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The Washington times., 1907-06-12
w. P. Stafford Delivers
Address at Commence
ment Exercises.
I'VE Have Had Poets
Worthy to Stand in
Worlds Pantheon,
He Says.

Associate Justice Wendell Phillips
Stafford was the orator OF the day al
the commencement exercises of Johns
Hopkins University in Baltimore yester-
DAY. He spoke on the Gospel of
Poetry" His address was given the
closest attention by the student body.
Justice Stafford spoke in part as fol-
lows.
Il am to sly few words about the
gospel of poetry. Not poetry in any
narrow or technical sense but the
poetic principle i'm human life.
The sentiments that give human life
dignity and charm are invariably poetic
Hospitality, for example. What is it but
a poetic view of the relation between
host and gueSt2
The subtlesJ and most powerful ap-
peal that can be made TO human nature
is the appeal that takes for granted
the inherent nObleness Of the person at;-
dressed. II il is at'heart a kind Of fat
terry. It is a fiattery worthy OF the courts
of heaven where The princes are gods
and the courtiers are angels.
Patriotism Is Poetry.
Then there is patriotism Who does
not know that the patriot is a poet?
He is n lover. and the lover is always 4
poet. We have seen whole nations
turned poets overnight by some sud
den peril 10 the land they hardly knew
they loved.
'Heroism is poetry-the poetry OF con-
duct Its appeal is universal 1t is
written II a language that all men un-
derstand.
Religion itself. Whatever more il may
b.. is the poetry of morals And the
more poetic its form The stronger and
more general its mold upon the people.
There is such "a thing as poetry Of
behavior Perhaps it would DE moro
exact 10 say there was. For one may be
excused at times for doubling whether
manners be not one OF the lost graces
Of a dead and buried world.
Irreverence at Mt. Vernon.
Go. stand by the tomb Of Washing
ton, where hundreds come and 60 each
day. hundreds whose DAYS are sweet
and whose nights are safe because he
suffered for them. See them draw near
its doors and gaze upon a spot where
reverent love should almost nut the
shoes from of its feet, II is 50 holy. Yet
YOU may be surprised If now and then
you see head uncovered
What have the poets done for Us?
They have made life anluent. They
nave enabled us 10 think better OF our
selves.
We have had poets worthy to stand in
tne world pantheon. Surely land
that can point to sons like these need
not despair Of her future. It was one OF
our brave company Of poets who said to
the poet; This shall be thy reward.
Inat the ideal shall be real to thee
That Is the gospel Of poetry"
The Washington times., 1907-06-12
MARRIED FIVE YEARS;
SEPARATE PER CONTRACT

COLUMBUS. lad. June 1z-On the
fifth anniversary Of the wedding OF
Mr.. and Mrs. George Layman. OF this
place. the wife went to ner husband.
who is employed as a timer, and hand
ed him the keys, to their home and left
for the home of her parents in Nob!es-
vile to remain permanently
They entered into a contract to the
effect that they were to separate on the
wooden anniversary Of their wedding #
either party TO the contract was DIS
satisfied, and that. after being separated
for thirty days, either was 10 be priv
legged 10 file suit for divorce and the
other was not 10 contest the suit.
The Washington times., 1907-06-12
GERMANY GAINING
INFLUENCE IN RUSSIA

CoNSTANTINOPLE. June 1z-Ger-
many is rapidly gaining a dominating
influence in Asia Minor, through the
great works undertaken there by the
Kaiser's government. chief OF which is
the construction Of the Bagdad railway.
This is the opinion OF p A. jaw. secre-
tary Of the American embassy here. who
has just returned from an extensive
trip through that country.
Mr.. Jays journey was made for the
express purpose OF studying the CONNER
cial schemes inaugurated by Germany
ana 10 note the progress OF the Bagdad
railway. He Will submit a detailed re-
port Of his findings to the State Depart
ment.
The Washington times., 1907-06-12
c. A. Muddiman & Co

