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The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1904-09-23

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The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1904-09-23

More value better merchandise har. than most
stores No about tive deal in Reliable Goods
The commonwealth., 1904-09-03
GIRLS PROPOSE MARRIAGE
Annual Cupid Festival Takes Place
in Belgian Town and Twenty
Young Men Are Shared,

Once a year the unmarried young
women in Ecaussines, Belgium give n
feast, to which all the young men IN
surrounding towns are invited. This
festival is known as "Cupids coming,
and generally results in large number
of engagements.
The Cupid festival this year was
held recently. The day was beautiful,
and the young women attired them
selves in their best raiment and went
in body to the railway station to
welcome ;heir guests. About 100 az
rived, and the blushing youths were
escorted to the festival hall where
Miss Dassays delivered a lecture on
"Woman's Emancipation"
Miss Dassays not only convinced the
bachelors Of the propriety Of the en-
tire proceedings, but also changed
their views of matrimony.
The dinner followed, the hostesbes
taking their places first. The guests
were expected to make their selections
by sitting beside them, a feat they per
formed with surprising alacrity. At
the table all the young women formal
ly proposed, but in many cases the
young men refrained from giving
definite reply, However, before the
dance started formal announcement OF
20 engagements was made.
The commonwealth., 1904-09-03
NEW PROCESS PERFECTED.
Method for Making Steel Which It Is
Said viii Cheaper Cost Of
Production.

Steel and iron men throughout the
world viii be interested to learn that
James Gayley, vice president of the Unit
ed states Steel corporation, after long
Geres Of experiments, has practically
perfected a new process for making steel
which he believes VIII greatly reduce the
cost Of manufacture.
For years Mr. GayIcy has been work.
ing upon The process and has now IN
formed his friends that his experiment.
conducted at the Isabella furnaces In the
Pittsburg district have indicated that the
new method will prove a practical sue
cess 1t is understood that they have re-
suited in reducing the moisture Of the
air applied In the converting Of the ore
to pig iron and steel, Othcr new feat,
ures have also been introduced
Briefly stated, the Gayley process Isl
modification Of the Bcsscmer process,
which reyolutionzed the iron and steel
industry, The process Will be applied in
the manufacture Of pig iron as well as
steel 1t is understood the process viii
greatly cheaper the cost Of production
The commonwealth., 1904-09-03
PUSH CART TRUST FORMED.
Vehicles in New York City Are Loaned
to Peddlers and Handsome
Profit Is Derived.

officials of New York city have dis
covered the existence of one Of the most
interesting Of trusts-a combination
among holders OF push cart licenses over
on the east side OF Manhattan, which
controls. It is helieyee' almost exclu-
slytly the push cart Grade and is extort-
ing unreasonable rates from peddlers
for the use Of Its carts, One OF the heads
Of departments under Mayor Mcclellan
has been Investigating the process by
which the combination manages TO con-
troll the push cart trade and the matter
has been brought to the attention of the
mayor, The investigation is being con
tinued and before long some interesting
disclosures in connection with the opera
tions of the push cart trust are expected
1t is not known whether or not there
is any combination of the kind control
ling the push cart trade in Brooklyn be-
cause the city official who has had the
matter under investigation has confined
himself altogether to the east side of that
borough Inasmuch as the push cart
business done in Brooklyn is small COM
pared with thai in Manhattan, however,
it Is not believed that the same condi-
ton Of affairs exists in Brooklyn.
According to the city official who has
had the matter under investigation there
appears to he a padrone system on the
east side which has managed somehow
to obtain licenses for push carts at two
and four dollars year Instead ofusinG
the push carts themselves those behind
the system let them ont to peddlers at
the rate of IS cents day. On this bas!s
one push cart alone would bring In a
profit of over $50 year, and as the num-
ber of carts controlled by the syndicate
is large it can readily be seen that tue
push cart trust derives handsome
profit from its scheme.
The commonwealth., 1904-09-03
CARRIED MAIL MANY YEARS.
First ono-Armed Man Admitted TO the
Postal Service Resigns His Po-
sition at Milwaukee,.

