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The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1898-02-23

just from Montana hardy mountain
horses, Well broken and Injured TO extreme
ly cold weather. Transfer Company
Stable. South Second and Weller, between
Northern Pacific and Great Northern
freight depots
The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1898-02-23

No one need fear that their cold will
result in pneumonia when Chamberlain's
Cough Remedy is used. 1t counteracts any
tendency toward pneumonia.
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Special Dispatch To tho post-Intellgencer.
SPOKANE. Feb. 22.-Acting under au-
thority Of the recent decision Of the state
supreme court the city Of Spokane VIII on
February "A begin the sale Of real estate
upon which street grade taxes have be
come delinquent The total amount az
this delinquent tax IS about $4,000. From
rresent Indications the individuality VIII
The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1898-02-23

THE Northern Pacific are now selling
tickets 10 Eastern Points at greatly re-
duced rates. Call at their offices for par
tiCulars.
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The Victorious safely F1oatet

SUEZ. Feb. 22-The British hattleshiN
Victorious which was ashore for some
time OF Port Said, necessitating her being
lghtered, has safely tTayersed the canal.
The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1898-02-23

DIR. ]. q. LOCGHARY. Bailey building
Special attention given diseases Of brain
and nervous system.
The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1898-02-23

be flooded with Injunction suits brought
by pro2erty-owners TO prevent the sale Of
their holdings.
The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1898-02-23

kLONDIk ERS-Ask for the RaIstor
sef-tIaisins Pancake Flour and Health
Foods. J0anstone & Speer
The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1898-02-23

GET tie best order your fur outfits
Of W'ndmllier. the furrier. so Second
The Winslow mail., 1898-10-22
IT is GOTHAM" OUT OF TOWN.
6ut to People Who Live There 1t Is
the "BiGSest City in the
United States"

Here are a few remarks by mer-
chant who came 20 New York from the
southwest ten years ago: When l
was boy. and long after had quit
acting like one, 1 nearly always heard
New York called Gotham 4 New
York man was q Gothamite.' We read
n cur home paper Of Happenings in
Gotham When a man went from cur
country to this city lie said he had
gone to Gotham l remember an in
c;dent in my school. The teacher had
n habit of asking questions that were
not in the book, aud one day he sprung
this: Which is the largest city in the
United States?' The boy at whom this
was fired replied Gotham The cid
teacher locked over his spectacles and
said;
"'Yes, you are another one. wish
the fathers of some of you boys would
tell you when they read Washington
Irving that he was no friend of the
school teacher. 1t takes half my time
TO undo what Irving did in the histor-
ical line. The largest city in the United
States is New York, and if any of you
boys ever go there you will find it out.
The dear old pedagogue was ma
tive of the Empire state. meet many
people in the course of year and l
rarely hear the word Gotham / am
inclined to think New Workers never
thanked Irving for applying it to their
city"
The Winslow mail., 1898-10-22
CONVICTED HIMSELF.
An Argument That Convinced the
Judge That the Professor
Was Guilty.

"What's this?" exclaimed the JUS
tice of the peace in Arenac county;
"do 1 understan', professor, that you
was hissed an bombarded with eggs
an Vegetables while you was a-playin'
the 'Star-Spangled Banner?"
That's what | say, jedge. Spain'ards
couldn't have abused me no worse. l
was about the worst-lookin' objeck
YOU ever see when reached the brush
and crawled inter q holler log"
what have you fellers to say bout
this high treason?" shouted the court,
as he fingered Dewey button and
looked daggers, says the Detroit Free
Press.
81 represent these gentlemen" said
q bright young lawyer. "All we ask
Is that this professor play one of his
selections for your honor. We offer
1t in evidence"
Not O dozen squcaking, screaming,
teeth-fning note3 had been tortured
from the violin before the court yelled:
Halt! Do you call that Internal rack
eft fiddlin'? Is that the way you massa-
cree the glor'us anthem in this here
rlor'us nation? I fine you three dol
lars an costs fur contemp' of court,
tlisturbin' the peace, maintainin' n
nuisance and insultin' the flag. Now
you kiver groun' lively till you git
orten this jurrydiction," Then some
Cood-heGrted citizen pointed the near
est wey to the railroad.
The Winslow mail., 1898-10-22
"wHITE TRAIN" FOR LoURDES
some of the Touching Sights That
Are Seen En- Route to
the Shrine.

