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The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1899-11-26
EARLY STRUGGLES
OF BRET HARTE.
ATTEMPTED LITERARY WORK
ONLY AFTER OTHER uNsuC-
CEssFuL VENTURES.
Feda9egse and Com poxttcr During
Early Days In California-Ex-
tremely Careful In Choice
of His Words.

IT III ARIES first literary work was
IHt done In San Francisco. after he
had tried his hand at school teach
Ing In the interior OF the state, and had
yentured tentatively ia other casual pur-
suits, as was the manner of all the Ar
gonauts in those days In 1865, while he
was setting type In the Office Of the Col
den Era. literary weekly paper of some
local renown, he offered to the editors
with much difiidence. occasional contri-
buttons. which he had already set up in
his composing stick. They were short
and unambitious, but they were so high
ly approved by the managers of the pa.
per that the young author was encourag.
ed to offer more of the same sort. A year
later Harte accepted a writing engage
ment on the stan of the Californian. an
other literary weekly. then edited b,
Charles Henry Webb better known TO
old Californians by bis pen-name Of
John Paul" Harte became editor of
the newspaper In 1865. when Mr.. Webb re.
Nlinauished Its management. Another
contributor to the columns OF the Cali
fornfan was Samuel l.. Clemens who
was then making his first essays in COM
position under the since famous soubri-
a:et of Mark Twain Like Goldsmiths
parson. who was counted passing rich
with forty pounds a year" these two
young writers were well content with a
compensation that would now be regard
ed by either OF them with amused con-
tempt In the Californian, Harte printed
nothing more ambitious than bits OF
verse and slight local sketches in prose.
The titles 81 some Of these were side.
Walkings." ION a Balcoty" and "A Boys
Dog" Nearly all of them, think. were
hunted up and reprinted I'm more endur-
ing form when Harte had become
celebrated author. His celebrity gave
these triHes an Importance which he
never dreamed they would acquire.
Harte always manifested in his work
that fastidiousness In choice OF words
which has characterized him ever since.
The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1899-11-26
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The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1899-11-26

VIVA; makes you so happy this evening.
BobbyT'
II got \ Hekln' !n school today
Wet. shouldn't mink that would De
likely to make you happy"
You wouldn't. huhs How routf boy
ever expect 10 gi. to hs q hero If they
wasn't any teachers that could aay they
licked him wunss g'--chicaxo Times Her
aid
The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1899-11-26

dauntea young baiioonists should never
forget that silk and silk balloons. as well
as those made from muslin, have thesp
tender parts. which are mostly below The
quator or belt where sharpshooters
may strive 20 send Up a ripping FIRE. but
by keeping the air shaft somewhat in mo-
ton, both vertically and horizontally, when
possible rifsemen VIII not be able 10 make
their mark quite go easily as might be
xpec,ea.--Henry Coxwell In the London
standard
The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1899-11-26

viii reassert herself. but al course IL you
continue 10 DO too much work, 10 smoke
drink or GA, 10 excess not even drugs can
give you that calm. peaceful sleep 50 neces-
sary TO the economy o! the human system
and the building up Of waste.-Dr. Edward
Hecker In rhe New York World.
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Scowens-Hsvs yeu read nay last book.
Miss frisavr
Miss Rr8say-~How car you ask such
Question Mr. seswsitsc Believe me lost
TO ;.rle Gasng that 800 BROOKLYN Life.
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>~>>~~~> @IRe Kisses Of tFe frosf. II
Denber Post.

