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The Springfield herald., 1908-01-17
The Matter With II.

what is the matter with my
poem?" asked the amateur contribute
or; Isn't the meter all right?'
"Oh. yes" replied the editor. the
meter is excellent"
81 think If you look again you will
find that the rhymes are faultless.'
THE rhymes are very good, quite
ingenious, | might say"
Then why do you decline it?'
"You have forgotten to say any
thing"
The Springfield herald., 1908-01-17
The Starflsh Analy-ed,

The starfish, one of the lowest forms
of life, has on its back about $4,000
jaws or hands arranged in rings and
bands. By the aid of these it cap
lures many animals for food, even
quick. active fish of considerable size.
Prof Jennings of Johns Hopkins has
photographed the starfish at dinner.
and has discovered that even this low
form of animal life has habits"
The Springfield herald., 1908-01-17
Nav Change Conditions.

A process has been discovered by
Shanghai scientist of softening and
degumming the ramie fiber. by which
it becomes superior to cotton yarn
and much like silk. A secret process
does the work in ten minutes. This
is likely to revolutionize the textile
trade of China and to affect the United
States cotton exports.
The Springfield herald., 1908-01-17
Alyeolar Dentistry.

A distinct advance in dental science.
Loose and falling teeth saved. Pyor-
rhea and all the diseases of the gums
cured. Missing teeth replaced with
cut plates or bridgework. Booklet
free. The Rex Dental Company. Rooms
20 to %, 72S Sixteenth street, Denver.
The Springfield herald., 1908-01-17

Senator Moses e. Clapp of Mime
sofa, the Junior senator from that
state, bears a remarkable likeness to
former Senator John a. Logan. His
coal-black hair, eyes, mustache and
massive figure make him striking
figure on the floor of the senate.
The Springfield herald., 1908-01-17
But He's Thankful,

"Now the poet goes his way.
peddling poetry day by day."
"And," added the bard. those OF
you who have trouble in disposing of
gilt-edged securities can imagine what
the poor poet is up against. kansas
City Journal.
The Springfield herald., 1908-01-17

traced to the kidneys,
but now modern
science proves that
nearly all diseases
have their beginning
in the disorder ot
these most important
organs.
The kidneys filter
and purify the blood
that is their work.
The Springfield herald., 1908-01-17
Prosaic,

"And me thought the air grew denser.
Incense from an unseen censer?" mur-
INJURED the poet.
"Naw," responded practical per-
son. Gasoline from a buzzwagon that
Just passed kansas City Journal.
The Springfield herald., 1908-01-17
Lost.

"Well, Sepperl, what about the
goose your father was going to send
me?"
Dunno, teacher, but it's getting
well again. n."-Transatlantic Tales.
The Springfield herald., 1908-01-17
The Best He Could Do.

Adam was blaming the woman.
"There We're no malefactors of great
wealth." he explained.
Considering his disadvantages, all
agreed he had met the responsibility
as gracefully as possible.-New York
Sun.
The Springfield herald., 1908-01-17

Therefore, when your kidneys are weak
or out of order, YOU can understand how
quickly your entire body is affected and
how every organ seems to fail to do its
duty.
II YOU are sicl; or "feel badly" begin
taking the great kidney remedy, DR..
Kilmer's SwampRoot, because as soon
as your kidneys are well they will help
all the other organs to health. A trial
will convince anyone.
If YOU are sick you can make no mis-
take by first doctoring your kidneys.
The mild and the extraordinary effect of
DR.. Kilnler's Swamp-Root, the great
kidney remedy, is soon realized. 1t
stands the highest for its wonderful cures
of the most distressing cases, and is sold
on its merits by all
druggists in fiftycent lafTTFs:
and one-dolar size &ii,, ..lsshi
bottles. You may Assia,.ll.:.sefgS1e .sS
have sample bottle Home of swamp Root,
by mail free, also a pamphlet telling You
how to find out if you have kidney or
bladder trouble. Mention this paper
when writing to DR.. Kilmer & Co., Bing-
hamton, n. y. Don't make any mistake,
but remember the name, Swamp-Roo
DR.. Kilmer's Swamp-Root, and the ad-
dress, Bnghainton, N. V, on every bottle.
The Springfield herald., 1908-01-17

