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The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1898-09-18

ing crown and holding our president, the
pig Mckinley. as d baby on her lap. while
she acts the part Of Wet nurse 70 him Be-
low IS Spanish rhyme. which reads:
Mckinley, you have found a good nurse.
She Will satisfy your hunger and thirst"
Further over on the sheet is g picture OF
a Spanish general roasting q lot Of Pigs on
d spit. and CT the other side are Spanish
soldiers cutting up hogs. THIS IS labeled
public Slaughter House OF Yankee Pigs"
In addition there is another hog cartoon
describing me bursting Of a gun on the
Massachusetts, as was falsely reported
here. Pieces of gun and pieces OF pork
are flying through the air. This is bat one
issue Of the paper. If IL were not so dis
gushing il might be iaugnab bic. Other is
sues are even worse. Some are absolutely
too vile u BE- described. The Spanish.
however, are anxious to get them. and the
circulation Of the sheet has jumped from
nothing TO over $3.50 copies since II began
their publication.
The Native ChiIeans.
Outside Of the Spaniards proper this
country Is full Of Spanish sympathizers.
The Chileans as 4 nation are for Spain
as against the United States. They have
had no love for us since the Baltimore and
the Blaine Trescot: affairs, and many OF
taem really believe that We expect eventu-
ally 10 conquer not only the best of the
West Indies, but that We are ambitious 10
control the whole Of South America as
well. AT the time Presden. Mckinley de-
clarei war with Spain popular meetings
were held III Valparaiso and Santiago. and
enc million pesos. or over $500 Of our
money was contributed 20 the Spanish
cause. Professions Of Spaniards and Span
isb sympath.zers marched through the
streets yelling Death 10 the Yankees"
ana The papers denounced the action OF
cur president and congress in unmeasur-
eG terms.
The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1898-09-18
Alpine County, CAL, Is the oldest One in tbe
Whole United States; Ii Has but One Doc
tor, One Barber, One Lawyer, One
Hotel and Two Possibilities,

~~\ he s'rsngcst county In ;he
rEl.ed States Is situated IA
Central California. near .he Ne
sada state line. Tho county is
The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1898-09-18
Copyrighted. 1885 ty Frank G. Carpenter.

L1ES SskSASts A5Fs VI EFAkts VI s~@as af''us FN'
Santiago. chi.s. Aug e ISIS
~ HAVE. 5stst recsgges letters and pa
.AM gsrs from Bnen9s Tyres showing
TIE intense natrss1 t,sc sp2ai18
snere feel FOR Tn United sta'cs- II
- s.ass ersast-h -ere bat there i -
The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1898-09-18

Santiago, Minister Wilson expressed 20
the minister CO foreign afyatTs his Spp-e-
cia.lon os tie prompt actin % tEe in<s8-
6snse ard his officials Had he rin. sa--
cee9si = would have beer difficult Sc~ ne
government to have satisfactorily sxpsain-
s6 lis a-coanect3oa with i. and a grsa AZ
dee. % credit Should Be givea - Minis
Wilson and Consul Capses tor teelr pEar2Ess
aston
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1898-11-13
sKELETONs or ANCIENT LIBYAyS.
From The London Mail.

During his comprehensive explorations in
Egypt. Professor Flinders Pctric came upon an
ancient cemetery Of very large proportions, from
which he unearthcd great number of skeletons
belonging to a people which have since been
termed the new race
\ representative collection If these skeletons.
carefully numbered, has now arrived at the
Cambridge University from the SPOT near
Thebes whcre they were found Material
thus furnished for study Of variation in the
human skeleton and the series of minute meas
nish valuable statistics. but bring out sev-
eral interesting features with regard 10 the
original owners Of the bones.
The ancient people, according to the discOY-
erer Of their remains, constituted a branch OF
the same Libyau race that formed the Am
monte power" and their date is put down by
him as between 1000 and 5000 b. c.
The dimensions Of the long bones point to a
stature similar to that Of the French, bur while
in France the women vary most the opposite
held good with the new race Taking every
thing into consideration. support is given by the
investigation to a generalization in Professor
PearsOn's forthcoming book on the "Chanas Of
Dealt that the more primitive ana savage
race the less will Ice the variation Of both sexes.
and the greater Will be he approach to equality
OF variation between them"
That the early inhabitants Of the country
round Thebes followed the primitive custom Of
"squatting" is shown by the structure Of the
bones Of the foot, which manifests the pecIliari-
ties found IL modern tribes adopting that prac-
tice.
simian character. viz, the sacral notch in
the base Of the vert abral column was looked
for and might have been expected in such an
early race. It was, how ,ver looked for in vain.
In fact in many charac' eristics, the skeletons
most modern. while in others they are the
reverse
The men and women to whom they belonged
may be summe,. up a hardy, vigorous people.
in the proportion Of their limbs approaching to
the negroes, while the spine and shoulder
blades show more detefminable affinity to
Europeans.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1898-11-13
THE ORIGIN OF IcE CREAM.

