORN
ing, silver at noon, and lead at night,S
will be surprised to hear that DIR.
Searles, in the Bulletin of Pharmacy
says that everybody ought to know
that the very best thing he can do is
to eat apples just before going to bed.
The apple has remarkable efficicious
medicinal properties. 1t is an excel
lent brain food, because it has more
phosphoric acid in easily digested shape
than other fruits. 1t excites the action
of the liver, promotes sound and healthy
sleep, and thoroughly disinfects the
mouth. 1t helps the kidney secretions
and prevents calculous growths, while
it relieves indigestion, and is one of the
best preventives known for diseases OF
the throat. No harm can come to even
q delicate system by the eating OF ripe
sps juicy apples before retiring f''
the aight.
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PuNGENT PARAGRAPHS.

-ruddy-"They say that Robleton
has married his cook" Duddy-"fou
mean, / suppose, that she is his cook
now."-Bostor Transcript.
-"Do you know that your confounded
dog barks all night?' "Yes, l suppose
he does. But don't worry-about him. He
makes up for it by sleeping all day
Cleveland Plain Dealer.
Two Disagreeable Characters.-"l'
don't know anything more disagreeabie
Ihan a man who will-not do what -he'
.an." "Oh, he is not in it with The fell
low who insists on doing what he can't"
Truth.
There in the dust, footsore and
weary, he fell. "How sad, how UNJUST.
the world cried, "to perish in the very
sight of home!" But the umpire re-
fused to reverse his Observation-Disclosures
Tribune.
-Priyate-"May 1 have furlough
for a day? We slaughter our hogs to-
morrow" Sergeant-"All right. II you
want to stay day or two longer just
send me word-but wrap it up careful
ly."-Fliegende Blatter.
-"Jinkles is in love-" remarked
young man. "How do you know?' I've
seen him out bicycle riding four times
with the same girl" THAT doesn't
prove that he is in love with her" NO
But they were on tandem, and shf
weighs at least $50 pounds. s."-Washing
ton Star.
-Miscalculated.- bar par
lor of Prince George, Brighton. Pipes
and beer all round. An old salt saying
"Pve got riddle to ask you chaps. l
a 'erring and a 'alf cost three farthings
'ow many could you buy for sixpence7
Profound silence and much putting o
pipes. Presently voice from the corner
II say, Bill, did you say 'errings?" "Ye'
I said 'errings." "Drat it, I've beel
a-reckoning of mackerel all this 'er
time. BLACK and White.
A Question of Etiquette.-"Excus
me. Mrs. Bowder," said the cook, "bu
would ye moind if l had this address en-
graved on me cyard?" Not at al
Bridget. This is your home, and If yo
have card it is perfectly proper to pu
YOUR address on it." "Thank y
ma'am,r said Bridget. "An' Oi notice
yes have printed on your cyards, ma an
At home THURSDAYS. Would it be prope
for me to hov printed on moline, Thur
daas off ?"-Harper's Bazar.
The Colfax chronicle., 1896-11-21
COSTLY GEMS.

Sara Eernhardt has q magnifcent
collection of Jewels, but she does not
care for diamonds. Her fancy runs to
the quaint ornaments OF medieval
ZINES. and belts and chatelaines are
her treasures. She rarely wears ear
rings or bracelets.
Some examples of diamond carving
shown by a skillful jeweler are flies,
the wings made from thin engraved
diamonds; two other diamonds, en-
erayed with armorial bearings and the
imperial arms of Russia, are used in
one instance on shirts and cuff buttons.
There is no limit to the money mil
iionaires can sqmnder. Some rich men
of this country have their table set with
ware worth $1,000. Decorations oi
enamels and jewels make the gold plate
more expensive. Mrs. William Aston
Is said to have an entire service of pur.
est gold, comprising 80 pieces. They are
unornamented except for the coat-of
arms.
Diamonds can now be engraved In
very artistic manner. It has long beer
believed that it was impossible to carve
designs on these hard, glittering stones
but some roughly engraved were found
in India and at the Paris exposition o
1878 diamond was exhibited on whfcl
a portrait of the king of Holland ha1
been scratched. The work was imper
feet, however, and the stone was prac
1icaIlv ruined
The Colfax chronicle., 1896-11-21
LATE MILLINERY.