Jewel Gas Ranges and Water Heaters.
SIS 18th st. Lamps 1904 q ST
The Washington times., 1907-06-12

Riding and Driving Horses for Hire.
West End Stables. SO7-1I 18th ST. Phone
NJ. 1850.
The Washington times., 1907-06-12

OF excellence but is placed within reach
of all. Purity Of process and materials,
and consequent wholesomeness. recon-
mend II TO all. Get Schneiders. at grocers'
The Washington times., 1907-06-12
The Safest Investments

Are those that do not depend upon the
financial responsibility or the STABILITY OF
any individual or corpora ton First deeds
OF trust lmortgaEe) notes literally secured
on good real estate In the District OF
Columbia. constitute ''Eilt-edge-' invest
rrents- These are the only kind we make
and supply 70 investors They bear in
terest. payahle sent annually. az the rate
OF Five per cent per anEum. and may b
had OF US in amounts from $50 and up
ward az par and accrued interest send
for booklet, Concerning Loans and In
raef-rn~fE
The Washington times., 1907-06-12

Kodaks, Supplies, and Kodak Films.
KROUsE's. 49, 9th st. NV.
The Washington times., 1907-06-12
Hungarian Gypsy Orchestra at

Park Hotel Summer Garden, Re tAskeller.
N. Y. ave- and 18th St F. Endres. Prop.
The daily democrat. [volume] (Anadarko, Oklahoma) 190?-1908, 1907-07-12
TREATMENT INDUCED A CHILL
Remedy Given In Hospital Tent Must
Have Been Pleasant.

The captain tells a story which runs
something like this: In camp one
morning the first sergeant reported
that Private B had a chill. "1s Il
serious one?" asked the captain.
We'll. sir, l don't know just how seri-
Gus II IS. but it's a big one, for II
seems to be all over him, and ne
weighs 200 pounds. On seeing him
the captain found him looking rather
blue, and instructed the first sergeant
to send him to the surgeon in charge
OF a corporal.
Soon after breakfast the captain
saw the corporal and asked him how
the man was getting on. "Oh he's
all right now" was the reply, 81 took
him up TO the hospital tent and when
I saw what kind of medicine the doc
or gave him had a chill too."--Army
and Navy Life.
The daily democrat. [volume] (Anadarko, Oklahoma) 190?-1908, 1907-07-12
THE REoRoANlZED NEW YORK
LIFE INSURANCE COMPANY.

The new Board of Trustees OF the
New York Life Insurance Company,
chosen by the policyholders under the
Armstrong laws, has taken charge of
the company's affairs and has begun
the work Of reorganization.
In choosing the principal officers OF
the company. the Board has adhered
to the idea that a life insurance com.
pany should be managed by life in.
surance men. The new president is
Darwin p. Kingsley, a college bred
man of good New England stock, who
has been in the company's service in
variety OF capacities for n period of
nearly twenty years. In the parlance
of life insurance, he began with the
rate book" and has advanced step by
step up to his present position.
The first vice president of the COM
pany is Thomas A. Bucltner, who has
served the company for more than
quarter OF century,-indeed has
never had any other business connec.
tion.
Associated with these men are
others long trained in the company's
service, each an expert in his own de-
partment of work. VIM. Il. Ingersoll,
who has for many years had charge
Of the companys great business in
Europe, is one of the second vice pres
idents, and will continue at the head
Of the company's Office in Paris.
Rufus w. Weeks, who has been in
the company's service for nearly forty
years, ranks next to Mr.. Buckner as
vice president, and continuous as chief
actuary of the company.
The policyholders have expressed
their belief in this company in no un.
certain terms. The upheaval in life in.
surance within the last two years has
resulted in a great deal of misunder-
standing and policyholders. alarmed on
matters which were not very clear to
them, have been disposed to give up
their contracts at a heavy sacrifice.
This has not been true in the New York
Life TO any great extent. The COM
pany had $4,000, 100000 insurance on
its books when the life insurance in
vestigation began. and while the laws
of the State OF New York now do not
permit any company TO write over
$3.50 100000 a year (Which is about
one-half the New York Life formerly
did, the company's outstanding busi-
pess still exceeds 50 200. 100000
Policyholders generally will be still
further reassured by this action OF the
Board. as II places at the head OF the
company to protect their interests men
Of thorough training and unexception-
able character.
The daily democrat. [volume] (Anadarko, Oklahoma) 190?-1908, 1907-07-12

