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The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1908-12-07
CASHES PAY CHECK
FOR DEAD TEACHER
District Attorneys Office In vestgatng Alleged NIisdeed
Brought 70 Attention by the School Board-In-
quiry to Be Made

Sensational in every aspect and des-
tined TO startle particularly eacn person
connected with the public school sys-
tenn Of Washington, is case now
under Investigation bv the District At
tJrney's office and the Board of Edu-
cation. involving the death Of a wo-
man teacher in the colored schools, the
alleged forging OF her November pay
check by another teacher and the fall
ure OF a supervising principal to re-
port the death and his reputed wrong
doing in turning over the check TO
another than the payee.
For three days. officials OF the
Board OF Education have made effort
to keep the affair quiet and II was
only when told by Times represen-
tative today that the details had leak.
ed out, that an official confirmed the
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1908-12-07

For the District Of Columbia: Partly
cloudy and colder tonight. with mini
mum temperature about 25 degrees;
Tuesday fair and cold: FIRE sh northwest
Crly WiadS.
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story and said that the board would
probe the matter to the bottom at its
meeting ) ednesday afternoon. As
related, ths facts are as follows:
Following the death Of the woman
teacher, tho latter part Of November
the board was not advised of her demise
as is required of all supervising prin-
cipals. Accordingly, the teachers pay
check was forwarded to the supervis-
ing principal in question, along witt
others for his division. He turned the
check over, it is said, to a friend Of the
dead teacher. who promptly carried II
10 local bank, indorsed it, and obtained
the eighty-Odd dollars, for which it was
drawn"
The matter is now in the hands OF one
Of the asst tant district Sttorneys. The
names OF ne parties are for the preseut
withheld.
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$4,000 REQUEST
FOR GEORGETOWN
Court Holds Will Of Mrs. Louise
A. B. Hughes Is
Legal.

Although the signature was cut from
the 800 600 will of Mrs. Louise a. 3.
Hughes. formerly Of Washington, who
died after being adjudged insane in New
York, q Jury In Justice Anderson's court
today admitted its Authenticity and
thereby made good the lequests Of S1O,-
600 to Georgetown University and $1,000
to Cuno II. Rudolph.
Owing TO the dissipation OF the for
tune. however. the beneGciaries viii get
but half the amounts left them.
It was shown in the trial that the will
adInitted to probate today and declared
to be genuine. even though the sigma
tUre was missing, had been made while
Mrs. Hughes was of sound mind.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1908-12-07
Cannon Is the Center.

Speaker Cannon was the cyuosure NJ
all eyes in the galleries, and was given
the warmest and heartiest greetings by
his fellow members IF there IS anv
large-size6 revolt on among nl,s..,heru
OF the House against the ssge OF Ds--
vile, it was not observed today. Fort
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WEATHER REPORT.

Steamers departing today for Eu-
ropean ports viii have strong southeast
To south winds, probably shiftin 10
Ranks.
The Marion daily mirror. (Marion, Ohio) 1892-1912, 1908-07-11

bargain counter tlat was the goal OF
my wifes ambition. ~
Events around a bargain counter
occur with kaleidoscoplc swIftness and
soon found myself the sole guardian
OF my wife's purse. which lay before
me on the counter where II had been
deserted by her in a mad rush for the
other end or the counter. s.8
ITO teach her lesson emptled the
contents Of the purse In my pocke ct and
retreated to the edge OF the crowd To
await developments. , 81
1T wasn't long before my wife
crowded her way out, triumphantly
holding hloft q twenty-five cent cream
jug that she had succeeded in buying
for 40 cents. t",siwN
al didn't know that they charged
things here began feebly. W.
They don't she answered. Il have
money left for three ice cream sodas
and a strip Of car tickets And she
exhibited the contents Of her purse to
prove her assertion. ss.e
~ nearly fainted when II dawned
upon ms'thgt Ihad taken the contents
from = pprse belonging to some other
woman. ~ ~ NJ
y have no desire to retain possession,
ana II the woman who lost 10 cents. q
postage stamp, three hairpins and q
recipe for making angel food will call
at my onics she may have her prop,
erty.v--D Detroit Free Press.
The Marion daily mirror. (Marion, Ohio) 1892-1912, 1908-07-11
Uben Her
RiSbr5 Came.

