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The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1909-03-04
Deep Religious Sole,n,1i1Y
IN lrla1t6uraI Ceremony
thy people. that is SO great?u

thy people, that is so great?"
At the time of taking the oath
Mckinley did not know that the
bible had been opened to any par
ticular place, and he was greatly
touched when he learned of the
selection which Justice Fuller had
made. To the friend who inform
ed him. he said that 1t was sfngu-
larry appropriate that this verse
had been chosen, as, at the mo-
|ment, he was in fact praying for
wisdom to guide him through
the difficulties of the coming
years.
The verses kissed by Mckinley
on the occasion of his second in
were from Proverbs,
chapter 16. verses 20 and 81.
"He that handleth a mat
ter wisely shall find good;
and whose trusteth in the
Lord. happy Is he.
"The wise in heart shall be
called prudent: and the
sweetness of the lips increas-
eth learning"
Wnen PRESIDENT Roosevelt was
inaugurated he kissed these
verses from James I-22, 20, "a
LIS:
| ''But be ye doors of the
word. and not hearers only,
deceiving your own selves.
For IL any be nearer of
| the word, and not a doer. he
| Is like unto a man beholdfng
his natural face in a glass:
For he beholdeth himself,
""S ooeth his way, and
straightway forgetteth what
manner of man he was.
"But whose looketh into
the perfect law of liberty,
and continueth therein, he
being not f6rgetful nearer,
( but q doer of the word, this
man shall be blessed I'm his
| deed"
Justice Fuller has not yet an.
lnounced the verses kissed by Taft
today.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1909-03-04

PARIS, March I'm anticipa-
tion Of a revival of the fashions
of Louis XIV, beauty patches are
reappearing. At the time OF
their introduction, these cunning
devices won the hearts of the
French women. and have never
been entirely abandoned since.
The ladies of the French court
found that their beauty could oft
en- be accentuated by the addition
of a patch. They made them by
cutting pieces of black velvet in
the shape of stars, moons and
cresents. Later symbols denoting
some episode lin their love affairs
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1909-03-04
REVERSE.

|around the room. Charts to teach
one to reverse have also been
prepared.
This invention has been placed
ION the market quite recently. and
lone may expect to see staid Eng
|lishmen and women and boys and
girls gravely following in the
footsteps which Mr.. White has
ARRANGED for them.
White says one can learn the
difficult steps in 20 minutes.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1909-03-04
havoc in Venice.

havoc in Venice.
Someone observed that when a
plague victim was at the point of
death his opal, If he wore one, be-
came brighter, and when death &C.
Cured the stone grew dull. This
strange brilliance which came and
went was taken to imply malign-
ant spirit in the stone that re-
joiced in catastrophe.
In reality, the heightened fever
of the patient about to die caused
the glow, heat having a peculiar
influence upon opals.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1909-03-04
SERVED WITH MEATS.

With roast beef, serve grated
horseradish.
Roast veal, tomato sauce,
Roast mutton. currant Jelly.
Roast pork. apple sauce.
Roast lamb, mint sauce.
Roast turkey, chestnut dressing,
cranberry jelly.
Roast goose, tart apple sauce.
Roast duck, apple bread. black
currant jelly.
Roast quail, currant jelly. celery
sauce.
Roast chicken, cream gravy,
stuffed with red peppers.
Veal sausage, tomato sauce.
Parmesan cheese.
Pork sausage. fried apples !,
Corned beef, mustard.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1909-03-04

were worn, and many a tagging
lover was encouraged by their
use.
The patch is placed on the side
of the eye to make the eye appear
larger. 1t gives vivacity of express
sion. On the corner of the under
lip it attenuates the face; if, on
the contrary, the wearer wishes to
obtain a shortening effect, she
places one mouehe on the right
cheek and another on the side of
the left eye.
Mouche eccentricities went so
far in the days of Marie Antoin-
cite that the clergy denounced
them as vanities.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1909-03-04
WHY OPALs ARE FEARED

The superstition that associates
i'll luck with the opal dates back
for birth two or three centuries
|ago, when the stone was at the
height of its popularity In Eu-
rope and the plague was making
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1909-03-04

