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The Washington herald., 1907-10-25
Giving Them a Chance.

''Why are you so anxious TO have the
horse show held early? Have you any
reason to suppose that we shall have
trouble in getting horses il We put it
of till late in the season.
NO, it will be easy enough to get good
horses at any time, but we ought TO get
the show out Of the way early 50 that our
merchants viii have plenty of time TO get
their windows cleared for the Christmas
displays"
The Washington herald., 1907-10-25

These civilians have been doing the work
of the line officers detailed as army pay
masters. Some of them know more about
the responsible intricacies of the dis
bursement OF army funds than the ablest
Of the line officers serving in the Pay De-
partment They would make excellent
paymasters. and they ought at least TO be
made eligible. There Is no reason why
civilians who are doing the work should
not get some of the reward.
The Washington herald., 1907-10-25
4 Digniaed Position.

From the Kansas City Journal.
Gov. Hughes, of New York, seems to
strike about the proper note Of high
minded dignity when he declares that he
will not indulge in any scramble for the
Presidential nomination, that he is bUsily
engaged in performing the duties he was
elected to discharge, and that he would
not use his official position in furthering
his own interests.
The Washington herald., 1907-10-25
An Autumn IdyI.

The autumn leaves are whirled along
BY every wind that blows;
Another brief and precious year
Is drawing 10 a close.
The maiden gasps as down the street
With fearful eyes she goes,
Because the smoke from burning stuff
Gets in her throat and nose.
The Washington herald., 1907-10-25

From the Springfield Republican
Successful dishonesty" was hit harder
than ever around Wall street yesterday,
and there are those who say President
Roosevelt dealt the blow. But he didn't.
II hit itself
The Washington herald., 1907-10-25
Her AdNantage.

"Why IS It that a young and pretty
widow is so much more likely 10 get mar
ried than a girl who is just as attractive
as she?'
"a young and pretty widow knows
when to keep still and run no risk of
changing the subject"
The Washington herald., 1907-10-25
Comnnnions in Dissent.

From the Boston Herald
Mr.. Justice Holmes and Mr.. Justice
Moody continue to concur in their dis
sents from the majority opinions Of the
United States Supreme Court The har-
mOnious relations of the two Massachu-
sets members Of the bench are thus re-
peatedly confirmed and illustrated,
The Washington herald., 1907-10-25
Plenty of weather for All.

From the Boston Herald
Chief Moore, of the Weather Bureau.
should let Horace Johnson, the goose
bone prophet, alone. There are all kinds
of weather in this country, anG there's
room enough for all kinds of prognOsti.
Gators None is infalllble.
The Washington herald., 1907-10-25
ALTERNATING CURRENTS.
THE ORCHARD on THE HILL.


There's an orchard on a hillside where a
boy stood long ago,
When the buclwheat was In blossom
where the acres spread below,
And the west wind may be blowing softly
through the branches still
AS II blew I'm those past autumns through
the stubbles on the hill
When the heights beyond the valley
softly loomed through purple haze
And he dreamed Of future triumphs 10 be
won in splendid ways.
There's an orchard on a hillside, and
perhaps some boy is now
Picking apples and intending to be great
somewhere, somehow.
The west wind may be blowing, as long
long ago il blew,
And the cider may be flowing where the
mill is humming too:
But I'm sorry for the little. weary boy
who labors there,
II there is one and he fsncies fame
awaits him anywhere.
The Washington herald., 1907-10-25
KILLINGS FIRST POEM,
The Inmnot-tender thought.

The Jampot-tendeT thought
I grabbed IL; 50 did you
what wonder. while We fought
Together, that it few
In shiysrs," you retOrt.
You should have loosed yo'rr hold
One moment: checked Your fist;
But as 1t Was-tOO bold.
You gappled-and you missed
More curtly, you were soldl
But neither Of Us shared
The dainty that's your pleay
/ answer Let ne see
How have your trousers Jared =
London Reader.
The Washington herald., 1907-10-25
His Eccrntrlcifr.

Hendricks is one Of the most eccentric
men I ever knew
Il suppose you regard him as eccentric
because he wears the same kind OF clothes
now that ne did before he had mIlIions?"
"No. It is because he openly admits
that he finds it pleasant to be rich"
The Washington herald., 1907-10-25
Comforting Condition.

From the 81. Louis Post Dispatch.
Matters might be worse. Freight con-
gestion among the railroads is COM
forting condition 20 accompany financial
stringency
The Washington herald., 1907-10-25
without Beneat of Clergy.

