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The Oskaloosa herald., 1907-12-26
Fatal Fire in Fort smith. Ark

Fort Smith, Ark, Dec. 23.-Fire at
two o'clock Sunday morning destroyed
the Haglin, six-story Office building;
the American National building, and
two other buildings, Loss is s175.000.
]. A. McWitty, cotton buyer. and a
man named Kaufman, who slept in
the Haglin building, are missing and
are believed to have persisted.
The Oskaloosa herald., 1907-12-26
Tennis and remper.men,.
of Sharon.

IN tennis tournament (more truth
fully than in confessionaD are re-
vealed the good and bad qualities Of
human nature. The man who loses
gracefully, plays with bad partner
without afterwards alluding to his de-
ficiencies, and honestly admires an OPP
ponents skill, may be trusted not to
fail in any other trial Of life.-London
Black and White.
The Oskaloosa herald., 1907-12-26
Bes, pattern Of Life.

Little self-denials, little honesties,
little passing words OF sympathy. little
nameless acts Of kindness. little silent
victories over favorite temptations--
these are the silent threads Of gold
which. when woven together. gleam
out so brightly in the pattern OF life
that God pproves.-Cannon Farrar.
The Oskaloosa herald., 1907-12-26
Russian Robbers exeeuted

st. Petersburg, Dec. 23.--Seven men
convicted Of robbery were executed
Sunday at Yekaterinoslav, Four sol
Hers have been sentenced to death at
Sevastopol in connection with the re.
cent mutiny Of the Brest regiment,
while two death sentences have been
ordered at Smolensk. and one each q.
MOSCOW. Kostroma and Riga.
The Oskaloosa herald., 1907-12-26
Perfectly Lovely.

The most consoiing pleasure OF old
age. looking out of the windows Of
hope, is the sweet sense Of the heart
and soul that you have spread the
flowers of life about the rugged road
OF humanity instead OF the nettles OF
contention. Baltimore American.
The Oskaloosa herald., 1907-12-26
Give the world Your Best.

II is right to appear always at our
best. Give to the world your bright.
est thoughts, your most courteous
speech, the outcome of your kindest
impulses and purest motives, so shall
the world be made glad because you
have lived.--Smiles.
The Oskaloosa herald., 1907-12-26
Flowers as a Cult.

One of the most practical plans for
intoxicating among the masses a taste
for plants and flowers has been hit
upon by tho city fathers of the little
Hessian town of Alley, where each
girl in the public elementary schools
receives every spring two plants to
care for, Inspectors at the end of the
season make their report, which is
Invariably good.
The Oskaloosa herald., 1907-12-26
Blu. voorhees,.

How did your young friend. the
medical student get along with artic,
nlating the skeleton?"
1T was a pronounced failure
Baltimore Sun.
The Oskaloosa herald., 1907-12-26
Ealr plav

There is in most men that instinct
which is one of the best heritages
from boyhood-this instinct for fair
play and for giving everybody "a
chance"
The Oskaloosa herald., 1907-12-26
Flsh Story.

An immense natural cave OF great
beauty has been discovered underly-
ing three of the principal streets OF
Constantine. Algeria. The interior is
of dazzling white stone, worn by the
forces Of nature into all kinds of fan.
tastic and beautiful forms, There are
three ponds. the waters being luke
warm and crowded with fish.
[ Rs+,,uas.s.s
The Oskaloosa herald., 1907-12-26
Beware Of III Habits.

III habits gather by unseen degrees,
as brooks make rivers and rivers run
to seas.-Dryden.
The Oskaloosa herald., 1907-12-26
Storage.
1901: BY Byron Williams.

Storage.
Fair Eunlce packed her bathing suit
Where she could hLd 1t In the spring.
II fits the thimble rather tight
But looks too cute for anything!
The Oskaloosa herald., 1907-12-26
Torpedo Boats Resume Journey.

Port Of Spain, Dec. 23.-The Ameri.
can torpedo boat fiotilla sailed for
Rio Janeiro at eight o'clock Sunday
morning. The fotilla should have left
Saturday. but was delayed on account
of the late arrival of the supply ship
Arethusa with provisions and other
necessary supplies. All on board are
reported well.
The Washington herald. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1906-1939, 1907-05-02
IMPRISONMENT FOR DEBT.
Man Who owes 81 Poll Tax May
Stay b. for Life.


