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The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1908-04-03

Unusual Opportunity
to Own Your
Home
s.roop bouss. lot taatte. biess,
from school ~ Columbia 3 hloakH 20
CO niaat.s 60 cry Price ief
bal mqufhig. fhaas. oWuef. Main 1871
ArnrHg srEcfAL.
This f. eharrs 30 lifetime 20
aers' ges nile % eiiy % ~ county
- SEQ cash 81 zoo. balance Years e.
per cent Loek this ap Phone naliard
CHEAP CHICKEN ranch. areafn
haase tsa laying hens. cowa large
pleee lard. cinHr inf 0niF ff1s on eaaF
terms Sec = HlumaH's saIesmsn. BOB
Times block today n
For saIeeza acres farm Land SEINE
iimhsr Wstrr The year round uaod pros
peei f0r coal mlna Two nfes from faaa
qa#H Three fuarfha mile from saw mitI
ard two miles ffafn railroad Price 81 500
Address N-i. The Star lie
For saIa-a1 min from city Hau ia
coma. clear and level lots. 81 60 sac.
terms call A. 8tga Third sFe W. Ere
meaf. Seattle Phone. ind X fzs1 -
Frsshaa
CHOICE HOME SITES
Ffne auarfar acre tracts from use 90
in fruit ciasa 10 eradsd achaai side
Wake In aud water Hlpr1 en- each tract
.4s saisr g Tee fsfms i2t cash and
q r. Sicuors 80 raiar mock II
MARINE VIEw ar SOUTH AK
For HatraA haaHfifui hunFttaF. vide
terandaa# iafEe li.iua foafa. raHhir stone
fire place additional rooms snap
" = fattoif aNner, Grant ISL or sic
- -
$50 ttao sssa far froam. fszlf
story hauHe. full basement city uatst
blocks o. car 10 minutes fu center ~
citg Ouasr ia h1use aoza 5th 81 West
Pr sais or Hent=uf owner small
raueh Apply ais s ION - 5sip
CONE OFT FrsbkY AND SEE woop
iAAb EAith PROPERTY
a=roow cottage. iat tHrzsI straight 20
street. sound fiaH az11Hz terms
f.T9on cottage. let sox1sf - uIisf.
lot gosfso facing nafs 800 terms
Lot s9sfoo. e corner. near psfk. 500.
Lot ieoHieo. near Park. corner ~ eco:
10 tosioo $500 so down. bal SO
per month
room cottage fat s6xI6s. corner
INlAeH. SEQ down. balance lfb per month
/ ENETr 4 DRAKE
| safh aHd fhinusV Ave
| Phones. Horth ff. White Eaa
oWNEa have laoo Tor arst pay
fnent Can unF $40 per month 10 r. &.
room cottage with good sized ief Murf
% hifh near Woodland paes so assuse
Phone North -
a#fnnm hau9e for sale fhsnp Ci0ss "a
iWn car Inns. i6 u4iHufeH 10 civ tH6s
fh let off af Lefk Ola seut0n Inc
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cfsNrJBT HEttrr co.
1915 AiaAka BIDS -t-e
a toHNRroN = 60
Rooms ts1e poans bees
rhen.s Main 1u. As,7s
t-raam nadsrn house 10, fattet ever
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sound.
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or LAKE WARRINGTON.
BsauHft ACRE raAcrs close 10
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tts6 10 ta6o Eaehs
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cent land adioininF this cold ~ hish as
1900 al acre.
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Main tes7 sa1-s Epief Block Ina sali
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South shore Green Lake. special Tor
few days Come ana zee rasia
house lot toxes stone faandation
basement close 20 3 ear tines pine
= is9 several a.foan cottages zoe cash
CONS and zee ua
TnUHsroS JAMES
Phone Safih - of Green lpt 80
win sell cheap and ou easy terms
lots which ] own IN Days FlrHt aud DU4
mans Add. Address SIS. The Ftar
a.s-pI
PooH MAS-LisrEsl
I YorH own COW rnruu
Zoos VEGETABLES WITH sdNE
uALr-AcHE TRACTS
90 MINUTES RIDE ru rows
$500 $50 CASH
eHAa 81 BEST.
ROB GOLDMAN BLDG. I'D
QUARTER or HALF AcHEa
tlp> 20 IauntletoF e.. rldHwni - The
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sound aud Just The traefH 60 build q
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car uniF $50 tsq damu. sc per usaH4h
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The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1908-04-03
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Tracts

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FLYNN Hk SCH
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Hilrh higher figures
CENTURY REALTY 60.
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FARMS ANpLANps.

