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The Washington times., 1907-01-16
New President of Railway
Says Improvements Are
to Be Made.
$500, 900, 900 for Betterment
of Tracks and Rolling
Stock.
Says FerdictS Are High and
Pleads for Public
Patience.

w. W. Finley. recently elected pFssi-
dent OF the Southern Railway Company.
has taken the public into his eonndenes
as 10 the future policy OF the trans
portatiOn system under his control Ia
his address, President Finley admits
that the Southern Is inadequAtsIy
equipped to cater 10 the transportation
interests OF the territory traversed BY
the road. This condition he attributes
70 the extraordinary industrial deYel-
opment of the South and 10 the fact
that betterments long ago planned. IN
the way Of doubling trackage extending
the lines and increasing the equip
ment. have been delayed on account OF
inability 10 secure labor and the impos-
sibility Of getting rolling stock
szOo,ooo,Ooo Bond Issue.
In order 10 meet the sudden and phs-
nomenal demand upon the road. which
is far beyond its capacity TO meet. the
management last spring authorized the
creation Of a bonded Indebtedness or
500. co.. 90. Of which amount S20.0Oo. 900
worth OF the securities already have
been sold and the proceeds are being
expended in betterment as rapidly -
labor and material can be obtained
tracking Of the main line between Po-
mona and Spencer, y. C. contracted for
in 1906, is from 1Ve 10 ten months de-
layed. Double tracking between Knox
Vile and MorristOHn is ten months late
Between PeytOn and Anstel. Ga, -
fourteen months behind.
Mr. Finley sets forth the great adj
vance In material entering into railroad
construction and equipment He re-
cites that since 1855 bridge timber has
advanced from s. s. TO s20.52 per thou
sand feet. cross ties from . cents TO
as cents each, steel rails from fi76 to
IS per ton.
In the matter OF equipment. locono-
tiyes have increased from 81 sS2 10 from
Sf6 COO 70 so, 600 Passenger coaches from
s. .Sl5 10 s. 46s. Freight cars from sS00.4s
TO s765. Coal cars from tses 10 l,lSS.
Labor Cost Increases.
In 1885 the cost OF labor per mile OF
road was sl.62l.67. and in 1906 IT had ad-
vanced to t2.s74n. Taxes have increased
PEI mile OF road g. Al per cent since 1880
Mr.. Finley sets forth:
ITO this large increase Of expense
must be added the excessive verdicts OF
1uries in personal injury cases.
IN addition 70 this there Is a marked
tendency on the part Of many Of the
States 70 regard any failure OF serVica
as Willful, and to impose upon the car
rier q heavy penalty therefor"
In concluding his address, President
Finley asks for the candid judgment OF
the public, and pleads that the imposi-
ton OF more burdens upon the railroads
cannot other than result IN a deteriora-
ton OF the service and a suspension %
the plans now maturing and already un-
der way for the betterment Of railraod
transportation
The Washington times., 1907-01-16

The Arkansas supreme court is a
humane body. II decides that the Beef
trust needn't come 10 that State to give
testimony. but can give II any old place.
The Washington times., 1907-01-16
SUBSIDY FIGHT
GROWING BITTER
Opponents Of Legislation De-
termined to Defeat
Plan.

A bitter fight over the ship subsidy
question Is certain IN the House. The
circumstances OF the favorable report
OF the House Committee on Merchant
Marine and Fisheries for the LittaueT
substitute have aroused the opponents
OF subsidy Legislation to a high pitch,
and they are determined 10 prevent
granting OF subsidies in any form II pos
sible
Representative Burton OF Ohio viii
lead the fight on the Republican side
against subsidy legislation. John Sharp
Williams will direct the Democratic
Campaign.
Following the morning meeting OF the
Committee on Merchant Marine and
Fisheries yesterday. a second meeting
was held after the House adjourned
yesterday afternoon. At the second
meeting. as predicted. Il was voted TO
report out the Littauer substitute. Those
that voted 10 report the substitute we're
Grosvenor Of Ohio. Minor Of Wisconsin.
Fordney OF Michigan. Wachter OF Mary
land. Littleheld Of Maine Humphrey Of
Washington. Littauer Of New York. and
Watson OF Indiana. all Republicans.
The Washington times., 1907-01-16

Mr.. Hill says the American railroads
need five billions in money to make i'm
provements, which seems to justify the
opinion that there's an unprecedented
melon crop just ahead.
The Washington times., 1907-01-16
HIGH DEGREES

