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The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1898-02-22

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The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1898-02-22

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The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1898-02-22

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Pullman herald. [volume] (Pullman, W.T. [Wash.]) 1888-1989, 1898-05-07
Idea of Eternity.

A Salvation Army preacher in one
of his talks, exclaimed to his hearers;
Eternity. why, don't you know the
meaning of that word? Nor |, either,
hardly. 1t is for ever and ever, and five
or six everlastings atop of that. You
might place row of figures from here
to sunset, and cipher them all up, and
it wouldn't begin to tell how many ages
long eternity is. Why, my friends, after
millions and trillions of years mad
rolled away in eternity, it would be Il
hundred thousand years to breakfast.
time"
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scout He was in a fght on what
should have been his wedding day.
Others were killed and their bodie3
were recovered and buried. but Ards
ley's body was never found.
There was a tale that a fire had been
seen ON the battlefield the night after
the encounter, aud in the midst of the
fire tree with form which ght
have been that of man against it,.
There were Indians grouped around IL.
Miss Hampden never heard the story.
She never even guessed at what had
happened until twenty years after.
ward.
She was the superb and spiritess
wife of mighty general. and She was
accompanying her husband on a tour
Of inspection in the West. They were
at an agency one day, and were visiting
the tepees 1t was the agency Of the In
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Der by their faces. Miss Hampdeh
dropped her head in her hands ana
laughed with the rest
Between the acts, Ardsley made IN
auiries and learned the truth. lie was
bitten with a desire to obtain the I'M
attainabe. and he was not one TO dally.
He went behind the scenes.
Whom are you going home with,
Miss Hampden?
Il fear no one will take me AFTER tAe
light Mr.. Graves has put me in
MAY do so?'
She nodded, and Ardsley went back
to his seat.
$50 you have refused the entire
army?" he asked, as they walked home,
Not quite
"rhe entire departments
well. a fair percentage of it, she
admitted.
Are you going to refuse me-
Il can't say until you are offered.
Il offer myself now
and accept you now
Good enough, VIII you announce
our engagement tonight at supper
AT the risk of being adjudged insane
yes
Put on this ring until | can. gee yol
another. 1t will fit your middle finger
Now am in earnest
80 am l." she said
They were very much in earnest, thu
event proved; and the garrison derived
unmiXed pleasure from the total. un
conditional. obvious surrender of Miss
Hampden. She was as open in her in
fatuaton as she had always been in
everything else. And Ardsley was
equally infatuated.
He took back the class ring and gave
her a diamond which cost him three
months pay They were altogether
happy. SO. just a fortnight before the
day arranged for their wedding, the
gods demanded the first payment on
their loan.
Ardsley was ordered off on a scout
Miss Hampden chung to Ardsley and
cried like a little girl, and did not be-
have in the least like woman who had
seen countless scouts. And she let him
90 TO the wars remembering her stand
ing with her arm against the wall and
her head upon her arm, sobbing as II
her heart were utterly broken.
Ardsley did not come back from the
Pullman herald. [volume] (Pullman, W.T. [Wash.]) 1888-1989, 1898-05-07

the world as the brass buttons on his
blouse, was the man she was going to
love He would love her, of course. 1t
is to be feared that it did not enter her
head that he might not. She saw a
ring.
rs that your class ring?" she said.
EYES," he told her.
"May see it?"
He gave 1t to her, and while she ex-
amined 1t he sat and admired her. Miss
Hampden raised her eyes and met his.
She smiled. but 1t was like no smile she
Pullman herald. [volume] (Pullman, W.T. [Wash.]) 1888-1989, 1898-05-07
TRIAL BY FIRE.


