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The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1910-05-11

led out inspected fed
stables St mail letter. Then
Then the review the cattle
back through the
fields Then the train hasy plunge into
evening clothes hasty dinner;
the palace of the minister
and a leap for the a IN. train for Paris.
By the did talk
telegraph with
patch addressed American
ated English? No? Well them
things
be devoted to the preparation a daily
And really. Budapest typical
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1910-05-11

THE SIZE OF COMETS.

Judged by terrestrial dards the
are staggering to the
head over 100000 miles In diameter The
comet that visited the earth that 1882 20J
600 miles In diameter tail long having
spread at its end of 100000 miles
comet exceeded that Of the than
the sun more than million
ean. Haieys comet is not as big the
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1910-05-11

lair and Scalp Specialists 416 8 8
Montour American. (Danville, Pa.) 1866-1920, 1910-08-25
Raising a False Issue.

A story well known to lawyers of the
last generation is about the umbrella
case" A man was charged with steal
ing an umbrella, and q number Of wits.
nesses went into the box to testify to
the oNense. The counsel for the de-
fendant noted that each witness car
rled an umbrella (the time of year was
midsummer, which explains the neces-
sity for these impediments). AS a mat
ter OF fact, the prisoner had no defense
to make. The barrister, thrown on his
wits. exclaimed: Gentlemen of the
jury, did you not notice that each of
the witnesses carried an umbrella into
the box? Why is this, gentlemen2 1t
is done in order to infect your minds
with the idea of an umbrella, to preju-
dice the prisoner in your eyes, to raise
a false issue, and appeal to you to
signify your detestation of this con-
certed action by bringing in a verdict
Of not guilty" The judge, who Inn
agined that little attention would be
paid to such plea, took little time and
less pains to sum up the case, The
jury nevertheless brought in a verdict
in accordance with the resourceful bar
rister's wishes.-London News.
Montour American. (Danville, Pa.) 1866-1920, 1910-08-25
sULTAN'S ARCHIVES DYNAMITE.
Present Officials Dread Revelation Of.
AhduPs Espionage.

When the Young Turks captured the
Yildiz palace In Constantinople, be-
sides jewels and treasures, they en-
tered into the possession of the whole
collection of secret reports which had
accumulated there during over a quar-
ter of century, thanks to the activity
and industry of Abdul Hamids secret
agents. These archives of treaChery.
corruption and intrigue have not yer
even been counted, but they fill 3Gn
odd cases which have been stored &C
the war Office. a special commissions
Is engaged in classifying these report.
but has been able to examine ouly
about half so far.
This heritage Of the old regime is
threatening to prove Pandora's box
for the new government. The archives
contain evidence and records of the
shame of so many officials and others
who yielded TO the corruption of the
secret service that their publication
would create incredible confusion and
general CONSERVATION.
Montour American. (Danville, Pa.) 1866-1920, 1910-08-25
EVEN ROOSEVELT FALTERED.
Years of Talk In Invitations He Has
Declined.

Theodore Roosevelt recently received
the two thousand and thirty-fourth in
vitation to deliver an address that has
been urged upon him since his return
TO the United States on June IS
II he made one speech each calen-
dar day 1t would take him years and
POS days TO make 2,O34 of them.
If he made one speech each week
day 1t would take him G years and
155 days.
Roosevelt speeches average about
an hour in length. Two thousand and
thirty-four of them, delivered contin-
uously, would consume 81 days and
1S hours, or 254 days and hours If
he observed the eight hour day of the
Public Speakers union.
Talking at the rate of IS words a
minute, which is the Roosevelt av-
erage, 2.034 speeches would embrace
9.153oOO words.
To print these o.153,00O words would
take 9,153 newspaper columns and
would make 1,144 pages, with one col
umn over.
Montour American. (Danville, Pa.) 1866-1920, 1910-08-25
LIVELY TENNIS
FOR The TITLE.
Spirited Contests Expected at
Newport Tourney Aug. IS.
AUSTRALIAN CHAMP TO PLAY.
Anthony Wildine, Who Recently Won
English Tournament, Likely to Make
Trouble For Americans-Larned's
Injury-Possibiities of Other Players.

