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The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1903-10-29

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VS. Watching him ali night "
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tell YOU where Wv could live him.
however n you viii allow me to
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thought that little moment Wa Ia be-
iWttmY'H last 1u earth L,yatChed.
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tIstYs both men snsmaA agreed,
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"a GD my mind % mere PRESENT.
meff and superatition n these two
5seallY were a. one about me IL ar
'suedl ttsrsee,isht be no trea,hcry
p rer oonveraatiot@ u the G,nasw
ceassd suddenly. tet Hattruy called
the captain ue
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that mattress. YOU can bring II
atoms. while ! lead the way with the
pillows aNS things Come on. cole s
Where to- asked. standing
Sifm
swherr Tiers no " indow for You
. Jump cut o. aud no clothes Of
mime fur you TO hite behind You
needn't look 40 scared lie aa dry
as a bone. as cellars 81 Aud irs
pa-s o'clock And, you've got 70
come
Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1903-03-13

The coming to this country Of Mr..
Krohsnkyn, as the authorized agent Of
the worshipers of Seoul, Korea, to con-
tract for a large supply Of idols to be
used in the temples of the Hermit
Kingdom and the Celestial empire,
awakens interest in an industry here
concerning which very little seems to
be generally known. 1t may, we judge,
be termed an inlhnt industry, since II
is comparatively young. For some
years England ara Germany have been
monopolizing the trade In Buddhas,
krishnas, Sivas, Ganeshes and jun.
jums for the heather of the far east,
though the United States has furnish
ed the major portion of the mission
aries.
1t appears that the idols of European
manufacture are both expensive and
inefficient, and the benighted orientals
have turned to this great, resourceful
and benevolent country for their sup
ply. In the same generous spirit with
which we have upon various occasions
sent out a ships hold full of Medford
rum with consignment of mission.
aries we will no doubt meet this new
demand. AS we understand a guam.
tity of American built idols have al.
ready been sent to China and Korea
and 1t is stated that those who have
used them will take no others. 1t has
been demonstrated that American gen.
ius and versatility can produce q bet
ter, more durable and efficient idol fol
less money than the heather are
obliged to pay for the German and
English varieties, and as soon us we
have the trade fairly in hand there
seems to be no good reason why We
should not supply the entire demand
and push the Europeans from the lido
market of the orient. Within a few
years the most impoverished native OF
| the far east, Who cannot now afford t.
buy an expensive English or German
Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1903-03-13
The Bacilli and Short Skirts.

The relentless and never ending bat.
tie which science is waging against the
bacilli has taken rather unusual form
in the city of Bayonne, N. J. There an
especially vigorous germ chaser urges
that the board Of health adopt an or
dinance compelling all women to wear
skirts whose hens shall be at least six
inches above the ground, the argument
being that disease breeding germs are
swept up, carried along and distributed
broadcast by the trailing skirts in
which many women appear on the
streets Of the town. The local board
Of health, to which the laws of New
Jersey give power to enact and enforce
such an ordinance, Is said to look with
favor upon this plan Of campaign
against the bacilli. but the women are
up in arms against it.
Womanlike. however, they do not
propose to fight the board Of health,
but all of the male sex who have
reached the alleged age of discretion.
The leading women Of the town are
said to have pull" with the city
council, and they threaten that If the
board of health resolution Is passed
they will force measure through the
city council the first section of which
shall read as follows:
Section /. It is hereby enacted by the
! common council Of Bayonne City N. j.,
that from and after the date Of this act
all male persons residing or doing bust
ness within the corporate limits of this
| city shall be required to wear trousers
| reaching not lower than three inches be-
low the knees.
1t hardly seems fair or just for the
women of Bayonne to compel the en-
tire male population Of trousers wear.
ing age to don high water pants" just
because few misguided bacteria bust
ers propose the abbreviation Of thell
skirts, but there Is something to be
said for the contention of the women
If their dress is to be regulated by
males, why should not the women pre-
scribe the garb of the men?
The proposed short skirts may b.
sensible and in line with correct SAM
tary notions, but there is more to this
matter of abbreviated skirts than the
mere question Of public health. II
cannot be settled Off hand even by sc
autocratic body as board Of health
Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1903-03-13
Observation-Disclosures.
|G6e LAST
| SNAKE
By Willis B. Hawkins
By Willis B. Hawkins


