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The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1900-01-21

Although once the possessors of vast
continent, the American Indians are to-
day poor people. Except in a few cases
where they have separated from the mass
of their race and adopted the life of their
white neighbors. their accumulations of
property cut comparatively small figure
In the total wealth of the country. A
rare exception TO the rule Is found in the
person of DIR. Acland Oronhyatekha, a
Canadian Indian. who has gained both
wealth and fame by force of his genius
and business ability. DR.. Oronhyatekha's
good fortune began In 1860. at Brlntford
Ont. when he, a lad of 10, CHANGED to
meet the Prince of Wales, who was then
making tour of America. The prince
was so impressed with the brightness of
the young man that he invited him to
England and gave him an education at OK
ford university. Oronyatekha afterward
studied medicine at Toronto university
graduating therefrom in due course He
was highly successful as a physician but
his best fortune came in connection with
the Ancient Order of F'oresters, a fra
ternal benefit society which he reorganized
and carried to success He has been the
chief official of this order for years and
Is said to receive salary of $4,000 a year,
He owns magnificent home and enter
tains sumptuously Mrs. Oronhyatekha
is a Observation-Disclosures of the famous
chief Joseph Brant. who figured largely
in the Indian troubles of early days She
Is woman of noble character and many
mplishments.-I.esies Weekly.
The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1900-01-21
Mll|13l11a3

Intoxication Is very rare Men and wo-
men alike smoke cigars and pipes, and
nearly every one has the unsightly habit
OF chewing the bete nut. The native
cigar is an object OF wonder to the new
conner. 1t Is made from the whole leaf
OF the native tobacco which is of most
excellent flavor. but strong and green,
rolled into cylinder about eight inches
long, and wound about with threads of
fiber to keep It from unwrappng.
With the example Of American energy
and industry, with advanced education and
with the influences of progress, with
strong and just government and purified
religious example and instruction, there
opens before the nhabitant of Guam a
most promising future; and before us,
whose duty it Is to plant here a model
colony, there lies most interesting expe-
rience and labor OF the ultimate success Of
which there can be no possible doubt
Ensign c. l.. Poor in Harpers Weekly
The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1900-01-21
Cromwell and the English Jews.

The name of Mr. b. l.. Cohen, NJ. p,
among the signatories to the protest
against the erection OF the Cromwell stat
ne within the precincts of Westminster is
somewhat surprising to a correspondent,
who writes: During the last session Mr..
Cohen. speaking as a Jew, defended the
members of the Jewish community from
imputations which he conceived to be lev
eled against them. Cromwell was the very
first friend the Jews ever had in England.
From the time of their Punishment from
this country by Edward l., for more than
three centuries, their presence was UNI
known, except In individual instances. by.
special permission. in England Cromwell,
In 1865. endeavored to remove this pro-
scription. He was unable to give the Jews
legal establishment, but he issued to
many OF them his dispensation to come to
London and engage in their vocations of
life, and 1t was not long, under his tacit
protection. before they had gathered to-
gether a Hebrew community and opened
a synagogue. Manasseh Ben Israel, rich
Amsterdam Jew, of Portuguese origin,
who pleaded with Cromwell the cause of
the Jews. gave him as a mark of gratitude
a magnificent piece of plate, which is now
one of the most priced treasures of Sir
Samuel Montagu, M. P.-London News.
The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1900-01-21

