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Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1908-02-09
FRANCO.

From the Buffalo Evening News
The situation in Portugal is Vastly
improved at once, but what pity that
King Carlos hadn't enough sense to drop
Franco instead of playing the dictator
behind the Franco cloak.
From the indianapolis Star.
1t must seem hard to the liberal citi-
Gems Of Portugal that they have to Kill a
few kings and princes in order to get an
unpopular man out of the cabinet. where
as in this country almost any old trust
company in New York city can be in
duced to offer him a job.
From the Albany Evening Journal
Too bad, that Franco was not put out
of the cabinet Of Portugal few days
sooner.
From the Cleveland Leader.
Anyway Franco retires from the die
tatorship in Portugal with reputation
as a history maker.
From the Detroit Journal.
Judging by the way he began his reign
by canning" Premier Franco, Manuel
II must be something of a boy admirer of
Roosevelt himself.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1908-02-09
The MATTEAWAN CURE.
From the indianapolis Star.

From the indianapolis Star.
On the other hand would it not be bet
ter for the Thaws to cultivate the idea
that Harry is mending so fast in the
fresh and dOpeless air of Matteawan that
his mind will soon be as clear as an
Alpine morning?
From the Memphis News Scimltar.
Thaw wants to get out Of that crazy
house. He is right about it. There should
be no punishment for rich roues and mon
eyed murderers.
From the Chicago Journal.
One thing that may help to keep Harry
Thaw In Matteawan Is the fact that while
he is there the world will have to pay
no more attention to him.
From the Roanoke Times
An acquittal by a jury seems to be a
sure cure for insanity when a rich GRIM
inal is on trial
From the Syracuse Herald.
Harry Thaw is reported to be much
dissatisfied with the construction of the
Matteawan asylum. If the state plays
its cards right, perhaps his mother may
be induced to build a new one.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1908-02-09
VARIOUS VERSES
ON TIMELY TOPICS
BY THE SEDENTARY BARD.

Though there's some NAV likr 10 wander
And 10 sail upon the SSlty stormy seas,
There's something mighty bad about
A hsrum- scarum gEdabouf.
And i-avelings a Kind of disease.
I set all day
In the same Old
In the same old place. you bet.
And I never take notiea -
For bit Of rapid motion. A
Eut l set. and sci. and set.
I'm in doubt about there hiring
ANY sights ilat's worth tAe s""inc
When you We got 10 10 and tire Yourself &" death.
You'd better not I've Worrying
About the need OF hurrNins..
And wastefnlly expanding ~ your breath
] set right Gown
In the old home town
And ! never stew fret
] ANT fond Of scratching gravel
In this foolish foreign travel
But set. and set. and SET.
In the sun I set a-bl'nkinS.
And ] Go heap ot thinking.
And my Judgment I fee! n getting ripe.
As tilt my rocker laz!ly
And view creation haziiy.
While comfortably smoking Of nv pipe.
! set and gas
While the people pass
And there's nothing tn heat IL vet.
You may think that you're improving
Your condition while rnu're moving
But | set and set. and sci.
chicago News.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1908-02-09
Mr.. Roosevelt and the Future.

The Presidents immediate future IS
again under discussion. One story sends
him around the world after the fashion
OF the Grant trip. with notable receptions
everywhere. Another sends him to India
and to South Africa on hunting trips for
big game Another settles him for year
in London, where his second marriage
took place. And still another settles him
at home here. dividing his time between
his library and the hunting field. and pre-
pairing an additional volume or two on
the subject of American history.
Does the matter not depend somewhat
on the political result this year? Mr..
Roosevelt is not at all likely to lose his
) interest in politics. Not only does he
love the game. but by general agreement
he plays it in a mastery manner. He
may not be, as his more ardent admirers
claim, the most consummate master Of
The game in the history of the White
House, but undoubtedly he stands high
among politicians of the first rank. And
he is now at the zenith of his physical
and intellectual powers.
If Judge Taft is elected President on a
platform indorsing the Roosevelt policies
md pledging their continuance. and
House of Representatives is chosen In
o. sympathy with the new President, MI
Roosevelt can afford breathing spell.
That will be a great triumph for him; and
if he should care to re-enter public life
year or so later as senator from New
Sork, or in some other high capacity. the
way should not be difficult We should
have to go back to Jacksons time for a
personal success so signal.
On the other hand if Mr.. Bryan is
elected and House chosen in sympathy
with him. Mr. Roosevelt. for a time at
least will fare badly. He will have to
bear the brunt of responsibility for the
republican defeat. and be the political
Buster of the day. Everything will be
charged to him. II he wants to regain
at once. There will be no time for pro-
tracted absences from home. Things
emove so rapidly with us in the field Of
politics that II a man would win power
he must go after it hot foot. and keep in
close touch with what Is going on around
him. The game in America for Mr..
Roosevelt will be bigger than any in the
jungles Of Asia or South Africa.
We shall have to wait and see. Mr..
Roosevelt, so far, has proved a shrewd
judge of matters as respects his own In
terests. and maybe this faculty is not
to desert him at a time of supreme i'm
portance to his personal fortunes. The
IL only certain thing Is that. whatever be-
falls, he will not be an idler.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1908-02-09
Lincoln.

