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The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1914-07-28

Thsn Was the Time
How long has this restaurant
been open7" asked the would.be
diner. Two years" said the
proprietor. Il am sorry did
not know H." said the guest. Il
should be better Off II had come
here then Yes" smiled the
proprietor. very much pleased.
How In thaty' Il should prob
ably have been served by this
time ~ bad" said the guest
ineligible
You can't have her" said the
irate parent. Il won't have a
son.in-iaw who has no more
brains than TO want 10 marry a
Girl with no more sense than my
daughter has shown In allowing
you TO think you could have
her"
And the young man went sadly
away to work II all out
Thsy Were Jealous
A minister, spending q holiday
In ireland. feeling thirsty. called
at farm house for drink OF
milk. Tn. farmers wife gave
him n large bowl OF milk, and
while he was quenching his
fhfrus N tftr,,her ~ r.fr. eof rrrnA
about him. Tho minister no
ficcd that the pigs were very
strange In their manner. so he
said:
My good lady. why are the
pigs so excitedT"
The farmers wife replied.
Sure. It's no wonder they are
excited. sir: It's their own little
bowl you are drinking out OIL"
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1914-07-28
WORSHIP KEWPIE

TUCSON. Arlx., July 2e.--H.
c. Tusts and his nephew. VII
liam Norton. have Just returned
from an automobile trip, In the
course Of which the kewpic on
their radiator cap was hailed
by indiana as . heather god.
The doll was dressed In red.
The indians had TO be literally
pushed out Of the road 90 that
the car could proceed.
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1914-07-28
TODAY'S CUTEST

Editor The Star: Our little
son. aged 4Ls, was cutting the
sIihouettes out Of The Star
Saturday night and putting
them all In . dish. I questioned
him - TO why he did 90. and he
ssldr"l want them to kill flies
with" I had to explain TO him
the other paper 10 saturated
with poison.
MRS. p. c. r.. Seattle.
A big crop came In on the morn
lng's mail. and many of them arr
worthy OF publication. Az soon al
possible they will appear In print
Let Us hear from you about tn,
clever remark OF your youngster.
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1914-07-28
nERtSs{ANDjA1fLSfWhfRE

Centrsiis Auto club makes first
run OF the season to Mt. Rainier.
VIM. v. clesry. Hayerstrsw, NJ.
Y, town clerk. who killed sonIn-
law. bound over 10 grand jury.
Tribe Frlasnza, comic opera star,
sues for divorce at Chicago.
Mrs. A. A. Long. Of Centrslla.
died at Pacific Beach OF heart
failure.
Trial Of Porter Charlton. charged
with wife murder. will probably 10
postponed year at Naples.
Hiram Maxim Invents sllencer 10
take the place OF the muffler on
automobiles.
Supreme court sfflrnns Judgment
OF lower court in fining Matte T.
Paysse. Seattle. $50 for SANDER.
Hundreds Of men are fighting ten
forest firest which are raging near
Butte.
Represe ntative Dent introduces
bill In congress proposing rewards
for the officers who had charge Of
the Panama canal work.
His hydro-seropiane cspsixIng.
Lieut. benjamin yalensi was killed
at Juyisy. France.
William Rapp. Jr- served notice
OF appeal In the divorce case won
against him by Nine. Ernestine
Schumann-Heink. at Chicago.
Aviator Harry Christopherson
found the skeleton OF an unidenti-
fled man In sand on the ocean
beach at San Francisco. with an
automatic pistol lying by.
Duke Of connsvoht. governor
general. his wife and their daugh-
ter. Princess Patricia. were saved
by another boat when their launch
rammed log on Lake OF the Woods.
hnreiy escaping drowning.
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1914-07-28
What a Foreigner Can Teach

