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The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1898-12-18
The Chinese Chopstick,

With the evidences OF Asiatic contact
supposed 10 be So strong in Central Amer
len, one might have imagined that 80 use
nj device as the simple chopsticks would
have secured footing. These two sticks.
held in one hand and known in China as
"hasteaers. or nimble lads" are certainly
the most useful, the most economical and
the most efficient device for their purposes
ever invented by man. Throughout That
vast Asian region. embracing IA popnlu-
ton OF Jds1.e1o.ooo the chopstick is used "a
a substitute for fork, tongs, and certain
forms of tweezers. Even fish, ofne.et and
cake are separated with the chopsticks.
and the cook, the street scavenger. and
the watch repairer use this device In the
form OF iron. long bamboo. and delicate
ivory.
The bamboo ehopstsek was known in
China 1919 u. c.. and shortly after this
date the ivory form Was devised Their
use is one Of great antiquity In Japan. ~
attested by references TO IL in the ancient
records OF that country. One may search
in vain for any trace Of any object In tho
nature OF n chopstick In Central or South
America Knitting needles Of wood are
found In The work baskets associated with
ancient Peruvian mGmmes but the chop
stick has not been found. Curious pot
terry rests for the chopxtieks are exhamad
in japan, bat even this enduring testi-
mony az It's early use IN yet 30 be revealed
in this couutry.-Appiet0n' Popular
Science Monthly.
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IT was, | hold. manifestly ubiquitous Of
Mary. My own case offers probably tho
best example Of the advantages that Mary
might have known had she abstained from
her hideous and hateful carnivorous habits.
There are certain questions on which am
ike most Socialists. an extreme Individual
list. ! believe that only upon vegetarian
regimen can good work be done Had I.
like Mary. taken lamb, even a .,ittle.'
samb. although nothing but a cowardly
essentially rotten system of society could
descend TO this paitry attempt at pallla-
tom, could never have risen to the emil
nent place I now occupy. Vegeterianism
Is the foundation OF the finest intellectual
triumphs.
| wrote Mrs. Warren's Profession" on
ientil soup. You Never Can Teir' on
beans. and Candida" on potatoes: for ale
though as an lrishman I can pretend 10
patriotism neither for the country I have
abandoned nor for the country that has
ruined 1t. retain the national love for the
potato, To resume the "Quintessencs Of
lbSenlsm" was written on cabbage. and
The Perfect Wagnerite' due I'm tina
course of 81 week or So and the most mas.
terly exposition of Wagner that win ever
appear on savcry pie. And these ars
great works. Has Mary. | ask. done any
thing OF the kind? ! viii wager that aha
has not. And why has she not? Because
her intellect is dulled. her sight dimrnea
and rendered abnormal her symnathv
blunted. her logical faculty hemused nv
this internal lamb Shaw I'm Tha
Academy.
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PAX BRITANNICA.


Behind her rolling ramparts England lay,
lmpregnabie, and girt by cliff built tow
ers,
Weaving to, peace, and plenty. day by day.
The long-drawn hours.
In peace Spring freed her fiocks and show
cred her grain.
Summer safe smiling under peaceful
And Autumn piled on the unwarllke vain
Her sickled sheaves
And White-winged keeis few fiuttering TO
Laden with Eastern bale or Southern
fleece:
And from the fields Of far-off labor bore
The spells OF Peace.
Then. seeing Her within her waves no b,es.
The jealous nations, panopi.ed alike,
Said, Look. She wears no arrnor on her
breast:
What IL We strike"
Bat She. Of their base greed and armed ar
Haughtliy Needless. moated by her main.
SIN across ocean plowed her peaceful
In strong disdain
Then each TO other muttered. Now al las,
Her splendor shall be ours. and We shll
Stake
Our envy: She is pillowed on her Past,
And Will not wake"
Slowly as stirs lion from his bed
Lengthens his limbs. and crisps his name,
Then shook ont all her strength. and. fash
ing. said
Where are my foesr'
VIII.
