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The Washington herald., 1908-05-02
EXCURSIONS TO-DAY.

To Fort Monroe. Norfolk Newport News. and an
points South-NoTfolk and Washington steamers
every evening in the year at $50.
To Rock Greek Bridge. Geological Psrk, CHEVY
Chase, and Kensington-Csrs from Fifteenth street
and New York avenue every fifteen minutes
To AezandTia-FerTy steamer Lackawanns ever
hour and q half from a. m. to D N.
To Fort MyeT. Arlington. National Cemstery.
Falls Church. and Fairfax Court H0use-Cars from
Twelfth street and Pennsylvania avenue and Aque-
duct Bridge.
Mount Vernon and Marshall Han steamer, Charles
MsczlesteT. daily. except Sunday. 10 &. NJ and .a5
p. NJ
The Washington herald., 1908-05-02
Second BisehOn Concert

ond BischOff concert Wednesday evening.
May g. at the Congregational Church.
corner 10th and G SITS. NV, now on sale
at Jones Ticket Agency, in Topham's.
l2l9 F st nv. Full programme in to-
morrow's issue of The Washington Her
aid.
The Washington herald., 1908-05-02

Seven buildings will be razed by order
of the board of condemnation OF sanitary
buildings. to allow the widening of O
street alley and the extension Of the alley
from Fourth to Fifth streets northwest.
The proposal Of G. w. Nash to remove
the structures has been accepted by the
Commissioners. He will be paid 500 for
old material.
The Washington herald., 1908-05-02

Maj. Sylvester received a letter yes
terday from Mrs. Laura Wales Alvord,
OF 2ll0 G street northwest, commencing
Policeman Augustus Hess for his prompt
action in stopping her horse when 1t
ran away in Rock Creek Park several
days ago. But for the prompt action OF
the policeman, said Mrs. Alvord, she
The Washington herald., 1908-05-02
Yon1I Retter fhe FnmiIr HenIth

BY putting Schneider's Malt" Bread on
the table for every meal Special proc
esses of mixing and high-grade mate
rials develop the unusual nourishing
properties Of this famous bread. Insist on
your grocer sending Malt" Bread every
time. Fresh from the ovens, &c loaf
The Washington herald., 1908-05-02

The grand jury has returned the follow
ing indictments: Sam Polo, robbery
Charles Beasley. assault; William H. c.
Screven, larceny; Raymond Proctor, I'M
proper conduct; George washington, as
sault: John Allen and Charlie Crown
housebreaking; Charles Carlisle. Edward
Enge, and William Karst, housebreaking.
The Washington herald., 1908-05-02
severaI Indlctments Returned.

Carpets Taken Up, Cleaned and stored.
Lowest prices. E. H. Hnkei & Co, ass
Maine ave. sw. Phone 2025.
The Washington herald., 1908-05-02
Appreciation for policeman.

Planked Shad Dinner at Chesapeake
Beach Sunday. See al, page 9.
The Washington herald., 1908-05-02
VIII Raze Old Buildings.

Protect Your Hands When HOuseeIean-
ing: rubber gloves. 81. Rubber Store 933 r.
The Washington herald., 1908-05-02
DEFENDS THE INDIAN
Representative Carter Pleads
Cause of the Red Men.
SHOULD BE GIVEN A CHANCE

Government, He Insists, Ought to
Make Soldiers of Them, for They
WOuId Become Great Generals.
Tells of Their Lasting Friendship
and FaithfuIness TO Obligations.
The Washington herald., 1908-05-02

Is the purest and best medicinal whisky
en- the market Physicians recommend il.
Phone Main 2Os2-5oseph p. Fegan. 4Os
eth ST nw.-feT q full at. 81 delivered.
The Washington herald., 1908-05-02
Pnrissima q super1or &c whial.x.
= Fegan's Granville Rye

Ripe with age and OF the msIlowest de-
velopment. A whisky Of medicinal value.
VIM. Cannon, I225 7th ST Phone n. SIS
The Washington herald., 1908-05-02

Durable Gas stove Tubing, Sc Ft,
Garden Hose. l0c up Rubber Store. 933 T.
The Washington herald., 1908-05-02
LOCAL MENTION.

