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The Washington herald., 1907-03-01

of cowardlce. We suspect he was in the
surging thoughts OF an iliustrious person
age who a few days ago stirred the world
10 contempt for the mollycoddles. The
bachelor Is a Hscllycoddle. and he must
prepare for the inevitable. The worst is
yet TO come for him.
The Washington herald., 1907-03-01

From the New York Evening Post,
The news that four generals have chat
lenged Kuropatkin to fight duels viii
surprise many persons who did not sup
pose that Russia had so many geneT, is
who cared 10 night But perhaps the chal-
lengers are contemplating merely French
duels
The Washington herald., 1907-03-01
Loves CHANGING Reason.

! used 70 loTe for e1meliuoss of face
Fer liss0meness OF form. CouaImmate grace:
! used Ia iove Tor glorious. manly strength
The hinge limbs knUttod bulk and brawny length.
Anon ! more admired the power Of brain.
EssayiBg gaught t. ne essayed in vain:
Yet, new that age drives self and me apart,
| love mcu for their geutieucss If heart
Strickland " Gillian, in Chicago News.
The Washington herald., 1907-03-01
Financial Debnucherr.

From the Detroit Free Press.
Mr.. Hartman is going to keep nothing
back from the Interstate Commerce Com
mission. In other words, II VIII be an
other tale of what happened in the mir
rored room
The Washington herald., 1907-03-01
NC RIaekburn Annointment.

Senator J. c. S. Blackburn's selection
by the President for place or the 18th
milan Canal Commission. soon to be re-
organized. caused general pleasure in Con-
gress. No member Of either House is
more popular than the Kentuckian, so
that everybody is gratifed that he has
been chosen by the President for so tucra-
tive a position. and one in which he will
perform service of value to the country,
but it was known only TO a very few per-
sons that the Senator had desire 10 be-
come a member Of this commission. Il
had been the general opinion that he
would Ike place on the Interstate Com
merce Commission, and that President
Roosevelt had tentatively offered him an
appointment TO that board as soon as
vacancy should occur.
Many Of Senator Blackburn's closest
friends were under the impression that on
the expiration Of his term with the close
OF this Congress be purposed 10 retire 10
his farm in the heart Of the blue grass re-
gion and there pass the remainder OF his
life IN quiet content. His appointment to
the ISthmian Canal Commission means
that he will continue indefinitely to re-
side in Washington. where ne is popular
among all classes Of people
The Washington herald., 1907-03-01
FORGE FLAME.

Thou who hast wrought into me
Fire Of the heart. growing strong
ThCught-visicn, eager 20 see,
Passion 30 put life in song.
Lest I co-led By 4 dream
Craspng the edge Of my sword.
Wcld these with one gift supreme;
Power 10 master them. Lord.
Adds Dunbar, in Smart Set
The Washington herald., 1907-03-01
Football Rules,

Caution that stout woman about slug
giRg. ordered the department manager.
Yes, SIR said the floor walker
And penalze her five yards for being
offside"
The Washington herald., 1907-03-01

Secretary Shaw says no man. by merely
taking thought, can make himself Presi-
dent of the United States. Happily, this
Is quite true.
The Washington herald., 1907-03-01
Hartman SAYS So.

Prom the New York World.
Can a man in a place OF financial trust
sell stocks 10 himself without letting his
left hand know what his right hand
doeth?
The Washington herald., 1907-03-01
IL Doesn,s DAMMIT Roosevelt,

From the Richmond Times Dispatch.
Fitting a square deal on round world
seems to be another fairly difficult propo-
siton.
The Washington herald., 1907-03-01
Novel, On.

How about that fellow who said he
could get along without Advertising"
He got along in less than sixty days.
The Washington herald., 1907-03-01
Better SIN.

