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The Washington herald., 1907-02-08
CAPITOL GOSSIP.
AZ AnomaIon. situation.

An uncommon situation has developed
in the investigation by the Senate Com
mittee on Military Affairs of the interim
nable Brownsville incident Senator For
aker, with characteristic courage and de-
termination. IS leading the fight against
the Presidents action, and the Chief
Magistrates defense is being conducted
mainly by two Southern Democrats-Sen-
ator Overman, Of North Carolina, and
Senator Foster. Of Louisiana. Mai War
ner, Of Missouri, the only Republican
sent to the Senate By that State since the
days Of Carl schurz. seems TO be the sole
member Of the Presidents party who is
attempting 90 protect Mr.. Roosevelts
interests in the investigation. Mr. War
rem. chairman of the committee. is, Of
course. the Presidents friend and stanch
supporter in all military affairs, but the
Wyoming Senator is not a lawyer, and
he is thus at a decided disadvantage in
combat with Senator Foraker.
When Mr. Warren is called away from
the committees sitting, the chair is taken
by Mr.. Scott. of West Virginia, one OF
the bluntest, bruskest, and most plain
spoken statesmen In the Senate. The
West Virginian is not a lawyer and IN
his rulings he shows hearty contempt for
legal quibblIngs and technicalities He
has Oyerruled go many established priu-
ciples laid Down IN the rules Of evidence
that his colleagues on the committee are
now calling him Chief Justice Scott" a
title that probably win sticI. to him for =
long time. Mark Hanna, by the way
whose great friend Senator Scott was
used to call him "Scotty"
The Washington herald., 1907-02-08

A New York merchant has openly ad-
mitted in court that his wife is the boss
at home. Very few men viii have the
courage to read this to the family at the
breakfast table and then laugh right out
loud about IT,
The Washington herald., 1907-02-08

Il viii give my opinion on bill when
it reaches me, after having passed the
legislature" says Gov Hughes. No
wonder such man is q thorn in the side
Of some Of the professional patriots for
ever hanging around Albany.
The Washington herald., 1907-02-08

From The New YORK World.
Every time Dryden is beaten the
power OF boss rule and corporation gov
eminent is weakened throughout the
country.
The Washington herald., 1907-02-08

Atlanta's numerous editors are quarrel
ing among themselves as 10 whether
preachers should attend the theater
What the preachers would like to hear
them discuss Is some plan tc get the eGl-
tors to attend church.
The Washington herald., 1907-02-08
Hes the whole Menu.

From the Charleston News and Courier
When Roosevelt is at the dinner the ia
basco isn't missed
The Washington herald., 1907-02-08

startling dream OF girl Heated into
one of the public galleries of the Senate
Yesterday soon after that august tribunal
had begi4n it's mart Of .ba vyorl, of r,al,ina,
Laws for The nation She was u,sc.or,-
- H. -. ~ ~.
-,
oi''lu ~ lS' anu H'' even i'i''-'''i ID
generation ago was more gorgeous
either IN raiment or natural pulchrtude,
The dream Of a creature was attired in q
costume that seemed TO be a bowildering
The Washington herald., 1907-02-08

The President is quoted as saying that
he does not know exactly what Japan
wants. and Japan probably does not
know herself just exactly what she wants
but one embryonic Alabama Congress
man knows, and the answer is "a fight"
The Washington herald., 1907-02-08

So far as the Brownsville row is con-
cerned, Cincinnati is beginning to feel
somewhat like the gentleman who 10
Gated himself just midway between hades
and the iron works
The Washington herald., 1907-02-08

"Soion Snifter declares the corpora
tons he represents amt gettin' no re-
bates"
Think they ain't?'
wen, not from him, I'll wager.
The Washington herald., 1907-02-08

Chicago street railway runs what it
calls "a rheumatism special" The speed
that some of them maintain would SUg-
gest this as a proper designation for some
others of which you may have heard tell
The Washington herald., 1907-02-08
Advice.

That maxim old. a wise man said,
Il can improve, 10 wit:
Be very sure that you're ahead,
Then settle up and quit,
The Washington herald., 1907-02-08

Perhaps that elephant IS taking up col
lections in India as the result OF our
recent spasm of virtue concerning cam
palgn contributions in this land of the
free and home Of the brave.
The Washington herald., 1907-02-08

An act of the Illinois legislature makes
chicken stealing a penitentiary offense.
Slowly but surely the colored man is
learning the full perhdy of the fake
friendship north OF Mason and Dixon's
line of which he has heard 50 much.
The Washington herald., 1907-02-08
Quite SO.

