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PAGE rOUB. MKIHBKIt OP THB BCRIPPS NORTHWEST 1.KA1.1 OF NEWSFAPKRS. Tel**nphle New* Servtc* of the Vailed Pkm Aasoelalloa hr direct l.»ird Wire. Kalrrrd at the poatofflee, Tatmna, VVllah., ■■ •e«>nd-<-l««« matter. Published by the lih—ihj Timrm Tub. Co. livery Kveslnic tCirrpt Sunday. MUTTON AND YOUR DAILY MEAT BILL If you would cut the cost of living, abandon the pig and steer and huy sheep. The cheapest beef that can be bought in tho Tacoma market is the brisket, which is pretty poor stuff, and it costs 10 cents a pound. Good mutton for stewing ran be bought for seven cents iv local markets, while round steak of beef costs IK cents a pound. Shoulder of pork is 18, but shoulder of lamb is 121/., iini \ niutton is cheaper still. Ham is 20 cents, but a leg of mutton can be secured from the butcher for 121 o cents a pound. All along the line mutton is cheaper than either pork or beef. The discrepancy is due practically to the fact that the American people have grown to be beef and pork eaters and have overlooked the nutritious and wholesome sheep. ' The demand is for beef or pork— ami the dealers make you pay for it. Just as they make you pay "JO cents a pound for calf's liver now which you used to buy for five cents —a demand has been created for it by educating the people to like it. \ In view of this the National Woo Mi rowers' association has started a campaign to educate the people to the use of mutton. They know as soon as the people learn to eat mutton the demand will force the price up and rais ing sheep will become more profitable. In the meantime the people who buy sheep now will get the benefit of the low price. And an epicure will tell you that for something real fine there is nothing in the meat line from a porterhouse ro&st to a corn-fed gobbler that beats a leg of lamb. SAVE THE FIREMEN'S PENSION PLAN The history of the firemen's pension fund in Tacoma would make ex cellent reading for a jokebook. In theory the law contemplates that a firemen's fund shall be estab lished from which money shall be drawn to pay those who because of their hazardous employment are injured or to compensate the families of those who are killed. In practical operation in Tacoma tin; firemen's pension fund has apparently been a grab bag. Commissioner Mills thought it going a little strong yesterday when a fireman pulled money out of the fund for a boil. But that is not as bad as some of them. One fireman a few weeks ago put in a bill and it was actually voted through to pay him because he cut himself in shaving. The Times believes heartily in a pension fund for firemen, but the oper ation of the present one in Tacoma is such that enemies of the whole sys tem of municipal or state pensions are getting a lot of arguments to bolster them up and give a black eye to a really meritorious scheme. The city commission will do well to give the pension plan immediate attention. IN THE SPAN OF ONE LIFE The fact is recorded that "Charles Davenport, aged 97, Inventor of the locomotive cab and pilot and the builder of the first wrought-iron bridge in the United States," has just died at Zoar, Ohio. Such facts and a little reflection show what wonderful, what gigantic strides, the world is making in an inventive and mechanical way. In that man's lifetime have conic all the present railway locomotives, all the modern steel structures, both bridges and buildings, for the steel buildings were based on the steel bridge principle, and all that has come about through the employment of those principles in mechanics. A new world has been cre ated since the beginning of his practical activity. And can anyone doubt that the next century will bring forth achieve ments fully as marvelous? After hearing that Frisco Chinese orator recently it was a foregone con clusion that the Commercial club here would endorse the recognition of the republic of China. Once more the city commission dodges responsibility on the testing of Green river pipe and shifts it onto "ex perts." The house has passed a resolution authorizing the appointment at a sal ary of $60 per month of a messenger to the committee on the disposition of useless papers. This does not include President Taft's messages. Manchurian Chinese have taken to wearing canes and tight shoes. The march of civilization is just spoiling some mighty fine heathen. LATEST MARKET REPORT FOR TACOMA HOUSEWIVES Pralta Grapes, 2 lbs., 2Sc Japanese oranges, 60c box. Btrawber;iea, zoo box. Huckleberries, 2 lbs. 2Sc. Pears, box, 11.00. Oranges, 10 0 50c. Lemons. 