The notion is quite too prevalent
that the workingman is primarily an
economic problem;" that he ought to
realize this and conduct himself with
mechanical regularity and impersonal
uniformity as fractional unit OF labor
power. We shall never make any
headway under that doctrine. The
workingman Is first OF all human
being. The purchase of his labor is
only in limited sense to be compared
TO the purchase of commodity and
cannot be treated In the same way.
AS Dr.. Abbot has suggested. In the
sale Of sugar or -four the personal re-
lation Of mutual confidence need enter
only once. at the time OF the ex-
change; but where you are buying la
Dor the laborer goes with the labor.
and the personal relation OF con-
fldenco and responsibility must be
there all the time. from day to day
and week TO week. or somebody is
cheated Therefore. whatever method
of getting along together Is adopted.
says Hayes Robbins in Atlantic. II
must count with personal qualities as
an essential part OF the relation.
The daily democrat. [volume] (Anadarko, Oklahoma) 190?-1908, 1907-07-12
THOUGHT CHILD WOULD DIE.
Whole Body Covered with Cuban Itch
-cuticura Remedies Cured at Cost
of Seventy-Five Cents.

my little boy. when only an infant
of three months, caught the Cuban
Itch. Sores broke out from his head
to the bottom of his feet He would
itch and claw himself and cry all the
time. He could not sleep day or night,
and a light dress is all he could wear.
| called one of our best doctors to
treat him. but he seemed to get worse.
He suffered so terribly that my hus-
band said he believed he would have
to die. | had almost given up hope
when a lady friend told me to try the
Cuticura Remedies. | used the Cuti-
cura Soap and applied the Cuticura
Ointment and he at once fell into a
sleep, and he slept with ease for the
first time since two months. After
three applications the sores began to
dry up and in just two weeks from the
day / commenced to use the Cuticura
Remedies my baby was entirely we'll.
The treatment only cost me 75c, and ]
would have gladly paid 800 If could
not have got it cheaper. feel safe in
saying that the Cuticura Remedies
saved his life. He is now a boy of FIVE
years. Mrs. Zana Miller, Union City.
r. F. ID. No. l, Branch Co., Mich. May
IL, 1906"
The daily democrat. [volume] (Anadarko, Oklahoma) 190?-1908, 1907-07-12
rhn New Indian.

A new series Of Indian portraits Is
needed. The noble red man OF
Fenimore Cooper and Of Catlin, the
fierce figure in war.paint and feathers,
lost his romantic interest when he was
confined to a reservation and fed on
ratlons. Now the Stalled reserva-
tion dweller has been supplanted in
turn by the new man, Indian only In
blod and traditions. who is stepping
up 10 take his place in the life OF the
west. The pictures that are To repre-
sent the new Indians will include
shorthalred, dark-faced man, dressed
in black slouch hat, dingy white cot
ton shirt. blue overalls. and hobnailed
shoes lie may be a Kiowa farmer
who gathered coo bushels Of corn
fcm 20 acres Of cultivated land last
year. or one Of the 30t Pine Ridge In
dians who put up GOO tons Of hay to
carry their stock through the winter
Or he may be Plenty Buffalo. who has
worked with team and scraper on the
Huntley irrigation project In Montana
for six months; or Bert Fredericks,
the Hopi night foreman on the tunnel
at the Zuni dam In Arizona The pic
lures will also depict the Indian
woman as mistress OF q prairie cabin.
feeding the chickens or carrying food
to TIE calves and pigs. They will In
clude group Of children. dressed very
like white children, trottlng of to day
school at eight o'clock with their noon
lunches in packages under their arms
A big canvas TO hang beside the old
painting OF the war dance, says
Everybody's, will show 1000 Sioux at
tending a convocation of the Episcopal
church at White Swan. s. d.. and lis
tening to addresses from Bishop Hare.
or from their own clergyman, Amos
Ross, a full-blood.
The daily democrat. [volume] (Anadarko, Oklahoma) 190?-1908, 1907-07-12
aspsesn Needed by 10000.

