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The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1898-05-08

Two daily newspapers are now printed
by the Japanese In Formosa. One Of them
appears IN japanese only. while the other
has articles In three ianguages-Japanese.
Chinese and English, or what is intended
to be English.
The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1898-05-08

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The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1898-05-08

We are now prepared to do composition
for the trade tany measure) in Nonpareii.
Minion, Brewer and Long Primer Salts
faction guaranteed. Cal or address Post
Intellgencar Seattle.
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1898-01-17

Torrance, however. reaction set in
among the frequenters of the opera,
some praising the overture, others re-
Numbering the melody of the first
finale, others again thinking the air of
Figaro original, and so forth. This
was sufficient to induce the greater
part of the public to give some atten-
ton to the second performance This
time L remained at home alone, trying
to collect my thoughts. l then took
my watch in hand, and mentally sang
the overture and right through the first
act
Suddenly I was seized with an I'M
cCntrollable curiosity. 1 wanted to
know what reception my music was
meeting with on this second hearing
and resolved to go to the theater, when
an extraordinary noise called me to
the window. There I saw thousands of
people, with torches in their hands.
coming toward my house, and, before
realized what was happening, [ was
being carried in triumph to the theater.
amid the enthusiastic cries of e viva
Rossini! l had had no time to ex-
change my dressing gown for a coat.
and thus was obliged to conduct The
Barbiere' from the beginning Of the
second act. The audience that had
been so antagonistic on the previous
occasion now became wildly enthusiasts
tic, and at the end Of the performance
carried me home inotriumph Such
was the baptism of my Barbiere' -
Marchesi and Music "a
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1898-01-17
NEEDLESS EXPENSE AND DELAYS
THAT HAVE RENDERED. CENSUS
TAKING VALUELESS.
GENERAL SCOPE OF THE WORK.
FINED MAINLY TO ENUMERA-
TION OF THE PEOPLE.
Senator Carriers Personal Opinions
Regarding the Proper Manner of
Numbering the People.

CWritten by Senator Thomas II. Carter)
WASHINGTON, D.. c., Jan. ia
preliminary bill contemplating the in
auguration Of the twelfth census Is
now pending before the senate and will
doubtless receive consideration in jan
uary
The bill provides for the appointment
Of a director and assistant director Of
the census by the president, and like
wise provides for the appointment Of
five principal statisticians and certain
subordinates of a force Intended to as
sist in the performance Of the prelim-
mary work.
The total force contemplated by the
bill is limited to thirty-two. The di-
rector of the census is required at the
earliest practical date to submit to
congress a general plan for the work
to be performed.
Upon the submission of the proposed
plan, congress will be called upon to
pass the law providing the machinery
and specifying the details necessary
for its execution. The scope and eX-
tent of the census will then be defined.
1t is confidently hoped that this final
legislative act viii be passed before
the first Of April, so as to allow ample
time for preparation. Much needless
expense was incurred, and very oner-
Gus burdens cast upon the superinten-
dent of the eleventh census by reason
OF the failure to pass the law provid-
ing for that census in due season to
allow time for necessary preparatory
arrangements. This result we hope to
avoid by necessary timely action.
Two opinions seem to obtain in re-
gard to the scope Of the census. One
view is that the bureau should be en-
ployed to gether a great variety Of
general information in statistical form.
According to this idea the interroga-
tories to be propounded by the enum-
orators extend over wide field of en-
quiry ana evolve much labor, with
cumbersome details. SO heavy did the
enquiries burden the eleventh census
that two of the census reports are still
incomplete and at least one of them
will not be published until some In
definite time in the future.
The other, and apparently the better
opinion, is that the census should be
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1898-01-17

the time Of the director would be mono
polized by succession of petty hear
ings, to the great impairment of his
usefulness.
The taking Of the census should be
pressed forward with the vigor of an
active army campaign, and any rule,
regulation or sentimental scheme cal
culated to impair the vigor or impede
the progress Of the; work should be
promptly and unceremoniously reject
ed. The individual incapable Of pre-
scribing proper rules and regulations
for legitimate enquiry into the fitness
of applicants for employment in the
bureau would be obviously incompetent
to discharge the important duties of
director. I think 1t will be found that
congress will show little, patience with
the effort to overload the census bureau
and hamper its operations for the mere
purpose Of catering to am overwrought
sentiment in favor Of the existing civil
service law. Vigor and efficiency OF
service must prevail over sentimental
considerations. -Thos. H Carter.
Chairman Of the Committee on Census
of the United States Senate
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1898-01-17
"THE BARRIER OF SEVILLE"
ROssinf's Account of It's First and
Second Performances

