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The Washington herald., 1908-07-12
Mr.. Cleveland When Angry.

The late President Grover Cleveland
never enjoyed any measure OF the fame
for peppery and stinging Language on oc-
casions such as is now enjoyed by Mr..
Roosevelt, but any one who lmsgines that
he could not rise fully TO the standard
set by his illustrious successor when the
spirit moved him. is vastly mistaken.
A certain prominent politician once
recommended another gentleman for a
United States judgeship. Mr. Cleveland
appointed him, and he proved to be a
very unworthy man The prominent poll
tician who urged the appointment upon
the President openly confessed that he
knew Of the mans unworthiness at the
time Of the appointment. but urged it,
nevertheless, for his own sinister pur-
pose. Mr.. Cleveland heard Of this boast
ing. and promptly addressed the follow
Ing communication to the offending party:
Executive Mansion
Washington. Aug l. 1855.
Dear Sir; have read ycw letter with AmsIement
and indignation. There is one-but one-mitigation
to the perfdy which your letter dscloseS and that
IS found IN the fact you confess your share in f.
don't know whether you are a Democrat o. not
bat Il you are the crime which you confess is the
more unpardonable
The idea that this administration. pledged 70
give the people better officers and engaged in hand
to-hand fight With the bad elements Of both parties
should be betrayed by those who ought 10 be worthy
Of implicit trust. is Atroaous, and such treason %
the people and TO the party ought to bo punished
by Imprisonment.
Your confession comes too late 20 be Of imne-
diate to the public service and I can only say
that while this is not the first time have been
deceived and mislcd by lying and treachorUus repre-
sentabons you are the first one that has 50 frankly
owned his gTicTOus fault. II any comfort is 70 bo
extracted frcm this assurance, you welcome 10 H.
GROVER CLEVELAND"
II is not at all probable that Mr.. Roose-
welt could beat that, even in three trials
Perhaps Mr.. Cleveland was briefer than
Mr.. Roosevelt would have been. but not
less emphatic! Mr.. Roosevelt does not
get his indignation off his mind easily;
he uses up large chunks OF the dictionary;
he is inclined TO repeat himself But IN
every vital essential the Cleveland docu-
ment is thoroughly RooseveItian. Mr.
Cleveland does not appear 20 have been
pestered so frequently by undesirable citi-
zens as Mr.. Roosevelt has been. however.
Perhaps the wonder Of II is that our
Presidents are not tempted to do even
more Of that sort OF thing than they have
done. There is a great white light that
beats about the White House. and no
President is 10 be blamed for showing an
intensely human streak at times.
The Washington herald., 1908-07-12
The Tramn SfnamprS

Evil times have fallen upon the poor
old tramp steamers. those salty wan
derers, most Of them flying the blood-red
ensign Of England at their stern 70 cheer
the eyes Of those afflicted with wander
lust, harbored in all the stray ports OF
the world. 1t is they whom Kipling
made 20 sing:
We've 1oindered OF the Texel
Awash With sodden deals.
We've slipped from Valparaiso
With the Norther at our heels;
We've ratched beyond the Crosscts
That tusk tho Southern Pole.
And dipped our Emnes under
To the dread Agllha's roll"
Only 20 those men who have wandered
FAR with the lust OF adventure In their
souls do these names. OF drear out-of-
the-way places of the world. mean any
thing. But 10 the men who know THE
well-plowed, windy sea-" these names
will conjure UP visions OF strange-smell-
ing ports, whose SAVIOR stin fingers in the
nostrils; ports untouched by the magnifl-
cent liners, but where the ocean tramps
have always found a weIcome.
But now It seems the trade has fallen
of. and in New York Harbor alone there
lie fifty or sixty Of the weary wanderers,
strainIng idly at rusting cables. without
charters or hope OF getting carsoes.
1t is not that the commerce carried
IN tramp steamers has fallen off in
American ports alone: word comes that
in every large harbor Of the world these
wanderers Of the sea are at enforced
rest, waiting, Micawber-like, for some
thing to turn up"
"Beyond all outer charting
They've sailed where none have sailed
And for the time. at least. they sail no
more. We have arrived at the truth
voiced by the late Coils P. Huntington,
when ne said. The world is oversteam-
cred" The agents for the tramps are
in a quandary what to do; the only thing
seems TO be 10 put the vessels out OF
commission. pay of the crews. and let
the ocean tramps lie with. empty holds
and cold fires, Tapped by the eternal tides.
until good times come again.
These ocean tramps are the auxiliary
commerce carriers Of the Seven Seas.
What cargo is left over from the floating
palaces these dlngy. but ploddIng. ves-
sells carry. They go. too. into the ports
that the big fellows" dIsdain. You
shall find them braving the shifting cur
rents Of the Hoogly: dropping their
rusty anchors in the waters Of the
Yangtse; lying off the mouth Of the
Amazon; gravely dipping their tattered
ensigns to the Statue OF Liberty as they
turn seaYard from New York. or coughs
The Washington herald., 1908-07-12
BRYAN AN IDEAL FATHER.
Pretty story of Devotion Comes
from Lincoln. Nebr.

