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The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1913-05-03
BLANKS
SENT OUT To
ALL RACERS

1t is up to the speed kings
now.
Race entry blanks have been
sent out to every authorized auto
racer in the country and they are
expected to line up rapidly for
the big Montamara F'esto events.
Much interest is being taken in
the contests for the amateurs, the
Intercity race and the Golden
Potlatch events which will bring
the local flyers in this state into
the game.
Frank Nyhart has taken over
the work of disposing of the Mon
tamara pins and he expects to run
the sales up to 10000 at least.
At present $4,000 have been sold.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1913-05-03
TO INTRODUCE
CURRENCY BILL

WASHINGTON, D. c., May g..
Following a conference today
of currency experts in both
houses of congress, it was learned
that the administration cur
rency and banking reform bill
will be introduced at the present
session of congress. No attempt
it was learned will be made to
pass the measure this summer but
it will be the chief feature at next
winters session. 1t is stated
Wilson will send a message to
congress probably next week out
lining such plan.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1913-05-03
AGED WOMAN
GIVING ADVICE

WATERLOO, Ia, May 3. :
Live in the open, eat moderate
ly, exercise regularly and use to-
bacco if you feel like tt
This was the advice given by
Mrs. Isaac Spoons of Waterloo,
1902 years old, as she paused
while on her way to bargain
sale. Mrs. Spoons had walked
more than mile at the time, yet
appeared fresh and active.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1913-05-03
Animals Sing
With Opera

MILWAUKEE,, May 3.-While
the Chicago Grand Opera COM
pany was presenting Hansel and
Gretel last night strange noises
were supposed by a critical aud
fence to be part of the stage eff
fects.
Here is the answer: A small
circus, practicising for Its road
season opening tomorrow, was
quartered in the basement of the
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1913-05-03
Like to be a TELEGRAPH Boy?

WASHINGTON, d. c., May 8.
Men are being substituted for
boys as messengers by the West
ern Union Telegraph company in
this city. These men are of all
ages ranging from 45 to 70 years.
More than 80 men are. now en-
ployed. Some of them wear the
full uniform with cap; all wear
the cap; and they work for the
same wages formerly paid to boys.
Scarcity of boys is the reason
given by the telegraph company's
local management for employing
old men. 1t was found much
easier to get men between 45 and
70 years of age than to get boys
above the age of &c, since con-
gress passed a law forbidding the
employment of boys below 16
years. Boys of over 16 wouldn't
do the job.
The local manager says he now
has in his employ three house
painters, one groceryman, one
steamfitter, four merchants (men
who had been in business for
themselves and failed) and the
others are from miscellaneous en-
Payments, clerks, etc.
One man now earning from 50
to $40 a week as messenger
boy, Is the father of seven chill
dren; his wife is dead and three
of the children are In institutions
and the other four he is support
ing directly. Many cases are SIM
liar to this one in their human
appeal.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1913-05-03
PRESIDENT NOW
STUDYING NEW
WEBB BILL

WASHINGTON, d. c., May a.
Satisfied with the results of the
Ns-S Jersey trip, although it is
reported he was convinced that
efforts to secure the passage of
the jury reform in that state
would not change the situation,
the president, who returned to
Washington at midnight, is at
work in the executive offices early
today. He expects to devote most
of the day Analysing the Webb
bill passed by the California SEN
ate.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1913-05-03
Manson Loses
His Suit

After being out thirty hours,
the jury in the case of Peter
Manson against A. NJ, A. R. and
l.. B. Hunt returned a verdict in
favor of the defendant. This Is
the case where Manson sued for
the payment of a $1,000 promis-
sorry note, which he alleged was
due him for the violation of an
agreement to stay out of the
business between Ia
coma and island towns.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1913-05-03

reation.
But the electric stove abolishes
the coal bucket and the woodbox,
the house motor does the wash
ing and runs the sewing ma
chine, the electric iron makes the
ironing easy, the electric vacuum
cleaner cleans the house.
Perhaps her dream of the So
luton of the servant girl problem
will yet be realized. Take the
sweeping, the washing, the sew
ing and the cleaning out of the
drudgery class and the housemaid
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1913-05-03

