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DOMESTIC PORTS

DOMESTIC PORTS
sEATTLE-Arrived May 13--Stmr Minnesota
from Hongkong.
yICTORIA-Saied May 13--Br stmr Teucer
for Yokohama.
CHERBoURG--Sailed May 13--Stmr Kaiser
Wilhelm H. for New York.
NEW Y0RK-Sailed May 13-Stmr Teutonic
FOR southampton; stmr Mauretania, for Liver
RREMEN--Arrived May 13-Stmr Kaiser WI
helm der Crosse, from New York.
YOKOHANA--Arrived previous May f3-StmI
Hongkong Maru. from San Francisco via Homo
lulu, for Hongkong; stmr shawmut, from TIA
coma and Seattle.
sOUTHAMPToN--sail May 1s-stur Kai
ser wilhelm II. for New York; stmr Majestic
for New York.
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Not Idle Gossip,
But Positive Fact

most careful consideration. IT Is the
application OF a principle very little
understood. even now. by piano buyers.
the proposition so aptly and tersely ex-
pressed in that old threadbare phrase
of quick sales at small profits"
Eilers Music Company. now the Iarg-
est piano retailers In America Main
office and salesroom, 975 Market street,
in the finest and largest building de-
voted to the musical instrument trade
of western America. Other stores at
1915 Clay street, Oakland. Reno, Stock
ton, San Jose. Eureka Also 1920 Fill
more street in the city. and in every
other important north Pacific coast
city.
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We offer today
the very highest
class upri | g h t
pianos, brand
new, for which a
we'll known old
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Paid Up Capital. .. 100000
Total Assets. ts...... 4.27O.S2I
Strictly Savings Bank Business
Open Saturday Evenings from
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OFFICERS
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am a Rough Rlder, and though tough luck no
disgrace still, if l told you my name and it got in
the papers, it would make bunch of the best men
alive feel mighty bad The Colonel would think
deuce of fellow, wouldn't he?"
Guess you right said the police lieutenant
looking down at the medal. I'D change places
with you to have right to that. Here's
hve-spot, and when you get your feet pass it
along to somebody else who needs it. Good night
old man
The three shook hands, and while the two
officers went on with their search the Rough Rider
climbed back into his fve-cent bed
Their Company Pride
I LIEUTENANT J. D. CARTER of Prescott, Ari-
IONA. secretary of the Society of Rough Riders
found that many of the men almost from the
outset dropped out of sight even before the first
reunion and their comrades puzzled. until they
came to understand that in body of men got to-
gether these there be many who
would sink into vcissitudes in private life, and
that the pride that had been nstilled into them in
the service made it impossible for them to let their
comrades know of their various situations.
Two three years ago Dr. H. Baxter Wilson,
a Rough Rider in Chicago convicted of stealing
trunk and its contents from the Saratoga Hotel.
A letter from the President read by the defendants
counsel, did not prevent Wilson being sentenced
to the pententlary: but before he led away
he said. Il would a thousand times rather have
been dropped in my tracks like good old Ham
Fish was, than to have had anything like this hap
pen to mel!
Major W. II. H. Lleweyn of New Mexico was
calling at the White House one day shortly after
the labor troubles in Colorado in which Adjutant
General Sherman Bell Rough Rider sergeant
took SO forceful part. Said the President
by the way, what has become of Comrade
Richie of the regiment"
"Oh, Comrade Richie doing very nicely
out in Colorado till he got little too gay with
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ington life. While in dressing the ranger
suddenly spied fattened opera hat, and picking it
up scrutinized the strange object with great curl
osty. He CHANGED touch the spring, and the
crown flew up.
"A hail" he cried by Judas Priest! A self
cooking hat! What dye think of that?''
The regmental mascots, both famous in history
now, have Jared ndifferently. Teddy, the big
golden eagle which went through the entire cam
paign from Tampa to Montauk, to have been
merged into oblivion, though probably he is still
alive. After the twenty-five from the
regiment, headed by Private Kennedy of Haven.
Kansas, descended on the New York Central Park
officials and delivered the eagle to the
menagere, where he long conspicuous at
traction; but to know what has be-
come of him. The young mountain lion lost
for time in Arkansas. having been msshipped-
Nor do inquiries divulge his present whereabouts.