Thus to herself She did herself reveal.
Swiftly yet calmly put her armor on
And round her Empire sentinelea IN steel.
Like morning shone,
From field ana forge there thronsed en-
batted hosts
Ana that one struck the anvil. this the
Tyre,
And from the Furnaces OF war her coasts
Were fringed with FIRE.
DazTd ard d.swayed, they veiled their
Some fam wodia he her friend. and some
would nurse
Thar hate I'll they could curb tn. might
They coald but curse.
xr.
Bat they who watch trom where ,As ives.
wind blows
Since great themselves, proud that their
ki;h are great.
Sai3. See WHIT comes when England with
Der foes
Speaks az the gate
XII.
Then back. 10 .oom and share hsr people
poured
Chanting peace raeans as they reepsd
and xisaret
While gazing wcrl6wars. OF hsr uairawn
sword
Watchfui She leaned
--Ai.s4 Austin Il LaEcoa Tines.
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e az c.''att en- % t"S 'tN'''sS' N'''' ''i0
t,t..Sn "lpn "a, "a, .o. ., .A.. co, =,
Ana our l9.A3 ~ 80 ~ A. - ~ - &C.,
And u the brI'ish 1nlon JACK
mus to4u31lo'a az" - 90 l" -
IL you re eii l.l go w '''e ''N'''sS' ~ GU
w 80 81 III with 80 49,.
II you fg iva - ''' 50 Oh
..,,. -. A.. s,,, .,l..,,,,.,, =. ..,i,e -, I
England'- naughty crest.
And oar o'aH0n is the 'hA''eF OF 'he
ire. ,,....,... ,,,,t,.. r.,,,t..
81 ars We
- ,-,',tre Anglo Saxon fresrnsr. SO are we
-
tthotus'f
,~,,,~..}fa 81 glory. the aaEs Of the free.
I.faat5ns, n friendship triumphant shall be
is,y.r,Tx, ~ earth and tae wide-roilin-
Ses
,.,r,,+,5.z ~ aEerv The HaEs Of the free
N'''' "'''7 - 49,
II
We are soldier sons -, lFstuoIn' cries
the Yankee Doy9r max
To t&fhnt Ne SHAH never Ns~a Nae
knee,
And - YANKEE bood.e s'afs
iIs - t,res.i,,,, -, ava
~ 80 are we
Il You're soldier SONS q freedom. 50 are
w are marching 81 he vanguard, we are
leading On the way.
T. the Sladuess that a coming day shall
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Near TanRier.

quail on migration crouch In hundreds
in the waving barley, their grating note
sounding within half dozen yards Of
your horses feet. Yet II IS ali bat impos-
s,bie 10 put them up unless a dog used ~
the work il available. Another novelty IS
furnished TO the visitor from the north in
the share ~ tortoises though their num-
hers are 50 great that they cease. after
the arxs outing or two, 20 attract attsn-
tlon. Somewhat more interesting than the
common land species. already familiar on
London barroys are the iong-necked water
tortlses easkirS on the muddy bank %
every waysIde ditch and stream. apparent
II. dead vet far too wakeful 10 lie caught
stig more attractive than these half
torpld creatures are the Wild Ssine. of
which there IL. given suitable conditions.
a plentiful supply throughout the country.
T-faoss I'm the immediate neighboriooo1 OF
Tangfer. which keep pretty ciose TO the
district OF C~hafla-kso. arc. by arrange
rnsnt with the Moorish government, pre-
s~rves by the legations FOR sticking. no
that TIE visitor must keep his gun az hail.
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stopped in FL Caney for two days dur
ing the truce. and while the heads of the
opposing armies were at council over the
demand OF surrender made by Gen. Shafter.
