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The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1899-06-30
A Scarcity Of Orators.
Atchison Globe.

When the people Of Wolf creek first de-
cided to hold a Fourth OF July celebration
they announced on their bills that Pres
ident Mckinley would be the orator Of the
day. Later they found they could not get
President Mckinley and invited Gov.
Stanley. who. 1t developed. was also en-
gagged for the day. Then they invited
Senator Baker, Congressman Bailey. State
Senator Matterson and Hon. T. o. Dilling-
ham. member OF the lower house. not one
of whom could be had. The Wolf Creek
Herald Of this week announces that Elder
Reece. OF the Campbeilite church. win be
the only speaker.
The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1899-06-30
SAN Francisco Call

There never has been such buoyancy In
business. The demand for almost every
thing Is phenomenal. and for iron and
steel products Is seemingly Unsuitable. not
withstanding continual advances In prices
The higher the goods get the more. ap-
pareHtly. they are wanted Collections are
rot hard. money Is abundant. with slow
but certain tendency Inward lower rates
of interest. and failures are small and un-
important. Like ship sailing gracefully
on smooth sea. there IL nothing to b
said except that the weather 70 fine.
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Louisville Courier>Journai.

LOufSvffFE IUuffef&3OUfu8I.
The curse OF the old South was that the
population had no diversfncation Of pur-
suits and the welfare OF all was dependent
upon the one industry OF cotton growing.
The new plan OF working up the raw ma
terial in the spot provides employment At
all seasons and a; higher wages. educatea
the people TO new ways OF life. increases
the aggregate production OF wealth. and
promises to effect great social reforms
The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1899-06-30

iasattne1sA A. d. LoeAAaEt ~
sunnassly rensvsA
The pttfful aspect Of this whole -
plosab1e a1Ealr - tAat Tie eArs Of ne
insAne-the neet saessa and tenoef
duty = state = called upon 70 perform
lis thus made commerce Of by . con-
scienceless gang Of political conspiA-
tors. Who that has had . friend or rela-
tive 1t Medical Lake, or who that feels
tie smallest compassion for the hope
less condition Of the 800 unhappy be-
ings incarcerated there. but must ex-
perience sense Of unspeakable indlg-
nation ut this hsartless political inya-
non of . public instituflonf
The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1899-06-30

President Mckinley has returned to hot
dinners Ia the middle Of the day and cold
meats and light luncheon for evening sup
pers. The Western Populists have been
returning to the Republican party Of late
and no doubt ere long Mckinley win fur
Their conciiiase them by ordering dinner at
II q. m. and having the servant girl stand
on the stile in front of the White House
and blow q dinner horn for the president
and the hired hands OF the cabinet.
The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1899-06-30
A Pointer.

Little Willie-I guess sister Grace won't
want to 80 ridin' on your tandem much
longer.
Mr.. Simperling-Why?
Little Wlllie-They was. a Teller with a
notomohdle here lalt night ana I heard
her say that she thought the horseiess
carriage had come to stay.-Chicago
Times-Herald se
The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1899-06-30

:. An old country sexton. In showing Wis
nors round the churchyard, used to stop
al q certain tombstone and say: This
eleven wolves"
One day lady remarked: ELEVEN.
Dear me-that's rather lot, isn't it?'
The Old man looked at her gravely. and
replied: well. mum, yer see. Ii war ar,
'obby of 'is'n.'-T4d. Bits.
The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1899-06-30

