The Seattle Republican., 1901-01-25

Evidently the citizens Of Great
Britain are not very well pleased
with their native land, for, accord
ing to reports, that government loses
18O persons every day from emigra-
ton.
According to the census reports,
Des Moines, Iowa, has more horses
in comparison with her population
than any other city or town in the
United States, having one horse for
every ten persons.
The reason why no two human
voices are alike lies in the fact that
the human voice can produce seven
teen trilliOns, five hundred and nine
ty-two billions, one hundred and
eighty-six millions, forty-four thou
sand, four hundred and fifteen diff
ferent sounds, 1882, 1856, ,044, ,415).
Kipling's "Absent-Minded Beg
gar has netted the author 1885,
600, and the entire amount has been
donated by him to the families Of
the British soldiers who are fighting
in South Africa. Each lire of the
poem has thus far brought in $10,-
600, which breaks the record for
poetic value.
When Gov. Richard Yates, of Hi
nois, was inauguFated in 1861, that
state had a population of but I'LL
753 and a total vote Of but 1886, ,403.
Forty years from that time and at
the Inauguration of the present Gov.
Yates, the population of Illinois
had increased to 4,S21,55O and her
voters to 1,131,897.
There is quite a decided move on
the part of congress to create new
national park in Colorado, and the
district which it hopes to convert
into a national park is about twenty
miles square. two-thirds of which is
in the Yute reservation, and is said
to include a portion Of the district
where once the cliff dwellers were
to be found in great numbers.
In the sixty-two years between
1887 and 1898, there were issued in
the United States 623,535 patent
rights, and the patent office has re-
ceived more than $40,00O,000 in
fees. Some 10000 different patents
have been granted on carriages, some
$4,000 on stoves and furnaces, some
10000 on lamps, gas fixtures and
harvesters, boots and shoes, and re-
ceptacles for storing.
If the United States adopts an in
vention recently patenter by Nor
wegian there will be no need of the
government making stamps for let
tiers to be mailed. He has patented
a machine which, when a penny has
been dropped in the slot, will re-
ceive letter and mark it paid, there
by avoiding the sender the unneces-
sary trouble Of having to go to the
postofice for a stamp.
In the defeat of Senator Vim. f.
Chandler, Of Massachusetts, it is
said that history has repeated itself
Some forty years ago, Mr.. Chandler,
then a young and vigorous Repub-
lican politician, headed a political
revolt in the Republican party
against the reelection of Hon. John
P. Hale, for the United States SEN
atorship. The young Republicans
were successful, and Mr.. Chandler
himself was elected senator to sue
ceed Senator Hale. Now the Young
Republicans of the State have re-
volted against the continuous hold
ing of office on the part of Mr..
Chandler, and he has been over
thrown just as was Senator Hale.
During the year 1900 there were
reported 594 suicides in New York
city. OF those, 459 were males and
1876 females. The methods by which
self-murder was effected were as fol-
lows: Shooting, 211-198 males. 13
females; poison, 190-115 males, rs
females; gas, 50-36 males, II fe-
males; hanging, 43-34 males, 9 fe-
males; drowning, 37-27 males, 10
females; cuts andstabs, ,31-26 males.
5 females; leaps, 1873 males, fe-
males; other methods, 11-7 males
and females; not stated, s males
In New York city from 1887 to 1896
inclusive, 2,242 abortive attempts
at suicide were reported by the po-