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The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1909-12-17
Is
Ordered
South

(By United Press Leased Wire. }
WASHINGTON, ID. c., Dec. IT
The cruiser buffalo, with 700
marines aboard, was ordered late
today to proceed from Panama 70
Corinto, following the report that
Americans at Managua had been
threatened by the Zelaya sympa-
thizers.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1909-12-17
CONGRESS WILL
Be FORCED
TO ACT
ATTACK ON CABINET MEN,
PER BRINGS CONTROVERSY
10 A POINT-CANNON TRIES
TO BLOCK INVESTIGATION.

(By United Press Leased Wire
WASHINGTON, D. c., Dec. II.
The sensational attack upon
ISecretary of the Interior Ballin-
ger, made upon the floor of the
house yesterday by Representative
Hitchcock of Nebraska, makes 1t
practically certain that the house
organization cannot stave off an
investigation of the general land
office after Christmas.
The general sentiment of the
house today is that there should
be a full investigation of the
charges brought against the secre-
tary by l.. R. CLAWS, former chief
of the field division Of the land
office, in connection with the
Alaskan coal lands.
A resolution demanding such an
Investigation is now in the hands
of the rules committee, having
been referred to that body by
Speaker Cannon.
The resolution cannot be
dragged from the rules committee
unless enough strength is muster
ed to overrule Speaker Cannon,
who is known to be opposed to an
investigation. The democrats and
the conservationists believe today
that this can be done,
The speech of Hitchcock put
the matter flatly upon to con-
gress in plain terms, and the rep
Iresentative from Nebraska made
his demand for an investigation
in strongest possible terms,
Those men who have lined up
against Ballinger in what they
term the Roosevelt policies OF
conservation" look upon the
Hitchcock speech as the real open
ing of the battle before congress.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1909-12-17

DICTATOR is FINALLY FORC-
ED TO GIVE UP JOB AT
HEAD OF NICARAGUAN AT
FAIRS - RESOLUTION IN
TRODUCED IN CONGRESS TO
RECOGNIZE PROVISIONAL
PRESIDENT.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1909-12-17

The last of the old bunch of N
p. condemnation cases on the Mar
rows were finished in federal court
last night in the verdict rendered in
the case of w. III. Cushman, deputy
city clerk. The verdict amour ted
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1909-12-17

WASHINGTON, d. c., Dec. IT.
Representative Sulzer of New
York today introduced in the
house a resolution directing the
administration to recognize Es-
trada as the president of Nicar-
aqua and notify him that the
United States demands the pun
ishment of former President Ze-
laya, who resigned yesterday.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1909-12-17

WASHINGTON, D, g., Dec. IT.
Secretary Ballinger when asked
about the attack made upon him
yesterday by Representative Hitch
cock in the house, Ballinger said !:
His charges are all fabriea-
tions from beginning to end, Be-
sides, he is a democrat"
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1909-12-17

: To Support Estrada.
NEW ORLEANS, La, Dec. IT.
Following the resignation of
President Zelaya of Nicaragua 1t
was reporcd today that General
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1909-12-17
PASTOR FORCES
BURGLARS To
PRAY

sGBDUES HOUSEBREAKERs
WITH HIS FISTS, MAKE ES
THEM GIVE UP SWAG AND
KNEEL IN QUEER PRAYER
SERVICE - GIVES EACH
BIBLE.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1909-12-17
Forty Miles of Words

THAT'S WHAT COURT CLERK WALKER WRITTEN
DURING ELEVEN YEARs-HE'S WORKED FOR COUN.
TY LONGER THAN ANY OTHER MAN.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1909-12-17
FIGHT FOR 5-GENT
FARE IS On

FERN HILL PEOPLE STAND
ING SOLIDLY FOR JUSTICE
FROM STREET CAR COM
PANY-CITY MUST AID IN
FIGHT.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1909-12-17
JURY Gets THE
SUGAR FRAUD
CASE
. . . . q o Q eoeeees Q