How tnt the fresh young faces Of the maidens with flesh
That ourivas cen the soest the ripencd peah buh,
Gives their eyes heahf enne and their step graceful spring
AS calamity salues them with the of its sting
Summer has ripe spring floral beauties
And the winter enhancing when with gems studs the ai
Bot to other bel admiration lost
When feel the singing kisses of the sauey FROST
Take the sowest good nothing fetched lazy yawn.
Drag from his bed Of sume when the day begins dawn
And you'll awakening in his doll and sohfu
As the freshness Of the morning him surprise!
There life every zephyr there tonic in the breeze
As whispers words of comfort to the slowly dying
Ans say that LIES worth living at whatever Be the
When feel the singing kisses Of the sauey autumn frost.
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Don't feel spirits tnglng with and grateful thrill
Every within you jngng with ring that fills the BILL
Every muscle keen for action, sinew strung
And active brain expng shade Of saddenng b
AS these lovely mornings from bed Of deamess sleep
When the stars getting dowsy and the day begins peep
When the and the bushes with sparkling gems
And you feel the singing kisses Of the sauey oss
All the atudc of hides its head in lazy shame,
And longer being winner indolcntly jumps the games
In the eyes there sparkle of esuseated light,
Putting all the Iess glanees u Of slccpincss flight
And the brain gets up action foil of vgorated snap,
And the feet ring the pavement with energetic rap
As the hair by playful breezes Of vitality is tossed
And we feel the singing kisses Of the sauey FROST
The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1899-11-26

me Judges made their. tour OF inspection,
afo the effect Of the mass OF foliage and
mowers tn the soft gray setting OF time
worn stone, Of which the cottage was built,
was very beautiful.
The daily morning journal and courier., 1899-10-16
THE SAVAGE HAMsTER.

The small mammals house Gin the London Zoo) has been enriched by the
 addition of a hamster, whose name
 gives one the impression that it ought
 rather to find home among the pigs.
 But it is really sort of magnified vole,
 which some deem to be the original an-
 cestor of all the rats and mice which
 exist or ever have existed upon earth.
 In length it Is about fourteen inches,
 with a short and tapering tail; ill shape it is bulky and clumsy, with a head and
 body in absurd disproporton to the size of it's stout, little legs; and in color it varies almost as much as that utterly uninteresting animal the guinea-pig, so that no description of it's markings can be given. In habits it is very curious.
 It lives in large underground burrows all by itself, even it's wife and every one of it's children all having their separate habitations, and every burrow has large entrance hall, a dwelling room with two or three doorways, and a ca pacious granary, in which the animal stores up all kinds of food as a provi- sion against the winter. Sometimes there are two of these granaries, and sometimes three, this being more es- pecally the case in the homes of the older males, who seem to indulge more and more freely in the pleasures of the table as they increase in years, until at last they become so fat that they can hardly waddle.
 And the amount of food that they can consume may be judged from the fact that from the larders off a single hams ter no less than sixty pounds of corn have been reoved, and from those of another nearly q hundred weight of beans These edibles are conveyed home in the check pouches, into which the animal stuffs food with it's fore paws until those elastic receptacles are almost to the point of burst ing.
 Hamsters are al once the most unso- ciable and the most savage of all Iiv- ing beings. They never admit rela- tion even, far less a friend, into their burrow; the father cares nothing for the welfare of his mate, and even the mother casts her little ones adrift at the earliest possible opportunity. And they will attack anything or anybody at the smallest provocation. Not even a steam-roller, probably, would daunt them. Certainly an elephant would not. They simply do not know what fear is. and fling themselves headlong at any foe, even when the odds are a thousand to one against them.
 A tale is told, indeed, of hamster which went for a red-hot poker, and only let go at last when it no longer had teeth or jaws to bite with; and when two hamsters are placed in a cage | one is invariably killed and | eaten by the other-London Daily Mail. |
The daily morning journal and courier., 1899-10-16
MIR. GLADsToNE's COURTESY.

