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The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1909-12-13
sY X. Lee cLoTwoRrHY.

SAN FRANCISCO. Cal. Dec. 49,
Congress will be asked this winter
10 provide for sufficient increase Of
infantry 20 isnsthsn the Intervals
Of tropical service.
The reasons are. for the most part.
the prcsent appalling and needless
loss 81 life and money 70 the nation
IN time Of peace. The physical
nanifestAtien Of the reasons can be
seen at tho United States army
transport docks right here in San
Francisco. II - not necessary 10 90
10 the tropics.
There are two great national In
surance organizations. the army and
the navy.
Insurance Against War.
Each year hundreds OF millions u
dollars are paid to these org8niza-
tons for security insurance against
Internal disorder and foreign ag-
greSsions
The fundamental principle ~ all
Insurance IL 90 accumulate assets
during normal periods % meet ex-
cessive loss Incident % the snrvit-
able periods ~ abnormal conditions.
The assets ~ the ordinary insnr-
Ance corporation engaged In issuing
policies against fire or Vie loss are
computed IN dollars
The assets Il Gus military insur-
ance organization which secures our
national prestige and internal peace
are computed In men. equipment ana
discipline
In time 81 peace our military serv-
ice Is naturally supposed - be un-
dergosng perfection In organization
10 meet the exigencics ~ war this
same as q private Insurance corpora
ton Is during normal periods
strengthening its assets 20 meet
pestilence or eongiaEration. As a
notorious fact known To every stud
ent OF defense problems, our mobile
army. owing to inadequate numbers
and imperfect organization. instead
Of being perfected for the demands
Of war. l. being decimated BY dts
ease IN an effort 90 meet the peace
tine demands made upon "a.
Upon the infantry lins, which car
ries the heart ana punch ~ The
army. excessive tropical service ha,
laid heavily the hand ~ death dur
ing these days Of peace With but
30 regiments Of infantry from whict
10 draw tina principal garrisous q
our oversee possessions. the tours
Of tropical service fall AZ such fire.
quent intervals that neither Officers
nor men have opportunity 20 rpCu-
perate from the effects 81 the enerv-
sting climate before being ordered
again TO the tropics. The 18th regi-
ment OF infantry. which has just
returned from the completion ~ ~
third tour u Philippine servics
since 1888 offers a startling illus
tration n the appalling loss the ma.
tlon Is Alphabetically enduring IN
men and money as consequence
Of our supposedly economic polio,
Of military defense.
Officers. Too.
OF the % officers in the prime o.
life who sailed with this regiment q
the Philippines in 1898. only 70 ye
remain on the rolls Of the army. o
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1909-12-13

the - officers who have been killed
or ineapaeissssd sor active service.
only four we're Iost IN action. The
remaining 20 ~eru victims Of csess
sivs tropical service.
Since 1888 this regiment the for
eign service ~ which "a IN no meas
ure exceptional. has served nearly
seven and a half years IN tho Philip
pines and less than four and a half
years In the United States
Eliminating all sentiment which
unnecessary sacrifice og NE always
arnuses. eliminating all theoretical
value II the service % these trained
military leaders to the government.
eliminating the Incidental weaken
Ing % the military Organization
through the Joss ~ highly trained
officers and reducing the value Of
these msen o dollars and cents. we
find that the government has IN
vested approximately SIS 900 In each
~ these officers The loss entaiicd
fr0rl the 30 victims 81 excessive
service aprroxlmatcs 500. 600 Tho
Incidental additions % fhe pension
list adds an annual expense of
sts. 600
Means Money a. Well.
Following out the same ratio %
loss IN the 30 regiments o. infantry,
We find an initial loss o. 1000 600
~ money actually expended IN the
training 81 these officers and an in.
crease to eur ssupendous pension
burden Of si.2oo.oCo per amman.
with the loss 81 this money goes
the more dangerous loHa. the loss
- efficiency in our fighting line.
Instead Of our mobile fighting lins
being perfected for war. u Is being
daily weakened through the un-
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1909-12-13

HUMANE SOCIETY 10 NOW 8Ar8FiUp
WITH THE MANNER IN WHICH PUPS ARE KILLED
Fearing that perpaeo which The streets OF Seat
tic without the Formally 81 carrying licenses we're not reoe
ing deal members Of the Seattle Humane society AZ
John Naupeh. ChaSH
NJ J. investigate the city dog pound
Tho committee invaded the dog pound Saturday 10 see no"
Henry Gregg weeded out undesirable dogs
Henry 45cabro revolver 10 hor head Of tho ownecn
pulls the trigger and tho frendoHh
promptly the great river into dog heaven
will that assnHHln IN
quite humane and that the tramp nuisance. anyway
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1909-12-13

