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The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1910-03-24

CHICAGO Roy Baidfidge a stu
Gent at me University ~ Chicago
was accidentally stabbed in "a friend .
~ fencing bout at the Illinois Ath-
letlc club last night. and may die
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1910-03-24

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The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1910-03-24
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The Holbrook news., 1910-04-15

rrIgnrruI race. HIS occidental visitor did not understand, and watched old Wo with pity. The old actor looked for a mark of appreciation-he only saw the sympathy that filled the other mans eyes. He sunk back to his soiled pillow and lay there for a moment in silence. After time the visitor arose again to go and Wo dragged his racked body up again.
 See" said the brave old Chinaman, make plenty funny face" And this time the visitor understood and laughed, though on the landing out side he found he had to swallow an odd lump in his throat Through the half-open door he saw a yellow death mask on the pillow. The dark eyes were dimly gleaming with something approaching happiness. Dying, Wo could still "mlake plenty funny face."
The Holbrook news., 1910-04-15
PREDECESSORS OF COOK.

Explorers Fent Dwarfed by Man
 Who Forged FOrmOsan Language.
 Those who gave credence to the claim of Dr. Cook to have reached the North Pole need not be disconcerted by the verdict that his claim is un founded, or the gleeful self-satisfac- tion of the people who denounced him from the first. It would require a nature schooled in duplicity and in poster every one who comes along. Salverte, a French philosopher, de clared that man is credulous because he is naturally sincere" and Shake speare, who knew human nature so well, assures us that suspicion always haunts the guilty mind" It is no dis grace to have believed the plausible doctor from the City of Churches. and it would be a most uncomfortable world if we had to act upon the theory that all men are liars. guilty until proved innocent.
 Nor, on the other hand, need those who now loudly proclaim Cook as the
  themselves upon having anticipated the verdict of history. It is hardly likely that the doctor will be able to rehabilitate himself, but even so, he cannot hope to occupy the most ex- alted niche in the gallery of imposters. His fraud, if such it was, must be regarded as a very cheap and paltry deception alongside of the exploits ac credited to George Psalmanazar and other really clever prevaricators. Psalmanazar, after wandering over Flu rope in many picturesque disguises, passed himself off as a Japanese con vert from Formosa and fooled the Bishop of London as we'll as the savants of Oxford. He invented not only fabulous geography of FOrmosa, but an entire language, grammar and all, which he declared to be Formosan. Compared with this imposter, or even with the Ireland who forged a Shake spearean play and the Macpherson who wrote the Ossianic poems, Dr. Cook, appears as very amateur of and his inventive genius decidedly deficient.
 There is still one chance. however, to inscribe his name on the roll of fame. If 1t shall be proved that he consciously deceived the world and got away with $1OO,OOO of it's money. he must be acclaimed as the greatest hold-up man of all times, and his lightning foray exceeds the dashing exploits of Jesse Pittsburg Gazette-Times.
The Holbrook news., 1910-04-15
A DoUB1EUL REBUKE.

The Little Quakeress VH1iantly Up-
 braided Her RiotOus NeiEh5Or.
 In certain little New England will iage in the population of which Qua kers were long predominant. their in duence kept the Fourth of July safe and sane" for many years before the present movement to that end was in- augurated. But new people brought new ways, and the Fourth grew noisier and noisier.
 Little Lucy, brought up in the home of her Quaker grandparents, heard, as the day approached, much condemna- tory talk of the violent and dangerous manner in which "the worlds people, were wont to celebrate.
 She was shy, odd. quiet child, and when, on the eventful morning. she was missed just as the racket began, the first thought of her elders was that she had been frightened into hiding. But at noon she appeared, running in from the long terraced garden, her hair blowing, her eyes bright, her little face radiant.
 Where has thee been, child?" asked her grandmother "We were becoming troubled about thee"
 Thee needn't have worried, grand mother" was the confident reply. T haven't been outside the garden. and I have been quiet and orderly, as thee told me, and I have borne witness against unseemly tumult besides. Hen ry Smiths garden runs back to ours. thee knows. and he has been behaving riotously all the morning, and I have been sitting on a fence post. watching him riot.
 q told him when he began, Henry. thee ought to be ashamed,' And every time he set off a cracker I said, o Henry,' And when he fired a pistol I told him weapons were wicked. But he kept right on rioting, and this aft ernoon he is going to riot some more, and I have promised to sit on the post and rebuke him again"
 A dismayed grandmother, discerning the spirit beneath the letter of rebuke, forbade; and Henry was deprived of his audience.
 Boys are. Of course, the chief pro- moters and victims of our too explo- sive Fourth, but the innate instinct for explosiveness is not theirs alone. It was an angelic blue-eyed cherub of a tiny girl who, at the close of the first celebration she was old enough to share, when the last torpedo was ex- ploded, the last cartridge fired, the last firework set off, on the glorious day. looked eagerly upward, still quivering with excitement, and cried aloud to the silver orb, floating in the heavens like one more beautiful balloon:
 70 moon, moon-bust,"
The Holbrook news., 1910-04-15
A Kings Old Clothes.

