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The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1899-12-14

scene opportunely to carry out the
wishes OF the people. His capacity was
far greater than that Of most men. but
he was no more In earnest than most
Of his oountrymsn In the object sought
to be accomplished. The spirit Of lib
erty had been growing ever since the
pilgrim fathers first landed on these
shores to escape tyranny, Of which the
British government was one Of the
weapons.
Although washington. therefore. was
but 4 type Of the American people in
IT. attitude toward all foreign powers.
the manner in which he carried out
the VIII Of the people brought triumph
to them, and he is entitled to all the
honors . grateful nation can bestow.
The nation honors itself in keeping
fresh the memory OF the father OF his
country. 1t is not the man we now
revere. but all that he represented
patriotism, fidelity to the interests In
trusted to him, moral and physical
courage, high personal character, and a
careful regard for the interests and the
welfare Of others.
It should be an agreeable task and at
the same time conscientious duty
with every parent and teacher to keep
before their children the reasons why,
one hundred years after his death. a
name il held in such high reverence.
The fact that men are remembered
after death and their names spoken
with affection because they lived good
lives and achieved great deeds win
have profound impression upon the
growing citizen. It was not because
he was king or a potentate, but be-
cause he was an upright and honorable
man and true lover Of his country
that his name will stand out In en-
blazoned letters when those Of the
merely rich or powerful will long have
been forgotten.
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Canadian Soldiers at the Front.
PhfladAlnhia Record.

The Canadian contingent of thousand
men who have gone to take a hand in the
fighting In South Africa were landed at
the Cape last week and Immediately sent
to the front to reinforce Lord Methuen.
There IL no doubt that they will give
good account OF themselves. and no doubt
that the gallant Beers will put them upon
their mettle. The contemporaneous fight
ing Of United States soldiers in the Philip
pines and the Canadians in South Africa
furnishes to the world an inkling Of the
pervasiveness and push Of the English
speaking peoples and OF the wonderful i'm
provements in the means OF transporta-
ton which SO add TO the facilities of con-
centration ana the celebrity Of warlfke
ouerafiOna
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AsUsn 81 auorArIoN MAaIks.
LiteRary Device naAly Ovsfworlxsd
~ Ienorant writers.

LitsSary Device naAly Ovsrworl<sd
by Isnerant writers.
Current Literature.
There are times, of course. when q quo
tatiop mark IL Of great value In removing
ambiguity or disclaiming responsibility,
or acknowledging soma unusually unusual
usage. But. too. there arc occasions
when Mite strychnins IL beneficial. And
similarly quotations should be put up IN
ground gins bottles carrying . skull and
drosubones and the word 'sPOisonvs and
kept IN q cool, dark place. out Of the reach
Of the young, for quotation marks are
very dangerous. Wrongly applied. they
can paralyse an otherwise beautiful
preston and inSantly Kill the admiration
and interest Of an intelligent and engaged
reader. There are certain almost illiterate
writers that use quotation marks for al
most every maginable shade of emphasis
or unusuainess. The iIlitcrate and the too
timid lean heavily on quotation marks
and their frequent appearance In any
writing establishes at once q prejudice
against the author, feeling that he must
be either uncultured or afraid and sus-
picion Of either quality IL Of great hurt to
q writer's chances.
Some WRITER'S with very subtle snob-
bishness, quote all .colloquialisms and IA
miliar household words az II. being COM
mon, they must be apolcgixed for. Adj
vertisement writer's are particularly helm
Gus in thsir misuse Of the device. inlet
tered, or only half-lettered. novelists are
equal sinners, the following sentence from
q recent book being not unfair example:
"Antoinette had the gown made over
for herself, the cloak she sold to q. mill.
nsr friend who altered and retrimmed
II, and placed 1t IN his stock, from which
It eventually vanished, becoming at length
the property Of an actress--a piece Of
stage wardrobe"
There is no need Of pointing out the
maddening insults and the disgusting
awkwardness Of such sentence. But 1t
is no worse than Thousands OF others In
the daily press and occasionally In the
works of well-cultivated writers. Once It
gets on a readers nerves he Is subject to
an unceasing torment. Everywhere he
reads the little twin quirks buzz up at
him like mosuuitoes
But "maugre" the tendency of "writers''
OF 1.-The present time'' to "overwork" It.
the quotation mark" Is valuable Fin
stitution."
Heaven save the mark'r'
The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1899-12-14
A HoTcHpoTcH OF ANTI-1sms.

