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The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1904-12-15

-uuY LAND
MY LAND BETWEEN SEATTLE
AND ENEitEfT


iuY LIANT. uErwEEN SEATTLE
AND EVERETT
uuY NOW
DON'T WAIT until tho new fntsrur-
han Road ta completed and then
IaY four times What you can gvt Il
Ter today.
GO OUT TO MEApowpAIE HEACu
Rud $50 our ten acre tracts. We be
iieve Ia small profits and quick
81 Ff,ses H that e. mako tis ~. %, Ug ana
- quickly,
TkN ACRES SO Some a, pc
0Q acrvn aold IA the Past few
months more than 100 familleA have
houEht homes here, uew school new
ntarea, new naataffica. new railroad
station on the land. new steamboat
dock We have over 90 aErea more
g. eel but the Way the are, E0lng
tlf 80 Northsra trsia 1'p a. m gsr ins
AT 50, buN round trip ticket O.
'sfouQ' ufftee ana restaurant GA
Efuuuia
WEST = wHEEiGR.
NOnEVr MAlrHN.
90 and ul Nvw York block
TWENTY saissmsn sfs ceiling
eas sa' a sS,' At Il pal ssrs eA 90 aR %
. End ear lines close tus tefma. toC a
day taks free eeat ~ llaialgr ueach
baathauHt, on Washington street ear
line " statesmen on grounds -u
4 HAH0AtS.
mlle from ftlvsr,op station. iand
Fas, ,tof tiss t. ~ 20 seFs. inv
q. il. NICHOLS. an Pioneer BLDG II
GOVERNMENT LANp
sozsefo desert claim locations under
prupaasd ditgh AnlI a few chpice
sssiy e; { " re- f fsisa s'F Ssts
WE PAY YoUR CAR FARr
Ia isad isr ~ ~ miIss iidI e az ana ahs
g. minutes ride 10 the rItF Thia L.
niee level land ca tlnr county fqad
" easy drive To seattle, - cash. bal
q, II SiciioLs - Pioneer BIOS II
Az ELEGANT ACRE. CHEAT
Cluae e. car. Is STATUTES uath With
sidewalk almost The Hptlre wa.
gfaaed school Ergcsries delivered q
dor sesy cleared. thg beat . soii.
az caAEfes y Ab1sis ''"-
fisss Firs, Ave. . starr HeYd Bidg.
If
CHEAP acrss ON lake and . car linaa
ever 30 chlakeus turkeys ard ducka,
ga builalnsa. ioss * esFTiss AID
.raits only 10 GA Nrua % -
taNn ana IL psr month. Ter whole
So .bsosksspsF a. rogu / Tine.
hluek SECOND floor, today TT
TNN AchrS near uus q ssA,tls.
Everett i1isrurban. Level lant Huoi
sol AT siaahsi Apf burned over
VERY easily diesrsd Prise 80 -
rhsh and 81 pr month
NUnHRT MAiTHf
- aa Nrw York block
Tsa SPOT CASH. II taken at once. will
s~stsr frsrt Nust .sil AAdrsss 4
IA earu star. Is
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1904-12-15
Real Hs,s,s-con,lnusd

Real Hs,.,s-con,lnusd
ARE You ONE or THE LUCKY
BUYERS
Who have taken advantage of the OPP
poftuuitN 20 buy
a CAPITOL HILL LOTT
iaKlm Go alley on Eighteenth and
Ninotesuth avenues Between Proc
psot aud aalsr streets f0r from
ua to teao EACH
~ NOT ard YOU expect e. oNu a
home iu Seattle. you are not doing
yourself justice n you DO not look
AZ these lots Zoe this
CHOICE RESIDENCE DISTRICT
This De- all ~ as you 60 do Il hss
a. our plat will show. bot uhsFs are
JUST A. GOOD LOTS LEFT
For the money az have been cold. and
yop eth have the chance left tgt
not for ioaE
COME TODAY.
our salesman will BE- on tho ground
al day ta show the property and
quote prices.
