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The Washington herald., 1907-02-17
NEW WAYS OF SERVING STATE.
Importance of Unofficial Workers in
Promoting Good Government.

from the New YORK Evening Post.
II a census could be taken of the IN
official workers and organizations that
aim 10 supplement, or correct, or com
pei the labors of men in public Office. the
list would surprise people who have not
looked into the matter. Scarcely one
function of government can be mentioned
in connection with which some private
society or association has not been
formed to see that it is properly dis
charged. We have our prisons, and also
our prison-reform associations. Even
so technical a public work as the care
and preservation Of forests has to have
it's watchfu and helpful society of those
who would keep the ak Of the destroyer
from our remaining woodlands. The
Bureau of Indian Affairs has alongside
it the Indian Rightc Association What
would have become Of civiI-service re-
form. or ballot reform, or primary re-
form, or cOrpOration-law reform with
out the large number of philosophical
citizens who have banded themselves to-
gether to work for those causes, It is
impossible to say. Everywhere, behind
the actual government, stands a sort Of
shadow government keeping watch upon
it,
Beyond all question. it is d great opening
and appeal which many Of our best PEG
pie see in such ways Of serving the state
More and more of them are cheerfully
giving thought and labor to these forms
Of unofficial craftsmanship which are
helping to make our official statesman
ship more wholesome and more effective.
II is one Of the methods by which
the intelligent and moral classes are ac-
curing a sort Of indirect representation
in the work of administration, and are
exerting power often greater than if it
were direct.
The Washington herald., 1907-02-17

shore in the search for suitable spa wning
grounds. The male scoops out little fur
row in the sand with his nose. In which
the female deposits her eggs. AS soon as
this Is accomplished, her usefulness is
ended and she soon dies.
Salmon returning from the. sea will go
as near TO the head waters Of a stream
as they can. It is remarkable sight TO
see them jumping falls that intercept
their course I have been in Alaska
twice when the salmon were coming in,
and have seen fine specimens almost bat
ter themselves 10 pieces in trying to
make a fall that was too high for them.
In attempting this they viii retire down
stream for some distance, make flying
rush, and leap upward out of the water
to an almost incredible height In the eff
fort TO establish the age of salmon little
tin tags have been fastened to the tails
of minnows turned loose, and the return
OF these labeled ones is awaited with a
great deal of interest
The oyster has not been neglected. The
local authorities In oyster-bearing States
now regulate their taking with much
strictness. which is largely the result of
the influence Of the Federal bureau. The
commission has been experimenting with
the fattenng of oysters, and has been so
successful as to warrant the prediction
that within a few years this artificial
The Washington herald., 1907-02-17
The Furnaces.

Was there eve anything as absolutely
unreliable as a furnace? In warm
weather, say toward spring. it works to
perfection and drives everybody out Of
the house. But in a blizzard you may
put into it a quarter of a ton of coal;
you may rake II out, and shake it down:
you may sit up with IT, and coax it and
worry yourself feeble-minded over il. But
burn up and warm the house, and do
its duty. it will not And there is a
gentleman in the city who, having had
his electric fixtures fail him Git took two
men and a boy three days of intermittent
labor to get them right again. after hav-
ing his water-pipes freeze "a case of two
plumbers with no idea of ever finishing
their job, and as much time as the
angels, and his furnace on a strike, de-
clared that he had done with modern
imps." and was going back to huge Goa!
fires, kerosene lamps, and portable bath
tubs for comfort
The Washington herald., 1907-02-17
The American Hushnnd-

The American husband has his faults.
He is always really busy, and can't be
torn away from the Office" He hates So
ciety, and amusements. and art. and
travel he does not always care for; books
he doesn't always appreciate. But ali the
same, ne ought always 10 be painted
with a nimbus around his head, for
what he does fully appreciate is-his wifel
There are no men in the world so induI-
gent, kind, tender. faithful TO their wives
as American men; so ''ridicuiously de-
voted, Frenchmen say, TO their families
They cali il very bourgeois. and have
many a fling al US In their comic papers.
But it is a beautiful old-fashioned pat
tern for fathers and husbands. May they
never be less chivalr0Us, less generous.
less kind
The Washington herald., 1907-02-17
A Title.

