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The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1905-08-10

Mohler's accident happened from
the rrOunder b Hart to seuoud
bsss- The ball hit on some obIect
ca the ground and eaased i %
bound false. Il struck Mother on
fhs side Of the Jaw. II vas not a
minute till BITS Jaw vas sSeiied 10
an enormous size
Hiidehraud made a sensational
catch out in left field. lie had 10
run almost from len 20 eenfew after
the bail. which. had he missesi e..
would have scored two runs for tbs
SlwAshes.
Hall made a bad play in the third
inning when he made try for a fly
which should have beeu Harris TIA
ran In front Of Hart Who let Il 20.
consequently. ths bali Ma Missed
and the batter vas safe.
Roach can also be credited with
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1905-08-10

a o.
tic
Ndseta Yoasts
The eRAnoesr AND MOST COSTLY SHOW EVER PROTECTED
I've Esheon oy e. and ~ Doors open ar Hour Eearlsr
10 Years, Hall
have tncted
mo
owing 10 supendoua show No STREET PARADE
WILL ne GIVEN OF THE SHOW GROUNDS hour before
WILL EXHIBIT EVERETT Is. cENTRALIA 10.
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Roach can also be credited win
Warren sheaf., 1905-11-30
IN A JAPANESE inn !
AWAY FROM THE GENERAL
ROUTES OF TRAVEL.
They Offer Many Attractions to the
Lover Of the Picturesque Things
of Life in the Mikado's
Empire

wonder if the ordinary globe-trot-
ter, who ambles along the beaten track
at the heels of guide, ever realizes the
absolute joy of breaking away from the
conventional hotel routine and studying
the real life and atmosphere of "Japs at
home" can vouch personally for the
charm of this, having for, the last few
weeks lived in Japanese inn (yadoya)
in the heart of the mountains, away
from all English-speaking persons; and
the experience has been delightful and
Enthusiastically "Jappy"
Arriving on pony back at such a
house. the first proceeding is to take OF
ones shoes outside the entrance, and
either walk stocking-footed across the
polished floors. or use the heelless MOLE
skin, slippers provided by the inn; for,
as the common saying goes, "the laps
do not make a street of their houses. =
and the spotless tatami (f1oor mats)
would suffer sadly from contact with
muddy shoes. Then comes the inevita-
BILE question: when will you have your
bath?" for this is with due respect. be
it saidD the beginning and end of
everything with the Japanese, who in
dulge in bath at six a. m. and bath
at six p. M. while at IL O'Clock "a
Warren sheaf., 1905-11-30
A NOVEL BANQUET.

We attended banquet not long
since, and we believe no such banquet
was ever before given In this country.
It was given by the business men Of
a western town, where bad roads have
been the rule since the country was
first settled, to about fifty farmers liv-
ing in the territory tributary, these
farmers having agreed with the afore-
said business men last spring to take
care of about fifty miles of country
highways by the new method Of drag
ging them after every hard rain. The
work accomplished was in every way
SO excellent and beneficial to the trade
Of the town that the banquet was Civ
en- the farmers in recognition of their
good work. It was certainly novel
and altogether unique function, and
the plan adopted by both business men
and farmers might well be adopted by
other communities to their very great
advantage. Just compare this with the
old way of working the roads, where
the men who were working out their
tax were easily found under the shade
Of cottonwood tree spinning yarns at
$3.50 per day. It is further worth not
Ing that the work done by the fifty
farmers was all gratuitous and done in
addition to paying their road taxes.
Where men feel this way the bad road
will soon be a thing of the past.
Warren sheaf., 1905-11-30
DAIRY SANITATION.

We feel that it is always in order to
say a word about sanitation in the
dairy business. the imperative neces-
sity of cleanliness in all that pertains
to the production of milk and butter.
No substance is more sensitive to bad
odors than milk, and nothing will alb
sorb and retain them so we'll. The gos-
pei of cleanliness should begin with the
attire and the personal habits of the
man who cares for and milks the cows:
it must be omnipresent in the COW
barn, always observed in the care of
all utensils used in the business. The
all too common practice of wetting
the teats of the COW with her own milk
in the milking process is dairy sin of
the worst type, when drop or two Of
vaseline accomplish the same purpose
and will not innOculate the milk. 1t Is
probably stating an unpleasant truth
to say that it is the introduction Of
cow manure into the milk in the num-
berless ways which are easily possible
where dirty dairy methods prevail
which more than any other thing is the
primary cause of bad favored butter.
1t requires not a little work to keep
the dairy COW and the methods en-
ployed in the milking clean. but if one
is not willing to recognize the impor-
tance of cleanliness in this business he
had better let somebody else keep the
COWS.
Warren sheaf., 1905-11-30
$l.0O PER YEAR,
THURSDAY, NOV. 80, 1905.
STEENERSON SAFE.

