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The Washington herald., 1908-05-30
Thnf,n All.

He never parts with cent"
"Well?'
Hell never get any experience that
way"
He'll never need any Experience
merely consists OF parting with money
unwfSely"
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Only Cnse ON Record.

A king Of England once declared he
ride upon the tram.
His yeomen held a street car up and
caused an awful jam.
| The king got on whilst horns did blare
and cymbals loudly slam.
And the end seat hog moved overI
The Washington herald., 1908-05-30

Abandon skates ell ye who enter
here" is the sign over the doors Of a
Detroit department store. Atlanta is
thought TO keep some such sign hanging
out. too; but It isn't altogether manda-
tory. We understand.
The Washington herald., 1908-05-30

Mayor Tom Johnson prides himself on
his ability to answer questions says
the Cleveland Leader Most politicians
pride themselves on their ability not TO
do anything Of the kind.
The Washington herald., 1908-05-30

A writer says Theodore Roosevelt was
an orator at nine years OF age After
the 4th Of the coming March you may
be able to find some one who will say
he never has been since. but you couldn't
find him now.
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Moro Than Likely.

why should he be called upon to
make public address? Look at the con-
fident air he assumes"
Don't be Jealous. He's probably
heartily wishing himself down here in
the audience with u.s."
The Washington herald., 1908-05-30

A newspaper says "the big financial
interests are warming up TO the Taft
movement" Perhaps they think the
President will make It hot for them II
they don't
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A LITTLE NONSENSE.
MEMORIAL DAY.

NAOAeA-AA D-AA@
Softly the soldiers sleep
Where oaks and willows keep
Their watch and ward:
Where rows OF chestnuts grand
And lofty poplars stand
On silent guard.
The soldiers rest beneath
Ivy and laurel wreath
And deathless bay.
To which humbly bring
a poor. unworthy thing.
This little spray.
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landscape would have afforded an ideal
place 70 come down-that is. to come
down as airshIps generally do.
The Washington herald., 1908-05-30

A news item says Prof Graham Bell
couldn't take Eis flying machine out for
practice lately because the rains had
made the surrounding country very mud
Rz. Ms should think nice, soft, muddy
The Washington herald., 1908-05-30

A recent earthquake reported at Wash
ington has been located 700 miles out at
sea. That's as good a place as we know
for It; let II stay right there.
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A Trenton IN. J) man wants a divorce
on the ground that he was crazy when
he married The courts. however. will
have 20 draw the line on such after-tak-
ing evidence as that.
The Washington herald., 1908-05-30

A Kansas convict is to be set free be-
cause Of a poem he wrote. Anything TO
preserve peace among the other con-
victs. we suppose
The Washington herald., 1908-05-30

Mr.. Hartman is said to be very par
tIeular about his neektes. Wants them
made exclusively of watered silk, we
suppose.
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oRAToRIcAL NOTE.

The Hon. James c. Hooe win not
read an original poem Of bis own
composition at the exercises today
at Smokers Gap. Va.
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Daniel J. Hogan. one Of the thirteen
new policemen in st. Louis. on May Is
asked for badge No. 13. That man thinks
he isn't superstitious. but he is. the
worst Way
The Washington herald., 1908-05-30

Home rule given to Iceland It's a
pity that C isn't an r." says the Chi
cago Post Maybe it is; but It Is a sure
thing Iceland doesn't think so.
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A Tennessee editor expresses himself
thus; Looks like as IT, sc. Even that.
however, isn't likely TO satisfy the New
York Mail.
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CAPITOL GOSSIP.

The Second district Of Kentucky Is rep
resented in the House by Augustus ows-
ley Stanley. Of Henderson. He is a native
Blue Grass statesman of the tender age
The Washington herald., 1908-05-30

Oh. girls! A picturesque cowboy out
West turns out 70 be a real, live English
baronet! A regular Bertha NJ Mud ro-
mance
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On the Contrary.

