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The Washington herald. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1906-1939, 1906-10-28
w. H. TAFT, SECRETARY OF PEACE.

Hes the brother Of the little brown MALAY.
Hes the uncle Of the Panama Canal,
Hes the cousin Of the jingo who resides In San
Domingo.
I And he's grandsire Of the Moro csuui-bal.
and he has the Porto RiCaps his hands.
Aud ne has the san Domingers his brain.
While ais heart is beating uba to the little woes Of
Cuba
IS his uaistcoat cries: 'ExpaDsionr' not IN vain.
William. while you labor at your desk.
Your heart is chasing dattos in the highlands.
And the east-wind whispers gentle
With an accent Oriental:
Come back. Biz and run the Filipino Islands,"
When the Cuban junta clamors IN his ears
And Poaltney from the Zone is yelling: Graft
When the Porto Rican niger is petitioning for
bigger
Voting powers. where fly the thoughts Of Mr.. Tafts
Does he think Of Summer outings in the past
Midst the Moro and the simple Tsgaios!
Where the pleasant anectlote is told by painless
IgouOtes
Over luneheons Of diyinely roasted dog:
o William. when your party speaks Of you
From the valleys and the rivers and the highlands,
Does the Presidential saddle
Seem worthy throne 10 straddle
To the Monarch Of the Filipino Islands:
When dozen brown republics s1tal Tor war
And China with q boycott at her beck
Rises no a mighty STRIPPING; 70 transpose from Air,
Kipling,
Tat has got the white mans burden on his neck.
Yet man Of weight and substance ne remains,
An allrOund puniic figure. never snail
And his taller cries with pleasure as he takes the
statesman measure
Here's the nohlcst. stoutest Roman OF them all!
. Nllliam don't YOU haag the gl-gu cau
FTum the palmy Guam and lh-lio highlands,
From the scribes Of PingoPaugo
And the tribes Of ZamboauEo:
Come back Bill and take the Filipino Islands 90
Wallace Irwin, in CellierS-
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GAMES FOR HALLOWEEN.
Amusements In which Both old and
Young May Join.