Being a press humorist is all right for
a, cripple. but Il does seem as though a
healthy. able-bodied man ought to be will
ing 10 work for a living
The Washington herald., 1907-02-08

A Georgia man killed himself a few
days since because he hated work. Evil
IDENTIFY the spring fever has taken an
early and a violent hold upon Georgians
this year
The Washington herald., 1907-02-08
And the Danger signal Is Up.

Prom the Cleveland Leader.
Don't the railroads have enough wrecks
without coIliding with the United States
government?
The Washington herald., 1907-02-08
Japan,s LeveIheadedness.

NOM mo NOV lTh Ilulcs-
Those who talk of our going to war
with Japan ignore in the most surprising
manner the possession of that wisdom
and steadiness Of which she has given so
many evidences
The Washington herald., 1907-02-08

Mr. Grover Cleveland is very busy pre-
pairing his Washingtons Birthday adj
dress His unabridged dictionary no
doubt already looks as though it had
been riddled with thirteen-inch shells.
The Washington herald., 1907-02-08

There is. in fact. nothing fictitious in
American prosperity" says the New York
Herald And. come 70 think of it, there
is generally nothing fictitious in fact
The Washington herald., 1907-02-08

And now some one comes forward and
says that Swettenham looks Ike Admiral
Dewey. And the Admiral attending strict
" TO his own business and not bothering
anybody either
The Washington herald., 1907-02-08
.Interest., Left Ont

From the Ohio State Journal
1t is said the subsidy bin Will have some
difficulty in getting through the Senate.
There are some interests that were left
out,
The Washington herald., 1907-02-08
Pussy Cat UD to Date.

Pussy-cat, pussy-cat. whore have you been2
I've been to London in my new machine.
Pussy-cat, pussy-c2t. what did yea theTel
The auto broke down snd was hard 10 repair.
st Nicholas
The Washington herald., 1907-02-08

Down in our hearts we all have a
mighty friendly feeling for the Japanese:
therefore. in a spirit of greatest kindness
we call their attention to the fact that
Secretary Taft is to visit the Philippines
soon
The Washington herald., 1907-02-08

Would that the fool supply was as
cheap as the talk supply" says the Balti-
more American. And yet IL we should
hint that the sentence Is slightly ingram
NAUTICAL our contemporary would prob
ably kick al eating It's own words.
The Washington herald., 1907-02-08

And now the governor of Alabama has
seriously offended the professional State
savers by showing a decided tendency to
be his own boss.
The Washington herald., 1907-02-08

a Frankfort man wants automobiles
run on six wheels. It might still further
improve the appearance Of the victims If
they could be run on one wheel.
The Washington herald., 1907-02-08
Big One. Too.

From the New York Telegraph.
Arrangements have been made to hang
a full length portrait in the Peace Palace
at The Hague. Pin a stick here.
The Washington herald., 1907-02-08

Now then, together and singular the
Norfolk Landmark. the Richmond Times
Dispatch. e al. How cold is II when IT
is twice as cold as two and half degrees
below zer02
The Washington herald., 1907-02-08

If given a fair trial, wouldn't about
nine-tenths of the audience attending
the Thaw trial be found guilty of emo
tional insanity?
The Washington herald., 1907-02-08

David Warfield is to star next season
as ShylOck If he can persuade the peo-
pie 70 love that old fellow as he has per-
suaded them 10 love The Music Master, -
the ghost of the old Venetian Will have
much 10 thank him for
The Washington herald., 1907-02-08

That Lowell professor may be right
about all persons having poetic energy,
but, happily, the greater part OF its man
Hesitation rarely gets past the waste
basket.
The Washington herald., 1907-02-08

Michigan policeman shot his superior
officer because he was tired seeing him
strut about We fear this reform wave
is going too far.
The Washington herald., 1907-02-08
Fight on Mr. CLAY.

