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The Washington herald. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1906-1939, 1907-11-29
STUDYING UP FINANCE.
Typical Efforts on the Part of In
curing COngressmen.


Washington Letter in New Yo-k Post
A member OF the House Of Representa-
tives came into the Treasury Department
the other day 10 find out what was meant
by a b2nk's reserves lie had seen the
phrase in the newspapers in connection
with the discussions OF the present finan-
cial troubles, and. like the conscientious
lawmaker that he is, had come 20 head
quarters TO ind out the meaning Of the
term. The seeker after knowledge is one
OF the men who wiz vote for or against
a currency reform measure this winter.
and in all probability take a part in the
debates On the floor OF the House
Another member. one of the Committee
on Banking and Currency. had explained
70 him al the Treasury not long ago. AT
his request, why there was a discrepancy
between the sum Of a banks deposits and
the total amount Of cash il carried from
day 10 day in its vaults He heard with
great interest and apparently for the first
time. how II was possible for a man 10
have money credited 70 his account al a
bank without making an actual deposit Of
cash. One OF the Treasury officials ex-
planned 70 this inQuiring member how a
man might go 10 a bank and discount
note, have the proceeds placed to his cred
it in the bank. and how the transaction
would appear only IN the loans and dis
counts. and deposits, without at all affect
ing the sum total Of the cash in the
banks possession.
A third member. who is coming 70
Washington this winter TO serve his first
term in Congress. recently wrote to a
Well-knOWn political economist for a6xica
and help. The new member stated that
he had just been elected TO Congress. and
asked the economist TO suggest the names
Of three good books which would prepare
a freshly made lawmaker 70 perform his
full duties by his constituents and by the
country. The economist told HIS interrog-
ator TO read the Encyclopedia Britannica.
the Bible. and the Rules Of the House Of
Representatives
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erty rights in court which has never
hitherto been denied jurisdiction.
II would seem temerarious for any cor
poration TO enter this legislative jungle.
but the thing has been done. and the
outcome will be awaited with unusual
interest. Judge Jones injunction begins
a legal conflict that will end either in a
serious collision between Federal and
State authorities or IN making Gov Conner
ridiculous. AS ex-senator Spooner said
the other night. II the Conner measures
prevail. VIC shall see for the first time in
our history a successful notification Of
the Federal Constitution. VIII Alabama
succeed where other States have failed?
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Kentucky is to have q school for ne
groes. conducted on the same lines as
Hampton and Tuskegee. IL is 10 be
established by Berea College, which until
the passage Of a law recently forbidding
the oo-education of the races accepted
negroes. as well as the mountain whites.
as students The authorities Of the college
have been testing the law. and part Of II
has been set aside by the Kentucky
courts. IL IS believed by the officials Of
the college that the remainder will fail
in the Supreme Court. While the college
might eventually find itself legally able
10 continue the co-education Of the two
races, Yet it is believed advisable. in view
Of public opinion and the probability
Of the adoption OF other laws aimed
at the same result. 70 carry out the in
tent Of the present law. The trustees Of
TIE college. therefore, have decided that
the decision OF the courts cannot be the
controlling element in our problem. The
real problem grows out Of the unreasoning
opposition To any mixed school on the
part Of the dominant white element in
the South. and the real preference Of the
cOlored people, under the circumstances.
for a school OF their own. While main
tanning our teaching of the duty Of i'm
partial benevOienCe, We must make il our
plan, IN view OF circumstances beyond
our control 20 establish a department
especially for persons OF color" To meet
the conditions up 20 the present time
Berea College has paid railroad fare and
otherwise assisted its former negro stu
dents 10 attend schools outside the State.
The amount Of funds in the treasury OF
ff-.E-l
tor work among the negroes IS 500 GO II
is essential in establishing a new school.
10 have lands. buildings, and other equip
ments. The amount needed 20 bring the
plans 20 pass is $4,000. Two or three
small, struggling Kentucky schools for
negroes viii probably be merged with the
now school. Its object viii be TO train
negro teachers for the negro schools Of
The South.
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MEN AND THINGS.
The TaIIest Indian.

