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The Washington herald., 1907-04-07
NO MORE SAFETY AND SANITY
Gray Presidential Boom Promptly
SqueIehed In Atlanta Paper.
From De Atlanta Constitution.

From tie Atlanta Constitution.
In the face OF the safe and sane
folly to which the Democratic party COM
Hitted itself az 81. Louis three years ago,
now comes Hon. Henry G. Davis. of West
Virginia. who held second place upon the
ticket then named. and offers as the
party leader for 1908. Judge George Gray.
OF Delaware.
There win hardly be any questioning
the fact that Judge Cray is a good man,
a fair man, just man. an able man. So
was Judge Parker. It will not be denied
that Judge Gray is "a safe and sane"
man. So was Judge Parker There arc
many men Ike Judge Gray in the East;
also elsewhere IN the country. thu South
included, who would make good Presi-
dents, but. unfortunately, not good
Presidential candidates. There is both a
distinction and a difference.
Three years ago, at a time when the
wave Of reform which has swept. and
still is sweeping the country. was We'll
defined enough 10 have left its imprint
upon the foundations of many a State.
the Democratic party was somehow or
other cajoled into the belief that this
movement was not supported by general
public sentiment, but was a temporary
and f1eeting emotion. a sort of a public
! "brain-st0rm' as il were. the recognition
Of which would mean party suicide.
Protest was useless, UNDECIDED. William
Jennings Bryan. the greatest leader the
Democratic party has to-day. or had then.
could only point out the dangers which
confronted ii and then-acquiesce. This
he did and fought valiantly but IN vain,
for party success.
Mr.. Bryan at that time as he does to-
day, represented those things which the
people were most contending for Wit
Messing which is the remarkable fact Of
the ador lion by the present Chief Execu-
tive Of many Of those self-same policies.
in response 10 a public clamoF grown into
a national demand
Realization of these facts Is bringing.
on has brought at the eleventh hour,
some Of the foremost of those who for
more than a decade have been the most
bitter antagonists Of Mr. Bryan to this
same view. They are coming to il be-
cause they see now. though blinded be-
fore either through Wall street witchery,
or because they would not see that in Il
lies the only hope OF party safety, the
only probability Of party success.
The mistake of 1894 must not and will
not be repeated. and those noUrishing any
hopes Of success in the same sort Of
course then pursued, might as well aban-
Don them. for that course has been run
10 It's lasting finish.
The Washington herald., 1907-04-07
The Chilling RenIr.

According to a Washington legal light,
says Harper's Weekly. there are times
when lawyer regrets the use of an
illustration which a moment before has
appeared especially felicitous
The argument of my learned and bril-
liant colleague" said counsel for the
plaintiff in a recent suit for damages
from railway company, SIS like the
snow now falling outside-it is scattered
here, there. and everywhere"
WheTeupon opposing counsel improved
his opportunity All I can say" he
hastily interposed. lis that the gentleman
who has likened my argument TO the
snow now falling outside has neglected to
observe one little point 10 which fiatter
myself the similarity exteuds-it has COW
cred ali the ground in q very short time"
The Washington herald., 1907-04-07

the servant class rejoiees In being a serf.
Once a mental always a mental, seems
10 be the universally accepted rule.
Growth Of New Rome.
So, we are In Rome again, and they
say THAI Rome never changes. Yet ev-
cry two or three years mark the growth
of the new Rome. which for twenty
years has been building upon the hill Of
the Quirinal and along its westerly slopes
overlooking the Tiber aud the world Of
the Vatican beyond, hotels, palaces, and
what not. all of marble and white gran
lite, with here and there gardens Of con
siderable amplitude and beauty. Italia
ITidenta has been a complete success.
7 can myself distinctly see a prOdigious
advance Ia the general prosperity in the
last two decades, and no sign Of retro
grade,
The Washington herald., 1907-04-07
NOW THE ALICE RABBIT.
4 Competitor for ChiIdren's Favor
with the Teddy Bear.

hAAA AnF
Frcla the New York Sun.
The Teddy bear has a rival In the Alice
rabbit The latter Is a creature of white
fluff, with delicate pink ears and bright
eyes.
It is made Of white plush, its ears are
lined with pink velvet, and its eyes are
black beads. 1t is making its debut how,
because it is close on to Easter, when
there is an excuse for rabbits
The Alice rabbit has all the best quali-
ties Of the Teddy bear, namely, it will not
break, looks alive. and snuggles beauti-
fully 1t is jOinted. toe, like the bear
and viii sit down or stand up. according
TO the way its limbs are manipulated.
Its long ears make an excellent handle
for wee hands to grab. Already the chill
dren are beginning to adopt the Alice rab-
bit, and when they can't quite bring them
selves to give Up the Teddy bear they
compromise by tuclling Teddy under one
arm and Alice under the other.
The Washington herald., 1907-04-07

