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The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1900-05-13

and pointing the marvellous cerantes of the days
that TO be.
There old that figures do not lie and certain
oarrecy analysed and interpreted have
eoquence with other Kind of facts For this
advisable by the PostIntelgencer
growth with the growth
Northwest comparison been made between the pages
April Ss9 and April 1900 and there has been
gratifying increase both in the amount of advertising
matter II OF the At the time
endeavored nearly possible maintain
patrons the been In
April for example the total advertising space
1875 so aud In April 1900 1900 The
difference the month 3 50
columns which. by go the days in the
month increase per than ten
columns the of advertising matter in
each issue PostInelgencer by page aud
half than last
During period just named 1899 there were Il issues
OF pages IL OF a. Of 80 and Of 80 During April 1900
there Of 10 pages Of u, H. Of SO and
OF 49, Comparing number pages the two periods
that only in four there decrease
there running from
pages total increase pages April 1900 Of
thirty.
the benefit Of those readers who may wish to follow
comparison there submitted tabulaed state
which the figures for corresponding days of the
The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1900-05-13
SUN ARMS MARKET.
~ Knife Has Killed Hsn y"
saIue Ii More Tbap Qundrapises

Every male Moro b.g enough 70 sAs
carries a knife Of some sort, Usually
Is a harUng, sometimes kris Bafvhs'
are shaped Ike the blades OF ,ne -.
fashioned rocked skates. and are p'E ~
little. For business they are loot -
a half long. and very heavy, with q fass
edge A kris may be wavy All the w.
or two Of blade, or only al either -
Some ~ them are very finely worked y.
laid with silver ia fantastic des' gns' ~, =.
carved with ivory or wood haF1ies. -
the market Of Jolo these arms are 800 ~.
whatever the Moro thinks the buyer -.
pay one fine kris WAS offered % me r. 7,
= % ~. IS and - Mexican dollars, "
has been offered repeatedly 70 one o. -
ofncors for 80 but that vas before -
steamer came along. Prices alTaYs -
leaplng skyward on steamer Jays
that does not argue that the feople ~ !.
japanese descent. The haif-iozeu 80
jauhi guards OF the sultan are arrne1 VIZ !,
rifle. more or less ancient, ana EoHie =
the followers Of the two d8tos also al,
such weapons. There are perhaps !" So.
Ga the STAND. and each one II wofth ,'.ss
its weight IN silver. II a knife has go.
man. It's value IS greatly inst s 49,.
more than quadrupled.-Osear KING Jaw
ga Alnslee
The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1900-05-13
A Few Figures
Tell the Story
OF HOW
OF HOW

leaps and Seattle has sprung into public no
11 tice it's rapid growth and unparalleled pros
II meets as ports of the world are
L. topics of conversation and discussion everywhere
In the large cities Seattle is a familiar word ana
in every hamlet length and breadth OF tne
land the famed city through flows the wealth OF Arctic
old s name to excite absorbing interest In June 1889
when the business portion Seattle burned to the ground
the name was little that telegraph operators whose
knowledge of places unusually thorough oenmes maze
the dispatches zae had been destroyed ana
the city was sufficiently described by stating 1T was way out
in Washington Today of people gathered from the
parts of the streets and few indeed
are there anywhere world who not intimate
" acquainted cys remarkable progress The condl
tions this growth need not be enumer
aed Suffice say the people of the city ever alert and
vigorous neglected their opportunities for day by
greatness
To keep pace with this tremendous expansive movement
has required the and intelligence in high
degree city itself there people who perhaps
fully appreciate the marvellous advance made by the
community they live general is understood
that place United States is bounding and throbbng
with 1t though Aladdin had rubbed the
lamp and commanded that the city grow.
1t u.s. then with special feeling Of pride that the Post
Intelgencer demonstrate that this is
been in the lead urging the people to take advantage of the
The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1900-05-13

Gov Roosevelt writes in the May 81
IN ire Young American. \ BOY needs both
ply sical ana moral courage, he SAYS
Neither can take the place % Jho other
When boys become men they viii find out
that there are some soldiers very brave In
the aeii who have proved timi3 ana
worthless as politicians ana some aoliti-
clans Who show an entire readiness 10
take chances ana assume responsibilities
in civil affairs, out Who lack the lighting
edge when exposed 60 physical danger. In
each case, with soldiers aud politi, iaDs
statesman, ana even less does the nos
session OF the courage OF the soldier 5oes
not excuse tho lack OF COURAGE in the
statesmand, and even loss does the pos-
session OF courase In the statesman ex-
euse shrinking on the field OF battle. Now
THIS is al Just 49, tue % 1oyA A COW
The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1900-05-13