Among his townspeople Dir. Bryan is
known as the f1nest sort OF a father. but
just how great reputation he had In
this capacity he did not realize until a
few days ago. says Mabel Potter Dag
gett, in the Delineator.
One day Mr.. Bryan received a letter
from a boy away over on the other side
OF the world. From the cherry groves OF
japan he wrote:
Il have chosen you TO be my father.
VIII sail at once for the United States.
Yamchita.
In Japan, 1t seems. It is not an unusual
custom for an aspiring youth TO adopt
some man Of eninence as a foster-father,
and the individual go honored assumes
the care of the young man until he comes
Of age. But Mr.. Bryan. having a family
OF his own to provide for on a rather
limited income. did not feel that he could
accept the honor. and wrote Yamachlta
70 that effect. The japanese boy, how
over. as If the protest were but a polite
evasion Of the honor. needed Il not. He
arrived ar San Francisco and wrote from
there that he would in time reach Ne
braska. The Bryans were then living in
the little house in Lincoln. and Mrs. Bry-
an in alarm insisted. Why. VIII. we
can't possibly have him." and Mr.. Bryan
again wrote his correspondent.
Meanwhile. Yamachlts had obtained
work in the prune orchards OF California
to earn the money for the rest Of his
Journey. And every day when he went
to work he stopped TO leave in the care
OF the mission-house a precious package
II contained a treasure purchased with
SO OF carefully saved money A number
Of months later there was a knock one
evening at the Bryans' front door. Mr.
Bryan, opening II, saw a small. dark
youth. Il have come" he said. Il am
Yamachita" In his hand he held the
gift that Japanese courtesy required. II
was the package the missionaries had
guarded for him. He opened It and grave
ly presented 20 Mrs. Bryan a delicately
modelled small bronze stork.
The Bryan family were, indeed, over
come: but they really could not turn Ya-
machita away. SO they made room for
him with their other children. Of whom
there were three then, Ruth William,
and Grace. Including relatives, he was
the sixth child whom Mrs. Bryan took
through algebra and Latin. and IN time
he was graduated at Nebraska State Uni
versity. He has now gone back 70 Japan
70 fl a position OF trust. Here he always
called himself Yama Bryan. Once, after
they went to Normal to 1--we. a farmer
wife alighted from the trolley car at the
foot OF the hill with her arms full Of bun
dies. Yamachita, who got on az the
same time, wanted 10 relieve her OF
them. "Oh. but" he insisted gravely. y
must; my father would" To the neigh
bors he always said: Il came because J
wanted 10 be like hiIn-my father. Some
day shall go back 70 Japan 20 be 20 my
country what J. . Is 70 his"
The Washington herald., 1908-07-12
THE WRITING TRADE.
Better Paid Now Than 1t Ever Was
Before.

