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The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1909-01-25
OPINIONS BY s %o. AsouT

~ DIVA smsaisy. sossoass Member.
Seattle.
confirmed bachelor community
What u Of
houses cooking
food working
bachelors M
bachelor generally bunch 81 econceit Who
needs the services 81 domestic adviser enough show
cheapnees enough him higher
the
public nuisance
Who the chain ganEY The bachelor Who fills she
patrol wagonsy The bachelor Who holds the married
as way home and relieves him Of the product Of his weeks work.
The bachelor
re his Sind expaaed
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1909-01-25

blossoms the ffHfus are made riiarfF
bF SELL executed and well chosen
aft niafea sud shs aua fasan a.
Anthony stretches herself before
the hfiNHt fireplace with = rnntnnfNs7
HHwn User aHrifs f1 say "WnW fhtK
e. ati fNn rmHfaft ~ hums
PERSONALLY Ass FiNk ls Nsrf afs
tfRsfitn. with iAFse blue fNer aa8F.
Aafk halt ard sifiisH rusf complex
lan HtIe D. Invariably dressed eifh
asauisitF taste Hha isa rapahfa
mastcisn. lover - att 81 fisf COOS
an expefi stHf ktaH Haraef ana e
nhaFmtNk hnafeas
arm nHfAiuH for HmfffaMe ahe
8ala mr. hrf#HHr ! feel n is my dagN
unitat toe " onasa.
= am rgsi,lee thst aseas seod re-
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1909-01-25

eagerly and seriously 60 Humans
defence wanted 10 know
wanted him. II possible. 10 clear
himself ! wanted 10 aec his repu.
tatlou Tor honesty wiped clean uf
the Hmlrch which his own actions
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1909-01-25
WHAT WOMA1IIaN
EVER KNCWS\ AsAs.(
IN NIIF DOMINO " 80

bound. a tear are easily over.
womsnAind at with restraint but only few 90 to tbs
front
They enough advantage OF the
reverence with which their egoiAm.
Is attracted toward woman who Is
coward than toward who nn4oved BY danger
b dun she wishes she win
IA
faults
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1909-01-25

An Argument.
rankFiey You admit there Is
good Ia eFerythings
hohlee-i da
IanksleY Then even liquor
must b. good
lohlee Yes Aud At times you
have a good deal OF good Ia you.
Fhe other people R.hnaineas man
persisted IN trying 10 extract infof.
nation from a prosperous looking
elderly man next hlm in the Pull.
man smoker
Hos many people work In your
office he asked.
oh said the elderly man. yet.
Ting up aud throwing away hia 81.
gar ! ahouid say. at a rough rueas
about two.thirds OF them Every.
body'a Asga6iDe
Not His Doing.
Two London cabbies wcre Fiarlng
90 each other
AS wots the matter with your"
demanded one.
"Noihinks tho matter 9th me.
sou bioomin' idiot
You rave me a narsty lock. per.
sisted The first
Me- Why. you certainly ave a
narEiy look. but didn't give Il 10
you. ~ clip. Every hody'a
Magazine.
Heard on Tuesday.
Boarding House Mistress Wen.
gonilemcu. did you enjoy the turkey
We had on sunday
Star boarder toying idly with the
haahl Oh yes In fact, | think
vel never get through enjoying n.
In she Field Hospital.
Army Surgeon will have so
perform a major operation on you.
young man.
Wounded Soldicr-rm afeared I
Amt entitled to IL. Doc. I'm only
q private.
msttsrof-Faet.
Visitor faboard baitieshlp) -
What would happen n all these big
guns would be discharged At one
timei
Ganners We'd have to re-
load EN-.
10 Came Easy.
stage Door Iohnny-Did you not
feel abashed whom you first appear.
ed In public ia tights
Malxie Daizie-Oh. no. I used TO
belong 20 a girls basket ball team.
The Difference.
Little Lester Papa.
what IL the difference between a
vision and a sight7 This book
Gays
Mr. IAvermore-T difference
between q girl before and after she
II married Puck.
One reason why some people new.
or talk scandal "a because they new.
er know ans. Nashville American.
a Sure Way.
so he has ceased to be her
idcalG"
'lIe has"
What dlsgraceful thing did he
dog"
Married another cir. Phiiadel.
phia Bulletin.
Knowing.
Does he know much p
well. he not only knows that he
doesn't know much. hut he knows
enough 10 keep others from know,
Ing it"-Judge.
Disappointing.
~ mean to be conscientious. said
the noted artist. "and the problem
that faces me now lH a very unpieas-
ant one
what's the trouble9" inquired
the loiterer in the studio.
The artist sighed.
II have been reading here that
Prof Forrero asserts that Cleopatra
was no beauty and only a moment
ago planned 90 use her on a book
beer Observation-Disclosures Plain
Dealer.
Tho benevolent institutions OF the
country are divided ne follows
Orphanages i.073, hospitals i.fs3
homes Ih8, Temporary
homes tia deaf ana blind iustitu-
tons i1h. nurseries iB6. diapeuHarlca
100,
An passenger steamers leave Col.
man docks for Puget Sound Navy
Yards. $50
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1909-01-25

