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imagination, nor the promoter, no rthe engineer, nor the architect or builder. The professional man must have imagina- tion. Even the farmer or breeder needs it. And yet
 Occasionally you hear of parent who does not want his child to read fairy stories or believe in Santa Claus. He is a practical man himself and he wants his children taught practical things, etc.
 He fails to see the large place occu- pied by the imagination.
 The man who is without imagination misses much of the pleasure in life. He dreams no dreams. Unseen things of beauty are not for him. Besides
 He misses a big asset in business.
 The state of New York killed Mary Farmer, wife and mother last month. It was a sickening story. They har- messed the woman in a chair, having shaved her head, and the executioner de- scribed an arc with lever, sending the deadly current into her convulsed frame. And then
 After examination they found that Mrs. Farmer still had a spark of the life that God had given her and-again the cleo tricity.
 Warden Bonham telegraphed the gov ernor following the execution:
 There were no distressing incidents" In the estimation of the calloused war den the killing had been done with neat ness and dispatch.
 No distressing incidents?
 Was 1t no distressing incident that a wife was being killed by the state while her husband prayed in his cell; that a baby boy should be made an orphan; that every woman in the land should be shocked at the dishonor done her sex; that society should be brutalized by the spectacle; that the dial of civilization should be moved backward?
 No distrissing incidents?
 Why, the whole life of Mary Farmer was a distressing incident.
 She was poor, ignorant woman who never had a chance. 3. Both heredity and environment combined
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s. N. D. North. an employe of the Ma tional Association of Wool Manufactur- CTS, which made him a present of fJ0OO" for the work. He was an ex- pert. and when Aldrich came to make the Dingley tariff he accepted the work of Mr North. In no other free country under the sun would special interests be allowed to write the taxes the people pay for the benefit of the protected But with us the protected interests come to Congress and are all lowed to insert in a tax bill just such rates as will secure them a monopoly of the domestic market.
 But the west is aroused and my prediction Is that MT. Aldrich. to save this dogma of protection, will accept an income tax amendment. That will stop the clamor for tariff reform and save protection for another 10 years if the supreme court will only have man. ners enough to put the seal of consti- tutional approval on the income fea- ture.
 Mir. Aldrich is a great man-an att tractive man-with the finest eye in his head the United States Senate has seen since John C. Breckinridge.
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I'LL THERE'S A WAY-By j., C. E4iden D.

and don't want to appear in such as I have Don't you appear on the street? And do you not meet more people on the street than you will see at church2 Besides, if you will go on Sunday night or to the Wednesday night prayer meeting you will probably find divers people no better dressed than you are. and they will enjoy the service just as much as if they were dressed in silk and broadeloth.
 But I am employed by the railroad and have to work all day Sunday" Still there are people no worse off than you and who can not be employed to wreck their souls and their bodies by working all day Sunday for a soulless corpora- ton. They manage to find some other way of living. Have they more sense than you have? Probably not; but they have will, and so find way.
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Cat Market,
.om the London Globe.

