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The Washington herald., 1907-05-07
Dnnger of PIutocracr.

From The Bnnlnglam NeWs
With all that has been said about the
danger of the mob and a great deal
more that could be added in truth, the
danger OF plutocracy as it is understood
in this day would be hard to overesti-
mate. Even an attempt to approach such
a condition by a comparatively few men
and the methods and operations of these
men in their greed for gain under an
iuiquitous system of government patron
age. have done no little toward the erea-
tioC and development OF a sOciaiistic
tendency which is one step and not a
very short one in the direction OF the
mob.
The Washington herald., 1907-05-07
Gen. woods High Place.

When Lieut.. Gen. Arthur Macarthur,
who already has been virtually placed on
the inactive list. shall be retired by the
operation of law within the next eighteen
months. Maj. Gen. Leonard Wood viii be
the ranking officer of the army for sixteen
years, barring accidents. He is now the
senior major general, and will not reach
the age of retirement until 1924 The rise
of nobody connected with the army in
modern times has been as rapid as that
of Gen. Wood. Nine years ago he was an
assistant surgeon with the rank OF cap
tain. Next TO him in rank is Mai. Gen.
Weston, who not long ago was trans
ferred from the staff in Washington,
where be was chief Of the commissary
department, 10 command in the line in the
Philippines Then come Mai. Gems Grant
and Greely. After these come Bell. Fun
ston. Carter. Bliss. Barry Mills, Edgerly,
Duval Pershing, and Myers. al now
brigadiers.
The Washington herald., 1907-05-07
MEN AND THINGS.
Taft,s ohio Manager.

Whether OF not Arthur l. Vorys, who
now is the tituiar, If not the actual, man
ageT of the Taft interests in Ohio, viii
be continued at the head Of the secre-
iary's forces after the Buckeye State has
manifested a decisive preference for its
faVorite son is not known IN point OF
fact, the Taft boomers have not yet de-
cided whether in the event Of their can
didates defeat in Ohio. they will keep
him in the field. Up 10 this point Mr.
Vorys' work has been quite satisfactory
20 Judge Tafts supporters, as his reports
continue 70 be encouraging. in fact, con-
ndent Mr. Vorys like so many other
politicians intrusted with important party
work In these days, Is Of recent develop
ment In a sense. ne IS something Of an
accident Had the Democratic governor,
Pattison, not been too I'll from the day
of his inauguration TO the day Of his
death to give attention 10 the details or
his ONCE il is entirely probable that Mr.
Vorys would not have been available ma
terial as the Taft campaign manager. He
was appointed insurance commissioner
hv Gov Herrick whom GOV. PattisOn
defeated, and was continued IN the Office
by the Democratic executive for the rea-
son stated Ills office is one OF the great
powers in Ohio politics, and for years has
been held by men chosen because Of their
political sagacity. Mr. Vorys was dis
covered" by Herrick who had influence
enough at Columbus to induce Gov, Har-
Fis, who, as lieutenant governor succeed
ed TO the chief place on the death Of Pat
llsou, 20 reappoint him. He is not yet
forty and had never participated con-
sDicuously IN Ohio affairs until Senator
Foraker's implacable foe, eX-Gov. Her.
rick. made him insurance commissioner.
The Washington herald., 1907-05-07
MIR. Bede's Latest.

Gus karger. who, although born in Ber-
lin and reared in Cincinnati speaks and
writes very good English. and is one Of
the best af-around newspaper men Of the
Capital tells this as the latest related by
the House hum0rist, the Hon. j. Adam
Bede:
Il was scheduled To make a speech in q
small Minnesota town" said Mr.. Bede.
"and / found that I had groped my way
into a Swedish settlement About $40
Scandinaviaus were assembled to hear
ne, and, although ] look like one Of them.
/ can't speak a word Of their language.
As I advanced 10 the front Of the plat
form my heart threatened 20 slip out OF
my mouth. FOR my interpreter had failed
10 make good How many of you were
born Ia this country I inquired spar
ring for time. and in the hope of getting
my bearings Two hands were raised
and / could hear my vita.s Rroaning
Three hundred men assembled. and only
two of them born in this country. What
was / TO DO? ] didn't know whether TO
run away, or 90 fall in q faint How
many OF you speak English?' I asked
falutly. Every hand went up on, very
well. I said with great dignity; in that
event IL won't be necessary for me 20 ad-
dress you IN Swedish. I'll talk the situa-
ton over with you ia the language Of this
land OF the free and home Of The brave" d"
The Washington herald., 1907-05-07