When II comes. 10 a title. "Ye gods and
little fishes, what fools these women be-
Count Mephistopheles becomes an inno-
cent, attractive darling, 20 whom mamma
delightedly conhdes her seyenteen-year-
old daughter and the ducats that 90 70
form the dot, without which the count
declines TO marry any girl-Usually a cool
milliOn-and in five years. the countess re-
turns TO this country a perfect wreck,
heart-br0ken and impoverished. disiliu-
stoned and passee. Her schOolmate, Jen-
ny Brown, who has not made "a brilliant
match" but only become plain Mrs.
Smith,, % the queen Of happy American
household, a contented wife. q conscien-
tious, earnest mother. the mistress Of q
handsome home, earned by John Smith,
who has steadily risen at the bar or In
business. And the poor countess almost
dies Of envy when she sees all this.
Youth beauty. fortune, all are gone, and
what has she got-a title and a ruined
life
The Washington herald., 1907-02-17
How 1t Was Made.

Is it not amazing to think that China
had begun such a book in the thirteenth
century, when IN all Europe such an en-
terprise was not so much as dreamed of
BY order Of Yung 10. the second Emper-
or Of the Ming dynasty, under the direc-
ton Of Hsiek Chin (the greatest scholar
in China at that time. who organized the
work with a staff Of 2169 persons, crit
les, readers, and cOpyists, under him) il
was begun in 1903 and finished in 1907
No additions were made to it after that
date. In 1902 100 clerks were employed
to make two copies. which were finished
I'm 1901. The original draft and one Of
these copies were destroyed by fire at the
time OF the capture OF Pekin. when the
Ming dynasty was OverthrOWn. This was
a misfortune only equaled by the burn
ing Of the great library at Alexandria, and
2, 422 volumes were lost forever. The re-
mainder of the set was deposited In the
imperial academy, just north Of the Brit
ish legation, at Pekin, and during the
siege Of the legations in 1900. the Chinese
soldiers fired this building and the great
est collection Of Chinese literature ever
made was destroyed.
The Washington herald., 1907-02-17
The Irish BeEgar.

OF all the rollicking, jollicking. care
free creatures on earth! No millionaire
can begin TO compare with the sunshiny,
ready-witted Dublin beggar. II he is a
public charge, the public ought to be and
generally IS glad to pay the modest BILL
and Rockefeller and Vanderbilt might
purchase thankfully the secret of so
much cheerfulness, If il were in the mar
ket. Pat hasn't d shirt 70 his back or a
cent to his credit. but his face is wreathed
In smiles as he cries out, The top Of
the mornin' To your honor, and all the
blessings of Hivin,'
The Washington herald., 1907-02-17
so WAGS THE WORLD"
MEN, MANNERS, AND MORALS.

that for many years a certain feeling Of
surprise and disgust has filled the minds
Of many Of our own men, as clever, as
well bred, as well educated, and polished
as any that can be sent US BY any coun-
try, at finding completely eclipsed and
set to play that very unpopular instru-
ment, the second fiddle in some houses.
while some little curled and scented
manikin attached to the Patag0nIan Le-
cation was surrounded by an adOTing
group Of beautiful girls. They were mere
ly Americans and not quoted at par, by
any means. though UndeniabIy OF excel
lent social position in their own country.
The manikin in Europe would not have
been the recipient OF these invitations al
all, being too much OF an underlinE 1T
is all the fault of the women" they say,
and they tell the truth A foreign name.
pair OF waXed mustaches, and a mind
total blank, as to English. are irresist-
bic attractions and recommendations 20
some silly, snobbish women. Ability,
moral character. gentlemaniy conduct in
mere Americans cannot compete with
them at all.
The Washington herald., 1907-02-17
HITCHCOCK'S VINDICATION.
Legislation Hostile TO Secretary's
Policy Killed in senate.

