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Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1912-10-20
Metaphors of Flight.
From the Boston Herald.

From Inc Boston Herald
The threat, If you do, | shall fly"
is fraught with a new meaning: in
stead of voicing mere eXaspe Grafton. il
suggests reckless expenditure of
funds at aviation meets. In times past
the expression high flyer" was rocked
upon as term of reproach. which
none desired to appropriate; now it de-
notes a much admired parsonage. an
expert aviator. the envy of the multi
tude.
When future novelists inform us that
a certain hero flies from his enemies
We shall have next to ascertain if he left
in an airship, and the same query must
arise each time that We are told that a
beloved damsel has taken flight" Who
shall describe ''steeplechase'' in 1920
in terms that We today lind comprehen-
s!b.e? And what will future writers mean
when they talk of clearing the air.?
Doubtless such dissertations will deal
with police duty among unmanagea BILE
..birdmen'' who are taking the air. in
too great numbers, or at too high speed.
Once on a time persons who built
castles in the air.. were looked upon as
most impractical and unreliable. Now
a. successful aviator can build more
castles" in less time by airy methods
than by the most laborous labors down
below.
once for all. We have finally relin-
auished the old-time synonym for the
unattainable, you can no more do IL
than you can fly" In short, the airy
noth.ngs" have now been realized so exc
tensively in life that We must enter them
in due form In the sphere of letters.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1912-10-20
What Foreigners Think Of Us.

From the New York World.
Why is 1t that every time second-rate
European author or artist or statesman
visits America his Impressions must
be sought as If a prophet were about 10
speak?
The case Of the newly arrived French
writer whose oriental romances have
certain vogue Is one in point. Hardy
does he reach his hotel before reporters
are summoned to interview him, and his
opinions are gravely recorded as OF Sc
rious moment.
What's Lott to us that We should care
to learn that he thinks our skyscraperS
inspiring and was 'astounded" by the
suicide of Nogi? What the great German
chemi is who have been visiting US think
OF American progress in science is worth
knowing, or what Rodin might think OK
our sculpture or Kitchener of our army.
But the eager curiosity to know what
the ordinary run of foreigners think or
us generally reveals a queer aspect or
American character and one suggest tive OF
proyincialism. What our architects think
of skyscrapers is vastly more important
than what a French romance writer
thinks of them, and what American boys
think of the American girl of more con-
sequence than the opinion OF Hindu
gaikwar.
1t is a poor national pride that is either
tickled by the praise or incensed by the
blame of foreign critics whose opinions
are only casual and not based on any
real knowledge Of the subject.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1912-10-20

have a fierce scorn of all compromise:
they fear to lower the standard; they
want no namby pamby ways nor soft
speeches.
| confess ] like such folks. l enjoy
good hater and deep red talker. But
how much more they would accomplish
if they would learn the art of using
buffers. How much less they would cut
their own knuckes if they would wear
at least the regul ton prizefght glove
when they go ugg ng!
Let us say no apo ogy for cowardice
nor hypocrisy, fawn!ng nor double deal
ing; but let US. neverth eiess, remember
that human society needs oil as mucn
as an automobile. needs springs as much
as buggy and needs buffers as much
, as Pullman eeper.
There are certain shock absorber souls,
God bless EN-, They delicately maneuver
to prevent family jars; they sidetrack
threatened collisions in the church. lodge
or union: they know the art of keeping
neighbors from clashing, and altogether
they arrange so that human society shall
not get a hot box. They are the pneu-
matte tires of progress.
Blessed are the peacemakers!
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1912-10-20

On each end of a railway coach are
buffers. When in coupling and SWITCH
ing one car is thrust against announcer
= is the buffers that receive the shock.
Without these useful devices freight
trains would speedily be pounded TO
rieces and PASSENGER coaches would be
terked so as certainly TO destroy the
comfort and possibly imperil the lives
Of the occupants.
IL a man were simply a machine made
Of hard bones he would soon be broken
Fortunately, all his bone works are sur
rounded by cushions of flesh.
Besides this the bones themselves never
come in contact one with another. Al
the Joints is the synovial fiuid. and car
tilages cushion the vertebrae.
When a man makes machine he must
be careful not to allow metal 10 play di-
rectly upon metal, else friction will be
produced and the mechanism be ruined.
People in their dealings with one an
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1912-10-20
BUFFERS.
By DR.. Frank Crane.