From Harper's Bazar
"The New-York POST Boy" Of June s 11S6.
makes this announcement: Ladies ana Sehtie-
mon NAV be supplied with ice cream every day
at the CITY tavern by their humble servant, Jo-
seph Cove" AT ball given by a Mrs. Johnson
in NcW-York on December II. lIN9, there were
served pvramids Of red and white Ice cream
with punch and liquors, rose cinnamon and par
fait amour" Ice cream was first introduced at
ton. who had had it in her home in New ork
She used 10 tell with amusement OF the delight
with which President Jackson first tasted IL, ana
how he promptly decided to have ices at the
Executive Mansion. Accordingly, guests at the
next .rcception were treated to the frozen mys-
terry and afforded considerable fun TO the ini-
tiaied by The reluctance with which they tasted
II. Those from the rural districts, especially
first eyed il suspiciously, then melted each
spoonful with breath before consuming II. Their
distrust was soon removed however. and plates
were emptied with great rapidly.
The man who made the cream was, Oddly
enough a negro by the name Of Jackson. who
in the carly part Of the present century kept
small confectionery store in Washington Cod
cusfar,js which were cooled after being made
bv setting them on cake Of ice, were very
fashionable and Jackson at Mrs. Hamilton
SUGGESTION froze them by placing the IN
gradients in a tin bucket and completely cover
ing il with ice Each bucket contained a quart
and was sold for 81 1t Immediately became
poDular and the inventor soon enlarged his
une A good many tried to follow his example
and ice cream was hawked about the streets
being wheeled along very much as the hokey-
pok4v carts are now, but none of them sue
ceeded in obtaining the flavor that Jackson had
his product
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1898-11-13
PAPER COLLARS.
THEY ARE STILL MADE. LARGELY FOR EXPORT.
no -Orl m Democrat

THEY ARE STILL MADE. LARGELY FOR EXPORT
From The New Orleans Times Democrat.
"Oh. yes, paper collars are still made" said a
haberdasher smilingly in reply to an inqu'sitiVe
customer. Thirty years ago they were worn
by men who considered themselves very goou
dressers. Now their use is confined to few old
fellows who won't change, and or course they
have to be manufactured to order. TEere are
several customers for them here and a wealthy
planter who lives some distance north or the
city orders them by thousand lots ! was In
NewEngand last summer. and while VISITING
a little town famous for its collar makers saw
an old plant used for turning out the paper ar
tice. 1t had been rusting away in silence Tor
years. and | astonshed at its size The
buildings easily covered acre. and the ma
chincry was enormous | was told that in It's
heyday the concern shipped its product all over
the world. and sold paper collars even in me
Fiji Islands supposed they must have been
used trimmings for missionary ragout.
The cellulOid collar industry is still very
much alive. and you may be surprised TO know
ord Who buys them? Lots of different people
Thousands are sold to seafarng en-, particular
ly those whose voyagng takes them into the
tropics. France, Germany and Italy import an
immense number Another big lot is supplied
under contract to the Russian Army--a fact not
generally known-and l understand there is a
large sale Of them in Turkey.
THE principal market in this country Is in
the West. The lumbermen up in the Minnesota
and Wisconsin regions regard them as very
recherche and they buy them by the bale. In
the cities they worn generally by policemen
who would find it impossible TO keep "A linen
collar looking neat in bad weather The great
objection 10 cellulOid collars used to be their
inilammabiiity Their composition is very like
gun cotton and it was formerly a common joke
to touch match to a fellows neck gear and
see ii vanish. You can't DO that now. \ new
process has rendered them fir proof
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1898-11-13
DEVILS IN RUSSIA.
METHODS OF TREATMENT THAT ARE OFTEN EN-
PLOYED.
PLOYED.

