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The Washington herald., 1908-05-10
Taft to wIeId a Crowbarf

From the Springfield Republican
Is the Taft crowbar to take the place
OK the Roosevelt big stick? 1t has a
pleasing sound, anyway. rather indus
trial tone. one calculated to catch the
sympathy of any number OF workers. The
term was used in a recent "whooping up"
for Taft at a dinner OF the Spokane Taft
Club. One OF the speakers. Everett j.
Smith. of Walla Walla, said: For the
big stick We would substitute the crow
bar with the 800 pounds OF william H.
Taft at the other end. +"
The Washington herald., 1908-05-10
Our Financial school.

From the Boston Herald
The school for the instruction of Con-
sressmen in the elementary principles of
finance. which Schoolmasters Weeks and
Vreeland are reported to be conducting
in the basement Of the Capitol at Wash
ington. while the conferences and debates
on the various currency bills are In
progress upstairs, is needed bad enough,
though up to date the results are not en-
couraging. The difficulty may be due to
the density Of the pupils or to the lack
Of harmony in the views of their instrue-
tors. We can almost hear the pupils re-
citing:
Put down six and carry two.
Gee But that is hard to do.
Teacher says | Just don't care.
| can't do that sum-
The Washington herald., 1908-05-10

nuch about himself.
but he is proud of
"Old Virginia. When
asked by a stranger
what State he is from.
he responds right OF
the bat. Virginia.
God bless you"
He isn't old-just
forty-three next Sep
tember. He was edu-
Gated at Washington
and Lee University
and the University Of
Virginia, graduating
with the degree of
LII 3. in 1886. One
year after his admis-
sion to the bar, he en-
tered politics, being
elected to the house
of delegates for two
terms. then nromoted
The Washington herald., 1908-05-10
DA LEETLA BOY.

Da spreeng ees com, but o. ds Joy
Eet ees too late!
He was so cold. my leetla boz,
he no could wait.
no can count how many week,
How many day. dat be ees seeck
ii5w Rany night ] sect and hold
Dat leetia hand dat was 50 cold.
He was 50 patience, o. 50 sweet
Eet hurts my throat for theenk Of eet;
An all he eva ask ees wen
Fees g0na com da srTeeng agen
Wan dag, wan bright sunny dag,
He see. across de silss1xsy,
Da leetla girl dsl's hsin deTe
Ees raise her widow for da air,
An put outside laetla pot
Of-w at-you-call s-forEst-T -Tne-not.
SO snsila foweT. 50 ieetla theengl
But stin eet max hees hearta sing;
0l nov, &C las, ces com da spreengl
Da leetla plant ees glad for know
Da sun ees com for max eet grow.
So. too. I ana grow warm and strong.
So lika dat he sseng hees song
But. ah sis night com down an den
Da weenter ess sneak back agen,
An cover up da leetla pot
Of-w at-you-eall Y-fo4gst-Fne-not.
All night dc leetla hand / hold
Ees grew so cold, so cold, 50 coldl
Da sEEeeag ees CON. but o. da JOY
Eet ees zoo late.
He was 50 cold. ny leetla boy,
Ee no could wait.
II. A Daly. ia the Pamnas
The Washington herald., 1908-05-10
President and Bishop.

Ff0m the Boston Herald.
Although President Roosevelt is not an
Episcopalian, it is probably safe to say
that no resident Of the Diocese of wash
ington IS more pleased with the election
OF the Right Rev. Charles Henry Brent
to the bishopric there than he. Bishop
Brent's service in the Philippines has
greatly endeared him to the President.
The Washington herald., 1908-05-10
sfr. Roosevelt stiII Popular,

From the Chicago Record-HeTald
The public's attitude toward President
Roosevelt ought to be sufficient to con-
vince any one who has hitherto been In
doubt that the people Of this country can
not be kept from edmiring the man who
does things.
The Washington herald., 1908-05-10
AnrthInE-AImost.

