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The Washington herald., 1907-02-03
HOME CRAFTS IN THE SOUTH
Spinning, Weaving, and Dyeing Are
Being Revived.
Work Being Carried On in the Noun
famous Regions of East
ern Kentucky.

A log cabin settlement at Hindman.
Knott County. Ky, Is a center where
hand industries are being revived. Even
iu this isolated region. forty-hve miles
from a railroad. weaving was fast dying
out. but Miss Katherine r. Petit and
Miss May Stone have revived this indus
try, and are making great efforts TO find
market for the fabrics and basket
weaving made by the mountaineers
The Church Mission Settlement at Proc
tor. Ky. IS carrying on the same work
for the Lee County mountaineers. says
the House Beautiful Here special atten-
zion Is given 10 the industrial training Of
boys and girls. who are not only taught
weaving and spinning in all its branches,
but in addition attend classes for cooking.
sewing, carpentering. and basketry. which
are held during the summer months.
The fresiGe industries Of Berea College
have come into prominence through the
revival Of weaving and other hOme. occu-
pati0ns. Having revived the interest IN
weaving the next step was 10 supply the
WeaveFs with good dyes.
The old nader and indigo plants which
found place in every garden had all
died out, and aniiine dyes had been intro
duced among the weavers as a modern
Improvement. After long and diiigent
search. madder ano indigo were found. and
are now sold By the college TO all those
who cannot obtain them elsewhere.
As the demand increased for coverIets.
II mas led 20 revival Of spinning ana
sheep raising, as well as weaving. on
the mountain farms IN Kentucky.
The Washington herald., 1907-02-03
Mr.. c. ]. B0NAPARTE'S SMILE
Attorney General Said to Have Man
ner All His Own.
Face Never Relhxes Pleasant Ex-
PRECISION No Matter What the Ma
ture of Discussion.

Charles J. Bonaparte can be the suavest
man in all creation, says Willard French
IN The World To-day. He smiles 50
swaetly while he talks that people have
gone away quite pacifed and never real
lied till after it was over all that he had
calmly gone ahead and done precisely
what he proposed 10 90.
To return 70 that smile. it is so like the
poor. No one ever saw B0uaparte who
could think OF much else. True, the first
thing one sees on meeting him is the bull
let round head-the Napoleon head-with
it's bold forehead just bald enough TO
make it yet holder.
Then one notes the nose. "A dominating
nose, the full eyes between heavy eye
brows. the short. thick mustacne. Then
the smile. II starts with the eyes, drOops
10 one corner Of the mouth. slips over to
the other, then becomes audible in a queer
kind Of chuckle in the throat. which
shakes an increasingly prominent double
chin.
The upper chin is very timid and re-
firing but there's dimple in IL which
works in wonderfully with that smile
But cont fatter yourself and pat your
self On the back and think the Attorney
General is dead easy That smile IS
only a cloak 10 cover up-y0u VIII never
know what il covers up till you come
away and discover where you are.
He Will cut your throat with a feather
while he chuckles and smiles. IF you are
not satisfied with being thus graciously
beheaded and answer back youH find an
adept at sarcasm and irony using a pen
knife.
If You still rebel, the next you know
backwoodsman will be at you with a
brute OF an ak But he viii be smiling
and chuckliug through it all
The Washington herald., 1907-02-03
ELECTRIC NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS.
New Haven and Hartford CoHsoIida-
lions Significant OF Railway Policy.

