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The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1912-03-04
Snowden Leaves
Library Board

Col. c. A. Snowden this morn
ing was displaced on the library
board by Bishop Frederick Kea-
tor. Col. Snowden resigned be-
cause he will be out of town much
in the next few months. Keator
was formerly on the board before
being succeeded by Mayor Faw-
cett's appointment of Judge tSall-
cup.
School Supt. w. F. Geiger was
appointed to succeed ex-Supt. Col
licott.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1912-03-04

Going Visiting-A Chinese FAM
lily of San Francisco's Chinatown
on their way to make "a New
Years call. The women and chill
dren are coming out of S~eclusiOn
more and more with the passing
of their other customs.
in purse and body. For them this
passing of things as they were is
a tragedy.
This year John Chinaman cele-
brated his New Years in Febru-
ary very much the same way he
has done for ~ceafv~ie~
year he will celebrate It like his
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1912-03-04
LEE AYRES.

iifg. Shirley was boiling with So
lcialists and there were a lot of hot
speeches. The other merchants
simply raised cain when they
heard about the proposed coop
store plan; it would ruin their
business. But they had had their
chance and failed to make good.
The coop store was started in
March, 1911, capitalized at
SO ,000.
Stockholders buy things at ac-
tual cost, plus just enough to run
the store. Anyone can buy stock.
1t costs $40 a share. One share
gives a man all buying privileges.
People who are not members
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1912-03-04

Father Kneipp's Whole Wheat
Health Bread. Made of the en-
tire wheat. Aids digestion. Come
in for a sample loaf free. Duen-
wald's Delikatessen. SIS 18th.
near c. sss
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1912-03-04
g.
We Have
CompletedOu
First Year
Under the Cash
System
System

IT'S BEEN AN UNQCAII-
FLED SUCCESS. WE HAVE
CONVINCED THE PEOPLE
OF TACOMA THAT IT'S
CHEAPER TO BUY FOR
CASH AND HAVE SAVED
A LOT OF MONEY FOR
THOSE WHO HAVE
u THEIR GROCER
les FROM US. IF YOU
ARE NOT ONE OF THEM,
BETTER BEGIN NOW.
Here's some Very Special
BARGAINS to Celebrate Our
Anniversary
Sugar Cured Picnic Hame,
special II 1-2c LID.
Special Cure Eastern Loin
Bacon, 15c lib.
Eastern Breakfast Bacon,
1Sc Id.
Rolled and Boned Picnic
Hams, 15c lib.
10-lb. pals White Swan
Shortening, $1.O5. Pure
and wholesome.
Crisco, regular zoe, special
&c.
DR.. Prices Baking Powder,
1-2 lb. tins zoe.
Pint bottles Bluing, full
strength &c.
Best Corn Starch, sc pkg.
Riverside Gloss Starch, A
pkgs for 25c.
This Is the dried fruit season.
We have very fancy stock
at very special prices.
9 lbs. fine loose Muscaltel
Raisins, Soc.
3 lbs. fine Table Raisins 25c
Fancy Evaporated Apricots,
sold elsewhere at zoe a Id.
Special Ice, 8 lbs. for 75c.
Fancy Evaporated Pears, 1Oc
h.; 3 lbs. for 4bc.
Good French Prunes, 4 lbs.
for 25c; II lbs. for 300.
Fancy Italian Prunes, IL 1-2c
h.; o lbs. for 500.
Extra Fancy White or Black
Mission Figs, 8 lbs. for
25c; Is lbs. for 800.
It will be some time before
fresh asparagus will be as
good as the canned. Many
think it never is. Happy
Vale Asparagus zoe a can;
$2.1O per dozen.
Batavia Corn, the finest on
the market. IL 1-2c a can;
$3.50 per dozen.
Good Corn, 8 cans for csc;
800 per dozen.
Good Tomatoes, 3 cans for
25c; 500 per dozen.
Del Monte, the finest toma-
to put up in California,
II 1-2c a can; special,
SIPS dozen.
Bakers Premium Chocolate,
35c per Id.
Pure Cocoa, special 22c lib.
Ghiradelli's Ground Choco-
late, 3-lb. tin, special 75c.
There's no Flour as good as
Diamond IN" = that's
proven daily. TRY IT
AND 30 per
sack; $4.75 per barrel.
II you can be satisfied with
a good article, OUR DES-
TINY is equal to most
brands-$1.1O per sack;
$4.25 per barrel.
Whole Wheat and Graham
Flour, 24-lb. sacks, csc.
That's cheaper than pay
ing soc for q Glib. sack.
We still have some Yeloban
Milk left and still sell 1t at
75c doB.; $500 per case.
Libby's Milk, special, soc
per doz. The most natural
Favored Of them all.
Csc Scrub Brushes, special,
15c.
Toe Vegetables Brush, special
&c.
WE CAN 1--WE YOU A BET
TER CUP OF COFFEE
FOR YOUR MONEY
THAN ANYONE ELSE IN
TACOMA because we roast
ours fresh daily and purify
it--80c h., Doc, h., 4Oc lib.
Strictly Fresh Ranch Eggs, 2
dozen for ACC.
100 boxes Tree Ripened
Oranges, sweet and delic-
ious, $2.45 per box; S1.25
one-half box.
Crystal White or Sunny Mon
day Soap, o for zoe; S4.1O
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1912-03-04
b VAN METER

