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The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1899-07-14
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Mrs Jaschetr. professional midwife
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sIGNs Avn MOUSE NuMnns-.

New Home sewing Machines Best and
cheapest machine made sold on easy pay
ments. once next door 10 fostofibee.
WHITE n KfAG u all sewing mac hines.
neef dealef In sewing mac hines and sewing
machine tuppliea fglephone Bun Cgl.
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norhIs AND rtnNIsIIrp RooMl

Best and only thorough Dancing school a
city. day and eveniug. sth and Colasa bias.
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SCANDINAVIAN AMERICAN BANK
OF SEATTLE
Corner Yesler Way and First Avenue.

Iransaets a General banking businesa
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csstor clothing. trunks and vallses bought
Al 10 Second ave. Phone Red llsk
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The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1899-07-14
Fruits

Ranch. i0Wl2c; fancy dali
~. In squares. 15c; Washington
creamorleH. ilb prints, lsm20c. East
ern Iowa and Elgln, 100 zoe.
La Junta tribune., 1899-01-07
Two y,.cays buttons.

A war correspondent returning from
the front brought as a souvenir to one
OF his friends button found in the
captains cabin Of the wrecked Viscaya.
1t was q black and ruined thing. the
royal arms OF Spain hardly distin-
guishable through the crust OF cor
rosion which flame and flood had
spread upon its once shining surface.
Impressive as a relic OF Pompeii. 1t
spoke Of ruin as fearful. The recipient
bore It about with him wherever he
went, proud to display 1t. this elo-
qusnt trophy OF our splendid victory
the battle Of July 3.
Calling one evening on a Spanish
girl OF his acquaintance. he produced
it. Then the senorita looked at II for
a moment, then rose and left the room.
Returning shortly she. too, displayed
a souvenir. bright and shining but
ton with the royal arms Of Spain.
Capt Eulate gave 1t me-" she said,
when the viscaya was here for the
Grant monument celebration. New
York Commercial Advertiser.
La Junta tribune., 1899-01-07
The Battlefield

Once this soft turf. this rivulets sands.
Were trampled by hurrying crowd.
And fiery hearts and armed hands
Encountered in the battle-cloud.
All never shall the land forget
How gushed the life-blood of her
brave
Gushed warm with hope and courage
yet.
Upon the soil they sought to save.
Now all is calm and fresh and still:
Alone the chirp OF fitting bird.
And talk Of children on the hill.
And bell of wandering kline. are
heard.
No solemn host goes trailing by
The black-mouthcd gun and stagger-
ing vain:
Men start not at the battle-cry-
q be II never heard again!
Soon rested those who fought; but
thou
Who minsiest in the harder strife
For truths which men receive not now,
Thy warfare only ends with life.
A friendless warfare! lingering long
Through weary day and weary year;
A wild and many-weaponed throng
Hang on thy front and flank and
rear.
Yet nerve thy spirit to be proof.
And blench not at thy chosen lot;
The timid good may stand aloof,
The sage may frown-yet faint thou
not.
Nor heed the shaft too surely cast.
The foul and Kissing bolt of scorn:
The victory OF endurance born.
Truth. crushed to earth. shall rise
again
The eternal years OF God are hers:
But Error, wounded. writhes in pain.
And dies among his worshipers.
Yea. though thou lie upon the dust,
When they who helped thee flee In
fear.
Die full OF hope and manly trust,
Like those who fell In battle here,
Another hand thy sword shall WELD.
Another hand the standard wave.
TIL from the trumpets mouth Ia
pealed
The blast of triumph DER thy grave.
William Cullen Bryant.
La Junta tribune., 1899-01-07
RUSSIA AND PAX VOB1SCUM
In It's Policy of spoiiation There Has
Been No Sign of Peace.

