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Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1914-02-01
GIVING BIVENS HIS WISH

you, half for me, if you will help me make
the fight
whats that?7 says Bivens. Fight
whom?'
"The pirates of Banda says she. "a
scurvy lot,-Alalay, Chinoise, Papuans,-
gflat towards save when they are ten boats
to:one They stole about us by night. But
We fought them off, all the way through the
Straits OF Cheepang; fought and sailed, I'M
til they ran us ashore on the little island.
All day we kept them off, and it was that
night we took the pearls ashore, Jacques and
l. and buried them. None too soon. They
would suspect that So they came dashing
did for poor Jacques that l fell fainting on
the deck by his side Then-the French
gunboat! Seven out OF two and twenty Of
us were saved If only we had ha1 but one
Maxim on board just one!'
But l don't understand, says Bivens.
"You left the pearlsa Why not have taken
them away on the gunboat?'
ITO be seized by the government-our
work of four years. comes back Llal-lah.
"Oh, see," says Bivens. "You were
pearl poachers, eho"
who owns the deep sea?' demands the
lady scornful.
Bivens But what do you propose, any
way?7
"a boat, a few good men, few guns; then
we dig up the pearls, says she. you and
land Heaven send to try to stop us the
same rascals Of Banda who did for my poor
Jacques! Come, you are bold man, and
daring. You know too the worth OF pearls.
Come! East we must go, past Teneriffe,
through the Suez, down past Alden and the
Laccadives, then on across the Indian Ocean
into Sunda Straits. All, those soft, hot, black
nights in Sunda Straits, and then the swift
dawn turning pink the palnl-fringed lagoons!
Nothing fairer to see, nowhere such calm
ness, such peace; save when the typhoon
cores, or the cutthroat Malays steal on you
rnawares with their knives out. But in the
typhoon one lives years in minutes, if one
lives at all; and as for the pirates-ah, they
shall learn that the wife of Jacques Rouelle
does not forget! A gun that grinds out death
by turning a little wheel-such you shall
buy for me, and THEY'VE shall see what we
shall see. Well, you will go, ehe'
MUST have been some tableau, that-her
w one side OF the table, strikin' tragic
pose. her brown, bracelet-covered arms held
out pleadin' and on the other us two, me
gawpin', and Bivens, them dull eyes of his
in the way of decision comes from him;
so l says it.
"sure he will, N1a'am!' says l. pirate
huntin' is right in his line. You can count
on him
"Ah-h-hl' says Llal-lah, takin' deep
breath, signifyin' that it's all over.
"But-But the club billiard tournament
protests Bivens. Perhaps after I've
arranged that
"Ah, pickles. says I. all pass that on
to Mr.. Robert
as it the costo Here, take these!' says
Madam Rouelle, shown over the pearls
Sell them. Buy the boat and the guns
And when all is over you may come back
to-to this; but rich, like Prince. First,
though, the boat
by Jove!7 says Bivens. @That's odd,
though. Only today at the club chap
wanted me to charter his yacht. He was
planning to start on cruise to South Amer
lea had steam up, all provisoned, when his
wife was taken i'll. a ninety-ton boat, l
! think he said.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1914-12-01
IN Experts Ban On Polit les

"There is nothing in politics except an empty
glory, as fragile china cup, uncertain as the
squinoctial winds man can't make money at it
honestly No matter how faithful the servant the
public makes an ungrateful and tickle master. The
idol Of today is the discard of tomorrow Those you
do the most for betray you. There isn't an office in
the gift of the people that could be tempted to take
now"
Thus speaks David S. Rose, after Al years in the
political game. As boy of H. in Darlington, Wis,
he stumped for friend, candidate for the legsla
ture. AT n he was mayor of his native town. Four
times running and once later he was elected mayor
OF Milwaukee, whittier he had gone to practice law.
His sixth race, last spring. resulted in rundown
STILL David you had merry time-plenty of ex-
ctement, many friends finger in every pie.
Wasn't your trouble the fact that you viewed pol
1tlcs only as game; summons to trickery and
smartness?
Suppose you had really tried, with the whole of
your ability, opportunities and power to do things
worth while for the plain folks who at one time
trusted and supported you battling for them say
Tom Johnson did in Cleveland, to the death
Wouldn't that have been something to look back
upon without regret?
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1914-12-01

