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The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1910-10-10
The Stars Carrier Army

Q Covers the whole city and the suburbs.
Wherever you live you may have The Star
delivered 20 your door for 25e per month.
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1910-10-10

Continued on Page Three.)
Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1910-01-13
SPELLING OBSTACLE RACE.

Titbits.-To test the spelling capa'
biities OF fifty applicants for junior
cIerkships in the offices of the Sydney
water and sewerage board, they were
called upon to write from dictation
this paragraph:
This celibate was a licentiate in
medicine, and held other scholastic d1-
Dlomas His characteristics were lido
syncrasies persOnified-One day tacl-
turn, the next gaTrulous. Today his
facile pen evolves a sapient distich in
piquant satire of some literary gen
ius: tomorrow an encomiastic effusiOn
on an iIliterate voluptuary. HIS
studies on concrete science were ex-
otic; his researches in natural his
tory esoteriC, if not chimerical-"
No fewer than forty-three out OF
fifty candidates came to grief in this
artfully designed spelling obstacle
race.
At the next meeting of the board a
member doubted whether ten out OF
fifty oxford NJ. AS if suddenly called
up to write out the same, would sue
coed in negotiating every one of the
words successfully.
Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1910-01-13
GREAT PROSPERITY COMING.

Next year will mark the begin
ming of the greatest era of prosperity
the world has ever known" said J.
Adam Bede of Minnesota, formerly
member Of congress. Bede was
known as one of the wits of the
house.
Il am not joking about the prosper
ity business" he continued. 81 speak
of the United States more espe cially,
but European and other foreign cOun-
tries also will feel the impetus and
benefit of the prosperity wave. In
such countries as Spain perhaps
prosperity will be conspicuous by it's
absence. But the United States will
have it. | find the earmarks every
where throughout the country.
For example, the Duluth district
next year will ship 10000, 900
tons Of iron ore. This year it is
shipping 3O,OOO,Oe0 tons. Somebody
must be buying a lot of iron ore.
Our folks are not shipping it out to
be dumped in the lake. That is only
one of the many examples, however.
Whether the tariff law is good or bad,
We are going to do an unparalleled
volume of business
Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1910-01-13
A LAST RESORT.

A naughty citizen once strOlled into
the supreme court at Washington
when an argument was being heard,
and took a seat in the inclosure re-
served for lawyers. After he had
been there a few minutes, an attend
ant came over and asked him: Are
YOU a member of the bar?"
The naughty person wasn't; but he
took out his card with a flourish and
handed it over.
The attendant received the card
gravely. carried it to the clerk, who
glanced at it and gave some instruc-
tons.
A moment later the naughty citizen
was touched on the shoulder and
asked to retire,
"Why?" he asked. I sent up my
card. 1t usually gives me a seat in
any court in the land"
certainly" said the attendant;
but please retire"
The naughty citizen did retire.
When he got out in the corridor he
fumed and fused a bit.
Sir" admonished the aged negro
at the door, who has been there for
many years, think it over. Don't
do no persifagin' bout that cot. If
you should git in contempt of them
YOU amt got nobody to appeal to but
God. Saturday EWING Post.
Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1910-01-13

days the young women of the chorus
are gowned as deliberately as the
principals and sometimes more so. In
the second act the show girls, as the
wives Of the dignitaries, appear in
most effective gowns, and among this
number, Edna Dodsworth is especial
ly conspicuous for her comeliness, her
attire, and her unique couture.
Her trained princesse gown is made
of handsome, corn-colored brocade in
a leaf design, the left side of the skirt
being slightly draped and caught I'M
Ger a long panel arrangement both in
back and front A narrow gold trim
mining surrounds the decolette open
ing and finishes the surplice bertha ex-
tending from the right shoulder across
to the left hip. This bertha is one of
the striking features of the gown, fo-
its lower edge is trimmed with gold
fringe three inches wide, which gives
it chic
Miss Dodsworth wears orchids on
her breast, and la VaIIiere of bar
oque pearls. Her beautiful auburn
hair is banded with curIs hanging al
the back, a la Sapho. Her good work
has been duly recognized by her ap-
pointment as understudy to two of the
prfma donnas of the cast, who are
Miss Ada Lewis and Miss Alice Dovey.
The old-time dazzling chorus girl OF
Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1910-01-13
china,s Enormous Population