From the Philadelphia PuhlicLc5-gT.
The New Ravens recent absorption
by purchase of the principal electric rail-
way interests in Connecticut and Rhode
Island deserves careful attention on ac-
count Of the magnitude Of the operation
itself. and because Of the questions of
finance and traffic control and protection
involved. 1t has been stated that the
electric systems now controlled by the
New Haven in the three States of Mas
sachusetts, Connecticut, and Rhode IS
land include about 1850 miles Of line. with
gross earnings Of Sl5,000,001 or more an
nually. and a capitaliz4tion-act and
water-aggregati $4,000. 600. IN addi-
ton to this great system, covering all the
centers of population in Rhode Island.
all but one Of the eighteen cities OF
Connecticut and three large centers in
Massachusetts-W Worcester, Pittsfeld. ana
Springfeld-the railroad has assumed Ger
tain other public service obligations, cleo
trio lighting and power service, the out
come of which undertakings will be
watched with interest.
All this is vastly interesting and i'm
portant, but it is impossible TO regard
this venture Of the New Ravens as an
isolated enterprise. The possibility that
it is but the beginning of a vast extern
sion Of the influence and the activities of
the steam railways of the country gives
the New Ravens purchases a deeper sig
nifcance. II material economies in op-
Grafton, as well as the gains through the
development of freight and passenger
traffic of feeder trolley lines, reach the
expectations of the New Haven manage
ment what is to prevent like policy on
the part of the other great steam rail-
ways Of the country? This is an extern
sion of the principle Of combination and
consolidation which viii arouse keen
anxiety in many quarters Massachusetts
has already opposed obstacles TO ALI
ances of the sort between steam and
electric railways, but how far il has re-
tarded the progress Of the New Haven
plans does not appear. The situation
presented is a very serious one. and if
IS bound to command increasing atten-
ton until it is made the subject Of further
legislative control
The Washington herald., 1907-02-03
Z FECUND IMAGINATION.
Does II Exist in Presidents Mind, or
That of Suns Editor:
From tie New YORK sun

Prom tie New YORK Sun.
ia one Of the shortest and most
straightforward messages he has ever
sent to Congress, the President both
recognizes and deplores the fact that the
Federal government lat present" lacks
power TO supervise and control the life
Insurance business throughout the coun-
try.
The Federal government, however. can
supervise and control the life insurance
business IN the District Of Columbia.
Congress can pass laws for the regulation
of the life insurance business in the Dis
trict Laws enacted by Congress for use
in the District of Columbia can. as the
President suggests, be made so compre-
hensive and so just that they may well
stand as models for initiative legislation
in the States. That is all true and sound.
But the President then proceeds to make
a further recommendation. He wants the
Department Of Insurance Of the District
of Columbia" sO-caHed, created into "A
bureau OF the Department of Commerce
and Labor in the Federal government.
This is certainly both novel and inter-
estng. The administration Of public af-
matter of local government. vested by law
in a municipal corporation The Bureau
of Commerce and Labor is concerned
with Federal functions affecting the whole
country. If there were TO be any extern
sion Of Federal control over the life in
suTGnCe business in the States the old
fashioned method would be by the regular
process Of constitutional amendment. To
prepare the way for the enlargement Of
Federal supervision and influence by set
ting up the present local establishment OF
the superintendent of insurance of the
District Of Columbia as a bureau of one
Of the great departments of the United
States government to serve there as a
model and mentor TO the several States
Is a conception worthy Of genius.
We do not think il will be done very
soon If experiments are to be made in
this direction let us begin by erecting the
Washington police into a bureau Of the
War Department, so that there may be a
useful link between centralized Federal
power and the uniformed forces of law,
order. and safety in the various munich
palities OF the United States
Nevertheless, the bare proposal illus
tratcs the fecundity OF President Roose-
velt's political Imagination and the enter
prise of his initiative.
The Washington herald., 1907-02-03
TARIFFS STRONG GRIP.
VIII standpatteFs Relax II to Meet
Germany Half Ways

