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Waterbury evening Democrat., 1908-02-22

The entire creu ttrew Themselves into
the sea.
which I was now dimly conscious, but
a craving for the liquid Itself as some
thing apart from and unconnected with
anything else. Without hesitation and
as though it were the most natural
thing in the world l vaulted the rail
10 cast myself into the ocean. dimly
remember a last flying impression of a
furnace of light. then n great shock
thudded through me. and l lost con.
seriousness.
Waterbury evening Democrat., 1908-02-22
INQUIRIES
ANSWERS
- eeeeaaeeea aeaeseeeeeee

T. H. D.-A half dollar of 1872
is worth So cents
Horace.-In heavy marching order
an infantry soldier carries Sc pounds
on his back.
l B. and c. D. C.-Mexican and
Spanish silver is worth about ~ cents
on the dollar.
Soldier.-When was the first
homestead law passed?
A. May 20, 1862.
A. HI have never heard of the
song of Jim Fisk but il there is one
music dealer can get it for you.
NJ. B. S. and Miss S.-A list of the
members of the presidents cabinet
was printed in this column two weeks
ago.
C. B. M.-Clara Morris was born
in Toronto, Can, in 1S49. Oscar
Hammerstein is German, born in
Berlin.
G. G. LA naval discharge may
be bought at the end of year if
good reason is given. The dis
charged will have to pay for his
clothing.
Eben.-The national pure food
law is administered by bureau Of
the department of agriculture, under
the general supervision of the de-
partment of agriculture.
=
A. Nj. T.-What day was January
II, 1873, and what is the horoscope Of
one born that day?
A. Friday. Proud, independent,
laxative, versatile and competent.
E. L. B.-Please print the longest
word in the English language? Is
there a word that includes all the
letters of the alphabet?
A. If ! knew 1t would, sure. j
know of no word SO big.
Pete-Is Oklahoma and Indian ter
ritory considered as one state now,
and if so what Is the capital
A. 1t is generally so considered"
having been admitted to statehood
November IS. Guthrie is the capital,
Reader-Has the federal govern
ment given land in Pennsylvania or
any western state to soldiers since the
civil war?
A. Thousands of homesteads have
been SO given, in the west. think
not in Pennsylvania.
S. M.-Are the waters of the sew
eral oceans equally salt?
A. Not so. A ton of the water
of the Dead Sea will yield 127
POUNDS Oh bdlt, THAT lTOu LILO Atidh-
tic ocean 81 pounds, and that from
the Pacific 20 pounds.
=
". Z. A.-Can you give the correct
dates of birth and death of Senator
Stephen A. Douglas. and what was the
cause of his death?
A, He was born April %. 1918, and
died June 3, 1861. His biographies
do not state the cause Of his death.
=
]. S.-Has the president visited
any other country since he occupied
the presidential chair?
A. He has not. He visited Pana-
ma last year, however, and was out
side this country, though on gov
eminent ship, while going and re-
turning.
Mrs w. III. B.--I would like a recipe
for red floor paint suitable for an
old and rough Georgia pine floor?
A. The advice of painter is bet
ter. At paint stores you will find a
variety to select from, either OF which
Waterbury evening Democrat., 1908-02-22
Scooter Hanqed In Effiay.

Pittsburg. Feb. 22.-Students Of the
night class. 1911, Carnegie Technical
schools, hanged S. II. Crane, the Chica.
go merchant who called the Tech
schools "Carnegie's s6000,0O0 blunder, "
In effjgy.
Waterbury evening Democrat., 1908-02-22

The first president the United States Wesmoeand county
president
Mount Vernon He training choice planter though his military
Revolutionary
politics a Federalst.
Waterbury evening Democrat., 1908-02-22

Bert Barber Of Elton. Wis. says. Il
have only taken four doses Of rear
Kidney and Bladder Pills and they
have done for me more than sny
other medicine has ever dons. Mr.
Barber refers to DsWitt's Kidney
and Bladder Pillt. TheT are sold by
Buckingham pharmacy.
Waterbury evening Democrat., 1908-02-22
Runaway Car Kills Two Miners.

