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The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1899-03-17

The FIRE boat Snoduaiomie went
down 10 the south hunkers this
morning for a supply of coal.
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1899-03-17
PEACE TREATY SIGNED
Queen Regent Of Spain Dis.
solves the cortes.

MADRID, March i7.-fBalletin.1-
The queen reRen. signed the peace
treaty today.
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1899-03-17

Collier Lecianaw In receiving a new
coat OF paint. She IL expected to
sail Sunday night for San Francisco.
Schooner Edna Watts was dis
charging a load OF cord wood this
morning at the white Star dock.
She comes from Sound ports.
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1899-03-17

NEW YORK. March II. = iats
nulietinl - The majority of the
Esssts were women and children
Many % them appeared Al the vim
dowp aud begged the people in the
streets 20 save them. A score or
more Jumped. slixhtinx on the heads
Of the people below. The Windsor
= row in ruins.
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1899-03-17
ALONG THE WhARvES

Steam collier Progreso sailed last
evening for san Francisco loaded
with a cargo Of Black Diamond coal.
Tug Richard Holyokc was cosling
at the south hunkers this morning.
She lowed the bark oregon TO Port
Townsend from the Cape. The
Oregon comes from Honolulu.
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1899-03-17

Tho steamer Greyhound laid over
her morning and noon trips to
Everett yesterday. on account of the
heavy swell running In the herbor.
Along the shore the wind was quite
calm, but as the Greyhound is a
long, narrow boat. fiat-bottomed. and
drawing but In the neighborhood OF
four feet Of water. the agents fear
cd to allow her To venture out. The
Greyhound went TO Everett on the
evening trip.
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1899-03-17

observed frauticaliy running about
from room Ia room. Several men
snd women Jumped. Others could
be nren At windows waving their
arms hyHtericaily. Flames would
Heap from the windows about their
heads. and then they would sink
back out Of sight 10 be burned TO
elnderS. while Thousands on the
streets below we're horror-stricken
but powefies. 10 render assistance.
The hote, contained several hum
drea guests. many 81 them tran
ssen,s. The hotel register was res
eued by the police. and this VIII be
the m.ans Of Identifying and ae-
counting for many persons who will
- found 20 be missing. The police
wtn not efve out the names on the
register until they have had a
chance 10 Investigate the loss for
themselves.
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1899-03-17

of doubt about their deaths. The
seurvy Ia also very bad. aud u car
rying Off many victims. The men
The Dupuyer acantha. [volume] (Dupuyer, Mont.) 1894-1904, 1899-08-17
Too Much Realism.

There has come of late a change over
the spirit of the novel. It's noble uses
have, in far too many instances, been
vitiated by shameful abuses. From a
healthful, fertilizing channel it has
been turned into a noisome and nox-
ious sewer, It's standards of right and
wrong have been abused. 1t is viii
lainy that is now triumphant and hon
esty that is crushed. 1t is vice that is
now honored and virtue that is sneered
at and insulted. The sane and healthy
view of life no longer attracts the
writer; neither is it made attractive
for the reader.-Rabh Joseph Kraus-
kopf
The Dupuyer acantha. [volume] (Dupuyer, Mont.) 1894-1904, 1899-08-17
K Ahend.

and sc you have decided to name
your baby James, have your
Eyes; but, Of course, W. shall call
him Jim right from the start"
"Why have you such a decided pref
erence for that name?"
"Why, you see l want to give him a
fair show. Jim. you know, rhymes
with him, vim, trim, grim, prim, rim,
shin, whim, dim, limb, swim, and
probably a lot Of other words that I
can't think of just now; so if he ever
does anything worth mentioning the
poets will not be likely to overlook it"
Chicago Times-Herald.
The Dupuyer acantha. [volume] (Dupuyer, Mont.) 1894-1904, 1899-08-17