Shirley, Ind, has solved the
high cost of living.
The solution is a cooperative
store. 1t is a general store, carry
ing everything that people who
work have to buy. There are 1000
people in Shirley.
Noble Van Meter came to the
rescue when hard times gripped
the town. He called a town meet
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1912-03-04
State News

Olympia republican central
committee decided to elect dele
gates to the republican county
convention by caucus instead of
primary, and endorsed Taft.
Fred BONNER. donkey engineer
at Sunset camp near Raymond,
shot four times at Thurman Mes
tor as the result of an old feud.
Nestor will probably die and Bob
mer is in jail.
Northern Pacific officials are in
vestigating Spokane offices believ-
ing the freight Office payrolls have
been padded flor five years
through using dummy names.
Seattle got an injunction to
stop the merging of the Sunset
and Independent telephone lines
but the officials of the companies
scooted and avoided service.
c. W. Stentz was reelected on
the Olympia school board, defeat
ing ID. w. Guiles, socialist, Cos to
|249.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1912-03-04

Congressman Victor Berger
wires that the ten socialists en-
Hployed at the Bremerton navy
yard will not be ousted under
civil service for activity in the
municipal campaign when two so.
cialists were elected to Office.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1912-03-04

Wenatchee is excited over a
gold strike in the Entiat hills, 20
miles north of town.
Mrs. Susan McBeth was granted
a divorce from j. w. McBeth at
WaIla Walla but could not tell
her husbands first name when the
court asked and he had to inquire
of outsiders to make up his rec
ord in the case.
J. J. Curtin, NIGHT inspector,
found a white leghorn hen sitting
on the rods under a North Bank
car which had come from the
east. He took her to his home at
Vancouver and his wife refused to
kin 1t. The hen laid an egg next
day.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1912-03-04

President s. B. l.. Penrose of
Whitman college has bought $40
acres of school land and will In
.augurate farming ON a large scale.
Secretary of State Howell
recommends a cheap way of clear
ing logged off land is to bore an
inch augur hole down the stump
into the pith, fill with kerosene
and nitre and leave a month. then
fill again and leave another
month, then bore a hole in the
side and start a fire and the whole
stump will go.
The evening world., 1912-04-27
REAL ESTATE FOR GALE
QUEENS,

WILL SELL my ss~sn-rcom dwelling IN the fast
~ ro.tns s,ctioa q 9uesns County; pnee
Interest and phnciIal paraust floors. tie bath,
NE ,estibuis. steam hss. continuation .f.. :nd
tures. elegant maniels, thoroughly modern and up
TO date, on lot 8OIiO0. Address rupiies 10 q. ii,
AShBY, fourth floor. N. W. cor. 3ith st, and
broadway. Manhattan.
The evening world., 1912-04-27

