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““RVERY AMR oon BXGEELgeNpaT. TRLEPHON bi Business He M rte mt shone I: Independent 11a8 BALLARD & ered by mall ar carr! 0 free me MAIL BU RAC RIGERTE The BY when your subscription expires te the addreoa label of each paper, When that date arrives, it your subsorip ae Hot again beon vada vanes, your name ls taken from the lat wee of date on the label tf a re: Ratered at the Postoffiog at Seattia Washington, a# sseond-slasw@matter, ESS. A'Fightto a Finish “HOLD, AND SUARE@OE® YOUR Gotan ye ap.” “The first thing to do is to deal with the great corporations en a gaged in the business of interstate transportation.” | In President Roosevelt's entire forceful message no other para Staph stands out like this one In the public mind no other proposition @eetsa euch enthusiastic Tesponse. Tm his demand for federal ree 1 ont faces congress with the backing of a tremendous foree of pop a wlar approval Tho people are with the pres Ts congress with the railroads jon of railway rates the 1 : If 80, there will be a contest such as this country, or any other, has seld seen There is no ure tn hunting elephants with a popgun. And we Have learned at last that there it no wisdom in seeking to check Sigantic corporations with threads of legal theory The United States constitution secures to congress the power to Fegulate commerce between the states. It is time the constitution be consulted and the railway maguates compelled to cease usurping that power. For a half century and mor» the railways, through arbitrary and Majust discriminations in rates, have been building up monopolistic ‘trusts, killing industries that might have grown great and retarding the development of vast sections, rich in natural resources, bet ma- Trooned from the industrial world by unfair rates. ‘The country is weary of its commerce belng controlled by rall- ‘WAY corporations and In the interest of Wall street gamblers. President Roosevelt's determined stand is backed by the people. Whom congress backs will soon be seen. To such a contest there must be a definite issue Either the gov- @nment must. in a A RUBSIAN OFFICER AN D ACHMENT STOPPING A PROCESION IN WARSAW, SaaEEEEEEEEEEEREESEEEEEREEEEeeeeeeteeeeeaee exampled arrogance and cruelty,| fined the large estete ow ore near out trial r 1,000 fm, and, best of all, a husband who was tenderly true and who really her. Don't forget that that doesn't happen often when Se STAR OUST \\ QUIET LITTLE OLO MAID Those were dark days. Poverty came—distressing poverty—and oath ow yon have © women __ Papeete who wanted to be & breadwinser lay sick in. bed. “Because we can’t find one,” re-| “Weil, Peay, I'm afraid you.arq, man's dearest friends, and ho has And the Princess Pierre remembered two things: That she loved | plied the choir director. “Every Gestined to be an old maid, aftee always visited here more or less husband and children, and that she was a woman before she was | woman | have offered the position all.” It tan’t disagreeable to you, is itt has declined because if she played| “Ob, you know that was alwayd No—no,” hesitated = Merry- the organ she could have no volce| my accepted destiny,” said Pegmy man. “Only you see, Peg, a man Bhe went to work. She became a dressmaker and plied her |), the cbotr.” lightly. “And mow, that all gthd likes bis home to be peaceful and early and late. She cared for her invalid husband and loved ae | gayety and buatie of Frank's wed quiet when he comes back at to the day of his death, and she labored bravely until the time UNCLE HENRY THINKS } ding te over 3 an't help thinhiag aight. And even a pleasant fellow 7 #0 nice to settle down into! like Rochester js apt to de trop when her son, Prince Roland Bonaparte, was able to care for quiet every-day life again.” at times.” For Peaay Perey had allowed her-| “But | can't tell him to stay To be sure, it was no worse for a princess to work than a peas | self to fall In love, almost uncon-' away, Frank, can IT” a A firat class appe- | siously, with that tall, handsome! “I suppose there are other ways tite ain't above a980- | cousin of hers; and Frank himself, than one by which a lady can sig But how few titled women there are who could forget precedent, tradition and all the things