Bishop Warren Gambler Of Georgia,
could probably be elected governor of
California by reclamation. if he wanted
the job Writing from Japan and of the
japanese, the bishop says: They are a
thieving. robbing. selfish, mercenary,
and constituencies set, and the truth
Is not in them"
The Washington herald., 1907-05-07
SIAYTI9fE.

A song in the orchard brances.
A nest underneath the caves;
A wonderful world Of blossoms
Among the tender leaves
A violet close By the Wayside.
A buttereup gemmed with dew;
The plaintiTe cFy Il the plover
And a sky sereueiy blue
4 Hlsh Of wings IN the sunlight,
A scent Of buds in the air,
A glimpse Of green on the uplsDds
And Maytine Is everywhere
--Wil Reed DuurUy, IL Chicago Chronicle.
The Washington herald., 1907-05-07

The Chicago Reccrd- Herald seems sur
prised to note that Mr.. Bellamy Storer
Is not out in a card favoring the Foraker
end of the Ohio row. Perhaps Mr.. Storer
is real friend Of Mr.. Foraker.
The Washington herald., 1907-05-07

Mr.. Ray stannard Baker is finding out
some wonderful things while touring the
South. For instance. he sageIy concludes
that there would be no trouble there We're
the vicious elements of society eliminated
II is a comforting thing to know that such
a condition North. East, and West would
also render those sections happy, peaceful
and content.
The Washington herald., 1907-05-07

This spring has probably been the most
trying in history TO the oldest inhabit-
ants" Every morning il is necessary for
them TO get up a bigger yarn than the
one told the day before about the weather
the country used to have when they We're
bows.
The Washington herald., 1907-05-07

How the heart Of the obscure literary
genius must burn to see the day that he
can hand out such stuff as Kipling s
Sons Of Martha and get about 80 cents
a word for Il,
The Washington herald., 1907-05-07

The Dallas News further eompleates
the Democratic situation by advancing the
following plank for the next platform,
NO man should be elected TO the legisla-
ture until he has already served two or
three terms
The Washington herald., 1907-05-07

''AIr. Roosevelt appears to have found
many Of his maxims in MeGuffey's read
ers, which were published before the
civil war" says the Rochester Herald.
Well, the old-time religion is mighty hard
10 beat
The Washington herald., 1907-05-07

A large number Of people in a certain
section Of Montana are sacrificing their
property because they fear the world Is
coming 10 an end soon. The man who
got up the scare was a rather foxy real
estate dealer.
The Washington herald., 1907-05-07

To the query, who is the greatest
Americana" We are not prepared to reply.
'as at present advised. " but we violate no
confidence in saying that it is not the
eX-Rey. Tom-tom Dixon.
The Washington herald., 1907-05-07

A Wyoming man has invented a game
called The Road 10 the White House "
If it isn't the worst kind of a fraud, the
man might do some good business with il
around about the Office Of the Secretary
Of War
The Washington herald., 1907-05-07

1t can hardly be said that winter $
grand finale made much Of a hit In this
section" says a Chicago contemporary.
Nor can II safely be said that winter has
actually made its farewell appearance.
The Washington herald., 1907-05-07
Poor OId Dad.

I opposed the match. wish I had
encouraged It. now"
"Why so2"
I'm that ease, maybe she wouldn't have
married the dub"
The Washington herald., 1907-05-07
The Good-nntured Man.