From What to Eat
Give each child the name OF nut. Tell
a story using the names, and as each nut
Is named the child must jump up and turn
around quickly, saying his assumed name
When the story teller calls the word
forest" all the children jump up. turn
around and call their names and change
places. The last one in his place has TO
take up the story and continue It.
Bobbing for apples will never quite 50
out of fashion for Halloween fun. Vary
the game by taking the cores out of the
apples. In the hollow place some Ii,,ie toy
indicative OF ones future. gun for sol
der, a flshhoOk for a fisherman. or an
oar for sailor. a pen for writer, a
needle for q seamstress, &c. Wrap these
in parafiin paper. place the top on the
apples and fasten It by string and let the
children bob for them.
Here is an old nurses game. but Il must
be played with older people in the ring to
watch the fire. Take small stick or can
die, light II so It has only a spark and
pass IL from player to player, each repeat
ing these words: Jacks alive and likely
" NV II nv fiAE5 4lie manu- a ADt ANtN a
viii give II a lighted candle is held. the
others try to blow It out while the player
says his rhyme. If the light dies, the
player must give some object, a penny,
button, ring, handkerchief, 20 be redeemed
later. For the benefit Of the children who
have never been told how to play Re
deerning Forfeits, this Is given.
One child Is chosen TO sit blindfOlded In
chair and a second 10 sell the forfeit.
The second player takes a ring OF other
object, holds Il over the head OF the blind
folded player and they say: Heavy,
heavy hangs over your head Pine or
suparfne2' Fine" what shall the own
ec 90 % redeem it?' walk on all fours
and bark like a dog" or some similar feat
which the owner Of the ring must do to
reclaim his property. II the owner is d
girl, she is "superfine.' word 10 the
mother who may think this a dangerous
game for children:
IL IS much wiser 10 allow your child 60
handle matches and fire under your super
his face aud clothing and To have water
handy than To leave his instruction 10
other children or servants.
Instead OF q fishponG or Il grab bag at
the Halloween party, try a Chinese
Laundry. Have q grown person dressed
in costume OF a Chinese laundryman with
long queue, funny false face and big COW
cred basket on his arm Wrap toys IN
mysterious bundles Give children grains
OF popped popcorn and let them bid tor d
chance % put hands into The basket and
draw out Il bundle. OF course. the lauH-
dry-man viii make many funny gestures,
talk pigeon English. and make lots OF fun.
He can be accompanied by two little boys
as Chinese dwarfs oT monkeys 90 help the
f{tls
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out by scholars You viii find il in
"Skeat's genealogical Dictionary" is
the oxford Dictionary of the English
Language" One would suppose from the
stress on this objection that the striking
OUT of needless letters would Immediately
destroy all the books of the past in
which the history OF those words has
been recorded.
Spelling Does Not Represent Sound,
Furthermore, it Is not any part OF the
function in spelA ng TO represent the
sound of the word. There are, perhaps.
100000 of people now using the English
language. OF these a few hundred thou
sand--a million or TWO. if you want me to
admit as much-hzLve a scholarly ac-
qraaintance with othe T languages, and are
interested in the derivation of words
Are we TO burden IalO00,0o0 for the sake
of 1he 100000 who can get more accurate
information better from books?
Tsere is a third objection Of far moro
weight. This is the D ssa that any change
Of any kind is CONT sing; that the one
thing we want is something fixed. final,
and indsputable The force of that OBJ
jecton is somewhat lost when we con-
slider that there IS not now any fixed
final orthography of The English Ian
guage and that there never has been
The list Of alternative spellings at the
end of every dictionary viii show that
Year after year the spell ling of English
does improve; it does become simpler,
needless letters are cast out. What We
propose to do. as I have said. is 10 aocel-
crate that process What those who urge
this third objection propose 10 do Is tC
stop il. They have had the trouble OF
learning the complicated absurdities OF
our orthOgTaphy. and they want TO take
the profit from their labor They also
want TO impose that labor upon future
generations. That seems to me singu-
larly un-AXneTican argument
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from the New YORK Sun.
Not all people" said the jeweler
like the ticking OF a clock: it is a pleas
ant sound to most people, but not 10 all.
Some people. clock lovers these,
couldn't sleep without a clock in the
same room Its ticking is company, and
it scares away the spooks. Such people
would wake up if the clock should stop
in the middle of the night.
But there are other people who eau {
sleep with a clock in the same room, and
who if they found themselves in a
strange place anywhere with clock IL
their sleeping apartment would stop the
clock before they went to bed.
"Of course there is much Of habit IN
this: bat we have eus fancies about
clocks. as we do about ali things else"
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Consolation for the Artist.

Prom the Youths Companion.
The late Lord Leighton, president Of the
Royal Academy, once had a chance to
learn something about himself that per-
haps he had not suspected His chance
came to him at a picture gallery, where
his painting. Helen of Troy" was on eX-
hibiuon. He joined a group OF ladies who
were standing before it just in time to
hear one of the number say:
It's a horrid picture-simply hOrrid!'
I'm SOTTy, but It's nine" Lord Leigh
ton exclaimed involuntarily.
You don't mean to say you've bought
the thing2' questioned the same lady
40; I-painted it," the artist humbly
replied.
The critical lady was mOmentarily
abashed; then she said easily:
"Oh, you mustn't mind what l say"
NO, indeed. you mustn't" another be-
gan earnestly. She's only said what ev-
erybody else is saying.
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SMITHS RESENT CHARGES
Hungarian Lecturers SneerS at the
Tribe Indignantly Refuted.
Not All Alike, and Are Proud OF
Their Family Name-BrOOklyuite
Takes Issue with DR.. Reich

