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The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1914-05-12
RAZORs sHARPENED


WE sharpen safety razor blades
All work guaranteed. Vtrges DRUG
Co.. l124 Pacific av.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1914-05-12

GALA LILY and floral designs.
Roman Floral Co.. 1927 SO. M
Main 44O5.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1914-05-12
SCAVENGEiss

OLIVER HENRY. Tacoma Garbage
Co. Main 64oj. Contracts made
for cleaning yards. vaults and cess
pools. Garbage removed by mon tn
AMERICAN GARBAGE CO. - Re-
moving garbage and refuse of all
Kinds. ZIG Puy. av. II 7t2. res. 1889
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1914-05-12
VACUUM CLEANING

FOR expert work call b. w. Scott
Main 2919.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1914-05-12

CLEANING done. Eectric cleaners
for rent Always the best. Main
3l65
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1914-05-12

ELECTRIC vacuum cleaner deliver
ed and called for $3.50 per day
Main $685.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1914-05-12

For sale or trade, IL acres, all I'M
provements, s mich cows; Y mile
south of Central av., old Puyallup
line. Jane Show.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1914-05-12
PERSONAL

DOWNTOWN rooms. all outside, 81
per week. Hotel Auburn. 740h
st. Heiens.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1914-05-12

YOU can buy sewing machines.
guaranteed to do good work, for
SIS. 319 18th st.
The Detroit times. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1903-1920, 1914-11-23
NJ Q NJ p Az
NOV. 20, I 8 "a
Railroads Attack
State Sovereignty

fer the reasons for believing that they
may be built to remain for days In the
air or 10 travel at speeds higher than
any with which we are familiar. Nor
Is there room TO enter on a consider
alton or their commercial value, or or
those applications which will proba.
bly, first come I'm the arts OF war rath-
er than OF peace; but We may at least
see that these may be such as to
change the whole conditions OF war
fare. when each OF two opposing hosts
will have Its every movement known
to the other, when no lines OF fortifi-
cations Will keep out the foe, and
when the difficulties OF defending
country against an attacking enemy
In the air will be such that we may
hope that this will hasten rather than
retard the coming OF the day when
war shall cease"
The six-foot model OF the Langley
aerodrome first few in 1896. and the
problem was finally worked out on q
man-carrying scale by the Wrights In
1908 and 1904. Although Langley's
man-carrying plane failed when test
ed In the lower Potomac river, Glenn
Curtis within the past year demon
strated that It's failure was an acci-
dent by flying In the original machine
constructed by Langley.
The Detroit times. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1903-1920, 1914-11-23
Ma, Son and Football

A fond mother with son In high
school wrote to Christy Mathewson,
asking II he would advise her to let
the lad go In for football.
II am against IT," she said, for
fear he may be seriously injured"
Christy was foxy. He refused 10
advise concerning boy he had never
seen. But he ventured one state
ment OF general value:
l maintain that every boy should
take part in some sort or athletics.
II tends toward clean living"
We wonder II the boys mother ever
thought OF the danger her son would
be In IL he kept away from outdoor
sports and provided no wholesome
outlet for the bubbling spirits OF
youth.
A swat on the shins, a punch in the
jaw. even a broken bone. is an injury
that will easily heal. leaving no III
effects. Indeed. a certain amount or
mauling seems to be gather good for
growing boys.
The greater danger. by far, dear
madam. is that your darling. being
denied the chance to join with his
pals In open play, may learn to be
trick and sneaky and mean.
There's no escaping risks In this
world. Better bruised anatomy
than dislocated soul.
The Detroit times. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1903-1920, 1914-11-23
Russia's Great Drink Reform

