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Plants For Sale

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zennas, pansies and many othe, kinds
OF vegetable and Towering plants
A. E. Thornber, 1921, 9Th or phone
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theless was a very interesting game.
Following is the score:
The Washington herald., 1906-12-31
Why Not Another Recnlation 2

Another opportunity for the District
Commissioners to enact a regulation now
presents itself A little girl was Sc
riously burned because her clothing ig-
nited from the lighted candles Of a
Christmas tree. Why cannot we have a
regulation forbiddiEg the illumination Of
Christmas trees?
The more We ponder over this impor-
tant question the more thoroughly are We
convinced that such an ordinance would
be in harmony with conditions now OBJ
tanning I'm Washington. If we are told
that parents ought to be able TO take
care of their own children in their own
homes, we point proudly to a system
which decides for the parent whether his
child should go to school or go to work.
which creates probation officers to look
after other peoples families. and which.
if some Of its extreme advocates could
have their way, would command parents
TO keep their children at home after
nine o'clock and forbid them from allow
ing children in the streets with roller
skates. This exercise of parental care
On the part of the authorities is stil
further manifested in making it a mis-
demeanOr for a minor to ride on the plat
form of street car or to jump upon
any vehicle. for fear that he may be in
1ured. Still further, 1t forbids children to
play ball in the street because they
may hurt themselves or somebody else.
Why. then. should the line be drawn
when il comes 10 candles on the Christ
mas trees?
Nor can We understand how the ever
vigilant authorities came TO overlook the
Christmas tree candle as a source Of
danger from fire. Everything else under
the sun which could possibly be regarded
as a menace seems to have been re-
membered and regulated There are
enough ordinances about gasoline to fill
book; there are almost as many pro-
hibitions concerning inflammabIe things
as the human mind can conceive. In the
multitude Of precautions which have been
taken, it seems strange that the Christ
mas tree candle should have been
neglected. It burns amid branches Of
resinous pine. AID comes in close con-
tact with decorations Of paper and tinsel
The great mass of people do not seem
to realize this awful fact, and so they
The Washington herald., 1906-12-31
SOMETHING WRONG.

My friend said the man with the
gray side whiskers 20 the man with the
conhding eyes, I must congratulate YOU
upon having kept your good resolutions
all this year"
Thank You" said the man with the
eonfding eyes.
You have not smoked at all during the
yearg'
Not at all
Splendid. Not only is that a mark OF
a strong character, but it is economical
Let's see, you used to smoke about five
cigars day. did you not?''
4 did, answers the man with the con
fding eyes, starting suddenly. And. say.
now that I think of it. I'd like TO know
where I get of. 1 cut out the tobacco
habit ertirely-used to blow in on an
average 50 cents a day. That means that
I saved $3.50 on that item alone. Also
I abandoned the saltwater habit-sayed
another half dollar d day. Also I quit
swearing. You told me a year ago that
l wasted thought and time enough by
that habit 10 earn at least a dollar a dav.
Now, let's see. I ought 10 be ahead Just
$3.50, when the facts are / have a dollar
and twenty-thTee cents in my pocket and
owe a hundred dollars more than I did
a year ago. There's something wrong
with your statistics"
My dear man, think Of the moral
Moral be hanged, Think of my pocket
book"
Ten minutes later a man with confiding
eyes might have been seen holding a fat
cigar between his fingers while he slipped
phosphate and muttered savageIy.
WILBUR NESBIT.
The Washington herald., 1906-12-31
TENNEssEE's PRISON SYSTEM.
Property Worth s2,OO0,oO0 AecHmu-
lated In Ten Years.

From the Chattanooga liEes-
Tennessee's prison system has been so
successful and satisfactory from every
standpoint-competitio with. free labor.
humane Treatment. and financial results
that it has been widely approved. II has
been followed almost in entirety by Ala
bama and very largely by Georgia, Mis-
sissippi. North and South Carolina, Viz
ginia. Arkansas, and Texas. This aston
ishlng success. where only failure was
freely predicted. is the result Of clean,
capable anG efficient strictly business
management.
After ten years Of experiment the en-
terprise has eminently justified all that
active supporters Of the system claimed
for H. The eonvicts have been humanely
cared for and the earnings have exceeded
! the expenses by an average annually Of
something more than $4,000 IN other
words. for the ten years the system has
/ been I'm vogue II has netted the State
more than $4,000 The $4,000 debt
created by bonds has been wiped out. and
/ The State has some 100000 worth Of
property. consisting Of fine farm, a
new penitentiary. and appurtenances with
ample facilities for the employment OF
hundreds Of convicts: 1890 acres Of coal
/ lands at Brushy Mountain. railroads.
mine machinery, coke ovens, and a
/ branch prison accommodating 200 pris-
I Oners.
/ Good authorities claim that the timber
| on the property. if properly and honestly
( handled will repay the State every dol
I lar invested in buying land, equipping
mines, and erecting prisons and every
/ other expenditure OF every Kind.
The Washington herald., 1906-12-31
Taxing RacheInrS