Washington Dispatch TO st. Louis Republic.
The Senate's vindiCatiOn of Secretary
Hitchcock, accomplished by the action Of
that body upon the various Indian Terri
tory amendments TO the Indian appropria-
ton BILL is complete. in communication
to the Senate while the bin was pending,
President Roosevelt specifically indorsed
every policy or act Of Secretary Hitch
cock which has been recently brought into
question by Senators. The withdrawal OF
the public lands from entry. the order
creating forest reserve in Indian Terri
tory, the entire course of the department
in establishing stringent regulations to
govern mineral and oil lands-au We're
given the unqualified approval Of the
President.
The Senate has rejected in toto the rec
concentrations of the special committee of
Senators appointed to investigate the af-
fairs of the Five Civilized Tribes. This
committee. without exception. was person
ally and officially hostile to the Secretary
Of the Interior.
Members Of It from time to time let drop
remarks suggestive of impeachment They
said his policies were "throttling the bust
ness development of the West" They
recommended legislation as to the cod
segregation, as 10 oil leases. and as to the
restrictions in Indian Territory-the three
most important questions down there
which would reverse the Hitchcock pol
icies. Senators Carter and Hepburn made
speeches vigorously denOuncing the St
Louis Cabinet officer
Hitchcock's vindication is largely due 10
Senator Curtis. of Kansas. who became
the central figure in the Indian debate
when his term of Senatorial service was
only four days old. Curtis brought his in
finite knowledge of Indian matters to bear
on the Senate. The older and more inffu-
entail Senat0rs-SpOoner, Hale, Frye
Lodge, and Aldrch-all took his view
They concuTred in striking all the COM
mittee recommendation out of the bill on
points OF order, a test vote being taken,
an unusual thing on point of order.
The Washington herald., 1907-02-17

feeding and fattening will prove a profit
able commercial industry.
Another field of experiment undertaken
bv the bureau is the cultivation of
sponges In the Florida waters. Large
sheepswooi sponges are cut into small
nieces and fastened at regular intervals
along an insulated wire. which is after
ward submerged 10 within a few inches
Of the bottom. These small bits of
sponges soon heal, form an organic at
tachment 20 the wire, and begin TO grow.
This method will greatly increase the
yield within decade.
The lobster comes principally from New
England and requires most careful nurs-
ing. Up 10 this time the utmost efforts
have only succeeded in retarding his de-
cline. 1t IS believed that without the eff
forts put forth the species would in a
comparatively short time have become
practically extinct. In ten years the
catch decreased one-half in weight. and
nearly doubled In price. The fact that
the demand keeps the price up makes
IT exceedingly difficult to enforce proper
measures for protection.
The lobster does not breed oftener than
once in two years. and the intervals NAV
be even longer. " iion the eggs are finally
they must live four or five years under
The Washington herald., 1907-02-17
Iorer,r Womnn

Samuel Lover tells charmingly the tale
and in rags, stood at a street corner. and,
fixing her eyes on the person approach
ing her, one day, began 10 Groom, May
St. Bridget look upon We with favor. May
St Patrick pray for your sins and OBJ
tain your forgiveness. May St. Joseph
bless We and your family. May the
blessed Vargin uphold you now. and In
the hour of your death. May the bless
ings of Heaven follow" by this time
he had come and gone and given her
nothing-"and niver OyeTtake YET she
savagely concluded.
The Washington herald., 1907-02-17
Recollection

Already the air is rife with preparations
for another Presidential election. Who
was the noble lord who asked the vote Of
an English farmer and got this reply: 7
would as soon vote for the devil All.
indeed the candidate replied, but in
the event Of your friend not standing?
What them The public sees only the
gilt on the gingerbread in these great Of
fees. II has no conception of the cares.
burdens. trials. responsibilities. aggrava-
tons, disappontments, and disilIUsion-
ment that wait on them. No doubt it was
these experiences that Inspired Lord
ROsebery's saying; There are two su-
pTeme political pleasures in life. One is
ideal. the other real. The ideal is when
a man receives the seals of Office from his
sovereign; the real, when he hands them
back"
The Washington herald., 1907-02-17
TO ONE SERENE.

Dear, steadfsst heart, and COOL unclouded eyes,
In thy simplicity rest, and lean
Ny tired life against thee. Calm. serene,
ou shut st me in like Gods great, placid skies;
From ont my blurred complexities I rise,
And once again my wind-ton feathers preen
For Joyous fight. From petty things and mean
! slip away 10 where great quiet lies
The gusts Of temperament that Ger me sweep,
The troubled seas Of mpIse and Of mood
Obey thy restful presence, and de~s
stu peace above ms tumult seems 70 brood.
In thine unbr0ken calm my soul steep.
And stretch my hands TO thee in gratitude
Edith Brown, 10 Lippincott'S
The Washington herald., 1907-02-17

