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The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1916-10-18
Here's How They May
MakeCOmmandments

to them nor worship them.
3-Thou shalt not take the
name OF the Lord thy God in vain.
4-Remember that thou keep
holy the Sabbath day.
6-Honor thy father and thy
mother.
6-No change from the pres
ent.
NO change.
S-No change.
9-Thou shalt not bear false
witness.
10-Thou shalt not covet any,
thing that is thy neighbours.
The proposed form climates
words OF explanation or argu-
ments for their observance.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1916-10-18
WHEAT GOES UP
TWO CENTS MORE

Omitted Press Leased Wfre.)
CHICAGO, Oct. IS. - Wheat
continued its sensational advance
today. Shortly after the opening
December wheat went up two
cents over last nights close, while
MAY was up *.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1916-10-18
OIL DRUMS KEEP
STEAMER AFLOAT

VUnIttu FrebN EeHheu WIre.1
PORT OXFORD, Ore, Oct. IS.
Floating easily after resting for
weeks on the beach here, the
steamer Bandon is ready today
to be towed to San Francisco for
repairs. She is kept from sinking
by a large number of empty oil
drums stored in the hold.
The wreck was bought for ST.
500 and is worth $4,000 at pres
ent.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1916-10-18

LAW I'm
ATHENS

Omitted Press Leased Wire)
ATHENS, Oct. 1S.-Veni-
zelos leaders today decided
to call upon the allies to
recognize the new provisional
government set up ut Salon.
ika, favortng Greece's inter-
yention I'm the war.
Two diplomatic missions were
organized. They will present the
case of the provisional govern
ment to the allies.
Negotiations have been begun
Informally with the United States
to permit the recruiting of Greek
armies in America, in the event
that the u. s. recognizes the new
government.
The provisional government
took its first warlike step today,
issuing a proclamation calling up
recruits of the class of 1916 on
the island of Crete.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1916-10-18
H.C.L. Worry
Not For Chink
(By United Press.)

ST. PAUL, Mimi, Oct. Is.
Slim Ling Lee, who
"makes washee, Monday,
Wnesday, Fliday," isn't wor-
ried about h. C. |.
Statistics showing the cost
Of food has advanced 50.7
per cent in st. Paul III one
year, on file today at the
office of Angus j. Cameron,
secretary of the st. Paul Ho-
tel Keepers association, also
show that rice is about the
only food not aeroplaning.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1916-10-18
CRUISER IS
TORPEDOED

IChfted PresN Lensed W1re.D
BERLIN, via Sayville, Y. l.,
Oct. 1S.-The Italian protected
cruiser Libia was severely dam
aged by torpedo from a Ger
man submarine in the Mediter-
ranean on Oct. Z, 1t was Off
cially announced today.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1916-10-18
TODAY'S CLEARINGS
Talk o the Times

tocrat" as man who owns more
than one auto.
Hans Rose commands the
U-53.
Sub Rose, as 'twere.
But speaking of submarines,
what's the US?
The Old-fashioned plow-
man who used to pIow his
weary way homeward now
rides tractor.
Ambassador Gerard refuses to
talk about his mission. This dis
appoints us greatly. We expected
that the minute he landed he'd
call in the reporters and tell ev-
|erythinng.
You can say this for the
women on the biIIion-doIIar
special. They're having .
nice ride.
Sign in the window Of Market
street store:
TRY Our Sausages and Meats"
Climate to the contrary,
Mrs. Tiny Snow lives In Tuc-
son, Ariz.
WANTED---Canvassers to sell
church people on commission.
X. Bradford.--Adv. in the Hornell
IN. W Times.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1916-10-18

Greetings, have you no
ticed that l.. Roy Slater Is
something of q slate-smasil-
err?
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1916-10-18

Strikes other persons times ;.
Gets himself struck 6 times I.
Dusts cane with feather duster
Blows dust in mans face -.
Blows feathers in mans face :.
Blows crackers in mans face
Stumbles over his feet :. ..i..s,
Runs from policeman :.
Kisses man on hand -. :.
Kisses man on forehead =. :.
Runs dishes through wringer
Is bitten by goldfish (almost)
Tries to kill insects with hamn
Destroys alarm clock ........
Falls from ladder .........
Uses doughnut for dumb-bell
Breaks dish with doughnut :.
Puts hat in bird cage ........
There's a record-72 laugh
And you who would be th'
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1916-10-18
Great days for golf.

