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The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1904-04-27

only me, and you could not ride him.
l have ridden on darker nights. And
he is the only horse in the stable. Don't
you remember? The others were sent
to town yesterday"
Before old Whately could stop her
she had ordered the hostler to saddle
Selim, and she was already buttonlng
on her riding habit with nervous fin
gers.
The horse came paving to the door.
Floss sprang into the saddle, leaned
down and kissed her fathers forehead.
"Pray heaven to spare meW she
cried, boarsely, and touching her
horse with her whip, he bounded down
the sharp declivity.
1t was raining steadily now, and the
gloom was intense; but Selim was used
to the road, and the rider was cour-
ageous. she urged him at the top of
his speed, up hill and down hill
through Pine Valley. over Pulpit Hill.
and then she struck upon the smooth
road, which stretched away to Leeds,
at least q mile and straight as an ar
row.
She could see the headlight of the
pay train far down in the valley dis
| tinctly now, and to her excited fancy
| IL seemed but a stones throw away.
She even thought for a moment that
she heard the grind of the wheels on
the track, but it was only the signing
OF the wind in the pines.
On, still on she went. Selim seemed
to fly. One might fancy that he knew
| his mistress was on an crrand of life
or death.
The lights of the station were in
| vicw-nay. she even saw the station
masters white lantern as he rolled up
and down the platform-the white
lantern which was to signal the ap-
preaching train-to tell them TO go
on for all was well. On to their doom!
She dashed across the t~Gck, flung
the lines TO an amazed bystander, and
striking the white lantern from the
hand of the astonished official, she
seized the ominous red lantern from
its hook. and springing upon the track,
waved 1t in the very teeth of the COM
ing tram.
Two sharp, short whistles told her
that her signal was seen, and mo-
ment later the train came to stop,
and officers rushed forward to confer
with the train from Golosha. which
had not yet been telegraphed from the
next station beyond.
The man waited fifteen minutes be
fore Kirke's train slid on the siding
and it was then known that but fol
the decision of one young girl, the two
trains must have collided four miles
beyond Deering's Cut.
When told the whole story, KirkC
looked at his watch. The man from
the station looked at his. Kirke was
ten minutes behind time.
You want to know how it happened
Certainly, you guess Halliday did 1t
A man was found next day who con
fessed to having seen Jack tamperinl
with the timepiece in the engine house
that night.
"Jack?" oh, he left town, and wal
afterward heard of in Australia. Hi
game was not success.
And Kirke married Floss Whately
else this story would not have beer
told, because what would a story b.
worth that did not end in a wedding
-WaVerley Magazine.
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1904-04-27
!, all expected that Ill would
fo Gonrnro from In nck,c Ind llnnd

dgu Inst him, and we warned him more
than once; but he always laughed,
and reminded us of the old saying
that barking dogs never bite" which
Is true in the main.
And as the time went on, until two,
three, four months had passed since
1Sirke's promotion, and nothing had oc-
Cured, W. forgot all about our appre-
tensions of evil, and II we thought of
the matter at all, we concluded We
had wronged Halliday by our susplc-
IONS.
1t was a dark night in November,
with considerable fog in the air, and
strong appearance Of rain.
was at Golosha, the northern ter
minus Of our road, looking after some
repairs on a defective boiler. and
was going down to New York on the
seven-thirty train-Kirke's train.
About seven there came q telegram
from Whately, whose summer resi-
dcnce was nearly midway between
Golosha and New York, and the old fel.
low had not yet forsaken it for the
city. The telegraph operator was at
work. and read it to him. Kirke made
a note Of 1t, and put it in his pocket
book:
"Pay train on the line-will meet
you just west Of Leeds-at ten-fifteen
Squirt on the siding at Deering's Cut
and wait. Whately."
Kirkes watch hung on nail beside
the clock. 1t was a fancy Of his al
ways to hang it there when he was OF
train, so that he could make no mis-
take in the time.
He glanced at the clock, and from II
TO his watch. Both indicated the same
hour, seven-fifteen.
''Seven-fifteen." said Kirke, medita
lively. 'and we leave at seven-ifty
and the pay train meets us at Deer
ing's Cut. at ten-hfteen. scant time
to make the run in this thick weather
out Il must be managed"
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1904-04-27
A DEBUTANTE.

