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The Washington herald., 1908-05-14
THE TRAGIC WINDS.

From The Tides Of Spring" Small Maynard &
Co. Bostonl
l lay IN ricf chamber caudle-dm
And nightlong dreamt awake. The ancient winds
Like remote music made dusk Of sound:
Fiois thFobbiug out some earth -empsssioned hymn
Prom halls Of kngly reEels and bright sins
kaE voices as Of loye-rnad women, crowned
Ster-gemmed Desnairs. the queens Of legend lands
Seated within the gateEays Of their towers.
Eyes full Of smiles forgotten. unfelI tears
Uncounted falling IN their idle hands
Which Whitley drooped upon their laps ike flowers.
Anteis's sisters these, and Phaedra's fesss
Methouzht :heiF munnurs gathered in the night,
And all these WTesched queens Of ancient care
Joined family their inFoluntary moan.
TIL pale Aurora passi0ned toward the light
sliaht Cynthia fed adown her Frightening stair.
and day brought other worlds 20 rule my owr4
ARTHUR UPSoN.
The Washington herald., 1908-05-14
NOTORIOUS EVIL ENDED.
RRce-track Gambling at Last Pro-
hIbited at National Capital.


From the Philadelphia Press
Congress has at last done its duty in
passing a law suppressing race-track
gambling in the District Of Columbia
II the first result be TO move the race
track a quarter Of a mile into Maryland
this IN due time will be followed by a
law at Annapolis forbiddlng race-track
gambling IN the State.
Twenty years ago there were race
tracks and the gambling connected with
them in every State from New York to
Maryland with the District included.
Pennsylvania led the way by enforcing
the law. New Jersey suppressed the
twin evils at Monmouth and Gloucester.
New York passed q constitutional
amendment which Gov Hughes is fore
ing the legislature 10 respect, through
the extra session which met yesterday.
Defeated in the regular session he has
carried the contest TO the State and
brought the legislature again.
Congress has. after long delay, pro-
hibited gambling at the National Capt.
tai Maryland and Virginia Will in time
follow the action taken by other States.
As with the lottery. Tace-tTack gambling
will last longer in the South than in the
North, but the national tide Of rising
moral sentiment. apparent elsewhere. viii
in the end drown out this form OF gam
bling South as we'll as North,
The Washington herald., 1908-05-14
First Ala TO Farmers.

From the World To-day.
farmer in Ohio wrote to the Depart
ment Of Agriculture that he had struggled
for twenty years on an eighty-acre farm
heavily mortgaged, but had been unable
10 reduce his debt or rise above poverty
that made the bringing up of his family
a humiliation He asked If there was any
hope for him upon the farm. or If he
might as we'll give up the fight. The de-
partment requested that he make a de-
tailed report of his farm and its soils,
and upon this Il based a plan Of farming
which he was recommended TO follow 10
the letter. There was a profit the first
year OF S200o. and the department be-
lieves that ultimately the despised eighty
acres can be made to yield 5000 a year
The Washington herald., 1908-05-14
VICE PRESIDENT FAIRBANKS.
His Steady Attention to Duty Com
trasted with Absentee Service.

IT'S TttAus AftfHttOn 10 BUGT Cons
trasted with Absentee Service.
From the indianapolis News.
The Vice President has remained stead
fast at his post in Washington. perform
ing his constitutional duty with conci-
eutious fidelity during recent months,
while the campaign for delegates has been
going or so fercely under the direction
Of the White House. His dignifed course
has been in striking and pleasant con-
trast 10 the hurrying to and fro In the
land Of the War Secretary, with his CO.
hort and political managers and press
agents. Yesterday. however, Mr.. Fair
banks filed an engagement in Chicago
which he had made when ne had supposed
that Congress would adjourn before he
should be called upon 20 fll it. It was
the occasion OF the dedication Of a new
parochial school. The day and the occa-
sion naturally suggested the theme, which
was only By implication political He
discussed tho great place the school and
the church hold in our life as buIwarks
against the destructive forces Of social
ism and anarchy. Incidentally he showed
that he was at one with the majority
of his countrymen in opposition 10 the
great enlargement of the navy and the
army. Better build more schools than
more war ships. The speech. as a whole,
was noteworthy for its good sense and
optimistic patriotism.
The Washington herald., 1908-05-14
A LITTLE NONSENSE.
rNAT.TERAnLE.

