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The Washington herald., 1907-09-07
CON0UERING COIN. Of Floating PB the 4sssE Ta4sas,

Synopsis Of previous chapters
The hero. Calgary Booth, Of Mum
Gle. Ind, having written forty-three
Of the SIX best st-sellers, has at last
had to give up his life of toll, being
left a fortune By his uncle While
travelling in Europe he falls In love
with the Princess Helene, Of Max
pTania, who IS waiting table at
the Hotel de Bon Garcon, in Paris.
She brings him mis- soup and he no
tees that her thumb rests IN the
warm liquid. Prom that tine on
he Is he's Learning that she Is
dcTTifCd Cf her rights through the
efforts OF the Baron Rockychap, he
. determines 10 espouse her cause.
After building a railroad 10 the
oil wells on her uncle estates and
having stolen her from her BOULDER
over the kitchen Of the hotel, the
loving twain meet with various ad-
ventures. BE has slain nineteen Of
her enemies and has rescued the
crown jewels. The baron has one
more card TO play-n that faiis--
CHAPTER SAND LAST.
High on the dais the lovely Prin-
ccss Helene stood, scepter in her
hand and her crown upon her brow
is il on straightP' she whispered
TO her attendant.
Yes. your majesty" vas the reply.
Admit them, theE. cried the
princess.
The massive gates Of the castle
were thrown open and in came the
famous regiment Of Naxprsnia, with
their evil colonel, Baron Rockychap.
st their head. In the center Of the
guards vas Calgary Booth. tightly
bound. but eFsn through the gag,
which completely flied bis mouth,
one conid see that be was still
handsome.
Hag" cried MlTon, the varlet.
1T is the longest purse that wins
to-day"
Not so." said soft Ethelrida,
/ WipiI,c her pale nose; see the prin-
cess"
The lovely Helene gazed on the
motsled features Of her lover, hs
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THE IMMUNITY BATH.

Ny name is Mr.. Alton aud I've got
en- on the hip.
Fer told EN- first the very worst
about the goods | ship
When II comes 10 fOoling Bona 1arte
you'll find me right i'm I'm,
And I set free, while the Standard,
Geel oh. what an awful fine.
But ! took my bath and l wallcTed,
For. Lawd, / needed It 50;
They would like 10 soak me
Fer Relating, you see,
But kenesaw let me 90.
The CTeaking wheels Of justice you
can't grease with STANDARD OIL: (:
II you tel lie they'll soak you
high in spite Of all your toll.
Get UP in lire. my brothers. b. a
o.. c., b. d O..
Just test your fate, give up your ate,
and perhaps they'll wash you.
teo.
Yoau take your bath and you'll
waller,
For. Lawd. you're needing it 50;
Just throw your books wide,
Point to them with pride.
And lands may let you g.
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london vIew Of van street.

From the London Economist
The troubles which have developed in
Wall street are not the result Of govern
mental action, though there is little doubt
that, in order to discredit the government.
the rich 'malefactors' who have manip-
uiated corporate wealth in their own in
terests have resorted TO combined action
which has had the result Of accentuating
the disturbances In the stock markets Il
is hardly likely that these tactics will de-
ceive anybody, and the fact is being more
and more appreciated that there viii be
no permanent stability in the American
stock markets until either the law or pub
lie opinion renders impossible the prsc-
tees which have brought discredit on
American finance. and inflicted grave in
jury on the commerce and industry OF the
United States.
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The South and the Elect.

