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The Washington herald., 1907-05-05
TONS OF DIAMONDS.
An Estimate On the Output of the
Mines OF the world.


Like all precious metals and stones the
unit Of weight usually employed in regard
TO diamonds is the carat, OF which 1919
go 10 make up single ounce To think
of sacks Of diamonds by the ton staggers
the Imagination; indeed. says the Pail
Mall Gazette. the average annual output
Of the Kimberly mines is not more than
half a ton. an told
Statistics have been published recently
at Cape Town giving the output for sew
eral years past of the Kimberly mines
and the river diggings. These yielded in
the three years 19g3-05 nearly 7.2500oJ
carats-say a ton ana half. The none
tary value OF these diamonds was e1A-
$4,000. Since the first diamond was dis
covered by the banks OF the Vaal in 1861
down to the end Of 1906 it is estimated
that the total weight OF diamonds ex-
iracted from the Griqualand mines is
over Thirteen and half tons, OF a market
value Of fully SIS, el9.09
If statistics of this sort can be trusted
and In the case OF the South African yield
they closely approximate 10 the facts
only seventeen tons of diamonds had been
mined all over the world 10 the end Of
1901 With the same relative output since
that year from Brazil and India the
worlds output Of DIAMONDS is now more
than twenty tons,
The figure seems small, considering the
ages diamonds have been worked in India
and elsewhere in the East, and must be
largely suesswori with respect TO the
output in antiquity Il is. however. Ger
tain that more diamonds have been placed
on the market IN the last forty Years
than IN the previous thousand years.
The Washington herald., 1907-05-05
ARRANGED BY ARCHIE
BY CARSON WILLARD
BY CARSON WILLARD.

Had trouble with sls2. Archie re-
gardeG Deering with q sympathetic gaze.
Deering nodded. They were good chums,
these two. a couple OF years before
Deering had talked Mrs Shelby into tax
ing Archie out of the Buster Brown
suits he detested. and since then Archie
had been Vance Deenng's sworn ally
But even Archie could not help much
with Lefty Shelby. A. heart Lefty loved
Deering, but she was not 70 be easily
won, and though Vance Lad proposed d
score Of times, she had turned aside the
question without giving a decided mega
tive.
Lefty was only nineteen, and she had
formed a theory that Il would be foolish
TO marry early.
Il like you, she admitted TO Vance,
young looses an awful lot Of fun None
Of the boys pay any attention to a
young matron."
If you really love e-4ne" he re-
preached, you would not care for their
attentions
My dear Vance" she smiled. unless
/ had some attention paid me how could
1 learn TO value your devotion? Il is
through contrasts that I shall learn TO
appreciate you best
Deering gritted his teeth In the face
Of such arguments he was powerless.
somehow Letrys way OF quietly setting
aside his protests was exasperating in
the extreme. They could not even quar-
rel comfortably. for she had a way Of
quietly retiring when the argument grew
too strong for her. and throwing the
blame upon him in a way that was mad
dening.
That was just what happened. She
had swept from the room with an i'm
perious air, and remark that she
should be glad TO see Mr.. Deering again
when he had a better command OF his
temper That she was al the moment
sobbing out her regret in the security Of
her own room was a thing he could not
know
He was preparing to let himself out
when Archie strailed into the room in
5lissfui defiance of his bedtime His
sharp eyes quickly sensed the situation
and De sat down TO talk it over with an
odd assumption Of elderly dignity that
would have been amusing had Deering
been less upset
archie had mixed more with his elders
than with children Of his own age. and
had acquired AN odd faculty Of 0bserya-
ton Now he swung his stocky legs
10 and fro from the highest chair he
could md. and regarded Deeriug with
the impression Of 0wl-I.ke wisdom.
You see" he explained. Lefty is odd.
I heard mother say so When she gets
mad, the only way is 10 get her scared.
then she'll come around quick. The time
she got mad az me for losing tbat in
vitation, = set the dog on her and then
grabbed him quick She was frightened
and thought ! elved her, and she cried
over me and gave me candy and said /
was dear.
I don't believe that il would work
in my case. said Deering with q smile.
IN hX it FOR you. offered Archie,
'if you'u make me one promise.
What's that2" demanded Deering
You remember when Tommy MuIlens
sister got married they made him wear
white satin pants ard hold up her train?'
Il remember the ornate Master MUl-
len chuekled Deering. as he recalled
Archie's pointed remarks at the time of
the wedding.
II 1 nix it so you can marry Lefty, I
The Washington herald., 1907-05-05
THE ARTISTIC TEMPERAMENT
MAURICE FRANCIS EcAN. IN THE SMART SET.

