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The Washington herald., 1907-03-08

A Pennsylvania butcher has made a
sausage siXty-fOur feet Ions. A sort OF
dachshUnd, as il were
The Washington herald., 1907-03-08

BY the pay. what has become Of those
Digger Indians? We might use them on
the Panama Canal.
The Washington herald., 1907-03-08

\ New York sheriff began his political
career with a term in jail. This is bet
ter than ending it there.
The Washington herald., 1907-03-08

"An indianapolis girl kidnapped a mill
Iionaire and married him. notes the At
lanta Georgian. The rich have their woes
as well as the Door
The Washington herald., 1907-03-08

Wonder Is our peerless young sOciet!
leader"
"Peerless?''
yes; Tilted by duke, you know
The Washington herald., 1907-03-08

We trust that it will not be necessary
for Mr. Tnlman's audiences to go into
executive session in order to get their
moneys worth.
The Washington herald., 1907-03-08

a New York sirl seventeen years of
age admits having married three men
10 dIte. She appears to be the most
hopeless victim OF the marriage habit yet
noted.
The Washington herald., 1907-03-08

4 Massachusetts minister has taken n
firm stand against church fairs, oyster
suppers. and kindred get-rich-quiCk
schemes
The Washington herald., 1907-03-08

Muse is a moral law" said Plato.
But. then. Plato occurred some time be-
fore musical comedies and coon songs
were invented.
The Washington herald., 1907-03-08
Cabinet whiskerS.

In suit for damages for the loss OF
his whlskers. slnged of in the explosion
OF a Standard Oil tank. citizen OF Ohio
a short time ago was awarded Slol. The
Ohioau had O full beard. and if the dam
ages awarded him by jury Of his peers
are TO Doe accepted as fixing the money
value Of whisIers only TWO members of
President Roosevelts Cabinet could re-
cover rs much In similar suit should
they be victims Of "a like accident. These
are Secretary Wilson. OF the Department
of Agriculture. and Secretary Straus. of
the Department Of Commerce and Labor.
All the others who sit around the Presi-
dents ministerial board have only mus
taches. Uncle Jim Wilson's whiskers are
thick. long. and gray Mr.. Stratus beard
Is thin, short apd streaked with white
Secretary Taft's mustaChe is most lux
uriant. and sometimes ii displays a dis
position 10 take an upward shoot after
the style established by the German Rai-
ser. The Presidents mustachc occasion
ally looks ragged. as If the Presidential
teeth had been nibbling al IT, though when
ever William Dulaney. the White House
barber. is able 20 hold his llustrious Gus
toner in the chair long enough DE care
fully trims the mustuche 20 proper pro-
portions. Until the Hon. George Won
l. Meyer was promoted from the dipIo-
matte service 20 the Post-office portfolio
the Cabinet mustache that always showed
evidence Of being cultivated with greatest
care was that Of Secretary COrtelyOu. II
is now a toss-up between these two mus
taches a. 20 superiority Of looks and cuI-
tivat!ou. Secretary GaTheld's mustache
is as modest but withal as earnest in ap-
ueara nee as IFS owner
The Washington herald., 1907-03-08

Il want 10 go home 10 a house I knew.
sings poet. VIII some one kindly show
the poet the way?
The Washington herald., 1907-03-08

New YORK OfHce. Nassau Beekman Bldg, LaCoste a
Maxwell Managers.
Chicago once. Marquette Bldg. LaCosts Max
well, Managers.
The Washington herald., 1907-03-08

We note the case in a Chicago court OF
krysztOfak vs.. Marcinkiewicz. Positive
Pole and negative Pole. no doubt.
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Subseription Rates bv Mail.

No attention i0iE be paid to anonymous
contributions, and 30 Communications to
the editor tViH be printed except OUer the
name Of the GUTiteT.
Manuscripts offered for publication toiH
Be returned If unavailable, but stamps
should be sent iCitk the manuscript for
that purpose
Al communications intended for this
newspaper 50hether for the daily or the
Sunday issue, should be addressed 20
THE WASHINGTON HERALD.
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And now e is said that Emperor WH-
liam is a great real estate boomer. We
are not surprised 10 hear IT. There doesn't
seem to be anybody In the king business
more versatile than he
The Washington herald., 1907-03-08

An Uncle Toms Cabin" company is
going 10 tour Texas There has been
trouble enough in Texas without ringing
This i'm
The Washington herald., 1907-03-08

The Washington Herald is delivered by
ccrrier IN the District Of Columbia and at
Alexandria, Va, at s. cents per month,
daily and Sunday, or at . cents per
month 1UithOat the Sunday issue.
The Washington herald., 1907-03-08
Spring Picture.