From the Louisville Courier-JouruaL
The trade OF writing. as well as the
profession OF letters. is much more high
" paid in the twentieth century than
ever before IN the history OF the world.
and the rewards for both mediocrity and
genius promise 20 be larger in the fu-
ture than they are IN the present. As
the captains OF industry have brought 10
a highly specialized condition the market
for brains that spell achievement In the
various fields Of Industrial enterprise. the
publishers have specialized the market
for brains that. produce anything that
the overwhelming public will read. Here
IS a market for blank verse poetry. and
there a place where linericks are bought
at so much line; here a house that deals
in the output Of the novelist. and there
a hole-in-the-waU where the dramatlst
may submit his wares 20 purchasers who
may make him famous in a night and
rich in a twelvemOnth. and who are suffl-
ciently hard driven by competition to
keep a keen eye peeled for whatever bids
fair 10 touch the popular taste The
commercialization Of writing may cause
lovers OF literature 10 lament. but II has
opened a most fruitful field OF endeavor
10 writer folk OF every class
Mark Twain's earnings amount 70 al
most N,go0o0-an amount that many per-
sons, mistakenly, assert cannot be hon
estly made IN commerce in a lifetime
This shows how much richer the field OF
humor IS to-day than u was a century
or few centuries ago. George Bernard
Shaw might have remained a clerk II the
possibilities for getting money returns
were no greater than those that were Of
fered when Terence and Platus wrote.
Mr.. DoOley IS vastly better paid than the
Athenian philosophers, and Wallace
Irwin Is much more handsomely remuner-
ated than was the brilliant but now al
most forgotten Winthrop Mackworth
Tlroad
The Washington herald., 1908-07-12

ing noisily through the yellow fog OF the
Thames. where so many OF them had
their birth.
The tramp steamer Is a favorite invest
ment OF British capital. and in good times
II pays a handsome return. Their crews
are not trim and alert. like those OF other
vessels. but, like the ships themselves,
are tired wanderers Of many lands, i'm
patient Of restraint. who can say that
something in my cad upset It all,
Tin 'ad dropped whatever twas sor good.
An out at sea. be'ed the dock lights die
An met my matc-the wind that tramps the world -
An English newspaper, commenting on
the idleness OF the large number Of ocean
tramps. says, The striking down Of the
tramp steamship trade amounts to a ma
tional calamity" and il undoubtedly
does. 1t comes perhaps, from overpro-
duction, for tramps are cheap TO huild
and cheap 70 maintain; or 1t may come
from a temporary slackening OF trade
There Is some hope that when the Amer
lean harvest Is gathered, the souls OF
these old tramps will vibrate once more
TO the humping OF the screws. but in the
meantime their enforced idleness has
something pathetic about It. And when
once more the "scalded stokers yelp de-
light" and the ocean tramps take up
again the uncharted tracks, one can
imagine the Joy with which. around the
Seven Seas. they take up the song:
"Coastwise- -cross-seas-rou the world and back
again,
Whittier tie faV shall fail us or the Trades drive
down;
Plainsail-storm-sai-lay your board and tack again.
And all TO bring cargo up to London Town.
The Washington herald., 1908-07-12
The Yene1ueIa Imbroplio.