had ever bestowed on man before. He
looked at her very gravely, and her
hand closed tightly over the ring, In a
moment she was studying it again
Il like this. It's unusual" she said.
Il am glad you think so. as | con
ceived the design" He expected to be
told that he was clever.
Indeed" was all she said. and that
indifrerently.
How cool! l rather thought you'd
express surprise. and give me some
credit. You are not addicted to iatteIy
1t would seem"
Il am not But don't think 1t would
have been hatering to be surprised that
you have done it. 1t struck me as be-
ing quite the thing you would naturally
do"
THAT IS very pretty
ut is perfectly true"
1t happened, oddly enough that Ards
ley CHANGED not to have heard Of Miss
Hampden's reputation by the next
night. He was rudely awakened to y
knowledge of it.
There were private theatricais in the
hop room, and Miss Hampden was the
leading lady. Now the sutton was quite
recovered, and he meant to play joke
on those in the audience who were not
and there were some eight or ten
three of them married. He proposed to
the heroine in nicely read lines, and
was rejected by her with perfection
that spoke her practice. So the audi.
ence that; and it laughed.
When the laugh had subsidized, the
hero arose from his knees. He walked
to the fOotlights and sighed.
"Ah. WELL he said, Il have one
crumb of comfort. | am not the only
man in this place who is in the same
fix"
The astounded ArdsIey looked abou
him, and he picked out the entire mum
Pullman herald. [volume] (Pullman, W.T. [Wash.]) 1888-1989, 1898-05-07

T HERE are colonies and majors
and generals and some old cap
- tains who hold that Isabel Hamp-
den was the most attractive woman
who ever graced the frontier, and in
their time most women seemed attrac-
tive because of their scarcity.
She had been brought up in garrisOnS
and large cities, and by the time she
was % she knew the world rather well.
Moreover, she knew men-not girls and
women, but men.
Because she had been allowed to live
in posts during most of what should
have been her boarding-school days,
and because she was pleasant TO look
upon and converse with at an age
when most girls are impossible, men
had fallen in love with her pretty
much ever since she could remember.
1t was said that she had refused all
the bachelors in all the frontier regi-
ments. This was not far from the
truth.
A woman who had married one of
the rejected ones said that refusing
was a habit Miss Hampden had form
ed. and that it began to look as II she
might never break herself OF it.
In the nature Of things this was re-
peated to the girl. Her good temper
was one of her charms. 1T is so much
better habit than accepting them ALL
she argued. sweetly. Nevertheless. she
wondered if there were not some truth
mingled with the malice.
But Lieut.. Loring was the last victim
of her practice He proposed to her'
unfortunately for himself, just after
she had met young Ardsley.
"I thought this morning that maybe
I would marry you" said Miss Hamp-
den. But I've changed my mind, some
way"
weren't you just trifie prompt in
determining my intentions| he asked
Has the event proved me wrong"
she returned.
He lost his temper. You are spoiled,
he said.
'If Won knew how often | have heard
that! Yet | do not think | am. am
simply sincere, and you are little toe
vain. all of you. to grasp the difference
like YOU awfully well-nO. now. don
misunderstood me. don loNe you
And you are too nice IeHoW 10 ~
married to girl who only Hkts you
No. she repeated i 10 not 'hlik l Il
spoiled | have been so placed ID"
men were making love 10 me at an dS'
when other girls were paying VIII
dolls. It's partly because | am pretty
Pullman herald. [volume] (Pullman, W.T. [Wash.]) 1888-1989, 1898-05-07

e facetious man ambed glngorly
oN or the icy pave.
These are times that try mems
SOles, he called to a passing friend. lie
threw "A heavy emphasis on the "soles, ."
and the friend smiled.
At that moment the punSter's feet
flew from under him, and he came
down with resounding thwack
II see" said the passing friend, with
much gravity. that the exact seat Of
the soul is still a matter of doubt
Cleveland Plain Dealer.
Pullman herald. [volume] (Pullman, W.T. [Wash.]) 1888-1989, 1898-05-07

fidelity and efficiency displayed 10y Con
sui General Lee in the discharge OF his
delicate and responsible duties. Among
the last to offer his testimony on the
subject is Senator Gallinger of New
hampshire. who said ina speech in the
Senate: General Lee is deserving OF
the highest possible praise for the
manner in which he carries himself in
Havana. Cool and fearless in the midst
of difficulties and dangers, he never
loses sight of the fact that lie is an
American citizen, nor is he unmindf0l
of the tremendous responsibilities ami
duties of his position
Pullman herald. [volume] (Pullman, W.T. [Wash.]) 1888-1989, 1898-05-07