What is called the white train" left
Paris the other afternoon from the
Orleans railway terminus, says for
eign exchange. This conveys annually
numbers of crippies and invalids OIL
pilgrimage to Lourdes, where they
aope to be cured of their ailments
through the miraculous agency of tn
Virgin Mary. The station presented
an animated appearance all the after
noon. Touching sights were witnessed
when sisters Of mercy arrived, carry
ing crippled children or helping in
irm and aged pilgrims to alight from
the ambulance carriages. The white
train" properly so called, which is that
conveying the most helpless invalids
,mong the Lourdes pilgrims and the
uggage van OF which was surmounted
" white flag, left at $3.50 O'Clock.
these pilgrims, 300 in number, were
accompanied by nuns and by profes-
,ional and lady nurses. Other trains
ollowed in the course of the after
Ioon and will continue to be sent off.
It is estimated that IA trains will be
required in all, and that the total num-
ber of pilgrims at Lourdes this year
will reach $4,000.
The Winslow mail., 1898-10-22
China Is Crowded.

The crowding of China by other ma
tions continues. 4 recent attack by
n Chinese mob upon the japanese con-
su!ate al Shashi has given japan pre-
text for securing concessions on the
Peiho, together with guarantee that
10 part OF the province of Fukien.
which lies on the mainland opposite
FormoSa. shall ever be ceded to for
eign power. France has demanded
from China 4 money indemnity and
certain railway concessions in the
province of Kwangsi. as compenas tion
for the murder of n French priest; and
Russia, without waiting for any special
pretext. is reported to be insisting on
lease of Kin-Chau, the city near Pert
Arthur which the Russian commander
not long ago attempted to occupy,
clairaingitas part Of the Port Arthur
concession. Great Britain has secured
an important extension Of the boun-
daries of Horg-Kong.
The Winslow mail., 1898-10-22
SALUIING IN THE ARMY.
\ Thing Which Volunteers Never
Learn How to Do ns the
Regulars Do 1t,

One thing which the volunteers find
'hey will never do in ANYTHING like the
iOrm in which the regulars DO it's to
salute officers. Take volunteer who
is bronzed and big like regular, and
out him in Il regulars clothes and send
i'm out on the street, and he would
certainly betray himself as volunteer
at his first meeting with an officer.
The regular, walking on the street,
salutes every officer he meets by rails
ing the Strengthened fingers Of his
right hand to the brim of his hat, just
over the right eye, and keeping them
there unit! the officer has passed. The
volunteer cannot Ee made to hold his
hand there in any such way, says the
Boston Transcript.
II lie salutes strange officer of low
rank at all, lie salutes him with the
quick dash which is the regular Off
GERS salute to the private T. the reg
ular soldier is seated when an officer
approaches in camp, on the street or
anywhere else, he rises, faces the Off
Ger, stands very erect, and makes this
salute. No one ever sees a volunteer
private do this. A regular cayalTyman
trying to get his horse across the
bridge while an electric car was cross
ing it from the other direction. The
horse was plunging and leaping wildly.
and the soldier had to work hard to
control him. At this moment young
second lieutenant of Ohio volunteers
came along the footway. IN the midst
Of his horses gyrations the mounted
regular managed to salute the pedes-
trian officer i'll proper form. The smile
Of admiration and satisfaction on that
young officers face was worth going
long way to see.
The Winslow mail., 1898-10-22
BLIND PEOPLE IN SPAIN.
The Number Is Very Large and There
Ia no Effort to Re-
duce IT,

The large proportion of blind people
the beginning of the present century.
The subject is again brought up by an
article b. Frivy Councillor Hirschberg
in the German Medical Weekly giving
the results of his recent observation
IN Spain, where he attended the by
gicric congress. He says the streets
of Madrid swarm with blind beggars;
the further south he went the more
blind he met. The proportion in Spain
as given il the census of 1860 is II to
10000, against eight to nine in Ger
many, France and England; but that
figure is considered undoubtedly false
by continental authorities. More re-
cent figures give 1913. The chief causes
of blindness in Spain are infamma-
tion CT the eyes Of infants, granula-
ticn and smallpox. The widespread
fatalistic attitu1c Of the sick, the lac
of governmental oversight and the
small attention paid to disease of the
eye operate to increase the number
of the blind in Spain. There is not
single public eye hospital in Spain, ac-
cording TO DR.. Hirschherg; only wards
IN general hospitals and private irsti-
tutions. instruction in diseases of the
eye Is neglected in the medical schools,
though there is hope that the new med
ical faculty in Barcelona, which has
been organized within two years, may
work an improvement in ophthalmol-
ogy in Spain.
The Winslow mail., 1898-10-22
DONE WITH A RIFLE.
The Head of aD Indian shot Out with
One Hundred and Fifty
Eve Bullets.

