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The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1910-12-10

The word "floater" as applied to
the illegal voter, is also of Eng
lish origin.
The word "boss" was derived
from the early New Amsterdam
Dutch settlers. Baas in Dutch
means master, and the word boss
as applied to politics was first used
by Henry J. Raymond in the New
York Times in 1856, applied to
Isaiah Rynders, who was at the
head of the democratic marching
Clubs
Immediately following the Civil
war numerous political phrases
such as bulldozing," and "bar'l
of money" were first used.
The term "tsalwart" is one of
the most interesting politically. 1t
was first applied in 1881 to those
members of the republican party
in New York state who adhered to
Conkling and Plat. Those who
favored the administration of Gar
field were known as "half-breeds. +"
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1910-12-10

In 1876 the term dark horse"
was first applied to Rutherford B.
Hayes, just before the republican
national convention.
Some one, somewhere, many
years ago sent a defeated can
didate up a pleasant imaginary
stream called Salt river, but the
author of the phrase is unknown.
The term lingo" was first APP
piled politically to Blaine during
his campaign for the presidency,
owing to his extreme American
ism and patriotism.
lingo was the name of a Chi
nese empress, a veritable amazon
who reigned in the year 204 A. D.
History records that Empress jim
go talked a great deal but accom-
plished little.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1910-12-10

The national capital is one of
the poorest theater cities in the
country. The Weather people
are occupied during the three
months of the social season with
Iother alters, the department clerks
find their incomes too slender to
afford the price of theater tickets,
and the city has comparatively
few of that commercial class who
are the backbone of theater audi
ences in other cities.
In the tower of the postoffice
department building on Pennsyl-
vania av., a duck hawk has made
its eyrie for II years. This bird
goes away in summer and returns
each fall. During the early
months the falcon lives on ducks
which it hunts in the Potomac
marshes. and when the colder
weather comes it picks off an oc-
Icasional domestic pigeon. The
governments scientists know the
falcon, and on account of the rari-
ty of its species have done what
they could 10 protect this Speci-
men. Without presidential in
PREVENTION, backed up by the po-
lice, the falcon would have been
shot ere this.
Have you seen this tarrydiddle
about tiff between Pinchot and
Roosevelt? Silly.
Il am not Virginian but an
American" said Patrick Henry. III
he were alive today Mr.. Henry
would be Pinchot progressive.
Sincerely, RATH.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1910-12-10

COULD order a pot of beans in
July and get it in September, and
the New York school teachers
could hear from homie every two
months: Since the cities have
grown, however, mail facilities
have increased correspondence
and New York people, IL in a
hurry, can, now call Boston up by
telephone. In Boston it is not
considered proper to hurry.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1910-12-10
GOATS DOING WORK
ON RIGHT OF WAY

1t is no use to try to get Man
ager Beans goat.
1t would not matter II you did
for he has ten of them.
But he needs them all. He Is
going to clean up the right of way
of the Interurban line and he
finds goats are cheaper than men.
Last year the company paid
over $3,Sss9 in wages to men 10
clean UP the right of way. Man
ager Bean Just bought ten goats
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1910-12-10
lams, Jabs, Boosts and
MOST
ANYTHING

Twinkle, twinkle, little message,
How I wonder what your pres
sage!
Now l know you're full of words
Herds and herds of hefty words,
Flighty as the widest birds;
Words and words and words ga
= lore,
Only that, and nothing more.
While meat prices are going in
the right direction, there is al
ways danger they will find term
inal facilities.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1910-12-10
OBSERVATIONS
HAVE you had your last treats If not. hurry up.

HAVE had last treat? If not, hurry
THE regards this business moth
fng about it.
% welman per TO
telling how they failed to do.
who voted Rockefeller
Judge maybe n taking he
HAVING $550Oo0 in the interest fund.-
railway will have Cleveland at least six months
3cent
OWNERS $4,000 JohnsonJeffries fight
Simply made mistake to the publics love of high art
WAITS, Cal. marshal,
divorce divorce
third Waits
give his entire time to women, perhaps
thing Bristow did Taft ask
appointment of Judge Hook to u s. supreme bench
bachelor friend
Christmas kind either
first thing bust In the back where they
KITCHEL PTxLEY writes Failing o up he town
10 old blown Seth
a
Nagadore socetys all
oishal circles than be pretty yeler, swan"
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1910-12-10