City power to solve the servant
girl problem.
This is the hope of Mrs. N. w.
Osborn, demonstrators of electro
city for domestic purposes in the
employ of the city.
II believe that the city power
may solve the servant girl prob
lem and relieve household work
largely of its drudgery and 1 am
doing the hardest work 1 ever did
trying to help the people to this
end" said Mrs. Osborn.
That she has already listed
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1913-05-03
NEW CARD
SYSTEMS AT
POST OFFICE

Parcel post clerks at the Taco
ma post office are using a new
card system in figuring rates on
all packages, which saves time
for the clerk and the patron.
Until the new system was
started clerks were forced to
consult parcel post map to as
certain the cost of a package.
Now the card system bearing all
their principal cities in each zone
is consulted. The new system was
devised by Assistant Postmaster.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1913-05-03
ecome q professional work

viii become professional work.
er
Indeed to remove these bur-
dens of domestic service means to
relieve most homes from the ne
cessity for a maid at all.
But whether by improving the
conditions of service for the maid
or making her unnecessary for
the family the city's power plant
in either event will help nightly
to solve the servant problem.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1913-05-03

81 am trying all I can to get
in a position so 1 will be able to
help the people to get just what
they want" says Mrs. Osborn.
"Most people who want electric
power in their homes have not a
clear idea just what they want.
They do not know what they need.
for the purpose they want filed.
1 am trying to help them decide
this question and that is one of
the most important phases of my
work. We want everybody to get
good results"
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1913-05-03
COMMISSIONERS
WILL ENFORCE
THE TIRE LAW

The new wide tire law passed
by the legislature will be enforced
to the letter after January, 1914,
according to a resolution adopted
by the county commissioners FRI
day. The law limits the weight
on an inch tire to 400 pounds,
and on a five-inch tire it must not
exceed $50 pounds to the inch.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1913-05-03
ASSESSOR COOK
ASKS HOSPITAL
IN FOOTHILLS

County Assessor Cook is also
out against the location of the
tuberculosis hospital at Spana-
way. He says it will retard the
development of this section. He
suggests that it ought to be
placed somewhere in the foot
hills, where the elevation is high,
thereby adding atmospheric con-
ditions desirable for the treatment
of the disease.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1913-05-03
Back i'm
Hospital

John Loire, known as the thu
man spinwheel," as the result of
an accident some time ago when
he was spun about a shaft, is
back in the hospital, this time
with a crushed foot. A heavy
block fell on his foot at the st.
Paul mill.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1913-05-03
Gun Was Loaded
Didn't Know It

NEW YORK, May 3-Lawrence
Miller, eight years old, was killed
at his home when an old shot
gun with which he and his broth
er Henry, twelve years old, were
playing, was suddenly discharged.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1913-05-03
Snake Sleeps
On His Chest

OAKLAND, CAL, May 8. -
Charles Carrere, business man
of New YORK. city, is at the st.
Mark, recovering from a harrow
ing experience he underwent in
Redwood Canyon when he awoke
shortly after midnight to. find a
large rattlesnake coiled on HIS
breast ready to. spring.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1913-05-03
Spring Causes
Lawsuit

Catherine Smell and Jacob
Sterling are at law to settle own
ership of spring of water that
bubbles up near the line of the
farms at Puyallup.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1913-05-03
To Solve The Servant Girl Problem
City Power i. TO =. Help Housewives :.s
Mrs. Osborne Shows How It's Done

nearly 40 who want electric stoves
to do their cooking indicates that
she is succeeding in getting a
good start.
Mrs. Osborn has a home. She
knows what it means to stand
over hot stove and get up a big
dinner. She knows the strain on
a woman that comes from hours
of pedaling sewing machine.
She is aware of the fact that the
washbOard is not a means for rec
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1913-05-03
Athletic Girls Are
Better Morally

CAMBRIDGE, Mass. May g.
That the athletic girl is less liable
TO succumb to temptation than
her sister who does not go In for
athletics is the opinion of DR..
Dudley A. Sargent. director of
athletics at Harvard.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1913-05-03
Bancroft to Fly
Across Atlantic

BOSTON, May 3.-Miss Ruth
Bancroft Law and her brother, F.
Rodman Law, are to try a flight
across the Atlantic in a biplane.
They expect to make the trip in
July.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1913-05-03

Marriage licenses were issued
yesterday to Y. Inougi of Port
land and Sake Mitsuyi of Japan,
and to Andrew Schellhas and
Mary Henning, both of South
Prairie.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1913-05-03

