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VOL. VI NO. 33
TRIBULATIONS
SEATTLE, WASHINGTON, FRIDAY, JANUARY 19, 1900.
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PRICE FIVE CENTS
eh brought
>ved to be a
ned, well
ers which
The next ring
me to the door p
middle aged woma
dressed and with m
would be an examplev
are more favored, in *ordly goods
at least. By her »»de stood a
younger girl—her sister. I asked
them in and noticed that she made
signs for her sister to sit down
I soon explained the situation to
her and she in turn explained hers
to me. It was this: Her sister
was of foreign birth and did not
speak English. She wanted her
to l«arn and thought that to hire
her out would be the best way to
\ teach her. She does not have to
work out necessarily only we are
so anxious that she learn to speak
| English. Well there it was: I
I could not speak anything else save
English and that was just what she
ould not speak. I was absolute-
guilty ot bursting into uucon-
a "Girl." She Was Away From Home. A Diary
<..i . . .. , ..!.■«! « !low what 1 wanted done during
cerpt Which Was Made From Actual Life by a Seattle y »!>«.,,<*.. i w » .trouble in
plaining the difficulty to the
Lady on the Girl Curio That Pretended to Want Work
glad to send
your home
us and we
"Wanted a Girl" Ad. Brings Man,
Applicants to the Home
That So Advertises. A Woman's Trying Experience in Hiring
I lit- want column is always one
of the best paying ones about the
■ Inly newspaper, for, it. is a never
i>mling one. The people will have
In t|>, and, there are those who
r< ally want work, those who do not
want work, those who think that
tliey want work, and all of these
will call to inquire about the work
"that people" have to do. The
employment bureaus are kept busy
sending out applicants and taking
the names and addresses of those stay in the house with the children
who wish help, while the free em- nights or any thing. She would
ployment bureau is simply over i suit you." My second applicant
run with calls. Any want add for closed the door and was gone.
help will receive numerous ans-
wers, for some who are huntin
work will answer all of the auvei— ! — ...r. had
with what she herself once was
and seemingly hail not yet changed
from to auy great extent, so I got
the paper, cut out all of the adds
where no mention of children whs
made and gave them to her. She
was grateful, for when she reached
the door she turned and said: "I
wish my sister was here, she is
way out from town. She works
out, just loves children and all of
that, only 14, but not afraid to
tisements, "for, no harm in seeing
what they are, you know."
Of those that call there is the oft
changing girl, who works when she
tec s like it and leaves on a plea
nt sickness when she is "tired,"
there is the girl, who wants big
money and but little work; also as
in most other things, thf
vftf11. w ho works only when she is
heing watched; and the girl who
does just what she is told and
nothing more; there is the girl,
who has so much company, that
life, to her employer, is made
miserable; the one who wants to
go out so many nights in the week
that her days in the week are full
of sleepiness; the young girl, who
had no experience, and to
to say, "'wash this
the old girl, who
lias hail so much experience that
you ihtre not say, "wash this and
dry that;1' then there is the steady
L'iri, who answeis the bill in every
t, but her name is Scarcity,
so as are the girls
that will net up in the morning
wit u
leaves taken from the
l friend of mine, who felt
lias
whom you have
ami dry that;"
In a short time I was again ex-
f I plaining my want to a tall, angular
woman whose sharp voice had a
repulsive ring in it, so much so
that a shudder ran through me as
I pictured baby with her all day
alone. "How many in family are
you," she asked after I had told
her just what would be required of
her. Three, I said, just that
moment baby ran into the room
eye ser- wit,li a napkin tied around his neck
for liis breakfast was just over.
"Does the baby use a clean napkin
every meal," she asked. Yes.
' And you have three meals a day?"
Yes. "Let me see," she said, "three
a day, seven days in a week, 21
napkins a week to
the baby. Could
something else for
her we preferred
"Yes, but so many,'
After a moments
wash just ba-
you not use
him?" I told
the napkins
she persisted,
hesitation she
it
add appeared in the morn-
paper and I had but a short: rest, in fact almost
* to wait before the
| asked: "Could I see the bed where
I I would sleep, that is if I take the
place. Some how I am so parti-
! cular about my bed. I must
\ always have comfort in bed." 1
pointed to the little bedroom just
off from the kitchen, she entered
it, stooped by the bed side and the
minute examination she made was
worth the great forbearance one
had to endure while "being ques-
e 1 1 it is
you never
know about it ami every thing."