''The American nation is simply series
of John Smiths Frenchmen and Aineri-
cans are as level and like one another as
the blades Of grass on a prairie.
The John Smiths of New Nork-and
there is an army of them-resent this
declaration by Dr. Emil Reich, the Hun
garian lecturer, made in London They
resent il because DIT. Reich has said
things before and made retractions. He
Is the author Of Success Among Ma
tons" and was counsel for the British
government in the Venezuelan boundary
dispute which was said TO have preju-
diced him against the American way Of
doing things
He lectured in London last January
and made this assertion. THE American
woman is not womanly. she is made up
Of restIessness and ddgetiness before she
Is twenty-five. out she is very beautiful
she has the bet complexion IN the world.
IN February Dr. Reich lectured IN Ga
ridges Hotel. London, under the PATRON
age of the Duchess OF Marlborough. He
So excited the indignation OF Mrs. Potter
Palmer that she arose from her chair
and was only prevented from leaving the
March he repeated what he had said and
aroused the ire of Mrs. CORVALLIS West
the former Lady Randolph Churchill
DR. Reich realized apparently that be
had made an error, for last May he
withdrew his criticisms and made a semi
apology for his remarks. He said moth
ing more about America until last Sat
urday. when ne took a hing at the lack
of individuality of the male American. and
summarized his contempt by pTOnOunCiug
the nation. as represented by its men, 10
be merely series of John Smiths
The biggest John Smith, al least in
physical stature, in New York lives In
Pineapple street. Brooklyn Borough. Hc
is an accountant and a close student OF
coutemporaneoCs history. II so happen
cd thai he had read everything the Hun
garian literateur had said about American
women. and his latest delivery about
American men.
I am not q blade of grass" said ths
Brooklyn John smith. ard I don't fee
like blade OF grass, or look Ike blade
Of grass. so far as I can tell by look
ing n the mirror. I am a Smith, and
/ proud of it. I've heard all about thai
/ joke accounting for the prevalence 81
Smiths in this country. by the English
wit. who saw the sign Of the Smith Manu-
featuring Company in Newark, and who
obtained a reputation as a humorist in his
own country by repeating the remark or
numerous occasions-but no matter.
Docs this critic who said the Amer
can woman was unwOmanly, and Their
ate his words. meant To assert that al
the John Smiths are alike? Has he eve.
attended a reunion Of the Smiths at Pea.
pack. y J.? Has he ever met the Smiths
who formed an association after the civil
war. most of them John Smiths, and do
YOU think that Dr. Reich would like K
meet any one Of them and repeat O.:
lemarEse Perhaps he would like to make
| a trip 10 Peapack. En- Jay? WHAT
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OLD LETTERS.

Ny heart and my hands baye been busy to-day.
My hours have been many times fun,
For I have been putting some things aside
That ! have promised TO lay away,
have been happy and | have been glad
have sung songs, aud have cried
Over letters and tokens Ct dear ones gone
Some out Of my life-some out Of my home
Thoughts have come creeping into my head,
Memories Of gore, which thought were dead,
But ont Ct their ashes still they soar
Like g restless phantom at the door.
Nothing could equal The Joy that they brought.
Comfort, giadness. and hope 10 my heart.
In the dear dead days-gone from my life,
So fun Of hope. and SORROW. and strife.
Out Of them all comes 4 different meaning
JrSt DOE-When from them peTf0Tce I'm weaving
Ara trying 20 learn as best I can.
The Asson Of hfe-learusd by every man.
That life is a clcai-if I must say 50.
And love jNg. and sorGw must each Of us know
and out Of Bfe's past dead Is a wound open sore
When old Letters are read need dare to say more
L. :. CARTER.
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on THE OCTOBER HILLS.