In asking for the proper observance of
Lincoln's birthday Gov. Guild addresses
himself to the best sentiment Of the peo-
pie Of Massachusetts,. and voices in his
tribute to that great man the best senti-
ment of the whole American people. The
first Of our martyr Presidents has long
since taken his place among the most con-
spicuous figures in history. Men he OPP
posed are now among his warmest eulo-
gists. The fires Of faction and party in
which he was tried showed that he was
pure gold; and at this appraisement he
stands. and will always stand. He is an
inspiration especially now. The problems
confronting us are as nothing by COM
parison with the problems that confronted
him. and he never for a moment relin-
pushed hope or reoaxed activity. And he
saved the country. Sense and sand and
staying qualities tell at all times, and he
must be a faint-hearted man who does
not believe that those qualities are pos
sessed today by the sons of those who
fought the civil war
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1908-02-09
Pride and Starvation.

80 ieTe Is paragraph taken from the
Atlantic City dispatches in Philadel-
PIMA paper, which merits special con-
sidcration:
Literally starving to death ON his
feet and too proud to beg for relief
Enoch Somers Of Oceanville. this county.
fell unconscious in the street at Arctic
and Arkansas avenues tonight and died
an hour later in garage to which he
had been carried The man was in the
last stages OF collapse due to lack of
food. according to County Physician Sou
der. Inquiry showed that Somers had
been out of employment for several
weeks and had not eaten for days He
had many friends here who would have
been glad to have afforded him assist
ance IL he had made known his plight"
1t passes understanding why a man,
out of work. honestly anxious to earn
money by labor. and hungry. should hest
tate to ask his friends for help, unless
there is some shameful reason for his
misfortune, some vicious habit which has
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1908-02-09
TO The INFLUENZA GERM.

Ry the shiyerirc fits which chill u.s.
By the feyerish hearts which grpl ms,
By the pains acute which fill us,
BY the aches which maui and mill as,
By the quacks who draft and pill US,
By the hydropaths who swfll u.s.
By the allopsths who bill us.
BY the nervous fears which Kill U.S.,
Tell US tell u.s. wee Bacillus.
What and why, and whence you are
Say are you a germ atomic9
Have you uses economic!
Are YOU truly miasmatic?
Are you solid or iymDhatic1
Frankly IL your cause zymoticf
Are You native or exotic!
When your business Is transacted
Is your stay to be protracted:
And do you intend, Bacillus.
To return again and Kill US?
Do make answer, IL you please!
Tell us briefly. tiny mystery
What's your source AMI what's your h.stEy
Clear the clouds OF olfusrat.on
That surround yoUr incuha tfon,
Furnish without more obstruction
Your beiared Introduction? So
Let us know your why and Wherefore,
What IL is YOUR in the air for. =.
And meanwhile. Wee Bacillus.
Since with morbid dread you ell US,
Prithee, take your leave at once
London World.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1908-02-09
.Airships and Balloons.