Washington Herald.-Recent esti-
mates by travellers are that the popu-
Iation of the Chinese empire may ex-
coed by 2GO,0JO,O0O or more the or
fetal figure of 10O,OOO,0OO THIS re
calls that the British authorities
when they began to count the mil
lions of India with care and precision
discovered that the population OF
Hindustan was much greater than It
had been estimated The same thing
happened when modern demonstrating
was extended to British Burma ia
pan also surprised foreigners VINO
knew the country well by the great
totals reached when it's people were
counted in the modern fashion with
accuracy and thoroughness. Now
comes a census Of Bangkok. the cap.
ital of Siam, which shows that the
population is much greater than It
had been supposed to be- Estimates
used to run from 100000 up to 800
600. but the census reveals a totaI
of 1867 Sal inhabitants.
Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1910-01-13

1t will be interesting to see how
Tokyo will receive the news from
London Immediately following the
formation of the Anglo-Japanese ALI
ance Great Britain practically with
drew from the Pacific. Now, without
the status OF that alliance being
changed in the least, she agrees TO
put a fleet back into the ocean.
This move cannot be regarded as
a precaution against Chinese o. i<or-
can aggressions, because they as a
people are helpless. 1t must be that
the Japanese realize that the tenrs
and suspicious OF the Australia ms,
the New Zealanders and the Canadi-
ans have been impaired to Great BrI-
tain, her ally.
The alliance of the mbtnerIand
with the Japanese has always met
with the pronounced disapproval, es-
pecialiy of the Australians and the
New Yea anders and western Canadi-
ans, they have been clamOring TOR
ships of their own ito keep the Pa
citic from becoming a yellow ocean. p"
The demonstrative reception given
The American fleet by the New Hea-
landers and the Australians was
planned-and recognized-as a slap
at London policies in the Pacific.
There were mutterings of growing
secessionist movement. 1t has had
it's effect
Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1910-01-13
With His Talent, Too!

Reginald went to kindergarten for
the first time this fall. and he en-
joyed it thoroughly. At the end of a
week he came home proudly bearing
a paper folded in the shape of a boat
Well, what did you learn at school
this week." asked a big cousin.
Learned how to make this said
Reginald. proudly displaying the fold
ed boat
The cousin feigned great surprise
You don't mean to tell me you have
been a whole week at school and
only learned that"
Reginald thought seriously for E
few minutes over this view of the sit
uation: then he looked up at his cous
in with a confident smile: '"Tis com
zeal, isn't it?" he said, with Iool
that implied pity over the foolfshnes.
of his instructors.
Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1910-01-13

New York, Jan. 5-The return Of
town of the stage favorites is always
a cause for pleasurable excitement
among the playgoers; and Holda
Spong's temperance in a Broadway
production insure her a hearty wei
come from troop of old friends. By
an adroit arrangement the company
playing A Little Brother of the Rich,
with Miss Spong as leading woman i'll
the west, came into New York direct
ly after Christmas and The Fourth
Estate, which has been installed there
for several months, goes out to Chi
cago.
Miss Spong's costumes are always
individual, therefore interesting to
the initiated feminine eye Nothing
that she ever wears is more becoming
than the costume of black lace in
which she is pictured; and indeed
transparent black will be found almost
universally becoming. Made over a
black satin foundation, which has bill
lions Of friIIs on the train, the tuniC
! drapery of figured, all-over black lace
falls in charming lines. The decol
lete bodice is garnished with black
embroidered banding and straps OF
! black velvet. but the sleeve is espe
| cially noteworthy, because it has al
open strip along the top and a full
deep, graduated frill of the net at the
Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1910-01-13

the comic weeklies capturing an ar
dent millionaire is passee, nowadays,
for the wary bird of this era is less
easily caught by smiles and blandish-
ments. Nevertheless, recent in.
stance has proved that there are still
exceptions to this rule.
Marie Mayo had been a member OF
the chorus of The Man Who Owns
Broadway earlier in the season, but
when she sailed away several weeks
ago as the happy bride of Beauchann
Pinder of London, announcing that
she had relinquished the stage fol.
ever, her friends dec AIRED that it was
a true lovematch. Her costume, il
Illustrated here, is made of old-rose
peau de sole, over which is hung one
of those elaborte new garniture drap
cries, which not only form the bodice
trimming, but fall low enough on the
skirt to create the tunic With heavy
shaded floss embroidery on the self.
color, with pearls and spangles and
beads of gold and silver. is the deco.
rative scheme developed The tunic
falls low in points, the curved open
ing below the arm being held together
by band of the trimming A jeweled
bandeau is set in the deliberately be.
pulled couture, which survives alas
in some instances.
Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1910-01-13

