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The Washington herald., 1908-04-27
The Race Problem.

Ediiof he washington herald-
The race problem in the United States
demands the careful attention of serious
and able statesmen. In all the world
history the problem has been among the
most difficult questions, and If we may
In this, as In many other matters, judge
the future by the past. this question
will not down till it is settled right.
Charles Sumner and his followers set
tied the race question thirty-five years
ago by placing the negro in control of
the Southern States, but It did not work,
and so long as our statesmen continue to
err in their treatment of the race prob
lem, It will return 10 torment us.
No two races have ever been able TO
live together on terms Of political and
social equality. and whoever believes that
history will be reversed in this republic
in reference to these two races is a
dreamer and not a statesman.
What, then, is best for both races?
some extent. settle this growing and dan
gerous race question and be Just to both
races? / believe it possible.
Frederick Douglass was one of the great
men of the negro race. He advocated the
acquisition of some of the islands in the
Caribbean Sea to be held by this gov
ernment and governed as territories, and
the heads of families of American ne
groes who voluntarily emigrate to those
islands 10 receive homesteads free on
terms similar to those on which home
steads are given In our Territories.
President Grant indorsed that Douglass
proposition. and the latter was sent to
SantO Domingo to investigate. Douglass
thoroughly examined the resources of
that country by a personal visit TO all
parts OF II, and on his return made a
favorable report TO President Grant, stat
| ing SantO Domingo was capable of sup
porting 100000 people.
But Senator Charles Sumner objected
and a long controversy ensued between
him and the President During the con-
| troversy some friend of Grant told him
that Sumner did not believe the Bible.
Grant re,lied that as Sumner did not
write tho Bible. Of course. he did not
| believe it.
Let US revive the Douglass idea. Our
government should own all the islands OF
| the Mexican Gulf and Caribbean Sea that
are as near our coasts as to the South
American states, and those islands would
furnish prosperous and happy homes for
| 100 900 900 of the dark-skiRned races.
| II may be argued that the negro has
never succeeded in sustaining a govern
ment unaided by the Aryan races That
is true but by our territorial form OF
government these. negro governments
| would be guaranteed a republican form
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do 1t. although the harm done is ire
parable.
The cost of binding a book may range
from cents to $50. or may be S309i it al
depends upon the material and workman
ship required; and the question, therefore,
remaining to be answered Is; Is the ma
terial and the binding on the books bound
at the Government Printing ONCE to-day
the same as it was under Mr. Palmer or
Mr.. Ricketts,?
Let us take up the class Of binding
known as the Members Reserve and Ii
brary binding. To bind eight of these
books properly was formerly a days
work. These books were sewed by hand,
the bookbinders would beat the backs to
make them solid. trim, marble, round, and
back them; the boards would be gouged,
punched laced on the books the strings
hammered down, the books pressed from
twelve to twenty-fouT hours. head
banded, single lined, and a triple spring
back put on. The leather that went on
the back was also lined
Now the following parts are omitted:
Sewing by hand, beating the back, goug-
Ing the boards, punching and lacing on
the boards, hammering down Of the
strings. pressing the books the single
lining of the back Of the book, and the
lining Of the leather Nine items out OF
the sixteen are omitted, and as these are
the very items necessary TO make a coed
book. is it any wonder that more can be
turned out? This book is a disgrace in
q Congressman's library and in the Ii
hrary of Congress. A book that once, cost
so cents In labor now costs IS cents.
Now as 10 the books bound for the vari-
Gus departments: There is one lot Of
books formerly sewed bound in full cloth.
lettered in gold. at cost OF about =
cents. which is now stitched by wire.
covered with paper, at a cost OF about
cents
Another class Of work that was for
merly half-bound. leather back and cor
ners, cloth sides, lettered IN gold, at a
cost Of 20 cents a. book, is now being
quarter-bound skiver back. paper sides,
at a cost of about cents.
And another class Of work that was
formerly half-bound, leather back and
corners, cloth side. is now check bound,
cloth back, paper sides. and the price
charged for the inferior work is greater
than the price formerly charged for the
superior class Of binding.
Books that We're formerly bound IN full
! leather with squares are now bound in
! imitation leather cut flush. &C.
If the members Of Congress want guam
tity instead Of quality they are getting IT,
But let them also see that justice is done
to all employees and eX-employes. as well
as TO the memory Of him who was
faithful public servant. the late ex-Public
Printer. Mr. Palmer. II Congress wants
10 do some investigating, let It investigate
why a department Is required 10 pay
more for a book that now costs but 6
cents 10 bind than for one that formerly
/ cost S5 cents tobind.
CARL sCHENKEN.
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Tather MoDOnneII's MOTaI Crasad