1O & 50c. ■ Cocoanuts. 100. Bananas— doz. ■-.: Apples, box. 76c051.26. Apples —Oravenstein, box. 1.25 0 Apples (extra fancy) Delicious, 11.90 box. Caaaba*. 20c. 25c, tic. Grapefruit. 10c. - - : "-.■»•.. ■ ■ •>•.' . ■mm Spare Robs, ISo lb, Veal Stew. 15c lb. Perk ' Tenderloin 45c Roast Beef, prime rib. It 183 tie. Pot Roast, 12 ty »16c. Boiling Beef. I ©10c. Blrloln, 20c Porterhouse. ItQUa. T-Bone. 12026 c. . • Round Steak, lla ■ . - Lev of Lamb, sprlnir, 10c. Lamb ; Chops, • shoulder. . If . lota ! » and rib, 20c. • , " . Shoulder of Lamb. 11 He '; ' Lamb Stew, lb., 7c. ■ ■ V-' 1 Rout Pork, 18-20-25e. ©ditortal Pa^e of €fte €acorn& Cimes "And I say you're a first-class hog!" replied Ma. "Well," said Pa, "with first-class hogs worth $4.85 per 100 on the hoof, your gentle answer sure tum eth away wrath." "Good cooks are more necessary than governors," saj's Hon. Tom Mar shall. Nice vice-president, a fellow who doesn't know that cooks are gover nors ! Sarah Bernhardt got $30,000 for pos ing for a moving picture film. Sayi she didn't do it for the money but for art's .sake. She's about the only woman on earth who can really get away with a story like that. Some of those eastern gold-bug dem ocrats are sitting up nights to worry about Bryan's being too big for Wii- Ron'g cabinet. Pork Chops, shoulder, 20c; loin and rib, 25c. Veal Roast, 15035 c. Veal Cutlets. 20 ©260. Ham. sliced. 25010 c. Bait Pork. 16c Pork Sausage, link, ICe; bulk, 15c. Bacon. IS»3Bc. Corned Beet, boneless. ISa Tripe, 10c. Brains, i lac. Liver, 12V4c. r*mltrr Spring Chickens, 22c. liens, 2«c Spring Duck*. 25c. auuabs. I to. Halibut. 1 lbs. 26c. Crab*, fl.SOo2.dos. Trout, 3te lb. Salmon. 1«~. . Black Cod. 2 lbs. 15a. Rock Cud. 1V«. Sound Smelts. 2 lbs. 2(0. ' i Shrimps, lie. Codfish, brick. ISe. Olympic, • Oysters, II qt Anchovies, quart. li& Kippered . Salmon and Cod, 1 Jo. Kippered Herring. Ho. _•• VtirUMn '' French Bermuda Onions. 8 lbs 25c. Brussels Sprouts, 10c lb. . - ' Cauliflower. lttftOc. ■. --. .*f r California Head Lettuce, 2 lbs. 15c Celery, bunch, 5-8-lOc, Cucumbers, 2 for 25c. Tomatoes, lb., 15c. S^oash. lb.. 20. Bell Peppers, lb., Ho. EKK Plant, lb.. 15c. Globe Onions. 4 for 10c. Ee t!Si £ arrot"l. Tul-n'Ps. Onion*. Radishes, all bunch ■tuff. I bunches for Ec. Cabbage, StflOc. Potatoes, sack. 755J>950. Spinach, lb., to. Sweet Potatoes, selected, 10 lbs. 250 Bermuda onions, 2 lbs 25c. BUTTER, < IIKI.HR and v.r.as Butter, tub. 35c lb.. 1 lbs. 11.00. Best tub, 40c lb. Fancy Bricks. 45c Washington, 40c. lowa, 25c, 2 lbs. 11.00. Cbeese Tllamook. 22c. Wisconsin. 22c. New York, too. Imported Swiss. 40c. Koquefort, 60c Res*. Fresh Ranch, fancy,' 40e. Regular, Eastern. 30@35c. HUV GL.\>iSI<».I.X>R CHRIST MAM , New styles, elegant but not ex pensive. Eyes tested. CASWELIi OFIICAI, CO. Masonic IVmplo, - 734 St. Helens ay. —' item your vacant biinae inrousm * Times Want Aa. Only lc • word. Fbone Main It. ••• T±iJE TMJUMA Tin&a. MM } <&*% >*&>£& The Village i (irociT — What nre you running { for, Honny? The Hoy—l'm tryin' to keep two oilers from flghtla'. ..The Village Grocer—Who are the fellows? The Hoy — Hill IVrkins und me.—l "nek. First Uaehelor Maid—Miss Sin gleton is playing With firt> again. Second ISaehe lor Maid —How is that? First Itaehelor Maid — doing with an "old flaiin 1" of hers.— Judge. "Why are you Irill'ilill^ I'-11.H 1 lish?" "I've just got a (!<>!