IL the manufacture, sale and con-
sumption Of all hard" liquor we're
suddenly stopped in the United
States-if the country's 1900 distiller-
les were put out of business by
stroke OF the pen and the govern
ments income of $l63,S79,342 yearly
from this source absolutely cut off,
we should have a condition OF things
approximately resembling that
brought about in Russia by the aboli-
ton of the vodka traffic. Yet even
this parallel does not fully represent
the revolution in Russia's drinking
habits whereby 150.000.000 persons
are affected at an annual cost to the
government of $500,000,000 In rev.
enue.
Doubtless no more heroic reform
measure was ever introduced by any
government Ii has remained for the
absolute monarchy whose name Is
synonymous with oppression, but
which yet anticipated our own free
nation In liberating the serf, to give
force to what is altogether the most
remarkable temperance movement In
the worlds history. And q temper
ance movement IL truly Is, not pro-
hibtion as II Is commonly called. for
the restrictive order applies only to
the stronger alcoholic liquors and
does not bar beer and wine.
Fully as remarkable as the reform
itself Is the agency by which II was
accomplished. II is mainly to the per-
sonal efforts Of a man OF peasant
birth. house painter by trade and
now a millionaire humanitarian, Mich
ael Dimitrovitch Tchelisheff, that
Russia is relieved Of the curse OF
vodka" As a village councillor. may
or. member OF the duma, and at last
by personal appeals to the car, he
has steadfastly fought for the great
end he has achieved The history or
reform records no more romantic ca
reer than that OF the man who al
most single-handed and alone has con-
verted one OF the modern worlds
greatest peoples to temperance
New York World.
The Detroit times. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1903-1920, 1914-11-23
Come On, You Prosperity!

or Man Prosperity is comm up the
road
Hear his horn a-hootin'?
See his auto scootin'?
He's the crttter
Amt gutter
Doesn't need "a goad.
or Man Prosperity Is comm Up the
road
or Man Prosperity is sailin' up the
pike
Looks a lot like SANITY
With his Christmas ante.
No embargo
on his cargo:
Take just what you like.
OF Man Prosperity Is sailin' up the
OF Man Prosperity is nyin' up the
street!
Geo. l's style Is lightninI
II you're boiler
For a dollar
Joan n4In the seat.
OF Man Prosperity is nyin up the
OF Man Prosperity has got the car for
me.
Hear you. doubtin' Thomas?
Make the stain
or its ratin'
Millions OF h. p.
OF Man Prosperity has got the car TOT
me-
OF Man Prosperity is whiriin' round
Shawn on the corner,
Hittin' Mister Mourner.
When he knows he
Sees things rosy
Watch that OF Mans nerve, a.,
KILN curvei
The Detroit times. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1903-1920, 1914-11-23
His Sympathy in
the Cruel War

When the federal troops were sent
to quell a riot In an Arkansas min
ing district, they found some real
work to do. There had been shoot
ing and burning and killing enough
to make up pretty fair war report.
The colonel Immediately ordered
the miners and all the Inhabitants
within the district to disarm.
The second day after the guns had
been gathered In, an old fellow with
long beard and bushy hair and a
shiftless gait approached the colonel
Il reckon" he said. diffidently.
you'll let me have my boys gun.
We amt been mixed up In none OF
the lighting
Then why do you want your gum
asked the colonel.
1--WE are plumb out OF hog meat and
we want 10 shoot some rabbits, said
the old mountaineer.
What sort of gun did your boy
have?" asked the colonel.
my boyses,' corrected the Did
man, they all had guns; and all OF
em want to get 'em back. We need
TO shoot some rabbits powerful bad"
How many boys have your" asked
the colonel.
The old man stroked his beard re-
fiectively .'Fourteen-Jim's away
but he give me his gun"
Fourteen guns in one family" The
colonels face wrinkled into smile,
Wen have TO keep your arsenal for
a while My sympathy Is with the
rabbits"
The Detroit times. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1903-1920, 1914-11-23
Expert.

Owing to tn shallowness of a GER
tain harbor, the ships trading to and
from IL have to be built with light
draught. Commenting on this fact one
day. facetious individual remarked
to the skipper OF steamer:
II reckon, captain, you would think
nothing OF running, your ship across
meadow on a dewy night?"
Nothing at ALL" came the reply:
though, to make sure, | might send
a man ahead with a watering-can."
The Detroit times. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1903-1920, 1914-11-23
From Another Point of Hie,D

produced 23,493. 1t seems that
even the cows out that way have TO
show 'em.
Next column to war news we find
that Arizona will put nine men to
death In one day. Civilization goes
marching on.
Miss Minimize Boggs, of Lincoln.
Neb.. has fallen heir to $5,000,000.
We think we can see the finish OF
the young man who has been buying
Minnie seat in the balcony.
The only criticism we can direct
against the quartette Of 20-year-
olds that passes down our street
every night singing "Tipperary" is
that IL has four tenors too many.
What's become of the old-fashion-
edo fellow who used to shout "Ice?"
All. there he is. across the street,
wheeling coal.
While lighting n breakfast ire sun
d. morning. John Sapatka, 2S wears
old. s3s East Hancock-ave- spilled
some OF the kerosene he was using
near q gasoline can. He lit the nre
and the can exploded. burning him
badly about the fact and arms. Physi;,
clans In Grace hospital think ne VIII
recover.
Nobody home but the father play
ing cinch with mother and he's out.
I. NJ. Fame Is the name Of a Phila-
haluhfa Arm'e cradit man
Proceeding on the theory, We take
Il, that they are all known to Fame.
The Detroit times. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1903-1920, 1914-11-23
Nothing But the Truth.