Judge Ronald, Seattle, threw
out of court the case brought by
H. r. Clayton, mulatto publisher
Of Seattle, who sued III. L. Wilson,
restauranteur. for $4,000 for de-
nying him the right to eat in his
shop.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1913-05-03

The remedies we use are obso-
10 not contain mercury.
II unable 10 call personally. send
u stamp for diagnosis blank.
n. VOW CHIEBgn MEDICINE Co
kSn c Sss.s.: e. :. ks sss s.s.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1913-05-03
You'll Find
1t Here

Four thousand boys and
girls complete the eighth
grade in Washington schools
this June.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1913-05-03

North Yakima is in the
thr0es of the measles.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1913-05-03

Artistic floral decorations at
Watson's. Advertisement"
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1913-05-03

AT Hill logging camp at Adna
Friday, ]. B. Chaffee broke his
leg lodging swinging pile, F.
b. Rowling's ak slipped and cut
open his knee, and Jean Cloquet
fell and sprained his back, all be-
ing in the hospital now.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1913-05-03
HO! PICNIC! HO

HO! PICNIC! HO!
and dancing parties go to Redondo
Beach. Bigger and better than
ever. For information address
Chas. e. Beth, Redondo, Wn.
Advertisement"
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1913-05-03

WASHINGTON, ID. c., May
3.-Mrs. William Jennings
Bryan has recovered from
her recent illness and re-
turned to her home.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1913-05-03

Lawn mowers. Ewing Hard.
ware Co., I'LL So. q st.
Advertisement"
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1913-05-03

1000 Rose Bushes, Q years
old, at Csc each. HIM, the Flor
list. 7th and So. X SITS.
Advertisement"
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1913-05-03

Dy the use or medic
inai herbs and roots
known for their re-
markabls cures In
China, We are able
to absolutely cure
such ailments as
Catarrn. Deafness,
Asthma Skin Dis
eases. Rheumatism.
Appendicitis. Heart
Trouble. Kidney
Gam nfafut Afn
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1913-05-03

A second attempt to blow up
Abraham Brown with dynamite
for informing on the gang in the
Becker murder trial failed Friday
when fuse attached to a dyna-
mite bomb which had been placed
in the basement entrance of
Browns home went out in New
York.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1913-05-03

State accountants figure
that the recent legislature
spent $24,O47,144.7O, which
will take a three-mill state
levy.
Mayor-Elect Eugene France
will take hold at Aberdeen We'd
nesday.
Agates and Moonstones cut
and set. Pfaff, Jeweler, 1147 G st
Advertisement
John Sands, 11O7 South ID
street, reported to the police
that suit of clothes had
been stolen from his room.
Picnic lunches our specially.
Duenwald's, 313 So. 18th st.
Advertisement"
The Guthrie daily leader. [volume] (Guthrie, Okla.) 1893-1996, 1913-02-19

par Weatners. architect
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1913-04-11
VISION OF VULTuRES.
Human Eyesisht Not to be Compared
With Il. a

Human Eyssisht Not to be Compared
With II. e Y
Compared with our human eyesight
the vision Of birds Of prey Is marvel
GUS. The bird student is often amaz-
ed at the immense distances at which
hawks, eagles and vultures can distin-
gish objects. 1t is a we'll authenticat-
ed fact that vultures do not find their
food by the sense OF smell
Many years ago Charles Darwin ex-
perimented with the carrion birds of
South America, and found that so long
as the food was concealed from sight,
no matter how putrid or ill-smelling
it was, the birds failed to detect 1t.
Other observers have reached the
same conclusion. A friend Of the
Youths Companion writes:
at was detailed for service with
some troops that were moving along
the Mexican border. One evening we
camped near small stream on the
western slope Of the hills east from
San Diego. During the night one OF
the wagon mules died. We took the
partly concealed 1t in clump Of will
lows. The next morning, after the
column had resumed its march. rode
to the summit Of the highest hill,
some three miles from our camping
ground, and swept the country through
q pair Of powerful binoculars.
AS the glasses moved along the ho-
rizon, vulture, a mere speck in the
distance, came into their field. He was
sailing in great circles in the blue
heavens, miles away, far beyond the
ken of the unaided eye. Suddenly he
paused in his flight, turned sharply
and headed directly for our abandon
ed camp ground. I watched him until
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1913-04-11
KEYNOTE OF SUCCESS
To Seek the Truth and Know How to