Or. G. w. Redlpond, Of Potter. Kans-.
says that in 1870 he and Or. Parsons, Of
Mount Pleasant, unearthed the remains
of what is said 70 have been the tallest
Indian who ever lived in this section Of
the country. The Indian was Kickapoo,
and was noted for giant proportions. He
was buried on the old PensOneau farm.
or what was afterward known as the
DOugan farm. just north or Potter.
Uncle Jimmy" Dougan, an early settler,
remembered when the Indian was buried,
and pointed out the grave TO Drs- Red
mOnd and Parsons, who wanted the skel-
eton for dissecting or, rather, anatomical
purposes. IL measured six feet seven
inches In height The Indian was killed
in drunken brawl. Many trinkets We're
buried with him, and the blankets in
which he had been wrapped were in a
fair state of preservation when the skele-
ton was exhumed. The remains were
buried at a depth OF only about three
feet. The skeleton lay around DR.. Par
sons office in Mount Pleasant for long
time. when it finally disappeared. and Or.
Redmond says he never knew what be-
came OF il
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A LITTLE NONSENSE.
sApDER AND WIsER.

Cuffs as long as he can get,
Monocle and cigarette.
Football hair and spats OF fawn,
Such is handsome AlgernOn.
Dressed to set the girls agog.
Algy is a sad. sad dog.
Algy once did gIances throw
At a girl he didn't know.
But Eer beau, a husky chap,
Came and frescoed Algy's map.
Then as Algy of did jog.
Algy was a sad. sad dog.
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Don't shoot the A1ienist.

From the Ohio State Journal
II seems unjust. however. TO blame an
eminent alienist much for what he testi-
hes after forcing him TO listen 10 a 1900
word hypothetical question.
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A Long-feIf Want.

An affinity club has been started in
Elgin. H.
Every woman ought 70 have one"
zone what7-
zone affinity club with which 70 swat
the first affinity she caught hanging about
the premises"
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Dodging the Incubus.

From the Rochester Herald.
The most difficult of the problems
facing the modern Republican Presiden-
tial candidate is how 10 keep Thomas Col
lier Plat from attaching himself TO his
boom.
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Perhaps some day some Republican
Senator wiz have the nerve 10 tell Presi-
dent Roosevelt just what he really thinks
of him" says the Baltimore Sun. Per
haps-by long distance phone. and in Es-
perantO.
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The Finish.

'Tis the last fly of summer left buzzing
about
All his lovely companions have gone Hp
the spout.
Oh, leave him 10 pine and 10 worry, I'll
not
I'll fold this old paper and carefully
Swat,
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Prohibition waves. crime waves. finan-
cial waves. and marcel waves all cease
TO startle when one learns that the Due
de Chaulnes valves a dot for his pros
pectiye bride"
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TURKEYS Plentiful. Anvw.~

From the Chicago Post
The final touch Of restoration has been
given confidence. There are turkeys
enough for ALL
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Every man is entitled 10 a limited
number Of faults. but most men exceed
the limit" says a contemporary. This
statement is one that practically every
man will accept as true OF everybody but
himself.
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The Better Half

From the Richmond Times Dispatch.
A Cornell professor Is endeavoring to
make the point that women and men are
equals It is safe to say that the ladies
viii not submit TO any such reduction
70 ranks without q bitter struggle.
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las soon as Mr.. Roosevelt thinks. he
talks says Prof. Woodrow Wilson. The
rule that one should think twice before
speaking IS. we presume. more honored in
the breach than otherwise.
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These Numerous Find.

This IS the open season for the discov-
cry Of scruh-girls who can sing four
octaves higher than Patti. and butcher
boys who have Paderewsk faded into a
feeble affair
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American Politics.

The hull town wants Zeb Dingbat fer
hog reeve"
Then why don't you go ahead an
nominate him."
We're waitin' TO hear II the nomination
will be satisfactory tew the President,
by heck"
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4 Large Boat.