Sergeant Long John" Johnson and Yuma
Tim Oates still fourishing in Yuma, and still
good friends with the carp brothers. Dick Oskin-
last in Vinita, Indian Territory, and still
bears the marks of battle in his left thigh. Jack
de Bohun still clings to the Salvation Army in
Albuquerque, and the Troop Bob Martin is ac-
curing wealth in Texas.
Jack Light is in the quarantine service in New
York. and last in the public eye in a dramatic
fracas on Staten Island ferryboat. He got a
charming wife after the war, and one Sunday night
the two their way home, when Mrs. Light
became the object of the unpleasant remarks of a
bunch of rowdes. Finding of them willing
to face him in fair fight, Jack took running jump
into the crowd and foored twenty men before he
through.
Largely from reasons of sentiment, many of the
Rough Riders reensted in the First Regular Cav
airy, and these in the height of their glory
when given places of honor in President Roose-
velts inaugural parade. Both officers and men
were glad that no attempt was made to reasserlble
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gun and Comrade Bell chased him
out of the State"
Large numbers of the comrades
are now in the ranks of the Arizona
and New Mexico Rangers, the semi
military, semirnounted police organi-
zation of deputy United States mar
shals which looks after law and Or
der in the Territories; and during
the statehood agitation two years
ago one of these rangers was in
Washington, and of course visited
his old Colonel. A New England
lawyer who was also a member of
the regiment was in the city, and
took the young ranger in tow, being
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FEEL. and know that you feel that we are knit
together by ties that only be severed by 80
death Our trials. hardships. victories
have all shared together. officers and men
What we have done only calls to renewed
ton in the future | know you are not likely to
simply rest your laures Life is a constant
struggle. and afford remain idle. |
shall always do my best to keep in touch with
many of you as possible, visiting you in your homes
whenever possible, and my door is always open to
you. if you will come | want feel that those of
who at the end of twenty years look back
will see that each member has prospered. has be-
come better better American: that
are capable in fighting the battles of peace of
The world will be kind you for about ten
days: everything you do will be right. After that
you will be judged by stricter CODE and if you prove
worthless you will be considered spoiled by going
Colonel Theodore Rooseves Farewell to his Rough Riders
T0O-DAY is President of the United States
or have been Governors, scores are
serving the country honoraby in civil and
military capacities, some Jail, many dead,
some of them hanged, and others are lost among
the wanderers of the earth. 1t is drawing the
end of ten years since their Coonels parting words
were uttered since of the most spectacular regi
ments that existed mustered out of SER
vice; but each year has only served to deepen the
impression made by it on national life. and
templating the aftermath is convinced that the
spirit of the Rough Riders in war must have acted
like psychic suggestion them in peace for with
scant exception they have been better men and
better Americans.
One night few weeks ago, two police lieuten-
ants from the central office in New York were
rousting out the poor waits in a Bowery lodging
house, searching for who had committed
heinous crime in of the parks Long rows of
men were sleeping in hammocks made by heavy
sheets of canvas suspended between heavy haw-
stretched taut from the ends of the room
The night Waterman was dropping the hawser
from under their feet to wake up the sleeping
wretches wholesale that they might be scrutin-
lied. AS one slid to the floor something fell
from one of the sleepers clothing,-a bit of metal
it was-and it came rolling the floor. One
of the police lieutenants picked it up. Its owner
a stocky young man, in outfit of dirty torn mis-
fit clothing, with face emaciated by hunger and
exposure, came forward.
Hum, this is Spanish american War medal"
said the officer he turned it over. The First
United States Volunteer Cavalry'!"
Wasn't that the Rough Riders" exclaimed his
running mate
Why, yes, it Say, young fellow, what are
you doing here! What is your name and where do
you come from!'
I'D rather not say, answered the outcast. Il
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some one cried get him" just before
the fatal thrust An open knife, ready
there to sharpen lead pencil" was
the cause Of his death. His slayer.
after bitterly contested legal battle
carried to the supreme court of the
state. was sentenced to serve a peni-
tenLIs-y term. Another time one
crowd broke into the doors of closed
meeting. with a revolver volley from
both sides as the doors crashed in
Two men dead and several wounded
was the result OF this fracas. No one
was ever tried for any crime in con-
nection with this.
