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The daily morning journal and courier., 1907-05-30

The chief incident of the better class Hindoo marriage ceremony Is called the Bhaunri. II is the sevenfold cir cult of tree or post, or seven steps taken in unison. The seven steps are the seven grades of life. The hus- band, often boy of fourteen, walks round and round solemnly with the end of his coat tied to the end of tho cloth which his girl-wife wears on her head, symboical of their union. All the time they do this they must not look at each other, but upward. The Hindoo is bound to invite his whole caste, within a reasonable distance, to his wedding. Fireworks play an im- portant part in the rejoicings incident to an Indian marriage. The marriage season is limited to two or three months of the year.
The daily morning journal and courier., 1907-05-30
SAYINGS AND DoINGS.

One of the biggest jobs in yaccina- tion is that now in progress in the German possessions in Kameroon, Africa, where the health authorities are making an effort to vaccinate the entire native population, as smallpox has become epidemic.
The daily morning journal and courier., 1907-05-30

DELIVERED BY CARRIERS IN THE CITY, 12 GENTS A WEEK. 50 CENTS A MONTH. s3 FOR SIX MONTHS. Ss A YEAR. THE SAME TERMS BY MAIL SINGLE COPIES. GENTS.
The daily morning journal and courier., 1907-05-30

"Housemen" and 'houseboys" are being introduced with great success In houses in Melbourne, Australia, to al- leviate the domestic-servant problem, Boys, 1t is found, work more quickly than girls and their wages range from s1.25 to $175 weekly, The male house servant is not given to continual out ings and is not so troublesome. He reaches the ideal age for service be- tween IS and 20 years.
The daily morning journal and courier., 1907-05-30

The Russian government intends to carry out a series of work connected with improving the conditions and general facilities of the leading ports in European Russia. 4 start is to be
The daily morning journal and courier., 1907-05-30
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The Washington herald., 1907-09-21
The Milk supply.

The proposition to which a majority
Of scientific and medical men are now
committed, that the ordinary milk sup
ply Of large cities is a source OF grave
menace to the public health. and par
ticularly to the health of infants, prom
ises to work a revolution in the methods /
of milk production, as well as in meth (
DDS Of distribution, If municipal regula- /
ton Of the milk supply is carried to the /
extent proposed by the health officers of /
a number OF our cities. That this revo- |
luton will be costly to the producers |
ard distributors Of milk is certain. and I
that the cost will be shifted. and must /
in the nature Of things be shifted, 10 the |
consumer is equally certain. As in the |
case of all other articles Of consump-
tion the buyer Is bound to pay for quail |
ity, and doubtless in most cases he does
not object If quality Is assured, But IN
matters Of food and drink a difference
Of cent or two in price is sufficient
to deter the poor from buying, OF lead
them to substitute some cheaper article. /
Some such consequence as this is hinted
at by a local dairyman, who tells a
Washington Herald reporter that a high
er price for milk will reduce the con
sumption Of that fluid and increase the
use Of sO-Called condensed milk. Now,
in the judgment Of most physicians. con-
/ densed milk is quite as fatal to infant
! life as insanitary cows milk. though not
| in itself an insanitaTy product; so that
/ if a higher price prevents the poor from
using pure milk. they will hardly be any
! better off than before
! The only remedy for this unfortunate
| effect of higher milk prices lies IN the
provision Of a municipal milk supply, OF
1 in the maintenance by private benevo-
lenCe OF milk depots such as have been
/ provided with lavish generosity for the
poor Of New York by Nathan Straus
/ Such milk depots are Of especial value
/ In providing sterilized and modified milk
/ for infants at a nominal price During
| the last fifteen years Mr.. Straus' milk
/ stations in New York have dispensed
! nearly 100000 bottles and over 10000 600
/ glasses Of sterilized milk. He is pre-
pairing to increase the supply Of this
milk next summer; and emulating his
/ example l0t iDCdl dulNOFlIeS are 10
build milk stations in public parks, where
a supply may he found all the year
round -Four hundred cities the world
over have adopted Mr.. Straus' plan Of
milk distribution. The results of this
form of philanthropy. whether private or
municipal have been Of the most bene-
| fetal order. Infant mortality has been
| materially reduced by the use Of sani-
tary milk, and that yearly slaughter of
the innOcents which is one Of the dis
! graces of civilization has been notice
ably lessened. In the city of Rochester,
where municipal milk stations have long
been maintained, infant mortality has
fallen off by one-half Similar happy re-
wards OF nfe-saving benefcence have
been noted IN New York and other cities.
For conservation Of the purity Of the
general milk supply, sanitary experts
recommend the inspection and control Of
the sources of supply and methods Of
production and distribution, particularly
The Washington herald., 1907-09-21
Welded for
ihsUplih
ONE CENT.
OUR PRIZE POEM CONTEST.

