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The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1908-12-01
ON FRED scHAEFER.


A grAtined smile But she
and dseHgased herself from
embrace that accompanied the words
thouand knives into the hearts OF those ~ho could not
witness Twas The tot wih haif %
~ childhood hos
beautiful ahe vas and feature Of ho tair face spoke eliza
weing With that Affection her mood would
be restrained
Mamm how / oaf"
tho the maternal neck To clutch Il
the Mechanically the adn hands checked
the adult tormeni0F contra
dleton with smile unruued Indulgence whai Of
nead thin invite yet Tepse the priceless In afdo
Of inBoceuceT
twelve Twelve ousaughfs ~ childish
enthvalanm cIuiehng lavish emphasis ~
Twelve times defeat Of he ssFahe embrace masked By the
ured smile - paxnnR patience
~ shs the kid Ia rather her bat IN the
awi" maFmared uushaven hulk Of swinging
Il getting BIS
muchf" And the ecsiatic angel threw herself
this mothers Once the soved
the cnang hold exRsp~rasuK
smile Of endurance YES and mother
mother Entirely late. baby had
their prin the immaculate white china k shirt
waist OF mother. right the shoulders like epaueta
Then The unsaven hulk Of understood As for the others
they had tumbea long
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1908-12-01
STAR DUST
BY JOSH

las inierrogatsd the tourist IN
the far northwest.
lmph, yes Efunted Chief
hiaeaoae, man live oct here must
heap scrap"
And II he dontf"
Why then no 70 20 scrap
heap
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1908-12-01

ostend PA, who are the SUI.
frARettca ?"
Pa Those London women who
think they should have = vote. my
aan .
osicnd-~~A what ere their hus.
bands doingf
Pa oh. they are the sufferers. .
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1908-12-01

0naner~ Eastern paper declares
that the poets ~ Indiana are sen
eiusc SAYS they should De
handled wtth Md gloves
aayeF-" HIM. 1 thlnk some of
them should b. handled with hoK.
iuN gloves
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1908-12-01

what are you learning IN school
now. my son
How 70 calculate interest
Very good a. far a. u goes. my
boy: but what yog want 10 learn
Ia 70 calculate what interest you
can stick q man for
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1908-12-01

Roduriek-~l aea they have dis.
covered sosHe new green spots on
Marn."
Van Albert 'rhst 90 Bet the
green hat erase has struck sfas.
planet. too"
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1908-12-01

Tramp Lady. kin you gimme a
bite 20 eat
Farmers Wife-So. my poor
man. W. haye nothing beers but
eats 10 bite.
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1908-12-01

~why do you roll your Gig,
aretaf~
Well. old ehapple. ! must take
name exercise. yknow
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1908-12-01
Amonq shs Periodicals..


"Yon do a great deal Of personal
correspondence veutured the In.
terTlewer.
Il do. indeed. responded tho
head official Of the gigantic cor
poration.
-And you add n. &. V. p. ben
meath your personal lettersf
"Oh. no; | add y. u. r. A."
And what does that meant"
why, Please Burn Right
Away"
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1908-12-01

gwen when .
man'a buried In
thought. he tinds
tint vandais IN.
wade IN GENE
terry"
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1908-12-01
A NEW ONE