Somehow. Admiral Sch.ey. LII. D.. has .
queer sort OF lock about II. and. without
prejudice. the same may be said OF Ad-
niral Dewey. LIZ D.. or Gen. Joe Wheeler,
LII. ID.
go .sss -
Charity begins at home. usually at tire
back door, with an unpleasant-lookine
tramp as it's recipien, and a sympathetic
hired girl with reckless disregard Of her
employers interests In the role OF Lady
Bountifui
An Indiana man aged lo2 has Just secured
. divorce from his third wife, who lie but
% years OF age. and who, her husband
cisims. robbed MIN OF si.sco He is a iiv-
irg Illustration OF the fact that we are
never TOO old 10 learn
- 20 -
San Francisco Is thrilling over a hubon.c
plague scare, but such precautions have
been taken by the quarantine officers that
there is little to fear from that source. Il
does no harm to be frightened, however. az
the more scare the more care
20 20 -
The Philadelphia Record has been look.
assk Sfti WI L1NAfA htA3feSEu VIEWS on
expansion. and has come to the conclusion
tha; what Is needed In the Philippines IL
fewer schurmans and mere Funstons"
Mr.. Atkinson appears 10 be pretty good
antiiote fer his own poison
- =. -
Mr.. Lloyd osbourn has been airing his
views unan Samoan affairs In the columns
~ the Independent. II is obvious that Mr.
oseeuTn believes genius 70 be hereditary.
bat as he 8 the step-son 81 Robert Louis
Stevenson. sorzie ons should inform him
tia; there is a lacuna In his case which
Is very difficult to overcome.
80 &c go
The startling intelligence comes from
Se~ Jersey that 80 ase 90 CORPORATION
has been refused a charter In shat state.
II is explained. however. that a rroyiso in
the articles OF Incorporation il IN cen
nici With the laws q che state An exfra
session o7 the legislature will probably
nc called TO amend the .aw to a, the arts-
eies.
SIR Merton Frewcn. the English publ
csst IS giving wsr-r1crd Willie sfYscsens aid
In his efforts 10 persuade the reicns;Ax 20
vese him money fer a larger navy By de-
caring that IN view q the necessity fer .
great military establishment. is w5u -
The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1899-06-30

In his address to the business men at
the Milwaukee Chamber Of Commerce,
Gov. Roosevelt predicted a great future
for the Pacific coast. The Coast re-
turns the compliment to YOU Teddy. and
If you will come out this way we will
give you reception that will make
that little affair at Las Vegas seem tame
by comparison.
The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1899-06-30

Mount Vernon Argus.

There seems TO be considerable kick
ing on account OF the county commission
ers purchasing . SIS bicycle for the use
OF the sherfY's office. There II no doubt
that ii is an economical move. a. hereto
fore livery hire for the sheriff has amount
ed TO 80 and $50 per month. and now that
Official can do most OF his travelling on
the bike.
The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1899-06-30
A Triumph Of Dfplomaev.

Ambassador Choate's suppression of the
Ms biggest triumph In diplomacy 60 far.
he can now continue TO work them Off as
brand-new on the unsuspecting Britons.
Boston Herald
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Uncle inauiredbf little Bobby IL he had
been a good little boy
Bobby-No, haven't.
Unoie-Why. hope you haven't been
Bobby-Oh. no; just CONFERENCE.-The!
Bits.
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cALL-DowS Foa COZ. RoosnvELr.
Has He Never Heard Of the Mighty
State ~ WashlnGtone

State 81 WashlnGtone
La Conner. Wash. June a, L..
To the 0dttor: have much admiration
for Col Roosevelt a. ideal In gallAntry
and patriotism. but take exception TO his
style Of geographical deitmitstiou In ref
erence to this Union.
In his spread-eaglo response at the
Rough Riders rsunion In New Mexico
yesterday he used the words, from Maine
to Oregon. from Florida to California. -
The figure OF speech would be correct had
he said from Maine to Washington," etc.
Or IL 1t possible that the chief OF the
Rough Riders has never heard Of great
state out here In the Northwest named
after the Father Of His Country" and
which in population and material wealth
takes precedence Of Oregon, though only
ten years statee J. POWER
The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1899-06-30

They Cant Keep . Secret.
Mamma-Johnny. fear you were not at
school yesterday
Johnny-Hm! I know the teacher told
YOU A woman can never keep q secret
Stray Stories.
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a.. ro,,,, G,oae- pemocrsf.

some OF the Eastern Journals which op-
posed the selection OF Col Henderson 70
be speaker admit ncw that he was the best
man named for the place. IL that the rsa-
son they opposed him.
The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1899-06-30
On the Trail.

Has the states attorney any new eyi.
denee against the sausage trust."
No.. but he's following them up with
dogged persistency." Cleveland Plain
Dealer
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Question OF Propositions.

Did ! understand you to say he was
rich only long enough to acquire q taste
FOR champagne?"
nal
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The Demands on StatesmansABp.
Congressman Charles Curtis drove down
Kansas avenue last night and tipped i1fs
State Journal
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Phtiadeiph11 IAd2ef.
n 10 disAearseuing % think that n Ben
Jamin Franklin weTe olive now he psol.
shty cculA not - e3scte9 - eounciiA
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Their Hue.

