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Comic supplements.

From the Rochester Herald
The influence of comic supplements.
lacking in humor as they are. has
been vicious in the extreme. II the
truth could be ascertained. they have
sent more boys to the State correctional
institutions than any other single agency
that could be named. IT is sincerely to be
hoped that 1t is a fad. and that it has
about run its course for it has no legiti-
mate part in the scheme of daily news
paper making. II VIII be the better for
the children when their misguided par
Cuts can no longer feed them upon such
stuff, and no longer viii the sensibilities
be shocked by hearing a woman. whose
absence of intelligence and refinement
would otherwise be successfully CON
ccaled. declare: L do so enjoy these
colored pages Of the Sunday newspa-
peTst'
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Best of Three Reasons.

From the Atchison Glcbe.
Once an Atchison politician offered a
turkey to the negro who could give the
best reason for being a Republican One
Old coiored man said; Use a publican
kase the publican party sot us niggers
free and the man thought that would
get him the turkey. but the next man
said: DE reason Use a Republican is be-
cause it's de party dat gives US pertective
tariff" and the politician thought:
That's an intelligent man; I will give
him the turkey" and then the third man
walked up and said: de reason Tse a
Republican is because I wants dat tur-
key and he got IT,
The Washington herald., 1907-01-19
NerticnI Handwriting.

From the Kansas City Journal
IL is probable that by this time the man
who invented vertical penmanship for
pupils in the public schools has passed
to his long punishment Charity requires
us 20 hope that he will not be Overpun-
ished. but a knowledge OF his crime
compels the belief that he cannot be. The
slow, characterless, unserviceable. i'm
practicable method which has been i'm
pressed On millions Of children, only 10
hamper them through life, must have
been devised by a most sinister and
malevOlent mind-a mind which cannot
be made duly repentant except by cruel
and unusual punishment
The Washington herald., 1907-01-19
CAPITOL GOSSIP.
Big Politics I'm Ii.

Washington is just beginning TO learn
that politics Of real national Importance
is involved in the ugly contest at Austin
in which Senator Bailey is the central
figure. Irrespective of the immediate out
come Of that struggle. the alignments it
is causing in the Texas Democracy may
have a heavy bearing upon Democratic
Presidential politics. That split Of
more or less serious proportions Is being
made in the party in Texas is now recog-
nized by all well-lnformed Democrats IN
Washington. and at this phase Of the
situation that is giving them more con-
cern than the bare question as to whether
Senator Bailey will be defeated or re-
elected. Generally speaking, the members
of the legislature who are oppose to Sen
ator Bailey are inclined to look with more
favor upon William Randolph Hearst for
the Presidential nomination next year
than William Jennings Bryan. Col. John
Duncan, who Is the leader Of the fight
on Bailey, is said TO be an Out-and-Out
Hearst man, and If Mr.. Bryan should be
drawn into the contest on Bailey's side
additional strength would thereby be
giv~n the anuBryan movement In Texas.
Democrats in Congress are. therefore,
watching with keen interest the progress
Of events at Austin. They realize that
factionalism that viii extend into the
struggle for delegates to the next Demo-
cratic national convention already has
been engendeFed, and this cannot be
quelled regardless Of the result OF the
fight now going on In the legislature. II
is true that Mr. Bailey has never been
an enthusiastic Bryan man, but he Is one
Of the most implacable foes of Hearst. 50
that between these two his support
naturally would flock 10 the Bryan stan
dard as against Hearst.
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ALITTLE NONSENSE.
THE ONE THING NEEDFUL.

THE ONE THING AEEDFUL.
No man needs brains or wit
To be a sage.
Folks at his feet to sit
VIII battle wage,
And quote his lightest phrase
In half a trice;
That is, in case he has
The vulgar price.
No man needs name or birth
To mingle with
The bluest blood on earth
AS common kith.
The primmest Of the prim
VIII vote him nice
And close no door TO him
Who has the price.
No man needs cultures stamp
. To hold his court
Within the best walled camp
Or social fort.
The coin is all you need;
1t will suffice.
To-day, he's great, indeed,
Who has the price.
The Washington herald., 1907-01-19
A Rnsr Citizen

When the youth in the city wrote the
old man that be had been "playin' Of
the devil an a-doin Of nuthin'," the old
man replied:
"Ef you've been a-pIayir' Of the devil.
you shorely must a been a-doin' Of some
thing, kaze the devil is no loafer: He
keeps busy six days in the week. and
don't go TO sleep in church on a. Sunday
Atlanta Constitution
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and privileges are abolished and a single
grade is established in all the capitals
of the world" As matters are now going.
that single grade VIII shortly be that Of
ambassador. and when all of our repre-
sentatfyes at foreign capitals have am
bassadorial rank. how much better off
will we be than when ali were plain min
isters2
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A INN of Destiny.

