The Seattle Star Newspaper, October 16, 1899, Page 4

——s—S_—_— NEW CONSOLIDATED FRANCHISE MAY NOT ° ‘The consolidation of the street car lines of Seattle may not be @ followed by a new franchise in (he immediate future e 3 ‘There are several reasons for this, The capitalists who have @ @ imcorporated this company New Jersey have only succeeded In @ @ purchasing controlling interests in the various roads The rest of @ @ Mw stock is being held at a higher figure than they oare to pay at e @ present. Furthermore, a consolidated franchise would do away @ @ with fully 35 per cent. of the present recetpte e eo At the provent status of 5 cent fares on the different lines the e @ company gathers that much of the surplus over what It would wn~ o @ der @ consolitiated line and the convequent transfer system. In @ 3 other words, if @ man from Beacon Hill wishes to go to Ballard, @ he paye 20 cents in fares for the round trip-—10 cents on Uy @ Trunk line and 10 cents on tie West street line the ° @ were run under one franchive the Beacon Hil man would @ transfere between these lines Severe) new features in connection with the operation of the © roads have developed lately. The Front Street cable ts to be made © @ an electric line, with counterweights on the hills, The Pike street @ @ extension ts to run up Pike to Ite junction with Madtcon on @ @ Twelfth avenue. From this point and electric line will run to © @ ward the City Park, tapping @ new territory e e Another will run south on Seventeenth avenue toward Bea- @ @ con hill. This junction of lines will be a more important station © @ than the Broadway and James street junction, It te furthermore @ @ stated that the James street cable may be run out to the | °° ° The Cedar street line is to be run down over Firth avenue. © @ A franchise for that street is in preparetion fer preentation to @ 3 the city council, e ° e AN ODD ATTACHMENT. @ Littic Brown Dog Shows @ Pig the Way Home. ‘There are few things more inter- in the natural history of an- or, indeed, more wonderful the _ unwed which Individuals of totally nt race have exhibit- @@ for each other, says a writer in About ten years Fural parieh in North Wales bought of the village fairs. It & cottager who lived pearly four miles from the place where the fair was held, and who had probably brought it on foot from that morning. was driven up to the rec- placed in the sty, and on morning my friend went see his new purchase and to fold to take * After & while the pig was not to and a servant was rent to had Strayed back to his old i i i found happy and free animals of the cot- again driven to his quarters and confined to the sty days, When it was had become reconci!- had forgotten he was again liberated te roam at will about i] EF i 3 new for i for a while, but @remed to be so entirely at home forgotten until wes time to confine him to his own was again sought once more strayed to his had to be Brought morning following this - ¥ friend went to the sty and near it @ ifttle brown dow. he be had seen about @everal times 6ince the occurred to him that the were acquainted and the opportunity were of- er. Woerated In order was correct, and Pecognition, sweet and ppieeny $ 8 i sth; H it | for fully half a mile, as diligently trotted home togeth- the dog leading the way, and an- back every now and his friend was fol- ie $ ? 3 Gog had been missed by for long periods together, his adeence could not be for til! my friend solved mystery. There was evidently a} etrong attachment between them but, ‘whether tt was the force of this at-) @achmem or anxiety to look after) Tmaster’s interests, the conduct of the dog was equally wonderful. { read om the case, they owtensibly prejudicial to the This afternoon, in cios- newspaper ¢om- betne, he i Mr. of ing his argument, the press Seattle for publishing damnadle and unwar- rantable statements. | Dore de- Why He Stays Single. Possibly the beet known unmarried, men of letters today is Henry James the novelist. He maintains stoutly| that the artist, no matter what the! medium of hie expression, should re-| Main single, on the ground that the 's cares and carpings of domenti« tend to wear on