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The Washington herald., 1908-01-26

This is the motor age. but even the
casual observer has no difficulty in stin
discovering horses on New York's streets
indeed. in finding them in such numbers
as often TO make the crossing of a thor
oughfare something of problem
The average person, Of course, might
naturally wonder why horses should not
be seen there until his memory is logged
into recalling a statement of Thomas \.
Edison. made last year, to the effect
that by Christmas of 1908 the horse for
Commercial uses would have disappeared
from metropolitan streets. to make room
for electric horseless carts, wagons,
drays, and all the other vehicles which
handle the city's trade. says the New
York Tribune.
Yet if the metropolis has not arrived at
an exclusively horseless age-or rather at
that Of electric transportation-each New
Years Day finds it a long way further on
its progress toward the electrical era.
The things that cannot be done by cleo
tricity now are hardly worth doing.
What Electricity Can Do.
Indeed, in all parts Of the country the
use of the electricity and electrical ap-
paratus is undoubtedly increasing by
leaps and bounds. Whether it be milking
a COW or creating temperature Of such in
tense heat as has never before been OBJ
tained-a mere tride, perhaps, of 200 de
gTees-the volatile agent lured from the
clouds by Franklin is almost invariably
called on
In its commercial aspect too. electricity
permeates all business life. It is not sur
pTising that the United States not only
leads all countries Of the world in manu-
featuring electrical apparatus, but also
sends men abroad 10 DO the construction
work. In many of the most highly pro-
ductive manufacturing districts Of the
United States electric power is being in
stalled about ten times more generally
than any other kind. The total of sales
for 1907 is not vet available. but those of
1905 of the three greatest producers Of
this Held IN the United States. and there
fore. of course, in the wOrld-the Western
Electric Company, the General Electric
and the Westinghouse Electric-reached
the enormous sum Of more than Sl60G00GC0
Great Business i'm Telephones.
The product represented by this big
total enters into the daily lives of all
classes of Americans. Take. for exsmple
the output of the Western Electric Com
pany, the largest of the big three, the
sales of which alone last year approx
mated $7oo0oC)0. The great bulk Of these
consisted not iu power plants or huge
engines. but in that universal agent Of
everyday Hfe-tle ubiquitous telephone
More than SSj.6CH0o worth of telephones
and telephone supplies was produced ln
the United states last year. and of this
sum the Western Electric manufacturer
under the Bell patents, turned out by far
The Washington herald., 1908-01-26

The statement follows.
Whereas the Irussiau government. from the incep-
uon a. the kingdom Of Prussia. had adopted q HTm
and RELENTLESS policy, aiming bg all means within lta
power az the auuiaiiatiou OF Poland. and
Whereas from the time when, ia accordance With
the mandates of CougVss Of Vienna, iu ISIS, Ior-
uou of the former republic ~ Poland vas merged
into Prussia the Prussian government. in irs treat
meHt 0f the Polish people. never discharged those
obligations which she laws q God and humanity
nIose, namely, guarding the welfare and prosperity
OF the inhabitants Of tie c5lutTy, preserving order
and peace and giving protective care 10 a people
who by force have teen compelled 10 submit % us
rule. and
Whereas without any fault on che part = the
Polish UeoIle who always observed the laws Of The
kingdom paying promptly ard regularly taxes, fur
nislug recruits. and living IN manner berzImins
useful and peaceful citizens the PEussisu govern
meut ac.uatcd by a blind hatred Of the Poles. never
for moment CEASED its bitter prosecutions Of tie
Polish people, and
Whereas the government of Prussia has svstenlail-
gaIy excluded the Polish language from schools and
public life. u direct c1utuTeuti0u 0i the pToTis15
oi the Congress of Vienna and the OFT repeated sol
emn oaths of PrIs-isu kiHgs and
Whereas the representatives q that power have
IN the Ias, ard are now streuHC1siy disseminating
the seeds Of hatred for the Poles among their native
Gernan subjects representing. aith the aid 4 ner-
censry press that the Polish Tecp!ethe most pace
The Washington herald., 1908-01-26
TeIegraphing to a star.

