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The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1900-10-18
81 Was Greatly Troubled
With a Cold Which Set
tied on NV Lungs
and Left Me With
Catarrh."
THEN HE TRIED PERUNA
"lt Has Come Fully Up To My Ex-
pectafions, Completely Cur
ing My Cntarrh-Leav-
ing No Trace Of It,"
lspecial News From chicaro. ms

ESPECIAL News From Chicago. lliA
CHICAGO. ILL. Oct ,S.-HOn f. A
w. Johnson, justice OF the peace, writes
from COZ Sheffield avenue, Chicago, ILL.,.
the following:
II was greatly troubled with a cold
which settled on my lungs and left me
with disagreeable catarrh. As your med
icine has come TO my notice several times.
1 determined 10 see what IL would do for
me. IL has come fully up 10 my expecta-
tons completely curing my catarrh-leav-
ing no trace OF IT."
f. a. w. JOHNSON
Nearly all the chronic ailments to
which the human family Is liable, either
begin or end with catarrh. or else are In
some degree complicated by catarrh.
II this fact were better understood by
the medical profession than II is today,
IL would save great amount OF anxiety
deaths.
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Special Dispatch to the Post-Intelligencer
kOSLYN. Oct. T.-~Court City of Ros-
lyn. Foresters OF America, OF this city.
on last Saturday evening instituted a
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RUPTURE CURE FREE,
Home Method That Restores. No
Matter How Bad the Case.
Welcome Advice From a well-Known
New York Specialist.

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Charged with Grand Larceny.

Special Dispatch to the Observation-Disclosures
ABERDEEN. Oct l7-Flla Ray, OF this
place. was yesterday bound over 10 the
superior court charged with grand lar
ceny. IT is charged that she took 1925
from a laborer named Colin Murray.
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AThe String Of DefianGek

huge, humming sound came from the
high-walled garden of an Isolated adobe
structure down near the waters edge, and
about a half mile from the boundary Of
the Preside Reservation. All the land
surrounding IT, with the exception of the
hard. paved street. was a soggy marsh
and houses were few and widely scat
tered
/ halted near the wall and tried to fix
in my memory Just where had heard a
similar sound before. The humming
broedeHed and deepened until that wall 1
was touching vibrated with 1t, and sud
denly jumped full tone higher. Instant
ly there burst forth such yelling medley
of screaming howls and roars that. de-
spite the steady nerves which I prided
myself upon. hastily retreated to the
farther side of the boardwalk.
Surely, such babel was never heard
outside OF menagerie; even my little
acquaintance with Wild beasts enabled me
TO recognize the believing grunt of lions.
the barking scream OF tiger or panther,
and the snufing Of bear.
What such animals could be doing In
the garden OF an old abode house on
North Beach ] could not imagine. Then
a mans clear. high pitched voice began
TO chant a familiar college song, which
my own particular fraternity had Lat
infzed as q "Josh." This man was sing
ing the same "hog-Latin'' that We had
used; the fingers OF recollection plunged
into ons Of memory's cells. and dragged
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NEW BRITISH ARTILLERY.
Orders Given for War Material Ex-
ceeding $50, 100000 In Value.
(From the New York Sun

The rearming Of the British artillery
and the replenishing of the stores of am
munitIon and other war material will. il
is stated, necessitate a vote at the next
session of the British Parliament of from
forty to sixty millions of dollars. A good
deal of this money has been already spent
or anticipated, the Krupp works in Ger
many being employed on an order for fif-
teen batteries of quick firers, and large
orders having been placed In the hands of
Messrs Vickers, Sons G. Maxim in Eng
land for guns and mountings One order
is for forty-two of the 41-inch guns that
are reported to have proved very service
able in the South African War, and an
other is for thirty-ffve howitzer batteries
with the wagons, iimbers and carriages.
The same firm Is also at work on the
mountings for tweI,ty-seven garrison bat
terry, 9.2-inch guns OF the Vickers type,
one OF the most powerful and destructive
weapons in either the British land or sea
service.