other need buffers. lubricants and shock
absorbers.
1t is well to have firm principles. They
are the bones of the soul. a man with
out them we very properly call jelly
fish, wretched invertebrate. But all
around the sides and ends of our firm
unyielding principles should be cushions
of tact.
II is a good thing TO have a belief that
is like granite, but it is still better to
have 1t wrapped in courtesy and self
control.
/ have known Christians whose reli-
gion was iron. but II was bare iron, cut
ting and wOunding, sharp-cornered and
monstrous cold to the touch.
How much more effect they would have
had if the iron of their unyielding con-
victions We're padded with the moss of
love and covered with the velvet of an
agreeable manner!
/ have known socialists insurgents
single takers and reformers of all types
! who seem to think this cd world can
be induced by an AK TO change. They
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1912-10-20
Water Sports Are Booming.

NEW YORK. October l9.-The keen in
terest shown by the public in swimming
and kindred water sports during the out
door season of 1912 and the marked i'm
provement of watermen as a c.ass gave
proof Of the rapidly increasing popularity
of aquatics in this country. Larger and
better fields reported at the important
meets than ever before. and all these
drew bigger and more enthusiastic crowds
There was evidence on every ide that tue
good work of scholastic and collegiate
authorities In promoting SO Il. eful a
branch of athletics is bringing excellent
results.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1912-10-20
The Art of Swimming.
n the Pittsburgh Dispatch.

from the PlttsDurgh Dispatch.
In these days when men and women
are conquering earth and air and water;
in these fervent days when water is one
Of the most inv ting of the elements; in
these days when unthinking or unsober
young men rock boats in which they are
rowing for the purpose of soaring the
girls it is timely to reconsider the very
old saying that every person should know
how to swim. That is, unless the children
of the world will take the wise advice Of
the mother who. when her daughter asked
to go out to swim, answered: Yes. my
darling daughter; hang your clothes on a
hickory limb. but don't go near the
water"
The day is past for that Nearly all
the world not only goes near the water
but into it and often too far: but 1t is
delightful to note that the daughters of
the world are learning the art OF SWIM
ming and are in SO many cases showing
that they take SO more naturally to the
element than the men that one is almost
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1912-10-20
Canada Swimmers Coming Down.

PHILADELPHIA, Pa, October 19.-The
swimmers of McGill University in Can
ada will again come to this country on a
competitive tour some time this winter,
headed by George Hodgson. the great
Olympic winner. John Shryock of the
Philadelphia Swimming Club states that
negotiations are under way for a TRAN
gular meet between the Canadians, his
own organization and Pennsylvania Uni
versity. the details of which have nracti-
cally been agreed upon.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1912-10-20

Isn't that Marjorie Mincer, the SOU
brette starr"
Yes"
But she hasn't a particle OF makeup
on her face
She doesn't wear paint and powder on
the street any more for fear she might
be mistaken for q society leader. Lille.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1912-10-20

