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Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1904-12-31
OFTEN IMPOSED UPON.
Some of the Troubles of Tradesmen
Who Have Telephones.

The proprietor of a general merchandise
local drug store one night this week when
the proprietor was summoned to the tele-
phone.
whats the name?' he heard the drug
gist ask.
Then he heard him say: You want me
to tell her you won't be up tonight. did you
say, because you have to work.
And SO you have troubles with your
telephone?' asked the town merchant.
I'VE have to be accommodating" the
druggist stated, "but it is sometimes rather
annoying. You see," he added, here 1
am in business in the suburbs, and che
message has to be delivered almost In the
country That means that my porter will
minutes or more, and it is safe to say he
will not even get a tip when he delivers
the message"
'.City folks don't mind putting people to
. trouble" volunteered the visiting merchant.
"In the country about my home a great
many summer boarders are accommodated,
and It's astonishing how great a number of
unreasonable requests / receive. The young
men who have sweethearts away for the
summer don't seem to mind sending their
messages over the telephone to be COM
municated by messenger, and when they
are to be sent in the village don't mind
accommodating them, but one man showed
his nerve last summer when he wanted
message sent three miles away He mere
ly wanted to tell lady friend that he
would postpone his visit until the following
Saturday. When told him she was three
miles away he merely asked: Haven't you
any hOrses?"
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1904-12-31
MANUFACTURE OF cHARrREUsE.
Monks Are Now Making the Real
Thing in Spain

United States Consul Mason at Grenoble,
France, has made report to the State De-
partment regarding the troubles of the
monks in the manufacture of chartreuse
and other liquors. With the closing in the
spring of 1903.' says he, "of the old and
far-famed monastery of La Grande Char
treuse and the acquiring of the property by
the state, the making and the exporting of
the well-known cordial1 'Chartreuse' to the
United States ceased! The monks have now
resumed it's manufacture at Tarragona in
Spain, under the new label. Liqueur ia
brtquee Tarragona bar les Peres Char
treux. The original Label and trademark
were appropriated by the French govern
ment, and it has recently granted to a
leading firm of French idistillers the right to
use them. They are about to ship to Ameri-
Chartreuse,' purporfing to be Identical with
that made by the monks. To the ordinary
palate Discrimination, fS difficult. But the
monks claim that they alone possess the
secret of the genuine article wrapped up in
their 3O0-year-old recipe.
In sharp competition with the original
'Chartreuse,' there has been made for q
old monastery. another hqueur known as
La Raphaeile' Its maker was formerly
a brother in the monastery, and employ
ed in the manufacture of its cordial, but
for some reason he withdrew from the
brotherhood. His business has grown to be
very large and is extending to other coun-
tries Arrangements have been made for
ments have gone over already. 1t ID put up
In the same form as the 'Chartreuse:, 1t Is
asserted to be the same thing, but is sold at
q much lower price
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1904-12-31
A BOUNTIFUL SPREAD.
What the Patients at ST. Elizabeth's
Ate on Christmas

