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The Washington herald. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1906-1939, 1907-01-01
Reward of Dignity and Ability.

From the Boston Record
One of the most curious incidents in
the highly checkered career Of the
former governor Of South Carolina. r
J. Moses which came to an end al Win
thrOp last week, that was not told in
his biography, was in its way as extra
ordinary as the history Of the country
contains. It occurred in 1878. when he
was speaker Of the legislature. and in
it that same body brazenly mulcted the
State Of $1,000 in cold cash 10 reimburse
him for a racing debt. II was one Of
the reconstruction legislatures, thick
with rasCalS of all sorts. The speaker
mad made his bet with Whipper. a
negro member who had invested some
Of his corruption money in horses. The
house adjourned 10 see the race. Moses
lost to Whipper, and three days after
ward. on Whipper's motion. a gratuity
of $1,000 was voted 10 the speaker for
the dignity and ability with which he
presided over the deliberations
The Washington herald. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1906-1939, 1907-01-01
4 Modern Chesterfield.

From The Sabatha lkas.l HeraId.
A pupil near Sabetha had been
naughty all day, and the teacher sent
him a note ordering him to stay after
school The boy wrote an answer on
his slate saying: 'Dere teCher: Ex-
cept the oner with pleasure Always
keep mi engagements with the ladies.
VIII be at the tristing place at p. m
The Washington herald. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1906-1939, 1907-01-01
His Opinion of It.

From the Philadelphia Press.
Did I understand you to say" asked
Miss Woody, that you don't go in for
Cociety-at alp"
quite So" replied Crabbe. Society
is simply a silly school in which every
nobody is, taught to try TO be some
body"
The Washington herald. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1906-1939, 1907-01-01
Mrs. Taft's Railroad Investment.

From the Railway World.
Mrs. William H. Taft. wife of the Sec
rotary of War has donated $500 il
money and 20,oo0 acres Of land to the
promoters of the Nueces Valley Rail
road, of Texas, which is 10 run from
ArteSia. on the International and Great
Northern. TO Carrie Springs. Dimmet
County. This insUres the building Of the
road. Mrs. Taft owns the Catarina
ranch, Of 100000 acres Of land, through
which the road viii run.
The Washington herald. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1906-1939, 1907-01-01
The TruthfuI Hnsbnnd.

From the Cleveland Leader.
"Oh. yes" said Mrs. Sintch. my hus-
band is an enthusiastic archaeologist. And
I never knew 1t till yesterday. I found in
his desk some queer-lo0king tickets. with
the inscription, Mudhouse, z to l. And
when I asked him what they were, he
told me they were relics of d lost race
Isn't II interesting"
The Washington herald. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1906-1939, 1907-01-01
Political Methods IN Insurance.

From the Pittsburg Dispatch.
one Of the insurance companies has
carried the adoption Of the method of the
politicians even farther by re-electing in
dicted officials. presumably as a vindica-
ton
The Washington herald. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1906-1939, 1907-01-01
An Omitted Interest.

From the New York Mail
DIT. OsIer says we should be better off
if all the tobacco were thrown into the
sea Perhaps, but how about the ladies
who save the coupons?
The Washington herald. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1906-1939, 1907-01-01
The Animal CnmedN.

And now comes pa, who says. BY
cripes. III throw away this rack Of pipes.
He fires them out into the yard where.
luckily. the grounds not hard. For in a
week Wen find them all snugly at rest
against the wall
The Washington herald. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1906-1939, 1907-01-01

Some day, we presume, an accident is
going TO happen on one of the railroads
not equipped with the most up-to-date
block signal system" So far such a
thing is uuheard Of
The Washington herald. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1906-1939, 1907-01-01

There was some peculiarly appropriate
speechmalIing at the Automobile Club last
night"
Why peculiarly Appropriated
''Oh. nearly everybody broke down"
The Washington herald. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1906-1939, 1907-01-01
Not Very Intimate.

From the Richmond News-Leadcr.
When the President returns to Wash
ington from Pine Knot he may be pre-
pared to write message on our rela-
tions with Turkey.
The Washington herald. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1906-1939, 1907-01-01
All a Bluff.

Cholly affects q raKish strut
And makes a feint
To be an awful scoundrel, but
He really amt.
The Washington herald. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1906-1939, 1907-01-01
A. tn nm Acrnhnf.

THAT Arab can double himself into a
compact mass
so I see. He's a regular folding
Bed0uin as it were
The Washington herald. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1906-1939, 1907-01-01
ouftr So.