a tariff war with Germany, the morn
ing dispatches tell US, has been happily
.'averted" Looking for details, We dis
cover that the joint commission at Berlin
has worked out scheme for a CONNER
cial treaty which only requires the con
sent Of the Reichstag and the American
Congress" That is. when the stand
patteIs at Washington cease from stand
patting. we may hope for good relations
with Germany. So we may with
Canada. So we may with the Phil
ippines. But what prospect is there that
the tariff of the Old Man Of the Sea will
relax his grip upon Congress. The Glou-
cester herring and the AttleboTO cheap
jewelry still exercise their veto, through
Lodge, upon reciprocity treaties. The
beet IS too strong for both Secretary Taft
and President Roosevelt and prevents
them from obtaining elementary justice
for the Filipinos. Our optimistic COM
missioners in Berlin will sing a different
song when they get to Washington and
stand in the presence of Can't Do 1t Can
non and a protection-ridden Senate Who
touches a schedule Of yon gray tariff,
dies like dog!
The Washington herald., 1907-02-03
NAVAL RATING. THE sTokER.

Twenty knots and a call for mere
And the ladders ring 10 the running feet
Down. down. down to the black iron floor,
Down N a world Of furious heat
Where nothing matters but coal and steam
And men who work for a spell and swoon
Think Of the coOl night wind and the CLEAN
On the deck Of a pale half moon.
Splice and feed, and aclmbtothemain
Fer a minutes smoke and a glimpse Il the stars
Then fOur hours sleep and back again
To clear the ciiuk5Eed furnace bars
Back again b. che cones Of light,
The flying shovCls the white-hot glare.
And if q stOkcr faints tonight
Well the admiral, lac won't care
Below the glistcning water line
He works in a heat that blighis and clinEs.
But he sometimes shouts joke 60 his mate.
And sometimes, even. sings
And II one day his heart gives out.
Pulling and pushing the siicing rod,
Three rounds Of blank, and a prayer or two.
And quiet grave. thank Gcd,
The Speaker,
The Washington herald., 1907-02-03
EXPOSED a GRAFT GAME.
But the Politician Was Honest Be
cause He Wasn't in IL.

From the Chiago Rsc,7a- Herald.
Notice the way that conductor punches
tickets, said a politician who takes the
Chicago and Northwestern train at Oak
Park every morning.
His friend watched the conductor take q
twenty-five-rjde ticket. covering It com
pleteiy with his hand and inserting his
punch in a hole just large enough so thar
no one could see whether ne punched The
ticket or not
I've watched that fellow for the last
five years. continued the politician. and
III swear that he lets every friend. that
gives him scent cigar at the end Of the
week, ride free"
Don't be so hard on him" demonstrated
the other man. Maybe that's only a pc
culiar habit of covering the ticket that
he's gotten into"
Not on your life" retorted the polit-
clan I know what I'm talking about
He tried it on me once. just because I got
In the habit Of saying Good morning tc
him, but I wouldn't stand for such dis
honesty; he didn't corrupt me"
How do you know whether he forgot
to punch your ticket or not?" questioned
the politicians friend.
VERY simple I just put down the next
number 10 be punched on a piece of pa
per, so I wouldn't forget il. II was six
teen the number, and Monday morning
started to keep tab on him. and on the
following Saturday sixteen was still there.
And then I bawled him out right, 1t made
me so mad. l wouldn't stand for his mon
key business, and I told him so in Ian
guage he could understand as plainly as
anybody in the ear"
But why are you such a stickler for
honestly" asked his friend. 1t doesn't
pay; you'd have saved 60 cents a week
If you'd kept still
I'D have saved 50 cents a week, moth
ing retoTted the politician. NO, it would
have been all right if there was any say
ing in il, but the Saturday ! bawied him
out I just happened 10 think that / was
travelling on a monthly ticket, you see.
and it didn't make q id bit Of differences
to me whether he punched IL OF not"
The Washington herald., 1907-02-03
Pressing Duties,