elbow. A long chain and la Walters
of baroque pearls and turquoise add
a touch of color. In the rich princess
gown of black panne velvet, shown in
her picture, Leah Bateman-HunteI
does not look as youthful as she actu-
ally is, for she is really only seven
teen. She played Lady Teazle at the
age of seven, and becomes famous as
Juliet at sixteen.
Thus far Miss Bateman-Hunter has
been seen in two parts here and she
has made good in both, as Iras, one of
the two lovely attendants on Cleopatra
In Anthony and Cleopatra, and as
Emma, the slatternly servant of Mrs.
Jones in The Cottage in the Air
There is no trimming to break the
beautiful lines Of the black panne EN-
pire gown just mentioned, save the
broad band of jeweled gold which
passes around the bust, under the
arms to the back. There are spare
motifs placed at each corner of the
decouete and pretty drop earrings
and also an ornament in her blonde
hair, gives the girlish touches that
her youth and winsomeness require
There is a sparkle and dash about
the music and dancing of the show
girls in the musical comedy, Old
Dutch, that proves attractive Nova
Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1910-01-13
BRITISH FLEET IN PACiFTC.

Ind 'anapolis News.-Tne stgnIH-
cant feature of the report of the re
cent British imperial defense confer
ence, which has at last been submit
ted TO parliament by Premier AS
quith, is the fact that the British
Empire is again to put formidable
fleet into the Pacific Ocean. 1t is an
acknowledgement that the Pacific
colonies Canada. New Zealand and
Australia-have finally impressed on
the statesmen of the British Isles
that the Jap will bear watching
Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1910-01-13
HORIZONTAL BILL" AT FIRE.

HORIZONTAL BILL" AT FIRE.
Washington Herald-An interest
ing anecdOte is recalled of William r.
Morrison of Illinois, who died re.
Gently. One winter he and Mrs. Nor
risOn were occupying a suite of rooms
in one of the Washington hotels. and
in the middle of the night. while a
snow-storm was in progress, they were
awakened by the news that the hotel
was on fire.
Mrs. Morrison was greatly excited,
Immediately sprang to her feet, and
began to make frantic endeavors to
get to the ground but Mr. Morrison,
true to his everyday principle. admon-
ished her TO be calm.
Take wear time" said he. dress
carefully. get together all your clothes
ana Jewels and there is do doubt we
Will have no difficulty in getting down
safely either by the elevator or by the
stairs or through the firemen's efforts.
1t doesn't look like much of fire to
me"
Mrs. Morrison with great difficulty
restrained herself and proceeded as
rapidly as possible to dress and get
ready. Mr. Morrison also made his
preparations, but with greater de
III Grafton. At length they were
re.dy end reached the ground with,
crt Trouble.
There" said Colonel Morrison
Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1910-01-13
EXPECT A "SHAKE UP"
New Works Newspaper Row Excited
Over BENEFITS Visit to Herald.

Over Benefits Visit to Herald.
Newspaper row was excited by the
story that Gale Van Hamm is to be
supreme boss on the Herald. Even
the fact that James Gordon Bennett
sailed for Europe without making
the anticipated change did not de
stroy faith in the story. 1t is pointed
out that Mr. Benefits custom is to
come over here, decide on the change
he will make, and then cable his in
structions from the other side. Lots
of funny stories are told Of those
cable orders from Bennett" said an
old Herald man, according to the
Cincinnati Times-Star's New York
correspondent. "On one occasion Mr.
Bennett had had a good dinner, and
on returning to his Paris library
picked up the latest copy Of the New
York Herald. Something in it an
gered him I'll fire the man that
wrote that, he said, vehemently, and
promptly cabled over an order that
the offender should come at once to
Paris. And then, having relieved his
mind, forgot about it. Ten days later
the guilty man-whO had not the re.
hottest idea why he had been ordered
to report to the big chief-was walk
ing toward the Paris office Of the
Herald when Mr.. Bennett, passing
by in his carriage, saw him. Bennett
knit his brows After a moment his
employees name came to him and he
drove up to the curb. Hey, wilkins,
said he, what are you doing over
here?' Just arrived this morning
MI Bennett, said wilkins. Over on
a pleasure tour asked Bennett.
Why, no, said the puzzled Wilkins,
L came in response to your cabled
order Hum, said Bennett. 'Ha!
Well. Wilkins, go up to the office and
draw some money. Then you can
put in a month or 30 seeing Europe,
and 90 back home Which wilkins
did Bennett had forgotten what he
wanted to do with him-and ne is
still ON the Herald"
Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1910-01-13

