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The state herald., 1905-12-29

The leading min In San Franciseo's s
Chinese thentcr says his enemies
have offered $500 for his assasslna.
tion. They are not necessarily his
enemies: they may be lovers Of act.
ipg.
The state herald., 1905-12-29

A vacfart kindly treated by Den
yer policeman gor new start and
ieft his benefactor $4,000. Ne police
man ever won such a dividend as this
by using his club on park sleeper.
The state herald., 1905-12-29

Gen. Horace Porter's thought for
Sunday; when ycrc goln' tao kirk
Iassio," said the Scot. "droop yer cyor
on the sidewalk. It's pious like an
mebbo Yen md n purse or some
thing Ike"
The state herald., 1905-12-29

Paderowsk is entirely recovered
after two operations. from the effects
OF his American railway accident. II
Is said not TO be safe yet. however
20 call his dog Syracuse" ID the plan
iAtR prenonee.
The state herald., 1905-12-29

That barber who took an electric
Lulb TO bed with him 10 warm his
feet and thereby set the bed cloth
ing on Are. had what you might call
Z close shave.
The state herald., 1905-12-29

As TO which of the sexes is the
more courageous, 1t is, after all, hard
TO decide, for as often as man mar
ries. woman marries likewise
Pnck.
The state herald., 1905-12-29

The best time in the rear to eat
eggs. Constant Reader" is when the
relations subsisting between your
roeketbook and the price Of cgss are
Tost harmonious.
The state herald., 1905-12-29

II 1t Is true that the Grand Duke
Boris struck the czar, it was probably
only for loan.
The state herald., 1905-12-29

King Edward drawing conditions
inder which the kings cup Ia TO bo
raced for. gave English yachts never
lookin. This is tho reward for their
loyalty In trying. ,ear after year. 20
get the queens cup back for him.
The state herald., 1905-12-29

Although death does not always
liquidate a mans debts, it dispenses
with the services OF the bill collector.
Just the same.
The state herald., 1905-12-29

W. S. Gilbert says that the editor
of Punch refused the Bah Ballads
when they were offered TO him. That
It what we should naturally expect.
The state herald., 1905-12-29

There is so much revolt against
bosses and autocrats these days that
It would not be surprising to see a
Korean bite off :. Jap's nose.
The state herald., 1905-12-29

A Boston paper refers to him as
albert Austin, the poet laureate"
But no matter. He says he never
reads press clippings.
The state herald., 1905-12-29

Was 1t in good taste to mention a
pup in connection with Edna Mays
matrimonial speculations?
The state herald., 1905-12-29

II You have not had PIG eggs dur
ing the past twelve months the
American hen has been holding out
on you, after she laid them.
The state herald., 1905-12-29

The itinerary of that International
fleet reads like one of st. Paul's cele.
brated sea voyages.
The state herald., 1905-12-29

This dispute between the sultan
and the powers is bringing our old
friend Toothpick Pasha into public
view again.
The state herald., 1905-12-29

1t appears to be cinch that the
duke of Manchester will never get
any the better of his papa-in-law.
The state herald., 1905-12-29

1t ought to be some comfort to
Corea to know that 1t will not have to
bother its little head about its future.
The state herald., 1905-12-29

As an old experienced hand the sui
tan should be able to judge when an
ultimatum is really ultimate.
The state herald., 1905-12-29

We never expected to live to see
the phrase "The Revs Terry and
Alexander" in the purist New York
Sun.
The Brownsville daily herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1897-1910, 1905-09-06

The newspaper is carried home,
read and re-read, and filed away.
There is something besides the
advertising there, entertainment,
information-which adds value to
the advertising beside which il
is placed. Advertisements are read
now more than ever before, some
times before what is commonly
known as news. for advertisements
are sometimes the latest and most
vital news, vital to every day life.
The headlines of an ad. can be
made as attractive as the headlines
of a wedding and the bargains of
fered as alluring as the wedding
feast. The man who talks to the
readers of a newspaper as he talks
to the customers of his store is the
one who wins. Use handbills and
posters if you wish, but place
great hope for returns in the
columns of the favorite newspaper.
Press.
The Brownsville daily herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1897-1910, 1905-09-06