Mrs. Hoon--What In the color az the
F1lirsnos?
Heon-By the way they run. should
judge they are all fast blacks.-Puck
The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1899-06-30

SIR Morton Frewcn. the English publ
est. IS giving wer-rcrd Willie efficient aid
In ais efforts TO persuade the reicAs;Ax 70
vese him money for q large. navy BY de-
caring that In view q the necessity fer Z
great military establishment, e wfu h
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At the C1unie Opera-house OCTOBER
9th, Thursday evening next, we are to
have the merry musical comedy 'Hotel
Topsy Turvy." It ran for 102 nights
at the Herald Square Theater, New
York, and for two years held the stage
In Paris. Three famous stage writer's
conspired to make the comedy tuneful
and merry: Arthur Sturgess, Edgar
Smith and Maurice Ordonman. The
music is by Victor Roger and Lionel
Monckton. Eddie Foy, the well known
mimic, heads the company and behind
him is large and fun making group of
clever people, with very large chorus,
over thirty in number. The scenic en-
vironment is represented as particu-
larly attractive, but not more so than
the aggregation of pretty women.
The popular comedian, L. r. Stock
well, so well known to the California
stage, returns to Sacramento October
9TH and Sth, and presents at the Clunie
Opera-house Hoyt's "A Midnight Bell
1t has been seen here twice and some
thing over a year ago for a third time
with Stockwell in the lead as the
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appear together hereafter The public
appreciate the arrangement, as their
appearance in 1.-THE Dancing GirT' and
the more recent Adventures of Lady
Ursula" were achievements long to be
remembered.
Jeffreys Lewis is to appear in a melo-
drama with the sational title of
THE Queen of the Opium Ring
Marie Dressler is i'll, and obliged to
rest. Her place in THE Man in the
Moon" is being taken by Laura Burt.
May Buckley has married a. Toronto
millionaire. Notwithstanding she IS
to appear this fall in a new musical
piece.
Julia Arthur has decided to emulate
Sara Bernhardt in playing Hamlet"
The venture will be made in New York
Olga Nethersole has selected Chicago
as the place for her initial production
in October of Clyde Fitch's dramatiza-
ton of "Sappho.'
Nine Rejane is to give a series of
performances in Athens this autumn.
you're a lobster.'' said Janauschek.
That's what she called her driver, when
her horses ran away.
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1t is not Mr. Grundy at his best or at
his worst, but it is a kind of cheap
stuff that is thrust on the best stage
in England, while Mrs. Langtry is IN
charge of it. When cats are away the
mice begin to play. Cyril Maude and
Frederick Harrison are on their Eoli-
day, and Mrs. Langtry, following the
fashion, gives US another version of a
vulgar snapshot society drama. Il
was born a female; | couldn't help it.
| have to suffer for it"-and society
laughs at this sham cynicism, applauds
1t, cheers, cracks any amount of white
Kid gloves, pretends 1t has witnessed
comedy, whereas it has really depiored
one of clever Grundy's potboilers. In
producing play that interests. you
must have two things-first, interest:
second, good acting. THE Deeener-
ates' has neither. There is 40 inter-
est, so far as can see, in r vulgar de-
classe woman who insults her sex in
every word she speaks and i'll every sen
timent she utters. There is no good
acting when pause succeeds pause hes
itation follows hesitation. ana the
grand old Haymarket is turned into a
cheap academy of amateurs. And What
is the play when all is sad and eonea
Mrs. Langtry, as the heroine, enacts a
.heartlesS, brainless creature given up
to selhshness, who is supposed 20 be
converted to human natues by the re-
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Bryant Had Caught Them All.