CITY RIAL ESTATE.
Hopkinsville Kentuckian. [volume] (Hopkinsville, Ky.) 1889-1918, 1908-09-05

BILE Concert Party, which has been
heard here.
One Of the rarest and most costly
violins in the world has come into
Miss Pages possession. 1t was made
in Cremona, Italy, the home of the
master makers of violins during the
golden age of violin making in the
18th and 18th centuries which in
Guided such illustrious names as
Amati, Stradvarii, Guarnarii and
Guadagninii.
Kubelik and Fritz Kreisler have
played this violin and were delighted
with its wonderful resonance,
smooth, oily tone and telling quail
ties. Ysaye also used it in seven
concerts and all the great artists
who have played it pronounce it one
of the rarest examples of Joseph
Guarnarius' third and most success
full period of violin making.
Miss Page secured the instrument
from Mr.. Newton Hawkins, a con-
noisseur and collector of New York.
Mr.. Hawkins had the distinction Of
owning the only quartet of Stradi-
varius instruments in this country,
the only other quartet Of Strads in
the world being owned by Mr.. Hart,
of London. Leonora Jackson, the
well known concert violinist, pur-
chased from Mr.. Hawkins one of the
Strad violins for $4,000. He re-
placed it with the above Joseph
Guarnarius del Gesu, valued at
$1,000. 1t is said in a good state of
preservation and was made in 1877,
the same year as the great King
Joseph" violin, pronounced by Mr..
Hart the greatest of them all.
Guarnarious made this particular
instrument four years prior to the.
Canon violin, used by Paganinl and
with which Paganin! had his great
est triumphs. Paganin willed THE
Canon" to his native city, Genoa,
where it now rests in the museum.
The city has refused 100000 for
this instrument.
Miss Page also owns a rare old
Gagliano violin of the year 1876 and
it was her charming playing of this
instrument that interested Mr..
Hawkins in her with the result that
she subsequently acquired the great
Guarnarius del Gesu.
Hopkinsville Kentuckian. [volume] (Hopkinsville, Ky.) 1889-1918, 1908-09-05
MAGAZINE CHANGES
American Forestry Associa-
ton Organ to be Known
as Conservative.

Announcement is made by the
American Forestry Association,
Washington, d. c., that with Sep.
TENDER issue of the associations
monthly magazine its title will be
changed. The magazine has hereto
fore appeared under the title of
Forestry and Irrigation. The asso-
cations announcement says:
For some time it has seemed to
those in charge of affairs that the
title Forestry and irrigation does not
fully cover the ground; that the
magazine, as well as the association
stands for more than these two
features of the broad plan of nation
al conservation of natural resources.
Forestry and irrigation are two vital
points in the conservation program,
but they are not the only points, by
any means. The broader idea of
conservation embraces forestry and
irrigation, soil conservation, water
ways and water-power extension,
conservation of mineral resources,
and the various collateral branches
of these general subjects.
For this reason it has been de-
cided to change the title of the mag
azine, which, with the September
issue, will appear under the name,
Conservation, with the explanatory
subtitle, woods and Waters; Soils
and Ores"
The association announces that
many Improvements are to be made
in the magazine, and that under its
new title it will be more nearly in
line with the program of national
conservation of natural resources
which was so actively inauguratad
at the conference of the Governors
with the President at the White
House last May.
There will be no change in the pub
LEGATION date of the magazine, which
will be issued as heretofore on the
first of each month, The magazine
remains, of course, the property
and under the full control of The
American Forestry Association, the
publication office being in Washing
ton, D. c.
Hopkinsville Kentuckian. [volume] (Hopkinsville, Ky.) 1889-1918, 1908-09-05
Archery bv Mail.

Playing chess by cable is thorough
ly familiar feature of that game in
the United States, but the playing Of
active outdoor match games by mail
is new thing in the way of sporting
contests. Out in Atchison. Kan, there
is an archery club that recently played
match game with the Chicago Arch
cry club by mall, each team shooting
ON its own grounds and mailing the
scores TO their opponents ON the fol
lowing day. And they found n excit
Hopkinsville Kentuckian. [volume] (Hopkinsville, Ky.) 1889-1918, 1908-09-05
THE OLD BROKEN RECORD.