Oscar Hammcrscn the great opera has given us
new cach-word his Miss Lee who is suing him
his for publication What IS better, Oscar carefully
explains the meaning and scope 81 his new term.
Affinity pretty lair while il lasted. But II got
threadbare ovcsored until the Of couldnt
make whether stood for just plain making Of googoo
eyes beautiful scandal including dcserton divorce and
beaingra with later
Oscars innovation comaradere" and its big enough
and foreign enough ordinary Imagination
is capable Of did Oscar carefully explain II.
"You have coddle singers -ys Oscar which ought
wiring shrek from several ustrious warbler who have
tany made h under Oscars management Part Of the cod
ding consisted kissing Miss Lee almost public place
producing two cnrapturcd souls" and later when he
coudn find any live HOLSTERS in the market he her
l00O0O0 kisses hugs and pettngs sort Of comaraderie
coddc take the place OF the HOLSTERS Then another cod
die he told her 60 oubn the woods and sing and
brush torurng nature he made her be-
heve that he had nice large lovely blonde hanging around
him 10 be eoddIed up a high trL
Oh guess this "comaradere is going find living
breathing job nomenclature all right II certainly has
got old affinity" looking pale and undressing.
Mcmahon have died
hide himself
Of Of scandal President
escaped Gould
The fatality that stalks through
seems strangely shy Of Raef
appropriate a pursuit fund TO pursue
the Rlpiuger pursuit fund
Chief Ward being about naturally looking for
nice. soft spot to light
The police appear to be equal to m
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1908-12-01


conclusion Mcmahon died down
hide himself
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1908-12-01

Actual Value.
THAT swell chap just bought
cigar" commented the ionnger IN
the cigar emporium What price
did he payY"
Bought n twenty-cent straight"
responded the clerk
"Twenty-cent straight, ehf How
much Is Il crooked"
Crooked? Oh, about a nickel.
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1908-12-01

just Reversed.
Then you still believe IN fight.
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1908-12-01

the steinheil Presder
Faure escaped marrying Anna Gould.
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1908-12-01

Like the Smoke.
Guuner--'He had fancy eigaret
named after him"
Gnyer-"And how did he stand
the fame2f
Gunner--1oh. he il all puffed up"
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1908-12-01

There is danger ahead when n
woman gets beside herself with
rage" shouted tho London snffrA.
gette. AZ she waved her blue
umbrella.
you bet there U.s." chuckled the
bachelor member of the commons
az he took another seat. Il always
watch out to see that she does not
get beside me-"
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1908-12-01

fatality through San Francisco seand
shy OF Ruek
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1908-12-01

appropriate pursuit fund to pursue
the Rlpluger pursuit fund
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1908-12-01

descend is naturally looking for
ME softs spot 10 hight
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1908-12-01

The police force in Hara also doesn't equal it.
The San Francisco call., 1908-03-22

gage car. The smoking car was pro-
vided with euchre tables. Think of it
euchre! What would the bridge fiends
of today say to that? But. then, in
those days 40 miles an hour was con-
sidered fast. Other cars are called
hotel cars" and saloon cars Among
other luxuries are two libraries re-
plete with choice works of fiction, his
tory, poetry, etc. and two of the
improved Burdett organs"
In regard to the lighting of the train
we have the following: THE cars of
this train are lighted during the night
in new and novel manner, there being
under each an ingeniously constructed
machine which produces from liquid
to that made in the ordinary way.
The apparatus is furnished by the
United States gaslight company, whose
Offices are at 155 West Twenty ninth
street, New York. The generator is SO
arranged that it provides gas for any
number of burners in the car and no
more, and when the burners are all
turned off the generator ceases to act
unit they are reopened. George p.
Canister Esq. represents the company
and accompanies the train as far as
Chicago Such arrangements seem
crude In this day of electric lights.
On the second page appears sketch
of Hon. Alexander II. Rice, mayor of
Boston and ex-reprcsentative in con-
gress, who accompanied the party as
chief of its executive committee" ;"
Judging from woodcut accompanying
the article, the Hon. Alexander was a
statesman of the rail splitting type.
Governor Clafiin of Boston accom-
panied the train to the Massachusetts
state line, but could not farther, for
the legislature of the state is in ses-
sion." Even in those days con-
scientious executive did not dare set a
legislature running and go off and
leave it.
Before leaving Atlantic tidewater at
Boston bottle of sea water was filed.
to be emptied into San Francisco bay.
Think OF it--talxing water to San Fran
cisco. 1t was needless to specify that
the water was intended to be poured
into the bay. not for bersonal use. A
similar train going from San Francisco
to Boston would have been loaded with
sherry ard other necessities. A New
The San Francisco call., 1908-03-22
FIRST TRAIN ACROSS THE CONTINENT-ITS NEWSPAPER

