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Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1907-05-19
A DAYS Sport.

It's fun to go a-fishing when the day is
bright and warm.
When the clouds float high and ieecy with
no threatening of storm.
When the waves are softly FLASHING 'gainst
the bottom of the boat
And the sunbeams in the water look like
diamonds afioat.
It's fun to fling the line into the walker
and to see
The bubbles rising to make plain just where
your hook may be.
And you feel placid patience as you idly
sit and wait
And wonder IL some foolish fish will nibble
at your bait.
1t doesn't really matter If the fish refuse
to bite.
Provided only that the lazy day is warm
and bright;
In fact. mid your enjoyment Of the zephyr
and the shine
It seems an interruption to be pulling in
line.
And so 1t is joyous and profitable day
Fen though when homeward bound have
no trophies to display
And everything Is peaceable and friendly
az can be-
I have no srudge against the nsh and they
have none toward me.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1907-05-19
DOLLAR WHEAT.
M the philadelphia Record.

From the Philadelphia Record.
The price put upon wheat in May, when
the new crop is in a state of termination
and uncertainty is merely speculative.
Later on when the harvests ripen and the
out-turn in all the wheat-growing coun-
trie, is pretty well ascartained we shall
have basis of fact to build upon.
From the Birmingham Age Herald.
Kansas proposes to grow big wheat
CROP despite all drawbacks.
From the Kansas City Times.
The fact that September wheat reached
one dollar in 1.-The pitt yesterday will cause
not even ripple of excitement in Kansas.
September wheat during the month of
May Is not the market which interests the
wheat growers. But dollar wheat in
September will encourage Kansas to ..un-
load" its $4,000. O0O- bushel crop.
From the Scranton Tribune.
Dollar wheat is now raising the hopes of
the spectators. But frost is sure to
strike the lambs sooner or later.
From the Milwaukee Journal.
Wheat hit the dollar mark and the dollar
mark struck back at lot of people, For
once the farmers and the public made a
killing.
From the Indianapolis News.
II the wheat really Is 100 00O, 600 bushels
short this year there Is q horrible fear that
we may be driven back to breakfast food
next winter.
From the Chicago Tribune
Dollar wheat. hey? What did tell you
eleven years ago?-W. J. Bryan.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1907-05-19
GRAY and Taft.

Well. yes. If the campaign could be
pitched in the proper key. Judge Gray and
Judge Taft. the one at the head of the
democratic party and the other at the head
OF the republican party. would inspire the
country 10 a fine effort next year. Both are
model citizens and able men. and both
have made good in high public office. Judge
Gray was an ideal senator. and Judge Taft
is an Ideal cabinet officer. Either would
preside in the White House with dignity
and patriotism.
Unfortunately, however, our presidential
politics nberates the most merciless spirit
that Possesses our electorate, and candi-
dates for our highest Office are brought.
from the beginning to the end of the cam
paign. under calling fire. In the last
forty years. Grant, Garfield Blaine and
Cleveland paid a heavy penalty. as re-
spected personal comfort, for their leader
ship. Personalities as well as politicalities
were hurled at them without stint; and
much of what was not invented was per-
vertsd and disfigured In the telling.
Judge Gray, as we all know, was APP
pointed to his present ONCE by President
Mckinley. IL was one OF the best OF the
many ucsllen, appointments that Mr.. Nc
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1907-05-19
Fairbanks.

In Philadelphia Friday Mr.. Fairbanks
in an automobile on his way to catch a
train, was held up by an officer for a mo-
ment for fast driving. He, however, was
not in charge Of the machine. and when his
host mentioned the guests name to the
officer that official retired and the ma
chine moved on And the Vice President
caught his train. Here Is gentle tip to
the anti-Fairbanks people. 1t shows that,
contrary to the assertions Of his enemies
the Vice President Is not a slow coach. and
that he gets what he goes after. OF course
he is not law-breaker. His respect for
the speed regulations In Philadelphia is
probably as great as that Of any visitor to
the city. But his friends there, as else
where. are up to date employ the latest
means of doing things. and hustle. BY his
company we may know a man. Keep your
eyes on Fairbanks. The candidate who
can make fast time in Philadelphia Is In
the race for sure
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1907-05-19