The diplomatic correspondence between
Mr.. Jacob Sleeper. the recently recalled
charge daffaires in Venezuela. and Senior
Paul. the Venezuelan minister Of foreign
affairs. discloses the fact that our gov
ernmental objection TO further diplomatic
relations with Venezuela Is due to the
various American claims against Ven
ezuela, which our State Department has
pushed ard Venezuela has ignored. In
his letter OF withdrawal Mr.. Sleeper
says that his orders from Washington
are based on President Castro's persistent
refusal TO give redress for action by
him by which all American interests in
Venezuela have been destroyed or confs-
Gated, or to submit the claims for such
redress TO arbitration" In senor Paurs
reply to Mr.. Sleeper this charge is de-
MED
There are a number of claims by
Americans against Venezuela. but the
most serious OF all is that arising be-
tween the Venezuelan government and
the New York and Bermudez Asphalt
Company. The Venezuelan government
claims that this company lnstigated and
financed the Matos revolution against the
government Of Venezuela. Evidence of
the completely Of the asphalt people in
the Matos revolution was not sent TO the
Senate with the other material regard
ing the claims against Venezuela, but
was submitted with ex-Secretary Fosters
brief; and after coming the evidence on
both sides, the Senate declined TO au-
thorize a display Of force.
When the fuu correspondence was
submitted to the Senate last winter II
was understood that the administration
desired the passage Of resolution OF
confidence IN the policy OF the state De-
partment, and an expression to the effect
that the Senate would support whatever
action the President might see ft 10 take
The Senate took no action on the ques-
ton, and the Committee on Foreign Re-
lations made no report. The action Of
the State Department now. in severing
diplomatic relations with Venezuela, Is
taken entirely on its own responsibility.
When its charter TO do business IN
Venezuela was granted. the New York
and Bermudez Company agreed that all
disputes and controversies should be sub
mitted TO the Venezuelan courts for set
tlement and shall not be made the basis
for international claims" In the Ven
ezuelan courts. TO which the company
had agreed to submit, the company has
been adjudged guilty of conspiracy and
treason. and the seizure Of Its holdings
The Washington herald., 1908-07-12
THE FALLEN GODS.

Like a dead leaf that rolls along the ground.
Driven ty a wind that wandeTs round and round.
see my heart, with edges cut and cirled.
Like a dead left that's driven without a sound.
Green faded into red. and red 70 brown:
Life 20 decay, and death the latest crownl
So Is my life. and lacks the heart Of power
Here 70 lift up the god that's fallen down.
Alasl why, in the days Of mighty Jah.
Did pull down thy pillars Asherahg
Baal where art thoul Egypt even thou
Hadst faith fOr me beneath the wings Of Ptahl
s-Philip Savage.
The Washington herald., 1908-07-12
How He Rose.
. the Keokuk Gate City.

From the Keokuk Gate City
Patrick Henry Houlahan. who has Just
been promoted TO be general manager Of
the Clover Leaf-Alton system. began his
railroad career as a water boy. Later
he was track hand, then successfully
check clerk. station baggageman, and
ticket agent, brakeman, conductor. assist
ant trainmaster, assistant superintendent,
division superintendent, and general su-
perintendent. At one time he had charge
of the Hannibal and st. Joseph Railroad,
now part of the Burlington system. His
record illustrates the opportunities open
TO the right kind OF young men.
The Washington herald., 1908-07-12
TO SUBSCRIBERS.

Tint vacation OF yours Will be
Incomplete unless The Washing
ton Herald follows you.
IL Will be like a daily letter
from hOne.
wherever you are II will reach
you regularly. and the address
will be changed ns often N de-
sired.
Daily, 90 cents a month"; dniIy
and sunday 80 centa. Postage
prepaid.
Telephone Main $500.
The Washington herald., 1908-07-12
JOHN BULLS LADIES.
lie Might Hs Well Give in to
Them,
From the Baltimore American.

From the Baltimore American
Once upon a time John Bull had con-
siderable trouble on the issue OF taxa
ton without representation. and he lost
good slice OF his land and a lot Of self
pride as a result Of his obstinacy. In
different form. but with more immediate
contact, the same question is now making
the fat old gentleman miserable and is
keeping his police force buster than Il
would like 10 be-
This time 1t Is not the colonies Of an
other hemisphere. but the ladies Of his
own household who are prodding John
and raising tumult IN his front yard.
They pay taxes and they want 70 vote
They do not send polite petitions, but
crowd the streets, jostle prime ministers,
break windows, hoot and jeer, risk the
law, and go shouting TO jail. Punishment
has no terrors for them, and they know
no such word as discouragement
John has just as well give in He can
not withstand such an onslaught He
may delay the day. but Il is bound TO
come. In the meanwhile. however. Il is
hoped that the ladies will not carry out
their threats Of bombs. That would not
be nice.
The Washington herald., 1908-07-12
THE MOSS ROSE.