How about Tillman7 have moth
Ing 10 say NY How the idols
are totterlng' Yes. Tillman was
one OF my idols. Perhaps land.
marks" would be a better word lie
vas not an object Of worship IN
any sense. but he was one OF the
fixed points In measuring decen.
cy. always thought Tillmnn hon.
est | once wrote an able character
study Of Tiiiman for magazine.
and II was based on The theme OF
his rugged honesty. ! have always
thought what q good thlng Il was
10 have the honest agricultural sen.
tlment of the country voiced 20
chaFacteristically IN this rich <lnn'B
club. Was almost fecoucilod 20
the continued existence Of the sen.
ate by the fact that II could con.
tain "A Tillman And nOw2 Well,
at least my enlhuaiasms on the
subject OF Tiilman shall not in Nv.
turo be obiruded on the world
with many others listed
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1909-01-25

handsome NOT dimensions simply in
verified bowl shape and made Of pa blue satin faced with lines
The group blue willow
allowed . throat
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1909-01-25

Washington. y G.. Jan. ~. 1909.
Dear bad Scufvy IL the ouly
word that comes % my mind when
! see congress cut tho appropriation
for chiidrcn's Fairgrounds IN this
city from $4,000 20 tl.s00 Amer
spending an OF one day and part OF
a second debating this question
was practically the only debate on
a bin appropriatinE some $4,000 600
Jim Tawney demanded a separate
vote on this item. and the house
voted 10 cnt the appropriation
would suggest that ell persons
iuteroated IN the welfare Of chill
dreu write and secure a copy ~ the
Congregational Record for Jan ~.
In which they will find on page 943
the official list Of those who voted
for and against the ehildfeua play
grounds. Every district should take
care Of lis representative on votes
like this A billion dollar congress
that raises ~ own salaries and cuts
playground appropriations deserves
the same consideration given 90 the
thief who roba a chnFeh'e poor box
or piifers the coppers from a baby 5
bank.
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1909-01-25

thc proper relation of things The
same dHllnesa Of integrity which
causes him % carry his son Oh the
pnY rolls aa bis secretary. regard
less Of services rendered. has blind
ed him 10 The rights and wrongs of
this landanntchlng episode
! think my old friend. the presi
dani, has q 500 modest opinion ~
the, esteem N which be u held BY
the people o. the country 40
whole lie said 10 me the other
day, Rath. said he. You are ore
Of ak people who Will remember
me 30 days after the ith Of March
lie spoke seriously And" he add
ed. when ! say 80 days speak al
yihcdly Thirty days ~ the maxi
MUM
Do you remember our friend. the
minor muck raker'7 I refer to the
promoter aud manager OF the PEG
ple's lobby. Well. he Henry
Beech Needham has written 20
liticai play And take IL from me,
u IN nll right It's background Is the
United States senate and It's action
10 the kind of political action that
W. going on today nli around ns
u does some clever exposing. and
has some genuine heart interest
II 10 not a preachmeut. but play.
iielaaco now has g. r II found
time Ia read Il ana n enthusiastic
They have started bread line"
Va this town The increasing mum
beer Of hungry made "a necessary
" h maintained by the niekeiH Of
the Salvation Army Congress has
not contributed. Sincerely.
RATH.
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1909-01-25

