The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1899-10-29

Of ar the one thai world settle the diff
Guilty a. once Is the only thing the three
powers VIII not agree %. and that s 20
retire from the scene an: recall every off,
cial Mata2fa, the real chief and over lord
o. al Samoa. would then reign IN peace,
and as he IS 4 wise man and Yields ire
rusgdous authority. he would soon
straigh.en OF, the tinlid Tanu and The
turbulent Tarnassse, and Samoa would be
as calm az Marua. the one island over
looked IN the Berlin treaty. where he
natives untroubied By white officials. self
seeking politicians and interfering nnisslo--
aries have never lifted their hands asa.ns.
each other.
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A. meeting CT the Manhattan school
board the other day the women candidates
for teachers were discussed BY name in
a manner 50 offensive, so insulting and
disrespectfIi as TO rouse the indignation
Of every professional woman in New York.
The subject under discussion was the ad-
visibility Of appointing married women 20
the place OK teachers IL the public schools.
Three Of the women had been unfortunate
in their marriages and had separated from
their husbands.
II want 70 say" said Commissioner
O'Brten, that il you open the doors 10
these women you'll Be inaugurating the
most pernicious system that can be adopt
81 In our schools. Here is one man travel
Ing about the country ami we're asked 10
give his wife money enough SO that II she
cares TO she can send him money for poker
chips"
The lady In question Is Normal COL
!ege graduate and had passed all her exam
nations with credit. The money was not
to be given her: she proposed 10 earn
Il by the hardest. most fatiguing work
there is-;eathlEg. She has ia redress for
these insulting remarks. but mus. bear
IN silence the cyuei jibes OF those vulgar
men. whose names. a true American IS
glad to see. are not o. this country
What are you going TO do with the >
year-od baby Of the other one?' asked
Mr. Mor!aTity.
Some one ven,ured to suggest that Il
would probably be left at home
We want to be sure about it,. said
Mr.. OBrien. "or We will be running a
names be stricken from the list, because
their husbands are alive
To an advocate OF the women. who plead
ed that they We're in every respect COM
petent to teach. were entirely dependent
upon their own exertions for a, livelihood,
and had each passed their examinations
with credit Commissioner o. rien re-
marked humorousiy that the women must
have made deep impression upon their
champion's susceptible heart. refined jest
that caused roars OK laughter from the
other members Of this singular commit
tee One OF the REMARKS made IN refer
ence to a newly married lady Is not fit TO
print. but il added 10 the hilarity Of the
occasion.
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To an interested reader OF the big daily
papers there are great finds In the matter
o: singular advertisements. One man
yai tuf,t 4
wide acquaintance among electrical pe0-
pie" What "a lively person 1t must be that
h IS In search OF?
"Waxlted-Eurse to care for bottle baby.'
"a gentleman Of good appearance, ener-
geuc ana abie TO talk. is open for an en-
gsgeneut" reminds one OF the ancient
saw. Talks cheap, but 1t takes money 10
buy land" Evidently this young man
has talk on tap.
Another offers very strange services.
Useful man. young, all round the. house
and waiting"
BY the wrong use Of commas the follow
Ing advertiser gives himself a poor repnta-
tion: Nurse, valet and invalid gentleman.
mentally physically afflicted"
Here's a superior creature Wanted by
gentleman man 10 correct and re-write
stories and ether literary work
There are many pathetic ones: Sober in
dustrious man will pay so for permanent
position" and the following should bring
some response from the kind-heartc0:
Starving italian gentleman. A years old.
university graduate. strictly honest, perfect
French and German scholar, some years
tanltor here. beet city references. bess for
any occupation al any wages. Address
Hungry, s5l Herald"
That readers are not heartless and some
OF these pleas ara anse erei by the sym
pathetic was shown by en- advertisement
that appeared a week ago. A blind woman
appealed through the columns OF a big
daily FOR some kind-haartai person TO read
aloud % her ard was surprised and over
wheimed by the numbers OF replies They
came from all sources. School girls offered
TO come on Saturday afternoons, business
men with only one evening a week NJ
their disposal begged to give her that much
OF their time A rich lady offered her the
use Of her carriage whenever she felt dis
poasd 20 drive. and her little room that
had been So lonely WAS suddenly. through
the magic Of few printed words. crowded
with friends eager TO help and console.
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In the criminal branch or the supreme
court yesterday ionsshoreman nicknamei
Denny the Brute" was tried for the
murder OF his nine months oil daughte-.