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Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1916-07-01
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Samarkand.

The old square city of Samarkand lies
out of the current of modern life, lost
in backwater of central Asia, that
rich mysterious region where all our
civilizations had their birth, and which
they have left and forgotten utterly.
Samarkand was a gilded metropolis of
the eastern world in its day, but now
the gliding has worn Off, and there is
little but bare bones left.
Samarkand and Bokhara, her sister
city of the plain, were long used as
synonyms for wealth and luxury. They
and religious. and it has ever been the
custom of oriental despots to lavish
half of their revenues on the comfort
of themselves and their favorites and
commemorate their public-spirited
benevolence.
Samarkand has fair share of such
monuments in the shape of wonderful
schools and mosques. but unfortunately
there Is another type OF conqueror ma
tive to central Asia-the leader of the
bar barian hordes which have periodi-
cally swept westward. This latter class
had the whip hand in Samarkand from
time to time, and occupied itself In
rants built.
so the chief interest of modern Sa-
markand lies in its ruins. You acquire
a guide who speaks bad Russian and
perhaps a few words of German or
French. He makes up for his linguistic
shortcomings by combination OF
earnestness, energy and flowing ges-
lures. His meanings are Incompetent
sible. but he knows where things are,
and he keeps off the beggars. He shows
YOU what remain of the beautiful tenn
ples of the Arabs. shattered and ground
into the dust by the iron hand OF Cen
ebiz Khan, and the magnificent struc-
lures raised by Tamerlane and his
successors, which are still fairly well
preserved The central square OF Sa-
markand, even in Its decay. Is surpassed
only by tho squares of few old Italian
cities.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1916-07-01

A fellow who knows all about 'ne
writing business said:
Just gotta get something into your
stuff about Mexico and the condieions
down on the border or you cant get
anything printed these days.
All right. Here's something ABOUT
Mexican conditions that has not oeen
printed yet, and that's going some.
To begin with, a review in brief OF
the Mexican currency system In an
its horror is necessary At the time
this event took place Mexican COL "a
lar was worth so cents in the Uniteo
States and a United states dollar was
worth so cents in Mexico.
Behold, then, Juan Felipe fopo.
catapetl Juarez de Junta. Mexican OF
the Mexicans, with sombrero that
cost $40 and pair of shoes that ma
ture furnished him at birth. HAVING
worked long and assiduously in the
mines. he finds himself with one
American dollar as net profits 1t must
be known. also, that he is In Texas,
very near to the border line. 1t should
also be known that 1t is warm day
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1916-07-01

kand Chief Of these is the grave of
Shah Zindeh, worshiped for six CEN
,uries and more. The faithful still be-
lieve that one day the saint will throw
aside the dust and arise to lead a holy
war. That will be an evil day for the
Russians, in the new city they have
built them just outside the walls.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1916-07-01

A mere sembIanee of their former selves.
shot out, straight forward. into the eye
OF the man who laughed the loudest. The
arm behind il seemed to be made of steel.
tsnd was a yard and a half long and a
foot thick The other arm seemed to
match IL with marvellous dexterity. for II
polished off the other eye. and then sought
lout soft and fabby places in the anato-
niles Of the remaining trio. The first loaf
q sank TO the ground under the impress
ZION that a violent explosion had taken
lpia e. The second man got two jolts
which resulted in his seeing momentary
display of fireworks which would do for
o municipal 18th Of July. The pyrotechnics
were but Tnomentary, for he lapsed into
Unconsciousness The other two men put
on show OF steam and began to rave
loudly. and move their arms about like
steamboat paddles. but they were cut down
81 their prime with two or three short
and energetic toIts which hattened their
ch;ns into mere semblance OF their
former proportions
The young man in gray then walked
on.
1 had seen him in action before. I
horses and calm forty excited men who
were yelling and cursing in the dust of
an artillery battery. Four soft loafers
on a street corner couldn't get away with
lany r1bald remarks when that chap was
about. He was simply the first sergeant
lof q battery of United States artillery.
- wrist watch 10 necessary in his bust
AAA- h eaRI -bqsa Job IKE that,
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1916-07-01
A New Serum.

