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The Spokane press. [volume] (Spokane, Wash.) 1902-1939, 1907-10-09
MYRAIDS OF DEAD FISH

NEW YORK, Oct. 9.-Captain
Danielson, of the steamer Tjomo,
which arrived here from Mexican
ports, reported that on his arrival
at Progreso, Mexico, he found the
harbor and shore strewn with
myraids of dead fish. The authori-
ties were obliged to employ every
available man and liberate the
prisoners from the Jail to bury the
decaying fish. 1t is thought that
some submarine volcanic action
killed the fish.
w. A. Calder, of Rainier Printing
Co, Seattle, found a burglar in his
home and held him after desper-
ate struggle until police arrived.
The Spokane press. [volume] (Spokane, Wash.) 1902-1939, 1907-10-09
RUMORED w. U. CHANGES

SAN FRANCISCO, Oct. 9.-The
sickness of Frank Jaynes, general
superintendent of the Western
Union on the Pacific coast, has
led to a rumor that .. N. Miller will
become general superintendent.
Assistant Superintendent A. H.
May will succeed Miller, and Man
ager ]. v. O'Brien will take Mays
place. 1t is reported
The Spokane press. [volume] (Spokane, Wash.) 1902-1939, 1907-10-09
BUILD BRAIN AND SOUL

every man is building for him
self prison cell or palace wall"
declared Newton N. Riddell at the
First M. e. church last night.
The speaker had for his subject.
Brain Building and Soul Growth"
"As he builds his BRAIN" he con-
tinued, 80 will be his mental
powers and moral tendencies"
Tonight's subject will be
Psychic and Spiritual Phe-
nomena."
The church was crowded again
last night.
The Spokane press. [volume] (Spokane, Wash.) 1902-1939, 1907-10-09
SALOON CLOSING
LAW PASSED

The city council last night pass
ed the ordinance closing saloons
between the hours of and $50
a. m. AS originally read the clos
ing hours were l to 6 o'clock, but
Captain John Gray offered the
amendment which won on the fol-
lowing vote: Ayes, Brown, Gray,
Baldwin, Laumer, Dalke, Funk;
noes, Pratt, Lambert, Estep,
Phillips.
The Spokane press. [volume] (Spokane, Wash.) 1902-1939, 1907-10-09

strenuous protests at the same
time. Buchanan did not want silk
things, but his nuggest. Olgo did
not want gold, but silk things.
Buchanan and Nethersole reach
ed the city on the same train FRI
day and went to the same hotel.
The trunks were delayed and were
mixed up in delivery.
The Spokane press. [volume] (Spokane, Wash.) 1902-1939, 1907-10-09
PRUNE CROP A MINT

PORTLAND, Oct. Sec. H. NJ
Williamson, of the state board of
horticulture, announced this morn
ing that the Oregon prune crop
would yield $1,200,000 this year.
The Spokane press. [volume] (Spokane, Wash.) 1902-1939, 1907-10-09
To Replace Charity
With Justice

Special Correspondence to The Press
OKLAHOMA CITY, Oct. 81
don't believe in charity" is the
platform of Kate Barnard, the new
ly elected commissioner of chart
ties of the new state of Oklahoma
a believe in justice"
The Yale expositor., 1907-12-27

for there closer and closer plowed the
wind to propel them
In Yeddo there was terror worse
than death. Her 1,250,000 souls knew
the fear of supernatural things. With
alarmed faces the people thronged to
the shrines TO pray. They hastily
packed their valuables to send off to
the houses of distant friends, or to
bury. In the southern suburbs, thou
sands of homes were emptied of their
contents and of the sick and aged.
All who could left to go to dwell with
their relatives in the interior.
Couriers on horseback had first
brought details of the calamity by
land Junks and scull boats from
Uraga arrived hourly at Shnagawa,
and foot-runners bearing dispatches
painted i'm the government Offices.
Commodore Perry had prepared
carefully for this visit. He had read
much about Japan; he knew what its
resources were, so far as they were
known at all, by foreigners; he knew
their quaint customs and the value
they set upon ceremony. Therefore
he was determined to out Chesterfield
the Japanese themselves.
Refused to Be Seen.
When the representative of the Sho-
gun came, with all ceremony, to treat
with him, he was received by Lieut..
Contee as the commodore's represen-
tative. The commodore himself could
not be seen. In spite of all the willy
oriental could do, the American am
bassador remained aloof, and i'm
pressed the Japanese official nightly
as a great man by this very exclusive
ness.
When seeking trade. the Dutch had
been willing to sink dignity and to
treat with anyone. Therefore they
were pigs, reasoned the Japanese.
Surely these western hairy barbara
ans" must be the same. When they
found otherwise, messengers were
kept running at breakneck speed be-
tween the Sho-gun's city and the seat
of the mikado's government.
At last the bunio, who had been
able to see only the "admiral's" subor-
dinates, because he was not of suffi-
cient Importance TO gaze upon the
august features of the ambassador,
announced that two daimios had been
appointed to receive the mysterious
papers so carefully guarded in baskets,
which the liking of the power that had
whipped Mexico" desired to send TO
the Lord of Creation
The Yale expositor., 1907-12-27

