The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1913-05-31
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AZ Rest A. Last.

~ NSst ~ 1Aaks
In a recent iongdravn trial In
New York the defense introduced
a miner as n witness and went into
n detailed inquiry as TO HIS exact
whereabouts for the past ten years
IL was most wcsriBome For day
and half tho lawyers asked this
man 10 toll his wanderingH year By
year. Finally they got down TO
1911 and asked him;
What did You do on May 10.
Isiir
Il went 20 Cobalt"
How long did you remain
there
Il have been there over since 4"
Juror Number Nine roas In his
place and said fcvently:
Thank God Saturday Even.
ing Post.
These Spring Days
At the reported scale Of pricea. e
looks a. II the girls who only work
for pin money" need borrow most
OF their supply.
The suffrngetes are now reported
TO be burning paving plants. Their
next incendiary effort will probably
be on the stone quarries
The Bull Moose and the Elephant
arc not likely TO occupy tho same
stall In Michigan until after the
hearing OF that Islander suit by
Roosevelt against a Marquette pub
LEGATION.
Give Him the Garden Prize.
A north end citizen claims 10
have already eaten from his garden
an amount. at the prevailing prices
Of vegetables. equal 20 one-half the
sum he paid for the seed and has
two promising radishes and n
sprouting stock OF lettuce left.
Now let the ny sojouruing in
Seattle this summer carry n gam.
bling outfit and the rest is easy.
Editor Most Anything:
Electrocute the flies. then there
Will be no suffering j. l..
Editor Most Anything:
why not follow the example OF
Utah and Nevada7 In those states
tho condemned prisoner has the
privilege OF expressing a preference
between hanging and shooting ms
the method OF execution. Is not
the ny entitled TO tho aame priv
ilege IT. d. X.
Editor Most Anything:
.rH.4f uAff.sf ,rf.1~tf1rssus
and OF course | am opposed to tho
practice OF cruelty IN the battle 10
extermlnate tho ny. However. 7
am unable 10 see that asphyriatlon
Is n more humane method OF killing
the fly than swatting Is. II the swat
ting IL done scientifically. The
trouble r. that tho instruments used
in swatting do not inflict sudden
death In more than ono QUE OF a
score OF cases. We should use
larger and heavier implements 30
that death IL certain to be sudden.
w. Y. G.
Elihu Root suggests that the
whole Anglo-Saxon world remain
silent for five minutes as an In.
auRuration of the peace celebration
OF 1914 Wo fear that Elihu's idea
Is that II he can keep the rest OF
tho world quiet somebody will
listen 10 him.
However. It's a good idea, II
might keep Andy Carnegie from
talking for a few minutes.
with the frontiers shifting day by
day.
Because OF endless scraps,
Life must be very hard, say.
On people who make maps.
Heard in restaurant, waiter
yelling 10 chef: "How's my baked
hearth"
Easy Street must be nice
street TO live on" remarked the
/ first hobo.
That's nothing 20 me-" declared
the second wayfarer. II never
found that tho alley bnck OF Il pro.
vided for anything extra In the way
Of piokings."
May Musings.
We suppose there are even peo
Pile slick enough 10 secure theatre
| tickets on credit.
They cant paint the lily, but
look out for the park bench.
/ Sometimes tho summer squash
that you thought was an onion
turns out 10 be n kidney bean or
an egg plant
We'll how's being Congress
mnn7"
mot what IT'S cracked MP 20 be
Been in Congress- nearly three
months now. and amt been able 10
get on no junket to the Panama
lCanaL"