-: -; :; ]. S!!s;,.:$i;;:::';si' III: Co.:
The evening world., 1912-04-27

was Implicated h . auzueR - Ob-
0sf1ss. - Os0As charged. He was sen.
tsnosd 10 from Two and . haff TO nvs
years n S1nS Sing. gibbons. who Is
a ysasv old and who has made his
homo With Ah psrmsa. No. i2os sterling
vlaoA was said 10 ~ the victim OF
SeooeA ols was ssns - Elmira rsfcr-
atogy.
The two we're arrested On Ne night
a: 0fasoA 10 q they wsVs sssp leaving
the ADaftmsnt Of MIS- Grace King,
No. eos washington avenue. BY. Police
man OMEN. During the arrest n OF
the pair struck ONsl with . black.
jaok. Tosy were indicted on nvs
counts Of burglary and one Of f~e,on1ous
assault.
The evening world., 1912-04-27

0NES. when you stick your NM
ger into water and withdraw Il.
what happens? Nothing. Well,
the ma who gives me q bene-
A. d. s@Actiu1 hia fnRoP
The evening world., 1912-04-27
CADMAN H.rREOERicK

Aooo. Some Of them do II to rave the
800. but most Of them want the add
tfonal land.
Families nat move to such suburban
homes become more healthy. happy and
prosperous than che flathouse masses
Of the crowded city. They have a new
ambition which concentrates their
thoughts and energies upon tho mos,
worthy OF human INTERCHANGEABLE
building Of the home. II 10 . movement
which II doing great good among the
w~ege-earning masses OF moderate
means. Such homeseekers have studied
the question Thoroughly and have had
the advantage OF wide. sound informa.
ton. The World should be proud Of the
fact that fully ffve-eighths Of oil our
home buyers come to us a. Q result Of
Dur advertisements placed In ~ col.
umns. This we have verified By Iona
ana careful scrutiny.
The evening world., 1912-04-27
(csuylsh.. 1911. by D~o5b,-Merril compan,

tcs1yAsh.. 1911. by Do5b,-Merriil company.)
RnopsIs OF PRECEDING CHArLEAs.
y G0Nditats u clever swindle-s 80 TO Egype =?
. rQt Young American rug merchant named
Q410s. fseival Aiseron Jones. The eanG con.
~ d. Ryanne, . dashing adventurer; wallace
~ C1lAlIau. tSo card sharps and .mugyier. and
M. CAeAsoye. Mrs. Chedsoye,s .daiishtsr. ,fof-
sGS,,b isnofant Of the plot and finds hersef a..
q KS.aSs Ia. stolen. from Bssdsa,, ! s..rsi
sss.Mss n. ss'sfs /. 1s s.siss:s .dsr:.-s sG y
IT.. md forses sn ansvcr TO u. BY means
~ cable Others q ths ssnc cn III JGsS'
Wisoiaa. q the Yhiorte. tracks Hyanne down
- 0DGnG the adventurer loves Fortune. re
-. { pc9i.A him ,hrcnss the n,l; T e:
=, g ii:sis:ssss::Sg iTSs I; Ms n: :pd .,d Joi Si: ~. -
~ coa4Sd far into the d~ert.. Fortune sspdi
q 0e11o Tor the rug 20 win Their lihsrty, She
NJ o fhiordes. Mphamcd cffer Y. Ii. For.
Esk.. s.rsss. $40 sil s.ss s.s! ;S.sS -
81 ! .s.iLins NJ; ,E.s ni.S.; o: ~ I.' e;
sesompness.. merc,iessly descrihins their ercossd;
s6G. ehs has OVERHEAD. ,Ryannc tries vainly, to
deS1fts 6er O. n her family's wosthlsssne9. Theu
IL - 70 JoneS on a matter Of import.
The evening world., 1912-04-27
Building of the Home
As q Matter of EcOnOmu

