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BY STAR PUBLISHING Co. 1907-1909 Seventh Ave. x EVGRY AFTERNOON EXCEPT SUNDAY Fed AL The Postotnes at Beattie, Washington, as second.clags matter THE ENERGY OF NOISE The war on needless noises of the cities is becoming almost BP NGisy as those noises themselves Beginning in New York, headquarters of the evil spirit of Hideous din, the crusade has OF this country and to w : Headed by a woman, the Mind relief from the continual uproar of harsh, nerve-racking © Sounds that are almost unbearable to hundreds of th But let's think twice before OA Buisance. Man thus regarded electrici Power before he learned how to use them An Indiana man declares that noise may be harnes spread to Seattle and all the cities in Eu ty ope determined campaigners are ousands, rardir as necessarily © no steam and water SOverted into energy for the propulsion of machinery. Maybe Street cars may yet be run by their own rattle! At first the idea may But the Hirst suggestion of electricity as a motive power was laughed oat. The man who first dreamed that potential energy might be Ridden in coal was probably looked upon as a lunatic, Fahice is suspicious of all new things. The water wheel, the windmill, the treadmill, the steam seem visionary no doubt Igno Gmergies that were going to waste, Science cannot create energy. It can only localize and apply it _ Use. Some day, when the millenium is very near, even the city Smoke nuisance may be turned to some purpose The noise of a great city is only the waste and overflow of abundant energies 1 fo the defects in its mechanism and the taking up of lost motion That some of the energy put into the machine escapes in the “Of noise. All sound not harmony marks waste of energy. Mtilize it is the problem. Nothing is impossible in this age Simprobable. During the past century many natural forces have Deen diverted into useful channels and made to furnish power, light and heat. No rational mind can ima B) that the possibilities have been exhausted. 3 It has been proved in thousands of great furnaces that it is economy to save, by complete combustion, the fuel that goes to “waste in smoke. Tt is not at all absurd to hope that it may yet be proved as It can turn waste to The ideal machine is noiseless; it is owing There is little that is for an instant gine > Katherine Eikins will explain the difference between being wife of a nobleman and being a nurse, she will confer a favor @ number of American girls now wearing coronets, _ After kicking because {t did not have a white Christmas, Seattie iteelf snowbound within a week. Stripped of Christmas, a u is wu huisance. Ws sald the Pit were ready. tsburg counclimanic expose came before the Both sidea should now claim a foul ‘Despite his recently divorced wife's statement, it Is bard to tm- John L. Suilivae a mollycoddie. say Taft is not a light sleeper. R. SKYGACK, FROM MARS Ts IED REMAINS OF LARTH~BEIN, Of course not; he welghs vend Souk ae. DEPARTED NGO ~~~ REMAINS WERE ONED IN FRONT OF TEMPLE Yo whitch) Tor, FARTH-BEINGS MAKE DAILY PUGRIMAGES D BURN BROWN LEAF INCENSE YO HERO, spe Adolf Comes Loose at fied. Duel + “Vell, Adolf, haf you selegtioned vebbings?” ‘ene, Ongar. I haf choosen heafy iery ad two paces.” res! Ain’d dot ‘ ki Dot abblies to der i . Der brinzipals can stant fare dey vish.” } don't vant to stant vere I vish. | 1 vant to #it down, Vere vill you a fe ee Behint my obbonnent.” “pot yon'd do. You might get | vorst ven I retread. fire!” " 1 vill stant behint a tree. 1; “We do. Count.” ‘pure id vill not run in der same! “Von, two, four, fife ttion T do.” “Holt on, you oferlooked some- ‘Ah, ha! You must he pienle- | div; Com obsequies “Ias dot why you are #0 obse- quious, teehee?’ “In abould a minude I am going to let daylight drough your thick carcass.” Don't do id; you voult only ox bowe my family skeleton.” “Hurry, | say. Diss ies no dime for pitziness; we haf serious amuse | mend on hant.” | “Bah, I defile you Ad der count come, | am ready for der radder do dree to of your we os al é bia 1? Maybe I wass losing my no fear, 1 am resigned to memory.” fate.” | “Fool! Anyhow. you ain't los om are already \ing: your bresenee of mind.” hoot adder trop| “Vell, ef id tee all der same to you I vill consiter myselut »» Yoult radder shoot | nically shot.” (Falls heavily.) picking up der bat.” “Vere, wase you sed and|t tech: | der rattle of der voundet? | geen K. You cannot train domestic ant mals by eraelty! | That te what Mr, Wood, who te | directing the Luken's Pony Cireus Jat the Star theatre thin week, told me “An animal intimidated by whip ping loses its nerve before an audience and cannot perform }difficult feats, Besides, an Jaudionce can always tell whether ithe bond between the trainer and | the animals be one of tyranny or of kindness “1 have tratned all kinds of ant mals from pigs up to Hons and find it only a problem of patience and human Intelligence over the bestial No ¢ attacks Funtoss it nered or | hunger. a be Like Children. “Moreover, animals, and especial ly ponte: juat like children, You | must lear different dinpoat tions and adaptabitities, Some jneed only to be talked to, others [in | 4 spankings like naughty boys. Above all one must be firm and methodical, and teach the animal that you ar ite master It does not pay to be lax, Each time the ponies do their turn, | make them do it right, otherwise they take ad vantage of my good nature, For instance, if a pony is rolling a ball OUT OF THE to land next door to the place whe ea: ee = } | SUGGESTIONS IN RVING. Turnips should be served only } with pork Apple sauce may be served with pork or duck Cranberries always with poultry Currant jelly with roaet lamb or game. Guava jelly | game. ie also good with not be served at the same meal with a cream dessert. | Ginger bread ts usually served | with baked apples. Corn cakes are good with fish. Fresh cod or sheepshead fish are j best for fish chowder Horning ts seasonable with pork at this time of yea: Marvhmaliows are being served With hot chocolate, When they die solve they give a pleasant flavor to the chocolate. POPULATION FIGURES. Kindly give me an approximation of the population of Seattle, Ta coma, Spokane, Portland, San Fran- cinco, Low Angeles, Butte, Salt Lake City, Great Patls, Everett and Bellingham. J.C. BACON, 1811 Ninth Ay, Tacoma, 101,000; ; Portland, 185,000; Seattle Spokan | Los Ang 0,000; San Fran ] Chaco, Salt Lake, 160,000; | Great Falls, 30,000; Butte, 60,000 / Bellingham, 30,000 and ett, 28,000 © are merely estimates, cannot be taken as exact wpts alt other men The devil te | but idie men tempt the dewil —Turk ia Long Threatened Combat Between Osgar und und Chifalry Iss Dissatis- xa (Rushing to On breastbone? | “No, On der flelt of honor.” | “I see. Hfidencely der bullet missed your jocular vein, Shell L all helup?” ne nod, his side) der 1 am vVoundet must you are nod be nod de puncture rry dangerous; flating much,” |. “Better listen | beating.” “Yess, id ies still knocking.” |. “Subbose id shoult stop beat- ing?” “Den id voult be a dead beat.” “I hope ven I am gone, you vill | keep my grafe green.” ef my heart ies “so? Vot do you vant blantet on id? Spinach?” “Farevell! I hear dev deat rat- tle. “Dense idiot dot you are! Dot iss trol vagon.” y were hoth to be brave men in a pinoh,) (Upon which emnae If poestble, a cream soup should | THE STAR-—THURSDAY, JANUARY 7, 1909 _ THE SEATTLE STAR |PONIES’ TRAINER SAYS It" to the | an stage and 1 alle stop before reaching the goal, next time it will roll tt halt far, and the third time tt wil) p hapa refuse to do the act at Also ponies, ike eblldren before acrons. the company, reailze that they gre never properly punished while ae | fore «the footlights, Often my waltsing pony” tries to ‘be cute’ | while on the stage, even though he knows he will be punished tater for bis bad behavior Come From Kansas, / “These pontes I showing, 1! pleked from a herd of 150 from a@ Kansas ranch, | selected them for | looks then, Later I put them to! th shearsals till they took to ft an act naturally era stubbornly refused to do ft latter we knew were not tem | for it and we gave them to perform. With talking horse that is only @ trick of the The horse waite for signs inde to guide It through its applied ques a. My pony can be asked the] tions in any form or person and yet answer ax I direct} it You bet I love my ponies. They have their regular anave aud bathe ¢ own blankets and drinking vensels; and thelr meals at stated hours threo times a day FRYING PAN am went to The pored something else of course trainer the by any You can always move whee the flat gets nolay, but you are liable | re the band practices. sme ee eee ee ee ee a *. * JOSEPH |* THEIR FATHERS LICKED *| Wite—Oh, bother! PM lint ie THEY win the most systorts | been wond \* ORAW PENSIONS. ®\ sharp to match a pin. ‘The reason | “About whatt ‘* ® | they get away ts beosuse they are 1 |RRAAR HARARE RAE HH POiNiOd One Way aod headed an-| together, and other problem tar Special Service.) le : x = WASHINGTON, Jan T<TwO @0@e@eeeeeerocece PPSOSCHOS OSHS LSSOCSSSe fonuine daughters of the Américan revolution not only survive; bul draw pensions from the United) States government yas ‘There are 471 warotisi? widows! om the pension rolis, though nt one | surviving soldier. | There are nearly '%,000 Kou war pensioners and nearly 7 widows, The last widow of the revolution ary war died in 1906, The last pensioned soldier of the war of 1812 died in 1906. Some other lateresting facts re garding pensions are given {n Secre tary Garfield's annual report for the department of the interior, issued today. Last year there were 1,005,063 names on the pension roils. This year the number has shrunk to 91, 687. The number of claims pending July 1, 1907, was 366,181, and there were filed during the year 185,622 new applications of all kinds. At} the close of the year 123,483 claims were pending. The appropriation for the pay- ment of pensions for the fiscal year | Was $145,000,000; deficiency appro | priations and repayments to the ap | propriation made the amount avail | able for pensions $155,003,390.71 The amount paid out for pensions | was $155,093,086.27—the largest since 1293 TAKE WARNING, GIRLS. Cupid i* always painted with wings, perhaps to show how casily he can fly away. Many women for get this once they are married, and the mn who fell in love with his wife, because, before marriage, she always looked so dainty and well | groomed, is sometimes wofully dle | appointed to find how little care | she takes over her appearance for | inary, everyday occasions after: | ward It ixn't falr to any husband to let | oneself go in thie way, If you do,| and fipd that very soon Cupid fies out at the window, you will have only yourself to blam FAD FOR COLLECTING LAMPS, Collecting historic lamps is one! of the sew fads, or rather the cob jecting of replicas of historic lamps, | since only in rare cases can the genuine article be obtained An Italian ambassador has just presented to @ well-known Ar can lady, who was hoapitable to Hip staff upon a certain occasion, & huge Pompetan bronze lamp, the like of which one may admire 10 the grand vestibule of the Quirinal Rockefeller says cash can't bay a new digestion, Ah, but it can buy something to try your old one on, ' Joax—You shouldn't judge tpt man by the company he keeps. Hoax ny? i} h Joan fte's the warden at the pede Kentlary, REMOVAL NOTICE, On and after Tuesday, January}, all Navy Yard and Port Orchatd route steamers will leave ffom Col- man dock, foot of Columbia st LAUNDRY gy time orr ar 1024 EIR AY “STAR A Word Fror DUST n Jooh Wine | “| don't keer ; who writes th’ : th’ ne Er jon 1 don't tt f id have tor tisten | " ter ‘em.” j na Dull Wife | la your wife entertaining this winter?” i] “Not very ij Needed Experience. i Dearest, you are the first and | [only girl I ever loved.” 