The following paragraph appears in
western paper:
..Tbe veteran aeronaut Samuel A
King. now eighty years old. has mace
49, ascensions since his first IN 1901. NE
saws the air will be systematically haVi-
gated. but not by heavier-than-alr ma
chimes His record shows that baiioonihS
is not always a dangerous pursuit
Mr.. Kings belief that the true airship
Of the future will not be heavier than
air" is none the more convincing be-
cause he has made 4o3 balloon ascehslohs'
Nor IS there strengthening proof In the
declaration that his experience shows that
"balooning is not always a dangerous
sport" Ballooning. as this veteran or
many ascensions knows it. is chiefly
matter Of going up. drifting and coming
down. There is no navigation of the
air in that.sort of thing. 1t is hazardous
only in small degree, for the reason that
the gas bag. unless started too near
large body Of water, is rarely under
stress or in danger. owing to the fact
that it travels with the air currents.
In the descent troubles sometimes occur.
but in only very few cases do the
aeronauts come to grief if they abstain
from acrobatic tricks in the air.
The gas bag. or lighter-than-air ma
chires. will never be more than novelties,
unless they are coupled with aeroplane
devices enabling them to utilize as we'll
as to combat the air currents. 1T is
possible that the perfect "airship" will
thus consolidate the principles of fotation
and "skimming." The two greatest sue
cesses now in view, however. are straight
acroplanes.
Henry Farman. an Englishman. resid-
ing in Paris. has just won the Deutsch-
Archdeacon prize of $4,000 for a circular
flight of a little less than two-thirds of
a mile by a heavier-than-air machine.
This is a combination of two series Of
planes, one carried somewhat behind the
larger, which supports the fifty-horse
power motor. Beneath each series of
plaEes is a pair of bicycle wheels, to
serve as rollers while the machine is
making Roadway and rising from the
ground under the impulse of its pro-
peller. Meanwhile, the attention OF
aeronauts is fixed with perhaps greater
acuteness upon the somewhat mysterious
gliding machine Of the Wright brotf1e rs
Of Dayton, Ohio. 1t Is an engine-carry-
ing double plane. propelled by two fans,
revolving in opposite directions. that Is,
"tc ward one another" in order to offset
the turning tendency developed with a
sirgle-direction propeller. 1t is less de-
pendent upon its power for motion. as
its inventors have succeeded In soaring
at speed which could not be secured from
air fans. The power may be shut off
entirely, and the device scars about at
the will Of the operator. Necessarily.
great skill Is required on his part. Those
who have been permitted most closely to
arproach the device and to witness its
operations believe that the practical air.
ship is at last in sight.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1908-02-09
The Maryland Suffrage.

The democrats OF the Maryland legiS-
lature have agreed upon a plan for dis
franchising negro voters, and will put 1t
to the test. This Is in obedience to the
promise made In last years campaign.
Gov. Crothers is In sympathy with the
purpose. and Will sign the bill.
j., 1t was not an easy matter to draft the
measure. for two reasons. In the first
place. the people OF Maryland have
shown at the polls their displeasure at an
attempt to juggle with the suffrage for
partisan ends. The Poe proposition of
several years ago was Overwhelmingly
rejected. In the second place, there is
as little reason now as then for such
work. There is no race question In Mary
land. nor the slightest resemblance to the
situation that existed in Mississippi,
Louisiana or South Carolina at the time
dsfranchisement was ordered in those
states. In Maryland the play is not for
white supremacy. but for MACHINE su-
2premacy.
3. The plan agreed upon may properly be
described an elaborate effort Of law
yers to nullify the Constitution of the
United States through the form of law.
There is no denial of what the intention
is. nor of what the effect of the law will
be. The elimination of the negro as a
negro is the object, and II the lew stands
the object will be accomplished Ninety
five per cent of the negro vote will be ex-
,cluded from the polls.
'"- An important announcement is that not
only Is the measure Objectionable to the
republicans. but that they will contest 1t
in the highest court if it becomes a law.
e Mr.. BoRaparte regards 1t as unconstitu-
tional. and his standing at the bar ent,-
ties his opinion to great respect II
would add to the value of the appeal il
he were to appear in the case and present
II to the court.
There IS a growing desire for an opinion
from the United States Supreme Court
: covering this very important question
Several efforts have been made to this
end, but without results that were salts
Tying. The gossip to the effect that the
court has no desire to take up the uues-
ton in its completeness need not occupy
serious attention. In a matter so i'm
portant-and no matter is of more i'm.
portance than that of the sufYrage-it is
10 be presumed that a case properly pre-
sented would receive the courts most
Z earnest consideration: and certainly ar
> opinion from 1t going to the root of the
controversy would be OF great value to
the country.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1908-02-09
MISTAKEN.

was r free-born citizen of this illu<trious
nation.
As honored as the best OF men that ever
g1accI crea; son.
had right. 1 supposed. 10 stay or roam
at pleasure,
To my business hone and manhood
power treasure.
Alas. there came day for me that stripped
of my CORY:
Instead Of being proud and free twas quite
another story.
In vain cr;ed-thcy would not heed my wishes
my fury. ttt .,
But with their calm. judicial speed, they put
the jury. -
They shut mp with other men, all good and
lawabding.
And kept from my home and kin In
custody and hiding
Ny own affairs were laid aside. my wife and
child neglected.
Because ! had tbe honest pride by al true
men respected.
New York Times.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1908-02-09
CHANCELLOR DAY AT The BRIDGE.

