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The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1908-07-22

xellna behaved In such .. crazy
ne nner going TO the poat IA the Sec
end race. aud the Jockey had such
a hard time gettlng her back "a the
stand after she had won that tho
Judges auapiciona were aroused,
and they sent Tor veterinary 20
examine tho mare 20 see " she had
been hoped The wet" how.
ever. reported that he found her
perfectly normal. and that NO aFti.
fetal sttmulanta had been applied
Red Walker" thu former owner 81
zellna. also informed the officials
that the mare had always been a
high strung. fliEhty animal. aud was
very hard 10 control
Gus Flanagan distinguished hlm'
self by having a ticket ou silver
Wedding across the beard. The
mare was ~ good "a IS "a a place,
mainly because tho unknown rider,
nefry. had the mount
NJ q nedweil ls wearing the first
Personal Liberty League button
that has appeared in Seattle
The regulars hardly recognized
vi Jones when he appeared Ia the
paddock. lie was wearing a ns~
summer creation that ouiiooked
anything that has appeared on the
track this year
Bookmaker Joe HaFlaa has lost
sic. 900 in the last toe days lie got
back 81 600 ~ V yesterday
Matt Rira and hts checkerboari
suit appeared IN the betting ring
while the betting was on Ia the
fourth race and started setting In
the checks on y nsnahue pre-.
sumo he stlll has the tickets
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1908-07-22

The leaders sn the Northwestern
league we're bumped yesterday
Hutts look a fail out Of Spokane
aud Tacoma trouneed Vancouver
Nov II seattl. can beat Aberdeen.
all Will be happy.
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1908-07-22
BOZ

Al post it minute orr at tts.
fiar place. show Mechiin
Winner ca Gotham Brighton
Scratched iiFnvnura
start 5000 Won easily Next
Play hhd thn nperi aud Just gal
sway Oh tangled up saved ground OF
man probably short
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1908-07-22

Billy Durier tried Ia make q
cleanup ON Metlakatla. aud backed
the old mare from 90 10 ! down TO
20 20 l. Tho company she was In
proved too fast. however,
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1908-07-22

lie. and bis many friends are hop
INK that be shows o return 20 form.
" he does n viii get some good
matches. "
The international balloon race.
held NJ ~ Paul. MINI, last week.
waa poor advertisement Tor the
81 Paul Gas co Some Of the big.
gesi balloons aud best auronnuta I'm
the world were entered. and conf
IDENTITY expected "a travel several
hundred miles The weather con.
diflons were perfect. but the Pom.
mern. which won the race. only
went 70 miles The gas supplied
WIS Of such a poor quality that he
llfting power WAS soon exhausted
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1908-07-22

postponed the racing matinee which
vas 10 have been held next Safer.
day until saturday. August / The
matinee was postponed because OF
the Derby AT The Meadows
The old Anglo saxon and the Gel.
tic blood siil pfedominaie, you
can't keep e down. The Austrian.
the Freedman. the Belgian. the
spanlard and the Italian are play
lag but small part Ia the Olym.
titan Kam~a IT'S a ease ~ Greek
against Greek. ngnfaliRely speak,
lng. with the Americans fighting ~
ont with their English Cousins.
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1908-07-22

schooling list Poor old black
Cloud. aud AZ his time OF life. too.
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1908-07-22
LIVE NEWS FROM MEADOWS

Symmetrical and Iiukhey
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1908-07-22

Time g3 EOS IS $50. Zoe as
20 place. as show FlYant 80 show
Fach. Trained by @. q Johnson
% driving
irei home Mpchlln ran her race Vieaut
strotoh turn Anna ran clever race cole.
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1908-07-22
STAR FORM CHART

a.. VI , zs'rs.. ~ .'''
OIS yinsr HAcss,. a-usa rh..ssasss. sd ap-.ra
Wauwatosa news. [volume] (Wauwatosa, Wis.) 1900-1948, 1908-01-03
New york is Awake at Last.

