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Evening journal., 1906-08-27
900 COMPLAINTS
AT HEALTH OFFICE
Residents From All Parts Of
the City Complain Of Non
Collection Of Garbage
ONE HUNDRED MADE
COMPLAINT TO-DAY

That there is something radically wrong
in the manner in which garbage is col
lected throughout the city is evident from
the fact that within the past week there
have been over 800 complaints made 10
the secretary of the Board Of Health OF
non-conection Of garbage. The complain
ants come from every section Of the city,
100 having been received to-day.
The uncollected garbage, on account Of
recent rains and the rising tempera-
ture. has become extremely Objectionable
10 the people throughout the city. But
the worse trouble is in store. as the ere
uatory Will be only able TO burn about
pne-half Of the garbage when it is col
ltac'ed.
Plant VIII Be Idle.
The new contractors. who will cremate
the garbage beginning October 1, have
commenced the work of remodeling the
erematory. and one-half Of the plant Will
be Idle for a month. This is the season
when housekeepers are preserving and
canning. ana in addition 20 the offal from
vegetables used, the skins Of the fruits
preserved accumulate. and IN this way
the receptaclos IN the yards are full of
garbage nearly al the ;ime.
Drivers .Sf the ears said to-day chat
they could haul the garbage to the ere
matory and if thoy cannot dump the
carts they viii let them stand.
Il will now be up TO the crematory
committee OF Council 10 provide a place
in which to dump the garbage.
The Board Of Eoalth viii not allow thu
garbage TO be hauled 20 the h5g peas
which are rc-r this city. The Board Of
Health may take some action this after
noon regarding the garbage
Evening journal., 1906-08-27
ANNUAl OUTING
E;.ail wilk ce,lsrs viii Picnic at
coroid Beach.

The Retail MIX Dealers Association
VII picnic at coheid Beach on Thurs
day The occasion promises TO be a
gala outing. A feature OF the day will
be a game OF baseball between the city
and country dealers. A number Of
swimming matches and foot races are
on the programme. The milkmen will
be accompanied to the beach by their
women friends.
Evening journal., 1906-08-27
r.len Ill On Roat

Norris Williams. coiored. aged IS years,
was taken III on the steamer City OF
Chester yesterday and had to be removed
70 the Homeopathic Hospital HIS home
is In Chestertowns la.
Evening journal., 1906-08-27
SLASHED WITH RAZOR
Edward Williams, coIored, Cut BY An
Unknown AssaiIant.

During a quarrel with another man in
South wilmington last night, Edward
Williams. colored, was cut on the arm
with a razor. What started the hght or
who the man was who did the cuttlns
could not be learned. The man with the
knife made his escape when Williams
went 20 the home Of friend to have the
injury dressed.
The Washington herald., 1906-11-18
Camnaigu FyDeuses

AIr. Hearst deserves credit for owning
up TO the expenditure of S2500OO in his
gubernatoriaI campaign, but the fact that
his opponent spent but S6lS. and won out.
suggests the inquiry whether such a large
outlay was really necessary, and whether.
If Mr.. Hearst had been a relatively poor
man, like Mr. Hughes. he could not have
made as good a showing without so con-
siderable a depletion Of his bank account.
As no details are given Of the ways in
which his campaign mana gers spent Mr
Hearsts contribution, nothing can be said
as TO the legitimacy of their use Of it, and
we assume it was swallowed up in what
are designated by the politicians. rather
euphemisdcally in many instances, az
legitimate campaign expenses.
What are legitimate campaign expenses?
Printing and the circulation of campaign
literature, of course, and the travelling ex-
penses Of speakers, hire of halls and
headquarters, postage and stationery. But
there are ether expenses not so clearly
Justihable. Congressman Jackson emu
merates some Of these in his explanation
Of the use OF money TO secure his cleo
says. to procure the registration Of
voters. and then the expenditure had
TO be duplicated in order to bring
these same voters 10 the polls. In
some parts OF the country it has become
a recognized practice to pay voters for
coming TO the polls, on the theory that
they are entitled TO pay for time lost in
doing So In large cities II is customary
20 pay watchers and other party attend
ants at the polling places. and in New
York considerable expense is incurred in
order 10 secure signatures 10 the petitions
required for the nomination OF candidates
not put up ny recognized political
party
It Is obvious that the use Of money for
ali these purposes opens the door TO I'm
piled if not overt bribery Of voters. A
The Washington herald., 1906-11-18
Providence in History.