Stay b. for Life.
From the Cleveland Plain Dealer
People who call this an age OF maudlin
sentimentality viii find little proof Of their
charge in a certain county Of New Jersey.
The officials there do not condone crime.
or coddle the criminal Just now they
have a prisoner in their county jail who
bids fair to stay there for life. His crime
is inability 10 pay the 81 poll tax that the
county exacts. Added TO this are the
costs Of the delinquency, Sl.75 more. The
delinquent was arrested last August and
imprisoned according 70 the New Jersey
statutes. The section Of the law under
which be is imprisoned provides that the
tax delinquent must remain in Jail until
he pays his debt TO the State. The pres
ent delinquent, crippled negro has been
tncarcerated since August . As be had
no money when arrested, and has had no
means Of earning any since, it looks very
much as IL he would remain in prison for
life, unless somebody takes enough inter-
est in the man and his case 10 give him
the tax and costs.
The folly OF making a man public
charge because OF his inability 20 pay the
small tax demanded should be apparent to
all good citizens-more especially those
upon whom the burden is saddled. No doubt
the county officials would claim that their
course is strictly in accordance with the
law. There the law is an unjust one-as
are all laws that class poverty as q crime
The Washington herald. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1906-1939, 1907-05-02
THURSDAY, MAY ?. 1907.
Our New Tariff Policy.

The difficulties of tariff administration
are again eXemplided by the dissatisfac-
zion Of certain French exporting interests
with the valuations placed on their goods
by american customs appraisers. As
we pointed out some days ago, the
amount of protection afforded by a given
tslilf duty and, We might also add, the
amount of obstruction to foreign COM
merce imposed by il, depends largely on
The valuation Of the imports on which
duties are collected. The whole difference
between q prohibitiye tariff and a protec-
tive or a revenue tariff may be a matter
Of Invoices and valuations. This fact has
been taken advantage Of in the tariff ne
gouations with Germany. as a result OF
which that country has been granted con-
cessions in the way of favorable valua-
tions amounting 10 a reduction Of duties.
IL could hardly have been expected that
other nations would regard these tariff
favors TO Germany from an entirely dis
interested point of view. and the protest
of the French government is a perfectly
natural sequel
That the American government should
willing 10 consider granting similar con-
cossi0ns TO France indicates a marked
change OF front from the uncompromising
position taken by Secretary Shaw when
the same questions were before him. His
policy was 10 collect the largest revenue
possible by maintaining high valuations,
and 10 protect American manufacturers
10 the fullest extent Of the law This
policy has been very considerably mOdi-
fed in the case of German imports,
and it seems possible that correspond
ing modification may be made in our treat
ment OF French imports II is a most
significant change Of front and we do not
wonder that the standpatters stand
aghast at 1t. The only consolation they
are able to get out of il is that as long
as foreign complaints OF our tariff system
can be pacified by administrative meas
ures the tariff question will be kept out
OF Congress. and the form of the sacred
DiBgley bin preserved, however dimin-
ished in substance.
The Washington herald. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1906-1939, 1907-05-02
Engineer Commissioner of District

The personal regret universally felt on
account of the retirement of Maj. John
Biddie from the position of Engineer Com
missioner OF the District is tempered by
the general satisfaction caused by the
choice of his successor. Capt. Jay J.
Morrow. now the Assistant Commissioner.
It would be difficult to find among the
junior officers Of the army two more
capable men. Maj Biddle has served the
District most acceptably. The FIVE years
or more of his Commissionership have
covered a period of wonderful expansion
and development here at the Capital, and
thus he has been identified with many
important projects. For good portion
of this time he and Capt Morrow have
worked hand in hand. The retention and
promotion Of the latter. therefore. nat
urally subserves the Districts best ma
terial interests The office-One OF great
responsibility, and calling for both eXecu-
tive and technical skill-does not pass
from the hands of an experienced man
to those of a novice. Capt Morrow IS
familiar with our affairs. He
has shown marked capacity and efficiency.
He is practical in the highest degree, a
man of action. and the sort Of official
who can be depended upon always to
render good service. His appointment is
and acceptable in every
phase
Maj Biddle viii take with him to the
Pacific Coast the good will and well
wishes OF Washington people, who will
tfLravyfsa heartily accord bofh In fullest
measure 70 his successor.
The Washington herald. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1906-1939, 1907-05-02
4 sound statesman.

