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The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1912-07-24
DON'S BEST PICTURE


faint resemblance to the word.
Finally it Is quite clear what he is
trying to say. You might not
know what the word was, If you
had not been told in advance. but
when you are watching for it you
recognize 1t.
And you know, just as well as
does Madame HaberIand, Don's
owner, when Don slips up, and
speaks a wrong word. The differ
| ence in his enunciation is suffic-
lent for that - which surely is
| "going some" for dog.
The first woId Don speaks is
his name. Not much to that
about all you get is the vowel
sound. Then, at the command of
Madame Haberland, he says
"haben" the German WORD for
''have." Here one wakes up to
the fact that Don really is differ
ent from all the other dogs in the
world-he says "haben" dis
tinctly, in two conjoined syllables.
Not two separate barks, such as
any dog might give vent to, when
excited, but fully connected
bark, so to speak, in which the
vowel sounds are plainly differen-
tiated.
Don says "kuehen" (cake) and
finally he speaks the name of his
mistress, Haberland. Here, Of
course, the conjoining of three
syllables into one bark Is the re-
markabie thing. And Don does it
without the shadow of a doubt.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1912-07-24
editorial PAGE Of Chr Cacoma Cimes
The Pay Envelope

OF all the thousands of books that are tumbled
from the of the world each year. not one has
dealt adequately or even primarily with one OF the
most important topics in the whole wOrld---WAGES.
Probably 80 per cent of the men in every great
industrial country vitality interested in the days
wage and its relation to the kindred subjects Of rent
food. fuel and clothing
The bureau of railway economics maintained by
the railroads of this county has just published pam
phlet giving the results of comparative study OF the
wages of railway employees in the United States and
Europe together with consideration of the cost
of living Examination of the is not very Iluml-
mating without data ON the other
Scan these figures for few minutes. The daily
average wage of railway employees is as follows:
G United States .....................s199 s
Germany .:...................... 81
In France, Italy and Belgium the figures range
something like those in Germany.
"Aha!'' you say, 1--WE are way ahead In our own
land. But pause just a moment See what the fig
say concerning the RENTAL for instance, of four
room house or flat:
United States ......................$13 1871
England ..................... 6S
Belgium Observation-Disclosures. 80
You will observe that the mere question of having
home is far serious financial matter in this
country than in Europe
lie we take a certain standard of food and fuel we
find that the Frenchman pays 178 per cent less than
the American; the German pays the same as the
Frenchman; the Belgian pays 1872 per cent less than
the American; and the Britisher SO per cent less.
One important item is omitted by the pamphlet
It is the question of clothes Here too the expense
would be much less for the European for is notori
that clothes cost more than in Europe So
that it is quite possible when the end of the year
rolls around, that the Americanhighly paid though
he be--doesnt have much, if any, more left out Of
his earnings that his European brother.
The high protective tariff is admittedly the
mother of the American trusts. But every time you
attack it, SNUG beneficiary of this special legs
laton retorts by saying that this tariff is the
mother of high wages.
PERHAPS THOSE HIGH WAGES ARE NOT
QUITE SO HIGH AS THEY SEEM
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1912-07-24

Sliding down. The Shorts, "
which, between us and the gate
post, are just a police terms for
short pants-well, they start Just
where trousers do, but gee whili-
kins! They end too abruptly and
too far away from the socks.
There is quite a gap between
the finish of the socks and the
shorts, unblusingly showing the
world a considerable glimpse of
knees and calves.
The vicar says they're the ideal
wear for men.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1912-07-24
The Markets

Strawberries = Local, So.
Oranges-$2.75 a $50.
Rhubarb - Home grown, &c
Ib.
California Grape Fruit-$3.50
q 4.50.
Cherries-25c q $1.25.
Asparagus - WASH, 81 ESQ
1.50.
Potatoes-$22 q ton.
Lettuce-$1.10 a crate; zoo
25c doz. heads.
Turnips-$1 % 1.35 q sack.
Beef-11 a lie.
Pork-12 @16Mc
Beets-$2 sack.
Onions-$1.1002.85.
Lemons-$5 a $50.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1912-07-24
A PREACHERS VIEW ON LOVE