DR.. William Draper. who was as bril-
liant and gifted as a writer as he was In
his chosen profession, in the preface TO his
Intellectual Development OF Europe. O"
has striking and somewhat startling
commentary upon human life He SAYS.
in substance. that whatever purpose Il
man sets and keeps before him in life.
however unremitting may be that pur-
pose, however infexible and unfagging its
pursuit. nevertheless his life will be found.
at the end, to have been dominated and
shaped by influences he could not control.
His conclusions seem to apply equally
to history. What scientific historian OF
the days Of Scipio could have predicted
Nero? What historian. even had he been
a Thucydides, could have surmised. In the
zenith OF ThemistOcles' achievements, that
the long walls Of the City Of the Violet
Crown would be dismantled 10 the music
of dancing girls?
Who would have faced Cromwell. after
the dissolution Of the Rump. with the
forecast of Charles the Seconds ascend
enCy? What Frenchman. after Auster-
litz, could have dreamed Of Louis the
Eighteenth? When weather-beaten
Dutch vessel disposed Of less than a dozen
native Africans TO the settlers Of James
town, what Imagination could have traced
the sequence 10 1916?
Could Robert Toombs, even in the delu-
sions Of a nightmare. have conjured up
Senator Bruce presiding over a body in
which sat Hampton and Lamar?
The French have an aphoTism that II is
the impossible that always happens.
The truth seems, despite all our philoso-
phies and theories and historic causa-
tiOns," that Hamlet spoke profound wis
dom in declaring that there are more
things in heaven and earth than are
dreamed Of in our philosophy.
All that men and nations have done,
even at their best estate, has not coun-
tcrvailed what seems a law as unshaken
as the eternal hills:
There's a divinity that shapes our ends.
The Washington herald., 1906-11-18
PARAMOECIUM Is PROLIFIC.
If Left to Itself IL Would Soon
swamp the Universe.

Prom the London Morning Post
II is generally understood that every
living creature is struggling to occupy
The whole earth with its progeny, and is
restrained from doing SO only by accident
or by the similar effort on the part Of
other living organisms or by the lack Of a
sufficient food supply. But the operation
Of these efforts is seldom brought home
with such peculiar force as in an article
on the Physical Basis Of Life" which is
written by Mir. ". B. Hardy, F. r. S. lie
is quoting the experiments made in the
propagation OF a very active, slipper
shaped animal called ParamOeclum eau
datum. which develops from wind-carried
wayside.
It was desired to find for how many gen
erations Paramoecia would multiply If
every facility were given them for propa-
cation. First it was found that after
the 10th generation the race died out.
Then PrOfs. Calkin and Wordsworth, by
improving the conditions and giving stim-
ulauts to the race Of Paramoecia at the
points where the race seemed to. be falling
INTO Senllt decay, SutCetOcu N pTOiOnSlnS
the duration OF the race to the S6oth gen
Grafton. Consider for a moment re-
marks Mr.. Hardy, what incredible chem
icai activity and stability OF character
these figures imply. II IL were possible 10
preserve alive all the individuals Of the
race, then at the 9O0th generation we
should have a number which would need
row Of some hundreds Of figures to ex-
press. The parent cell would have produc-
ed the 9o0th power OF two individuals like
itself" The increase in the bulk OF liy-
ing matter would be such that at the
oj0th generation the bulk Of the living
Paramoecia would have the dimensions Of
d sphere larger than the known universe.
And the surface Of the sphere would be
growing outward at the rate Of miles i
second. All this would happen. Il the
ParamOeCia never diedy in less than two
years. Such are the marvels Of chemical
and physical activity. and. We may add. of
the law CT geometricaI progression. The
sum Of energy is not less surprising.
ParamOecia have been watched contin-
uously for FIVE days and throughout that
time they were ceaselessly moving.
The Washington herald., 1906-11-18