Crows in the corufeI,
Larks above II sCimmin'.
Towhecds at the millpond
Strippin' of fer swimmin'.
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surviving War Governors.

Col. Edwards Is still hopefully looking
for the Enclosure.
The Washington herald., 1907-03-08

Telephone Main $500. private Branch E=ehans,.)
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INVENTED ARTIFICIAL PEARLS

silvery Luster on a Pond That Set q
Beadmalker Thinking.
The string of artificial pearls was
very beautiful. But for the regularity
Of the beads any one would have
thought 1t rope of real pearls worth
a kings ransom, says the New Orleans
Times Democrat.
"1'll tell you," said the jeweler, as be
wrapped up the deceptive necklet, ''how
the wonderfully perfect artificial pearl
came to be invented.
"A rich French beadmaker, Noise
JacQuin-he lived in the seventeenth
century-found a pond In his garden
covered one morning with lovely sill.
very luster. Amazed, he called bis gar.
dener, who said it was nothing
albettes had got crushed, that was all
Athletics were little silver fish
bleaks-the Leuciscus alournus. The
gardener explained that II you crushed
them they always gave the water a
pearly sheen like that Joaquin put
on his thinking cap.
Tor six years he worked with beads
and bleaks, wasting millions on both.
But finally he achieved success He
learned how to extract the pearly lus-
ter from the bleaks' scales and to cover
a glass bead with it.
What he did-and his method is
still used-was TO scrape the scales
from the fish, wash and rub them and
save the water. The water, decanted,
gave of lustrous fluid of the thick
ness OF oil, a veritable pearl paint, a
magic fluid that imparts a lovely pearly
sheen to everything it Is applied to.
1T takes 1000 bleaks to yield an
ounce Of this pearl paint
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STILL IN CONTROL.


you'd think from what some folks
say that cap'ns of industry was a mod
ern discovery, long O. Electricity an
sun-spots," began Eli Bacon. with mild
irony. "But faint 80. They've alwus
been an they alwus will be, II they're
what 1 take 'em to be-nothing more
nor less than men that alwus land on
their feet
There was Cy Greene. When I was
a boy he lived in my town, at the
mouth Of the Kennebec River. he
was a fisherman by trade, and one
morning he was watching the Winnie
macook pull out from the wharf for
Bath, a-resting idly on his oars.
ut was very early, and AZ soon a.
the steamer started the wharf was de-
serted. The Winnemacook started OF
all right; then she begun TO back an
back, and fn'lly crash she come into
Cy's dory.
"His boat was stove to pieces. and
Cy was throwed into the water. But
he didn't stay there. He got a-hold o
the Winnemacook's rudder an hauled
himself up astride ont he yelled an
hollered a while, but nobody heard
him, an he concluded to settle down
to business.
when the boat pulled into Bath,
which Is some fifteen miles, there got
Cy on the rudder, easy's Of lilly.
"'What under tn canopy are you
doing thereY sung out a man on the
wharf.
"'Steering the Winnemacook t.
Bath says Cy."
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u,s Aline DePasse, IT'S e. 18th
r. New York, N. Y, writes:
0'' nIt gives me pleasure to testify to
nrTatiye qualities of Peruna and
Manaln.
-0srs with catarrh of the head, throat
.ud digestive organs. consulted
nonv physicians, but they did me no
good.
,octimonials in your Peruna almanac.
: decided to try Peruna and Manalin.
bought a bottle of each, and after
,oting them for a week 1 noticed a
change for the better. So l kept it
m and after using twelve bottles l
was perfectly cured.
81 also gave the medicine to my
children and they had the same bene-
ficial result. l would never be with
mt these remedies in the house.
~ highly recommend Peruna and
Manalin to all my friends, and in fact
to everybody.
Miss Mildred Grey, 10 Weimer
st., Appleton, Wis, writes:
TT gives me pleasure to recon-
mend Peruna for catarrh Of the
stomach. l had this disease for a
number of years, and could not en-
10y q mouthful Of food that I ate
Il was indeed a great relief when l
hit upon Peruna, and obtained de-
eided results from the first. / took
six bottles before I felt entirely cured
Of my trouble, but had an aggra-
rotod caSe.n
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aad((44nz'a%

