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The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1913-08-02

Water 10 a boiling question ~
Ballard. Angry Bailardises have
filled the council chambers on more
than one occasion In the pest few
weeks. when the council thre ssencd
20 assess the property In that die.
triet for the installation Of q trunk
main. which would cost abou, $780,.
900.
Never has the cost Of auch an
improvement been charged TO the
local district" say tn. ballard clti.
xens Always has the cost been
borne hy tho whole city"
but" says Councilman Erick.
Eon. this trunk main II for the ben.
eft OF the Ballard district only
No other portion OF the city will
profit hy H. Our old trunk mains
served all OF tho city"
West Seattle an Exception
How about West Seattle" ask
the Ballard property holders
West Seattle" answers Erick-
son. was made an exception
by this council. but by n former
council. which was dominated by
tho ring which tho people voted
out In n clean sweep II was wrong
10 make an exception OF West Sc
attic, and Il would be wrong to
make all the people Of Seattle pay
for improvements OF character
wholly local to Ballard"
But what's the use OF having n
municipality owned water plant. II
We must pay for trunk mainsf" ask.
the BallarditeE. We wouldn't
have TO pay for them II private
company owned tho plant"
Seattle Rates Are Low
You wouldn't OF course you
would" says Erickson. only Il
would not be direct assessment.
You would be paying II indirectly.
and 10000 water consumers in the
city would be paying for Il. too.
who do not live In Ballard The
water rates would be higher. Seat.
ties rates are one-fourth what they
are in San Francisco"
And that was the Wow taken by
the council generally until the Bal.
lard citizens actively protested.
Now Erickson alone openly cham.
pions opposition to the Ballard
property owners demands.
Would Mean Higher Rates
The water fund has no money"
says Erickson. because we have
reduced the water rates TO a mini
mum. Bonds will have to be IL.
sued And the people. those living
outside OF Ballard, as well as those
in Ballard, will have TO pay the in
terest. How will they pay it2 ny
higher water rates. That's what It
will amount to.
Every wnter user in Seattle will
thus be taxed. And who viii be
benefltedY The property In Bal
lard, much OF which il owned by
non-residents. who have never, and
do not now. and do not expect in
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1913-08-02

wore while getting the meals.
Her weekday clothes had
been tossed here and there in
her haste. A little paper bag
OF her iavorite butter scotch
lay with It's string yet un-
wound. Everything in the
room spoke OF a loss. OF an
essence gone. OF its soul and
life departed. John Perkins
stood among the dead remains
with a queer feeling OF desola-
ton in his heart.
He began TO set the rooms
tidy as we'll as he could. When
he touched her clothes a thrill
OF something like terror went
through him. He had never
thought wha, existence would
be without, Katy. She had be-
come so thoroughly annealed
into his life that she was like
the air he brca,hed-necessary
but scarcely noticed. Now.
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1913-08-02
Get VACATIONS

Firomen will get their vacations.
now that the council has authorized
Chief Stetson TO work short handed.
But they must cooperate and help
each other out. as the occasion de-
mands. said the finance committee,
at its meeting Friday.
The discussion came up on the
claim OF fireman for 80 cents
extra pay on work performed by
him as substitute for a man in a
higher position.
Chief Stetson announced the vaca-
lions would begin tomorrow. and 81
men would be off every month for
the next four months.
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1913-08-02

without warning, she was
gone, vanished. as completely
absent as ii she had never ex-
listed.
He did not care TO smoke.
Outside the city roared to him
TO come join in it's dance OF
folly and pleasure. The night
was his. He might 90 forth
unquestioned and thrum the
strings of jollity as free as any
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1913-08-02
CLAIMS DENIED

BY unanimous vote of the seven
members of the finance and utilities
committee of the council. the claims
filed by socialists. the George =.
Bent Piano Co. and the l. w. w. for
about $4,000 damages caused by the
riot OF July is, we're yesterday de-
MED
In n message to the council Mon
day Mayor Costerill said the city
ought TO pay the claims as n matter
OF equity. Those who voted against
the claims were PIERCE, Goddard.
Griffiths. Erickson. Marble, Haas
and Parish.
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1913-08-02