~Eph. what am de arr RENEE
atwrmn q pAlntui nNeiiin' or = ma y =
meek an d. way Bio feels rrbaut it
Why. ONE am maaatnE boil an
Dc uddef ann boiling fnnJ
What kind 90 fish hin swim
aifout muKiu' q muaciSf
"A dead fiah
1--WE viii d~tain de audience no
t1aEaf hctaaS Ne'H Eotn' 10 ainH
Up In a hispiauc fiy an -bf+~
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1909-12-13

what the Combine Dentist requires
week to DO. and my price savea
you oue@haf the money This Il
what the Dental War " all about
offices / TO Union Block. DO.
tween Cherry and Columbia open
evenings until Q and Sundays until
for the working people
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1909-12-13
BLACK WALL PAPER.

4 Black wall paper II the lat
= eat thing In London. Il makes
= a fine background for pictures
4 and - said 20 be- very popular
\ with fair women. because 4
4 sets of their beauty The
= heavy blac knesa IL relieved
. By small doalgna IA full groen.
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1909-12-13

The Washington
G o ~ b Inc Dentists
say IT H. ethical
20 charge high prices
land refuse 10 guar
Iantee Dental Work "
I say u Is ethical
60 charge low prioea
for Dental Work
good enough 10 be
guaranteed. Hclen
tific methods permit
me 10 DO I'm one dau
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1909-12-13
All Must Go by January /

To make room for carload china
ware, .-Y.-P. Souvenirs, Burnt
Leather and other goods and fine az
sortment Of Alaska Irdinn Baskets
a. half price. Post Cards. ali kinds,
% for Zoe
1927 wESTLAItE Az. Opp. Market.
The Southern farm gazette. (Starkville, Miss.) 1895-1909, 1909-10-09

n n
S1A tho aiEo Of tho bulb SO much
as By iia aymnc#a Tha; ia. tao bulba
OF equal htso aud tho same armuuaH
~i!l ihTo~ tn" same quality OF flow-
CT. but lot ono DO soft and ,horc
~ould bo a porcopIhlc difference In
tho blooms IN favor OF tho arm bulb
The so!l that bulbs like bcat Ia OF
light texture. That gi.ua good drain
age and the percentage 81 loss IL not
40 srcat II lot of rain comes just
and clay"y aud takes a ions timc to
Try out. add sand In largo quantities.
mixing IL acll With tho soil II this
IL not practical. dig out tho colt to a
depth Of Is inches and throw about
ipchcs Of broken bricks or old
stones tn the bottom OF tho trench
for drainage Then. NIL tn with tho
aoll in this case +, is also a good
plan to have some sand whom you
plant. putting n small handful In
each hole "a you plant tho bulbs.
Hubs demand good soil True
they can grow without IL. but IL a
thing 10 worth doing at all. IL 10
worth doing we'll Spade under "A
liberal quantity of manure which
should be vol rottod and abort II
YOU have good. rich. mellow ground
tho application OF some good fcrtil-
iE"r will ana@"r the purpose. II you
use manure. b. sure IL is buried
below the level at which the bulbs
are la be- planted, aa tho bulbs should
not com. tn contact with fresh ma
nurn until they ar. rooted. II the
bulbs are to bo planted In beds. IL Is
a good scheme 60 raise tho bed few
inches aboy. the surrounding
ground This also insurcs good
drainage. After digging the ground.
firm IL gently by troading on IL. The
ground should not be soft and
spongy. and on the other hand. IL
should not bo too hard.
De very careful not 10 let any un-
planted bulbs get wet. and don't
leave bulbs lying about for several
weeks before planting them. They
are better OF In tho ground There
Is only one thing that should delay
planting. and that Is excessive rain
fall AT planting time. IN that case.
The Southern farm gazette. (Starkville, Miss.) 1895-1909, 1909-10-09

l% There Was vengeance in
I'LL tho name.
And terror TO the trader.
In tho Alabama's fame
Far beneath the southern heavens.
And beneath tho northern stars.
bid she bear unblonchod tho honor
or the banner OF the bars
Whore the bright sea Of the tropics
Lay. sheen OF burning gold.
Where tho lcchergs Of the Arctics
Cleaned amid the frlEid cold.
Where tho coral islands clustered
In tho purple Indian calm.
Where Mehic mountains bore aloft
Their coronais Of palm.
Where the Afric hoadlands lowered
DER the oceans broad ~rpauao.
Whore the laughing southern waters
Kissed tho sunny shores Of France.
Whurc.r Yankee vessel
The Southern farm gazette. (Starkville, Miss.) 1895-1909, 1909-10-09