The press of the Red River valley
is trying to create a diversion of
political interest in the Sixth to the
Ninth congressional district. Very
complimentary articles to Congress-
man Steenerson, with vague refer
ence to the gubernatorial nomina-
tion, appeared last week in anumber
OF papers. There is the possibility
OF a sharp contest between Con-
gressman Steenerson and A. D.
Stephens of Crookston, for the con-
gressional nomination and the pub
1ication of these articles looks much
like a feeler thrown out to sound
public OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES Post
News
While we have noticed that few
feeble efforts have been made to
switch Mr.. Steenerson onto the
gubernatorial track, and while it is
true that Mr.. Steenerson would
make a good governor and a strong
candidate for that position, yet we
are quite sure that the efforts have
not sprung from any concerted move
ment on the part Of the republican
voters. While Marshall county has
not been very ardent supporter of
Mr.. SteenersOn in the past for the
reason that it has favorite son Of
it's own, whom it would have been
pleased to have occupy seat in
Congress, and whom some day it
hopes to be able to place there,
we refer namely to Judge Grinde-
land, nevertheless, we are
quite confident that the preponder-
ing sentiment among Republicans
now, in the county as we'll as
throughout the district, favor the
retention of Mr.. Steenerson in con-
gress. And not only do the people
of the district favor his candidacy
but they even demand that he con-
tinue as their representative in con-
gress. for several reasons. First,
Mr.. Steenerson has made an excel
lent record, and it is always custom
ary as well as expedient from par
ty stand point, to re-elect for a
number Of terms in succession, con
gressmen whose services have
Warren sheaf., 1905-11-30

been found satisfactory to the peo.
pie. In the second place, Mr..
Steenerson by reason of his ability
and long familiarity with public af-
fairs, has been able to take com
manding position in national legisla-
tion, and to fail to return him would
result in loss of prestige to the dis
trict. Those districts who return
the same representatives again and
again are the ones who have the
most influence in Congress. Take
for intance the case of the first and
second districts, represented by
Tawney and McCleary, respectively.
What power will not those districts
now have in national affairs, when
both members will have chairman
ships of important committees, Mr..
Lawney probably securing the chair
manship of the ways and means, the
most important of all. The people
of these districts have acted wisely
in returning these men again and
again. The third and most import
ant reason for Mr.. Steenerson's S re-
turn is his we'll known sympathy
with President Roosevelt on those
great public questions that now ag-
itate the public mind, especially as
regards the regulation of railway
rates. The railway rate question
promises to be the all-important is
sue over which will be fought the
great political battles in coming ses-
sions of congress. This is ques-
tiOn that Mr.. Steenerson has stud
led closely for years, and there is
probably not man in Congress
better posted on itthan he. He has
been identified with every move
ment for the reduction Of railway
rates in our state, and carried to
the supreme court the famous
Steenerson rate case which estab-
lished the power of the Minnesota
railway and warehouse commission
to fix rates, a power that it is now
proposed to give to the interstate
commerce commission or some other
body exercising national control.
At the last session of Congress Mr.
Steenerson introduced rate bill Of
his own, one that many preferred to
the Esch-Townsend bill, and he de-
livered one of the ablest speeches
ever heard in Congress on that
subject. He will, if returned, be
able to render the district and the
country valuable service in solving
this important question. For these
reasons, and others that could be
mentioned, the peopleo Of the district
desire to retain Mr.. Steenerson in
Congress for another term at least.
Warren sheaf., 1905-11-30
Thank the Lord!,

cried Hannah Plant, Of Little Rock.
Ark, for the relief | got from
Bucklen's Apnica Salve. It cured
my fearful running sores, which
nothing else would heal, and from
which | had suffered for years. .
1T is marvellous healer for cuts,
burns and wounds. Guaranteed at
p 3 Whitney, s drug store; 25c.
Warren sheaf., 1905-11-30