Watch for a ciry-Randle Highlands.
The Greenville journal. [volume] (Greenville, Ohio) 1850-1918, 1908-05-14
difficulties Encountered by Foreigners
in Expressing Thoughts.

From the Gold Coast comes let
ter addressed to the Oxford Medical
Publication, which we transcribe ex-
actly:
Having heard your recommends
tion from a certain friend of mine
that you are a general or magnani-
mously Medical publications. Hence
in desire or Craving your indulgence
in order to forward me your Special
Medical Manuals which Consist the as
sorted medicine Such as, a medicine
for Education, Please the main object
which induces me to draw your ex-
traordinary attention is this, that l
have a son by named - being a
third Standard, the age is % years
now; But he is too much heavy mind
with stupid as I could not compare
him to any one in Car Gold Coast here.
Being as am a gentleman by every
one's known, should not endeavour
to find good rledicine for my SON to
become a fine Or purest scholar, the
properties of mine will be in vain or
Er other respects the son will be in
vanity. So. long as this promulgated
names has had in Our G. c. here !
think the-e will be no hesitation and
despatch as above stated early as
quick as possible. So as to enable me
to forward you my Indent very Short
,ly. But scholars are plenty In negro
The Greenville journal. [volume] (Greenville, Ohio) 1850-1918, 1908-05-14

An army of 100000 caterpillars has
appeared in the Krugersdorp district,
which recently suffered severely from
a hailstorm. Old colonists connect the
visitation with the recent fall of hail,
and they recall instances where
plaques of insects have invariably fol
lowed phenomenal storm. 1t is sug-
gested that the stones carry some
germ which is launched into life when
the melting process begins, and farm
ers who have penetrated deeply into
the mysteries of the yield trace the
periodical Visitations of huge SWarms
of butterflies and moths and even OF
the dreaded tick to the evolution of a
germ in the haistone deposited on the
ground. Venerable Free Staters now
resident in the district have vivid
memories of frightful storms in the
late Cos and in the early 70s, says the
Rhodesia Herald, when similar cater
pillar plaques devastated the crops IL
the conquered territory, and they also
recall the interesting fact that when
the black insects arrived the locustS
disappeared
The Greenville journal. [volume] (Greenville, Ohio) 1850-1918, 1908-05-14
Like a Bread Line.

DIR. E. r. Devine, the. noted charity
expert of New York, said the other
day of the well-known "bread-line"
that the men attracted to it were not
deserving men-that time and again
he had offered these men work If they
would come for it, but they never
came.
Il am afraid" said DR.. Devine, that
the bread line is composed of weak
men, men who, when it comes to a de-
cision, listen to their baser and not
their higher selves.
"The bread-line men, | fancy, he
went on, are like man of whom |
heard recently, who celebrated Easter
by drinking II glasses of egg nog'
Then, staring vacantly before him, he
was heard to mutter to himself:
"'Shall | have twelfth or not? My
head says no; my stomach says yes;
but my head is the more sensible of
the two, and in a dispute the more
sensible party always gives in. Waiter,
another egg nog!"
The Greenville journal. [volume] (Greenville, Ohio) 1850-1918, 1908-05-14
PROFIT TO THE GOVERNMENT.
Vast Amount of Paper Money Never
Presented for Redemption.