Trouble For Americans-Larned's
MISREPRESENTATION of Other Players.
This is the period of the lawn tennis
season in which the tournament play
ers carefully scrutinize past per-
formances and strive to read the rec
ords that form has revealed 1t is their
endeavor to discern to what extent the
victories and defeats of the leaders
may be considered as having Il bearing
upon the great event of the year, the
all comers' national championship on
the courts of the Casino at Newport,
Il. l., Aug. 10. There is double in
terest attached to the study of the rec
ords at this time, rs it is a practical
certainty that the great and famous
Australian, Anthony +. Wiiding, who
won the all England championship in
the challenge round ut Wimbledon
from Arthur w. Gore, will compete for
the highest American honors Wilding
is taking a wedding tour of the world
and naturally is visiting the lawn ten
mis- courts, to which he has been de
voted for years. South Africa, the Ri
viera, and more recently the greatest of
all English tournaments have yielded
to the skill of his racket 1t was in the
finals of the latter that Wilding de-
feated the American former champion
and internationalist Beals @. Wright.
1t Is the prospect of being faced with
the problem of saving the American
championship and not losing it, as was
the case when Hugh Lawrence Do
herty, the famous little Engllshman,
won in 1908, that has caused the Amer
lean followers of the game to take
stock, as 1t were, of the situation. To
begin with, it is not at all pleasant to
consider that William A. Larned, the
present holder. is still somewhat Grip
pied because of tendons that he pulled
in his semifnal match against Carle-
ton II. Gardner in the Metropolitan.
Still, it will be remembered that Lar
ned suffered n like injury last year dur
ing the time of playing the doubles at
the Country club at WestcheSter, n.
y, that he overcame the injury and in
| season returned TO his form to con
| tinue his holding of the famous Long
wood cup at Boston and later his ma,
tional title.
But Larned is always an uncertain
| ty against a stranger and a foreigner.
| His nervous temperament is such that
unless his recovery is speedy there is
a grave doubt as to whether or not he
| can overcome Wilding, for to do SC
| he must unquestonably be at his best.
This, of course. presupposes that Wild.
ing is not defeated by some American
Montour American. (Danville, Pa.) 1866-1920, 1910-08-25
RAINING CATS AND DOGS.
Various Explanations of tho Origin Of
This EXPRESSION.

Various Explanations of tho Origin Of
This Expression.
Many explanations have been given
Of the origin of the expression raining
cats and dogs" One is that 1t is per-
version of the French 'catadoupe."
waterfall-"it is raining a catadoupes,"
or cataracts. Another explanation is
that the male blossoms of the willow
tree. which are used on Palm Sunday
were called "cats and dogs" In some
parts of England. where they increase
rapidly after few warm April show
ers. and the belief prevailed that the
rain brought them.
Others trace the saying to northern
mythology, In which the cat is said to-
have great influence on the weather,
and sailors still have a saying The
cat has gale of wind in her tail,"
when she Is unusually frisky. Witches
that rode upon the storms were said
to assume the form of cats, and the
stormy northwest wind is called "the
cats nose" In the Harz mountains
even at the present day. Then the dog
is n symbol of wind, which in old Ger
man pictures is figured rs the head of
The cat therefore symbolizes a down.
pour of rain; the dog, strong gusts of
wind. which accompany it, and so a
rain "of cats and dogs" is heavy rain
with wind
Montour American. (Danville, Pa.) 1866-1920, 1910-08-25

proposition for settlement. Although
was September, she had not yet re-
lrned to the city, and within a day
two she came into my office.
Mrs. Kate AlvOrd was unique. Small,
lender, with a black eye never at rest
nd a perpetual smile forever playing
Ibout pair of eXquisitely cut lips,
she appeared to be quite able to walk
through a whole regiment of men.
moving them down as she proceeded.
She had not been in the office five min
ties before | began to feel myself
coming under Il spell. | endeavored
induce her to consider the matter in
iand seriously, but failed. | asked her
f she proposed to settle or stand suit.
She smiled and said that she hadn't
made up her mind. | proposed that
le have an interview with my client.
ne smiled again and replied, Not at
resent" When she left me not one
step had been taken toward compro-
nising the case or fighting it, | had
aimed no evidence from her as to how
iar the matter had gone between her
nd my client. whether he had a good
r n poor case, whether she would set
e or fight. whether she really cared
nything for him or not Indeed, was
40 better informed than | had been
before she came into the office.
Nevertheless one thing | had learn
d. 1t was this Mrs. Alvord was a
witch. | was a bachelor and had new
ar been in the slightest degree affected
~ any woman Yet here within half
N hour a woman had infatuated me.
When she had left me with such a
mile as she might have given me had
been her attorney instead of Jor.
)erts, and the door closing shut her
rom my view, it seemed as If ! had
taken hashish or some other drug to
ct my brain waltZing through para
disc. spent the afternoon attempting
TO fix my mind on my routine work,
out despite all | could do | was still
alking with the young widow about a
uit was to bring against her for
breach of promise, which seemed to me
idiculous.
Within q week the widow came to
-ee me three times. Her object so she
said. was to find way out of the mat.
ter. 1t occurred to me that she was
more likely to find her way into an,
other matter of the same kind, with
me for accuser. The second week she
did not need to come to my office, fol-
found myself constantly going to her
home. We were still engaged upon
the question of avoiding-at least
thought we were-a trial of the case
but got no nearer a solution. Then al
of a sudden the lady returned to the
city, leaving matters just where they
lad stood from the first.
| put into operation the legal ma
chinery preliminary to a trial. l an
bound to admit that Jorbert had ;
good case. There was very little evi
dence in writing, but what there wal
would count for a good deal. For m!
part. having made the acduaintanc
&c the widow I did not attach 81
Montour American. (Danville, Pa.) 1866-1920, 1910-08-25

