The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1899-07-13


The Hon Billy Mason thinks the Amer
team people are worse than Nero Ths
American people know that the Hon.
BUY Mason u an excellent understudy
for Simple Simon.
BRYAN continues to reiterate that he
stands exactly where he did three years
ago. He appears TO intend to stay there.
which leads US to believe he rather enjoys
being run over and stepped on By the Re-
publican elephant.
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The Tacoma people are anxious 70 have
the Iowa visit that city before leaving the
Sound. II they can persuade Capt Terry
to IRE onA Of the battleship's big guns
while In the harbor. the veracious Taco
ma correspondent OF the New York World
will be able to wire that journal that the
town = enjoying boom
Croker 10 going to hurry hack 20 New
York on account Of the unruly manifesto
lions Of his followers In that city. and
Tammany II talking OF giving him
confidence dinner on his return. This
. has q somewhat ambiguous sound. and va
await with interest the report Of the do
inss at the confidence dinner"
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Since Bryan has been going up and
down the country telling the people about
the dangers and evils OF expansion Grover
Cleveland has been as quiet as q mouse
upon that subject. 1t Is possible that the
spectacle which Bryan and Atkinson have
been making Of themselves has made =
rank imperialist out OF the ex-president.
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An unpatriotic New York farmer shot
large American eagle recently that had
annexed a pig and was conveying 1t by
the shortest possible route to his nest
Edward Atkinson ought to find in this
Incident enough material for three or four
ing the predatory instincts OF the bird Of
freedom and sympathixing with the pig.
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The Washington press correspondents
now complain that Secretary Aiger has
become annoyed by their persistent eff
forts to file his resignation and recently
answered one Of them gruffy when in
terrogated on the subject. Mr.. Alger has
denied these rumored designations 30 fire.
ausntly and emphatically that he would
be justified In using q club upon the next
inquirer.
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State Senator Piunkitt. OF Tammany.
has been devoting days and nights OF his
almost invaluable time to devising some
solution u the intricate political problems
which he imagines are perplexing the ma
ton. His cogitations have not been fruit
less Of result: on the contrary, no be-
ueves he has discovered the real cause Of
the political unrest now disturbing things
In this vicinity. He says: Free silver
be D.! The great issue Of the day n
the curse OF civil service. Down with civil
service" Here 10 q slogan that will
arouse more enthusiasm among the Tam
manyites than Gov. Hogg ever dreamed
OF.
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A company has recently been Incorporated
in Boston. having for Its object the study
Of astrology in America. 1t purposes to
attain this object in three ways-first, by
publishing monthly magazine; second
ly. by reprinting old astrological works.
which are very expensive and have been
are about as useful from a scientific
standpoint as the maxims OF Marcus Au-
relius; thirdly. by taking steps to con-
vince the public that there is q vast Diff
ference between reputable astrologers
and ouack fortune tellers. No doubt
there will be quite a large number who
will take UP the study OF the new cult.
Astrology Is useful In its way. We be-
heve It was a Boston woman who. having
applied to an astrologer to find out the
cause OF her husbands sudden death.
was told that the scheme of the heavens
showed that the moon had been afflicted
by the fiery opposition OF Mars. and that
Venus, ruling the ascendant. had affected
the semi-s1uare OF Jupiter and disturbed
the sesqui-quadrants OF the sun. Hence
the death. In spite of this. a realistic,
nineteenth-century coroner insisted It was
canned lobster.