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Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1907-05-26
The Cruel Tailors.

There Is woe in the camp of the molly
coddles. There Is much saying of fudge
and much chewing of cane heads. There
are many moist eyes as the dear fellows
tell each other what a beastly shame it Is
don -you-know, that the tailor men have
made ruling that will deprive them Of q
large part of their pleasure in life this
summer. This ruling, be it known beyond
the confines of mollycoddledom Is to the
effect that 1t will be bad form, very bad
form indeed, to turn Up the bottoms of the
trouser legs. This means much more than
may appear at first to the plain citizen
who has never bothered about turning I'D
that portion Of his attire, save In the
wettest of wet weather. In certain
sphere of existence, for several seasons, the
turned-up trouser leg has been the hall
mark of correctness IL summer. Besides, 1t
has permitted the display OF some very fancy
hosiery. Sad indeed have been the hearts
that beat above q pair of plain-socked feet
during these times Of turned-up trousers
Light were those that thumped with pride
aloft pair of red-dotted or blue-speckled
or yellow-striped or pink-veined hose.
These have been halcyon days for the
mollycoddle, and now he Is cast down and
desolate. His chief interest In life wanes
as he sees, In vision, the passing of the
turned-up trouser and the fancy SOCK He
heaps mild and lisping curses upon the
heads Of the wretches who. for the sake of
keeping the trade lively, have thus inter-
fered with fashion that has given great
joy. The world awaits the counter attack
of the mollycoddles with keen interest IT
rests assured, however. that eventually
there will be evolved some scheme whereby
the tailors will be thwarted. for most of
the members Of that delectable rank OF
citizens have nothing else to do.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1907-05-26
STANDARD OIL.

From the Hartford Evening Post.
And not word yet from Chancellor Day
on Commissioner Smiths report of Stand
ard OIL Wickedness.
From the Chicago News
It must keep the Standard OIL Company
busy doing so many things that are forbid
den by the federal laws.
From the Syracuse Herald.
It is time for the Standard Oil to enter
policy when caught with the goods"
From the Baltimofe News.
1t Is reported that the interstate COM
merce commission Is now going to haul up
the Standard Oil Company for the viola
tons of the railroad rate act to which the
commissioner of corporations recently called
attention. These are troublous times for
the Standard. 1t hardly pays to be an octo-
tentacle.
From the Milwaukee Journal.
Now Herbert Knox Smith seems to have
discovered the Standard OIL Company. Ida
TarbeIl will examine her patents for in
Judgements.
From the Syracuse st-standard.
Speaking conservatively, there are "un-
desirable" features about the Standard Oil
business.
From the Indianapolis News.
The Standard really cannot believe that
the law was intended also for 1t to obey
1t does not know how. What have its skill
ful attorneys been employed for all these
years except to show 1t ways Of beating the
iawf
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1907-05-26
MI. Pettus on Brownsville.

Senator Pettus. who is a member Of the
committee investigating the Brownsville
matter, Is tired of the job. He thinks the
time Is wasted. Why have gone into the
question at the start? What power has the
Senate in the premises? If the President
violated the law In dismissing the troops
as he did. impeachment was the proper
remedy. 1t was for the House to move. In
that case the Senate would have sat as a
court to try the cause.
The Alabama senator quotes a legal
phrase to explain his contention. Damage
without legal injury" Would 1t be unfair
to change this to read, Damage without
legal remedy? Is not that the belief of Mr..
Pettus? He says that as matters now
stand the Senate can do nothing but ex-
press an opinion.
IL damage Ia conceded, should there not
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1907-05-26
The TREE OF GOSSIP.

Three gossips sat alone one day,
And where they were tiny seed
The little seed Of TRUTH indeed
Unharmful and unhidden lay.
Ere they had gossiped long the shell
Began to open and a sprout.
At FIRST half tfmidly peeped out,
And grew as something watered well.
The stalk was big and coarse and strong.
And sticky leaves upon 1t hung.
Each shaped IL q goesips tongue
The tree filed all the room ere long.
They dragged the Shiny trunk outside.
And there the warped tree spread and grew.
And there by every breeze that blew
Its fertile seeds were scattered wide.
The gossips three beheld the tree
That from the little seed had growni
A stencil from every leaf was blown.
It's fruit was horrible to see.
They held their noses and they turned
Their backs upon the horrid sight;
The three had met with much delight,
With shame their cheeks at parting burned.
S. e. Kiser in the Chicago Record-Herald.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1907-05-26
Women and Children In Crowds.

