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The Washington herald., 1906-10-23
very Disquieting Indeed.


OF the recent disquieting signs OF the
times in the conduct of political affairs
Of the country, Ohio furnishes the latest
and in some respects the most disturb
ing
The news comes from Cincinnati that
the Federation Of Labor has stricken
from its black list the name of Hon.
Nicholas Longworth, whom Mr. Com
pers' DOOM had marked for its own. And
what for? Although Mr.. Longworth had
voted against the interests of organized
labor at every opportunity he had, ac-
cording to the Federation's view. he now
escapes, We are Informed. because he is
President Roosevelts son-in-law Nj.
L0ngw0rth was singled out for tribula
ton and political destruction by Mr..
Gompers as soon rs he had finished ad-
minstering his great fright i'm the Lit
tlefeld district in Maine. He went
promptly to work in the Longworth dis
triet, but his fen purpose has now been
broken to pieces by his own organization
The labor party people protested, nigh
to a man. that they intended TO vote for
Mr.. LOngw0Tth, mot on his own ac-
count, but rs a means Of showing their
regard for his father-in-law."
In these times of Unreasoning discon-
tent with prosperity. with about half
the people looking and leaning to the
government for good fortune. as well as
protection, is it not time 90 cry aloud
for individualism' opportunity? We
knew Mr.. Longworth in public life be-
fore he sailed 10 the Philippines with the
Presidents daughter, and he impressed
us us man liability and the highest
responsibility. all his own. When he and
the Presidents daughter were united in
wedlock, he still seemed TO us man
enough to stand on his own merits. We
have been looking to the labor party as
the stoutest advocates Of the square deal
1t is anything but a square deal 20 Mr..
Lonsworth TO declare that he is worthy
of support not on his own account, but
because of his father-in-law
Warned every day against too much
government in the tendency of the times,
We are thus treated TO "a fresh and heav-
Ter dose. We can not believe that Pres
ident Roosevelt. any more than Nicholas
LougWorth. viii view with pride and APP
probation this new dIspensation Of pa
teTnaliSm
The Washington herald., 1906-10-23
IHIighted and Dirty Streets.

1t never once occurred to our municipal
fathers that Washington is an il-Iighted
city until The Herald mentioned the mat
ter People have been cropping about UNI
c0mpldningIy, and the Commissioners
knew nothing about il. Having received
no complaints, how should they know?
Certain experiments are going on We
now learn, which they supposed were
satisfactory There are arc lights here
and there, inCandescent lights at given
points elsewhere. while over in George
town the hat-Aame burner has been re-
placed with q new gas lamp; and every
lining is lovely, 50 far rs official nowl-
edge extends, and Washington is as wei
lighted a city as Kalamazoo. Paterson.
y. j., or any other metropolis. on purely
aesthetic grounds. there is thought.
thanks 70 Mr. Macfarland's observations
in Paris. of some time recommending q
more brilliant Illumination OF the down
town section; but, no complaints coming
in, the estimates and the door Of hope
have been closed. so far as general con-
ditions are concerned.
The Herald is glad it spoke Il is go
ing 60 furnish enlightenment on various
other topics from time to time. and it
cherishes the hope that. ultimately this
community VIII be cured Of the habit Of
patiently accepting and submitting to CON
ditions simply because they exist
Washington is a model city in many
respects, but not IN all respects. as has
been remarked before. We are proud
Of it, but not as proud as we should
like 20 be- Every section Of the city
Northwest, Northeast. Southwest. and
Southeast-furnishes nightly evidence of
streets enveloPed i'm gloom. official ex-
plantations to the contrary notwithstand-
ing. The Commissioners themselves have
but to take turn about town any night
TO convince themselves Of the fact.
But this is not all The streets them
selves? Why has the condition of I'M
cleanliness been allowed 90 become
chronic? We await the answer.
The Washington herald., 1906-10-23

