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The Washington herald. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1906-1939, 1907-12-08
MUSTACHES as 4 REWARD.
Only One Austrian Regiment Per-
mitted 10 BE without

This question of hirsute adornment is q
matter which has always engaged the
attention Of rulers and Of their war de-
pertinent. Only one regiment OF cavalry
in the Austro-Hungarian army enjoys tie
prerogative of dispensing with nustaches.
in memory OF the magnificent gallantry
of the corps In a certain battle Of the
Seven Years War when. OWING to the
terrible loss of life in previous battles.
II went into action composed almost en-
tirely Of beardless boys. the only thing
available in the way of recruits. In those
days mUstaches We're restricted almost
exclusively to the cavalry. Napoleon
would not permit any OF his infantry reg
iments to wear hair on their upper lips.
except his veterans OF the Old Guard.
who were allowed mustaches as q re-
ward for their services. Hence their
nickname Of Les Moustaches Gisas de
FEmpereur' Nowadays mustaches are
required in all branches of the army. and
so particular are the rulers of Germany
and Austria about emphasizing the mill
tary character OF this hirsute adornment
that they have in the past repeatedly
taken means TO express their strong dis
approval OF the wearing Of mustaches by
civilians.-Bellman.
The Washington herald. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1906-1939, 1907-12-08
REPUBLICAN FORGETFULNEss.
High Tariff Advocates and PIers Of
the Is9C Campaign.


T. = sanbon. in the Springfield Republican
Little WHY IN the schOOlhouse, who de-
fined memory as Something we forget
with, hit the mark exactly so far as the
present Republican and high tariff admin
istration Is concerned. In 1886 the party
was horror-sgruck az Imitation" the 30
cent dollar was the chief enemy Of the
country, and duty to our widows and
orphans required us 20 avoid all imitation
Of the currency by the demonstration OF
silver. The cumulative theory Of cur
rency WAS then ali wrong; quality was
what we must have. rot quantity. and
'Gat money must be Stunned ike pes
thence But to-day the mighty Roosevelt.
in the great heap of his wisdom. and OF
mis- abcunding grace and mere motion.
adds $le) 090.0o0 Of nat money % the OK
isting currency. not to pay government
expenses or old debts. but Is supply the
boarding banks and individuals with more
money 10 hoard-if we are 10 believe ali
The tales about boarding that we hear
! for one 90 not believe them. and ascribe
the currency trouble 10 quite a different
cause Our evil to-day Is not so much a
lack OF currency IS Of confidence. and Il
cannot be cured by pouring more paper
money with or without per cent in
terest, into the boarding and speculative
banks and trust companies 4 Colorado
poet reports an ARRAY in Cactus Centre
All about
Tie reforming Of our money SO enough VII cireu-
late
After more or les shooting. which did
not seem 20 help the currency famine,
Pecos Johnson brought in compromise:
Let's al appeal to Congress with our pens and
With or bps
To stretch our legal tender with Iot more poker
chips
This Is hardly less reasonable than the
theory Of the brokers that more currency
js wanted 10 restore confidence; the alarm
being not because money is scarce in the
paper-min form, but because the institu-
lions thar handle money in large quautl-
ties have become objects OF suspicion 20
the average citizens or alien. and 70 his
womankind A bank or trust company
going into the hands of a receiver under
charges Of fraud and mismanagement.
does more 10 destroy confidence than all
the sermons from all the tyros in finance
can do to restore it by lecturing on the
evil OF boarding
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RAT VICTIM OF GIRLS WILES
Veteran Rodent Like Many Men
Yields to Blondes Attractions.
But lie Declines 10 Ride in Street
Car and Causes wild scurry-
ing by Escaping.

