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The Washington herald., 1907-09-23

methods" said Charles Rogers. OF that
city. at the Metropolitan Hotel last night
English has been made the principal
study of the course. and the other studies
are built around that major subject
Arithmetic has been simpi6ed and made
much more practical In geography,
particular stress is laid on the human life.
commerce. and industry. while commercial
geography and history are made cO-0rdi-
nate with that study. But The most i'm
p0rtant change has been made in the
course Of physical training. which has
been almost revolutionized- Doctors and
nurses have been added To the faculties.
and corps of teachers make 10 their duty
to keep the children in health. No eX-
pense has been spared in equipment of
the schools, so that il VIII be possible for
I the children to get all the exercise they
need in good or bad weather I think
other cities viii follow Boston's lead. and
adopt the same sort Of a curriculum after
! they see how finely it works out
zone strong tie that binds the people
of the West to President Roosevelt and
/ his administration is the interest that he
/ has taken on the general subject Of a
great waterway from the Great Lakes 70
the Gulf" said Phillip Harkins. OF Chi
/ cago. at the ShOreham last night
He has given much encouragement TO
( the promoters of that great scheme by
/ his promise to attend the convention.
which viii be held I'm Memphis on October
/ E. The gathering viii be a large one, and
viii express the sentiment Of the entire
/ West on this project OF course. the mis-
I sion OF the convention IS 20 secure appro-
priatiOnS. and this can only be done by
making Congress see that the Western
/ States want deep waterway and want
/ it finished before the Panama Canal, SO
/ that they as well as the rest of the
country, will derive some benefit. Chicago
wants to be connected with the Gulf of
Mexico. and although the project in itself
/ is not new. there is a lot of new enthu-
siasm. and this convention Will make a
/ great effort To obtain its desire.
Then the river towns along the Mis-
/ sissippi want 10 regain the business that
was once theirs, but which now has been
/ thrown 10 the railroads.
/ The people desire the benefit of cheap
( or rates There has been a great lack of
/ Transportation facilities, a relief is needed.
and the people look 10 the President to
| recommend such p relief. Indeed, the
| Western people believe that a deep water
way is the crying need Of the hour, and
4 they viii make a last great effort for it,
The Washington herald., 1907-09-23
Newspapers and the Tariff.

From the Kansas City Times
If there is real efficiency in the tradi-
uonaI power of the press. " results should
follow the resolution Of the American
Newspaper Publishers Association calling
for an investigation OF the paper trust
and asking for the immediate removal Of
the tariff on print paper and wood pulp.
Newspapers are not agreed on the sub
ject of the tariff. but they do know that
newspaper stock has increased in cost
through trust control as wei as through
the growing scarcity Of raw material
They also know that the removal of the
tariff would have a tendency TO lower
prices. and at the same time might lesSkn.
10 a large extent, the destruction Of
American forests by the pulp industries
forests that should be saved for their
permanent value 10 the watersheds in
which they lie.
The Washington herald., 1907-09-23
SQUEEZING THE PRESS.
Paper Trust an object Lesson on
Need Of Tariff Revision.

From che New York World
We observe that the free pulp and pa
per resolution was voted for by the pub
fishers regardless Of their party af1lia-
tons. Ground between the trust and the
Diugley schedules, even the most IN
compromising Republican lost some Of
his reverence for a stand-pat policy.
The newspaper publishers are not pro
tecred, but they are compelled 10 pay
for the protection OF the corporations
that are squeezing them. In that respect
they are Ike millions Of other consum-
ers. In another respect they are on a
much more favorable footing. because
they are organized and WELD an influence
UNNECESSARILY beyond the reach Of the
average consumer.
They can make IL 60 hot for every
stand-pat Republican Congressman that
his political life viii not be worth living
That is what they should do In fighting
their own battle against tariff cNt0rtion
the publishers viii be lighting the battle
of a whole army Of American consumers
staggering under a burden of artificial
prices maintained by the Diugley SEIZED
ME
The Washington herald., 1907-09-23
PAPAL MARRIAGE DECREE.
Its Significance Pointed Dat by a
Catholic Organ.
From The Tablet