It's quite likely that my mother-ln-
law will stay until the end Of July"
replied the man with the aquiline nose
and retreating chin Then he added ::
II see you have no sense of humor."
What makes you think so?' asked
the man with the crush hat
You never cracked q smile"
II pride myself on i" said the man
with the crush hat. II never smile at
any Of 'em. 1 fatter myself that my
nature Is too sympathetic, and then I've
had personal experiences that have de-
veloped the sympathetic side Of me still
more. You get OF neat bit OF repair
tee or make any sort Of humorous re-
mark and you'll get the cockle-warm-
Ing, responsive laugh from me about
as quick as you will from the next one,
but 1 don't see anything remarkably
funny about that, and I'll bet you
don't"
You're dead right there" agreed
the man with the aqualine nose.
'Of course I'm right. 1 remember
once when was kid I was rambling
through the wood and I saw a gray
ball Of a thing like Japanese lantern
hanging to the limb Of a tree. I'd
never seen anything like 1t before, and
nobody had ever shown me one, 50 1
naturally picked up stick and gave
it an investigating poke. The next
thing I was running at the top Of my
speed In homeward direction, letting
ont Z yell ct every jump. Every now
and then something like q red-hot wire
tabled into me, and BY the time I got
home I was about - badly stuns a
lid A you ever saw In your life- Moth
ar didn't hold her sides and 80 into
f,ts of laughter. She never did have
anv sense Of humor. She put me to
he'd and bathed my dwellings with am
monia and soda and things"
"A hornet sting IL pretty bad" said
the man with the aQuiline nose. feel
ingly.
II should say it was bad. So Is q
mules kick. was Harvesting mule
once to pillow, and AZ was fixing the
breeching he hauled OF and kicked me
On the knee. It's q wonder he didn't
break the cap, but as It was was
nearly three weeks In bed with Ice
hacked around 1t, and my leg Is weak
At the knee Joint to this day. But when
I aot to hobbling around on clutches
everybody knew talked as II 1t was
: acreamingly hilarious experience. l
conldn't get their point OF view.
though"
Il don't wonder" said me otnee man.
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immigration Only recently has it attracted much atte
ton. somewhat similar fall, however Is also notice
able In varying degrees in many other lands. Even
roomv Australia exhibits a like phenomenon Germany
and Russia are the chief exceptions to such tendency
among the leading countries of Europe The main ex-
PLANTATION according Professor Ross OF this wtful
restriction of the size Of the family Is the desire OF
parents to observe higher standards Of life for them
selves and for such children they do have In order
to maintain these higher Standards under the pressure
Of modern life the number to be provided for In the
family is limited.
On the whole Professor Ross regards this movement
in the line Of diminishing birth "salutary, In
which respect he differs from President Roosevelt The
subject obviously of basic Importance to our social
and national future would be interesting to know
what Professor thinks of the fact that the dml
ution of the birth Is most marked not among wage
earners but among those best qualified by Intelligence
and surroundings good children-Chicago News
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Ever seasickT
Never on the ocean"
Then don't you ever 60. Stay ashore
and be happy. I went across the At
lantic once-twice, In fact, because
came back. It says a good deal for
the strength of home ties that 1 ever
did. II there had been any way Of
tunneling under I'd have done it. Sick
the whole Of the time, and It's the
worst sickness there ID, I'm willing to
bet. It wasn't very rough weather at
that. l must have been the only pas
seneer affected to any extent 1t was
better than a vaudeville show for the
rest Of the passengers, that sickness of
mine-an unfailing source Of mirth and
laughter. And it's seldom I pick up
an alleged comic paper that don't see
seasickness alluded to more or less deli
cately as the merriest kind Of merry
Jest"
Its one Of the stock wheezes," said
the man with the aQuiline nose.
"So's the green-apple collie" said the
man In the crush hat. That's a jocund
sort of experience to have, too. 1 don't
think goat ever butted me, but
don't think I should laugh II 1 saw
anybody else butted. should imagine
the shock would be extremely painful,
something like getting fall on roller
skates I've suffered that. Do you
think I'd laugh II I saw a man hav-
ing his leg amputatsd or gisgle II hs
lost all his money and got thrown out
on the street with his family on q cold
winter nightr
"No," replied the man with the
aquiline nose. But l wouldn't have
cared II you had laughed. I'm only
sorry that she will have to leave Us
% soon, but then my wife isn't her only
daughter"
The man in the crush hat mickered
"Well, that il a pretty good joke" he
said Chicago Daily News
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webateP's Wit.

