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Good-by, scotland Yard.

Scotland Yard, that mysterious detec-
tive headquarters which figures so largely
in both fact and fiction, is 10 be torn
down TO make way for modern improve
ments. II occupies the side Of a splendid
palace, built for the reception Of the Scot
tish mOnarchs when they visited London
to do homage TO the Kings of England for
the fiefs in Cumberland and Westmore-
land. The last of the royal family 10
reside there was Margaret, Queen Of Scot
land. and sister OF Henry VIII Milton
lived there while acting as secretary 10
Oliver Cromwell, also lingo Jones. Sir
Christopher Wren, and Sir john Van
brugh, the designer of Blenheim. 1t be-
came police headquarters IN 1873.
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More ourht TO BE In

From the Ohio State Journal
The Census Bureau reports fewer folks
In prison than there used to be, but we
don't know whether to rejoice or not.
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Suspected nt Once.

From the Chicago Record Herald
One OF the Pacific Islands is missing.
Why are people who fear the yellow peril
neglecting to advise that Japan be
searched2
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"AmicabIe" war.

From the Kansas City Star
The Hague conference has evidently
concluded, since 1t cannot abolish war.
70 do the next best thing and make war
as "amicable" as possible.
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Quite Likely.

From the Birmingham News.
After prohibition goes into effect in
Georgia there is reason to believe that
a number of the citizens Of that State
will lug-gle with the new law.
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\ Kansas town council recently pre-
sented the local brass band a gift Of $50
The Richmond Tmes-Dispatch thinks il
probably was hush money, but our idea is
that the council merely wanted the band
10 blow itself for a good time.
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Secretary Root entertained the fear that
the States were sleeping over their
rights. At present some Of them are
having nightmares over them.
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A defaulting bank clerk IN New York
says he took the money because he want
cd to be "A Broadway goat" Not a
bad description Of his malady. He was
trying to butt into champagne society
on a mixed ale salary.
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More war ships are to be sent to Casa
Blanca for the protection" of various in
terosts- A little more of this sort Of pro
lection doubtless will cause every stand
patter in that country TO SIrn rank pessi-
mist
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One OF Glen Echo's sights,

From the Baltimore sun
Mayor Garrett didn't know there were
any '1ucubrations" in Glen Echo until
Brother Taft pointed EN- out.
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Under Control.

Now. Belindy." commanded Mrs. Nu-
ritch, come here and tell this gentleman
what you learned TO school"
My feelings, for one thing murmured
Belinda, with sarcasm that was wholly
wasted, however, on her imperious ma.
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'Why doesn't some one invent a mos
quito bite cure instead Of wasting time
on airships?" asks the Milwaukee Senti-
mel. OR, better still, invent a biteless
mosquito
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Radium as a Curative.

The growing Importance Of rsdlum as
a therapeutic agent has led the manage
ment of the Imperial Uranium Works. at
St. Joachinsthal. Bohemia. TO construct a
special laboratory for the industrial pro-
duction Of radium compounds. Consul
Thomas II. Norton. of Chemnitz, says
that the uranium ores Of this locality con-
tain higher percentages Of this mysteri-
Gus element than any other known de-
posits. The ores have hitherto been
treated IN Paris, where the methods Of
extraction were perfected by Nine CIrie
and her lately deceased husband. Now
that the work of reduction is done at the
place where the ores are obtained. an ex-
tensive sanatorium is being erected where
patients can take baths in the water
pumped from the uranium mines This
water IS sufficiently charged with radium
compounds in solution to exert a distinct
therapeutic action, and physicians have
already begun to prescribe its use.
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The country needs more Gov. Corners"
says the Commoner A number OF people
will be glad 10 know. however that Mr.
Bryan does not possess the free-coinage-
of-gOvernors power.
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Prof. Starts idea that Japan can whip
the United States doubtless is based upon
the erroneous impression that We are
nation Of STAIRS.
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Vacations are good, because they give
one an opportunity to get plenty of
sleep" says a physician. Yes-after one
cots hack home
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Prof ShaleT Matthews says marriage
Is too much like a picnic" There is some
diversity of opinion concerning the unal-
Ioyed joys Of picnics, however.
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A patient IN q Michigan insane asylum
assaulted his keeper for giving him a
copy Of Alfred Austin's poems TO read.
Evidently he objected to being considered
a hopeless case
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The New York sun does not think that
Uncle Sam viii sell eight millions of
FiIipinos FOR CASH Not necessarily; any
old nations credit is good In this emer-
gency
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An Australian has succeeded in writing
1900 words on a postal card Good
Think of the great loss to mankind had
he been able TO get only 1889 on the
card.
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Secretary Taft proposes TO sit down
hard on Mayor Garrett, of Glen Echo"
says contemporary. Good-by, Garrett!
The Washington herald., 1907-08-20

IF Attorney General Bouaparte should
ever try % borrow any money from a
trust he would probably get turned
down. says the Birmingham Age Herald.
Not much; they do not play the game
that way
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he was given a kiss
By the bakery maid.
All the COY little miss
He was given a kiss.
Though he'd asked her for this.
Re was fooled. In afraid.
He vas given a kiss
b the bakery made
Catholic STANDARD.
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Hardly.

