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The Washington herald., 1907-03-14

snow. He was inordinately fond of
cucumbers and ate very heartily Of them.
He considered them one of the healthlest
Of vegetables. He never allowed the bed
coverings to touch him while he slept.
but evolved out of his own mind some
sort OF arrangement by which 1t was held
suspended over his body while seeking
repose. He declared that the one sovereign
remedy for indigestion was fine white
sand. and whenever attacked with this
trouble he would eat JeaspOonful or so
TO relieve It, He died at the age OF
eighty, aud probably he had never been
seriously i'll during his lifetime. Becom-
ing dissatisfied with his qualifications rs u
mathematician, he entered, at the age of
seventy-three the freshman class Of the
University of Georgia and took the entire
course provided at that institution. Judge
Bleckley was married twice-once in
early manhood, and again at the age Of
about seventy. lie was blessed with chill
dren by both unions.
Some Of his finest writings are anent
the subject of religion. He declared him
self 10 be a member of the church uni
versal. and his creed was kindness and
honesty" Perhaps his views are best
summed up In a quatrain from one OF his
poems. reading.
And Lord. DO not regard me less.
And let Il not augment nay woe,
That I she naked truth confess.
Which is. I know / do not know.
Judge Bleckley's death is sincerely
uOilrned throughout Georgia whore his
career was not only uplifting and note
worthy but where he was immensely
popular and genuinely loved.
The Washington herald., 1907-03-14
Another Impressive silence.

From The New York World
Uncle joe Cannon made a long speech
TO the Porto Ricans on their duty to fit
themselves for government but he
took excellent care not 10 quote Presi-
dent Roosevelt's recommendation in his
measure to Congress American citizen
ship should be conferred on the citizens
of Porto Rico His silence on the sub
ject was even more impressive than it
was during the last session of Congress.
The Washington herald., 1907-03-14
Grim Visaged War

From the Buifal0 Times.
The denial of the story that United
states Minister Merry and President Ze-
laya, Of Nicaragua, had a fst fight. is
gratifying. Perhaps the story was in
vented for the purpose Of raising war
Srare
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outsprInted ]. wesley.

Atured in his statesman's clothes-frock
coat gray trousers. and SILK hat-the
Hon. J. Wesley Gaines turned the conner
of Fourteenth street TO walk leisurely down
Pennsylvania avenue A scampish March
wind ripped off his hat and carried it roll
ing like a barrel down the avenue The
Tennessee statesman, his proud, iron-grsy
forelock waving in the breeze. struck out
hotfoot after the hat. Newsboys, police
men, journalists. and a motley crowd of
other folk joined in the chase. The hats
momentum increased with every turn.
on. and on. and on il rolled until a
COrpUlent policeman grabbed fl on the fly
in front of the Raleigh Hotel. full three
blocks from where the scampish wind
had ripped it from the statesman's head.
part Of what Mr.. Gaines said when
he recovered the hat was this
1T ran faster than I can run for Con-
gress."
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CATCHING.

Jennie kissed me. lip 10 lip.
When she met ne yester-m0ning;
Now I'm laid up with the grip
Failed TO heed tn official warning.
Say | went ont sUmmeT-Clad
And pneumonia Just missed me:
Say ! told you so. bat add
Jennie kissed me.
Puck.
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No Cause for enthusiasm.

fIUIl ile IICFlLlIlI ITt.s.
81 know my sermon entered the hearts
Of the men in the congregation" declared
the enthusiastic minister.
mo doubt of it" remarked man who
had heard t. TT bored It's way in"
The Washington herald., 1907-03-14
Where Did He Get It.

From the Nashville American.
The MissOurian speaks of hands and
necks as fair as the sun-kissed dreams
Of the gods" Then the women all called
him brilliant editor. and the men went
TO ransacking their libraries to see II they
could find where ne stole it,
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BarnstOrning.

Had TO sleep in the town halls you
played, hey?"
Il didn't mind that so much" re-
sponded Yorick Hamm, but it did make
me mad TO see the star continually hog
ging all the snow"
The Washington herald., 1907-03-14

A Wisconsin man induced his mother-in-
law 10 insure her life in his favor, and
then took her out skating where the ice
was thin. No. what YOU are thinking
didn't happen at all They got home safe
and that night the m0ther-in-law-for she
was a nice old lady-looked after the chill
dren while the man and his wife went 10
the tneater.
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Had Him There.


But why should I keep books?''
We'll. you would know just where you
stood at the end Of the month
But, my dear fellow. why rub It in?"
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Pence in the Ascendnnt.

