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The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1898-07-11
l.tfe's Drudgeries.
Youths Companion.

Youths Companion.
An 'honor man" at Harvard a year or
two ago summed up his college life az n
study of the rudments Of dozen kinds
Of knowledge. When l began 10 form
these alphabets .nto sentences, college life
was over"
Men and women who have won repu-
tation by good work in the world have
given much the same summary of their
lives. ANY man." says Bouiinoi. may
be glad If out OF AL his work a haif-doxen
brief sentences last for a generation or
two. The rest OF his time IN the world
went to II, him 10 speak those sentences"
George Eliot Ia letter 10 :. friend
stated that the five books BY which she -
known bora no proportion 10 the enormous
amount of anonymous writings by which
she simply earned her livelihood.
An eminent American surgeon In an adj
dress to medical school said: Very few
successful men can expect 10 perform more
than one or two great operations In tho
course Of a long practice The bulk Of
work ought 10 be a training for these oper-
atoms"
Honest, intelligent lads often SGT out Ia
life w,;h tho resolve TO add something to
the happiness or wl@iorn OF the world
old age comes and they are forced 10 feel
that they have done no work that Is rec
ognized or. far az they can SEE, thst
has been OF large benefit 70 their genera
ton. Their labor has been given TO sup
port TIE.
II any readers. old or young. Of these
lines are inclined 10 take this diHhearten-
ing view OF their work. they should read
Morreifs account Of has journey through
upper Canada.
Our way lay across smaI. lakes ana
through stretches of forest. Wa had to
carry the canoes over the faDd in order 70
cross the water. and 70 heavy were they
tina; ! srumhIed much at having 10 toll
hard for two days In order 10 make prog
ress on the third. uutii remembered that
The trudging under ths load brought mo
10 my journeys end as much as me float
INK en- the water
There are good many carries IN each
human lie. days and years Of nesvy labor
which 30 ~ earn tire means 70 I've But
II our faces are turned toward home. ~.
cry step under the burden brings as surely
nearer 10 H.
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The New Pacific League


The Seattle baseball team will play with
the Everett team al Everett today. Ar
rangemcnts were made for the game last
week, and Everett has been doing every
thing In her power to get together an ag-
gregation that Will give the professionals
all they want
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eame to life. got into tho box. ami ate the
at as cooiiy as If IL had been dining at
home in the hollow of tree.
The possnm has remained in the family
ever since and has developed particular
fondness for the hoy who discovered it and
took IL for a monkey
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CoHBETT AND MCCOY MATCHED.
VIII Fight In Buffalo for a Purse OF
$3O.OOO, Twenty five Rounds.

NEW YORK. July lot is announced
that James j. Corbett and Kid Mccoy
have agreed upon terms for a twenty-fiye-
round match, 10 come OF al Buffalo. AL
gust z. The purse VIII be SO 90. with a.
Side hst probably. 1t is said that Mccoy
has Professionally accepted Corbetts stipu-
htions that should the police interfere,
the latter Is 10 have the winners end of
the purse.
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Will Send u Team to Compete.

LONDON, July i0.-The National Ar
tiiieFy Association has decided TO send
a team to take part in the Canadian COM
petition. The team will sail July 20 and
Will remain abroad seven weeks.
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TIE largest bill n France has oesn hung
in tar ke3frv % tae Churcz os tire Sacred
Heart IN Paris Il weSEas twenty-five
scns, can ~ heard a, a distance 81 twenty
I'VE niles. AID ltz vibration Lass SIX u.a-
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STONE, SANFORD & LANE.


A
CANNOT KNOW REALLY
UNTIL.
A
ATTRACT =
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Portland, z; Tacoma. 1.

PORTLAND, Or. July lo.-The game
was called at the end Of the sixth inning
10 allow Tacoma To catch the train.
Score:
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Repeating clocks were Invented by Bar
low about 1915.
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Second Ave. and James ST.

