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The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1900-01-14
HOW SOLDIERS ARE IDENTIFIED.
PrecautiOns Taken Before the Brit
fish Army Goes Into Battle.

FfecautiOne I0ken befOfe the Brtf-
ish Army Goes Into Battle.
The names of the British killed and
wounded after battle are ascertained by
means of the Identification cards which all
our soldiers carry sewn up in the left
hand corner of their khaki tunics
On the card is written the soldiers name,
rank, regimental number, together with
the name and address OF his next of kin.
The latter is added SO that the authorities
may know where to forward the effects
of any soldier who gets killed.
After an engagement the roll is called as
soon as the regiments get back to their
camp. Every man who does not answer
Ia ''ticked Off, as missing. and search is
made for him ON the field. AS the search
parties come across the dead and wound
ed men, they rip open the tunic at the
left-hand corner and take out the identi-
hcation card. The cards thus collected are
carried back to camp and handed over to
the clerks OF the general In command
who therefrom compile the casualty lists.
After all the cards have ebeen collected
the roll Is checked again and note made
of those men of whom no trace has been
discovered These are usually presumed
to have been taken prisoners. but it does
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GUEST OF HONOR
IN A HINDOO PALACE.
An OCCIDENTAIss VIVID DEsCRIP-
TI0x or A BRnAIkFAsT SET BY
A RAJARs WIFE.
No Less Than Fifty Courses Served,
to the Censternatien of the
westefner, who Proved Un-
eSual to the Occasion.

A r Il o'clock walked across to the PAL
"a ace for breakfast. Upon small table
In the hall was spread white cloth.
ana on this young plaintain leaf, whose
light green color. polished surface, and
tender tracery OF veins, made 1t only too
beautiful q covering for a table devoted to
any material purposes. Upon this leaf were
twenty cups each with its spoon. and six
tall glasses. and Immediately in front Of
tho chair silver dish. First two Brahmin
cooks. with cloths around their loins and
the sacred thread across their shoulders.
offered various swcetmeats IN little silver
dish. The RaJah and his mother Of course
ate nothing but they sat AZ host and host
ess In chairs near the table. and the chill
dren grouped themselves upon the elevated
plinth, below which the table was placed.
There they laughed and talked, and played
with the lilies had picked I'm the morning.
To do me honor they had dressed in their
cloths of gold and jewels
Meanwhile the Brahnlins kept on filling
the cups. and no less than fifty courses
were served of different kinds Of curries
OF fruits, curds. cakes vegetables and
sweetmeats. The twenty cups proved alto
gether insufficient, and the beautiful plain
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QUEER THINGS PAID
FOR BY THE PEOPLE.
UsEs TO WHICH UNITED STATES
SENATORS PUT THE CoNTIN-
GENT FUND.
Almost Everything Under the sun
Can Ne Obtained ut Public Eek
pense-t;reat Consumers
Of Lithia water.