In a news report of the Sunday scene at
Coney Island, when heavy rain squall
struck that resort, occurs the following
paragraph:
I'm the resorts along the principal streets
and along the thoroughfares the crowds
were so thick that 1t was impossible to
hurry, and the result was confusion. which
threatened to become riot. Women and
children Jared poorly in the crush.'
How often does this occur in modern
times! One does not have to go to New
York to find men who ignore the claims of
the women and children for accommodation
in crowd. 1t Is necessary to only stand
at one of the transfer corners in this city
and watch the scenes there enacted during
the hours of heaviest traffic in order to OBJ
serve the tendency on the part Of a dis
gracefully large number of men to hustle
for themselves first, last and all the time.
It Is not merely a question of refusing to
give women seats when once inside of the
cars that calls for comment. Seldom does
a car stop at one of these transfer points,
where the rush Is most pronounced. with
out some Of the men diving for the plat
forms past the waiting women and children
as though their lives depended upon getting
on board first.
This Is not the prevailing rule, however.
Most men. 1t is gratifying to observe. here
in Washington step aside until the women
and children are accommodated. OF course.
as long as the car service remains made
Quate, this polite course of conduct Inn
poses some sacrifices upon the male popuIa-
ton of the capital. but they are cheerfuliy
borne in the main. The hope is that the
bad example of the minority in rushing will
not spread. There Is no local desire. as far
IS can now be observed, to emulate the
New York idea so markedly in evidence
whenever a crowd assemblies.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1907-05-26
the GOLDEN GATE TWINS.

From the Indianapolis Star.
It is certainly alarming to contemplate
the widespread popular prejudice which
makes it SO hard for people like Sehmitz
and Ruef to get dispassionate consfdera-
ton FROM judge and juries.
From the Anaconda Standard.
In other words, Mr.. Ruef fondly hopes
that the way Of the confessor won't be SO
hard.
From the st. Paui Dispatch.
Schmitz will have 8 chance to tell any
details In the Frisco graft story that Ruef
would rather omit.
From the Detroit News.
Ruef says Schmitz's gang would eat the
paint of house." and at that the paint
was probably whiting. barytes and dryer.
From the Birmingham Age Herald
Mayor Schmdtz begins to long for another
earthquake as fest and diversion. Even a
Japanese incident would answer his pur-
pose.
From the Memphis News-scimitar.
According to press dispatches, Abe Ruef
IL unique character. But according to
most thinking persons his lack of character
is the most pronounced element in his COM
position.
From the Minneapolis Journal.
The prosecution having magnanimously
refrained from incarceratIng Schmitz dur
Ing his trial, San Francisco Is spared the
humiliation of moving the city hall to the
city Jail.
From the Omaha Bee.
Abe Ruef says he never took a cent of
money dishonesty. Reports indicate that
Abe would not take anything smaller than
a dollar.
From the Birmingham News.
Abe Ruef has confessed to a number of
his misdeeds. but the half has never been
told about the doings OF the bunch he
rounded up to rob the San Francisco tax
payers.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1907-05-26

There Is always a certain sympathy
for discouraged mortals who resort to
suicide. But there should be some
method of preventing them from yield
Ing to the temptation of utilizing the
reservoirs of a great city's water supply.
as was recently done by a Cincinnati
unfortunate. for their melancholy pur-
poses.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1907-05-26
Problems.

Problems everywhere We turn!
Everybody wants to learn
Something that nobody knows:
So the daily story goes.
Problem plays that make us blush;
Problems that We cannot hush,
Dealing with domestic strife
And the smarter side Of life;
Problems dealing with finance.
Reckonings on the laws OF chance.
Tariff problems every year,
Much discussed. but never clear:
Every generation comes
Working at the same old sums.
Figuring hard. both day and night,
No one gets the answer right!
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1907-05-26
OBSERVATIONS.

vex not your soul with o'ermuch thought,
For thus you conture woe;
Life Ii unpleasant, hence, be taught,
Its suffering to know"
Unless you labor all day long
You can't afford enjoyment,
And II you do-hefe's something wrong
You spend life in employment.
To gain the more in heaven W.
On earth must have the less,
Which makes life. as you plainly zee.
A bowling SUGGEST -
st. Louis Globe Democrat.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1907-05-26

Kuroki did not quite complete the
round of gayety that this country car
offer distinguished foreign visitors He
missed the comedy of an interview be-
tween the rural constable and the high
speed chauffeur.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1907-05-26

