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The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1899-01-06

se1siy Emaxtnss that e be fAous1 II 800
essoogk shey viii ~ wiling 10 overlook A,s
free silver herazy and jain Carnegie in SUP
porting him for The presidency ia lsA
TIE STANDARD sscssonaYy 4sssnes an I'M
.srsaisss az .soa4 Who usnolds or maintains
impersas government: . partisan or sub
secs OF an empire Il Is about as applsca-
bic 10 those patriotic citizens OF the Lnsseo
States who believe In progress as u would
sx 10 insist that Those wco opEc<e exESan-
sscr wish 4, limit the boundaries Of the
Jn.sess States 10 the original thirteen COLO
miss NJ. ErYan Is making the whole wosid
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shout there franchises 20 QuArrea eser
fhsn: bat ~ econ ~ Uncle Sam announces
shas ne VIII establish stable government
In the island fhe1r valsse .srorses apparent
THIS illustrates the difference between the
unsted Stats government ard the govern
nsnt that has just been kicked cut OF
f~,,ba
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Have you ever prosecuted tina. dishonest
clerk You had?" asked the great lawyers
friend.
Me-, replied the great lawyer. II talked
II over With myself erce and found that my
fees would be larger than ! would care TO
pay 10 have the work done. 1t wouldn't
look right 10 employ any one else, and I
can't afford 10 employ myself "Chicag go
Post
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The assignment Of Gen. Lawton to the
Philippines vii. give the ansi-expans.onists
another shock They have SO persisiens.s
declared that our new possessions win be
frish,fuiiy misgoverned that they are
greatly disappointed at the appointment Of
such men as Wood. Henry and Lawton-
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The sad news Is received that Father
Edward Demeaez was killed Ia railroad
accident in Montana He served for sew
erai years as chaplain of the Sisters hos
ustal In Seattle. and was well known for
his seal and good works.
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New York Mail and Express.
Berlin dispatches say that tha German
emperor wants the reichstag 10 enacs a
law providing that no German subject shah
he allowed to become a naturalizsi citizen
OF any Other nation. The emperor may
fsfa it easy 10 get such law into the
statute books, but he would have a whole
barrel OF troybie IN enforcing II.
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The Arguments Are Not New

st Loul3 GIOUe- IF.fHoCIaE.
Cen Wheeler says the arguments against
expansion ARE very similar TO those made
when we annexed louisiana. and again
when Florida was annexed, ard again when
we annexed Texas. Thess were repeated
when we sought to annex Hawaii" 1t IS
the generals opinion that the expansion
CT the present is as wise as that OF the
Mst
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\ @nsnher - syns2sSztsx are SOFA Asssex
ave- ire ssre<e fs-swey franchises q Ha
Tzma. ara t@o - tas A American syga1ss-sss.
have carried sacsr Gnszrel . tAe N-w
York courts As isszx IS spasssa comma.
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The woman in bsaek-He'e her third, you
know. ba; she really bIushed Hike young
girl all through the ceremony.
The woman in mauve, yellow ard green
/ don't wonder' Just lock what she was
marrying Journal.
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During the past few months the sea
has been very avaricious. A great many
the vessels may not have been OF the
best, among those that have gone down
there were many which were a. strong as
human precaution could make them
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Chicago Times Herald.
So far as can be discovered at ifs head
quarters In the Unity building John r.
AItgeid's boom for mayor Of Chicago con-
sists 81 Mr." Martin, a cuspidor and the
short beg of a last years wlshlscxne,
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ST Louis Giofse- Democrat.
Gen. wevIpr SAYS the United States Ia
determined 10 follow Ensland's policy Of
aggression The freest countries in the
world are naturally the ones that Weyier
likes the least
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His Availability Explained.