The shadows feel along the singing hills
Blind. gentle hands
That touch the mellow bloom Of autumn lands
With slow, sad thrills
OF memory that 50 the reckless world
sang loud and laughed, with pageantry unfuTled,
But yester year
Forget the fear
OF winter and lay drunk with ripened sun
And new pressed wine
Dreaming Of bygone love and mad things done
Green crowned with vine
Blind, gentle hands. upon the years last bloom,
sad, sightless touch
Remember the ancient winter gloom,
And grieving much
That the Wild world who lightly sings to-day
Must sob tomorrow. old and ashen gray
And s5bbing creep.
Lonely end deep
Beneath the sclilptured silence Of the snow
Blind tender hands
Foggiying where the gray world docs not know,
Nor understands.
-EmsTy Pottlo, in Metropolitan Magazine.
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A Good Name.
- ~ Philadalnhia Rnllctin

From the Philadelphia Bulletin.
Capt. Seaiby. Of the White Star liner
Cretic. was explaining to Cineinnatian
that his company had considerable diff
Guilty in finding names for their new
ships.
''They all have to end in fc,' you know
the captain explained.
The Cinciuna tian. who was pale and
seedy, said. as he looked dismally at the
rolling ocean:
For a suitable name I would suggest
'Seasick,
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Hard tn AnErrer.

From the Milwaukee Sentinel
Il would like to ask" said the tailor
with some show Of temper, when you in
tend TO nay that bill?'
Upon my soul, old man. you remind me
of my little nephew
why 500"
You ask SO many questions that for
the life Of me, I can't answer.
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Not Like Him.
.he PHILADELPHIA Pres.

From the Philadelphia Press.
Mrs WishingtOn-I dreamed last night
that / was in a store full of the loveliest
Paris gowns and
AIr. Washington (hastily)-Eh-yes. dear,
but you know that was only dream.
Mrs Wishington-Yes l realized that it
was before I woke up, for you bought me
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Different.


Young DR.. Walker always impressed
me as having nerves of iron, judging by
the cool ways he performed the most
serious operations. remarked his friend.
but yesterday when I met him in consul
tatiOn he was the most excited man / have
seen for long time.
1T must have been a most unusual and
extraordinary case.
No, one OF the doctors own children
had mild attack Of measles"
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His Method.
Frnn Puck

IUlI Iulh.
C0nductor-This nickel is no good.
Tough Passenger-Knock il down, den
The Cairo bulletin., 1906-02-11
CHICAGO LIVE STOCK.

Chicago Feb 10.-CATTLE-Fou
hundred head were received today
and there was the usual unAteresting
Saturday market. few good cattle be-
ing IN hand and demand light
Only about $4,000 were recovered
This week and as colder weather
brought about better consumption Of
beef prices were largely / = cents high.
ar than laH week.
Good buher stock shows advance
Of 10 and 20 cents. Stockers and feed
or trade shows fair animation.
HOGS-Reccipts unusually large for
thelasl day of the week. and there
were CISCO carried over unsoid last
night Considering he large supply
the market was good one. with some
active buying, and 5000 paid in few
instances. The clo.lng was lower
however. .ales largely a little under
Fridays price. About 2l0.000 ware
marketed here This week.
SHEEP The market was much bet
ter laie than It was early this week
with iirger general demand. sheen
firm GA. a basis of 10 6 cents About
$4,000 were marketed here this week
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ELECTION NOTICE.



Cairo. ILL.,. ian 20, 1906.
Public notice is hereby given tnat
on Monday, the twelfth day Of Feb
ruary A. D. 1906, a special election
win be held IN the First ward OF The
City Of Cairo, Illinois, Tor the e!ection
of one Alderman from said First
ward to fiji the unexpired term Of
Fdwsrd Werner, resigned,
For tho purpose Of the said special
election polls viii be opened at No.
500 Commercial avenue, being sit
uated on cast side Of said avenue be.
tween Fifth and Sixth streets.
Polls viii be opened at 7 O'Clock a..
m and continue open until 500
O'Clock p, ~, Of the said twelfth day
Of February, 1906
Nomination papers for said election
can Ne secured NJ this office and must
be fled in this office on Or before jan
uary a. DOG.
by order Of tie City Council.
r. A. HATCHER.
City Clerk,
The Cairo bulletin., 1906-02-11