Elisha ii, Bramhal for 80 years a
mail carrier al the Milwaukee, Wis.
post office, and the first one-armed man
to be admitted to the mail service in the
United States has retired Disability is
given In his letter to the postmaster as
the reason
The veteran carrier came TO MiIwau-
kee from New York in 1851 and for some
years he worked at the timers trade
with Capt. Denny, now superintendent
Of the carriers division Al the open
ing Of the war he joined the Twenty.
fourth Wisconsin regiment and was
made orderly sergeant of his company.
The loss of one arm was sustained In the
battle of Chickamauga.
Shortly after his return to Milwaukee
Mr.. BramhaIl entered the employ OF the
post Office and worked regularly until
1888, when be sustained a serious injury
to his good arm While be was on farm
al Summit, WaukeGha county, recup-
Grating from the injury, fire caught IN
the barn. No one else was present to
loosen the cattle, which we're tied to
the hangers within the burning build
ing, aud he went himself, cutting the
tethers with hts crippled arm and say~
ing all the animals Two years later he
was reappointed to his former position
The commonwealth., 1904-09-03
LAWS GOVERNING 4EREDITY
New Society VIII EndeaVor to Asce,-
tain What Conditions Produce
"Thriving' Families.

Eugcnics is the name Of new science
which DR. GaIJOH oxpounted to the So
Geological society OF LONDON, recently,
and which The society propoacs to sys-
icmati2c
rs first aim is tho study Of horcdtty
in order TO arrive al The laws which
govern IT, 70 determine how far rthe de-
cline Of the birth rate is inGicaiivo0 Of ma
tionaI deterioration and what conditions
produce thriving families is gf0a part
OF the work Of the new science
Or, Cation, in explaining this scIcnce,
which he may be said to have invented,
said; "The passion Of love seems to be
SO oyerpowering that it may be thought
folly to try to direct It's course, But
plain facts Go rot confirm this view. so
cial influences have immense power. II
unsuitable marriages, from the euGenic
point of view, were banned socially, very
few would be made
Il see no impossibillly,' he continued
"ln eugenics becoming a religious dog
ma among mankind, but Its details must
first be worked out sedulousIy In the
study"
The commonwealth., 1904-09-03
VETERANS TAKEN CARE OF.
More Than 1000 Work in Executive
Department and Almost 400 Of
Their Widows Employed.

The civil service commission in com
pliance with a request from the house
committee on civil service reform, has
prepared a statement showing that the
total number of former soldiers anG
sailors Of the civil war employed in the
executive departments at Washington
is 2,l75, and the widows Of the veterans
so employed 3SS.
The information was asked in view of
complaints that there are many super
annuated clerks on the pay rolls.
The largest number of veterans, Gal
are employed in the interior department,
while the treasury department carries
$50 and the war department 347. There
are only 23 veterans on the navy depart
meat roll and only seven in the state
department,
The ages of the old soldiers and sailors
vary from 50 to 50 years There are 2l7
who are 81 years old, while those one
year younger form the next larger class,
1877 in number Nearly two-thirds, or
LOCO are lIull 90 W u1 9SalH VI dS''
Those over 10 years Of age number 226,
and of this number II are over 80,
The veteran with the longest service
is n years old. He has served So years.
Nearly two-thirds, or 1892, of the 2,l55
veterans receive salaries ranging from
81 200 to s2,5OO per annum, while 66 re
ceiye more than 50 500 per annum. Those
receiving $840 or less number 47G,
The veterans and veterans widows
constitute 10 per cent, of the number of
persons employed in the departments
and government printing office in Wash
ingtOn
The commonwealth., 1904-09-03
BATS A DOLLAR A DOZEN
Enough in Indiana Cave to Supply
Markets of the WoTld--Num-
bers Multiply in Winter.

The myriads of bats that inhabit Wy.
andotte cave, 80 miles west of New Al
bany, Ind, are becoming an article Of
commerce.
J. o. Seybert, young man who Is en-
ployed at the cave, recently shipped to
Harvard university where they are
used in demonstrations Of comparative
anatomy, three dozen bats, for which be
received dollar dozen. They have
been shipped in smaller quantities to
other educational institutions for fcien-
tiic purposes. The bats in Wyandotte
cave would supply The markets Of the
world. While in the summer months
they abound In large numbers. and TO
the visitors Of the cave are an object Of
almost as much interest as the cave
itself, the number multiplies wonder
fully in the winter.
Whence they come is mystery to the
people about the cave, but from the vast
number they must congregate from a
large territory. 1t is probable that all
the bats in southern Indiana and por-
tion Of Kentucky make their winter
quarters at the cave 1t Is estimated
that the number that winter there will
reach 100000.
The commonwealth., 1904-09-03
PUTS DANCE BEFORE LATIN,
Harvard Professor Pleads for It's Sub
stitution in Our Public
Schools.

