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The Washington herald. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1906-1939, 1907-02-17
old Missouri RnrinI Ground.

From the Kansas City Star
over the gate Of a cemetery in Boone
County is written this legend: NO one
not 4 husband. wife. or child Of a de-
scendant Of George Jewell can be buried
here" The cemetery is one of the Oldest
in Missouri Ii was founded by George
Jewell, a pioneer. in 1915. No single acre
IN the State contains the bodies of more
distinguished and useful Missourians.
Gov Hardin is buried there; John
+. Stone, brilliant debater in the con-
stitutional convention Of 1915. a kinsman
Of Senator stone, Dr. Thomas r. Il
Smith. hero Of the novel. Order No. II.
and many others. There are now living
only I'VE persons eligible to burial in this
ground.
The Washington herald. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1906-1939, 1907-02-17
WOULD TAX The OLD MAIDS
Magazine Editor Says They Clog the
Wheels of Progress.
SpinstcrhOOd, He Asserts. Is VoIun-
tary and an Evil That should BE
stopped by Taxation.

If there is a reckless soul who is not
only inviting destruction but is fairly
clamoring for it, that soul inhabits the
body of the editor Of the North Aneri-
can Review.
Not long ago he called the American
sirl bore. He still lives. but has not
learned caution. His latest is a pro
posal TO tax spinsters. He declares that
they get most of the benefits Of civili-
cation without making any adequate
return.
lie admits that their real property is
forced TO yield a slight contribution.
But be thinks that their personal prop
crty goes scot-free. and ne is sure that
they do not enrich the customs revenue.
So they become through sheer OBJ
stinacy" clogs upon the wheels Of
progress.
That is all that will save the colonel
from the wrath of the spinster of North
America. II is so novel a position for
them to be put in, this Of doggedIy de-
clining the joys OF matrimony But
the colonel insists.
There was never yet woman" he
says. who could not marry. as she
should, If she would It is only neces-
sary to be a woman to win a man
some man.
'Spinsterhood is a purely voluntary
condition. due to rcprehensible con-
tTariness, as is clearly proven by the
non-existence of d single authentic
claim 10 exemption because Of lack Of
opportunity"
True there is a sort of chuckle be-
hind this last remark, but it may pass.
The real point at issue is whether
the old maid of the present day rem
ders a fair equivalent. or even tries to
do so, In one way or another, for what
she receives, and to that our answer is
decisively negative. 1t is "A sad state
of affairs. to which we have given
much unavailing thought. As a last
resort in search of a method OF refor-
nation. the ubiquitary remedy of tax
alton occurs to our mind as the only
one holding forth hope Of affective
ness
The Washington herald. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1906-1939, 1907-02-17
out of Che Mouths of Babes.

I From the Chiclg0 News
Sunday School Teacher-What would
happen now if people were struck dead
for lying as they were in ancient times?
Bright Pupil-There wouldn't be any
body left to bury en-.
Uncle George-Tommy, here's n dollar
to buy your mamma a birthday present
next week Have you any idea what
she would like?
Small Tommy-No, but know what I'm
going to buy for her
Uncle George-What2
Small Tommy toy drum.
Little Elsie Gin the cOUntry)-Oh. man.
ma, look at those leghorn chickens!
Mamma-Yes. I see them. dear But
how do you knew they are legIorns?
Little Elsis-Why. don't you see those
little horns on their legs2
Small Edith was visiting in the cOun-
try for the first time
What do you think OF our rural seen
cry, dear?" asked her grandmother.
"Oh, it isn't 50 bad" replied Edith 1T
looks almost as natural as real theater
scenery.
Little Elmer-Aamma won't il do Just
as well if I take a bath Sunday instead
OF going 10 church,"
Mamma-why. what do you mean,
dear?
Little Elmer-Well, takin' bath is the
next thing 20 gon' 10 church IL cIeanli-
ness Is next to goodness.
The Washington herald. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1906-1939, 1907-02-17
THE POPULAR POMEIo.
Grapefruit Not Native 10 This Coun-
try, but Came to Favor Here.

