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The Washington herald., 1907-10-31
Newspaper Integrity.

The Augusta Chronicle administers q
well-merited rebuke 20 an irate subscriber
who protests. in q communication. that
recent cotton market reports. being rather
"bearish." should have been suppressed
0y that newspaper. rather than printed.
and perhaps, made a factor tending TO
produce further decline in the price OF
the fleecy staple. IF you cannot say
anything good, the conditions might be
better If you keep your mouth shut"
says this correspondent, not over politely
but. certainly, emphaucally-
Commenting upon this, the Chronicle
SAYS.
The complaint is worthy Cd notice only because It
hetrsys q sentiment which exists altogether t05
largely ia the South, and which, if followed to its
logical conclusion would put premium On deep
tion and dishonesty.
We are not entirely clear az 20 what the writer's
exact grievance Is. unless it d that the Chronicles
market reports and cotton gossip have had bear
ish tingc of late This. as any sensible man under
stands was due entirely u an effort 70 print the
news as II is-sud not as We would like it 70 be.
I'VE would have very little confidence in a market
pass that Is 'coIorei 20 plesze the people. More
over We could net value the advice Of the editor
who Is willing 10 cry hold OF predict an 'ine5ta-
be rise In price merely because he thinks the
farmer wants % hear such advice He is, obviously
false friend, and the man Is dull, indeed, Who
c-nnot see him in his true ooIors."
II IS hard 10 see how any new paper
OF intelligence and in,egrity-and the
Chronicle Is both-could view the M. liter
in any other light. The duty Of such
newspaper is clear, and. we are glad 10
know, scrupul0Usly performed. Surely
paper that printed a market page filled
with dope" for its readers delectauon
could not expect 10 have a clientele of
much consequence. The fact that a news
paper may wish always to tell good
news-and it is by far the more prefer
able thing TO dO-does not relieve it of
its responsibility for making known the
bad as well
There are, unhappiy, too many papers
that seek only the pleasing thing 10 say
or, rather, the popular thing to say-as
it is now. Flattering those in power,
standing pat, letting well enough alone.
sUavity and suoothLess-these are the
earmarks Of the insincere. The news
paper worth while is the paper that con-
tents itself with heralding the simple.
honest truth about men and things-with-
out Grassland accessories or "colorinEs''
of any kind
We cannot see why a newspaper should
desire anything more than intelligence
and integrity as watchwords. No paper
founded upon less is worthy the name; no
paper founded upon more is possible.
The Washington herald., 1907-10-31
A LITTLE NONSENSE.
PROGRESS,

The sail supplants the paddle, and steam
supplants the sail.
The coach drives out the saddle. then
fades before the rail-
The sentimental man TO mourn this state
inclineth
But why so? All things must go to where
the woOdbine twineth.
Where once there piled q schooner, now
ploWs a mighty ship,
Which makes the run much sooner, and
gives a safer trip.
Tho sentimental man Ger such conditions
pineth;
y waste of vocal things must go TO
where the turbine tWineth.
The Washington herald., 1907-10-31

The Taft Literary Bureau is rapidly
earning the fame which arises from feel
ings of amazement and disgust. Il is
booming the Roosevelt candidate with n
boomerang It's output clogs the mails
and swells wastebaskets. Protests are
beginning TO be heard Uncomplimentary
epithets - silly" damaging" fool
friends acknowledgement Of the Taft
campaign"-are heating the atmosphere
What is the offending cause OF this ex-
traordinary agitation?
Wen, IN the first place, they are send
ms out Taft post cards. They are print
cd. it seems, in cOlOrs and bad taste
One Of them portrays Taft as ''presi-
dental baby in process Of transmission
from elsewhere to nowhere. The par
entage of the unpromsing infant is dis
creetIy yelled in mystery. Another card
plays up big "a grosgy-looking dude,
" Ching about 800 pounds and wearing
a brown fTOCk coat, sky-blue trousers,
and white spats' a Republican ele-
phaut. spurred on by "a cowboy plainly
labeled IT r." is thrusting the dude
forward into public notice And the
meaning OF il all is that the dude is a
good thing that should he pushed along
The other post cards beggar description
as We say when the worst has yet 10
be told
But the crowning achievement. the last
gasp OF Literary Bureau genius, is a
folder, entitled who Taft Is" Don't
you know who Taft IS? Then write to
the Taft boomers, at Columbus. Ohio,
and learn something TO your advantage
They haven't seen the joke yet.
The Washington herald., 1907-10-31
MEN AND THINGS.
TragedIe. at the GoIden Gate.

