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The Washington herald., 1907-08-23
PRACTICAL JOURNALISM.
Interesting SideIights on How to
Run a Modern Newspaper.

From the Portland Oregonian.
The newspaper must catch the spirit
and reflect the spirit Of the time, or It
will not earn money enough to enable
Il to live; and TO publish a comprehen-
sive newspaper takes a great deal Of
money. Again, the spirit Of the time.
unfortunately and often, Is crooked.
perverse, awry, causing immense loss,
or total destruction. 10 the newspaper
that tries 70 combat IT, Many a news
paper has found 1t necessary 20 con
form" in order to hve-saerihcing
ideals. for. the time. to the necessities
OF existence. II will be said, OF course.
that this is cowardly; but the bravest
man in battle. if he have also sense
and Judgment, will not try to carry an
impregnabIe position by direct assault.
He will wait on events and bide his
time.
a newspaper may ignore or combat
petty interests; 1t may stand mistaken
amid the ordinary or common fiuctua-
tions OF opinion, contending for what it
holds to be the right. Bat in the his
tory Of every newspaper. times come
when it must yield something. OF even
yield all, to storms of popular passion
or folly. or suffer immense loss. even
TO the jeopardy of its own existence.
Many newspapers have taken such
risks, and perished. Others have man
aged to ride out the storm-though
broken and shattered-the work of
lifetime lost, and power Of recuperation
lost with Il.
The theorist, who sees journalism
only through his imagination, doubtless
thinks these things easy trihes-because
"the money-making feature" is. or should
be, subordinate and incidental Yet.
some attention must be paid to money
by the newspaper whose cash outlay
for publication runs steadily into enor-
nous and ever-increasing sums
The Washington herald., 1907-08-23

the imprisonment threat VIII prove effec-
tive 10 prevent violations of the law. As
Senator Foraker has repeatedly pointed
out, the successful prosecutions have all
been under the original Elkins law. which
lacks the Imprisonment feature.
That the rebate provisions OF the new
rate law may be difficult of enforce
ment for another reason is predicted by
Senator Foraker in a recent interview
wherein he asserts that the insertion OF
the word knowingly" in the clause pre-
scribing penalties for every person or
corporation. whether carrier or shipper
who shall knowingly offer grant, or give
or solicit, accept or receive. such re-
bates, concession, or discrimination, has
seriously weakened the law. The word
knowingly" according TO Mr.. Foraker
was inserted on motion OF Senator Lodge,
and its effect is that nobody can be con-
victed under the law unless it be proved
that he knowingly committed the offense
charged. Mr.. Foraker thinks that the
government might have had trouble con-
victing the Standard Oil Company in the
Chicago case If the indictments had been
brought under the present law, for Judge
Lands ruled out all evidence that the
trust did not know that the rate IL was
paying was unlawful evidence which
might have been permitted to go in under
the Lodge amendment X would seem
to be incumbent on Senator Lodge to
furnish an explanation Of the presence
OF this little joker in the new rate
law
The Washington herald., 1907-08-23
shn1era nnr Ohserred.

The congregation of St. Michael's Ger
man Catholic Church, on Plus street
Pittsburg, has an annual celebration that
is rather curious and which has just
taken place. II is called Cholera DAY"
and is in commemoration Of the escape
Of the communicates of this parish from
the plague of 1919, when the invocation
Of st. Rochus was made. At the Celebra-
ton relics of the saint are exposed for
the veneration Of the congregation, and
the services are always attended by the
full congregation. Services are held all
during the day, beginning with solemn
high mass early In the morning.
The Washington herald., 1907-08-23
Robert A. Pinkertou.

