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The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1905-08-21

She bent forward as she walked
her skirt was short 10 "Eit Quit o.
the mud" her coWhlde boots. their
leather lacea tied In a clumsy bow
knot AZ the top Of each, showed
plainly beneath the short skirt. and
her faded shawl. whose ends enfuid=
ed tho HhiyerinK lamb. was drawn
lightly around = thin. wcaiheT-beat-
en face.
Her husband. GU coming out of
the barn and seatug thar the lamb
had disappeared. cast an angry look
after her. muttsrinE
There she be agin' wrtln' her
time over that there half-doad lamb.
which ain no good fer nothln'."
while She a. she looked down At
the lamb ia her arms with a great
Tenderness In her eyes. murmureds
He be- EetliH' harder an harder
every day II { bad only tux
sllaa Mariner. He'd a had a kind
heart" And a Sigh for the lover she
lad rejected years before when she
gave the preference 10 Jake Beuder
broke from her thin lips
She kept on with the lamb 10 the
house. and there laid Il gently upon
piece Of old carpet placed behind
The big wood stove where The beat
would fall generously upon ita
numb body
when Jake. Who had been out To
the sugar buab visiting the sap
trunghH. came ia he cast n con
tempiuous look At tho lamb behind
the stove. saying
That there thing amt good fer
nothiu'. I oughter know
After a few hours Of warmth and
fHdIclnusly administered nourlshs
ment the lamb waa persuaded 10
apen ltH eyes on the world again. ny
noon % could raise IL hoaG and
when night came Il could actually
stand on its feet Two or three days
later Jane considered 10 well enough
10 be returned % the old sheep.
But. strange tn relate. the mater
nal instincts ~ the latter seemed 10
have taken flight. and she refused TO
own her offspring.
Jane. nothing 10th. brought Il 70
The house. aud. despite the constant
protest and ecnrn OF Jake. continued
her daily ministratlon TO its wants.
II grew In yiEnr and beauty daily.
and when Il was two monthH old
Jane christened IL Dandy"
Jake. not having succeeded in
stopping his Nlte In her work Of
mercy aud love. and hating 10 be
thWaried. then threatened 10 Kill
Dandy. as good spring lamb was
bringing a high price In the market.
Jane. aEhaat at the proposition.
for the lamb had noW borome "A real
pet. and fearing lest her husband
would carry his threat into oxccu-
ton some morning before she was
up. hunted out an old paddock. fast
ened with Il the door OF the small
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1905-08-21

after Dandy. Her nights Hhe passed
With "Aimiry" Jones. a niece who
lived In the city She carried her
lunch with hor and sat on some re
tired seat In the grounds. timld and
eHeareful." and munehed the bread
and butter AiAilfy gave her, with
some Of her own home made cheese.
Aud while she was eating. the KIND
nelRhbor. vixen attending to his own
sheep. gave q bite aud sup ~ Dandy.
ON the faieful prize day Jane Kept
eioae beside DandY'H pen until the
Judges. bodeeked with badges, fuaay
aud important. made their appear.
ance. and then she Hhfank away 70
a secluded corner to await their yer.
dict ia "a trembln of anxiety aud
hope
IF they don't give Dandy the
prize I'll not take him back 20 the
farm" she whispered 10 herself
Jake will have him killed for sure.
and he'll never let me hear the last
Of II neither"
After what seemed 10 her an I'M
considerable delay. bat was IN
reality only few minutes. The
Judges passed on. and the moment
they had disappeared. Jane, with
white SET face. quiVeriBg lips aud
beating heart. darted ont Df her con
eealment
OH the inoffabie joy Of a. What
mattered all her silent, patient en-
durauce Of Jake'a rude ridicule. her
narrowing dread that he would put
into execution his threat Of convert
ing the beloved Dandy into meat for
the market For there, pendant 10
the blue ribbon. and showing brave
" against tho snowy fleece. swung
the big blue ticket which signlfled
first prize.
Jane bender was not a woman Of
the school who takes pride IN a syn
zeal suppression OF emotion. She
did not caro- tot who might see
her and bo moved 20 laughter. as
with amazing agility for her years
she ciambercd into the pen. and.
dropping on her knees. hugged
Dandy 10 her heart. her thin gray
locks lOosened by the sudden e1-
ton. falling over his shapely head
al she murmured proudly;
Il alluE knOwed IL. Dandy"
The following day there arrived At
the Mapleton poatofflee a post card
the writing upon which plainly IN
dieated n pathetic unfamiiiartty
with the use Of the pen. This was
the meEsage II bore.
Minister Jacob Bender.
sDandy'a TUX the first prize
JANE BENDER"
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lane BENDER'S
RAM LAMB