you sec we are here in safety and
have not been hurt in the least"
Yes, Mr.. Morrison" replied his
vile, we are safe, but don't you
think you would look better if you
had on a pair of trousers?"
Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1910-01-13
CHINA's FACULTY OF MEDICINE
Why Imperial and Other Physicians
Have Been Degraded

Why Imperial and Other Physicians
Have Been Degraded
In China physicians practice on the
subscription plan; that is to say,
each family pays its doctor a certain
fixed sum each year. But the Chinese
consider that the principal value OF
doctors is to keep them well rather
than to cure them of illness; so when
Il physician is unable to prevent one
of his clients from becoming i'll a
certain sum is deducted from his
pay, the amount being regulated by
the length of time his client is sick.
This sensible system makes the Chi
nese physician exceedingly watchful
over the health of the people.
But the system has its dsadvan-
tages, as the court physicians have
just learned to their cost, says the
Montreal Standard, for the doctors
found themselves unable to prevent
the emperor and the empress dow
ager from dying; therefore it was
necessary that they should suffer the
penalty of such grave ignorance. As
a consequence of this double imperial
death FIVE imperial physicians have
been degraded two degrees, although
they retain their posts at court, while
two of his chief assistants have been
dismissed from their positions, the
reason assigned being for their ig,
nOranCe"
Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1910-01-13
The Latest Excuse.

That fellow Blinkirs is a very
presumptuods young man. What was
he doing when | entered the parlor?"
He was just giving me a lesson
in Ell jitsu. papa Cleveland Plain
Dealer
Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1910-01-13

PROTOS
BY
SINDhLl
AND
rNLOR
Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1910-01-13
The Servant In the House.


Cook-And SEE 81 think I'll find an
mother job"
Friend-What did the missus say?
CoOk-She SEE, "Bedad an on give
you $25 when yez lave If yez don't
go!"-Brooklyn Life.
Mistrsss-I don't want you to
have so much company. You have
more callers in a day than l have in
a week.
Domestic-Well, mum, perhaps II
you'd try to be little more agree
able you'd have as many friends as !
Philadelphia Inquirer
81 wish I had known what poor
cook you were before | engaged you,
Bridget"
81 wish you had, num-" said Bridget
devoutly-Life.
Mrs Smith was engaging new
servant, and sat facing the latest ap-
plicant.
81 hope, 4" said she, that you had no
angry words with your last mistress
before leaving?'
"Oh, dear no, mum; none what
ever" was the reply, with a toss of
her head While she was having her
bath, just locked the bathroom door.
took all my things and went away as
quiet as possible. Exchange.
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1910-06-15
COTTON CROP CONDITION.
Fair Conditions for SOuth's Great
Staple.

New Orleans, La, June 12.--In
summarizing its initial reports of the
cotton crop of 1910. The Times Dem
crat will say tomorrow:
THE reports indicate a favorable,
though somewhat late start, through
out the major portion of the belt
Much replanting was found necessary.
Weather extremes form the basis Of
most OF the complaints.
AN appreciable increase in acre
age is reported from the states west
of the Mississippi river.
AS a rule the dclds are clean and
well worked.
Poll wccvils have appeared in the
sections infested last year. where crop
divcrsifiCation has been rCsorted to
more than ever before. Thus far the
plant seems To be free OF other insect
pests.
The labor supply is ample in most
/ sections. but complaints OF scarcity IN
this respect come from others"
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1910-06-15
HISTORY OF THE KISS,
No Time When Practice Was Not
Popular Among White Nations.