From the Tablet
The chief point to be borne in mind is
that after Easter next any marriage be-
tween Catholics Is absolutely null and
void, no real marriage al ali, unless it is
celebrated in the presence Of a duly quail
fed priest and two witnesses. The same
is true Of any marriage in which either
Of the parties is or has been a Catholic.
Up to this time when a Catholic I'm these
countries. in defiance OF the law Of the
church. has so far forgotten himself as
to be married either in a Protestant
church or in "A registry Office, the church
held the marriage 10 be sinful and sacri-
legious and the parties guilty Of grieyous
sin. but at the same time recognized the
marriage so far 20 be valid and binding
and the parties to be- truly man and wife
After Easter next such marriages in
Protestant churches or registry offices
viii be for Catholics not only sinful, but
invalid. and the persons who contract
them viii have merely gone through an
empty ceremony and will be no more man
and wife after II than they were before.
Catholics, therefore, who for any reason
or pressure Of circumstances might be
tempted into such an injurious course
must be duly forewarned Of their danger.
BE it observed that this law binds all
Catholics, even apOstate or excOmmuni-
Gated Catholics. But on the other hand
1t does not affect those who are not and
never have been Catholics. Consequently
PrOtestants and nOn-Catholics generally
are outside its scope, and the maria ges
Of such in their churches or conventicles
or registry offices are recognized by the
Catholic Church. all things else permit
ting, as real and true marriages.
The Washington herald., 1907-09-23
GRAFT BY THE CUBIC FOOT.
Method by Which PennsyIvania's
Capitol Was Looted of Millions. {

Method by Which Pennsylvania's
Capitol WAS Looted of Millions.
Owen Wister. in Everbody's.
In several rooms Of the capitol AT Har-
risburg is q type Of mahogany office table
feet long. ( wide, ~ high. The cost Of
each table TO Sanderson, the contractor
was $40. He charged the state Sl.f72. a
commission Of $3.50 per cent. Still more
remarkable are two rostrums. for which
5000 were paid the builder. and for which
the State paid Sanderson $so,74SSe, a COM
mission of 1896 per cent.
Il appears that all this furniture and
much more, was bought by SandersOn by
the piece. but was sold 20 the State by
the foot" az $3.50 a foot If We now take
the dimensions Of the mahogany table,
which originally cost $40 and compute
its feet by multiplying its length by its
width, and the result by It's height thus.
4 times is 3; 2iz times % is So and then
multiply $50 by 50, We reach the sum of
l.f72. or the price Of so cubic feet Of table
paid by Pennsylvania 20 Sardersou. This
gentleman by similar multiplication found
that there were ~ feet OF backing stand
and so reached the price OF $l,6le20 for
that article
The rostrums We're dealt with in the
same CublcaI way as were the hundreds
and thousands Of other objects that you
viii find distributed through the five sto-
ries Of the enormous building. We Penn
sylvauia taxpayers have paid for I don't
know how many thousands OF feet Of
clocks. Of umbrella tubs. Of clothes trees,
and OF filing cases.
The Washington herald., 1907-09-23

Mr.. Victor B. Boyer, Pennsylvania
State councillor Of the Independent Order
of Amerlcans-whIch sounds Imposing
enough, even though We never heard OF
it before-is exceedingly wroth because
the new ten-dollar gold piece is TO bear
the profile likeness Of the comely face of
"a native-born Irish girl, and not an
American. What" calculates the i'm
FILTERED Mr.. Boyer; ARE there no Ameri-
can girls worthy of this honor; are our
women not beautiful enoush?'
This chivalric champion should calm
himself There are hundreds. thousands.
millions Of American girls pretty enough.
and 70 spare, for this honor worthy and
well qualified in every way. Indeed, we
are not sure but that a great number Of
them are entirely too pretty to be thus
advertised. Ten-dollar gold pieces are
hard enough To get. as the matter stands.
and the average thirst for the same is
about as acute as mankind can stand.
To add to the attractiveness OF a ten
dollar gold piece, the beauty OF a typical
American maiden would make the scram-
bic even more strenuous than 1t Is now
and that is not especially to be desired.
Now, if ten-dollar gold piece with an
American girls face upon il were any
easier to get than one with an Irish
girls face upon IL, We should take our
stand. firmly and pugnaciously, beside
the intrepid and knightly Mir. Boyer. We
are very strong for the gold piece that is
easy of capture and less elusive than the
present output. In fact, we are not at
AN particular about whose face adorns
the coin. provided IL comes our way in
sufficiently fat clusters, not TO say bat
talions and brigades. What We want
voicing the average thought Of Americans
in generals more ten-dollar gold pieces.
regardless.
Then. too. We like the Irish-immeusely.
II il is a compliment 10 them TO bedeck
our gold pieces with the likeness Of one
of their colleens. We are glad of IT,.
Unless we show them this courtesy. who
Wiu2 Not England. At present the
Irish are forced TO put up at home with
coins bearing the bewhiskered likeness
OF King Edward-a royal good fellow, all
right, but not exactly anybody's prize
winning beauty. We do not know. on the
whole, but that this entire business may
prove TO be "a further cemenuHg Of the
ties Of friendship and good will now
binding America and the Emerald Isle
together.
Let Mr.. Boyer cease troubling Old
Glory has not been iusulJed. nor has
/ American beauty been snubbed. After
all. the most important thing is 20 get the
coin. no matter the nationality of the
/ fair-faced one whose counterfeit likeness
I is stamped thereon.
The Washington herald., 1907-09-23

