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The Washington herald., 1908-03-22
YE DID 1T NOT.

When saw thee a-hunger'd. Master. say.
Was il at morn at the eVentides
Vast thou that beggsT, sick and old and gray
That asking aims Of me one winters day
rudey pass'd and brutal said him nay.
Not knowing it thou the crucifed.
When vast thou naked Lords Was it thy tongue
That calld IN childish tones tlrO my clOs'd door,
Was il 10 Thee that | disdainful fiEng
The meagvr gift and was Thy great heart Wrung
To see his tears. 70 hear him sObbing soseg
Did Thy hand pen the lines and it Thou
That craT'd the mite from out my boarded gOldY
Not for thyseh and knox 1t now.
But that the gift might ease a brothers brow
OF crown Of thoFns and cruel wounds untolds
Vast Thou the humble one who. asking bread.
That ]. hireling shepherd gave 4 stoneg
Did Thy heart bleed oft his hsth bleds
VIII Thy voice call him from the shrOuded dead
That ior my SIN Thy soul may yet atones
Although knew Thee not yet Thcu art He
Who by my SIDE the path Of sorrow trod.
Call from the depths Of earth. OF air, or sea-
some spirit kind that he may strengthen me.
When Thou shalt bid me speak and answer God
THOMAS h HERNDON.
The Washington herald., 1908-03-22

of his debts in the States IL only he
could get hold of the necessary capital
with which TO develop the concession.
This time. in search for money. he turned
his face not toward St Petersburg, but
his native land. AS luck would have il,
on his way across the Pacific he met ].
SlOat Fassett, OF New York, prominent in
the Empire State political game for many
year agone. To him Hunt spun the
story Of his mines and how he secured
them. and wound up with the cause Of
him trip 10 America Before home was
reached the two men had struck up a
partnership. Fassett agreeing 70 interest
the necessary capital Something like
year later the mines were being devel-
oped
Pays All His Creditors.
The concession speedily made all parties
interested either rich or richer. Then one
fine day Hunt went to Seattle. paid all his
creditors in fun, with liberal interest.
and, not content with this, refilled the
pocketbooks of all his old followers who
had Invested their savings in his ruined
enterprises on his advice They viii tell
you in Seattle to-day that into many a
mans hand went very much more money
than that man lost through Hunts ad-
vice in the days when he was on the crest
of the boom wave on the Coast.
Hunt is now so wealthy and his mill
lions are so well invested, say those In a
position to know. that he will never be
called upon again 10 know the sting of
crushing financial defeat or feel the ella
ton of a rehabilitating victory. Now in
his fifty-fifth year. he has mining inter-
ests that are pretty well scattered over
the face Of the earth. and his name is
probably more familiar 10 dwellers in
out-of-the-way mining corners than that
Of any other man American born.
AS would be expected of one who has
been so punctilious concerning his legal
and moral financial Obligations Hunt is
I.le sort OF man who never forgets a
friend Were he a member Of a 400
family the newspapers would almost sure
ly call MIN a spendthrift. so lavishly does
he live. A good deal of his time now
a.ays is spent in Mexico. where he num-
The Washington herald., 1908-03-22

the result Of the balloting showed that
he had lost TO his leading opponent.
Charles II. Hardin, by just one-sixth OF
vote ''Cockrell' said a friend telling
of the incident, swallowed his ADAMS
apple hard once or twice; then reJnem-
bering his campaign promise 10 shout as
hard for the other fellows as for himself
IL he was not nominated, he pulled him
self together hid his heartbreak behind 5
smile, strode down in front OF the excited
delegates. tossed his hat high In the air,
and let out an ear-splitting rebel yell for
his successful opponent For a moment
the convention sat dumb with astonish-
ment But when the significance of the
act dawned on them the delegates rose TO
man and shouted themselves hoarse."
Retains His Popularity.
After the convention was over Cock
rells friends assured him that victory
would yet come through his defeat. They
banked on his dramatic and unselfsh act
in shouting for Hardin Coclrell. it is
said, at first doubted that he would ever
be prominent politically: but a short while
after his defeat he began 10 be talked OF
as the next United States Senator from
Missouri Pretty soon the State was con-
sidering no other man for the place. and
so il turned out that twelvemonth afteE
he had lost the gubernatorial nomination
he was representing Missouri In 'the
most august legislative body in the
world" There he remained for thirty
years or until Missouri elected legisla-
ture that was Republican on joint ballot
Even then a good many Republicans were
more than half inclined to vote for Cock
relTs reelection. so popular has the old
gentleman been with MIssourians OF
every political faith since he became a
national figure.
Commissioner Cockrells record OF only
two political Offices. and one OF them ap-
pointive, held in thirty-three years. is
rather out of the ordinary And since he
has been in politics he has striven really
for only one office-the one he failed 10
get The Senatorship was handed him
by party grateful for his whole-sOuled
support OF its gubernatorial candidate:
and President Roosevelt made him an
Interstate Commerce Commissioner be
cause he felt that the people would lose
too heavily with CockrelIs retirement 70
private life. When considered in this
light, his victory after his one big defeat
has been unique one.
Less than a decade ago Arthur T. Still
well, OF Kansas City. one Of the most dar
ing railroad builders and transportation
men Of recent years, was fat broke. He
had lost control OF the Kansas City. Pitts
burg and Gulf Railroad. which he had
conceived. financed, and constructed, and
with control Of the property went not
The Washington herald., 1908-03-22
The First woman Chauffeur.

