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The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1899-05-14

Out on the west coast OF Africa, IN ne
reGton around the mouths o( the NV
Niger. the British have been opening ~
territory to trade with the usual aceeo
paniment of rapid fre guns. News -
1ust reached England that an e1pedtdoe-
ary force which started out from Oo0gA
town on ono OF the mouths OF tho Ms.
was attacked when twenty-five miles oes
BY Q large force Of savaGeA The sAvas
were routed and the native tows sapeuses
ana burned. the next day the enemy -
the number Of LOO came In and surte'
dersd. giving up their arms. which O.
sisted mostly % old flintlockA
This trfoe had never allowed WHITE -
to 60 into their country before ana =
their caprice trade with tho interior ~
stopped from time to time. The sfoos
which won tho victory were black CO
protectorate'' troops. with white oaloeH
The steamer which brought the news
tho nghtins took the commander .
expedition. Capt. Carter. to New Calane
on q special mission. Tho troops he'd 49,
LETT in charge Of Maj. Leonard. who -.
marching across country TOWARD ~
CAlahAr. He did not expect 70 msee wsss
any more opposition. Capt 1AcksnHs:
an officer Of large experience. VINO nese
the distinguished service medal ana -
lately been serving In India, vas W.
struck while on the campaign ana -
after being taken on board the seeeM3
Two OF the expeiitionary force Wero ks''ss
and eAx seriously wounded.
This victory Of the British opens "
large country 70 trade and practicahy
tabiishes the British protectorafA over
that region The tribe which has p
subdued II known az the Tho.
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month by the Emperors steward In Italy
and In apafn this leAlgAge tno other word
seems appsopriatea has within the last few
years been reduced to o minimum The
emperor oR Germany has also se4 his face
against this extravaganza II IL said that
he makes contract with the proprietor
OF one Of the first tables In Berlin. who
guarantees 10 furnish meals TO him and
To ali the members Of his court for tho
fixed sum Of % marks head.
Queen Victoria examines carefully into
her household expenses and II especially
careful that no money shaii be wasted In
the royal kitchen.
In the imperial palaces o. Russia tne
'1eavingy' must DC considerable. Every
day between go and GO francs worth Of
wines ard cigars are furnished for the
imperial banquet. and there IL . strict rule
that no bottle. whether opened or not.
shall be presented twice at the cars
table. II Ia said that this rule II rfgfdiy
enforced. ard II 30 IL can readily be seen
that the lot Of Z chef In Russian royal
palace In by no means unhappy.-New
York Herald.
The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1899-05-14
"6EoGRapHl(aL' SONGS ARE I'm VOGUE.

In New York city at the present time. 1t
is very probable that Central Illinois will
become as famous as the Wabash locality
and the Kfckapoo. IKE the Wabash. here
tofore unknown, will be the subject OF
story ana romance. This Is how 1t goes:
Back among the woodland hills, the blue
bells and the clover.
With the summer breezes floating by:
Back amid the perfume OF the fair white
locust blossom
Back among the cornfields and the rye
Back where In those happy childhood days
used to roam
Tine will meter that memory destroy.
Once again I long TO wander where the
birds are singing,
Back TO my homo In Illinois.
CHORUS
Back TO where the green leaves rustic
Where the thrush and bluebird sing for
Joy.
Back 10 where the Kickapoo winds through
the hills and meadows
Back to my home In Illinois.
The sentiment Is clean, and as Mr. Dun
lap Is not beginner In the art Of popular
song writing the music Is In popular
vein. II is. therefore TO be supposed that
We are about TO hear q better class OF pop
ular songs before long. and IL the public
takes to the geographical song-and It will
we may hear some good new songs
with as much merit IN them as the much
lamented good Old songs" - Chicago
Chronicle.
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Truth About Fiiipinos.