Of course these desperate ARRAYS
were not frequent. nor did they usual
ly happen except in the tough wards;
but they sometimes did occur in good
wards. where the people were above
the average in intelligence and order
Illness. Anywhere. in the fierce ami
mosities engendered by the excite
ments of an election, of a primary, or
city convention. there was very
strcng probability that somewhere
within the city's limits there would
he death to lay at the door of part;
politics. Whisky. OF course. often was
contributory agent Of no little i'm
portarce. One time a wculd-be voter
lined up II get into polling booth,
pistol in his side coat pocket, and
something like eleven drinks In his
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she was imprisoned had been made of
an unknown sand with some strange
inherent quality-somehow a bolt Of
lightning leaped out of the clear sky,
that mysterious crystal seemed to
draw down upon itself all the electri-
city in heaven, and when I found my
sight again this diamond lay at my
| feet"
And. monsieur. this is your bride?'
Yes, yes!" A great passion shook
the speaker and his voice broke pain
fully. THE force of the lightning
compressed that crystal and her sweet
body into what you see-into ultimate
form"
Monsieur. it is jewel for
deity"
The other made no immediate reply.
but stood looking upon the exquisite
form in the diamond as lover looks
into the face of his beloved. Finally,
he said: "She is not dead to me. and
while l thus have her with me | care
not what l suffer-"
He took the ring from the hollow
of his hand and was about to place it
upon his finger-the diamond inward
when the lovely jewel slipped from
his hold and fell to the floor. As il
came in contact with the hard tiles.
there was a slight explosive sound
and shower of minute scintillating
particles seemed to burst from the
ring itself and scatter like dust on the
air.
With cry of horror, the American
stopped and snatched up the ring. The
diamond was gone utterly from it's
setting,
"My God,'
The word was a shrek, and the
American staggered back against the
wall, his face drawn with unspeakable
agony.
Monsieur! Monsieur! Monsieur"
The Americans right hand made a
quick backward movement.
She never died till now" he cried.
"Oh, my Cod"
There was CLINT of steel, a sharp
report. and, as the Frenchman rushed
forward. the other pitched headlong
to his feet. dead!
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To Use Old Skirts.

The advent of the tunic, or. as it is
called, the Overskirt, has given rise
to new economy among women. This
is using up weil-cut silk or satin
foundation skirt to give an air" to
an Overskirt and bodice of simple
striped material
A woman who owned a smoke gray
silk foundation skirt had it carefully
sponged, pressed out and left un-
trimmed. She bought at the shops
remnant of gray and white striped cot
ton wolfe at small price and made
an Overskirt and bodice of it.
For the latter she used a piece of
the. gray silH body lining, cutting it
low-necked, taking out the sleeves and
finishing the edges with a tiny point
of lace.
The tunic was opened up the side,
cut to points, put INTO a box plat at
back, and its edges were bound with
three-inch bias fold of the material.
The bodice was simply draped over
guinpe Of lace and was drawn into
.i.e-;n.h empire belt of gray silk
= 7 I'd nth Old silver buttons at the
bac.s
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war

Corals are exceedingly smart wit ,
white dresses
Young girls employ Grecian styles
in hair arrangements.
Fall costumes will almost undoub.-
eddy be of supple fabrics.
Effective belts of woven gold tissue
have leather pieces in front, which
serve as support to the buckle.
The white linen collar is worn with
tailored waists, and beautiful hand
embroidered ones can be had for COM
paratively little.
The little white snowfiower with vel
low heart is seen on many of the best
hats.
Silk patchwork, now much in favor,
is a revival ccincident with the pa
trictic renaissance.
Satin Egyptienne. silk with a
wooden warp, is smart material Wen
adapted to the directOire modes.
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It required the utmost solemnity and
decorum. surrounded by all possible
legal safeguards" and carried on
with that artistic assumption Of fair.
ness and regard for liberty's palladium
commensurate with the digni6ed
hypocrisy Of the proceedings.
It can be readily imagined from the
foregoing that q man had to keep his
eyes open when he went into politics.
Ordinary treachery and double dealing
he became accustomed to at once. par
ticularly II he was in q ward where he
could depend upon meeting men
whose ideas of honesty were dim and
feeting: and whose word of honor was
something less In substantially than
a burned-out match. He might make
half a dozen iron-bound compacts with
the members of his own political
tribe in one night, to have day break
with a different combination forming
in his absence. The only way to rule
an ordinary ward is to have the power
over the "jobs" to be distributed, and
use that power with the utmost rigor.
