The Washington herald., 1907-04-06


dozen times before a successful picture
was taken.
President Roosevelt is the most photo
graphed man in the world. with the pos
sible exception of Emperor William. and
photographers assert unreservedly that he
is most dimcult TO pose He is nervous,
and is often snapped in what might seem
hit-or-miss style; but every picture ever
taken Of him is thoroughly characteristic,
embodying the spirit Of the Roosevelt who
breaches and practices the doctrine OF
the strenuous life.
Bishop William c. D1ane. Of the
Protestant Episcopal Diocese of Albany.
n Y, follows the English fashion of his
church and signs his name William of
Albany" Bishop Henry c. Potter Of
New York. once said to him: ''Doane, I
wish you lived in Buffalo instead Of
Albany" why do you wish that2
queried the puzzled William of Albany.
Because" replied the metropolitan,
Then we could call YOU Buffalo Bill
Despite the fact that women are be
lieved TO be Of little influence in practical
politics Mrs. Lizzie Anderson FAINT, Of
Holly Spring. Miss. once turned the tide
OF an election in Marshall County in a
novel way. II was in the time of Repub-
lican control in Mississippi, when an edu-
cational test was not necessary for a
voter, and when the ignorant negroes
were under the complete domination of
INSCRIPTIONS party leaders. When cleo
ton time drew near, the various district
bosses rode far and wide. instructing the
negroes to vote the ticket with the tiger
On IT."
The Democrats got wind of this move
meut somehow. and the evening before
the election one of these ballots was Sc
cured by Nj Cliffe Myers. now of Jack
son, Miss. and 8Ir. Arthur T. FAINT With
IT, they went in haste 10 MIR. Fants home
and asked his wife To make a wood cut
f-r them as quickly as she could She
shut herself i'm her room. and i'm a short
time reproduced the tiger line for line.
The waiting men bounced on it with glee
and hurried of To the printing office.
where they proceeded 10 stamp all the
Democratic ballots in the exact way that
the Republican ones were marked. These
We're then divided into packets and given
e. men. y!Eo. like Paul Revere. were
booted and spurred and ready 20 ride
an night they rode. giving these ballots
10 their men I'm different parts of Marshall
County, When the polls were opened
next day and the ballots distributed. the
negroes faithfully followed the insuuc-
tious of their Republican leaders and
voted the ticket with the tiger on 1t, "
causing the greatest CONSERVATION in the
history Of the county by eiecting the
Democratic candidates by the largest
majOrities ever known. The Republicans
few here and there TO investigate, and
their wrath was unb0unded when they
found the rival ballots adorned with their
own design. True. the tiger happened
10 bee going the other way on the opposi-
tion ticket but that may have been in
vindication of party principles.
Now there arose up "a new king. over
Egypt which knew not Joseph In that
brief sentence Moses told the nations of
the world the story Of the end of the
work Of Joseph, q Hebrew slave who be
came prime minister of Egypt more than
1900 years ago. Among the greatest of
the Iabors Of Joseph, aside from the first
corner of the wheat market, was the
construction of an immense reservoir IN
which the waters Of the Nile were stored
and used To extend the area and period
of the annual inundati0n. An American
concern now proposes 10 dig out this
ancient reservoir and make it the center
OF the greatest irrigation project on earth.
Cope Whitehouse, traveller. scientist
and Psychologist. is the discoverer Of the
ancient lake and chief promoter of the
scheme. which. he says, has been stopped
only by the opposition of the English
government. expressed i'm Lord Cromer.
B. the real ruler of Egypt The ancient res
erVOir is located about seventy miles TO
the southwest of Cairo, and Mr.. White
house says the work of eXcavating il can
be accomplished at a cost not to exceed
Si,0le coo. His plan has been pronounced
by. experts to be the most wonderful
project ever undertaken In the history Of
Egyptian irrigation. and the United States
Department of State has obtained a copy
of the original entry of the land by Mr..
Whitehouse, If it is found that his legal
rights have been interfered with. an at
tempt win be made 90 force Lord Cromer
to withdraw his opposition
In Boston, where there are so many
Whte-Capped mattresses i'm every restau-
rant. it seems odd to ind the first
waitress in any public eating house in
that city still living. Her name is Miss
Rose Carey, and she is now more than
ninety years old. She was only eleven
when she started serving oysters in the
little restaurant at the corner of Mar
shall lane and Union street. She had
great difficulty in getting a start. because
the restaurants and hotels were fun OF
men. mostly negroes, who served the
patrons Even the guests seemed sus-
picious OF the innovation. and eyed her
closely as she fitted about ner work
But finally the 'oyster house with the
sir! waiter became as popular as the
old-fashiOued ''beaneries' which used 10
be the delight of Boston and the laugh
ing-stock Of the rest of she world Miss
Carey became an expert with the pots
and pans, and her fame rests upon the
fact thar she handed down the art Of
escalloping oysters.
The finest bookbinder IN the weird
lives in Memphis, Tenn. Otto Zahn has
worked his way slowly. carefully, and
eonseientiously from the lowest round of
the ladder to the top. In 1893 he won
the only prize given at Agricultural Hall.
London He also won the grand prize at
the ST. Louis Exposition Another honor
was his selection by Mr.. and Mrs Ire
casks, famous booklovers ana collectors
of London, 10 bind a copy of Morris
King Fiorus. There were seventy-flve
of the greatest binders in the world Sc
leeted for this task, and when the great