TIE famine-stricken place became worse
and worse as the little food that the refu-
gees had was used up, and as the filth Of
the place increased. The bodies of the
men and animals killed during the battle
of July caused a stencil that was becom-
ing positively unbearable. The trenches
about and in the town had been filled with
these bodies, and only about two feet OF
earth covered a trench, with sometimes a
dozen bodies piled on top OF each other. The
hard waterfall and ferce heat caused q
very rapid decomposition.
After assisting Mr.. Bangs TO distribute
Red Cross supplies until about clock in
the morning. We turned In for the rest OF
the night, sleeping on the ground in the
churchyard, with box Of clothing from
Lynn. Mass, for bed, and a church sign
board that had been used as an operating
table for amputations for a covering from
the dew.
Outside the thousands OF now starving
people kept up a restless hum during the
night. Now and then an agoniZed wall
would rise above the more subdued mu.ter-
ings of the crowd There was a continual
crying OF babies from every side as the
little ones suffered the torments Of starva-
ton. Dogs bowling mournfulIy. Now and
then the sounds OF brawl among the
crowd in the plaza.
We were awakened very early by great
crowd clamoring for food outside the
chlirchyard wall, and again we made great
kettles Of mush for them, and again they
fought for their portions, only now they
fought the harder as they grew hungrier
During the night one of the Spanish pris-
oners died from the effects Of an amputa-
ton of one of his legs. The lower portion
of his leg had been badly shattered by a
bali, necessitating its removal. and the
poor fellow was too weak to recover from
the operation. He was an officer a captain
OF the Twenty-fifth infantry. His body lay
beside his living companions for several
hours during the morning before Ii could
be removed, and finally detail OF four Gu
bans was found to bury the body / fol-
lowed the burial squad, and it was a pitt
ful sight. These Cubans showed not the
slightest respect for the dead Spaniard,
and, In fact seemed 10 take an actual de-
light in telling their friends, as they passed
through the crowded streets. that they
were burying one of their hated foes.-J +.
j. Archibald in Leslie's Weekly.
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Our National Progress.

Just as the Louisiana purchase in 1908
made America steamboat nation, and
Jus. as the acquisition OF California In ls4s
made America a railway and telegraph ma
ton. so the acquisition OF Hawaii and Por~
10 Rico and above all OF the Philippines In
1895 must make America the naval nation
OF the earth; for the problem born of the
accession would be that problem Of navi-
CATION which needs American genius for It's
final solution. while America needs the In
centive 70 strengthen the element IN whlcn
alone she Is weak. The Philippines are re-
mote--only a fraction so remote IN time
as was California a half century ago. yet
remote enough 10 compel the Invention or
devices for shortening time and annihiiat-
ing space: and the problem OF bringing
Manila within a fortnight OF San Francisco
- one worthy the genius OF the inventors
OF the .nnumerable devices involved In
steamboating, rairoading and telegraph
ing Giver; swift vessels. the other prob
lens presented by the Garden OF the East
are OF little consequence save as forecast
ing directions for the profitable expendi-
ture of iong-pent energy: the 100000 pas
toral natives and x-gathering Spanarfs
are a far less menace 10 our quadrupled
population and multiplied power than were
the savage tribes and resident Mexicans OF
California: while IL is the special function
OF the republic form Of government 20
render the inhabitants OF acquired territory
not only self-supporting but self-govern-
ing
The progress OF mankind may BE meas
ured by advance in speed Of locomouon.
beginning with feetEess OF foot, coming
through feetness OF ridden and driven AMI
mails and ending with swiftness OF loco
motive engines and seago'ng craft: and.
with vessels OF sufficient swiftness and pro-
tec.lles Of sufficient velocity. there need be
little fear OF foreign complications. little
occasion for maintaining great navies; for.
II commercial competition Is TO be aroused.
Individual effort may be trusted 70 develop
the devices required for nationa! protec-
tion-Na.lonai Geographic Magazlne.