Most people would be greatly in
suited IL their honesty were question
ed and would assume cold and dis
tant manner toward the questioner;
yet here Is a book which Will con
vince nearly every one that he Is
more or less OF liar. though In the
interests of society and with fairly
good motives In the background.
A young man, whose father has
failed (said young man being unable
to achieve such a distinction. having
nothing to lose) finds himself with
out means OF support, support includ'
ing clubs, cocktails and white Kid
gloves, and enters into an agreement.
for a liberal consideration, to speak
nothing but the truth for three long
weeks. His friends who drove the
bargain repent as they are OF neces-
sity shown up In this orgy OF truth
fulness, and hasten to lift the en-
barge or put on the lid, whichever
you choose Anyway. the hero Is
muzzled and made safe again for
everybody's sake. Frederic 8. lsAam
has written an amusing story in a
breezy, entertaining style and quite
cleverly shown us some OF our own
shortcomings.
Nothing But the Truth" by Fred
eric 8. Isham. Bobbs, Merrill Co..
Publishers, Indianapolis; so cents.
The Detroit times. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1903-1920, 1914-11-23
ESTELLE.


EsteIle was farmers daughter.
The mortgage was soon due on
the farm and her father would
not be able TO meet II.
So he had told Esteiie that II
was up to her to find the man.
One day an automobile drove
up In front Of the plAce and man
got out.
He walked into the yard. up to
the side door and raped, and Es-
telIe answered the rap.
Said the man: would you
kindly give me q drinkT
EstelIe didn't know why, but
her little heart was all a-fiutter AZ
she ran 20 the kitchen and filled
the dIpper and brought the man
nice big drink Of pure country
water.
After the man had finished the
drink Of water, he held out the
dipper, and a. Estelle took the
dlpper the man held on 70 u.
Well, there they stood holding
the dipper.
81 love YOU" said the man, -be-
cause ! see you are real country
girl. When ! asked you for
drink you did not ask me what
was going 70 have"
Nell bIushed.
81 am q rich snuff nnsnufactur-
err" said the man, whose name
was Sam. "Will you marry mel"
Nell thought Of the mortgage
on the old home, and OF q cold.
bitter winter coming on.
"a rich snuh manufacturerl'
she unused 70 herself.
"WiIl you marry me7" the man
repeated.
The sun was sinking In the
west Gas usually and from the
Kitchen there came the rich coun-
try fragrance Of burning warmed
up potatoes, az the simple Es-
teiIe, all bIushins, lay her golden
head upon the rich SNUFF manufac-
turer's chest and softly replied:
81 should smoker to snort"
Missouri has a COW which last yea
The Detroit times. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1903-1920, 1914-11-23
Valuable Discipline.

The frst thing want you to do
N school" said Farmer Corntossel to
~ SON, "is to try to join glee club"
why, you never seemed to care
such about my music"
III don't pretend to be any Judge.
hut I want you to have fair show.
I've looked those young men over an
I've rot an idea that when they get
through with you you'll either sing or
nit tryin'." Star.
The Detroit times. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1903-1920, 1914-11-23
OTHER WORDS, GENTLEMEN, IT'S
lust AS EASY AS ROLLING OFF a LOG

Mayor Marx 8 on q Of the United States
he hopes will benefit his administration.
II ought to.
The has his police commissioner with him to do his talking
ny should help the administration quite bit
With police Marx stopped of in Pittsburgh
there investigated the matter Of elimination
They efficiency bureau introduced themselves
chairman they Pittsburgh had cleaned it tender
LII wanted to know how it had been done.
chairman of the bureau abe and courteous all city
visited by another city usually and concealed
1ohng from his inquEtors.
IS He claimed patent rights for Pittsburgh
you gentlemen how went about here stamp
vice. which there have been of the evil ateres
- often offered a . n argument against elimination
The mayor and the police commissioner all attention
aWe concluded the chairman of the morals
eney ceanedup city "BY CLOSING EVERY DIsREPU
FABLE RESORT IN THE CITY,
81 Aheml
The Detroit times. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1903-1920, 1914-11-23
We SHOULD WORRY RIGHT NOW ABOUT
HE SIZE OF OUR ARMY AND NAVY---NOI

