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The Springfield herald., 1907-08-23

Thirty thousand gypsies are to be
banished from Hungary. and 1t is re-
ported that they may come to this
country. They will make n mistake
II they come now. The advent of the
automobile has made horse trading
unattractive, and the fortune-telling
business has almost completely gone
over to people who do not pretend
20 have any gypsy blood in their veins.
The Springfield herald., 1907-08-23
A Bio Loser.

Mrs. Myles-I see the 24-year-old
son of n London dry goods man is
bankrupt. having managed to get rid
of s2,100,000 since he came of age.
Mrs. Styles-Oh, well, boys will be
boys!
Mrs. Myles-Well, this looks as II
boy had an ambition to be a
bridge whist player.
The Springfield herald., 1907-08-23
Never Touched Him.

II have brought back the lawn
mower l bought of you last week."
said the man with the side whiskers.
You said you would return my money
If It wasn't satisfactory"
Yes, that's what 1 said" replied the
dealer but l assure you the money
was perfectly satisfactory in every
respect"
The Springfield herald., 1907-08-23

When the king of Italy was told
that son had been born to the wife
of Lloyd C. Griscom, the American
ambassador in Rome, he exclaimed:
Il had always believed that ambassa-
dors were blessed only with grand
sons!" Ambassadors, as well as SEN
ntors, used to be old men, but this all
seems to have been changed. Am.
bassador Griscom Is only "a years old.
and it will be many years before he
Is a grandfather; and there are many
men in the senate less than SO.
The Springfield herald., 1907-08-23
Insurance Claims Contested.

Boulder, Colo.-Hiram Washburn, a
Colorado pioneer, died at Sugar Loaf.
recently. at the age of seventy-one
years. He has been in Colorado for
the past thirty-hve years and Is sur
vived by four children.
The Springfield herald., 1907-08-23
The Reason Why.

'How did you come here?' said one
Mexican bull to an old acquaintance,
as they met in the arena.
"How?" replied the other, with
glance around. Il may say l was
roped in"
The Springfield herald., 1907-08-23

Kink Edward is one of the few men
who can afford to entertain 1000
guests at one time and take his
chances with the souvenir hunters.
The Springfield herald., 1907-08-23
nous

Congress is to be called upon to
transform the United States into the
semblance of the garden of Mistress
Mary, the quite contrary" young lady
who raised 'columbines all in a row.
The Columbine association is perfect
ing plans to petition the national leg
islature to make the columbine the ma
tional flower. One of Its members, a
professor of botany, maintains that no
flower would be more appropriate. as
the name comes from the Latin word
meaning "a dove, the worlds emblem
of peace-a name given to this flower
because one common form of it re-
sembles group of doves"
The Springfield herald., 1907-08-23

What fine. hearty laugh English
men will have in about five years
from now when some of Mark Twain's
jokes have begun to dawn on them!
The Springfield herald., 1907-08-23

A Harvard graduate Is walking to
San Francisco. He says 1t is on a
wager. but probably the facts are that
he wants to get there.
The Springfield herald., 1907-08-23

The walters in convention in New
York have decided not to abolish the
tipping system, because the object of
their organization is ito raise the so
cial standing and increase the individ-
ual culture and refinement of the
waiter" 1t is contended that to do
this the waiter must have money for
books and paintings and statuary and
travel From this point of view the
person who gives the waiter a dime
at the close of more or less badly
served dinner can feel himself In the
same class of philenthropists with An
drew Carnegie.
The Springfield herald., 1907-08-23

Mark Twain probably wears that
white suit to match his hair. Tha.
involves less trouble than changing
the color of the hair.
The Springfield herald., 1907-08-23

Don't quarrel about nature, gentle
men writer's about the beasts of the
flelIs and the birds of the air. She
Is old enough to take care of herself.
The Springfield herald., 1907-08-23

He'll is in the sun, according to
preacher. The sun has certainly been
acting like that this year.
The Springfield herald., 1907-08-23

