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CanÌƒon City record. [volume] (CanÌƒon City, Colo.) 1883-192?, 1906-08-30
Rockefeller Makes War on Reptiles
Offers Twenty-Five Cents For Ever6
Snake Killed on His Pocantico

Estate.
John D. Rockefeller is looking for a
modern St. Patrick He recently de-
clared war on the snakes that infest his
large estate at Pocantico Hills and
twenty-five cents is paid for every one
killed and brought to his superintendent.
The following notice was sent out a
short time ago:
II will pay twenty-five cents for each
snake killed on my estate. / desire to
rid my land of these reptiles, and any
one may enter the war of determination.
JOHN D. ROCKEFELLER"
The war has begun, and the regiment
boy in the neighborhood and many men
who come from miles around to earn
the quarters. The region of Buttermilk
Hill is about the widest in the county,
and here blacksnakes,. copperheads and
garter snakes abound.
Mr.. Rockefeller always has been
dcathly afraid of snakes. II he has oc-
casion to go to the Buttermilk Hill sec
ton he always travels in a carriage.
Mr.. Rockefeller also offers two dollars
for every dog killed on his estate. Some
valuable dogs were killed last winter and
he had some trouble with his neighbors.
William Rockefeller offered twenty
Ave cents for all snakes killed on his
place for several years, and now It is
free of the reptiles.
CanÌƒon City record. [volume] (CanÌƒon City, Colo.) 1883-192?, 1906-08-30

The charming Princess Dress here
portrayed is beautifully adapted for an
evening or dancing frock. 1t is one OF
trived that it achieves an extremely
de chine with medalions of lace. 1t
messaline, surah, soft taffeta or nuns
yelling and, if preferred, may be less
ornately trimmed with folds or with clus-
tcrs of tucks 1t is built over a fitted
lining, is shirred at the waist and re-
qures but 1o34 yards of 27 inch material
or ~ yards of 46 inch material to make
it, with Il yard of all over lace for the
The Washington herald. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1906-1939, 1906-10-08
A WORTHY ENTERPRISE.
Fine Opportunity 10 Appeal TO the
C0untry's Intelligence.

Charleston, ; C. Oct l.
Editor Herald Washington. d. C.:
There IS a fine field at Washington for
Ia newspaper big enough to take Il nation
al view Of public questions. so serious in
its purpose that it viii appeal 10 the in
teligent thought OF the country and so
frank and iit,.4=St in the expression Of its
Opinions upon vital public issues thai they
viii command the acceptance Of the pa
triotic everywhere. a mere purveyor Of
local happenings. a provincial organ Of
.sO-calleG metropolitan sentiment, a thick
and thin representative Of political opin-
ion kept closely within lines Of party faith
.and party necessity would be OF few days
and full Of trouble But u newspaper
with broad national grasp OF affairs
would Immediately appeal 20 the public
thought OF the country
1 understand that il is your purpose to
make such newspaper and ] cOngE1tu-
late you upon the rich promise Of your
worthy enterprise. I do not know any
one better fitted by experience and char
acter for the work you have undertaken.
To lead the people Of the country to
thinking themselves out OF the bog of ex-
pedient and dishonest theories Of govern
ment into which they have been tolled
by the UNDERGONE craftsmanship Of these
times IS an ambition entirely worthy Of
the highest patriotism I wish you
mighty well ]. g. HEMPHILL.
Editor Of the News and Courier.
The Washington herald. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1906-1939, 1906-10-08
The Cuban Termination.

Our national self-denial in the matter
OF the acquisition Of Cuba is one of the
remarkable facts Of our history. Scarcely
a decade has passed since the Louisiana
Purchase without some incident affording
at least a colorado excuse for the con-
quest or seizure OF the island In the
ante-bellum days. manifest destiny" in
the view of many American statesmen,
pointed straight TO ultimate American
sovereignty over Cuba: while fIibusters
and diplomats. according to their several
methods, tried without success to hasten
the approach Of our destiny" But our
traditional policy was not TO acquire ter
ritory unconnected with the mainland.
Nothing should ever be accepted. said
jefferson, which would require a navy TO
defend it," This doctrine governed ma
tiOnaI policy until Its reversal by the
annexation OF Hawaii Since then the
taking of insular territory has become
almost a national pastimc. Nevertheless.
we have kept hands off Cuba and Santo
Domingo, in spite Of provocauon and
temptation.
But viii our national self-denial always
hold eut2 May not the temptation IN
time prove too strong for u.s. SingularIy
enough. the Issue arises closely upon the
visit Of Secretary Root to the Pan-Amerl-
can Conference, where he declared Ameri-
can policy TO be averse 20 national ag-
grandizement at the expense Of our neigh
bors. The annexation Of Cuba would
square but awkwardly with this doctrine.
But Secretary Taft and the administra-
ton are dealing with conditions and not
with theories, and the course Of events
IS not always governed by declarations OF
principle. More frequently the order is
reversed. Ways and means and reasons
and excuses were found for embarking
on a colonial policy when we took the
Philippines, in spite Of it's repugnauce TO
the heretofore prevailing national policy:
and so in the case Of Cuba the thing may
finally be done and explanations made
afterward.
The temptation surely is strong.
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The Herald; 4 Foreword.