Blue must be reckoned as fashion
able color for millinery, but only in its
dark shades-principally French blue
and sapphire.
Several shades of red promise almoss
as well. They are all tints OF VIVID
dye, whether Of the peony. ripe goose
berry or poppy varieties. Bright deep
pink and cerise are also in demand.
In spite of this marked preference for
gay colors the trade is well provided
with black velvet; still. It is likely to be
used less than might have been expect
ed for covering shapes. Black felts are
eot much asked for by the best houses
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POSITION OF FRANCE.
One of the Few Countries OF Enormous
Historical Importance.

One of the Few Countries OF Enormous
Historical Importance.
We of the United States, who measure
distances by thousands of miles, scarce
ly appreciate the limited areas of some
of the European nations whose names
are on our lips every day.. England.
who received Christianity 900 years be-
fore the discovery of America, whose
present reigning house can trace its
ancestry back through nearly 40 gener-
atoms of kings and princes to Alfred
the Great and beyond, the country
which for hundreds of years has played
a larger part in the worlds history than
any other nation of the earth-this
England is smaller than any one Of
more than a score of our states. France
Is larger, and yet not large-one-fifteenth
the area of the United States, excluding
Alaska about three-fourths as extensive
as Texas, little more than four times
the size of New York, almost precisely
equivalent to the four states Indiana,
Illinois, Michigan and Wisconsin.
France, too, is one of the few countries
of enormous historical Importance. To-
day her population seems to have
reached it's maximum; a new impetus
to colonial expansion has, to be sure,
been given, but these colonies are in
the main so situated as to be capable
for long time, if not forever, of adding
little to the strength or prestige of the
mother country; so that one may rea'
sonably incline to believe that the in
lternaticnal political influence of France
is likely, compared with that of several
other leading powers, to grow less and
less. Her Importance in other direc
tions, however, may not, and, one may
trust, will not, correspondingly decline
Prof. Charles +. A. Currier, in Chau
tauquan.
The Colfax chronicle., 1896-11-21
NAVAL DISCIPLINE.