A Philadelphia man wants 60 see all the
bachelors taxed. In one Of his home
papers he argues that all bachelors
should be taxed for the specific purpose
Of establishing a home for the care and
maintenance of INDECENT old maids, to-
gether with their cats, parrots. and other
usual paTaphernalia and appurtenances
theTeunto belonging or in any wise ap-
pertaining This Philadelphia holds that
but for the bachelors. the supply of
elderly maids would be practically nil.
Therefore. he not unjustIy concludes that
the expense Of such luxuries should fan
upon the shoulders of those responsible
for their state Of single blessedness.
Heretofore the theory set up by those
who advocated this by no means new
idea for raising revenue by taxation has
been more for the purpose Of encouraging
matrimony than the providing Of any
especially large sum of money for a
definite purpose. The Philadelphia idea
places no ban unpon the old maid, but
seeks TO provide for her comfort and con-
tent during her latter days.
Admitting the excellence OF the idea,
theoretically, how shall it be put into
practice? Certainly an ad valorern tax
would not do, for the resulting revenue
would be so small that the end sought
would never be obtained. A direct tax
could only be levied State by State. IN
The Washington herald., 1906-12-31
Mr.. shaw and the Money Market

Secretary Shaw again appears before
the public as a defender of the remark
able financial policy which has character
lied his administration of the Treasury
Department. During the past summer,
when he thought money was not needed
in legitimate channels Of trade and would
have been used only for purposes OF
speculation, our paternal Secretary of the
Treasury locked up some SEQ 00O,o 900 OF sur
plus revenues. This surplus is now be-
ing doled out TO banks throughout the
country whenever conditions OF the money
market, as viewed by Mr. Shaw, seem
TO require When the current rate Of in
terest on ordinary commercial loans rises
above per cent. or threatens to do so.
Mr.. Shaw considers il TO be his duty TO
come 90 the relief of the market" He
does so In the honest belief that his inter
vention is necessary TO maintain a sudi-
cient supply of money and credit, and
he INDUCES the equally honest belief that
his action does not encourage speculation
on either side of the market. A some
Whist different view is held in Wall street
as to the influence upon speculation Of
finance.
We are not disposed to be unduly criti-
cal of Mr.. Shaw's efforts to meet the
wants, real or assumed, of the financial
ana mercantile community. His attempts
TO dominate the money market, we are
ready 10 believe are not mere wanton
exercise Of an extraordinary power. but
genuine efforts 10 relieve an anomalous
monetary situation created by the sub
treasury system and our defective cur
rency legislation. What we wish to en-
phasize is that Mr.. Shaw's course Of
action during the past year constitutes
an object lesson of the first importance
10 our national legislators Ii ought TO
demonstrate TO the most obtuse the alb
solute necessity of currency legislation
that will relieve the Secretary of the
Treasury Of the heavy responsibilities
with respect to the monetary situation
that ne is forced by the exigencies Of the
case TO assume.
Eminent financial authorities concur in
the belief that the currency system of
the country. by relatively slight modif-
cation. can be made to perform all the
necessary and legitimate functions Of a
circulating medium by automatic action,
thus replacing artificial methods of con-
trolling the money supply by natural
methods. Such modification Of our cur
rency system is provided in legislation
pending in Congress-legislation demand
ing the thoughtful consideration OF every
member of that body II currency re-
form should prove impracticable Of ac-
complishment at this crowded short ses-
siCn. Congress might at least enact one
Of the measures already introduced pro
viding for the deposit Of customs receipts
IN national banks, thus preventing the
daily withdrawal into the subtreasury Of
a million dollars OF more from the regu-
lar channels Of trade, resulting IN an
accumulation of unused funds which can
be unlocked only by decree Of the Score
tary Of the Treasury.
The Washington herald., 1906-12-31
ONE "D0UBTING THOMAS"
VIII IL Take a Quarter Century TO
Build the Panama Canal.

