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Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1911-02-25
PROGRESS OF CHINA
TOLDBY WOMAN DOCTOR

China has advanced more in the last
ten years than in the preceding half CEN
fury, and is continuing. slowly but sure
~. on its triumphant march to enlighten-
ment," said DR. Yame Kin the woman
physician OF Tientsin, China. one OF the
foremost native physicians of the flowery
kingdom, in a lecture last night before
the National Geographic Society at New
Masonic Temple. DIR. Kin's audience
consisted of prominent members OF tho
society, public officials and many Of the
scientists of this city.
The lecturer was dressed i'm her native
costume and talked to her audience in
the purest of English. Her discourse was
a simple, straightforward narrative OF
conditions in her native land and the
hopes Of those who are now guiding its
destinies and guiding the millions Of its
people to the goal of mental and ma
terial enlightenment.
Boxer Uprising Blessing.
DR.. Kin said that preceding the Boxer
rebellion China was in the throes of SUI
perst:tion. ignorance and national slug
gishness that had been characteristic of
the country for centuries. With the su-
preston of the Boxer movement, she
said, the whole country suddenly awak-
ened to the fact that advancement along
the lines of American and European civil
lization must come to prevent the coun-
try from retrograding TO an even more
undesirable position than it had Yet &C.
cupied.
The Boxer uprising, with all it's hor-
rors, was the greatest blessing nv coun-
try has had for centuries she declared.
1T caused her to open her eyes, and
brought realization that the people OF the
west had come to stay, willing TO teach
us western methods and customs. if We
were willing to learn. The people Of
The Yakima herald. [volume] (North Yakima, W.T. [Wash.]) 1889-1914, 1911-12-06
Saving at the Bung

The Tennessee Coal. Iron and Rail-
road company is a great company and
its president, Mr. George Gordon
Crowford, is a great man. Prof Ed
win Minis, in the December Worlds
Work, says he has way of cutting
off corners and of tuning to account
all wastes and scraps in a way that
has never before been characte
of the South He has outlined plans
looking to the development of diver
sitied steel plants, which will contrib
ute still further to the prosperity OF
the Birmingham district. A $3,500,-
600 by-product coke oven plant, which
is to produce $500 to 1000 tons of coke
aday and which besides will conserve
such byproducts as gas, ammonia and
tar, is now nearing completion. The
American Steel and Wire company,
another subsidiary company of the
Steel Corporation, is just finishing a
plant capitalized at $4,000,000 and in
tended for the manufacture of nails,
staples, and various kinds of wire The
product of this plant will amount to
$50 tons day and will call for 1900
skilled employees. The Universal Ce-
ment company is now manufacturing
Portland cement from the Stag of the
iron furnaces of Ensley-another il
Illustration of the utilization of waste
products.
The Yakima herald. [volume] (North Yakima, W.T. [Wash.]) 1889-1914, 1911-12-06
OLD SAMOAN MATS.
Precious HeirIooms That Are Treas
ured by the Natives.

Precious HeirIooms That Are Treas.
ured by the Natives.
Among the curious customs OF the
Samoans is that of making heiriooms
Of mats By some simple process Of
reasoning the mat has come to be iden.
titled with the family, as the hearth
stone Is additionally sacred among the
Saxon race.
The Samoan mats are really fine
specimens of art. The people esteem
them much more highly than any ar
ticle OF European manufacture, and
the older they are the more they are
regarded. Some of them have names
known all over the Samoan group.
The oldest is called M0e-e Fulfill. or
1.-THE man that slept among the creep
ers." 1t got this title by reason Of the
fact that it had been hidden away for
years among the creeping convolvulus
that grows wild along the seashore 1t
is known to be 200 years old. as the
names OF it's owners during that pc.
Rod can be traced.
The possession of one Of these old
mats gives the owner great power--in
fact. it Is q title deed TO rank and prop
erty, from the Samoan standpoint. says
Harper's Weekly. 1t Is no matter If
the mats are tattered and worn out
Their antiquity Is their value, and for
some of the most cherished Of them
large sums of money would be refused
The Yakima herald. [volume] (North Yakima, W.T. [Wash.]) 1889-1914, 1911-12-06
A Bitter Controversy.