A sweet contempt for old-time ways,
For classic bards or modern lays,
A constancy much like the wind,
But scant regard for men who grind,
And-nothing more.
A mannerism not too bold,
a deep idolatry of gold,
A high resolve to play no part
Where one surrenders to the heart,
And--nothing more.
A puff, frill, a bit of lace,
A patch of powder on the face.
A soul in which small int'rests lie
A simple social butterfly,
And-nothing more.
New Orleans Times-Democrat.
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1904-04-27

These schools for Journalism are
great things. Final examinations were
recently held for the students at Kan
sas University who are taking the
course in journalism, and only one stu!
dent failed to pass. He was an expe-
rlenced newspaper man. - Springfield
Republican.
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1904-04-27

"A puff, a frill, bit OF lace,
"A patch Of powder on the face,
A rounded arm, slender neck,
White shoulders without flaw or hcck,
And-nothing more.
"A row of teeth, nm infant smile,
"a glance quite innocent of guile,
A little head well packed with loro
OF founce, fchu and proper gore,
And-nothing more.
"A knowledge that the world is round,.
Some dim idea of "time" and Sound"
A phrase or two of French, you know,
Enough "rag-time" to make show.
And-nothing more.
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1904-04-27
A .Farmer,s Peaoh orohard.

On June 9th It was very vet here.
and we could not plow, or cultivate.
was thinking what fine weather 1t was
for trees to grow that had been set
last spring. had intended planting
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1904-04-27

father was n confirmed invalid of the
rheumatic order, and George played
the dutiful son to him in a way that
would astonish the young men of to-
day.
Somehow, nobody knew exactly how,
George had managed to pick up
good education, and he had polished It
of, so to speak, by two years course
at q commercial college.
Ilirke began on the Sandy Hill rail
road when he was about twenty-one
or two years old. First, he was a brake
man. This railroad business is regu-
Jar succession, and, generally speak
ing, n man has to work his way up.
1t isn't often that he gets right up to
the dignity of n conductor at one step
with the privileges of helping all the
good looking and we'll dressed ladies
out of the cars, and letting the homely
ones, with the babies and bandboxes
In their arms, struggle out, as they
may, while he is engaged in talking
to q man."
George did his duty so we'll that he
WAS soon promoted to fireman, after
he had learned the working of the ma
chine, he was made engineer and given
an engine
This engine was one Of the newest
and the best on the line, and was
called the Flyaway, and George was
proud Of 1t you may well believe.
The true engineer, who is out-and-out
fAr h,,e l,t
sibility, takes as much pride in his
engine as the Jockey does in his ia
vorite race-horse, and would sit up
nights, or neglect his sweetheart, to
keep the brasses and filagree of his
machine so you can see your face in
'em.
There was another man wanted
Georges chance. There's generally
more ban one after paying job.
Jac- Halliday had been waiting for
eomedme to be engineer of the Fly
away and when he lost it he was mad
enoul to pull his hair. He was n
bral,nan, likewise, and had been on
the BAD full two years longer than
Kirk and it would seem that the
cham really belonged to him, but he
was quarrelsome, dlsagreeable fell
low. 7ith independence enough to set
nm slperor up in business and still
bavdome of the original stock left.
win Jack realized that George had
cot Ie inside track of him, his anger
Aast white heat. He cursed Kirke
mpany. old Whately (the super
enD and things generally.
20 was more than one thing
made Jack Halliday "down on
Kirke. George had been his
n many respects, and particular
ere the falrer parts of creation
oncerned. George was n great
te with the ladies, for he was
ome, generous and good-natured
ack was sarcastic, always on the
hry side, and the girls avoided
as they always should such @
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1904-04-27

The per capita wealth of England
$210; that Of Canada $240.
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1904-04-27
" "BEHlND TIME "

n 1873 there wasn't a like
lier fellow on the line than
George Klrke He was the
son of a poor man, and
his mother was dead. His
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\ Dldck q.
H1 AdNentdre.
A REAL ROBINSON CRusoE.

