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The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1915-02-08

OWN you pleas tell me
where ] could learn how to
raise ginseng and where l
could get the seeds?
IGNORANCE.
A.-Write to the United States
department. of agriculture, Wash.
ington, ID. q.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1915-02-08
YOUNG BRIDE

.A.-Wedding anniversaries may
be celebrated each year up to the
10Th and then every five years
after that. The first anniversary
IL cotton.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1915-02-08

that every year IL celebrated.
Will you kindly advise me,
also what the first anniver-
sary IL?
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1915-02-08
SPECIAL FEATURES OF INTEREST TO WOMEN READERS
|CYNTHIA|
GREY'S
LETTERS

Q.-I have been going with
a girl liked very much at
first, but at times I almost
hate her because she swears.
/ cannot stand her language.
Do you think she could be
cured of the habit IL l left
her? G. G..
A.-Some women think IL clev-
or to swear; others are imita-
tive and swear only because they
hear "A great deal of profanity
every day. The girl who thinks
IL smart to swear will doubtless
continue to do. SO, but the girl
who merely echoes the speech OF
others can probably be persuaded
into a better way.
However. put aside your reason
for hating her and keep i'm mind
the fact that you do some times
hate her. Then she is not the girl
for you. Hate grows faster than
love, once little speed is shown.
That Is reason enough for leaving
the girl before 1t is too late.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1915-02-08
Player-Pianos Have Got to Move

a rea
and VIII shown the wholesale billing
the II o
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1915-02-08

Q.--I am very much trou-
bled by moles that dig holes
in my property and spoil my
lawn. l have tried every way
l know of to get rid of them
but have failed. Can you
give me a good suggestion?
j. b.
A.-Bisulphide is effectual for
destroying moles on lawns. Il
should be poured down the en-
trance to the nest at night and
the orifice Immediately closed
with q clod of earth.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1915-02-08

Owe have French
poodle whose hair is all mat
ted up and l cannot comb IL
out, and | do not want to
have him clipped. What can
do? NJ. X.
A.-Wet the hair with alcohol
and comb while wet. Treat only
u few locks at a time. DO not
work near a fire or flame.
Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1915-06-04
Sinking OF Wrecks.

Very little is known as to the depth
to which ship will sink, as the
1epth at which observations can be
made is limited. Any statement on
the matter must be in the nature Of
conjecture. In the case of wooden
ships, many did not sink, but became
waterlogged and foated for years
short distance below the surface, con-
shutting serious danger to navi.
cation. The more modern types OF
vessels have occasionally floated for
some time in this way, being aban-
doned perhaps because of leak, but
sinking eventually. A modern liner
which sinks certainly goes to the bot.
tom in any instance where the nee
essary observation is possible. The
greatest known depth Of the ocean is
about five and one-half miles, and the
average. save in the Arctic and
Antarctic oceans where the water Is
shallower. would be from two to three
miles. It II debatable point wheth-
er liner sinks to the ocean bed in
that depth, but when badly damaged.
40 In the case Of the Titanic. It is prob
able that she goes a great distance
below the surface and may even reach
- hoff0m.
Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1915-06-04
BLESSING OF GOOD HEREDITY
That BLOOD viii TeIl' Is Shown In
the Descendants of Some Early
Americans.

We have heard so much in these
redity that 1t might be well to reckon
for moment some of the blessings
Of good heredity.
II 1t had not been for the descend
ants of Jonathan Edwards our eastern
universities and colleges would be
short their most distinguished presi-
dents.
II 1t had not been for the descend
ants of a single Austrian who came
to this country three generations ago
Sir Thomas Upton would have had
pretty easy work lifting the yachting
trophy. That Austrian's name was
Herreshoff
John Adams was very mediocre
president Of the United States, but a
irst-class minister to England, and a
sound patriot. His son. John Quincy
Adams, originated the Monroe doc.
.rtne
In the third generation came Charles
Francis Adams, war minister to Eng
Lord Palmerston down and made good
with it; while scattered around the
country are some hundreds of less
noted descendants of the original ].
A.; all of them remarkably above the
average in intelligence and character
In colonial days an Irishman of Eng
fish descent and his wife. who was
Irish without any explanations, came
to Virginia. Their name was Preston.
Four governors of Virginia were de-
scended from this Irish pair. Their
seed gave governors to South Caro-
lima, Louisiana, Kentucky. New York,
Missouri and California.
In the Civil war twelve of their de-
scendants reached the rank of general
In one army or the other; and the
colonies they produced are almost too
numerous to mention.
Heredity works both ways; but
usually the right wav
Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1915-06-04
. -s<sr .
FOUND TIMES HAD CHANGED
Alkali lke's Attempt to "shoot Up
San Diego Saloon Received with
Marked Disapproval.