delicately ad-| fusted nerves, and exhaurt the men tal fiber of genius, whether ite pos @eesor be a painter of pictures, a worker in words, a modeler of stat- ues, & Composer of music, a singer, or One who amuses the people on the) @tage. There be some, undoubtediy, | who will surmise from this that Mr. | James has teen unfortunate in the cholce of his married friends, but others, perhaps, will agree with him fully, His bachelor apartments in| are waid to be exquisite in| furnishings and appointments, and despite his cynicism, the noveliat is! fot disliked by women, nor is he a hater of the sex. | Population at Next Census. | The distinguished etatistician, M @. Mulhall, who for many years has found « tavorite study in the devel-| opment of the resources of our great | fepublic (contributes to the October) view a atartling article entitled “Five Years of American Progress,” | Hie statements and figures constl-| tute a marvellous exhibit of national! strength and prosperity. Mr. Mul ventures @ prediction as to the population of the United States the next census “The decline of immigration may | be traced directly to the vexatious lations against what gre called Suroyean paupsrag but $ tenet vo a number of the North American at | | the bar. SPOSOSSOSSSESSSSSSHSHSOSOSOHSHSOOOOOW to account for the dimin rate of natural increase, We must suppowe either a higher death rate or a lower birth rate, and the form er is the more probable, in view of easy the exceedingly rapid growth of ur- ban population while there le no rea on to fuppose @ declining birth In fact, to judge by European ries, the birth rate af towns Is unusually higher than that of rural districts, tt may be well here to ob in the last five year of 1800 ought to show 77,- 300,000 Inhabitants Must Carry His Cross. On returning from the barn carly one morning the old man found his wife in tears. Wha'cher cryin’ he inquired “bout, Melissy,” ther—one—uv our darters— was stole las’ night," she sald | one? he asked, “The red-hea aconically Yeo—pore Mag— cal—" Bob Scutties?”* “Uv hasn't been no other fetler waitin’ on her. Ain't you goin’ to pursuce after ‘em an’ arrest ‘im? Uv course not.” he replied stern- ly. “I'm not under obligations to help Bob Scutties out uv diMeulty Let him go ahead and work out his sentence, same's I've ben a-doin’ fur the las’ forty years.” e Was the best course, To Make an Xylophone. A xylophone can be easily made by any boy or girl. Take a large piece of black walnut or hickory, about % of an inch thick, cut out a plece 20 inches long, and tapering from 15 to 6 inches tn width. Cut this board tn. to 16 strips 1% Inches wide and vary in lengths from ¢ to 15 inches. Bore two parallel holes through the side | of each of these 16 etrips (or keys) large enough to put cords through. The holes should be 2% Inches apart To tune the bars lay them for the tine om two strips of some soft ma- terial. Gound each bar and tune it by ald of the plano. Find on the pt- ano the note nearest the tone of the lowest bar. Then regulate the tone of the bar. If you wish to heighten the tone, plane the bottom of the Dar till the effect ts gained. To low- er it saw a elit in the under side of ‘Thus bar after bar may be made t) correspond with the scale of the piano or two octaves. The bare must then be fastened together with string stretched through the holes and tied at the ends. Glue two half-inch strips of fett under the bare for a cushion. The drumeticks can be cut of small blocks of wood, tn which the ends of longer eticks are gsiued. Petticoat Perfection. The fashions tn pettiooste change Just as rapidly as does the shape ot the outerskirt, because, necessarily, to produce « good fit, they must each conform to shape of the other ‘The silk un kirt of the fall of ‘99 is just ae sheath fitting around the hipe aa ite sister the outer akirt and then from the knee down It tempes- tuously expands. For evening wear the footing is kilted, and en in fome cases boned to ur good set out to the balance. The gorgeous- ness of the trimming on some of the new ones, it seems almost impossible to describe. Lace is used in less pro- fusion in innumerable