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The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1904-03-25

could be trusted in office When the
speaker said, President Roosevelt and
Mayor Campbell are that kind of men,"
the audience applauded.
John w, Linck spoke in the place of
General j. NJ. Ashton, who was unexpect-
eddy called to Olympia. "Those people
who stand by the Democratic party said
Mr.. Linck, talk about business. What do
they say?"
The speaker drew from his pocket
copy of Wednesday evenings Times and
read the statement Of Owen Woods, Demo
cratic candidate for the council from the
First ward, in regard to corporations, sa-
looms and gambling, which was to the effect
that the council should have nothing to do
with these questions, and that he (Woods)
stood on the Democratic platform. "All
the Democratic nominees" said Mr.. Linck,
SAY nothing definite in regard to their
views. You do not know what they want
All they talk about is what they do not
want. The DEMOCRATS say what Mayor
Campbell has done Is wrong, and they will
right the wrong, being honest men.
BY this method of reasoning, George P.
Wright and his followers will not tax the
Tacoma Railway & Power company one-half
the citys pocket and pay back to the Ia
coma Railway & Power company the mon
ey that Mayor Campbell wrongfully exact
ed from them.
Mr. Linck spoke Of the accusations made
against Mayor Campbell for allowing the
Globe hotel to exist. "If it is wrong to
do that" he said, twill Wright allow
the inhabitants of that place to come
back ON Opera alley, where they formerly
were and plv their trader"
Mayor Campbell was greeted with APP
plause when he arose to speak He told of
the transactions that the city has had
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1904-03-25

SOME OF THE DIFFICULTIES EN-
COUNTERED ON THE WAY TO
LHASSA. MANY HORSES AND
MULES CARRYING SUPPLIES AND
MOUNTAIN BATTERIES WERE LOST
IN SUCH ACCIDENTS AS THE ONE
DEPICTED ABOVE
thing no ore but the foreign office will
know until the object of the trip is ac-
complished. The presence of large num-
Der of pioneers with the escort, however,
strengthens the belief that England
will establish not only Notifications in
every mountain pass, but complete chain
of forts, from the northern boundary OF
Tibet to the Indian frontier.
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1904-02-03

1t Is common Joke TO call inferior
cigars cabbage leaves" but, as mat
ter of fact, some very good "weeds" are
made from the leaves of the sunflower.
These leaves can also be smoked in the
place OF tobacco. forming quite passa-
BILE substitute.
The stalks and leaves make excellent
food for various animals, while the for
mer can also be employed as fuel. Sun
flower cake Is made from the seeds of
this useful plant after the oil has been
extracted. this oil being very nearly
equal to olive oil and used in cooking.
The seeds not only serve as food for
cattle; they are mashed and kneaded
into bread by the poor peasants of GER
tain parts of Russia. and they find It
very palatable.
Potash is obtained from the ash of
the stalks. The proportion is about
one-third of potash to the total ash
left after burning. A yellow dye is
made from the flower of the plant. The
fiber can be worked into silk mate
rial
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1904-02-03
THE USE OF IRON.
It's Eject in the Industrial World ms
n barometer of Trade.

bnrOmeter OF TRADE.
There is an old industrial tradition
that the iron market is the barometer
of trade" This saying has been as
cribed to many modern authorities,
ranging from Jay Gould to Andrew
Carnegie. As matter of fact, 1t Is
much older than any oracle of this CEN
tury or the last. 1t had its origin in
the earliest days of the period when
iron manufacture and the use of credit
were simultaneously rising to impor-
tance. The basis for the tradition Is
that the use of iron and of its products
is essential for the prosecution of vir-
tually all other industries. Before the
output of miscellaneous manufactures
in a community can be much enlarged
the industries concerned must be equip
ped with new tools and new machinery.
Before a railroad system can be pre-
pared to transport greatly increased
traffic it must have new rails, new
bridges, new stations, new cars and
new locomotives. In these days of the
steel and iron Office building boom"
in the building trade cannot go far
without increasing enormously the de-
mand for structural iron. Even in the
agricultural industry 1t may be said
that expansion and prosperity involve
necessarily largely increased demand
for farm machinery. Since the use Of
such additional equipment must pre-
cede any increase in the business Of
these other trades 1t naturally follows,
first, that demand in the iron market
will be felt aggressively even before the
other industries have shown full meas
ure of activity, and, second, that IL
such other industries foresee a period
of slack demand and idle mills the first
thing they will do will be to reduce
their orders from the iron and steel
mills.-Alexander ID. Noyes in Forum.
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1904-02-03