'Are they hearty eaters? Well, should
say So remarked an attache of the cult
nary department of the Government Hos
pital for the Insane, referring to the in
mates of that institution. There are, of
course, a few exceptional cases where the
patient has other illness besides his or her
mental malady, but on the average they
are fairly good feeders. Their recent
Christmas dinner is an evidence of this
1t was prepared by the employees of twelve
kitchens, and busy scenes were witnessed
during the cooking and serving of the
days three meals. Some of the kitchen
help had been engaged for several days in
preparing portions of the food that was
to be used. The choice turkeys purchased
for the dinner on Sunday were made ready
for cooking Saturday night, and great re-
ceptacles of inyiting-looking dressing were
made up at the same time.
1.-The bill of fare for the Christmas
breakfast for the patients comprised roll
ed oats, baked beans, hot rolls to the num-
Der of ESQ., butter and coffee. The sick
for the same meal received rolled oats,
breakfast bacon, scrambled eggs, canned
peas mullins and tea. The main meal of
the day. the dinner, was served promptly
at IL o'clock, having been dispatched by
that hour from the various kitchens to the
many dining rooms and halls of the hos
pital. In the central dining hail. which
permits of the seating of 700 persons at
one time, Christmas decorations added to
the scene.
1.-The list of edibles that went to make up
this big dinner for the whole institution
was: $500 pounds of turkey, 1000 punches
of celery, twenty bushels of potatoes six
barrels of cranberries, 100 mince pies, $50
pounds of fruit cake, $500 pounds of
candy. The skill of the cooks had been
exercised on these things with the effect
of sending forth an appetizing dinner
that was enjoyed with keen relish by the
partakers There was garnishing Of holly
or celery, as the case might be. with the
various dishes, and many of the fruit
cakes were iced and bore decorative fig
ures. The mince meat had been made at
the hospital, the potatoes were served
| mashed and delicious jiblet gravy accom-
panied them Each patient received a box
of candy. The sick diet was turkey
dinner, with mashed potatoes, gravy and
baked custard The menu for supper
throughout the hospital comprised fruit
cake, peach sauce, bread and butter.
candy. The supper for the sick was rolled
oats, cold ham. canned peas, jelly cake.
toast and tea"
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son to raise him in an environment that
means champagne and truff1es, the carton
and Mayfair and all that goes with 1t, ana
then turn him loose with just about income
enough for beer and frankfurters and all
that goes with that
His education doesn't fit him for any
career whatever; there ASH an occupatloIi
open to him that would pay him more than
twenty shillings a week, and II ne goes 10
work in any but few selected call1ngs ne
loses caste If he's of very rare cailoer
pire builder. and later he's heard from. But
in the more frequent cases he falls INTO
ways that make him an eyesore at home'
and by and by his people make more OF
less definite bargain with MIN; II ne II 20
to western Canada and stay there, they IL
send him enough money to keep MIN. LII
a few cases he gets all his money IN
lump. His family gives him enough to set
him upon ranch and cheerfully announces
to friends at home who inquire for him
that he's running a ranch in western Can
ada.
Ingenious Stories.
They have a cheerful optimism which
never inquiries whether or not experience
may not be an essential prerequisite TO
running a ranch. AS often as not the money
that should have started a ranch goes over
the bar of the Royal Hotel And then the
ingenious stories that the mails carry back
to London to get another remittance II
was a ndrQ winter anu Ill Tic CottiC W.
frozen on the range; new stock must De
bought. One hears humorous repetltlons
of these tales at every turn IN calgary.
was told by an Englishman, himself remit
lance man of a better sort. that he knew
a fellow countryman who had several times
written home deliberately detailed stories or
long sicknesses substantiated by bills of an
amiable and friendly physician. Finally, as
last resort, forgetting in desperation that
of necessity this device must be the last
one, this particular remittance man mad
fellow countryman write home to his peo-
pie a pathetic letter recording the details
of his final sickness and death. The letter
closed with a request for funds for burial
A cabled answer said to embalm the body.
and a week or two later brother arrived
whose bereavement was quickly changed TO
indignation. These tales of profigacy are
the commonest talk in Calgary. They say
you can find in the local pawnshop silver
mounted ebony backed hair brushes ana
all the paraphernalia of London club
mans dressing table. But there Is one
thing the most profligate will cling to as
firmly as to his hope of final social re-
demption You will find, they say. dress
suits bearing a Bond street taiiors trade
mark in prairie shacks that contain Ittle
else to suggest civilization.
Not all the remittance men are such as
this. Some have gone about the way OF
| the country with excellent spirit and BUSH
ness method They have become prosper
Gus ranchers and with a complement OF
| in their bachelor ranch houses. Not few
| of these are of noble names; son of an
Irish earl and son of the best known ad-
miral in the British navy are prosperous
ranchers on q large scale within Few
miles of Calgary.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1904-12-31
st. Louis Did Well.
ON the Kansas city Journal

From the hansdb Clty JUuTHAi'
st. Louis took in about 100000, as
against $l4,oo0,0Oo earned by the Chicago
fair, but its paid admissions were s.. O00,0
less than those OF the Columbian exposition.
There was more reason to complain OF ex-
orbitant prices down In the city than In the
fair. Rooms In private houses were cheap.
but the leading hotels took the opportunity
to increase their prices out of reason. The
fair was a stupendous undertaking. and 1t
was carried to complete succoss.
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Real Lightning.