that seperate the so-called nobility the plain people, and cheerfully and tenderly support a family hard iabor? college vacations nify to a gentleman that bis pres- tar to do but fMirt ence Is disagreeable to her.” j and enpjoy himee!f, had carried out; “But it isn't disagreeable.” | that mission With espectal regard tol "Oh!" said Frank, “All right, ‘hig ibis dark-eyed Uttle cousin. And then.” Im Europe they called the woman who now lies tu her grave then, just as Peggy, in the blithe-! That afternoon Frank was but- (ihe Cinderelia Princess,” and the name fitted, for she was useful, | 10s ios dosen't go tip pretty | Mme Mutterings of her secret heart,|tomboled by an acquaintance in Doautitul, and good. seen: eas; ae Seales bay a ten decided that Frank really loved her, | the street SS | number of Santa Clas to be burn- | Helen Lockwood came to visit her, | “I suppose I may congratul es ay and just three weeks afterward | you, Merryman?” ce 1S M ARY dup in « tow week ee Sane ane, ee ee eee “a “ be my bridesmaid, won't!’ “Upon the approaching marriage FE rag agent we, ner you, dear?” of your cousin, Miss Percy, to be ‘Oh, of course I will,” said Peggy, sure.” counts for nothing with his, His) | ehoking down & sob. | Frank opened his eyes very — ook was so original and dar- | nit Peggy Percy wont about as | widely. r ” | fadiant as ever. “What on earth do you mean? B “Ha tat bait doses, chapters| “MY dear,” sald old Mr. Merry- said he. “Mine Parcy tan't going to fj 4 after the marriage of the hero and/™an to his wife, “you must have | be married , ae alt © been mistaken about Peggy's caring! “I think you are mistaken, Mer- \ + Mercian; selling: of they heme 080." 10 peak ryman. All the world knows that AL Met | ‘The years passed on and Frank | Miss Percy is soon to be married Cam ze, when Job A. Mecall said). TR* Years Passed om an Pra utes: Rocher! bronzed and bearded man, with a “The deuce it does!” was Frank was trying to make us believe he never heard of Tom Lawson. black weed around his hat and )Merryman’s disturbed rejoinder }three unruly children hanging| “Pesny, is it true?” he demanded, around him. on arriving home. “You seo, Perey.” said her “le what true, Frank?” cousin, “T couldn't do anything with “This about your marrying.” them after poor Helen died. They “Dear me, Frank, I'm not going need a mother's care, and I knew T could depend upon you, Pegay. It would be different, of course, if you | Were married and settled, but as you're only a quiet, little oid maid— “Yeu, exactly,” interrupted Peggy. And Frank Merryman, with al! » man’s conscious selfishness, settles snugly down, with bie three noisy, il-diseiptined children into the se- EVERLASTING peace and regularity of Pegsy ‘a household So poor Peggy sacrificed herself on the altar of man's conventenet, But suddenly day Pratl Laurel Merryman discovered that som ae appreciat dear, sunny Do = ubie ride “It seama to me,” he said, “that } Judge Rochester comes her great deal.” “Do you think so?” sald the conscious Peggy. “You know father was one of Uncle 3 of paint and came out Marguerite Obrian, with the accent on the O. at slarguerite Obrian! And for that hd aristocratic appendage Bridget sac rificed the good old honest Bridg O'Brien. The worst thing about these made over names is that they never fit. Girts, girls, stick to the names that belong to you. If you are Bridget, be such a fine Bridget that your friends will name little Bridg- ots after you. Nhe sn onl ‘Away with this fad of disowning “Where are they? Where is Su-| t ey y Where are Jane Ann, Mary| ‘he name you were born to Mary Ann? nothing but highfalutin (waddle, wholesome names they were RamMED A PIPE DOWN HIS has become of them? | THROAT Marys have all turned into) and the Susans into Susettes.