I've been looking over some alleged
gold-bcaring properties
"Out among the rough miners, eh?'
yes; and some OF the rough miners are
pretty smooth"
The Washington herald. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1906-1939, 1907-01-01

From the Chicago Tribune.
Fluffy Young Thing cat the
Iieve this man iINfront Of US
hear what we're saying.
Man in Front turning arou
me an injustice, my dear yo
am trying not to hear It
The Washington herald. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1906-1939, 1907-01-01

Mr.. Rockefeller says he cannot afford
to have oysters at his table. Perhaps Mr..
Rockefeller may yet be reduced to the
necessity Of making hash out Of the day
soup bone.
The Washington herald. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1906-1939, 1907-01-01

II those japanese said TO have been
sketching the forthcations Of the Philip
pines want 10 do us a favor they will
bring the sketches over and let our War
Department see what they look like
The Washington herald. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1906-1939, 1907-01-01
Losing Nervef

From the Charleston News and Courier
What is the matter with Texas. that
three pistol shots cause excitement
among 1900 people?
The Washington herald. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1906-1939, 1907-01-01
One of the Richest senator.

Since the close of the last session Of
Congress George s. Nixon. Of Nevada, has
become one of the richest members Of the
Senate. He was one of the original boom
ers Of the Tonopah district. having picked
up there numerous prospects that have
developed into properties Of vast value
His interest In three mines alone repre-
sents a cash valuation of S20.90000G. and
he has other properties that have not
yet been developed, but which are said
10 be quite as promising as any Of those
that have made him a millionaire Sena-
tor Nixon went TO Nevada IN 1881 from
California as a railroad telegraph op-
orator, and has lived in the State ever
since. He had been a resident of Nevada
only three years when he was elected
president Of the biggest bank ut Reno.
This gave him a start that he utilized 10
the best advantage. He made and lost
several gOOG-sized fortunes in the cattle
business before coming TO the Senate, and
when he came here two years ago he was
a comparatively poor man. He had been
dabbling in mines twenty years before
ne finally struck it in the Tonopah dis
trict. and Ii is estimated that he sunk
over s., coo. 900 IN Improbable ventures It
is belived that within the next two or
three years he viii rank among the
biggest millionaires Of the country.
The Washington herald. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1906-1939, 1907-01-01
Among the Marnates.

Going to swear off anything this year,
dear bOy2"
Nothing but taxes. old fell"
The Washington herald. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1906-1939, 1907-01-01

An Iowa man has appointed a committee
of friends to select a bride for him. II
the committee cares anything for the
mans future friendship, it will decline the
lob
The Washington herald. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1906-1939, 1907-01-01

Hall Game must have a very poor opin-
ion Of that German who paid 1880 for q
copy Of Shakespeare, when n copy Of
THE Manxman," together with amy
magazine IN Glass A, might be had for
81 %
The Washington herald. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1906-1939, 1907-01-01

The Birmingham ASe-Herald thinks the
Office seekers might be induced 20 take
up simpiitied spelling. 1t would make
a mighty fine showing, SO far as num-
beTs are concerned
The Washington herald. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1906-1939, 1907-01-01

The National Fish Commission is max
ing arrangements to stock Lake Carnegie,
at Princeton, with bass. pike, perch and
salmon. That viii be real handy for Mr..
Cleveland.
The Washington herald. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1906-1939, 1907-01-01

II seems that all the big life insurance
officers were reelected except one. and
he got to the penitentiary before The
voters could reach him.
The Washington herald. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1906-1939, 1907-01-01

One grand concerted sigh OF relief comes
from the Southern press IT the news that
Senator-elect JEFF" Davis name is
"Jeffries," and not Jefferson"
The Washington herald. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1906-1939, 1907-01-01

Those rectifers who are declaring they
will have TO go out of business f the
pure-food laws are enforced are certainly
putting forth an excellent reason for en-
forcing them.
The Washington herald. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1906-1939, 1907-01-01

The President failed 20 get wild tur-
key IN Virginia. Notwithstanding the fact
that several were seen just before his
arrival. They evidently got wind Of his
coming.
The Washington herald. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1906-1939, 1907-01-01

If MIR. Taft is to drive the Republican
band wagon, the wagon can never claim
afterward that it didn't know it was
loaded
The Washington herald. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1906-1939, 1907-01-01