After short spasm of decency, San Francisco is
lifting the lid off her notorious "Barbary Coast -
and it is announced that soon the old time interest
for tourists, who were it's mainstay, will be re-
stored"
The report is probably well-founded. Tourists
attracted by nastiness will be interested" 'The
Paris OF America is hot after the dollars that she
can't get along without her reputation for indecency
1t pays.
Of course, In San Francisco, as in Paris, France,
the tourist in quest of nastiness is usually dsap-
pointed, because the superior exhibit isn't there or
what is exhibited doesn't surpass what the tourist
can get at home. But the reputation is there and it
parts the fool and his money, which is the object
sought.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1914-12-01
The Judge Behind the Gun

Keep your eye on Circuit Judge McGinn Of Port
land, Ore. He's got new style judicial tempera-
ment and threatens to shock the entire legal fra
ternity
I'm going to smash this thing of precedent every
time get chance and every time it will do any
good, /" says His Honor, McGinn. ''To do something
just because someone else has done it is nonsense
he adds. Precedent has stalked through our
courts and legislatures until it has become bugbear
and l IN going to put armor and heavy artil-
lery against it whenever / meet it,
Go to it, McGinn! Of course, you'll make some
mistakes but rejuvenated Justice has got to creep
before she run and hog-tied by precedent, as
now, she seldom gets anywhere
Civilization such it is, is due to the fact that
some old time McGinn smashed the precedent of
climbing trees for acolns, sleeping in holes and eat
ing the sabre-toothed tiger raw.
Harveyize your amor and use the 58-centimeter
gum judge, and may your score be all bullseyes!
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1914-12-01

30 long as Turkey makes war against Great Brit
am France and Russia, the United States is neutral
but the United States cannot be expected to remain
Indifferent if Turkish forts wantonly fire upon
American warships, If American citizens are muir
dered by Turkeys fanatical subiects-N. Y. World
Turkey threatens to be the indigestible article of
Uncle Sans neutral diet, because for Turkey you
must read Germany.
There is little doubt but Germany brought Turkey
into the fight There is positive proof that Turkey s
best war vessels are commanded by Germans and
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1914-12-01

"Your little girl is very pretty.
Is she the prettiest one you
have?"
Yes. she is the prettiest of my
daughters.
How many have your"
This one only. But that
doesn't make any difference. IL
you should have many daughters,
the one with you Is always the
prettiest. Blanco y Negro
fMadrid),
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1914-12-01
WISE TO HIM

II think two can live as cheap
ly as one, SIR"
you can't edge into my family
on that theory, young man. I'm
willing to keep on supporting my
daughter, but you'll have to pay
board. "-Louisville Courier Jour-
nal.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1914-12-01

Chicago women are yelling about "indec
packed street cars. Evidently, the aut
scheme hasn't struck Chicago.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1914-12-01
A SYNDICATE

Have you found a customer
for your gramophone YETI"
"Oh, yes; played 1t for
twelve hours on end, and all the
neighbors dubbed together and
bought 1t from me. London
Opinion.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1914-12-01
DISCOURAGING

What on earth shall 1 do with
all this money I've inherited from
my aunt?"
Invest it."
Invest It? But then there'll
be still more OF it!"-Man Lacht
(Berlin).
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1914-12-01

II don't care a rap what people
may say! It's too cold, and l am
wearing my muff on my limbs"
(Paris).
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1914-12-01

In the November elections socialists got so r
cent more socialists into office than ever befo
throughout the country.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1914-12-01
ENVY
PA, what Is envy?"

PA, what is envy?"
Envy, my boy, is what your
millionaire uncle feels every time
he hears you begging your moth
er for a second piece of pie."-
Detroit Free Press.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1914-12-01

her armies drilled and differed by Germans Polit-
ically, Turkey is halfnsane and morally and finan
cally, she's utter irresponsible and it is difficult
to see how Uncle Sam could avoid holding Germany
responsible for setting her proege going at Ameri
can christian threats, if such massacre occurs.
Uncle Sam has never been party to "holy'' war;
He would, likely prove to be right ugly old fellow
should he discover that the neutrality he's nursing
in his bosom is but miserable. Mohammedan viper
bred of German diplomacy.
People who have been worrying about Violinist
Fritz Kreisleh will repoce to learn that he has ar
rived in New York. He is wounded in the leg but he
doesn't fiddle with his legs.
Uncle Sans trade balance 900 per week,
and rising.
In the November elections socialists got so per
cent more socialists into office than ever BEFORE
throughout the country. s'''
sert
Chicago women are yelling about "indecentiy
packed street cars. Evidently, the auto bus
e-> my i''''A ''i '9A oeo svh
Baltimore American thinks it hears call for T1ft
for president in 1915. Ear trouble, ear trouble!
There won't be any such call until the seven little
governors send up their chirp.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1914-12-01