It is stated that of the s7,5O0,00 Of
clearing house certificates issued by
the banks of Chicago, s1S1,0O0 are still
outstanding. 1t is probable that lew
more thousand dollars may be turned
in for redemption, but it is not at all
unlikely that 100000 or so Of the total
issue may share the same experience
or fate as that of the money emitted
by the government.
Paper money is very destructible,
and large amounts of it are constant
ly being destroyed, of which we never
hear, because of an apparent indisposi-
ton on the part of those who make
our laws to provide machinery for de-
tecting contractions of the currency
due to that cause. In the case of the
clearing house certificates it is pos
sible that a considerable amount has
found its way into the possession OF
collectors, but the greater part OF the
unredeemed notes have doubtless been
lost or destroyed.
1t would be interesting to know just
how much of the $346,OOO,OO0 of legal
tender currency of the government,
which is supposed to be in circulation,
is still in existence. The opportunities
for destruction since the date when
congress stopped the process of con-
traction by fixing the amount supposed
to be in circulation at the above figure
must be very great. Some have ven
tured to estimate it at not less than
$10O, 100000.
There has also been an enormous
loss of silver and gold certificates, no
one can tell how much; and singularly
enough no one in authority in Wash
ington seems to be at all curious con-
cerning the amount. And yet there
is good reason why curiosity should
be manifested.
There is no sense in stating in our
treasury reports that there are $685.
100000 of legal tenders outstanding
when it would be easy to ascertain
that the amount was much less, or that
the total silver and gold certificates in
circulation is greater than it really is
San Francisco Journal
The Greenville journal. [volume] (Greenville, Ohio) 1850-1918, 1908-05-14

That suggestion which comes from
Cincinnati is too broad in scope, too
promising in its potentialities, to be
exhausted in the one case of Prince
Helie de Sagan. To apply the provi"
sions of the immigration laws to
merely one poor little gumdrop Euro
pean of title and not to all of them
would be invidious discrimination.
There is no doubt that most of these
would-be parties to advantageous in
ternational matrimonial contracts
come well within both the spirit and
the letter of the laws prohibitions.
They are worse off by the millions of
their debts than the status of having
no visible means of support. 1t
shouldn't be necessary to resort to the
eXpedient of deportation after they
have entered the country. They
should be held up when they seek to
enter No doubt many Cf them would
have been held up before this had they
crossed in the steeerage instead of the
first cabin.
The Greenville journal. [volume] (Greenville, Ohio) 1850-1918, 1908-05-14

Kansas is coming to the front in q
manner that speaks volumes for the
extent and variety Of the public spirit
and enterprise of the Sunflower state.
Kansas is a great many hundreds OF
miles inland and far from the custom.
ary haunts of marine monstrosities
Yet it has produced the bones of a sea
serpent brought up from the bed of a
Kansas river There is no sort of
doubt about the matter, for the skele.
ton of the reTtile Gas been mounted
and is on exhibition in the paleonto-
logical department of the University
of Chicago, and if there is anything on
which that great institution of learn.
ing is an authority it is sea serpents.
So Kansas may lay claim to a new
glory. 1t is commonplace thing to
find sea serpent at sea, but when
such animals are resurrected far out
upon the prairie" and in prohibition
state at that, the achievement is one
to arouse special wonder.
The Greenville journal. [volume] (Greenville, Ohio) 1850-1918, 1908-05-14