New York.-The board OF education
has voted TO ask the health depart
ment to make an expert examination
OF the eyes OF all the children in the
public schools to find out exactly how
many would need glasses. Commits
sioner Stern said he estimated at
least 100000 children would require
spectacles. He declared that "all at.
tempts II educate these half-blind
children under present conditions
means so much sheer waste of money
to New York" H. said the city must
provide glasses Tor the afflicted pupils
at once or else regret its refusal
throughout the encra;ion.
The daily democrat. [volume] (Anadarko, Oklahoma) 190?-1908, 1907-07-12
DOCTORS FOOD TALK
Selection Of Food One Of the Most I'm.
portant Acts in Life.

A Mass. doctor says: Our health
and physical and mental happiness
are so largely under our personal con.
troll that the proper selection of food
should be. and is one of the most i'm.
portant acts in life.
"On this subject, ! may say that |
know of no food equal in digestibility,
and more powerful in point OF nutri-
ment, than the modern Grape Nuts,
four heaping teaspoons of which is suf.
ficient for the cereal part of a meal.
and experience demonstrates that the
user is perfectly nourished from one
meal to another.
Il am convinced that the extensive
and general use of high class foods of
this character would increase the term
OF human life, add TO the sum total of
happiness and very considerably i'm.
prove society in general. | am free to
mention the food. for l personally
know of its value"
Grape-Nuts food can be used by
babes In arms, or adults. II is ready
cooked, can be served instantly,
either cold with cream, or with hot
water or hot milk poured over. All
sorts of puddings and fancy dishes can
be made with Grape-Nuts. The food
is concentrated and very economical.
for four heaping teaspoons are sufl-
Client for the cereal part of q meal.
Read the little book. "The Road to
Wellville," In pkgs. There's a Rea.
son."
The daily democrat. [volume] (Anadarko, Oklahoma) 190?-1908, 1907-07-12

James Rudolph Garfield. secretary
of the interior, was standing by the
side Of his father in the Pennsylvania
railroad station in Washington on that
fateful day in July, 1881. when the as
sassin's bullet for the second time
dealt death 70 a president OF the
United States. The secretary was
then only II years old-just the age
when the average mind is most sus.
ceptible to impressions. Close friends
say that the horror OF that hideous
tragedy has never fully left Mr.. Gar.
fields mind, and some Of them be-
lieve that its effects account for the
halfsad expression that always lin.
gers in his face. even when he smiles
or laughs.
The daily democrat. [volume] (Anadarko, Oklahoma) 190?-1908, 1907-07-12
LITTLE CAUSE FOR WORRY.
More or Less Glittering Bait Held out
TO Cow Punchers.

Over in the Salmon river meadows
country, in Idaho, ranged a wild and
woolly bunch Of long-haired COW
punchers. whose knowledge Of the
world was confined mainly TO trips
after cattle into surrounding counties.
into this reckless but verdant com
munity there came the smooth
tongued representative OF wild
west show. who hired several riders
ut high salary to do a hairraising
net, the chief feature being that they
should appear TO be thrown from their
horses and dragged by the foot.
After they had practiced in a corral
for n while one OF them loosened
himself and rising from the dirt, dis
hcveled and dazed, inquired:
Say, mister amt this ruther dan
gerous? We might git killed"
That's all right" chirped the
shows representative cheerfully.
"Your salary win go on Just the
same "-Lippincot Magazine
The daily democrat. [volume] (Anadarko, Oklahoma) 190?-1908, 1907-07-12
ROMANCE OF SERVANT
FORMER HoUsEKEEPER WEEDS
WESTERN MILLIONAIRE.
Was Once Companion Of His First
Wlfe-sueeessfully Invests Saw
inss, Then Edueates Her
self and Travels.