GTedt Jays TOT gOIf.
Jim Mccormack, George
Stone, Henry Rhodes and
Charlie Hufford tell us
they've done their Christmas
shopping already-carloads
of it.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1916-10-18

Tacoma schoolboy defines Eau.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1916-10-18

tocrat" as man who owns more
than one auto.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1916-10-18

Hans Rose commands the
U-53.
Sub Rose, as 'twere.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1916-10-18

Climate to the contrary,
Mrs. Tiny Snow lives in Tuc-
SON, Ariz.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1916-10-18

But speaking of Summarized,
what's the US?
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1916-10-18

The Old-fashioned plow-
man who used TO pillow his
weary way homeward now
rides u tractor.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1916-10-18

Sign in the window of a Market
street store:
TRY Our Sausages and Meats
The broad ax. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1895-19??, 1916-01-15
ONLY One Athens Now.

There is and has been for many cen
turtles only one Athens. But antiquity
knew no fewer than nine cities or
towns of that name in various parts Of
Greece. and even in the time of Plau-
tus it was sometimes felt necessary to
distinguish the great one as Attic
Athens" 1t was natural that Greek
cities should take their name from
Athena. the goddess Of wisdom, war
like prowess and skill in the arts of
life, who. according to some legends.
herself founded the City of the Violent
Crown. Others ascribed the naming
Of the city to Theseus or other myth
cal kings. The IS" Of the termination
is a real plural, for the city was given
a plural name (AthenaD, as being made
up of several Constituent parts.-Lon-
don Chronicle.
The broad ax. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1895-19??, 1916-01-15
Naming a Novel.

'9The thing to do" said the literary
man, sis to call your novel after the
name Of the leading character"
"Why?' asked the youngest novel
list
Because the best and the most sue
cessful novels always have such
names" the other replied. Take the
great novelists. The greatest book Of
each gets its title from the leading
characters name.
Instances are easy to give. What
is the best novel of Dickens? 1t is
David Copperfeld.' What is the best
novel Of Thackeray? 1t is Henry Es-
mond' What is the best novel Of
Scott? 1t is 'Ivanhoe.' What Is the
best novel of Thomas Hardy? Tess
Of the D'Urbervilles.' OF George Mere
dith? The Ordeal of Richard Feverel.'
OF Rider Haggard? ALLAN Quater-
main OF Tolstoy? Anna Karenina.'
New York Post
The broad ax. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1895-19??, 1916-01-15
A ThieFs Answer.

The secretary of the New York Pris-
on association tells of the answer a
thief gave to the question, 'rIs honesty
the best policyP" 1t was in the Elmi-
IA reformatory, where class was un-
dergoing instruction. A young man
asked permission to answer the ques-
ton. Il believe honesty is the best
policy" said he, because of a case
where knew it to work that way.
See? There was two young fellows in
New York, and they was crooked. See?
And they didn't succeed. They went
to Philadelphia, and they turned over
a new leaf and agreed to be square and
honest. They opened clothing store
See? And they prospered. They got
everybody's confidence, and they Dor
rowed 100000 to enlarge their bust
ness, and then they failed and got
away with every cent Of the money,
which they never could have done If
they hadn't been honest. Seer
The broad ax. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1895-19??, 1916-01-15
Sincerity In Art.

Only an honest book can live; only
absolute sincerity can stand the test
Of time. Any selfish or secondary mo-
tive vitiates a work Of art, as 1t viii
ates a religious life. Indeed, doubt
If we fully appreciate the literary
value of the stable, fundamental hu-
man virtues and qualities probity, di-
rectness, simplicity. sincerity, love
There are just as much room and need
for the exercise of these qualities in
the making of a book as in the build
ing of q house or in a business career
How conspicuous they are in all the
enduring books-in Bunyan, in Walton
in Defoe. in the Biblei 1t is they that
keep alive such q book as 1.-Two Years
Before the Mast" which Stevenson
pronounced the best sea story in the
language, as it undoubtedly is.-John
Burroughs
The broad ax. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1895-19??, 1916-01-15
How pru,.i, Wa. R.forested.