It's all right for John D. Rockefeller 20
advise people 10 LAY aside something
for a rainy day." but he goes about lay
ing it aside like he expected it TO set IN
and rain for about a million years.
The Washington herald. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1906-1939, 1907-01-01

The Yaquis must imagine themselves
something Ike double first cousins 20 the
Pulajanes.
The Washington herald. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1906-1939, 1907-01-01

The statement from the sugar trust that
It will resist all afforts to dissolve 81 is
chiefly interesting because it brings up the
question OF just how much water 1t would
take TO dissolve that concern.
The Washington herald. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1906-1939, 1907-01-01

Just now Il is probable that the c0lored
brethren throughout the land look upon
Senator Foraker In the same light that
the old negro woman looked upon sam
Jones when she told him he had a white
skin but n black htart
The Washington herald. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1906-1939, 1907-01-01

Secretary Wilson has made the circuit
Of the Baltimore disulleries, and IS still
alive 20 tell the taIel
The Washington herald. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1906-1939, 1907-01-01

Justice Harlan says the most essential
thing in life is balance" Undoubtedly
the most disagreeable is 'overdraught. 3"
The Washington herald. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1906-1939, 1907-01-01

And now it is said that Mr. Hartman
viii make war on Mr.. Roosevelt. A
friendly feeling prompts the suggestion
that the railroader consult with few
VINO have tried that thing. before he
wades in TOO deep. at all events
The Washington herald. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1906-1939, 1907-01-01

The London Lancet says plum pudding
is not indigestibIe, and Mr.. Rockefeller
has come 20 the rescue of the mince pie
Il only remains for some one to give the
Welsh rarebit a certificate of character
The Washington herald. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1906-1939, 1907-01-01

A Montana man has been arrested for
illegally fencing in 1900 acres of public
land. Public lands are getting so scarce
out that way that they have 10 steal It
in small lots these days.
The Washington herald. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1906-1939, 1907-01-01

Says the Boston Traveller. ITO Pember-
ton Square. Tenet insanabiIe multo
scrbeudi cacoeIhes, ct aegro corde geue-
sciL" 1t is by no means certain in what
direction Pemberton Squares ofense lies
but surely a typical Boston lecture Ike
that will cause IL TO be good.
The Washington herald. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1906-1939, 1907-01-01

Just as the announcement was made
by the Ice trust that il was In business
for money, its stock went up about 20
points. Probably thought some one might
not believe H.
The Washington herald. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1906-1939, 1907-01-01

Mr. Bryan is booked for eighty six
lectures on the Chau-talk-qua circuit
The Washington herald. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1906-1939, 1907-01-01

At this writing the Bryan-will-run ru-
NOR is one lap ahead of the Roosevelt
won t-run rumor
The Washington herald. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1906-1939, 1907-01-01
Hugh Hnnna's New job.

Hugh II. Hanna, of indianapolis, who
was one Of the leaders Of the sound cur
rency movement when 10 to was
threatening to engulf the country's
financial system. and who used to spend
a good deal of time in Washington look
ing after financial legislation. has found
new employment for his restless ener-
gies. At a meeting in Chicago a few
days ago of the national leaders Of the
Presbyterian Church, Mr.. Hanna was
elected to the most important position
among the laymen on the church board,
and he soon viii begin religious or
theological propaganda that Will again
bring him in the limelight. His work in
the sound currency movement showed
him to be one of the most resourceful
promoters in the country and his friends
in Washington are confident that he will
stir up the religious circles in a way that
will attract national attention. He is nOt
related TO the late Mark Hanna, although
nearly everybody thought there was a
bond Of consanguinity between them. be-
cause they both became national stars Of
the first magnitude at the same time and
in the same cause.
The Washington herald. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1906-1939, 1907-01-01
INC CONGRESS and Cuha

Cheer up, The bills will not be so thick
again in a whole year.
The Washington herald. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1906-1939, 1907-01-01

Jerome says he has done the very best
he could. And, come TO think Of It in
that light, perhaps he has
The Washington herald. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1906-1939, 1907-01-01

A car shortage is reported in Brazil
That isn't the only evidence Brazil has
recently given Of modern business prog
ress and prosperity.
The Washington herald. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1906-1939, 1907-01-01

4 have been bottled up says Mayor
Schmitz. A great many people think he
ought 10 have been "jugged.
The Washington herald. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1906-1939, 1907-01-01

Forty tons Of Jordan River water has
been received in New York. Some Of
those New York people are wise not 10
risk baptism in common everyday water
The Washington herald. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1906-1939, 1907-01-01

