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FOREIGN.

George w. Poss, a San Francisco
engineer, now in charge of the Egyp-
tan Cotton Mills, at Cairo, has as
founded the Arabs by swimming i'll the
Nile from Old Cairo to Basus, eleven
and one-quarter miles.
King George of Greece arrived in
London, Eng, on a visit to King Ed
ward.
One white man and sixty-seven ma
tives were drowned in a mine at Drie-
fontein, South Africa, by the break
ing Of the pump.
A special cable dispatch stated that
Senior Palma, President of Cuba, has is
sued orders to spare no expense Ill
fighting the encroachmcnt Of yellow
fever on the island.
Italians are eXasperated ove the
quarrels in the Garibaldi family. The
dead hero's youngest son, General Ric-
cioti Garibaldi, says his fathers sword
has been pawned and redeemed several
times.
The Shanghai correspondent of the
London (Eng.) Morning Post says it is
reported that an insurrection has
broken out at Vladivostok. There has
been street fighting and much blood
shed.
The Union of the Government en-
ployes of the a~rsenals and ~dOckyards
at Toulon, Brest and other French
naval headquarters, has ordered a gen-
eral strike.
In consequence of the discovery Of
plots to blow up the st. Petersburg II
Berlin Railroad, all the railroads in
Russian Poland are now guarded by
military.
The commission Of experts at Ha-
vana, Cuba, has decided that the Span
ish woman who was isolated was SUI
fering from yellow fever. Another
suspected case has been reported.
A garrison in Finland mutinied, but
there was no bloodShed.
The st. Petersburg correspondent of
the London (Eng.) Daily Mail repre-
sents Georgia as being lost to Russia.
He says that 2 1000 Georgians, armed
with modern rifles, hold the country
and are ready to repel three important
Russian forces that are cOnverging on
them.
A great meeting. organized by the
Zionist Federation, to denounce the
massacre of Jews in Russia, was held
in London, Eng. Practically all the
audience wore mourning.
The Japanese Government has de-
cided to issue a new foreign loan Of
$3.50, 100000 at four per cent.
Count Whites new cabinet met at
st. Petersburg, and considered the
project Of making part of the Council
Of the Empire elective. The proclamai
ton of martial law in Poland, 1t is
said, had the approval of Count WHITE:
The Prince and Princess Of Wales
arrived at Bombay, India, and were.
enthusiastically welcomed. .
In a special dispatch from Caracas!
it is stated that sensational revelations:
have caused France to accept the coll
cessions offered by President Castro,
in settling the diplomatic incident.
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have to content themselves with the
consolation prize, a seat il the little
nook just outside the centre, where
Miss Warren has prepared a consola-
ton bench, on which the weary may
rest and ponder over their failure to
solve the puzzle.
Near the entrance of the maze is a
tower surmounted by a summer house.
Seated in this one can overlook the
entire maze and get abundant amuse-
ment from the bewilderment of the
people i'll the maze. Miss Warren
often entertains her friends by taking
them to this eyrie on the days when
the place is open to the public.
The maze is twenty-five feet in
width, and the shortest way from the
entrance to the centre is $40 feet, or
eighteen-hundredths of a mile. But
! even if they are fortunate, most peo-
pie travel ten times that distance be-
fore reaching the goal of their endeaV-
ors.-New York Times.
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QUEER FRUIT, THIS.

The Northern tourist in rural Georgia
is likely to be treated to uncommon
sights and experiences. and n of the
oldest is the strange trees, Of which
the accompanying illustration shows
a very fair sample. Seen from the
roadside the tree apparently grows
with luxuriant foliage for about ten
feet, and above that its slender trunk
and leafless limbs rise for twenty or
thirty feet. What seems to be a rich
and ripening crop of gigantic golden
apples pendant from the branches.
But closer scrutiny reveals the fact
that-the curious. tree with its tempting
growth is a fake. The superstructure
of the leafy tree is a dead one," and
the pseudo fruit, which is nothing
more or less than dried gourds, is tied
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lsats as Wire Walkers.

A graceful exhibition of wire walk
ing was given by a number of rats at
Sligo the other afternoon, says the
London Mail.
An excise officer, who was cycling
by the Town Hall, happened to. look
up and saw an enormous rat making
its way along an overhead electric
wire.
He pointed it out 20 the Town Hall
officials and they watched nearly l5C
of the rats rass along until they were
hidden from sight by a lofty -four mill.
The rats used their tails as the pro,
fessional walker uses his balancing
mole.
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Americans Abroard.