GraDefruit Aot Native 10 THIS Coun-
try, but Came to Favor Here.
There are not many fruits which have
been actually discovered and put 70 use
by American fruit growers and con-
sumers. But the pomelo (grape fruit is
one.
1t is not native American fruit. but It
was discovered here just the same It's
Introduction dates back to the early Span
ish occupation of Florida.
The fruit produced was allowed to drop
from the trees and rot. BY some it was
appreciated. says the American Fruit and
Nut Journal. but its commercial value
was unknown.
In the early sos ne first shipments
were made. The fruit was packed In bar
rels and some Of it, shipped TO Philadel-
phia. brought 50 cents "a barrel (about
two boxes.
Not very encouraging beginning How
ever, il gradually increased in favor; II
became fashionable to use it, it was rec
commended by physicians, and Ia com
paratively short time It's place in the
market was firmly established.
When the severe cold OF 1929 cut the
Florida crop short the demand had 50 in
creased that the few boxes marketed
during the remainder of that season
brought from SIS 70 so a box (ToUghly IS
10 s. fruit per box. With the return Of
normal conditions. the crop increased.
and the price dropped TO the more nor
NAL basis of s. 10 s. a box.
Instead Of the few hundred trees which
e.. l..
trees may now be counted by the hundred
thousand in Florida, Cuba. and other Of
the West Indies. and in California, as
well as other parts Of the world. But
the industry had its beginning IN Florida,
and TO Florida fruit growers must be
given the credit Of establishing a new
fruit industry with a fruit which. in
twenty-six years has risen from an IN
known, obscure place TO be regarded as
the standard breakfast fruit in thousands
OF households.
The Washington herald. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1906-1939, 1907-02-17
GERMS TN The PICTURE HAT
Woman Declares Ornate HeadgeaI
Is Made in Sweatshops.
Low Wages Paid and Sanitary Con-
ditiOns Are UnPIeasant-Whut
Hat Workers Get.

Beware the picture hat. It's full OF
germs-also its cost TO the purchaser bears
no lair relation to the wages paid those
who made it.
The ornate bonnet Of the kind that costs
from SIS to $50 was held up to public
scorn and denounced as "a "sweatshop
creation" the other afternoon by q woman
milliner. Miss Helen Mah0n. in an address
before the Womeu's Trade Union League
at Huh House, as reported by the Chicago
Record Herald.
Aiiss Mah0n gave statistics tending TO
show shat the labor conditions in the
millinery trade had deteriorated during
the last few years TO the level Of some
of the worst sweatshOp conditions in the
slums.
Her speech was d revelation to the au-
dience. especially in that il placed the
picture hat" in regard to the labor used
ia its production, on the same footing
with the products of other cheap labor of
women and children in the slums.
When the Federal authorities hold ses-
si0ns in Chicago for the investigation of
the social, moral economic. and physical
"''-'', ''-i "''' ,'i'i-
o-''. Nie 1'.'p'0y - III al '''e gie'' oi'loS
49,
Of the millinery trade.
- wy s--., ms .'''
90
L.. .f.. e....,,..''.. - -
49, .t-.. -. - 81 n, -. II
stftI,tion- 80 -. 80 -
sb, ,,-ra.ts =, CT D.. ,,.,i,,,s,.. 80 a., g., ,,1
r,fIri-or,, y-orl,s-s IN C,bi.se,, fr,, 49,
,,rfo7 ,-biof. l. -. ~. 1.,,,,.ss .. 49,.
inc. - ho t-l7 nov, v,-,1,,,.7.,- 60.
,t e z5,diec- st-..+
..f+ -, .t.-.,. ~. -. ....-t.. 49,
49,
9'-'1i ''i1 So-'S's f0'-~''9 anu "eoutail 'es
VINO wear thc AhieTlcan-Hdde rival 10
the imported picture hat 10 DE told that
those magnificent art creations are made
i'm this city under conditions that are
about rs DEGRADED and so,,aud ae rho
,,.,,..+ ,I,,,,, s,,..-+st-, o., -, -.
anu MANI inc IeS1 e"i ii''lilS
thrown on the market Tor the shoddy
trade, said Miss Mahon.
There are no more abject industrial
The Washington herald. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1906-1939, 1907-02-17
THE DINNER CALI.