Contest Manager
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1912-10-20

vessels a large steamer fitted UP as an
oil recovery station. thus making ii IN
necessary for them to sail to a station
on some remote island after securing the
whales. This method Of fishing has
proved SO successful that some thirty
companies have been organized to operate
on Syerdrup's plan.
The vessels are fitted with wireless
telegraphy and equipped with the most
improved whale cannon Seals are also
hunted in the same manner.
According to Prof. Sarasin, this method
of hunting is rapidly eXterminating the
seal herds as we'll as the chief species
of whales. He thinks the Greenland whale
has probably already been exterminated
while the blue whale and the Finland
whale are also especially sought after by
fishermen.
Prof Sarasin appealed to the powers
ment to establish certain closed zones or
regions which might serve as breeding
places for whales and seals.
Shock to Conservatives.
The result of the socialist convention at
Chemnitz gave a rude awakening to Ger
man conservatives. who had maintai ed
that the socialist party was not danger
Gus in spite of its great numbers. because
it was and would remain a minority IN
the German nation. The convention not
only did much to unity the party. but
also. by failing to condemn the alliance
with the radical party for the rebaliotings
in the recent elections, left open the door
for cooperation with non-socialist par
ties in coming elections. Socialists wiz
progressive allies may become strong
enough to control the German parliament,
though they themselves may never emerge
from the minority.
A break from the old autocratic system
of PARTY control. under which the party
affairs were in the hands of a committee
of n.ne men, was made when the conven-
ton decided to elect an advisory commit
tee of thirty-siX members, one from each
of the districts into which the socialists
divide the empire for administrative pur-
poses.
Adverse Criticism.
Only one decision of the Chemnitz con-
.vention brought down general adverse
criticism from the non-socialists and from
a respecta BILE minority of the socialists
themselves. This was the exclusion from
the party of Gerhard Hildebrand, schol-
arly man. who has won considerable tame
by his writ. ngS on SociaIiStic and eco
nomic subjects. His offending cons Sted
in advocating an eventual federation of
all European states. with protective tar
iff and adequate colonies, both of which
are taboo to the orthodox socialists
German participation at the Panama
exposition at San FRANCISCO is practically
assured, it is understood here, though
neither the government nor the CONNER
cial bodies interested have yet taken a
formal decision.
Compelling motives are the desire to
foster in every way friendly relations
with the United States at a time when
1erman-American cooperation, particu-
larry in the far east. is extremely deslr-
able, and the fact that the fair will be
veritable clearing house for the COM
merce not so much of the United States
as of the nations on the Pacific coasts of
South America and ASIA
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1912-10-20

She (coyly)-How did you come to pro-
pose to me?
He-By street car. darling.-Boston
Transcript.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1912-10-20
CONSERVATION FIGHT
Controversy Is Now in Prog
ress in Germany.
CRY FOR LOWER PRICES
People Clamor for Reduction in Cost
of Living-Extermination of
Whales Predicted.
BERLIN. October -. 1912.

BERLIN, October IL. 1912.
A sharp controversy over principles OF
conservation of natural resources is in
progress here in connection with bill
revising and undertaking the laws of
water rights in Prussia. 1t is one OF the
most important measures that will occupy
the attention of the Prussian Legislature
at it's coming session. The bill declares
the most important streams in the king
dom to be state property and provides an
estimated revenue from the rivers, after
paying all expenses of keeping them in
order of from St, 900, 600 to $1,000 900 an
nually.
The committee which has been con-
sidering the bill is composed almost eX-
clusively of representatives of the big
iandholders and has given the measure
a form which has called forth sharp pro-
tests by imposing fixed charge for All
water taken from the rivers by factories
and cities, while the farmers are to be
allowed to take free of cost all that they
need for irrigation or other purposes.
Commercial bodies are highly dissat.s-
fed with the bill in its present form anu
great meeting of protest, attended by
delegates from all parts of the kingdom,
People in Sore Distress.
The governments measures for alleviat-
ing the distress caused by the enormous
price of meats have failed utterly to sat
isfy the popular clamor for some reduc-
ton in the price of living. Municipalities
and commercial bodies were prompt TO
declare them inadequate to meet the sltua-
=. pfrrn
from which imports are now allowed un
der the concessions being in themselves
SO high that only slight reduction lii
prices IN Germany can be expected unde
the most favorable circumstances.
Pressure from the agrarian parties, on
which the government depends for ex-
istence, and from the military experts.
who insist that Germany, at Whatever
cost, must be paced IN position TO sup
ply it's own meat at home in case of war,
was too strong for the adoption OF the
means generally regarded as the only
effective one, nancy. to render possible
the import of frozen and chilled beef
from non-European countries.
Sees End of Whales.
The early determination of whales and
seals was predicted at congress OF
German doctors and scientists recently
held in Munich Prof. Sarasin of Basel
showed that in 1910 single seal fishing
company had brought back from the
Kerguelan Islands $500 tons of oil, made
from the sea elephant, while in the same
year four ships killed 1900 of these
animals. The seal fishers of Newfound-
land killed 3.343 head and 1891 were
killed in the North Polar seas in that
year.
This heavy reduction of the seal life
of the Arctic and Antarctic oceans has
been brought about by the introduction
of the system proposed by Otto Sverdrup.
the Norwegian polar explorer, by which
whale and seal fishing was undertaken on
a new and more profitable system than
that hitherto in vogue.
Sverdrup found that whale fishing could
be more thoroughly cOmmerciaiized by
sending along with the actual hshing
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1912-10-20

