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Daily Arizona silver belt., 1910-03-20
MILLIONS FOR LIcoR1cE ROOT

Think of million dollars worth of glycerin; or of licorice root; yet in 1909 this country imported glycerin to the value of $1,750,000. On the other hand, we exported patent medicines to the value of $5,692, ,722; ginseng, $l,- 472,095, beside great quantities of ace tate of lime, sulphur, baking powders, roots, dyes, washing powders and other articles. Taking into consideration the serious efforts made for years to boom ginseng culture, the results as expressed in the value of expOrts-China being the chief customer for it-do not look very fattering.
Daily Arizona silver belt., 1910-03-20
largely the trade between the two coun-
AN INTERNATIONAL FUNERAL

AIN LIN 1IbIN 1SNkth T ON1fsAh
 It is not often that an international funeral occurs, and that is one reason why so much interest has been shown over the death and obsequies of the late ambassador from Brazil, Senor Joa- quinn Nabuco. The United States de- tailed one of its finest warships to con- vey the body of the ambassador to Brazil, and the Brazilian government, which is disposed at this time to be extremely friendly toward this country. sent its new battleship, the Minas Ger aes, to act as an escort. The arrival of the battleship from England, where it has but just been completed, was de- layed, but on its arrival great deal of interest was taken in it because of it's being the very latest thing in flying machines, and because so much surprise was expressed when Brazil went into the naval business by ordering three vessels of that class-the biggest and most formidable afoat. The strangest thing about it, perhaps, is that Bra gil made the money to pay for these very large and costly warships out of coffee. Brazil has almost a monopoly on the coffee trade of the world, its ClOp TUT lJOJ-I0lU DtluS dU l4,350,000 bags, a large part of which will be marketed in the United States.
 DISTRIBUTING THE PIE
 The rivers and harbors bill, which was passed by the house of representa- tives, February 15, carrying a total of $42, 2,55S, ,176.50, will doubtless be some what increased when the senate gets through with it, as several recommen- dations for large Improvements have been made since that time by the board of engineers for rivers and harbOrs. An analysis of the bill, which was made at the instance of Senator Newlands, shows how the money was distributed New York gets $3,22S, ,645, Texas $3,- 192,9S0, and the state of Washington 3,644 300, while some of the other states get nothing, or very small amounts. Montana receives $6,000; Porto Rico gets $20,OOO; New Hamp- shire was allowed $40,000 and Vermont $50,O00; West Virginia had to be satis- fled with $29,5OO, but Washington, D. C., got $33G,00O.
 A summary of the distribution is as follows:
 Atlantic coast ........-......-..$7 ,6S5, ,9l2.5O Gulf coast .....-.....-.--......... 45,S75.00I Pacific coast ............:.. 6,695, ,3400O Great lakes .................... 6,669, ,9O4.0O
 Mississippi Valley: river .................$3 300, ,OOOO0 to east ............. 1896, ,O45.OO | to west ......... 2,1S7, ,6000O | Hudson bay basin ........-...,. 100000 | Alaska, Hawaii and Porto
 Rico 620,O0O.OO ................ S50,0O000 |
 Total .........................$42 ,558, ,l76.50 |
Daily Arizona silver belt., 1910-03-20

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Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1910-07-02
Red, White and Blue Game.

r1ERE Is a good Fourth of July game
l which may be played on the lawn,
in the woods or on the picnic grounds
Wrap a medium-siZed hoop with strings
of white crepe paper or white cotton
goods Make about twenty balls by wrap,
ping small stones in pieces Of newspapers
Then cover half of the balls with red
tissue paper and the rest with blue tissue
paper. In order to get the most enjoy
ment out of the game the players choose
two captains to select sides. First play
err from one side plays and then one from
the other. Each player stands at a spot
about fifteen feet away from the white
hoop, which is suspended two or three
yards from the ground. His object is TO
throw three red balls and four blue balls
through the hoop.
Each red ball counts two. but each blue
ball counts only one. making ten points.
If every one of the seven balls is thrown
through the white ring. A scorekeeper
counts the points made by each player.
By keeping the scores of the players of
the two sides separate it is easy to see
which side wins. The players of the side
making the highest score should each re-
ceive a small prize, such as a tiny Ameri-
can flag. The reason for making twenty
paper balls. although only seven are
given to each player. is that some of the
balls may wear out and will have to be
replaced by new ones.
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Game of Birds.