The commercial interests of the state
of New York are awakening to the ne
cessity of Fastening the completion of
the enlargement of the Erie canal so
that it will accommodate barges with
a capacity of one thousand tons. \
delegation representing various business
bodies of the state has waited upon
Gov Hughes and protested that at the
present rate of progress it is impossible
TO estimate the probable length of time
necessary for the completion Of the inn
portant work.
When work was begun four years age,
upon the enlargement of the New York
ca nal for which the people voted an APP
propriation of $101 ,00U.000 it was stated
that the improved waterways would be
ready for business in seven years. But
proyress has been disappointiug owing
to opposition from various directions and
troubles with contractors, and the work
is dragging along SO slowly that j =
fear,d many more valuable years will be
lost. New York ; expert trade IS IN she
balance and large share Of what re-
mains may 20 TO other ports II adequate
water transportation is not soon avail
able.
The recent waterways movement IN
thl Mississippi valley Is Doubtless the
.r9use of this awakening of New 1crk
bT.sipess men. who have been remarkably
. uathetic during the past four years
They have for a sill lonse- per-o5 neg
Wauwatosa news. [volume] (Wauwatosa, Wis.) 1900-1948, 1908-01-03
The Revolution in Building.

I'm 1876 the Palmer house of Chicago
was probably the largest and best
equipped privately owned building in the
United States, if not in the world" says
Frederick Upham Adams in Appleton's
Magazine. what would the guest of to-
day think of its conveniences? 1t was
badly lighted with Pickering gas jets;
it's elevators were slower than those now
used for freight service; there was not a
telephone in all of its eight fioors-in a
word it lacked the innumerable Access
series now demanded. Compare the Pal
mer house of 1876 with any one of the
great buildings erected in Chicago or New
York in 1896 Instead Of eight stories
there were twenty or more. but even
more startling were the improvements
which were added in rapid succession af-
ter steel had replaced solid masonry.
From foundation to roof old materials
and metals were discarded. In the six
teen years between 1880 and 1896 the
building became a complex and wonder
full machine. The carpenter and the mason
We're forced aside by the engineer and the
mechanic The basement was filled with
powerful and intricate machinery. en-
gines. dynamos, air compressors, auto
matte stokers. refrigerators, elevator
hosts. switehboards, and the numberless
devices now required for the proper adj
ministration of city building. Express
elevators. pneumatic tubes, messenger
calls. automatic regulation of tenpera-
ture. absolute fireproofing. prismatic
glass for court lighting-to enumerate the
details which were added in those few
years would be tiresome. The building
possible in 1896 was as far removed from
that of 1915 as was the latter from the
highest development in the time of the
war of the Revolution
Wauwatosa news. [volume] (Wauwatosa, Wis.) 1900-1948, 1908-01-03
A Sky Bicycle.

The "sky-bicycle," recently invented by
Cromwell Dixon. the 14-year-old boy of
Columbus, o.. has some remarkable
features which make il well worth al
tention. whether or not it soon becomes
Ia popular means Of locomotion. so writes
&C.. NJ. Deardurf in the Technical World
magazine.
Young Mr.. DiXon's design of airship
has been tested in a number Of very sue
cessful flights by the Young inventor him
self aud has been found to work very
satisfactorily when weather conditions
were not too unfayorable. Its simplicity
of construction. the ease with which II
c&n hc handled. and the fact that il is
independent of mechanical power of loco
motion are the points that especially
commend il. As no motor is used in de-
veloping power. this feature that has
proved 50 Derplexing to- most navigaforS
sc the air is eliminated from the possible
sources of trouble On the other hand it
viii never be Of any practical utility and
ar the best viii he little more than a toy
WEerewitb 2 man may alnuse himself
as il is dependent entirely upon the foot
power Of the operator for its locomotion
and cannot therefore be worked up To \
high speed nor develop sufficient power "a
combat successfully against high winds
or adverse currents Of the air
The boy has used tle gear Of 2 bicycle
10 operate his propellerS. and tie de-
scriptiou given hy the anth0r. together
With the photographs of the young aero
uslt, are very interesting.
Wauwatosa news. [volume] (Wauwatosa, Wis.) 1900-1948, 1908-01-03