Dancing should be taught in the pun
lie schools in preference TO Latin, ac-
cog,ling to Prof. C. II. Grandgent pro
fcsgor of modern languages in Harvard
university. and if his ideas prevail We
may soon have classes in the polka, the
schottische. the gladsome two-step and
the emotional buck and wing perform
ing steps in the schools Of the land.
Prof. Grandgent makes his offering in
the number of the School Review issued
recently from the University of Chicago
press, and says;
Even under the most favorable con-
ditions, the linguistic attainments OF
ordinary scholars are absolutely worth
less from commercial standpoint. The
plea that the possession Of strange
tongue is essential to the enjoyment OF
travel. or that 1t is often convenient for
intercourse with foreigners at home, is
too frivolous to merit consideration. On
such grounds better case could be
made for dancing as high school study,
as nearly all pupils are likely to have OPP
poftunities to dance"
The commonwealth., 1904-09-03
WAYS TO REACH FAIR
NOVEL METHODS OF TRANsPoR-
TATIoN WILL BE EMPLOYED.
Visitors to ST, Louis Exposition This
Summer to Come in Households,
Airships, Box Cars, Canoes
and Pullmans.

Just supposipg that Won had your
choice what means OF transit wuuld
van emuloy to reach the Al Louts
worlds fair7
OF course. therc Is ihc Pullman pal
ace car. very likely that viii occur o.
Won rs the most comfortable and cxnc-
ditious mode oC travelling, but thcvs
are A great many people who win not
agree with y6u. Some Of these hay,
chosen why's of reacblua the fair ritv
that. though they NAV no. apppal ia
Won as more comfortable than the
conventional Pullman method. have n,
least the virtue of being decidedly
unique.
In the loads of mail that reach the
administration building every day. nol
The least interesting nor the least bulky
portion consists Of communications
REGARDING novel WAYS Of coming 10 the
tair
They rrme rrum an parts of the
country and are As varied in their con-
cels as are he tastes of a great cos
mopoiitau people
For instance, one couple of an e5-
thclic turn OF mind. 'Iicpry J. Baucur,
The commonwealth., 1904-09-03

The growing scarcity Of suitable tim
ber for the manufacture Of wood pulp
has led to the trial Of several substi-
tute materials. 1t is said that rice straw
Yields better results than any other ma
terial 80 far experimental upon Of which
suGiclent quantity could be readily
obtained 10 satisfy demand. This be-
ing assured, the only remaining mat
ter to be determined would seem to
be the cost of turning the straw into
paper. Paper can be made out Of great
variety Of vegetable 6bers, but the
greatest number Of these are SO refrac-
tory to manufacturing processes that
successful competition with wood pulp
paper has been found impossible. The
Louisiana experiment in the manufac.
ture Of printing paper out Of rice straw
will be watched with great interest,"
indianapolis Journal
The commonwealth., 1904-09-03
DEATH IN A DESERT.
BONES OF TWENTY MEN FOUND
IN CALIFORNIA.
Are Discovered in Reclaimed Tract in
Imperial Valley Mute Evil
dences of Suffering and
Starvation.

Niue evidences of the hnspeakabie
suffering and Lorrible deaths of some 20
men from starvation were found.in the
clearing of the land in the imperial val
icy OF California said A, II. Heber.
president Of a company which has re-
claimed 100000 acres of the former des.
art
These were the skeletons of 20 men,
which were found in little lunches of
Iwos and threes bleached and dried by
the fierce desert sun. They constituted
.>e only traces of men who had prob
2"Iy been missing for years. and whose
friends never knew their whereabouts.
Some of these skeletons were found
west of what is now Imperial, Is miles
rom the foot of the mountains in the
open plain. They had evidently been
searching for New river. stream which
icWs about one month in the year, to
oIain the desert of its summer rains.
Tier bones were in little piles a milo
from the river Others were found in
the Alato River valley on the east side
OF tho Imperial valley, between the sand
hills,
But the saddest find was that of a
nGmber OF piles of bones which showed
that five men had perished at one tine
from thirst within a hundred yards Of
each other, These bones were scat
tered all around, and there were some
traces of vehicles in the mountains not
far off, where the bones of animals told
the tale OF starvation which had been
the end of the little party"
This was the only instance in which
traces of vehicles were found and the
supposition is that most of the men
whose bones were found had been afoot
a@d had probably gotten lost in the
desert while looking for their wagons
T'!ts thing was not uncommon, for it is
almost impossible in the Colorado desert
to lind directions. While we were lay
ing out the town of Imperial we had an
instance of this in the loss of a young
Japanese cook. The young fellow was
employed in our surveying party and
started out one cay to find friend who
was employed as a cook in a camp about
four miles distant. He lost his way and
failed to return, Searching parties were
started out to find him They traced him
Tor six days, but finally entirely lost the
trial and had to return to the camp. The
japanese was never heard Of and pre-
sumo his bones will be found some day"
The commonwealth., 1904-09-03