What's this talk agin ROOSEVELT" de-
manded Nav Hoptoad
It's this way. mother" explained Paw
Hoptoad. some OF them Wall street
fellers are accusin' him of rockin' the
ship OF state"
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South may bring about faster schedules
on the railroads in that section. Per-
haps there may be a demand for faster
trains in one direction. anyhow.
The Washington herald. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1906-1939, 1907-11-29

IF we We're the King OF England. we
would hate like sixty 10 kiss the Emperor
Of Germany" says the Birmingham Age
Herald. Nevertheless, the Emperor Doubt
less would put the best face he could upon
the performance.
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Another Prohibition Victory.

From the Chicago Record Herald
Walker Weston adds 10 the fitness Of
things by accomplishing his wonderful
feat at this time Of renewed activity on
the part of the temperance people. He
is an abstainer.
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Democracy. the foe of war" is a head
line in the Boston Globe. II is strange,
however. that Democracy should find 1t
SO hard TO make peace with itself
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Shelving for Hughes.

From the Atlanta Journal
1t seems to be in the cards for Gov.
Hughes. of New York, to be shelved by
the poliicians-like Roosevelt
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From the Cleveland Leader
Col. Deadly Peril is making a tour Of
the world about the fraction Of a minute
ahead Of Secretary Taft.
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Mr. Thomas f. Watson Is 10 dine at the
White House soon and discuss the finan-
cial situation. The President seems de-
termlned 10 find out what everybody Of
Importance doesn't know about II.
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One by one the Doubling Thomases are
being brought into line. Since reading
that long-distance walker Weston Is
confirmed prune eater. even the Baltimore
Sun is beginning 10 believe in them
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A Georgia judge has charged his grand
jury 10 break up wine drinking at social
functions In that State. This merely
shows how impatient and unreasonable
some judges may be.
The Washington herald. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1906-1939, 1907-11-29

Perhaps the Mississippi Supreme Court
decided that Go TO hades" is neither
profane nor Illegal out of compliment to
Gov. Nardaman. who is soon to become
an editor, you know.
The Washington herald. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1906-1939, 1907-11-29

In peace there's nothing so becomes a
man as modest stiffness and humility. &"
said King Henry V of England. He was
never twentieth century ruler of re-
public, however
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The Russian Douma has undertaken 10
abolish a few OF the Cars titles, which
is quite likely to result In the abolition
Of the said Donna
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A ten years fight over the will Of a
deceased millionaire has been settled at
last There must be almost as much as
Sly left for the heirs.
The Washington herald. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1906-1939, 1907-11-29

Things are improving in South America.
a combination OF four Englishmen and
four Canadians recently proved quite
failure as a revolution
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Mr.. John Temple Graves Initial edi-
torial In the New York American has ap-
peared. and we may now consider his
transplanting securely effected.
The Washington herald. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1906-1939, 1907-11-29

Many a wild-eyed "ant:-everything'
statesman becomes a perfectly tame
"ante-up' statesman after he gets elected
10 Congress.
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Now that the free pass law is In full
swing, ii isn't likely that either the Re
publican or the Democratic national con-
vention will be altogether as vociferous
and fussy as of yore.
The Washington herald. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1906-1939, 1907-11-29

Senators who have questions of patron
age decided by the toss of coin here
after may come 10 appreciate the omis-
sion OF the motto.
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Peruse these extracts:
Two and two are four.
He who is with US is not against Us.
The moon shines at night
And say If there is anything here TO
frighten anybody.
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VIII Justice Brewer also kindly tell US
how to keep beefsteak and mutton chops
from playing hide and seek with the
American public2
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Taft touched the Chinese ports" says
a news letter from abroad. Poor John,
poor John; everybody seems to touch"
him and his when the spirit moves them.
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THE army tests cost Sl5.OOO." says the
New York sun Nevertheless, that will
not make "Uncle Sam any sorer than
the rides made the office-chair colonies.
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Martin washington,s Roses.

