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Emerson and Webster.

Editor Tho Washington Herald:
In reading an edition of Emerson $
poems. edited by his son, was amazed
to find the following couplet ascribed to
him. It bears upon its very face the
denial of what Emerson might fifty call
/ "blasphemy;"
Why did all manly gifts in Webster fail?
He wrCte on natures grandest brow For Sale. .
Now. Emerson never went back on
himself upon his mature conviction.
The finest poetic tribute paid to Daniel
Webster, Emerson himself paid; then
later, Emerson, in another poem, bids
the negro race set Webster's forehead
for their beacon, and let It guide their
course. OF course, Emerson well knew
that Webster advocated returning the
negroes to their native land. Africa, after
purchasing them and setting them free.
Now, this poem is omitted from the
volume containing the couplet quoted
above. and such omission cannot be justi-
ned by honest people who wish to really
know what Emerson wrote. It is found
in the earlier edition, edited by Emerson
himself. The substituted couplet has a
decided Frank Sanborn favor. and 1t Is
we'll known that Sanborn wished to
marry Emerson's eldest daughter, and
Emerson declined his suit. Sanborn's
subsequent life would justify the philoso-
piers discernment.
I have studied Emerson for. years, and
have had the deep privilege Of meeting
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Glen Echo and the Pacific Fleet

Glen Echo and the Pacific Fleet.
Editor The Washington Herald:
When Marshal Collins quit publicity
for peace some newspapers. with nothing
else 10 do, started the Pacific squadron
move, and It went fast for while II
was a diplomatic move Of the press, and
strategieaL It quieted its fears of and
gave confidence 10 the Pacific Slope
against japanese invasion; 1t was a solar
plexus knockout to japanese jingoists. and
II made third termism a surety on the
slope. Then there was a luIl. But there
came along the Bonaparte Conduit de-
cision. and Marshal Collins, true to ties
Of old associations, and to face so emil
nent foe, forgot peace, and is back at
the old stand. And the press has left the
Pacific squadron to its fate. and Collins
gets into its columns again.
Glen Echo? No one needs to ask, Where
art thou? The things about thee written
would fill a Chinese encyclopedia Great
have been the events and questions hedg-
ing thy valley home. Law, all kinds Of
law, have been hurled at thee, yet fair
Glen Echo stands against all. Law local,
lew municipal law STATE law FeGerNl,
law administrative. law constitutional.
law international, even law martial, and
law bad, law good. law doubtful. very
doubtful-all have stared thee in the
face, fair child of Potomacs wild val
ley, and yet thou standeth msullied
under the protection of thy good
mayor and valiant marshal-thy bulwark
against a Bonaparte and a Cosby. And to
thy undOing, none conduit Thou hast
stood as the mountain against all ad-
vances, even Of the invocation of am
bassadorial sovereign power. kingly SOW
ereignty-yea, even emperorlal sovereign
ty. When so many American girls have
fallen prey to the foreigner. it is good to
know that thou standeth a purely Amer
lean creation and cannot be flirted with.
Thou art an example and thing to wor-
ship, for thou hast been able TO take care
of thyself. though thy distinguished
father, the governor Of Maryland. knows
not thy status, and the great Uncle Sam
IS very doubtful But thee does, and
standeth on thy rights. May thee last
forever' a. J. GREEN.
1913 Clifton street, Washington, D. C.
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him, and know he never wrote or spoke
such twaddle as that eouplet. 1 believe
his faith in Webster remained abiding
to the last. It is important that suea
misrepresentation of a great man be
told of.
Some weeks since The Herald gave n
notice of the book edited and published
by me, Poetry and Philosophy OF
Goethe" I wish TO explain here that in
Sanborns article in that book. which he
accepted so for-though it Is a reprint
he quotes Mr.. Bronson Alectts Journal
against Webster Had / then studied
Daniel Webster's life and works as /
since have done ! would not have admit
ted to those pages such unjust vitupera-
ton. Mr.. Alcott was not Emerson, and
had not his practical or poetic insight
They were two distinct men, AicOtt
might deride. but Emerson never did, so
great a man as Daniel Webster; and had
Rev J. L. Dudley seen the proof of that
article l know ne would have asked for
space 20 defend Webster within those
pages Webster was Mr.. DBdleys kins-
man on his mothers side, and he says
of him that he is by far the greatest man
this nation has produced. No one can
doubt this who studies Webster's own
words and works. They are the richest
Of our literary treasures, and show no
for sale quality in integrity. Sanborr
has a low forehead. but Emerson's was
not very high either. Yet Emerson had
no pique at the inevitable while San
born had. Let editors themselves stand
for principle. and the press will have
greater honor.