The following little story, illustra- tive of MT. Gladstone's courtesy, is fresh to us. It comes to us from an old resident of Llanfairfechan The inci- dent occurred at Penmaenmawr, in the summer of 1890. About twelve hun dred feet up the mountain is a small farmstead. Pen Penmaen, at which re- sided an old woman over seventy years old, who brought her weekly stock of provisions in a large basket up the steep ascent from Llanfairfechan viI- 1age. One hot Saturday. soon after be- ginning her upward climb, she sat down to rest. MT. Gladstone, seeing her, en- tered into conversation. She chatted freely, and detailed the contents of her baskets. He lifted it, and, finding it heavy, offered to carry it for her.
 The offer was accepted, and the vet eran statesman bore the basket load to the white-washed farm cottage near the summit. A party of tourists ap- preaching from the Druid's Circle path respectfully saluted MT. Glad stone who, having set the heavy load down at the old woman's door, strode vigorously across the mountain path to Penmaenmawr. Did you know that was MT. Gladstone who carried your basket for you. Inquired one ot the party. NO, indeed; don't know MT. replied the old woman, but I know that is kind gentleman. Rennes verdict. The Englishman had whoever he is."-From the London Chronicle.
The daily morning journal and courier., 1899-10-16
THE ou1cK-FIR1NG PROBLEM.

The quick k-firing question will soon
 be brought to the fore again. Fresh
 trials are to take place at Okehampton
 at the end of the month, when the last
 brigade division of field artillery due
 to practise at the camp has finished it's
 course. The quick-fring problem is
 difficult one to solve. If the officers of
 the artillery could only agree as to
 what they want, conclusion might
 possibly be reached; but unfortunately
 they cannot. The ammunition phan-
 tom and the hankering after simplicity
 lead great many competent critics
 astray. They fail to see that if a
 quick firer is a necessity the ammuni-
 tion must be forthcoming; they forget
 that we are bound to progress and that
 we cannot always hope to be at a standstill, however pleasant it may be-
 For years our gun-carriage wheels have been big enough and strong enough to carry a locomotives they have added to the weight of the carriage and made it difficult to check it's recoil; they have increased the size of the gun and made it a bigger target; yet any sug- geston to adopt smaller wheels is cer- tain to be greeted with a murmur of disapproval. The weight may be de- creased, but not at the expense of the wheels! If you had a smaller wheel it would stick in ditch, or break in two so say the champions of conserva- tism. They may however, be asked if it would matter much if wheel oc- casonally broke; or 1t may be merely suggested that field artillery is not al ways engaged in jumping ditchee or taking banks Agaoinst a change of wheels there is, it may be admitted, the danger of a few being broken; in favor of a change, there is the great reduction of weight and a smaller strain on the carriage if the point of the trail is fixed-Broad Arrow.
The daily morning journal and courier., 1899-10-16

| blankets. Entominahoo left his medi- cine lodge and sat down close to Moos- | toos, saying: It's no use; 1 can do no
 more; do your best to hold him "Moostoos struggled fearfully, throw ing his head about and grinding his teeth and twice he tried to bite me,
 holding his right arm, Chuckachuck his
 left, while the two women held his feet.
 l covered his face after he tried to bite
 me. The noise of the drumming and
 singing had been going on all the time.
 By this time we were crazy with fear, and what followed is like a dream
 Eliza sprung to her feet, holding in her right hand a medicine belt and in her left an axe. Her hair was flying loose and she was dancing and singing. All
 of a sudden she ran round and struck Moostoos over the face and breast with this medicine belt several times. cannot say If she struck him with the axe, as my head was bent down, but I saw blood outside the blanket after she had thrashed him, and l only knew of two other cuts on the head, while the policeman found three. She then hand ed the axe to Chuckachuck and said: Here, brother-in-laW!
 "Chuckachuck struck him with the axe and split his skull. That blow killed Moostoos. Chuckachuck then handed me the axe and knife, which I refused at first, till Chuckachucls called me a coward and said l wanted them all killed. I then drove the knife into his belly and struck the axe into his body over the heart, leaving both Weap- ons in the wounds, Moostoos breathed little after he got the first blow, but he had stopped breathing before I struck him.
 All that night we sat around the body till daylight by the light of the fire We expected him to rise from the dead and we wanted to kill him again if he tried to get up"
 Being asked what he thought was the matter with Moostoos. Napaysoosis re- plied He was a Wehtiko and l know he had lump of ice in his body caus- ing the malady. Why, we made strong tea and poured it boiling hot into the axe-hole in the breast to thaw that ice, but first Payoo and l drove a stake into ludl llOlQ anu lUe DOuy llllO llle ground then we pulled out the stake and poured in the hot tea.
 After that, toward morning, Entom- inahoo's wife and l tied his legs with chains to two pickets driven into the ground, so that if he came to life again he could not get up and run after us. And last of all, next day, I cut off his head with an axe. to make sure that he was dead and in order that, even if he got up, he could not eat us. Then we left him in the shack. tied up the door and left the place,
 Being requested to say what he meant by Wehtiko, the prisoner eX- plained that it was a person. man or woman, into whose body enters most malignant evil spirit which inctes him or her to kill and eat his or her fellow men or women. A Wehtilo is possessed of superhuman strength and cunning, and the only thing that saves the Indi- ans is that it generally warns them of it's coming state. He added that it has always been the lndi- an custom to kill these people, that be- ing their only means of protecting themselves from their violence.-Chica- go Record.
The daily morning journal and courier., 1899-10-16
Closing Prices.

