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The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1909-02-12
PREsIDENT HELPS ORPHANS.

Hundreds OF orphans have been
helped by the President Of The In
dustrial and Orphans Home at Ma.
con, Ga, who writes: I'VE have
used Electric Bitters in this Insti.
tuition for nine years. It has prov.
ed most excellent medicine for
Stomach. Liver and Kidney troubles
We regard 1t as one of the best
family medicines on earth" It in
vigorates the vital organs, purifies
the blood, aids digestion. creates APP
petite. To strengthen and build up
thin, pale, weak children or run
down people II has no equal. Best
for female complaints. Only SOC at
all drug stores.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1909-02-12
.TODAYS MARKET

lis; alfalfa, $50 l6; straw, 81.
FEED-Corn, $34@36; wheat,
I$32@33; barley, whole grain, $27
GAS; do rolled. $40 q 80; shorts,
l$30.50@31.50; bran, $27.e0@
1880; maddlings, 5000; oil
meal, $4,000; oats, 5000;
rolled oats. $34036.
POULTRY = Springs, dressed,
IA q Ice; hens, dressed, Is @ Ice;
hens, alive, lac; turkeys, zoe;
do dressed, 22c; springs, live,
13 q lac; ducklings, live. 14c;
squads, live. doz.. $2.50Q3; do
dressed, $3.50.
FRESH FISH-Salmon, &c;
halibut, Be; perch, 41sc; floun-
ders, 21sc; black cod, &c; soles,
&c; rockcod, &c; salmon trout,
12c; shad roe, zoe; Sound smelt,
&c; red snapper, 4c; herring, &c;
ling cod, &c.
LARD-White Label, tierces,
lie; Cottolene, tierces, 1OBc;
lard compound, TIC; Silver Leaf,
|tierces, II Nc; 50-lb. pals, II " c.;
~ ib' PoAiSs Nv lV-ip. poiAo'
12c; 5-lb. pals. 12hc; Wash
ington, tierces, 10Ac; 50-lb.
pals, 10Hc; 20-lb. pals, los C;
10-lb. pals, lie; 50-lb. pals,
IL Nc; Bib. pals, 11Ac; Snow
Capped Compound, tierces, 7k C;
open kettle-rendered T. c., tierces.
12c; Autumn Leaf, tier, les, 9Ac
SAN FRANCISCO, Jan. U.s.
Wheat-No. 1 California club, per
Genital, $1.72k Oils; do white
milling, $1.75 @1.S0; Northern
bluestem, $1.S0@1.S5; off grades
wheat, 1.60; reds, 1.67 "
@1.70.
Barley-Feed barley, $1.42 "
q Lac; common to fair. $1.35 q
lao; living at San Francisco,
nominal at 1.55; Cheva-
Ilier,, $500 .60, according to
quality.
Eggs-Per dozen, California
fresh, including cases, extras, BIC;
firsts, 36c; seconds, SO nc; thirds,
35c; pullets, selected, SEC.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1909-02-12

FloweriBg bulbs at cost for next
ten days. Tacoma Imp. q Seed
Co., 18th and Com. ss*
The weekly messenger. [volume] (St. Martinsville [i.e. St. Martinville] La.) 1886-1948, 1909-01-16
A Cure For Misery.

Il have !; cure !Or The miSrIy malaria
poison produces, lays X. NJ. jams. oi
Lnupllpn. s. E. 1T, called Eirclr Bit
tiers, aud comes IN 80 cent boilI--. II
breaks up "a case Of chills or a bilious at
tack in almost no time; and it puts yrl-
low jaundce clean out of commission.
This great tonic medicine and blood
purifier gives quick relief in all stomach
liver and kidney complaints and the mi
sery of lame back. sud under guaran-
tee at 7. j. Liable iug store.
The weekly messenger. [volume] (St. Martinsville [i.e. St. Martinville] La.) 1886-1948, 1909-01-16
Rank Foolishness.

when attacked by cough or cold,
or when your throat is sore. it is rank
foOlishness to take any other medicine
than DIR. Kings New Discovery" says C.
o. Eldridge, Of Empire. Ga. IL have
used New Discovery seven years and |
know it is the best remedy on earth for
coughs and colds. Group, and all throat
and lung troubles. My children are sub
ject to Group, but New Discovery quick
ly cures every attack" Known the world
over as the King of throat and lung re-
medies. Sold under guarantee at T. j.
Liable drug store. SOC and $1,OO. Trial
BOTTLE free.
The weekly messenger. [volume] (St. Martinsville [i.e. St. Martinville] La.) 1886-1948, 1909-01-16
ST. MART1NV1LLE, La, JANUARY le. 1909.
Registration Notes.

