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The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1900-08-25

Special Dispatch 10 the Post-Intellgencer
SEpRo-WoOTfEY Aug. 2l.-The at
tempt to hold Il pemo-pop caucus in Sc
dro precinct to select delegates to the
triple alliance" convention NJ Mount Yer
non was n fiat failure. Not man could
be found m the precinct who cared 10
acknowledge himself of that persuasion.
The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1900-08-25

Special Dispatch TO the Post-Intelllgencer.
SEDRO-WOOI14EY, Aug. 2i.-Nearly
I'VE miles Of track have been laid on tho
ilton east. The railway company expects
70 have trains running to Baker river he
fore another month
The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1900-08-25
VIII Rebuild Their Mill.

Speelal Dispatch TO the Post-rntellgencer
SEDRO-WOOLTEY Aug 9i-The
Skagit County Single Company of Mount
vernon, viii rebuild their mill to n ca
pacity OF $1,000 and have It running In
sixty days
The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1900-08-25

The posf-fhteligenccr has secured fhs
exclusive right fer Washington 10 Rama
McNauy q Co.'S .ategJ folder man IL
China and Asia These may be secured
a. Post-Iuteiiisences business Offices al
~ cents each.
The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1900-08-25

MpNTfSA<N Aug -f-The Republican
control cnmr.ttao met a-te yesterday al
elected iflnifi tfiiilHa chairman nr8 i ~
ol30hrelf srtEetary Tsa et3g4tnlffr.. ssfti
meet aEain September az Moniesano.
The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1900-08-25

ARLINGTON. Aug "a several nov
t.usinsss l7aes lre teiHe sse- tcd n A..
NHH'on. nluiirF p ihrse-story hatsf by
Everett capitalists
The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1900-08-25

special Dlsu8trh. to t.so Post Tttelitroeae~.
FORT ANGEL -. AVE-. gt The Demo
Gratis % ttallam county held rhelt con-
Nentioa hers Yesterday. IA. NJ Fisher was
The suburban citizen., 1900-03-03

or it can be turned into a varnish by
dissolving it in a suitable volatile sol
vent. In using it for cable protec-
ton, it may be applied in the form of
a thick paste, each coating being al.
lowed to dry before the application Of
the next, or it may be applied directly
by the aid of heat and a pressure of
fifteen tons to the square inch. 1t
may also be used as rubber is, upon
tape windings 1t is asserted that
velvri is superior to vulcanized rub
Der when used on copper, because it
contains no sulphur, and hence has no
action on the copper. The use of vel
vril is not, however, confined to elec-
trical insulation, According to those
who are interested in it, twill answer
"a a substitute for rubber in many
forms, besides having uses peculiarly
its own. No information has been
given as to it's cost. New York Sun,
The suburban citizen., 1900-03-03
Long Drift Of a Bottle.

A remarkable case of drifting at sea
was reported to Lieutenant Herbert
o. Dunn, at the Baltimore hydro
graphic office, the other dag in a let
ter from United States officials at
Baracoa, Cuba. 1t was the return to
the Office Of q letter placed in a bottle
and thrown overheard by Captain
Mitchell of the Neptune steamship Ohio
on October 23, 1895, while the ship
was bound from Carthagena for Balti
more with a cargo of iron ore. Cap
tain Mitchell inclosed a note saying
that the bottle and it's contents were
thrown overheard on that date in lati-
tude 80. 81 and longitude $3.50. He
requested that the bottle, if picked
up be sent to the Baltimore branch
of the photographic Office. Remarks
were appended to the paper received
that it was picked up on January 16,
1900, in latitude 2O.21.40 and longi-
tude 744j, which is in tho vicinity Of
Baracoa.
If the bottle had drrted in a straight
line from where it was thrown into the
water to where it was found it would
have travelled 2GOO miles. In its four
years and three months drifting it is
possible that it covered many times
that distance.
The suburban citizen., 1900-03-03
Indinn nIohnmm medans.