Old Lady-I'll take three
penn'o rth Of Brussels sprouts,
please, 30 as to 'elp the pore Bel
gians.-London Opinion.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1914-12-01
TRULY UNUSUAL

Hes an unusual man."
"In what way?"
II asked him how the Euro
pean war is coming out, and he
said he hadn't the slightest idea."
Houston Post.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1914-12-01
SERVED EN- RIGHT

Vicar-For shame, my lad!
What have those poor little fish
done to be imprisoned upon the
day of rest? -
Tommy-Tha-that's what they
got for-for chasing worms on a
Sunday, sir.-John Bull.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1914-12-01

Read the Classified Ads On
Page Six.
Forest City press. (Forest City, Potter County, D.T. [S.D.]) 1883-19??, 1914-06-03
Disaster Follows Socialism.

the Rev. NJ. D. SHUTTER. Minneapolis.
This country was founded upon the prin-
MS. rights limited only by the cores
'ponding rights of other men. It has pros
pered because men nave felt free 70 Il
ahead and make something out Of them.
selves; because they felt that thew had
some personal stake in what they might
accomplish. They have developed the re-
sources OF the land al they never Gould
nav oeen developed under a. socialist or
any sort OF collectivist regime.
socialism has never discovered a coal
NINE or built a factory. The socialist has
z scheme for the distribution Of wealth:
but there IS not n never has been any
evidence that he knows how to create
wealth. He knows how to take what
other men have made: but he does NOT
know how to make anything It would ns
worth the while Of other men to take
I'd to put his theories Into practine. n.
estec has been the result; and the cnrnr
munity has combined to p An END tc
the costly experiment. And yet TIE aoedal.
ist has managed to cnnvinoe tho~sanaS q
people that they have beea Robbed oi
so6netnlnE they had. and they an
strlklnS olindly at q. system which. What
ever its defects. II the best that the bro.
cesses OF evolution have yet produced.
Forest City press. (Forest City, Potter County, D.T. [S.D.]) 1883-19??, 1914-06-03
Secretary Lane. Office Club.

Secretary of the Interior Franklin X.
Lane has converted his department. in
to n vast cfub-the Home club. He
Is characterized as the business man
OF the cabinet" He proceeds on the
theory that cooperation means effi-
cheney.
The Home clubs membership is linn
tied strictly to employees of the interior
Department. Its home is an old naG.n-
stoh IN Jackson place. across the street
from the White House. There is a dance
o. q musicale nearly every night in the
Seek. The program for the past week
mcNeoDd two mnsicales. n card par
one lecture. all followed by the '.max-
10" the hesitation" and Washington's
" terDsichorean product. the Dab
walk"
Forest City press. (Forest City, Potter County, D.T. [S.D.]) 1883-19??, 1914-06-03
Her Absence.

His sands are turned to purest gold!
Yet 1t. alas! grseyes my heart sore
To see them Slipping from my hold.
HOW precious now each ONE is,
Which I U cast like dirt away!
Axsonly hope and comfort this
EechSmoment will return that day,
On that sweet day, that JOYFUL hour
Whe she Hes willing In my power.
nay. these rich moments are not lost.
BUT like the mornings dewdrops, which
the sun their sweet lives csst.
lido these precious moments eNde
- " her being. where they store;
Unyll y clasp her ~ my bride.
more: so
y ggl hs.s they have baaked ID her sweet
And sAssd themselves IN interest;
Forest City press. (Forest City, Potter County, D.T. [S.D.]) 1883-19??, 1914-06-03
Color IN Clothes.
From the Dayton News.

