The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1899-05-31

Gins btu. has been offerod 10000 FOR
the use OF hls name and picture az
an advertisement Of a certain make
OF ooracts. u now appears that thu
oitcrs which, by thr way, paggett
declined. demanding $40 noe-waa a
hoax gotten up by a number Of the
Madison Wis. newspaper men, and
the assemhlyman haa threatened tu
make trouble Tor che lockers fhim-
dciphia Record,
Roekaii IL perhaps the smallest ISL
aud IN che world. II IL situated In
the Atlantic over 500 miles west u
the coast ~ Scotland. and Ia a mere
rock shout 60 Zee, hifh and ssa Zee,
around. rising from a rvef OF sand
The rock IL haaait and sranlte. very
magnetic. II Il haunted BY sea birds
and the mackeral OF the surround.
has seas are very fine, or course. !,
was never inhabited. and il very sci.
dom visited owing to the Difficulty
Of landing en- Il.
A Glasgow newspaper man. finding
that hls eyes became 80 tlrHd that
hc could write only with great ana.
Guilty. hH upun the plan % having
romr strips ~ coiored paper pasted
ON HIS denk close 10 the inkstand. ri
that every tlmc he wanted din
Of ink his eyes fell Upon the eoiorel
strips. The result was surprising
and the inventor says that by this
simple device he not only avoided
the Use II glasses. but also improved
his sight.
The Inclined moving elevator can
no longer be considered a mere sug
gsaiien. but rsnks amonK practical
commercial devices. one % the lars.
eat stores in New York has onu. a
firuokiyn department. Htnrv beasts II
anesher. while a third r. loeated in a
business house IN Providence. e. l.
These three elevators have carried
hundreds II thousands Of passengers
without hBch or an aeesdens. and
have bscome VERY popular with tbs
patrons u the sturvs.
Grrenviilc. Miss. society was in a
nutter last week over a notable We'd,
ding. which r. reported IN the Delta
IAehs Honsss ~ follows MisH Jcp'
ME YerEer. thr beautiful daughter II
the Hen. William q. Yerref. married
"Wednesday night last We had ths
pleasure - vtcWtns ths presents PRIV
sarutcd e. thas distinguished dauEh.
ter. We can oay without eeutFadic-
ton. that there wsre sssuurh. II Z
were turned into cash money. "a
build a rfaic ~ railroad track. Mis-
Tcrwcr reccgvtsf more valuable prszs-
enxs than any other bride has evvr
received IN Grucnviiie. 50 the scrip
tnre Ia this casc hrs been fulfiilrd.
These that have can set more In
abundance
THE Portland Oresonian warmly
approves the suggestion that the
F'inna. wao will come 70 this country
to grape the OPPRESSION % Russia.
- frduces 10 settle In Alaska. Here
IN a region close ufsier the Arctic cir
el~. and ilarfer4nR npon the sea. are
general conditions paraileilpE those
u which the Fiuns~h psspie arr ma
tive In the tsFub~r fstis. Is the
STRIPS q agricultural hand ard in the
tseuiar waters Of southern and
southeastern Alaska. the ffun would
find scope and opportunity Tor the
iahors 20 which hereby and exp~rT-
cres. tfnprl him. The cliSnnte. while
less frfrsf than that 81 his native
lard. - relatively what ne .r used "a
ard wouh bs entirely conS~uiat to
~ native tastes
One of the frrs things Done By a
stranger Visiting Albany = % pay
= c~nta and put himself ~ ne rnsr-
cy q capitol Es1ife. TEiss guide
makes the profound and obsraulens
hox. ike a prssslgifa1or about n
charm an audience and proc~eds to
Hft the veil whleh hides the tuyNfsr-
isA o. the great building on n rv-
cent oerasiun the quite bed the
stranger reErsffuily past Mecilnty'a
empty frame. ard proceeded % den
fify the heads OF nofnbie~ ttat decor
ate the stairway. He did fairly well
until tltr stranger pointed out Shak-
ap~are afa4 Homer ard asked wsho
they were. Them replied the zuidc
uadauusci. "aru the hcais - two
pofticians whose nam~s siisremcm-