IARLEs CARLsEN, the
Robinson Crusoe Of Clip
perton Island, came back
a few weeks ago 10 San
Francisco and civilization
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1904-02-25

up the burst out places. Continuing, Mrs.
Henderson said:
Another thing that should be consid-
cred is that there are two cities here in
close relation to each other, and one is apt
to reap the benefit of any neglect on the
part Of the other. When people contem-
plate locating in city there are three
things that they always inquire about
1rst-water,' schools and churches. With
such a high school as we have now we
are likely to suffer by the comparison. l
am decidedly in favor of the Tourist ho-
tel site. favor it, first, because it is
cheaper, but | believe 1t would be better
at ten times the price. 1t would be for
ever constant advertisement of the city
OF Tacoma. People who come and 20 by
water and by rail never fail to inquire the
meaning of those walls, and if it were a
high school the Importance that would at
tach to the location could not be estimat-
ed. He would be mighty poor business
man who because he felt the need of
economy, would begin to retrench by tax
ing his advertisements out of the papers
and allowing his windows to get dusty.
That is the time when he needs to adj
NCltioe' Tacoma QOuDCleSS teelS the need
of economy, but there could be no better
advertisement of the city's advantages
than the Tourist hotel equipped as high
school,
Here in the West the high school is
the terminus of the education of a maiori-
ty of the people. It can practically be
called the university of the common peo-
pie, and for this reason the Western cities
must spare neither money nor pains in
the perfecting of such an important in
stitute. Unfortunately the Tacoma high
school is far below the standard held all
over the country. This city is constant
ly being visited by men of learning and
experience, whose lectures before the
young people of Tacoma would fit them for
better citizenship. A school, in conse-
quence, should be built with an assembly
hall large enough to seat every pupil,
where lectures could be held weekly"
Mrs. Henderson. concluded her address
by stating that she was confident that the
ladies of the thirteen clubs which she. as
president of the City Federation, re pre-
sentetd would undoubtedly give their loyal
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note from the strings of violin, leaf,
an animal, good deed, all these things
inspire me with gladness and the joy OF
living.
81 have never experienced disllusions.
Many spoil their own lives and those of
others by their inability to love their
fellow-men as they are, instead of figur-
ing out how they ought to be. / am able
to see beautiful features in every face and
fine traits in every character.
1.-TWO words have been struck out of
my dictionary-family and strangers ]
had to desert my own family to adopt a
whole nation, and the only child that !
bore was taken up to heaven There
are no strangers, for all men are brothers,
and can claim treatment from me as such.
eve have no right to have sympathies
and antpathies if we desire to live as
Christians Every one is on earth for the
service Of all the others, according to his
strength and capacity for doing good. Old
age should be bright sunshine, which
lights up the lives of all around, and |
pray to God that {, too, may radiate these
rays of kindness and benevolence. / well
come old age with its peace, its patience,
its charity. God grant me the power to
warm the lives Of others till that great
moment comes when / can shake off the
shackles of the earth, and rise in unspeak-
able happiness to greet my Maker face to
face"
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1904-02-25

For two hours yesterday some of the
saloon men of Tacoma quietly talked poll
tics at Eagles hall, and then adjourned,
without having arrived at any definite con-
clusion as to the part they would take in
the coming city election.
Two years ago the saloon men acted in
dependently, the majority of them sup
porting Mayor Campbell. 1t was said at
the time that Mayor Campbell had made
no promises to the liquor men, and it is
now known that such was the case.
Shortly after the election, Mayor Camp
bell inaugurated the policy that ended in
the removal of the sporting women from
the quarter they had so long occupied In
the very heart of the city. First the
dance halls were closed; then came the or
der to vacate Opera alley. Evictions fol-
lowed one another in quick succession.
The interested parties appealed, cajoled
and threatened, but the mayor remained
firm. Certain saloon men who were
affected vowed vengeance and waited. Now
they see ray Of hope. Another election
is coming on and they feel as though they
would like to take a fall out of the man
who had the nerve to work against them.
Some of the saloon men have determined
to attempt to bring all the liquor dealers
into combine and get them to subscribe
money to defeat the present mayor. With
this object in view a call was issued for a
meeting to be held Wednesday afternoon,
February "a, at o'clock.
Following is a copy of the call sent out:
'The Liquor Dealers association viii
hold meeting at 2:3O p. m. Wednesday
at Eagles hall Matters Of Importance
will come up that are very essential to you
in regard to the nomination of the com
ing mayor and councilmen. Kindly at
tend and assist US in running this cleo
ton. Yours truly,
The meeting yesterday took place in
Eagles hall and it was attended by num-
Der of saloon and brewery men from all
parts of the city. Following the call to
order, H. C. Koons was elected chairman,
and then the debate started, and at times
waxed very warm. The majority present
were in favor of supporting A. V. Faw-
cett 1t was stated that a campaign fund
of some $4,000 could be raised, and
several of the spcaL>-s said they knew Of
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1904-02-25
SEATTLE MAN
HAS TWO WIVES

