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The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1904-12-15
AMusEMENrs
Grand Opera House
Madame Gadski
In Concert
Thursday Evening, Dec. IS

Herr MeyroWitz. Accom- PIANIST.
Prices. si.5e. s.. s3-50 and s.. Gem
earl admission 60 gallery. ST. Sub
scriptiuu tickets may be obtained al
all music stores, emitting subscribers
10 seat at the de Pachmnnn con-
cert. Eeh. Is. free.
Box affiee open FOR subscribers
Dee. Il. General public. Dec. H.
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GRAND BULL FIGHT AND
WILD WEST SHOW

(with All Inhuman Features Eiimi-
uatedl
BY Senior Enrico Hobles. Champion
Toreador Of spain
Bronco Busting. Iariaf throwing
and novel exhibition Of bulls charE-
ing ptcadurH tn barrels
Prof Mcclure. Champion Fencer
of the World. will take part In the
exercises
At MADISON PARK.
Friday and Saturday. Dee. IS and II
, 20 sharp. Rain or shine.
WaEner's band viii furnish the
music
General admission. soc; reserved
seats 900 and ti.5Q. Tickets on
sale at the Bismarck
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n. any evening. your copy OF The
star has not arrived at q % o'clock
tsiephons-e Sunset. Main 1850. or In.
dependent iist. any time between
leo and 1.oo-and a copy will be sent
Hou at once. bg special masusnksr.
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STRICTLY RELIABLE

T. RICHARDS. Special Adviser TO the State Medical
sefTcatment late Pro
Diseases Iowa Medical College late Chief Surgeon B. q
O.. II.
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THREE CUSHION RouND-rHE.
TABLE SHOT.
No i.

strike the cue hall below the
center and TO the right side. the red
ball quarter. and the shot Will
be made by three cushions. Play
this shot with a sharp. quick stroke
A. this r. not a gathering shot
the direction OF the red ball IL NOT
given
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1904-12-15

PHILADELPHIA. Dec Isl
Clarke Davis. editor IN chief % the
Public Ledger of this city. died At
his home here yesterday ~ heart
disease. aged 70 years He q sur
Ylvsd BY a widows. Rebecca Harding
Bavia. tho author. a daughter and
two sous. one % the latter beluE
Richard Harding Davis
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1904-12-15

ALL THIS WEEK
JAMES NELL AND COMPANY
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1904-12-15
TO GILE WOMEN
LESSONS IN FARMIk G

SAN FRANCISCO Young wo-
men 81 California Will soon have
an opportunity Of taking lessons in
practical farming. 50 that the hired
farm hand % the future will not
necessarily be rough. hrawny
mortal 90 the masculine gender but
a roay checked. hfight.cyed lass,
who will know how and when 10
prunr the vines and SOW the corn.
Mrs. = = buckingham. Who owns
the largest fruit ranch IN Caiifar-
MA. believes that the study u hur=
tIaulture and the general manage
meut % farm b women would
alden the field nf occupation fuf
them and offer better means 81 Nv
Ing than may be had Ia crowded
cities. So She viii soon take upon
her place a limited number Of NO
men pupils Who xill be instructed
IN all the ways and means Of rails.
Ing produce % rthe market
MADRID. Dee. i The entire
cabinet has resigned The realEna-
lions were consequent on a dis
agreement ~ the ministers over
proposed military reforms and the
kings refusal 20 runnrm a certain
nomination presented BY the var
minister
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1904-01-13
Concerning Women.

Miss Maggie j. Walz, of Calumet,
Mich, is the only Finnish newspaper
publisher in America. She is sole own
er, editor and publisher Of the Naisten
Lehi, or the Ladies' Journal. The mag
azine is the official organ of the Finn
ish ladies' societies of America, and Is
read by the Finnish women through
out the world.
The American woman in Berlin pays
about $1.5O a month for a street car
ticket This bears her photograph and
must be shown on demand. The bearer
can board car as often as she pleases
and at any point in the city where the
cars pass. The ticket is good for the
month. If she does not take $1.5O
worth Of rides it is her own lookout,
and If she takes more it Is ali one to
the railroad company.
There is fruit grower in Southern
California, a Mrs. H. w. r. Strong,
who owns $50 acres of walnut trees,
besides growing many other kinds Of
fruit and nuts as we'll. She recently
read a paper before the State Board
of Trade on the value Of pampas grass
as a crop, and also on the cultivation
of the pomegranate in Southern Cali
fornia, which showed a comprehensive
grasp of the details of the work. She
herself makes a considerable amount of
money from these crops yearly.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1904-01-13

