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The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1899-04-10
THE RETIRED BURGLAR.
Episode Of the Days When Cra'
dies Were Used More.

They tell me. said the retired
burglar. that nowadays people put
babies in cribs 20 sleep: that they
don't rock 'sm In cradles any more.
and that may be 50. suppose u
Ia. but they used cradles years ago.
when | was younger ] shah never
forget aeeting a mother rocking one
once. when was on one u my pro-
sessionai visits.
"Yeu know. thought ! heard
somebody sort Of grooming ss went
up the stairs. and I halted and list
sned. and thought could make IL
out. and when got up on the floor
above, At the head OF the stairs.
could make u out plainly enouEh-a
mother singing 20 her child. and l
could locate. too. the room that the
sound came from.
The hall was dark: there was
only the faintest sort Of turned.
down light coming from the room
where the singing was. and thought
could pass the door without being
seen. because 7 could see her easy
enough right through the wall. bend
ing over the cradle. and u never oc-
Cured TO me that she might look
up. because I didn't think she's hear
me-. or that she could see In that
light, n she did.
but as 7 was going past the door
absolutely nolsciess. but looking In
q haFHHlnF r
the Grade. as I had expected. and
rocking IL with one hand. but her
head now slightly raised, and as
could dimly see by the outline Of
her figure In that light. looking
across the cradle toward the door.
where I was passing. And aH she
looked. stin rocking the cradle with
the other. she held up her right hand
9th the palm toward the door, and
tho singing was stopped and she
vas saying very softly. to whoever
was passing:
" 'sh--i' meaning. don't wake
the baby
.srhen I could see. when had tip
toed past. right through the wall.
iuat az easy as could before. that
right hand dropping 10 the cradle
again, or drawing up the coverlld
ON the child. perhaps. and ! could
really hear her grooming again. Just
"a had before. Now that l had
passed she paid no more attention
to me than II I had never existed.
Her heart was in the cradle. and all
she asked Of anybody was that they
wouldn't wake the baby.
Now. wha could a man do under
such circumstances Nothing. |
reckon. except what I did do. After
had stayed there in the hall on
the other aide Of the door a minute.
I stsrted hack; this time she didn't
look up. have no DOUBT u she
saw me or heard me at all, instinct
told her / was going.
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1899-04-10
CHURCHES IN ALASKA.

Al meeting 90 the Prudential
committee % the Plymouth conEre-
ratlonai church the other evening. Il
was unanimously decided 20 send the
pastor. REV. W. II. q. Temple. on
a trip 20 Alaska. in the interest OF
the denomination.
SIR. Temple expects 10 leave some
time this week for an extended trip
70 Juneau. skagway and sitka-
while absent no expects 10 dedi.
cate a church on Douglas island. ana
may possibly organize new church
al skaENay,
Rev. samuel Greene will accom-
pany Mr.. Temple Is hts companion
and co-iahorer.
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1899-04-10

The mountain denies ~ the eau
ChHua ranges arr 80 deep and 10
completely Isolated from one nnoth-
or that the tribea which iuhahlt
them have preserved their distinct
I've characteristics much more de
cidedly than most parts Of the
world which have felt the touch Of
European civilization same Of the
tribes boast Of great antiquity, aud
certain families have preserved for
many generations ancestral heir
looms. such HH armor and weapons.
furniture and garments Scientific
American.
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1899-04-10
Superstitious.

The following queer political an
nouncement appears In n Georgia
newspaper:
81 announce myself as "A candidate
10 succeed myself. having held the
office thirteen years, and not desir-
ing to leave II on the thirteenth
year, which would be unlucky. II
elected. I promise to resign prompt
iy when I shall have been In Office
fourteen years even"
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1899-04-10
DINING can SERVICE.

A dining ear has been added to
tho southern Pacific train on the
shasta route between Portland and
san Francisco. Heretofore passen-
gers have been compelled to stop
at the stations for meals. by this
Arrangement trains win reach their
destinations two hours earlier.
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1899-04-10

In pistol. he fllnd the barrel With
water aud then fired Into his mouth.
His head was blown Go pieces. over
work ana melancholy caused the
suicide. lie WAS best known through
his work Ia the new school Of plays
By itcnachell, 6udrtmnnn and
nauptmann New York Huu.
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1899-04-10
Elephant Crushed MIN.

KANSAS CITY. April ie.-Raiah.
the mammoth elephant owned by the
I.cmen nron. Circus company k'iieh
Frank Fisher. It's keeper, BY kneel-
Ing on him and crushing his ilfe out
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1899-04-10
MINING NEWS.