The Shakespeare Bacon controversy
formed the subject of debate at a well
known theatrical school not long ago.
On both sides the orators were would
be actresses. and pro and con the dis
cussion was feminine and furious. 1t
seemed at first that the ardent par.
tisanship of the fair opponents would
preclude the possibility of harmonious
conclusion. But the last speaker. in
the nervousness of her 6rst public
speech suggested common ground.
Ladies'" she said. speaking rapidly,
II think there has been much misap-
prehension as to the real truth Of the
Baconian theory. stand ready to
show that the great plays we know
so well were written not by Shake
speare or by Bacon. but by Bacon and
Shakespeare In collisionv'
Amid laughter and applause the de-
bate was declared a ue.--Nsw York
Tribune.
The Yakima herald. [volume] (North Yakima, W.T. [Wash.]) 1889-1914, 1911-12-06
FOUR IN OLD PERU.
The Mystic Number About Which Cen.
tered All Their Beliefs.

The Mystic Number About Which Cen.
tered All Their Beliefs.
The Peruvians cared nothing for any
Of the supposed mystic properties of
either three. Ave or seven. To them
the four was sacred, and around II
they intwiued the main features Of
all their religious ceremonies and
queer beliefs. They believed the earth
to be a square divided into four parts
and suspended from the heavens by
four cords. one at each Of the four
corners. All Of their cities were quar-
tered by four principal streets running
from a square in the center. They
held four annual feasts In honor of
the moon, the SILVER sister Of the
SUM-"
To them eternity was to be divided
into four periods Of time, each com
posed of four times 1000 years, and at
the end of each of these cycles the sun
was to be blotted out Of existence. They
prayed to the four winds. or to I'VE
gods that dwell at the four corners Of
the earth" To them the rains came
from four enormous heavenly turtles
that vomited dampness. and the four
winds from the lungs Of the four gi-
gantic caryatids which stand at the
four cardinal points Of paradise. The
above are but a small portion Of the
tours alluded to in the legends Of the
Incas. trs Y[a5
The Yakima herald. [volume] (North Yakima, W.T. [Wash.]) 1889-1914, 1911-12-06
POSTAL PUZZLES.
They Were Easy Reading For Uncle
Sans Clever Officials.


A letter with the addressee's face
roughly drawn on the envelope and tb'
words Baltimore, Md tollowin;
wasn't too great puzzle for the me-
who decipher mail addresses for Cu
Gle Sam. The letter was sent froli
Ciarksburg. W. Va. by }. NJ Crouch
When 1t reached the Baltimore pos
office the postmaster said 1t had to h
delivered. Several of the experts wcr,
puZzling over how that trick could b.
turned when the mall carrier In weOs,
district a big hotel is walked up to a
group around the man holding the let
ter and said, why. that's Sam Hoo
yer, chief clerk of the - hotel" Ano
1t was for Sam. who opened 1t and
learned that his friend wished to en-
gage room for that night. When
Crouch arrived at the hotel the room
was ready for him.
About twenty years ago European
peasant mailed on the other side of the
Atlantic letter the envelope OF which
bore this sort of address:
HANS sIEGLICH.
First House In America.
1t was easy for New York postottice
men. the first house in America to i'm
migrants being Castle Garden. where
they were then received. In Castle
Garden Hans was found without de
lay.-New York Press.
The Yakima herald. [volume] (North Yakima, W.T. [Wash.]) 1889-1914, 1911-12-06
Aired Crowns,