pen In which Dandy was kept. and
carried the key ON a piece ~ tWihe
suspended around her neck
That summer b. happy chance.
the prize list Of Cunadh'B great In
duntHal fair fell into James hands.
and she was aimlesaly looking
through II when her eyes alighted
ON the following entry. Best Ram
Lamb fifteen dollars
A. once she euueei we'd the IDEA Of
taking Dandy 10 the fair.
As the day OF the fair drew near.
Jake. one evening when he WAS at a
ndghbOr'a house. heard whisper
OF what his wife intended doing. al
though Jane had breathed u 90 no
body save one woman I'm a secret
she won't do IL when the time
comes" he said positively. after a
prolonged meditation. addroaHlnK
the snake fence which divided his
fields from the highway. she's too
skeery. She never went anywhere
b. herself in her life
''She Amt a-noIn' 20 come n over
mo that that there lamb is good Ter
ennythin' / said onct for all that
there lamb amt good for nOthln'.
an oughter know
II was with no slight quaking Of
heart that Jane BENDER began %
make preparations % take the lamb
70 the fair herself. yet she wa
bnoyed mp all the time by the de-
termination to let Jake see that
Dandy was good for something.
Dandy was occasionally a little
ohalrpcrOuH. as all pet animals OF
the male sex are apt 10 be. and al
though a kind neiRhbor offered 10
take him along With his sheep. Jane
was obliged 70 60 hemelf and lead
him by a cord. for not a step would
he bulge for anyone elise. And 80 II
came about that on the afternoon Of
the last day OF entry she had the
high satisfaction OF seeing him.
proud and naughty. standing within
one OF the pens on the fair ground.
lie was certainly a beauty. aud
she did not see hoW the judges could
fail 20 realize H. She had washed
him TO almost apotless whlteneEs.
and tied blue ribbon around his
neck.
lie was a aancy. petted fellow. and
had a trick Of holding up his head
aud looking fearieaaly az the people
that gave him quite an air OF au-
peri0rliy over the other Sheep. look
ing frightened and dropping.
Jane spent every daV on the fair
grounds. most Of the time looking
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1905-08-21
I1sToRIcAL FRAGMENr.

Benz. Franklin was walking
through the streets o. Philadelphia
for the first time and munchinR his
penn orth OF bread.
Il had better put my roll out OF
sight" he unused. before the trae-
tion gang takes II away from me"
As he had to live thereafter. they
called him Poor Richard
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1905-08-21
FRoM TILE NAunEvnI

FROM THE VAUDEVILLE
Hello. Fritz waaa Les der news
diHs morninrags
Il haf yust seen ii In der SehleH 4
alche Zeitung. Oscar. dot der vnHs
a sharp falling off In der markotfi E
"Ah. l guess IA dot waHs him deh
! saw going py In der ambuiancea i
"Oxblsin myaeiuf. who vent ~ I'D
der ambulBnceaT"
why. der sharp vich fell off III
der market. ii must haf hurtcd
him"
You should make more silence
when you spik. Dot reminds me llke
n foolishneHH'
mod 20. Bud here ISIS n amard
vun. Why iss a flour barrels like a
song book2''
Il can nod see der differences.
Why les a flour barrels like a song
book2"
Because Il lss full oof slaves. ha.
ha. hat
CBiml Bind
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1905-08-21

The TaRRaft divorce c.re wppl
indicate that there are not man
OF those dun days In army life.
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1905-08-21

II wonder If the people next door
viii CALF" said the lady who moved
into n new neiEhborhood.
II presume so. said her husband.
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NOTICE TO
SUBSCRIBERS

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THE STAR PUBGIBHING co.
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1905-08-21

The Mlind0 is sitting In Toxic.
A-peunlne a poem IN n Erntiflea
glow.
And out in the garden the nauHal
HUNS
while afar from over the cherry
grove comes
The burz q uuahiao ne bland a. can
BE-
where Ceiaha girls gaily are sling
ing hat ter
oh. happiness reignB an over the
tnc land
And me laps are seen smiling on
every hand.
It's not that by triumph Ga var
They're made drunk
.Tls just the effect of uul Tafts tine
90 bunk
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1905-08-21
A WORD FROM JOSH WISE