There was no need Of celebrating Ar
Dor day In Prussia In the days when
Friedrich Wilhelm 1. was king, for that
monarch had a plan all his own by
which he replenished the forests and
kept the country well supplied with
fruit trees.
According to Das Buch fur ALLIE, the
king, having observed that there was
q great dearth Of fruit and oak trees
In Prussia and not being willing to
undertake the tremendous expense OF
reforesting the country himself issued
an order to all clergymen that, after
June q, 1720. they should refuse to
perform any marriage ceremony unless
the groom could produce evidence that
he had just planted six fruit trees and
an equal number of oaks. If it was In
winter or in the middle Of a dry sum-
mer, when plants would not grow, the
groom had to produce and lay aside
sum Of money sufficient to cover the
cost Of the trees and promise to plant
the required number when fall or
spring came.
The edict worked wonders. The next
generation in Prussia had no lack OF
fruit and oak trees.
The broad ax. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1895-19??, 1916-01-15
ExpIodinu Ice.

To make a piece Of ice explode the
first step Is to put on plate lump Of
clear ice about as large as your fist.
Then with reading glass OF the lens
of a magnifying glass focus the suns
rays so that the bright spot of light is
exactly In the center Of the lump. In
a little time the ice will. begin to melt
from the inside, and after a few mo-
ments a small cavity will appear, for
the ice, having expanded In freezing.
will not take up so much room when
melted. The cavity, being entirely sur
by ice, will be a partial vac
uum, filed with a watery vapor Of very
low pressure. When you have melted
a large cavity lay the glass aside and
let the ice melt I'm the sun. Turn it
so that it will be sure to
melt evenly round the cavity. After
awhile the cavity will be surrounded
by a thin shell Of ice. Then, because
Of the great pressure on the outside
about fifteen pounds to the square
inch), the thin walls will suddenly
collapse, and the ice will fly in all di-
Companion.
The broad ax. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1895-19??, 1916-01-15
Japan,s DRAGON Lamps.

Japan abounds with sacred places
Shintoist and Buddhist-formerly re-
puted for the appearances Of the so
called dragons lamp" This is a mys-
ferrous light that comes out Of pond.
lake or sea and aHghts on a certain
tree, mostly on a certain night. 1t was
held that the light was dedicated by
dragon dwelling in the water to a
god whose shrine stood near the trees.
For example, the famous Ryuto of the
temple of Avalokitesvara on Nagusa
hill, province Of Xii, made its annual
ascent from the sea to a pine tree in
the precincts every ninth night Of the
seventh moon. At the midnight of the
18th of every month a Ryuto came
from the northeast offing to the so
called dragons lamp pine" near the
shrine of Mandjusri at Kiredo, prov
ince of Tango, whereas on the same
tree another light, named Celestial
lamp" made its descent from the heav
ems every sixteenth night Of the first.
fifth and ninth months.-Exchange.
The broad ax. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1895-19??, 1916-01-15
s;,. v.,.u. Life Insurance..

OF the 100000 or so dwellings In
the United States 90 per cent are pro-
tected-at least to some extent-by
fire insurance. But of our 100000
inhabitants only Is per cent have TAX
en- out life insurance policies. Men
seem to be more uneasy over the mere
possibility of the burning OF their
houses than over the stern certainty
that death will some day overtake
them. This is a strange contradiction
in human nature. To safeguard the
nations material possessions is well,
but how much more valuable than the
homes are the human lives OF the
countryl In this age, when the prin-
ciples of life insurance are so well
understood, there should be no such
discrepancy between the number of
homes and of lives insured. In many
instances the former could not be
saved from foreclosure were the earn
ers Of incomes to pass away leaving
the families unprovided for. 1t is as
much the duty of every man to insure
his life as to insure his property, and
If he has no insurable property there
is all the more reason for insuring his
Hfe.-Leslie's.
The broad ax. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1895-19??, 1916-01-15
The Colder Hemisphere.

Dr. George G. Simpson of the Indian
meteorological service at Simla, in In
dia, who asserted that the southern
hemisphere is much colder than the
northern, gives in the Scientific Amer.
lean the reasons on which he bases his
opinion. The air is warmed not by the
rays of the sun, which simply pass
through it, but by the earth, which abb
serbs the rays. Now, in the northern
hemisphere there is much land toabsorb
the energy of the sun and to give heat
to the air. In the southern hemisphere
there is much less land, and all the
land within the antarctic circle is per
covered with ice, which forms
a virtually perfect reflector and which
sends back into space most Of the solar
energy that falls upon it. Five mil
lion square miles of the earth's surface
in the southern hemisphere reflect into
space a large part of the energy re-
ceived from the sun-a fact that in it
self is enough to account for a cOnsid
cradle difference in temperature.
The broad ax. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1895-19??, 1916-01-15
A Painters Broken Arm.

