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The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1904-12-09

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broom modern cottage full basement,
laundry tubs. reception hall comb
nation fixtures fine lot t0xl0g lawn.
lot dnNipp. lawn flowers etc. Iu
BROADWAY District.
QUEEN ANNE HILL
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HedutifHl h-rnum new modern house.
fine Wow u sound, well built ele-
CANT flush, good outhulidlugH cor
Her lot WEia1 10 ig-fuat alley. on %
ear line Price 200. 800 cash bal
easy terms.
LEkGfES REALTY EXCHANGE
Z33sf Arcade Bldg g
4 room new modern cottage. half block
from car Price 1900. 100 down. 81
per month.
4 room now house modern One block
from car. Price 500. 500 down. 81
per month.
room new house. lots, on car line,
city water. Price $3.50 Call at 40 ard
Ave. Phone, Main noe. 81
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MinInrfN.
Musical

TRIMMED Hats aud Pmmes. etc. al
hair price. Mrs. A. NJ Hanson. ie0l
cor On md Pine 81.
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BETWEEN SEATTLE AND

TACOMA
At DloFinEer Station on the Northern
Pacific Railroad
Have RubdlVlded an old hon ranch Of
rich bottom land into 8 and 1O-aere
tracts. TWo-thirdH Of each tract ia
cleared. cultivated. no Htumpa. does
not overflow; fine running spring
water. enough high ground With each
tract Tor building site. Railroad sta
ton and aehoOlh0uss on the land.
Qnveled roads; free mail delivery.
al the couHfuleucea Of "a suburb
These tracts are first ciaRa-no bet
ter land on eartk Price from 500 10
$40 per acre. according TO Improve
Enfnta.
Zee !. y Mill : on the ground at
Uiariuger Stallion. OF
A. u. NEWELL. iie Marion st 10
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Two }rahf unfufniahsa Housekeeping
ruema. 10 children ur pete. gut iih
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NORRIS FOLDING BED FACTORY
-MattrtnEca. springs. tables, show
cases. 70 order Al kinds - ahop
work and repairing sitiz Pike.
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an under pillow Not a. stump Iu lts
hurderluH uU small lake fine iufa-
ttuu Zoe chickens and ducks and
small garden s minutes walk FROM
Hud Hsufau Cat Lines O. T. Erhrru
Co $50 al Itousvr ttida Phone.
Main iE
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as acres u leyeI land IN the vicinity
Of FaaeO, y par acre cash.
Heliuquifhmeflf ~ fG1 acres, 4 mile Of
new goverHnleiit town site, for 40.
Charles Hnukcrt. Pasco, Wash. If
FARM BARGAIN. on account OF poor
health. ] desire to sell my farm ~
~ acres all level and good soil
chard. VIII sell with or without
stock and tools Sec : a. Lea own
sr. on place. three miles east Of Au-
burn. IF
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Aer.sa. ,or Sal.
MITE RIVER GARDEN TRACTS

Dis under this Heading five cents a
line each Insertion. Sir words to a
line. minimum charge. II cents
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Reel Es,s,s-con,lnasd

A. G. JOHNSTON.
Houses. Lets. Farms Acreage for
Safe aud Exchange.
100 lots. cleared fenced chicken
nouHr elegant view. ntar Woodland
PARA
81 80 Nearly new Groom modern
r1ttakr. near a4fh aud Dearborn.
u So New modern Broom cottage
near Eth and cherry
T. 60 cottages renting for 81 per
month. Haar sth and Cherry.
500 Lot Mbsu serfthinE In and paid
Tor near itth and cherry
80 Lot aAiw near 18Th and Dear
born
tasaa I8 acres Al Iand En fruit trees
running stream ~ water. Groom
HOUSE htUHtuH car Nus VIII Ca
chauau for lUf in seattle
SEQ me foe bargains
IW Second Ave
Peninsula enterprise. [volume] (Accomac, Va.) 1881-1965, 1904-02-20
o.,u,n q, Commonplace Phrases.