The barber drenches you with rum per-
fumed with oil of bay.
Nor does he heed your visage glum; he's
bound 10 have his way.
Your locks he harries with a brush. then
plasters down with care.
He makes sou look as soft as mush the
way he combs your hair.
You haven't got the nerve 70 kick, though
inwardiy YOU rave.
He gets your tresses nice and slick. then
curls them N a wave.
Most customs have a deal OF range and
vary here and there;
But barber men viii never change their
mode OF combing hair
The Washington herald., 1908-05-14

Admiral Evans speaks so uncomplimen-
tary. In refusing to give the navy-or the
army for that matter-everything that the
officers of the misitary-naval services
want
It comes with bad grace for any naval
officer. after the substantial benefits de-
rived from the Fifty-ninth and sixrietn
Congresses, to express himself with dis
content Rear admiral Evans has received
great honors from the people. and he may
very well pass into retirement without
feeling that he has a right TO nurse a
grievance.
The Washington herald., 1908-05-14
THE OPTIMIST.


Possessions vanish and ofdrlons change
And passions hold fiuctuafing seat.
But b. the storms of Circumstances mistaken.
And subject neither 20 eclipse CT Wane.
Duty exists
II this fine verse of Wordsworth's were
more often considered I think that It is
likely that many of the imagined ills Of
humanity would fee. Much OF our worry
and disappointment comes through our
inattention TO the one great fact that a
sense Of duty is natural TO a man; he
may try to avoid 1t or to shirk it. but
II he does the subconsciousness that he
is cheating is bound to unset;le him.
and there can be no satisfaction IN life,
no JOY in pleasure. no hope OF achieve
ment, unless one attempts to fulhn his
duty.
The sense of this obligation that Is laid
upon Us is as old as humanity, and some
Of the old pagan philosophers felt the
necessity Of urging men toward their
duty quite as strongly as the moderns
have. Witness Marcus Aurelius, who
wrote.
Do y9ur duty. and do not trouble yourself whether
oFegwaiched or satisfied with sleep, whether Tou
have a good fire OF q bad one. whether you are
diving. doing anything else. for this last must
be done at one time another Il Is part OF the
business Of life to leave It, aud here, too It 5if-
hces 70 manage the present well
OF course, there are many interpreta-
tons OF what one means by duty; each
man, perhaps. has his own definition, but
the safe and sane definition is that OF
the Bible:
/ Aud in eyery work that he began in the
law and in the commandments. he did it with all
his heart, and rrospesed,
And 50 will any man. II Is not possible
for a man to go about his appointed work
in the world-provided that work be good
and put his whole heart into 1t with
out prospering. Our prosperity may not
be the highest prosperity, because our
gifts may be limited. but as Holland
says:
Duty goes hand in hand Wtth ability. This en-
tige overwhelming burden Of suspected duties ought
% be lifted, and the great world u disS.tisfsction
and seifcondsmnation that lies under il opened
70 the sunlight Of peace The man who does his
duty where he stands. with 5lch implements as God
has gTcu him. has right to the enjoyment Of
peace ard satisfaction
The sense Of duty rises with US in the
morning and goes to bed with us at
night II is neither 10 be put aside nor
ignored. and the road which It would have
Us travel is long and rough and bounded
By no horizon but death. But he fares
best along dutys path who fronts the
future boldly and with no thought or care
OF the pains and penalties Of the journey.
And let those who. facing the sun, seeing
the true light and resolved to 60 for
ward bravely and with optimism 20 the
end, remember that
He that ever following her commands
On with toll q heart and knees and hands.
Shall find the toTpling crsgs of Duty sealed
Are close upon the shining tablelsnds
To which our God Himself is moJn ard sI8.
The Washington herald., 1908-05-14
sIr. Jerome,s Failure.

From the New York Evening Post
Mr.. Jerome's failure Is one of the
largest and most tragic political occur
rences OF recent years, and it ought to be
studied for purposes of instruction and
reproof. Three years ago. aspiring young
men were looking eagerly to him to learn
how to win. To-Day their chief interest
must be 10 discover what in him 10 avoid
in order not to fail.
The Washington herald., 1908-05-14

seem especially unusual II merely put
everybody who heard 1t in frst-elass
humor with everybody else in the neigh
borhood. and Il served its part in max
ing the ceremonies incident TO the laying
of the cornerstone very impressive and
very delightful.
They beat US on some things across the
Atlantic, but in others we have the best
of H.
The Washington herald., 1908-05-14
Our Credit All Rlght.