Some business men have the idea
that handbills and dodgers are
superior to newspapers as advertis-
ing mediums Handbills are good
in their way as auNiliaries, bit
they are no more 10 be compared
20 the advertising columns Of a
newspaper. says the DanSville Ad-
vertiser, than a pushcart peddler
on Broadway is to be compared
with John Wanamaker's great
emporium The peddler attracts
attention for a moment il he be an
expert. but the great store rivcts
the eye and looses the purse string
of those whose trade is worth hay
ing The handful is crumpled in
the hand and soon thrown aside.
The Brownsville daily herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1897-1910, 1905-09-06

That the Wills inhibiting and
directing work brings fatigue and
a demand for rest.
That thinking never ceases dur
ing life. and is essential to the con-
tinuance of life.
That there are different qualities
of thinking. depending on the or
iginal constitution, or the existing
state of health of each individual.
That the frequent occurrence of
a state of disordered mind occur
ring in sleep does not do us harm,
but, on the contrary, does us good.
That thinking has various char
acteristics, these being mainly due
to the amount of control and dis
cretion exercised over it by the
will.
That there are many degrees of
sleepand wakefulness, and as many
degrees of efficiency in the controll-
ing and directing power of the will
That thinking, like breathing or
the beating of the heart, does not
cause a sense of WEAKNESS, though
all three of course, have a wearing
out effect ON all the organs con-
cerned.
The Brownsville daily herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1897-1910, 1905-09-06
Texas Crops.

President A. ] Davidson of the
Frisco system in an interview at
Kansas City is quoted as saying:
Keep your eye on the Southwest.
Texas will have 200, 900. 600 bush
els of corn and the cotton crop
will exceed the government report
IS per cent. The Texas cotton
crop will be larger this year than
ever before. The farmers are so
prosperous there that they are pay
ing cash for their stuff.
The Brownsville daily herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1897-1910, 1905-09-06
How to Improve Your DictiOn.

For clearness read Macaulay.
For logic read Burke and Bacon
For action read Homer and Scott,
For conciseness read Bacon and
Pope.
For sublimity of conception Mil
ton.
For vivacity read Stevenson and
Kipling.
For imagination read Shakes
peare and Job.
For elegance read Virgil, Gold
smith, Milton and Arnold.
For news read THE HERALD.
The Brownsville daily herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1897-1910, 1905-09-06
Absent Minded.

An old gentleman who was very
absent minded often had to mig for
his servant and say:
James. am looking for some
thing. and now I can't remember
what il is.
And James would suggest:
Your purse. sir, or spectacles. or
checkbook?" And so on. until the
old gentleman would say at last:
"Of course, that's it; thank you
James"
One night the gentleman went
to his room and all were in bed
when James was startled by hear
ing his masters bed room bell. He
rushed upstairs and threw open the
door.
James" said the old gentle
man, L came up here for some
thing and now can't remember
what il was.
Wasn't it to 60 to bed, sir?"
"Of COURSE" said the old gen.
tleman, so it was" Thank you,
lanes. Exchange.
The Brownsville daily herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1897-1910, 1905-09-06

THE car of Russia says he is
glad peace has been arranged, al
though he is not afraid to continue
the war, as he knows the bravery
of his soldiers. They may be brave
alright, but the Muscovites could
not deliver the goods when they
met tho japanese. The pronoun
my" takes up about half the
cars message 10 General Line
witch
The Brownsville daily herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1897-1910, 1905-09-06