Then out spake Chance Day boldly,
His words were full of nate:
ITO every trust that ships by raj.
Let there he some rebate
And how can men do better
Than. facing maddened mobs,
Uphold the rich tawbreaker
Who cheats and wrecks and robs:
LET not the rahid raw Dgs
of them that think IL best
To stop the ones wke plumber.
Be spoken Of in jest. -,
Why should they all unbiddcnr
Come butting in the game. 49,.
Down with the hateful meddiers
And cover them with shame.
ZIP. then. oh. malefsrtors.
And also birds of prey:
WHY quake while i am ready
To keep the foe at bay:
I'll bite them and I'll scratch them,
Aud all the world shall see
With what unyieldifg valor
The bridge is kept by me.
Chicago Record Herald.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1908-02-09
.Dsln4{r!.s

: We have -,the} ,expssted armour cement.
There will be no souging at Denver.
Everything on the level. and all prices
moderate. Room for everybody. Come
one, come all. STILL, let us not be too
skeptical. 1t may be in Denver's power
to do what other cities have found i'm
possible. Cabby within her gates may
be both an accommodating and a reason
able man. HoteI-keepers may wear wings
carefully concealed from the public eye,
and the service at their tables may be
swift and faultless. Let US all hope so.
for Denver's sake. 1t will be her first
offense"; and as she conducts herself, Sc
will her chances be bright or gloomy for
second try at entertaining the corabined
political wisdom of a great party
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1908-02-09
CANNOT SPELL THE new WAY.

] cannot spell the new way,
As once ] used to spell:
For when | try Ia simplify
L fail TO do it we'll,
II indiges. ion Scizcs me-
Brought on by pie or cake.
ran'r explain the Sudden pain
Is just a common AXE.
! cannot snell the Old words,
To ma ten the modern whim:
II 7 should slip and bruise my lip
Id hate 10 write IL linn.
And when a man is owing me
Twouid nil me vita regret
To take my pea and ask him when
He'll pay that little Diet.
. cannot sneIi tho now way
Like Brandcr Matthews f,ig:
i DO not choose must refuse
To drop g. from egg. s..
Perhaps I'm sadly out OF date,
II SO l can but si-h:
cannot spell the new WAY,
i Will not simplify.
Cleveland Plain Dealer
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1908-02-09

a dozen physicians will come in close or
der. each having been summoned In the
most urgent terms to save a life. This
has been going on for several weeks. and
1t has finally affected the nerves Of the
entire family. The police have been noti-
fed and are trying to trip the joker. But
he continues his Fpranks. and the other
night. at an hour OF intense quiet. he
called up the house of his victim and told
him to hasten to the morgue. where one
of his wife's relatives was believed to be
lying dead. Perhaps he will be traced.
but it is evident that the police win have
hard time catching him. Yet there
must be some way to get close enough
to this prince Of fun makers to persuade
him that his idea Of wit is just a trifie at
variance with the accepted usages OF So
ciefy
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1908-02-09
TWILIGHT Town.

Over dar in Twilight Town.
When de sun goes driftin' down
Driftin' to his place Of rest.
'Mungst de shadows in de west
OATS whar things appear to me
Jes' like what a town should be.
Castles risin' fob yoh view
Shiftin', changin', always new.
Walls of crimson, seas Of light.
Golden streets to lef' an right.
Wouldn' I jes' like to 60
Oar and not come back no mo-!
OATS de place where all is gay
While you look 1t dies away!
OATS de way wifi all yoh dreams.
OATS de way wifi all yoh schemes
Glorious fob little while,
Den clean faded, like a smile,
Or a dcwdrop or a rose.
OATS de way de- story goes.
Castles rise an tumble down.
Same as dar in Twilight Town.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1908-02-09
WELL, Why NOT Be JfSTERS7
From the Chicago Journal.

