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The weekly herald. [volume] (Amarillo, Tex.) 1906-19??, 1908-07-16
HIS GREAT GIFT.
Ability Of tho Man Who Was q Mat
urAl Born Spsller,

Ability Of tho Man Who Was q Nat
ural Born speller.
An old friend OF the boys dropped
into the Mule Pen-whch might be In
cluded among the lobbes-threw his
heels over a table and began drawing
pictures on scratch paper, Nobody
looked up to see who he was, knowing
from his manners that he was a To-
millar OF the place, and he spoke to
nobody.
He had been there perhaps Ave min
utes when he tossed the scrap OF pa
per TO the table and declared:
"Thcre are many men OF many
minds"
Admitted" said the man opposite
him. but don't you think that Is
pretty abstract, Irrelevant Information
TO bring into a newspaper office, or did
you Just want 10 hear your voice"
mo; was sure enough thinking
about that adage. Men, no account
and lazy, have made fortunes by in
venting things We couldn't have in
vented II an angel had told us that
that would be all heaven would ever
require M 20 do Some men can write
The weekly herald. [volume] (Amarillo, Tex.) 1906-19??, 1908-07-16

poetry, but IL they had me on the
gallows to hang me and told me to
write four lines OF the stun, meter 1t
right and make a rhyme I'd have to
say, Gentlemen, break my neck Peo-
pie are born with all sorts Of brains"
"But don't see that your expansion
Of the adage adds much force to it."
unused the reporter
LET me alone, now, and I'll slap the
local color on" said the loafer. I'm
the local color myself 1t Is often said
and Is true that ability to spell is a
gift. That's my gift, am a natural
born speller When was among the
shavers at school spelled down grown
men In the Friday bees, and never do
misspell word now"
A reporter who had been writing
suddenly stopped his machine and cast
his eyes up to the ceiling.
"Lemme see, lemme see," he mutter-
ed. Does anybody know how to spell
'weirdT"
There's the God gifted speller on
the spot" laughed bis colleague How
do you spell weird my genlus?"
Weird" was the reply
Everybody had become Interested.
Though not one Of them was sure In
his heart whether the or the comes
first, they roared laughing, as II they
had good Joke on their visitor.
'What'll you bet? WhatIl you bet1"
was the cry.
That w.i-e-r-d is right2 One dollar"
said the prodigy.
But you didn't spell It so. You said
well"
The weekly herald. [volume] (Amarillo, Tex.) 1906-19??, 1908-07-16
MISS GRACE BRYAN

lands, 10 for steppes and for deserts
rs the greatest population that the
earth could properly nourlsh, the pro-
fessor arrives at the conclusion that
when the number Of inhabitants reach
es about 6,OO00O0,OO0 the earth will be
peopled TO its full capacity At present
It contains somewhat more than one.
quarter OF that number, II the rate OF
increase shown by the latest census
statistics should be uniformly main
tained the globe will be fully peopled
about the year 2O02.
The weekly herald. [volume] (Amarillo, Tex.) 1906-19??, 1908-07-16
AN ARMY OF BECCARS
Mendioants Here, There and Ev-
erywhere In China.
THE CHIEFS LIVE IN LUXURY

They Rule over Their Fororn Subjects
Like = King and Have the Power Of
Life or Dsath-Ths AristoorStio I'm
Psrial Psupers.
In China beggars at once attract a
strangers attention. Around every
corner, along canals aud creeks, in
market places, at the city gates, both
outside and inside, and especially In
the temple yards, there are beggArs
here, beggars there and beggars every
where. and a more pItIable sight one
cannot meet Many Of them are Grip
Piled or afflicted with leprousy and all
are dressed literally In rags,
made a trip In a houseboat to 500
chow. moving through the numerous
The weekly herald. [volume] (Amarillo, Tex.) 1906-19??, 1908-07-16

ana lney are All allowed to beg for
more money than the ordinary craft
and are furnished with license from
the magistrate. They are, Of course,
too aristocratic TO be under the rule Of
the ordinary beggar chief.
In Nankn there Is quite select COM
pany OF them, the order having been
Instituted as far back as the Ming
dynasty. Hung WI, the founder of the
Ming dynasty, was once beggar him
self The rise from beggar to emperor
probably beats The record Of any dy-
nasty in Europe. In plous remembrance
of his former profession Hung WI in
stltuted this order At present they
live in certain caves or recesses that
are made in the city wall. The largest
OF these recesses Is forty feet long by
twenty feet wide; the inmates are very
comfortably lodged and are decently
dressed, but they are addicted to
opium smoking
Besides seeking aims these imperial
beggars go about the country and OBJ
tain livelihood by swearing false
oaths In court Their oaths are con-
sidered as binding and sacred, so they
are often much sought after, because
for few taels one can get such n
beggar to swear to an oath which al
ways decides the case. The magls-
tratcs are liable to pay the imperial
beggars an allowance every year, but
1t is said they often forget It, as they
know well that these beggars are not
In want-Gentleman's Magazine,
1t takes two L make marriage, e:;i
only one to maj one.--Smart Set.
The weekly herald. [volume] (Amarillo, Tex.) 1906-19??, 1908-07-16