The Chattanooga Times, the following
shows. has taken the good southern man"
proposition much to heart
Texas wants Senator Culberson nomi-
mated for President by the democratic con-
vention. The action of that state furnishes
q clue to the situation. Southern states
might well instruct for some favored south
ern man and then if the right man should
not he offered at the national convention,
southern delegates, thus organized Tor
specific purpose, could vote for their own
man go home and send the electoral votes
of the solid south to the college for him.
Its candidate might not be elected, but 1t
would give the northern and western lead
ers lesson in self-respect they would prob
ably heed next time
If this means anything 1t suggests a bolt.
For how else except by formal nomina-
ton of its man could the south Ego home
and send the electoral votes of the solid
south to the college for him? If the north
and the west refuse to accept its choice
it must put him up Itself In order to
bring him properly before the country.
The south will not do this. 1t is a far
cry to 1860, and stretches across many
bitter years, but the south remembers the
mistake it then made. 1t put its own
man up that year. and learned as severe
lesson itself it taught others. 1t
has today who compares in point
of general attractiveness with John c.
Breckenridge. He was eloquent, and hand
some. and. although young. experienced in
politics. His personal character was high
above reproach. He represented to the full
all that the south was contending for. But
all he could do was to split the democratic
vote with Douglass, and the republicans
marched through to victory.
Between that time and March. 1886 when
Mr.. Cleveland first took office. twenty-four
very lonesome and dreary years for the de-
mocracy rolled by. And they rolled slowly.
A hungrier. thirstier multitude never
sembled than greeted Mr.. Cleveland on his
appearance at the White House. The sur
yivors of the Breckenridge movement were
in as sad a plight as the survivors of the
Douglass movement. All had suffered
alike. as the result of that rule-or-ruin
policy which the south, the exponent of
the slave power, had forced upon the demo-
cratic party and the country.
Mr. Bryan needs no lesson In self-respect
Many people think he needs wisdom, and
deplore his advocacy of doctrines which
they regard anything but democratic.
But that he is frank man, who speaks
his mind with courage, and asks nothing
but what he plainly describes. cannot be
denied The south has never supported
his superior in point of honesty of purpose
or cleanliness of life None Of her many
attractive sons of this day surpasses him
in the elements which go to make up a
fighting personality '>.-
bolt would mean a surrender In ad-
vance for four years. and the period Of
wandering in the wilderness growing out
OF 1t might be protracted to forty.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1907-05-19
Taft and Tariff Revision

The Milwaukee Sentinel says in reply
to the declaration of the American Tariff
League that the country must have "a
better protectionist than Mr.. Taft in the
White House:
Mr.. Taft seems to be a better, because
more reasonable, protectionist than the
trainers of that sentiment. The league
If correctly reported, should wake out Of
it's Bourbon trance, use its eyes and ears,
and discover what every, sensible person
knows, that the republican party is for
moving toward tariff revision, and is not
standing pat on certain schedules that
some of the stanchest protectioniSts in
the party. Senator Cullom. for example
say are probably out OF date and need
revision and readjustment. Mr.. Taft Is
just as good a protectionist as Mr.. Nc
Kinley was. and Mr.. Mckinley was a
good-enough protectionist- for anybody"
Judge Taft is not only .as good pro-
tectionist as Mr.. Mckinley was" but a pro-
eqtionist of the same order. His ex-
preston in favor of tariff revision goes
no further than that made by Mr.. Nc
Kinley at Buffalo marty six years ago.
II 1t was apparent then that certain of the
schedules of the Dingley law needed re-
vision. how much palmer must that fact
be now? The country's extraordinary
prosperity, which between 1897 and 1901
had made revision necessary. has con-
tinued six years longer, and gives the
greater support to Judge Tafts conten-
ton. What he asks Is only what Mr..
Mckinley asked, with hundred addi-
tional reasons available.
The standpatters are about at the end
of their row. Tariff revision is almost at
hand Some specific deiiverance on the
subject by the republicans must be made
next year. no matter who the candidate
may be. Nobody could be elected Presi-
dent on platform which should leave the
subject in the air. The time for revision
must be stated In terms that the voters
win accept plank in the platform which
should pledge the party In that old moon
shine phrase abeat revising the tariff when
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1907-05-19
LITTLE PRINCE ETCE1ERA.