There is n redeegnihg feature Of
the. spring styles for wornen-the al
most baxberic hrilliance and variety Of
color. There are quiet souls who do
not love color, but after all there is
much of the barbara taste left In. the
average human mind. In 20 far as IT
has been eliminated as nations advance
from 'savageay. it is q ~repressiae i'm
fluence,. natural reaction from the
days when brilliant colorings weEe
everywhere in vogue. Mankind has
been SO disguised with its origin and
early development that 1t has tried to
forget its primitive and child hike hove
of bright hues.
Perhaps it is a sign of advancing
to indulge .her natural tastes. AT any
rate 1t will do no harm 10 belteFe thai
70 the case, even though there b mo
lack Of indications that point hi the
'otner direction. So, perhaps. it Is due
to a consciousness Of her advanced
sta1e that women are inclined to dts
ard clothing except SO much as cli-
matte requirements compel them TO
wear.
While there be only adherence
Tor the half-naked garb which was at
1ected by some women hast summer,
Inc which nay again be the vogue.
one mus confess a liking for the bright
colors or the new spring suits. dpesaes
n millinery. The streets. on a Sun
Day afternoon. are. picturesque and a
with color. There has been a happy
i!outing of quiet taste In color for the
time. ~ - SAG
One might fancy himself TRANSPORTED
70 q dreamy city OF the Orient. as he
watches the brilliant procession. The
somber antidote is found In the
D attire OF the male. Perhaps in
TINE even the Conventional hkRck ; mr.
the conventional gray or brown OF dark
Dlue viii yield to the natural low Of
cosor. winch now can be indulgdd only
In necktie. hatband and socks.
Also. one must admit a fondness FIR
the grand strings Of beads and sirnilar
nanging. dangling ornaments which
women affeet SO profusely. There is a
sort OF gypsy gaiety Of garb these days.
mnlc c Is from displeasing. Let US
ABOUT their dismal entertainments and
sweep 1t all away in a night.
Forest City press. (Forest City, Potter County, D.T. [S.D.]) 1883-19??, 1914-06-03
MONEY GRUBBERS
AT MONTE CARLO

BY q. Valentine Williams, in the London
Daiiy Times.


BY q. Valentine Williams. In the London
Daily Times.
Monte Carlo.-I have been striving
to classify the look which almost all
the regular habitues OF the tables al
Monte Carlo seem to wear in common
an expression Of forlOrn and rather
puzzled contemplation.
The sight OF a man feeding the pig
cons In the gardens of the casiho gave
me the clue I was seeking, and I re-
gentleman, the bird charmer of the
Tuileraes, was the last person I had
g wearing the selfsame rather be-
wildered expression.
1t is the look Of the person obsessed.
In a. krefter o. a legs degree. by a fixed
total neglect a all other issues, and
the r~ecollectiQns Of the dear old charm
eur des OseaNx brought home to me
with some force the fact that the ma
Jortty OF the regular roulette players
here mean the system players and
professional gaamblers-have all the
tricks and wh1msichlides of the most
confirmed faddist.
Quaint ScarecroWe * the Tsbss.
Looking at some of the quaint scare
crows VINO sit for hours at the roulette
table nibbling their PENCIL or making
cabali6tic signs m dirty sheets OF pa
per covered with ciphers, oneshas no
difficulty in believing the tales that are
told OF some OF these folk who come
year. take a cheap room for tho season
IN an unfashionab3e quarter Of the
town. n manage, by dtnt Of careful,
systematised play, to i've practically
for nothing in this delightful spot, and
often take away with them q little sur
nina ~aNNnAN n0 - kosAaNA IN 80 n
ferring to the wealthy folk for whom
the tables @are the principal attraction
on their annual visits to Monte Carlo,
but to the queer, frowsy customers.
men and women. ecentric In their ways
as In their clothes. Of age and nation
bulk Of the chairs at the tables all
through the hours Of play. stalking con-
ttnuOuely but seldom high.
Complicated Calculations.
They are as full Of tricks as a wagon
load of monkeys. One man. apparently
a German. getting towards middle age,
whose game Is to follow series Of red
or black. when stakes are called for.
selects with the utmost elaboration
two louis from the pile, before him.
places them IN their turn on a Ave
franc piece SO that his STAKE Is IS
francs (why 46 francs heaven knowsM,
neatly arranges h little pile, then,
with the rake, cry gently pushes it.al-
ways to exactly the same spot on the
or loses he never shows the least emo-
ton NJ does his stake vary. but when
the number Il called he becomes alb
sorbed In the most complicated calcu-
lattons on long sheets OF paper before
him. Others keep the record Of. the
rlety Of cryptic dOtes and dashes, as
terisks, circles and crOsaAo that their
Forest City press. (Forest City, Potter County, D.T. [S.D.]) 1883-19??, 1914-06-03