From the London Globe.
 To the various bourses of Paris, the bourse with the capital letter, the Bourse du Commerce. the Bourse du Travail, the Bourse aux Timbres, there must be added another which a Paris contemporary has discovered near Faubourg du Temple, viz, the Bourse aux Chats. This interesting establishment is situated in big cham Der at the rear of a wine shop. Here, we are told, are legions of cats of all sizes and colors, which are to be seen jumping and heard "miaulent." Our contelnpory makes some very dark suggestions about the clientele of the wine seller. It sug- gests that the customers are by no means tender-hearted old ladies. but for the most part furriers, curriers', glove makers, and, what is worse, cooks. A good, sleek ma tou," we learn, realizes from 30 centimes to 1 franc. The skin has a number of usages, and the flesh finds its way into the stewpans of certain restaurateurs pos sessing more enterprise than scruple.
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of that trip was that we wanted to go. There was will, and we found a way.
 Once upon a time there was to be a big show at Orange Court House. Va. On the morning of the show an old couple ap- peared at the house of a citizen of the town. They had walked up from the "Piney Woods" a dreary, desolate and poverty-strieken belt of country, some three or four miles off The old lady had gathered a basket of whortleberries which she offered for sale al a quarter. She was evidently very poOr-probably did not know how she would be provided with a weeks supply of corn meal. But she sold her whortleberries, received her quarter
 and, turning to her husband, and showing her open palm with the precious quarter lying therein said in triumph: Thar nowl I'm a gwine in how are you gwine?" That quarter probably repre- sented a hard days work done by the
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Copyright 1909, by American Press
 Associatfon.)
 A MAGAZINE writer tells the story "A of two bootblacks who were so- A liciting trade on a crowded crowded thoroughfare one Saturday aft ernoon.
 The two boys had no regular stand. Each had his box slung over a shoulder, and they stood near the curbstone cry ing their business to the passers-by.
 But there was a difference in the boys.
 Each had his cry composed of four words, and never varied it.
 The first boy cried out Shine your shoes here"
 The second boy solicited his custom by shouting, Get your Sunday shine!' Note the difference?
 The cry of the1 first boy announced the simple fact that he was in the shoe shining business for any one who should desire his services
 The second boys cry was more sig nifcant. It was Saturday afternoon. The hour was o'clock. The cry car ried with it the fact that tomorrow was Sunday and it probably would be a pleasant day; that he (the bootblack) knew an extra shine was needed; that he who went to church or walked in the parks on the morrow owed it to his self respect to present good appear ance, and, lastly, that he was there to do the business.
 Do you see why the second boy got the larger share of the business?
 He had imagination. He linked facts together. He conveyed suggestions. His cry told all the other boy said and more.
 There is in the incident an object les son in the problem of modern business. Imagination in business is money. The successful merchant uses 1t. He projects his imagination in such way as to reach the mind of his customers and by suggestion causes them to buy his wares.
 The inventor can do nothing without
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receptfon and turned away I supposed this was proper and started to do llke- wise; whereupon the emperor motloneu me to stop and the master of ceremon- ies said that his majesty wished to speak to me. The emperor then asked how long I had been in the country and when I was going away lie wanted to know whether had had an audience with him before, and when l replied that I had met him IA years ago. at the beginning of the war be- tween Japan and China, and diplomatl- cally added that his majesty looked as young today as he did then. he per ceptibly smiled. This encouraged me to beg him to send a message through mo to the United States. The master of ceremonies pretended to submit this request, but whether he did so or not I do not know, as he spoke in Corean. At any hate, his majesty did not an- swer, but in reply said that he was glad that I had come to Corea, and that he hoped I would have pleasant tour through Manchuria and China, where, he understood, I was going. This was a signal for leaving, and l backed my way out, lowing betimes.
 AS I stood before the Emperor I had chance to study him. He is not bad look ing and appears tall in contrast to the Japanese generals about him. He has large head, rather high over the eyes. He wears a black mustache. just large enough to enable it to be waxed, and his hair, strange to say, is cut short. His complexion is cream yellow, his eyes black, his height feet ' and his weight, I Judge about 170 pounds When I saw him today he was clad in the uniform of a Corean general, which is now cut for egn style, and the contrast of the whole audience with that which had with him5 self and the former emperor, his father was striking. It shows the changes which are going on in Oorea.
