The Seattle Star Newspaper, December 12, 1908, Page 4

THE SEATTLE STAR _ |MR SKYGACK, BY STAR PUBLISHING CO. 1307-1309 Seventh Ave, EVERY AFTERNOON EXCEPT SUNDAY, Watered at the Postottion at seattle est Washington, as sevond-olane matter ste a! THE FOUR ARGUMENTS AGAINST PARCELS POST RELING OVER S79: VINE 1DOLS —~ He Visite the Earth as a Speolal Correspondent and Makes Wire Observations in His Notebook. SAW PAIR OF MALE FARTI-ALINGS QUAR- OTHER INSISTED ON SOME SPECIE THE STAR—SATURDAY, DECEMBER 12, 1 FROM MARS STAR A Word From Josh Wise, kd COLLECT/ON OF DIMIN« ~~ FIRSY ONE THEN THe A gift from the government of $15,000,000 business a year ARRANGE NENY OF SAID 1D6k8, akere to the express companies will no doubt be cheerfully tol rated Z WHICH BOTW LAPSED INTO SULLEN inne uns by the express companies as long as the public will stand for it - STUPOR, strike th’ river In retiring from the postmaster generalship John Wana goin’ up atroam. maker remarked that there were four arguments against a parcels post—the United States Express Co., the American Ex ‘HESS press Co, the Adams Express Co, and the Wells-Pargo Express | Co |sLUB uments have been presented in the years} —— that have followed, but these four sull hold good The announcement that this year's deficit is the largest in| the history of the postal service ought to stimulate some serious thought on this subject, Last year's loss was about $10,000,000. | This year it is $16,910,2 There are 8.99 now in operation more than 39,000 rural routes serving a population of about 18,000,000 persons, and should an the rurs average of 55 pounds of merchandise be carried by cafrier on cach trip throughout the ye it is estimated that} $15,000,000 would be realized This could be accomplished with little additional cost or} oa labor uyparatively | empty The farmer needs the service 4 to the rural carriers, whose carts now go ¢ d the postoffice department needs the income. Every postmaster general's report in a dozen years has con tained an urgent plea for » not show why there has been no action, but common knowledge makes it cleat The records of cong ress It is the influence of the express companies, directed openly | in the United States senate by the president of one company and | in the house of representatives by agents of all the others If congress ever becomes really sincere in its war on monop oly, it can begin effective work by destroying this one, which not A SOUND BUSINESS PROGRAM only deprives the people of a long-desired service, but robs the} government of needed income. The Plymouth Congregational church has voted to return the $85, } 000 forfelt paid two years ago by the Hawkeye Investment com A NEW FOE TO DOMESTIC clio acs PoE Pay ner of Third avenue and University that | #*reet This decision is suggestive of the | rising standards of modern buat she came | 88* and reveals the modern bust hess spirit “Deareat—-After you left yesterday I remembered I had forgotten to teil you—" Thus far the prying wife read, and then fainted; back to consciousness only to go into hysteria No legal obligation demanded js hi ra i 1 f th ited " addressed te tg. | this surrender @ letter of the Wife like, she had opened a letter addressed to her hus-|)ite surrem AR Cage gy ® Serer band in unmistakably feminine handwriting course. But here the “pound of | fle o Aiterward it was discovered that the letter was nothing task Tea cath, aerpenioes jdid business om a “higher plane jit was not bound to rise above the : jlaw. The offer was a free one, and The post office department, being appealed to, has decided | aa auch should be all the m ap t C ii c eC T sche ¢ does not! plauded that it can do noth ng in such cases. The scheme doe ; A Wie GREW pibeahe or bi quite amount to fraud, except, perhaps, upon the prying wife,! He concerns doing business tn who really has no rights in the matter “innocent | $¥eb & spirit as this, would find that he ally has no rights me 7 : "CCH" | the saving fn hatreds, iitigation and third party,” who, though the law proverbially protects, can not, in this case, be recognized but a diabolically cunning advertisement of a patent mediciné ‘he Se ae She is the | idleness alone would Increase pros | perity, and certainly happiness “A needie’s eye is too small for }a church to pass through with such & cargo,” it waa declared. The Plymouth church has taken the Here is where the man-made Jaws and the laws of human nature come into conflict. For the wife is rare, and more than human, who would not regard the letter addressed to her hus jonly stand thoroughly consistent band in a strange feminine chirography as properly subject ag Pfr eon rs gg By: “pn seizure and search. vighteonemens bave been planted And it is another law of human nature that a woman is | the ethics! level. What ts