Then to my exceeding great joy
she started for the door. "I'll let
you know if I decide to take the
place," she said. "I never worked
for so little, but your work does
not spem very heavy, only the
baby, and I will come back if L
decide to take the place." My
third vas gone.
All was quiet and I enjoyed the
hoped that the
•wen as mueu
will get up in the
lout being called. •
A few
dim % t if
called upon to employ a servant, tioned by her." "\V
will explain the peculiar kinds of alright, some places
servant i^it I curios a want add will
Winy to your door. She and her
husband were both away from
home during the day. They had
line little baby boy four years old.
I'lieir house was a small one and
'la- work very light, they offered
£l~> h month and put their wash-
in^ out. What 1 read in her diary
ian thus:
'•My
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tium to w ait before the door bell i fourth Would not come when the
the difficulty' to
ler one and she arose and becon-
j to her little sister to follow her,
t in the same ladylike manner
-t she entered.
Time had painted white the hair
the next woman who called.
Ijoiced at the sight. Experi-
ed, 1 mentally commented.
8came in and we talked "it" all
o\ She had agreed that she
w« 1 keep the house "like a pin."
"1 need never get up until
br«fast is ready," she said with
a sie. And on the whole 1 liked
lieilk. "You are never home
savt meal time and in the even-
ing: she asked. That is all, I
ans'etl. "Well, I'll just suit
you.r at the last place 1 worked
the man did not know what was
in h >wn buttery. I have every
thin, here I could put my hand
on itj the dark. I have never
workfor so little," she concluded,
"but m not a young woman any
longfnd require two or three
hourtst in the afternoons." We
had ait sealed the engagement,
but w she reached the door she
said: i, yes I forgot to tell you,
I can sleep at your place for I
have > little girls. They are
both i hool, but I could not be
away u them at night." My
high es fell. Instantly I re-
membe that she had asked if I
were '<y from home all day
save ai;.al times." What she
had sahout the other employer
not knew what was in her own
buttery e to my mind at once.
Of couriie might have no desire
that we J Jier little ones also,
but I re ibered that it is a good
thing iio place even the appear-
ance of ttation in our brother's
pathway told her that we just
must hav ,nie one who could
sleep in house, for we some
times went evenings.
By tliine £ began to wish
that we di)t want a girl or that
the applic; were to call at my
husband s Ce instead of at the
house. Aj there came a rous-
ing ring a(1 door bell. This
time 1 w as ieved to see a neat
little .lap Ming on the thresh-
old. \V hat lief too, that it was
not anotlie^SWer to that add.
1 looked at and he looked at
me. \\ ell, finding that he
fang. On opening it I saw before
we a tall well dressed woman who
unmistakably a Swede. "Ate
Vim tiie lady of the house?" she
takcl • y ui advertised for a girl?"
b's. What wages do you pay."
she continued. 815
'Well 1 only work
she tun,, d to leave, but stopped,
®>ditat. 1 for a moment ami look-
ing at mi• most severly, added: "I
*°uld take light work for $20."
iuy Jirst
i an*l gone.
Again the bell ranir and I
| wfon*
1 Win
Fr,
Hill til
me a
am 1
<Mii the
lilted as
•boulders
Jfet the
bought-,
5°U that
help
•altalkc.
*tien I s
double
door bill rang. Yes, she was a
pretty girl. My heart sank. I
had been told that pretty girls did
not mate good help: spent too
much tine before the mirror, used
r too muck gas curling their hair
per month, and that |iey proved an annoyance
for $25," and to the m^u of the house or some-
thing likellmt; but I asked her in
and told hfcr what we wanted. She
soon concluded that she was the
very girl that we needed, but I
applicant had come did not. Have you ever worked
out before, ! asked. "Yes indeed,
three timet.
ent familie
stay in ei
remember
bell rang and 1 saw
a young girl of slender
a rather pleasing face.
imntry I mentally cora-
1 noticed t he stooping i longest at
and manner of dress, was three w
:'rl we would want, 1 much com
f«»r 1 had always been I <1° n°t
country girls made the
I asked her in and we
that is in three differ-
How long did you
h? "Well, I do not
xactly. I stayed the
le last place and that
eks." Do you have
pfiuy? "No, I do not.
beleve in girls working
out and having so much company.