shipped as a saloon passenger, as l
might have done, having a few hundred
pounds by me, l should not have been
able to keep my hands off the ropes.
Knowing that homeward-bound sail
ors were hard to get, I went to the ship
ping Office, and glad they were to obtain
an ~able-bodied seaman like me among
the crew. They took any cattle in those
days, men were so loath to leave the
gold fields. So there 1 was once more
at my old trade. 1 was SOON at work,
and set to with a will, and with a
lighter heart than had beat in my body
for many a long day past; though,
mind you, I was not the man l had
been before the great grief of my life
had broken upon me. But was glad
to think that in a few months l should
see my old mother again, and that it
might be in my power to bring COM
fort to her bruised spirit; for the more
I thought of my last interview with
The Dupuyer acantha. [volume] (Dupuyer, Mont.) 1894-1904, 1899-08-17
HADING STARTS A FASHION.
Because She Looks Beautiful Even in
Plain Clothes.

Plain Clothes.
Wells and bonnets such as Josephine
wore threaten Dame Fashions peace
of mind, says the New York CONNER
cial Advertiser, for Jane Hading, who
is playing Josephine in Paris, is beau
tiful and looks we'll in even ugly
clothes, and the women who love nov
city and the gown builders who en-
courage folly are ordering and making
many empire gowns for garden parties,
where any picturesque garment may be
worn without exciting unkind com
ment, and where a quaint frock or a
daring hat worn by a pretty woman
often sets a fashion for a season. One
of these Josephine bonnets has a large
and wide-open brim hemmed by a
thick roll of many-colored beads; a
branch of roses runs under it on the
hair. The crown, which is melon
shape, is yelled with green net; the
white lace is draped around it and falls
on the left side, when it does not cover
the face. A Josephine turban of net
and pearls is said to be a trife more
becoming than the usual empire head
gear. 1t has two white ostrich feathers
bending forward and adorned by a,
splendid veil of Honiton lace. These
wells are almost indispensable accesso-
ries Of empire bonnets.
The Dupuyer acantha. [volume] (Dupuyer, Mont.) 1894-1904, 1899-08-17
DOLLAR sroN.s DEBUT.
The Author of the Familiar Character
at Last Discovered.

at Last Discovered.
Some weeks ago DR.. Marcus Baker
of Washington published in one Of the
magazines an account OF a theory
which he has to account for the origin
of the familiar dollar sign, says the
Boston Transcript. This has long been
in dispute. All sorts of explanations
have been given, the most common of
which is that the initials of the United
States are crossed. But there have
been seven or eight other theories to
account for the dollar sign which are
about as good. DR.. Baker, in his re-
searches in the library of the bureau
of education, came across an old book
entitled "a Compendium Of Federal
Arithmetic, designed for the use of
schools, and especially calculated for
the meridian OF the United States"
which was published at Lansingburg,
N. Y, in 1897. Its author vas the Rev.
Chauncey Lee of Rutland, VT. In this
book the author sets forth a system
of what he calls characteristics" by
which one vertical stroke was to des-
ignate the mill, two vertical strokes
the cent, these two crossed by one S.
shaped stroke the dime and for the
dollar the sign consisting of the two
verticals with the two curved strokes,
now so familiar, was proposed. At that
time the people of the country were
just emerging from the use Of pounds,
shillings and pence, where each was
separated by a space from the next de-
nomination. 1t accordingly seemed
necessary to Mr.. Lee to have an arbi-
.trary mark for each of the denomina-
tons of our monetary system. But he
soon found that one character, with the
decimal point, was all that was neces-
sary, and in the latter part of his own
book all of his elaborate system of
symbols, except the n intended to
mark the dollar, was found to have
been dropped. DR.. Baker certainly finds
the dollar sign in this old arithmetic,
and he does not find it in use at an
earlier date. By the time Adams arith-
metic was published in 1905 the symbol
had become we'll established. He there
lore regards MI. Lee DIS Lne
and believes the sign to have been alb
solutely arbitrary in it's origin. Since
the publication of his paper in n Of
the magazines DR.. Baker has received
many letters On the subject, but none
in which his conclusions are chal-
lenged. He intends, for further verifi-
cation, to make a study of the depart
ment records to see when the dollar
sign first appeared in the treasury ac-
counts. He also hopes to make a more
thorough search of the cid text books
to see if by chance any use of this
sign prior to that of the Rev. Chaun-
cey Lee can be discovered. 1t is GER
tainly interesting to know the origin
of a thing in such constant use as the
dollar sign. DR.. Bakers discoveries
sem likely to take all the sentiment
out of the matter, but this is the COM
mon result Of modern historical re-
search.
The Dupuyer acantha. [volume] (Dupuyer, Mont.) 1894-1904, 1899-08-17
A Valid Objection.