To economical minds there must be q
certain waste implied In the making
OF a new crown for every queen. Yet
this has been the rule. Queen Alexan
dra and Queen Victoria both had
crowns made for them. and it was
Queen Adelaide who was the first to
rebel against a hired crown. II will
not wear a hired crown" she said to
the minister who was discussing the
matter with her. "Do you think II
right I should?' Madam, the late
king George IVJ wore one" "Well
will not l do not like it l have
jewels enough to make ono for my.
self" "In that case" interpossd the
king. "they will have to pay for the
setting" mo. no." replied Adelaide
Il will pay for 1t all myself" And
this was the course adopted.
Chronicle. e4@
The Yakima herald. [volume] (North Yakima, W.T. [Wash.]) 1889-1914, 1911-12-06
HOUSEHOLD ECONOMY.
The English Method of Dealing Out
Supplies by the Week.

In the matter of small savings and
watchfulness of expenditure the Eng
fish housewife is ahead. For example.
the English hoUsekeeper deals out to
her servants the weeks allowance of
sugar, rice. fiopr, coffee and all other
household provisions that are kept in
quantity. and requires an account Of
1t all to be rendered. the thing having
been brought to so fine a point that
she knows the exact amount Of each
article requisite for her family, allow
ing SO much to each individual and
that quantity being sufficient, as she
knows by experience, two ounces Of
tea, for instance, being regarded as a
weeks supply for each single individ-
ual, one-half pound of sugar. three and
one-half pounds of meat for woman
and five and oue-fourth for a man
facts which the housekeeper probably
learned from her mother before her
knowing, moreover, the greater vari-
ETY. of the simpler kinds required
All of these stores she sets down in
her housekeeping book as she gives
them out, and she does not fail on the
next dispensing day to consult her
dates and if anything be left over In
the cooks hands not accounted for to
subtract that from the amount to be
newly issued. And in England serv-
ants expect this. So far from being
indignant with 1t they would feel as
If there We're no guiding hand behind
them il left undone and they given
their head in an overlooking store
room, as servants are with us.
In fact, there is no saving which the
housewife across the water considers
too small to practice or as beneath her
dignity.-EXchange.
The Yakima herald. [volume] (North Yakima, W.T. [Wash.]) 1889-1914, 1911-12-06
PERSONAL MENTION

w. H. Dunbar, city engineer o.
lGarndview was a Yakima visitor
Monday Mr. Dunbar has recently
| completed the preliminary arrange
ments for a water system for that
city, which will be voted on at the city
election with a good prospect of win
ming out.
D. M. Rand left North Yakima on
| Monday on his way to California to
spend the winter. He goes direct to
San Diego and will remain there until
| he has grown tired of that city. He
will then hunt up some other resort.
Ernest Schneider received by
| freight Monday over the Northern Pa
cific railway a carload of Everett and
Hudson automobiles. One of the cars
is an Everett six" the only car of its
make and calibre combined to be
found in this valley.
Workmen will this week place the
roof on the Root stable. A and Front
streets.
James Berkeley, who has been suffer-
ing from pieurisy, has greatly recov-
cred. AS soon as he Is able to un-
dertake it he will go to British Column
bia to demonstrate apple packing
there for the government of that pro-
ince. Clyde Samson is already on the
ground in British Columbia and en-
gagged in the work.
Knights of Pythias of North Yakima
are to meet tonight, at their Castle
hail in the Masonic Temple for the
annual election of officers.
George W. Eastman of South Mob
Hill has gone to Minneapolis on a trip
which will last until the first or sec
ord week in January Before his re-
turn here he will take in the annual
meeting of the state Horticultural as
ISOLATION in Charleston.
M. L. Melaik, who has been the rep
resentative of the Ever Wear Alum
mum Utensil company in North Yak
ina for the past year, left yesterday
for Gle Elum. Saturday night he gave
pancake feed to his room mates at
the Y. M. C. A. dormitory, which they
hugely enjoyed
A daughter was born Sunday to Mr..
and Mrs. Rex Hackett of Bonnie Brae.
Mr.. Hackett is connected with the
Northern Express company
moned to Wisconsin by the serious
illness there of his father at West
Salem
Mr.. and Mrs w. l.. Flagg of Mob
Hill have gone east to visit friends
in Illinois andlowa
T. H. Martin has returned to the
city from a trip as far east as New
York.
Attorneys G. G. Lee and G. F. Bolin
of Toppenish transacted lacal business
in North Yakima Monday.
William N. Terrier and Mildred
Alma Charles obtained a marriage
license at the auditors office Monday.
Elzard Rabie of Mckee City was in
North Yakima Monday to attend the
annual meeting of the stockholders of
the Selah and Mckee Canal company.
o. r. Schumann, deputy prosecuting
attorney is sufferer from an ulcer
alton within his left ear. A surgeon
performed an operation on it Monday,
with the result that an Improvement
10 ~;
The Yakima herald. [volume] (North Yakima, W.T. [Wash.]) 1889-1914, 1911-12-06
ANNUAL SESSION OF Y. NJ. G. A.
Local Men Will Go to EIlensburg De-
cember IS to Take Part