Col. Fred Funston, writing home under
Gate OF Marvh T. says: ~ an afraid tha.
some people at home VIII iie awak., nights
worrying about the ethics OF this war
thinking that our enemy Is lighting for
ihe right OF seif-goysrnmens etc The
word Independence which these pesrIe
roll over thrsr trnsHles 50 ziibsy. 10 to
them word and not much more II
means simply with them license to raise
he'll. AMI IL trey got control they would
raise q n2e crop OF H. II IL true that they
have certain nurnber cf educated Lead
srs-sdUcated. however. about the same
way parrot Is They are. as : rule an
hassrase. sens-sayass people. vito arc
waxirg war not against yyranay hay
against Angia saxon order and sIas.ney
Their whole s~sn.acs during gae several;
months preceding the outbreak was one a..
snsursraA HE arrosanse ard exnissyn They
were ewoslsss M by the fac. tia. o.s vso
pie made 100 mach ~ TEEN a. first T. Ter
ere. hoTss that fTs.sis Ssrs rss3 aDsis the
ssAsseriH< red ec~sA asTa aud plenty
gni Las Il 90 aasii they ecsne sr.fo tas
reservation ssni promise 10 - ee~n In
3uns."-LsavsaWsssh 2snea. :
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~ NcB more the signs point to a
change in the public mind regard
ing popular songs. The girl
songs and the mother songs" having
run their course. the country was flooded
with coon songs" and now II looks as IL
these. too were near the end OF their pop
ularity and In their stead is coming what
might be termed the geographical song"
That is the song which extols the beauties
of life In some particular section OF the
country, In some state or near some river.
and the heartsickness OF the singer Is sup
posed TO crop out In every line. OF course.
there were such songs many years ago.
MY Old Kentucky Home and ''The Su-
vance River" being the best remembered
OF the Old ones. but in songs IA in dress
the rule seems 20 be recurrence to old
methods and styles at stated intervals
and now the locality songs are having
their day. THE Banks OF the Wabash"
having made such phenomenal hit few
years ago. somebody wrote ''She Was
Bred In Old Kentucky" and 4, found in
slant favor. Then Charles X. Harris
came TO bat with The Green Fields OF
Virginia and not to be behind in the
procession OF states. Illinois has a song
which Ia becoming popular II was writ
ten by A. Dunlap. a native OF that state.
and Is called Back 10 Ny Home in ILL.,
nos." Though but recently published, I.
already bids fair 20 become one OF the
fsvorises OF not only the home state. bu;
Of TIE East. for Ii Is being encored nightly
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The Cow-A Prize Essay.

The Sumner Wash. public school recent
Iy held 4 contest In essay writing. all
grades above the third participating
Edith Church. OF the fourth erasfe, drew
the prize which was a suitable picture
furnished by Miss Emma Page. OF Oiym.
pia. ana framed by the W. C. +. L. Here
II Is I'm full:
The cow IL about fo.r feet tall. She
has short hair OF different eolors and q
long. swinging tail which she use, TO
brush of the flies. She has horns and Is
cieft-fooied. She will eat hay. salt and
different kinds OF vegetables. and needs
lot Of water. She requires longer heritage
than either horse or sheep and can Craze
In swamps. Her products are horns. which
ere made into ammonia hsrtshorn powder
horns and trumpets. milk. which la made
into butter ard cheese: skin. which IS made
into boots and leather Of all kinds: and
nesh. which II used for food. She IL some.
times used 10 haul carts. wagons. etc.
instead OF the hsrse. Her defertoratsd
products eanse diseases ard sometimes
death.
cows The great Chicago frs was caused
by Cow kicking over \ lantern while her
mistress was milking her.
The cow Is painted in beautiful pictures
bat none are 50 beautiful as those YOU
viii see II yon walk through a meadow
on q bright summer day.
Tho stall that sba cow Is kent in shouls,
be clean and sae should have clean bed
ding every day. Tho aoer should I've even
and tse barn should be ventilated.
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Have They Done Their workS