Mr.. Watterson might be willing to ad-
NIT that the Constitution would pull the
democrats through. even without the as
sistance of the man with the mustache.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1907-05-26

Tariff experts feel that they can depend
on Mr.. Cannon to recognize the fact that
standing pat Is valuable as an occasional
expedient and NOT as an invariable prac-
tfca
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1907-05-26

1t Is charged that the rails furnished
by the steel trust are not as good as
they used to be. Mr.. Carnegie should
give the bright young men whom he
mas elevated to financial greatness
talking to.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1907-05-26
Buying Everything.

wealth won't buy everything" said the
philosopher.
That's what I tell mother and the girls,
answered Mr.. Cumrox. but 1t looks AZ IL
they were going to keep on trying as long
as the check book holds out"
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1907-05-26
A Demonstrative occa.ion

'Was that wedding a case Of January and
May?" said the sentimentaIist
NO" answered Miss Cayenne: from the
general excitement It created should saw
it was case Of Christmas and the Fourth
Of July"
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1907-05-26

Even his championship of the recount
bill cannot restore the enthusiasm with
which Mr.. Hughes was once discussed
in Mr.. Hearst's editorial comment.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1907-05-26

OF course. Wall street will sneer at
the efforts Of western farmers to form a
trust soon as they become somewhat
prosperous.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1907-05-26
SHOOTING STARS.
An Unscrupulous Avow.I

What we want" said the political man
ager. is a candidate who can carry out
the wishes OF the people"
Yes" answered Mr.. Grafton Grabbe:
carry EN- out somewhere and lose EN-"
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1907-05-26
ANALOGOUS.

Don't call the Japanese Jap,
And stir up hanky -panky.
You know the feeling when some zap
Says Yank instead Of Yankee.
Philadelphia Public Ledger.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1907-05-26

The adoption of democratic platform
Is likely to bring out enough new ideas
on political economy to fill q library.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1907-05-26

Naturalfsts will take notice that the
really big game of this country is poll
tics. and where that is concerned Mr..
Roosevelt is undeniabIy an authority.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1907-05-26

Howard Gould displays O very extraor-
binary though perhaps courageous in
terest in hunting up a family skeleton
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1907-05-26

Experiences of the Duke of Abruzzi
make 1t evident that the autograph fiend
Is, after all. the least Objectionable of
the tribe of souvenir seekers.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1907-05-26
An Erratic Season,

All. gentle spring. you grieved each soul:
Your ways were far from nice.
One minute we were shoveling coal.
Another cracking Ice!
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1907-05-26

The railways can almost always find
in a law that they resent some Justifica-
ton for collecting larger rates.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1907-05-26
Economy In the End.

why do you always offer to bet when
you get into an argument with Bliggins 2"
He's 80 loquacious that I am willing to
risk little money for the sake Of saving
q lot Of time"
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1907-05-26

You're liar. gentle spring.
You're liar!
You only come so nigh
And no higher!
Pretty soon I'm going to stop.
Let the dog-goned subject drop.
You're a liar. gentle spring:
You're liarl
UNCLE JASPER.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1907-05-26

? MATHIS II fair to assume that the
cosine of q, divided by the logarithm of
$500 will have a monetary value when
followed out to eleven decimals along
the hypothenuse Of its corollary? A.-No
fairer than IT Is to assume we are paid
to tie bow knots In our mind. Come
again.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1907-05-26

0EORGE.-will the authorities permit
me to put O bul-frog In the malef A.
We should think 1t depended more on
the male than on the authorities. For
ward name and other details and method
you propose following. We are inter-
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1907-05-26

ALGERNON.-How may I discover the
secret Of success? A-Become successful.
Back to first principles. Algy; back to first
principles!
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1907-05-26

r. II. LIS It true that the politicians
out In Ohio are wearing metal hats, and.
IL 70, whyf A.-The rocket went up
some time ago-thsy are looking out for
the stick.
The Paducah evening sun. [volume] (Paducah, Ky.) 1906-1929, 1907-08-27

Men who have no money 60 burn
are apt 10 think II burning shame.
The Paducah evening sun. [volume] (Paducah, Ky.) 1906-1929, 1907-08-27
odd Jobs of Gravity.

