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The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1899-06-28
Chanwed the Tune.

did you ever laugh until you cried
Tommy
'Yes, only this morning."
What af?''
Well. pa stepped on . tack and
laughed; then pa caught me laughing and
/ cried. "-Pittsburg Chronicle.
The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1899-06-28
A Jaant A1nie.

Hanna, in his last interview, refused to
take all the credit OF being the Repub-
lican party in Ohio himself. Like his
rheumatism. he intimated Il Is Joint At
falr.-Philadelphja Times
The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1899-06-28

Mrs Jackson-Is Mrs. whyte IN good
society?
Mrs. Johnson-Mercy. not Why. she
Journal
The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1899-06-28

Mrs Busybcdy-Your husband goes out
q great deal, doesn't he?
doesn't 70 out any oftener than he comes
tu.--ypnkeru Statesman.
The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1899-06-28

'Our old bookkeeper says he Il making
''Yes-10 mistakes Record.
The Cook County herald. [volume] (Grand Marais, Minn.) 1893-1909, 1899-09-02
Where They Hang Out.

New Orleans Times-Democrat: s."1
was travelling through a thinly settled
district up the country some time ago" ;"
said drummer, who can't tell lie
when he sees one, "and had occasion
to stop at small town off the line of
the road. The only vehicle I could get
at the station was ramshackle buggy
driven by an old darky, and as we
snailed up the road I amused myself
by pumping him about people and
things. Finally it occurred to me 10
get some pointers on the best place to
lodge: Look here, uncle / said
where do folks generally hang out
her? The old man gave a sudden
start and glared at me with evident
apprehension. Well. boss,' he replied
in hoarse whisper, they mos gen
er'ly hangs out on that thar big ches,-
nut tree yonder, second linn frum th'
bottom f. # .g.I III ! f.s.s.ss. /. /.
The Cook County herald. [volume] (Grand Marais, Minn.) 1893-1909, 1899-09-02

toilet tables, Christmas cards, and that
sort of thing, you know -
do you think poor painting does
harm?" she asked, curiously.
eyes, indeed" he replied, quickly,
forgetting the personal nature of the
question; "it does harm to the painter,
who lowers his art, and to those who
gaze on it as WE'LL 5. / .ysr *%9
well, Mr.. Fortescue, will never De
guilty Of lowering my art again. she
said. "And lest this poor picture do
any one harm, I will send it to the
Home for the Blind, to be used as a
fire screen
Fortescue, almost confident that she
was laughing at him, looked up sharp-
ly, but her innocent blue eyes were
raised to his SO confdingly that he
thought he must be mistaken .3#
s Then, dropping the subject OF: the
condemned picture, she began to talk
so entertainingly Of experiences in
Paris studios, with which Fortescue
was also familiar, that when Van re-
turned he found the pair he had ex-
pected to see at daggers' points chat
ting like two old friends.
Fortescue stayed to tea that night, a
little bohemian meal, served in Inc
studio, at which Miss Florence pre-
sided with much grace.
t was the first Of many such meals
which he took with them, sometimes
giving q little feast IN his own apart
The Cook County herald. [volume] (Grand Marais, Minn.) 1893-1909, 1899-09-02

WELL" replied his prisoner, the
very day after met you first, I had a
letter from Cousin Fan warning me to
be on the lookout for an impostor
named John Fortescue Holiday, man
OF artistic temperament, who played
bohemian three months out Of the
year in some obscure quarter Of the
city. A rank impostor, she called you.
Perhaps she kindly enlightened you
also in regard to me?' s 5..s :
Holiday laughed laugh OF intense
delight as he answered.: II =>... y
# mo; my informant was a very
charming old gentleman whom met
in Paris just before returning here.
He told me he had a son and daugh-
ter. who had absurd fits of unconven-
tionality, which impelled them to leave
home Of luxury, and go to live in
stuffy apartments, there to study hu-
man nature, and to paint great pic
lures, which nobody ever saw. He ad-
s5Vised me, # 7 ever encountered these
two characters, to avoid them, as they
were undoubtedly mad. When L first
met Van saw a resemblance to his
father and when had the happiness
of meeting you I knew that Ishad found
the mad pair Z #
That's just like papa" declared
Florence, laughing until the tears
came. But on his account ! fear I
must refuse your offer. because with
The Cook County herald. [volume] (Grand Marais, Minn.) 1893-1909, 1899-09-02
WOMEN OF THE PHILIPPINES
Their RedeeminE Feature Is The
Personal Cleanliness.