Il seems that Georgia's faithful and
Woodworking Senator, Mr.. Clay. will have
to face rather disc0uraging situation
when he returns home at the close of this
Congress to inaugurate his campaign for
reelection. His term viii not expire until
1909. but the legislature 10 choose his sue
CeSsor will be elected next year All cam
paigns in Georgia are long and trying on
the energy Of candidates. Mr.. Clays
health. which was none too good year
ago. is now excellent so that he viii
enter the campaign in good condition for
a long siege, If that shall become neces-
sary.
II seems that what are known i'm
Georgia as the "anti-corpOration and anti
Niger elements are making common
cause against Senator Clay, and have
united on Seaborn Wright. Of Rome. It
is suspected, of course. that the sagacious
and ambitious Hoke Smith. who soon win
be inaugurated governor. has inspired the
fight against Mr. Clay. with the view Of
walking off with the prize If the legisla-
tuTe is thrown into deadlock. Tom Wat
son also is taking an active part in the
fight against the Senator.
Mr.. Clays standing in the Senate is Of
the highest His Judgment is accepted
on both sides Of the chamber in many
matters Of legislation in which no politics
is involved President Roosevelt declared
in a speech the last time ne was in
Georgia that he would as quickly take
Senator Clay's word without question as
that Of any other man IN public life. The
Senator is hard fighter when forced into
a contest. and it is expected that the
forthcoming Georgia Senatorial campaign
viii be as exciting as was the recent
gubernatorial canvass,
The Washington herald., 1907-02-08

Capt. Hobs0n says Japan has sent this
country an ultimatum" AS no one but
the captain seems 10 have seen IT, it is
evident the MikadO knew just where 10
send H.
The Washington herald., 1907-02-08

a committee of the Indiana legislature
has reported a bill favoring the "full
train crew" Is Indiana seeking to es-
tablish a rival for the block signal sys-
TEN?
The Washington herald., 1907-02-08
4 Vacant JudEeship.

The Louisiana contingent yesterday was
discussing the probable successor OF the
late Charles Parlange as judge of the
Southern district Of that State. The name
most fav0rably considered seems to be
Eugene a. Saunders a leading member Of
the New Orleans bar. Judge Parlange
was appointed to the bench by President
Cleveland Before his appointment he
was elected lieutenant governor on the
anti-lottery ticket when Senator Foster
was elected governor. As his backing ap-
pears 10 be stronger than shat Of any Of
the other applicants for the place, il is be
Heved MIR. Saunders will shortly be uomi-
mated for the judgeshiD by President
Roosevelt.
The Washington herald., 1907-02-08

Beware of milk delivered in bottles. be-
ware OF milk delivered in cans; beware
Of milk. beware, Oh, the germs, the
pesky germs,
The Washington herald., 1907-02-08

Having received the verdict of popular
approval. Emperor William viii now feel
at liberty TO stand up and sass" the in
surgents whenever he feels like it,
The Washington herald., 1907-02-08

A Baltimore man wants the weather
man discharged because he has been
filing the country too full OF heat" Also
he has been filling the city too full Of
snow.
The Washington herald., 1907-02-08

Hereditary insanity is the Thaw plea
which is putting it up good and strong to
his honorable ancestors.
The Washington herald., 1907-02-08

Baptism is useless" says a St Louis
minister Life in St Louis breeds pessi-
miSm.
The Washington herald., 1907-02-08
The Cotton Tax Again.

Mr. Spight, Of Mississippi. introduced in
the House yesterday a bill that may test
to the limit the strength Of the growing
sentiment against the old sect!onalism
that grew out Of the civil war and was
inhamed by reconstruction. The Missis-
sippian's bill provides for turning back to
the States Of the South the tax collected
on raw cotton between 1862 and 1865
amounting 10 SIS 100000 This money was
accumulated in the Treasury pending de-
cisiOn Of the courts in an action brought
to test the constituuonaIity Of the tax
The Supreme Court Of the United States
declared the tax unconstitutional Theo-
retically the whole amount Of the money
has been stored away in the Treasury
since 1868. Numerous attempts have been
made 10 induce Congress 20 pass a law
authorizing the Court Of Claims 10 adjudi-
cate claims Of persons or estates directly
affected by the unconstitutional tax. but
for reasons that need not De explained.
Congress has always refused 90 do so.
The Spight proposition contains "a fea-
tuTe that is calculated 20 appeal strongly
20 what is p0puLTly supposed TO De a
sentiment that mas wiped out all section
aIism- II provides that the money be dis
burscd 20 the Southern States for the
benefit Of Confederate soldiers who are
drawing pensions from their States. II
the bill IS permitted by Speaker Cannon
TO be brought up FOR consideration a this
session of Congress, there is no doubt It
viii provoke an interesting debate.
The Washington herald., 1907-02-08

'Salome salaams." says the Richmond
Times Dispatch "SkidO0s." you mean.
The Washington herald., 1907-02-08

The gentleman who arranged our cali
endar for US was certainly right about
making February as short as possible.
The Washington herald., 1907-02-08

We violate no confidence in stating that
war between Japan and the United States
is scheduled for April ].
The Washington herald., 1907-02-08
The WASHINGTON HERALD

The Washington Herald IS delivered. by
carrier in the District Of Column 6iG cnd al
AlsTGndriG, Va, at IS cents per f'onth,
daily and Sunday, or at p cents per
month lnith0ut the SNndau issue
The Washington herald., 1907-02-08
Going slow.