Has the public school done its work,
Has education been always an unmixsd
blessing TO America and Amerfcans9
This question cannot be answered No
easily and positively az loyal sons OF the
republic may suppose.
Two or three facts which come I'D in
my memory seem TO me TO have bearing
on IT,
Piston the table before mo lies the
annual report OF 1904 Of the inspectors OF
the Eastern penitensiary In Pennsylvania.
Here IL one item. Ninety-one convicts who
were In the prison last year had served
one or moro terms In II before OF these
hardened offenders. only nine were unable
10 read ana writA OF eight. no record
had been kept. but, AZ the majority Of
them were forxers and counterfei.ers. they
ing. The remaining seventy-four were ali
educated. having attended school for from
two 70 nine years
Another fact: Three years after the
opening q free schools In London. q
marked Increase was noticed in the num-
bef OF juvenile offenders in tae city pyts-
onk and reformator There was. too. \
charge In the kind Of crimes committed
BY them. The number OF hoya and young
men convicted os forgery. grand larceny
ard intricate Dwindiing schemes. was more
than doubled. whiis the number % sneak
thieves. drunkards and pickpockess was
lessened BY ons-hais. A. years passed. The
proportion ~ educated criminals largely
increased From The curse Ira Eaura
ton" hy Reoecea Harding Davis, ia North
AWAg1cAR &e4iE1 &ox AAZ,
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IT IRAN EBBY. who served - second
H engineer Of the Baltimore with the
Feet OF Admiral Dewey. returned TO
Reno county, near Wichita, last month.
with the purpos OF leading one OF the
pfetties. girls Of the county to the altar
upon the anniversary Of the great victory
Of Dewey. When he left New York.
whence he came upon the Raleigh, he re-
cetved direct word from his sweetheart.
Ni0 Nina Hall. OF the little town Of
Haven Ehe was waiting for him. When
he reached home his sweetheart had been
laid to resi- in the little cemetery Just OUT
side the town.
The little brother OF the girl had asked
for something 70 eat upon the afternoon
Of the day that Ebby left New York. The
boy was playing with . revolver, and
when his sister brought to him = piece OF
bread and butter. IN some manner which
has not been fully explained. and never
may be, the weapon was discharged. the
bullet striking her in the left eye. killing
her instantly.
The boy Is years old and has liking
for firearms, which he has been allowed 70
indulge. He il said to have . temper
which b not easily controlled. The moth
er wac not at home at the time OF the
accident. and the boy gives no further In
formation than that the weapon Just went
OF while he was cleaning It."
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In 1891 John Nolan. undertaken. Of Toron-
to. Ont. died. aged So. leaving an estate
estimated to be worth almost $1o0.000. The
executors paid all legacies specially pro-
vided for under the will and etill had
from $4,000 to $4,000 to dispose OF among
the legal representatives. 1t has been a
difficult matter to locate all these. but
Lawyer s. ID. Harris. Of Toronto. found
the last OF the heirs In Sister Agatha Of
the convent in Pueblo. Col. whore she has
been for forty years having entered 1t
first as student and then taking the
veil. Mr.. Dumain. OF Chicago. daugh-
ter. and John Nolan. o Canadian son OF
the deceased, are the other heirs, and to-
day the superior court accepted the evi-
dences Of identity of all. including Sister
Agatha. who was present, and had not
seen any Of her relatives for over forty
years.
These three heirs will each receive about
$4,000. There has been no dispute about
tho will. the only delay being in tracing
the hsirs. Mrs. Dumain - advanced In
years. but Nalped in tho Identification Of
her niece. Sister Agatha.
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AFRICAN HORSES.
Their Remarkable strength. Endar-
aure and Power for Travel

One Of the very frs. things that strfk.
tire wan1eTer IN the ers<at sxpsnsas ~ the
Southern Hemisphere il the strength and
endurance os the horse. Though TO lock
AZ trey are the scfrtest sSraEs ever ses
eyes On. yet they apreaE to oe posses SD
Of power 81 getting over the ground that
ss little she-t ot miraculous and SO aston
ishfng in Its persistence as to seem auto
rrailc- A very striking instance came an
Der my notice only 4 few DAYS after lard-
ing ia Cage Tewn sa ,ssl / was sitting
osse Saturday afternoon On the stoop %
Parks hotes. whsca occupied re corner
% Aa6erlsy and StrAYsd streets. when a
assSt-ccvere1 horssaSan stopped and ,sis-
mounted Ills horse g-sA faksa to taa
STABLES ard In the course ~ conversation
In sse ssr learned that re was a member
* n legislative ASSEMBLY for an Up-country
district. There vas I'D railway. coxEDsg-
uscAs$oHs Vita tbs interior IN those days
ara n~ Fad f1ss.iea ia srsas A4s ssxne At
ssss1sSssrS IN l>ss than SIX aayS. having
s<sTtrS4 efsn previous Maa1izg.
No~ s-slsxeerg Is f1ssrs than sve hundred
miles froSn Cage gouS. and sss country
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FEAT or AN INDIAN JU0oLER.
Wlnnowing Rice From Grala 81
Rapidly Wiring Himself Ahout.