Bibles are said by detectives to be
more rarely stolen than any other OBJ
jects. This is not because Bibles are
worthless to n thief. but because few
criminals are sufficiently depraved to
steal the good book. A detective said
recently that in an important case
which he had followed up some years
ago n thief had entered the house.
stolen some valuable jewels and teft
untouched n Bible bound I'm white
chicken skin and studded with pearls.
The detective caught the thief. and the
man who had been robbed, n dealer In
curios. visited his despoiler In Jail. took
an interest in him because he had not
taken the Bible and eventually reform
ed him and got him good job.
II knew" the thief said, that IL
took that Bible It would do me harm
and II didn't take II II might do me
good | let II alone, and now, thank
heaven. I'm an honest and n righteous
man"
The detective added that in another
case where thief had stolen n Bible
the book had been returned. "Another
thing few thieves will take" he added,
'1s child's savings bank."-Chicago
Tribune
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1904-02-03
STATUES IN ITALY.
when n Monument Is Not n Monu-
ment In Rome or Florence.

ment In Rome or Florence.
Rome Is In the absurd condition of
possessing a monument which the mu-
nicipal authorities declared nonexistent.
Long, long ago a monument was raised
20 the philosopher Spedalleri, but never
unveiled, as there was difference Of
opinion about the advisability OF hav-
ing the monument at all. SO through
sun and rain. wind and hail, the poor
statue stood, swathed I'm Its dingy
drnpcry. an eyesore and object Of de-
rision TO all.
Finally, in the dead of night, TO put
an end to the scandal and disputes, the
police stripped Off the old and rotten
cloth. and in the morning the Eternal
City found herself enriched by the
ownership of n new work of art. The
citizens laughed and crowded TO see
what had become curiosity, but the
city fathers were furious, said the po-
lice had overstepped their powers and
absolutely refused to acknowledge the
existence of the monument.
Florence has had a similar expert
ence. A tablet TO Gustavo Modena, in
his day a celebrated actor and still
more celebrated patriot. had been at
tachcd to the house in which he lived.
But the authorities refused to allow 1t
TO be unveiled for fear of provoking an
ant-Austrian demonstration. just as in
these days when public feeling is in a
state of effervescence. Day after day
passed until the students made sud-
den dash. and, stripping Off the cloth,
added another interest TO the City of
Lilies. The municipality here also was
highly offended and Informed the citi-
zens that the tablet does not exist.
All this irresistibly raises the ques-
ton, "When is monument not mon
ument?" When 1t is in Italy!-Pall
Mall Gazette.
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1904-02-03
The blooming Thorn Tree.

There Is legend to the effect that
the thorn blooms on Christmas day.
II is said that st. Joseph Of Arima-
thea landed near Glastonbury and
stuck his staff in the ground. 1t took
root, grew and blossomed every Christ
mas day thereafter. The tree was
hewn down by Puritan Of the time
Of Cromwell. but In doing this deed he
cut his leg. and chips flying from his
AK blinded him. The trunk. though
separated from the root. grew and
fourished. and for many years slips
and blooms from the tree Of st. Joseph
were sold by the merchants of Bristol.
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1904-02-03
SCHOOLBOY BLUNDERS.
Amusing Mistakes In Examination
Papers by British Pupils.

The following list of amusing mis-
takes made by British schoolboys in
their examination papers is compiled
by the University Correspondent:
Iron is grown in large quantities for
manufacturing purposes in S. France.
The sun never sets on British posses
sions because the sun sets in the west,
and our colonies are in the north, south
and east.
The diminutive of man is mankind.
Question: Define the first person.
Answer: Adam.
Blood consists of two sorts of cork
screws-red corkscrews and white cork
screws.
Asked to explain what buttress is,
one boy replied, "a woman who makes
butter" and another "a female butch
err"
Teachers dictation: His choler rose
to such height that passion well nigh
choked him. Pupils reproduction: His
collar rose to such a height that fash
ion well nigh choked him."
A Jobs comforter is thing you give
babies to soothe them.
A skyscraper is an overturned hat
Political economy is the science which
teaches us to get the greatest benefit
with the least possible amount of hon
est labor.
An emolument is soothing medi-
cine.
In the United States people are put
to death by elocution.
Gravity was discovered by Izaak
Walton. 1t is chiefly noticeable in the
autumn, when the apples are falling
from the trees.
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1904-02-03