Exnressions that we use nowadays
metaphorically were used in their real
sense in bygone days. For instance, we
sneak about "beating retreat" forget
ting perhaps that the phrase comes
from the fact that In war time when
ratreot was ordered the drums were
beaten in a particular manner, just as
TODAY It is sounded on the bugle. Then
again one speaks Of going Off bag ana
baggage" How many know what the
baggage" was? The general idea IS
that It was part of the soldiers kit. In
point of fact the bag was originally
the soldiers haversack; the baggage
was his wife. The familiar phrase 10
give the cold shoulder originated In
France. where 1t was the custom TO
serve with cold shoulder Of mutton In
stead of hot meat guest who had out
STAYED his welcome. "a feather IN DIS
cap" comes from Hungary, 1t being for
merly the custom for the Hungarians
TO put a feather In their caps for ey-
cry Turk they killed. The word dead
head" Is. according to some authorities,
one Of great antiquity. 1t Is said that
n "deadhead" was IN Pompeii an indi-
vidual who gained admission to an en-
tertainment free of charge by means or
n pass In the form of small ivory
deaths head.
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aft must be very discouraging to the
mon who write comedy, and especially
70 the men who write librettos OF the
musical comedies, to realize that the
old Jokes are the ones that invariably
get the laugh" said the veteran theater
goer 81 have frequently observed THIS
stota of affairs. The original humor
that the author places in the mouths OF
his characters never seems 10 appear
70 the audience like the moss grown
tests that are evidently interpolated'
In fact the older joke is the more
welcome II seems to be. ! suppose ltS
On the principle that old friends are
host I attended a performance the
other evening that was full OF laughs
and most of the lines were original
hut the thing that struck the audience
"a being the funniest bit In the sho"
was when the principal comedian
drinks champagne for the hrst Tune
mokes a grimace and says, 1t leelS
tust like YOUR foot was asleep Then
Tho neople howled and nearly fell ou'
., their seats from sheer force OF mer'
r,ment And yet III venture to say the
toke ~ YOU can call It a joke, Is al
least twenty-five years old. 1t just goes
n show that familiarity doesn't always
hreed contempt philadelphia Record
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GROUSE ARE CLEVER.
They Evade the Hunter by Tricks
That Display Intelligence.

That Display Intelligence.
The grouse has a hundred tricks OF
defense, says Outing. 1t Will lie sull
until the hunter is within a yard OF
1t. then soar straight upward in his
front, towering like woodcock; again,
1t will rise forty yards away, and the
sound Of its wings is his only notice OF
its presence. 1t will cover upon
branch under which he passes, and MS
cap will not be more than a foot be-
low it as he goes, and, though 1t has
seen him approaching, it will remain
ouiescent in frightful fear until his
back is turned. 1t will rush then, and
when he has slowed himself hurriedly
around he will catch only glimpse OF
a brown, broad wing far away.
Wounded and falling in the open, 1t
will be found-if 1t Is found at all
with the teltale speckles Of Its breast
against the trunk Of some brown tree
against which its feathers are indis-
tinguishable, and the black ruff about
the neck Of the male will be lald
against the darkest spot Of the bark.
Often It will double like fox; OFTEN
as man draws near 1t will spring
noiselessly into some spruce and hide
until he passes, dropping then to the
ground and continuing its feeding; Of
ten, too. 1t will decline to take wing
though unhurt, and will run fast FOL
half q mlle-so fast that the most ex-
pert woodsman will be unable to Keep
mace with it. This it will only do on
leafy ground and never when sno"
would betray its tracks.
Peninsula enterprise. [volume] (Accomac, Va.) 1881-1965, 1904-02-20