One rat. one golden-haired girl stenog-
rapher aud dozen shrieking women
with hosiery on view made things lively
in Cass avenue street car a few even
ings ago, says the ST. Louis GIobe-Demo-
crat The girl takes dictation from her
employers AZ a downtown printing -g.--
pany. but from no one else. one ,y7v
she has Of showing her independence IS
TO ignore the many little superstition
supposed 10 be honored by her sex. IN
evidence Of her progressiveness = that
she refuses TO be frightened al mice Or
rats.
In the office there was an old papa rat
that had been successful for many. years
in lodging missiles and discriminating
against bits OF food loaded with poison.
He also showed a cunning lack OF curl
osity about the various traps SET % catch
him, and his whiskers had grown long
and gray, lodging well-laid plans 10 put
him of watch. His friendship Tor the
blonde lady finally resulted in his ur-
doing, just as mere man has often Teen
ir.ed into difficulty under Circumstance,
something similar
Grown reckless In his iufatuation. The
patriarch rodent allowed himself TO be
ambushed and captured. Placed in a
pasteboard box on the way for the home
OF the girl. who proposed 10 teach him a
lot OF tricks. the rat was carried onto the
car.
q he blonde is a true daughter OF Eve
and has fun Inheritance OF curiosity.
Opening the box slightly to gee how his
whiskers' was enjoying the ride. the rat
sprang from the box and scrambled up
a fat mans leg. Then he rushed under
a woman's skirts and the panic was on
A motorman armed with a controller and
a conCdctor armed with a broom led the
assault which ended with the rat jump
ing ran the car
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With a regular Sneak-bO2t one can some
times drift before the wind right down
10 them, then witness their CONSERVATION
as you raise yourself up for shot!
IN some localities geese are fond or
feeding In the marshes bordering the rive
erS, ana after a little observation and
Inquiry If such a place can be found IL
is good plan to bait Il. This is done
by scattering corn an intervals for a
couple OF weeks one flock tells another,
and If undistrubed they Will soon be COM
ing regularly Now pat out your decoys.
build Il blind out Of the rushes and dried
grass. and get into It before daylight
Possibly you may scare birds away that
have come IN during the night II 50.
don't shoot AZ random in the dark al "a
noise-let them alone and they viii in
all probability come back later In the day
1 have seen several locks come IN 10
such a place in the course Of q day. and
while it may be a long time between
drinks. one or two geese as the result
is not to be despised.
Uses Live Geese.
The writer knows of man who has
two tame wild geese that he uses for
decoys. and they are killers. They are
bulky. bunglesome things 10 carry, bu,
the way those two geese honk and carry
on whenever flock comes in sight is
caution lie claims they beat any other
way OF getting geese-a'nd possibly he is
right Everybody however, cannot get
1.-Two tame wild geese, and not everybody
would be bothered with them il they
could. They are anchored out in just the
same way as was described foI live
mallard decoys. only the moOringi are
Of necessity much stronger and heavier
Lastly, there is the method of fire
lighting or lacking them. This is
not approved OF by many sp0rtsmen. and
the writer does not wholly approve Of 81.
Practical rs il would be by man who
went goose hunting only once or twice
year, il could do no harm. but Is e.
very rCinous method when followed by
professional gunners. Il consists ia float
ing on the birds AZ night-binding them
with a brilliant light. and pouring lead
into them before they can recover from
their establishment Even this requires
Che very greatest caution but the writer
only mentions it to condemn H.
III you can't gel game in a clean. open.
sportsmanlihe way. don't get any Match
Your cunning and ingenuity against that
OF a poor, simple CD wild goose. II he
beats YOU wish him luck, and tell him
yOu'N see him later: but if fortune IA
vors you and you W. out. pick up your
bird;- scuttie back to your pit. and say
nice things about yourself while waiting
for another.
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There are now about 60 cabmen in
Montreal. and in the winter they drive
sleighs instead OF cabs II IS said that
they earn about Sl,5o0 a year apiece. The
eabman there must have . license and his
application for one must be signed by
twelve responsible men. as well as the
police captain IN his ward and a clergy
man.
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To what extent the preteusionsl Of
Naundorff TO be the missing Dauphia
were justified. it is impossible 10 say.
OF course. they were denounced by the
brothers Of Louis XVI, since by their
recognition he would have become an
obstacle in the way of their succession
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SECRETS OF VATICAN
Ancient Archives Hold Rec
ordS Of Court Scandals.
GUARDED FROM FRYING EYES

Dread OF Intrusion Is Constant, and
Close vigil Is Kept-HisfOry of
Missing DauDhin and of the Murder
of Many Monarchs Lies Concealed
from the WOrId-PIans 10 Loot.
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Prof Stockley. Queens College. Cork,
lecturing before the Lismore branch OF
Che Gaelic League on ~Self-respect and
Irish, said he became a convert 10 the
Gaelic League idea of reviving Irish by
studying what otner decaying nations
had become after having revived their
respective national languages.
1t first, he confessed, he thought that
20 revive Irish as spoken tongue wodls
be impossible but when he saw what
other countries had done he asked HIM
self If other lands have done this. why
should not Ireland also2"
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Mcconnell Discoveries in Vitality
Taught ~ Lectures and Training in the =
LIFE ELECTRICITY INSTITUTE
111S = ST. N. W., Washington.

b leaning The science Of increasing and reel,la.
ing the vital forces il has been proven that any
medically neurable chronic invalid may cue him
sell in few weeks Plenty Ct vitality is an there
IS 70 health The science II vital increase can be
taught b. NAL
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Yardstici1 Criticism.