II suppose the going is pretty rough
when you hitch your wagon to a grand
opera star"
Yes said the impresario. and the
rival managers don't smooth the road
any
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George Bernard shsw's Getting Mar
RED has been pronounced a failure.
Perhaps the trouble was in not having
Lillian Russell FOR the star performer
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AN EPITAPH FOR
A DYING CONGRESS

Under the cloudy political sky,
Dig the grave and let me lie;
We accomplished little. we didn't
half try.
And we go back home with a will.
And this be the verse ye grave FOR
me:
'Twas the viii Of the Speaker that
had 10 be.
And we worked for political ex-
igency
In the Capitol up on the hill.
Read BingVille Bugie tomorrow.
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An Ohio woman says she has baked
4S1SO0 pies in her time. Ohioans Just nat
urally take to pie, political or any other
kind
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Proof OF Prosperity.

rs this section prosperoUs?"
You bet II Is" answered the Kansas
farmer. Il kin spread a net any time
and shake a grand piano out OF a cy-
clone"
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Q.-Wha- is q capitalist
A.-Sidncy Bieber.

The aboTe examination paper was
awarded a mark Of 100 per cent in
the recent examination. and the for
tunate student of municipal econ
omy has been slated for a position
AZ Chesapeake Beach.
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Sufficient REASON.

Are you going to the commence
mentT'
NO"
why not?''
Il went TO q commencement once"
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Congressman says man ought not to
work more than six hours a day. We
can't all be Congressman, however.
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Wieldedfor
the Uplih
UNDER LETTERS OF MAROUE.
A STORY BY TWELVE AUTHORS.

! ton within a hundred yards Of q
Virginia slcop flying a green flag.
You VIII slip over the starboard side
and swim for il. Once on board. you
Will ind her-the lady OF your
dreams. The treasure referred 20
in the mysterious message is already
In the hold 0f the slOOp. and they
but wait for you 20 trip anchor and
away. Tell her from ne 20 be
brave; that I am tracking the Tad
kins trio. Tell her the course must
be set Sc. by E. and a quarter T..
and that when she makes the Came
rooms her destiny will be fulfilled.
VIII you rememberl
"SE. by f. and a quarter Z.
That is the course.
AYE. sail her true" be answered.
'HOw far is the sloop awayY'
asked.
"One hundred yards, "'he replied.
Alas" ! cried. that l should
fail YOU now-nay. not you. but her.
For ! tell you this. that all my love
Is hers. and ! would perish 70 save
her But how can l reach her side.
I cannot swim. d"
idiot" he hissed. scizing me BY
the wrist mo more objections. Do
you think | have not providedr'
And wi.aout another word he
handed me a life pleserTer.
Come back" l cried: this life
preseryer leaks"
At the sound Of my distraught
voice the captain leaped from the
bridge and dashed toward ne: the
cook. the boatswain. and the stew
ard darted In my direction. cast
one look Of horTiGUd reproaCh at the
man who had SO betrayed me. and
with a hoarSc crJ Of despair /
plunged into the waters Of the
bay.
| sank at once. The life prescrver
was loaded with lead. and II dragged
me down. down. GOWN There was
rushing In my ears; my lungs filed
with water. and-I knew no more.
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CTO BE CoNTINUEDJ

Mr. David S. Barry viii furnish
the next installment os this thrilling
serial. Mr.. Barry viii be remem-
bered rs the man to whom a Car
negle medal was awarded for brav-
cry. during the Cleveland street car
strike. He Is also a member 81 the
Comedie FFancaise and a Iaconteur
In nine different languages.
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CIVIL SERVICE EXAMINATION

Q.-who and what IS Sidney BE
berg
A capitalist.
Q.-How much lower must a bid
on over $1,000 worth Of District
work be to be the successful com
petitor!
Az leas, s..
Q.-who are the only true philau-
thrOpistsi
A.-People who are doing work FOR
the District
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CHAPTER VI-UyD. j. CALLAHAN.