on his way through the tournament
But the question naturally arises, Who
is strong and Skilfui epou-h to check
Wilding? Beals Wright may be far
better on his home courts than he was
In England, and it took Wilding the
full five sets to defeat Wright. OF
course in this country the shade of ad-
vantage will be upon the American
side.
AS one looks over the field a group
of names of recent performers who
have displayed great skill rises from
the records. On the list Is Frederick
B. Alexander. Gustave F. Touchard.
Nathaniel w. Niles. Wallace F. John
son, Theodore Roosevelt Pell. Carleton
r Gardner, the two Californians,
Maurice e. Mclaughlin and Melville
Fl. Long, and the young and clever
player. Charles L. Johnston. Jr.. and
another of the same class, George NJ.
Church.
The Lesson She Learned.
A fair western coed and one of the
male seniors fell violently in love and
neglected their studies shamefully.
Both were expelled. The fair coed
therupon wrote this interesting reply
to the faculty:
Gentlemen-You have expelled me for
neglecting my studies, yet have learned
at your institution more than you will
ever know. l have learned the meaning
of love. What is the use of studying bot
any If l am not allowed to gather roses
Why should | devote myself to astron-
omy II l may not look at the stars
What does 1t profit me to spend years on
mathematics and neglect my own figure
You have expelled my fiancc also. Do
you think be IS unhappy? We We're mar
rcd last eNeUH-.
Montour American. (Danville, Pa.) 1866-1920, 1910-08-25
HER SMILE.
Where Other Things Failed 1t
Worked Wonders.
By EDWARD c. BINGHAM.


tcopyright, 1870 by American Press Asso-
ciation.I
am an attorney in village about
which cluster number of prosperous
farmers.
One day a man named Hugh Jor-
bert came into my office and asked me
to take case for him. Jorbert was
thirty-two years old and fine specl-
men of a man. He was well looking,
well off and bachelor. When he stat
ed his case / was astonished. A young
widow from the city. twenty-four years
old, had spent a summer in the neigh
borhood and had turned the heads OF
half the young men who had met her.
Jorbert wished me to bring suit for
him against her for S25,O00 for breach
of promise to marry him.
No such suit had ever before been
brought in the county. Such suit
had rarely anywhere been entered by
a man against woman, and Jorbert
was the last man l should ever suspect
Of wishing to demand damages for his
bliChted affections.
endeavored to dissuade him from
taking action in the matter, saying
that it would only injure him in the
community and would do no good. Now
and again one of these fascinators are
let loose on the community and do
lot of harm among the men; there was
no way to stop them or to punish
them; the best way was to ignore
them. If men were so foolish as to be
duped by them they must take the con-
sequences.
But Jorbert was bent on pressing his
suit, so I wrote a preliminary note to
the widow, informing her that l was
instructed by my client to claim dam
ages for his wounded affections and
would be pleased to receive from her
Montour American. (Danville, Pa.) 1866-1920, 1910-08-25
Four Cents Deposits In Chile.