Nothing strange about that Jersey
city man being left 100000 by his
uncle ~ hose cat he saved from
death. Twenty thou ~ not an ex-
cemive reward for saving nine livea.
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1905-08-21
UP TO DATE

Another day has passed withot
a new crime being charged
sBlucbeard@ Carlton.
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1905-08-21

Policeman who killed "a dog made
his report under the caption. shot
IN the basement Probably this Is
why II took two shots TO kin the
dog.
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1905-08-21
VA STAR DUST va

= heard today mat The head Of The
house o. burglar
DON'T complain because crKh are
high. They viii be higher.
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1905-08-21
The Pyrotechnics OF william
what win Emperor William do uextg

what win Emperor William 90
no n apecaIaflng performances
unexpected
who would have boos regardless
initiative Alexander the
Great modern diplomacy with
simply Modern diplomacy"
diplomacy which and things
the desired end the diplomacy Of John
and somewhat Of the Japanese Is hag
fsebiy initiated By British and the French
Take his de-
open Rash appeared the
upset fashioned diplomacy Of
and While sti stunned II and engaged 10
clumsy eoraT with ali The
paniments other like fateulz
ing at Bhest they Baltic heartoheart
Nothing what VIII be for the other
fellow And CALLING part the other fellow and
cannot help
beauty empors enterprise is that he has
seldom been striking the
of he made mistakes but
lately-uot
had william become citizen Of New York city
had German Croker. and brilliant
The Lneyh in Manehua and sewing up
vItte in Portsmouth getting "stehes"-ln the
sden ST oyama isn't letting things rip In the far
east, either.
We might have known that Porto of
Tafts absence
tsto be hopoa that PAM suffer privaon with
his salary reduced $4,000
Judging from his face doing all the worrying
-
Maybe Il for boyeoei By the yellow peril
-
That narteulato demanding freedom
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1905-08-21
Tourists Excursion

The Ideal short trip for tourists 4.
70 the u. 8. navy yard and battle
ships The Puget Sound navy yard
IL the largest on the Pacific coast
Fast steamers leave Pier 2 az and
10 a m: 1915. 2 30 and t:30 p. m.
Farc. round trip. boc. s''
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1905-08-21
Jake Said II Was mo Good" But
Jane and the Lamb Fooled
Him.
nY AnELINE N. TERKEY.

BY ADEttNn NJ. TEsKEY.
Copyright. 1905. By the Newspaper
Enterprise Association,
That there thing Amt good for
nothin'" growlod Jake Bender. Civ
Ing "A prod with his heavy boot n
the apparently llfeleaa body Of a
lamb stretched on the half-frozen
ground
Tho remark was addressed 10 his
wife. Jane She made no response.
but ne her husband disappeared into
the barn shooting" the reluctant
old mother sheep ahead OF him, she
caught up the forlorn lttlo body In
her strong arms. wrapped her shah
BY shawl tonderly about II. and set
off Tor the farm house
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1905-08-26
DUDLEY.

Dudley, Aug. 24.-Mr. and Mrs. Gust
Peterson and daughter, Miss Bessie,
Of Los Vagas, New Mexico, have been
visiting the past week with relatives
south Of here.
Charles Carlson and two sons, Glenn
and Herman from near Blakesburg,
visited at the home OF Chas. L. Sven
son on last Friday
During the electrical storm Monday
night several haystacks in this vi
cinity were struck by lightning.
Mrs. John Burgeson visited with
relatives in Ottumwa last week.
Pauline and Allie Anderson enter
tanned a crowd Of young people at
their home south of here last Thurs
day evening. All present report a
good time.
Alfred Peterson attended the NJ. W
A. picnic at Muscatine last Friday.
Charles Wallace was business call
err to Ottumwa last Monday.
John Burgeson is building a new
granary on his farm preparatory tc
the large harvest.
Misses Selma and Ella Houson, who
had been visiting relatives in Ottum.
wa, returned home on No. 8 Monday
afternoon.
Mr.. and Mrs. John Peterson enter.
tained a number Of their friends ant
neighbors on last Sunday evening IL
honor of Gust Peterson and wife o.
New Mexico.
Mr.. and Mrs. Charles H. Burgeson
| of Kansas City, are visiting at the Johl
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1905-08-26
ApDIcks AND HIS MONEY.