Among the London building contracts
secured by Americans is that Of the
Hotel Ritz, which is being erected in
Piccadilly, overlooking Green Park.
This building is expected to be one Of
the wonders of the European hotel
world. 1t will cost upward of $5,000,-
600. Another hotel. to be known as
the Waldorf, will be built in the East
End by Americans.
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At tAe first glimpse Of him the wom-
an darted forward and seized him by
the arm.
"Oh, Timothy! you heartless. unfeel.
ing man, you! to desert your affection
ate wife and all your interesting fam
lily of children!"
And then there was Il fearful scene.
during which a good deal Of hair
changed hands. aud everything was
badly mixed up.
And it all ended by Mrs. Jenkins
marching jenkins off. with a young
one on each Of his shoulders, and the
others hanging to the legs of his pam
falcons. begging for cents to buy
candy.
Again the Widow Peaslee was a
widow.
At first she thought Of fallin. sick.
like the heroines in novels when great
emergencies occur. but on second
thoughts she changed her mind, and
sought consolation in various little
proverbs about patient walters"
Scraps of poetry, also. came to re-
lieve her mind. She thought favor
ably of the wonderful production which
begins, IF at first YOU don't succeed,
try. try, again"
Then she remembered the spider:
Three times the spider tried his web
to tie fast to the beam;
Three times TO cross the main had
people tried before Columbus.
1 will not give up to spiders, Spain, or
aught but death
quoth the widow courageously, and
she bathed her eyes. for she had been
crying a little, and prepared a plate OF
toast and jelly for old Peter Pray, who
was rich and a bachelor.
But the widow Jones vas before her.
supporting old Peter On her arm, and
feeding him with mutton broth. Mrs.
Peaslee was too late. She gave the
toast to Jellison's dog. and went home
almost in despair.
But providence favored her. A rail
road was laid out in her vicinity. II
waa constructed, and brought a grea.
many strangers that way. Mrs. Peas
lee took boarders-only single men.
James Juniper was one of them. Ju'
piper was a rock worker, and had
charge Of blasting operations on a ledge
a little distance of.
The widow fascinated him, and in
due time they were engaged.
The day before they were to be mar.
ried a blast of powder went off with.
out giving any notice, and, as poor
Juniper happened at the time to be
standing directly over it, he went up.
When he made the ascent he had
two legs and two arms; when he de.
s~cended,it was found that one of each
was missing.
The widow received him at her
house-what remained of him.
He lifted his powder-blackened face
at sight of her and said, family:
"Hannah, be you going to give me
up? Because, if you be, I won't have
none Of them doctors a-sawing of my
bones, but if you'll stick, then let 'em
saw and be hanged
But the widow was loyal, and James
was raised up to life again, though
one of his legs is a wooden one. and
he has only one arm with which to
hug Mrs. Juniper.
So you see that patience and perse-
verance always brings forth their
fruits, and when you feel inclined to
despair think of the Widow Peaslee
and renew your courage.-New York
Weekly.
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EodSs School.

God keeps a costly school. Many OF
it's lessons are spelled out through
tears. Old Richard Baxter sa!l: 20,
God, 1 thank Thee for a bodily, disci-
piine of eight and fifty years." and he
is not the only man who has turned q:
trouble into a triumph. This school OF
u Heavenly Father will soon close for
us; the term time is shortening every
day. Let us not shirk a hard lesson
or vince under any rod Of chastise-
ment. The richer will be the crown,
and the sweeter will be heaven, IL
we endure cheerfully to the end aid
graduate into glory.-Theodore L. Guy
Ter, d. D. !
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Evening PRAYER.

Father, the day is done. We bring,
to Thee the record of our work for ap-
prevail and correction. We trust that
we have done well, that our work,
although not perfect, may be passing
Help MS to attain the average, and IL
it be Thy will may we receive excel
lence. Advance us to new lessons, to-
other tasks, and thus from day to day,
and year to year under Thy teaching
may we be promoted, until OUR time Of
graduation, when imperfect life and
Imperfect love are made perfect
through Thee. Receive us for the sake
Of Jesus. Amen.-George e. Mayer.
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rush filling up the walls. The houses
have usually but one room, some mats.
and perhaps a hammock. The more
p]retcntious villages, however, have
houses built of sun-dried clay covering
4 wooden frame, and having two or
three rooms. In almost every house
may be seen bundles of meat, which,
has been sailed, dried and hung up un-
til the feast days arrive.-Good Litera-
ture.
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Up.to.Date Learning.