The bottom Of San Francisco Bay must
present a melancholy sight A diver re-
Gently told Of going down 70 examine the
steamer City of Chester. which was run
into some years ago near the mouth Of
the harbor. and sunk with all on board
The diver went down TO the sunken hull
with stout heart and a mind Injured to
the tragedies Of the sea. but when he
came across two sisters OF charity.
drowned as they lay I'm their berths. and,
near by. the body Of a man on his knees,
swayng back and forth with the motion
Of the tide, the whole scene showing
through the dim light Of an electric lamp
shining through the water HIS heart
failed him, and he gave the signal to be
hauled IN. Many other noble vessels lie
at the Golden Gate There lies the San
Rafael, which went down in 1901, sent 10
the bottom in collision with another
steamer in q dense fog. There TOO. lies,
caught in the seaweed, the City Of Rio
Janeiro, the Escambia, the May Flint.
ard the Caleb Curtis this last. a pilot
boat, sunk in a binding fog Truly tho
bottom Of San Francisco Bay is paved
with bitter memories.
The Washington herald., 1907-10-31
TAMPERING WITH TRIFLES

From th7 Houston Post
THE GLADDEST TIME.
What's the gIaddest time O. year
Down in Texas? Don't ask me,
This here time that's here right no.
Is as glad as il can be:
Yesterday was mighty glad:
An last summer, winter, spring
Was as glad as they could be,
Layin' over everything.
Texas cotton IN my bed.
Texas cotton in my spread.
Texas sdles up overhead,
Texas al about,
When ] lay me down 10 sleep
Texas brCezes softly sweep.
Perfumes al my visions steep
When the lights are out
What's the gladdest time o. year?
There's uo gladder time
Than just when the mornin' sun
Starts its daily climb,
An makes diamonds Of the dew
Hangiu from the stem
Of each bud, an crowns each bloom
With diadem.
Mornin's when the babies wake.
Watched over "for Jesus sake"
An the ripples on the lake
Twinkle near an far;
When the babies. eyes alight.
In their trailin' gowns an white,
Romp % YOU ont Of the night
Sweet as angels are.
What's the gladdest time o. year
In Old Texas? Say,
Have ye ever stood an looked
out across the bay.
Or dshed Red Fish Reef at all,
Any time o. year.
Or-I guess the gladdest time
Is the time you're here.
Unless you are far away
From her mountains, plains and bay,
Then-IVe heard some people say
Longin' in the glOam-
That their gladdest time 'ud be,
Same as t 'ud be fer me.
When home-planted vine an tree
Seen 'em gittin' home.
The Washington herald., 1907-10-31
Public Opinion VIII DO 1t.

From the Kansas City Star.
SO long as "a social. political or eco-
nomic abuse Is left TO the domain Of dis
cussiou and theoretic argument. il is slow
10 be remedied. because the traditional
and admirably afe-disp0siti0H Of the
American people is t7 be long sufferinH
rather than 10 risk indicting an injustice.
But reveal such abuses. subject them 20
the light OF certain knowledge and pub.
lie opinion will Immediately root them
Oflt
The Washington herald., 1907-10-31
Opnortnnitv Coz Inrestnrs

From the New York Herald.
When the public has completely recov-
cred its senses Il viii begin to look
around for remUneTative investments.
The American disposition is essentially n
sanguine and enterprising one. and a
people Of that temperament are incapable
Of the magpie process Of boarding money
in secret hiding places
The Washington herald., 1907-10-31
An Elementary Need.

From the Boston Transcript
We are inclined 20 the opinion that II
the government were TO enter upon the
gratuitous distribution Of some eIemen-
tary works on political economy, and
manuals Of civics prepared for the use of
high schools, il would indulge in the form
Of Federal cooperation most needed at
the present time.
The Washington herald., 1907-10-31
Autographed Gloom.

From the Empora Gazette
An Englishman who has been travelling
In this country has placed himself on rec
ord with the assertion that the Americans
are nation of humoTists. il he exam
inod some Of the comic supplements is
sued by the Sunday papers he would re-
verse that opinion and admit that We
can be serious, even 10 the verge O.
gloom.
The Washington herald., 1907-10-31
THE VOICES.