I have just |one beau, we're
the situation all over
d, baby is not much
a ha
^ is
Ndivh
He ail
tee,
you
I?Jin« aft
vv 11
in>'
Ij We
let by ?" she gasped, "is j
>y? I never work where j
a babv—I do not like
and never did." "No," '
I could not take the)
have no patience with chil- j
know. He would get to
i you and I would not i
■ to do with him. Do '
ovv of any one who wants
gaged," she
does he come
or three tim
he thinks a
out on the
that, eveniu
to marry the
that I did not
! the one we we
as the door cl
glimpse of the
curly hair und'
agii'l who has no children?" i hat I hoped t!
I tit' Ih>t r" press a smile and yel
^ sorry for this young gir
J so devoid of patienc
keep his promis
for the young
future.
en-
added. How often
1 asked? "Oh, two
a week. He says
irl ought not to be
reets oftener than
even if she is going
llow." I told her
lieve she was j ust
looking for, and
d and I caught a
autiful, laughing,
her rather worn
"fellow" would
and make a home
irl in the near
They Do Say
That we would be
, __ The Republican to
to some who "ddress. Telephone
will do the rest.
That Billy McArdle is taking
anti-Navin nervine for a political
bracer.
That Billy Parry's non-office
announcement has given a baker's
dozen of fellows the want office
jim-jams.
.That the Republicans will doubt-
less have a good large Root in the
next mayorality scrap.
That Bill Gay is laying dead in
this year municipal contest. Good
boy.
■That it is easy enough to build
a 5$10,000 house if you are an office
holder and without concience.
That if one more man will just
announce his candidacy for city
comptroller the fatal "13" will be
on hand.
That Charlie Reed is having his
first experience of newspaper sub-
sidizing and it goes hard.
That the official that gives
succor to "thugdom" is equally as
criminal as thp wretch that does
the act.
That P. J. Smith of Issaquah
will doubtless have a word to say
in the next shrivealty contest.
That John Wooding's "harmony
communication" was but another
way of saying, "L am looking for
another fat job."
That "wretched service" is char-
acteristic of the most of the electric
street car road«r in the city at
present.
That, perhaps, the "Hawks" will
be looking for spring chickens after
the next city contentions.
That Lewis and Lippy have a
turner" for a wringer in the next
municipal convention.
That Blethen is no longer a
leading factor in Seattle politics.
That no one seems to want to be
treasurer of Seattle. Too much
bond and too lit*'e pay explains it.
That Gen. George Tibetts of
Issaquah has his lightning lod up,
but he has not named it as yet.
That J oh n W. "i'/ntt is to 1m» the
Kent king-pen with plenty of Vau
for leeway.
That the Seattle preachers have
the Way-Winsor political disease
and will follow in its wake next
spring, perhaps.
That good times have not less-
ened the number of applicants for
political jobs in Seattle.
That twenty cents will get The
ilei'ulillcan for one month. Try-
it for that length of time and you
will keep it for all time to come.
That "Fatty" Humphries will
hit the grit for the supreme judge-
ship nomination before tiie next
Republican state convention.
That the weekly newspaper crop
is quite prolific in Seattle this
season. Two a week is the record.
WASHINGTON
PARAGRAPHS
The Arlington Enterprise, which
started out some time ago as an
j independent paper as to politics,
has come squarely out for Repub-
licanism. Falling straws always
| tell the direction of the wind.
Gulled and Collected From the Country
Papers of the State
The house where some Japs
were living in Wenatchee was
; blown up one day last week by per-
sons not wanting the Japs to work
on the new coal chutes that are
! being built there. The Japs are
istill at work.
Things of State Importance, of Financial Valne, of igricnltnral
and Scientific Necessity, of Horticultural Advantage and
of State Prosperity Reported From Every Section of the
State. Much Prosperity Evident Throughout the State
Catharine MdCarthy, who lives
near Forest, Lewis county, has just
passed her 101st birthday. She is
in splendid health and sleeps as
peacefully at night as a child.
Allen has
resigned
the
had no inten 0f speaking, what
is it -' "tiiriie answered. No,
lie
is
I replied
"Want a
Yes, but I
stood. Til
upon me—
work," lies
not a—the
awkward
regretted t
for I had b
the very bes1
Then tlier
bell was si I
woman, fort
it. 1 bade
seat in a roc
rocked to aui
that she had
regular serv
occasion
several wee
all about ho
home work,
be very much
keeper as you
1 think I will
be candid with
Still he stood,
slowly asked,
[one yet. Still he
* light dawned
ted to work. "I
es, but you are
nt,was my rather
And I rather
was not a girl,
|l that they make
That the present city council has
thoroughly advertised itself and
ought to have no trouble in getting
re-elected.