Tt will be surprising to many to
know that there are more Moham.
medans in India than in Turkey.
Fully one-third OF all the Moham-
modans of the world live in Hin.
dustan, and they number about So
600, 600. You find thom everywhere,
and there are some States which are
ruled by them. Take for instance
Hyderabad, which is about as big as
Kansas and which has a population Of
over 1000, 900. The ruler of this
country is Turk, and he is one Of
the richest rulers Of tho world. He
Is about thirty years of age, and it is
said that it costs him about SI0,-
600, 600 a year to run his establish
ment. His table service is Of solid
gold and his dress upon State o2ca-
sions is of snow-white silk decorated
with pearls, His income is taid TO bo
about $50, 100000 year, and his col
lection OF Jewels is estimated to bo
worth more than S25, 200, 600. He
owns some Of tue finest diamonds of
The world, among others one which is
known as tho Niazam, which is worth
about a million dollars. This man
has small army, but with his enorm.
GUS income he could ii he would soon
collect vast number of fighting men.
In the central Indian States there is
a Mohammedan rajah who has about
a million people under him, and in tho
North Indian States there are quite a
number of Mohammedan provinces.
The suburban citizen., 1900-03-03
whero l,nts Are in Demand.

One of the local mining companies
is buying rats in a small way, which
are being put in a mine recently nm
watered. Rats are very valuable scav-
engers underground. Much refuse is
left from the meals eaten by the
miners, which would in time become
offensive if it were not devoured by
the ravenous rodents. There is never
any scarcity of the rats in the old
mines, as they multiply rapidly ond
keep the workings clean, but rising
water drives them from a deserted
property, and they do not return very
readily after a redemption. In this
particular case it was deemed best to
increase the colony by buying aud
placing a number Of rats in the work
ings. They are purchased from the
clerks in a local store. - Marquette
Mich Mining Journal
The suburban citizen., 1900-03-03
Development OF The Telephone.

1t is only within very short time
that the telephones advantages have
been fully appreciated. It's recent
growth in popularity is duo very large
ly, OF course, to the improvements
that have been made init. The growth
in its use has kept pace with the lat.
ter, so that to-day there are not very
far from 100, 900 telephones connected
by complete metallic circuits-a wire
for the coming and wire for the go
ing of the current-and you can talk
to a person in Boston, Pittsburg or
Chicago as readily and with as little
trouble as if you were speaking to
the person at the phone in the next
room. And this system is bound to
be extended until there will hardly be
a house or Office in the country that
will not have one.
The suburban citizen., 1900-03-03
A sooret of Protllnblo rrnvel.

"The American is WISE" writes
Edward Box, in the Ladies' Home
Journal, "who going to Paris this
year spends enough time in the
French capital to see the Exposition,
and the beauties and spots of fragrant
memories which the city unquestion.
ably possesses, but who then leaves
Paris behind and goes into those
quaint, romantic and gone-to-sleep old
places with which France abounds-
in the Balzac country, for example,
where French life is still lived in the
old, delightful way This is the secret
of profitable travel anywhere: to go
about with the mind open and recep-
tive: tc judge people from the con-
ditions which surround them: to get
an impression of nation not from the
life which floats on the surface of it's
great centres, but from its own people
living in the heart of their own lands,
in their homes and in their own way.
Thus we will see the real people of
the country wherein we travel. But
we cannot truly Judge the English
from what we see in London or the
French from the boulevards and cafes
of Paris, any moro thar a foreigner
can Judge the entire population Of
America merely from the people he
sees n the city Of New York. "
The suburban citizen., 1900-03-03
only a Momnn,s NYnv.

The head of the house returned
home very carly the other morning to
find his wife awake and complaining
Of a headache. "The very ticking Of
the clock drives me Wild" she
moaned "Just stop it, won't you,
and maybe I can get some sleep. 4"
The liege lord did as he was bid.
The next morning, without hint of
headache, the wife arose and the first
thing she did was to take a stand be-
fore the stopped clock. Its hands
pointed to half-past two. 'Now [
know what time it was when you
came in last night" she said sweetly.
Now York Sun.
The suburban citizen., 1900-03-03
PIrA AND POINT.