Sir Robert Ball writing In the
House Messenger remarks that if a
row Of telegraph posts, $4,000 miles
long. erected around the earth at the
Equator and wire were stretched up
on these posts for this circuit of $4,000
miles, and that then the wire be wound
no fewer than seven times completely
about this great globe. we should then
ind that an electric signal sent into
the wire at one end would accomplish
the seven circuits in one second OF
time. To telegraph. however. to the
nearest star II would take four years
before the electricity would reach its
destination
The Washington herald., 1908-01-26
WHAT QUEENS WEAR.

Worth i'm Haucr's Bazar
The Russian Empress cares little for
dress. though her coronation robe Of
cloth of silver and pearls was a marvel
Gus thing. And she looked like some god
dess of the north in a novel BAH dress
I designed for her recently. It was a
simple" gown of white velvet with "a
long train and superb veil This last was
kept ia its place by jeweled white dove
lightly perched on the Czarina's hair,
which WAS arranged over a cushion
Carmen sylvia. the Wnite-haiTed Queen
of RoUmauia affects the charming flowing
dTapeTies of her country with q long lace
veil held in position with jeWeled pins
The favorite color of Queen Elena, Of
Italy, is a soft blue-gray.
Wilhelmina, of Holland, feels most at
home IN a tailor-made gown, and the
DoWager Queen of Spain has brilliant
taste in patterned brocades and silks.
The Washington herald., 1908-01-26
MUSICAL WONDER CHILDREN.
Sir Edward EIEar youthful
Prodigy of Wonderful Gifts.

From the Dundee Advertise
Like so many of the worlds great
composers. Sir Edward Elgar was
youthful prodigy" of exceptional gifts
as was proved by the recent perform
ance at the Queens Hall Of a suite
composed boy him at the immature age
Of twelve But even Sir Edward was
probably not Is Drecoci0us as one Of
his English predecessors. Samuel Wesley.
who I'm his eighth year heard a regi-
mental band play a march which he had
composed for it. At eleven Franz
Schubert had already placed several
songs string quartets and piano pieces
TO his credit. HandeIs first attempt at
composition were made at eight and
NieuXtemps, who began 10 scrape the
strings Of tiny fiddle at two, IS said
20 have been even more precOciOus. Sir
Charles Halle was only four years Old
when he played I'm public a sonata
expressly composed for him; List was
a public performer at nine Chopin and
Rubinstein at eight. Lady Halle and
Joachim at seven. and at five Mozart
composed "a piece Of music almost too
difficult for his father to play.
The Washington herald., 1908-01-26

tric age is being brought TO new millions.
An electrician of international note re-
Gently remarked.
THE single agency OF electricity has
increased the span Of mortal life, judged
by what can be accomplished In 1t, to
many times that of our foretathers.
judged either by communication, trans
portation. or production, We, through
electricity, can do more in an hour than
could they in daYn
The Washington herald., 1908-01-26
The Higher Criticism

Prom Modern Society.
Critio-Now that your play IS to be
actually produced, you can surely give
me some idea as TO the plot and general
action.
PIaywright-It's still too indefinite. You
see, the call boy and the man at the stage
door haven't told me yet what they want
done to it,
The Washington herald., 1908-01-26
Fortunes Spent for Post Cards.

Prom the Bohemian.
Cheap as the price of a single post
card may be, the aggregate amount Of
money that is expended in purchasing
them during the year is something enor-
nous AS an example, one may take
the New York City post-office, where an
average Of 10000 cards are handled every
day Basing ones calculation upon the
cheapest cards-this would represent an
original expenditure of fully S75a,oo0,
while the British postal authorities have
estimated that the value of the cards
matted and delivered by them during 1907
was in excess. of 100000
The Washington herald., 1908-01-26

From Che Baltimore American.
RepOrter-What shall do with this ar
ticle on How a Husband Should Treat
a Wife's Allowance"
EditOT-Cut it down"
RepOrter-And how about this story on
How 10 Acquire a Good Figure"
EditOr-Pad it.
Reporter-Wh8ts to be done with this
report Of "a Leaderless Party?"
Edit0r-Put a head on i.
The Washington herald., 1908-01-26
The Mean Man Again.