THE cnects of grayitation are so
familiar as to demand only the brief
est mention; yet most of us, perhaps,
seldom stop to consider hcw far
reaching these effects are" says DIR.
Henry Smith Williams. "But for
gravitation, the winds would not
blow. the waters would not descend
aud the mountains would not crumble
into the valleys. Each particle of
pulvmized rock would remain where
Ia was formed, and there would be no
such thing as mixed soil.
But as matters are actually ar
ranged, gravitation is perpetually
active. and evfry particle of matter is
being eternally tugged at and urged
to get nearer TO the earth's center.
so no sooner does fragment of rock
lat a mountain crest become loosened
than gravitation hurls It crashing
down into the valley. shattering II
Into fragments, perhaps, or at the
least grinding off some portions of its
surface, rs well as of the surface OF
the rocks against which 1t is dashed.
BY such means and with the fur
ther aid OF its handmaidens wind and
water, grayltation works its unceas-
ing purpose of leveling the surface
of the earth. In few brief geologi-
cal moments IL rounds the shoulders
Iof the haughtiest mountain; and,
given time enough, 1t will bring
every particle of rock back to the sea
bed whence it originally sprang
Short of that, as transition stage
llt is forever mixing the different soil
constituents on the -one hand and
sorting them out again on the other.
I-Appleton's Magazine.
The Paducah evening sun. [volume] (Paducah, Ky.) 1906-1929, 1907-08-27
MURDER PROGRAM
PREPARED By ANARCHISTS Is
EXTENDED ONE.
Drawing of Lots for Honor of As.
sassinating Victims VIII BE
Made.

Amsterdam, Aug. 27.-Every coun
try of Europe has sent some of its
most efficient secret POLICE to Am
sterdam to keep an eye on the anar-
chists who gather here this week for
their international congress. Though
all that concerns the congress has
been kept a close secret enough has
leaked out of the program to cause
the various governments and the
heads of state to sit up and take no
'tice.
The promotion OF anarchism among
.civilized nations is the announced
purpose of the congress. Incidentally
dc is said, the congress will hold a
drawing to determine by lot who
shall have the honor of assassinat-
ing those whose death has been de-
cred. A provisional list of those
to be executed is said to have been
drawn up already, which embraces
the names of the car of Russia, the
emperor of Germany and the kings OF
Italy and Belgium.
The Paducah evening sun. [volume] (Paducah, Ky.) 1906-1929, 1907-08-27
THE WRONG DIAGNOSIS.
Prompt the Use of Worthless Rene
dies.

Even an experienced physician
will sometimes make mistake IN
diagnosis, in which event his entire
treatment Is wasted and may even
be Injurious to the patient.
The advocates of all other hair
restoratives save TIerpicide have
wrongfully diagnosed the cause of
Dandruff and Failing Hair.
They figure on functional disease
whereas II Is now known and gener.
ally accepted that hair loss is due
to a parasite. germ which Newbro's
Herpicide destroys.
There is no substitute for Herpi-
eide. axcept none.
Sold by leading druggists. Two
sizes. soc and $100. Send 1Oc in
stamps for sample to The Herpicide
Co. Detroit, Mich, W. b. McPher-
son, Special Agent.
The Paducah evening sun. [volume] (Paducah, Ky.) 1906-1929, 1907-08-27
esses@4e aa,aaa.eaes 9 9
Our National Appetite.


L7S1G4i gallons in the preceding
dsoal year.
Along with the drinking folks have
been busy putting away at the noxious
weed. The country being prosperous,
cigar smoking grew at an amazing
pace In the fiscal year there were
withdrawn for consumption 51.151,-
see, 1870 more cigars OF the class
weighing over three pounds to the
Thousand. an increase over the previ-
Gus year of 1.SGS, 595.917 cigars of
that class alone. That IS. the public
smoked about a billion and a third
move of these cigars in the fiscal year
just closed than 1t did the year be-
fore. The increase was nearly as
heavy in cigars weighing less than
three pounds to the thousand. II Is
easy to calculate that the cigar bill
Of the nation is increasing enormously
Aside from cigars, the public chewej
The Paducah evening sun. [volume] (Paducah, Ky.) 1906-1929, 1907-08-27