There you go. Giving money to a beg
gar"
''Why not? Hes a poor cripple
Bad precedent. my friend.
We'll. it's a precedent I guess there
won't be no great rash TO follow
The Washington herald., 1907-05-07

If we must have Republican Presi-
dent in 1912. we are for Roosevelt" :" says
the spartanburg Herald 1912. indeed
bur Mhat's the use?
The Washington herald., 1907-05-07

a contemporary seems surprised to
learn that Washingtonians enjoy cfrcuses.
OF course they do. does our contemporary
think Congress all the fun Washington
is entitled to?
The Washington herald., 1907-05-07
Proetor nn Edttor Wound De-.

BY the filing ct a suit In Vermont il
has just been developed that Senator
Redheld Proctor. Of that State. has his
own ideas of how newspaper ought To
be run, and il he wins The suit DE may
give them practical application by be-
coming an editor himself lie is a
minority stockholder in the Rutland Her
aid, and he has instituted legal proceed
ings TO show that the papers editor. Per
Cival ". Clement has since 1851 sub
verted the property to his own advant-
age. Mr. Clement has been an unsucccss-
ful candidate for governor in that time,
and his paper has opposed the Senator s
candidates. Senator Proct0r's son is now
governor of the Green Mountain State
and is slated 10 succeed his distinguished
father in the Senate. Should the Senator
oust the editor. it is said in Vermont that
he will himself ascend the tripod and de-
vote himself TO ardu0us editorial labors
after leaving the Senate.
The Washington herald., 1907-05-07
On Pools.

"The man thet argues with a fool, 80
declared Uncle AbHer. rs DUN fool
an the man thet wastes any sympathy
on him is the dumdest fool Of the three
But what's the use tBlkin'? Gimme eight
cents wuth o. Goldfish. Jabez,"
The Washington herald., 1907-05-07
THE OPTIMIST.

Ralph Waldo Emerson. the gentle phi
losopher, said once: III man can write
a better book. preach better sermon. OF
make better mouse-trap than his neigh
bors. though he build his house in the
woods. the world VIII make a beaten
path to his doors" Is net that what all
OF us who have ambition most desire?
1t = not sufficient for most Of as merely
10 accOmplish-we want the weFld 5 ae-
acknowledgement o. our accomplishment
I met q man the other day, a strong
man with a sunny soul. who told me hos
he had just returned from a seven
months tramp through Alaskan wilds
lie was all alone he had no specific idea
in fighting his way through tFaekless
wllds; as he said, There was no siorY
in #. but it was bully time" No glory
in it. And the glory Of It shone ia his
facel
To do best things-that is fulfilling hfei
and 10 do best things requires best men
That Is why optimism is so helpful II Is
the hopeful man that has the clear eyes
the expanding lungs, the virile hands, that
take hold and 10 things. II is fine Il
realize that the man who is doinS gocc
work in the world is helping God. You
remember George Eliots poem Of the VIC
iin-maker
God needs mans best TO help Him;
He could not make Antonio stEadiFaEis Eiolins
Without Antonio
II one realizes, thus, ones knship 10 al
that is good in the world, il should,
think. make better and happier men Of al
Of Us
Goodness does not more certainly
make men happy than happiness makes
them good" says Landor in one OF his
Imaginary Conversations. And "Onl5
the good shaul be happy" says Kipling
Surely all the testimony IS on one side
The great trouble IS that so many Of us
go out with the avowed purpose Of seek
ing happiness, Of making that our end
and aim Of life, when if anything II
philosophy is true It is that We are noi
put on this earth for happiness. but foi
duty. The gifts We have must be used
the talents intrusted 70 us We dare not
hide in a napkin. To build the road and
bridge the fcrd" is task where a strong
man may hnd all his happiness and in
crease his strength. And they who stay
at home shall find happiness. too. in The
humber duties.
And the duties of life are so simple. Tbs
laws do not teach them for the laws, de-
signed for the protection OF society, tel
as only what We may not do-with i'm
Ipunity. Our laws are based. for the most
part fundamentally On the old Mosaic
law: Ten Thou shalt nots" The law OF
human kindness promulgated by Jesus
Christ superseded this. His word was al
ways Thou shaft" and the greatest law
He gave US; the greatest guide 10 human
/ happiness. serenity. and JOY is the law
Thou shalt love thy neighb0r as thy
self Herein lies the cure Tor most Of the
ills that beset mankind Here lies un-
selfshness; duty; the JOY Of giving; the
blessing Of receiving thanks. Whatsoever
good there be that takes a man out oi
himself-that makes for sheer happiness
Life Is all We know; 1t Is 20 be lived Let
us wrong no man; do all the good we can
and, poet. peasant. or plutocrat, the gray
old earth VIII seem good.
The Washington herald., 1907-05-07