The horse is a useful animal. II il
were moi for the horse we could have
no horse shows The horse Is not 10
strong as the OK, but is much quicker
Horses are Of various kinds There
are bay horses sorre horses. gray
horses black horses white horses and
horses. Horses are used for drawing
wagons and crowds. A clothesline Is
not pretty to look at, but horse clothes
are lovely II YOU cant get a hQrse,
get the clothes. So no more abont
horses this time Chicago Tribune
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KETDEPRESSED
Owing 10 Liverpool Dispatches and
Weather 5ut the Closing Was
Firm.

Chicago Feb. WHEAT Durina
the early part Of the session the mar
ket wa. Inclined 10 .,wqnkacss, ant
here was considerable esellSiig by pi
traders An early dispatch from Liver
pool quoted the market there az be
ing OF M@M Because of rain III the
ilioaghtsirckcn portion of india. An
other depressing Influence was the alb
sc1ce OF extreme cold weather in The
winter wheat belt If the l'nised States
reports showing temperatures compar.
atigelg high. Trading The FIRST half
Q tthe session was IN small volume
because Of The po8r demand but later.
Offering were readily taken by shorts
and commission houses. The effect
of The liberal primary receipts was off
Sc, BY the strength in tone Of the cash
market the northwest and southwest.
RepGris from Kansas City claiming
fair export business in -four stimulated
The demand late in the day The close
was firm May showing very liiiIe
change
CORN-lhe feature was the selling
hy prominent commission house. bue
ne volume Of general business was
smail. The news Of the day favored
lower prices and the tone Of the mas.
ket VA easy Local receipts were in
excess Of estimates. The weather
throughout tho corn bell continued ia,
Norahle for grading, and Liverpool
was lower May is04 lower.
OATS-Thc market was steady all
Day hm rading was lifeless. May
closed practically Unchanged
The Cairo bulletin., 1906-02-11
Texas Pecan Orchards.

Texas is the greatest pecan growing
section in the world. Pocans are q
valuable food product Cultivation ul
pecans is q probable industry. the
trees in many orchards being valued
al Sloe each. Experts declare the
crop will pay more in proportion To-
the care given and money invested
than any other crop There are &C.
can orchards in Texas more than J.
coo acres ia extent and even iars,r
ones are 100 be creared-palIas News
The Cairo bulletin., 1906-02-11

one stern cid Puritan had printed
on lis hook label: This book Is MOI
loaned" Therefore. # the book was
seen outside It's ownor'4 house. the
inlernce was Plain 10 the whole com
muniW i!nt think OF he pellet con
dition Of al his books when thay were
inhcr'Ici by his sons ana daughters'
Another much less delicate motto
Maa This book was stolen from Eb-
eaczsf S,oddard." gentle William
PJnn-liho motto was; Anyone may
borrow, but a Gentleman returns.
! Ok Angeles Times
The Cairo bulletin., 1906-02-11
MARKET WAS DULL
Possessing Same Spirit as Character
lied IL During the Entire
Week.