1t is somewhat remarkable, when one
considers the matter. that the line Of
ticers of the navy have never asked
themselves what they would do some
day, with ships to command and no oh
gineers competent to manage the mo-
tive power. They are men upon which
heavy responsibility rests, day ana
night, in peace or war, and there have
been many instances of mental ana
physical breaking down. There are
captains. commanders and lieutenants
enough for the new ships, but no en-
gineers, and competent engineers can
not be secured offhand.
Pullman herald. [volume] (Pullman, W.T. [Wash.]) 1888-1989, 1898-05-07

dams that young Ardsley had fought
two decades before; and the Generals
wife was neryng herself not to show
that she remembered this.
The General was examining the trim
kets that hung on a string around the
neck of half-blind squaw
Here is a West Point class ring" he
exclaimed.
His wife repeated her words of TWEEN.
ty years past.
May see IT," she asked. coolly.
She took it in her hands and turned 4
about She could make out the design,
though it seemed to have passed
through some heat that had melted il.
There was no doubt in her mind.
Nevertheless. she looked inside, The
heat had not affected it there, and the
initials were quite plain even yet.
I'D. A." She said; 1T was David
Ardsley's ring. The fire did not touch
the letters. ! understand now why
they never could tell me which was his
grave"
The General broke the string and
picked up the class ring from among
the scattered baublcs. The SquaW was
chatterng and whining and claWing
around on the earth. The General held
| the ring out to his wife. She raised he
! dark eyes that had been 50 bright and
happy the last time it had been Acld
| out to her.
| Can have it?' she asked.
The General put II in her hand, and
| the hand closed over it.
Thank YOU" She said Utica Globe.
Pullman herald. [volume] (Pullman, W.T. [Wash.]) 1888-1989, 1898-05-07
Deepest Well.

Gallagher township Clinton County,
Pa, is likely to have the deepest well
In the State. The oil and gas company
has decided to sink its experimental
well to a depth of $500 feet.
Pullman herald. [volume] (Pullman, W.T. [Wash.]) 1888-1989, 1898-05-07

Special dispatches from Cadz, Ky.
announce that Miss Beatrice Cunning
ham of that place has recently publish
ed a novel, the sale of which she is now
accelerating by giving a kiss with each
book. She probable will do fine male
order business.
Pullman herald. [volume] (Pullman, W.T. [Wash.]) 1888-1989, 1898-05-07

An Eastern advertiser prints picture
of a campaign rooster over an adyer-
tsement. saying: This is the hen that
laid the eggs that we sell 16 for %
cents a dozen" That advertiser should
be arrested for a fraudulent use of the
male.
Pullman herald. [volume] (Pullman, W.T. [Wash.]) 1888-1989, 1898-05-07

Oscar Wilde is undeniably a wit,
even though he may be wicked. How
are English prisoners treated" some
one asked him after his own release.
"Why," he responded, England treats
her prisoners so badly that She does
not deserve 10 have any
Pullman herald. [volume] (Pullman, W.T. [Wash.]) 1888-1989, 1898-05-07

Recent statistics prove that the con-
sumption of whisky throughout the
West is steadily decreasing. That
shows what became Of the air ship.
Pullman herald. [volume] (Pullman, W.T. [Wash.]) 1888-1989, 1898-05-07
Relieved.

Jack-Do you know that you remind
me very strongly Of my Aunt Jane.
Alice-Oh, I'm SO glad.
Jack-Why?
Alice-I was afraid you were looking
at me that way because | had chunk
Of SCOT or something on my nose
Cleveland Leader.
Pullman herald. [volume] (Pullman, W.T. [Wash.]) 1888-1989, 1898-05-07

American bicycles have become so
popular in Germany that German man.
ufacturers are hunting for methods 10
keep Americans out of the market.
Pullman herald. [volume] (Pullman, W.T. [Wash.]) 1888-1989, 1898-05-07

That Hamburg astronomer who
claims to have discovered a second
moon must have used an unusually
large glass-a schooner" perhaps.
Pullman herald. [volume] (Pullman, W.T. [Wash.]) 1888-1989, 1898-05-07

A poet in the London Spectator has
excited the derison of the English
speaking world by re--arking Il try 10
remember the future Yet how many
people have suffered. disaster by care
lessness in the matter Of futures.
Pullman herald. [volume] (Pullman, W.T. [Wash.]) 1888-1989, 1898-05-07