Tho benevolent institutions Of the
country are divided ne follows
Orphanages 1898, hospitals i.fe3.
permanent homes lh8. temporary
homes 40. deaf ana blind iustitu-
tiona li5, nurseries ZEE, disRensarles
100.
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1909-01-25

All passenger steamers leave Col.
man docks for Puget Sound Navy
Yards. tss
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1909-01-25

MANY q man
eheerfuliy meets
his rent who
doesn't krrr a
rap ter meet his
landlord.
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1909-01-25

win many others listed
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1909-01-25

what We have termed the nHm
woman
Everything norfrAts She dainty
taste ard care # it# mistress THE
nfAheNanN giisfens tree from dust
the vases are tatiY fitted With frfah
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1909-01-25
Not His Doing

Two London cabbies sore giaring
at each other
AS vets the matter with YOU
demanded one.
Noihiuhs tho matter wlih me.
you bipomin' idiot
You eaxe me a naSsty iook, f" per.
Sisted ths first
MeF Why. you certainly ave a
narHiy look but dldnt give Il 20
you. ~ clip Every body .
Magazine.
The Prescott daily news., 1909-01-25

partner: third he was not sam. It was more sensible to believe that Sam had taken the boots to black after the murderer had used them than to be- lieve that he had committed the mur- der himself, for he had been owned by our family in the days of slavery and was very much attached both to my uncle and to me.
 The question with me was what should l do. To make known that my shoes had been used by the murderer would be equivalent to putting my neck in a halter And the shoes should I destroy them? If I did and it was discovered that I had done so l would be in danger. If the shoes re- mained intact, were found and con- pared with the tracks, would swing for murder.
 l took the shoes from their hiding and placed them with my other pairs A committee hunted all over the plan- tation for the shoes that had made the tracks and sent diagrams of them ev- anywhere. I waited, in terror every moment, fearing that my shoes would be examined In a week the excite ment died down, and I breathed easier.
 Nevertheless for years I lived bur dened by my secret. In time sent the shoes off in a box of clothing for a poor minister's family in a far distant state. It was a comfort to get rid of them, but I could not get rid of the fear that the person who had worn them on that fatal night might some day accuse me.
 At last, four years after the murder, the murderer, before being hanged for another crime. confessed, telling how he had thrown his followers off his track by wearing my shoes. He had brought them back after using them ana remained on the plantation for several weeks.
 LAURENCE FOSTER CHURCH.
The Prescott daily news., 1909-01-25
My Secret.
OsOsOeOsOsOsOOsOsO.O.o.Oe