From the Philadelphia Press.
The Bishop of London rode into Wall
street in an automobile. Others have
done the same thing, but they came out
on foot
The Washington herald., 1907-10-25

Uncle sam has decided to look into the
affairs OF the tobacco trust Incidentally.
this win involve several branches OF the
vegetable business.
The Washington herald., 1907-10-25

From the Indianapolis News,
With the adjournment of the Illinois
Central meeting, Mr.. Fish once more
rises TO state that he has not yet got
the hook,
The Washington herald., 1907-10-25

And now comes forward one Of the big
captains Of industry caught in the wreck
and says that it was all started by a
woman's babbling. VIII weak-kneed man
never get another excuse2
The Washington herald., 1907-10-25
Wasted Energy.

From the Atchison Globe.
It seems to take just as much hard
chasing for girl to land a no-account
man as it does to land a prize.
The Washington herald., 1907-10-25
New Secret Ballot.

An ingenious secret ballot has been de
vised for the use of the Automobile Club
Of America I'm It's palatial New York
clubhouse. Il consists Of q small two
drop annuHciator, supplied with electric
current BY set Of four dry cells, and
having wires extending around "a large
table to q button block at each Of the
chairs at the table. When the board OF
governors is to vote on an application
for membership, the face of the annun-
ciatOr is covered with a cloth curtain
Each member OF the board then presses
the white or the black button of his
block. and if any black button is pressed.
the black disc is seen when the curtain
is raised, showing the annunciat0r. II
is impossible. by this method, TO tell
how any man voted. or even how many
black balls have been cast against a re-
jected candidate, The apparatus is the
invention of DR.. S. S. Wheeler. a mem
Der Of the Club.
The Washington herald., 1907-10-25

"The Sultan Of Morocco is broke" says
the Chicago Post. Isn't il a little too
FAR in advance Of the Christmas season
for married men to commence that sort
of talk?
The Washington herald., 1907-10-25

Il may puzzle the President more or
less TO decide whether the suggestion 10
give professional theatrical performances
IT the White House comes from his
friends or his enemies.
The Washington herald., 1907-10-25
Under Cloud.

From the Baltimore News
What the New York financial district
seems to need most now is clearing
house for regulations.
The Washington herald., 1907-10-25
Everybody Helps.

THE child that comes OF a smart fam
ily generally gets along better in school. q"
And it isn't al heredity, either"
What do you moan2'
1T takes smart family to prepare
these modern lessons"
The Washington herald., 1907-10-25

We hope the President viii not fail TO
send congratulations and Best wishes TO
that Texas gentleman with forty children
and still further ambition. The State
is hopelessly Democratic, anyhow.
The Washington herald., 1907-10-25

The automatic typewriter viii dispose
Of the stenographer, 50 it is said. This
may cause some embarrassment in plac-
ing the blame for mispelled words and
faulty punctuation in the future.
The Washington herald., 1907-10-25

We concede that the Houston Post
can demonstrate that Texas has more
widows than any other State.
We have not had the heart to argue any
phase Of the red-hair question since Col.
James Hamilton Lewis left Congress.
The Washington herald., 1907-10-25
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Uaauscripts offered for publication t0tH
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should be sent t0ith the manuscript for
that purpose.
Al communications intended for this
newspaper, t0hether for the daily or the
Sunday issue, Should be addressed 70
THE WASHINGTON HERALD.
The Washington herald., 1907-10-25
Apples for siberia.

There is a growing demand for Ameri-
can apples in Siberia and Northern Man
churia. and the firm of Yagdjoglou
Brothers, Of Vladivistock. has established
an agency at Portland. ore, with Mr.. D.
S. YagdjOglou in charge. This commits
sion house has already contracted for
several thousand boxes Of oregon ap-
pies, which will be shipped TO Vladivi-
stock within the next two months. Most
of the apples shipped from Portland to
Siberia are Hood River apples. and at
one Hood River orchard the Russian pur-
chased 5000 boxes, contracted for at Sic
a box as picked from the trees.
Owing to the long distance they must
travel, Mr.. Yagdjoglou insists on furnish
ing his own boxes and packing material
this adding about 50 cents to the cost OF
each box. During the present season he
says that he will ship at least 20,00(
boxes 10 Vladivistock
The Washington herald., 1907-10-25

A Panama workman complains that the
eggs served down there are too mature
Evidently, he wishes 10 break it to the
powers that be as gently and politely
as possible
The Washington herald., 1907-10-25

The only possible theory upon which
to account for Methuselahs long life is
that he lived before the first micrObe,
germ, or bacillus was invented.
The Washington herald., 1907-10-25