CHICAGO, w. B. speaking to his
Woodlawn Methodist Episcopal church
inalbe
with a parallel from the Bible.
really. love- said first not
material worship only
service matter
Gus, fourth, you feel pain at separation"
rides position,
candy would not be thought of the loved
o himself
ntinued "a ribbon, flower,
button will excite emotions quickly things of greater
value" ~
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1912-07-24

Wont you walk into my par
lori"
Said the spider to the fly;
For it is the contest parlor
That ever you did spy"
Which used to make us shed
real tears of pity, but now moves
us to chortling gurgle in realiza-
|tion of the fact that the wicked
old spider was really the original
health officer.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1912-07-24

Gisling CHAM, and
the man who is
trying to put
Britishers of the
male persuasion
into socks" and
Shorts
He wears 'em
himself - take
another look at
the picture - in
fact, 1t has been
two years since
he had a pair of
trousers on.
Socks and
shorts are what
the words i'm
ply. The socks
begin where
they ought to,
at the big toe
and climb up
wards along the
shins as socks
are wont to do,
they insist on
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1912-07-24
Pierce County
Shows Cash

There is Just $173,180.90
more cash in the Pierce county
treasury than there was at the
close of the fiscal year last year.
Evidently the exposure of the old
methods had some good effect on
the county commissioners.
Last year there was paid into
the county $4,62S, 1t has
all gone out but ,052.950.38..
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1912-07-24
Observations

WITH lumber mills doubling their working forces
land their priceslooks if the old scarecrow of a
political campaign is not going to frghten legitimate
industry any more.
AND now the politicians are deprecating the moral
turpitude of working the steam roller. Somebody
please tickle usl
1T is up to Judge Cushman to say whether Tacoma
shall be put back on the map by bringing back fed
eral court offices to this city or not
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1912-07-24
OPTIMISM

Hearing darby years
him
low areyo feeling,
us fein sub, lettle ruhmatz, thank
Charles" said the darby
didn't wife week, Zeke?"
Yas suh nah wife, she done da rbbe She is
daid."
your recently
Charlie uck
jail"
your daughters children measles?"
sub, dey's wifi da measles,
'Well Zeke, I'm all this
trubbe trubbe"
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1912-07-24

The earthis sensible atmosphere
is supposed to extend some forty
miles in height, but becomes at
only few miles from the surface
of too great a tenuity to support
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4lllAlllAtit.
A b C. . Z p q "

Nine men, working together In
a shop discovered that when they
lined up in a row as shown, each
man was exactly a year older
than the man next to him on the
left. Then the first FIVE found
that their ages added together
made exactly seven-tenths as
much az the combined ages Of the
last five. How old was each man.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1912-07-24
A FLAT FAILURE

What success did you get in
your attempt to make a moving
picture of the tramps' conven-
tion?"
Punk. Not one of them
moved"
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EASY MONEY

"Why don't you marry him. he's rich and old?'
"Old? He may live for ten years yeti"
Marry him do your cooking Houston Post
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GOOD SIGN

Employer Ito his casher)-'Mayer, don't
think time see 'you
Casher-"Why, surely it's a
conscience F1egende Blaeter
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UNENTHUSED

evidently better
recently
should prevail from Alpha
Christian Register
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1912-07-24

Watermelons-1 &c.
Raspberries-$1.50 crate.
Carrots-s2 a sack.
Cabbage n q 3hc.
Spinach-90c a box,
Chickens-12 % zoe a lib.
Oysters-$7.50 per sack.
Clams-$1.90 sack.
Crabs-$1.50 Cd Its dog.
Butter.
Washington Creamery-290
Sic.
Eggs
Washington Ranch-27c.
WHOLESALE PRICES.
Feed.
Hay, $12.50@ 20 ton; oats. $38
ton; wheat, $32@33; shorts,
$3.50 ton: bran, $27.50 a ton.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1912-07-24
A FELLOW-FEELING

A FELI.OW-FEELING
She-My gracious! (slap)
Goodness! (crackl. The mos
quitoes are eating me up! Slap
Did you ever see such contempt
ible animals?
He--Too bad.
She-I don't think you're a bit
(slap) sympathetic! You ought to
be (slap) furious at any enemy
of mine. (Slap, slap.
He Oh, I'm sympathetic for
you alk right enough, but I-ah-
II-really, / can't blame the mos
quitoes.
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WE'LL. WHERE?