OF al the calls a fellow hears
To bring him greatest pleasure.
To ill his daily cup Of joy
And make a trimming measure
The sweetest and the finest is
4 dandy and a winner
sound that wakes ND appetitcs-
The CHEEKY call TO dinner.
No matter vlat your earthly woes.
No matter what your trouble
If all Your cares be veiglty ones
And all your EriOfs b. double,
You cannot be a pessimist,
Nor any more a sinner
When fan and clear yUu chance TO hear
The CHEEKY call TO dinner.
It's magic quickly makes US glad
And puts US IN good humor.
4 SORT Of rare PREDICTION. too
An ever welcome umor
OF edihles TO HI us up
The magnate and the timer
There's nothing else could hope to beat
The CHEEKY call 10 dinner
Il brings smile 10 any face.
Makes anybody pleasant
The monarch ON his throne Of gold.
The simply fariIg peasant
II kills the blues and kecps us all
From surely growing thinner
Oh, best Of all IT is 20 near
The cheery call to dinner
Birmingham Age-Herald
The Washington herald. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1906-1939, 1907-02-17
FARMERS PROFITS ARE GREAT.
Phenomenal Prices Received by the
wisconsin Tobacco Growers.

wisconsin Tobacco Growers.
The year just closed viii pass into his
tory as the most prosperous one ever ex-
pericnced by the growers % tobacco in
Wisconsin, says the Tobacco Reporter.
Whatever there is in store in the future
for the dealers who now practically own
the 1896 crop-whether it earns them a
profit or a lOss-need not concern the
farmer. for his position is secure. He is
already counting his profit, and it
amounts to something phenomenal when
viewed in the light Of recent statistics
regarding the acreage, yield, and price
paid the producer.
Assuming that the statistics of the agri-
cultural department are reasonably cor
rect let US estimate what the profits of
last seasons tobacco crop were TO the
growers of Wisconsin. Ii is generally
conceded that the 1896 crop amounted
close to 10000 acres. yielding 1910 pounds
10 the acre. while the average price paid
growers is given al 1872 cents by the gov
eminent report In other words, the gross
receipts of each acre would amount to
$l72I2 Deducting the cost of raising,
which under the most conservative esti-
mates cannot exceed $40 per acre, and
it is generally believed that most of. the
tobacco of this state Is grown at a cost
of less than so per acre, We have at least
a profit Of $l32 on every acre produced in
the State. This would mean an enormous
total Of S52S0,010 of clean, cold profits to
be paid the Tobacco growers of this State.
In a few weeks now this amount will
have been paid the farmers Of only about
half a dozen counties and thrown into the
channels of trade again. No such profits
were ever before paid TO SO small
number OF producers in the West The
figures are unprecedented and almost
challenge the credulity of the general
public. Think Of more than $5,00O,CJ0 in
profits pocketed by less than 10000 farm
ers! Surely the tobacco growers are IN
the saddle and riding easily.
The Washington herald. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1906-1939, 1907-02-17
FESPERSe

Over the valley mist from the wood waiting cry:
The Polestar swinging low. a lamp in the distant
sky.
The road, far-rcaching. winding; yonder stagnant
moor:
The uftergow Of sunsst-and twilight is at the door.
Deep in tho soul the music sinks from the vesper
bells.
And o, the olden storT their echoed toIling teI,sl
Far thro the years come stealing. ont Of the Land
Of Then.
The dreams Of Youth the cherished dreams We never
shall dream again.
-lliaeukec Sentinel
The Washington herald. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1906-1939, 1907-02-17
THE WHEELING CHAIR.