Psychic epilepsy is the latest ex-
cuse for shooting up the town.
Psychic confinement on psychic bread
and water should be tried as a cure.
The Springfield herald., 1907-08-23

A Georgia preacher announces that
there must be no hell. Must be cloudy
In Georgia nowadays.
The Springfield herald., 1907-08-23

An Ohio judge refused to listen to
poker talk in his courtroom. He was
quite right. Such talk should be re-
served for the anteroom or the draw
fng-room.
The Springfield herald., 1907-08-23

Another man 101 years old has wed
his first sweetheart, now 100 years
old. This is getting to be quite fad.
The man or woman who doesn't get
married on his or her one hundredth
birthday is very much behind the
times. There is nothing like starting
the second century right. Many a
man who looks back regretfully as
memories of his first sweetheart are
recalled would be willing to marry
the cir! provided she would consent tc
wait until his one hundredth birthday.
The Springfield herald., 1907-08-23

The natives of the Tonga or Friend
ly islands, off the east side of New
Zealand. are said to be the finest in
physique of any on earth. The aver
age height of the males is five feet
ten inches. Many of them are over
six feet. They weigh from 160 to 300
pounds, and are very straight, being
built IL proportion. The women aver
age greater height than the women
of America. They have fine. strong
figures and average from 100 to 100
pounds in weight. They are of cop
per color. stralght-haired and with
features which made the Greeks IA
NOUS
The Springfield herald., 1907-08-23

King Chulalongkorn of Siam is 60
ing to visit us. Won't he be great
picking for newspaper poets?
The Springfield herald., 1907-08-23

There seems to be growing disposi-
ton among sportsmen to give the
hunted animal a fair chance. Few
hunters will now defend the pursuit of
deer at night with jack-light. a
method of hunting in which the animal
has little chance for his life. Mr.. Cleve-
land. n hunter and fisherman. as well
as former president, has lately con
demned night-hunting of ducks and
fishing with night lines, and has urged
that humane persons whose Aends
thus violate the principles of ASorts-
manship should express in song way
their condemnation of such conduct
The Springfield herald., 1907-08-23
THE HERALD

Some Spanish anarchist has start
ed the story that the queen of Spain
writes poetry.
The Springfield herald., 1907-08-23
NO END To
The STRIKE
.TELEGRAPHERS HOLD OUT ANC
BOTH SIDES CLAIM SIG
NAL VICTORY.
SERVICES NOT so GOOD
GoMPERs HOPES FOR "HoNoP
ABLE ADJUSTMENT AT oP-
FORTUNE TIME"

Denver.-The usual number of con
nicting statements by telegraph and
strike officials appear. both sides
claiming victory.
More operators were at work in Chi
cago and New York Monday.
In Denver the service was not as
good as on Saturday and the men who
have been working long hours under
unfavorable conditions since the strike
began are showing exhaustion. but the
managers claim to be handling the
business promptly.
Chicago-The developments in the
telegraphers strike comprise the
calling out of leased wire operators in
six brokerage houses and the issuing
of a number of conflicting statements
regarding the progress of the strike by
the officials of the union and by those
of the telegraph companies.
Both sides claim to have the strike
won. The telegraph companies. how
ever, are daily increasing the number
of men at work, and both of them have
on the board of trade larger number
OF operators than at any time since the
commencement of the strike.
Many of the messenger boys who
struck the day following the walkout of
the operators returned to work.
All efforts by outside parties looking
toward adjustment of the trouble have
been abandoned and the contest to all
appearances has settled down to a
waiting game on both sides.
shington-President Gompers OF
NaIa of I ,hn
ported to the executive council of the
federation that he. John Mitchell OF
indianapolis and Daniel j. Keefe Of
Detroit had been entrusted by united
labor with an attempt to bring about
IAN honorable adjustment of the te.
legraphers' strike at an opportune
time"
MIR. Gompers was asked when he
thought that the time would arrive,
and replied that he could not say, but
that it might be lin an hour, in a
week or month, or perhaps not at
all"
Los Angeles.-The telegraph situa
lion in southern California and south
western Mexico is without change.
The Western Union office here has now
forty-five operators on the day and
night forces, as against seventy at
the time of the strike. The only point
in the territory here that remains per-
manently tied up is Prescott. Arizona,
where destruction of the company's
property is threatened. No violence
has occurred there.
Interference with Western Union
wires is daily growing less, according
to company officials. Saturday an un-
known operator on the Denver & Rio
Grande road grounded six of the COM
pany's most important wires.
The Springfield herald., 1907-08-23

