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From Success Magazine.
Representative Lorimer, Of Chicago,
who is a great walker. was recently out
for a tramp along the conduit road lead
ing from Washington, when, after going
a few miles. he sat down TO rest.
Want a lift, mister?" asked a good
natured Maryland farmer driving that
way
Thank you" responded Mr.. LorimeF,
Il will avail myself of your kind offer"
The two rode in silence for a while.
Presently the teamster asked: "Profes-
sional man?"
Yes" answered Lorimer, who was
thinking of a bin he had pending before
the House.
After another long pause the farmer
observed: Say, you amt lawyer or
you'd be talking; you amt doctor.
cause you amt got no satchel, and you
shore amt a preacher, from the looks Of
you. What is your profession. anyhow -
Il am q politician" replied Lorimer.
The Marylander gave a snort OF dis
gust. Politics aia't no profession; poll
tics is a disorder"
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SINGING LUTHER'S HYMN.
1t Became the War Song of Germany
and Was Popular.

In Hymns Every Child Should Know"
there are several interesting stories told
Of Martin Luther's hymn. "a Mighty For
tTess Is Our God" This hymn has been
the cause Of imprisonments as well as
great revivals. II became the war song Of
Germany, being sung by soldiers as they
went into battle and into camp, and also
was sung in the streets as a street song.
When Melanchthon and his friends were
eXiled after Luther's death they heard
little girl sing Elm Feste Burg in the
streets Of Weimar. Melanchthon said.
Sing on my child; thou little knowest
how thy song cheers our hearts,. In 1870.
when the Franco-Prussian war was on.
this great German hymn again aroused
the German nation. and il became as pop
ular IN the streets as our concert-hall
songs are here. The singing OF this hymn
was made the ground for many imprison-
ments. One group Of men arrested for
singing it finally escaped and went to
England, where they fell in with the
great Wesley, and their inference upon
him served 10 bring about the extraordi-
nary Methodist revival Luther is said to
have composed the music from a sugges-
ton furnished by the song of a "wayfar-
ing man.
The Washington herald. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1906-1939, 1907-08-25
MIGHTY HUNTER WAS BISHOP.
From His "Reminiscences Comes Good
story of Rabbit Shooting.

Bishop Talbot, long and lovingly known
as the Cowboy Bishop but now Bishop
Of Central Pennsylvania. won the devo-
ton Of the rough men Of the West be-
cause. although holding strictly 10
churchly standards whenever principle
was concerned. he was never in the
slightest degree a "tenderf0ot" or a
''mollycoddle." He could shoot straight
and ride and stand hunger and fatigue.
and was, in fact, a man among men.
His book Of "reminiscences, My People
Of the Plains" has been received with
cordial enthusiasm in England and he
himself Is warmly welcomed there when
ever he can find time to cross the ocean.
A year or so ago he was one Of a
party, among whom We're the Duke OF
Newcastle and the Bishop OF London, at
country seat in the north OF England.
He knew that the estate. which was one
OF great size. was noted for its game
preserves, and so he signifed a desire
to go QUE and shoot. whereupon his host
promptly assigned to him the head game
keeper, and the two sailed forth.
The head gamekeeper could not quite
believe that a bishop could sho0t-he did
not know that Bishop Talbot is "a mighty
hunter before the Lord and so it was
with much misgiving that he first led
the way TO where there would be rab-
bits. He liked the bishop as everybody
does, and was keenly solicitOus over what
he felt sure would be failure
Does your lordship" Che thought every
bishop lord bishop IN the absence of
proof to the contrary, does your lord
ship think the enthusiastically stand
still enough while your lordship shoots '
he asked. with deepest respectfulness.
and meaning 10 present the difficulties
OF the case; then. with deferentiaI in
situation: IT l can be Of any help 10
your lordship-"
Thank you. John; but I used to handle
a gun once In a while. and guess I'll
make a try at IT,"
Well with a half sigh of mingled
doubt and resignation, ''of course. If your
lordship can really hit EN- once IN a while
a-runnin', Of course, there's a chance!"
And the look Of deepening amazement
on the face OF the gamekeeper was n
study as the bishop went or bowling the
rabbits over until he had a total Of forty
two by luncheon timei
The Washington herald. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1906-1939, 1907-08-25
SOME MECHANICS IN LONDON.
How They Came Into Being and How
Freely They Are Used.


