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The Washington herald., 1908-08-09
A PULPIT MAIAPRoP.
The BIunders Of weII-knOvvB
Clergyman

! me biunaeFS OF n Heff-knOVTD n
Clergyman.
From the Los Angeles Tines.
/ A certain clergyman. widely known and
as widely honored throughout the Middle
Atlantic States during his fifty ard more
years OF earnest and telling labors Che
I has passed on 20 his just reward
within the past few monthsl began his
clerical career fnauSpiciously. That is to
say. he was given 10 the most uufortu-
nate remsrks-and. It must be added. saw
their unintended meaning the minute the
words were out OF his mouth. acknowi-
edging the biunder BY the hottest Of
bushes. As years passed and experience
grew. be broke himself OF the habit il II
/ is so TO be called. but friends ard parish
toner's On genuine affection. and. there
fore, not in violation Of the good old rule
o. MI nlsi bonum. though. for obvious
reasons. it is on this very account the
more necessary not 20 give the good
mans name. stiH tel OF the slips OF his
youthful tongue.
The first sucn remark OF record came
the second week after ne had gone into
the pulpit Of his first charge. He was
announcing communion service for the
following sunday. with confirmation IN
the evening. and he put it, ''The Lord
viii he with us in the forenoon and the
bishop in the evening.
At another time. when his congregation
had tried hard but without success 10
raise by contribution sum OF money 70
meet che interest charges on the usual
mortgage. he announced 7 need not
say here how much this church stands IN
need OF immediate funds. We have tried
70 obtain this in the customary way and
have tried honestly Now We are going
to see what bazaar viii do"
Perhaps his last faux pas came in a
sermon directed against the very human
Fault OF vanity Many a good woman
comes in Gods house 10 show of per
haps she doesn't quite realize IL. but the
fact Is unchangedl-to show OF her best
clothes" Then he glanced across the
crowded pews and added. I an thank
ful, dear friends. TO see that none OF you
come here % so unworthy a reason"
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But 1t viii Be Only a Temporary
Eclipse.

I Frcu. ;he Balti-ao-e Ar-e-iaaa
I Journalism will for a While lose a
7 bright. ulustrious star. William Jennings
/ Bryan an ambitious member Of the tri-
/ pod fraternity. for sometime editor-in-
chief of the Commoner- a newspaper de-
voted 20 the interests OF its editor. has
announced that during the campaign the
/ paper Kill not have his editorial di-ec-
/ tion- When Mr. Bryan some tine ago
I felt IN a mood 70 slap the newspaper fra
ternity IN genersl-himself being the con
spicuous exceptfon-he declared thar
many papers had persons outside their
editorial force 70 write editorials against
the interests OF the people. in the inter
ests OF the corporations. and in oppost-
ton 70 the Crystalline Bryan.
The American raised the query IL
deemed pertinent. as 10 who wrote the
Commoner-s editorials while the editor
was sweepstskinE the lecture platforms
There never was q reply 20 this query,
but evidently II has furnished food f0r re-
Election 8Ir- Bryan sees the anomaly os
conducting a campaign and al the same
time running his paper So he reiiI-
uulShes But a more important motive
he gives himself-that he does not care to
be responsible for the utterances Of the
COmmO1er during the campaign No one
imagines that it viii be less the voice OF
Bryan or that any fewer columns will be
written or inspired by him. So thar Z
was really needless for him 20 bespesz
the continued patronage OF his clientele
IN whose support he expressed satisfac-
ton
At best the vigorous editor will only be
in partial eclipse. While the candidatz-s
personality predouinstes. there is no like
lihood Of such a Submergsnce Of the Edi-
tor Bryan as 70 make him unuin5ful %
the TIL a donation Of all proceeds above
the actual expenses OF running the paper.
10 5he campaign fund VIII be made II
might be interesting 10 have these ex-
penses published. IN order 20 see how
much settled salary OF other revenues
are credited % the editor during a lapss
in HIS active functions
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The Only Cure.

FraEn he Ha-tfo-d Tins
M Sands was driving his 5O-horss-
power car along at terrific clip. in a de-
sire 10 reach the chateau BE had al
ways been known as a reckless driver -
The statement p:efixes the account OF
the latest automobile tragedy. The man
who sacrificed his life so foolishlv n
France is said TO have been going at the
rate Of seventy-five miles ar hour when
the crash occurred There Is no cure az
eept death for this speed uadnezE
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LANDOR ON AIRSHIPS
Tells Why Birds Beat Ont
Human Devices.
ALL ADVANTAGES LIES LIFE
Impossible to-DupIicate the Multi
motive POise of Feafhered Tribe
In so"ring-The Same Principal
Applies 10 Swimmer as Compared
to Dead Body in the Water.

