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The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1911-12-25

OF a Of Ak Tg1 ONE THE
ETY. Fly. 70 BE EXPENDED CREATES
spirit Henry Georges work is found
mis- own words where ne says in Progress and Poverty When
prove only when realized the soualS misery
gre @ pea @ let
Need wonder that the world
out Desnde Garthsso Carthage
the hearts of the Carthagenans to their final destruction
struck mortal terror into the heart of sinister
that born Of the evil he aed For one class of men
given all of His children impiou
coming Every persisted in this basic
nfracon Of personal or social the
Cato Lived before Christ when the ethical standards
and jealousy
Caos time we live in an age whose spiritual aspons
grasp of things advanced beyond calculation Into this
plenty and brotherhood attendant construction
In these examples opposing poles of
progressive and constructive; the
Henry George books probably
great following Splendid men and
@ fr Ts as to the
lists or anarchists but they really neither
thing Anarchy is an Indefinite mpactcaI and imnosb
ton socialism partisan scaran
state Of society made out of imperfect people These tendencies
that any other social phenomena requires hand
adcasm Big d. dmoeraey or progessVe and
eaetony partisan sectarian
arOh which having nothing philosophy
and is nothing a propaganda desultory negaions
rA SCHOOL, o Is the science S0e9y and the GEoRG
i'm economies and politics. ethics morals princ
In Progress and Poverty Henry George
ever did N1''
The advocates the philosophy popularity known
tell about, should the editor let me-
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1911-12-25
Editorial PAGE Of Gle Cacoma Cimes
nNnMEH Busi.ess 0fncs Main 7ss, A17ss
] uUNlO CtrcuIatioa Dept Maia 7ss. AI5ss
Editorial Dept. .Mefn 7e<. A1zss
OFFHCE--7st COMMERCE ST.
"The Very Thing l Wanted

It is one of the sacred little white lies of fe-and it told
Christmas the the
gle for remembrance ends perhaps the
lasminute midnight
ment The receiver smiles to the donor and
THE VERY WANTED"
Maybe it's cases-thanks the omni-
science o thoughtfuness-t fl
IL 1t isn't true?
Well then little loving fb that will
Not deviation from TRUTH let this
the against
that the thing will happen happened to MY
Uncle Toby's'
'The Accusing Angel Heavens chancery with the
blushed Recording
the and bloed
with mendacity the
The other thing
would tell the efor would lack such
q lack always the perfdy.
Casusy? Ayaunt stern puritan logans! For this one
for all the lie is the truth.
the thing after all than evidence
Chmastde has ruled household
the circle friends thing
pathos and Joy.
The thing all
thing world
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1911-12-25
A Charming Woman

is one who is lovely in face, form.
mind and temper. But Its hard
for a woman to be charming with
out health. A weak, sickly woin-
all will be nervous and irritable.
Constipation and kidney poisons
show in pimples. blotches, skin
eruptions and a wretched COM
plexion. But Electric Bitters al
ways prove a godsend to women
who want health, beauty and
friends. They regulate Stomach,
Liver and Kidneys, purify the
blood; give strong nerves, bright
yes, pure breath, smooth, velvety
skin, lovely complexion and per-
feet health. Try them. soc at
Ryner Malstrom Drug Co., 938
Pacific av.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1911-12-25
.THg EMO.
IN

Reciprocity or no reciprocity,
we have seen a Canadian highball
enter an American free of charge.
Girls may be taught matrimony
In a college, but they can't get a
diploma until some man comes
along.
Alimony always gets monoto-
nous to one of the parties.
Some men are SO quick at fig
ures that you suspect them of hav-
ing been bitten by an adder.
We try hard not to be curious,
but can't help wondering how
mud-turtle scratches his belly.
Maybe he can't. OF course, IL
that's the answer, we have been
wasting our time.
This is the time of the year
when the boys ought to lug a lot
Of knot-holes out to the baseball
park.
We never could understand
how some men can beat their
wives and only be called eccentric.
The only man in the world who
is really overworked is the prune
tester in a restaurant.
Ed. Howe says a polite man Is
a great missionary. Likewise
something of curiosity.
Oscar Underwood is getting ia
nous. They are discovering folks
who look like him.
Burning the candle at both ends
is unduly favoring the tallow
trust.
And dying with your boots on
Is a splendid loyalty to the
leather trust.
We are getting over the old
habit of telling children that some
day they may be president. Their
troubles will be hard enough to
tear when they do come.
To some folks a .barb-wire fence
Is a warning. To others 1t must
become an experience.
We presume these kitchen cabi-
nets that governors have manu-
facture the taffy.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1911-12-25
By An Empty Christmas Cradle