It was only very few weeks ago that
cabs fitted with taximeters in the manner
so popular in Paris were put on the Lon
don streets. says Tit-Bits. At first
everybody called them ''taximeter cabs. -
10 distinguish them from ordinary cabs.
but the name has by universal consent
been shortened 20 "taxicabs." in Just the
same way as the omnibus-vhich was in
PRODUCED from Paris by a man named
Shillibeer. the first travelling from Pad
dington TO the Bank of England in 1879
got changed to bus" and cab took
the place Of cabriolet. as the one-horse
vehicles used to be called when twelve
of them first piled in London in 1923.
Who. nowadays, would ever dream
Of speaking OF the Central London Rail
way when THE Tube" has supplanted
the proper name, as THE Bakerloo" has
not only by common consent become the
recognized way Of speaking OF the Baker
Street and Waterloo Railway. but has
actually been adopted by the company
itself which thus. consciously or uncon-
sciOusly. pays its tribute Of admiration
to George r. Sims. who. IL is generally
believed. invented the name
The people who patronize the Troca-
dero restaurant always call il THE
Troc." just as those who yield allegiance
to the Criterion would have a fit If il
were called by any other name than The
Cri." In the the days when the St.
James's restaurant was so popular it
was always called "Jimmys." and al
ready the new hotel which is rising on
the old site is being spoken of in the
same way.
Even the clubs have not failed TO fall
under the fatal fascination Of nicknames.
for the United Service is commonly
known as THE Senior" the Naval and
Military as The In and Out" while a
well-know one is by no means infrequent-
ly spoken of as THE Penthouse" by the
members who frequent it.
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THE NEWSPAPERS OF JAPAN.
yellow journalism Adopted and Is
Liked I'm the MIkadO's Empire.

AEkAVW VOuEnAAtAm AuOUtG0 anu A.
Liked I'm the MIkadO's Empire.
Mr.. A. Maurice Low contributes to the
August 10th number Of The North Ameri~
can Review. an informing article on The
Yellow Press OF Japan" Mr.. Low points
out that the severe restrictions which
the japanese government places upon the
press IN time of war are almost entirely
removed in time OF peace, so that the
newspapers are practically free to pub
lish whatever they please. Mr. Low
enumerates the leading papers Of the
Island empire. describing their respective
status and characteristics, with specially
comprehensive reference to the yellow
press The readers OF this article will be
able intelligently to gauge the import
ance OF statements cabled to this country
from the columns Of one or the other
Of the journals of japan. Mr.. Low says:
yellow journalism pays, in Japan as
elsewhere, which proves that virtue must
be content with It's own reward rather
than a bank account, and both Hochr
and 'YorO0zu-choho' have men or their
STATS who write smartly, and IN a pop
ular vein; and they keep correspondents
In the United States and In England.
Every japanese newspaper of standing
has correspondents in Korea and Man
churia, because of the political and com
mercial interests involved, but II is only
few Of the leading iapers that can
afford the luxury OF regular correspond
ents elsewhere. u is interesting to note
that. ten or fifteen years ago, 'Hochr
was one OF the most conservative papers
In Japan, and principally given UP 10
politics; but. with the mOdernization of
Japan, II entirely changed its character.
and for business reasons found IL more
profitable TO cease to be dull and heavy
and respectable, and TO become light,
hippant and yellow. II has fallen a vic
tim 70 that process OF metamOrphosis
with which we are unfortunately familiar
In another part Of the world. Appealing
to the masses. 1t makes a feature Of fic-
ton, that from time immemorial, has
been read by a certain class-the story
OF the poor but virtuous girl, the heavy
villain preying on virtue Gin a shawl and
a tattered skirt and the rescUing hero.
After all, tho distance between the East
and the West is brldged by a tawdry
love-story In penny paper"
The Washington herald. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1906-1939, 1907-08-25

From the Wide World Magazine
1t would be difficult to realize what the
Frieslander would do without his kIom-
pen, or wooden shoes. for they have a
hundred uses. With them he balls out
his boat, corrects his children, and scoops
UP drink of water wherever he may be.
He places in them his worms for fishing.
uses them as missiles in free fight, digs
with them, measures dry goods with
them, and a hundred other things. The
klompen are cheap; they cost about hf-
teen pence pair, mans size, and Dutch
mems feet are not Cinderellalike by any
means
The Washington herald. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1906-1939, 1907-08-25
The Visible Signs.

