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The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1907-12-27

show that conditions ara tmprov.
ing.
Congress may yet be Involved In
the trouble which caused the resiE
nation OF Rear Admiral hrowns0n.
A sale of the properties OF the
North Chicago Street Railway com.
pany. tho West Chicago Street
Railway company and tho Chicago
Union Traction company. under a
decree Of foreclosure. waa ordered
By Judge Peter :, GroascWp, sitting
In the Uuited States elrcult court
The sale Is 20 take place at noon
on January IS. 1905
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1907-12-27

LINEN DAMASKS.
1859 yards Richardson's Fine Double Satin Damask
In extra fins. beautiful nov patterns pictures OF
fine art. IN rosea leaves. shamrocks. stripes and
floral designs ........+......+AT HALF PRICE
1850 yards Richardson sons aud Owdens Fine
Double satin Damask choice patterns up QCln
to tfsTss Sale price ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS Jl
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1907-12-27

waiting here 90 Gust the local men.
nor have the owners given any no.
ttce that they arc going 90 cut
wages.
Tho charge that William Jacklin.
who has been elected president.
had discharged the committee ne.
gotiAiing with tho owners was en-.
tlrely erroneous. As Mr. Jaeklin
does not take office until the FIRST
Of the year and IL aow without au.
thorlty,
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1907-12-27
SENATOR PILES WILL
HELP FISHERMEN

WASHINGTON. Dec. 3T-sen.
aGor Plies will either Introduce 4
bill or support one 10 be introduced
b. some California member. pro
viding relief for the seal fisher
men whose boats and pArapher
MALTA wpre some time aEo cnafla.
Gated b. the government IN Alaskan
waters The fishermen recently -
titioned the senator for support. and
after investigating their claims be
believes them just
Mr. Washington Irving Of tue
Phoenix Of London, has been az
pointed general agent 81 The Wash
ington Fire ~ California. SO
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1907-12-27

ne nsest distressing cases IL
kassnA relieved BY soap Lake
save al druggists. -.
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1907-12-27
LADIES' UNDERWEAR.

200 dozen Ladies' Underwear in heavy weights
suitable for winter wear regular price 1Qn
Doc, sale price ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS G1t
800 garments Ladies' Vests and Pants. half wool
and cotton. regular price 800 A0n
300 Ladies' Suits Of fine Atwood knit under
wear. ia Yeats aud Pants and Union Suits. 90 i.
regular price s200 Sale price ............J JOG
Pierre weekly free press. (Pierre, S.D.) 1889-19??, 1907-08-08
FEARFUL BURNING SORES.
Boy in Misery z Years-Eczema In
Rough Scales, itching and In
Manufactured BY cuticura.

O. III
"Cuticura has put a stop to twelve
years Of misery passed with my son.
AS an infant noticed on his body a
red spot and treated same with differ
emit remedies for about five years, but
when the spot began to get larger I
nut him under the care OF doctors.
Under their treatment the disease
spread to four different parts Of his
body. During the day it would get
rough and form like scales. At night
It would be cracked, inflamed and bad
" swollen, with terrible burning and
itching. One doctor told me that my
sons eczema was incurable, and gave
it up. decided to give Cuticura trial.
When had used the first box OF Cuti-
cura Ointment there was a great i'm
provement, and by the time had used
the second set of Cuticura Remedies
my child was cured. He is now twelve
years old, and his skin is as fine and
smooth as silk. Michael Steinman, z
Sumner Avenue, Brooklyn, N. Y, April
16, 1905"
Pierre weekly free press. (Pierre, S.D.) 1889-19??, 1907-08-08
Governor. Salaries.

Illinois is soing to have the highest
paid officials in the country. The new
salary bill Just passed by the legisla-
ture raises the salary Of the governor
from $4,000 to $4,000 a year, which
will make him the best-paid Of Amer
lean governors.
New York, New Jersey and Pennsyl-
yania pay their chief executives s1O.-
600. Massachusetts and Indiana pay
$4,000.
Most Of the other states pay $4,000.
Vermont pays the smallest guberna-
torial salary, the amount being $1,000,
or clerks hire. New Hampshire and
Delaware are on $4,000 basis. South
Carolina pays $4,000.
Texas and Connecticut are $4,000
states. although Texas is more than
SO times as big as Connecticut.
Georgia is in the $1,000 class. rs.
Pierre weekly free press. (Pierre, S.D.) 1889-19??, 1907-08-08
Mr.. GoodwIn's Tramp.