NEW YORK, Dec. IT.
The jury in the sugar fraud I
case retired at 12:40 today.
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the politest. Among the edicts issued
by an empress not so very. very long
ago were these:
Ladies will refrain from wiping
their mouths on the table cloths
Noblemen are forbidden to strike their
wives in company Gentlemen must
not get drunk before the feast is
ended"
Ultra fashionable society overac-
ceHtuates externals. Its estimate Of all
outside it's circle being disproportion-
ately low. II directly results in a cheap
ened, egoustical standard of manners
and ethics. The manners of American
gentlewonen are not to be judged by
the attitude of a few toward the wage
earning woman (from house maids to
school teachers). nor by their thought
less demeanor in public places Amer
lean gentlemen still have streetcar
manners and automobile manners. al
though doubted by many Our def
ciencies are glaring and they are use
fui, but only as themes for our ear
toonists and our foreign critics We
know them to be sporadic heetinS-
TO pass away with a generation. or two
of Anerlcanization.
Abraham Lincoln was one Of the
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worlds great gentlemen. although he
lacked the perfect polish of Douglas
and his other distinguished associates
His honesty and kindness We're super
lative and kept him from petty pre-
fences. lie was a peer. the man to
master any situatiop which confronted
him; not even q head waiter could dis
concert him. At TIE first state dinner
given by him as president Of the United
states his butler asked which wine he
would take-white or red. His reply
was Characteristic: 4 don't know;
which would you2"
Another really great gentleman. an
American said: II wish cities could
teach the best lesson-quiet manners
1t is the fOible CT American youth
pretension- The mark Of the man OF
the world (the gentlemen) is absence
of pretension."
Emerson IS temporarily pushed aside
Tor the six best sellers of the month.
But when al Americans read fre-
quently HIS Essays on Behavior and
Culture there viii be little need of
the Hints on Etiqaette" columns with
which our monthly periodicals Go affiict
Us And perhaps the twenty hr5t
century will not laugh at Us.
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selfish animal Imaginable He perse-
veres in concentrating the pure and
fragrant air, careless of whom he an
noys. He is but the fit inmate of a
tavern
Smoking in the streets is only prac-
ticed by shop boys and pseudo fash
ionables
s'All songs you see written in praise
of smoking or hear sung upon the
stage are puffs paid for by the pro-
prietors of the tobacco divnns and to-
baccos shops to make their trade popu-
lar. Therefore never be deludea by
them
The splitting consequent upon chew
ing tobacco has been made matter of
grave comment or Of we'll founded ridi-
cule by all who have visited the United
states. It is indeed at variance with
all the decencies of life.
Never be seen in cigar divans or
billiard rooms. They are frequented
by an equivocal set.
'Overdressing is very serious evil
in the young men of America. who
usually look as If they had come out
of a bandboN.
Never affect the ruffianly style of
dress unless as some excuse YOU hold
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brilliant position in society
Ladies of good taste seldom wear
Jewels in the morning.
IF a lady waltz with you beware not
to press her waist; YOU must only touch
lightly with the palm of Your hand.
lest YOU leave a disagreeable impression
not only on a white satin gown but on
her mind.
Above all do not1guarref in BALI
room Il disturbs the harmony of the
company and should be avoided if pos
sihle.
There is a slightly subdued patri-
clan tone of voice which we f2ar can
only be acquired in good society.
Never sit in the theater with your
hat on 1t is an insult to the ladies'
Never nod to a lady in the street
nor be satisfied with touching your
hat. Take it off.
In giving dinners endeavor to en-
gage persons only who are known to
each other
Mothers should, be careful not to re-
peat nursery anecdotes. as however in
terestirg in themselves. they are sell
dom SO to others"
Tho so called polite society OF any
country. any city. any village is rarely
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characteristic of the vulgar. 1t has the
appearance OF being used TO hard work.
Smelling the meat while on your
fork being put TO your mouth is vulgar
Splitting on the carpet is a nasty
practice. 1t will lead your acquaint-
ances to believe that you are not used
TO genteel furniture.
wit is the most dangerous talent
the female can possess. 1t must be
guarded with discretion.
In rare item Of Americana printed
in New York and in a year so recent
as 1919. one reads with little gravity
that which was written for the socially
ambitious Of that period by proper
~ serious social leader. long dead and
alas forgotten. Tho uuthor deems his
advice an absolute necessity in that
sadly mercantile period of the fifties
with people continually rising in the
world and with their new wealth ac-
quiring a taste for the numberless
superfiuitics Of life with the use of
which they are only imperfectly ac-
quainted"
This little book, The American
Manual of Elegance and Fashion" is
divided into Is chapters Curiously
enough, three of them are entitled
"Tattling," Smoking" and Advice to
Tradespeople." Any one but New
Yorker smiles the smile of the uncon-
vinced as he reads: IN all cases the
observences Of the metropolis (the seat
Of rehnemenD should be received as
the standard OF good breeding" Here
follow some of the improving rules
that appeared for the guidance of the
"Durward Belmonts,' the st. Elmosy
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HAVE WEANY TANNERS?
LOOK AT OUR ANCESTORS AID TAKE COURNL
AT OUR ANCESTORS AID TAI