With dyed ostrich feathers on them and
he couldn't Understand dyed feathers. Be
sides tie girl looked SO Ike a Burne-
Jones. Poor. dear CeciI"'
The artistic tompeTa -lent in men is
much admired 10y women who 90 not
have to live wit, these gifted creatures
permanently Il is observed that even
feminine possessors OF il. who pose like
the ladies in the pictures of Jones
and love the artistic temperaments in the
male, make short contracts.
That splendid Mime. Tortoni" says the
man: her art seems 10 improve year by
year-at least, she says so; she attributes
everything TO temperament"
'Horrid creature" says the lady. "her
hair ought to be bronze plated by this
time-she is simply shameless"
An" says the man, its hard to resist
the artistic temperament
The artistic temperament has great con-
solations; if you have it, you are not ex-
Pected 70 have anything else. It Is the
Jawbone with which Philistines may be
annihilated. You are not obliged to know
things; YOU feel them-to feel them is
enough. He who knows. by assimilating
hard facts, IS Phiiistne. He would
make the primrose by the rivers brim
into salad. He does not feel that songs
unsuns are sweeter than those sung: he
pays for his orchestra seat, and insists
that the prima donna shall warble all the
numbers on the programme aud add an
encore or two, II the atmosphere has
been disturbed for the Drima donna, and
she viii not sing. the Philistine wants his
money back. He does not understand. 4"
says Mile Crepuscule de Jonquille, who
sings Baudelaires "Fieurs de Mai TO
music family suggested by Nietszche,
that semi-tone subtracted from the
perfume of "a spray of white lilac by "a
rude breath from the street may make
all the difference 20 one who has temper
ament
one of the most iilustrious examples in
history of the artistic temperament is
Nero That he has been so misunderstood
and ealumnized only shows how later and
less illustriOus p0ssessors of ''tempera-
ment' are misunderstood and calumni-
ated- As a youth he knew that he was
beautiful-all the happy who are gifted
with temperament know that they are
beautiful From the very beginning the
world and its ordinary commonplace
ways We're irksome to him. To be tram
meled cannot be endured by those who
know that they are beautiful. for TO the
artistic temperament beauty is good. and
good beauty.
The Washington herald., 1907-05-05

There are two kinds of artistic tenDera-
ments which are much in evidence One
is worked by the man who wants to en-
joy the luxury OF making a fool OF him
self. the ether by women who are hab-
ituated 10 the vocation of making fools
of other persons. The motive OF the first
is modified be- seIfshness and made pos
sible by lack of a sense of humor The
motive OF the second is directed by "a
determination to be distinguished. Let a
woman have her way and she is certain
TO give up what she does not want Let a
man have his way and he grabs at every
thing that anybody else can reasonably
want
And this is why the artistic tempera-
ment is 50 generally obnoxious to the
average male person, while every man
feels that there may be something in
spired. mystic. occult. genius-like, If not
genius, behind the manifestations Of this
temperament in the female The man
with the artistic temperament poses that
other people may accept his artificiality
as vagary Of nature. He poses for the
sake of distinction. The woman of the
artistic temperament poses in order to
have her own way without suffering the
stngs and arrows of smart normal folk
when they try to have their own way
without regard to law or order The
artistic temperament when assumed by
a man. never imposes on men, but it, as
a rule, imposes on women because it is so
unusual A normal woman likes TO pro-
tect weaker thing and the artistic
temperament generally has to walk under
somebody else's umbrella because it has
pawned its own.
A man of the artistic temperament is
never really refined; he simply longs
yea. yearns!-for the luxuries of life. He
is raftine. but unredned. in the sense OF
the English term He mistakes his nerves
for his soul, and his desires for aspira-
tions. He shriaks from the cold blasts
of life. when to breast them is 4 duty
He enjoys the bite of the frost and the
whiri of the wind when he must meet
them for the sake of pleasure. The de
light OF dramatizing his struggles for his
admirers repays him for having invented
them. The artistic temperament in Il
man is one part vanity, a second part
selfshness. and third part a monstrous
compound of both
"Ah, poor Cecil How could he have
left his wife and the children for that
chorus girl in The Pearl of the An
titles? " asked the man.
His wife bored him, says the lady,
and the children were so ike her, he
just couldn't stand it,"
And the wife?" asked the man.
Oh" says the lady. she never could
eomprehend the artistic temperament-she
actually neglected him for the babies
and then. too she would wear large hats
The Washington herald., 1907-05-05