Senator McCreary, Of Kentucky. a Dem
ocratic member of the Committee on
Foreign Relations, approves the dispatch
OF the batte-sh!p feet to the Pacific for
tactical and commercial reasons. His at
titude. which comedies with that Of Sen
ators McEnery and Foster. of Louisiana.
is significant OF the trend Of Southern
opinion respecting the naval movement
ordered by President Roosevelt
The Baltimore Sun. the Richmond News
Leader, and the Charleston News and
Courier, all representative Southern news
papers, see no danger in the fleet move
ment, and the Southern press generally
regards It with cOmplacency. if not with
entire approval. The Louisiana Senators
asserted that the support Of Southern
Senators would be given the Presidents
ambitious naval programme in the event
Of Congressional criticism at the coming
session, and Mr. McCreary confirms this
assurance by saying that he does not be-
lieve the Democratic party has any in
tention Of opposing the feet movement
One of the reasons Is, perhaps, that
the South is heavily interested in Oriental
commerce. and the belief evidently pre-
walls there that the presence of a power
full fleet in the Pacific will contribute to
American commercial supremacy. Our far
/ Eastern trade is threatened by two
| things-Japanese competition and an in
/ clination of the Orientals to boycott our
/ goods on account of our exclusion policy.
/ VIII the appearance Of our fleet in the
/ Pacific tend to remove these obstacles?
/ If trade follows the flag. as the maxim
runs, then the appearance of our modern
armada in Oriental waters may be the
/ forerunner Of the fleets of a mighty COM
merce. Our battle ships are somehow 10
/ be the means of promoting what Senator
McCreary foresees as the enlarged COM
/ merce" Of the Pacific
more interesting explanation OF
! Southern approval of the Pacific cruise
may be found in the relation Of the ex-
elusion question to the race problem.
/ However vigorously we may exclude
! Chinese and Japanese. Iaborers from our
shores the South will approve. The race
/ problem, it is said down there, is suffi-
cientiy serious and complicated without
adding TO il new factors Of danger and
difficulty. The South believes in the as
sertion of white supremacy over the
brown and yellow, as well as the black
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LABOR AND THE TARIFF.
Henry VI. Whitney's Proposal for n
Gradual Reduction.

Gradual Reduction.
Prom the New YORK Times
The labor leaders would do well to keep
an eye on Mr.. Whitney. of Massachusetts.
he is making a strong effort to unite the
Democrats Of the State upon the issue of
the reform Of the tariff in a manner very
interesting 10 the working people. He
meets the protectionists fairly and logi-
cally on ground OF their own choosing.
They say that the heavy taxes on COM
peting goods from other lands are in
tended 10 protect American workuen By
onsetting the lower cost Of labor abroad.
and they admit that these taxes cannot
in any other way be justified.
Very well, replies Mr.. Whitney in ef-
feet. let US appoint a commission Of busi-
ness and labor experts to inquire as 10
the real difference in the cost OF labor.
foreign and domestic. in the chief classes
or heavily taxed imported goods II the
taxes are found-as. beyond all doubt
they would be-tO be much more than
enough 10 Offset that difference let US re-
duce the taxes by 10 per cent Of the ex-
cess each year for ten years And let US
repeat the process OF inquiry and reduc-
ton az stated periods. Nobody can call
this radical or extreme proposition II
carried out It would preserve for the
working people Of the United States all
the advantage they could possibly get
from tariff, so far as their wages are
concerned. Business would not be dis
turhed by a process OF reduction so
gradual, the exact working Of which for
each decade would be known IN advance
On the other hand, the security from agi-
tatlon such as now comes about inevita-
bly, with every Presidential election
would be worth much 10 all parties to our
industries, making business calculations
more certain and the demand for labor
more steady
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might be practiced in its use, and the
resulting surplus wealth donated 10 the
project aforesaid.
We had never imagined that there was
any particular tie between missionaries
and chewing gum. but We now see the
point Let the consumption of gum be
eurtailed and the money so saved be put
to the good use suggested. 1t is capi-
tai idea
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ONE CENT.
BRYAN ON TAFT.
Thinks Coustry Is in Danger from
Hero Hoba1n.


Hero Hoba1n.
By Our Special Correspondent
PoughkeeDsie. ~ Y. Sept. a.
Ia hts speech here last night Mr..
". J. BRYAN criticised Secretary
Taft very severely for daring 10
leave this country on a jaunt 70
the Philippines while Richmond
Pearson Hobson was still at large
and fighting Japan. He promises. +"
he said. TO correct the evil OF this
war talk after his election. Suppose
/ had promised only % take up the
matter Of government ownership Of
railroads after my election. where
should 7 be now" Between candi-
dacy and election. he pointed out,
there was many a Slip. and be want
Cd to know if il was quite fair 10
pat the people Of the United States
10 the expense Of sending the whole
fleet around 70 the Pacific 70 safe
! guard Secretary Taft's return. lie
did not think there could be any
truth IN the rumOrs that the Jspa-
nese designed 20 kidnap N-. Taft.
but thought. instead, that "Ohio's
| favorite son''-for SO he characterized
him-wonld be in much greater dan
/ ger If he touched on the soil Of
! Morocco on his trip homcWard.
/ Alr. Bryan made a stirring appeal
fer immediate tariff reform, but
/ thought that the chances were six
teen to one that nothing would be
done in this direction by Congress
this winter. He had little to say on
the far Eastern question. except TO
/ remind his hearers that the Fiji
/ pines had a very delicate constitu-
tion and might not De able % stand
the rigors Of parliamentary discus
/ sion.
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THE SUDDEN SHADOW.