Yes, sir; the town shot itself up
''Oh. tell that to the marines. Or, stay.'
"WeH2'
TELL it to a Senate committee"
The Washington herald., 1907-03-01

From the Chicago News.
Our idea OF "a martyr is q man who
meekly wears a homemade shirt
The Washington herald., 1907-03-01

Conner, great Conner. wants 10 go to the
Senate" remarks an Alabama contempt
rary. Likewise Mr.. Bankkead and ex-
Gov. Johnston; but Messrs. Morgan and
PettUs, they less laff"
The Washington herald., 1907-03-01
The Chorus Lady.

I really must kin some one, - she
Declared in accents grim.
He never stayed: ne was afraid
1t might as well be him.
The Washington herald., 1907-03-01
No Doubt.

Boston boasts that it has no sweat
shops"
Il suppose they are Precipitation en-
poriums there?'
The Washington herald., 1907-03-01

The now Douma is opposed to the Car.
Nicholas should consult with his imperial
kinsman across the line. The Kaiser not
only carries his party to victory but is
even said to be a fine ballOt-box suffer.
The Washington herald., 1907-03-01

I stand to-day just where I stood four
years ago. says Mr.. Bryan. That is a
long time to keep a man ont in the rain.
and the sleet. and the snow.
The Washington herald., 1907-03-01

From the Minneapolis Journal
The coal bin reports having heard a
slight scraping sound.
The Washington herald., 1907-03-01
Somebody's Given the Wrong Order.

FIuI1 nc IToIlIlnCe IOufIlaL
Mr.. James J. Hill expresses the belief
that "the sails of prosperity are being
reefed." Possibly a splicing Of the main
brace will give the crew courage to hoist
them chock-a-block again.
The Washington herald., 1907-03-01

'All men are good says a lady writer
This is certainly much less spiteful than
the other lady writer's remark to the
effect that there hadn't been a respectable
specimen since Adam.
The Washington herald., 1907-03-01

a Georgia man suggests Hoke Smith Presi-
Dental candidate. Those Georgia fellows viii have
their fun. indianapolis Sun.
Alas. and likewise alack, Our misguided
Indiana contemporary w0ts not whereof it
speaks! The Hoke Smith boom is no
joke! It Is a living. breathing pulsating
thing: blue-enameled, copper-riveted. thor
Oughly oiled and creased. and getting
Up steam 10 beat the band! Georgians
never joke Of Hoke; they have learned
betterl
Away out yonder in the wilds Of be-
nighted Indiana, we fear our serene and
unafraid contemporary doesn't know
Hoke as we do. Unless one has occu-
pied a space within the edges Of a Hoke
Smith cyclone. he fails to abundantly
understand the whichness and the what
ness Of the same. A Hoke Smith boom
resembles nothing I'm the world so much
as a syndicate, amalgamated and thor
oughly compact tornado, with a few hur-
ricanes on the side. one lonesome and
alleged friendless EIoke boom in Georgia
recently made FIVE opposing booms look
Ike thirty copper cents all in a row, and
each one with a hole in ii at that,
In the immortal words of the Billville
Banner. the Hoke Smith boom is here
to stayi' It is all very well for the
Atlanta Constitution to call it "a pleas
antry." II is all very well for Mr. Smith
himself 10 pooh, pooh" and tut tut
about it. Like Banquos ghost, it will
not down. but on and on it stalks TO
alright the soul Of Theodore, or William
Howard. or Charles Warren. or Albert
jeremiah, or whoever il may he that
rides the elephant in 1908, The sling has
not been made nor the stone discovered
that can give pause TO this Goliath from
the old red hills Of Georgia, down where
the Chattahoochee flows,
So much by way Of warning and coun-
sci to our Indiana contemporary We
would have il make no mistakes nor I'M
derestimate any peril-if, indeed. a Hoke
Smith boom may be so called
The Washington herald., 1907-03-01