No rosebush IN the country has its own
particular last rose of summer so care
fully guarded as the famous Mary Wash
ington bush at Mount Vernon. This years
final cluster has just fallen. after cling
ing well into November. Even when the
roses are gone and the leaves, too. the
graveled paths of Martha WashingtOn's
garden are worn by the feet Of pilgrims
But the rose which Washington planted
and named after his mother seems 10
draw their steps more than any other
plant or shrub. not even the Nellie Gus
tbs rose excepted. Traditions differ as TO
just why the latter received its name.
Some say that Maj. Lewis proposed 70
Miss Gusts beside this bush. Others say
that Washington planted il as near as
possible 10 the spot where that tender
episode took place. and named il after
the step-granddaughter who had been the
light Of his house for so long. As a
matter Of fact, II was probably planted
at the same time as the bush he named
after his mother, for both are the same
variety, a Noisette. The blossoms come
in clusters. the Individual flowers being
small, from an inch 10 two inches IN
diameter. They are white. with the outer
petals tinged with pink. The bushes are.
strictly speaking. clumps Of single stems
They must be about ten feet high al this
season. The darkies OF the neighborho0d
say that the Nellie Gusts rose has magic
power, that If any lovesick maiden. or
wOuld-be lovesick one. will take a bios
som OF spray OF leaves from this hush,
place il under her pillow and sleep on it
"a proposal viii be heTs before the bush
blooms again
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Burn Your Old socL,

From the Memphis Commercial Appeal
Take that money out of your sock. buv
a certificate or two, and burn your sock
behind you
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Even the fact that Il won a baseball
pennant last summer is no consolation TO
Mournful Mobile these days
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Don't carry roll" says a Pittsburg
paper. Better that, however. than
'sbln
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Information.

You learn one thing when boarding"
What's that?"
What a lot of outlandish vegetable:
there are in the world"
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A New Argument.

You are too dissipatcl to make a good
husband"
But. sir, 1 love your daughter"
so do l."
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All aboard! The next stop is Christ
mas.
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The Charleston News and Courier
thinks the prohibition movement in the
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wall street is a necessity" says a
writer in the Broadway Magazine II is
certainly the mother Of some queer hnan-
Cial inventions.
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Abas the turkey hash joke. also!
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T,lephon. Main $500. (Priv.r. Branch E.eAAns..)

The Washington Herald Is delivered bS
carrier in the District Of Columbia and at
Alexandria, Va, az IS cents per month,
daily and Sunday, or at rs cents per
month without the Sunday issue.
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Bernard Goldsmith, vice president Of
the American Chamber OF Commerce at
Berlin. Germany. is in this country on
business connected with affairs concern
ing American import trade into Germany.
1T is our belief that tariff relations
satisfactory TO both the German exporter
and the American importer, and vice
versa. viii soon be established. The Amer
lean Chamber OF Commerce in Berlin has
materially assisted in bringing about
friendlier trade relations between the Ger
man and American people. The German
exporter does not find any fault with the
American tariff as much as with the man.
ner Of handling the goods at the custom
houses in this country"
Mr.. Goldsmith said that the new Am
bassador 70 Germany. Dr.. Hill, would he
received with open arms by the people of
Berlin, who know him 10 be a man Of IN
usual scholarly attainments and diplo-
matte accomplishments
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AT THE HOTELS.