From the Ohio STATE Journal
IT'S a great message, measured HneaIy
also.
Five Mile Beach weekly journal., 1907-03-20
Spoiled Darlings.

/ once knew a crusty old bachelor
who held hat women were put on this
earth to TRY OUT mems characters.
Allowing for his self conferred attitude,
which is characteristic of the sex,
there is something in his remarks.
Women make mems characters
there is no doubt of that-and l ven
ture to say that every selfish man in
this world Qhe most unpleasant vari-
ETY. of the SEX is made SO by some
woman, either his mother or his wife.
How many mothers have been bit
terly condemned by young wives when
they discovered how their husbands
had been spoiled only the wives them
selves can tell.
But what shall l say of the foolish
wife who spells "an utterly nice manT'
There is something wrong with the
husband who makes his wife bring his
slippers, fetch his pipe and wait on
him generally when he is just as able
to get up and attend to his wants as
she is. But the woman is usually to
blame because she has started things
that way. HELENA WARE.
Five Mile Beach weekly journal., 1907-03-20
WOman's Ways
1t Is Restlessness That Produces
Geniuses-Sel6sh Husbands Are
Made So by Fond Mothers or
Still Ponder Wives :: :: :: ::

ITS the unhappy, restless women
who produce works of genius and do
things. Their names are inscribed in
gold on the pages of fame, While the
lives of happy women are written in
wateri' remarked the pessimist.
well, then, water for miner replied
the sensible oma Il would rather
be the plump house cat that passes
her life curled up in a ball purring
than the restless feline waillng on the
back fence by the light of the moon.
I'd rather be comfortable than any
thing else"
Most women would" commented
the pessimist. Therefore witness the
stagnation of tlle.r lives. 1t is only
when n woman is taken UP by the
scruff of the neck, so to speak, and
shaken that she becomes something
out of the ordinary"
Nov | understand" said the sensi-
BILE woman. why our early American
poetesses were so doleful. They
didn't especially enjoy writing Verses
to q Funeral Urn or Under the Weep
ing Willow 1t was just a case Of
out of the fullness of the heart ETC.
concentrated extracts of gall and bit
terness oozing out in rhythmic form, as
it were. But that style has gone out
a bit. How does the modern %authoress
manage-eh. what?"
Five Mile Beach weekly journal., 1907-03-20
II

stevens and ate so enormous a dinner
that the lady remarked:
Poor man! He works so hard for
heartily"
Every man needs opportunity, and
Billy Bentley had found his. Whether
he would have grasped it had it not
been for the interest Miss Stevens
took in him is another matter. Certain
it Is that Billy, seeing a possibility of
possessing her and her fortune, con-
centrated his faculties on his work.
Naturally he turned to labor saving.
Now, some managers will work very
hard and accomplish very little. 9th
ers will work very little and accom-
plish a great deal.
Billy vas n of the latter kind.
Though he sat at his desk sharpening
his pencil, he managed the United
Charities remarkably well. But this
was merely a starter. Mr.. Bentley de-
veloped an administrative talent that
was truly surprising. One of his old
acquaintance called it "a genius for
hhuih6 ways VI uoihS hothihS Wnere
there was much to be done without In
convenience or other evil result"
Bentley was offered one position after
another, each a step higher than the
last, until he became president of a
mammoth trust.
OF course Mr.. Bentley married Miss
Stevens, and this was one of the Sec
nndary causes Of his remarkable rise
In the world. But. on the other hand,
Mis- fortuna isRow so great thatA psado
it his wife's is
hCfH TEVISS.
Five Mile Beach weekly journal., 1907-03-20
A CURIOSITY OF LUNAeY.
~Periodicity of Mania by Which the
Patient Lives Three Lives.