IL is unusual for a detective 10 be very
well known, but the late Robert A. Pink
ertJn was so long about the various race
tracks Of the country that MS face was
familiar 10 many crooks and others. He
USED 10 tell a good story OF an experience
he had in Washington, whence he was
called in consultation about a gang of
counterfeiters supposed TO make their
headquarters IN Chicago While he was
living here waiting for the convenience OF
the Treasury Officials. he lived at the
Raleigh Hotel. One day he was IN the
bar. when he noticed four young fellows
az a table drinking one Of them seemed
% be pretty we'll under the influence OF
whisky, and he soon noticed that three OF
them were not drinking at all. only pre-
tending 10. He scented possible criminals
and a victim. While he watched them he
saw one OF the men pour something from
a little glass bottle into the supposed vic
tins glass. He sPrang up 70 intervene
and prevent the IN rom drinking. He
was greeted with II Of laughter not
only from the foCT Ing men, but also
from the other cGpants Of the place,
who had recognized the detective and had
put this Joke up on him. He had TO ad-
nit that he had been fooled, but he took
it good-natUredly.
The Washington herald., 1907-08-23

is that Bryan cannot be elected. and so
the JOY Of seeing him in the White House
will never be realized.
How hard It Is 20 be a Wattersonian
Democrat! The only candidate who stands
any show Of nomination cannot be elected;
and yet. If he were elected, how happy
the party would be, even though every
thing he stands for is preposterous, in
sensate. and ruinOus,
Happy Democratic family.
The Washington herald., 1907-08-23
what Womb Happenf

Cant I send some money 10 my wife
by telegraph" he eNcitedly inquired.
She's at the seaside and needs it,
NO. you can't" replied the man al
the desk
But I must, Do YOU know what she Il
DO II don't send her the money?
No"
Shell come home
The Washington herald., 1907-08-23
The Hawaiian Language.

Nearly everyone who mas stayed for
and length OK time at the Hawaiian Isl
ands comes back enthusiastic about the
musical quality of the language, so there
is likely TO be some support for the
movement inaugurated by Senator Pal
mer P. Woods, Of Honolulu, for the pres
ervation Of the language. There have
been similar efforts in the past. but
commercialism. the introduction Of Eng
lish as the official tongue. and the ex-
elusive use OF English in the public
schools has gradually undermined all ef-
forts to preserve some semblance Of the
beautiful language of the native Hawaii
ans. The intermixture Of japanese has
also done much to spoil the native tongue.
The Washington herald., 1907-08-23

hlT. John Temple Graves whose Ndi4-
ETY. Is as infinite as his lutte Is unre-
strained, has once more thrown himself
headlong into the political fray and points
the way along added new and novel lines.
Mr Graves IS pleased with Mr.. Taft's
recent speech. He has analyzed it with
confident though critic eye. He finds 1t
gloriously Rooseveltian and. conse-
quently, magnifcently Democratic Moth
ing material is left unsaid; no Democratic
yearning is unassuaged. The Secretary
Of War is garlanded with honeysuckle,
embalmed in roses. and smothered with
clusters Of rhetorical gems. He is branded
%. K-J. T. G." and forthwith Uighted
then and there.
Whereupon. having thus literally pro-
vided a primrose path for Mr.. Taft's
ueading. the Georgia minstrel thus de-
poses and says:
Secretary Taft has learned from his clieftain,
the President. how to steal Democratic thunder.
In fact, the Taft sreech makes it more than
ever desirable that the Democratic convention shall
Drcocde the Republican, and that the Democratic
national platform shall so in advance before the
people. 50 that the Republican uttsrance coming
later shall come as a mere echo and imitation. as
il is sure to be-
Gradually, the full grandness Of the
Graves plan unfolds As we understand
him now the idea is for the Democratic
convention TO meet in advance Of the Re
publican. outline a platform along the
lines laid down in Mr.. Taft's speech. place
Mr Roosevelt. or Mr.. Bryan, or Mr..
Taft. or Mir. Tom Watson. or Mr.. Hughes.
or Mr. William Randolph Hearst, or Mr..
Hoke Smth-it makes no material differ
ence which: he is for all OF them-upon It
as the nominee, and then let 'er so,
Gallagher"
As for the old party aignments, tradi-
tions. memories, and aspirations. he
would reiegate them 10 the rear and say
to them
Nall by nail. the cofin's made;
Set your sail for Lethes shade.
At Chattanooga the Georgia songbird-
statesman-roubadour reduced the De-
mocracy to a mere me, too organization
by calling upon Mr.. Bryan 70 arise in the
forthcoming convention and nominate
Mr.. Roosevelt as the Democratic stand
ard-bearer. Now he reduces the Republi-
can party 10 a mere echo and imitation
by pointing ,out the Democratic opportu-
nifty TO git thar frstest with the mostest
men" But whom he loveth he chasten-
eth, nevertheless, with gum-drop bonn
bardments and stick-candy sword thrusts
He distributes his saccharated favors
with lavish and impartial hand. His
most noteworthy lemons are rendered
fully sugar-coated and dripping with mo-
lasses.
'Rah for Graves, He is. in truth. both
parties champion and plumed knight
in every5ody's extremity. His platform
covers every possible situation ike q
blanket, and is guaranteed TO catch 'en
a-gwine and a-comin'." He praises Bryan
he laUds Roosevelt. He even cottoned q
AIr Foraker when in Ohio recently. H,
finds ample opportunity to toss an oc
casionsl bouquet TO Mr.. Thomas Z
Watson and many bonbons TO Mr.. Hearst
His good nature Is overwhelming; hi!
sunshine department knows no evening
tide. He is just John Temple; and he /.
all right, all right.
The Washington herald., 1907-08-23
One wall street Certainty