You sometimes see q woman whose
old age is as exquisite as was the per-
feet bloom of her youth. You wonder
how this has come about; you wonder
how it is her life has been long and
happy one Here are some Of the rea-
sons:
She kept her nerves well in hand
and inflicted them on no one.
She mastered the art Of saying pleas
ant things.
She did not expect too much from
her friends.
She made whatever work came to
her congenial.
She retained her illusions and did
not believe all the world wicked and
unkind.
She relieved the miserable and SYM
pathized with the sorrowful.
She never forgot that kind words
and smile cost nothing, but are price
less treasures to the discouraged.
She did unto others IS she would be
done by, and now that old age has
come to her and there is q halo Of
white hair about her head, she Is loved
and considered This is the secret Of
a long life and happy one.-Rich-
mond Palladium.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1904-01-13
PEOPLE PAY TO BE LONELY.
Some Morta1s Prefer Their Own Conn
pany to That of Their Fellows.

Some Morta1s Prefer Their Own Conn
pany to That of Their Fellows.
Not many people would pay $500
year for the privilege Of never seeing
a human being. But this Is what John
Farren, notorious hermit, who re
sides on the coast of Sutherland, does.
He is perfecting an invention which he
firmly believes will bring him undying
fame, though what the nature Of his
discovery is no one knows.
His house is entered by climbing up
a staircase to the second floor, and at
the foot retainer is always on duty
to keep away strangers, while II other
servants are similarly employed all the
year round in various parts Of the
grounds.
t Many will remember the case of DR..
Borttwiclz, the wealthy hermit of Ath-
erley Edge. He owned a fortune of
100000 in ALL but some time before
his death he purchased fSS,000 worth
of jewels and tapestries from London
merchants and then threw the whole
lot into the sea off the coast Of Angle
sey. With the f12,OO0 remaining he
building himself a house, sheltered by
high wall SO that no one could over
look him, and then engaged six watch
men at handsome salaries to keep the
inquisitive at distance. After paying
several hundreds year for the prlvi-
lege Of being lonely he died seven
years ago and left the balance Of his
fortune to his two nephews.
Probably no man ever went to more
trouble and expense to be lonely than
did Josiah West, a retired wooden man
ufacturer, who resided in the Midlands.
Being an extremely ugly man he be-
came impressed with the idea late in
life that it was a trial to his fellow
mortals to look upon MIN, so he laid
out his fortune in cutting himself off
from the world.
The first thing he did was to pur-
chase large area Of land, in the mid
die Of which he built himself a house
in the shape Of square, with all the
windows facing on to quadrangle in
the center. Then, although he had a
small army of keepers to guard him
from the curiosity Of strangers, he
bought up neighboring village con-
sisting Of GO houses and RACED it to the
ground to still further insure his soil
tude. From that time forward until
the day Of his death he never again
set eyes on human being, all his food
being delivered to him through trap
door built in the side Of the house for
the purpose.
Shaurier, the eminent French novel
ist, also paid out large sum of money
in order to be lonely. He had per-
feet aversion to human beings of both
sexes and declared that he could not
work with anyone in the same house
as himself. Eventually he spent f16,-
600 in building q room beneath the
lake in his ground, which was ap-
preached by subterranean passage
and had a glass roof.-London Tit
| Bits
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1904-01-13
West Indian life Plant"

There is creeping moss found in
Jamaica, in Barbados, and other ISL
ands Of the West Indies, which is
called the '1ife tree" or more properly
the life plant" Its powers of vital
ity are said to be beyond those of any
other plant 1t is absolutely indie
structible by any means except INNER
a red-hot iron 1t may be cut up and
divided in any manner, and the small
est shreds will throw out roots, grow,
and form buds. The leaves Of this ex-
traordinary plant have been placed in
moisture of any sort, and still they
grew.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1904-01-13
ANDRE PRISON HOUSE.