T cost the country $l.37l.0119s to run the
United States senate for the year end
ing last July. This included. of
course, the salaries OF the senators. the
salaries of the clerks, messengers. pri-
waite secretaries, capitol police on the
senate side, mileage and other expenses,
including the contingent fund.
Secretary Cox, OF the senate, has Just
made his annual report. showing how
this money was expended. Some inter-
esting items appear. Each senator is
allowed a certain amount for stationery
ana newspapers. II he desires he may
draw the allowance in cash. The secre-
tary's report shows that there has been
. great falling on in reading among the
senator's, for q large number preferred
to take cash. EX-SENATOR Cannon, OF
Utah. stands first In this respect. He
took 4S4.3 In cash from his allowance.
Senator Hoar comes next. having re-
ceived $7032 in cash.
1t costs SIS 1000 to report the senate pro-
ceedings and over 5000 went for the pur-
chase OF furniture. while 5000 more was
paid to repair IT, and over 81, 500 to clean
Il. 1t cost 5000 to keep the senate horses
and wagons. and $10397.90 for newspapers
and stationery. During the year the
vice presidents room was refitted In the
most handsome style. the rug on the
floor costing over $3.50. while the hall
$500 and the antique desk $s25. The sofas
and chairs cost $3.50. The most expen-
sive thing In the room. however. is a
silver inkstand, which cost $1,000 and
the desk pad on which 1t stands cost ST.
During the blizzard OF last February 1t
cost SIS to clean the snow OF the senate
roof, and over 5000 for carriages to send
the senators home during the storm.
Fuel cost $l4.S35.H and ice averaged
about $225 per month. The senators
seemed very fond OF lemons, for during
one week In June size was paid for thirty
two boxes OF this fruit. Another item
OF interest Is sl37.s4 for $50 pounds OF
sugar. while ZIG cases Of lithia water cost
725.&. 1t il explained that during the
hot months the senators drink lemonade
instead of water.
The report contains page after mage of
items for kilograms sent by senators.
The dispatches sent by Senator Quay &C.
cupy nearly four pages, and. strange as
It may seem, nearly all of them went to
Altoona. and were sent on one day,
March rs, 1899
The senator's seemed to be very fond
or drugs. for thousands of quinine pills
were bought at various times. Soda
mint tablets, bromo-seltzer, cough drops.
one draehm of altar of roses and one
quart Of castor oil are also noted. For
merly there was a big item for snuff. and
snuff box was kept in the senate for the
use of the older senators. This year
snun seems to have been little used, for
only one purchase on this account an
pears. Gross after gross OF penknives
and dozen after dozen OF scissors and
scrapbooks were also purchased for the
use or the senators.-New York Mail and
Express. ~
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The Westminster Tobacco Box, in con-
nection with which some festivities took
place recently, has an interesting history.
In 1713 a horn tobacco box, worth about
pence, was presented to the Past Over
seers' Society. Every year for close upon
two centuries silver inscription plates have
been added to the box, which has grown
from size of three inches by five to
width of two feet and height of thirty
inches. In weight 1t has increased from
few ounces to over 100 pounds. Each
year the outgoing oyerseer hands to his
successor the box. the burgesses' loving
cup. and other treasures of the ancient
city OF Westminster, now about to be re-
stored to its old dignfty.-London Globe.
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Nearly Every Livfn1 Tn1no
utes to TheiF eMU0e
There is at the present n6 II ~
Natural History Museun : me64 ~
skull Of an eagle 90 gjEantie ~ ~ ~
nation can scarcely At 4 tl1e ~
this planet at all. y. s Y, ~
The whole head IL layvsr t11n IN
an OK, and the beak reSeEnh1se y o4
hydraulic shears. Unlike man - ~
beasts, this eagle. which inheeee
gonia, appears from It's Tesai1e = ~
differed little In form from ~ Axl
species. It's size alone dist1ny
The quilts of the feathers Whieh -
awful raptor through the ~ NMet IN
been as thick as . walking slic1 - 4! =.
webs as wide as oar-blades. 4 49, ~
killed and torn to pieces creafuFs
as a bison, and whirled up ~ ~
and dropped upon the rock ~ "a
carapaced animals Of prehiple n X
gonia as easily as modefh eegle
fornia does the land tortoisse ~ ~ /! 3
feeds. ;s 81.
Even today there are IN cel1l! VI
animals, whether birds or DeestA ~.
have SO wide a range Of prey "a a. h! 4
Like the winged dragons Of ID efeeI y \!
can ravage earth, air ana ~ :ss
promiscuously on the denigene q ~ ~.
elements. From serpents On - ~
desert To seals on the evefIootnx ~ ".
monkeys In the tropical forrest 4 nj 80
on the Alpine slopes. from deea
highland hills to peacocks Y - mi
inneles. no form Of ash. - 4! ~. 4
comes anaiss to them. and the ~ .l. Z
driven nv the memorable I'm n ~ n.
from the home where no va -. ~.
a free breakfast table whsless &c.
The Cornhill. sas
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ten. The chemical changes Of digestion

step. The chemical changes Of digestion
will be imperfectly performed. The stom-
ach will neither secrete freely nor churn
the food with cheerful alacrity: the pyloric
orifice contracts and allows such chyme
to pass with grudging reluctance: the in
testinal lacteals are ashamed to absorb
such miserable pabulum, which chokes ir-
ritstes and congests them. SO the large
meal remains In the digestive organs to
ferment, putrefy and steep the individual
In foul gases and depraved secretions.
But the system can furnish enough vital
force to convert small meal into pabu-
lum Of high standard, which will be abb
sorbed without difficulty. Three such
small meals are not enough to keep the
individual properly nourished. however:
four to six will be required. Each should
consist of but one or at most two articles
of food, the diet to be varied by changes
at meals. The portion Of food served
must be small; the patient must stop as
soon as the appetite Is satisfied, and gas
eous distension is proof positive that the
meals are still too large or too close to-
gether,--Sanitary Recordh.
The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1900-01-14
MANY INVENTIo1S
In TIE CEE1upY
GENIUS ExCEPrIoxAlxY 49,.
AND PRACTICAL ponrrn
HUNDRED YEAH az.