worthy of printing. Il Is signed
Macfarland.
A District Commissioner named
West
Went 90 sec which hath pond was
the best.
To sample II right
He divcd clear out of sight
And got mud on his nice laundered
vest.
Frank V. Bennett. Of New York.
our orstwhile felloW-t0Vnsman. n0ti-
heS Us Just as We 90 70 press that
he has been al work an week on a
Limerick. hUt AZ the last moment Is
unable to supply the final line. On
this account the time limit oi the
contest has been still further ex-
tended, and We expect that many
more Limericks viii be received.
The only conditions Of TIE contest.
as We hope everybody understands,
are that the verses must on 10 &C.
count be good. and that orders fo-
no less than fifty copies Of The
Big Stick % he sent TO people with
the blues must accompany each
Limerick.
The Washington herald., 1907-09-21
SATURDAY, SEPTEMBER q, 1901.
Tariff Question Looming Up.

There is substantial ground for belief
that the tariff question will be uppermost
in both Houses Of Congress during the
coming session, in spite Of the disposition
Of Speaker Cannon and his fellow-stand-
patters to confne Congressional proceed
ings 70 the appropriation bills, a party
of guests at a recent oyster Bay luncheon
was reported by several newspapers as
having gained the impression from Presi-
Dental table talk that Nj Roosevelt is
convinced OF the necessity Of tariff re-
vision. Whether this be true or not. the
action taken by the State and Treasury
departments on our tariff relations with
foreign countries does not belle this con-
victiOn, and rs actions speak louder than
words, It is fair TO assume that the ad-
ministration is already committed TO re-
movaI Of the tariff distractions to the
development Of our foreign trade.
The tariff question will be presented to
Congress in two forms. First, IN the
shape of a reciprocity treaty with Ger
many, which. it IS believed, will be sent
TO the Senate early in the session; and.
second, in the shape of certain amend
ments 10 the customs administrative act
10 which the administration is committed
by virtue OF the German tariff agreement
The New York Journal of Commerce says
that the reciprocity treaty viii be much
more radical than supposed. It's Wash
ington correspondent asserts that it will
provide for a - per cent reduction on
practically all commodities, and a larger
reduction on some others He suggests
the possibility that the terms Of the Ger
man reciprocity treaty may be extended
to several other countries. so that the dis
cussion Of the German treaty will be
practically a debate on the question of
reducing the tariff generally by about %
per cent" a general tariff bill could
hardly stir up the whole tariff question
more thoroughly than the proposed Ger
man treaty. There is likewise plenty OF
material for debate in the amendments
10 the customs act, which have already
been bitterly attacked in stand-pat jour
nails
We judge it will be very difficult. if not
altogether impossible. for the Senate tc
pigeon-hoIe the German reciprocity treaty
as il did the Inflated Kasson treaties
The German treaty viii have the whole
power Of the administration behind it, as
well as the strong public opinion in favor
of tariff revision which has been mani
Testing itself so outspokenly In botf
parties. II would be bad politics, too. fol
the Republicans TO make up a record OF
opposition to reciprocity on the eve Of
Presidential election in which the tariff
promises to cut more Of a figure than il
any election since 1892. II looks as II tn,
g. o. P. would be squareIy up agains
the issue, in spite OF itself. within thre,
months; and perhaps we shall have som,
tariff revision. after all, before 1909.
The Washington herald., 1907-09-21
PLAYING the PoIsticaI Game.

From the Springfield Republican
From the simple standpoint Of the cause
of municipal reform itself, the people of
Cleveland would be justified in resenting
the manner in which their municipal bus
mess has been mixed up with the inter
ests Of "the Republican party at large"
20 quote Mr.. Tafts own words. Whether
they 90 or not is a matter for future de-
termination. but meanwhile the most IN
fortunate phase of the situation is the pal
pable interference in a municipality bus
mess by a group of men whose recognized
interest in national politics is such that
they cannot escape the charge Of using
a city election to promote their UlJerior
political purposes. This is not reform, It
is nothing but playing the game
The Washington herald., 1907-09-21
WASHINGTON. SEPTEMBER 21.