case 81 Wild throws 70 first and other errors
the runner Needs the assistance of the
ccacasr as soon be reaches first, ard IN
exceptional Instances even before l. ,he
coacher cannot take his position until after
the runner ia safe at first. then the runner
must Look after those things which have
come 30 be looked upon as part OF the
coacaer's duty. | believe the coacher ough.
20 be granted the right 70 occupy the box.
Every one in the Pacific Northwest who
takes interest in sports and pasiimes has
heard of Prof. Bob Foster. Of Victoria
Foster chaperoned the arst lacrosse clubs
that ever played in Seattle and he was a
central figure in tire Fourth OF July game
between Vancouver and Victoria He Is A
TYPICAL English trainer, quaint and original
III his remarks. good uatured and one OF
the best friends a man ever had. He thinks
great deal Of Darby. Of the Spokane base
bail team. and went out to see him az one
or the games last week. Darby was cut In
right Held when Foster appeared, and the
nfst fat:mation that Darby had of his old
friend being In evidence was when he
caught ny and heard these words: 'Hur-
ran for Victoria" Foster caught sight OF
Pace whom he also knows, and gave him
a hearty greeting just as a foul bali came
singing along. Foster says he always has
a good time in Seattle. and wishes there
vas lacrosse team here.
PEE BEE.
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A y. Frue. who won the la-yard pro
fessional race Fourth Of July, - anxious ID
race any other professional. sprinter IN Inc
Pacific Northwest for any sum from ~
up 10 seeo. Frue says that he was never
more surprised in his life than waen the
race between Eddie Dickson and T. r.
Paris colored was declared a dead heat
II don't ssee how any ore could cal. IL
dead heat" said FTue, when Paris won
II by more than eighteen inches There
was no question aAou, the coiored man
being first. / am positive that Dickson
would not attempt 10 claim that ne
breasted the tape nrrt.
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Passed bail--By Pace.
Wild pitch-By Adams
Time OF game-i:4S.
Umpire--Mr. Reynolds.
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There l. a probability that Peter Maher
and jim Jesries will be the principals IN
the next heavyweight fight. Billy Mad
deia claims that he has succeeded in
matching Jim Corbett and Gus Rubin
Ben Jordan was looked upon by Dave Sui
Ivan. brother OF Spike Sullivan, WHO
whipped Dial Hawkins. as easy. Since
Jordan got the better Of Dixon, Dave has
has not bsen heard from.
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Corhett made eight hits in Eve games
'Nith Spokane. lie also did some fine field
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Kelly, aho has been playing first base
for Spokane ssrce faco vas Ssened to do
the catching, viii 20 - Tacoma in ex-
change tor Norton. Manager Hutchinson
~ he Spokane team said that he had not
decided IN What position 80 play Norton.
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Fifteen singles Pool.
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Adams had terrific speed yesterday and
could puf the ball over the corner % the
pate a,ruost any tine be desired 10 do 20
He swings the Ia; against the hall with
gratifying frequency II he put just
little mora life into hs work Re would be
a wonder
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Seattle sports were not surprised at the
result of the Maher-Goddard fight Cod
dard went eight rounds before deciding
that nature could stand no more" Gcd-
dard was too weak to defend himself. yet
Maher did not have sufficient strength to
put him out. The fight shows that neither
Maher nor Goddard are possibilities in the
big championship. MaAer has gone back.
He ~ slow.
The Cape Girardeau Democrat. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1876-1909, 1898-02-05
he KEPT HIS SEAL.
Furthermore. He Explained Why He
Didn't Surrender 1t.

\ little episode in 4 street car illus
trates a peculiar condition of society in
the average American city. The car was
humming along through the upper part
of town. 1t vas Il rainy night and the
car was filled. At every street corne
women were ~crowding in, laden with
water-soaked bundles ard all looking
more or less beGraggled and out of
sorts. At Main and Mohawk streets a
smart-looking. weil-dressed young
wonIan entered the a and stcCd hang
ing 10 the straps. Directly in front of
her sat a sad-faced but very respecta-
~ble-looking young nan He looked up
at the young woman, but gave no indi-
cation that he intended to give his seat
TO her. One by one the men had sur
rendered their seats to the women un-
til only two or three men remained
sitting. Standing next to the smart
young woman was another young man,
evidently a nan of position. who knew
her. As the car rushed along toward
Cold Spring the smart young woman
swung about on the straps and showed
signs of WEAKNESS. Still the young
man in front of her made no motion
toward surrendering his seat.
"Oh, I'm so tired; it seems as though
l would drop down." she said to the
young man standing by her side. OF
course, that was TOO muck for her gal
liant friend, and, STOPPING over, he said
to the sad-faced young man sitting
down: my friend, would you have the
kindness to give this young lady your
seat; she is very ti-ed?"
The sad-faced young mar folded his
arms resolutely and replied: mo, 1
will not have the kindness to give this
young woman my seat. Last Monday
morning she took my place in Blank G.
Co.'S rs bookkeeper, because she would
work for three dollars a week less than
l was getting. If she can take my place
in business she must take my place in
the street car. 1 have a wife and little
baby starving at home. l have been
%tramping the streets all day trying to
find work. I I'm tired. too"
Everybody in the car turned to listen
TO the sad-faced young mans words.
They were very earnest. The smart
young woman turned with a sheer and
looked into the face of the young man
who stood beside her. Nothing more
was said.-Buffalo News.
The Cape Girardeau Democrat. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1876-1909, 1898-02-05
Horse Hair from Siberia.