being succeeded by quadrilles. Some
times a 1.-the and sinuous jig-dancer
got space cleared for himself to dis
port in. and great was the enthusiasm
when some girl would accept chal-
lenge and come out on the boards to
do a turn with the jig-dancer. Such ad-
vancing and swaying and retreating;
such apparent Indifference and then
uneXampled vigor; such a hammer1ng
of the boards and turning and twist
ing. until at the end the crowd roared
its approval and the dancers disap,
peared among the spectators.
Political society at the picnics, DEM
OcTatic as it seemed at first blush, had
its lines of demarcation, which were
quite noticeably drawn. The wife and
daughters of the big boss were on
hand together with the women-folks
Of the various office-holders, but they
did not mingle with the average lady
Dicnickers. They sat by themselves
in something of exclusive grandeur,
l1u NGIG DOllllCu OuJ ny lliC llAOl
ordinary of the merry-makers to their
companions.
Sometimes a possible presidential
candidate graced the occasion by his
presence and consented to hand out
sample of silver-tongued oratory. But
never heard one yet who could draw
away any of the attendance at the
| baseball game or the fat women's race.
There's a limit, even to oratory.
Great was the CONSERVATION when,
as sometimes happened, the flood
gates of heaven opened and drowned
the picnic grounds. The last political
picnic l attended commenced on a
very threatening day, and at last the
clouds seemed to make up their minds
to sweep the grounds. Our party had
| taken alarm, with a number Of others,
and had gone down the track to where
the first train to town was stationed.
The crowd got there and jammed the
| train instantly. Just opposite the pic
mic ground, and half mile from us,
was a wide platform, uncovered, on
which stood hundreds who were wait
ing for this train. Let her go, Sam, -
said the conductor; "no stop till we
get to Chicago" Away we went, and
as we passed the picnic grounds hun.
dreds more came down through the
drenching showers in white dresses
that stuck to their limbs and straw
| botc thor upra hainp cOaknd to ruin
But the train went past regardless of
their yells, and as it went by the car
windows were raised and the chorus
of the latest song was waited into
their ears
'Oh! amt dat awful,
Amt dat a shame;
To keep my baby
Out in the rain.
The Greenville journal. [volume] (Greenville, Ohio) 1850-1918, 1908-05-14
King Toffa's Passing.


Impressive descriptions come to
hand, says the New York Sun, of the
funeral of King Toffa, 80 years ruler
of Porto Novo. West Africa, a bright
and shining light in his way, especial
ly when compared with such mis-
creants as his former neighbors, the
ex-kings of Dahomey. Good and peace
able African kings are no. likely to be
much in the public eye, but such po-
tentates are rare birds along the
Guinea coast, and Toffa's isolation in
this respect made him rather conspic-
nous So French soldiery turned out
to honor his funeral, the governor OF
the colony. the resident Of the protec-
torate, and other functionaries and
merchants Joined the long procession
that would have been imposing even
If confined to the members of Toffas
own family. The 800 widows and the
numerous progeny left to mourn him
We're all in line, adding their lamenta-
tions to those of thousands of his sub
jects who knelt beside the road to the
tomb. 1t takes a large grave to hold
all things that a king of TOffa's i'm
portance may need in the other
world. Everything from wine to
matches and candles, including 10000
francs in silver, went into the tomb
with his body. This silver is not lost
to the world The royal shade will
need only the ghosts of the substan-
tials that surround his ashes, and in
four years from She day Of his inter
ment the silver is TO be dug up to pay
the expenses of memorial fete in
honor Of good Toffa.
The Greenville journal. [volume] (Greenville, Ohio) 1850-1918, 1908-05-14
You Would Not Accept Counterfeit
Money, Why Accept Counterfeit
Goods2

Good money is made by the Govern
ment in which you have implicit faith
and confidence. Good goods are made
by manufacturers who are willing to
stake their regulations on the quality
of the material offered TO you through
the medium of their advertisements in
this paper. Counterfeit goods are not
advertised. The reason for it is they
will not bear the close scrutiny to
which genuine advertised goods are
subjected. Counterfeit money pays
more profit to the counterfeiter, Coun-
terfeit goods are offered to you for the
same reason.
Insist on the Genuine-Reject the
Counterfeit.
The Greenville journal. [volume] (Greenville, Ohio) 1850-1918, 1908-05-14
Real Information.

Which is the COW that gives the
buttermilk?p innocently asked the
young lady from the city. who was
inspecting the herd with critical eye.
Don't make yourself ridiculous" said
the young lady who had been in the
country before, and knew a thing or
two Goats give butrerrnilk. r."
Springfield Journal.
The Greenville journal. [volume] (Greenville, Ohio) 1850-1918, 1908-05-14
Whv They Siqhed.