Anumber of local Y. NJ C. A. mem
bers have already indicated their :n-
teution to attend the Tenth State con-
vention Of the association to be held
at Eliensburg from December Is to
II, list posted in the lobby OF the
Y nj. c. A. Is receiving the names OF
all such.
Several local men are to have places
on the program among them President
w. B. Dudley, General Secretary w.
G. McMorran, F. E. Sickels OF Naohcs
who was prominent in this work in
Buffalo. n. Y. DR.. II. l.. Boardman
Is expected to take part in a confer
ence on the relations of the church
and the Y. M. C. A. which will be at
tended by pastors and laymen from
the state and especially Of the Yakima
valley.
An attempt is being made to have
part of the Y. NJ. c. A. band which
won the third prize at the Apple show,
go to Ellenshurg one evening Of the
convention A fare of one and one
third has been made by the railro Is
for the time Of the meeting.
The Yakima herald. [volume] (North Yakima, W.T. [Wash.]) 1889-1914, 1911-12-06
Automobiles Damaged

There was an automobil accident
at the high school Friday night dur
ing the rendition there of the opera
~ the school students. The machine
of M. r. Galloway was broken about
the fender and Ian ps and the same
fate happened to a second machine.
The little car of County Clerk Barr
escaped injury. 1t is evident that boys
had taken car from in front of the
building, where several had been left
standing during the performance, and
on returning it had run into a car
| ahead which they had drive into a
another until they had rammed sew
| eral of them doing considerable dam
| age and destroying an excellent lot of
fsuperior auto paint.
The Yakima herald. [volume] (North Yakima, W.T. [Wash.]) 1889-1914, 1911-12-06
AN ALBATROSS IN FLIGHT.
Tho Camera Caught Motion the Eye
Could Not Discern.

Tho Camera Caught Motion the Eye
Could Not Discern.
An interesting application of photog
raphy to settle disputed point in
natural history wns made by natu
ralist OH voyage from British Colum
bia to San Francisco.
A large albatross had been follow
ing the steamer and keeping pace with
If for several hours, and the wonder
grew among the watchers on board
the ship as to how the bird was able
to fly SO swiftly while apparently
keeping it's wings extended without
tapping them. AS this is common
method of flight with the albatross. tn,
explanation used TO be offered that the
bird took advantage of slight wind,
and air currents and was so able t.
glide upon what might be called at
mospheric slopes.
AS the albaross sailed alongside the
ship, about fifteen feet away. the nat
uralist snapped his camera at 1t an(
obtained photograph that astonisheC
him and his fellow passengers.
The photograph revealed. what M
eye had caught the wings of the alba
tross, each some five feet long, RAISED
high above its back. in the act of max
ing a downward stroke. The explana
ton naturally suggested was tina
more or less frequently the bird mus
have made a stroke of this kind witt
its wings, although the eye could no
detect the motion. and that the Gamers
CHANGED to he snapped Mt just the RICH
moment. Boston Globe.
The Yakima herald. [volume] (North Yakima, W.T. [Wash.]) 1889-1914, 1911-12-06
INCENTIVE FOR SALE
RED CROSS SEALS
Prizes Offered to Schools Leading
in Sale of Stickers and in Study
of tuberculosis