From the German Of Knlmmacher.
The angel Of the flowers one day.
Beneath a rose tree sleering lay
That spirit to whose charge 'tis given
To bathe young buds in dews Of heaven.
Awaking from his light repose.
The angel whispered 10 the rose:
'Oh. fondest object Of my care.
Still fairest found where all are fair;
For the sweet shade thou giV'st 10 me
Ask what thou wilt, It's granted thee
'Then," said the rose. with deepened glow,
"Qn me another sTzee bestow"
Tho spirit paused. in silent thought.
What grace was there that flower had noty
Twas but moment-o'er the rose
veil Of moss the angel throws.
And. robed in natures simplest weed.
Gould there = -foWer that rpss ezccsSl.
The Washington herald., 1908-07-12
Two Journalists.

From the wnSton-salem Journal
The profession Of journalism has sut-
fered two very severe losses during the
last few days. Last Thursday, at Gin
cinnati. Murat Halstead. veteran war
correspondent and one OF the most bril-
liant editorial writers in the United
States, passed to the great beyond. FRI
day Joel Chandler Harris. Uncle
Remus," a patriarch OF the Southern
press, closed his eyes upon earthly things.
The two men, both veterans. stood at the
very forefront OF their profession and
were known and honored throughout the
country
The Washington herald., 1908-07-12

1t doesn't pay 20 have a bad name in
history. For instance, there is Lucrezia
Borgia. Every time people forget about
her escapades. along comes some one
like Mrs. Guinness and causes everybody
to brush up on her career again.
The Washington herald., 1908-07-12

Solomon, doubtless had another name
something like Smith. Jones, or johnson,
for instance-but he didn't use It, because
the fact that he accumulated some six
hundred wives was sufficient to identify
him among the common herd.
The Washington herald., 1908-07-12

After spending forty years OF exile in
Grand Old Texas, 1t is past understand
ing why that Chinaman wished to return
TO China" says the Beaumont Enterprise.
1t is indeed; even surprising that he lived
TO tell the tale.
The Washington herald., 1908-07-12
A LITTLE NONSENSE.
TNANIHATE COMPANY


/ love to bathe in the sea
With IT'S billows Wild and free.
love TO find
A melon rind
Come bobbing along by me.
A daily plunge in the waves
Is a thing my system Graves.
like TO mix
With floating sticks
And sociable barrel slaves.
A morning dip in the brine
Is the sort OF thing for mine.
The empty tins
And orange skins.
AS bathing colleagues, are fine.
The Washington herald., 1908-07-12

The friends Of Miss Mary Hughes will
be glad to know that she is convalescing
slowly" says the Perry CKans) Enter
prise-Tines. Miss Mary is no acquaint-
ance Of ours. but we wish her a speedy
The Washington herald., 1908-07-12
A Good ORer.

From the Rochester Herald
Mr.. Roosevelt had better accept the Of
fer OF 81 a word for his copy" The price
will slump In two years. He should be
warned by the fate Of the Sacred White
Elephant OF Iiteratoor
The Washington herald., 1908-07-12

"A 4OO-pound Virginian had 100 pounds
trimmed of OF him" says the Atlanta
Georgian. Evidently this was not a Wall
street operation, or he would have been
trimmed to the very bone before being
discharged
The Washington herald., 1908-07-12

Many ten-year-old boy who stumbles
around hopelessly in long division during
the winter time is able TO figure out to
a gnat's heel Just how every baseball
team in the country stands on the per-
centage tables.
The Washington herald., 1908-07-12

During the last session Of Congress
Senator "Jefr'' Davis spent most OF his
time in Arkansas. 1t is TO be hoped the
Senator is not going to reverse the pro-
cess during the recess.
The Washington herald., 1908-07-12