] heard the voice Of the city
Calling again and again:
And into her arms there FASTENED
Millions and millions u men.
And heard the voice Of old gardens,
OF quiet woodland ways;
But few hearts there were who would heed them
In the rush Of the busy days.
Tas cities grow old and vanish.
And their people faint and die;
But the grasses are green forever,
FoTsTer blue is the sky.
metropolitan Magazine.
The Washington herald., 1907-10-31

Should one remove the gloves when at
a card party? Tootsey.
This Is question requiring serious de-
liberation and one not 20 De answered
offhand. After serious deliberation we
would state that, in recherche circles, @
remove the gloves IS a serious Offense
at any time. except when retiring or
when taking a bath. Gloves should be
worn at the card table. We think they
may be safely removed, however, when
dealing
The Washington herald., 1907-10-31
Fruit IN Alaska,

one does not think Of watermelors IS
being possible in Alaska. but the Fair
banks Times tells Of some homegrown
watermelons that were grown on the
ranch OF a Mr.. p. J. Richert Nfr. Richer
has two large hothouses, each 20 by 100
feet besides many hotbeds. During the
early part Of the season the hotbousas
We're given over 10 the growing Of lettuce
beets. radishes, and other vegetables
Then they were used TO grow cucumbers
muskmelons. watermelons. and other
plants and flowers. From TWENTY-FIVE to
fifty pounds Of tomatoes are marketed
from them every day. Out In his fields
MI Richert has 10000 cabbage plants
growing, and from these he sells daiIv
whatever the market needs The straw
berries grown on Mr.. Richert's ranch did
not do well this season, but the enter
prlslng fruit-groweT is now engaged In
clearing ten acres Of dry. sandy soil on
which he hopes 70 raise both Strawberries
ana potatoes. 4 movement is on foot TO
make an e. p the various kinds Of
irult and vegetables raised at Fairbanks
an exhibit which may be carried abolIt
the country, 10 be seen by many peorle
who thus may be convinced that Alaska
IS something more than a land of ice ana
snow.
The Washington herald., 1907-10-31
Tall COngressmen.

The coming Congress viii contain three
men who viii contest for the honor Of
being proclaimed the tallest member
They are Sulloway, Of New Hampshire.
Barchfeld, of Pennsylvania. and Anthony.
Of Kansas. SuIloway and Barchfield were
rivals in the last House. The former has
helght OF six feet, six inches, but
ne ls round shoulder-d and is topped by
Barchtic-d with his six feet, three inches.
Anthony Is six feet, four inches The
friends Of Sulloway have been urging
him to take exercise so as to regain
an erect carriage II he should succeed.
ne would be towering figure in the next
Congress.
The Washington herald., 1907-10-31
The Real Thing.

THAT villain you have puts up a fine
representation OF heaFtlessness'
Punk. very punk If you want to see
a perfect representation Of heartlessness.
come around some time and watch our
manager refusing to stand for mid-
week touch"
The Washington herald., 1907-10-31

l might sometime Ger wars red fel
Care.n, or sit and chortle
Beside q ring where some stout pug
Hands out a punch that's mortal
But VOW now; Thanksgiving Day
l viii do like 1 Cughter.
And stay away from football games;
I'm not so fond of slaughter.
The Washington herald., 1907-10-31
Harmonr I'm Taste,

From the Florida Times-Union.
A fashion note suggests dark brown as
sutatie for early morning wear in
mems clothing. Intended no doubt. TO
match the dark brown taste which
comes the morning after.
The Washington herald., 1907-10-31
DiSnDpearinC Illusion.

From the New York Sun.
Properly speaking there never was a
Taft boom. 1t was an illusion. The
master OF the show has hardly had to
cry presto. The doppelganger fades and
disappears.
The Washington herald., 1907-10-31
More Roosevelt Luck.

From the Philadelphia Record.
President Roosevelt could hardly have
anticipated such good luck as to have
incurred the animosity Of the Philadel-
phia machine and its garrulous tool in
the Office Of mayor.
The Washington herald., 1907-10-31
Home1iI1e and Familiar.

From the Boston Transcript
Secretary Taft must have been remind
ed OF home when his train on the new
Philippine Railroad was derailed.
The Washington herald., 1907-10-31

The Chattanooga Star thinks ''the news
paper writer's will keep on until they have
made John Temple Graves salary $lo0.G00
per annum.' Wei, you ought not 10
blame them; most folks get mixed up and
fail TO discriminate when salaries repre-
sented by five figures ere under discus
sion. They are approximately incompre-
henSible.
The Washington herald., 1907-10-31
Two Dead Issues.

From the New York Mail
Free silver says n Southern contem-
porary, rs the deadest issue in tho
world Our brother has forgotten Sim,
plified Spelling.
The Washington herald., 1907-10-31
Gold and Corn.

From the Omaha Bee
The total gold production Of the United
States in 1906, according to figures just
issued by the director of the mint. was
valued at s94,313.SO0, or just a little less
than Nebraska's corn crop for the same
year.
The Washington herald., 1907-10-31

Living expenses still go up.
And so up more and more,
We owe more people this year than
We did the year before.
The Washington herald., 1907-10-31
Future Civilization.