The prediction OF United States SEN
ator James H. Kyle, Of South Dakota,
finds an echo in Boston. The Demo-
cratic plurality Of 1000 in the last city
election and 5000 at the state election
in November have been overcome by
remarkably heavy Republican vote. 1t
is claimed by the Democrats Of Bos-
ton that the Republican victory was in
a great measure due to the knitting
Of Patrick A. Collins by the supporters
of the candidate who was defeated in
some changes. but 1t is q very unusual
thing for city Democrat to scratch
his ticket on account Of ward politics.
AS Thomas N. Hart was elected by
1000 votes, besides overcoming 5000 at
the state election, and as the suburbs
Of Lynn and Woburn, which would not
be subject to the ward politics of Bos-
ton. and which are ordinarily Demo-
cratic strongholds, gave Republican
majorities, the inference is fair that
1t was a genuine victory.
Senator Kyle expresses himself as
very positive in the belief that the coun-
try will support the present administra-
ton. Republican gains, especially in
the West, have been very great within
the past two years. Kyle attributes
that to the satisfaction with the course
Of Mckinley and the conditions which
have accompanied his term.
Free, silver will not be an issue. 1t
cut no figure in Boston this year. Sem
ator Kyle says that in the last cam
paign in South Dakota the speakers
scarcely said a word about free silver,
ana even Bryan, in a speech Of two
hours duration delivered in that state,
failed to mention the subject once. 1t
is not improbable that in the anti
Republican party under whatever
name 1t may be known-there will be
a free silver plank, but 1t will be
mere sop thrown to the free silver Re-
publicans who may remain In their
ranks, and no further allusion will be
made to it during the campaign.
The fusionists will have to rely upon
trusts and expansion as their forInid-
able guns. The Republican party is pre-
pared to make war on trusts as vigor-
ously as, although more judicially than.
the fusionists, SO that there is nothing
left but expansion, and the country Is
expressing itself very emphatically on
that subject from South Dakota to
Boston.
AS the policy of the Republican party
develops and the benencent effect of
It's administration is made manifest the
country will become still better sat
isfied to continue the government in
such safe hands.
No party was ever in such q bad con-
dition as that which Is made up Of the
The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1899-12-14
Exodus Of the Trusts.

Chicago has been solemnly reminded
many times Of late that nearly all the
great trusts are going to move to New
York because Illinois has such bad SUE
preme court that these eminent aggrega-
tons cannot bear to 1.-Two in the same state
with it. Several formidable tables have
been printed giving the capitalization Of
these departing trusts to total of half
billion dollars or more; and in general
the friends OF the trusts have held out the
gloomy prospect that Chicago is about to
enter a stage of decay and ruin because
the supreme court declared the law to be
so and so in certain trust case brought
hefore IL
The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1899-12-14
ArrERrHoUGHrs.