In Its Policy of spoiiation There Has
Been No Sign of Peace.
The bishops and the salyationists
and all the sentimentalists are still
busy with their hosannas. OF course,
but there is not a man in England who
has to deal practically with affairs
who believes that the scheme Is hon
est. Why, he asks, was the moment
chosen by Russia to declare in favor
OF peace? Has not her policy for
years past, in the far east especially.
made directly for war? She has been
aggressive, unscrupulous, untruthful in
her dealings with China, with Japan
and with England; she scared Japan
out OF the Liaotung peninsula. and
claimed 1t for herself; she bluffed Eng
land out OF Manchuria, and she now
claims 1t for her sphere OF influence.
in all this policy of spoliation there
was no sign of peace, nothing that
suggested the temper OF conciliation.
II we had had statesman with grit
at our foreign Office the cars gov
ernment would have received an ulti-.
matum months ago. and even Lord
Salisbury could not have withstood the
indignation OF the country many weeks
longer. At an early date there must
have been war between this country
and Russia, with the alternative that
Russia should give up her pretensions
in northern China and her sinister
policy at Pekin. The issue was clear,
but Count Mouravieff evades 1t by COM
ing forward smilingly with this evan
gel from his august master. Let US
forget all the past" he seems to say.
"all the lies I have told you, all the
tricks l have played upon you. Think
no more OF the fortifications at Batoum
or Port Arthur. trouble no more about
the huge navy Russia is building. I'VE
have worried each other a great deal
lately. Let us have peace-now that
I have got the SPOIL" It Is all very
pretty and very pleasing, but this form
Of repentance at the eleventh hour 10!
not likely to deceive any man of sensei
in England. From the patriotic Eng.
lish point OF view this rescript u q
fraud.-Saturday Review.
La Junta tribune., 1899-01-07
The Chimes. a. Modern soldiers.

Having succeeded in making good
soldiers Of the Sikhs and Goorkhas Of
India, the fellaheen of the Nile and
the negroes of the West Indies and
the Cape. Great Britain Is going to
try her educational system on the
Chinese. A battalion Of 1000 natives
OF Shantung are soon to be enrolled
under British officers at Wei-hai-wei.
In the length and breadth OF China
there could be no more unpromising
material, for the Wei-hai-wei Chinese
are the ones that led the finching be-
fore the invading japanese in the win
ter of 1894-95: SO. II the British officers
succeed with them, they may safely
count upon the soldierly qualities Of
the race.
That such qualities exist was long
ago asserted by Gen. Gordon. and was
even recognized by Japan in the late
war. Gordon's 'ever-victorious army"
as the corps with which he suppressed
the Tai-Ping rebellion was called, con-
tained men Of indubitable courage and
zeal. So. indeed, did the hordes Of
Tai-Ping. In the contest with Japan
the Chinese in the Far North held
their own gallantly. keeping Moukden
from capture by Marshal Yamagatas
army. while Admiral Ting's sailors
made drawn battle of the Yalu. For
eign observers. who saw them at their
hest in 1S9495, as well as during the
Tai-Ping war, concluded. as Mr.. Mach
ell Of the British army recently put 1t,
that they are not at all cowardly
people when properly paid and efi-
ciently led: while the regularity and
order OF their habits. which dispose
them to peace in ordinary times, give
place to a daring bordering upon reck-
lessness in time of war. Their in
telligence and capacity for remember
ing facts make them well fitted for
use In modern warfare. as do also the
coolness and calmness OF their disposi-
tion. Physically they are not 30 strong
as Europeans. but considerably more
SO than most of the other races OF the
east; and on cheap diet OF rice. yexe-
tables. salt fish and pork they can 20
through vast amount of fatigue.
whether in temperate climate or a
tropical one. where Europeans are ILL
fitted for exertion. Their wants are
few: they have no caste prejudices, and
hardly any appetite for intoxicating
liquors.
What prevented the Chinese from
doing well at Port Arthur. Talien-wan
and Wei-hai-wei are matters which
foreign organization and discipline
would remove. In the first place. the
Chinese government has never con-
sfdered honesty or fitness as sine qua
non in the appointment of command
ing omcers.
La Junta tribune., 1899-01-07

missary depot in San francisco, ana
their progenitor may be seen there any
day busted among the barrels and
boxes or dozins lazily In some snug
corner
1t is not generally known that the
government spends several thousand
dollars annually for the maintenance OF
cats, but the accounts of the United
States depot commissaries prove 1t. IN
every storehouse there are from one to
i've of the animals, and their rattons
are provided as carefully and regularly
as those OF any OF the gallant soldiers.
They are not fed on scraps, as are
those of the enlisted men. but they are
allotted so many pounds of choice beef
or any other delicacy their palates may
desire. or course, they may have as
much game as as they wish, and the
storehouses seldom fail to furnish an
unlimited supply of rats and mice.
That the cats save many times their
cost OF support is well known, as such
supplies as crackers, cheese, bacon.
-four and meal are much sought after
by the rodents.
uab lAt tdlS III Gan y
are well trained may be judged from
the fact that while New York quotes 6
cents per day per cat as the price OF
cat meat. Col Baldwin. depot commits
sioner here. finds I cents as low as he
can get the proper beef for the felincs
which protect his stores.
Some time ago new attache OF the
warehouse procured terrier and in
stalled him in the territory of the Col
onel. which is the father OF the animals
MAJ. Gen. Merritt took with him. The
next morning the terrier was found be-
side two rats. badly scared. while
Colonel guarded five with a pride that
spoke In the severe arch OF his back
and his loud meouws. The terrier was
forthwith removed.
All men-of-war carry cats. Their
usefulness Is never more apparent than
on shipboard. The writer was crossing
from Antwerp to New York on the
steamship Southwark when he was
awakened by the sudden stopping OF
the ship, an occurrence which, happen
ing in middle ocean. generally means
something serious. The passengers
rushed on deck half-clad, and were dis
gusted to learn that rat, having
crawled into the cylinder, had caused
the halt Such an event on a manor
war In time OF action might be fear
fully paid for, and an active cat Is the
only preventative OF such possibility.
The Colonel has a host of admirers,
and in his many years in the army he
has become the pet of many oficers
and clerks and the progenitor OF many
other cats whose rafting qualities have
won them distinction.-Washin
Times.
La Junta tribune., 1899-01-07