old s3ss: 1857. 9Oss; 1O-4Os Sc: Erie.
1sA; Illinois. fiat 110; a & CT. West
ern, 2sH.''
rejoices in the disappearance of the
japanese social and commercial isola-
tion." Does 1t still rejoice?
A list OF officers of the Union Pa
cihc is Given, showing names hardly
remembered on this coast But in the
list of the Central Pacific our own
giants appear: Hon. Leland Stanford.
president; c. P. Huntington. vice pres
ident; Mark Hopkins. treasurer: Z. B.
Crocker. attorney and general agent.
etc. Albion N. Towne was general SUI
perintendent An advertisement states
that the Pullman Pacific car company
has capital of s1.000.000 Geori NJ.
ager. Among it's directors we find Sid
ney Dillon and Andrew Carnegie.
The Pullman palace car company
also advertise but the only familiar
name In the directorate is that of it's
president and general manager. George
NJ Pullman.
Among San F'rancisco's advertisers
appear the Grand hotel; also the Bank
of California. capital $4,000. 600 in
gold" D. o. Mills. president; William
C. RaIston. cashier. Ralstons tragic
fate will be remembered. AS the re-
suit of financial troubles he committed
suicide His handsome residence at
Belmont is now occupied by a school
A list of the party is published. but
contains no well known names
Altogether TranscontinentaI offers
pleasant reading. and it's yellowed
leaves give an interesting view of an
almost forgotten incident
The San Francisco call., 1908-03-22

England train brings water to Cali
fornia. But thrift is a commendable
virtue.
A few news items are given We
are informed that the Athletics of Phila-
delphia beat the Harvard baseball club,
20 to s. 1t appears that on May %
money worked with extreme ease"
Strenuous times had not begun. Moth
ing works with extreme ease now
money least of all.
Loans We're made to large govern
ment contractors as low as = per cent.
But the bulk of business was done at
per cent. and at 4 and on railway
collaterals. Sterling from 10s% to
l0sss for bankers bills" Gold closed
at ia.
Cable news informed the party that
in the constitutional cortes of Spain, a
deputy questioned the ministers on the
truth of the rumored concert of action
on the part of Great Britain and the
United States to effect a mitigation Of
the socalied Spanish horrors in Cuba.
The minister of the colonies informed
the deputies that De Rodas. captain
general of Cuba, had repeatedly in
vited American commissioners to visit
Cuba, examine into those alleged cruel
ties and see for themselves how utterly
false these stories We're. This has a
familiar sound. Spain refusing 10 be
good. and "biuh1ng." The American
commissioners were slow in accepting
the invitations referred to. as they did
net reach Cuba until 1898.
A London cable states ''Consols.
money 9iA. account s4ss American
securities dull Bonds. 1862. ss7s; 1855.
The San Francisco call., 1908-03-22

great changes or eras. One yes spoken
by Helen to Trojan Paris was, perhaps.
scarcely needed when said, but it's
consequence was 10 years war. The
nod of a Belgian peasant to Napoleon l
and the Up, guards and at them!'
from his opponent we have been told,
on an evening in June resulted in the
final act of the annihilation of an en-
pire. And monosyllables spoken in
or more; single one flashed from
Newfoundland to the Irish shore told
the world that science had achieved
one of her greatest triumpns; one sig-
nature and an act was consummated
that made millions free. And those
words, All aboard for San Francisco.
spoken on that May morning in Bos-
ton, are certainly, in their significance.
worthy of attention for at least a mo-
ment. They mean not alone that
continent, but that the most mag
nificent train produced by Amer
lean art starts upon it's passa ge-
the longest ever yet attempted by an
entire train upon any one of those iron
roads now become the highways that
bear the rule of the world--a passage
over the longest continuous line of
rails operated by any nation. They
mean that the farthest east and the
farthest west of the republic, though
almost 1000 miles apart, exchange Il
friendly visit by single ride. They
mean the completion of a commercial
route that can and will influence the
trade of the world. They mean that the
visible line is unbroken that binds a
great nation-that hearts and men,
ories dwelling around Plymouth Rock
and old Faneuil hall are closer to
those at the Golden gates that homes
on New England shores and warmth of
the native hearthstones and sympathies
of those who are there are grown
nearer and, we trust may be dearer. to
those on the once far off Pacific coast"
According to one item. 40 miles an
hour is fast" although on one stretch
of road the train did run 2s miles in "a
minutes. According to the paper the
train was made up of eight of the
most elegant cars ever drawn over an
American railway built especially for
this train
The printing office was in the bag
The San Francisco call., 1908-03-22