wilkesbarre. Pa. Feb. PA run.
away car on a slope in Glen Lyon mine
struck and instantly killed Edwin
Wright and. George Kleisch. miners.
Waterbury evening Democrat., 1908-02-22

Mrs w. III. B.-I would like a recipe
for a red floor paint suitable for an
old and rough Georgia pine floor?
A. The advice of painter is bet
ter. At paint stores you will find a
variety to select from, either OF which
Waterbury evening Democrat., 1908-02-22

Pete-Is Oklahoma and Indian ter
ritory considered as one state now,
and if so what Is the capital
A. 1t is generally so considered"
having been admitted to statehood
November 49, Guthrie Is the capital.
Waterbury evening Democrat., 1908-02-22

G.. W. M.-What is the rule in in.
Producing people as to the name to
be pronounced first?
A. Introduce the inferior to the
superior, the man to the woman, the
young to the aged, etc. In social
gatherings the ceremony should be
informal as possible. 1t is enough
to say, Mrs James, allow me to in
troduce Mr. Jones'" and then start 4
subject for conversation which will
be helpful to cover any hitch due to
their lack of knowledge of each
other.
Waterbury evening Democrat., 1908-02-22

EV1ANDY SOLOMON approached
IA me with a confidence that pro
I'LL claimed the new leader. A
brace of revolvers swung from
Waterbury evening Democrat., 1908-02-22

E. L. B.--Please print the longest
word in the English language? Is
there a word that includes all the
letters of the alphabet?
A. If / knew 1t would, sure. ]
know of no word SO big.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1908-06-17
High School Graduates.

The high schools of Washington are
turning out their graduates in gratifying
numbers. There is every evidence that
the standard OF scholarship, of thorough
ness in preparation and of individual
character is being maintained. The young
men and women thus certified by these
institutions for active participation in
the days work are now ready for en-
trance into the wider fields that open
before them. Some of them may go to
college to perfect themselves in profess
sional lines and other departments of
endeavor. but most of them will remain
here. seeking outlets for their talents and
energies in the local enterprises in need
of assistance. Some of them are highly
qualified to engage at once in business,
while others are only partly equipped
owing. perhaps, to their failure to realize
the necessity of acquiring a speciality.
The young man or woman who simply
asks for work of any kind is likely To
suffer disappointments before finding en-
plOyment. There is always an opening
for the qualified worker. whether the
speciality is writing a good hand in cleri-
cal lines or selling goods Competence is
never at a discount in any market, while
mediocrity suffers seriously in the compe-
tition for preferment.
AS rule the high schools of Washing
ton, regarded as training schools for the
younger workers of the community MAIN
tain q high standard of practical effi-
ciency.x The Buslnesss Hish. school, flor
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1908-06-17

Enthusiasm is reported from naval Cir
cles and from all parts of the state Of
Maryland as the result of the speed trial
records of the cruiser named after that
commonwealth. The official figures just
knots an hour on four-hour. full-speed.
forced-draft run. According to some views
this makes the Maryland the fastest war
ship in the navy. But according to the
Naval Register there are several vessels
which on their trial runs developed higher
speed rates than this. For instance, the
old cruiser Columbia, named after this
District. scored 22S knots an hour, while
two or three have gone even beyond that
point. 1t is interesting to note that the
Columbia Is now lying either in ordinary
or in service as training ship at the
League Island navy yard Philadelphia.
She is rated as an obsolete craft. Thus as
far as the new navy is concerned the Dis
trict OF Columbia, the seat of the national
government, has no representative afioat.
This fact should be taken into considera-
ton by the dispensers OF public money
and naval names at the first opportunity.
While it is impossible TO give every state
its naval namesake in the strictly modern
class at all times, it has never seemed
quite right that the name Columbia should
be thus neglected. 1t should be borne by
the greatest of the battleships. OF course
there are no votes to be gained from the
District of Columbia by the bestowal of
its name upon a warship, but this is
matter which should rise above political
considerations.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1908-06-17

