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The log cabin Democrat., 1909-10-01
Buri Tree in the Philippines Pro- vides Food, Clothing, Shelter.
Fine Hats Made from It, Also Brooms Baskets, Roofs, Sugar and h.
 toxicatine Drink Among the Manufactures,


 Manila, P. Lone of the most pop ular kinds of native hats sold in Ma nila is the Lukban hat It is known by the name of the town, Lukban, in the province of Tayabas, Luzon, because originally most of the hats made of this weave came from there. The hat is probably the lightest, coolest and strongest of all the fine Philippine hats. It is woven from the fiber of the leaf or the Buri palm.
 While the Lukban hat Is probably the most familiar product of the Buri palm known to Americans and Euro peans, the Filipinos have found many other uses for the different parts of this tree that are ingenious and in teresting. Two distinct classes of products are taken from the Buri palm-those furnished by the leaf and those furnished by the bud. The leaf stalk resembles a tightly closed fan and is cut from the tree by the Fill ipino workman before the leaf opens. The dried leaves, split into strips. are available for the mat and bag makers. A leaf that becomes mildewed in the process of drying can be used as roofing for house or as drop over a window or for the top of a porch. The coarse midribs of the leaf are punched together and made into stiff brooms, which can be used in the house or the stable. In the tropics the broom seems to have supplanted the garden rake in many of it's uses Lawns are never raked, but are swept by these brooms. Coarse rope and twine are male from the leaf of the Buri palm and strong paper has been made of the fiber.
 The finer ribs of the leaf are made into rolls and sold to the maker of hats and baskets. The FiIip!nos are probably as clever at basketmakine as any other race in the world. Some baskets are so finely woven that they will hold water. Their hats bring high prices the world over Sails and the 'petates," or mattresses, used by Filipinos, are woven from these fibers.
 DGS4uCS lI4t itdl, NlClt lo tue buu O' head" Of the palm that furnishes at least three useful products to the Fiji ipinos. These are sugar, sirup and the native drink tuba" A native, b. means of a long bamboo pole, climbs to the top of palm that may be ten or more meters in height The bud is tapped when the tree is about to flower and the sap is brought down in skillfully constructed baskets made Of buri leaves. When the sap has been boiled down to sugar it is placed to cool in boxes made of buri leaves or in cocoanut shell molds, and when the sugar is shipped it is but up in sacks made of the buri leaf fiber. The sap is called tuba, which by fermentation becomes an in, toxicating native drink. The F'ilipnos are very moderate in the use of intox- icants and very rarely is one seen under the influence of this liquor.
The log cabin Democrat., 1909-10-01
DUR OLDEST FLATS
Work of Repairing Famous Cliff
 Palace Going On.
Investiaaton Shows That Ancients Used Great Apartment Houses for 1000 Families Before History
 Was Written.

Kansas City.-Centuries before the first apartment house had taken form in the minds of modern architects the cliff dwellers had developed the fiat to an extent that the builders in the great cities are just beginning to ap- proximate The old-time Americans were not content to house dozen or a score of families under the same roof; they made room for an entire community, sometimes consisting of possibly ,000 persons, with their places of worship and entertainment, their workshops and all their indus trial activities, excepting, of course, agriculture.
 This mode of living had it's incon- veniences as well as it's manifest ad- advantages. If the baby had the collie on a cold and wintry night, pater fla milias could go for the medicine man without exposing himself to the ele- ments and the backdoor gossips could keep the whole community under sur veillance without extreme eXertion.
 But to dodge going to church when the kiva, or place of worship. was only a few hundred feet away, under the same roof that sheltered the home must have taxed the inventive ingenu- ity of the first American seriously The weather would never serve as an excuse and q Sunday headache would be only a fiimsy one. To visit the affinity" under the watchful eye of wife and mother-in-law must have been quite a problem and the club must have been tame and common place when conducted within calling distance of the home. Decidedly. the modern way is much better, say the Sybarites.
 The present summer Dr. J. w. Fewkes of the Smithsonian institution has been engaged in the interesting task of cleaning and renovating the greatest of aboriginal apartment houses. Ordinarily house cleaning job is of interest only to the persons engaged thereon or inconvenieuced thereby. A scientific house cleaning Is different; and Dr. Fewkes' under taking derives national interest and importance from the fact that it con- sisted in removing the accumulated dust. debris and rubbish of ages from the famous Cliff palace, the most im-
The log cabin Democrat., 1909-10-01
RETRIEVING HEN GETS WORMS
Fisherman Shows Chicken the Bat Box and She Fills it to
 OverfIoWinq.