Most men Of weight dislike the frail
gilt and satin chairs which accidentally
fall 10 their lot in q crowded drawing
room. They were In use In MI. Web
sters time At an evening reception
given to some western lawyers soon
after the accession Of President Tyler
and the dissolution Of President Har-
rison's cabinet Mr.. Stanberry, late At
torney General, was accompanied BY
his bashful friend, Mr.. Leonard. who
Immediately retired to a corner and ,e-
lected this gilded trife a. a resting
place. In order to withdraw still far
Their from notice he tilted the frail
structure backward. Down It went.
smashed into a dozen pieces, and Leon
ard the embarrassed was Leonard the
observed Of all. Mr.. Webster immedi-
ately rushed to the rescue Of his unfor.
tunate guest and raised him from the
door with the reassuring remark.
why, my dear Mr.. Leonard, You
should have remembered that no cabl-
net work would hold toesther here"
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THE PASSING OF THE LOTTERY.

- AMbLING Is a weed which will spring up
overnight and flourish at the heels Of the
! laws reaper, but that even the most deep
rooted species be destroyed il time and
u9fkI perseverance are devoted to the task is
49, shown by the crushing of the so-called Hon
duras lottery. The recent decision Of the
Federal court at Mobile Ala ends struggle that has
Deen waged for thirty years, and which all the cum
to override the law.
1ne millions that have been hlched from the pockets
Oh the poor TO add to the wealth of the lottery
beyond computation For years the old Louisiana COM
pany nourlshed on the money squandered by
couio not AFFORD to losefor 1t is always those
no money to risk that 1t most rashy. Then came
time when the lottery became serious menace to the
countrys prosperity Everyone bought tickets rather
fractions of tickets and the winners
nous for day OF the thousands who away their
savings In the vain pursuit goddess chance moth
ing of course heard.
At length the government aroused and lottery
was driven from Louisiana to find q name and
inal home In Central America. But ts harvest field
remained the United States Other laws passed.
but the lottery sharks clever until
this euded the nets spread for them last how
ever they have been caught their outlaw business de-
stroyed and drop two taken from the
profits
The fines Of $2s40o0 imposed by the Southern court
the wealthy and prominent who pleaded guilty
to the charge of operating the lottery not the
part Of the punishment which should be their share
They gamblers, and such should be despsed by
their neighbors and fellow ctzens.-Chicago Post
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Cream Cabbage.

Chop up enough tender white cabbage
TO make one quart; season with half
teaspoonful of salt and saltspoonful
Of pepper. Make a sauce by heating
In small saucepan one-fourth cupful
each Of vinegar and water, one table
spoonful Of butter, and stir in one tea
spoonful each Of sugar and cornstarch,
and one saltspoonful Of mustard, which
have been mixed together. Cook until
It begins to thicken, remove from fire,
beat until cold. then beat in three table
spoonfuls Of good cream.
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Orange Fun.

Beat three cupfuls of milk In q
double boiler, stir In three scant table
spoon1uls OF cornstarch dissolved in
little milk, one teaspoonful Of butter,
enehalf cupful Of sugar, the beaten
jocks OF two eggs; cook for five min
ulea then all the grated rind and tho
juice OF two oranges. Beat the whites
" TWO eggs very stiff, pour the boil
ing custard over them, beat until well
mixed, then pour into a mold. Serve
very cold with whipped cream.
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this duty fact the who work on the roads too
destroy beauty when they should protect IT. En-
lghtensd commissioners encourage the growth
of bushes and small beside the highway at great
expense; but in the country regions these very bushes
are cut sway with misdrected zeal for making things
tidy
Ten women banded together into association for
beautfying and cleaning the town can accomplish won
ders There certain village where such committee
has wrought something like miracle They have put
sidewalks In condition by picking of the stones cut
ting drains keeping tho turf at the edge neatly
clipped Waste barrels have been set In different parts
of the village they emptied twice week, and
Meve the Of the hateful, wndblown papers, The
bill board nuisance has been abated The women have
painted pleasant green old covered bridge which
had been dishgured with advertisements for twenty
years. They have also set up welldrained iron water
Ing trough, in place Of an unsanitary wooden one.
Finally each Of the ten women has cultivated at
tractive garden in front of her house, and
taken down separating 1t from the street Thus
at one stroke they forced the citizens to keep
and hens the Streets and built healthy emulation
in lawns and gardens, until the whole village literally
blossoms like the rose.-Youth's Companion.
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we come near lynchin' the wrong
man yesterday" said Cactus Cal; lust
ready to swing him of, too" But just
ten you discovered the mistake, eh?"
remarked the tourist. what luck ]"
"uzn't it though? The worst ever
near tell of."-Philadelphia PreeA
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she was Cautious.