From the Baltimore American
THE Colts have been doing some noun
tain climbing in Switzerland"
There. Guessed it the minute I set
eyes on them the other day"
How could you teII?"
They had such peaked look about,
them"
The Washington herald. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1906-1939, 1907-08-25

jamestown visitors are arriving daily
and looking for furnished rooms. An ad.
in The Herald viii get them. The Herald
has the largest circulation at Norfolk and
jamestown of any Washington paper.
The Washington herald. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1906-1939, 1907-08-25

From Answers.
Uncle Joe-Yes, Tommy. It is quite pos
sible that there are people in the moon.
Tommy-Well, what becomes Of them
when there isn't any moon2.
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HARD TO SELL MSS.
Many Famous Stories Had
to Go Begging.
PUBLISHERS SAW NO MERIT
Both American and English Novel
lists and Poets Suffered Before Their
Genius Was RecOgnized-Fame and
Fortune Were Won After They
Had Made Start, However.

The rejected manuscript Is often the
foundation Of a writer's fame, when the
author perseveres in the face OF discour-
agement until he finds an editor 20 ae-
cept his contribution, says the Chicago
Chronicle.
Dickens never had a manuscript re-
turned. and the same good fortune is
claimed for Bret Harte, but Anthony
Trollope has frankly confessed the dis
appointments which confronted him at
the outset Of his career. Some magazine
editors rejected his manuscripts; others
accepted and published. but did not pay
for them; and some publishers remuner-
ated him with a pittance. so that his
gross income from literary occupations
in one year was a little more than SEQ.
and in another year a trihe over 500.
Robert Barr. the popular novelist. tried
every paper in Canada with his first ar
ticle before he submitted it TO the De-
troit Free Press. He spent an entire
year in quest Of an acceptance in his own
country. His first book, In a Steamer
Chair" was offered 10 every publisher
in New York and declined. Then II was
taken TO London and accepted by the
first firm TO which it was submitted.
Four New York houses then entered into
competition for the American rights Of
the volume
The Washington herald. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1906-1939, 1907-08-25

Hunter could never conceal his idea
that Scott, having undertaken to edit Dry
den for Constable, ought to have en-
barked in no other literary labors until
he had completed that task. 1T is not
wonderful that not having been bred reg
ularly to the bookselllng business, he
should have somewhat misapprehended
the obligation which Scott had Incurred
when the bargain for that work was
made; and his feeling Of his own station
and consequence was no doubt such as
to give bis style of conversation on doubt
ful questions of business tone for which
Scott had not been prepared by his pre-
yious intercourse with Mr.. Constable"
The senior partner Of the firm had TO
write apologies for the ''unguarded ex-
preston Of our Mr.. Hunter"-a letter
that Scott may have had in mind when
he penned certain pages of "The Anti
quaTy'-but 1t took years for the feud to
be patched Up by the success of the Wa
verley Novels, in which Constable, now
The Washington herald. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1906-1939, 1907-08-25

Strangers in Washington Will find DE-
sirableF rooming and boarding houses a&1
vertissd in The Herald.
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It must thoroughly be understood that
there IS hardly a reputable. weli-to-do
Armenian who would not welcome the dis
appearance of these societies as now con-
stituted. For he has ended by regarding
them as responsible not only for the
increasing evil odor Of the cause Of Ar
menia abroad, but also for the prosecu-
ton to which his eo-religionists have been
subjected at stated epochs in Turkey.
Whenever the treasury Of these two Sc
cret societies ran low. the sympathy OF
the rich Armenians abroad was excited
by stories of massacres and outrages per-
petrated by Turks upon the AImenians
in the Ottoman empire. Sometimes the
stories of atrocities We're entirely bogus.
while in other instances the outrages
were deliberately provoked by the mem
bers of the society for the purpose OF
loosening purse strings. This view has
been expressed by foreign consular off,
Gals, by students, and writers ybn the
The Washington herald. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1906-1939, 1907-08-25

october 5. 1907 Remember the date.
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Fight for Fame.