example, has undoubtedly proved to be
great benefit to the commercial inter-
ests of the capital. The other schools
without specialties have amply justified
themselves in the matter of turning out
graduates of both sexes with minds, I'M
folded and expanded. capable of turning
to all sorts of tasks intelligently and
with the high progressive spirit that
comes from careful training in the class
room. knowledge of ancient history and
higher mathematics may not Immediately
intrnsically increase the value of a grad
uate, but the work in school of mastering
such subjects is of infinite value in over
coming tendencies toward slackness, the
disposition 10 approximate and compro-
mise and the spirit of half-heartedness that
often marks the student at the outset
of his career. Conscientious teaching in
anE study will in most cases yield valu-
able results in the evolution of individual
character. to the end of insuring success
in any line of undertaking.
The sympathy between the business
community of Washington and the schools
is such that graduate from one of the
local public institutions is always sure
OF consfderate hearing when applica-
ton is made for employment. Other
things being equal, the fact of a COM
pleted course in the District school ,sys-
tenn should. and usually does, stand as
the determining factor in favor of an
applicant for a position. The Districts
local openings are always to be measured
in comparison with the government in
stitutiOnS in which the WaShingtonian
is at disadvantage, owing to the APP
portionment system. But Washington is
steadily growing city. Its population
increased by 1900 during the past year.
1t is destined to have half million short
". Its business activities are expand
ing. and the demand for bright. capable.
well trained young men and women In
many lines of work is rapidly on the in
crease. There need be no fear of the
future on the part of the boy or girl who
now steps forth. diploma in hand. with
the consciousness of having benefited to
the full by all the opportunities offered by
the local school system.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1908-06-17
HIGH Street Car Stems

1t is to be hoped that the new cars
that have already been, or are later, to
be ordered for use in Washington will be
equipped .-th lower steps than those now
in service. On many of the cars the steps
are so high that elderly people, and. In
deed, many young ones. can enter only
with the greatest difficulty. a rise OF
twenty inches from the ground Is not I'M
common ON some of the lines. Chill
dren who with 4 lower step in use
could get on and off the cars without
help now have to be lifted up and down.
This delays traffic and leads 10 accidents.
The low step facilitates the movement of
the cars. and it would seem to be worth
while for the traction companies to take
this fact into consideration in designing
the vehicles for their lines. 1t is true
that the use OF heavy. ,bigh-speed motors
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1908-06-17
Capital at Chicago.

Reports from Chicago make it clear that
the republicans will have to meet in the
coming campaign a charge which has sew
eral times in presidential contests been
brought against them. This Is that they
are hand in glove with aggressive plu-
tocracy. or predatory wealth. or whatever
YOU may call it. and consult it and take
its orders at every turn.
Statisticians are busy. So many dele
gates to the national convention repre-
sent in their own right SO much money
an enormous sum. So many visitors to
Chicago, with banking or trust interests.
are urging or opposing this plank or that
in the discussion of the platform. Money,
in the hundreds of millions. is talking,
We are told.
This at one time was regarded as an
effective card. The dollar mark has done
duty in the work of many of the leading
cartoonists. 1t was stamped ali over Mr..
Hanna's sack suit in 1896. and gave him
The appearance of a boss sport 1t il
Illustrated the assertion that the republic
cans were playing moneys game at
moneys command, in an open and I'M
blushing manner.
Ii is but q truiSm to say that capital
has as much right at national conven-
ton us labor. Both should be represented
at such meetings. and by their ablest
leaders. Their desires should be made
known by men with knowledge who speak
with authority. Pierpont Morgan al Chi
cago or James j. Hill at Denver should
cause as little criticism as the presence
of Samuel Gompers and John Mitchell.
Trite as the declaration Is, it cannot he
repeated too often that this is free
country, and that every man and every
interest is entitled to hearing. Capital
wants good dividends and labor good
wages. 1t is blue day for the country
when either is denied. The party striving
for campaign purposes. to set capital and
labor by the ears would not only be en-
gagged in vicious and reprehensible bust
ness, but be laying the foundations of de-
feat. For so interviewer are the interests
of the two that neither can exist with
out the other.
Such being the case, the presence of
leading capitalists at Chicago is no just
subject of criticism. We may expect
men of the same class to attend the con-
vention at Denver, and with the same
object in view-the securing of an ex-
pression friendly to the invested interests
Of the country engaged under the law In
legitimate affairs. The mere bowler
against wealth, drawing no distinctions
and trying to amass wealth himself by
his performances, is as much public
enemy as the plutocrat striving to get his
heel on the neck of labor.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1908-06-17
Convention Audiences.
From the New York Herald.