From ;he New York World
Entering his humble home. the man was
vastly startled to meet the stork coming
cut, and when he observed that the tabled
fowl was sweat ting NJ every pore. as being
under great stress, "A CONSERVATION seized
Linl-for he was a poor man. who al
ready had much ado TO make both ends
meet
Indeed his hair rose on end and his
voice all but stuck in his jaws
what are you doing here?" he made
shit to g1sp. by dina Of great effort.
There's q pair of microbes In that pint
Of unpasteuTiZed milk you bought last
night and I'm having 10 bring them four
teen bilion little ones every two hours. 0"
QU0th the stOTE not in The best Of temper
Il declare. / don't know what I should
do If race suicide had not come tn coin
cidently with The germ theory"
And he hurried on. muttering under his
breath, leaving the man much relieved.
albeit not a little astonished.
The Washington herald., 1907-02-03
would Take No Chances with Ghosts.


There is a large table in one corner OF
the West Side police station which the
police themselves have had to dust off for
the last week Christmas Day a negro
who was stabbed was carried into the
station and died on the table 1t is a
part of the negro trusty's duties to dust
the table every day The day after
Christmas the sergeant noticed that the
table had not been busted and he called
the tTusJy-
Dust that table he said.
The trusty took of his hat and made a
low bow.
Look heah sergeant" he said, "Ah
always does what you tell me. Now. a
niggah done die on dat table, and if An
mus take my choice Of dustin it or
breakin rock Abs ready fun de rock
pile. All doan want take no risks wild
dem gOstes."
The Washington herald., 1907-02-03
WED UNDER COMMON LAW.
Couple Circumvents Objections of
Girls Parents to Marriage.

OAEkE BEEEHIh 10 mafEAuHe.
The first eommon-law marriage con-
tract ever made in Marion, Ind. says a
special to the Chicago Chronicle, was
signed by Arthur NJ. Peters. of Indian
apolis, and Miss Lora Kepler. OF this
city. on January 9. Mr.. Peters and
Miss Kepler have lived together as
husband and wife since that date, and
this. they declare. is the fulhllment of
their contract and makes It binding
They have announced to their friends
and the public that they are husband
and wife.
The cause OF this extraordinary mar
riage contract was the objections Of
the parents Of Miss Kepler. she being
seventeen years old, and it being i'm
possible for her to get a marriage
license in Indiana without the written
consent OF her parents.
Mr. Peters and Mss Kepler were de-
termined 10 marry, but Miss Kepler
would not consent to elope 10 some
other State Peters consulted Alfred
Henry an attorney. The attorney sug-
gested the cOmmOn-law marriage. and
Peters told Miss Kepler about it. The
young people asked the attorney TO
draw up a contract that would be legal.
The attorney read all the authorities
on cOmmOn-law marriages and the de-
cisions OF the Supreme Courts of Ohio,
Illinois, and Missouri on the subject
The contract was then drawn and
signed by the contracting parties and
George W. Salmon and Eli Jones as
witnesses.
In citing Supreme Court reports in
the case, Attorney Henry referred to
the l0lst Indiana reports where a com
mon-law marriage was held valid with
out any form OF ceremony.
In the 23d American State reports. in
the case of the State vs.. Bitrick, the
Supreme Court OF Missouri held that
the common-law marriage was legal
and reversed the decision of a lower
court
The Washington herald., 1907-02-03
ESSENTIALS OF A coon PIPE.
How the Smokers Tool Should he
Constructed.
- the Manehester Guardian.