There is no need TO be a prlg, There is
no need for a hoy 90 preach about his
own good conduct and virtue II he docs
he will make himself offensive and ridicg-
lous But there is urgent need that he
should practice decency; that he should
~ clsAR add straight. honest and truth
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ful, gentle AMI tender. as well as brave.
II he can, once get 20 proper under
standing 81 things. he Will have "a far
more hearty Contempt for the boy who
has begun course OF feeble dissipation.
or who IS untruthful, or mean. or dishon-
eat, or cruel, than this boy and DIS isI-
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lows can possibly. IN return. feel FOR him
The very fact that ths boy should Re
manly and able 90 hold his Own. that h.
should D. ashamed no submit 90 bullying
Without instant retaliation. should. in re-
turn, make him ahhur any form u bully
ins, GEuslg or brutality.
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wiekedness, and It Is sometimes incom-
prehensih,e how good and brave boys will
be Influenced for evil by the ieeSs OF as
soclates who have no one quality that
calls for respect, but who affect to laugh
al the very traits which ought to oe Do
G2-iA-S the cause for pride.
The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1900-05-13

ard who vii take a blow without return
ing it Is a contemplate creature. but. aft
er all, he is hardly as contemplate as the
boy who d2res not stand up Tor what he
deems right against the sneers Of his COM
panions who are themselves wrong Ridi-
s..a - aEas - ihs kRyax1as xsananA "
The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1900-05-13
Modern Mode. Amid Ancient sesass'

An Egyptian paper announces that hfs..
rlase. up-to-date. modern diniag carr ~
10 be run this season. bel @een talfv -
Luxor and that "an American Genus, 80
started IN business At Assonaa' Mhicp !. ~
ft. .tfe 81 the s0udsu." palace ho'.l
"a KhHrtoum FOR the special accommoe,
ton q tourists will also be completed ~.
opened l0r hgslnc-s IN about three Ss0h'
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"May /, 1899; April 80, 1900.
The daily journal. (Salem, Or.) 1899-1903, 1900-09-08

Eugene, that lively village which It
the head Of education and navigation,
has lost it's hoss.car line, or rather one
mule car line, for it never rose 10 the
dignity Of a street railway or the luxury
Of having its citizens ride behind a car
drawn by real team Of horses. II is by
all odds the prettiest city in the state
bat its appearance was always marred
by that relic Of down.south barbarism,
bobtail cars drawn by shaven.ta lied
mules and nobody in the cars. They
went along tingling ghost.like bell
through the quiet Sunday-like streets OF
a University city, the residence part Of
which always bears the air of deserted
village or summer resort out OF sea.
son. Between the public and private
schools and the Divinity school and the
State University there are not many
people left but ;he women who have to
get the meals and the men in their
places Of business. There is only one
The daily journal. (Salem, Or.) 1899-1903, 1900-09-08
RAGTIME .r Ea:.s. r.: sns s,...n
SKETCHES The sH'H'' Brothers

I noisy man in the place, Father Driver
and he has concentrated in him the ex-
plosive force Of all the whoopiDg and
yelling that 1000 peo. lie would at times
indulge in Il they didn't think it i'm.
proper because they live at center Of
brains and culture. Well, to leave the
other people and return 10 the long
cared mules, they are to be no more.
The track is to be took up and Ira
Campbell and Harrison Kincaid are TO
lose their free passes over the mule road
and will have to walk just like common
people. They can no longer put on the
swollen air OF born aristOcrat while
the boy goes through the cars and makes
the lower classes put up their fares or
be elected and liable to be kicked into
eternity by one-eyed mule. Eugene
may lose its mules, but il will never
lose it's editors and so the town will live
and flourish with the intensity and
strenuousness il has always heretofore
manifested. It had too much, anyhow,
10 have an university, too such editors
and mule-car line besides. The Uni
versity city might have expected a set
back some time, and it got it. A town
where rich. paying gold mines are found
one day and big Eastern timber syn.
dicate invests few millions every other
day in the week is too speedy for the
rest of the state, anyhow.
The daily journal. (Salem, Or.) 1899-1903, 1900-09-08