From The BCstCn Herald
Mr.. Bryan must be Il man IF destiny.
or when thrown out of his sleigh in Spo-
kane he would have struck a stone wall
instead of a snowdrift. Twice defeated
for the Presidency. and hailed by his
party as the candidate for third trial
returning scatheless from journey
round the world, last week coming out
uninjured from Il railroad smash-up. and
now emerging from a snow bark with his
ardor uncooled-truly. Mr.. Bryan has eX-
cuse for faith in his star
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Better Place.

From the Chicago News.
Guest dn restaurant)-"What became Of
the cook you had last winter?
Proprietor-Oh. he quit in the spring to
take a job uptown.
Guest-Wasn't he satisfied with the
wages you paid him?
Proprietor-Oh. it wasn't the wages. lie
gets g week less where he is now, but
he IS called a chef
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Let II RInze-

Dunno what's a-comin'
In these new-fangled days,
Sorry fer the coal trust.
Bullet the weather bl4ze'
Il takes all sorts q weather
To make a world like this.
The cares we have are nuthin'
To the troubles that we miss.
Atlanta Constitutio
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Uncle Joe ns n standpatter.

From The New YORK sun
We gather from the remarks of the
Hon. Josephus Maximus Cannon on the
tariff that he wants a minimum tariff
which any moderate tariff refOrmer would
regard as maximum, and then to slap a
maximum on the maximum, if need
arises.
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How Light Was Produced.

Apropos Of the discussion Of the pTopO-
sition e. increase the salary of Congress
men. Representative ollie James, of Ken
tucky. who from the inception of the
movement has resoIutely opposed it, tells
a story Of how an aged negro in his home
town was converted to the true political
faith The old darEy had been observed
to be faithful in attendance upon all po-
litical gatherings in the town, and lis
tened with intense interest to all formal
and informal discussions Of the issues Of
the campaign. He gave patient ear alike
10 the advocates of high tariff and low
tariff, drank in every word uttered by the
local wiseacres on the subject of the
whisky tax, and otherwise displayed the
keenest concern in all Of the live issues.
but spoke not a word himself. As Mr.
James puts 1t. the aged negro lust lis
tened, and, like BTeT Rabbit. said nothing"
On election day he hung around the polls
but refused all proffers of assistance In
the making out Of his ballot short
while before it was time to close the polls
he was approached by a candidate VINO
siyly placed in his hands a crisp s. bill
Use listened to all de argements made
by every great man in desc parts" said
the old darky to the donor of the 81 BILL
but I wasn't able to get no light on none
of de issues Of de campaign till you come
along. and I thanks you for ale light
Il suspect" declared Mr.. James that
many member Of the House and Senate
who couldn't see their wdy clear 20 vote
for the salary increase will see a great
light when the increase is made by the
tactics resorted to to-day by Speaker
| Cannon and Mr., Littauer."
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Made an Ascension.

From the Cleveland Plain Dealer.
'Kinkler has invented an airship that
runs by gasoline
Has he given IL a triaI?'
Yes"
Successful
Yes. He left lighted cigar near the
gasoline tank and the aiTship blew up
about a hundred feet"
The Washington herald., 1907-01-19
SfiII a MnnonnIisf.

From The Richmond Times Dispatch
John d. Rockefeller has just scooped in
$50 new Indictments at a single stroke.
Whatever line the old gentleman takes
up he isn't content with anything less
than a monopoly.
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The ChiIdi.h WnY.

Hubby. little Jessie wants some water
melon"
But watermelon is not in season
Quite so, She probably wouldn't want
il IL II were"
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His Exact Lncnfinn.