SEATTLE, Feb. 25.--Leonard G. King
of this city was arrested yesterday In
Oakland, Cal, upon the charge of bigamy
in marrying Lenore Il. McGlothlen, Of
Bremerton, while he had a wife living in
Vermont. The marriage to Miss McGloth.
len took place in Columbia December 5,
1903, and the newly welded couple imme,
diately left for California Shortly after
ward the young woman's father, G.. w.
McGlothlen, received from Vermont what
he regarded as satisfactory information of
Kings prior marital contract, and left for
the South and procured Kings arrest
The whole matter had been arranged
with Prosecuting Attorney Scott before
McGlothlen's departure, and when news
Of Kings arrest was wired to Seattle re-.
QUESTION papers were at once drawn up
and were taken to Olympia today by a
deputy sheriff, who win proceed to Cali
forna and bring King back to Seattle to
explain to the criminal court, il he can,
that he is guiltless Of the charge against
him.
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Tacoma, Wash, Feb. 25, 1904.

Tacoma, Wash, Feb. 20, l9O4.
Editor Tacoma Times-Sir: l noticed
last night in your issue an article cen
surfing the commissioner Of public works
for not saying in his call for bids on
the paving of Pacific avenue that Trinidad
asphalt should be used.
Now, desire to defend the commission
er in this matter, and hope you will allow
me space to do so. / am a resident of Los
Angeles, California, and bid on paving Pa
cife avenue, but my bid, as the property
owners know, was higher than that Of a
Seattle company, therefore have nothing
to say in the matter except that, being from
Los Angeles, where they make asphalt as
good as, if not better than, Trinidad, am
surprised that The Times should be preju-
diced against California, as it is a fact that
California, and especially Los Angeles,
is one of the best customers that Tacoma
has for lumber. ] should like to know if
the people of Tacoma begrudge California
the small privilege of selling $1,000 worth
of asphalt for paving Pacific avenue, pro-
vided they furnish as good material as the
Trinidad. The commissioner of public
works is Of different political faith from
myself, but / give him credit for being a
square man, who has the interests of Ia
coma at heart. When city official so far
forgets himself as to make it impossible for
anyone but trust to do business in city,
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THE WANDERlNGS OF
A VALUABLE DIAM ND

PARIS, Feb. 25.-The adventures of a
stolen diamond were related in one Of the
Paris criminal courts recently. The dia-
mond is valued at 5000 francs and belongs
to NJ Asscher. 1t was stolen from his
house in 1900 by his cook, who gave it to
her daughter, who, in her turn, made
a present Of it to her young man, bus
conductor He, practical person, made
haste to turn it into ready money, and,
not knowing its real value, sold it to q
diamond merchant for $50 francs and no
questions asked.
This diamond merchant got rid Of it by
selling IL to an antiquaTy at Nice for
1900 francs. The antiquary sold it to a
jeweler for 5000 francs, and the jeweler in
the usual course Of business offered it,,
more than three years after its disappear
ance. to NJ. Asscher its original owner.
Actions at law are the result, the mer-
chant who bought it from the conductor
being pertinently asked why he gave SO
low a price and why he made no inquiries
as to the identity OF the seller.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1904-02-25
DELEGATES FOR ROOSEVELT