From the New York SUM-
Franklin had just drawn lightning from
the sky.
Huh! that's easy" said a meek-lookins
man; Just hint to your wife that she d
extravagantr'
With a snfff Of contempt for science b
matted away in the crowd.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1904-12-31
CANADIAN COWBOYS
WHERE PICTURESQUE SPECIMENS
ARE STILL TO BE FOUND.
Romantic Looking Cattlemen May Be
Seen in the Streets of Calgary
and Nearby Towns.

From the Boston Transcript.
In the swift transition of the present
there is very little left of the west as the
easterner conceives it, Frederic Reming-
ton is scarce more than middle-aged man.
but his pictures are no longer contemporary
art. In so far as they are pictures of the
present at all. this little city of Calgary
lives up to them more nearly than any
other place. 1t is more nearly typical of
the west of literature and the imagination
than any other town.
Here spurs and Ieggins and riding trous-
ers, flannel shirt and Tapping hat are the
ordinary dress. The cowboy rides his
cayuse in all the glory Of fringed leather
trousers; Indians. real Indians, in pictur-
esque blankets, tostle you on the street
And there Is all the bizarrerie that one as
sociates with the west. There are little
towns near here named Whoop-up Stand
on, Moose-jaw and Man-Who-Stole-the-
Coat. These names are not local slang.
they are actually on the map. There is that
inevitable accompaniment of the old from
tier town, a newspaper eccentric in title and
most picturesque In humor and style. The
one here is called The Eye Opener" and
II IL edited by an Englishman of distin-
guished antecedents and university train
ing. There is the leader of the bar, re-
nowned for robust heartinesS of manner,
a bull-of-Bashan voice and a keen Irish
that same old joke about what your name
was back east.
The Remittance Man.
But what gives Calgary renown above all
other places type of the fast passing
west is this: 1t is the capital and metropolis
of the country of the remittance man."
One hears remittance man" here far more
often than you hear college man. in Bos-
ton. The remittance man is an English
man who neither tolls nor spins, but lives
by virtue of friendly mail that once in SO
often brings him check from home. There
is no fixed rule about the size of that check
but this can always be said of tilt is al
ways less than enough TO buy ticket from
Calgary to London. At home in England
the remittance man is said to be in western
Canada for the sake of his health; here in
Calgary he is commonly supposed to be here
for the sake of the family reputation a,
home. 1 am inclined to a more charitable
view of them than the common Calgary
opinion. They weren't born bad, / fancy.
They are the fruit of social conditions In
England rather than id by any doctrine
of original sin. You can read the whole
story in Kipling's Gentleman Rankers'' OF
pLost Sheep" 1t 10 no favor to the younger
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1904-12-31

Physician-"Your ailment lies In the
larynx, thorax and epiglottis."
Hoolihan-"Indade. An OF was afther
thinkin' tn throubie was in me blissed
observation-disclosures Times.
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1904-10-06
Star Want Ad Agencies.

