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The Washington herald. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1906-1939, 1907-12-08
And MAZE EN- short

Prom the Chicago News
Persons desiring to send to the gov
eminent plans for currency reform should
use black ink. write on only one side
OF the sheet. and incloSe return postage.
Rejection Of any scheme OF this sort does
not necessarily imply lack OF merit.
The Washington herald. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1906-1939, 1907-12-08
GOSSIP ABOUT MEN AND THINGS.

In 1885 his regiment. the Twenty-eighth
Infantry. in which he was now major.
was sent TO Australia and the couple
went with IT, Five years later. when Il
was ordered to India Major drummer
resigned and was made a police magis-
trate in the colony. He held the post
until 1864. and died in 1861. His widow
never returned TO Europe, though she
survived him forty years. They had
eight children. of whom two survive
King OF Swan Island.
Among the saloon passengers arriv-
ing in Boston recently on the steamer
San Jose. from Port Limon. Costa Rica,
was Alonzo Adams, owner Of Swan ISL
and, and who is known throughout Cen
tral America as the king OF Swan Island
His DOMAIN Is a fertile island situated in
the Caribbean Sea. upon which he has
a beautiful residence and numerous
houses for his labOrers. He raises fruit
and cOeOanuts and employs several hun
dred men. Mr.. Adams is a philsnthropist
and has assisted not only the inhabitants
OF several of the islands in the Caribbean,
but is OF especial help to mariners. Know
ing the value of a light to guide the YES
sells running through the Caribbean on
their way from New York and Boston
10 Port LimCn and other points. ne built
and maintains a light on the island
which can be seen for many miles. and
rays OF which warn the captains Of
steamers not 10 approach too close 70
the shallow waters in the vicinity Mr.
Adams IS siXty-five years old, and is a
native Of EastpOrt. He keeps Informed
Of what is transporting in the world by
, the papers brought 10 him by passing
steamers.
The Washington herald. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1906-1939, 1907-12-08
A Japanese CHRIS Toilet.

The japanese college girl entertained
the fudge party with Oriental reminis-
cences. "On every holiday" she said,
the japanese maiden must rise and have
her toilet finished before the sun looks
over Fujiyama. our national sacred
mountain. And what a toilet, The long.
| coarse black tresses are washed. combed,
and creased till the head shines like a
knob Of polished black marble The
cheeks are rouged fine pink The throat.
neck. and bosom are powdered. but at
the nape Of the neck there are left three
lines of the original brown skin, In ac-
cordanee with the rules of our cosmetic
art. With charcoal she rounds and length
ems her eyebrows. She reddens her lips
with cherry paste, adding a gilt diamond
to the center of the pouting lower lip.
She puts on eight fresh garments, and
she ties her sash In a symbolical knot.
Her socks-she doesn't wear stock
ings-are very white and pure, and
her clogs are lacquered till they shine
like silk hat Now she Is ready to set
out She fills her silk tobacco pouch
thrusts her pipe in her girdle. puts six
paper handkerchiefs UP her wide sleeve
and sallies forth, turning her toes in and
waving her fam
The Washington herald. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1906-1939, 1907-12-08

From the Charleston News and Courier
Senator Tillman VIII now proceed to de-
liver series OF comparatively free lee
lures in Washington.
The Washington herald. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1906-1939, 1907-12-08

Prof Asaph Hail. who died At Annsp-
oils recently. was a very wen-known as
tronomer. long connected with the naval
observatory, and professor Of mathemat-
les in the United States navy. lie was AT
the head of many astronomical expedi-
tons. apd made many discoveries. incIud-
ing the two moons Of liars. After his
retirement from the navy By the age
limit in 1881 he was appointed professor
of astronomy AT Harvard the university
In which he did his first astronomical
work, going there very imperfectly
trained. having accomplished only part of
a course in the University OF Michigan
and being already married. He We s,-,r..
October 10, 1923, and made his own way 70
an education. At the age Of twentv-ninc
he was teaching IN Cambridge. Mass.
and There obtained work as an assistant
in the Harvard observatory At 50 a
week. And he received plenty, Of degrees
afterward, and was a member Of many
learned societies at home and abroad
The Washington herald. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1906-1939, 1907-12-08