The news of the reported break be-
tween Gas" Addicks and Senator AL
lee of Delaware is received in Wash
ington with considerable doubt as to
its truth. The gas man has SO long
heen considered the leader, or more
properly the ruler Of the republican
party in Delaware that it seems
strange that Senator Alice would
break with him when the senator
must depend upon an Addcks legisla-
ture for reelection. But there might
be one reason for the disagreement
and the reported dissolution of partner
ship-the loss of Add;cks' money.
Heretofore, according to we'll substan-
tiated reports from Delaware, the gas
man has dispensed his money at cleo
ton time with liberality that would
foster the belief that he had an I'M
limited supply. Now, however, the re-
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1905-08-26
more numerous than those older than

more numerous than those older than
himself.
The age, 25 years, is a little high,
for it is found that in the case of Amer
lean males the age is % years, with
American females it is 81, as is also
the case with British males British
females are given credit for the long
est life. their age at the time they
join the minority being given as %
years.
This is rather pessimistic view be-
cause it does not give correct state
ment Of affairs. The mum Der of deaths
below 20 years of age is very great.
Every one has to go through the
younger, earlier years in order to reach
manhood and womanhood, and many
die before they reach an age at which
they can really be taken in to account
in figuring the minority age" So no
one need be discouraged by the re-
Election that he is of the minority until
he has seen more than % years.
This minority, by the way, is noble
group of personages. No one ever be-
comes really worthy of note until he
is of the minority unless perchance he
is hero or circus performer. 1t is
parodoxical but it is nevertheless true
as far as deeds and accomplishments
are concerned, to say that the greater
number of people belong to the minor.
ity.
The magazine writer's observations
are not very useful nor enlightening
for the reason pointed out above, but
he deserves credit, if for nothing else
for going DR.. Osler nearly forty years
| hotter
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1905-08-26
STOCKPORT.

Stockport, Aug. 24.-o. w. Allen was
In Fairfield Monday night on bust
ness.
Thomas and Geo. Lyons and San
Sam, Bush Hendricks, and Ray Gall,
left Tuesday night for Cooperstown.
Dakota, and Jesse Stilman and Al
Watson left Sunday for the same
place.
M. l.. Shelman, Frank Rynas and
brother and A. R. Workman left Sat-|
urday night for Colorado to purchasei
cattle and horses.
F. B. Dow and family spent Sunday
in Stockport.
D. G. whitaker of Hillsboro, visited
over Sunday in Stockport
S. M. Dorset leaves Tuesday for TT.
Scott, Kan, to look for a location.
| A large crowd went from here last
Sunday to Birmingham to attend the
camp meeting.
George Shelman and George Con
passed through Stockport Sunday on
their way to Birmingham to camp
meeting.
| o. w. Allen and Frank Lucas went
to Bonaparte Sunday to see the ball
game.
James Fairchild, who has been SER
icusly Ill for some time, is slowly re-
covering
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1905-08-26
RAILROAD ACCIDENTS.

Whatever the cause may be, the
number of railroad accidents, in COM
parison with the number of people
who travel and the number of passen-
ger miles covered by the railroads of
the country, shows an enormous in
crease-one that should be the sub
iecs of serious investigation by rail-
road companies with view to, rene
dying the error in management or
whatever error is responsible. Ac-
cording to the report of the interstate
commerce commission, recently issued,
one passenger was killed in 1904 for
every 1,622,267 carried and one was
injured for every 7G,523 carried. In
1903 the figures show that one passen-
ger was killed for every 1857, AL car
ried and one was injured for every
84,424 carried. This shows big in
crease for 1904 in the number of both
killed and injured. But much greater
increase is evident By comparison with
the figures for 1895, showing the
gain, or more properly the loss, in
nine years. The reports for 1895
show that in that year one passenger
was killed for every 2,9S4,S32 carried
and one was injured for every 213,-
651 carried.
With respect to the number Of miles
Travelled the figures for 1904 show that
49,721,502 passenger-miles were &C
complished for each passenger killed
and 2,4O6,236 passenger-miles for each
passenger injured For 1903 the fig
ures were, 58,917,645 passenger-miles
Tor each passenger killed, and 2,541,09t
passenger-miles for each passenger in
+, jured. The figures for 1895 show
that 71,696,743 passenger-miles were
accomplished for each passenger killed
and 5,131,977 passenger-miles for eacf
passenger injured.
\ Many changes have been made il
the manner Of running trains during
the ten years since 1895 and no doub
some of these are responsible for the
enormous increase in the number O
casualties as the result of railway &C
cidents. The most notable change
has been in the time necessary fol
running trains Speed has apparent!
been the greatest object for which thu
railroad companies have aimed. TIL.
: cost has been second consideration
to the big companies and every effor
|
This is, of course, mark of progress
and has in fact been made necessar,
by progress in other lines during tn
ten years in question. Perhaps tn
cause for the increase in the numbe
: of deaths is not tho speed of tn
trains Perhaps it can be accounte'
for in some other way. If it can
is to be hoped that the real reaso1
: will be discovered and that the CON
panies will take steps to cut down tn
!. death Fists, which, at best, are larg
enough.
, Meanwhile no safety device that i
practicable and that is capable of NAL
,, INK travel safer should be overlooked
: 1t is part Of the duty of public off
Gals to see that the laws regardin
the running of trains are obeyet
. Some radical change should be mad
; quickly The toll of death is grow
a ing too large.
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1905-08-26
SECRETARY WILSON WINS OUT.