HIGH DEGREES.
who is that distinguished looking
man in the autOmobile2"
HE is a Mason
Land sakes, don't he put on style
for a bricklayer."
Not so fast. he is also an Odd Eel
The Washington times., 1907-01-16

Little Miss Muffett
Sat on a tuffet.
While on peptintzed mush she was
speedily fed.
Along came a spider
And sat down besider,
Heres phOlcus phalangiOides, )" she
said
The Washington times., 1907-01-16

For public Fairgrounds. SO. OO0-an in
vestment which will yield dividends to
twenty generations.
The Washington times., 1907-01-16

islatuTe have Joined in the chase after
E. II. Hartman, and they promise to
make the Interstate Commerce inquiry
look ike a mere slap on the wrist.
The Washington times., 1907-01-16

1t is reported that a trust in Gene
terry lots has cornered the supply OF
them in Tioga county. New York the
home of Senator Plat. thereby adding
70 the terrors of death.
The Washington times., 1907-01-16

II bur slums are not cleaned it will
not be for lack OF funds
The Washington times., 1907-01-16

The Board OF Trade seems to be
Bored OF Trade.
The Washington times., 1907-01-16
Proposed Subsidies.

The subsidies provided for are seven,
as follows: "A line from an Atlantic
coast port OF Rio Janeiro. Brazil. $500 600
monthly. 500. 600 fortnightly.
From Atlantic coast port TO Argen-
tina. 500. 900 monthly. $500 900 fortnightly.
From a port on the Gulf OF Mexico
to Colon. $4,000 fortnightly. sl5o, 900
weekly
Prom a port on the west coast Of the
United States 20 Panama. Peru. and
Chile. $4,000 monthly. $780, 900 fort
nightly.
From a port on the Pacific coast
north OF Cape Mendocino TO japan.
China, and the Philippines. $3.50 900
monthly, $4,000 fortnightly.
From a port on the Pacific coast
south OF Cape Mendocino to Hawaii
Japan, China, Philippines, $300. 900
monthly. $4,000 fortnightly.
For an additional line under contract
from san Francisco TO Hawaii, Samoa.
three weeks"
The Washington times., 1907-01-16
Maneuvers by Sage Estate.

President Purdy said yesterday that
within the last few weeks 100000 Of
me sage estate had been converted
from securities which might be taxed
as personally into mortgages and other
investments which cannot be held IN
der the personal tax law. This slices
on a cool 100000 from the assess
Inent at the outset. That the represen-
tatives OF Mrs. Sage viii show that
much more OF The estate has been con-
yerted into non-taXable assets is con-
hdently believed
The annual procession Of taxdodgers
anxious 10 swear on has not vet begun
al the tax office. Notices have been
sent out 10 all persons who have been
assessed on the personal roll and TO
all real estate owners notifying them
that they will have until March 81 10
Tectify or swear OF their assessments.
The Washington times., 1907-01-16
Those Opposed.

Opposed 70 the substitute were three
Republicans. Birdsall OF Iowa, Wilson Of
Illinois. and Hinshaw OF Nebraska; and
four Democrats. Goulden Of New York.
Maynard OF Virginia. Sherley OF Ken
lucky. and Patterson OF North Carolina.
The Littauer substitute provides sub
sides for steamship lines carrying mails
and freights TO the amount Of $4,000. 600
a year. and limits the subsidies 10 s..
$50. 600, the amount earned above expen-
ses by the foreign mail service. Friends
OF the bill say the legislation proposed
means thirty-one more vessels added TO
the American Merchant Marine. Its Of
ponents deny this and say It viii merely
wipe out competition between lines.
The Washington times., 1907-01-16

study the papers death announcements
as well as other news items. which Will
give clue 10 the personal estate OF
New Workers.
Some time ago one OF the deputies in
bis office called Mr. Purdy's attention 10
The singular fact that the Whitney es-
tate had never appeared on the personal
tax rolls. President Purdy at once dis
patched deputy 10 Nassau county 20
obtain all the data concerning the will
and the probable value OF the personal
estate left by Mr. Whitney.
President Purdy expects 10 have a
hehl on his hands over the big Valua-
lion placed on the personal estate left
by Russell Sage II Is no secret that
President Purdy does not expect to be
able 10 hold the estate for more than
half or the $1,000 900 at which the estate
Is assessed. Indeed. he thinks the city
VIII De lucky 10 get the estate on the
TAX books for S25.000O00 Even at that
ngure II VIII Tar exceed any other per
tax books
Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1907-05-24
Let Us Make Haste Slowly.


