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The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1896-01-06
BILLS FOR THIS STATE.
Appropriations sought for Pnblic Build
tng- In our Cities.

Washington City, Jan. 5.-Soecja al
yya-hirgtnn's senator's aud representa-
tfves a-e a unit in favor Of public butlf-
fnes for che cities of Seattle Spokane.
Walf3 Wara and Tacoma. and the usual
fornnalfffes of having bills introduced and
referred TO the proper committees have
Raerq gone through with early in the ses-
SION II uIn NOT be- surpr3s in-. however,
- an efforts fau IN this congress. Mr.
Reed IS known 10 Be- opposed 70 such ap-
-.-er.-sa,i7ps al a time of great financial
stress and as chairman OF The committee
on rules he viii exercise a cz4r-Hke power
uuou al legislation
7-ea fs.-f that the a7-hItect a. the treas
,t-,- and the commissioner of the general
1s~s o-eea called upon their subordinates
ir -Aeee cities for information regarding
-ra r,..-fz of the respective government
r-H-tsl. Tor accof1w woia1ions. ETC. means
r,a-rs~s- save rhat the bills already IN
.~-7,,-.-7 vrfl b. referred 20 the architect
ana ~ me commissions for their reports
IA q. ths afyfsahiiiry. or rather. deS-ra-
fsf.-s- ~ their cou=ir rlctlou az the present
-.r-a and g. T. customary 20 have the in
formation called for az hand so order
49, - immediate reply NAV be ma1e.
IN i believed hy many - the newer
-~.r,R-.-= that pgnlc luthng hlIis moi
-s- r., their demands. wherever the Need
e- ere same can tv clearly SHOWN. can
p. -s.ss.f through the house despite t1e
.-..-..,s.-f,r, OF The older leaders. anG -
z..-A hHls went through the senate last
..-ss-~ no trouble a. feared there. The
~,o-- .rrs4rS-ztIve r.amherS. however.
1l-ak fa- the real dsfr1cultY AZ the White
E{53sse. ana certain ones close 20 the pres
The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1896-01-06
\. 10 HARHI~o~'s MARRIAGE.
II l. Now Reported That the General
T. Fixing To Hi- Residence.

chicago. Jan. 5-Speelal~-A special
f~1rn indianapolis says Tho anaoanre-
ro.nf that ex-President Harrison viii
.aa,.. for N-N York tnIs week has START
- aos-g the Fuu1aTs regarding his tex,ort-
"a approac hing marriage 20 MrE Dim
ruork. niece % hts Diseased wife Ills
friends now generally believe iu the frut4
IN fao story the fart tHat neither ne nor
Mrs DimrnOck have ever denied Il flax-
inx brought them 20 think there * feurda-
ton in fact f9r t7e report For me iast
fronta there have been improvements IN
nrogresa on the residence on Ngrth Dsa-
vare street painters anJ decorators be-
tnx a!n.si constantly al work
The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1896-01-06
WITHIN \ DAYS MARCH.
Gomez only Fifteen Miles From IIa-
vaut with - 100 Men.

Tampa Fla. Jan An American pas
engpr arriving from Cuba reports that ths
3nslrgeuts are within fifteen miles Of Ha-
vana According To his statement Gomez
has ge % men. The insurgents burned san
Feline Neleno del sur and Csuara Friday
nfvbt These places are twenty miles frous
Havana
Gen Campoz has Issued "a manifesto %
ms officers urging a strict obedience 20 hs5
orders and threatening those aisOhsi ~
tn dishonorsfile return 90 spain within
forty-eight hours.
The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1896-01-06
THE SENATE BOND BILL
That and the Tariff Bill to Be
Reported Tomorrow.
HOUSE PENSION BILL READY.
III viii Probably Be Reported and
Discussed on Wednesday.

soi-D Lewis a. 'stIe First Democrat
OF His state and Its Next Gov
ernor," Di,cu.-e, Home Politics
Charles III. Baker Received by the
President and Appropria-
tfoIIs Asked for Public Buildings I'm
This state
The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1896-01-06
-, nf ~ - - Thnrnn.-

chicago. Jaa. 5--E.meilns Thomas wife
of Rey n. ~. Thomas. the eminent H.
vine. died at her home ia this city at 2
t.eloek this afternoon cf G4Etritis- Mrs.
Thomas nad a vide aSquaintah-e through
.tI. the Northwest.
The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1896-01-06
LSAlOLLI A CARDINAL:
Inv sted With the Beretta
Amid Great Pomp.
CT sLEGRAM FROM THE POPE
itN more's Old Cathedral Crowded
With Dignitaries-