!. AT Copenhagen there Is a do
nestle servants trades union and
adjoining me school in which the
members are taught cooking, is a
restaurant in which the product
Of the school is sold at-reduced
rates. 1t is a case of trying 1t
on the dog" on the plan of barber
colleges in this country.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1910-12-10

look 1t, and Is
the kiad who
probably won {
for a long time.
Though at the
head of one of
England's proud
est old families,
she is an enthu-
siastic socialist
a n d advocates
the abolition Of
all titles of no.
bility.She makes
speaking tours
for the labor
candidates. She
worked for secu-
! a r education
and established
farm schools on
her estate. A
financial genius
she cleaned up
over a million
on the stock
market. & h a
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1910-12-10
LOVE LETTERS OF
A SCHOOL MA AM
Gathered by
Dora w. Featherstone.
Letter No. 10
LITTLE MISS MALAPROP.
Dear Mice

Why I am not in School is that
my daddy is awfully i'll. He near
ly had ammonia on his lungs. ALI
last night mother had to keep hot
obligations ON him because he had
so much information.
The DR.. says he lis a little bet
ter this morning and he has hopes
of his discovery If he doesn't have
Earlaps.
Mebbe / can come to school to-
morrow. / hope so. MURIEL.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1910-12-10
THE HUMAN BARE ovEN.

We have the GENUINE GER
MAN BAKE OVEN for Treat
ment of Rheumatism. We can
Bake Bread in it. No water used
just Dry Heat. We give you
Quick relief Regular doctor and
trained nurse. 501-2-3-4 Bankers
Trust Bldg M. $50.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1910-12-10
The Struggle for Air

limit the height of kyscapers to fifteen
stories and thus to protect public rights air and sunshine
of ancient lights which prevents greedy
daylight their neghbors
a in America before the
before
bottle the
sell 1t by the quart.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1910-12-10

York and Bos-
ton and the two
greatest sea-
ports of the At
ilantic coast be-
gan to feel
quite neighbor-
lY. New York
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1910-12-10
.,.aI GA
o. esBeIS qonW
SC eHe4 pInoM
9ueu j o u o
6us "a anu
u 3 n op VIZ
:SAVS
HSIM HSOf
"In Silent Places"

s'In Silent Places"
Mrs. Julia Wyatt, one OF the
original Topsys in "Uncle Toms
Cabin" is dead at New Haven.
Conn.,, and the original Merry
Widow has married the ex-mayor
of Milwaukee and lives in Paw
Paw, Mich.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1910-12-10
Empires Star Today

population a whole has increased slightly
than twenty cent in the last ten years But this ratio is
certain localities
of the hundredth meridian,
The southwest
coasts
sections of the republic have
only begun o grow They the lands of tomorrow.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1910-12-10

and built little portable pen amid
the goats are doing the work this
year and they do not get cent In
wages.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1910-12-10
In the Editors Mail

Short letters from Times readers viii printed this
column when they Of sufficient You may
write about anything anybody
your motive.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1910-12-10

Entered at the postoffice at Tacoma. Wash. as
secsnd- class matter. TELEGRAPHIC SERVICE
OF UNITED PRESS ASSOCIATION
PUBLISHED EVERY EVENING EXCEPT SUM-
DAY BY THE TACOMA TIMES PUBLISHING.
COMPANY
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1910-12-10

is also a charity worker, an author,
a huntswoman, and horsewoman.
She has taught the children on
her estate not to bow to persons
of quality"
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1910-12-10
Neither. A Modest Violet.