If the highest judicial tribunal in the
land were about to hear arguments upon
a most important case and to render deci.
sion on the spot. what would be thought
If the courtroom were packed with thou
fee for admission and felt free to vO-
ciferOusly express his opinion of every
thing said by the lawyers on either side
and to clamor for decision in favor of
one litigant or the other? The duty to be
performed by the national conventions OF
the two great parties is of greater i'm
portance to the general welfare than any
decision of the Supreme Court of the
United States that can be conceived. The
moral. POLITICAL industrial and CONNER
cial welfare Of the $1,000 600 of American
people may be vitality affected by the
action of the assembled representatives of
either party.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1908-06-17
Sure i!
From the ST. Joseph (Mo.) Gazette.

Every city should be a school of states
manship. There should be taught the
lessons Of civic honor and devotion to the
public veal. There should be found the
sacrifices of patriotism in times of peace
There should be found the training neces-
sary for the wider responsibilities Of state
and nation. And there should be devel-
Oped that sense of the dignity and worth
Of citizenship which will bring to naugh,
the devices Of those who twist our repub-
lican forms of government to suit their
petty desootisms and who seek to con-
troll. for purposes of tribute, the high
ways of our political life. AS we search
the records of the past and learn the les
sons of our history may we appreciate
more fully our obligations to the future
and unreservedly devote ourselves to the
cause OF liberty established by laws, con
ceived In a spirit of Justice and impair
TALLY administered.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1908-06-17
Platforms.

Mr.. Bryan is showing both Cancellation
and caution. Asked for an expression as
to a printed draft of the republican plat
form, he said he would wait until the
convention had acted. He is certain to
give the document attention in due sea-
son. and his party will have three weeks
in which to frame it's bid by the aid Of
the opposition's pronunciamento. Platform
making is job which calls for excellent
Judgment as to timber. All is not gold
that glitters. All Is not strong that is
smooth. The best written and the most
persuasive democratic platform since the
civil war is that of 1876, prepared with
the aid of Mr.. Tilden. Probably the best
republican platform in that time is that
Of 1885
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1908-06-17
Muzzling Dogs.

There is undoubted authority for the
Commissioners to issue the order just
promulgated for the muzzling of dogs in
the District of Columbia. The seventh
section of the statute of June 10, 1873.
reads as follows:
Whenever it shall be made to appear
to the Commissioners that there are good
reasons for believing that any dog or
dogs within the District are mad. it shall
be the duty of the Commissioners to issue
a proclamation requiring that all dogs
shall. for a period to be defined in the
proclamation. wear good, substantial muZ-
zles. securely put on, so as to prevent
them from biting or swapping: and any
dog going at large during the period de-
fined by the Commissioners without such
muzzle shall be taken by the poundmas@
ter and iInpounded. subject to the .provi-
sfons of section So
Representations having been made to
the Commissioners from sources that adj
mitted of no denial that the public safety
requires the muzzling of the dogs in the
District, they have proclaimed a period Of
six months jaw confinement for the local
CANNES. 1t may not be doubted that ra-
bies exist as specific disease and that it
is communicated by means of bites of do
nestle animals, especially dogs. Since
the statute Of 1878 was enacted bacte-
biological researches have unmist akably
developed the existence of this disease
and also certain methods of treatment,
more or less successful. The day of the
maidstone has passed, although proba-'
bly, many Old-fashioned people retain their
confident belief in its efficacy. Whatever of
merit this natural method of preventing
hydrophobia may have had. the laboratory
has undoubtedly replaced it with better.
Yet there is great terror for the average
person in the name mad dog" and if
impression is general in the commu-
nifty that rabies exist among the dogs of
the District, and that it is being COM
municated, it is far better that the dogs
be all muZZled for safe period than that
any risk be run.
Dog owners are naturally inclined to
question the necessity Of such q measure
of precaution, being perhaps at times
somewhat oversympathetfc for their pets
Their view, however, should not govern
in cases where the public safety is in
volved. The muzzling of dogs undoubted-
ly gives the animals discomfort, and it
may be that some of the more highly
sensitive ones are fretted until they are
an annoyance to their owners and all
around them. But it is better that the
entire canine population of the District
should be eliminated than a single
human life be sacrificed because of the
lack of proper precaution against rabies.
Viewed in the broadest aspect, the mug
cling of dogs is a precaution in the inter-
est of humanity. and incidentally for the
benefit of the animals themselves 1t is to
be hoped that the dog owners of the Dis
trict will recognize this fact and cheer
fully obey the new regulations.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1908-06-17
Little Drops of Water.
From the Cleveland Leader