- n. GRAHAM and l, brothers-in-
law. lived on adjoining places
IL and employed n gardener In
common. Patrick was the gar
deners name. and he stickled for II all,
as / learned one day when CHANGED TO
call him Pat
Patrick, II you please, sir" said he,
with the quiet dignity Of a bishop.
There was something In the mans
serene Grmness which marked him as
a strong character and commanded my
respect, though II did not endear him TO
me. He did his work with the utmost
faithfulness, was silent almost TO a
mysterious degree, had no cronies to
consume his time, drank no strong hq-
uors-in short, was model gardener
yet could not like him. My brother
in-law sought TO convince me that IL
was Patrick's physical deformities
which offended me, for he was short,
knotty person with uniformed back
which resulted In lower limbs so dis
torted that he ''toed out almost at
right angles TO the direction In which
he walked, or hobbled rather. His face
was an insolvable puzzle. Every de-
tail Of It, judged by itself, was unpre-
possessing. yet us whole 1t was al
most beatific. 1t seemed fairly TO
shout, Here amid all this ugliness Is
a conscience utterly free from SIM!
And think II was this seeming incon-
gruity-this apparently impossible yet
obviously present innocence-together
with his serene, almost patronizing, air
of soul superiority, which resented in
our gardener.
In the fall. when the grapevines had
been covered for the winter. we let
Patrick go and saw no more Of him un.
til the following st. Patrick's day.
AS we sat waiting for the procession
we saw lone horseman whom we
took TO be some officer of the day take
stand beside the roadway half a
block above us. He wore great cloak
which covered his body and fell al
most to his stirrups. on his head was
q queer looking cap, shaped somewhat
In the semblance OF II bishops inter.
When the procession came along, this
horseman raised his arms as If he were
pronouncing benediction upon the
marchers and turned his face reverent-
ly upward. The physical task Of keep
ing his arms aloft. bearing upon them
the weight of the great cloak, must
have been prodigious, yet so he sat,
motionless, silent, impressive, until the
We asked our neighbors on the plat
form who this strange man might be,
Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1903-03-13

tall, and the long. slender body Of him
lying there at her feet and the head
that he raised above the grass and the
eyes that he charmed her with--I saw
them all turn TO snake. And great
voice called TO me: st Patrick. St.
Patrick! And knew my duty"
80 you killed Dan CoughlinY' said
the doctor.
Patrick arose slowly to his feet, and
the old light of beatitude spread over
his great face. Sweeter innocence new
er beamed from human eyes. The
grandeur that once had drawn me to
him even now tugged ut my heart.
With the glorious smile of conscious
rectitude playing upon his features, he
said slowly and reyerently:
No The man was gone. 1t was the
snake killed. For the glory Of man I
killed the snake. And now
He seemed about to pronounce a
benediction upon us, but interrupted
the sacrilege by slamming the outer
wooden door of the cell in his face.
At least 1t was privilege to have
had my eyes look last upon him In his
gentler mood.
Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1903-03-13
VIII Be Warmly Welcomed.

The Vlcomte de Chambrun. the new
ly appointed attache Of the French en-
bassy at Washington. who will soon
arrive in this country. is the great
grandson Of the Marquis de Lafayette,
whom We hold In grateful remem.
brance for the part he took In our
struggle for independence. The vi
comte Is brother Of the Marquis de
Chambrun. member Of the French
chamber Of deputies. and represented
the Lafayette family at the Rocham.
beau ceremonies last year. when be
made an extremely good impression
here.
1t goes without saying that he will
be welcomed to this country not alone
for his personal qualities, but for his
greatgrandfath TIERS sake.
Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1903-03-13