To return TO Thackeray, it Is known
that Dickens CURLY refused his applica-
ton for employment TO illustrate Pick
wick" Then. after the failure OF his
ambition TO become an artist, and after
the loss of his fortune In an ill-advised
newspaper venture, he wrote Vanity
Fair" This novel was hawked among
London publishers for months before its
merits were recognized
Rudyard Kipling was CURLY dismissed
when he offered plain Tales from the
Hills to a firm Of publishers in New
York, before its appearance In England.
Going farther back, we find John Lath-
rop Motley mortified by the rejection Of
his brilliant Rise of the Dutch Repub-
lie the manuscript being returned with
thanks. The first volume of Carlyle's
French Revolution" had already been de-
clined by the the same eminent publishers
before Betty, the Housemaid' lighted the
parlor in John Stuart Mills home with
the manuscript, and UP the chimney with
a sparkle and a roar went the French
Revolution" thus ending in smoke and
SCOT as the great transaction itself did
more than fifty years before.
Francis Jeffrey. the omniscient critic
and despotic editor, contributed six ar
ticles to the first number of Edinburgh.
and some of them are believed to have
belonged 10 the category Of declined
with thanks"
The Washington herald. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1906-1939, 1907-08-25

Correspondence are ike small clothes before the
invention Of suspenders; il Is impossible to keep
Them up.
Miss Repplier. with her aptness for
quotation, uses the above from Sydney
Smith TO head her article in the current
Harper's Magazine on when Pens We're
Eloquent Miss Repplier says that when
Sydney Smith was a small boy it was not
only impossible TO keep a correspondence
The Washington herald. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1906-1939, 1907-08-25

Where Armenia has suffered is IN
doubtedly from having been used so fire.
queutly by Russia as pawn in her
political game. and as an instrument for
her designs 10 reach the shores Of the
Mediterranean, Il not via the Dardaz
nelles and Constantinople, at any rate
by the seaboard Armenian province Of
Cilicia just opposite the island Of Cyprus.
Under the plea of Hberating the Christian
Armenlans from Moslem misrule, she has,
during her successive war. encroaChed
more and more upon those Turkish prov
inces that in very olden times constituted
the Kingdom Of Armenia That the Ar
menians prefer the rule Of the Sultan to
that of the Muscovite emperor in spite
Of all that has been said of their oppres-
sion and persecution by the Turk. is
Conclusiyely shown by their exodus from
Russian TO Ottoman territory which has
been In progress for the last quarter Of a
century. Notwithstanding all the charges
laid al the door Of the Padishah on their
account. they avowedly find HIS rule more
liberal. more humane. and more conducive
TO their happiness and welfare than that
of the Great White Car.
The Washington herald. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1906-1939, 1907-08-25

The sun Is warm. the sky is clear
The waves are dancing fast and bright;
Blue isles and SNOWY mountains wear
The purple nCon's transparent might;
The breath q the moist earth is light
Around its unexpanded buds.
Like many a voice Of orr delight
The winds. the birds The oceans aood,
The citys Voice itself is soft like solitude.
The Washington herald. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1906-1939, 1907-08-25

The late Francis Miles Finch author
Of The Blue and the Gray" who died in
Ithaca on July 30. had very little Of the
authors vanity; his poems were never
published in book form. Those who wish
TO find his Nathan Hale" THE Blue
and the Gray. his Smoking Song" have
TO ransack anthologies and the song
books Of Cornell and Yale He would
sometimes complain Of the irony of fate
that attached the name Of a jurist who
had given all his life to the study OF law
70 little poem written in a moment
Of inspiration without any thought OF
literary fame
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A manuscript poem of Shelley's. running
TO forty-fve lines, was sold at Sotheby's
the other day fer $500 Here is the first
The Washington herald. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1906-1939, 1907-08-25

Or. II. P. Kennard is soon to publish an
elaborate work on THE Russian Peas
ant" In it he traces the history of the
''moujik" from the days of Herodotus 10
the present time, and describes the cir
cumstances leading 10 the abolition of le-
gal serfdom in 1861. His object is to re-
veal the stagnation Of the PEASANTS ex-
istence throughout the centuries. owing to
the subsection in which he has been kept
by a reactiOnary bureaucracy.
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Thackeray, too, had his period OF strug-
giles and humiliation. His manuscripts
were sent back 10 him frequently, and
when he wrote an article for the Edin-
burgh Review In the style OF the Vel
Iowplush Papers" the editor revised II
with a thoroughness which made the au-
thor vince.
Thomas Hoods experience with the
Song OF the Shirt" should be remem-
bered. poem that by its pathos stirred
the whole English-speaking world was de-
clined with thanks again and again.
until Che weary and discouraged author
in sending il 70 Punch requested that II
II should be rejected the verses should
be thrown into the wastebasket. as he
was tired Of them.
And the monument over his tomb.
erected by public subscription, Is In
scribed with no other record Of his
achievement than He Sang the Song of
the Shirt"
The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1907-05-02
JARED G. SMITH"
FIRST VETO SUSTAINED.

