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Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1906-08-14
Easy Marks.

What is the use,' ask the confidence
game people, 'of working hard for living
when there are SO many easy marks at
larger What is the use, indeed? The world
Is full of easy marks men and women anX-
ious to be swindled, fairly begging for some
one to relieve them of their superfious riches
on the strength of a good story or dashy
promise or a specious lie. There is no diff
Guilty whatever nowadays about launching
clever swindle. All It requires is nerve
and a bit of good luck and almost any
bunco game can be pulled OIL for lorg
time with heavy profits.
Take, for instance. the casa Of the wom-
an In New York who engaged herself to
marry a long list of men from whom she
obtained large sums Of money. Looked at
calmly. without prejudice. 1t seems like q
transparent game. She advertised In the
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The City's Responsibility.

There is something radically wrong with
a municipal system which first licenses
liquor saloons in such numbers that they
offer their invitations at nearly every street
corner and then, when men accept these IN
vitations too freely and succumb to the in
f1uence of the liquor which the city tenders
them, causes them to be cast like felons
into police cells and allowed to suffer and
even to die without attention or care. In
licensing the saloons for the sale OF 1ntoxi-
cants the municipality assumes a RESPONSE
biity to take care of the victims OF the
habit which is thus given encouragement.
1t should discharge that responsibility con-
siderateIy and humanely. and not brutally
and indifferently.
The present method of treating inebriates
suggests the parental mistake OF giving
matches to a child and then allowing it to
suffer unattended when 1t is burned.
1t cannot be argued that to treat drunken
men CONSIDERABLY. as sick men. will In it
self encourage drunkenness. The encourage
ment is given in the first instance. when the
saloons are licensed. The city has already
spread the intoxicating wares before the
public If the inebriate is to be treated punt
lively because he has gone too far in his
indulgence. as well might the careless par
ent punish the child who has burned HIM
self with the matches which have been
placed in his hands.
In any consideration of the liquor prob
lem, this vitality important question cannot
be safely ignored. At five hundred places In
Washington intoxicants are sold by war
rant of the authorities. The law and the
regulations supposedly prohibit the sale OF
liquor to any man who is already inebri-
ated. How often are they enforced? How
often is a saloon license annulled on this
scorer The truth is that there is no bar
whatever to intoxication. AS long as the
victim of the drink habit has the price he
can get the liquor he Graves In the rarest
instances do barkeepers refuse him. Even
less frequently do they protect him when he
is beyond self-hep.
The police patrol the streets to keep the
peace and to arrest offenders. They will not
take into custody man who merely stag
gers. but wait until he is helpless or disor-
derby or profane. Then they regard him as
a malefactor and treat him accordingly.
What shameful evasion of responsible
ityl AS long the licensing system con-
tnues the police handling of the results
should be governed by humane principles
by motives of helpfulness and cure. This
practice may not solve the liquor problem,
but it will go far toward rendering it less
offensive to the spirit of righteousness
which should animate all members of the
community.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1906-08-14
Iowa,