The limit Of college haxing would
seem to have been about reached in
the recent case In Indiana where q
sophomore was chained In a deserted
hut in the woods near Charlottesville
by a party of freshmen and left there
to suffer from cold and hunger. He
only escaped after long confinement
and wandered several miles in be-
numbed and half starved condition,
finally falling exhausted at the door Of
Il farmhouse. Ii college authorities
are powerless to prevent such out
RACES as this, 1t seems to be about
time to invoke the criminal law. and
that, too, In very vigorous fashion.
Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1903-03-13

but none could tell. At last woman
with an old shawl over her head sitting
on one Of the steps volunteered the in
format ton that he was called "St. Pat
rick the Second" because he claimed to
have killed the last and largest of the
snakes in Ireland.
Some poor, crazy fellow, we agreed,
and would have dropped the matter
there, but as the last of the marchers
passed him the horseman wheeled in
behind and rode toward us. Opposite
our platform he turned in his saddle
and raised his arms again as if to bless
US all. His face was positively beauti-
full with the light of divine benevolence
upon 1t.
II declare" said DIR. Graham, tits
Patrick" =.
Sure enough it was our old gardener
And he won me completely to him by
the sweetness of his face, the grandeur
of the soul that beamed upon 1t.
A few days later, when the warmer
winds Of spring began to stir, Patrick
applied for his old place and was i'm
mediately taken on. He was not only u
good gardener and faithful worker,
but he now had become a parsonage of
intense interest to us. The doctor
wished to study the lease" and l had
much curiosity to satisfy. But, though
we cultivated Patrick assiduously,
about all we learned in the first two
months was that he believed himself to
be st. Patrick reincarnated and that
he had completed the purpose of his
second incarnation by Kidding Ireland
Of her last and greatest snake. He was
now only awaiting in peace his time to
! 60 hence.
Cautious questioning had elected
this much, and we noted that when his
mind was on the subject of his accom-
plished mission his face shone with the
| consciousness Of a noble work well
done. But no art of ours could induce
him to tell anything more concerning
this wonderful snake or how it hat
! been SO happily destroyed. Beyond the
fact that he had killed it for the goot
and glory of mankind he was as i'm
movably silent as the rocks.
One evening In June as was coming
home DR.. Graham met me at the cor
ner. 1t was manifest that something
had greatly disturbed him, though hi
struggled to hide his excitement behind
calm exterior.
Patrick has gone" said he. And hi
tone plainly indicated that he was glat
Of 1t.
whats the matter?" asked.
i "He Is not as harmless as we though
Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1903-03-13
Railroad Accidents Here and Abroad.

Respectfully we must admit that they
do some things ION the other side
better than we do here. While the
railways of the United Kingdom lack
many of the conveniences and COM
forts possessed by those of the United
States, 1t must be admitted that travel
on the former is much safer than on
the latter. 1t is rare indeed that one
reads of such shocking disasters on
any of the English roads as those late
ly occurring on the Central Railroad.or
New Jersey and the Delaware, Lacha'
wanna and Western within an hours
run of the most populous city OF Tue
country.
According to reports just made pup
lie, not single passenger was killed
by train accidents in the United King
dom during the months of July, August
and September, 1902. In the same Pc
riod In the United States forty-one were
80 killed In these three months 2+o
passengers were injured in train accl-
dents In the United Kingdom, While
the record in our own country for the
same time was 200. Taking the hs-
ures for the first three-quarters OF the
year 1902, the British roads report the
death of only five passengers from train
accidents, while COT passengers were
injured. In these nine months the
death roll of passengers from train ac-
cidents in our own country amounted
to an even hundred, while the lnJureu
totaled 2,S16.
OF course, there is vastly greater
railroad mileage in the United States
than in the United Kingdom, ana
vastly greater number of passengers
are carried, but it is quite surprising
that there should be this great diner
ence in the number of fatalities. WIN
out going into any extended analysis
Of the figures, they indicate that oui
railroad officials have something YET "
learn in the matter Of safe TRANSFORM
ton and may profitably take lesson
from the British railway managers
Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1903-03-13
Maeedoni. and the Powers.