Recent excavations on the site OF
Jericho have laid bare the historic
city wall of burned lime brick on a
stone foundation, while whole rows OF
houses have been uncovered.
The Springfield herald., 1908-01-17

There is no earthly reason why
lightning shouldn't strike twice in the
same place-that is. providing it can
find the place.
The Springfield herald., 1908-01-17
SYM PATHY.

He-Yaas! Several years ago
fell in love with girl but she re-
jected me-made regular fool of
me. in fact.
She-How sad! And you've never
got over it,
The Springfield herald., 1908-01-17
A Sore Puzzle.

"How did that secret ever get out?"
81 can't imagine. She only told
about dozen OF her acquaintances In
strict confidence"
The Springfield herald., 1908-01-17

Stern PARENT hadn't any of the
advantages you have had. How do
you suppose I have got on as / have?
Young Hopeless Intending to make
soothing reply)-Er-I expect the
grass wouldn't grow under your feet,
ci
The Springfield herald., 1908-01-17

A man who says a mean tnIng
about another man isn't half as mean
as the man who repeats it.
The Springfield herald., 1908-01-17
Often The Kidneys Are
Weakened by 0Yer-Work.

Unhealthy Kidneys Make Impure Blood.
1t used to be considered that only
urinary and bladder troubles were to be
The Springfield herald., 1908-01-17

ONLY ONE "BROMO OUININE'
That is LAXATIVE BROMD QUlNISE. Look for
the signature of L. W. GROVE. Used the World
over to Cure Cold in Ono Day. 2Sc.
The Springfield herald., 1908-01-17

Garfield Tea purifics the blood, eradi-
eating rheumatism, gout and other chron.
ic diseases 1t is made Of Ilerbs-not drugs!
The Springfield herald., 1908-01-17

OH It's NleTIts DV uII
druggists in ffty-cent
and one-dollar size
bottles. You may
The Springfield herald., 1908-01-17

Nature and woman's work CON-
bined have produced the grandest
remedy for woman's ills that the
world has ever known.
New-York tribune., 1908-02-26
UEtRST. THE PHYSICIAN.

ANY fear which may have been felt that the rad
fcal clements would he 50 dominant IN the tN'
great parties that 10 candidate would ne pre-
scntod 10 ilp public who would represent the
business view of national policies is dlSSIpateu
hv the formation of Mr.. l1earStS new cohSerNa-
tive party. Who is there 10 whom business
,-oul1 t1iIn with such an instructive feeling OF
confidence as to Mr.. Hearst: He is It's phySi-
clan in the nervous and appTehensive hours "L
lis conyaleScencc The hushed voice OF the
sic{room pervades his editorial pages. The
plunderIund is forgotten The trusts. por-
trayed with all their ancient fulness OF giftn'
have taken on Z benign and genial aspect -
Mr. Brisbane said in his WaShinGton's Birthday
address in Brooklyn Hearst acting aS iriehd
of a sick man or a pancstrcken people Is Try
ING 10 restore confidence to make people take
~ cheerful view to help Get back hnahcFi
health.
Ouiy recently his papers contained some o.
1hair ola fashioned remarks about the Supreme
Court decisions affecting labor questions, ana
Nh Hearst very properly rebuked them in i
..Iettqr to tLe editor" full Of sound common
sense and conservatism II no time for an-
neaIe 10 class prejudice and for attacks upon
The courts With business PROSTATE the voice
th3r according to Mr.. Brisbane. warned the
ne.,Dle vigorously. sava@ely, senSationaliy. II
Won like" must be moderated to 4 gentle wills
pqr. The hush Of the sickroom must he re-
sDected.
Ruf Nr Hearst the conservative does not
confiue himself 10 rebukes of his own editors
when they for a moment forget that the savage.
sensational doctrine Of two years ago is no
loDaer in place now that he is trying to WOO
husfness back 10 health. Everybody is rebukeh
who i not as conservative and gentle as ne IS
in his nresent mood President Roosevelt, lc-
cording 10 Mr. Brisbane. means We'll but ne i
.veIlin., at the top of his voice inopportuhelE
..and incorrectly" He is strong I@hor'h-
driver of the national buggy. lie KNOWS
nothing. practically OF business. while ME-
Hearst is II business man. with payroll OF 81
ono 000 Rryan also is much too dangerous to
ba trnsted in this delicate situation. What
asks Mr.. Hearst will be the probable erect
"on the community of a Democratic PfeSideht
| .arraved in the contrasting c0lors OF the fuil
! 'Dpn}Ocratic regalia:' He shiyers 10 lhinh OF
| it. The physician's thoughts 90 out 10 th;lI
nervous aDprehensiye patient over whose SICK
room none can preside 80 we'll as he
Mr. Hearst evidently regards this year as one
,hat calls for i conservative. and among all the
exnedicnts of the politicians who wish to appear
both conservative and radical. one thing at one
moment and another at another. one thing L"
one element and the reverse to the ether, none
is more amusing than this shift on the part OF
= man who was badly beaten only 4 year ana
a half ago because the people thought nm raui-
cal 10 the point of being revolutionary.
New-York tribune., 1908-02-26
THE NEWS THIS noRNIAG-