PLOYED.
St Petersburg correspondence OF The London
Telegraph.
Superstition is very rife throughout Russia
and the East. In some parts OF Russia the peo-
pie believe that devils can enter into the organ
ism Of human beings. whose actions they there
after guide. and there are sorcerers who profess
to be able to cast out the spirits. These men
are utterly without scruple, and the sufferings
which they cause their victims to undergo may
be easily imagined. Very few ever come
before the law courts. The people look upon the
wizard as powerful persorage who can work
them much evil and therefore not lightly to be
provoked Hence complaints are rarely laid be
fore the tribunals
typical story Of the sort. however. recently
came before the court OF Vladicaucase. a Ma
hOmetan mollah or priest named Ahmed Rama
sanOn, was charged with torturing a peasant
woman named KOtcheretOva, his object being
to drive devils out ot her. At the beginning Of
the present year Kotcheretova. who only
twenty, fell i'll, her maady being accompanied
by epileptic fits The villagers and her husband.
man named Asian Bek. came TO the conclu-
sion that she afflicted by evil spirits. and
the husband called upon the mollah Ramasanon
to cast them out. The priest came to the house
and began his treatment. First of all they
made up a big wood fire. and when there were
plenty Of hot ashes they stripped the young
woman and tied her hands and feet. Seeing
these ominOus preparations KOtcherttova be-
gan to cry out. ard begged them to desst
cut off my arms. put out my eyes, do what
you IKE but DO not burn me. lhey pdlu no
attention to her pleadings. and, picking her
up, placed her on the fire She then became
insensible. She covered with burns. which
the doctor who examined her declared TO be
of a very severe character.
When brought before the Court the priest ex-
planned that the wOmans husband had sought
his advice. He c0unselled Asian Bek to force
his wife 10 name the spooks, and he the priesO
would be able to restore her TO health lie had
put her on the fire until she gave the names on
the evil spirits which he then wrote upon d
piece of paner and threw il into the flames after
which he was quite sure that the devils would
leave her. H added that when she cried before
being put on the hearth ii was not she that
wcpt. but the devils. The inquiry showed That
the woman had been kept on hot ashes for
eight hours. The headman Of the village de-
posed that such methods Of treatment were
often employed. and were always successful.
The Court found the priest guilty. ana SEN
fenced him to deprivation Of all his civil rights
and to one years Imprisonment. The husband
would have been also tried. but that his wife
declared that she lOrgave him.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1898-11-13

back in the days Of pioneering used to mo t Ine
dog towns out on the prairies scores or MR.
from the streams There was no dew, the , az
was dry as a bone, the buffalo grass Wouiu pc
parcbed brown and there would be absolutely
nothing to quench thirst. | remember u.s
cusson begun thirty years ago In 'The AihcIl-
can Naturalist by DR.. Sternberg, now SURGEON
General on the subject, and re argued III ia'or
Of the well theory. But there. near Lamont, Is
ocular proof of the we'll theory The nest NOES
OF the dogs were five or six feet deep, but loui
or five holes went straight down as deep as the
excavation had been made. and evidently OH
into the water-ca-rying sand beneath. Ihese
holes appeared to be used by the whole coohy
commonly. and were a little larger imam 'ne
holes used for their homes.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1898-11-13
HARD Luck FOR THIS SCIENTIST.
From Invention.

From Invention.
A scientific gentleman told little tale worth
repeating at a British Association meeting the
other day. He Is engaged in collecting material
for a book on magnetism. and heard OF paper
on the subject in German periodical Not
knowing the Teutonc tongue. he sent the article
to a translation bureau. In due time the trahsla-
ton was handed to him. and when he scanned
the lines he became very wroth indeed, for the
article simply a German rendering Of one
from the gentlemans own pen. which appeared
in an English paper year ago. Insult was add
ed to injury when the scientist had to pay for
translation exactly as much again as he received
from the proprietors Of the journal in which the
article originally figured.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1898-11-13
THE EVOLUTION or TIE noe.

From The Kansas City Star
Secretary Coburn Of the Kansas State Board
OF Agriculture begins his latest work. The
Hog in America" with these words: From
the repulsive and prescribed nuisance Of an
tiquity. tolerated but despsed under the ban
OF many religions, descended through the saw
age. predatory hordes OF Old World forest and
junglcs. the hog has become not only amenabe
to civilization. but, under the notifying inhu-
ences Of Indian corn and surroundings salubri-
Gus and peaceful, he is in America a debt-payer,
u mortgage remover, a promoter Of progress
and a buttress Of prosperity"
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1898-11-13

most simultaneously with the stoppage Of the
music, the man dropped his head on his knees
and received the blow his barred back. The
cobra paused just one second after striking. and
then turned on its head and f-4l off. There was
a huge drop OF poison on the back Of the per-
former, He wiped il off carefully with a piece
Of cloth. and proceeded with the rest Of the per
Torrance
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1898-11-13
THE MiNACLE ROCKS.
From The London News.