Washington, Aug Startling
evidence Of the growing appetite Of
the American public for whisky and
beer. tobacco, cigars. cigarettes ana
even SNUFF, is presented In the state
.mont Of the internal revenue bureau
for the fiscal year that closed June
so. Prohibition and reform move
ments. to say nothing Of New Years
resolutions. seem TO be failing OF
their purpose. The country year by
year drinks more liquor aud smokes
and chcws more tobacco. Worse
stlll. much Of the smoking consists in
the consumption of he cigarette.
The fiscal year Just closed has
broken all previous records in the
amount OF liquor anl tobacco con-
sumed. Besides, the public Is using
more oieomargarine. renovated but
ter, process butter. filed cheese and
.other "uniesirablos."
The receipts Of the Internal reye-
nue. for the fiscal year that closed
June 80 amounted to $2G9,GG4.O22,
against s249.1O2.7SS for the preced-
ing fiscal year. Large increases are
shown In receipts for liquors OF.
spirits. tobacco. fermented liquors,
oleomargarine, adulterated butter
,ul ronnvofal huffap
But more impressive is the show
ing when il IS considered what guam
titles of these various products were
manufactured Beer drinking has In
creased enormously. The amount OF
beer Withdrawn for consumption, on
which reSenua was paid, was So.
l5lG,11t barrels, or 3,S94,i74 barrel!
more than Co the preceding lisca
Year. Expire sed in gallons, this (.
an increase Of 11G.S33,220 gallons
| II appears the country has consumed
the enormous total Of 1,S1i,929,4il
gallons of beer in the last fiscal year
If the country has population o
80, OOO, 900 this means that in tn,
twelve months ending June 80 there
was drunk in the United States Al
aveage Of more than twenty gallons
of beer 10 every man, woman an'
child. This seems high average. bu
the internal revenue officials say {
was a poor year. for beer drinking
the cold, wet spring driving folks Il
strong drink and hurting the bee
traffic.
The consumption OF whisky in tn
fiscal year ending June 80 was 1874,
I142,O74 gallons. or an increase o
l11.4O9.252 gallons over the preced
ling fiscal year, There was an IN
crease also in spirits made from
apples and other fruits. the consump
Ition being 1,993,6ss gallons, agains
The Paducah evening sun. [volume] (Paducah, Ky.) 1906-1929, 1907-08-27

and smoked SG9,1SG,3 1903 pounds of
tobacco. an Increase of 14,27O,s04
pounds.
In cigarettes the consumption in
creased heavily. the entire number
moked in the fiscal year ending
June 80 being so high that it is small
wonder the tobacco trust has thrived.
II amounted to 5.l51,S62, $50, an in
crease of 1,SGS,595,917. As to SNUFF,
there was an increased consumption
OF C93,G5S pounds.
Oeomargarine shows Increased con
sumption Of 15,S42,t91 pounds, the
total consumption being 6S,9SS,S50
lpounjs. and there were marked in
IoIeases in the consumption of reno
waited butter. process butter and adul-
lterated butter.
The Paducah evening sun. [volume] (Paducah, Ky.) 1906-1929, 1907-08-27

There are stiIl some vacant lots on
Easy street.
The Paducah evening sun. [volume] (Paducah, Ky.) 1906-1929, 1907-08-27
COMMON HoYBED
FURNISHES PRINCIPLE On
WHICH POWER IL EXTRACTED
Inventor of Concrete File For Sky
scrapers Has Plan For Work
ing the sun.


Philadelphia, Pa, Aus Pr By
using the principle Of taa~eomAan
hotbed By which farmers g.ois ism
vegetables In tie dead q Water,
Frank shuman. engineer and en- ai-
list, thinks he has solved the Oh
problem Of converting TIE heat of the
rua into power at-Euch a low cost
THAT It's commercial use IS possible
He has nov rnnning al engine
that gsts its potter from The sun and
1t Is so simple that a child can op-
crate IT, shuman, who Is the inven-
tor Of the concrete Gle used IN all
skyscrapers ana the wire glass; says
his machine vii, revolutionize the
motive power OF the world.
on the'shuman property in TaeonS
there is what looks like big hot
bed, 1880 feet. It is Simply big
wooden box sunk into the ground
ana covered With double top OF Or
dinary dollhouse glass. with one
inch air space between the layers.
Instead Of icing filled with yege-
tables. however. II is filled with coll
el iron pipes. These pipes. which are
hllod with ether, connect with al
small upright engine hard by
sun Docs Work Of Fuel
The circuit Is known as a "ciosed
one that Is, Jhe ether In the pipes
is converted to yapor in the big box
passes through the engine, develop
ing three and half horse power
thence into a condenser, and back
again to the bot box
No fuel Is used, the heat OF tho
sun being relied upon TO convert the
liquid into vapor. In the tropics wa
ter could take the place Of ether
Shuman SAYS