Editor Most Anything:
Are you a man or woman, to
decide a bet?-Woman Subscrl-
Der.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1910-12-10

Pennies saved wipe away
frowns. Dollars worshiped-and
all's gone to hell!
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1910-12-10

Backbiters injure the backs
they bite less than their own lips.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1910-12-10
TODAY IN HISTORY

Dec 10. 1872. monthly post
was established between New
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1910-12-10
OUR DAILY
Birthday Party

The lovely countess of Warwick
IS forty-nine today, but she doesn't
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1910-12-10

els your barber talkative?"
mo, he barely speaks. Even
when he has TO announce Next
he merely touches his neck and
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1910-12-10

Gold glasses 81. DIR. Macy. 114sM
Pacific ave. 80
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1910-12-10
Merit Wins With Us

Eyes examined. glasses furnish
ed, prescriptions filled, glasses re-
paired. We like the hard jobs.
Open day and evening.
CASWELL OPTICAL co.
734 st. Helens ave.
Ground Floor, Masonic Temple
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1910-12-10

In the office of the adjutant
general of the army, in Washing
ton, there are $1,000. 900 cards
on file showing the individual rec
ordst of soldiers who have fought
In our wars. The Confederate
cards are now being collected and
the number already reaches s.
665,553.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1910-12-10
little Commandments for

For all miiiionaires: "Thou
shalt have no other gods before
me-"
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1910-12-10

Natives of.the West Indies eat
snakes. palm-worms. and lizard Is
eggs. The Chinese eat silk worms
and in some parts of Africa cater
pillars are eaten.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1910-12-10

WE that there's nothing in the scandalous report
thing Brstow did to Taft and ask for
appointment of Judge Hook to U. s. supreme bench.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1910-12-10

OWNERS lost $4,000 the Johnson-Jeffries fight I
simply made mistake to the publics love Of high art
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1910-12-10

THE best advice regards this business is to
fng about II.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1910-12-10

He's suing for divorce being sued by two women for divorce
with deserving third Marshal Waits is
sign. to give his entire time to women, perhaps.
The Washington herald. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1906-1939, 1910-06-20
Harmony in Congress.

Editor The Washington Herald:
You VIII please allow me space TO
make q few observations as 10 the polit-
zeal status of the executive and legisla-
tive branches OF the government.
Despite the differences apparently
in the Senate this winter, I feel safe in
stating that there is more harmony be-
tween the executive and legislative
branches OF the government to-day than
there has been for fifty years. Notwith-
standing all that has been said about the
insurgents in Congress, the Congress as
a whole is at the back of the President.
The insurgents in the House are against
the Speaker, and in the Senate they are
against the old leaders. The West has
not had a recognized leader In the Senate
since the death OF the late William b.
Allison.
I know it is an ancient custom to look
to the East for light: but the day is now
breaking in the West with respect to the
Republican party.
The West Is the great growing section
of the country. There never was In the
history Of the government so many bril-
liant young men in the United States
Senate as there are to-day. and the party
Republican, will be compelled to look
to the West for one of the leaders in the
future TO be taken in conference upon all
important legislation for the good of the
whole country, especially the Republican
party.
I Will repeat that the insurgents are not
against the President and his administra-
ton. JAMES L. WHITE.
The Washington herald. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1906-1939, 1910-06-20
Department Clerks.
Z The Washlngton Herald:

Editor The Washington Herald:
Apropos of the question Of dropping de-
partment clerks after years Of service
and at a time when their efficiency has
waned. I have seen but one view pub
lished in the various papers, and that is
the gross injustice meied out to them %
The trend Of the argument is that when
the clerk reaches the age when he can
not give the government the service il is
entitled to, he is cast out into this cruel
world to shift for himself. but owing to
his advanced years no one wants him.
and he is therefore left 10 be a burden
on hts relatives or friends, or be at the
mercy of some public charity.
Now, II all this be true, why Is II thus
He has been receiving all these years
Uncle sam has employed him fully 30
per cent more money than he or she
otherwise would have earned had they
been employed by private concerns.
don't think that II Is incumbent upon
Uncle Sam to compensate him or her
because they have neglected TO lay away
for a rainy day; that is an affair strictly
their own. AS business principles being
introduced into the service Is given as one
Of the reasons for this step let Us see
how this works out with the business
people themselves-the originators Of bus
mess principles.
The business house employs at a more
or less fair wage the man or woman who
can serve IL; it does not concern itself
as TO whether he or she save for the
inevitable day when they can no longer
earn their wage; 1t pays for their service
what Il Is worth; when they are no
longer able TO rsuder the service they are
replaced by those ShO are able.
That is business '-aSd II should apply
as well 10 the government rSmploye as "a
the private concerns employe-1 bust
ness principles, and not sentiment, are
| 10 rule OF course, if the governmental
/ service is to be carried on on the ''senti-
mental basis and the employe given tC
believe he can live up TO the last cent
| of income and be taken care Of when he
has passed his years Of usefulness, that's
a different matter. But it's not bust
| ness" DAVID JACKSON.
The Washington herald. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1906-1939, 1910-06-20
Appeal to God.

