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The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1900-02-04
BURVtiAM, "OUR BOBS'" SCOUT.
Brilliant Career Of the Young American froneman Who Recently
Passed Through Seattle for South Africa

was one of the FIVE trips Durham has
made to that land. always accompanied
by his plueky wife She II now in the
Klondike with her two sons, Mr.. Burn
ham having large mining interests there
and millions invested for an English syn
dfcate. His mother lives In Pasadena,
his only aunt. Mrs. Kinney, and cousin,
Mrs Barber. I'm Los Angeles. We'll, L
always thought the Beers had not much
show" said Mrs. Barber. but now that
Fred rs going there they will have no
chance of winning"
But few incidents in Mr.. Burnham's
career have been touched upon here He
IL man for emergencies and never falls
under the most trying circumstances.
Small OF stature and fair OF face. he has
a constitution and will of iron. nerves
of steel and piercing gray eyes, that
seem to read one through and through.
Bravery is a part of him. and unassum-
ing he would be picked among a thou
sand as q leader OF men. He IL n cham
piou OF the Anglo-Saxon race, maintains
that the Beers are a stumbling block TO
progress. and is enthusiastic for the es-
tablishment Of a mighty empire in the
land where war Is now being waged.
1t H. speaking within bounds to say that
there Il undoubtedly not more than one
other American who knows Africa so
well or Is so well known there. and
probably no other man living Is so con-
versant with the ways of all the tribes
OF the dark continent and the character
istics Of Its wilderness. And to those
who know him there can be no doubt
that he will be heard from before the
struggle with the Beers is ended. and
that further honors await him.
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Curiosities worthy of Attention ON
Account of Miuuteness.

The smallest steamship is the Nina. buff
In New York. She Is about ~ feet long, 3
feet wide and her crew and passengers
consist of one man.
Tristan d'Acunha, In the South Atlantic.
sends out its mail once year TO the out
side world. II has q population of sixty
four persons-eighteen men. nineteen wo-
men. fifteen boys and twelve girls.
King Malietoa, the Samoan monarch
lately dead. received a smaller salary
than any royalty. $3.50 monthly, and II was
usually in arrears
Chinese streets are the narrowest in the
world. Some of them are only eight feet
vide
The smallest camels belong to Persia
They are not more than fifty centimeters
high.
The smallest COWS In the world are TO be
found in the Samoan islands.
Ria Kfttridge. 81 years old. OF Belfast
Me-, Is the champion small writer OF the
world. and he stands ready to beat all
corners. To crowd the Lords prayer eight
times on a space no larger than five
cent piece is child's play to him. lie has
written the whole of the New Testament
over Isl 900 words. on four ordinary postal
cards. The presidents message goes on
one postal card and he still believes that
he wasted some OF the space and that
the next time he will do better than that
All of Mr. Kittridse's work is done with
an ordinary steel pen In a hand which Is
steadier than that OF many of half his
age. and with eyes helped on by spectacle
ordinarily used by men of his advanced
years, and which were bought I'm one OF
the Belfast tewelry stores. No magnifying
glasses or instruments made for the purpose
are used In his work
The smallest railroad engineer is little
Hugh Gibson Richards of Laramie, wyo.
1Itferh lx-. t.
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MOUTH PLACED ~ a,nER PLACE.
shark Ia Well Fiued by Nature for
M. Rapaeioa. Mission.

No doubt the sharks mouth ~ placed
so much beneath the pro3ecting nuzzle
under which also the nowtrfle lie that r.
may serve IT, proper purpose IN the best
way. In all records 81 the habits az the
fish We arc ie that Il can and does bile
out large chunks ~ hesh from fhc dead
bodies Of whales and even from living
victims ~ It's attacks. and II ss rasiYY
seen that II Its mouth was like that Il
other fishes the necessary leverage would
be lacking A further reason seems 10
b. that the shark b. this peculiar posi-.
ton - its mouth IL compelled IT, turn
upon iis back 20 strike and T. thus abie
20 deliver its onset from below with rapre
deadly effect This Formidable sireertai
% jazz - backed up ~ q MOST iavrfbie
array 80 teeth. Of which Ia some ans.lee
there arr "a many as six rows an ro,sos
Each tooth u ssw-edged and naartes ar4
some 81 the largest ave as nnrh a. tv,e
incnfs 81 breadth 81 their base rhe..
he fat against the jaws and can ia .sts.s
hy separate ra9seies q; viii " fhat -
me shark dasts npaE tsS prsx. ths,
spring on end. like cat'e eia.- arc 60,
out from iis pave. This arranvayr,,.,,,
VIII NOT aiiow anything once tsoisns -
return 30 thai a sharks mouth h.
verifahle death trap. Cincinnati -
guireF
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GREAT CENTURIES OF GROWTH.
Census of 1900 Way show Nearly
100000 900 Americans.