Owing 10 the great number Of re-
plies received. some Of them Of un-
usual excellence. Ve have not yet
been able 10 award the prizes in our
famous contest for the worst Lin
erick. The prize. as is well known.
Is a cheese. and considering the fact
that age may improve and certainly
cannot make worse the condition OF
the prize. We feel that no injustice
viii be done by holding up the mat
ter Of decision for a year or 50.
We have had some most distin-
uIished contributors TO our Limeric5
contest One Of the first replies ve
received was postmsrked Indiana. It
is signed simply C ". F. with
a flourish.
A hero. tall. modest. and dark.
Took a iaunt into Yellowstone Park;
In the lake he did dash,
Saved a singer Of hash.
and the papers sll thought II a
lark.
The author Of this inclosed another
which he thought. if the first was
not bad enough. surely ought 10
qualify for the prize, Mr.. Philander
Chase johnson SAYS il undoubtedly
does. The second one goes:
4 man gave a dinner one day
To some guests who were thirsty and
gay,
When the cocktails appeared
The thirsty ones cheered,
But who served them nobody viii
say.
Two Of the judges Of this contest,
Mt. Louis A. Coolidge, the distin-
guished author Of Floating Flor.
ence. and Mr.. r Y. Oulahan, well
known as an after-dinner speaker on
Irish themes. are inclined 70 think
favorablv Of the Limerick submitted
hy the Hon. John Wesley Gaines.
To uus,
A fellow distinguished and pale
Who opens the Presidents mail
Never quite understood
Why any one should
Have sent him an elephants tail.
The next Limerick. pronounced by
Col Richard Lindsay the worst Ot
all. was written on stationery of the
Lower House 0f Congress. and II
smelt Tilely Of tobacco. 1t was signeC
J. G.. c.:
III smoke as many cigars as ] cho0sl
And a small drink III seldom refus,
When I have stories 70 tell
I won't use "hades' for 80"
| Even 70 step into T. Roosevelt
shoes.
A pretty bad Limerick, almost ba,
! enough 20 qualify. IN the opinion o
Alr. David 5. Barry. was submitte,
from C0shoctoB. Ohio. The envelop,
was stamped with a seal-Falstaf
sitting on the lid. This IS the verse
[ 4 rotund old fellow named Taft
Made his Foraker friend almost daft
And when Foraker raved.
Let Ohio be saved y
Old Bill simply laughed tpronounc
laftl.
/ These are but a few samples on
Of the many The Big Stick has re
/ ceived. One more that came thi
mo-ning-considered a prize WHINE
| by Capt. Jsy ]. MoToE-we thin
The Washington herald., 1907-09-21
TAFT RUNNING STRONG

Orange G. H.. Va. SEPT. ~
A complete poll on the Presidency
has just been taken in Psssspatansy
district ty the King George Index
Taft is far in the lead. The tahula-
;ion shows; Taft, 4; Foraker, ! tc0l-
orcd); Fairbanks, 0; Knox. 0; Can
non. o. Cortply0u. 0: Lodge. 0. These
preferences are contingent upon
Roosevelt keeping out Of the race.
Hughes is the second choice Of the
Foraker nan. Two Of the Taft men
are poStmastCrs and the other two
carry the rural mail,
The Washington herald., 1907-09-21

with respect to the health of mich cat
tie. the cleanliness of their surround
ings. and the sanitation of milk carriers
THs is the method chosen by the Dis
trict Commissioners. ana which has
aroused the opposition OF dairymen and
farmers concerned IN furnishing our milk
supply. Whether Congress win take the
same view OF the subject as the health
officer remains. to be seen. but it does
not seem hopeless 10 expect that a work
able plan of insuring a sanitary milk
supply VIII be found acceptable 10 both
producers and consumers. Even then.
the necessity for infants milk depots
will not be done away with. There is
here an attractive opportunity for pri-
vate benefcence OF the most useful and
enduring sort.
The Washington herald., 1907-09-21
Cost of Modern Gns Making.

From the indianapolis News.
II is profitable to make coke from coal,
even If the gas IS entirely wasted in the
vania have been manufacturing coke
alone. Recently new processes have been
perfected in coke making whereby the by
products are increased in quantity and in
value The practical question with mod
ern gas plants is: How much must they
charge for storing and delivering gas
which they receive free Of cost, and how
much for administration purposes, in or
der TO meet operating expenses and net
a fair profit from the investment? That
this can be done with profit at 80 cents
has been absolutely demonstrated.
The Washington herald., 1907-09-21
Those Mvsterlons Cocktails

