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The Washington herald., 1907-09-15
Brother Dieley on "satsn,"

Hits nightly surprisin' ter ne" said
Brother Dickey. "how some people blames
ell ey troubles on Satan. Des lem git
In any sort er trouble. an dey says
Satan done it. Dey des saddles dey sins
on Satan lax dey'd put mortgage on a
ole mule. And Satan don't say Iuthin'
ne dss lay low, an keep on wild de rail-
splttin'-dat what he do. Dey better
min how dey 'buse OF Satan, kaze he De
one what liable ter git de las lick at 'um,
an Wen he do git It, Lawd help UNI, He
sho' will git even wild 'Um fer all de
things what dey been sayin' bout him.
So watch out how you gwine on. YOI
hear me- don't you2'
The Washington herald., 1907-09-15
"GeniaI aEd AmfnbIe. -

The ball was over.
We'll, now that you've bankrupted me.
I hope you're satisfied" remarked the
genial host.
"Growl away. YOU stingy curmudgeon," d"
responded the amiable hostess.
The Washington herald., 1907-09-15
A LITTLE NONSENSE.
oUR sEPrEmnEn POEM.

The goldenrod ls yellow. Il always IS.
think,
It ought 70 be more versatile and run to
blue or pink
The trees within the orchards with apples
now are red
Excepting where the peaches bear or
piums or prunes Instead
The gentian'5 azure beauty makes bright
the autumn scenes:
The gentian always blooms in fail IN all
the magazines
The aster, too, gets busy. assumes its
autumn dress.
And gets a hand throughout the land
from poets OF the press.
The caterpillars ripen, and one By one
they fan
On May OF Sue OF Geraldine and make
those damsels squal
For this IS sweet September, that gay
and golden time
When every bard grinds out a yard of
russet rune and rhyme.
The Washington herald., 1907-09-15

North Carolina negro says he saw a
neighbor's corn stolen by a pig. thar
subsequently escaped by means Of q
The Washington herald., 1907-09-15
TeTnnOrfKinr.

Henry, can / have a new fan hat?"
WYATT a bit and let's see II We are
going 10 have a fail"
The Washington herald., 1907-09-15
Queer Capers.

De ferryman drown al de ferry
Storms er sOrrer fang
De heather eat De missionary
Boots an all,
De fisherman ter sleep wuz fallin'-
tFishin' chance wuZ SLIM
De alligator come a-CraWlIJ
An swaller him,
Disyer life is hard ter beat, sub
Dunno what ter do,
Wen YOU think de whales yo' meat. sub
Whale got you.
The Washington herald., 1907-09-15

Ex-Gov. Taylor of Kentucky. appears
TO entertain Landslide doubts concerning
the protective qualities Of an immunity
bath
The Washington herald., 1907-09-15
To Live in a Castle.

In the future, Chicago will see little Of
Mrs. Potter Palmer. Because of the fact
that her husband made his millions in
that city, Mrs. Palmer has held It her
duty to pass at least a few months of
the year within its borders, with a view
to spending a part Of her income on the
tradesmen there, and with view, too. to
giving society the benefit Of association
with herself. Now Mrs. Palmer contem-
plates cutting these months down 70
weeks. 1t is reported that she is about
TO close a contract for the purchase Of
Penryhn castle, neac Bangor. and here
after will put IN about ten months Of the
year in the United Kingdom. The castle
Is the ancient seat of the PeuTyhns and
is one OF the finest in Edwards realm.
It's suites Of drawing-rooms, reception
rooms, libraries, and other apartments
are described as ''nObly imposing" There
are only seventy bedrooms in the castle.
She will also have 1000 acres Of ground
over which to shoot, IL she cares to enter
the ranks Of the Dianas. Two thousand
of these acres are grouse moors. which
win enable her, If she so desires, to have
the satisfaction of shooting the grouse
to be served on her own table.
The Washington herald., 1907-09-15

One Of the experts in the Bureau Of
Engraving and Printing, Clarence K.
Young. has done what is perhaps the
smallest and most delicate BIT Of engrav-
ing in the world. There was a time
when the man who engraved the Lords
Prayer on the back OF a gold dollar was
considered wonder. But in 1904 this was
beaten by a Philadelphia expert who
succeeded IN engraving the entire alpha
bet on the head OF a pin. Mr. Young.
however, declared he would set a new
mark for his fellow-workmen by engrav-
ing two full alphabets, a name. and
date on the head OF a pin measuring
sixty-five -thousandths Of an inch in
diameter. He obtained a small pin with
a head less than one-siXteenth of an
inch across and started in, taking n half
day off for the purpose. When he put
his tools away that night he had en-
graved sixty-one letters on the surface
OF the pin head. To see the double alpha
bet and the date and name thereon en-
gTaved a powerful maEnifying glass must
be used. The letters stand separate, each
by Itself, and approximately the same
distance from its neighbOr. The lines are
clear and distinct. and the letters per-
fectly formed One alphabet and the date
occupy half Of the surface of the pin head
while another alphabet and the name
Young occupy the other half.
The Washington herald., 1907-09-15
oewHEN THE BROWNLEAvEs FALL