When the result Of the census of 1900 is
declared IL will be found that the United
States has taken long leap upward toward
the 100000 mark
There are even sanguine calculators who
predict that the 100000 mile stone will
be passed at the beginning of the new CEN
fury, but the best estimates indicate that
the total will still fan 100000 or 1900 coo
short Of the eighth cipher.
There were SO, So $50 inhabitants i'm the
United States ten years ago. according to
the last census Secretary Cages actuary
OF the treasury, who Is close guesser in
matters OF population. computes the present
population between Maine and California,
Alaska and Key West. at 70. 600. To this
must be added the peoples brought under
the Stars and Stripes by the war with Spain
and by the annexation of Hawaii, 20 say
nothing OF Cuba. Puerto Rico and Guam.
III the FilipinoS can be induced TO stand
stu long enough to be counted they may
possibly yield a million or two more, but
unless the actuary has made n mistake In
addition there will yet remain a wide gap
between the actual total and the magnin-
cent round number.
For a decade or two longer therefore.
the United States must be content to re-
main In the fourth place In point OF popu-
lation among the nations of the earth.
China. despite encroactnnents upon her
territory, still holds the lead. with 400 ESQ.,
600 men, women and children within her
borders; the British Empire comes next.
with a.os7,s74 subjects. including the
dusky fanatics of the soudan; and the
Russian empire is third, l2s. 2ii ,il3 persons
owing allegiance to the czar.
No other nation, however. can show such
a rapid increase as that OF the United
States. George Washington was president
of a nation numbering fewer than 3. 100 600
individuals 1t took twenty years for the
population to double In 1910 IL was Z 2Sa-
ISL, in 1920 II had reached only 1898 SO, and
ten years later the total was II SGs go.
From this time on II advanced by leaps end
bounds in 1910 II was 1909 45S In 1850 II
was o, l91,s76. In 1860 Il had reached 81
43,S21. and thirty years ago the census
showed a popua ton OF IS. SOS 81. 1t did not
pass the half century mark until 1850. when
II was 80, 7S3. and the last enumeration
1890 gave total of 62622. $50
New York state has always led the van.
At the beginning OF the century 1t had
5s9.061 citizens; In 1910 Il had 95g04e and
In 1880 Il contributed 5.s97 .s53 to the total
According to the estimate OF the state
board of health the coming census will
show a population numbering well above
100000
Owing to immigration from all parts of
the earth. the population showed wide
cosmopolitan range even before the recent
acquisition OF new territory The Philip
pines. however. win make a considerable
addition to the list of races governed by
the constitution They will add no less
than thirty new names to American nomen-
clature.-New York Herald
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derstand 1t. The new crre.f ~.
thinks, all the essential features !, *
old, but has in Il nothing that rnirh, ,. ae
fuse. II stirred up n storm Of cr,,,ss~
among elergymen. but every rnsmsss
his congregation accepted the new 81 =
into which their belief had been M, ''r
Another radical departure of Dr. a.
don from accepted form is his rneth,s l.
conducting Sunday evening service !, y
stead OF the conventional sermon, h ~
for long time given readings from -.
mai reheious novels. bringing home Il \.
congregation the truths and beau.,s. - 7.
tho better life In this way.
His writings proved OF great tr,..
and from the first his church wa. Az.
with Interested listeners who 49, .q
regular attendants that they ns,,h, =.
low the fortunes OF the interesting -, ~
acters described. From the eject -
his congregation he came 10 a., ~
his writing might he OF value ~ -. .H
numbers OF people who might be rs.sSss
through print rather than IN anys r,Ses
way, and so he began the puhlicatis. =
his novels.
In His steps' has been the most ~.
cessfu OF the novels published Nv ~
sheldon. Its circulation has e,s..s
100000 copies. His other books taks. q
gether have reached az large A al. =.
first began 20 read his congrefs,,o. y :
the winter of 'a2 from the manusrr,ss =
n novel he entitled Richard Rruce ! -.
next book was called The Twsr,,..s
Door"
Other writings OF his, some Of ~A..
have become marked favorttes =.
The CrucifiSion of Philip Strong. .Jss
Brothers Keeper and Malcolm va
Recently his congregation has foIlo..1
y F.r,a k...K a.
Gle AT Markham"
For Some time after Dir. Shejdor ,r,..
dueed his Innovation OF pulpit resd,,~
he was assailed with criticisms ssr.r
many quarters. The most common ma.
ment passed upon him was thai 4.
sought notoriety and that he VAS i
centric. In Topeka pr, sheldon IA kncv,
to he sincere In his efforts 10 do rnca =
all that he undertakes and his adrts
able personality disarms any criticism =
the score OF eccentricity.
To acauaint himself with the aetna, ~.
OF the classes with which he seldom hss
opportunity 20 come In close contact ne
Sheldon has spent much time misips M
those of humble station Not lone -
he asked his congregation for a vacstios
of three months with the exception Il
Sundays.
IL was not known what he Vas ds,ns
during that time. but Il has transrayvd
that he gave himself up TO work arucne
the poorer classes. He established 4 ~
cial settlement I'm '"rennessee- town" ~
negro quarter OF Topeka. and has bsse
doing much 10 raise the people 70 Z ~
spectablity they had not dreamed q
He spent several days with each Il a.
different classes OF people of the chr
one week he travelled through the sim
on freight and stock trains In the dn-
guise of n railway man. Another wtsk
he spent as n reporter on one Of IL
daily papers that he might see the veYt.
Gus phases OF life from that view pslnk
He mixed with lawyers. doctors. basp
ness men. street car men and the labor.
ing classes.
DR.. Sheldon II tall. Of fine phyutqa&
and has blue eyes and brown hair. NJ
Is gentle I'm manner and pleasing n ~
dress.
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WESTERN SAFE MADE OF CORK.