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tnat symoolixe authority. IL il the gpy
who governs France. Foreign relations,
national defense. civil and criminal juris-
dfction-an are In the hands OF the de-
graded agents whom the French allow to
be the dispensers OF Justice and the stake
holders OF their eounfry's honor.
That France, OF ali nations In the world.
with the noble traditions and the splendid
achievements Of her great men. should
have permitted her institutions To sink
into such q slough OF base and vulgar in
trigue Is almost fncomprehensfbe. But IL
Is, perhaps the greatest proof OF her viril-
IT, and genius that she has survived a
number OF blows any one or which migi;t
/ have laid another power in the dust of
humiliation There is political crisis
through which she has not passed. In one
century she has overthrow four thrones.
her last republic has witnessed more
changes OF ministry than IL has lasted
years And yet no one can say Of France
that the lustre OF her greatness has saf-
fered more than tranAtory dimming.
The past has shown Of what great things
che Is capable: and now that she has, in
ordering the revision OF the Dreyfus case
once more set her face toward the light
no one can foresee what she may not yet
accomplish In the future. But il is indis-
pensable that the first act of enlightened
France should be TO stamp out the iniam-
toils system which IS mainly responsible
for the 6eplorahie condition OF her affairs.
Let her proceed as reuorseiessly against
the spy as she has hitherto upheld him.
Then, and then only, Will the French re-
public recover her oxn self-respect and the
confidence OF other MISUNDERSTANDING Re-
view.
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on going into the rooms Of one Of his
friends. who vas absent. DIR. Mansel saw
on the table ne opening lines OF poem.
IN the following lofty style:
The suns perpend!cular heat
Inumlned the depths o. the sea-
and. taking up a pen, Re completed the
stsnza IN me following xitty way:
TIE fishes beginning % sweat.
Cried. Hang II. hd@ hog We shall be.
DIR. Watson. Bsgius professor Of divinity,
had at one time been tutor OF Trinity and
when he was made bishop Of LANDAU an
honest publican IN Cambridge. who kept n
Inn called the Bishop Blalse, out Of respect
70 Dr. watson. changed his sign, ard re-
placed the he1G of Bizaop Blalse by THAI
Of Bishop watson. This transfer drew from
Mansel. who probably had some grudgs
against the late tutor. the following eyl-
gram:
Two oY n trade can re'ar agree.
No groverD gre Sas Jusfer,
They've ta'en G0an Elaise. you see.
And pa. UP Bishop Buster
--GentIenan's Magazine.
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available, the fungi should be submitted 10
the equally au fait judgment OF a tame
monkeys thing no traveller should be
without. The animal must be very closely
watched when sitting in judgment, espe-
ciaiy notice being taken OF his counten-
ance- II the specimen il poisonous there Is
a decided look OF DISCUS, apparent, as the
creature throws 1t from him. but IL nom
poisonous 4. is torn into fragments. first
smeiled and then transferred to the mouth,
in which ease one may rest perfectly salts
fed that 1t is edible. even though '.tackoo''
may not eat it: IN no case will our remote
connections make a mistake. nor, for tina,
matter. will an elephant either. "a spare
elephant or two is always a handy thing
70 have among your luggaxel
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DIETARY cRANKs.
Fruit Eating and Distilled Wateu
Drinking and Their Rcsulte.