From the Dream and the Business
4 martyrdom nowadays would be called
an advertisement
When the heart has a certain measure
Of distress it is agitated and in revolt. but
when IL is full of woe and can contain no
more il is still, and IFS stiffness passes for
resignation TO destiny.
It hurts terribly TO be an eg0ist.
No man ever did a work in spite Of per
secution that he might not have done ten
thousand times better If he had been en-
couraged.
People who wish TO regard divine provi-
dence as an English gentleman Of large
fortune. perfect morals. am anxiety 10
Illustrate the foreigner and desire 10
feed rather than TO meet the poor. were
disturbed by Firmaidens fear OF Cod
which to some seemed superstition and 10
others III advised.
Time answers questions by deadening
all our faculties and sensations. / have
been watching elderly men and women;
they try 20 believe that they have gained
wisdom. They have only lost the power
of wondering
4 man viii spend a lifetime qUarreling
with his own heart. whereas Il woman can
never believe that her heart may be in
the wrong.
The choice Of a career and the choice OF
a wife-the most important steps OF a
mans life-are accidents always.
Many people have excellent morals. but
the most odioUs ways.
Perhaps he was romantic-the first con-
ditiUn of all unhealthy persons,
The Washington herald., 1906-10-23
THE INNOCENT BYSTANDER.
THE UNIVERSAL LANGUAGE.


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mother knew.
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loa az me-
The Washington herald., 1906-10-23
OLD MAN GIDDLEs OBSERVES.

women sometimes say they wish cloth
ing grew on trees. But Eve wasn't salts
fed 10 do her shopping in the forest.
We do not regret "a lost opportunity so
much as We GO the fact that all our
friends will trIl us how We lost it.
a man thinks his family doctor is very
sensible until he gets sick himself Then
DE decides that the doctor IS foolish for
telling him he doesn't need any medicine.
Ii is bad enough 20 have "a bald head.
bu- Ezra Jones has bald head with
freckles on it.
Next To the man who wants you to be
enthusiastic in your friendship. the worst
be dem0nstVative
When a girl comes home from college
and talks in words Of four syllables her
father is secretly mad and her mother is
secretly proud.
Amos Tondnson is going around brag-
glEg because his boy has composed the
yell for his class az college
When a man discovers that corsets cost
rs high as so he begins 10 save clippings
about the bad effects of tight lacing
So far there is no memory system that
will insure your holding your funny story
in your mind until the other fellow gets
through telling his chestnut
II man wore elbow gloves, q coat that
ended at his shoulder blades. and a vest
that had to be fastened 10 his belt with
pins. he would be clapped into a padded
cell in two hours for reckless disregard Of
his health
Think Of something pleasant when you
arise In the morning and you viii be In a
pleasant mood all day And don't get
crusty if you cannot think OF something
pleasant to think Of
WILBUR NESBIT.
Copyright 1906 By W d. NesbiJ
The Washington herald., 1906-10-23

astounding. because we distinctly recall
his pronounced partiality to yellow-leg
chicken and other things which he now
deprecates and decries in the gratuitous
retort he makes to the Laredo Times
But here is the sour revelation; here IN
his own words is the dismal dope:
-The 'yellow-leg' has been sung in song and
poetry and yet there is not a human ON earth who
can give a good and Sufficient reason for its dis
tineti0n State Press viii offer one which he adj
mits is not good but il is the only enc that can
be offered Il Is. that are moved by sentiment
in this matter Of discussing the relative merits Of
the chickens. The most q us who write for the
newspapers or devote ourselves TO defeating poetry
10 chickens are old in the sense Of not being chill
drrn. The Plymouth Rock, Che Leshorn the Cochin
China the Langshaus. and other breeds are Of late
origin. In fact they are new to all people over
twenty-five years Of age. The chicken that mother
used 20 fry vas yel!ow-leg common stock. We ate
it as children, and it was the best food ever
had Mother knew how 20 cook it 10 suit our
taste, Mother baked the right kind Of biscuits 90
90 with A. Mother knew exactly how long the
gravy should be subjected the ire before it was
right fer the table. Mother made the yeli0w-leg
chicken and the fxns that went with il a food
for the gods and none Of us have ever eaten any
thing like it. II mother had fried Plymouth Rock
fo us. OF any other kind Of chicken, We would
have been crying ont about the greatness Of that
breed and decryng all other kinds
II is hard, indeed. 10 believe that Col.
Sterett is all IN. Fortunately, the sterett
season is nigh at hand. Congress is
soon to meet. Let him come on back with
the Texas delegauon-bring the old
familiar sixteen TO one, him the one and
them the siXteen-let him land and in
the cleaning trust himself to friends who
will lead him into a modest hostelry
down the big Avenue; there let him par
take OF shad and salads. or maybe chit
terlngs, with proper sauce, ana cracklin-
bread. not 10 nominate fried chicken and
gravy and corn pone. and we can in fancy
behold him rise from the table ere the
feast be done, and with an agility defiant
of his accumulated years. caper smartIy
10 the measure Of
If I was only as young as I used to Be-"
The Washington herald., 1906-10-23
MANIA FOR BIG SHIPS.
Capt. Nahan's Criticism of Our Naval
Construction Policy Commended,