sorts of solutions 70 tae riddle. ana
penny-a-liners found In Il q large
scope for their imaginations.
All the remarkable disappearances
that had ever been recorded were
brought to light again. and. as a last
loophole out OF the difficulty. 1t was
suggested that the man had for some
urgent reason determined TO lose his
identity. and so had gone of, leaving
his boots behind him in order to throw
people OF the scent.
Like most other mysteries, this soon
became thing of the past. The sub
ject at last grew monotonous, and in
a very few months people had ceased
to think any more about 1t. What,
after all. was a bushman more or less
OF whom no one knew anything and
for whom nobody cared?
La Junta tribune., 1899-01-07
CHAPTER TX.

Sullivan's public-house. the thorn In
every squatter's side for thirty miles
around. was small wooden shanty
consisting of four or five rooms. At
the back was building containing
ten or twelve sleeping hunks. This
was called the dead-house. as IL was
used chiefly for putting customers into
when they were dead drunk. Outside
the house. facing the mail-track. was
verandah II a continuation of the
shingled roof supported by rough posts
stuck into the bare earth could be
dignifed by the name.
Beneath the shade OF this rough
verandah, one hot afternoon, lay two
or three drunken wretches overcome
by the fumes OF the lightning rum. In
side the bar were five or six bushmen
busily engaged in throwing dice for
drinks "Odd man out" was the game,
and at the rate of one shilling per
nobbler the amusement could hardly
be considered a cheap one, especially
when the after-effects of the light
ming" upon the consumer were taken
into consideration.
Very few station hands on their way
down to town ever succeeded in getting
past Sullivan's: some had attempted
II score of times and failed. Even
before the unhappy pigeon had arrived
the news was brought that Long
Jim" was going down to Sydney with
big cheque."
LET me see-Jim must have been
over two years now on the station
since he had his last burst" the bloat-
ed-looking ruffian Of landlord would
remark Il dare say he's got over a
hundred pounds" And when Long
Jim hove in sight he was sure to be
hailed by half a score OF loafers and
pressed to stop the night.
No-he had determined to push on to
the next stage. His horse was fresh,
and he was anxious to get on. Well,
he would stop and have a plate OF soup
and a bite? No-he had got some
tucker" with him.
AT any rate you'll have a drink"
some one would cry.
No. he was ION the teetotal tack"
well, you amt a-goin' of like that
without shoutin'. Jim!" one OF the
loafers would suggest.
Shout" the pigeon would cry. thus
probed In his weakest part "Of
course I'll shout! There's nothing
mean about me. anyhow. What are
you all going to have? Drinks all
round, and one for yourself. Sullivan"
You must have small drain, too.
jim, Just to show that there's no Ill
will, you know" the landlord would
suggest.
"Oh, not for me, Sullivan! l know
your game of old Well. Just to show
there amt no animosity. give me a
small drop OF what you've got. Here's
better luck."
Ito be Continued.)
La Junta tribune., 1899-01-07
Chinese Homo Going.

One of the interesting features OF the
life OF the Chinese in America Is their
annual custom OF going back to spend
the holidays. Hardly Chinaman who
is able to make the trip but Is now
packing up his belongings and prepar-
ing for the long journey across sea to
homeland. Each celestial, before be-
ing permitted to leave the country,
must get Identification papers from the
collector of the port in the district
where he resides. At the port he Is
measured, his measurements and per-
sonal appearance being recorded on the
collectors books kept for the purpose.
Then the Chinaman is given passport
to which is attached his photograph.
Each Chinamnn leaving the country
temporarily must have interests in this
country valued at not less than 1000
In order to entitle him to return.
La Junta tribune., 1899-01-07
s,-... p,.. tar ,,.,r,m.,x.

