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Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1904-01-20


A birthday party was given to Miss Mar
garet Torney, to which many of her friends
were invited Music and games were in
dulged in and refreshments were served
Those present were:
Miss Rosia Simpson, Miss Vera Murray,
Miss lola Gator. Miss Bessie Pyles, Miss
Edith Mallory Miss Pearl Murphy, Miss
Pearl Zrkle Miss Florence elliott, Miss
Catherine Potbury, Miss Leah Tlgman.
Miss Edna Orem. Miss Mary and Jeanette
Shank, Miss HELEN Anderson. Miss Lucille
Clement, Miss Hazel Walker Miss Florence
Taylor, Miss Margaret Torney Miss Jamie
Torney, Miss Hattie Torney, Master George
Orem, Master Fred Winkler Master Calwel
Golden. Master Herbert Crutchley, Master
Gilbert Pyles. Master Raymond Pyles
Master John Clement. Master Albert Hav-
enner Master Frank Murray, Master
George Simpson, Master Charles Scherzer
Master Windell Taylor. Master Earl Taylor,
Master George Torney. Master Ben Taylor.
Mrs Mahony. Mrs. Taylor, Mr.. and Mrs.
G. e. Torney.
Senator and Mrs. John F. Dryden enter
tanned at dinner last night In honor of Mrs
Carrot A. Hobart. In the company to meet
her wer: Senator Frye, Senator and Mrs.
Alger, Senator and Mrs. Spooner, Surgeon
General and Mrs. Rixey. the paymaster Of
the army and Mrs. Alfred e. Bates, Mrs
John w. Foster. Mrs. Audenreid Mr. GAR
ret A. Hobart, jr.. Mr.. and Mrs. Anthony
r. Kuser and Senator Gallinger.
Mrs. Allies gave a luncheon yesterday in
Mrs. Shaws honor, the others present being
Mrs Taylor Mrs. Armstrong, Mrs. Keep.
Mrs Sylvester. Mrs. Wilkie and Mrs Dover
Mrs Root. wife of the Secretary of War
will be at home today, from to g. This is
Mrs. Roots last day at home in Washing
ton an she will leave for New York within
a few days.
Major and Mrs. Hoxie have returned to
the capital to reside. the former being de-
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1904-01-20

Mrs. Root. wife of the Secretary of War,
will be at home today, from 4 to 9. This is
Mrs. Roots last day at home in Washing
ton. al, she will leave for New York within
q few days.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1904-01-20

Mrs Fairbanks will not be at home to-
morrow.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1904-01-20

Mrs Dubois, wife of Senator Dubois, gave
an elegantly appointed luncheon today In
honor of Mrs. Hepburn, wife of Senator
Hepburn of Idaho. Among the other guests
were Mrs Kearns, Mrs. Faulkner, Mrs.
Thomas Carter, Mrs. Ballinger, Mrs Burn
ham, Mrs. Arney, Mrs Fulton, Mrs. Buhler,
Mrs Whited, Mrs. Birney and Mrs. Cas-
Sidy.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1904-01-20

Mrs. E. 8. Moore and Mrs. Moore Rici
ardson entertained company OF sixtee
at luncheon yesterday.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1904-01-20

Mrs. Allies gave luncheon yesterday ir
Mrs. Shaw's honor, the others present being
Mrs. Taylor. Mrs. Armstrong, Mrs. Keep
Mrs. Sylvester. Mrs. Will1ie and Mrs. Dover
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1904-01-20

Mrs Abram Lisner will be at home the
first and second Thursdays in February
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1904-01-20

Mrs. Hermon r. Burgess of Hyattsville
Md, gave a birthday party last night. when
nifty friends and relatives were present She
received some handsome presents. Dancing
ana other amusements were enjoyed. Re-
freShments We're served
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1904-01-20

Mrs. Gillespie. who Is receiving on Tues
days, had many callers yesterday. Mrs.
Leonard Wood and Mrs. A. E. Bates as
sisted.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1904-01-20

Mrs. A. P. German wife of Senator Cor
man will not be at home tomorrow, owing
to indisposition.
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The Vitality of Q Turtle.