II was a note from his wife
running thus:
Dear John: / just had
telegram saying mother
is very sick. am going
TO take the $3.50 train.
Brother Sam is going to
meet me AT the depot
there There is cold mutt
ton in the ice box. | hope
IL isn't her quinsy again.
Pay the milkman 90 cents.
She had i, bad las, spring.
Don't forge, to write to
the company about the
gas meter. and your socks
are in the top drawer. |
will write tomorrow.
Hastily. KATY"
Never during their two
years OF matrimony had he and
Katy been separated for a
night. John read the note over
and over in a dumbfounded
way. Here was a break in a
routine that had never varied.
and il lief, him dared.
There on the back OF a chair
hung. pa,hetically empty and
formless, the red wrapper with
black dots that she always
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1913-08-02
The Stars Saturday
Short Story

Here tells about yourself than YOU know
"poes absence fonderf"
st further tells whether fondness
ented whether onoedfor suddenly restored dis
spates a.
tells Il John Perkins HIS
shalt o. Henry did usa Of
us-~hen he named him John perkins"f
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1913-08-02

Rest modern outside rooms In Sc
attic, 25c to soc. Stewart House. S6
West Stewart (near Pike Public
Market Advertisement.
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1913-08-02

gay bachelor there. He nigh,
earouse and wander and have
his fling until dawn IL he liked /;
and there would be no wrath
full Katy waiting for him. bear
The Madison journal. (Tallulah, Madison Parish, La.) 1888-current, 1913-08-09
AS THE CROUCH SEES GROCER
unkindIy Dealt With by Ex-
pert Fault Finder.

A grocer is a man who spends his
time in exchanging adulterated foods
for unadulterated money.
The best time TO visit any grocer is
after you have had a large, square
meal; the worst time to visit him is In
the afternoon about o'clock, when
you are half starved and everything
In his place looks more or less real.
But after you have given him an or
der under these famished conditions.
90 not go home to your wife. IL is
better to give her few days in which
to recover. and incidentally get even
with you by ordering two new Paris
hats and rhododendron kimonas.
To be a successful grocer one must
have sand, a rich Oriental vocabulary
that can describe the same tea as IL
it were in each case really different
and a complete knowledge of aniline
dyes.
Also. every grocer should be mar
ried. He can then explain to his GUS.
toner when he is trying to sell her
some combination of wood pulp and
asbestos for nourishment: my wife
has tried this for three weeks and
still liyes."-Life.
The Madison journal. (Tallulah, Madison Parish, La.) 1888-current, 1913-08-09
ESTIMATING Your Suppllea

In large institutions the time that
certain supplies last has been tested
down to fine point. Only by know
ing very carefully how long certain
supplies will last can the army and
other large institutions buy intelli-
gently and thus take advantage OF the
reduced price given on large orders.
While many women are good mana.
gers" many more should more def
uitely test how long certain supplies
last the family under average condi-
tons. It is possible to estimate how
long coffee, tea. staples. cereals. etc.
will last. and make large quantity
orders on which the housewife can OBJ
tain a generous discount. But unless
this quantity buying is based on care
full estimates 1t will not result in the
saving of money and time 1t other
wise would.
The Madison journal. (Tallulah, Madison Parish, La.) 1888-current, 1913-08-09

there, and whispered In their ears,
supposed that they were doing great
things in the fight against the bill.
but that was only another time when
they deluded their precious selves.
They did their reforming chiefly at
banquets, but George and the old
man knew thing or two about poll
tics themselves. and George. standing
back by the Democratic cloak-room.
smoking his little cigarettes. was di-
recting that fight with the party lash
in his hand. and some of the best
men on the floor of the house to do his
bidding. He was the only private sec
rotary ever knew who could set an
army in the field.
But through 1t all old 'Zeke stood
there. game as ever. with n hard. cold
smile on his face. and you could hear
the sharp. monotonous rap of his CAV
el, rap, rap, rap, neither fast nor slow.
The tumult did not die during the
reading of that scathing message. and
when Hens ruined voice ceased, and
he rolled the message up again and
thrust it in his desk, 'Zeke smashed
his gavel down and heard him say:
"'Will the house be in order?'
And it was in order. for 'Zeke
knew how to compel order in that
bear-pit when he wanted to. and he
never raised his voice to do it either,
only his eye and the gavel. And so.
when they were quiet. he said: The
question is: Shall the house concur
with the senate in the passage of SEN
ate bill No. LOG. notwithstanding the
objections of the GOVERNOR
The house tried to break away
from him again, but he held it in his
gavel fist, drawing the curb tight, and
turned TO recognize old Long John
Riley, who was standing like tall tree
beside his desk, with his hand up
raised
The gentleman from Cook
Mr. Speaker said Riley. 4 move
the previous question: =
There was another roar, but 'Zeke's
gavel fell, and his eyes blazed black
again. and he said:
The gentleman from Cook moves
the previous question, and the ques-
ton is: Shall the main question be
now put? Those in favor of this ques-
ton will say aye'-there was a roar of
ayes-'and those opposed will say no.
There was a heavier roar of noes, and
The Madison journal. (Tallulah, Madison Parish, La.) 1888-current, 1913-08-09
Vegetables az Hair Ornaments.