"Does skating tiro you out?' No;
but 1 sit down frequently. "-Phila.
delphia North American.
Hoax-"Why do you call the tenol
a vocal pirate?" Joax--"B Because he
commits murder on the high c.
She-"What is the term applied to
one who signs another persons name
to q checkY" He--''Five or ten years
usually. Chicago News.
"Daubs has painted a dreadtully
bad picture. What shall J. say abodt
it?" "You can safely say it is full OF
individuality. Chicago Record.
"My daughters music" sighed the
mother, "has been a great expense. +"
"Indeed?" returned the guest, "some
neighbors sued you, I suppose?"-
Boston Traveller.
Julius, you don't mind my house.
cleaning, do you?" "No, dearie; you
don't make half as much muss and dis
comfort as my mother used to make. I"
Detroit Free Press.
"a Boston man who died worth
millions began his career by opening
oysters "rhats funny. J. began
my career by sampling bottled milk.
Cleveland Plain Dealer.
"And what does the local critic say
Of me?" asked the Ghost. "Oh, he
let's You down easy" said Hamlet
"He merely says that the Ghost
wasn't true to life. Puck.
Ella-"You must have been mp lato
last night, there are rings around
your eyes" Stella-"Well, they are
engagement rings; sat up with Fred
until he proposed. fudge.
MARY Ann, I told you if you
cracked another china teapot you
would have to pay for it" eyes,
mum, but I didn't crack this un; 1
broke it. it.'--lndianapolis Journal.
Briggs --''You don't know what you
are talking about when you call me a
donkey" Diggs--"Td like to know
why [ don't. / once owned donkey
Tor three months Chicago News.
81 wonder what Aguinaldo will do
when the war is over?" 1T would
be money in his pocket to como over
here and open a training school for
messenger boys."-Indianapolis Jour
nal.
''I wonder why Miss Rittenhouso
never goa married. She must have
had chances" "Oh, yes; but she's SO
thoroughly Am srican that she doesn't
like to give up being q liberty belle. 3"
Philadelphia Bulletin.
Servant. Mem tho boarders say
that the butter is awful strong" "
Landlady-" Hereafter remember to
spread their toast thinner. One must
have some regard for the tastes of
cnes boarders. - Boston Tran
script.
Sunday school Teacher - "When
the bad children called the old man
'bald-head, the bears came out of the
woods and ate them upl What does
that teach us?" Scholar" always
climb a tree before calling names"'-
Puck.
"Maud Wintergreen, said the as.
tonished and mortified young man,
care you going to throw me over for
that dull, prosy old Scraggs?" "Mr.
Spoonamore," freezingly replied the
young woman, rising to signify that
the interview was over, "Nlr. Scraggs
may not be as poetical as you are but
he rhymes with me, and you
don't. ."-Chicago Tribune.
The suburban citizen., 1900-03-03
THE WISE ONION.

''I'd like TO be a hyaclntb,"
The onion softly sighed,
"And 10 the window fash and name
In ali my purple pride.
"But, then, as such can not shin0j
I'll tell you what III do
III do my best TO be great
Big onion through and through.
"I!l feel that while my missions not
TO be n bloom Of grace,
The hyaclnth, with all its charms,
Can never take my place.
Though I may never shine like her
In purple flame and fake,
She ne'er, like me, can shine whom
Am hnrnessed to a steak.
$50 let her blow in Joy sublime,
My dream will l pursued
And do ray best TO be a great
Big oalon, through and through.
r. K. Munkittrick, In Puck
The suburban citizen., 1900-03-03

Dairy, n; L. The place, room, OF
house where milk is kept, and con-
vertea into butter and cheese.
.. That department OF farming
which is concerned in the production
Of milk, and in its conversion into
butter and cheese.
3. A dairy farm.
Dairying, n. The business Of con
Quoting a dairy.
Dairy-maid, n. A female servant
whose business is the care Of the
dairy.
Dairy-man, n. A man who keeps,
or takes care Of a dairy.
Dairy.woman, II. A woman who at.
tends to a dairy.
Huckster, D.; l. A retailer %
small articles, of provisions, and the,
like; peddler; hawker.
2. A mesn, trickish fellow.
Huckster, vi, To deal in -aaall az,
ticles or in petty bargains.
Hucksterage, \. The business oFae
huekster; small dealings; peddling.
Hucksterer, n. A huckster. e
Huekstress n. A fsnAle huc~-S
ster. q
The suburban citizen., 1900-03-03
The relephono sorxics.

4 newspaper in Michigan town
says of its local telephone service that
it is something like the horse that had
only two faults-the first, that it was
hard to catch when in tho pasture, and
the other, that it was no good after it
was caught. Electrical Review.
The suburban citizen., 1900-03-03
uomemade wooden Teeth

Albion, Ind, has an economical
genius in the person of James Hyde.
He makes his own teeth out OF hick-
ory wood and holds them in place with
a wooden handle. He is able t0 eat
the toughest meats
Free press. [volume] (Hays, Kan.) 1888-1908, 1900-12-01
How the Boers Arc Minled.