him." the charming social philosopher
said to me the other day as she recount
ed the latest scandal
Why ?" | asked, puzzled at such spirit
OF prophecy, for it had taken their whole
world by surprise.
She brought him to call on me last
summer, and she had ON Paquin dress
and Nirot hat, perfect ducks of things
and she looked radiant / saw at once
that she was in 2 bad way, for whenever
she went out with her husband she all
ways dressed anyhow. Always dowdy
knew Just how il would end" said this
triumphant prophet in frills.
Why is the average husband so shy
about being attentive to his wife in pub
lics Why is it such bad form? But
! then, what wife ever coquettes with her
husband? She may henpeck him, and he
may stand trembling on the edge of her
friils, but she does not eoquette with
him. And yet a dash of coquetry is a
great preservative of romance, and it
does ada an agreeable flavor to that
worthy joint which is ones laily destiny.
u saw Mr.. and Mrs Algy dining at
the Ritz" the social philosopher said to
another.
Looked bored, didn't they, and never
said a word to each other?''
''Yes, and Just think of It'll" and she
| checked off the items on her fingers. tit
was only two years ago that it took
Saint Margaret's Westminster, the Bish
op and Buzzards, ten bridesmaids, and
The Voice That Breathed Der Eden to
make 'em one."
1T would take all of that" said the
friend. Il don't say that Saint Margar-
cts and the Bishop and Buzzards, the
ten bridesmaids and The Voice That
Breathed Ger Eden aren't all very nice
and exciting, but the long afterwards is
such a come-down.'
Eyes, the afterwards is sometimes yerv
long" the social philosopher assented.
The voice does not always breathe DER
Eden, does it?
ut certainly does not"
Still, | think it ought to breathe for
two years, at any rate"
1T certainly ought"
| why under the sun did they ever Get
/ married ?"
u suppose they We're dead tired of Civ
| ing wedding presents. Mrs John Lane
in the London Chronicle.
Wauwatosa news. [volume] (Wauwatosa, Wis.) 1900-1948, 1908-01-03
Canned Kosher Meat

In a report showing that the Austria
nan meat packers have ventured on a
new departure which will greatly in
crease their sales of timed meats, NJ.
writes:
This is tile expectation to England
ana certain parts of the continent of
lnned kosher meat. There are in this
country large number of poor Jewish
families who have been unable TO profit
by the eheapneSs of timed meats owing
TO the fact that they are forbidden to
eat meat that Is not koshered The proc
ess OF koshering meats is relatively sim
pie Tor the returns the increased trade
VIII bring. According to Persian
newspaper, this Australian shipment was
koshered in the, colony, and Immediately
after slaughter was placed on board in
the cooling chambers, sealed with a
Kosher seal, after having been examined
by the colonial officials for tuberculosis
or other diseases. On arrival at the
port OF destination the seal is broken in
the presence of an official OF the Jewish
faith. thus fully conforming with the
jewish belief and affording their poorer
class the benefit of cheap meats, which
the people of other religions have long
enjoyed. In supplying a similar report on
the shipment of kosher meat from Aus
tralia to England Consul Albert Hal
stead writes from Birmingham: ut is
said that it would be impossible for SINH
lar meat to be exported from the United
States or any other country not under
the British flag, because the jurisdiction
of the chief rabbi of the United King.
dom extends only throughout the United
Kingdom. 1t would seem, however, as
if this difficulty might be overcome by
negotiations, and with proper enterprise
it should be possible for American
canned kosher meat to be probably ex-
ported to Europe."
Wauwatosa news. [volume] (Wauwatosa, Wis.) 1900-1948, 1908-01-03