Eery almshouse in the land Is full
Gold bachelors. pale, mopins men.
6Ao mediate on childhood and It's
Qemories of friends. Ii old age comes
nth wealth then tire bachelor realizes
tai the sweetest things ce ::ae cclnot
- bought. His house is not home.
Those who wait on him work not for
hfe, but for wages. He is like trav-
4 in a strange land. who wishes for
u Genuine resting place. and some one
u look at whom he loves.-Pittsburg
Dispatch.
La Junta tribune., 1899-01-07
At San Juan.

Two or three of the boys called upon
Tim at San Juan. while he was dancing
around behind a big cactus, ducking
his head and twisting his neck like a
man looking for squirrel lodging
about In thick foliage.
What's tne matter?" was asked OF
Tim.
Whist! Hould your blather.
There's one OF them yeller fellows In
that ira furninst sharpshootin' the
boys, and whin his head bobs out Oill
blow 1t on"
But your guns all knocked t.
pieces. You can't fire it,
psf! Kape still till olive drapped
the Spanish divil. will yez. He don't
know there's anything the matter wild
the ould gum"
La Junta tribune., 1899-01-07

The Joslin Dry Goods Company of
Denver make bid for the western
mail order business. You will find
s4heir ads. in this paper from now on.
fhey have been in business in Denver
r twenty-siS years, and are most
1eliable Implicit confidence can be
placed in their statements.
La Junta tribune., 1899-01-07
s..ro,ns Cats Of war.

When Ma. Merritt sailed from
San Francisco he asked the govern
ment authorities for three cats to take
to Manila. Probably the trio OF Amer
habits to their misguided fellows of the
Islands, for It was Maiden. Merritt's
intent1oa to send them ashore when he
landed. The cats came from the COM
La Junta tribune., 1899-01-07
M., nr,.x L.pre., to rnl. country.

Our soldiers in Hawaii may contract
leprosy and bring 1t to this country.
hile leprosy is 10 be dreaded. there
De thousand times as many victims
{ stomach disorders. but there Is n
IRE in Hostetter's Stomach Bltters.
0her ailments that the Bitters are a
oecific for are malaria, fever and
0fkue Sold at all drug stores
La Junta tribune., 1899-01-07
It Doesn't Count Then.

Even though we are engaged, Har-
old." said the modest girl. II cannot
kiss you. l never kissed any man,
and until we are married." What"
he exclaimed. "Oh. we'll. she explain.
ed, her mind reverting to the time i'm.
mediately following the close of the
war. "of course don't include heroes
in uniform"
La Junta tribune., 1899-01-07
law, \. to shlpwr~ck.,

English law allows in case OF ship
wreck damages to the amount of $40
per person II no life is lost and $40 In
scase Of such loss. French law, on
- other hand. does not recognize any
Responsibility on the part OF steam
ship companies.
La Junta tribune., 1899-01-07
Tit for Tat

frhe lips that touch liquor shall never
touch mine.
10 warbIed a damsel with zest quite divine.
Then retorted the man with wickedest glee,
THE girls that kiss poodles shall never
kiss me-"
La Junta tribune., 1899-01-07

Il Eight United States senators Were
born iii Ohio-Allen, Allison. Baker.
Garter Elkins. Fairbanks, Hanna and
Gurpie.
La Junta tribune., 1899-01-07

IS believe my prompt use of Pisos Cure
levented quick kconsumption.-Mrs, Lucy
Wallace, Marquette, Kan, Dec. l2, 20.
La Junta tribune., 1899-01-07

A bees wings are said to beat the afr
at the rate Of 1870 strokes per second.
and to propel the bee at the rate Of 20
miles an hour.
La Junta tribune., 1899-01-07
TO CURE A COLD IN ONE DAY

Take Laxative Bromo Quinine Tablets All
sdruggists refund the money II IL fails to cure.
<2Sc. The genuine has l.. B Q on each tablet
La Junta tribune., 1899-01-07

Mrn. Winslow's Soothing syrup
For children hing .softsns the reduces inhan
ai.ys pain. wind collie. Is cents bottle
La Junta tribune., 1899-01-07
CAMPFIRE SKETCHES.
GOOD SHORT STORIES FOR
THE VETERANS.