Tho rcsy-hued stories you Eastern
folks hear Of the great rebuilding going
on in san Francisco must be taken VITA
a big grain of salt" said Mr. H. Brat
nober, Of California, at the Arlington.
"As a matter Of fact, the process OF re
constructing the city is painfully slow.
I was absent from there several months
in Alaska. and on my return it did not
appear 10 me that any new buildings had
gone up. The biggest part Of Che work,
so far. has been in clearing away the de-
bTis Of the earthquake. 1t is going TO be
tremendous while before San Fran
cisco gets back to its former status. The
people DO not really know what TO do, or
what sort Of houses 10 erect The fear
of another earthquake makes them shy
Of building skyscrapers, and doubt
greatly If a half dozen tall structures
Ire reared"
The Washington herald., 1907-03-01

''ralk about the servant problem!"
'Yes2''
Doesn't seem 10 be a marker to thi.
Panama engineer problem
The Washington herald., 1907-03-01
Where Members Arc Fed.

Two strangers TO the Capitol sat in the
House restaurant at luncheon time. They
had given their orders, and We're look
ing about them with critical eyes. One
of them was a farmer. evidently. from
his vernacular, from Virginia. His COM
panion looked like a prosperous stockman.
who had disposed Of a shipment and was
seeing the sights. The latter remarked:
They seem to 90 good business here.
l didn't know they had a place to eat in
here"
Eyes, they do pear to. I am glad we
found the place, for I'm hungry.
reckon the guy ment feeds them fellers
over there with a nod toward the other
side Of the restaurant where it says,
For Members Only.
yes. I reckon il does" said his friend
The pair finished two milk stews with
out further comment, and left, fully of the
impression that they were helping as
taxpayers 10 feed them fellers" on the
east side OF the tall lunch counter and
Steam-tables.
The Washington herald., 1907-03-01

A contemporary has an editorial on THE
advantages of poverty" He is welcome
TO them
The Washington herald., 1907-03-01

Are we immortal" asks the Kansas
City Journal If YOU live in Philadelphia
and vote right" you are
The Washington herald., 1907-03-01

Since it used to cost 3 cents per mile
on the railroads, and the Legislators seem
determined to make it cost only in the
future, they seem likely to wind up / cent
per mile to the good on the graft. after
oil
The Washington herald., 1907-03-01

President ROOSeVelts vocabulary is
quite ample notes the Des MOines Capt.
tai So M Bellamy Storer discovered.
The Washington herald., 1907-03-01

1T Is all very we'll for Mark Twain
to wear a white suit, but where does he
strike his matches2' asks the Columbus
Dispatch. He doesn't strike them; he is
matches.
The Washington herald., 1907-03-01
How Hartman Would Run the Railroads

Wanted-A chief engineer for the Pan
anna enterprise vino isn't gutter.
The Washington herald., 1907-03-01

Poet Laureate Alfred Austin says Mr..
Longfellow's poetry is all right: which
is. perhaps the only evidence before the
court tending to show that it isn't
The Washington herald., 1907-03-01

Perhaps if Mr.. Roosevelt didn't have 20
spend so much time digging up new en-
gineers he might have more time to de-
vote to digging the canal
The Washington herald., 1907-03-01
horn Fehruary Is.

born February -
.'The February 3 Birthday Association
of the House of Representatives. held its
annual meeting yesterday, and celebrated
the event with luncheon IN the House
restaurant The two charter members
present were Representative Kahn, of
California, and Representative Finley. Of
south Carolina. both Of whom were born
on February y. 1861, the former at Kup-
penheim. Grand Duchy OF Baden, Ger
many. and the latter at Yorkville, York
County. $ e. The two charter members
absent were Representative Johnson, Of
South Carolina. bern February =. 1855
and Representative W. Bourke' Cochran,
OF New York. born in Ireland February
y, 1854 The latter although the oldest
member Of the association. is the newest
married, and is travelling abroad on his
honeymoon. a message Of feliciuition
was sent 10 him and also 10 Mr.. John
son who. although IA this country. found
II impossible to attend the celebration.
the one qualification for which is that
the member must have been born on the
last regular day Of the second month Of
the year.
Yesterdays celebration was a very joy
Gus affair, and before the assOciat alton ad-
t0urned a resolution was adopted favor
ing a constitutional amendment making
February = q legal holiday because so
many famous Congressman were born
on that day.
The Washington herald., 1907-03-01