Editor The Washington Herald:
Enoomiums Of the highest have been
passed upon the ecclesiasties and laymeE
who by their life work have left an inn
press of good upon mankind.
Within the last year we have had in
cur own city testimony of this in the me-
mortal tributes to Rev. Father Mcguire,
Rev. Or. d. J. Stafford, Bishop Satterlee,
and Mr.. Crosby S. Noyes.
While the language OF man cannot
be too ornate TO honor the virtues Of the
llustrious dead, it seems but fitting that
there should at the same time be an in
spiriting word for those who are still
in the midst OF the worlds battle. and are
deserving OF the grandest eulogies the
dietion of man can express.
While there are many cases. one in par
ticular has so impressed me that ] wish
to cite it. Rev. Father Mcdonnell, Of
ST. AIoysius Church. has for several
years been conducting one of the great
est moral crusades in the city. he has
enrolled in what he styles. THE Third
SUNDAY Brigade" nearly 1000 men
(women not included who attend
the I o'clock mass every third Sunday Of
the month. and profess their devotion and
loyalty 10 their church. their home. So
ciety, and country. TWO thousand men
in one parishl And keeping them in the
path of righteousness from month TO
month. Can Il general do il with his
troops? 1t has yet TO be written.
OF Father Mcdonnell in his magnifi-
cent work We can say with the poet
For thee ten thousand prayers are heaVenWard fly
ing
Thy s0al is TUFei from earthly rust and 6ross;
Patriot aud Christian. ardent sefdenyins
How could We bear resignedly tbs iussl
n. JOSEPH RYAN,
a street northwest
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Again Those Titled Marriages.

Editor The Washington Herald.
The death Of the Due De Chaulnes and
the report Of the separation of Count
and Countess Gizycki recalls the recent
of international alliances. The
former Miss Patterson was a Chicago
girl, and her wedding was one Of the
social features Of Washington. for she
became a bride at her fathers Dupont
circle home. Miss Shonts was a Wash
ington girl, but was married in New
York Here are two more examples of
unfortunate endings of what some fond
mammas of this country think the high
est ambitions for their daughters.
A cablegram from Paris last Saturday
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The nirect Examination.

From Judge.
Judge-You have been sworn, sir. It
behooves you 70 tell the truth, the whole
truth. and nothing but the truth
Lawyer (to client who has seated him
self In the witness ehair)-Did you pre-
sent your bill to the defendant for pay
ment?
Client-I did.
Lawyer-And what did the defendant
say?
Chenille told me to go to the devil.
I.awyer-Then what did you do?
Client-I went to you.
The Washington herald., 1908-04-27

On the last day of the congress of the
Daughters Of the American Revolution
and also yesterday. rumors We're in cir
culation that well-known District mem
Der of the society was short $1,000 in her
accounts.
Considerable commotion was caused in
D. A. R. circles by the report last night.
Mrs. Donald Mclean. president general
OF the D. A r.. apTopos Of the rumor.
gave out the following statement;
''The seventeenth continental congress
OF the Daughters Of the American Reyo-
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Not Reneated.