The creaking. groaning sound you hear
is the overloaded water-wagon getting
under way
The Washington herald. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1906-1939, 1907-01-01

A Philadelphia paper calls San Fran
cisco corrupt" Whew,
The Washington herald. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1906-1939, 1907-01-01

January dividends have been estimated
at S1So.00o000, but you will probably
hardly notice il at all.
Elk City mining news. (Elk City, Idaho) 1903-1913, 1907-10-19
One of the
Essentials

ol the happy homes Of to-day is a
VAST funo OF information as to the
DeSt methods of promoting health and
happiness and right living and know
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Products of actual excellence and
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ana which have attained to world
"ioe acceptance through the approval
OF the Well-Informed Of the World;
not OF individuals only. but of the
many who have the happy faculty of
selecting and obtaining the best the
world affords.
one Oh the products Of that class.
Oh known component parts, an Ethical
remedy approved by physicians and
commended by the Well-Informed Of
lne world as a valuable and whole
some family laxative is the well-known
syrup Oh Figs and Elixir of SIENNA. To
set lts beneficial effects always buy
cue genuine. manufactured by the
Sanlornia Fig Syrup Co., only. and
'or sale by all leading druggists.
Elk City mining news. (Elk City, Idaho) 1903-1913, 1907-10-19
At the Columbia.

interest has been aroused among
the theatergoers by the announcement
OF the Columbia theater of Spokane
that 1t has secured the noted actor
Clay Clement, for a special stock star
ring engagement. Few equal Mr.. Gle
ment as an actor and as student Of
Shakespeare. Not only in America has
Mr.. Clement won fame, but in foreign
countries as well.
Not many plays have done more to
raise the standard Of the drama than
Mr. Clements own piece, 1.-THE New
dominion" It's interesting story is so
beautifully told and the plot so we'll
Defined that the interest Of an audi
ence Is held throughout,
Mr. Clay cement will be supported
by Miss Kathleen Kerrigan and the
popular Curtiss Comedy company.
Prices, 10, 20 and 80 cents, few seats
at % cents. Seats always selling six
Gays ahead. Phone 311. Oct. 20 and
wee, "The Bells"
Elk City mining news. (Elk City, Idaho) 1903-1913, 1907-10-19
"The AIaskan.v

Twelve genuine Alaska sledge dogs
and their owner, Sport" NV. L..
Smith, are declared to be touring
about the country with John Cort's big
comic opera production, THE Alas
KAN" which comes to the Spokane for
a weeks engagement October 81.
"Mr. Cort contracted with the own
er to bring his entire outfit to the
States and furnish real northwestern
atmosphere for the new comic opera"
asserts the press agent.
These interesting canine 'buskies'
have been for the past four years
serving as mail carriers between Una
lakleet and Nome under the guidance
Of Sport Smith, who is one of the
best known mail carriers Of the north
ern gold country. 1t took Smith and
his dogs five weeks to reach New York
City for the opening of the Alaskan
at the Knickerbocker theater and he
brought them from Seattle In a box
car walled with ice, in which they are
now carried by the show company.
This car, as it is arranged, is practi-
cally a refrigerator car for live ami
mails
Skinny and Bob two of the pack.
saved their owner and companions
from death in the icy water of Behr-
ing sea on April 9, 1904, when the
pack sleds went through the soft ice
OF an early spring. Skinny and Bob
were pacing the outfit. Engulfed.
they forged forward until they got
footing on solid ice, after which the
rest OF the pack and their driver got
out of the water"
Elk City mining news. (Elk City, Idaho) 1903-1913, 1907-10-19