don't want that SOFT Of thing done to
me-.
ITS promise" said Deerlng. shake
hands"
Archie shook hands and slipped from
the chair. II guess you'd better be
going now" he said Hospitality. You
come round Thursday"
Archie sOlemnly superintended VaHce's
departure. and then disappeared down
cellar II was nearly II when az last
his sister remembered that Ae was sup
posed to be IN bed at 7:59 and found him
Z innOcently reading in the dlning-r0Om
4 thought you was with Vance Deer
ing. be remarked casually 'and ] didn't
ike to disturb you
Mr. Deering is not coming here
again, Lefty said severely, but her eyes
hlled-
But for all Of that a box Of flowers
and note preceded his arrival. ana
Thursday evening found him in the
Shelby parlor and not at ali happy over
the fact Lefty wore her most lmpene-
tTable armor Of reserve. and the slightest
suggestion OF reconciliation was met by a
frigid silence that was most depressing.
Mr. Shelby had gone OFT of town. and
Mrs Shelby WAS calling on a neighbor.
Archie was safely tucked away in bed.
ana they had the lower part OF the house
pretty much to themselves
Suddenly from the basement came the
sound Of pistol shots and frightened
cries. followed an instant later by the
appearance Of Archie in pink and white
pajamas and bare feet
Il slipped down stairs 10 get drink Of
milk he yelled. and three men fired
their guns at me Go down and kill
them, Vance
,,-I,,Iy f,c.ry, s,.lse r~.sf,r.s-eE a .7eaT
Of meaning and Vance headed for the
stairs leading 70 the cellar. Lefty sat in
the parior with her fingers in her ears
and could not possibly have heard
Archie's whispered injunction.
Billy Wtdner's pistol is ut the head
Of the stairs. be explained, as he pat-
tered Out into the dinlng-r00m after
Deering.
Feeling half ashamed Of the subter-
fuge. DeeTing carried cut Archie's OBJ
yi0us scheme. The house was some dis
tanee fr0m the street. ana his artistic
stimulation of a fight attracted no aI1en-
ton Archie was doing d solemuy
ecstatic dance in the dining-room when
Vance came back up the stairs
Il saw EN- from the kitchen running
across the back yard. Archie eXp!aiHea.
Now stick 10 it."
Lefty shrieked as Vance came into the
dining-room and threw herself sobbiag
upon his neck
II was sure they had killed you. she
cried 1T WAS awful Vance
Did you care so much2F he asked as
his arms went around her. Did YOU
really care. Httle woman
Il didat want yog 20 be killed, she
sobbed.
And YOU do love me" he insisted
Was that why you cared so much2
i guess il was. she confessed. Il
do love you, Vance but il wasn't good
for YOU 10 tell you So"
1t was IiIc best thing in the world.
he insisted. I've been two years trying
To get you TO confess. dear Don't YOU
think thaJ nay patience ought 70 be re-
warded with -es2
Perhaps. she admitted. Suppose
they had killed you. Vance
There aas n0 danger he laughed
shamefacedly. as he bent and kissed her.
consoling himself with the reflection that
all is fair Ia love and war. 1t was not
half as bad as YOU think
Anyhow. she dimpled, lit showed
me just how much / loved you"
And that is all important" confirmed
Vance
Copyrighted. 1907. bg Mary McKeTsrl
The Washington herald., 1907-05-05

gives not himself, but his substance. the
soldier gives himself. and the greatest
gift of all Is the gift of self. Who equips
an army is like one who builds a hospital.
buJ the soldier is the patient nurse. Who
with divine love sits by the bed Of the
infectious disease. knowing that her turn
viii come soon 20 so the same way.
When King Louis Of France on the field
Of FOntcn0y asked badly wounded man
who had distinguished himself in conflict.
Ny brave fellow, what is your name2"
The wounded man, with dimCulry Hfting
a shattered arm III salute. answered,
Sir, / am "a soldier OF France That is
sublime, ard after such an act OF self
repression. il is easy 10 die. The men of
the Rough Riders were not long I'm learning
the lesson. and when they Went into the
ranks, they ceased 10 be what they were,
and each one became an American
soldier What though the campaign
was short. each had the disposition. the
devotion and the spirit. and each deserves
the glory. When Louis * was fighting
IN the East. Mussulman lifted his steel
to bury it in the royal breast. and the
Chevaher de Chateaubriand. seeing the
danger, jumped in front of the King 10
receive the blow The sword was driven
into his breast with such force that a
Jet OF blood flew out and stained the lily
on the helmet Of the King. To eonmem-
crate the gallant deed. the house of Cha
tesubriand took as its motto My blood
has dyed the hammers Of France" So
may every member of the regiment who
was ready to do the deed. say. MY
blood is on the banner of my country.
Perpetual the spirit that makes soldiers.
Let the rs--ional life be clean and whole
some and simple and plain. Soldiers OF
peace, We are then winning the battles Of
the future What a sublime motive for
civic virtue, patriotic zeal, And when the
future war comes. if come il must. we
viii have done our part, and American
soldiers viii go into the fight, the victory
"a Ira.t1, ,4ra,,
The Washington herald., 1907-05-05
siehtIess. hut Hnnnr-