A national religious conference
is called in Pittsburg. Why Pitts
burg? o, we'll, don't answer. We
thought of that, too.
A Cleveland, o., workhouse
prisoner says that since a dentist
Operated on his teeth he has lost
his old desire to assault people
Probably his wisdom tooth is just
breaking through.
An egg is the only thing that
can spread itself when it's broke
A Pittsburg judge freed man
who assaulted street car con.
ductor. Two to one his honor's
la strap hanger. Three to one his
car passed lately without stopping
or carried him past his stop.
You were running your car al
80 miles an hour when you hi
this man." said the judge Sc
|verely.
EYES," said the chauffeur per.
|haps a trifle faster"
We'll, why didn't you slow uI
when you saw him ahead of your
Merely a precaution, your hon.
or. Once did slow up, and hit
the man so easy that he was able
Ito climb into the car and give me
a licking. Judy.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1909-03-04

Everybody in town has got it in
for the proprietor of the Grand
Imperial hotel, Carlisle. Mo. No
sooner had the first families had
electric lights installed in their
houses, than the hotel man played
copy cat and had electricity to run
his elevators. What of that?
Why, every time the elevator goes
up the lights in town go out.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1909-03-04

American pump manufacturers
report brisk export trade with
Holland. The Dutch now look for
a lower price for milk.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1909-03-04
NOSTANYIHINl1

Iment horse racing meets. Sarato-
ga, Sheepshead and New Orleans
papers please copy.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1909-03-04

Letter received from parent:
Dear Teacher, pleas don't strike
our son Johnnie. We never do at
home except in self-defense."
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1909-03-04

A 70-year-old Indiana man has
eloped with a diggy giddy thing
of 80. Well, boys will be boys.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1909-03-04

: Puzzle: John Ajax Whitman.
New York, is the teeth lifting
champion of the world. He can
dangle 350-pound weight from
his bicuspids. Question: How
long would it take 127-pound
dentist to pull one of Jack 8
teeth? And how much would he
charge?
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1909-03-04
AT THE AUTOMOBILE SHOW

Japan is establishing govern
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1909-03-04
A Word from Josh Wise.

MRS. Wise tells
me tn half tn
household expenses
start from tn wOm-
en- tryin' ter Guido
each other"
Der Deutsche correspondent. [volume] (Baltimore, Md.) 1841-1918, 1909-12-02
Shpmpipn's WbjdNcb.

Stobt Merifo, I. 0esembcr
= Ger omerifaniid)e @eianote Go-
uib 9. 5bompion bat Dem oiplomati
iden Gienit iormea Den Abihieo sc.
gchen, INN iid ben Angelegenbeitc!l
Der ponamerifaniihen Giienbobn 81
miolnen, lpelfe er fiir3lid) aefouii
bot. Yraiioent Iio5 peronitaltete &C.
l.crn abeno 81. @bren oes Sheiocn-
Den eill prad)tiecs Vanfett i'm Hotio-
nalpolnit. bei lpeld)em cine grobe In.
'5obl merifoniid)er Ofii5icre unO Nit,
alieber oes biplomatiid)cn Corps nit
iyrcn @cmoblinnen 5ngegen mdrcl.
isis ,5ltr @rnrnnling mo anfunit ei-
ncs Hafiolgers iiir Srn. Ebonlpion
lrirb Der SefrctGr Games q. @ailco
sic @eid1oite Der @eianotidoit beiorf
tIC1 :
Der Deutsche correspondent. [volume] (Baltimore, Md.) 1841-1918, 1909-12-02
Gnurmc SanfnmiGBc.

y hitooclphio, Yn.. /, Gcj.-
iTtt bebehfclfSit SdhtnttiaBt, 'ipcl.
dc III Ghilooelphio ie inl 9fopcnlbcr
pordefomnlen iino nit elmer cill5iacn
Nltsnnhnc i'm Sobrc 1906, ais Der
oagellcinc 8eld0itsgong icincu so
hepnnft crreicbt hottc, bei'm MpnutS-
Id)luB bas bieiige clearinghouse oui-
.5uipeiien. Sic @eionmtmmiGbe BE-
liefen iid lldinlid) alrf $626,60S, 302
gegen $5373397S1 I'M gtopenlbcr
1908. Sn Den eli Wonoten oes lat
fenocn aolenocrjabres baben lid) Die
llmiGsc Der bieiigen @onfen olli
$6,274S92,6t0 beldltien gcgen So
365,l09,923 mdhrcno bes en%tipred)en-
Den ;}eitrmnneo brs &oriohrca, 10
hnB lid cine 3urtabmc I'M $909,4S2,=
GS7 crgibt.
Der Deutsche correspondent. [volume] (Baltimore, Md.) 1841-1918, 1909-12-02
Strifr in Scppidnuebereien.