CONGRESS- Senate: Currency legislation
and the Indian appropriation bill were the tiIsI
topics before the Senate: the t'illI-lit'ee IN
%axai Affairs began the investigation ol Siie
-po,,-a-,la1,I charges House General &c
ha.e 81, The army appropriation bill erough5 ou. on.
arguments in favor Of Increased pay anu '-'7
restoration OF the canteeIi-
s-oREIGN-Lord F1tzmaurice and Sir Edward
s;~cy MADE statements in Parliament on me
-aaceoonian situation. indicating ma olS
g-orai-o Office foresaw the possibility OF serious
1rouf,lc - Bishop Wilkinson IN . letter pun
lishea in The Daily Mail" describes the ce-
z-as4ation wrought BY TeKoluioElsts IN kuSSi8-
and saws that the government has erred On tie
sisa Of lenlencv - II was reported from
BRUSSELS that King Leopold and The Premier haa
reached agreement on the text o. ihe nv
Congo treaty of annexation ard iIlat 'l4e
measure would be laid before the Chamber ul
Den11ries on Friday 80 sTwo hundred and
sixs,- members cf the Douma will be received
51, audience by Emperor Nicholas at Tsarshce-
SeIo to-day. China, according 10 a as
match from Berlin. has been sounding Germany
regarding the possibility Of an agreement he-
tween the latter country and America 10 i!lal''-
tain the open door in all Chinese TERRITORY. ----
General d'-amade advised the French govern
men; that he expected 10 resume offensive orer-
sfIons against the Noors Thursday.
DOMESTIC.-Speaker Cannon addressed the
convention of National Education AssocIaJoh
In Waeliucto:, =- Attorney General Jackson
decided al Albany that the Public Service COM
mission had power 10 tx the fare from Nan
haitian To -CoRey Island at fiNe cents. -- The
Court Of Arpeals 1t Albany affirmed the judE-
lnents cF conviction IN the so-called Buffalo
graveyard cases, and upheld the legality Of the
Viii % Wallace &. Andrews. == The InNest-
gatiCn Of the financial condition of New York
City by commission of five Assemblymen and
three Senators is proposed in Il concurrent Teso-
luton introduced at Albany by Senator SAKE.
The senate At Albany voted to transmit
Superintendent keiseE's reply TO Matthew c.
FLEMING. = Chief Delaney Of the Denver
police force said that the result Of the muir
der e Father Leo 1einrchs by Giuseppe AlO.
tho Scilian anarchist al least thirty members Of
en- organized band which has sought refuge in
America VII be arrested in different parts OF
the country.
CITG--Stccls were duh and lower. -= Tho
tunnel under The Hudson River was opened.
- Plans were formulated for the dismember-
inent Of Tie suspended Mechanics and Traders
Bank. anc the formation Of two and possibly
ihree banking institutions successors. ----
Governor Folk Of Missouri spoke before the Civic
Forum in Carnegie Hail == Borough Presi-
dent Haffen WAS again on the stand al the in
NestIga5lon Of his office 10y the Commissioners Of
Accounts. -- he annual report OF the Lack
f3H-anna Railroad showed that 1907 had been the
most prosperous year in the cOmpauy's history.
THE NEATHER--Indca1ions for to-day:
Ram with higher temperature. The tempera-
1ure yesterday: Highest. 80 degrees, lowest. -.
New-York tribune., 1908-02-26
TEJElFS 4ND FENCES"

