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The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1911-06-12
PIANO BUYERS!
Join This kOhler &
Chase Piano Club

We lay this proposition down: You may
look the country over and you cannot find
more durable. dependable or trustworthy
piano at less than three hundred and seven
ty-five dollars, than the one we are distribut-
ing through the big Kohler & Chase Piano
Club.
And the club price is III dollars and so
cents-and there are no extras of any kind
or nature.
You pay dollars to join the club The
dollars is credited to the price of the piano,
leaving 272 dollars and so cents to be paid
The piano is Immediately delivered to
your home and the remainder can be paid in
2lS weekly payments of | dollar and Is
cents each.
You get your money back if you but ask
Tor 1T, If, after a month trial. you are dissat-
isfied with the piano.
You get years privilege of exchanging it
without dollars loss
You get the strongest guarantee ever
gwen on any piano. If you or any one can
write stronger one than ours, write it and
we will sign it.
Your family gets all unpaid payments
cancelled IN event of your death during the
life of the club
You get the piano tuned two tmes-free
You get good stool-free
on get reduction of Is cents a week in
cash, In event you pay faster than at the rate
OF dollar and Is cents week.
And remember, every promise we make
here is put right down in your contract-it's
a matter OF black and white between you and
kohler & Chase
kOhler & Chase
1913 Second Avenue
Opposite Arcade
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1911-06-12

H. H. buried mahogany
copper lined. with fni length plate glass
Potosi journal. (Potosi, Mo.) 1894-1929, 1911-01-18
The Dark and the Bright Side.

When Va read Of the rascal
ties OF the large insurance com
panie>, OF the unspeakable frauds
Of the sugar trust. of the polite
al corruption in Illinois and some
other states. and the apparent
unWillingness that was manifest
ed by mem berS Of the senate to
investigate. much less rebuhe.
corruption like this. especially
when it affects one Of their own
mum Der: when We read Of farm
erS Of one county OF Ohio by hun
dred> confeSSing that for wears
they have been selling their votes
for cash: when We read of these
and numerous other things
which We need not mention. but
which will occur to the reader.
We are sometimes disposed to
look upon government by the
| people as 4 failure.
| There is. however. another and
q brighter side. 1t is no little
| thing and gives no small ground
for hope. when We see papers
and magazines courageouSly ex-
!, posing these raScalitieS and in
famie>. Nor j. it less ground
for nope when We see prison
doors clV>jnc behind these Of
tenders: when We sea men IN
high places, closely affiliated
with big business. retired 70
private life and to oblivion: when
We see men who are most active
in standing for the people honor
! ed a> few men have ever been
honored before: when we sec the
people defeat ANONYMOUSLY men
who have been the leaders Il
! their party for years. the sup
port of which has for forty years
: been d religion, when We see
|. these things We can take cour'
Potosi journal. (Potosi, Mo.) 1894-1929, 1911-01-18

age. realizing that at bottom the
American people are honest: that
while there may be tWigS and
large limbs Of the tree decaying
and therefore dropped. none the
less the heart is sound.
There is more encouragement
now than ever for good men to
stand by the men who do right.
who are doing IN the United
States what the old prophets did
in Israel. who are receiving pay
ment in stones while living and
over whose graves We will shed
tears and erect costly nonu
ments. There IS bright side
as we'll as dark side.
No man who undertakes IN re-
reform abuses must expect
praise at the beginning He will
be criticized. He will he SANDER
ed. He may be o>traeizod. H
will be viIIifed: but honor awaits
those who plead for righteous
ness. even though III so doing
they must condemn the church
to which they belong OF do not
belong. and the party to which
they have given allegiance IN past
Years. There ara far more hon
est people in the world than
thieves. and though these may
be misunderstood for Il time, Vet
they will be recognized and hon
ored after their death. if not be
fore. and will leave the world
better than they found it-Wa3-
lace'S Farmer.
Potosi journal. (Potosi, Mo.) 1894-1929, 1911-01-18
Postponlng an Outing.

