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The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1905-07-11
Driving the Heart 40 Death


New York last week there lsS deaths from heart dis
Could startling indication The
hish killing which tho people OF the nations
this OF the
country
DO know the tremendous meaning Of this record7
has enduring vitality any
body it win hours Is The first
human show under normal conditions the
those hands OF modern the heart
living massagd removed eeansed and replaced aud
q faithfully N.
within hat Il VIII
terrible the life that il be
characteristic OF this
deaths heart failure city
that far than shows the
surface OF dry statistics.
OF living = voluntarily suicidal
wonderfully Of
would drive horse hard as no
drives himself permit
mainly would not permit H.
drops dead Of heart disease induced BY oerwork
and and the whole community Is
yourself from tbs nobody
anything little duh
Il he nd
your induigences worth such cost thls7
your amwealth position. fame whatever ellsworth
wearing health sAnng heartstng
Until they suddenly snap7
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1905-07-11

II seemed hopsleas task. but
presently the wheel was moving.
The man WIS on HIS road to the
water az the bottom.
The wheil went round faater be
cause the weight Of the man tai
Tho body passed through the
water and came up And then real
hard work for Susan commenced.
She had NOT thought 81 the add
tionM weight on the upward jour
ney. but. after Infinite labor. abe
again brought the body 10 a level
position. aud. with n alEh of relief.
thrust the pin into It's place again.
Then she loked az the prisoner
he was looking az herr Tho water
had nearly choked him. but Il had
AZ the same time brought him back
10 life. n not 90 understanding OF
the situation. The woman arslso -
him:
you see back 70 yssr nesssa.
Yes can snscrpsasd ws~sst ] aus say
inKG"
The leot ~ his eses aRewored
her $40 west an;
you are HainR ~ dte. Gerald
Danvers. DE slowly l afn killing
yan because yea killed my husband.
It's ilfa far n tlse. Your life for
that Of the man you KILLED on the
ahlp.
s'You viii live there. just aa yon
are. without bifa OF sup tiii the rain
comes Yea will be aba % SEQ the
clouds ~ you tie there. the stars et
night and the sun By day. When
the rain comes the waters gather
above. and where you see that trick
ling which just escapes your head.
waterfall appears and turns the
wheel ynu are on"
The man had bis eyes fixed on
her All the time.
IIa understood clearly all she was
naYlng noW--anA bat for the hand
kerehlef Re his mouth. be might
have been ahie 70 explain; as Il
was. be could not make a sound
EShe continued:
when You feel that waterfall
reaching ynn. then yoa may know
that presently there viii b force
enough 60 turn the wheel, and that
you VIII 20 round and round. faster
and faster. now IN the air. nos In
the wateri-
she vas waving her arms round
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1905-07-11
CHAPTER XIV.
BOUND TO THE WHEEL


Gerald Danvers was never able 10
realize how long he lay there
HllHaful moments OF unconscious
ness came with awful awakonlnEa.
Every time he moved the cords
seemed 10 attain tho heat Of red
ness. and 70 burn Into bis flesh
ThirHt-that WAS the most awful
feeling lie had not been there an
hour before he WAS nasalled with Il.
Tho handkerchief made HIS mouth
water. and the linen seemed 10 act
like biottinR paper absorbing and
drawing up every drop Of moisture
In bis body.
lie could turn his head and there.
not a yard away. sparkling In the
sun. was water triekling down. the
waterfall which vas TO swell In
body and force and Whiri him % his
death.
Il was not long before he was
praying for death-life seemed 10
fun of palm
Night fell. al was darkness-so
black a darkness that IN the shadow
In which he lay he could not soc
the faiutest outline Of the mill
soon be lapaed into unconscious
ness again.
From that stato he waa aroused
by a noise aroused % find that the
moon VAS up.
The noise waa slight. but hla
tense nerves caught II. q was on
the wheel. and presently he WAS
conscious that some one was feeling
bis legs. and then higher up his
body. round his waist
lie guessed e was the mad wo-
man come back. aud he was not
sorry He closed his eyes Not
that he feared death. For hours
past he had bern praying for release
from his tnrtnring position. And
be felt that Il was coming at last
lie closed his eyes because he did
not want 10 see in what shape u
had arrived.
lie guessed that II would be a
noiseieas weapon. perhaps a knife
and a feeling OF wonder stole over
him. wonder OF how II would feel as
the knife sheathed Itself in bis
heart lie was not afraid, he
would welcome H.
Aud then he felt a weight on hia
chest. q moving weight He thought
that his last moments had arrived
that his murderer was getting closer
and closer.
lie continued to feel the move
ment on his chest. but his life was
spared.
Then he wondered why. lie knew
that n he opened his eyes he could
see his murderer there.
nanvers opened his eyes. Could
he have given vent 70 a scream ~
would have been one OF mortal fear
and agony. For ON HIS chest, his
legs. his whole body. there seemed
90 be swarmlng hundreds and hun
drouds OF huge rats
Then once moro he became ohllv-
ioua TO his surroundings
Ito be Continuedl
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1905-07-11

