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prices at Johnson's.
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off nights, and Gerry again swooped
down upon them. The doctors examined
the boy and said he must have rest Ger
~ then decreed that young Hoffman could
not appear at all. The musical people,
the fashionables. the stickers for individ-
ual rights, and some Of the newspapers
goo red in the face and there was big
rumpus. but, having the law and the evil
dence on his side, Gerry triumphed. and
the boy bad TO leave the stage.
As soon as the commodore had won his
point beyond peradventure he told the
HOfmans that a "rich friend" Of his
whose name could not be made known,
would take pleasure in paying all Josefs
expenses for a thorough musical train
ing. The Hofmans agreed 70 that. Josef
was accepted as a pupil by Rubinstein
and remained with that master Of the
piano until his death To-day Holman
is one Of the worlds greatest pianists,
mainly, perhaps. because Of Gerry's lib
erality-for no one ever doubted that the
rich friend was the commodore him
self.
Advocate of EIectrocutiOn.
He was the real prime mover In the
substitution Of the electric current for
the hangsman's moose for execution pur-
poses in New York state. Nathan Hale
and A. P Southwick being members with
him Of the commission TO reform the
State capital punishment law. While
making the Investigations that led up
TO the change the commodore learned
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ECONOMIC SIDE OF WAR.
Europe Must Reduce Military Burdens
or Go bankrupt.

From the New YORK Evening Post
Leaving aside all questions Of morality
and Christianity, the fact Is that the
European nations are headed straight for
bankruptcy; that within a comparative
ly brief period the growth in the cost Of
ornaments must make them look 10 The
Hague in an entirely different spirit from
that which now aCtuates them. We do
not mean 20 bring up here the Old smile
of the peasant staggering under the bur
den Of the armed man he carries on his
back II IS far more effective to treat Of
the nations as a whole Why is the Brit
ish income tax to-day. four years after
the peace treaty in South Africa. higher
than az any time since the Napoleonic
wars, excepting only the period OF actual
hGstlitiCs during the BOer and Crimean
Wars2 1t has openly been admitted that
this is entirely due 20 the steadily increas-
ins cost OF the navy. As Englands pop
ulau9n has only increased per cent since
1887, il Is obvious that the added burdens
bear more than ever heavily upon the
public
On the Continent fnanciers have long
been dwelling with alarm upon the in
ability 10 get capital IN sufficient quaint
ty 10 supply the needs Of trade and com
mercc with the result that there has
been for twelve years past a steady de-
cline in the value Of the most glt-edged
securities. While there are several rea-
sons for this depreciation. the best for
eign economists invariably include In
these causes the great expansion of ma
tlonal debts, due TO recent wars. and pc
clsely that increase IN cost OF ornaments
to which 1lr Palmer refers. He pro-
claims that killing power means peace:
but II also means financial shipwreck, il
il continues 10 cost as it does.
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ly a matching Of derogatory opinions
about the personal charms Of two Ia
dies. Mrs. Wilcox had the last word, but
Mrs. Atherton meanwhile had got her
name up everywhere, for there was hard
ly newspaper in the whole country that
didn't publish all the copy made by
the fair disputants that could be got.
A Prolific Writer.
Since then Mrs. AthertOn has been
writing novels with great industry, Sen
ator North" and The Conqueror" being
the most important, perhaps. All her
books are "slashing' productions and too
frank for some tastes, but of undoubtcd
ability, and based upon close personal
studies. Before writing Senator North"
she lived in Washington one winter and
became very well acquainted indeed with
a lot Of Washingtonians. Before writ
ing THE Conqueror' IN which Alexan-
der Hamilton, "the only man she has
ever been in love with" she says. is the
hero. she went TO the West Indies and
studied his early environments She
wrote the book at Tarrytown. so as to be
surrounded by the proper atmosphere %
She has not confined her studies 10 i'm
portant persons, however once she cali
ed upon q clever city editor at his office
in New York with an alleged news item
in her mind, just to see how he would
try to got from her the story she was
to have, while pretending not
90 care about II. She repeated the call
several times. but ne never got the news
Item. for there wasn't any. but a year
later he appeared in one Of her books
drawn TO the life, 10 his immense en-
barrassment.
Has Travelled Extensively.
Mrs. Atherton has travelled over a good
part Of the footstool in her studies. once
she went to Alaska, after writing about
the trip 10 see If she had described It
well. and found the journey boresome.
She knows her London and her Paris
well. London-at least its literary c0ntln-
gent-knows her well, too, and criticiscs
her books numerically. To the mighty
Times, because Of a fierce criticism, she
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HAWAIIAN SCHOOLS.
No Japanese Teachers. but Plenty Of
Jap Pupils.