ments as to uniform tariffs. II
they were now permitted to make such
agreements subject to the approval OF
the interstate commerce commission,
such tendency would lose much Of Its
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Interpreting the Umpire

The statement. in another part OF The
Star today. that the local base ball park is
to be fitted with an electric announcement
service viii bring great joy tic many a faith
full fan" and open prospect of season
of Ineligible umpiring. AS the game Is
now played, in the presence of large crowds
of strident "rooters." with enthusiasm or
chagrn or disapproval given full-throated
expression on the least provocation the
official judge of the play is acting a panto-
mime more than half the time, and not very
plain pantomime at that. His vocal per-
formances too. are seldom of an eiocu-
tionary character. Some close students of
to know that enc style OF shrek means a
strike and another means a ball, and he
can perhaps distinguish instantly between
the spasmodic gesture that denotes a death
on base and another that DEGREES safety
But such a spectator is rare and Highly
gifted The average patron of the game
must wait for consequences When he sees
the fielding team swarm around the umpire
and beat the air with clenched fists after
a base decision, he knows BY deductive
reasoning that the runner has been given
a life When he sees the batting team
grow frantic with rage and cluster about
the arbite- of the sport with handicapped
bats he assumes that the judge has, fer
that episode. donned the black cap of con-
aemnation So also he deduces from the
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The House and Its Rules.

A remark made by Speaker Reed seven
teen years ago attracted wide atten- on at
the time and still survives. President VIII
son of Princeton University Is the latest
man OF distinction to quote it, In lee
ture delivered IN New York on Friday deal
ing with the rules and methods of the M
tional House OF Representatives. the New
Jersey educator recalled Mr.. Reed ex-
clamation. thanking God that the House
was no longer a deliberative body.
Prof Wilson would not misrepresent any
body. and In giving Mr.. Reeds remark
literal Interpretation has simply fallen into
an error which has been common ever since
the remark was made. Mr.. Reed. who
liked epigram and often spoke jocularly.
was pointing out the difference between
the old rules of the House. which had ia
vored takers and filfbusters to the extent
Of putting the public business entirely az
their mercy, and the rules he had draftsf
which enabled the majority always to com
mand the situation. That was all Some
champion OF the old rules had declared
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conduct of either pitcher or batsman at
critical moments whether he has proclaimed
a ball or strike. But even with these aids
to immediate discernment the current of
understanding is a sluggish one. Under
the new system all will be as plain as day.
The umpire will give signal according to
a code to a man at set of electric buttons.
and in flash great board at the foot Of
the field win proclaim the fact that will
despair along the sporting spine. Likewise
will identifications be easier than before
Newcomers in the ranks will be announced
by numbers. The pitchers and catchers
who start the games will be denoted, and
IL disaster oyertakes them their SUCCESSORS
umpire will be relieved of large part of
the responsibility now resting upon his
loaded shoulders. He can save his voice
and possibly his temper will be more
equabfe. He will communicate with the
excited multitudes through the watchfui
man at the keys and the big board out in
the region where the three-base swats are
sent. The local management has conferred
boon upon the followers of the game by
bringing its field equipment up to date. All
that the base ball public now has any
reason to expect is that the final standing
of the team will be similarly advanced.
And of this the hopes of local fandom now
run higher than ever, for the tidinsS from
the south are cheering
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that under them the House was a delib-
erative body, and Mr.. Reed replied in the
words quoted
But as a matter of fact, the new rules
contributed more to elaboration than the
old had ever done. Deliberation does not
mean delay by filibustering. nor mere talk,
nor long winded set speeches intended for
home consumption. Under the old rules
the INSTRUCTOR and the "windjammer' were
often supreme They could hold up the
House almost at their pleasure. But under
the new rules all was changed and the way
cleared for action. The Fifty-first House
which adopted the Reed rules. was distinct
ly business body. and Jared so well under
them that the next two houses, which were
democratic. held to the new rules with but
the slightest modification.
Deliberation, In the sense of debate. of
discussion. was the breath of Mr.. Reeds
nostrils. He delighted in it. He shone in
it. He was the best debater of his day in
the House. and of the best in the
whole history of that body But h alb
horred what in the yernacuar is called
Ginning" For the man whose chief
qualification was for talk-who struck atti
tudes. and spun fine phrases by the yard
he had an intellectual mans contempt. He
considered him nuisance in the House,
and a bar to progress. His rules were
aimed particularly at members of that
type; and in limiting their opportunities he
performed a valuable public service.
The House is a deliberative body, and
all the more so for being no longer a pa
rade ground for cross-road orators. The
man with something to say has still his
opportunity-a better one than formerly.
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RAILWAY REPENTANCE.