Bryan Is the man and he viii be elect
ed" said ollie IL James. Representa-
tive from Kentucky. at the Riggs House
last night. The Democratic party IS
unit IN its demand for Bryan. He Is
more popular than he ever was. ana his
views on political questions are gaining
friends and favor among all classes II
respective OF party I don't think Hearst
would object 70 Brysn's nomination. on
the contrary, I fully believe he would
give him his support. The people have
had an opportunity 70 find that Bryan is
sincere IN his views. Even President
Roosevelt has adopted some Of them and
put them into practical execution
Now, the Republican party can't
blame the Democrats for bringing about
this money trouble When the Demo
Gratis We're In power the Republicans
blamed Cleveland for the financial wOr-
RES in 1883. and the scarcity Of crops
and everything else was blamed on US.
They can't say We brought this one
about It's Of their own creation. Its
due 70 watered stock and other dishonest
financial methods"
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The country IS prosperous. good crops
everywhere, and plenty Of work for
everybody; there is no reason why there
should be scare" In these words Sena-
tor Dillingham;. Of Ne.-lOnt, who is regis
tered AT the Cochran. sized up the present
situation
Osher statesmen at the Cochran are
Senators Pyle. Of Washington: Overmau.
Of North Carolina; Clarke. of Arkansas.
and Fraser. Of Tennessee. and Repre-
seutatives Murdoch. Of Kansas; Anthony.
OF Kansas; Bartlett Of Georgia; Under
wood, Of Alabama, and Johnson, Of Ken
lucky.
The Holly chieftain., 1907-09-20
Amity

c. A. Erikson went to La Junta ON
business this week.
Mai. Eriksoa was in town carly
this week.
Mrs. D. H. Coker returned thi.
week from . visit in La Junta.
Capt. Stevens left this week for hi.
home in Orange. Texas.
R. P. FrewinG took his son, Robert,
to the school for the deaf at Colorado
Springs last week.
John D.vy has acceped a position
as weiahmaster at Sunnyside for the
Holly Sugar company.
Chss. Carpenter has moved into
the house formerly vacated recently BY
by Frank Phillips
The Holly chieftain., 1907-09-20
Sunnyside

Little Jamie and His Murderer"
is the title of a very interesting
Stereopticon lecture that will be
given ut Sunnyside schoolhouse at
s p. m. Wednesday next.
Lecture is free, but a collection
will be taken up to help the work
of the Salvation army.
The Holly chieftain., 1907-09-20
Enlnaiolb *

faesfeprrE ifrFi.. II
Second-class colonist rates to
California points and points in
Northwest. California points
$4,000, Portland, Seattle, Taco
ma $4,000 (Sept. 1, Oct. 3I); Spo-
kane, Umatilla, Huntington,
$22.5o; Butte, Helena, Mont,
Pocatello, Idaho, $2o.po.
Denver, Colo, Annual Meet
ings Masonic Bodies-Roun trip
tickets on sale Sept. I6, I8 and Io,
good returning Sept. 22, $Io.75.
4 G. A. R. National Encampment
Saratoga Springs, N. r, Sept. S,
6 and 2, $4,000 round trip, via
Chicago. Via St. Louis $47.oo;
good returning until Sept. 22.
The Holly chieftain., 1907-09-20

Send your laundry to Garden City.
Soft water. Best Of work guaranteed.
w. 8. Holbert. Agent, at Holly Hotel.
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Married.

Lloyd Lawson and Miss Arlis
Austin at Lamar last week. Both
are we'll known among the young
people of this section, and their
many friends wish them all the
happiness that follows such unions.
Colonel Wiley, F. d. Stack.
house, N. Vidal and R. Stock
were in Swink this week, coming
up from Las Animas, where they
had been inspecting the new su-
gar factory at that place, says La
Junta Tribune.
For all kinds OF brick and
stone work see w. V. TAYLOR,
permanently located in Holly.
Remember the new butcher
shop next to Simpsons old gro.
cery stand, under the manage
ment of Amman & Hoisington
of Lamar, who have had muct
experience in the business AMI
carry the best of everything.
James Cline and family of Sa-
lima, Kansas, have returned to
Holly, being the guests of ]. &.
Johns, Mrs. c. D.. Crawford, and
Ed and Pat Brown, brothers.
We have full line of kalsomine in
all the popular shades.
R. w. English Lumber Co.
Send your laundry to Garden City.
Soft water. Best of work guaranteed.
w. s. Holbert. Agent. at Holly Hotel.
The Holly chieftain., 1907-09-20
Rocky Ford's Feed.

Rocky Ford, Sept. I7.-Twelve
carloads of watermelons and can
taloups were consumed by ths
thousands of visitors who atteno-
ed Watermelon day here Sept. 5