Three hundred bales of horses names
and tails, to be used for upholstering
furniture, were lately landed at Phila-
delphia by the British steamships Maine
and Michigan from London. They come
from far-away Siberia. and are taken
from horses used by the Cossacks after
the animals have outlived their useful
ness. Horses are cheap in Russia, and
after having seen better days their
names and tails are the only things left
IF a commercial value. Very often these
hsrsute appendages are taken from
sound animals and the beasts left to
their fate. Here the upholsterers use
the hair for stuf1ing chair backs and
other articles of furniture, and the ma
terial from Russia brings the best price,
because the hair is the longest, and con-
sequently the best.-Chicago Chronicle.
The Cape Girardeau Democrat. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1876-1909, 1898-02-05
HUMOROUS.

-"Ah," said the salmon, shu6derng-
", as he slipped back into the river, T
really feel uncanny."- Indianapolis
Journal.
NO man ebber loses us ambition
completely" said Uncle Eben. "Ef he
gifts whah he can't be muffin but a nui-
sance, he takes pride in seein' how big
a specimen he kin make hisse'f."-
Washington Star.
A Charitable Theory.-"Mamma, Z
guess 1 know why Mr.. Bunsby sits in
the front row at the theater." why.
my dear?" $50 everybody can see that
he's got a little hair left behind
Cleveland Plain Dealer.
Financial Recreation. q thor
oughly enjoy looking at the advertising
pages after the holidays are over"
ANY special reason?" Yes; here and
there 1 see something my wife didn't
buy."-Chicago Record.
How can you say such cruel things
of your antagonists in debate?" she in
quired reproachfully of the statesman.
"Oh," was the reply, that's easy
enough. keep a scrapbook, and when
my OWL ideas give out 1 go to that
Washington Star.
Mrs. Jones-"Did your husband die
happy?" Widow Brown-"Oh, yes;
just before he died he cried out ecstat-
ically: I see a great light and then
added, softly: 4 think I'm going where
they give better gas and passed smil-
ingly avay."|udge.
by the way, majah, how much did
the cunne! get fined for knocking that
fellow down with his fist?" THE cum
mel was not fined at all, sab. He escaped
punishment on the ground of tempo
rary insanity, sab, as he had a gun in
his pocket at the time of the trouble"
indianapolis Journal.
The Cape Girardeau Democrat. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1876-1909, 1898-02-05
SCHOOL AND CHURCH.

The Christian Endea7or society OF
the Congregational church of Kewanee,
Ill. has organized a night schoolin tina:
place.
by the opening of the new railway
TO Bulawayo, the Zambesi missionary
stations are within three months jour
ncy from England.
Prof. Leonard. of Heidelberg. who
first discovered the cathode rays, has
received from the French Academy of
Sciences its prize of 10000 francs.
There are about a dozen strong
Presbyterian churches in London,
whose membership is made up almost
entirely from the working classes.
-Four persons have each contributed
$4,000 toward the Commercial museum
recently established on the university
grounds at Philadelphia. and aided by
state appropriation.
"A wealthy manufacturer in Bahia,
Brazil. recently gave a new school build
ing, completely furnished and equipped,
capable of accommodating $50 pupils,
to the Presbyterian mission of that
place.
Germany is about to send a musical
mission to Italy headed by Arthur Nj
kisdh, who has already had experience
with the B~ostonese, to spread the
knowledge of the music of Wagner and
Humperdinck. Kaiser Wilhelm is in
terested in the scheme and will give
leave of absence to all the Berlin opera
house singers who may be needed.
The Cape Girardeau Democrat. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1876-1909, 1898-02-05
THE DRAMA AND LITERATURE.
Difference Spoken and
Written literature.