The registration office is nov
open, and must remain opene,
every day of the year except Sun
days aud legal holidays, from
n. m. TIL l p. m. and from 2 p. IN
to q p. IN. But the office must bt
closed thirty days before any gen.
eral election.
A complete new registration
must be made, every voter must
be registered new.
You must declare to which par
ty you belong, or you can be an
independent, bat independent can
not participate in party primaries.
You can change party six months
before primary.
Sixty days prior to any general
election the registrar must not go
to an unusual place under penalty
of fine and imprisonment.
A registrar cannot be a candi-
date for any elective, nor for three
months after. The present regis
trars cannot run for office at the
next election.
The weekly messenger. [volume] (St. Martinsville [i.e. St. Martinville] La.) 1886-1948, 1909-01-16
"A CARD,

To the Public:
My action in voting to break the tie
at the meeting for the organization of
the new school board of January 4th,
although it has been declared illegal by
the State Superintendent. Mr.. ThOs. ii.
Harris, was in no manner arbitrary and
unwaranted. On Sept. 9Th, 1908, | wrote
to Supt. Harris, asking this question: /:
Can you let ne know who, in The case
of tie, organizes the bOard?. ......
There will be tie, one that 1t will be
impo>slbIe to break, unless the law pro-
vldes for this contingency" In answer
to this, received the letter published in
the proceedings Of tho meeting Of Janu-
AIRY 4th, with which letter. | presume,
the reading public Is familiar.
The question submitted To Supt. Har-
ris was not In the proceedings Of the
meeting, simply because it was not a
part of said prOce' dings. no member Of
the school board having sought froIn
me any illumination concerning the
contingency" re.rrrpd to in Mr.. Ham,
letter. ann the rapid ST qupnc, of riIcuIn.
stances aifording mr no fair oppo, tuni-
~ 10 give further explanation at that
time.
LEO NJ. EAVROT,
superintendent Public Schools
st. Martin Parish, La.
The weekly messenger. [volume] (St. Martinsville [i.e. St. Martinville] La.) 1886-1948, 1909-01-16
TO GetRid of Ants.

Take half pound flour of sui
phur and four ounces potash; put
over the fire in an earthern pan
till they dissolve and unite; when
cold, beat them to powder, put u
little of this into water and spriu-
kle the infested places.
The San Francisco call., 1909-10-30
AROUT COMMON. THINGS
INTERESTING HISTORY OF PAPER OF PINS

in this way: One end Of 1t is pointed
so that it will pass into round hole
in steel draw plate. where a power
full pair of nippers grasps it. These
nippers are attached to a revolving
reel and the wire is drawn through the
hole at a rapid rate, coming out some
what smaller, but still too large. So
the reel of wire is heated and then
drawn through another and smaller
hole, and this is continued until the
proper size is reached Now the kinks
or bends must be Strengthened out. and
it is then wound on a very large reel
and suspended above the pin making
machine. As it is fed into this ma
chine it strikes a cutter, which cuts it
into pin lengths; then the pieces are
held in a kind of wise and given two
sharp taps, and the pins have heads
but no points.
Now they pass on to a transfer wheel
holding from rs 80 pins. Whirr
goes the wheel, and taking the pins into
a groove it turns the points outward.
Four small wheels called pointers"
strike these points as they turn and
sharpen them. The first three wheels
are quite coarse, but the fourth has
an emery belt which polishes thems
For the best grade of pins, oil is made
to flow over the points while they are
being cut and sharpened. this keeps
the pin cool, and a much finer point
can be made.
By this time the pins have become
covered with oil and dirt, and to clean
them they are tumbled and shaken in
an iron barrel containing fine saw.
dust Now they are clean, but no one
would take them for new pins; they
have yet to be whitened, so they are
boiled for four hours in a solution OF
pure tin From this they go into strong
soap suds and are tumbled again in
the barrel of sawdust, then we have
bright, pretty pins for my ladys pin
tray or cushion.
The machine for sticking pins into
paper is marvel. Before its inven-
ton this work was done by women
and children in their homes. Now the
machine sticks 100000 in an hour, and
only one attendant is required, who
keeps it supplied with paper and pins;
however, a single bent or damaged pin
will cause 1t to stop feeding until the
offender is removed. This machine is
quite simple. The pins are put in
hopper, about 500 pounds at time
The San Francisco call., 1909-10-30

