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The Washington herald., 1906-12-05
AND THE FLEA CAME BACK.
Missing Baltimore Insect Recovered,
but with a Broken Leg.

: rom the Baltimore American.
The members Of the police department
feel easier. and all because the prize flea.
which was abducted from his brethren
performing in the flea circus at the Col
onnade Theater. has been returned. The
flea was returned to the proprietor by G.
Frank Vansant. proprietor Of a restaurant
on East Baltimore street. who took II
from a man who was showing the dea
in a small glass case TO persons in the
formers place. The proprietor Of the
flea circus was oyerjoyed at the return
OF his most adept pupil. but his gladness
was somewhat shadOwed by the fact thar
the flea had been roughly handled
The insect was found TO have sustained
q fractured leg and shows symptoms Of
having contracted a cold The flea was
placed in the insect hospital and a spIint
placed on the fractured member. The
proprietor is much afraid that the insect
will have pneumonia, and Is nursing ii
carefully.
The Washington herald., 1906-12-05
CAPITOL GOSSIP.
weIImanE Determined.

Walter Welman, one Of the best news
paper correspondents ever developed in
Washington. peeped In on the Solons at
the Capitol yesterday. possibly for the
last time. Mr. Wellman is leaving in a
few days for Paris. where he goes to
supervise the construction Of the dirigI-
bic balloon, in which he and Mai. Hersey
Of the Weather Bureau, will attempt 20
sail over the north pole next summer
They will go 10 Spitzbergen early in
May and from there to their base In the
far frozen North. from which the bail
loon will make the ascent Many mem
bers of both houses Of Congress sought
Hr Wellman yesterday and questioned
him shudderingly about his hazardous
enterprise To them all SIR. Wellman
made the same reply. which was that he
estimated his chances of survival at
about 50 per cent. But" he added. we
all have more or less sporting blood in
our veins. I suppose It is that as much
as anything else that is impelIing me 20
undertake the featI have essayed. I have
no way to tell where I shall be landed I
feel hopeful. however. that we can make
a descent in some region from which We
can get back alive. Poor Andrae who
undertook TO sail over the pole In an
ordinary balloon, has never been heard
from since he went up. but We are going
better prepared 10 grapple with the ele-
ments than Andrea was"
The Washington herald., 1906-12-05
Not Enough Evidence.
From the Boston Herald.

From the Boston Herald
Not many years ago a prominent citizen
Of Haverhill was arrested FOR the unlaw-
ful sale Of liquor. On being searched. a
half flask of brandy was found That be-
ing the only evidence, the judge charged
the jury They had been out but five min
utes. when they returned and the foreman
queried:
Your honor. how do we know the flask
contains brandy? I would like to take the
flask into the jury room"
He was given the flask. and soon the
jury returned.
Have you -agreed?" the foreman was
asked.
We have" he answered. I'VE find the
defendant not guilty" and exhibiting the
now empty flask, be added: There was
not enough evidence to go around" The
defendant was discharged
The Washington herald., 1906-12-05
mistaken in the Eggs.
. Richmond Tlmes-Disnateh.

From the Richmond Times-Dispatch.
o. D. Pitts. a farmer OF Caroline Coun-
ty. tells the following remarkable story;
He says he was plowing with pair OF
horses on his farm and turned up a nest
containing what he supposed 10 be turtle
eggs. He put them in his pocket 20 car
~ them home and experiment with them
as to their Matching qualities. Some time
later. when he took up his coat, he felt
something moving. and upon investiga-
tiOn found that the eggs had hatched
and his pocket was full Of young snakes.
He did not experiment any furthsE
The Washington herald., 1906-12-05
A LITTLE NONSENSE.
THE GRAETER.


1t is through no selfish notion
That he steals:
Rather through the fond devotion
Which he feels
What though he be roundly hooted,
Scorned to boot?
He can buy joys undluted
With the loot.
He can see his girls displaying
Jewels rare.
And their slender selves aTraying
With great care.
Underneath the load he'll stagger;
Wear his tag.
he can see his wife be swagger
On the swag
In this land we worship woman;
She's a queen.
That is why man, weak and human,
Oft, ] ween,
That he may shower wealth upon her
Fool, mayhap-
With the gold throws name and honor
IN her lap.
The Washington herald., 1906-12-05
The Right of Educntion.