The dead man as recognized by the
sergeant, who, while he deplored the
contretemps. went about in matter of
fact manner, methodicallys complying g
with the letter of the law as the law
views such cases in such circum-
stances.
After a time, when with his friend
they had reached the cool air of the
street, the sociologist broke the ten
sion, Ever read Kipling's Gate of the
Hundred Sorrows'?'
NO"
Ever read Keats La Belle Dame
Sans Mercf?"
NO. haven't" replied the sergeant,
out of humor and i'll at ease. Ensued
a silence as they walked a block up
town.
mo. haven't read much of that stuff
and l am not up in the classics, and l
suppose you'll find q couplet to fit
every move you've made tonight. /
only know that these things are awful
and yet must be tolerated. You can't
stamp out vice and you can't eradicate
these blemishes any more than you can
have a sewer system without cesspools
and manholes. The department is the
sewer system that is trying to~keep the
city wholesome; these deadfalls Chats
a word you fellows are fond of using)
they are and they serve our purpose.
They are not encouraging vice, to re-
ply TO the popular criticism. We figure
it out that these wrecks would smoke
whether or no, and IL not where we are
cognizant of it, they would hide in eel
lars and garrets all over the city. No.
they don't pay protection money: they
simply believe we are blind or a set OF
fools. IL we took money they would
know us for kaaves. But we vindicate
the majesty of the law by catching
some of the most notorious criminals
IN the world through their Unconscious
aid"
"All the same. If the dens were not
there, the criminals would not congre-
gate there" replied the socioIogist.
You refuse to see things from our
standpoint, so what is the use of
arguing? You are visionary we are
practical. Go on and quote your
Keats
Il think I'll leave you here" he re-
piled, unoffended
''All right. Good night and don'tstak
things SO TO heart. 1t is awful and dis :
graceful and deplorabie and anythin,,
else you say. but such things are, and
it seems must be-"
The sociologist went his way. and a
he turned the corner the sergean
heard him quote Keats:
i saw pale kings, and princes, too
Pale warriors, death pale were the,
all;
Who cried: La belle dame sans merci
Hath thee in thralls
The San Francisco call., 1908-03-22
Why Opium DenS
Are Not Closed