Their Redeeming Feature is Their
Personal Cleanliness.
The aristocratic Philippine matron
and her daughters indulge in no
greater bodily exercise, if they can help
it, than that required for driving or
shopping. But the peasant woman
shares her husbands work, whatever
1t may be, laboring at the plow behind
an ungainly carabao (water- -buffalo) in
the paddy-aeld, or helping to pole a
huge lorcha, or cocoanut raft, up or
down the river, besides attending to
her domestic cares. And I take pleas
ure in saying that, whatever it's pro-
prietor's rank or station, the native
Philippine nipa hut is invariably a
marvel Of neatness and cleanliness as
to It's Interior; far superior in this re-
spect to the average dwelling-house,
be 1t that of merchants clerk or that
OF the governor-general. So far as the
latter are concerned, decent servant
girl, such as are employed in America
and England, would not be content to
remain in one two days. Hundreds of
girls are employed in the great cigar
factories, and others in the converts
labor to weave the far-famed pima lace
of the Philippines, several at a time
squatting on the floor around a single
frame, picking and manipulating with
deft fingers the infnitesimally delicate
hbers. Sometimes they work for
months to complete single mantilla
or handkerchief. These native women
are rarely employed by the European
residents as domestic servants, except
in the capacity of lady's maid or cuu-
dren's nurse, and even these posit.ons
are often occupied by boys. They are
very unreliable, and the utter absence
of the sense of gratitude, so character
istic of the entire Philippine race, rem
ders it an almost hopeless and very ex-
asperating task to attempt to train
them as servants. Their only redeem
ing feature is their sense of absolute
personal cleanliness, but in spite of
this many European women prefer to
go to the expense and trouble of i'm
porting a Chinese anna from Hong
Kong or Canton rather than to intrust
her children to the care of a native
girl; although when in her own ca
pac1ty as mother, the Filipina, so far
as observation goes, leaves nothing to
be desired.-Woman's Home Comnan-
ion. -~,,.
The Cook County herald. [volume] (Grand Marais, Minn.) 1893-1909, 1899-09-02
High Price for straiEhtness.

@z One Of the difficult problems in prac-
tical mechanics is to make straight
edge. How difficult it is may be
judged from an incident which oc-
CURED in the shops Of J. a. SBrashear,
the astronomical instrument-maker
A customer asked Mr.. Brashear what
would be the price of "a perfect
straight-edge Of glass thirty-six inches
long. . 1T cant be made absolutely
perfect said Mr.. Brashear, .but it
could probably be made with a limit
of error amounting to only fraction
of Wave-length Of light. I ( Tow,
much would that cost ~ S About forty
4 thousand dollars! 8 It turned out thai
the customer wanted the straight ledge
for scraper, and that an error Of ona
sixty-fourth Of an inch would have
been insensible for his purpose.
The Cook County herald. [volume] (Grand Marais, Minn.) 1893-1909, 1899-09-02
A CLEVER GIRL.
How She Fooled the Other Girls Neatly
: and Completely.

How She Fooled the Other Girls Neatly
: and Completely.
y The girl Of my heart came home to
attend a Cousins wedding on Thursday
t of last week and she stayed in town for
two days before going back to school
i for the commencement. which will
! make her sophomore Says the WASH
ington Post. 1t wouldn't be fair to tell
i the name of her school, but it's an ex-
cellent one, where the fashions of the
mems college are followed, even to
! the possession Of a college yell and the
practicing of hazing. The girl of my
heart was hazed last fall. She did not
faint when the girls touched her arm
with a bit of ice and said. they were
: branding her with an iron: She en-
dured every ordeal so smilinglX that
the girls at last determined to. do some
thing perfectly dreadful. They
marched her through dark halls, blind
folded as she was, opened closet door
In. the physical laboratory, snatched
the bandage from her eyes,, pushed
shrieking in the. arms of a skeleton.
Now, a skeleton to- her is no more ter
rifying than hoopskirt, but she saw
an opportunity to ;amuse herself She
is one Of the cleverest amateur actress
es Washington possesses. She let
down. her hair and tangled it about her
face. Her gown was an old one, so she
sacrificed it and tore it to. tatters.
Then she waited. Presently she heard
the girls returning. She began to
Groom softly to herself a weird song.
The girls opened the door. She took
no notice of them, but went on lavish
ing kisses on the grinning SKULL, laugh
ing ldlotically to herself the while.
Finally one of them whispered:: "Girls,
she's raving mad.'' That was the cue
for the girl of my heart. She: raved;
she: tore her hair: shee shrieked when
they tried to draw her away from the
skeleton; she laughed;: she flung her.
self. about, and finally danced cut into
the, outer room, moaning in q blood
curdling way. The girls dared not
even breathe. They we're CHASTITY.
They clung to each other and shud
dered. The girl of my heart danced to
the door, caught upsa knife from ta-
ble;, waved it. with. a hideous scream
and sprang at them. Then, as they
huddled together in a perfect agony of
fright, she dropped the knife and
opened the door,. "Well, girls" she
said, drawlingly,. II hope you've en-
joyed the fun; I'm sure have" Then
she disappeared, and a dozen crest
fallen girls, too frightened to- dare to
go into Mysteries, too much relieved to
be- angry, stole quietly away ley
are clever girls at: that college, but the
girl Of my heart is bell wether of the
flock.
The Cook County herald. [volume] (Grand Marais, Minn.) 1893-1909, 1899-09-02
HOW A FILIPINO DIES.