Almost alone among Gods creatures, the Turtle has but single enemy man. It does not seem to matter to the Turtle whether he stays beneath the surface for an hour or week, nor does it trouble him to spend an equal time on land if the need arises. He is neither fish, flesh nor fowl, yet of all three. Eating seems a mere su- pcr1uity with him since for weeks at time he may be headed up in bar rel with the bung ouD and emerge after his long fast apparently none the worse for his enforced abstinence from food, from light, and almost from air. And finally, it may truly be said that of all the higher, warm-blooded organ isms, there are none so tenacious of life as the turtle. can truly say that I have seen the flesh cleared out of turtle shell and hung upon tree, where for hours the quivering, con- vulsive movements of the muscles went on. Not only so, but on one oc- SuSlOu OIIy tHc ututi iilu tull WclC iCLI attached to the shell. Some time had elapsed since the meat had been cut out of the carapace and no one could have imagined that any life remained in the extremities. But young Dane, noticing that the down-hanging head had its mouth wide open, very fool ishly inserted two fingers between those horny mandibles. They closed, and our shipmate was two fingers short; the edges of the turtles jaws had taken them off clean with only the muscular power remaining in the head. Signor Redi once cut turtles head off, and noted that it lived for twenty three days without head, and another whose brain he removed lived for six months apparently unconscious that it had suffered any loss.-Leslie's Monthly.
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A Scholars Advice.

The German historian, Professor Theodor Mommsen, was noted for the facility with which he acquired lan- guages. The tongues of modern Eu- rope as well as the classics were to him not studies, but the familiar tools of his deadly work.
 An American reporter who was in- terviewing him few years ago asked to have certain reference put into English, as he did not read German well.
 Not read German well? And you a journalist" exclaimed the savant. "I do not see how it is possible. Young man, German is one of the four neces- sities for student. The other three are English, French and Italian. With out them you can never know the ten- dency of modern thought. If you have them not. do not rest until you have learned them all."
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Proof of His Worth.

A year ago manufacturer hired a boy. For months there was nothing noticeable about the boy, says Leslie's Monthly, except that he never took his eyes off the machine he was running. A few weeks ago the manufacturer looked up from his work to see the boy standing beside his desk.
 What do you want" he asked.
 "Want me pay raised"
 "What are you gettingT
 "T'ree dollars a week."
 "Well, how much do you think you are worth?'
 -Four dollars"
 ''You think so, do you" ; "Yessir, an I've been t'inkin' so for tree weeks, but I've been so blame busy I haven't had time to speak to you about it."
 The boy got the raise"
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The Just Judge.

Recently, during the process of im- paneling jury for the Circuit Court in the District of Columbia, one of the talesmen requested the court to excuse him from service, offering in excuse the fact that he was deaf.
 Very gently Chief Justice Bingham, who was on the bench, asked the tales man if he could hear what he, Judge Bingham, was saying.
 "Oh, yes, sir" replied the reluctant but truthful citizen.
 "How, then, pray, does your aflic- tion affect you?" queried his honor.
 "Well, Judge" answered the man, q can't hear at all with my right ear."
 "In that case," assented Justice Bingham. smilingly, T suppose we must excuse you, for it is plain that you would be able to hear only one side of the case."-Woman's Home Companion.
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On Being Short.

"I'm not very big, that's fact, but if I remember it is the little people that make the world go round."
 Toby Claude said it. Toby is little girl and she is proud of it.
 "Tm not quite feet tall in my high heeled shoes and hat" she added, "but I know how much better it is to be small than large. There are many advantages, especially to woman who follows the musical comedy or operatic line. If you will look over the list of names of those who have won distinction in these lines you will see that am right in saying that 1t is the little girl who always forges to the front. For instance, there are Alice Nielsen, Edna Wallace Hopper, Madge Leasing, Della Fox and Katie Barry. To go from the musical to the legitimate lines, there is not promi- nent actress playing to-day, with the possible exception of Mary Shaw, who is not a large woman. Take Julia Marlowe, Clara Bloodgood, Amelia Bingham, Alice Fisher, Maxine Elliott, and, entering the grand opera field, Melba, Nordica and Calve. But there is one notable exception to this array Mrs. Fiske.
 "The small persons find it easier to get through the world, especially if they have to- squeeze through, as some of us do. From any but the plain, matter of fact standpoint, it pays to be small. The world admires small peo- pie and always did," d
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Noise on Elevated Roads.

