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The Yale expositor., 1896-11-20

This is the time of year when it is
dangerous TO express a casual desire for
anything, unless you really want it. If
you aren't careful. you may get it for
Christmas present.
The Yale expositor., 1896-11-20

Even those who don't believe in
long engagements will agree that en-
gagements should be long enough for
the two unfortunates to get acquainted
with each other.
The Yale expositor., 1896-11-20

A drought in the northern part Of
South Australia has made the harvest a
total failure. Numbers of farmers are
destitute.
The Yale expositor., 1896-11-20
Irrefragahle Proof.

"sprokett is in love with Ethel Gads-
by"
did he tell you SOP"
mo, but he has replaced the picture
Of his bicycle he used to carry in his
watch by her photograph. Washing
ton Times.
The Yale expositor., 1896-11-20

1t takes people a long time to learn
that other people seldom notice their
clothes.
The Yale expositor., 1896-11-20

A majority of the inhabitants of the
earth are happy in the idea that they
are martyrs TO something or other.
The Yale expositor., 1896-11-20

Courage can endure while ferocity
can only inflict pain.
The Yale expositor., 1896-11-20

with greater favor on her lovers suit
If it fits him we'll.
The Yale expositor., 1896-11-20

United States Consul General Karal,
at st. Petersburg. Russia, has sent to
the state department at Washington
an extended report of the worlds wheat
harvest for 1896. He gives the short
age as 1S5.4S5.542 bu. The United
States, Canada, Argentina, Uruguay,
Chilli, Australia and East India de-
crease 165 1892, 959 blu; Russia, $685.
ACT. Countries of consumption-im
porting-have 37,205, 1923 blu more than
in 1895. Spain and Portugal only have
bad crops. France has a crop about
equal to last year. There is an increase
in Italy and Great Britain. The fig
ures appear to be a little mixed, but
we give them as received. They show
a liberal shortage, that is their value
The Yale expositor., 1896-11-20

We are told that reforms are already
started in Turkey. But it is so easy
to sidetrack them, you know.
The Yale expositor., 1896-11-20

When money talks there is not much
use growing weary with thinking.
The Yale expositor., 1896-11-20

Goodby to straws of the political va.
riety, Well not have another crop till
1900.
The Yale expositor., 1896-11-20

wind, in the ripple OF the brook Jab-
box, the promise made so long ago,
ringing down the sky: THY fatherless
children. l will preserve them alive;
and let thy widows trust in mew Some
one said TO very poor woman, How
is 1t that in such distress you keep
cheerful" She said, 81 do it by what
/ call cross-prayers. When l had my
rent to pay, and nothing to pay 1t with,
and bread to buy and nothing to buy
1t with, l used to sit down and cry.
But now l do not get discouraged. II
/ go along the street, when | come TO
a corner of the street, / say, The Lord
help me! / then go on until / come
to another crossing of the street, and
again / say, The Lord help me! And
so utter a prayer at every CROSSING;
and since have got into the habit OF
saying these cross-prayers, have been
able to keep up my courage"
Learn again from this subject, that
people sometimes are surprised to find
out that what they have been strug-
Cling with in the darkness is really an
"angel of blessing" Jacob found in
the morning that this strange person
age was not an enemy but a Goodies
patched messenger to promise prosperi-
ty for him and for his children. And
so, many man, at the close of his
trial, has found out that he has been
trying to throw down his own bless
ing. If you are Christian man | will
go back in your history and find that
the grandest things that ever hap
pened to you have been your trials.
Nothing short of scourging, imprison-
ment, and shipwreck, could have made
Paul what he was. When David was
fleeing through the wilderness, pur-
sued by his own son, he was being pre-
pared to become the sweet singer OF
Israel. The pit and the dungeon were
the best schools at which Joseph ever
graduated. The hurricane that upset
the tent, and killed Jobs children,
prepared the man of Uz to be the sub
ject of the magnificent poem that has
to get the wheat out of the straw but
to thresh it. There is no way to purify
the gold but to burn it, Look at the
people who have always had IL their
own way. They are proud, discomfort
ed, useless, and unhappy. If you want
to find cheerful folks, go among those
who have been purified by the fire. At
ter Rossini had rendered "'WilliamTell"
the five hundredth time a company of
musicians came under his window in
Paris and serenaded him. They put
upon his brow a golden crown of laurel
leaves! But, amid all the applause and
enthusiasm Rossini turned to a friend
and said, II would give all this bril-
liant scene for few days of youth
and love-" Contrast the melancholy
feeling of Rossini, who had everything
that this world could give him, with
the joyful experience of Isaac Watts,
whose sorrows were great, when he
says:
The Hill of Zion yields
A thousand sacred sweets,
Before we reach the heavenly fields
Or walk the golden streets.
Then let our songs abound
The Yale expositor., 1896-11-20