Some of the Iowa standpatters are not
happy. Notwithstanding the claim of their
friends outside the state that they forced
the Cummins people to their knees at the
state convention In the matter of the plat
form. They are urging not only ,ne defeat
of the candidate for governor, but, If nee
essary to accomplish that. the defeat of the
republican candidates for Congress who as
sisted in the nomination of Cummins.
This is taken from an appeal to Iowa re-
publicans just issued by lieutenant Of
Mr.. Perkins, the man whom the standpat-
tiers supported in the contest against Gov.
Cummins:
I'VE must prepare for the struggle Of
1905 which will be for protection as against
free trade Platforms are worthless when
candidates repudiate them after election.
From past experience we know that both
candidates for governor will be preaching
the same doctrine after the November cleo
ton. and 1t makes no difference to the
'standpatter' which one succeeds; only
he does not want to be held responsible
for the false teachings of his agent"
In other words, the way for the republi-
cans of Iowa to prepare for the struggle
of 1909 is to elect democrats to the next
House. If the democrats control that
body tariff bill will be passed and sent
to the Senate. 1t will not become a law.
because the Senate will stop it, but 1t Will
commit the Democratic party afresh to the
principle of tariff for revenue only and
thus afresh challenge the principle OF pro-
lection That is to say, the protectionists
of Iowa should by defeating protectionists
for the House increase the strength of the
free traders in that body. This is too subtle
for the everyday. So subtle is It, indeed,
that 1t might on its face be taken for bunco
or treachery.
II Is very silly to say that both candidates
for governor will be preaching the same
doctrine after the November election. -
The difference between the man who wants
the tariff revised on protection lines. paying
while urging that policy the highest tribute
to protection. and the man who wants a
tariff for revenue only. arguing from the
proposition that protection is robbery and
should be destroyed root and branch, is as
great as could be. Gov. Cummins and his
supporters are none the less protectionists
because of their attitude-are really better
protectionists than those who by opposing
revision when II is clearly necessary make
OF protection a shield for injustice
The republican nominations in Iowa state
and congressional, are all regular. and emit.
tied to full party support. II they are
knitted at the polls 1t will be easy to fix the
responsibility, and at a later day mete out
the proper punishment for disloyalty
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1906-08-14
The End OF the First Citizen.


Often have we been assured that the first
citizens in the community led the lynchins
bee. If repetition established fact then
1t would be received as gospel truth that
only first citizens ever lynehed any man
since the days of the cleansing of the west
when lynchers and lynched were alike
among the first. Because these first citi-
zens must be indicted as vulgar lawbreak-
ers, 1t must be that prosecuting officers
have hesitated and juries shrank appalled,
from the performance Of plain duty OF
course no community could endure to have
its first citizens in Jail and its highest So
ciety holding receptions under the super
vision of the sheriff. It was picturesque
condition that appealed even to the presi-
dent We read that when divorced from
politics he found much to admire In this
uprising of free people to put down the
law and assert the eternal fitness of pfimi-
tive methods.
But that chapter is closed. Never again
can the old apologies be made to serve
and another edition of the winning OF
the West; History by Theodore Roose-
velt," Is now open for emendation and cor
reetion. For the latest 'frolfc" of the kind
at Charlotte, N. c.. was lied by an ex-
convict. now in JAIL" and 1t may be neces-
sary for such first citizens as Joined in
the "vindicatfon'' to rescue their leader
and hang him to save their regulations! II
Is sad. but the spectacle may be wholesome
Let It De contemplated.
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the nomination and saved his bacon. Being

the nomination and saved his bacon. Being
a young nsn. he has plenty of time
Learning his lesson. he set about getting
local reputation" as preliminary to
another try for the national prize. He had
himself nominated for the mayoralty OF
New York as an advocate of the municipai
ownership of public utilities He rang the
changes on gas and railways. He was man
aged by his well-paid and clever workers
through a rousing campaign which swept a
good many thousand New Workers or their
feet into the Hearst camp. He missed the
election by few hundreds. 1t was not a
big margin, burt it was enough to save him.
II ever a man stood to lose by success it
was Hearst in the mayoralty campaign last
autumn. He had pledged himself up to the
eyes without a possibility of performance.
OF course he ''hoNered fearful" as his chief
cartoonist says. 1t was his proper play.
He made a new issue Of the allegation that
he had been defrauded of the mayoralty.
He made capital out of every defeat he suf-
fered as i CONTESTANT. When he was finally
denied the right to sue for an custer of Nc
Clellan by the attorney general of the state
he added to his store of arguments that in
him alone could the people find true
champion of their liberties.
Meanwhile he had been busy as bidder
for the governorship. and at this writing
he has evolved into possibility for the
regular democratic nomination, with an In
dependent nomination ready to his hand
whenever he wants 1t. Thus far in the cam
paign he has won several tricks. His boom
is so much of real force that the leaders
of both parties are undeniably worried.
And their worry has all the more reason
just now that circumstances have thrown
into the hands of Hearst argument
which he may be expected to develop to the
utmost as an advocate of municipal owner
ship.
One of the rapid transit corporations, pur-
suing an inconceivably fatuous policy to-
ward the public. has precipitated situa-
ton which gives the m. O." cutlery ex-
ceptiOnal carrying force. Defyfng a ruling
of a court that the collection of double
fare to Coney Island is illegal. the manage
ment has insisted upon taking the second
nickei and throwing out of the cars all pas
sengers who refuse. The scenes enacted in
Brooklyn during the last two or three days
have been just so much campaign thunder
for Hearst. 1t is incomprehensible that
men of broad business capacity should be
so short-sighted as thus to play directly
into the hands of the political climber. who
likes nothing better than to use the blum
ders of capital as the rungs OF his ladder.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1906-08-14
DIR. Miles u
Anti-Pain Pills