Now that fruit has reached the hair.
in the shape Of little oranges' for the
brides couture. will it come to vege-
table again, as 1t did among the abb
surdities OF Marie Antoinette's time?
ASK my niece, Nine. de Matignon.
we read in the memoirs OF the Mar
quise de Cregny, IF it is not true that
in 1855 she had her head dressed
la jardiniere. with a red check duster.
into which NJ. Leonard (the queens
hair dresser) had artistically inserted
small artichoke. a broccoli, a fine
carrot and some radishes. When Don
don Picot (the Comtesse de Lameth-
Picot. rich creole) saw ii she was
so delighted that she exclaimed, Il
will never wear anything but vege-
tables. II Is so simple. and moro
natural than flowers"
The Madison journal. (Tallulah, Madison Parish, La.) 1888-current, 1913-08-09
liz r0DOfD MS ntho As m AooEnT
Tohn InD5PuThelt PROPOSITION, Ano|
ms rt3 w1OtntDA5E m FRIGHT

then came the old cry: Ayes and
noes, ayes and noes, Mr.. Speaker.
ayes and noes, damn you. don't you
dare shut off debate!' But 'Zeke only
smiled and his gavel cracked-and
they were still. Then in the stiffness
he said:
Gentlemen are as familiar with
the rules as is the chair. They are
well aware that the chair is powerless
to order a roll call after a viva voce
vote. unless he is-in doubt as to the
result, the demand for the yeas and
nays not having been preferred before
the question had been put to the
house. In this instance'-and the
splendid old fellow swung his gavel
to his ear, and the smile fiickered out
of his face-in this instance the chair
Is not In doubt. The ayes seem to
have IL. the ayes have 1t, and the main
question is ordered The hammer fell
like bolt, and then calmly leaning Oh
It. his eye travelled around over the
turbulent mob. until 1t lit on George
hACiiiSh ohu liltlc bdhu vi udLCo
reformers-and | knew he was think
ing Of the old man over in the mansion
whom he hated with an Indians hate
and as he looked George in the eye
the cold smile came back. and he
said:
1.-The question is: Shall the house
concur with the senate in the pas
sage of senate bill No. log, notwith-
standing the objections of the gov
ernor. Upon this. question those in
favor of the bill will vote aye.
and those opposed will vote no,
when their names are called.
and the clerk will call the roll
The gavel fell, and the speaker, hold
ing It where 1t had fallen. leaned half
his length over his desk, and motioned
to Hen Harvey Hen had taken off his
coat and vest and collar-he would
call that roll himself-and as he IN
buttoned his cuffs. inclining his head
toward the speaker. 'Zeke yelled in his
ear:
Now. Hen. damn it, call that roll
to beat all hell
Then we knew that the Bailey bin
fight was on 10 a firish. We had had
our first tdg battle with the reformers.
and were down together In the last
ditch Whenever a bill with some
thing in II is about to pass the legisla-
ture. a strange quality steals into the
atmosphere. just as there does in the
council chamber in Chicago when any
thing is to be pulled of-don't you
know? There is a forebodement. an
apprehensiveness, that electrifies the
nerves and Expresses the lungs. felt
It there that night We had had
heavy fight to pass the bill in the first
pace, and now We had to override
veto! It's hard enough to get the
seventy-seven votes that constitute a
majority, with the people against you
-nen are such cowarGs-but when it
comes to rounding up two-thirds-a
hundred and two-it's an entirely diff
fersnt problem. We had been work
The Madison journal. (Tallulah, Madison Parish, La.) 1888-current, 1913-08-09
Were Not Discussing Picture.