Mrs. Rucksher is a woman who seems
to be willing to do almost anything for
the sake Of appearance"
''Yes-but she draws the line at wear
ing inexpensive hats for the sake Of
making her husbands task easier when
he has to face the assessor"
The Washington herald., 1908-05-10
The nemoerntie Need.

Henry Waiterson. IN Louisville Courisr,JournaL
Ali that the Democrats OF the United
States need to do in order TO carry the
coming Presidential election Is TO quit
their pickering. to close ranks. to move
onward and look forward. not backward
They should brace up and have about
them both some confidence and some style.
The Washington herald., 1908-05-10
Ono of the Rnrest.
Richmond Times.pispatch.

From the RieAmond Times Dispatch.
Great rivalry now exists among Pitts
burg's smart set, so the dispatches say,
in the matter Of purchasing rare and valu-
able books. The first thing we know the
country is going to be astounded by the
news that some advanced PittsburgAr has
bought a copy Of the Holy Bible.
The Washington herald., 1908-05-10

Three hundred new islands have bobbad
up in the Philippines. This, we believe,
makes the total number TO date some
thing like 2,5S4, ,96S Almost enough to
provide every Rough Rider" in this land
with a sort of independent lieutenant
governorshipl
The Washington herald., 1908-05-10

A contemporary doubts the efficacy Of
the lanee-headed viper's venom when ad-
ministered as medicine In the usual way,
and even goes so far as to say it may be
swallowed in any quantity with impunity
While many OF Us may swallow this sug-
gestion, few of US will care 10 swallow the
venom in order to be sure II won't harm
ne
The Washington herald., 1908-05-10

Dealers who put up THAR wares in
bottles of such a size that FIVE of them
are required to hold a gallon should not
label those bottles quarts. says trade
Journal No, indeed; the very least they
could do would be TO label them quar-
tets
The Washington herald., 1908-05-10

''B,s' knocking one can tell whether
tree IS rotten at the heart" says the
Charleston News and Courier. If we could
only get our knockers at work exclusively
on the trees OF the country some good
might result from the hammerfest.
The Washington herald., 1908-05-10
MutnaI Endorsement

From the New York Evening Post
Nothing could be easier than TO select
from Democratic resolutions a series of
ringing declarations" which Republicans
would heartily indorse: and vice versa.
Each party seems TO have stolen the
Others clothes, and 10 have found them
an excellent fit.
The Washington herald., 1908-05-10

Tennessee people who hate a dull time
hardly have room 10 complain these DAYS.
II is considered rather a dull day down
there just now when one of the guberna-
torial candidates fails to call the other a
liar seven or eight times
The Washington herald., 1908-05-10
Not Much of a Model.

From the Boston Transcript.
The model child-labor bin for the Dis
trict OF Columbia, which the Senate has
passed. is Of the kind through which a
procession of automobiles can be driven
without touching the sides,
The Washington herald., 1908-05-10

A young lady is suing the Southern
Railway because It forced her to remain
IN Rome, Ga, over night OF course.
however. the noble Romans will claim
she is simply mad because the road didn't
compel her 10 stay a week
The Washington herald., 1908-05-10

Even though the governments Of the
earth are apparently vying with one an
other just now IN the matter Of displaying
good will toward this nation. We hardly
think it probable Japan blew up that war
ship in our hono-
The Washington herald., 1908-05-10

''It Is pleasant to reflect that Bryan
cannot split the party any WIDER" says
the Charleston News and Courier. That
being the case, why wouldn't it be a good
idea for the extremes to meet, and thus
fashion a possible victory?
The Washington herald., 1908-05-10

That Gov. John A Johnson is not a
real. live Presidential prospect just now
IS very evident Otherwise his lately pro-
posed annexation of Canada idea would
have attracted some sort of attention
throughout the country.
The Washington herald., 1908-05-10

a great many people talk about him
as If they thought his name was Uncle
Joke Annon," says the Bristol Herald
Courier Not many OF them live In the
vicinity Of Wonderful washington. how
ever.
The Washington herald., 1908-05-10
Familiar Dialogue.