From the PhiladeIphia Press.
The second peace Hague conference
viii meet with peace in the ascendancy
Militarism was in the ascendancy in 1S9S
The Washington herald., 1907-03-14
DeIvine Tnto the Pnst.

From Illustrated Bits.
She-Harold, why is it that you never
laugh when I tell you a joke?
He-Too busy trying to think where I
heard it years ago.
The Washington herald., 1907-03-14

Naturalists say that out Of the $4,000
species OF animals known to science. only
300 of them have baekbones. The re-
naming 40, 700 are mere mollycoddles.
The Washington herald., 1907-03-14

An irate Atantan knocked Editor John
Temple Graves down recently because Of
something that appeared in the Atlanta
Georgian. Col. Graves weighs about gl1z
pounds. AS practically the same thing ap-
peared In the Atlanta Journal. IL viii be
interesting To watch the outcome Of his
attempt 10 knock Editor James r. Gray
down Mr.. Gray weighs about 291lk
pounds. and is a fine athlete.
The Washington herald., 1907-03-14
Consumer 1. Under the Lid.

From the St Louis Post-Dispatch.
The old Congress kept the lid on the
American consumer. and the new one will
sit on it just as heavily.
The Washington herald., 1907-03-14
In Many Cases.

"The scientists propose to try to weigh
murdcrers' souls"
They'll need some very sensitive
scales I'm thinking"
The Washington herald., 1907-03-14
Cot tbe Wronr TitIe,

"Colonel, have a little drink?'
Sir, never drink
Pardon me, mister"
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Surgical Note.

From the Atlanta Georgian
Sympathetic appendicitis as a late medi-
cal theory ought to be cut out.
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Neeking Information.

This car stops only at the near side
of the street"
Does, eh? Well. when a man stands
IN the middle Of the street. which is the
near sidc2"
The Washington herald., 1907-03-14

Suspicion, doubt, and hate appear in
the eye OF others says the Baltimore
American. Well. don't walk up so close
90 them, and don't look them so straight
in the eve
The Washington herald., 1907-03-14

It is announced that the Nebraska roads
viii get even Tor the enforced 2-cent fare
regulation by cutting off an excursion
trains. That viii not be retaliation, it viii
be philanthropy.
The Washington herald., 1907-03-14

Fishing without license will no longer
be permitted in Pennsylvania. The fsh
liars. however, are allowed all the license
they require. free Of charge
The Washington herald., 1907-03-14

Mr.. Hartman says he wants to get in
touch with the government" Perhaps he
hasn't heard what our two-billon-dolar
Congress did for us.
The Washington herald., 1907-03-14

An Alabama editor declares he can
designate she weekly exchanges by their
wrappers" Perhaps he is able to tell
some Of the Sunday papers by their
kirnOnOs
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Rapid Transit.

The modern trains go fast.
Terrific are their PAGES.
And sometimes all al once they stop
In several different places.
4 Timepiece.
Two fOotpads took q watch.
Two footpads bad and bold,
And We're appalled, % realize
Ten years as time IL told.
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Musical Cnmedv.

] hope to see one happen out
Some day.
That hasn't any song about
Broadway.
The Washington herald., 1907-03-14

The Chattanooga Times says that Sena-
tor TAYLOR is mot a fiddler. in any sense. %
And yet we should not venture to insult
him by calling him "a violinist"
The Washington herald., 1907-03-14

An English newspaper accuses the lord
mayor Of London of talking nonsense.
The lord mayor needn't worry; great
many newspapers do 1t, too.
The Washington herald., 1907-03-14

Knoxville, one Of the larger cities Of
Tennessee has just voted for total pro
hibitiou by an overwhelming majority.
and the entire State seems determined
to follow suit This is calculated to give
Memphis. Chattanooga, and the editor of
the Hardaman Free Press a severe case
of the dry grins
The Washington herald., 1907-03-14

Mr.. Aldrich seems 10 have taken one
good look AT the Rhode Island situation.
decided it couldn't possibly look any
worse. and sailed for Europe
The Washington herald., 1907-03-14

The Atchison Globe wants 10 give the
Philippines TO some friendly power That
would be q shabby way TO treat a friend
The Washington herald., 1907-03-14

An Indiana paper notes the fact that *
has been decided not to tax baby carriages
out there as vehicles under the new tax
act This forestalls possible big stick in
reference
The Washington herald., 1907-03-14

Virginia proposes to pay jurors in the
future strictly according TO the time they
actually serve. with nothing extra for
overtime. This may force Jurors to form
a union.
The Washington herald., 1907-03-14

a Pennsylvania court has decided that
'transitory frenzy" is not a valid plea IN
justification of murder. This will help
some
The Washington herald., 1907-03-14
The UniversnI Plea

Was Hamlet insane?'
No doubt at all about it."
You seem positive"
Wei, he killed a man. didn't he?''
The Washington herald., 1907-03-14
Proud Father.