As a rule, the younger sons Of royalty
are Of very little value in the makeup Of
things worth while these democratic DAYS.
They are ornamental; rarely useful.
Bavarian Duke Karl Theodore, however.
is a most noteworthy exception to this
rule and sets fashion which. if followed.
doubtless would do much toward rehabIIi-
tating royalty in the good graces of all
people This royal gentleman is one Of
the foremost oculists Of Europe and has
just celebrated the completion of his
five thousandth successful operation of
cataract To his sanatorium come the
poor of his land. and from them the duke
accepts no fee. His royal allowance and
a great part of his private income goes
10 keep this institution up to the very
highest standard. He is a profound stu
dent and keeps abreast of the latest med
zeal and surgical discoveries and investi-
cations.
How much better the life work Of this
man than the average life Of royal sons
not directly in line Of thrones. Early in
his career Duke Karl determined to make
himself genuinely. useful to his people.
The Washington herald., 1907-09-23
Americans on VICTOR Tours.

From q Consular Report
Il is estimated that there are now in
Europe 5000 American touring parties in
automobiles. concerning which it is said:
Each car carries on an average five per
sons. making a total of 10000 Americans
motoring on the continent The expense
will average SO per day for each person.
making a daily expenditure by this class Of
American travellers in Europe OF S400,00o.
The American mOtOrist usually spends
two months on the continent. which
brings the aggregate expenditure up TO
$4,000 for the season.
The Washington herald., 1907-09-23
stim Opportunity for Invention.

From the Portland OregCniau.
Notwithstanding the great advances
that have been made i'm the industrial
world in the last half century as the
result of inventions. the field for the man
OF inventive genius is still unlimited
From "a S60J0,O00 turbine steamer to the
most ordinary household utensils, the sub
jects for improvements are numberleSs.
The mechanic arts offer an inviting field
for the young man who is perplexed over
the course Of study he should pursue
The Washington herald., 1907-09-23
She Found Out.

a woman who was formerly a kinder
garten teacher. but who is now connected
with a hospital in West Philadelphia, tells
the following experience she had with one
of the youngsters while she was teaching
them; THE rules Of the school required
that when a child reports a case Of i'll
ness in the family the teacher shall find
out what is the matter. whether the i'll
ness is contagious or not, and II IS usu-
ally necessary to send the pupil home for
statement Of the facts One Of my
charges was a small boy Of whom ] was
very fond because of his unusual intelli-
gence for so young a pupil. one morn
ing I did not see him i'm his seat and
asked the other children if they knew
where he was They told me that his
mother was ill., Later the boy came TO
school and reported that his mamma was
sick, but that it was not catching. That
won't do / said. You must so home
and md ont and tell me just what IS the
matter with your Mamma Pretty soon
the little lad came back. Teacher he
said, mamma SAYS it's boy
The Washington herald., 1907-09-23

From the Wall Street Journal
Judge lands fined the Standard Oil
Company S29GooGoo The fine was so i'm
mense, so vastly i'm excess Of tie entire
capital Of the company. that its effect
has been to disturb confidence in securi-
ties rather than to destroy confidence in
a hated and dovOuTing trust Since the
fine of $29o00.oo) was imposed the prices
Of railroad and industrial stocks have
declined nearly SS10o0o 600 If the impair
ment TO confidence should continue. it
may turn out that i'm timing the Standard
Oil Company 100000 Judge Lands
really fined the country S290oo0,ooo
The Washington herald., 1907-09-23
Indifference TO Home Rule.

From the Minneapolis Journal.
Minneapolis and Chicago are two great
cities which yesterday put themselves on
record against home rule. In neither city
is it clear what caused the slump away
from their own best interests but one
general cause, Indifference. is evident in
both. Chicago. with a registration of
$4,000 made for this election. cast about
half that number. and about one-third of
the total possible vote Of the city. Min
neapolis, with a vote Of 42.000 a year ago.
turned out only 1900 electors yesterday.
The Washington herald., 1907-09-23

He decided that he owed the people from
whom the taxes came that supported his
royal family something beside the occa-
sional opening Of a bazar or laying OF
corner stone. So he became a surgeon
and a good one, too He has relieved the
pain and defective eyesight of a large
section Of his native land. He is recog-
nized throughout all Europe as an au-
thority in his profession. and. best Of all.
his people love him genuinely and gem
erOusly.
Royalty the world over might well emu
late Duke Karl of Bavaria.
The Washington herald., 1907-09-23
saving Alaskan Forests.