| HILILMAN CITY, Dec, 19—An un- ‘Because she clerks in Toggery! usual accident occured here yester- ‘8 notion store department, Jaue| day which nearly resulted in serio herself in Janette. linjury to J. K. Bellus, an aged r because she is waitress in dent of this clty. Festaurant, Lucy must make) pellus, who isa veteran of the Mf into Lucile. \eivil war, was walking along the ‘A Chicago school teacher tetls/ street, amoking a pipe, when he a girl who made over ber) stambled on a loose board, and fell, Yery much as one would re-! The pipe w: driven down his a house. throat, severely injuring the oesa- girl entered school plain! phagus, The injured man was car- ge ce eg wo bd eyes | ried home, He was reported to be silicic? «Soa eretmas houdare s | out of danger today. > - out @ chimney and added _— FOWNES, go a ta PERRIN'S \ Fuel Saving The / Labor Saving ( Money Saving Temper Saving A SCOTTISH REEL. “We are a great people,” remark- ed the physician. “We “i in ev erything that requires brilllancy, but for good, patient, steady dig- gers, give me the Germans.” “All right, doc, take ‘em,” retort- ed the sewer contractor, “But gimme dagoes every time. cca which made her Brie- Snow {is predicted tor the holl- ls be a en > be fe (andl ary opengl htc i ao Fs Shit Bho aay dl Arora down the west wing. This made! can't cook an enjoyable Christmas gised Btta. She then put up a front) dinner without a fire. Call up the} 2nd av or and called herself Gretta. A; City Fuel Co, today and insure — porch acrogs the front of this) yourself that you will get your t BN. Brooks & Co.'s, made her into Margaretia.| Christmas dinner cooked. They | that she gave herself up to the| handle all brands of coal, and thelr | yY ge and remodeled the main part) prices are right. Phones, Main 874, ef her first name, which left it) Ind. 1752. ° ite. Not satisfied with the —— 4 I effect, just before she was| Read the assay of the Seattle- ea ices ted she went over the whole} Boston Copper Company's ore on pretentious cognomen with a cout! page 2. od e — — ~"|1China Crockery WHERE SHALL | GO FOR FIRST-CLASS DENTAL WORK? i The only range on the market NS Go to the masters of Dental with a Double Flue. The return DOAK Christmas skill, Oblo Deatiats, dlecoverers Pf fiue-in tats tana has. expinined and inventors of the Alveolar itself and is now the popular H lid Method of Dentistry. construction, See this beauti Aves Oliday Goods] the’ oniy meted inst aon ff fal same iia you will nave na AL away with plates and bridge- cetypi la tm ee ia al COME EARLY work, which tightens loose and he Laurel Ie Becoming Popular. falling teet ures Pyorrhea and all other serious diseases of the teeth and gums, OHIO DENTAL PARLORS, Entrance 307'4 Pike Street and 1430 Third Avenue, Corner of ‘BP Third and Pike. Ye Ke. ») || See Our Tempting Prices COLLINS BLDG, JAMES AND 2ND. PHONES 416. |] Great American Importing Tea Co, “THE SCHOOL OF QUALITY.” I] 3p Siteas'Ave: { SEATTLE 1522 Ist Ave. : Seattle 818-824 Second Ave., Ballard. HBGDAHL CO., INC. RUSSIA PLANNING IN COLD BL TO PLUNDER AND DEATH IN OADER TO KEEP HED OWN SOLDIERS FROM REVOLT Saw | . “DESPAIR AND THE SLAUGHTER |. point ® to x OD TO GIVE THE POLES OVER |: a! ' * iF w» innurrect ONE THOUGAND A DAY IMpRis. ||, The Bt Fetermpure ONE®—MANY BRUTAL OUTRAGES, | nd the T ' liana mw |ty of of 2 aetna | phue ' bh soldiers a be al ™ | knows rented during the | strength ‘ . , night and curried by gen- | becom Ust ' snceealla ' ithout the right of n the F ; The obvious t f th ! ¥ th bs rebure authorities in ord th ' thelr f i : wig Pol 1h t ' r wu ih 4 Tone : — vn : E' s ristmas x \ 25 2 Meiraynwkt, of I Ww Ko rm ‘K os | f of th ® t 1 hin 1-year | to be married Jot to Judge Rochester the truth, Frank,” and her eye drooped # little, while a soft ask mo to be his wife, but—but I thought of you and the ebild and——' Peggy, you're a trump!” ortea Frank Merryman, with a great ear Restness. “But, all th Ss think you ought to get mar . Frank! Tbis from you! “There can't be a doubt about tt Peg!” said Frank, with increased energy. “You never was cut out for an old maid.” Popeye bend dropped “Prank ¥ Y trobgne 1 was of some use to you.” “Bo you are,” sald Frank Merry cordance with the condition, contro! the railroads, WARSAW, Dec. 19.