The Hon. sam VIII John, Of the great
az growing State of Alabama. is a
statesman whose utterances arrest our
most respectful attention. Endowed with
a name at once suggestive Of common
sense and observation-disclosures, he has failed
in no essential particular fully TO measure
up to the standard we fixed for him when
first his striking and inspiring eognomen
tell beneath our eagle eye
Mr.. John-Sam VIII John-has furnished
20 the Alabama press an eEainently sem
sible interview on the subject of the
pistol toter," He takes position which
we heartily indorse. The pernicious habit
of pistol toting would be largely wiped
out II the judges. in the exercise of their
discretion, would impose penitentiary, or,
tn the Alabama vernacular, 'ehain-gang'
sentences upon guilty persons, instead Of
fines, as is the almost universal custom
at this time.
Under the laws Of nearly If not quite
all the States, the carrying Of concealed
weapons is a misdemeanor, and is. cOnse-
quently. punishable, as a rule, by fine
and imprisonment, or either-the matter
being entirely within the prescribed judi
cial discretion OF the presiding judge.
Unfortunately. under the systems gener-
ally In vogue whereby court officials are
paid fees rather than salaries. the dis
position to fine, instead OF imprison. is
well marked and generally prevalent; d
further custom. OF series of precedents.
rendering the inhiction of both fine and
Imprisonment. in misdemeanor cases, the
exception. and not at all the rule.
The carrying of concealed weapons is
one of the greatest evils Of the times.
The practice ought to be stamped out. if
possible. Fines affect the situation very
little. but a certainty Of Imprisonment
upon conviction would bring the pistol
toter" face 20 face with a very different
situation. The suggestion Of the Hon
Sam VIII John. Of the Alabama legisla-
ture. is timely and 10 the poiEt Alabama
judges and judges OF other States will DO
well 10 act upon il.
The Washington herald. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1906-1939, 1907-05-02
Money.making and Mouey.makers.

That the accumulation Of riches in the
United States is not difficult when one
only knows how and sets himself to the
task. is again illustrated in the case Of
the late James II. Eckels. Ten years
ago Mr.. Eckels was Comptroller Of the
Currency in Washington without any
other income than his modest salary. He
had been called to the Cleveland admins
tration from a small country town in
Illinois. where he had a law practice that
barely yielded him a comfortable living
for himself and family. From his Off
cial position In Washington he went to
the head Of a trust company in Chicago,
financed by some Of the big money
makers Of the Western metropolis. Mr.
Eekels was a liberal spender. He was in
no sense Of the term mOney-gTubber.
HIS gifts 10 charity were notably large in
proportion to his income. He probably
spent every year more than he saved.
Yet It is announced that an inventory OF
his estate shows that it is worth at least
$4,000 His wealth was accumulated
honestly. Nobody could question that
who knew Mr.. Eckels. He did not grind
~eaN A-~N~@ Va ~ttN R|NAs AAN SFFAA4AAE4 no
person by get-rich-quick schemes. But in
ten years he accumulated an estate, in
spite OF his more than liberal expendi-
lures. which two generations ago would
have rated him among the rich men Of
the country In these days the estate he
left is not reckoned a fortune. Estates
now have TO inventory well into the mill
lions TO be classified as fortunes.
But many another man in this country
who started at the same time as Mr.
Eckels. and with as small an amount of
the worlds goods, has heaped up mill
lions, and is continuing that process Our
nillionaires have multiplied so fast within
the past decade or so that we no longer
point them out as "Napoleons of f.
nance" Nearly every American citizen
Of considerable experience can count
among his own personal acquaintance
one OF more who have amassed vast for
tunes. So numerous are our new-made
millionaires that we have come to accept
their examples as indisDutable evidence
Of an era Of prosperity such as the coun-
try has never known before. Few Of US.
If any. can recall an Acquaintance who in
this period has gone from amuence 10
poverty Whether our prosperity has
been evenly distributed has no place in
this discussion. It belongs 10 a category
Of questions with which the politicians
and the economists can. deal to their
hearts content.
We do not profess TO know whether
money-making is an art. a science, or a
trick. Certain it is that in most cases it
requires constant application. II one sets
his mind 90 money-making one must
forego most of the other pleasures Of
life. such as keeping up with the best in
literature, in art, in science, in philosophy.
religion, and the varied other forms of
intellectual and moral enjoyment. It
gees without saying. Of course. that one
who attunes his mind 10 the tinlsIe Of
gold must Danish from his inclination an
joys Of the sybarlte. These he can lure
after his bank account is within haillng
The Washington herald. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1906-1939, 1907-05-02
NEW YORK RABBLEs.
A sy-xthern view or Their Dissimi-
Iarity 80 hobs In the south.