for fireplace, and except around the
edges, where the goats and chickens bunk
and the litter and hunting and fishing APP
paratus is kept, fairly clean. Here the
kaffir and his wife cook and eat their
food. which IS principally cornmeal
(mealie) mush with the occasional add-
tion of fresh beef. xiii and eat your
cattle" is the conventional Kafir or
der for Break up you kraal and move"
They can COOK In pots made OF finely
woven. water-tight mating, or of thin
hardwood. though several OF the north
eastern tribes have attained some skill In
working iron. mostly for weapons. but the
iron pot of the white man has begun to
find its way into the. native home.
One point worth femarking about the
domestic arrangement OF the Kaffir young
couple is that the bride is expected to
build the house with her own dark red
toned hands. while the bridegroom fixes
the surrounding fences to secure the cat
tie and keep out the leopards. AS rule,
woman's rights are not In a fiourishing
state among the Kafiirs. The exception,
that of the Zulus. among whom the women
are better treated than among other d.
visions of the race, Is a strong argument
for woman's rights because the Zulus are
the pick of all the Kaffirs. The Zulus are
taller, more agile, more intelligent, more
good-natured and sociabie when well
any other Kafiirs. They may not make
as powerful ''hands" in the gold or dia-
mond mines as some of the western and
southern natives, not being so thick-set
or generally so well fitted to carry heavy
loads, but among these people lightness
and rapidity of motion-and 1t would
seem, grace--are more admired in men
than what we call sturdiness.
The costume of the Zulu in the domestic
circle, If he be man of rank, Is COM
prised in a leopard skin about his shout
ders. peculiar sort of belt made of strips
of OK hide, an anklet or two of brass and
something in the way of a necklace. His
wife has very raihy-day skirt, made for
her by her husband out of an OK hide
which he himself has tanned and soften
ed. But this, so far as the man is con-
concerned, is only for the piping times
of peace, when the family smokes Dutch
tobacco out of smokehorns and exhila-
rate themselves with SNUFF. When the
Zulu goes forth to wash his assegaP' he
leaves leopard skins and belts at his
kraal His tribe have made themselves
respected by the British in open fight,
and the secret of his warlike respectable
ity are his 'impis' and his "assegais"
The Zulu "impi' is a tactical and disci-
plinary formation of about 1000 warriors
on foot. In battle the impi charges in
solid formation, like the Macedonian
phalanx. each warrior covering his body
with shield about twenty-seven inches
by eighteen at the widest part, made of
one thickness of OK hide Each impi is
permanently under the command of an
induna. The principal offensive weapon
Of the Zulu warriors, the "assegai," is a
light spear; sometimes as long as five
feet, the long, fiat head of iron beaten into
the shape of willow leaf bound to the
haft with OK hide thongs.-New York
Tribune.
The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1900-01-21
After the Fight Was over.

Gould yez idintify the man that sthruck
yez?" asked Mr.. Rafferty,
DO yez name ty insult me?" rejoined
Mr.. Dolan. I'm course OF couldn't. Afther
Oh got through wit i'm his own mother
wouldn't know i'm. "-Washngton Star
The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1900-01-21
How He La Moxed

Miss Lucy fsentimentally)--How difficult
1t must be to write such beautiful noetrv
as you do. But / suppose you only work
when the spirit moves you?
Poet-Yes; or the landlord threatens to.
Judy.
The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1900-01-21
MUNYON'S

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The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1900-01-21

Mrs. Jones-My husband is the light of
my life.
Mrs. Snith-So is mine. One of the kind
that smokes and goes out nights Chicago
News.
The daily morning journal and courier., 1900-08-23
OTHERS.

"Just look at that garden, David; look at those weeds!'
 Well, what's the matter with them '? Amt they thrifty ?"-Chicago Record.
 Mrs. Waggles-Do you know why this is called a golf hat? | Wagglas-Yes, my dear. It's because people who play golf don't wear them.- Judge.
 How do you feel on the subject of imperialism ?'' T don't think women ought to be all lowed to boss us men around the way they do. Chicago Record. Bjohnson-I understand that you were hunting down in Maine last year and came back without anything?
 Bjackson-Its a miserable lie. came back with the guide.--Somerville Jour- nal. k Knicker-Miss Boston's father keeps 0 fine St. Bernard. Bocker-To discourage admirers?
 Knicker-Oh, no; it's trained to trot in and rescue fellow before he's who'll ly frCzen.-Chicago Record.
 That woman tried to beat me down on the price of quinine."
 What did she say?"
 She said I ought to make it 10 cents cheaper because she had to pay her lit tie boy to take it."-Chicago Record.
 Young lady-If you make another at tempt to kiss me I shall call my mother.
 Admirer-Miss Ella, I am not afraid; your mother is still a handsome and well preserved widow!-Meggendo Blaetter
 Love is but a transport" says poet. Yes, and so Is a canal boat, for that matter.-Philadelph Record.
 Cook, is this man you are going to marry a good man?"
 "oh, yes'm; he ain't never been in jail. l."-Buffalo News.
 "Jes' my luck!" walled the Kansas farmer.
 Whats tn matter?
 This years the best wheat crop l ever had An now I read thet tn India famine is abatin, an tn price O wheat is sartin t slump jes' awful. '-Syra- cpse Herald
The daily morning journal and courier., 1900-08-23
MORE DESTINY?