Periodicity of Mania by Which the
Patient Lives Three Lives.
There is II special form of mental dis
ease, first described in France, whose
definite character is given to it by Its
periodicity. and hence it is called folie-
circulaire. In it there are three sections
of the mental circle that the patient
moves in-viz, elevation, depression
and sanity-and in this round he
spends his life, passing out of M into
the other, for it is. when fully estab-
lished, a very incurable disease.
The patient takes an attack of mania.
during which he Is joyous. restless.
troublesome, ~extravagant and often
vicious. He eats voraciously. sleeps
little and never seems to tire. His
temperature is a degree or so above
the normal. his eye is bright and glis-
tening. he is enamored of the other sex.
he shows diminished self control and
no common sense.
This lasts for q eW-weeks-nr-a faw
months more commonly, and then he
passes sometimes gradually and some
times rather suddenly into a condition
of depression. during which he is slug
gish, dull, looking differently, dressing
differently, eating differently, fearful,
unreliant and sedentary in habits.
This state will last q few weeks or
months, and the patient will brighten
up into what seems recovery and Is to
all intents and purposes in his normal
state. This again lasts for a few
weeks or months, and he gradually
gets morbidly elevated. You find he is
passing through every minute mental
phase and habit he did at first. De
preston follows as before, and then
sanity, and this round of three states
of feeling, of intellect, of volition and
of nutrition, goes on, circle after circle,
till the patient dies. He lives three
llves.-Hospital.
Five Mile Beach weekly journal., 1907-03-20
PIGS AS FAsTERs.
The Wonderful Ability of Swine to Live
Without Food.


Very few people have any idea of
how long swine can live without food.
although much has been said about the
quantity they can consume. But. be-
lieve me, piggie Is a record brcr'fer
when 1t comes to living without az.
thing at all to eat.
The incident that I am about to re-
late occurred in Michigan and very
well illustrates what | have above
stated.
A farmer who had driven a large
number of hogs into a settlement to
sell after reaching his destination MISS
ed a fine black sow Search was made
in every conceivable place without dis
covering anything of the missing pork
er.
Weeks passed by. and the farmer had
given up all hope of ever recovering
his lost or stolen property when to his
surprise 1t was found in the cellar of
an old abandoned house.
As the house was situated at the edge
of the road over which he had driven
the hogs. it Is supposed that she fell
through the rotten flooring upon which
she had stepped at some moment when
the farmers eyes had wandered IN an
other direction.
When brought up she was a pitiable
sight. The skin hung in folds upon her
poor, unpadded bones.
Food was given her in small quanti-
ties at first, and 1t was not long before
she entirely recovered from her long
fast.
On referring to the books recording
the sale of the rest of the stock it was
learned that three months lacking five
days had elapsed. showing that she
had sustained life without nourish-
ment for as long a period as the ac-
credited alternating animals. = New
York Herald.
Five Mile Beach weekly journal., 1907-03-20
LOOKING Down His Own Throat.

One of the quaintest reasons put for
ward for the origin of squirting was
that given by a parent to Harold
Grimsdale, who read a paper before
the Childhood society on the detection
of imperfect condition of eyesight. A
boy had swallowed a large sugar aim
ond, and it was owing to his attempts
to locate its position in his throat that
the squint had developed. If taken in
time squint was durable, but too often
parents neglected the symptoms and
only scolded their children for q bad
habit. Short sight was entirely a dis
ease of civilization, being absent in
savage races.-London Mail.
Five Mile Beach weekly journal., 1907-03-20
BY contraries.

"Oh. the modern woman writer goes
by opposites. She knows that If she
writes as she really wants to it will
never be published. so we have Songs
of Gladness' when she feels like an
uncomfortable place and oh. see the
merry, merry little brook when cook
has gone for the third time during the
month. IT'S a great scheme"
True for you" put in a magazine
writer who had been an interested lis
tener. II wrote my Song of the Soul
when l was simply dying of dyspep-
sia."
Eyes. and how much better the title
sounded than Song Of the Stomach
Five Mile Beach weekly journal., 1907-03-20
Thrifty GERMAN children.

