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THz Ss#arT oor theig. 7 —e = VERY AFTERNOON EXCE! TELEPHONKS @ustnsss Department—Sunset Main 1 0 TLE STAR RLISHING Co, 1) Beventh Avenaa ‘T SUNDAY, Independent 11m <> BEAN STAN AGERCY-ST Tigra cve Buneey, ww ow at per copy, ati by matl or carriers cents pej sen N Seber 0 free TO MALL BUBSCRIDERS—The da te when W hen that in advance your mame le taken ‘e- address igbe) of ono gorse aa nor again been pa, Shanae of date on the address la Entered at the Postoffice at Beattl ANT PIRE 8TRE mur new Want Ad Office urpose of affording t the a Bove number has + twenty-five conte per monty St youn rome eon our subsert piree te ‘ jate arrives, ee a4 nd-clawe matter te & receipt Washington. as ee AD. ii M-RAULE YS DAUG Co, COn HbOND AVENUM enient RD, New York Renresen HONEST CIR ‘This ts to certify that tha DA CIRCULATION of the SEA ] OCREDED 16.000 ( DPIRS DAILY OF 1005 (January, February an EXcE BF. ¢ Subscribed fn my presence an ef April, A. D, 1906, Notary ‘ub!'c In and for State o The Presid KWOOD, Chicago Re 5 E@ Mee! COMES BAILY. [—-—nseeeseneneenseessesneseness nn neeeeaal entative, 1006 Hartford Hullding thune Pottding CULATION, ILY AVERAGE BONA FIDS STAR for the YEAR 1904 BX- ang for the FIRSR QUARTER a March), Sree er @ sworn to tefore ove thts Srd day A. J. TENNANT. f Washington, residing at Seattle ent’s Lark Thore ts a delightful Ittle st ‘ory about the president and his Wife that has just crept into pub lfelty It seems Mr, Roosevelt had pt woods, but had Pelt, who were visiting friends in not yet ocoupile stay over night in the little house. And slept there that night. The president and his wife we from any inhabited house. In the morning Mra, Rooseve! @ot breakfast Premises. So the first lady of th foad and borrowed a match with which Ritchen stove. As it happened, there were no urchased a cottage In the Virginia 1 it. Reoently he and Mra. Roose- the vicinity, took a notion to They trudged over to the place " ore all alone and a quarter of a mile That much of the story has leaked out. What sort of a breakfast they had we do not know. t let the president sleep while she matches about the he land hailed a passerby on the to light the fire of the It may be fmagined that the menu was composed of breakfast food, Virginia @ugar cured ham, eggs as you like them and coffee like your mother sed to make. That it was a good breakfast and that Theodore relished it ex- Beedingly may be taken for granted, since Mra. Roosevelt adds to Ber accomplishments that of a fine mother and a good housekeeper. Nowhere else In the world could such a little lark happen to the head of a na @ent would do such a thing. The president of the United St ion and his wife. And not every American presi- ates today is perhaps the foremost igure of all the world, yet he did just what any other American @itizen would have done under like circumstances, He did not think fo bend his dignity or run any risk of danger. The robust Americanism of Theodore Roosevelt is a pleasing phase of his character. And in such incidents he ts brought into the dmner circle of the people's fellowship. Push and Smile The city of Denver has adopted a great motto. “Push and smile” The speech is felicitous, slogan. In the building up of a town ; mand to smile at one and the sane ination is a conquering one, The city which commands the It te~ It has im it the making of a sounding It also has in it a great philosophy. sash is a great thing. But to push » time is m greater thing. The com- service of men who push {ts public enterprises and at the same time keep sweet themselves, is fortunate. For there are those who push all right, but who constantly rail at those who do not push. These be knockers, even though they push. Push and smile, or smile and push. It matters not how you put it so that both terms are included. He who smiles as he pushes his private business or pushes his private business as he smiles is an e@pirit of success is in him. The smile that pushes ts the « Behind the smile and the push is the man. “Push and smi! The gonfalon is one to linger im it the note of victory. optimist, who will get on, The mile that will sot come off. over, and to conjure with. It