Historic Structure Is Now Used as a
Bar and Tavern.
In the little village Of Tappan, near
the border line between New York and
New Jersey, about twentyone miles
from New York, Is the historic prison
house in which Major John Andre, of
the British army, was confined in Sep
TENDER, 1850, and from which he was
led to execution on Oct. 2, 1850, says
the New York Tribune The house Is
practically the same now as it was 1913
years ago, although storm in March,
1897, destroyed part Of the structure
and leveled side wall, which has been
rebuilt, however.
The house has long been an object
Of interest to tourists, and it has lately
attracted some attention because Of the
resurrection Of the theme Of Andres
death by Clyde Fitch, the playwright,
who has laid the scenes Of his last act
in the play Major Andre" now rum
ming at the Savoy Theater, in this cele-
brated house.
The building is Of stone, and 1t has
been known for nearly a century as
the "'76 house." Presumably it was
built in that year. 1t was tavern
when Andre was confined there, and
it is tavern still. For many years
prior to it's partial destruction, in 1897,
it had been unoccupied, and it was
therefore In poor condition to with
stand the strong winds. Immediately
afterward it was purchased by Charles
A. Pike, a native Of Tappan, who re-
stored the house as zIearly as possible
to it's former state. One room, how
ever, has been converted into a bar
room. Directly across the hall is the
Andre prison room, which Is carefully
preserved for the inspection Of visitors.
Mr. Pike, the owner of the building, Is
proud Of his property and the Andre
room Is filled with rare prints and re-
productions Of documents relating to
the young British officer who was tried
there and hanged In the rear Of the
house.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1904-01-13
Some Facts About Widows.

The State Of New York has $4,000
widows and the city 100000 There
were by the last federal census $780,
900 widows in the whole United
States, of whom, it is worthy to re-
mark, $4,000 were in Indiana and only
5000 in Utah.
There were $4,000 In Massachu-
sets, less than the total number in the
two States of Alabama and Mississip-
pi, though the view pretty generally
prevails that the number Of widows Is
disproportionately large throughout
New England.
There are nearly 1000 in Hawaii and
LOO in Alaska, proportionately larg-
er number than in the city Of Chicago
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1904-01-13

Conductor-Did you pay your fare?
Fly Passenger-Did you collect it?
CONDUCTOR don't remember
Fly Passenger-Why don't you re-
member?
onductor-Because you are q total
stranger to me, and
Fly Passenger-My case exactly, my
young friend. You are just as much
a stranger to me as 1 to you.-Balti-
more American.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1904-01-13

the "Unlucky Ih1r-
teen School" in
Cass township, Sui
livan County, Ind,
for it is one Of the
toughest in the
county. She got
along very well,
however, until the
question arose as
to what Christmas
treat she proposed
to provide for the
pupils. 1t has been
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1904-01-13
What Woman Owes to Man.