There L. Less of 1t Now Than In Times
Gone BY.
An American admiral tells story OF
old-fashioned discipline in the navy.
One day an officer on ship in service IN
foreign waters gave an order to one OF
the enlisted men. The sailor put his
arms behind his back and declined to
,bey the command. He was reported
TO the commander without delay for in
subordination.
The commander had been warned by
the surly conduct of other sailors that
the morale of the crew was not what IT
ought to be. He resolved to make all
example of the mans disobedience, and
ordered him to be confined below with
out food until he was ready to obey the
command.
Forty-eight hours passed without
signs of surrender, but on the third day,
darkness, imprisonment and hunger
were irresistible. The mutineer begged
for mercy. !,
/. The crew were mustered on deck and
the insubordinate sailor was brought
ND from the hold with gaunt face and
bent figure. The captain called upon
the officer whose command had not been
obeyed, to repeat the order in the pres
ence of the crew. This was done, and
after a long pause the sailor with hang
dog look sulldly obeyed.
"Repeat the order" said the captain,
sternly, to the officer. ut must be
obeyed cheerfully."
The order was renewed and the nut
ineer, completely conquered, dashed On
to execute it.
ssThat will do" said the captain. "Now
give him food, but bread and water only
for "a hours"
The sailor was taken below under
guard and allowed full rations of bread
and water. The next dav he was put
ON unrestricted diet, and no furthel
notice was taken of his offense unit
the end of week, when his health wa
completely restored. Then the Ship
crew was again mustered on deck. Th'
sailors insubordination was briefly de
scribed, and he was dismissed from tn
ship in disgrace.
"Rigorous discipline, did you say!'
: exclaimed the admiral to the listener
who had commented upon his story
"There ought to be more of it in tn
American navy to-day. The service
now conducted on sentimental princi
, pies, and men are forgetting how I
obey"
The criticism may have been to
harsh, but the declaration is not infre
. quently made that discipline is too la
1 in the United States navy. While tn
White Squadron was recently anchore
at Southampton, previous to the Xii
celebration, a return was made one da
of the number of men absent witho'
I leave from the four ships. 1t was GO OF
. of an aggregate force of 1,5oo.-Youth
r Companion.
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old cabinet, as proved. But she might
have used it.
She-But how could she fiEd it the
very night they were married and went
home? And how could she tell what 1t
was?
He-Unless she knew he had it.
She-But you showed that it was l.ept
in his secret drawer. Why, you con-
vinced everyone.
He-Did /?
She-Did she tell you that she was
guilty?
He-No.
"a long pause, during which she draws
away from him.
She (swiftly)-Frank, you knew that
woman before the trial.
He dropping his head between his
hands)-I did.
She (huskily)-After you knew me
He-Not after we were engaged.
She-After yon knew me? When you
were ALWAYS meeting me2 When you
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her the benefit of the doubt. God for.
give us all. (Another pause.)
She (slowly and painfully will
trouble you TOGO.
He (walks unsteadily to the door and
takes the handle)-Molly, little Molly,
best among women, have told you the
whole truth. Try to forgive me. Good
by; and Heaven bless you. (Turns the
handle.)
She (wildly)-Frank!
He-Molly; my darling!
She failing on the sofa and gasping)
Frank, / did love you. Frank, have
you told me all? AL, on your honor?
He (kneeling beside her)-All, on MY
honor. / can't expect you to believe
me, hut give me the benefit of the doubt.
She-No, there is but one way. love
you, and 1 believe you without any
doubt. You will be good to me, Frank
.He-My queen! Kisses her hand,)
i Black and White.
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were trying to make me like youF
(FierceIy) Answer me, sir.
He (unsteadily)-I couldn't break it
off all at once. did as soon as could.
She-But can break it OF, sir. at
once. And 1 will. And do. "a long
silence.)
She (very pale)-I must ask you to
relieve me of your presence. You need
not fear that shall put the police on
the track of her accomplice.
He (springing up)-Molly!
She-Mr. Hall, Barrister--nnd gen
tleman!
He-Molly, you cannot think that. L
did not see her for six months before
It happened. 1t was only foolish n
tanglement. didn't really care for her
nor she for me. But was dull, and
she was lonely, and
She@Spare me details. Doubtless
the unscrupulous advocate and the r;ur-
deress were admirably suited.
He--But she didn't seem bad, Molly.
Indeed she didn't. She was very kind
when told her about you.
She-So have to thank her for my
lover-my ideal of honor and upright
ness!
He-For mercy's sake, hear me. She
said that she readily forgave me, for
she too had known what it was to love.
Their she told me how that mantle
dead man-had ruined her lover-and
he killed himself with poison that he
kept
She-In the cabinet = in the secret
drawer?
He-That the dead man took for debt
(Silence.) She said that, if "a wish conld
kill him, he would have died thousano
times. Then she told me to go to yor
and be happy. And I came, and Iwasi
God help me!
She (under her breath)-And mel
He-Six months after she married jiel
lovers murderer. And on the wedding
night he
She-Was murdered.
He-Died. She asked me to defcn'
her; and pitied her, and tried to be
lieve her innocent; and they have givel
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you managed to piece the evidence to-
rether as you did. (Solemnly) Do
you know I wasn't really quite sure
not absolutely sure-in my own mind'
until you had spoken.
He (wearily)-It's hard to be sure OF
anything, Molly.
She-Until some clever person like
you-O, but you are-makes it plain to
everyone.
Helm afraid that nothing is very
plain to the average British juryman.
She-It seems that you made the case
clear. even to him. Your peroration
about the punishment of conscience was
simply grand. I've been repenting OF
nv little wickednesses ever since.
He (fondly) = Very little wicked
nesses, Molly. Kisses her).
(They sit down on the sofa).
He--Why didn't you stop for the YER
dict?
She-I couldn't bear the awful sus-
pense. What must it have been for that
poor woman!
He-Well, it is over now. (Pause)
She-Pm so proud and so glad. Aren't
you?
He-"Glad"-O, yes.
She-And proud?
He-No.
She-But it will make you, everyone
says.
| He-I hope so. They've retained me
In the Kensington stabbing case al
ready.
She-And you are not proud! Most
modest-or mendacious man! Why
are you not proud, my learned brother
He (dejectedly) % because -
don't know, Molly. Suddenly I'm
sick of the trial. Let's talk of some
thing else.
She-But aren't you delighted to
think that you've saved that poor, ptet-
ty, innocent woman from death-from
hanging? Why, Frank, doesn't justice
count for anything to barrister!
He-I suppose it does. (Pause.)
She-You've overtaxed yourself.
must doctor you. Shall 1 play you
something soothing-with no meaning
to bother about--the Largo in G?
He (softly)-It's rest to sit by you
Molly. But-(excitedly)-yet it isn't
You're such good little lady. that i
makes everything wrong seem worse. tt
be with you.
She-But what's wrong, Frank
} (Puts her hand on his shoulder) Wha
Is it?
He-Nothing.
She-On your honor? (Suddenly
c You don't mean-you can't mean-tfa a
she was guilty?
|, He (slowly)-I don't know.
She (excitedly)-B But you proved tha
she didn't buy the poison.
He-She did not. 1t was kept in hi
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.srbere seems to be very genef.s
prejudice against Nero" said the man
who had . great tendency to yawn.
"It's kind Of dying out was the reply
"He's a good deal of back mum per,
Won know" II suppose so. / hadnS
paid much attention to him until ,;Ss. ,s.e.
". There's young man who iiyes
next to me who plays the fiddle. ne
practices till II at night and .tar.s IN
at six o'clock in the morning. I've DoeT
trying to get sleepy by reading ana :
happened to pick up book aoou'
Nero. It's my opinion that perhaps nc
wasn't an bad as he's been represent
ed" but think Of his adding while
Rome burned" "That's exactly wnas
| had In mind. 1t seems to me tnas
man who waited till his neighbors mao
rome off to see q hre to get down ms
violin and scrape . tune or two mus
have been q good deal OF q pnlian'
thropist at heart. ."-Washingson 0's''
The Colfax chronicle., 1896-11-21
FONDLING A TARANTulA.
II Ii Best to BE Sure That the Tarsntuis
Knows You.