The posthumous sale of the ward robe of King George ". of England realized S75.0OO. Greville, who at tended the sale, says that the king hardly ever gave anything away ex- cept his linen, which was distributed every year. There are all the coats he has ever had for fifty years, 200 whips, canes without number, every sort of uniform, the costumes of all the orders in Europe, splendid furs. pelisses, hunting coats and brooches. His profusion in these articles was un- bounded because he never paid for them, and his memory was so accurate that one of his pages told me he recol- lected every article of dress, no matter how old, and that they were always liable to be called on to produce some particular coat or other article of ap- parel of years gone by"
The Holbrook news., 1910-04-15
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Key West, Fla, was for many years the center of a prosperous fishery for sea turtles but recently the business has been rapidly dwindling owing to the improvident methods employed. the young and the old and even the eggs being gathered in without thought of the future.
 Three species of turtle, the green. the loggerhead and the hawksbil, are caught and handled by the Key West fishermen and dealers. according to an article in the Montreal Star. The green turtle is the most highly prized for food. This turtle is found on the Atlantic seaboard from Long Island to Brazil. and at one time was especially common oa the keys along the Florida coast
 The female turtle lays from 300 to 500 eggs in a season. burying them in the sand and leaving them to hatch without further attention. Owing to their many enemies it is probable that but few of the young turtles survive. The loggerhead turtle occurs along the Atlantic coast from Virginia to Dl dZll anu lS Ou OOLu lnC east and the west coast of Florida. It Is more common than the green tur tie, which is undoubtedly owing to the fact that it is the least valuable of the marine turtles and there is little demand for its flesh. More eggs of this species are taken for food. how ever, than of any other.
 
 It attains an enormous size. far sur passing the green turtle. Examples weighing 1900 pounds have been cap tured, but the average now is prob ably about 200 pounds.
 The female of this species breeds during the summer. the first eggs be- ing laid generally during the night of full moon in June. A peculiar fea- ture of the laying process is that noth- ing apparently disturbs the creature or is sufficient to drive her1saWay.. Striking her with stick or jumping up and down on her back pfoi>i1 no effect After fini sling however she is very timid and ile5s f5r, the water at the slightest noise
 l H0 HdWhSDlii UT lOTIOlSe smell Iur- tie is found on the southern coast of Florida, and thence to the West h. dies. the Bermudas and South Amer ica. The flesh is rarely eaten, all though the eggs are gathered for food and for the manufacture of oil. The great value of this species is in its horny covering, which is the tortoise shell of commerce.
 The hawksbill does not grow very large. the maximum weight not ex- ceeding 400 pounds. Those with a greater weight than 100 pounds are not now common on the Florida coast. The shell of the smaller turtle is thin and of little use; it increases in thickness and value with the size of the animal.
 In thrilling gill nets and cast nets are generally used. The former are about 100 yards in length with a
The Holbrook news., 1910-04-15
DRIVING AN ELEPHANT.

"The dog is mans companion; the elephant is his slave" writes Sir Sam, uel w. Baker in Wild Beasts and Their Ways" The dog shares with his master the delight of hunting. and defends him from an enemy'S attack; but an enemy might kill an elephants mahout, and the huge beast would not interfere to save him. Te never vol unteers his services, although he can be trained to do certain acts, for he has a wonderful capacity for learning But he will not do them unless he is ordered to by his mahout, to whose guidance he submits, because he knows that disobedience will bring punish ment.
 The mahout, sitting on the elephants neck, governs the animal by an iron hook and spike, which resembles boat-hook, and weighs from four to six pounds. The mahout drives the elephant by digging the point of the spike into it's head, and pulls him back by inserting the hook in the tender base of the ears. Without the hook the elephant is like the donkey with out the stick. He obeys not from af- lection, but because he knows that he will be punished if he disobeys.
 An elephant whose mahout rules him responds to the secret signs of his driver. The gentle pressure of the mahout's toe, the compression of his knee, the delicate touch of his heel, or the slightest swaying of his body to one side, guides the mighty beast as a ship is guided by an almost i'm perceptibIe movement of the rudder. But the mahout must himself be cool and free from all nervousness if he expects the elephant to obey him.
 Illustrating the fact tEat poor driver makes a disobedient elephant, Sir Samuel says that man may sit horse gracefully, but if he has not the gift of a good hand" there will be little comfort for the animal and no ease for the rider. A rider with a "bad hand makes that fact known to the horse almost as soon as he seats himself in the saddle. The result is that the horse becomes nervous, and does not perceive what his master wishes him to do.
 The elephant is not bitted, and there fore is not disturbed by bad hand" But if the mahout is nervous. or hesi- tates, or vacillates, he will be sure to have a bad knee" or a "bad toe" His mood will influence his muscles. and the elephant feels that the mahout does not exactly know what he IS about. Instead of obeying instantly the pressure of knee or toe, the animal vacillates, swings his head, becomes unsteady. and if engaged in hunting or scenting a tiger, turns round and runs away-made a coward by his ma hout's nervousness.
The Holbrook news., 1910-04-15