WASHINGTON, d. c., Feb. 25.-Mor'
than score Of delegates already have beer
chosen to the Republican national conven
ton and have been instructed for Roose
welt. Today the South Carolina Republic
cans met in state convention to choose dele
gates to the Chicago convention Other
state conventions already called are those
of Vmginia, March 3; Kansas, March 8;
Minnesota, March II; Missouri, March ~;
Pennsylvania, April 0; Tennessee, April 2;
Nebraska, May s; Alabama, May 10; ILL
nois, May u; Nebraska, May l8; Ne
braska May 49, Iowa, May IS, and Michi-
gan. May Is.
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pupils of the school and 20 members Of
the choir took part in the rendition. The
precision, force and culture exhibited by
the children in the carrying out of their
several parts was much appreciated by the
audience. The Introductory Rotations Of
Morning" "Noon" and Might" were
gracefully given, while the solos Of Mr..
Harry, Mrs Collier and Miss BUGGY were
highly pleasing, being greeted with
rounds of applause, to which they respond
ed At the close of the cantata the ladies'
Of the congregation provided refreshments
Rev. John Reid, pastor of the church, oo.
cupied the chair.
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SALOON men MEET TO DISCUSS
CANDIDATES FOR CITY OFFICERS

no reason why all that money should not
go to swell the Fawcett campaign fund.
But there were dissenters present.
One or two saloon men were of the
opinion that it might be better for the
liquor men to keep their hands off as a
body. The opinions were ventured in a
mild and deprecatory sort of way and
were received with cries of derision A
few individuals, led by Pete Sandberg,
were in favor of supporting Mayor Camp
bell. 1t was finally apparent that no unani-
nous expression could be reached at the
meeting yesterday, and in the interests of
harmony someone moved that a commit
tee be appointed to canvass the situation
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1904-02-25
CARMEN SYLVIA IN HER STUDY.

BUCHAREST, Feb. 25.-The queen of
Roumania, better known as Carmen Sylvia,
has contributed an article to the Leipziger
nlustrierte zeitung in which she says:
Few people ON earth can have enjoyed
reaching their Goth birthday as much as I
have. When l was 20 years of age had
a burning desire to be so. Old age seemed
to be haven of refuge from the storms
and troubles of life, but now that have
reached my Goth birthday | find that life
is still dark and incomprehensibie.
During the first 30 years Of my life I
experienced everything which human be-
ing can experience in respect to sorrow
and misfortunes. l have begun to write
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and report at meeting to held in the
same hall on Wednesday, March 2, at 2
p. m. The chairman will name five men
this afternoon to act on the committee.
Before the next meeting the members OF
this committee will interview the various
candidates with the object of aseertaining
their views on the liquor question, and,
if possible, obtain pledges from them as
to the stand they will take IL elected.
Before adjourning, the chairman eau
toned those present to say nothing on
the outside in reference to the meeting
But there were the usual leaks and the
meeting was freely discussed last evening
EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE'
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Steamer
Greyhound
The fast steamer Greyhound Is now ON the
run from Tacoma to Olympia.
Boat | caves
Boat Leaves
NJ P. Wharf. Tacoma, GAS a. m. and 4:45
p. m. Leaves Olympia a. m. and 2 p. m.
TNTERURBAN TIME GARD.

Trains leave Tacoma corner Eighth and
A streets)-6;l0 a. m, 7:i0 a. M, $40
a. M, OILS a. IN. limited, no stops), 1910
a. m, ll:l0 a. m, 1910 p. m, l:l0 p. m,
2:l0 p. m, $40 p. m, Ais p. m. LIMITED,
no stops), $50 D, m, $40 p. M, 7:l0
p. m, 0;lO p. M, HOO p. m.
Leave Seattle First avenue south and
Jackson street)-70O a. m, 500 a. M,
OILS a. m. Omitted, no stops), 1000 a. M.
lli00 a. m, 1900 m, 100 p. M, 200
p. M, 900 p. m, AIS p. m. Cimited, no
stops, 500 p. m, 600 p. m, 1900 p. M,
800 p. m, 900 p. m, Ills p. m.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1904-02-25

an authentic and full account Of the ear
lier years of my life in order to put an
end to many inaccurate versions now in
circulation
"The second 30 years have been filled
with laborious work. What remains to me
is to watch the gates of heaven slowly
opening and revealing to me the dear ones
who have gone before. Such a heavenly
light shines down on me that earthly
matters can no more trouble me.
81 have preserved such a capacity for
enjoyment that every moment of life
brings me fresh pleasure. A flower, a
ray of sunlight, an innocent young face, a
venerable old face, q word, song, one