ways. Em- broidered chiffon, frills, shirrings of mousseline de sole, tiny ruches of bbons appear on some; while a very to-date notion fs observable tn the composition of others in the ef- fective use of fringed ribbons, charmingly bunched into ruches, Tucks, frills of all sorts of cobwebby laces, clusters of application of fow- ef patterns, and unheard of olabora- tion are used on every hand to such repletion In these elaborate creations that one almost turns with relief to the plainer ones with their own areat fitness for wear, and which derive thelr adornment from various cord- ings, tuckings and flounces of the same stlk THE FLORISTS SAY: hat the bulb fever i» spreading rapidly among amateur enthusiasts. That it will soon be time to get thone spring bloomers in the ground if we would have them at their beat in March and April and May of 1900. That the different hardy lilies may be successfully planted at the same time as the hyacinths, tulips, ete instead of waiting until spring That the tuberous ots of% the yeonles should also be planted in the fall, ready for the early spring growth Tr the tri-colored geranium, happy thought, is now the favorite constant winter blooming at the White Swan is one of the rarest and handsomest of the double. ,omIng goraniume That the many colored cnelus are ¢ slipped for the window garden wherever bright, sunny windows may be given the plants, according to the growth | THE SLATTLN STAR. SOOSSHOOSOESS ESOS SOSO ESOS SSO OES HED OO OS HMARTPOOL, Ena@land, Oct, 16 «The steamer Malm sunk @ off this port this morning, Four of the crew were drowned, . ° ° SHSHSSSPSSSSSSSSSHSOOEHH HHS OS HSO ES EHOH OD SHSSSSSHSHSSSHSSSS SESS HOS HOESSOS OO OOD PARIA, Oot, 16. be proclaimed for those involved in the not, however, affect the trials of Z Joseph Keinach, nor will it reinstate Dreyfus, Meinach ts being sued by the widow of ‘ol. Henry for Wbelling her husband. The Zola case comes up in vember, “The Matin says that a general amnesty in to cont troubles, This will N SOSSOSSSHS SS SO SS OHSS SSOS HES SEEOOOE OOD ° ° e ca ° ° ° . ° ¢ ° ° 3 : | | days with her country relatives, “in| |that chicken by the gate a Brah CANDIDATES FOR ELECTION Those Who Will Run For School Director. Rumor has tt that the coming school election Is not to be an alto- gether quiet affair daten Beveral candi- have been announced and it Is said more will be heard f the next week. Politics and party squabbles will enter into the election it ts stated The registration books have been open wince October 10 and by noc | ma | 0," replied the | Leghorn.” | Humor of the Day. wa Why, certainly, to be ox one claimed the city girl, “How stupid rn 7 in, -|° admit one good thing in Am-| 06 7 can see the horns on his erioan civilization, the Cornfed * Philosopher, “Ther unwritten | S8Kle* ° law againat @ hero to work if he can get a good J | “Po make a long story short," sald the garrulous reporter to a party of ever studied do! friends —" mestic economy? “Oh, yon,” | “Hae your wif replied another scribe, “Lou bet. She's a pastmaster in| preaking “wo knew the function that science, Why, be swe newrty of the biue pencil, all right.” “ugh gas by having use take our 4 | ais out during the summer to pay) eee 0 | tor hor Cadi bat. Bhe could not forbear asking him ‘ Gervant—Piease, ma’am there ie an! after the refusal, if he were of th old man at the door with wooden| belief that he would never love | ton again Mistress—Toll him we don't Want) “I dunno,” he ald sadly, “It is an one. even chance that I will have another | eee attack again next spring.” ‘ Tripp—The bieyele school started | with a good attendance. Topp—Hut I suppose the attend- Mrs. Stranger—There ts one thing ancefello® = | | agout buying furnitur the In “The man whom I marry,” said the | #taliment plan. By the time you have got it paid for you become sick widow, “must be a hero.” “He will be,” remarked the savage | f the furniture bachelor. Mra. Broadweigh—For that reason eee one should never pay in full for f “Uncle Reuben,” inquired the city | niture bought on the etallment | young lady, who w spending & few | plan j Dr ist! Your Best Friend! nently Located! Consult