strikes Herbert Quks argument ought to pretty near
bigger army and bigger particularly at
- time.
onck the countries engaged in the present conflict
nkeng years to after this
All Of them he believes will have gotten their stomachs fun ana
he them would be position fight should it want TO-
the be the OF the
lifted States.
We are high cock of the walk in
nera
A matter speculation already being ndnlged just
ought strongest nation the globe
this having the and the greatest navy and the
ut money.
Hm
he Germany triumph the allies will dis
e the British and French naves command the squelch the
ltd States monopolize the trade of the world.
there suggestion from reader which
ay of the Paris editor and fears that might be
Gtertained by timid at home
This reader writes:
Suppose Germany
carrying big
with fresh eombatant and to food clothing and
q ordinary necessares
suppose finding this condition,
aPve cot the gums money all
batteshps
Of
throughout world
order The everlasting armng and
squabblns Of leading
costing hundreds
every I've
Innocent byander And I'll lick
doesn't into pooI!'
correspondent anticipates United States Of the World which
distance off, but at hand and trade
nopolised after this by country now at war
The Detroit times. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1903-1920, 1914-11-23

The Effect of a Landslide.
The recent Republican landslide ap-
pears to have pushed good many
Democrats into the United States sen.
Herald.
The Detroit times. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1903-1920, 1914-11-23
Uninterested

In q newspaper Office. where the
workers are supposed to be up to
date, the boss asked the stan to tell
him the name OF the newest aud
most powerful American batueship
In commission.
There were four guesses, and none
correct.
How many times In your lie have
you seen a whole regiment OF. regular
soldiers?
For most Of Us the recruiting officer
begins and ends what we know, from
personal observation, OF Uncle Sam
army.
w men Rep. Gardner was telling con-
gress In what q bad fix we'd be II at
tackled by great power, Fellow
member interrupted 10 ask IL IL was
wise to advertise our unreadiness SO
openly. The worthy interruptor evi-
IDENTIFY didn't know that every for
eign war ONCE knows far more about
our military affairs than SO out OF
every 100 Americans know.
Our professional soldiers and sail
ors think II a blooming shame that
we common NUTS are so uninterested
in militarism.
Maybe II is.
But, at all events. we can still go
long way before Wen be In danger
Of getting militarism on the brain.
The Detroit times. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1903-1920, 1914-11-23
Law Bob ParkIns.

Lazy Bob Parkins" Is a short play
by Ward Macauley. The scene Is laid
in a country store and the characters
The Detroit times. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1903-1920, 1914-11-23

Announcements are out & tn eff
feet that Pete Bayne's Daughter Bios
som has consented q git up and cook
Breakfast or Life or Orson Hood.
Which 10 q say. Orange 6iossurs are
again In tn Air."
The Detroit times. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1903-1920, 1914-11-23
Favorite Pastlme

Favorite Pastine.
The captain cried Cease shooting
please"
But couldn't stop the chaps:
II was the troop OF Senegalese.
And they were shooting craps.
New York Mail.
The Detroit times. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1903-1920, 1914-11-23

Every experience is great II one
has a large conception Of 1t, and
every event is interesting II it Is
told alphabetically
NOUS.
The Detroit times. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1903-1920, 1914-11-23
What The Authors Are Doing
~ E. s. HITCHCOCK

are the villagers who come to buy
various articles from soap TO prunes.
Bob Parkins Is one of the clerks and
seems thoroughly lazy and good-for-
nothing, until girl appears and
transforms him in the twinkling OF
an eye into hustling business man.
Such things have happened before.
like the statue which was kissed into
life. Bob receives his kisses after he
has come to life, however. and proved
that he can do something.
Penn Publishing Co, Philadelphia;
Is cents.
Sons Of the Rhine.
A German story Of great factory
and the people who go TO make up
it's various branches from the owners
down II is translated and, like all
translations, suffers from more or
less stilted manner OF expression. Ii
is very German in its attitude toward
life and society, and conservative TO
a degree that seems irksome TO an
American reader. Rudolf Herzog does
not belong to the advanced German
school which penetrates TO the soul
OF things and has given us some OF
the most startling and the truest lit
erature the world knows today. These
books hardly bear translation, though
the attempt has been made In mum.
Der OF cases II is unfortunate that
more Americans cannot read them in
the original and form conception OF
their wonderful insight and beauty.
Sons OF the Rhine" by Rudolf
Herzog. Desmond, Fitzgerald, pub
fishers, New York: s1.25.
The Detroit times. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1903-1920, 1914-11-23