In a paper read b. a Miss Adele NJ
Tielde before the section Of biology
of the New York Academy of Sciences,
The Joints composing the antennae of
ants were described as series OF
noses. each having special function
The first joint distinguishes the ants
native nest from the nest OF an enc
nv. the second discriminates between
the odor Of ants of different colonies,
hut Of the same species; the third dis
Germs the scent of the track left by the
ant,s own feet, and enables It TO re-
turn over its route; the tourlh ani
dfth Joints discover the distinctive
odor Of the larvae, and If removed dis
abIe the ant from caring for the young
IN nest the sixth and seventh joints
make known the presence OF sn AM OF
different species. Only after these
ioints are developed will ants OF diff
ferent species fight one another,
The commonwealth., 1904-09-03
FINDS HIS TURKEYS DRUNK
Pennsylvania Man Believes That
Birds Are Dead, But Gobbler
Halts Burial.

Some wag poured whisky and water
upon corn in trough where Joshua
Hendsix's flock OF turkeys fed, and as
Hendrix returned from town to his
home, near Maple Grove, Pa, he thought
sevenof his finest fowls were dead There
they lay. toes up, In the baruyard and
be dug trench in which TO burg them
When he reached for the last InagGiti.
cent gobbler's legs, 10 throw him in The
trench, the latter Wig-wagged his toes
half opened q pair Of bIoodfhot eyes,
turned over, and resumed his dream
Hendrix investigated, and the smell
at the trough convinced him all his tur.
keys were dead drunk. Sobe didn't bury
them, and even the old red ayed eotf,ei
Il now SOLDERING w.
The commonwealth., 1904-09-03
GERMAN CABLE COMPLETED.
Second Submarine Line to America
Laid--Total Length Is 4,200
Nautical Miles.

The second German cable from BOr-
kun to New York, via the Azores has
been completed 1t was laid by the
cable steamer stelhan, which left New
York May 10 with 2,lG0 nautical miles
of cable on board. She commented 10
play out on May II from a point oil
Fire island. The shore end between
Fire island and Coney island, where
the American end of the cable is land
ed has already been laid. The fiEal
splice was made off Fayal June ].
There are now two complete submar-
ine cables between Germany and the
United States The cable just com
pieted was manufactured at Nordwn.
ham, Germany, by the Norddeutsche
Seekabelwerke. 1t is the most impor-
tant work yet undertaken by that CON
cern. The total length is 1920 nauti-
cal miles The first German cable was
laid in 1900
The commonwealth., 1904-09-03
STEAM VS.. ELECTRICITY.
Rate Cuts to Meet Competition ct
Trolley Found by Railroad Man
ayers to Be Futile.

Inc steam railroads vary greatly III
.heir attitude toward electric comreti
.ion, but it has been almost the uni
form experience of railroad managers,
east and west, that rate cuts to meet
electric competition are quite futile
says Ray Morris, in Atlantic Eiectria
transportation handles traffic in small
units The power house is the loco
motive, and 1t can haul ten single cal
as easily as It can train Of ten cars
coupled together--more easily in fact.
but in steam service. to reverse the
ngure of speech, each transportation
unit must have its own power house.
nisregarding technical refinementse i
may be said that 1t would cost 4
steam railroad five times as much 70
tun an hourly, single-car train during
The commonwealth., 1904-09-03
FORTUNE FOR GOOD WIFE.
Fathers Will Says ChioRgoan Must
Marry or Lose Inheritance
Of 100000.