This is to be no salutatory- 1t is a sim
pie statement of fact. The Herald intends
to be as much Of a fixture at the Capital
as the Washington Monument. It is
started IN no spirit of antagonism and
with no selfish purposes 10 promote, and
It means to succeed wholly upon its
merits as a newspaper. That it viii stand
for the best interests Of Washington needs
not the saying. It viii ever keep in
mind, however, that this is a national
Ulty-the nations city-and that its pres
ent greatness and future pre-eminence
have as basis its national character.
The Herald viii be primarily a news
paper-an honest newspaper and a clean
newspaper. It starts clean end will be
kept clean. 1t will deal WITH the clearly
affairs of life. HystericaI methods will
have no part in its makeup. Washington
has the most intelligent newspaper ellen
tele in the country. and The Herald viii
never. overlook that fact
Having no axes 10 grind, political or
otherwise. there will be no partisan poll
tics in either its news or editorial pages.
Its opinions may not be shared by its
readers always, but policy of fair deal
ing viii emphasize the papers independ-
ence in the best meaning of the term
The HeraId's circulation, beginning to
day, has both quality and quantity, and
each succeeding issue viii strengthen It
in these regards, for it expects to be a
better newspaper every day.
The Washington herald. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1906-1939, 1906-10-08
Responsibility Of journalism.

The journalists are your true kings
and clergy said Thomas Carlyle In his
famous reference to the newly arising
power Of the press. and he might have
added. Your buffoons and schoolmasters,
your doctors and lawyers, your scientists
and moralists, your instructors in vice
and promoters of crime so wide and 50
varied are the assumed functions Of the
press nowadays and so universal its in
fluence in the affairs OF daily life. We
are eminently a newspaper-reading peO-
pie, and II would be impossible to trace
out the thousand and one ways In which
day by day the newspaper silently affects
the quality and character of human ac-
tons. That this influence is much wider
and more subtle than commonly sup
posed. that it has a profound effect upon
the morals as well as upon the political
opinions OF the people, is a sociological
fact Of the highest Importance. The task
Of a multitude Of pulpit or other moralists
would seem almost hopeless il millions Of
homes were daily visited by a contami-
mated press.
II has for many years been a matter Of
why newspapers devoted SO much space
to crime and wrongdoing Of every de-
scription. The reason commonly given is
that these matters possess "A dramatic OF
human interest which attracts the ma
jority Of readers; that the same themes
lend their interest 10 the work of the
great masters Of literature in its several
departments. Il is true that many OF
the most powerful novels. some OF the
most affecting tragedies. revolve about
crimes or deal with grave faults of char
acter. But these considerations would
hardly seem to Justify the wholesale ex-
plOitation Of crime, ard especially Of the
misdoings Of women. which characterizes
certain American newspapers.
There are misdeeds which form a legiti-
mate subject OF news and which the most
reputable newspaper feels bound 10 de-
/ scribe because Of their tragic or local in
terest or their intrinsic importance. But
such handling of the news is surely diff
ferent matter from dragging the muck
rake through the purlieus Of our great
cities or using the mighty agency Of the
telegraph TO bring together each morning
ali the terrible or shocking wrongdoings
of the people OF two OF three continents.
The great mass of this matter and the
daily presentation of it in the most allur-
ing forms give the press a malign influence
which, being largely psychological. prob
ably is not fully appreciated by those
most responsible for It. How much Of
actual crime. how much Of human mis-
cry. is due directly or indirectly 10 the
sensational exploitation Of wTOngdoing
the constant presentation to an infamma-
bic public of the suggestion OF crime,
never will be known. That II must be
considerable would seem 70 be indicated
by the influence Of the press in other and
/ known directions. II is this consideration
which greatly enlarges the responsibility
Of journalism IN our day
The Washington herald. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1906-1939, 1906-10-08