Ship hoi What ship is that sasg
It's the good ship Wheeling Chair.
Her skipper flai q cripple he;
But the wind is blowing fair.
IRON Bedroom pciHt we clear az dawn
Ard steer fer Liberty Bay;
Among its hooks We scan cur books
While lacking all the Way
When eight bells strike wc pipe TO rrog.
Fast flies the Wheeling Chair
Ger Luncheon Shoals with merry souls
Across he Sea Of Cara
The skipper works with both his hands
Aboard the Wheeling Chair.
He sails and sails and gives commands
And twists the vheels-a pair.
When all is gloom he lights g light,
voice he hears a-lee.
He grips the wheels with all his might
And sings aloud 70 me:
wen not be wrecked. old Wheeling Chair.
I've hands. I've health, I'm free;
There Is the coast Of dark Despair.
But We are on LIES sea.
The Port Of Rest is in the west
And Dreamland Towns bright light:
In Bedroom barber We are blest,
A. anchor every night
Ship hoi What ship is that I see?
IT'S the good slip Wheeling Chair;
Her skipper fnil a cripple. he;
B,Jt his soul Is free from care
New York Times
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susie Green quite careiessIy
Stcpped in front q the express.
Oh. my goodness gracious mel
How It mi.ssed her Sunday dress.
Catholic Standard and Times.
The Washington herald. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1906-1939, 1907-02-17
To Get n seat.

To cirCumveut Uoor weary men
\ woman uses "tact
That word describes her conduct when
The trolley car is packed
-CatAolis STANDARD and Timsk
The Washington herald. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1906-1939, 1907-02-17
PICKENS WEDSRIVAL'S WIDOW
Romantic Marriage Of Son Of For
mer Mississippi Governor.
Hastens from Uruguay When He
Learns OF Former Syeetheart's
Bereavement.

Near death as result of hardships en-
dured in his career as a soldier Of fortune
in South America, James W Pickens. son
of the late GOV. J. ". Pickens, Of Missis-
sippi. and grandson of the wartime gov
eruor Of South Carolina. came to this
city Saturday, says the New York Herald
20 wed his sweetheart of fairer days
Rosalia D. Ujfy. of Bastrop, Tex. So
greatly had the journey told on him that
directly after the ceremony was per-
formed Saturday night by the Rev. Henry
NJ. Warren he was forced 10 take 10 his
bed. He remained there until yesterday.
when. slightly recovered. he departed with
his bride for South Carolina.
Born TO a position of afhuenCe. Pickens,
now thirty years old. began early to show
signs of unaccoUutable wildness. His
career in college was as brief as it was
reckless, and was followed by life as a
cowboy near San Antonio, Tex. There
he fell violently in love with Rosalie Duve.
a pretty daughter of Joachim Duve. owner
of a ranch 10 the north Of Bastrop But
there was the triangle" and Uj6y-that
was his name-was the other point
When he heard several months after
ward that his rival had married his sweet
heart, PICkenS threw down his lariat and
returned to his family, IN Corinth, Miss.
At a dance there he met girl who
hindled in him another love. He pro-
posed. was accepted, and Inarried-then
repented. and realized that this second
love was unreal Telling his wife she
could obtain a divorce on the ground Of
desertion, he struck out for South
America-anywhere. There he spent year
after year IN the search for forgetfulness,
as prospector, forester, leader of in
sUrgents.
Meeting a friend from the States one
day. Pickens learned that the other man
he could never regard him as her hus-
band-had died. Rosalie Duve was n
widow Letter followed letter. and appeal
followed appeal until her answer reached
him in MontivideO, Uruguay. She was in
New York. There was no time 10 lose.
As fast as ship and train could carry
him he came North, and the old romance
was ended IN the beginning Of the new.
The Washington herald. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1906-1939, 1907-02-17
Light ON our Remembered Maine.