Miss Bertha Robinson, a tall Chi
cago blonde, has travelled all the way
TO New York to endeavor to extract
from one David Weisenberger some
$50 900 worth of broken heartage. He
wrote to her as "My Birdie" and in
cold black and white asked her mother
for permission to marry your ador-
able daughter" II would appear from
this that the Chicago girl has got a
lead pipe cinch" on the gay but friv-
olous New Yorker. The chief difficulty
in all these matters, however, has
been to decide just what the market
price of a broken heart actually is.
Some girls who appeal to the law in
these ,rpatters have only had their
hearts kr0ken: $4,000 worth, while the
Brooklyn lady who was lightly loved
by theiNhewing gum man has suffered.
according to her view of the matter.
100000 worth of damage to her affec-
lions. The calm philosopher is always
haunted. by hameless fear that possi-
oily the.Sextent of the gay Lothario's
bank afopunt may in a measure influ-
ence thSamount of suffering inflicted
upon tRelady, from which it seems fair
20 gather that in the present instance
Mr.. Wei$enberger must be a rich man.
The Yale expositor., 1896-11-20

witnessesz afe. now en- route from
San Frshelsco to London to swear that
Mrs. Wafer Castle, now under arrest
in the latter city for shoplifting. has
been foF3Xears afflicted with kleptoma-
MIA. Sgxenty-fve persons, it is said.
will, eitliAr by deposition or oral tes-
timony,iM eclare that she has. on nu-
merous occasions. been apprehended in
the act OF offering costly. articles in
the grea9fffa of San Francisco Her,
wealth al kctjal position III thht city
saved her from prosecution. II steal
ing is a pental inhrmity in the rich
why sb3NN 1t be crime in the poor?
The Yale expositor., 1896-11-20
The Hill of Zion yields
A thousand sacred sweets,
Before we reach the heavenly fields
Or walk the golden streets.

Or walk the golden streets.
Then let our songs abound,
And every tear be dry
We're marching through Immanueps
ground
To fairer worlds on high.
1t is prosperity that kills, and trou-
BILE that saves. While the Israelites
were on the march, amid great priva-
tons and hardships. they behaved we'll
After awhile they prayed for meat; and
the sky darkened with great flock OF
quails; and these quails fell in great
multitudes all about them; and the
Israelites ate and ate, and stuffed them
selves until they died. Oh, my friends,
1t is not hardship, or trial. or starva-
ton that Injuries the soul, but abundant
supply. 1t is not the vulture of trou-
BILE that eats up the Christians life; It
is the quails! it is the quails You
will yet find out that your midnight
wrestle by the brook Jabbok is with an
angel OF God, come down to bless and
to save.
Learn again that, while our wrestling
with trouble might be triumphant we
must expect that il will leave it's mark
upon us. Jacob prevailed, but the an
gel touched him and his thigh-bone
sprang from its socket, and the good
man went limping on his way. We
must carry through this world the
mark of the combat. What ploughed
these premature wrinkles in your face?
What whitened your hair before il was
time for frost? What silenced forever
SO much of the hilarity of your house
hold? All! 1t is because the angel of
trouble hath touched you that you 20
limping on your way. You need not
be surprised that those who have pass
ed through the fire do not feel as CAV
as once they did. Do not be out of
patience with those who come not out
of their dependency. They may tri-
umph over their loss, and yet their
gait shall tell you that they have been
Are we Stoics. that
we can unmoved, see our cradle rifled
OF the bright eyes and the sweet lips?
Can we stand unmoved and see orr
gardens of earthly delight uprooted?
Will Jesus, who wept himself, be angry
with us If we pour our tears into the
graves that open to swallow down what
we loved best? Was Lazarus more dear
to him than our beloved dead to us?
No. We have a right to weep. Our
tears must come. You shall NOT drive
them back to scald the heart. They
fall into Gods bottle. Afflicted ones
have died because they could not
weep. Thank God for the sweet. the
mysterious relief that comes to us in
tears! Under this gentle rain the
flowers of hope put forth their bloom.
God pity that dry, withered, parched.
all consuming grief that wrings its
hands, and grinds its teeth, and bites
its nails into the quick, but cannot
weep, We may have found the COM
fort of the Cross, and yet ever after
show that in the dark night, and by the
brook Jabbok, we were trouble touched.
Again, we may take the idea of the
text, and announce the approach Of the
The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1896-02-16