The correspondents may have
been in ! facetiou> mood when
they explained why j. Pierpont
Morgan changed his mind about
going to Europe. and SET the date
Of his sailing forward L month oI.
30.
However. the statement that
has been made in the news dis
patches relative to the European
trip has Il thoroughly plausible
sound.
Mr.. Morgan postponed his out
| ing becau>e he had these duties
on hand:
| He had to help Judge Gary se-
lect II new president for the
United States Steel Corporation
this duty now being dischargedi
He had 20 see that the Hondur-
an loan which he is financing was
indorSel in It's wording by the
State DEPARTMENT and ratified
by the Senate, 50 that HOnd uras
couldn't forget it owed the Nor
gan syndicate.
He wanted TO see plans perfect
ed for the New York City loan Of
Sju. 0O0. .NOU four and one fourth
per cent bonds. and to ascertain
when Il Panama Canal issue may
come.
He wanted to make sure that
if the cityS new >ubWays are
built with private capital. the
financing would be done by J. P.
Morgan Il Co.
These are the major consldera-
tion> which resulted III the de-
ferred trip abroad.
IN View OF these several gener
al affairs, a> they affect both the
center Of the financial world in
the United States and the seat Of
government At Washington. it
seems a falIacy for the rest Of the
shop and go to Europe in Mr.
Morgan : stead.
| Unless. indeed. there may be a
| few deluded individuals who are
| in the position OF the fly that sat
on the axle Of chariot wheel and
exclaimed. What q dust do /
raise" st. Louis Times.
Potosi journal. (Potosi, Mo.) 1894-1929, 1911-01-18
The Ruling Passion.

The body Of a girl. strangely
preserved among the dust ana
hardened lava. has been discoy-
cred in the excavations at Pom
peii. From the attitude in which
the remains were found. and the
fact that jeWelry was still in the
clasp Of the finger bones. flesh
less for y centuries. it iS infer-
red that she was but one Of the
many victims who sought in vain
to carry their most precious be
longings beyond the deadly zone
Of noxiou> gases. the black clouds
of lapilli and the glowing torrents
Of lava on the last day Of Pom
peii.
The ruling passion has been in
evidence in the case of other dis
coveries made by the excava-
tion>. Thus, d Roman sentry
was found virtually petriied by
the pre>ervative incruStation-
his sentry box. proving his dp-
votion to duty stronger than the
first inclination 10 fight \ dog :
skeleton was found stretched
above that of his young master,
An inscription on the collar Of
the animal proved that on two
previous occasions he had saved
the boys life-once III Il ship
wreck. once in a murderou> at
tack of brigand~.
Most Of the inhabitants sue
ceeded in making their escape,
Those who peri~hed presumably Y
gave their lives in the effort To
save their valuab!e>. The most
conspicuous instance is that of .
huddled group found amid their
iewelry and trinket> in d way
side inn on the road 10 Sta biae.
Hampered aS they We're by their
worldly wealth. the fiery deIuge
| fell upon them. consuming Dive,
and >paring his riches tnr the
patient archeoIogi>t centuries al
| terward
Who shall blame the pool girl.
whose skeleton has just been I'm
earthed. for wanting to take with
her the necklace and bracelets
and the twinkIing adornments oi
her hair: She literally gave he1
life for the very things for which
! many lives are sacrificed today
Philadelphia Ledger.
Potosi journal. (Potosi, Mo.) 1894-1929, 1911-01-18
HE WAS A MARTYR TO ART
HheumatIcs Were Bad, but He Kept
on That His Won1ankind Might
Enjoy Advantages.

Ihose who know the gallery Of the
Ptttt palace in Florence will remem-
Der its long and painful staircase.
Climbing this one chill February day,
| came upon the linlping figure Of an
acquaintance. He was a gentle. God
fearing, harmless man. who the year
before had retired from the paint busi-
ness II Detroit, and had been borne
abroad by wife and daughter, who
were hot from the study OF art under
the auspices of some local woman s
club.
It's the cold rooms We live H." he
explained patheticauy. L never had
tbs rheumatism before this winter"
He had hobbled as far as com
parativeIy little known. relatively IN
important room Of portraits ex-
pressed surprise as be started to turn
in there.
It's about the only thing left I
haven't done" he said. I didn't want
much to come toGay-the rheumaries
were bad again-buc they said 'Cour-
age, one more try. and here | am
He smiled patiently, family, and
then suddenly he seemed caught up by
emotion.
I don't know as I vas ever meant
for this he broke out ''I try This
studying art is all very we'll. out oh,
the pain in the legs afterward,'
One must laugh But one must cry,
too. I heard OF his death a year later,
and I actually believe he was mar,
tyred that his womankind might not
lack advantages es-Delineator.
Potosi journal. (Potosi, Mo.) 1894-1929, 1911-01-18
HoEv Roman emp,rs.