has BEER EEE EERE EER EERE HR H EDITORIALS BY STAR READERS ; Dl a i aa ae eee ee ee ee i= NORWEGIAN REVOLT the world, but are not the eesential iter The Star: polgta that have led her to victory. Dr. Nansen's article in The Nor is tt the old superstition of su- Wtar, Norway's political status is|pernatural power or influence, but Given as seen by him—trom a Nor-| through natural causes. Wegian point of view. To others,/ To the enlightened people of to- the consular question appears some-|day there can be nothing super- what different. ‘| natural; natural laws govern every- I consider Norway's standing sim- tning. far to that of a state in our union; Japan has won her victories by and as such, Norway has no more| observing well known laws and her meed or occasion of having a sepa-| close attention to the law of cen- Fete and exclusive consular service | tralization. than the state of Washington has in| Newton discovered the law of this country. And Norway has been | «ravitation; not gravity, for that getting far more than her share as} has not been discovered yet. Fegards representation abroad. Out! The law of centralization not only of 33 regular consuls, Norway has | controls gravity, but controls every- 18, while Sweden has only 15; and| thing down to the most minute de fm this country the minister and con-|tall. And by closely observing this gi general at Washington and the|!aw the greatest of all laws, the eonsul in New York are Norwegians, | Japs so far excell the Russians. amd they also have a majority of the VALENTINE. 94 vice consuls in the United States. _o ‘The consul question, therefore, is simply a subterfuge for secession ‘The Norwegian people ere head- Seattle Day. strong and high-spirited, and noth- ing less than a government of their own making will satisfy them. t Portland Exposition. N. P. ex- rsion train will leave Seattle Fri- day, June 23rd, at 7:39a.m. Round “SVEN JOHNSON.” | trip fare $5.00. Get your tickets now. oo Baditor Star: As formerly referred to, the love and esteem of virtue + which Japan has chown in her con- Prot, Knox's great lecture tonight, Unitarian eee flict with Russia is very good, and|“How to Cure Poverty, itexempliftied—it you atudents—at their work—preparing for the battle of life— m0 acknowledged by the nations of | church, vant to see upwards You should go right A W \\ ~ DERN OO E> ~9E> “deo at 200 studen down to the Collins Prosperity Hs visit the day or even- Ing classes of Both Phones “You had better fight,” he cut tn sharply; “it ts at least better te de eword tn hand thas by the katt and I ewetr thuat ff oe de mot Mydet you shall bo kanuest = kostone = bho week bs om.” “You swerve te mw that I mhewhd | net be re-arrested,” erie the pose | wrebch te mm “But I made ne such prentve retorted! Hweston; “and tf I had, and sworn it on 50 bibles, I should break my vow without considering my honor forfeited.” The marquis stared at ua for some moments without speaking. his eyes turgid with fear, but at he aroused himself and as a certain dignity—the dig length sumed CRYING OUT HE STAGGERED ACROSS THE ROOM. ity of despair, perhaps, for there was but faint hope apparent In bis voice when next he spoke. “1 understand that you will pledge your honor that I depart un- molested if I kill monsteur.” The others turned to me, but I nodded, and they gave the pledge. On that the marquis threw off his coat, and I followed his example. Asl did so there fell from my pocket, and rolled upon the Mc the purse and ivory skull which had been my companions for so long. De Sevringen uttered a sharp cry, and darting forward picked up the trifle, “It ila mine!” he gasped and thrust it In his bosom. “You are welcome,” I returned with a amile, for the ghastly bauble had long ceased to interest me, and besides was not, strictly speaking, my property On my assurance, the marquis toyed a moment with the skull, plunged seemingly in reverie. On « sudden—"You wil, kill me?” he asked, and fixed his bloodsht glance upon me. “I shall try to, monsteur. only deplore the necessity. you pardon me!” “You have always thwarted me he muttered musingly, “From the hour of our first meeting, when you tobbed me of this toy, you hay thwarted me. But for you my