Following are the closing prices reported by Prince X Whteiy. Bankers and Brokers, 52 Broadway, New York and 15 Center st {, New Haven Bid, Asked
The daily morning journal and courier., 1899-10-16

The Illinois game law provides that the pinnated grouse must be shot during September, and with the shotgun. But that law as to ruffied grouse Is a dead letter. In the regions where the birds are now to be had you can find some one in the neighboring towns of the country round about who will get them and not use "the shotgun only" It is a pity, but so it Is.
 The drumming of the ruflled grouse is peculiar habit of his, and has been the subject of more discussion and dis pute than almost anything else except the merit of dogs. The booming of the prairie chicken, or pinnated grouse is acknowledged to be produced from the birds throat, but how the part ridge does his drumming" is a mooted question. But he does drum" and the resonant woodland roll of the tattoo is one of the striking sounds of nature, as are the sonorous notes of the bull frogs, the basso profundo of the justly celebrated thunder bumper and the never to-be-forgotten moan of tn" kill a-loo bird.''
 The woods were brown, the heavens
 were blue;
 A woodpecker pounded pine-top shell, While a partridge whistled the whole
 day through
 For rabbit to dance in the chaparral; And a gray grouse drummed: AIS
 we'll! All's well,"
 Like the quail the ruffled grouse is susceptible to deceit and he is trapped and snared in the Eastern and Northern States particularly in great numbers by the farmer boys and by the market hunters. He is especially foolish about snares and put his head into them with fatuous confidence that is rapidly thinning out his numbers, even where he was once numerous Only the most rigid application of a nonselling game law will effect any adequate improve ment in the situation. When the deep snows come he is sufficiently hardpush- ed to take almost any chance to get food, and box traps and figure fours" take him out of the indictment weather into the hospitable frying pan with dis nal frequency. Yet, like all the grouse family nearly, he shows great cunning  when wing-tipped and he is sagacious enough when hunted. But the traps and the snares are too much for him and are responsible in great measure for his depreciated and depreciating numbers. If he is to be kept in the woods he must have peter protection. The present law is good one for him, and if the game wardens would restock a little with Pennsylvania or Michi- gan birds it would help matters along.
 Hunting the ruffled grouse requires about the same paraphernala as ordl- nary quail shooting except that No. shot instead of 9s or Ss should be used A 12-guage gun is heavy enough, and a good dog of either pointer or setter blood will answer. The setter in ragged cover will stand the going better, and in most ruffled grouse cover there will be water enough so that a setter can get a drink occasionally.-Chicago Record.
The daily morning journal and courier., 1899-10-16
E,tManClul.
NEW YORK STOCK M4REE7,

Opening, Highest, Lowest Gu otatio n On the New York Stock Exchange, reported by Prince X Whltely. Brokers, 15 Center Street, New Haven.
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THIS CROWNED HEAD IS IRISn
King O'Dcefe l.. Though Dorm In Ire
land, ~ an rican Citiacn-
Ills Kingdom.