From Puck
where are you going, my SOM" asked
the old farmer
Going down back of the barn TO play
circus" replied the fTeckled lad.
Circus, Ell? Well, take this saw and
saw up a half cord of wood before you
start You'll need some sawdust for the
circus rings"
The Washington herald., 1908-01-26
The Difference.


FI0m Judge
Lawyer examining juroD-Do you un-
derstand the difference between character
and reputation?
Reputation is the name your
neighbOrs give you; character is the one
they take from YOU.
The Washington herald., 1908-01-26
TECHNICAL SWEARING.

From n. A P
The late Sir John Millais was a very
keen fisherman. He used TO tell a story
Of an old man who was his attendant
during a days sport IN the north Of
England. The old man was full OF local
gossip and small scandal. and where the
natural supply failed him he was clearly
able 70 manufacture enough of his own
to go on with. Il were ont with the
/ bishop yesterday" said the old man, re-
ferring 10 a popular church dignitary,
who is also a good fisherman All" re-
piled AIillais hes a good man" well"
continued the old fellow, "'e may be, but
e do swear a bit when 'e's fshin'." ooh,
nonsense" replied Millais. I don't be
lieye that The old man insisted that he
was right, however TN give YOU an
instance" he said. Il was standing long
side O. the Bishop same as I might be
aside o. you an ed got a big fellow al
the end Of is line that was pretty nigh
pullin i'm off is feet, and I turns 10 rs
/ lOrdship and I says, e pulls-ard,
don't hep and the bishop says, Yes, e
do Well, now, amt that swearin'?"
The Washington herald., 1908-01-26

From Brooklyn Life.
And so she is very queenly? suppose
she's the kind of a woman who IS never
afraid TO enter the grandest drawing
room.
"Oh. mora majestic than that She's
the kind OF a woman who's never afraid
to enter her own kitchen"
The Washington herald., 1908-01-26
HARD TIMES,

Wen de coI' win hit blow
OheT de glisuin' snow.
En- de fuel gittin' low.
En- you kaint buy 10 mo-
Kaze you amt got de dough-
Wen de -four en de bacon
Gittin' 50 low you Taikon
de bees ain a-hmmiu
Hahd times am a comm
All got ter do some bummin'."
Dat am tryin' time;
No wuk, en- but dime
In 20 pocket. But den ies'
Keep a-h0pin' fer de bes'
TwOn't hep none ter brood bout 20 mess.
Marster Good Times s on de way.
KANT poss bly, reach you ter-dayi
But he comm dat am sb0'
En- hit won he long befo'
Hen drive de wolf fom you do
JOHN ANSOHUTA
The Washington herald., 1908-01-26
The Only Way.

Frsn The Philadelphia Press
CaSsidy-Ah. well. no wan kin previns
" ats past an gone
Cssey-Ye could If ye only acted quick
enough.
Csssidy-Go Ions. man! How could
yer7
Casey-Stop Il before it happens.
The Washington herald., 1908-01-26

ET1m thc Vblcgo I1hune
1t cost so much more to educate a boy
than il did when J was Il Kid" sighed Mr..
Phrooglc. reluctantly buying another paiF
of shoes for Tommy. That's the second
pair he's had since school opened"
The Washington herald., 1908-01-26
4 Truthful Dealer.

