The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1899-09-11

out an order from tho British ONCE
of works. that an articles supplied
under contract Ca the public de
partmeuia the houses Of parliament
and the royal palaces shall be made
af toadloss glaze.
Il in atuted that the Hon Charles
Eudicntt tax commissioner af Mas
aacbunotts, who died suddenly few
days HEa. that he had never taken a
vacation in the last 20 years, az there
was NO other person 10 whom the
simple act Of signing "a document in
% commissioner absence could be
assigned.
A correspondent IN New Zealand
reports strange dislike 10 the med
teal profession among the working
classes there They never apply 60 a
doctor until all other means have
failed. and then assume a hostile at
titudu. refusing 10 give their aYmp-
toms and expecting the doctor to
ind out what IL the matter with
thcm by simply looking at them.
japan. not 20 he behind the Euro.
peau nations Ia eiViEiiatiou h going
90 send cut an Arctic expedition. The
reason given ia thu II Japan in ever
Go compete with England on the sons
it must develop In the Japanese the
spirit ~ adventure and 81 discovery
which has made the English power
fui The only places left 60 he dta-
covered are the north and south
poles,
A tract - 200 acres ~ land. beau-
4 40 r.
farkrtaburE W. Va. has been ar
ranged BY It's owner. ~ senator
Camden Tor playground for the
children 81 the city. A part 81 the
tract 10 we'll shaded. and VIII not ho
disturbed except that seats and
tables are conveniently PLACED. while
the unshadcd portion is arranged
with noWrrH. paths and other pleas.
ant effects.
A woman WAS staying tn n Cana
dian village one summer and met an
pid woman Who had a blood fsud on
with another woman How ts 4
Mss smith was seen taking tea With
you yesterday the visitor asked
oh. welt she sald tffumphAutly.
she asked mv to tea the DAY before
she 4 make herself 81 Nth my john.
ME cake
A swedish offlcer named kuylcunt.
ivrne. who IL at present travelling IN
CHINA. reports that the Manchurtan
railway can not he completed under
five yrarn. partly because al the
Nuod has q be imported from Am
vuca. and partly because mosi Of the
~ 90 Chinese iabaFvfz Nho had been
engaged went home again. being Dis
satisfied with tho treatment they re-
rcived a. the bands % the Russians
and nable to endure the cold vim
tef
Harvey W Rogers. - Hamburg.
y Y. started for the Centennial "a
position IN Philadelphia in 1878. and
has been lost TO his family ever
slncr. His sisters rerrntiy got word
~ him through a pension appllca-
ton. and after long search found
him 81 Danyllic. Va. lie l. nos go
ing 70 return % hts old home lie
makes no excuse for hia strange con-
duet. bus says he craved a wander
ing life Increase m rial estate vaiu-
atoms since ISIS has made him very
weaithy.
After some improvements have
been made In North Capitol street
Washington. y was discovered that
the worsmsn had ihaaEhtts snly made
away with the historic stone set In
place hY George washington 81 the
time u the original surveys 80 mark
the northern boundary ef the city
The STONE cannot ~ found. but a
committee has been appointed to pre-.
pare a suitable pillar or tablet ~
mark the spot where the stone stood
feF 30 many years
There iA an epidemic % feas IN one
- the New YORK. markets. II u said
that the tarmeuts have been brought
from Pysfto Rico IN the Sarsiips nat
are being ovehauled at the navy
yard, and thai the lnFects ARE tray
cling about tha city IN all directions
In the market referred 70. whieh IL
not far from tho navy yard, the mar
ket men Nh1 car AFFORD u have
gone away. leaving their clerks To-
charge The Porto Rico visitors are
larger than those Indigenous to this
continent. and arr vicious,
a Result of Marriaue.