From the Chicago Record Herald
In twenty-five years" says an enthus-
iastic bailOonist, everybody will be fly
ing How about the babies that arc
learning TO creep, or won't there be any?
The Washington herald., 1907-10-31

Mr. John Sharp Williams says he will
study one entire year seeking to fit him
self for the Senate. Even at that, how
ever, the odds are seven to one that he
viii not think to have all the buttons
sewn on his vest.
The Washington herald., 1907-10-31
A Real FTpert.

He's an automobile expert"
You're wrong; / happen to know that
he doesn't know the least thing about
an auto"
I mean he's never been hit by one
The Washington herald., 1907-10-31

We love this country as we'll as any
body, but we believe we could survive
It if some one should discover and put
I'm execution n way to wipe Breathitt
County, Kentucky, from the map.
The Washington herald., 1907-10-31
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The Washington herald., 1907-10-31

From the Philadelphia North American
The coUnUrys chief need to-day is to
encourage investment and discourage
gambling.
The Washington herald., 1907-10-31
A WIntcr,n TnIc

Il have an idea Tor a drama Of heart
interest"
What would YOU call it,"
The Faithless Tailor; or. Disappointed
About a Pair of Lavender Pants"
The Washington herald., 1907-10-31
The Wesfern WAY

Eighteen hundred men in line, What's
this. run on the bank?''
Nav, nav. Thems farmers who want
to deposit money"
The Washington herald., 1907-10-31
Manila Cemeteries.

Real burial grounds have been estab-
lished I'm Manila now I'm place Of those
cemeteries which were described bv Mr..
TAFT as places where the dead ere filed
for future reference" They were an
vaults like those in New Orleans where
the swampIness Of the ground made
burial 'n usual form impossible. The
principle cemetery used 70 be that OF
Paco. Il was round and was ornamented
with a terrace and balustrade above the
vaults. The wall containing the pigeon
holes was about eight feet thick. This
cemetery was built iH lSlo and until the
typhon Of September -, 1915. was .5t
an unattraCtve place The faces OF the
walls were o-uameuteI with many col
umns. and the inner alleys were filed
with beautiful trees. There were pigeon
holes Tor L1S2 bodies. So that rotation iu
oiIlee had to be followed II the cemetery
were 20 be used for every one Rotation
was secured by a system Of renting the
inches instead of selling them outright
The fee varied from g for "a child IN sea
for an adult, the rent to be paid I'm adj
vance every five years These rentals
provided the funds which supported the
chaplain and also paid the other ex-
pcnses of the place II az the end o. anv
tlve-year period the rent was not forth
coming the tenant was ut once ovicted
20 make room for a more profitable Cr-
cupant Thus accumulated pile o.
bones back OF the outer wall. and visitors
used 10 take photographs Of the grew
some pile Since the American occupa-
ton these bones have been buried. out
at Ia Iona are real burying grounds. tho
dead being Inferred in the higher ground
of that locality. 1t is a favorite burvi0e
place with the Chinese, who ike a sloping
hillside and who cover their graves with
Well laid thicknesses Of cement.
The Washington herald., 1907-10-31

It's fierce"
John. I told you not to use that word
in my store"
But, dad, I'm talking about the com
petition"
The Washington herald., 1907-10-31
Finance nud tbe T,bi-d Ter,,

From the Springfield Republican.
The financial crisis has no doubt killed
whatever chances Of success the third
term movement had.
The Washington herald., 1907-10-31

Mr.. Taft is reported to have stood that
horseback triD into the mountains Of
Luzon splendidiy. AS nothing is said OF
tho horse. we presume he didn't even
live to tell the tale.
The Washington herald., 1907-10-31

r Next wear will have one day more than
this year, but unless 1t happens TO be q
paw dav. what shall It profit US?
The Washington herald., 1907-10-31

The longest year on record was the
year IS B. G. This year had 445 days
because julius Caesar ordained that IL
should throughout the Roman sphere OF
influence. To clear away all the confus-
ion which had previously existed in re-
conciling the lunar with the solar year.
Julius Caesar. with the help Of Sosue-
enes. an AloXandrian astronomer. under
took thorough reform Of the calendar.
He effected IL by making the year now
called IS B. c., "the year of confusion. %
consist Of "a days and the succeeding
year Of 365 days, with the exception Of
every fourth year. which was 20 contain
S6j days. Thus was established the Julian
calendar as we know Il to-day.
The Washington herald., 1907-10-31

Mr. William J. Bryan is to dedicate
New Havens new public drinking foun-
tain. Why doesn't some kind-hearted
person procure Mr.. Fairbanks an assign
ment like that? IT might help some
right now.
The Washington herald., 1907-10-31