Scientists in the Johns Hopkins Uni
versity are now experimenting with a
newly discovered serum, which they
believe will eventually be able to re-
store person to life after asphyxia-
ton or drowning. The experiments
performed upon animals have in a
number of instances restored them to
life after they have been to all ap-
pearances dead for severa, hours. A
few days ago an animal was brough,
back to life four hours after its ap-
parent death by the injection of this
serum. In this case. however, the ami
NAL died shortly aftcrward from
blood pressure. 1t is believed that this
tendency can be overcome and the new
serum utilized in the resuscitation OF
human beings who would otherwise
die" permanently.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1916-07-01
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Cleaning Set to Music.

dry-cleaning establishment in st.
Louis has added a photograph to its
equipment The work of the establish
ment includes a good deal of ironing
and pressing. The phonograph is kept
busy turning out lively music and the
workers at the ironing board uncon-
sciously move in time with the music,
greatly accelerating their speed. The
idea has been taken from the South
American countries. where music is
considered one Of the necessities of life
and is furnished in some form in al
most all industries. The proprietor
claims a 10 per cent increase in the
amount of work turned out in the same
period Of time since the monograph
has been installed.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1916-07-01

Forthcoming editions OF Martin
Chuzzlewit" may find the character Of
Mark Tapley, the famous optimist,
changed to that Of Representative Fitx-
gerald of New York. The change was
suggested recently by Uncle Joe" Cam
non of Illinois after Representative
Fitzgerald had made an enthusiastic
and optimistic speech concerning the
Legislative achievements of the demo-
cratic party. This in itself was a reply
to gloomy speech made by Represent
alive Gillett of Massachusetts, who said
the democrats had delayed matters un-
til II is necessary to pass continuing
resolutions to carry on government
activities because the appropriation
bills have not been passed. After Rep
resentative Fitzgerald had delivered an
grafton so nowery that the southerners
burst into wild yelps of reclamation.
Uncle Joe" arose an6-said:
Had the gentleman from New York
lived in the time Of Charles Dickens
the character of Mark Tapley would
have been changed to the character Of
EitsEesald- -
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haps il Is for that reason that the ora
tors of Congress are seeking new fields
in their endeavor to start a little some
thing in the way of publicity.
For instance, ii was but a few days
ago. when the national House of Rep
resentatives debated the question of
whether wife is part of a mans
family. This is not joke. 1t really
happened. 1t was while the Hay reso-
luton was being discussed In a tumult
which reminded old-timers of a town
meeting. This resolution provided
money for dependent families of Ma
tional Guardsmen. They stuck in the
father and mothers and little brothers
and sisters and the children, amid
cheers at each addition. In the midst
of this wild clamor up rose a tall Kan
sas man and solemnly demanded that
the word wife" be inserted then and
there He argued that there were rea-
sons for this: that certain volcanic &C
lions on the part of cross-grained
courts, presided over. presumably. by
woman-hating bachelors or cowardly
that whenever the national Legislature
is making laws for the benefit of the
family, the word wife" must be writ
ten in with indelible ink in capital let
tiers, SO as to prevent the woman of the
house from being robbed of her due
Then the House batted the sugges-
ton back and forth like basket ball.
Some of them said the Kansas man was
right and some of them said he was
wrong. A lot of them looked as II they
feared some kind-hearted Legislator
would wish to include brothers-in la W
and fathers-in-law and mothers-in-law.
and all the rest Of the gang" that
sometimes Is supposed to settle down
for a long wint"-' support at the ex-
pense of the T." Woodworking, be-
deviled citizen who had the Ill luck to
marry whole family instead of just
the daughter. OF course, in some in
stances. when the auction bridge is
running good. the family has to be in
troduced to the wife when she occa-
sionally drops in at home. and it may
be that this particular circumstance is
at the bottom of the legislative ques-
tion as to whether Friend Wife Is part
of the home circle. In the melee no one
seems to remember whether the wife
got into the resolution or not
At about the same time there was a
stirring debate on the size of mos
quitoes in various parts of the world
and later on there was a most thrilling
afternoon devoted to the size of the
barrels which carry lime. Once they
talked for whole pages about the
amount of gasoline motor cycle ought
southern orator arose once and deliv-
! cred a speech an hour long. In which
, he settled the entire currency problem
| before the country. the malevolen,
| press carried the news In those dis.
tressing words. Representative Blank
also spoke"
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1916-07-01
Tobacco,

From The Penn 0tA0 vTo<A.
Tobacco 10 . dirty Weed.
I like II.
It satisfies no normal need
like It
It makes you thin. it makes sou asen
1t takes the hair right or youf boan.
It's the worst darn stun I've ~ 0osn
like IL
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Japan Not Worrying
Over What u. S. Thinks.