DO you believe there is anybody really
richer than Rockefeller"
Sure" answered Newpop. Il ann
The Washington herald., 1907-03-14

An Ohio contemporary proposes a law
prohibiting spring poetry before March
Is Move TO amend by adding "and
after
The Washington herald., 1907-03-14

Are the States 10 be governed by
wire2'' asks the New York American
Wire pulling enters into the governing Of
a good many OF them.
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MEN AND THINGS.
LincoIn's NomInatorn.

The paragraph in this column yester-
day asking for the names Of surviving
delegates to the Republican convention
of 1860 that nominated Mr.. Lincoln is al
ready bearing fruit. The paragraph was
based upon a statement going the
rounds Of the press TO the effect that
Senator Cuilom and the father Of former
Gov. Voorhees,, of New Jersey, were the
only two men still alive who were dele
gates to the convention. Senator Cullom
corrected this by saying that he was a
spectator at the convention. but not a
delegate The nlinoisas s correction ap-
parently. then. reduced the surviving par
Elephants in the historic convention 10 the
New Jersey octogenarian.
The Hon. John w Yerkes. Commis-
sioner Of Internal Revenue. yesterday
called The Heralds attention 20 the inter-
esting fact that the State of Iowa alone
has three distinguished citizens who were
delegates TO the first Lincoln convention.
They are Senator Allison, Representative
w. p. Hepburn. and the Hon. John A.
KassOn. now resident Of this city.
Senator Allison vas one Of the secre-
taries Of the convention, though IN his
autobiography in the last Congressional
Directory he strangely omits reference to
his participation In any capacity in so
important an assembIage The official
roll Of delegates to the convention. which
is embodied in an interesting volume pub
lished by Mark Hanna in 1903. under the
title First Three Republican national
conventions, 1856, 1860. and 1854" does not
show that any other State is so splendidly
represented as Iowa by delegates still Iiv-
ing and participating in national affairs.
Among some of the great and patriotic
members OF the convention who have
passed away were Thaddcus Stevens.
David Wilmot, and William d. Kelly, of
Pennsylvania; David Davis. Of Illinois,
Carl Schurz. then Of Wisconsin; George
Is Boutwell,, of Massachusetts,; William
NJ. Evarts and George William Curtis,
CT New York; Francis =. Blair, Of Mary
land: Montgomery Blair Of the District
OF Columbia (credited 10 Maryland
Thomas CorWin, Of Ohio; A. A. Burton,
Of Kentucky, and Francis =. Blair, jr,,
and g. Gratz Brown. of Missouri. Horace
Greeley. oddly enough. was carried On
the rolls as a delegate from Oregon. OF
the Kentucky delegation the only mem
Der now believed % be alive is James ".
Calvert.
The delegates from the District OF Co
lumbia were George Harrington, Joseph
Gerhardt G. A. Hail. and J. A. Wyse.
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FACTS AND FANCIES.

Prom the Philadelphia Public Ledger.
Effective.
lie took a drink Of alcohol,
The same was made Of wood;
It killed him and embalmed him.
And relieved the neighbOrhood.
Frivolous.
you know IN certain cases." said the
judge. kindly, there is something takeT
of your term"
"On which end?" asked the prisoner
who had just been sentenced.
The reply was not made part OF IN,
record.
The Washington herald., 1907-03-14

If jay Gould were alive to-day he
would probably not rank higher than
the steenth vice president of some little
jerk-Water railroad.
The Washington herald., 1907-03-14

Words are real forces In the realm Of
life" says Ella Wheeler Wilcox Yes:
and sometimes particularly those you
faM to litter.
The Washington herald., 1907-03-14

tt is strange that a small thing ike
finding Mr.. George Z. Cortelyou at the
pie counter should have attracted so much
attention.
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Now Adiutant GeneraI.