"Why do you think he and his wife do
not get along we'll together
I've noticed that when he starts for his
office he takes the car but when he is
headed for home he walks
Amador ledger., 1907-11-15
A FOOL QUESTION.
Asked In Railway Station, 1t Won a
Caustic Reply.

Asked In Railway Station, 1t Won a
Caustic Reply.
He stood at the ticket window slowly
unrolling an old fashioned leather bag,
while a dozen men stood behind him,
driven to madness by the shouting of
the gatemen calling their trains. After
he got about a yard and a half OF bag
unrolled he suddenly stopped and said
to the ticket clerk:
SIS that clock right?"
mo, sir.''
"'Tain't?" shouted the startled pas
senger, STOPPING down and making a
sudden clutch at lean and hun
CRY carpetbag. "'Taint right? Well,
what n the name o. common sense do
ye have it stuck up there for, then?"
ITO fool people," calmly replied the
clerk. That's what we're here for-to
fool people and misdirect them"
"Great Scottv' said the passenger,
hurriedly rolling up his bag. 1--WE
missed my train. I'll report you,
willw
won't do any good. It's the compa-
ny's orders. They pay man to go
round every morning to mix and mud
die up all the clocks, so that not one of
them will be right and no two of them
alike"
The passenger gasped twice or thrice,
but could not say anything. The ticket
clerk went on:
Its the superintendent idea. He
is fond of fun, enjoys joke, and il
does him good to see man jump about
and hear him jaw when he buys q
ticket and then finds his train has been
gone two hours"
(Which way is this clock wrong?
the passenger asked in despairing ac
cents-"fast or slow?"
Don't know That's part of the fun
not to let anybody in the building know
know is that it's about ninety minutes
wrong one way or the other"
With hollow groan the passenger
grabbed his bag and made a rush fol
the door, upsetting any man who got
in his way. In about two minutes he
came back, crestfallen and meek, and
took his place at the end of the line
When once more he walked up to the
window he said, as he named his sta
ton and bought his ticket like sane
| man:
what made you talk to me like yor
did"
What made you ask questions like
fool "-San Francisco Chronicle.
Amador ledger., 1907-11-15
ST. LOUIS GOLD MINE.
Traces of the Metal Once Found With.
in the City Limits.

Traces of the Metal Once Found With
in the City Limits.
St. Louis has never been known - a
gold mining center, but there was once
a gold mine within the limits of the
city, and, what is more, it yielded gold,
which is more than a great many gold
mines in the Rockies have done
In the sixties of the last century
there was well dug on hill just
east of Carondelet park, and the well
diggers, noticing some bright, spar
king yellow particles In the clay at
the bottom, did little washing on
their own account and found several
grains Of gold in the pan. The news
soon got abroad, and two examiners
from the west who were living in the
neighborhood quickly got the idea that
there was money to be made in St.
Louis gold mining so they sank shaft
not far from the well, fully expecting
rich returns from their work They
did actually find gold, but in quanti-
ties so small that they estimated a
yield of about 15 cents per ton of clay,
so they filed up the hole and gave up
the undertaking in that place as bad
job.
But they had all the miners enthu-
siasm, and the fact that they found
gold at all merely stimulated their zeal
to try in another place, SO they went
to the side of hill where the Glaize
creek had washed away the earth and
made clay precipice. They dug hole
there, where they also found traces of
the precious metal, but in no greater
quantities than before. Then they went
up the creek about quarter of mile
and sank another shaft, with no better
result. They spent the whole spring
and summer digging holes around in
the neighborhood of the park, but the
only benefit they realized from their
work was the sobriquet 1.-TWO luna
tics," and people laughed at them so
much that both left and went back
west, where digging holes in the search
for gold was taken more seriously than
In st. Louis.-St Louis Globe-Demo-
Graf
Amador ledger., 1907-11-15
Theater Seats.