Did you ever hear OF a cork safe?'
asked a drummer who represents the lat -
est thing in chilled steel and burglar
battling time locks las far as am
aware" he continued, when everybody had
chorused negative. ''only one OF them
was ever built. 1t was made by an in
genious Dutch mechanic for a one-time
confidence man named Bags who oper-
ated in Denver. Salt Lake city and Kris.
co. The safe was folding affair made OF
paper on a backing OF sheet cork, and
when II was opened mp was six feet high
and looked exactly like the real thing As
1t was always placed in n corner II had
only two sides, but every visible detail
was complete--combination knob letter
ing. bolt heads and all. When folded IL
could be carried In an ordinary dress suit
case. Bags used the thing I'm fake lot
terry office which was OF Itself marvel OF
trick furnishing.
when the victim entered The place lt
looked like an ordinary business establish
ment, with desks. railing maps on the
walls. safe In the corner and several clerks
at work on books. The instant he left A
roll-top desk opened up into "a bed
The railing was folded together ana
slipped into closet a table was trans
formed into wash stand cabinet turned
into a bureau, the safe was put away in
its case. the curtains were pulled down
and the room was. to ali appearances, a
simple sleeping apartment By that means
the poor dupe was never able 10 find the
place where he had been hunkoed. saw
Bags old cork safe when / was last In
San Francisco. IL IL now owned by a
cigar dealer, who bought II as q curio. and
while It In pretty badly battered. one
can s;ill see plainly that Il was a wonder
ful piece OF mechanical work The cigar
man told me he had been AT some pains to
inquire into its history and he had learned
some curious things concerning II. After
II passed out Of the hands OF the bunkq
people It was used for a long time By a
Young real estate agent IN St Louis He
didn't want 10 swindle anybody. He mere
ly wanted 10 put on a 'front.' as the say
ing goes. when he began TO prosper he
took down the cork safe and eoasht hlg
box made Of real steel New Orleans
Times Democrat
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- o native of this country has ever
been SO highly honored by the
British government as r. NJ.
II Burnham. recently appointed on
the personal stan of Lord Roberts,
commander-in-chi OF her majesty's
forces In South Africa. and no Amer
lean, or any one else for that matter, ever
has rendered more distinguished heroic
and history service for Britain.
Burnham, who lately passed through
Seattle on his way to the Transvaal.
knows the dark continent as a man might
know his own land. ana there Is where
he performed signal deeds of valor that
won for him the thanks OF Queen Vic
toria, the praise and esteem OF the high
est governmental and army officers, and
the admiration Of all England.
Though young man. he IL remark
able character and his career Ia prob
ably without parallel. He was born in
Blue Earth county, MINI. 81 years ago.
and was the son OF a Congregational min
lister. who died In Los Angeles IN 1874.
Young Burnham spent part Of his early
life there. and made AS start In life as
messenger for the Western Union Tels-
graph Company. AT the age OF 10 he ac-
companied his widowed mother 10 Iowa,
and there was educated I'm the common
schools. When mere lad he decided up
on mining az his life work. and at the
age OF IS or 20 he drifted back to the far
West to follow the rough work Of pros
pecting. He went to Arizona. and there
his career as a scout, frontiersman and
daredevil fighter began. Young Burn
ham spent five or six years in Arizona
and became terror to the hloodthirsty
Apaehes. who hate and feared him as an
evil spirit with charmed life for they
could not harm him. and many fell before
his rifle. lie first won his spurs as an
INDIAN fighter with TEDDY" Roosevelt.
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Travelled rur WORLD ,RorSp.
New Hampshire Blacksmith VINO
Has >ren LITE 80 Every CLINE.