Him This Noble Work of a Gr | eases that constitute his specialty and the kind of treatment th like a good name, is preferable to riches. Without it you dispair. | That DR. REEVES is a true specialist of the very highest attai | orets of disease than any physician or surgeon | markable cures he has made. Hundreds right | Columbia, as well as in the various mountain and their happy condition in life to this great all that medical skill and science can do, The here in Seattle and healer. perusal of all in need of medical attention. today only oMisens had registe So far the names of eight ladies ap- pear on the books, The books will be closed on the evening of Novem- ber 29 Dame Rumor has tt that a prom- inent lady in soolal affaire has an- nounced herself ae a4 candidate, This may act of a warning to thore who have not a# yet registered and who are opposed to woman suffrage Thomas Heven, the well known 8in- «ie Taxer, of the First ward, t# said to be rounding up his followers for registration, but a# yet he has not ant ny od his candidate ‘Te names of G, V. Calhoun and m. C. Hughes appear as two candi. dates for the election to the board of education. Word has been received from Vic- ria this afternoon stating that the steamer Dirigo would arrive here to- morrow morning with @ million and & quarter dollars of gold and 360 tona of fish “Here is a stupid editor who says ‘These are bustiing times.” What of i? Why, there never wana time when there Was lees suggestion of bustles than there ts now,” Powell Reeves The Succéssful Physician! The skillful Surgeon! The Eminent Special-| The Worid’s Benefactor ! Perma- Day! The t Specialist What he is doing for the afflicted of Seattle and vicinity. Perfect cures guaranteed. The dis- at cures them. A sound body, With it you are full of life, en- | ergy and ambition, which insures @ social success and business prosperity. aments can no longer be a ques- tion of doubt. That he has looked further into the mysteries of life and penetrated deeper the se- ever in this community is evidenced by the many re- thousands throughout British States of the West, owe their strength, their health Today he is doing for suffering humanity diseases that constitute his specialty, and his almost miraculous cures for them, are more fully commented upon below, and are well worth the careful | And all Blood and Skin Diseases Cured by Iso Surgical Reeves & ( Mea posure ‘erme f T DR. and All Nervous Diseases Bheanatsm, Gatt HEAD NOISES. J {p the morning. It was always worse when 1 cau J, and | caught cold easily. Dr dimgresable ringing noise out my core SP ceed te ter Speen.” tea | 2 BOAT. were Uke the roeri of the ova | alee feel “I went te Doctor Reeves because my stet & great improvement in my geners! health, | hed been treated ruccesfully bim. tb whieh te @ fesult of his Homeopathic treat: | cured me of & gore throst and b ment.” heed ached every day for evuld pot grt any relict TONSILS, fore snd would A up with av Hip mother esid: “Arthur hed Tonsilitie | would hawk ned mit neeriy all the time tor seven y avery time he caught cold, | Now tay headaches are gone and my theva a2 s remult of Le Cripps. tle estering was | io Well again, thanks to Dr. Reeves, AL Right he would nearly strangle. * never obtained soy tellet for troutls | BARS. yatil we took him to Reeves. The | “‘I became totally deat from Erysipelas in trowtde has now disap) my left oar, My right ear failed afterwards and I could mot hear the voices of m BRONCHIAL TUBES. Gales they shouted into my eat : “Doctor Reeves cured my cough. 1 have| hear the sermon in church, foal wel loom f well and LUNGS. EYES. “Dy Reeves cured my eye and made m nt fe mervelow:. coneult him and 1 would | gan to improve my strength returned, and the sorene Tam delighted “Doctor Reeves’ treatment trouble came om Ove years ago gia besd every afternoon SI Rather Sols aes | “Just Like a Deat Mute.”