''No matter what / say" she remarked
''my husband never talks back 10 me-"
'of course not" said her companion
Hes a professional pugil.st. and doesn't
believe In taking his business home with
him. Washington Star.
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ST Louis Globe Democrat.
Senator Gray. the only Democrat on the
peace commission. tells Bryan that the
treaty merely gives rs control of the sit
uation'' Uncle Sam always looks after
this little detail In settling up a war.
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New York Nah ami Express
For bilison-aoalar country, this harry
land of ours ID heavily oserstcckei with Co
csHt Statesmen.
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aEATTI.E TF4EsATER-' +ssaft No. 2
THIRD AVENUE THEATER--.fA Boy
Wanted"
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SECKS And SLIPPERS.
NOT OLD STOCK REDUCED IN
PkltE% BIT BRAND NEW GOODS
THAT COMM END THEAsSFtT. YES
To WOMEN WHO KNOW How
I'd DRESS WELL. WE PLACE ON
SALE TOMORROW At PRICES
THAT ARE SIMPLY PHENONf.~
NAL
SIS LADIES SHOES. LACE ogs
Button. Of tAe finest Wei ksa or jses
Calf. extra walking sole ~ oak tan
isssfasr. soft. T.i4alss$. elegant ana slg{-
tsa- new bull deg toe. never sod Far
less ihan. ;.sS, dons miss to- ~. ~.
mex 70 Ca sale for. pr ga 10
AsE .-...-' t~-+~.- -~...@<s- VGpOO
TWO HUNDRED PAIRS LADIES.
DF@Ta SLIPPERS, % fine ETenCh fa3f.
qDAtsi or pain. tarnsa sole. nes and
stylish In eywry p9passr cosor. Brft
over from The hras9ay sling ard flar
Sid we4 THEM ~ $40. Or -.
nfsw ressnrac 20. per Essff~ Oh Ills
JOHN X Esf4fsY's 3 - sHoF. rOR la
dies, known ths c.3ssntry over as being
absolutely the Fsesi sss9o-Agsy'' car fgsg,,
&Egwsaere. ia Ae~ and stylish CATS
- sals them now for. per 81 40
bA1 r.~<ss- ss..s.- .s.s....- V1nOO
4 EEeat crane
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of self-government among the Nyam-
Nyams." But the illustration, Nubar's
dumb show, the thing. Nubar got
up from his corner And with that light,
elastic step of his, and with his fez tilted
slightly on one side in its haIoitual FASH
ion, Nubar initiated the imaginary slave
dangling the plump baby in his arms be-
fore the Nyam-Nyam monarch. And
now, my DEAR said Nubar, as he sat
down, his eyes %twinkling, let's have an
other Coffee"
Often, when Nubar spoke English, he
followed the French idiom: hence my
dear for nor cher" And it was al
ways Lets have another coffee" MY,
dear, don go away yet. Stop and let's
have another Coffee In his sense of fun,
and in his indifference to ceremonia!ism,
Nubar had in hin nothing of the Orien-
tai. | have often watched the express
sion of good natured, patient boredom on
his face while a procession Of native Wis
itors made elaborate obeisance before
him, each bowling down, with his fore
head almost touching the carpet, and
With open palm scoopinS up the imagln-
airy dust of humility.
Another trait which dlstln gulshed MI
bar from the traditional Oriental was his
humanity, which had in it nothing of ca
PRECIOUS impulse, but was instructive, as
in the highest western type. Nubar's hui
mainly ~revealed itself in a striking man
ner during the cholera outbreak of 1865,
when he personally attended to the needs
of the sufferers, while the khedIVe, lSmanl,
fled from the pestilence. 1T must not be
understood from what I have said about
his cCmical Illustration of differences IN
self-government thai Nubar was lacking
in the liberal spirit. A liberal he was,
every inch of him. But not in the indls-
eliminating temper of certain enthusi-
osts whose so-called liberalism would do
more harm thar g&od. What was MI
bars work in Egypt but liberalism of the
highest and finest order?
There could have been no more eloquent
testimony to the European appreciation
of Nubar than the suggestion made by
many leaders of opinion in England and
on the Continent during the height of
the Armenian crisis. hat ne should be
intrusted with the task of mediation be-
tween his native Armenia and her OPP
pressor, and of d~evising for her some
form of autonomous government under
European guarantees. Nubar could have
lone it if any man could. But there were
obstacles which it were profitless now to
discuss.
To know Nubar was to love him. Those
of us who were privileged with his ac-
uhaintance will not see his like again.
Englishmen should ever hold his memory
in high regard, for he died. as he had
lived, a firm believer in the humanizing
power of their race: while all men upon
whom the name Of Egypt exercises it's pc
culiar spell will honor the statesman who
did more than any other 10 rescue her
from her ancient servitude.-London
News.
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AUSTRIA'S TAX ON NEWSPAPERS