Deposits In the Savings bank of
Chile amount to S6,000,000 gold.
Money orders in favor Of the bank are
issued free of cost, and all correspond
ence with the bank is free of postage.
This is done to help the poor people
and encourage thrift. Deposits as low
as 4 cents can be made.
Montour American. (Danville, Pa.) 1866-1920, 1910-08-25

tropolis Arraigned In Report-kai-
ser's Investigators Find That Mortal
ity Rate In British Empire Is Much
Lower Throughout.
A tremendous growth in infant NOR
tality has aroused CONSERVATION in
New York city. Across the seas a
similar cry comes from Germany.
The situation in New York led to the
issuance of a statement by the bu-
reau of municipal research, which ar
raigned the department of health,
charging that city physicians devote
so much time to their private prac-
city properly.
Totals Are Alarming.
The report indicates the seriousness
of the situation by citing these statis-
tics:
I'm the first week in June 90 per
cent more babies under one year of
age died than in the same time last
year." says the statement. THE ex.
cess during the second week in June
was so per cent, the third week 10 per
cent, the fourth so per cent, the first
week of July 60 per cent, the second
week 90 per cent and the third week
of July 70 per cent
"The week preceding July ., when
co per cent more babies died than last
year. the maximum temperature was
three degrees lower than in 1900 the
mean temperature was more than four
degrees lower and the mean humidity
was seven degrees lower. In the week
of July, when 90 per cent more ba-
bies died than the year before, the
maximum temperature was one degree
lower than in 1909, the mean tenn
perature was n little over one degree
lower and the mean humidity was
four degrees lower"
Germany is alarmed over the rise
in infant mortality in the empire
which now exceeds II per cent. out
of 100000 persons born during the
year Sol 900 died under the age of one
year. The highest mortality by king
doms is in Bavaria, % per cent. The
lowest mortality. 16.S per cent, is in
Prussia. OF the German cities Ham
burg has the best record, which is un
der II per cent The infant mortality
in the other typical cities is;
Montour American. (Danville, Pa.) 1866-1920, 1910-08-25

In New York, based on the number
of births. the infantile mortality, by
the latest statistics from the health de-
partment, 1910, is about 10 per cent.
The great increase in the price of food
to ask If America is not in danger of
n deterioration Of race due to INSULT
cient nourishment This would show
first of all in infantile mortality, but
the data would not be available in
America until the end of the present
wear
Montour American. (Danville, Pa.) 1866-1920, 1910-08-25
Hot Air.

The sirocco blows hot from the high.
lands of north Africa and falls on the
Mediterranean as far as Malta. The
salano jumps like a windy firebal
from the heat of the Sahara desert
and lands tlatfooted in Spain. The
harmnttan blows hot Sahara dust far
into the Atlantic and gives nosebleed
and makes Skin and lips parcn and
crack. while furniture aud ship tim.
bers Groan and crack and scream in
on agony Of droughty despair The
khasmin blows Sahara's ancient dust
into Egyptian eyes every fifty days
The pamneros periodically blow down
into BuenOS Aires out of the unex-
plored desert highlands of Brazil, and
the blowing causes suicides and mur-
ders to be more common and wounds
to break out afr"~h. with a heavy
death rate. Pamp"ros pass away In
a second, leaving the air hne.-Ex-
change.
Montour American. (Danville, Pa.) 1866-1920, 1910-08-25
Per cent.
English Mortality Lower.

AS compared with the British isles
the infant mortality in Germany is
very high. Here are some English fig
ures for year:
Montour American. (Danville, Pa.) 1866-1920, 1910-08-25
New Gold Field Found.

British New Guinea reports the dis
covery of new aIluvia gold area.
Miners from north Australia are NOV
ing into the new field
Courtship In China.
A curious custom prevails at Huay-
ninghsien. in Kwangsi. On the ff-
teenth day of the first month in each
year all the young ladies and gentle
men take walk to the Yenyen noun
tain. Each damsel carries a little box.
which she deposits at the foot Of the
hill. Any young gentleman desirous of
entering the bonds of matrimony may
select one of the boxes and take it
away with him, whereupon the fair
owner of the box makes herself
known, and an acquaintanceship Is
thus formed III assorted matches are
not likely to occur, as this custom is
observed only among the well to do
classes of society
Montour American. (Danville, Pa.) 1866-1920, 1910-08-25
Sand Swept Asia.

In the ard lands of central Asia the
air is reported as often laden with
fine detritus, which drifts like snow
around conspicuous objects and tends
to bury them in dust dr.cl. Even
when there IS no apparent vivid the
air is described as thick with fine dust,
and a yellow sediment covers every
thing. Ii Khoyan this dust sometimes
so obscures the sun that ut midday
one cannot see to read tine print with
out lamp.
Montour American. (Danville, Pa.) 1866-1920, 1910-08-25
Ono Way

Gentleman (hiring valet-Then 1
understand you have some knowledge
of barbering. You've cut hair off and
on? Applicant-Onf, sir, but never on.
Boston Standard.
Montour American. (Danville, Pa.) 1866-1920, 1910-08-25
INF ANTS DEATH
TOTAL GROWING
New York City and Germany
Are Alarmed.
STATISTICS CAUSE PROBING.