Of Big Development
Company Says q Million
Flat. DaDellers Want to
Buy Homes at an Out.
lay Equal to Their Rent,
and Moot Of Them Are
Willing to Go Out Fur
ther to Get More Land.
The evening world., 1912-04-27
MEDICAL STUDENTS SENT
TO JAIL As BURGLARS.
Oscar 'Jaoobs Gets Sing Sing Sen.
ltence and Pal Goes to
Emira.

oUsar Jacobs ana Pierre c. Gibbons.
mo Long Island College Hospital stu
dents. woo . esw day. ego pleaded
guilty. - . chargs q burglary. were
ssntsossd ~ CouatVt Judge Fawcstt IN
BrooA1yo ee-dAE.
Japoee. WHO - twmty pears old and
who lived ~ No. 66 Putnam Avenue,
The evening world., 1912-04-27
HELP

WANTED sOI v, 5. xKM9S1esOodi1E
married rrsa bstwssn ages Of 70 - q
tsmpssats habits. who can spssk. Rad I'D 80
i h:,r nassii'Ao I;Ss.;:; 70: Paw sts 49,
York City. ss3 fulton o., Brooiiyn. n. ~
Monigomry st.. Jensy CITY. n. J.. q -
eritina station.
GLASS PAISrER-Expert on nesh asaasus;
permanent. so per week upwards: stato I2l
PARTICULARS. salary expected. sc. Address N
uque, J45 World.
ENGINE TURNER wanted TO work On HAAa01
machine. Watson = Newell Co.. Atk6A0h
The Birmingham age-herald., 1912-11-03

lodging house called the Hotel Saint Quentine, kept by a neat and respect able woman of about 40, Mime. Gaudin Her husband had commanded squad ron of the Imperial Guard and had been taken prisoner by Cossacks at the passage of the Beresina on the retreat from Moscow. Later, when Napoleon wished to exchange him, the Russian authorities searched Siberia in vain--it was said that he had escaped to India, and Mime. Gaudin was confident that one day he would return to her and their daughter. little Pauline.
 Pauline was charming girl of art less grace and Impotence about IA years old Gradually, so gradually that Val entine had not realized 1t, Pauline took charge of his room, which he had fur nished with some articles-including a piano-which he saved from the sale of his furniture.
 The mother also was extremely kind and attentiove to the young man and before many months he had offered to teach Pauline music and languages. As dear little sister he regarded the girl.
 He began to write two great works, one a comedy which should make him rich and famous at once and the other a deeply learned treatise on the Will, which should make his name immortal
The Birmingham age-herald., 1912-11-03
Burning the Candle

They divided the money. and at once Raphael entered upon career of the widest dissipation. He made it a point to kill himself quickly, to surpass in excesses all his gayest companions
 But his previous abstemious life had given him such strong constitution that his money gave out and he was still alive. Alive,-but with the seeds of consumption fixed in him and his nervous system shattered He sold even the little island in the Loire where his mother lay buried, and with his last sou lost at the gaming table, had been going to drown himself, when Emile met him.
 It was a disreputable. battered-look- ing set of people that met at the break fast table of Taillefer the morning aft CT the orgie previously described Re- gret was there, haggard faces, the awakening from debauch when excess has pressed with strong hands the juice from the fruits of life and left behind nothing but the worthless refuse.
 You might have thought that death was there, smiling down upon a plague stricken family. Raphael had, the night before, when he had told Emile his story, measured with a napkin his magic skin. Tt has brought me my first wish." said he. T will see if it shrinks when wish again. And I do wish. I wish for a great fortune" Then he put the talisman in his pocket.
 Tn the midst of the breakfast . notary
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murdering his best friend and the mother