Dear. the boys at the club"
GO If you want to-"
The boys"
GO if you want TO.
THE boys at the cub want me to come
around tomorrow night but I really
don't want to"
The Washington herald., 1908-05-10

nothing can be contributed to its solu-
ton by advocacy Of star-chamber crinl-
nal trials.
The Washington herald., 1908-05-10

The New Bern On. c. Sun thinks the
country at large only needs plenty OF
chicken" to make # happy. Perhaps; but
how Is the country at large to get IT, with
the Methodist ministers all punching up
in Baltimore?
The Washington herald., 1908-05-10
A Nerlected Chance.

Mount Etna has a new crater"
''Well, what of it?"
"0h, nothing-only gave you chance
to remark that Senator JefT Davis con-
tinued to emit his lava from the same
old mouth"
The Washington herald., 1908-05-10

King Edward is said to dislike Mr.
William Waldorf Astor very much. If
his majesty ever makes Mr.. Astor peer.
doubtless he will confer upon him some
such title as Lord Deliverus.
The Washington herald., 1908-05-10
Shooting In the Air.

From the Baltimore sun.
When people get so that they can fly
from place to place. our policemen will
have to be good wing shots.
The Washington herald., 1908-05-10
CAPITOL GOSSIP.

The Tenth district of Virginia has as its
Representative in Congress one Henry
Delaware Flood. OF Appomastox Mr.
Flood is a modest man and doesn't say
The Washington herald., 1908-05-10

Should the free lunch be abolished"
inquiries a Boston contemporary. Sure;
that's what it is there for!
The Washington herald., 1908-05-10

We decided to say nothing at all about
the ''Merry Widow hat to-day, but if we
don't call attention to our purpose you
might not notice it. It's hard to get things
just as you want them in this world
The Washington herald., 1908-05-10

So far as we are able to judge. Mrs.
Guinness makes the late Col Bluebeard
look very much like twenty-nlne or thirty
cents
The Washington herald., 1908-05-10

1.-THE silence Of JEFF Davis is positively
terrifying" says the Detroit News Still,
you should see his fellow-members beat
it" when he gets up to speak.
The Washington herald., 1908-05-10

It appears that one Congressional dis
trict in this country contains but two
Democrats. Two, however, is enough TO
make a quarrel.
The Washington herald., 1908-05-10

Treasury officials advise close scrutiny
of all SO bills coming into your possession
as some Of them may be bad" How can
the average man tell? They al look
mighty good to him.
The Washington herald., 1908-05-10

this. Certainly they can view with
alarm any probable further addition to
the cost Of necessary water supply.
The Washington herald., 1908-05-10
Melting Away.

From the Philadelphia Inquirer.
The Liberal majority in the British Par
lament presents the aspect of STOW
man basking In the rays Of summer
sun.
The Washington herald., 1908-05-10
IndirlduaI Prohibifion.

From the Portland Oregenisn.
There never was q law. or a custom.
that would prevent any man voting him.
self dry.
The Washington herald., 1908-05-10
A Mans Work.

When a man begins to do his work
merely for the sake of getting it done he
may as well give up the hope that his
salary viii ever be increased.
The Washington herald., 1908-05-10
Rich Returns.

THAT article ought to bring you in z
barrel Of money"
But how can / make sure of that?'
By spending q keg In advertising"
The Washington herald., 1908-05-10

What do you really think of Browns
vilie?' inquiries the Salt Lake Tribune.
We don't think of it at ALL If we can
help it.
The Washington herald., 1908-05-10

TT costs New York City over a hundred
million dollars TO get a supply Of water.
says the Birmingham News The anti
prohibitionists may find an argument in
The Washington herald., 1908-05-10

Now that our feet has sailed right
around and sailed right in. will it turn
right around and sail right back again?
The Washington herald., 1908-05-10

Blondes are apt 20 be iear-sighted; !;
brunettes far-sighted,' says an oculist.
Where does this land the peroxide lady?
The Washington herald., 1908-05-10