From the Louisville C0urier-Jourual
In the elaborate discussion OF the
school issue in California, pretty much
everybody seems to steer clear of the
question what duty rests upon the State
10 provide free tuition for foreigners.
The United States. indeed, puts Jap
anese on the same level as citizens, so
far as the protection OF the laws is con-
cerned, but it says nothing about their
free admission into United States
schools, which do not exist in Cali
fornia. The State Is not obliged by the
Federal Constitution to provide free in
struction for anybody, but If it pro-
vides ii for its own people why should
it be required TO provide IL for the sub
jects Of Japan?
The Washington herald., 1906-12-05
THE FABRIC OF THE YEARS.

The fabric Of the years is woven fine.
With seeming disregard Of tint CT hue.
With careless mingling Of the shade or
But somewhere in the warp and woof
are you.
Somewhere the shuttle casts the binding
That holds forevermore each act or
deed.
I he things you dreamed and dared, the
words you said,
The things you thought were given
sCanty heed.
All of the works and words OF living men
Into the fabric Of the years are blent:
Are woven in and out. and in again.
And in the knotted threads Of time are
pent.
II matters not though it be dark or light,
Though you live in the dim defle Of
dreams
Though YOU press ever to the Turing
height,
You spin a thread that either blurs
or CLEANS.
'Tis SO with all-the greatest and the
least.
Wherever in the world they may abide.
If North, or South. If in the West or
East,
They stand forth bravely, or in ST.
lence hide.
All patiently and surely swings the loom
And patiently and deftly must it weave.
Must catch your thread from cradle 20
the tomb
And set into the fabric all you leave.
4 nation may be weaving cloth of gold.
Yet it is made Of peasant, king, and
slave.
And somewhere in the fabric, woven
bold
Is each mans life, be it gay or grave;
And there are spaces where the colors
fade.
And spaces where they glow with gor-
geous hue,
But every strong or feeble tint is made
OF threads spun in the life Of me or you.
So, you are but thread, and so am I,
And the uncounted men of all the DAYS
Have given song and smile and sneer
and sigh.
To make each colorlng that deftly plays
Upon the fabric broad and long and deep
And crowns. and cowis. and chains,
and books, and spears,
And sob and song, and all men SOW and
reap
Are woven in the fabric Of the years.
WILBUR NEsBIT.
Copyright. 1905. By ". d. Nesbit)
The Washington herald., 1906-12-05
Demand for Western WATERWAYS.

From the St Louis Republic.
If there is not money enough for proper
river improvement out OF the ordinary
revenues. there is just as good reason for
issuing bonds to build the Lakes-to-the-
Gulf waterway as there is for issuing
bonds to build the Panama Canal. The
inland waterway would. in fact. be OF
greater value to American commerce than
the I-thmian Canal
The Washington herald., 1906-12-05
New nursery rhyme.

Sing a song Of Christmas.
How the time does fly
FOur-and-twenty presents
have got 10 buy
When / have them purchased,
Every hlpgged thing.
I'll be good and busted
Busted until spring.
The Washington herald., 1906-12-05
Settling Itself.

From the Savannah News.
It looks as If the negro question were
slowly but surely settling itself. so far az
it will ever be possible to settle II. and
1t is doubtful il Senator TiIlman Is helm
ing the settlement of It by his intemperate
attacks on the negro in the Northern
States.
The Washington herald., 1906-12-05
Another OverstFeet.

In the hurry and hustle of the assem-
bling Of Congress Ceorgia's latest contri-
button to national craftsmanship has been
overlooked by the newspapers. How the
mistake has occurred is unaccountable.
but it is a fact that in every list Of new
members who nave come TO the House to
fill vacancies the name Of the Hon. J.
Milestone Overstreet, Of SyIvania. has
been omitted by the newspapers. and that
Of the Hon Charles G. Edwards. of Sa-
vannah has ben given as the successor
Of the late Col. Rufus Lester, Of the
First district Of Georgia. Mr.. Overstreet
was elected last October to fin out the
uneXpired term Of Col. Lester, and in the
regular election in November Mr.. Edwards
was elected for the full term, beginning
with the next Congress. Mr.. Overstreet IS
one Of the youngest members Of the
House. and gives promise Of figuring con
spicuously in Georgia politics from now
on. He does not look wholly unlike his
distinguished namesake, who represents
the Indianapolis district and IS chairman
Of the Post-office Committee. The Hcosier
statesman comes of Southern stock
through the Overstreets Of Kentucky. a
large and influential family in the Blue
Grass State. and ne and the Georgian are
doubtless related. When they get ac-
quainted they will find out about this
The Washington herald., 1906-12-05
ComrIeting The CoupIet.

open your window. beloved Behold
the dawn. That has been suggested as
San Francisco's new motto. Poetic eh -
Very. One might add: 'Schmitzy and
Reuf are wi;h you. Graft on. graft on,
graft on. "
The Washington herald., 1906-12-05
They Ai,rnNs Are.