F. H. Johnson writes this 10 the New
York Times some twenty years ago
Mr. Roosevelt was a special partner in
one Of the leading and most reputable
publishing houses that we have, and
where I was then employed as a clerk.
He was at that time a candidate for
mayor OF the then city of New York,
but failed to be elected. During the cam
paign he remarked TO one Of the partners
IN the business and myself. with the en-
thusiasm born Of twenty-seven years and
an aristocFatic family: I think that the
public positions of trust in this country
should be occupied by young men OF good
family, as their family pride will keep
them from yielding 70 the temptations
that beset all men in public life, and 10
which men Of commoner mold would sue
cumb. have often wondered If his
later experience has confirmed his early
view, for II is not my observation that
he was right then. nor Is it now"
The Washington herald. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1906-1939, 1907-12-08
Earthquake. at ser.

on vessels at sea, shocks o. earth
quake produce effects which. when COM
pared indicate but little variation. save
only in their intensity. A rumbling sound
is first heard. and this is quickly followed
by shocks. under which the ship trembles
or il so suddenly arrested In its course
that It produces the impression Of
grounding upon a rock. A number Of
such shocks may be received in success
sion. after which the ship appears to
slide over the shoal and continue It's
course as before. When the lead is
dropped the ship Is perhaps found 10 be
over great depths OF water, 80 that the
possibility Of grounding is excluded. The
fact that the ship has not gone 10 pieces
under the shocks or been left stranded
is in itself a criterion Of the earthquake
In illustration we may cite the American
steamer MackinEw, coal laden from a
port in Washington TO San Francisco.
which at $40 on the morning of the re-
cent San Francisco earthquake. and al
most over the great earthquake rift
where II passes out OF Tomales Bay. ex-
perienced heavy shocks. as IL the ship
had struck bottom three distinct times
and then slipped over shoal. The
weather was calm and the sea smooth.
IN the same vicinity and AT about the
same time the steamer National City.
in the language OF its chief engineer.
seemed To jump clear out OF the water,
the engines raced fearfully, as though
the shaft or wheel had gone. and then
a violent trembling fore and aft and
sideways, reminding me OF running full
speed against "A wall of ice"
The Washington herald. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1906-1939, 1907-12-08

I
Wrongdoers in China bring misfortune
on all their relatives. Not long ago a
man murdered Governor An Min, OF An
hui The murderer himself was caught
and beheaded. and now the law demands
that his female relatives be sold into
slavery, that his male relatives sixteen
years old and above be decapitated, and
that his male relatives younger than that
be compelled 10 serve in the imperial
palace. The ancestral graves Of the rebel
are also to suffer. The tombs are to be
RACED and despoiled and the bones and
dust within scattered to the four winds
II is hoped however. that the authorities
viii not exact the fun PER atty Of the law
According 20 the Chinese opium regula-
tons of last November all teachers.
scholars, soldiers, and sailors OF all ranks
We're to be allowed three months where
i'm entirely TO relinquish the opium habit
Information has reached the authorities
in Picking that some soldiers are paying
no attention 20 these regulations. so in
structions have been issued to the effect
that any officer or man found smoking
VIII be At once beheaded.
4 Singular Document.
The current Harper's Weekly repro
duces in facsimile a very singular docu-
ment Il is a check issued by the clear
ing house Of Las Vegas. \. NJ, and IL
agrees 10 pay TO the bearer the sum of q
in "cudrrent funds. when deemed advls-
able by us (the clearing house's) board
OF directors Il is interesting 10 specu-
late how successful the bearer Of this
note would be in attempting 10 buy loaf
of bread from 4 baker on the assurance
Of a company Of gentlemen down In New
Mexico that they viii pay him when
they deem il advisable presumably
when the board thinks il can spare a
I dollar: or when IL concludes that the
bearers moral nature will not be over
turned by tie possession Of a dollar: or
when 8. has been definitely ascertained
that the bakers loaf has not been con-
I taminated by noxOus ingredients There
was never. remarks Harper's Weekly. a
| funnier lot of sO-called commercial paper
/ issued, and it adds This pertinent COM
ment: 1T is distinguished especially by
/ hysterical alarm. The panic state Of
mind is upon the country. This state of
/ mind would probably have not come into
/ being II the remarkably able and patri-
otto efforts OF the financial powers had
/ not been inteTfered with by incorporate
/ speech. The truth is. that the deeds OF
/ these men whom the President once called
; malefactors.' but whom he now admits
10 be conservative and substantial bust
ness men, were brought 10 nothing by
/ his own wild words.
The Washington herald. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1906-1939, 1907-12-08
The Nobel Prizes.
LIE NtontrenI Accom-.

