The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1898-12-11
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!. our Puget sound waters
me DISCUSSION whether or not the East
~,r oyrer csaid stand the shock Of the
.n,s water fere, has always been more
- tess animated We have frequently
-, the Eastern oyster. brought up
ann San Francisco and kept alive and
@~sr for a week or ten days. After that
Irr4h OF time, they have hot been guar
~-sssd or the dealers At Grays haroor
~ experiment. Was tried, bit the silt
ann the river killed the oysters.
+. vas noticed that In Eastern oysters
sse Sawu OF the deep sea oysters lodges
n = smoota surface and should they for
ans rason become detached it does not
effect them OF stop their growth With
The Estern oysters painted in Western
raferxthe Gissodgiag Of the oyster means
certain Death. An euterprtsing man has
gottepa ton Of Eastern oysters brought
out tr a refrigerator car from New York
ard hs planted them in Cnuckanut bay.
Haw remains TO be seen whether the
bsvsls can live through this winter, and
sftAr spaw ning in the R-iess months Of
NayJune july and August, whether they
+ vil ropagate in September, az every we'll
corocted feminine oyster Is warranted
to q
III think of the riotous delight OF en-
terag a griIl-room and ordering big oys-
TOR and little bottles of flzz. instead Of
nte oysters and big bottles OF beer,
p.et sound oysters are not to be sneezed
atwhen you can't get Blue Points. but
n does seem hard with ali this lovely
vste Of water round us. we can't induce
n Baltimore belle. and the Nansemond
hau to Increase and multiply on our
shres There must be tremendous pow
:. of stay -at-nomeness In the Eastern
Galye Hitherto though we have offered
fem every Involvement to share our sum
nr campaigns and be devoured by US In
" winters junketings. sney have reso-
shtely died and then given out such an
dor OF mortality that the most hardy
teared to tackle "a thing that smeiled
10 H." Martyrs to their principles they
ssase silently and peaeeahly opened their
mouths and gone to that tar away shore
whence no oyster returns. rather than
become accimated and feed the hungry.
Old you ever see an oyster eat and hear
~ / have. They make funny little
yhuckiing noise and open their mouths
Sery slightly. II Is only when dying and
ead that their mouths are wide open.
lost spawning creatures keep their
rbuths open long AZ they are alive and
c,se them only in death Ia this partic-
u.r habit. the oyster differs from most
geerators.
religious sect of Russia that believes
U,cwhat as the ouak--s, called the
Dhmkhoborts through the influence and
sa9esiion OF the novelist and philan-
thrpist Toistol. will coon find home in
s, Anrica. These Dhowkhouoris are oppos-
ed } war and all sorts OF lighting. They
AREA peaceful people. but have suffered
all srts of persecution in Russia. Alymer
Maize, friend and disciple OF Tolsfoi, IL
: assiiIng Toistoi TO locate this religious
seetin Canada. The car did not wish
thu phow khoborts TO leave Russia, ne
oniywanted TO keep them there TO wor-
shlplccordlng TO his dictate. but SO much
> rresare was brought TO bear on him that
he hes at las, consented TO let the people
70. row. they have two years TO leave
fussls ana humanitarians are busying
themselves ts locate some near London.
: England. som, I'm America, and some In
4nada, where each man will get land
rant of leo ares and a shed to live in
. mtiI he can hii,d himself a home. and
md himself abb, 10 live free from religious
prosecution.
The Engiish i1rnals are commenting on
ne fact that sene very smart women
lave taken to wering the single eye-gass.
icians military officers and the Johnnies
and chappes wlD hang around the stage
doors and lean cit OF eiub windows. Wen
soon catch up you. boys. We've got
your shirts. neeksics, coats. walstcoats b.
cycle tights and trousers, not to mention
hats and sheatha umbrellas 10 resemble
cares. and now lat our sisters, the titled
ladies in England. are sporting the monoc-
uiar glass. We shall have to follow suit and
match YOU for gases
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There Is something very fetching about
that young lady, tie queen of the Neither
lands She has a mind OF her own. ana
che knows good teal. too Wllhelnina OF
Holland refused &c marry Prince Bernhard
OF ~Neinlar. living a. her reason
most unique one FIR royalty 20 offer Sh
said the prince vas too ugly. She aio
said that she wonl rather die an old mad
than marry a mar she could not love. In
choosing for n huhand William OF wtd,
she has selected alieutenant In the Prls
san cavalry. a seond san % the Prime OF
WED and OF Princess Marie Of Holland A
short time since ne young lieutenant. for
ne Is only - yean of axe. made ys;t 20
The Princess Wihelmina and the queen
mother. Il must have been nt that tine
that the embryo queen saw and approved
OF the young ger;iemsn although az that
time W iutain n w led AaS no. aSDired 10
the hand Of tie then princess He IL a
Protestant and a connection OF the royal
family and therefore eligible.
Let NIheluina wear her Wie3 In her
royal heart ari be happy
Some 'rea. head has Invented a new way
OF earring umbrellas This consists OF
roo win clasps az each end adapte3 10
"Trip IN umbrella. the rcd being fastened
70 the seis ny cords or q chain ending in
book. II some eaterpriging person would
Only sirc+23ce these portable umbrella
ssnssssato our csty. now that the winter
rams ave set in. What difference there
Would be in cur terirers and eur purses.
We esStattie. who spend quite a little time
uying.o locate lest Borrowed or stolen ufr-
orslles would how willingly gird ourselves
"sh .hesa portable umbrella rests ana
walk c slt with umbrella eouchant secure
~ The thought hat our protector IN storm
ana ssela IN sunshine ives where IL should
ne, al isnd for use.
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There IS an epttaph on an ola tombstone
IN cs'e God hu.ylng ground Nh.ch stands
kaAFd sEoT the ashes u a woman buried a
'es yers after the war ~ l77s was over.
IN tbs epitsph are written the many W