Let every political worker know that
he will walk the plank" instantly II
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For the MOSG@SS
Labor Day Party'' That Involves Little Trouble
apd Is Very EnJoyable-Br tbday Sent
noeDtS for AL the NoDths.

birth stone is supposed to bring good
luck to the person who wears 1t, and
they are always popular as gifts of
sentiment; besides everyone likes an
individual gift:
JANUARY.
By her who in this month is born.
No gem save Garnets should be worn.
They will insure her constancy,
True friendship and fidelity.
FEBRUARY.
The February-born will find
Sincerity and peace of mind.
Freedom from passion and from care.
II they the Amethyst will wear.
MARCH
Who in this world Of ours their eyes
In March first open shall be wise:
In days Of peril, 6rm and brave.
And wear a Blackstone to their grave.
APRIL.
She who from April dates her years.
Diamonds should wear. lest bitter tears
For vain repentance flow; this stone
Emblem Of innocence Is known.
MAY.
Who first behOlds the light Of day
In springs sweet fOwery month Of May,
And wears an Emerald all her life.
Shall be q loved and happy wife.
Who comes with summer to this earth.
And owes to June her day OF birth.
With ring of Agate on her hand.
Can health. wealth and long life com.
mand.
JULY.
The glowing Ruby should adorn
Those who in warm July are born:
Then will they be exempt and free
From loves doubts and anxiety.
AUGUST
Wear SardOnyX, or for thee
No cOngenial felicity.
The August-bOrn without this stone.
IT'S said, must live unloved and alone
SEPTEMBER.
A maiden born when autumn leaves
Are rustlins in Septembers breeze.
A Sapphire on her brow should bind
Twill cure diseases of the mind.
OctOber's child is born for woe.
And ife's vicissituGes must know:
But lay an Opal on her breast.
And hope will lull those woes to rest.
NOVEMBER.
Who first comes to this world below
With drear November's fog and snow.
Should prize the Topaz. amber hue
Emblem Of friends and lovers true.
DECEMBER
II cold December gave you birth
The month Of snow and ice and mirth-
Place on your hand a Turquoise blue:
Success will bless whate'er you do.
MADAME MERRI.
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A the motto of the game is,
generally. win at all haz,
ards" 1t follows that poll
A tics is in some wards. ald in
some exigeneies. a desperate
game. This applies both to the upper
and lower stratas Of the men engaged
in It. If the men higher up" wanted
something put over the plate" that
required physical force. they could
always find men lower down in abe
scale who were guaranteed to stop at
nothing. These riff-raff of the under
current relied on political influence
to bring them clear of any crime they
might commit. and it often did gain
them immunity. The code of morality
seemed to be that the other fellows
would do the same thing If they had
the power and needed the trick" so
that not even deliberate murder was
omitted on rare occasions to accom-
plish a political end.
II anyone thinks I am drawing on
my imagination for this statement. he
is respectfully referred to the books
of the various cemeteries and the
record of the murder trials in the
criminal courts of the city.
In the practice of my profession as
a lawyer, had run across some men,
bers Of what were known as the
strcng-arm boys" of a certain section
of the city. They had figured as wit
nesses in some criminal cases in
which my firm was engaged. and l
had an opportunity to study them.
They were young fellows as a rule.
and exceedingly we'll dressed. Some
of them were very handy with their
fists. and some were regulation gun
fighters" All of them were crooks"
in various lines. from "card-sharps"
and confidence" men to "shell-game
workers" and pickpCckets.
When I broke through "the crust"
Of politics these strong arm boys"
were very active in local politics, al
though they were far distant from my
political bailiwick, and mostly did not
belong to our party. Sometimes they
held petty political jobs for a year or
six months, and sometimes they hung
around the saloons and polling places,
the henchmen of some local politician
Another time a local politician of
considerable prominence was stabbed
in a wrangle over the alleged stuffing
of a ballot box and instantly killed.
Certain of the witnesses testified that
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Graduated from the Bible.