EbifabeIpbio, Ta.. /. Ic5enI-
fer. - Gin Strife bon Seppid'me-
bern, lueldlcr in Der Tobrif bon Sohll
@op crflGrt mllrbe, botte Die GrflG'
rilrla cines 2odout in brci onoercl1
Scppibfobrifcn I'M aeniin9ton.Gi.
itrift sur Solae, bilrd meldcn 1000
Miaun beidGitiernaslcs mirben. Gle
Strifer, bie cine 2obnerbobun9 BON
10 Erc5ent pcrlon9ten, ipeigerten lid,
nit Ser nMonuiacturcrs' MIipciation"
al nnterbonbeln, porauf sic lettere
cinen 2ofont in ben anbercn Tepplfs
sSobrifen erflGrte, einidlicBlit Der
Ser yE~bilaSelpbia Carpet Co., Der
bon Seorit mo To9ers uno Der bon
Stinion & So.
Der Deutsche correspondent. [volume] (Baltimore, Md.) 1841-1918, 1909-12-02
3ebntanienb Weilen in flcimcr
SampfbarfaSIc.

Chicago. ST., I. Gejembcr, -
StonIep q. 9eoole, melfer nit ieiner
9ampiborfoiie. nit pcld)er er om
lestcn Samitog g(benb bon Wusfe'
9on, Wid, abgefabren mar, am hieli-
gen gad)ielub Dor @nfer aing plant
cine ~ Ionote ballernoe Sabrt. mel.
dc bilrd, bcn Sllinois. 0tidigon.&u-
nal. bcn SGirois.& iper unD ben Wil
iiilippi, Ben @oli BON Dierifo. i'm
Die atlantilhe &iilte bernnp.naA pen,
Golf bon st. 2aprencc, oen ct.
2otprcnce auftuGrts mo burd Die
0innenieen no6 Musfcgon 5nriltf
iiibren iol, cine Strcfe pom 10000
Wteilen. Sem Tubr5eua bot cine
2Gngc BON 36 SiiB.
Der Deutsche correspondent. [volume] (Baltimore, Md.) 1841-1918, 1909-12-02
~A
gegebt
feiuelt
Tcbler!

9Sir bisfcn Semen inter etncr pnfiiipcn ga.
ruuiic 0cilau ~oiciclbcll yccreinungcr in Cuuil.
titdt nnh Guuliidt init bel mciieii bciicrcn
tirnii fir
Der Deutsche correspondent. [volume] (Baltimore, Md.) 1841-1918, 1909-12-02
Wcbr 9aRb fir g(rmpmr Yafina Eu.

minneapolis Wirn., I. Tri.
Imp1lte, meld,e Die .armour
Vading So" pertratcn. reiften bent
Htgiitrator bon Sennepin : County
cane 8rumbbeiis . ltebertroginlg Gin;
burd, ipeld)e Der 9eiiBtiteI nlii mcb7
rlre S1lftbert slfer 9ano 81 Neu4
Brighton, in ndd)iter Na6e norolidJ
TIN ct. Eanl INFO minneapolis. pelt
George .. Mobbins uno Sran Der
.Mrmonr Yndillg 60" iiberlaiieli
miro. gu glcid)er 3cit miirbe eilit
&ppctbef I'M Yetrogc poil $4,000
900 ais Siherbeit fir Bombs 5iml.
3insiub uor AZ Gro5ent sur Gintre.
Drmg eillgereid]t. 2ieic tit auf Die
oHnrmerS aoam 4 Sruit So" III.
NeusDorf d~lsseitellt. nnh Der @rf6SI
lit sur S0r06ruHe nno grreid)uns Der
,,}Wefe Der @eieajt,uit beIiiinnIt.
Der Deutsche correspondent. [volume] (Baltimore, Md.) 1841-1918, 1909-12-02
seefrank Iefrutcn.