| (Carl Holiday in the Smart Set.).
The further away we journey from
the days of Eve the more assiduously
| the world seems to have cultivated
the habit Of kissing; in other words
kissing is mark and test of civil-
zation. Before the coming Of the
white man 1t apparently was totally
unknown among the Indians of
America and the savages of Africa
ana Australia; but who shall trace its
beginning among the peoples of Eu-
rope and Asia? AS far as we may go
among these ancient white nations
we shall find no age when this high
ly unhygienic practice was not popu-
lar. Indeed. Darwin attempts to
trace 1t back to the habit our be-
tailed ancestors had of grasping prey
with their teeth!
This business of osculating became
so popuia~ among the Greeks that it
.s said many husbands. before start
ing for the days work, compelled
their wives 10 eat garlic--a most ef-
tective preventive, We cannot doubt.
The Romans attempted 10 be more
cold biaeded and dignifed. They were
at least more systematic, for they di-
vided all kisses into three kinds-the
osculum, the kiss u friendship; the
bastum. the kiss Of ceref79ony, and the
suavium. the kiss of love. All of
which simply implies that the Ro-
mans had three chances to our one.
The ancients. however, were not in
favor OF public display of the busi-
ness; spooning was decidedly bad
form. Plutarch says that Cato ex-
PEELED the Senator Manlius for kiss
ing his wife in the daytime and in the
presence Of his daughter.
This same Plutarch is our authori-
" for the statement that Rome found
ed the now antfquated custom Of
lives saluating their husbands with
i kiss. The women, after sailing
many seas and reaching this place,
refused to follow their husbands far
ther, and under the leadership Of Ro-
ma new woman"-burned the
ship. Then, says the historian, Roma
invented this pleasant method of ap-
peasing the wrath of the husbands;
and the remedy has been used with
considerable efficacy until compara-
lively recent years.
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1910-06-15
Death OF Miss LOttie DesChamps.

Miss Lottie DesChamps, second
daughter of Mr.. w. w. DesChamps.
of Wisacky. died in a hospital in
Richmond, Va, Saturday afternoon.
The body was brought to the home
and buried at st. Luke's church on
Sunday afternoon in the presence of
a large concourse of relatives and
friends. Miss DesChamps was about
22 years Of age and beloved by all
who knew her. Mrs. English Desi =
Champs and Mr.. Clarence DesChamps
and Messrs. A. A. and l. c. Strauss
OF Sumter, attended the funeral.
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1910-06-15

1t appears that the work on the new
fire house is progressing very slowly.
1t would be pity for the Tourna-
ment to be pulled off before the house
Is completed. The contractor possibly
knows what he is doing and knows
how long it will take to complete the
work. lie Will confer favor upon
the city by pushing it up, for all
would feel it, If he should not get it
completed.
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1910-06-15

Mr.. NJ. II. Beck is having his dam
at POcalla Springs repaired. He has
also had another we'll put down and
Workmen are busy on a fourth we'll.
lie VIII be prepared for the SWIM
mers before the summer is over.
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1910-06-15
MARRIED.

On Wednesday, June Sth, at the
residence of Col. and Mrs. D. p. Dun
can, in Columbia, S. c., their daugh-
ter, Katherine Richardson Duncan to
Mr.. Harry Nelson Eaton, Of Eaton
y. Y, Rev. James Mcdowell officiat-
ing.
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1910-06-15

Those members of the Sumter Light
Infantry, who go on the encampment
at Chlckamauga will have an oppor-
tunity of seeing a demonstration of
the flying machine in war. A number
of machines will be in the demon.
stration.
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1910-06-15
HARTSVILE WANTS TOURSA-
MENT.
Their Fire Company Is Practicing
Hard for Contests.

"A large number of enthusiastic
members of the Hartsville Fire De-
partment are practicing daily for the
State Tournament, which will be held
at Sumter June 21-23. Chief Boyd
is desirous of having the tournament
held here next year.-Hartsvile Mes
senger. g
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1910-06-15

The Sumter Brick Works booked
orders last week for more than mil
lion brick. Mr.. Iyttcnberg says he
is turning down orders now, that all
he can make for the next sixty days
are sold.
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1910-06-15

stated that the petition is for all other
corporations engaged in like business
in this State.
The general contention Of the COM
panies, as set forth in the petition
for an order of injunction, is that the
Act of the last General Assembly is
unconstitutional.
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1910-06-15

At meeting of the Summer Dance
club Friday afternoon Mcssrs.
Perry Brown, CIarcmont Moses ana
Frank Hill were appointed an exc
cutivc committee with fun authority.
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1910-06-15

Messrs. James. Bryan and Bentley
Gibson are getting up two subscrin-
tCn dances for Tournament week
One on Tuesday night and the other
on Thursday night.