? =. Mullen. at Ballard ave. eep.
CITY HALL
fren,ors nrua Ce. Ewina street
and Fremont avenue.
". A. Mansfield & Co, pruaatst
a3rd and jackson
oranam's Home Bakery, 2io3 lat
aNenue.
{. N. Lohndroit eIasr store, eiel =
Second.
rhcs. harris. az Pcstoffice, Renten#
lttle'a pharmaeY4 1t ave. north
ard Harrison street J. ~. little,
proprietor.
Carlton q Co. DRUGGIST, cor sth
%. and pac. street. South Seattle,
r A. Moore, poatoffice, So, Park
University prua Store, University
Station,
tiesssll ST. Pharmacy. 1924 Howell
street.
RAinier Pharmacy. NJ. Clark gre
nrleter. aoH8 4 Madison.
Columbia prua store. w. J, STUD
leN. nreps Columbia Wash
Broadway Pharmacy. g z. Fisher
prop.. els Broadway ard James
Cuaker prun c. iot2 ist ave.
Iears'a Pharmacy rs N, breaa
WaYt phone. uniea 90.
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1904-10-06

Manager Crane. Of the Diamond
Ice a storage company. waa put on
the rack BY the corporations com
mittee yesterday afternoon The
amended franchise which had been
framed vas shown 10 him for the
first time aud he objected 70 many
provisions Of g. The amended
franchise was drawn up ~ city
Engineer Thomson and Franchise
Inspector wheeler and although 80
was very liberal charter. Il wah
not liberal enough 10 Huif Crane.
and too much 20 Co SUIT Mullen and
Rude
There Was practically no opposi
ton 20 the extension - the COM
pnny'n electric Nlrfs and compare
lively little 10 the extension ~ the
compauYa steam and haf water
pipes The only sticking point vas
over the safeguards that should be-
provided - compel the company %
supply all persons who mlEht rea-
aonably ask Tor steam aud water
The company De- uUw supplying "a
portion 81 the business district u
wants the limits Of its franchise eN-
tended uaffhHard from Madison
street o. the city limits 30 that de-.
mauds II patrons on The fret
BIN and Capitol and Heufan hills
can be- supplied The committees
was willing enough ~ grant this
privilege. but ~ wanted - make
sure that the company would tap
other districts than those where the
profits would Dee exceptionally good
N the company was unwilling 10 do
this the committee wanted - re
serve part ~ The business district
% that another company could get
into the field for ihe benefit u the
more unfortunately located resi-
dents
SIR Crane explained that steam
could he successfully carried only
a. far aH Nineteenth avenue from
the present plant and that 10 ae-
rommoHafa Queen Anne btu and
other outside districts the company
contemplated hullding several sub
stations around the CItF No agree
ment could be reached on the mat
ter aud further consideration WAS
postponed Tor a week
Az 20 the ga section II the fran
chise the committee was more rad
lraI Rude said be would Dot vote
Tor one unless o. provided for the
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accommodation ~ the whole city.
Instead of only that portion north
~ Madison street Crane then ad.
mltted that be was willing u tbs
council insisted. 10 take the whole
loaf instead uf the half tie ala1
explained that az the present Tine
the company was not anxious "a
jump into the gas business.
All IT, capital. be said. would -
needed to extend the steam pipes
and electric wires for the present
II was the intention - do this
first and 20 get into the gas blai-
ness later. when capital was more
plentiful The council had driven
the company TO hurry Nj Crane
explained. by forcing the company
o. take "a practically new franchise
or none at an The company gas
franchise a. the present time ap-
plies 10 only that district between
Madison and Pike streets and vest
of Fifth avenue. II Vas granted ia
IEa4 The company haH not yet
used n. Crane explained because
the opportunity was not ripe and
capital was not forthcoming
lie admitted. though that tho
company could not furnish gas even
20 this limited district. but IL want
ed the territory extended To get
this privilege the council has de-
manded that the company build a
plant capable ~ furnishing i 600 600
feet ~ gas day and that 70 "a
IT. operation by December 81. 1905.
Crane wanted this time extended
another year lie had no objection
o. the rates imposed. s. Tor illum-
mating gas and Is cents Tor fuel
gas. Int be protested against other
provisions The matter was put
over for a week The frauehlre ex-
tends only 20 1919
A far as provisions against sell
ing uHI were concerned. Attorney
Powell. representing the company.
admitted that 70 would be impossl-
Die 20 provide any that would De- q
real value n b. likely. however.
that the company vii De granted
a liberal franchise.
Action on Murphy's Esa inspse-
ton ordinance and nauiton's tele-
phone rate reduction ordinance vas
postponed. u was decided 20 take
up the city crematory matter before
the finance committee. a. city In
rlnear Thomson has already pre-
pared figures covering the subject.
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STEWART STEWART 4 co
NH=m II frinH H.#H
9 .HN iffa afaH wrH bessie HHHss fur
uHrs. ever talHE complete and ap fp
dais Is sssise beet laeatiaa On tap.
. IS iiaaasans bonn. on corner f8t
sti.p 50 fiss - Lake Wash'rg.
o go corner IHt iaftll 81 HiH ave.
nue. beautiful house. hardwood
floors. modern and uH - f#ff Co..
home e. can D. found fH ETY.
o. nOa &Fw ard mHderr HfHHEu D.. 20
fine location. wIfh bHaHfIfa1 slem 20
CftF ard sound
queen Anne fiiI new madsfa and
20 tn date ID fFrrT respect HH HHra
urr Jos 8aIa with fiHs sIaH - The
sound TITS r. q tarrHin
beautifully heated rH MaHHana .af
hns - cash. balance saaH paF-
8 80 nsaatifai Groom cottage very
modern finely furnished ON Tot EH
~ Queen Anne HiH HiiI eel 90
9 FL Madsra > room house safih s..
attle. good fisv ~ Sound
q go tsw sad mHdefu a#fHam cot.
taRe. Jos HFI0. tth ave HsHf fuU
cash balance IKE reut
81 oia. f.feam house ou Iaf aHfH Ifth
eve Iisasau lliil
q go Mice Groom cottage an IHt ar
~ biaHks Madison car. a. cash
balance 81 usf month
80 Groom cot HEn. U.HHfsrfd uifH %
acre - ground. uu good car line B.
cent fare So cash. balance g. per
mon. n
Eoo iisaafifal corner Hrat hm co.
ln. ore - thH beet locations In city
Tor an apartment house
10 offs NnIiH ka ear lIH fine.
fa CASH balance FtTF eHaH terms
go Fine Iufa Queen Anne IIIH Coz
mrnt walks Iu and paid
We have = acre tracts. t#a#re tracts
and fafma for sale
HIEMAHT. HTEMAHT 4 co.
Esam u TniHH uIuek
ID First avenue
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barrel Gee. f6zE. wheat Cakes.
box. IS lbs. g. 90. Parma. ger barrel.
fGtds Parma. io-lb sacks. Per bale,
see hamiuy. large Ter barrel.
ttto. homIuy. small. les bale. 30.
Holly. self raising huekr heat per
case. tlgf Holly cake and pastry
nour. FER case. tee. pean barley,
sf-h boxes. per cwf- fftQs pearl
barley. i0o-ib sacks. ffo0. sEnt
PEGS. za-Ib boxes. fs.et. spiit reas.
io0-lb boxes. i4te. popcorn. ger
We don't sell photo coupons. 8
per cent discount Eggan 4 Erie
son. 1sI6 First.
Go 70 srlnuinEs for bicycle repairs.
4
New woolens. Herald. tailor. 1893
%.
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THE MARKETS