This in spite OF the fact that, after
China. the United States Is the nation
most concerned. Tho principles which
Japan violated were subscribed to by
all the powers. but they were originally
put forward and sponsored by the
United States.
The other powers may yet follow
Japan's example and disregard those
principles; they may go back to the
old sphere of influence doctrine and
take their profits at China's expense.
There is no Likelihood that Japan will
stand in England's way, or Russia
way. England and Japan are allies. a
Russo-Japanese alliance is expected to
be made public at any minute. Tho in
terests of the United States will be the
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1916-07-01

was n W ly
at Inopportune Time. set up and
precariously balanced, her military and
naval power negligible. in spite of the
fact that the number of men fit for
military service in China is greater
than the entire population of Japan.
The twenty-one demands came at
peculiarly inopportune time for the
Chinese government. They did irrep-
arabic damage to It's prestige among
the people. just as 1t was beginning to
get upon its feet and well started to-
ward restoring peace and order in the
empire. Japan's demands set back
China's progress toward strength ana
unity by years. perhaps by decades.
Whatever the motives and diplomatic
complexities interviewer in the situa-
ton, the fact remains that JAPAN
forced her demands down China
throat at the point of an ultimatum
In this connection, 1t is interesting
to note the observations of British
military expert, correspondent of the
London Times. and probably the best
informed man writing on the military
situation in the far east. After an
analysis of Japan's military and naval
power, he comes to the conclusion that
only the military regeneration of the
United States or China can deprive
Japan of predoninance in the further
orient. And to talk to Japanese OF
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1916-07-01

real demands and cabled them to his
paper that journal expended consider
able money on a cable telling him TO
cease his false and misleading reports
and get down to facts.
However, in subtle diplomacy. emma
was fully the equal of Japan. ana
before many weeks she saw to II that
the demands became generally known
In the face of questioning from the
chancellories of Europe, in the race
of a note from the United States hatiy
refusing to recognize the result OF the
negotiations. Japan stuck to her course
The conferences between the Japanese
minister and the Picking government
continued. Japan consented to modin-
cations in a few Of her demands, post
poned a few others for future refer
ence. consented that China, instead of
signing her rights away by treaty.
might. in certain cases, do exactly the
same thing by an exchange of notes.
All this time. a double garrison or
, Japanese troops had been stationed in
the north Japan explained that the
fresh troops had come to relieve those
whose term of field duty had expired;
but for some reason the relieved troops
stayed on the job alongside the new
corners. When China asked when the
garrisons would be reduced to their
normal strength. she was informed that
this would be done as soon as China
had yielded to Japan's wishes in the
negotiations.
China replied to Japan's revised de-
ma ds, yielding all that she well could,
and little more. China's position was
particularly unpleasant because even
| if she herself were willing to be swal-
| lowed by her small and pugnacious
neighbor-which she emphaticafly was
not-She knew that the other powers
| would object vigorously as soon as
| they had a hand free to object with.
| In other words. the unpleasant process
of submitting to Japan would be fol-
| lowed by the still more unpleasant
| 81 lad 10 hy
| Europe for having submitted. So
China refused to yield those points in
| the Japanese demands which would
| have infringed too fagrantly on the
rights of other nations. japan sent
an ultimatum.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1916-07-01

such possibilities" he says. "only pro.
vokes q SMILE"
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1916-07-01