not : : ethically right, though legally io not required to fully investigate any subject, but is privi eged | dorsed, cannot result in happiness to draw her conclusions at any point she pleases or fearlessness, The church had , 4 jrights, It did not seek them There lies the difference between man's reasoning and Love sockets hot her own.” but woman's intuition, jlove never faile In the end. Busi. he ig ee ae ee ness men should heed the lesson [taught. Let them, too, avold self But, though the post office department deems the statutes |ishneas as they would a« gue. and regulations ineffective, it is still plain that something must . ” <I be done to stop this sinister practice the advertis else divorces in darkened homes will be en leaves in the November woods. i | | me as common as fal | i BY STUART B. STONE. | And—goodness knows!—divorces are common enough | A thousand years ago a single. now, without any further incentives from the omnipresent ad-|*70%. “tnosed god came out of , 7 . 2 omny nt ad-| tie Gepthe Of the oan aad cor bis writers, |ugly self to rule over a brown race jof men. The god was called Kam jkara and his single gleaming eye A GLAM FOR SAM. - (Se jamethyst eye brought mutual love |—between the giver and the recetv and the painted, ol¢ priests | would Joan the gem on occasion to leg | the brown men, who brought the | fattest sacrifices to the god from the ocean. Thus it was that many will }0f the simple brown men won the | jtrimmest dark maidens as the gift of the god. There was one thing, will come as a shock to a good — when ies returned to : | the «ea, then the love-spe many people of this state, for they have had it on no less | longer. And ed phn mob oy hed authority than the senator himself that he was of pretty par-|the god Kam-kara dwelt thus with | his loving subjects Then it happened that the inevit founded | able American ctvil engineer drift j¢d into the country heard the jlewend of the amethyst aye. In a casual, unconcerned way, the Saturday Ey i: thus refers to the junidér senator from W needs support when he goes into battle consequence in any alignment stay out.” This delicate little tribute ning Post ashington He is of If handled judiciously he no particular t many believed him ticular consequence, and a gr Ss And then along come am | the, in the paper by Benjamin Franklin, and tells us that our Sam isn’t such a shining light after all Nonsense!” he jeered, “what a| aes ‘ inch hy ! ‘ And the painful part of it all is that Mr Blythe is right on por for those old takirs of the ground, rubbing elbows with our senator and congressmen, | Nevertheless, when he departed it ahiowtd teriiny if tee easaits }from that land, the splendid violet and should know whereof he speaks |stone went with him—though how he got It no man knows. gay that th And they ¢ has been turmoll tn that country since that day Seattle's first chiet of police ts in the poor house. his successors have Several of displayed much better executive ability : | The engineer, whose name was — ——— Praser, cam to his own countfy Councilman ‘ackson announce s his firm conviction that accidents [2% *ettling down upon the coaat |became rather a decent chap. In » time he met a young girl with glorious cotls of Saxon-¥ellow hair will happen to the real estate of the best reguinted families strange tricks of the heathen © old had | sclean " ; ; and blue eyes that danced. To the Mr. Cortelyou's resignation as the young man destiny has |giri the engineer gave hia heart been accepted and henceforth he will be a Wall st. banke jaleo he presented her with the am ! ae jthyst eye of the god | 4 : } The stone bas magic properties,” The Chicago man who made $80,000 by getting drunk, %t will be |he told her, half festing! well to remember, t# one in about ghty-six million. It brings love between the giver | jand the receiver, a love that em Further delay will make it necessary to postpone early Christ. |4ures Until the gem goes back to mas shopping until next year. | The girl laughed. “What a kind pdeliovliniigheetathipece lovable old god,” she said, “I will| F a, ; “ wear his pretty blue eye in thi tt ts wencrally understood that Emma Goldman's bark is | eat» Binge hn, Mies diaaatan s worse than her bom But, as time passed, Elale remem == ana = bered the legend of the amethyst Saeki 4 ee Mt and she troubled, She was fot | A WERE, .? Mavoned On It \guneratitions; but she had réad of Merit. in remindful letter And it is a the cinch that It kept you @ good boy deities, and Frag yay ee brane eating: ‘Thea, one to her of Kam-kare's doings in| pee bed Teg P for some the country of the brown meg. another And aaah ~~ “ YOU Fina)ly she almost doubted her love | little pleased at bein pe Mane * for the engineer, fearing that if tha. .obileati of as you OF some way she