Mrs. Craigie, known to the literary
world as John Oliver Hobbies, may
make herself disliked by the advanced
women if she is not careful about her
public utterances. At @ recent dinner
given by the Lord Mayor of London
to the Society of Journalists she re-
piled to the toast Of "The Ladies" In
the course of her reply she said many
charming things about the accomplish
ments and the achievements of wom-
an, and then dulled the edge of her
praise by declaring that woman owes
all she knows of the arts, and nearly
everything else, outside Of domesticity,
to men, citing Angelica Kaufman,
George Sand, George Eliot, Charlotte
Bronte and others as examples. She
even went so far as to assert that
women would not go into the intellec-
tual professions and public life but
for the support and praise Of men.
Warming up with her subject, Mrs.
Craigie asserted that ''the reign OF
great queens have also been the epoch
of great statesmen. The famous la
dies of great historical crises owe their
celebrity to the classic descriptions
written of them by men. Great &C
tresses, great players on musical in
struments, great singers, great scholars
and great writer's were all, without ex-
ception, first trained and taught by
men," And then, worst Of all, In her
peroration she said as to woman's po-
sition in the world: eve do not under
stand half Of it or nearly half Of it.
We think of other things. But we do
as a rule as we are told, and when we
are commended for doing it pretty we'll
we are just as happy as though we
were masters of the situation. We
know we are not, which is clever Of us,
and we do not wish to be, which is
cleverer STILL"
1t would take a bold man to utter
such sentiments as these, and he
would be hauled over the Goals more
effectively than was Bartle Massey by
Mrs. Poyser. Fortunately, it was not
a man in this case. 1t remains to be
seen how the emancipated women the
advanced women, the club women, and
martial spinsters, will accept this fem
mime definition of the feminine rela-
ton toward the masculine tyrant. Of
course, there are women who will
agree with Mrs. Craigie, but they are
the women in humble life, the old-fash-
toned women, the domestic women, the
time spirited women, who usually do
as they are told and are glad to have
some one tell them what to do. They
are the vines clinging to the oaks. But
on the other hand, there are many
who are not clingers and who are rev.
cling in the joys of freedom, the pleas
ures Of the clubrooms, and have door
key Of their own. They arc not the
kind that rest patiently under the ac
cusation of doing as men tell them
Chicago Tribune.
Nearly Drowned Their Teacher.
They said Miss Erline Sinclair was
brave girl when, at the age Of 10,
she accepted the position Of teacher in
the "Unlucky Thir-
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1904-01-13
THE OTHER GIRLS.

You ask OF che ohei girls sweetheart
"a question always ask of men,
The end Of all the sweeth" arts questonings,
And yet the point at Ivhic hey all Begin.
You ask m OF the other girls ell, this:
God made finer lot e. = these;
Fond lovers never kissed from slessness
farer child than dimpled Eloise.
pulsing passions Of hundred years
in purer where virtue sows
Myriad forms of potters clay have made,
But 1.-THE star-eyed, laughing Rose.
The sculptor, in his widest dreams Of art,
In tracements Of the ligaments, and line,
Could the gracious equal find
OF Cenentine my sweet Cementine
The poet and the painter In their turn,
May praise and love the beauties that they know,
Nor in all their dreamings find
One equaing the charms of little Clio.
Man wooed finer lot Of girls
pev made q finer lot to
He made red lips so like the rose,
Nor anguid eyes like the glinting dew.
of the other girls, sweetheart
Each beauty that found In each of them
Each grace Of mien, each virtue that they knew
find them all and love them more sweetheart,
Because they much part Of you.
ew Orleans Times-Democrat
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1904-01-13
Her Way.

"She's prejudiced in favor Of every
thing that belongs to herself"
II know it. She even has all her
dresses cut on the bias. "-Philadei-
phia Bulletin.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1904-01-13

1t sometimes happens that the man
who has a wife and an automobile has
two unmanageable things on his hands
at once.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1904-01-13
All.Steei Coaches.

The Pennsylvania Railroad Company
is building an experimental all-steel
railroad passenger coach for use In its
North River tunnel.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1904-01-13
The Secret.