The Holy Roman empire, or German
Roman empire, began with Charles the
Great, king OF the Franks. who was
crowned emperor OF the west in 500.
He proclaimed himself the Representa-
tive Of the ancient Roman emperors
and asserted theoretical authority over
the nations Of west and central Eu-
rope. This empire was called holy be-
cause OF the interdependence OF the
empire and the church In general 1t
comprised the Gsrman-speaking ma
lions of central Europe and had for
long time q close relationship with
Italy.
According to one authority the Holy
Roman empire was in reality the Ger
manhattan empire established by Otto
I the Saxon king who was crowned in
Rome by Pope John XII. On February
.. o62.
At best this empire Of history was
ideal rather than real 1t never actu-
ally existed in the form Of a genuine
central government, fully recognized
by those within its boundaries.
Potosi journal. (Potosi, Mo.) 1894-1929, 1911-01-18
pro rorunc;aticn Of "juIy.

The Spenserian pronunciation Of
the word July is not by any means
dead vet. In English country dis
tricts the accent IS still commonly
put On the first syllable. while in
Scotland that pronunciation is the
general one But he word does not
then rhyme with duly" for the sec
ond syllable is as clearly pronounced
as II It were accented. Indeed. July"
might almost be included In the small
list Of English spordees which is
generally held TO consist solely of
Amen" and 'Goodby" ''Goodby" has
always seemed 10 the writer d very
doubtful specimen. FOR Il is seldom
that one hears It's two syllahles equal
ly accented. Another unrecognized
spondee is, il one accepts the rural
pronunciation the name Of the month
April Millions OF Eugiishmen pro-
noUnee 1t slowly and deliberately
"Ay-priL'
Potosi journal. (Potosi, Mo.) 1894-1929, 1911-01-18
Value Of Re!nc sociahle,

To simply live alone. with TO pro
vision for the qualification Of the So
cial instincts, IS apt 20 prove TOO Sc
we're 4 strain upon the reserve forces
OF even the happies+ marriage. There
IS some excuse outside the home
wherein no thought = given to social
pleasure. while the wife is apt to
grow petty and personal. and SO less
attractive as she shuts herself away
from intercourse with others, SAYS
Woman's Life. This dropping out fs
very easy, bug even when prosperity
comes, and large social functions are
possible. it Is toe Iate 10 gain that
most valuable rassession. friendship.
which IS entirely .4aderxtndent Of fnaa-
cial success To cave and 20 hold
place il the social life Of the world
is not only the right but the duty OF
the young wife who desires TO have .
hams .a it, t-uss. and best senses.
Potosi journal. (Potosi, Mo.) 1894-1929, 1911-01-18
Sl.OO Per Annum.

The iron outlook is better, it is
reported, which also improves
the steal outlook of the trusts.
II the cost of living was is
cheap as all the advice We are
getting on the subject there would
be no trouble about it.
What's the matter with the Re
publicans nominating our own
Herbert S. for President in l91 y.
He's progressive enough 10 suit
us.
If our United States senators
are going to be ouSted for hav-
ing bought their seats We fear
that body will shortly be with
out quorum.
Senator LOrimer like Secre-
tary Ballinger is not partic cularly
thin in his cutical. He sits tight
and awaits events, letting the
darts of criticism touch where
they may.
Republican maiorities in Mis-
souri, are clearly illegal to our
Democratic friends. The pres
ent legislature will probably en-
deavor to get that on the stat
utes, no doubt.
An Englishman has discovered
a way to make de e-alcoholized beer.
No beer drinker wants that kind
of booze. he takes beer for the
drunk there is in it. not merely
for the drink.
Potosi journal. (Potosi, Mo.) 1894-1929, 1911-01-18

Democratic election was ques-
toned, incidentally, also, by a
Democrat. Just now the elec-
ton of certain Republicans to
various state offices is being CON
tested by Democrats. and all at
once the ballots in the boxes
have lost their sacred right to
privacy, and at the same time
many Of said eminent judicial
and legal minds have apparently
Undergone 4 rever>iOn. We
therefore arrive at the conclusion
that these minds. like that Of a
woman. have the right u change
Just because.
Potosi journal. (Potosi, Mo.) 1894-1929, 1911-01-18

In Adams county. Ohio, the
voters had acquired the habit of
selling out TO any candidate who
offered to buy. and for years
there ha, been a general de-
bauchery Of the ballot there. Re
Gently this has resulted in prose
cution Of many Of the offenders.
but We notice that the punish
ment has fallen only upon the
sellers of votes, and Yet tl4e buy
erS are the greater offenders.
We have had and still have much
of this same vote buying evil in
certain parts Of this county.
Some day We hope the law will
raid the practice here as it i
now doing in that Ohio county,
Potosi journal. (Potosi, Mo.) 1894-1929, 1911-01-18