— Dr. Reeves Restored His Hearing Perfectly. a my | “He Cured Me of Deafness “My deafness came on aby with bad ringing notes in im Ht six yen OUT-OF-TOWN PEOPLE. i 2+ Peoplt afficted with any disease |! of ir vetoes, Fan, oe not whatsoever, should write to Dr. | uy, by Reuvee’ | eeatanean nor hear ‘ he ringing noises have entire | Reeves. pl ad the ringing noises ha ir TOOK HER SISTER'S ADVICE AND WAS CURED OF SORE “He Saved My Eyes.” | THROAT BY DR. RELVES. ‘My eves were ao bad I had to stop reading entirely. The diszinens, the blurring and pain nd the eyes made mo fear total blindnom | 9H HAD ENDURED THRED HEMORRHAGES FROM HER LUNGS—Oured by Dr. Reeves, at of all, c0n re { BRONCHITIS AND ampered with my eyes f wx DYSPEPSIA CURED | BY DR, REEVES. | «ye Cured My Stomach.” EYELIDS GRANULATED SINCE] | ‘Mefore | conmuited Dr, Reeves my stomach | CHILDHOOD AND EYESIGHT |\Wfatine, ond ain bing: | | FAILING—DR. REEV: loat forty pounds fn tow than a year, 1 thank | CURED HER, pen 8 Ss ay ton f . KORN ; BLOCK POWELL AT Korn Bicox, lS ¥ Doctor Reeves’ method of inhalation was | see when It mer 1 at I needed. | gained tw pounde | was totally blind in that eye when I went ¢ fat in two months. Ihave had no hem-| Dr, Reeves. His treatment was painless and exe dince. My cough ie less frequent. | so wonderfully effective that my eye linptov- My appetite hae returned. The treatment hae | ed rapidly, Now 1 can see with it as well as ‘more for_ma than any that I ever tried. | 1 ever could 44 LUNG TROUBLE.” LARYNX \° | HEAD. “De. Reeves’ succem with others led me to | 115 Yesler Way, Dr. Powell Reeves Cases. Remember, Dr. Powell 0. Furnish all Medicines Free Free at their office, Korn Blook. Opposite Hotel Seattle Rupture or Hernia we fall to $1,000 Reward No hindrance from business Consultation, personally or by letter, FREE. Thousands cured. Office and pariors private. You eee no one but the or. Before confiding your case, consult the old doctors. A friendly letter or call may save future euf- ng ands <, and edd golden years to o# sent everywhere secure from ex- hee hours, § to 6. or treament, strictly cash. REEVES r Way, Seattle AND WAS CURED. ve 3 & to CPRTWY, THAT am now working at Ballard, A Qurtis Hardware Store. 1 was s suf er and tried several doctors and received 1 read the advertisement of Dr L RERVER in the ‘Post-in #," and told some doctors LWAS CONSULT DR. REEVES They all me that Dr. Heeves was a cuack, but I did not heed them and I we Dr. Reeves, he cured me. My complaint wae of the w: type of Kidney, Bladder and Stomach tro les f would s4@viee all sick persons not to mitaide doctors of other people, hal tends how to cure ‘ he cured ma, and I will person any questions or emed to me concerning my compl JOEL, VEASEY, Dalla Care of Curtie Hard: “He Cured My Consumption.” me iven me up to nf an “absolute 6 im time. If yo to Dr. Reeves, for he ery ts cert amption if t neumptior only doctor ure consumption. "* ONE EYE TOTALLY BLIND. DR, REEVES RESTORED WIS SIGHT. WENT TO DR. REEVES. 1 FEARED HE WAS SLOWLY GOING INTO CONSUMPTION. CURED BY DR. REEVES. UNABLE TO BREATHE THROUGH HER NOSE. 8HE DR. REEVES TREATED HIS STOMACH TROURLE SUCCESSFULLY, “He Cured Me of Catarrh,” “T had Catarth for a long time. It affect 1 my head and throat, and there were |growths in my nose, Dr. Reever’ new treat | m just” splendid tried any thing that did me go much © ain recommending {t to all my friends Seattle Siend her @ lead pencil © | 1 ever heard of that could really MACK Wearing ‘The greater part of the n within | better to buy carly, as assortment much better Children's Brown Check Double Texture MACKINTOSH, intaid v vet collar, handsomely made; con- sidered cheap at $2.60, our price only $2.65 each. Ladies’ Fine Black or Navy Serge | ys acKINTOSH, MACKID double cap hand. $6.00 val Men's Heavy Black Berge MACK 8H, box coat #tyle, inlaid vel- | collar h finishe cheap at $6.00, our price $4.95 each. TOBH, new military or fine inlaid velvet collar, finished throughout; mly $4.00 each You can depend upon having —__-— NTOSH Weather next four months. prices are It’s as low and than they will be later ‘in the season. Our prices are the lowest we have ever seen on dependable garments. Children’s Fine Navy Serge | MACKINTOSH, double texture, wide |wweep, military cape, Inlaid velvet | collar, a pretty garment; $4.00 value, only $4.85 euch. Ladiew Fine English Brown Tweed new Boston MUul- lwry wide