The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1898-07-05


portion Of which had long ago dropped
away. With an heroic effort al The dig
nifty OF military etiquette the Jolly marine
slaughtered up. squared his shoulders and
cane TO salute.
Schultz y Gen'ri." he said courteoosiy.
Receiving no response, he turned ttpS3ly 70
his eomrade In wine. Grew his neck Nsshsn
his arm, and jerking his thumb toward the
object OF scorn announced thickiy: SHAY.
Hesh 10 gemmen. went turn my schultz.
He don't blgng = Anglo-Saxan liance-
* mon
Who doubts the future relations of Eng
land and America? He is scoffer. let him
cease.
At The corner OF Cherry street and First
avenue there is a tai telephone pole.
About twenty feet from the ground on the
pole ~ a fiirnsy landing stage used by the
wire Men IN attending 10. line work Five
young msE. vino were wide-awake early
/. yesterday morning. saw that this land
| ing stage offered a fine opportunity 20 any
one desiring 70 view the parade. and they
took advantage Of il. Climbing UP to the
landing, the young men securely ensconced
themselves and put In the time before the
parade started in read.nS the Post-Inte,li-
gencer. The vigilant police officer on the
First avenue beat was not asleep to the
happenings in his jurisdiction, and when
he spied the young men percned high in
the air. ordered them 10 descend.
But they didn't. They were so busy
reading the account of SIMPSONS victory
that they were utterly obivious TO tie Of
fcer's presence. They didn't see him, and.
owing 10 the din Of exploding iirecrackers
and Chinese bombs. he could not make
them hear.
Come down out OF that. you fellows
shouted the sturdy guardian of the peace.
straining his lungs until they nearly spit.
But without effect. The young men sat
out the parade and descended lcng after
the police officer had gone on in disgust.
sIf / had time" said the policeman.
when the crowd gave him the laugh, Il
Heuld go up there and bring them down"
M2ough conviviality reigned yesterday.
NAepQ were very few intoxicated men TO be
|SneenR the streets. One honest son Of toll
Jcfsf Ted with good Will. however and
E4EHM 4 o'clock yesterday afternoon
B 9pfd fnself unake to make further pro-
fstTr4& front of large clothing store on
HsISf1NNe he. Making the best of an awk-
wfkd Mtn1ann. he sat down On the pave
meat witA ~ back to the store and gently
ssstisEtberetl There he sat. his horny hands
foided fl h4e lap. while the idle crowds
srored by and smiled At length some
b - pinned q sign. Price So on the
1, = .per.s breast. This struck the crowd
as a rich joke and the butt OF 1t soon
awoke 70 the situation The rap had done
him coed and he moved away. Later a po-
Ice officer came along. I'VE had drunk
for YOU said newsboy, but you stayed
away so lorg, the fellow got sober"
A little knot of people stood at the mouth
of the alley which skirts the side of the
arnory. They We're looking at something
and they seemed TO be amused. II was the
Red Cross float. The misses We're helping
the wounded soldier to- disemhark And
the people were hooking him-s:lently.
They had just removed the handages from
his head. Slowly and painfully he crawled
out, with motions that betokened a pain
in every separate joint. But when he
finally had gotten TO the ground and given
hand 10 the nurses as they jumped
stfftiy from the float and started 10 limp
away, the little crowd beloved. 1t was
cruel. but it was funny. Evidently. Jolt
ing through the town on a spring,ess float
strewn thinly with grass green excelsior.
Is not riding on a bed of roses But pa
trioiism must be served, at home as well
as abroad.
The only visitor hurt during yesterdays
ce.epration was one OF the British SOL
diers, who was knocked from a Madison
street cable car while coming in from
the lacrosse game yesterday afternoon
1t was Gunner w. A. Skill Company l.
Second battalion. who resides In New
Westminster. He was riding on a car
In charge of Conductor Snyder. and hung
on To the hand rail. A Second avenue
car knocked him off. He was taken
to Providence hospital A bad scalp
wound was his principal injury 1t took
seven stitches to close the wound He
was resting easily last night. and viii be
able to return home IN few days The
accident was due, il is said, 20 SkIlFs
carelessness in leaning 100 far from the
car.
A sample OF the friendly feeling between
England and America was shown yes.ter-
day afternoon in Washington street sa-
loon by a jack tar from the United States
steamer Perry and one of the British reg
ulars from Victoria. They were not the
essence oe sobriety. and stood In front of
the bar hugging each other. They had
changed caps. The Englishman had the
Perry mans cap pulled down on his close
" cropped head while the American s,fIor
was trying to keep the Brftishers little
round box cap on his head by putting the
string under his right ear. They yelled
alternately for John Bull and Uncle SIM.
The cars on Madison street were crovxf-
Cd after :he lacrosse game, and the SOL
d.eTs took 10 the tops OF the cars as easily
as shells from American war vessels toks
10 the vital parts of Spanish fgnting ma
chimes. Two of them sitting straight as
posts on top of one ~ the cars rode down
10 West street. They id not see the
trolley wire under which the cars passed
and X took off their caps in thu eiesrlas'
possible way. Some one from TIE crowd
yelled
Take of Your hats and salute the
water 'front.'
The Canadian artille:yTen had a great
time around town yesterday and figured
Ia many OF the funny incidents or the
day. TWO sprUce-lUoking young fellows.
WIN their round caps hung al q ierrss bic
angle. We're taken with the neat uniform
worn hv ;wo Sa.vation Army Iasses and
managed 10 get acquainted. They parat}-
ed the streets IN company for several
hours, attracting considerable attention
The great crowds thar filed the streets
Of tae city ans. took PAT In TIE days eel
ebsati1n. :, : estimated. aggregated fully
Fifty thousand people. ard q these about