MARION V. CHURCHILL DUDLEY.
Washington. ID. c.
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One Result of Hot Weather.

Editor The Washington Herald;
We are born in motion. II we keep
our eyes in the direction of our origin,
then the backs of our heads viii be
toward our destination. Surely a wise
man win turn around and keep his eyes
in the direction in which he is going II
the people, as they 60 would keep their
eyes on their homes from which they
started out they would need a preacher
al every corner to point the way and
keep their feet from stumbling. II a
man would so to tie ehimpanzee the
first door through which he must pass
is his parents They are his nearest rela-
tives to that distinguished creature. In
the opposite direction Is Jesus. He that
loves father or mother more than me is
not worthy of me-" And call no man
your father upon the earth"
OF what use are college professors 10
society more than ordinary farmers ?
Since Copernicus said the earth was
round they have not produced an idea
that has caused the people to move again
Even the higher critics and their fol-
lowers have not arrived anywhere. Was
the act of moving from a fat earth to a
round one evolutionary. or does it prove
that the genus homo is an exception. for
the movement had no precedent, and has
had no follower? Evolution would not
allow a species to make such a digres-
sion. It is a distinct humanism. They
stiIl have the same power to move, and
will exercise 1t again.
Washington. d. c.
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Anglo Saxon2

Editor The Washington Herald;
/ I note in The Herald of July ii. under
/ the caption. Another Naval Movement. -
/ you use the words. 'the two great Anglo
Saxon nations of the earth referring to
Great Britain ana the United States. I
would respectfully suggest that all Eng
/ disappearing peoples are not Anglo
| saxons. I consider the term Anglo
/ Saxon" a misnomer as descriptive of the
/ United States. ethnologicany
The predominant element of the popu-
lation of the country, judging from the
/ Revolutionary army, was the natlve-born
Irish and their descendants, for Gen.
Robertson. a British general, testified be-
/ fore a committee of the British Parlia-
ment that half Of the American army of
the Revolution were Irish and the other
half were Scotch, English, and natives.
/ Gen. Galloway, another distinguished
British general, testifying before the
same committee, stated that Gen. Lee
told him that half of the army of the
4 Revolution were Irish.
1 When we consider the streams of emf
/ grafton flowing from Ireland in the eight
/ eenth and nineteenth centuries, and down
/ to the present time according to statfs-
tics) the Irish were 20 per cent of the
whole emigration Of the British Isles to
the United States, and the German emil
grafton, and that Of other European
countries, cannot but consider the term
| AnglO-Saxon as descriptive of the nation,
its army or navy, ethnologically mac
curate.
According to biographers. there are but
few Americans of note that have not an
Emerald stream flowing through their
veins and If we deduct the Scotch.
Welsh, German. and other European
streams from the American ocean. the
flow Of the Anglo-Saxon stream VIII be
very scanty, If any.
In the days of the Revolution Irish
valor was one of the corner-stones Of
the American republic. and Irish blood
the cement that united the pillars of the
temple of American liberty, the grand
est temple Of liberty the world has ever
known. The sons and daughters of the
Irish In the Revolution. to whom many
Of the Sons of the Revolution and the
Daughters of The Revolution of our day
owe their descent. may well be proud Of
the record made by their race from
Stony Point to Yorktown
I appeal TO Wayne's bayonets, Knox's
artillery. and MOrgan's rifles:
New force want to stem the br1nt.
So bring the Irish to the front
They were brought to the front in the
war of the Revolution. the war of 1872
the Mexican war. the civil war, the Cuban
war, and the Philippine war 1 appeal
TO the volcanic heights the towers. the
rates the CaCtuS-pfrpIod fortracooo oe
Mexico. I appeal to the bloody slopes
Of Malvern HILL the charge of the Irish
Brigade. led by Meagher of the Sword.
before the crimson stone wall of Fred
ericksbuFg: the deadly swamps of the
Chickahominy, and the thickets of the
Wilderness. appeal to the purple waters
of Antietam. and the bloody angle at
Gettysburg; aye to the hundred fields now
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Biblical Occurrences Explained.