"a bell being an unheard of luxury
and Immediately with series of Hei!
Hei! Heis! rosy-cheeked little crea-
ture in a scanty kimono with volumin-
Gus sleeves, shuf11es in with an early cup
of tea. Her height is just so inches,
measured by my yard tape; but her elab-
orate cOiffure makes her look at least
six inches taller.
One can live luxuriously for weeks on
masu (salmon trout, tori (chicken),
and omelettes worthy of any chef; and
the natural simplicity of the people in
these mountainous resorts is unspoilt
by foreign influences. so that it is per-
feet JOY to live among them. They sleep
on the floor with wooden pillow (ma-
kura) under the neck, and futon (quilt)
to cover them; and as special act OF
grace, my landlord has given me four of
these futon. wadded with cotton which
form thick mattress. In the day time
ones bedroom is vacuum, for it pos
sesses neither walls nor furniture, nor
anything (there is a subtle resemblance
In this to the last stage of NAM; the
room is simply an area of IL feet square,
covered with soft tatami (mats) which
are made of rushes. and fitted closely
together. These mats are always of the
same size-six feet by three feet-and
the size of the room is calculated by
their number, SO that one speaks of "a
six-mat ROOM or an "eight-mat room'
At night thick sliding screens fusuma)
are put up to divide these spaces. and
lighter frames covered with rice paper,
which are called shOji. shut them OF
from the outer verandas
At odd moments-irrespecti of the
stage to which ones toilette has ad-
vanced!-the entire family appear, all
smiles and Ohayos Good -morning!)
the object of the inroad being usually
to show the latest baby or babies! Par
ties of japanese come and go all day
long. the ladies travelling by.kayo. which
is a shallow basket or litter with small
roof above. slung from pole carried on
the shoulders OF two men. and the Jan
anese double their knees and sit on their
feet quite comfortably, although person
ally always emerge from one with stitr
joints and feeling of cramp all over!
Thece are naturally some drawbacks
to life in yadoya (inn) and one of the
most Irritating of these is what one
writer cleverly calls the bland imbecil.
ity'' OF the Japs when they do not UNDER
stand, and intend to invade any par
tlcular service required! Again, there
are myriads of unlimited guests swarm
Ing in the spotless-l looking tatami and
futon. who have to be reckoned with
as aggressive factors in ones daily ex-
istence! But apart from these pin-
pricks life in a Japanese inn forms not
the least attractive chapter in trav-
eler's program, and it affords an excel
lent opportunity of studying at close
quarters the habitual life of the clean.
courteous and friendly little people OF
these picturesque islands of the Rising
Sun!
Quit paying rent. Build house
of your own and get the lun b 81
from the st. Hilaire Retail Lumber
Co., east side Of railway, Warren,
MINI. We have just what YOU
Warren sheaf., 1905-11-30

EN-Jl.
sound of revelry by night" indicates that
the last slashing and Tubing of the
household is in process.
Early in the morning. before five
o'clock, one is reused from slumber by
the sliding back in their grooves of the
wooden shutters (amados) which COM
pose the front and sides of the inn, and
after that to WOO sleep is impossible,
for the daily life Of the house has begun,
and every sound penetrates through the
sliding paper screens which form the
bedroom walls So one claps ones hands
Warren sheaf., 1905-11-30