'McLush was at the opera last night"
"Ah, YOU saw him drinking in the
melody"
in the bar"
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A widely quoted Newspaper,

FJomsthe birmingham AFe-Herald
Scott g. Bone knows the essentials of a
good editorial page, and the result is that
The Washington Herald is nov one of the
most widely quoted newspapers in the
country,
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In n Rad Way.

Love" remarks an urban philosopher,
is blind. frequently dumb, and, so far as
advice is concerned. invariably deaf
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A Philadelphia lawyer has declined a
profered fee Of $l50.000. saying that he
only earned $4,000, and will accept no
more. This is undoubtedly one Of the
strange things in heaven and earth Of
which Horatio never dreamed.
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Give II Up.

I know that wroth the people wax;
But if they try, dear me.
To put in force the income tax,
What will the outcome be?
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That Kind Isn't Illuminating.

From the New Orleans Times Democrat.
Washington is demanding 75-cent gas.
Her citizens, it would seem. ought to be
satisfied with the brand that they get alb
sOlutely free of charge at the cost of the
rest Of the nation
The Washington herald., 1907-01-19

A correspondent writes the New York
Herald for some practical suggestion
likely to induce John d. Rockefeller to
attend a certain church fair. Put oys-
tiers on the bill of fare" advises the
Herald. Mr., Rockefeller is too wise not
TO know that oysters" on the church
fair bill of fare doesn't necessarily mean
oysters in the church-fair soup.
The Washington herald., 1907-01-19

Chancellor Won -Buelow. who might be
termed the German Secretary Of State, is
going TO take the stump for the imperial
cause Not only does this smash all
previous precedents. but is Americanesque
in other respects as we'll.
The Washington herald., 1907-01-19

The Boston Evening Transcript is
authority for the statement that Lord
Baltimore wore his hair long" Doubtless
a good deal longer than the aborigines In
tended when they first heard Of his
arrival
The Washington herald., 1907-01-19

Mr.. Roosevelt has been made a member
Of the Royal Geographical Society. Prob
ably a reward for finding the Panama
lake that Mr. POultney Bigelow declared
to be noneXistent.
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According to a Southern contemporary.
Standardized Robert Taylor has laid
down all business cares, and VIII come
to the Senate free 10 engage in nothing
but SenatOrizing. He may have laid
down the shovel and the hoe" but we
never will believe that he has hung up
the fiddle and the bow"
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To the Point.

Mr.. Jinks wants some repairs. Says
he house has been settling"
Cant have 'em. He hasn't"
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The Inference.

"Grace declares that Cholly Is not such
a good catch az she had thought"
rs that so? He must have dropped
her"
The Washington herald., 1907-01-19

The Nashville American calls it Till
mans constitutional intemperance and
mental spree" That ought 10 have so
bering effect upon the Senator.
The Washington herald., 1907-01-19

Mr.. Reed Smoot probably enjoys the
long-drawu-Out Brownsville debate more
thoroughly than any one else on the floor
Of the Senate In fact. he probably would
not object TO its indefinite continuance.
The Washington herald., 1907-01-19

Senator Dubois says Senators have to
lecture to make both ends meet. That ap-
pears TO be an unanswerable argument in
favor OF bigger salaries for the Senators.
The Washington herald., 1907-01-19

Since the Empress Of China has de-
clared that she VIII stop "A nothing TO
eradicate the evil OF deformed feet We
presume Alfred Austn's poetry is going
10 get what's coming TO it at last.
The Washington herald., 1907-01-19

There are evidences that the senior Sen
ator from South Carolina doesn't alto
gether relish contact with the business
end of the pitchfork himself
The Washington herald., 1907-01-19

The Atlanta Georgian fairly revels in
the early prospect Of turnip greens. There
is no season in Georgia quite so fine as
'pOt-liCkeT" time,
The Washington herald., 1907-01-19

Those Congressman who have been
drawing their fun pay, Notwithstanding
the existence Of a law providing for the
docking of unexcused absentees need give
themselves no concern A Congressman
tried 10 return a portion Of unearned sal
airy not a great while ago, and discovered
that he could not legally do it. Trust
Congress to take care of its own,
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Elijah Dowies says the devil simply got
hold Of Zion CITY" In allowing Elijah to
beat him to it as he did, the Old Nick
has sadly damaged his reputation for
astutenesS
The Washington herald., 1907-01-19