@ UPPOSE that instead OF many ndfilled and water
~ soaked trusts mergers and holding companies trying to
the public capital that put in the business
life Of the past OF years had been patterned after that
Of Giuseppe the popcorn around the wouldn't
al be better off?
Giuseppe worked the section gang till he had saved
few dollars Then he bought push cart oil lamp.
pepper and small stock OF necessary materials PAYING
CASH DOWN
He pushed the himself popped the himself and
personally delivered to his delivery
The profit he put back into the business into the savings
Humble yes; but safe and honest For every nickel he
took in he open equivaenyou bought left alone
but you fooled.
In time Giuseppe had saved enough to Then
he continued he had begun working earning saving BY
and by he had and later three Today Giuseppe
Is rich. Not plue mind you Perhaps a pinch he
could show down with $4,000
But every penny OF it direct result OF his
industry thrift and square dealing He borrowed he
inflated he schemed get rich quick Just
worked and saved and grew
Guess if everybody had done that you'd not be hearing
growls from Big Business.
II Giuseppe. foreigner could do like that,
wouldn't it be worth the while of lot OF natives learn
the same wholesome lcssons
AND NOW federal irreauar
northern MEXICO We Mr. Villa making
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1914-07-28

The Wise House Hunter
hunts her house at home. She
reads STAR FOR RENT"
ADS until she finds it.
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1914-07-28

Air Castles
The master plumber had be-
come rich. and was going abroad
for his health. On tho voyage q
school OF whales was sighted,
and tho plumber was seen TO rub
his hands IN ecssasics.
Why IL he 40 happyy' asked
a curious passenger.
He can't help t." whispered
the captain. "He imagines each
spout 10 a burst waferpipe. 10 bc
repaired by him at his old rates.
you CAN KEEP COOL IN:
Ice. Ky.
Peary. vR.
Breezy Point. ". H.
Chilly. Ida
Frost. MINI.
Cold Stream. w. Va
Glacier. Mont
SNOWFALL. Ark.
Zero. Ky.
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1914-07-28

After . rnId-ocesn collision with
the freighter Missouri. the Red
Star liner Zealand arrived In New
York specifically damaged.
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1914-07-28
WHAT THE PRESS
AGENT SAYS

Charming Alice Fleming. the new
leading woman OF the Metropolitan
Players. who made her Seattle de
but Sunday in THE Man Inside. !"
Roland p. Molineaux's gripping
crime drama. bids fair to set new
popularity record for stock leading
woman. Already she Is receiving
little notes OF appreciation from the
feminine patrons OF the house. and
the applause which greets her every
appearance Is proof positive that
she has arrived"
Manuel Walls, representative Of
King Alfonso. Is on way TO confer
with Gen. Carranza.
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1914-07-28

MEXICO MAY they begin loot Of
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1914-07-28

AND NOW federal irresus" trying revolution In
~trrssuIsrsv regular.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1914-08-02
The Coup.

CENATOR WORKS was talking about
- a very remarkable piece of high
finance
1T looks marvellous he said. but
there is nothing really marvellous about
it. AL that such a job requires is per-
feet unscrupulousness.
I'm that it is like Jones. Jones was a
millworker and one day he came to
work without any milk in his coffee.
Smith, on the other hand, had pail Of
coffee that was all golden with rich milk.
Just before the lunch hour the milk
less Jones began to tell Smith stories
about strange thefts.
"'Some of these thieves IL take the
hat off your head without your KNOWN
it, he said.
mo! said Jones.
".Some Of 'em IL take the coat off
your back while you're sleepin' on the
train
mo!
THE milkless Smith, as the noon
whistle blew, then sent Jones of on some
tritting errand. A quick manipulation
followed, and 'poor Jones said on his re-
turn:
az guess it's right what you was
tellin' me about them thieves, for blamed
il one of 'em amt gone and swiped the
milk outen my coffee.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1914-08-02

low?" asked White. who did not relish
the idea Of sharing his couch with a
stranger.
Why replied the landlady, at will be
the gentleman with whom you came"
sOh. that's all right. then" said White,
with sigh of relief. He and I are
both deacons in the same church and
have been sleeping together during the
II o'cloc sermon in the First Baptist for
twenty years."
During his campaign for the Senate
Mr.. White was travelling from Decatur
to Athens and had to cross the Tennessee
river swamp. The black driver of the
carrige. who was a man of great curios-
ity, got the idea his passenger was q
commercial traveller, and with the free
dom of the southern darby asked what
he was selling.
White. who was deep In thought, re-
piled, laconically. Brains"
rs dat So" chuckled the man. well,
boss. you amt got none wild you to de-
liver, Is your
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1914-08-02