FISH, GAME AND CIVILIZATION.
Man naturally likes to fish and hunt
for living. He is not to blame for
this, as it is an instinct which comes
to him in hereditary way The sim.
pie ability to be able to make living
in this manner quite often interferes
with any desire OH his part to make
what we call progress and develop the
country, for the nearer in wild state
he can keep the country the better the
hunting and the fishing and the easier
will it be for him to make living
that way. The abundance of fish and
game in the southern states has al
ways been hindrance to the develop
ment Of the colored race, there being
nothing which modern civilization
can offer him which will take the place
Of hunting the coon and the possum
and catching mud eats in the streams.
Thus the mongrel bred hound became
almost as much OF Il fixture around the
home of the colored man, and also of
the poor white, as was the bunch of
pickaninnies playing around the door
or the sallow faced white woman dip
ping snuff. White and black met ON
common ground In the hunting field,
while the bay Of the hounds on the
trail of the bear or the deer was the
sweetest Of music to both races. Just
in proportion as the game disappears
civilization advances and fewer be-
comes the number Of dogs kept, and as
soon as the last coon and possum are ex-
terminated the coiored brother will be
able to respect his neighbor's chicken
rOOst and melon patch and not have to
be converted every winter.
PASSING OF THE PRAIRIE CHICKEN.
The year 1905 sees the almost total
extinction of the prairie chicken in
Iowa, Minnesota and all the eastern
half Of Kansas, Nebraska and the two
Dakotas. This splendid game bird is
disappearing just as did the buffalo and
the passenger pigeon. It is simply i'm
possible for it to hold its own with pot
hunters, market shooters, repeating and
breechloading shotguns and the utter
Indifference and contempt with which
the American people regard all laws
for the preservation of wild life. We
well recall the days when these birds
contributed not little to the we'll be-
ing of the pioneer settlers, when they
were SO numerous that at times they
were very destructive to the corn crop
unless it was husked early in the fall,
when one could go out after a rain in
August with good dog and knock as
many birds over with an OK CAD as he
wanted and when it was easy to trap
them by the dozen in the winter in
the cornfelds. In those days prairie
chicken, plover, mallard ducks and
pickerel, pike and bnllheads formed
the staple meat rations of nearly all
pioneer communities, varied with rab-
bits and venison in winter. The mi
gratory wild fowl geese and ducks
have not suffered so much from the
furious onslaught, but year by year
they are more carefully avoiding all
the more densely settled sections of the
west.
If you want to pay up your rail
road contract to get deed, or renew
an old loan for better terms, or make
a new loan, Bank of Warren wants to
know It, so they can inform you of
their low rates.
Warren sheaf., 1905-11-30

Quit paying rent. Build house
of your own and get the lun. Der.
from the st. Hilaire Retail Lumber
Co., east side Of railway, Warren,
Mimi We have just what you
want
NELs 3. BYsTRon, Manager.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1905-02-05
BILLY'S "LOOP-THE-LOOP"
FRIGHTENS THE POLLYWOGS
Dear Girls and Boys:

just want to tell that when to this Land of the Polly
wogs thought should have half the fun Eve been having
got here Maybe the people up here slick Mike and Fuzzy
the Bear, should get caught while but they ahead
of me- try hard they will
You remember, told you thought would make 1oopfeoop?
Well made it, and there lots of these funny little old people
ing aching bones today They suspected that would anything
Ike the automobile made several weeks ago. and perfectly willing
to try that is, all of them willing but little old that
have succeeded III oong yet not whether he
poets not, bu he will into anything do
here except look and then he has the laugh everybody
think he really for he has everything results
and believe he determined not to get caught himself
Well the oopheloop worked beautifully and there
PoyWogs flying through the air than have
he that made SWed around that quicker than creased light
ming but when did UP the air the Poywogs thought they
falling and tried to jump That where the trouble
pcious that things were not straight.
have given kind of paint picture this week There
two funny people it. and want you just how original you
make the picture 1t has little story underneath and shall
pec great things from little artists in The club
You will nd the customary puzzle and fine rebus.
think Mike is improving his rebus pictures? do. YOU
secret honestly believe that Mike taking drawing He
could draw well BEFORE and think he doing that to
surprise
Well little folks goodby again Don't get yourselves Frozen for
understand the Weather Man not being kind my friends
Washington Evangelne writes that she all
it has been very cold Your faithful friend
BILLY.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1905-02-05
PETER RATTLEPATTER.

Peter. Peter Rattlepatter, silence. sir,
prayi
Oh, who would like TO count the words
you utter IN day?
twenty thousand sentences up to 8
o'clock.
Multiplied by syllables-they give me
quite 4 shock.
Sixty thousand words again, from 5
O'Clock TN two
Oh. Peter ftattlepatter. this will really
never do
Words are always useful when there's
silence in between,
But il you leave the silence out we
know not what they mean
And surely youi! acknowledge it's a
hahiJ we should shun
10 start the second word before the
first is fairly done.
Row, tell me truly. sir. if you think it
right to say:
!. in-goin '-schooi-'moTrow- kif-
mother-say sum-ay"
Or, when you're called 10 dinner and the
clock is striking one.
10 shout: Tn half Il minni-twhen I get
me garden done"
I ct IN these lazy speeches / have heard
your accents fan
with many others like them whicn 7
Will not now recall
It's highly disTespecIful to the Iangua ge
you'll agree,
But If you viii speak ever so, then
never speak to me.
Yet all would listen gladly to your words
distinct and few,
1hough talking. sir, as you now talk
VIII never, never do
z-John Lea, in Casselfs Little Folks
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1905-02-05
THE DOLLAR SIGN.