Of these seven survivors haev risen
high in the naval service and now hold
the rank of rear admiral. The seven
are Rear Admiral Edward c. ROBBIE,
Rear Admiral John H. Pushur, Rear
Admiral Oscar F. Stanton, Rear Adj
miral George Balch, Rear Admiral Ed
win Fithian, DR.. John S. Sewall and
William Speiden. who went out to
Japan as purser's clerk, and has been
connected with the New York customs
house for years.
DR. Sewall is the Rev. John s..
Sewall, ID. d., OF Bangor, Me. He is
an emeritus professor of Bangor's
theological seminary, and is enjoying
a rest from his labors after SO years
of faithful service
when l finished my college course
at Bowdoin / was in debt" said DR..
Sewall, in reminiscent vein. II saw a
chance to satisfy my desire for the sea
and pay off my debts at the same
time, so / shipped for a cruise on the
Saratoga She was then fitting out to
go to the far east to relieve the ship
ST. Marys, which had been on that
station several years.
I'VE were out there two years be-
fore Commodore Perry arrived. VIII
liam S. Walker of Boston was the
captain of the Saratoga Rear Adj
miral Stanton was then only a mid
shiman on board, in the same mess
with me during a part of the voyage.
Arrival Of the Fleet.
"The fleet arrived off the coast of
Japan on the eighth day of July, 1858.
The lookouts at the masthead echoed
through the fleets the rousing call,
Land ho!' We rushed on deck. There
It was at last. A dark cloud on the
northern horizon. still shrouded in
mystery, still inspiring the magma
ton with an indefnable awe. just as 1t
had years ago in our studies at school.
Our squadron comprised two steam
frigates and two sloops of war. For
equipment, we mustered 81 guns and
977 officers and men-quite a respect
able force for those times.
such a warlike apparition in the
bay, small as IL was, created ire
mendous sensation. A Japanese writer
said Of our arrival: The popular COM
motion In Yeddo was beyond descrip-
ton. The whole city was in an up
roar. In all directions were seen
mothers flying with children in their
arms and men with mothers on their
backs
I'VE we're quite unconscious Of all
this confusion in a city OF more than
The Yale expositor., 1907-12-27
LAST DAYS OF
THE STANCH OLD
SHIP SARATOGA

| 100000 souls. We had no idea we
had frightened the empire so badly,
as the capital was 40 or so miles away
from our anchorage. AS we proceed
ed up the harbor boats fed away from
us as though in mortal fear.
by the time we were we'll anchored
and shipshape the city officials took
heart. Swarms of picturesque man
darins came OFF to challenge the
strange arrivals and to draw around
the fleet the customary Gordon of
guard boats. They even tried to make
fast their boats to our ships.
This began to look like being in
custody. The American ambassador
had not come to Japan to be put under
sentries. He notified the mandarins
that his vessels were not pirates and
need not be watched. They pleaded
Japanese law He replied with Ameri-
can law. They still insisted. He mott
fed them that If the boats were not
instantly withdrawn he would open
his batteries and sink them. That was
entirely convincing. The guard boats
stood not on the order of their going"
THE fire vessels of the western bar
barians are coming to defile the holy
country" said priest and soldier to
one another.
Japs Gazed in Wonder.
The boatman at his SOULS and the
junk sailor at the tiller gazed In Won
der at the painted ships of the west
ern world. The farmer, standing knee
deep in the ooze Of the rice fields,
paused TO marvel.
Had the barbarians harnessed vol
canoes? With wind blowing in their
teeth and sails furled, the monsters
curled the white foam at their front,
while their black threats vomited
sparks and smoke. To the gazers at a
distance, as they looked from their
village on the hilltops, the whole
scene seemed a mirage created by the
breath of clans Such, their child
hoods beliefs taught them, must be
the case.
Boats dashed here and there about
the harbor, like flock of frightened
gulls. They fed. Then paused, to see
how far behind the strange visions
were now. Surely they were doomed,
The Yale expositor., 1907-12-27