The seats were in the orchestra on
the theater's left "The left side of the
house always sells out first" said the
box Office man. Everybody seems to
prefer it to the right 1 don't know
why. Boxes especially-we can sell
two left to one right box every time.
Nobody takes the right side for choice.
And there is no reason for this. AS
much goes on in the right extremity of
the stage as in the left-we proprietors
always look after that-and you see
just as much from the right as from
the left side. Why, then, is the left
side always at a premium "-New Or
leans Times-Democrat.
Amador ledger., 1907-11-15
GOT HIS SHIRTS.
ComicaI Prank Princeton Student
Played Upon Tutor.

Played Upon a Tutor.
In "Princeton-Old and New" by
James W. Alexander, is the following
story:
''The mode of life was simpler in
those days than now, but the same hu-
NOR which still makes collegians so
comic effervesced in the old days.
When, for example, William Penning-
ton, son of a former governor of New
Jersey and himself afterward speaker
of the national house of representa-
tives, roomed next door to Senior Tu-
tor Topping it was the custom for
each man to hang on the outside knob
of his door the bag containing his soil
ed clothes for the laundry.
Pennington stuffed his own skirts
one day in Tutor Topping's bag and
waited for the day when the clean lin
en- was returned and laid out on Top
pings bed. Then, knowing that two
of the younger tutors We're in Top
pings room, Pennington knocked at
his door. On entering he put on an
embarrassed air, as if hesitating to
speak in the presence of the other tu-
tors.
Topping in lofty way said: These
gentlemen are my friends. 1 have no
secrets from them. Say what you
wish Pennington still hemmed and
hawed, but, again urged to speak, blurt-
ed out: TT is not my fault. Mr.. Top
ping. 1 did not want to say anything
about it now, but as you insist must
ask you to please return the skirts
lent you, as I am in need of them
'Topping's rage and horror at being
thus addressed before the younger tu-
tors, who looked up to him as a Mag
nus Apollo, may well be imagined. He
began to upbraid Pennington, who in
terrupted him by saying: It's no use,
Mr.. Topping. trying to deny the fact.
see the shirts there on the bed with
your own thingsp The tutor stood
aghast, but Pennington stepped to the
bed and picked out his own shirts,
marked with his name"
Amador ledger., 1907-11-15
PLEASANT JAILs.
The Way Prisoners In Montenegro Are
Treated

The Way Prisoners In Montenegro Are
Treated.
When 1 paid a visit to the Cetlnje
jail found that all the prisoners were
out for a walk For two hours every
morning and again for two hours in
the afternoon they are allowed to wan
der about on the green before the pris-
on. There is nothing, indeed, but their
own sense of honor to prevent their
going farther afield unless they be
murderers, in which case they wear
chains. The authorities provide them
with Housing, of course, and with
clothes-not uniform-also with fire
at which to cook their food and they
give them fourpence a day each to
buy it. The prisoners cater for them
selves Two of them go to the market
every morning to buy provisions for
the day. They are not required to work
unless they choose, and they are classi-
fed not according to the seriousness
Of their offense. but according to their
standard of life and general behavior
If man Of education and refinement
ID oCAI " pllSOu, CdIc Is ldhCn W lOuSe
him, so far as possible, in a room
where the other occupants belong to
his own rank in life. 1 found on one
bed beautiful counterpane and pill
low covered with delicate embroidery
Eyes, poor fellow, that's his wifes
handiwork," the governor of the Jail
remarked casually as we passed. In
one prison life was made so easy and
pleasant that on leaving it ventured
to remark that to be there was no pun
ishment, it seemed to me.
mo punishment the official who
was with me exclaimed in surprise.
But think of the disgrace of being
here. Is not that in itself punishment
enough?"
1 had and still have doubts on the
subject, for l had just seen a CHEEKY
old fellow who. although the time for
which he was sentenced had expired,
stoutly refused to quit the prison.
Edith Sellers in Fortnightly Review.
Amador ledger., 1907-11-15
White Africans.

The Berbers. who, although African.
are as white as Europeans. are the
oldest white race on record, says an
explorer. They are supposed to have
come from the south of Europe in an
cient days, the Dundee Advertiser
says, and, although their language and
customs are entirely different from
ours and their religion Mohammedan,
they are probably closely akin by de-
scent. Blue eyes and fair hair are
not at all uncommon among the Ber-
bers. and many of them have rosy
cheeks and features so like our own
that were they dressed in British fash
ion they would easily pass as natives
of the British isles.