 My last audience was In the palace in which the deposed emperor is now living. The man who introduced me got down on his knees and crawled over the floor, pumping his head on the carpet when we entered the audience chamber. He con tinued to crawl until he reached his maj esty and then got up and bent half dou- ble, whispering my question to the em- peror and in the same way conveying his answers to me. That interpreter was a noble Corean, dressed in Corean dress. with a horsehair hat on his head. The master of ceremonies who acted as inter- preter today stood straight up and looked the emperor in the eye. He wore Euro pean clothes and was so dressed that he would not have appeared out of place at a diplomatic reception at the White House.
 When I met the crown prince al my last audience he wore long gown of red silk, with a stiff hooplike belt running around his body, under the arm pits. It was so large that it extended out six s..- q alt md ,fC belt had decorations of jade and precious stones and 1t was mark of high rank. His gown was high at the neck and em- broidered with gold medallions as big
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and he did not feel that he was obliged to have his religion. He found a way to pay for what he could not do without It is delusion to suppose that slavery has been abolished in this country.
 A member of my church. who lived only a few rods from our house of worship, had not been to church for year. Whenever l visited her she had some apparently valid excuse for not at- tending. About the end of the year, after hearing as many excuses as I had the grace to listen to, I said one day, when on a pastoral visit: Let me ask you one question, If you had known that you would find ten-dolar gold piece every time you went, don't you think you would have managed somehow to get to church sometimes during the past 12 months?' She answered candidly: "Yes, I think should" l then suggested that it was
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poor old body; but 1t was cheerily done; for she really wanted to go to the show, and so she found a way.
 Here Is another anecdote which illus trates my thesis:
 Some years ago a member of my church sought an interview with me at my study He was anxious to explain the fact that for some months past he had paid noth- ing to the support of the church. He did not want the brethren to think hard of him. for he was really very much em- barrassed in his circumstances, and was not able to pay" I asked him, Do you expect sensible business men to believe that a man who can spend $20 year in smoking tobacco, and then pay dollar to see Joe Jefferson act Rip Van Wrinkle, can not pay $1O a year to the support of his church?" His answer was striking. No" said he. but, Bro. IT., I'm obliged to have my smoking tobacco" Certainly,
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<[T WILL either find a way or I will
 make one," said the sturdy
 4 Roman, who had made up his mind to a certain course of conduct. sIs the route practicable?" asked the first Napoleon of an engineer officer who had been sent to explore the way over the Alps. Scarcely possible to be passed, was the reply of the officer. But the army. artillery and all, wa smarched over that route.
 Many years ago, when I was pastor in Greenville, s. C., a fishing excursion to the Enoree river was planned for a cer- tain day. H. A. Tupper, and son of Professor Williams of the Theological Seminary and myself were to constitute the party.
 A good deacon of the Greenville church kindly agreed to furnish a double buggy for the occasion. The bright April morn
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sorry sort of religion that was not worth $1O.' After this she discovered that she could come to church. and did come>ae- cordingly.
 It would astonish many honest folks. if they would really and critically look into the matter, to find how large proportion of all their excuses would resolve them selves into a lack of will. q have not time" This usually means that you prefer to occupy your time in some other way. You have all the time there is; it would be impossible for you to have more.
 'T am too tiFed when Sunday comes" But people who work just as hard as you do find that the most restful way in which they can spend the Sunday is not to lounge around the house all day in their working clothes, but to dress them selves deeently and go to church,
 "Well, but I have no decent clothes,
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Der oe the House of Representatives, serv- ing his apprenticeship in the trade of United States solonism. He was then a rather distinguished looking man of 8, and I do not suppose his service had the slightest effect on the legislation of that Congress. in any one of it's three ses- sons.
 This man was not an orator, not law yer not student of governmental sys- tems, not a reader of miscellaneous books. He had an academic education, and his had been the trade of a merchant. He began his legislative career as a member of the common council of the town Of Providence, and subsequently he was speaker of the Rhode Island legislature. Then he became a member of the Forty sixth Congress and was reelected to the Forty y-seventh, but Ambrose D. Burnside, q senator from Rhode Island, died in 1881, and in October of that year Aldrich suc- ceeded him and took his seat December ,. 1881.
 Let us glance at the Senate as it was then constituted. Matt Carpenter and Ben Hill had very recently died; Roscoe Conkling and James G. Blaine had re-
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1909-09-06
Rsn,en ce,.bra,ss.