Kromspruit, Orange River, Nov &c.
The troops have brought in number
of prisoners The latter relate the
remarkable assurances they received
from Gen. DeWet a fortnight ago.
DeWet, they say, urged the ,burghers
to hold out till Dec. 10, when .'An the
British were going home"
He added that the British had the
permission of Russia to fight for year
only; that Queen Victotia was at Cape
Town, whittier she had fed to escape
the Chinese, who had captured half of
England: that Gen. Botha had driven
the British out of the Transvaal, that
Dewet himself was fighting in Cape
Colony, burning farms, and that Lord
Roberts, wounded by three bullets,
had been taken to Heilborn TO die and
had been buried there beneath the
town hall.
Free press. [volume] (Hays, Kan.) 1888-1908, 1900-12-01
WIN Procure New Seed wheat.

Topeka, Nov. 24.-The statement
issued some time ago by f. D. Coburn,
secretary of the Kansas department of
agriculture containing the opinion of
millers and wheat growers over the
state upon the advisability of import
ing new seed wheat from Russia has
been misconstrued. Mr.. Coburn gave
out the following statement explaining
the matter:
kansas is not compelled to send to
Russia for cargo of seed wheat owing
to a deterioration of Kansas grain: yet
many of our most observant wheat
growers think it might be an excellent
thing to keep the high character of
our winter wheat reinforced by i'm
portations of seed from the original
source of supply-the Crimea, and parts
of Russia near the Black sea. The
Kansas winter wheat which so disturbs
the equilibrium of the northwestern
millers is from this Russian seed.
There has been no complaint from
the outside of any deterioration what
ever
Free press. [volume] (Hays, Kan.) 1888-1908, 1900-12-01
ARE NEVER SLOW TO ENLIST.
Recruiting Officers Take Their Pick
of Men of High Standard.
PROBABLY $4,000 WANTED.

Washington, Nov. Elm view of
the probable call upon the war depart
ment to make a sudden increase in the
enlisted strength of the army, after
the present force has been discharged,
1T is matter of considerable interest
to see what may be done by the various
recruiting officers toward building up
the new regiments when the number
and strength of these is determined by
passage of the army reorganization
bill 1t is said at the war department.
that for several months past the chief
trouble has been to keep from over
recruiting the regular regiments now
IN the service. In spite of the fact
that active war hardly can be said to
exist, even in the Philippines, there
has been strong pressure for enlist
ment, and the recruiting officers. it is
said. have been able to pick and choose
men of a high standard of excellence.
owing to the large number of appli-
cants. The department counts with
considerable confidence on the re-en-
listment of a large number of men
whose term of service will expire on
June 30, 1901 At the same time if the
army reorganization bill provides for
permanent force of go. 900 men or over.
and it is not thought likely that it will
fall below this figure, there will be
$4,000 men to enlist between the date
of the passage OF the bill and the dis
charge of the present regulars on June
30. When the Spanish-American war
was officially declared to be ended,
and the discharge of the volunteers
rendered the recruiting of fresh regi-
ments imperative, there were 5000
new men added to the regular estab-
hshment in the space of about six
weeks, in spite of the fact that volun-
unteer officers at that time were re-
cruiting all over the country to fill up
the volunteer regiments. The first
regiments enlisted for the regular
service were recruited, equipped and
! drilled and ready for transportation on
an average of forty-four days each, more
than ten days quicker than the average
for the regiments enlisted at the be
ginning of the Spanish war.
Free press. [volume] (Hays, Kan.) 1888-1908, 1900-12-01
Dom Paul in Paris

London, Nov 27.-Mr. Kruger's tri-
umphal passage from Marseilles to
Paris is regarded with curious and I'M
expected Indifference.
The recognition of Mr. Kruger as
being still President of the Transvaal
by both the French government and
the Queen of Holland is due to Great
Britain's own fault in not communi-
eating to the powers the annexation Of
the South African republics. So long
as this is not done, Mr.. Kruger has
perfect right to be treated as sover-
eign travelling incognito.
This failure to notify the powers
initiates still more seriously against
Great Britain for until this interna-
tional formality is observed no right
exists TO treat the inhabitants of the
Boer republic as rebels.
Free press. [volume] (Hays, Kan.) 1888-1908, 1900-12-01
Rest Cottage at Evanston.