From the E5uisFille courier-Journal
AS a rule the New York mob may be
described as a large body OF excited per-
sons unable 10 screw their courage TO the
sticking point A woman Is insulted in
street car-perhaps struck IN the face by
Il negrO-a mob Immediately forms. in
its proportions it Is vast, and ia its inten-
tons bloody II is dispersed by "a police
man who arrived upon the scene Just in
time, and bravery beat back a surging
mass Of men and boys who had been cry
ing lynch The niger and would doubtless
have strung him up 10 the nearest tele-
graph pole"
baby is crushed by a truck. A mob
forms TO Kill the driyer-just as If he had
drawn a bead upon the baby at the other
end of the block and killed It as he would
mad dog-and heaps curses upon him
In angry and excited tones until two
policemen come up and restore order.
The near-lynchings in New York are as
the sands Of the sea, and the near-mob
is more terrible than an army with ban
ners until a copper" with the might OF
Cyrano and D'Artagnan combined with
the modesty Of a steyedore calmly pushes
the Infatuated populace out OF the way,
and calls an ambulance As a rule the
New York mob may be counted upon as
going on record against brutality rather
than To commit any act of violence-and
that is fortunate in any civilized com
munity. But a mob with more courage
and less sense than the average New
York mob committed an atrOcious crime
when IL almost killed motornan because
his car ran over a boy.
The car was coming down Franklin ave
nue. Brooklyn. when a boy ran In front OF
il. The mOtorman apparently had no time
in which TO stop it. The boys head was
severed. II a skyseraper had fallen upon
him IL would have been as logical 70 mob
the janitor as it was to drag the motor
man of his platform aad beat him into
tnsensibility.
Mobs In the South have committed
many ineXcusable murders but the hot
blood Of the South stirs In the veins OF
men who have at least some sense of
Justice. Many negroes and a few white
men have been lynched when the law
should have been allowed 10 take its
course. but victims OF mob vengeance are
almost always criminals who richly de-
serve the infection OF the death penalty.
and the crime Of the lynchers is not OF
numbering an innocent victim Of popular
rage, but that Of killing By lawless meth
DDS man who should be killed by law
There is no defense within the bounds
OF sanity for lynching any criminal. but,
TO the credit OF even this vicious AMI law
less element In the South be il said. It
would hardly be possible 20 incite a mob
In the South 70 murder a motorman for
the crime Of being unable 10 stop a car
ia time 20 praVenf 2 ira pa1v Tor which
10 man in his right mind could hold him
morally responsible.
VIII the courts Of New York convict
any one for murder IL the motorman dies
or send any one TO Sing Sing If he re-
coveTsf II they do not make a vigorous
attempt 20 do so the spectacle Of an
alarming state Of barbarism existing In
our chief center Of civilization viii be
presented
The Washington herald. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1906-1939, 1907-05-02
FRUIT AND FROGS.

Atlanta Georgian: The Houston straw
berTy-Potomac shad controversy could
have had the quietus put on It. If frost
had not nipped the Georgia Elberta.
Rochester Herald: What the frog.
anyhow" asks The Washington Herald
Shucks! Where were you when Secretary
Shaw ruled that the frog is a chicken?
Charleston News and Courier: The
Washington Herald reports that the
blackberry crop Of the South will be a
failure. True, the blackbeTries are turn
ing blue at the reports from the peach
crop.
New York Mail: We hereby defy The
Washington Herald. whose quest Of the
golden plural Of grapefruit has ended. to
discover, when the season opens, the
plural Of one good cantaloupe. The sin
gular is elusive enough. Heav n-noze!
Kansas City Journal. The New York
World is still wrestling with the problem.
What is q Democrat" and now comes
The Washington Herald with What is
the Frog, Anyhow" Perhaps the same
answer viii suffice for both: a crOaker.
Houston Post: It sorely grieves the Post
to see Strawberries as big as ping pong
balls offered in the city at four quarts for
twO-bits when the poor inhabitants of
Washington are compelled TO pay 80 cents
a quart for those measly South Carolina
berries
Augusta Chronicle: The Washington
Herald is much disturbed at the decision
of the Cabinet officials. Mr. Shaw ruled
that frogs legs were dressed poultry and
now Mr.. Cortelyou rules that frog skins
are leather. and The Herald wants a fur
Their Investigation into the genus frog.
Bristol Herald Courier; The country
will forget all about the discussion be-
tween The Washington Herald and the
Houston Post, as to the comparative
merits Of the Potomac River shad roe
and the Texas strawberry. when the GeOr-
gia watermelon busts into the market
Cleveland Leader: If the Houston Post
and The Washington Herald ever finish
their bitter fight as to the relative merits
Of strawberries and shad. we propose TO
start something with the Skagway Alas
kan on the question whether bullfrogs are
a greater boon TO mankind than scent
fares.
Cleveland Plain Dealer: sam Houston
licked Santa Anna. established the indie
pendence of Texas, and left more or
less immortal name TO Houston, Tex, and
Houston street, New York. Houston is
where the principal diet at this season
IS strawberries at 5 cents a quart. The
Houston Post says so. Washington Her
aid please write.
The Washington herald. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1906-1939, 1907-05-02
A Queer scrapbOok.