A sec. has lately risen which has evolved
a theory which ia truly ponierous in the
way in which IL trsnples down the Joys
81 the table. The RalSton Club has solved
The mystery of arterial clercsis. Their
l0Ssc Is simple. The arteries calc;fy: tho
lnie-salts cause caIcifiea,ion: all foods ex-
cens fruits and all natural waters contains
Aane-saits. ergo. eat nothing but fruit,
drink nothing hut distilled water. They
apparently assume that with this enc
mighty hrain-throh they have solved the
pfoetem Of fife. and that they have left
men no shadow of an excuse for dying
under 20 years Of age The monkey. the
nearest OF kin 10 the hairy rrogenstor OF
man, IS appealed TO * \ touching instance
or plain living I've wish We could add high
thinking but though the apostles OF Raj
stem may believe Il they do not expressly
say sol, The monkey, they tell us eats
only fruits, ana never drinks water with
his meSs. Presumably the reason why he
fails of the douhle-eentury mark in respect
Of age Is because he does not drink dis
titled water The Ralstonites pause In their
consideration OF the animal kingdom with
the monkey. This was unfortunate. Tho
raven. for Instance. lives 10 he loo years
Old. He lives on carbon The next army oe
cranks may be induced 10 follow his ex-
ample.
The fruit-eating craze il possibly the
The fruit-eating and pot-hellied natives.
the apes. are truly inspiring objects of
imitation by civilized man; not even their
outdoor and arboreal lives save them from
the consequences of a meagsr and rritant
regimen. II is truly nitiful TO see the army
or Inconsistencies, dyspeptics and rheu-
MATES, starving their tissues and aeidu-
lating their blood at the beck Of a few. 70
pat IL charitahiy, harc-hrained enthusiasts.
Ii Is far 10 suppose shat a troop Of rickety
children VIII later rise up and call them
anything but blessed.
The fact with regard TO fruit is that. al
though II contains little nourishment. il
agrees wei with many people endowed
with vigorous gastric mucosa and fairly
alkaline blood. To them IL brings loose
ness and JOY. In many dyspeptic states il
Ia the first food stun to disagree. and TO
the ul-noursshed neurasthenic Il is a mis-
cradle substitute for the better tissue build
ers An appeal 10 the facts OF evolution
gives little comfort TO the cranks OF one
dietary idea. Primitive man has as hunter
and herdsman thrived on an animal Diet
airy. Nuts ana fruits have served iiis turn
as well. and encouraged him 10 the cultl-
WALTON Of the cereals. There is no evidence
to show that the people or any nation have
become longer lived or shorter lived on ae-
count OF an exclusively vegetable dietary.
or that any ASSOCIATION OF cranks has i'm
creased the longevity of It's members by
any exclusive system NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS.
and Neuroiogist
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cock and ride on should he. as recently
happened 20 myself gailop suddenly and
without warning peIl-meil into the midst
Of large troop os these fearscme hrtites.
Aristotle. | think IL Is, who somewhat
loosely divides earth's mammals into Two
classes, those which, HE the boar. have
tusks, ana those Others that have not. and
any one who comes thus abruptly on wild
swine. even in peaceful mood. Will in all
probability. not quarrel with natures pro-
visions for iimitinS the brand. Not alone
are the trim kitchen gardens OF the Spsrtei
lighthouse keeper raided by these omnivor-
Gus animals. bat there il another offender
in the shape OF wild porcupines. one OF
which he has recently succeeded in douies-
ticating.-Cfoe3 Words.
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An Unfortunate ION.

A story Of Lord Russell Of killoweu. as
told by himself the other day, shows how
risky n thing II may be. after all. for
prisoner to speak in hts own defence. One
such who seemed to be really making out
his innocence, ths lord chief justice. who
had missed mumbed word. interrupted
with the question: What did You say?
what was your last sentence2" Three
months, my lord said the crestfailen pris-
oner- pleader. II is hardly necessary to add
that the lord chief Justice forgot the ad-
mission. or remembered IL only in the
prisoners favor. when that particular sem
tence had to be passed. London Academy.
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1 bs ttbafro.s.