From the Philadelphia Press
But" asked the absolutely bald old
party, can I be assured that this horse
Is quite gentle?'
My dear sir, replied the foxy horse
dealer, ''he wouldn't harm hair on
your head"
The Washington herald., 1908-01-26
q Classified

From Youths Companion.
\ visitor to one of the stately ancestral
homes of Virginia. who was being shown
about by an old colored retainer, paused
before painting
Exquisite" he exclaimed, rapturously
THAT must be an old master"
Uncle Nelse shook his head. "No, sub, 3"
he replied, "'taint ole marster, OATS
ole Mistis Alison"
The Washington herald., 1908-01-26
The Number of Asteroids,

From Youths Companion.
The known number Of these little mem-
bers OF the solar system continues TO
increase every year. Up TO June last the
number to which permanent designations
had been given was 635. Many reported
discoveries turn out 20 be simply the re-
finding Of asteroids already known Fif-
teen instances Of this kind occurred IN
1906 and the first half Of 1907.
The Washington herald., 1908-01-26
4 Jewish View of Christmas.

From the Jewish ChronicIo.
There Is a strong temptation TO Jews
apart altogether from the social sur
roundings of Christmas and the fact that
year by year It is becoming less a re
ligious function-to look with favor upon
the annual celebration. since it apotheo-
sises peace on earth, which is at once a
Jewish ideal and the highest of Jewish
interests.
The Washington herald., 1908-01-26
An Extreme Case.

From Life.
'In the matter o. that property settle
ment, Mrs, Jones treated you meanly,
didn't she?"
Il should say sol Why, she couldn't
have treated me any worse If she had
been a member Of my own family"
The Washington herald., 1908-01-26
Difficult of Accomplishment.

/ FIull iIllc1-
Society" says the Lady's Pictorial,
''is the looking for a novel form Of enter
tainment. Less hostesses issue invitations
bearing the request that every lady shall
bring her pet aversion" The only o.
stacle we see in regard to our contem-
pOTaTy's proposal is that so many ladies
would have a difficulty in getting their
husbands TO come along.
The Washington herald., 1908-01-26
Must Have Flexible Conscience.

From Puck.
Manager-Now, as TO the moral quality
of the piece, we wish that TO be very con-
SpicuOuS
Playwright-By its absence2
Manager-Oh. when il comes TO mere
details OF method we leave everything to
you, of course. We don't care how you
manage IT,
The Washington herald., 1908-01-26
ProbabIe Outcome.

Fron dc Chi7g0 nlbune.
Chronic Kicker-What do you suppose
would happen 10 your boasted fleet if it
should get into a real battle?
Pblegmatic Citizen-Oh, / suppose we'd
eat lirked-same as we've always been.
The Washington herald., 1908-01-26
The New Phrase,

From the Louisville Courier-JournaI
''You are mollycoddle and post
poner."
Hold on, there, Ellen" responded Mr..
Enpeck L want peace, but not peace
| with insult"
The Washington herald., 1908-01-26
The TransvaaI Coal Industry.

From Engineer.
We hear that from February / next the
TransvaaI government will pay the Portu-
guese government a bounty of I'D per
ton on the coal shipped at Delagoa Bay,
In return, the Portuguese government
VIII expend Immediately a sum of e. 900
on cOaling facilities at Delagoa Bay OF
the same scale as those Of Durham, and
will also demolish the demUrragc on
trucks awaiting shipment. 1t is hoped
that the Transvaal coal industry will be
fOstered by this arrangement
The Washington herald., 1908-01-26
His DfkcOyary.

From the Yonkers Statesman.
Church-Did that detective you engaged
discover anything?
GOtham-Yes; that I had money.
The Washington herald., 1908-01-26

From the Philadelphia Public Ledger.
Did you really swallow Jonah?"
Il did" replied the whale firmly.
But why did you let him go?"
Il got to thinking about what Bernard
Shaw and the other vegetarans would
say about me-, TeJOined the whale.
The Washington herald., 1908-01-26
Lost Material.