Il seems strange Death should come to him:
Life vas his heFitage and Love;
He never strayed in pathways dim
How found be that far shadowy groves
How trod be fields Of Asphodel
When twas the Rose ne loved so well
he heard the brother-caH Of Earth.
He wandered far in foreign lands,
And every friends hearth was his hearth:
And every friend, two outstretched hands.
Was Death his friend. tool That may be-
Death welcomed him 50 teadCTly.
-Maisis Sagills Shainvali, IN Smart Set
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WORD FROM wELLMAN.

North Pole. Sept. 6 mot by wire
lessl.-Arctio circles arc rejoicing
over the rumor that Walter Well
mans threat 70 discover the big
center pole was not made in earnest.
but vas intended as a basis for
magaE'se articles. Polanders arc
planning mass meetings to protest
against the continuance Of the, dis
covering business. on the ground
that Welman and Peary have q
monepolr.
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Forestry and the Tariff.

From the Springfield Republican.
The forestry question? Judge Baker
went a long way toward solving it when
he introduced at the national irrigation
the resolution calling for the
repeal of the tariff duties on lumber and
timber. The congress may do a public
service by adopting that resolution. These
duties get nearer every day TO the point
where moderate people, with no DISPOSE
ton to be emotional or hysterical. can
Justly call them the crowning crime of
the sacred schedules
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SATURDAY, SEPTEMBER :. 1907
Sounder Conditions of Finance.

That the stock market should have
Withstood the shock of a considerable
failure with scarcely a tremor is pretty
good evidence that the recent outbreak
Of financial hysteria has run its course,
and that securities of the better class are
upon "a firmer foundation than for some
time past. Secretary Cortelyou's skillful
handling of the Treasury surplus and the
annual problem of supplying sufficient
currency for the moving Of the new crops
has undoubtedly contributed much toward
the more optimistic feeling in the fnan-
cial district, while from many sources
comes testimony that the Presidents
Provincetown address, by making il plain
that there was TO be no deviation from
his corporation programme, has cleared
the financial atmosphere of uncertainty
and apprehension. Nowhere is there any
tangible sign that the present era Of pros
perity is nearing its termination though
opinion is general among competent OBJ
servers that there viii be some slowing
down Of the feverish activity Of the last
year or two
Substantially, this view of the financial
situation is taken by James Speyer, the
New York banker, who attributes the
prevailing monetary stringency 10 in
ternatiOnal causes of a more or less
temporary character He finds IL most
acute in the United States and Germany.
where Industrial development has been
more rapid and more extensive than else
where. He thinks there viii be q con-
traction Of this abnormal activity, which
viii tend automatically to relieve the
money markets. The present lack of con-
fdence In this country is due, in his judg-
ment, to the disclosures of dishonest
methods in corporate fnanciering. and to
legislation which has sought TO reduce
the income Of railroad properties at a
time when railroad managers are sorely
in need Of vast sums of money for ex-
tensions and betterment Mr.. SpeyeT
thinks much of this legislation unwise
though he fully approves additional legis-
laton for the closer supervision Of cor
poration management. He says on this
point:
In so far as Mr.. Roosevelt or others desire
changes in existing laws so as to safeguard the
t-ttlAS-a communities aliA % ufEeLNIo ~ I4i
future more csectuslly than heretofore | think IA,
has. and VIII have. the support Of the American
people in any carefully considered legislation. Fed
eFal OF otherwise.
Mr. Speyer notes the interesting fac
that European investors in our securities
while amazed at the legislative onslaUght
on corporations. fully approve greater
supervision Of corporate enterprises. a,
tending TO increase the value and the sta
bility Of stock and bond issues. The!
ask: When viii the common sense o
the American people assert itself?" Mr.
Speyer expresses his faith in the com
mon sense Of the people, which a few
years ago settled a difficult financial prob
lem. and which he trusts to settle pres
ent problems growing out of the develop
ment OF corporations. That is a sensibl
way to look at the matter. Our nationa
fabric Of industry has nothing to fea
from the sober judgment Of the country
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THE oPTIMIsT.