What the governor of South Carolina
said to the governor Of North Carolina
no longer interests, but Emperor VIII
liam is extremely anxious to know what
the King of England said to the King of
Italy when they recently met
The Washington herald., 1907-05-07

Henry James SAYS he never heard an
American woman say thank YOU" or
please Henry might, perhaps. solve
the difficulty by revising his visiting list
The Washington herald., 1907-05-07

''Xylolin- is the name OF q new paper
fabric which it is proposed to make into
clothes. However, until the weather
changes, no "xylolin" in ours
The Washington herald., 1907-05-07

The scientist seeking 10 fx the color OF
the moon should consider the possibility
of the moon not being as green as IL
looks
The Washington herald., 1907-05-07

Hawaiian volcanoes are growing omi-
nously," says a cable They can hardly
be blamed, Remember. a Congressional
delegation is about 10 visit Hawaii.
The Washington herald., 1907-05-07
Naturally.

do you, we asked the pie-faced mutt
''Sull feel smart?''
We shah not print his answer. bat
II sure was tart,
The Washington herald., 1907-05-07
A pev years Uenee.

Look at him. Haggard, heartbroken,
aloneF
And his wife at the bridge table"
Yes; its the old story. He married
her 10 reform her"
The Washington herald., 1907-05-07
FnIfnn Ii Arnuseh.

Senator La Toilette has run amuck
way out in oregon just as be does when
lecturing IN Eastern States, The Wiscon~
sin refoTmer has spoken several atsces IN
oregon within the past ten days, and IN
every one of them be .nferentially cast
aspeTsiOns upon that States senior Sena-
tor. Mr. Fulton. By this Is meant that he
has shown by the record that Senator
Fulton did not support certain radical
amendments offered 20 the railroad-rate
bill by Mr.. La Toilette. and Tor this the
Oregon Senator IS going at the Wisconsin
man savagely. In newspaper interviews
and in other ways. Mr.. Fulton is de-
nOuncing Mr.. la Toilette as faker. and
declaring that he Is not a Republican.
Senator Fulton Is chairman Of the Com
mittee on Claims. which be SAYS is one
Of the most important committees of the
Senate. Senator La Toilette Is a member
OF that committee. but. according % Sen
at0r Fulton, the Wisconsin statesman has
shown disregard for his public duties In
Washington by attending only one Of its
meetings. The two Senators have not
met since their fierce quarrel began. but
when they do meet Oregonians say there
is likely 70 be some wool-pulling
The Washington herald., 1907-05-07
4 GirI's Troubles.