Editor The Washington Herald:
In reply to the views of a reader as ex-
pressed in The " ashington Herald of July
last, ridiculing the Bible statement that
the sun stood still Josh, x). a careful
examination of the Hebrew original from
which the English was translated will
reveal the fact that the writer did not
say that the sun stood STILL but, that the
sun was dumb Cor SILENT, I. e., the sun
light was wholly cut off by dense storm
cloud from which came the large hall
stones which killed SO many Of the
enemies of the Israelites.
Regarding the cause Of the drunken
ness of Noah (who was a righteous MANI
Immediately after the flood. a reasonable
explanation would be that according to
the theory of Prof. Valid before the flood
the condition Of the atmosphere was
much different. The sugar contained in
grape juice. &c, would not, then ferment
and turn into an alcoholic intoxicant.
and the Bible tells us that there was no
rain at that time. Then wine had no in
toxicating effect upon mankind. being
simply unfermented grape juice. But i'm
mediately after the flood q great change
came. There was rain, making the rain
bow then possible. The atmosphere be-
came peTmeated with the germs or
microbes which cause fermentation, thus
shortening mems lives from about 900
down to about 10 years Noah, not
knowing Of the effects of this change
upon grape juice after the flood, drank
as freely Of it as before. and as a result
became intoxicated, unintentionally. The
Bible record indicates that this was the
first and the last time Noah ever was
intoxicated. No doubt he learned a last
ing lesson from this experience. and was
very temperate in the use Of wine ever
afterward A fuller account of the val
ian theory" or canopy theory," of the
food can be found in the first chapter
of book entitled THE New Creation -
published by the Watch Tower Bible and
Tract Society. Allegheny. Pa.
l. PINNEY.
20 Gresham place northwest
Washington d, c.
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Autosuggestion and Suicide.

Editor The Washington Herald:
Those who have glanced at the head
lines OF the numerous daily papers are
struck with the appalling number OF sui
oides which are happening throughout the
country each day. not alone in this coun-
try, but in foreign countries as well, and
in equally and ever-increasing numbers
On reflection, one asks himself for some
solution of this wholesale disregard Of
the first law of e-self-preservation.
Numerous answers suggest themselves,
iunacy doubtless covering a majority OF
the cases. theoretically, though, in many
cases in the absence OF any apparent mo-
tive. as it is not presumed that one in
his right mind would take his own life.
Suicide seems to be invariably premedi-
tated, cool, and deliberate, and is the con-
summation of a series Of events Of the
continual brooding over some subject
which one is unable to unshackle from his
mind. Il is at this stage. or psychological
moment. that the predisposed suicide is
susceptible TO suggestion, which, in many
cases, emanates from newspaper accounts
or suicides, many OF them undar circum-
stances similar TO those under which the
reader is laboring and. by a parity
Of reasoning, he suggests to himself that
it is a prOpitious time for him to fall in
line, and he straightway suits the action
to the wOrd-a victim of autohypnosis. a
mental condition in which the newspa-
pers, especially the yellow and sensa-
tional variety, are a powerful factor in
inducing This unconscious medIumship
of the newspapers is not alone confined
to inducing suicidal intent. but through
the perusal Of their columns crimes OF all
degrees are suggested to the susceptible
reader, in the committal OF which he had
never before given serious thought OF
course 1t is the object and purpose Of the
press 10 keep the public informed Of all
news Of local and general interest, and in
so doing its aim is being legitlmately and
nObly observed. but when one Of It's prin-
cipal functions is the satisfying Of morbid
curiosity at a cent per folio, it ceases to
be a public be.-efactor and becomes the
nstigator and accessory before the fact
Of crimes innumerable Since the newspa-
per Yields such a widespread influence
the time is ripe for Congress to act with a
view 10 restricting the publication OF
scandals and crimes to those limits and
only to such an extent as public necessity
demands. LOUIS K. sUNDERLIN.
The New Berpe Washington D G.
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BY HOOK OR CROOK.
By TROY ALLISON.

Fishing" said Randolph. rehectively.
his eyes fixed ALPHABETICALLY on the blue
and white bob dancing on the waters Of
the creek, sis the most fascinating pur-
suit OF mankind"
The girl had braced her pole in the
crook of an alder branch and was pin
ming her white linen skirt TO clear her
trim ankles.
