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‘4 oT RSS ORR: THE SEATTLE STAR BV STAR PuBLisHina co, 1307 and 1800 Geventh Ava : EVERY AFTERNOON EXCEPT SUNDAY. “a se Telephones—- ett Shee Editorial: independent 870; Sunset Main 1080, Business: independent 1138; Sunset, Main 080, BALLARD STAR AGENCY-20 Matinns Ave dunset, Ballard 106 yetive conte per month Denvered ‘One cent per copy, etx oe week wr Owen ty inali ‘cr carrier We five sepien "FO MALL SURAGMEBERD The ante + ben your sunscrtption empires te on ths Aasrens « Pcs TD iia ie Sear aubseriptton tne mat he yt heres GT “Nanas ot dale Realite Washington a second-class marten Sgsin ber pe, th afeance, Yo ~- ~ POTICN [TO WAMORIBERSahoult revr Star fall t reach pou ty A any eventing, Bisane do us the Muy cur mals effies, Bunset, ' pemdemt BB be we ot we «il cond poe & eopr chaald iles it sore thar ‘oo we ebony time You mire Ie thie wey Se eam Be certaim af ceiving fe the only way Content Always for the Other Fellow millions, declares that not such heavy A New Yorker, celebrated many the rich are not as well off as (> vor responsthitittes to worry then Many other rich men, pe who bh haps most of them, hold tm their hearts somewhat the same opinion And every poor man belteves exactly the opposite To the man without money hix responsibilities appear heavy in deed, while thought of Wealth is like a dream of glory, Tt fe a déop question? No; not even skin deep. The comm since fuct te that nearly every one of us ts more of tess diesatiefied with his let, and jealously thinks the other fal low has tho best of it In youth we long for maturity, and in maturity we yeera for the happy days of childhood. Whatever |» beyond reach seems Somehow to be just (he thing aveded to complete happiness You bave the donkey leave his own grass to hang his hea: over the fence, with drooping ears and drooling mouth, ‘and look longingly upom the moxt field, where the grass, though precisely like his own, seems ever so mitch sweeter? Well, the extra sweetness is all ip the fence. And not all donkeys drooling over the fence stand on four legs. Every fat woman wants to be thin, Every thin woman longs to gain fat. There is no particular reason for ft except that they ‘are just built that way Nearly every farmer looks forward to the time when he ¢an afford to quit work and move to town and take life easy, And moarty every city man longs for the time when he can retire to the quiet of the country. sd ‘The world always seems to be just a little Brighter and better Most any direction from the spot you oooupy right now It te because we are incuradly resticss and Alexattefied, f is a good thing we are It the rich were content they would keep all their money. But they spend and spend, seeking happiness, and that's how the rest of us get a chance at it Most of va work and work to get some money with, and that's Dow the world’s work gots done. We of this country are said to be the most discontented peo natioed And to be happy ple on earth, And maybe that fs why we are the most cnergetic and progressive. Mt wo were contented, there would be nothing doing. Only a Subterfuge Howard Eitfott, president of (he Northern Pacifte railway, le giv ing to the preas some elaborate figures to prove that the present car shortage, amd its resultant widespread mischief, is due solely to the sudden and phenomena! crowth of business tn the country, He presetts cateatations to show that the freight traffie of the ‘Walted States bas increased 118% per cent sluce 1496, while the total mallway mileage during that period increased but 21 per cent end equipment not over 25 per cent. Mr. Elliott stopped short of the vital pofat. He does not call attention to the fact that, while this phenomenal business was developing, the great railway operators of the country were almost without exception economising on the purchase of locomotives and cars, in order to roll up big earnings aa a basis for gigantic stock Speculations Had the ratiway managers been doing & legitimate business, with no stock gambling schemes in view, there would have beem double the number of locomotives on existing tracks today,end # largely increased supply of freight cars. The Great Northera railway te an instructive example. Right Bow, strung along its line is « vast quantity of freight, which cam mot be moved for lack of motive power, Why did not Mr. Hill build engines? Simply because he was 4 Big #arpluse fund and was booming the stocks of tory to another stock fasue. gay that more locomotives could not be s@ tit Zown to business, railways can bulld thetr Mr. Elliott's dofemse of the railway speculators ts futile ures déceive nobedy who understands the situation SS ces oe es Tce SESE EE ESET EEE EEE SENT