The acceptance by Turkey OF the
,cbeme of administrative reforms for
Macedonia urged by Russia and Aus
tria does not necessarily mean that the
trouble in the Balkans Is over. Under
pressure the Turk will promise any
thing and then await his own pleasure
and convenience to fulfill his pledge.
The time Of fulhllment only comes
when renewed and stronger pressure II
put upon him.
The essential reforms which the sui
tan has rather unexpectedly consented
to make In Macedonia are. briefly, that
the control Of the gendarmerie. or do
nestle military force. shall be taken
from the Turk and intrusted to the
neutral nations-Belgians, Dutchmen
and Swiss-and that the local needs OF
the Macedonian communities shall be
met before any part Of their revenue is
sent to Constantinople. This Is the
least that the powers could have rea-
|
clause In the requirement is no DOUBT
deeply resented at the Turkish army
Headquarters, while the latter clause
must be viewed with equal disgust by
the officials Of the Turkish treasury.
If the Turk can neither command nor
rob a Christian community. what. I'm
Mussulman logic, IL the value OF such
community to the Ottoman empire?
So II may be inferred that the Turk
will make even this ''lrreducible mini
num- OF reform only In the extreme
emergency Of Saving his face"-the
retention Of suzerainty In the Balkans.
Ii the administrative reforms are
carried out In good faith. the Turk will
save his face" and be permitted to re-
tain for some time such sovereignty In
southwestern Europe as he now holds.
But the Turk does nothing In good
faith. He will doubtless. according to
his nature and past practices. try to
defeat the object OF the reforms by
disregarding their terms as far as he
can. which means as far as he dares.
The sultan's promise. therefore. by no
means settles the Macedonian problem.
History and experience teach that
no Christian population subjected to
Turkish misrule can ever be brought
Into a satisfactory condition until they
have been ehancipated from that mis-
rule altogether. and any compromise
between the powers and the porte short
Of the expulsion Of the Turk from Eu-
rope can only be a temporary and inef-
fective makeshift Whether the Mace
domains are quite competent to rule
themselves may be questioned, though
there can be no doubt that for their
we'll being and the peace Of Europe II
would be far wiser to extend to Mac
edonia the same autonomy as that
enjoyed by the other Balkan states
which have been carved out of the OF.
toman empire than to leave the dis.
tracted country longer under Turkish
misrule and oppression.
Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1903-03-13

..sure, Killed II with me own foot
Patrick had chung to the snake uh.i'
he was knocked senseless- Then the
serDent had Slipped through his relaxed
fingers. aud the policeman had stepped
on IL.
when we reached the hrst cell, we
cav what I wish ! had not seen i
shau never get the horror Of II out OF
INV mind. Patrick was rushing ABOUT
the cell on his hands and feet Ike some
mad orang outang. searching Win freh-
zte.i easeruess over the stone noor, dig-
ginr I'm the dark corners with his mn
GERS when we could see his face, IL
Was n sight TO freeze the blood. Dr.
Graham had indeed feebly pictured the
sepdlsh malignity Of il. The eyes were
no, merely like balls OF fire. They
saamed literally TO he flashes OF green
hell fire. In spite Of my DETERMINATION
moi IN be nervous | shrank from the
glare OF them.
"He's been that way ever since be
come TO-" said an officer.
Dr. Graham, whose professional IN
terest was now thoroughly aroused
was much more calm than l.
Patrick he spoke sharply through
the grated door.
The inhuman thing inside stopped
and. crouching. turned toward us Win
n glImmer of intelligence on its race.
Then. seizing the bars as IL he wouid
tear them away, Patrick shrieked al
us:
"Where is he2 Where is he? lie
mustn't get away! | must choke his
serpent soul down-down-down!
AT each OF these last words he
wrenched at the bar as IL he meant to
crush 1t in his savage grasp.
Whom do you want, Patrick the
doctor asked.
Him! The snake! Him that was
Dan Coughlin" Patrick raved. Hin
that the angels turned to snake and
set me 10 kiln
what did Dan do. Patrick" asked
the doctor quietly.
"Do? What did he do? He lay II
| the grass at her feet and charmed her
! lie was long and slim and straight
and was crooked. He lay at her fee
where she sat by the peat bog. and
saw him charm Der with his eyes"
what did she do, Patrick"
what could she do? lie charmed
her. lie lay in the grass at her fee
and fastened her sweet blue eyes will
! his own, What could she do"
"And the angels turned him into {
snake, did tbey|s
"Yes. | saw II all. | saw the foo
that he moved in the grass turn to I
Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1903-03-13
Battleships to Go Abroad.