Difference Between Spoken ana
Written Literature.
The painters have long protested
against any judgment of their work in
accordance with the principles of an
other art, and at last they have succeed
ed in convincing the more open-minded
If US that what is of prime Importance
in a picture is the way in which it IS
painted, and that its merely literary
merit is quite secondary. They are not
unreasonable when they insist that the
chief duty of a picture is to represent q
visible world. and not to point a moral
or adorn a tale, and that in the appre-
citation of a picture we must first weigh
all of its pictorial beauty. Nor are the
sculptors asking too much when in 4
statue they want US to consider chiefly
its plastic beauty.
Now, the orator and the dramatist
ask for themselves what has been grant
ed the painter and the sculptor-they
request that an Grafton or a drama
shall be judged not as literature only,
but in accordance with the principles
of its W art. And here the literary
critic is even less willing 10 yield. He
may acknowledge his W ignorance
of perspective and of pigments. of COM
position and of modelling; he may con-
TESS hat here the painter and the
sculptor have him at a disadvantage,
but he is not ready to admit that he
is not to apply his own standards to the
works of the orator and of The dra-
matist. On the contrary, he maintains
that the speech and the play. if they be-
long to literature at all, are by that very
fact, absolutely within the province of
the literary critic. He cannot see why
that which the orator and dramatist
may write is not to be read and criti-
cised exactly as hat which is written
by the novelist and the essayist and the
poet. Indeed, it is almost a misrepre-
%sentation of the literary critics atti-
tude to suggest that he has need to
maintain this position, for it is rarely
even limited to him that he is not fully
justified in employing the same tests in
every department of literature.
Yet nothing ought to be clearer than
the distinction between the written
word and the spoken between the
literature which is addressed to the
eye alone and that which is intended
primarily for the ear, and only second
arily for the eye. It is the difference
between words written once for all and
words first spoken and thea written
or at least written so that they may be
spoken. When this distinction is seized
it follows that oral discourse is not
necessarily to be measured on the same
scale as written discourse. 1t follows
also that the speech and the play may
be very good. indeed, each in it's kind.
although they may fail to attain the
standard of strictly literary merit
which we should demand in an essay,
n story or a poem.-Prof. Brander Mat
thews, in Forum.
The Cape Girardeau Democrat. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1876-1909, 1898-02-05
BETTY GIVES THE MITTeN.
BALLADE.

BALLADE.
Chere was the ring of steel-shod feet
There was the winter suns last glow
That lighted up the happy fleet
OF skaters fitting to and fro.
Ihere was the sound of voices low,
1 heard Dan Cupid laugh in sIee-
1, victim of his dart and bow
When Betty gave the NIT to me!
All, me- she was so small and sweet
Her lips like roseleaves DER a row
VI pearls, her hair like ripened wheat.
Her voice that seemed to me as though
Some far-of organs note did blow,
hat 1 fell s~traightway on my knee.
With pulses at fortissimo.
When Betty gave the nit to me!
Oh, ask me not did 1 retreat,
For l am not a man to go
Because a woman might repeat
A naughty, willful little Nor
We fingered till nights portico
Fell wide: what must your wonder be,
That l should stay on with her so,
When Betty V the nit to me.
L'ENVOY.
All, Prince, it's vain to hide, I know.
What eyes as keen as yours must see:
Her hand was there inside-(ohoD-
When Betty gave the nit to me!
yellow Book.
The Cape Girardeau Democrat. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1876-1909, 1898-02-05

Traveller lin country town)-What's
the matter with the people Of this place?
Is there some sort of IN epidemic raging
here? I see that nearly everybody has
wads of cotton stuffed into his ears.
Native-No, they amt nothin' the
matter with us specially. This is our
brass bands regular night for prac-
ticin'.5Cleveland Leader.
The Cape Girardeau Democrat. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1876-1909, 1898-02-05
MULES AS TlMEKEEPERS.
Refuse to Work n Their Trick
on the TOwpath Is Done.