candidate expects that the voters for
whose registration he pays. and for whose
lost time" he makes recompense, shall
cast their ballots for him; and the same
is true of hired party workers. Large ex-
penditures for the payment OF voters for
casting their ballots or for other party
service is TO be deplored, because It tends
to debase the franchise and 10 destroy
the motive for voluntary exercise Of the
right of suffrage and for voluntary party
service grounded on faith in party prin-
ciples.
We cannot but think that wealthy men
in politics are largely responsible for the
questionable use Of money for campaign
purposes. Knowing the power of money
to effect results in the business world.
they use il In like manner in the political
world, achieving the results aimed at, but
with unfortunate consequences to the
electorate. A candidate with a "bar'I" is
the center about which swarms a horde Of
political parasites. and no doubt many
party nominee pays more for his cam
paign than Is necessary, simply because
he is rich and can afford it. In either case
the rich man cannot escape responsibility
for the use of his wealth, and he ought
TO see that it does not go into the hands
of those who win expend it in the many
dubious ways known TO the political man
ager.
The Washington herald., 1906-11-18

which fts we'll the delicate suggestion,
from what source proceeding We know
not. that Madame Gould buy the freedom
and possession of her own children from
the impecunious scamp who has been
legally given control of their residence
and the direction of their moral training.
On the one hand are the millions and
on the other. as in the case of Lydia,
a llmitless craving for the things that
money alone can supply. conjoined with
a limited amount of available cash. The
conditions seem auspicious for bargain.
Madame has the money and monsieur
certain desirable goods. Are we present
" to hear that the disreputable count
has added final chapter 70 a sordid
hymencaI tragedy by the sale Of all right,
title, and interest in the children Of his
marriage for the millions that he stands
so much in need Of?
It would need only this TO complete his
moral degradation. That it has been
thought Of at all shows how low in public
estimation he has sunk.
The Washington herald., 1906-11-18
Could Control TiIIman.

According to a veracious South Caro-
lima chronicler, there is one man in the
Palmetto State, and only one. who can
control the speech Of Senator Tfllman
As the story runs, Senator Tillman re-
Gently was speaking in his usual vebe-
ment manner. The situation rapidly was
becoming stormy. A friend expostulated
with the Senator quietly, suggesting IN
an undertone that it was hardly the
place for such a discussion" Then from
out of the audience came this imperious
command, Don't talk SO much" A thun-
der cloud spread over the Tillman face
Talk" he shouted back. 'Iu talk "a
much. whenever and wherever. I please
/ would like 10 see the man who can
keep me from talking" Il cam" again
came the voice from the crowd. Senator
Tillman turned and glared about him
Then his eye caught the interrupter. He
pretended 10 quail. The laugh went round
and the critical situation was saved. The
man who hurled the defiant 7 can" was
the Senator's lifetime dentist.
The Washington herald., 1906-11-18
Royalty Having n Good Ttme,

An American woman who has been in
England and has used her eyes 10 ad-
vantage SAYS that the children Of the
crown prince Of Greece have at "Resta."
& private house close to the sea, a pretty
good time. They came from Greece with
two nurses. a gOverness, n Greek footman,
and tutor. but thes ha-e no tasks in
vacation. Holiday tiEie, however, is so
filled UP with healthf Il sports that Satan
has no chance. There are no idle hands
10 get into mischief. The eldest son.
Prince George. is an excellent Oarsman.
and the younger boys with the Princess
Ellen, enjoy shrimping from the rocks
regardless Of wet fTocks or ruined cloth
ing. These young aTistOCTats are willing
to cheerfully ignore their rank and play
with any child on the shore on terms of
equality and perfect friendship
The Washington herald., 1906-11-18
Ent Crickets u Ton Fnt.

From the San Francisco News Letter.
We poke fun at the Chinese ideals Of
medicine, but events in Sacramento prove
that the Mongollans know more than we
give them credit for. For centuries the
Chinese have used cricket stew, powdered
crickets. essence Of cricket. and plain raw
crickets for the reduction of obesity.
as they use frog soup for stomach
troubles. Well, In Sacramento IL has been
noticed that the cats have grown wonder
fully thin and had no appetite, refusing
70 be tempted by cream and other
dainties. Il has been discovered that they
have been feasting on crickets- The in
sects have satisfied their appetites, but
have reduced them to skeletons. The next
thing 70 be put on the market will be a
new patent medicine under the name Of
"CriCketine."
The Washington herald., 1906-11-18
Government nnd the MniI ser,icc.