the most adverse cir instances before
being ready for the bill OF fare Il has
been carefully estimated that not more
than one out Of a thousand ever reaches
maturity. The experiments in artificial
propagation have been attended with
some measure of success, but the diff
cuIties are many. A lobster is the prey
Of everything in the water, animal or
vegetable, from his birth to his death,
and when there isn't any other trouble
on hand he turns eannibal and eats his
brother. Yet he is worth nearly 100000
a year 10 Uncle Sans fishermen. and
the government will take care Of him If 1t
can.
The vast amount of wholesome food
stuff resulting from the fisheries in the
United States is not generally realized.
The total annual catch is 2OO0, 600, 900
pounds. valued at about $59,0O0.O0o. There
are 225,0O0 men employed in the industry
and S75OOO,OOO capital invested. As the
wild game and fowl have disappeared
from our forests. so the fish would dis
appear from our waters IL they were not
protected and propagated Animals and
fowls are bred for food, and the prac-
tice is accepted as a part Of the daily
life of the nation. To save the fisheries
from depletion is another wise step in
economic civilization.
TO-mOrrOw-"sOme Facts About
Cats"
The Washington herald., 1907-02-17
international Marriages.

or course. such unions do not all turn
out IN this way. But they generally do.
One Of our foreign cOnsuls says he has
known forty-seven Of them. Out Of this
number. five. he declares, were respect
able. and two happy All the ordinary
risks Of the great lottery are increased a
hundredfold in such marriages Il is no
wonder that they generally turn out so
badly
The Washington herald., 1907-02-17

The secretaries of cabinet officers abroad
have learned how to tighten their chiefs
vexations. sorrows. and labors. They
open his correspondence and destroy the
great bulk OF it. first civilly acknowledge
ing each letter, however, no matter how
unimpOrtant or trivial It may be. All the
others are put in neat piles. A piece OF
colored paper is affixed TO each, indicat-
ing its degree Of Importance. Red means.
''WiH wait" yellow. las soon as posi-
ble;" green. most urgent" Private and
confidential letters are, of course. not
opened, but most of them reach their
proper destination, when they are crum-
pied Up and flung in the waste-paper has
ket-that precious friend OF the editor.
the author, the politician, the business
man. even when they threaten assassina-
ton. FRANCES C0URTENAY BAYLOR
The Washington herald., 1907-02-17
Put Yourself in His Place.

If you had 10 stand. a cripple, on one
leg, on an icy pavement in a cold wind
and peddle shoe strings or lead pencils
for one week. even. you'd probably give
the next man you meet in that condition
a $40 bill You would know what il was
like. It wouldn't be a bad plan If peo-
pie could be rich and poor alternately.
year by year. They would know what the
other person felt
The Washington herald., 1907-02-17
The Result

Our domestic life. as a nation. shows
that if anything can be made of woman
it can only be done by kindness. II you
try TO drive women and hens, they fly up
In your face and give no end OF trouble
but a little Judicious management does
wonders with both
The Washington herald., 1907-02-17
An InfaIIibIe Sign.

From the Cardiff Times
Servant( trembling)-Oh, ma'am. I'm
sure it's burglars!
Perhaps it's only Mr. Tomkins
just home from the club.
Servant (positively)-Oh. no, ma am.
it's burglars, sure enough, for they
haven't fallen over anything at all
The Washington herald., 1907-02-17
Attaches

The criticism of a foreign minister about
the various young sprigs from good fam
lilies that do not set Europe on fire, but
being made part and parcel of the le-
cations here, are badly spoiled by a small
section Of Washington, recalls the fact
The Washington herald., 1907-02-17