II you want work read the want col
umns Of The Star.
The ranch. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1902-1914, 1912-08-15

apple scab to be very bad in other
sections and this same condition pre-
vented effective spraying. In many
sections, insects such as canker
worms, tent caterpillar and curculio
are much worse than usual aud are
taking heavy toll. Taking the states
which produce the largest quantities
of apples the showing Is somewhat
better than year ago, but the corp
indicated is by no means as large as
was expected a month ago..
The deterioration indicated in the
last quotation from the Fruit Grower
still continues and it Is safe to say
now that the prospect indicates moth
ing above the normal
The ranch. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1902-1914, 1912-08-15
To Cream Shippers

Seattle, WASH, August 18th.
Circular letter to cream shippers.
We offer you for your cream, butter
fat 80 cents per pound Seattle. Wash
ington creamery butter is too low.
We are short of fancy butter. We
are not getting any where near enough
cream with which to make our best
grade of Washington creamery butter.
We know that the price must 60 up.
Hence we are offering you now 30
cents per pound for butter fat F. o.
b. Seattle. II you are not getting
this price send us your cream and
get all 1t is worth. 1t will not take
the other fellow long before he will
realize what it is worth, especially If
you begin shipping to US.
Those who are not as short do not
care to have it advance. AS long as
they have plenty to supply their trade
The ranch. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1902-1914, 1912-08-15
American Boy Scouts.

American Boy Scouts. 300. 600 strong
are to have an official arm-a special
model. % calibre Remington UMC
rifie-says a dispatch from the New
York headquarters of the orgainza-
ton. For long time the boys have
been drilling with broomsticks, STATS
and variety of guns. Now every
scout is to be armed with a real
"grown up'' model firearm. Of
course the scouts will not be allowed
to use the guns except when in charge
of competent instructors. They will
be taught to know and respect fire.
arms and will be shown how to avoid
the acc idents that sometimes happen
even to adults who have just picked
up" gun knowledge.
The ranch. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1902-1914, 1912-08-15
they prefer to keep it down.

they prefer to keep it down.
Do Washington dairymen want their
cream used to keep the price down?
1t is unnecessary to use the best make
of Washington Creamery Butter to
compete with cheaper eastern butter.
Washington Creamery Butter is in
class by itself and should bring top
market price. We recognize this fact
hence are paying the price for
cream. Why can we not have your
shipments?
KLOCK PRODUCE co.
The ranch. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1902-1914, 1912-08-15
horticulture

less. STILL there will be plenty of
peaches and apples for the whole
country.
N. f. Rhodes is the new fruit in
spector for King county in which
Seattle is located He seems like
much of gentleman. These fruit
inspectors are needed in commercial
centers as we'll as in our orchards.
A monument has been erected in
Canada where the first Mcintosh
apple tree grew. This splendid apple
was found as chance Seeding on
the homestead of Allen Mclntos
Matilda township, Dundas county,
Ontario. This is worthy tribute to
a splendid apple and good progress
sive man whose name is perpetuated
in this apple and by this monument.
CROP PROSPECTS
1t is too late to give peach crop
prospects, for by the time this is In
print most of the peaches Will be
harvested. The same is true of all
other fruits except apples. The best
I can give on the apple outlook is
to quote from The Fruit Grower, st.
Joseph, Mo. This valuable paper
gives more attention to the gathering
of crop statistics than any other paper
among our numerous exchanges. The
Fruit Grower summarizes the apple
outlook as follows: Sat blooming
time many persons wondered it the
long expected bumper apple crop was
to be harvested this year. 1t any
persons really expected such a crop
they are doomed to disappointment,
for while the 1912 crop looks promis-
ing it is pretty certain that this
country will not have anything like
a record breaking crop although it
may exceed any crop of the past SIX
or eight years. Weather conditions
have been very unfavorable in many
sections; in some of the states OF the
middle west rains at blooming time
prevented pollination and apples
have dropped badly; excessive mols-
ture and low temperature have caused
The ranch. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1902-1914, 1912-08-15
In THE FALL.