Had New York and New Orleans,
Richmond and Philadelphia, Chicago
and Memphis been connected by
great trunk lines fifty years ago the
Chamber OF Commerce of those cities
would have averted q catastrophe
which baffled the wisdom, the elo-
quence and the patriotism of sages
and statesmen-theC Civil war.
I regret that there are some signs,
social, economic and political, ap-
pearing upon our national horizon to-
day that might indicate that the
only thing on earth that will ever
approach the suddenness of our rise
may be the swiftness of our downfall.
Permit me to suggest that the
tremendous haste of our national de-
velopment has left some weak spots
and some rough places in the struc-
tural concern we have builded.
Progress should be marked by sense,
and freedom should be restrained by
responsibility.
A great many of our citizens just
now seem to be possessed by fever
ish desire to live on the installment
plan, so to speak. They want to be-
come Immediately possessed of every
thing they desire in the fullness
thereof and to pay for it at any old
time in the future.
Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1907-05-24
WHOLE NUMBER 2,450.
Is Disease a Crime Z?

Not very long ago, a popular magazine
published an editorial article in which
the writer asserted, in substance, that all
disease should be regarded as criminal.
and suffering s)f mankind is due to tho
violation Of certain of Natures laws.
But to say that all sickness should DO
regarded as criminal, must appeal to
every reasonable individual IS radically
wrong.
weak, over-wOrked housewife who sinks
under the heavy load Of household cares
and burdens, and suffers from weak
nesses, various displacements Of pelvic
organs ana other derangemcnts peculiar
to her sex.
Frequent bearing Of children. with its ex.
acting demands upon the system. coupled
With the care. Worry and labor Of rearing.
large family. is often the cause Of weak
aggravated By the many household cares.
and the hard. and never-ending work which
he % mothcs . !: called upon to perform DE-
edy for Moman's peculiar weaknesses and
ills-Dr: PieIce's Favorite Prescription-says
Of this cas: Of IS the fact tSet thc
Door. over-worked housewife can not get the
needed rest from her many household cares
o. Ss IT, ns
= matter of frequent experience. he says
In his extensive practice In these cases. to
meet with those In which his treatment fails
BY reason OF the patients inability to abstain
from hard work long enough to be cured
With those suffering from prolapsus ante-
version and retroversion of the uterus or
other displscement Of the womanly organA
ing his .Fsvorite Prescription" they abstain
fFom being very much. or Tor long periods. on
their feek All heavy lifting or straining Of
Any kind should also be avoided As much
outdoor cir ~ possible. with moderats. light
exercise u also very important Let the
patient observe these rules and the Favor
tie Prescription will do the rest.
DR.. Pierce's Medical Adviser IL sent free
ON receipt Of stamps to pay expense of
mailing only: Send to DR.. r. v. Pierce,
Buffalo, n. Y, q one-cent stamps for pa
per-covered, or 81 stamps for cloth-bound.
II sick consult the Doctor, free of charge
BY lctter. All such communications are
held sacrad1y confidential. --...
DR.. Pierce's Pleasant Pellets invigoratA
and regulate stomach. liver and howelA
Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1907-05-24

Recent tests of the hardwoods of
Western Australia have revealed the
extraordinary properties of yate, be-
lieved to be the strongest of all
known woods. Its average tensile
strength is $4,000 pounds to the
square inch, equaling that of cast
iron. Many specimens are much
stronger, and one was tested up to
lit tons to the square inch, which is
equal to the tensile strength Of
wrought iron. The sawed timber of
yate is probably the strongest in the
world. The tree grows to q maxi
mum height of 100 feet, and has
sometimes a diameter of 2k or even
3 feet.
Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1907-05-24
VOLUME XLVII.-NUMBER %.
PAPER DOLLS.

Once | was Queen Of beautiful court,
Long, long years ago,
And faireT retinue never was brought
Together in royal show.
Lovelier dresses never were seen,
Faces more full of glee,
While every act was one of tact
And thoughtful courtesy.
Carefully chose l my gentleman brave,
As carefully chose each dame,
Sought them here and beyond the wave
On ev'rv age made claim,
Galabad gravely with Washington talked
While Rob Roy in highland kilt,
With roguish glance would gayly dance
With Mrs. Van Astorbilt.
Romeo laughed at Topsy's joke
And the king just had to smile,
While ev'ry one giggled when Lincoln
spoke
To the Queen of the Cannibal Isle,
There were men and women, little and
big,
And all 80 rich and free,
That never thought had they for aught,
There was no one to cry-but me.
Tenderly, tearfully, said goodbye"
And left them, long years ago,
Another Queen would my court espy
And reign in its merry glow,
But alas the palace stands still and sad,
My courtiers are all awry,
But 10 they start, and touch my heart,
And there's no one but me-to cry.
-Lue +. Ternon.
Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1907-05-24