The L imposing Ceremonial Performed
byE Cardinal Enthusiastically Mod
- Response, in Which lie speaks
in High Terms OF America-Arch-
blE hop kane's Sermon. in Which lie
Cd mpares the College of Cardinals
TOT The United states senate.
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Martinsburg herald. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1881-1920, 1896-04-04
PEARLS FOUND IN SCOTIA.

One From Aberdeenshire Said to Form
One of the Queens Jewels.
One is SO much accustomed to associ-
ate pearls with the eastern and gold
with the southwestern countries of the
world that the discovery of pearls in
Scotland and gold in Wales seems some
what opposed to the order Of things.
That gold exists in Wales is Of course
quite recent discovery. and the small
and Improbable quantities found have
now resulted in the abandonment of the
mining operations commenced by Rich
ard Morgan.
But the pearls of Scotland have quite
different history. For centuries pearls
have been found in the river Ythan, in
Aberdeenshire, and only last year an
Aberdeen man made some notable hauls.
which he disposed of to jewellers of the
northern towns. It was recently stated
in London paper that pearl taken
from the river Ythan is believed to
form one Of the queens crown jewels.
It is to be hoped that the belief is well
founded, for in that cass it may be
reasonably claimed that the precious
stone in question is the only one con-
tributed by the British islands, a
thought calculated to crafty our ma
tional pride, for Scotland might be
worse represented than by pearl in
the national regalia.
A story is told of an Aberdeenshire
farmer who found a very large and
perfect pearl in the she'll of a mussel
taken from the Ythan. Happening to
visit London some time afterward, he
displayed his treasure TO west end
jeweler, who, struck with the size and
beauty of the gem, asked the price. The
farmer demanded what possibly he re-
garded as big price-viz, e100. Now,
this was in the days when Scotland had
her own coinage, and a pound (Scots)
was equivalent 10 Is. 3d., SO that the
e100 he asked would only have repre-
sented IS 6s. Sd. English money.
His surprise and delight may be i'm
agined, therefore, when he received
for his pearl e100. 1t is doubtful,
however; 4E%halher the English jeweler
would have shared these feelings had he
known the exact meaning of the hun
ner pun, demanded by the owner of
the pearl However, he had no occasion
to complain, for he is said to have sold
the gem subsequently at large profit.
Scottish American.
Martinsburg herald. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1881-1920, 1896-04-04
MUST GO LONE REIIeR.n
We Build and Furnish Our Homes to Sur
pass Our Neighbor's.

We Build and Furnish Our Homes to Sur
pass Our Neighbor's-
Perhaps the most common revelation
in the building of new houses is that
nearly universal desire to excel our
contemporaries desire doubtless i'm
planted for some wise purpose, but
which often leads to most extraordinary
results, for the reason that many of our
fellow mortals are considerably off the
track, and when we surpass them in
any direction we only go still farther
astray. Thus, when q man has more
money to speRd than his neighbor he
examines his neighbours house and pro-
ceeds to build one lust like it-only
more so.
His neighbor's rooms are 10 feet
high. He will have his 2 or IA, build
three stories instead of two, and cover
them with pretentious roof. If his
neighbor has a four sided eupola sur
mounted by plain pyramid, he will
have an eight sided or circular tower,
with q covering. for which there is no
adequate word of description, mathe-
NAUTICAL or otherwise. His neighbor s
house is wood. His shall be of brick,
Roman brick, terra Gotta, granite or
polished marble, separately or in COM
bination.
His neighbor and his neighbours wife
have common glass, pine finish, ingram
carpets and cherry table. He will have
oak, walnut, mahogany, plate glass,
brussels and velvet, and thousand
other things, not because they are more
suitable or beautiful-they may or they
may not be. that question does not enter
into his calculations-but because they
cost more, because, in certain directions,
they surpass his neighbor 's-very likely
surpass them in the wrong direction
Good Housekeeping.
Martinsburg herald. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1881-1920, 1896-04-04
DIRECTORY.
BERKELEY COUNTY