1t Is Lest TO DO SoAo @-~-~
Knows You.
.The tarantulas pine in confinement
remarked an amateur spider collector,
"refuse to spin or eat and seldom i've
long. A centipede or scorpion, on the
other hand, commits suicide when 1t
gees no chance of getting away.
Commits suicide?" asked. why,
how?"
4By inoculating its body with its own
poison. / have seen it do 1T time ana
time again. The centipede carries
roison in two little teeth, besides the sac
In each of it's many feet. He bites his
body savagely when he wants to XIII
himself, just as man would plunge
dagger in his heart"
"And how does the scorpion kill him
self?D
"His poison lies in the end of his tail.
He turns the end of his tail up over
his back and jabs it sharply; in few
seconds he is dead"
(which do you think the most inter-
esting, tarantulas or centipedes?" in
quired of this practical student OF nat
ural history.
"Tarantulas," he replied. "They
have better dispositions and are much
more intelligent than their cousins, the
centipedes."
"Do you think they learn to know peo-
ple?"
''Do I? Well, I'll show you. Look
here, Browny."
The little slide down to Browny's
nd tho fuzzy
round-bodied king of spiders crawled
out onto the promenade ground of card
board in front of his dwelling.
'Herc,s piece of pear for you,
Browny," said the master.
ssDoes he like pears?"
'Only the juice. He sucks the juice OF
raw beef occasionally, too, but he vastly
prefers good, fat grasshopper II he
can get him."
Browny examined the piece OF pear
critically with his feeIer and pressed 1t
as if to extract the juice, but he did not
seem hungry. The master then took up
the star-shaped creature in his fingers
and felt separately every one OF the fatal
little legs.
"You see he is not hostile to me. Now
let my brother attempt to play with
him."
A curly-headed young man OF 20 OF
thereabouts drew near and called to the
tarantula coaxingly.
Browny instantly hunched himself
up and rctreated in a pet, showing plain
ly his dislike.
'When he was free and very busy ont
day I watched him unwind yards ant
yards of spun thread and float down OF
a veritable ladder of it to Granny hal
way down the rocky surface of steel
sbluff. There he captured juicy beetle
He dragged his prey after him by fold
ing it in his threads and hitching it {
those pegs on his back. His eyes are Il
the top of his head"
"But tarantulas are deadly poison?"
"Yes, but they use their poison as
defense. They have enemies to guar
against just as other creatures. Their
poison is carried in little sac in the las
section of each foot and in the littl
sharp claw at the extremity, that is ais
hollow. They also have two teeth tina
are vencmous.
81 have observed that they tend thei
young until they are four weeks ole
After that they deliberately run ava
from them and leave them to look afte
themselves. This plan teaches theI
self-defense."-St Louis Star.
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II Deals In Dollars.

sThis is dollar store, isn't it?" asked
Gargoyle, as he presented himself at
the counter of a prominent bank.
"No, SIR" replied the teller, severe
ly; ''this is a bank"
"well, watts the differsnce2'~Har
lem Life.