From the London Morning Post.
No sooner had the japanese relocated
the Mikasa than a second commission was
appointed and Immediately began its in
quiry into the causes which had led to
the explosion that sank the ship. It was
promptly declared that the explosion re-
suited from spontaneous combustion.
caused by chemical change taking place
in a part OF the ammunition stored in the
port magazine. The finding, as Engineer
ing observes, probably helps 10 explain
other mysterious explosions on board
ships of war. The case of the Maine viii
az once be recalled, about which strong
belief was entertained in the United
States that there had been foul play In
view of recent Investigations there can
be little doubt that the SpaRiards were
wholly innocent.
The French Broad hustler. [volume] (Hendersonville, N.C.) 1896-1912, 1907-10-03
PIONEERS had DELEGATED FRANCE
AND SPAIN TO POLICE MOROCCO

The campaign just ended in Mo-
rocco was inaugurated early in Au-
gust under the mandate. given to
France and Spain by the Algeciras
agreement to maintain proper police
regulations in the seaports of Mo-
rocco: The direct cause of the move
ment was the murder on July 80 of
Europeans at Casablanca.
France and Spain acted with the con-
sent of the Powers, and no Power in
terfered with their operations, but
Spain played only a minor part.
Disorder and anarchy had reigned
I'm Morocco for some time previous to
the Casablanca massacre. The Sui
tan, Abd-el-Aziz. had practically no
control over a large section of his ter
ritOry. His tribesmen refused to pay
taxes and fanatieal pretenders t o the
throne led bands of raiders in the in
terror.
With peace restored, France and
Spain will now go ahead with the
work Of establishing an adequate DO.
lice force in the Moroccan seaports.
The French Broad hustler. [volume] (Hendersonville, N.C.) 1896-1912, 1907-10-03
FIGHT UPON PAPER TRUST.
Department of Justice Will Ask Amer.
lean Publishers to Aid.

lean publishers to Aid.
Washington, D. experts of the
Department of Justice are in the field
after the Paper Trust. Offcials Of
the department hope to have the re-
suits of the inquiry before the end of
the year.
This fact was brought out by the
action of the American Newspaper
Publishers Association in New York
ia call for the prosecution Of a COM
abinRtfop among paper manufacturers.
1T is said the Department of Justice
will ask the Publishers Association
Ito aid them in the Investigation.
The officials are inclined to the be-
lief that some sharp practice has been
committed, with the Government as
the victim. Attorney-General Moody,
ON information gathered by his pre-
decessor, Philander G.. Knox, took
the Paper Trust into court. When it
voluntarily dissolved he Jet the mat
ter drop and did not call for the
books and papers of the trust.
Department officials were satisfied.
but from what has happened in the
last fifteen months they wish they had
Examined the books. They are con-
WINGED that the trust did not actually
dissolve, but merely made a gentle
mems agreement" and continued
business in much the same way as
before the suit.
Government officials declare that
NO mercy will be shown if it be found
that any illegal arrangement exists
by which the supply of paper is con.
trolled and prices fixed.
The French Broad hustler. [volume] (Hendersonville, N.C.) 1896-1912, 1907-10-03
War IN MOROCCO IS OVER
Severe Conditions Imposed BY the
French General.
Tribesmen Agree to Be uucc ans
Give Hostages as Security-Ren-
dered DociIe by Defeats.

ca~sab1anea, Morocco.-The hostile
tribes have made submission and
peace has been declared.
Following the destruction of the
Moorish camp at Sidi Brahmin, south
of Casablanca, and the dispersal of
the tribesmen, nineteen Kaids, rep
resenting the ~Ouleseeyan, Zenata and
Zyaida tribes, presented themselves
at General Drude's headquarters to
discuss the conditions which had been
proposed. Rear-Admiral Philibert,
the commander of the French naval
forces in Moroccan waters, was pres
ent as a party to the conference.
In the end the tribesmen accepted
Internationally the terms offered, as
follows:
HostiEties to cease Immediately.
General Drude may make military
"Reminiscences throughout tho terri
tory of the three tribes to satisfy him
self that the pacifcation is complete.
The tribes to disperse and chastise all
armed bodies that may assemble in
their territory with hostile intent.
Every native found in possession of
arms DIT munitions of war within ten
miles OF Casablanca shall De handed
over to the Sheridan authorities, I'm
prisoned and fined 5000. The tribes
to be held~responsible for the carry
ing out OF - the previous stipulation.
Every native found smuggling or
using arms to be punished. The dele
gates of the tribes to surrender the
author of the outrages upon Euro
peans of July 80, and, pending judg-
ment, their goods to be seized and
sold irrespective Of the indemnity
which is to be paid. the amount of
which shall be fixed by the Moroccan
Government. The Chamia tribes to
pay a large indemnity, the part OF
each tribe to be apportioned accord
ing to the length of time it resisted
the French, and in addition a contri-
button toward the harboF works at
Casablanea.
To cur the carrying out of this
convention two notables Of each tribe
must be given up as hostages.
The delegates of the Ouleseeyan,
Zenata and Zyaida tribes Immediately
named their hostages and signed the
capituIation.
The French Broad hustler. [volume] (Hendersonville, N.C.) 1896-1912, 1907-10-03
SPOON