I'm name as well as IN fact Gen. r. G.
Ainsworth is now Adiutant General OF
the army. Until the law affecting the re-
organization Of the army was passed by
the recent session of Congress. Gen.
Ainsworth's title was military secretary,
though his duties were essentially those
Of Adjutant General The unusual title
Of military secretary was given him by
law because when the duties Of the Office
were iHtrusted 90 him the army already
had one statutory Adjutant General. in the
person Of Maj Gen. H. c. C0rbin, recent
ly retired. Gen. C0rbin was made mill
tary commander OF the Philippines coin
cidentalIy with the creation Of the Office
0f military secretary. and he remained at
Manila until a short time preceding his
retirement
Gen. Ainsworth's career in the army has
been absolutely unique. BY the merest
accident he was assigned from the Medi-
cal Corps less than fifteen years aso 90
the Office OF chief Of the Record and Pen
sion Division OF the War Department
That bureau needed an organizer and the
then Asst. Surg. AiHsworth. with the rank
OF captain, did this work so exCellentIy
that by special act OF Congress dee was
soon promoted 20 colonel. About the time
of the waT with Spain another special
act promoted him TO brigadier general,
and when hc was made military secretary
Congress promoted him again. this time
TO major generalcy. AS an organizer
and executive, Gen AinswoTuh has won
distinction second 20 no other officer ia
the army. and ne owes his rapid pro
motion strictly to the manner in which
he has discharged his duties.
The Washington herald., 1907-03-14

A Connecticut man Is said 20 have eaten
about four feet Of his wife's Irish point
lace along with his sldw IT is 10 be pre-
sumed that he eats her German lace with
hisf saueTkraut.
The Washington herald., 1907-03-14

A Syracuse boy fourd $1100. returned #
and was rewarded with Co cents. The
next Syracuse gentleman who loses a wad
Of money viii probably pay the balance
Of the reward, and then some
The Washington herald., 1907-03-14

Senator TIman delivered lecture at
Portsmouth, Va. recently under the aus
pices of the local fire department. A pre-
cauti0narv measure doubtless
The Washington herald., 1907-03-14

Mr.. Melville E. Stone. general manager
Of the Associated Press, was in the city
for brief time yesterday, and was a
guest Of ,he New Willard.
The Washington herald., 1907-03-14

The Washington Herald is deliUered by
ccTriCr in the District Of Colombia and az
AIerdHdriG, Va, at s. cents per month,
ddiIy and Sunday, or at 25 cents per
month 10ithout the Sunday issue.
The Washington herald., 1907-03-14

The Arlington Hotel was crowded last
evening with members Of the American
Rose Association. which meets here this
week in connection with the local florists
display About $50 delegates are present,
The Washington herald., 1907-03-14

Il had enough experience with earth
quake shocks I'm Jamaica 20 last me
lifetime" said Mr. A. f. Angler, of Bos-
ton, at the Shoreham.
I was on the island when the destruc-
ton Of Kingston occurred, and want to
tell you that no exaggerated report Of
the horrors of the situation or Of the
destruction wrought could be penned. 1
was driving about the environs of the
town when the quake came. and ! thought
the earth was going 10 open and swallow
me up. II was a feeling of such horror
as ] hope may never come 90 me again.
Afterward I went up into the mountains
and spent two weeks. and i'm that time
experienced at least 100 minor disturb
ances. The last one was quite violent,
and. fearing they would continue indeii-
nitely, I made mp nay mind TO get back
home. When they come So frequently
one would be supposed 60 set used 10
them, but il is not so; they are nerve
wracking from start 90 hnish. and eSpe-
cially to one who has seen hundreds OF
people killed and hundreds more made
cripples for life.
The Washington herald., 1907-03-14
Mrs. sage,s Contribution.

Happily. every clouded brow doesn't ir
dicate an approaching brain storm.
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Subscription Rates by Mail.

Nsu York Office. Nassau-Beekman Bldg. LaCoste a
Maxwell. Msuagers.
Chicago Office, Marquette Bldg. LaCosts & Max
wel Managers
The Butler weekly times. (Butler, Mo.) 1881-1918, 1907-04-11
Woman Kills Husband;
Holds Sheriff at Bay.

Alexandria, La, April 81. c.
Drew, a white man, aged about AZ
years, was shot and killed by his
vile at Water Valley. The woman
used a rife and two shots took effect
In Drew's back. The cause OF the
tragedy has not been learned.
After committing the deed, Mrs.
Drew, who was accompanied by an
other woman, stood guard over the
body OF the dead man and held Sher-
If l. N. Carpenter and four deputies
at bay for over twenty hours. The
woman fired many shots at the OF.
icers, shooting at them every time
one would show himself. She finally
exhausted her supply oiammunition
ia late hour last night and the
sheriff and deputies succeeded in
arresting the two women and get.
ting possession Of the body.
The Butler weekly times. (Butler, Mo.) 1881-1918, 1907-04-11
Receiver Expensive.