We are constantly told that Spain
has great pride" 1t is fortunate that
she has. She doesn't seem to be over
stocked with anything else, except it is
diabOliSm.
Pullman herald. [volume] (Pullman, W.T. [Wash.]) 1888-1989, 1898-05-07

one can easily see why Englishmen
wish success to plans for the liberia
,ioh OF Cuba. Their losses through the
ueVastation of the island are only less
eiieVous than our own. Scores Of cot
.on and tobacco estates are owned or
Orlgaged in England, and almost all
sue money invested in the insular rail
says came from London. 1t is with
% capital that public works were
s1uerfaken in a number Of Cuban cities
Ween 1873 and 1894. No interest or
!. end will be forthcoming on any of
' securities until peace has been
e pred in the island.
Pullman herald. [volume] (Pullman, W.T. [Wash.]) 1888-1989, 1898-05-07

A case has just been decided in En-
gland that is of interest in this coun-
try. for the circumstances are very like
those that have frequently occurred in
the United States but which have noJ
reached the courts. The case was based
upon the charge of manslaughter III a
game of football. The game was be-
ing played under the association foot
bah rules, which were designed spe-
cially to limit the hazard in playing the
game in question. 1t was claimed that
the defendant. contrary to the rules OF
the game. charged the deceased from
behind and threw rim violently for
ward against the knees of another
PLAYER. from which he received injuries
that caused his death. The Judge held
that "thcrules of the game were Of little
consequence. for no association could
override the law in such Il manner, nor
could it make lawful and innocent that
which was dangerous. The law of the
land declares that it is unlawful to do
that which is likely TO cause the death
of another. and liability cannot be
avoided by the enactment OF rules re-
ducing the danger" and the prisoner
| was held for mansIaughter. The judge
said But. on the other hand, if Il
man is playing according to the rules
and practice of the game, and is not
going beyond it. it may he reasonable
to infer that he is not acting in man
ner which he knows will be likely TO
produce death" In the heat of playing
the game men forget, in the desire to
win, to observe the rules that have been
adopted in order to reduce the risk TO
minimum and do things that result
fatally to their opponents. Football has
become established as one of the most
popular of all our American sports, but
however it may be hedged about with
rules it is Il dangerous game, a fact
that is too well attested to admit of dis
pute. The English case was brought
to put stop to the lawleSsneSs of the
game as it has been played at Rugby,
and it is probable that it will be ample
to inspire some respect for the lives
and limbs of men engaged in the spirit
ed contests.
Pullman herald. [volume] (Pullman, W.T. [Wash.]) 1888-1989, 1898-05-07

The difference between what a man
things of himself and what other peo-
pie think of him is a good deal like
what a man asks for a piece of prop
erty and what the other man offers to
give.
Pullman herald. [volume] (Pullman, W.T. [Wash.]) 1888-1989, 1898-05-07

The modern folding bed and the SEN
sational newspaper correspondents are
both employed for lying purposes, but
the similarity ends right there. The bed
shuts up occasionally.
Pullman herald. [volume] (Pullman, W.T. [Wash.]) 1888-1989, 1898-05-07

Denver saloon-keeper offers print
al war song with each drink. The song
.rohably is enough TO drive anyone to
Pullman herald. [volume] (Pullman, W.T. [Wash.]) 1888-1989, 1898-05-07

When the ocean is not big enough to
accommodate our new navy any longer
without crowding, we will buy another
ocean. that's all
Pullman herald. [volume] (Pullman, W.T. [Wash.]) 1888-1989, 1898-05-07

matchmaker who brought suit for
uVorce year ago has been arrested
at the inStigation of his wife thirty
I'VE times since then, and has spent the
major portion of his time in Jail await
rug trial on some frivolous charge or
O'her trumped up by the woman. The
poor matchmaker is quite run down,
and wants this sort of prosecution
WouAd up at once.
Pullman herald. [volume] (Pullman, W.T. [Wash.]) 1888-1989, 1898-05-07
Doctor Harrow and Lord Rochester