All, would that they all to my heart were pressed
My heart that hath no babe of its own
And cry to clasp them all to my breast,
And fold them close in an empty nest
Where Memory weeps alone.
And when sit by my smould' ring fire,
AS the twilight broods its dropping wings,
My dream falls dead and my hearts desire
Sobs the wreck of vanished things;
! know song, and say prayer,
And through my tears only see
The little mound In the churchyar there
The little unlighted Christmas tree
And the little empty stocking.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1911-12-25

J., the SOUTH
ern hustler. Col.
Watson's is SO.
Carolina's COM
missioner of ag-
riculture. C o m
merce and labor.
Just the other
day he had to
lay over in New
York city for a
train. The colo
mel didn't hang
around the de-
pot; he sailed
right out and COL
Jared a few capI-
talists. When
the train footed
he had $59,000,-
900 promised;
nlI Mill Aa inuaaf-
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1911-12-25
Fire En-!

another 2250O0 maintain that tariff
public
tariff other is
worthless final effect
public policies.
rank
democratic
a
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1911-12-25
M0ST
JOSH WISE
SAYS:
"There's N o
curin' a smoker
who carries his
pipe in his coat
pocket"

THE DAYS.
The man who lives in yesterday
Must eat his victuals cold:
He does not see the morning rise
Bathed In new streaks of gold;
Things dead and dying in the
dusk
Are all his hands can hold.
And he who In tomorrow lives
Dwells in misty land,
With shapes too vague for eyes to
see,
Or hearts to understand;
The jewels that he reaches for
May turn to heaps of sand.
Healthy and wealthy, true and
wise,
The man who trusts today,
And sees in every little thing
Along life's common way,
An altar where his soul may kneel
To laugh, to sing, to pray.
Prospective father-in-laws never
wear boots.
It's a long time since Bill Nye
said 1t, but it's still true: "The
time will come when we won't
wear black for our departed
friends unless we are in doubt as
to where they have gone.
The best is none too good for
you, but it's no soft trick land
ing it.
Some men love music so they
will even go to a concert ON a
pass.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1911-12-25

al VIII DC HIVES
ed in developing the colonel's
state. Then he went to Chicago,
doomed the drainage congress
proposition, had himself elected
a second vice president and hus-
tled-hustled is the word-back
home,
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1911-12-25
The Single Tax--What Is 1t?
BY EDMUND NORTON.

The greatest one book IN all the world Telling
about the Single Tax is PROGRESS AND Pow
|ERTY," published in San Francisco, California, in
|1879.
The greatest thought in that book is this:
|"PRIVATE PROPERTY IN LAND MUST BE De
lSTROYED."
The marvelously simple means for doing
that tremendous thing without harm to anyone,
without revolution, without any disturbance to the
normal development of society, is to simply leave
to every individual all that he may make by work
ing for himself, comparatively working with any
all of his fellow and then taking for society
all that it creates in its collective capacity by
Single Tax on the VAIIIE of RARE LAND EX-
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1911-12-25

Battered a. the postoffiss AZ Tacoma, wash. a.
second class matter TELEoRAPHTC SERVICE
OF UNITED PRESS ASSOCIATION.
PUBLISHED EVERY EVENING EXCEPT SUM-
DAY by THE TACOMA TfMBs PUBLISHING
COMPANY.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1911-12-25
TODAY IN HISTORY
Christmas day, 1864, Gen. Ben
jamin F. Butler landed troops for

al ASSAULT On
Fort Fisher in
spite of the ira
ditions of the
day. But wheth-
er or not it WAS
purely from
reverential mo-
tives, or because
he thought thu
task he had as
signed his men
was too fool
hardy Gen. But
raur hta MAN anH
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1911-12-25
IN THE LIMELIGHT

Here Is new American type
Col. E. j. Watson, Columbia, 8.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1911-12-25

Some men love music so they
will even go to a concert on a
pass.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1911-12-25

Ter shortly withdrew his men and
did not take Fl. Fisher.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1911-12-25

The best is none too good fol
you, but it's no soft trick land.
ing it.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1911-12-25

INDICTMENTS of the higher-ups having fzzled the G
of Justice at San Francisco will take crack Schmitz
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1911-12-25

Alimony always gets monoto-
nous to one of the parties.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1911-12-25

Some men are SO quick at fig
ures that you suspect them of hav-
ing been bitten by an adder.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1911-12-25