Washington City. Feb. 12.-Representa-
tive Doolttle has introduced bill author
izing the secretary of the interior to issue
to Carlos w. Shane. of Vancouver. Wash,
a bounty land warrant for 160 acres OF
land. in return for services rendered by Mr..
Shane when young man transporting
supplies up the Columbia river in row.
boat for the use of troops at the old log
fort at the Cascades. This was in the win
ter of is47, just after the massacre OF DR..
Marcus Whitman. There were no steam
ers on the river in those days, and tx was
impossible TO pack what Is needed along
the trails over the mountains Mr.. Shane
received vouchers for his services, but
these were stolen from him, and he has
never received any pay for his work. He
has on file affidavits OF w. Carey Johnson.
Of Oregon City: Aaron e. Wait and James
II. Mcmillan, OF Portland. who were cog
infant OF the fact at the time. Mr.. Shane
has been trying for several years TO induce
the government to make good the debt Ii
owes him, but his claim has not been rec
ognized by the department, nor does there
seem to be sufficient evidence upon which
10 base a case in the court Of claims.
hence the need for legislative action.
The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1896-02-16

Chicago, Feb. 1.-THE new Bible pre-
pared for the use OF the public schools has
been completed IL will be submitted TO the
board OF education, who viii pass Judg-
men; upon IL. The object OF those who COM
piled the book was 10 prepare work that
would be unobJectiouabie TO any religious
denomination. IL has now been twenty
two years since the board OF education dis
continued the reading Of the Bible In the
public schools OF Chicago. Up to 1874 IL
was the regularly prescribed duty OF the
teachers TO read a portion OF the sacred
volume 10 their scholars every day. By
some this exercise was reiished and ap-
proved, bat 20 others IL became increasing
~ dissasteful. The opposition to IL grew,
and after a long and sfubborniy contest
ed battle the Bible was evicted from the
public schools. A few years ago move
ment WIS begun TO reinstate the Bible.
The book which has just been completed
Is the outgrowth of a suggestion made
By Prof. David Swing that a committee
composed of Protestant, Catholic, Jewish
and other denominations compile book
for the use of the school children. made
mp of selections from the Bible. At the be-
ginning IL was decided that the version
recognized In the courts by English law
when appeals TO the Bible are made should
be the one from which the selections
should be taken. as the school Is estab-
lished pre-eminentiy for the state For
the convenience of the children, and bet
ter 10 facilitate the work, the book Is
graded In its arrangements These selec-
tons appearing first on It's pages are adapt
ed 20 the needs and intellectual standards
OF the lower grades OF the grammar school.
the latter part of the book being better
suited for the more mature minds Quo
fations are also given Ia the book to show
that men differing widely In religious be-
lief. ranging from Prof. Huxley 10 the
pope. have Endorsed just such a scheme
as this that has been carried out. The COM
mittee that prepared the Bible. after Civ
Ing the leaders OF the Womans Educa-
tionaI Union due credit for the part which
they took in preparing the book for the
public, explains that the fruit of their la
bors may be truly said to belong not mere
iy TO the educational union, but to the
whole city OF Chicago. whose representa-
tives made IL, and Indeed TO the whole
world for representatives of the diner-
ent churches in all parts Of the Union
participated In its compilation.
The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1896-02-16

Washington City. Feb. E-Spectaf--Ths
South Bend Chamber Of Commerce has
presented TO the attention OF the river and
haroor committee OF the house, through
Representative Doolittle, o statement
showing the need for m appropriation OF
SO 90 for the removal OF two Troublesome
bars In WiIlapa harbor. which greatly In
terfere with navigation The government
chart OF this harbor shows that two shoals
have formed. one At the mouth OF North
river and one at the mouth OF Nailboat
slough. which interfere with commerce In
delaying heavily laden lumber ard other
vessels In their passage In and out or the
harbor. At low tide there are only about
depth of fifteen or sixteen feet Is what Is
desired. and this. 1t Is believed. can be OBJ
tanned by an expenditure OF the sum asked
for. Lumber vessels loading at South Benz
are always detained IN getting TO sea by
having 10 wait for q food tide in order 10
get over each OF these shoals.
IL Is shown by the statements or the
Chamber Of Commerce that IS vessels ar
rived and cleared at willapa harbor dur
ing the fiscal year ending June 81. 1885, OF
which c. were steam vessels small sum
from the old appropriation for the improve
ment OF Willapa harbor remains unex-
pended. and should congress give the 49,
GO asked for the work could begin at once.
Should there be an unexpended balance, IL
could be used 10 good advantage in refnov-
ing snags or similar work upon some OF
the tributaries to the harbor.
The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1896-02-16
GIN Old Kentucky"