How dear to this heart is the phono-
graphs singingl
What fond recollections my memory
stir!
Sweet Jane does the winding and turns
on the music,
While l sit and tell her the tunes pre-
fer
But oh, how It tears my nerve system to
Oh, how it deranges my comfort and
When Jane idly slips on an old broker
record
Which reels off a song that sounds
something like this
THE oldoaka- ka- ka-buclSa- bucka-bucka--
Ir-r-r-r-r-r-r-r bou-wow- WOW (crick ucke)
"--,..--''" (crick crlck. crick-ooooo)
"Tha-hunk-lS-k-s Cb-r) w-e-l-l
My stock of canned music 1 hail as
treasure
For often when callers appear on the
scene
And topics are scarce it is truly a pleas
TO bring out our dear little talking ma
The time passes quickly, and every ones
happy;
The monograph pleases till Jane. so re-
miss,
Forgets about winding the works of the
treasure,
Which drawls out tune that goes
something like this:
"B--eee i-i-i-i-t eeeeeeeeee-ver SO
Ha-ha-hum-b-b-b-b
,'T-h-e rererere-s 10
Pl-pl-pl-place l-i-k-e h--o--
F. p. Pitzer in Puck.
Hopkinsville Kentuckian. [volume] (Hopkinsville, Ky.) 1889-1918, 1908-09-05
English Royal MARRIAGES.

The English royal marriage act is
one of the time honored absurdities
which survive in spite of common
sense and enlightened public opinion.
BY it the matrimonial choice of the
English princes is practically restrict
ed to the swarms of "the German
hive" and the prOverbially handsome
English women are forbidden The
legal prohibition was enacted in 1872
at the persistent command Of George
III, he being thereunto melted"
first, by the marriage in 1776 Of his
brother, the Duke of Gloster, to the
Countess Waldegrave Maria Wal
pole), and, second, by the taking to
wife by a young brother, the Duke
Of Cumberland, in III, of the widow
Of Colonel Christopher Horton.
The first provision of the act forbids
to the descendants of George II. mat
rimony without the consent of the
crown under the great seal, necessary
exception being made to cover the
marriages Of princesses abroad. The
second provision has been the especial
mark of raillery. 1t enables marriage
by one above the age Of twenty-five
against the will Of the crown under
,ertain conditions. - Westminster Ga
sette.
Hopkinsville Kentuckian. [volume] (Hopkinsville, Ky.) 1889-1918, 1908-09-05

Orange blossom was adopted for
bridal wreaths because the orange
branch bears fruit and flowers at once
and is thus a sign of plenty.
Mrs. Dowager (dealer)-So you made
1t no trumps, Where are your dia-
monds? Mrs. Gaylife DUMMY hate
to tell yOu.-Brooklyn Life.
Mr. Hlghdeal-Money talks, doesn't
it? Mrs. Highdeal-Oh yes; but 1t
sometimes seems as if it needed a
voice lozenge or something,-Exchange.
What comes with the wind will go
with the rain.-Irish Proverb.
Hopkinsville Kentuckian. [volume] (Hopkinsville, Ky.) 1889-1918, 1908-09-05
Rare Old Cremona Violin.

1t will be a matter of interest to
music lovers to learn that a genuine
Guarnarious del Gesu violin has been
acquired by an American violinist,
Miss Verna Page, and that it will be
heard this coming season in concerts
during the tour Of The Ernest Gam
Hopkinsville Kentuckian. [volume] (Hopkinsville, Ky.) 1889-1918, 1908-09-05

Clara ION the wrong side of thirty.
l am sure don't know what he sees
In her.
Cholly-Well love Is blind.
Clara-Blind! Nonsensei I never
saw a man in love yet who did not see
ten times as much in his sweetheart
as could.
"Sister II be down n bout an hour"
announced little Bobby Virgins as he
led his sisters beau into the parlor.
can hour?" repeated the young man
in surprise.
ooh, well, she said to tell yer she'd
be down in a minute, but you know
how that is yerself."
Hopkinsville Kentuckian. [volume] (Hopkinsville, Ky.) 1889-1918, 1908-09-05
THE RESURRECTION PLANT

Is rare, curiuos and mysterious plant twill growand
stay green dry up put in taken out Of water Re-
peAas often you desire Get one Of these plants and
your friends try solve the mystery Price, post
paid fifty cents or write for literature. The Pales-
tine Garden, Dept. M South Bend, Ind.
Los Angeles herald. [microfilm reel] (Los Angeles [Calif.]) 1900-1911, 1908-07-12