N. g. Goodwin, the comedian, was
praising In New York the modesty Of
a celebrated playwright.
why" said Mr.. Goodwin, the
mans modesty is almost ludicrous.S It
remind me of the tramp and the old
lady. The old lady gave the tramp a
dime. Then she looked at him close
~. He was a very diiapidated speci-
men, indeed. III $..3
Poor mani she said. I suppose
you have undergone a great many
trials?
Trials, mum? p said the tramp,
humbly. Great heavens, no! They
don't have no trials for the likes Of
us. They Just hauls us up afore the
magistrate in the morning."
Pierre weekly free press. (Pierre, S.D.) 1889-19??, 1907-08-08

lovely In q soft white dressing gown.
Bob. who had been cautioned cot to
talk to her, sat gazing at her In mourn
full silence. Presently she began TO
laugh.
II know this is solemn OCCASION,
said she, "but I'm not quite dead. It's
nice though, Bob, to know just how
you're going to look when you attend
my funeral. Why do you keep your
hands in your pockets in that absurd
way?"
ITO keep them warm"
what, to-day! When It's almost 30
in the shade? Take them out this in
slant. Why, Bob! They're bandaged.
Are they burned?"
Nothing to speak Of" said Whar-
ton, clasping them behind him. Your
mother said she'd turn me out II I
let you talk"
Let me see your poor hands. Oh,
Bob, I'm so sorry. But I'm so glad you
saved me, Bob, even If you were SO
rough and that rug was so horribly
dusty. OF course you didn't have time
to pick out nice clean rug. SO !
shouldn't have been cross about 1t. /
have only two really bad burns. both
on my left arm. The doctor says 1t
would have been so much worse II you
hadn't been so quick. I'm ever SO
much"
There, there" said Bob, taking pos
| session Of her fingers. you know I'd
gladly have been burned to crisp II
could have saved you from being
scorched, but you're not to talk any
more don't want your mother to
send me home"
Cant I say anything at all?"
Suppose l should want to say Just
one little bit of a word-just so long?"
Pierre weekly free press. (Pierre, S.D.) 1889-19??, 1907-08-08
Silent Smiths 1. ind ess..

Silent Smith" said New York
broker, was an eccentric man, but
in many ways q kind one. TO his
friends and employees he was exceed
ingly kind. Once, indeed, his kind
ness saved q lad from ruin. Mr.. Smith.
good many years ago, employed q
young man In confidential capacity.
Another employe came to him one
day and told him he had better look
out for the younger man, as he was
living beyond his means.
Mr.. Smith frowned.
4 !" Living beyond his means, IL her
he said. Dear me. that. won't do.
Send him here to me ct once. I'll hays
TO raise his salary. :
Pierre weekly free press. (Pierre, S.D.) 1889-19??, 1907-08-08
Apple Trce Planted at Might.

An apple tree planted seventy-six.
years ago on d lot now owned by HI.
Nv. Charles of Sptceland, Ind, meas
;ures 112 inches ii circumference two
feet from the ground. Five feet from
the ground the circumference Is 10
inches. The distance between the ex-
IRENE tipsof Che boughs Is sixty-three
feet. ss2 ~ 81 ,.s Ssss
The tree Ii Of the Wand variety,
and tradition says II was planted az
midnight, there being q belief that app
pie trees planted during the night sea-
son would be prolific bearers There,
It's no record of Its productiveness
for the first nfty years ofs its growth,
but tor the last twenty i've years it
has yielded annually heavy crops Sc
nne apples. Last autumn ten OF the
apples ranged In i row. each touching
it, nsiSh bOs. measured just one yasd.
Pierre weekly free press. (Pierre, S.D.) 1889-19??, 1907-08-08
RECOGNIZE THESE?
They May Be5Heard Almost Any Sun.
shiny Day.
Yes, sir, the RATHER had fifty rattles

shiny Day.
Eyes. sir, the rattler had fifty rattles
and"
Now, If was to tell you how big
that fish was you'd call me a."
Z was watchin, the thunder storm
from my front piazza, as well as the
old mule In the lot, when lightning
hash4eame that would have killed the
mule, but that the keen critter seen
it comm J, an kicked it to .s5s
- yet, wont elieNe me- fal-
lers. but when the March hurricane
hit that church steeple 1t took it clean
of, an for ten miles an more you
could hear the bell ringin. like mad,
high up In the air, till the people
thought Judgment day had come, an
fell to prayin' till the steeple came
down right In the middle OF camp.
meetin' and
Pierre weekly free press. (Pierre, S.D.) 1889-19??, 1907-08-08
The Brute.