''when you stepped on the gentleman's
foot, Tomrnie, hope you apologized?"
"oh. yes. indeed, I did" said Tommie,
and he gave me 10 cents for being such
a good boy"
Did he2 And what did you do then7'
stepped on the other and apologized
again. but he didn't give me anything
then"
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quotes Nine Gould as follows: 7 de-
sire to isolate myself from the crowd
wish to preserve my life from the im-
portunity of fools" and she flies to her
dear Boni and when she finds him tire
some she fits away to his dear and
charming cousin, Helie de Sagan. So
much for her good taste She likes the
French aristoeraey, because 1t eleVates
her standing Such words should make
every American blush for the daughter
Of jay Gould and the sister of Helen
Gould.
What is the French aristocracy? How
does IT compare with the yirile American
manhood? What would our ancestors,
who fought to make this free and un-
titled nation, have TO say 30 such rot as
we hear daily? Would Thomas jefferson,
Abraham Dncon. Daniel Webster, or
James G. Blaine have been proud TO
have their daughters marry titles. that
carry disgrace to the family2
JOSEPH r. THOMPSON.
The Washington herald., 1908-04-27
Moe About Universal Transfers


More About Universal Transfers.
Editor The Washington Herald;
It occurs to me that Mr. Thomas w.
Giimer. who has letter in last Monday 5
Herald, has taken great deal upon him
self Ia saying that there is comparatively
no demand for universal transfers or COM
troll by the District Commissioners, and
only a minority are asking for a cross
town line The very nature Of his letter
leads one TO believe that he is not inter
ested in any OF the above subjects. nor
of having the tracks to the station. The
question at once arises, In what direction
do his interests lie?
Iflthe tracks to the station are not down
by March 4 next, it Is a safe conjecture
that the House will not suffer in public
opinion for the neglect.
W A ROBERTS.
Editor The Washington Herald:
The writer would be pleased TO learn
on what authority Mr.. Thomas W. Gil
mer makes the following statement in mis-
communication 10 your paper OF April 90
Comparatively few residents Of the District ears
tie District Commissioner aud 0ny M l1rity arc
asking for a crosst0Bu line, On the otlgT hand
everybody wants the street cars 70 Tun to the sta
tiUu.
In the absence of any means Of aseer-
taining the consensus of opinion, II
seems fair to suppose there is a general
desire for reasonable and just improve
ment in the street-car service and a feel
ing that such improvement is needed.
Some form of public utilities commission
seems the best means 10 determine and
eRforce such Improvements, and If the
present ''hold-up" on the Union Station
trackage question results in such a com
mission with proper authority and power
residents OF the city may view the delay
with complacency. Many of Us seldom
see the Union Station who daily expe-
Tience great discomfort and inconven-
ience on the street cars. Let Wash
ington .straphangers' read the follow.
ing news item from New York, and
imagine a local commission with similar
power and will TO reform the abuses oi
cur car service:
New York. April @.-The public service commits
sion has Issued an ordeT providing not only thai
seats shall be furnished for every passenger on tbs
Twenty-thrd street cToss-t0Wn line the Lexington
avenue line and the Grand street surface line, hu
that the accommodations on those lines sall Be j
PER cent in excess of the average number Of passen
gers carried Tie order. which Is % go into efeC
AIm q. is the result Of a series Of public hearing
which have bern held bJ the commission on com
plants Of the inadequacy Of the service provided OF
the three lines.
Our people are more likely discouraged
than Indifferent TO these matters. VIII
no great journal of this city champion
their interests2 There seems to be enough
weeping crocodile tears over the suffer
ings of those who go to and from the
Union Station. Instead OF ''pay-when.
you-enterF cars, let Us have the pay
when-you-ge -get-a-seat" kind advocated.
e T. PARKER.
The Washington herald., 1908-04-27

luton met in Memorial Continental Han
Monday, April 90 and continued in ses-
sion until Saturday, April 25. when it
adjourned, having completed its busi-
ness. The reports Of the national officers
were all submitted to the congress, which
adopted them without question or eorree-
ton
Therefore, no statement will be issued
by the president general Of the D. A. r,
on business that was satisfactorily con-
cluded by the continental congress, which
represented the great mass of Daughters
throughout the country"
The Washington herald., 1908-04-27
MONEY IN AMERICA
Circulating Medium Is 0Pdi'
narily Ample.
PROPOSED CURRENCY LAWS

Willis j. Fowler, in a COmmunica-
fion to The Washington Herald,
Demonstrates that the Issue of I'm
covered Bank Currency Might Be
Permitted without Question.
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which his place Of business is conducted.
The proposed law is but a shiftiess sub
terfuge-a sop to satisfy the Prohibition
lists ID. AuLLANY.
The Washington herald., 1908-04-27

MANAGER OF EsTATEs-LAWYER, WITH
some real estate experience wishes 70 m1naga
apar.1nent house. Office building. snd few other
prafertiss, Addrsss BOX =, Herald oGic@
spSst-
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1908-03-18
Advantages of Dchorning.