- ~ TIE f'.un "a the albatrass comes
1919 on notion.ess pinions, Vet at
T. etft' t'af. "n" moment a speck hnrs
"''ie. turn Int Yo3r eyes away
K "e HlA tan again look round he. T.,
Il majestic ~ overhead Nathlnc in
r. convey f. the mind 50 wonderful
90 81 rGertlTss velocity as does MS
r. APP AFu'-ro from vacancy. Like most
= 'Fjc u tS-r bivis. n is a tf~ycurer
u &c. 'Hr sZ.r s~fUl purstlit az Ash being
N''ts" e. a.a Nlatesti, evniuf{or2~ His
II u'c - enormous. but Ma POWERS ~
.senee a~a equally great ant often
! 0AFs he goes without other r79urEsh-
han rink * the bltte- soa 4;
I 'afsRai ass >'snaAe: provided ty the
as ~ So d-5t wta'" he viii Eoeee him
Z Nh'H 'rst oie of rising from ta. sea
( So al@ sHe-y scTeaEa may So heard
Il, pFo'fs'tHe against he iuahJtt, so
ffom fn- 81 Pc provision against tu,t-
9 3avs seea re follow.
VesIN'e Ai~ ''r'n.oarat'e grace of G.-ht
4 s.'.1. ~.Hsh ns{3~alr with hi4
- N'"Es raisr-tfH. when ashore or
sees p" 'e ~arss ard So 81 ease Ev,y.
80 o!e"7 r." ~A his proportions ar
SOM" lh n~saiu,y- while his huse
e '~5f ~.f"- too heavy - be ttp-
( ''n ar' -s 1854 hardly balance him
7 arr f'n r' SILKY webs 80 ITS Tet.,
{ Atsr. ,.rftef Thus }.ts visits
- .ou' ass zerrru ly Inaccessible rocks
K, @ 3ur p'aces ara az
Z ~ .hN -in>e even roniagal d.
e p" 'r4 fF,0.asSci WITH hunger
I tr8e c'!1I 81 tas
@t -a hm. ana Un;y or
" -'p-t- ga ne really st
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KILKENNY THEATRE ROYAL.

which the following Is a specimen;
KILKENNY THEATRE ROYAL
by His MaIestys Company OF Comedians.
(Tho last night, because the company go
tomorrow 10 WATERBURY,
On Saturday. May IL 1913 will be per
people In this learned matrapollsh, for the
The Tragedy OF Hamlet.
Originally written and composed by the
oeiebraled Dan Hayes. of Limerick. and in
Hamlet. by Mr. Kearns being his arst
appearance in that charaeter), who. be
tween the acts will perform several solos
on tho patent bagpipes, which play two
tunes at the same time.
ophelia. By Mrs. Prior. who will intro
duce several favorite airs in character, par
ticulariy The Lass OF Richmond Hili's and
Wen All BE Happy Together" from the
Rev MIR. Dibdin's Oddities.
The PARTS Of the King and Queen. BY d.
rectlon OF the rev. father O'Caliaghan. will
be omitted, az 100 immoral for any stage.
Polonius. the comical politician, by a
young gentleman. being his hfst appear
The Ghost. the Gfave-digger and Laertes
by MIR. Sampson, the great London come
dian.
To which viii he added an Interlude. in
which will be introduced several slight or
hand tricks. by the celebrated surveyor
The whole 10 conclude with the farce OF
MAHOMET. THE IMPOSTOR.
Mahomet, by Mr. kearns.
Tickets 10 be had OF Mr.. kearna, at the
sign OF the Goats Beard, in Castle street.
The yaiue OF tho ticket. as usual. Will be
taken Of required In candies, bacon soap.
butter. cheese SC. as Mr.. kearus wishes.
In every particular. 10 accommodate the
public.
No person whatsoever will he admitted
into the boxes without shoes or stockings
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Use of English on the Continent.

A correspondent of the London Daily
News notes the growth of the use OF En-
glish on the continent. Wherever he went
he was able 10 converse with statesmen
and diplonatists in his native tongue He
found that as rule the governing classes
in Europe would understand and speak En-
glish. In the Russian royal family especi-
ally. English is the familiar language of
conversation. The car, for instance, in
var1ably speaks English to the czarina and
his little daughters