Take Capitol tfiii car 20 end q Inc.
SO east three blocks 20 property
TURNER PHEIAN 4 CpETEfI4o.
tNG
IN - ulobe uulidinE.
Both fhoaes Main iazl Ind. ifsa
Is
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1904-12-15

CHICKEN RANCH 10 acres good
isnd pa5rily y,,, cleared ana is9eed
good well. alrI plenty OF aprins
water. close n school and neigh.
boris. To maxi quick sale will TAKE
$50, which iT(iudea 100 fine youne
puilets. Take Great Northern trair
~ s.Z5 a m. 20 Togo. Enquire al
Poatoffice.
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Acreage tor Sal.

METROPOLITAN ADDITION.
a b0-aefe tract 81 fine nlluvlHf aaT. all
under uluWs from one 20 five acres
Tor from 800 - ff0 per acre. thirty
minutes from Pioneer Place. ON fhs
Tacoma iuterIrhan or Erufau car
near Heutou Junction Get off ai
West Iiiii Station. follow the river
around TO the right 3 minutes wall
70 tract See Mr. Martin Johnson
living on the tract. Terms. 10 pei
cent cash and so per month J.. T.
FEHHFN co, % Pioneer Bldg
Phone Main lf6. ii
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Special No,le.
ROLLER SKATING

~~~4snlns on pee ts. ven are cordially
fnvlfed 10 attend the anenins n the
Fafirr skating rink at Autitoflatn
Han sth and Pine on the tnll0wihf
Tnrsdfya fhur~aaVa ard FRIDAYS -
each week Ne offer yea the latest th
roller skates. an new and fuat rom
tie factory both ball heartng 49,
farrr haN Heat - order vii PREY al
~ al times General admission
Skate extra Ladies admitted % the
hal free NJ dlsrenutAhie rharlctrfa
admitted. II So Will BE elected G
y Bogga and u w. zeiier. Props. =.
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1904-12-15

?. \, Mullen. 81 Ballard ave. COS.
City Hail
Fremort DRUG CO. Ewing street
and Fremont avenue.
". A. Mansfield a Cs., Druggist
s7rd and jackson.
orahau's Home Bakery, 27os ist
sNsnue.
c. N, IShndroft, cigar store, sisls
8eeend.
Thee. HARRIS. az Pestetfios. Renton.
Lfttls's Pharmacy, let ave. north
and Harrlssn street J. y. Little.
prxprister.
Carlton a Co. Druggist, cor sth
se. end Pse. street. South Seattle,
p. A. Moore. Postotfles, so. Park.
uniVsrsltY Drug Store. University
Station.
E4swsli ST. Pharmacy. toss Howell
street
Rainier phsrusacN, hr. Clark pre-.
priater, .c2s e. Madison.
celunahia prua Store, w. j. stua'
lev. prop.. Celurnhia. Wash.
Broadway Pharmacy, ?. z. FltheFt
prep.. SIS Broadway snd James
Quaker Drap Co, tots tst ave.
Iearv'a phsrnisey, rs n. brose'
~avf phore. uelen 90.
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AZ GREAf aKh0Afg
d-raam hotel IN busy uslEhbnriuE
town. a. steady fuamorb and board
gyH tHrEr transient tfhdu only one
block from depot all nice outside
ruuWa rent only tb with lease
THE house 10 ouW Hlft0tY furnished
with large dluinE room with nsaunE
capacity Tor 10 people. atHu Sitting
ruum ard office uu Hruuud floor
euaIHH clear thn per mouth price
Ha5 this IL the best bargain ~
haHe offered "a the public fur many
HfEWAkT. arENAkr 4 S6.
Huufu > uinn Hludh
IH NHHef AgauUa IL
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1904-09-03

The organization of such clubs sometimes
begins very early in the campaign; the
present writer knows of half dozen "ag-
gregations of vocal talent" which began
practicing together this year even before
the candidates were nominated, for the ex-
press purpose of being ready to sing &C.
ceptable campaign songs soon as the
campaign should open.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1904-09-03

me by making a brake with your feet. 1t
will break your legs like pipestems!