A NY number of lively girls or boys
may play this game. which requires
plenty Of room out of doors. A play
ground or picnic woods is an especially
good place. One Of the players is chosen
as mother bird" and two others are Sc
lected for hawks" The other players
are given the names of several featEered
creatures. Five or six may be called
sparrows, two or three robins, a few
might be known as blue birds, while still
another group might take the name of
another bird. such as orfole. AS soon as
all the BIRDS are named by their mother
they move their arms up and down to
initiate flying motion as they fly to the
forest" which is one corner of the play
space set apart for the game. The mother
flies to the nest which is the corner
diagOnally opposite to the forest. Each
of the hawks flies to one of the two other
corners. for each hawk has his own nest
orioles were tucked in bed
The orioles then fly from the forest to
the nest, trying to avoid being caught by
either of the hawks that chase them.
When a bird is captured by hawk it is
taken to the hawks nest. The birds once
reaching the mothers nest in safety can
not be caught by the hawks unless they
accidentally go outside the boundary of
their home. The mother bird calls for all
of the birds just as she did for the ORR
oles, and the hawks continue in their
efforts to capture them. At the end OF
the first game two of the captured play
ers become hawks for the next game, and
a new mother bird Is chosen.
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much larger than it is today. for every
man and boy in the town belonged. AS
soon as the alarm of fire was given every
one ran to the burning building Each
man who owned a bucket took it with
him. If a man was delayed few min
utes he threw his bucket into the street
for some one else to carry to the fire. At
the burning building there were two lines
of men and boys. One line handed the
full buckets from man to man to the
fire from the river. pond or well. The
other line passed the empty buckets back
to be refilled with water. When the fire
had been put out the fire warden took
care of the pile of leather buckets until
the owners called for them.
Some of these curiosities have been kept
as heirlooms The best were very costly 4,
with family notices or Latin inscrip-
tions painted on their sides. Very often
thoughtful people in those early days
kept heavy canvas bags wrapped up in
the fire buckets SO that valuab les might
be quickly put into them and carried from
the humble homes which so often caught
fire.
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FIGHTING Fire in OIden Times.

A HUNDRED and twenty-five years
ago most of the homes in America
were frame, though some dwellings were
made of brick or stone. Many cottages
with their matched roofs were comfortable
abodes for the people. but they were un-
safe on account of Gated chimneys. This
crude style of fue or smoke vent was
made OF logs plastered with clay or some
times filled with reeds and mortar. When
these wooden chimneys caught fire. as
they often did. their sparks went flying
among the loads OF wood or into the
hay stacked about the streets of the
town. This caused more fire. Finally in
spectoN had these old GATED chimneys
replaced by safer structures of wood or
stone.
In Boston every household had to own
a fire ladder. At churches ladders and
buckets were always kept handy in case
of sudden need Almost every house in
those times kept a fire bucket made of
stout leather and marked with the owner s
initials. Then the fire department was
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1910-07-02

warning finger. do not Say sorrow, dear
Sorrow comes from more serious causes
than a mere changing of plans for a day
of pleasure. You may be disappointed
but you are not Borrowing. And If you
would like me to tell you why l am
dressed in my best frock. and smiling so
happily. come sit beside me in the library
and / will tell you of Fourth of July
forty-five years ago today.
Mabel and Betina were eager to hear
grandmamma tell of her past expert
ences, and their faces cleared as they
went to the library. one on either side
the dear old lady. When they were COM
fortably seated beside the big bay win
dow, through which came scent of damp
lilacs and roses. grandmother began:
well, just forty-five years ago today
came a great and happy event in my life.
And in memory of it l always dress my
self in my best on the anniversary OF
that day. You see. my dear granddaugh-
tiers. this is the first Fourth of July
have spent with you
Grandmother stopped TO sigh and look
into distance. Betina whispered: Yes.
grandpapa died just after the Fourth of
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heard made her more and more unhappy.
muffin was nothing more or less
than a rag doll. and very soiled one at
that She had been in existence about
six months, which is quite an age for a
doll. But now, in the sixth month of
her age, came the first real sorrow she
had ever known. She had a rival And
most beautiful rival. too A rival with
a hard, pink china face. hands and feet.
and with honest hair on her head. And
this rival had only come on the morning
of my story. Indeed, it was the rivals
appearance which had thrown Rag-a-
muffin into such despair on the floor,
face downward.
But to go back bit; it really was not
little Bee Davis fault SO much as it was
the fault of Bees grandfather, for it was
that old gentleman who brought Miss
China Face to his little granddaughter. II
was Bees fifth birthday, and granddaddy
thought it nice to fetch her fine china
doll for birthday gift. He must have
forgotten about poor Rag-a-muff1n, for ne
certainly was old enough to know that a
little girl can love only one doll at a
time, and the last arrival nearly always
throws the first dolls in the shade, SO to
speak.
Well. when Bees grandfather opened a
long box and produced from it the beau
tiful china doll, with the honest hair
all tied up in brand-new ribbon, Bee s
face was all expectation, and she ran to
granddaddy, crying out: "Oh, is she for
me, granddaddy?"
And then. when granddaddy said, cit
certainly is for the sweetest little girl in
all the world. Bee knew it was for her.
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Betina and Mabel Spend Happy Fourth Of Jolly