The Cunningham Alaskan coal
land entries. which provoked the
Ballinger- Pinchot controversy.
are permitted to rest quietly on
the flies at Washington, there ap-
parentIy being no keen desire on
part Of any official to have them
revoked No hurry about them,
one of these days the Morgan
Guggenheim syndicate, which is
the real CRATER behind this steal.
will have the ways creased for
these valuable lands to slide out
OF government control into the
hands Of the Syndicate.
Potosi journal. (Potosi, Mo.) 1894-1929, 1911-01-18

Representative Simmons Of
Shelby county has introduced a
bill to create a board of control
for the state insane asylums and
penal institutions. Perhaps.
Simmons, being a Democrat. he
is looking forward towards mar
shalling these institutions for the
benefit of his party in future
campaigns.
Potosi journal. (Potosi, Mo.) 1894-1929, 1911-01-18
CALIFORNIA; WINE ClSTERN
This Huge Tank is the Largest in the
World, Carved From Solid
Rock

One OF the show places of northern
California is the Italian-Swiss coiony's
immense dry wine vineyard and win
cry at Asti in Sonoma county, which
is also famous as being the section
, where Luther Burbank. the plant wiz
ard, has conducted most OF his Won
cerful experiments with flowers and
fruits
At Asti is the largest wine tank in
the world. This great cistern IS vir-
tually huge subterrauean lake OF
vine, carved from the solid rock and
lined with a two foot thickness OF
portland cement, with a glazed sur
face The upper sides and roof are of
reinforced concrete topped by unique
center dome built Of rough rocks. This
mighty tank contains enough ruby
vintage tor whole nation to toast its
heroes with and is just 10 times as
large as the great tun at Heidelberg
10 be precise. the Asti cistern is 81
ieet long. "a feet wide and % feet
nisn, and its contents would provide a
glass each to 100000 people An
idea OF its great size may be gained
from the fact that when it was first
emptied hundred couples Joined n
q gay bail within 1t, to the music of
a large military band.
ne clstern was built to conserve
the wine until an opportune time ar
rived for selling It, and TO make large
blends and maintain from year TO year
the same type and character In this
tremendous underground concrete re-
ceptacie the ruddy vintage, hermetic-
ally enclosed and safe from outside in
duences. mellows AID ripens.
Potosi journal. (Potosi, Mo.) 1894-1929, 1911-01-18

j. Pierp. Morgan stepped in
the other day and nipped a tinan-
cial panic in the bud. after Sev-
eral financial institutions in New
York had gone to the wall. This
is something that the govern
ment at Washington could not
do, which supports our conten-
ton that J. Pierp. is a bigger
man than your Uncle Samuel.
Potosi journal. (Potosi, Mo.) 1894-1929, 1911-01-18

During the long years when
the Republicans stood up for
Missouri only to sit down again
after the votes were counted,
they took their medicine like
game sports and good losers.
But let our Democratic friends
get a licking, they keep whining
over it until they become pu,
fectly disgustin'
Potosi journal. (Potosi, Mo.) 1894-1929, 1911-01-18

1t is reported that the Food
Trust has busted and as Il result
large quantities of poultry, eggs,
butter, cheese. some Of which
has been held in storage FIVE
years. is to be dumped upon the
market and sold for what it will
bring. This is the way the news
paper reports put it, but the real
reason probably is that these
stored products have become 50
rotton from age that they will
not even keep in cold storage
any longer. SO they are to be
turned loose upon the public for
food. They really ought TO be
condemned to the fertilizer mills.
But it is better to hazard the
consumer health rather than
the Trusts invested capital and
profits. And so it goes.
Potosi journal. (Potosi, Mo.) 1894-1929, 1911-01-18

Governor HadIey supports the
federal income tax proposition
and asks the legislature to en-
dorse the proposed amendment
to the constitution authorizing
this tax. We have been looking
for the Globe-Democrat to throw
a tit over the Governor SuggeS-
ton, as that paper has horror
for the income tax idea.
Potosi journal. (Potosi, Mo.) 1894-1929, 1911-01-18

Your aunt must be pretty
DID," was the employers com
ment.
1assir, said Joshua; she $
pretty ole now. | reckon She 5
bout hunner'd an ten years
Ole"
One hundred and ten. But
what on earth is she doing up in
Virginia,
l don't jest know" explained
Joshua, but | understand she's
up dere Twin wifi her grand
mother =
Potosi journal. (Potosi, Mo.) 1894-1929, 1911-01-18