From the NtW York World.
Where is the end to be II each new bat
tie ship is constructed with ii view single
10 its superiority over its predecessors?
The twenty-0ue-kn0t Dreadnought,
floating fortress with the speed OF a.
cruiser. dooms scores Of battle ships OF
an older pattern 10 the scrap heap. as our
own nineteen knot Virginia and Rhode
Island together with the new Connect
cut have made our best ships of the
Spanish war obsolete.
Against these tendencies. the advice Of
Capt Mahan should have weight In a
paper contributed 10 the Proceedings Of
the Naval Institute. be points out that as
battle ships axe built 90 work together.
their progress being dependent on that
of the sloWest, speed is a less valuable
factor than fighting power. Our pres
cDt condition. he says. lis that Of
abandoning all attempt AT a guiding con-
Ccpti0n OI types OF standards except the
crude one that each ship must be bigger
than the last
To race England in building naval mon
stCrs is to- lose sight of the purposes Of
defense for which our navy primarily eX-
lists. For such navy battle ships Of
standardized types. as Capt Mahan sug-
gests. have their advantages.
The Washington herald., 1906-10-23
JACKY. 4 Ia KIPLING's TOMMY. :

7 went into a sl5atin' rink, 20 take little roll.
A man he looked ne up and down. and wouldn't
take my toll,
The skates IN here amt jest your kind he hOl-
lers. with a leeT.
And cheap skates from the navy can't go skatin'
round in here
Oh. lis JaeEy this. and Jacsy that. and Jacky-
~pai-the-fm,
But when war is comm I'm the man behind
the gum,
The man behind the gun. NY boys. the man be
hind the gun
Then its Thank you. Mr. Jacky. cur dear man
behind the gun"
/ met a big policeman, and he looked me up and
down,
He SAYS. we want no navy buns in this here
neral town.;
He cmbbsd ne and he drbbcd me- and he SAYS:
''Now twent three
And it only good old Fishtin' Bob who stands by
such me.
For rs Jacly this and Jacky thar. and Jacly
cool y0W heels
A-uaitin' till civilians get the best o. shows and
meals,
But it's man behind the gun. my boys. when vars
loud tocsin pcsls.
and it's man behind the gun. my BOYS. when
SamGy needs his keels
Denver Republican.
The Washington herald., 1906-10-23

Arbitration is SO obviously the logical
and just medium Of adjusting differences
between employer and employee that
there must naturally be general regret in
the failure of the Southern Railway and
its machinists TO get together on that
basis Strikes are always to be deplored
especially in such case as this. when
they mean a severance of good relations
that have extended over period Of
many years. Some of the men affected
by the present controversy, most of them
perhaps. have been connected with the
railway from their boyhood.
The Herald Is taking no sides in the
matter. 1t is unfamiliar with the ques-
tions involved. It only knows that
breach has occurred and regrets that this
could not be averted by arbitration.
Everybody recalls with pride and sat
isfaction the happy solution reached in
the anthracite coal region when d labor
controversy menaced the welfare Of the
country. Arbitration. brought shout by
President ACCOMPLISHMENTS sunmar-
lily, indeed-saved the operators and
miners from q ruinous c0nficA and
spared the country calamity that count
The Washington herald., 1906-10-23

less people would have felt. The prin-
ciple Of arbitration is steadily growing
in favor everywhere. Both employer
and employe have come to recognize
the wisdom of IT, Resort to extreme
measures on either side is now. usually
a last resort Possibly this last resort
is justified in the case Of the Southern
machinists. We do not know. But, for
the sake of all concerned, a failure to
try the medium of arbitration is to be
deeply deplored, and we venture to hope
that it is not yet too late TO adjust the
differences through that medium
The Washington herald., 1906-10-23
SOUTHERN HErRLoOMs.
People Parted with Them I'm Order
10 Restore Their Fortunes.