Fron the Atlanta Constitution.
Now that the Post-oflce Department at
Washington has taken hold OF this matter
OF delayed trains, broken schedules, and
bad mail service. the public may hope
for marked Improvement in the service.
Interference on the part Of the Post
office Department was inevitable, In view
Of the numerous complaints which have
been pouring In from the South. and II
has come none too soon. While II is not
only within the province Of the depart
ment 10 require prompt mail service in
compliance with contracts. but is a duty
enjoined upon it by Congress, neverthe-
less the department Is 70 be commended
for the prompt activity II has displayed
IN seeking 10 remedy the evil and 10 re-
move an annoyance from which the peo-
pie In no section have been exempt When
It comes to touching the pockets OF the
railroads. there is no doubt that they viii
hasten 10 give that Setter service which
is demanded.
The Washington herald., 1906-11-18
GROVER CLEvELAND's soLnoaUY.

Bryan or some one else-that is the question.
Whether It's Dobier TO forget the past
Insults and sneeTs Of populistic malice,
Or % take arms against the Bryan wave
And by opposing end il? 70 vote to speak
For him. and by that vote 20 say | end
The heartache and the thousand natural shocks
That Bryan threatens-'tis q contamination
DcvoutIy to be wished. To vote, to speak:
To speak. perchsnCe TO lie; aye. there's the rub;
For IN that speech for him what lies may flow
When I attempt to prove that he's the goods
This gives me pause there's the respect
That makes King Theodore Of 50 long life
For who could bear the rotten tariff tax.
Cortelyou's wrong the vile Insurance. loot,
The pangs Of hope long thuarted the laws break
down.
The fnsolence Of Office and the spIrus
Humility of the advertiser takes
When he himself might release effect
Supporting Bryant Who would rebetcs bear.
And gr1int and sweat under a wesry life
But that the dread Of something after Bryan,
The application Of his widest theories
The chilling fear Of Hearst puzzles the viii
And makes Us rather hear tho Ills we have
Than hy 10 others that we know well Of?
Thus conscience does make skeptics Of us al;
And thus the great desire TO win one fght
Before die is dimmed and dulled By doub;
OF him who said ne er was a Democrat:
And % / can not Just yet think that
Should bow the knee to Bryan.
indianapolis News.
The Washington herald., 1906-11-18
Barter in Children.

One of the pathetic incidents connected
with divorce is the disposition OF the
children, when there are any. It re-
quires the wisdom of a Solomon to do
justice in cases where differences arise
between separated parents as 20 the fu-
ture of their offspring, and it cannot be-
said that any Of the compromises COM
monty resorted to are wholly satisfactory.
This remark applies. certainly. to the
terms Of an agreement lately reached be-
tween an unmenUonable member of the
French nobility and his American consort
Though the two children of this couple
have been given over TO the custody of
their mother, as seems natural, to the
reprobate father, by an exquisite bit Of
judicial irony. is awarded the control of
their education and their moral and re-
ugious Upbringing, and they may not be
taken out of France without his con-
sent.
In this last condition the friends-or
enemies-of the unmentiOnable count see
an opportunity for achieving a fine stroke
of business. The suggestion is not with
out parallel-in fiction. at least. Robert
Grant, in his satirical story of American
society entitled The Orchid" has Il
chat between two Of his characters anent
the approaching separation of a couple
who had a single child:
The law is queer, you know" said
Mrs. Cole. Then she added, with sig
nidcant emphasis, He is to have Guen. 80
Altogether"
Altogether. That is the wav T.vf7iq
got him TO consent to a divorce"
Il don't think I quite understand
Lydia has sold GuendOlen to her hus-
band for S2.OC0. .oOei"
This transaction was thought "diaboli-
cal, but interesting" a characterization
The Washington herald., 1906-11-18
His Greatest service-Fo Resign.

From the New York Sun.
II is mistake TO suppose that the
senior Senator for the Empire State the
Hon. Thomas Collier Platt. is incapable
Of further usefulness. He Is not too old
or too seriously incapacitated either in
the physical sense or intellectually. or
too shamefully disCredited in his public
and private relation to the community to
perform now, at once, this week, to-day,
the greatest service which it has ever
been in his power 10 render 10 his honor
able constituents, the people of New
York. IL is the statesmans last oppOr-
tunity TO win their approval and ap-
plauSe With their fingers defending their
olfactOries, they will applaud him with
enthusiastic feet
The Washington herald., 1906-11-18
Washington Loan and Trust COMPANY.