There are many advantages In de-
horning cattle. When not de-
horned many cattle are very mean
and harmful, and often gore other
cattle, horses and sometimes even
people. When dehorned all fear of
this kind Is removed. The cattle
are much more easily haltered and
can be more easily handled and hal
tered or put into stanchions when
free from horns. Many fences and
gates are often destroyed by the rub
bing and scratching of the horns. All
the energy and strength which would
be put into the large horns would
be distributed to SOME other part of
the body If the cattle are dehorned.
When feeding the cattle together and
when feeding them salt, IL all are
dehorned no one will get 1t all or
gore another while eating. The
males of the herd will be much
gentler and kinder II they have no
horns to gore others and possibly
men.
There are many ways to dehorn
cattle. When the horns or buttons
as they are sometimes called, first
appear on the calf then is good
time to remove them, for It will not
pain the calf or injure its growth;
and it can be done by clippers made
for the purpose or by sharp knife.
When the COW is older and larger
cattle may be placed in a narrow
stall and after securing their heads
fast with ropes, use a common meat
saw to remove the horns, and they
should be sawed off near to the head
so they will not grow out again. A
patent machine Is also used to re-
move the horns by a knife between
two levers, but | think this still more
cruel than the use of the saw.
A. S., in the Indiana Farmer.
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1908-03-18
Using Sea Weed.

OF late years the chief use to which
sea weed has been put in this coun-
try is as fertilizer, and in this direc-
tion the department of agriculture has
made some interesting Investigations.
AS sea weed taken directly from the
rocks contains about so per cent of
water. and as it is most valuable for
fertilizer when it is only partly dried,
It is clear that 1t is useful for that
purpose only along the coast. But
1t has b, carried eight or ten miles
inland ano still used effectually.
1t is..a particularly good fertilizer
for such crops as potatoes and clover,
which require plenty of potash. 1t is
said that there is no place in New
England where red clover grows so
well as near Rye beach, where the
soil has heen fertilized with sea weed
ever since the country was settled In
that locality it perpetuates itself and
grows on the same land year after
year without reseeding Washington
Post.
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1908-03-18
An Apology for ldlers.

Somebody said that dirt is matter
in the wrong place The same defn-
ition applies to nine-tenths Of those
called lazy. They are people gone
astray In direction that does not
answer to their temperament nor to
their capacities. In reading the bio
graphy of great men, we are struck
with the number of elders" among
them. They were lazy as long as they
had not found the right path, and af-
terward laborious to excess.
Very often the idler Is but man
to whom 1t is repugnant to make the
eighteenth part of pin all his life,
or the hundredth part of watch,
while he feels he has exuberant
energy which he would like to spend
elsewhere.-The Craftsman.
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1908-03-18
Eating and Living.

There Is a school of hyglenlsts
whose motto Is Eat less and live
longer" Abstemiousnes is commend
ed as the first of virtues. Persons,
cf course, who lead a physically nc.
tive, or laborious, life are conceded
larger rations than are allowed to
persons engaged In sedentary occu.
pations or without occupations, but In
any case there Is danger, 1t Is con
tended, OF eating too much. The hui
man engine requires just SO much
fuel and no more. II given too much,
the only result Is to burn out the
boilers and clog the pipes, with the
effect OF Indigestion, dyspepsia, rheu-
matisni, Brights disease and the hun
dred other ills caused by excessive
feeding and deficient exercise. Eat,
drink and be merry, for tomorrow
We die" Is commended as wise say
ing, for the reason that those who
look chiefly to eating and drinking
for their merrlment are sure to die
tomorrow, or next day. II Is pointed
ont that octogenarIans commonly lead
the simple life and are content with
simple food and little of it.-Baltimore
Sun.
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1908-03-18
<FbE=a%fa.T dI:T1Yp

