The Seattle Republican. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1???-1915, 1901-02-22

trine should be recognized in tn
constitution.
A large pottery firm in England
has been making a series Of expert
ments with a view to getting along
without the use Of white lead in tht
use Of glazed pottery.
The new mint at Philadelphia, Pa.
is being sumptuously decorated with
glass mosaics. The mosaics with
figures are eleven in number anC
have been designed by Mr.. VIM. B
VanInyen.
An Iowa editor made a big hit by
publishing a fake confession Of Pat
Grove, the alleged abductor Of Cud-
ahy. He said he was hard up fol
copy" and simply did it to fill
space.
The steamship Mariposa arrived at
San Francisco January 18th from
Australia, breaking the record she
had for fast time across the Pacific.
The actual steaming time from Sgd
ney was 20 days 3 hours, and from
Honolulu 5 days Is hours.
Yakima citizens are severe in their
denunciation Of Representative Rich
who they claim went back an his
anteelection promises, wherein he
had promised to do all he could
against the organization of Riverside
county.
Extensive plans for the invasion
of the Chinese empire are being
made by all the forces under Count
Waldersee except Russia and the
United States. The invasion is to
be made to back up the demands
made by the powers.
The center of population in the
United States is now in Indiana,
about seven miles southeast of Co.
lumbus. Since the last census, in
1890, the center Of population has
moved westward about fourteen
miles, and south about three miles.
Prof. Levin, Of Germany, has
found among 800 men who handle
copper eight men whose hair had in
obtained a greenish
tinge, which no washing would re-
move. The phenomenon he says
has been known for years, but it
takes several years to produce it.
Prof. Marconi on the first day of
the reign Of Edward VII. sent mes
sages by his system Of wireless teleg-
raphy from St. Catherine to the Liz
ard, a distance Of 200 miles, and
since that time has established regu-
lar communication between the
points above named.
The attention of the pension bu-
reau has been called to the fact that
in one colored regiment in the civil
war no less than twentv-eioht
George Washingtons were found. A
single company shows a membership
OF thirteen George Washingtons.
In a copy Of the Boston Gazette
OF December, 1900, is found this
business notice: ''S. Rogers informs
those ladies who wish to be address
ed by him either on assembly or ball
days to give him notice the previous
day, Ladies who engage to and
don't dress must pay him half price. .
The patrol outfits Of Allegheny,
"a, have been equipped with medi-
cal outfits and the sergeants Of police
been instructed how to render aid to
to the sufferers or victims of acci-
dents. The equipment includes an
fidotes for poisoning, dressings for
burns and almost everything used in
emergency cases.
The latest scientific explanation of
the phenomenon Of minerals or wa
ter being discovered by the divining
rod is that the man manipulating the
rod is half hypnotized by fixing his
attention on it, thus enabling his
sub-cOnscious perceptive powers to
assert themselves and reveal the pres
ence of the object sought.
In England a lamp post has been
introduced which combines a hv-
drant tap and fire alarm box. The
hydrant can be used for fire alarm
purposes, filing water carts and fo1
street flushing, while the small tai
can be used by an individual for {
domestic water supply. There is
water meter and syphon at the bot