Some sharp has figured it out that every
man must have had 646.S56.S21,3lS an
Cestors forty-six generations back. Such
figures are apt to cause a man TO feel
like a mere micTobe.
The Washington herald., 1907-03-01

Lyoncila Fredegundar Cuthberger Eth
elswytha Ideath Grace Monica de OreIlena
Plantagenet Tollemachai No; that isn't
the name Of an Oriental princess: IL IS
merely the name Of an English bride.
The Washington herald., 1907-03-01

Adjournment of the Missouri legislature
is TO be FASTENED because Of an epidemic
of smallpox IN Jefferson City. Some bless
ings come i'm rather strenuous DISCUSSES,
but perhaps this one knew that nothing
less than heroic treatment would do.
The Washington herald., 1907-03-01

Down ia Alabama the legislature threat
ems to force the railroads to lay cement
walks between the rails. The abolition
of the free pass evidently makes counting
the crossties rather Wearisome business.
The Washington herald., 1907-03-01

The Garden Of Eden has been located
in the State of Kansas. This probably
explains Adam and Ewes enthusiastic
willingness TO do anything that involved
the penalty Of being fred.
The Washington herald., 1907-03-01

The Marquis de Champagne-B ouysey
draws an annual pension Of 5000 francs
from the French government Something
i'm the nature of hquidJtcd damages, We
presume.
The Washington herald., 1907-03-01
The Knox Room.

PhilandeF Chase Knox wore his new
honors modestly yesterday At a dinner
given by Representative Deemer, Of Penn
sylvania, the previous evening the Senator
was nominated for President He pro-
tested in vain against the nomination. He
told his admirers that ne WAS not can
didate. though unlike Horatio Seymour he
did not avow your candidate ! cannot
be-" Had he done so it would have made
no more difference than IL made IN the
case Of Seymour. The PennsyKanians IN
Congress are determined 70 enter MI
Knox in the running for 1905. II is their
purpose 10 present him TO the Republi-
cans OF the country as the logical and
le Ultimate successor Of Mr.. Roosevelt
whose antitrust programme was devised
and made practical by the Senator while
be was Attorney General
Senator Knox refuses, however. 20 view
his boom seriously. He has a fine sense
Of humor. ard is too practical to be made
the victim Of illusions. II can be stated
that if the situation next year shall look
favorable to the success of a Pennsylva-
nian in the national convention Mr. Knox
viii not deny his friends the privilege 20
present his name. If the prospect is not
propiti0us his name viii not De presented.
Al any rate this was what one Of his
closest and stanchcst friends said yester-
day after talking with the Senator
about IL
The Washington herald., 1907-03-01

German paper refers 20 Mr. Harry
Lehr as "an ordinary American, when
the truth is he is the most extraordinary
American now at large.
The Washington herald., 1907-03-01

It is all very we'll for distinguished
alieuists disguised as newspaper men TO
deliver opinions concerning The Washing
ton Herald and this grapefruit
business; but what's the answer?
The Washington herald., 1907-03-01

It is just as well TO get the Thaw case,
the Santo Domingo mess, the Panama
Canal, and other problems out Of the way.
The baseball season opens soon. and then
we viii not have tim to bother
The Washington herald., 1907-03-01

The average weight Of an elephant is
5000 pounds and Mr.. Roosevelt must
often think it even more.
The Washington herald., 1907-03-01

The Chicago woman suffragi have de-
termined 20 interest the pretty women.
Now, that sounds like political sense right.
The Washington herald., 1907-03-01