From the st. Louis Globe Democrat
japanese bonds are quoted at so and
British consols at about s5. Both yield
higher interest than the United States
per cents, which stand st 10S1k to 1914
There has been no furry in Uncle Sans
uneGualed credit
The Washington herald., 1908-05-14

tive Charles Newell
Fowler. Of New Jer-
sey, author Of the
Fowler currency bill.
Fully convinced that
his measure is the
financial system shat
should be adopted
at this time, Mr..
Fowler has worked
increasingly to that
end, but without
avail. and indica-
ti0ns are that his
work has been for
naught. He is earn
est, however, and
will go down with
flying col0rs.
Mr.. Fowler was
born at Lena, H.,
In 1852.
His early educa-
The Washington herald., 1908-05-14

A Tennessee contemporary Of recent
date carried an editorial headed "A tenn
peTance campaign in Tennessee, in
which it IS intimated In pretty plain Ian
guage that all other newspapers not
agreeing with its peculiar point Of view
are indecent Perhaps il is a TEN
perance campaign they have on down
there, but evidently all the arguments
advanced are not temperate" by a
good deali
The Washington herald., 1908-05-14
Modern PessImIsrn.

From the Atlanta Journal
Then. too. those lamentations OF Job
were written long before anybody ever
struck out with the bases fun.
The Washington herald., 1908-05-14

"A Chicago woman who applied for
permission to carry a revolver baked
when the police asked her age says the
Buffalo Express. What pity some such
sure way Of preventing men from carry
ing pistols cannot be found.
The Washington herald., 1908-05-14

4 correspondent calls us down for say
ing Annie Laurie's voice" was like "A
swans. and. of course. he's right about
that; We should have taken her sweet
hearts word for it, and let It 60 at
meek" CT throat" whichever It was.
However. ne can't see that even that
helps the situation much.
The Washington herald., 1908-05-14

After he had driven coach from
London 70 Brighton. Alfred GWynne Van
deTbilt enthusiastically declared that 1t
was the greatest achievement Of his life p"
says the Chicago Record Herald. Well,
can YOU find anything in his life history
that was greater?
The Washington herald., 1908-05-14

The man who accused Sully Of being
an anarchist evidently forgot that he
tried to corner the soap market" says
the Philadelphia North American. We
don't know: maybe the man was merely
mad because Sully failed to do II.
The Washington herald., 1908-05-14
One Reason why.

From the New York Evening Post.
Race-track gambling has been abolished
in the District of Columbia. but as there
are no voters there the bosses have no
legislation tS sell.
The Washington herald., 1908-05-14

The prohibition States in the South are
having all kinds OF trouble regulating the
sale Of "near-beer'' within their borders.
When they have solved this problem, they
will probably find themselves face 10
face with "almost-beer.' ''slightly-beer. ="
'perhaps-beer. and so on. ad infnitum
The Washington herald., 1908-05-14

Hes an unfeeIng eritter," declared
the oldest inhabitant
What did he dO?"
Jest because said April was the cold
est I had ever known. he produced fig
gers and proved that the mean tempera-
ture was one degree above the average" "
The Washington herald., 1908-05-14

Senator Culberson SAYS it viii either
be Bryan or pandemonium at Denver,
according 10 the Memphis Commercial
Appeal. Pandemonium? Never heard OF
him; but he might do for Vice President
The Washington herald., 1908-05-14

The President is said 10 be perfectly
familiar with six different languages
However even that number may be in
adequate to express his feelings when he
reads Senator Rayner's speech.
The Washington herald., 1908-05-14

How does it feel to be an umpire?''
asks some one in the Bristol Herald
Courier. Something like seventeen de-
grees worse than being an orphan child
lost in the woods eleven miles from any
where, we imagine
The Washington herald., 1908-05-14
How to succeed.

1T takes genius to say the right
thing at the right time"
THAT puts us common people in bad Z"
Not at all. Anybody can keep still"
The Washington herald., 1908-05-14

And now it is said baseball pitcher
has invented a Merry Widow curve, -
says the Augusta (Ga.) Herald. II IL
generally conceded that a merry widow 5
curves are more or less tantalizing, as a
rule.
The Washington herald., 1908-05-14

Bloomington 0ll) man recently died
and willed S500.0o0 to the spirits" Now
number Of highbrowed lawyers are in
dustriously engaged in a noble effort to
spirit it all away.
The Washington herald., 1908-05-14

Has the Democratic party a future? p"
inquiries a writer In the Atlantic Monthly
Oh. yes; whole bunch of futures-if
you believe everything every different
variety of Democrat tells you.
The Washington herald., 1908-05-14

It seems altogether probable that those
people recently engaged In that social
equality" banquet in New York are in
for explanations and qualifications for
the balance OF their natural lives
The Washington herald., 1908-05-14
The Facts.