Winnowing Rice Ffon Graia ~
RaDialy WAiPling Himself Aheut.
Zone day In the market place Of an In
land village saw q curious performance, !"
cinnatt Enquirer. 1T was conducted by
two men-ons old and emaciated, carrying
. native drum: the other young ana well
fed. fantastically ecwned with On over
skirt Of colored handkerchiefs and q mul.
titude OF bells. which tangled ncisily At
his slightest movement: long. sngged hair
altogether hideouS figure.
Tho drummer began y weird tom-tun,-
ing and the other man IN incantation
Then he extended q pupra.-a bamboo
tray used by all natives--on which any one
who paeases places iargs handful Of rice
and the same quantity Of grain. The two
ingredients are thoroughly amalGamatcd.
10 that e would In the ordinary way take
hours 70 separate them
Now the fantastic man with his tray
begins. He turna around slowly. gradu-
ally ouicksnin6 his pace (the drummer
also keeping tfmc}. faster and faster. in a
gtddy vortex. the tray at times almost out
Of his banda. yet 30 cleveriy handled that
not grain falls out. II II very trying
to watch, but In 4 couple OF minutes both
stop simultaneously and the man shows
to the wondering spectators two little
heaps one Of the rice and the other grain.
at different ends OF the tray, which In
bis sickening gyNtions he has been able
to separate by some extraordinary manip-
uIatfons"
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the bottle and LEFT. T,ws days later the
nesghhors were surprised 20 Sc. painters
erecting scafyof2lng about the house and
begin 10 pain ~ The dag the painting
was finished ne old gentleman purcha sed
ticket and left for Chicago. Zen days
later he returned and. i: ia sail, has been
very grim and tacitnrn ever since
The young iaan had sold him n preps-
ration Ia place. In the paint which would
csUse the place to ignite OF Itself tao DAYS
after II was thoroughly dry. and while
the owner was far away eu business and
seemingly could have no connection with
the confas ratson. TIE young man was
= gorgeous fraud. Tire house IS stan va
cant and loaks very ghassiy I'm its de-
oays~f condition. with ITS gay covering %
rev paint. and he old man ;rienas are
wondering what caused him In loosen his
purse ssriags 20 the extent OF the paint
hiIi''-siaeiunati Enquirer.
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f. very rough going, much Of It being
heavy sand and other parts very noun
tainouA No English-0red horse. fed ac-
cordinx 70 English methods. could have
accomplished such ride q this, more e.
pecialIy when we consider the temper
ature OF the Cape Colony. I went to look
1t the animal on which the journey had
been performed. and found 1t TO be a little
roam schisnnea barely fourteen hands. and
apparently as fresh as paint Another
very remarkable ride that came under my
notice was performed by Boer who lived
q few miles from Graytown, in Natal.
His wife was taken i'll. and . particular
medicine. not TO be obtained in Graysown.
was imperative. So in the early hours Of
the night he started Tor Aaritzberg. fifty
I'VE miles distant, through an extremely
billy country. and was back on his farm
IN sixteen hourA Tho remarkable thing
In this ride was that this Boer weighed
over seventeen stone.
In my own experience many instances OF
the wonderful staying powers OF African
horses have occurred. To mention one,
In 1866, / had been appointed honorable
SECRETARY for the first athletic sports held
in tho Umboti county of Natal. They were
TO b held In Graytown on boxing day.
which fell on q Monday. All preparations.
entries. etc, were concluded early In De-
cember, when received an urgent request
to 60 to the Transvaal to look after
friend who was lying very Ill in his wagon.
with no attendants but a couple OF raw
Kaffirs rode as hard as could, and
found him among tue kepjes OF the Drak-
ensberg, between Lydenoerg and Wax
kersthoom very bad with fever. which he
had contracted somewhere In the low
country to the northwest. l tended him
for some days until he was clearly out OF
danger, and then suddenly remembered
that had to be in Graytown on Monday
morning I was then sitting on the wagon
box drinking my morning coffee at
O'Clock Saturday morning. Graytown was
20 miles away. but was at my post there
1t 10 a. m. and In addition took a second
prize both in running and jumping compe-
titions-African Lite.
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ing. big stone head. an animals head Of
some sort. grotesqnely carved. resembling
somewhat the head OF a giant dog. This
curious stone head. placed outside the
dealers office. attracted attention and
comment, and yet IL would scarcely seem
as though anybody would want TO buy II :
but somebody did, and II brought a fair
price. IL was sold TO the owner OF a sea-
side resort.
The bulk Of the secondhand building
material is used mostly within radius
OF from Atty to 100 miles. Things are
sometimes sold 10 be shipped much great
or distances A city dealer has lately sold
some building material TO 60 20 Texas
Secondhand materials have been shipped
from here as far away "a California
Such shipments are likely "a De Of such
things as fan~ heavy. solid old mahogany
doors or old ulanteis, Fer old interior
house fittings Of this sort of the fine
quality. there Is always a demand
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spASIsH-AMERICAx REvOLrA
nsvolutionlsts Keep Alive IT,
StPuggleU.