Harold Goodwin, grandson of William
Cullen Bryant, is the owner of Cedar
mere, the poets old home on Long ISL
and. Among the features of the place
are an old trout pond and a pietur-
esque rustic bridge. Some members of
the household, so the story goes, were
recently approached by an old man who
wanted to know if that was Bryant s
home.
Yes" was the reply.
We'll, there's rustic bridge around
here l want to walk over and a trout
stream / want to fish up" he added.
He was told that he would be allowed
to do both DO you know" he con-
tinued, my father used to fish here
with Bryant, and he said that those
trout We're what made the old man
famous. If he had a good catch he'd
get enough ideas to write for a month.
and if he didn' t-well, he'd Just scratch
his head and walk that rustic bridge all
night, and for many nights and not do
a thing.
And you come here for inspiration,
l suppose?" said some one.
We'll, yes,' was the hesitating reply:
I've come to trout for a few lines. l
don't expect to get Thanatopsis. but
if | catch small sonnet it'll be worth
while"
Later in the day the old man was
seen walking silently by the house
without single catch, muttering. to
himself: I've come a long WAYS to
find out if that was true, and I believe
it, and guessed that Bryant caught
all the trout before he died Pitts
burg Dispatch.
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work, and that his labor in this world
has come to an end.
Elsa Ruegger. the young Belgian
'cellist, has created quite a stir in Ber-
lin. She was Commanded last month
to play on two occasions before the
Emperor and Empress.
Cesar Thomson, the violinist, has re-
ceived the Order of the Medjidie from
the Sultan of Turkey, who heard him
play at his palace in Constantinople
Thomson is making professional tour
through the Orient
Hans Ricter has decided to stay in
Vienna, his salary having been raised
SO that he will receive 1900 fiorins
tSS,20UD a year. He has leave to attend
TO the engagements he has made for
this year in England.
The sweetest music in the world. -
says writer, lis the human voice"
Young parents will do we'll to paste
this at the head of their first cradle.
aptly remarks an exchange.
During the year 1898, 1S1 new operas
We're presented in Europe.
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stage. Mr. vanstuddiford,s fortune
having been lost in unfortunate real
estate investments.
AT the performance of fhe .BaI
Masque' at the new theater in Mos
COW, the other night, a young singer,
Nine. Gainizyna, had a nervous crisis,
and had to be taken off the stage. She
was playing the part of Ulrica, and in
the second act she smiled so idiotically
and sung SO much out of tune that the
audience began to hiss. Amid jeers
and laughter. she sang on more and
more out of tune, and finally ended
with scream She was led off the
boards and doctor was sent for. who
SAID she was suffering from acute hys-
teria. She has been removed to an
asylum, where it is hoped she will re-
cover in few months. This makes
the second incident Of this kind which
mas occurred in Russia recently. Last
November. M. Tchernoff had a sudden
access of mania while playing at ST.
petersburg, and he is now incurable.
The following letter from the great
pianist. Leschetizky, at Vienna. to Con-
ductor Emil Paur will be found of in
terest, in that Victor Thrane is to tour
Herr Petschnikoff in America. next sea-
son:
My Dear Friend: very extraor-
binary artist, the famous violin vir-
tuoso, Herr Alex Petschnikoff. will ap-
pear during the next season in America.
He desires a letter of introduction from
me to you. | gladly take this oppor-
tunlty TO send you my portrait and at
the same time to beg you to support
hlm by your powerful influence in ev
cry possible way You will learn to
recognize in him an artist of the very
nrst rank and of inconceivable versa
tility. Grand, beautiful tone, noble
technique, distinguished conception of
old and new masters, bold and brilliant
bravura united with deep and warm
delivery, have in a brief time placed
him in the ranks of the great perform
ers on this instrument So, too, has
the Vienna public whom a little while
ago he electrified with a rendition of
unprecedented perfection of Tschaikow-
skys Concerto.
Il am sure that you as we'll as the
American public, which knows how to
NoluC every lliluS great ana DeduIlIul,
will subscribe to what I say
I send my most cordial greeting to
you and yours, and remain, your sin
cere admirer and friend, Theodor Les
chetizky.
"P. S.-You will oblige me very much
If you will place these lines, if Herr
Petschnikoff wishes, at his disposal, in
case they can be of any service to him
with the public
Another royal composer, encouraged
this time by Mascagni, is about to ap-
pear in music form, as we'll as later in
the theater This is the Princess Anna
Of Montenegro, consort of Prince Fran
els Joseph of Battenberg.
Young Mr.. Minkowsky, the San Fran
cisco composer, whose one-act opera,
The Smuggler's Wife," will be pro-
duced in New York this fall by the Bos-
tonians, has arrived in New York. He
will personally superintend the rehear-
sails.
A music critic living in Berlin wrote
recently: AT the rate the English
language is making it's way in Berlin
to-day, it will be but a few years when
we shall see in the shop windows here
and there the sign German spoken in
side''
Verdi denies that he is writing a new
opera. He says "Falstaff'' is his last
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says: was treated at the Neagle Medical
Institute and was completely cured.
| consider this Institute one of the fin
est on the Western Coast. The doctors
in charge are skilled in their profession,
and at great expense they are provided
with all the modern appliances neces-
sary for the thorough treatment of dis
eases. They have patients from all over
California and the Western States, and
all who take their treatment have BEEN
cured or benefited. They are reliable gem
tlemen, and do great amount of good.
formation / can about this Institution,
and will carefully and faithfully answer
all communications received on the subs
ject. C. w. SEIDELL,
315 K Street. Sacramento Cal.
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Stuyvesant," who had but one leg. and
now the story on the Rialto goes that
Crane selected this part because it en-
bles him to save the cost of shoes,
boots, stockings and trouser legs.
In Wagenhal's and Kemper's big pro-
duction of THE Winters Tale" which
will be seen here during the current
season, Louis James will play An
tolycus. Charles B. Hanford will be
the King Leontes, and Kathryn Kid
der will essay the dual roles of Her
mione and Perditas the two characters
hitherto identified with Mary Ander-
son. Miss Anderson was the first to
break in on a tradition and double"
these characters in Shakespeare COM
edy. and Kathryn Kidder's assumption
of two heroines will be watched with
keen interest.
Henry of Navarro will figure in two
important plays which will be pro-
duced in London next season. The first
is piece which has been secured by
Sir Henry Irving for the Lyceum, and
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the second is the adaptation of Stanley
Weyman's popular novel, "A Gentle
man of France"
=
Clement Scott disDoses of Sydney
Grundy's new play, The Degenerates,
in which Mrs. Langtry has appeared in
London, as follows, in the New York
''Herald": sI was born a female.
couldn't help it. Somebody blundered,
and / have to suffer for it, Round this
somewhat unsavory sentiment Sydney
Grundy has written, not a play but
what We call in England "a potboiler."
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The Point of View