Jap Pupils.
z. g. Lowry. in New YORK Evening Post
Why san Francisco raised such an up
rear over the presence in her public
schools Of half a score Of japanese chill
dren is more of a mystery than ever after
visiting the public schools Of Honolulu
and the chief cities of the other islands
Here ned, yellow brown, and white chill
dren are taught side by side in one room.
a little Chinese boy occupies the same
seat with a bui,et-headed lad. who an
swers 10 the name Of McTavish. On an
other bench one finds a Korean and a
Scandinavian studying from the same
book, again, the japanese and the Portu-
guese share their luuche0ns and play
things. In one school here (the EiaulanD.
whore coo children are being taught, there
is only one white child enrolled as q pupil
"a little, fair-haired, bIue-eyed American
Eirl. In another school 1 came upon q
young teacher Of Hawaiian and Chinese
parentage, who told me that the forty
children in her charge comprised eight
races and natiOnalities. In all the schools
the same conditions hold true.
OF all the public school pupils, . per
cent are Hawaiian. 3 per cent japanese.
- per cent Portuguese, - per cent part
Hawaiian, Q per cent Chinese. and per
cent American. The remaining s per cent
comes under the heading "au other ma
tionaliues" The nationaliues of the
teachers are equally scattered. OF 4B
teachers I'm the public schools I'm 1906 %
were Hawaiian, 1l7 part Hawaiian, II
American, a British, German % Scan
dinavian. s Portuguese, Chinese. and
whose nationaliues are not specified. The
significant thing in this group is the alb
sence Of any Japanese teachers.
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ENFORCEMENT OF LAW.
Suggestion that summary Action Big
state May he Necessary.


Prom the indianapolis News.
ghe great trouble with us everywhere
is that we cannot get law enforced. It
is not apparently that we do not want
a thing. for on occasion when there Is a
municipal revolution. like that in progress
now in San Francisco. law IS enforced
with a result Of getting the government
that the people want Then-being a
busy people-we go about our affairs, as
indeed the most Of US must Being a
working people the average man has no
time 10 do much more than his necessary
work and get his necessary rest Thus
with no revolution at work. with no one
but the constituted authorities 10 look
after the law, enforcement gradually
ceases and We lapse 10 the condition ,tes-
titled to by Philadelphias return TO the
corrupt and cOntenred state whence she
rescued herself after a great strife year
or two ago. The moral is that the people,
the mass the busy men that, as we say.
have not time TO do much more than earn
a living and get the necessary rest and
recreation. want law enforced: but the
politicians and plundcrers and those that
live off the public in all sorts of ways do
not want 1t enforced; and these. making
it their business. have their way.
We believe that a means 10 enforce
State law summarily would be a short cut
out Of many ills that we suffer. II would
end the paralysis and corruption of sub
divided local government which Is SO
farmed out in influences as to destroy lib
erty and constitute tyranny. and would
bring US to a condition in which a law
would mean something
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came. but in its place a cask. evidently
containing liquor OF some kind. was de-
livered AZ the house. The cask was open-
ed and found TO contain his body. He
had died where there were no embalming
facilities, and the liquor had been used as
IA preservatye. For some reason she had
not been notified of his death.
There were plenty Of reasons in her
opinion why she should no longer dwell
at MEMO Park. and she fastened to es-
tablsh herself in the san Francisco with
whose dust the Menlo Park folk would
not contaminate their shoe soles. and
whore she began to fight her literary
way That was not a Eerculean task,
seeing that she was really clever as
Well as rich. She thought It tremendous
t. long and tiresOme, however, but she
perscvered as persistently as she could
have done had she been dependent upon
her pen for a living.
Learned to Use Typewriter.
About the first thing she had to do was
70 learn the typewriter, her handwriting
being so bad that no one could read It.
Much Of her early writing was done for
the Argonaut Most Of her Characters
were drawn from the Menlo Park set,
who. as depicted by her, were more hypo-
critical than Puritanical, after all. SO
caustic were her portrayals that nobody
in san Francisco would buy her early
books. and, TO this day, the volumes do
not sell there. Nor will many San Fran
cisco literary critics give much space to
them. although one did go far enough a
few years ago to mention her unpopu-
larity on the coast and its cause. By say
ing that Mrs. Atherton has written many
things regarding our social life which
have proved far from congenial to the
majority Of her California readers"
She holds that It was because "her own
people would have none Of her books,
as she frankly said, that she made only
exactly $l2 on the Doomswoman, q"
while not a hundred copies. all told, Of
Before the Gringo Came" were sold.
Made a Stir I'm New York.
BY the advice Of the late Fred Somers.
who then edited the Argonaut and was
later to establish Current Literature in
New York. the great signcr's great-grand-
niece located herself late in the SOS
in the metropolis, whence she sent week
~ letters 10 the Argonaut They made
her famous, as she was told they would,
for she wrote as singing paragraphs
about the real men and women she met
as she did about the creations" modelled
on the Menlo Parkers, with which she
filed her early sketches and novels.
nil
sion. was one of her victims. in a para
graph which described Mrs. Wilcox as "a
little mouse-colored woman who might
appear young in a dim light"
This was in 1889, and the way the fur
flew for some time after that was beau
ufuL Mrs. Wilcox answered Mrs. Ath-
erton, the latter Njoined and the fem
mime war continued until it became mere
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Scions of Declaration Signers