Blacksmith Peavey must certainly hs NAT
down as one ~ the greatest travellers
among residents of MAncheeter A afngv ~
his years % travel from land 90 land. ana
bis life among different peoples wouhi
make geograHhv ir "see re ls bach
eser resided 81 10 Douglas street lr vvrst
Manchester and De viii ~ % wears ia
newt Nav. He learned his trade at A4h.
land in thls state. ana has WORKED at h
IN almost every clvilised land on shr e1s.a
Re was born at Berwick Ne. ana a.-
kan his travels almost immediately av
moving across into Grsat Fails Them rs
lived ~ Rochester and later removed so
Plymouth working n the region nt5ut
Campton aui HolderneSs In the ,f1axe
now called Ashland TIE hsd sta1 In c.tsh
when ne was g wears ole ans lr tS-s
started Tor California The t-in cos, 81 n
His brief stop among the Beers Is mos;
CT interes, just now. but he pat In FIVE
years IN Sacramento and therea Scouts In
ArisonA and New Mcxice. and was IN ire
rush from Seattle 20 the Skarxrtt mines
British Columbia Then ne went % TIor.,.
laiu and spent eighteen months In Ha-
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thor OF IN His steps, ana known
TO fame through the original meth
DDS he has adopted to strengthen
his pastorate in Topeka. Kan. Is
at last In way to make q prae-
teal test of his long-cherisAcd plan to
conduct Christian daily newspaper.
Mir. Hudson. the editor of the Topeka
Daily Capital. has announced arrange
ments whereby Mr.. Sheldon Is 10 take
absolute charge of that paper for week.
conducting its editorial news and bust.
ness departments without let or hindrance
in the effort to prove that II is possible
to manage a daily newspaper on strictly
Christian lines and at the same time TO
make money. The experiment will begin
March IL.
Mr.. sheldon first attracted attention to
at the Detroit national convention of the
Christian Endeavor Society last year,
where he read a paper presenting the idea
at some length. and asked what "philan-
thropic gentleman In this age of munifi
cent endowments 10 educational institu-
lions would give 81. 100000 for the creation
of a great Christian daily?"
The philanthropic gentleman has not
appeared with the money hut in response
TO the appeals of the leading citizens Of
Topeka. Mr.. Sheldon's home town Den
ital Company, has offered to give the
paper TO Mr.. sheldon for one week, and
the offer has been accepted
II is understood that able writer's are 20
assist Mr.. Sheldon, and that statesmen
prominent divines and editors OF some OF
the dailies of New York, Chicago and st
Louis will help him with suggestions.
DIR, Sheldon Is n man OF remarkable re-
sources. and is simple and direct in his
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manner of doing things. He has applied
these characteristics of simplicity and
directness I'm his methods of conducting
the Central Congregational church of To-
peka. OF which he is pastor. To him the
old creed had I'm II much that was cum
bersome and obsolete. and a few months
ago he suggested a new creed, which
should be so simple that a child could UNI
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THE woRkrScM,v.s WIPE,