The home of Mrs. Frances E. VIII
lard at Evanston, Ill, now the head
quarters of the Woman's Christian
Temperance Union, is not only valued
for its usefulness to the association
and endeared because of its associa-
ton with its former beloved owner,
but the fact that the part Of the house
once occupied by Miss Willard and her
mother is kept by its present holder,
Miss Anna Gordon, who has a life
lease of the premises, in exactly the
same condition as when Miss Willard
had them. All the personal belongings
of Miss Willard are preserved with
greatest care, and visitors consider it
a privilege to see the home that once
sheltered so dear a woman It is Miss
Gordon's purpose to place the. furni-
ture, of which she is the..sole legatee,
in the hands of the Woman's Chris
tan Temperance Union at her death,
with the understanding that they be
considered a sacred trust In the
meantime she keeps the place in per-
feet repair, and has hOusekeeper
there, when she herself must be abb
sent, so that temperance workers may
always be admitted.
Free press. [volume] (Hays, Kan.) 1888-1908, 1900-12-01

Seated by the glowing embers in the
gloomy old firelit hall, watching the
flame retreat, advance, fare up in
splendor, and then die into a dull
glow, was Jack Long. Thirty-fVe
years had elapsed since Jack first saw
the light of day, and his life had been
as full of JOY and misery, of light and
shadows, as the ordinary life of man
kind.
Typical of the ever-burning glow
was love within has heart which ten
years had not smothered.
Like the fire fame leaping high and
sinking low, was the hope in his
breast.
AS Jack sat there alone, gazing into
the fire, thoughts of bygone days came
over him, trooping at his memory S
call.
Mingled with those memories was a
fair and radiant maiden, with hair Oh
sunshine and eyes of azure. This i'm
| age conjured up so vivid and lifelike
was his loving, laughing sweetheart,
| QueenIe Graham, as she looked on that
| Thanksgiving night so long ago.
| 1t would be ten years on the NOR
row since he had last gazed upon the
| dimpled, smiling, roguish face which
he loved so well.
They were then betrothed, and see
wore the betrothal ring which he had
| placed upon her finger only a few
weeks before.
How vivid that picture came before
his eyes. Ten years seemed to have
rolled backward, and he was a youth
| Of 25 again, and Queenie Graham, his
| adored one, blushing maiden of Is.
The old-fashioned farmhouse, with
white, oaken floor, and the boys with
their sweethearts, and the jolly old
fiddler who played half asleep, only
awaking to call out in deep, stentor-
! ious tones:
Swing partners to place.
The lamps swinging from the ceiling
| flooded the scene with the most bril-
liant light.
Gay laughter and jest told of light
hearts, and happy faces glowed to the
soul-stirring music of the Irish Wash
erwomal," sawed off by the fiddler.
Jacks love, like all true love, did
not run smooth. In fact, love begets
Free press. [volume] (Hays, Kan.) 1888-1908, 1900-12-01


Then someone on the piano accom-
panied the violin in that sweet old
melody, Haste to the Wedding
There is always an opportunity in =
quadrille for sly word now and then
between partners.
"All join hands and circle to the
right"
ST want to ask you something" she
Whispered, when they were at their
places again.
What is it?''
First four forward and back again"
And away they went.
When next they hau an opportunity
Size thrust into his hand an item
clipped from a newspaper.
1t was of a young soldier carried
bleeding and dying from San Juan hill,
murmuring:
"Queenie. Queenie, oh, my ,long-lost
loved one, shall never see you more?"
WAS that you?" she asked.
Yes he answered.
Then he took her nand. It trembIed,
and her azure eyes grew dim.
Balance ALL"
1t was several minutes before either
could speak.
The sweet-tuned violin, accompanied
by the piano, poured forth such soul
stirring music as can be found only
in that precious old air, Haste to the
Wedding"
He was about to speak when the
musician calling off, shouted:
Gents to places-alI promenade"
1t gave him an opportunity to re-
cover himself, and when next they
glided across the room he whispered:
Say, Queenie, will you keep that old
promise you made long ago."
She looked up at him, smiling
through her tears.
Ten years of misery and suffering
had passed since he held that hand.
Oh, it was reward for all that suffer
ing!
''Queenie, I have it yet he whis-
pered, taking from his vest pocket the
betrothal ring which he had carried
all these ears.
ct has never left me, for I always
had hoped that a time might come
when I could restore it to the finger
where it belonged It was with me
on that dark, gloomy day at San Juan
| hill, where l saw so many noble men
| die
Il carried it over my heart and
| prayed that if I fell some Spanish
| bullet might pass through the band OF
| love to reach a heart that beat fol
you. Oh, Queenie, did you know that
/ you have never
''Swing partners to place"
| What an abomination was that OLD
| fiddler and the dance to Jack.
When he next got an opportunit;
| he whispered:
| Never been out of my mind"