murdering his best friend and the mother of that friend during the revolution.
 But what care we; he will have thirty men of talent and honor about his table tonight to eat the bodies and drink the blood of that family and we, you and I, models of candid youth and enthusiasm will be accompices in the deedr'
 All thoughts of jumping into the Seine now vanished from the mind of Raphael-- he became as one with his gay compan- ions, once more reckless. once more bent upon killing himself by excess. e
 It was indeed feast of Lucullus, gar nished by wit and wisdom, to which the young man sat down in the house of Tail lefer. Napnery as white as new-fallen snow was on the table; the glasses shed prlsmatic colors in starry reflections; wax candles cast a flood of light; the viands were served upon rare and costly plates under silver covers which sharpened both appetite and curiosity.
 All the rarest, most costly and most stimulating foods, exquisitely prepared, were placed before the guests, and wine of rare vintages and delicious bouquet Flowers, fruit-everything that could min ister to the animal and sensual delights of the banquet were afforded.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1912-11-03
The Magic Skin

Valentine turned and saw hanging against the wall piece of shagreen the dimensions of which did not exceed those of the skin of a small fox. By some inexplicable phenomenon it threw lerv
 Raphael went up to the pretended talisman inwardly scoffing at it. Nev- ertheless. moved by a natural curios ity, he carefully examined the piece of skin and found that the black grains of the leather were so highly polished, its many stripes were so clearly defined that it's granulated roughness present co a thousand little faces which wildly reflected the rays of light.
 Then turning the skin he exclaimed; ; "Hai here is an impression of what the 0rientals call Solomons seal.' As you are evidently an orientalist per haps you can read this inscription" said the old man, bringing the lamp nearer.
 Valentine read, inscribed on the skin fin Arabic the following: "If thou pos sessest me thou would possess all. But tHN lilc nOuld b6 ny DOSStSoloh. W iSD and thou shalt obtain thy wishes. But measure thy wishes by thy life. It ts here. At every wish of thine I shall shrink like thy days. Dost thou de- sire me? Take me"
 Noting the deep interest taken in the Magic Skin by Raphael the old man said with cold irony, "Ah, he thinks no more about lyingf' "Is it a mystery or joke?" asked Raphael.
 T cannot tell" was the slow reply. q have offered that skin to many but none would take ii. I have never tested it myself. l have been poor, like you; l have begged my bread. Nevertheless, have attained the age of 102 years and am millionaire Misfortune gave me wealth, ignorance taught me.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1912-11-03
Battling With Poverty

He dropped out of sight In a garret on an obscure street he set himself to lis task. His $225 was to suffice him for three years and in that time he would gain fame and money. Count if up.' he said, leach day three cents for bread, two cents for milk, three cents for pork kept me from dying with hunger and brought my mind eo a singular lucidity.
 You know I have studied the effects produced by diet upon the imagina- ton. Three cents day I paid for my lodgings and burned three cents of oil a night. I tended to my own room and wore flannel shirts to save wash ing. I allowed myself for coal so much as, divided among the days of the year, came to only two cents a day. l had clothes. linen and foot wear enough to last for three years, but dressed up only when attended certain lectures and went to libraries.
 ''So, you see. my expenses amounted in all to Is cents day and l stii had two cents a day left for unexpected expenses Valentine went on with his story.
 He had hired a room. the attic of a
The Birmingham age-herald., 1912-11-03
Will and Action

"No--I have never tested the slin will reveal to you in few words the great mystery of human life. Man ex hausts himself by two instinctive acts, which dry up the sources of his exist ence. Two verbs express all forms in which these causes of death appear Will and Action.
 Here in this Magic Skin are Will . nd Action combined; here are your social ideas. your incorporate desires, your joys that kill, your sufferings that make life too vivid-for it may be that pain is only violent pleasure--who shall de- termine the point where pleasure be- comes evil and where evil is still joy? The word Wisdom Is synonymous with Knowledge, and what is folly if not the excesses of Desire or WHIP"
 Yes, but I choose to live in such ex cesses," cried Valentine, snatching the Magic Skin from it's nail. Come, let us see. I will to have a royal dinner a banquet that shall outrival anything of its kind seen before. I will that my fellow guests be young and witty and joyous to excess. That the night shall be adorned with ardent women! I will to have a drunken saturnalia, the echoes of which shall sound through Paris"
 The old man laughed. Do you think to see my floors open and bring up a table sumptously served by beings of another world?" said he. No, rash youth you have signed the compact; you have only to wish and your wishes will be gratifed but-at the cost of your lifel The circle of your days will be measured by this Skin, which will shrink according to the number and strength of your desires, from the least to the greatest. After all you wish to die, do you not? Your suicide is only postponed.'
 Valentine thought the old man was testing with him and said: q will take the skin and see if. by the time I reach the bridge my luck changes. If I find you have not been testing at the ex- pense of a miserable man, I shall re- vonge myself on you by wishing that you fall madly in love with a ballet girl" So saying he thrust the skin which showed marvellous flexibilities into his pocket and left the place.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1912-11-03
The Family History