Trot out the autumn poems
For, don't YOU hear the call?
The same old rhymes will fit EN-:
when the
Brown
Leaves
E71ryfu
The Washington herald., 1907-09-15

John c. spiISer, a prominent business
man Of Piqua, Ohio, was at the New WiI-
lard last night, en- route home after a
trip 10 the jamestown Exposition.
Il believe there is 10 question but that
Ohio viii be solidly for Taft for Presi-
dent when the time comes" said Mr..
Spiker last night There has been much
excitement in the State as the result Of
the contest between the Taft and Foraker
forces, and in some quarters the matter
was overdone by the Taft people by their
attitude that It was anything 10 beat
Foraker which was not, Of course, sane
toned by the leaders Of the Taft move
ment
"Plqua is one Of the best little manu.
featuring towns in the country; is tha
home Of one of the largest range facto-
ries in the world. and is moving along IN
the even tenor Of its way without much
regard for the supposed financial dis
turbances. It produces large quantities
OF woolen and knit goods and the people
throughout that section. which is a good
agricultural community. are in as pros
porous condition as they have ever been =
The Washington herald., 1907-09-15

Quick, for the hosts are comm;
The poets. one and all.
Are singin' in the season
When the
Brown
Leaves
Fall"
The Washington herald., 1907-09-15

TsIsphOns Main $500. private Branch E1chanso)
Watson's weekly Jeffersonian., 1907-08-01
Summary Of Ebents as They Happen

elected and that their terms ought to
be not more than six years. 1 agree
with Mr.. Jefferson. The Constitu-
ton intended to make the judges
independent, but the instrument fails
in this. An appointed judge can't
help being biased in favor of the ap-
pointing power, especially if he has
all his life entertained the opinions
of the Executive.
"I believe the ideal system is that
now in force in the State of New
York, where the judiciary is elected
and the judges come up for election
from time to time"
Negro Blood Tainted.
Negroes in Louisiana want laws
against the intermingling of white
and negro blood. At state conven-
tion held at Shreveport, La, the Un-
tied Brotherhood Of Friends and the
Temple of the Sisters Of the Myste-
rious Ten, attended by five hundred
delegates representing membership
Of ten thousand, resolutions were
adopted denouncing negro women who
became intimate with white men.
A committee was named to present
a memorial to the next Legislature
asking for the enactment of a pro-
hibitory statute, the contention being
that the "African blood is rapidly
becoming tainted"
Church in Politics.
Growing tired Of the failure of the
city to keep the streets clean in his
parish, the Rev. Father Caesar Tom
asewaSki, pastor of st. Stanlaus
Polish Catholic Church, at Pittsburg,
Pa, says that he and his parishion-
ers will nominate men for council
who will do their duty to their con-
stituents. The priest has 10000
members in his congregation, repre-
senting l,5OO families, and he says
he will engage all Of them in political
work. He severely censures the
Health Bureau. He AYERS that de-
cayed vegetables and dead animals
are allowed to remain in the streets
to the detriment Of the public health.
Women in Meat Riots.
AS a protest against the rise in
meat prices, thousands Of Jewish wo-
men mobbed the kosher butcher shops
in the southern section of Philadel-
phia. The agitation over the increase
in meat prices had continued for the
past few weeks and reached a eli
max last Wednesday night when in
three halls mass meetings were held.
InfammatOry speakers addressed one
meeting after another and early next
morning groups of women armed
with pitchers and buckets of kero-
sene and acids took positions before
the shops of meat being sold. Two
butcher shops were wrecked and
twenty tons Of meat was spoiled with
kerosene.
Protest From Tariff League.
Resolutions condemning the tariff
apraaunapt 1u,fL n -
Watson's weekly Jeffersonian., 1907-08-01
Roosevelt Dominates Federal Judi