red rasad 10 illu.MrAs h.w asua.
ia2
Every word Hhe sttesA we@s
home lee rcallssa II the aore be-
chu@ 10 saw D. woaaa w0 es4
Her eyes alone spoke tho fact olo-
quentiy.
III sou pray for life remember
| II Will be furnishing. thirsty
hungry life n we have no rain for
dozen days. not n taste ~ food.
not "a drop Of water do you get. In
day or two 10 you get hungry
will bring my disosg hers. and yOu
shall SEQ rae esi #. y1a murdsring
brute. you"
Iia heart aluu-a essu,od heating
He was nos a coward. bat he felt
that ~ this wDinan'a mercy his
| death WIS certain
Rsasns was 0ut ~ tho question
Not saul came near tho old mill,
efespt ~ haymakinE time 20 cut the
grass That waa weeks ahsad.
atlli the woman talked.
ttTill the raiu comes. you know
what 60 expect TIL the rain comes.
And when Il b all over I shall cut
yeur cords and let you drop splash
Into the pool you have Just been
through.
You killed my husband Hla
blood calls out for vengeance. II Is
justice. the Justice the parHon tells
as of-n llfe for iife-a tooth Cor Il
tooth. You took ny husbands life.
am going 90 take you're
II was her farewell speech. lie
was left alone.
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1905-07-11
Money, Money, Money!
BY KATE AL ExANDER.

INF what subject furnishes the most
fruitful topic OF conversation 1t Is money!
parloFs railroads. Ia the street
--everywhere Of doll Is heard.
much did Il eos7' How much did
you get OF investment would that ber
How today? that last real estate
6eal?-
Always money. money money!
Do you friend. the How much
money did leave?~ Sorrow
sympathy III living both secondary tho
importance whether be died rich.
you speak the first question H. did she do
weilT"
Always money. money. money
a the rid. Was Il born with silver or
gold spoon in asked Ana according
to the answer predictions either
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puREIN personal.

with apologies o. BABY" Clnfencel
Rough house Mlkho. our genial
devil. who has been teaching type
lice how 10 do monkey shines IN
ccssautly for the past eight years.
has nervous prostration. Our a.
atd. t9a readers will regret 90 learn
that he needs a rest Therefore. Tor
few weeks he will retire 90 some
quiet spot This will give the type
lice a much neaslcd rest. also.
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1905-07-11
Fear Of Consumption Has
Passed Away

Mr.. Charles Bennerstrom. 7se G
street. Tacoma;
I WIS a very sick man when
commenced the Columbian treat
lneut I had been coughing for
anonthn and the disease had worked
iiH way more and more deeply into
boy HyHtem until had all the lndiea-
Hons u consumption. The Cnlumb-
ikn treatment seemed 90 50 al once
81 tFe root Of ms trouble and effect
~ d perfect and permanent cure
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HIs III. auuNrR ION

his ALL SUMMER Jon
Congressman Campbell - in
Washington. and n he finds the
STANDARD On inquiry has been
stuffed into 3 dusty plKeonhole
some where be viii pull u out blow
thr dust Off Of Il. an dstay n wash
inEton long enough - zee that u
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1905-07-11
Afflicted Since BOyhood--
Permanently Cured