Eyes, Ids wife refused TO vote at the
election and he says all the othsR WON
an In the club are awfully mad
"What reason did she giver
+ "said she hadn't been introduced 10
any Of the candidates. - Cleveland
Plain Dealer.
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Small one-Why, sir, do they have
thu station 20 far from the campus?
Large one-I suppose, my child, they
thought It more handy to have 1t down
hare near the tracks-C0Fneu Widow.
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Strives to Please.

uncle Ito little BERTHE, aged 8, who
. 0eing taken off to bed)-Good-night.
oerte. OF course, you always remem-
VET Your aunts and uncles in your
prayers?
oerue-Oh, yes, Uncle Felix. Shall
'e' you what say? 1 say, God bless
ounty Kitty and make her thin, and
wv Oiess Uncle James and make him
'a- and God bless Uncle Felix and
~, which do you want to be-fat or
The San Juan islander. [volume] (Friday Harbor, Wash.) 1898-1914, 1907-07-06

Up to date, wads of chewing gum
have been found on the under side OF
every piece Of furniture made except
The San Juan islander. [volume] (Friday Harbor, Wash.) 1898-1914, 1907-07-06

A man II apt to put his thinking can
on when his wife expresses 4 d1sixe 1oe
q new bome2
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HTeSt. Vitus' Dance and all Nervous Diseases
MNlu permanently cured by DR.. Kline's Great
nerve Hestorer Send for FREE$2 trial bottle and
ueause. Dr.R.H.Klne, Id. ,9S1Arch St., Phila, Pa.
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Economic Association Providence Western Cvil
cation the Birth Rate" When statistics corrob
grated by observation they have added force
The statistical quoted is corroborated by such
observation The average American Of to-day is often
heard to contrast big families of his grandparents
with his family and the families Of his set
The remarkable fall which has taken place during the
last balf-century In the birth Of this country
been obscured by swelling Of population through
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THE TOWN BEAUTIFUL.

HE beginning of summer Is season when
the women Of every village and town in the
country may well organize work for the
preservation and creation OF beauty.
Streets, commons, school yards cemeteries
all need constant care and In many towns
there are no officials who are entrusted with
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Date PUDDING.

Date PuddfnH.
0feam two tablespoons butter with
sAe-nsl1 cup sugar, add two well-beaten
,ss,' 1nree-quarters cup milk or water.
Auu TWO cups flour, with which has
O'en sifted two teaspoonfuls baking
S'"uet and a pinch of salt. When
Ier stiff add one cup chopped dates
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Mothers will find Mrs. Winslow's Soothing
syrup the best remedy to use for their children
during the teething period.
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THE DIMINISHING BIRTH RATE.

N the United States in 1900 the proportion
Of children under to women of child-bear-
ing age was only three-quarters Of what 1t
was In $780," This significant statement
was made the other day by Professor Ed
ward A. Ross of the University Of Wiscon-
sin In a naner read before the American
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uoWARD +. BURTON. Assayer and Chemist
u Ieadvine, Colorado. Specimen Prices:
Gold. silver, Lead, $10o; Gold, Silver az; Colo.
Envelopes and full price list sent on applic.-
ton. Control and Umpire Work solicited. Ret
ereuce: Carbonate National Bank.
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FOR SALE, Halls Safe near
ly new. Cheap for cash or
monthly payments. Address
for size and all particulars to
P. o. Box 27,sSeattle, Wash.
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von can Contract to sell your crop. Ten
trains q day. Abundance Of water.
Price $4,000 per acre-easy paymeAcs-
come in or write for particulArA
BEECHER b THOMPSON.
snor.n. wash. he Stevens