tcspyright, 1905. by T. c. McClurs.I
Abe Warner was u good.for.nothing
ehoss meek little wife supported him.
one day came i woman's rights old
maid. Miss Stranger. In three days she
had otsanised woinan's club 10 Graf
ton and made All address that aroused
the patriotic hearts OF the members.
Wifhfn an hour most OF them had
thrown Oh the yoke OF slavery and
were prepared to take a hand 10 run
ninS the government II so happened
Chat little Mira Warner was doing
Aons sewing ut the house where the
hrst meeting was held, and 1t was In
listed that she Join the club. She was
scared haif to death at the idea OF hay-
Ing any rights ana asserting them. and
after the meeting was over Miss Stran-
ger took her IL hand to make her some
tkipS more than worm OF the dust.
She was talked TO for an hour. and the
ELECTS were felt at home that same
evening. Abe wanted SO cents. and
for the nrst dine 10 her life tbs wife
refused him. She did even more. She
demanded to know why he didn't go to
work.
The husband loafed on downtown
to play checkers, but he didn't play.
HA feelings had been hurt There was
rkbellion IN his own house. He had
su6ered loss Of dignity. He couldn't
get over these jolts, and so he returned
home TO cuff his wife's ears and tell
her how ungrateful she was not 10 ap.
preciAte husband like him. She
took the cuns but not as meekly as
formerly. In fact there was danger
signal ih her eye that set Abe to won
dering what had come over her. She
still refused him any money. and he
thought II best not to cuf too hard.
He heard through some or his cronles
that his wife had Joined the woman's
rights club. and Il made him laugh.
He went home and guyed her about it,
but she had nothing to say. She sim
ply looked at him in a queer way, and
W wound mp by sayIng:
T"IfI hear any more about this non
s<Lss I'll make your ears ring for you
Xot'ys got All the rights coming to
y0u. asd you want to stop right there"
when bs wss ready 10 30 down II
~ loaAnS place tiat evening his hum
bte wife Voluntarily offered him half q
dollar and gave him glad surprise
he. hadn't been drunk Tor ten days
xnd now hers was the wherewithsl
The fact that she offered the money
forced him 70 dfduce that sue had col
cvst her rsbsllious spirit aud wanted
% DlsqAte him, and be went away pat
&6e kitnSsar 0a the back as the only
Htlstabd IL Gsaftoh mat knew how "a
iAh1A6ea wife 40 rnsks up FOR losl
dine 10 got drpnksr than usual aud ~
ntxnluGx wAs bssaght isto the bouss
The Marion daily mirror. (Marion, Ohio) 1892-1912, 1908-07-11
Tn. stiistto In Italy.

'The reign OF the knife aud the ST.
lettO. which has been unQuestioned IN
Italy for centuries" says the Rome cor.
respondent OF Berlin paper. lis to be
brought TO All end. For generations 1t
has been the custom to carry knife.
and those men In the lower walks who
had no knife carried u sharpened nail
or file to be used on the slightest prov.
ocation. The wine 10 heavy, the blood
Of the people IL hot, their power OF self
control small. Is It wonder. then.
that, with the murderous instrument
always ut hand, there should bs. 80
many fatal encounters? But the law
makers have at last discovered that
the morals of the whole nation haye
been Influenced for the bad by the
knife carrying custom. and laws wili
be passed similar TO those now In force
In some parts Of the United States OF
America making 1t crime to carry .
deadly weapon" tgss
The Marion daily mirror. (Marion, Ohio) 1892-1912, 1908-07-11