The phonograph has been turned to
account in the teaching of foreign Ian
guages. In some English schools
French is now taught in this way.
The machine delivers suitable speci-
mems of French oratory, poetry and
songs while the children listen and &C.
Qlire the accent.
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BITS 57 NEWS
WASHINGTON.

The text of the Presidents forth
coming message, to be presented to
Congress on December 5, has been COM
pleted and put in type, and he is 60
ing over the proof sheets.
Judge Kimball declared in favor of
the whipping post for wife-beaters.
The report of the Chief Of Engineers
of the Army gives sos, 1855 as the
estimated amount necessary for COM
pleting the East River improvement.
President Roosevelt signed all order
providing for filling al! consular offices
above the $1,000 grade by promotion or
examination.
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The Reward of Earnestness.

Christ met multitudes Of men in
Jericho one day. But so far as we
know He picked out only two for
special blessing. The reason was that
these two We're the most in earnest.
Bartimeus would be heard, though 9TH
ers tried to hush his voice; Zaccheus
would see, though the crowd over
topped him. So these two won the re-
wards of earnestness. A vague de-
sire will never bring us close to Christ;
we must be in earnest.-Presbyterian.
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How George Fox Learned Patience.

1 found something within me that
would not be sweet and patient and
kind. I did what I could to keep it
down, but it was there. I besought
Jesus to do something for me, and!
when l gave Him my will He came
into my helrt, and took out all that
would not be patient, and then He
shut the door.-George Fox.
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One on Miss Warren's Estate al
Waltham, Mass, Often Thrown
Open to the Public.

Waltham, Mass, has acquired a new
claim to fame. For this it is indebted
to Miss Cornelia Warren, who has con
structed on her estate, Cedar Hill, a
love maze modelled after the famous
maze at Hampton Court, said to have
been designed by Henry II. as a bower
for Fair RosamOnd.
The maze is a common feature of
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tins are nowhere so thoroughly at home
as when nesting in a nice, roomy gourd
in a treetop.-Philadelphia Record.
INDIAN HOUSES IN CENTRAL AMER
lea,

The houses of the Central American
Indians are unusually simple in con-
struction, being built of a few posts
and ~rafters, with matched roofs Of
straw or palm leaves, cane, bamboo or
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Oh it's branches. The Georgia farmer
has learned that the best chance his
chickens have of growing into lives
Of usefulness is to keep hawks away
from them; and there is nothing that
will keep az close watch or hawks as
bee martins. Furthermore bee mar
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Mopkev Wi h n Pigtail.

A monkey with a short twisted tail
like that of the domestic pig has ar
rived at the London Zoo from the
Malay Peninsula.
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OUR ADOPTED ISLANDS.

Ampatuan, the successor of Datto
Ali, the brigand chief who was killed
by American troops last month, has
surrendered Internationally with fifty
viaes at Cottabato,- p. I.
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Path to Victory.

Gods trials, nobly borne. in obe-i
dience to His righteous will. are the
paths to victorious triumph. - S. A.
Brooke.
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LOVES PROVIDENCE.

Heart OF my heart, my life, my light!
II you were lost what should | do!
I dare not trust you from my sight
Lest death should fall in love with you.
Such countless perils lie in wait.
The gods know we'll how fair you are.
What If they left me desolate
And took and set You for a star.
Then hold me close, the gods are strong.
And happiness so rare a flower
No man may hope to keep it long
And 1 may lose you any hour.
Then kiss me close, my star, my flower!
So shall the future grant us this:
That there was not a single hour
We might have kissed, and did not kiss!
Mitchell Kennerley.
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Texas, in the fiscal years 1906 and
1907, will play 100000 to Confederate
veterans for pensions.
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WIDOW PEASLEE'S TROUBLES
By CLARA AUGUSTA.