Some interesting experiments are in course of prosecution on the Berlin elevated electric railway. Complaints have been frequent concerning the noise made by the cars on the elevated structure. The first experiment con- sisted in inserting three layers of felt between the rails and the wooden cross ties on which they were laid This was inadequate, however, al- though 1t gave some improvement Next, hollow iron girders filled with loose sand were substituted for the wooden sleepers; this also was par tially effective, but not entirely so. The rails were then laid on long longitudi- nal sleepers with cushions of lead un- der them. Finally the car wheels have been lined with wood, so as to break the continuity of the path for vibra- tions through metal. These experi- mental remedies are still on trial, but no definite conclusions concerning them have been announced.
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Russia's Financial Standing.

The public debt of Russia is $3,300- 100000; her gold reserve is about $4O0,O0O,OOO, and there is perhaps $34O, 100000 in gold in circulation in the empire. M. de Witte said recently in meeting of the council of state: "The imposition of direct and indirect taxes upon population has reached the last possible limit. To lay any fur ther burden upon the tax-paying pow CT will not only be fruitess of results, but can hardly be regarded as permis- sible in the present economic condition of the country"
Holbrook argus., 1904-07-23
Not Now Pine Tree State.

"Maine is only the pine tree State nowadays by tradition" said G. R. Danby, of Bath, Me. To-day pine is scarce in our State. All the trees worth cutting down have long since disappeared, as every hunter and fish erman in the north woods well knows. Even the spruce has about vanished from along our rivers and hillsides, and the lumberman of to-day often has to haul his cut for miles down the moun- tain side to the landing. Maine at present only holds it's ship building supremacy because the skilled ship wrights are still with us and because of the cheapness of construction.
 "Only few days ago train load of masts for Maine ships were brought to us all the way from the State of Washington, $500 miles away, the freight charges on which were $1,SOO. This was a sad reminder that we no longer had timber of sufficient size left for masts. For frames we draw on the oak forests of Virginia, and the tops are apt to be of Nova Scotia spruce. Southern pine is used alto- gether for planking and ceiling and the deck blanks come from Wisconsin and Michigan, ,"-WashingtOn Post.
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GOLD NOT THE ONLY THING.
some Surprising Figures About Alas
 ka's Varied Resources.

Aao AACoOuICC0s
 The fisheries of Alaska are among the richest in the world. More than half the entire salmon product of the United States comes from Alaskan waters. It is the opinion of competent authorities that the cod banks exceed In wealth those of Newfoundland.
 The cod industry, however, is at yet only in its infancy-if, indeed, 1t can be said to have attained even that primitive stage of development There are about 15,0O0 persons engaged in the salmon fisheries and the market value of last seasons output was a little more than $7,OOO,OOO, which is exactly what we paid for Alaska. The packing industry is conducted at 60 canneries and 15 salteries.
 The total number of salmon of all varieties taken last year was 83,OOO,- 900. The companies engaged in this industry have capitalization of about s25, 100000 and their plants, includ- Ing vessels, are valued at $15,OOO, 900. The amount which they pay in wages exceeds $2,50O0OO annually, and the yearly expenditure for tin plate is $1,- 100000. In the shipping of the fisher les last year there were employed 115 steamers, 57 sailing vessels and 100 boats and lighters. The codfishing firms permanently located in Alaska have vessels, plying only in Alaska, valued at $60,000. According to est- mates of the United States Fish Con- mission, there are not less than 125,- 900 miles of codfshing along the Alaskan coast.
 Stock raising is becoming an im- portant Alaskan industry-within a very few years 1t is probable that regu. lar shipments of cattle for export will be made. The extensive areas of rich growth of grass and the absence of storms in the winter make many sec tons of the country ideal places for ranching. Several large stock grow CTS of Washington State are estab- fishing large cattle and sheep ranches in the Aleutian islands.
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Men Are Inferior to Cats