THE eventful first night arrived at
last" said Rossini. land throughout
my artistic career / have never expe-
rienced more stormy evening. 1t was
not the hostile party alone, but a whole
series of mishaps which contributed to
the great fiasco of my opera The ov-
erture was completely drowned, as we'll
as the first chorus, by the Kissing and
Whistlfng of the public. AT this act Of
injustice. Garcia, beside himself with
anger, grew so excited that he broke
several strings of his guitar while &C
companyng the serenade. This caused
such disturbance that nothing more
Of the music could be heard. Poor Ba-
silio. debutant, became so alarmed
at the uproar that he trod on his long
cloak and fell fiat on the stage When
he got up his nose was bleeding so pro-
fusely that it was some minutes before
he was able to sing. The noise then
grew terrific. Finally, just as the pub
lie were quieting down, cat suddenly
appeared on the stage, and was only
driven off again with much trouble
and loss of time. Thus was the un-
fortunate evening brought to a climax
The curtain fell and the performance
was stopped.
although it was a failure, 1 was
none the less calm and satisfied for 1
had the conviction that I had worked
Conscientiously, and l recognized the
injustice of an audience Who in their
blind prejudice. had not listened to a
tom in Italy for every composer to con-
duct his opera for the first three nights,
tut the next morning / begged the
manager to release me from this ob!iga-
ton, and he very gladly granted my re-
quest. Soon after this unfortunate per-
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1898-01-17

limited in its scope to an enumeration
Of the population and the collection
of statistics directly concerning the
people and not specially relating to
their business affairs. Statistics eight
or ten years old are of little value in
this rapidly moving age. Facts col
lected are of no value to the country
until made public, and where the field
of inquiry is so broad as to retard the
publication of the reports for many
years after the information is collect
ed, the work is rendered vaiueleSs.
1t is quite probable that the twelfth
census Will be confined to an enumera-
ton of the people, supplemented by
few pertinent enquiries as to the age,
nativity and social relations of the in
dividuals. Information concerning
farm mortgages, manufactures, inter-
nal trade and kindred subjects of spe-
cial interest from an economic point Of
view can be collected from year to year
through a statistical bureau specially
organized for the purpose, in a more
effective manner and at less expense
than through the agency of the census
btreau. The work of which should be
promptly done and speedily reported.
Much discussion has been provoked
by the proposal TO select employees for
the census bureau through the agency
of an examination to be devised by
the director Of the census Many per-
sons contend that selections for the
census service should be made through
the regular civil service machinery
The senate bill provides for examina-
items in accordance with a plan to be
devised by the director of the census
The measure was not conceived in hos
tility to the civil service but arose from
conviction on the part of the COM
mittee that the director charged with
the work and responsibility for its per-
Torrance in a manner satisfactory to
the country, could certainly devise a
scheme for the examination of en-
rlOyes destined to prove more satisfac-
tory and effective than would be the
results evolved by the general sys-
TENS of examination employed by the
civil service.
1t must be borne in mind that the
census force is temporary. It will of
necessity be increased very rapidly and
will quite as rapidly be decreased when
the work shall have been performed
The director should have wide discre-
ton, since charged with a very impor-
tant task requiring prompt and vigor-
Gus action. Authority to dismiss any
employee from the service without
making any explanation should rest
with the director. If clerks about to
be removed are given authority to de-
mand a trial to ascertain whether
cause exists for their removal or not,
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1898-01-17
GemanIa Life Building.