canals In tne clty ana stopping when
l wished to take view. landed by
clean. fresh painted, large yamen,
spotlessly white, with blue black tiles
on the roof. and placed my camera
against the wall to photograph a big
pagoda on the other side OF the canal
The usual Chinese crowd soon came
around me. and not a few beggars.
asked an intelligent young Chinaman
through my interpreter who lived In
this fine big mansion, so unusually
well kept for Chinese house WINS
not little astonished when l was told
the beggar chief OF Soochow.
This led me TO make inquiry about
the system OF begging In China, which
Is wonderfully well organized under a
scheme that works admirably and is
OF course very ancient, like all other
institutions in the Middle Kingdom.
The chief has q fine residence, concu-
bines by the half dozen and very fine
clothing, and he is seen In the best Of
society, but only where he Is not
known. AS a mark Of his dignity be
moves about with long stick, which
Is allowed him by the city authorities.
He also has the power Of life and
death over his beggarly subjects and
Furnishes all offenses committed by
them.
The beggar chief is a regular at
tcndant at the marriage ceremonies
and funeral professions of private fam.
lilies, In order to get his pay for keep.
Ing away his hungry crowd of beggars,
who otherwise would hinder the festi-
val Or procession in q dlsagreeabIe,
The weekly herald. [volume] (Amarillo, Tex.) 1906-19??, 1908-07-16
THE CHILD MIND.
Rssuts Of an Investigation into Infant
4 Mental Processes.

Rssults Of an Investigation into Infant
Mental Processes.
or forty-elght children, says Stanley
Hall, twenty believed the sun, moon
and stars TO live sixteen thought low
ers could feel and fifteen that dolls
would feel pain II burned. The sky
was found the chief field in which the
children exercised their phllosophic
minds. About three.quHrters OF them
thought the world a plane with the
sky like a bowl turned over II, some
klmes believing that II was Of such
thin texture that one could easily break
through, though 30 large that much
floor sweeping was necessary In
heaven. The sun may enter the ground
when II sets, but half the children
thought that at night II rolls or dies
away or Is blown or walks or God
pulls II up higher out OF sight. taking
II up into heaven, according TO some
putting II 10 bed and even taking of
Its clothes and putting them on again
In the morning, or, again, It is believed
TO lie under the trees at night and the
angels mind II. God, Of whom children
always hear so much, plays very
large part in these conceptions and Is
made directly responsible for all cos
mic phenomena. Thus thunder 10
these American children was God
grooming or kicking, or rolling barrels
about. or turning a big handle, or
grinding snow, or breaking something,
or rafting a big hammer, while the
lightning was due to God putting his
finger out, or turning the gas on quick,
or striking matches, or setting paper
on fire. According to Boston children,
God Is a big, perhaps a blue, man. to
be seen in the sky, on the clouds, In
church or even In the streets. They
declare that God comes 10 see them
sometimes and they have seen him
enter the gate. He makes lamps,
babies, dogs, trees, money, etc, and
The angels work for him. He looks like
n priest or teacher or papa, and the
children like TO look at him. A few
would themselves like to be God. His
house In the sky may be made OF stone
Or brick. Birds, children and Santa
Claus live with God.
Birds and beasts their food and their
furniture, as Burnham points out, all
talk TO children. When the dew is on
abe grass the grass is crying" the
stars are candles or lamps, perhaps
cinders from Gods stove; butterflies
ARE flying pansles; lclcles are Christmas
candy. Children have imaginary play
brothers and sisters and friends with
whom they talk. Sometimes God talks
with them. Bven the prOslest things
are vivlffed. The tracks OF dirty feet
on the floor are flowers; crenking
chair talks; the shoemaker's nails are
children whom he is driving to school.
N-Nlneteenth Century.
A Camping Party,
The weekly herald. [volume] (Amarillo, Tex.) 1906-19??, 1908-07-16

An irish lad on the east side was
obliged recently to seek treatment at
a dispensary. On his return home from
the first treatment he was met by this
inquiry from his mother;
"An' what did the docthor man say
was the matter wild your eyer"
'He said there was some Turin sub.
stance In It,"
"Shure!" exclaimed the old woman,
with an I.told-you-so air, now, maybe,
ven kape away from thin Eyetallan
boysW-Success Ma-c=:Na.
The weekly herald. [volume] (Amarillo, Tex.) 1906-19??, 1908-07-16
An Old, Old Question.