Spokane. Wash.--Anna Larsen-Pe-
terson, born of humble parents In
Sweden. has become the wife Of ID. c.
Corbin. millionaire railroad builder
and sugar manufacturer, president OF
the Spokane International Railway
company, whose line he built after
selling the Spokane Falls & Northern
railway 10 the Great Northern Rail
road company. The wedding took
place at Mt. Vernon, ~ Y, May 22,
and was not made public until the
couple arrived In Spokane Few days
ago. Mrs. Corbin is SO years Of age,
while her husband is 20. Close friends
say It was a love match.
Mrs. Corbin's romance reads more
like one OF Hans Christian Andersons
fairy tales than a story Of modern life
in the active and virile northwest.
The daughter of a small farmer In
rural Sweden, as a little girl she
dreamed of the future, and before she
attained her majority she came to
America, like many OF her country
men and women. to improve her sta
tion in life.
After working in various house
holds in New England and the middle
western states, she came to Spokane
12 years ago and entered the nome or
ID. G. 'Corbin as a housekeeper ana
companion to Mrs Corbin. She gained
the friendship OF Mrs. Corbin' VINO
assisted the girl with her education
Shortly before Mrs. Corbin died, SIX
years ago, Anna married Antoine re
terson. at that time identified with
local hardware firm, but they lived TO-
gether only few weeks, and Two
years afterward the young woman OBJ
tained divorce at Tacoma.
Before her marriage she invested
her savings in realty, which she sold
profitably, and with the proceeds went
to Chicago and placed herself under
instructors, afterward going to Bos-
ton and New York, whence she went
abroad with teacher and three other
pupils on an educational tour.
She Travelled extensively year.
and in the meantime entered into cor.
respondence with her former employ
er, who asked her hand in marriage
three years ago. She gave her con-
sent several weeks ago. when Mr.
Corbin started eastward on business
trip, and they were married at the
tome of a friend. the bride being Civ.
en- away by her brother, Hjalmer Lar
son, who is chief craftsman for the
Spokane international system.
Mrs. Corbin is of the Swedish type
of beauty and has light hair and blue
eyes She is a brilliant conversation
alist and speaks English with scarce
ly a trace of accent. She is also con-
versant with the French and German
languages. She is a member of the
Swedish Lutheran church, and It Is
said by intimate friends that she will
use considerable OF the fortune placed
at her disposal by her husband in as
sisting her countrywomen and In
works of charity.
Through her marriage she becomes
the motherin-law Of the earl OF OK
ford, whose wife is Mr.. Corbins
daughter
The daily democrat. [volume] (Anadarko, Oklahoma) 190?-1908, 1907-07-12
BOY HAS PLAN TO FEED HORSES.
Automatic Labor-saVlng Device Is the
Work Of Fourteen-Year-old.