Water Is the universal solvent. anf
1T preserves this property inside the
human body as well as without. 1t |,
therefore useful, indeed indispensa
bic, substance; but it must be taken
with discretion.
If one drinks a hard water-one al.
ready saturated with salts-it does lit.
tie good, for all its energy must be ex-
pended in removing from the system
the mineral matter which it already
holds In solution, and the animal waste
Is left where it was before.
A drinking water, to be of any use
must be pure, or comparatively SO. Dis
TILED water Is the best drink, but un-
less 1T is aerated-shaken I'D so as 70
absorb air-it is fat and most unnalat.
able
Rain-water, in the country. is distill-
ed water, and if properly collected and
stored, Is excellent for drinking pur-
poses. The first fall should be allowed
to run away, for 1t contains the dust
and other Impurities in the air, and
also the bird droppings and dirt from
the roof or other collecting surface.
The cistern in which 1t is stored
should be protected from the surface
DRAWINGS and should be tightly cover
ed to keep out dust Water so kent ia
greatly preferable to we'll water. which
is almost never beyond the possibility
OF contamination, no matter how far II
may be from the barn or the outhousas
and no matter though 1t NAV be at q
higher level. There are often seams
and cracks in the earth which give free
way to water, and in this way the SIR.
face washings may be carried TO rho
bottom Of deep well long wav off
and on higher level.
Many persons will not trust anv NOT
ural supply, and drink only bottled wa
ter, either natural or artificial Rut
thls Is not always as safe as If saan,s
to be. The maker of the artificial wa
ter may not filter 1t before charging q
with carbonic acid gas, and then Of
course 1T Is no better than the water of
the town where it is made
The natural waters may be pure and
they may not, just as any spring NAV
be pure or contaminated.
Those who live In cities where the
water is filtered may safely drink #
II they can be sure the water supplied
Is always that which came through the
hlter-beds. Those in charge of n,,b1,o
water supplies have been known to mix
nnflltered water with the filtered or
to substitute it entirely, without warn
ng to the users.-Youth's Companion
Elk City mining news. (Elk City, Idaho) 1903-1913, 1907-10-19
Rallies Returns.

A theatrical event of note will be the
presentation at the Spokane theater
Monday and Tuesday nights by the
clever young romantic actor, s. Miller
Kent, of "Raffes, the Amateur Cracks
man." the fascinating and interesting
play which has been dramatic sensa-
ton for the past three seasons in this,
country and which is reported to be
in the sixth month Of hun at the
Comedy theater, London.
Elk City mining news. (Elk City, Idaho) 1903-1913, 1907-10-19


Locomotives without tracks, drawing
behind them long trains of cars. and
speeding over the highways, are to-day
familiar sights in Europe, from France
In the west, to Turkey in the east. I'm
der the caption, 'Trackless Trains Go
Everywhere" Donald Burns, In the
Technical World Magazine so writes.
Wherever the ordinary four-wheeled
vehicle can go, the trackless trolley can
go likewise. The author describes one
particular model, known as the Renard
train, as follows: This latest prod
Icy, the Renard train, Is a train of
passenger or freight vehicles, headed
by steam or gasoline locomotive which
travels over country roads and town
or city streets. The ordinary railway
train calls for steel rails and a special
right-of-way the Renard train has no
necessity for either of these, but shares
the common highway with the horse
drawn vehicle"
Further on, the writer SAYS: "In
France the Renard train has been used
for military service with marked re-
suits. A convoy SO transported occu-
pies one-elghth the space Of one drawn
by mules or horses, and it travels at
speed of ten miles per hour" Even
Turkey and Persia, two countries
which are noted for their backward
ness In most things, have been quick to
take I'D the new ideaa
Elk City mining news. (Elk City, Idaho) 1903-1913, 1907-10-19
SPOKANE ADJUSTMENTS.

Spokane theater attractions during
the month Of October:
October 20, II and 22-"Prince of
Pilsen."
October % and 24-"In the Bish-
ops Carriage"
October 25-Isabel Irving.
October 26-"Ths Heir to tho
Hoorah."
October ~, week-The totem pole
comic opera, The Alaskan"
Elk City mining news. (Elk City, Idaho) 1903-1913, 1907-10-19

Lieutenant Colonel william f. Tuck
er, paymaster Of the Department of the
Lakes, with headquarters at Chicago,
will not be court martialed on the COM
plant preferred by his wife, Mrs. IDOL
ly" Logan Tucker. The report of the
Inspector General charged with the in
vestlgation of the affair establishes
that the paymaster has not been guilty
OF any violation of the law or the army
regulations.
Elk City mining news. (Elk City, Idaho) 1903-1913, 1907-10-19
Natatorium Park

Natatorium park, the Cony island Of
spokane, is still in full swing and will
continue as long as weather permits
Inc great dancing pavilion proving the
most popular.
Elk City mining news. (Elk City, Idaho) 1903-1913, 1907-10-19
10y.

Yes" said Miss Backbay, Emerson
Appeals TO us women of Boston; al
though he has passed beyond. we al
ways keep him in our hearts, you
You don't say" replied Miss Knor
OF Chicago. Il wonder how 1t feels to
De kept In cold storage like thatv
Philadelphia Press.