if enacted into statutory law, event
ually be tested as to their constitu-
tionaity by Federal Judges, include
among others the following PROPOSE
tions:
l. The control of all railways or
other methods of transportation with
In individual State limitations as COM
ing under the constitutional provision
retaining governmental control over
post roads.
2. The control Of all trusts trans
crossing Federal laws through receiv-
ers to be appointed by Federal
Judges.
3. The control of all individual
fortunes by the imposition of an in
come tax.
4. The control of all agencies en-
ploying labor in so far as the liabil-
ity of the employer is concerned by
the elimination of the plea of con-
tributory negligence.
5. The control of all coal deposits
now on Government reservations to
be developed under license from
Washington.
6. The control of child labor.
7. The control of all realroads en-
gagged in interstate commerce by
means of governmental regulation Of
rates.
President Roosevelt, through ap-
pointments made by him, domi-
mates the Federal Judiciary to this
extent:
Supreme Court, three associate JUS
tices, one-third of the membership.
Circuit Court, twelve of the twen-
ty-nine judges, or ALL per cent.
District Court, forty-two Of the
eighty judges, or 52.5 per cent.
By the end of his present term,
March 4, 1909, it will have been pos
sible for him to appoint:
Seven of the nine Justices of the
Supreme Court, nearly rs per cent of
that tribunal.
Seventeen of the twenty-nine
Judges of the Circuit Court, or near
ly SO per cent.
Forty-seven of the eighty Judges
of the District Court, or nearly SO
per cent.
Should he be elected for another
term, ending March 4, 1913, it will
be possible for him to appoint judges
as follows:
Eight of the nine Justices of the
Supreme Court.
Twenty of the twenty-nine Judges
of the Circuit Court, or substantially
20 per cent Of its membership.
Fifty-one Of the eighty Judges of
the District Court, or substantially
20 per cent of its membership.
5000 Voices Cry Graft.
Throughout the width and breadth
Of the state of Pennsylvania will
ring the cry and warning, "Thou
shalt not steal" during the com ng
state campaign.
Shouting this warning from plat
forms III 2,OGG cities, towns and vii
- =. Douoc,,Iyoo;o on fba capna
Watson's weekly Jeffersonian., 1907-08-01

DIS du dUV0rIlS0ncIlI Oh all IH0 UOdru-
ings of London, to attract visitors to
the Business Exhibition at Olympia,
has shocked London by it's hideous
and brutal features. One of the Lon
don dailies, "The Daily Mirror" has
this to say:
"The first thing that strikes a
fresh arrival in London at the pres
ent time is hideous face on all the
hoardings-features contorted with
greed, forehead corrugated with wor-
ry-furrows, eyes bulging out as if in
an attempt to hypnotize the passer-
by.
CAT first you think it must be de-
signed to advertise the life Of some
notorious criminal, or patent nerve
tonic, or new pill, the idea being
that any one who in the least resem-
bles the poster needs medicine very
badly, indeed.
"These guesses, however, are quite
wrong. 1t is really an advertisement
of the Business Exhibition at Olym-
pia-and a very clever advertisement
too, for it insists upon being looked
at But it is a gross libel upon the
English business man.
"The impression left by the face
of this ugly fellow is that all his
thoughts and energies are devoted to
money-making It is a cruel face
1t is a criminal face. It is the face
of man who would stick at nothing
to make his business go. 1t is also
a face which proclaims a narrow
mind, needless, in it's constant preoc-
cupation, of all the interest and won
der and beauty of the world.
"There are men of business like
that. In the United States there are
many of them. They pile up large
fortunes which their frivolous wives
spend during their lifetime and their
spendthrift sons dissipate after their
deaths. "
Sees a National Peril in Packing Fed
eral Courts.
Gen. Roger A. Pryor, retired from
the Supreme Court bench of New
York City, highly respected by all
persons and full of years and expe-
rience, views with disapproval the
system of appointment to the FEEDER
al bench, making it possible for the
Executive to so select the judges as
to cause the courts to reflect his in
dividual opinions in their decisions.
81 have the highest respect and
admiration for Mr.. Roosevelt as a
man, said Gen. Pryor. "I have
known him for many years, my ac-
quaintance dating from long before
he held public Office. 1 admire his
honesty, his ability and his personal
ity; but 1 cannot help feeling that
there is a public menace in the sys-
tenn which permits a President to
select men for the various Federal
courts who reflect his opinions.
"There may come a day when a
President is not honest and conscien-
tious, but is selfish and ambitious.
Watson's weekly Jeffersonian., 1907-08-01