From the Columbus Ohio Sun.
The name OF the royal baby of Spain. will
be Alfonso Pho Christine Eduardo Fran
cisco Guillermo Carlos Enrique Eugino
Fernando Antonio Venancier Under these
circumstances perhaps It's good thing he
hasn't got Cuba to worry about also.
From the Detroit Journal.
If father hadn't lost Cuba, Porto Rico
and the Philippines the name of the Span
ish heir apparent would easily take up the
rest of the page:
From the Albany Evening Journal.
The given names OF the infant heir to the
Spanish throne look in print like the list
of members of syndicate.
From the Philadelphia Public Ledger.
I King Alfonso showed his devotion to his
people when he took time enough off froH,
nursery duty to open parliament
From the Atlanta Journal
The baby heir to the throne OF Spain,
being half English, Is liable to be fmper-
vious to the humor OF the ceremonies.
From the Omaha Bee
Spain Is great country for castles in the
air. also for the heir in the castle.
From the Dayton News.
Well. there II one boy in this old world
who viii not have knots tied In his clothes
when he goes In swimming. but he lives In
Spain.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1907-05-19
MARSE .HENRY,S CANDIDATE.
From the Brooklyn Eagle.

From the Brooklyn Eagle.
Watterson's mysterious candidate for the
democratic presidential nomination lives
west of the Alleghenies, north OF the Po-
tomac and Ohio. supported Bryan in 1896
and is allied with conservative interests
Railroad Magnate Tom Johnson, of course!
From the Troy Record.
Colonel Henry Watterson announces that
he has a dark horse for the democratic
nomination for the presidency. The col
oners man docs not live east of the
Alleghenies, either. nor south of the Po-
tomac and the Ohio" The horse now in
the mind of the Knight OF the Blue Grass
state Is probably racing across the bound
less plains Of the far west. Wonder If the
critter was ever christened at a democratic
caucus? 49,
From the Buffalo Express.
Colonel Wattenson offers to pick an ideal
leader for the democratic party If Mr..
Bryan will step out of the way. If such a
man existed he would not wait for any
body to pick HIM out.
From the Springfield Union.
Up to the present writing William Jen-
nings Bryan has not shown anything that
might be regarded as undignified haste in
accepting Henry Watterson's offer to name
an acceptable leader for the democratic
hosts In 1908 1t Is no secret that Mr.
Bryan Thinks hs knows q man who just
fills the bin.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1907-05-19
Golden Voices.

Does, music pay as a profession? This
question Is one of the oldest in the history
of art. and it has been variously answered
A direct and convincing reply to 1t Is now
furnished by the announcement that Senior
Caruso, the star tenor of Director Conried' 8
company, has just signed contract that
binds him to the same service for four
years longer, at a salary of one million
francs year, equivalent to about 500 CO.,
four times as much as the United States
pays its President.
OF course Carusos are rare. Even near
Carusos are not very abundant Yet in
these days of liberal patronage of the mu-
steal art there are many singers who COM
mand salaries of from $4,000 to $4,000 a
year. There are a great many more who
get from $500 to 5000 year. The man
ayers are constantly on the watch for ex-
ceptional voices. and the chorus girl who
sing better than her sisters Is fairly
sure of a chance to step upward on the
ladder. .s 80.
However. the question of music as a pay
ing occupation is not confined to the stage
limits. Those who have a prejudice against
dramatic voealism as a calling and are pos
sessed of. well-trained vocal organs can
usually find opportunities In other lines.
The concert field is wide and the churches
are more liberal than ever In their compen-
sation of professional choristers
But 1t is only the best singers that get
the high pay. Only the best wins out any
way, IN the long run. whatever the line of
work. And In the realm of vocal music it
Is always to be remembered that the days
of the singer are not limitless. Caruso will
not indefinitely command his princely sal
airy OF 100000 year. In few seasons,
perhaps We shall be hearing less of him.
and maybe in decade he will be teaching
instead of delighting great audiences with
the songs that now cost his employers hun
dreds of dollars apiece.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1907-05-19
HONEST-BUTI