Adolph Toepperwein, San Antonio's
marvellous young rifle shot, lately per-
formed another Of his astonishing
ecats, reportst the Philadelphia Record.
With .22-caliber rifle he stood at
distance of 90 feet from double thick
ness of heavy paper, about three feet
long by two feet wide, and shot on it
the outlines Of an Indians head. 1t
took exactly 152 shots to do the trick
1t was free-hand drawing, as the figure
was not traced on the paper before
hand. This made the feat especially
difficult, as "Tep" had to place every
shot with reference to where its prede-
cessor had gone, and where all the fol-
lowing shots were to go. IN other
words, he had to have every detail of
the drawing" planned out and con-
stantly in his minds eye while he was
shooting One shot fired a fraction of
an inch wild would have spoiled the
whole picture.
It is not clear whether or no this
marksrnan is a member of Roosevelt's
regiment of rough riders. If he isn't
he ought to be.
The Winslow mail., 1898-10-22
MILITARY EXPEDITIONS.
DiGeuitics Which Were Involved In
Sending the Troops TO
Manila.

It was on the first day of May that
Admiral Dewey destroyed the Spanish
ships and defenses in Manila bay.
Twenty-four days later TIE first de-
tachmcDt of troops sent to reinforce
him sailed from San Francisco.
There were some expressions of i'm
patience because of this delay, and
also because more troops were not
sent. But those who criticise the gov
erpment on this account, says the
Youths Companion, can have little idea
Of the difficulties involved in sending
a large military expedition such
distance.
From San Francisco to Manila is
about 1900 miles. The voyage, under
favorable conditions, takes about four
weeks. Ships had to be chartered and
made ready in haste, to convey not
the troops only, but their weapons,
field artillery as well as rifles. horses
and their subsistence, tents, bedding,
hospital stores and miscellaneous
equipments, together with rations for
the whole force sufficient for the voy-
age and for some time after.
1t was necessary also to carry out
large quantities of ammunition and
supplies for Admiral Dewey's squad
ron. for ships carrying on operations
1000 miles from their base of supplies
need many things.
To secure the ships and prepare them
for such voyage, and to accumulate
and get OH board of them all the need
ed supplies in little more than three
weeks, was really q remarkable
nchievement
The Winslow mail., 1898-10-22
SAILOR HATS TRYING.
The Lcw-Croyvrcd, Aforementioned
Ones Worn This Year Are
UnbecoIning.

The low-croWned, narrow-brimmed
straw sailor of the season is gcing to
rob the summer girl of much OF her
beauty, says the New York Commercial
Advertiser. Several dozen women Of
all degrees of good looks fitted sailor
aats on at one Of the big shops and
Gazed disapprovingly in the mirror at
themselves. There were all sorts of
sailor hats on the tables ard counters,
.ow-croWrCd, narrow-brimmed ones Of
coarse straw, higher crowned, broader
hrimmed CnCs of fine straw, and var
lous versions of each variety. The
saleswoman declared that they were
Ill this years model. The customers
'2urmured that only the low-crowned,
,road-brimmed hats were new. Then
hey continued fitting on and frown-
ing at themselves and smiling derisive-
~ at each other.
Il never saw such fright" said one
Young woman, as she resumed her own
nowery hat after NainlY searching for
becoming sailor among the low
crowned. coarse affairs. II shall hunt
up MY idSt y ear Hit anu WeGi Viiut.
1t is pretty and makes me look well,
anyway"
But these are. considered very stsIls
ish." said the saleswoman, placing a
little hat on her own head, where it
looked about the size of postage
stamp. They are made like boys
hats, and boys hats and shoes and col
lars are the models for the best styles
this season, YOU know"
The Winslow mail., 1898-10-22
Dicxcies on n Gravestone.