Raphaels father, the Marquis re Val entine. waasthe head of an ancient but forgotten family in Auverge, whence he came up to Paris as young man and achieved for himself an eminent position at court But the Revolution ruined him. He, however, married the heiress of a noble house, and under the Empire was able to restore the family to It's former state of affluence.
 The Restoration. which enabled Ra- phaels mother to regain possession of part of her property. despoiled his fla ther. He had purchased estates given by the emperor to his generals. which were situated in foreign countries and became engaged in a struggle with lawyers and diplomatists and with Prussian and Ba- varian courts of justices in the effort to retain possession of these properties.
 The old marquis was deep in the laby- rinth of these suits, upon which the pros perty of the family depended, when Ra- phael became 20 and his father at once enlisted him in the struggle which he was making. For whole year he lived and thought in legal terms and eonversed mainly of briefs and claims.
 At the end of that time the Valen- tines were utterly defeated-ther entire fortune was swept away-and in order to satisfy the claims of creditors Raphael signed away all his rights in the estate. keeping only little island in the Loire where his mother lay buried. Ten months after his father died of broken heart After selling everything. even the furni- ture, Raphael realized from his fathers $ estate s225.
 He was related to persons in high stations, who lavished their influence for strangers, but had none to spare for poor relation. Valentine was 3 victim of extreme ambition; felt him self capable of great things. yet him self helpless He was al an age when he longed for womans love. yet found himself seemingly shut out from female companionship. He resolved to become great through his pen; to conquer the world and compel love.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1912-11-03
Progress of the Orgie

As the diner proceeded the conversa- ton grew brisk and brilliant and soon became a babel of voices; the guests were getting drunk. Finally, all flushed with wine and excitement, they were ushered from the dining room into another large apartment, richly and luxuriously fur nlshed, where beautiful women served them with black coffee In golden cups on salvers of silver.
 Beautiful as these women were, ex- quisitely dr,ssed as they were, Valentine knew them to be women without heart or character. Liquers were served after the coffee; some of the guests already slumbered in drunken sleep on couches or on the floor. The lights blazed; the orgie proceeded. Whosoever had looked with an observing eye upon that scene would have seen Milton's Pandemonium anticipated.
 The blue flame from the circulating punch gave a ghastly and internal color to the faces of those still able to drink Frantic dances, prompted by brutal wig or. went on; frantic laughter and shouts exploded like fireworks. The atmosphere was hot with wine. with pleasure and with speech. Intoxication, passion, de- lirium, forgetfulness of the world were in the hearts of all, written on the floors, sounding in the riot and flung like a veil across every face in seething va DOTS.
 While this orge was going on Valentine sat part with Emile and gave him the story of his life, which strong emotion, somehow compelled him to pour forth. and Emile, listening at first with impa- tience, soon became engrossed in the mar rative.
 Raphaeal had been strictly brought up by his father, who educated him in the law until he was 20 years old. When Raphael reached that age his mother had been dead 10 years. Upon his birthday his father said to him: My son, you are now q man. I have saved your youth from the evils which blast young men. You will take your degree in the course of a year. You have already gained ster- ling friends and love of work which is necessary to men who take part In the public affairs of their country. For. Rapheal, I intend not to make law