lected the valuable waterway which con
meets the lakes with tidewater, and ia
consequence have suffered a. heavy losS
III export trade. They have had
an appropriation one-6ith as large
as the entire amount ASKED Tor 10 carry
out the ambitions scheme exploited by
the recent deep waterways convention
at Washington. bat instead Of pushing
me Improvement OF the canal with vlgor
they have let the work set into the .lol-
drums Of incompetent promotion. The
railroad interests are doubtless satisfied.
but the exporters mgst have lower
freight. rates from the west or 20 OUT
OF business TO large extent-Eyening
Wisconsin. Milwaukee.
Wauwatosa news. [volume] (Wauwatosa, Wis.) 1900-1948, 1908-01-03
M1LLfoN-DoLLAR GRAND opFp,
The Expense Which the New Yorl, IN
pTesaro Bears Is Enornous Az

Maurice Grau was once asled Nh.
eost him 20 raise the curtain On H.. ID
called nights of the seven s.nr>
he cast seven of his greatest SINCE. T.. ~
Les Huguenots' '-
just $4,000" he answered. ..p... Sc
he added, the public paid $i4.O,M -
hear them - 80
Figures like these give tbe ,,,,..,
some sort of vague, aeesfing glance i.,,
the luxury of expenditure which cio,I,
Itself behind the name of or. nd on,
and allow him to understand VII a. a.
conduct of a Metropolitan Grand On,
house can worry two men. sUccf.ss5i.i
INTO a living grave, remarks the Nan,
Broadway Magazine in an interesti,,,r w
ucie entitled Grand Opera Us a Bus
ness" 'S--
The total annual outlay of m,,.,.
alone in one such theater. to say ngtb:,,'.
of the brains and energy lavished ,.n1,,
operate production, seems Stupepdt,..,,.
1t is estimated that Heinrich Conrisi
has an expense account Of S4T000
week for season of twenty weeks.
little less than a million dollars paid ,.,.
in salaries and other items feycIpsiys f
scenery. costumes. etc. from the mifa,a
of November till the middle of Marc
For the same service Oscar HamIrpr.
stem new sianhattan grand opera costs
him approximately the pretty Drica 80
$4,000 a week for twenty weeks M,
SS50,00O season.
Each of these men has over 800 neonis
in his employ. Seven performances 5rs
regularly given every week. Mr. Cour.al
even going to the extent of tranSpor,3ug
TO Philadelphia for one of these nrr,
formanees his entire cast. bag and L3c-
gage. In Sddition TO this both house.
give Sunday night concert. Mr.. Ham.
mersteiH's orchestra alone, composed of
eighty pieces, costs him $4,000 a weel
His scenery and costumes for a Season
foot up to nearly quarter of a million
dollars; and the same item un Nj o.
ried's books must be considerably more
for while the Manhattan scenery il Mi
made here in New York. that of the
Metropolitan is mostly built and painted
in Vienna and imported into this country
annually at decidedly heavy cost. Even
such a relatively minor expense as a
chorus assumes grand proportions in
grand opera; for Mr.. Hammerstein. with
a chorus of 40 people, pays out abou
$500 weekly for their services. or SO
600 a season, and Mr.. Conred. with a
smaller aggregation of 1OG voices, has
chorus salary list of $500 every Satur-
day night. or $4,000 for the twenty
weeks. And in the term "chorus" the
ballet is not included by any means.
There are about forty dancers in the
bdliet. edCH getting 10 Il week. Then
there is the premiere danseuse. who. in
Hammerstein's opera. gets $500 a week
for leading the intricate ballets The cost
of the ballet, therefore, amounts to some
| SIG, 1000 for the season. These peope
who may be said to form the background
of the opera itself, are for the most part
| in the Metropolitan, European singers
and dancers; and, in the Manhattan. are
nearly al American-hom artists-st,l-
! dents who are anxious to get stage ox-
perlence. They are paid an average sal
airy of from $50 to $50 per week.-New
Broadway Magazine
Wauwatosa news. [volume] (Wauwatosa, Wis.) 1900-1948, 1908-01-03
The crick in Winter.