The husky mountain youths did not speak
politely in the third person-"Will monsieur
Ready
heard the word Ready and there was
Immediately confusion
I seemed to see a mountain dashing up
behind me.
There was mixed impression Of flying
green grass, and then the rocky sides of
a dark little canon, with the sled rocking,
grooming, crunching over slippery bits of
broken boulders and fiat slabs.
The husky youth had let go the two
shafts by which he had originally pulled us
over the edge of the summit. He was now
seated on the bar between our feet
Down the Mountain Side.
The sled fairly dashed down, down,
down!
But every now and then, seemingly by
reason OF momentary break in the sheer
descend, 1t slowed a lot; and then the
husky youth leaped to the shafts again,
10 give 1t another short puil-and then 1t
was Dash again-what seemed a sheer fall
lng-an outrageous skidding down and
down! D. ~
me little demonstrating at an angle of
10 oegrees-was originally the summer-dry
course or mountain torrent. Now the
sieos nave worn 1t to something almost
IKE trough. Like those for the sliding
vi gram or water. Between walls Of rock
win dark pine trees and thick bushes over
mead. Cool and dark
s,, them IL Is out into the sunlight-popping
suudeniy INTO a down-bellying meadow
slippery as short dry gra. can be.
sinewy legs
Braced in front of us against the bar
wheIeon we have our feet with his arms
pui.ins pack on the shafts. he acts as a
WIS Is terribly exciting experience.
Ipu nave the Illusion OF simply falling
down the mountain side
you go SO rapidly that when you dart
INTO me gully again, to go crunching over
ire stones again. 1t is like a railway train
darung into tunnel
Wrrrr-ack!
Ihe sled stops. High above us we hear
the squeais OF the ladies' of our party.
Inc husky youths, who speak only patois,
zen US oy signs, that we must hold fast
whlre they lift the front of the sleds.
What are you doing?
Ssonuiy each youth produces big rind
OF ham, from his pocket.
Inere Is q mysterious operation.
,n wa nat are . they doing? They are greas-
ing the wooden runners, to prevent them
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1904-09-03

Tie devoted Hector fixed things up by
saving. TT was To- and fighting duel
They were brave old days!
will not pretend that we thought OF
these things as we went careertng down
the precipices of Brame- Farine.
When you go tobogganing down a
mountain side you have other things to
think of. 1 think 1 said that the sled
runners smoke with the friction at the
end of three minutes?
There have never been any accidents
but broken legs and arms, and these are
infrequent. These happen only when the
sled breaks, Earring furiously down the
narrow. stony channel of dry mountain
torrent. The sleds seldom break.
Climbing the Mountain.
have called 1t the most extraordinary
toboggan slide in the world. There is no
doubt about it. Brame-Farine is a noun
tain almost a mile and a half high. Natu-
rally 1t can be mounted on foot, If you
are willing to labor and sweat and puff
and swell in the head, because the whole
winding road is abominably steep
Few visitors indeed climb Brame-Farine
on foot Two of our party accomplished
It, following our mules; they were young
| men who had done the Balloon OF Alsace
and the Breithorn. Well, half way up
Brame- Farine they had lost their tempers
and were putting piteously.
The mules take nearly three hours to go
I'D The road winds around the mountain.
In places the edge is a precipice without
parapet or even a wooden railing You
must let the mule pick his way, giving
him his time. They say horses cannot be
trusted at 1T. On mules ladies and chill
dren do 1t. The more nervous Cor more
prudent) have a mountaineer to lead the
mule by the bride. 1t costs 80 cents more,
but it Is worth the price!
At the top of the mountain the terrific
experience begins. There is a mountaineer
restaurants kind of farm house of wood
and stone. In front of it stands rustic
shed with benches and tables, to shade
tourists from the blazing sun while they
drink cafe-au-lait, milk or wine and wa
ter enjoy the view and wait for the to-
boggans.