young wife seeing much which was not on
view at Menlo Park She didn't get along
very well with the McAllisters, the Raj
stons, the Levises. and the other mem
bers of the 'aristocracy Of the park
Its members were too Puritanical," she
thought, and although she wouldn't drink
wine at dinner she would shock them
sometimes by smoking cigarettes Be
sides, she was constantly talking about
her dream Of some day becoming great
success IN literature. Why anyone who
had money already should want to write
they couldn't understand.
How Atherton Died.
Her husband went away on trip to
South America after they had been mar
ried a year or two, leaving her alone
with the Menlo Park "Puritans." Owing
to his pull" as a rich society man he
voyaged on war ship. He wrote TO her
weekly for a while. One week no letter
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fifteen men, and the old log drying house
gave place 70 a bigger one. In the early
yes the industry was capitalized with
See19, but Duke took out only S2.e9 a
year for himself putting an the rest
back into the business. The profits are
now said 10 be something like 100000
a year.
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Elizabeth, the little daughter of the late
President Harrison. was visiting at a
country home near New York. a few
miles back from Long Island Sound.
II was the delight Of the little girl 10
climb in the apple trees, then in full
bloom. and one day she induced her host
ess to ascend a friendly constructed tree
with her The hostess took in the view
that the surrounding country afforded
and made a discovery. oh" she said,
in surprised delight. I can see the
Sound. But how can you do thatg
said Elizabeth, quietly. How The
lady looked down at tho little face up
turned TO hers quizzically. Yes, howe"
repeated Elizabeth. wonderingly, ''h0w
can you see a sOund?'
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One of the best stories in circulation
is told by Josef Hoffman az the expense
Of some wouid-be music lovers. During
one of his tours he went to make a short
visit az a country house where there
We're q number Of other guests. one day
ne heard weird melodies issuing from
piano-player in the MUSHROOM and went
in quietly TO investigate He could not
recognize the air that was being played
but supposed il must be something worth
while from the rapt attention given by
the listeners He approached one of the
audience and in a whisper asked the
name of the piece that was being played
To his amazement he was told that 1t
was Bach's Fugue in d minor. He was
dumfounded at his failure 10 recognize
a masterpiece with which he was per-
feCtly familiar The mystery was ex-
planned when on investigation It was
found that the record had been placed on
the roller backward.
John B. Duke, the North Carolina
tobacco king, can testify to the fact that.
although Sherman did devastate the
South in his famous march to the
sea, he was instrumental in benefit
ing one Southern industry. Among
other things that Sherman's soldiers con-
hscated for their personal use was the
tobacco stored in the small drying-house
Of the Dukes. in North Carolina. After
the war was over and these men could
not have the tobacco just for the taking,
they wrote and offered to buy more,
thus causing "a revival Of the industry.
John B. Duke was only nine years old
when the war ended, and his total capital
was 80 cents His father had been so
impoverished by the war that there was
absolutely nothing TO begin with but the
wasted land The father borrowed two
blind mules from a more fortunate broth
er. and the fanny went 90 work They
raised a little crop and made $40 the first
year. The secret of curing the weed is
still their own. All the family worked
at first, then factory was opened with
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THE PATRIARCH OAK.
Written for The Washington Herald.l