STATE OF MINNESOTA. COUNTY OF
Ramsey-District Court. Second Judicial
District.
In the matter of the assignment OF Horace
P. Rugg and Fred c. Wilson, copartnerI
as H p. Rugg &c Co., and Horace p. Ruga
and Fred C. Wilson as individuals. insol.
vents.
Upon reading and filing the petition Of
Crawford Livingston. assignee herein, stat
ing among other things that the bidders fol
certain real estate belonging to said assigned
estate. which was sold to them at sale held
by said assignee on the 10Th day of October,
1897 have failed to take and pay for said real
estate SO sold to them as aforesaid.
1t Is ordered. That said sale of said real
estate described in said petition be annulled
and set aside. and that open bids be received
by said assignee at the office of his attorney,
John w. White. 1912 Pioneer Press Building,
at the Corner Of Fourth and Robert streets,
in the City Of st. Paul, Minnesota, at II
o'clock. noon. on Monday, the Ath day Of
January 1898 for the real estate heretofore
sold by said assignee on tho 18th day OF Oc-
tober. 1897. and which was not taken or paid
for by the bidders therefor as set forth in
said petition. and which constitutes all ths
remaining assets of the estate of said lnso-
vents. except the cash on hand. Said real
estate is to be sold subject to any existing
liens thereon at the date OF said sale.
Let copy of this order be published in the
Saint Paul G o e. Daily Newspaper pub
lished in the City OF st. Paul. in said County.
on the Sd. 10th and 18th days of January 1898,
ard served by mail on said insolvents and
each OF the creditors OF said insOlvents who
have filed proofs of debt with said assignee
on or before the 9Th day of January. 1898.
And 1t Is further ordered. that the as
signee report to this Court at a special term
to be held in the Court House, in the City OF
st. Paul, on the 10Th day of January 1898 at
10 o'clock in the forenoon or said day, or
as soon thereafter as counsel can be heard
all bids by him received. and make report
OF his action in said matter. for consideration
and approval.
Dated December 81. 1897.
OLIN b. LEWIS.
District Judge.
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1898-01-17
NOVEL DEBATE.
Intended Victim Listens to Argu
ments of Opposing Insurance


There was a notable debate yester-
day afternoon at the capitol between
two Well-known life insurance agents,
says the Nashville Sun. These blood
thirsty gentlemen have for some time
been trying to take the life Of Deputy
Auditor Leon Trousdale. Each has
been egpf.tiating upon the advantages
or his own particular company until
Mr.. Trousdale, who really wants some
lie insurance, was in a quardary what
to do. The happy idea struck him
that he would get the agents together
ana call in the aid of some impartial
expert to pass upon the arguments.
When the matter was preached to the
agents they readily consented and
agreed that Mr.. Ridley Wills, deputy
insurance commissioner, should act as
arbiter The debate began at 3 o'clock
without any rule to govern it other
than that each disputant should talk
as long as he desired. At O'Clock,
the adjournment hour, the disputants
had but little than warmed UP to their
subject. although several times fists
seemed likely to take the place Of
words in the argument The debate
VIII be resumed this afternoon and
will be continued from day to day until
both sides announce that the case is
closed. One Of the agents represents
level premium company, and the
other an old line company Each is
a fluent talker, and the debate is said
by those who heard the opening dis
cussiOn to have been very interest
ing. On account of the expected crowd
this afternoon the debate will take
place in the senate chamber.
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1898-01-17

to what is now afloat SmokeIess
powder costs 80 cents pound, and We
need at the very lowest estimate d
million pounds more.
If the government spends 81 900, 600
for this powder the board thinks it can
get 1t at IS cents pound, which would
give 1,333.333 pounds for the million
dollars. But If s1,O0o0OO is spent on
building a powder factory the board
thinks the cost will be reduced to 80
cents. giving 1900 900 pounds and the
factory, This last bargain would seem
far the more profitable.
Recently the navy department made
the largest contract for explosives that
has been given since the close of the
war. 1t consisted of 10000 six-inch
Shells at SIS each. $4,000 six-pounder
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1898-01-17
TEST A NEW INVEN-
: TION.
rHyN OF A PORTABLE TYPE.
PLACED IN a FEW MIN
UTES
PRACTICALLY INDEsTRUCTIBLE
EnlEI
0pe.
IXIO
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Big
Eng
Rio
Damaged Portions Can he Renewed
Stronger Than Solid
Cannon.