The following sequel to a naval
launch in England was not eommunl'
Gated to the press: Some years ago q
ship which was to be christened by an
illustrious parsonage got behind in con-
gtruction. The parsonage was sure to
be ready in time and could not be put
off. but not SO the ship As a last re-
sort some portions of the superstructure
were partly made fast with leadep
rivets in place of steel ones, the launch
took place, and the situation was saw
ed. When the vessel came to be COM
pleted for sea no one remembered
about the riyets. and after a coat or
two Of paint they looked for all the
world like the real article and behaved
like 1t until the ship got into heavy
sea, and the process known to Mr..
KiplIng as finding herself began. It
was then discovered that defect In
machinery" or other euphonism necessl-
tated a hurried return to a dockyard'
where matters were hastily put right
London Truth.
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An Odd Spanish Custom.

An odd custom in Madrid is the man
ner of indicating the sleeping rooms OF
a house by a spray Of palm leaves at
tached to the railing of the balcony.
You will see palm leaves hanging to
the balconies of nearly all the resi-
dences In town, those Of the poor as
well as the rich. A sheet of white pa
Der tied to the iron railing means that
the room is for rent; palm leaf means
that It is the sleeping chamber OF a
pious Catholic who brought 1t home
from church on the last Palm Sunday
and placed 1t there to keep away evil
spirits, diseases and misfortunes. 1t re-
mains there the entire year until the
next anniversary, when a new palm,
fresh from the blessing of the priest, IS
substituted.
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PHILIPPINE VOLCANOES.
Mayor Is the Most Famous, and the
Taa1 Comes Next.


The most famous Philippine volcano
and one Of the finest volcano cones IN
the world is that of Mayor. Its height
is 500 feet. and the volcano is visible
at q great distance. Since 1906 records
have been kept of its eruptions. In
that year many plantations and VII
lagos were buried under q stream or
lava which flowed down its eastern
slope. About 1000 lives were lost in
the eruption of 1914, which buried the
country around a part Of the base OF
Mavon under the outpourings of lava
and dust. A similar calamity In 1879
destroyed the lives Of about LOU per-
sons. In the nineteenth century there
were q number Of severe eruptlons, IN
Guiding one in 1SS6-S7 which continued
about nine months. An eruption III
1897 killed $50 persons and destroyed
much property. Twenty-Five violent
eruptions Of this volcano are on record
Next to Mayor the Taal volcano is
the most remarkable. 1t Is on an Is
land in the lake Of Bombon, and the Is
land. built up by its outpourings, has
an area Of 900 square miles. The vol
cano is necessarily ejecting dust and
vapor from its crater. Taal, as well as
Mayon, has been the center OF numer-
Gus destructive earthquakes, but no
very great eruption has occurred since
1864. when four villages around the
mountain were completely destroyed
Bulletin of American Geographical
Society.
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BELL FOUNDING.
IL Is an Ancient Art, Its orAsh
shrouded In Antiquity.

II Ia an Ancient Art, Its Origin
shrouded In Antiquity.
The art of bell founding is undoubt
edly of great antiquity. The Saxons
are known to have used bells in their
churches, although probably but small
ones. for the Venerable Bede, writing
nj the end of the seventh century, al
Indies to them in terms which seem to
show that they were not unfamiliar
things. The towers Of the Saxon Pc
Rod have belfries Of considerable dl-
mansions in most cases, and at Crow
land abbey, in south Lincolnshire,
there was famous peal Of seven bells
many years before the Mormon con-
quest.
The monks at that time and for long
after were the chief practitioners OF
the art Of bell founding. Their bells
were rarely without inscriptions, often
in Latin, containing perhaps some Cd
scure joke, the point of which is quite
lost More often they were of re-
ligious nature, sometimes, we fear, not
unmixed with q dash Of superstition,
as when the bell declares that Its
sound drives away the demons or the
air who caused pestilence and famine
lightning and thunderstorms.
AS a rule, unfortunately, they put
no dates on their bells, a defect
which has been in some measure over
come by the researches Of many en-
thusiastic campanologists, but which Is
likely to keep the early history of bells
shrouded in darkness for a long time
to come.-Gentleman's Magazine.
Peninsula enterprise. [volume] (Accomac, Va.) 1881-1965, 1904-02-20
HOW TURKS MAKE COFFEE.
1t Isn't Easy, but the Product liz De-
IfrhtfuI In Its Flavor.