This Is how a Spanish senorita bar
gains for her fan. according 20 Miss
Katharine Lee Bates, who spent some
time In Spain studying tho people and
customs OF that sunny cline;
There Is nothing sordid about H.
Her haggling Is a social condescenslon
that at once puts the black eyed young
salesman a; her mercy.
''But the fan seems 20 me the least
BIT dear. senorl"
He shrugs his shoulders and fiings
out his arm In protest
"Ah, senorita! You do not see how
DeauuIui Ihe work is. am giving II
away at q pesetas."
She lifts her eyebrows half incredu.
lously, all bewitchingly.
AT pesetas. senOr."
He runs his hand through his black
hair In chiYahOus distress.
"But the peerless work. senorital And
this other too. | sacrifice Il at 4 pese-
tas."
She touches both fans lightly.
"You win lea US have the two at 7
pesetas, senorr'
Her eyes dance over his confusion.
He catches the CLEAN. laughs back.
throws up his hands.
"Bueno. senorital At what you
pleasel'
And the senorita trips away content
ed with sharp bargain. although-for
Spanish gallantry, even when genuine,
goes farther on the lips than otherwise
tho price was probably not much
more remote from what pleased the
smooth tongued clerk than from what
she pleased, d,-Youth's Companion.
The daily journal. (Salem, Or.) 1899-1903, 1900-09-08

when it comes to some OF their move.
ments there is where the fun comes
in. One degree lie worked like this
There is absolute silence for about two
mortal hours. You think the lodge has
gone out. But they have only been get
ting ready. When they have got a good
ready it sounds just as il every one Of
them jumped off his chair with all his
might and all at once. It fairly makes
the building tremble and then there
isn't another move for quite bit. Then
they are all form in line the length
Of the hall and swing around at one end
like boys playing crack-the-whiT. The
fellow at the end OF the row is thrown
down, and it sounds just as II he was
jumped on by every one present Then
you hear the clanking Of the links Of a
great chain that is slowly wound around
the unfortunate victim, who is already
beyond the point Of saying anything.
At least you never hear a yawp during
the whole performance. strangled in
its folds, the chain and the man in it are
then lifted up and dropped all at once
the whole length Of the room. A bell
tolls and a kind Of midnight mass is
chanted slowly over the remains. OF
course, they are very careful never to go
too far and have an attending physician
to resuscitate the man in time for re.
freshments that are then served in the
ante.chamber. Bad men get into every
order but they don't stay bad or they
don't stay in very long, and any man
who can go through the ordeal | have
described and not be made better by il,
/ do not know what you would do TO
improve him, unless it would be to put
him through acrematory. The Masonic
order is the only organization / ever
heard Of that cares for people who are
not members OF it. The rest Of them
care only for their members. | heard
The daily journal. (Salem, Or.) 1899-1903, 1900-09-08

Of one in which a hard-working washer
woman kept up her husbands dues for
three years. lie ran away and was good
for nothing to that woman, and then the
woman got sick and the lodge repudiated
her sick benefit on the ground that he
was the one they had insured and not
her, and she should have gone off and
not he in order to have got the benefit.
In an eastern city knew Of Masonic
lodge sending 500 to Memphis, Tennes-
see, to help the yellow fever sufferers,
and after many days it was returned
with a note saying that it was not
needed, as they had too much money
sent them. In some Of the other orders
some fellow would have found some way
TO get away with that money il he had
to take the fever or the money himself,
But for most Of the fraternal orders it
can be said they are scrupulously honest
in their financial transactions.
The daily journal. (Salem, Or.) 1899-1903, 1900-09-08