We try hard not to be curious,
but can't help wondering how a
mud-turtle scratches his belly.
The Calumet news. [volume] (Calumet, Mich.) 1907-1938, 1911-12-14

This was for the feast Of tabernacIes
50 we see that the custom was early
practiced by the Jews.
Holly is the emblem Of peace and
good viii, ana the ancient poets tell
US that 1t was also significant of the
resurrection. How fitting its use to-
day and how interesting to know its
history! Who knows but what the
Romans may have derived their idea
from the Persians, who have a saving
to the effect that the sun never shad-
oWs the holly tree, and who used TO
make connection from the bark.
which they threw in the face Of a new
born child as an omen Of Sood luck.
Closely associated with the holly Is
the pearly mistletoo with its romance.
The druids held solemn procession
each year on the sixth day OF the moon
nearest the New Year going forth
with a golden sickle 20 cut the mistle-
toe from The golden oak The oak To
the druids, was "a symbol of strength:
it was also the tree sacred To Jupiter.
and only the mistletoe that grew ON an
oak had holy virtue. Each year when
the voice Of the cuckoo was heard
in the land the priests sent ENJOYS to
Ispy out the finest mstletoe growing
ON an oak and when taken from the
trees it was placed in white linen
lei IN.
From time immomorial the mistletoe
has been considered an omen of good
ard it was said That fairies took refuge
in it's thick foliage. so anyone who
hum a spray I'm the home would have
the protection and gratitude of the
good fairy folk. Today. with it's en-
chantment, We besuide sweet human
fairies under its white berries, and all
who are kissed may DE sure that the
hidden elves viii sanction and not con-
.demn the practice. In Sweden amulets
were made of mistletoe and in Wales
.a necklace made from the waXen ber-
ries was supposed TO protect from
snake bites.
Sir Walter Scott wrote this beautiful
poem describing the social element i'm
the Christmas celebration Of mediae-
val times:
And Wen our Christian sircs Of old
Loved whom the year it's course had
rolled
And brought blithc Christmas back
again
With all his hosptable train;
Domestic and religious rite
Gave honor to the holy night.
ON Christmas eve the bells were
runE,
ON Christmas eve the mass was
sung;
That only night in all the year
Saw the stolcd priest the Chalice
rear.
The hall was dressed with holly
green;
Forth to the wood did merry men
go
To gather in the mistletoe."
The Calumet news. [volume] (Calumet, Mich.) 1907-1938, 1911-12-14
DUMAS AND HIS BARBER.
Origin Of the Practice of Specializing
In Theater Tickets

Origin Of the Practice of Speeuiatinq
In Theater Tickets.
The practice of specializing in thea.
ter tickets, strange as it may appear,
was started by the elder Dumas. He
patroniZed Paris barber named Por.
cher, and one day this worthy while
shaving the novelist asked him why
he did not sell the tickets given him
by the managers of the theaters where
his plays were produced.
ITO whom could | sell them?" asked
the author of the "Three Musketeers"
"Why, to me. If you like" replied Por.
cher. "And what would you do with
them?" asked Dumas. "That's my
business" replied the barber, contin.
uing to lather the bronzed face of the
famous story teller.
"But l give you tickets whenever
you ask for them" said Dumas. "Ah!
One or two are not sufficient for my
purpose" responded Porcher. 81 must
have all your tickets. and every day
too" "And you will pay for them?"
said the dramatist. cash." was the
simple yet practical reply.
Dumas at that moment was very
badly in need Of money, so he mt once
concluded the bargain. Porcher. who
shortly after this gave up shaving and
cutting hair, made similar bargains
with other authors and quickly be-
came rich.
The Calumet news. [volume] (Calumet, Mich.) 1907-1938, 1911-12-14
A LITTLE DANDERINE WILL
MAKE YOUR HAIR LUSTROUS,
SOFT, FLUFFY, ABUNDANT
Get a rs Cent Bottle Now and
Forever Stop Falling Hair, Itching
Scalp and Dandruff
If you Wish to Double the Beauty
of your Hair in Ten Minutes surely
Try a Danderine Hair Cleanse