campaigns the state ever has known
in the coming fight for State Treas
urer. Bremen conceived the idea of
holding this gigantic meeting. While
the date has not been selected. it pos
sibly will be in August.
Texas After the Thread Trust.
Attorney-General Davidson said
that he is investigating the charge
that the Thread Trust is operating
in Texas in violation Of the Anti
Trust laws. IF evidence can be OBJ
tanned upon which to base prose-
cution suit for enormous penalties
will be filed and the trust s agents
in Texas will be prosecuted criminal
ly. The price of thread in Texas has
gone up 40 per cent recently.
Patrick Still Plans for Freedom.
Lawyer Albert T. Patrick, under
going life sentence for the murder
of William March Rice, the Texas
multi-millionaire, broke his long ST.
lence in his cell in Sing Sing and
gave q statement to the press. He
said that he was innocent of the
charge and that he would soon renew
his legal fight for pardon. Patrick
since his confinement in the death
house has seen seventeen men taken
from adjoining cells to be electro
cuted.
Raises $4,000.
The twelfth annual convention of
the Christian and Missionary AL
lance Of the district composed of
Pennsylvania, Maryland, New Jer-
sey, Delaware and the District Of
Columbia, was ended at Rocky
Springs Park, Pa, 5000 persons be-
ing present. Almost $4,000 for the
cause was raised by the Rev. DR.. A.
B. Simpson, of New York, founder
and president.
French Language Barred.
Much indignation was caused at
Paris when information was received
from Strasburg that the Superior
Council of Public Instructions in
the provinces of Alsace and Lorraine
had issued an order suppressing the
teaching Of French in all the cities
adjoining the French frontier, max
ing the German language the official
language of the schools.
The Mayors of the several cities
and villages affected have issued a
joint protest, which they intend to
carry as high as the imperial throne.
The school authorities in the two
provinces justify their action by
claiming that since the German oc-
cupation of the former French prov
inces many German families have set
tied in the industrial portion Of the
territory adjoining the French from
tier, and that in justice to them the
use of the German language in the
schools had to be enforced.
151 Drowned in Pacific.
The steamer Columbia, sailing from
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1907-08-12

The North Carolina conflict with the
railroads is still the paramount politi-
cal issue. The victory of Governor
Glenn in forcing the railroads to obey
the state law reducing rates until the
legal questions involved have been de
cided by the supreme court is the most
satisfactory outcome 70 the people that
has occurred since railroad control has
been attempted The greatest satisfac-
ton is expressed by democrats that Il
democratic governor showed the ability
and courage 10 compel obedience to the
law by imprisoning the law breakers
in spite of the threats of the corpora
ton managers and attorneys, and the
aid of federal judge. 1t should be re-
membercd that the issue in the North
Carolina case was similar TO that con
tended for by the democrats when the
railroad rate bill was pending i'll the
United States senate, namely, that a re
ductiOn of rates should be effective
until declared by the courts unconsti
tutiOnal or cOnfiscatory.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1907-08-12
DEATH SCENE AS A CURE
Experience of Kansas Man In an
Omaha Hospital


The sight of q man in the agony of
death transformed Daniel W. McIll-
vane of Pawnee county. Kan. from a
hopeless chronic invalid. unable to
stand alone, into a man apparently in
the bloom of perfect health. able to
jump out of bed, dress himself and
walk a mile or more without fatigue
writes an Omaha (Neb) correspondent
of the Kansas City Star.
McIllvane's cure was effected at the
county hospital in Omaha the other
morning. The man had become what
the hospital authorities call a hospital
fiend. For years he has spent Il great
part of his time in hospitals. receiving
treatment for stomach and other all
ments. He recently left the Preshy-
terrain hospital only to apply immedi-
ately for admission to the County hos
pital. There he lay in his bed day
after day and week after week with
out enough strength to stand alone.
Herman Bauer, occupying the bed
next to McIllvane's. died in great ago
ny. MCIllvane watched Bauer sharp
| ly in his struggles with death, and as
Bauer grew weaker McIllvane grew
stronger. The moment Bauer's END
came McIllvane. who had not stood on
| his feet in weeks. jumped out of bed
quickly, put on his clothes, babe the
| hospital authorities goodby and walk
| ed alone downtown. He says he is per-
| fectly well now and will return to his
| home
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1907-08-12
just Another Instance of MOnOpo
IL nIAlI.nAAinn