Ny neighbor has an ugly dog
A most disgraceful criter-
My neighbor and I've had some words
That were trifie bitter.
He swore about the chickens that
I've tried to raise this season
He wished them dead and seemed as one
Who was bereft of reason
he hates to hear my roosters crow.
he says they make his nervous,
And yet he loves that barking dog
What tricks our fancies serve usl
wish his dog were poisoned, but
can't see why the dickens
The fool should have such hatred for
My inoffensive chickens
Chicago Times Herald
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Deacon Mat Steinle, as the boy Mar
tin Tripp, is now of the company and
shares comedy honors with Stockwell.
This makes a very strong team, and
its support is represented as thoroughly
good, and has the commendation of the
Portland, Salt Lake City and Western
press generally.
Tomorrow Clay Clement, wife and
company return to play two-night
engagement at the Clunie Opera-house.
Mr.. Clement produced profoundly
good impression in his first engage
ment. He is an artist of high merit,
and his company is we'll balanced, tai
ented and faithful We have had no
better dramatic troupe here in many
years capable of playing such a round
of artistic works. Mr.. Clement is an
author with a ready pen, a graceful
style and philosophic turn Of thought
His diction is superior and his dra-
matte composition is natural, reason
able and full of human interest. He
will appear here two nights only, de-
parting Immediately thereafter for
Australia On Monday evening the
charming comedy drama from Mr.
Clements pen, THE New Dominion; /;
on Tuesday night the French sensa-
tional play, "a Scrap Of Paper" for
the production of which Mr.. Clements
company is peculiarly and admirably
adapted, say. those who have seen it in
the drama
When Mary Anderson made the great
revival of 1.-The Winters Tale in New
York eleven years ago. she first broke
stage traditions and doubled the char
acters of Hermione and Perdita.
Kathryn Kidder win do the same thing
this season and will be associated with
Hanford as King Leontes.
"A private car belonging to the Beach
Bowers Minstrel Company broke coup
lings from the rear of an express train
between Cheyenne and Laramie and
ran down a grade around several dan
gerous curves, making a distance of
thirty-three miles in sixteen minutes.
and coming to a standstill on the next
up grade. Tt was the widest ride ever
made by a travelling company.
Professor Dare. who invented many
of the artistic and graceful dancing
effects in the late Augustin Daly's pro-
ductions, has been engaged by Man
ayers Wagenhals and Kemper to re-
hearse the James Kidder-H -Hanford
Company in the country dance for the
great production of 1.-THE Winters
Tale
William n. Crane, the comedian, has
the reputation among his professional
friends of being exceedingly econom-
tcal. This season he is to play "Peter