'Stuyvesant Fish is very inicIzy per-
son, said a Pittsburg banker recently.
To get along with him you must be
mighty particular about e,iquet-you
must shave twice a day-dress for dinner
AL that sort OF thing Il you don't
come up 70 his standard he is apt 10 say
some very cutting things about YOU I
once SAT- beside Mr.. Fish az a dinner at
the Union League in New York Mr.
Fish, when the soup came on. began 70
cast sneering glances at a stout. red
faced chap opposite us; and finally he
whispered 10 me: That man Is from
Montreal / can tell il bv his accent. .
BY his accent" said l. But AR Fish.
the man hasn't spoken Mr Flsh's lip
curled IN scOurnfui smile. I had refer
ence, he said, TO the accent with which
be eats his soup
The Washington herald. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1906-1939, 1907-12-08

as the head Of the first British Embassy.
when presenting his credentials would
only consent 10 bend one knee in the pres
ence OF the Emperor. over twenty years
elapsed before the second British Mission
arrived in China. The question OF the
kOwtow was again raised. and as a re-
suit Of his refusal TO perform the cere-
mcny Lord Amherst was never officially
received by the Emperor. who issued an
imperial edict 70 the effect that the Brit
ish Ambassador had not observed the
rules OF politeness IN vogue in the Celes-
tial Empire.
The Nobel Prizes.
The next Nobel prize for chemistry viii
be awarded TO Sir William CroOkes. Of
London. Sir William Crookes was born
in lS32 He discovered thaHium, an ele-
ment, in 1861. and invented the radiome-
ter IN 1874. He was knighted in 1897 and
has been closely identified with many Of
the most important advances in science
Prof. Crookes recently discovered a pro-
cess FOR extracting nitric acid from the
atmosphere. which il was announced
would soon be available for commercial.
industrial and agricultural purposes and
would revOlutiOniZe the nitrate industry
and the worlds food problem RUdyard
KipIing has been designated Cor the lit
erlrv prize
The Washington herald. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1906-1939, 1907-12-08

NOTE-The Arbiter viii be glad 10 answer any
questions OF a social nature that may be sub
mitted. Such questions should be addressed 20
The Aroiter. care The Washington Herald.
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2 Question; Is it possible To ask young. unsnar-
ned woman 70 60 alone for country ride in a nun
about with a young, unmarried mRnl
Answer: 1t is impossible to answer
yes" or mo" to such a question. 1t de-
ponds upon so many circumstances If
the young people are old friends and the
mother of the young woman is not too
rigid in her ideas OF etiquette, it might
be worth while asking; you could only be
refused, and nothing venture" you
know. nothing have But even In this
day Of emancipated women, of personal
freedom. and the like. there are repre-
sentatives of the old-fashioned school
who look with horror on such an inno-
walton as two young people going of
The Washington herald. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1906-1939, 1907-12-08