There is no record that the bicycle
has hitherto figured in sculptured
work on memorial stones in grave
yards, and, according to London
newspaper, young widow of Rio de
Janeiro may be accounted pioneer in
using it's presentment for that pur-
pose. She was introduced to her late
husband while out wheeling, and or
lered sculptor to depict the meet
ng, bicycles and all, on the marble
gravestone in alto relieve. The effect
5 described as more novel than ar
stic. especially as the lady is chis-
!ed as attired in rational costume. In
he inscription, which is in Spanish, is
"a sentence which may be translated:
My dear soul had the tire of his life
prematurely punctured."
The Winslow mail., 1898-10-22
RIVAL SuUHI Ut uNDS,
lie Couldn't Hire q
Carriage fer His Hard
Won Lady.

"Talk about your odd lawsuits"
laughed the lawyer, says the Detroit
Free Press. II have one right now
bakery. It's from one of the outlying
townships, and the people there are
just as much stirred up as If Spanish
army was advancing upon them.
"a young fellow took his girl to
harvest picnic. She was no sooner on
the ground than she exercised the
privilege of her sex and smiled upon Il
hated rival of her escort. The latter
had too much the spirit of a man to
countenance such treachcrous ingrati-
tude. lie absolutely declined to swing
her, quench her thirst with pink lem
onade, set up the gingerbread or hold
her hand. When the festivities were
over he crawled into his buggy, discon-
solate and alone, leaving her and the
hated rival to devise ways and means
to get her home. They succeeded in
soaring up farmers rig. but neither
could raise the one dollar tariff he i'm
posed for its use. She settled the mat
ter by having the price charged TO
pap But pap kicks like mule in
hailstorm and says he'll be eternally
hanged if he'll stand for the turnout.
So he has hired country lawyer and
brought suit to recover the price from
the original suitor, who, vows the
farmer, was 'morarly and legerly
bound fur to fetch the girl home after
he took her.
''I'm for the defense, and haven't the
slightest doubt that we will eventual
ly get a decision from the supreme
court as to the nature and extent of
picnic obligations"
The Winslow mail., 1898-10-22
VIII She Be PIenseds

An attache of The Chinese legation
the other day in photographers shop
was buying all the photographs of
pretty girls that the proprietor was
at liberty to sell, and he betrayed an
especial fondness for young women in
evening dress. The more generous the
display of polished shoulder the bet
ter he was pleased. l asked him what
he intended doing with the photo
graphs, says a writer in the Washing
ton Post. II shall send them TO my
wife in China" he said. "She has never
been in America. She will be happy to
see how the Washington young ladies
look" And perhaps she will be, but
/ have my doubts.
The Winslow mail., 1898-10-22
WILL HUNT FOR AMBER.
An Expedition to Search for a Mine
Said to Be on an Island on the
Alaskan Coast,

In search Of mine of amber, which,
the party ependently wealthy, an
expedition left Sitka a few weeks ago
for one of the islands off the Alaskan
coast, says the Seattle Post -Inteli-
gencer. At its head was an old Rus
sian, Popoif by name, who for 30 years
has been trying to get some one with
money to send him in search of the
amber mine. His story is an interest
ing one. Some 30 years ago he was
sailor on board Russian sealing YES
sci which was wrecked on one of the
small islands off the Alaskan coast.
The crew managed to reach another
small island in the schooner's boats,
war vessel happened along and rescued
them.
While on the island they found guam
titles of amber and traced it to q big
ledge. The pieces of amber which they
had in their possession when taken on
board the warship were taken away by
the officers. Popoff managed to SNUG
gle one small piece away and has hung
to it ever since, although he has been
all over the world during the years
that intervened. EF
, He tried many times to have an expe-
dition outfit ed, but never succeeded.
During the recent mining excitement
in the north he got as far as Sitka,
where he became stranded. He con-
fided his secret to a few friends and
they furnished the money that out
fitted the party. Popoff goes with
them as guide ard expects to be back
in Sitka within six months.
The Winslow mail., 1898-10-22
AMERICAN SHAMROCK.
Ireland's Beloved Flower Is Found
Growing ia Many Parts OF
the Union.