and the danes and bellies of only 60
years ago.
1T is considered vulgar to take soup
or fish twice
Hot soup at table is very vulgar.
1t should be brought TO table only mod
erately warm.
DO not pick your teeth much at
table
Asking ladies to take wine is now
quite exploded.
AT very respectable tables you will
find silver forks. Steel forks are now
never placed on the table.
There is nothing more plebeian than
thin bread at dinner. 1t should never
be less than an inch and a half thick.
Never use ii knife to convey food to
your mouth. Tt is glaringly vulgar.
This is a besetting sin of Americans of
all ranks
Pie and pudding are to be eaten with
a spoon.
1T is not elegant to gnaw Indian
corn.
Ladies should never dine with their
gloves on unless their hands are not
fit to be seen.
do not gargle your mouth at table,
albeit the usage prevails among a
few who think because it is foreign
habit it can not be disgusting.
The custom of drinking toasts until
drunkenness results is quite banished
from gentlemans table to its proper
place-the tavern.
Never introduce people to each other
without a previous understanding that
it will be agreeable to both. Should
you, while walking with friend meet
an acquaintance never introduce them.
Never make acquaintances in coffee
house or other public places If a
man is worth knowing he is surely
worth the trouble to approach prop
erly. 1T will likewise relieve you from
with people of whom you might be
ashamed or obliged toN cut.
1T is understood that a person who
has been properly introduced to you
has some claim on your good offices in
future. You can not slight him with
out the chance of being called to ac-
count for it.
answered a moment longer than is alb
solutely necessary.
When man marries it is under
stood that all former acquaintanceship
ends, unless he intmates a desire to
renew it by sending you his own and
his wifes cards. which are united by
silken or silver cord If this be
neglected be sure no further inter
course is desired
Tho gentleman of the highest dis
tinction is placed by the hostess at
dinner. who will assist her to carve.
1T is a matter of regret that table
napkins are not considered indispens-
able. even in England. But they are
far from general. If there be no nap
kins man has no alternative but to
use-the table cloth unless he prefer
tas many do) his pocket handkerchief
IA usage sufficiently disagreeable
DO not suppose that it will exalt
you in the eyes of others to speak
harshly and imperatively to a servant
or add to your consequence.
If you should be so unfortunate as
to have contracted the low habit of
smoking be careful to practice it un-
der certain restrictions, so long as you
are desirous of being considered fit for
civilized society.
After smoking wash your mouth and
brush your teeth. What man or deli
cacy would presume to address a lady
with his breath smelling of onions?
Tobacco is equally odious. The to-
bacco smoker in public is the most
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the little town, she finds. snuGly housed
in well built cottage of one room,
14x16, a little Dutch stenographer,
formerly employed in one of the lead
ing Texas cities by lawyers and bank
ers who paid round sums for her
services. Having tired of the monot-
ony of the grind, she has brought her
earnings to one of these government
claims and is making an experiment
worthy of commendation from the de-
partment at Washington.
OF the 160 acres she has put 20
under fence. In the center of this 20
acre Enclosure, led up to by an avenue
Of fourishing poplars, recently ordered
from a Nebraska nursery, stands the
bird nest cottage. And it holds treas
ures which you might not expect to
see housed on western claim. II
the visitor doubts the little hostess
having an interesting history, she will
be convinced of her error while talk
Ing in the contents of this 14x16 room.
The west end is given over to culinary
arrangements and she is pleased with
the picture after her brisk drive out
in the New Mexico atmosphere. She
likes the appearance of the bright,
substantial cooking stove, with its set
ting of tea kettle, stew pans and
double boiler: while the corner op-
posite this with its shelves of dishes
and 2x4 dining table is quite to her
notion. Still she does not find in it
anything unusual until her tea is
served in a cup the like Of which she
never saw before, and the pattern of
the silver invoking her admiration, she
is Informed that it was brought by
the hostess mother from the father
land and is kept by her as link with
the past.
Supper over, attention is turned to
the other features of the room. In
the east corner nearest the door the
toilet arrangement of dressing table
and washstand makes a pleasant i'm
preston, and this is heightened when
the plan of the opposite corner, with
it's book table, reading lamp and
shelves holding treasures of the worlds
best efforts in literature and music, is
observed. Everything from the Luth-
eran hymn book and Shakespeare, to
current pamphlets on forestry, dry
farming and poultry raising, is found
on the shelves, and as the music claims
attention, masterpieces from Bee
thoven, Wagner and Mendelssohn pro-
claim the German appreciation OF the
best in this art, and the guest IS not