RENToN. Sept. e--iabor DAY
was duly celebrated by the mlns
workers Of henton AZ Black pth.
mond. where a baseball game and
other athletic events were given
under the direction Of the United
Nine Workers Of America A BITS
parade and picnic also were feat
nrua Of the celebration The speaker
Of tho day was G. o. Young. who
delivered an address on tha trades
movement. The COMMITTEES Ia
charge ~ the affair was composed
II William Davidson. v n. Martina.
william narbn.y. Charles seofield
and Thomas Raymond
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1909-09-06
CITY REAL geTATE.
Continued.
A Cosy Cottage

hrahiifnl new Asroom modarn cottage.
mission Nntahi lockout windows with
saats. iniaid ilia Fireplace! fsit conrret.
basement nice iot and lawn utFaatn
s4ed snd aidaW AXIS tn and paid tive
Park Terms 80. oqner an srn,,ns
10y Fsrmeni Az. rhpUs. North iipg
WIFI IL. az fHHitE
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Fsv sale cheap---s-hoic ranKa. wealth
srad oak dresser. bed, tables. chaira etc,
call evenings eT11 9Th ~ W Phone
ballard faT9 =
Bla BARGAIN. boat house and Bis. fine
launch. fully eauipved. $500 OUTFIT for
soc fec n sunday. First boat house
south % fiFeiew boat CO, below Lesehi
Park. q. 81 Miller. ans Long"ood place
Hunting dogs. thoroughbred LlcweiiYn
setter puppies IS and SIC. Wave one
bitch ~ months old. Will sell for 80
Ass First 81 W. ST
Twsnfr ehoise family or dairy cows,
moaf with youHH cnivns. others be fresh
soon. Phnns q A. ffO7. "a
chair barber shop for sale chear
1tNs First nv must sell LIS
Hammeriess Savage rifle and rase
n9ad shape. very cheap Scott. ~ Yes
Ter way -1~T
.-s
la0 sample suits. ttT so. Traoie, Room
20T Traders BtdK gobh Third 1T
a flock o. so or 90 pigeons fpli bioods.
worth from soc 10 t4.00 per pair. All 10
for tf1 90. n Interested. call up Black
6zs -
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AUCTION SALES.

Auction SALE AT gs0f FIRST AVE.
TUESDAY SEPT nth. f0ia0 A NJ
sharp At this sais all tho best Of the
furniture VIII he sold AZ 1890 sharp
cheaper grade 81 goods ~ last Of the
sale elegant oak sets cost ~ each
solid mahogany wardrobe. elegant golden
oak dining Hats. china closets large and
auaff roller top desks. office chairs,
smith typewriter and desk. cost flhoi
filing cabinets. upright plano. rugs and
caruefs. sectional bookcase. iron beds ana
bedding dreuserH chiffOniergt sanitary
eotIaheH Graaf Majestic ana other
ranges stoves Hna ranges. ETC. etc.
splandId chance 90 get office furniture af
auction prices a.. o. Bickerion Auction
ear ae64 First av Phones Main 1901
Ind f177.s Sale Tuesday
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Strangers, Attention!

We tesrectfuiiy invtte you 60 caii aud
seont realty We handle acreage
neaalusftsfs fnf small ana iarau traSts
-, ever the PUGET aaand country
~ ear sell you land on the shore
~ shstvs On fuast sound. north Of
eeesh Of the city, on nalnbridaa laland
.Hfseeh ranches eNerNnhefe gardrn laHd
- the faiisf between Tacoma and ~.
stte. ahd Tossed OF land a. cheap as
nEHtnEA
We ~ business Oh the square Rafar-
snssst National hank 81 Commerce..
cali ami sc d
oisE HANSON a co
be-stAttisfsif New York Block.
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cry eHAl rsrArr.
Youngstown

NNAt = oNVN IL
% Down "'' rSU AeSra
oeea view iot. : hiocns fros ts.wtn
Hte esffteei 20 minutes fron, ptnr-r.
tsss .e tsee each
80 DOWN tie rtN MONTH
N.tttsete piaHtefed tour. r,iam gottaa,
- - - frow car ahsfrart ntroish~t
-. tata ""' Nes"ss
sik.teena new fiNa view elegant IA
e sest heuse In this vicinity. yaoe
sHHR ess@"es easy Price tfsse
puwAMAu CANAL.
pass corner, lee BY zee. another "a.
hsf. - ~ ieni another tract. ia ~ lao
ss1 sits another, 80 ~ 500 an ditecfty
al9nk thw nav canal In aaafh lsarh n~as
tHs eat Tins. and the haafh waes -
- eeNs - tefinM ~ a. % aanh
FsaF fss1n rattaEe ga hos 90 hx lea
seai iosatian senv~niaAt ~ var tsae
sa@h eAlaAee tia p~r monsh prfce taos
A. :, wILKiN a co.
Phones Adams ssi Central isaa. nem
West 30
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LABOR APPEARS IN
GRAND ARRAY TO-DAY
(coneludsd)

berH on the program In quick sue.
eeaaion. ending with drawing con.
test. each union having one chance.
Three of the most interesting CON
tests were those IA which the short.
est, tallest and most homely man on
the grounds drew prizes The win.
nar OF every contest walked away
with something TO remind him Of
his victory over his competitors
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1909-09-06