~M WAS a happy thought, turn
ing the Portland carnival
over to the fraternal order
known az the Elks. Only
the Elks could do justice to a carnival
according to Webster. II is defined in
that dictinary as time Of riotous excess,
an occasion for overstepping the bounds
Of decorum. While the history Of the
word carnival shows it was an old Cath
olic custom to celebrate the week be.
fore the beginning Of lent, an Elk makes
il bis RELIGION to celebrate all the time
he is an elk. When he isn't an Elk he
is business man, or banker, or a
public official. or a travelling man, Law
yer, Doctor, Merchant, or Editor, at
tending strictly TO business, making
a living, licking his children or attend
ing to any other domestic duties. But
the moment he is on duty as an Elk
You can't bet what he isn't doing. 1t
is one fraternal order that carries no
insurance except against the Blues
and what the French call "awnwee."
The order confers no benefits whatever
except good fellowship. They take no
oath but to uphold the constitution of
the order and OF the United States and
TO ruin their own constitution unless it
can stand up under popcorn and mid
night lunches Of rye bread, limburger
and caviar. An Elk is a person who
NAV he found not only helping TO sup
port his neighbor's wife whether she is
good looking or o,herwise,) but the
whole family II they are in distress.
When they initiate a candidate they
make him think he has been cumming
circular saw with a cheap emery wheel
that exploded and extract money enough
out Of him to keep celebrating until the
next man is taken in. It is hard to
imagine what will become Of the town
Of Portland with five thousand Elks
turned loose N it for three days and
two nights. Its cookies 10 doughnuts
il will be ten years getting rid Of its
sunset and vermi!ion.
The daily journal. (Salem, Or.) 1899-1903, 1900-09-08

The secrets OF the masonic order have
not been successfully exposed since the
fated Morgan shed his life. blood in lake
Erie, and his bloated remains were taken
out by dredger. As the Salem masons
are fitting up elegant new quar-
ters in the third story Of Reeds opera
house, with two inch flooring and the
same kind Of stuff, all double. .tongue.and
grooved for all the partitions, and not a
high building anywhere that commands
view Of their new castle hall, it may
not be out Of place to tell few things
that have heard and seen with my own
eyes about the doings Of this order. The
masons seem TO be the father and theOdd
Fellows the mother Of all the various
iraternal orders in existence. As both
have admitted ladies 10 their side organ.
ization there can no longer be any secret
work connected with the orders, but the
Rebekahs and theEastern star members
will not let out what they know because
the brethren would let out on them aud
then all these orders would be broken up
aud lose all the charm Of mystery. As
do not belong to either Of them there
will be no harm in my telling what
know. When was young man | slept
under a masonic lodge for several years
and think | know the work in several
degrees by heart. There is one starts
with singing a hymn, aud then men
stationed in different parts Of the build
lug speak little pieces. Then there is
more singing and man gets up and
speaks along piece in doleiul solemn
voice. While could make ont the tune
Of the hymns they sang | could never
make out the words they spoke, but
The daily journal. (Salem, Or.) 1899-1903, 1900-09-08
IinrannIn RnttIe.


One OF the most curious sights TO be
seen In cavalry charge Is the various
riderless horses galloping In the line 10
perfect order. At the charge OF Bala-
klava the front rank OF one regiment
was composed 10 a great extent OF rid
erless animals, their masters having
dropped one by one. IL would seem
that In the excitement OF the moment
the horses lose all conception OF what
Is happening around them and proba-
bly, fail TO notice the fall OF their rid
ers.
The return OF rlderless horses 10
camp IN an almost certain sign OF de-
feat. When a cavalry charge IL sue
cessful. the horses viii, as have said,
all keep up together. even though they
have lost their riders but when n force
IL routed the first nows OF III omen 10
those I'm the rear will be the return OF
the horses with empty saddles and
stirrups dangling free. No more sorry
sight can be imagined. To illustrate
the callous feeling these animals have
under fire a case which happened at
Ladysmith during the siege may be
cited. A farrier sergeant was engaged
In shoelng an officers horse In the open
ground behind the stables OF a hotel
and had already put one or two nails
into the shoe when a shell came scream
ing through the air. Tho next mo-
ment the missile burst Ave or six yards
away from where the sergeant and the
horse were standing. and the splinters
dew around both. but failed TO touch
either. When the smoke had cleared.
the horse was 20 DO seen with It's foot
still I'm the mans apron, quite undis-
turbed by the incident - Pearson's
Magazine.
The daily journal. (Salem, Or.) 1899-1903, 1900-09-08