and dumped on the hoor Tnls was no
unusual occurrence. but unusual things
followed It, He awoke about y o'clock
the next forenoon 10 hhd himself tied
hand and foot. He started TO inquire
why in Texas his breakfast wasn't
ready and why he hadn't been un.
dressed and put to bed. but as he open.
ed his mouth to do 80 he noticed that
his humble wife was sitting With her
sewing not far away and that she had
what looked like q horsswhip across
her knees.
"well, what does this mesnT he
finally asked. N" s
ut means that q great change is
about to take place"
who tied me up this way"
II did. It's the frst move In the
change"
"You unite me aud hustle me up
some breakfast or I'll make things hot
for you! BY thunder. but how dare
you do such thingg'
ABE" she said as she laid down her
sewing and stood up with the whip iu
her hand. ''you have been q lazy. good
for nothing man for years past Are
you going 10 work.
"Or courss not Why should I 60 to
work Z"
''You are not only lazy, shiftless
loafer but you are drunkard. You
have no ambition. no sense Of shame.
Are you going to promise me never TO
get drunk again."
"No, amt guess I want little
fun once In awhile as well as other
folks. Seems to me you are talking
mighty strange all to once. is this
what you call woman's rights"
''Yes, Abe: 1t is.'
Then I'll lick 1t out OF you In about
Ave minutes.'
Not In a thousand years, Abe. On
the contrary, I'm going TO lick some
thing out OF you!"
And then she began. She was lit
tie woman. but she had strong arm.
and she was incited by the remem-
brance that for seventeen centuries her
sex had been only worms OF the dust.
She stood there aud laid that whip on
until Ale beloved for mercy. Then
she stopped for Ave minutes rest and
began again, She lashed hlm. and shf
larruped him, aud she walloped him,
and he bluhbered like boy. While
she was giving him n drink FIVE mem.
bers Of Tie club came In. They had. n0
words. but smiled encouragement Abe
rolled over and over aud cried aud
howled, but the lash continued TO fall
The women went away, aud the hum
BILE wife rested but not for long. AL
that day the man was left tied on the
floor, and at regular Intervals be wa,
llasted, and the performance did mo-
close until an hour before sundown
Then lie was released and sent TO bed
Before twenty-four hours had passed
he had "struck a job." aud II you cal
for him today you will nnd him {
sober, hardworking man. n the sub
feet Of wonian's rights ia mentioned
10 hss no opinicp 70 express. Hs sim
The Marion daily mirror. (Marion, Ohio) 1892-1912, 1908-07-11
Selections
THE FIRST JOKES.
Do You Know Which the Original
Eleven Ones Were?


Miss Agnes Repplier. ilscturIng OIL
"The Mission OF Humor', at the Colony
club. New York. said she had been In
formed that there were eleven original
Jokes In the world. After she had said
her allotted say Mr.. Joseph II, Choate
arose aud. gallant as ever, remarked
that he was now sure there were TWEEN
ty-two original jokes. Any tnan or wo.
man who produces eleven original
Jokes In lecture Is world wonder.
With all due respect to Miss Repplier,
We are inclined to think that MIR.
chOate was too amiable and too recep.
tive.
What are these eleven original, fun.
damental, basic jokes, not made for a
parish or an occasion, necessarily hu.
man and universal? Look over the
comic weeklies from the beginning OF
Punch and you win find the same lines
OF humorous thought, endless repeti.
tions OF a fool born Jest. ponderous
elaboration Of trihe. changes OF an
old idea to suit time and place. The
old jest books-Joe Miiler's, and, before
his, Poggitt and Bacon-show how our
predecessors anticipated us. Plutarch's
Morals" is full OF jests and Jocos
anecdotes that are now fondly thought
contemporaneoss. Turn to his APO
thegms or Remarkable Sayings Of
Kings and Great Commanders" aud
you find this qulp: A prating barber
asked Archelaus how he would be
trimmed. Archelaus answered, "ln
silence" Read 'srhe Banquet Of the
Seven Wise Men," Englished by Roger
Davis, A. NJ. aud there sage is thus
reported: In this mistake. however,
I'm much OF the youths mind who
throwing q stone ut dog, hit his step
mother. adding. Ny throw is not lost.
however"
The favOrite jokes In thIs country
have been for years based on the moth
er-in-law. the farmer ard the summer
boarder, the city boarding house,
spring cleaning land the stoyepipe play
ed an important parn and the greedy
goat. The m0ther-in-law was naturally
the victim OF the hrst jocose son-ir-
law, while there could be no Joke about
the stoyepipe before the existence OF
the pipe. There ls the cannibal mis-
sionary joke that has done yeoman's
service. hut 1t cannot be older than the
appearance OF the first missionary.
What are the primeyal eleven Jokes?
One OF the Oldest known to us begins
"Old Noah, he had three sons. sheh,.
Ham and. Jspheth." but there mui.
The Marion daily mirror. (Marion, Ohio) 1892-1912, 1908-07-11
Fini.h,d sim.