L believe that I am fully qualified for
my new profession. am sure that ] can
sell an automobile where a man would
fail. I believe could get it home oftener
without the use Of q team OF horses than
the average chauffeur And I firmly be-
lieve that many women-not necessarily
timid, but cautious-would ride with me
in preference 10 a man. said Kathryn
Lockwood licensed chauffeur, Of ST.
Louis, 10 a Post-Dispatch reporter. She
is described as fair and buXOm. and
claims ia be "as good a cheuffeur as any
man that ever tried to skin the buttons
off street sweeper without hitting him"
When asked how she thought woman
chauffeur should be costumed for the
business OF operating an auto, Miss Lock
wood said: Il have in mind leather
skirt that would reach about the shoe
tops. but the rest of the costume would
be the same as a man wears
~All l ask is fair playa chance-and I
feel confident l will get il, for know an
automobile from tire to top. from carbu-
retter to clutch. l can take a machine
apart and shake the pieces up in a bag,
then put It together again-every ball
hearing in its place"
The Washington herald., 1908-03-22
WHERE VICTORY FOLLOWS A DEFEAT T

ing important conferences with the Gar
Of ali the Russias anent a loan OF Ss,0oo
600 10 the Korean Emperor. He convinced
the Car that Russian influence in the
Hermit Kingdom would be tmmeasurably
increased by such material evidence of
good viii 10 the yellow Emperor. The
Car saw the point. assured the self-ap-
pointed Yankee envoy that the loan would
be made on terms agreeable TO Korea. and
as soon as rail and sail could take him
back 20 Seoul. Hunt sought out the En-
perSr and broke the good news to him.
Ii was such good news indeed. that the
Emperor, whose pure had become more
than ever painfully fattened during his
Dew-found friends absence from the
realm. gave him control of some mining
lands up IN the mountains back of Seoul.
The Emperor was very generous. for an
Emperor He reserved for himself only
p per cent Of the net receipts OF the
mines.
Hunt now felt that he had a splendid
chance 10 retrieve his fortunes and pay
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bers President Diaz among his intimate
friends. The bigwigs of England in
Egypt and in the motherland as well are
also on Hunts visiting list. He il was
who introduced cotton growing in the
Sudan. thereby tickling John Bull half
to death That was three or four years
ago. To-day Hunt is dreaming Of the day
when the valleys and the irrigable parts
Of the Sudan will be one vast cotton
plantation. Meanwhile his plantation. in
the valley of the Dervishes. is yearly pro-
ducing a fine grade Of cotton.
COcI1reIl's Big Victory, After Defeat.
present-day political celebrity who
gained his real victory through defeat is
Francis Marion Cockrell at present an
influential member of the Interstate Com
merce Commission. and for thirty years
prior to his appointment TO that body by
a Republican President a Democratic
United States Senator from Missouri.
After the civil war was over and Cock
rell had laid down his brigadler generals
sword which he had waved in the cause
OF the Confederacy he went back to his
law books As most lawyers do sooner or
later, he drifted into the political game,
rapidly became prominent in the State
councils Of his partg, and was one of the
two leading candidates for the guberna-
torfal nomination Of 1874. It was the first
Office he had ever run for; his heart was
set on getting denomination was eauiva-
lent to election-and he spent nights as
well as days campaigning. He felt that
his whole political future depended on his
nomination.
He went before the convention with
high hopes. and his disappointment was
all the keener when the announcement of
The Washington herald., 1908-03-22
PREVALENCE OF CANCER.
EresIau Physician Denies There Has
Been Decrease in Disease.