Careful renders OF the newspapers diG h"t
need the assurance from Police Commissioners
Bingham that burglary and cognate crimes h1' :
been increasing at positively alarming raie l'i
g. Ionc limo mast The campaign OF hooters 4 lew
weeks 60 around Granlercy Park. The scoI<'S of
housebreaking cases in and near lower i'ih d
n1!a aud the frequent Outbursts OF thleV'f3 ii
Harlem and parts of Brooklyn are SUI iresH ="
tba minds Of many citizens Little cXcitemet
or incredulity Will therefore be aroused hy tue
official announcement that 40 cases Of robbery
yvar,, rencrtqd last week NJ Police Headquarters,
and that The number of fat lOotins cases has al
most doubled within fortnight. Doubtless al
exclamation NAV be found for the apparent ~
difference of the public toward this Slju"liol'
bur that will not hire more patrolnen nor fes"-
late the pawnShops II is high time Tor lne al-
tLorities 10 anticipate popular opinion by pfoNN-
i,,,, The Police Dcpartment with men and laws
adequate 10 cope with the army Of CRIMINALS
The rpasonahieneSs OF General Bingham : al
rent and repeated demand for more patfoilii"i
and detectiyeS must appear TO everybody VINO
has contemplated New York CityS area us
criminal population and the carelessness OF fiat
dwellers. Less obvious Is The need Of more
stringent pawnshop laws. But General BinG-
han, knew whereof he wrote when he drafted
and presented 10 the Legislature a bill com
peIIing New York City pawnbroh2tS to SublhiI
rLcir holdings 10 daily police Inspection anu
make full. accurate reporIS of all transactions.
One Of the three or four reasons Why thsS
,refron0iiS is the worlds centre for crooks Is
feliDd in the lax supervision of the most likely
iulr,.basers or receivers of stolen property Eu-
roncan i,awnbrokerS are subjected 10 the closest
s.rutiny being under the control OF imperial
laws and officials in some countries In 4 1"N
American cities notably Washington. Baltimore
and Providence. the task of battling the 'fen"c
IS greatly simpliied by absolutely restricting
iIe number of pawnshOps To four or five but
in This happy hunting ground Of thieves the
swarm Of pawnbrokerS i So dense ana Jher
regulation so innOcuOuS that the laws seem 10
have been framed either by light-fngered gen
iIv or by light wits. The yearly license -
soc a sum which any Pckpocket could raise on
short notice. Account books must always DE-
oTan to the Mayor. the criminal courts, the cItJ
magistrates aEd the police; but as every pawn
broker chooses his own method of bookkeeping
this requirement IS Il merry farce and would
continue 40 be one even if every policeman were
an expert auditor. The great majority Of pawn
brokers actually do keep such brief, dark rec
or1ls of articles received that Sherlock Holmes
himself could not recognize in them deScrlp-
tion Of anything in particular SO long as there
are more pawnshops than can be closet!
watched and such perfunctory supervision Is
tolerated. thievery will flourish on a magnificent
scale
New-York tribune., 1908-02-26
ETpEDTTTNG JUSTICE.