Neasa o rti q. S.G1. Gcjembcr
Dit ciitrr stitSnbl icefronfer DC
fri,tcn auYorb Iief beute bas Sd]lud)i
ihiii .Nisepniil," mus Eortmouth
q S.. hicr 9cin. los iuar aeiteuI
Mcrgen inecinen beitigcn HorS,ucii'
Stiirm e%eratbet mo bate aus Die
lem @ri,noe ieine 6abrscihwiroiefei1
berdbieeen miiiieit. Iic vWisconiin"
miro aus Der bieiigen 6lotteniiotie,
meiterc Hcfruten an gnr6 nebmel;
rnb lid oani, nit ihnen nah Sanip.
ton Moaos begeben uto lid Der dtlan.
tiiden 1lofte anihlieBen.
Der Deutsche correspondent. [volume] (Baltimore, Md.) 1841-1918, 1909-12-02
Nnti-S mperiaIiitcn Gonpcnt.

llnabbanaisfeit Eorto Rico's unO ser
Ebilippincn. iosuie Ginictung Ell.
mes Golenial.S epartemcnts gefor.
bert.
. otto II, Muii., /. Ge5ember. -
aud) in Der bier e~roifneten II. Sabs
resneriommlitng Der Inti%.S mperioli.
iten.2tga frat man miebcr nit poacr
Gntidicoenbeit fir ole ll,rabbGnqig-
felt Yorto Hico's uub Der Ybilippinen
Gin. TrGiioent Mooriielo Storcp ullo
ScfretGr @rping @inslolp pluoer
fir lire 9leiilter piebereeipablt un0
iorberten ;u ei,er9iidem Wi0erIianoe
gcpen Die @riinbutg eines aploniol-
9eportements a,if itnb empioblen Den
SiIipinos, niti benz 8crfdhaell ibrer
llnobbGngiefeit 5u beiteben unb bo'
fir bltth MISUNDERSTANDING Ser Srb-
nllna un6 9epeiie ibrer Sefnbiaung
sur SeIbltreaierun9 81 mirfen. Trn,,
lioent Stprep tpies oorallf bin, Bob
cs ser omerifaniiGen He9ierung i'm
0erIori Der letter 5ehn Sabre nldlt
aeluneen iei, sic 9cpolterung Torto
3ico's unb ser Hbilippincn 5ur
@obliobrt unb 3ufricbcnbeit 5l lei
ten, bab ocren grbittcrun9 geGcn Die.
Ser. Staoten pielmcbr inn Steigcn
bcgriifen iei. gu Disqualification
Wlrben inter gnberen anbren Gors
negic. Samliel g. Clemens, @i0tunl
.. So,peIs. @encrolieutcnont 9tel-
ion u. Miles unb Sr1ulcin Sac
WnNon1S dcfpuhlt. =.
Der Deutsche correspondent. [volume] (Baltimore, Md.) 1841-1918, 1909-12-02

%prbncten ola 0nltc bcS nnlerifnni=
id)eil @cncralfoniuls Npnlan Gpgers
in Soponu pcrbrod)t.
Hcprdicntont Orofi crfl1rtc, DOB
il Sen &uudlorbeiien itouncnalperthe
6ortlfrlttc genlod)t moroen leielt
uno Der getricb 5lpciielloa am $50
nuur 1915, picacid)t ober aud ld)on
iriiber, uufgenomlrlen wcrben f0nnc.
Die gldn5crbe Nisfilbrung Der Bic
lerlailigobe lei cin triumph Der olllc-
rifMtilden Sugcliclrflmir. Gic BE
fiirftungrn bc5iiglidl Der Nuucrbni-
tigfeit bes @otnl CANNES icien
rllbegriinoct.
Der Deutsche correspondent. [volume] (Baltimore, Md.) 1841-1918, 1909-12-02
$50
fir bic YnScrr $50 foroern.

'SSir forhrrit iracno Sclnaio bcraus. uriere
$50+eRmatnife iir ~ocIlicibcn cocr ielbii ciiicn
piet bbheren Freto at ou2!iiirel. Atinc Az
here .itirra orrflcbi g. ~oieieIbet SIT urfcrcm
Nreis III ~6cicraen. inb mir iouren oi,s be-
fpeifc.i. 'gtfhcrr inget IN Der f6ut. onb bu@
bon lhis fir $50 ~seliefcr.c bon 500 bis $50
serocn sic I'M Notbiaae rdh mrs l,tc.
,pcriIl mir Gle Mot r5aig 5~uirieben fteucn.
b~rdidhtit sic itHfere 0icdnuits nidt 3n be-
fjd6afi, "f.5
Der Deutsche correspondent. [volume] (Baltimore, Md.) 1841-1918, 1909-12-02
3mrad pom aithmms.