As the orders for these armaments were
given without reference to Parliament.
the necessity for them must be very urg-
ent. The despatch of arms and ammu-
milton to India for the rearmament of tho
British garrisons there and the transfer
of the discarded rifles to the native regi-
ments proceeds as rapidly as the arms
arrive. Arrangements for making smoke
less powder, and other war materials have
also been made, the establishments being
located in central India
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D. C. L. by Oxford University. His Pc
cuniary rewards from the Government bad
already made him prosperous. He was
presented with the freedom of the city of
London In June. 1879, and died few
weeks later at the age of eighty-four
years. and now rests amid the stoned
urns of Westminster Abbey.
Great Britain receives from Its post
Offices $50, 600 annually. and spends
about $40. e00.0 coo. giving a net profit Of
$50. 900, 600. France receives annual prof
it from its postal system to the amount
of $10.000.000, Germany SS,0O0,Ge0. Spain
s2.500,0o0 (the ordinary letter rate in that
country being cents), Hungary, S2,COO,-
geo. British India and Belgium 81 $780,
000 each, Austria and Japan $1,000.Go0
each. Holland $3.50, 600. Turkey, $500, COO,
Switzerland S50o.000. Portugal and New
Zealand $3.50, 900 each. Sweden $3.50, 1000,
Denmark 100000. and Greece. in which
country very few letters are written, sz5,-
600.
The United States STAMP has always
been remarkable for simplicity and ele-
gance Of design. The issue of 1869 was
square stamp in ten denominations.
printed in two colors. illustrating the
progress of the postal service. The l.
cent stamp bore in bronze the head of
Franklin, the nations first Postmaster
General; the 2-cent. also in bronze. the
post horse and rider; the 3-cent, which
had the largest circulation, the locomo-
tive in ultra marine, and the 12-cent, in
green, the ocean steamer. The reduc-
tion of postage for ordinary letters from
to cents was made in 1888.
The Columbian stamps, both in coloring
and design. were the most artistic the
world has ever seen. The Omaha stamps
were hardly inferior In makeup Both
issues were called in for redemption De-
cember 81. 1899.
The Postoffice Department will issue
stamps commemorative of the Pan-Ameri-
can Exposition to be held next year in
Buffalo. They will be of the same size as
those Low issued, and will be in the de-
nominations of l, 2, 4, 5, 8, and 10 cents.
The first and second issues of United
States postage stamps were made by pri-
vate firms in New York city. The issues
of 1861. 1869, and 1870, were made by the
National Bank Note Company. From 1873
to 1879, the Continental Bank Note Com
pany executed the engraving and printed
the stamps. except the Taylor head of 1875,
which was made by the United States Bu
reau of Engraving and Printing. The
American Bank Note Company furnished
the engraving and stamps from 1879 to
1891, when the work was given to the Bu-
reau of Engraving and Printing. In this
offiee are printed, each day, from 10,cCe.
0e0 10 II 00o. 600 postage stamps of the va
rious denominations. They are sent to the
PestGiiice Department, from which they
are forwarded. in registered packages, to
all postoffices in the country The print
ing OF postage stamps is a secret process,
which cannot be witnessed except by spe-
cial permission from the Director OF the
Bureau, and this privilege is very rarely
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A CULTIVATED TASTE.
One Must BE Acciimated to Enjoy
Tabasco sauce.

CFrom the New Orleans Times Democrat)
THE tabaseo sauce incident which
plays such an important role in the Booz
investigation reminds me of very har
rowing experience of my own in old Mexf-
CO. said a New Orleans railroad man.
I'll tell it to you briefly: About ten years
ego ! went down over the Mexican Central
to Chihuahua. and that being my first visit
to the republic, everything was new and
strange, especially the cooking. l had
letter of Introduction to the comman
dante OF the city, who proved to be a
courtly, superb-1ooking old gentleman,
and he Immediately made preparations to
give dinner in my honor at his residence
the following afternoon. l was little
embarrassed at so much attention, but at
the same time | was anxious to get a
glimpse OF native social life, and when
put in an appearance I found really bril-
liant assemblage, composed of the prin-
cipai personages of the place. L was duly
presented all around, and after little
ceremonious conversation we took our
seats at the table my own place being be-
tween my host and his beautiful eldest
daughter.