Sprung from the apex Of a rounded Hill.
Thy noble outline dominates the scene.
The ioWiy gr1sS acknowledging TIM might
Deep hast thou thrust thy roots below the sd.
Yet here and there glarly knee appears
Where rocks below stammed some small root wher
young.
Above the ground the swelling bIttressss,
OF contour, by thy architect designed,
Thy bcle Of great crCumfererca 10 pop
Against the buffcuugs Of wind and storm.
Thy giant lirabs naked and now clothed
To-day in green, tomorrow sere and brown
Now softly waving. then winters hollow moan;
Anon stripped bare. 50 that the bursting bud
May clcthe thy form in tender living green,
Chastely appealing 20 soft summers love,
Buly obeying the supreme command.
10 multiply bear fruit, for man and beast
H.
Ten Of thy sons adorn the vale below.
Keep watch and ward around their owners door.
Whose span Of life, 50 brief compared with theirs
Yet holds tho balance Or for death or life
To them, the creatures Of their common God
Gone al the rust that once the hill beset.
Devoted 70 base use, 10 make a fire.
whisky barrel. or a railroad tie
Done By degenerate sons Of reyerent sires.
Who held them shrines, % homes for deities
Or feared their anger aEd due worship gave.
And scorned TO take life they could net give
III
Thou. earlier from the hand Of God than I.
And product Of a more restricted time
Bat worthy found 20 share the present age
May Share the next in large c9mpanionship
Made by the same Almighty hand | hail
Thee brother Subject to like good and Ill,
To live. to die. TO rise again. to live among
The Just, who, duty done and crown attained
Devote their powers to swell their Makers praise
Delivered from the fear Of further death.
".
So when thy soul shall grace some heavenly hill,
And these thy sons some nearby sylvan glade.
And / have won through fight the spirit land,
Let ny soll rest in peace beneath thy shade.
JOSEPH BURDEN.
699 street northwest June 90 1907
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Point for the Advertiser

Point for the Advertiser-In
newspaper that goes into the
homes is the newspaper that brings
advertising results. More people
here by thousands are reading The
Washington Herald than ever be-
fore read morning newspaper at
khe Capital
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Los Angeles herald., 1907-06-25
WARNER ATTACKS
WATER CONTRACTS
TELLS COUNCIL CITY LOSES
BY HOLLYWOOD DEAL
Asks That City Attorney Be Instructed d
to Join with Him as Plaintiff in
Suit, but Action Is
Deferred

Holding up a jar of water which HI
said he took from his hydrant faucet
Attorney A. r. Warner yesterday made
a sensational address before the city
council in asking that the city attorney
be instructed to join forces with hin
in proceeding against the Hollywood
Water company.
Warner yesterday filed suit against
this company and followed this UP by
seeking that the city attorney Join as
plaintiff rather than be in the attitude
of defending the water commissioners
who made contract which Warner
said was illegal and through which the
city of Los Angeles is a heavy loser
daily.
Warner said that before he got
through with this litigation he would
send some one to the penitentiary
My suit is for cancellation of a pre-
tended contract" said Attorney War;
ner.
Then he explained how, under an
exchange arrangement, the city ac-
cepts water pumped from lowlands
draining a certain section of the city
which went into the pipes of south
western consumers.
Are Mains Being Tapped?
either the city's mains are being
tapped somewhere or else the contract
between the city and the water COM
pany is not being lived up to, as the
Hollywood pumps can furnish only
$4,000 gallons daily, while the contract
calls for 2,000,C0O," continued.
William Mead of the water board is
interested in the organization which
was formed without a dollar of capital
and has dummy board. This board
consisting of Messrs. George D. Ruddy,
c. j. Heyler and Ed A. Geisler, issued
100000 worth of bonds and then the
National Securities company was or
ganized to take care of these.
"The president says the revenue was
100000 last year. They have made
millions while / and we drink slush in
our water pipes-the slush that runs
down the streets.
IF water is stolen we will land some
one in the penitentiary."
Councilman Dromgold said that if
the allegations were true they were
serious. He moved and Councilman
Healy seconded that the request be re-
ferred to the city attorney. This was
carried.
1.-The burden of this work ought not
to be put on u.s." Attorney Warner
added. "a crime is being committed
and we should have the city attorney
In association with u.s."
City Attorney Hewitt, when called on,
said he could not give offhand advice
the city should Join the pro-
ceedings as plaintiff. He, however, took
the question under advisement, and will
report on Monday.
Mayor Harper said last night that he
had visited the pumping plant with
Warner last Friday morning, but had
since been informed there was not
much merit to the case.
Mead's friends say that the city is
1ot loser to any extent by the deal.