In other words. Japan does not worry
about what the United States may
Roanoke Rapids herald. [volume] (Roanoke Rapids, N.C.) 1914-192?, 1916-12-15

follow. Former tines If retail dry
goods concern didn't got half their
Salesladics faint on 'em every night
for two weeks before Christians, their
creditors would come down on them
and ask them to discount their bills.
Nowadays If cash girl gets head.
ache, that's big already"
Brsky nodded sadly.
Christmas is dying out" he de-
ciared. "'fhe people Is getting too
wise, Zapp. 1t used to be that II you
wanted to push your stickers,--wheth-
err 1t was handkerchlcfs, socks, neck
ties, oder gloves, MI you had to do
was 10 wait till the first of December,
mark em up 30 per cent over the regu-
lar retail price for fresh goods, put
en- in red paper boxes, understand,
ard your customers practically used
blackj Jacks on each other to get at the
counter where the goods was dis
played Christmas silver articles was
also good sales. ! seen butter dishes
30 like hot cakes, which the salesladies
was warned not to dust them Off nit
feathers even, on account 1t might
scratch the silver plate and show the
brass underneath. But that's a thing
of the past now. And who done ii,
Roanoke Rapids herald. [volume] (Roanoke Rapids, N.C.) 1914-192?, 1916-12-15
Illustrations by BRIGGS


lea Is decorating graves on the thir-
tieth Of May"
"Stlll, in way, it's good thing that
Christians is more or less a thing OF
the past Zapp said, because when
you tried to collect bill from some
body around Christmas time, 1t didn't
make no difference If he was retired
from business except for 10 per cent
interest in a bathing suit factory, he
would want you to wait till his Christ
mas rush was over. Also people didn't
give no orders because 1t was around
Christmas, Birsky. and just because 1t
was near Christmas and they claimed
they could use all the money they
could get, your creditors wanted you to
pay bills which you hardly knew you
owed on account of not receiving the
second monthly statement yet. Fur.
thermore If you owned tenement
house, you'd got difficulty collecting
the November rent because the ten
ants said It was so near Christmas, and
that's the way 1t went, Birsky. People
treated Christmas not as holiday, but
as an excuse. The wonder Is 1t amt
died out altogether
1.-The wholesaler wouldn't miss 1t II
1t did, Birsky commented. Believe
me, Zapp, for every child that lays
awake the hight before Christmas
thinking what his parents are going
to hand him the next morning, there Is
fifty manufacturers counting sheep
jumping over fences, trying not to
think what some Of their customers In
the retail drygoods trade Is going to
hand them after the second Of Janu-
airy. 1t don't require much water to
drown a shaky drygoods retailer He
can sink like a stone In two days rain
during the week before Christmas"
Don't / know it?" Zapp said. IF
the Christmas presents that the whole
salers give by mistake to shaky retail
drygoods men was put on trees the
Roanoke Rapids herald. [volume] (Roanoke Rapids, N.C.) 1914-192?, 1916-12-15

way ether Christmas presents are, tit'
would cover all !he redwood sr"H"S
California. But ii ujat The retailers
luult birsiy Sometimes the Teller !
playla. il. hurl luek like lnrrcAai
ike usd t. sell goods t. by t!'e !all
Felix tnmergjek cut IN CihrIn'alt
vlilcl. ruWe Il years aGo aN
Christmas be specialized o. sleigiis
skates ana cheap furS, nn irGa. he
ceIatpr ~ on they got such 4 war;.
spell in ClhclunGti that the hetel Keep
crs figured Should they or should they
not open the roof gardens again. 81
The following year Iarhcrglick cut oul
the slelghs aid skates and laid Ia
LicyclCS. children'S books anu very
attractive live OF umbrellas, and lln'
Elergllck says dat It's wonder Win
his luck he didn't also buy stock In
n chain of artificial ice factories, be-
cause on the day he received the goods
in November the thermometer goes
down 20 zero on hlla and stays that
way TIL a week after his next spring
millinery opening. Can you blame sucl
Il Teller that he settles with his cred
TORS so cents on the iollar?
Iistcn, Zapp," Birsky said "a 10
cept-un-the-dollar Teller could always
pia his bust.up on either warm
Christmas, cold Easter or an Invalid
wife, whereas the figures show tha'
the average Of real cold Chrlstmase'
ain't 10 m5re than the average OF rel
SICK wives"
sure | know, Birsky, but figuring
out the average IS what has done the
Elost harm to poker plnochle u'
Fourth of July Christmas and all theh
things that former tiae people enjoyed
running chances on. Take, for IN
stance, the Fourth Of July, and q io'
OF people which considers even silIetl
matches gefahrlch goes TO work anc
figures that out Of every million people
NAT shoots off tlrecrackers, one ant
seven hundred ard tlfty-two ole thou
sanlths peopl" gets burned 50 they
rut the fireworks manufacturers GU
II !uSlt,,ss, and now instead Of settil'i
tff fireworks people gees 20 rhe shor'
or trolley parks On the Fourth; and a.
soou as 1t gets figured out that of eV
cry millioa people that goes to trolley
parks aAd Concy Island, six and nine
ty-sevea three-thousandths gets Ma
gensaure from eating frankfurters ah'
rua oycg BY trolley cars on the Fourtl
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Zapp? II was the Teller that inverted
lie saying: DO your Christmas shop
ping early"
"Who did invent IT. Zapp asked.
al should know who Invented 1t"
Blrsky exclaimed. "But whoever he
was zapp, he put bigger crlmp In
the cheap handkerchief business than
the Teller who invented rhinitis tablets,
because II you are doing your Christ
mas shopping arount the first Of Octo-
Der when all them poor fellers that
runs summer hotels and bathing pa
vilions is saying to themselves: Now
it gets warm Zapp, handkerchiefs for
colds are the furthest from your
thoughts. Also children whose moth
ers do their Christmas shopping In
September is apt to get school supplies
Roanoke Rapids herald. [volume] (Roanoke Rapids, N.C.) 1914-192?, 1916-12-15
BY MONTAGUE GLASS