'The dinner was excellent and every
thing passed OFF smoothly until about the
middle of the repast when the conman-
dante remarked that he was about to in
vite my attention to a characteristic
Mexican dish, which he had ordered his
cook to prepare for my particular delec-
tation. 1T is local version of chilli
colorow,' he said, and while it's a trihc
high favored l will guarantee that you
find 1t delicious At the same moment
the delicacy made its appearance. It was
briek-red in color and had the general
aspect OF a thick vegetable stew. Seeing
that was a bit timid. the beautiful seno-
rita at my side helped herself to por-
tion and smilingly swallowed liberal
spoonful. That dissipated my fears, and
without any further hesitation l proceeded
to follow her example. To fully describe
what happened next would need an ac-
complished linguist.
you couldn't possibly do it justice in
one tongue. / felt as If l had bolted 4
quart of red-hot carpet tacks. The roof Of
my mouth shriveled like collapsed bal
looni Tears ran down my cheeks like
rainl l couldn't breathei / leaped TO my
feet, gurgling horribly, and rushed around
the room looking for water. which Is the
last thing IN the world you will find on
Mexican table. The guests shrank back in
terror, supposing had gone suddenly mad,
and most of the ladies went off into violent
Mysteries: but the courtly commandante
ran after me and seized me by the flying
tails of my coat. Then he held open my
jaws while his beautious daughter poured
a cruet Of olive oil into my sizzling guilet.
That relieved me. but the episode broke
Up the banquet, and i dare say it is still
stock story In the best circles of Chi
huahua society. / left early next morning
and have never been back. 1t is a black
spot in my memory. / afterward ascer
tanned. by the way. that chili-eolorow is
prepared from native red peper pods.
which have ripened on strings at least five
years. Each year raises their tempera-
ture 20 degrees Fahrenheit."
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watch the change" He sawed the bow
across another string. The result was
shrill, ear-splitting shrek that defies
words. An angry red glow succeeded the
purple, and the animals with one accord,
and like nothing so much as pack of
frightened rats. fed, tails down. to the
shelter Of the cages. The doors fell noisily
to their places. and the operator turned
to me with a triumphant smile.
"Of course, that was fear" l said. "but
what about the defiance?"
We'll. | only use that to tantaiize
them with. when they are safely Gagged
in." he replied rather shame-faeedly.
They try to get at Ee then, and l en-
Joy the same sensation that l imagine
a small boy does when he is Just out of
reach of chained bulldog that wants to
sample him."
AS he finished, a bell tangled loudly.
Rex started. and his face grew black.
"Just a moment, Jack" he called over
his shoulder as he dartsd to the rear door
He was gone long time; SO long that I
became nervous. and was about to call to
him, when he appeared in the open door
way. He bore the limp sorm of a slightly
built man in his powerful arms. and his
face was the face of dead man.
What on earth is the matter?' cried
Let me out of this, Rex
lie eaSed MS DufSeH 10 the ground, ana
coming up to the cage. fumbled for a mo-
ment at the lock. Then he sprang to his
feet and walked away.
What's the matter. Rex?" | repeated,
and then stopped short; for my eye had
caught the bolt OF the cage. He had pad
locked 1t and / was n prisoner. fell ST.
lent and watched him curiously. He
picked up the inert figure and propping 1t
up on q chair which he brought from the
house. together with long. thick cord, he
bound 1t firmly In sitting position. The
insensible mans head lolled grotesquely
from side to side as his captor worked
and finally oscillated gently to a detected
droop on the sunken chest.
Rex approached me. halting a few feet
away from the cage.
Jack. man." he said hoarsely. at seems
too good to be true. That man Is Albert
IIamlin. my partner, and the hound who
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out the connecting link; it was Rex
Powell.