surprised to learn that the hostess is
descended from one of the court
musicians.
The grounds about this more than
curiosity shop bespeak taste and a
love for both the beautiful and the
good in nature. In front of the door
about one-fourth OF an acre has been
reserved for lawn, and this quarter
acre has been bordered with a setting
of Austrian pines. To the sides and
in the rear are walnut, hazlenut, pecan,
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her eyes and she realizes it is no bar
gain sale she has come to attend.
BY this time she has become ac-
quainted with a number Of the other
women who have undertaken the propo-
sition and as she learns the custom of
the country and watches the splendid
heroism OF these truly earnest home
seekers. the eternslly feminine awal1ens
within her and she resolves herself into
ways and means committee to pos
sess the desired quarter section, not
as land bargain but as homestead
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the American woman is that
controlled by the United States
government, aided and abetted by the
main lines of railroad, and auctioned
Of by the various land offices of the
west. This wonderfully fascinating
sale is on in great glory and it is
planned and manipulated in manner
just to catch the feminine fancy. The
first feature 10 command interest is
the fact that it is a government propo-
sition. This promises the protection
which IL is IN a woman's nature to ap-
preciate. And this government prop
osition is all methodically set forth in
official literature, which may be had by
writing to any one OF the government
land Offices located within the newly
opened territories. The literature is a
feast Of promised good things with
which the average Sunday edition
ranks as a back number. Visions of
beautiful sandy loan suited to grow
ing onions with a profit OF marvellous
margin. rich chocolate soil adapted to
the cultivation Of fruits OF rare flavor,
or tight black lands unsurpassed in
growth OF wheat and other grains, all
divided into quarter sections Of 1e0
acres just ready for the first bidder,
con5ure UP ideas Of bargains which can
not be withstood. So while one is
trying TO decide which kind she viii
take, and what she viii DO with it
after she takes it. the old order of her
life is put behind and after few hur-
Tied plans and a hasty goodby to
friends she hies away TO the west.
fearing lest she get there too late for
the sale.
Arrived at some one Of the small
towns OF the New Mexico country. and
being established in the leading hotel.
she is gravely impressed that this is
q different kind Of bargain from any
heretofore known. The advertisements
did not mention all the details she
meets in securing one OF these gifts
from the government. In fact she may
be made aware that there are no real
gifts left in that particular section
and the agents Of the various real es-
tate companies. with their impressive
automobiles. inform her that II she
wishes a really desirable claim, she
viii likely have to pay a relinquish-
ment fee or some $500 or $500 This
viii locate her on railroad near a
postofhce. convenient TO town or within
reach Of some other advantage which
the hustling agent can muster up. Then
the fact that she must live on this land
FOR Il consecutive months. put some
few hundred dollars worth OF improve
ments on It, cultivate a part OF it and
do several other things, which are
rather out of the ordinary for woman
10 do. causes the scales 10 fall from
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peach and all the good trees you
might mention. Some so yards east
of the house lies the garden, newly
made and promising returns in po-
tatoes, cabbages. cantaloupes and
onions. Aside from this a miniature
forest Of six or eight hundred black
locust trees has been put out, while
scattered here and there are found
dogwood and German linden trees.
The sole occupants of this estate
are the little woman and her bonny
black horse, which is comfortably
stabbed within the 20 acre inclosure.
In the morning before preparing her
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his forage. and while he is munching
this repast she scrambles her eggs.
browns her toast, makes coffee, and
after a solitary breakfast she hooks in
the horse and is off to her town Office
before her neighbors are yet afield.
With the salary earned here she sup
plies her living and puts in improve
ments from time to time. and thus
she is making her career luminant
with hope and work.
Going back to her hotel room the
newcomer again finds herself IN the
ebb and flow of the home seekers cur
rent. and she meets at breakfast next
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OF her very own, where she can have
about her the chickens which lay fresh
eggs, the vegetables with home made
flavor, her books. cats, canary birds,
dogs-everything which goes to make
home, except an Objectionable man.
He can be hired at very reasonable
rates for necessary farm work and be
dispensed with at pleasure.
While hesitating over her choice of
location She accepts the hospitality of
some of the established homesteaders
and going out some four miles from
The San Francisco call., 1909-02-28
By Mary Margaret Shaw