prentice. first class. a Maryland boy who
has been in the service OF Uncle sam for
only three years. made his mates of the
Florida proud that he belonged to them
He was on the firing line for two days
and nights. Capt. Rush. who reported
his work to the admiral. said that during
all the forty-eight hours Of action the
young man showed no signs Of fatigue.
that "he exhibited GOODNESS. courage and
fine judgment in his work.
Almost simultaneously. during a period
Of incessant firing. some little distance
away from the youthful Marylander two
marines fell. He CHANGED to see them 60
down. Without orders he dropped his
rifle beckoned Private Lee Mahr. who IL
also named for medalist to aid him. and
seizing a stretcher. ran to the assistance
OF the men just shot. Through this swift
act Of Claggett and Mahr. who is Min
nesota lad. the wounded men were re-
moved to place of safety and their lives
saved.
The enemys fire during these several
minutes had not ceased. and as soon as
the injured comrade was carried TO an
undisturbed corner his rescuers returned
to the storm of bullets and went on with
their part in the battle. as though such
courage and kindness were merely a de-
tail of the big business of war.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1914-08-02

ped the bolt, and Lee WIS piAoot
Banging and calling did no good, Tor
the legislative halls seemed deserted. By
the feelings far down in his stomach he
knew 1t was time for dinner. The shad-
ows began to creep over the table and he
thought 1t time to say at least "Ishka-
bibble." II not express himself In stronger
language.
Unless he wanted to remain over night
prisoner in the midst of luxury. Lee
knew it was up to him to do something.
There was door opening into a com
mittee room which communicated with
this. but a bookcase was reared against
it. Lee pulled that out. opened the door,
and there in the other room was another
case of huge proportions.
So he pushed out one row of books and
began to squeeze through. Tipping the
scales at about. 240, Lee is no feather
weight, and 1t was surely some sight TO
see him squirting throughout only the
brave deserve the dinner-and Lee got
homo in time for the soup.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1914-08-02
About Sound Waves.

0NE of those scientists who are al
~ WAYS developing apparent paradoxes
in thought has come forward with the
statement that sound itself is not eN-
traneous, but exists only because OF
nerve. In other words, If the ears Oh
the human race were removed tomorIo"
the world would be absolutely holseie''
to humanity.
The contention is that the sound waves
travelling at a rate of 1000 feet a sec
ond. create invisible ripples in the ar
lust as pool ripples when a rock rs
thrown into it. The greater the force
Of these waves the louder the sounu d
a,aves strike the sensitive nerves Oh inc
ear. -, ,,, ,,rono
s'ai.a,sss did they not operate In con-
junction with the human sense Oh "e"
ing.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1914-08-02

born citizen of Louisiana whose parents
are of foreign birth"
OF cou in this district represented
by Mr.. Aswell. there is a large popula-
ton o. colored people, most of them small
cotton planters. Mr.. Aswell tells the
story Of enc old darby. who, like most Of
his race, was a great talker on religious
subjects. A white friend asked him what
church he belonged to and was told by
the man that he was Baptist.
well, Amos" continued the friend,
what do you think OF the EPISCOPAL
Church?
We'll. dat church am all right, marster,"
he said, with shake of his head, "only I
finds lat in de case Of desc Piscolopians
dat dey sp Is too much time in church
a-reading out de proceedings of de pre-
yious meeting"
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1914-08-02

he was in a largo and airy room in
comfortable bed.
BEST place I was ever in." continued
the individual In recounting the adven-
ture- II met Senator Blank and Repre-
sentative Blink and they introduced me
TO Judge Bazoop. I never met as many
prominent people in my life in one place.
They were all kind and affable and SEN
ator Blank insisted that / should dine
with him in a short time. II was a de-
fghtfui spot"
They always have prominent people
there" replied the friend sympathetically.
They usually have King George there
about once a month. You were in the
psychopathic ward Of a hospital
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1914-08-02
0Ar1Es IA
AN DER SON