,IthougI the method of reaching verdict
used by a New York jury yesterday mas hot
vet become popular among the good men trleu
and true throughout the country, its adoptlon III
this instance did not, perhaps, SIGNIFY an! "h
usual departure from general American CUSTOM
The twelve eminently respectable ana lhteiil
gent jurymen who agreed to settle the cdSe "'
fore them ny Tipping cGln may ieei 'hat 'hV'
simpIE welded to the national habit OF hurry
and 10 the national vice of giving business mat
ters precedence and preferment over every
thing else.
The cose WAS an important onC-Jhdt OF Il
child who had been crushed TO death under the
wheels of a trolley car The jury. after Il SNORT
season of disagreement, finally lent sNihla'iet''
ears to one of the members WHO hld n".'V'
lin his pocket with which he was Goih% l"
..close a deal and wanted 10 get away, as
iuryman naTvely confessed. \ coin was tosseo
and the law of cravitation decided IN taFor Oh
the defendant corporation When Justice GUY
upon hearing this. declared that he cohid not
adeouateIv EXPRESS his Indignation at so mon
strouS 4 pcrversiOn of justice. but Wouid u'S-
close his feelings as well as he could by flpinE
each offender 500. the jurymen were greatly
astonishe,i Had they not been following the
traditions of tbeir forehears and contenpola-
rieS: Have not thousands Of honest and respect
able citizens kept away from the roliS ah'i
summed all political activities on the &Faui" ol
important business engagements Have not
statesmen and captains OF Industry ioush,
many inst reforms on the plea that lhey Wouiu
iniurc certain commercial interests: H. III III
such cases the right must "ield 10 the deSlee
OF the man with deal on, why shouid NOT 1t
irr,-man with $4,000 in his pocket. be deiiNer'u
from The irkSorle task of deciding case '@
cocitation: Impcccable reasoning. perhaps. but
Lot rs hone for the sake of all men who's"
wrongs must he redressed by juries. that many
strenuous ctizehs with deal on Will take
lime 10 learn how expensive it is to substitute
1bf, law Of cvayitation for the laws OF the l9ho-
New-York tribune., 1908-02-26

so that the read justment Of compensation pro
posed really means only the application OF the
earnings of the service TO maintain ana eStehd
our postal facilities.
The Tribune cordially supported the supNeh-
ton and naval reserve bill which passed bo'h
houses of Congress at the last session ana was
defeated when brought before the Senate lor
concurrence in certain House amendments
through 4 flibuster conducted by Southern
Senato5. about TO be retired from public me
That measure was intended TO encourage COM
munication with the countries OF Soum Ahei
ica and Central America. toward when we
have assumed serious political obligations ana
with which we should by all means cultivate
close and friendly commercial intercourse. !.
WAS also intended 10 stimulate the CROWN O
American transportation lines TO the ORIENT
,ybsro we have special commercial ana po-
liticaI interests \ most desirable ana neiI1u.
n,aosure WAS defeated last year by indirect anu
Questionable methods. and since there l. it'e
chance for The enactment of a similar law d.
-biS session Congress can at least make l'arta
amends for delay by recasting the ocean ihail
oct and Tins checking the alarming depletloh
or Tho American mercantile marine III 'he
Pacific Both houses have approved the pfi"-
cinle of the Humphrey -Gallinger Dill anu We
do NOT think that enough unreasonlng laftlSah
o,uosf1ion 10 il can be engendcred To prevent
Sis fair consideration and early passage
New-York tribune., 1908-02-26
eo,v Of tho Croton. in a considerable