Author Of Lets Go a-fshing. 8"
What VIII He Do With Itl' and
Essays on Onions"
The Washington herald., 1908-05-30

Philip c. Maclauchlin. OF Glasgow,
Scotland, a member Of the Glasgow
parish council. who is visiting this coun-
try for the purpose Of studying the sys-
TEN in vogue here with regard 20 afford
ing help TO the poor. is registered az the
Raleigh.
Mr.. Maclauchlin said that the Amer
lean system OF assisting the needy poor
by means OF private charity was work
ing satisfactorily as far as he was able
10 observe.
we levy poor rates, which means
taxes. continued Mr.. Maclauchlin. and
the poor are assisted through this means
Of public taxation. Even your worst
slums In New York cannot compare for
misery. filth, and sQualor with our Glas-
gov slums. Your children seem to be
well fed and clad and taken care Of any
way. You have not that utter destitu-
ton which is found with Us almost every
Gay.
Washington IS a more beautiful city
than Paris, which, naturally, means that
II is the most beautiful city anywhere"
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Read BinEville BuGle tomorrow
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DEATH BOARD TEXTS
QUAINT CUSTOM OF PEASANTS IN
BAVARlAN FOREST.
Slabs on Which Dead Have Lain In.
scribed with Verses and Erected
Everywhere for Edifcation Of
Observant Passerby.

Berlin.--Tho Bavarian forest. the
mountainous wooded region Of eastern
Germany between the Danube and tho
Bohemian frontier and extending from
Cham and Furth on the north to below
Passau on the south, is even to the
German a good deal of an unknown
country. II is a spur of the great Bo-
hemian forest, and much of the tract
OF some 1,S0G square miles, covered
with pine and beech, is still in a primi.
tive and neglected condition.
In spite OF the magnificent views to
be enjoyed from the SUBMITS of the
two highest peaks, the Arber and the
Rachel, II Is almost without hotels
Tourists seldom visit It, while the for
esters themselves, either from lack of
knowledge OF the world or of inclina-
ton to see more OF II, are content to
remain at home.
The mode of life of these people
thus remains much the same as that
of their ancestors for centuries back
and many OF their customs are the
same as those OF their forbears in the
middle ages. They raise cattle, work
In the forests or the primitive glass
factories, wear the local dress that
has not changed in pattern for cen
turtles and take their snuff, of which
they are inveterate users, from bottles
turned out a hundred years or more
ago by early Bohemian glass makers.
A custom in which the foresters are
unique is the erection in memory of
their dead death boards, or as they
are called by the people totenbretter.
While the Breton peasant erects at
the crossroads stone calvaries, and
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considering the possible purchase of
the new projectile. II will be impossi-
BILE, II is said, for the United States
navy to exclude competition, because
when the torpedo was first tested it's
effectiveness caused widespread COM
ment. and its design leaked out.
In the opinion Of ordnance experts,
battleships of the future may have to
provide against the workings of the
combination gun-torpedo projectile.
Battleships are now protected against
torpedo attack by a halfinch iron
chain netting, which is calculated to
discharge the torpedo's explosive and
nullify its damaging effects on the
hull. With the Davis weapon, however,
this means of protection would prob.
ably not avail. as the torpedo is shot
through net or bulkheads into the
vitals of the ship before the high
charge is exploded.
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cultural country. Tapley says he
hasn't done anything since the close
of the war but pay taxes and vote the
Democratic ticket. He is a close per-
sonal friend of Hon. Champ Clark,
who is congressman of his district
Mr.. Tapley may be called eccentric.
He cares very little for money and
display, preferring his quiet farm life
to that of the gaze of the curious
He has refused large offers to go with
shows and tour this and foreign coun-
tries
lie wears his beard rolled up and
under his shirt bosom, wrapped in a
line silk cloth.
Mr. Tapley's father came from
North Carolina to Missouri in 1918.
He raised n family of nine children.
the subject of this sketch being the
Oldest. Mr.. Tapley has a record of
his family since the sixteenth century,
but no member of his family since
that time has possessed such a growth
of beard.
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the Black Forest peasant puts up near
his home elaborately carved wooden
crosses exhibiting the crucifixion. the
peasant of the Bavarian forest places
along the road as memorials to his
dead the boards upon which they were
laid in death. The origin of the Gus
tom seems to be unknown; it is lost
in the years as is the source of their
many myths and legends.
Some say that 1t came from an an.
cient custom of the knightly dwcllers
in the castles of the neighborhood of
erecting a memorial TO faithful retain.
ers who died in battle. Others say
that originally the memorials were in
the form OF crosses and that these
deeply religious people believed that
they could better teach the lesson of the
uncertainty of life and the need of cor
rect living by Substituting these boards
and thus constantly place in sight OF
the passerby something closely as
sociated with death.
But whatever may be the origin, It
Is the custom of the peasant to take
the board upon which the body of the
deceased was placed soon after death
and upon which it lay in state until
encofiined just before burial and TO
raise II as memorial to the dead.
The board Is fashioned generally into
the shape OF a gravestone. The name
painted with such skill as the peasant
can display. In addition. there is oft
en- given with considerable elaboration
the painters idea of the saint in
whom the deceased trusted and some
verses. written frequently in the dia.
lect of the country.
These boards are not placed over
the grave, but are stuck up alongside
the road. at the edge OF a field or
meadow, near chapels and crucifXes.
They are nailed to houses and barns
or strung along in lines of 20 or 30 in
the village streets.
In the poorer districts, where the
peasants have not the money to pay
for painting or carving, the boards
with inscriptions in charcoal are placed
against crossroad calvarles. Here they
accumulate in great piles, and lie I'M
disturbed until they rot away The
first layers in these moulding heaps
were often placed in position 100 years
or more ago.
The traveller in the more settled
parts of the forest is scarcely ever
out of sight of death board, while
the peasant himself has ever before
him the uncertainty of life and an op,
portunity to draw a moral from the
verses by these wayside monitors.
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NEW DAVIS euN.ToRPEDo.
Combination Weapon to Be Adopted
by Navy Department.