n SIMPLE enumeration ~ IN g i I.
~ ventions OF the century "A ~ Va f.
coveries made In the scien0rs ~ @'.3 4
icine, surgery, Chemistry. nsiSr1 ~ mr..
ology and archaeology Wouj1 ~ |
to show that In these 1Do yeaeo SkS7<zz
zon of human thought and fno1y ~ Fl. !.
widened out SO far that the cl1,s 49, -
bounded them before seeme xi1111 .ia
nificant In the comparison TaFS = W a.
ample the marvellous changes ms2 =
methods of travel on land nnd 1870. =
the use OF steam and electric msfS1S. n.
to present century all the w 49,
nuity OF men exercised thYooef - IN
ages past had evolved nothinr $500 ~
the purposes Of travel than the ro1IfS
sci by sea and the vehicle nr61111s'S r..
horse power on land. No erssf ~ "
ment had been made In thens l111s. a
thousands of years. But ,thls ~ r ~ -
witnessed the invention, The fUIG 1;'3;E
opment and the general int19 vi q
motive agents which have el1nScl 11S1
lated time and space and wr0u6T1 q
of uncomfortable magnitude d ~ ~ ~.
dustry and national life. 81 Il ~
Equally far-reachIng aud ~ ~
have been the application u ~ 1517 s2
ence as seen In the teIodRca 1S G
knitting all the world. toSp(is61s ~ 115s
phone. electric lighting, axa e ~ ~.
est days. wireless telegra1hy. ~ a. 1
tury also must be credited VI Gr1 y
of labor-saving machinery; " "A nv
sewing machine. the reaper ~ lY5 '4Ss
writer are prominent exan4nie6 81 a
Perhaps the most gratifyinS ss1turs N
all is that the advance IN eymy 3r1
ment Of science and knoWiedes ~ n
SO largely to the benefit ana eo1uf111f q
the people at large. Taxa ~ -
instance the invention u ~ eu1ifss
match, now in universal uGpvs IA S7 NJ
an Immense stride II NJ ~ w a1
steel,s flint and finder boz, ~ go
of which often necessitate6 q oaI1y
ing call on our neighbor u hu11 Z ~
coal. to be taken homo IA 49, y ~ y
hand, to start afrssh tho 49,
which had during the night hQ<n61
ly out. 1t was but q uttle IT, fXlS
q world of comfort and couvV ~ ~
wrapped up IN It. We cpuit ~ II =
out 1t now, and wonder NV - ~
managed to live under eucS 4 -
So In a thousand other THU ~ z
fort Of the world has beea NJ
vanced, and today there 4 n NJ
In the homes Of the gru1k4 ~
people comforts and ctoyG2l II
even luxuries. the thouxht Il G1 n5Ds
entered the minds Of our fofn1 ~
who will not say that tor ~ E ~
world has been vastly impeesu1 ~ ~
condition Of its people inhnit1lE
--Leslie's Weekly. I'll II q
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A man with a grip entered : - ~.
pharmacy the other day afa 81 ~
mission to look at the city difS =. ~ Z
was SO long about his search tla RI 'Ss
the clerks got to watcnlns W.. e ssss ~
without results. The man ~ z!ss y
looking through the bueinee ..ss z
the back OF the book. and N NJ n
came to q page he fsncaed - s. T. ~
with a deft movement, bafely ss II ~
saws a contributor to the - ~
gist. The clerk called The pteg u
between them they sax hir.
than five pages from the 80. 7. Z =.
Then the proprietor becko s.1 Ss
Iiceman Just outside the winqoN a
up to his customer. q. =. g
Got through with TIE noe. w. 1I|1
ayes, quite" was the 49, u - sg'
obliged. Is there any cnases II ~
Eyes: the usual charge, ~ - \ 4
store man. Eight dollars. "
The man looked At the pls d. S,;S r N
in the policeman and Nttnout : IN 6 Y
duced his wad and settles. ~
I.This il not the first pke
mutilatea my directory ~ " ~ m r.
In relating the incident -. y " - 1i -
yandal / caught at Il. Instss q =
the few names he wanted 3 3. ss2if' =
cut out whole leaves W. "a 81 n
his fun" ...S
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,ne SUSCEPTIBLE of such reflnements.

alone susceptible of such rennements, Is
superior to classical architecture. He
seems to be in no way aware that such
principles could be and were applied to
classical buildings long before pointed
architecture was heard of. though they
are now applied to neither of these. nor
TO any other.
Mr.. Pennose being, as was intended by
his employers. more of a scientist and
mathematician than poet or a theorist,
wanders no further into the tempting
labyrinths of theory than to suggest that
these irregularities" were perhaps in
troduced because the designers fancied a
curved line would look more straight at a
distance than would really straight one
AS the straight lines in our English build
ings look quite straight, it seems hard to
suppose that the old Greek artists FORM
ed for themselves so strange an illusion
Fortnightly Review.
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SINCE WILLIE GOES TO ,AOOL.