This newly invented Illuminated key
hole is all very well, perhaps; but why
did the foolish inventor not put it on the
market before so much territory went
"dry?"
The Washington herald., 1908-07-12

1T will require a greater force than the
prohibition law TO keep the Georgia peach
out Of the brandy says the Jacksonville
Times-Union. And a greater still to keep
the branded peach out Of the Georgian.
The Washington herald., 1908-07-12
By the Grave Groom

arrangements for the wedding are all
complete"
Everything attended to?"
Yes: we have even made a deal with
photographer 10 have his camera
smashed"
The Washington herald., 1908-07-12

A certain manufacturer OF yeast in this
country is said to be many times a mil
lionaire. Quite naturall Nothing Ike
yeast for raising the dough. you know.
The Washington herald., 1908-07-12

An epidemic Of appendicitis is reported
among Kansas negroes. Are we to look
upon this as another reaching out after
social equality?'
The Washington herald., 1908-07-12

There is said to be an animal in Africa
that never drinks water. That animal
would certainly have hard time OF it in
Birmingham, Ala
The Washington herald., 1908-07-12

The trouble with the near-beer they sell
in prohibition States is that the fines re-
sulting from its too free indulgence can
not be paid in near-money.
The Washington herald., 1908-07-12

johnson will take the stump for
Bryan; watch him." says n contemporary.
And Roosevelt will take the Big Stick
for Bryan: watch him.
The Washington herald., 1908-07-12
A Juvenile snee.

Don't yer wisht yer could have a good
time like me7 I amt got no fadder 10 tell
me notter do things"
Den yer don't know wotter good
time rs
The Washington herald., 1908-07-12
Fauna

Il wuz chased by painter yistiddy." &"
said the old Indiana trapper Il didn't
think there wuz any Of 'em left in these
parts"
Were you ever chased by a dialect
poet?' inquired the tourist Il understand
they're stIll plentiful
The Washington herald., 1908-07-12

A New Jersey man has a hen that re-
Gently sat on thirteen eggs and hatched
sixteen chickens. Another sign Of return.
ing prosperity.
The Washington herald., 1908-07-12

Japan will borrow ssOO.OO0OOO at pei
cent. That's enough 10 make japan fee
like fighting, but II is the very reason
she can't
The Washington herald., 1908-07-12
Tnn Ennv.

There are so many rhymes for Taft,
That statesman sunny,
1t almost seems a form Of graft
To take the money.
The Washington herald., 1908-07-12
Another Version.

To-day rummaged through all my old
vests"
''WeH?''
But failed to find a quarter 7 thought
1 might have"
The Washington herald., 1908-07-12

The report that Prince Helie will change
his creed indicates that he has gone to
the trouble of looking up what his creed
used to be.
The Washington herald., 1908-07-12

Mr.. Freeze. Quick. late candidate for
Office IN Pennsylvania, could not stand the
hot pace bis opponent set
The Washington herald., 1908-07-12
For Lunch,

Have you any whipped pork and
beans2"
INC. miss
Then give mo rnacaroons and mixed
pickles. The doctor says must eat some
thing substantial and sensible"
The Washington herald., 1908-07-12

Nothing works harder than idle curt,
osity." says the Birmingham Age-Herald
or paws less.
The Washington herald., 1908-07-12

Why do people persist in saying their
towns are growing by leaps and
bounds2"
The Washington herald., 1908-07-12
FriendIY Advice.

What does 'blithering mean7"
1T doesn't mean anything. II you want
TO call man an idiot, pick out some
other qualifying term"
The Washington herald., 1908-07-12

The Kansas City Star seems to have
changed bit In its attitude toward the
Democratic candidate; it now says that:
The truth OF the matter seems TO be
that Mr.. Bryan is a bigger man than Ne
braska formerly gave him credit for be-
ing, but not quite as big as Nebraska
now thinks ha is,'s