•■ from lOih liiml. mid Clio silly lions! can't iind< rsiHiitl a word of Ow limn." —Flie^en- de r.larllci 1. "Truth crush ed to earth will rise again," but nine times out of ten the automo bile gets away first. — Lippin cott's Magazine. TOO BUSY TO LIVE IN THE PRESENT The messenger from Miirs surveyed the multitude which hnd fathered to meet him with undisguised interest. Nor did lie hesiliite to propound such inquiries as his curiosity prompted, "Where do yon all live?" be asked, speaking generally "I live in the future," said a young man, good humoredly. "And I In the past," said an old man. "How odd? And does none of you live In the present?" There DM an awkward lUence. "Pardon nu*," said the Martian, hastily. "Perhaps I press my questions too closely." At (his a voice from the outskirts of the crowd spoke up, saying: "We huvc uot yet learned him to live in the present without interruption of business, don't you know." Yes, It Sounds as Though It Was a Wedding. There was a wedding at the congregation Shaari Sbomoyln at 5 o'clock yesterday afternoon, when Miss Rosetta Conn, daugu tor of Mr. and Mrs. Joseph Conn of Plnebrook, N. J., "became the bride of Philip O. Gulkls.—New York World, A woman of Oharleroi, Pa., wlio hud .smoked for 8O years, died the other (lay, aged I>7. It Is said she smoked one pipe tor 85 years. It's possible, siie hud no wife to clean it. Wars Have Started Over Ijeas. Commodore Cox sold his horse to Godfrew Drayer, jr., and then it went dead.—Alliance, 0., Re view. Russian postage stamps have never borne portraits of a czar, but they will next year, w*hen there will be an issue commeruor- atlng the 3Ooth anniversary of the reign of the Romanoffs. Outbursts of Everett True MR. SKYGACK FROM MARS "Dos restlc, til' Becleysport druggist, says he can't anyways near supply th' demand for bal sam an' whisky, especially since he ran out o' balsam." "There is al ways room at the top," said the siijte. "Aw, y e s," niiiKly r '" plied the youth with the curly blond front hair; but it is so blame' easy to «it nt the bottom mid make excus es."—Judge. "I don't trust that mnn." "Why not?" "When he was talking he look ed me straight in the eye just as that rascal who sold me the fake mining st o ck did." — Detroit Free Press. "I don't like Maud's voice. Her notes come out of her chest." "Well, ought they not?" "Xo, they ought to stay tliero."— Boston Transcript. Wife — Our new maid has sharp ears. Hub —I notice that the doors are all scratched up around the keyholes. — Chi cago Examiner. They're Mighty Strict With the (Jills. Bloomers will be the order of attire for girls who patronize tue city's nino playgrounds this sum mer, according to plans of those in charge. Smoking and card play ing as well as swearing, will be prohibited, — Milwaukee, Wis., Sentinel. Speaking of telephones (if you weren't, let's), did you know they were in use In Shakespeare's day Sure. Dust off your "Ham let" and see what the king said in the first scene o fthe fourth act: Come, Gertrude, we"ll call up our wisest friends To let them know bot hwhat we . mean to do And what's untimely done. Pure food law violations are punished severely In London. Maximilian Vllman, an oyster dealer, was fined $300 and the costs, the latter being $325, for selling a dozen oysters that were unfit for food. A doctor at a medical conven tion in St. l'aul traced disease back to Adam, maintaining the old man's health was poor on ac count of the removal of his rib to make Kve. It may be so. You know, there were no antiseptics in those days. St. Louis girl finished a trip around the world to prove that a girl can make It without being annoyed by mashers. We've seen some St. Louis girls who could make a dozen trips around the world without boing so annoyed. A Marlon, bid., woman died the other day of elephantiasis, a dis ease no rare In this country that its victims have been exhibiU-d In Hide sin.us and dime museums. The first trans-Atlantic steamer entering an American port was the British steamer Sirius. It sailed from Cork, April 4, 1838, and arrived In New York April 22. Nevertheless, we feel confident that