From the Manchester Guardian.
The circumstance that all tobacco pipes
are advertised as cool Is clear evidence
that most pipes are hot. A writer in an
American technical review has made
scientific examination Of the structure
of the average pipe 10 ind a general ex-
planation Of this and other defects, and
believes that he has discovered IL. BY a
cool pipe, he explains, one means a dry
pipe. II has little TO do with the actual
heat Of the smoke coming from the
stem into the mouth, but almost every
thing 10 do with the chemical qualities Of
the smoke The same tobacco smoked
at different temperatures produces diff
ferent chemical results. II Is not
matter OF the material OF which the pipe
is made, which has little II anything 20
do with its qualities. Nor does the
writer approve Of fancy pipes with
contrivances TO catch" or 'absorb" the
nicotine" for the liquid wastes from
pipe are mostly tar. and. If held in the
pipe IN out-of-the-way health" corners
decay and become a horror 10 the
smoker.
The bowl is as narrow and deep as is
convenient; the hole in the stem meets
the bowl at the very bottom and exact
~ in the center. IN an average pipe the
hole at the bottom Of the bowl is not ex-
actly IN the center, but more or less TO
one side-the stem side. The result Of
this is that the draft, instead Of being
straight down, is drawn in obiiquely to
ward the side where the hole is. Part
Of the tobacco, therefore, Is not IN the
line Of the draft and burns incompletely
or not at all. OF this wasted tobacco
the part along the line of consumption
is merely charred and smolders. Be
sides this. the unburned but highly heat
ed tobacco out Of the line Of draft Is
more or less distilled. and the havoTs
from il mingle with those from the char
red portion, the total mixture, the writer
feelingly adds, being something to weep
and cOueyh-over
The Washington herald., 1907-02-03
REAL NATIONAL STRENGTH.
An Argument for the Development
OF Our Internal Resources.

An Argument for the Development
OF Our Internal Resources.
From the Florida Times Union.
On the contrary, are not the industrial
resources Of this nation its best defenseT
To put our country IN such a state Of
defense" as the standard of Europe de-
mands would involve the expenditure Of
a billion dollars at the very least within
the next ten years Hobson asks that for
the fleet alone. Having secured the ma
chinery. we must then provide the men
every soldier and sailor being Withdrawn
from the Industrial army. Added to this
amazing sum would then be further
added the expense Of maintenance bur
den that is already crushing Europe, and
fast giving US the supremacy in all other
fields.
Now is it conceivable that any sane ma
ton would undertake a war against US
as we are? We believe not. because the
ultimate danger would finally overbalance
all prospects Of immediate gain. Why
then this nervousness2 Never can Europe
be in a greater state Of preparedness"
than Il has been In the past; never can
we be more unprepared than we have
been. and yet the invasions Of this coun-
try have been limited 10 one which came
TO grief as soon as il lasted merely by
realizing the impossibiliJy Of holding a
position on our soil though in the esti-
nation Of Europe we had neither army
nor navy.
Is it held that our resources are mex
haUstiEle. and we can maintain our In
dustrial supremacy while building "a canal
for the worlds commerce. navy, a few
Gibraltars in the Philippines, and "a long
lire of coast defeuses while maintaining
an army and filing ourselves with the
war spirit? If so, we are mistaken. Let
us improve our harb0rs for commerce,
dig some coastwlse canals. and prepare
our waterways 20 compete with the rail-
ways and we shall be far stronger than
If We adopted the programme OF the adj
WinistratiOn.
The Washington herald., 1907-02-03
THE MOTOR DRIVER.

UHdT a crimson touring car
The motor driver sp.awls
a very mighty man is he
Yet like a worm he cTawls
And frst AZ this he takes ting
And then at that he hauls.
Hes covered Ger with dust and dirt.
His face Is like the tan,
His brow Is wet with oil and sweat.
He does whate er he can.
And thinkers with most evry place
a very desperate mani
Ard children coming home from school
Looh at him on the ground;
They love TO see him living there.
They love 10 bear him pound
And then AZ last they see him rise.
and then tie wheels 60 round.
Thanks. hanks TO thee. my worthy friend.
Fer the lesson thou hast TAUGHT
Thus. az the motor car Of life
our fortunes must De wrought.
We have to do much tinkering-
Though u different sort
The Washington herald., 1907-02-03
ADVISES WEARING OF WIGS.
Physician Says Bald Heads skouid
BE Covered for HcaIth's sake,