.vorogo Aoy of the Croton In considerable
form of wears. averaged 4O2 coo 600 gallons
day In the last score of years 1t mas aver
aged only 34SOoO!0O0 gallons day Inc de
crease is partly due TO a signify dlihilisne"
precipitation but chiefly TO the enormous III
crease of evaporation from the many squa'o
miles Of reservoir surface Now. if every drop
were imDounded at Cornell, there Would De Il
surplus Of only o4O0O.O0O gallons day above
our present use: next year there would be only
o ono 600 gallons surplus and in 1910 there
would be a deficit of 6.000,Oo0 gallons da!'
for our present consumption is 324,VU",Wo gar
ions a day and the daily use - increasing :!
100000 gallons 4 year. Even IL toss ny
cvanorstion could he overcome and the full SUD
ply of thirty years ago could be reGaihe'i' IL
would be sufficient for only Il little more tnah
five wears when the demand would eXceeu ln'
sunnIy and new sources would have TO he
sought But of course such an achievement Is
beyond hope.
The financial argument against iGrtlef at
tenpts at draining the Croton is as convincing
rs tho bydrorraplic. If there were no eVap
orotion and the flow, as great as 1t was d
ooneratiop ago could all be impounded' tue
work OF securing that additional o4H"'oc gar
Ions Il day. according TO Mr.. Smith eS'lllld'''
vrorId cost S115 OOo 900 while the Catskii. cX-
tension will supply. probably in less time, -'''
600 600 daily or nearly five times as hluch
for ONLY 112Oo2000 The conclusion IS thaI
if is physically impossible to get the needed au-
ditionaI supply from the Croton ana that II II
were possible to get even partial ana 'ii''oc
ouate supply. ii would cost more IMAM SIN 'ii,
~ much as that from the Catskills and would
ctiu 1aave rs under the necessity of going to the
cotsLills or elsewhere after All. In that vic"
Of tba case the correctness OF WGlch we w
NOT pxpect 10 see successfully challenged coni-
mon sense and the public welfare unmlstakaD'E
demand the expeditions prosecution ana coih
pletion of the great work which has oeen -
we'll begun at AShokan
New-York tribune., 1908-02-26
THE OCEAN PONT4E ELL

II seems 10 be generally conceded that Con
Gress viii attempt 10 pass few measures Of
importance at this session and Will confint. its
attention chiefly TO the routine approximation
bills There is. however. one proposal pendin.,
In both houses which We hope will not he
shelved until politically more convenient sea
son. That is the Humphrey-Gallinger ocean
postal bill which seeks 10 extend the present
mail service TO South American and Asiatic
ports. This extension is 10 be secured by
amending the ocean postal law Of March .. 1891
under which the foreign mail service is now
conducted. BY the terms Of the law Of 1891
the Postma ster General was authorized 10 pay
10 mail carriers certain rate mile for out
ward voyages Vessels Of the first class. OF not
less than 5000 tons and having speed OF not
less than twenty knots were 10 receive 81 a
mile Vessels Of the second class. with q speed
Of not less than sixteen knots, were TO receive s.
a mile. For vessels OF the third and fourth
classes. between fourteen and sixteen knots
and below fourteen knots, the compensation
was 10 be 81 mile and 6G12 cents mile. re
epectiveIy- The amendment proposed will give
10 steamers OF the second class plying 10 South
America. the Philippines. Japan, China and
Australasia the first class compensation Of 81
a mile.
II VIII be seen that the general subsidy issue
is not raised 10y this legislation. 1t simply re-
arranges the rate of pay on the Pacific routes
routes which are longer and more costly 10 oper-
ate than those across the Atlantic. The American
lines on the Pacific have been struggling against
adverse conditions and cannot be maintained
at the 81 nile rate. Mr.. Gallinger told the
Senate on Monday that last March Fifteen Amer
fcan steamers were running from Pacific Coast
ports TO South America and the Orient. Now
only eight are in commission, and they cannot
remain in service long unless Congress comes
10 their relief by putting them on the same
basis as the faster Atlantic liners. Mr.. Nc
CIeary the Second Assistant Postmaster Gen
eral has estimated that the cost TO the depart
ment Of the change il rate Will be S4,Co,Oo0
a ycar But he has Informed the House Com
na.r1ee on Postof6ces and Post Roads that the
government is now making profit of about
100000 q year On the ocean postal service,