Il believe I have heard that men were
more fascinated by the pursuit than by
well. you ought to be very happy on that
theory" she said, peering into the empty
basket at his feet.
You just wait-that fly is a wonder,
and viii soon have 'en taking notice"
But we've promised to catch enough
for dinher-and there are ten hung y
girls and ten voraeious men that can eat
like a circus menagerie-to say nothing
OF the chaperons
"T'u not try to catch enough to go
round-I hate chaperons." he jerked his
pole up and down vindicdvely. We've
been camping for four days. and this is
the first minute I've had you to myself.
Four chaperons are entirely too many
for twenty people. that's four-tenths Of a
chaperon 10 & couple-tOo rich for my
system"
And what, may I ask. is your sys-
temp" She made a grab at her pole,
which had gradually slipped half its
length into the creek.
Dora Newton. you have a most irri-
tating habit Of playing with a mans
words-and with his heart" he said, his
eyes fixed on her fine young arms. barred
to the elbow.
81 wasn't playing-I was earnestly
seeking information-the desire for
knowledge is strong within me-and
really wanted 70 know your-system, -
she landed a tiny perch and heIplessly
held the rod for him to take the quivering
fish off the hook.
He put the fish in the basket, and they
regarded the lack of proportion of basket
and fish gravely.
ut needs to be Illustrated" he said.
solemniy. mot the fsh-but the system
/ could teach it to you
II don't know that you are qualified
teacher" she cast her hook in a way
that made her line cross Randolph's.
Prof Jordan is coming down tomorrow
to stay in camp with US two days" and
the inference was that Prof Jordan, as
a teacher, could not be discounted.
"Humph The old FOSSIL" grunted Ran
dolph.
Fossil? He's not more than forty-and
he certainly is a man of brains"
Your tone, Miss Newton, intimates that
1 am a mere matter of physical bulk, and
you are further aggTavating me by get
ting your line tangled in mine. just as I
was about to have a bite
She cast her line in a new spot with a
sudden show of humility.
"Well-you see l hadn't realized that
you had attained the degree of psychic
development necessary 10 tell-when a
fish was about to bite"
Personally" he continued, Prof. Jor-
dan bores me immensely-tbink I'll run
up to town for the two days ne intends
TO illuminate the camp with his intellec-
tual light Would you mind telling me
If you are going to marry that dried up
Greek rOot?'' He drew in his line and
fixed It for deeper water.
HE hasn't asked me-yet,' with toss
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a rHORoUeHBRED's EARNINGS.
s3,5Oo.O0O to the Credit of ST. Simon
and His stock.

A great feature in racing during the
last five and twenty years have been the
enormous amounts that have been gained
by thoroughbred sires, and, consequently,
their extraordinary value.
It can scarcely be conceived. says Baly's
Magazine. that in twenty years St. ST.
mons stock have won in stakes the mon
strous total OF e5l0,347 14s.. that his stud
fees during that period amounted to
e227. 692 los.
This is e737.Si0 Is. to the credit Of ono
horse, and he is alive now, looking hearty
and well at twenty-six years. with full
complement Of foals this spring and with
every promise of some usefulness to come.
have paid a visit to St Simon within
the last month, and I have never seen a
veteran of his age look fresher On his
toes. as usual. all life, and with the
quick, sharp manner Of a game cock. the
old warrior looks every inch a gentle
man. and he is well worth a Journey TO
see-the unbeaten hero of the race course.
the gamer OF over three parts OF a mil
lion. with one Of his sons disposed OF
for 9e,0oo guineas. a daughter for 12.6o0
guineas, and i0,ee0 soyeTeigns refused for
another son.
It is no wonder that great prices are
paid for thoroughbred sires, as they are
worth fabulous figures.