81 scientist
dawg curious enough to want to know
That's right wonder here did Observation-Disclosures Post
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Long Pants Must Go
Says This Preacher
by RERTON BRALEY.

This. ladies and gentlemen, is
the Rev. d. ID. Bennett, vicar of
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PRACTICAL SUGGESTION

'Goodby daughter will a
times
We'll aougn See can't
CourierJourna1
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Won't somebody PLEASE page
Mrs. Joseph w. Bailey!
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(No prizes are offered with
these puzzles and tricks; and no
answers will be printed.-Editor. }
HOW OLD is EACH?
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TEETH

Our dentistry Is as
good as we can make 1t.
We have only the best
dentists and the largest,
best equipped office in
the West - we are pre-
pared to do It right, and
1t is right - we guaran-
tee it. Another thing -
You'll find we never adj
vertise anything but the
absolute truth. Over
Is. 900 pleased patrons.
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MEMBER OF THU sCRiPPs NORTHWEST
LDAGuu OB NBWSPAPDn8. Telexraphie News
Services e tbs United Press Asseciafsss by dfrsct
Leased Wsrs.
Ensesea ut the postsfffceb Tacoma, wash a.
gecond-cIass matter. Published by the Tncsma
T1nnes Pub. Go. Every Hyenfng Except Sunday.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1912-07-24

PLATE WORK
We are doing the best
plate work In TACOMA to-
day, and you would be-
lieve 1t II you could see
the number of people who
come here for teeth after
having an absolutely
worthless set made In
some other office.
Prices $500 to $500.
Call and see samples.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1912-07-24

except when
sliding down.
Norwich bulletin., 1912-01-01
A Few Of the Many
Money Saving Chances
DRAPERY AND CARPET DEPARTMENT

S265O BODY BRUSSELS RUGS-fve frame
size by 12....... ................. 1888
$3.50 ALL WORSTED WILTON RUGS-new
deSignS-Slze by u ...................$ 31.25
$4,000 SEAMLESS WILTON RUGS--size 9
by y OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES. $3.50
19c and 25c REVERSIBLE CURTAIN SCRIMS-
40 inches wide Observation-Disclosures. .1212c
15c CURTAIN MUSLINS, SO inches wide $50. Sc
25c MADRAS AND SCOTCH LACE in White
ana Ecru $500. ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS. lSc
soc and Csc MADRAS As to 54 inches wide
Cream with ColorS Observation-Disclosures. Bic
121zc SILKOLINE-one yard wide in all colorS Sc
2Ic and 25c CRETONNE AND SATINES. 49,. 16c
75c DOOR PANELS in White and Ecru. 2ec
S1.25 and $3.50 NOTTINGHAM LACE CUR
TAINS-3 yards long Observation-Disclosures. CSC
1915 to S4.75 2-3-4 PAIR LOTS CLUNY AND
IRISH LACE CURTAINS ..............$2 SITS
85c to $3.50, all of our COLORED CROSS
STRIPE CURTAINS NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS.. Sac to $2.19
$40, Best Quality, Five-Frame BRUSSELS CAR
PET, yard Observation-Disclosures. SIPS
CSC, Best Quality Ten-Wre TAPESTRY BRUS-
Sells CARPET, a yard ................. CSC
85c, Best Quality All Wool INGRAM CARPET,
yard Observation-Disclosures. &c
6oc Best Quality FIBRE MATING, a yard =. 4sc
Sl.39, WILDS' INLAID LINOLEUM-all colors-
square yard ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS. $1.09
CSC FLOOR OILCLOTH-Best Quality, square
yard OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES. ............ 27c
Sl4Oo TAPESTRY BRUSSELS RUGS, lo-wre,
size 9 by u OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES. .$1045
$500 SEAMLESS VELVET RUGS ...... .$1825
$3.50 ADMINISTER RUGS all choice designs, $3.50
Newark evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1909-1916, 1912-07-16
Country Boy for Baseball,
Writes Famous Cy Young