POEM 10 ADOGEVELT ON “OPPORTUNITY” PoCerrrerrrrrtt se Settee eee e 2 ; ee (Beattie Star Special Service.) ‘ “WASHINGTON, Jan, 17—-Among the New Year cards received Sebonr's Roosevelt was an addition to his collection of poems on Re itis fig- Seen eee ee * * * * * » * * TUNITY. As all know who have visited the white bourse, Mr. has on the mantel of his office a tramed autogre)! « ot 1 known verses of Jon J. Ingalls, which ran “Master of human destinies am 1: Fame, love and fortune on my footsteps walt Cithes and fields I walk; | penetrate Denerts and seas remote, and passing by Hovel and mart and palece, soon or late I knock unbidden, once, at every gate: {f feasting, rise; If sleeping, wake before I turn away, It is the hour of fate, And they who follow me reach every state Mortals desire, and conquer every foe Save death. But those who doubt or hesits Condemned to failure, pesury and w Seek me in vain and ceaselessly implore; I answer not, and I return—no more. The companion verses sent to the president are by Walter Malone, and they are quite different in their « They do me wrong who say I come no more When once I knock and fail to find you in: Por every day I stand outside your & Aad bid you wake, and ride to fight and win Wall not for precious chances passed away, Weep not for Golden Ages on the wane Each night I burn the rds of the day; At sunrise every soul is born again. ad dumb Laugh like a boy at » Vanquished joys be blind and 4 My judgments seal the dead past with Bat never bind 4 moment yet to come. plendors that have af Though deep in mire, wring not your hands and weep; I lend my arm to all who say I CA No shamefaced outcast ever sank But yet might rise and be Pp gain a man! Dost thou behold thy lost youth all aghast? Dost reel from righteous retribution’s blow Then tarn from blotted archives of the past And find the tutu white an snow Art thou a mourner? Rouse thee from th Art thou a sinner? Sina may waiver Kach morning gives thee from Fach night a st He iwit the Sale of DRESSERS CHIFFONIERS and HEATING STOVES at Dabney & W Co. DOWNING, HOPKING 4 RYER Ine. BROKERS. . Prov . kp, Bonds. Gre Shouse Fur PRIVATE V Tel. Main 279. tn Rooms 204.205.8068 Al k Ranges. tor “YOU SHOULD HAVE SEEN MR. POTTS’ FACE FLUSH AND Hi6 | seer YES GLITTER.” a poet * * » * » * mL. Sh Reet Malalel T thought there was good «taff tn although he muse a8 much as me. doce There w Mr. Swinburne Milton Potts, the woo the the most dramatic scene at Toffeta & Balbriggan’s today, of whieh Mr and I think more highly of him than ever 1 had made a mistake aod Mr. Potta was the Ryltrotter, tho hero, floor walker, was} per? handing it to me in & more sassy in walked Potte on hie way to} that he strack Mr. Potts a etun-| tinue in the evening Mr. Adwrite’s office, and heard| ning blow on the left optic. Mr | everything, burnt bis bomta out bir Mr. Byltrotter towaing the tabasco] Potts fell swooning inte my arms | existence im ae tt were, It wae to me. You should have seen Mr.) and did not come to for the count.[ merely by reasoning He had Potts’ face flush and bis eyes! All of as girte bathed the martyr’e| thought 1 over, Life in an offic glitter behind their glasses tike| brow and Mr rotter got his} existence in a small suburb, the nar- they wanted to kick a pane out | time from the office. This shags|row horizon, the prospect of the than he ought to, when /into Mr. Byltrotter’s soul a0 deeply Quivering with exeitement he stood between me and the floor walke his fashion, arma and freah guy A Harvard professor «ho bad ab) versed. and the street car ways been known as a woman hater has been eved for $20,000 for breach Now hell of promine worse Geo. Gould declares the car users are reeponetbie for the How troe it jet week ful! than e Neat thus addreesed pver folded in a ferocious the hate ortage And how woode George will die cover that if nobody were using the care there woald be no shortage. “Who owns th building aver there’ ei \ er if “I don't know “T guess you'll when ('m dead!” snapped “But you're not Smithers soothingly certain enough to make any exper Mrs FEELING HIS OATS. iments.” millionaire whom he likes?” 1 sappose so,” replied his friends That is, he cam if he likes and she kes him enowgh.” thanks, doc Dr ay "Can't Blew it All In Allen called Thursday to square accounts with the News man and to order the his daughters for the The doctor left $3, which the editor) fingled in his pockets a full half spending Pennington Gap (Va. before News appreciate: ‘ Smithers} Hub certain,” handsome tall I owned it yoo terday, but KH. Harriman passed through the city (his morsing.” aald “Not “Humph!" granted the Pittsber, a man marry | EEN REO STAR DUST By “JOSH” | | rerrrrr: ! News sent to! new it Many A WORD FROM JOSH Wise. Many an time we get whut's year.