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New York, July 1.-THE feature Of the
speculative security market during the
week was. of course. the collapse of the
boom to which with more or less mac
curacy was attached in common speech
the name of the man who is generally
referred TO In Wall street as the Boston
Spectator"
Intelligent people In the financial dis
trict viewed this movement with mingled
feelings They did not sympathize with 1t
and predicted a short shrift for it, and
they did not believe the public ready to
support q rapid advance in the price OF
stocks. On the other hand, they recog-
nized that at the low prices of three
weeks ago-which were not greatly lower
than those again reached at one time
last week-intrinsic values warranted
recovery OF no mean proportions in mar
ket valuations and that, moreover, the
stock market presented plain evidences
OF a completion Of speculative liquidation
Thus the fall in prices last week found
conservative financial sentiment by no
means doleful. It was held in what may
be the best quarters that If there was
no room at the moment for a headstrong
upbidding Of security prices there was
no reason either for any further decline
in the market or logical justification for
any resumption Of bear attacks.
Market Well balanced.
The truth Is that the normal state Of
our stock market just now is one Of
equilibrium, and that the best thing that
can happen TO it and for everybody con-
cerned IN II will be for it TO remain quiet
for a time; and IL it does remain quiet
observers Of financial conditions Of the
old-fashioned sort expect to see a slow
hardening of prices gradually take place.
A conviction is gaining ground that after
every adverse argument is heard that can
be brought forward by pessimistiC pnil0s0-
pliers and by spectators for the fall in
Wall street, affairs in this country az
bottom are in pretty good shape, and
that the financial situation viii come
out all right II It Is left to take care Of
/ itself for a few months or so. The
great essential and fundamental cOndi-
lions are all IN favor of higher market
values; but II the attempt is made TO
worry them and spur them into greater
activity than they ordinarily would as
sumo they are apt 10 sulk and work
badly, just as, conversely, they are likely
to trample pretty severely upon those
who seek 10 place obstacles before their
slow but pOnderous progress.
Prices Resist Attacks.
Not a little comfort may be derived
by holders Of stocks from close inspection
of the Swings" In the market recently
and from the movement of prices as re-
iected in a tabulated compilation Prices
OF stocks are unQuestionabIy presenting
a determined resistance 10 all efforts made
to depress them below the low levels
touched on March "a and March . last
They recovered with vim naturally. from
the extreme point OF this depression, and
have since fiuctuated up and down III an
apparently aimlsss way: but they have at
no time again reached the March figures,
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and on most occasions when they have
fallen with any violence they have rested
at the close OF the movement a little
higher than at the close Of the previous
one
The buying of stocks that went on In
the fortnight preceding last Monday was
seemingly unsubstantiai and OF an i'll
advised order, and 50 it undoubtedly was
on the whole; and yet when the movement
broke down the fall did not carry prices
10 the points from which they started,
showing that a good deal OF stock was
taken on the advance either for invest
ment or by spectators who were not
disposed to part with it lightly
Much Absorption Apparent.
There is no doubt that week by week
and day by day steady process Of alb
sorption is going on in the investment
market Little by little. and in an amount
not so little either. people with ready
money are taking out OF the market and
having transferred to their own names
the bonds shares of stock. and short
time obligations now offered for sale there
on such inviting terms; and it IS sure TO
be found, sooner or later, that current
rates for the use Of money with all that
this implies regarding the price Of securi-
ties, are as abnormally high as a few
years ago they were abnormally low. The
bond market has improved since the first
OF the month. even if the Improvement is
not much to speak Of
The earnings of our railway and indus
trial companies are stili showing such
Increases larger Increases, indeed, than a
few months ago-as 10 make It obvious
that, except in a few minor instances, all
questions of a reduction Of dividends
must be dismissed as absurd; and 1t is
becoming more and more obvious that
actual pOssessors Of stocks and other Sc
curities will be inclined to retain control
over them until new and stronger forces
are used than have yet been applied TO
inspire them with doubt as 10 the future.
Crop Prospects Good.
Probably a matter that as much as any
thing else helped TO bring about In Wall
street that conservatveiy optimistic feel
ing that clearly developed toward the
close of the week was calm study Of the
prospect for the country's crops this
year. as it was detailed IN the report OF
the washington Agricultural Bureau that
was made public on Tuesday.
It is now possible TO estimate. with a
good deal Of certainty, what the result
OF our harvests this year is to be. we
are 10 have crops short of those OF last
year, but not very short, absolutely
speaking, and fully up TO. if not above,
the average of recent years; and If It had
not been for last years superabundaut
Yield 1t would have been commonly
thought at the present time that tie
promise for our harvests this year was
magnificent.
Just what the agricultural markets
themselves think of the outlook is shown
by the smash in wheat and cotton prices
that went on during the week.