dividing the country into two classes
cities and country-including in the
latter division the village and small
city, which in reality are nothing
more than the country, for in them
boys nave the advantage of country
life, which is plenty of work and
fresh air.
Il am not saying this because / am
from the country and return here on
the slightest provoeation. Still. / be-
lieve the tact that l was porn and
raised on a farm mot two miles from
this spot. by the way) is largely re-
sponsible for my success as a pitcher.
Il was naturally rugged, and my
farm work as a boy tended TO make
me more so. l have seen other pitch
ers who seemed to have a lot more
stuff than I had fail, for the reason
that they were lacking in reserve
power.
"They would go along splendidly for
a few innings, but when the real test
came they were lost sight of, and
now are all but forgotten, whereas
had they had the same early training
l received they might have remained
in the game as long as / have.
THE argument that city boys think
faster and are more Independent is
not a good one. In fact, I believe it
is entirely wrong. The country boy
must think as fast and as often as
the boy in the city, and he is thrown
upon his own resources much oftener.
"All in all, give me the boy from
the countryside boy who has sur
vived the hard knocks-for a diamond
star.
Newark evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1909-1916, 1912-07-16
Ralph Craig Had to Be
COaxed to Go to Sweden

a wonderful backfleld for the Wolver-
Inc eleven under Yost last fall.
But Ralph Craig never enthused
over athletics. He worked hard at
the sprints because he knew he pos
sessed ability, and believed he could
make the most of 1t. Only insistencs
by friends induced him to go 10
Stockholm.
As a boy, Criag was not aggressive.
He vas never captain of his team
OIL boss of his gang. He never fell
off a barn roof or into the river.
Neither did he sport blackened OPP
tics.
= Always he was a studious, indus
trious boy, who refrained from put
ting himself forward. At Michigan
he was SO unreasonable as to insist
that he was there for study first
and 100-yard dashes a~fterward, and
SO narrowly escaped having the
scholarly Phi Beta Kappa honor
thrust upon him.
Incidentally. there is a sweetheart
in the deal, they say, and Craig
deems it best to quit being q boy of
20 and become a man of affairs:
When he returns to Detroit he will
establish a home and hang his run
ming trunks and spiked shoes in the
attic.
Newark evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1909-1916, 1912-07-16

When Ralph c. Craig, Of the De-
troit Y. M. c. A, flashed, home in
front of Don Lippincott in the ZOO
meter sprint at Stockholm he hung
up the first double victory of the
Olympic games-and ran his last
Olympian race for Uncle Sam.
Ralph Craig is through with ath-
letics. Before leaving Detroit to Join
the American team he declared that
win or lose he would return to his
position as head of the scientific de-
partment Of the F. Stearns labora-
tories and forget athletics.
No more will he figure to clip a
tenth Of a second from a worlds ath-
letic record. Instead he will devote
his time to clipping a tenth of a cent
from the cost of producing castor oil.
Experts say Craig could win the
hundred and double hundred meters
for Uncle Sam in 1916 and add three
other events to his string II he cared
to. He was a great hurdler at Michi-
gan University under Keen Fitzpat-
rick. and a grand quarter-miler. Close
students say he could establish
worlds records at the double furlong
and both hurdles If he cared to.
The fleet Detroiter is an athlete by
Inheritance His father and grand
father were splendid athletes. His
brother James Is the boy who played
Newark evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1909-1916, 1912-07-16
Phillies Pick Up Speed Marcel,
May Be1Another Amos Rusie