pecial Correspondence Of the Globe
WASHINGTON, Jan. 6.-The experts
--SSf the United States ordnance depart
'hent have under consideration a new
NH'un that is expected to revolutionize the
cntle art of cannon making. The diff.
Midculty encountered by the makers of
HiIeavy ordnance has always been that
Spavhen constructing a gun to be used
Moor firing the tremendously powerful
Jaeharges used in these days, it has been
Ne, npossible to guarantee that the ex-
plosion will not damage the gun so as
in time render it useless Occasion
hdtlly the gun, after being tested by the
ThIsual means and declared to be salts
stcactory has, when fired on board ship
HOr in the battery of a fort, exploded
Unexpectedly, scattering death and de-
TT Instruction all around So impossible
vseemingly, has it been, to make abso-
II. Iutely sure that gun turned out Of
the foundry is fawless and safe against
bursting, that the makers have given
Sup claiming it, and so an explosion has
Boone to be looked for periodically and
CTegarded as a matter of course. More
Wover, the life of a gun is not as long as
NsGch an expensive piece of machinery
0iiOuiu ES' 1tAe COIlSlaut pOunulnS the
xxgun gets from the explosion jars it to
pieces and makes it dangerous to han
Idle after a few hundred shots have
hbeen fired
The claim is made for the new gun
that it is indestructibie and meets all
othe needs of heavy ordnance that ex-
|perts have been seeking in vain for so
flong a time to procure. 1t was invent
Aed by Edwin F. Blood, Of Chicago The
most interesting feature Of the gun to
those who are not experts in the mat
ter of the force eXelted by exploding
powder on metal. is that the cannon
us in such small sections that it can be
carried around by the artilierymen who
Use 1t. 1t can be taken to pieces and
put together again in an amazingly
Short time, and when ready for firing.
according to the claims OF the inventor
1t is the strongest cannon eyre invent
ed
Here Is what Mr. Blood says about it:
The gun is constructed in sections
of moderate weight, each section being
made, not Of cast, but of rolled steel
disks, carboniZed to the desired degree
Each section is ring shaped and of n
size to match the central steel tube
which is forced into place through
these rings by hydraulic pressure The
sections are held immovably together
by means of steel rods which are bolted
on cross heads at each end. The
largest and heaviest part of the gun
is the central tube of thin steel con-
tanning the bore. The simplicity and
= ingenuity of this arrangement of steel
lube fitting into steel rings of tapering
size will be seen at once. When the
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1898-01-17

Inner tube expands with the heat it is
only cIasped the closer in the embrace
of the steel rings which take up the
heat. When the gun is cold the rings
are frightened by the inner barrel being
pressed into the rings by hydraulic
force, the Indicator on the hydraulic
pump used for this purpose showing
the degree of force applied. BY this
means every square inch on the sun
face of the tapering inner barrel is
subjected to exactly the same pressure.
Hence, the initial tension impaired to
the outer steel disks is regulated and
distributed throughout the body of the
gun with exact nicely, and can be re-
Taxed at WILL relieving the gun from
the strain Of a high tension when de-
sired.
The means now employed to create
the initial strain of large guns do not
possess any feature of certainty or
even means to ascertain the degree of
force applied and no two of the many
forgings which make up a large gun
are of equal tension. Some are over
strained, some are lax. A want or
even tension compelS the parts which
are overstrained to meet the force of
conclusion without the proper support
of the parts which are lax, and the
vibration produced by the explosion Of
powder rapidly crystalizes the parts
under high tension.
"These conditions are unavoidable
under the present system of building
large cannon and account for their
short life. It is a we'll authenticated
fact, capable of demonstration in many
ways, that vibrations produce changes
In the molecular construction Of metal,
causing granulation and capitalization
In this cannon the seams between the
disks forming the body Of it check the
vibrations produced by the explosion
of powder on the same principle that a
fracture in a ball checks its vibrations
Hence these disks will not crystalize.
and being Of the finest fiber under
equal tension, they guarantee great
durability.
IN case the inner barrel is powder
burned or its rifling impaired, it can
lie quickly removed and a new one
supplied, making practically a new
gum,
1.-The vast advantage this gun pos
sesses in the feature which permits it
to be quickly Knocked down, shipped
in sections of moderate weight to any
desired location, ard again quickly
assembled. viii be readily seen
another important feature is it can
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1898-01-17