From the Nashville American.
Immediately after the civil war many
Southern families of prominence and
former wealth found themselves under
the necessity Of disposing OF many objects
Of art and beautiful household furniture
which had prior to that time adorned
their homes. Some Of these things were
in the nature Of heirlOoms. and were
parted with only under dire necessity,
bur the same grit which led their owners
into and sustained them during the long.
UNEQUAL struggle induced them to let 90
in order that steps for a new life, under
new conditions. might be successfully
prosecuted which would again prove Of
what metal these people were made.
Herein lies the difference between the dis
position Of such articles on the part OF
some OF The families of some OF the Euro
pean states and those of the Southern
States 4 parting by an italian or Span
ish family with "A painting by Titan =
Murillo. valued as a precious possession
since the Renaissance. is almost a sure
sign OF decay. but a sale of an exquisite
mahogany sideb0ard by a Southern family
meant the beginning OF restoration of the
family name.
The story OF the restoration Of this sec
ton, unequaled in the worlds history, as
was the bold struggle against that which
brought about its necessity. has been
often told. Statistics now yearly given
prove that the point OF restoration as 20
natural wealth has long since been passed
True. the South was endowed with great
natural wealth. but il was far richer in
being inhabited by a class OF real Ameri-
cans who had the spirit to overcome the
direct misfortune and. under changed
conditions, avail themselves Of heaven :
rich gifts. These beautiful 0bjecLs Of art
evidences of the refined taste OF the people
who possessed them. found their way To
various cities Collectors Of such things
were soon on the scene. and then il again
became apparent how true a sense Of the
beautiful these people possessed. They
had surrounded themselves in their homes
with articles Of household use and adorn-
meut so chaste In design and 50 beautiful
in workmanship that constant associa-
tion with them had an eievating influence
on the lives Of the children Of the home.
The conditions under which these homes
were established and maintained were
long since changed. but the beautiful Oh
jects which once adorned them still exist
20 serve as models of beauty and patterns
for reproduction.
The Washington herald., 1906-10-23
His Trick Failed 10 work.

From II Diavola Rosa.
A young man finding himself in the
train without matches OF cigars. cast
about for some way of wheedling both cut
OF his felluw-traveler. He therefore leaned
across and asked politely.
Excuse me, sir. have you a match2'
The other took out his matchbox. care
fully extracted his last luCifeT. and hand
ed il 20 the young man. who laid il on the
seat beside him. and then took out his
cigar case, regarded it with well simulated
surprise. and said.
Hang it, I have no cigar, either
How lucky; now you won't want the
match, will you? said the other carefully
picking il up and restoring it to his
pocket
The Washington herald., 1906-10-23

From Judges Magazine Of Fun.
The late Frederic r. C0udert. the noted
lawyer and Wit, had a great kindness for
children. He collected indefatigably the
quaint sayings Of children, and one of the
treasures Of his library was small man
uscript volume filed with definitions that
children had composed. This volume was
called A Child's Dictionary and these
are some Of the definitions that Mr. Cou-
dert would read from the book
"Dust-Mud with the juice squeezed out
OF it,"
'Snoring-Letting off sleep"
"Backbiter-A mosquito
'Fan-A thing 10 brush the warm of
with.
'Ice-Water that went to sleep in the
cold. "
"Apples-The bubbles that apple trees
blow
The Washington herald., 1906-10-23
La Toilette Runs AmucI,.

That the Hon. Robert Marion Ia Fol
letJe is determined wholly to cut. loose
from the leading strings Of the present
Republican organization in the nation and
build up an independent following of bis
own, just as he has done IN his home
State Of Wisconsin, is evidenced by his
uubridled course in every community in
which De has made a speech since the
close of the last session Of Congress. In
Indiana he has attacked the mild-man-
nered Senator Hemmeuway. IN Illinois be
has sacrificed Senator Hopkins I'm New
Jersey De has jumped with both feet
hard upon Senators Kean and Dryden, IN
brief, nearly everywhere the new Wis
Consin Senator has gone he has left be-
hind trail of blistering criticism OF his
Republican Senatorial colleagues. Even
the Hon Knute Nelson has not been ex-
empt from the la Toilette abuse for the
course Of the Minnesota statesman pur-
sued in railroad rate legislation. IL is
recalled that Mr.. Nelson was not one Of
those Republican Senators who at the
last session tried 90 squelch the Wiscon-
sin vefOrmer, either by ignoring him or
moving 20 table the numerous amend
ments to the rate bill offered by him, so
that this opposition 10 Senator Nelson
cannot bee based upon that ground 1t is.
therefore. Inferred BIZ the politicians in
Washington. who are nervously watching
Senator La FOilette's strange course. that
he means 20 place himself outside the
breastworks of his party I'm Congress. and
draw around him a set Of men i'm all
parts o. the country who viii respect his
leadership, quite independent Of the pres
ent organization OF the party.
The Washington herald., 1906-10-23
resting ,Ilssiopnrv Paticpce.