sweep cape, inlald velvet | collar and plait trimming; $4.00 value | only $6.85 each Men's Fine Brown All-Wool Eng- leh Cheviott MACKINTOSH, in- laid velvet collar, box coat style, a handsome garment; $10.00 value, only | 7.00 each, led Gloria UMBRELLAS, natural Ladiev Fast Mack Twil handles; bic va only 35 each, Gent.’s Excellent Quality Past Black Giorla UMBRELLAS, well made; only 45¢ each e UNDERWEAR SELLING IN FULL SWING; OUR POPULAR PRICES KiebPrs THIS DEPARTMENT HUMMING RIGHT ALONG. O. W. PETERSON & BRO. | PCOOOOOO Incorporated 97-——————— Q. S. GOLD owns 18 claims Pete As; offer limitedsaum ber C. E, Thurston & Co., Official Bro 206, 208, 210 Pike St. M. & S. CO. 109 Cherry St. 500 feet development at 20 conte por nis pends shares & |The White House Letter Box | “An amusing thing that we fre- quently see at the White House,”* said one of the attaches there, “is the mailing of letters in the White House letter box in the vestibule Just before entering the east room. Some of them decide to mat! letters there, be- Heving that these letters will con- tain the stamp of the White House Of courne it would be @ great thing for « distant relative to receive a letter postmarked at the White House. The other day an intelligent looking woma companied by sev~ eral grown daughters, asked me to 1 heard her say’won't it be Jovely to mail them a letter from here, and jet them ree |that we've been to the president's home?’ She proceeded to write for some time, dressed it and th n proudly dropped the epistie in our letter box. She | went off with a radiant face. She | was eure that all her neighbors and} | Sete ds for miles around would hear) Famine in Pianos A private wire from Chicage of that Jet 4 from the White} | House. would be besteged | with inquiries on her return. She | will learn her mistake. The letter box here does not differ in any way from those on the streets.” i } = | AMUSEMENT BULLETIN, THIRD AVENUB THEATER) (Tonight)—"Yon Yoneon.” } | SPATTLE THEATER (Tonight) | | "Mista Will Happen.” | | FIRST SMATTLE EXPOSITION, | Armory Hall noon and evening. Se j Japaned Ware | Postal Scales, | Bill Holders, | Cash Boxes, | Bond Boxes Denny - Coryell Co. 716 First Ave. The Great Sale of Stoves eee AND Heaters At Half Price Has begun. The best and biggest money-sav- ing chance of the year '99 (Bolten & Wuson Puritare ca, 1109-11-13 Second Ave. Be apd ii a photo Srolorsea ‘place pee ing well Cc. E. EDWARDS 71 Marion St, Del, Wester and BR, Aves, TLE, WASH ° V request the readers of THE STAR to call and see our really rare se- lections of Pattern Hats and novelties. Everything new and correct in Millinery, and as low in price as the best can be sold for, Order work a specialty. MRS, E. H. JOHNSON MANAGER 1000 Becond Avonve, cor. Madivon YRES TRANSFER CO Distributing Cars a Spectalty "Phone Main 360 informs us that the Chicago plano factories are about to close down, im sympathy with the Eastern strikes. What with sdvancing prices, and an absolute famine tn pianos, prices will be at least $20 higher by the first of the year. Some houses in the city have already advanced. Just a gentie hint; “That plano you were going to buy at Christmas,” would it not be well to come in and inspect our stock and make your selec- tion now? For @ small down payment we will reserve a plano 80 days. who have been getting 200 per cent. profit heretofore, will not be affected as to their retail pric- Of course, the houses es, but why pay such profits. Our wholesale prices are open for We want $10 promt on cach piano we sell. inspection. But we cannot guarantee @ selection, or present prices long, | pi Ramaker ~ Music Company 1415 Second Ave. Near Pike Jicomsumers when ¢ neider, * atts in Biscuits and sn Sets with high price cream tartar baking powderare found to contain Rochelle while those made moder} Phosphate Ba og are par and wholesome. RSCENT le tho king modern phosphate powders, Try it~ And You WIll Use No Other 34 W, Washington St. b the only Linotype Job Printing Machina OMe, cor. Oceidental Ave. and Jackson street | SONRY 2 tho Northwest, Catalog: at rpectanly tow prices, BG vy etving ab oppor! Wigurea ‘#hone Main ba , ¥ ¥ EEK.”