Il don't see you around the palm room
much"
TOO expensive. Too many employees to
be tipped"
Tt is a good deal Of an itching-palm
room "
The Washington herald., 1906-12-05
SpOiIed Him.

our Office boy isn't much good. STILL
it's my own fault"
"How's that?"
4 Jet him find out that he is our eighth
vice president"
The Washington herald., 1906-12-05
BraggadOciO.

yep: ] fell eight stories"
An wuzn't hurt?"
Not a bit. Could a-fell three or four
more just as well as not"
The Washington herald., 1906-12-05

We are distinctly disappointed IN Sen
atoT-elect JEFF Davis After all his ad-
vance notices about the great astonlsher,
ne comes forth with a spectacular re-
fusal 70 wear a claw-hammer coat. That
has already been worked % a frazzle.
The Washington herald., 1906-12-05
Thinks Omitted.

From the Philadelphia Press.
1t viii be noted that no one has offered
Mr.. Carnagy q vote of thanks for his ef-
forts as sponsor for the simplified spell
ing scheme.
The Washington herald., 1906-12-05
Not a Sundnr Horror

From the Baltimore News
President Roosevelt will illustrate his
Panama message to Congress with photo
graphs, but we trust he will not issue a
colored supplement
The Washington herald., 1906-12-05
4 Thought.

Even 10 the best Of wives il does seem
like q dreadful waste Of money whenever
the old man buys anything for his own
personal use.
The Washington herald., 1906-12-05

Possibly President Roosevelt proposes
20 illustrate his message on Panama, with
the idea that most Of the members Of
Congress Will look at the pictures. even
II they fail 70 read the message.
The Washington herald., 1906-12-05
whern simnIic,tv :. Neeaea.

From tho Charleston News and Courier.
If Prof Brander Matthews and the
President would order the colleges to sim
plify yelling, everybody would be happy.
The Washington herald., 1906-12-05

Count Witte and Count de Castellane
both have secured newspaper Jobs Witte
will probably 90 the obituaries and Bon
the hotel registers.
The Washington herald., 1906-12-05

A California man has Just purchased
81, 900 worth Of water. Il would be hard
10 convince GONE people that there is that
much water In the world,
The Washington herald., 1906-12-05

Those who read the Presidents mes
sage thru and thru will find that altho
It Is long It is stu shorter than Il might
have been.
The Washington herald., 1906-12-05
putting their pictures in the Congression-
nj Record.

Emperor William can heartily sympa-
thize with President Roosevelt. lie also
has congress on his hands.
The Washington herald., 1906-12-05

Senator Piatt has definitely and &c
cisively announced that he will not re-
sign, thus putting at final rest a rumor
that has not been able 10 get out OF
the hospital for some time, anyhow.
The Washington herald., 1906-12-05
Up His sleeves

From the Detroit Free Press.
Mayor Schmitz. OF San Francisco, says
the cards are stacked against him. Evil
IDENTIFY the mayor is accustomed to using
his own deck
The Washington herald., 1906-12-05

The statement accredited to Governor
elect Stuart, Of Pennsylvania, that he
will be his own boss" is satisfactorily
explained by the further statement that
he Is q bachelor.
The Washington herald., 1906-12-05

Sir Thomas Upton says Americans
make money in leaps and bounds" In
Milwaukee and ST. Louis they also make
a good deal OF Il in hops.
The Washington herald., 1906-12-05

By a process Of elimination, if not other
wise, we shall soon know who is to be
King Edwards Ambassador to this coun-
FRY
The Washington herald., 1906-12-05

The Vermont legislature is going TO pass
a law against auto speeding. The auto
lists care not who make the laws, so long
as they can do the speeding IN the same
old way.
The Washington herald., 1906-12-05

If the Democratic party wants me for
It's candidate. IL will seek me" says Dr.
Woodrow Wilson. But just think what
a lot Of trouble such an attitude got
Judge Parker into.
The Washington herald., 1906-12-05

The breaking of pTecedents seems 10
have become something Of a precedent
itself
The Washington herald., 1906-12-05

We trust that the custom Of illustrating
public documents viii not spread to the
point where the statesmen will insist upon
The Washington herald., 1906-12-05