The view is immense. Below the noun
tainside bellies in such a way that you can :
not see the bottom of the valley with the
town Of Allevard lying in 1t.
So much for the steepness Of the slide
In frontal our feet-is the abyss Of the
valley. Beyond are mountains and noun
tains. Here and there we see black gorges
The sunlight glistens yellow-green on
grassy patches. where Craze mountain cat
tie; but the most part of these heights are
covered with fOrests-the property OF thu
different communes-towns or townships
Gould one buy q piece Of that mountain
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1904-09-03
illustrated Songs.

1t was during the campaign Of 1896 and
at Chicago that the form Of amusement
known illustrated songs" which has
since been so popular, was invented as
campaign expedient. Some genius con-
ceived the notion that lecture on the po-
ltical situation. accompanied by stereOpti-
con views, would interest thousands where
straight political oratory would draw the
attention of hundreds only. The scheme
was tried; it worked fairly well, and then
somebody suggested that the lecturer be
accompanied by good singer, and that
his songs as well as the lecture be Illus
trated with colored lantern slides 1t was
suggested likewise, that some of the songs
should be sentimental and purely humorous,
without the slightest trace of political al
fusion. The scheme, you see, was to inter-
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1904-09-03

ALLEVARD-LES-BA 1NS,
Dauphiny, France, August IL, 1904
We have just gone down the most ex-
traordinary toboggan slide in the world
We have just slid down a high mountain
We tobogganed furiously down its side
sometimes at an angle as steep as forty
five degrees, cutting through cloud, down
into the abyss of the valley Of Allevard,
through dry beds of mountain torrents,
over slippery mountain meadows, falling,
skidding, rafting over stones and broken
boulders, till the wooden sled runners
smoked and burned.
1t Is an actual fact-the sled runners be-
gin smoking by reason Of the furious fric-
ton at the end OF three minutes after quit
ing the summit Of Brame-Farine.
The thing happens in Dauphiny, France.
1t is the star excursion of Allevard-les-
Bains, O highly valued though unpreten-
tious water-cure summer resort in the
mountainous corner where France, Italy
and Switzerland meet
Here there are springs letting loose n.y.
drosulphuric gas in Tree state nave
yet to hear of a known malady these wat
ers are not alleged to be good for Claim
everythng!" seems to be the motto, here
as elsewhere. But principally and partlc-
ularly the serious patients coming to AL
levard have husky voices, speaking IN
ing; in word, troubles of the respiratory
system.
The patients drink the sinking waters,
soak in them and innale their gases Also
they take douches, massage under douches,
aromatic baths of mountain herb infusions
and a dozen other kinds of baths in deli
cious, clear, clean mountain water-the tor
rent of Breda, just beside the hotel here,
deriving it's water from the Gleyzan glacier,
high above U.S. The visitors walk half a
mile outside the town at evening to OBJ
serve the sun set on it in ali tones from
silver to gold, from gold to salmon, from
salmon to rose and from rose to mauve.
A Romantic Affair.
shall certainly not attempt to interest
YOU In the waters of Allevard, though some
queer things have happened here in their
times. For example, in the year 1916 a ro-
mantle marriage stirred the inhabitants of
this peaceful little valley.
1t was a very romantic affair. There was
a beautiful young widow-the Lady of
the Tower of Acknowledging sadly and
gently in the castle. waiting for some
thing to happen. There came a magnif1-
cent youth, the grandson of Andre II,
King of Hungary, whose father, being
chased from his native land had become
French seigneur, the lord of Crouy-
Chanel
The magnificent youth came and saw
and conquered. Not being very rich him.
self he married the rich widow of the
Tower of Allevard and later went crusad-
ing to the Holy Land, came back in glory
and had a street named after him-the
street of Jerusalem-which bears the
name today The handsome couple had
many children, and the descendant of one
of them-Hector de y-Chanel-saved
the life of Louis XI when he was heir to
the throne. Louis, who, you know, was a
bad lot had already begun raising Cain.