IightfuI In Its Flavor.
To make the perfect cup Of Turkish
coffee is. like many other things, very
easy when the maker knows how to
do it, but unless the art has been learn
ed In Turkey 1t is difficult.
No one can make q perfect cup OF
coffee unless he has been to Turkey.
There is as much difference between
the ordinary cup of coffee and the
exquisite and alluring beverage with
all its subtle aroma as made by the
artist as there is between horsehesh
and the best English beef. The Turks
method is simple. They have many
little pots of various sizes. II they
want to make two cups only they use
the smaller one, and If three cups o
larger one. When the water has boiled
they fill the little pot almost to the TOP
with water, then put in three Jumps
of sugar and put the pot on the fire &c
boil. When 1t is hot they put In TWO
teaspoonfuls Of coffee ground very nn'
and then stir it round until 1t is thor
oughly mixed with the water.
The next step is to place the pot Oh
the fire again and watch 1t very care
fully until the coffee bubbles up 10
froth. and before this froth escapes
over the side you take the pot from th'
fire and tap the bottom gently on thu
stove till the froth goes down. Onc'
again the coffee is allowed to bubDi'
over the fire, and the process or tap
ping the pot on the stove is repeated
three times.
When the froth rises to the surfac'
for the fourth time the pot should u
taken from the fire and the cone
should be poured first into one cup ant
then into another, so that each GU
contains a portion Of the froth on III
top.
The Englishman cannot make core
at all. He tries hard, but never sue
ceeds either In making perfect Gu
Of Turkish or French coffee. In
Frenchman, on the other hand, ais
tries hard to make a perfect cup o
Turkish coffee, but he meets with III
tie more success than the Englishmar
One thing must never be forgotten
the coffee must be freshly roasted an
ground. 1t must not be roasted 10
black. A dark brown is the ideal colo
Then the flavor is divine. - Bosto
Globe
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Mrs. Grundy.

The first mention of Mrs. Grundy is
found In MOrton's clever comedy
speed the Plow." Farmer Ashfield,
at table with his jug and pipe. is talk
ing to his wife on her return from
market.
"Well, dame, welcome whoam. What
news does thee bring vrom market"
"What news, husband? What l al
ways told you, that Farmer Grundy's
wheat brought 8 shillings a quarter
more than ours did"
"All the better foor hep
"Ah, the sun seems to shine on pur-
pose for him."
Come, come, missus, as thee has not
the grace to thank God for prosperous
times, dan't thee grumble when they
be unkindly bit"
"And ] assure you Dame Grundy's
butter was quite the crack Of the mar
ket"
BE quiet, wool ye? Always ding
dinging Dame Grundy into my ears:
What will Mrs. Grundy say? What
will Mrs. Grundy Think Canst thee
be quiet? Let UT alone and behave
thyself pratty"
Peninsula enterprise. [volume] (Accomac, Va.) 1881-1965, 1904-02-20
Woman Sexton of n Cemetery.

Another Meriden woman has taken
a position unusual for the fair sex.
Mrs. Annie Gibson has been appointed
by the selectmen as sexton Of the East
cemetery, which is owned by the town.
Her property adjoins the cemetery, and
for many years she has had a subcon-
tract for caring for the yard. The posi-
ton has no salary. but for every grave
that is opened 81 is paid 70 the sexton,
and out of this amount she will have
to pay about half to the gravedigger.
Many people owning plots call upon
the sexton to keep the plots in order,
and from this work she will realize a
fair decentralization Times
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rLa IInnse Therm Ometer.