Washington.-In view of the recent
experiment made with the Davis COM
binatior gun-torpedo at Fort Strong.
Mass, the bureau of ordnance, navy
department, will adopt the torpedo for
naval warfare. The report of the
board of naval officers who witnessed
the test has been completed and shows
that the new weapon is unquestionably
Of importance. Naval officers recon-
mend that supply of the weapons be
contracted for as soon as eXpedient.
Meanwhile, however, it is under
stood that foreign governments are
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A REASONABLE MANS LONGING.

There are people who wonder what lbson
Gould have meant in the dramas he
wrote.
There are others who tell us that Gibson
Gives Of each of his girls too much
throat.
There are people who argue concerning
The gap between monkey and man;
There are those who are eagerly ycarning
To find out the plans Of Japan
As for me. ] win canddly say
That my troubles would all disappear
II ! know how to 1--we on my pay
And save up ten thousand "a year.
There are those who are foolishly trying
To find out conditions on Mars,
And others who wish to go flying
When they might have soft seats in the
cars;
There are people who sigh for permission
To pliantly kneel before kings.
There are few who are I'm the position
TO praise all sublunary things;
AS FOR me. I would cease to be sad,
And never again would tear
BE wrung from my heart II had
Ten thousand-clear proft-a year.
How foolish men are who go fretting
And shaving for more than they need;
Who wrong their own kindred. forgetting
That vice Is the kernel Of greed;
How cheated they are who stil borrow
The troubles that wise men ignore
Who smart under ills that tomorrow
May scatter where ills are no more!
AS for me. l would blissfuly shout.
The welltin should ring with my cheer,
II l I'm some way could find out
How TO save up ten thousand n year
S. Il. Kiser, in Chicago Record Herald
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Portraits and Sentiments.

In this game the players sit in a
row. Each whispers to his right-hand
neighbor the name of some person and
to his left-hand neighbor some senti-
ment. original or quoted. supposed to
be written under the portrait OF that
person. Each then announces aloud
whose portrait has been presented to
him and what is inscribed under 1t.
For instance, player may be given
the portrait of Bluebeard. with the in
scription: HE was an indulgent hus-
band and estimable gentleman"
The names chosen may be those OF
he players themselves, or OF famous
characters. real or fictitious. ancient
Or modern.
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Seeklnu information.

The small boy was playing with tho
scissors. and his kindly old grand
mother chided him.
You mustn't play with the scissors.
dear | know little boy like you who
was playing with a pair of scissors
just like that pair. and he put them
in his eye and put his eye out, and he
could never see anything ever after
The child listened patiently. and
said, when she got through the nara.
tive:
What was the matter with his
other eye?"-Royal Magazine.
The daily democrat. [volume] (Anadarko, Oklahoma) 190?-1908, 1908-10-12
Not Guilty.