From the Chicago Record Herald
As for Wall street collectively, It has
one big certainty TO tie to amid its many
uncertainties. Il knows exactly what the
government will do, and may make its
plans accordingly. Meantime, business
will continue 10 flourish, as it has right
along, while lamentations filed the air.
The Washington herald., 1907-08-23
An Issue squarely Joineds

From the Hartford Courant-
A few days ago Mr.. Foraker publicly
denounced the so-called rate legisla-
ton of the Fifty-ninth Congress as IN
necessary, unwise. and unconstitutional.
Mr.. Taft says il was needed, wise. and
constitutional. There's one issue, at all
events, that is joined as squarely as
heart could wish.
The Washington herald., 1907-08-23
DiScoverer of Conee.

NJ. August Chevalier seems TO make a
specially Of discovering peculiar kinds of
coffee trees. 1t was he who discovered
in the Senussi country Upper CharD the
coffee exce.sa-the largest coffee tree
known, free that often attains a height
OF fifty feet. Now ne has just discovered
the smallest coffee tree known, which
he calls coffee humilis. This tree meas
ures at the most fifty inches in height, but
the average IS about twenty inches He
discovered it IN the Ivory Coast forest,
near Gu;deko, in which place Il is very
common. but where no one had ever dis
covered H. II produces from two 10 FIVE
berries only NJ. Chevalier has sent
number OF the seeds to the governor gen
eral Of West Africa. and some has been
furnished 10 plantations in Ceylon, 10 be
placed Ia termination.
The Washington herald., 1907-08-23

Casey wanted to give his boy high
sounding name, so he called him Patri-
cius"
What was the RESULT?
You can easily guess"
The Washington herald., 1907-08-23

From the New Orleans Pieayune.
If we are 10 have another Republieaa
President right away. Mr.. Taft is the best
man and least Objectionable of the repre-
sentatives of that party. Mr. Roosevelt
is the most dangerous.
The Washington herald., 1907-08-23
ARE YOU GOING AWAY?

Subscribers who leave the city
temporarily should have The
Washington Herald mailed to
them. Addresses will be changed
as often as requested. You can
not keep fully informed about
affairs in Washington unless
your paper follows you.
Before leaving. mail or teie-
phone your address 10 this Of
fee.
The Washington herald., 1907-08-23

Il wasn't at home yesterday afternoon
and Mrs. Stuyvesant Van Astor called on
me"
L thought perhaps she would. I heard
our pastor telling her last Sunday hat
II was her duty 10 call on the new men,
hers OF the church
The Washington herald., 1907-08-23
A LITTLE NONSENSE
coxEY,s TRUsT ARM,

II Coxey went 10 Wall street,
Got all the boys in line,
And led the corps
To Sycamore
Now wouldn't that be fine?
The trusts would get attention
When steered by such d chief.
And what he said
To doughty Ted
Would doubtless bring relief.
The Washington herald., 1907-08-23

The ADS that crowd the magazines
And my attention claim,
I'm glad 10 find Of every kind
Are nearly all the same
The Washington herald., 1907-08-23
Technical.