Deep in the woods. the quiet silver showers
Are drenching all the fragrant scented green,
While down within the leafs mold are seen
The trimming fairy g0bets Of the flowers:
And high above through dripping airy o0wers
OF mtsty network, shows the sky between
Where trees their giisteniug branches intervene,
And nothing tells the passing Of tie hours
From o2t the fern fruged hollow, stil the spring
Cones crystal clear, and slowly, by one,
The falling raindF0ps lessen tn the slia
Again lights up the jeweled forest ways
And birds, whose notes the sweetest echoes bring
Once more take up their eestas;es Of praise.
-C0Tnelis Claiming Ward. in Appietou'a
The Washington herald., 1907-04-07
First Hunting Trip.


His first trip was taken with Mr.. J. A.
Ferris, an experienced guide:
We started out with a hunting outfit
to the head of Bacon Creek, about fifty
miles from the railroad crossing, said
Mr. Ferris later, in describing the trip.
Mr.. Roosevelt was on horseback, and
where he learned to ride 1 don't know;
but he rode as well, if not better. than
I did, and could stand just as much
knocking about.
In making or breaking camp he was
as handy as a pocket in q shirt and
seemed to know just what to do. On the
first night out, when we were twenty
flVe or thirty miles from a settlement. we
went into camp on the open prairie. with
our saddle blankets over us, our horses
picketed and the picket ropes tied about
the horns OF our saddles, which we used
for pillows.
IN the middle Of the night there was
d rush, our pillows were swept from
under our heads, and our horses went
tearing off over the prairie. frightened by
wolves. Away they tore, and we heard
the saddles humping over the ground
after them Mr.. Roosevelt was an and
off in minute. Together we chased
those frightened horses over the prairie
until they slackened speed and we caught
up with them. The night was dark AID
there was little to guide US on our re-
The Washington herald., 1907-04-07
A Broken Arm.

Many of the stories deal with Mr..
Roosevelt's Indifference TO physical suf-
fering or pain. Here is one incident:
1T happened not long after he had
built his house on Sycamore Hill. Oyster
Bay. He gave hunt breakfast TO the
Meadowbrook Hunt Club, and after It
was over set out with his fellow-hunts-
men for a ten-mile drag.
Less than an hour later a friend who
was inspecting the new stables saw Mr..
The Washington herald., 1907-04-07

Ut MY oWA part nave ltuilQ up
ping" the least costly of my OUTLAWS and
the most remunerative, and that very
liberal tipping. too. generally even more
than 10 per cent of my bills. The Head
Waiter and the Chef, and he who handles
the wines. are important persons where
any length of sotourn is contemplated,
and they never come cheap. A bottle of
the best vintage to the cook will now
and then answer a better purpose than
cash in hand. In the case of hostelries
TO which one is a frequent visitor. the
reputation of a generous giver becomes
an asset and assures degree of atten-
ton and comfort out of proportion TO
the amount of the fixed charges, to say
nothing about the pleasure derived from
the giving of pleasure. One likes 10 re-
ward those who serve him. As to the
dignity-of-labor argument there is, as f.
as Europe gees, nothing TO it. over hero
The Washington herald., 1907-04-07
ROOSEVELT STORIES
Many-sided Man of the White
House.
TALES FROM MANY SOURCES

His Sympathy with the south In-
herited from His MOther-'Ehe
Fearful Thing that Frightened
Him as a ChfId-Hfs Career fH the
West and His Smashing a bad Man.
The Washington herald., 1907-04-07
FAIRBANKSAFARMER
Wee President Has Abiding
Love for Country.
IS VERY FOND OF FLOWING

When He Goes to His Farm Il Is 20
Work, Not Merely TO Look Things
over-LiISes Corn Bread, a. Wen 81
ButtermiIk - Relates Experiences.
His Brother Triciked Him.
The Washington herald., 1907-03-17
EIGHT SECRETS OF SUCCESS.