WHOLESALE PRICES.
CTheas prices are 20 any buyer ~
quantities Prices on small purchases
Sverige q per cent hiEhef1
Provisions.
Fresh Msat=Cow beef. easse pr
10 steer besf GO veal. : u ioc ID.
pork. Dc ID mutton. eueAe ID.
Provisions Hams. itW tee 10
breakfast bacon. ite Ii. bellies
fresh. lie ID.
vsae,ablss
California potatoes. II 9fse per
10. Yakima potatoes. tie IS ton.
carrots rEI 30 Ter sack Uahha~. I
Q1le ~ faHiHhra. i1e 8as punches.
green oulans Zoe per daE punches.
curuuheHa &C. 4ofens native eEg
plant e. uer TO-. sweet potatoes.
.lAQ1g Isf ~
Green Fruit etc.
Apples. wenatchee. Gaeatifs
Per box. Valencia oranges f25
Der box Lemons asto per
Persian dates. 6Nc ib. Bananas
s. E0uH 60 bunch CautaIauueH. Yak
iua. -Erdff cate. ueWbeHrlea 81
box. WHHafH hee reaches tea CO.
boz watsrmenau-. ii.taasss rsr
dozen. sweet pfuues. saa Soc.
grapes Washington. Tses Shapes.
California. tiai-s. crauberries.
$3.50 por hht
Hay. Grain and Feed.
oats. tzSooa 300 per son barley.
$3.50 per ton wheat faaa Ell ton
chop. $4,000 11o0 Per ton. shorts
f12o0 Per ton bran. s1o % per ton
OF meal 81 % Ter tor Z ". tim.
othy. $500 Pc ton. r " COM
pressed timofhr, ilau 20 ton. new
wheat hay. $4,000 1909 Per ton.
Puget Sound hay tl2u13 per ton
uiddllnrs. $1,000 per ton cracked
corn. 5000 Per ton. straw. 5000
per ton. Peanuts Jumbo. &c. Al.
Butter. Eaas. Cheese.
Native creamery. per ~ East
crn crcmrrEs fresh gtU eec
EEgH Native ranch. afH zee dog.
oregon ranch. &c doz Eastern g3g
f5c dog.
Cheese-Native, iiQIao II.
Poultry.
Chickens hens. isIc: surIng. lea
ishc. Ducks. live. i5u1te.
Fish. Etc.
Hnllbut. tIAhc per 10: salmon
trout 1901 per 10. founders. 90
per 10 soles. sho per 10. shrimps
100 l2L C per 10. smells. scarce.
Groceries and Cereals
SugaH Golden G.. In saekH. 8s46:
Extra g In sacks. 1855. powdered.
IN barrels 3G.ao. dry granulated. In
sacks. fe.ob. cube. IN barrel. $3.50.
Flour. patent, per barrel. 94Tb.
Crown tt75, Straight. per barrel
st2b, Cold Medal seas. Minnesota
hard wheat So Piusbury. S5boaS.
llllsbury'H Hest, s6.55. STANDARD pa
koto, $50 Whole wheat flour. per
barrel 100 graham. t2So. graham.
los. per bale. t2t5. rye flour. Goa
per barrel It's. rye flour. les per
bale $3.50 rye meal Sos. Per barrel.
t44b. hueknheat per barrel. 800.
germ Wcai los. per bale. te.75. corn
meal, aes. per h1rrrl stun. yellow
corn meHI Toe per bale. e. 20. white
corn meal Sos. !t00, ROLLED cats. nor
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Some