when Adam was sewed up, no sponge wag left inside of him. The average temperature of the frigid zone is 30 degrees Fahren heit, of the temperate /ones 50, torrid zones 80. "Smlthers is becoming fright fully extravagant." "What has he been doing?" "Traded his automobile for a horse." Scientists say the sunUgiht In the Transvaal is never more in tense than in any other part of the globe. In some English cities there are laws against roller skating on the sidewalks. John Marshall was In office longer than any other United States supreme court chief jus tice .serving 34 years. niIAVPO Business Office Main 12. rHI IMS r?> Circulation Depf. Main 12. * **VA**Jk/ Editorial Dept. Main 794. OFFICE—77O-778 COMMERCK ST. Hominy and Honey Is Poets Health Secret OAKLAND, Cal., Dec. 10. — Hominy and honey may once more be regarded -as something good to eat. Joaquin Miller, the Cali fornia poet, has made the dis covery. I'pon the homely diet of his forefathers he has entirely re covered from his recent illness and at the age of 75 years has undertaken what he considers tho greatest poem he has ever work ed upon. Friends of the venerable bard have been surprised by his recent demonstrations of good health. Recently ho appeared at a thea ter and lectured on his poem, "Columbus." He introduced Mrs. Gertrude Atherton at a demo cratic rally in Oakland and again he was the guest of honor at a school fete. The explanation 'has come In the announcement of his daugh ter, Juanita, that his diet for the past year has been restricted to hominy and honey. She says that If An Angleworm Can Think, Can a Goldfish Warble? Sure! If you have got a gold-fish in your home teach him to sing! If you have a gentle cat with a white spot over his left eye, teach him the multiplication table. Nonsense? Not at all, Helene, not at all. According to news dispatches received by the Times today,, a Harvard professor has just dis covered that angle-worms think and remember. An angle or fish worm will al ways crawl out of a lighted place into a dark one. Knowing this, Professor Yerkes put the angle worm which he was experiment ing upon into a glass dish in which were two dark holes. The right hand note was mere ly a regular earth cavity. The left hand one, however, contained Keep Ahead By Telegraph In the Holiday Rush No time to write letters and wait for mails during this busy season. Western Union services will enable you to speed up your business. /^l|ll|§K Use Fast Tejegrams • Use Fast Letters Day Letters N^plip/ Night Letters %l THE WESTERN UNION TELEGRAPH COMPANY luesaay, uec. xv, in*. her father has eaten it as often as three times a day, and during Urn past few months ho has urg ed the food upon his visitors. A large pan of the food has be come a sort of an institution at the Miller home on the "Heights," back of Kruitvale. Questioned about his health the poet declar ed that he never felt better in hla life Then he whispered to his daughter and she produced a large mysterious pau. The poet plunged his hand in to it and exhibited a fist full of hominy dripping with honey. "My favorite diah," no an nounced. "It is palatable, nour ishing and health-building." The poet is advancing the con tention iv his new poem that "Clod's way with man will not bo done until these two seas are made as one," refprring to tho merger of the Atlantic and Pnelflc ' oreuns through the medium of the canal. a mildly charged electric battery, the object of which is to give the worm a shock in case he shows a desire to poke himself into it. At last reports the angleworm had learned his lesson pretty well and was continually going to th© right whan he was put Into the glass dish. Makes the Nation Gasp The awful list of injuries on a Fourth of July staggers humanity. S'H over against it, however, is the wonderful healing, by Buck len's Arnica Salve, of thousands, who suffered from burns, cuts, bruises, bullet wounds or explo sions. Its the quick healer of boils, ulcers, eczema, sore lips or piles. 25c at Ryner Malstrom Drug Co., 938 Pacific ay.