From The London News.
The Manace Rocks 1erive their name from
the two words "Maen Eglos" the old Cornish for
church stone" the legend running that
church once stood here Coverack Cove men
toned in some Of the accounts OF the wreck
was the scene u an appalling disaster in Janu-
airy. 1909. when the transport Dispatch, return
ing with troops from Corunna. was cast away.
over sixty officers and men lost their lives q
that occasion.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1898-11-13
THE WAYS OF PRAIRIE DOGS.
From The Washington Star.


'"rhe most interesting thing | have seen In
many day" said Harvey Geer. of Lamont.
COL at the Ebbtt few nights ago was
prairie dog well. Did you ever see one? 1t isn't
often that a chance occurs TO explore the homes
and hauntS OF these expeditions little inhabi-
tants Of the plains. A few miles from my town
a large force of men has been at work this sum
rner making deep cut for short railroad up
into the mines a friend OF mine is in charge
of the Job and | went out week ago to see
him and the work that had been done. The first
thing that attracted MY attention when | got
there was the fact that the cut was being made
through an old alfalfa field. and the roots
fringed the sides Of the cut and hung down hf-
teen to eighteen feet. Up at the surface Of the
ground were the studied green plants. and
reaching down deep into the earth were the fat.
lusinesslike roots getting their living far below
where ordinary plants foraged for subsistence.
But the most remarkable thing was the
prairie dog wells that had been dug into. The
cut went through dog village. and being
deep Ono-some forty feet-it went below the
town There has always been a discussion about
where the prairie dog gets his drink. Some say
he goes cternally dry and does not know what
il is to have an elegant thirst on him. Usually
their towns are miles from any stream and In
an arid country, whore there Is no surface
water at any time sufficient for the needs Of an
animal requiring drink. The overland travellers
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1898-11-13
MISUS
From The Chicago Tribune.

From The Chicago Tribune.
Mrs. Upjohn-Oh. Maude Maudie How
dreadful. See what you have done!
Maudie-Tve spilled a little coffee on my gown
That's ALL isn't 1t?
Mrs Upjohn (wrngng her hands)-Yes. but
It's n tea gown
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1898-03-21
MARKET SUMMARY.

CHICAGO. March 19.-May wheat broadened
into an active market today. An insistent
demand from shorts sent the price up to
$1.O7 during the early part OF the session,
but heavy sales by Letter broke the price
badly toward the close. Final prices showed
a decline of 2&c in May and &q7sc in July.
Favorable weather and expectations of heavy
receipts Monday were factors in the decline.
Corn and oats both broke with the late slump
in wheat, corn closing unchanged and oats
about sc lower. Provisions were heavy and
closed 54712c lower.
The opening in wheat was irregular. Cables
failed to respond TO the strength shown here
yesterday. This caused some liquidation IN
July at the outset. opening prices being $3.50
SEC. showing &c decline. There the market
halted. however. May was strong at the
start. Shorts were active bidders for this de-
livery which opened 14c higher, at $l06. and
heavy buying soon sent prices up to $l.06A
In July there was gradual advance to S612c.
Realizing then set in and a reaction to $3.50
took place, May at the same time dropping
The dropping off in the Northwest receipts
was a helping influence. Minneapolis and
week, and 412 year ago. Chicago receipts
were 121 cars. 90 of contract grade. The
days clearances of wheat and flour from At
lantic ports were heavy, amounting to $50 900
bu but this was in a measure offset by the
heavy primary receipts of 465. 900 Blu. CONT
mental markets were steady.
The reaction in both options Of short
duration. The demand soon became heavy
again. especially in May, the price of which
was sent up to S1.07. July advanced to S64c.
The advance was well maintained up to II
O'Clock. when the market began gradually
to give way. Letters brokers had been sell
ing heavily Of May at top figures and as
shorts became filled up the demand from this
source decreased. Liquidation. however did
not become general until heavy estimated re-
ceipts for Monday were posted This
brought In a flood Of realizing orders, and
prices late in the session broke very sharply.
In the last few minutes early buyers became
sellers and the market became very weak
though July did not suffer so much as May.
The closing price for the latter option was
S1.O3, July closing at S5A9S52sc Letter is
said to have sold 1000, coo bu.
Up to the last half hour of the session corn
slow but steady May ranged from 2SA0
29ssc to 291sc. and closed unchanged at 294c
Oats were firm. but prices dropped off. May
ranged from 257sG26c to 257sc and closed a
shade lower. at 253s Q25Ac.
Provisions were easy with a slow trade
At the c.ose May pork TIC lower. at
9.S2i.; May lard, sc lower at 500, and May
ribs sc lower, at sos.
Estimated receipts Monday: Wheat. 225
cars; corn. 240; oats. 29O; hogs so 900 head
The leading futures ranged follows:
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1898-03-21
ST. PAUL GRAIN.