In there is anything more import
ant than starting your children to
school it is to keep them going TO
school. The day has come when
an education is a necessity. II
used to be a luxury that the rich
alone could afford. But now,
thanks to the wisdom of the inn
mortal men who founded our free
school system. every child, no mat
ter how poor, is entitled TO, and
can obtain a fair education-if he
doesn't, it is as often the parents
fault, or more often than the
childs. The parent that lets few
paltry, pitiful dollars that a boy
can earn keep him away from the
school room a single day, is doing
that boy a wrong than can never
be extenuated. -Goliad Guard.
THE HERALD endorses every
word of the above II is indeed sad
to see a large number of children,
especially boys, lettering on the
streets, when they should be in
school. Ask one of these boys
why he does not attend school, he
will probably say he intends start
ing in about two weeks. Two
weeks lost, with no excuse for the
losing. The general tendency of
children is to shirk school, and
parents too often encourage them
by not enforcing attendance. Com
pulsory education seems to be the
only remedy. You very frequent
ly hear persons of middle age be
moaning the lack of education and
the boy or girl who fails TO take
advantage of the educational fa-
cilities which are now open to all,
will live to see the day when this
failure will be an ever present
thorn in the flesh. As the Guard
says, parents are more often to
blame than the children for-non-
attendance at school, and there
should be a wholesale awakening
along this line. England has a
compulsory school law, and one
rarely sees an illiterate English
man. Mexico also has compulsory
school laws and there is an up
ward tendency in educational mat
tiers in that republic. Compulsory
attendance at school for a given
period would work no special
hardships, and would doubtless
be the means of elevating the
moral and mental standard, an i'm
provement obviously necessary in
many communities.
The Brownsville daily herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1897-1910, 1905-09-06
Going to Take 1t Down.

Several weeks ago the Times
published a news item to the effect
that the government was going to
tear down the down river wire
reaching from Laredo to Browns
vile. The Times learns now that
this will be done Immediately and
thus will Laredo be deprived of
telegraph communication with a
large section of the Rio Grande
valley. The wires of the St. Louis,
Brownsville & Mexico touch only
at one point near the river. the
terminus of the Hidalgo branch of
that road. and by removing the
wire that follows the river commu-
nication will be severed with all
the river towns. The government
has a branch line from the new
Lott road to Fort Ringoold and il
also has communication with Fort
Brown over the Western Union
lines and no longer has any earth
ly use for the river wire. If the
business Mems club would get
busy the removal Of this wire,
which is of incalculable importance
to Laredo, could be prevented
Laredo Times.
The Brownsville daily herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1897-1910, 1905-09-06

OUR president is a great man
and entitled 10 much credit, but
the MANY compliments showered
upon him on account of his good
offices in arranging o peace settle
ment between Russia and Japan
are likely TO make him feel too
important.
The Brownsville daily herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1897-1910, 1905-09-06

THE malarial season is approach
ing, so while You are .astcr the
stegomyia, YOU may as well include
his brother, the malaria mosquito.
Clean up and oil YOU oisterns,
barrels. etc.
The Brownsville daily herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1897-1910, 1905-09-06
Rice Journal
SOuthernFarme
CROWLEY, LOUISIANA

The well known authority on all
matters connected with Rice Rails.
ing, Rice Marketing, Southern
Agriculture, Live Stock, Poultry
Raising and kindred pursuits.1%
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1905-02-05

a writer in Golfers Weekly jumps
all over--if so crude term may be
permitted-the house that Senator
Clark buiIt. And really it is not Won
derful that he should have done SO.
There may be uglier structures, but
none comes to mind. Towering and
massive in its arrogant hideousness,
topped by a belfry modelled after that
to be seen on any village hose house,
it looks like an architectural joke
However, there Is nothing clearer
than the right of, Mr. Clark to erect
any sort of house that pleases his
fancy. II he has liking for one that
resembles a-capitol rather than a
home, he is keeping within his privi-
leges when he puts 1t up. Mr.. Clark
is public man only in that he is a
Senator and d politician. His house
is his castle and he may stud it with
gargoyles to the content of his heart.
In some other relations toward the
common people Mr. Clark might prop
erly be asked few quest ons, not
with the expectation that he would
answer them, but just to show that
the populace is sitting up and taking
notice
Suspicion has arisen as to land
frauds in Montana, the State that is
Mr. Clark's by right, let us not say of
purchase. Perhaps hypnotism would
be a better word. According to evil
dence a band of schemers there OBJ
tanned public land to the amount of
IS, 600 acres, and unloaded the lot on
Mr.. Clark. The natural question is as
TO whether he knew or suspected. the
manner in which these broad acres
had been secured. Then might follow
inquiry about his intent to restore
them TO the proper ownership and rid
himself of all faint Of participation. IN
a deal most unbecoming to him.
As said before, Mr.. Clark may in
dulge his fancies in material architec-
ture. His moral architecture stands
in a different aspect toward his en-
vironment.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1905-02-05
Legislative Corruption.