The way old Raisuli manages TO keep
a few laps ahead Of assassination all the
time reminds Gne irreslstibly OF the
Philander Chase Knox Presidential boom.
The Washington herald., 1908-05-10
Pleasing,

/ like the bits of greenery
They serve with fish.
/ think that sort Of scenery
Adds 10 q dish.
The Washington herald., 1908-05-10

Noting that Tom Watson has not yet
been notified OF his nomination by the
Pepulists. the Richmond Tines Dispatch
thinks it is because the committee,
wishing to avoid two trips to Thomason,
Ca. is holding OF TIL Tom is elected. q"
This looks as Il the committee were try
ing 10 side-s,ep Thomason altogether.
The Washington herald., 1908-05-10

Now that the President is after it with
a sharp stick, perhaps Congress wishes
it hadn't been quite so fresh about or
dering that motto restored 20 the coins.
The Washington herald., 1908-05-10
A LITTLE NONSENSE.
THE BEST MEDIUM

I wonder if the mighty gphynx that
guards the mystic Nile
Is covered Ger with ads OF drinks or pei
lets good for bile2
I wonder If the leaning tower, old Pisa's
chiefest pride,
Is used for advertising -four, or as
fashion guide?
wonder If the Ameer's lawn has plac-
ards on the trees?
But I too far have really gone with idle
thoughts like these.
Those people over there are wise, so truly
wise guess,
That when they want to advertise they
do it in the press.
The Washington herald., 1908-05-10
Thev Come ana Go

i notice that your play has a different
housemaid in every act
'Ah, true to life. hey? True to NfeF'
The Washington herald., 1908-05-10

"A good man obeys his wife" saws Mr..
WI Ting-fang. That brings on the ques-
tioa: Who, what. where, and why Is a
good man?
The Washington herald., 1908-05-10
She BeIieved II

''Why does old Mrs. Mossmau always
wear pink? It seems 10 me that woman
Of her age ought TO dress in something
a little more sober"
Seventeen years ago somebody told
her fl1at she looked young enough in
pink TO be her own daughter, and she is
probably hoping now that some one may
mistake her for one of her granddaush-
ters ="
The Washington herald., 1908-05-10
ALTERNATING CURRENTS.
From the Chicago Reeord-Hsrsld.
SONNET on SPRING.


SONNET OS SPRING.
Oh, lovely spring, ethereal mndness-gee,
/ wish the northeast wind would cease
10 blow
The brooks are singing Courage" as
they flow;
The birds are caroling in careless gIee.
The fragrant blossom lures the wsnton
bee
Good heavensi Look! 1t has begun to
snow,
The poor old peach crops done for now.
/ know
And smiling Nature sweetly calls to me.
The daffodils are dafing in the lane.
The eowslips by the rivers brinl-but.
say!
Behold the frost that gathers on the
pane!
The skies that in mad March were som
Der gray
In azure softness spresd-saye when the
rain
Is filling the baseball fans with dismay.
The Washington herald., 1908-05-10
Fifty Years Hence.

We have no drinkers in these days"
'No?"
Now, my grandfather was good for
six orange phosphates."
The Washington herald., 1908-05-10
Not Harsh.

you've got to sue for a divorce" de-
ciared the manager.
But" wept the star. u love my hus-
band"
That can be arranged You may
marry him again on the quiet"
The Washington herald., 1908-05-10

THE West finds it hard to give up the
Roosevelt habit" says the Baltimore Sun.
Well, that's reciprocity, isn't IL?
The Washington herald., 1908-05-10

The Norfolk Landmark makes the sug-
gestion that Col Stewart in his exile
be bombarded with souvenir postal cards,
as it might cheer him up" We sup
pose funeral is the Landmarks idea
Of a good time.
The Washington herald., 1908-05-10
Cold Comfort.

What's a man to do II he has no
money!
"Be a philosopher
The Washington herald., 1908-05-10

II faith produce no work. see
That faith is not living tTer.
Thus faith and works together grow.
No separate life they eer cas- know:
They're soul and body, hard and heart
What Ged hath joined let no man pan.
The Adair County news. [volume] (Columbia, Ky.) 1897-1987, 1908-12-09
Forced MOuItins.