Winsted, Conn.-And now comes this town of many singular happen ings with a tale of a retrieving hen. Not satisfied with capturing ever na- ture-faking pennant that has been of fered in the last few years. it clinches it's claim to this seasons trophy with story that may go far toward con vincing other contenders that Winsted never will be defeated. Those other stories about whistlng woodchucks and reversible robins will go into the discard now.
 H. c. Spaulding. manufacturer Of Colebrook. seven miles from lere, is responsible for the latest contribution. He is the proprietor of hen whose full name is Elizabeth, but she is best known in the neighborhood as Bess.
 It was by chance that Mir. Spauld- ing discovered her ability in the re- trieying line. She was never strong in the domestic class As a chick she was wayward and spent most of her time in getting lost. AS a bullet she didn't show much improvement.
 
 and Spaulding intimated that she should give one or two substantial reasons every day why she should continue to eat his corn she gave him the merry chuck. Spaulding says he lost patience and was on the point of putting her in the fricassee class when something happened.
 
 to the garden to dig worms for bait" says Spaulding. q passed Bess on the way, but knowing what I had in store for her I couldn't bear to look at her. l dug up one or two worms and placed them in my bait box, and, tered over with worm in her beak and added it to my collection. With out waiting for instructions, she hustled away and got another worm and put it in the box. She repeated the performance until I had to up holster her legs to keep her from digging.
 All have to do now i3 to show her the bait box and in ten minutes the worms are flowing over the side of it. It doesn't make any difference whether the ground is wet or dry; she gets them. And to show you how she keeps track of them-the other day she broke one and half of it escaped. She didn't give up the search until she found the missing part and brought it back and joined it with the other half. I intend to tie a bell on her leg, so that she can ring up every time she lands one"
The log cabin Democrat., 1909-10-01
Woman. a1. Weeds Man 5t.

pittsburg. Pa,-Although past four score years in age. Mrs. Eyalina Hall, who lives on farm near Turtle creek, was married the other afternoon to Robert F. Wright, aged 51 years, of 137 Larimer avenue. Turtle Creek Wright is exactly % years younger than his bride, Mrs. Hall was spry, and eayly tripped over the floor in the marriage license office to show that mere years did not cause one to grow old
The log cabin Democrat., 1909-10-01
Twins Meet After Years.

Bally, Pa.-A unique feature of the reunion of over 300 Wetzels here the other day was the meeting for the first time in many years of the aged WetZel twins-Enoch Wetzel of West Point, Neb., and Benjamin Wetzel of Vera Cruz. They are v years old and look as much alike as two peas in a pod" They were born in Here, ford township, Enoch learning the trade of stone mason and Benjamin that of carpenter. Both are widowers
The log cabin Democrat., 1909-10-01
Ginnham Cushion Couers.

Pretty cushion covers are made Of dress gingham in plain colors, old rose. Alice blue, green or yellow, tc correspond with the color scheme of .he room. The covers are feather sti ched in white to inclose inside the 5dee and are finished with buttons anl buttonholcs, so that they can be Laundered when necessary.
The log cabin Democrat., 1909-10-01
Use Twisted Cotton.

Some women waste their time in teather-stitching dainty garments with embroidery thread The embroidery thread being soft, when the garment Is laundered 1t is pressed into the ma terial and loses its Individuality. Twisted cotton, which comes ly the ball in various numbers, and which is sometimes used for clochetng is the most satisfactory thread with which to do this dainty work.
The log cabin Democrat., 1909-10-01
Children fo Honor Chiefs

addresses and view the parade of 10,- 900 school children and the troops. At six o'clock Mir. Taft, with his party. will attend banquet given in their honor in Juarez by President Diaz
The log cabin Democrat., 1909-10-01
BRAIN FOOD FOR STUDENTS
Omaha Board of Education Decides to Serve Pie and Other Pastry
 to Pupils.

Omaha. Neb --Regardless of what may constitute it's component parts, pie is brain food. Such is the official decision Of the Omaha board of educa- ton and of Prof Graf, principal of -Ie oniaha high school.
The log cabin Democrat., 1909-10-01
Aned 100: Gets First Church.