Since Willie goes TO school the days
Are always full Of peace,
And in a hundred little ways
The cares of life decrease:
The halls are Uttered up no more
With blocks and tops and traps;
No marbles lie upon the floor.
But are we happier than beforey
All, Well. perhaps perhaps!
Since Willie goes to school the cat
Lies doing in her nook:
There are no startling scfecches that
Make all the neighbors look;
His piaythings are all piled away,
No books bestrew the floor,
But have found q hair today,
Decp-rooted, glistening and gray,
That hid itself before.
Since Willie goes TO school l hear
No pounding on the stairs,
Nor am l called to help my dear
Make horses Of the chairs;
A sense Of peace pervades the place.
And | may he fool
To shed the tears that streak my face.
But boy Is in my baby's place,
Since Willie goes TO school.
IS. y. kiser In Chicago Times. HefA
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not always follow that the assumption is

not always follow that the assumption is
correct.
In the corner Of this tunlc opposite the
Identification card every soldier carries a
small pad OF bandages. ETC.. for dressing
a wound. This field dressing" az It IL
called, IL added TO "Tommy's" equipment
in order that he may be his own surgeon
until medical assistance arrives. or may
have the wherewithai on him to bind up
the wounds Of q chum.
You win probably be surprised TO learn
that one Of the last things Tommy does
when ordered to the front, is to make his
will, although every regiment contains a
percentage Of happy-go-iucky fellows who
do not worry themselves about what will
become of their property when they no
longer require it.-I.ondon Mail.
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Statistics show that man bears false wit
ness 100 times to a woman's seventeen;
man for forgery and counterfeit coming
was convicted 100 times to woman's elev-
en-; in France women are summoned before
the tribunals, four times less than men.
Taking the whole of Europe. women are
five times less guilty than men.
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CHINESE HABITS OF INDUSTRY.
Excel All Other Peoples
In Their Strict Economics.

No race of men can surpass the Chinese
in habits of industry and thrift, says d. q.
Ehefiield In the January Atlantic. With the
Introduction of western civilization the
vast resources Of the country will be de-
veloped, the products Of the soil and man
ufacture win Indefinitely increase and do
mestic and international trade will be null
fipIied IN Its proportions. Now. in all this
material regeneration OF China the China
man will be In evidence. Not a dollar will
be gathered from the soil. from trade. from
mines, from manufactures. without his s"-
curing q due proportion as reward for
his part IN the enterprise. He win patti
The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1900-01-14

A new departure in the building trade is
being made in Paris. Hitherto houses of
dozen or more stories have been rarely
erected outside the United States. The
French capital, however, is soon to have
one of fourteen. A correspondent states
that 1t is being huslt In the Rue Mont Tha-
Der, and will be freproof throughout, be-
ing constructed entirely of cement and
steel. When completed the archives of
the ministry of finance will find a resting
place within it's walls.--Birmingham Post.
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exported from England consume annually.
before their conversion into coloring mat
phuric acid, S0.000 tons carbonate of soda.
10000 tons hydrochloric acid, besides large
quantities of various other chemicals. In
one large establishment alone are en-
ployed over 1900 work people, not includ-
ing 200 clerks and 50 research chemists.
Even such figures give us but poor idea
OF the great influence such an industry
has in promoting trade.--Good Words.
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LONELINESS.

! am not lonely when cross the lands
Where other men not, at my feet
New flowers blossom and their fragrance sweet
A solace is, that happiness commands:
Nor am sad when at the fair demands
OF fate walk the crowded foreign street,
The while with no familiar face to meet
Compauiunabie are the swinging hands
And restless feet. But when the curling smoke
Betrays, on deserts edge. the homes OF men
And fanes of love, to me, alas. unknown;
When conscious escs meet eyes and faith unbrokS
Haliows the lips that press, ali, then.
God pity and forgive! am alone.
~. II. Adams in Scribrer's.
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SUNSHINE.