lCopyright. 1909. by American Press Asso-
 ciation.l
 was awakened by quick words and hurried footsteps outside my window. l arose and looked out. Evidently something had happened. for I saw people moving about, nearly all of them with horror depicted in their ex- pressions.
 My colored man, Sam, was coming, carrying my heavy shoes. He had taken them from my door, opening on to the porch, for the purpose of blackening them.
 Whats up, Sam?" asked as he put down the shoes.
 Why, habent yo' heered, Marse Tom? To uncle done been murdered in de night"
 My uncle! Heavens.'
 lost no time in putting on my clothes. Nathan Clingham, my uncle, had made a will, I knew, leaving his plantation and what other property he possessed to me. As soon as I was dressed l went to his house and found the neighbors in charge. At my ap- pearance all fell back, giving place to me- My uncle had been killed with an ax, and several hundred dollars which he had with him were missing. mere was no clew to the mystery.
 My first act was to summon doctor to learn how long my uncle had been uead. He gave it as his opinion that the period was not less than two hours nor more than three. saw at once tue importance of quick pursuit. or eahized party at once and sent them Ill every direction. I. with several men and boys, took the road running past the plantation and, sending a part oi my force southward, led the balance northward.
 coming to a place in the road coin- cident with the northwest corner of ,ne plantation. saw fresh tracks that had evidently been made by some one
The Prescott daily news., 1909-01-25
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who had left the plantation at that point. I stopped to examine them. Long l looked at them, bending my face down over them rather to con- ceal the terror that was in me than to get close view. Then I arose and, staggering to the side of the road lean- ed against the fence.
 Whats the matter with you?" ask ed Steve Burton, one of the party. You're white as a ghost"
 I'm sick I must go home. You fel- lows go on."
 "All right" said Burton. Better take one of the boys with you"
 T don't want any one. I'll be all right presently"
 They insisted, but I wouldn't have any one with me. They helped me over the fence, and I made a bee line for home. When l saw them turn around the base of hill, where they couldn't see me, l ran, never stopping till I reached the house and had gained my room. Then 1 sank into chair with q Thank God"'
 And what was it that so suddenly threw me into such condition?
 I had on the shoes that Sam had blacked. From the heel of the right shoe the lowest layer of leather was gone, leaving six protruding nails. The forward part of the sole of the left shoe I had cut with an ax while chopping wood. The moment l had caught sight of the tracks in the road knew they had been made by my shoes. There were the fluctuations of the six nails, and the cut in the toe had left its mark. If this discovery were made by those tracking the mur- derer, it would be proved that l had killed my uncle doubtless to gain pos- session of the property he had willed me. took of the shoes, hid them and put on another pair. Then l began to think.
 First. the murderer had seen my shoes on the porch, and 1t had occur red to him that since he must leave his tracks, it would be safer to leave the tracks of my shoes than of his own; second, he had either come back after using them and was probably now on the plantation or he had a
The Prescott daily news., 1909-01-25

Paris Pattern No. 2613, All Seams Allowed.-Any of the pretty fancy woolens, flannels, silks or heavy linens make up charmingly in this design, which Is particularly becoming 10 young girl with a slim fig ure. The plestron collar may be in the same or a contrasting color of the material. the cuffs of the full-length or seven eighths length sleeves match the col lar, and the removable chemisette iS of tucked silk, the buttons ornament ing the front being covered with silk The pattern is in three sizes-13 to Y yeaiv. For miss of 15 years the waist requires 494 yards of material 20 inches wide. 33s yards 27 inches wide 2h yards 36 inches wide, or 2M wards t2 inches wide; as illustrated ive-eighths yard Of all-over tuckin9 IS inches wide.
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The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1909-05-06
A .asman.s Complexion

It is rank foolishness to attempt
to remove sallowness Or greasiness
of the skin by the use of cosmetics,
or "locaP' treatment, as advocated
by the ''beauty doctors. The only
safe and sure way that a woman can
improve her complexion is by purify
ing and enriching the blood, which
can only be accomplished by keeping
the liver healthy and active. The
liver is the seat of disease and blood
pollution. Green's August Flower
acts directly OH the liver, cleanses
and enriches the blosd, parifies tn.
complexion 1t also cures consti
patton, biliousness, nervousness, and
induces refreshing sleep. A single
bottle of August Flower has been
known to cure the most pronounced
and distressing case of dyspepsia
and digestion. New trial size bottle
20 cents; regular size 70 cents. Al
Frost & Spies.
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1909-05-06
ICEHoUsE REMoDE1ED.

with sawdust From the studding a
two inch Turing projects out with the
siding on this, making an air space
sufficiently large that the sides Of the
building are kept from becoming warm
by the cool current which passed from
the ground up and into the ice cham
Der. A II by Is inchs blind at each ga
BILE permits a free circulation of air
and is in my estimation better than a
cupola, as there is more of a draft
over the ice. There are double doors
four feet wide extending from the
foundation to the caves. A by 4 inch
scantling put in the peak for attaching
a double pulley facilitates the handling
Of the ice The man in the wagon sets
the tongs in a cake, and another man
in the doorway seizes it with his tongs
as it is drawn up. In this way only
three men are necessary at the build
ing, one to unload and two to pack.
Beneath the building a number of
eight inch tiles are set on end, with a
little piece of board over each. On the
dirt floor are six inches of sawdust. The
cakes of ice are set on edge, each tier
being finished and covered with a lay
er Of sawdust before another is begun.
1t is better not to have the cakes too
close together, so that the sawduSt
will sift down between. Sawdust Is
better than cracked ice to fill in with.
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1909-05-06