few days ago the seismographs in
Goettingen, Prussia; Sydney, New South
Wales, and Washington, District Of Co
lumbia, points widely separated from each
other, registered an earthquake OF even
more than ordinary proportions So far
as tho scientists were able to judge from
their reading OF the Instruments. the dis
turbance occurred in The Indian Ocean.
although this conclusion was, necessarily.
matter of supposition largely. At any
rate. since the earth-tremor was thus re-
corded no further news has been received.
II the Indian Ocean was the scene of
the earth's perturbation. surely Ceylon or
Zanzibar or Tamatave would long ago
have reported the details Of the disaster.
II on the other hand. there was a great
disturbance in the Pacific Ocean, it may
be days or even weeks before accurate
knowledge can reach the civilized world.
and even then the story may be negative
~ told in the failure CT steamers or sail
ing vessels TO arrive NJ their expected
destinations. The fact remains, however.
that somewhere there has been a great
settling or upheaval Of the earth's crust,
possibly carrying with it enormous de
struction Of life and property.
Great IS the mystery Of the earth. and
human intelligence and experience stand
powerless before it. A yawning chasm
opens and Lisbon disappears; another
upheaval and san Francisco is d mass OF
ruins. and then another stretching of the
earth mighty muscles and Valparaiso
STANDS stricken. After ell Is over. scien-
lists shake their wise heads and volubly
recite al manner of suggestions and ex-
planauonss. but they can neither predict
nor prevent. They know not where the
next blow may fall. They can only stand
afar of and. ike the rest OF us. bow their
heads i'm mute. despairing ignorance
when nature manifests herself in extraor-
binary fashion Even to-day. after all
these years of advancing intelligence. the
wind bloweth whittier it lsteth. and no
man knows whence r. comes The tides
OF the sea ebb and flow and mock at
mans feeble intelligence. The currents
Of the ocean obey some mysterious in.iu-
eRoe which is beyond human ken. Only
The Washington herald. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1906-1939, 1906-10-08
OLD Wan GInDLE.s NOTIONS.

IF Il isn't a man who wants TO tell You
that he takes a cold bath every morning.
II is one who insists on telling YOU he
eats two apples every night at bedtime.
Most OF us expect our friends TO be hon
est except when II comes to our personal
characteristics.
Ezra TimmonS calls himself a patriot
bur that isn't any excuse for his waking
people up in the middle of the night TO
tell them what he would DO with Cuba.
When a woman who does her own cook
ing reads a story in which the heroine
bosses four or five maids about. she be-
gins to think that her husband doesn't
love her as he should
When a woman maTries q man TO re-
form him she may as well count on be
ing a refoTmer the rest Of her life.
Mrs Luke Podmore has ordered her
winter dress made with short sleeves, but
she is worried to death because Luke
won't begin wearing his fall overcOat
already
There are men who brag about their
poor memories.
read a magazine clear through the
other night, advertisements and all. and
then sat for an hour trying to think what
was peculiar about il. At last l figured it
out: nothing had been exposed in that
issue.
A scientist says the faxseed poultices
your grandmother put on you did no
good. He is wrong. They did her good.
fConyright. 1906 by W. D. Nesbt
The Washington herald. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1906-1939, 1906-10-08
FROM OLDEST TO YOUNGEST.
Baltimore American Bids GOdspeed
to It's New Contemporary.
Baltimore, Oct. :.

Editor Herald. Washington. d. G.:
I send you a hearty greeting from a
sister city and my own best wishes for
the success OF The Herald. Baltimore
looks upon Washington as her best and
greatest neighbor Close intimacy and
pleasant relations between the two cities
cannot fail 10 always prove Of mutual
advantage There can be no room for
jealousy between such good friends, end
Baltimore must rejoice at the estab-
Iishment Of any enterprise that win add
10 the importance and further develop
ment Of the Nations Capital Such an
enterprise. I am sure. The Herald viii
prove-strong and vigorous in its infan-
cy. stronger and more vigorous as the
years roll on. Your long experience in
journalism gives you a complete equip
ment for your newer and larger task, and
al who know you must feel confident that
your efforts will be attended with unquali-
fed success from the very beginning.
The American. the oldest daily news
paper in the country. gives welcome 10
The Herald, the youngest in the great
family. and bids it Godspeed.
FELIX AGNUS.
Editor and publisher Baltimore American.
The Washington herald. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1906-1939, 1906-10-08

a few days ago the Gulf Stream. that
marvellous body Of water sixty miles wide
which sweeps majestically northward out
of the Gulf OF Mexico. swung itself far
out into the ocean and then, ten days
later, resumed its accustomed channel.
What great agency diverted it and COM
PEELED It. obedient as child. to seek new
longitudes?
Mystery and mystery and mystery.
The earth and the sea and the air are
wrapped IN IL and surrounded by IT,
And strange as fiction is the fact that
somewhere in the world there has been a
great disturbance of which We have not
heard a word.
The Washington herald. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1906-1939, 1906-10-08
THE INNOCENT
BYSTANDER.
BY WILBUR D. NEsBIT
THE LOsT YEsTERnAY.