A writer In Boston paper says;
"There are many people who believe
that the servant question, a solution
for which the whole world is now max
Ing efforts TO discover is product Of
the present time, This Is not the case.
however, and were the wise Akiba still
alive he might with right use his tru-
ism, 1T has all been here before in
connection with the problem. This
may be demonstrated by no less an au.
thority than Goethe. In his Wilhelm
Melster,' written In the latter days of
the eighteenth century, there is a scene
where the hero comes TO the home Of
Therese, sent there by Lothario and Jar
no. Receiving Wilhelm, Therese asks
The weekly herald. [volume] (Amarillo, Tex.) 1906-19??, 1908-07-16

10 be excused because OF her scant
board, My cook she says, Just ran
away at a most inopportune time, aud
our man mangled his hand, | had TO
prepare all myself Nothing bothers
one more nowadays than SERVANTS no
one will serve, not even themselves, ="
The weekly herald. [volume] (Amarillo, Tex.) 1906-19??, 1908-07-16
The A,tr.rt,nn-

Nell-Isn't she peculiar girl? She
wouldn't look at him when he was
rich, but now, after he's lost all his
money, she accepts him, Belle--Well,
you know how crazy every woman IL
to get anything that's reducedl
The weekly herald. [volume] (Amarillo, Tex.) 1906-19??, 1908-07-16

A Camping Party.
In getting up a camping party find
The Holly chieftain., 1908-08-28
NEWS FROM WASHINGTON.

Thomas A. Ayres, Fort Collins, Colo,
has been appointed scientific assistant
in connection with the Agricultural
Department.
Mrs. Elizabeth Sousa, mother of
John Philip Sousa, the bandmaster,
died at her home in Washington Sun
day, aged eighty-two years.
The report that the battleships of
the North Dakota and Delaware class
are regarded as unsatisfactory by the
naval board recently in session at New
port is not credited In Washington.
An order was issued August 22d by
the Postmaster General putting into
effect, beginning Oct. 1st next, the
postage rate of two cents an ounce, ap.
plicable to letters mailed in this coun.
try for the United Kingdom of Great
Britain and Ireland.
The isthmus commission appointed
April 25th to report on the progress of
the Panama canal and conditions in
the canal zone has made report high
ly favorable to the officials in charge
of the work and which Is highly COM
mended by the President.
By order of Secretary of War Wright,
approved by the President, the eight
cadets suspended from West Point for
hazing will be punished as recon-
mended by the secretary. The order
will dismiss from the academy the
two first men under suspension, and
place under suspension without pay and
allowances for one year the six mem
bers of the third class.
The United States army now owns
tho Baldwin military dirigible balloon.
On the 18th inst. after three signal
corps officers. Lieutenants Lahm, Fol-
cuis and Selfridge. had made eight trips
in the airship, General James Allen.
chief signal officer, informed Captain
Baldwin that having fulfilled his con-
tract he could turn over the balloon at
any time. This was done after Captain
Baldwin had trained three officers of
the Signal Corps to handle the craft to
General Aliens satisfaction.
That the Panama canal can be COM
pleted within five years and at much
less cost to the government that has
been generally supposed Is the informa-
ton which Colonel Goethals, engineer
In charge of the work, is expected to
bring Secretary of War Wright from
the isthmus next month. Colonel
Goethals will visit Oyster Bay to dis
cuss the situation with the President,
He will return to Panama before the
various congressional committees ar
rive there early in November to in
spect the work.
The Holly chieftain., 1908-08-28
GENERAL NEWS.