They had been married three
months.
us my back hair all right?' She
queried as they were leaving the
house.
(Which is-er-your hair?' queried
the mere man.
Pierre weekly free press. (Pierre, S.D.) 1889-19??, 1907-08-08
The Retort is Direct.

"see here!" cried the artist, who had
come to complain about the materials.
Il can't imagine anything worse than
your paints
That's strange" replied the dealer.
Don't you ever use your imagination
on your painting?"
Pierre weekly free press. (Pierre, S.D.) 1889-19??, 1907-08-08
The Best Way.

Rosenberg the Clothier-Little Able
found big roll of bills on der side
walk!
Mrs. Rosenberg-Vill you advertise
der money?
Rosenberg-Vell, I'll put der money
in new stock an advertise der goods!
Pierre weekly free press. (Pierre, S.D.) 1889-19??, 1907-08-08

The tayernkeeper who threw me
ont yesterday shall never see another
copper Of my money II ! only knew
which one Il wa. Vliegends Batter.
Pierre weekly free press. (Pierre, S.D.) 1889-19??, 1907-08-08
"Why Do You Keep Your Hands In
Your Pockets in That Absurd
Way7"

Francesca measured Of an !nanitesi-
NAL portion of her little finger. "Just
as little as that?"
Well said Bob, wondering, ut all
depends upon what the word isl
Il should think you might guess"
said francesca, deftly spreading with
her unbandaged hand tiny lace hand
kerchief over her crimsoning cheeks.
You said you'd never ask me again,
but know you want me. I'm not quite
sure about the word, but have an
idea It's Yes"
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1907-04-17
A RIyER IN THE OCEAN.

There is a river in the ocean. In
the severest droughts it never fails,
and in the mightiest floods 1t never
overfows. It's banks and its bottom
are of cold water, while its current
is of warm. The Gulf of Mexico is
its foundation, and its mouth is in
the Arctic Seas. 1t is the Gulf Stream
There is in the world no other such
majestic flow of waters. Its current
is more rapid than the Mississippi or
the Amazon, and its volume more than
a Thousand times greater.
It is believed, says the Chicago
News, that the warm waters Of the
Gulf Stream are nowhere permitted
in the oceanic economy to touch the
bottom of the sea. There is every
where a cushion of cool water be.
tween them and the solid parts Of
the earth's crust.
Now, cold water is one If the best
non-conductors of heat, but if the Gulf
Stream were sent across the Atlantic
in contract with the solid crust of
the earth comparatively a coed con.
ductor or heat. instead of being sent
across as it is in contact with non.
conducting cushion of cool water to
feed 1t from the bottom, all its heat
would be lost in the first part of the
way, and the soft climate of France
and England would be as that OF
Labrador, severe in the extreme and
ice-bound.
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1907-04-17
Arranging a Mystery.

A curious story of the late Marquis
de Mores is going the rounds of the
Paris press. In his youthful days the
Marquis was cavalry Lieutenant on
an eastern frontier garrison, and one
day. while out at exercise with .
party Of mounted men they found
themselves on German territory. Theip
attention was called to the fact by
an inn on the roadside bearing the
sign: THE King of Prussia"
"A hundred francs to the man who
brings me that sign" he said loud
enough to be heard, and the party
regained the French side of the from
tier at gallop. Next morning Lieut..
de Mores found the sign reared up
against the wall Of his quarters, and
taking a 100 franc note in one hand
he walked slowly through the stables
with the hand behind his back.
Presently he felt hand take the
note. and voice said quietly:
Thanks, Lieutenant"
De Mores was careful not to look
around or In any direction that could
assist Identification. Thus had any
outcry been raised the rape of the
sign" would have been a mystery
London Globe,
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1907-04-17
the world would be, as the following

WAlASooSo.
1t was one of the hottest days in
midsummer, the mercury up in the
nineties. and people didn't stop to do
things they were not obli- d to do.
says Our Dumb Animals. delivery
team from one of our largest Wor.
cester dry goods establishments came
dashing down the street with heavy
load, already late in delivery.
The driver spied little brown bird
in the middle of the road, and he
Immediately refined in his horse, jump
ed out. lifted 1t very tenderly and
placed it on the soft, green lawn of
the house he was passing, and then
jumped ON his team again and drove
on.
The kind lady of the house picked
1t up and took 1t into the house, and
made nest for 1t in waste basket,
and refreshed 1t with milk and water.
Little robin.red-breast could not speak,
but looked happy out of its great
brown eyes. Then she boiled an egg
and dropped little yellow morsels
into its open mouth.
That night and the next morning she
nursed the little orphan. The children
laughed at the fanny tufts of down
that stuck up out of its feathers on
each side and on the top of its head.
for in truth the little bird wasn't old
enough to fly. She then left 1t in
the basket on the lawn. The mother
bird soon found her little one and
came with worms to feed it.
After hopping about on the lawn.
the birding made its trial flight and
nothing more was seen of it.
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1907-04-17
PEARY's VOYAGE.
And What II Has ACCOMPLISH