Boston.-Just at this time, when the
flag has started on it's record-breaking
voyage, it is interesting to record the
passing OF the last of the vessels that
made up the squadron under command
Of Commodore Perry when he sailed
into the Japanese harbor Of Yedo in
July, 1853.
Queen of the fire vessels of the
western barbarians," she was once
called. Now she is to be demolished.
Exit the Saratoga,
1t is still a name to conjure with in
far Japan. And in American history
the stanch old sea fighter will be insep-
arably linked with Commodore Mat
thew Calbraith Perry's epoch-making
trip to what was then a land of mys-
terry and of dreams. For that trip and
the commercial treaty signed there
opened up the Japanese empire to the
commerce of the world.
Battered and full of years, the grand
war hulk has been lying dismantled at
League Island navy yard. Now she be-
longs to Thomas Butler & Co. of Bos-
ton. She will be taken to Philadel-
phia, where will be performed the last
sad rites of this former pride of the
American navy.
Only Seven Survivors.
There are those who will mourn her
with a personal loss. Seven men yet
live who made that memorable trip
with Perry in the fifties. All but two
The Yale expositor., 1907-12-27

women should be brought to Japan
Commodore Perry informed them that
If such clause were put in he would
be afraid to return to America. There
after all was good humor, the clause
was stricken out and the treaty OF
commerce was signed throwing open
the ports Of Shimoda and Hakodate.
Career of the Saratoga.
The Saratoga was built in Kittery,
Me-, in 1912, when New England was
at the height OF its fame in the ship
building world. 1t was named for the
flagship Of Commodore Oliver Perry,
the famous brother of the Japanese
hero. This flagship won the battle OF
Lake Erie in the war OF 1912.
She did some useful work as one OF
Commander Perry's feet which went
to punish the piratical black tribes
along the African coast. Village after
village was burned during these OPP
erations, and once the commander
himself only escaped death at the
hands of King Crack-O, who was the
possessor of a scythe-like sword, by
his own courage and agility and by
the quickness of a sergeant of marines,
who shot the king.
The Saratoga was also present dur
ing the Mexican war when Commo-
dore Perry, then Capt. Perry, saved
the situation for the American forces
with his naval guns. After returning
from her long service in eastern wa
ters, part of which was Commodore
Perry's mission, the Saratoga was
The Yale expositor., 1907-12-27

sent again to the African coast, dur
ing the civil war. Farragut and Shu-
brick commanded her at different
times during these operations.
At the close of the civil war the
sloop was not considered fit for active
service. Therefore, she was ordered
to Philadelphia, where she did duty
as training ship and receiving ship
for many years. In 1889 she was
turned over TO the state as a school
ship, and, under joint supervision Of
state and city, she made annual
cruises.
The stout old warrior continued
when, outside the harbor, she met a
terrible storm. 1t strained the ancient
timbers until the water began to pour
in at innumerable points, and she was
in dire danger of laundering. 1t was
shortly after that the navy department
ordered an inspection.
The old fighter was condemned and
ordered to be sold as junk.
Commodore Perry's Record.
Many consider Commodore Matthew
Calbraith Perry to have been a great
err naval man than his more famous
brother, Commodore oliver Perry. In
fact, the two are often confused. Be-
sides opening up Japan to American
trade and to western civilization, he
was the greatest naval educator of his
time His life may be briefly summed
up as follows:
While yet lad he was a naval
officer in the war of 1912.
2-He chose the location of the first
free black settlement in Liberia
3-He was the father of the steam
navy.
4-He first demonstrated the eff
fence in naval warfare.
Size founded the naval apprentice.
ship system.
6-He was leader of the campaign
to extirpate the foreign slave trade on
the coast of Africa.
He commanded in lS47 the
largest squadron which had ever as
sembled under the American flag,
This was in the gulf of Mexico.
She opened Japan to the world.
The Perry family furnished more ma
val officers to the United States than
any other American family, with one
exception. The sturdy commander of
the Saratoga was survived by three
daughters, one of whom became ths
wife of August Belmont, the multi.
millionaire of New York.
The Yale expositor., 1907-12-27
New Years Calls,