He is honest-reputedly So
You might trust him with money untold
And you never would lose ii. i know,
For he d scorn any faint on his gold;
But / still have to watch him, / find,
Like the worst of all possible crooks,
For he's bent on improving his mind
And he always will borrow my books.
It's some highly priced treasure he gets,
An edition that's ancient and rare,
And he often breaks into my sets
When I've not an odd volume TO spare.
II was he, l am perfectly sure.
Who has cabbaged my Shelley de luxe;
It's a thing that is hard to endure.
But he always will borrow my books.
That I'd quite shut him or have vowed.
I have sworn that no more I would lend,
But some freedom il always allowed
By q man to an intimate friend.
All the same. with resentment burn
When see the unoccupied hooks
OF the volumes he'll never return,
But be stu comes and borrows my books
Chicago News.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1907-05-19
WHENEVER | TAKE MY WALKS ABROAD.

with apologies to Isaac Watts.l
whene' er take my walks abroad.
How many rich ] see!
What shall ! render to the Fates
For all their gifts to mel
How many people In the street
In motor cars rush by. 81.
In deadly peril OF their lives.
While safe on foot 60 I.
While some rich wretches scarce can tell
Where they may lay their head
I have a dat In which to dwell.
And rest upon my bed.
They scarcely know where next to go
Tuxedo. Lenox. whichf
Bar Harbor, Newport, Lakewood-Ohi
Our wretched friends the rich!
-Alleyu Martin In the New York Times.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1907-05-19

The governor of New York, in vetoing
a bill affecting the salaries Of school
teachers with the remark. this is a mat
ter which should be dealt with by the
local authorities" shows a proper defer
ence to the rights Of individual COM
munities. Perhaps. If elected President.
he would see to it that Washington was
fully represented in its own local Offices.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1907-05-19
And the King Heard Of It,

And the King Heard Of It.
whats the trouble?" asked the Madrid
citizen
We've been obliged to arrest this man
for lese majestic" answered the policeman.
but he's very peaceful and inoffensive
person.
Yes. But he inadvertently dropped a re-
mark that he thought he had the smartest
small boy on earth.'s
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1907-05-19
Passing Him Along.

why did you send that man Grafton
Grabb to Congress?"
We'll" answered Farmer Corntossel,''
we kind O. thought 1t I'D be cheaper to
turn him loose on the national government
instead of encouragin' him to give ALI his
time ito the local taxpayers"
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1907-05-19

The experiences Of number of rich
men with senatorial ambitions would
naturally cause Thomas F. Ryan or any
other magnate to think the matter over
carefully. .,.. 80
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1907-05-19

Milk is great disappointment. The
COW, despite the efforts of the dairy
journalists and the county fairs, is ad-
Judged a failure. The natural product
is sometimes worse than anything which
the chemical ingenuity of man d1evises.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1907-05-19
TOO MUCH OF A LOAD.

The little Spanish future king has Just dozen
names; at.
To load an infant down with these would seem the
worst Of shames,
And only think how hard twill be to call the little
chap
By all his names when mamma says: "Come in
and get your pap?
Cleveland Plain Dealer.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1907-05-19
The Point Of Failure.

do you find that the faith cure has bene-
flied your
NO" answered the patient. Il got far
enough to admit that the pain I suffered
was a mental impression. But couldn't
convince myself that the boil 1 had was
merely an optical Illusion" - H., ..
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1907-05-19

If apologies were demanded from all
ministers who solemnized undesirable
marriages, the work Of preparing SER
mons would be considerably interrupted.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1907-05-19
SHOOTING STARS.
Removing a Doubt.

do you think that an actors response to
curtain calls destroys the artistic illusion %
NO" answered Mr.. Stormington Barnes,
sometimes 1t enhances the effect. The con-
trast convinces the audience that he was
really acting
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1907-05-19

President Roosevelt's approval Of base
ball on the theory that men of middle
age can play it, suggests the possibility
that the White House tennis court may
yet be converted into diamond.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1907-05-19

The irony Of fate is shown by the fact
that the late Jay Gould was largely in
fiuenced, no doubt. in his wealth. getting
by the hope Of insuring the happiness Of
his children.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1907-05-19

Some OF the Brownsville soldiers may
have taken renewed hope from recent ex-
pressions to the effect that man should
not be adjudged guilty without trial.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1907-05-19

% Lady Godiva unprecedented in the
pageant in Coventry by a young woman
in feshipgs will be another reminder that
British conservatism Is not what it used
TO be. -S-s
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1907-05-19
OTHERWISE ENGAGED.

