The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1899-05-01

cowboy half mile down the track.
throwing rock ballast at him.
The win OF the late sir william len.
ner. NJ, u. leaves most OF HIS estate.
estimated at about ss,ooo.ooo, to his
family.
Richard Archer Prince. the mad
actor. who II now In a prison asylum
In England. TO he restrained dur
inx Her Malesty's pleasure" for the
killing OF William Tefriaa. has man
aged to write and pos, letter 20
SIR Henry Irving. In which he
threatens to XIII the trssedian as
soon as he shall be released, Prince
Il supposed to be ineurably insane.
and viii probably never be given his
freedom.
Capt Thomas Francis o'Maiiey
bainer, who died recently In san
Francisco. was ono Of tho few sur
vivors OF the hand of Fenians who
started an uprising In ireland IN
taee. He was captain In the fapai
xouaves during the war against Vic
tor Emanuel. and In 1880. with John
Boyle o'Rslily and others. led a
Fehian uprising In ireland. for which
he was arrested and sent to the penal
settlement In Australia He was re-
leased In 1878. and came TO the Unit
ed states and associated himself with
Irish periodicals In New York.
Boston and san Francisco.
Prof. Parker said the other night
In talking 10 the Church club of
Worcester. Mass. about the Epis-
oopai hymnsi; "a fne oyster 1.
pleasing to Us and a damaged mon
key displessing. u makes no diYer-
enee that the monkey 10 nearest Co
man and the oyster tar removed
A hymn tune must be simple melody,
harmony and rhythm Our collec-
ton IL inadequate and undisnlfied.
many ~ the tunes stand fer senti-
mentality and not for sentiment. and
a price has been paid for popularity
out % all proportion 10 tho real value
Of the results attained"
Boston congratulate itself on n
during the last three years. In 1925
there were 20. $50 arrests for this
onense. In 1881 the number de-
declined 10 is.ssf. and In 1898 TO
issss. The probation system 10
working well. The case Of a prtson-
er brought In for drunkenness 10
carefully Investigated. and 10 cir
cumstanees warrant. the offender 10
put on good behavior. The probation
oficsr says that often wives come
In to report that their homes have
been made pieasanter by this reGu-
lation.
A man named Adams has been In |
vestiassinE the mysteries 81 the |
pyramids and monuments Of Egypt.
and has found the phrase. "Hlp-hip-
among the ~ariy hisrcsiy-
phlcs Of that country. The only |
derivahie from this re-
discovery. the London |
Telegraph observes. ia the arEu-
nsnt which may reasonably he de-
tueed that the presence Of these
British words among the etymoio9ie- |
al treasures OF Phsrachland give us
an q prtori right to the whole Of the /
Nile valley" And this theory 10 |
by tho fact that. ae-
cordins to Mr. Adams. the hero. |
xiyphie 'Hip-hip- hurrah' means.
when TRANSLATED. eon. on. to plund-
err"
The late Mr.. Leans bsauest Of |
e 5000 to the British museum win |
enable the authorities TO provide |
adequate room for the hies % news |
papers. Of which there are about "a |
70 volumes already In the museum.
while the yearly aceessions amount |
to somsthing like $500 volumes.
when she present Newspaper room |
In the why.s wing was built nftesn |
years sxo-snd this was done by |
money left 10 the museum By Mr.. |
whyts likewise for the purpose Of |
the ilbrary-it was esti-
mated that sufficfsnt space had been |
obtained for newspapers for the neut |
years. The rooms In now |
full. for the number Of these period |
Icais has doubled during the last |
aftesn wars