the greatest remedy earth for pains Of any kind
Their soothing influence upon the nerves Is felt
throughout the entire system.
Il had La Grippe pains all over me. and was
In such distress ! Thought ! could not endure II.
thought of DIR. Miles, AutI-Pain Pills. and after
taking 3 doses the pain disappeared, and I slept
peacefully. Ny brother has a swelling on his
neck and uses them. they the pain ana
leave bad effects like quieting powders.'
ADELIA LANE, Portage. Mich
II they fail to help, your druggist will refsnA
your money On first package.
Is doses, Is cents. Never sod In bulk.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1906-08-14
The Town barometer.

or Uncle Bill, he takes chair
An all day long keeps sittin' there.
If anybody wants to know
Which way the wind Is gUin' to blow
Or what the weathers goin' to be,
or Uncle Bill tes' rubs his knee
An tells 'em what the prospect Il.
He knows 1t by his rheumatic.
Some strangers look at him an say
He's merely idlin' time away.
But he amt lonesome; not a bit,
Fur all he has to do Is sit
In peace. while people rich an poor
Come calm on him to secure
His information. Goes to show
We're all of use down here below
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1906-08-14

A modern composer asks that portions or
f1is work be played "as II a delicious pear
were melting on your tongue 1t Is such
effusive extravaganza that causes many
music lovers to lack sympathy with ciassi-
cal extremists
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Anarchisrn.
From the Philadelpiiia Ledger.

Secretary Bonapartes proposed remedy
for anarchfsm-rigorous imprisonment with
complete seclusion. supplemented by the
lash-might be more hopefully considered
IL it were new. This course Of treatment,
however. has been exclusively tested in
countries where the facilities for applying
1t are much greater than with u.s. and the
results have been discouraging.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1906-08-14

The employment of coolies VIII encourage
the Mongolians of centuries hence. i"io"i"s
the national custom of claiming erS''bais'
to solemnly assure the world tnal Tie Sn-
nese built the Panama canal.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1906-08-14

The many insurance companies who are
DESTROYS of doing business on straight
forward principles ought to combine to
discourage the directors who create public
suspicion by their petty obstruction of the
work Of REIMBURSEMENT
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Pains

1t would be utterly impossible to imagine any
thing more distressing than La Grippe pains. They
simply indescribahie. and seem to be CON-
posed Of all the misery sensations known.
Yet they be relieved. and In q very shoe
time by taking
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1906-08-14

The man who elected woman from res
ident Roosevelt's pew in church shou'o-
| without a moments delay, be made post
master of Oyster Bay.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1906-08-14

It is much easier to devise suitable DUN
ishment for anarchism than 10 6eflne si'o
locate the offense. Opinions are elusive ana
changeable things and the cuipaoilsy OF
mere talk Is hard to measure.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1906-08-14
SHOOTING STARS.
A Dangerous Variety.

s.She may be gossip said the woman
with thin lips, "but I believe she tells the
truth"
MY dear" answered Miss Cayenne "the
truth Is frequently the worst form OF gossip
ina ENABLE"
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1906-08-14

John D. Rockefeller is a sarswd inves'ef
hut It remains to be seen whether the COM
nl,mepts he Is now distributing VIII prlns
him returns in kind.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1906-08-14

This country's lack Of literary enthusiasm
is depIorabie MIR. Bishop has met with DO
criticism since his title was changel rom
press agent to secretary.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1906-08-14
VARYING Fortunes.