To Seek the Truth and Know HOW TO
"a . Apply It.
What is success? The accumulation
Of great riches? Obtaining high Of
fees and gaining the applause Of the
public? Or is 1t giving the best that
is in us, in practical way, to the pub
lie for the good of mankind asks ]. j.
Umholtz, In Nautilus Magazine. For
one to give to the world the best there
is in him, in the most useful way, he
must be able to make home what 1t
implies, the happiest place on earth.
Study to know how children can be
born pure, healthy and loving and ap-
ply the knowledge correctly. But, re-
member, your lives as parents must be
pure, healthy and loving before these
qualities can be given to your children
or to others. Give your children q
truthful, pure and worthy example to
follow, with kind and loving words;
and have their physical, social, moral,
mental, spiritual and business natures
fully developed by the right training
and right teachings.
Give the best that Is in you In your
every day business affairs ofyour work,
whether on the farm, in the workshop,
behind the counter, in the church or
schoolroom.. Remember, the keynote
is, seek the truth; know how to right
ly apply 1t, and live 1t among your fell
low beings with a pure and loving
heart. r.- -s
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1913-04-11

& Then tho Donkey Brayed.-Just after
the Baltimore annual conference Of the
Methodist Episcopal church had decided
to send a committee to call upon Pres
ident Wilson to congratulate him upon
his election and ito strengthen him in
his good works." Democratic donkey
in the alley brayed loudly, cheerfully
and brazenly, says the Baltimore Ev-
ening Sun.
Bishop Cranston was making his an
nouncements. Some Of the preachers
looked aghast. Some wanted to laugh.
The donkey brayed again-a long,
loud call A few ministers snickered.
The donkey brayed third time right
under q window. 1t was too much.
Bishop Cranston burst out laughing.
The preachers gave way to their pent-
up mirth.
Brethren. please don't get the two
announcements twisted" said the bish-
op. ....
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1913-04-11
Aaluuraus department.

Flooring the Professor.-The Rev
DR.. Ritchie of Edinburgh though a very
clever man.. once met his match. When
examining q student as to the classes
he attended, he said: II understand
you attend the class for mathematics?
Yes"
How many sides has circle?"
Two" said the student.
''IndeedI What are they?"
What a laugh in the court the stu
dents answer produced when he
promptly said, "An inside and an out
sidei"
The doctor next inquired: And you
attend the moral philosophy class also
Yes"
We'll, you doubtless have heard lee
lures on various subjects. Did you ever
hear one on cause and effect?"
Yes"
Does an effect ever go before a
cause?"
Yes"
"Give me an instance"
"A barrow wheeled by q man."
The doctor hastily sat down and pro-
posed no more Questions.-Philadel
Ledger.
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1913-04-11

/ was convinced that he had discov-
cred the dead mule.
Then recollected that years ago ]
had read in one Of Capt. Mayne Reid's
books something of the habits Of vul-
lures, and I began to look for others.
In few minutes another appeared, q
black speck in the sky. speeding in the
wake of the first; then another and
another came, from different points of
the compass; then more and more; all
hurrying towards their loathsome
feast.
while / watched the gathering vul-
lures I made little calculation. When
the first vulture discovered the car
cass, he was not visible to the naked
eye, and was but speck through the
binoculars That Is, adding the three
miles I had ridden from camp to Is,
the range of the binoculars, the bird
must have been nearly 81 miles from
the carcass.
1.-The carcass itself was partly con-
cealed and invisible from my position
except through the glasses. That the
vulture depended upon his vision alone
is evident, as enough time had not
passed for any putrefactive changes to
taint the air. u
Another interesting thing was the
promptness with which the other vul-
lures took the hint when the first
made the discovery. There was only
one in sight to begin with; in ten min
utes there were fifty"
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1913-04-11