The Chinsss ~ Modern soidisrs-with
American Discipline They Could Over
run All Esrops-Cats Of war-Two
viseaya Buttons-
La Junta tribune., 1899-01-07

Money brings honor. friends, eon.
quest and realms.-Milton.
La Junta tribune., 1899-01-07

Little Dick cried when he wore his new
shoes" Don't they ht2' Yes, but they
don't squeak.
La Junta tribune., 1899-01-07

Our Audubon Club had an interesting
meeting to-day" What bird are you
studying now?'' Turkey"
La Junta tribune., 1899-01-07

'Hobson dotes on his mother-in-la w. -
s'Just to be PECULIAR" NO: at Christina $
she always sends him something that his
wife can't use.
La Junta tribune., 1899-01-07

Once this soft turf, this rivulets sands.
Were trampled by hurrying crowd,
And hery hearts and armed hands
Encountered in the battle-cloud.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1899-11-10
CHILDREN'S CLOTHING.
In Making II Is Sometimes Rendered
Uncomfortable and Ill
Fitting.

An English surgeon calls attention to
the great discomfort, or actual injury,
cauaed by ill-ftting garments worn by
a growing child. Clothing for young
children is usually made in large guam
titles at a time. All the garments of
the lot are cut after fixed pattern,
the different parts being pieced to-
gether rapidly and stitched by ma
chine, all at the least possible cost.
The clothes are usually graded ac-
cording to the age instead of by size,
and so child who is larger or smaller
than the average for his years gets a
misfit. But even those whose size and
age agree are often no better off.
The parent may notice that the child
stoops and cannot be made to carry it.
self erect. Some one, perhaps the fam
lily physician, may suggest that the
frock is not loose enough, but the
mother demonstrates to her own sat
isfaction that it is, by gathering up
folds of the garment in her hand or
by running her hand under it,
But if the frock is removed and meas
ured front and back, it will be noticed
that the measurements over the chest
and the back are the same; in other
words, the armholes are directly in the
center. If the child's arms were also
directly in the center, the shirt or
blouse would be an excellent fit; but
the child's anatomy is not so ordered,
nature having intended that its chest
should bulge out to make room for the
lungs, while the back should be flat
and more or less rigid.
The effect of this wrongly-made gar
ment is that the shoulders are con-
stantly drawn forward, and the ex-
pansion of the chest and the play OF
the lungs are restricted, and then in
suit is added to injury, the poor midget
being scolded for not sitting up
straight
If the fault is not remedied early, es-
pecially in the case of a girl who is
not inclined to be a romp and tom
boy" land we may wish for their own
physical good that all growing girls
were tomboys), the deformed position
becomes permanent.
One result of this forced stoop is that
proper breathing becomes impossible.
and consequently the health is not so
good as it should be.
A body garment should always be
much fuller in the front than in the
back. In the case of a young child this
will prevent the slightest traction on
the tender and easily nodded shout
ders; in the case of an older child, who
begins to care how he or she looks, it
will force the wearer to stand and sit
erect, with shoulders back, or else to
suffer the modification of wearing
| wretchedly-f fitting clothes. - Youths
Companion.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1899-11-10
BIG RAM IN A CRATE.
Came from Vermont and Caused q
Flood of Curious Comments
from OnIOOkers.

Amid packages on the sidewalk of a
large express office on West Broad
way, one day, a crowd of curious on
lockers were gathered about a large
crate. The object of interest was a
good sized ram. Placidly he gazed be-
tween the bars of his prison into the
city street, and at the many visitors
who stopped. He showed no signs OF
fear, but his large brown eyes looked
about with polite interest, for he was
stranger in town.
A label on the crate showed that he
was a native of Bennington, VT, on his
way to Greenville, Va, and such a
prosperous, well-fed looking citizen,
it was said, would be a decoration to
any town. His horns were large and
handsome and his wool was white,
clean and curly. Even messenger boy
stopped in his meteoric course down
West Broadway to investigate. A
short inspection showed him that the
animal was not like any inhabitant of
the Bowery.
s'Say. mister, wat do you t'ink it is %
he said. looking inquiringly at white
bearded old gentleman who was peer
ing in at the ram.
'Well-I hardly know" replied the
man, rather confusedly. cit has the
appearance of Pyrenean ibex."
'Ibex! Ibex!" said another urchin.
ssThat amt no ibex. It's nothin' but a
lamb. Don't you see his wool?'
spoke him and see what he does"
said the messenger boy, at the same
time offering the animal the very small
remainder of his cigarette.
81 guess it's from the Philippines"
remarked newly-arrived youth in a
red necktie. 81 saw picture of one in
the paper"
''My, amt he fierce-looking beast"
remarked man.
''Here, get out of there, you kids"
shouted an expressman. "Hain't you
ever seed goat before?"
"That amt no goat" said the mes
senger boy, looking back at the crate
as it was wheeled away on a truck.
"Well. what is ito" inquired the boy
in the red necktie.
'I've got troubles of my own" re-
torted the messenger boy, walking off.
why don't you ask the copper?"-
N. Y. Mail and Express.