FfJyu rJok.
Nurso-noctor. a sponge IS missingi
possihly YOU sewed ii up inside the pa-
tient.
Eminent Surgeon-Thank you; remind
me 10 add $40 to the bin for material
The Washington herald., 1908-01-26
Lovv-cIass Food,

From the Louisville Courier Journal
'They say that music is the food of
love"
Then how would you classify rag
timer"
LAS hash.
The Washington herald., 1908-01-26
Mhnl Money Saws.

trom the chicago Record Herald.
Pa. did you ever hear money talk7"
Yes
what did Il sayf'
''Cood-by.'
The Washington herald., 1908-01-26
WORLD ELECTRIFIED
Marvellous Debt Mankind
Owes to Franklin.
MAGIC CURRENT MOVES EARTH

Sales Of Three Greatest Producers
In America Reach Enormous sum
az SIOO,OOO.OOO in I9OG-I, 500, 900
Telephones Are Made Each Year.
Things that Electricity VIII Do.
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1908-12-11
Catarrh Cannot Be Cured

&Sth LOCAL. APPLICATIONS. as they <:sannot reach the seat of the disease. faAhtarrh is blood or constitutional dis -aigse, and iii or0er to cure it you must tGske internal remedies. Halls Cat saTrh Cure is taken internally. and sz,cts directly on the blood and mucous ssz-z1Eaces. Halls Catarrh Cur is not |. qudl k medicine. It was pr, scribed Eg one Of the best physicians in this .Esountyy Cor years and is regular 4prsscription. Ii is composed of the Nest tonics known, combined with the ] asst 'nlood purifiers, acting directly < ls2 the mucous surfaces Tn per Sset Combination of the tive agre- aassnss n what produces such von- serful results in curing G1turth. Send ss.r testimonials free
 x. J. CHENEY X CO, Peops..
 Toledo, Ohio
 Sold by Druggists, price 75c.
 Take Halls Family Pills for con- saaipation.
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1908-12-11
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Miss Davis Here Tonight.

Florence Davis, who has become. jn
 lar stars in the south, whose clever r 'CstEtationS 0! charming comcdi a5
 have won for her large following
 here, and who indeed stands at the head of her own unique class, vii I !hIv her annual engagement with i!eI excellent company of players, inclu l. ing Elliott Dexter. at the lGlks Thea ter, tonight This season, Miss Davis starring vehicle is . new comedy by
 Henry Y. l,smond. Under the Green
 wood Tree, which is being presented
 for the first time on tour in America
 under the direction of the Garrick
 Management. Miss Davis has the
 same picturesque and elaborate pros
 duction seen at the Garrick Theater
 in New York last season and al the
 Lyric Theatre in London. II was in
 this piece that Maxine Elliott made
 her greatest success on both sides of the Atlantic, and it was on account Of her decision to make d new pro- duction for the opening of the new
 Maxine Elliott Theater in New York that she relinguished the play to, Miss
 Davis. The stellar role of Mary
 Hamilton in Under the Greenwood Tree is a young millionairess who
 to escape the conventionalities of so- ciety, goes into the seclusion of the country and lives in gypsy van. She has many adventures, both hum orous and romantic including an un- expected love affair With the hand some young Squire upon whose lands she happens to encamp, and an en- counter with real gypsies, lending a melodramatic incident, by way of variety, to the light and airy at1nos- phere and comedy element that pre- Fails throughout the four acts. It it written in Esmond's best vein. and displays the same brilliant repartee, flights of wit, rich rumor. vivid bu- man nature and pretty love interests that characterized his When We Were IWenty-One" and other delight inl comedies. From all reports, this work gives Miss Davis the fullest opportunities sha has ever had and the role of Mary Hamilton, the hero-+ me, is pronounced the most appro= Dflato this DODJlar star has yet hpon seen in. The scenic production and costumic embellishments are describ- ed as most artistic. picturesque and comprehensive, and her management announce this as the heaviest and most expensive equipment Miss Davis has eyei carried with her on tour.
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1908-12-11
ElkS Theatre
FRIDAY DEC II.
is quickly absorbed.