Editor The Washington Herald;
A writer claims that the human viii
is an actual living force in nature, just
as material as is electricity or the at
traction of grayitation.
The assertion is made that all things
are possible TO the human win, provided
that will is sufficiently strong. and that
this strong will becomes a dynamic force
that sweeps away obstacles like a tidal
wave. In all conflicts between men the
strongest will wins the day. The strug-
gle may be short or it may be long but
the end is always the same-the strong
will is victor.
The Saviour recognizes this principle in
the parable OF The unjust judge" who,
though he feared not God, neither re-
garded man, yet the viii and tenacity Of
a poor woman forced him TO do this one
act OF justice.
If one strong will can accomplish
seeming miracles, then thousands Of wills
united should enlist the viii of the CFea-
tor of all things. and I suggest that the
$4,000 employees of the United States gov
eminent scattered throughout this broad
land ask God each day at noon 20 unstop
the ears OF Congress that II may hear
the cry OF humanity. the appea! of the
old and helpless employees OF the gov
eminent not 10 be compelled TO walk the
plank. but that some equitable plan of
retirement may be established.
If this prayer is made, lie who neither
I slumbers nor sleeps will answer speedily.
CYRUS SHEAFE.
The Washington herald. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1906-1939, 1910-06-20
Condition of Streets.

Editor The Washington Herald;
The perussl Of your correspondents
plaintive remarks, published in Wednes-
days issue Of your paper as to the de-
fective conditions of our streets, tempts
me 10 indulge in voicing my view on the
subject Upon the threshold of my letter
would say that it is an ungrateful task
TO discover the blemishes and imperfec-
tons OF our environments, and the un-
attractive quality of finding faults is an
I'm exchange FOR the benefits impaired to
US in our daily life by the community at
large
III view OF this fact I am reluctant to
voice my criticism as 10 the deplorable
state OF our city streets.
I have but recently established my
home in this city. having formerly lived
in Hartford. Conn. My impressions, gath
cred from accounts describing our Capital.
tempted me into a belief that II repre-
scented the acme Of perfection, embody-
ing al the characteristic features Of a
model city.
I was fated 20 be disappointed What
strikes the newcomer first is the adhesive
tendency Of the pavement in the summer
time, and the peculiar Odor pervading the
atmosphere which impedes our breathing
and Is repugnant TO our sense of smell.
Very often in my attempts to cross our
streets my feet were held captive by the
tTeacherous surface OF the yielding as
phalt.
The tar rendered soft by excessive heat
clings persistently TO our shoes. thus pro-
ducing a very embarrassing predicament.
LOUIS KRAAfA.
The Washington herald. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1906-1939, 1910-06-20
The Lincoln Memorial.

Editor The Washington Herald
The erection of an adequate memorial
to Abraham Lincoln should be the I'M
forced contribution eff the whole people.
and should therefore be the work OF
Congress. It should stand within the
limits of the District, where he lived,
labored, and suffered martyrdom. 1t
should demonstrate its usefulness TO the
plain people from whom he sprang, and
to whom his great life was freely given.
II should be close 10 the lofty obelisk
that now overIOoks the White City No
memorial suggestive of usefulness is
capable of being erected in the near
neighborhood of the Capitol. 1t has been
eaustieaIly suggested from our existing
monuments that we might be taken for a
city OF centaurs.
BY a rare combination Of nature and
mans sagacity, Washington is suseep-
tible of a future parking system that
will encircle her with a Gordon of boule-
wards Of surprising loveliness. One Of
the few serious blemishes that can be
laid to her charge is her iRcoherent.
struggling. and often repulsive water
front.
Does not here lie the solution Of our
problem, in the unrealized plan for a
memorial bridge to Arlington in his
honOr7 only two bridges worthy Of the
name now span the historic Potomac,
both eonfessedly unitarian and quite de-
void Of artistic feature. This memorial
bridge when erected, would set stand
ard to be lived up to by its now inferior
surroundings.
Let the Congress be urged 70 make
ample appropriation therefor. at the very
center Of the vast sweep Of the boule-
vards-is might well be called the bridge
Of reconciliation. Let architects and en-
gineers, the best that can be procured,
be summoned in competition; and after
the completion Of their work the sadly
neglected highway TO Mount Vernon. far
more needed than one 10 Gettysburg. will
be speedily replaced by one far worthier.
Could Lincoln have been spared the
assassin's bullet, his wise and kindly
voice (as most thoughtful Southern patri-
OTIS DO not now hesitate TO avOw) would
have been the most potent In forever
closing the bloody ehasm and sparing the
suffering South the horrors Of reconstruc-
ton. Let this bridge, then, over its cen
tral span, be crowned by a colossal
bronze statue of Abraham Lincoln in his
character Of emancipation, looking east
ward toward the Capitol end upward to
the great Monument; thus forever teach
/ ing the people who shall daily tread its
useful pathway the vital truths concern
/ ing our undivided country which the
I former created and the latter gave his
/ life 10 save EDWARD LOwB TEMPLE.
The Washington herald. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1906-1939, 1910-06-20