From the Hardware Reporter.
A man with a mania for answering
advertisements has had some interest
ing experiences He learned that by
sending 81 To a Yankee he could get a
cure for drunkenness. And he did. 1t
was to take the pledge and keep it,"
Then he sent 80 cents to find out how
to raise turnips successfully. He found
out: Just take hold OF the tops and
lift"
BEING young, he wished to marry.
and sent thirty-four l-cent stamps TO
a Chicago firm for information as to
how to make an impression. When the
answer came it read: sit down in q
pan OF dough"
Next advertisement he answered
read: How 10 double your money in
six months" He was told to convert
his money into bills, fold them, and
thus double his money.
Next he sent for twelve ueful house
hold articles and got "A package Of
needles.
He was slow TO learn. so he sent 81
to find out how to get rich work
hard and never spend a cent That
stopped him.
But his brother wrote 10 ind out
how 70 write without pen and ink. He
was told 20 use a lead pencil.
He paid 81 To learn how 10 live with
out work. and was told on a postal
card ''T'ish for easy marks, as we do"
The Washington herald., 1907-03-17
CANADA'S new SUNDAY LAW
Discrimination Against Newspapers
One of the Strict Provisions.
Blue Laws of an Antiquated Descrip-
tion Have Gone Into Effect in
the Dominion.
rom the Minneapolis Tribuns.

From the Minneapolis Tribune.
II it is a hardship TO have the saloons
closed on Sunday in the United States
what is TO be said of the penalizing of ev-
cry kind of secular, commercial, and in
dustrial activity on sunday except the
running of drug stores. livery stables.
and lighthouses?
That will be the practical effect of the
new Sunday law of the Dominion of Can
ada which went into effect March l. If
Il shall be enforced literally. Probably
it will not be So enforced. The law is
full Of loophoies and contingent eXcep-
tons.
While it Is intended to discourage Sun
day passenger trains, work in connection
with the transit Of passengers and mails
and the operation of ferry lines ana draw
bridges is classified with the supplying
Of gas, water, and electricity, the main
tenance Of fires in power plants. the car
ing of perishable products, and the max
ing Of maple sugar as works Of neees-
sity and mercy"
The Dominion railroad COMMISSION may
on application authorize Sunday work In
connection with freight traffic and crews
may handle cars in yards before 6 a. m
Aand after D. m. But all excursions and
entertainments which charge an admis-
sion fee outside of churches are forbid
den The operation of street car compan-
les is left to be governed by provincial
or municipal legislation.
The discrimination against Sunday
newspapers Is so severe that one Is in
clined TO suspect this to be main pur-
pose of the law. We believe there are
few Sunday newspapers In Canada. most
of those read there being imported from
the United States. This importation is
prohibited as well as the sale and distri-
button of domestic Sunday papers. and
no work can be done on the Monday
morning issue before p. m
Ali sorts of severe penalties for viola
ton OF the law are prescribed against
persons who direct Sunday work to be
done as employers. as well as against
those who do it. But the curious provi-
sion is made that no prosecution shall be
begun under the act without the consent
of the provincial attorney general This
gives that functionary power to enforce
the act in fuH, in part, or not at ALL as
he may think conditions require from
time to time.
The Washington herald., 1907-03-17

up the bride reins In bis LETT hand, and seizing
the p0mmel Of his saddle with the same hand. he
caught up the slack 0f the Feins IN bis right hand
and placing it on the sntie. be put his foot N
the stir-up, and swung himself slowly ana weagily,
bat, neverfhsless firmly into the saddle 1.-THE old
dragO0n mount letting his right hand rest for
an instant or two on the pou1mel as be settled into
his seat and as he did so there broke ungnardeaiy
from his lips a long. low, deep sigh, almost a
grUsn in its intensity while the flush on his neck
aud face seemed. il possible, 10 take on a still
deeper hue
Since his fighting days have been over
Gen. Forsyth has travelled good deal
and seen much. He was appointed a men-
ber of the board of army officers to In
speet the armies of Europe and Asia, the
board Of which Gen. Upton was chair
man. It was Gen. UptOn's report. as re-
suit of his tour. that indirectly was re-
sponsible for the establishment OF the
United States War College.
Most of the MOTEL soldiers, of the world
Gen. Forsyth knows. He met Kitchener
in England Lord Roberts in India, Won
Moltke in Germany. lie met the present
King Of England when he was Prince
of Wales in India, a land the military
government Of which Gen. Forsyth speaks
in admiration.
Now. Gen. Forsyth keeps himself busy
with literary work He has written some
OF his experiences in magazine articles,
and is the author of several books on
military subjects. His Thrilling Days
in Army Life and THE Story Of the
Soldier" both have had large sales.
OF his own deeds as a soldier he speaks
with depreciation. 1T was opportunity.
that was all, q" he says, the work needed
TO be done. and ! happened to be there.
Another man would have done it just as
well"
But there are other soldiers in Wash
ington who were with him in the field
who can tell how Gen. Forsyth male
his opportunities. and had the skill aid
courage to make the most Of them.
The Washington herald., 1907-03-17
THE GRAVEYARD COCKTAIL.