Mr.. y. @. Hiil. Oriilia. Waah.--'T
had since boyhood been afflicted
with catarrh OF the head and throat.
produced by an
Obstruction 81 the NostriIs.
sly throat was constantly filled with
mucuH. causing continual hawking
and splitting. sometimes Ragging and
choking me while IN conversation.
Ny rest ~ night was broken and
disturbed because o.
Snoring and Mouth Breathing,
And / Was continually taking colds.
which greatly aggravated my con-
dition. | was completely and per-
mauently cured by the Columbian
treatment two years uE0. Since
that time 1 have gained twenty five
pounds IN weight and am IN perfect
health"
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Health Restored Al Little
Cost

s98t
Mr. NJ. w. Pray. of GEORGETOWN.
/ Wash. gives his experience 81 the
| Columbian treatment ~ follows 4
wish every sufferer could know ~
I my condition when commenced the
Columbian home treatment. and see
what tais wonderful medication has
dove Tot me IN few months time.
I had
Suffered for Fifteen Years
from calarrh IN the head. threat ana
stomach ard for the past five years
this disease has made great inroa 81
upon my Hys3em. I could rarely set
free breath through my nose. and
my throat waa always In "a raw and
innalned condition. I cnuif eat hut
little. and what food / forced myself
70 take caused great
Distress and Misery From Ind gss-
ton.
had the most terrible headaches.
an inccEsaut pain across the fore
head and through the temples. that
nearly drove me mad. and my eye
sight grew 30 dim that I was obllE-
ed % stop reading entirely. I
Wasted in Flesh and Strength
until vas scarcely able 10 walk.
and lost al my energy and ambition.
Although I had been treated b.
scores OF prominent physicians
throughout the country. and had I'm
CURED expense Of many hundreds ~
dollars, yet al efforts were without
result. and I
Had Come 10 Despair
OF ever being cured.
'-rhs Columbian treatment has
lifted this burden that has borne 10
/ heavily upon me for many years n
has removed all pain. given me back
my strength and energy. and made
me feel Ike a new man I'm every re-
spceL II was a surprise to me 20
receive such wonderfully effective
/ treatment for the small Zee Of five
dollars per month"
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cheer un " you're cut q WORK
frn be your turn aosns daY 70 nu
one Of these bis jobs on the Pan.
anna canal.
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nt isn't too late We would like
10 remark that Chauneey nepew i
also getting Il In the Equitable
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- STAR DUST "a

Isn't pitched into tha Epap heaI
again. even n Il takua an snfrnuer-
lola, Kan. Register.
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bigger catber
whether
hs aoepter will be bis stick" a nah pole
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1905-07-11

All the gambling rooms In Dead.
weed have heau ciosed No sense ia
the trains stopping there any more.
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Always money money, money!
H. lied IT, become criminals Tor til
erythinE but remained honest for H.
Aud yet shining Of tho Holy
hoted from the book which proclaim
aoace' rather great riches
loving rather than ai gold"
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Reports say that strong evil
denco Is heinR developed IN the
land fraud eases at Portland. sort
OF LimbuFEeriah It seems.
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P-L pohloe municipal Ownership" Maybe John
sfal evud senatorial candidates some
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Books viii be open geological
epochs officials
Santa Ne Will be the first to land In prison.
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IT is FREE

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Columbia Medical
Institute
WIN. MeHARRIE, M. D.. Consulting
Physician.
42o.426 Arcade Building.

office hours: n. m. 10 iF m. 2
60 8 p. IN. evenings. Tuesday and
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A WORD FROM JOSH WISE.

IN poey man haa
work = put souis-
thing In hts stomach.
an tn rich man has
e work Z keep e IN
hiA
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All the time / had severe head
hes--eenatant pain IN the top OF
my head and through the temples.
from which | could obtain no relief
4 wasted much time and money
IN the use OF eurc-alls aud uuack
medicines, and Waa almost COM
plctely discouraged when I learned
through "a friend OF the Columbian
physicians and their work. l placed
myself under treatment. and have
been cured"
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. aoNEsT ctR cuLATloN
o pAl AVERAGE ROMA FtpH
CIRCULATION II SEATTLE FOR ha
cEEnEp i0.ooo CuIEs DAILY. FIRST QUARTER
or tJanuary. February and march,.
ENcEGpEo $4,000 COPIES DAILY.
T. ". CHASE. General Manager
o. Aprt A. A J.
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That troubled me greatly. especial
~ nj night. when % spoiled my rest.
and I raised great amount OF
phleEm from the lungs I lost my
appetite. could rarely eat any break
lnnl md
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Time and Money Wasted
With Gu leks and b
Gure-klls