——The reign of {ordered the urrest of alt Poles car-{ These are examples of the bidh j around her go ; peg Pho “te very reason I want you to—m | | man, contriving to get bis arm od that’s the OF else it must be admitted that the rallroad corporations control | martial law that Ie now in force In| rying sticks or umbrellas in the the Russian ib quverument. Potand ix recalling the worst part | streets, or walking about with their | bure and. tect: ty eS Pa of all the old regime under Piet hands in their pooke | During ¢ ten da ecora| = “Oh, Fran’ u | « ye a reco ‘ . Can there be any doubt as to the issue? ‘The local aut ties throughout General Sy ff, o comm base been « ed In the o bern etl 1 am in rent Peggy I've country are acting with almost un-|of the government of Siediec ple who have been arrested and] been wanting something else these n | three years-—ever since poor Hele Th er Pr ss even for Potand. Blediic 91.500 each for permitting | pe have died; in fact—and I've just found e Cind ella ince Proclamations have been tasued in| patriotic processions pass throagh | prison without jout what it is, IT want you. Com wes | ¥ all the districts of the country] their ground ink given to their friends If you won't marry Judge Ro hes threatening the people with fines| General K . the commander] Among Uy thus treat «|ter, it's no reason you shonldn't ‘There are heart thrills In the life story of Princess Plerre Bona- jand imprisonment for the petttest|/of the government of Lublin, has| some of the moat prominent parsons] marry me!” ‘Parte, who was buried in Paris re cently political offenses, such as refusing| similarly fined the estate owners! in Poland, tacluding Count Ladi» “No, to be sure,” faltered Peasy: She came from the plain \ 1 cot, and ['% display signs in Russian in their] under his jurisdiction. | Tyskiowlcs, one of the Uberal| “but i * preadhagt 886 pd nthe wes quad and overt, shop fronts, for asking any Russian jeneral Gribskji, commander of | leaders among the Poltxh nobility;| “I won't listen to any buts,” said Bistory says she was as atiful as she was good. official to speak tn Polish, and for | Le has announced that all the arich Warsaw/| Frank “xy. | love and honor A good many years ago a prince walked into her life and she anixing meetings in fri inhabitants will be held reapennibi¢ ‘aclaw Sierossew-| you more than any woman in the Decame a grand jady. People took their hats off when her carriage | houree. collectively for mny damage to gov} | ski, one of the prominent Polish} world. I may have seemed a ouifish a General Shatiloff, the commander} ernment property in any town of| novelista, who five years ago re-| brute, but I'm not quite unconscious v SE ce ree 06 Tne Cieines, and & galtee to Eve of the government of Piohrkow, has| village. turned from exile in Northern Sibe-| of all you have done and sacrificed lfor me! Come, Peggy, won't you be my own little household angel?” And Peggy promised. “Strange that I never thought of this before,” said honest obtuse Frank. {ft was strange. But then this world te full se strange things. “WHAT REASONABLE PRICES” And “what a fine tine” frienda say about Jackets and Bath’ Robes. Call and et us show you. KN, Brooks & Co, 1331 2nd ave. Read the wince: of the Seattle Boston Copper Company's ore on page 2. eee is what your eeu JOHN CORT, Mgr. Both Phones 43 All This Week—Matinees Wednes- day and Saturday, 2c, 10¢ THE JOLLY GIRLS. Prices to 100. First-class in All Respecta. This ad. and 10¢ wilt admit any woran to balcony Wednesday mat- ince. Present before 12 Wednes- day POULTRY SHOW GERMANIA HALL DECEMBER 19 to 23, 1905 | ADMISSION, 250 | | | SEASON TICKET, Mr. and Mra, Rol sel for the Defer e Annie Abbott, the Georgia Mag- The Original American Newsboys Quartette. __7—Other High-Class | Princess Theater BALLARD, Week Commencing Dec. 18, 1905. The Great Richards, Trask & ers, John Drew, Bessie Allen, Frank Smith, An Automobile Trip. i” Tincens Foret pe 10—-Admission—100, Matinees Sat. and Su only Jrira Avenue Theater The Most Popular Theater, Russcll & Drew, Mgrs, ‘Tonight and all week, matinee Wednesday and Saturday, Fre Falkner presente his company of funmakers in the latest comedy drama THE GIRL FROM SWEDEN, A pretty story told in four acts High-clas# specialttes introduced throughout t rfor Matinee Prices—10 Nights », 40, 50 eek, the everlasting suc ly A Mr. G. A. Gearhart eturer, will oar at Christen en's Arcade hall, 1 December 19th. roa evening “The Coming Man.” Admission 0c PLAIN BATHS 121-2c Heady’s Barber Shop Cor, First and Washington ur Smoking} Shopping Continues Brisk at This Store DO YOU REALIZE THAT YOU HAVE ONLY FOUR DAYS MORE IN WHICH TO DO UR CHRISTMAS SHOPPING? 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