Two men, one a bachelor, the other
married, happened to sigh simultan-
eously while riding downtown together,
and each looked at the other.
why did you sigh?' Queried the
married man.
Because l get lonesome" replied
the bachelor. And you?'
Because l don't get a chance to get
lonesome" answered the married man.
Whereupon they both sighed again.
The Greenville journal. [volume] (Greenville, Ohio) 1850-1918, 1908-05-14

Another and more common phase OF
political social life was at the saloons.
Here the ward politicians gathered,
not only to talk politics, but to roll
ten-pins, play pool and, at the card
tables, play for the drinks" The
amount of social intercourse thus had
in a large city is enormous. After the
ordinary ward politician had eaten his
supper he would be ready to engage
in his political cruising, and he could
usually find a bunch of men at the
bowling alleys, or in the card-room Of
his neighboring saloon. | went
through great many political fights
and skirmishes, big and little, and eX-
cept just at election times l saw very
little drunkenness. But there was no
doubt that the workingmen and me-
chanics gathered at the saloons to
see each other. And there was no
doubt that they spent money there;
maybe more than they should have
done. But that was where they went
to find companionship; to meet their
society" l have often gone to the
swell political clubs and there met the
professional men, lawyers, doctors
and professors, business men of large
interests in various channels, and
they sat at the tables and drank their
wine where the ward fellows drank
beer and they played bridge or
poker where the ward men played
"cinch," and when you come to the
question of which is moral and which
is not, | leave it cheerfully to every
man for himself to Judge.
The Greenville journal. [volume] (Greenville, Ohio) 1850-1918, 1908-05-14
Find English Language Hard

land and there is least distinctions
of knowing better. These are being re-.
quired as follows. viz. ID Memory
Training-(2) Pomades Oils. (S)
Charms and any Pills kind of such
medicine had at your site. No fail and
oblige. Wishing you Continued success
II am yours Affectionately.
IN. B. Please if any medicine for
eyes sore or dim eye kindly send me
the price together with."-The Peri
0dica1
The Greenville journal. [volume] (Greenville, Ohio) 1850-1918, 1908-05-14
warshIp,s Condenser Tubes.

The greatest single consumption OF
brass is for condenser tubes, a bat
tleship alone having from 10000 to
10000 pounds of condenser tubing in
it; and owing to the corrosive effect
of sea water this tubing must be con-
tinually replaced. The material used
is usually either Muntz metal-60 per
cent. copper, 40 per cent. zinc-or else
a mixture of copper, 20; zinc, 29, and
tin I
The Greenville journal. [volume] (Greenville, Ohio) 1850-1918, 1908-05-14
In q Pinch. Use ALIENS FooT.EAsE.

A powder. 1t cures painful, smart
ing, nervous feet and ingroWing nails
It's the greatest comfort discovery Of
the age. Makes new shoes easy. A
certain cure for sweating feet. Sold
by all Druggists, 25c. Accept no sub
stitute. Trial package, FREE. Ad-
dress A. S. Olmsted, lie Roy, N. Y.
The Greenville journal. [volume] (Greenville, Ohio) 1850-1918, 1908-05-14
Innnortant to Mothers.
Aristocratic Disease.

From phat OF hears these society
women sa-ay," impaired Pat, the
coachman, to Bridget, the cook, they
do be dyin' off at tn receptions!"
"An' phat is ut kills 'em?" inquired
the curious cook.
"A disease they calls ennui. il
lustrated Sunday Magazine.
The Greenville journal. [volume] (Greenville, Ohio) 1850-1918, 1908-05-14
Not the Real Thind.

49," said Miss Sharpe, this is your
diamond engagement ring, eh? When
Mr.. Cheepley gave this to you it must
have fiattered you.'' "Flattered me?"
queried Miss Gull. yes; you know
they say imitation is the sincerest
flattery.' philadelphia Press.
The Greenville journal. [volume] (Greenville, Ohio) 1850-1918, 1908-05-14

One style of the new tats for women
is called the campaign" hat 1t may
be because this is campaign year. or,
again, it may he because of the fnan-
cial campaign that is waged before
buying. says the Tacoma Ledger
The Greenville journal. [volume] (Greenville, Ohio) 1850-1918, 1908-05-14