From the Chicago Journal. ---
IProf Starr OF Chicago University complaina
that modern education is making rs nation al
testers with u humorous attitude toward Hfc
Professor Starr respected as
A star mid local Nesiors,
Ayers with sorrow that We seem
Marked for OF testers
He means the fact that comedy,
Controls the situation.
And that a sense of mirth has seized
The rising generation. -. -.
The prof. no doubt. desires 10 SEE
A cloud OF darkest gloom
Wrap all the youngsters roundabout
In silence like t0mb.
The hordes Of dreary pessimists
In concord will agree
That we should drive all comedy ?
To shelter In the sea
And yet should all this land become
A sounding board Of fun.
Would all the waves. of nerriInent
Bring harm TO any one?
Whence the people grow inclined
To laugh instead of growl.
What wrong if quip and toke supplant
The longfaced whine and scowl:
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1908-02-09
HYMENEAL POOLS.

Inst now the bachelor must know
He takes the risk quadrennial.
But still he feels no knOckout blow
OF all his hopes perennial
He figures ON the laws Of chance
@ Though he is living riskiiy
In daily danger that romance
Will be showed at him friskily-.
And finds the long end OF the odds
Is his. you can see-t0 one
Who lodges arrows as he plods
There's not much scare In three to one.
For three years he can live in peace,
With maid nor widow daring 20
Suggest his burdens he increase:
For one. he's not caring TO.
indianapolis News
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1908-02-09
STANDING PAT.

From the Indianapolis News.
In other words, Speaker Cannon would
have it known that no precedents are
going to be violated. and that when the
tariff Is revised it Is going to be revised
by it's friends, and don't you forget it!
From the New Haven Evening Register
After election tariff revision perhaps
Perhaps, also. in ways of which the
tariffs friends thought not
From the Pittsburg Gazette-Times.
After hearing from Messrs. Cannon and
Payne by way Of the delegation Of man.
ufacturers and business men. there is
nothing left for Senator Beveridge but
to put his tariff commission bill on ice.
From the Columbus Ohio State Journal
Chairman Payne doubtless sees another
advantage in deferring tariff revision un-
til the short session in the comparative
ease with which 1t will be found fmpos-
sible to find time to do much of any
thing.
From the Rttsburg Dispatch.
While Cannon and Payne deem them
selves entirely competent to do any re-
vising Of the tariff that may be neces-
sary the business public has some pref
erence for non-partisan expert COM
MISSION.
From the Hartford Comant.
As far as any practical result Is con-
cerned. Hon. Albert J. Beveridge might
as well have detained about the True.
the Beautiful and the Good. This il not
tariff-revising winter, or tariff-re
vising Congress.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1908-02-09

Has there survived for ages
The least unrighteous spot?
Have il reformed instanter.
Strike while the irons hot.
Have golden rules been broken
BY some infraction SMALL.
Have IL at once corrected.
Nor heed the temples fall.' -
Has any one missed reaching
Niilenium's high plane?
Reform right OF. regardless:
Count business loss a saim
Haste TO rernold all nature
Since Adams fallen state; -
Bat don't reform the tariff
Till after 1908.
-McLandbergh Wilson in New York SUI
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1908-02-09

Desirable as it may be to prevent wom-
en- from smoking in New York restau-
rants, it is still more desirable to put the
roof gardens in such shape that innocent
bystanders will not feel the need of dodg-
ing bullets.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1908-02-09

II E. III. Hartman desires to contribute
to any campaign funds next summer he
will probably have to arrange to split his
donation into small amounts credited to
various persons in his confidence
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1908-02-09
SHOOTING STARS.
BY PHILANDER JOHNSON.
Interruption Resented.

80 you're still hunting work.
Eyes, sir" answered Flooding Pete.
Don't you know that out west they are
willing and anxious to give men employ
ment?"
Sure do. OATS de reason likes dis
territory. You can go on huntin' work
Wfdout bein' disturbed.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1908-02-09

The Japanese war talk has evidently
been suspended until some grievance
worth fighting about can be discovered.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1908-02-09

II Mr.. Schmitz Of San Francisco carries
out his threat Of going on the lecture plat
form, that appellate court will have much
to answer for.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1908-02-09

Gov. Hughes determination not to ac-
cept another term in his present Office has
not yet called forth any violent protest
from Tom Lawson or Senator Bourne
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1908-02-09
Starting a Pantheon.

81 understand said one. visitor at the
Capitol. that there is a figure in the ro-
tunda decorated with three hands"
YES" answered the man from Harris
burg
What does she REPRESENT
IT don't know. unless it's the goddess
Of graft
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1908-02-09
The Prince Of Wits.

c. w. Morse manages to keep cool as
BELTS an ice king.