From the Philadelphia Record.
Some curious things that men call
for in saloons were observed yesterday
by a man who stood at the end Of the
bar and took In everything that hap
pened. The usual whiskies and beers
were frequent but he also noticed that
a number Of men asked for egg in milk
and esq In sherry. You sell lot Of
eggs here" he observed To the bar
tender You bet we do answered the
man behind. "Hundreds OF men take
egg drinks only There are several
men who come in here that order an
egg in beer How they can get away
with that awful mess I cannot under
stand, but they drink It down as
though they liked IT, One man that
comes here every day has them ali
skinned. lie always takes the most
outIandish mixture of stout and milk
Hes the limit for a crazy driuker and
heads my list of curious booze artists
We call his drink the graveyard cock
tail
The Washington herald., 1907-03-17
MRS. EDDY's ONLY SON.
George GGover's Career Ia the Black
Hills Country.

From the Kansas City Times
In manner. conversation, and appear
anee. George Glover. Mrs Eddy's son. is
a typical old-time prospector He was
born on the farm of his grandfather in
New Hampshire While an infant his
mother became so poor that she could not
care for him. and he was given over TO
a family that offered 10 rear him. In the
struggle against poverty the mother sur
rendered the child. which had its physical
needs answered and that is all. He was
not even taught to read and write, and at
fourteen left his foster home to win his
way in the world. He enlisted for the
war in the celebrated Eagle" regiment Of
Wisconsin volunteers
When the war was over Glover became
n deputy United States marshal in Da-
kota. and when the Black Hills country
was opened up to the whites he was
among the pioneers who entered this sec
ton In 1880 Glover perfected what he
called his mineral attraction" which is
really nothing more than the ancient d.
vining rod It Is a plain forked stick, as
serted by Glover to be a triumph OF sci
10 tell by placing it on the surface OF
the ground. what sort Of ore, if any, lay
underneath. lie has one kind of stick fof
gold, another for silver, and others for
copper and other minerals
Glover never made much money with
his invention. He lived for many years
in a Nevada gulch with his family, and
devoted his time TO walking about with
his sticks. now and then doing some de-
veiopment on his own accord. He 10
Gated claims for his neighbOrs and friends
but either because they were of little
faith or had not the capital, those favor
ed by mis- diyinations have never owned
a good mine that owed its existence TO
his labors with the forked sticks
Glover put a paddock on his humble
home several winters ago. and taking his
family with him went to Concord to
visit his wealthy mother. He remained
all winter with her and was most kindly
treated. He returned In the early spring.
when the air was filed with the odor Of
the pines, and as he took deep breaths of
IL. he said that it was good to get back,
away from the rush OF civilization. with
which he had no sympathy, back to his
dirt floor away from thick carpets that
felt So unnatural to his feet
Glover went back an ardent convert 10
his mothers faith. When the board Of
education of Lead ordered that all the
school children be vaccinated he rebelled.
Young Glover was expelled from school,
and his father took the matter TO the
courts. 1t was decided against him. He
appealed TO the Supreme Court. and was
again defeated. Then he wrote 10 his
mother for advice. She told him To sub
nit 10 authority and trust in God that no
harm should come Of il.
The Washington herald., 1907-03-17
Brig. Gen. C. A. Forsyth
"A First-class Fighting Man"

one Of the most effective and picturesque
episodes 1in war that was full of fine
incidents and stirring adventures. Along
the road they found the stragglers and
turned them back; the very presence Of
the general seemed to put life into the
men who had. only q moment before. been
stricken with fear and so. in the after
noon, the disorganzed Army OF the
Shenandoah was organized once more.
The enemy formed his battalions; Sheri-
dams army reformed. Mai. Forsyth had
been engaged in finding out what had
happened. and this he reported to Sheri-
dan. Says Cen Forsyth:
can see him brfore me now looking inteafly
in my eyes, his left hand resting elinched saw
agely On top Of the hlt Of his saber his right ner
vously struking his chin. his eyes with that
strange CLEAN in them. and his atteuuated fea-
turcs set as if cast in bronze He stood mute and
absolutely still fer more than ten seconds; then
throwing up bis head he said:
eco TO the right and find the other two divisions
Of the Sixth Cors and also Gen. Emery{s com
mand Bring them up. and order them 10 take
position on the right Of Getty. lose no time. "
And as / turned to mount, he called out: stay!
The Washington herald., 1907-03-17