Doctor harrow and Lord Rochester.
Among other instances Of DR.. Isaac
Burrows wit, the following set-t0 be-
tween him and the prohigate Lord
Rochester is related. in which the doc.
tor certainly had the best Of it: TheS"
two gentlemen meeting one day "A
court, while Barrow was kings chap
lain in ordinary, Rochester. thinking 80
banter him. accOSted him with a flip
pant air and IA low, formal bow, say
ing, doctor, | am yours TO my sh, ~
tie" Barrow. perccVing his drift. 70
turned the salute with. My Lord. (,,,
yours to the ground" Kochest ~. i'm.
proving on this. quickly ret on.d il
with. doctor, am yours f. tn. mn
ter" which was as smart " foJlov,d
up by Barrow with My ard ! am.
yours to the antipOdes.' T-non ,ybi.l,
Rochester. piqned at being folIcd by
one he called "a mr. stv old niece Of H.
ylnity." exclaimed "noctor / am your,
to the lowest P' = of the neither world
upon which barrow, turning on his,
heel, archly replied, There, my Lol4,
| leave y' a"
Pullman herald. [volume] (Pullman, W.T. [Wash.]) 1888-1989, 1898-05-07

y seems to be a popularity of French
criminal trials that the conviction pre-
codes the prosecution.
Pullman herald. [volume] (Pullman, W.T. [Wash.]) 1888-1989, 1898-05-07
Timely Topics.

Nh Havana! What an odor Connect
ant is raising in thy name!
Pullman herald. [volume] (Pullman, W.T. [Wash.]) 1888-1989, 1898-05-07

A little girl in a New York school
screamed at the sight of mouse. The
children became panic-stricken and
rushed screaming out of the room, the
teachers ordered fire drill, fire
alarm was rung in, distracted parents
Fought to enter the building and save
thelr children from the supposed
names, And all for one small mouse.
nash Is the man that dares to laugh at
the feminine fear of IA mouse,
Pullman herald. [volume] (Pullman, W.T. [Wash.]) 1888-1989, 1898-05-07

There is Il bad state Of affairs in
Cleveland. Ohio. The Plain Dealer re
ports man as saying: My cigar last
night cost me Il dollar" How sou
queried his friend. Il smoked it at
home, and my wife was sure the gas
was leaking and telephoned for Il
plumber"
Pullman herald. [volume] (Pullman, W.T. [Wash.]) 1888-1989, 1898-05-07

The pleasure in receiving a letter
lasts no longer than 1t takes TO break
the seal. After that, comes the worry
OF answering 1t.
Pullman herald. [volume] (Pullman, W.T. [Wash.]) 1888-1989, 1898-05-07

A bachelor philosopher remarks that
mo man ever wants to kiss a girl after
he has once seen her hold a nickel the
conductor has given her for change be
tween her teeth. while she gets her
purse OPEN" and he further intimates
that such a girl is only fit to kiss a pug
dog. Of course bachelors are not al
ways responsible critics.
Pullman herald. [volume] (Pullman, W.T. [Wash.]) 1888-1989, 1898-05-07

A petty politician always wants to be
taken seriously.
Pullman herald. [volume] (Pullman, W.T. [Wash.]) 1888-1989, 1898-05-07

No'hing can be more grateful to the
people than the complete
~ nifty of the testimony borne by
: VINO have visited Havana to the
Pullman herald. [volume] (Pullman, W.T. [Wash.]) 1888-1989, 1898-05-07

Not since the opening of the century
has the earth been so far filled with
stern threat and preparation for armed
conflict, and it is where the commercial
spirit runs highest that the talk of war
is loudest. The ornaments of the great
commercial powers have never been 50
large either relatively or absolutely as
to-day, but this is not enough, ana TO
England's special call for $12o.OOO,0Oc
for more war ships, France echoes
500. 600, 900, Russia $70,00O,0OO, Ger
many quite as much, and the United
States anywhere from $5O,OOO,OOO up
in special regular army and navy bills.
Pullman herald. [volume] (Pullman, W.T. [Wash.]) 1888-1989, 1898-05-07

Ex-United States Senator b. X. Bruce
is dead. Next to Fred Douglass he
was the most conspicuous representa-
tive of the colored race in America. lie
served one term as Senator from Mis-
sissippi. Was born a slave in Virginia
in 1871. The tutor of his masters son
taught him TO read. After the war he
became student at Oberlin and final
w settled as planter in MiSsisS pm
lie was county superintendent OF edu-
cation. sheriff and held various State
offices before he was elected to the Uni
ted States Senate. He was Register oil
the Treasury under Garfield and was
reappointed by Mckinley to that office.
Pullman herald. [volume] (Pullman, W.T. [Wash.]) 1888-1989, 1898-05-07

Nj
~rs, ArNsss
of an sgea
lies at BlaoIS
.aded guilty
They were