Continued From Preceding Page
years Of indulgence in the habit When
naught but the stump OF the weed re-
mained she cast ii aside, and, insert
ing her hand under her pillow, pro-
duced a flask Of whisky. This she con-
sumed in a twinkling. In a bunk un-
derneath her was a man, who, the
sociOlogist noted. spoke not all even
ing. nor looked up from his pipe. He
was there to smoke and, the work fin-
fshed. to get out He had reached the
stage where the habit was a painful
duty rather than a seductive pleasure,
and, moreover. he seemed to be
ashamed. Doubtless he was OF good
family and was fearful of detection.
The man and woman in the adjacent
bunk were exceptionally well dressed.
The woman cooked the opium and the
man smoked It, AS soon as he drew a
lump OF the molten stuff through the
bowl Of the long pipe she had prepared
another lump at just the desired con-
sistency. And this she had learned TO
do with an art that was remarkable
from the fact that she had never
smoked the minutest particle OF the
stuff herself. They were a well known
physician and his wife.
In a back room. herded like swine
were a number OF males with whom
neither men nor women would smoke
Their ribald jests and high pitched
laughter mingled with the converse
tion and merriment of the larger
apartment, but no one seemed to be
shocked. or even to notice it. They
took il all as a matter OF course. In
fact. the badinage in every section
was sickening to the sociologist. He
had never dreamed Of anything so de-
graded. Many Of the words and covert
allusions were lost upon him because
he did not know their import. Much
that was keeniy amusing to the SER
geant was distressing to him.
And Craps was buster than ever, foi
new patrons were coming in contln-
uallv. The air grew denser and black
er and more sitting. Some one hummeo
a popular song. The others took uT
the refrain. some .whistiing. some ir
excellent some in execrable voice. The
melody was caught at its ebb and
given new life by some one who sans
a ribald parody. the while strumming
an accompaniment in barber shop fifthi
upon a guitar. When he had finished
a few laughed. few applauded. bul
All continued smoking Turning cas-
uaIIy the socIologist beheld Craps
white faced and excited. Beat IT," hs
whispered, "a guy has croaked!" Bu
the sergeant was alert. WhereF hs
demanded TITS Hennesy over there II
the corner" Even as he said tn
words. the smokers snuffed theii
lamps and disappeared into the dark
ness Even to Craps, they disappeared
70 man.
The San Francisco call., 1908-03-22
SHORT NOSES MAY INDICATE MUCH

wit enough to make life pleasant for
himself and everybody he knew. Such
men are often high tempered and have
fits of passion. which rSnally, now-gax.
last but few minutes. then give wav
to the natural good humor which i.
their prevailing characteristics They
generally 90 to extremes When they
are good humored their pleasantly
bubbles over without any provocation-
when the contrary. they are as blue -
chronic dyspeptics, but no long ac-
quaintance Is necessary to read Their
moods, and while to strangers thav
sometimes seem incomprehensible
those who have learned their roofi
points appreciate how little OF churlish-
ness and how much of excellence a ~
be found in their mental makeup"
The San Francisco call., 1908-03-22

sCEHIS paper is the first ever COM
posed, printed and published on a
railway train. 1t is therefore an
historical event worthy OF note
Whether it's statements arc true or
not. the paper in question is interesting.
1t is before me as l write, a copy of
a newspaper edited printed and pub
lished upon the first train that crossed
our continent.
The journey was from Boston to San
Francisco.
IT, paper is called Transcontinen-
tai. No. l of Vol. 1, and was issued
at Niagara Falls. It's date is May "a,
1s70-4only So years. ago, and yet it
seems like a bit of ancient history. So
extensive and complete are means of
crossing the continent in our day that
il seems the mind of man runneth not
to the contrary. Transcontinental
describes the train and gives incidents
OF the trip up to the date of publica-
tion. 1t is printed upon four 10x7 Il
inch pages. Whether from time or by
design the paper is now a pale yellow.
The topographic work is neatly done.
the impression being clean and dis
tinct. Just below the title is a wood
cut of a train composed of locomotive,
baggage car and three coaches. The
second coach shows the words Pull
man Pacific Car Company"
The locomotive is. apparently. an old
wood burner. Its smokestack. which
is as long as the boiler, is straight at
iirst, then spreads into u large bell
mouth. The cab is very large and
rises far above the boiler. The coaches
are higher above ground than the Pull
mans of today. and have an eight
wheel truck at each end.
The train is called the Pullman Ho-
tel Express George M. Pullman
accompanied the party.
The leading article of the paper is
entitled "All Aboard for San Fran
cisco" and begins:
"a few common words quickly spo-
ken at the departure of a railway
train. apparently very common event.
And yet those brief and simple words
pronounced on Monday morning, May
90, 1870. near the site of the Coliseum
in Boston. are properly entitled to no
unimportant and insignificant position
in history among those short utter
,ances that have preceded or marked