"Few people, comparatively speak
ing, are aware that the shamrock, Ire
lands national emblem, grows in many
parts of the United States" said Mr.
Michael Cavanagh, of Boston, during
recent visit to Washington, says the
Post.
Il was out walking in the northwest
section of Washington the other day,
and saw loads of shamrocks in one OF
the parks. is identically the same as
that which hourishes on the soil Of
Erin. a good many people confuse the
shamrock with clover, which it resem-
bles considerably, but the shamroch
can always be told from the other by
its small, yellow blossoms, exactly like
a strawberry bloom. This blossom
puts forth five little yellow leaves
Now the blossom of the clover is either
red or white, and it is larger and
shaped differently.
The shamrock has three leaves.
which, in most instances. are perfect
in their heart shape, though not al
ways SO, and it grows luxuriantly in
limestone regions. The tradition that
ST. Patrick explained the mystery OF
the Trinity by the little flower is the
common explanation of its adoption
as lreland's most cherished emblem" :"
The Winslow mail., 1898-10-22
SIRDAR KITCHENER'S WOUND.
The Curious Way in Which q Bullet
Was DisIOdEed from
His Throat.

The London Chronicle notes that Gen.
Kitchener, who is now the idol of Eng
land, big and little, is said to be suf-
fering from a serious affection of his
eyes, which threatens 10 impair his
sight. 1t also calls attention to the fact
that he has had very curious expert
ence in his earlier Egyptian campaigns,
he having swallowed a bullet, with
which he had been wounded, and which
he now preserves as memento. Dur
ing the campaign of SO Maj. Kitchener
was hit in the side of the face by a bull
let during skirnish near Suakim,
and was taken down the Nile, and
thence to the Citadel hospital at Cairo,
where, despite all the efforts of the sur
geons, the bullet could not be located,
the rays being then unknown. Fl
Sergt. Billion, late of the medical
staff corps, who is now IN London and
who was then specially detailed to look
after the injured officer, states that
the wound was a healthy one, and very
soon healed, and the medical officers
came 10 the conclusion that the bullet
had worked its way out without being
noticed, on the passage down the Nile.
Billion one day tempted his patients ap-
petite with tasty beefsteak, which
the major had no sooner attacked than
he put his hand to his throat exclaim-
ing: "Bilton, if there was no bone in
the steak, I've swallowed that bullet;
I felt it go down." This proved to be
the case, the bullet passing through
the alimentary canal without injury to
the distinguished officer.
The Winslow mail., 1898-10-22
Can Afford to Have q Cow.

Just after President McKinley's in
auguration he had his relatives who
were in the city at a family dinner at
the white house, says the Ladies' Home
Journal in an illustrated anecdotai
biography of the president. 1t was q
large company, and a very good din
ner. Dear old Mother Mckinley was
there, but she was not very talkative
She was too happy for words. But she
kept sharp eye on the dinner. and no
detail of it escaped her. She was i'm
pressed by the quantity Of cream
served with the fruit and coffee, for
she looked up at her son in her sweet
way and said: William. you must
keep n cow now" Some of the young
er members of the family party found
it difficult TO suppress smile. but the
president, with his usual tact and
graciousness, replied: Yes. mother,
we can afford to have 4 COW now. and
have all the cream we can possibly
uSaD
The Winslow mail., 1898-10-22
CLEVER WAY TO OBTAIN GIFTS
Why 1t Is Not Quite Clear That WOm-
en- Should Do This Sort
of Thing.

Men. as rule, do not desire to pre-
sent handsome souvenirs to women who
have been gracious to them, but women
who intend to obtain certain things do
not hesitate to maneuver, says the New
York Press. An instance of this kind
occurred recently, and in this way:
Having accepted an invitation for
matinee, a charming girl found upon ar
irving at the theater that she had no
fan. The air. to her, being intolera bly,
stutfy, she insisted upon going to shop
near by to get one. She was accom-
panied by a man of the party, and after
choosing a fan she had decided upon
days before excuses followed about pay
ing for it. What could the poor man
do? He paid for the fan and swore at
himself for being trapped. Within the
next month this same charmingly in
nocent maiden obtained handsome
smelling bottle in the same way. But
later on the two men discussed this af-
fair over 3. and S. at their clubs. They
have ceased their visits at the house Of
the young woman, but she goes On col
lecting from other men friends in the
same ingenious way.
just why girls prefer this way OF ac-
cumulatiug small luXuries is not quite
clear. because those who follow this
scheme are in a position to buy. or have
bought for them in their own families,
the same articles they take from men.