was ipfluenced by ‘ ybligation of good. boyhood. the violet gem and tho stories of here are not many of the Fora its watrd power onnd-her i ae handed out now-| ‘Then there came the day when there ave déwer sec how whether they two sat upon a groat rock by} os ower good boys or fewer!the sea and Robert Fraser asked bon hoy wit constitutes & Higle to be his bride, When he had If you were a good hoy, doubt-| 00d boy, but the familiar old told his story of love, the girl shook | less you have enjoyed the piece of \Pelther against the arm, gather her head x chipaware which siared you in the | try it on again “lagu afrald—" whe cried, “atrald | te fe very scarce. It might pa A. N. OLDGIGH of thie Oriental god and his eye hority to establish a parcels service. |. * “ = om GARVIN’S CORNER BY THE REVEREND JOSEPH L. GARVIN PASTOR OF FIRST CHRISTIAN CHURCH } | Apartment Houses. “Where can I find Jenkins’ flats around here?” asked the stranger who waa returning to the neighbor |hood after a long absence There's ne such place,” respond.) ed the policoman on the corner |"About two years ago Old Man Jonking received a legacy, rained | the rents and changed the name to Jenkyn's Court’” Ah, then [ can find under the name of Caurt’?t™ “Oh, no! Laat apring the old man recefved another legacy, rained the |rent® again and sow his flats go under the name of ‘La Jenque | Apartments.’ You'll find them two blocks seath.” the place ‘Jenkyn's | Too Public. ‘What were dem xotls laughing about?” asked the belie of Shanty town a# she looked at herself in a remnant of a mirror Why, dey are on to our engage ment,” responded Tommy Tuff Well, dat makes me hopping |mad, Tommy, Next ting tt will get apread ali around and de whole wurrvid will have deir eyes on us = ak wera Hosiness matters can best be settled on “purely ethieal grounds. Such a stand would never be regretted. “It is easier for a camel to go through & needie's eye, than for a rich man to enter the kingdom df heaves.” Thousands are doing business in the spirit shown by the Plymouth congregation. This sapien: | did incident only throws the life of | the common people into brightest relief, It focuses attention on mod- era bustneas methods, not simply | introducing the question, “Is it right or wrong?” but also “Ia it the loving thing to do?" The datly exchanges of commodt (ies find men aod women congtant ly making such surrenders cheer: | fully. Al such are the trae gain orn. Miserable is the man or woman who considers the exactment of the small or great, ) A doll of yesterye Has this pathetic tale to tell To all who will give ear Month tn and month out by her And the older I *, and mm And the more I leaked sawddr And the more she adored me, and This Christmas—there A queen of a doll A fashion & waren-faced late puppet BY JOSH Cuddied and petted, until | was nigh smothered; She dressed me, disrobed me, and taicumed me. And pretended to spank me, as little grie do. wely theh more she stayed by me; Why, the lees I suepected « change would oceur me-—another- with locks of rare gold, OSGAR UND ADOLF GET NEWS FLaggy DOSE CHOIMAN COMMEDIANS PAUSE TO SCAN THE pq INGS IN TABLOID FORM IN FRONT oF IGTCHES TAGEBLATT OFFice DUST Fai » dey has on dem royal couples dey are engaged,” " whe Embarrassing. BULLETIN | “That's a nice-looking chap at] the next table,” said the young man | eaneuenanastts Se ee eee who was treating his best girl to] & lobster supper, “Is he a friend! wasuwaijy— PResoenrT Gors ON 4 of yours? | eae ; 7 You, indeed,” laughed the pretty WARD WALK; /T'S A CEMENT WALK girl | I ereel think I'll ask him to HAMBURG —— 4anive LISASTER 290 ‘Oh, this is no sudden! DILL PICKLES SINK (N THE BPINE “What's so sudden?” | “Why-—-why, that our young | WASHINGTON ——— SUPAFME CowrT PLI OSES A WRIT BECAUSE /T WAS WROTE Calling Him Down “Yeu, indeed, Duckie,” said Hark er, In his smoothest tones, “that sick friend of Mine was in a bad way last night and that is why I minister.” | LEXINGTON, KY. —~ sew LwreRrKIE ~ Livery || I STABLE FOR HORSE 7Y37OLS. NIAGARA —— PROF AUGENBLICK, OF BERLIN, “se De: A ag ge Bm od Mra. Harker GREAT LVL SPECIALIST, SAYS THE FALE \ Why, yr ge instead of a ARE BUFFERING FROM CATARACT. duckie’ you must think I am a turkey,” LOS ANGELES ——— AURBANE WYEN7S A NEW “Why #0, Nolile? FRUIT ~ DEVILED CRAB APP, 4 Recause you are always trying to | A PwacH, ae ae stuff me with chestnuts.” | In Ob PLORIA —— 8/9 47RE WA Danie! was in the Hons’ den DISTAL ERY ~ WATER “Well, it might have been worse,” | PANAGED BY said the good man | WA/SHMEY Worse? echoed the friend | “Yeu; suppose | had been cast into a college students’ den! Shuddering at the thought of Turk ish cigarete and fi atoine the good man star to make friends with the Hons. Among the Wise Ones. Gunner~1T am thinking about making a trip to New