The c1stom OF visiting and sending
presents and cards on New Years day
is recorded almost as far back as his
tory goes. The practice of using visit
ing cards can be traced back for thou
sands Of years by the Chinese. Their
New Years visiting cards are curiosi-
ties. Each one sets forth not only the
name, but all the titles OF its owner.
and, as all Cinnamon who have any
social position at all have about a
dozen, it makes the list nuite appall-
ing. These cards are made OF silk or
else of fine paper backed with silk and
are so large that they have TO be roll
ed mp to be carried conveniently. They
are, indeed, so valuable that they are
returned to their owners.
The Yale expositor., 1907-12-27

the sweetest | ever had. 1t was
sweeter than the apples | stole when
| was kid and the kisses | stole
when"
IF you came here to dilate on the
joys of sin, Mr.. Travers," began the
widow coldly.
And" proceeded the bachelor
I've made up my mind to stop flirt-
ing with girl, because | found out
that she was beginning Toto"
Il understand" interrupted the
widow sympathetically.
And, by Jove!" finished the bache-
lor. Il had to restrain myself to keep
from going back and proposing to
her."
How lucky you did" commented
the widow witheringly.
But | wouldn't have" explained
the bachelor ruefully, IF the gorl had
restrained herself"
Nevertheless" repeated the widow
ut was lucky-for the girl"
(Which girl?" asked the bachelor
THE girl l broke off with or the girl
that came afterward?"
Il suppose" unused the widow ig-
noring the levity and leaning over to
arrange q bunch of violets at her belt,
that is why it is so difficult for a
man to keep a promise or VOW
even a marriage VOW"
ooh, | don't know" The bachelor
leaned back and regarded the widows
coronet braid through the smoke of
his cigar. 1T isn't the marriage vows
that are so difficult to keep. It's the
fool vows a man makes before mar
riage and the fool promises he makes
afterward that he stumbles over and
falls down on. The marriage vows
are so big and vague that you can get
all around them without actually
breaking them, but If they should in
terpolate concrete questions into the
service such as, DO you, William,
promise not to growl at the coffee
COR, Do you, Mary, promise never
to put a daub of powder on your nose
again p" broke in the widow.
Nor to look twice at your pretty
stenographer," continued the bache-
lor.
Nor to lie about your age, or your
foot or your waist measure"
Nor to juggle with the truth when
ever you stay out after half-past ten"
Nor to listen TO things that-that
anybody-except your husband may
say to you in the conservatory-oh
| see how 1t feels!" finished the wild
ow with a sympathetic little shudder.
And yet" reflected the bachelor,
"a woman is always exacting VOWS
and promises from the man she loves.
always putting up bars-for him to
jump over: when IL she would only
leave him alone he would be perfectly
contented to stay within bounds and
Craze i'm his own pasture. A man
hates being pinned down: but a wom-
an doesn't want anything around that
she can't pin down, from her belt and
her theories to her hat and her hus-
band"
Well" protested the widow study
ing the toe of her slipper. 1T is a sat
isfaction to know you've got your hus-
band fastened on straight by his
promises and held in place by his
own vows and that he loves you
enough to-"
Usually" interrupted the bachelor,
"a man loves you IN inverse ratio to
The Yale expositor., 1907-12-27

AAAAA-nlA-~1s48
EMMY to the hands of the clock,
which indicated 1880, and then to
the calendar, on which hung one flut-
tering leaf marked December 81.
1T is time" she sighed, ito begin
mental housekeeping; to sweep out
our collection of last years follies and
dust off our petty sins and fling away
our old vices and"
That's the trouble," broke in the
bachelor. It's so hard to know just
what to throw away and what to keep
Making New Years resolutions is like
doing the spring hopsecleaning or
clearing out a drawer full of old let
ters and sentimental rubbish You
know that there are lots of things
you ought to get rid of, and that are
just in the way, and that you would
be better off without, but the minute
you make up your mind to part with
anything, even a tiny, insignificant
vice. it suddenly becomes so dear and
attractive that you repent and begin
TO take a new interest in it. The only
time | ever had to be taken home in
cab was the day after | promised to
sign the pledge" and the bachelor
sighed reminiscently.
And the only time | ever overdrew
my bank account" declared the wild
Ow, was the day after | had resolved
to economic. | suppose" she added
pensively, that the best way to begin
would be to pick out the worst vice
and discard that"
And that will leave heaps of room
for the others and for a lot of new lit
tie sins, beside, won't it," agreed the
bachelor cheerfully. We'll" he added
philosophically. III give up murder
ing"
What" the widow started
Don't you want me to-" asked the
bachelor plaintively. rubbing his bald
spot. "Or perhaps | might resolve not
to commit highway robbery any more
or to stop forging or"
"All of which is SO easy." broke in
the widow sarcastically
"There'd be some glory and some
reason in giving up biz vice" sigh
ed the bachelor. "if a fellow had one.
But the trouble is that most of us men
haven't any big criminal tendencies,
merely heap of little follies and
weaknesses that there isn't any par
ticular virtue in sacrificing or any
particular harm in keeping"
And which you always do Eeep, in
spite of all your New Years VOWS, "
remarked the widow ironically.
HUH" The bachelor laughed cyni-
cally. IT'S our New Years vows that
beIp us to keep 'em. The very fact
that a fellow has sworn to forego any
thing. whether it's a habit or a girl,
makes It more attractive. I've thrown
away a whole box Of cigars with the
finest intentions in the world and then
gotten up in the middle of the night
to fish the pieces out of the waste bas'
ket. And that midnight smoke was
The Yale expositor., 1907-12-27