An absurd and reprehensibly destruc-
tive practice Is the building Of fires be-
Meath n tree "in order to get the draft"
The fools that do this kill great trees
for nothing but campfire. There is
no sense in that wretched practice. A
fire for camp cooking should be built
In the open. and nothing is easier. A
bare rock Is the best place, and IL you
are to cook by 1t put up a barrier Of
loose stones just extensive enough to
make n fire MS large as n kitchen stove
would hold. put n fiat stone over these
walls. and you will have all you want.
You can fry bacon and your corn
cakes and boil your coffee Oh that
stone. This is as good for winter as
for summer. And II you want a hot
old campfire clear place of all COM
bustibles and begin small. gradually
adding II stick or two. and the heat
beneath will soon grow 80 strong that
you can keep II up for rs many hours
ns you please. But be sure that you
let II get down to the ashes before you
leave. Nobody knows what may hap
pen after you leave blazing fire.
Springfield Republican.
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1904-02-03
THE coLoMsIANs.
they Are Hospitnblc People and
Like Good Living.


The Colomblans are a hospitable peo-
pie and receive strangers cordially. II
Is customary for stranger TO send
cards to those whose acquaintance he
desires, and etiquette demands that the
recipients of the cards call within a
few days.
The dining tables OF the rich are
spread with fine linen and set with
handsome cut glass and china. Among
their beverages, in addition to Wines
are cebada, barley water: orchada.
which contains almond Juice and sug-
ar; agrnss. the juice OF unripe grapes
naranjadu, orangeade and prepara-
ton of chocolate thick as cruel. A dish
for invnlids Is sopa de pan. A raw egg
Is broken upon slice of toast. and q
beef broth is poured over 1t. A break
fast often consists of several courses
for instance. fruit, poached eggs. with
stewed tomatoes and rice; fish, chops
fried In eggs and herbs and tortilla
con seso, brain omelet, sweet potntoes
or other vegetable and coffee. SAT-
from Is favorite flavoring for SOUP
Chicken or game pies contain variety
of vegetables, hard boiled eggs and
other ingredients. A common dish
among the poor is n stew called sin
coche. Another standby is rice and red
beans. Rice cooked in lard. with lit
tie tassndo dried beef for relish, is a
tidbit among the lower classes. The
flesh of the iguana. species of land
lizard. Is regarded ms n delicacy and Is
said TO resemble chicken. The natives
slit the sides of living female iguanas
and take from them strings of eggs as
large ms plums. They hang these eggs
in the sun and dry them for future
consumption.
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1904-02-03
The Modesty of Brahms.

At an interesting dinner party given
by Joachim. at which were present also
his friends. Professor Dorm Of Naples
and Won Herzogenberg. the composer,
an amusingly characteristic scene oc-
Cured. Joachim in few well chosen
words was asking us not to lose the
opportunity of drinking the health Of
the greatest composer, when before he
could say the name Brahms bounded
TO his feet, glass in hand. and called
out: "Qulte right! Here's Mozart's
health!' and walked round, clinking
glasses with us all. His old hatred Of
personal eulogy was never more pret-
tily eXpressed.-LeisureH Hour.
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1904-02-03

The Due de Rlchelieu, the beloved of
ladies', tie breaker of hearts. was the
perfect fine gentleman of II studiously
elegant epoch. The suave repose Of his
manner wus immovable. When his
second wife lay dying he came In to
see her. stepping softly, hat In hand.
Though she was expiring. her fading
eye lit up at the sight of him.
How sweet 1t would be for me to
die in your arms" she murmured.
He held her as she wished till she
died, then went out again. stepping
softly. hat In hand. One of his spiteful
chroniclers u woman. needless to say
suggests that he was off to rendez-
vous with the lady of the moment. and
that the graceful manner In which he
bore the delay caused by his wlfe's
death was proof of the perfect breeding
Of one of the finest gentlemen in Eu-
rope.-Geraldine Bonner In The Reader.
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1904-02-03

Larry" said merchant to a sturdy
Irishman in his employ, "are you saw
ing any of your money"
"Indade am, sor," replied Larry.
"Tve got $400 hid away in safe
place."
But it isn't public spirited policy
to hoard money away" remarked the
merchant, thinking to quiz him. "You
ought to deposit it in good bank, so
as to keep it in circulation"
'Sure it'll all go into cirkylation the
second day afther I'm dead, sor," said
Larry proudly.-Youth's Companion.
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1904-02-03
The value of Exercise.