Have you ever wondered why this is
used for the dollar mark?
The following probable explanation
has been given.
In the old days some of the American
colonies used certain Spanish coins for
money Among these was one called q
dollar. which was equal to eight reals .
real" being a small Spanish coin.
This dollar was known as u piece of
eight"
In making out accounts thers cas- ant
to be confusion in distinguishing be
tween dollars and reals so when they
wished to represent dollars or pieces of
eight" they made the figure eight and
drew two lines through it, like our
present dollar sign 80, in order that ii
might not be mistaken for a figure
The figures placed after this cancelled
eight We're then known TO be dollars;
and the reals" were distinguished by
placing a period in front of the figures,
Just as we divide dollars and cents now
adays.
This sign was still used for United
States dollars after America became in
dependent, but tho people, forgetting
that the dollar used to be piece of
eight" no longer take the trouble of
drawing a complete eight when making
the sfgp.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1905-02-05
Story for the Littlest Ones.

One day my brothers and were climb
ling trees. We found one that had nice
large limbs, so we thought we would make
a playhouse in it. We found an old door
and got it up in the tree, then got some
small planks and put them all around SO
we could sit on them. My brother got a
pulley and some tWine string and put a
box on one end of it and the other he put
over the pulley SO we could hoist it up
and down, like an elevator.
We got every piece of china and tin
can we could find and hoisted them up
in the tree. Then we made mud pies
taking box and lacking piece of calico
up in front of it.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1905-02-05
THE ORIGIN OF THE TH1MBLE.

Thimbles were invented by Dutch
man and were first brought TO England
In 1886. In those early days It was the
custom to wear them on the thumb.
from which they took the name of
thumble. since corrupted into thirubIe.
When known by the former name they
were made Of brass, or irou and it was
left to a more luxurious age 10 have
them manufactured of gold, silver. horn,
glass aud mother-of-pearI. These latter
are to be found in China, exquisiteIy
carved and oFnanented with rim and
top of gold.
In Italy thimbles are made Of silver
gilt studded round the rim with tur-
quoises, and gold thimble SET in like
manner with diamonds and rubies is
often to be found Ia u list of wedding
presents. No less a person than the
King of Siam had one made expressly
for his bride fashioned in the shape of a
lotus bud; it WAS thickly studded with
diamonds spelling the queens name.
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GETTING WISE.

When I was five I used to believe
In fairies. and / wouldn't leave
My mother for Il minute;
] didn' want to go at night
IN any room, 'cept where a light
Was burning brightly in il.
When I was six, I really thought
The world was fiat and stopped off short
With just high walls around it:
And when l lost my doll. ! cried
And couldn't stop, although 1 tried,
Till Sister Mary found it.
But now I know what things are true,
And I go visitin' Cousin Lou
Alone. She's almost eleven,
Dark rooms don't frighten me-and 1
Just only very seldom cry,
For now I'm almost seven.
Our Little Ones,
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He toots in the morning, he toots at

He toots in the morning, he toots at
night;
He toots through The hours be-
tween;
He toots and toots with all of his
might,
He toots and toots, with Z heart of
delight,
And a face that is very serene.
He toots to the dogs, he toots to the
cats,
And he toots to the chickens
dread;
He toots to the bees, the birds and
the gnats;
He toots to the katydids, frogs and
bats,
And-he carries his "tooter" to
bed!
Emma G. DoWd.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1905-02-05
THE LIGHTNING EXPRESS.

Down grandmothers bauister rail
Swift as the wind I slide;
I'm the engineer that never knows fear,
And I travel far and wide.
Each time 1 rush upstairs,
Grandmother cries. Don't faT"'
When, whiz! I drop without any stop
Between Boston and Montreal.
l hurry again to the top.
Oh, my! it is such funi
And then, I'm off again
And arriving at Washington
Once moro I am off like a fash,
To carry the New York mail.
L am. sure you would guess It's the
lightning express
On grandmother banister rail.
Youths Companion.