Judge Philips, OF the Kansas City
federal court, has dismissed the cases
OF long standing against James C,
Thompson, former cashier OF the
wrecked First National Bank, Of
Sedalis. 1t had a capital of $780,,
600, and was put In charge of the
federal court. Stockholders were
assessed in full under the double lia
bility law. After q long and expen
sive litigation OF Its affairs In the
hands OF a receiver appointed by the
U s. treasury department., deposi
tors only received fifteen cents on the
dollsr belong and expensive man
agement OF the wind up OF It's affairs
with its apparent Encouragement
consumed the bank Of It's assets and
the amounts collected from the stock
holders Much OF the banks assets
had been dissipated In Kansas City
and California realty, and the receiv
er paid out $50, 900 that should have
gone to the depositors to pay of
mortgages on California realty anC
afterwards sold the same property
for sc. 900. So the writer OF this wa
told by reputable and well inform
ed attorney OF Sedalia.
So 1t is, those who wind the affair
OF broken banks often are as muci
lacking in looking after the Interests
of depositors as those under who's
management the assets OF banks ar,
trittered away.-Clinton Tribune
The Butler weekly times. (Butler, Mo.) 1881-1918, 1907-04-11
Gunplay Wins Poker Game.
"He overplayed his hand +"

"He overplayed his hand "
This is the inscription on a grave.
stone In an Arkansas cemetery, and
II recalls a poker game In which the
late Charles Folk once played.
Folk was q remarkable man and
participated In games OF various
sorts during his eventiul career. He
did the playing, the other fellow gen.
orally was a spectator.
Several months ago he entered a
sitting with several men from the
Indian Territory. They played we'll,
were as novices with Folk. He kept
on winning hand after hand unit
finally one OF his opponents grew
suspicious and, following a show Of
four kings, demanded a count OF the
cards.
Unfortunately for Folk, 1t showed
fifty.four cards.
There was some gunplay and Folk
was buried soon ter.-Philadelphia
North American.
The Butler weekly times. (Butler, Mo.) 1881-1918, 1907-04-11
Neosho, NO., Girl Shot
at Door Of Church.

Neosho, No., April 8.-When Misses
Yaden and Caroline Carmas were
leaving the n E. Church after prayer
meeting, they were met at thechurch
door BY . discarded sweetheart Of
one Of the girls. He demanded amin
terview. Miss Yaden refused the In
terview, and she Was shot twice, once
in the hand and the other time In the
breast Just over the heart. Physi-
clans cay that she can not recover.
Charles Stark, Of Monet, was or.
rested last fall, charged with disturb
ing her peace, but whom she refused
to prosecute the cass, b was fined
for earring concealed weapons, and,
after paying his hne, vas discharged,
He hsd from the church after the
shooting.
The Butler weekly times. (Butler, Mo.) 1881-1918, 1907-04-11
Trainmen Held For a Wreck.

Cotton, Cal, April S.-Coroner
VanWie swore out warrants for the
arrest OF the employees Of the South
ern Pacific who were heled response.
BILE for the wreck March %, In which
twenty-five persons were killed and
seventy injured. The charge is man.
slaughter without malice.
The following are the men against
whom warrants we're issued: l.. R..
Alvord, foreman OF the switching
crew; j. G. Crussmeyer, switchmen;
Clarence Warrington, engineer. The
complaints specifically charge them
with causing the death OF II. F.
Walthers, OF Sacramento, who was
among the killed.
The Butler weekly times. (Butler, Mo.) 1881-1918, 1907-04-11
Crushed By Falling Slate.

Geo. Hsrtsock, a coal miner, was
severely crushed while at work in the
Reece mine. south OF town. "r.
Hartsock was engaged In mining
down a shot, when a large chunk Of
slate, weighing several hundred
pounds fell from the roof, and would
have crushed his life out had It not
been for the Tact that q number oil
large Jumps Of coal were lying about
him, which caught the slate.
Hsrtsock, the miner injured by q
fall OF slate In the keece mine last Fri
day, is reported to be In q very seri
GUS condition. His injuries wert
much more serious than at first
thought.-Rich Hill Review.
Harssock is q son Of former Sheriff
Hartsock aud step brother Of OK
circuit clerk Chas. N. Barley.
The Butler weekly times. (Butler, Mo.) 1881-1918, 1907-04-11
"Pneumonia's Deadly Work

had 80 seriously affected my right
lung" writes Mrs. Fannie Conner, OF
Rural Route l. Georgetown, Tenn,
"shat | coughed continuously night
and day and the neighbors predic.
Observation-Disclosures newt.
able, until my husband brought
home a bottle OF DIR. Kings New
Discovery, which In my case proved
to be the only real cough cure and
restorer OF weak, sore lungs" When
all other remedies utterly fall, you
may still win In the battle against
lung and throat troubles with New
Discovery, the real cure. Guaranteed
by F. T. Clay, druggist. SOC and
$1.00 Trial bottle free.