In addition to the stationary vac
.uum cleaning plant to be awarded by
the McCrum-Howell Company to a
school in the city making the highest
per capita sale of Red Cross Christ
mas seals, which were placed on sale
in 80 North Yakima stores on Friday
prizes aggrsgating several hundred
dollars in value have been offered by
the same company and others have
been donated through the National as
ISOLATION for the Study and Prevention
of tuberculosis to churches, library
boards, schools and cities where the
stamps are sold. The prizes have been
chosen with view to their practical
bility in the tuberculosis crusade and
the awards will be based on per capt
ia sales, giving every contestant an
equal opportunity. ..-,...
Offer Big Plant
Cities of over 10000 population will
contest for stationary vacuum clean
ing plant valued at from $500 to
$4,000. according to the size, but the
company stands ready to furnish their
most expensive equipment and make
1t adequate to the needs of the school
building In which it will be installed.
To the three cities of 5000 to 10000
population making the highest per
capita sale will be given the services
for one month Of a visiting nurse, in
the order of the sales. No city, school
or individual has any advantage over
another, the little city having exactly
the same chance of winning as the
large one, village having last year
won the lecture course offered to COM
petfng towns.
On Sale in City
Sic thousand. two hundred Of the
seals went on sale Fridayin 80 North
Yakima stores, where the For Sale
Here cards will be displayed until
Christmas eve to remind the people
of this city that the local committee
In charge of the distribution has I'M
dertaken this year to sell $4,000 of
them. five times as many as were sold
last year. The sales in large lots on
Saturday reached the 1900 mark. Gen
era1 Agent c. G. Burdick of the North
ern Pacific railroad, the Larson Hard
ware company and e. F. Colville, the
photographer, having ordered 100 each
of the stickers, to be used on Christ
mas packages and correspondence.
The Yakima herald. [volume] (North Yakima, W.T. [Wash.]) 1889-1914, 1911-12-06
ECCENTRIC WAGNER.
A Glimpse OF the Famous Composer In
One of His Moods.

One OF His MOODS.
Richard Wagner, the composer, need
ed good deal of managing, and Frau
Cosima was always tactful, according
to Judith GATHERS wagner at
Home" When the author hesitated
before accepting Wagners invitation
to an excursion she says Frau Cosima
made signs to her and. coming nearer
said in a low voice: DO not refuse.
he would be angry. And let him man
age 1t all; let him take the lead. IL you
do not wish to grieve him"
Later on she gives another curious
scene: Behind the house. in that court
which formed a part of the garden.
and from which the carriage drive
started, there was high swing, which
the children were allowed to use very
carefully, and with which the older
people sometimes amused themselves.
One day Nine. Cosima was sitting on
the narrow board. Wagner offered to
start the swing and give her good
flight through the air. All went well
! for time. but, little by little. the
motion became more rapid; higher and
still higher went the swing In vain
Nine Cosima begged for mercy. Car
ried away by kind of frenzy. the
master paid no attention and the incl
dent began to have a terrifying effect.
"Cosima grew white; her hold re
Taxed, and she was about to fall DO
You not see that she is faintingr l
cried, throwing myself toward Wag-
ner He grew pale in his turn, and
the danger was quickly averted. But,
as the poor woman continued to be
dizzy and trembling, the master con-
cluded 1t would be wise to create a
diversion. He ran rapidly toward the
house, and by the aid Of the shutters,
the holdings and projections Of the
stones, he climbed nimbly up the side
and. reaching the balcony Of the floor
above, leaped over It.
HE had obtained the desired effect.
but in replacing one evil by another
Trembling with anxiety, Cosima turn
ed to me, saying under her breath:
Above ell things, do not notice him;
do not look surprised, or you can never
tell where he will end"
The Yakima herald. [volume] (North Yakima, W.T. [Wash.]) 1889-1914, 1911-12-06