plans would never have miscarried; but for you I would be a free man today —in France, perhaps, and high tn favor with Napoleon, You have wrested from me the profits of long hours of dangerous toil. “Pardon,” I interrupted coldly, “there is no need to wind out words or recount the causes of——”" “Wait.” he interrupted in turn, “there is. Hear me a moment.” Astonished, I could only bow to him in silence, and we stared at each other long and full. “You think me a coward,” he pro- ceeded presently, speaking slowly and with extraordinary “Well, I make you my compli ments; you are not entirely mistak- en. Physically [ am a coward And yet!—You have surprised me in the pursuit of a dangerous avoca. tion, a calling wherein one false step should infallibly evoke de struction. Have you considered that? Have you asked yourself the reason? No. But then— tell it you. The only fear of which I am capable is physical. Morally I am strong, stronger than most other men, I have someumes fore ed my faltering body to tasks and risks which you, with all your tron nerves, would never dare to under. go. What! have done has been in mere experiment. I tell you that within this carcass reside two dif- ferent spirits. One—ab, bah!—a trembling coward, but the other a giant of energy, of curfosity, Intell! gence and strength! You will un derstand now the reason that you found me in our first encov ir armed with mail. in the memory, It will show you that I speak the truth.” I was interested at his words, as were also my companions, but I could discern no oecasion for his quaint apology. “To what end, monsieur?” I mut- tered, “to what end?” “To death, milord,” he answered proudly. “Death is the end of all things. I had been saying when I can I pray “A Sword Mlislaid” Copyright by the R. F. Fenne Company. THE SEATTLE STAR—THURSDA BY AMBROSE PRATT. you stayed my tonguo that you (haw bee ee psoed Witte! alone of all men have, since wo! It came to my mind that Clariow met, been consistemtly my bam, BM) had Aivom womme of tbe putty te tw ‘is strange that ow this puget of afl) crown prince of at MH. Chomd Jelkors, whem you would forse mun to| but | did net ehocwm to dovound to Phy WHE yor the pase of death, on) make an explanation. Jnnteed of the very ove of the excowmter yeu | that I Ra mword and slood on whould nestero to mo this skull of) guard. “I bey you to arm yourself, | i am pet ef & mperetitions | marquis 1 paid sternly | mind, milord, but the ereumstanee| He eyed me with & old amit jamacks of fate, Do nat you agrep|and silently ato some of the paste with mo?” extracting It from the wkull with # Tis a grewseme toy,” I replied, | fingers, whereupon the whole but Tam not such a foel as to pre-| apartment became quickly permeat tend to discern fate in such aled with the oder of almonds. “I re | trifie,” ret to disappoint you, my friend He did not heed my latter words,|maling the pretense of extreme “You say truly, milord,” be mar-| courtesy, “but believe mo, you put mured, “It is the proper emblem of] yourself to a great deal of unneces = ae —— ——~|#ary trouble What do you mean?” I cried angered past pationcs, Do you after all refuse to fight?” He coolly ate another consider able portion of the sweetmeat be fore he replied, then, with a shrug jof unaffected amusement “You would not fight with a dead | man, monsteur?” | “What do you mean?” I gasped, but a light breaking on my mind, éried out, “It is poison you are oat ing!” You,” said the marquis, “it is a poison, and poison of such @ cun ng texture that in the sp ot |half an hour t shall be dead.” | Before he had compieted the sen- tence his face assumed an expres- | sion of keen pain, and clasping his hands tightly across his chest he. gave vent to a deep, hollow moan. Speechless with surprise and dis- may, we gathered round him, but he broke from us, and crying out as if in a paroxysam staggered acroas the room until he reached the table, across which he threw himself, groaning horribly, It was a piece of superlatively fine acting. 