News from Republic states that
good progress Is being made on the
Big Three mine. The ground has
been broken for a distance Of 800
feet and the ledge u % feet vide.
Good work IL being done on the
Sally Ann mine near Republic A
tunnel OF over 200 feet In length has
been driven along the ledge. Rich
assays on the ore taken from this
mine have recently been made.
Word has been received from Loo
mis- stating that a ne ledge % ore
has been cut In the charieion mine
at Horse Springs. The ore assays
sisi7 in gold and "a in siivsrh
Assay returns on 100 pounds % ore
taken recently from the Copper
King and Queen mines at Nespiium
camp, okanogan county. show a
value Of tsi in gold and per cent
copper.
The Alice Eureka mine at Rspub-
lie il said TO have a fine body of ore
in the face of the drift. Assays will
soon be made and some Of the ore
taken out
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1899-04-10

tlr. lawson was well known In
this city. having at one time figured
ia very sensational divorce suit
pr, RawOon and hIs pretty wife came
10 Seattle IN 1880. lie opened an
ONCE. and being a splendid physl-
elan and surgeon. shortly enjoyed
one Of the largest practices Of the
city. He built nne residence on
prexel avenue. and had a magni-
ficeni home.
Mrs, Rawron was very fond u so
clsty and soon she became the re-
casnired leader of scattls's society.
Several functions were given Ia her
honor. and her parties were always
the best and the most successful.
In the summer Of 1898 Dr. and Mrs
Rawson. and their two year-old son.
went Co the east on = brief visit.
While away their house caught on
Gre and was destroyed. with all 30
the valuable furnishings. Two
months later Or. ftawHon returned
60 the city. but bis wife ala not
accompany him. when he came
back he told several intimate friends
that the relations between him and
his wife we're not of the pioasant~st.
lie said she had become nelzsd St,h
the desire 70 20 on the stage. which.
Of course. he strongly opposed.
shortly after hts return to Seattle
he vas taken ~ and went % Lon
don to undergo an operation. lie
had been away but short time when
Mrs RaWson came to the city and
applied for divorce. charging aeF
husband with cruelty. The trial
was very sensational. pr. HaNsan
answered to the charges. bat did not
appear tn person. Mrs. fsawsan was
granted a divorce. since then, very
little has been heard ~ him until
yesterday. when the news came of
hts sad ending Mr.. NAwson IL now
living in Virginia
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1899-04-10

The Bystauder: what are you
linking off your hat for2'
The Man ut the Phone: I'm talk
ing 10 lady, blame you'll"
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1899-04-10

Nearly all the historic wars that
have taken place in Europe since the
days ~ the first crusade may De- at
tribntca "a the existence 81 thr Sale
law. and even Ia the present cen
fury sanguinary struggles have taxi
en- place on is account Great hfls
tain and Russia are the only two
countries where il has never secured
any faufhaid. and neither the one or
the other has ever bad any reason
TO regret. since the HovereiFua who
have contributed most largely 10 the
glory Of the country have been Wa-
men. London Telegraph.
The Island 81 Ferro Is one Il the
largest IN tho Canary Efeup. aud IL
has received IS name pu account %
it, IRON bound soil. through which
no river or stream n3ss. In the
nidth o. the island there grows a
tree known aa the raiuing tree, the
leaves % which are long and mar
row. II continues ~ constant YER
Aure Winter aud summer. and the
branches are covered with cloud
which Is never diHpeiied hut, reaolv-
ing itasif into moisture. causes 10
fail from itn leaves a very clear
water Ia such abundance that els
trrnm placed Al its foot to receive =
are never empty
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1899-04-10
.StrangIed Himself
In an Asylum.
WIS WELL KNOWN IN SElTTLE
whore Ne Figured ina Sensational
Divorce csse Morphine and
cooalns Hts Ruin.

INDIANAPOLIS. Ind. April 10
Or. George A. RawHon committed
suicide In an insane asylum here
yesterday morning by ntranEllng
himself with a rope made OF towels.
About three weeks ago the police
found him wandering aimlesaiy
around the streets lie was almost
complete wreck, morphine and
cocaine bringing him e. hts ruin.
Last Friday he was admitted 10 the
asyium and yesterday an attendant
found him hanging BY HE neck.
dead.
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1899-04-10

Herman Muller, leading actor Mt
the Berlin Deutsohes Theater. killed
himself recently In an unusual man
uer. After putting blang cartridge
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1899-04-10

sixty-nine electric street railway
lines. 70 use the underground trolley.
are projected IN Vienna.
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1899-04-10

Joshua Reed. OF burlington. Vt.
will be Is years old In a few days.
and has lived In the same house for
s5 years.
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1899-04-10

New son-in-Iaw-Here's only d.
COO marks; you promised my wife a
dowry OF 10000.
Freeland tribune. (Freeland, Pa.) 1888-1921, 1899-01-09
Dangerous Probing.