Mr.. Citydweller Ito suburban real es-
tate agent)-I only find one fault in
your town, Mr.. Boomerup, but that
makes me decline to buy a residence
here. Mr.. Homeopathy, what is
the matter? Mr.. Citydweller-I noticed
today as we have been driving about
that all your finest houses are owned
by physicians.
The Dupuyer acantha. [volume] (Dupuyer, Mont.) 1894-1904, 1899-08-17
CHAPTER xIII.-(CoNr1Nurp.)

N|I1fI LEI
Having no money at one time, 1 was
compelled to make a longer stay than
I intended at a new gold-field, where
I fell in with a mate after my own
mind. We sunk a shaft, and got more
gold than / had ever possessed; my
share of a fortnight's work vas two
hundred and seventy ounces l didn't
like to keep so much gold about me,
nor did my mate, so we gave it into
the charge of a mar named Richard
Farley, who had opened a deposit
bank. My mate took the gold to him,
and brought back the receipt. 1
set eyes on the man. He didn't act
fairly to us, for one fine morning he
made himself scarce, and I and my
mate, and a lot of others, had to whis-
tie for our gold-and then it didn't
come. We vowed Death to him if he
ever crossed our path; and 1 got a
description of him from my mate; a
short, thin %scoundrel, with iron-gray
hair on his face, hanging almost from
his eyes-to hide his villainy l sug-
gested. However, we got more gold,
and I saved over a hundred ounces,
which l was not fool enough this time
to part with.
Well, we had pretty nigh worked
out this claim, when I had a dream
not of my wife and child; no, of my
old mother. 1t seemed to me that she
was dying before my eyes, and when
I woke, and found, thank God! that I
had been dreaming, the last sound I
heard from her poor old lips, "Oh,
Amos, my son, my SOM" came to me
with mournful significance. She had
been a good mother to me, and l had
but i'll repaid her by leaving her in
her old age with no provision (as l %
remembered for the first time, God
forgive mel, after these many years.
/ awoke in the dark, and I lay awake
thinking until the sun rose; and in the
darkness of that night I saw my duty
clear before me. I resolved to go home,
make the old woman comfortable tall
my unjust and bitter feelings toward
her had melted away, and then come
back again, if necessary, and renew
my search. You may say that | might
have sent money home, and that that
would have answered the purpose. So
I might have done; but thought q a
by going home l might perchance hear
news of my wife and child. l had not
written a line to my mother all these
long years. Not that she could have
read it. but she would have got a neigh
Dor to read it for her; and it occurred
to me all of a sudden that IN my haste
and hot-headedness / had neglected
the chance that might have restored to
my arms those who were so precious
to me.
l astonished my mate in the morn
ing when 1 told him l was going home.
No inducement that he could offer was
strong enough to hold me back, and
that very day 1 was on my road to Mel
bourne, with my gold in a belt, buckled
round my waist. When I reached Mel
bourne l was in no difficulty about a
ship. Hobson's Bay was full of home
ward-bound craft, and after running
my eyes over the names, 1 selected The
Rising Sun, a INSTRUMENTATION clip
per, then lying off Sandridge, and to
sail in a few days. How often have /
thought that a special destiny must
have led me to select that ship o u of
the large number that were advertised
for London! I don't believe, as some
believe, that our lives are ruled by
chance
The Dupuyer acantha. [volume] (Dupuyer, Mont.) 1894-1904, 1899-08-17
Their Portion,

Freshman Showing young lady
about the campus)-Here's the Sen
lors' fence. That fence belongs to the.
juniors and this one the Sophomores
have. Young Lady-Oh, yes; how very
interesting. And what do the Fresh
men have? Freshman (gloomily)-i
They have troubles in large and gen.
erous slices.
The Dupuyer acantha. [volume] (Dupuyer, Mont.) 1894-1904, 1899-08-17
Exhihitn mi Pnris.