German children are taught to be
thrifty at a very early age. The baby
daughter of a German farmer, for In
stance, as soon as she can run is pro-
vided with a stout linen bag marked
with her name. In this she collects ey-
cry feather and bit Of down she can
pick up, and the ooner the bag is filed
the more praise she receives from her
elders. When it is quite full it is emp
tied into a large one hanging in the
garrett, the contents of which are made
into beds, pillows and quilts. Little
American children who live in the
country could do the same with advan-
tage.
Five Mile Beach weekly journal., 1907-03-20
SHE FEToHEs HIS PIPE.

which, l dare say, was uppermost in
your mind at the time. l tell you
what, my friends, when you want to
find the sources of women's genius,
count in the divorce courts, unappre-
ciative husbands, poverty of the good
things of life or dyspepsia. The per-
fectly happy, perfectly well appointed
woman does nothing. So If any of you
aim to be geniuses be thankful for
your miseries."
Five Mile Beach weekly journal., 1907-03-20
Limit of Economy,

81 don't mind a young man econo-
MIXING when he is out with me-" sighed
the girl, "but it seems to me that when
he takes you in a penny in the slot ma
chine parlor, drops a penny in a slot
and hands you one Of the ear things
while he takes the other the limit has
just about been reached. OF course you
can hear the opera almost as well with
one ear, but how does it look ?"-New
York Press.
Five Mile Beach weekly journal., 1907-03-20
A Literary Crime.

Lord Crawford of England, president
of the Royal Astronomical society, has
a fine general library, which would
have been much larger and grander
but for the fact that one of his ances-
tors, the premier earl of Scotland, dis
posed of thousands of valuable vol
umes to cheese men, who used their
leaves as wrapping paper.
Five Mile Beach weekly journal., 1907-03-20
CANDY Capacity of a Girl.

eyes, little girl" said the kind old
man, 81 have an immense candy store,
and am going to give you all the can
dy you can eat"
"Oh, goody!' cried the little girl,
dancing about with happiness.
"Now," continued the kind old man.
'how much candy can you eat?'
"How much candy have you got?'-
Judge,
Five Mile Beach weekly journal., 1907-03-20
A STUMBLING Block.

Browne-So you think the Bible is
contradictory in spots2 Henpeck-Er-
yes, I do. Browne-You surprise me.
Where, for instance? Henpeck-Well, l
can't reconcile the statement that Solo
mon was the wisest man with the fur
Their fact that ne had so many wives
Philadelphia Press.
Five Mile Beach weekly journal., 1907-03-20

He is a wise man that can avoid evil;
he is a patient man thar can endure
it; but he is a valiant man that can
conquer it.-QuaTies.
Five Mile Beach weekly journal., 1907-03-20
Nealected.

Some men are bachelors, you will find,
Because in all their life
No woman ever set her mind
On making her their wife.
Five Mile Beach weekly journal., 1907-03-20
Look Closer.

Thy say the blond is dying out.
But viii the doctor swear
That she has not a new plan got
For dyeing out her hair2
Five Mile Beach weekly journal., 1907-03-20
On The Nav York Variety Stage.

~ am fifty years ahead of the times"
"Ahead of the TimesY'
Eyes, ahead of the times"
maybe in a year or two you will
catch up with the Journal"
Five Mile Beach weekly journal., 1907-03-20
And She Turned Him Down.

"All the world loves a lover"
"That isn't So"
"Oh, yes; l guess it is"
"No; she's all the world to me-"
Five Mile Beach weekly journal., 1907-03-20
Similar Experience.

81 couldn't get any money on that
check | got of you yesterday"
Snow, isn't 1t strange? Neither
could l."
Five Mile Beach weekly journal., 1907-03-20
Helping Them Out.

"The doctors paying you a commits
sion now?"
mo. Why?"
81 saw you throw a banana peel on
the sidewalk"
Five Mile Beach weekly journal., 1907-03-20

The devil is fond of hypocrites, but
doesn't like to have them around.
Five Mile Beach weekly journal., 1907-03-20

Diplomats never get into trouble, for
when they do they aren't diplomats.
Middlebury register. (Middlebury, Vt.) 1886-1937, 1907-05-31
Disqualified.

Although Mrs. Harlow loved her hus-
band and admired what she considered
his good points, it was a never ending
source of amazement to her that he
had been chosen to fill the office Of
mayor for three successive terms.
Everybody knows how much I
think of James," she said in a dazed
way to one OF her husbands cousins.
II always said and always should say
that he is as good as gold. But If you'll
tell me whether you think man who
is color blind and who brings home
toys that won't go when you wind
them and who still thinks I could like
olives if I'd only try is fit for such a
position why, all can say is l don't"
Youths Companion.