that your town will pay it's
due share of state and county
taxes. Tell them, that, even
if you would assess your town
for twice the amount it was
worth it would make no differ
ence whatever, not even as
to state and county taxes, as
[ don't take your figures at
all in my calculations, I use
them only for reference.
Now Gentlemen, what is the
cause OF our poor assess
ments? First, it is custom
airy since times immemorial
to make an assessment of
about ! or ] it's true value,
and second it is the human
feeling to do something for
the poor man. The first
cause we cannot condemn
strongly enough and the
second cause?, well gentle
men here I sympathize with
YOU, but we can not live on
sympathy, and the law is
against us. Let us see if
this sympathy that carried us
along on a wrong trail, did
really help the poor man.
We have about 100000
acres of land in Bayfield,
County on the assessment
roll. Of this last acreage
about 80 per cent is held by
land spectators and corpora
tions. about 20 per cent are
in possession of actual
settlers, and less than 5 per
cent of the total acreage is
cleared. The real poor man
is the new settler who lives
in a log house and has a log
barn and a small clearing, or
tries to make one. If the as
sessment was correctly equal
lied it would make no differ
ence at what percentage OF
the true value it was made,
but who fyou gentlemen can
do it? l find these poor
settlers assessed at SO to so
per cent, and the big corpora
tions, and their bettersituated
neighbors having nice houses
and barns and good clearings
at about 80 to As per cent of
the true cash value, so the
Continued on Page 8
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1909-05-06
Captain Cook's Shilling.

Young James Cook, destined
later to become England's greatest
navigator, was at seventeen placed
on probation in the shop of small
tradesman at Staithes, near Whitby.
Seeing a new shilling in the till, the
lad took it out, replacing it by one
Of his own. The master, missing
the bright shilling, searched Cooks
box and found it there, sent for a
constable and for Cooks father and
charged the boy with theft. The
boy declared his innocence and ex-
planned. The master expressed his
regret, and, although Cooks father
and the master both pressed him to
stay, his reply was: ''No, father, l
can't. Once a thief, always a thief
i must CO." And he then went tc
Whitby and was there apprenticed
to the sea.--"Captain James Cook
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1909-05-06
German Syrup

We want to impress on our readers
that Boschee's German Syrup is
positively the only preparation on
the market today that does relieve
and cure consumption. Tt contains
the specifce, such as pure tar, ex.
tracts of gum, etc, ETC., which have
been so highly endorsed for the cure
of coughs, colds and consumption
by the great medical congresses.
The consumptive, whether his disease
is in the throat or lungs, must have
rest at night, and be free from the
spasm of dry and racking cough in
the morning. The diseased parts
want rest, neaIing and soothing
tseatment, and the patient needs
fresh air, good food, etc, German
Syrup will give free and easy ex
pectoration in the morning. With
speedy and permanent relief. Sinai
bottles 20 cents; regular size, CON
tanning nearly four times as much,
cents. At Frost Il Spies
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1909-05-06

as it does not leave air spaces and
also prevents the cakes from freezing
together so solidly. When filling loose
boards are placed in front of the
doors, and about ten or twelve inches
back of them is filed in with sawdust
The icehouse is filed from pond
about mile away. Ice saws are used
and the cakes cut from twenty -fve to
thirty-fve inches square. A common
wagon box will hold two tiers, thirty
cakes of eight inch ice. The capacity
of this icehouse is forty tons, but Of
course any size could be built on the
same plan, and a larger one would
keep the ice in a much better condi-
ton.
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1909-05-06
Z arm ana
1garden
STORING THE ICE CROP.

Cutting the Cakes and Putting Them
Away.
The ice season is not over. In
many sections of the country the crop
is now at it's best. The usefulness of
ice on the farm cannot be exagger-
ated. One who has made a business
for fifteen years of storing ice says
that five years ago he remodeled his
old icehouse. A description of the re-
modelled structure follows:
1t is II by Il feet and II feet high
on a two foot stone foundation. The
studding is oak. 2 feet 8 inches, sheath
ed on both sides and filed between