It begins to look as if there were to States, this time in China. We got into the Philippines and couldn't or didn't get out. We are in China. and the prospect of getting out soon isn't very good. Minister Conger reports that Pekin is occupied by the Japanese, Russians, British, Americans and French, and that it is being appor- tioned into police districts for supervi- sion. No representatives of the Chinese government are in sight and the ccndi- tions are chaotic.
 Of course we can't leave China until there has been full and fair settle what new problems will arise in the course of, the settlement. But whatever happens the United States will not be found shirking it's plain duty, Its course SO far in the Chinese trouble has won it the respect and admiration of the world. Perhaps most of its citizens would prefer that it shouldn't expand into China, and it's declared policy is against such expansion. But if the situation plainly demands such expan- sion there will be no cowardly evasion of Duty and Destiny.
The daily morning journal and courier., 1900-08-23
.T1CTROfD.

The modern wonder workers keep busy and every once in while they do something that testifies to their skill and power. For instance, lactroid. made from skim-milk. It is intended as a substitute for hard rubber, cellu- Ibid and other similar articles. When in the pure condition 1t is a translu- cent hard substance, resembling ivory in appearance, but is sufficiently plas- tic under proper conditions to allow of it's being moulded under pressure. It can be turned easily on q lathe and worked with properly cutting tools. By mixing with various kinds of pigments, etc. 1t can be made in any shade de- sired. It is remarkably dense, tough and strong, practically uninfammable not as easily injured by heat as hard rubber, and not affected by the various solvents which attack celuloid, rubber and cheap substitutes. It is destined to be used largely for combs, brush backs piano-keys, elephone-receivers and in various electrical work, as 1t has remarkable insulating powers. It's low cost and the practically inexhaustible supply of raw material will do much towards bringing it into extensive use and popularity.
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HALF CENTS.
Why They Should be Coined.

| The coinage of the half-cent is being demanded from numerous quarters In the early history of the country this coin did not seem to be needed Busl- ness had not reached the degree of divi- sion and specialization that rendered II useful Such as were coined were treated more as curiosities than az money. In all new countries where re- sources have to be developed there is disregard for detail and of small things The broad foundations and framework of nation have to be roughly hewn at first, and by degrees the finer details and the finishing and polishing are at tended to. As civilization progresses the population increases the trading and everyday business is done on finer lines.
 Convenient small coins for use in small transactions conduce to economy and saving. In California in the pio- neer days there were no coins less than a dime. All transactions in which change could not be exactly made, less than dime. caused loss to one side and a gain to the other. The sharp, in- sistent person always gained the long bit in the bargain. For a long time Californians affected to despise nickeis, but the advantage of making closer and juster change gradually recommended itself and now even the copper cent is gaining ground in that state of great resources and large ideas.
 The demand of the half-cent comes from those sections of the country where the struggle for existence is be- coming more difficult and where the subdivisions of business and competi- tion in prices cause the loss of even a half-cent in making change serious matter. There are many things sold for a cent which would be sold for half-cent if such coin existed. The dollars would probably take care of themselves better if the half-cent was in existence to be taken care of, than they are now when the cent is the least coin that can be looked after. To add the half-cent to our coins would in crease the profits of small dealers, and the possible economies of that class of people who are obliged to make small purchases As it is now either the sell CT or purchaser in these small dealings, which by their number, are of great inn portance. loses or gains,
 To save q cent each day amounts to three dollars and sixty-five cents year, and to save 9 half-cent each day ef- fects a saving of one-half of the same. The country should have the half-cent Bankers Magazine.
The daily morning journal and courier., 1900-08-23
PEACE IN TRADE TOO.