Ncm 9orf, I. GeS- 6aIt
ldnnmtlide Witglieoer oes GongrcB-
Counties, meldes Die Yanamafanal-
Bone beiitft bat, ioipie mebrere 3ei-
tunssieHte faTen geitern ani oenl
Banana . 2iHe Gambler Critic,
bal" bon bort suriif. Zen Gnnfia.
gmgstag babelt Ole Gongreb : Abge.
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1909-01-01
AFRIcA'S GREAT GAME.
Still Plentiful, But Not So Numerous
As Formerly.

As Formerly.
OF some Of the wild beasts that re-
main to be hunted by the sportsman
in Africa, writer says: "The quag-
ga, most graceful Of all the horse
tribe. has disappeared entirely. The
millions which once inhabited the
high plateau of South Africa, were
killed off in sheer wantonness, and
today not a single specimen survives
unless 1t be between the Crocodile and
Sabi rivers, where, according to ma
tive reports, a small herd was running
six years ago. AS with the quagga,
so with the swart wildebeeste, the
white tailed gnu Of the naturalists.
Once the most common Of high veldt
buck, as we'll as the most grotesque
and harmless, 1t is now represented
by a few depressed looking specimens
in various geological gardens. 1t was
very easy to hunt, and as a result 1t
was shot down for the sake Of its
long tail which made splendid SOU
venir, and thus valuable source Of
food supply was destroyed, no small
matter in a country which today de-
pends entirely on timed and frozen
meats.
THE cape buffalo are now confined
entirely to the low lying jungle on
the east coast, yet half a century ago
they ranked among the most plentiful
80 tha unnfora Uhn
knew them in earlier days speak Of
them with scant respect, but 1t seems
as If, as they have retreated before
the advance of civilization, they have
grown more sullen and vindictive, and
today they certainly take first rank
among the dangerous game Of Africa.
That Sinking pest, the lion, Is low
coward by comparison with the buf-
falo, the destructive nuisance, whose
sole title to respect is that when he
can escape no longer, he turns on his
foe, a characteristic which he shares
with practically every animal, even
down to rat.
1.-The buffalo, on the other hand,
harms no one II left to himself, but
when attacked he becomes the very
incarnation Of revenge. Moreover, in
addition to his strength and ferocity,
he has a cunning which the lion does
not possess. He may be grazed with
a bullet at sunrise, and 1t may be
evening when he charges his assail-
ant from behind some clump Of bush.
A lion may be shot from the safety Of
tree, to the foot of which he has
been lured ty means of goat or calf; :.
but to kill a buffalo it is necessary to
follow him down to the fever haunted
jungles, and tackle him fairly and
square!y, at the risk Of ones life; con-
sequently, the mere fact of a man
having made the attempt is a far
surer proof Of his courage than the
actual Staying Of a lion.
News.
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1909-01-01
TO sTANDARDIzE THE GRADES.
Committee of Experts to Meet In Con-

Committee OF Experts TO Meet IN Con-
leisnSe sC asnIns Ion.
Definite SleYS IoWaruS IIIe establish
inent Or a STANDARD for the diiIerent
8. AIDES Of cotton shortly will be under
.aAen in Washington by committee
VI the leading cotton men OF this coun-
Try and Europe in cooperation with
me experts OF the bureau Of plant in
dustry of the department Of agrIcul-
Lure. The proposed meeting PROBABLY
Wal be held in January next. Secre-
tary of Agriculture wilson is now en-
Gagged IN selecting the committee Of
cotton experts.
The proposed Standardization o. the
various grades Of cotton, which already
mas made splendid progress, has been
undertaken IN ACCORDANCE with a pro-
vision of the last agricultural appro-
pliation act requiring the secretary
of agriculture, through the. bureau Of
plant industry, to establish a standard
for the dinerent grades of cotton, call
ing to his assistance for that purpose
expert cotton classifiers, by fixing a
standard of nine different grades to be
designated middling fair, strict good
.nidaling, good middiing, strict mid
ding, mludling strict low middling,.
low middling, strict good ordinary and
ordinary and good ordinary, which shall
oe the official standard Of cotton clas-
sitcations. These standards are to be
prepared in practical form and fur
nished upon request to any person, the
cost to be paid when delivered, by the
person requesting the standard"
At the present time there is a great
diversity in the method and practice Of
grading cotton as no definite standard
exists.
In order to secure the most reliable
Information as to the present accepted
grades, the secretary Of agriculture has
secured from authoritative sources in
the United States sets Of grades under
seal which are now held under seal
for examination by the special COM
mittee Of experts.
1T is proposed to base the new off,
cial standards on the old, more or less
heterogeneous standards of the cotton
exchanges, departing therefrom only In
so far as will be necessary to secure
uniformity" said Prof. B. T. Galloway,
chief of the bureau Of plant industry,
today. "At later date 1t Is hoped that
the official standards will be elaborat-
ed without alteration Of their funda-
mental character, so as to be much
more useful than any other standards
have been in the past. 1t is not too
much to say that'we can now see clear
ly the possibility, by technical exam
ination of the cotton fibre, Of so i'm
proving the classification that all in
terested in the cotton industry will be
materially benefited"
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1909-01-01