She had concluded to take out life
insurance policy and appeared before
the examining physician.
whats your name?" he asked in
his crisp business way, and she looked
indignant as she answered.
"Age?"
81 didn't come here to answer i'm
pertinent questions, sir. L came to be
insured"
''But we must know your age in
order to fix the rate"
what rate?"
1.-The amount you must pay annually
for being insured"
"Thirty-three, then," she snapped.
You must be accurate or it will in,
validate the policy"
Forty; but I must say that 1 never
heard such impudence."
"Weight?"
81 don't know, neither does any
one else. Just as though that would
make any difference"
Married or single?"
"Single, thank heaven. Not but
what I've had plenty of chan"
"Of course. Any insanity in your
family?"
'Sir!" and she tried her best to con.
geal him with look.
II guess that you don't want to be
insured"
"And you guessed it right the frs
time. I don't propose to be family
encyclopedia for you or, any Other
gossip monger," and she founced out
with vigor that made the doctor
think that she was pretty good sub
ject after all.-Detroit Free Press.
Freeland tribune. (Freeland, Pa.) 1888-1921, 1899-01-09

There comes time in the history OF
every knight of the barrow when his
heart is softened and subdued by the
power of the tender passion. He loses
interest in sport, and no longer finds
satisfaction in pummeling his "moke. I"
Ii his passion is of moderate dimen-
sions it finds an outlet in creating. "
He takes his adored one down the
Whitechapel road and buys her sponge
cake, ginger beer, apples, bananas,
chocolate, milk scones, ice cream, and
anything else she may have fancy
for.
When her appetite has gone and she
can eat no more they turn to shooting
galleries, Edison's phonograph and
cocoanut SHES, which exist perma-
nently in this neighborhood, and con.
clude the evening by dropping in at q
music hall.
dsBut if his love is very deep these
things are forgotten. Ginger beer and
three shot penny can no longer sat-
isfy his cravings of his heart. Real
love is by far cheaper affair.
Under the influence of the grand
passion AIRY and 'Arriet wander down
dark turnings together, he with his arm
twined lovingly around her neck, un-
til they reach an open space whereup-
on some philanthropic society has
planted garden seats. Here they sit
very close together in one corner of
the seat-there is another couple in
the other corner-gazing silently at
The stars until it is time to go home.
And provided no other and bigger
coster comes along and demands the
girl, accompanying his request with
the threat of "bash on the jaw" the
marriage will be celebrated in a very
short time. They don't believe in
long engagements in the east end. He
will propose and she accept, even
though he is only eighteen years OF
age and rejoices in a salary OF 81 a
week. London Mail.
Freeland tribune. (Freeland, Pa.) 1888-1921, 1899-01-09
WORDS OF WISDOM.

Full of courtesie, full of craft.
He that cannot obey, cannot COM
mand.
He does not possess wealth, it pos
sesses him.
Approve not of him who commends
all you say.
A good man is seldom uneasie, an
i'll one never easie.
BY diligence and patience the mouse
bit in two the cable.
All things are cheap to the saving,
dear to the wasteful.
He that goes far to marry will either
deceive or be deceived.
All things are easy to industry, all
things difficult to sloth.
If you would be reveng'd Of your
enemy, govern yourself.
Do good to thy friend to keep him,
to thy enemy to gain him.
Marry your son when you will,
but your daughter when you can.
He that is rich need not live spar
ingly, and he that caa live sparingly
need not be rich.
Avarice and happiness never saw
each other; how then should they be-
come acquainted?
The poor man must walk to get
meat for his stomach, the rich man to
get q stomach to his meat. Poor
Richards Almanack.
Freeland tribune. (Freeland, Pa.) 1888-1921, 1899-01-09

The young couple who have Just
finished journey around the world
on bicycles, found that nineteeth CEN
tury instruments of civilization and
sixteenth century adventures in bar
barism may go together. 1t must
have been exasperating to wheel at
top speed over abominable roads to
escape missile-throwing Chinese. 1t is
easy to dart away from crowds who
throw stones, but bad roads are try
ing to the temper. 1t is impressive
that the best road they found in all
the world was the 6O0-mile road to
Calcutta, built in the forgotten ages
by the Delhi mogul. This is a valu-
able contribution to knowledge. The
mogul and his dusky Macadams little
dreamed what strange vehicles would
spin over the great road centuries
after.
Freeland tribune. (Freeland, Pa.) 1888-1921, 1899-01-09
Women Hold Novel Contest.