From the Richmond Times Dispatch
Recent developments in commercial cir
cles are interesting, particularly as show
ing that railroad presidents, after all, have
knees.
From the indianapolis Star.
The railroad presidents would feel much
more keen for that White House confer
ence IL they could be sure that the first
thing~they saw standing by Roosevelt's
desk wouldn't be the big stick.
From the birmingham ASe-IIerald
The railroad presidents are not hurrying
to the White House loaded up with advice
as rapidly as they were week ago.
From the Atlanta Journal.
The railroad presidents. of course, have
some information to give the President but
they may not want to part with 1t.
From the Indianapolis News.
The more the various railroad presidents
talk the more they seem to be up against
the sinuosity game.
From the Atlantis Journal.
The railroad presidents seem to think that
one at time was all they cared to risk in
the strenuous purlieus Of the White House.
From the Providence evening Bulletin.
According to such information as has
leaked cut as to what Mr. Mellen and the
President talked about at that White
House conference. they talked about forty
minutes.
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Swift Justice in England.

I-.,,isb iustice moves even more swiftly
than our celebrated Jersey Justice Inc
,Dan-sI,ver has n short shrift, indeed in
King Edwards realm. A case has just come
20 notice which should be considered
thouehtfuIly by the people of this country
espccially in the light of the protracted,
wearying. nauseating Thaw trial. which
has dragged along for weeks and has not
vet been concluded. On the nth OF Jand-
AIRY William Whiteley, one OF the Leading
merchants of London. was assassinated III
his store by young man. Friday last the
latter was placed on trial and convicted
tn, entire proceeding covering less thah
twelve hours The jury was in retirement
only nine minutes and Immediately upon
the announcement of the verdict the prls-
Outr was sentenced TO be hanged some time
before the I'D Of April. There is no chance
for a new trial. the English law allowing
no appeal from the verdict of the court OIL
first instance. only the home secretary
can save. the man from the gaIlows, and
il hc should intervene and recommend royal
clrrn-ncy the action will take the form of
a communication OF sentence or a pardon.
I'm neither case upsettlng the declaration of
guilt once convicted in England, a man
must always bear the stigma of his crime.
English system. There is, it is claimed. too
serious a chance pf injustice through con-
v.cJi,a upon clrcumstantial evidence which
does not inevitably demonstrate guilt
However. the lack OF appellate privileges
serves 10 concentrate responsibility upon
the trial court. and it is believed that the
average Of justice in the English criminal
courts is higher than in other systems,
where appeals are permitted. 1t Is note
worthy that the London court did not al
low a TrulouEatioC of this proceeding and
held n. evidence down 10 the ascertain
uent of facts. The plea of insanity was
advanced but 1t did not reach the point
OF determination through expert testimony.
The jury was allowed To Judge as 10 the
prisoners mental responsibility and It's an
swer was prompt and decisive. We could
stand some OF the English trial methods
in this country without seriously endan-
grring the rights OF the Individual and
greatly to the benefit of society at large.
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Mr. Bryan's Supporters.