The most frequent cause OF troubles
tween the Spanish american requisites
in the fact that. generally. revoiussona.s
movements In any one OF them saw -
afYiliatfon with and support OF peopse -
ing in the neighboring state. For ins.Ass
the political exiles from Gautemais
Ia 1--WE I'm Honduras or Salvador. w. w.
they coneoct any kind OF plan TO iurtu1
their return TO their country. prep
Ways TO invade II and overthrow the ..
ual government In South America ~
Ecuadorian rebels are. - USUAL, Gravy -.
arms. recruits and ammunition IRON
iombia. Whenever a rebellion brsa4s -
In Colombia IL succeeds or fails aocoss
10 the means OF vitality Furnished 70
from Ecuador. The diplomacy oil opsns..ss
American countries, Therefore. 49, a
employed in negotiating to prevens ~ 80.
have furnished any assembling % 49,
teal refugees along tho frontier OF ne' ~.
boring state. This n the object o. ~
mission Entrusted 1T the beginning OF ~ a
March By the government OF Ecaados y
Senior Luis r. cerbo. He was seni
Bogota with instructions to urge the -
lombfxn authorities to adopt more sers-
and effiractous measures than those -.
before in order To stop AL kin0 ~
distance In the way Of recruiting or ~
ing ammunition and provisions.
the revo,ufionsets Of Ecuador ~
friends. the clerical ana reaetsonary -
ers who had taken refuse In CoIos~
whose neutrality they constantly
Now Issk Tribune
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woULD-BE FIRE BuG BALKED'
Taken In anA 'Dunkoea" ~
smooth-LOOking Young Man.

TokGD ne DoaaV%O
smooth-Looking Young Man.
'sThe most barefaced scheme Of robbery
that ever happened in our civ" remarked
J. p. Black, Of Philadelphia. occurred
last summer. An old man. wei or In this
worlds goods. but very avaricious. was
the possessor OF an old, ramshackle frame
building. and he was thinking seriously
of having &. torn down and building a
new house. One day while leaving the
premises he met young fellow who was
lounging about on the sidewalk.
pity that ola place do..'t burn down:
remarked the young man.
"'Whyr asked the old fellow sharply.
"'Oh, I don't know. 1t doesn't seem
good Tor much. suppose it is insured:
"'Yes. I insure all of my property
answered the old man.
The young fellow kept step with the
old man until they reached a saloon, and
them invited MIN to take a drink.
I'm a few minutes the young man un-
folded a scheme that causad the old fellow
to open his eyes 10 tlsir fullest extent.
He then produced a small tablet with a
number Of addresses written upon 1t,
which he handed to the old gentleman.
who scanned the paper eagerly.
"'And did all OF these burn down.? he
asked.
"'within the last month calmly an
swered the young man. L can show you
the ruins OF al, of them. Everyone was
insured and al were painted with my
preparation
AN appointment was made. and two
days later the cid gentleman met the
young fellow, Who handed him a quart
bottle OF co'oriess fluid In exchange for 1--WE
500 notes. The old man fese.iahiy grasped
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Miss Lillian Bell The author. makes Il
r5eei suggestion for tss cleaning OF chs
caso. She tells tae Chicago Tribune. The
streets ~ Chicago are the most unoleaniy
81 any ctse 81 N. world. except CONSTANT
ropie There. however, TIE streets are run
by logs thai act as scavengers Dogs
woasa nos serve ~ clean the streets 81
Chicago Tor ire voAson they 90 not eat
old RES saa gsss, Goats would better serve
the pssrpo~e-'
Miss Hell also says that ssfs would rot
sosi fhs Chicago river. II do not agree
vita those WAC wessia ssa TIE river ar
giv~ II - the pons for fuel when the
sanitary canal Is finished II w.Il. I am saia
Re clear stream which may Re stocked
With asaA Thea yao caty saeela s&ve sorne
pabllc fogaisGs.z Sae moreover remarks
Al present the streets contain "a few use
rul Asrss tTeuEfS