The proposition Of the navy depart
ment to send the entire battleship d.
vision Of the north Atlantic naval force
for summer cruise in European wa
tiers is not bad one. AS compared with
the vast naval armament Of Great Brit
ain, this battleship squadron might not
be regarded as especially formidable.
though 1t is the strongest formation
ever maintained by the United States
as permanent war unit in time Of
peace. 1t consists Of seven battleships,
a majority Of them fine new vessels,
more formidable than the armor clad
division which blockaded Santiago and
knocked out Cervera's heet. These bat
tleships are the Kearsarge, the Ala.
bama, the Illinois, the Maine, the Iowa,
the Massachusetts and the Indiana.
While the purpose Of sending abroad
these magnificent fighting machines Is
Of course not to frlghten anybody, it
may give the Europeans a modest hint
that we are still in the procession, and,
though disclaiming any intention of
showing Europe in boastful manner
our naval prowess, we are not averse
to letting them see what we can do In
the way Of splendid gunnery. The ef-
ficiency Of the north Atlantic battle
ship division is said to be a matter of
great pride to the navy department,
and what the great naval men Of Eu-
rope witness in the line Of superb tar.
get practice they may put in their pipes
and smoke ut their leisure.
No doubt there will be much com.
ment in the European capitals on this
new naval departure on the part Of
the United States, but nowhere can II
be regarded as menace or unfriendly
demonstration. 1t can be interpreted
only as one Of those peace move
ments" Of which tile nations are latter
ly SO fond of speaking. In this we are
simply putting our best ships where
they will show to the best advantage
Possibly 1t may stir up some refiec
tons in certain quarters as to what Il
behind the Monroe doctrine, but tina
will do no harm.
Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1903-03-13
Ireland's Peaceful Revolution.

Late dispatches from London and
Dublin give hopeful indication Of the
amicable settlement of the Irish land
question. Both Lord Dunraven and
John Redmond are quoted as saying
that II the Dublin agreement is carried
out 1t will be zone Of the most extraor-
binary peaceful revolutions ever ef-
fected."
The Dublin conference consisted of
four chosen representatives of the land
lords and an equal number of the ten
antry, who after long consultations
formulated a plan for the sale to the
latter Of the farms now cultivated by
them, under state guarantee Of the
payments to be made to the former.
The agreement Of the conferees was
signed some weeks ago, and it is now
announced that bill to carry it into
effect will be brought before parlia-
ment as a government measure in the
near future.
1t is sought to pacify Ireland by max
ing her tenant farmers the owners Of
the land they cultivate. TO this end
Inducements must be offered to the
landlords to sell, and it is believed that
those embodied in the Dublin confer
ence plan will be sufficient. The price,
II paid in cash, is to be capital sum
which will yield the present income
from the land at per cent. If the
payments are deferred, they are to be
on the basis Of 81 per cent. The land
must pay for itself in the long run,
but the state may be required to meet
certain charges which are estimated
not to exceed 100000 per year dur
ing the next few years.
The lending Of government credit for
the possible purchase and sale Of 49,
O00, 1000 acres Of farm land is an expert
ment attended with great risk, but is
Justified by the expectation that it will
avert the greater risks Of social up
heaval and possible civil war. If 1t
shall give to Ireland that peace and
tranquility from the lack Of which the
unhappy island has so long suffered
the investment will be a profitable one
for both the British government and
the Irish people.
Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1903-03-13

idol. win hnd. thanks TO the energy aud
ingenuity Of the American trader that
he need not deny himself the consola-
,iops Of his resgion for want Of serv-
lceabIe and inexpensive Idol.
To some squeamish persons the Idea
OF sending out ship with deckful of
missionaries and holdful Of idols may
seem incongruous and inconsistent. but
II must he remembered that commercs
IL a matter not Of consistency. but OF
balance. And. after all. is II not q
mere exchange Of idolsf They get
Buddhas and Krishnas: We get dollars
and cents.