Much indignation is manifest in the
Legislature of Illinois because that
body has by one Of its members been
accused Of corruption This man
stated in effect that the Legislature
was for sale to the best offer.
Out in California money has been
used TO promote legislation, and a
lobbyist, who failed to loose his grasp
on the bribe, is under arrest. In Del
aware the Legislature is helpless be-
OF character or conscience holds a
portion of ii in his grasp. There is
still clear recollection Of the way in
which the Legislature of Montana
went to the highest bidder.
Withal, there is no reason for be-
lieving that legislatures are growing
worse, but rather that they are grow
ing better. The position Of lobbyist is
deemed both dangerous and disreput-
able now There is premium placed
on honesty. Crime. as an official at
tribute, is at a discount. For the
change in sentiment Governor Folk of
Missouri is probably as largely re-
sponslble as any other individual, I'M
less the President himself. The Presi-
dent has pleaded for honesty, and re-
quired it. Mr.. Folk has hunted out
dishonesty, and utilized it as pass
port for the rogue to jail.
Moreover, there is arising a belief
that much Of the pernieious legisla-
ton enacted is the direct result OF
bargain and sale, and the people pro-
test. They are determined that hon.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1905-02-05
THE ISLAND.

There is an island in the silent sea
Whose marge the wistfuI waves lap
listleSSly-
An isle Of rest for those who used
to be.
For ne'er an echo wakes that towering
wall,
Whose blacl<ened crags answer none
other call
Save the lone oceans rhythmic rise and
Only the song the sea sings as she
laVes
That sleep-bound shore with sad, ca
ressing waves,
The while the dead sleep sweeter in
their graves.
'Tis. oh! SO still they sleep within each
tomb,
Cool in long shadows Of the cypress
gloom,
Breathing in death the moon-fiower's
rank perfume.
They know not when slow barges on
the mere
Enter the portals Of that place au-
Stere---
Enter and SO forever disappear!
And in this island Of q silent sea,
Whose marge e'cr Wistful waves lap
ustlessly,
Is rests peace for all eternity.
- ,as ). Jones. jr., in New York
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1905-02-05
The Right to Jill.

The little town of Ballard, Wash,
is much interested in a breach of
promise suit brought against its
mayor The mayor makes formal re-
Spouse that the plaintiff still has his
love and sympathy, that he has done
much to assist her, and is ready, il
permitted, to Go more; adding that
his sole reason for not marrying her
Is that she has consumption, which
she has yainly endeavored to cure.
Probably this action, coupled with
the answer, is unique Ordinarily a
suit for breach of promise is regarded
rs remote from all evidence Of refine
ment, and often it proves to be the
work of an adventures. AS between
people Of coed standing, it commands
respectful attention.
That the mayor is right is the YER
dict OF science, and of common SEN
timent that is the outgrowth of some
popular knowledge Of science. The
consumptive of either sex has no
right to marry, and discovering such
physical condition, could best prove
affection by declining to enter into a
state while incompetent to perform its
duties, and certain to spread the faint
OF fatal ma1ady. Even the intimate
association of husband and wife has
often transmitted consumption from
one to the other, while it has implant-
ed in the offspring tendency toward
the disease that skill cannot always
defeat.
In this aspect consumption is not
alone. An instance comes to mind OF
young man engaged to marry a girl
who is unaware that he is subject TO
epileptic fits. Unless warned IN time,
she will discover the fact to her sor-
row. IT she discovers it in time would
not every teaching of common sense
demand that she break the engage
ment?
Marriage Of consumptives is bad
business. The man or woman who
refrains from abetting such a union is
doing the world a service, and does
not deserve to be punished by the
law
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1905-02-05

have heated the cars all this winter.
The dividend Of 3 per cent would have
kept them clean and in good repair.
The dividend of 5 per cent would have
repaired the roadbed and other equip
ment The dividend of Z per cent
would have satisfied every other de-
mand which these commuters have
made And if these dividends had
been spent in this way, instead of be-
ing thrown out as bait to men who
lend money, there would be vastly
more patronage of the road, with new
dividends In lieu of those spent, and
vastly less suspicion of its promises.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1905-02-05
Tolstou's Latest.