Regardless of the extent to which
one may be suffering in inconvenience
or even hardship, through the existing
strike of operators of the Western
Union Telegraph company, no one can
justly charge it to the strikers. The
men who are fighting for fairness are
not to blame. Hardly a person who
has ever had occasion to use the West
en Union wires, has failed to feel at
one time or another the effect of the
monopoly which the Western Union has
enjoyed in a greater or less degree Tor
years Thousands of instances might
| he recalled in every community served
| by the Western Union where affected
| by no extraordinary condition the com
pany has been deaf to the entreaty for
| immediate service and Indifferent to
| the interests of the people when it
might have been a matter of life and
death or a subject of graveSt impOr
lance otherwise. Under all of these
circumstances the COmpany's unWavCr
ing attitude toward the people has been
that they might like the corporation
way of doing business or not, just as
they pleased. The company has rob
bed the people i'll eXorbitant rates, am
offered no guarantee of good faith OF
of even value received III return, and il
is the same obdurate nature toward it.
employees that has been exhibited to
ward the public that has brought abou
the present labor disturbances from
which the whole country is suffering.
| While both the Western Union an,
the Postal companies are involved il
the present labor controversy, the Pos
tai employees are not moved so muci
| by grievances on their own account a
by sympathy with the Western Uniol
strikers, the Western Union being, a
said, the instigatOr in the entire trou
BILE.
i The Western Union has had wha
may be called a peach in the way o
a monopoly since the days of ia
! Gould, and it has been handing tn
IpeOple lemons in return.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1907-08-12

whose sons happen to be tempted. In
the case of Chicago boy who had
been convicted of forgery, and whose
father, a preacher, insisted that the
culprit must have been lin the hands
of the DEVIL Judge Lands assessed a
fine of $500. payable at the rate of s.
a week, and said: Don't you get 1t
into your head that the devil was re
spOnsible for your predicament. 1t
was your fault and not the devils, SO
don't shift the blame off onto the
devil"
No doubt the judge would even go sc
far as TO defend Hartman i'll the same
way, if some one were to charge that
old scapegoat with getting Teddy int
his hands, and tempting him to receive
corruption funds. Lands was once q
democrat, and it seems hard for him tC
forget his former principles.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1907-08-12

brickwork. Now. If / can reduce the
height of the blocks by four and half
inches the gap will be reduced by this
amount and the stack will veer to the
west forty-fivc inches at the arc de-
scribed at the top where the radius Ghe
chimney is I'D feet
Bannon's eyes We're fixed on the
speaker during this statement with
growing interest. lie had forgotten the
lesser in the more important matter.
He continued to stare for Il few mo-
ments after Henry had finished, then
asked:
with the enormous weight mear1y
400 tonS) on the blocks. YOU can't cut
them down and get out the surplus"
Il have thought of that" Henry re-
piled. Il will burn them out"
1t seemed as if 400 tons had been
taken off lannon's mind.
where are your figures:" he asked.
Henry produced them and waited
while Baunon went over them again
and again.
Come" said the latter when he was
satisfied; you shall have charge of the
work"
After the successful removal of the
bricks and the insertion of the blocks
Henry Elrod marked OFF the space &c
he burned out, set the blocks Oh fire
and kept them burning evenly. If one
burned faster than the others it was
| Immediately checked till the Others
| caught up with it. Thus they were
| kept burning uniformly while the stack
| slowly rightCd. Small assures opened
on the opposite side near the base, bu
| steel wedges were driven into them
which maintained n solid mass. Wher
| evening came the work was finished
and the stack was as good as when i
was first built
| , Henry Elrod when at breakfast th'
! next morning received note from hi:
late employer containing a check fo
| $1,000 and Offering him the position o
superintendent of building and ma
chinery at handsome salary. An
other note. written in Il more delicate
hand, came with the first, congratulate
ing the young engineer on his triumph
| Hcnry's wife now owns the factory
and Henry is its manager
MARTIN G. UNDERWOOD.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1907-08-12
THE HAIR BRUSH,
Breeds Oandruff, Which Causes Falling
Hair and Finally Badness.

Professor Unna, Hamburg, Germany
European authority on skin diseases
says that dandruff is as contagious "a
any other malevOlent disease, and that
one common source of the spread oi
dandruff is the use of the same hail
brush by different persons. The way
to avoid catching dandruff or any otn
err disease from another's brush is tc
insist on the use of Newbro's Herpt
eide. II not only kills the dandrdfi
germ, but it is also an antisepuc that
will prevent the catching of any dis
ease whatever through contagion of an
others brush. Sold by leading drug
gists. Send 10c in stamps for sample
10 the Herpicidc Co, Detroit, Mich
Sold in two sizes. soc and 81. I. II
Thomas, special agent.