And What It Has Accomplished.
In his article in Harper's Com
mander Peary gives an interesting
summary of just what his expedition
has accomplished and states his be-
lief that the reaching of the Pole is
now comparatively simple.
ut seems proper, also, to note that
the result of the last expedition of the
Peary Arctic Club has been to sim
plify the attainment of the Pole so
per cent; to accentuate the fact that
man and the Eskimo dog are the only
two mechanisms capable of meeting
all the various contingencies of SER
ious Arctic work, and that the Ameri.
can route to the Pole and the methods
and equipment used remain the most
practical for attaining that object.
Had the winter of 1866 been a
normal season in the Arctic regions.
and not, as 1t was. a particularly open
one throughout the Northern Hemis.
sphere. there is not a member Of the
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1907-04-17
ROBBED WHILE HE MADE LOVE.
Berlin Merchant vlctimized Through a
Too Agreeable Caller

Berlin Merchant victimized Through a
Too Agreeable Caller.
Berlin Is amused these days over
the eer love adventure of retired
merchant living on the Muhlenstrasse.
He has grown up daughter who
keeps house for him, and when she
went on a holiday visit to relatives
in another city she left very large
vacancy in his heart and home.
He was particularly blue on New
Years eve when knock came to the
door of his apartment and very at
tractive looking young woman asked
for his daughter. He explained that
she was away.
The visitor was disappointed al
most to tears. She was an old school
friend, she explained, and was visiting
Berlin. One of the things which she
had most looked forward to was the
meeting with her chum.
The father grasped at the chance of
little companionship. He asked the
young lady to come in and rest. Then
he made tea for her
She steered the chat along such
lines that he ventured to ask her to
visit vaudeville theatre with him,
and she accepted. He found her so
good humored and amusing that he
was deeply smitten before he left her
at the door of house where she said
she was stopping.
When he opened the door of his
apartment, on reaching home, chilly
blast struck him in the face. One of
the windows was wide open. The
shutters showed the marks of a jimmy.
The whole place was topsy turvy.
Pretty nearly everything valuable was
gone, including about 500 that had
been locked in bureau drawer.
1t never occurred to the victim to
connect the robbery with his agree.
able visitor; but the police put the
two occurrences together. BY watch.
ing the house where the old man had
left her, they soon discovered her iden.
tity.
ouc was yOuuS WOLldu, ACTUALLY du
acquaintance of the absent daughter,
but resident of Berlin. She had no
police record, but she was known to
associate with young man, still pu.
pill in business school, whose habits
were bad.
This youth and still worse associ
ate were arrested and they confessed
to the robbery. They had wanted
money to celebrate New Years day
they said, and they had persuaded the
girl to lure the old man, who they
knew kept money in the house, away
from home while they turned the trick
When the girl was arrested, tho
victim offered to refrain from prose
cutting her If she would marry him
She replied that she would do so if he
would let the whole three go free. This
excited the elderly suitor's jealoasly
and. he fatty refused. The girl then
decided to stand trial and go to prison
rather than marry him. The case has
not yet been tried.-New York Sun.
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1907-04-17

expedition Who doubts that we would
have attained the Pole. And had I
known before leaving the land what
actual conditions were to the north
ward, as know now, could have so
modified my route and my disposition
of sledges that we could have reached
the Pole even in spite of the open sea.
son.
THE main results of the expedition
may be summarized as follows:
"First-The attainment of the high,
est North leaving a distance OF but
TIA nautical miles yet to be con-
quered this side of the Pole, narrow
ing the unknown area between my
highest and Cagni's to less than 374
nautical miles, and throwing the ma
jor remaining unknown Arctic area
into the region between the Pole and
Boring Strait.
"Second-The determination of the
existence of distant new land north
west of the northwestern part of Grant
Land, probably an island in the west
erly extension of the North American
archipelago.
"Third-The distinct widening of
our horizon as regards ice and other
conditions in the western half of the
central polar sea.
"Fourth-The traversing and define
alton of the unknown gap in the coast
line between Aldrich's furthest west in
1876 and Sverdrup's furthest north in
1902.
"Fifth-The determination Of the
unique glacial fringe and floeberg
nursery of the Grant Land coast.
Another expedition following my
steps and profiting by my experience
not only can attain the Pole, but can
secure the Sother remaining principal
desiderata in the central Arctic Sea,
namely, a line of deep.sea soundings
from the north shore of Grant Land
to the Pole and the delineation of the
unknown gap in the northeast coast
line of Greenland from Cape Morris
Jesup southwark to Cape Bismarck.
This can be accomplished by an ex.
petition absent for the same length
of time as the last one, and without a
greater expenditure"
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1907-04-17
A Dog Habit.