The Diplomatic Corps is governed by
laws Of its own. The ambassadors make
no first calls except at the White House.
but they are charmed 20 receive all Off
Gals whose rank entities them 10 call al
the embassies and all private persons who
have been properly introduced TO them.
Indscriminate calling upon members Of
the Diplomatic Corps is not encouraged
and not advisable. II must be remem-
bered that they are not American officials
whose duty il is to keep the latch string
out. but the representatives Of foreign
powers, who. outside of the official cir
Gle. are privileged 10 select their own
friends; this privilege. however, they
must frequently deny themselves, since
the social duties pertaining to their off,
cial position are exacting and onerous. A
stranger in town may call at any or all
OF the Official houses and be assured OF a
warm welcome she IS not at liberty 10
call upon private persons unless she has
been previously invited TO do So
But social duties do not end with call
ing; calls must be received and every
one who is in, or aspires to be in, society
should have day at home. This is abso-
lutely necessary in a place like Wash
ington. where visiting is a serious bust
ness and every moment counts. At some
houses the weekly reception is a pleasant
and enjoyable affair. The guests are
limited to a small number OF the best
and most brilliant from every circle, and
steaming tea, with toast and cakes, are
enjoyed, while the latest book the present
political situation, OF affairs abroad are
animatedly discussed. There is no hurry
at these gatherings; no feeling that the
caller has come simply TO leave cards
and is anxious TO start off on her rounds
again; but there is repose, dignity euI-
ture, and the visits at such houses are
GASES in the social desert. The other
extreme is the maddening mass OF human
ity one finds at some Of the official houses
where the hostess aims 10 be popular
TO satisfy her own or her husbands
ambition. The rooms are packed, over
heated, reeksng with the various perfumes
affected by the guests. all of whom talk
inanities in falsetto voices. Such a recep-
ton is like a congress of parrots, where
Truth. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1901-1908, 1907-11-23
S o c I A L .

Miss Lillian James, daughter of
Mr.. and Mrs. John James, and MIR.
Edgar A. Rogers, young lawyer OF
this city were married in Ogden OH
Wednesday last. Miss James is a
charming young lady. The many
friends of the young people wish them
happiness and prosperity all their
lives.
Truth. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1901-1908, 1907-11-23

ganization and a return to previous
conditions could be effected, the fol-
lowing suggestions ere offered, trust
ing they will be regarded as a cate
gorcal reply to others as we'll as
himself:
Eighty per cent of the Mormons
who voted at the last election did so
in accordance with their personal
predictions; eighty per cent of the
Gentiles who voted did not so vote.
A similar or greater percentage of
the Mormons know that their votes
were unnhuenced in any way by
church headquarters and can prove
it; an equal proportion of Gentiles
believe this and the remainder can't
prove their disbelief.
Two-thirds of the adult population
of Utah understand if they do not
actually know that Joseph F. Smith
and his ecclesiastical coadjutors are
engaged every hour of the business
day and several nc re besides, Sun
day and holidays usually included,
attending to their own affairs, a large
part of which is looking after and at.
tending 10 those matters of other
people which are brough before them
by various means; so that attending
i'll person or by proxy all the politi-
cal primaries, caucrses and conven-
lions of this and adjoining states, in
which their people participate, and
directing who shall be delegates, can
didates, etc, and managing cam
paigns would be physical impossi.
bility. Besides, let it remain the hope
that even the enemies of those mer
have enough fairness and generosity
in their composition not to impose
such SANDER upon the churchmen
as making them responsible for some
of the candidates we have to stand
for would be.
Those who are going to reform the
church before going any further po-
litically are hereby informed that they
are not the first at the business by any
means. Every few years has brought,
forth its self-sacrifcing and purifying
people whose chief purpose in life
seemed to be the reformation or else
tn extinction of Mormonism as it is,
seeking to make it as it should be:
but like many of our pocket-books
these days, there doesn't seem to be
much change in it. The reformers
invariably go the same way, leaving
the same hole in the water their pre-
decessors left. If the church is not
'mmutable and immaculate, it is GER
lainly impervious and unscarablc.
Better leave it to destiny and turn
the battering rams loose upon OBJ
jects less obdurate and more suscep-
tiblc.
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CAIGH'S CHAPTER.
The Last and Next Elections Dis
cussed in His Peculiar Style.