These yarns about cooks wearing their
mistresses' clothes are all fakes. are they
not?"
''Of course. Why, my cook wouldn't
even condescend to patronize the dress
maker who makes my gowns"
The Washington herald., 1908-05-14
An Attractive Nehinm.

From the ST. Louis Post Dispatch
The medium that most attracts the
spirits these days seems to be the circu-
lating medium
The Washington herald., 1908-05-14
All His nun-

From the Louisville Courier-Journal.
Winking in the direction of 'tother
end Of Pennsylvania avenue. the Speaker
smilingly observes. My House is my cas-
tie"
The Washington herald., 1908-05-14
Meeting NInr.

Now that in green meadows
You meet the merry May.
Where the streams are singin'
Happy on the way"
Hats of 10 the mornin'i
And Life a glad "Hoorayr
The Washington herald., 1908-05-14

Senator McLsurin has introduced bill
in the Senate looking to the determination
of the boil weevil. We are glad of that.
It would have been too bad to let the
entire session pass without reference to
this once mighty insect.
The Washington herald., 1908-05-14

As the situation very clearly appears.
Congress will adjourn on May %. unless.
for some reason. II doesn't adjourn until
later date.
The Washington herald., 1908-05-14
Spring Mergers.

From the Cleveland Leader.
AS spring begins to get in its work on
the young things 1t is noticeable that the
holding company scheme IS very popular.
The Washington herald., 1908-05-14
Ii is

Into each life some rain must fall,
SO poets claim.
But when 1t spoiis a game OF ball
IL Is a shame
The Washington herald., 1908-05-14
Heating I'm Uncle Joe.

From the Clicaeo Nevs
That is a pretty hot fire they are build
ing under Uncle Joe Cannon to make him
move.
The Washington herald., 1908-05-14

That legislator who is looking for an
effective means of stopping automobile
skidding might find it by providing for
the forclble ''skidooing'' OF the reckless
chauffeur
The Washington herald., 1908-05-14
II Not Earlier.

From the Chicago Record-Herald.
Brag Is a horse that generally goes
lame somewhere between the half-mile
and three-quarter posts,
The Washington herald., 1908-05-14

THE man who revived his wife after
she was dead saws she started right of
talking. according 70 the Baltimore
sun. She might have known he would
say some such mean thing as that,
The Washington herald., 1908-05-14
CAPITOL GOSSIP.

A member Of the House OF Representa-
tiyes that has been talked about. written
about, and talked to as much as any
other member this session Is Representa-
The Washington herald., 1908-05-14

"Hobson says he could easily lose the
Philippines" says the Jacksonville Times
Union But the problem Is, how can we
lose HobsOn?
The Washington herald., 1908-05-14

Re-enter Professor Linotype with this
one. THE hen is mlghtier than the
sword" Can you beat the professor?
The Washington herald., 1908-05-14
Handicapped.

Yes, he makes a big hit with her. He
has green automobile and it matches
her dress"
Well. why don't you take her driv-
ing2"
Il amt got no green horse
The Washington herald., 1908-05-14

Now. that all the governors are here.
perhaps a little side lecture by the Presi-
dent en- state rights" might interest
Them
The Washington herald., 1908-05-14

A European says titles cost more than
they are worth Why should Europe
complain, however? America is putting
up most Of the money for the purchasable
ones
The Washington herald., 1908-05-14

''The Kaiser Is unable to live on $.oO0,0oC
year" says the Rochester Herald.
For that matter, so are We
The Washington herald., 1908-05-14

Everybody is perfectly in accord with
the idea that Mrs. Guinness certainly had
killing ways.
The Washington herald., 1908-05-14
Continuous Performance.

You must expect to pay the hddler.''
i do. But there are too many violin
lists on iife's vaudeville bill. "
The Washington herald., 1908-05-14
It Doesn't Pay.

From tho Philadelphia Bulletin
Getting nlthy lucre is not conducive to
keeping a clean record.
The Washington herald., 1908-05-14

The fact that the Senate is about to
concur in the House motion to restore
the motto to the gold coins serves TO
remind Us that it has not yet been re-
ST red
The Washington herald., 1908-05-14

A Chicago man recently choked him
self to death with a beefsteak Perhaps
he wanted to spite his heirs.
The Washington herald., 1908-05-14

The edict has gone forth; womens hats
are to be smaller in circumference. We
are not surprised to hear it. We have
felt all along that some OF the straw in
this country would be needed for a few
more breakfast foods. bottle covers, mat
tresses and things
The Washington herald., 1908-05-14
Nnf.N.
Cruel.