t1RISTMAS AMT
what 1t used to
be-" Barnett Zapp
remarked, as he
sat opposite Louis
Birsky in Wasser.
bauer's restau.
rant.
Sure l know"
Birsky s a ! d,
spreading "A slice
of rye bread with
mustard as lie
waited for an or
der Of kreploch
soup, with ge-
futile tebeches to
Roanoke Rapids herald. [volume] (Roanoke Rapids, N.C.) 1914-192?, 1916-12-15

instead of sleighs, because a shopper
amt got no imagination, Zapp. She
buys what's In season, and II she was
doing her Christmas shopping as early
as the Fourth Of July, y'understan!,
she would come horne with fireworks y
Say" Zapp said, Tipping the fingers
of his right hand ut Birsky, "sterekeep-
ers ANT allowed to sell no more fire
works around the Fourth OF July. It's
against the law
~ know It," Birsky continued, "and
II people couldn't shoot off flrecrackers
around the Fourth Of July and couldn't
shop around Christmas, all 1t needs Is
that It should be suspended sentence
for eating turkey on Thanksgiving, and
the only pleasure we got left In Amer
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1916-01-22
SPENDS $4,000 FOR BRIDGES.
Story County Engineer Files Report on
Highway Work

Ames. Jan. 22.-Stdry county spent
s5s,046.11 for bridges and culverts dur
ing the period from Nov. l. 1914 to Jan.
l. 1916. according to the annual report
Of County Engineer Sam Steigerwalt,
filed yesterday with County Auditor F.
E King.
The report is voluminous affair
and is filed with many interesting de-
tails regarding the road and bridge
work done in the county during that
period. In addition to the general sum-
maries, the actual work done on each
bridge and stretch Of road is presented
down<to the penny.
OF the $5S.046.11 spent on bridges and
culverts-s45,70S.7 was spent for
permanent structures: s3,649.07 for
temporary bridges and culverts:
s4.739.91 for repairs and s394s.40 for
miscellaneous items. The engineering
cost Of the bridge and culvert work was
$2,633.03
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1916-01-22
AMES SELECTS BiTUllTHIc.
Council Decides to Pay Tribute to
Holders Of Paving Patent.

AneS, Jan. 81 In executive SeS-
sion the city city council authorized
the mayor and city clerk to enter into
a contract with the Des Mones
Asphalt Paving Company for eight
and one-half miles of bitulithic paw
ing at $685. per square yard or
total of S23l. 100. The curb and gutter
contract was let to Akin and Flutter
at price of 441a cents per square yard
or S32.607.S1.
According to the terms OF the con-
tract, work is to start May l. 1915 and
the job is to be completed by June l,
1917. The curb and gutter work is to
be completed by Nov. l. 1916. Officials
of the Des Moines Ahphalt Paving
Company stated that they could com
plete the job by Oct of this year if
they experienced no delays in the
securing of material.
The Ames job is the largest in
dividual contract for paving ever let in
the state of Iowa The price is also
the lowest. as other cities have paid
from 50 to $40 while Ames gets it
for $685..