An Illinois man lost his mind because
his salary was increased. Perhaps Con-
gress fears something of this kind may
happen 10 the government clerks, though
the members evidently entertained no
such fear for themselves.
The Washington herald., 1907-03-01

Prince Henry of the Netherlands has
been invested with the Order of the Bath.
Are We TO look upon this as Prince
Henry's regular spring cleaning
The Washington herald., 1907-03-01

They are still at it. rowing about that
cherry tree story. Why not bury the
Ratchet?
The Washington herald., 1907-03-01
4 Noble Athenian-penee Be His!

Like the races OF leaves
The race Of man is. The wind in Autumn s5rews
The earth with old leaves then the Spring the woods
with new endOWs.
The Washington herald., 1907-03-01

Mr. George F. Parker. Of New York.
well-known In Washington, is at the New
Willard.
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Makinn Thinns Clear

An old PEBBLES worthy and an Eng
fish lady We're one day recently occu-
pants of railway carriage in an Edin-
burgh bound train. The train had been
waiting long at a certain station, and
there was no appearance of its start
ing, when the worthy remarked "They
are n gey taiglesome lot here"
Il beg your pardon" said the lady.
I'm sayin' they're an awful daidlin
squad here" said the old fellow.
II really beg your pardon, SIR" she
rejoined.
I'm remarkin' they're vera dreich
lot here the NIGHT" the old gentleman
further ventured.
Really, l must again beg your par
dom said the lady, with marked en-
barrassment "but 1 do not compre-
bend you"
81 was just trying to say the train
was late" he finally blurted.
Indeed, sir, 1t is very late" agreed
the lady.
And the conversation collapsed.
Dundee News, --..-
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KEEP YOURSELF YOUNG
Exercise Every Day Even Though You
Steal the lime to Do Il.

Exercise Every Day Even Though You
Steal the Time to Do 1t.
1t is futile to try to lay down gen.
eral age limits for the different kinds
of athletic sports.
The limits vary individually within
very wide marks, and if observations
made on a number of individuals Of
the present generation put them very
low this does not mean that they would
be the true and desirable limits If we
had a generation whose physical edu-
cation from the beginning had been
undertaken and carried out upon plan
only one-fourth or even one-tenth as
elaborate as the plan for its mental
education, not only as far as exercise
and sport are concerned, but also In
regard to eating, drinking, clothing,
sleeping, pleasures, stimulants, ETC.,
and whose individuals were willing to
continue to live upon similar plan
after growing out of the hands Of their
educators.
Live q simple, natural life, take
strenuous exercise every day of your
life even should you steal the time to
do so, and see what will become Of
your personal limit for the various
kinds of sports.-New York Medical
Journal.
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The zNsls and 1ptelIieepcer.
IS Published Epery Friday.
JOHN d. WORTHINGTON.
TERMS.-s1.co A Year IN Advance.

Entered August Is, 1902, as second
class matter, Postoffice at Bel Air, Md,
Act Of Congress of March 3, 1879.
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THE HOTEL CLERK.
According to This View His Lot Is Not
Happy One