One would needs think that the preach
ers should be optimistic on all sub
jects, but many Of them have found i
hard to be hopeful as TO poverty, which
the really hopeful man can see some
mighty good IN after all. Here was
Henry Ward Beecher. who could find 1t
in his heart 10 say:
Poverty is very good in p0ems bGt il is very bad
in house II Is vcry good IN maxims and sermons,
bat it Is ven bad in practical Bfe"
Aside from the question that thing
can be good in a sermon and not good
in life. Mr.. Beecher's dictum Is not true.
Emerson said. Poverty demoralizes; ,;
but the Concord philosopher seemed 20
forget that it moralizes, also. .Undoubt-
edly, poverty is q great enemy to human
happiness. but out of human unhappiness
has come some OF the greatest deeds of
the world. DR.. Johnson hit the crux Of
all the legitimate railing against poverty
when he declared that it destroyed liberty
there. indeed. II seems TO work an infiu-
ence almost wholly baDefui. But il is
hard to go further with Dr. Johnson
when he declares that poverty makes
tremely difficult" ] like better 10 60
from the cold photographer TO his name
sake-rare old Ben JOnsOn-and think that
Money never made any man rich, but
bis mind. He that can order himself tC
the law OF nature IS not only without the
sense, but the fear OF poverty
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TOOthaehe Is Ancient.

II has recently been established b.
German dentist named CALI that modern
dentistry has few new wrinkles. He has
discovered that - Etruscans were ac-
complished dentists. Numerous Etruscan
skulls which he has examined show teeth
that had been filled with great skill. He
found four teeth that had been covered
with gold capsules, two covering natural
teeth. while the other two were artificial
teeth-real bridge work which had been
thought 10 be an invention of modern
dentistry. Il Is shown by these discoveries
that the Etruscans were like ourselves.
not a bit backward in showing their teeth
covered wit gold. and that the old dem
lists knew something about filing teeth
is shown by these illlngs, which have
lasted about 2,200 years.
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SPECIAL SPORTING soUIBS.

The Philadelphia Athletics seem
determined 20 win the penEant by
the aat wheel route.
Quantity as well as quality, says
Cantillon, rs be looks over the
Nationals roster Of ffty-f0ur play
ers.
We got cut pitcher from Idaho.
Why not 60 70 Alaska and haTpo0n
4 batter that can outhit any one
in the leaguel
So Georgetown is considering Civ
ing up rowing Can if be that the
faculty objects 70 the undergraduates
running a shell gameg
Judging by some Of the inter
views given ont by rival managers.
Csntillon is about the only Ameri-
can League manager who has given
up hops Of landing the Tsg.
"It IS up TO Washington to make
or break the Athletics, says an eT-
change. Judging by the injury to
Jimmy Collins, there is little CUES
tom as to how CantlIlon feels in the
matter.
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The Bishop of London.

An interesting visitor to this country
will be the Right Rev. Bishop Ingram. OF
London. who is TO pay a visit 10 Presi-
dent Roosevelt as soon as he arrives in
this country His stay here viii be short,
but he will visit many places and preach
before many congregations He viii
preach at Quebec. Montreal. and Toronto.
and viii visit ottawa as the guest Of
Lord Grey, here he will address the
Canadian Club. At Niagara he viii
preach before the massed congregations
OF the neighboring churches. Then he
visits President Roosevelt, after which he
goes 10 Trinity Church, Manhattan. In
Washington he viii address the Inter-
national Convention of the Brotherhood
Of ST. Andrew. and will lay the fom-da-
tra stone OF the Episcopal Cathedis.t
Before leaving for London he viii sls)
preach before the students Of Yase srd
Harvard.
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Along Ancient Lines.

From the Boston Herald
II IL interesting to note particularly
that this suit to dissolve the Standard
oil trust is brought under the antitrust
act that was enacted something over
seventeen years ago. So it isn't the out
come of present-day radical legislation.
It Is simply an effort to vitalize the COM
paratively ancient article.
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A MIsINfERPRETATIoN.