Prattsville. O.-This little town more than 100 years old, will soon dedicate it's first church. Until Rev William L. Hooper built the edince there never was a church iLC,ds the town.
The log cabin Democrat., 1909-10-01
Learn to Relax.

Relaxation is the secret of taking the mental, moral and physical kinks out of ones system in the warm weather. It will take all the unsight y lines from your face an: prevent rev ones from forming.
The log cabin Democrat., 1909-10-01
Ren1ehY for Burns.

A simple remedy for burns is made by adding to a cUpful of olive oi q teaspoonsul of carbol;c acid. Apply taadage soaked in the mixture.
The log cabin Democrat., 1909-10-01

Blouse of tussah silk trimmed in an original way with fagoted bands of the same material. The jabot is of the silk and lace
 The sleeves, trimmed to correspond have tucked strap of the silk on the outside, finished with the lace.
Republican news item. [volume] (Laport, Pa.) 1896-19??, 1909-06-24
Home Concert Collection

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The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1909-10-18
TWO MILLS TO
Be REBUILT

Construction Will be started
this week on two mum lumber
mills for this section. The Peter
man mill, recently burned in this
city, will be rebuilt on Puyallup
avenue, near o street, and the
Union Lumber company will re-
build its mills six miles this side
of Olympia.
Pile driving for both will start
at once.
The Peterman mill will repre-
sent an investment of $75, 900
and will be completed with new
machinery and everything first
class for producing fine interior
work.
The Union Lumber company
mill will be of 10000 feet capa-
city and 100000 shingles and II
will be run entirely by electricity,
being the first mill on the coast
to adopt this power for all de-
partments.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1909-10-18
ENDS MISERY FROM BACKACHE
AND 0UT-OF- ORDER KIDNEYS.

The most effective and harmless
way to cure backache and regulate
out-of-order kidneys, or end blad-
der trouble, is to take several
doses of Pape's Diuretic.
You will distinctly feel that
your kidneys and urinary organs
are being cleaned, healed and vital
lied, and all the miserable symp-
toms, such as backache, headache,
nervousness, rheumatism and dart
ing pains. inflamed or swollen eye
Tide, irritability, sleeplessness or
suppressed, painful or frequent
urination especially at night and
other distress, leaving after TAX
ing the first few doses.
The moment you suspect any
kidney or urinary disorder, or
rheumatism, begin taking this
harmless preparation as directed,
with the knowledge that there is
no other medicine, at any price,
made anywhere else in the world,
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1909-10-18
MILTON STARTS
AUTOS TO FIGHT
THE INTERURBAN

on and off where they please.
If the venture proves a success
additional service will be put on
and freight car will be added TO
the line.
The Milton Development COM
pany has arranged for the SER
vice and will make a strong bid
to get business away from the In
terurban. The interurban fare
is now 13 cents one way and the
round trip will be give non the
automobile for Is cents.
New Rates In Effect.
The increased rates went into
effect on the electric line yester-
day. 1t costs now $1.75 for a
round trip will be given on the
servation car and SLIPS in the
regular coach.
The fare will be 20 cents one
way to Puyallup, 10 cents one way
to Spanaway, American lake or
SteilacOom
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1909-10-18
BY ellison Gardner.

SAN FRANCISCO, Oct. 49,
When twelve times millionaire,
young and vigorous, calm and
clear eyed, sits up in his office
and tells you he is going to devote
his money and his brains for the
remainder of his life to the accom-
plishment of one purpose, you are
apt to be interested in his state
ment of that purpose.
] was.
had called to have talk with
Rudolph Spreckels, hacker of
Francis j. Heney in the graft
prosecutions. ! had expected to
find him one thing and had found
him another. / had expected to
meet the mere man of wealth-in
this case a person of bulldog per-
tinacity-and perhaps long
memory for a grudge. What l
found was very different.
/ found no trace of grudge in
the man. / did not find the
money temperament. l did not
find the money point of view. Nor
yet did l find any evidence of the
soured, the dispeptic mind or the
!rebellious body. There was moth
indicative of the crank. This
Spreckels person looks the imper-
sonation of sane, well-poised con-
Iventionality. Sobriety is stamped
Iall over him. 1t is written in his
face, in his manner, his clothes,
in the very furniture of his office;
lit is seen in the clearness of his
skin and eyes, in his calm, we'll
bred voice. All seem to speak OF
a mind adjusted to conditions as
they are.
Yet he talks of spending mill
lions and his life to do his country
good.
"In what way?" / asked. GLOW
do you think you can do your
country good?"
81 believe / can help to avert
the revolution" he answered
calmly.
"The revolution"
Eyes. AS things are going the
only possible end is revolution. 1t
| is the lesson we must read from
history. Other peoples have gone
the same road we are going. The
shrewd and strong continue to
take, and the weaker are ground
down and made more helpless and
more wretched and the result is
revolution. The people stand it
until the times comes. for them
not to stand 1t, and then there is
He'll to pay"
you think you can prevent
that emergency"
81 have that hope, and I shall
do what l can. i believe in the
American people. My hope is based
i'm this belief. / believe in their
fairness, their intelligence, their
honesty and their good judgment
l believe we have the most won
derful country and people in the
world. / want the experiment OF
self government to succeed. I wan
the necessary reforms to be work
ed out without the price of loss
and confiscation, of blood and
sorrow which otherwise must be
paid. The reforms will come
They cannot be stepped. Justice
and greater equality of oppor-
tunity must be restored to the
people. If it does not come in
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1909-10-18
WOMAN KILLED
BY ENGINE