The typical Southern scenes, the antics
OF the pickaninnies and the soft. sweet
accent of the leading characters in that
most popular of Southern plays, In Old
Kentucky" brought back tender memoir
les to the natives of the Blue Grass state
who witnessed the play last night, and
caused many to again live over. If only for
a few short hours, the dear moments OF
childhood. While this feeling may not
have been experienced by the vast major
ity of those that made up the large audi
ence, there was something that caused a
tendency to applaud. for never has more
appreciative and enthusiastic audience
gathered beneath the roof OF the Seattle
theater. And how they did applaud Miss
Laura Burt. the clever little lady that
plays Madge Briefly. Miss Burt never for
a moment loses her strong personality.
and really lives her character. In her
rendition of the plaintiye little song in the
last act she pours out her soul and in
variably has to respond 10 several encores.
Ralph Stuart makes manly Frank Law
son and plays his character with fervor
and ability. He surely must be a South
erner, for he never could effect the accent
as he does. III. Il. Bradley. as Col. Sam
dusky Doolttle. dresses and acts his
character most excellently. The rest OF
the cast is evenly balanced. Queen Bess.
the Kentucky thoroughbred. acts her part
well and seems proud when carrying so
dainty and sweet a Jockey as Miss Burt
The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1896-02-16
skaIsit County Examinations,

Mount Vernon. Feb. Especial The
quarterly teachers examinations for
Skagit county closed today. The following
were the candidates: J. w. Gilkey. Mount
Vernon. Bertha Crawford. Mount Yer
non: Mrs. Kate SlasoT. Anacortes: Nora
Lees. AnacoFtes; Albert Chenowith, Ana
corteS. Miriam McCutcheon, Baker:
Elijah r. MeFsu, Lyman: W. l. Brickey,
Avon; Lottie Graham. Avon: Ada Snyder.
Avon. Emma Campbell. Avon: George
Mitchell. Prairie: Grant Nell, Sauk; Henry
=. Reed. Cokedale. out OF this LOT of an
plicants one received arss-grade GER
tincate, six received second-grade GER
tificates and two received third-grade GER
tihcates. The examining board was COM
posed OF County Superintendent Davis
Prot ]. NJ. Shields. Of Mount Vernon
and 9. A. Morrison. or Avon. The exam
ination was considered very fair one.
comparing favoTably with former ones
The next county teachers examination
viii be held IN Mount Vernon IN MAY.
The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1896-02-16
Rellingham Bay News.

whatcofn. Feb. 15.-SpeciaI-Mrs. f.. f.
Bryant. of the Commercial house here.
IL under arrest on the charge OF using
cancelled stamps. the complaint having
been made by Postoffice Inspector Cor
don. when he was here a few days ago.
She viii have a hearing before Court
Commissioner Williams on Monday.
The board OF trade is endeavoring TO se-
cure the establishment OF a creamery
here. the new county road having made
the city easy OF access from the dairy
districts. At the meeting of the board
last evening II was stated that there are
II go cows tributary TO Beiiingham bay"
Two divorces were granted in the SUI
perior court yesterday in the cases OF
Amanda Smith. OF Blaine. against George
III. Smith. and Hayes vs.. Hayes.
The board of trade reports that the
whatcom county shingle output for 1895
was ass. Coz, 900, OF an estimated value OF
slSS. 500 Z. o. h. There are forty-five mills
I'm the county, employing on an average
ei7 men In various capacities. and dis
bursting 1856. ~ for labor. In addition the
lumber mills had paid $4,000 for labor,
making a total OF ~ by the lumber
industry. from a total OF s75l,e5 wages
earned in the county.
The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1896-02-16
IMPROVEMENT Of the puyaIlup River.

Improvemenr of the puyallup River.
Washington City. Feb. Especial Tho
Improvement OF the Puyallup river IS
new provision which Representative Doo-
little hopes TO add TO the river and harbor
bill this session. Should it be impossible
10 obtain a specific appropriation for this
purpose. IL will be named in the clause ap-
propriatlng a sum for the construction or
a snag boat and the Improvement by IL OF
the many tributaries TO Puget sound. The
removal of drifts and snags at a small cost
would put the Puyallup in a moderately
navigable condition and be OF great benefit
TO a large portion OF the Puyallup valley.
through which ii flows. II is contended by
the citizens OF Puyailup that the opening
of the river would free the business OF the
valley from the oppressive monopoly in
freight carrying now enjoyed by the North
era Pacific railroad. IL is stated that the
freight rates are so high at the present
time that the majority OF the freight from
Puyallup Is hauled To Tacoma by wagons.
Compared with the benefits to be incurred,
IL is pointed out that the cost will be very
small. as tide water reaches to within
three miles of Puyallup. and there are no
large drifts or jams TO pass. only numerous
small snags to be improved.
The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1896-02-16
THE FRIENDLESS MAN
Secretary Norton Is Flogged
Again in the House
FOR NuLL,FYlNo THE LAWS.
Not . Voice Raised In Defense Of the
can People or Their Free Seeds.

