The Washington herald. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1906-1939, 1906-10-18


That the Indians have quite a fondness
for fairy tales
An actor who used 4 souvenir Hotchkiss
shell for a tack hammer succeeded in
blowing himself well within the sub
urbs Of Kingdom come. the other night
Strange 10 say. he doesn't claim that he
didn't know II was loaded
Government employees will probably
fall in behind the President dutifuliy in
his spelling crusade. but they will siren
uously object 10 Salaries" being alb
breviatcd.
a London man has been obliged TO
pawn his overcoat made out Of 2 600
rabbit ears He simply got hold Of the
wrong extremity Of the rabbit
Senator Rayner wants a Southern man
fog President next time. and Georgia
anxiously asks, How viii Hoke Smith
do?'
for manslaughter the other day. That
ought TO teach him TO go slow about
slaughtering people in the future
Muley Abou. a cousin Of the sultan Of
Morocco, is creating no end OF trouble
in Algeria, but what Muley is kicking
about no one seems 20 know.
That Chicago preacher who preached a
sermon last Sunday on Winning The
Pennant,' evidently wanted 70 make a
hit with his congregation.
stiu, if Mr.. Cleveland were elected Sen
ator from New Jersey, wouldn't that be
about all the representation New Jersey
/ Is entitled TO?
John Sharp Williams says that Mr..
Bryan's government ownership theory is
simply Mr.. Bryan's private opinion" It
doesn't seem 70 have been kept very phi
vate, however.
Il is said that Senator LaFollette and
Senator Spconer viii both take the stump
for the Davidson ticket in Wisconsin.
There is no doubt about that being the
most surprised stump in Wisconsin.
The price Of diamonds is to be raised
I twenty per cent the first Of November.
Can you raise the price of d diamond?
over in New York it now seems a safe
rule. when in doubt TO hammer Ne
CleIlan.
Il shall not attempt to justify the
Isoundness Of the Republican party" says
Secretary Shaw. There seems TO be q
limit even TO the secretary's nerve.
Reports from Berlin state that III,
balloon races were very Disappointing. "
They certainly must have been: no one
was killed, manned, or even slightly
wounded.
England is just now enjoying the luxury
Of home grown tobacco. PERHAPS Eng
I land may yet live TO experience the de-
lights Of homegrown Havana cigars.
Nicholas Il has issued a Thanksgiving
/ proclamation No man behind a fouI
flush ever put up a finer bluff than that
An Indiana minister declares that thu
salvation Of each indianapolis sinner
costs S535. Evidently the tariff on In
dianapClis sinners needs revising.
What shall we do with victory after
We get it," demands a Hughes shouter
Why ask embarrassing questions like
that?
That Hearst speIIbinder. VINO recently
said This amt no talking campaign, "
evidently hadn't heard about those phone
graphs
Two New York policemen very unex-
pectedly captured novelty in the way Of
a burglar on roller skates the other night
L seems that he accidentally fell inyc
their hands
Josh Billings" died just invent ,-1ne
years ago last Sunday. And 10 think tia:
he died without knowing what a Tu:y
great speller he was,
| This is the season Of the year when YOU
read in the papers all about how TO build
a coy little summer cottage at Maria
I gansett Pier for 500
4 Mr. Taft's announced determination "a
make the Cubans do their own fighting is
4 also calculated to hold them for a while
A Canadian bank official has skipped
out for the United States with Il biz
bunch Of money. Turn about is fair play.