The greatest stumbling block in the
path Of democracy and orderly self
government in Mexico is the vast hoHds
Of 1pdians who greatly predominant In
numbers over the whites.
The country has over 15, 900. 900 people,
and OF these less than 5000, 900 are
whites. There are about 5000, 600 pure
Indians and 6,OO9.O 900 more who are red
men more or less crossed with whites.
President Wilson insists upon a free
and fair election in Mexico. But no
election, no matter how free or how
Forest City press. (Forest City, Potter County, D.T. [S.D.]) 1883-19??, 1914-06-03

decades to subdue them. Take tn,
H~uictao2es, who live in the territory O
Topic. They have their homes in the
fastnesS OF "the mountains and are so
Waxaike that It was 100 years before the
Spanlaxds were able to. conquer them.
They are as barhardc as the least adj
tanced Indians OF the United States
and more fond of battle.
The Indians in the states of Chihua-
hua and Vera Cruz are. typical of what
Is found throughout Mexico. They are
lazy. troublesome, ignorant cruel.
Forest City press. (Forest City, Potter County, D.T. [S.D.]) 1883-19??, 1914-06-03

fair. could begin to settle the country's
problems. because the average Mexican
does not know what Is best for him.
The Indians, who comprise the bulk Of,
the voters. gre lazy. ignorant blood
thirsty and without a spark of patriot
ism. 1t Is doubtful IL they want ar
orderly government. They would rath-
er fight than work.
Should the United States intervene in
Mexicos the Indian problem would be
the most difficult to settle. 1t might
AXE generations to civilize them.
Forest City press. (Forest City, Potter County, D.T. [S.D.]) 1883-19??, 1914-06-03

urai& beauty Of it's surroundings with
out that constitutes the charm of Mon
te Cario-a charm thai deadenss the
pam Of many of the wounds inflicted
by the spinning roulette.
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1914-01-29
BACKACHE VANISHES
RHEUMATIC PAINS GO
Few Doses of Croxone Ease Stiff,
Sore, Swollen Joints and Mus
cIes, Relieving Backache
and BIaGder Disorders.

If you suffer with backache-have
pains in the neck or sides-nervous or
dizzy spells-a few doses of Croxone
will relieve the congestion and you
will be surprised how quickly all kid
ney, bladder and rheumatic troubles
will disappear.
Croxone promptly relieves these dis
eases because it really does reach the
real cause. 1t soaks right into the
walls and Innings of the kidneys, cleans
out; the stopped-up inactive organs,
neutralizes and dissolves the uric acid
and makes the Kidneys sift from the
blood the waste and poisonous matter
that lodge in the joints and muscles
to scratch and irritate and cause rheu-
matism. 1t sootlles and heals the deli
cate Innings Of the bladder and gives
the kidneys renewed strength so they
can filter the blood and keep you well.
Croxone is different from all other
remedies. 1t. is SO prepared that it is
practically impossible to take it with
out results. An. original package of
Croxone costs but a trife, and all
druggists are authorized to return the
purchase price if it should fail in a
single case.-Adv.
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1914-01-29
REFUSED IMPORTED GOATS:
Threatens to Take an Old Trenton
Industry to Italy II Customs
Men DO Not ReIent.

Trenton Refusal OF the landing or
two Persian goats may be responsible
for the removal from this city OF the
Fisher Anvil Works. one of the oioesC'
manufactur"s establishments III Tren-
ton. This, 1T least, is the threaVl
made by Mrs. Harriet Fisher Andrew,
proprietress of the works, and vile or,
Lieutenant Andrew, OF the Argentine
Republic When Mrs. Andrew arrived
at Hoboken recently she brought with
her the two goats, one of which was
to be installed at her farm in EWING
township and the other to be given
as mascot to the Argentine battle
ship recently launched at the Camden
plant of the New York Shipbuilding
company.
The customs authorities refused TO
permit the goats to be brought ashore
because Of a law passed at the last
session of congress prohibiting the
importation of cloven-footed animals
from Italy because Of the prevalence
of mouth and foot disease In that
country. Mrs. Andrew, who had paid
large price for the goats. was IN
censed and at once set about trying
to get a special order from Washing
ton for their release. Thus far MOTH
ing has been accomplished.
Former Mayor Wittpenn Of Jersey
City was asked to use his influence In
behalf of the goats. Mrs. Andrew
tried the expedient of having the goats
bonded for delivery aboard the Ar"
gentine battleship, whose construction
has been supervised by her husband,
but was informed by the federal au'
thorities that this could not be done
Mrs. Andrew threatened that If some
thing were not done she would move
her factory to Italy. She has been
much in the public eye and made
trip around the world by automobile
few years ago.