Alkali Ike, deputy sheriff from the
desert, was q visitor in the city, says
San Diego. Cal. dispatch to the New
York Sun. Alkali was looking for the
white lights. BY noon. having failed
20 discover the excitement his soul
craved, he made his way into the u
8. Grant hotel buffet, and, pulling
forty five" that looked like one OF
the kaiser's howitzers, announced
that he was going to do some clean
ing"
AS he swung his Krupp around the
room heads dropped behind partf
lions, active men lodged into booths
and many faces paled at visions OF
sudden death. Commander in Chief
Billie Schiller tipped his cigar to e
higher angle than usual and, backed
by Irish and Germans, advanced OF
"the bad man from the sand hills
For an instant visions of carnage
flashed before his eyes of the mer
who had sought refuge, but 1t quickly
passed, for Schiller annexed the can
non and threw Alkali Ike to the side
walk. Half an hour later the fire
eater was back begging with tears
streaming down his face for his weap-
on
I'll be on my way to the sand hills
in five minutes" he promised as he
got back his gun.
Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1915-06-04
the BATTLE: OF |
j THE TIRES


agricultural and Commercial Press servicel
1t is interesting to watch the forces
Of civilization battling for supremacy.
The struggle now sSing on between the
rubber and the iron tire promises to
be the liveliest contest of the Twen-
tieth Century.
The struggle is a silent one and
there are no war correspondents to
write vivid descriptions Of the con-
flict but the results are more far
reaching to present and future gen
erations than the war Of Europe.
The rubber tire has been maneuver-
ing for point Of attack for several
years and has captured a few unim-
portant positions in traffic, but 1t has
now pitched decisive battle with
its iron competitor by hurting a mil
lion "jitneys" at the street railways
and the battle is raging from ocean
to ocean. Upon the result Of the
struggle depends the future Of the
rubber tire. If it is compelled to re-
treat, it's doom is sealed, but il it wins
the battle it will revolutionize the
transportation methods of this nation
If the rubber tire conquers the
street traffic its next struggle is with
the greatest battle between economic
forces ever fought out on the face
of this earth is on, for iron is the IN
disputed master in transportation. and
is fortified behind billions of dollars
and millions of men.
Stephenson applied the steel tire
to an iron rail in 1914, but it was 1869
before the golden spike was driven
at Promontory Point, which bound
the country together with bands OF
steel. 1t took the iron tire fifty-five
years to creep from ocean to ocean
but the rubber tire while warm from
the creative mind of the inventive
genius sped across the continent like
an arrow shot from the bow of Ulys-
ses. The roadbed was already pre-
pared and therein lies the power Of
the rubber tire over that of iron. for
government builds and maintains the
public highway.
But iron is stubborn metal and
it has mastered every wheel that
turns; has fought battles with every
element above and beneath the earth
and has never tasted the wormwood
OF defeat, and when rubber hurls it's
full force against this monarch of
the Mineral Kingdom. it may rebound
to the factory stunned beyond recov.
cry.
The rubber tire first made its ap-
pearance on the bicycle, but it proved
a frivolous servant and was dismissed
for incompetency. 1t has always been
too much inclined to revel in luxury
to be taken seriously as a utility ma.
chine and it's reputation is not one to
inspire confidence in heavy traffic
performance.
But to those who care to watt into
dreamland, it is enchanting to note
that there will be a marvellous differ
ence between a rubber and an iron
age. The rubber tire will scatter the
cities throughout the valleys for with
transportation at every mans door.
why city? 1t will traverse the con
tinent with a net work of Macadam
highways as beautiful as the boule.
ward built by Napoleon. 1t will par.
alyze the law making bodies of this
nation for how could the legislatures
run without the railroads to operate
on?
Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1915-06-04
Kent Alive nv EiectricItv-