From the Cleveland Leader.
When Cleveland has a good rainy day
after rather too much hot sunshine for
the good of the lawns and the gardens
100000 tons of water may be dropped
down from the clouds inside the city
limits. That means less than one inch
of rain. 1t also means something near
5000. 900 barrels. and that would fill a
canal ten miles long and 100 feet wide to
the depth of about sixteen feet. Or say
lake one mile long. half mile in aver
age width and eight feet deep.
In a region where water is obtained by
irrigation and sold like guano or phos-
pilates infinitely less useful to the farmer
the quantity which falls in Cleveland In
one day of businesslike rain would be
worth a great price. 1t would make a
wide area blossom for months. And here
it hardly gets credit for washing the
street pavements and giving the lawn
sprinklers a rest.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1908-06-17
The Need Of the Hour.

The veteran campaigner.
With a frOwn upon his brow,
Exclaimed, We need a hero
And we need him here and now!
The land is full of leaders
Who are ready for a race,
Each says, III make the struggle,
But don't want second place.'
"All give the same assurance,
L will do the best I can,
But what's the use Of starting
From the post an also ran?
I'll bring to the occasion
All my eloquence and grace,
And my patriotic fervor-
But l won't have second place!
I'll brave the conflicts danger
And my level best I'll do,
If it is done as No.
And not as No. @
1T u.s." Quoth the campaigner,
"A strange and solemn case.
The country's full Of talent
But there's none for second place."
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1908-06-17

for suburban running necessitates high
w hung car body, to give room for the
propuIsive mechanism. but this condition
can be provided while the step is adjusted
to meet the requirements of the public
possibly by dropping the platform below
the car floor level. However the problem
is solved. the fact should be given full
weight that the car users are seriously
disconnected by the high step now SO
largely in use.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1908-06-17
A Legacy From Cicero.

Don't you think your speeches would
be improved if you quoted from the
classics:"
Perhaps" answered the spellbinder;
"but the last time I tried it my audience
got clear away from my remarks on
currency and the tariff and started up an
argument as to whether the Roman ora
tors name should be pronounced 'Sisser-
OH or 'kickeroh."
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1908-06-17
THE STAR has q regular and pefma-
nent Family Circulation much more
than the combined circulation Of the
other Washington dailies. As News
and Advertising Medium It has no
competitor.

Of personal absence letters to THE
individual connected with the ONCE, but
simply to THE STAR, or to the Editorial
or Business Department, according 20
tenor or purpose.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1908-06-17
A Business Principle.

''Nhy is New York regarded as head
quarters for our drama?'
Il suppose" answered Mr.. Stormington
Barnes. ITS ON the principle that any
factory should be located near it's supply
of raw material. New York has more
theatrical boarding houses than any other
section of the country
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1908-06-17

Reports Of a generous corn crop are as
welcome as If a prohibition wave had
not confronted the distilling interests.
The prospects are fine for one of the
most satisfactory hoecake seasons the
country has enjoyed in years.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1908-06-17
Extremes.

people say that you are tool of the
trusts"
Yes" answered Senator Sorghum,
you've got to take your choice between
being called that or demagogue'
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1908-06-17

Opera chairs are to be provided for the
delegates at Denver This is one of the
most delicate compliments the campaign
glee club has ever received
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1908-06-17

No attempt is now made by visitors to
the President to convince the curious that
the conversation was purely personal and
included no discussion of politics.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1908-06-17

The time when it was easy to be men
toned among republicans for the presi-
dency has passed. But the entries for
the vice presidency will be open a few
hours longer.