His pride was natural, for he was
quite a young artist; and there IT was
there could be no doubt about it
his picture. his great picture. was
hanging in the Royal academy What's
more. two people stood motionless in
front while the artist stood afar. gaz-
ing at them. Then, 81 say, Charlie"
he asked his friend, do saunter care
lessly by and find out what they are
saying about my picture. Perhaps they
want to buy It," Forthwith Charlie
set out TO do a careless saunter. Pres
ently-tO the expectant artist the wait
seemed an eternity-he returned to
his friend mo business doing" he
sighed. She's only blowing him up
for leaving off his fannels too soon"
The Madison journal. (Tallulah, Madison Parish, La.) 1888-current, 1913-08-09

anxiously along In her tapping skirts
beside her tall and somber husband
She had never been away from home
before, and the boys had many a laugh
over her wonder at the trolley-cars
purring along under the maple trees,
and her fears of the elevators in the
state house-though. for my part,
could see. nothing ludicrous in it all
She stayed three or four days and
they went everywhere, out to Oak
Ridge to see Lincoln's tomb. over to
Eighth Street TO visit his old home
stead. up to the Geological Museum
where the moth-eaten stuffed animals
are. and out to Camp Lincoln They
took many trolley rides. and even
climbed to the top of the state house
dome. whence. they say, you can
See Rochester and the prairies for
thirty miles around He brought her
over to the house one or two morn
lngs, but not on TO the floor as other
members did their over-dressed wives;
he sent her up to the gallery. where
at the gang-and her husband, who
took no part in all that was going on.
The old woman's interest in all
these new things that had come into
her starved life, her ill-concealed
pride in her husbands membership
In such a distinguished body of law
givers, were touching TO me. and as |
looked at him that last night of the
session, and thought of her, the wish
to do something to tighten their lives
came into my heart. but just then.
suddenly, old Zeke started from his
chair, grasped his gavel firmly, and
leaned expectantly over his desk At
the same instant the older members
dragged their feet down from their
desks and sat bolt upright The news
paper men flung away their cigarettes
and adjusted their eyeglasses. The as
sistant clerk, who had been reading,
looked up from the bill then under
what suppose they would have called
consideration, and hurriedly gave his
place at the reading desk to the clerk
of the house. l knew what was COM
ing. l knew that the Bailey bill was
on its way over from the senate. And
| heard Bill Hill call:
"'Mistah Speakah.'
AT the sound of that voice the up
roar in the chamber ceased 1t be-
came so still that the silence tingled
The Madison journal. (Tallulah, Madison Parish, La.) 1888-current, 1913-08-09
HARD TO DRIVE FROM NEST
Remarkable Case Of Devotion to Homo
Shown by Nesting Meadow Lark
in Massachusetts.

An endearing trait in birds is their
love of home. and the bravery with
which they face danger il protecting
their eggs or baby bir's They seem
10 become very tame IT, such times;
not seldom a person who approaches
them quietly may, after - ew gentle
attempts, stroke a IGother I'D as she
broods. But il is really courage, and
not enjoyment OF the attention. that
she displays.
An interesting example nt the strong
attachment of a bird to it, home, as
well as its adaptability to Unusual cir
cumstances. was given by a meadow
lark that found itself day after day
under gun-fire, and learned not 20
fear it.
At the practice grounds of tre
Emitted States marine corps at Wake
field, Mass, some low mounds were
raised on the firing line. On the
front side of one OF these mounds a
meadow lark built its nest. and had
laid its eggs when the seasons prac-
tice in target shooting and skirmish
drill began. The rifle of the man ly-
ing on the mound was directly over
the nest, and not more than two feet
above it,
At first the birds would fly away.
when the firing skirmish line was still
at some distance; but as the practice
continued. they became accustomed to
the noise. They would wait until the
men came very near before flying, and
would return Immediately after. AS
the time came for the eggs to hatch.
one of the birds would stay on the
nest during the firing. even II a rife
were held just above her head The
marines were very careful not to dis
turb the little family. When the young
came. they were nourished amid the
smoke OF battle, as 1t were, and finally
left the nest unharmed-Youth's Com
panion.
The Madison journal. (Tallulah, Madison Parish, La.) 1888-current, 1913-08-09
Urqes Use of Wheat Bran.