sky, then at the ship being rapidly loaded by
the crew.
81 could 60 back and tell them at the
shanty. No; I'll never do that" decided
Nat, resolutely; II won't play the baby. It
would worry them, and they need the little
money they have; and I've been careless, but
I'll manage in some way. If l can't go as a
passenger I'll go as a stowaway, that's al"
Nat had the faculty of shutting his eyes to
the future, when he wanted to, and just now
he set every energy at work on the problem
how to traverse the watery expanse between
New York harbor and the bay at Rio Janeiro.
| The freight ship-its name was the Alcazar
would soon steam southwark. What little
| Nat had seen of its captain, he knew the
man to be prim and precise, not likely to
exert much sympathy for outsiders.
| Still, he determined to make an effort to
see the captain, and approached the hosting
apparatus, hoping to be able to get aboard.
| "Avast there, youngsterl You'll get hurt! y
~ want to see the captain, said Nat.
want to steal aboard, you mean. Stand
away! Cap'n II be ashore in few minutes. :"
mot much chance to steal my way" mutt
tered Nat.
And then he fingered around, watching the
men, until, sure enough, the captain came
upon the wharf, and started to walk briskly
away with some papers in his hand.
| Captain"
''Hellol You're the boy that spoke of TAX
ing passageT
Eyes, sir. T."
Speak up quick if you're. going"
81 have no money. l did have it, but
lost it, and" 49,,
The captain stared suspieiously and with
incredulity, at Nat, shrugged his shoulders
Honest 1 did," cried Nat, following him
| "Say, captain, I'd work my finger. ends of
to get to Rio Janeiro Won't you hire me-!
"No! l don't want any useless cargo; and
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trel and some documents Mr. Percival has
signed that will enable Carberry to seize and
stop the schooner. You are to follow out
the program we talked about in searching for
him and 10, and if you fail-then you'll have
to come back, and we've done the best we
Nat sewed the package of papers in an in
side pocket, and slowed the money away IN
his coat.
the freight steamer he had visited.
"Then start What's the use of waiting?
Pm afraid you'll have hard time finding
the sailor and 10, but since you've decided
to try it, there's no use wasting tune:
Nab.made up very small bundle OF extra
clothing. ",
,SGood.by. Sam" he said, in none too
steady tone. "Im leaving one good friend,
to bring back one Just like him."
ooh + will Wen straighten all this
tanele out, 10 Morris's father and al--see il
we edon't-and come back here to build uI
all the vacant lots we can ind Good-byi
Sam concealed his emotion behind smile
Nat forgot his in fear of being late at the
steamer, and ran all the way to the ferry
M oney." he thought, "but they will get along
and This may be the means of bringing the
Thousands put into the Petrol back to Mr.
Perciyal. Suppose we get the schooner, anC
| find Carberry and 10, they may want t.
20 to the Helmet Islands
Which just suited Nat; but he tried mo-
| to think SO, from reproachful sense of duty
| to the two friends he was leaving behinC
He remembered how he had come to mis-
! the Pilgrim through delay, and he ran from
Los Angeles herald. [microfilm reel] (Los Angeles [Calif.]) 1900-1911, 1908-07-12
THIS STORY BEGAN TEN WEEKS AGO
SYNOPSIS

The story is about 10 Morriss searcn lor
his cratic father, who had been missing a,;a
years. he and his boy friend IN M New D YORK
that his fathers uncle Arnold Pereyasl; T sSs
in Savannah making eager INQUIRIES the lor bows
but when the steamer sailed Naf was stranded
there Nat learned much more about JOS ls.n
er because staq n a i,enI 81 came to the
Percival house and told Cyrus Me aarr,s had
old mans Rrsat PPesb t On one Of the
Islands off the South American America was scoun-
was probably there , now. a9tner Of Mr. Morris
He arranged to go with the sailor 70 ti 10
By railroad 1e nd to he aeareS fo 6e wealth
decided to beat his way to 1 ssysnnGant y. IN
6 Sgs tse co sstsPSs f he f
and was badly injured Sam day ydo him and.
M ess e0g Aztec eGung Wb a he was well enough be
solicited work as ps PAN The oi first day he
thus thus Worked Nat entered a house and found
helpless old man alone -. a,sr,av the first
daX Snt learned nc that the steamer on
bv changed plans, was bound. not 10 70 S Snr1a
aa9 few Sut dS S1 afterward. in The Shipping news
of a Savannah newspaper, received ~ I'm ahonf
them tbe schooner Petrol being transferred from
the coasting trade to A. Perciyal and =; NE Me
d1r b Sn recOsnnea the and
that his fathers uncle vas prosecu saw and md
ri,
visited the schooner, but Meserve chased nun IN
off In running oyer the decks OF vessels ,ss n ~
the wharf he fell. became unconscious anu
was taken aboard the circus steamer. which
sailed away and was wrecked In gale. 70
was rescued by coasting sloop and, was
taken to Rio Janero and there he instituted
in1uiries which finally brought him in cont
with Tom Oarberry the sailor friend t OF ms hs
that has occurred with 10. ,,e..... rAo
But with Nat. the case IS different Inc
helnless old man, whom Nat found In Jersey
City. proved to be Arnold Percival. concealed led
Eonf fhprQ
PerciVaI place in New York. and another man.
under Meserve's orders. Nat and Sam have
rescued the old man from his keepers and
have taken him to their shantv on a vacant
suburban lot. And there. by degrees, the man
and the boys have learned each other history.
and Nat has. by mourning at ship news Offices
in New York found out about the wreck OF
the circus steamer and the rescue OF all It's
crew.
overioyed when Mr.. Perciyal. showing him
hundred dollars. says:
would you undertake to 20 now to Rio
s..'Wo1d II" Nat cries wouldn't 1 give
my life to help 10 Morris2"
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late in the afternoon, the boy hurried home.