plaC. until tho ground Is In prope.
condition
How to Plant Iiyacinths.
The hyanclnth ls ono Of the mos,
common bulbs for fall planting
When planting ln beds for eject, put
all bulbs the same depth. so that
they ~ill all bc nearly Of the sane
height and all flower Abou, the same
time Hut II you plant few In
border or along fence you need no,
be 50 particular. as II does no. make
amy difference whether they aower
at ono time or not
Plant hyancintha early in October
and not later than November LIST
II planted after that. the bulbs do
no, have time to make roots before
tho winter sets in set the bulbs
about s inches deep to the bottom OF
tho bulbs. and II In beds for effect
about six inchoa apart
Single hyactnths produce larger
and more handsome flowers than the
double sorts and for that reason they
are much more used. but some peo-
plo prefer the double sorts.
The miniature or Roman hyacinth
IL gaining friends every year. Tue
bulbs are much smaller than Inc
Dutch hyacinth but when wen
grown they throw tino Towering
shoots. Their culture * the same as
recommended for the Dutch hya'
cInth. except that they are to DC
planted about inches deep,
Tulips, Crocuses and Narcissuses'
Tulips require handling in exaeu!
tho same manner as putch hyacinths'
but they need not be- planted 50
deeply I inches TO the bottom u
the bulb It's sufficient But wheh
planting In beds. be- careful 10 e.
all tho bulbs at an even depth %
insure lowering at The Ame tiihe
Grand effects may al D" produce"
by planting clumps 10 fhc bordoi'
along garden walks, ia .he shru'.
berry and elsewhere Always piah'
one variety in a clump ever hiN
your colors.
Everyone should plan lew CIV
cuses II only for the iu"< aalVehes'
Of the bulbs. They 81. S th""
The Southern farm gazette. (Starkville, Miss.) 1895-1909, 1909-10-09

/ l. h..
n OF tho great sea nshtor. herewith
Spread canvas 20 tho breeze
She did vol to watch tho con,rr
OF tho ranger Of tho seas
All honor to the lion. heart
That DER her held command
All honor to the dauu,less breast
The ever fearless hand
Thrice honored. too. the sword TIA,
rebta
\ thousand fathoms deep.
Whore surgiug foam and waters das,
And winds above Il sweep,
All. long shall dwell tn tale aud SEE,
Tho Alahama's fame,
And men shalt speak with glowing
breath
Her proud and spotlos~ name,
Long shalt tho story Btlll be told
OF how she swept the seas.
Aud annE tho starlight OF our fax
To every ocean breeze
The Southern farm gazette. (Starkville, Miss.) 1895-1909, 1909-10-09
e)tN THE HOME CIRCLE N~e
Desrtsss ,AosLd b add,efted 10 a..,
Afa,y' ea,s of 2a,trrAt As
Cbo Alabama.

tn turned,
xtoa
IrlGtn
tho best of
The Southern farm gazette. (Starkville, Miss.) 1895-1909, 1909-10-09

Send us three new yearly subgcrip-
scription one year free
The Southern farm gazette. (Starkville, Miss.) 1895-1909, 1909-10-09

NY a.inti's li~. Tulips Others should
IL Planted Now Next spring and summer

vxr HAT QUALITY OF aoNcr q
NJ bulb all throw IL told no, b,
@A tho niEc OF tho bulb 80 much
The Brownsville daily herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1897-1910, 1909-01-13
A Sailors, Christening.

s1The late Bishop Potter once in his
early days had occasion to oficiate at
g christening In a small fishing village
on the Massachusetts, coast" says a
writer In Harpers Weekly. 1.-THE
proud father, young fisherman, awk-
wardly holding his frstborn daughter,
was visibly embarrassed under the
scrutiny of the many eyes in the con-
gregation, and his nervousness was not
decreased by the sudden wailing of the
infant as they stood at the front
''When the time for the baptism of
the babe arrived the bishop noticed
that the father was holding the child
so that its fat little legs pointed toward
the font
"'"Turn her this way he whispered,
but the father was too disconnected to
hear or understand
"''Turn her feet around the bishop
whispered again, but still there was no
response. The situation was fast be
coming critical, when an ancient mari
ner in the back of the church came TO
the rescue. Putting his weather beaten
hand to his mouth, he roared across
the room, Head her up to the wind,
JSckr"
The Brownsville daily herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1897-1910, 1909-01-13
Just Names.