Grace has been seeking my company a
good deal
'Weu. Molly?"
rs it because she likes me, or does
she just want 70 use me as a foil?'
The Washington herald., 1907-05-07

Hell is a pocket edition Of Chicago"
says minister of that city. That is
terrible warning TO the unrighteous.
The Washington herald., 1907-05-07

THE stories recently printed in The
Washington Herald as 70 the enormous
catch Of herring in Maryland waters were
no exaggeration." said Mr., T, A, Nieker-
sham. of Chesapeake Beach at the Ra-
leigh. Even at the beach. which has
never boasted Of being a piscatoriai para
disc. although furnishing good sport. the
catch OF late has been something extraOr-
binary. one day last week the number
of herring taken at a single drawing was
5000. and this capture made no percepti-
bic lowering OF the nets. so the owner
told me, and l have ever found him a
truthful man.
Besides this rather plebeian fish, we
have had any quantity Of the aristocratic
shad and 7 think that ours are even bet
ter. juicier, and finer favored than those
which find their way up the Potomac to
Washington
The Washington herald., 1907-05-07

Perhaps not many Of The Heralds read
ers know that the United States govern
ment is in the business OF curing con-
sumptives. but the victims of the disease
must have a claim on Uncle Sam, such
a claim as the young men in the marine
service very properly possess. DR.. p. NJ.
Darlington. who Is among the medical
visitors 10 the Capital, is in charge OF the
sanatorium which the Federal govern
ment has established at Fort Stanton. y.
Mex. acting through Surg. Gen. Wyman,
who is at the head OF the Public Health
and Marine Hospital Service
Fort Stanton Is an ideal location. ac-
eording 70 Or. Darlington. Il being sur
passed for dTyness by no spot in the
United States II is also very high. be-
ing at an altitude Of 5000 feet above sea
level. About 200 patients are n the In
stitution, and many Of the young men
have been restored to health or are ia a
fair way TO recovery.
The Washington herald., 1907-05-07

o Death. all eloquent, you only prove
What dust We dote Oh, when us man we love.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1907-11-04
IL Is Fall.

Oh the merry. merry summer time has
fed.
The nights are cool and long,
The lark has hushed her song.
The sumac and the maiden's nose are red
Fat people with the asthma loudly wheeze
And. alas.
Ger the grass
Fallen leaves are being driven by the
breeze.
Coal is shooting down the chutes
And the hopt owl sadly boots,
If at ALL
While the benches in the park
Are deserted after dark
1t is fall!
Wrapped in heavy furs the chauffeur
whizzes by.
And the people loudly cheer
When the fullback. with one ear.
And the halfback, with but one undam-
aged eye.
Are dragged away to undergo repairs.
Blithe and freey
With his three
Cards the fakir fools the Rubes at coun-
try fairs.
Oh. what joy the farmer finds
Making cider as he grinds
Worms and all!
BOOSTERS that are tough and old
For spring chickens now are sold
1t is fall.
Oh. the fair and fleeting summers course
Is run.
And the blue Tipped golfer stands
With his brassey in his hands;
Though he shivers he imagines 1t is fun.
Old women gather coal along the tracks
Day by day.
And the gay
Turkey cock looks with suspicion at the
AK.
Near the stove the cat is curled.
Leaden clouds hang DER the world
Like pail.
And the card clubs are once more
Starting up from shore to shore
1t is fall
Chicago Record Herald.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1907-11-04
Prophesied the Phonooraph.

An electrician of New York has a col
lection of prophecies ancnt the phono-
graph. 1t is interesting TO note that
Emerson prophesied the monographs
advent. He said:
I'VE make the sun paint our por-
traits now. By and by we shall organ
lie the echoes as we now organize the
shadows"
Maury. in 1914, prophesied more
clearly than Emerson. saying:
What pity it is that NJ. Daguerre.
instead of photography, had not in
vented a process of writing by merely
speaking through a trumpet at piece
of paper. Instead of saying. 4 wrote
you q letter last Monday the phrase
would have been, I spoke you a
ream.''
Tom Hood prophesied in his Comic
Annual for 1899:
I'm this century of inventions, when
self acting drawing paper has been
discovered for copying invisible OBJ
jects, who knows but that some future
Daguerre or Herschel may find out
some sort of Boswellish writing paper
to repeat whatever it hearsT'
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1907-11-04
CABLE.