The vetoed Leper Suspect bill was
the first of the three vetoes to be dealt
with, kaniho making the motion to
override. The bill was, thought the
Rohala member, the most important
bill ever introduced in the House. 1t
was a much better measure tina the
substitute bill prepared by the Gov
ernor. Two matters of importance
touching leprosy had been brought up
in the House. One was the Wallach
resolution, introduced by Mcanauli, the
other the present bill.
"Our resolution regarding DR.. Wal
Zach vas turned down and refused by
the Board of HEALTH continued Ka-
niho, "for the only reason that the
members resented our being anxious to
do everything possible for the lepers.
(Which is most important, measures
helping railroad companies or measures
helping the poor and helpless wards of
our Territory On the stump we prom
ised to do all that is possible for these
people and we must live up to our
promises and our oaths. I move that
we override the veto of the Governor
Sheldon, the father of the bill, ex-
planned how the substitute bill had been
brought in and the absolute necessity
for it. He warned the members, speak
ing in Hawaiian and addressing his re-
marks principally to the Hawaiian rep
resentatives, that the whole leper ques-
ton must be handled carefully and
judiciously or the matter would be
taken over by the Federal government
and be wholly out of their hands.
Kaleo wanted the original measure,
not the substitute, under which bill
anyone can be cited to appear by who
ever may have a spite against him.
There was no need for any such a law
regarding suspects as anyone could tell
from appearances whether a person had
or had not the disease. What was re-
The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1907-05-02

the estimated revenues carrying $685.
972 more than the present period. The
bill had raised in all ~ salaries, tho
ones objected to being those for night
Librarian Of the Supreme Court library,
medical inspector at Hilo, government
physicians under control Of the Board
Of Health, Portuguese interpreter in
the Circuit and District Courts, Health
and Sanitary Inspector, Honolulu.
Kaleiopu asked TO defer. He did
not want the House to act and then
let the Senate sustain one or more tiers
and cut out the rest.
Kaniho moved to override and do IL
now. He thought the House ought 20
go ahead and let the Senate take what
YER action it wished.
The vote was deferred however.
MORE vEToEs ARRIVE.
The Maui County Bond bin got the
axe, the Governor expressing an opin-
ion that it was improper TO require the
President s approval of any bill passed
by the Territorial Legislature. This
matte. went over until the evening.
HOSPITAL ITEMS OBJECTED TO.
Another veto affected several items
in House Bill "a. One Of these was
for the repair Of the Judiciary build
ing, $4,000, which the Governor
thought too much to spend on nj old
building. The House passed IL over
his veto. Other items were those for
the proposed Kalihi hospital, and the
hospitals at Mauolani, Lihue and Eleele.
These items also passed in spite Of
The veto.
THE THOUSAND LOOKED GOOD.
Kaleo moved to reconsider the vote
on the Senate resolution 90 make the
seasonal pay an even thousand. On
first vote the motion was lost but a
standing vote being called for thirteen
were found ready 90 reason about IL,
while only twelve stayed put. Five
members did not vote. This matter also
went over until after dinner.
THE LAST RESOLUTION.
Kaleiopu presented a resolution au-
thOrizing the Speaker and the chair
man Of the committee on accounts 30
pay all claims against the House and
TO approve vouchers which shall be
paid by the clerk out Of the balance
OF the legislative appropriation. This
was ador.ed.
RI URNED ~ SILENCE.
The iciary and Health committees
n their last bills, briefly ash.
ing that they be tabled. one was 90
prevent Territorial and County officials
from practising law and the other 70
the compulsory vaccination law.
RECONSIDERATION or VETO.
There was a warm fight prccipitatci
by a motion Of Kalco that the House
reconsiders its action in sustaining
the veto on the bill to divide the police
court fines and license fees between
the Territory and the counties. II bad
learned that the Governor In.
tended to pocket veto the remcdying
bill and as a result the Senators were
warming about the Hobbies 20 incite
he House 90 action.
The House had already notified the
Governor and the senate that the veto
lad been sustained and there was y
ong and heated debate over the posi-.
Of getting these communications
pack. Kaleiopu lcd the fight 90 de-
nand their recall. Kaleo's motion car
led and the reconsideration vote put
for 1880.
The House adjourned az ten minutes
past FIVE.