The Boston Transcript makes this obser-
walton.
1T is well to remember one life insur-
ance policy which the people of the | nited
States are carrying for reliet In the III
probahl event of Mr.. Bry an election.
and that is the present republican majority
in the United States Senate. 1t would take
a series of democratic victories. not one
merely. to reduce this two-thirds republican
majority to bare fighting weight. Mt.
BRYAN as President would nave little power
in securing new lcSisl ltion, and accord ngiy
would be comparatively innoCuous. lhis Is
no argument for electing MN SiICe huCh
can be done by executive or Ter ana DS man
agement of administrative bureaus To rape
our affairs in the wrong direction: but the
confession of his inability to accomplish
anything for so-calied reform would IN
avoidably east "a damper upon the zeal OF
hi supporters.
Many of the most Jealous of Mr. Bryan s
supporters are not clamoring for reform so
much as for the offices. They have been
out in tie cold a long time, and Mr. Bryan
election would usher in period of comfort
and clover. He would know and provide Tor
his own and rhe republican Senate would
offer no objection. At most it would insist
upon good men. and Mr.. Bryan himself
would be interested in selecting such Tor
appointment
1t is well to remember this. A large ana
strong army in cur affairs moves under the
inspiration of pap. The civil service law
covers many places. but in the main they
are not important. large amount Oh
highly valuable patronage remains In the
Presidents hands. and it operates as
pnver i'm drawing influential men 10 MIN
and keepfng them at his side. They com
wand fhe little fellows, and so the general
,,orL GOES on. Office is still great incen-
tive TO action in our politics. and one of the
things Mr. Bryan draws upon Is the oeheI
that as a thorough party man he would re-
member the faithful in his hour OF triumph.
How long the republican majority IN the
Senate would last after the appearance VI
Mr. BRYAN In the White House Is ques-
tiop He would try for second term anu
4, no secured that should be able to make
the republicans very groggy even III their
stronshold Eight years in the presidency
ronstitute a long period. and a shrewd poll
,i,ia,-ond nobody will deny Mr.. Bryan
,bat titIe-should bring about many changes
in his party's behalf while exercising such
enormous power.
patronage will inspire twenty men for Mr..
Bryan next year to one for reform. ne''i III
Is not the crv now that it was in 1896, or in
1909 We have had good deal OF reIoih III
since then. and much of it has worked re-
markedly well. The reform OF the tarIil mas
worked so we'll that the schedules urgently
need to be reformed again, while rdiIroad
refnrn has gone far enough to bring every
body in the country to attention. Reform
therefore will not fill the air as it once dlo
But the poor politicians seeking place We
have always with us.
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THE LITTLE WAR.

From the Cleveland Leader.
It's all off with the NicaraSuan army.
The President of Honduras has taken the
field with an automobile.
From the Charleston News and Courier.
In the matter of the war between Mica
ra qua and Honduras about a mule the
mule Is doubtless preserving armed neu-
trality.
From the Norfolk vrgnian-Pilot.
According to the Honduran- Nicaraguan
definition War is Yell; Sherman said it was
something else.
From the Birmingham News.
The longer the war continues in Central
America the more II becomes apparent that
those who are conducting it are military
mollycoddles.
From the Providence Journal.
Probably not one person In five could
name offhand the five Central American
republics, all of which may soon be actively
engaged in an unaeighboriy war.
From the Chattanooga Star.
Salgado's mule promises to become as
famous as the Trojan horse, only 1t is
hoped it viii not be put In song.
From the Philadelphia North American.
The Hondursen mule that was the cause
of the war in Central America can never
hope to rival Mrs. O'Leary's COW in history.
There were 200 lives lost in the Chicago fire.