Do chickens sit or do they setf
Perhaps they could do either.
But in my garden plot. you bet,
Ny neighbor's chickens do neither.
Philadelphia Public Ledger.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1907-05-19

Wages are said to be phenomenally
high in Alaska. But there is no need of
going further north than San Francisco
to find this condition.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1907-05-19

Hartman Is pursuing his way with the
stolid silence Of man whose advice has
been offered and rejected.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1907-05-19
formulation.

IT shall not use tobacco; nay!'
Said little Robert Reed.
"The stuff I've learned to smoke, they say,
Is only jimson weed" 49,
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1907-05-19

Atlantic City is again struggling with
the annual problem of how to be unre
STRANGELY joyous, yet circumspect.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1907-05-19

Kuroki. a success martially. diplomatic
cally and socially. Is Indeed a man of
versatile attainments.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1907-05-19

NJ. ]. K.-WhoSis the most popular man
in this vicinity? A.-Town Marshal Coll
Inns of Glen Echo of course. We thought
everybody knew that. Ask any automobile
owner. He will speak feelingly of Col
Inns
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1907-05-19

'"Tish! fish! Tish!'' cried Theodore
II told you not to come round any more.
This third term talk just abhor,
(But you're the incest little rumor that I
ever saw
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1907-05-19

F. M. S-Why Is 1t that all the single
women have seen lately have been In such
a melancholy frame of mind? A.-Haven't
you heard? The census report shows that
there are 1900 more women than men In
the District of Columbia
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1907-05-19

II. E. JUNGLE Jasper. please tell me the
name Of the next man who will shy his hat
into the arena of presidential possibilities.
Ave know his mustache but not his
name. Anyhow, the arena is all cluttered
UP with bonnets. and We prefer to wait
awhile. Ask the Mint Julep expert. He
can tell you.
The Madison daily leader. [volume] (Madison, S.D.) 1890-current, 1907-04-25
CANNOT BE IMPROVED.
Health Conditions on Canal Zone as
Good as They Ever viii Be.

Washington, April 25.-Health con-
ditions on the canal zone are about as
good now as they ever will be. ac-
cording to a report from Colonel Cor
gas, chief sanitary officer, just re-
ceived at the offices Of the isthmian
canal commission. Since August last
the number Of sick among the en-
ployes has steadily decreased until 1t
is now 1910 men per 1000, as against
1912 in August. This. In the opinion
of Colonel Gorgas, Is an excellent sick
rate. Among 4,600 American (white)
employees there were only two deaths
from disease during the month of
March, a rate of SIT per 1000 Among
1900 American women and children
living in the canal commission quar-
ters there were no deaths and very
little sickness of any kind, as has been
the rule in the past. The negro en-
ployes show the highest mortality and
the American whites the smallest. The
mortality from all causes for March
was: Negroes 1880, white employees
1859, American whites 1894 per 1000.
The Madison daily leader. [volume] (Madison, S.D.) 1890-current, 1907-04-25
CARRIED A CREW OF SIX
Fishing Tug Search|Ight Lost
Off Harbor Beach, Mich.

Harbor Beach, Mich, April 25.-The
fishing tug Searchlight of this port is
missing and Is believed to have sunk
In Lake Huron with her crew of six
men. A heavy sea prevailed on Lake
Huron for twenty-four hours. The
Searchlight went out to her nets as
usual and was last sighted out In the
lake headed for port from the lifesav-
ing station. The tug did not arrive,
however, and when finally anxiety be-
gan to be felt for her safety the har-
Dor tug Johnston and the lifesaving
crew went out into the lake and spent
the night searching for some trace of
the missing tug. A number of fish
boxes which are supposed to have be-
longed to the Searchlight were dis
covered floating and this Is taken as
a certain indication that the tug has
foundered