The next moment was tugging Justify
at the doorbelI. The roaring hum and
the animals cries stopped as if smothered
in a blanket; the door was thrown open
and the frowning face of my schoolmate
fronted me in angry questioning.
well, Rex, old man; don't you know
me?" l asked smilingly.
why, Jack Taylor, of all men!" he
cried in the well-remembered high tenor
voice of glee club days; 'and OF all
places to find me in. too; but come in,
come in," and. seizing me by the arm
with an affectionate pressure, he ushered
me into a front room, whose distinguish
Ing features were weapons of every de-
scription, great nets mounted on long,
two handled poles. and a large platform
bearing a massive iron cage.
my trial den." he said. indicating the
latter; 'Tll tell you about 1t presently
But sit down. old fellow, and let's have
the whole story"
This did not take long. / told him that
was a simple gentleman Of moderate
fortune. with a taste for poking about in
out -the-way places. lettering from city
to city on both sides of the pond" and
in the listiess course of uninterestine
events had wandered out to San Fran
cisco. Pursuing my usual course of "pok-
ing around" had CHANGED to recognize
his voice from the street. and here
was.
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prepare men for the doctorate: to offer op-
portunities for Investigation and research
to those who have already won the doc
tors degree. and to confer degrees upon
those who have come hfther for advanced
degrees. after having completed q seminary
or collegiate course at institutions that do
not confer degrees, as Is tho case with
many Catholic colleges and seminaries In
America. rrr
The Columbian University is under tho
patronage Of the Baptist Church. 1t con-
sists of the college where courses in chem
tstry, French end German language. and
literature are given; the schools OF law
with its three lecture halls. two COURT
rooms. five executive Offices. and largo
library. 1t is the design OF the
School of Comparative Jurisprudence
and Diplomacy to afford course in the
higher and broader subjects of jurispru-
dence and to ft men for public and diplo-
matte service. The course covers two
years and leads to the degrees Of master
of laws. doctor OF civil law. and master Of
diplomacy. There Is a medical depart
ment, the University Hospital. and the
dental school OF the Columbian University.
The Corcoran Scientific Schools faculty
consists OF ffty-seven professors. lecturers.
instructors. and assistants. The school of
graduate studies is for researches In pure
Georgetown University at present con-
sists OF the college. the school OF medicine,
and the school of law. The college. how
ever. comprises in itself four distinct de-
partments. namely. the graduate school.
the collegiate or undergraduate depart
ment, the preparatory department, and the
astronomical observatory. Every one Of
the schools and departments. except the
preparatory, is under the direction of its
own dean and every faculty has the power
of legislating on its own affairs. but this
power can be exercised only In subordina-
ton to the president and directors of the
university. and subject to their approval
This university is under the protection OF
the Catholic Church.
Howard University was punded In 1867.
It has always been supported in part By
the United States Government At present
It is wholly supported by the Government
in all its departments, excepting those OF
and theology. lis Government
patron and representative is the Secretary
of the Interior. whose duty 1t Is to give
counsel and aid in its administration. and
to see that the trustees expend the money
granted according to the instructions Of
Congress. There are now eight different
departments. namely: Industrial, English.
normal pedagogic. preparatory. collegiate.
medical, law, and theology This uniyer-
sity is mostly patronized by eolored youth.
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cages, and though his back was turned
to me, l seemed to feel the compelling
gaze of concentration that he bent on
the silent animals. They returned a
sullen, blinking stare at frst, but each
finally turned his head grudgingly away,
and Rex moved on to the next cage. The
line completed, he came quickly back to
my corner of the yard, detached moy-
able electric switchboard from a hook
on the wall. and placed 1t at his left
hand on a small table set to receive It.
This switchboard" he said, rs the
key of my color scheme; two of the but
tons connect with the doors Of the cages
youder; the black one for raising them
and the white for closing. The glass
garden roof is SO arranged with paneled
slides that by pressing these correspond
fngly- -hued buttons l can command any
colored light that l desire. My sound
vibrator here has but four strings, each
attuned with the incest precision, and.
as l need scarcely say. after the most
tireless research of the beast nature
fear, anger, hate, and defiance. Smile II
you WILL" he continued, coldiy, as he
noted my incredulous expression, but
watch"
He leaned the vibrator against the edge
Of the table which held the switchboard,
unfastened a clumsy fddle-bow from its
neck and pressed two OF the buttons on
the board Instantly the place was Hood
ed with an intense green light. and stimuli
taneously the cage doors were raised
high enough to allow egress to the inhabi-
tauts. Rex drew the bow across one OF
the strings of the viol, and roaring
sound of the most devilish character that
ever saluted mortal ears shook the habi-
tation and the solid ground. Yelling and
screaming. the animals leaped to the
earth and stood with glaring eyes and
lashing tails, like devils incarnate.