Fanny Crosby who has writteusso many
OF the most popular gospel hymns. as is
well known, has been blind all her life,
having lost her sight when six weeks
cid. In a large degree she possesses the
sunshiny disposition that seems the es-
peeial gift of the blind. She was one Of
the merriest children imaginable and
when eight years old wrote some verses
with this very sprightly ending:
ITO weep and sigh because I'm blind.
1 cannot and I won't"
Her maiden name. Fanny Crosby has
always clung to her. although she WAS
married to Alexander Van Aistyne in
1873 Several of her hymns published un-
der her name. Mrs. Van AIdstyne. are
recognized by but few as being Fanny
Crosby's. She was educated at the New
York Institution for the Blind, and was
afterward one of the teachers Prof. viii
liam Cleveland, an uncle of President
Cleveland. was head Of the institution at
the time she taught there, and Grover
Cleveland. then sixteen-year-old boy.
was employed in the office. She enjoys
telling Of his many acts of kindness and
helpfulncss to her. In a volume Of her
poems Bells At Evening" Robert Low
ry gives sketch of her life The follow
ing remark taken from it. shows that her
childhood happy philosophy abides with
her. She says
IF | had not been deprived Of my sight
! should not have received so good an ed
ucation, nor have cultivated so good
memory, nor have been able to do so
much good.
Among her hymns that are sung almost
without end at Christian Endeavor. Ep-
worth League. and social church meet
ings. are Only a Beam of Sunshine"
ITO the Work" and Rescue the Per
ishng. while in evangeiistic work no
song has, perhaps. turned more wayward
feet into the right path than her Jesus
is Tenderly Calling Thee Home.
ELIZABETH FRENCH.
The Washington herald., 1907-05-05
Large.t Mornins cirenIatlon.

All advertising contracts made by
The Washington Herald are based
upon its sworn circulation circula-
tion in Washington larger by thou-
sands than was ever before attained
by any morning newspaper at the Cap
ital. Its books are open.
The Washington herald., 1907-05-05
Sunday Morning Chat
The Late DR.. Ha Min.

The Late DR.. Ha Min.
Il was said of Oliver Wendell Holmes
that one characteristic which endeared
him TO humanity was the fact that from
the crown Of his lsead TO the sole OF his
foot he was alive. / have always thought
this charm was possessed in "A rare de-
gree by DR. Teunis S Hamlin. He was
alive; always whole-heartedly interested
in al affairs religious and civic. and he
was none the less interested IN tle lives
Of the men. women and children about
him. Whether IN the pulpit, or whether
one met him socially, his vigOr and
brightness had the power 70 inspire, up
lift and win hearts. In the young peo-
PIES meetings. where he was so tireless
and well beloved a worker, II was fire.
quentiy said, "DF Hamlin understands
everything we do. and seems just as
young as any of as" ] remember so we'll
hearing from him the following words
a few days after the twentieth century
began, words that now seem perfect in
their fitness. Speaking Of a converse
tion between himself and friend who
made the remark Il wish ] could be
alive when the next century comes, Dr.
Hamlin said:
u replied, alive? I shall be alive then
Just as much as to-day No truth is
more vital to me than this: there is no
break in life I do not believe that death
makes any change in the human spirit
The Washington herald., 1907-05-05
More workers Needed.

Mrs. NJ. s West was sent as delegate
from the Womans Baptist Missionary As
s0ciatiOn of the District of Columbia. 10
the thirty-siXth annual convention of the
Woman's Baptist Foreign Missionary So
ciety, held al New Haven. Conn. April
Il and Is. She came back with renewed
enthusiasm Ior the cause. and told enter
taiaingly OF the conventions proceed
ings- Mrs West says the question of
most intense interest both 20 home and
foreign workers was How shall we
meet the need for more workers
The Washington herald., 1907-05-05
Study OF the Bible.