the enemy, as though nothing to merit
a glance at him had happened.
Another Indiana marine of the Florida,
James A. Anderson. who has seen eleven
years service. was detailed for work on
the roof of the post Office. He and his
squad continued firing for so8ae time.
without mishap. Then a well aimed bull
let struck Anderson in the neck. One of
his comrades, who had seen little of
straight firing, almost dropped his rifle.
but Anderson smiled grimly and, stagger-
ing, but not falling, kept on firing. The
blood streamed from his throat, and he
was getting pale. but he refused to leave
his Epost. When his superior officer
sterny ordered him to a first-aid sta
ton he obeyed reluctantly.
X 4
The lad who was standing SO close to
him when the bullet made its mark did
not expect to see his comrade again. and
his hands trembled bit as he kept on
firing. But what was his surprise when
perhaps quarter of an hour later An
derson returned. his wound dessed and
his courage undaunted. to resume his
station on the firing line. Lieut. VAIN
wright recommended him as one of the
sixty enlisted men to be honored.
Benjamin W. Claggett, hospital APP
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1914-08-02
Unique Building Plan.

THE construction of a public art gal
lery and museum on the installment
plan is the novel notion which the city
of Belfast, Ireland. has accepted and
will proceed to put into execution. Re-
Gently the corporation of the city OF Bel
fast decided to build in the Botanic Gar
lens Park the new structure whose total
cost is estimated at s365OO0.
At the present time only one section OF
the building is needed. Work on this
has begun. The cost of this section
will be about $4,000. A competition
has been held and an architect selected
to prepare the design. The building Will
be made of stone.
Belfast's plan sounds as though 1t
might have been adopted along the lines
of the new Department Of Agriculture.
the two wings of which approach
vacant space where the rotunda Of the
building will some day stand.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1914-08-02

NeiIs Drustrup, chief turret captain Of
the battleship Utah. was in command of
the second section of the third company.
During the afternoon Of that eventful
April day when Vera Cruz succumbed
Drustrup was in charge Of an advanced
barricade standing prolonged fire. He
displayed remarkable courage and cool
ness, according to Lieut. Castle. who
named him for Admiral Fletcher's list.
He showed that his fourteen years in the
service had been full ones, and that he
was a natural-born commander.
The enemy's firing was constant for
four hours. but there was never the
CULVER of an eyelid to betray the turret
captains realization Of the fact. He
might have been fencing for fun, so far
as fear was concerned.
Many a man who was trembling in his
first battle took courage as he glanced at
the immovable, silently commanding
Drustrup. Drawing death at the head Of
his battalion. and not one man among the
sixty named for extraordinary valor has
stronger commentator from the leader
of the fleet Drustrup Is from Brooklyn,
and has been with the Atlantic fleet for
fourteen years.
What is now the museum and public
library in the city Of Vera Cruz was once
the church of San Francisco. It was
deoicated In 1854, ana TOT many years was
a prominent church of the port. known
Particularly for the tribute 1t levied upon
seamen and importations- There Is q
wondrously tall tower. where the old
bells were wont to hang in the early days
of Spanish dominion.
After the church no longer claimed the
edif1ce the citizens used the tower for
lighthouse. and on stormy nights the
lantern hanging there where the iron
bells had hung guided into harbor the
sailors who thus received return for the
tax once laid upon them by the corpora
ton Of the church.
The historic tower is now q favorite
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1914-08-02
Black Walnut May Come Back