The basebaIls were lost az a recent
Sunday school picnic. and the game was
PLAYED with a lemon
I suppose squeeze plays predominsted. 20
The Washington herald., 1907-08-23
SANITY of Standing PAT

From the Kansas City Times.
The trouble with the plea which Leslis
NJ. Shaw and statesmen of his stripe
make in behalf Of sanity" is that by
sanity they mean the Dingley tariff.
The Washington herald., 1907-08-23
RaiIroads Not CryInr.

From the Rochester Herald
There is a suspicion a1oat that the
railroads are pleased at the swatting
the Standard Oil monopoly received.
The Washington herald., 1907-08-23
The Founder Of CoIorado sprinEs.

Gen. William J. Palmer. the founder Of
Colorado springs. Colo, has recently do
mated TO that city a park system Of 100
acres, together with several handsome
boulevards. He does not intend that the
park shall prove an elephant on the hands
Of the city, for he rounds out his gift
with an allowance Of $4,000 annually for
maintenance The whole value Of the gift
is S1.500.eU. Gen. Palmer had already
spent $4,000 Ia beauufying Monument
Park, which is within the citys limits.
The Washington herald., 1907-08-23

A Texas paper wonders what would
happen if everybody had a right to kill
one person. Six million two hundred and
thiTty-four thousand nine hundred and
forty-eight people would jump on the UNI
plre first thing.
The Washington herald., 1907-08-23
waiting for Pav Day.

My new maid has been with me now
nearly two weeks.
Isn't thar unusually long?
NO. l only pay my girls every two
weeks"
The Washington herald., 1907-08-23
John D. Ahead. as Usual.

From the Baltimore American.
John D. Rockefeller gets 1885 from
Uncle Sam for going to Chicago and tell
ing Uncle Sam what he didn't know.
Query: Who's It?
The Washington herald., 1907-08-23

a man should select one line of busi-
ness and then press forward with deter
minadon; just what line, is for MIN to
say says Mr.. John D. Rockefeller.
However, If he selects gasoline. he Will
do well to consult the Standard Oil mag
nate before pressing too far forward.
The Washington herald., 1907-08-23

Prince Wilhelm of Sweden is being
rushed around to about five luhcheons
and six dinners per day during his stay in
this country. We shudder TO think Of the
blue alligetors and slIy-blue monkeys that
chase him every night after he drops off
TO sleep.
The Washington herald., 1907-08-23
Even Woe MonopoIized.

From the Cbariestou News and Courier
No one grudges Wall street it's monop-
oily Of financial woe.
The Washington herald., 1907-08-23
His snarI.

Diamond stomacher. hey?' sneered
Caustick. Wen hear OF the turquoise
studded liver pad next"
The Washington herald., 1907-08-23
The Secret.

Daphne was such an old-fashioned girl.
Shed shun the Marcel for an old-fashioned curl,
Old-fashioned in talk. old-fsshionsd in ways.
She looked like girl Of the old-fashioned days;
But two score Of suitoFs we're right at her heels
The reason: She cooked The oldfashioned meals
--ChiCagp News
The Washington herald., 1907-08-23

Alcohol alone may be depended upon
to kill reaches" according TO a scientist.
Il must be rather trying on some people
TO live in prohibition State and be both
cred with reaches at the same time.
The Washington herald., 1907-08-23

Schmitz says he will run for mayor Of
san Francisco again, just as soon as he
gets out Of jail This ought to insure him
a hfe sentence.
The Washington herald., 1907-08-23
The Kind the French Give the Arabs

The melon season IS at hand,
IL gives US all delight,
Why. even in the Moorish land.
You'll find upon the Afric sand
The shells 81 melinite
The Washington herald., 1907-08-23

From the indianapolis News.
Fortunately, there are no large and
entertaining murder trials going on just
now, which the telegraphers strike would
interfere with.
The Washington herald., 1907-08-23

Roy Pickles, OF Chicago, wants to
change his name, declaring that his bride
to-be will not stand for It, And yet il
does seem shame not to preserve so
good a name TO pOsterity.
The Washington herald., 1907-08-23
Not a Defeat.