David D. O'Keefe, king Of the small
islands Zap, Ola and St. David, which
are about 300 miles from Pelew. has
had an adventurous career, says the
London Leader.
He is by birth an Irishmau, by mt
uralization an American. and is 6S years
of age. When he settled ut zap he mar
ried native princess, who Is n shrewd
woman and rules when he is away.
The islands over which he rules are
his by right Of discovery and the ac-
quiescence Of the native rulers, and may
become the cause of complications. lie
holds them against the rival claims Of
Spain and Holland. Over his islands
he floats the stars and stripes, and on
his single trading schooner he flies tie
union jack.
O'Keefe Is known In IIong-Kong as
re copra king. lie has accumulated
an immense fortune in tho cocoanut
trade, and is millionaire aside from
his claim to the islands. He wishes 20
sell his territory either TO the United
States or England.
O'kcefe has complete control over his
chiefs, and has suppressed the slave
.rafiic which used to be carried on.
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Tho Hcnthcn Chinca.

Mrs. De Fashion-WhGt perfectly
horrible creatures the Chinese are! ]
am told that in China the men actually
buy their wives.
Mrs. De Style-Ycs, isn't It horrible
BY the way, when is your daughter to
lnarry Mr.. Bullion?
Mrs. De Fnshion-Just US soon as he
recovers from this last attack of gout.
IN. Y. Weekly.
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"Grandpop," he began, turning the
leaves of his book, did your history
used to say that the Spaniards settled
this countryT
II believe 1t did, my boy?"
swell, the new ones won't say that"
"What will they say, Ostend?"
This country settled the. Spanlards. I"
Then grnndpop gave him dime
brooklyn Life
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His Prediction Verified.

IL see there is talk of plow trust
with II capital of $50, 100000"
"Well. haven't ! been telling you
right along that they would run this
trust business In the ground?"--Chica-
90 Evening News
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Nan, in describing to the family her
new teacher, who lisps, said: "Shc
purrs awfully funny when she speaks"
-JuI1e
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All Regular,

First Passenger ION railway train)-
I have an idea that is an clipping couple.
Second Passcngcr-No, they're mar
ried. Hes been in the smoking car for
the past two hours.-N. Y. Weekly.
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Very Likely,

She-I BEE an eminent German ply.
sician has found that women require
more sleep than men.
He-Yes, and I'll bet he's been bribed
by somebody who wants to furnish
some reason why her husband should
get up and build the fire in the morn
ings."-Chicago Daily News.
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II Was Diluted,

Doctor-Can you get pure water at
your boarding house.
Patient-No, not always; I frequent.
ly detect just flavor of coffee in it,
Detroit Free Press.
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Jackson-Penwellis themost remark-
able literary man know.
Johnson-Oh, he writes good stories,
but there's nothing remarkable in that
these days.
Jackson-No, but he doesn't insist
on reading them aloud to his friends
N, Y. World.
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Struggling Minister-There was .
stranger In church to-day.
Wife-What did he look like7
II did not see him."
Then how do you know there was .
stranger among the, congregation?"
Il found good quarter in the contri-
button box."-N. y. WceLv.
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beginning Early.

Yeast-They say the Toodles baby
has her mothers chin.
Crimson onbeak-Indeed! didn't know
the little thing had begun to talk yeti
Yonkers Statesman.
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lie I.ns Posted,

Now, Harry" asked the teacher OF
the juvenile class, what is the meal we
eat in the morning called?" "Oat-
NEAL" wns the little fellows prompt
reply.-Currcut Literature.
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Tough Luck.

"Madam, it is my painful duty to in.
form you that your husband has been
eaten by IL bear"
"That's too bad; he had on his best
clothes."-N. Y. World.
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Losing Interest.

Dorothy has given up all cxpecto.
tions of getting married"
HAS she quit crimping her hairT'
"No; but she doesn't save cooking
recipes any more."-Chicago Record.