Health Department of American Me-
tropois Arraisned In Report-kai-
ser's Investigators Find That Mortal
ity Rate In British Empire Is Much
Lower Throughout.
Montour American. (Danville, Pa.) 1866-1920, 1910-08-25
Personal.

The Pastor-lt is very wrong, indeed
to profit by other peoples mistakes
The Parishioner-Then you don't take
a fee for marrying people. eh. parson
-Browning's Magazine.
Montour American. (Danville, Pa.) 1866-1920, 1910-08-25
A Mayors Bureau For "Kieks."

Mayor Fitzgerald of Boston an
nounced recently that he is going to
establish bureau for "kicks." 1t will
be an Office In city hall, where two Off
cials will be stationed to listen to all
complaints made by citizens about mu-
nicipal service. Most of the complaints
made at the city hall relate to tax and
condition of streets, and citizens who
have kicks to register don't know
where to go. The mayor says the val
liable time of clerks is consumed in
listening to recitals of grievances they
can't remedy.
Montour American. (Danville, Pa.) 1866-1920, 1910-08-25

city engaged to the plaintiff and is
now Mrs. Jorbert
A Remarkable Dinner Service.
The remarkable dinner service made
by Josiah Wedgwood for the Russian
empress. Catherine H.. in 1874 consists
of 952 pieces, and on each piece is
painted a different view. The body is
of a pale birthstone color, and the
views are painted in a rich mulberry
purple. AS the service was intended
TO be used at the palace of La Gre
nouilliere (meaning marshy place full
of frogs, each piece also bears a
green frog within shield on the rim.
The views represent British ruined
castles, abbeys. parks. bridges, towers,
etc Several pieces are decorated with
views of Hampstead, and there are
custard cups with views Of Richmond
and sauce boats with the scenery of
Windsor park. In many cases the
views are the only pictorial records
left of the old buildings. Altogether
there are 1882 views painted on the
952 pieces.-Connoisseur
Coeur d'Alene evening press. (Coeur d'Alene, Idaho) 1907-1929, 1910-01-04
WHITE PLAGUE MAA.
gulboard Fight on TubsreuIosis 70 -
Nation Nids.


billboard Fight on Tubereulosis 70 -
Nation Wids.
prenaratiOns have been nearly com
Melted for a national SI.000.00O poster
campaign against tuberculosis. which
vul be substantially supported BY bill
posters and persons interested In the
ever growing fight with the disease.
The National Association For the
Studv and Prevention Of Tuberculosis,
the Associated Bin Posters and Dis
tributers Of America and the Poster
printers Association OF the United
states have united In the distribution
and putting mp Of large posters Z feet
vide by 8 feet Z inches high. Three
smaller posters which will be put 0ut
IRE labeled as follows: Remember,
Consumption kills one In every ten In
This district Consumption can be
#nreyented" and 'Cause Of consump-
ton." Each Of the three smaller post
ers has rules inscribed for the proven
ton of the disease.
The campaign Is an outcome Of the
last convention Of the biIlposters, at
which time a resolution was adopted
granting free of charge to the National
Association For the Study and Proven
ton of Tuberculosis space on all the
blllboards controlled by the organiza-
ton, located in 3.4O0 towns and vii
lagos of the United States.
noSE1raR moan,En eRrv, $50
fronted then with the difficulty OF get
ting funds to print the posters and was
aided by the poster printers, who Of
fered to do the printing free. Paper
manufacturers then were appealed to,
and this resulted in enough paper be-
ing secured to start the printing OF l5.-
600 posters. The sketches for the de-
signs were solicited from artists In and
around New York.
Through the generosity OF the differ
ent groups the national association ID
able to inaugurate one OF the largest
Dillposting campaigns ever undertaken
by a philanthropic organization. Phil
B. Jacob. assistant secretary Of the as
ISOLATION, says that 1000, 600 posters
will be pasted on blllboards In every
state Of the Union. The posters ara
designed to show graphically how con-
sumption can be cured and prevented,
1t Is expected that the poster cam
paign will stimulate interest in every
locality in the United States for the
prevention and cure Of the disease.
The association intends to put out
other designs later.
Association members argue that per
sons who should take an interest in
the campaign against tuberculosis are
not attracted by small pamphlets upon
the subject. so must be attracted In
this striking manner. The undertak'
ing has necessitated large outlay tC
cover mailing expenses.