Have you ever thought why 1t is
that dog turns around and around
when he Jumps up on his cushion or
starts to settle himself anywhere for a
nap? Now that you are reminded you
can recall that you have seen dog
do 1t many times, can't you? This hab-
it is about all that is left to our tame
little Goggles of the days long ago, when
they were race of wild animals and
lived in the woods. Their beds then
were matted grass and leaves. and 1t
was to trample enough grass and prop
erly arrange the leaves that the dog al
ways trod around a narrow circle be-
fore he would lie down. The dog Of
to-day keeps up the same old habit, al.
though there Is no longer any need for
it, and Of course the animal has no
notion why he does 1t.
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1907-04-17
THE SPHINX.
How Old is the sphinx?-No One
Knows.

How Old is the sphinx?-No One
Knows.
The great Sphinx of Ghizeh bears
no inscription by which we can tell
its date. In 1916 Ceviglia, who in
modern times was the first to clear
away the sand, found between its
paws stele of the reign of Thothmes
W., and, therefore, is was believed
that the Sphinx was carved by that
monarch. But in 1858 the excavation
of Marietta uncovered a stele bear
ing the name of Cheops, on which is
a reference to the Sphinx. The in
scription is evidently of late per.
iod but is supposed to be an exact
copy of an ancient carving, and the
translation seemed to place the
Sphinx earlier than the Pyramids,
and consequently to prove it the most
ancient piece of work in the world.
Still there remained four lines carved
on the base which could not be read,
but M. Daressy has now deciphered
them, and 1t appears that the inscrip-
ton is in two parts. In the earlier
lines there is no mention of the
Sphinx, but the lines which date from
the Persian occupation mention the
repair of the Sphinx. There is, there
fore, nothing by which we can tell
the date Of the monument, and the
only evidence we have is the head
dress of the Colossus. Its hood is
ornamented behind with three bands,
a large one between two smaller
bands. Now this is fashion which
only existed toward the end of the
twelfth dynasty in the reigns of Usur-
tesen III. and Amenemhat III. AS this
family showed much zeal for the god
Harmaklin, whose portrait the Sphinx
is, it Is probable that the monument
is the work of Amenemhet I'LL .on-
don Globe.
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1907-04-17
COMMERCE. OF The SWISS.
Foreign Trade of the Little Republic
Reaches 100000, 900 a Year.

Foreign Trade of the Little Republic
Reaches $4OO,OOO,OOO a Year.
Few Of the trading nations of the
globe can exhibit such wonderful rec
ord of foreign commerce as Swltzer-
land. That little republic, which has a
population Of but 3,314.343 persons
less than that of the city of New York
and which Is situated far inland,
miles from any large body of water or
narigable river, has a foreign trade
which amounts to more than 100000
600 annually, $239,333,73O being cred
tied to Imports and $17O,O55, 5O4 to ex-
ports.
The most valuable asset of Switzer-
land is its position, taken In connec-
ton with its curious geographical and
geological conformation. Its superb
mountains, silver lakes and picturesque
cities attract every year thousands Of
tourists, who leave behind them mill
ions of dollars to be Invested in COM
merce. Switzerland thus becomes a
kind of index or thermometer Of the
prosperity of the outside world. The
tourists who go to Switzerland leave
behind them in prosperous years as
much as $40,OO0OOO, and these great
sums form tidy capital for Industrial
and commercial enterprises. of which
the thrifty Swiss take advantage to the
utmost. @s x
Every bit of arabic land is carefully
cultivated and made to yield large
return in cereals, vegetables and fruits,
with flowers and honey us byproducts.
III manufactures, too. the Swiss play
an Important part in the economic
progress of Europe watches, textiles
of various kinds, carved woods, choco-
lates, condensed milk, chemicals and
fertilizers being the chief articles man.
ufactured.
The trade of the United States with
Switzerland is peculiarly favorable for
the latter. In 1904 Switzerland sold
this country goods valued at $2O,523, 200
and bought merchandise valued at $780,
3SS,51O, totals which have been exceed
ell proportionately by the figures for
the first five months of the present
wear