Equipped with that asset which has
made b~aseball's greatest pitchers
bullet-like ~speed-John King, a stu
dent at Sacred Heart College. Den
yer, enters Philadelphia this month,
ward trail in October he will be IA
NOUS from Pocamoonshine lake to
Chula Vista, his friends say.
For John King is a boy wonder. a
pitcher extraordinary. He is a
"smoke artist, of the. Amos Rusie,
|Cy Young, Walter johnson, Joe
Wood type. He is the reincarnation
OF Rusie, with control added.
King is unique. He began playing
ball three years age. when he went
to college. Prior to that time his
acquaintance with the game consist
ed of playing catch" on the corner
lots of his home, Alliance, Neb.
He was II when he went to Sacred
Heart College. His physique attract
ed the baseball coach, who tried him
out as an outielder in the second
team. Within two weeks he was
pitching for the varsity. He had
nothing but speed and control, but
1t was sufficient.
Last year some minor league CLUBS
and one major organization made
overtures to the youngster, whose
marvellous speed had attracted at
tention. This summer, scouts for
Detroit, the. Athletics of the Ameri-
can League and the Philadelphia Ma
tionals recommended him. All three
clubs offered him contracts, and he
accepted that of the old leagues
representative. Nine boys out of ten,
with the worlds champion and the
scrappy Tigers bidding for him would
have cast their lot with of the
pair, but King was the tenth, n
signed with Horace Fogel's club. He
is to report July II.
King is a six-footer and weighs ITO.
He Is a fast track man and a spien-
did football player. Although only 10,
no boy ever entered baseball with
brighter prospects, and he is n OF
the few to go straight from school
to the majors.
When Kings uncanny speed and
splendid control were unearthed, he
Newark evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1909-1916, 1912-07-16

good margin. Coffeya earned the mid
die sessions. He met Shuerue's rushes
with well planted rights to the face
and body, and was very clever in
these rounds. But Shugrue's continu-
Gus ain of blows in the final sessions
had Coffey worn Shugrue was the
stronger at the finish, but DESPITE all
his work he was unable to do better
a draw. Shugrue. who had been
fighting a great deal recently, did not
show his best form.
Boyo Driscoll. of England. outpoint-
ed Young Reilly, of the West Side.
New York. in the first ten-round
bout. Driscoll used a left jab to the
face and a pretty right cross to the
Jaw with such precision in the early
rounds that he o had Reilly's lips
cut. Reilly was slow and backed
all the time.
Patsy Kline, of Newark, was intro
duced to the crowd and was handed
a warm reception. Many Newarkers.
including the wizard, Benny Miller,
who is training Patsy at Rockaway
Beach, were on hand.
Newark evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1909-1916, 1912-07-16
SUNNY jim AND JACK LONDON
ARE DISAPPOINTING AT KALAMAZOO

KALAMAZOO, Mich, July 16.-
Grand circuit racing opened in Kala-
mazoo yesterday under most fav6f-
able track and weather conditions.
1t was a bad day for favorites, Sum
ny Jim and Jack London being .espe-
cially disappointing.
Queen Worthy had little difficulty
in landing the 2:1S trot, Nutline, driv-
en- by Hoffman, crowded the winner
In the first heat, but at no time was
she in danger of being passed.
It was in the 2:07 pace hat Sunny
Jim met his fate. Played heavily as
a favorite, Sunny Jim never won a
heat. Braden Direct took the first
and third heats, losing the second as
the result of a bad break just after
the quarter pole was reached.
1t required four heats to decide the
2:14 pace Pearl Patch and Henry H.
|contending closely for first honors in
every heat. The race was one of
the prettiest ever decided at Kala-
mazoo. Nose and nose, Pearl Patch
and Henry H. came from the last
quarter pole to the wire, Pearl Patch
winning by a hairs breadth.
Derby Boy had to go five heats TO
win the PIP trot. Defeated in the
first two heats by Jack London, the
|favorite, each time by a length, Derby
Boy In the last three heats displayed
remarkable speed, winning one Of the
prettiest races of the day. Dandy
Wood and Jack London were within
Newark evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1909-1916, 1912-07-16
SIS BRONCO MAY WIN CLASSICS ON
GRAND CIRCUIT TRACKS THIS YEAR

al accidental. Pettengill hooking
him to a a r at the request OF some
neighbors and driving him a furlong
In sixteen seconds.
T. j. King heard of the bronco
PAGER through Pat Boyle. who was
working a string of harness horses
at the Rock Rapids fair grounds. and
bought him for $500 in 1909.
Tom King is a little fellow, stand
ing IA hands 2 inches and weighing
but $50 pounds. His first start was
in 1911 in North Dakota and he fin-
ished third in 2:21h. He raced last
season, and in the fall forced Direct
Hal to a mile in 2;0sA to beat him.
King believes the little fellow will
do this year and is spending consider
able money in entry fees.