Middleboro, Mass.-One OF the most
unique displays in the home work de-
partment at the recent exhibition CIV
en- by the pupils of the public schools
was the automatic horse feeder made
by Arthur Ripley. 1i-year-old high
school student. Visiting teachers and
superintendents were much interest
ed I'm this labor-saving device, and the
young electrician was kept busy dur
ing the exhibition explaining his feed
er and demonstrating it's usefulness.
II consisted OF large box with two
partitions for the different kinds of
grain, the bottom Of which was hung
ON hinges. A lever which held the
bottom in position was connected with
the alarm gear Of a common alarm
clock. which was put in a small box
on the side of the grain receptacle.
The time Of the clock in front CORE
sponded with the time on the clock in
side the box.
The alarm is set at the time the
horses are to be fed, and the farmer
could then go about his other work,
and at the proper time the alarm
would go of, releasing the lever and
dropping the bottom of the h1x, which
allowed the grain TO fan into the
manger I'm front of the horse, A small
electric light is attached TO the upper
side Of the clock box. which shows the
farmer where the box is without a
lantern, so that the possibility of set
ting fire to the barn is averted Each
day the box is filled with grain and
the lever adjusted.
The daily democrat. [volume] (Anadarko, Oklahoma) 190?-1908, 1907-07-12
EXAMPLE OF TRUE cHIVALRY.
Modern Lover Proves Himself Equal
to Heroes Of the Past.

There was a moment OF profound
silence. He was the first TO speak.
you are richer than / am" he fal.
tered, with emotion.
She bowed her head. replying moth.
ing. But nov the true NOBILITY OF his
character manifested itself.
yet for all that l am no better
than you are!" he cried, and folded
her TO his breast.
And when, her conscience accusing
her, she tried to tell him that not
only her father but four OF her uncles
were Pittsburg millionaires, he sealed
her lips with kisses, and would hear
nothing. Puck.
The daily democrat. [volume] (Anadarko, Oklahoma) 190?-1908, 1907-07-12
AIstorIe Island for Sale.

Raasay island, in the Inner Heb
rides. which lies between the main
land OF Scotland and the Isle OF Skye,
has failed to find purchaser at the
upset price of s225,000 placed upon IT,
Its name is the Scandinavian for the
place OF the roe deer" and the shoot
ings, with the mansion house and
grounds al the southern end. constt
tute the chief value of the island
Near the northern end are the ruini
of Brochel castle, the residence of its
ancient lairds, the MacLeods. In
celtic lore Rassay has place and in
England literature IL is mentioned In
Samuel Johnson's Journey to the
Western Islands OF Scotland
The daily democrat. [volume] (Anadarko, Oklahoma) 190?-1908, 1907-07-12
Just the Size.

81 understand dat dere will be sew
eral bogus animals on de stage" said
the long and lanky tramp as he read
the sign "Supes Wanted"
"Yes," replied the short and stout
wayfarer, Il am going to play de head
of de elephant and me fat pardner is
going to play de hind legs"
"Hm Then l suppose dere is no
chance for tall. thin supe like me?"
"Oh, yes, pard, you could play de
neck OF de giraffe"
The daily democrat. [volume] (Anadarko, Oklahoma) 190?-1908, 1907-07-12

This looks like anti-oslerism. Chief
Chemist Wiley of the department OF
agriculture at Washington. addressing
the graduating class OF a scientific
school at Cleveland, said jocularly that
he belongs 10 a hundred-year club.
any member of which who dies before
completing the century will be ex-
PEELED in disgrace. Speaking more
seriously, he said: The present gen
GRAFTON is going TO live much longer
than the one which came before. be-
cause II knows more about the laws
of diet hygiene and surgery II is a
rank disgrace for any man to die, ex-
cept of old age" And DR.. Wiley
thiake that in view of the good pros.
poets Of long life as a result of proper
care and understanding Of the rules
Of health, 1t will pay a man to spend
n long time, even 20 years or more, in
the schooling which shall fit him for
his work. From which 1t is to be in.
ferred that learning how to live is one
of the essentials to long life.
The daily democrat. [volume] (Anadarko, Oklahoma) 190?-1908, 1907-07-12
oIdest known Human eeIno.

The oldest living human being OF
authentic record is Mrs. Mary Wood.
of Hillsboro. Ore, a few miles west
of Portland. Mrs. Wood is 100 years
old She was born in Knoxville,
Tenn. May 20, 1887, which the rec
ords at Knoxville still show. When
she was 65 years old she rode the en-
tire distance across the continent
from her old home in Tennessee to
her present home In Oregon.