This world is like hammock fraught
With rest or trouble In lump.
One finds the comfort ne has sought,
Another only gets a bump.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1906-08-14

Under some circumstances a man may be
just as prominent by means of a quiet
residence in Oyster Bay as by an extensive
trip to foreign chimes
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A Candid Declaration.

'You must think very intently on the
subject of a poem" said the young woman.
Not necessarily" answered the literary
person MANY is the time i have written
about the nightingale when my most Sc
rious aspirations were fastened on fried
chicken"
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1906-08-14

An opinion from Tom L. johnson on the
fares demanded by the Brooklyn Rapid
Transit Company might have some expert
value.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1906-08-14

The Thaw case affords new testimony to
the fact that the worlds greatest men are
not always the most talked of.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1906-08-14

Governor Higgins has not had any 'hior-
nation which requires him to expiain why
horse-race gambling is less wicked thah
rOufette
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The Car Of Russia doubtless tnlhks ehe
Brooklyn Rapid Transit Company mas 'iie
right idea about the way to handis crown.
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Tammany might feel more secure on
many occasions II Richard Croker had been
as persistent politician as Thomas Platt
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John D. Rockefeller Is in the hands of
his dentist. His bitterest enemy should be
satisfied
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u In order to avoid delays on account o.
personal absence. letters to THE sTA1
shouId not be addressed to any individual
connected with the ONCE, but simply 70
THE sTAR, or to the Editorial or Busi-
ness Departments, according to tenor or
purpose.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1906-08-14
Home Comforts.

1.-The boarders don't seem to like our
country vegetables" said Mrs CorntosseL
That's funny, responded the Farmer.
'"They ought to preciate EN- They was
bought right in the same town they come
from"
"a person dat has mo- money dan he
knows what to do with" said Uncle Eben.
"'pears to be a good deal like a man wiz
de dyspepsia In house full o. pie
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4piekezo'

is the only food in which all the
necessary food elements are scientif-.
ically combined It is good for old
and young-for growing children
and their mothers and for growing
business men.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1906-08-14

And Apitezo Is worth eating for what 1t is
"a crisp. delicious cereal-as tasty as any
you ever ate. and the only one containing
plenty of iron. in its natural vegetable form
Apitezo Biscuits, 15c. the package. Api-
tezo Grains. 10c. the package.
Sold by grocers everywhere.
The San Francisco call., 1906-08-26
LyHEEE WHY1IzNEoE no ML1yED roe
ZEZE LONc2OV |ZRSHET y q y
THE VALUE OF GEN sTONEs

found are not OF good enough quality
to pay the rate demanded by the gov.
ernment from the 1essees, but they
were reopened in 1900 by a syndicate
with little success, as far as can be
learned.
There are many stones holding the,
qualities first mentioned in a high de-
gree, but they are little known be.
cause. in the first place, they are to be
obtained in larger quantities, and the
people engaged in the stone trade can
not therefore make the profits they are
able to do with the scarcer gems, while
because of their abundance and pre-
sumably lesser value they have been
given to the native cutters, who do
not understand the laws OF refraction
and reflection, to operate on, with the
result that they are put on the mar
ket and eventually mounted In Jewell
ry, looking like various coIored acid
drops, and entirely lacking brilliancyi
and those sharply defined facets
The last few years have witnessed
the great strides which the various
fancy gems have made in the public
favor, notably when used IN the neck
chain; at present these are being made
up with all manner of colOred stones
and If the manufacturer gives as much
attention to the eating OF the stones
as he does to the making of the set
tings, he can produce really delight
full ornament.
The San Francisco call., 1906-08-26
WyHERE TIE cC1RHTVW I1 e575GHIGHTWo
Y .HI1 rum v "