A welLknown authority of dietetics
has recently taken to urging his pa
tients to indulge in quantities of wheat
bran. which, he says. is one of the best
regulators and builders in the whole
list Of foods. II is a mistake for per-
sons to turn up their noses at bran as
an article Of food because it is cheap.
II 1t were put up in fancy boxes and
marked up in price to a point where
it would be regarded as moreAG less
Of a luxury. there would be a great
deal more of it consumed. for it has
a number OF health-giving qualities
which recommend il TO all ages and
conditions.
The Madison journal. (Tallulah, Madison Parish, La.) 1888-current, 1913-08-09

like a numbness through the body;
stiller than it had been any time since
nine o'clock that morning, when they
had paused for the chaplain to say
his prayer. The gang turned around
and stood motionless. painting, in its
shirt-sleeves, as though flashlight
photograph were to be taken. Half
way down the aisle stood Hill. You
know how he would look at such a
time, in his long black coat, his wide
white shirt bosom with the big dia.
mond, his rolling collar and black
string tie. and his long black hair fall
ing to his shoulders. You know how
he would love such a moment-and II
was his last chance that session. He
stood there quietly a whole minute,
and then putting a foot forward. said
in his great bass voice:
'Mistah Speakah.'
"Old 'Zeke rose and said:
mister Doorkeeper.'
"a message from the senate, by its
secretary
"A message from the senate by its
secretary repeated 'Zeke, and then
Bill had to give way to Sam Pollard.
who stepped forth and said:
"'Mr. Speaker, l am directed to in
form the house that the senate has
passed senate bill No. 1861 never
shall forget the number of that bill,
after all the sleepless nights 1t caused
me, and the anxious mornings scan
ming the calendar to see If its black
figures were there-'Senate bill No.
106 A bill for an act to amend an act
entitled: An Act concerning the exer-
else of the right of eminent domain.
Notwithstanding the objections of the
governor'-you know the lingo
Then, as the speaker said. The clerk
will read the message Hen Harvey,
who was clerk of the house, stretched
his arm over the narrow desk and
took the file from the page. The old
man was mad when he wrote that
veto message, and he gave both
houses the devil. | never knew the
iCSISldlutC W SCI ouNh oil I'll
lamming in my life; it was outrageous.
for 1t was a good bill. and"
Ought ter pass" interiected Jen-
nings, repeating the trite phrase SEN
tentiously.
But nobody heard ii, for when Hen
began to read, the gang took a deep
breath and began to howl. From
both sides of the chamber broke forth
a clamor of Mr.. Speaker, Mr.. Speak
err until in the din even these words
were lost, and there was just that
long. heavy roar. The boys came over
from the senate, for they had done
their duty and had done 1t nobly. in
the face of great storm of criticism.
combined with the abuse of the Chi
cago papers, and they wanted to help
lift il the house. And with them
came the crowd of reformers from the
Municipal League. anu stood about
with George Herrick, the old mans
private secretary. The reformers, as
George pointed out members here and
The Madison journal. (Tallulah, Madison Parish, La.) 1888-current, 1913-08-09
Copyright BY The Bobbs- Merrill Company

ALDWIN, the lobby
list. leaning forward
with his elbows on
his knees, and
swaying with the
train as it swung
out on to the rocky
ledge that paves
the Valley of the
d e s p ! a ines, con-
/.
The Madison journal. (Tallulah, Madison Parish, La.) 1888-current, 1913-08-09

On this ballot they will have Just
nlnety-one votes-one OF their men
will vote against il to move a recon
sideration If necessary. and about ten
will not vote. When the absentees
are called. these ten will vote for the
bill. and on the verification, you'll see
others tumbling into the band-wagon.
Now. your vote is not needed. as you
see, and cast for the bill or against 1t,
can have no appreciate effect upon
the result. The bill will pass without
your vote, and cannot defeat 1t. for
the hundred and two will stand firm
in the end. One of them. however-it
is Berry, | don't mind telling you-is
trying, at the last minute, TO force us
into raising his price. You can take
his place, you can have his price OF
the easy money with his raise added.
if you will go out there and vote for
the bill
He stood looking at the floor. rum
mating
i know. Henderson | continued.
that you are a poor man. that you
have large family. that you have to
work hard for living. You are GO
Ing home tomorrow, maybe not to
come back here any more, and you
can go, If you wish. with three thou
sand dollars clean. cold cash in your
pocket. What do you say?"
The old man turned his face away
and began to tumble with his horny
fingers at his chin. His hand trembled
as with palsy. We could hear the
roll call going on outside:
The Miller press. [volume] (Miller, S.D.) 190?-current, 1913-01-16
Zee ITO
Notice of Referees Sale Of Real
Estate

State OF South Dakota, county OF Hand
as. In circuit conrt. sixth Judicial circuit,
william Il. Barbour. Cordelin Parkinson
Sl8 ter, and Estella =, SpraDsy, plaintiffs,