The national encampment of the
Grand Army of the Republic will be
held at Toledo, Ohio, August 31st to
September 5th.
The Belgian chamber Of deputies has
voted to annex the Congo state. which
has been under the personal rule OF
King Leopold.
Nearly $16,0Oo,oO0, 1t is estimated,
are involved in two contracts that have
just been signed in New York, one pro.
viding Havana with proper sewer
system, and the other for extensive
paving of the city.
The strike in the bituminous coal
field has been officially ended by the
announcement that the operations as.
sociation had agreed to the demands
Of the mine workers Of district No. II
and Saturday $4,000 miners were at
work.
The Holly chieftain., 1908-08-28

The Georgia assembly is to be asked
to pass bill forbidding any woman
ito betray into matrimony" an "unsus.
pecting male subject of the state by
scents. paints, powders. false hair" or
q number of other wellknown femi-
nine artifices This is direct aim at
the wiles which woman has Justly
come to regard as her rights, and the
women Of the Cracker state should be
up in arms at the threatened infringe
ment. And while about 1t, why not In
troduce a bill forbidding man indulg.
ing In anything but the truth and
eliminating all the small. pleasing but
not always truthful batteries in which
he sometimes indulges while carrying
on courtship. While assaulting the
feminine wiles, It Is only just not to
forget that there are such things as
masculine wiles also
The Holly chieftain., 1908-08-28
Air.hlp. In War.

That airships are likely to play m
important part in war is an increasing
belief among military men. Most of
the great foreign powers In planning
for the future make provision for the
use of flying machines, and in some
cases aeronautics are given much
prominence. American army officers
appear to be coming to the same way
Of thinking. The board of ordnance
Of the war department at Washington
ID 10 seriously impressed that strong
recommendations will be made. and 1t
is expected that the suggestions will
be embodied in the annual report of
the secretary. The officers of the sig
nal corps are said to be in full accord
with these ideas and have expressed
themselves to the effect that the coun.
try could well afford to invest 100000
900 in air craft to be available for ma
tional defense. The type of vessel
favored by the officers is the dirigible
balloon, as it is said they are con.
vinced that the heavier than air" sort
are impracticable. The board OF
ordnance. it is given out, will propose
an immediate expenditure of 81, 900, ,00o
for flying machines to be available for
coast defense, and congress will be
asked to make the necessary appropri
alton.
The Holly chieftain., 1908-08-28

The bureau of immigration is do.
ing excellent work in diverting thou
sands of aliens from the crowded city
centers. where they are likely to be-
come danger and a drain upon the
resources, and sending them into the
country, where there is a demand for
farm laborers. Applications are re-
ceived from farm owners who are in
need Of assistance, and In response
to these appeals 1000 laborers were
supplied between the first OF last
February and the first Of June The
farm, which few years ago threat.
ened to lapse in disfavor. is being ac-
corded its share Of Importance, both
al q factor in our commercial and in
dustrial life and in solving our social
Dgoblems as well.
The Holly chieftain., 1908-08-28
Death Of Baron Won sternbura.

Heidelberg, Germany.-Baron Speck
Won Sternburg, German ambassador to
the United States, died here about mid
night Sunday night The baroness,
who was Miss Lillian May Langham
OF Louisville, KY, was with her hus-
band at the end. They had been visit
ing In Germany since May. The baron
and baroness came here from Hamburg
last month to consult with Prof. Vim
cenz Czerny, a skin specialist, con-
cerning G malady, in the nature of
cancer, from which the ambassador
had been suffering for some time, but
which the professor pronounced cura-
BILE,
The Holly chieftain., 1908-08-28
R.ts-A N.tiona, Pest.

Rats cost the United States nearly
ess s.oo0. 900 annually. according to the
biological survey OF the department
Of agriculture. At this amount tho
government scientists estimate the
damage done by the rodents and after
exhaustive experiments 1t has been de-
termined that the pests cannot be ex.
terminated. All that science can hope
to do is to hold them within bounds
and to do this nothing more satisfac-
tory has been discovered than the old
fashioned rat trap. says Technical
Magazine. incubation and all other
methods. 1t has been established to
the satisfaction Of the scientists who
have studied the situation, are not
equal to the trap in the work Of de-
struction. The amount Of damages
given by DIR. c. Hart Merriam, chief
Of the survey, is conservative and
doubtless below the figures. While he
estimates that 100000 Of the fire
loss of the country is traceable to rats.
the underwriters place 1t at IL times
that sum. Of which 100000 10 due
TO the gnawing away of insulation on
electric wires. Special attention has
been given by the government inves-
tigators to conditions in Washington.
The whole underworld of the capital
city. DR.. Merriam says. is populated
with rats-millions of them. Wash
ington loses each year from rats, aside
from the nres for which they are re-
sponsible. 100000 in damage done in
markets, shops and department stores.
Some of these places employ profes-
sional rat catchers. with ferrets and
small dogs. but this method. DR.. Mer-
riam finds. is unsatisfactory, since few
rats are killed and the expense is
great.
The Holly chieftain., 1908-08-28