There will be a large exhibit from
this country at the Paris exposition in
1900, which will prove very interesting
to all, but no more so than the news
that the famous American remedy,
Hostetter's Stomach Biters, will cure
dyspepsia, indigesti / and constipation.
To all sufferers a trial is recommended.
The Dupuyer acantha. [volume] (Dupuyer, Mont.) 1894-1904, 1899-08-17

Clerk Ito the applicant at the Levia-
than Assurance Company)-You wish
to be assured against accidents, sir?
May 1 ask your profession?
Applicant-I am a football referee.
Clerk (politely)-First door to the
right for the death experimentation
don Punch.
The Dupuyer acantha. [volume] (Dupuyer, Mont.) 1894-1904, 1899-08-17
In the Future.

Prof. Wetthedust Ia few years hence)
Good morning, Mr.. Tiller. Anything
in my line to-day? I've brought my
balloons and explosives along.
Mr.. Tfller american Farmer)-WeIl,
/ dunno. What's the price Of rain
now?-New York Weekly.
The Dupuyer acantha. [volume] (Dupuyer, Mont.) 1894-1904, 1899-08-17
Wanted His Stud,

"Mrs. Joy-Oh, John, run for the
physician. The baby's swallowed your
diamond stud!"
Her Bachelor Brother-Physician he
hanged! I'll bring a surgeon.-ewel-
eI'S Weekly.
The Dupuyer acantha. [volume] (Dupuyer, Mont.) 1894-1904, 1899-08-17
His Experience.

Mrs. Wat1es-What is the longest
time you ever got along without food!
Professor-I once lived three days on
my wife's cooking.-Leslie's Weekly.
The Dupuyer acantha. [volume] (Dupuyer, Mont.) 1894-1904, 1899-08-17
The Doctors VII.

"What are you doing, doctorY' asked
a man who entered as the physician
was vaccinating a patient.
~"Scraping an acquaintance was the
reply.-Harlem Life.
The Dupuyer acantha. [volume] (Dupuyer, Mont.) 1894-1904, 1899-08-17
/ PatriarchaI Gentleman.

give always given Lot credit for one
thing"
what was that?"
when his wife looked back he was
too much Of a gentleman to say rub
berneck!"-Cleveland Plain Dealer.
The Dupuyer acantha. [volume] (Dupuyer, Mont.) 1894-1904, 1899-08-17

HE rising sun was
a passenger ship,
and was to take
home, besides pas
sengers, a cargo of
wool, h i d e s, and
gold. I thought I
might as well save
passage money; l
had no mind to set
up as a fine gentle
man. and if l had
The Dupuyer acantha. [volume] (Dupuyer, Mont.) 1894-1904, 1899-08-17
Conditional superstition.

would you be willing to eat at the
BILE where there were thirteen peopleY'
"Well, a good deal would depend up
on whether l was goin' to git the meal
for nothin' or not.'-Chicago Times
Herald.
The Dupuyer acantha. [volume] (Dupuyer, Mont.) 1894-1904, 1899-08-17
Halls Catarrh Cure
is a constitutional cure. Price, 75c.
Amelia,s Contrnrinesn.

Professor Ito his wife, provoked)-
I never know how to take you, Amelia.
Two years ago you were crazy for that
hat, and now I've bought it for you,
you don't like it at all.-Fliegende Blat-
ter.
The Dupuyer acantha. [volume] (Dupuyer, Mont.) 1894-1904, 1899-08-17
r.uruhr,orvIv CbeerfnI.

Miss Ethel-Music always makes me
feel sad; doesn't it you, Mr.. Studs?
Mr.. Suds-Yes; but l like tits aW-
fully jolly to feel sad, don't y know
Brooklyn Life.
The Dupuyer acantha. [volume] (Dupuyer, Mont.) 1894-1904, 1899-08-17
A n Stem

He signs, although he sings a tune.
OF May, with gentle phrases;
He signs because he knows that June
More hot will be than blazes.
Washington Star.
The Dupuyer acantha. [volume] (Dupuyer, Mont.) 1894-1904, 1899-08-17
Life to a Lazy Liver

Lazy. leaden livers cause nine tenths of all
deaths. Give your liver life with Cascarets
Candy Cathartic and save your own life! All
druggists, loo, Csc, soc.
The Dupuyer acantha. [volume] (Dupuyer, Mont.) 1894-1904, 1899-08-17
The Only One.