From this they drop upon a slanting
steel plate furrowed with Sits, and,
sliding down, drop into the Sits, hang
ing by their heads. and are caught in
the, links of an endless chain which
passes along the lower edge of the
plate. Each link of this chain is
notched for as many pins as make a
row, and each notch receives it's pin.
hanging in it by the mead. When the
link is carried forward to the proper
position the whole row is left stick
pins are stuck 80 to the row, and IL
rows to the paper; cheaper grades are
put UP 20 to the row and IA rows to
the paper, and some very low grades
have only 10 or IL rows to the paper.
You may have noticed that the pins
with colored glass heads have much
sharper points than ordinary ones. and
are easily broken; they are really
needles. In needle making a number
are always spoiled in the manufacture.
1t was German needle maker who hit
upon the plan of fixing glass heads
on these damaged needles, but he had
a hard time inventing a method of fast
ening the head to the shank; now the
making of them forms a special in
dustry in Germany
Safety pins are made by an auto
matte machine which cuts the wire to
the proper length, twists the spring,
bends the guard and fastens the he'll
met, before the pin drops from 1T. The
bent pin is variety that sometimes
springs from the seats of chairs where
there are mischieyous boys.
Here is a proyerb from Benjamin
Franklin for those who would be rich:
penny saved is two pence clear,
pin days a groat year.
The San Francisco call., 1909-10-30

~ I'D you ever know Mrs. Piganinny?
| She was a very jolly old lady who
used to be around a good deal a
number of years ago. Modern boys and
girls-don't seem to know her very well
but If you would like to make her ac-
quaintance you will not find it difficult.
for she has always been a great friend
of the youngsters.
First it is necessary to double up
your fist or to have one Of your friends
double up his or her fist 1t isn't neces-
Sary for more than one person to do
this at a time. for Mrs. Piganinny
isn't in the least quarrelsome. Then
procure sofia very soft-blaek PEN
ell. the burnt end of a match or a
piece of black adhesive plaster.
With any of these three you make
eyes, nose and mouth on the back of
the hand. The black adhesive plaster
must, of course, be cut into these
shapes. The plaster is the best. be-
cause it is sometimes very difficult
to make the marks with a pencil or
burnt match, although when you sue
ceed in doing this the effect is more
grotesque than when the plaster is
used.
Having made the face, you now put
a handkerchief as a shawl around Mrs
Piganinny's head and face. folding it
under the chin in surplice fashion.
After this let Mrs. Piganinny's head
appear above the edge of a table. You
will be surprised at the strangely hu-
man look of the face. You can ask
Mrs. Piganinny all sorts of questions.
or your friends can. and she win nod
an intelligent answer or shake her
head in indignant negation.
The San Francisco call., 1909-10-30

Louise pretended that the doves pre-
ferred her brother, while Henri was
certain they loved his sister more Than
him. Finally the sting of envy and
the desire for property of ones own.
which often, alas, misleads US at all
ages, inspired the two children with
the idea of each one having his own
dove, They at once went to their
mother and told her their wish, and
she, without either blaming or prais-
ing them, gave orders to have second
cage placed in the room of Louise. Then
Louise agreed with her brother that
when they set the doves at liberty as
usual the one which would come first
on her head or on her arm should be
hers, and that Henry would own the
other, and very soon each of the chill
dren took possession of a dove, which
he pressed eagerly to his breast, al
most suffocating the poor birds, who
looked in that fatal moment so sor-
rowful that they seemed to know in
anticipation all The misery they were
going to endure.
The poor doves. separately Gagged,
became sorry and silent. Their fine.
white plumage became visibly yellow.
The San Francisco call., 1909-10-30
Gramophone in Railroad Station

It has been left to the managing
board of the Moscow. Windau and
Rybinsk railway to turn the gramo-
phone TO practical use. for the board
has announced it's intention to set up
a huge gramophone at the Moscow sta
tfen of the line, so that the arrival and
departure of every train can be an
nounced clearly to the travelling pub
lie. At the same time the gramophone
will sound the bell thrice, as is usual.
before train starts on it's journey.
AS over 20 per cent of the people of
European Russia are unable to read
or write. the ordinary time tables are
not of The smallest use to them. and
the gramophone referred to has a
splendid future before it, if only it can
be made to speak clearly and loudly
Observation-Disclosures.
The San Francisco call., 1909-10-30
SEPARATION OF THE DOVES