Octave Thanet tells story of an old
darby in Florida who was anxious to
learn to read, SO that he could read
the Bible. He said that if he could
read the Bible he would want nothing
else. A friend of the narrator taught
him to read. Some time afterward she
visited his cabin and asked his wife
how his Bible reading was getting on.
Laws, Miss Fanny" said this per
son. he jes' suttinly kin read fine
He's done got outen de Bible an inI3
de newspapers"
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A Bride i'm Ultimate
Copyright. by Shortstory Pub. Coz
BY Dos, Mark Lemon

and last corpse be that of the fugi-
tive?
Brushing by the porters. the Ameri-
can !eaped to where the fifth dead
body lay. crushed and mangled past
recognition save by it's clothing. and
yes, the great white polar star-like
diamond that famed upon a finger of
its bloodless hand,
Tearing the splendid jewel away.
the American brought 1t passiOnately
to his lips and murmured: Darling.
look up! / am here!"
will monsieur show me the ring?"
the French station official questioned.
when again in his private quarters
alone with the American
The latter drew the jewel from his
breast and handed it with a powerful
maSnifying glass to the Frenchman.
Look at the heart of the stone
through the glass" he said. softly
The official did as he was hidden
and cry of establishment escaped
him.
Monsieur, it is divine!"
Divine! 1t is the work Of God HIM
self! Is not He an artist?"
The Frenchman turned again to the
diamond in the ring ard for fully five
minutes gave it his unbrOken atten-
ton. scarcely breathing. as if he trem-
bled to dim for a moment the magni-
flying glass or the limpid gem beneath.
And well might the jewel hold his
gaze, for in the heart of the perfect
40-carat stone. attired in simple Gre
clan costume. with a red rose in the
dark hair, lay in repOse the minute.
exquisite figure of a woman.
Monsieur. she?"
rs human"
"Ah!"
"Yes-and once a divine and stately
woman"
Monsieur, hOwg
"She was my bride, and, as she re-
clined one day within large artificial
crystal. acknowledgements were re-
hearsing for an entertainment in
which she was to appear as the spirit
of the diamonds she reclined i'm
the attitude which she now keeps.
don't know exactly how.
but think that the crystal in which
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Art in Spanish Bank Notes

To battle the counterfeiters. who are
both numerous and cunning in Madrid.
the Bank of Spain has pursued the
policy of changing its notes with great
frequency and retiring each issue as
fast as possible.
The bank has now determined on q
new plan. 1t has placed an order for
q series of notes with an English con-
Germ. and it will rely for safety upon
. special color process. In addition
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Are you renewing your youth. my
dear?" said Nine. Merri to a hostess
noted for novel entertainments" who
was discovered in the toy department
buying all sorts of diminutive house
hold articles.
mo. l am only preparing for my
luncheon to be given on Labor day.
You know it is not far or"
Then 1 understood the selection of
tiny brooms, dust pans. wash tubs.
coffee pots. etc. was SO interested
in the clever scheme that I begged it
for the department. so here it is in
detail for others to 60 and do like
wise.
The hostess being gifted in drawing
decorated each invitation with a young
woman In some act of household Ia
Dor. Besides this there was nothing
else but the day and date. with the
quotation: Learn to labor and to
watt" also the request to wear a
wash gown. When the guests arrive
they are given aprons all finished ex-
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ribbon. This sewing done. the first
labor is accomplished. Bows to match
the apron strings are to be worn in
the hair, long hairpin being thrust
through each to keep 1t in place. The
table center piece is to be a dolls
wash tub filled with asters; the place
cards are dust pans lettered in gold
tied to the cutest of brooms. Before
the dessert each guest is to brush her
own crumbs with her broom and dust
pan. And the dessert-it is to be the
best Of all. There will be eight guests,
and four wee ice cream freezers are to
be brought to the table. Four will
freeze and four concoct the cream. put
in the ice. salt, etc. If all goes well.
the cream will be ready to eat in less
than Is minutes and ten for the coffee.
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the notes are to present pictures of
well-known buildings in Spain, exc
cuted with perfection that will defy
counterfeiting.
"The pictures are to be so beautiful
that amateurs will be tempted to
frame them" says one Spanish news
paper. Hardly" rejoins another,
the cost of the set will be LISTS
pesetas, you see." To the Spanish
mind $33S.5O is a great deal of money.