NE of the most tempting bar
gain counters ever offered to
the American woman is that
controlled by the United States
Abilene weekly reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1888-1935, 1909-03-25
STOMACH DISTRESS.

And All Misery from Indigestion
Vanishes Five Minutes Later.
Every family here ought to keep
some Diapepsin in the house as any
one of you may have an attack of In
digestion or Stomach trouble at any
time, day or night
This harmless preparation will d.
gest anything you eat and overcome
a sour stomach FIVE minutes after
wards.
II your meal don't tempt you, or
what little you do eat seems to fill
you, or lays like a lump of lead in
your stomach, or II you have heart
burn, that is a sign Of indigestion.
Ask your pharmacist for a 50-cent
case Of Pape's Diapepsln and take one
triangule after supper tonight. There
will be no sour risings, no beIching of
undigested food mixed with acid, no
stomach gas or heartburn, fullness or
heavy feeling in the stomach, Nausea,
Debilitating Headaches. Dizziness or
Intestinal gripping. This will all go,
and besides, there will be no sour
food left over in the stomach to pol
son your breath with nauBeous odors.
Pape's Dispepsin Is a certain cure
for all stomach misery, because It
will take hold of your food and digest
II iust the same as Il your stomach
wasn't there.
Actual, prompt, relief for all your
stomach misery is at your Pharma-
list waiting for you.
These large 5O-cent cases contain
more than SUFFICIENT 70 cure g case Of
or Indigestion.
Abilene weekly reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1888-1935, 1909-03-25
NO NEED OR
A VETERINARY

1--WE run a Livery, Feed and Sale
Stable, have city transfer and han
die hard and soft coal and conse-
quently need a good many horses"
say Bedell Bros. of Mount Carmel, Ill.
1--WE have used Sloan's Liniment and
Veterinary Remedies for years and
find they give perfect satisfaction.
AS long as sloan's remedies are in our
barn we do not need a veterinary
surgeon. we are never without them
and conscientiously recommend them
to all horsemen."
Colby Bros. of the Mineral City
Livery, Fort Dodge, Ia, write:--"I
have used Sloan's Collie Cure, Lini-
ment and Fever and Dlstemper Rem
edy for the past ten years, and since
| have been using them, l have never
had veterinary in my barn, and
have not lost q horse from either
collie or distemper, and will say that
any man with q horse or horses who
keeps Sloan's Liniment and Veteri-
nary Remedies In his barn will never
have occasion to call a veterinary"
Sloan's Treatise on the Horse, sent
free to any horseman. Address DR..
Earl s. Sloan, Boston Mass.
Abilene weekly reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1888-1935, 1909-03-25
TO TAG TUBERcULoUs COWS.
Live Stock Sanitary Department win
Inspect Kansas Herds.

SSA~ SsAS ACRSEVuhIHt VIII
Inspect Kansas Herds.
Topeka, March 1S.-All cows in
Kansas suffering with tuberculosis
will be tagged with aluminium tags
just as fast as inspectors of the live
stock sanitary department can detect
them. The department has been given
$4,000 to stamp tuberculosis in cows
during the next two years and 1t is
getting ready for its campaign.
Inspectors will begin making tests
at once. All the dairy herds Of the
state will be inspected first. When
ever a consumptive COW is found an
aluminium tag will be attached to
her ear. The only thing the owner
can then do is to either kill her or
ship her to market for immediate
slaughter.
Many cows with tuberculosis have
been shipped to market in the past
but there was no way of Identifying
them and many of them were sold
to dairy men and shipped right back
to Kansas. The new tag will make
1t impossible to evade the law in re-
gard to immediate slaughter.