Speaking Of John D."
What Of him, slrrah?"
It's einch he can't afford oysters
now q"
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The French government proposes to
take steps for the protection Of rare birds
In Africa. Raisouli seems TO be one per-
fectly able 10 take care OF himself.
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be thrifty. and display capacity, The
country is famous for its fruits. and ex-
perts say that II the fruit industry were
properly fostered there a big trade could
soon DO built up for export Consular re-
ports show that practically no attention
IS paid to fruit culture there. but even
so. the Liberian orange is one of the
finest In the world The palm tree is
indigenous TO Liberia. and under eultl-
walton it yields astonishing results.
All that Liberia needs Is work, intelli-
gent work; and those negroes who have
settled there are doing well in a small
way. But the place is evidently not at
traetlve 20 them. Consul General Ernest
Lyon declares that in the last twelve
months the number Of negroes who emil
grated to Liberia from the United States
did not exceed fifty. Part OF this in
difference to splendid opportunity is at
tributed to lack of direct transportation
between the two countries, but it is evil
dent that not here lies any solution OF the
race question. II colored men. knowing
about Liberia and its opportunities, should
want to go there and build up their for
tunes by earnest industry, they would
probably succeed. Assisted there in the
hope they might III ia with the country,
they would be almost certain to fail.
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TsI.pAsa. Main $500. private Branch Ereb.ar')
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A number Of Pittsburg messenger boys
walked right out, turned right around.
and walked right IN again-when the
company agreed 70 compromise the stu
alton with a pie feast
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Excuse ms" said the city boarder, in
the country. but I'm which part Of the
garden does the succotash grow? I
thought I would like 10 pick some"
Hastily recovering from the shock the
obliging farmer showed him the sweet
peas
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Drops May wear Away a Stone.

From the Atlanta Journal
The standpatters seem unable to stand
the patterings Of the tariff revision rain
fan.
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spain still hesltates and procrastinates
In defining it's position in the Moroccan
crisis" says a cable. Same old Spanish
story-manana.
The Washington herald., 1907-08-20

There are 1.500,OOO0OO people in the
world. They could all be set down in
the State Of Texas" says the Kansas City
Journal Happily for the vast majority
OF them, however, they will not be.
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THE WASHINGTON HERALD.
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Tsi An is going 10 resign; this time
without fail. Tsi Platt is not going to
resign, as usual
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A LITTLE NONSENSE.
ALWAYS DRIVEN.

ALWAYS DRIVEN.
TG shiTk
All work
Would tickle me. But in the courCe Of
things
Times plan
For man
Provides a job, and occupation brings.
We NOV
The snow
In winter months. In summer time, alas.
You bet
We get
Right out my boy, and shovel Off the
grass
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eruption of Vesuvius is that the ashes
from the great volcano did so much dam
age. It is we'll known. Of course. that they
covered up. completely, many small towns
and ruined thousands of vineyards But
1t seems that their destructive qualities
were not confined to the land The great
clouds of ashes flew over the Bay Of Ma
pies and fell into the bay. almost COM
pletely destroying the oyster beds there.
1t is said that the oysters were covered
with several inches of this volcanic mud,
and It is expected that II will be two
years before the beds recover their nor
NAL condition and the biyalveS may
once more be taken.
The Washington herald., 1907-08-20
Shooting smnn Gnmn

It is an old saying that an Englishman
is never so happy as when he is killing
something, and one of the best Of Eng
lish marksmen Is Lord Walsingham. who
has just celebrated his sixty-fourth
birthday. Together with Earl de Gray
he has long shared the distinction Of be-
ing the finest shot in England Lord Wal
singham has shot big game in pretty near
ly every country in the world, and his
country house is filed with the trophies
Of the chase. He is said to be a wonder
full shot. and has the distinction OF being
the only man in England who can and
does shoot wasps on the wing. a feat
thet requires a steady hand and a quick
eye. For the purposes OF this sport with
small game Lord Walslngham uses q spe-
cially constructed miniature rife.
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The dusk Of the night Is sweet Babette,
And the dreams In the twilight fair
But sweeter the night when we meet,
Babette.
And the twilight dreams I shall not for
get
With a rose in your dusky hair,
Babctte,
With a rose IN your dusky hair.
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Senator Bankhead favors tariff reform
as the main issue, says the Greene
County (Ala) Democrat. This proves. at
least, that Bankhead is no blockhead
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Gatun Dam Outdone.