Asparagus stimulates the kidneys.
Celery is nerve tonic; so are on
ions.
Watercress is an excellent blood
purifier. .....
Tomatoes are good for a torpid
liver, but should be avoided by gouty
people. ss..-~--
Beets are fattening, and good for
people who want to put on flesh; so
are potatoes.
Spinach has great aperient quail
ties and is far better than medicine
for sufferers from constipation.
Lettuce has a soothing effect on
the nerves, and is excellent for suffer-
ers from insomnia. It also acts as a
sedative upon the human frame ow-
ing to the opium it contains.
Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1907-05-24

blossom in the wildwood were it not
for the enterprising, generous news
paper man. The able preacher, the
eloquent orator, the talented lawyer,
the generous public benefactor in the
country town, would fall fiat were it
not for the gratuitous aid of the
country editor. Good deeds are
praised and others seek to win SINH
lar praise. Talent is extolled and
others strive to equal or excel. The
country newspaper, without solicita-
tion or pay, leads men to better
deeds by praising the good deeds of
other men. Verify the power of the
press is great, and verify the pay
and appreciation of the country edi-
tor is small.
Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1907-05-24
K oussho]d %ids.

For a burn or scald, use a little
wet baking soda.
To cure hiccoughs, take few
drops of vinegar.
To help keep preserves, wrap each
glass jar in newspapers.
To make starch clothes iron easy,
add pinch of salt to your starch.
To whiten clothes, put one table,
spoonful of turpentine in each boiler
of water.
To prevent lamp smoking, soak
the wick in vinegar and dry it well
before using.
For a sore throat, dissolve a table
spoonful of salt in a half cup of vine
gar and use as gargle.
To cleanse mating, wipe off with
cloth wrung from salt water. This
prevents from turning yellow.
To test nutmegs, prick them with
pin and if good the oil will instant
ly spread around the puncture.
To give a nice gloss, add one half
teaspoonful of epson salts to starch
and the clothes will also iron easier.
To prevent unused stoves from
rusting, apply thin coating of three
parts of lard and one part rosin
melted together.
To remove fresh paint from the
floor. cover with vinegar and wipe
up with cloth, repeat if necessary,
using a clean cloth.
To remove grease from broth for
the sick, pass q clean white wrap
ping paper over quickly, using several
pieces until all is removed,
To cure felons, take slippery elm
bark, pound up and soak in cold
water, dip cloth in the water and
apply to felon. Apply fresh cloths
every half hour. Cook a piece of
bread crust, cool and use as a poul-
tice. This is excellent.
Stove polish when mixed with tur-
pentine and applied in the usual
manner is blacker, more glossy and
durable than when mixed with any
other liquid. The turpentine pre-
vents rust, and when put on an old
rusty stove will make it look as well
as new.
To brighten gilt frames, take sufi-
cient flour of sulphur to give golden
tinge, to about one and one half pints
of water, and in this boil four or five
bruised onions, or garlic, which will
answer the same purpose. Strain of
the liquid and with it when cold wash
with q soft brush, any gliding which
reqires restoring, and when dry it
will come out as bright as new work.
Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1907-05-24
The Twentieth Century Bride.

fnlIaOeIpnle hecOfO.
We live in a new matrimonial
age, said an uptown clergyman, with
record for marriages in his section,
instead of the blushing, fearful,
clinging damscl we now have the
calm and composed bride. The pres
ent-day maid smiles and greets her
friends in the church. She is care
full of the hang of her gown and the
set of her face. and is generally par
ticular about appearances, while the
groom is by far the more flurried and
nervous of the two. This twentieth
century aplomb was unknown to the
pretty innocent of q century ago. At
the reception she stands with her
husband at the head of the stairs, all
the new conjugal airs and graces
iuttering around her already. Diff
fering from the early bride, whose
girlishness was even more evident
after than before the nuptials, oho
drops the ways Of the maiden with
the maiden's gowns. and is a full
fiedged woman of society. The attire
of the up-tO-date bridegroom always
struck me as peculiar, being so sug-
gestive of the melancholy. and in
fact far more appropriate for fu-
nerel. Although it does sound rath-
er radical, / would favor a compro-
mise on the old garb, Of bright colors
and fancy bows, which helped to
make such bright weddings in the
long ago."
Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1907-05-24
A Great Bird.