from the Hartford TINES.
At the present rate Of progress instead
of finishing the canal in ten years. We
may not be able even 10 get the plans
completed in that time. The President
has already been at work four years. and
now says that the detailed plans will not
be ready for year to come. He is
mainly responsible for the throwing over
board Of the recommendations Of the
majority OF the great engineers. who
reported that lock canal is imprac-
tiCable, and that the canal should be
made at the sea level We are spending
a vast amount Of money at Panama. and
so far We seem 10 be getting little except
good sanitary arrangements for our
money. Haste makes waste IN canal
building as in everything else. It also
makes delay. There IS no reason at
present 70 believe that any canal will be
opened at Panama In less than a quarter
Of a century, and the cost is more likely
10 be S400, 900. 30 than the sum OF less than
$500 10000 which the President mas prom
ised il viii be built for.
The Washington herald., 1906-12-31

less all the States stood shoulder TO
shoulder and imposed the tax, it would
simply shift the bachelors from the
States that do tax to the ones that do
not. Some enterprising Territory seeking
to swell its census returns to a point
where admission 10 the Union could not
be denied would surely seize upon the
opening here and oonstitutionsIly pro-
hibit the taxing of woman haters. If by
some juggling Of the Constitution of the
United States the Federal government
should seek to get at the bachelors
directly. the States rights" adherents
would be sure to raise a rumpus. not TO
mention those who saw grave and
dangerous menace to society in Federal
supervision OF bachelors.
The world has never had any great ad-
miration for the bachelor. He is a social
incongruity and selhshness is his dominant
characteristic. Something ought to be
done 70 round him up and force him 10 q
realization Of his duty in this world. So
far. unhappily, he has seemed to prove
too willy for mans legal acumen, not 10
mention the persuasive charm Of wom-
anly loneliness. The only thing that can
be said is that he knows not the real hap
piness Of home life and its manifold
charms and contentments. Even in that
case. however he thinks his ignorance
bliss and scorns the folly Of seeking
wisdom
The Washington herald., 1906-12-31
THE INNOCENT BYSTANDER
THE INGATHERING.

And the feast Of iuzathsring at the years er
Exodus zxXiy. -
So the year dies, and so
Into the afterglow
All Of the years days go.
We count them, one by one.
Days filled with shade or sun
Days of great tasks begun,
Days of achievement;
Days when we. weak and frail,
Felt all our courage fail,
When we, benumbed and pale,
Met our bereavement.
And far and far away
We hnd the years hrst day
Bat was IL sad or gay?
Can We remember
Day after day we trace.
Now slow. now swift Of pace,
Up 10 our stopping place
Here in December
JOys-there were joys % spare;
Griefs-there were griefs 20 bear;
All and the joys all fair
Spent on the mOrrOws,
joys were the clinkug gold
Dropping from out our hold
We, like 10 misers old
Chung 10 our sOrrOws.
And. this is stranger stiI.
Sorrows that worked US 81
Now grow, as sOrrows viii.
To things We cherish.
And out Of all the year
We find that sigh and tear
As blessings now appear
And cannot perish.
So do we count the days
Down all Of times long ways
And with dim peace We gaze
On bond and fetter
And know at last that all
OF the blind blows that fan
And the cups filed with gall
But make us better
So dies the year and so
Gently We come 10 know
How fair the afterglOw.
The Washington herald., 1906-12-31
RAILWAY Ernnnsinn in 1905.

The Railroad Gazette reports that in
1896 SOS miles of new railroad track was
laid, an increase over the trackage laid
the year before Of q per cent. These fig
ures. the Gazette says, show active re-
sumption of construction work following
the retrenchment policy Of two years ago.
The output of locomotives and freight
ears. according to the same authority,
was phenomenal. showing an increase Of
a per cent IN cars and over % per cent
in engines. over $4,000 freight cars were
added TO railway equipment during the
year. and the car-building plants now
have orders on hand exceeding the entire
output Of the past year. The number Of
new locomotives built was 6,s52, of which
6232 We're for domestic use. These figures
do not include the locomotives and cars
built by the railroads in their own shops.
The total investment in rolling stock and
motive power in 1906 was SSSo00O,0O0.
Evidently the car shortage cannot be
charged up TO lack Of enterprise or short
sightedness on the part Of the railroad
companies. for every car and engine
building plant has been running at its
full capacity for more than a year, and
will be kept busy for another year at
least
The Washington herald., 1906-12-31
New Lamps for Old.
From Lippiacou'=