There are several points in which man is inferior to the cat The cat, for one thing, has no vermiform ap- )endix, and consequently never suffers from appendicitis. Furthermore, while man has chosen to be nocturnal as well as a diurnal creature he has only the diurnal vision; whereas the cat, devoting tits days to civilization and its nights to barbarism." can see in the dark as well as in the light, having a patent adjustable eye
 She possess nine lives and all of them have to be taken in order to get rid of the cat. If the slayer thinks he stays he knows not well the subtle ways in which this admirable creature passes. turns and brings forward her successive entities for obliteration. Drowned in the pond sho returns to the woodshed or the kitchen door. re qulrlng to be shot. Shot, she comes back to be asphyxiated. Smothered by the fumes of choroform, she re- wives and calls for prussic acid. She is a walking, living, breathing, vocifer- ating exemplification of the principle of metempsychosis. Her reincarnations in one brief period outrival those to which man Is condemned by the Hin doc theology in hundreds of years and her avatars outnumber Buddha's.
 It is no wonder that the Egyptians worshiped the cat. She has been able to get hold of some principle which man, the boaster. who vaunteth him. self almost god, is denied-New York Mail and Express.
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vice.Presidents as Presidents.

Of all the Vice Presidents, whom death put in the White House, not one has stayed there by the will of the people. John Tyler did not. The near est Willard Fillmore came to it was a know-nothing nomination for Presi- dent some years after the expiration of the Taylor term, of which he had served the major portion. Andrew Johnson escaped impeachment, but his visions of the presidency crumbled to ashes. Chester A. Arthur was beaten by Blaine fin the Republican conven. ton of 1S84.-Albany Argus.
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Strictly Business.

Traction Official-No use talking. We can't afford to buy lenders for our troll ley cars.
 Inventor-But, stop. Just figure on 1t little.
 "Figure on it? You have already said that the lenders would cost ten thousand dollars"
 "Just so. But they will last for fifty years. Now take your pencil and paper and see how much wages you will spend ill fifty years just for men to wask the blood off the wheels, not counting the soap."
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LAWS OF PURITAN BOSTON.
Statutes Relating to Idlers, Agn os-
 tics, Thieves and Drunkards.


 The early laws of puritan Massachu- setts possessed an almost Draconian severity. In some cases there was fixed and definite penalty, but in most instances the question of sentence was left to the discretion of hard and re- lentless judiciary, says the Green Bag. The laws relating to idlers, thieves, agnostics and drunkards are given in detail here, and the reader will see that justice was seldom, if ever, tenn pered with mercy.
 The law as to idle and disorderly persons provided that no person, householder or others, should spend his time unprofitably, under pain of such punishment as the county court shall think meet to inflict, and the con- stables of every town were required to use especial care to take notice of offenders of this kind, especially con- mon coasters, tobacco takers and un- profitable fowlers, and present the same to the next magistrate.
 The law as to heretics and agnostics was especially severe: Any one deny- ing the scriptures to be the word of God should pay not exceeding f50, to be severely whipped, not exceeding forty strokes, unless he publicly re- cant, in which case he shall not pay above FLO, or be whipped in case he pay not the fine. And if the said of- fender, after his recantation, sentence CT execution shall the second time pub fish and obstinately and pertinaciously maintain the same wicked opinion, he shall be banished or put to death, as the court shall judge"
 The court sentences of thieves and drunkards, which are given below, are extremely interesting:
 Sergeant Perkins is ordered to carry forty turfs to the fort for being drunk"
 Josiah Plaistow, for stealing four baskets of corn from the Indians, Is ordered to return them eight baskets and to be fined f5, and hereafter to be called Josias, and not Josiah Plaistow, as he formerly used to be-"
 "John Wedgewood, for being in the company of drunkards, to be set in the stocks."
 "April, 1G32, Robert Coles is fined f1O and enjoined to stand with a white sheet of paper on his back, wherein a drunkard' shall be written in great letters, so long as the court shall think best, for abusing himself shamefully with drink"
 Such were some of the laws of our puritan ancestors.
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Only One Thing Lacking.