Collections OF spoons as souvenirs
are common enough, but there are
probably few if any like that of Mrs.
Amelia H. Wells, of Indianapolis. Her
spoons are not the souvenirs OF gold
and silver created expressly to u
nish forth collections and afford mai.
ter for conversation at luncheon
tables. They are the real spoons OF
the people in the countries or times
from which they came.
The Oldest spoon is believed to date
back over two thousand years. It is
traced to the time of Nebuzaradan,
and was presented to Mrs. Wells In
Jerusalem.
An Alaskan Indian spoon, said to
be more than a hundred years old,
is made from the fork. of a tree. An
other Indian spoon is about fifteen
inches long, and has the handle
shaped to keep the spoon from slid
ing into the kettle.
An Alpine spoon has the handle
made from the hoof of the channels,
while the horn of the animal furnishes
the bowl
From the Philippines came spoons
Of cocoanut and seashells. The shells
form the bowls, while the handles are
of wood.
A curious brass spoon from Benares
is in the form of a scorpion carrying
an egg, the latter being the bowl,
while the scorpion forms the handle.
Equally curious is a spoon with the
bowl formed Of kelp, a kind Of e a
weed, and the handle of braided sea
grass.
A Swiss butter spoon has the figure
OF a dancing peasant girl on the bowl.
A spoon carved from a walrus bone
comes from Iceland, and another from
the bone Of the water buffalo is from
Constantinople. A dainty little anti
mony spoon from Japan has q tea
leaf for q bowl, and from Jerusalem
Is a spoon OF olive wood. The spoon
that started the collection came from
Norway, and is of a dark brown wood
delicately aAd deliberately etched
New York Tribune.
The French Broad hustler. [volume] (Hendersonville, N.C.) 1896-1912, 1907-10-03
s.vs he Chicagu Record-Herald:

Says the Chicago Record-Herald:
sChicago's arguments for a waterway
between Lake Michigan and the Gulf
are. first, the heavy contribution the
city has already made toward it in
the drainage canal, and, second, the
need of increased transportation ia
cilities through the heart of the con.
tinent and the need of a form of
transportation which viii serve as an
eficient check on freight rates"
The French Broad hustler. [volume] (Hendersonville, N.C.) 1896-1912, 1907-10-03

KOKOMO AND TERRE HAUTE.
I had it right beyond a doubt
When I arrived in Terre Hauta
But soon l met a gay galoot
Who said the town was Terre Hoot
I might have had plain sailing, but
Another dubbed it Terra Hut.
Still others called about my vote
And welcomed me to Terra Hote.
And then / gave it up you know,
And moved away to Kokomo.
Louisville Courier-JournaL
The French Broad hustler. [volume] (Hendersonville, N.C.) 1896-1912, 1907-10-03
Wheat Scarce in Turkey.

The Sultan has ordered the free
entry OF wheat in Turkey and other
similar measures are likely to be
adopted owing to lack of supplies in
COnstantinople.
The French Broad hustler. [volume] (Hendersonville, N.C.) 1896-1912, 1907-10-03
To Reduce Copper Output.

The directors of the subsidiary
companies of the Copper Trust voted
To reduce the output of copper fifty
per cent. or more.
The French Broad hustler. [volume] (Hendersonville, N.C.) 1896-1912, 1907-10-03
Bubonic Plague Deaths.

San Francisco authorities reported
nineteen deaths from bubonic plague,
nut stated that the disease was spor
adic and not epidemic.