The brain that never calls upon itself
for work must become dull and stupid,
and 1t is the same way with the mus
cles of the body. They are filled with
blood vessels that should be up and
doing. The blood has several purposes,
and one is to carry away the waste
fluids of the body. The lungs are a
sort Of refinery, and the blood Is dis
tilllng agent. II the blood becomes
thick and unhealthy and sluggish the
body does not keep Its youthful state.
Eyes grow dull, lips lose their redness,
and the complexion is sallow and un-
lovely. 1t is an easy and simple mat
ter to make exercise habit.
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1904-02-03
VERBATIM REPORTING.
II Involves Five Distinct sitnuttnne-
Gus Mental Operations.

Psychologists may find an interesting
field for investigation in the intellec-
tual processes that are involved In rap
Id shorthand writing. There are at
least five distinct mental operations
carried on continuously during verba-
tim reporting. First, there is the sensa-
ton of sound received by the ear; sec
ondly, there is the perception by the
brain Of the word uttered, practically
Simultaneous with the sensation in the
case OF a distinct speaker, but often
delayed large fraction of a second
when q preacher drops his voice" or
a witness in court has foreign accent.
In the third place. the stenographcr
must analyze the consonantal structure
of all the less common words in the
sentence. all except the stock words
and phrases. which he writes by word
signs by n practically automatic habit
Fourth, these relatively uncommon
words must be put on paper according
TO the principles of the system employ
ed. This one operation involves many
subordinate and infinitely swift efforts
of recollection, association and decision.
Fifth, all these mental operations are
carried on while the pen or pencil is
from two or three words TO an entire
sentence behind the speaker-this, of
course, in rapid speaking-thereby COM
plicating the situation by compelling
memory to keep pace with attention.
In other words, while the scribe is
writing the predicate of one sentence
and analyZing an unfamiliar word in
the subject of the next, he is at the
same time giving his auditory attention
to the predicate of the second sentence
then being uttered by the speaker.
This is impossible TO an unframed mind.
The average educated person cannot re-
tain more than perhaps six or eight
words of the exact phraseology of
speaker at one time. The competent
stenographer can hold up ten, fifteen,
twenty words or even more in his men,
ory, while at the same time taxing his
mind by the act of writing the words
that preceded.-The World Today.
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1904-02-03
THE ISLE or MOBILES.
A Famous Historic ste, the cradle
Of saxon Liberty.


The isle Of Athelney. or the isle of
mobiles" as the name signifies, is one
Of the most famous of historic sites.
A thousand years ago 1t was low islet
covered with willows and alders and
surrounded by fens and overfowing
marshes altogether inaccessible except
by boats. There King Alfred sought
refuge with a swineherd, and there he
lay concealed from the invading Danes
for the space Of whole year. The re-
sort of his chieftains to this place
caused II to be known as the isle of
nobles," which may be regarded as the
cradle and stronghold of Saxon liberty.
After Alfred rcgalned the possession
OF his throne he erected d Bcnedictine
abbey on this spot and endowed II
with all the lands In the isle of Athel-
ney." The monastery has entirely dis
appeared. but Its site Is marked by
stone pillar erected In 1901 by the own
er of Athelney. The pillar bears this
inscriptions: king Alfred the Great In
the year Of our Lord s79, having been
defeated by the Danes. fed for refuge
to the forest of Athelney. where he lay
concealed from his enemies for the spell
Of whole year. He soon after regain
ed possession of his throne. and in
grateful remembrance of the protection
he had received under the favor of
heaven he erected monastery on this
spot and endowed 1t with all the lands
contained In the isle Of Athelney. To
perpetuate tho memory of SO remarka-
BILE an incident In the life of that illus
trious prince this edlfice was founded
by John Slade. Esq. Of Maunsell. the
proprietor of Athelney. A. d. 1901
London News.
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1904-02-03
WAYS OF THE MAGPIE.
The Bird IL sociabIe. secretive and
Full of Mischief.