1t Is now MAJ. Gen. Leonard Wood. U.
9. ". and q weli-dsservsd promotion.
% % -
It II In order now for Mr.. Bryan to
tender Mr.. dosbel his sincere condolences.
% % ~
Mr.. Taylor has been formally inaugur-
ated governor OF Kentucky, and 0oebel
has finally been gobbied.
% % 20
full sortie. He seems to object to the
Beers hugging Ladysmith 20 closely.
% % -
F'inancier Miller, who appears to have
been the only. one who succeeded In maxi
ing $40 per cent. profit out Of the Frank
lin Syndicate, has gone to Canada to en-.
Joy himself lodging detectives.
% % %
Today IL the centennial anniversary Of
the death OF George Washington. What
an opportunity IL offered George WASH
ington Aguinaldo to round out his career
by passing in his checks.
- % -
II Gen. Methuen raises the siege Of
Kimberley and relieves Cecil Rhodes from
further apprehension he viii ind a few
large diamonds in his Christmas stock
ing, or Mr.. Rhodes isn't the man We
think him to BE-,
A number of ambitious Democrats Of
the North and East are congratulating
themselves that Jim Hogg's vice presi-
Dental boom has not succeeded In Jump
ing the Texas fence. notwithstanding the
boosting Col. Bryan is giving 1t.
% % %
In the late state election Boston went
Democratic. Tuesday the city elected .
Republican mayor. Col. Bryan will now
get out his pencil and prove beyond cavil
that this IL another straw indicating his
election in 1900.
The Hongkong Filipino junta officially
announces that the insurgent government
will be changed to dictatorship. This
change will be easily effected. az the
Filipino republic never has been any
thing but Dictatorship. except in name.
% 20 %
Col. Bryan says the pending financial
bill Is a very bad one. IT hope 1t will
be defeated" he says. 1T should never
be permitted to pass the house because
1t is not in the interest of Democracy"
Does Mr.. Bryan imagine that the Re-
publican majority in congress is engaged
in passing measures in the interests Of
the Democratic party?
% 20 %
The Hon. Billy Mason IL making des.
perate effort to get back in the band
wagon. He says: II ana Republican,
straight Republican, and I hope good
one at that and declares his purpose
to support Mckinley for reelection.
Billy can come back II he will be good,
but no fatted calf will be killed for him.
% 90 -
After thinking the matter over on his
voyage to Manila, Gen. Funston pauses
at Honolulu long enough to announce
that he Is sorry he ever allowed himself
to be drawn into a newspaper contro-.
versy, but that being in 1t he will carry
1t through to the end. BY the time he
reaches Manila he may wisely conclude
to discard the pen for the sword and
quit reading the papers.
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HOW He Proved II.

First traveller I'm the smoking room)-I
think the most marvellous sight ever saw
was when I was crossing the Blight Of
Benin. You know the Bight2
Second Enthusiastically. Shot two
sea serpents there last year.
Third traveler--I landed hard by when I
cycled across Africa.
First traveler-well. 1t was there we
sighted man who had crossed from
Buenos Ayres on a hen coop, with q cot
ton umbrella for a sail, and
Other travellers jealousy, in chorus-Ohl
Come, sayl
Quiet man lin corner)-Oh, I'll vouch for
the truth Of the assertion.
First traveller (nettled)-How's that?
Quiet man--Why, was the man.
Company disperses--Punch.
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THE MAN WHO LIT HIS PIPE AT
CARBONADO.

uasn, crash ana q tnousanu Ieet
down in the dark earth below the little
mining town Of Carbonate lay the
bodies Of men mangled and torn ana
bleeding. Some dead, two score or more
Of these, some crippled. some caught
and held under the timber and the
rocks. unhurt In body. but suffering
the agonies OF living death until res
cue might come. Above in the light Of
day. women, pale with fright. tortured
by uncertainty. and little children won.
dering, stand at the mouth OF the shaft
waiting for what they dread to meet.
There has been an explosion down In
the mine where husbands and fathers
and brothers and sweethearts are work.
ing, and death has not stopped to con-
slider who will most suffer by his COM
ing. There willfbe women to weep to-
day and to struggle with hunger and
cold tomorrow. the willing arms that
helped them. stretched stiff and cold by
the stiffened bodies In which there shall
be no more heartbeats. God pity them.
That is the story Of It,
And why was It?
Down in the mine, cold and stark with
the bodies Of his fellow workmen, lay
the body Of Ben Zeidler, a pipe not
lighted and an open safety lamp by his
side. An old miner. Of long years Of
experience, grown careless. He knew
the. deadly firedamp. he knew the
dangers Of the noxious gases. he knew
why the lamp by which he worked was
closed and netted that its flame should
not reach the air about him. Yet he
gave no heed to precautions, and
thoughtlessly touched the spring Of
death.
made to bear the burden of the ruin,
the suffering and the sorrow his
thoughtlessness has wrought, but there
should be in it lesson, not only to
those who worked as he worked, but to
thousands who from selfishness or
thoughtlessness bring woe to those
about them or dependent upon them.
Scarcely day passes that there is not
story Of death and disaster because
of some ones heedlessness. Not a
month ago half dozen lives were sac
rificed by the carelessness of railroad
engineer He had no malice. nor was he
a man Of bad heart. He simply grew
neglectful of his duty, OF the broad duty
that every man owes to his fellow man,
and though he still lives it were better
for him to be as Ben Zeidler is. He.
at least, melted out to himself what he
melted unto others.
But this lesson Of Carbonate will soon
have lost its terrible meaning. Men
will come and go as they have always
come and gone. and for the one heed
less there will always be ten thousand
to suffer-not in these mines, perhaps,
but in all the places Of the earth where
mankind is associated with his fellows.
The man who lit his pipe at Carbonate
has followers everywhere.
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How 1t Happened.