The more conveniences we have
around US, the more tact shown in our
contact with others, the better our sur
roundings, the better do we enjoy our
selves and get along in the world.
Such conditions do not come without
effort, nor do they come to the indiffer-
ent and weak hearted To get along,
to make a success of the place in which
one is situated, is to be thoughtful,
tactful and unselfish. Why does some
one seem to be liked by all, to have
so much influence, to be a general ia
vorite? What has she done? Really
nothing but smile. Beaming good hui
NOR all the time. Not silly, but help
full; little thing here and a kind
word or look there. This is all Of her
secret. 1t is only the one who thinks
of the trifing act, that is prepared to
see and be ready for the great act of
love or help when the time for it
comes.
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great difference a word OF two at the
breakfast table makes, whether it is a
snarl or whether it is word of comph-
ment for the nice breakfast prepared;
and if there is not successful effort
at the meal getting, how much more
then is the kind word needed. Let the
days begin with sunshine in the soul,
and let a good part of it out to reflect
upon those about you.
These are days that leave their
marks on ones Misunderstanding
Cooperative Housekeeping.
The women Of Ontario, Cal, have for
some time past been conducting an ex-
pertinent in cooperative housekeeping
and have met with such success that
they have formed a cooperative family
club.
About a dozen families of the repre-
sentative citizens of the place have
united, rented a two-story private resi-
dence and established a joint house
keeping arrangement. Four employees,
including a stewardess, dO the work Of
the establishment supplying meals to
the forty-three persons who make up
the dozen families. Their united wages
amount to about $3.50 a month, as
against the $50 and $50 a month which
good cooks and general houseworkers
in the place demand, and which each
family has heretofore been obliged 10
pay when it was possible to secure
them.
Each family has its own table III the
cooperative house, with individual
equipment of linen, silver and decora-
ton. Every month the expenses are
carefully audited by the clubs commit
tees and the amount assessed pro rata
among the club members, children pro-
portionately according to their ages.
Eleven cents per meal per person is
the average cost, the best of food being
provided. The women Of the club take
turns in making out the menu, and in
this way the tastes Of each family are
consulted.
The undertaking is very similar to
that Of Longwood, near Chicago, and
others that have been tried in other
places.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1904-01-13

the custom for the teachers to provide
such a treat. Miss Sinclair promised
to observe the custom, but declined to
explain what the treat was to be.
When she refused to satisfy the curios-
lty of the pupils the larger girls, rang
ing from IA to 16 years Of age, over
powered her, tied her feet to a trough
and carried her to a pond in a neigh
boring field. There the boys cut a
hole in the ice and the girls put the
teacher In the hole. The water came
only to her waist and the plucky teach
er refused to yield. Then they carried
her farther out on the ice, cut another
hole and again plunged her into the
ice-cold water. This time the water
came to her neck. There they left her.
The trough tied to her feet prevented
her getting out, but finally when she
had almost persisted her screams
brought aid. She afterward suffered
greatly from pneumonia and shock.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1904-01-13

Nearly Drowned Their Teacher.
They said Miss Erline Sinclair was
a brave girl when, at the age of 10,
she accepted the position Of teacher in
New-York tribune., 1904-10-11
WHAT IS GOING ON To.DAY

way ~ you ~
Heights IL g. m.
Reception and luncheon Board Of Trade and
Transportation for Peace Congress delegates Hotel
5stoT: H;So p m reception Ethical Culture
Board Of Alderulen City Hail. 1 p m
Annual meeting OF the Southern NewYork Baptist
clauon. Lexington Avenue Baptist Church. One-hun-
Eeg-Eor Nev-Jerssy Synod OF the Lutheran Cur,b
seventy-thrd-st.
ins AU'0'a0'H' CLUB 0f America even
Sale of william c whitney's horses, Madison Square
Garden. evening
Meeting Bar Association No q West Forty
1ourth-st-. ?.
Meeting Of the Torrey Botanical club. No. li5 West
siHry-eighih-st.. ,. IA
NeVYoTk Mnsralogieal Club meeting Museum Of Natu-
raj History, p m
Annual meeting Of FIVE Points Mission Madison
Avenue Methodist Church evening.
Dtscgssion Of The Growing Negro Population of New
West Forty-si1th-st. evening.
Golden jubilee celebration. St School Jaues-st
Hail. No. 1918 Third-ave D. m.
Canpaign meeting. Camp Roosevelt West ons-hundred-
and-twenty-hfth-st.. S ?.
Free lectures Of the Board Education p m. wadlsigh
Seventh and Eighth sves., Thomas B Connery ''Por-
nrto D7z The Regenerator OF Mexico illustrated;
ond ID Third aves. Arthur Q MacIay Japan
Gllnstrated): American Museum. sevsntyseventh-st.
New-Zealand' GIlustrated); Institute Hall No 21s
East One -hundred-and-s -siXth-st, Mary Connery.
ave, onshundred and-sixty-ninth ana One-hundred-
and seyentieth sts Theodore I Jones, primary Bat
Merriam aveA. Highbridge. Alexander T. Van Lar,
masterpieces OF Art" illustrated.