Austria shares the doubtful honor with
Turkey of having a government tax on
each newspaper printed in or introduced
into the country, and the privilege with
Russia of prohibiting the sale of journals
in the streets. The removal of this I'M
popular tax on knowledge has been a
matter of constant agitation, and prom
ises of a speedy reform nave been made
by the present government. The obstruc-
ZIONIST policy of the opposition IN p~arlia-
ment, however, has rendered the pros
pect of legislation on this point hopeless,
at least within any measurable space of
time. The social democratic party has,
nevertheless, taken a very pronounced
position in the matter, and Is agitatlng
for an abolition of the obnoxious laws. AT
the head of the present movement are
many composltors, who fear that the
number of the employed will be consider
ably reduced by the pending introduction
of composing machines unless IN the
meantime the existing tax is removed.
1t is a noteworthy feature of the pres
ent agitation that paper manufacturers
are limiting their outputs owing to in
sufficient demand. Thanks to the news
paper tax, which requires the paymen of
a farthlng on every paper before it is is
sued, and a half-penny on every foreign
newspaper, Vienna is rapidly earning the
credit for being the most illlterate city in
Europe. The people do not purchase their
own journals, but read them in the cafes.
There are, roughly speaking, only 70
newspapers for each million of inhabit-
ants, whereas the figures for America are
259, and eve in Germany as high as 1919.
The morning and evening issues Of
"dailies" in Vienna collectively do not ex-
coed 600.-Vienna Correspondence Of the
London Post.
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NTRAR PACHA.

TO cav that Nubar was fer the best
statesman whom the east has produced
in orr time would not necessarily be pay
ING him a commitment. 1t would be con-
t]rastinc him with n%obodies. The east does
not produce statesmen IN our sense OF the
name. 1t produces men great IN a GER
tain way. such as Mehemet ALI, with ms
harbaric PASSION for justice, and his bar
barrie ways Of gratifying it, as by trounc-
ing up unjust Judges and eNtort.onate
governors and ~bastinadoing them there
and then. as if that could do any perma-
nent good.
Nuhar was not merely the best of orr
entail statesmen. He would nave peen
distinguished anywhere, and IN the most
cultivated society no less than in the po-
litical arena. Never was there a KIND
her. more genial, wittier, more fascinat-
ing host han Nubar. Now that he is gone
Cairo viii not seem the same place TO
those VINO knew it IN Nubar's time. The
visitor who knew Egypt and It's foremost
statesman in the eighties Will perhaps
pause before a certain well known house,
about half way between Shepherds n
the railway station, and recall memories
of its former occupant. He will picture
Nubar sitting in his corner seat by the
window overlooking the pathway lead
ing from the big gate in the high wall,
which separates the house from the street,
and listen in imagination to one of the
very best takers east or west of Brln-
dist. An artist in talk though he was,
Nubar never talked for talking's sake
merely. He was not an art for arts sake
man. There was solid, serious stuff IN
his talk; but with ireXhaustible wit, n
mother wit and humor. On one of my
visits to Nubar soon after the occupation
our discourse drifted into the somewhat
abstract topic of self-government for
Egypt.
Just at this time Lord Dufferin was
deep in his plans for administrative re-
construction. Perhaps he was polishing
off that famous Memon sentence, where
at he may have smiled since, though I
can ina CINE his generous emotional glow
in the act of composition. "Self-govern-
ment,' exclaimed Nubar, what do they
mean by self-government? Is it self
government on the Thames? But this is
the Nile. I want them to define self-gov-
eminent. The Nyam-Nyams have self
government. You know who the Nyams-
Nyams are. Yes, they are cannibals in
the southern Soudan. Well, when the
household slave carries a plump baby
into his Nyam-Nyam majesty's presence
for his majesty's breakfast. that's part
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"A REAL DINNER ON THE STAGE.