Boiled down, the findings of The Hague
Peace Conference amount to this: There
Will be no more war; but. if there IS, it
should be as ladylike as possible; and If
il isn't, why, the delegates can't help It!
The Washington herald., 1907-10-25

Is the courteous Treasury official who
hands unsuspeCting and credulOus visitors
a big wad Of paper and tells them it is
a million dollars a nature faker, Mr.
President?
The Washington herald., 1907-10-25

From the New York Commercial
Welcome home! Shake!" remarks the
furnace,
The Washington herald., 1907-10-25
why, Indeedf

"Can a man get a million dollars hon
estly2"
Il s'pose So answered the financial
wonder addressed. But why be a
-reak?"
The Washington herald., 1907-10-25
Nc OIdest Photogrnphcr.

Mr. William Hardy Kent, who died the
other d.. j1 E0stbourne, IN English Sus-
sex, had the reputation of being the Old
est photographer in the world. He died
at the age Of eighty-eight. He was of
New England birth, and New Bedford
was his home, until about 1876 he learned
the art Of photography. and in 1S4S he
opened a small studio in New York.
where by the year 1851 he had gained d
considerable fortune He then went over
10 London, where he opened three photo
graphic studios. one in oxford street, one
in Regent street, and another at Knights
bridge. At the time Of his death he was
still operating a photograph gallery at
Eastbourne, and he had similar studios
at the seaside resorts Of Brighton and
Hastings, at Newcastle and Harrogate.
His good fortune came 10 him soon after
he went to London, when some of his
photographs, having attracted attention
he was invited TO take "a picture of the
Prince of Wales, now the King Of Eng
land, The resulting picture was so good
that Mr.. Kent was highly cOmplimented
and allowed to sell copies of the picture
which were protected by copyright.
The Washington herald., 1907-10-25
MEN AND THINGS.
-erh-wnter CInm Indnstrr.

Fresh-W0ter Clam Industry
Congressman Esch, Of Wisconsin, who
has been prominently identified with the
drafting of railroad regulation bills for
the last three years, has now interested
himself In the development of the fresh
water clam industry IN the Mississippi.
Partly as result Of his efforts. station
will be established on the Mississippi next
year by a commission from the fisheries
bureau, and studies will be made of the
fisheries on the upper river. The plan at
present outlined is TO set aside a suitable
portion of water during the next summer,
in which clans may be placed and their
development watched and studied. 1t is
declared by those interested that there
are vast fields in the Mississippi for the
propagation of fresh-wateT clans, If they
are protected and preserved. Reports
made last spring and summer as 20 what
had been accomplished on the Eastern
Coast Of the country by the scientific
study of the lobster, is what suggested
the thought that much may be done for
the Mississippi clam. AS 1t is now, the
fresh-water clam industry Is a growing
one. 1t gives employment to a vast num-
Der of people; but. as It is under no sort
of regulation or care. it is believed that
the biyalves will soon be eXterminated
unless some protective measures are
taken.
The Washington herald., 1907-10-25

Fortunately for Marvellous Manhattan,
there Were more George B. COTtelyOus
in that city Immediately following the
hrst smash than there were George b.
Cortelyous in all the rest of the country
combined.
The Washington herald., 1907-10-25
The Dream of Rhodes.


The great dream of the late Cecil
Rhodes Of q railroad running from Cape
Town to Cairo through the length Of AZ
rica Is much nearer approaching realiZa-
tion than is generally known. The IA
NOUS empire builder Of South Africa lived
long enough TO see his favorite project
fairly well started, and since his death
his successors have been pressing the
work toward completion. NJ T. Hutchin-
son. former editor of the French South
African Review. estimates the entire
length Of the route from Cairo to Cape
Town az 5,S73 miles. OF this distance.
3.l66 miles of railroad have already been
built. and SEC miles more are projected,
making the total length Of railroad now
provided for 4.0i2 miles. or more than
two-thirds Of the entire distance. start
ing from Cape Town. the South African
line runs through Bulawayo. past Vic
t0Tia Falls. 90 Broken Hi, near the cen
ter Of Rhodesia. q distance Of 2.0C0 miles.
From Broken Hill an extension is pro-
iectcd northwurd nearly 500 miles, 10 the
southern end Of Lake TanEanyika Start
ing from the other end, at Cairo, there
is a railroad already IN operation as far
as Ass0uan, a distance of 53 miles, and
passing over a gap OF zoo miles south Of
Assouan. there is another road extending
$50 miles from Wady Haifa, at the nortl-
ern edge OF the Nubian Desert, 10 XII
toum. in the Egyptian Soudan. More
over, a further extension Of 40 miles is
said TO be projected. connecting Khar-
toum with Us8uhara- or the 1,S0O miles
remaining. there viii soon be communi-
cation BY water. leaving a gap Of only
$50 miles between Lake Tanganyika and
Lake Albert Nyanza.
The Washington herald., 1907-10-25