Been Decrease in Disease.
In a lecture reprinted extensively
abroad. Or. Braun. of Breslau. denies
enphatically that there has been any de-
crease In the number Of cases Of cancer
He gives his reasons in detail for this,
of which the following is a summary:
His statistics from 1910 TO 1905 show that
the death rate per thousand has changed
from 177 at the earlier date to S2S in 1905.
and that the proportionate number Of
cases 10 the population has changed from
in 5.646 to in l.207.
He then takes mp the various ways in
which this apparent increase is explained
Many have thought this Increase due
Simply to an increase IN the population,
bu. is is shown that the cancer mortality
has increased threefold, while the popu-
latiOn has doubled II is not true that il
is due 20 increase of average age, because
OF better hygenie conditions. for this in
crease Is in the ages below those most
subject 10 cancer
He then takes up the claim ttat the
increased number may be due To more
accurate diagnosis, and claims that this
is balanced by the fact that cid practi-
TONERS classed as cancer many tumors
not OF a malignant character.
The Washington herald., 1908-03-22
MARYLAND MINES ACTIVE.
Inspector submits Report for Year
Ended May 1. 1907.

The annual report of the State mine in
spector OF Maryland for the year from
May L 1896. to May !. 1907. states tnat 1906
was one Of the most prosperous years in
the history OF the coal mining industry in
the State in point of production In 1906
the total output Of the mines amounted
to 4.SSO.620 long tons. OF which 4.49I. .294 tons
were mined with pick and SSl, 30 tons by
machine.
Allegany County produced 4.ls1,65s tons
of pick-mined. and the entire output Of
the machine-mined coal for the year. An
increase of 21S.521 tons is noted for Ale
gany and I1,2l0 tons for Garrett County.
The report states that considerable work
has been done in recent years in produc-
ing coal known 10 be unmined in the big
vein and in mines that have been aban-
doned as worked out the Piedmont and
Georges Creek Coal Company and the
Consolidation Coal Company having done
much work OF this character.
Reference is made to the benefits from
the new drainage tunnel recently put into
operation by the Consolidation Coal Com
pany, and, after describing the workable
coal measures OF the Georges Creek basin
the report advocates the construction OF a
general tunnel by the State for the pur-
pose Of draining Off the entire measure
The Washington herald., 1908-03-22
Tip for Amateur Nurses,

Crealzy shoes. silk-lined skirts, starched
petueoats, as well as jingling chains and
bangles, should always be avoided by
amateur nurses. out Of regard for the ir-
ritated nerves Of the invalid in their
charge, while whispering in the sick
room, ccnversations-espec about the
details Of nursing-with another atterd-
ant. or brusque movements of any kind.
are mistakes which should be avoided as
much as possible
The Washington herald., 1908-03-22

Farther up the avenue is another great
mansion Of red brick and light Bedford
stone-a whole block frontage. It is one
The Washington herald., 1908-03-22

aThree-quarters Of a mile up Fifth
avenue, past the more modest marble OF
stone homes OF men who can only reckon
their millions In one figure. one pauses
with a start At the block between Nine
tieth and Ninety-hrst street. guarded by
a fence Of iron paiings and brick col
umns sUTmouated with great stone urns.
Set in gardens decked OUT with flowers,
lawns terraces. shrubbery. and trees. Il
is a country estate on a city street.-the
home Of Andrew Carnegie. and
wondrous place 1t is. 1t is in the eight
eenth century English style, built OF red
brick and Indiana limestone. It is three
and a half stories high. 20 feet wide and
$50 feet deep. II is the most "hcmely''
looking miliiOnaire's house in ali New
York. And. what is quite remarkable.
it hasn't any ballroom
This will be q home. NOT a show
place" were Mr.. carnegie's orders 70
his architects. so there isn't any ball
room or private theater. or any other
apartments for social functions. and the
drewing-room on the first flcor isn't big
enough for any great crush.
Nine = the mcst modest and roomy
house in New York" SAYS Mr. Carnegie
a grand palace would be foreign 10 our
tastes"
For all this. the house rejoices in four
elevators. a great SS5.000 organ. an auto
mobile garage. and an English billiard
room, and enough machinery 10 run q
hotel. X cost I.0t0ec0 with0ur the land
which is worth even more
And II all stands IN the name Of his
fcrtunate little daughter. 10 whom he
gave il as a Christmas gift
The Washington herald., 1908-03-22