T. &. Parker was Rock Island Wis
itOr Saturday.
James Johnson went to Peoria Tues
day to attend the funeral of a broth
er's son.
Mrs. Frank Hanley is visiting her
sister. Mrs. Frye, at Kewanee.
c. A. WalIine of Galesburg is visit
ing at the home of Theodore Peterson.
Mrs r. w. Clark returned Tuesday
evening from weeks visit with her
parents at Larchland. Ill.
Thomas Convill went to Rock Island
Friday on business trip,
Glen Osborne arrived Wednesday
from Tacomat Wash, for visit with
his family.
Robert Nichol went to Springfield
Sunday.
The funeral of the Gobart child
which was burned to death Sunday ev-
ening. was held Tuesday. Rev. r. NJ
Stephenson officiating.
J. r. Peterson returned from Silvis
Saturday evening. He has been doing
contracting work there.
Miss Lex Parker, who is attending
school at Macomb. visited home folks
from Friday until Sunday.
Mr.. and Mrs. Gust Nelson spent sew
Cral days with relatives at Moline, re
turning Monday.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1907-11-04
Bio Price For Ear of Corn.

Two hundred and fifty dollars was
the record price paid recently for a
single ear of corn. The ear. a "BOone
county white" was knocked down to
the highest bidder in an auction at the
corn exposition at the Chicago Coli
scum. The purchaser. who at the same
rate per ear would have paid $4,000
for n bushel, was the man who raised
il, l.. B. Glore. tall farmer from
Franklin. Ind. The ear was one of ten
that took the sweepstakes in their
class.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1907-11-04
TO DRAIN MARSH LAND.

Vast Tract 10 Be Reclaimed by Wis
consin.
While the far west is accomplishing
marveIS in making the desert bloom
as the rose with extensive irrigation
systems, Wisconsin has set quietly to
work to reclaim over 100000. acres
of land and add it to the agricultural
resources of the state by the diametric-
ally opposite method of drainage, says
a Milwaukee special dispatch to the
st. Louis Republic. The work planned
and now well under way contemplates
the reclamation by drainage of 1861
900 acres at cost literally estimated
at S66.7JO,000 and with a profit above
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1907-11-04
College Girls Piano Stunt.

The girl students of Oxford college
gave vaudeville show the other nighs
says Hamilton special dispatch to the
Cincinnati Commercial-Tribune. 1t was
private. and the young college men of
Oxford, O., agree that it was great
pity they weren't asked. The hit OF
the evening was the eccentric piano
playing OF one of the girl students.
She played tune with her nose and
for an encore got on stepladder aud
played more elaborate piece with
her toes. There were a number of
other stunts. but this was the big fea-
ture.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1907-11-04
NEWS OF THE NEIGHBORS

the bed, his grandson stole all TIE
money. In his defense Marvin sta tcs
he went to his grandfather's home u
care for the elderly gentleman ami
that his grandfather told him. to take
the money to pay the expenses of the
household At any rate, after Se,-
ting the money, Marvin became intoX-
icatcd, and when arrested had spent
all but $3155 of the amount taken
from under the pillow.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1907-11-04

a Hard Debt to Paw.

I owe a debt of gratitude that cal
of Westfield, Iowa, ''for my rescue
from death, by Dr. Kings New Dis
covery. Both lungs were so seriously
affected that death seemed imminent,
when l commenced taking New Dis
covery. The ominous dry hacking
cough quit before the first bottle was
used, and two more bottles made 4
complete cure Nothing has ever
equaled New Discovery for coughs,
colds and all throat and lung COM
plants Guaranteed by all druggists
soc and S1.00. Trial bottle free.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1907-11-04

Took Grandfather's Money.-Fr,i
Marvin. probably 80 years of age. was
arrested Saturday by Officer Sanford,
on the charge of larceny. The ia
formation was filed by Elisha Jones
an elderly man who is the grandfather
of Marvin. According to Mr.. Jones
story, he had $74 in a tobacco bag
which he kept under his pillow of his
bed. He claims that when making up