VA
1t was just before the canal was
closed. Snow covered the towpath that
was marked only by the broad-soled
shoes of the driver and the narrow
hoofs of the three gaunt mules that
sleepily stretched in their collars with
the weight of the sodden towline and
the two boats dragging behind in the
dirty water of the canal.
1t was just before seven o'clock in the
morning and the sun had just come
enough way from acros the sea TO
climb up part way on the big globe
and cast a pale gray light over the
awakening city. Laborers and shop
girls were hurrying to work, shivering
in :he chill air that marked the sudden
appeaSa1"e of winter.
On the Dfi,.Ge crossing the canal at
the weighlock two Gen stood watching
the approaching boats, and yawning
and stretching in contemplation of an
other days work. One was a canal en-
pioye.
See those sleepy mules" said he, as
he stretched himself again sympathet-
icalIy. See that cock over there in
the tower of the railroad station across
the river. Two minutes of seven. Bet
You those mules will give the time first
before the whistle bows. They're great
on time. Know it bctter'n you do. Just
watch"
THE three gaunt beasts with their
ears tapping in apparent fo~rgetfulness
were urged into Il trot over the bridge.
and the two men lodged the towline
that slipped over the bridge railing to
the other side of the canal.
1t was one minute of sever. The
mules stopped on the tGwpath.
All three loudly braycd and the cho-
rus of "Enh hows" awoke the sleeping
people along the canal bank for hun
Gred of yards. And then the whistles
the cold air and in tones shrill and
somber sounded the beginning of the
days work.
"Wot | tell you? Them mules beat
'em out by a minute" remarked the
canal employee leaning on the railing of
the bridge. They won't go no further.
They know it's time for feed and rest.
See the boatman. They're goin' to take
a snub and put on Il new team"
Lines were thrown and in 4 few min
utes the canal boats were tied fast to
the bank. Three dejected-looking
mules. still munching a wisp of hay,
scrambled up the gangplank. and their
places in the stable of the forward part
of the boat were soon taken by the time
keepers.
Why. those mules" remarked the
canal man on the bridge. as he watched
the new team starting under way and
the towline stretching as the lines we're
cast off. "know more about the time o.
day Than you do unless you look at
your watch. They work just so many
hours. They go along the towpath with
heads cast down and ears dropping. to
be awakened occasionally with the
whip. when they have to hustle across
bridges and take up the slack of the
towline, but when breakfast or dinner
bank all your money on it every time
that they'll boiler within a minute of
the right time whether it rains or
SHOWS. whether it's dark as pitch or the
sun shines put clear and bright. They
may call 'em jackasses, but there's WIS
that wears pants."-Rochester (N. "
Union.
The Cape Girardeau Democrat. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1876-1909, 1898-02-05
On the Snme Mission.

The Judge-Look here. Cephas. what
were you doing prowling around my
henhouse last night at such a late hour?
Cephas-Who, me?
Yes, you"
"Oh. come to reckerleck now. I was
jes' arter dat Henery of mine, but ]
couldn't find him. so l lef'. What you
doin' out dar so late. Mars John?"
"Oh. ] was looking after that hennery
of mine. too."-Up-to-Date.
The Cape Girardeau Democrat. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1876-1909, 1898-02-05
Shredded Ham with Currnnt Sauce.

Melt one tablespoonful Of butter, foul
tabIespoonfuls of currant jelly and a
few grains of cayenne. Add one-fcurth
of a cupful of sherry wine, and a cupful
of Shredded ham. Serve the ham on
toast, cut Into small squares or bits
LaCies' World.
The Cape Girardeau Democrat. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1876-1909, 1898-02-05

Mildred-So you and Fred Burwich
are engaged? Thought you said a few
weeks ago you wouldn't have him if he
were the last man on earth?
Jessie-Iknow I did. but they say that
frankie Jones and Gertrude Kills ara
both crazy Tor him.-Chicago Evening
News.
The Cape Girardeau Democrat. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1876-1909, 1898-02-05
An Exnedient Amendment.

Mrs. Enpeck (reading) Another
mysterious suicide - unknown mar
throws himself from a cliff.
Mr.. Enpeck (thoughtlessly)-Bet his
wife was at the bottom of it.
"Sir-r-r."
(Hurriedly) OF the cliff, my love;
not the suicide. "-Tit-Bits.
The Cape Girardeau Democrat. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1876-1909, 1898-02-05
Persia's Date Industry.

The date industry is in Persia the
most profitable of all agricultural pur-
suits. about 100000 pounds being
grown annually. About one-half of this
goes to India, Europe, America and
Africa, valued at the local custom
houses at about s425.0o0.-Chicago
Tribune.
The Cape Girardeau Democrat. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1876-1909, 1898-02-05

In some parts of Central and South
Africa a single FREELY gives so much
light that it Eliminates a whole room.
The British residents catch them in
order to find the matchbox or lamp
Cincinnati Enuuirer.