She had passed a season abroad, and
in London, she said modestly, her sue
cess had been unprecedented The
earl said he could readily believe that
'sThe dinner she resumed, that
Lady Featherstonhaugh''-
Excuse me. The name is pronounc-
ed Freestonhay," said the earl.
well, at the dinner Lord DalZell''-
Though written Dalzell, it it pro
nounced Deal But pray go on
''He and Sir Dugald Colquhoun''-
you mean Calhoun. Yes?'
"And Lady Leveson-GOwer and Mr.
Bohun''-
''Lewson-Gore and Boone are the
correct recommendations. But Pm inter
rupting you
Not at all. All these persons and
Lord st. Maur drank"-
'Not st Maur-Seymour. Well?"
"Oh, 1 forgot what l was going to
say. You've quite put me out with
your corrections"
"And your story was just getting in
teresting, too" said the earl regret
fully-New Orleans Times-Democrat.
The Brownsville daily herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1897-1910, 1909-01-13
Trophies of the Chase.

IN the days when buffalo still roam
ed the plains of Kansas in countless
numbers a great many hunting parties
came over from Europe to have hand
in their slaughter. One party was COM
posed of 4 Frenchman named Auguste
Rouzand, the first husband of Christine
Nilsson, the prima donna, and an Eng
lishman, az Mr. Blackmore, from Lon
don. They arrived at Dodge City one
day in the fall with a carload of equip
ment, including every sort of delicacy
that the market afforded and several
large trunks full of bright new butcher
knives. A detachment of the Sixth
cavalry from Fort Dodge was detailed
to accompany them, and probably no
command ever Jared better than that
one did. The Englishman shot a few
buffalo, and the soldiers slaughtered
them by the hundreds. But the French
man didn't kill one Instead, as fast
as the animals were shot he would
take one of his brand new butcher
knives, plunge it into the slain animal
until it was smeared with blood, wrap
it carefully in tissue paper and put it
back in the trunk as a trophy of the
chase to exhibit when he got back to
Paris as proof of his mighty prowess
as a hunter That was his idea of
sport-Kansas City Star.
The Brownsville daily herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1897-1910, 1909-01-13
Thread Used In Surgery

Are you aware that the modern sur
geon employs in his work dozens of
different kinds of thread for sewing
up cuts and wounds? Among them
are kangaroo tendons, horsehair, silk
and very fine silver wire. Many of
these threads are intended to hold for
a certain number of days and then
naturally break away. The short,
tough tendons taken from the kanga-
roo, which are used for sewing severe
wounds, will hold for about four
weeks before they break away. Silk
thread will remain much longer, some
times six months, while the fine silver
wire is practically indestructible.
With the entire outfit q surgeon is
able to select a thread that will last
as long as the wound takes to heal
and will then disappear completely
To accommodate this assortment of
threads special varieties of needles are
required. Besides the needle craned
in different segments of a circle, sur
geons use needles shaped like spears.
iavelins and bayonet points. - St.
James Gazette
The Brownsville daily herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1897-1910, 1909-01-13
An Error In Geography.

On one occasion the British lost a
point in their war with Russia by rea-
son of an error in their geography.
This was when Commodore Elliot had
succeeded in blockading the Russian
feet in the gulf of. Saghalin, on the
east coast of Siberia. The Russians
were in 4 cul-de-sac, and the British
ships waited contentedly for such time
as the enemy should venture to put TO
sea But they waited in vain, and at
last an investigation was made. 1t
was found that the Russian fleet had
vanished. While the British commo-
dOre waited at the south end of the
gulf, the Russian ships slipped away
through the shadows at the north end
into the sea of Okhotsk Until this
discovery was made the British gov
eminent had believed Saghalin to be
a peninsula. Now, too late, they
learned that it was an island, with a
very narrow channel at the north end
Of the gulf running into the sea of
Okhotsk.-New York Tribune
The Brownsville daily herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1897-1910, 1909-01-13
THE DOCTOR"
An Important Functionary. on her-
chant Vessels Is the Cook.