is by comparison with elaborate and
carefully prepared colored plates. Now
have neither the time nor the inclina-
ton to go to all that trouble; nor do
I feel like taking any risk for the
sake of dish of which l am very fond,
but which is not at all necessary to my
existence. 1t may interest you to know
that DR.. Piffard says that the mush-
room is more like animal than vege-
table matter and is cons quently liable
to rapid putrefaction. A great many
cases of poisoning, even when the
mushrooms are genuine, have been
traced to this cause" The rest Of the
politicians ate the mushrooms and were
all right. The other man abstained,
and he was all right, too.
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1898-01-17

be built in a fraction of the time now
required to build cannon by any other
known method. BY this system it is
practicable to build gun of twenty
two-inch caliber in a much shorter
time than it is possible to build a gun
OF ten-inch caliber by the present
methods
The different difficulties which have
heretofore been encountered in the art
OF making very heavy cannon are by
this new system met under conditions
which admit Of their being practically
and easily overcome Or solved, entirely
removing the elements of imperfection,
and no longer leaving the construction
OF said guns largely to speculation
1t will crafty those gallant men
whose duty compels them to stand by
while one Of the enormous guns used
nowadays is fired, with the possibility
ever present Of the gun being blown
to fragments. to know that the ex-
perts who have examined the new
Blood" gun regard it as the safest
as well as the most ingeniously de-
vfsed piece Of ordnance yet submitted.
1t remains to be seen now what the
severe test which the gun will have to
undergo on the proving grounds will
show.
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1898-01-17

earth. thence 100 yards down to the
creek, where | was afforded ample OPP
portunity for my matutinal additions,
as the stream was big enough to run a
saWmill with.
GAS L splashed my face in the clear
water ard spluttered over it after the
usual fashion Of a man who likes to
wash his face, l was joined by the ten
was stopping. He stood on the shore
witchng me with much interest. which
I am glad to say L returned with Zest.
for he was a picture boy. lie was SAN
dy and freckled and didn't look as II
he had had a bath in the memory Of
man. His clothes were simple enough.
consisting of cotton shirt and a made
over pair Of papa's pantaloons, and
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1898-01-17
Pennies.
why Philadelphia Street Car Con-
ductors Hate Them.

The expression on the face Of the
conductor of an Eleventh street car
was so miserable last night that a
sympathetic passenger felt constrained
to ask him if anything was the mat
ter. says the Philadelphia Inquirer.
Anything the matter?" echoed the
knight of the bellcord, II should say
there was. Just look at these" With
the last word he pulled his right hand
from his overcoat pocket, and, open
ing it, showed handful of pennies.
''There they are-7S of EN-" he said
grimly. Never had so many before
at once in my life. Got EN- all on one
trip. too, durn UNI" The sympathetic
passenger sized up the pennies and
then wanted to know if there was any
special reason for such a flood of cop
per coins. Course there is, respond
ed the conductor. people are opening
I'D their savings banks for Christmas
and think the best thing they can do
with the pennies is to unload 'em on
us. I wouldn't mind it SO much if the
company'd take EN-, but it won't"
Then he passed on to where a woman
was waiting for him with five more
of the smallest pieces Of money the
government makes.
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there was no hat to hide a head Of hair
which | am positive never felt the pen
etrating and persuading influence of a
comb. He was too much interested in
the mysteries of my toilet to say any
thing until l took out a pocket comb
and began to use it on my tangled
locks. After tug or two at it. looking
at him meanwhile, he spoke.
Say. mister he said, curiously.
have yer got to do that there
Do what there?" I smiled in reply.
That there that yer DOM
You mean combing my hair?
Eyes
"'Of course. it has to be done
Every mornin' this erway?
Certainly
We'll. geewhillerkins, mister he
said. with much feeling. you must be
a heap o. trouble to yerself'