Quotations on hay, grain, feed. etc., fur
nished by Griggs Bros. grain and feed mer-
chants:
Wheat-Saturday's cash market ranged
about the same as on Friday although the
closing was fractionally lower: No 1 north
ern. 97Q9Sc; No. northern. 931a@951ac.
Corn-No. yellow, 2S92Skc; No. 3, 271a@
2Sc.
Barley-32%Q3Sc
Rye-4604Sc.
oats-No. white, 261a@27Ac; No. 3. 251a
@26Ac.
seed-Timothy, s191.25; red clover, 5000
$50; fax. S1.19@1 20.
Flour-Patent per bbl s49O0510; straghts.
S4.5O94.60 bakers, s2.60@4; rye -four. $2.S0QS.
Ground Feed and Millstuffs-No. l feed.
bran, bulk S10.75Q11.
Hay-Market steady; choice in demand.
other qualities continue dull and slow of
sale; choice to fancy upland, s6@6.25; good
qualities. $5G5.75; inferior qualities. $500
AIS; timothy, good to choice. s7@7.50. Straw,
steady; oat. S3@3.25; rye. $685..
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1898-03-21
NEW YORK STOCKS.

NEW YORK, March 1s.-The action or
lack of action Of today's stock market can
only be interpreted as the accurate refec
ton OF the overshadowing uncertainty Of the
Cuban question. Last Saturday the threaten
ing aspect of the situation. coupled with the
recollection of the developments of the pre-
ceoing Sunday. in the suggestion for the
recall OF Gen. Lee. led to reckless short
selling by the traders, driving the market
to point even lower than the Monday mar
ket succeeding the Lee incident The pinch
Ing administered to the reckless bears in
the rebound of last Monday made them ex-
tremeiy cautions about putting out short lines
Inc consequence was an almost lifelf IS
market as no one is ready to take the long
side OF the market at this time. Prices DRIFT
ca almlessly up and down over a narrow
range. only a little over 100000 shares
sion. 'e'
The bond market was equally dull
iossi sales OF stocks today were 113. 400
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1898-03-21
corn. 7; No. cats, 10 no grade oats. 4;
5 barley, 4: No. rye, 2.
RECEIPTS AND SIIIpAI ENTS

Received-Wheat. 254 cars. 1905 bu; corn.
rye, 1850 bu fax, 2,1SO bu; oil cake 1879 900
lbs; -four 440 bbls; millstuffs, 81 tons; hay,
10 tons; fruit. 26.COO lbs merchandise. 1863
So5 lbs; lumber. % cars; posts and piling, 4
cars; barrel stock, cars; machinery, 357 400
lbs; coal. 34S tons; wood. 1876 cords: brick.
q. 900; lime. car: cement. 100 bbls; house.
hold goods 900 lbs pig iron, 80 cars; ties,
cars; stone and marble, 1 car; live stock.
cars; dressed meats, IS. 957 lbs; hides, pelts.
etc, 10000 lbs; railroad materials. l car; sun
dries, 10 cars. Car lots, 552.
Shipped-Wheat, 155 cars. Ill. GOO blu; corn,
$3.50 bu; oats, 1880 bu; rye, $3.50 bu; flax.
1000 blu; oil cake SO, 400 lbs; flour. $3.50 bbls;
millstuffs. 2,1O9 tons; fruit $4,000 lbs; mer-
stock, l car; machinery, 7Sl. 800 lbs; coal. 40
tons; household goods 6S 900 lbs; pig iron,
40 cars; ties. cars; live stock. cars; but
ter. 1920 lbs: railroad materials. cars sun
dries, 20 cars. Car lots S73.