that If IT didn't rain within two or three
days the crops would be ruined. But we'll
have all sorts of fun in the house today,
for Wen have a great crowd of young
folks with us. They'll come from all the
plantations round about in spite of the
rain
and SO they did come. by buggyfuls.
on horseback and in wagonettes. And we
made merry till about > o'clock. when we
sat down to a splendid Fourth of July
dinner And then it was that your dear
GRANDPA ther-then in his twentythird
year-responded to Cousin Roberts most
able and patriotic toast And how proud
| was of him, too. though he was yet al
most a stranger to me. And how we all
cheered him to the echo when he sat
down. his noble young face flushed from
excitement! Oh, 1t was such a happy
day. And all the while the rain poured
without. But sunshine glowed within.
We'll, soon after dinner, much to our
surprise. the clouds cleared away, and
one of the finest afternoons in my men,
DRY was ours to enjoy. We made merry
on the broad veranda till after the sun
in the spacious dining room. we girls hur-
ried to our rooms and dressed for the
evening. And when we returned to the
drawing room we found the boys had
ohSo uCiiHcu cNcIiiiS dttHe, anu IldO
cleared the dining room preparatory fol
a dance. Three of the finest musicians
of the county had been engaged for the
occasion and furnished the music for us
1T was happy moment for me wher
your grandfather-young, handsome An
drew Harden-asked for the first dance
which was the Virginia reel. And before
the evening was over l had promised tt
allow him to call at my home in thu
city, to meet my parents"
Again grandmother lapsed into a shor
silence. closing her eyes this time as i
to shut out everything which had passed
since that happy day. forty-five year!
ago And just as she was about t.
continue her narrative the door opened
and in came her daughter. Mabers ant
Betna's lovely mother. She was smiin.
and excited.
"Why, here you are, you three prett,
dears, she cried. And have beel
,, looking all over the house for you. Don
you see that it has stopped raining. an,
the sun is coming out gloriously? Wei
have our picnic after all, for papa hal
just had long-distance phone from
Bentonviile that it has not been rainin,
there at all. and that the woods are in ;
perfectly lovely condition. So come, tn
young folks will all be here in a few min
| utes and papa has phoned for the picni
wagon.
'Oh. isn't that lovely?" cried Betin
and Mabel Then, turning to grand
| mama Betina whispered: "Oh. granny
| how / shall always want to celebrate tn
| Fourth OF July after this-on your &C
count and on dear grandpapa's, too. An,
shall never mind if it does rain OIL
] that day.
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The Birthday Party.