to read the papers, why this question?
How have you ever heard Of the Arbiter?
BE honest, child.
The Arbiter has received the following
letter which begins with a quotation
from last weeks column. rs il worth
while, all this annoyance you are under
going for a little ephemeral social noto-
riety2 What does il mean, after ar2'
Dear Arbiter. This is admirable. 1
wish to encourage such wise suggestions,
and, therefore, l write, your words are
golden. Passe.'
This letter is much appreciated. II is
the aim Of the ArbiteF to answer the
questions submitted 10 him as directly
and helpfully as possible, and words Of
COMMUNICATION are extremely pleasant.
8 Question: 4 stranger in town, some kind friend
secured NE an invitation % the army and navy re-
visit?
Answer. Yes.
6. Question: Je Viens d'arriver en- AEs-rue pour
suiFrr uue cdrTierc de science. J'ai cls lettcres
n introduction cue J'ai presenfees u a plusieurs
puTs. 20 Jai mai encore rcCs auc7Ine response. Je
Eous put d0nCe Dc me dire ce qun faire atm
Il
address. Neuiilez done sToir la bonte De ma
faire response en- Angiaise car e puts tres bien IA
lire. mas Ias le parier. nj J. ecrirc. Mes saluta-
tous empresses.-M. Felix
Answer Your letters will be acknowI-
edged In time Regrettably. Americans are
not as prompt as foreigners in taking
note Of letters Of Introduction. but what
they lack in hardness they make up in
hospitality.
Z. Question VIII you kindly tell me Il It is cor
rect for two women 90 lunch in a downtown restau-
rant alone?
Answer. Certainly. Why not?
8. Question Would you kindly give some rlle-
Tor letter vTltiugi 7 am a college graduate and
lave lived abroad but here IN Washington where
there are 50 many officials the rules seem quite
different from any place have ever visited. ana
am often a. a loss how % address certain
oficiais-the British Ambassador. f0r instance
should say as in Europe Mr.. Ambassador. you
eXcellency. u what:
Answer: This is larger subject thar
there Is space 20 answer here. At some
future time the Arbiter VIII write a
paper that may help you in your present
embarrassment. An Ambassador should
be addressed as Mr.. Ambassador, your
excellency Is often used in America. con-
stantly IN the foreign colony. but there
is no authority for IT,
The Washington herald., 1907-02-17

From the Speech by Representative Crumpacker.
The Philippine archipelago is a constant
source Of weakness; it is the sword of
DamOcles over the head of this govern
ment
The Washington herald., 1907-02-17
BY FREDERIC ]. HASKIN.

and one-third miles. II was with appaTa-
tus lent by her that the L. s. S.
Nero found near Guam the deepest hole
ever counted in the ocean. This was only
sixty-sx feet less than six miles. If
Mount Everest, the highest peak on earth,
We're set down in the Nero Deep, there
would be nearly half a mile of water over
| its summit
However interesting the results Of these
| inquiries may be to naturalists, it is with
the practical questions that the bureau
| deals most extensively. The shad and
whitefsh fisheries would now have been
completely destroyed but for the artiti-
cial propagation by the Federal govern
ment As il is, these fisheries are valued
at 100000 annually. and give employ
ment and a living 10 thousands of peo-
pie
The first consideration in the distribu-
ton of the product of the hatcheries is
/ to make ample return to the waters from
/ which the eggs have been collected. The
| remainder OF the fish are sent 10 appli-
| cants all over the country for stocking
State waters. private ponds. and streams.
/ They are delivered free Of charge at the
nearest railroad station. The fish are de-
livered in the cars constructed for and
owned by the bureau, which make regu-
lar tours over the country
The introduction of the German carp
into this country has been severely criti-
| cised. but the fact remains that however
much the anglers object the carp catch
| is now 100000 pounds a year, and the
money derived from that industry is
/ about S5O0,OOO-nearly as much as it re-
quires TO carry on the work Of the bu-
reau.
The Pacific salmon fisheries have not
/ only been saved from absolute ruin, but
| those on the Columbia and Sacramento
rivers have been built up TO proportions
never known before the day of the arti-
| fetal hatchery. The salmon run in these
| rivers is now greater than ever known,
/ and government hatcheries are turning
/ hundreds of millions Of fry into these
rivers every year. The conditions of the
/ salmon fisheries on Puget Sound and
/ Fraser River, where but little attention
/ has been paid TO artificial propagation,
are in marked contrast. There the run
/ Of salmon is decreasing and the fisheries
/ are maintained only by the taking of fish
/ formerly rejected as of inferior quality.
/ Around the salmon there is the all-per-
/ vading mystery Of the North. Ii is born
/ in fresh water, and comes back 10 its
/ birthplace 10 die. Beyond this little is
] known of its habits. How far It goes
when it puts to sea, what 1t lives upon,
and how long it remains away. are ques-
/ tons that no man can answer. Great
! schools OF them have been sighted in the
| ocean hundreds Of miles from land, but
| when seen they were always headed to-
ward the shore and fresh water They
! travel in such numbers that often the
/ smaller streams are literally choke6 with
them. They follow closely along the
The Washington herald., 1907-02-17

One Of the vessels Of the Fisheries Blu
redu. the Albauoss. was built expressly
for use in investigating the high seas, de-
termining ofshore fishing banks. and
the like. This ship has brought up live
fishes from depth as great as three