CrRCUT CoURT.--Judge, Thirteenth
Judicial Circuit, E. Boyd Faulkner
CLERK. VIM. B. Colston; Prosecuting
Attorney. u. S. g. Pitzer; Sheriff. l. Y.
Gerling: Deputy Sheriffs. W. Il. Lamon,
Elijah w. Van Metre, Alex. Cionan
Deputy Sheriff and Jailers Alexander
Elliott.
Terms of the Court commence on the
second TUESDAY in January, April ana
September.
COUNTY CouRT. President, q. T. III,
ner: Commissioners, HrJ. Selbert ana
arr r. Il. Thomas; Clerk, @. w. Doll.
Terms commence, first Monday IN
Nsrch, June, September and December.
Commissioners of Accounts, John I.
Picking, Adrian c. Nadenbousch, l..
Dew. Gerhardt; Surveyor OF Land, !.
w. Woods; Assessor, First District. 7.
I. Nicely; Assessor. Second District
James A. Gageby; General Receiver.
Henry j. Seibert. Coroner, VIM. Mckee;
Sealer of Weights and Measures, w. d.
Lamon: Steward of Almshouse, Thos.
Wolford.
Local Board of Health. E. L. Hon
man, John L. Williamson, DIR. .. n.
Myers, the President of County Court,
and Prosecuting Attorney.
Martinsburg herald. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1881-1920, 1896-04-04
A Palmer who owned Johannesburr.

Few people are aware of the fact that
the site of Johannesburg and large
tract of the surrounding land were once
bought for $3.50 But such was the case,
and the purchaser now lies a confirmed
inyalid in the workhouse infirmary at
Guildford. The old man seems to have
had most remarkable career, having
been in the service of the old East India
company, fought in the Crimea, being
seriously wounded at the siege Of Sevas-
topol, and afterward passed through the
Indian mutiny. He then went to South
Africa, where he fought against the
Zulus and the Beers. Before the Trans
yaal was made over to the Beers he pur-
chased for $3.50 some $4,000 acres of
land near the source of the Crocodile,
better known as the Limpopo, where he
made up his mind ultimately to settle.
But war broke out, and he took up arms
against the Beers and formed one of the
party which held Pretoria. In 1880,
when the republic was declared, be re-
fused to accept service under President
Kruger, the result being that his land,
now estimated to be worth many mil
lions sterling. was forfeited. West
minister Gazette.
Martinsburg herald. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1881-1920, 1896-04-04
AN IMPRESSIVE SIGHT,

The Remarkable Demonstration Made Ev-
ery Friday by the jews In Jerusalem.
The Jewish population in Jerusalem
V said to be about II. 900, and it il
steadily increasing. / entered two of the
synagogues, bnt their dirtiness, poverty,
and baroness, and the absence of beauty
and taste in their decoration. formed a
great contrast TO both Christian and
Mohammedan edifices. The Jews, how
ever, make one most remarkable DEM
onstration in Jerusalem every week. On
Friday evening, just before the begin
ming Of the Jewish Sabbath, they repair
IN great numbers to a spot facing
piece Of the old wall, and there bewaiI
the fate that has cvertaken the Holy
City. The walters, as they are some
what rudely called by English visitors,
include Jews of every class and every
age. Some saw wore rich and costly
gaberdines, and others the same gar
ment OF more common material. There
were Jews Of nearly every nationality,
including Russia and Poland, and many
Of them wore the lovelock which is Pc
~N<@e@@ " t&AO CAi141icu VI tU6 EfiD6 u
Benjamin.
A more impressive and pathetic sight
it would be impossible to imagine. The
whole company stand with their faces to
the wall, and they chant, not together.
but each one for himself or herself, a
litany of lament over the fate Of the
City of David. The litany is in Hebrew.
and every one present had with him the
Hebrew prayer book. There is no unison
or harmony in this recitation of sorrow
and humiliation. Each enc as he arrives
begins to deliver his lamentation, bend
ing frequently to the wall. which be be-
lieves to be a remnant of the old city
While the ''wailing' is at its height,
one hears general. confused, but pene-
trating note of woe OF the intense sin
cerity of this weekly service there can
be no doubt. Many of those who take
part in it are deeply moved. Some of
the men and nearly all the women (for
women also take part in it, were she'd
ding tears. The Turks, no doubt, view
the performance with complacent scorn,
but in its combination of patriotism and
religion it affords a striking testimony
of the vitality Of the Jewish race
Statesman.
Martinsburg herald. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1881-1920, 1896-04-04
The March of the Riorola.