3] What « lot of fun you have in }j| store for you, Wille UOT ae ") dagen Daring Neilie Last spring L wold them, Before| sara—Nell Gotrox never passes summer they changed hands sev-|a mirror without looking at herself eral times, but no one could learn] Clara—Well, she has nerve my method of making them per |enough for almost anything. form. 1 fancy they tried beating, | es ee and my Hite thorought Shet The Retort Tonsorial lands have too much of the Seotch Your hat in them to stand for that, At last /air,” sald a barbe: 1 wan sent for to take charge of) custom them. I found them tied up in an No, it doesn’t old basement. They made a jin the chair; ful pieture of despair, They looked | py half starved thelr coats and . manes w rm condition Hie Is I entered behind them and cailed| ghe—t told fath Hello, boys,’ That 10 quiver: | me ing noses were turned my way: 20) He—~wWhat did eyes dulled with pain brightened as She-—Nothing. they caught sight of me, and a joy) swing his Indian oun ch of whinnies. ‘Master's . come at last’ echoed through the Wisdom ley, wind-swept pen. I am over 41 years old and world experienced, | mo yet eried Ite a baby and went and) s4e has pr kissed each velvety then I into such won't Mr. Wood engineer for | collapse place He was the p Pennsylvania pull Prestden’ r on the death They may b Two toothpt Around the end: not h the wagon because the ” >: " worent Ps Keeead laaiin dein tak more “Ak & eee Framed Pictures—fine assortment, at a very special wool a ee eee ee Mneture of todine | tog other than that from which th price, 19¢. nee Dip. the second into pure alcohol | pressure ts applied.” The pressu : pre th or propelling force of the horse is! —— 4 = in front of the wagon, and the wagon moves toward the front. b, = Yours truly, E, T. H. ° aa bi tn some Instances {il-health inl 1 ar. eon pom Or othe ame 4 lead to disco! - Ofations, which may be removed as| Editor Star: Is @ horse pushing | . ° 0. & use above directed or pulling a wagon? [t ts pulling) trea agp od it, to my way of thinking. It is a WISH AND OTH WwHNe. | pushing against the collar ail right, | SECOND AND SPRING ST. pat A woman cares bol who saves the | but don't forget, if you put a man} money if she is allowed to spend it./in that same twowhoeled cart of| 3 , 5 oa Y. lean paet ouse almos si ae one batty as Tt dows teh. shoulders made fast to the same, spe bi lthat he is pulling it, though be is 8 via \ Ey 2 OVvy Cc KR "? oft pabigtson-“Dobving formerly op-| pushing against the strap. The with me te creteining Otte | ho le pushing against the collar.| Teeny Hanks was the only child) watch the alleys of the city you Wickson— How de you account| Right! The tug te pliant (that ts,/of a wealthy broker, her father! would find black cats in one sem Jeasily bent), therefore you cannot) heading the financial list im his| tion, white cats in another, and) Ter conte niet Bet | push with i, but must pull city. Greater than his wealth was | other breeds in other districts. My tired."—Deirelt Mewa” 4. O. J. C. | the value the financier placed upon attention was first called to AA — his child. Kidnapping cases were | matter because valuable cats were | ‘ian tekiare eat pate treads mi-| Horse Editor: If the wagon was|being reported at times, and Banks| constantly straying from ‘ post office It Is calculcted thee ont; |attached to the horse's tail be| gave strict orders to have his child| homes, and the ‘Lost’ colunns © % goee astra b ould be pulling it, but being at guarded. The father's fears the city papers showed this to 1g ence act ean Seeme | tran i. ched to the collar, my idea is) were not without foundation, for a growing tendency. As a test mall should always be that 0 ? OUTBURST OF EVERETT TRUE } SOPSCSOSCONS HOODOO SOD srerys A GIR PaOPLE WHAT You ws TOLD REMIND? af OF A PRETTY CLEVER THE OTWER Day, nose, | swore You would them pass Then he know pglect again, and | has been a 8 a picked man of railroad chosen t McKinley's private last trip before his onnD Teer, © cleaned che « Horse Editor ° MEARD CAN STAND AROUND AND WAIT FOR A CHANCE TO LAT WHILE YOU Two MUGS WDULLGE INA Lor Play By OF WWCONSEQUENTIAL RAG CHA WING Y 144 HELP VOU SETHE Your WASH When in Doubt Giving Her « box of Trumps Cie CACO (Lack in love-like luck in how you play your han1. ) IMPERIAL CANDY COMPANY Sole Mfn., SEATTLE, U, 8, A. discuss SOeSeoeseoe clele lafs wants cutting badly ry Insinuatingly to * replied the man it wants cutting nice You cut it badly last time. Coming her that you loved He continued ele . of Jack. 1 wonder if Jack knows I have 4, hasn't he e it, all right.” | } railroad | ears, Ul a nervous | him in vaudeville The horse doos that he is pushing the wagon. M. FORREST. ering about some- wonder if the cooks ever get * the mi oerore eoee upon to} = ‘| features or extra charges of any Out-of-the-Ordinary Embroideries at Unusual Prices Be ng hand lo ts, th are entire € ed from even the best wedie and nainsook, exquisitely sheer ticularly noticeable the ed tinetly new wi ‘ t out designs, padded effects, ter knotted designs, ete., etc., mostly patterns,” so highly in favor { vists and dresses Every one may be had in matched sets—insertions, bands and edgings of various widths up to 27 inches. Values ar id embroideries. e a8 unusial as temp as are the ny imp 10c, 15c, 25c and 35c Yd. @ & = pe pop: There will also be matched sets in nair Swiss @ m to tl and cambric underwear embroideries exceptionall. \ cate priced 19¢ and at 35¢ a yard, uw seif- from Continuation of Sale of $1.50 % : and $2.00 Cluett Shirts at 95 Cents all new 6 for 55¢. | | Men's 4-ply collars shapes at $1.10 a dozen very special jone afternoon the nurse left Teeny for a few minutes, and upon her re- turn the child was gone. | The broker was at once notified. His grief knew no bounds. His jebarming reality had vanished, | only a sweet vision to) his waking hours. There! was but one man who could be re- Hed upon in such extremity, and that was Jacob Bernstein, the de- teetive who had never lost a case. The next day Bernstein arrived in response to a telegram, and be- gan to unravel the mystery sur- rounding the chse. Many questions were asked which seemed to have little or no bearing upon the case. Bernstein soon took his leave, say- ing that the case was almost hope- less, and that there was but one clue which he had discovered which might ald him. Ranke knew that the detective was not a man to give up. Several restiess nights were passed by the anxious par- ents, and then a telegram was re- ceived summoning them to the de- tective's headquarters, Scarcely had they seated them. w TINY 4 selves in the reception room, when|ors and soa them loose, each | |the door leading to the private of-| bearing distinguishing ribbons ted flee opened and Teeny, with a cry|to its neck. The police watched) of delight, rushed Into her mother’s| for them, and their reports sooml arms. Bernstein followed, clad in! confirmed my theory j his smoking jacket, his calm face! “After I had beon at work on the) concealing his emotions jease a short time I learned thats After considerable persuasion on| your cat was missing. 1 surmised the part of the parents, Bernstein | that the child had either been bag told his story |ged with-the cat in ite arms, oF “Upon reaching the scene of the | that the cat had followed its play abduction,” began the detective, “I| mate. I next notified the P learned that the child when last! to be on the lookout for a yello seen was playing in the yard with| cat in a section of the city w secured several cats of various ee = on on PESIPRERE 228 od 1S3E33. & pot cat. This fact alone would | cate of that color were not to have been of little value. I learn-| found. In a couple of days an 0 re however, that the cat was yel-| ficer had located the cat ow “The rest was easy men watched the Some of The detective spread a city map emises and upon the table. In various dis-| cured the cat. The house was tricts appeared in red ink the! surrounded, and one of my subom | words Yellow cats,” “black | dinates entered as a peddler. The cats,” “white cats,” “tiger cats,”| woman was seized, gagged and: maltese cats,” and cats of various} bound. We found Teeny in an ‘ colors. joining room, well cared for. The detective continued lower animals have bee the tendency of ra “The following affiliation. dd scarcely I have discovered that cats have been colonizing ac cording to kind, not unlike our foreign population. If you were to was the purpose of the wretches hold her for ransom.” The detective turned to a closst! and brought forth a basket. 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