For three decades the great twin brown
stone Vanderbilt mansions. diagonaIly
across from St Patrick's Cathedral, tax
ing up the entire Fifth avenue frontage
between Fifty-hrst and Fifty-second
streets, have been familiar landmarks.
Across Fifty-SecOnd street is the 81. 600 900
city chateau of W. X. Vanderbilt. ST., a
superb pile Of white stone designed by
the late r. NJ. Hunt Two brownstone
houses TO the north CT il have gone down
70 make way for second mansion for
the son. w K Vanderbilt. jr., of similar
material and design. This one family.
therefore, now has q block and a half
frontage on Fifth avenue-Rrobably the
most costly length Of family hOmesteads
in the world. certainly in this country, as
well as the longest.
To-day, however, Pittsburg has foot
hold there. H. c. Frick has leased the
souther,y house-GeOrge w. Vanderbilt
for Sl0eoo0 a year. for ten years-a million
for home, not in purchase price, but in
rent alone,
Farther up the avenue is another great
The Washington herald., 1908-03-22

more Vanderbilt home Here dwers the
widow Of Cornelius Vanderbilt. Here.
only few brief weeks ago, Miss Gladys
Vanderbilt, the only unmarried child. be-
came the Countess S1echenyi. Il IS
modelled after the famous Chateau de
BIois, near Paris a towering iron fence
shuts il in, and the garden. where once
stood three bTownstone homes It cost
s, 10000
The Twomblys and webbs have a half
block frontage between them at Fifty
fourth street and the F. W Vanderhilts
another half Dsesk at Fortieth street
three and a half blocks frontage for this
one family on the cOstlest street in the
world
The Washington herald., 1908-03-22

Charles NJ Schwab has to-day the
largest single homesite in New York City.
He owns the entire block bounded BY
West End avenue. Riverside Drive. Sew
enty-third and Seventy-fOurth streets. and
on this great plot he has erected a splen-
did $4,000 turreted chateau in the Re
naisSance style which looks out upon the
Iordly Hudson There he dweIls for brief
periods Of the year ID lonesome isolation.
for the Schwabs have no children Il IS
understood that at their death the great
palace viii be turned into an Institution
housing some charity
The Washington herald., 1908-03-22

Discouraged? Not he! With his little
dream beckoning on. he soon found him.
self in Seoul. the capital of Korea, where.
as it was matter of common gossip. he
was not long in learning that the EN-
peror was shy OF ready money. Here was
a fellow being in predicament like unto
his own. and he at once began to cast
about for way TO place both himself
and the other fellow in less trying cir
eumstances. At last he hit on a plan.
Not long after that he had talked his
way into the presence of the Emperor
himself. and learned from the unhappy
monarch's own lips that sll he needed
was little trifie Of s5,G0O,0O0 Hunt coolly
assured his majesty that the 5000, ,OOO
would be Forthcoming.
Some time later he was engaged in hold
The Intermountain Catholic. (Salt Lake City [Utah] ;) 1899-1920, 1908-07-11

Lered off into a stoppered bottle, then
auu quarter of a pint of soft water
III which three drains of crystalliZed
81 arpohate of soda have been previously
ulssoiVed. Shake the whole well for a
quarter of an hour, and filter it through
d molstened coarse muslin. 1t may be
eurtner diluted with water if too strong
ior thln-skinned individuals. This may
oe applied to the skin, and after dry
ing, perfumed powder may be freely
The Intermountain Catholic. (Salt Lake City [Utah] ;) 1899-1920, 1908-07-11
HE RAGGEpY DOLL.

When the nursery blinds are all fas-
tened and tight,
When the curtains are drawn and it's
not al all light,
When my mother has kissed me and
hurried away
And hear them down stairs, very
busy and gay
Then the raggedy doll in her calico
Comes cheepity creep from the nursery
She remembers I'm little and lonely, 1
guess.
Oh, she never comes out through the
sunshiny day.
Inc fellows and 1 don't use dolls when
We play,
But she waits till the football and bat
are asleep
Aa' she picks UP her skirts and comes
ceepity creep.
DOS the raggedy doll in her raggedy
clothes
Win holes in her elbows and holes in
her toes
An0 her sawdust all dripping wherever
she goes.
-Aan the grizzly black bear who hides
back Of the door
oV7s a-slinking away, and the imps
- on the floor
VINO chatter and point till I cover my
~ a-scampering off. There's quite
nothing 10 dread
'0' ne raggedy doll waves a raggedy
arm
- Keep little Ne safe from all harm,
A"u sne climbs in the crib and lies
ooTn, soft and warm.
oa What if she's dirty and really
a sight!
ana exceedingly oldi She's my comfort
at night
" she snuggles beside me so staunch
and so true.
head.
Have you
s, sseay doll just as loving and dear,
R,, cry unudy and homely and queer,
golte sure TO be found when you
need some one near?
-CarOlvu 9 RailpV
The Intermountain Catholic. (Salt Lake City [Utah] ;) 1899-1920, 1908-07-11
WHEN WE TWO WALKED IN
Already.