Oh the apple leaves turn brown
In the fall,
And in fiocks come floating down
In the fall,
And the sports who owe you cry
"Now look here, pal, don't you sigh
I will pay you bye and bye,
10 the fall.
The tomato turns to red
In the fall,
And the sunfower droops it's head
In the fall.
And angle worms go deeper
Into their winter sleeper
And many get the fever
In the fall.
Hay is standing in the stock
In the fall,
And the frost the nut shells crack
In the fall.
And down is on the thistles
And little bob white whistles
And hedge hogs use their bristles
In the fall.
w.
The golden rod turns yellow
In the fall.
The pear trees fruit is mellow
In the fall.
The school kids all are lame
For the pig SKINS in the game
And their mugs don't look the same
In the fall.
V.
Though Chill wind southwark crowds
In the fall.
Soul is still behind the clouds
In the fall.
And upon the bliny sea
And the valley, hill and lea
Many hearts are light and free
In the fall.
Herman Zuber,
Toppe1ish, Wash.
The ranch. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1902-1914, 1912-08-15
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The commonwealth. (Scotland Neck, N.C.) 1896-1929, 1912-12-05
nrloln Of HAocsIer."

Whom the Indiana Society OF chi
caeo held it's annual outing and 1eeo
June 1. Charles Healy told new YER
sion of how the term "Hoosier' came
to be applied to Indianians.
"An old river pilot gave me the
story" said Mr. Healy, 'and 1t SOUNDS
pretty reasonable. In the early days
when Indiana was only sparsely set
tied along the southern border, most
of the trading was done in the Ken
lucky towns just across the river. Nat
urally, when the settlers went to
town they cut UP all sorts OF capers
and one Of the new stunts In those
days was for q man to jump up in
the air and try to kick his heels to-
gether twice before touching the
ground.
"One day q crowd Of Indiana settlers
arrived in town, and some ono Of
fered to bet that member Of the In
diana crowd couldn't kick his heels
together twice and say 'Hussar' two
times before coming down. He per.
formed the stunt all right. with the
exception of saying 'Hussar.' In his
excitement he mispronounced the
word and said cHoosier. Hoosier.'
That's how the famous nickname orig
mated, according to the river pilot.
and from that time on all Indiana peo-
pie were called 'Hoosiers.
The commonwealth. (Scotland Neck, N.C.) 1896-1929, 1912-12-05
Tbs as Strike Breakers.

Not few men who are accustomed
to give liberal tips were heard to ex.
press themselves bitterly on the sub
ject of the walters strike.
One of the managers at the Waldorf
was talking yesterday about hearing
one of the best-known brokers in New
York, known as one of the most gen.
erous tippers about the hotel, declare
emphatically that he had vowed never
again to tip waiter who had struck.
Some doubt was expressed, and the
manager rushed away and brought up
the broker.
Eyes, I said It," the latter agreed.
"and, furthermore, I mean It, In the
course of the last twenty years have
given away thousands of dollars In
tips to waiters-never less than
quarter, and sometimes as much as So
at time. Yet what did 1t count for
re to spend lot of money on men
just for bringing me a few plates OF
food? Hereafter I shall ask every
man who serves me whether he was q
striker. II he was, shall not give
him cent, and I can tell you have
talked with hundreds who feel just
the same as New York Sun.
The commonwealth. (Scotland Neck, N.C.) 1896-1929, 1912-12-05
NO MORE CALOMEL FOR THEM
Persons Who Have Tried Dodson's
Liver-Tone Find it Safer Than
Calomel and Just as Sure.

Dodsoll's Liver-Tone is a vegeta.
BILE substitute for calomel that starts
the liver to work just as successful.
" as calomel does, and hundreds of
persons have stopped using the pow
erful drug calomel to use Dodson's
Liver-Tone, mild vegetable liquid,
instead. Calomel often shakes up
the liver too much, and brings on
bad after-effects and some times
salivation-a terrible condition.
E. T. Whitehead Company's drug
store sells Dodson's Liver-Tone at
fifty cents per large bottle, and
guarantees it to be harmless to both
children and grown-ups. Remem.
Der this guarantee and try bottle,
next time your liver gets lazy.