Mr.. William Mems. Prairie. wnsft
IT IL now ten years or more since
! first noticed symptoms of eatnrrh.
II began nH
a Geld in the Head e.
Closing NJ my nestrils, ard repeated
IN | WAS finally obliged to 81
breath almost entirely through the
mouth. This set Up an af
Irritation in Ny Chest.
with wheeling and rafting A
breathing. and great difficulty IN
filling ms lungs with air. devel-
oped
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1905-12-10
WHEN A CALF rs HUNGRY.

This so-caled johnny had good to
laugh, which he did, much to my humiliation, for the
laugh was visiting in the country at the
time of this most amusing episode can call it amusing
it in that light then Ny request feed the small calves
had been granted and started toward the pasture with
pail of milk and little Johnny tagging at my heels The
calves had been placed in the pasture with the little
pigs The pig troughs quite to the gate which
led into the pasture and stepping back to close the
gate stumbled trough and fell into it, pail milk
and ALL Three four little pigs had been dozng
the troughs and before knew what had happened
completely covered with pigs These three four little
pigs had called their companions who by help
them lick up the milk with which my clothes well
soaked and my face well washed. could do nothing
help myself but at the of the pigs until they
decided they had licked every drop of milk from me- and
then they left to help myself When finally got
my feet there sat Johnny the fence laughing heart
lily that thought he had Mysteries, for just then could
not see the funny side of it. -Orpha Ritchie
Twelfth Grade Howard Lake MINI
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1905-12-10
INTO THE PLEASANT ROAR.

Johnny, who lived farm, did not the city
very often. He had heard about it and would run to
meet his father he home from the city but he
wished to go and for himself what it really looked
like He asked his father and mother if he might go the
next time they went. The time came they ready,
and Johnny thinking Of all sorts of things At last
when they in the city, Johnny much surprised
to things different That night when Johnny
home he thought and wished he could live in the
city. He wanted to go much that as the time went
he not the boy he used to be-gay and laughing
all the time. He grew lonesome for the city long
time after this relative of his wanted him and
live with him in the city and when Johnny heard this
it made him smile. Mary Nordstrom
Fifth Grade, Two Harbors, MINI.
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playing in the rain. They and chased each other
when they alone; 1t ceased raining johnny
went out and Joined in their froc He around and
they followed him. Soon the rain began to fall again
and Johnny had to go into the house. He did not know
that the rabbits had in when he opened the door,
the window where they were he felt something
pulling at his shoestrngs He looked down. and there
were his little playmates, who thought themselves vel
come in the house and that made Johnny SMILE
Seventh Grade. Lillian Stenshoel
Grand Meadow Mimi
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1905-12-10
HAPPY ABOUT EVERYTHING.

Johnny was boy who always smiled. Whenever
he was given anything he would smile One day he
stubbed his toe but he the smiling boy
again. He cried about anything he had to do but
went right to work till it finished, then if his
mother gave him penny he would go smiling down
town and would come home smiling. Johnny good
boy in all his ways One day his father said, Johnny,
if you pile all that wood out there in the back yard,
will bring you something nice tonight Johnny went
right to work singing and smiling wondering what his
father going to give him. Soon he had it all done.
When his father home that night he had some
thing that made Johnny smile very much It
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1905-12-10
JOHN SAVED THE COMPOSITION.

1t was Wednesday afternoon that all sat very
patiently waiting for the subject of next composition
to be given. All faces pretty sober
anxious to hear topic because the before
had seemed rather difficult. It happens that there is
boy in by the of John. (Had it not
happened so it seems to me that I could have
written this composition Soon teacher spoke say
ing that it rather unusual topic and for us to
what could do with it. Then she said it to
be ssWhat made Johnny sme?'' Then John did smile.
Eighth Grade, Irene Henry,
Jefferson School, -. Winona, MINI.
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1905-12-10
Am oBLIGTNG COIOR.