The bicycle has come, and, although
the performance Of the horse in sport
is not destroyed, it is no longer undis-
puted. Not like that other, that with
such sulphurous manifestations tumbled
the knight from his steed, this modern
machine, in quiet and orderly manner
as becomes the present, is tumbling his
modern counterpart from hunter and
from hack. Gradually it has been grow
ing in favor, and now it is bearing all
before it, There is no dignity too great
to be borne by the nimble wheel, and
coquetry has been sacrificed for its sake.
Every one rides, and it is singular that
the most bigoted horseman often falls
the most abject victim and is found
practieing upon the smoothly running
neutrality-suspicious., it is true, on
the sly. A writer says in speaking of
the retreat of the power holding
classes: 1.-The effect produced Oh certain
individuals is such that, instead of sid
ing with the class to which by tradition
and individual interest they undoubted-
~ belong, they take their place in the
ranks of the opponents Scribner's.
Martinsburg herald. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1881-1920, 1896-04-04
VENICE A DELusIoN.
An Engiishnsan Finds Its Canals and Dis.
$500. -. - n rr..a..a-as...=

An Engiishnsan Finds Its Canals and Dis
tances Ect ct All Enhancing.
An Englishman who has seen Venice
but to be disillusicnized writes of his
Impressions toThe Westminster Budget
as follows: Here is description of
what these canals are, taken from my
diary, and it is literally truthful, which
the poets and the painters never are.
On either side staggers a crowd of de-
cayed buildings; from the roof down
ward they are mass of squalid ruin;
broken balconies cling to the stained
and discolored walls, great scabs of
plaster have fallen from their fronts as
if leprusy had eaten into Them for a
foot above the water the walls are black
with slime, the broken windows are
stuffed with rags or paper, the shattered
steps lead up to doors that swing by one
hinge; the steps themselves are slippery
with a greasy scum; to the edge of the
lower stair there is a fringe of foul
green weed--it swings slowly in the
crawling water the iron grilles, once
SO beautiful, are eaten by bitter salt rust,
the shutters hang at all angles, Tapping
and creaking in the wind in the crazy
balconies there is a lumber of broken
fiowerpots with dead flowers in them,
and through all these reeking alleys the
greenish gray water slowly pulses and
oozes, covered with straw, eggshells,
cabbage stalks and nameless refuse Over
all this brood a hundred filthy and OBJ
scene smells, each canal contributing
particularly putrid stencil Of its own.
No longer does Venice sit in state; hour
by hour and stone by stone she is sink
ing into her dishonored grave.
might III Venice and music on the
canal-that surely would have its old
charm. / had pictured the soft air.
pulsing with sweet voices, and over all
a sky thick inlaid with patines of
bright gold. Well, every night about
s the singing certainly began. guitars
tinkled, and now and then one heard a
fairly good tenor voice, but as rule the
mems voices were harsh and worn, and
the women s indescribably shrill, and
the songs they sang were Verdi and
Bellini at their worst-'Ah, Che la
Morte, and its companion abSurdities
And when once they began they kept ON;
no sooner had one boatload of singers
exhausted its repertory than another
took up its place and repeated the same
songs with the same quaverings and
tinklingg -
Martinsburg herald. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1881-1920, 1896-04-04
SLAVE RAIDS IN AFRICA.
Moro Than = Hundred villages Destroyed
In Ono Campaign.