THE lost YESTERDAY.
/ have lost a Yesterday
MiseT 70 ms memories
] bad hidden II away
Where no thief might come 70 seize.
All my Yesterdays / hid
As a miseT hides his gold
As miseT thus ! did
Now lis fallen from my hold.
| haste back along the way
Through the laughter and the testA
Seeking Coz my Yesterday
In the dust Of other years.
Was il sunny. Was II grayY
Was Il gloomy Was II gladY
All. it was q Yesterday
But a Yesterday ! had.
! have held them in my clutch.
All ;hc days that used % De.
have loved them oveTmuch,
They were all ia all 20 me.
Yesterdays-I knew each one
BY its twilight or is dawn,
By tasks finished or begun
Yet a Yesterday Is gone.
HAD II silence Had 1t sougy
Had it laughter. Had IL grief.
Was il brief. or was If long.
Bursting bud CT witheTcd leaf3
H0 I know not. nay. nCr care
JOYS ard sorrows long were bicnt
Into receilectiors falf
OF the days that came and went.
80 ! count them and ] miss
One Of 90 ms Yesterday
Ard ! tWu that way and tins
Through the years gaending maze.
And sou say need not sigh
Is IL some small thire. ] pay.
Ont O. the glad days gone Is
To have .ost q YESTERDAY!
The Washington herald. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1906-1939, 1906-10-08
FRATERNAL GREETINGS.
Mesa ees of Goodwill 40 the Herald
From Newspaper Friends

Editor Herald. Washington. .. C.:
The Times-Dispatch sends fraternal
greetings 10 The Washington Herald. 4
newspaper is an institution. but it is
not an inanimate thing II has mind
and heart. pulse and soul. and IS the eX-
preston Of the character of him who
determines its policy and gives direc-
ton 70 its editorial conduct knowing
the abilities and character Of the edi-
tor Of The Herald the Times-Dispatch
knows IN advance that The Washington
Herald VIII be newspaper OF abilities
and character. and viii be representa-
tive of the highest type Of American
Journalism
With congratulations and hearty good
wishes, 7 am, yours sincerely.
w :. COPELAND.
The Washington herald. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1906-1939, 1906-10-08

are not perverse enough to start an argu-
ment OF more OF less warmth against
being managed by the rule that has
brought unalloyed bliss TO Mrs. and Mr..
John Blakeslev for sixty years?
The Washington herald. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1906-1939, 1906-10-08
Litne Len of vi. District.

The terrible devastation wrought by
earthquake and ire 40 san Francisco is
amply attested by the statement made
jn letter written By the Hon. Julius
Kahn recently to a friend IN this city.
Mr. Kahn represents i'm the House what
used 90 be the most popuiOus district Of
the Pacific Coast metropolis. It embraces
that pert OF the stricken city in which
there used 90 be- the great wholesale and
shipping districts with the wOrld-famous
Market street penetrating its center
Two years ago the district cast for Con-
gresham total vote Of S5,-2f Mr.. Kahn's
plurality being >oo'. In bis letter Mt.
Kahn says a canvass shows that there
are now not over $3.50 voters eli tod in
the district on the usual basis or three
and half 20 the vote, this condition ra-
vcals the startling fact that the p0pula-
ton Of that section az San Francisco
alone has been reduced from 10000 20
2 600. In such a radical change Of the
voting strength Of the district. il is i'm
practical at this time 10 state whether
Mr. Kahn. who has been renominated by
the Republicans, win win.
The Washington herald. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1906-1939, 1906-10-08
GOSSIP ABOUT
NOTABLE PEOPLE.
Cooley and Other Young Men.