How many years Of her life does a
woman spend over the hot cook stove
getting those three meals day2 Back
aching, head throbbiug, nerves twitch-
ing, It's all the same, there are three
meals day to be prepared. DR.. Pierce's s
Favorite Prescription cannot tighten
wonans labor, but it can and does in
crease her strength. II cures those dis
eases Of the womanly organs which un-
dermine womans vitality.
II cannot praise DR.. Pierce's FavOutc Pre-
scriptiou too highly asa tonic for tired, worn.
out women who are afflicted with female weak
ness writes Mrs Ira W Holmes, Of Cedar
Rapids Iowa 1T has helped me very much
and a skilifui physician once said 90 me iu
answer to my question rs 10 is efficacy ! know
Of cases where it has really worked wonders
Or. Pierces Pleasant Pellets DO not
react upon the system. They are n good
thing to keep in the house One Pellet
is laxative, two a cathartic dose. The
medicine for every woman.
The daily journal. (Salem, Or.) 1899-1903, 1900-09-08

The coming Of the Ringing Brothers
with their twelve acres Of tented wealth,
wildernesscs OF lions and millions Of
dollars worth Of red white and blue ele-
plants, recall some incidents in the
lives Of the now famous circus men that
are not down on their handbills and not
mentioned in their advertisements.
When we were boys We lived iu the same
town with the Ringlings. Their father
was a harnessmaker, and kept a shop
where. farmers fitted ont their workhorses
with sweatpads and bought hames and
had their tugs mended when they
needed them. There lives in Salem a
lady whose age we won't tell because
she was in the same class with one OF
the Ringing boys at school, and their
show bills say they are young men in
the prime Of life, between the ages Of
thirty and forty. lie was aI homely,
awkward-looking boy with his hair cut
long in front and short behind as II his
mother had turned a saucer over his
head and trimmed 1t straight around.
His name was Al. Ringing and he wore
a small.sized mans coat, kind Of black
Prince Albert, great deal too long for
him, and he had a manner as deliberate
as molasses in winter. The old horse
advertised in their circus paper was
reality and is well remembered by the
whilom inhabitants of that village as
we'll as the boys frantic efforts 20 save
up all the sawdust produced by the
various:m5mbers Of the Sawbuck Club
to form the duct for even small ring.
The strict integrity Of the Ringlings was
shown from infancy. When they run a
pin show under an old carpet any boy
who was dissatisfied always got back his
pins, The same little town on the Mis-.
sissippi river produced another circus
celebrity Of the older days, Big Andy
Gaffney, who threw cannon balls into
the air and caught them on his arms and
shoulders and even in the small of his
back and then proudly rolled them out
for the spectators to lift and prove that
they were genuine. lie was one of the
star attractions of Yankee Robinson's
circus and Dan Rice had him later. The
growth OF the Ringlings circus has been
constant from small beginnings and
their final triumph aud advent as the
world greatest of all circuses is as much
enjoyed by their old Iowa fellow.towns-
men as by themselves. They Eere of
an energetic, pushing stock, and the fact
that they were from small village and
had but few advantages makes their sac
cess all the more creditable now that it
has been accomplished, There is no
college but the stern school OF expert,
enee will make circus man. Nothing
but repeated failures will enable him to
ward against the catastrophies that lie
in wait for the circus. A tornado may
destroy il, a railroad may wreck it, or a
month OF rainstorms may bankrupt it.
Through storm and sunshine for twenty
wears the Ringlings have weathered it
all, and they are today probably the
greatest and most successful individual
prOprietors of a show before the Ameri. |
can beople.
THE colonel.
The daily journal. (Salem, Or.) 1899-1903, 1900-09-08
Another Woman VINO
Acknowledges tho H0Ip
siSe hRs ReoeIved from
Mrs. PfnlClsaEss.

DEAR Mrs. PINKHAM - The doctor
says have congestion OF the womb,
and cannot help me. There is aching
In the right side OF abdomen, hip. leg,
end back. II you can do me anv good.
please write" Mrs. Nina Chase,
Fulton, \. w December 40, 1897.
DEAR Mrs PINKHAM-I followed
your Instructions, and now / want
every woman suffering from female
trouble to know how good your advice
and medicine is. The doctor advised
an operation. could not bear 20
think Of that, SO followed your advice.
l got better right on Itook six xbottles
OF Lydia +. Pinkham's 5 Vegetable Com
pound, and used three packages of
Sanative Wash also took vonr iver
Pills, and am cured Mrs. Nina
Chase, Fulton, n. V, December "a,
1905.