"Robbie," said the visitor, "have you
any brothers and sistersY'
NO" replied Robbie. "I'm all the
children we've got."-Cincinnati En-
Qulrer.
The Dupuyer acantha. [volume] (Dupuyer, Mont.) 1894-1904, 1899-08-17

Was there ever anything in life just
as you'd expected it to be?
The Dupuyer acantha. [volume] (Dupuyer, Mont.) 1894-1904, 1899-08-17

I know that my life was saved by Piso's
Cure for Consumption.-John A. Miller,
Au Sable, Michigan, April 81, 1895.
The Dupuyer acantha. [volume] (Dupuyer, Mont.) 1894-1904, 1899-08-17

Mrs. wlnsIow's soothing Syrup.
For children teething, softens the gums. reduces in.
dammatton. allays pain. cures wind collie. Csc a bottle.
The Dupuyer acantha. [volume] (Dupuyer, Mont.) 1894-1904, 1899-08-17
CHAPTER XIV.

@I@ HE Rising Sun was
The times., 1899-02-13
An Honest Medicine for La Crime.

George W. Watt. OF South Gardiner Ne slys:
IL have had the worst cough. cold chills. and
grip and have taken lots OF trash Of no account
hut profit to the vendor. Chamh,rlain's Cough
Remedy is the only thing that has done any good
whatever. | have used one j1-ccnt bottle and tho
chillS. cold. and grip have all left me / con-
Eratulate the manufacturers of an honest medi-
cine For sale by Henry Evans. Wholesale and
Retail Druggists. 9SS st. NV, and Conn. ave.
and st. NV. and Ii2s Nd. ave nc.
The times., 1899-02-13
DIED.

MJ-RPHY-On Saturday. February II. Ism. at
II ~ D. M. PATRICK MURPHY beloved Ir,-
band of Cathrinc Murphy.
Funeral from his hic residence iSh I'll Street
southwest. Tuesday. February H. at s.3J a. M,
thence to ST. Dominics Church. Friends and re-
lItiycs invited. II
The times., 1899-02-13
Camp Sites Criticised.

The latter part of the report is given
over to the findings of the Commission in
regard to camps They decide that Chick
amauga Park is not adapted to the accom-
mediation OF more than 10000 men at one
time. On June 20 there were 5S,54S men
in the camp. The water supply was un-
satisfactory, the water itself repugnant.
Some of the wells became contaminated.
The sanitation of the camp was very i'm
perfect and at times decidedly bad The
troops were not well located. many being
permitted to camp in the woods. Sinks
we're not deep enough or sufficiently re-
moved from the mems quarters. Six hun
dred licenses to peddlers and hucksters
were issued by the Commanding General
in the early days. and the grounds swarmed
with venders of unwholesome trash. Passes
The times., 1899-02-13

The principal delay in the payment of
troops was in Cuba and Porto Rico. In
Cuba the colonels of some of the regiments
did not desire their regiments paid there,
and Major General Shafter. commanding
the army there. approved their requests.
The Pay Department had in Cuba eleven
paymastors and $1,000, ,0O0. and paid about
one third OF the United States forces on
that island. the other two-thirds being
paid after their arrival at Montauk. There
has been complaint made as to the pay
ment Of the army in Porto Rico. Ten
paymasters. with sl.50O,0 goo, we're sent
there. They We're stopped at Santiago
and Major General Miles. commanding the
army. telegraphed not to have them sent
to Porto Rico. the money might be
infected, though it had never been landed
from the vessels.
In view of this request it was de-
cided not to send these funds to Porto
Rico, and new paymasters and new money
were sent from New York to make the
payments to troops there; this caused the
delay of which complaint was made. Ex-
cept as above. there have been no COM
plants presented to the Commission
against this department, and it is evident
that for the nonpayment OF troops it was
not in any instance primarily response
The times., 1899-02-13

The report, then, after quoting from the
regulations of the Agricultural Depart
ment, prescribing the manner in which in
spections are made. detailing the processes
pursued by our officials, and showing the
practical impossibility of putting impure
meat upon the market, goes on to say:
THE Commission has not confined itself
Monroe City Democrat. (Monroe City, Mo.) 1888-1919, 1899-06-08
HEAD CRACKED.