There is more or less preva-
lent belief that if hens are forced
to mott by being starved, a large
number of eggs will be produced
when the hens are put back on
full feed. To test this point, the
Pennsylvania Experiment Sta
ton, made a trial with two pens
containing eighteen White Leg
horns each. Beginning August
18th, one pen was fed one pound
of mixed grain and the other
was continued normally. Aug.
31st, pen No. was again given
the normal amount and both pens
were fed alike from that date.
Pen No. 1 laid 100 eggs in Sep
TENDER, 126 in October, 80 in
November, while pen No. 2 laid
1875 eggs in September, 95 in
October and sc in November.
The total lay for the former was
295 eggs and the latter 316 eggs
thus showing that there is no
benefit from forced moulting.
The two pens were laying prac-
tically alike when the test be-
gan.
The Adair County news. [volume] (Columbia, Ky.) 1897-1987, 1908-12-09
One Of Life's Tragedies.

He had expected a tender en-
brace from his sweetheart, but
her greeting of him was cold.
He could not understand it.
Darling" he exclaimed in
agony, what is the matter?"
But she remained silent, her
lips tightly closed, and motioned
him from her.
He fell upon his knees.
my love-" he cried, tell me
what I have done to offend you?
| swear I have done nothing
wrong! confess I kissed the
Simpson girl last night at the
party, but on my oath II
thought she was you"
Her lips closed tighter, but she
uttered not a syllable, and in
despair at her unbending de-
meanor, he fled from the place.
he knew not Wither.
Would you know, oh, reader,
the reason of the conduct by
which a woman blighted two
young lives? Twas simply this:
She had left her false teeth in
the bathroom.
The Adair County news. [volume] (Columbia, Ky.) 1897-1987, 1908-12-09

The teaching of Agriculture in
the country schools will not only
be of decided advantage to the
rising generations but will be of
benefit to farmars at the schools,
to be effective must be supple
mented by practical demonstra-
ton at the home, or, better still,
by practical application on school
farms. The country is sur
charged with theoretical farmers
and agricultural spellbinders,
some of whom talk for wages
and others talk just to hear the
echo of their voices. They are
doing more harm than good.
Attach a small field to each coun-
try school and have the boys put
in practice that which they learn
from the books and an interest
will be evoked which will result
in better farmers for the future
and an improvement on farming
of the present. -Bamberge.
The Adair County news. [volume] (Columbia, Ky.) 1897-1987, 1908-12-09
throughout the United States, ex-

throughout the United States, ex-
cept in the extreme southwest
ern portion.
The third will be a total of the
moon on the evening of Nov. 26,
and morning of the 27, visible.
The fourth will be partial of
the sun December IL invisible.
April II, will be Easter Sun
day. and May 80, Whitsunday.
Halley's comet, by some sup
posed to be the Star of Bethle-
hem, is due in 19O9-1O. 1t will
probably be visible to the naked
eye in October, 1909. It's period
is about rs years and it has been
observed at these intervals since
the 18th century. The comets
last visit was in 1885 when it's
tail was about twenty degrees
long.
The Adair County news. [volume] (Columbia, Ky.) 1897-1987, 1908-12-09

We cut the initials of our
sweetheart upon a tree. Beneath
them we cut our own, and around
both we fashion a heart. Then
we go away and marry another
woman and the wood-choppers
come and obliterate our registra-
ton of love. In some flaming
fire, our amorous record is burn
ed to ashes and, by and by, even
we cannot remember what her
initials were. Thus it is with
many of the things we loved.
Time is shifting the point of
view and making insensate the
heart throbs of yesterday.
The Adair County news. [volume] (Columbia, Ky.) 1897-1987, 1908-12-09