And society could do worse, for Fon
Chong Ma is a great actor. LUX Ling
says that he is the greatest actor in the
world, and after you have seen him you
are inclined to believe that there are
many worse critics than the almond
eyed little manager of the DOyers-street
playhouse.
This week there will be special per-
formances. for the Chinese New Year is
on, and Fon Chong Mai is kept busy.
The plays that are presented at the
Choy Ting Quoy are centuries old, and
they are presented at Doyers street just
as they were acted hundreds of years
ago in China. And that is where Fon
Chong Mai proves himself a great actor.
He adhereS strictly to the traditions OF
his ancestors who laid down inviolable
rules, providing that each thing should
be done thus and so; and he is great in
spite of all the obstacles with which Gus
tom has surrounded him.
The visitor to the Choy Ting Quoy dives
into the basement of a typical Chinatown
Auilding and finds himself in a big, bar
rem room, IN which the only seats are
plain board benches, without backs. ris-
ing tier upon tier from the platform upon
which the performances are given. Every
night this barn-like thcater. bare as to
decoration. is filed with StOlidly inter-
ested spectators. all wearing their black
slouch hats and all smoking or nibbling
at the Chinese dainties that are sold by
the usherS during the performance.
If every seat is filled the overflow of
spectators step placidly upon the stage.
grouping themselves about in the most
picturesque manner, sometimes almost
hiding the orchestra that plays a strange
and gutterdl accompaniment to- the per-
Torrance from the back of the stage.
In China these plays last for months,
sometimes for years. but FOn ChOng Mai
has assumed the right of the artist and
cuts his month-long plays to fit into a
week.
There is no curtain in this unique play
house. There is no scenery or other ac-
cessories to assist the mind in bridging
the ChaSm CtWee the real and the
ideal. FOn Chong Mai relies wholly upon
his power as an actor to make his audi
tors forget the realities and live With him
the life he is portraying. THAI he is sue
cesSful there can be no doubt.
one glance at the TRANCE audience is
enough to prove that they only see the
picture as he paints 1t, while even the
American stranger who has drifted into
the theater out Of curiosity or in search
of new sensations, and to whom the
words Of the players is nothing more
than gibberish, can understand the pam
tomime and follow the course Of the
strange drama from act to act, compre-
bending nearly all that is done by the
performers.
Fon Chong Mai has the power to do this
and so Fon Chong Mai is a great actor.
Could Richard Mansfield, or Irving, or
BeerbOhm Tree do more when a piece of
red paper attached to a post is the only
Indication that one act has ended and
that ten years have elapsed? By walk
ing twice around the stage could they
Civ the impression OF having taken a
two-days' journey? Could they do more
than succeed in creating an illusion on
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while in this condition had beaten and
knocked her down in the streets. She
said further that she was a hard working.
temperate woman, and that her husband
beat her whenever she refused to sur
render her scanty earnings. The child,
in a timid, hesitating way, corroborated
this testimony. Between them they
made out a very black case against the
prisoner. The man in the case was a big,
burly longshoreman, whose face was
covered with blotches. He had every APP
pearance of being a very hard drinker:
his speech was rough and his manner
anything but prepossessing. He denied
that he had assaulted his wife, and said
her injuries had been caused by a fall
while she was drunk: as for himself, he
was not a drinking man. His looks gave
the lie to his testimony concerning his
habits, and some of the spectators in the
courtroom smiled when he said that it
was his wife and not he who was addict
ed to the use Of liquor. AS the case stood,
the man was apparently guilty, and as
the charge was assault, conviction meant
Imprisonment | did not dispose Of the
case promptly and decided to get further
evideuc if possible. Later the evidence
was forthcoming. The agent Of the land
lord in whose house the man and vile
lived came forward and testified that the
| defendant was a sober, industrious man;
that the woman was given to drunken
ness. and that she had tried to induce
I him to give evidence in her favor. |
learned that the child was under the
von1an's influence, and that she re-
ceived INJURIES complained of in the man
ner described by her husband, SO l
| discharged him"
What about the blotched and swollen
face?" I asked.
'"That is the point of this story said
the justice, with a smile. 1.-The defendant
had no idea thai his face was uncon-
s%ciously in evidence, and he did not re-
alize that his looks seemed to corropofate
his wife's story as to his alleged dflhkln
habits. so of course he was silent IN the
matter satisfied my curiosity in the
case hv inquiry. and learned that the
man was afflicted with eryslpelas, ana
that he was really of abstemious hapl's.
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NOT SAFE.