Your hair becomes light, wavy, fluffy,
abundant and appears as soft, lustrous ana
beautiful as young girls after Danderine
hair cleanse. Just try this oisten clotn
with a little Danderine and carefully draw u
through your hair, taking one small strand
at time. This will cleanse the hair OF dust,
dirt and excessive oil and in just lew
moments you have doubled the beauty oil
your hair.
A delightful surprise awaits particularly
those who have been careless, whose halr
has been neglected or is scraggy, faded, dry,
brittle or thin. Besides identifying the nar
at once, Danderine disSolves every particle
of dandruff; cleanses, purifes and inVisor,
ates the scalp, forever stopping itching anu
falling hair.
Try as you will, after one application OF
Danderine you cannot find any dandruh OF o.,
loose or falling hair, and your scalp WIZ
never itch, but what will please you most nos,
will be after few weeks use when you wiz
actually see new har-hne and downy q,
hrst-yes-but really new hair sproutng an
over the scalp. Danderine makes the mar
grow long, heavy and lrxuriant and we San
prove il. II you care for pretty, soit nan
and lots Of il surely get IS cent oot'le :,
Knowlton's Danderine from any druggist
or toilet counter, and Just try II.
The Calumet news. [volume] (Calumet, Mich.) 1907-1938, 1911-12-14
Clever Crows.

In q garden a dog was eating a piece
of meat in the presence Of four covet-
Gus crows. They evidently said n great
deal to one another on the subject. and
now and then one of them tried to pull
the meat away from the dog, which
he naturally resented. At last big.
strong crow succeeded in tearing off a
piece. with which he returned to the
tree where the others congregated. a
long powwow now ensued. which end
ed in all four crows flying down TO the
dog, the leading crow dexterously drop
ping the small piece Of meat within
reach of his mouth. The dog immedi-
ately snapped at it. unwisely letting go
the big piece. which was seized by two
crows and carried TO the tree, where 1t
was devoured with much flutterinS
and hilarity, while the cheated dog
walked away with every appearance
of discomflture.-St. Louis Globe Dem
ocrat
The Calumet news. [volume] (Calumet, Mich.) 1907-1938, 1911-12-14
The Spread of Species.

One Of the problems that confront
the naturalist is that of accounting for
the distribution of identical forms Of
life through widely separated localities
Investigation frequently shows that
this has been accomplished In many
ways that appear quite simple when
once discovered, although one would
hardly have thought of them. Some
interesting facts have been CLEANED
concerning the dispersion of fresh wa.
ter mollusks. accounting for their APP
pearance in remote and isolated ponds
Waterfowl play an important part in
this work. Ducks have been known to
carry mussels attached TO their feet
n hundred miles or more. Bivalve mol
lusks not infrequently cling to the toes
of wading birds and are. thus trans
ported for considerable distances. Even
aquatic insects have been known to
carry small fresh water mo'lusks at
tached to their legs.-Harper Weekly.
The Calumet news. [volume] (Calumet, Mich.) 1907-1938, 1911-12-14

Not a creature was stirring not even
mouse.
They have become a part of the
Christmas literature of the Anglo
Saxon people. The author died in 1868
but his little poem bids fair to never
perish.
The Christmas hymn, "Whlle Shep-
herds Watched Their Flocks by
Night" was composed i'm 1903 by the
time poet laureate of England.
King John of England was born
Christmas day, 1866.
Christmas day begins I'm the middle
Of the Pacific ocean ON the lS0th paral-
lei of latitude. and there is where
Santa Claus starts and ends his great
and only journey Of the year.
In Russia Christmas day comes on
January G, for their calendar is the old
style Santa Claus I'm that country Is
pictured and thought to be by the chill
dren an old fellow very much like a
big bearded peasant who flies around
with small pack on his back, his
team a span Of small horses.
Bees in southern countries are be-
lieved to sing in honor of Christs COM
ing. Reverence for the Manager Is
shown by the cattle, which kned ON
Christmas even. Willie sheep i'm pas
toral regions according to the shcp-
herds tales, march i'm procession To
commemorate the visit of the angel
To the shepherds.
In the rural districts of England if
a cock should CROW during the still
ness of a December night one might
hear a peasant say: He is soaring
away the evil spirits from the Christ
mas holy day"
In Austria and parts of northern
Germany food is prepared with great
est dellcacy on Christmas eve and
placed upon tables i'm order that the
Virgin Mary and the angel. I'm passing
during the night, may not be COM
PEELED to fast. a light is placed i'm a
window in order that the Christ child.
in traversing the streets, may not
fall.
Countrymen in Poland assert that
upon Christmas night the heavens
open and the scene of Jacobs ladder
is re-enacted. TO the saints alone.
however, is it visible.
Most OF our festival daps are of
pagan origin, and so II is with our
Christmas holly and mstictoc But
shall we think any the loss If them
because in ancient days they were ass
sociated with the Roman saturnalia
and with the druid ceremonies at
which sometimes human beings were
sacrificed? How many remember that
she custom OF decorating homes with
evergreens is mentioned In the Bible,
where Nehemiah wrote:
And dley found written in the law,
Go forth into the mount, and
fetch olive branches and pine branches
and myrtle branches and palms
and branches of thick trees
to make booths"
The Calumet news. [volume] (Calumet, Mich.) 1907-1938, 1911-12-14
Mark Twain's German Coffee.