Only a few short weeks ago some one
raised the number of the Philippine ISL
ands from 1.200 to LOO, and now Gen.
K eifer says there are not less than 3.1H,
and new ones constantly appearing upon
the scene. The more you go into this
Philippine business. the bigger il gets.
The Washington herald., 1907-01-19

The St Louis Post-Dispatch thinks this
is to be the "womans century" Going
To be just like the balance of them, Is IT.?
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Miss Ellen Terry says she will only visit
the civilized sections Of the United States.
And stin she is booked for Chicago.
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UH1ronted silence.

From the Cleveland Leader
II Is about time that something else
happened Ia California.
The Washington herald., 1907-01-19

A Massachusetts man dropped dead
while reading an original poem to his
friends. But what's the use? Solemn as
this warning is, it will probably avail
nothing
The Washington herald., 1907-01-19

Thus far. not even so well known a
wall flower as the CoTelli person has
entered the lists in vindiCatiOn of Carrie
Nations contention that "waltzing is just
plain hugging."
The Washington herald., 1907-01-19

Millionaire Corey talks Of taking a
three-yedr wedding trip with his actress
bride That would help NIGHTLY.
The Washington herald., 1907-01-19

Cincinnati is credited with a desire to
make that city the center OF ballooning
in the United States. Considering the
successful manner in which Mr. Bellamy
Storer recently went up in the air. Gin
cinnatians are not to be blamed for be-
lieving that there are other citizens equal
ly as capable.
The Washington herald., 1907-01-19

The Railway World is discussing MI
Harriman's good side II doubtless takes
a man strictly on the inside to appre-
ciate Mr.. Harriman's good side.
The Washington herald., 1907-01-19

A contemporary says ''Senator-elect
Guggenheim began life barefooted." And
here we have been supposing all along
that he was born with his boots on
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a surplus Is better than deficit, a."
says Gov. Folk Which proves. To the
average man. the rule that familiarity
breeds cOntemnt
The Washington herald., 1907-01-19

Gov. Vardaman declared for Bryan q
few days since. and now Mr.. Bryan is out
in a bran new interview. in which he
intimates that he doesn't want the nomi-
nation so very much after all.
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THE MASHER.

The ulashcr Is
A pIny beast;
OF living things
He is the least.
His brain entire.
Methinks must be
No larger than
The smallest pea
4 nuisance he
No doubt Of that
What shall we d0g
The answers Pat.
One remedy
Has not beea tried
Destroy him with
A germicide
-BirminCbarf Are- Herald.
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The most remarkable thing about
Michgan's new Senator is the fact that
the North Carolina press has not arisen
in its concerted might and claimed him as
Il native son
The Washington herald., 1907-01-19

Not to be outdone by any Southern mob
Of best citizens" Iowa enlisted a min
lister for her recent lynching bee
The Washington herald., 1907-01-19

A Michigan girl shot a man and then
married him. When a Michigan girl gets
after you, you may just as well surrender
peacefully and avoid trouble
The Washington herald., 1907-01-19

And now Mr.. Jerome proposes to call
upon the theatrical trust for a show
down
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Littauer 10 BE thanked.

BY a shrewd parliamentary maneuver,
it seems quite probable that after all the
fuss and feathers that have been made
over it. the salary Of the members OF
Congress will be increased to 1850 from
$1,000 Mr.. Littauer, Of New York. one Of
President ROosevelt's Harvard classmates
and closest friends is to be thanked by
his colleagues in both Houses for engi-
neering so successfully the scheme by
which their compensation viii be in
creased 80 per cent. Mr.. Littauer will not
be a member of the next House. not hav-
that his interest cannot be considered
selfish He has had charge Of that part Of
the appropriation bill which contains the
proposed increases In the salaries Of Cabi-
net officers. the Vice President. Speaker
Of the House. and Representatives and
Senators. He realized from the first that
so many members of both Houses were
afraid of the proposal to Increase
their salary that Il probably would
fail on straight vote. and he prepared
himself accordingly. He has held in re-
serve the movement which yesterday re-
suited in putting back into the bill the in
crease of the Congressional salary in such
a way that nobody Immediately affected
can be held hlameworthy by their con-
stituents. Representative John Wesley
Gaines has been one Of the few members
Of the House of either party who have
fought openly and bravely for the in
crease.
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Mr.. Frye said "ComfortnbIe., !,