A friend once entered the studio of
George Inness, the American land
scape painter. while he was at work
and remarked that the picture on the
easel seemed to him much better than
certain former works of the artist.
"Rghtw said Inness. This is going
to be one of my best things, and the
reason is that l have had the good
luck to break my right arm and am
obliged to paint with my left hand.
You see," he added. showing his right
hand in a sling. this hand had be-
come so darned clever that 1 could not
catch up with it, and it painted away
without me. while this hand''-show-
ing the left. with which he held his
brush-"is awkward and can do moth
ing without me"
The broad ax. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1895-19??, 1916-01-15
,Jefferson's Letter.

A few lines written by Jefferson to a
friend in foreign country ruined the
warm friendship which had existed be-
tween him and Washington. The let
ter is known historically as "Jefferson's
letter."
Jefferson sent letter to Philip MAJ
zei, an Italian, in April, 1896 Mazzei
published an Italian translation of it
in Florence the next year. 1t was re-
translated into French and published
in French newspapers, from which it
found its way into the British papers
and to America.
In this letter Jefferson opposed the
Jay treaty and commented freely
against Washington and his admins
tration as Anglican, monarchical and
aristocratic. This letter destroyed
Washington's faith in Jefferson.
The broad ax. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1895-19??, 1916-01-15
Beautiful Land of AIsaes.

This land Of Alsace is in many 70
spects the most beautiful that I have
ever seen. Strung along the horizon,
like sentinels wrapped In nantes of
green, the peaks of the Vosges loom
against the sky. On the slopes Of the
ridges, massed in their black battal-
ions, stand forests Of spruce and pine.
Through peaceful valleys silver
streams meander leisurely, and in the
meadows which border them cattle
stand knee deep amid the lush green
grass. The villages, their tortuous.
cobble paved streets, lined on either
side by dim arcades, and the old, old
houses, with their turrets and balco-
mics and steep pitched pottery roofs.
give you the feeling that they are not
real, but that they are scenery on a
stage, and this illusion is heightened
by the men in their jaunty berets and
wooden sabots, and the women whose
huge black silk headdresses accentuate
the freshness of their compilations. 1t
is at once a region Of ruggedness and
majesty and grandeur, Of quaintness
and simplicity and charm.-F. Alex
ander Powell in Scribner's Magazine.
The broad ax. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1895-19??, 1916-01-15
How TO Soften the Elbows.

Sometimes Il woman who has pretty
arm is troubled with dark. rough ell
bows and coarse skin on the back of
the arm just above the elbow. In either
case it will take some time to restore
the original soft white flesh. Purchase
some liquid green soap. which is really
yellow in color. make good lather
with it and rub it we'll into the skin.
Leave it ON for about five minutes,
then rub it off thoroughly with warm
water and dry very carefully. Care
less drying of this part of the arms is
the usual cause of the roughened skin.
After the cleansing apply a skin food.
rubbing it in we'll.
If the harsh surface does not yield
readily rub the rough place with a
pumice stone. then treat as described.
-Woman's World.
The broad ax. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1895-19??, 1916-01-15
Instinct of 6Iackbirds.

While residing in the country some
years ago and walking out one evening.
I found a nest Of young blackbirds.
The young birds were almost fiedged.
Taking them home with me. I put them
In a cage and the next morning hung
them out under a tree, and In about an
hour I saw the old birds at the cage.
evidently delighted to find their young.
The old birds came regularly every
two hours and fed them with worms
and grubs. This continued for two
days, the old birds trying all In their
power to get the young. ones out. On
the third day 1 noticed the old birds
bring a berry. which they gave the
young ones. two Of which died that
evening and the rest next day. The
old birds then left of coming. The
berries on examination proved to be
the seeds Of the Atropa belladonna or
deadly nightshade. This convinced me
of what 1 had heard about these birds
destroying their young If allowed to
feed them in Imprisonment. I am told
that other birds have the same instinct.
Liverpool Post.
The broad ax. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1895-19??, 1916-01-15

industrial Courts.