York. They gay you can do Wall street in an hour uyer-—Yos, and Wall street can you in two or three minutes 1 I was mothered, too, and grimy, the more I loved ber, between Q Venus, And at sight of thie rival my heart went all cold. Our inmates hailed with joy a) Our streets are in bad shape rey Pony oF ne! allowed by law 101 ‘Then 1 saw—yes, 1 saw with horrified eyes, enoweterm. shestos now, but we expect « new en © py nat reward. More) iy girt mamma leave me in the flush of surprise now. good intentions Jan. 1. Z demands 12, ne OR@ who always! To greet the newcomer with fickle, mad joy, se. 748 And, neglecting poor me, embrace All Gay there 1 lay forgotten. While abe with her Kisses th Modern business ideals wore re. inforced by thie vote of the Piym discarded new doll bombarded; her new top! “Abandon all hope ye who enter So many mortals have been | here’ 1) | have to tell my guests. ed Anani we're begit | They've already abandoned faith and suspect Sapphira of polygamy, outh congregation. The church} And witnessing It, 1 could almost have screamed-— charity. | Phy rang true to the mpirit of its life. So callove, ungrateful and crue! she seemed +49 | t hear t've been di if some call ite dectston fooiteh, it} nee ean te, Bet No man is too near nted to see earth. | guess they didn't is the foolishness of wisdom, Ite) (BULLETIN) LATER. the other fellow's faut! Go off th to find local manfeariess section will quiekes| Darkness at last fell to cover my shame, — re sa eh 8 ~ an « for sympathetic busines) Alone I was mourning whea | heard my own name. jonling. Business may de business, bet it need not be so harsh. Mea am! men, too, and must ive and work | together, Lot this spirit of the} loving doal prevail over the square eal, and while business will te honest those who conduct it will Be | A good name ts rather Re chosen than great riches, and lov ing favor than sliver ead gold.” =m | She searched In the gloom, “Is dat | “1 missed ‘oo from by me fe my eee ae. that brings uncauny love. What if} our affection is only a spell—the | charm of the amethyst—a charm | that would not last!” | The engineer faughed at her, hooting at all gems and heathen | deities, but she waa resolute. And thus he had to leave her. As they rose from the rock, there was a! Nttle spiawh in the sea that neither | of them heard The next day, the engineer brought down his atlas from ite high, dusty shelf. He waa going to the wild, strange places once A Swallow, returning from a strong for the companionehip of the eaves of & shake charmer’s b in fancied security hatched seve the: re in the pinfeather stag sor’ the whole litter, The Sw her progeny, set up a holler a surely breaking badly for me wh for reptiles ie used by them for t have been stolgn f! Wiasout ‘oo, old dolly, | never could sleep!” Ah, ba, prownd pew doll, don't you feel cheap? For the old dolly’s nose, | think you'll allow, len't the nose that ts out of font now. EASTHOP’S FABLES Translated from the Original Choctaw BY FRED SCHAEFER THE SWALLOW AND THE SERPENT. oor said the tot, warm little cot, ES To select the best ~ IMPERIAL CANDY COMPANY, Seattle, U. S. A., Sole Mfrs winter in the Bahamas, and ever| man, built herself a nestaky under) ungalow at Hackensack, and there young Swallow-lets. As soon as ®, @ Serpent came along and ab allow, finding herself touched for nd exclatined Wow, things are| en &@ place supposed to be unhealthy hetr dining room.” rom police headquarters. Half—Rates— Ee 7 We can save you nearly half your f reigh! x pointe in the Far “ire @ STORAGE Co. Jiechingten Ot “LAM ASRALDI" SKB more. The girl sat et hoi nw ing ® very sore heatt; al missed the ring with the amétby: eyo. Day after day, he - erew) heavier at the loss of bér love ‘azor | ani day after day Robert pored oer the mapa for Kabij and| Roan Mo—but sti! he ald n Ve | The amethyst ring had not b | found Two weeks wegt by and & tishor- man cane to the girl. He had Bold | 1 . w 7 : cs eae , n'a iol oO i. mi f be explained. “TI found It was her ting, and the NR amt 88 tame | oe nn ae ee | A Se ce Oo SANTA by the tide th the lithe thyst oye of the great god q mothe kara whe go beck to the roljin Be sure to come<no nped gray sea he o¢han had hidden Annual Free Toy Djdtyibuti the gem for days id da and, | | meetin women " still hor love held good, | Embodying the famous Victor Taper-Arm pring Vad ies. ier meer bp te E Ou fi . C | the only sctentific me 1 of conveying the away an a tle ciroles | fro! he sound box to horn This matked around Khartoum and Po | astern t tting 0., Inc, | jangle Wek At ces coords, $21.70. pocatapetl, to bag reogl 1932.94 200 | cash or easy payments nowt ang mp e hu Ai t | Second Ava Unidn st | Ss & no ine of jeire, The note7rant | d herman Clay Co. 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