German coffee must have given
Mark Twain a pain, judging from the
following recipe which he gave for its
connections:
Take a barrel OF water and bring II
TO boil; rub chicory berry against
coffee berry, then convey the former
into the water. Continue the boiling
and evaporation until the intensity of
the flavor and aroma of the coffee and
chicory have been diminished TO
proper degree; then set aside to cool.
Now unharness the remains Of a once
COW from the pillow, insert them in a
hydraulic press. and. when you shall
have acquired n teaspoonful of that
pale blue juice which n German super
stition regards as milk, modify the
mallgnity of its strength in a bucket
of tepid water and bring up the break
fast. Mix the beverage in cold
cup, partake with moderation, and
keep q wet rag around your head to
guard against over excitement.
The Calumet news. [volume] (Calumet, Mich.) 1907-1938, 1911-12-14
The Limit In Close BARGAINS.

"Over in my county" said the talker
in the hotel lobby. 1--WE have a thrifty
merchant, a bachelor, now getting
along I'm years, who Is noted for driv-
ing close bargains. He is straight as a
string in money matters, but a very
close harvester Of the coin. He pays
all his bills inside the thirty day limit
in order TO get the cash discount The
other day. meeting his favorlte neph-
ew, he said. ANDY, you've been a good
young man, and l intend to remember
you in my WILL
That's nice Of you, uncle said An
dy, but I'm having some hard luck
now, and If you could advance me
something it certainly would be help
full
Here was the opportunity of the IN
Gle, always on the lookout for a bar
gain, so he said, Suppose l give It all
to you now, how much of n discount
will you make mer indianapolis
News.
The Calumet news. [volume] (Calumet, Mich.) 1907-1938, 1911-12-14

him well. "gambled so that not even
the Bank of England. backed by the
Rothschilds. with the mines of the
Transvaal as additional supports, could
have withstood the strain"
Yet even he protested mt Longs when
charged IS. Cd. for whisky and soda.
The proprietor declared that this had
always been the charge. about time
It was altered. then" retorted the mar
quis. Just before his death Hastings
remarked to friend: I've made n
pretty hash of my life. About all the
good I've ever done was to bring down
the price of whisky and soda at
Longs. "-London Express.
The Calumet news. [volume] (Calumet, Mich.) 1907-1938, 1911-12-14

which read: Here the Instructor does
not pause when feet are shufled. does
not smile when he is applauded and
uoes not single out the one who knows
.ne least for the hardest work. Here
the instructor never comes too late or
700 early, and one may say unparIla-
mehtary things without fear Of offend
ing This wonderful instructor never
sleeps eats or drinks and, being abso.
iuteiy Dloodless ana brainless and
Diihd' must be carried TO the rostrum
from which the voice reaches the stu
dent The door leads to a room where
French officers receive instruction In
the German language by means of o
talking machine.
The Calumet news. [volume] (Calumet, Mich.) 1907-1938, 1911-12-14
INVISIBLE LIGHT.
Only When IL Strikes the Retina Of n.
Eye Can L Be Sean


What is the simplest demonstrot,o,
OF the fact that light is invisible?
The blackness of midnight civ
demonstrates this fact most readnv
We may see the planets brilliantly illr.
minated by the suns rays. but the sur.
rounding space is dark, although we
know that light must be passing there
The passage OF beam of lipht
through a darkened room IS only visi.
BILE on the dust in the mir, and the cone
OF light seen when the sun sbines
through small hole in shutter is
not visible. but only light reflected
from the notes in the beam. This can
be easily and simply demonstrated nv
placing In the beam a glass vessel
from which the dust has been careful
ly removed, The beam then may be
seen before and behind the vessel but
IS invisible within. A Bunsen burner
or redhot poker held so as TO DESTROY
the notes will also render the beam
invisible at that spot.
Light is only visible when it strikes
on the retina of the eye, and Il can
only do so when it reaches Il i'm n di.
rect line or is turned by reflection or
refraction into a direct line. Just as
the bullets from gun do a man no
harm unless aimed or turned in their
course toward his body, so light is
without effect unless it Is aimed or
turned toward the retina.-Pearson's
Weekly