Probably the oldest scrapbook in New
England is that OF William F. Fernald, Of
Old Orchard, Ne.
It Is devoted exclusively to newspaper
notices of appendicitis case. Mr.. Fernaid
figured in an operation himself, and it
was a fellow-feeling for the rest Of the
appendicitis legion which made him com
mence TO collect clippings.
"A while age" he said TO Boston
Herald man. Il talked Of organizing an ap
pendicitis club IN Maine, its members
to be composed of persons who have been
under the knife A number OF persons 10
whom I mentioned the project approved.
but I didn't get around TO carrying 1t
into execution. I think l shall revive ths
scheme"
The Washington herald. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1906-1939, 1907-05-02
PronunciatIon in EngIand.

From the London Spectator
There IS a village in North Devon
which the sign posts call Wolfardiswor-
thy, but which we have heard pro-
nounced ''Woolserthy." Very likely. how
ever. if you went there and pronounced
it so you would be reproved for the con
traction
This was what happened to US at
CirenCester. Passing through that town
We were solemnly corrected for calling it
Chester On the other hand, when
wandering IN Norfolk and drawing nigh
10 place which was marked on the map
"Happisburgh," we found ourselves quite
uninteiligible because We did not pro-
nounee it "Hazebro."
Even in English the difference between
sight and sound is confined to a small
minority OF words, though some people
seem 10 be OF the same opinion as "a
young HanOverian lady Of our acquaint-
ance, who naively remarked: You Eng
fish do pronounce so strangely. There is
your great author you spell him Dick
ems, and you pronounce him Boz,
The Washington herald. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1906-1939, 1907-05-02
Nem Deserved success.

From Views
Views cannot refrain from paying trib-
ute tc its enterprising contemporary. The
Washington Herald. for the successful
manner in which il is steadily winning
its way TO public favor. Its handsome
typographical appearance and compact
makeup also practically illustrate that
Mr.. Scott c. Bone, its brainy editor well
understands the art OF publishing a news
paper which, while only containing clean
reading matter. is nevertheless always
exceptionally newsy. Hence We opine that
not many moons viii elapse before some
OF our merchants who have not yet ad-
vertised in its columns viii awake to
the realization that they are losing golden
opportunities
The Washington herald. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1906-1939, 1907-05-02

distance Of his ambition. but until it
reaches that point he must avoid. as he
would the plague. every form Of sybaritic
Indulgence. Whether. after all. the fierce
game of money-making pays" or not. we
leave to the judgment Of everybody who
may have thought about it in this way
We have heard some very rich men regret
that they were burdened with wealth.
But Alexander wept when there were no
more worlds TO conquer. and was utterly
miserable tbs. remainder of his days upon
this mundane sphere.
The Washington herald. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1906-1939, 1907-05-02
A LITTLE NONSENSE.
THE LOCALE.

Brooks that sweetlyA babble,
Pretty birds that sing;
Nooks far from the rabble.
Where the creepers cling.
Sunbeams brightly dancing,
over village greens.
Spring is quite enhancing
In the magazines.
F!1"Yers that shyly blossom,
Dotting Ger the loan,
Where the coon and 'possum,
Unmolested roam.
Lambkins blithe and merry
Led by rustic queens.
Springs delightful. very,
Ia the magazines.