At the Weather Bureau these days they
are enjoying n delightful new game,
known as Earthquake, earthquake,
who's got the earthquake"
The Washington herald., 1907-10-25

"Wall street is nervous" notes the
Jackson {Miss.) News. The natural result
Of a somewhat protraCted spree.
The Washington herald., 1907-10-25

The New York Supreme Court has de-
cided that Objectionable persons may be
forcibly elected from a theater. This
ruling ten years ago would have ended
the coon" song business long before it
died of its own accord.
The Washington herald., 1907-10-25

Perhaps after another year has passed.
all Georgia editors will be editing their
papers by long-distance telephone.
The Washington herald., 1907-10-25

"Nessrs. VI Chat Keuk and vi Do
Chai announce their intention Of com
hitting suicide within a few days" says
the Korea Daily News. Under the sad
circumstances. it does seem as IL the
editor might have added something pleas
ant-Iike, much TO the delight Of their
many friends" for instance.
The Washington herald., 1907-10-25

Strike while the iron is hot" urged an
enthusiast.
Also the weather" added a man who
had evidently had experience in such
matters
The Washington herald., 1907-10-25

Luckily, however, not many Of our
American girls can afford 70 buy those
dinky little foreign noblemen.
The Washington herald., 1907-10-25
A LITTLE NONSENSE.
AN AWFUL ADVENTURE.

AN AWFUL ADVENTURE.
Mr.. Claude Percy Miggs was a proper
young man.
And yet made,
I'm afraid.
On the romantic plan.
He liked TO roam out in the woods dark
and drear,
Where he thought
That he ought
To seesfairies appear.
And he did chance one day on the fairest
or sprites;
But the fay,
Sad to say,
Was aCcoutered in tights.
Oh, it gave Mr.. Miggs a most terrible
Shock!
He did flee
To the lee
| Of a shelterlng rock.
He thence scampered far from that short.
gauzy gown
Through the fen.
And since then
He sticks closely to town!
The Washington herald., 1907-10-25

If the Republicans undertake to work
that old s-mOre-Of-the-full-
dinner-pail" racket in the next campaign,
they will have 70 cut down the size OF
the pail considerably, or do some tau ex-
planning
The Washington herald., 1907-10-25

The new name OF ex-StambOul Ua.) II
appears is Osevelta-pronUunced RoOse-
yelt-ah!
The Washington herald., 1907-10-25

Mr. President, you are no tender
foot said the guide; thereupOn Mr..
Roosevelt handed him a so bill" says a
news item. Does this really prove that
he is or isn't?
The Washington herald., 1907-10-25

Mr Roosevelt, II seems, is something
Of a staudpatter himself, SO far as
''ROOseveIuan policies" are concerned.
The Washington herald., 1907-10-25
Uncle Joe's Popularity.


A paragraph in this column several
days ago relative 10 the one defeat for
Congress which broke up Speaker Can
mons record Of sixteen terms into TWO
parts. stated that that downfall oc-
CURED in 1892 This is a mistake. as is
pointed out by Mr.. J. G. Pepper, Of
Glencarlyn, Va Mr.. Cannon was de-
feated by Col. Busey in 1895. partly on ac-
count OF overconhdence among the Re
publicans. and partly, It is said, because
the colonel had d 'barl" Of p-odigious
size upon which TO draw. Mr.. Pepper
also states that this column committed
another error in saying that Col Busey
refused denomination for Congress. He
says that the colonel expended his money
more lavishly in 1892. when he was
again a candidate. than he had previously.
But this campaign found Uncle Joe's
friends wide awake, and although a tre-
mendous Democratic landslide occurred
IN the State at that time, he polled the
largest plurality he ever received IN the
old Fifteenth district. Mr. CannOns pop
ularity among his people has been great
during the thirty-four years since he was
first elected 20 Congress. They have re-
posed all possible confidence in his abil-
| ity 20 represent them. and it may be
said that but for this one oversight on
/ the part Of his managers and friends IN
| 1880 he would now have a perfect Sc
! quence Of seventeen terms as q record 70
/ look back on.
The Washington herald., 1907-10-25
From DIR. watson's Dairy.