Mcrc Than \ Hundred villages Destroyed
In Ono Campaign.
AS we approached the falls we saw
that the river banks had been depopulat
ed and the villages were in ashes We
passed dead bodies floating III the river.
Canoes were standing on end like hol-
lowed columns: crowds Of fugitives
were afIoat and hiding among the reedy
islands. These were all signs Of a gem
eral terror, bat we could get no infor-
nation Of lis character. Vague ideas of
an invasion from some savage tribe
came to our minds. and now and then
we had a nisgiving that there must be
Arab siavers in the neighborhood.
Continuing our ascent. en- the third
day we came in sight Of a huge Arab
campon the right hank, and before long
we discovered that The Arabs of Nyan-
give Livingstone farfhest point), hav-
ing heard tho most exaggerated reports
Of orr successful descent of the Kongo
in 1877, has fastened after us to reap u
harvest Of igory and slaves. They had
been too successful. Over lis villages
had been destroyed below Stanley falls
alone, a rich plumber of ivory was ia
their camp, and several hundred slaves,
old and young, We're herded like goats
and heavily xettered in the slave pen. 1t
then appeared that while we had been
negotiating with the negro chiefs along
the river. making roads. building sta
lions and hauling steamers overland.
the Arabs Of Nyangwe had been coming
down the river, laying the country
waste. We had at last met, about so
miles below the falls A glance at the
scenes Of the camp was sufficient to re-
veal what a future awaited the Kongo
valley had we not conceived the project
OF opening the river to ciyilizing infiu-
ences. There was not a moment TO lose.
We had no authority to open FIRE ON the
miscreants. They We're subjects of the
Prince Of Zanzibar, who was protege
OF England, and to plunge into HOSTILE
ties with them might possibly involve
US in serious complications. But while
we dared not use force we believed that
by continuing the same system we had
found so successful with the native
chiefs we could check the audacity of
the slavers by our mere presence among
them. After some days spent IN cautious
and friendly negotiations with the
Arabs we wero permitted to establish a
station at the falls, and after seeing it
well advanced we turned the prows of
our steamers down river toward Leo
poldville. -Henry NJ. Stanley in Gem
fury.
Martinsburg herald. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1881-1920, 1896-04-04
The pope,s prlvate Apartment..

To the pope's bedroom only his pri-
vate valet and his secretaries have ac-
cess. 1t il of small dimensions, and con-
tains only bed, in an alcove adorned
with graceful marble columns, a writ
ing table, an armchair and kneeling
stool and one wardrobe.
Besides these, there is his private
study, in which the table and chair
stand upon little carpeted platform,
other tables being placed on each side
upon the floor, together with an ex-
tremely uncomfortable but magnificent
straight backed armchair, which is one
of the gifts offered on the occasion of
the episcopal jubilee. There is, more
over, little room containing only an
old lounge and an old fashioned easy
chair with wings and nothing else.
1t is here that the holy father retires
to take his afternoon nap, and the ro-
bust nature of his nerves is proved by
the fact that he lies down with his eyes
facing the broad light Of the window.
This private apartment occupies the
second floor, according to Italian reckon
ing, though we Americans shonld call it
the third. 1t is ON level with Raphael's
loggie. The floor above it is inhabited
by Cardinal Rampolla, the secretary Of
state. Marion Crawford in Century.
Martinsburg herald. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1881-1920, 1896-04-04
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Martinsburg herald. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1881-1920, 1896-04-04
A CLEVER SCHEME.
But the Boss Had Been Too Long In BUSH
ness to BE Fooled.

But the Boss Had Been Too Long In BUSH
ness to Be Fooled.
One day in a Sixth avenue chophouse
a we'll dressed young man sitting at
table not far from me finished his lunch
and asked for his check, but as it was
brought to him he suddenly rose up and
hurried to the cashier desk, which was
near the door, and said:
''Sir, / have dropped $50 out of my
pocket in this placed Let no one go out
until I make searchi'
"Where's your check ?" he was asked.
''Here it is. l had two twenties and
$40 bill. :"
Will you nay this check of 81. 50?"
II cant TIL find my roll y
Thomas, call in an officer p
But what for?" asked the victim.
ITO arrest you if you don't pay
That's an old game-too ancient to
work here. y
"But have dropped $50l"
Cuff Will you pay?''
''Ill pay if can find my money. /
know ! had it when I came i'll here -
"Call the copper, Tom r'
Two minutes later an officer hustled
in to see what was wanted The cashier
was telling him that he had deadbeat
to be cared for when woman rose up
to leave, and the young mans $50 was
found on the floor, where it had been
covered by her skirts.
Didn't tell you sol" be exclaimed
as he returned to the cashier to pay the
check. Mice sort of man, you arel I'll
sue you for damages before m through
with this y
The cashier looked tired. but made
no reply. When the indignant young
man had departed. l said:
Then he wasn't beat, after all?"
The slickest kind, = he replied
''But he lost his money, and it was
found.
Don't You believe it'll The woman
was his pal and gave it up only when
she saw that he would be arrested.
Your Uncle Hiram has been right here
for % years and knows the ropes p
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