Usually Stretches Himself Out and Meets
His Death Easily.
The general, i'm white hat. was
marching in advance of the firing line,
when the discharge of rifle was heard
in the yard of house next to the road.
Several soldiers rushed into the yard.
but not in time to prevent two more
shots, which came ,whizzing in the di-
rection of the general. At this moment
[ came to break in the hedge, where
could see what was going On. A young
Filipino. was about thirty yards off.
He was turning this way and that like
an animal at bay, thoroughly fright
ened. He had a rifle in his hand. It
afterward turned out that this rife
was choked. The soldiers were break
ing down the high hedge to get in.
Suddenly the Filipino made a run for
life. He got through the hedge some
way and dashed across an open lot
Three shots followed, all of which
took effect. The wounded man turned
ran sideways few PAGES, lay down on
the ground, and second after was
dead. I got a. good sight of the whole
incident, and so naturally did the Fill
ipino stretch himself along the ground
and rest his head upon his arm that I
thought he was shamming. An exam
ination minute later proved that he
was dead. There is this difference be-
tween the manner in which American
and Filipino soldiers die-the Ameri-
can falls in heap and dies hard; the
Filipino stretches himself out, and
when dead is always found in some
easy attitude, generally with his head
on ' his arms. RI They die the way wild
animal dies-in just such position as
one finds a deer or an antelope which
one was shot in the wood. .-Harper's
Weekly .= es...z .J1#.
The Cook County herald. [volume] (Grand Marais, Minn.) 1893-1909, 1899-09-02
BOHEMIAN JOYS.

RI Two men stood before a picture I'm a
shabby little studio. ~= :.>s2
Van," exclaimed the taller Of the
two, who also seemed to be the elder,
this is unworthy of your brush!" @t< /.
He examined the picture again and
said emphatically: cts a daub! Why,
j It looks like you'd thrown, your brush
at the canvas and let the. paint stay
where it spattered.. No, you need not
] try to stop me, for I'm going to- finish.
+ repeat it, your picture is: a. mere
daub. Van, you're equal to far better
work, and I can't see you turn out
such things, even for potboilers, with
out protest"
Wen, Fortescue," drawled. Van,
4 you're through, allow me to say that
the picture you revile so numerically
the work of my sister, who is at the
present moment standing behind you.
Allow me to present you. Florence,
! NE. Fortescue. My sister, Miss Van,
who has come to stay with me-. For
tescue.."""
+. Then. smiling a. little maliciously,
Van vanished, and the two, so inaus-
plelously introduced, were left alone.
q Miss Florence, decided blonde,
whose short, curly hair and petite fig
ure made her look very young, recov-
+ cred her composure first.
$50 you utterly condemn my poor
attempt, Mr.. Fortescue?" she said,
gently.
Z was brute!' he exclaimed. i'm
petuously. pray forget my rude crit
lcsm: You know I thought it was
Vans, and d-and-" he ended help
lessly.
z SAnd the faults, being mine," SAID
Miss Florence, with a little laugh,
are not so glaring. Fie, Mr.. Fortes-
cue, has art two standards-one for
men and another for women? No, 1
fear my picture is as hopeless as you
made it out, and that can never hope
toSmake my living by painting"
You may improve with practice. or,
1t you find that portraits or landscapes
are beyond you, there are lots of
things you can employ your brush
upon-fancy fol de rolls for women s
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white scarf from her aunt's shoulders