An Important Functionary on der-
chant Vessels Is the Cook.
There is one functionary on mer-
chant vessels of all kinds who has
very much more to do with the peace
and dignity of the floating common
wealth than shore folks usually mag
inc 1 refer to the cook, who is some
times called the doctor" Why he is
given this cognomen is not altogether
plain/ for his hapdiwork seldom has
any therapeutic value and in the past
at least, has had much to do with
not to Davy Jones' locker. In fact,
there was a time in nautical history
when the presiding genius of the gal
ley was in such bad repute that to
call q man i "son of a sea COOK was
a most opprobrious epithet and one
that would be emphatically resented
In those days (and to some extent to-
day. the cook was cOvertly despised
by the occupants both of the forecastle
and the cabin, though the men 'for-
rard" outwardly professed affection
for him and apparently were never so
happy as when they could wash his
clothes or do him various other favors,
with the hope of getting sundry 'leav-
ms" from the cabin table or being
granted such privileges as Hanging
OUT in the galley when rough weather
at night made the watch on deck
grateful for such shelter. In other
ways it was found highly salutary to
keep in good graces of his culinary
majesty, who frequently was a more
powerful person in some respects than
the "old man" himself 1t is almost
needless to add that the more skilled
as u cook the cook was the more pro
found was his influence both fore and
aft. But he wasn't often much in the
way of skill, all the same.-Shipping
Illustrated
The Brownsville daily herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1897-1910, 1909-01-13
Two Great Orators.

As an orator Demosthenes was head
and shoulders above Cicero the Ro-
man. The great Athenian stands in Il
class all by himself, if we are to be-
lieve the consensus of learned opinion.
Cicero, it is said, prided himself on his
faculty of extemporiZing at need. but
probably trusted little to it on great
occasions, while with Demosthenes il
was the rule never TO speak without
the most careful preparation The
speeches of both We're spoken without
manuscript They would never have
made the reputation they did if they
had been tied down to their notes.
New York American
The Brownsville daily herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1897-1910, 1909-01-13
American Hunlor.

American humor exists. it distin-
cuisines the national character, it per
meates all our affairs 1t is not of
aboriginal descent 1t was not brought
from England or Holland by the IA
theirs. Its saving grace was lacking
under Puritan rule The humoE Of
Diedrich Knickerbocker is all the
more taking because of the absence OF
all sense of humOr in the subjects of
his chronicle If our humor came over
from Erin in the first rush Of immi-
grafton it was quickly adapted to its
new environment 1t was modified
and changed by new circumstances
and conditions, geographical, ethnolog
zeal, atmospheric Wherever it came
from it is boon which saves US from
a lot of needless trouble and worry
New York Times
The Brownsville daily herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1897-1910, 1909-01-13
A Poor Defense.

Speaking of a poor defense said a
lawyer, reminds me of the valet who
was accused of drinking his masters
wine To this valet the master said:
Look here, youl 1 believe that you
have been at this decanter of claret
and then filed it up with water
"'Oh, no, sir said the valet in an
aggrieved tone
"'Well, it tastes like it. said the
master, and he set down his glass with
a wry face
"'Oh, no, sir said the valet excited
ly. In the first place, sir, l never
drink wine; in the second place. when
l do drink it l never think of filling
the bottle up with water, and, in the
third place. when l do put water in
always am very careful to add 4 little
brandy so that the wine may not lose
its strength"
The Brownsville daily herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1897-1910, 1909-01-13
The Holy Grail.

From book reviewed a passage is
quoted in which mention is made of
''the holy grail, the sang-reaf or true
blood of God" This used to be com
mon mistake, and so learned man
as Thomas Warrior in his Remarks
on Sponsors limitations From Old 70
mances" writes, 1.-THE holy grale That
IS the real blood of our Blessed
Saviour" But this is wrong IL is
the holy grale, or vessel, and does not
mean real blood, though it contained
the real blood, collected by Joseph Of
Arimathea. 1t was made from Il diI-
mond and emerald which fell from the
crown of Satan when he fought with
Michael NJ de Villemarque, who has
written about Armoric legends, says
that this jewel was a diamond The
word greal is old French, as l under
stand for I have no knowledge my
self that it is so. In the legend of
Percival it is shown that the grail is
vessel. 1.-The holy grailp Percival
heard whispered by one voice after
another. Then from the shining YES
sci streamed an endless supply Of the
costliest dishes and wines. london
Notes and Queries.
The Brownsville daily herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1897-1910, 1909-01-13
Hay on Church Floor.

4 curious custom is annually Obsary-
ed at Old Neston church on st. Swith-
ms day The church is dedicated 10
st. Swithin. and on festival day the
church is strewn with hay. Many
years ago some donor left field to
provide money for bread which is dis
tributed four times a year. The tenant
of the field has to supply the hay to
strew the church. The custom is sup
posed to have originated from the fact
that on festival Sunday. the parishion-
ers wear new boots, and the idea of the
donor was to have the hay laid down
to stop the squeaking incidental to new
footwear.-London Standard.