A novelty in the way of horse
hitching contest took place at Arcola,
ILL.,, recently, which had the effect of
calling out almost the entire commun-
ity to witness it. The unique contest
was the outcome of prize offered by
Charles H. Hickman, a local harness
dealer, to woman who should hitch
q harnessed horse to buggy in the
least time. There were six entries,
and each woman went at the task with
as much unconcern as the average
hostler, and the time made in each
case was remarkably fast, considering
the space in which the women were
compelled to work, the immense crowd
taking up every inch of spare room.
Miss Watson, Il young woman from
the country, won first in 2.30 fiat,
while Mrs, Alfred Donely was close
second, with a mark of 2.39.-Chicago
Times Herald.
Freeland tribune. (Freeland, Pa.) 1888-1921, 1899-01-09
Musk Rats.

Rare old Captain John Smith, in
his quaint History of New England
and the Summer isles, published in
London in 1924, gives probably the
first written account CT the musk-rat.
He says that "the mussascusi is q beast
of the form and nature of our Eng.
lish) water-rat;" and he adds, "some
of them smell exceedingly strong of
musk" These animals may be caught
in almost any sort of trap baited
with sweet apples or parsnips. Musk.
rats have very strong teeth, and can
use them on wood effectively, so it is
wise to protect all corners and cracks
in your wooden traps with pieces OF
tin OF sheet-iron. They have good
noses, and can smell an apple long
distance off. Place your traps in the
shallow water at the edge OF the mill
pond or stream inhabited by these
rats, and they will doubtless find it
without difficulty.
Young musk-rats are very gentle
and playful, and may be handled with
out fear; they do not grow fierce with
age if reared in captivity and accus-
toned to gentle treatment. Harper's
Round Table.
Freeland tribune. (Freeland, Pa.) 1888-1921, 1899-01-09

The development of mines of ore
and sulphur in Sicily has always been
the cause of many strikes, on account
OF the low prices paid to the laborers.
The government of Rome obtained re-
Gently from the Chambers a law guar
anteej.ng financial support to sick or
wounded and LAME miners. Tie pro
prietors of the mines announced that
they would decrease the wages
of the workmen in n sufficient propor-
tion to meet the extra expenses i'm
posed upon them by the operation of
the new law taxing property for the
support OF invalid laborers. The
miners in the Province Of Girgenti to
the number of about a thousand have
struck work, and, at last reports, the
strike was still in progress; fortu-
nately this time it was not accom-
panied by the violence and bloodshed
which too often marked the labor
troubles of Sicily.
Freeland tribune. (Freeland, Pa.) 1888-1921, 1899-01-09
Our Trade with Russia.

With Russia, tile commercial Russia
of tho Baltic getGing access to Ameri-
can markets through that sea and get
ting American exports in the same
way, the volume of business, though
not large, is steadily increasing. The
imports amounting in 1892 to So, 0OO,-
600. In 1894 they were 81, 900, 600
In 1896 they were 50, 100000. But
while they have been declining, the
exports of American goods to Russia,
and especially since the adoption Of
the present tariff law, have been in
creasing and are now $4,000, 900
greater than they were six years ago
The chief importations into the United
States from Russia, through the
Baltic ports, are raw wool, goat skins
and flax, of which Russia produces an
abundance. From Russia, too, bristles
TO the extens of 200, 900 pounds year
and some hemp and iute are imported.
New York Sun.
Freeland tribune. (Freeland, Pa.) 1888-1921, 1899-01-09
TUMBLED INTO WEALTH,
Charles A. Chaplin Made Rich by a Pres
ent From His Creditors.