Every one ought to make constan'
nae Of a thermometer Get good ther-
mometer. They don't cost much Hang
one in your sleeping room. Hang an
other in the living room. Note "hae
tempsrature Is an agreeable one. we
nresume that TO +. will be found agree
able to most people. Sixty-hye Wouiu
nerbaps be better. At any rate, note
what temperature furnishes suf1cien'
heat so as to produce comfortable NV
ing rooms. Get posted on this suoJec'
for Yourself. Don't walt for SOMEBODY
to tell you what the temperature OF
YOUR living room ought to be. Fina
out for yourself You can note ior
Yourself what temperature Is the most
agreeable one. One practical good Will
be accomplished by watching your ther'
mometer-you will note how variable
the heat Is in the house. Sometimes II
ia 60. sometimes so and even above
This ought not to be allowed. An
equitable temperature should be main
tanned and can be just as well as not
A thermometer intelligently used u
worth its weight In gold. Medical
Talk.
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TIME TO HEDGE.
Bookmaker Wouldn't Lend Money
but Gave Good Advice.

uoolxmaIxer wouldn't Lend Money,
but Gave Good Advice.
Several turfmen were discussing the
sharp methods Of certain bookmaKer
who adds to his income by money lend
ing. He was conceded to be hard
man to deal with.
But I'll bet $500 that l can borrow
$1,000 from him on my personal re-
cognizance," said one.
"Done! answered the crowd stimuli
taneously, and IS he could only stake
one bet they pooled against him.
Thinking he had a sure thing, he went
off with an accompanying committee
to see the money lender.
"Mr. Cash" Chat wasn't his nance, he
said. "these gentlemen have bet me
$500 that l cannot borrow $1,000 from
you. 1 don't need the money, but you
let me have it for a day, and I'll di-
vide the bet with you"
The committee gasped, but the effect
of the cool proposition was unlocked
for. Instead Of jumping at the chance
Mr.. Cash buttonholed his interlocutol
and said:
did you make that betT
"I did"
"You bet $500 that you could borrow
money from meY
That's what did"
"Then," in a whisper, "go and hedge
New York Press.
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Confounding n Doubter.

"This paper says tibet they have Jest
deescovered the reemains oe a twenty
foot saurian on tn banks Of tn Penob-
scot river"
whats a saurian?
II dunno. Guess mebby it's one o
them misp :ints fer q sardine."
''There amt no twenty foot sardines."
"Well, there might be the Remains
Of one"
~ don't believe it. Do you suppose
anybody d want ter buy box Of SIGH
sardines? l guess not"
You're too dern critical. Eff there is
tn Remains O. any twenty foot sar-
dimes on tn Penobscot don't you sup
pose there might also be tn reemains
Of men big enuff to buy 'em by the
box? You're q atheist, thets what
you are."-Cleveland Plain Dealer.
Peninsula enterprise. [volume] (Accomac, Va.) 1881-1965, 1904-02-20
MODERN RACING CRAFT.
Made Four Thousand Years Ago. n'
shown by Egypt's Ships.

The truth of the old saying that there
is nothing new under the sun has been
once more demonstrated by the discov-
cry of a model boat at least 1000 years
old which resembles in many respects
the racing craft of the present days,
SAWS Golden Penny. This model boat
was discovered in an Egyptian tomb.
Although the boat is only toy, II al
fords proof of the fact that the racing
boats of 1000 years ago were certainly
modelled on the lines OF the latest rae
ing yachts. The model is obviously that
Of n pleasure boat, for the hull mas
heen so cut down for the sake Of speed
that II would be quite useless as
cargo or passenger boat. The most
modern rowing boats made have not
such deep keel as that from when
the model was copied.
There has been a good deal OF dis
cussion at one time or another as 10
whether England or America invented
the "6n keel" for racing boats. There
"a no question that the honor belongs to
neither country. since both have uncon'
scIously copied the idea from Egypt
Until few years ago boat builders
had never constructed a boat with a
line PROV equal to that seen on the 1T
tie model just unearthed. Racing
yachts of twenty years ago had nc
such lines.
In some respects, at least, we have
improved on the boats Of 1000 years
oeo. The stern of the model Is nor SC
good as would be the stern CT model
Of modern racing yacht. Consider
able improvements have also been made
in the steering gear. However, 10 al
intents and purposes the boats usec
Inv river enthusiasts on the Nile 4,oo'
wears ago were very much like th'
modern racers Of today from the pom
of view Of appearance. In the matter
Of speed the modern boat would d.
their superior. Philadelphia Ledger.
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A Limited Edition.