NAMES LOG HARVEST Names
annual log harvest is now in prog
ress," said Philip D. Farrell Of Boston,
to a Washington Post reporter. IAN
army of $4,000 or 10000 men is engag-
I'd in Telling spruce. pine, hemlock and
cedar for the supply of the sawmills
and the pulp mills in 1909.
IN the olden time the lumbermen
used to wait for snow to cover the
ground tefore attempting to haul any
logs" continued ..r. Farrell, who Is
registered at the Raleigh, but now the
crews are sent in months before snow
falls, and millions of feet of logs are
yarded on bare ground. About the
middle of January yarding is sup
posed TO be finished and hauling be-
gins.
"On the Penobscot alone this winter
about G,OOO men and 800 horses are
employed Years ago, there was al
ways a good supply of woodsmen, but
lately the natives have been seeking
other employment. The young men OF
this day do not care to go into logging
camps. with all sorts of associates, to
eat beans and swing axes all winter
for s25 TO $50 a month. Therefore,
great difficulty is often experienced in
;etting crews"
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1909-01-01
CHAPTER XVIII.

| walked about the old place until
nearly nom. and then | went to town
The taller met me with doubtful
shaking of his scheming head, and
knew that again he had received or
ders to be rigid in his discipline, but
| was resolved that the old rascars ap-
petite for liquor should not play sec
ond prank upon me; so when he hint
ed at another bottle l told him that
| had spent so much Of my life as
TEMPERANCE lecturer that it was against
nv conscience to buy favor with
wh'skv l looked steadily at him, and
he began to vince.
Why. to be sure" said he, but, my
dear sir. didn't buy whisky with that
dollar-hought ham with 1t. If
didn't I'm the biggest liar in the world;
ard I don't reckon there's a family in
this town that needs another ham right
now worse than mine does"
That may be, but l can't afford to
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1909-01-01
Potato Gum on Stamps.

Every time a person licks United
States postage stamp he gets a taste
Of sweet potato. The gum with which
the stamps are backed Is made from
that succulent vegetable because I'm
lie Sans lieutenants consider 1t the
most harmless preparation Of the
sort.
All of the gum used on American
postage stamps Is mixed by the gov
ernment at the bureau of engraving
and printing, where the stamps are
made. It is spread on the sheets af-
ter the stamps have been printed.
The gum in a liquid form is forced
up through pipes from the basement.
where it is made. These pipes lead to
series Of machines consisting Of roll
ers between which the sheets of
stamps are fed on at time.
A continuous stream Of the liquid
gum falls upon one of these rollers.
The sheet with its wet coating of
sweet potato mu"ilage passes from
the rollers into a long horizontal flue
filled with hot air. When it emerges
at the other end of the flue the gum
is dry.
The government makes two kinds
of postage stamp mucilage. If one
could see the packages of stamps as
they come to the post -office ready to
be sold one would find them la
beled. according to season, summer
Gum" or winter Gum" The former
is muoh the harder of the two and
was devised some years ago to keep
The stamps from getting sticky in
warm, moist weather
While Uncle Sam tries to make the
lot of the stamp Ticker as innocuous
as possible he does not advise making
4 meal of his sweet potato gum. The
whole process Of gum making and
applying is made as clean as possible.
but there is yet another item to be
considered.
A sheet of postage stamps is hand
led a good mary times before 1t even
leaves the bureau where it is made.
If you must lick any Of your stomps
nick out those from the middle Of the
sheet. The corner ones have gone
through the fingers Of half a dozen or
more counters, not to mention the
perforators and the separators and
the rest.