Flagship OfCOt11-
r11OdOre Perry
Opened uP Ja-
pan TO the Conn
r11erCe OF tn G
World, and Now
a Boston Firm
Wi11Strip
tho junk Heap.
The Yale expositor., 1907-12-27

SN'T it hard, said the
widow. glancing ruefully
at the holly-wreathed
clock on the mantel-piece,
TO know where to begin
reforming yourself?"
Great heavens!" eX-
claimed the bachelor,
YOU are not going to do
anything like that, are
you?"
The widow pointed sol
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1907-05-12
REAL BEAUTY SLEEP.

The olG-1ashioaed definition of beauty
sleep was the sleep that is taken be-
fore midnight. Beauty sleep is the
sleep a woman gets after she has slept
seven hours and before she has slept
nine, says a Viennese specialist.
A woman needs seven hours sleep for
the upbuilding of her system. Then
she needs two more fer the recupera-
ton of her body. and the extra two
viii restore her complexion. make her
eyes bright, take the wrinkles out Of
her face and keep her form elastic.
The woman who wants to derive the
fullest benefit from her beauty sleep
will compose her mind before sinking
off into slumber. She will think pleas
ant thoughts. Worrying thoughts
make burrows in the brow and set lines
round the mouth. A little light in the
bedroom is a good thing for some peo-
pie. for il will act cheerfully upon the
nerves and drive away nightmare.
Do not allow yourself to be wakened
in the morning. if you mean to get
beauty sleep. or if you must be reused,
let il be ever so gently. Do not wake
with a start, with an alarm clock or in
consequence of bell ringing, for these
harsh sounds will jar the nerves and
destroy the effect of the sleep.
The true beauty sleeper never goes
TO sleep without something to eat. The
girl who wants good complexion will
eat some prunes before going to bed,
and the society woman who feels that
her nerves need stimulating will take
an orange or two with a biscuit The
iired-Out woman will imbibe some form
of milk. or perhaps tiny cup of cream
and a biscuit
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1907-05-12
RENOVATION OF
OSTRICH FEATHERS

Whenever the sunny days OF spring
make their appearance ostrich plumes
in light colors which have done duty on
winter hats, should undergo a certain
amount of renovation. One of the best
methods of cleaning them is to place
them first of all in a basinful of soap
suds made with cold water instead of
hot, and in which they should be left
to steep for an hour or two.
They should then be removed. plung-
ed into boiling water and allowed TO re-
main in it for at least a quarter of an
hour. Each feather should then be ia
ken out, spread on a cloth and every
particle of dirt which may still cling
to the fronds removed by rubbing these
with a soft piece of silk dipped in soap
sude. They must then be rinsed in sew
laid on a towel across the knee, the
fronds being then dabbed gently with a
towel made into ball. the object being
TO regain the curved shape of the feath-
er before it is returned TO the hat.
When almost dry the feathers should
be well shaken until they appear per-
fectiy soft and fluffy, when they should
be Immediately enclosed in tissue paper
and placed in a cool oven or on the plate
rack Of the stove. so as TO complete
drying operations.
To curl the feathers no tool is more
effective than an ivory paper knife.
Each frond should be picked up sepa-
rately and with a sharp but gentle turn
of the wrist given the requisite curl.
this being continued until the curl has
regained its original appearance.