"Yes,' prattlsd the artless damsel. 81
have eight brothers ana four sisters.
There We're sixteen In mothers family
and fourteen In her mothers. It's fun
ny about our family. Now. my oldest
sister
"Maude." gaspsd the yonng man.
"yon mustn't take what I've been say.
Ing to you seriously. hope yOu--er--
understand that It was only firiation
aud that when ! asked you to become
my wife I--er-w well, you understand,
don't you? .
The Marion daily mirror. (Marion, Ohio) 1892-1912, 1908-07-11
Rhsuma atism Cured in a. Hours

T. j. Blaelmore. Of Haller 4
Blackmore. Pittsturg. Pa. says: "A
short time since ! procured bot
tie OF DR.. Detehon's Relief for
Rheumatism. 1t got me out of the
house In "a hours. took to my bed
with. rheumatism nine months ago
and DR.. Detchons Relief for Eheu-
Imatism Is the only medicine that did
me any good. | had ilve Of the
'@st physicians In the city. but re-
ceivsd very little relief from them.
know Dr. Detchon's Relief for
IRheumatlsm to be what II is repre-
sented aud take pleasure in recon-
Imendlng II 10 other poor sufferers"
Sold by The Damble Pharmacy.
Druggist. Opp. Kerr House.
The Marion daily mirror. (Marion, Ohio) 1892-1912, 1908-07-11
The Truth About Il.

"Stimson told me the other day that
Grimley II awfully close"
'Yes, Griniley told me that Stimson
tried TO borrow couple OF hundred
from him the other day, and he could
not let him have 1t because Stimson's
brother held him up the day before
and took all the ready cash he could
cOmmand."--cleveland Plain Dealer.
The Marion daily mirror. (Marion, Ohio) 1892-1912, 1908-07-11
s.f. and sane.

II never can tell what that son of
mine is going to do next"
Il can always be sure what mine
Will do"
whats that?"
mot darned thlng."-Cleveland
Leader.
The Marion daily mirror. (Marion, Ohio) 1892-1912, 1908-07-11
Through ForsIan Eyss.

Two foreigners were watching their
FIRST game OF baseball.
dot vas q dangerous game, yahy
said the German. w
'Eet must be, monsieur" replied the
Frenchman. why, exen ze catcher
wears a inuzzle to keep him from bit
ing pcOple"-chicago News sgs,
The Marion daily mirror. (Marion, Ohio) 1892-1912, 1908-07-11
The Usual Travel Talk.

"Bliggins IL going abroad"
''Is heT' said the man OF languid In.
terest.
"He should have something to tell
when he returns"
Perhaps. But the chances are he
will do what everybody else does
merely praise the scenery. and abuse
the hotels.'- Pittsburg Post.
The Marion daily mirror. (Marion, Ohio) 1892-1912, 1908-07-11
nave been jokes before the ao0;d. what

nave been jokes before the hood. what
were the eleven that were preserved
In the ark? No doubt the gag about
the elephant bringing his trunk was
coined by some irreserent locker on
who saw in the embarkation only food
for mirth. Death by drowning was too
good for him. But what jokes did Noah
and his sons take with them for daily
recreation? We can be sure OF only
one-the mother-in-law Jest. Will not
Miss Reppller tell to the world ths
other ten?-B Boston Herald,
The Marion daily mirror. (Marion, Ohio) 1892-1912, 1908-07-11
Not Interesting.

Mr.. Knox-You women are forever
discussing the bad points Of your
neighbors. If yon'd only gossip about
their good points It would be more edi-
flying.
Mrs. knox-Yes, but who'd care to
listen to us?-Philadelphla Press.
The Marion daily mirror. (Marion, Ohio) 1892-1912, 1908-07-11
Only Than.

"Itttle boy, do you ever swear?'
mo. ma'am. 'ceptin' when It's neces.
ssry and ! gotta do It,"
When IL II necessary to swear?'
"W'en de empire calls ye out on two
strikes an a bali."-Chlcago Tribune,
The Marion daily mirror. (Marion, Ohio) 1892-1912, 1908-07-11

ply shfvers. rs ir coll.. ana the per.
splration starts out ON his brow. The
little woman liant running the govern.
ment yet, but she is running Abe War
ner and the house and doing very well
at 1t. NJ. QUAD.
The Marion daily mirror. (Marion, Ohio) 1892-1912, 1908-07-11
csnesrnins Work,

work is something that none of us
can avoid
That's right" answered Mr.. Dustin
Stax. Even II you hire somebody to
do your work you've got to work hard
to keep him from loafing or spelling
something Washington Star.
The Marion daily mirror. (Marion, Ohio) 1892-1912, 1908-07-11

brains"
Gracious. You must select n small
hat then. st. Louis Post-Dlspatch.
The Marion daily mirror. (Marion, Ohio) 1892-1912, 1908-07-11
P.epls IN ol.ss houss.,

Pearl-some one just laughed at our
Merry Widow hats.
Ruby-who was II. dear?
( Pearl-Why, that college chap In the
ingrown hat with two corners turned
down and blue and yellow baud
Detroit Tribune.
The Marion daily mirror. (Marion, Ohio) 1892-1912, 1908-07-11

/ Yes drawled Reginald. II always
select gray hatp ~
And whyi' saked Miss Tabasco.
."why, TO match the color Of my
The Marion daily mirror. (Marion, Ohio) 1892-1912, 1908-07-11
A Fling at the French Army.