Herr II list Of genuine snaps that
viii be sure 90 catch the eye % In
tending purchasers who have been
looking for Just such an opportun-
ity.
A large Doll Upright Piano. IN dark
oak. regular price when new. S265.
this one has been used a little.
but IN perfect condition; will close
IL out al ................-..S $3.50
Medium Sized KImball Piano. in
mahogany. used for a time by a
teacher regular price new S365:
take Il now at .............S 2TO
large Klmball Piano. in oak. that
has been used for professional
work. regular price tfz5. only 80.
-. ...t.,. Goes. ...s-...,. $500
One Large Pcase Piano. I'm walnut.
been out about eighteen months.
regular price new SIS. viii go
now at ...-.. ..........s.. $500
tAsN haNf 1luNAs JUST the ININe
for a hall school. lodge or club.
been used by a teacher. regular
price 500. you may have % now
Tor $3.50, t... o.. ...........N 4oO
Two simplex Piano Players that
have been used some. regular
price $3.50; now. each. With music.
only -. ..,.. ....s...... 5000
All Of these instruments will 30
put in perfect order in and outside;
some of which can scarcely be tod
from new. We will guarantee them
&c be absolutely as represented and
sell the same on easy payments.
You can't beat these offers any
where.
ID. s. JOHNSTON CO
ao2 Second Avenus. Burke BUILDING.