Washington City. Feb l5.-The attack
IN Secretary Morton for his refusal TO
expend the appropriation for seeds In the
present agricultural appropriation was
transferred from the senate 10 the house
today, and furnished the feature of the
proceedings Il the loger house IL was
led by Baker. Rep, ~. H.. and was sup
ported by Moses and Livingston, DEM.
Ga: Boatner. Dem, La. and Meredith.
Dem. Va Some very harsh things were
said and applaaded. especially by Boat
ner. who referred 20 Mr. Morton con-
temptuousiy as that individual" and not
a voice was raised In his defense.
The general debate on the agricultural
bill, during the consideration OF which the
attack was made. was closed before adj
Journment. Several bills of minor import
ance were passed. and a resolution was
adopted directing the judiciary commit
tee 10 inquire into the right OF an execu-
tive officer TO refuse 10 execute law on
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DIR. HICKS SENT FOR.
To Testify Ira the Inquest Over n.
traEston Potter.

San Francisco. Feb. fS-corener Haw-
ksns held Al inquest this morning or the
body ee IL. Cranstou Potter. CT Tacoma.
which was found on the ocean beach near
the CIR house last sunday. Robert wall
Jams. Of III HAYES street. testified that ne
saw the body IN the surf near the CilI
house. recovered Il. and. assisted ~ Thou-
a. Whelsn. carried e 20 the sand dunes
cut Of sha reach of the waves
Thomas Watson. a grain broker. trssi~
fed that he had known deceased for sew
eral years, end lass spoke 20 him % Frsday
snorntng shortly hegere noon. Potter
promised 70 call at ; IN tho afternoon.
bat as he did not pat IA an appearance
witness went 90 thu Crocker~NVoeswcrsh
hank. where he iearned thas Potter ha4
drawn IS. snd told hank offsciai that ha
WAS going 10 the chr house. witness had
never seen Potter 80 Intoxicated that he
s~eafS not take care Of himself tie thought
Potter esd not spend more than 81 a. 81 a.
the CHI house. bat when Re Was found
only 10 cents Was In bis pccksts Potter
WAS IN a cheerful state 81 mtns rfftay
snoralnw ana had 10 domestic ar fuanc4 al
troubles. witness further stated that &C.
ceased could have had ali the EnoHey -
wanted from htsa.
= Csvistiansen. ssrkserer a. TIE Gig
house. testified 10 serving drsnks Fri3Sy
morning TO Potter ana og. H4cSS
Thcsnas cline. who had knowa deceased
since ISSa and seea him a. the fnSieSias
sacelrack on Thursday sfterncoa. sssa
ne raes Fetter 80 ths Baldwin hotel al
noon on THURSDAY. SEd deceased told wit
neSs that he had GENE e. this city go Tire
whaiehack 90 have "a little faa."
Edward 81 Heed. late ~ tAe Taccgns
ledger. testified thAs re sa~ Postsr "a
California street shoFtty before neeB 90
Saturday morning. Witness wNs positive
that hs saw Potter. and that u waz Sat
1fsfav.
The Jury, after se1tsSrafiaS aeseat thirty
MINUTES. sxked that IT. Hicks - azAs2 -
The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1896-02-16

Washington cts. FEB. IS -Secretary Her
oeFt was before ths house committee -,
naval Affairs FOR tWo hours Yesterday. eD-
ing over many questions OF naval arnaa-
u2ent ara o8'laiug his plans on Desirable.
features ~ naval appropriations. The So
retsry submitted several tables showri,,
THAI the Cnitst states - now ante 70 bsffid
better shlns az less cost than any country
IN TIE wcTlS save Great Britain ana r.
after country = hut sitent}v ahead ~ re
tnitei States fa the economy az naval
shtphseS.Hs Nj Herbert was ey,sss3a-.s
~ Chairman Boate0e and others OF az
COMMITTEES concerning the need o. ssa3sfo--
a. SSttisshia<. torpeso bats. etc. The So.
ressTy made Z clear that re desired tha
SasFteHt s&ssN2Siee 81 TIE various classes q
vessels hat S1rxsexs fSli ya-ran.as A., -,