From the indianapolis Star.
Bonaparte thinks the situation is max
ing a noise more like Wagram than
Waterloo.
The Washington herald., 1907-08-23
Evidently a Belle.

Pauline turns up her nose at offers Of
marriage"
Why so?
THE only things she considers are
abject pleas"
The Washington herald., 1907-08-23
Rusr DAYS At Panama.

From the Boston Herald
Keep the shovels going, Mai. Goethals
Congress viii make up the Panama
deficit, all right
The Washington herald., 1907-08-23

What the Georgia Legislature Did for
the People" IS an editorial headline in
the Atlanta Journal. At least il did them
one good turn. Il adjourned
The Washington herald., 1907-08-23

A royal salute between reigning mon
archs is officially designated 'osculat ton
Sounds like some sort of
new-fangled germ.
The Washington herald., 1907-08-23

The Houston Post AYERS that Texas
summer Is the "summerest" summer in
the land. Certainly it is; so summer that
II actually SINNERS
The Washington herald., 1907-08-23

A dispatch from Honolulu says that
one Of our islands has disappeared. We
hereby nominate Capt Hobson and Sena-
tor Bob" Taylor to search the Mikado.
The Washington herald., 1907-08-23

4 man has just passed away in Ger
many who was able 10 converse in thirty
nine different languages. But ne wasn't
married. so what was the use?
The Washington herald., 1907-08-23

1T is hard TO follow Taft" says the
Charleston News and Courier. Our con-
temporary must be extremely near
sighted
The Washington herald., 1907-08-23
Dincharge EN- without Honor.

From tne BALTIMORE Sun
President Roosevelt is gradually getting
up to the point of issuing an order dis
banding the entire battalion of nature
takers
The Washington herald., 1907-08-23

There is more or less disappointment, 70
be sure, that Mr.. Taft should have neg
lected 70 outline his ideas on stork0lOgy.
The Washington herald., 1907-08-23

The peace conference at The Hague
will adjourn in about a week Out OF
politeness, the disorderiy conduct at Casa
Blanca should be restrained in the mean
time
The Washington herald., 1907-08-23

The last surviving chief Of the once
famous Sioux Indians. Chief Good Voice,
VINO recently celebrated his eighty-third
birthday by writing a pathetic letter 20
Gen. Nelson A. Miles. is dying on Oak
Creek, Meyer County, S. Oak. He is
one Indian chief who has always stood
for good government and FOR peace, and
during his career he has made eight trips
TO Washington IN the interest Of his race.
The Washington herald., 1907-08-23

So far as the Taft keynote" is con-
cerned, it does not appear able to get past
Senator Foraker's protest.
The Washington herald., 1907-08-23

The government has agreed 10 pay Mr..
Rockefeller S73.s3 witness fees. We trust
that we shall hear no more from Mr..
Rockefeller now concerning his inability
to provide oysters for the family table.
The Washington herald., 1907-08-23

Ten TO one, the corset trust stays. re-
marks the Baltimore Sun. But that's bet
ting on a certainty; of corset will stay.
The Washington herald., 1907-08-23
One of the Boys.