Rev. Frederick 3. Bridgman. the noted
successful missionary to the Zulus. was
talking in Philadelphia about missionary
work
Il am very hopeful of it," ne said. Il
may be little too hopeful because /
have mad such good success. II is better,
though, to be too hopeful than too doubt
ing.
Much depends upon the character OF
the people one works among, and I can
sympathize "a little with the missionary
who returned home from China in a very
Respondent mood
a Chinese convert stole this mission
arys watch, and then came back to him
the next morning TO learn how TO wind
it up
The Washington herald., 1906-10-23
A LITTLE NONSENSE.
4 FOWL song.

Oh. put dat rooster in dat pot an make potpie
out OLD him.
All cutched hin in de medder lot aToostin' on a
sapliu limb
He SURE win make a juicy meal an potpie am fer
me de mess.
All knows dat 1t am wrong 20 steal, bat lifted
chicken DIM taste bes.
sizz an bgzz
70 kyau't put muffin in 30 face dat hits de spot
like potpie dtU
Yum. YUM Dis minute An kin feel dat white
meat nestlin' neaf nah yes.
All knows DAT 10 wrong 20 steal, but lifted
chicken dun taste bCs'
The Washington herald., 1906-10-23

The present year viii so down into his
tory as a period Of great disasters. Ma
ture has been on "a rampage, so to speak,
and the consequent destruction of life
and property has been enormous. The
eruption of Nesuvius, the earthquakes
which wrecked san Francisco and Val
paraiso. the typhoons which have ragged
through the China seas, the storms which
have devastated the countries of the
Caribbean Sea and the Gulf of Mexico
these are but "a few of the unusual mani
festations of natural energy which have
afflicted the world.
In the midst of all these things. human
ity stands helpless. This is the lesson Of
these disastcTs-that while man has made
gigantic strides in science and art and
literature, while discovery has followed
discovery. and there seems to be no limit
10 inventive genius, no one has yet been
able TO harness or direct the tremendous
forces OF nature. We can predict storms.
but We cannot control them; we can reg
lister the occurrence Of earthquakes. but
ne cannot protect ourselves against
them. Perhaps some Of these DAYS the
intelligence of man will rise superior TO
these material things, and the power Of
viii be greater than the movement of
matter IT is, however, very doubtful.
The probability is that as long as time
shah last the forces OF nature viii con-
tinue 20 manifest themselves in utter dis
regard OF human life or comfort.
1t has been the dream of imaginative
minds to picture man as the supreme
controller of the universe. BuIwer Lyt-
toms The Coming Age" limited al such
a consummauon, and more recent writer's
have dwelt upon the subject with evident
delight. In the meantime. we stand
helpless and appalled, while nature
wreaIs destruction on sea and land Be-
side these manifestations of its tremen-
dous energy. the human being. despite
his intellectual greatness. becomes a mere
pygmy. He must bow in humble spirit
before a power which scorns TO call him
master.
No wonder that the ancients worshiped
the sun, the storm, and the sea.
Newspaper men about the White House
have been singuIarly remiss lately. No
report has been made that any Cabinet
The Washington herald., 1906-10-23

The day after the Ohio court had con-
victed the Standard oil Company Of be
ing trust in the purview of the statute
of that state, Attorney General Moody
dashed TO the White House Executive
Offices. rushed in to see the President and
after a half hour or so emerged from the
inner chamber looking as If he certainly
had something Of Importance on the in
teresting subject of further prosecution
OF the Standard to communicates to the
public through the press. One Of the
corps OF reporters stationed at the White
House swooped down upon the Attorney
General and with unusual abruplness in
quired.
can YOU tell us what action was de-
cided upon by you and the President con-
corning further prosecution of the
Standard Oil Company"
Il could. replied Mr.. Moody. with I'M
accustomed tsTtupsg. but I won't
Then the Attorney General FASTENED to
his carriage and was driven rapidly away,
leaving Mr.. Reporter crestfaHen, not 10
say disappointed In less than ten minutes
the Attorney General dashed back to the
White House in his carriage. jumped out
of the conveyance in great haste and
looked up the reporter he had just turned
down so abruptly Mr.. Jones" said At
torney General Moody. Il realize alat !
spoke TO you in rather rude manner a
few minutes ago. and I've come back 10
tell you that ! am sorry l did so. What
/ should have said ia response 10 your
question was that I could tell you some
thing about our future policy with re-
gard to the Standard OH cases, but that
/ am not yet ready to discuss that sub
ieCt for publication