there kept until sale days or until they have recovered from the voyage. Here they are fed on a marine plant known as turtle grass, sweet potato vines, morning glory vines. mangrove leaves. etc. When a sufficient number of turtles have accumulated an auc- tion sale is held. /
 The upper shell of the hawksbill is covered with thirteen plates, called collectively in the trade the head. The plates vary in thickness from an eighth to a quarter of an inch, accord ing to the age and size of the animal, and weigh collectively from four to six pounds. These plates form the tortoise shell of commerce and bring about s a pound.
 In securing the plates the animal must be handled while still alive. The shell Is first cut loose from the tur- tie with knife. It is then put into boiler of boiling water, and in about five minutes the plates can be ripped off with a knife. If allowed to remain little longer in the water the plates would drop off of their own accord, but they would be injured by too long submersion in the hot water.
 The Cubans use a knife heated al- most white and with this tear off the plates and let the still living animal go. Formerly the plates were de- tached from the bony framework by laying the animal while alive on a hot fire or sometimes by soaking it while alive in boiling water. Fortu- nately these inhuman methods are rarely practised now.
 The under shell of the hawksbill, called in the trade yellow belly and by the fishermen calipee, is also saved. After being dissolved by means of chemicals it is used in the manufac- ture of meerschaum pipes The up- per shell of the loggerhead Is em- ployed in the manufacture of cheap. combs. glue. etc. st
 The proverbial nine lives of the cat are we'll known, but the cat is not in it with a turtle when it comes to hanging onto life. Signor Rodi of Italy once cut a turtles head off and noted that it lived for twenty-three days without a head, and another whose brain he removed lived for six months, apparently unconscious that it had suffered any loss.
The Holbrook news., 1910-04-15

seemed to his eye to possess certain qualities of size and shape which marked her for experiment. She was crossed with the Seebright bantam. This gave the rose comb and the laced feathers. A further cross with the partridge cochin fixed the color and increased the size, while an admix- ture of Plymouth Rock helped in the establishment of the general type and heightened the laying qualities. The fowls thus produced were golden Wy andottes, with rose comb, clean legs and, feathers laced with black on a gold ground; but they had not one drop of Wyandotte blood. They were subsequently, crossed with the white Wyandottes to increase the stability of the type.
The Holbrook news., 1910-04-15
GOLDEN WYANDoTTES.
"roduct of Sailor with Natural Gift
 for Breeding Fowls.


 The commercial importance of the len and her product has formed the theme of many a comment since Secre- ary Co5urn of the Kansas State Board of Agriculture gave cackling feminin- ty her due a few years ago in a book entitled The Helpful Hen." but the len as an object of the breeders fan y is less considered by the great, .houghtless, chicken-eating public.
 Breeding chickens is less expensive han breeding trotting horses, for the lnimals cost less on the hoof, the gen .rations are shorter-about oae-third IS long-and variations are more eas- iy secured. the St. Louis Republic says There are no pedisreed chick sns. The Identification of suckling colt as the offspring of registered mare is simple and easy. but into the ,ase of the chicken there are obvious iifficulties. Not the least of these is he division of maternal labor. in the accomplishment of which it comes about that scarcely any hen of birth and consideration is permitted to sit on her own eggs. A freedom is there fore allowed to breeders in the intro 1uction of fresh and alien blood into well-known strains of fowls which make the breeder of dogs or horses stare and gasp.
 For example, the Golden Wyandotte fowl, as originally bred, has not drop Of Wyaadotte blood in it's veins. Joseph McKeen, a Wyandotte breeder of Omro Wis, conceived the idea of golden-colorad Wyandotte fowl. MT. McKeen was an old sailor with nat ural gift for breeding fowls. He had none Of the paraphernalia considered necessary for the modern breeder; he could accomplish more with a few old boxes, q sack of cornmeal and a few hens than can the average fancier with all his costly apparatus A common barnyard nen in MT. McKeen's flock
The Holbrook news., 1910-04-15
LONDON THEATERS.
The Ordeal of Getting Past the
 Aged Ticket Tnker.