A. long ago as 1906 France created
Industrial courts, and the example has
been followed by Germany, Switzer-
land, Italy and Belgium. A president,
who represents the public, and an
equal number Of workers and employ
ers sit as a jury rather than as a
court. Lawyers are barred. The par
ties to the dispute take turns relating
grievance and defense, and in conse-
quence of this simplicity 80 per cent
Of the cases are adjusted without
formal hearings. In event of threat
ened strikes or lockouts the courts
have the power to sit as boards Of ar
bitration, and it is only in rare cases
that satisfactory agreements are not
reached.
Compare the simplicity of this pro-
cedure with the American method of
frequent trials, frequent appeals, re-
versed decisions, remanded cases,
court costs, lawyers fees and months
Of delay, a gantlet that no poor man
dares to run. The dollar out Of which
an alien is cheated may mean to him
the difference between a bed or a park
bench, and certainly his sense Of in
justice will not inspire him with re-
spect for democratic. Institutions
George Creel In Century.
The broad ax. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1895-19??, 1916-01-15
Saved the Scene.

John Galsworthy, the English play
wright; tells OF the wit Of an actor
named Littledale, who in one play had
to leap into river to escape a wild
beast
''The stage was so arranged that the
river was invisible. Littledale's leap
usually ended on a soft mattress in
the wings. while a rock was dropped
into tub Of water to create a splash.
Everything went on all right at re-
hearsal. and the night of actual per-
Torrance came. When poor Littledale
jumped he fell eight feet and landed
on an oaken floor with a crash.
'AThe audience set up a litter. But
the heroic Littledale was quite equal
to the occasion. Heavens he shout
ed, the waters frozenr"
The broad ax. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1895-19??, 1916-01-15
Counting IN Spain.

In sunny Spain etiquette is so very
restrictive in the matter of courtship
that it is a wonder that young people
ever manage to get married at all.
Even when. after many difficulties, the
engagement is accomplished, the par
ents have a deciding voice in fixing
the date. and. as they prefer long en-
gagements. the wedding day is usually
fixed somewhere in the dim future.
The best man and maid of honor are
expected not only to fulfill the usual
duties, but to contribute-sometim
very substantially-to the expenses Of
the wedding feast. Wedding cake is
unknown. but instead packets Of sugar
ed almonds are distributed among the
guests and sent by post to those who
are unable to be present.-Kansas City
Star.
The broad ax. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1895-19??, 1916-01-15
One Misery o. Anqlo- Indian Life.

Every night at dinner the Anglo-In-
dian holds a kind of levee. The in
sects which attend dance gayly round
the lamp. and one has TO watch ones
plate and glass carefully lest some of
the insects should dance into them
There is one inSect-a little. fat, brown
shining which emits the
worst odor in the world. If one of
these touches your food the whole is
tainted and rendered inedible. You
dare not kill these pests. for if one be
squashed the whole room becomes fill
ed with its disgusting smell and is
uninhabitalle for the next half hour.
So these abominable insects fly about
with impunity. while the poor Anglo
Indian must perforce look helplessly
on and inwardly sigh "spero meliora."
London Saturday Review.
The broad ax. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1895-19??, 1916-01-15
Leaning treason.

King William III. Of England was
passionately fond of the chase and
made it a point never to be outdone
In any leap, however perilous. A Mr..
Cherry, who was devoted to the ex-
lied Stuarts, took advantage Of this
to plan the most remarkable design
which was ever formed against a
kings life. He regularly Joined the
royal hounds, put himself foremost
and took the most desperate leaps in
the hope that William might break
his neck in following him. One day,
however. he accomplished one so i'm
minently dangerous that the king when
he came to the spot shook his head
and drew back. 1t is said that Mr..
Cherry at length broke his own neck
and thereby relieved the king from
further hazard.
The broad ax. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1895-19??, 1916-01-15
ItaIy's MARRIAGE Brokers,

Marriage brokers are a regular insti-
tuition in Italy. In Genoa there are
several marriage brokers who have
pocketbooks filled with the names of
the manageable girls Of the different
classes, with notes of their figures,
personal attractions, fortunes and 9TH
er circumstances. These brokers go
about endeavoring to arrange matri-
monial alliances in the same offhand
mercantile manner which they would
bring to bear upon a purely business
transaction, and when they succeed
they get commission Of 2 or 3 per
cent upon the dowry and sometimes a
bonus as well.