We recall that a couple OF
wears or so ago the St. Louis Re
public sought the opinions Of
eminent judicial and legal per
sonages all over the state. Of
whom some two or three were of
our own community. as to wheth-
er the ballot boxes in St. Louis
should be opened to decide
whether an election held about
that time had been honestly and
fairly conducted. We believe
the question arose over the dis
cus>ion precipitated after the de
feat of the Hon. Joseph ". Folk
by the equally honora ole William
]. Stone for the Democratic
senatorial nomination The con
census Of all these eminent Judi
ciai and legal minds was. that i
ballot once deposited in the bal
lot box was forever and sacred y
to be withheld from the violence
of public scrutiny. That even
were there no statutory enact
ment sustaining this verdict
sentiment and the recognized
right Of a man TO vote with SO
crecy in his own partiality de
Tended this opinion However
that was when the honesty of {
Potosi journal. (Potosi, Mo.) 1894-1929, 1911-01-18

Judge Lamm, the one Repub-
llcan member of the State Su-
preme Court who sat in the
court when Il commissioner was
appointed to act as referee in the
election contest cases. dlsSentetE
from the action Of his three Dem
Ocratic colleagues. who appoint
ed a Democrat to this office
Judge Lamm'> contention is that
it would have been fairer, and
would have appeared more with
in the spirit Of even-handed JUS
tice. to have made this commits
sion bipartisan by naming a Re
publican along with the Demo
cratic referee. But one can al
ways safely wager upon party
prejudice befogging the SENSE Of
Justice in the mind Of Demo
cratic supreme Judge.
Potosi journal. (Potosi, Mo.) 1894-1929, 1911-01-18

Mrs. Carrie Nation. of hatchet
fame, is said to have collapsed
with nervous prostration. We
never thought Carrie would get
onto her own nerves, it was US
ually the rest of us that she was
threatening with this ailment
Potosi journal. (Potosi, Mo.) 1894-1929, 1911-01-18

The charge that the police
were perniciously active in be
half of the Republicans in the
recent election in St. Louis is
easy to the Democrats, they re-
member how that party used to
employ the police to carry the
city for the Democratic ticket.
Potosi journal. (Potosi, Mo.) 1894-1929, 1911-01-18

The Sugar Trust is still paying
back a few Of the many millions
it has stolen from the govern
ment as a restitution. but none
of those who profted by this ei-
gantic steal has yet been or will
be lodged in Jail. Mr.. Dough
gets of by paying d few dollars,
Mr.. Dubb does his 'restituting
with a term in the penitantiary.
Potosi journal. (Potosi, Mo.) 1894-1929, 1911-01-18
Globe Printing Company, St. Louis. No.

The first personal" written by
nov famou, Missouri editor. when he
was i local reporter for Caldwell
county paper, created sensation. 1t
read like this: Capt. ID. b. S.,
prominent farmer OF Fairview town.
skip, paid this Office a pleasant visit
Monday and laid a large egg on the
editors table,
Potosi journal. (Potosi, Mo.) 1894-1929, 1911-01-18

Whenever we can get away
from the long -esta blished princi
pie that the rights of private
property paramountS public vel
fare and progress We will have
solved one of the most important
social questions.
Potosi journal. (Potosi, Mo.) 1894-1929, 1911-01-18

Miss Nivien Gould. second
daughter of George Gould, the
railroad magnate, is to be mar
ried shortly to an English lore.
We trust however this will fur
nish no occasion for an advance
in passenger and freight rates.
Potosi journal. (Potosi, Mo.) 1894-1929, 1911-01-18

1t is now said to be possible to
remove the cause Of sin with a
surgeons 5 knife. We fear though
To get at some of the real mean
ness that way would put the sub
ject out forever
Potosi journal. (Potosi, Mo.) 1894-1929, 1911-01-18

The iron outlook is better, it is
reported, which also improves
the steal outlook of the trusts.
Omaha daily bee., 1911-12-10

Long before ! am 40 l shall begin to
forestall old Father Time by every means
I'm my power. / shall criticise my face
as II II were someone elses, without any
more prejudice or sympathy. | shall say
to myself, Little Gaby YOU are not as,
young as you were. and you must be
careful You used to be able to stay up
late and not look any the worse for II
the next morning, but now you must get
TO bed earlier, or make up for lost sleep
in the daytime. even IL you. have to go
without making calls or going out for
tea. And speaking of tea, l doubt II 1t is
good for YOU now. for ! notice that rich
food. and too much OF il, harms a woman
of yorr years while 1t did not trouble the
glrl of 2O.p,
When / am 80 I/shall not try to dress
like an ingenue, Nothing makes one look
60 old as to dress too young though l
notice that many women do it in the be-
lief that they are subtractlng from their
years. No, indeed, when | am 70 ] shall
dress a little bit older than ] am, then
people will say Why she is still
young woman. Why should she dress so
old" Is II not, better that they should
say that than that they should remark
behind my back Dear me, there is thai
old thing trying TO look like young
girl shall dress with great care. My