Falling passionately in love with a beauty
of the time-Marguerite de Sassenage-
he got himself into a bad Scrape thereby.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1904-09-03

political singer naturally has better show
of being in demand during the progress OF
the quadrennial political battle than in
smaller cities; New York. Boston, Pmladel-
phia and a very few other large cities only
are in the same class
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1904-09-03

from burning. That is the explanation
they gave. l believed them | had already
smelled the smoke.
STERLING Hell 10,
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Fun and Profit.

Naturally such clubs do not sing for the
love OF music alone. nor do the local pollt-
iCal managers expect them to. and consid-
cradle appropriations are set aside once
every four years for their payment Nor
yet do the campaign singers vocalize alto
gether for the money there is In It, Per-
formers of experience report that more fun
and general excitement can be got out of q
presidential campaign by political singer
than can be got out OF any other known
form of earning a livelihood. There are
only two serious drawbacks; one being the
shortness of the campaign and the other
the wearing nature OF the work
II sang as a soloist In the first Mckinley
campaign" said a now steady going citizen
TO the writer the other day land / had a
sides earning pretty good money for more
than two months. But i was worn to a
fragile by election day. and nothing would
tempt me TO be campaign song singer
again.
FL haven't the least idea what the various
committees pay quartet singers, but / got
s. a hail. while some singers got a good
deal more. | rarely sang In less than two
halls any given night. and sometimes !
sang In many as four. Oftenest OF all. II
would lie three halls l would sing before
the speaking at one meetlng-two or three
songs, perhaps. Then. when the speaker
would begin l would step into carriage
which the committee had waiting for me
and drive halfway across the city to an
other hall.
There l would arrive just as the first Or
second speaker was drawing his remarks
to close. l would go to the platform.
snd. when the applause following the close
OF his remarks had died away the presidin :,
officer would Introduce me and I'd sing a
song or two just to liven up the audience
before the next speaker should begin Then
I'd be driven at break-neck speed to an
other hall. two or three miles a way, and
there I'd help wind up the meeting
This was In Chicago, where a good MANY
meetings are held on the same evening in
the heat Of the campaign, and where the
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from the township some one asked
forest guard. standing there with his dogs.
He was an official of the general Sovern-
ment
NO" he answered. "the township has
no right to sell. The government would
rot permit it,
what use are the mountains to the
township?'
PRINCIPALLY to cut firewood for the IN
has the right to SO --rch wood each year.
Preparing or the S.
The mountains are also useiGl 20 bring
tourists to Allevard. We stood waiting for
the toboggans. Two mountain lads, husky
Youths with extraordinary muscles, came
dragging each a sled. a third jodled in the
distance He was answered by a fourth
from below.
We were eight persons. Two to a sled.
We watched them "garnsh" the sleds.
They are ingeniously planned. You see
what they look like in the photograph
Well what you do not see is the rude mat
tress in each, made to repose on ropes
stretched like a checkerboard, a mattress
of green branches.
They cut the leafy branches and placed
them methodically in the sleds
They ranged the four sleds on the edge Ct
the summit in front of the rustic shelter.
We took our places, two by two, in a sled
Are you ready?" asked our husky youth
please keep your feet well braced on the
bar there, between those two blocks. You
must leave a space between you for me &c
sit on the bar a times. Don't put your
elbows out beyond the edge of the sled
Don't put out your feet. Don't try TO help
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1904-09-03
AN EXCITING RIDE
Tobogganing Down the Side
of a Mountain
ON WOODEN SLEDS
A TRIP THAT ONE Is NOT LIKELY
TO FORGET.
Speed is So Great That Sometimes the
Runners Catch on
Fire.

Special Correspondence Of The Evening Star.
ALLEVARD-LES-BA INS,
Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1904-02-05
NAMES FIRST ARTILLERY.
Regiment That Lost More Heavily
Than Any other In the War
for the Union.