Say" said the visitor. locking
up at the Eaudy yellow, red. white.
and blue flag flying over a building
opposite the War Department,
what do them letters stand fer
/. 3. of A. r.
Why, don't you knowi" said the
guide. They mean !, Barrett Of
the America Republics.
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Let us remember Dryden:
Want is a bitter and a hateful good,
Because its virtues are not understood:


Want is a bitter and a hateful good
Because its virtues not understood
Yet many things, impossible to thought.
Have been by need 10 full perfection brought"
Is It the rich or comfortable men who
have made this world what il is to-day?
Where is the poet who from the lap Of
luxury stirred the world with his song?
Where are the painters whose pictures
arc held as inspirations 10 the world, who
won not to the fields Of art through pow
erty. The great inventions, the dis
Coveries Of science that have Gmeliorated
the condition of the human race-are not
the most Of them the gift OF poverty to
the world. Il is. as Shelley sang
Most wretehed men
Are cTadlcd into poetry by wrong.
They learn in suffering What they' teach in song
Even in this day of gigantic fortunes
and Of csazed emulation in the matter Of
spending, there is nothing dishonorabie in
poverty. Il is, as Piutarch said:
Poverty il Gish0norabIe. not in itself. but when
il is a proof Of iaziness intemperance luxury and
carclessness, where's in a person who is temperate.
industrious, just and valiant and who uses all his
virtues for tie publc good 1t shows d great and
lofty mind"
And, really, poverty is not a hard
and fast term; it is not a condition that
one can definitely point 10. Like many
other Of the miseries OF life, il is often
little more than an imaginary calamity.
Men" said Or. Johnson, often call
themselves poor; not because they want
necessaries. but because they have not
more than they want
No, I think that even In poverty there
is ground for optimistic outlook on the
great field OF life. To be content with
little that IS the great thing; to do our
work without seeking too great a reward
outside Of the work; TO live cleanly and
decently-that surely is more TO be de-
sired than to live luxWi0usly.
To purchase Heaven. has gold the powerl
Can gold REMOTE tire mortal homs
IN lte, an lose be bought with goidg
Are triendship's pleasures TO be bought and sodI
No; al that's worth wish-s thought
Fair virtue gives uuhrhed. unbougilt.
Case. then Cu Trash tbs hopes % bind,
/ L"t Eo5ler views engage thy mind"
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EVERY SATURDAY.
Our lotto: If you see ii in The Big
Stiek. il isn' so.
NOTICE.

Advertisements for The Big Stick
must reach the ofice not later than
ten minutes before the time Of pub
LEGATION.
Owing TO the steady increase in
the price Of white paper, the pub
fishers would request that adver-
tisers crowd the wording Of their
ads as close together as possible.
We may want 70 use the white
spaces for some Of our humorous
quips.
No want advertisements accepted
free.
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who had dared so much to win
place by her side. She saw the look
Of evil in the baron's face, that
baron who had sworn TO protect her
and who had made her serve clans
on the half for many q weary
month in Paris. and she faltersd.
She swayed and would have fallen,
but q quick eye vas there.
With a hoarsc CRY Of rage. Cal
garry Booth burst the bends that
held him. Biting the nearest guard
savagcly on the cheek and kicking
the next man on the ankle. be
cleared a space, and then, with a
lightning bound, he reached Helene's
side.
MY fate has come, she said, and
placed her arms trastingly about his
knees.
kiss me, my love-" he whispered.
The baron. disconeerted, fell writh-
ing in a fit. The Judgment had fal-
len and he had lost.
The crown Of Naxprauia is vacant
now. but along the trolley line run
ming from Logansport TO a1uneie
there may be seen a humb' cot
tage where dwells she who was
once Helene, the princess. An Amer
lean queen now. she rules only
over her humble home. Forty-two
children play about the st0op,
though last year one got in the way
Of the trolley and is. alasi no
mere Calgary Booth fights no
moro duels in the dark. but his
war with the publishers goes merily
On. and when he looks at his bank
account 50 depleted now through
buying children's shoes, he never re-
Qets the day when he started to
NaxpEania on the search for Con
quering Coin.
THE END.
/ Note,-This story viii shortly be
Issued in book foln, Limp leather,
/ Sl3 q. hoardS. 81 a
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temporarily should have The
Washington Herald mailed to
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not keep fully informed about
affairs in Washington unless
your paper follows you.
Before leaving, mail or tele-
phone your address TO this Of
fee.
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Sauce for fhe Goose. &C.

From the New York Evening Post.
Whatever else it may be. San Francisco
is. consistent. Five years In prison for
schmitz. who took bribes, five years for
Glass, who gave them, shows that justice
there is appropriately bfind-and efficient
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Cook Your Microbes.

From the Baltimore American
Alarming outbreaks of typhoid are re-
ported from many sections. II is a good
plan to boil your water, even if it Is
supposed To come direct from subterra-
mean springs. A cookies mierobe is HARM
less