Cocktails, cocktails. who ordered the
cocktails? That is the latest excruciat-
ingly funny problem now agitating the
public mind. Cocktails there were. and
cocktails there disappeared along the
usual and generally approved route-but
where did they come from? Where.
where? Echo answers. "Wheres"
Were they the real exhilaratlng articles.
OF were they merely mollycoddlish
things-oyster cocktails, for instance?
Perhaps they were dry cOcktails-very,
very dry. Dry cocktails ought to be harm
less Maybe they were near-CocktaiIs
only-a combination Of cold tea and en-
balmed cherries.
But whatever they were, or however
innocent or guilty they may have been.
where in the name Of the land did they
come from, and how did they get there?
There were forty of them: one for each
guest. There they stood. every one pun
gently aromatic and fair to look upon.
Did some kind fairy put them there. OF
was It hobgoblin? Nobody knows the
answer; nobody ever will" as one Of the
popular songs goes. The whereabouts OF
that feet Of war ships is not one half 50
mysterious or queer. Here were forty
cocktails waiting at the tsble-gladsome
glees0me, and generous cocktails-that
just happened. Like Topsy. who didn't
grow up. but was snatched up by the
hair. those cocktails bobbed into exist
ence before any one had a chance TO spec
ulate concerning them. Rum cocktail;
those
Edgar Allan Poe might have unTaveleC
the mystery OF the songs the Siren:
used 20 sing-but Edgar could never have
located the source Of those ante-dinnel
delights. Not he, nor any OF his kind.
The Washington herald., 1907-09-21
POLITICAL EDUCATION.
Are We Doing Our Whole Duty in
Training the EIectoratet

Are We Doing Our " hole Duty IN
Training the EIectoratet
George II. Haynes. 10 Political Science Quarterly
Where the suffrage is as widely extend
ed as it is iu the United States, and
where the absolute dependence Of sue
CessfuI government upon the intelligence
Of the voter is so clearly recognized as 1t
Is with US. it is strange that SO few Of
our States have been in the least con-
cerued to assure themselves that the
voter. before he comes 10 the polls, shall
have had an opportunity TO form a candid
opinion upon the issues which he is there
to determine. True. a dozen or more OF
our States do insist that the voter shall
be able to read and write the English
language, and shall thus be IN a position
20 inform himself regarding matters OF p0-
Utical controversy. The heavy burden of
his schooling Is borne. and the eduCa-
tional test for the suffrage IS eNacted, in
order that the welfare Of the State may
not be endangered by the vote Of an
lhtrrate But suppose that. as IN Massa-
rhrSarts the candidate FOR registration
does read glibIy The five lines OF the Con
stitutIou upon the card which he draws
from the Iottery-hOX. or suppose that as
in Mississippi lac proves that he can read
any section OF the constitution or the
State. or can understand the same when
read 20 him. or give a reasonable in
teruresati0u thereof "a phrase which.
like charity. C0vereth a multitude OF sins
tho question remains. Has the States
duty. not 90 the voter, but 20 itself, been
thus fulfilled; or are these but prelimi-
naries 60 a further step iu the voters
education. without which this alleged
! training for citizenship I'm the work Of
the schools and this educational test are
likely 10 prove barren of direct and bene-
/ fetal results. so far as the attainment Of
better government is concerned2
The Washington herald., 1907-09-21
BY YE LOCAL SCRIBE.

Frank Morgan is glad-handinE
about town.
Pleased to see Harry Brown again
in our midst.
News has picked up since the den
liens Of the row returned from
jamestown.
RAYMOND PatteTsOn's Presidential
poll Of American voters is exciting
wide attention. Good stunt.
Our most prominent fellOW-Citizen.
the Hon. T. Roosevelt, is coming
hack TO town Wednesday. Welcome.
Our esteemed contemporary. The
Washington Herald. viii have a
birthday soou-October g, 1907. Re
member the date.
We know man who viii wager
a Shoreham supper that Billy Hibhs
electric can OUTRAGE any motorcycle
in the town, mp or down hin.
a reader asks rs why they
doesn't say wbO-sre trying 10 put
Loeb at the head Of one Of our
street-car systems. We don't know.
4 New Yorker informs us that our
friend. the Hon. William SulZer.
s;ill looking like Henry Clay. is
whooping it up for Candidate Chan
Ter.
We regret to hear that the Hon.
James Cecil Booe has decided 20 be
an allyear-round farmer at Snick-
ers Gap. Va. His genial presence is
missed in these parts.
Ernest G.. Walker. having straight.
ened things out in the Bay State
and started the campaign of har-
monioHsly. has resumed his proies-
sional duties at the old stand.
How is our police department ever
going 70 have any peace Of mind, il
the iTTepTossible Dorsey Foultz keeps
bobbing APT Back to the seWe'
with the old marauder, say we.
BENJAMIN S. Minor abandoned hi'
journey up the Nile and is tarryinl
in Paris. 10 keep in daily touch by
wireless with our 3. 3. club. HI
viii return on the Lusitania's second
trir. In time 10 see johnson pitch
in the closing game.
The Washington herald., 1907-09-21
A LITTLE NONSENSE.
4 SAD SONG.