Johnny was a small, red haired, freckedfaced boy
who lived about mile and a half from the country
school which he attended very regularly On certain
Monday morning he very early did his chores
breakfast and started for school When he about
halfway to school he suddenly remembered that the
preceding Friday he had made water-wheel and put
it in the brook he started the fields towards
the place. He that his wheel running all right
he started for school, On the way, when he
ing thru grove he picked up large prcky bur and
put it in his pocket He reached school just in time
himself from being late About the middle of the
the boy who sat the aisle left his seat
bur; he put in his neighbours and both being the
color it hard to distinguish the bur. Johnny
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1905-12-10
CHEER FROM THE WINTER.

and girls were to gather two weeks at
the different houses and spend the evenings. We amused
ourselves by playing games speaking pieces and hearing
short addresses by several Of leaders Every time
met each had to pay penny and when
absent it cost him two cents When visitors they
had to pay their fee well the members. We held
these meetings all winter and in the spring had
quite bit Of money hand One Of members
whose Johnny great reader of good
books. Johnny taken Ill in the spring and was in
bed nearly four months. We missed him very much at
meetings and at decided to take of
money and buy him number Of books This did
and Saturday afternoon all met and took them
to him. he very glad to and he was not
allowed to talk he looked up and thanked us with
smile. Leila Ryder,
Eighth Grade Prairie du Chen Wis
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if something had frightened him very much indeed.
Looking around to what it was, we saw Johnny's
little poodle chasing him Papa had just brought the
poodle from the city and the great dog, raised the
country doubt surprised and frightened have
wooIy little pet chase him, he doubt
poodle before It looked very funny, and really
made Johnny SMILE Cora Jordahl
Fifth Grade. Dawson Mimi
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had ever lived At last the boy came toward his seat,
then mschevous smile crossed Johnnys face and the
teacher who looking said to herself II wonder
what makes Johnny smile but it good thing that
she turned her head the other way before the boy
down she might have found out james McNee,
Ninth Grade Harmony, MINI.
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For the Singing Lesson.

Guide-This, ladies and gentlemen, the prison
of the CASTLE Thru its walls three feet thick no sound
groan outcry from the prisoners could be heard
Young Tourist Ito his brother)--What a fine place.
Jimmie fer your singing exercise.
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1905-12-10
A BEFORE CHRISTMAS PRESENT.

Johnny little boy of seven. It was near
Christmas and his mother bought him a sled for
present She hid it in the cloak closet and day
when Johnny looking for his coat he his sled.
He smiling to his mother and said, Whose sled
is it and may have it to slide down the big snowbank
in the back yard9' His mother told him he might
have little while t he would be careful He went
sled He did not get the sled for Christmas but his
mother gave him something else -Juanita Randall
Sixth Grade Glendale, N. D. S
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. AT TWELVE O'CLOCK AT NIGHT.

1t mild afternoon in October. His father had
given Johnny his old gun Johnny thought it the best
that could be had he would have traded it for the
best rifle known. There had been wolf around the
barn for the last few days and Johnny made his mind
to shoot this wolf They had lost five chickens already
Johnny stayed up that night and watched by the old
chickencoop The wolf about twelve o'clock and
when he enough Johnny let the old gun go off,
wolf right him. watching and smelling him. Johnny
played that he dead the wolf walked off and
left him. As as he had gone little way, Johnny
jumped up and fred the old gun again. This time the
shot was true and the wolf fell dead. Johnny
now a young but it makes him smile to think of
the time when he shot the wolf with that old gun.
A Fifth Grade. Elsie Hansen,
Sank Centre Mimi
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1905-12-10
COASTWISE CANOEING.

One day two boys started in their canoes for The
island to hunt This island lies south of Florida. One
Of the boys Johnny and the other James. They
padded for about five hours and when they reached the
island they tied their to tree Then they made
house of brush for their provisions and another in
which to sleep Then they prepared supper and when
they thru they told stories and then lay down
on their blankets and soon asleep They slept soundy
all the night and in the morning they prepared their
breakfast and went out to look after their They
gone! Johnny grew angry and would not say a
word to James, and James said that he would find them
and then they went out to hunt for them They travelled
all around the island but could not find them, they
went back and prepared dinner Then they again
to hunt for the missing Canoes and about two O'Clock
they found then-and that is what made Johnny smile.
Seventh Grade Harry Hauglie,
Wheaton, MINI.