His conversation is very graphic"
Yes photographic "
The Washington herald., 1908-05-14
"DOwN BY THE RIVER

Though troubles a plenty,
An Joys cCmin' late.
There's fish In the river
That's willin' 10 wait.
An'-Johnnie's out yonder
A-diggin' the bait.
The mockin' birds lively,
An singin' his song:
The town. Ananias.
Is jOggin' along;
An what's the jugs holdin'
Is powerful strong
The Washington herald., 1908-05-14
JUST FROM GEORGIA"
From the Atlanta Constitution.
a CITIZEN OF SUMNER.

From the Atlanta Constitution
A CITIZEN OF SUMNER.
Reapin' or sowin.
/ happy in de South.
I hears de melon CROWN.
An I smackin er my mouth
Don't feel dc heat Albumin
Never make me run!
] know de melons tunin',
His green side ter de sun,
HI dar. Mister BIacksnake-
Better go yo ways,
Ef you steal the lizards blanket
He'll 81 you thirty days,
"sOOx BE TINE"
Better pull yourself together.
For you've got to be In style:
Soon be time 10 swear at weather
Every minute-every mile,
Garrett sure becomes a feather.
And will vanish al a thought
When you saddle on the weather
All the troubles winter brought,
Lets be thankful, Every season
Blizzards-or when Hghtnings roam.
Gives Us ali a Old-time reason
Why this world is not our home.
Just FOR i CHANGE
Just for a change
From the shadows OF night.
Meet the glad morning
In the meadows Of light.
And learn Of the daisy
The lessons that true;
Love is the life
OF the whole world for you!
"D0WN By THE RIVER"
Though troubles a plenty,
An Joys cCmin' late,
There's fish In the river
That's willin' 10 wait
The Washington herald., 1908-05-14

Knocked down by an automobile is
becoming common heading in the daily
newspapers" said Dr. Henry c. Koehler.
of Cincinnati. at the shoreham, yesteT-
day. 1t seems 10 me that the people
on foot have a right to claim some fur
ther protection against accident than is
provided for them by the acuteness Of
their senses and theiF own alertness. es-
pecially as there are wayfarers who have
not the faculty Of taking things st the
right time. or of successfully steering
clear Of two streams Of motor traffic pro-
ceeding in opposite directions.
Moreover. the absent-minded are en-
titled TO some consideration. The footing
OF the horn Is, ag q rule, not far short
OF being simultaneous with the approach
almost TO touching point of the swiftly
moving auto. Individuals who were not
previously nervous are rapidly becoming
so when the crossing OF a street amounts
almost to a rush across a busy railway
junction.
THE right of the pedestrian to the
road is gradually being wrested from
him. Certainly most chauffeurs have
little respect for him. This right must
not be yielded. Chauffsurs and drivers
of autos must be made 10 learn that
pedestrians have as much claim to the
use of the road as they have.
What I think should rule now that
the old. relatively slow horse traffic Is
being SO rapidly ousted by the auto We
hicles is that more islands should be
placed IN the main streets. Such refugees
at least enable the pedestrian to keep an
eye on one stream OF traffic at time.
But it is next to impossible to calculate
upon the chances Of passing through two
lines Of fast motor traffic going in oppo-
site directions"
The Washington herald., 1908-05-14

Possessions vanish and oTirIons change.
And passions hold fiuctuafing seat;
But b. the storms Of circumstance mistaken,
And subject neither 10 eclipse CT wane.
Drfrr
The Washington herald., 1908-05-14

Shall find the toppling crsgs of Duty scaled
Are close upon the shining tablslands
To which our God Himself is mogn ard s11.
Milford chronicle., 1908-01-24

All the Wireless Stations.

The United States navy department
has just located and catalogued the
wireless telegraph stations of the
world. The number of stations in va.
riOus countries are:
Belgium, 1 Denmark. 4; Germany,
10; France, 6; Great Britain and Ire
land, 43; Holland, s; Spain, A; Portu.
gal, 1; Gibraltar, 2; Italy, IS; Malta, 1;
Montenegro, l.; Norway, 1; Austria
Hungary, .; Roumania. >; Russia in
Europe, 8; Sweden, 3; Turkey, 6; Ar
gentina, 3; Brazil 8; Canada, 5; Chile
1; Costa Rica, 1; Mexico, 2; Panama,
.; Uruguay, I; United States, SO 40 Of
which are located in the United States
possessiOns); Trinidad 1; Tobago, i;
Andaman islands, .: Burma, 1; Hong
kong, 1; China, 5; Hawaii 3; Japan,
2; Dutch East India, 5; Russia in Asia,
l; Egypt, 2; Morocco, 2; Mozambique
2, and Tripoll, /.