| comin’ to we an don't know it Anyway, the Interstate Commerce Commission's hearings show the difference in resuita when a system) is worked by B. H. Harriman and| when it is worked by Cassie Chad } wick Newspaper editors should first) the seoure a supply of fuel before y al attempt to “warm up” the dealer In 1907. Next Christmas things will be re It’s a Fact Colina bullding up with hie orders ea Don't | | THE SEATTL ween eee ree ney |t DIANA’S DIARY NO. 3; :THE EXILES RETURN TOUTE CECCOCOCCCOCC ECCS S Sea es ¥ WeerereCORORe Ol 02 0.0.0.2.2. 2D iieieielel ~~ “Hold, base varlet, tay that blow! Lay not thy \ron@hed hand Upon yon Indy's meek of snow While Ta witness stand You earn the utmost secors of may Who wouldet a woman crush’ I repeat, you earn my scorn agaia, Pook, pooh on you! Pieh, tash!” it, to be tm Pretty good, ten't like a chafing dish sup prom pta, merciless rebuke The sank that no ome can get too flip me while Mr. Potts, the poet, is around, and 1 surely appreciate tt (Te be continged.) came, ee on 7 wilt carry all passengers freegan let the people keep the ol (However, thie fe not suth tive) ne “Observations.” We need a few more battleships, To help ta trure * Bat what ls wanted worse just now Is a hundred thousand bex We're short of feel and sbort bay, And no water we've to epare, But we have heard no one Of the shortage of “Hot air.” —— SOLDIER MAN BY STUART MACLEAN, Ree Ree . What's de matter, honey? wad? Is de mew year done start out all wrong? Ain't de sun « shinin’ no mo’? Don't yo feel ike alagtin’ no song? Honey, be a soldier man, Des do de ve'y bes’ yo cant is yo Aln't yo see de soldier on parade? Looks like it's mighty easy den; but when de big guns boom, Dat's de time dey calls for Men! Honey, be « soldier man, Dea do de ve'y bes’ yo enn! Honey, t* de road real bard? le yo mighty near use up all yo grit? Does yo feel Itke sittin’ down to , Mighty near ready for to quit? Honey, be a soldier maa, Des do de ve'y bes’ yo can! Style Quality Fit Every garment in our ex- tensive showing of Mdéh'« Apparel three points, as good cloth ing must do. Our alwape§) down-to-date, and, not only do our clothes look right’ tit the time you buy, but thé? quality that's in makes they embodies styles are then, J} stay right that means clothes-satishac tion suit and Overcoat range from $15 to $30, and, if not convenient to pay cash indeed to prices you're welcome open an for anything pay a little down and a little at a time, ac count with u selected Eastern Outfitting Company, Inc. 1332-94 Second, near Union “Beattie bie Credit sighing of the breene, He tossed bavk the cape of his heavy traveling eveveoat nad m cutting There were some thawe, J} ' EK STAR—WEDN: A . WYOVTTOTT TTT tl ttt eee eon dou's mor Me come. The dense oury covered the ground and then the path ted + up i Be Went hi, bi, to a tiny ehurenyera. = ‘The were white went ee ee had ever been, The sunshine came The train from fouthampten wae ground was that afternoon! ‘The dappled with sunshine the was the snell of Nowers wee the twittering of the birds wee one of those afternoons which all the world seems to be There are exactly five organs, tn fine playable condition, which will be sold for 66. Come and take ‘em away, Remember fe Inst day of Ware ‘There was a book lying seat beside him, whieh he there 1 Preneh oad English papers es well The book comprised the refleo~ foatt) when sorrow and wghing |, morrow tone t- | Hone of g French HA ing, He | have flown away. Why had he not |] house Bal vie, |stened? ‘Che siehing of the wind Hiked it well enough an che wheelie might have taught him what w but there was meet to think about besides; and it was pleasant to look out on that country. right. And he went on through « wood, so silent now, for evening time had D, & JOHNSTON CO, 903 Becond Avenue yee, He looked aeroes the tittle caine place on ie the dim & darkness. joods, A flower pot was lying h, it wae better to b seeding © he nj floods, A flower pot wa con BRUSHES speeding on fn on itn side, W knocked It} pumtbie; ly cy ole had met the steamer from South) veer Homebody who was runslng | ‘urity rath to amen i. ft All W America, Ite passengers had Jour | yy—gornebody who was #olInk—#°° | wan foaliah b auibys to tee neved from the land of the pun, Ing wway—wolng, never to return Lane's relativen, 10 denert the few |B Se : 4 the ght dn that fret-clase| A Sob stuck In his throat, It 48) Leonie who were romdy to beip and |f 4° Brasher —thhig And the light to nd vattiod ao (DO Hving life ax it should be lived ae find lk ibe Brushes—thi pen, ria fork a in tome © curve away for years ineraly to TiNd) he gomae of tiness had come. |f $1 Brusbes—thig * > la