J Lawrence Tennis, Of Chicago, has
written to Pitsburg newspaper thai
he has been called from Europe by his
attorney to find a wife before July Is
or he will lose an inheritance OF $2oo.-
600 left him by his father who died IN
ALASKA six months ago.
The will expressed that he must
marry a refined aud intelligent woman
and settle down, or else divide the es-
tate with a number of brothers,
The newspaper has offered quite a
galaxy Of women anxious 10 share
Icnnis pile Tennis describes his
wishes as follows!
81 want som" one | won't have 10
apologize for aud who could take into
society old enough TO have some sense,
say - to aS and who would be a good
fellow with me Some OF the boys sug-
gcsted that | advertise. | would pre-
fer an eastern woman. ! am 30, five
feet six inches in height. brown hair
and eyes, sound teeth. not much Of ,
beauty hut know how 60 appreciate
II IN q woman ! believe In one law
for The sexes. and the girl who picks
me can order anything from the mcnu
OF lttp Ih0t she vents, and there viii
be no questions 85Icd am willing ro
divide the rUh and take my chances
on loving her I don't thin, deserve
TO p.rk q ringer
The commonwealth., 1904-09-03
BEAT CUSTOMS OFFICIALS.
Slaves Of the Hasheesh Habit in Egypt
Have Adroit Ways of EvRd-
ing the Duty, :

Egyptians arc slRyes to the hasheesh
habit, People of all classes use II and,
although the British government leyles
a heavy duty upon the drug It can
generally be obtained by those who
know the ropes" at a less price than
the duty amounts to.
At Alexandria, says a London pa.
per, there Is veritahle museum,
where are stored pianos, picture
frames, biscuit boxes. table legs books,
demjohns and relrigerators. In all
these articles smugElers had stored
hasheosh Despite the vigilance OF the
English officials, 1t Is estimated that
not more than onetenth OF the bane.
fuI drug imported into Egypt is dis.
covered
An Egyptian smoker Of hasheesh Is
even more helpless slave than the
Chinese opium tiend. lie knows that
IN the end he will become a madman,
yet he rushes toward the awful goal
with unrelaxed speed. With the
strange eXaltation which comes to the
smoker, he feels himself floating from
cloud to cloud or alighting In the gar.
dens Of palaces all his own, or swim
ming with mermaids through the opal.
esCent depths of the sea.
Most Of tho hashcesh which Egyr:
consumes comes from Greece, From
the husks of hemp seeds and the ten.
der tops of the hemp plant the Greeks
manufacture a greenish powder, whose
fumes bring the ecstasy Its victims
desire. The profits of those who sue
cessfully smuggIe the drug into the
ancient land of the Pharaohs are tire.
mendous. Outside of Egypt hasheesh
sells for 80 cents pound. In the
country adjoining the Nile It costs at
much as five dollars.
Not long ago great number of table
legs we're unloaded on wharf at Alex.
andria consigned 10 an Interior point
In unloading the legs into Nile skin
steyodore Chanced to break one In
two. Before long he was dancing
about. stretching his arms over his
hcad lifting hIe foot aa hIpb as his
waist win ovorv atom and mutterirv.
81 at me have heIl too am rule,
Of Heaven, why should not my do
r,ot, incn,do boIl oloo9D
a. o..u,,,a,,o. :, ,., ,o,n, ,h,,
o,o,', haIs - ,hn ,ah,o ,nra woro MI,
D ant ,,.s 49, -.
-, ,,t 49,, ~, a,.,,s,.,
The commonwealth., 1904-09-03
WHEN A JOKE rs NOT A JOKE.

lie heard a joke
A millionaire
Was bandy telling IL,
And he, with all the others there,
Thought it the best of wit
They laughed, they roarId, they held their
sides
At almost every word;
They vowed IN that joke humor hides
The best we ever heard!"
He heard Joke.
1t was the same
The millionaire mad told
The father Of his latest fame
The rare hon mot unrolled.
And Q, he laughed! His eyes were wet
With jolly tears-and then
ne said; THAT is the best joke yet!
Please tell it once again!
He heard Joke.
The same, once more
rms time, 1t was his boss
"no'e face merry dimp e wore
VINO gave his head toss
AND told the witticsm through,
And he? He fairly screamed;
ma ia! Such men-~ha, ha!-as YOU
Know Jokes" For so it seemed.
He heard joke.
The same ope--yes.
An after-dlnner star
arose, in fullest evening dgess,
with aspect jocular,
ana told that joke What did he do2
tie pounded on his plate
And n,l told his neighbor: Now, that's new!
That orator is great!''
lie heard joke.
The same old joke.
Ifis time his bosom friend
lame ehuckling, gave his ribs poke,
And told it to the end
ne gave his friend a look OF scorn,
And solemnly he scowled.
mat joke was old when you were born,'
III crushing tones he growled.
'" ID, N, in Chicago Daily Tribune.