A friend met Senator Frye IN a corridor
OF the Capitol and congratulated the
veteran statesman from Maine upon his
recent reelection.
you didn't have to go home and fight
for it" observed the friend
Il didn't even write a letter or speak
to a sinsle member Of the legislature on
the subject" volunteered the usually taci-
turn Mr. Frye.
That's fine" added the friend. "espe-
cially in view of the scandals connected
with the election Of numerous Senator'S"
Senator Frye then volunteered another
remark. the chief point OF which the en-
thusiastic friend failed 10 eaten. and for
that was reproved by the Senator.
Indeed il is comforting" declared the
friend.
Il didn't say IL was comforting. sir
scowIed Senator Frye. What / said sir.
was that it was comfortable; comfortable
sir, and not comforting"
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Mr. Jay Carlisle. jr.. a well-known mem
Der of the New York Stock Exchange, Is
at the New Willard with his bride
Judge John p. EllSin, of the Pennsyl-
vania Supreme bench. is at the New
Willard
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Of March 2. 1879.
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Mr. Whrte thc Sole sursIxor.


The elaborate speech in the Senate yes
terday by Hon. William Pinkney Whyte
against Capitalization reminded Senate
historians of an interesting fact in the
notable career Of this fine old Maryland
statesman. That fact is that Mr. Whyte
is the only man now in public Hfe-if. in
deed. he is not the only one alive-who
voted against the adoption Of the fifteenth
and last amendment to the Constitution.
When that far-reaching proposition was
put through, Mr Whyte was serving his
first term in the Senate by appointment
Of the governor Of Maryland 70 take the
seat made vacant by the resignation OF
the great Reverdy Johnson 20 accept ap-
pointment as Minister 10 Great Britain.
In all the years that have passed since
then Mr. Whyte's firm convictions as to
the intent Of the trainers Of the Coustitu-
tion have undergone no change. In 1874
ne resigned the goveruorship OF Maryland
to accept seat In the Senate, 10 which
he had been elected for a fun term. be-
ginning in March. 1910. on the expiration
Of this term he retired from the Senate
in ISL and then was elected mayor Of
Baltimore without opposition. Since then
he has held the Offices Of attorney gen
eral Of Maryland and city solicitor Of Bal
timore. When Arthur Pue German died
last spring Gov. Warfeld appointed Mr.
Whyte to fill the vacancy pending the
next meeting Of the legislature Mr.
Whyte is in his eighty-third year. but is
as active and energetic as any member
Of the Senate AS a boy he had as a
tutor a man who had been private secre-
~ fo Eapglarr, Tlrrar.sr+a Ng~ha-, L~nx4r-
nothinEism was rife in Maryland just
preceding the civil war. Mr. Whyte was
one Of its most determined and courage
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Publication Ofhce:
FIFTEENTH STREET NORTHWEST
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4. Msrrick. Treasurer and Business MANAGER
c. Archibald. .... . Advertising Manager
CuuninsAzm. Auditor
( Thompson, Mechaniczl Superintendent
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Birmingham Age Herald.
Milford chronicle., 1907-05-03
RURAL cARRIERsI PAY
New Schedule Shows Increase of 9 t
% Per Cent

New Schedule Shows Increase of 9 tc
% Per Cent.
Washington, April 20. - Postmaster
General Meyer has approved the de
tailed adjustment Of salaries of rural
free delivery carriers. as submitted by
Assistant Postmaster General DeGraw.
and the new schedule will become eff.
fective July next will make a grad.
ed increase in the compensation of
carriers of from to 25 per cent.
based upon the number Of miles ira.
versed by carriers, as shown by the
records of the department. The sched.
ule follows:
Routes of "a or more miles. 5000
per annum; % to "a miles. 1864; 20
to % miles sS1O; IS to 20 miles, s72O;
l6 to IS miles, $3.50; IA to 16 miles
s54O; II to IA miles. 1904; 10 to 12
miles. s46S; to 10 miles, 1882; 6 to 8
miles. 1898.