the fact that my skull had been frac-
tured, and ne removed n loose piece Of
It.
Thas was three times hit in one fight.
and the fight hardly begun, These In
dians, Cheyennes, fought like demons. and
led by Chief Roman Nose they made
charge which was one Of the bravest ever
made by their race against white SOL
diers.
The men, only half sheltered by their
shallow rifle pits. had been firing when
ever they saw a head. hnt when Gen
Forsyth saw ,hat the Indians were get
ting reauy 10 charge. he ordered the men
to reserve their fire. They were armed
with Spencers. six shots in the magazine
and one in the barrel. Here the general
tells about that charge;
Each scout had turned in his rife Pit toward the
direction from which the charge coming. Crouch
ing low and leaning forward With their knees well
under them. their rAes Rraspcd with grip Of steel
IN their brown sincwy hands. their chests heaving
with excitement their teeth set hard their nostrils
a-quyer their bronzed oU0ntenanees fairly aiiame,
and their cycs flashing FIRE they grimy lay waiting
the word Of command, as brave and gallant little
company OF mon as ever yet upheld the reputation
Of Angio-Saxon courage
No sooner were the changing warriors fairly under
way than a uithcring Ere suddenly poured ia
upon as By those OF the Indians who lay in ambush
around US intc1tly watching our every movement. IN
the vain hope thst they might Sufficiently COW
to protect their charging column against rifles.
! had expected this action, but | well knew that
once Their horsemen came within certain radius
their FIRE must cease. For eight or ten seconds 1t
seemed to rain bullets and then came sudden 1ll.
Sitting upright IN my Tit well | was able and
leaning backward on my elbows, I shouted: Now
and Now was echoed by Beecher. McCan. and
Grover. Instantly the scouts were on their knees.
with their rifes at their shoulders. A quick fash
The Washington herald., 1907-03-17
A BeIIadonnn Farm.

From Country llie IN America
a manufacturing firm has a fifteen
acre belladonna garden in operation
near New Brunswick The farm is sue
cessful 50 far as the production OF a
pure drug is concerned, but it Is not
vet profitable enough financially to
make many farmers abandon their gar
den truck and take to cultivating the
deadly nightshade
The Washington herald., 1907-03-17
Next sunday-.IOndOn,g Continued
Allowance of Chinese Students.


From the Chinese Times
Owing to the frequent complaints
sent to Pekin by the Chinese ministers
in the various capitals OF Europe and
America concerning the irregularity Of
fees granted to government-suppo
Chinese students abroad. and on the
recommendation Of Sir Chentung
Liaag-Cheng. X. c. NJ G.. the Chinese
Minister to the United States. for a
uniform allowance to these students.
the Chinese government has, after due
Investigation into the matter. drawn
up rules fixing their fees, including
medical expenses and all: Students I'm
England f192 in year; in the United
States, $3.50 gold in a year. Students
in the preparatory schools viii only
receive four-ffths Of the above grants
The Washington herald., 1907-03-17
The Better Half.

EILIl EIilI.II'
Strong minded Old Lady Co the new
wears wife)-Oh, yes. mum. I've 'ad my
ups and downs. but l never 'ad what you
may call a serious trouble. I've only
lost two husbands.
The Washington herald., 1907-03-17

The grest acts Of war require to be undertaken
by noble men.
-victoy Hugo: ~Nineiy-three
At 1903 Rhode Island avenue iives Gen.
George Alexander Forsyth, who was
retired from the United States army with
the rank of brigadier general on Aprn
%, 1904, cn account of disabilities re-
eeived during service which extended
over forty-three years. He viii be seven
ty years old IN November Of this year. for
he was born in Muncy, Pa, in 1891, but he
is young at heart, stiH active vigorous,
and alert, and If there was a row to-
morrow would probably be bitterly dis
appointed If he were not invited to take
part in it. It is true that he has a bullet
or two which he carries about. He has
been shot through the thigh; had his
left leg shattered by a bail; his right
leg busted" BY a fragment of a she'll
and his skull fractured by an Indians
ball, but he still is in the ring and as
he says: "Oh, it's all in TIE days work.
I'd ike to go all through it again. and
no one who knows him doubts that he
would. Indeed, when one talks to any
other Of the retired generals about Wash
ington It Is almost invariable that one
win hear: 'Oh, you ought TO go and see
Forsyth; he's the man who has done
things" and certainly there are few men
who can point 10 such a record of strenu-
Gus fighting as he. The general does not
like 10 talk about it much-aIl men who
really do things are modest-but one can
see that he is the type of man who has
always loved TO be in the thick of It,
man with feeling akin to Kipling's
'Sestina Of the Tramp Royal" who said;
so write, whene'er I die: E liked it
ali"'