At Stanley Lake, about ten miles north
west Of Denver. there is an irrigation
project on foot which calls for the cree
tion Of the largest dam on earth. II ex-
ceeds by a good deal the dimensions OF
that which IS to be built at Gatan. Pan
anna The Colorado dam will be a mile
and quarter long and 150 feet high TIE
lake formed behind the dam will cover
about 2.0-0 acres OF land, and viii store
about 5000 100000 cubic feet OF water. and
viii irrigate about 10000 acres Of land.
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Drink to me only with thine eyes"
ehortled the poet
ali right" responded the fair girl.
Here's looking at YOU
The Washington herald., 1907-08-20

A number Of Delaware ministers have
had their salaries raised. In these days
of high-priced garden truck the congre-
CATION probably figured that the cheap
est way out of the salary proposition
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MEN AND THINGS.


|. Robert Lee Dunn, who is attached to
the party Of Secretary Taft which goes
to the Philippines. is a young newspaper
man who has travelled much and already
made a name for himself He served for
Golfers during part of our tro,ble in
the Philippines. and for the same publi-
ca ton was sent to the Russo-Jap-
anese war. He grew impatient at the
long delay enforced on the correspond
ents in Tokyo and hit out for himself.
Reaching Chemulpo. Korea. he witnessed
the landing there OF the first Japanese
troops. and from one Of the hills above
the city he saw the sinking of the Var
lag and the Koreetz by the Japanese
fleet. An expert photographer, It was
his camera which caught a snapshot OF
the ill-fated Russian cruiser just as she
exploded. In company with Jack Lon
don, Dunn tried to push n0rthward TO
Korea to the scene of operations on the
Yalu. but was turned back. and he and
Mr.. London shared the same jail for a
few days. He was afterward at Muk-
den and saw the battles on the Liaotung
Peninsula. and the photographs he took
are among the best of that period
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The Strenuous Vacation,

On the road 10 oyster Bay,
Where the statesman asl3 the Jay
Stand around and gaze with wonder on
the Titan az his play!
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We shudder TO think Of the probable
dimensions Of Jawjaws forthcoming
Christmas jag.
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Puzzle Joke.

My wife's away and if I didn't write
her every day, she'd come home"
'I notice you are careful 10 write her
every day"
Query: Is this commentator or innu-
endo9
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The Last straw.
The railroads are on the blink. It's
hard on the poor suburbanite.
How so2"
Has to carry his life in his hands in
addition to his other packages"
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a New Old Theory.

The new theory advanced by Prof.
Milton Whitney, Chief Of the Bureau Of
Soils Of the Department Of Agriculture,
TO the effect that the growth Of plants
does not affect the soil is held to be
heresy by the older scientists. DIR. Hi
gard, former dean and chief Of the
Agricultural Department station at
Berkley, declares that Prof Whltneys
theory vas advanced, discussed. and ex-
ploded a hundred years ago. Prof. Whit
ney claims to have discovered a new soil
fertilization which may necessitate
complete revision Of the science Of chem
istry OF soils.
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The ghOstly rose droops it head. Babette,
The night has a million eyes
But give me the rose that Is red,
Babette,
For its crimson flush I shall not for
get,
Till rose life wanes and dies,
Babette
TIL rose life wanes and dies
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lie wuI Not whimper.

While they are booming the Brooklyn
leader. Senator Pat McCarren, for the
Democratic nomination for governor OF
New York, his friends are declaring that
he will put up a good fight, and II he loses
he will not wnimper. Many stories are
told about his gameness and Indifference
TO fortune. Four years ago McCarren
had his horse. Ocean Tide. entered in
the Great Filly Stakes at Sneepshead
Bay and invited all his friends down TO
see her win. His trainer had told him
that Ocean Tide could hardly be beaten.
He thought so highly Of tie chances
.Of his hlly that he advised all 70 bet
on her. and. although the stake alone
was worth about Sl5.eo0 he and his
friends wagered over Slo0,opo more. When
the race started. Senator McCarren was
talking 10 a friend and he turned away
from the track, not looking az the horses.
lie looked up jast IN time 10 see Ocean
Tide beaten by a head. Fine race,
wasn't it?'' was all he said.
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FLEETINC FANCIES.

From the Milwaukee sentinel.
BABETTE.
J.
The stars besprinkle the skies, Babette,
The blossoms are wet with the dew
But the stars ne'er gleam with your eyes,
Babette
And the dew Of your lips I shall not for
get
The red, red lips OF you,
Babette
The soft red lips Of you,
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Honored by Two Universities.