The man who has been per-
sistent advertising has gone to
the top of the commercial ladder.
The man who has failed to put
his soul and strength into his adj
vertising, who has grown dis
couraged easily, has dropped
back to the bottom. Yet the
new business men, the men who
are just entering the lists of
trade, who are just donning the
armor for the strife, do not al
ways profit by the lessons which
others have learned. They try
it for themselves, just as though
the immutable laws of distribu-
ton and publicity change for
them. They learn after awhile,
but some of them learn all too
late to profit by it. Michigan
Tradesman.
The Adair County news. [volume] (Columbia, Ky.) 1897-1987, 1908-12-09

Turkeys instinctively roost in
the very highest branches of the
trees or on roofs of buildings in
order to be safe from enemies.
AS a rule, they do not desire a
sheltered roosting place. Roost-
ing places can be constructed of
poles from three to five inches in
diameter and from fifteen to
twenty feet high. The pole
should be as large as possible for
the reason that it is difficult for
a heavy turkey to keep its bal
ance on a small perch. Further
more, small perches cause crook
ed breastbones, and any injury
to the turkey stunts its growth.
The Adair County news. [volume] (Columbia, Ky.) 1897-1987, 1908-12-09
The Nails In The Board.

In little town in Germany
lived a farmer with his son. The
son was very wild, and all his
fathers entreaties did not have
any bearing upon him.
At last the farmer thought of
a plan. He said to his son:
Every time you do a reckless
deed I'll put a nail into the
board, and on every good action
I'll take a nail out of the board. !"
The son did not mind this, and
was as reckless as ever, until
the board was full of nails. Then
he bethought himself and de-
cided to be good. Nail after nail
The Adair County news. [volume] (Columbia, Ky.) 1897-1987, 1908-12-09
In Defence of the South.

The Buffalo, New York Record
err come to the defence of the
South in this manly way:
The South has been libeled
and malingned by the Northern
press long enough, and more
columns of editorial rot have
been published about the ''law-
lessness of the South" than
would be required to recount
the degenerate and criminal es-
capades Of high society" from
Pittsburg north for the last
twenty years, and that's saying a
heap
When you recall the shooting
down of Stanford White by Thaw
in the very heart of New York
City, the Hams Annis tragedy
at a swell Long Island resort.
the dynamiting outrages of the
Black Hand in the metropolis of
this State, the anarchist mass
acre in Chicago, the butchery at
Homestead in Pennsylvania, the
annual wholesale election crimes
in Manhattan, the slaughter Of
men, women and children by
motor-mad, law-breaking north
ern millionaires and the stup-
endous, unchecked and unpun-
ished crimes of high finance on
which whole communities have
been deliberately and lawlessly
looted, as in the New York City
traction deals, you should mar
vel at the patient moderation of
the Southern press in not at least
retaliating pointing to the north
as the land where stalks the
hideous spirit of Lawlessness.
There is no such thing as the
'lawlessness of the South. "
Criminal characters are there,
but are there none in the North?
Isn't it fact that there are
streets in the heart of Chicago
where ten-fold the dangers Turk
to life and property than in the
loneliest mountain paths of the
South? And what about the
selacious records of the North
divorce courts which represents
in an inestimable degree a great
er menace to the country than do
the negro lynchings of the
South?" y
The Adair County news. [volume] (Columbia, Ky.) 1897-1987, 1908-12-09
Notice.

A black SOW and shoats that will
weigh about rs pounds, have been on
my premises for nearly months. The
owner can get them by paying feed bill
and this notice. E. A. Mckinley,
At Craycraft, KY.
The Adair County news. [volume] (Columbia, Ky.) 1897-1987, 1908-12-09
Four EbIipses.

There will be four eclipses in
the year 1909, two of the sun and
two of the moon.
The first will be a total of the
moon June 3, the moon rising
more or less eclipsed.
The second will be the Central
of the sun, June II, visible
The Adair County news. [volume] (Columbia, Ky.) 1897-1987, 1908-12-09

when a man talks about
luck" said Uncle Eben, ''he
nearly allus means hard luck.
Cause when he's prosperous he's
gwinter take all de credit for
his O W n smartness. Washing
ton Star.