white scarf from her aunt's shoulders,
she said: e. x 4 /
Aunt, you and Mr.. Appleby wait
for me; am going to find Jim" ssS@
'Nellie! Nellie! You will compro-
mise yourself fatally %-s.
II don't care; I love JIM
''Nellie!"
But Nellie was gone. Mr.. Appleby
smiled as, under the shadow of a col
umn, he said:
Let her go, Elinor. Nellie is right.
Jim is worthy of any good woman"
But he is poor"
THAT he isn't I brought the news
to him that he had just. inherited a
bigger fortune than he lost. He
doesn't know it yet, and, Elinor, we
can all be married together. Eh?"
"Oh-Lloyd!"
We've waited long enough, dear,
think" -
Nellie flew like white angel down
to the Point, her slippered feet scarce
~ touching the ground. Yes, there
"No JILL. " oo AC dUOuL W COAAAAAS ~
1cide, as he stood there so rigidly still
Nellie caught her breath and then ad-
vanced slowly, stilling her throbEng
heart by miracle of power-a power
such as is only given to womankind.
Its lovely evening, Mr.. Alden,
isn't it?" she said, quietly.
Nellie, little Nellie!" said Jim, in
such transport that it is lucky he
couldn't see the sudden color leap to
Nellie's cheeks. II beg pardon, Miss
Burton. I forgot for a moment
There is nothing to forgive"
"Ah! Where is your aunt and
Mr.. Appleby?" asked Jim, stupidity.
Il left them on the porch, setting the
date Of their wedding day. boston
Globe.
The Cook County herald. [volume] (Grand Marais, Minn.) 1893-1909, 1899-09-02
THE FUTURE OF SAMOA &
Eject OF Policy to BE Adopted by the
/ -ss Three Powers. :s%" =


~sz Three Powers. sS@ p =
The questions now come up, says the
Independent: Will the three govern
ments interested be able to work in
harmony and will the general effect be
educative on the people, tending to-
ward the development Of the power of
self-government? AS to the former,
much will depend on the ultimate pur-
pose OF the governments. If The
islands are to be exploited for the
prime advantage of Germany, England
and the United States, then we can
scarcely expect anything else than a
renewal of the ordinations and re-
examinations of the past years and
harmony may as we'll be thrown %
the Winds If, on the other hand, it
is made evident that in the conduct of
the government of the islands the first
thought is what will be best for them,
even If it involves some sacrifice OF
other interests, then there is no rea-
son why there should not be- a happy
and prosperous future for the commu-
nifty. Upon the same thing depends
the answer to the second question.
That the Samoan can rise to self-gov-
ernment few, if any, will deny.
Whether he will attain to it, however,
is a very different question. II he is
made to feel that he is simply an agent
to further English-American
trade interests, his keenness may be
developed, but not his character. That
will only come by recognizing his man
hood, trusting while at the same time
guiding his judgment; stirring his am
bition by opening to MIN new oppor
tunities.
The Cook County herald. [volume] (Grand Marais, Minn.) 1893-1909, 1899-09-02

ments, which were close By, Fortes-
cue seemed to be as happy o-1ucky in
his manner of living as the Vans,
sometimes painting feverishly for days
together, only to draw the brush over
the canvas and obaiterate the images
he had created, because they did not
come up to his IDEAL,
Occasionally he would boast of SELL
ing a picture, and then would invite
his two friends over to an impromptls
fete,. only to- be roundly scolded py
Miss Florence for his extravagance..
'But I am not entirely dependent
upon. my work. he declared, protest.
ingly, after such a scolding one day,
"and- as for extravaganza, you are
not the one to. talk. How often have
I seen you empty your purse, Lady
Bountiful,. among the little avenue
waifs?''
Mistaken Identify" said Miss Flor
ence,, coolly; I'm: not the only woman
with, short, light curls in. the city,"
"The only one in the world. to me, -
murmured Fortescue, SOFTLY. so that
only she could hear;, and there and
then,, as. Van conveniently removed
himself to.a far-off easel, in few ear
nest, manly words, Fortescuet asked
her to, be his wife.
IF You will only marry me-; Flor
ence, dearest, you will be a constant
inspiration to me in my work.. L be-
lieves could paint a great picturea with
you for my beautiful model
IF I thought that, L really believe -
said she, slowly and solemnly, II would
almost be willing to marry you:. De-
sides, as the wife of the rising young
artist, John Fortescue,I would not have
to paint fol de rolls for ladies' dresses,
Chri>tmas cards, and all that, you
know for my living'' Then: she
burst into such peal of silvery laugh
ter that Van, in his distant corner,
turned to stare at her:
FLORENCE Van Middlesworth, you're
fraud!" said her lover, eyeing. her
with an attempt at severity.
John Fortescue Holiday, you're
another!" returned Miss Florence, try
ing to evade his arm, which would slip
around her waist.
"How long have you known?'' be
demanded.
The Cook County herald. [volume] (Grand Marais, Minn.) 1893-1909, 1899-09-02
NELLIE ADVANCED SLOWLY.