"hen we two walked in Already
How sweet the summers werei
HOW thick the branches overhead,
HoW soft the grass beneath our tread.
And thickets where the sun burned
red
Were full Of wings astir. my dear.
When we two walked in Already
through paths young hearts prefer.
oIhce we two walked In Already
tHoW long ago it SeemsD
High hopes have died disconsoIate:
me calm-eyed angel men call Fate
Stands with drawn sword before the
gate
That shuts out all our dreams, my
dear;
since we two walked in Already
Beside the crystal streams.
Beyond the woods of Already
The little brooks are dry,
Inc brown grass rustless in the heat
The roads are rough beneath our feet
Above our heads no branches meet,
And yet, although we sigh, my dear
Beyond the woods of Already
We see more of the sky
Caroline Duer in Scribner's.
The Intermountain Catholic. (Salt Lake City [Utah] ;) 1899-1920, 1908-07-11
To Be Happy Though Busy.

an 80, zoo many people make a busy life
AZ Use Tor being tired and disagree
4 lLhey have ever a grumble about
isra-a,,s 90 this; I am too busy and
iIaliy make themselves a misery to
,bs ullo- One is sorry, of course. for
ma. oHerWorked among us. but these
M. eihembeT that there is this to be
,5si. AS a rule they might tighten
vori5 'eooTs much Of the work of the
q. 4, Undertaken TO please the work.
Tbo eIalliies nobody else.
~, woman. for instance. who slaves
9rore33{ssSeeleaning could probably leave
b t55e 49, undone and nobody would
deafb woman who works herself to
chil6r,n, 'enaing and making for her
erfa1, ei chooses to do this to some
could Tor II is quite possible that she
Ing bT, lhem more lasting cloth
Tia, ~ ~ she prefers to make often, so
Clothes may have more, or as many,
or a as any one else.
MUS, 'lise' it is hard on her that she
Short &C. elCiier overwork herself or fall
is unfo...lLeI heighbors; still, though she
70 be1Iate in having two such evils
Choose from, al least she should
hayin, me less. And remember that
make .aily cares does not necessarily
Thai unhappy if one sees TO il:
avoided 700 great undertakings are
The Intermountain Catholic. (Salt Lake City [Utah] ;) 1899-1920, 1908-07-11
Familiar Dialogue.

Dear. the boys at the club"
go if you want to-"
1.-THE boys"
Go If you want to-"
THE boys at the club want me to
come around tomorrow night, but l
really don't want to-
The Intermountain Catholic. (Salt Lake City [Utah] ;) 1899-1920, 1908-07-11
THE GRACE OF cHEERFuLNEss.

said: I will be glad today
The rain clouds drift along the hills,
The grass is drowned in lakes and rilI
The birds of song are chilled and mute,
The dreariness seems absolute;
And yet 1 will be glad today.
/ will be glad, be glad today,
Though many tiresome takss are set
NV patient hands. / will forget
The frets that trouble and depress,
And think on things of pleasantness;
And so 1 will be glad today!
I will be glad today, today,
For summer suns again will shine,
The air will thrill like tonic wine,
The birds will sing as ne'er before,
And with these blessings yet in store,
Why should / not be glad today?
The Intermountain Catholic. (Salt Lake City [Utah] ;) 1899-1920, 1908-07-11
Uon7dn's U)orId
Conducted by Helene vareau.

That the least necessary works arc
given the go-by if it is a question If
leaving something undone or getting
overtired oneself
That facing ones duties cheerfuIlv
ana not grumbling over them before
hand makes them far easier
That disagreeables are very often =
great deal better than they seem.
That nothing is really worth worr,,-
ing about, and certainly not worth los
ing ones temper.
That life is pretty much what we
make 1t, and the buster is the hapniar
so long as we bring common sense to