The American hen is the greatest
bird in the world. All the gold and
silver mined in year, added to the
value of sheep and wool, doesn't equal
the money worth of poultry products
Biddie produces in 365 days time.
That sounds big, but it's q big fact
and can't be expressed in small
figures. Ifit's hard to believe, take
the same truth in another way.
Think of railway train 5000 miles
long, composd of 1O7, ,8l8 cars. Welll
If all the eggs produced on Uncle
Sans farm in one year were packed
in crates containing 260 eggs each, it
would take just such a train to trans
port them all between any two
points.
Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1907-05-24
To Keep Cool o. q Summer Day.

nG8V SVVo " y S0m166 D O8ys
AS the warm season approaches
what woman is there who does not
desire to keep fresh and cool? Hence
the following hints to attain this
result:
On rising in the morning drink a
cup of warm lemonade in which has
been dissolved one-fourth teaspoon
full of salt, instead of sugar. At meal
time eat vegetables and fruits, but
very sparingly of meat. At a con-
venient time in the forenoon take q
hot bath. Add a cup of salt and a
tablespoonful of soda to the bath wa
ter.
One hour previous to the midday
meal drink a cup of buttermilk, which
is very cooling and healthful.
We should drink freely of water,
but it, or other liquid, should not be
taken during the meal.
Very cold water should not be used
in any form, as it retards digestion
and is injurious in other ways.
When at work in the sun put a
bunch of leaves in your hat or bonnet
and your head will keep cool.
Let the food of the evening meal
be cold, and just before retiring sip
2 glass of hot milk.
If these directions be followed ones
comfort will be greatly enhanced
during the hot summer days.
To keep o sickrOom cool and fresh
on sultry day, dash cold water over
the floors frequently.
Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1907-05-24
In Childhood's Happy Hour.

Mrs. Nathaniel F. Moore thinks
America ought to have an annual
feast of dolls like that of Japan. One
of the most delightful merrymakings
in that land of many festivals, she
says, is that devoted to the happi-
ness of little girls.
The feast lasts three days, and from
beginning to end it is the exclusive
property Of the wee maids. In those
three days every little girl does pre-
cisely as she pleases, which is not
perilous, because Japanese little girls
never, never wish to do anything
save that which their always revered
parents inform them is right.
The doll is the presiding genius of
the occasion. Boy dolls and girl
dolls are the heroes and heroines of
the Mikado's whole nation. The
children have the time of their lives,
visiting the top shops and choosing
what they want, with due regard,
doubtless, for the purses of their
parents. Games galore, presents,
feasts of many varieties, matinees
and that decorous dancing in which
the Jap indulges are provided, for
the extreme youth Of the land.
Poor children as we'll as rich en-
joy the festival, for the Government
dives into the privy purse for their
benefit, or, at any rate, the Mikado
himself draws on his private treasury
for that purpose, and the country's
many philanthropists second his at
tempts to make the little ones forget
their poverty through three glorious
dayS.
Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1907-05-24
Simple Blacksmith.

When q blacksmith was asked how
much he would charge for shoeing a
horse he demanded only a cent for
the first nail, two cents for the second
nail, four cents for third nail, and
so ON through the thirty-two nails in
the horses four shoes. The owner
of the horse at once accepted the
terms of the contract, but found it
impossible to pay the bill, for the
amount reached the sum of 2, ,984, ,257,- :
29S cents by the time the job was
completed. CO.,. -,
Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1907-05-24


An old gentleman who enjoys wor-
rying over the future of the race has
just found some new and valuable
material.
He has discovered that the mater
nal instinct is threatened with ex-
tinction by the introduction Of the
Teddy bear as plaything for little
girls. 1t is going to do more toward
making mothers scarce, he AYERS,
than did ever woman's entrance into
the industrial field. This alarming
sign of the times was brought to his
attention the other day while sitting
in the park watching some little
girls at play. He observed that they
were hugging Teddy bears. Not a
doll was to be seen.
DO you like bears better than
dolls?" he asked q bright little maid
of eight or nine.
"Oh, yes, sir" she answered
promptly.
"And Why
"Oh, cause dolls were too much
trouble. They were always telling
me I must make a new dress for dolly,
or wash her face, or put her to bed
at night. or something else, But
Teddy's no trouble at all. I just hug
him and love him when / like and
then throw him in a corner. His
arms and legs never break, and l
don't have to make dresses for him.
So, of course, like my bear best"
After which the old gentleman
looked very worried.