Mrs. Flats--Why. John, there is steam
In the pipe
Mr.. Flats-The janitor Is visiting in the
country and his wife doesn't know how to
run things.--Syracuse Herald
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''Do you believe in the observance Of
the Golden Ruler"
Eyes. / always like to have other peo-
pie keep 1t in mind when they are dealing
with me,"-Chicago Times Herald
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A PRACTICAL POEM.

What's the use
OF tying poet down to conventional rules
And spelling
His good ideas
BY Rhyme and meter which knock
All the soul out Of thems
Why can't he write
Just he
Blame pleases, and
He wants
To write nice long line like this one, regardless
OF the laws Of versifcation. the quantity Of
syllables accent. rhythm, stanzas strophes and
measures,
Or else little bit Of short line, like
This,
Why mott New Yogk oua
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Mountains Ont of Molehills.
Northwest rntlustries

Tacoma papers announce the destruc.
ton, practically, of the entire water front
of Seattle when some forty square feet
Of the Arlington dock fell into the sea,
with few hundred dollars worth of hay
and oats. Talk about magnifying things
and making mountains out OF molehiils!
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''You say you won't marry me because I
am bald and because I make puns?'.
puns. or II you made puns and were not
bald, 1t would be different: but the fact
that you are bald and still make puns
convinces me that you are too old to re-
m."-Chicago Record.
The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1899-12-14

One Of the serious problems today con-
fronting the fruit raiser Of Washington
is the fruit insect and disease pest. The
matter of keeping all our orchards from
disease and the insect pest has apparently
but recently come to the surface in all
the seriousness Of its aspect.
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Dignined His High once.

CIallam Bay Record.
He elevated the office to its true plane,
and made 1t what the forefathers of this
not the first to do that but none Of his
predecessors achieved more in that direc.
ton than he did.
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similar But Different.

Miles--Where Is your friend Jaggs now?
Giles-He's gone to the spirit land.
Miles-Indeed! It's strange never heard
Of his demise.
Giles-Oh, he isn't dead. He's visiting
relatives in MISUNDERSTANDING News.
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"No man with any sense at all would
approve Of your actions" said the angry
husband.
"But, my dear" calmly inquired his bet
ter half. "how do you know what man
with any sense would do?"-Chicago
News,
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Simkins-What makes your nose red?
Timkins--It CLOVIS with pride, SIR, at not
pok'ng itself into other peoples business.
Sydney Town and Country Journal
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Garfield Enterprise.