The irresistible comedienne Florence Davis and her splendid company in- cluding Elliott Dexter in H. V. Es- mond's charming Woodland Comedy
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1908-12-11
RATES OF THE
 NEW TARIFF
With Maximum and Minimum Rates, the United States Will Be in a Pos sitiOn to Make Concessions fo tlp Foreign Powers.

1 Washington, Dec Schedules in
 the new tariff bill will provide maxi
 mum and lninimnn rates of duty. That was the substance of a state 1 ment made by Chairman Payne of the
 ways and means committee this after- noon.
 Judge Taft has also advised that the new bill take that form, instead
 of having fixed rates of duty as has been the rule in tariff laws of the past. With maximum and minimum
 rates the United States will be in a 1 position to make concessions to for, , eign nations that favor this country , in traiff matters.
 Most of the days session was oc- cupied by II, E. Miles of Racine, l Wis. secretary of the National Manu- facturers' Association, in q denuncia- tion of the Dingley law as the creator and supporter of trusts He said. however that he did not speak for the association
 Miles declared that the law inf niteiy wronged" the consumer. was in some respects blow ill the face of labor, injured the independent , .non-trustilied" manufacturer aud
 gave the farmer stone labeled bread"
 He charged that the bill lesislated $23o00, ,00o annually from the pockets of the people into the treasury of the Standard Oil Company and gave the steel trust control Of the market in this country.
 This is the last plca Of the inde- pendents. declared Miles,. You ought to reduce the tariff to the low este s1oint consistent with protection. am afraid you have waited too long, that you have given the trust too much of the peoples money. If pres ent conditions are continued and they form international combinations, we and our children will be slaves to those trusts"
 Miles has to buy from five trusts materials he uses in the manufacture of buggies
 He talked that ore, pig iron. scrap iron and rolling mill products be giv- en a maximum and minimum tariff ranging from nothing to 15 per cent so that when prices become eXorbitant these materials could be placed on the free list.
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1908-12-11
Elk> Ihcater Thursday Dee F.,

No Srander spectacle, no more sub lime subject, no greater Christian les
 son or more intense dramatic action.
 and no more beautiful or interestins
 story was ever embodied in a play in
 any period of the worlds history than IS "ltlt ssed ill the magnificent world
 known mystic drama, "Parsifal.' The l story of .Parsifal", in somewhat vari- ed forms, is more or less familiar
 to English readers by their acauain- tance with Tennysons s'Knishts of the Round Table" or Walter Mans
 Welsh legend of the same subject German scholars and readers have , gained their principal knowledge of
 the story from the pen of their famous poet. Wolfram von Esenbach, who
 wrote hls lengthy but wonderful poem before Wagner's time French read CTS are similarly acquainted with the sacred theme through the medium. of the grand work of Chetrein de Troyes. Other writers, poets and philosophers, or all climes and ages, have gloried i'll showing their genius in prose and poetry through the medium of this absorbing legendary story Artists have vied with each other in per petuatins it's glorious scenes upon canvas. In our own land today the famous paintings of Edwin Abbey grace the walls of the Boston Library Beautifully illustrating the Quest of The Holy Grail" It remained. how ever, for the genius of the immortal Wagner to gather and study the many legends, myths and mystical stories pertaining to the Holy Grail, and with all this acquired knowledge, supplemented and aided by his own poetic nature and artistic tempera- ment, to construct the spectacle of all spectacles, the drama of all dra- mas, the poem of all poems, now so universally known as "Parsifal" A production of this soul stirring drama. commensurate with the requirements of so demanding play will be given at the Elks Theater Thursday Dec. r. Correct historical costuming, archi- lecture and appointments, as we'll also as scenic investment. will be a special feature of the production. A con- potent coterie of artists will be seen
 in the principal roles, and we'll
 trained and intelligent corps of aux
 illiaries will also be used in this spec
 tacular offering. All of the Baireuth customs will be carried out except the time of commencing, which has
 been slightly changed. The dividing of the performance into two sections with two hour dinner intermission
 has been eliminated. The only in-