FROM LlfEAnepu -
Johnny's dog, Tige, was nuisance. His
pet theory must have been that all things
were created TO be destroyed-at least,
so his practices indicated. Johnny's folks
were anxious 10 be rid OF Tige, and at
last they decided TO work upon the lads
affections with luCre.
johnny, said his father one day, III
give YOU S If you'll get rid Of that dog"
Johnny gasped at the amount, swal-
lowed hard at thought Of Tige, and said
he would think il over.
The next day at dinner he made the
laconic announcement: Pa. 1 got rid OF
Tige"
We'll. I certainly am delighted 10 hear
fl" said the father. Here's your money:
you've earned it. How did you get rid Of
the nuiSanCe2'
Traded him to Bill Simpkins for two
yellow pups" answered Johnny.
The Washington herald., 1906-12-31
Spelling Reform in japan.

From the Providence Journal
1t appears that there is a Roman So
ciety in Japan, which has nothing to dc
with Rome or the Roman Catholic
Church, but is devoted TO the cause OF
the Roman alphabet only. It has recently
filed a petition with the minister Of edu-
cation for the introduction of the modern
spelling system in the public schools. and
according to the Japarese-Americar
Commercial Weekly, its crusade is likely
to succeed. Japan has shown such ar
adaptability in utilizing other Occidental
devices that it seems as if the Western
alphabet might find favor with her. Japan
should not rest content with a writing
Egypt.
The Washington herald., 1906-12-31
Disaster at Our Door.

Tragedy marks the passing of the old
year-a frightful tragedy cutting short
many lives. leaving living victims manned
and suffering. wounding loving hearts in
homes innumerable. and bringing distress
upon the entire community. The horrors
of such a disaster-the appalling railway
collision at Terra Gotta Sunday evening
are the more keenly felt because so near
at hand. Our own people are the suf-
ferers; our own households the saddened
ones. A catastrophe, with all its crush
ing, dreadful consequences, has occurred
at our very door. The season of gladness
is turned to mourning. Christmas chimes
are followed by tolling bells
Railway management probably never
viii reach that state of perfection when
such horrors viii be rendered impossible
But the sickening record Of recent days,
let US hope and pray. may lead TO re
doubled vigilance, increasing caution,
more trustworthy safeguards for protec-
ton of life and limb To-day it would
seem that the handling Of the vast pas
senger traffic Of our great railways is
far from what it should be.
We can do nothing but deplore tide
plore it with saddened hearts-and give
our sympathies and kindly ministrations
to the immediate sufferers.
The Washington herald., 1906-12-31
LOOKING FOR LEADERSHIP.
Southern Aspiration for n Strong
Man to Lead the Democracy.


From the Richmond News-Lesder.
The South can dictate the policy and
course Of the Democratic party because
she is the backbone Of it and furnishes
all the voting strength il has. Sectional
prejudice is dead. That need not be con-
sidered at all The country looks more
and more intentIy toward this section as
the home Of its conservatism and the
citadel Of true Americanism. If we offer
good leadership and a clear-cut platform
Of distinct principles and definite pUr-
poses the country viii fall in not only
without hesitation, but joyfuily People
everywhere are tired OF voting at random
They want their votes 10 count and mean
something. The conditions demand ac-
/ ton, and the South is IN position 10 act
and 10 give keynote and inspiration to
/ the whole country. The time has come
when the voters Of the Union from one
end 10 the other viii not ask what State
OF section a man halls from and are
ready to disregard absolutely the side
Of the civil war he may represent. They
want a strong. honest, clear-headed, and
clean man for President, a man fit TO
grapple with the big. broad questions
which develop year after year. and If they
can find a man OF that kind on a plat
/ form Of real Democracy they will elect
! him.
The Washington herald., 1906-12-31
LOeb's Heavy Mail.