From the st. Louis Globe-Democat.
The forest reserve just created by the
President in Southeastern Alaska en-
braces 2.0060 600 acres, OF almost enough TO
make two States as large as Delaware or
Rhode Island. This TOngass national for
est. as il is called. is composed of rough
land, but it's islands and mainland are
well covered with trees.
The Washington herald., 1907-09-23
would Accept No substitute.

Il would Ike to marry your pretty
daughter" said the young man, quietly.
to her father
Il can't let you have the pretty one"
replied the old man, "but YOU can have
the homely one, and III guarantee you
that she's just as good"
But the young man had read the warn
ing, accept no substitute" and the
just as good line of talk was wasted
upnn him
The Washington herald., 1907-09-23

Sending Mr. WI Ting-fang back to this
country as Chinese Ambassador would be
more or less of a questionable trausac-
ton.
Prince Borghe is being urged By the
Italian government 10 run for mayor of
Rome. from which we infer that the
Eternal City needs detomjohnsonizing.
II would be no friendly act on the part
OF Emperor William 10 send us so Uu-
speakable d gentleman as Herr Won
Tschirschky- Bogendorff as successor to
Baron Won Stetnburg?
1.-THE esteemed Washington Herald
credits the line ] saw eternity the other
night TO a Chicago reporter. But didn't
Henry Vaughn see it fiTst?" politely in
quires the Milwaukee Sentinel. Oh. we'll
as TO that, our guess would be that Abel
saw it first.
Coy. Yon Yonson hasn't declared
against the thivd-term theory-so far as
the governorship Of Minnesota is con-
cerned.
Washiugton's baseball team is the only
home institution We know of that behaves
as If it had been reared in Houston.
Tex.
An Illinois man wants to abolish the
Constitution of the United States A
number of people think it is being done
now-by degrees.
That Cambridge professor who proposes
to cure all people of the prevarication
habit will be viewed by the average poll
tician as a dangerous revOlutionist.
MuldOon, the member, appears To have
operated upon Secretary Root with en-
tire success. Bully for Muld0on!
An umpire was killed by an exploding
bottle of soda pop recently. Anti-prG-
hibitionists will not fail TO make note
Of this new soda-pop peril
There comes persistent rumors Of dis
sensions among the Hoke Smithites down
in Jawjaw. Doubtless the pie supply is
not adequate to the demand.
Mr.. Watterson designates a certain
goat, and a polecat in the bargain. 20
"MaTse Henry is coming dangerously
near TO nature-faking
Bob FitZsimmnns viii never look nat
ural in marble unless the sculptor can
manage somehow to sCulp in the
freckles.
sclf-r,s5a cocl-+au i 5,-.,.-
thing.
Who has the money!" asks the Des-
eTet News. John ID. Rockefeller appears
TO have the greater part of il.
The Hughes boom is moving along
nicely. They are now calling him
Charlie"
Sir Arthur Conan Doyle's marriage. in
D0iur of mystery N bor-o hoor,
The Washington herald., 1907-09-23

Some people climb away from rhyme, yet
rhyme would do them good.
A little verse is not so worse; it purifies
the blood
Poetic pills VIII cure your lis and chase
away your woes;
Yet. lest you shirk we've gone to work
and fixed them up as prose.
The Washington herald., 1907-09-23
Issues Boiled Down.

From the PittsbUrg Dispatch.
If conditions increase in strenuoS!ty,
next years contest for the Presidential
nomination may be boiled down To the
simple question whether the aspirant is
a trust buster or a trust booster.
The Washington herald., 1907-09-23
A LITTLE NONSENSE.
A RRIEF coRnEsroNDENCE.

Once a damsel yclept Meg,
On a farm,
Wrote her name up, an egg;
Meant no harm.
Maybe twill be SEEM" quoth she,
Far away.
Some nice man may write to me
Any day
Two years later. 70 a dot,
Came q screed;
And its tone was rather hot
Warm indeed.
It was from an actors fin,
BY the by.
Seems the egg had landed in
His of eye.
The Washington herald., 1907-09-23
TaIrs from the Timber.