We passed in tho course Of an hour
TWO dead COWS and moro than fifty dead
chickens. a strong smell Of gasoline
pervaded the atmosphere, and there were
wheel tracks in the dust.
Sherlock Holmes became greatly in
terested.
Watson" exclaimed he, after deep
thought. there has been an automobile
along here"
The Washington herald., 1907-10-25

The new mayor Of San Francisco is a
musician and a singer. The old one is
u violnist and a jailbird.
The Washington herald., 1907-10-25

1. I'm very sensitive, num- explained
the new housemaid.
What do you mean by sensitive,
Jane?'
well, mum, the last lady lived with
was allus asking me 10 do something"
The Washington herald., 1907-10-25
Nnture,r ContInnous.

On looking o'er the yearly bill
'Tis now we learn
The leaves are due in vaudeville
To do their turn.
The Washington herald., 1907-10-25

If the Standard Oil really cannot re-
member 20 whom It loaned that missing
SO, ,000,0 ,009 perhaps Judge Alton b. Parker
might make an enlightening suggestion.
The Washington herald., 1907-10-25

Just between the home folks, Mr.. Presi-
dent, how big was the bear that jumped
in the lake ana got away?
The Washington herald., 1907-10-25

Samuel Rea, Of Philadelphia, vice pres
ident Of the Pennsylvania Railroad,
acknowledged to be one Of the foremost
engineers in the country. was al the
New Willard yesterday.
The Washington herald., 1907-10-25

A. NJ. Stevenson. Of r1nver, Colo.
member OF the Republican National
Committee, is at the Arlington.
The Washington herald., 1907-10-25

T.l.phon. Main $500. private Br.neh EIehsnss1
New Iberia enterprise and independent observer. (New Iberia, La.) 1902-1944, 1907-07-27
Sold by All Dealers.

all, was adequate But the eye ad.
justs itself to intensity Of light just
as it does TO Strong glasses. A few
candles were added, for instance
then the lamp, with better aud
stronger light; then the gas, then
the electricity, then the devices ia
put on fixtures for iutonsifying the
light; the the higher power iucnn-
descents, aud now you can find the
pure while light, powerful and in-
tense, in every welI.equipped study.
The public libraries, hotels, cars,
dining. rooms.-all places where
men gather--are lighted up ~ IN.
tensely ms possible. If the light
were TO Oe sofioned, we would com.
plain of darkness. The eye has
come to demand this glare, aud IN
time it will become inadequate, aud
more will be demanded. If we
keep on, some of these days we
won't be able to see Mt all IN day
light, but will have to have our
electric suns whiriug every hour
of The tweuiy,four."
New Iberia enterprise and independent observer. (New Iberia, La.) 1902-1944, 1907-07-27
DR.. Shoop's
Might Cure
JOS. N. THIBODEAUX & co.

After ali is said, the farmer,
the man who lives in the coun-
try, is the man who is most di-
rcctly benefited by road i'm
provement, and the question OF
building and maintaining good
hard dry roadways must be set
tied by them and for them. The
farmers hold the balance OF
power in Texas and they can
say at any time whether or not
they want good roads.
Any movement in this dlrec-
ton must first receive the popu-
lar approval OF the farmers of
the State because they constitute
the majority, and a ma ority is
necessary to carry forward any
good roads legislation, and good
ROADS CONSTRUCTION.
A recent exchange remarks
that the farmers should rise up
and demand tba' justice be done
them in the matter of good
roads. The paper is in error.
1t is taking cause for effect.
The farmers, if they have not
good roads are doing an injus-
tice to themselves and they
cannot consistently demand of
any one that they hold in their
own hands. Beaumont Enter
prise.
New Iberia enterprise and independent observer. (New Iberia, La.) 1902-1944, 1907-07-27
Weak W0meI

: To weak and nIllug women, there Is nj least
way TO help. But with that way. two treatmen
must be combined. Ono is local. one s eonsti
sionnl. but both are important. both esscau
DIR. Shops Night Cure IL the Local.
DR.. Shoops Restorative. tho Constitutional.
The formcr-Dr Shoop's Night Curc-isa topi
mucous membrane suppostory remedy. while
shoop's Restorative is wholly nh internal tre
mont. The Restorative reaches throughout
entire system. seeking tho repair OF all ner
oil tissue. and all blood ailments.
The Might Cure. rs rs namo implies. docs
work yhilo you scop. IL soothes sore and inna
sd mucous gurinccs heals local weaknesses n
discharges. while tho Restorative eases nerve
excitement gives renewed vigor and ambiu
builds up wasted tissues bringing about renew
strength. vigor and energy, Take Or, Shoe
ostomtlvo-JRblotso or Liquid-nsa general tor
10 tho system. For positive local help. use as