There Is a paper published In London
called the Anti-Top Hat. 1t depends
for its circulation not upon subscrib-
ers. but upon the will Of an eccentric
old man who hated the conventional
form Of headgear with hatred which
he carried beyond the grave. He fought
the "stovepipe" hat while alive, and
when he died he left his nephew S2'oOO
a year on condition that he edit ana
publish a monthly paper devoted to
ridiculing the "top hat" The nephew
accepted the legacy and the RESPONSE
bility and issues his paper regularly
though he confines each edition to three
copies, one for himself and one fol-
each of the old mans executors.
Peninsula enterprise. [volume] (Accomac, Va.) 1881-1965, 1904-02-20
THE CODE IN ANCIENT TIMES
Famous Duel In the Days of Coca
Queen Anne.

Queen Anne.
In the reign Of good Queen Anne
duels were no less frequent than IN
the rowdy, riotous days Of Charles H.
Lord Mohun, dissolute, remorseiess
nobleman, was the terror OF honest
London citizens at this time, ana
many were the infamous escapades IN
which he played chief character lie
was guilty of one act which bears no
other name than that Of murder-the
killing of poor Mountford, the actor
I'm cold blood because he endeavored 10
protect the honor of Mrs. Bracegirdle'
the famous and beautiful actress. 1t
WAS Lord Mohun who fought and Kill
ed the Duke Of Hamilton, an aHalr
which all will remember who have
read Thackeray's great novel, LIS
mond."
The duel was fought with swords IN
HYDE park, the challenge having Deen
sent by Mohun to the duke, who had
with perfect accuracy, stated that one
of Mohun's creatures had neither
truth nor justice in him." The Duke
of Hamilton received wound In the
right side of the leg about seven inches
long. another in the right arm, thiro
in the upper part of the breast, run
ming downward toward the BODY;
fourth on the outside Of the left leg
Lord Mohun himself was mortal!
wounded, receiving a large wound IL
the groin, another In the rlght SUI
through the body, in which the Swor'
plunged right up to the hilt, ana
third in his arm. There is no douo
he rightly deserved his death, because
departing from the rules OF fenc
among men of honor, he shortened nj
sword. thrust under his opponent
guard and stabbed the duke IN IN
manner of common assassin.
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The Earliest SURGEONS,

Surgery Is said to be older than
medicine, and probably, in its simplest
Offices, it is as old as human need for
1t. Skulls Of the neolithic period give
evidence that the operation of trepan-
ming was then practiced.
The Hindoo surgeon Susruta, who
lived several centuries before Christ
had more than q hundred different
sorts Of surgical instruments, and there
IL abundant proof that his countrymen
were skilled in amputatiOn, lithOtomy
and operations for hernia, fistula and
even for restoring lost ears and noses
Hippocrates, who lived 400 B. c., was
a skillful surgeon, and discoveries by
Ebers and others in Egypt prove that
the ancient Egyptians practiced sur
gerry, with suitable instruments, nearly
5000 years ago.
Among the six hermetic books Of
medicine mentioned by Clement Of
Alexandria was one devoted to sur
gical instruments. The Greeks are
thought to have learned the Hindoo
methods, and the Romans were skilled
In snRGarX.