yet to be told. The worknlen and pro-
motsrs who labored here have nearly
all Joined the final stampede across the
great divide. For O. number of years
hermit named Woodworth, cousin
of the author of The Old Oaken
Bucket" occupied a shack on the slope
facing the sunrise. He subsisted on
fish and sea fowl, and enjoyed an
abundance of fuel strewn opon his
rocky beach. An interesting character
was this Robinson Crusoe of San Fran
cisco Bay.
Those who delight In long, steady
exercise with oars will find this rock
an objective point which will repay
them for their labor. BY taking advan-
tage of the wind and tide. the voyage
from Tiburon may be made with but
slight fatigue. Others who travel be-
meath white wings or are propelled
by launches reach the rock with
minimum effort. Anchored off the
bristling reefs encircling the southern
side great sport with hook and line
may be had at certain seasons, and
rockcod are often caught IN great num-
Der. While mosquito fleets crowd one
another of the shores of Raccoon
Straits. the few yenturesome fisher
men who have reached this remote
place are receiving finny rewards OF
virtue. The yachting people find this
rock of special interest, and many a
jolly landing party of Corinthians have
held high Jinks upon its shore. where
jests and song, good fellows and good
things to eat and drink have made Red
Rock a monument to happy memories
Red Rock Is a most fascinating place
70 study nature in her various forns
The geologist finds perennial interest
in its contorted strata, mineralizcd
ribbons of bedded jaspers and radio
larian ebert, vermilion-hued with
hematite, the oxide of iron that stains
this rock pile with Its ruddy tints
The collector of mineral speciments
discovers outcropping lodges Sof man
ganese ore, black as coke. yet the mass
is enlivcned with brilliant specks OF
orange colored moss which clings
tenaciously to its surface rs though II
were a metallic incrustation. In many
places the strata is exposed in vertical
layers. showing much folding and dis
location.
Cav4.4es chiseled by the waves lead
backward into caverns carpeted with
seaweed and inlaid with mussels. Va
riegated starfish add to the gayety Of
incrusted marine life. These caves.
though small, are as full of interest as
a rio-collection of Neptune.
Once, as lifted starfish from the
The San Francisco call., 1906-08-26

pebbiy rocks, ] observed that this
strange mollusk c1ung tenaciously to
q fragment of a mirror with the per-
tinacfty peculiar only to the female sex
of the human species. The analogous
conduct displayed by this lower form
of life would have delighted Darwin.
He would have found In this mirror
wors.nping starflsh another irrefutable
proof of his theory OF evolution. sQn
another visit to this kelp-tapestried
cave l surprised a sealion on tour of
exploration. He stared at me with
bristling whiskers. like an angry. dog
faced old man, then dived beneath the
boat and disappeared.
Chinese shrimp fishers form an inter-
estlng side attraction at Red Rock.
Twice each day. shortly before the tide
begins to ebb, several piratical looking
junks sweep out from the Contra Costa,
shore, where their shanties squat beside
a beach reeking with decaying fish.
Reaching a point quarter of a mile
northward from the island they drop
anchors and sails. and. as the ebbing
tide dfsgorges armies of shrimps from
San Pablo Bay whittier they have erav-
eled along the oozy bottom with the
flood stream. the bag nets OF the Chi
nese are filed For q. few minutes these
yellow fishermen work like madmen,
their ronosyllabic jabbering floating
clearly over the water Birds gather
from every direction to feast upon the
smaller FISH which are thrown back
into the water. Emboldened by hun
ger and the certain prospect of it's be-
ing satisfied. they hover in flocks above
the fishing junks, their raucous cries
drowning the singsong of their Celes-
tial prototypes. When the catch is all
slowed away the Mongolian mariners
hoist their drab square sails and speed
back to the Contra Costa shore.
Italian and Greek fishermen frequent
Red Rock to rest from their labors or
await favorable winds. Picturesque fell
lows are these wanderers from the
Mediterranean, and every one has had
some interesting adventure upon or
near Red Rock. Here on any working
day one may meet some of -.lc original
characters who supplied Jack London
with material for hts thrilling, albeit
Juvenile, Tales of the Fish Patrol"
The view from the apex of this islet
is one Of the most beautiful and sweep
ing OF the bay. The height of $50 feet
above the water seems doubled. while
Tamaipais seems TO have raised his
purple ridge another half mile sky
ward. San Quentin frowns from its
rocky point three miles away. Far to