Probably nobody in the United States
certainly nobody in Washington-reads
and replies TO as many letters every day
as. does William Loeb, secretary to the
President Rarely is the number less
than 800 a day, and it has been known
to approximate 1000. The great bulk Of
these epistles, of course. are meant for
the President, but necessarily the secre-
tary directs the attention of his Chief to
only very few of them The number
addressed TO Mr.. Loeb, however, is rap
idly increasing This is due to the fact
that he signs his name TO nearly all
the letters written on the White House
stationery. Every communication that
reaches him is promptly answered; al
though. Of course. only the barest pos
sible number of words is employed in
answering-just enough to be polite and
show the writer that the letter has re-
ceived attention. 1t is a curious fact that
every time Secretary Loeb is made the
subject of newspaper controversy, COM
ment. or extended "wTite-up" he is
deluged by a veritable freshet Of letters
addressed to him and marked personal -
Many of these he has TO open himself
and il goes without saying that ne has
TO reply promptly TO every one of them
even though the writer may have only
inclOsed a newspaper clipping containing
mention Of Loeb and making the inquiry.
Have YOU seen this befOTe?" Old en-
plOyes ut the White House say that Mr.
LOeb's mail is heavier than that Of any
of his predecessors in the exceedingly
hard Office he fills
The Washington herald., 1906-12-31
ALITTLE NONSENSE.
GEoGRAPHICAL GLEE.

If PittsbuTg was a sm0keless town
And Boston nothing knew
or Kant or pie or baked beans brown,
What would we 1Okesmiths 90?
If New York would not let a Celt
Serve on its civic crew,
And Louisville in dry goods dealt,
What would we jOkesmiths do2
II all Saint Louis girls had feet
That took a dainty shoe,
And Brooklyn owned no babies sweet.
What would We jOkesmiths do?
Oh. humorists, both near and far.
But for the gallant few
Who made our cities what they are.
What would we jokesmiths do2
The Washington herald., 1906-12-31
Opportunity Awaits the Specialist

fT0m thc Chicago Posi-.
There is scarcely an industry or bust
ness left in the world that will pay a
young man to master in its entirety; but
there is no industry or business which
will not pay him well for learning a
part of it as well as it can be learned.
Let him but pick his part. according TO
his inclination, guided by sane, far-seeing
judgment; let him but devote all his en-
ergies and ability and earnestness to the
full mastery of his chosen part. and
the whole vast field Of the world of in
dustry is open to him.
The Washington herald., 1906-12-31
On wnrIiI1e Preparations.

fT0m the Boston ITansCrl1t.
We do not seek war. We proclaim that
our mission is peace. We are apparently
about to urge at The Hague a project
Of general disarmament, and yet our
shipyards ring with the sound Of ham,
mers on armor, and our arsenals are
as busy as if We were preparing for con
quest The horizon bears no cloud, and
still We hear a Cabinet minister urging
that there be no letting up on the labor
of prepare ton.
The Washington herald., 1906-12-31
Hardship of Honesty.

From The New York Press.
I'm going TO quit trying 10 be honest. -
sighed the woman as the conductor finally
pocketed the transfer and passed on.
Whenever I hand them a transfer about
three days old they put II in their peck
cts without looking at it, but when 1 give
them a perfectly fresh one I've just got az
the corner OF the street they glare at me,
trying to give me the evil eye. then take
so long TO find out whether it is good or
not that begin to doubt it myself"
The Washington herald., 1906-12-31
AN EARLY FALL.

Twas the night before New Years,
When all through the house
Went father declaring he'd
Had his last souse
T.
Twas the night after New Years,
I'm sorry 10 state
That father came home with
A beautiful skate.
The Washington herald., 1906-12-31

continue to light the candles and run the
risk of eonhagration while the authori-
ties stand supinely by and do nothing
We respectfully submit that the Com
missioners seem &c have overlooked a
good thing.
The Washington herald., 1906-12-31
The Authors Hone.

From the Milwaukee Sentinel
Il can't see anything Of special inter
est in that manuscript Of yours" said
the publisher 70 the aspiring author. II
didn't anticipate that you would" re-
piled the author. But I thought possibly
your readers might have more ints,Ii-
gence -
The Washington herald., 1906-12-31
working a surgical Theory.

From the Kansas City Times
If our people are going over there
merely 10 convert those heather, why do
they go armed2"
We'll, if they can't let the true light
into the natives darkened souls they can
at least let the daylight through their
black hides