G. Bright is hand-
Government Club
lull. The door
little Knglish
id foolish rang
•r. She took a
5^ complacently
W she explained
vorked out in
; had on one
Housekeeper for
yes I know
k from our
k here would
t of a liouse-
jway all day.
? place for to
I am out of
£Ye ^ i the city on
Have stavintr at
money. Hav
business. Have staying at
the hotel, ljn.^t®5ans are ex-
mid like for
ly, it is like
hausted and if
me to work for
this, I shall
for I am out o
go out much n
is, have yon mui
none," slierepli
to a young ma
married in Ma
from now, but li
Now there is on
tiuued, "1 have
one leg and can
that is why I »
paying place, the
Continued i
ome today
1 Do you
asked,that
*vny? "No,
m engaged
e are to be
e months
n the city.
she con-
naatism in
id much,
a small
not carry
That the American "birds" pro-
pose to have a word to say in the
next municipal contest in Seattle.
That John Cort couldn't make
organizing Eagles pay very well,
which lrvin Barruch now regrets.
That George
ling the Good
with care.
That Walter Fulton stands for
right regardless of who gets hurt.
Its too bad that he is not prosecut-
ing attorney.
That Wood, Wiusor and Way
are three of a kind and it ought to
be an easy matter to draw another
to them.
That John Bushell, of A. P. A.
fame, looks natural on the streets
of Seattle, but he has no mind for
more political honors.
That there are a dozen men con-
nected with the Seattle police
force who know more in a minute
about police duties, than does
Charley Reed in a year and some
one of them should be chief.
That the Good Government j
Club is not directing the affairs of
the so called citizen's political
move.
That the Union Printing Com-
pany has a union telephone num-
ber and is composed of union
printers. Unionism is its force.
That the chain gang is com posed
of men, who have seen "better
days."
That it is time you were making
your yearly contract with the N. P.
for transportation.
That, "the I am going to Nome
in the spring," is a genuine chest-
nut. You will probably go, if you
have the price.
That Ambrose is ready to lick
any body else that calls him a liar,
providing always, he be a little
bit of a fellow.
C. B.
position as postmaster of Fort
Canby and Lewis Hendricks is a
candidate for the same.
North Yrakima has been visited
lately by a number of fire fiends
and, as p. result, quite a few houses
have been burned. The miscre-
ants have not, as yet, been ap-
prehended.
The Ballard News is of the
opinion that neither the mayor nor
the chief of the police of Seattle
is given a square deal by any of
the Seattle newspapers, it, there-
fore, has undertaken the task.
• The Sumas News has entered its
10th year and shows signs of much
prosperity.
The Tacoma poultry show has
been in session since January 10
and is being very well attended.
The seventh annual convention
of the Northwest Fruit Growers'
Association, which has been in ses-
sion in Tacoma this week, has been
most liberally7 attended by the
fruit growers of the state.
The county treasurer of Clarke
county had SIS.SOo.OT January 1st
last in his vaults. The finances of
the county are in a most
excellent condition.
The Arlington Times is adver-
tising for a good truck gardener to
locate near that city and guaran-
tees such a gardener a splendid
patronage from the citizens.
It is claimed that a petition is
being circulated in Colfax, which
is to lie extended to other counties
in the wheat belt, praying that the
governor call a special session of
the legislature for February for the
purpose of passing a new freight
law.
Walla Walla county sent 32
prisoners to the penitentiary dur-
ing the year 1899, half of whom
were ex-convicts and but few of the
number were residents of that
county.
William Lack, an old resident
of Mountain View, died January
4th while sitting at the dinner
table.
S. S. Palmer, while trimming
his blackberry7 bushes, near El ma,
one day last week, found some of
them in blossom.
One hundred dollars per capita
were expended in Assotin in local
building improvements, amount-
ing in round numbers to $96,000,
during the year j iiBt closed. Pretty
good record.
If Congressman Jones succeeds
in his undertaking he will have
§175,000 appropriated for a conva-
lescent military hospital at Van_
couver barracks.