Now that Mr. A Grip is no longer
Swedish Minister 10 the United States.
perhaps he might be induced to loosen up
and tell us what that "A" really and truly
stands for
The Washington herald., 1906-12-05

King Alfonso and President Castro
ought to come to some understanding
about the alternate use of the obituary
columns.
The Washington herald., 1906-12-05

japan Is quite busy making a noise
like the little boy who put a brickbat on
top OF his head to make himself taller.
The Washington herald., 1906-12-05

As the peerless leader" Of a para
mount ISSUE" Mrs. Parsons seems to
have received about the usual majority
The Washington herald., 1906-12-05

PheniX, Ariz.. bandits recently held up
a Chicago alderman, showing that the
up-to-date bandit knows right where 20
look for the easy money.
The Washington herald., 1906-12-05

If the government should win all the
suits now pending against various trusts.
It could collect an aggregate fine Of
Sl20000,000. These suits certainly ought to
be pressed.
The Washington herald., 1906-12-05
The wind Hit Him.

There are revolving doors at the Capt
tol now They were put in a month ago
The great building never had them be-
fore. and the result was that many a
statesman caught cold from the chilly
breezes that used TO scamper through
the Capitol when 1t was supplied with
the old swinging doors The Hon. John
Sharp Williams, fresh from the mild
climate Of Mississippi, Is the first states
man 70 remark upon the Improvement. he
dashed through one Of the new doors at
the House end yesterday while the Presi-
dents message was being read on his
way 10 lunch al an outside restaurant.
The cold north wind hit him hard and
shriveled him up for a moment Ike a
shrimp. Shaking himself out and catch
ing his breath. he declared that he now
understood the feeling that overcame an
Old negro down at Jackson one cold day
a year ago. MT. Williams was walking
behind the ancient Senegambian. who
was ambHng lelsUrely down a side street
Of Misslssippi's capital cold wind was
blowing down across street and sending
the dust scurrying ahead Of il. The negro
shot suddenly and unwittingly into the
gale When the teeth Of Boreas nipped
him. up into the air jumped the unsus-
pecting negro and CALCULATED:
"WhOo-oo-oof, wind, Whar was you
las August"
The Washington herald., 1906-12-05
spurned Assistance.

Senator Platt ambled out Of the Capt.
toI yesterday while the Presidents mes
sage was being droned of by the reading
clerk. The aged New York statesman
was unassisted. Last year he was usually
accompanied by man who helped him
along. He made straight for a waiting
carriage. A stiff breeze blew his coat
tails wildly about. and his thin frame
shook Ike a reed. A Capitol policeman
made bold 20 take hold OF an arm OF the
totterinE Senator as he tried % mount
the steps Of the carriage and assist him
to enter Fiercely the New Yorker turn
ed on the cop.
What are you doing. sir" snarled the
Senator.
only trying 70 help you in your car
riage. sir" politely replied the bluecOat
with a tTemor in his voice.
Get away from met" snapped Senator
platt, imperioUsly, I don't need the help
Of you or anybody else TO get into my
carriage"
The policeman scOoted back to his post.
The Washington herald., 1906-12-05

A Pittsburg girl has gone to Africa to
study the language Of monkeys. Plainly,
she failed TO break into the Pittsburg mil
lionaire set.
The Washington herald., 1906-12-05

Nothing can exceed the infinite scorn
with which the new member-elect stands
around and watches the present useless
proceedings of the dying Congress.
The Washington herald., 1906-12-05

If Dewey was made an admiral for a
little thing like the taking of Manila.
what glory is sufficient for the captain Of
that football team?
The Washington herald., 1906-12-05

hope for. though he does not strongly
urge, the passage Of the pending ship
subsidy BILL He would like to see the
adoption OF some provision for an emer-
gency currency, but offers no specific
plan. The Philippine tariff bill is com
mended on moral and sentimental rather
than on economic grounds.
A surprising moderation characterizes
the Presidents plea for the support Of
the navy; he does not ask that it be
increased in size, but merely maintained
at its present strength by the construc-
ton Of one hrst-class battle ship yearly.
The advocates of bigger navy will
find small comfort In this modest request.
which points out the way to avoid a
clash between naval demands and the
river and harbor interests.
We regret that the President should
have seen fit to favor the country with
a disquisition on lynching. at a time
when public sentiment everywhere-nota-
bly, in the South-is strongly against that
form of punishment for crime. With the
Presidents moral sentiments. as express
ed in his remarks upon lynching and other
social evils. and in his dissertations on
righteousness. peace, and international
unselfshness, we cordially agree; and SO
also do we heartily ind0rse the inhibi-
tions placed on human conduct by the
Ten Commandments.
The Washington herald., 1906-12-05