Now the verse is getting sere;
II is fall.
All the bards, it doth appear,
EXude gall.
Dull and withered Is the rhyme
OF the press.
Autumn is a dreary time,
We confess.
We, who note the autumn sheaves,
Understand
That the falling Of the leaves
Is at hand.
All the jokes are turning brown,
Brown and dry,
One by one they fUtter down,
Now To die.
The Washington herald., 1907-09-21
sherman Law Defended.

From the Philadelphia Press.
The United States, wiser, having curbed
and controlled combinations, will now
regulate them. This is the next task.
Railroad pooling should be allowed under
restrictions The margin between whole
sale and retail prices should be protected.
Publicity should be enforced to prevent
evils from combinations. These are all
now necessary reforms in the Sherman
act; but in its day. not yet over, it has
done a work approved by the American
nennle as whole.
The Washington herald., 1907-09-21
WRITING BOB'S" GUEST
Jamestown Commissioner TO Go on
Paci6c Cruise.
SneciaI 10 The Big Stick

Norfolk. Va. Sept @.-Hon. Bar
ton Meyers. one Of the directors Of
the jamestown Exposition, has re-
CciYed a pressing invitation from A4-
miral Writing Bob Evans. the
famous naval officer. to be the lat
ter's personal guest when the admi-
raj takes the great battle-ship fleet
through the Straits Of Magellan into
San Francisco Hsrbor. where the
magnificent Fourth Of July celebra-
ton planned by Secretary Metcalf is
TO he held. Mr.. Meyers probably
viii accept. Il is quite unusual to
have civilians aboard war ships on
such occasions, but the close. warm,
personal friendship existing between
the two men. formed while Admiral
Evans feet was a sort Of adiunc,
to the exposition, explains the inyi.
tatiOn.
The Washington herald., 1907-09-21
RACING OUTLOOK FINE

New York, Sept 2c.-The fall rac-
ing meet az Beuning, D. G., prom
ises to be the most successful in the
history Of that popular Course. Fol
lowers Of the track are jubilant over
the suppression Of handb00ks in
Washington They say II tends to
promote the interests Of legitimate
sport and that high-Uade bOOkmak-
ers, who have hitherto held alOof.
through pride. VIII be represented IN
force at the coming meet
The Washington herald., 1907-09-21

In l905 a farmer harvested 100 barrels
OF apples and sold them for 5000.
In 1906 he gathered 800 barrels Of ap-
pies. which netted him 5000
This year he harvested one barrel Of
apples and sold 1t for $ 600. and he could
have gotten more had he cared 10 play
the hog.
You can't beat the farmer.
The Washington herald., 1907-09-21
He,s the Wan TO Do II.

From the New York World
Mr.. BOnaparte can hardly expect 10 re-
model the existing method of Furnishing
habitual criminals. but he can pursue
with real vigor the work Of sending "the
one really responsible man" in high
finance to Jail. That would have a most
excellent deterrent effect on other Grim
inals not habitual.
The Washington herald., 1907-09-21
SubseTipion Ratss by NAL.

No attention toiH be paid 10 anonymous
contributions, GEd no communications to
the editor t0iH be printed er06pt 0Uer the
name Of the tUriteT.
Manuscripts offered for publication tUiH
De returned If unavailable, bur stamps
should be sent t0ith the manuscript fer
that purpose
Al communications intended for this
newspaper, tohether for the daily or the
Sunday issue, should be addressed 10
THE SHTNGTON HERALD.
The Washington herald., 1907-09-21
PiscatoriaI Instruments.

From the Louisville Courier-Journal
The editor of Our Dumb Animals says
we should hTnt birds with the telescope
Some Of US now fish with a microscope
and report our success with a mega
phone.
The Washington herald., 1907-09-21
4 Neighhnr in nistress

From the St. Louis Glohe-Democrat
Canada deserves a better fate than TO
be turned over to Asiatic emigrants. and
in this matter the Dominion may count on
the sympathy of "A neighbOr holding SIM
liar views for itself
The Washington herald., 1907-09-21
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