No longer was heard the fluttering Of
their wings. no longer their sweet
cooling. In vain did the children sur
round them with ripe seed. the fresh
est plants and the puEest water. Moth
ing could make them forget the cruel
separation. Each perched sorrowfully
on the highest bar of its cage, looking
to see il the dear companion was not
coming to join her, and then tired OF
waiting vainly. hid her head under her
wing to hide her suffering
Henri and Louise became frightened
and communicated their fear to their
mother, who, under the pretext that
the doves needed more care, ordered
the two childrn to stay each in his
own apartment The first day seemed
a little long, but the kind attention
of those who took care of them and the,
inexpressible charm of proprietorship
was a distraction. The second day was
more painful, and the third became un-
bearable. ''To play all alone" said
Henri. "Oh, it is sad! would give all
my pIaythings to see my sister for q
single moment"
what" said Louise. "to do without
my brother? Without him there is no
more play: no more pleasure. Every
thing tires me. Oh! I can not stand
it"
And finally, unable to bear longer
the loneliness, both begged their
mother to reunite them because it was
impossible for either to exist without
the other.
'"Then," said their mother, brightly,
$50 it is with your doves. Hatched in
the same nest. raised under the same
foliage, breathing together the same
air and the same life, they feel as you
do, the torment of a cruel separatiop,
and are going to die of sorrow.
At these words Louise and Henri
rushed toward the two cages and
opened the doors. Instantly the two
prisoners flew to Join each other. re-
viving themselves by their caresses.
and then, flying around their liberatOrs
they seemed to express by their sweet
cooings and gracious movements their
thankfulness and their joy.
Very soon the birds regained the
brilliancy of their plumage, the second
cage was taken away, and Louise and
Henri promised each other that they
would own the two doves in common
and never separate them again
"Oh my children" said their mother,
pressing them to her breast You have
just been trying 1t. The ties of child
hood are the first necessity of the heart,
the first charm of our existence.
hope that you may for long time be
sufHcient. one for the other. Never
forget that upon the throne or under
the thatched roof, among brilliant
courts as in the most humble solitude,
no words are sweeter from the lips or
more delightful to the ear than the
dear names of brother and sister"
The San Francisco call., 1909-10-30

and promise each other to always re-
main together"
Eyes. my sister; always"
And then the two children kissed
each other, while the birds. flying
around them, seemed to participate in
their happiness.
Time passed, and the doves, happy
and well cared for, became more beau
tiful every day. The brilliancy of their
plumage and the grace and yivacity of
their movements was unequaled, and
when Louise or Henri opened the door
of their cage the birds showed their
appreciation of the care they received
by flying to caress them.
Then a little jealousy arose between
the brother and sister. Sometimes they
quarreled about who should have the
pleasure of opening the bars which
kept the dear birds prisoners. and
sometimes about who should renew
the seeds which nourished the birds
and give them the pure water which
they needed to satisfy their thirst And
sometimes they were jealous of the
first caress and the pleasure of having
the birds on their shoulders or feeding
them from the hand.
The San Francisco call., 1909-10-30

sNy HAT becomes of all the pins?
w There are nearly half hundred
pin factories in the United States,
and they send out $1,000, 600 worth of
pins every year. Between Is and 1s
tons (2,24o pounds to tom are made
each week in Great Britain. The size
of<the pins, which varies greatly af-
fects their weight, so it is impossible
to say how many millions of pins this
means, but the number must be almost
incredible. Germany and the United
State make the most of the pins in the
world, and the best pins are made in
the United States
Some 500 years ago pins were very
rare. They only could be bought on
the 1st and I'd OF January, and ladies
used to flock to the stores to buy their
pins for the year. The money used
for this purpose was called pin money.
The name Is still used. but nowadays
the money goes to the buying Of many
other things.
Very few pins were made in this
country until about the year 1896
The old form of pin was made by
filing q point to a length of wire and
the other end for a head. This fine
wire was first wound round a slender
bar and then cut into pieces; the heads
were softened in a furnace and made
into heap for the heading boy who
pushed number of pin shanks into
the heap and let as many as might be-
fit themselves with heads. Such as
came out with heads sticking to them
were passed on to the header, who
fastened them together, about % at
time.
It is surprising how many operations
are needed to complete so small an
article as pin. They are usually made
of copper and zinc. For the modern
pin making machine thin metal is cast
in bars about six feet long, three inches
wide and two inches thick. The ma
chine rolls these bars into sheets about
one-eighth of an inch thick, then slices
these sheets up into rods one-eighth
of an inch square and draws the rods
out into wire This wire is much too
large for pins and they make it smaller
The San Francisco call., 1909-10-30
(Translated from the French of J. n.
BouiiIy, by Joseph Diihan, for
The Junior CALI