After years of patient research the scientific experimenter had succeeded in combining several rare chemicals into a new and powerful remedial agency.
 "What will it cure?" they asked him.
 "I don't know yet. l am hunting for the disease!" he exclaimed, his eye kind ling with the enthusiasm of the born in. ventor.-Chicago Tribune.
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A Fitting Reception.

Mrs. Suburb-Dora! Dora!
 Daughter-Yes, ma.
 Mrs. Suburb-Run to the piano and play "Hail to the Chief" Here comes the new girl.
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1904-05-14

STYLISH CLOTHES. HERALD.
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The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1904-05-14

STYLISH CLOTHES. HERALD.
1859 "a. %.
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1904-05-14

ehafity's sake Wagucrn band viii
DO en- hand % keen the players IN sued
npifltn and play the funeral march
when the umpire ia taken home, The
two teams VII be picked from the
best players In each q the elaha.
All have been more or less acuuaint-
ed with the horaehidu and willow dur
ms the patmy DAYS of their youth.
While they may not DO quite 40 eat
like at the present tlme they cay
that on saturday they viii show the
public that they have not forgotten
how 90 sprint bases.
Captain r. =, Rukm viii capitals the
University club team aud W. A.
lcWiu Will direct the movements OF
the RainiorH. At the present time the
betting Is that the score viii be % 20
90 unless the acurckeupcr loses count
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1904-05-14

~" ''"77'TT y TIT T"1TTTHH
No one saw the accident, but the
unconscious victim waH found short
ly after Il occurred, The city ann
bulance was called and the injured
man taken to tho Providence hos
pltaL where he now lies IN pre-
earlaun condition.
Or shannon made an examina-
ton Of the patient and W his skull
Is badly fractured and HIS skull
crushed IN.
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1904-05-14
FALL MAY
KILL HIM

N. H. Walhy. a ship carpenter. fell
down tho hatohway of a sailing YES
sol at Moran's dock and was severe
ly injured last evening. lie was SO
Ing down into the hold OF the vessel
with n chest OF tools ON hln shoulder
when no made n uessaiep and
plunged hcadlong 20 the bottom OF
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1904-05-14

reports that on May detachment
81 Japanese occupied Kuun Iiou
ChenR. on the 18th another infantry
detachment pursued tho sncmy'H cav
airy. which was retroatlnR from Hhus
II Chan. and onpt2red two pfivaten
ana ono lieutenant The latter IL
non OF general.
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1904-05-14
OLD BOYS
WILL PLAY

A pieksd team from the University
sfls aud another from the Rainier
ciuh Will play bah next saturday
afternoon al Recreation park for
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1904-05-14
AFGHANS PLEAD

Naasir Khan aud ObahHhaw, tho
two AfghanH charged with the muir
der OF Merrill the peddlor from Pun
lab, plefslod not guilty In the supe-
rlor court this morning. The date Of
their trial has not yet been set.
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1904-05-14
GOOD MOVE

An order has been isaued by Chief
/ Of Police Delaney 60 his patrolmen
| making Il compulsory for them 20
brine their prisoners, arrested dur
ing court hours, into police eourt for
immediate hearing. 10 that the cases
can be set and bail fixed Patrol
men and all members OF the police
i department are mstruc ted 10 do all
/ possible towards notifying lmme-
dlateiy friends OF persons arrested
for petty osfenses
Prisoners, unless charEed with
crimes viii be allowed to commupl-
cate with friends by the tolepheno
AZ the police station or By msssen-
ger.
The new order VIII do much TO
prevent the unjust humiliation Of
innocent persons arrested ON mere
suspicion.
IN times past people entirely In
hocent have been locked up I'm the
foul dungeon known as city tan
ana Kept over night on account OF the
REFUSAL OF the police to allow them
10 communicate with their friends.
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The trial OF Mrs. Lloyd A. Smith.
inc pretty widow charged with oh
tanning money under false prstsnne.
IRON several Seattle women by sell.
ing worthless oil stock. Will bo be
gun IN tho superior court Monday
morning.
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The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1904-05-14
CAPTURED A TOWN
my soripps News Assn.y

TOXIC, May ti-Gonerai Kuroki,
commander ~ tho first army corps
Heppner gazette. [volume] (Heppner, Morrow County, Or.) 1892-1912, 1904-08-11

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