New York, Feb 10.-Today's dull
stock market was Of the same charac.
ter as those throughout tine week
| Hesltatmg speculative sentiment and
Discrimination 10 make large commit
ments were marked features. Excited
advances yesterday in the Hill rail
reads gave place TO some reaction to.
day ANA prices fell back from lack of
| the stimulating influence Of strength
in those stocks. Some depression was
reflected from the London market ow-
ing 10 a revival Of apprehension over
the outcome Of the Moroccan confer
encc Developments in tho bank inc
situation indicate substantial ground
for he conservative spirit felt in the
stock market. The decrease in the sur
plus reserves Of the banks by about
one half 10 less han $4,000 900 Is itself
a showing of the narrow margin for
expansion Of banking credits, for
which demand continues. as shown by
the weeks increase in the loan item
OF $4.G32, 100 The decrease Of cash
of S5,297000 reflected not only the
known movement Of currency for the
week but the carry over from the state
menI Of the week before, which failed
70 show the fnll decrease The days
report of proposed '$200.000,0o0 bond
Issue by the Southern railway com.
pany and Of the purchase by bankers
OF large block Of American tee.
phone bonds are significant Of the ten,
dency which has become marked fea
lure ct the financial situation.
The Cairo bulletin., 1906-02-11
Tie Aahit Of kindness.

If you are in the habit Of thinking
kindly and saying kind words, in a
short time ypn will become mentally
related 10 all kindly natured people in
the world, and you viii have the force
Of their kind, loving thoughts pouring
n upon YOU, so That II will be easier
for yen to say q kind word than the
reverse BY INDUCING in healthy
thoughts You attract 10 yourself every
thing necessary 70 your we,l-heing
happiness, health. strength and
fllnnl.
The Cairo bulletin., 1906-02-11

The immortal acIs have heen On.
consciously performed The greatest
prayers have been tne silent lodgings.
the secret yearhiuzs o. she heart. not
those which have been delivered fac
iEg q critical audience Tie daily
desire IS tie perpetual prayer. tho
PRAYER that e. hlard and ar wcred.-
crccle=
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WouId lake Another chance

young author called at the great
publishing house Of Ticknor K Fields
Ia Boston one day and asked 10 see Mr.
Fields On being shown IN to that
senlleman's room he ala not fancy
the au4.vle publishers looks, for his
Was ihc conversation that took place
TX this Mr. Fields? "lt Is, sir. Mr.
James T Flelds?" 81 am he Well
then IN like 10 sec Mr. Ticknor'
The Cairo bulletin., 1906-02-11

Sad Will be The day for any man
when he becomes absolutely content
ell with the life he Is living. and with
The thoughts ne is thinking and the
deeds he is doing when there is 30,
forever beating al The doors Of his
soul some great desire TO do some
thing larger which he knows be was
meant and made 20 do because be IS
e child of Phillips Brooks.
The Cairo bulletin., 1906-02-11

WANTED-One secondhand. high
speed 51-horse-n9Wer automatic en-
CINE. right hand and 70 run from voL
Address the Farmers Milling Co.
bloomfield. 40.
The Cairo bulletin., 1906-02-11
The American At connoisseur.

An art connoisseur OF this country
IS a man who is rich enough to pay
fabulous prices ior counterfeit paint.
ings and staiuary that are 80 well
executed that genuine critics can
hardly distinguish them from the or
iginals.
The Cairo bulletin., 1906-02-11

WANrED-Purchascrs for our SIN.
praof paints and period roofing. Ever
can guaranteed +. z. Langan.
The Cairo bulletin., 1906-02-11

q Sish farmer .e1rsiI su action
asa,ast 0ur customs fo recover a pen
nr TLcl Dr. alleged .Ecy hlt Bronel7
levied He woH ais case. but it c5s.
hp coaHg Si-7-a before jary
Brought in y,-dIc cntiulng him 10
tie disputed penny.
The Cairo bulletin., 1906-02-11

Scrub Yourself daily. you're not
clean inside This means clean stom-
ach. bowels. blood. liver. clean healthy
tissue in every organ. MORAL: Take
HOLSTERS Rocky Mountain Tea. IS
cents. Tea or Tablets. p. G. Schulz &
sons.
The Cairo bulletin., 1906-02-11

A woman worries until'shc gets her
wrinkles, then worries because she
has them II she takes Holllstcr's
Rocky Mountain Tea she would nei-
tner. Bright, smiling face follows
it's use. 80 cents, Tea or Tablets P.
G. Schuh & Sons.