The Ordeal of Getting Past the
 Aged Ticket Tnker.
 The first difference I always find be- tween going to the play in London and in New York is that in New York the man who has paid for a seat is made to feel that he is a patron of the house, while in London he is greeted by the staff of the theater not ex- actly as an intruder, but as a neces- sary evil. They appreciate that an audience is necessary evil, but soon CT than have one they would almost prefer to close the house.
 In London for that importantly stra- tegic outpost of ticket taker an old man of eighty is always employed. You think this is accident. but it is not. Old age naturally suggests fail ing eyesight, and when he keeps you waiting in the foyer while he exam ines your ticket and assures himself that it is not a laundry bill or a mo- tor bus receipt you attribute the de- lay to his old eyes. But in detaining you he has motive. Standing at his elbow, scowling dnri:iv. there always is anot-er 1nan, apparently a plain clothes out from Scotland Yard. un- comfortably disguised in evening dress. And while the aged ticket taker pretends to scrutinize your ticket the lookout man scans you. You cannot escape his eye. He never sleeps No American,-no matter how reckless, can hope to pass that man with a concealed bomb or a revolver or wear ing a white tie with a dinner coat Golfers.
The Holbrook news., 1910-04-15
cH1NATowNs DRAMATIC IDOL.
WO TOk Lies Dying Close to the
 Scene of His Triumphs.

WO TOk Lies Dying Close to the
 Scene of His Triumphs.
 Poor old Wo Tok is dying in the dingy little room above the Chinese theater For years he has been one of the principal actors of that trans planted playhouse. Men and women from Broadway have called him the Mansfield of Pell street and his pig tailed countrymen have watched him with impassive faces, which gave no hint in the enjoyment they felt in the ludicrous face he wore in comic opera parts. or the gloom of his tragedy. Now the white plague has fastened upon him and the man who was once the dramatic idol of the Chinese resi- dent in America is dying all alone, says the New York correspondent of the Cincinnati Times-Star. The walls of his little room are covered with silken flags. embroideries in quaint celestial characters. On a little teak wood tabaret by the side of the narrow iron bed in which he lies is an opium layout-which has been cold for many days. The narrow window sill is GOV cred with many medicine bottles. Once maybe twice-a day soft-footed Chinaman patters up the dirty stairs to see if Wo Tok is still alive.
 Big actor once-little actor now" is the way he reviews his life. Once Wo make all China mans laugh. No can make laugh now. No hab got money now. No can smoke opium forglet double. Wo just lie here and think-think of time when hab plenty money. Then Wo make laugh-see. make plenty funny face" The poor old Chinaman struggled up to the foot of the bed clinging to the enameled rail. A cougi stopped his progress and he fell back. only to fight his way again 10 2 sitting posture. He thrust his yellow. weazened countenance over the bed rail and distorted it into
The Holbrook news., 1910-04-15
A DiscouraginE Theory.

Why do those critics say such dis agreeable things?" asked the unhappy actress.
 You mustn't blame them" answered the manager. Probably they want to avoid being overlooked in the struggle for attention
 But can't they attract attention by saying pleasant things?" Q Not so much. When I was out west learned that the man who pulls gun on you is remembered twice as long as the one who offers you a cigar" Washington Star.
The Holbrook news., 1910-04-15
"Window Lenres.v

In South Africa pr. R. Marloth dis covered six species of plants possess ing what are styled window leaves r' They are all stemless succulents, and the egg-shaped leaves are imbedded in the ground, only the apexes remaining visible. This visible part of the leaves is fiat or convex on the surface and colorless, so that the light can pene- trate it and reach the interior of the leaf below, which is green on the in- side. With the exception of the blunt apex, no part of the leaf is permea5le to the light. being surrounded by the soil in which it is buried The first of these plants discovered is a species of bulbine.-London GEaphic.
The Holbrook news., 1910-04-15

the exact time. The copper sheet is the dial, and upon it are stamped the dots which form the numbers of the Braille system of letters and figures It was made in the Missouri School foJ the Blind.-Popular Mechanics.
The Holbrook news., 1910-04-15

The only way in which man can make his wife agree with him that a woman guest has stayed too long, is for him to make love to the guest.
The Holbrook news., 1910-04-15

Nearly every father says of his chil dren: They are bad because theiI mother spells them"
The Holbrook news., 1910-04-15

"rhere is one thing to my credit" said a brakeman today; when kin com to my house to visit. and I don't like it, l don't pretend to-
The Holbrook news., 1910-04-15

We don't care whether people like music or not, but we object to peopl. calling coon songs music.