Now, Mrs. Mccarthy" said counsel
for the defense, please tell us as
simply as you can your version of this
affair. 1t is alleged that you referred
to Mrs. Callahan in disparaging
terms"
Not a bic av it. didn't say amy
thing about disparaging nor dispara
gus nor amy other garden truck, ex'
cept that ! said she had nose loike a
squash and her compliyion was as bad
as a tomato in the lasht stages. Ye2
can see for yersilf il it amt the truth.
Chicago Record Herald.
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HAS ELEVEN FOOT BEARD.
Missourian with Hirsute Appendass
Not Trimmed Since Civil War.

St. Louis.-Nalentine Tapley of
Frankford, Mo, aas perhaps the long
est beard on rcco rd, II feet in length.
Mr.. Tapley stancs six feet. and his
beard is long enough TO reach his en-.
tire length and lie FIVE feet seven inch
es on the floor. lie has mot trimmed
his beard since the civil war.
Mr.. Tapley lives on a farm near
Frankford, in what is known as the
Kingdom of Galway" a rich agri-
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burg
o
legation London
ico but declined both appointments.
The first Mrs sk beautiful Italian girl when she
confessed alliance with Philip
District Columbia
that Sickles then
quilted
wife taking her his
that eloquent and touching his position
but repnnt Mrs Sickes died while
ambassador to Spain sckes
Cailan family She with him a
back
winter of the world while the
husband his a
nen British diplomat while
Athens Sickles Will a
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sast his work and he became convinced
they much the supeors intellectually
Alaska
all The schools
by the natives they the little buildings
DR. Jackson who
Presbyterian minister who his
dans before the civil After the
religious spirit through the
tabshng the regular organizations of his
During period his
system
which
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Superfluous Advice.

'If you want to be comfortable and
prosperous" said the man who takes
a friendly interest in everybody, "you
should go to bed with the chickens"
Deed boss" answered Mr.. Rastus
Pinkley, lin disyere tired kin o.
weather dem chickens don go to bed
early 'nuff to suit me. me."-Washington
Star.
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A Clear Conscience.

did you ever take advantage OF
anybody In bargain?"
Not of recent years" answered Mr..
Cumrox. "You see. we've been livin'
so much in the great capitals OF Eu-
rope that I've gotten sort of accus-
toned to bein' the feller that pays up
without asking questions. Washing
ton Star.
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Henry, Undoubtedly.

what makes you think it was the
spirit of your husband that was mate
rialized?"
"Oh, there couldn't have been any
mistake about 1t. When ] got up and
called Henry he kind of shriveled up
and then disappeared, just as he used
to do when he was alive. Chicago
RecordHerald.
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Extremely Proper.

mo. my dear, you cannot go into
that boat" said the New England
chaperon to her young charge.
why not?" demanded the maiden.
naturally angry at being deprived of
her row.
Because heard somebody say the
other day that she was hugging the
shore. e."-Baltimor American.
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n
n of
For attend the
OF
Among in
authority
$ a Trinity college,
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Pride of Ancestry.

A germ nudged his neighbor eagerly.
See that female coming yonder
with the grand air? She's a colonia,
dame?"
"A which,"
"A colonial dame. Her ancestors
were among the first 13 colonies OF
bacteria in American drinking-water."
Puck.
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A Mean Hair.

She-Why, don't believe Betsy has
a mean hair in her head
He-Not now. 1t got on my coat,
and my wife discovered it!-Yonkers
Statesman
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No Chance 10 Talk.

John, YOU yawned twice while VIC
were calling on that lady
We'll, dear, YOU did not expect me
t. keep my mouth closed all the time,
did you 9'-Royal Magazine.
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SAYS PLANTS HAVE SENSES

Sir George Howard Darwin, president of the
Worlds Association of Science has astonished
the scientific and lay worlds by his positive dec
laration, based upon long study, that plants
can see, think and remember. The proofs he
produces are such that the scientific gathering
TO whom his remarks We're addressed were COM
PEELED to admit the probability that plant life
is not devoid of certain low order of instinct
akin in faroff way TO that possessed by ami
mails. And it may be safely said that Sir George
has given the scientific contingent a profitable
field for investigation for some time to come
Sir George is the second son of the late
Charles Darwin, even more famous as a scien
tist than the son and well known for the
rather startling natnro OF some of his deductions