text: Grow in grace" and he tells the
boys that that grace stands for the SUI
pernGtural. and il is weakness and COW
ardice TO speak OF that word supernatu-
raj as though IL need some explaining
away" Still another divine tells US. a
wreath OF smiles and bouquet of cheer
full words TO the living are worth more
than all the blossoms in creation 10 the
dead Abolish Sunday funerals, carriages,
crepe. and desolation. Fiji your hearts
and homes with sunshine" We have here
a spiritual symposium which spells moth
ing less than the millennium, the second
coming of our Lord. when holiness Will
be triumphant throughout the world.
What waste of splendid oratcry and
advice II all these injunctions are 10 be
smiled at and considered impracticable.
Certainly they mean the fulfllment Of
our Lords promise: "A new Heaven and
a new earth : and there shall be no
more death, neither sorrow nor cry
ing; neither shall there be any more
pain" Since man is responsible for
these things, man is responsible for
their destruction. Disease and death are
to be wiped out here and now, on this
earth. by man. with Gods help. Reform
in every department calls for prevention,
ness Man is standing on Mount Ebal,
the ground of curses; Just opposite lies
Gerizim, the holy ground OF blessings
Read in a new light Deuteronomy xviii.
and you aili see whence cometh all the
bodily diseases in the world, you viii also
see the folly and blindness Of expecting
man to be healed by either inward or
outward material remedies If it is right
I to stop SHINING lt is right 10 stop dying
for the wages OF sin IS DEATH" and
we thus abolish Sunday funerals" and
every other day funerals Only those
who are declaring life here and now are
Fastening the Lords (Life's) coming, and
not those who are expecting death, and
gllbly declaring cases ineurable when
they have never been laid before our
Lord Qdfe) In prayer. And so We shall
J live forever. as terrible as that seemed
| TO be TO one good woman.
Mrs. ANNIE E. WOOD.
The Washington herald. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1906-1939, 1910-06-20
A Clerks Protest.
Lancaster, Pa.
.or The Washington Herald:

Editor The Washington Herald:
I have the honor TO request that you
print in your Issue Of June 20 the fol-
lowing protest:
l protest. in the name OF the younger
clerks, against the adoption Of the latest
plan for providing for the old and gray
haired clerks. This plan 20 give the differ
ence between the old clerks pay and the
young clerks pay. who takes the old
clerks place. 10 the Old clerk would rob
the young clerk Of the increase Of his
pay, and would. at the same tins, place
all the responsibilities OF the old clerks
position on the new clerk without any
additional emolument whatever. This is
wrong, and a heavy hand against the
young clerk Instead OF getting the
usual increase OF pay along with the
promotion. he would get the promotion
without the increase; said increase going
to the old and gray-haired clerk. He
would have 10 wait until death harvested
the old clerk before he got the Increase
that always goes with promotion. Thus.
clerk getting $500, taking the place
of an old clerk. who got Sl,600, would
still only get $1,000, the old clerk re-
ceiving the difference-s4O0. This is rob
bling Peter 10 pay Paul
FRANK sISlMONDs.