General Langlols. distinguished OF.
ficer or the French army. has aroused
much uneasiness among bis country.
men by asserting that the morale and
discipline OF the military forces OF
France are In an alarming state Of de-
generation. All the military enthusi-
asm OF Nap0leon's day. lie remarks,
has eyaporated. patriotism is rapidly
becoming thing OF the past, and tho
military organization OF the republic,
once so removed from sordid Influences,
is controlled even In the minutest de-
tails by politics and politicians. Pro-
motions. furloughs. permits to men IN
the lowest ranks Of the army to marry.
says General Langlois, are all subject
TO the control OF civil magistrates in
each prefecture. the results being CON-
plate anarchy and disorganizat tion In
the army.
a milk strainer that gets cloxeod y
easily cleaned by rubbing coarse salt
through the wires. h I,
Hot water assists In pairing small DO.
tatoes or peaches. Pour water over
.neu, let stand for a few minutes, ana
the skins can 10 rubbed on. ,..,a] gs,
Fuller's earth Is effective 10 remoy-
lnS spots from cloth and carpets. Mois-
zen ihe earth to a soft paste aad spreax,
'hin layer over the soiled places, NH
1he earth with a little turpentine n the
spot Is grease, Allow the paste to re-
lnsin for two days and then brush %. !
The Marion daily mirror. (Marion, Ohio) 1892-1912, 1908-07-11

Try ths MIrNor waal colulnn
The Marion daily mirror. (Marion, Ohio) 1892-1912, 1908-07-11

Published New York. Il
ion IS W SrsRs Off
10 all
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1908-02-16
Thrives on Gutta Percha.

From the Magazine Of Commerce.
The vicissitudes Of a submarine cable
are many. 1t may be torn by an anchor.
crushed by a rock or seriously damaged by
q coral reef such as abound in the tropics.
Some Of the growths often found on q
cable tend gradually to decay the iron
sheathing wires. Then. again. cable
Is sometimes severed by q seaquake 1t
may be fatally attacked by The snout Of
a sawfish or by the spike OF swordfish.
But perhaps the little animal that makes
itself most Objectionable from the cable
engineers standpoint Is the insignificant
looking teredo navalis. The little beast
is intensely greedy where gutta percha
is concerned, working its way there be-
tween the iron wires and between the
serving yarns. The silica in the outer
cable compound tends to defeat the tere-
dos efforts at making meal of the core,
and this defeat is further effected by the
core being enveloped in thin tapping Of
brass
But where the bottom is known to be
badly infected with these little monsters
of the deep the insulator is often COM
posed of India rubber, which has no at
toughness. moreover. which is less suited
for it's boring tool than the comparatively
cheese-like gutta percha-
From one cause or another faults oc-
These require to be electrically localized
from the cable testing hut and a ship
sent out to the supposed position to
grapple for the line. pick it up and eff
feet the necessary repairs. When the
cable has really BEEN hooked and picked
up-an operation which may entail several
weeks or even months. if only in waiting
for favorable weather-the blight Is Sc
cured at the bows and afterward cut.
Each end is then brought on board alter
no al ok
to be sound the necessary repairs are
then effected.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1908-02-16

small surprise in Wall street. The fact
has been very generally understood and
the amount Of profits taken in by the
Hartman combination was estimated
very close to the figures announced The
details which have been lacking and
which the World furnishes proved in
teresting. BY this exhibit it was shown
that Mr.. Hartman cleaned UP approx
mately $12OOO.0OO by the sale OF Illinois
Central stock to his own railroad and
more than 100000 direct from Alton.
It is shown that at current prices stocks
bought by the Union Pacific from the
insiders within the last two years show
a loss OF more than $40 100000. Kuhn,
Loeb & Co.. James Stillnan and H. H:
Rogers are named as persons who shared
in the profits Of this remarkable series
OF deals.
Between this and the LIST OF July
money and credit will have to be pro-
vtded for the refunding Of $2SO,Oo0.OO
in railroad and industrial paper and for
the payment Of deferred installments on
stock subscriptions. It is estimated that
before the end of the calendar year cor
porate bonds and stock to the extent of
81, 1914 900, 900 will be issued and fioated.