1t is darldy hinted that Austrian swell
dom may make 1t unpleasant for Miss
Gladys Vanderbilt when she shall have
become the Countess Whateveri.isk be
cause she cannot show sixteen genera
tions Of noble ancestry. But think OF
the money-soaked condit ton OF the gene
ratioDs she can show.
The Washington herald., 1907-10-31
Pushing the Taft boom

After all it is principally insecurities
that are wabbly in the markets now
The Washington herald., 1907-10-31

There is one pleasant thought in con-
nection with air ships; as a rule they
will not butt into anything more than
one another.
The Washington herald., 1907-10-31
woII street Aeronautics

From the Rochester Herald.
Financial ball0Oning does not seem Ia
be as successful as the other kind
The Washington herald., 1907-10-31

The Cleveland Leader claims that Sen
ator Foraker is for Burton for mayor.
Doubtless the Senator gave the fight up
as hopeless when he discovered that Mr..
Roosevelt was out in an Endorsement Of
baked 'nnssum
The Washington herald., 1907-10-31

Air. John D. Cummings demands "a
silent Roosevelt" Doubtless Mr.. Cum
mings cried for the moon when he was
a baby.
The Washington herald., 1907-10-31

Oh. we'll let the price OF cranberries
soar! If the average citizen can only
manage to get the turkey, he will cheer
fully 10 without the sauce this year.
The Washington herald., 1907-10-31

Perhaps Mr.. Nicholas Longworth. Of
Cincinnati, imagines his acquaintance
Over-the-Rhine qualities him for the Ger
man Ambass8dorshIp
The Washington herald., 1907-10-31

L is distressing to learn that King
AlfOnsO's health is not good. There Is no
one in the king business we like better
than Alfonso.
The Washington herald., 1907-10-31

Mr, Jerome X. Jerome is now at large
hunting jokes. II gives us fiendlsh delight
10 inform him that Texas produces the
biggest jokes Of the land. the city OF
Houston being its blue-ribbOa Offering
The Washington herald., 1907-10-31

Fir. William Howard Taft probably viii
awake some day to find himself possessed
OF tie finest and most notable collection
of fTicnds-WhO-didn't 't-KnuW-it- -vQas-IosdeC
ever gathered together in this country.
The Washington herald., 1907-10-31

The Earl and Countess Of Yarmouth
have about agreed to disagree, so the
cables say. VIII none Of our interna-
tiOnal marriages stay put?
The Washington herald., 1907-10-31

Why do women try to speak a para
graph the length Of half a column with
out taking a breathe" asks the New
York Mail Why because" of course
The Washington herald., 1907-10-31

"The average man Of this nation" says
the President in his Thanksgiving Day
proclamation. There it goes again; Mr.
Bryan has Just been lecturing on THE
Average Man"
The Washington herald., 1907-10-31

Speaking Of "a rich mems conspiracy"
how about the one that saved the day
Ia Wall street recently.
The Washington herald., 1907-10-31
The Battle of NIasoIIer.

In the republic Of Uruguay. September
was the anniversary OF the battle of
Masoller, which ended the revolution
OF 1894, which cost the life of Gen.
Aparicio Saraiva. the leader of the
rebels. The newspapers of Montevideo
announced that on September 10. the date
OF his death, a service would be held al
the Church of Las Mercedes. and after
this public meeting, at which orators
would eulogize the famous "candillo" OF
the Nationalists, the revolutionary party.
The president of the republic gave on
that occasion great example of political
wisdom. and Of his desire to lessen the
too Keen feeling existing between the two
parties, Colored0s and NatlOualists. He
issued proclamation by which he or
dered 10 be suspended all public amuse-
ments on the "fratricidal anniversary"
of the battle of Masoller.
The Washington herald., 1907-10-31

"Do you believe in the power Of sug-
gegtionT'
i certainly do. II l suggest oysters
often enough. Charley usually invites me
10 have some"
The Washington herald., 1907-10-31

There is always room for one more
kiss upon my lips" sings an Alabama
pOetess. This lady is evidently a sort
Of omnibusser.
The Washington herald., 1907-10-31

Don't forget to take In your front gate
tonight; also, gag the door bell.
The Washington herald., 1907-10-31

Trial marriages" flourish among the
EskimOs; It has also been discovered that
caunibalism Is sometimes practiced among
them, TOO. Cheerful sort Of people, those
Eskimos.
The Washington herald., 1907-10-31

OF course, Montgomery is trying TO look
as pleasant as possible, but it is the next
town on the schedule-and the returns
from Birmingham make dry reading.