That PittsbUrg woman who left 81, 100000
and six wills evidently intended to be sure
that the lawyers got all the money.
The Washington herald., 1906-12-05

What the President has TO say about the
tariff was so thoroughly abbreviated and
simplified in his message that you cannot
find il at all
The Washington herald., 1906-12-05

A German has invented an airship built
like bird. We presume that 1t will fol-
low the usual custom Of 5ying like a clam
The Washington herald., 1906-12-05

The PittsbuTg Dispatch inClines 10 the
belief that Secretary Shaw is leaving the
Treasury for the TreasuTy's good IN
Pittsburg's present frame OF mind il is
surprising that they do not expect the
Secretary to take the Treasury along with
him.
The Washington herald., 1906-12-05
BabcoeIS's Compliments.

Senator La Toilette did not arrive at his
post Of duty until yesterday. due TO an ac-
cident to the train on which he was
travelling from the West When he en-
tered his committee room deep down in
the sub basement Of the Capitol yesterday
morning, his eyes were gladdened by 4
huge bunch of roses on his desk. Eagerly
he seized the flowers to learn what ad-
mirer had sent them. Out Of the tangled
mass of stems there dropped a card i'm
maculate in its whitenes and scented with
the soft perfumes of Araby. This he
scrambled to pick Up. Upon it was en-
blazoned this device:
Compliments Of the Hon. joseph
Weeks BabcOck."
A cloud OF thunder overspread the
cherubic countenance OF the Senator. For
years he has been striving to drive Bah
cock out of politics in Wisconsin. and last
November he accomplished his purpose
He and the defeated Congressman are bit
ter and incorporating enemies. In a
few moments the situation was explained
to the fiery Senator by Secretary John
Lannan. The roses had been sent the dav
before, and attached to them was the card
of a friend Evidently some Wisconsin
wag had suTreptitiously distracted the
right card and substituted that of Bah
cock when Lannans back was turned.
Every Wisconsin newspaper man is under
suspicion.
The Washington herald., 1906-12-05

who wrote Shakespeare" asks the
Brooklyn Eagle. Wouldn't It be easier to
enUmerate those who didn't?
The Washington herald., 1906-12-05

1t must be a consolation to Mr.. Hearst
to note the happy and cordial way in
which the public greets the annual an
nouncements Of the Patti and Bernhardt
farewell tours
The Washington herald., 1906-12-05

The strenuous life is ahead in teaching
the young idea how to shoot
The Washington herald., 1906-12-05

Perhaps it is considered a Congress
mans duty to dabble in land grabs out
in Oregon
The Washington herald., 1906-12-05

The President however. has not neg
lected to press upon Congress legislation
Of more practical and pressing conse-
quence.. He lays great stress upon the
need Of a law conferring on the govern
ment the right Of appeal IN criminal
cases, the lack OF which hampers the
prosecution Of trust officials and the
grantors and benehciaries Of rebates,
and several important labor measures
receive his approval He expresses a
The Washington herald., 1906-12-05


In point Of fine looks and all that goes
to make UP an attractive personality. the
next Congress will contain no more dis
unguished new member than Hon. Albert
Douglas. Of ChilIicOthe. Ohio, who is at
the New Willard.
Mr.. Douglas comes as the successor OF
Gen. Grosvenor. who has represented the
district for twenty consecutive years. The
new man has for years taken a leading
part in the Republican councils Of Ohio.
A successful lawyer and a polished
speaker he is also a man OF affairs. but
has never held any office save that OF
public prosecutor. when he had just
started out 10 practice law Mr. Douglas
is well known in washington, and has a
multitude Of friends here. In conveTsa-
tion with n Herald reporter. he said: TT
is great honor to any man to represent
the district from which I hall. Extending
from Columbus 10 the Ohio River, IL
ranks among the greatest Congressional
districts in the nation in agriculture.
mining, and manufacturing. I was born
in the old town OF ChilliCOthe. as was
my father. and every true son Of Ohio
IS proud of that old place. which was the
first capital OF the State, and remained
so from 1903 till 1915. The first governor
OF Ohio, Edward Tiffin, and one OF the
two first Senators, Worthington, were
from Chillicothe."