While out with her 12-year-old
son, Michael, in search for wood,
Mrs. Katie Herman was struck
by a passenger engine at South
Twenty-seventh and Hood streets,
meeting almost instant death,
shortly after 2 O'Clock Saturday
afternoon.
Mrs. Herman was a widow, her
husband having met death several
years ago in a railroad accident.
Four children survive. They live
in little home, at 2543 South G
street, which they purchased on
easy terms two months ago.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1909-10-18
WOMAN DROPS DEAD ON
LEARNING THAT HER SON.
IN-IAAW HAS COMMITTED
SUICIDE.

MINERAL POINT, Wis, Oct.
l8.-Frank Hanscom, cashier of
the defunct First National bank,
committed suicide last night in
Gracelard cemetery here by shoot
ing himself. The body was found
today lying across the grave of his
father. When Mrs. John Gray
Hanscom's mother-in-law, was in.
formed of the suicide she dropped
dead from heart failure.
Vice President Allen was ar
rested last week charged with
embezzling funds of the institu-
ton, but Hanscom had not been
mentioned in connection with the
shortage.
The comptroller of the currency
ordered the bank to close when
he learned that a shortage of
about 100000 had occurred. An
examination of Hanscom's books
showed them to be in excellent
condition. He is said to have been
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1909-10-18
MILTON INACCURACIES SER
VICE TO COMPETE WITH
THE ELECTRIC CARS.

With the new tariff on the In
terurban road in effect, Milton Is
determined to get lower transpor-
tation rates. Wednesday a large
covered automobile, capable Of
hauling 35 persons, will be put on
the road for hourly trips between
Tacoma and Milton and a round
trip fare of only 15 cents will be
charged.
Auto passengers will be taken
at Ninth and Pacific avenue.
Milton is but six miles and a
half from Tacoma and the roads
are good. 1t is believed by the
hackers Of the project that the
automobile can make the trip as
quickly as the street railway and
passengers will be allowed to get
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1909-10-18

which will effect so thorough and
prompt a cure as a fifty-cent treat
ment of Pape's Diuretic, which any
druggist can supply.
Your physician, pharmacist,
banker or any mercantile agency
will tell you that Pape. Thompson
& Pape. of Cincinnati, is a large
and responsible medicine concern,
thoroughly worthy of your conf
dence.
Don't be miserable or worried
another moment with lame back
or clogged, inactive kidneys or
bladder misery. All this goes after
you start taking Papes Diuretic,
and in a few days you feel and
know that your kidneys, liver and
urinary system are healthy, clean
and normal, and all danger passed.
Accept only Pape's Diuretic-
fifty-cent treatment-from any
drug store = anywhere in the
world.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1909-10-18
ACCUSES ROOSEVELT
OF AIDING CRIME