The attention Of surgeons at the
General hospital. Birmingham, Eng
land. has been occupied by the most
remarkable case of a lad eleven years
# age. He was admitted to the insti
luton suffering from a tumor on the
brain, the removal of which necessi-
tated a most serious operation.
While the surgeons were at work
the patient stopped breathing and arti-
fetal respiration was resorted to. Dur
ing the course Of the operation large
portion OF the skull was removed, and
when the pressure from the brain was
iightened the lad began to breathe
again. An electric battery was ap
Piled to the chest, and the muscles be-
'ng thus affected the breathing motion
produced proved sufficient to keep tho
iad alive.
Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1915-06-04
Real MEANING -pF zIoNlsN
Rebirth Of Natien Ia Palestine 10
Movement for Greater Freedom
Of the Jews.

The Jewish movement called Zion
ism is not a movement for the restora-
ton of the Jews to Palestine. Tha
little land could not support more than
100000 of the $4,000, 900 Jews. It Is
movement to win more freedom for
Jews everywhere. But the new birth
of Jewish nation in Palestine is in
process of practical completion
A generation ago few Jews emf
grated from Roumania and Russia to
Palestine because convinced that the
Jews undying yearning for the land of
Abraham is fact of the deepest
meaning. 1t is evidence of the sur
vival of nationality that has show
it's fitness to survive. Those pilgrims
and their successors have demon
strated that Palestine is fit for the
modern Jew and that he is At for the
land
Where the land was treeless and sup
posed to be worthlessly sterile the col
onists have caused the almond and
the olive, the grape and the orange,
wheat and the sister cereals TO thrive
and abound. They are changing the
desert into a garden. At the same
time the material development Of the
Jewish colonies has been accompanied
by no less remarkable development of
the Hebrew colonizers both socially
and spiritually. Hebrews, after a
sleep of more than two thousand years
as dead" language, has again be-
come living tongue, serving as the
medium of intercommunication be-
tween Jews from many countries of
different languages. The renascence
of the Hebrew language has in turn
acted powerfully to revive the spirit
Of Jewish nationality.
It is a strange instance of the turna
Of history's wheel that nearly twenty
three centuries after the return Of Ju-
dean exiles from ancient Babylon.
which for millenniums has been bur-
led beneath the dust of ages, modern
Jews now return again to the land Of
their fathers and build up another
Hebrew commonwealth.
Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1915-06-04
AN AGRICULTURAL COUNCIL
By T. NJ, Carver.

BY T. N. Carver,
Professor of Economics Harvard University
Every city has its chamber Of com
merce or its Board of Trade. The
purpose of such an organization is
to study economic and business op-
portunities of the city and promote
enterprises which will help to build
the city Does any one know Of a
good and sufficient reason why ev'
cry rural neighborhood ought not
have a similar organization?
In Germany they already have such
organizations They are generally
called the Observation-Disclosures OF
agricultural council Some students
of the problem of rural organization
are strongly Of the opinion that such
an agricultural council is necessary
before much can be done for the bet
tering of rural credit or the market
ing of farm produce. There is no
object. for example, in having more
capital in a farming neighborhood
unless the farmers know without any
guess-work just how to use that CAPT
tai so as to increase the production
and the profit of their farms. If al
the leading farmers Of neighbor
hood would lay their heads together
and talk over the situation and study
the opportunities for new investment
they would be less likely to make
mistakes than if they work secretly
as separate individuals.
Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1915-06-04
Your Own Home.

William L. Price in The House OF
the Democrat gave US a description
of his ideal dwelling in words so ge-
NAL and simple, and full of such pic
turesque feeling, that they seem a fit
ting preface to an article on the plan
hing of home. "The rooms" he
said, shall be ample and low; wide
windowed, deep-seated, spacious, cool
by reason of shadows in summer,
warmed by the rudy glow of fire.
sides in winter; OF n to wistful sum-
mer airs, tight clos | against the win
try blasts; house, a home, shrine"
One cannot but wish that every.
homebuilder and architect would
learn these words by heart, and hold
them as constant reminder-for in
that one prophetic sentence seems to
be condensed the very spirit of
home.
The atmosphere c. comfort and rest
fulness cannot be attained, however,
without much wise and thoughtful
planning. Its roots are In the prac.
teal. the seemingly commonplace
which. rightly treated, results in last
ing homelike charm--Ths Craftsman
Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1915-06-04
HOLIDAYS in America.