News comes from Washington that
Secretary Wilson is conducting the in
vestigation of affairs in his depart
ment in manner that might well be
taken as model for future investiga-
tions, if occasion arises. The critics
who We're SO ready to find fault with
Mr.. Wilson when the scandals about
members of his department first be-
came known cannot find much to crit
icise now. The investigation, down to
the very bottom of the affair, is being
made by Secretary Wilson with dig.
nifty and great care. The secretary is
proving that he is as good an investi
gator as he is an agricultural secre
tary, and no one has ever denied that
he is par excellence in the latter situa
ton.
The leak in the cotton report ser
vice has been effectually plugged. II
took only short time after the facts
were discovered. Mr.. Wilson declared
that he would get to the bottom of the
scandal and drive out all the rascals ir
the department This he is doing
and he is insisting that those agains
whom no dishonesty can be found
shall be allowed t. retain their posi-
tons. "Tama jim" is for a square
/ deal
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1905-08-26

port has gained currency that the bar
rel is nearly empty and that conse-
quently Addicks' power is waning. 1t
has so often been said that the Della
ware elections go to the highest bidder
that it has come to be quite generally
believed. Addicks has hitherto been
always the highest and has conse'
quently held the reins.
But Addicks as man is not ad
mired. neither in Delaware nor in
Washington. He is known as unscru
pulous and grasping, and it is said
that he does not keep his promises
One Of his claims is that no promise
is good unless it is in writing. He
would naturally refuse to distribute
written promises during campaign
but has paid money instead, accord
ing to reports. Now that the stock
of greenbacks is decreasing no prom
Use of patronage will have much
weight coming from him, and it would
or should, be easy to down him.
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1905-08-26
UNCLE SANS MISTAKE.

Golfers Weekly.-When in 1854,
Mr. Gadsden, of South Carolina. con-
cluded with Santa Ana treaty by
which we acquired the strip Of terri
tory between the ella river and the
present southern boundary of Arizona,
the north looked askance on all terri
torial gains in that direction, fearing
a slave empire that should include
Mexico and perhaps even the southern
continent. Few except those who
wanted to run through this territory
had any idea of it's value. No one
seemed to appreciate the consequences
Of a step by which. in emitting to buy
a strip of lal a few miles wide. we
threw away one of the richest deltas
in the world, and gave to Mexico the
control of the mouth and ocean en-
trance Of q great river two thousand
miles CT which We're wholly within
of the fathers is now being visited up
on their children. Just above Yuma
the United States Reclamation Ser
vice is building a diversion dam which
will carry the waters Of the Colorado
upon the fertile desert lands border
ing the river DOWN to the Mexican
boundary. There as far as this coun-
try is concerned, development must
stop. In the same neighborhood, q
private irrigation company has taker
out great canal, which must trave
through some fifty miles Of Mexican
territory before il reaches it's destina.
ton in southern CALIFORNIA; project
inevitably embarrassed by the compli.
cations of conflicting water rights ant
boundary. Geographically speaking
it is as absurd that Mexico should
control the mouth Of the Colorado a:
that Great Britain should still holc
New York or New Orleans as a col
onv. Some day we may want thi.
strip badly enough to buy 1t out out
right. But we shall have to pay dear
ly for that which once we might hav'
acalired for almost nothing