Anger" said Rex. quietly.
The light changed to a deep purple, and
the viol took a deeper note. The wild
brutes hushed their elamor. and with
crouching tread and dragging bellies.
glided swiftly after imaginary enemies.
Hate" whispered my friend. Now
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deliberately lied to me about the woman
love. He came to see me here on urgent
business and blundered into my hands. He
Is going to die today Jack. No." he COM
manded sternly, raising his hand in ges-
ture of finallty. don't argue. please;
care nothing for consequences, and any
thing you could say would not move me
hairs breadth"
He went into the house and returned
with pail Of water. which he dashed over
the head and shoulders of the figure In
the chair. With q choking sp'utter Ham
lin regained his senses and gazed bewil-
deredly about him in a dazed silence
Rex closed and bolted the house door.
then walked coolly to the vibrator, ana
took down the bow.
In breath I saw his intention. l think
1 must have gone mad for moment. for
beat the bars with my naked hands Until
they bled; I begged I cursed, I threat
ened He did not even look at me.
Again the green light spread; again tho
cage doors flew up and again the animals
leaped yelling to the ground. The strings
of anger and hate sounded together, and
the beasts turned, pivot like. to the bound
prisoner Then fwhether from nervousness
or excitement. I never knew. the mur-
derer's hand slipped and the bow rasped
across the string OF defiance. In fash
the animals wheeled without pause and
Rex, the viol, and the maddened brutes
were a whirling, indistinguishable heap.
Another moment and he was literally torn
to pieces.
By an almost miraculous chance the
struggling mass had landed the keyboard
and viol against the bars Of my cage. and.
reaching through the spaces. l pressed the
red hutton and clawed wildly at the strings
Of the vibrator. The Internally pitched
fear-string was seasy to determine. and I
twanged IL with all my strength. It doomed
almost as loudly as poor Rex had sounded
II.
Fear proved stronger than the lust OF
blood, and like bees TO hive the animals
fini to the cages. l pressed the whito
closing button and the doors ratified down
with jarring clang-
Then I fa!nted-S. Homer Henley, in
San francisco Bulletin.
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both fell In love with the same woman.
The story is too long to tell. now. but.
when l thought that the game was mine.
he lied about me TO her. and-well. he is
going to marry her next week-maybe."
he atJ.ed, with an ugly laugh.
But before go on, / must show you
my trained animals" he broke off abrupt
ly. You know that l always had a pen
chant for experimenting with dogs and
cats in our salad days: now, my theory
was. that sound vibration, added theory
acts in practice, will show you, to color
effects, could be used to control the pas
sions of animals. This instrument"
pointing to large object which had not
noticed, before, "is. as you see. built on
the principle OF double bass viol, great
ly enlarged. With the aid OF compost
tion sounding board Of my own invention.
and that megaphone attachment the
sound is concentrated and magniied In a
very high degree.
Now. 1 VIII give you practical illus
tration of my idea; but, as l have to lib
crate the animals, you won't mind II l
lock you securely in this empty cage,
where you will doubtless feel easier when
you see the idea working"
/ entered the cage obediently enough.
but shook my head dubiously as I seated
myself on the wooden stool which he
handed me. He shot the heavy bolt on
the bottom of the door. and. catching my
protesting look, smiled confidently.
Its ali right, old man." he said en-
uragingly, "I know my business thor
oughly."
And, indeed. he looked capable enough
for any business as he walked rapidly to-
ward the restless beasts: the easy swing
of his tall. square shouldered form. and
the firm. light step OF perfect health and
physical poise, all told that his gymnastic
practice had suffered no lapse from the
days when he was crack all-round man of
the 80 Glass;
He passed slowly down the line OF