SAHGf u AtaE HthAFs
The American Society Of Religious Edu-
cation celebrated its eighteenth ami
versary at Foundry Church last Sunday
evening Rev. DR.. J. T. Gilbert. secretary
of the society delivered the annual ad-
dress our Mission. He told Of the
scope and work of the society. saying its
business is formation rather than refor-
nation. the aim being 90 devise means for
mans spiritual Iplift and to persuade
young and old tu seek truth for them
selves through individual Bible study.
While all has not been accomplished for
which he hoped m the first meeting in
indianapolis, IN 1853. still much has been
done and with twenty thousand regis
tered students scattered throughout the
United States the outlook is encouraging.
Judge George w Atkinson, OF the Court
Of Claims, had as his theme, Religious
Education in the Home" and talked ear
nestly on the lasting effect of early home
training He said Judge Harlan was
brought up on a Kentucky farm and he
could prove By him that new ground IS
easily cultivated. The closing paper. Re
hgious Education and Secular Educa-
ton. was read by Dr. l. f Brown.
United States Commissioner Of Educa-
tion. Among other things be touched
upon teaching religion in the public
schools. saying not in this generation. III
deed. not Jiii the day when there are no
religious sects, can this come about.
Judge Harlan read a letter from Ambas-
sadoF Bryce regrettiug thar IL was impos-
sihle for him to be- present and address
the meeting. He expressed his great in
terest In the work, saying Nothing is
more needful for the young Of Great
Britain and America than thorough
knowledge OF the Bible"
The Washington herald., 1907-05-05
aHymns That La HeIped.e

"Hymns That Have Helped"
What "a hold on the hearts of the vast
majority of church going Americans the
gospel hymns have taken. nearly all de-
nominations using them in their social
meetings. A few OF them have even
found "a place among the more formal
songs in the regular church hymudis. Il
apears that they are as popular IN Eng
land as at home. IN little English vol
ume, Hymns That Have Helped the
editor. ". T. Stead. says:
1t would be difficult % Over-estimate
the extent 10 which the religious life of
the EHgiish-speaking world has been
quickeRed and gladdened by the songs Of
Mr. Sankey. and before Mr. Sankey the
American Sacred Songster.' of Mr.. Phil
lips had done much 10 enliven our Service
of song. To-day the American hymns
and spiritual songs are more popular
among or masses than any others When
mission services are held or revival is
under way in the majority of cases the
American hymns are used as matter of
course. This is not the case with the
high Anglican services. but even there it
would not be impossible TO trace the in
fiuence of the inspiring strains OF the
American sacred song"
The Washington herald., 1907-05-05
At an Immierant station.

Last weeks meeting OF the woman S
missionary societies Of the First Baptist
Church was unusually interesting Mrs
Winbigler. wife OF the pastor. had just
returned from a three-day stay In Bal
tmore where she went To study the home
missionary work OF Miss Buhlmaier. ar
the immigrant station 10 that city. For
sixteen years past. she has been az her
post. and Mrs. Ninbigler says it would
be impossible To overestmate the good
done by her. that she has been "a verit-
able angel Of good cheer 10 the bewjlder-
ed, discouraged homesick men and wo-
men who hive just reached these strange
shores. She is always ready with word
OF comfort or advice. besides giving all
kinds % practical aid one OF the many
thoughtful acts ~ this tender-hearted
woman is 20 have printed in various Ian
gu2ges on the backs Of The railroad guides
"a few words of cordial welcome TO those
newly landed. and the smiles which fol-
l0W The reading Of the kindly message
show plainly that ali uatioualities under
stand the meaning of good fellowship.
The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1907-05-24
DAMON RHETORICALS
At PUNAHOU COLLEGE

The annual contest for the award OF
the Damon Rhetorical Prizes at Oahu
College will be held at Pauahi Hall to-
day at 2:15 o. m. The courses this
year, in which there has been an I'M
usually large registration. have been
taught by Miss Black. The contestants
are those who have done well in the
years work. The program is not SO
much in the nature of a public con-
test as of a final public recitation.
The speakers will be Helen North,
Frederic Wilmington, Alloy Soong.
Edith Smith, Ho Tong, Arthur Elmer
son, Watson Ballentyne, Justine Nc
Clanahan.
The judges will be President P. L.
Horne, Mrs. F. S. Dodge and Mr.. J. Q.
Wood. The award of the two prizes
will be made on commencement night.