NGAAAH AL AANSIO OLOW LII.
could. He strode on down toward the
Point, scarcely knowing where he was
going, until with a sudden sense of a
new pain he found that he was stand
ing by the rocks where he had sat only
two days before with Nellie
Then the hot sun blazed down and
the heat pulsated from the sand and
sea below, and the rocks above, and
then, too, there was not the knowl-
edge that he had lost every dollar he
had in the world. .,.-..3 T.@
The long line of silver light laid
across the water suddenly .wavered
and grew blurred and dim. His eyes
j filed and a sob was wrung from his
aching heart. He remembered the
dimpled fingers that had clasped the
parasol, the odor Of the flowers at her
breast, and the clinging against his
cheek Of a few strands of golden hair
tossed there by the wanton wind. He
. stood there, a black outline against
the moonlit water beyond. r&
Back at the Casino another little
drama had been enacted. Nellie had
seen more than her trained features
had shown, and she knew that unless
she acted promptly she would have
looked her last upon Jim. Suddenly
Jim was more to her than all the
world. All the other men and women
+ In the world were effaced from her
heart and mind as utterly as if they
did not exist. She must find Jim she
must. 81. i
" Out on the wide portico she few,
4 with her Aunt Elinor and Mr.. Appleby
behind her. Jim was not there. With
. the prescience Of love she knew where
!. she should find him. and, snatching a
The Cook County herald. [volume] (Grand Marais, Minn.) 1893-1909, 1899-09-02
AT HYMEN'S ALTER,

Wedding rings are supposed to be
always the same, but still the fashion
of them has altered lately among
smart people. The newest brides are
wearing plain gold circlets which are
about two-thirds narrower than those
formerly worn. jewelers. are also
showing a new ring. When worn it is
exactly like any conventional wedding
ring. In reality it consists of two
separate gold bands, each made in a
spiral. These fit so closely together
as to form a. perfect ring without visi-
BILE joint. This marriage ring is SYM
bolical OF the joining of two into one.
Seventeen years ago bequest was
made to the city of London by a benev-
olent Italian gentleman of $4,000 to
form fund to give marriage portion
OF $50 each to three poor girls every
year. Unfortunately, the sum was
quite inadequate, and up till now the
wishes of the testator have not been
carried out. However, the trustees
have allowed the money to accumulate
and in two years. time the capital will
be sufficient for three girls to be en-
riched according to the desire of the
Italian benefactor.
The much-prized wedding raiment OF
certain American brides has been
treated to various disbursements.
One bride lost hers in a fire at New
port and another had hers ruined by
leakage in the hold of q ship en- route
to Europe. Hence a new fashion has
arisen of having a special box for pre-
serving a relic Of the wedding cake,
covered with a piece of the same stuff
as the wedding garment It may be
square, round, Or heart-shaped, with
an initial or crest on the outside. Some
times, besides the bridal cake cut on
the table, there is a smaller one, to be
retained as souvenir, bearing the
names of the bride and bridegroo m in
silver frosting, with those of the
bridesmaids and best man and the
ushers. On the round box, in the CEN
ter OF the lid, a water-colored portrait
of the bride is introduced, and these
boxes fasten with a silver clasp,
formed of the united initials of the
happy pair.
There is also new fashion in the
boxes employed for sending wedding
cake to friends-some are white, some
ivory and some are pearl and white,
bearing either a silver or pearl mono
gram or pretty little cupids or hearts
on the covers. Occasionally the hand
writing of the bride is represented by
her Christian name written across the
top. Sometimes every box is hand
painted and these are intended to be
kept as memento of the event.