The question of whether or not
there are too few distiuctively Ameri.
can holidays may be debatable, but
there is distinctly American holiday
in February-Washington's birthday
and February is the shortest month In
the year. Moreover it Is only a few
weeks distant from the universal hol
ldays of Christmas and New Years,
while Christmas is separated by bare
ly a month from Thanksgiving No
body can say too much in honor of
Lincoln; but Lincoln was born on the
18th Of February, a month -empted
for the father Of his country, so far
as holidays are concerned Lincoln
was a thorough American, and no
doubt if the proposition of second
holiday in February had been put be-
fore him for consideration he would
have rejected it without hesitation, on
the purely practical ground that one
holiday in February is enough.-Ex.
change.
Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1915-06-04
RURAL SCHOOL Term
SHOULD Be EXTENDED
BY p. p. cIaxton,
q. s. Commissioner of Education.


In most States school days for
country children are fewer than for
city children. The average length Of
school term in cities of the United
States is one hundred and eighty
five days; in rural communities one
hundred and thirty-eight days, diff
ference of forty-seven days. In some
States the difference is much greater
than this average. In many counties
the average length, of the rural
school term Is less than one hun
dred days. and in some districts it il
less. On the other hand, in the
States Of California, New York and
Connecticut, the country schools are
in session one hundred and eighty
days in a year, and in several other
States almost as long. The country
schools Of Rhode Island are In SEES
sion one hundred and ninety days In
a year.
II all children are to have an equal
opportunity for education we must
even up the school terms of the
country and give to all country chill
dren at least as many days as are
now given to city children. One
hundred and eighty-five days of
schooling = year for all children will
not be too much. There are coun-
tries in which the schools. both for
city and country, are in session from
two hundred and twenty to two hun
dred and fifty days or more in the
year American children need as
much education as those Of any 9th
er country. and this applies to the
rural as well as urban districts.
Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1915-06-04
FEDERAL INDUSTRIAL
COMMISSION
Ey Peter Radford,

The recent investigation of the
United States Commission of Indus
trial Relations brought together the
extremes Of society and has given the
public an opportunity to view the rep
resentatives of distinct classes, side
by side, and to study their views in
parallel columns.
Capital and labor have always been
glazing at each other over CULTS OF
misunderstanding and if the Federal
Industrial Commission attempts to
bridge the chasm, it will render the
public distinct service.
The farmer has been sitting on the
fence watching capital and labor fight
for many years and incidentally furn-
ishing the sinews Of war and 1t il
quite gratifying to find them talking
with, instead of about, each other.
When honest men smile and look into
each others souls. it always makes
the world better and far more salts
factory to the farmer. who in the end.
bears the burden of conflict. than
resolutions, speeches or pamphlets
containing charges and counter
charges.
The love for justice makes the
whole world kin. Understanding Is an
arbiter far more powerful than the
mandates of government, for there is
no authority quite so commanding as
an honest conscience; there is no de-
cree quite so binding as that of the
Supreme Court of Common Sense and
no sheriff can keep the peace quite so
perfect as Understanding.
We suppose the time will never
come when capital and labor will not
be occasionally blinded by the light
ming flashes Of avarice or frightened
by the thunder peals of discomfort.
But Understanding is a Prince OF
Peace that ever holds out the olive
branch to men who want to do right.
A mans income is always a sacred
thing for in it are the hope, ambition
and opportunity of himself. and fam.
lily, but there is nothing in a human
teart quite SO divine as Justice and
Understanding is its han1maiden.
Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1915-06-04
KNOW THY COUNTRY
llI-Telegrdph and Telephone