According to This View His Lot Is Not
a Happy One.
Who is the most envied and bedia-
monded among men? The hotel clerk.
Who runs away with our heiresses?
The hotel clerk. Who gets the straight
est tips on the stock market? The no.
tel clerk Whose pride goeth not be-
fore destruction and whose glory is
never dimmed? The hotel clerks. So
runs the accepted catechism.
Now a truth seeker in Chicago rises
to say that the average hotel clerks
chance in life is q trifie less than moth
ing. He can't marry, for he is COM
PEELED to live in the hotel, and his
wages won't pay his wife's board.
Even as a bachelor he finds it hard to
save money. When he reaches the
age limit-not q high one-he is dis
placed by young man.
There are then three things for him.
He may become night clerk in coun-
try hotel, a job that he rose from years
before; he may be put in charge Of
cloakroom and look to tips for most of
his pay or he may try to get other
work, using up his savings meanwhile,
and end his life in the almshouse. Not
q cheering conception and practically
useless to the humorist.-Collier's
Weekly
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and, with her head held high, went
back to her post.
Henderson glanced up inquiringly,
his face revealing half a dozen I'M
pulses in as many seconds. Suddenly
he rose, took q step nearer and began
speaking rapidly in husky whisper.
Miss Vandevere, listen! I'm going
to tell you secret. l have fallen
heir to IL fortune l take the midnight
train for Canada to claim the legacy.
No one is to know Of this until after
I'm gone-nOt even Sterling. Will you
come, too-away from this hateful life?
You know love you. Decide at once!
There's no time for dallying. Say
you'll Gomez
The startled girl trembled in the hot
breath of his passion. Every vestige
of color left her face.
1T is-so-sudden," she faltered. 81
must think it over. Give me time"
"I'll call at your boarding house at
10 o'clock Be Oh the watch. And re-
member how much there IS at stake.
But l know can trust you"
Betty's voice seemed to have drop
ped down into her throat There was
no response. 4 silence fell in which
she could hear the muf1ied beating Of
her own heart.
That night Henderson was the first
to leave. Sterling was in the room,
and he could only give Betty glance
Of mute appeal as he went out.
She crouched over her desk with
blurred eyes. For a time there was no
sound save the rustic of the paper
Sterling pretended to read. At length.
throwing it down, he crossed to her
side.
"Still at work, Miss Vandevere?" he
said, new note in his big voice.
"I'll soon finish now" she answered
without lifting her eyes. Don't wait,
please. I'll lock up"
Betty heard him sigh as he went out.
Hastily locking the door on the inside,
she withdrew the key and returned to
her seat.
An hour dragged by. Now there
were shadows everywhere. The cor
ners were black with them. She felt
a suffocating terror, as If the walls
were contracting and might shut to-
gether and crush her.
Suddenly a key clicked in the lock.
She had barely time to drop behind
chair before man tiptoed into the
Office AS he passed by her hiding
place the light from the street struck
across his face. For a minute she
ceased to breathe He went hurrledly
on to the inner room, and after little
while a gentle clicking told her that he
was working the combination Of the
safe.
Now was her chance! Quaking with
fright, she crept to the door opening on
the landing. One quick step and she
was outside. Then the unexpected
happened. A flood of light suddenly H.
lumined the darkness; she saw that
the passage was full of policemen.
And she had rushed straight into Tom
Sterlings arms!
"You! Oh, I'm so gladr she gasped
Historically. "Quick! The safe! You
are being robbed Henderson,
But the men in blue had already
dashed past into the office. There was
the sound Of a struggle, then voice
shrieking dreadful curses - the same
voice she had once thought so cultured
and refined.
81 overheard--this afternoon" Ster-
ling said quietly. Il had grown sus-
picious before. If you really love him
he shall go free"
Love him? Oh, no, nor Betty cried
with her face hidden ON the big mans
shoulder. II didn't know until this
afternoon whom l loved, but / do
noww
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Puzzled the Iudue,

Jim Jackson was brought before a
Western judge charged with chicken
stealing. After the evidence was all in,
the justice, with perplexed look, said:
But l do not understand, Jackson,
how it was possible for you to steal
those chickens when they were roosting
right under the owners window and
there were two vicious dogs in the yard. "
Hit wouldn't do yer bit o good,
ledge, for me to 'splain how kotched
dem chickens. fer you couldn't do hit yer
self eff yer tried it fohty times, an yer
might get yer hide full er lead. De bes'
way ter yer to do, ledge, is jest ter buy
yo' chickens in de market, same ez odder
folks does, an when yer wants ter COM
nit any rascality do hit on de bench,
whar 20 is at home" 49,.