It is cheering to know that the recent unpleasantness between the United States and Spain hasn't made Spain unwilling to do business with us now that the war is over. The war brought trade intercourse practically to a stand still after there had been a steady growth year after year. During the period of 1S91-93 our exports to Spain averaged about $13,500,O0O and our im- ports about s5,5oO,0OO annually. From 1893 to 1896 there seems to have been nothing noteworthy in commercial de- velopment, but In 1897, the last year preceding the war. there was a drop in our shipments to our then prospective enemy to $1O,912,745 and in our imports to $3,631,973. It is not explained why this decline occurred, unless it was due to the growing hostile feeling over the attitude of the United States toward Spain on account of the Cuban strug- gle. The first full year after the war finds trade relations resumed with al- most the same volume as before Our shipments amounted to $13, ,399,6S0 and our imports $5,950,047.
 Good enough. The suggestion that Spain give us the job of building her new warships is an interesting one. We can and will do the work well
The daily morning journal and courier., 1900-08-23
A Summer Day on the Farm.

Summer Day On the Farm. The cows are standing in the pool, The colts, with sleepy eyes, Beneath the trees are keeping cool And switching off the flies. The sun shines hot upon the hill,
 The grass is dry and brown; The restless poplar's leaves are still And Imply hanging down. The dog lies where thick shadows fall, The chickens doze away In dusty holes beside the wall
 Through all the weary day. The wormy apples tumble through The tangle of the leaves; The doves, with nothing else to do, Sit idle OH the caves. The shocks of wheat, in yellow rows, Like weary soldiers stand, What time q dozen tired crows Flap slowly o'er the lan1 The sun shines hot upon the hill, The grass Is brown and dry, Where hot, round pebbles gleam q Till, Ill sprlugtimc, babbled by. The farmers shirt is wet, and yet What cause has he to holler? Why should he frown or sigh or fret? He doesn't wear collar! $. E. Riser in Chicago Times Herald
The daily morning journal and courier., 1900-08-23
BOYS AS HOUSE SERVANTS.
Experiment Being Tried in Milwaukee

Experiment Being Tried in Milwaukee,
 t ie Said, with Success
 The eervant-girl question is burn- ing issue in Milwaukee. Housekeapers are in despair. Many of them cannot get servants of any kind and others get such poor ones that they wish they had none at all. A new movement has been started there within short time by the management of certain charitable employment agencies who make a spe- cialty of trying to find work for all sorts and conditions of people.
 During the last two weeks several housekeepers have taken on trial boys ranging in age from fourteen to eigh- teen and are training them to take the place in the household which has ordi- narily been filled by the servant girl.
The daily morning journal and courier., 1900-08-23
RE1SONABLE REOULSy,.

MT. Bryan has definitely announced the policy he would pursue in regarG to the Philippines if he were elected President. So far, so good or so bad
 Journal to make another declaration
 for the instruction of those who have been debating the possible consequences of his election. Will he declare what course he would take in financial af- friends of sound money that MT. Bry- an might. if elected have silver con gress to support him before the expira- tion of his term. It has been pointed out with grave apprehension that he might do much to discredit the gold standard even without legislation The question is now up to MT Bryan him. self. What would he do? Would he continue the usages of the present ad- ministration in recognition of the gold standard law or would he construe the law differently and try to make changes in our money system?
 A prompt and plain answer to this question is needed and it would clear up the situation great deal MT. Bry- an ought to tell the people of this coun- try whom he is asking to vote for him just what his beloved 16 to 1 means to him now.
The daily morning journal and courier., 1900-08-23