Down at the Lois theatre yester-
day the fourth stock season was
opened by new company which
gives every PROMISE or becoming lust
a. strong a favorite as ala Aiileen
May and her players, The new com
pany Is under the guiding hands 81
bel 4 Lawrence and James San
duaky, and they ara bound TO fill
the bill Mr.. Lawrence and Mr.. San
duaky elected 20 open their engage
ment with THE Squaw Man" made
familiar 10 Seattle patrons by VIII
liam FavarHhnm and Dusty" Far
mum. The company made good Inn
pression yesterday and made "A
boneh Of friends from the start
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1909-09-06

with whoop and a bang Kussel
A prsx.a new stock company held
forth At the Seattle theatre yeatfr-
day and was given n welcome which
brought actors and actresses 20 the
point where they we're forced willy
nfiiy TO give the best that was In
them. Al tho same time regrets
were heard on every side that little
Miss Emma Bunting was about to
init the road for n spell. But she's
coming back according 10 her own
fearful announcement
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1909-09-06

BASH AND DOOR nAWGAISa
Cross panel doors for paintinG tf.tG
craes panel dnofa foB staining 81 "a
CoskmEe frnns doors With fancy en-
armsaa glass and ornamental apFan. Z Z 30
FROST aears for asnaium prisod houses
snlr s14h
coMpoafTfOM HOOFrSu
t-piF. weight ~ ios. per square. ~ -.
1-pfy. weight ~ IA. per sq0ars. VI ~
1-piy. waiaht 50 ias, per aansne. ff.et.
Warming ueware ~ cheap. ungf roof
inas thai are not fulf weight
Craftsman or mission doDrn. lust the
Kind fer hunKatowa, 1uiY 9i-eo aar daof.
WfLlsfAAF COLD SEAL PAINT
Said only b. o. n Williams Co We
have No agents
f-Ralion cans. ff.ec per gallon.
tkalfon cans. 80 per gallon.
Heauttfui rplufa Buy paint from us
Get eur little book. How 20 Paint"
mailed free
Boy windows and doors from Us We
have our uun mill. soil anyone ship any
whers ane hsve only one price Send for
eur illustrated catalogue. NAILED free.
psatpald. without charge
o o. WILLIAMS co.
Seattle. Wash,
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For instance. tho homelient man
received a box Of cigars.
This Is the first time IN three
years that we have started our
parade In good weather" said
Grand Marshal Liatman Just before
the parade started
On the iaat two labor days in
rained. and that took all OF the JOY
out of the occasion. roday'H weather
has aided greatly In making this
the iarg5st and most SUCCESSFUL
pageant that we have ever held
Many Seattle houses known Ia be
unfair 10 organized labor. according
10 Grand Marshal Llstman. asked
permission "a enter floats m IN.
parade. but they were denied the
privilege. A large number Of other
houses that employ union mon. on
the other hand. were represented,
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rhe CHICAGO mIsrIr rAnLons

Wonderful values In Mems
Tallor-made Uncailed- for Suits.
Oyercoats. vonettes and Trou.
aara a fine new line OF Mems
FurnishinRs, hats Caps ana suit
rent
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In order that the public would
not know In advance how their
floats were decorated the majority
of the unions kept them under lock
and key until the eleventh hour.
This was done partly 10 Increase
interest IN the Ions procession.
One Of the unique floats was that
of the Painters union. They had
ON big truck a miniature house.
which few members OF the union
we're painting while II moved along
with the reat Of the parade. An
other interesting feature was that
Of the butchers. who were repre-
scented by steer drawing a deco
rated wagon.
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1909-09-06

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