Count Leo Tolstoy has given to the
world new paper, and such a paper
may be sure of hearing. There is
a tendency to accept Tolstoy as in
fallfble. which he is not. An analysis
OF the latest product of his thought
would take more time and space than
are available. but one paragraph may
be cited. It Will do to think about,
and may serve as the basis for argu-
nent. 1t is this: "AIl governments
being immune from punishment have
the power to punish others; to plum
der and rob"
No government is immune from
punishment any more than an indi-
viduai is immune. The wrong that is
perpetrated produces a certain effect,
and this is for the undoing of the
guilty government. II the Tolstoy
view is correct why is Russia engaged
In the throes Of q losing war and con-
tending with an incipient revolution
at home? Why is the Gar, the po-
tentate, the final authority, head OF
affairs spiritual and temporal, moth
Ing more than wretched recluse
with each shadow about him perhaps
hiding the instrument Of violent
death?
Russia ia systematized brutality.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1905-02-05
An Expensive Miracle.

A Chicago woman placed on trial
for perjury declares that her sight,
speech, and hearing were restored by
a miracle Through a railroad acct
dent she had been deprived Of the use
of these senses. While under stress
she had sued the company, and the
discovery that she had command of
the senses, after all, spoiled her
chances Of recovering damages, and
she made oath that the missing senses
had been wooed back by the prayers
of an itinerant preacher
That the day Of miracles has passed
is common belief However. the alb
solute establishing Of this is a matter
of difficulty. Who knows it has pass
ed? When decrepit woman is sud
denly made whole, and swears to it,
cause such instances are not known to
the ordinary experience? Perhaps it
would be a fair test to catch the
itinerant preacher and make him per-
form some more.
Granting that the miracle may have
happened, it must be conceded as be-
ing inopportune A delay sufficient TO
permit the suffering plaintiff to collect
would have been appreciated by her.
Then she might, in her grateful joy,
have restored the sum. But that
would have been another miracle.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1905-02-05

and 1t is paying the penalty. Other
nations have paid a penalty even
seveTer, and are no more Russia
calmly took possession of that which
did not belong to her, and Japan, the
stats most aggrieved, is resenting the
course. There is no statute book IN
which the penalty was prescribed, but
there is an immutable justice from
which no nation can escape.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1905-02-05
SOME REALLY DO RESIGN.

The saying that few die and none re-
sign" as applied TO Federal employs
dates back to Andrew Jaekson's time.
The same feeling has been common ever
since, and it has been a fayoFIte excuse
for attacks on the merit system of fill
ing public Offices, in Congress and cut
side VT it appears from the annual
report Of the Cfvil Sa-fi'@ - iEn;i=Sirn
that about 20 in every 1.oio Government
II. loHes resigned Of their on, frss
wifi last wear. That Is Z -oer cent of the
whole number. a similar raee OF volun-
tary Withdrawals from the service OF Q
great railroad company would mean
ytGr-Clcyeland Leader.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1905-02-05
NOBODY THOUGHT OF 1T.

II see that the leading citizens of New
York got together and talked over al
sorts Of plans for improving the police
force of that town.
What did they decide to do about TT"
Nothing Of any great value, They
seemed 10 forget the simplest way OF
settling the problem
Whats that?"
Getting everybody TO behave himself
and so putting the police out OF bust
&ess. '-Cleyeland Plain Dealer.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1905-02-05

After killing d stranger by shooting
New York man says he remem-
bers nothing about IT. An autopsy might
be useful in determining what is the
mattSr with the fellow
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1905-02-05

We read that a great religious revival
is in progress In Denver, but there have
been no evidences of it In the ballot
boxes opened.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1905-02-05

People are talking of war between
England and Germany. But, of course.
they cannot talk about the weather all
the time
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1905-02-05

Poland counts its dead and wounded
and declines to accept the theory that
it is pacificd and happy
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1905-02-05

Iowa farmers now hang Mr.. Hepburn
In effigy, as an amusement to fill in the
time between huskings.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1905-02-05
THE WASHINGTON TIMES SUNDAY, FEBRUARY s. 1905.

esty shall be the fashion, and when
legislator disregards the mandate
he will find that exposure and defeat
await him.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1905-02-05

Governor Pennypacker now has a
trouble large enough to cause him to
forget the cartoonist for a minute
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1905-02-05

The ladies who are claiming marital
relations with Hoch might organize and
be more formidable than the Daughters
Of the Revolution