Brooklyn Eagle: In the course of a
conversation Justice SchnitZpan said:
Il never feel like making a time record
in disposing of cases, and l do not stand
alone in this respect among Brooklyn
justices. | find it the safest course to
get at all the material facts in a case and
to avoid trusting TO appearances, or be-
ing guided to any great extent by any
real or fancied ability to read human
nature in faces. | know that some peO-
pie profess to read faces as others read
books. but I make no pr%etensions in hat
direction, and can see no more than the
average man of experience in dealing
with men. Faces are often very mislead-
ing"
can you give me a case in point?"
"Any of our justices could recall num-
bers of cases, but one will serve" said the
justice. lone morning a woman and her
little girl appeared in court, the woman
as a complainant against her husband,
the child as a witness. The Woman's
face was bruised and cut. she said her
husband had caused these injuries; that
he was in the habit Of getting drunk, and
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A PENSIONED CHURCH CAT.

London News: A most fortunate ami
nal is a little kitten which recently at
tached itself to the Church of st. Angus
tines, Highbury. In spite of the efforts
put forth by the officials to induce her to
leave the sacred precincts she returned
again and again. her persistency in the
end bringing rich reward. Impressed
with the Kittens attachment to the edi-
flee, q lady connected with the church set
aside a sum of money to be devoted to
the comfort and maintenance of the kit
ten. AS a protection against the inclem-
ency of the weather, a neat little kennel
has been erected in a cosy corner Of the
grounds at this lady's expense, While
local p~urveyors of meat and milk daily
supply the Kittens needs. The c~onstables
who are on fixed point duty at this spot
also evince warm interest in the little
creatures welfare.
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For some reason New York's society's
dearest aspiration seems to be towards
things Bohemian. Weary Of the con-
v~entionalities, of life with its dinner
dances and cotilions, its Sunday evening
dinners at S~herry's, and its approved
charities, it longs for the unconventional,
and at last it has found it.
Now when the ceaseless round of ordi-
nary society functions becomes irksome,
the members of the 400 do not, as hereto
fore, make a brief expedition into that
mysterious land that lies just beyond the
fringe of responsibility, but, instead, they
pay a visit to the Choy Ting Quoy, on
Doyers street, and spend an evening in
witnessing the wonderful performance
that is given by Fon Chong Mai and his
compan of famous Chinese actors.
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New York's Favorite
Stunning Expedition
NOW THAT LENT is ON, IT WILL GO TO CHINATOWN TO SEE THE
GREAT ACTOR FoN CHONG MAI.

perfectly Dare boards, without scenery,
footlights or curtain? And think of the
brain a man must have to be able to
memorize not one but fifty of these
month-long pieces, and Fon Chong MATS
repertoire contains more than half a hun-
dred of these classic Chinese dramas.
Like all great Chinese actors, FOn
Chong Mai is a female impersonator, and
if he has no scenic accessories he GER
tainly has many w of gorgeous splen-
dor. Some of these costumes We're worn
by his father and his fathers father, for
all his ancestors for many generations
have been great actors. These gowns
are marvels of Oriental art and uXuri-
BUSINESS, silks and satins of every hue,
heavily embroidered in solid gold and
silver. Several of them are worth more
than 81, 500 each.
Fon Chong Mai had never seen a for
eign play until he came to New York,
when Augustin DAILY invited him to oc-
cupy a box at his theater. The invita-
ton was accepted and Fon Chong Mai
witnessed a presentation Of the "Mer-
chant of Venice with Miss Ada Rehan
as Portia. During the performance the
Chinese actor sat as if spellbound, and
when the curtain fell he said:
Il walk as in a dream. Here is the
best that the world can give. Better
than this is only in the realms of the
gods. For 800 years my people have been
actors before me, but l am an humble
one of the Brethren of the Pear Orchard"
In these phrases, so oriental in their
extravaganza. the son of the east bowed
before the daughter of the west, and one
great actor paid his ribute of homage
to another. =
HARRY GERMAINE.