spring company than the fellowship
Of the giant intellects that constructed
this marvellous industry and a Journey
along the pathway of it's development.
Illuminated at every mile-post of its
progress by the lightning flashes of
brilliant minds, will be taken at very
early date.
A brief statistical review of the in
dustry brings out it's growth and mag.
nitude IN q most convincing and un-
forgetabls manner
The telephone service of the United
States Is the most popular and efficient
and its rates are the cheapest of the
telephone systems of the world.
We are the greatest takers on earth.
We send so per cent of our commune
cations over the telephone. The world
has about 100000 telephones and of
this number the United States has ap-
proximately 9,540,00O, Europe 4,O20. 900
and other countries 100000. Accord
ing to the latest world telephone CEN
sus, the total telephone investment is
sl,906. 100000 and of this amount ST..
O95,000,000 was credited to the United
States, $636,00a0Oo in Europe and
$175,00O,000 In other countries. The
annual telephone conversations total
24,600, 100000 divided as follows: Unit
ed States 1880, 100000; Europe $780,
100000, and other countries 1900, OOO,-
900. The total world wire telephone
mileage is 33,262,000 miles divided as
follows: United States 20,24S,OOO, Eu-
rope 10,3S5,000, and other countries
100000. About six per cent of
the worlds population and sixty-one
per cent of the telephone wire mile
age is in the United States.
Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1915-06-04

In discussing the commercial
achievements of this great age. we
shall approach the subject as the
historian chronicling events. This Sc
ries will endeavor to record in writ
ing the supremacy Of American men
and industries in the worlds affairs
and perptuate an appreciation of our
marvellous Industrial achievements by
presenting simple facts. figures and
comparisons that are overpowering in
their convictions
among the nations of the earth today
on account of her supremacy in trans
portatiou facilities. The mighty minds
Of the age are engaged in the prob
lens Of transportation, and the great
est men in the history of the world 6
commerce are at the head of the
transportation systems of the United
States.
In the discussion of transportation,
let US consider separately our Rail
ways. Telegraph and Telephones, Ex-
press, Public Highways, Steamships.
Street Railways. Interurban and other
forms Of transportation, and this ar
ticle will deal with railways.
The United States has the largest
mileage, the best service, the cheap
est rates, pays labor the highest
wages, and we have the most efficient
ly managed Of the railways of the
world. They stand as monument to
the native genius Of our marvellous
builders. and most Of the railroads in
foreign countries have been built
under American orders.
The railroads represent larger In
vestment of capital than any other
branch of human activity. The mile
age In the United States exceeds
Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1915-06-04
ftxin0 thu cei~a

IL was only nice friendly kind of .
"sing-song" at the hydro, but Just be
cause 1t was free expectations ran
high, and the critics were In full force
The young man who rose to sing THE
Maiden Fair With Golden Hair" had
the best intentions in the world, but
somehow he was not up to what ia
called concert pitch" Indeed. he was
very much below 1t. and after MAKING
two or three attempts he had to capitu.
late and resume his seat at the back
Then the benevolent-looking chairman
rose
Ladies and gentlemen, there is not
a word to be said against the youne
gentleman. He did his best, and what
can man do more? He deserves our
thanks for his willingness to come for.
ward. But do think that the person
who asked him to sing should be shot "
Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1915-06-04

Our transportation facilities are the
most perfect product Of this great COM
mercial age and the telegraph and tel
ephone systems of this nation crown
the industrial achievements Of the
whole world. These twin messengers
of modern civilization, born In the
skies, stand today the most faithful and
efficient public servants that ever
toiled for the human race.
They are Of American nativity and
while warm from the mind of the in
ventive genius have, under American
supervision, spun a network Of wires
across the earth and under the seas
Telegraphy, in its early youth. mas
tered the known world and the teie-
phone has already conquered the
sarth's surface, and now stands at the
seashore ready to leap across the
ocean.
No industry in the history oil. the
world has ever made such rapid strides
in development and usefulness, and
none has ever exerted more powerful
influence upon the civilization of its
day than the Telegraph and Telephone.
Their achievement demonstrates the
supremacy Of two distinct types of
American genius-invention and organ
izatiou.
The industry was peculiarly FORUM
ate in having powerful inventive intel
iect at its source and tremendous
minds to direct its organization and
growth. 1t is the most perfect fruit
Of the tree Of American industry and
when compared with its European con-
.emporaries, It thrills every patriotic
American with pride.
Ambitious youth can find no more In