The history of the First Maine heavy
artillery is of special interest from the
fact that it lost more men than any
other of the 1000 regiments in the civil
war, total of AL, as against the sec
ond heaviest loss, the Eighth New
York heavy artillery, with record of
361, says the Portland Argus.
The loss of this Maine regiment at
Petersburg was the heaviest of any regi-
ment in a single action, the number
killed and subsequent deaths from
wounds being 242, against 207 in the
Eighth New York at Cold Harbor. The
the third heaviest of any regiment in
single action. There were 2,200 men
originally enlisted in this Maine regi-
ment, 219 hailing from Bangor.
The loss to the regiment during the
30 days from May 10 to June IS, 1864, in
elusive, was 4O4 killed, 7S9 wounded and
Is taken prisoners, making total loss
in this short period of 1,20S.
During the three days battle at Pc
tersburg the Second Army corps, COM
posed of "a regiments and four batteries,
lost 59 commissioned officers, IA OF
whom or almost "a per cent were Off
GERS of the First Maine heavy artillery.
In the two battles of Spottsylvania and
Petersburg there were total of 746
members of the regiment wounded. At
the four engagements of Cold Harbor
Boydton Road, siege of Petersburg and
Deatonville there was a total of 113
wounded. The greatest number taken
prisoners at any one time was at Jeru-
salem Plant road. June %, 1864, when
% went off with the enemy. There are
537 survivors scattered over various
sections of Maine and Massachusetts,,
few having drifted to the west and
south. The only field officers now liv-
ing above the rank of captain are Maj.
G. V. Crossman, of Bangor, and Brevet
Brig. Gen. Charles Hamlin, reporter of
decisions.
Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1904-02-05
BULLET PROOF CLOTH.
Material Adopted by the Italian Army
Is Possessed of Wonderful
Properties.

The world is at present intensely in
terested in this Italian invention, and
since the Italian government is negoti-
atfng for its use it is of Importance that
we see just what the results are, al
though it is necessary to state that the
invention remains a secret, and this
Notwithstanding attempts to discover
its details. Thus, says Cosmos, we shall
have to deal with general description
and with the results Of experiments.
The armor is sort of felt, the stuff
being capable of adaptation to any form
whatever; for example, a breast plate
with collar or a sort of coat which
completely envelopes the wearer and
absolutely guarantees him from gunshot
wounds The thickness of the protector
varies from one-siXteenth to seven-siX-
teenths OF an inch, according to the arm
the effects of which it is designed to
destroy. Against the armor OF seven
siXteenths of an inch the regular ord
nance revolver with steel-covered ball
is powerless, and also the gun of the
1891 model charged with smokeless
powder. In the numerous experiments
which have been made-in firing at a
distance of several yards-the ball.
whether 1t be of lead or steel, when it
strikes the protector is arrested and
deformed, in some cases rebounding
and in others being almost reduced to
pulp. Thus there is not only an arrest
of the ball, but reformation as well, and
In this reformation the force of the ball
Is converted. While there should be a
high degree of temperature at the point
touched by the ball, 1t seems that the
ball alone feels the effects, for the pro-
tector does not seem to be burnt in the
slightest.
These results are not limited to bal
listic effects, for in the recent expert
ments 1t was sought to pierce the ar
NOR with dagger driven with all pos
sible force. The point of the arm, how
ever, could not penetrate the felt and
was bent into a shapeless mass.
1t is natural to suppose that the force
of the ball would be communicated to
the armor, and that this would be
driven violently backward, resulting in
a disagreeable shock and one which at
times would be dangerous to the wear
er. To demonstrate the incorrectness
of this view Sig Benedetti attached his
protector to horse and fired upon the
animal only six feet away with an ord
nance revolver. the ball falling at the
feet Of the horse, while he, freed from
his halter, walked away as if nothing
had happened. 1t is to be noted that
with the same revolver piece of steel
had been previously pierced. The same
experiment was made with a chicken
covered with a breastplece of the felt
the cock, after being rid of his new shell
quietly pursuing the even tenor Of his
way.