d y

AoN RS. PEASLEE had been a
1-k widow for two years, and
6 M 8 did not want to be un-
4 AVA + welded any longer. She
rse~ was very unhappy, being a
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worship. Then the emphasis was upon
the forms. The amount of ones rell-
gion was estimated by his devotion to
It was not until q very
much later time that doctrine and
practice were given the attention they
deserve.
At this time there were no states Of
nations. The people were Joined TO-
gether in families, tribes or clans.
They had no abiding place, but jour-
neyed from place to place to furnish
their cattle with pasturage. The god
of the tribe was supposed to be al an
cestor, who determined their prosper
ity or adversely.
Each tribe had its god. who could be
worshiped only by the members of the
clan. If one united with another tribe
he was obliged to do homage to the
deity of it. Nor could the deity of one
clan bless outside of its W territory.
According to the most primitive con-
ception but little Importance was at
tached to the doctrine Of the immortal
ity of the soul. Future life has ever
been a tenet of every religious system:
but it was emphasized. less than the
present life, since it. was held that no
service could be rendered the deity
beyond the grave. This explains the
reason for embalming the dead.
Sacrifice occupied a most important
place among the Semites. And there
are traces of human sacrifices which
under the Christian dispensation have
been offered only by heather. The
Semites living in tribes or clans bad Il
local deity to whom they offered sacri-
fee. He sat at the table and partook
of the slain animal.
II. The primitive Hebrew stage.
This period covers the patriarchal and
nonadic epoch. while the people were
EGl Wav6sEtEG about. Il is not SUI
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1905-07-25

IL was only a few years ago
when tho hall player who did not
spend every cent he earned and
then 20 Into debt was looked upon
A. a lobster by his fellow players.
Today things are differuut. and
tho player who throws his simo-
Icons 10 the four winds and draws
on the next seasons salary to keep
from eating SNOWFALL sandwiches
In the winter Is the exception.
Ray Brasheer, second baseman
on tho Louisville American assoela-
ton tram. Il one OF the many
players acquiring a competence.
When he rutirea he win do 20 with
enough 90 keep Mr. Wolf scratching
until he wears out his toe nails,
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RR'tOOD

kid" Mohler may BIO able to gel
into the game this week. That will
be a good thing for tho Seals
Mohler has been missed more than
any other man and with him on soc.
ond the team have great confidence
Shields Is surely delivering the
goods now, II seems that Charlie
Hall has turned HIS luck over 20
shlolda IIali's pitching OF late has
been very bad. Well. he may brace
up after the first series Ia over.
We will all bow tho head and
earnestly pray that Rusty Hall will
coax his Indians out OF the cellar
They have been in so long that
they will have trouble with their
eyes when the light strikes them.
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ENoLIsh WON

LONDON. July 2b.--A large crowd
witnessed the finals IN the tennis
match for the Dwight y. Davis ln.
ternauonal tennis cup. The Eng
lihhmen won the finals, but they
had TO do some playing. II was
necessary FOR D0herty and Iarned
10 play 30 games before matters
were settled
loicomb Ward was 20 hava play
ed :. n. Smith. but. owing 10 fam.
ny bereavement. William J. Cloth .
Ter was substituted He gave Smith
a hard game. but the latter was too
steady for him. In the play AZ Win.
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WANT LAKE LOWERED

A petition. signed BY more than
800 residents OF King county. has
beon presented 10 Senator Piles ask
lnR that the waters OF Lake Wash
ington be kept al its lowest summer
level FOR the year round by keeping
open all the natural and artificial
outlets. IN order 90 reclaim several
thousand acres OF tillnbie lands lying
20 the south. east and northeast Of
the lake.
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AMERICAN LEAGUE.
COUNTY CLERKS WIN

The baseball players from the
county clerks office. with Otto Case
Sas chief twirler. administered a de
xeat 10 the team from Bellevue IN
an ii-lnning game on Saturday.
leAfler the carnage was over and the
sroorekeepcr finished his arduous
aabors. Il was founs that the county
ahoys had carried OF the honors by
n score OF IS to Il.
County Clerk Case showed him
sseif to be as good running bases as
running for office. and the way he
held down the box was n caution.
A small crowd Of sport -lovers at
tended the game and got their
moneys worth before Il was half
through.
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Sports Pass Quiet Dd League Will End ae-e @aShe Are Sure Cellar Rats