He Wasna q Fule.-Andy Flower has
a new Scotch story-or If it's now new.
it's so old that everybody else has for
gotten 1t, so it's just as good as new.
This is It: Sandy MacDougal was a
brave lad Of u. One day he fell of the
roof and broke his leg, His parents
carried him ben tn hoose and strechit
him on the bed, where he graned and
graf while the doctor was sent for.
When the doctor came Sandy didna
want him to touch his leg for fear 1t
would hurt. But the doctor explained
that 1t maun be done.
"Whilk leg is 1t, Sandy, lad?" speired
the doctor. 81
This ane," whine Sandy.
The doctor seized the ankle, put his
foot In Sandy's oxter, and gied the leg
sic yerk that the lad was nigh pulled
In two. He jammed like q boggle. Then
the doctor put on bit bandage and
went away.
Z Did It hurt, ladder" asked the auld
fayther.
y mo sac muckle as 1t micht," an
swered the lad grinning. Il wasna sic
q fule as to gle him ma sair leg!"-
Cleveland Plain Dealer.
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1913-04-11

1t seems worth while, therefore, to
set down the following rules, which
should be observed by every one who
walks on the railway track, as fol-
lows: G).Keep constant watch Of the
track, both in front and behind; (2)
Watch and listen with particular care
when approaching a curve; CD when
walking on a double-track road, keep
on the left-hand track and do not fail
to keep watch also in the rear, since
reverse movements are some times
made on this track; 90 it is better to
walk beside the track than to walk
the ties; (5) when tempted to walk on
the track, remember that you are
placing yourself in greater danger
than exists in the most hazardous
class of railway employment, and
choose some other path!
Above all, remember 1t Is much bet
ter to take a little more time and
walk around by the road, rather than
to walk on the track and have your
friends say Gas they attend the ser
vices), II wonder what he was think
ing about that occupied his mind to
such an extent he couldn't hear the
train!"-New York American.
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1913-04-11
getters from the dSthpuls.
conancx.5 hv Mt.. Leila A. Rua.eu-

McConnellsville, s. c., March 81, 1913.
Dear Miss Russell:
I am boy twelve years old and am
in the sixth grade. 1 study Arithme-
tic, Spelling, Geography, Grammar and
History or all my studies like Gram
mar best. Mr.. James Crocheron of
Alabama is my teacher and I like him
very much. We have about thirty pu-
pills in our room and have from the fifth
to the ninth grade We have library,
teachers desk, water cooler and in
dividual drinking cups.
Our school closes the last Of May,
and will be so glad. You must come
and visit our school soor.
Your unknown friend,
...r. Frank E. Mendenhall.
McConnellsville High School.
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1913-04-11
She Got That One Riuht.-En

She Got That One Risht.-Emily
was a dear, little o!d-fashioned baby
years old. She pronounced her words
very distinctly, but frequently misused
them. This was especially true in re-
gard to the names Of her meals, which
she often confused.
One day, when she had come to the
breakfast table with the statement that
she was hungry for supper, her mother
became little impatient.
Now, Emily" she said, this is RI
diculous. You must learn the names OF
the meals and use ghem properly. When
you have been asleep all night, get up
and dress and come downstairs, what
meal do you have?"
Oatmeal, mamma" was the inno-
cent reply.-Buffalo Commercial.
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1913-04-11

Lead Not Into Temptation.-A POM
pous merchant Of Chicago arrogantly
carrying the signs Of his prosperity
about him, accosted an acquaintance of
his who conducts q successful rescue
mission, and said:
James, I'd like to attend one of your
meetings"
Certainly" rejoined the minister,
"but leave your watch and diamonds
with the hotel clerk"
"what?" asked the merchant, in
astonishment. Are not the men of
your mission converted thieves?"
True" answered the mission leader,
softly, but, George, you look so easy
and wholesome. Really don't want my
men to regret they promised me never
to steal again Outlook.
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1913-04-11
Some Useful Faets.-Say! Do ,

Some Useful Faets-Say, Do you
know how many school children there
are in the United States? Listen: There
are 25,000,000 Of them. Do you know
how many Of them go to school-some
Of them to wretched little unhealthy
novels unfit to house swine? Just 49,
100000 Of them. That leaves 1000, 900
who don't go to any school at all. Some
are kept away by poverty, some by ILL
ness, and some by vile, muddy, dis
graceful roads. There you are--in these
few sentences you have material enough
to keep you talking for the next decade.
material enough for another Dickens
to use in a series Of novels and for an
other Plimsoll to use in a crusade
haven't you? And what use will you
make of it?-Detroit Free Press.