Mr.. Ralph Peters. president Of the
Long Island Railroad. is looked upon by
the men Of his road, the men Of the
tracks and the trains. as one OF them
selves. Once a year he holds a reception
at the depot in Long Island City, and in
the course OF the day all OF the men
manage to drop in and shake hands with
the boss. 1t is the same whenever he
meets them in the course Of inspection;
he is always genial and hearty, and the
men respect him because they know he
works as hard as any Of them. He
reaches his Office before 7 o'clock in the
morning and he seldom leaves until after
that hour in the evening. His one recrea-
ton is golf, and to enjoy this he gets up
at o'clock and is out on the links for
half an hours play before work time.
The Washington herald., 1907-08-23
ReNerse Process.

The urchin tried to kid the COW,
Which couldn't well be did.
The peevish bovine raised a row
And promptly cowed the kid.
The Washington herald., 1907-08-23

What's this? A Tennessee jury acquits
a colored woman for invoking the "un-
written law in her own defense? This
will be very trying upon the sensitive soul
Of Ray Stannard Baker
The Washington herald., 1907-08-23
A Few Years Hence.

"MontbTaska? murmured the Senator.
What do I know about Montbraska.
Jim?r
'Montbraska. Senator answered his
private secretary, is the State. you so
ably represent
The Washington herald., 1907-08-23
Quite SO.

Most OF us after raising cain, have TO
stop awhile to raise the wind. Our only
hope lies in a rotation Of crops.
The Washington herald., 1907-08-23

The New York Herald thinks It is time
ito induce the President TO speak in pub
lie as rarely as possible" The Herald is
welcome 10 the Job.
The Washington herald., 1907-08-23

Viper, Vixen, Scorpion-what creepy
names our submarines do havei
The Washington herald., 1907-08-23
PLAIN DEALS.

From the CSyeland Plain Dealer.
ThG Ohio Point OF View.
How big was Alexander, pa,
That people called him great ,"
4 really do not know, my boy
The papers fail 10 state.
But ! am very much convinced,
He paused and softly laughed,
That Alexander never was
As big as William Taft.
The Washington herald., 1907-08-23

Ever since The Washington Herald dis
covered Mayor Tune, of Shelbyville, Tenn,
esteemed contemporaries have been play
ing him up TO beat the band.
The Washington herald., 1907-08-23

Wall street panics seem utterly unable
TO get Of the home circuit this season.
The Washington herald., 1907-08-23
How He Kissed Her.

Mr.. Frederick Villlers. the well-known
war correspondent and illustrator, whose
graphic pen sketches of the battles before
Port Arthur. in the recent war, attracted
much attention, is responsible for the
latest story about the German Emperor.
It was the occasion Of the marriage ofthe
Crown Prince of Roumania to Princess
Marie, daughter Of the late Duke of Sake
Coburg. After the wedding the frst-the
bridal kiss-belonged by right to the En-
peror. He was in full English naval uni
form, the breast Of his coat smothered
with decorations. The bride was dressed
in a costume that would not bear crush
ing. The Kaiser. 1t was plain to be seen
was trying to avoid trouble, and the bride
was afraid OF disarranging the Emperor s
mass Of medals. The Emperor solved the
difficulty. He took the pretty, blushing
bride by the right elbow. tilted her little
toward him, and then launching himself
forward and bending little, was able to
imprint a kiss on her forehead.
The Washington herald., 1907-08-23
and snunshed Itf

Say"
''What2'
Has somebody stepped on the Knox
boom?"
The commonwealth. (Scotland Neck, N.C.) 1896-1929, 1907-09-12
Mr.. Madry's New Harehose.

Mr.. r. J. Madry is building a new
brick warehouse just south of the
wooden building he now uses on the
west side Of the railroad on Eleventh
street. The new house is 50x100
feet and will be perhaps the most
substantial house in town. Its walls
are thick and strong and it is being
build under Mr.. Madry's personal
supervision. The contractor for the
brick work is Mr.. j. L. Cullom, of
Kinston, and he is making splendid
job of it.
The new building Will contain Mr..
Madry's general office, a private-of-
flee, specially arranged meat cellar,
lard department, a department for
canned and bottled goods, and gen.
eral storage room. It will be quite
a convenient building and will furn-
ISL new and ample facilities for Mr..
Madry's increasing business. He
expects to have it ready in about
sixty DAYS.