"DWARDS mother had invited a COM
r. pany of little girls and boys to a
5 O'Clock party at their beaunful
new home just out from the warm city.
None of those who had received dainty
little invitation failed to come, for all
knew that a good time was In store. A
few weeks before many of the same
happy children had enjoyed a merry time
at Edwards birthday party when he
lived in the city. The queer thing about
these invitations was that they said "A
Birthday Party" but no one could tell
whose birthday it was. for Edward could
not surely have two birthdays in one
year.
What lot of fun the young folks had
going out to Edwards on the cars. The
first thing they saw at the house was a
large American flag waving from one o.
the upper windows. Fun was surely in
sight. The children played merry games
on the great porches about the house.
Then some Of the boys pitched quoits or
played tennis. while most of the girls
preferred to play croquet. Soon Mrs. Ray
suggested a walk to the old cherry tree.
Down the hill they all started, with Ed
wards mother in the lead When they
reached the longed-for spot what should
the children see but a large table of good
things. How pretty the table cloth of
red. white and blue stripes looked. At
each place there was a tiny American
flag In the center of the table were
large red and white roses in pretty
blue bowl. Everything seemed red white
large cake which was iced to look like
the flag which hung over the table from
the cherry tree above.
On the cake the words THE Hundre ed
and Thirty-third Birthday were quite
mystery to the children. Who could be 4
hundred and thirty-three years old? Be
fore any one had time to ask the gay
party was singing Three Cheers for the
Red. White and Blue as Mr.. Ray play
ed the joyous tune on his flute. MY.
what voices! BY this time every one dis
covered a suspicious-looking firecracker
beside his plate. All agreed to snap
them at the signal 'one. two, three.
Now you can guess what they turned out
to be? Why. not firecrackers at all, but
each one was just the prettiest little
soldiers cap you ever saw. So every
child became a soldier with a three-cor
nered hat. When the cake was being cut
Harold Davis wanted to know who could
be a hundred and thirty-three years old
that day. Edward asked what day it
was. OF course. all came in with The
Fourth of July
Then some one mentioned that the Dec
laration of Independence was adopted
July 4, 1916. 1t was Dempster who said.
"Oh, yes. and then a new nation was
born called the United States. So it must
be the nations birthday All were SO
delighted to know that the good time
they were having was in celebration of
the hundred and thirty-third birthday OF
their own loved land Before going nome
all sang My Country. IT'S of Thee and
gave three rousing cheers for Uncle Sam
his high hat. his long coat and his long
white whiskers. II the same children
have birthday party this Fourth of July
it will be to celebrate the hundred and
thirty fourth birthday of the nation.
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father came home one evening to say:
Hello, Sonny You'd better be getting
ready for the Fourth. It's on its way
here"'
Then it was that Tommy talked the
matter over with his comrades. Frankie
Bryant. Jimmy Lamont. Ned Brown
Billy Downs and the clown of the band"
Fatty Hoover. 1t was Fatty who always
"cut up capers' and made his COM
panions laugh till their sides ached.
Lets have a flag Brigade Tommy
had suggested, when the boys had assem-
bled in Billy Downs fathers stable.
Tommy had called the meeting, and was
acting as spokesman.
Good" cried frankie. 1--WE got three
flags at home.
Yep let's have a burgade," acquiesced
Jimmy. not knowing just what a brigade
meant, but knowing it would be some
thing of a patriotic nature. Must We all
have flags. Toni?
Sure explained Tommy. Then the
soon a plan for the glorious Fourth was
outlined, and Tommy was to have full
management of its development. We'll
all march, carrying flags, and We'll sing
something, too" Tommy said.
..What'n we sing?" asked Ned Brown.
who had a lusty voice and loved to sing.
Let's make ii Anybody Here Seen
kelly
''Oh, no." protested Billy. Lets sing
There's Hot Time In Old Town To-
night For we'll make things hum. won't
we?'
Fourth means?' asked Tommy. in dis
gusted tone You fellers would better
be learning what was done on the glori-
Gus Fourth of July. Gee. The idea of
singing such songs. Why. we'll sing ma
tionai airs, Old Glory and such songs"
.Old Glory means the flag" said
frankie Il never heard of a song by
that name"
We'll, there's a song that has some
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alton, as 1t proved. He meant to- have
everything go off in a most patriotic and
dignified manner on the Fourth. And he
would put up with no nonsense, not even
from Fatty.
"Al right pal" grinned Fatty. TN
sing the old-fash ioned song with the
rest of the bunch. But-what are we to
do. anyway"
We'll. this is my scheme" explained