1 saw the rascal give @ cunning glance at us, then he snatched up his confee sion and darted to the fireplace. Dut | was near as ewift ashe. “Re |venge!” he cried, and threw the paper to the flames, “Not eo,” I shouted, and thrusting him aside, quick as light caught and saved the precious document before it was so much as scorched =\ he. WHts, His rage was diabolical, With a cure of fury he sprang upon me while yet | stooped, but Hveston eame to my relief and pulled him roughly back. ‘There followed a wild melee in which the marquis, foiled in his desires, fought, spat Kicked Iike a veritable imp. He re- covered his control at last as ab- ruptly as he had lost it. Ceasing on wudden his frantic struggles, he Staggered to his feet, and, sharply Watched by us all, throw himself tn. to the nearest chair, whereon he looked up at wa and laughed, Ab! his laughter; it rings in my cars now to think of it! We stood, a dazed and helpless trio, staring at him in numbed, foolish fashion, listening dumbly to bis hideous cachinnatt And presently he spoke, to detail with cold and gloomy braggadocio a score of atrocious crimes he de- elared he had committed. But soon real pain and the fear of death crowded out all other thoughts and be threw himself to the floor, raving, cursing and en death. He suddenly approached a step and eyed me keenly You, milord. who are a brave man; will you ad mit to me that I have a chance with yout You are, it ts certain, more skilifal with the sword than [; but | 1 am not unskilled. There are many chances in combat. Is ft not so?” | “Undoubtedly, monsieur.” I re | pes = ey impatient to com~-/treating us to save bim, to send for mence the fix a leech, to do anythin, | “Eh, bien!” ho muttered, # Ws Wiswned cao. | help or prolong his wretched exist- You have } calm, | I shail | | strange, illegible emile faintly eury ing his lips. Learn, then, that I discard thore chances. I voluntart- ly reject them. I have tasted most sweet things of life, milord, and | discovered them to be at bottom | most worthless. Take my word for jit, milord, in these past 40 years I | have experimented biithely with the and have denied myself nothing which my hands had pow- er to grasp.” TI can well believe you,” T an- swered politely; “but pardon me, you are discursive; these gentlemen | walt for us.” | He threw back his head and gave |vent to a horrible sardonic laugh. |“Truly, It 18 most discourteous in me to keep them waiting to see me | die, Messieurs, I make you @ thou- sand most profound apologies. Well, I am ready.” Eveston advanced and oftefed him the cholce of two fine biades, But the marquis scarcely glanced jat them, and shrugged his Mboulaeed |with disdain. “I have no use for them,” he said, and abruptly ture ing his back on the young man he | pressed the apring of the itvoty |skull, whereupon a section of the occiput sprang open, disclosing the paste within, “Sacre!” he cried angrily, + quested, ging ence Overcome with horror and pity for the tortures he now undoubted ly endured, we did at last as he re- and dispatched Richards posthaste for an apothecary, but when the doctor arrived the mar quis was past human ald. He died in the end a miserable craven, drag himself upon his stomach from one to another of us, shriek ing out in his agony and imploring us to render that ald which it was then tmpossible for any mortal to bestow. When all was over wo found, to my astonishment, Pitt lying in a deep swoon, stretched out behind a curtain, where he had, in spite of me, prevailed on Richards to con- cal him, so that he might see the duel. been too much for a man whose shoulders had been wont to bear for long and unassisted the cares of a great kingdom As for Eveston, his control had long before given way and tears still uninterruptedly trickled shivering in his chair, Ul and half fainting, his teeth chattering as with an ague, I alone was out wardly unmoved, yet I can never “thd deny that, in spite of the calm i] If you haven't the ready cash thinking of getting—come in here I take no shame | One Dollar a | | | Eastern Outfi t 422-424 PIKE STR | Happy ‘Thought to buy that new suit you're and try our easy payment plan, Week Does It tting Co., Inc. EET, COR. FIFTH The horror of that scene had | down | his cheeks, while Polkinghorne sat | | | jhad sent the crown prin to his grave | | But Richards strode forward with | New Baby |! 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