gp nage - It wan hot wise to desert ali ford Th $1.25 Brushes ae These wore three voyngers 1 We ainply for a shadow. Wor the old week Met 7 | me back again - a thee Sa chen amb sound por | 878 could never come back aga! ierushoe-mtin that ot the melancholy Fushing He) ee iin cain Olympic Market bree tion of the trate ~ ied im: guameibel : r bark - Shaggy al ath 118 PL ., saves half your meat ¢ ‘ng kage npaltingen | The —- 2 ay! apeeting Had om bills, Try them and see. - ; HERPICIDE < for. [somebody who had dreamn, but who we Mervieite on SS magn ey" cag |¥et wae philosophic, Why had he bos wind wil’ ten in. she. ont - not Matened? The banalities, t ows wort al politeness of after life, had ob« Free instructions the words Nut now they of the Hatr 4 the a lence was disturbed only by back. Mow soft and exquisite w wal to boreal lae'n Kaw priee al Woo 1 poo Tincta f ¢ price 60 teem spechgl Warrows Bhumpeo He had been away 16 tee —_— What a difference ft had mo | le Buo . ‘Time paneed in a fad out there 'n | Mga Prices That Pie: Hotgemsae Gal the south, He might hawe remaliied | at the Clty Hall Market, 609 Third (| PUGET SOUND MARBLE @ for ahatipoo—gy to the ond, only ee he | AY, Rear Yesier, Bib roast of beef GRANITE CO., Inc, a . him back. What was itt he Sirloin and Porter House €. M. Thayer, Manager. pense “<0 have come? Yes, for it was tm oF nan : Cemetery work of every de- re perious, that call Don't throw away your off J sertption. j Th And he found bimaelt looking WIth) clothes, Mave them cleaned te) 2410 First Ave, Beattie. e ua & interest at the Individual burted in |look Whe new at the Pantortu Main 2099. Ind. $022. 1013-1018 Call ep Main 1048. who sat opposite, Mad he only returned from a long sojourn im the troptes? Wee be aise ing back to contradict the belief tha he wae dead? Perhaps not, Poss Diy he hed not come from abroad. He might be merely making se of the spectal train. tut for nimeelf, ah! it was differ- ent. It would be impossible now to pick up that old thread of jong age. It hed been dropped te a hurry. ebandoned in disgust. There bad net been much time for reflection wince thy Woe be mad then? It might have been thought #0 Me reme rod thet old scene, It wae at a big tor He had ieft never ending train of a ermal career alt that fear of ennul, the dread of finding life nposstbie, bad caused nim to fly. He would disappear Then pe would re- turn long after, like a twentieth contury Binbad, Me would have made the fortune which meemed then wo desirable. ‘The ifen wae merely « vieton at first. Hut gradually it bad taken solid form, Why should be not go? He would be coming back—some time. There was nothing to prev his departure, The extreme egotiam of it did pot strike him. The grac heesness, the ingratitude of it never eroased bis mind. He would go and find « fortune; retare o hero matter the rest He had bad an engagement that evening, too, There somebody to fetch from a con He had been af the office all day. He sever seid & word as to what he was about to de. And the hopelenenens of it all faded in the foveriah excitement of & wudden departure, Me felt wur- prised Kimeelf the moment he had bie seat in the He hed dream- o4 of doing eo; but it had atwaye scemed & romance. « vinkon—eome- thing tn the far distance. He munt hare acted in a sort of t * ithe had fully and celmty thought about “ perhaps be would sever have gone. Omee out there how different tt had been from what he had ple- ured. We tealinet what he had Friends, sesortates ett had Sanished. He should have worked Out bis life in Rogiand, where peo: ple walted for him. They hardly believed that he could have @one wae only that he wan bitten by 0 to the weet WHITE LAWN WAISTS. 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Poerhage be hed sacri- floed bis life After ail, it was only for @ whim. He would be forgot ton. OF perhaps they would be dead, vee And gtedually, a« the express thundered on, al} that long peried of famine, prosperity and work seemed to fade. The past and the present were bridged. There came up before him « vivid pleture of a amalt interior, « quiet home; where there were pleasant faces, kind words, [t wag all that which he had Jemerted It might have been wo: the re morse if he had failed utterly In ae edge; $1.10 values for 88¢ Ladies’ long white Muslin Skirts, with ruffle of same material; only ......40¢ Ladies’ White Muslin Skirts; regular selling prices— $1.so—special .. . $2.00—special .... $3.50—special ..... Pair....30¢ come quick IMPORTANT ITEMS FROM THE Wash Goods TEAZELDOWN 12%¢. Teareldown is superior to outing flannel. Our patterns are all neat weaves, in the lighter shades of pink, blue or white grounds. 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