Tommy, sitting on the edge of the man
ger. while his hearers sat on some straw
at his feet Early in the morning we'll
get up and be ready for the great parade.
which is to take place at 10 o'clock.
Uncle Andy is to be marshal of the day,
and he'll let us in the parade, see? Then,
after the parade is over. We'll all go to
the picnic grounds-along with the other
folks-and have a good. time celebrating.
Pa said he'd give me half dollar to
spend Just as | pleased-only | was not to
please to buy firecrackers. for they are
too dangerous i'm a crowd where there are
wimmen and chil'ren." And Tommy look
ed important as he spoke of "wimmen
might be classed with the latter.
We'll. I'll have about quarter to
spend as 1 like said frankie.
And I'm going to have lots of peanuts
and lemonade. 1 love 'em both"
=
"I.ll not have more than a dime COM
planned E'atty. Dduuy HOn Dc IiOIc
over the Fourth, an nanny doesn't be-
lieve in letting kids have much money
to throw away. as she calls spending
money the Fourth for stun ca eat and
drink She's the same way about cir
Gus day But" and Fatty's face clear
ed, II know what I'll do. I'll stand on
my head and do some tricks for crowd
of chaps and their gurls. and the chaps
will toss pennies to me- Oh, I'll earn
some spending money on the Fourth
Then the meeting was adjourned till
the following day. when all would as
semble with their flags. And then would
begin their drill. directed by Tommy
Capt Thomas. as the boys now began
to call him.
II can Just see that our brigade will
be a bowling success" said Jimmy, hope
fully. And 1 bet we'll get into the
paper, too"
Sure we WILL" affirmed Tommy.
Uncle Andy knows Mr.. Heart. the edi-
tor of the paper, and I'll ask Uncle Andy
to tell him to mention us in the Fourth
of July notice.
happy smile went over each expect
ant face. and as the boys started toward
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after the style of a clowns suit. One
half of the suit was made of red, white
and blue striped cloth, while the other
half was of bright green. Fatty explain
was for the L. s. A., while the green
was for Aud Ireland, from which not
one of his ancestors had come, as they
had all been very French"
The morning of the glorious Fourth
dawned and the Boys Flag Brigade
was out in flying colors. Fatty was
the most brilliant in color of the lot
and walked in the very front Of the
ranks. which came two by two, Tommy
commanding. Fatty carried the bril-
gades standard and each of the band
carried smaller flag.
While passing in front of the review
ing stand and while directly in the eye
of Mr.. Heart. editor of the Weekly
Mail, the boys began to sing in their
best voice the stirring song, Column
bia." To be sure Fatty was not in the
key. and his voice carried above the
others laugh went up from the list
sners But the boys did not mind that
Indeed Fatty was aiming at fun-mak-
ing, and when he heard the merry
laughs at his expense he was more
than happy.
And so the day wore on. the grand
parade ending at II and the towns
people going to the picnic grounds
mile from the village. There the bril-
gade had the best time OF their lives.
Fatty performing SO many clever and
laughable tricks that he was the re-
cipient Of dozens of pennies. And you
may know that ice cream, lemonade,
peanuts and candy was INDUCED in by
every member of the band. Fatty be-
ing able to pay his part of the ex-
penses And when evening came every
mothers son of the Flag Brigade de-
clared he had never before enjoyed
himself as he had on that glorious
Fourth. And in the Weekly Mail the
Flag Brigade was written up at great
length and special glory given to Capt.
Thomas, who became one of the leading
young patriots Of the little city where
he lived.
And many proud parents met on the
evening of the gloious Fourth to talk
over their sons, the members of the
Flag Brigade.
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vacation at Roberts country home. l
went out from the city ito stay over the
Fourth at Uncle Clem's home, and there
met the young man who a year later be-
came my husband. You see, your grand
father graduated with honors the fol-
lowing spring and soon after that proud
event we were married.
Again grandmother paused to look into
distance. and a soft little sigh fell from
her smiling lips. ''Oh. it seems as though
1t were yesterday, she went on. 1
reached Uncle Clem's home-a fine old
southern plantation-on the evening Of
the Sd of July. Cousin Robert and his
visitor, young Andrew Harden, had gone
to the city for fireworks with which to
celebrate on the following evening. So
I did not meet Andrew till the next morn
ing. And when l came down to breakfast
he and Cousin Robert were standing in
the great. wide hall. looking out on the
most beautiful rain I ever saw fall Be
fore coming down stairs l had sighed and
said to Cousin Betty. oh. isn't 1t a pity
to have rain on the Fourth of Juiy? But
Betty had replied. No. Cousin Hattie, we
need the rain much. Papa was saying