fn1m dAs q asg from wsrr sin vssbt
Ne WOKE ~lfh aH earv,sr viH
7 rssEs the krfne hsss alas- ara l.t~t,
hsf mission aa eaegb sassH
NJ l1sh fhenshf ue7rAass Ser mind
ln u no S aef sreat 8sttstts
81 iess aHa wort kuA sans =, R-s
*hc iraes ~ .hlhigfn snstf
Tbs bcsi tde e.ul-afd asn sFa.t
Fat he7 hnthsnd she ffsfgr.-
We'll content sith l. kiusiir wn-f
A. reward " 90 Apg cAfvs
TIE c8tl.igen kacw a lszfllfr ar,st
FoT tNrfa N Der heart Il rfre-
Her Lgrl hsgA sasd Fas iad ma. 49,.
~ sash Is the t5nsi,sn a beaver
Ten aay uiN rurnf vlssa nozsefs fteg
shan - white ard rsad ~ srau
No osle o. ssrzk csa IN hrr rssoe
Her FAise &c then shall kn1w
HsTk how ths risats in earnest n~,~t-
That t3ea wngl1 hey scsr ewes sa~a
o.. sfsk then On slhifa beg tarr
EssAtSa aex patb 70 the .4arsE
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= lesson in her Hsc has never been asked
10 take book Her hfe hiss been ore
continuous game ~ delightful play. Mf
oelrich Invented and constructed the at
tFactfve educational apparatus with which
the keen Interest FOR learning was awak-
ened. and after surrounding her with this
apparatus she enjoyed complete freedom
IS 20 Uhon ard what to earn SNe las
Always hren the Judge tn this laoier. Tor
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hence in education must be attained by
interest. kindness and freedom.
When Viola was Is months old she re-
ceived her first new book. she soon be-
came deeply interested in the pictures and
in the book itself After two months an
other new book was added. She now has
seventy.
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Electricity So we knsx il - ,ss. t..e 80. =
old Ia 10 the i;aiisn scientist vslta rss.
definite form TO the method ~ rro.l,f-r,. !,
the current and if - from his name ,b,s
We have the term voitneter 70 seserfbe
The Instrument which measures the forre
Of the current. ana vol. as the uni; Of that
measurement
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HOST rFersou WHO has whtsSg fs-
sale com&aSes 10 yIgL.u. y ys.se Mara
sAAs nhiahsk
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"A PREACHER AS AN EDITOR
Rev. Charles ~ Sheldon Noted Author and Divine to Con
the Topeka Capital for One Week

~ EV. CHARLES NJ. SHELDON. au-
thor of I'm His Steps" and known
TO fame through the original meth
DDS he has adopted to strengthen
his pastorate in Topeka. Kan. is
Phillipsburg herald. [volume] (Phillipsburg, Kan.) 1882-1905, 1900-01-25

WONDER what Mr.. Readers man
ager thinks of the irrigation scheme.
Great, isn't it. Think of the hun
dreds of men who will be given en-
ploymeut. of the miles and miles of
unproductive land which will be re-
claimed! But then these great
schemes run IN the family. It was
Mr. Feeders brother-In-law Mr.. An
drews, who, while representing this
county in the Legislature, proposed to
dam up the Royal Gorge and hold
the waters for irrigation purposes.
Phillipsburg herald. [volume] (Phillipsburg, Kan.) 1882-1905, 1900-01-25
Maxlms for stockmer,.

President John W. Springer, in
his annual address before the Nation
al Live Stock Association at Forth
Worth recently gave five msxims for
stockmen, which he said were self
evident After a review of the ad-
vance the live stock interests have
Wsde in ten years he laid down the
following msxims es having been
gained in the experience gained in
that time:
"First-That no State can realize a
heavy immigration that is not liberal
with the live stock interests.
''Second-Thst no railway manage
ment will prosper long which turns a
deaf ear to the complaints of stock
men.
"Third-That no live stock market
will continue to grow which imposes
terminal charge on every car of live
stock for the privilege of unloading
at their yards.
"Fourth-That no stoekman will
prosper who does not read and lIber-
ally advertise in stock journals, pa
pers and magazines.
"Fifth-That the stockmRn who
gains the greatest reward will be he
who places quality above quantity. in
ell of his dealings in live ock."-To-
peka Advocate.
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The republicans are up against it.
For years the foundation stone of
that party has been protection. Il
has been the contention of the party
that the proper solution of all nation
al woes was the right kind of tariff
law. The writer mast confess that
he has never been fully converted to
any other doctrine, and believes vet
that while the republican party has
departed from all its other traditions,
and has become the party of the
trusts. the money power, and other
organizations whose purposes are an
tagonistIc to the welfare of the peo-
pie, it has been nearer right on this
one subject than has the democratic
party. Bat now the republican par
ty is about to abandon It's ramports
and take up with the democratic pol
icy of free trade, for Congressman
Sherman of New York, chairman of
the ways and means committee, has
prepared and will Introduce In the
House a measure which will bring
about free trade between this ooun-
try and Puerto Rico. Expansion
means free trade. and this is but the
first step taken by the republican
party in it's new policy of free trade.
It would not be surprising If the
democrats come out for protection.
Protection and free silver, free trade
and gold will be the lineup before
many years. When that time comes
many old party ties will be broken.
How does the old line republican.
who believes in building up this
country by the application of high
tariff, like this new departure?