"WO pretty children, Louise
aged 5, and Henri, her brother,
scarcely T. lived in great cOun-
try house which had been built
by their grandparents. These hap
py children were the object of all the af-
comfort of the most tender OF
mothers. Under her watchful care
they had never been separated,
and they divided equally all the
pleasures SO vividly appreciated, and
the little sorrows of their age.
Louise was never contented minute
without her brother, and Henri was
meyer so happy as when he was close
to his sister, and thus you see them
growing side by side. like two spring
lilies intermingling their foliage un-
der the pure sky which protects them.
The attachment which these two
children had for each other influenced
their thoughts as well as their acts.
While naturally there was difference
in tastes of boy and a girl, the wish
of one was nearly always the wish of
the other, and in play, walks. meals,
time of study and of prayer, every
thing was in common between the
brother and sister. You could see the
big doll of Louise resting on the arm
of Henris old grenadier, while the
spirited charger, made of black card
board which belonged to Henri, leaned
close to the beautiful horse of his
sister. Upon different chairs in the
playroom you could find scattered
pell nell an embroidered bonnet of
tulle garnished with flowers and
small helmet of dragons, a modest
fchu and the armored neck piece of
an officer of the guards. sewing
box, a cartridge box, fan and an
aims purse with saber of hussars
and the beard of sapper Everything
told of the perfect harmony and love
which reigned between Henri and
Louise.
One day their mother made them a
present of two white doves, whose
glossy plumage was ornamented by
little black collar, elegantly designed by
nature. The doves loved each other
dearly, and the charming symbol Of
fraternal union delighted the two
children. They never tired of watch
ing the birds, which were so tame
that they perched themselves on the
heads of the children and on their
arms and their shoulders, taking food
from their hands, and often, even, dar--
ing to steal it from their innocent lips.
and sometimes, raising their wings,
asking for a kiss.
"Oh. the pretty birds" exclaimed
Louise. 'Never has anything given
me so much pleasure"
Like ourselves" said Henri, they
are always together; they think of
nothing but to love each other"
Let us initiate them, my brother,
The San Francisco call., 1909-10-30
The American CattaiI

The cattai1 of the American swamps
is almost exactly the same plant as the
Egyptian bulrush. 1t is no longer used
for making paper, as it once was, but
from its root is prepared an astringent
medicine. while its stems, when pre-
pared dry. are excellent for the manu-
facture of mats, chair bottoms and the
like.
The San Francisco call., 1909-10-30
Astronomical Discoveries

The naval observatory at Washington
has abandoned the work of tracing the
movements of newly discovered aster-
oids, and an appeal has been issued
to the astronomers Uf America to take
up the work.
The San Francisco call., 1909-10-30
Mrs. Piganinny

- I'D you ever know Mrs. Piganinny?
She was very jolly old lady who
used to be around a good deal a
Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1909-06-11

What IL plucky LOT they are.
thought Douglas as he considered these
three lonely souls, each accepting
whatever fate brought with no rebel
lion or even surprise. 1t was Il strange
world Of stoics In which these chill
dren Of the amusement arena fought
and lost They came and went like
phantomS. with as little consciousness
Of their own best interests as of the
great, moving powers OF the world
about them. They felt no throes OF
envy, no bitterness. They loved and
worked and event their way"
For once the pastor was powerlcss
In the presence of grief Both he and
Mandy left the room quietly. feeling
that Polly wished to be spared the
outburst Of tears that sympathetic
word might bring upon her. They al
| lowed her to remain alone for time;
then Mandy entered softly with ten
der good night, and Douglas followed
her cheerily as though nothing at all
had happened.
| 1t was many weeks before Polly
| again became a companion to Douglas
and Mandy. hut they did not intrude
upon her grief. They waited patiently
for the time when youth should again
assert itself and bring back their
laughing mate to them.