with the way the people Of this
country live. They are too strenu-
Gus, too active, too vigorous.
Roosevelt, as the head of this
great nation, rushed the people
into all sorts of crime. His
strenuous theory of life is crimi-
nal. He has infected us with a
sort of insane activity. The Amer
lean madness is energy. 1t is a
mania peculiar to us, and Roose-
welt is responsible for much of
it,"
Following his conversation with
the warden and lieutenant COVER
nor, the poet said practically the
same things to the prisoners.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1909-10-18
100000 ADMITTED
TO PUYALLUP
FAIR
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PUYALLUP, Oct. 1S.-More
than $500 people visited the Puy-
allup fair yesterday, the last day,
despite the unfavorable weather
and the increased fare from Ia
coma to 40 cents a round trip.
Today the exhibitors are busy
moving. The management is high
ly pleased with the showing made.
A total of about 10000 passed
through the gates during the five
days of the fair.
Vashon won the first comm UNI
ity prize of $25 for the best ex-
hibFts in the fruit department.
Sumner was a close second. ]. J.
Jansen, of the Puyallup reserva-
ton, who styled himself not "a
dry farmer" had the best exhibit
of vegetables.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1909-10-18
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JOAQUIN MILLER DECLARES
STRENUOUS LIFE POLICY is
FILLING PRISONS.

SAN QUENTIN, Cal, Oct. 1S.-
According to statements made by
Joaquin Miller, the poet of the
Sierras, the strenuous life, SO
openly favored by ex-President
Theodore Roosevelt, is responsible
for much of the crime committed
in America. The assertion was
made by the aged poet while ad-
dressing the convicts at San QUEEN
tin yesterday. He said:
"There is something wrong
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1909-10-18
FORCED CHECKS
BREAK into
SOCIETY
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INDIANAPOLIS, Ind, Oct. IS.
Mrs. Bessie Payne-Avant, writer
and former mine owner of Ne
vada, who says she lived at tbs
Astor hotel in San Francisco un-
til she lost her fortune in mining
enterprises, was arraigned in po-
lice court here today, accused OF
attempting to pass fraudulent
checks amounting to $500 at Des
Moines and Chicago.
The police declare that the
woman wrote the alleged bogus
checks to buy clothes with which
she hoped to break into Cincinnati
society.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1909-10-18
MILLION DOLLAR
FIRE IN QUEBEC
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(By United Press Leased Wtre.)
QUEBEC, Oct. 1S.-It is esti-
mated here today that the fire
started in the Canadian Northern
elevators did damage aggregatins
81, 100000 before the flames were
extinguished yesterday. One fire
man lost his life. The big blaze
got beyond control, as a strong
wind was blowing. From the ele-
vators the fire spread to the ware
houses and custom house along
the shores of the st. Lawrence.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1909-10-18

peaceful manner IL will come the
other way. ] hope and shall work
with mind and money, to avert the
historic way of force and VIC
lence."
"And how do you propose to do
your work."
GAS to the details, I am not
ready yet to say. But l will say
that it will not be an attempt to
repeat in other cities what we
have done here with the graft
prosecutions. There are other
ways to work. Education and
organization are parts of the
task"
Your work will not be con-
fined to California;"
mo. 1t will be national in its
scope"
"And what do you propose to
get from it,"
THAT'S it. That's the challenge
which the man i'm my position al.
ways meets. That's the first thing
the public asks; and it's the first
thing the enemy lays his hand to
i'm an effort to discredit and to en-
barrass a man i'm this sort of work.
What is he to get. I'll tell you
what hope to get. When 1 pass
out of this life if it can be said
that 1 did, with unseIfish motive,
something for my cOuntry-some-
thing which helps avert the revo-
lution-something which makes
conditions better for my children
and their children,-if this can be
said, 1 shall be content. 1 shall
feel that have left legacy to my
children of more value than all
the money I might get together or
all the offices 1 might hold"
"You seek no office-would ac-
cept no political honors or re-
wards?"
LAS / regard an oath as sacred,
/ am willing to take an oath that
neither seek nor will accept Of
flee of any sort. Any office
would be a hindrance to my work.
Holding any office would cast dis
credit on my motive. 1t is only
as my motive is known to be un-
selfish that I will have any influ-
ence in trying to carry on my
work"
you think you are in position
to do what others cannot do?"
"In some ways, yes. / think
can get a hearing among the very
rich better than some Others
could. The rich man is always
suspicious of poorer man. He
thinks he is going to try to get
his money from him. And he
thinks the poor man can't see
things from the rich mans point
Of view. I hope to bring mes
sage to the people of this class. >
"a message of what sort?"
"That riches can be honestly
achieved; that bushes must be
fair; that the government, the
people must have the power re.
stored to them, and that business
must not pervert our government.
lur politics"
"They tell me the other side has
tried to hurt you through your
bank?"
Yes, and for every dollar with.