Gritty and ease with which warning
factions and contending individuals
get together after holly contested
election and talk about how it was
done and how certain other things
might have been brought about If
--, and SO on. 1t is somewhat
remindful of section of the late Josh
Billings social philosophy-"Old dogs
nuss their grudges, young ones fight
and make up again. and a political
campaign, with its variety of spec
tacular and enlivening features, makes
us all young again for the time be-
ing. 1t is something like friendly
game of cards; after each hand is
played you will hear such remarks
as 81 ought to have led my queen"
what made you trump in there?" and
so on; these but tending to enhance
the interest unless they lead to con-
troversy and this becomes too ami
mated, as occasionally it does.
By this time all the material facts
relating to the late civic contest be-
tween the American party on one
side and everybody else on the other
are settled and accepted. The result
in general was very conclusive, if not
wholly satisfactory. 1t is somewhat
mindful q am always reminded of
something) of Texas incident of
the days when those prime agents
of Beelzebub the Apaches, when not
engaged in drawing government sup
plies, were busy at marking broad
trails in blood and ashes athwart the
landscape. A settler and a northern
friend were riding through a lately
raided section of the state and came
upon what had been a few weeks
previously a large and prosperous
farming establishment. The long and
symmetrical quadrilaterals of char
and ash were all that remained of the
fencing, while heaps of the same ma
terial showed where had been houses,
barns, implements, ETC., and not a
hoof, hair or hide of anything was
visible far or near. After viewing the
situation mutely for a moment, one of
the men begn to laugh.
"For heavens sake, what are you
laughing at?" asked the other indig-
nantly; II see nothing but awfulness
here"
"The same with me-" was the re-
ply. "But in the midst of the horrors
presented couldn't help being anus
ed by the completeness of the thing!"
Well, the winners will have no
strings on them, so far as political
sway is concerned, for the coming
municipal term, unless indeed some
of their own number take tumble
over the breastworks or their exer-
else of authority becomes so viciously
and Unfortunately partisan or so
corrupt as 10 create general opposi-
ton among all classes of people.
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but i'll congress, and in the lower
house even more than in the upper,
such issues are always on tap and
Weber could be depended upon to
vote and speak in diamentrcal oppo-
sition to what the other gentlemen
named regard as the chief props upon
which the national fabric rests. On
the other hand, if the candidate should
be rass-bound, rubber-tired repub.
lican of whom it could be said that
He always voted at his party's call
And never thought of thinking for
himself at all,
would the said Weber or Mayor
Bransford, Dave Dunbar or any of
their confreres think of giving him a
chance to do the aforesaid? Not on
your watch-chain! Then the PROPOSE
ton naturally extends itself into the
domain of that modern Solomon.
Moses and Daniel combined, the Utah
legislator. This sample of the genus
homo is usually so artless and free
from those indurating mental exer-
cises which go to the making up of
impressions that he is more or less
easily led; but he invariably knows
enough TO recognize his label, or
brand as the case may be, and act &C
cordingly; so that if he was waited
into legislative scat as democrat,
for instance, he would be sure to
know enough to prevent him from
voting for republican for anything,
and vice versa, this remarkable in
stance of sagacity extending even so
far that the member would be cons.
cious of his labed Tor brand) other
wise, cven though elected as an "Am-
erican." 1t would be a case of
You may break, you may shatter
The Jug if you will,
But the scert of the whisky
Will cling round it still.
The understanding conveyed by all
this, to those who can understand, is
that with strict democrats and repub-
leans blood is thicker than water,
and if you prick the epidermis of an
American" either democratic or re-
publican blood will exude through the
puncture.
The situation is plain to the com.
monest intellect. 1t shows that
staunch adherents of the two great
national organizations, such as we
have here in Zion, won't work in the
same set of harness long; and when
it ceases to be case of eating the
official hay and oats jointly and be-
comes case of the one that goes to
them first shutting the other out, the
joint performance is at an end Why
not call it all off before they have
to and get back to the condition of
things attending upon our baby sister
Oklahoma? OF course there be cam
orleans" who have their eyes on the
elevated seats mentioned her rein; but