Wm
Mr. Huelsieps, of Pasco, lost
; twenty fine bhxxled chickens with-
jin a few minutes. A badger enter-
. ed his chicken coop and was mak-
ing great havoc of the chickens
till a load of shot put an end to
him. Two of the chickens had
been sold for So, but had not yet
been delivered.
With the exception of a light
snow just before Christmas, Frank-
! lin county has not seen any winter
! and people have been going in
j their shirt sleeves ever since.
Pasco has fresh vegetables-—such
|as peas, lettuce and onions—grow-
ling in the gardens. Guess the
state of Washington is alright.
So says the Pasco News-Record.
Owen McFarland of Anacortes,
head sawyer at the Rogers Mill
j Company's mill, was one dayT last
Week struck on the head by a fall-
ing board and instantly killed.
The board which struck him was
falling with so much force that
after killing McFarland it was
thrown 40 feet further away.
LaConner is having some Dip-
theria trouble: three cases and
three deaths. Every precaution
is being used to prevent she spread
of the disease. All public services
and public gatherings have been
suspended and the public schools
will not be opened till it is found
that it is quite safe to do so.
Col. Wainright spent last week
in Dayton receiving horses for
U. S. Cavalry service. Quite a few
horses driven over from Pomeroy
and Lewiston were rejected and
had to be returned home.
A petition is in circulation in
the vicinity of Pomeroy and is
being numerously signed, recom-
mending that young Burris, who
last fall was convicted of rape and
sentenced by Judge Godman to a
two-year term in tiie penitentiary,
be pardoned. The jury that found
Burris guilty has signed the
petition.
3
ueer kind of
ay night. There
bright
younir
«/ CJ
Filipino b>y
brought
from
back
Manila by one of the Washington volunteers. He is now
being educated and tenderly reared in the family of Mr.
and Mrs. Julius Redelsheimer, a well known Seattle
clothier. As are most of the native Filpinos, this boy
shows distinct traces of being an offspring of that race of
people known in the United States as Negroes. At
school he is exceedingly apt in books and studies, and at
home a prince of manliness. His foster parents are much
devoted to him and propose to give him a polished educa-
tion. Should he decide to return to his native land he
will be a splendid subject to do missionary work among
the natives for Uncle Sam. Lucas has no parents to his
knowledge and being but a street waif at home, explains
why he came away with the soldiers. It is lucky for the
young fellowr that he fell in such excellent hands as Mr.
and Mrs. Redelsheimer. He speaks English rather poorty
as yet, Spanish being his native language. That he might
not be weaned completely from his home memories Mr.
Redelsheimer sends him to a Catholic school.
A Chelialis saloon man had a
a hold up last Sun-
was no one in
the saloon save the barkeeper, one
Bartell, when the bell from one of
the private rooms rang. He went
at once to answer it and was con-
fronted by two parties dressed in
women's clothes, who covered him
with their revolvers. He escaped
from them and ran for the front
i door to spread the alarm, but was
| there met by a third man with a
gun. They had seeured $'20 from
the money drawer when a noise
from the outside frightened them
awa3r.
A move is on foot, in Chelialis to
ask the city council to appoint a
-new city marshal in place of Mar-
shal Michaelis. The eonrpfrvint is -
that he is too lenient with the
hobo element and that the tough
element is sometimes allowed to
make themselves too conspicuous
on the streets.
Buckley has had a "red letter
day" in her postoftice. On Mon-
day of last week the business of
the postofiice exceeded that of any
j one day in the last six years. If
heavy mails mean much business
I why Buckley is most assuredly not
i having a dull season of it.
According to the reports in the
auditor's office, the total number of
marriages in Skagit county for the
three months ending December
31, 1899, were 31. Of th<*se 31
brides, 30 were white and one
Indian, 24 were born in the
j United States and 7 in foreign
countrips. Of the grooms 30 were
I white and 1 mixed white and
! Indian, 18 were natives and 13
foreign born.—Mt. Yernon Argus.
j
Buckley realized §104,70 from
bicycle license last year. This
I sum will be quite a help for the
! construction of bicycle roads.
The Sunday closing law is being
strictly enforced in Colvilie.
Assisiant Attorney-G e n e r a 1
1 Yance has decided that any person
.can practice osteopathy in the state
without holding a certificate from
, the state board of health, that is,
, if they do pot deal in drugs or
prescriptions! or do not prefix M.
D. to their nrmes.
That its the ifld dodge of array-
ing one colored ruao against the
other for political purposes. It
will fail in this instance, dear
i Charlie.
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