BE Covered for HcaIth's sake,
From Lesiies Weekly.
An eminent American who. while in
Paris. consulted a famous physician Of
that city TO ascertain IL there Wse amy
doctor that the best thing % 40 ANas 70
wear a toupee or wig. The American
said that he always regarded che wear
ing of a wig as an evidence of man s
vanity. but he was quite surprised
when the Preach physician replied;
you are quite mistaken. The wear
ing of a wig is regarded by those who
have carefully studied the subject OF
health as a benehcent safeguard. A
man who. from any cause. has lost a
good part Of his hair usually loses Il
some time after middle life, when his
vitality begins 10 ebb You must bear
in mind that the scalp is nlied with
myriads of blood vessels. and when IL is
exposed without the covering that
nature intended 70 give IL a man is apt
TO suffer from sudden and acute attacks
of cold. catarrh, and influenza. ! have
often prescribed the wearing Of tou-
pee or wig 20 patient who has come
TO me complaining or his susceptibility
20 colds. and, in nine cases out of ten.
after the wig has been worn the sus-
ceptibiIity has ceased at once.
Many cases of deafness / have traced
to colds constantly recurring in those
who have lost their hair and who have
provided no substitute FOR nature s
covering. Some cases OF chronic sore
throat are traceable to the same cause
= sfrtrs
from tuberculosis Of the lungs in the
early stages have found decided protec-
ton from colds by wearing a wig.
Those who need to wear a wig and
viii not do so must be regarded as
victims Of vanity rather than those
who. accepting the inevitable, make the
best Of their misfortune. for 1 regard
badness as nothing less than mis-
fortune 70 auv man or woman"
The Washington herald., 1907-02-03
JUDGE Up FOR TRIAL
Case Of COngresSman-elect
FaYrOt Soon to be Heard.
HE APPLIED UNWRITTEN Law

Has Been Unable to Get Bail Because
There Is No Judge to Grant 1t,
His own Resignation - Curious
Phases of Notable Tragedy.
The Semi-weekly leader. (Brookhaven, Miss.) 1905-1941, 1907-04-17
Mas Down on All the Men.

Shonshone. Wyo., April 10.
Miss Jennie E. Carroll, who died
la few days ago at the house of her
sister near Sonthpass City, had
not. so far as was known To those
familiar with her life, spoken to d
man for twenty seven years.
She was forty odd years Of age
at the time of her death, and ever
since she came to Wyoming eigh-
teen years ago and made her home
with her sister Mrs. EliaC aCobbler
had not spoken 10 a man. She
went there with the understand
ing that she was not to be requir
ed to speak to Mr.. Cobbler aud
did not do so, though he lived two
years after her arrival.
The story is that twenty seven
years ago, Miss Carroll was en-.
gagged to be married to a Young
man in the East. Guests had as
|selnbled for the ceremony at The
home Of her mother, but when the
hour came, the young man did
not appear. Miss Carroll never
saw or heard from him afterward.
She took vow that night, the
story runs, never again to speak
| to q man and kept.lt reIigiousIy K
the day of her death.
The Semi-weekly leader. (Brookhaven, Miss.) 1905-1941, 1907-04-17
Struck BY Lightning.

Yesterday afternoon at about 8
O'Clock, Mr.. g. al. Newsom was
struck by lightning and instantly
killed at his home about 5 miles
east Of Brookhaven, on the Mon
ticeIlo road. He was saddling his
horse near his home ut the time
death came to him. Mr.. Newsom
leaves a wife, four daughters and
two sons. He was the father of
Mines. Jesse Day and Robert
Storm, of this city, and of MI.
w. w. Newson, engineer at the
Power House.
Five years ago when a cyclone
swept west of this city and
through Montgomery, where Mr..
Newsom then lived, he was nearly
killed; and, being IN an uncon-
scious state, was thought to have
been dead for several hours. He
was a man Of fine character and
highly esteemed by all who knew
him.
To the suddenly bereaved fami-
iy the sympathy Of this communi-
ty goes out in their sorrow.