/ like oil Lizard days like these,
Although it's froze up tight
An all its charms appear 10 be
Deep buried from my sight.
When all the b Is fur miles around,
Where pine an hemloek grow,
LIE buried meath coyerlet
OF white an glist'nin' snow.
There is a quiet In the woods
An on the river then
Which can't be found at other times
A rest thet's good fur men
/ like to wander meath the hills,
Perfected from the wind,
Jest where the oil sun beats down warm.
An sorter fresh my mind.
With dreams of happy bygone days,
OF sw mmin in the bend. "
of fishin on tho Piek'rel Ground,
Or Rullhead Hole beyond.
,rhe oil cane pole. the leaky boat,
The baler meath the seat;
The can of worms. the oil straw hat,
The sleepy summer heat.
like the Crick in wintertime,
Although so cold an still;
There's pleasure in its frozen stretch
An on each snowciad hill
Fur one has time to set an dream
Beside the cracklin' blaze,
About the joys of times apasr,
An comm summer days.
Joe Cone in New York Sun.
Wauwatosa news. [volume] (Wauwatosa, Wis.) 1900-1948, 1908-01-03
Where Gfaphite Is Mined.

Although this country consumes about
80 per cent. of the worlds supply of
graphite, it produces only 20 per cent.
of it. The amount imported into the
United States in 1906, chiefly from Cey-
lon, was valued at $4,554.212, and the
value of our domestic production was
only $40 39 according to Bulletin BOB
of the United States Geological Survey.
The purest graphite is carbon, with
600 to 0.20 per cent. of hydrogen, but
the commercial grades of crystalline
graphite contain clayey impurities. even
the best, sucn as some of that from Cey-
ION, containing as high as Is per cent of
ash. For pencils of the best grade the
crystalline graphite of Siberia. Bohemia.
Ceylon and Mexico furnishes the best
material. The high electric conductiyity
of the mineral also gives it value for cer-
tain electrical supplies, street arc lights,
for instance
Crystalline graphite is produced in
Pennsylvania, New York and Alabama.
The graphite produced in Alabama.
Georgia, Michigan, Wisconsin, Colorado,
Rhode Island. Nevada, and North Caro-
lima, generally classed as amorphous,
shows great variations in purity, rang
ing from the high grade essentially crys-
talline graphite of Colorado and Ala
bama to the impure graphite schists
mined in Georgia.
The production of artificial graphite
has steadily increased since 1897, the
year of its introduction, and the quantity
manufactured in 1906, which was
5,074,757 pounds. valued at 1897 ,204. is
the largest yet reported 1t completes
with natural graphite mainly in the cleo
trical trade and its use is gradually being
extended. For some purposes nothing
can take the place of the natural miner
al, and the production of crystalline
graphite will doubtless continue to in
crease
Wauwatosa news. [volume] (Wauwatosa, Wis.) 1900-1948, 1908-01-03
The Value of American Railroads.

What is fair basis for computing the
value of American railways? The CUES
ton is a practical one at the present
time.
The gross capitalization of railroads
IN the United States at the end Of the
flscal year 1906 was S145I0. 421.4IS, Of
i,936 per mile. But this computation
involves some Implications. for there are
instances in which one road owns STOCKS
and bonds of another. The net capitals
cation of railroads in the United Stat $
at the date named, allowing for Sut
duphcations, was 81 ,611 $40 649, "f
S54.21 per mile.
There is, whenever the question OF NE
value OF American railroads is br3u-3,
up, an cutlery about watered stocks; o0i
the Variation of American railroads erl,-
pares favorably with that of railroads
elsewhere. Commercially tested. u
SAID to aggregate SIT PAS, 620,0oO. lnr
herman railroads are capitaizei q
SlOZ, 43o per mile, the French ralro.l>
at Sl33,S11, the Belgian railroads Sd
SI62 80. and the English railroads ID
$273, 43S.
On the japanese basis. the Ame'7C.h
Talir9ads would he worth over SltNF,,-
VU0.0B9: on the German basis they ""a'1
ne worth SCI .969. 600, 600; on the
basis. S28.T12 000.oG0; on the BEL
basis S34, 100. 100000, and on the Eng
lish basis $5S.6i4 100000 ..
The New York Financial ChroH.-7
says:
II IS pointed out that. even allow !. 2
siVo.0Oo per mile for the difference % ---
right of way. the only featurF OF o..
greater in Great Britain. American
roads capital zed on the English basis IT, e'.'
fairly be valued at S8T .000O0oopo
There should be no snap jud-meaJ rs. 3.
anparsing American railways .-.'-7
Wisconsin, Milwaukee.
Wauwatosa news. [volume] (Wauwatosa, Wis.) 1900-1948, 1908-01-03
Child Offenders in France.