The magpie has the same sort of so
ciability, the same secretiveness, the
same thirst for education-of certain
kind-the same inherent and ineradica-
BILE love Of mischief as has that very
versatile bird the raven. Not that in In
tellect and strength Of character she is
In any way equal to the raven. Fun
she has In abundance. but hardly hui
NOR. Conscious humor, that high and
rare gift of man which interpenetrates
and colors everything In life, is,
think. possessed in germ by the raven
and the raven alone. You see it in his
eye. In the pose of his head. In his
walk. in every movement of his body.
The eye of the magpie is. like the wit
Of Dickens, always on the move, nerv-
Gus. excltable. glttering, scintlllating.
The eye of the raven is like the humor
Of Goldsmith. 1t has a faraway look,
1t dreams. 1t thinks, at bodies and 1t
bodes," 1t all but smiles. The magpie
will pick up many words, or even SEN
tences. and the old superstition that
she will only talk or talk we'll If her
tongue is slit with a thin and sharp
silver sixpence died natural death
about the time that the coins of the
realm had to be "milled" and SO We're
rendered unsuitable for so stupidity
cruel an operation.-R. Bosworth Smith
In Nineteenth Century.
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1904-02-03
Pawning wives and Daughters.

They have curious way OF utilizing
wives and daughters In some parts of
India. If man wants money he puts
these members of his establishment In
pawn, and his creditor detains them
until the debt is discharged The Gus
tom varies In different localities. In
Mellore the Yercalls pledge their daugh-
ters TO creditors who may either marry
them or give them away, and man
who has to go TO Jail deposits his wife
with another family Of her tribe until
his return. In North Arcot unmarried
daughters are frequently mortgaged
and become the absolute property of
the holder until liquidation.
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1904-02-03

Anaxagoras, the Athenian philoso-
pher, who fiourished in the fifth CEN
tury before Christ, taught his scholars
that wind was air set in motion by
rarefaction; that the moon owed her
light giving properties to the sun; that
the rainbow was the resulting phenom-
enon of reflection; that comets werewan-
dering stars, and that the fixed stars
were at an immeasurable distance be-
yond the sun, besides giving them many
other ideas thought to belong to more
modern times.
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1904-02-03

The quaintest feature of the pictur-
esque costumes Of the Korean men is
their hats. They are mousetrap-like
arrangements made from the hair Of
the wcarer's ancestors. This priceless
possession is handed down from father
to eldest son. who reaches the goal Of
his ambition at the moment when the
family hat is placed upon his head.
Another grotesque form Of Korean
headdress is the mourning hat that is
worn in rural districts by the eldest
son for three years after the death Of
either of his parents. This conical
shaped affair of rushes or rice straw is
as large as bushel basket and extends
to the shoulders.
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1904-02-03

1t Is worthy of remark that but for
the brightness of the sky the stars
could be seen in daylight. Even as
matters stand, some of the brighter of
them have been seen after sunrise by
explorers on high mountains, where
the air Is very clear and the sky dark
blue. IL we could go above the atmos-
phere the sky would appear perfectly
black. and stars would be visible right
close up to the sun. Astronomers OBJ
serve bright stars in daytime by using
long focus telescopes, the dark tubes
of which cut Off the side light. and per-
sons In the bottom Of deep wells have
noticed stars passing overhead, the side
light being reduced by the great depths
of the wells-T. ]. J. See in Atlantic.
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1904-02-03
THE KANGAROO'S STORY.
Why the Does Throw Their Young
Awny When Hard Pressed.


81 hive heard that men folk in their
blindness deem our does to be lacking
In the proper Instincts of maternity be-
cause they have found that doe. kan
garoo when hunted will throw away
Its offspring to save its own skin by
hastening its speed This" says Old
Man Jack in the Autobiography of
an Australian Kangaroo in Pearson's
Magazine. "is simply scandalous and
foolish.
"Men people are evidently not aware
that our youngsters use the mothers:
pouch almost up to the age of maturity.
Would they have our does attempt to;
fly from dogs and men and horses;
with youngsters weighing nearly fifty:
pounds In their pouches? The thing;
would be impossible.
"Among us n mother is taught to toss
her youngsters to place of safety
when she Is hard pressed. IL she could;
not throw 1t 10 place far safer in the
circumstances than her own pouch she
would turn at bay with it and face any
odds.
''In the case of my mother. when we
were chased, and sure as the hunt be-
came dangerous she would pause. draw
me out of her pouch. throw me careful
ly Into long scrub on her right. then
turn sharply to her left, pause again
until the hounds had seen her and then
be Off like the wind straight away
from me"