late in the afternoon, the boy hurried home,
ward.
"Sh! he's asleep" announced Sam, as Nat
reached the door of the office shanty.
"Then," began Nat, disappointedly, I'm
not to go tonight"
That's just as you say. He's left all the
arrangements with me, and he's so, excited
and exhausted over the long talk that I'm
afraid he will get delirious again"
Il think I'd better wait, then" replied
Nat.
mot at all. I hate to tell you to go, Nat
we've been so happy here-but it's right
you should. Only try to not get in trouble
with your rashness. I'll take care of MIR:
Percival and do all the work here, and you'll
soon be back or send some word of success
that viii cheer him up and me, too. Did
you find out about the boats or railroads.?
Nat told Sam of the steamer. Sam handed
him roll of bank-bills.
'Mr. Percival says you must take that, !"
Sam explained.
Zone hundred dollars!" said Nat, sur
prised as he looked over the bills. "See here,
Sam, l won't do that"
Eyes, he says you must. You may need
it, and don't spare it to advertise or search
for Carberry. If you get in a place where
more money would help you, Mr.. Percival
says to write him, and he'll send you some
more. Here's the package of papers and let
tiers, Nat. Be very careful of them"
"What are they?
'The receipt for the payment for the Pc
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~ " sail III a real DOdl, anu Ou a tCai
IT ocean-to view distant lands, per
W haps many of them, to see 10 Nor
ris again-Nat Davis went fairly
wild over the prospect that opened, when in
valid Arnold Percival suggested that he
should 90 in search of the old sailor, Tom
Carberry.
Sam Taylor was surprised at the change
that came over Nat. He seemed like diff
ferent being. all excitement and eagerness.
He could scarcely contain himself to talk
over further details with Mr.. Percival, and
the old man did not attempt to curb his i'm
petuosity. Nat said that he would leave at
once, that night, that very hour, if necessary
and possible.
So it was arranged that while Nat learned
how cheaply and quickly he could reach Rio
Janeiro, Sam was to do some writing under
the dictation of Mr.. Percival.
Nat went Immediately back to New York,
and began making inquiries among the ship
There was a line of steamers plying be-
tween South American ports and New York,
but no boat would leave for two days.
At large wharf, however, Nat located a
steamer in the carrying trade.
1t had moderately comfortable cabin ae-
commodations, and usually took a limited
number of passengers.
He saw and talked with one of the officers
of the ship. They were not anxious for pas
sengers, but he would be guaranteed a rapid
voyage to start that night, for seventy-fve
dollars, landing him at Rio Janeiro within
three weeks.
Nat promised to give an answer by night
fall He considered the sum large one.
Haste was a requisite, however, and he
knew he could make no better arrangement
as to time.
The wharf was piled high with freight fol-
the steamer, and Nat fingered near one con.
signment with some interest as he heard a
workman and one of the crew talking about
it.
1t seemed that an elegant carriage had beer
purchased by rich Brazilian in New York
for present for some noted dignitary in RiC
Janeiro, and it had been landed at the wharf
for shipment.
The captain had refused to receive it or
wheels, and had ordered that the wheels anc
shafts be secured in one package, and the
satin and plush-lined box and top be first
sewed in stout covering of white canvas
then covered with waterproof cloth, anc
then secured in skeleton box, so that dus
and water could not get to it, nor movin,
about break it, and besides, it would be il
better shape to stow in the hold and t
handle.
A workman was giving the carriage fran,
its double overcoat as Nat stood there anC
watched him deity use needle and a ham
mer, and then noticing that it was getting