Sociologists in France are beginning
somewhat late in the day to Interest
themselves in the question of child de-
iinquence There is a child prisoners
patronal society, which owes its origin
to the humanity of an inspector general
Of prisons but its effectiveness is linz
tied by many circumstances and at last
the organized society for the promotion
Of prison reform has put forward strong
In a demand lor radical changes in the
treatment Of juvenile offenders. They
do not quite 20 the length of calling for
special tribunals, but, short of that, spe-
cial sessions for dealing with such cases
and stringent precautions for guarding
the young prisoner from contamination.
especially by adults are claimed. Lon
don GlOle.
Wauwatosa news. [volume] (Wauwatosa, Wis.) 1900-1948, 1908-01-03
A Tramp Who Was a Hero.

At Delaware, New Jersey. few DAYS
ago, tramp knocked at a back door 10
ask for food. While he stood there the
daughter of the house was in the act
OF lighting the burners of q gasoline stove.
and the stove exploded covering her
with fluid and setting her clothing on
fire The tramp broke in the door, took
off his tattered coat and wrapped it
about the shrieking girl, and then rolled
her in a rug and extinguished the flames.
He succeeded in saving her life, bit
not without injury TO himself, for he as
well as she was badly burned
The. girls family were grateful, and
paid for the care of the two victims of
the accident in a hospital. The volun-
teer ire department of the little town
has elected the tramp to honorary mem
bership in its organization, and the tramp
provided with new suit of clothes. has
been given position as clerk in Il gro
Gerry store.
This is a human interest story that
deserves consideration. Tramps are not
always tramps because they want to be.
Communities which enforce harsh laws
against tramps, as if every tramp were
a wild beast fit only TO be taken and
destroyed, are unduly harsh. A tramp.
after all, is only man out of work and
1t often happens that men find them
selves out OF work for no fault of their
own. At the present moment there are
thousands of men out of work who
would gladly accept honorable employ
ment it they could find it. and there
may. unhappily, be many more in the
same case before the general business If
the country, dislocated by the recent
financial CONFUSION, gets back to normal
prosperity.
Criminals deserve short shift. Society
has a right to deal harshly with Grim
inals, but society has no right to treat
every man out of work as a criminal.
The best thing to do with the tramp is
to give him chance to be something
better.-Evening Wisconsin, Milwaukee.
Wauwatosa news. [volume] (Wauwatosa, Wis.) 1900-1948, 1908-01-03
Worth a Dime.

AT this huStling Christmas season. -"
said the editor Sterniy work of some
sort should be easily obtained Why don't
Son apply for post as sandwich MANI
Nraggcd Whiskers shook his head.
ITS agin me convictions. boss" he
advertiser Medium
A moment later. thanks Ia this speech.
he darted into a holiE-decked saloon and
purchased two beers.
Wauwatosa news. [volume] (Wauwatosa, Wis.) 1900-1948, 1908-01-03
Mikado,s Wife a Poet.

Haru-Ko. the wife of the MikEao. =
nor only n woman of great inie
and eruditiOn, but poetess ot .~.tll..
she Will certainly take her place y -.
literary history Of her country. E''t-
japanese child knows her poetry
heart and on all the important eYeA''
the reign she has written verses.