Charles A. Chaplin Made Rich by Pres.
ent From His Creditors.
Charles A. Chaplin was merchant
in small way in little village in the
Upper Peninsula of Michigan where
alone in Michigan is iron ore found).
In course of time Mr.. Chaplin failed in
business, and turned over all of his
property to his creditors and was left
penniless in his old age. At meet
ing of his creditors in Detroit it was
by one of them remarked that "Any
way, Charley Chapln is an honest
man, and l do not feel like turning him
out on the world naked" Among the
property turned over to these credi-
tors was quarter-section of timber
land that, if cleared, rocky though it
was, might be made to produce liv-
ing for the old man and his equally
aged wife. This tender-hearted cred
itor proposed that they should deed
back this land to Mr.. Chaplin. This
was done, and in clearing up the land
iron ore was discovered on it, and in
course of time the discovery became
the celebrated Chaplin mine, of Crys.
tai Falls, Iron County, Mich. Mr..
Chaplin leased the right to mine
ore to Milwaukee wis., company,
with provision that not less than
eighty thousand tons of ore should be
taken out each year, and on that a
royalty of fifty cents ton was to be
paid out to him. This royalty of not
less than $4,000 a year was duly
paid to Mr.. Chaplin for many years,
making him very rich man, and he
finally removed to Niles, Mich, where
he doubtless still lives. During one
of the periodical depressions that over
take the iron business Mr.. Chaplin re-
duced his royalty, and believe it is
now fixed at twenty-five cents a ton.
The output of the mine has been enor-
nous; some years it has been over
eight hundred thousand tons, and last
year and this year it has been. over
four hundred thousand tons, giving a
royalty of over 100000 a year.
Freeland tribune. (Freeland, Pa.) 1888-1921, 1899-01-09
= ! NHIi = VT ENhLiof1 fHNmcHS,
Pitiful Struggles ia Hold Estates Ownod
by Families For Generations.

Mr.. Rider Haggard, in the course
of his farming "reminiscences in Long
mans Magazine, says that few people
except those who are more or less be-
hind the scenes know the straits to
which the English owners of land, and
especially of entailed land, have been
put of late years, at any rate in East
Anglia.
even if they are totally unencum-
bered, most OF such properties barely
produce enough to pay outgoings and
keep up 'the place upon very
modest scale. And if they are encum-
bcred, as is the case in eight out of
ten OF them, either with mortgages or
with iointures and charges in favor OF
younger children executed on q scale
of iberality dictated by prosperous
times, then the position is bad indeed.
In nearly every instance the history is
the samoa long and pitiful struggle on
the part OF the sinking family, then ct
last foreclosure, ruin, and sale at any
sacrifice. Who does not know cases of
parishes where the properties has been
held for centuries by q single family?
But long as the day may be, at length
it comes to an end, aud the lands
which they owned from father to son
for SO many generations, the home
that their forefathers built and the
woods that they planted, are put up to
auction and sold for whatever they
will fetch. Well, as it has been with
them, SO in the fulness of appointed
time it shall be with those who sup
plant them, for against this ultimate
fate the boarding of moneys and the
laying of field to field arc no defence. "
Freeland tribune. (Freeland, Pa.) 1888-1921, 1899-01-09

A Berlin newspaper says the orders
of decoration borne by the Emperor Of
Germany are worth little over $780,
600. His principal and most valued
decorations are the insignia of the
Black Eagle, the Order of st. John,
Of the Garter and of the Toison dor.
In all he has over 200 crosses, stars,
badges and other insignia. It is said
that he takes them with him on all his
journeys and voyages, his hunting ex-
petitions excepted. The Golfer con.
tanning the decorations is in the con-
slant care of an officer of. tho court,
who accompanies the Kaiser every
where. On returning to Berlin the
Golfer is locked up with the crown
jewels in the treasury.
Freeland tribune. (Freeland, Pa.) 1888-1921, 1899-01-09

The act requiring the navy depart
ment to build four more monitors was
passed before the lessons of the war
had shown the defects OF this class,
says the New York Commercial Adver-
tiser, Since the craft must be built
it is well that they be the best OF their
kind, Thus it is gratifying that the
plans are to be changed, and the new
monitors made much larger and
better than the oil. They are valua-
BILE only for harbor defense, but they
can go to sea at pinch, and can
make a long voyage if they do not
have to encounter rough weather
ships on the way. However, the
country is not likely to build any
more, as We are not likely to have any
more scares about attacks on the
coast. The Spanish war has shown
that the place to defend our coasts is
out at sea, wherever an enemy's feet
can be found.
Freeland tribune. (Freeland, Pa.) 1888-1921, 1899-01-09

tage of in road building. If the road
be properly crowned, that is, if its
middle be properly raised above the
sides, the rain and melting snow will
naturally run off into the bitches, On
the other hand, if the middle be worn
down by travel, the water collecting
there will soon form puddle, and
ruin the road. Tn the same way, ruts
formed by narrow tires afford trough
for the collection of water, and con.
tribute to its destruction.