From the Ohio State journal
Maybe opportunity will knock at Or.
Longs door when Or Roosevelt returns
from the Louisiana canebr8ke district
and begins TO tell about what he saw
there
The Washington herald., 1907-09-23

Former Senator Chandler has resigned
a rather fat job under the government.
and not for something better. But,
then, the Senator always was original.
The Washington herald., 1907-09-23
Science of Graftinr.

From the New York Post.
The results Of grating are illustrated
to-day by Mr. Burbanks tree which pro-
duced seventy-three different varieties of
apples Also by fourteen indictments of
men connected with the building of the
Pennsylvania capitol
The Washington herald., 1907-09-23
On Its Death Bed.

From the st. Louis Post-Disratch
Ante-mortem statements made in the
fear OF death are entitled to the highest
credence. and the dying declarations Of
the Standard Oil Company are profoundly
impressive.
The Washington herald., 1907-09-23
SUsDfctouS.

From the New York Sun
SO the excellent MIR Taft was only a
ballon d'assai after all, Il is inconceiv-
able that the gentleman who launched
him should be dissatisfied with the re-
suits Of his unseldsh experiment.
The Washington herald., 1907-09-23

Civilization IS climbing the Kentucky
mountains Jackson, the county seat Of
Bloody BreathItt" known as the City
of Sudden Death" is treating itself to
electric lights. Under the Hsrgis-Calla-
han domination there were no street lights
az ALL u was often necessary 10 wait
for broad daylight TO get a bead on "a
marked man. As the Louisville Courier
Journal remarks. 'Of course there We're
moonlight nights when a man might De
hit il a shotgun could be conveniently Sc
cured. bur moonlight haif-reyealing. half
couceaIluE the target is misleading and
there is always The danger OF mistaken
identity and filing an old and tried friend
with your huckshot. The electric lights
viii not now be needed for the purpose
they might have served. They viii burn
long and brightly. Illuminating the streets
OF "a peaceful town; and it is improbable
that they Will even be- shot out on Satur-
day nights by the boys from Quicksand
and Frozen Creek. so quiet and orderly
has the Breathitt capital grown
The Washington herald., 1907-09-23

Trees to red and gold are turning, soon
the leaves VIII slowly fan.
over earth the fires are burning, wait
ing for the final call.
Like the sounding and the Clashing ere
the curtain slow desgends.
Like the crashing and the dashing ere
az last the opera ends.
So, IL seems. IS nature ending IN a -four
ish her display.
All her brilliant C0I0Ts blending. ere she
goes upon her way.
The Washington herald., 1907-09-23
Dry and Democratic.

From the Kansas City Times.
Oklahoma is the first State TO come into
the Union dry And TO make its en-
trance still more unique il came in both
dry ard Democratic.
The Washington herald., 1907-09-23
Facts About HIiterncy.

II is strange but true that we have
a iarger proportion of iuiterates in this
country than most European countries.
OF all the recruits in the German army
in 1913 only one in each 900 was Hitter
ate. In Sweden and Norway IL was one
I'm 1850; In Denmark one In 80; In
Switzerland. one in los; In Holland one
in 80; in France, one in is. In 1902
in England. one man In forty, and
one woman in forty were unable 20 write
their names when they were married
About four-ffths Of the American Hitter
atcs were born among the most un-
favored people Of the Old World But
that sact must not blind us 20 the other
fact that we have too many illterates
born in this country. In New York State
I'm 1900 there were 971N iliiterates of
foreign birth and 1S.GlZ of native birth.
The percentage Of iiIterates who are
American-born IS much larger in the
country than Sn the cities. Indeed there
are few I'm any rural counties which
show so small percentage Of native
Hliterates as the larger cities show. The
city and county of New York has a
smaller percentage Of iliterates who are
the children of foreign-born parents than
any other county in the State Of New
York.
The Washington herald., 1907-09-23
FaH.
4 Poets Fuel.

The fields are wet, the leaves are brown;
it's time to get the goosebone down.
The Washington herald., 1907-09-23

used to know a girl named Mabelle;
she thought that was a lovely label. But
since the new pure food laws came she's
going round again as Name.
The Washington herald., 1907-09-23

Surely senator Bob" Taylor cherishes
no ambition TO become known to fame
as second fiddler to Capt. Hobson and
Auroraborealis Lewis?
The Washington herald., 1907-09-23
Some Vitality Left.

From the indianapolis News.
Anyway, the Oklahoma election shows
that the Democratic party is alive in
spots.
The Washington herald., 1907-09-23

To purchase coal he has no tin. yet
doth no WY face pull. He knows the
good old poetry bin Is more than heaping
full
The Washington herald., 1907-09-23
The Trial Marriage.

II will not work ia real life, for, good
ness knows. no man would buy a trial
wife expensive clott as.