Fred A. Anthony has filed two suits
in the superior court applying for
judgment in foreclosing two tax liens.
The first one is against the unknown
owners of lot 4, block g, Goodwin's adj
dition to. Yakima City, while the sec
ond is against the unknown owners of
the north half of lot 5, block g. same
town and addition. Mr.. Anthony
claims to have purchased the tax GER
tificate to the first piece of property
for the year 1896 for SO cents, and to
have paid the taxes thereupon since
that time to the amount of 1851. The
interest amounts to $7.3S, tax certifi-
Gates drawing ID per cent per annum
The tax on the second piece of prop
erty for 1895 was 81 cents, now
amounting to $4.71 in addition for the
years since that time. and interest to
the amount of $4.07.
The Yakima herald. [volume] (North Yakima, W.T. [Wash.]) 1889-1914, 1911-12-06
UNIVERSITY INVINCIBLES
Attorney Hatfield Believes That Wash
ington Eleven Best Eve

Attorney Floyd Hatfield knows a
good football game when he sees 1t
and he will go a long distance to en-
joy one. He has seen all the great
teams in the Northwest in action, but
says on his return from Seattle that
until he had seen the game Thanksgiv-
ing day. between the elevens of the
Washington State University and the
State College at Pullman, he had never
before realized what good football
really was.
He believes the team of the Wash
ington University, coached by Dobie,
is invincible, and, without any gain
saying, the best and strongest in the
Northwest. The game throughout was
full of sensational plays.
The Yakima herald. [volume] (North Yakima, W.T. [Wash.]) 1889-1914, 1911-12-06
Ono Coll Animals,

Only one cell animals which have no
differentiation are immortal and new
er grow old Physical Immortality.
deathless youth. is possible. but you
must be an infusorian or yeast plant
to attain it. and one wouldn't even be
a clam or jeilytish for the price.
The process has no limits any more
than It has beginnings. Life ia just
that, one-third dying that two-thirds
may live, whether it be the single cell
or the body.--Dr. Woods Hutchinson in
Hampton's.
The Yakima herald. [volume] (North Yakima, W.T. [Wash.]) 1889-1914, 1911-12-06
John Kay and His Flying Shuttle

In 1888 John Kay of Yorkshire
England, took out a patent for
flying shuttle which was the most
important improvement ever made in
the hand LOOM This invention made
it possible for the weaver to sit still
and by pulling two cords alternately
throw the shuttle to and fro. One
man could therefore weave broad
cloth instead of its requiring two as
before. The other weavers Of Eng
land were quick to make use of the
invention. but We're not so ready to
The Yakima herald. [volume] (North Yakima, W.T. [Wash.]) 1889-1914, 1911-12-06

In earnest prayer / ask of Thee,
What is Thy will concerning met
Give me Thy passion for the lost;
To give myself at any cost,
That these from sin may be set free;
What is Thy will concerning me?
Inspire my zeal, my strength renew;
Help me to rise, to dare, to do;
Give me Thy love. Thy charity;
Lord, speak Thy will concerning me.
George e. WhitehouSs
The Yakima herald. [volume] (North Yakima, W.T. [Wash.]) 1889-1914, 1911-12-06

Instructions have been received at
the United States and office here of
a change in procedure with reference
to all motions for rehearing in con-
nection with land appeals Begin
ming with December Is, all motions
of the kind thereafter made must be
carried up directly to the secretary
and will not pass through the local
land office. Similarly all decisions will
be communicated directly to the par
ties at interest through the office of
the assistant attorney general of the
department AMI not through the local
land office.