Washington Loan aud Trust Company.
Nothing quite so causeless, so wholly
without reason, has happened in the
financial history of the Capital as the
run yesterday on that sound, we'll
managed institution, the Washington
Loan and Trust Company-alI due TO
mischievous rumOr that had no basis of
fact.
Human nature is the same here, there,
and everywhere. There is no use to
editOrialize on the subject The thing has
happened before and may happen again.
No financial concern IS immune. Human
nature cannot be changed; we can only
deDlore 1t. and hope that such a thing viii
not occur In this city again.
But, deplorable as such a run" is there
is good and a helpful side TO 1t. The
frightened depositors know more to-day
than they did yesterday. Their groundless
fears have enabled them and the whole
community TO learn how strong and pros
porous and reliable the Washington Loan
and Trust Company really is: how large
a surplus It carries: what the govern
ment thinks about its soundness, and,
best Of all, what the substantial people
Of the Capital think about it and its Off
GERS. The depositors should have known
all this befoTe-an examination Of the
company's reports would have told them
enough-but now this unfortunate episode
has forced the knowledge upon them in a
manner they cannot forget.
Mr.. John Joy Edson's name speaks con-
servatism and honorable dealing. Money
in an institution over which he has super
vision is as safe as human agencies can
make it. He and his associates had earned
the fine tributes Of faith and confidence
which spontaneously came forth in conse-
quence Of this senseless "run'-tributes
that would have carried with them funds
TO any amount had such been needed
The Washington herald., 1906-11-18
Polite.
From the Rochester Hera

From the Rochester Herald.
You can't do any good work in the
world without offending somebody" said
Congressman Longworth in an address.
The man who makes no enemies is the
man who does no good.
Some men but for this fear Of making
enemies might accomplish something. As
1t is, they remind me of the dying man
who was too cautious even to make his
peace with Providence.
DO you renouncc the devil and all his
works. the minister said to this man.
And the dying man replied in a weak
hesitating voice
Please don't ask me that I'm going
to strange country, and 1 don't want
TO make myself enemies.
The Washington herald., 1906-11-18
Hadn't the Capacity.

Prom Harpsr's Weekly
The baby of a Maryland family had been
through a siege of chicken-Dox. The in
fants sister, a girl Of ten years. being met
by the minister's wife one day. that good
woman naturally inquired as 10 how the
baby was getting on.
He's some better. thank you" said the
little girl, a shy and nOncOmmittal child.
VERY much better, l trust said the
minister's wife
"Oh. he couldn't be very much better. ="
responded the child, because, you see,
he's too little"
The Washington herald., 1906-11-18
Proved an AIihI.

From the Woman's Home Companion.
we hear scme strange things in this
Office. sometimes" said the superintendent
Of sewers
"One Of cur inspectors went one day to
inspect an old house in the country. There
was a good deal of smell about the old
place The inspector walked about smil-
ing
Dear me- he said. what an unpleas-
ant odor. Can it be the drains?
The owner Of the house shook his head
positively.
Tt can't be the drains. he said, be
cause there amt none "
The Washington herald., 1906-11-18
A LITTLE NONSENSE.
M EXCEPTION.


Whene'er meet a man of Drawn.
I fawn.
In case his bank account be tall.
crawl.
And II his bioods Of blush tinge,
/ cringe-
When l meet men with little tin.
/ grin,
At every member Of this tribe
/ gibe;
And II he be a trifie queer,
/ sneer.
You think ! am monster. hey?
Nay. nay.
And as your way about you wend.
My friends,
I'm much Ike others OF my kind,
You'll find.
The Washington herald., 1906-11-18
Emcient Public service.

From the Kansas City Journal
The public is eager TO reward efficient.
fearless public service. Tt is so eager that
it falls down and wOrships every man
who shows the slightest disposition to do
his duty better than the common herd of
public servants. Great reward, place, and
fame and fortune await man who
stands in the limeiight of public office
and does his duty fearlessly. honestly.
and energetically. But how few Of them
thus do their duty!