A. W. Cooley who has announced his
purpose TO resign as member of the
Civil Service Commission early next
spring, in order that he may resume the
practice Of law in New York, belongs to
that favored group Of young men whom
President Roosevelt has called around
him. Other members are James 4. Gar
field Commissioner of Corporations. Gift
ford Pinchot. chief OF the Forestry Blu
reau: Robert Bacon. Assistant Secretary
of State. Francis +. Leupp, Commissioner
OF indian Affairs; Louis A. Coolidge
who has declined two or three positions OF
honor and trust; Assistant Secretaries or
the Treasury REYNOLDS and Keep, and
Assistant Postmaster General Hitchcock
Few members Of this group had held con-
spicuous public positions until President
Roosevelt discovered them. but that
they were all excellently equipped for
the public service is attested by The con-
fidencc reposed in their judgment by the
President Mr.. Cooley is a Harvard man.
and was "a member OF the Now York leg
islature while the President was the gov
ernor OF that state. The retiring civil
service commissioner is scarcely more
than thirty years old, and his tastes run
more to athletics than 90 books He has
had many a violent "run-in' with menu
bers of Congress over patronage since
he has been a member of the Civil Ser
vice Commission. but ne has been invaria-
bly, and resoiuteiy upheld by the President
ia every one of them
The Washington herald. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1906-1939, 1906-10-08
Making a suitabIe Change.

From The Philadelphia Press.
John" said the political leaders wife,
you'll have 70 get a new policeman as
signed to this beat; Bridget doesn't like
the present one"
"All right said he: "and while I'm
about It I'll get one that likes his meat
rare. I'm getting tired Of overdone beef
The Washington herald. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1906-1939, 1906-10-08

From Cassel's Journal.
The celebrated Psychologist and the
equally celebrated Assyriologist were hav-
ing warm discussion about the relative
advancement of the two ancient peoples
whom they were studying.
Why. sirf' cried the Psychologist. I'VE
find remains of wires In Egypt, which
prove they Understood electricity
"PshawrI answered the ASS, Tielogist;
we don't find any wires in Assyria, and
that show snAley knew wireless telesra-
ply" 4
The Washington herald. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1906-1939, 1906-10-08

A Philadelphia doctor declares that boys
wEo smoke cigarettes invariably become
liars. If a school Of politics Is ever estab-
lished in this country. as has been threat
ened, one Of the first things it will teach
the freshman doubtless viii be to smoke
cigarettes
The Washington herald. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1906-1939, 1906-10-08
Figured in Hi.torIeaI story.

The death recently % the Hon. T. r.
Hit. who had served continuously in
Congress for twenty-f0ur years during a
large part of which time be was the ac-
complished chairman OF the important
Committee on Foreign Affairs. occasioued
the development Of the interesting fact
that he was the Robert Hill Of Win
ston ChurchilIs engaging historical novel
The Crisis" Persons familiar with the
book viii identify Robert Hi rs the
stenOErapner who reported the great
Dougias-Lincoln debates Mr Hit was
one OF the earliest rapid steuosraphers
in the United States. and he never lost
the mastery Of that useful art. his habit
being 80 practice IL constantly. frequently
reporting Tor his own amusement large
parts OF the interesting debates in the
House 1Ir Hit was not the only living
American who enjoyed the distinction OF
having their personalities set forth IN
popular novels Of American life. II is a
fact that is very little known that the
Judge" in owen Wister's "The Virgin
ian" IS none other than the Hon. Jay l.
Torrey. progeuitor Of the bankruptcy law
that bears his name Judge Torrey was a
neighbor of the author when Mr.. Wister
was collecting material for his novel In
wyoming. 20 which State TOrrey removed
from ST. Louis. Judge Torrey is now
practic.rE lew in Wyoming and may
come 70 the Senate some day
The Washington herald. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1906-1939, 1906-10-08

From the New York Sun
First Church Member-HOW is your
choir getting along?
Second Church Member-We are think
ing of asking Taft to beeene provisional
governor.
The Washington herald. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1906-1939, 1906-10-08

Senator Pettus is too fond of joke not
to live out his entire term, now that Ala
hama has elected an alternate Senator 10
take his place IN the event Of HIS death.
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Duration.

From Harpers Bazaar.
Knicker-How long did the new cook
stay?
Mrs Knicker-I couldn't tell exactly;
the clock stopped
The Washington herald. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1906-1939, 1906-10-08
Message from Acros. the Sea.

Oxford England, Oct. Z.
Editor Herald. Washington. .. C.:
Good luck. May Herald prosper and be
a power in the great republic
MEREDITH NICHOLSON.
The Washington herald. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1906-1939, 1906-10-08

Mrs. Lille Brown Butler Parker. OF the
colored smart set % Pulaski. Va, was
the other day FOR stealing sew
eral thousand dollars worth of diamonds
II seems n shame TO incarCerate any one
who knows how 10 wear her hypheRs as
gracefully as that
The Washington herald. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1906-1939, 1906-10-08

II it Is true that John D. Rockefeller
has made a new will, we feel sure that
Miss Ida Tarbell is scheduled TO receive
several thousand dollars less than moth
ing