Just to nose around and see things.
found lots of things to grumble
about. There were probably 100
hens about the place and half as
many turkeys and ducks, but there
was not even a pretence at poultry
house. The fences, trees and the
machinery under the sheds we're the
roosting places. Not many eggs
could be expected from hens freezing
their combs and feet roosting In the
tree tops or on the steel braces OF a
harvester. There we're piles Of straw
and fodder around there, so that II
nothing more substantial was made,
at very small expense and days
time a warm shed could have been
put up. So much for poultry. 1t
was n losing proposition.
The cows were more expensive.
There were nine head being fed dur
ing the winter. Three were giving
milk-that Is, about two quarts each
at morning and night. These cows
were fed straw, cornstalks in the field
and mighty little of anything else.
The dogs were sent after them in the
fields and brought them home on
run.
Other things about the farm were
run in the same fashion. OF course
that farm did not pay, but what other
business would stand such methods
for even twelve months? - l.. G.
Brown, in Tribune Farmer.
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1908-03-18
The Wool Taste i'm Mutton.

1t has been pretty well conceded
that the wool coming in contact with
the flesh in dressing is the cause of
"woolly" mutton, but it is doubtful
IL it Is not proper to charge the
"woolly" taste to slow dressing. The
wool coming into contact as it does
only at the opening of the stomach
cannot possibly impregnate the whole
carcass with the undesirable flavor of
"woolly" mutton. The cause of
"woolly" muttsn is unqdestionably
gas accumulating in the stomach af-
ter the death of the lamb or sheep.
1t takes but very short time for de-
trails are left in dead animal, and
the "woolly" taste and smell of NUT
ton very much resembles that of de-
composition in a slight. form.
In the case of old sheep their NUT
ton carries a 'woolly" taste, due no
doubt to the presence of excessive
yolk in the skin. 'Woolly" mutton
is more in evidence during summer
months than at other seasons. The
starting of the yolk has, no doubt,
something to do with this.
Rapid butchers are usually the
cleanest butchers, and they who dress
their lambs in the usual time of less
than fifteen minutes rarely have
cause to complain of woolliness. OF
course the time mentioned is not very
rapid dressing.
A sheep dressing match for $50
side between r. Addy, of Barnsley,
England, and ]. Thomas, Sheffield,
England, took place some time ago.
when Thomas won by twenty seconds.
He completed his animal in two min
utes and fifteen seconds. The pecu-
liar part of this contest was that the
contestants had to walk a distance
of five miles, after which they were
allowed ten minutes in which to
change their clothes for the killing
contest.
In large, well equipped slaughter
houses lambs are hung by their hind
legs and stuck. In small ones, they
are either stuck on sticking bench
or placed on their left side in such
position over the slaughter house
gutter that IT receives the blood of
the victim. The head, or nose rather,
is taken in the left hand and the
knife plunged clean through the neck
Just back of the ears and as close to
the jaw as possible and the jugular
vein severed by cutting toward the
vertebrae. 1t is entirely unnecessary
to cut the windpipe or food channel
in sticking.-Shepherd Boy. in Med.
ern Sheep.
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1908-03-18
The Honor Of An Indian.

1t is for you to show in your own
lives that the honor Of an Indian is
not for sale, the word Of an Indian
something more than an empty form
of speech; that you care for your
parents and friends and your country,
not because you expect to get some
thing out of them in the way of re-
ward, but because you are ready to
give them whatever they need at your
hands. If you can accept this for
yourselves, and believe It Of others,
and say so plainly, YOU will do good
to your country and your fellowmen
beyond all power to calculate.-Car-
Isle (Pa) Arrow
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1908-03-18
What the Bridegroom Wore.

The blazing spot in the description
of the Vanderbilt wedding Is the par
agraphing in which is told not how
the bride was dressed, but what the
bridegroom wore. The braided coat
of cashmere fine as satin, the astrak-
han mantle, the skintight breeches of
scarlet, the tasseled boots, the jew
eled sword hilt, the 12-inch feather
in his hat-what creation Of a wO-
mans dressmaker and milliner ever
equaled the decorative toggery in
which this young man arrayed him
self! 1t must have been a vision to
paralyze with envy the mere men
wearing plain black coats and long
trousers.