Tune not your tyre to sorrow,
Though skies be dark and gray;
There's sunshine bright enough TO Light,
The dark skies Of today:
There's the sunshine Of tomorrow,
There's that Of yesterday,
There's sunshine yon can borrow, too,
From the blossom-time OF May.
win Frost
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demand for sugar has even nearly been
reached. and with the Introduction of inn
proved methods the West Indian cane
growers should be able to meet and over
come the competition Of the European
beat farmers. 1t Is not in the nature OF
things that an essentially tropical product
should be permanently displaced by SUBJ
stitute grown in the lighter soil and under
the less fervid rays Of the sun of the tenn
perate zone.--Philadelphh Record.
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FOOD FOR BRAIN woRKERs.

should Regulate Their Diet.
1t is all right for the man who labors
all day IN the open air to eat freely. but
the man of sedentary habits, the brain
worker. must adapt his way Of living to
his needs He must be well nourished,
for the brain IL incapable of good work
unless well supplied with pure blood. but
such man cannot possibly furnirh vital
forco to digest three large meals daily.
II he tries 1t nature will protest at every
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German birth, whose very name has been
forgotten. It was established by Gen. Lo-
gan and the leaders Of the army and . few
years later made by congress legal holi-
day.-New York World.
The Portland daily press., 1900-05-23
BURNED TO DEATH.
WatervilIe Man Tortured by Filipino
Insurgents

Waterville, May GA letter has beer
received in Waterville from Melvin But
Ter, private Co. b, 43d United States vol
unteers now on the island of Latte Of the
Philippine group. The writer states
that Sergt George f. Doe of Co. I of the
same regiment was burned to death, to-
gether with corporal, on the island OF
Samar during the month of March.
The peculiar feature Of the case recited
above, is, that if George F. Doe be dead,
the war Office has not yet notified the
relatives of the soldier who has wife
and son living in this city. Doe was foI
many years resident of this city and en-.
listed from Waterville.
The Portland daily press., 1900-05-23
KENT'S HILL.

Prof Arthur II. Mason gave a reception
to his mother, Mrs. Emma Huntington
Mason, of Augusta, at his rooms in
Sampson Hail, from four to six O'Clock
Saturday. Mrs. Mason was assisted in
receiving by the Misses Flood, Chase and
Monson, young ladies of the college
course. The rooms were tastily decorated
with pictures and flowers. Refreshments
were served by several young ladies and
gentlemen of the seminary. A most en-
oyable time was had by the manyIfriends
of the professor who We're present.
The Portland daily press., 1900-05-23
PASSENGERS FATALLY INJURED

Buffalo, N. Y, May 22.-Two cars on
the Genesee Street line jumped the track
this afternoon as they Were approaching
the bridge across Scajaduaquada creek.
There was no collision, and that both car
should leave the track was considered a
remarkable coincidence. The cars were
an equal distance apart. They both en-
tered adjacent fields, the first car being
overturned. William Mulhall, motor
man of one of the cars, tried to stop his
car but failed to do so. He was badly
hurt. Two of the passengers injured will
die.
The Portland daily press., 1900-05-23
nERANI III M S
" 8 Cent, Each.

Last year you used number of our
geraniums at 8 cents a pot, They
gave you perfect satisfaction in
every way, didn't they? You found
the blossoms came plentifully, and
were of a brilliant color. We re-
ceived so many good words for them
as the season progressed, that we
made extensive preparations to sup
ply all demands this year. They are
ready for your selection, and are
strong, healthy plants that will
bloom, bloom, and bloom again,
then keep right on blooming until
frost comes. All colors, s cents a
pot.
The Portland daily press., 1900-05-23
MAINE pension CHANGES-

Washington, May 22.-The following
pension changes in Maine are announced
INCREASE AND RENEWAL.
Robert II. Smith, Westbrook, s17.
INCREASE
James o. Burnham, Bath, SIC; Martin
L. Robertson, Monroe, sl7; Thomas p.
Rich, Oxford, S..
The Portland daily press., 1900-05-23
DROPPED OUT.
Government Wont Buy Cushing's Is
land After All.
IsPEc1AL TO THE FRESH

Washington, May 22.-The conference
report on the Notifications appropriation
bill in the final form drops out the ap-
preparation Of $685. 900 for the purchase of
land at Cushing's island. The friends of
the appropriation mistook the terms of
the conference report and assumed that
the Senate amendment would stay in.
Upon more careful examination this is
found to be an error. The appropriation
in reality was defeated.