VIII Cranston can tell you
about more stars than there
are in the heavens. Monday
lie tried to draw an old rusty
nail that was sticking in a post
six feet above the ground with
an old claw hatchet OF course
the claw slipped and the point
of the bit struck him where the
hair strikes the forehead Ii
was then he became an asetcA-
omer and the rich, purple life
fluid flowed. viii first called
Sn the Lord, but later when he
found that an inch cash would
not kill him, he called cr,a doc
tor.
Monroe City Democrat. (Monroe City, Mo.) 1888-1919, 1899-06-08
STRANGE, BUT TRUE.

A clerk in the legislature has
ascertained some strange facts
regarding the Fortieth General
Assembly. He finds that al
though the present House of
Representatives is not a Catho-
lie institution, it has two Popes.
1t has also a wide Hall and a
narrow Hall. Some Tubbs, some
Coffee, two old and rare Rubies,
an Organ, a Cole .trane, and
load of Cole. There you may
see a Shewmaker, who never
made a shoe, Il Pareira without
grass, Woods without leaves or
trees. Paule is there, and if he
wants to Kis-Kadden he may do
so very Kneisly and no Mann
will object. The House may not
have a hard heart, but it has a
Bohart who thinks he is Bigg's
anybody. There is no moving
machine, but plenty of Sickles
Near the Brooke there is a
Busche. Though most of the
members like liquor, they
Praisewater. If the Weaver
could Cardwell and would work
up the Voolfolk and White
cotton it might Aydelott to the
Nicholson hand; might even
Tribble them. The Brown and
Burly Chinn with red whiskers
seem to need Creeson. Paradox
ial as it may seem one of the
cleanest men in the House is
called Musser, and a member
who never bolted is always Bol
ton.-State Tribune.
Monroe City Democrat. (Monroe City, Mo.) 1888-1919, 1899-06-08

Now that the new Denver
train will leave st. Louis at
2.05 p. m. what is the matter
with making some arrangement
with the st. Louis evening pa
pers so as to receive them the
day of publication instead of
the day after as has been the
case in the past? 1t throws a
big field open to them if they
have the snap to meet the want
Monroe City Democrat. (Monroe City, Mo.) 1888-1919, 1899-06-08
ISLE OF ST. KITS.

England has owned st. Kits
since 1888. 1t is one of the
group in the West Tndes known
as the Leeward Islands, and
lies about 100 miles southeast
of Porto Rico. 1t is only 90
miles in length, and has a
population of 10000. The
Spauiards owned ii first, then
French and English colonies
took possession of it, and after
many years of turmoil it was
ceded to Great Britain in 1888.
1t is sugar producing island,
and the island is fertile. st.
Kits wants TO be annexed to
the United States, If the Ad-
ministration is HI. bent on ex.
pansion then let it TAX e hold of
something that is good and yet
will cost neither blood nor
money.
Monroe City Democrat. (Monroe City, Mo.) 1888-1919, 1899-06-08
STATE FAIR.

Jefferson City, June 3.-The
State Board of Agriculture met
here to-day and located the
State Fair created by the last
Legislature. Moberly, Mar
shall, Chillicothe, Mexico and
Centralia wanted the plum but
Sedalia got it.
Monroe City Democrat. (Monroe City, Mo.) 1888-1919, 1899-06-08

Prof. W. w. Barks, -merly
of this city, but who taughe,a
the High School at Marshall
during the past year, has been
re-engaged for the next year.
The Marshall School Board
knows a good thing when it
sees it, gets it and then keeps
it. He has ordered the DEMO,
Graf to follow him to Rensse-
lear for the summer