II would atupefy most anybody.
The coffin was EMPTY
Silence reiEued.
only for the moment
'IIa. ha. ha. ha-a-n-hf"
A ahrit laugh rang out In tho
inky darkness.
The EhouiH hhuddered.
The laughter came from a tomb
across from lot Sl.iff.
Then came a hooking voice.
"Iie amt there. I. the BOY Under
taker. saved him. Rusty Halls Hoo
doc r. not buried. lie lives. The
SiwasheH can never wfrt+
''Foied.s cried thr Fe robbers
IN unison and also GA the grave
yard.--Frofn THE BOY Undertaken.
or Embalming his Why 70 Phiiadel-
phiA
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WIlL INVFaTIoATE

WASHINGTON. July 25-The
navy department has announced
that a thorough investigation viii
De made Of The Bennington disaster
at once 10 ascertain tho cause OF the
explosion. Secretary Bunapartn
held an extensive conference with
Assistant Secretary Darling and has
ordered Rear Admiral Goodrich %
San Diego 20 make a speedy and
thorough Investigation into every
detail OF the unfortunate accident
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announced be would bald hia own
house
Downing oVexailA. Brashear began
bosaing the men he employed 10 do
the work on his dove Gotta Before
called upon 10 report the following
spring the house was complese. and
tho night hefore HIS departure the
BraAheara gave an elaborate house
warming
THAT house warming cost eou-
pie OF centuries" remarked Braah-
ear 10 a couple Of the contractors
next morning rs he was boarding
the train. hut | saved about tsoa
By building the place myself. 80 |
guess can stand tho eatertain-
ment.-
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(BY l. A. CROSBY
The next championship lacrosse
match In which seattle viii partlei-
patio viii be against thu Victoria
team a. Recreation park. Saturday
aftcruoou. July %.
These two teama played a record
game al Victoria on July rs. after
struggling for 20 minutes. the score
being ] 10 J. Time had 20 be added
30 that the superior team could Be
decided. Victoria won the last goal.
The scenes on the field after the
mKnch will undoubtedly be long re-
membered b. the old timera Every
man on the Victoria team was treat
ef like returned hero from the
battlefield. The man who made
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BIFF! CRACK! LISTEN To
THE MERRY SWAT OF The
LA CROSSE STICK SATURDAY

the winning Eual was carried from
the field and haa bc~n worahippcd
ever since b. the lacrosse efanks
They say he has sven quit work.
Every team plays best lacrosse
on ia oxn field. Seattle will be
at home neat Saturday. and the
game. which IL for championship
hunors. will be worth going miles
to see
On Sunday. July 30. the following
day. the same teams will mcaf in an
exhibition game
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NJ belonged 10 a man who wal
bringing Il home with him.
Hist"
Twas a warning from the lookout
Mofgue Mafuaduke.
Just then the spade struck a cas-
ket
A thrill ran through the sinister
group about the cavity.
They were iaWicas men.
Gh0uis. IN fact
with a curse Jonas tore the ia
from the eaaket
For a moment he was rtupefied
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two daring motorists. have Just com
plctod what Is thought to have been
the hardest and most daring ride
ever made In Washington. Fifteen
days hgo the two motorists left the
city in a small Cadillac machine.
They made n ride over the Cascade
mountains 20 Yakima They then
came back By way OF Portland.
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The sporting writer's East. almost
all OF them. said that there was no
doubt about tho nght az Reno. that
u was a sure thing for Root That
o. about a. near as any OF them ever
come 10 picking a winner
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Sporting Briefs
va
TOMMY nuRSs
HUGH KELLY va

HUGH KELLY va
TOMMY BURNS
Los ANGELES. July as.-uniess
aomethinK unforeseen occurs 10 pre-
vent u the ne~ly organised Pacific
Athletic rTup Of this city vii open
Its new boxing pavilion tonlsaf wlth
a 20-round bout between Tommy
Burns. % Detroit. ard hugo Kelly.
the Milwaukee boy who recently
scored n decision over philadelphia
Jack" OBrien- The men viii fight
Mt f5s pounds Judging from the
past records OF the two fighters
their meeting should result IN a fast
and interesting contest. They met
once before. at Detroit. tho bout re.
sultlnE IN q draw after 10 rounds OF
lively milling.