After stormy closing session OF the
National FraternAl congress at Put In
Bay. Ohio. the uniform bill, which is
modelled after the fraternal insurance
law Of Ohio was finally passed and
viii be recommended to the state leg
islatures this fall.
On the 18th inst Miss Annie 8.
Peck Of Providence, r. l.. signaled to
Lima. Peru. her arrival At an altitude
Of $4,000 feet on Mount Huascaran, the
summit OF which is covered with per
petual snow. She was accompanied by
two trained Alpine climbers.
The Wright aeroplane made q sue
cessful flight at Lemans. France.
Thursday. making seven complete
tours of the field and remaining In the
an about nine minutes. Unfortunately
1t was somewhat injured In landing. SO
as to require several days for repairs.
A gun seller named Ferreri and his
assistant. who sold the carbine to
Manuel Buissa with which Buissa
killed King Carlos in February OF this
year. have been Unexpectedly arrested
at Lisbon and placed in solitary con-
finement.
A new high explosive. Of q power
beyond anything hitherto used in the
German army. was tested at Munich
Wednesday. Three shells, exploded
by electricity. tore Krupp armor
plates to pieces. The explosive is the
Invention Of Fritz Cehre.
The Cunard turbine steamer Lusi-
tania has again lowered the one-day
record. having Travelled $50 knots in
the twenty-four hours from noon Sun
day August 18th to noon Monday Au-
gust 18th. The previous record run.
CAB knots. was made by the Lusitania
July 6tn.
Emperor William has given $4,000
to the Robert Koch foundation for re-
sisting the spread of tuberculosis.
This donation completes the 100000
that Andrew Carnegie stipulated
should be subscribed before his gift
of like amount, made last winter.
should become available.
At the athletic games at Dundlk, Ire
land, Martin J. Sheridan of the Irish
American Athletic club beat the worlds
record with the discus throw. free
style. throwing the sphere 142 feet
inches. The discus was the one used
at the olympic games in London. The
former record, which was held by Sher-
idan, was 1876 feet 1-3 inch
AS manner OF showing their appre-
citation of the support which they re-
ceived from other labor unions during
their strike for an eight-hour day the
International Typographical Union at
Boston recently voted to spend $1,000
in entertainment Of the delegates to
the convention of the American Fed
Grafton in Denver this fall. Part OF the
money will be used in trips around the
state.
Ten of the fourteen men charged
with participating in the attack made
upon the county Jail at Norfolk, West
Virginia. by a mob that sought to
rlynch the negroes AsNfy Smith and
Brack King, charged with criminal as
sault on aged Mrs. Powell, have been
each fined 500 and costs. with sixty
days in jail. Appeals were granted.
The Atlantic fleet, in perfect con.
dition, reached Sydney, New South
Wales. on Wednesday, the 10Th inst.
and was welcomed by gathering of
100000 people.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1908-12-25
TEACHERS GET CERTIFICATES
Awards Made at Last Meeting of Re.
firing State Board of
Education.

At meeting of the state board of ed
ucation yesterday, number of teachers
certificates were awarded The meeting
was the last of the old commission. which
consisted of State Superintendent A C.
Nelson. ]. T. Kingsbury. president of the
University of Utah; John A Widtsoe
president of the Agricultural college: VIII
liam Allison, county superintendent of
Davis county, and d. II. Christensen. city
superintendent, Salt Lake All of these
were present except DR.. Widtsoe The
following certificates were issued:
Temporary High school certificates
Ethel B. Harris, Carl W. Jonsson, Minnie
Lasley, Renwick S. McNiece, Grace E.
Parr, Edwin A. Palmer, Pearl a. Russell,
Nellie Smith Rogers. J. W. Robinson, Mrs
Ina L. G. Smith, Charles L. Wray
State certificates-Oscar Bjerregaard,
Jennie Houtz, Rose A Jones. Malcolm
McKinnon. Jean MacNeil, Aurora Neb-
eker, Alyda Ormond, George Powelson.
o. A Soderberg, A B. stephens, Marian
II. Thompson, A Wootton, jr., Georginia
Webster
High school diplomas-Edna L. Martin.
Ethel E. Riley, Lodica Seeley, Maude Ia
Dor.
Grammar grade life dipiomas-Laura
Hickman, Caroline Lamson Lily Nav
Leoman, H. f. Larsen, Henry Moulton.
Isabel DeMoisy, Alexander c. Patterson.
Myrtle z. Reese Josephine Seaman. Grace
Emma Smith, Florence E. Stevens. Bur
dett Smith, Margaret NJ. Thurman. Effie
w. Thomas, Mary Williamson Robert P
Woodbury.