OficiaH statistics for E.adras show
that the output Of manganese in.
creased from 62,495 tons in 1905-0s to
lOS,966 tons in 1906-O7, that of mica
from 419 to 1,219 tons, while magne-
site decreased from 2,O63 to 1882 tons,
and graphite from So to to:.s.
The Greenville journal. [volume] (Greenville, Ohio) 1850-1918, 1908-05-14

The Prince de Sagan says he has
lived in a glass house all his life and
he has never thrown any stones. Per.
haps with a man of such farseeing
and consummate prudence the Gould
millions will have a chance of staying
dn the family
The Greenville journal. [volume] (Greenville, Ohio) 1850-1918, 1908-05-14

One of the coin-fiipping jurors in
New York is dead, and it is alleged he
died of modification over the repri-
mand administered. This latter may
he doubted, but the moral is the same,
either way
The Greenville journal. [volume] (Greenville, Ohio) 1850-1918, 1908-05-14

Contrary to the prevailing opinion,
there are more persons injured in
boarding the street cars in New York
city than in alighting from them.
The monthly average during the last
year has been about is per cent. more.
The Greenville journal. [volume] (Greenville, Ohio) 1850-1918, 1908-05-14

When it is necessary to carry water
and a bucket is not available, take a
basket and cover it's interior with a
piece of cheap table oilcloth. Not o
drop of water will be wasted.
The Greenville journal. [volume] (Greenville, Ohio) 1850-1918, 1908-05-14
Made Good Investment.

Six months ago the Tendring (Eng)
guardians decided to keep pigs and to
feed them on the waste from the work
house. At meeting recently it was
announced that the profit from the
sale of the pigs amounted to 1925.
The Greenville journal. [volume] (Greenville, Ohio) 1850-1918, 1908-05-14

Every year, and always in the good
old summertime, the swell picnic was
held, generally away out in the coun-
try in some grove. And here political
society disported itself in its gayest
and gladdest rags" and gave itself
up to unalloyed festivities of all sorts
and kinds. There was the fat mans
race, the sack race, chasing the
creased pig $50 politically suggestive), g,
the tug-of-war between the firemen
and policemen's teams, the dances, the
speeches, the bowling alleys, the mig
ger baby and baseball stand, the UNI
brella and cane game, the lemonade
stands, the wandering minstrels, and
tie shell game" You could spend
yeur money little at time at the
diversified amusements, Or you could
have one swift thrill and lose it all at
the shells"
When the band struck up favorite
waltz tune at the platform you could
go up and pivot with your partner,
just to show that you were not proud,
or that you knew how to reverse" ."
Dancing went on all the time, couples
coming and going and round dancing
The Greenville journal. [volume] (Greenville, Ohio) 1850-1918, 1908-05-14

After a man has been mixed up in
politics for a year OR so he begins to
perceive that politics has as many an
giles in a social way as the game of
"three-cushion earDms." The variety
Of gradations is SO widely diversified
and the intervals SO abrupt that it
takes a truly cosmopolitan spirit TO
successfully take the degrees" At
four o'clock In the afternoon you may
be touching glasses with young me-
chanic at "rathskeller" in a friendly
chat over your beer as to how things
look in his end Of the ward. At p.
m you may be dining with bunch OF
judges and party magnates in some
fashionable club. making wild guesses
With the rest of them as to how ma
tlonal politics looms up. At twelve
that night you may be addressing for
ty or fifty people in little hall back
ot some saloon. You must be pre-
pared to meet all kinds of people at q
minutes notice, and you must be able
TO understand them and adapt your
self TO them instantly and easily. or
Fou will be ross in political society.
Suppose you happen to drop in at
dows-town headqua-ters where they
ere waiting for meeting to be called
There may be twenty to thirty men
shout, somO sitting In chairs reading
The Greenville journal. [volume] (Greenville, Ohio) 1850-1918, 1908-05-14
Had Heard Later.

"Shaw's new play is said to be tie
last word on marriage"
Impossible" replied the married
man. 1T isn't even the latest word"