A socialistic organ says: "If you want
to capture your town for socialism, 20 In
and win the brass band.' We don't wish
to capture the town for socialism or any
other ism that substitutes brass bands for
reason and common sense.
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An Appropriate Title.
PORT Townsend Cj

Fort TOWNSEND Call.
Apropos of the fitness of things may
be mentioned the fact that a law book
publishing house has just issued q work
entitled Bryan on Natural Cas-"
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A Pessimfst,

Tommy--Pa, what is a pessimist?
prefers both.-Melbourne Weekly Times.
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city preferred By so-cailsd labor leaders.
Mr.. Psttigrsw u mot 20 useless - ha
might be thought to be.
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Whatcom Reveille.
Fusion was ever a scramble for Office
and the indecent haste in this instance Il
not surprising.
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Not an Impossibility,

Clallam Bay Record.
Can 1t be possible that this particular
clown (Mr. Bryan, has worn himself outY
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OIympIan.
Obviously. the actual Money Power" Il
an exceedingly numerous Individual,
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Not many are aware that Whatcom
county owns land in Skagit county and
Is paying taxes to that county. The land
was taken in the settlement with ex-
County Treasurer Rogers, but is now ad.
veTtised to be sold.
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The Bourbon news. [volume] (Paris, Ky.) 1895-19??, 1899-09-19

Ii you really want a serva It,
or a room, or board, or house,
or horse, or a position, you
want it bad enough to adver-
tlse for it. Try the columns of
THE BOURBON News.
Observation-Disclosures
The Bourbon news. [volume] (Paris, Ky.) 1895-19??, 1899-09-19
NINE TAILORS

May make man, all right but nine are not abso-
lutey necessary. | have fine selection of Fall
Suitings OVercoatS and TrouSerngs, and my cutter,
Mr. 0. P. CARTER, SR, can fit you up correctly with
out the aid of the other eight. Perfect fit and latest
style guaranteed. My coat maker, Mr.. BARNEY
SHERIDAN, is a master of his profession. See my
goods and prices before placing your order.
I'll. S. STOUT.
Aft P. LoWryS Old Stand.
The Bourbon news. [volume] (Paris, Ky.) 1895-19??, 1899-09-19
PARIS BOURBON CO., KY. TUESDAY. SEPTEMBER 10. 1899.
PREMIUM LIST
PARIS SECOND ANNUAL FREE STREET FAIR, TUESDAY,
WEDNESDAY And THURSDAY SEPTEMBER
rs. 27 AND g. 1899
SPECIAL PREMIUMS.

$40 in Silver O'Brien & James
$40 in Silver Jos. M. Hall
IS Silk Umbrella L. Frank & Co.
$50 Set Furniture J. T. Hinton
Howard Hat Price & Co.
j, 20 Cot I Geo. Speaks
20 I Speaks & Redmon
S. Cash :. J. A. Schwartz
SIS Cash o. Edwards
r
S. Mandolin G. S. Warden & Co.
y
So Suit of Clothes Parker & James
The Columbian. [volume] (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1866-1910, 1899-11-16
B1ELA,s COMET.
The Periodically Seen body was oh.
served This Year at snn-
tiagO, chill.

The periudicity of Biela's comet was
tScertained on its discovery, in Febru-
ary, 1926, by Biela; at Josephstadt, Bo-
hemia- and, independently, by Gambart,
at Marscilles, about ten days later.
Roth DISCOVERIES remarked the similar.
sly of elements to those of the comets
sf tI52, imperfectly observed by Mon
saigua at Limoges, and the first comet
Of 1906. Clausen's calculations showed
that the period of revolution between
1Z72 and 1926 had been about 6 2-3 years,
abe comet having escaped observation
at the intermediate returns, excepting
Mat of 1906, when 1t was seen by Pons.
Prof. Santim, of Padua, principally oc-
cupied himself with the investigation
of the motions of this comet, as did
more recently the late Prof. Hubbard,
of Washington.
Biela's comet was observed at its re-
appearance in 1882, but was missed in
1880, from proximity to the sun. At
its next return, in 1S4546, it was again
found, and at this appearance n remark
able separation into two distinct nebu-
lositiss took place under the eyes of the
astronomers. In 1852 both components
were reobserved and were found TO
have considerably widened their dis
tance from one another. At the return
30 perfhefion in 1859 there was no pos
kibility of observations from the un-
favorable position in the heavens, but
in 1866, according to calculation, Its
track seemed likely TO favor observa-
zion, yet, in spite of long and careful
seaneh, tire comet was not found, nor
was anything seen Of 1t until 1872.