1 In two cases which have come under 1 immediate observation the results have
 been reported to be exceedingly satis- | factory. The boys do not learn quite as
 readily as do the girls. but they have better memories and seldom have to be l told a second time what is required of | them. They do not ask for the thou sand and one privileges which the mod ern servant girl now demands as her right. They work for less wages, and on the whole make much more satisfac- tory servants, and 1t may be that the boy will take the place in the house. hold that the girl has crowded him out of in the factory.
 As the servant girls become more scarce and harder to get their demands for pay and privileges increase in ex- actly the same ratio as the difficulty in getting them. A Prospect avenue housekeeper had a servant apply for position, and she seemed so satsfacto- ry that the lady had already begun to congratulate herself upon securing a treasure. Satisfactory terms had been agreed upon and mutual agreement reached as to duties and privileges.
 By the way" said the new girl,'1 am taking music lessons now and I shall expect to have the privilege of using the piano for practice two hours each day
 Indeed, you cannot. My piano is for the use of myself and my guests. I do not care to have my servants use it. You will not suit me. You can go." An the lady who told the story, al- though she has repeated it number of times, cannot yet do so without ex- pressing great indignation at what she deemed to be preposterous request Chicago Chronicle.
The daily morning journal and courier., 1900-08-23

, the headwaters of the streams, where the salmon go to breed, and where na- ture has provided food. The whole subject promises to be legislative worry.
The daily morning journal and courier., 1900-08-23

The Topeka Plain Dealer, colored mans paper, says it has heard a negro preacher say: "De fo' part of de house will please sit down, fo' de hind part cannot see de fo' part if de fo' part persist in standing befo' de hind part to de utah obsclusion ob de hind part by de fo' part"
The daily morning journal and courier., 1900-08-23
NOMINATIONS

Japan has established a commercial school for the training of women, and one of the largest Japanese railroads announces that after certain date it will employ only women as clerks.
The daily morning journal and courier., 1900-08-23

The small salmon catch in the Colum- bia river this year has awakened the canners to @ realization that something must be done if the industry is to be saved. AS long as enough salmon to make an average pack could be caught by multiplying the appliances the idea that the fish might some day be exter- minated was secuted. But the end has apparently come sooner than even the alarmists expected, and the question of how to save an industry worth $3,0O0,- 900 annually to Oregon is now on top. Stocking the river, limiting the catch for a time and giving the fish more chance to get to the upper waters of the river to spawn are the remedies suggested. Hatcheries have been main- tained for some years, but the manage ment has erred, it is said, in turning the young fry into waters where there was not a supply of food for them and where their enemies were numerous, in-
The daily morning journal and courier., 1900-08-23
ADVERTISING RATES.

Situations, Wants, Rents, and other small advertisements, One Cent Word each in- sertion. Five Gents Word for a full week lseven tilnes).
 Display advertisements, per inch, one h. sertlon, $1.20; each subsequent incerilon, 70 cents; one week, $320; one month, SIG; one year, $40
 Obituary Notices, in prose or verse. 15 cents per line. Notices of Births, Marri- ages, Deaths, and Funerals, 50 cents each. Local Notices, 15 cents per line.
 Yearly advertisers are limited to their own immediate business Gall matter to De unobJectionable), and their contracts do hot include Wants, To Let, For Sale. etc.
The daily morning journal and courier., 1900-08-23

The Japs seem to have made some wonderful charges"
 Yes; l paid $6.99 for that Satsuma teapot. ."-Cleveland Plain Dealer.
The daily morning journal and courier., 1900-08-23
CJAIRVOYANT.

MARY J. WRIGHT, NJ, D., and business claIryoyant, has returned to 27 High st. Dr. Wright is the best known Clairvoy. ant in the State. Twenty-Five years in New Haven. Her predictions on health and business never fail. She treats all Chronic and Women's Diseases, with or without medicine. Consultation by lettes
 Send age and lock of hair Hours to 5 and evenings. s25
The daily morning journal and courier., 1900-08-23

The Maine lumbermen are worrying because of the immense demand for wood pulp for newspapers. They say that the great increase in the consump- tion of logs for the manufacture of pulp has forced the price to such point that the lumber mills cannot afford to 20 into the market in competition with the paper mills. The cut last winter for pulp purposes was large, but the mills have used that and have also bought a large amount of timber cut for the lumber mills, so that at Ban gor it is estimated that one-half the en- tire cut on the river has been turned to pulp uses.