much of the light, veneered stuff that
passes as mahogany today Mahogany
was not then CHERRY or light woods
stained, or oak overlaid with a veneer or
mahogany waver-thin. Walnut furniture
hourished by it's side. People built their
houses out of oak, their fences out or
chestnut and cedar and their sideboards,
tables. tester beds and sofas out OF ma
hogany or black walnut
But in some way fashion played a trick
on black walnut. Men began to fashion
furniture out of oak. a wood coarse OF
texture and heavy Of grain and to hide its
imperfections with filler and then TO
varnish it to give it the appearance OF
a polish which was not its by nature.
People saw a beauty and appropriateness
in oak and ash and chestnut which they
had never seen before. The black walnut
went from the home to secondhand deal
ers, and from them to the junk dealers.
and from them to the rubbish heap NO
body sympathized with it in its downfall.
y
Popularity is a tickle thing and when
men or furniture hit the toboggan mo-
body has a smile or kindly word
When the world turned on old black
walnut everybody said black walnut
had only itself to blame that it was its
own worst enemy. that 1t had at last
got what was coming to it, that it al
ing furniture wood, and so forth
Many folks when old black walnut
fell into hard lines. said. Il told you
So" People laughed at black walnut,
jeered it, joked about it. Black walnut
was a jest. 1t was never recreant to
the trust reposed in it or on it.
Some tme Ego there set in W WILD
had never had box hedge along
gravel path or a hedge of althea or
lilac bushes in their garden. people who
or a black silk dress with black velvet
trimmings, demanded mahogany chairs
and tables. They did not always get
what they demanded even though they
hogany out of several kinds of wood
Cherry trees were chopped down and
turned into mahogany; Old houses and
families were ransacked for old ma
sewing table. serving table, sofa, chair
or writing desk, battered and broken.
was hauled out smoothed UP a bit.
these pieces of old furniture had never
seen so much money in their life
Though they were old mahogany they
had been used to plain and substantial
orderly old homes in the country were
taken into city flats. Who will tell OF
the homesick sufrerings of this old fur
niture?
Well, the mahogany hunters turned
old houses up side down. But they
would have naught but mahogany II
the good housewife should say that she
had a fine black walnut tester bedstead
or black walnut sideboard up I'm the
garnet the dealer would laugh and re-
ply that he was a dealer in antique
and not in junk. Poor old black wal
nut! 1t bore its humiliation with arts
tocratic fortitude Meanwhile black
walnut trees have become scarce and
so the suggestion comes that black
walnut furniture may come again TO
serve US faithfully and well.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1914-08-02
GEO. q. SMITH.

feat never even thought Of before. Smith
was with the Benet Mercier gun detach-
ment. The Utah was short OF men and
had been compelled to round out its ma
chine gun quota from its fireroom.
Smith. who is said to be a veritable
Hercules, was first on the list.
After the custom mouse nad been cap
tured this battalion went into action to
hold the place. 1t was difficult business,
and men were falling every minute. The
guns were not effective under such con-
dtions. Suddenly, without word, the
big Californian seized one Of the Benet-
Merciers from the pavement. set 1t
upon his massive shoulders and opened
manipulate toy rifle. Such service had
not only never been performed. but was
the surest means that could have been
at that moment to save many lives while
taking many lives.
Capt. Anderson of the New Hamp-
shire recommends for medalist George
E. Bancroft, Wisconsin lad who has
seen seaman service for four years. Dur
ing the thick of the fight he picked up
a wounded man, fallen beside him In
the whistling bullets to nearby house
which was under heavy fire from the
naval academy. There he sternly de-
manded that relief be given the COM
rade he considered dying.
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The relief was scornfully refused,
whereupon Bancroft carefully deposited
his comrade on the Mexican's doorstep
and, in answer to the cowardly firing
upon him from within. grasped the
wounded mans rife. and commenced
shooting with both hands. Whether 1t
was admiration for such fine spirit. or
fear of the naval academy's forces
that did it. the purpose Of Bancroft was
accomplished, the firing from within
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1914-08-02

Now No; the duiiess thing on earth to
listen to is something read from
book. Compared to a speech. it's like
dried prunes beside fresh peaches.
80 I carefully memorized the PAL
ladium and, instead Of reading 1t. after
a brief Introductory remark. I glided
into it's recital. It's a pretty long
winded document. that Declaration. but
i was thinking 1 was doing pretty
well until, as I finished and was Just
stepping aside to make room for the
colonel. ! heard one of my auditors
close-by say to a neighbor:
THAT there fellow makes a mighty
good speech. but. gee whiz. amt he
the long-winded cussr"