Missouri has COW which last yea
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1914-06-21
Map distances

alent would amount to abou; s., 900 for
an average steamer.
The more the map Is studied the more
incomprehensible the building OF the
Panama Canal appears. The commerce
OF most of the land surface and of more
than nine-tenths of the worlds popula-
ton is beyond the sphere of its influ-
ence. Plymouth England, Ii 7,i24 miles
nearer Singapore by way Of Suez than
by way Of Panama. IL Is even 745 miles
less by way Of Cape of Good Hope than
via Panama. All traffic between Europe
and Australasia is beyond the reach OF
Panama, for Plymouth il LEO miles
nearer Sydney by way Of SueZ than by
Panama. Other European ports have
the same relative advantage.
Not until New Zealand. the furthest
east Of all Pacific trade centres, Is
reached does the advantage In distance
for steamers from Europe swing over
the Panama route. From Plymouth to
Wellington the Panama route is shorter
by 800 miles than via SueZ, though
only $50 miles shorter than by the Strait
of Magellan. This small saving over the
latter route would be more than offset
by canal tolls Other things being
equal. 1t Is customarily calculated that
the Suez tolls offset 1000 miles Of steam
ing for freighters. Unless more Than
that distance can be saved the freight
ers keep to the open ocean. leaving the
canal 10 liners.
And there are other considerations
on the Suez route many ports OF call
offer prospects Of traffic. before reaching
New Zealand. on the Panama route
there are no trading ports OF impor-
lance, so all freight would have to pay
canal tolls. After leaving the Pacific
terminal OF the canal steamers bound
for New Zealand would have to stop
somewhere for coal. Tahiti. I,iS6 miles
! from Panama, is the nearest site for a
coaling station, but Tahiti promises
little in the way Of traffic. From Tahiti
to Wellington would be another long
run Of 2,34s miles with no way traffic OF
any consequence.
The cost Of fuel is also against Pan
anna. Beyond Suez the average price
of coal is about So a ton. At Colon Goa
Is about 81 a ton, while in the lonely
Pacific it is about SIC a ton.
These facts indicate that Panama il
not likely to be overwhelmed by trade
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1914-06-21

to pay very heavy dividends on the cost
uf the canal.
The only notable savings in distance
effected by Panama are those least
worth while. From New York to Mel
bourne by the Cape Of Good Hope is
l2.S3S miles, by Panama 9,9i5 miles.
From New York to Wellington by the
Cape Of Good Hope is li.03i miles. by
Suez 1887 miles, by Panama S,522
miles. This is a material reduction in
distance, but 1t must be considered in
connection with the volume of traffic
affected. In 1912 our trade with Aus
tralia and New Zealand amounted to
s6i.351 500. No doubt our trade in that
quarter may be increased, but it seems
improbable that any possible increase
will BE- enough 10 justify the outlay
for the canal.
There is also n notable saving be-
tween Atlantic and Gulf ports and the
west coast of South America. But the
narrow strip between the Andes and
the Pacific supports fewer than H.
10000 people between Panama and the
Horn. Not being rich. the buying
power OF these people is restricted. and
natural conditions are against any very
great increase in population or wealth.
our total trade with the countries on
the west coast in 1912 amounted Ia
60.605,572. of which Chile contributed
s3I,705,230, or CO per cent.
As has already been pointed out, Chile
is 80 readily accessible via the Strait
of Magellan or the Horn that under
any circumstances much of the traffic
will continue to use those routes. This
leaves $22,900.230 in trade for the rest
of the west coast. which. added to the
I,351 ASS Of Australia and New Yea
land. makes a grand total of Ss7.251.-
797 which we have placed appreciably
nearer at an outlay of more than $375.-
000. 900. Why the annual maintenance
charges on the canal would amount 10
nearly II per cent. Of this trade. 1t
would take a better showing than that
to justify the canal investment in the
eyes Of stockholders in a private enter
prise, the more especially as the trade
was being obtained without the expen-
diture. No matter what we do we can
never hope to monopolize the trade OF
these countries.
The trade of the United States with