DR.. Nicholas Murray Butler. first pres
ident Of the Teachers College and pres
ident Of Columbia University. is one Of
the few Americans who have been hon
ored BY both Cambridge and oxford uni
versities AT Cambridge the degree Of
doctor Of laws was conferred upon him
at a special congregation FOR work tn
the interests Of education md also in
connection with the Moseley education
commission. At oxford he was presented
with an address in q silver casket sur
mounted by the arms Of Columbia Uni
versity, the presentation being made by
DIT T. r. Warren. The address was as
follows: Presented TO Nicholas Murray
Butler. Ii. D., Lit. honoris causa. OK
ford, president OF Columbia University,
New York City. United States OF Amer
ica, b. the British school teachers who
visited the United States in the years OF
1895 to 1907 IN grateful recognition of the
many COurtesies and kindnesses ex-
tended 10 them during their stay
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The Washington Herold Is delivered by
carrier in the District Of Columbia and at
Alexandria, Va, at s. cents per month,
daify and Sunday, or at e5 cents per
month toithout the Sunday issue.
The Washington herald., 1907-08-20

J. a. Yeasy, an attorney and million
aire land owner Of Bartlettsvilie. Ind. T..
discussed the political situation in his na-
tive place last night. at the Raleigh.
Gov. Frantz was nominated at the last
Republican convention. held recently. to
succeed himself His nomination was
unanimous and I believe his election will
be almost as easy. For lieutenant governor
y. g. Turk has been chosen, and his great
popularity among the farmers in the
state Will be a great help 10 the ticket
The position taken by the Democrats.
in favor OF the ratification OF the State
constitution differs materially from that
taken by the Republicans. who have de-
cided to submit this question TO popular
vote. This action on the part of the Re-
puhlicans has aided them greatly. and
for that reason. if for no other. 1 believe
that Frantz viii be sweepingly elected
The Washington herald., 1907-08-20

Mr. Albert T. Wray. well-kuown law
yer Of Shelbyviile, Ind, is in Washing
ton for a few days. accompanied BIZ his
son.
Chicago eagle. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1889-19??, 1907-02-02
Beef Trust, Medicine Trust, Pure Food
Foes, Patent Medicine Fiends Con.
troll State Legislation.
Illinois Is the Only State In the
Union Where the People
Are Asleep.

Beet Trusts and other Corporations
that are crooked or that want much
from the Legislature without letting the
people get on to the fact; and patent
medicine trusts that are afraid the
people will learn that they are selling
poisons have discovered u new way of
controlling public opinion without
showing their own hand. They do
their business through professional
advertising agents, who clahn to be
able to handle the daily and country
press. In turn the advertising agents
put In large ads. for the Beef Trust.
the Medicine Trust or some other trust
as the case may be, always stipulating
In their contracts that all contracts
for advertising are void II the State
Legislature passes any law inimical to
the Beef Trust, Medicine Trust. That
Is about as comprehensive, as frank.
~ impudent scheme Of controlling
legislation as It IL possible to imag.
Inc. And 30 the Patent Medi.
cine Trust Of America, for one,
maintains lawyer In Chicago. and u
permanent secretary, Office and stan.
In every State capital in the United
states 1t maintains an agent whose
business II IL to watch during the ses.
sion Of the Legislature each days
batch Of new bills, and whenever Q
bill affecting patent medicines shows
Its head to telegraph the bill, yer.
batlm, to headquarters. There some
scores Of printed copies Of the bill are
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made, and a copy Is sent to every
member Of the association. Thereupon
each manufacturer looks up the list Of
papers in the threatened State with
which he has the contracts described
above. And to each newspaper he
sends a pcremptory telegram calling
the publishers attention to the obliga.
tions of his contract, and commanding
him to go to work to defeat the anti
patent.medicine bill. In practice, this
organization works with smooth per-
lection and well.oiled accuracy to de.
feat the public health legislation
which is introduced by boards Of
health In over q score of States every
year.
Watch the daily newspapers when.
ever trust Is being assalled and see
how the advertising columns are load.
ed with glazing calls to partake %
wonderful delicacies.
In this connection, and In the ab.
sence Of any reference to the "break.
fast delicacies' Of the Beef Trust
where there is life. there Ii soap.
~9
The Trust press Of Chicago carefully
eliminates from the reports Of the Chi.
cago Health Department which II pub.
fishes, all reference to the condemna.
ton Of tubercular and cancerous
cattle ut the Union Stock Yards. The
aim Of the Trust press Is to keep the
people In ignorance Of true. but awful,
conditions which menace their health.