A. Henry Savage Laudor the expiorer
has new aeroplane which he hopes 70
ltest in England.
Mr.. Landor has been studying avins
machines for fifteen years and. indeed
SO far back as 1855 he constructed a large
machine in which he managed 20 90 IN.
but IN which unfortunately he came down
very suddenly ana with considerable dam
age both 10 the apparatus and himself.
says the Boston Transcript.
Since then. however. durinashis jour
neys all over the world he has studied
the flight Of birds in many climates and
in different attitudes. and he has arrived
at syuthesis or his observations and re-
hections. which In his opinion constitutes
notable progress ia the science Of avia-
ton. He does not pretend that his new
machine Is in any way perfect.
Flying" as be pets II. rs a mere PAS
time for me. a relaxation from my fotIr-
neys and other occupations. II was when
IN the desert on my'last journey that I
had the idea OF my new machine The
principle Is extremely simple. II is based
on something you see Fifty times a dav.
II is astonishing 10 me that no one has
ever applied it. one OF the main points
Is that my machine VII rise from the
ground without preliminary run
Praises the Wright Brotbers.
AIr Landor has two independent mo-
tors. pr0peilers placed at some distance
from them and 10 rudder. The particular
type OF propeller invented by Mr. I.andor
Is articulated and of a slightly conioaI
shape. 50 as 20 attain a powerful p-o-
pelling grip on the cone Of displaced air
Its pitch can be altered at the will Of
ths operator The axles OF the two p-o-
peiiers are placed at an angle 10 each
other 7 Understand" seid Mr.. Iandor
that The Wright brothers have applies
the same principle Of steering By pro-
Deilers- Only the axies OF their propeI-
lers- Z I am rightly informed. are paraI-
lei 10 each other Instead Of being AZ an
angle. which must mean loss Of power.
But II The reports as 90 the Wright
brothers are accurate. they have got
nearer the mark than any one thus FAR
Col MarchHnd. who is q marhernatfciau
and an excellent mechanical engines
speaking 20 the writer concerning rbe
motor used by 1Ir. Landor. said. III is -
an extraordinary simplicity and excellence
Of line" Given the delicscv OF a motor
and the absence of a rudde-. the machine
Is much smaller than other ty-res now
known 20 the public. and Nf- Lander Is
even considering considerably reducing lis
size after his trials tn England. Z have
endeavored 20 do N my machine q kind OF
jiu-jitsu.' he said. FOR a great deal too
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sometimes InroIuntnrr.

Sometimes. however, yauping IS in,-oI-
untaTy. and have a vivid remembrance
IN TINS connection OF the late Prince Ma
poieon tJe'o-ne), whose yawns were due
either 10 some chronic trouble with the
iVer OF else 70 some nervous affection.
Al any rate he would yawn at the rate Of
ABOUT once every two minutes, even on
tiie most solemn occasions. and no matter
70 70 ~llon he was talking Fortunately for
'he prince MS travels. which comprised
several visits 10 the United states "a ~
extend 70 Central Asia for with the views
waich the Orientals entertain on the sub
Ject OF yaTninS they would certainly have
become convinced that Empress Eurepie
was right when she claimed that thls
hlnsInan whom she hated 50 bitterly was
possessed OF the devil"
tCongrizht- ISos- bE the Rrs-tzooa Co--z.axl
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Duke often Yawned.

II is fortunate. under the circumstances
that ihe late Duke OF Devors5ire-s o-a-
5orlcaI activity was restricted 20 West
minister. for the obituaries published on
the occasion Ct his death the Other d.
recall the fact that on several occaefors
ne had Interrupted his own speeches. frs-
IN the House Of Commons and afta~v-srl
IN the House % Lords. in order TO indulge
IN PrcdigjoUs yawns-yawns which SET -
Ieiioyy-legislators yawning in invc cluutsrv
imitation. Il is on account OF tho cnnta-
gious nature Of yawning that the mayor
OF the important French city OF TorIon
issued an edict the ether day forbiddinR
yawning in the thecters under penalty 81
expulsion from the house. arrest. fine. and
Imprisonment. having been compelled 10
adopt this measure by a number OF mis-
cnievous young men. who. By aggressive
yawnins- had not only set the entire au-
dlence gaping as weil, but had even com
lIunlcated the Infection TO the actors and
actresses On the stage TO such q degree
as 10 render them Incapable OF continuing
the performance
The Washington herald., 1908-08-09

Many dollar has been spent BY the
printers IN their crusade for shorter hours
and better pay. Il is estimated that in
the last three years the Orgauiza ton has
spent over sioo0.ooo in that direction. But
it has not been money wasted. as will be
seen when il IS stated that their wages
have been increased 100000 a year for
three years. and that their hours have
been reduced more than 10000 year in
that time And the printers are not let
ting Up in their fight Their Official or
gan. the typographical Journal. each
month publishes a list Of unfair shors
among the larger offenders. and manages
to get at them in one way or another.
One Of their favorite wavs IS xfth me
little stickers which they paste on every
piece OF printed matter not bearing the
union label that comes their wav- This
they send to the man who had the work
done. and before long-if his business e
affected by organized labor-he gets his
printing done at a union shop. In some
sections every possible device is used 10
familiarize the public with these little
suckers At some places they throw them
upon tneateT curtains with a magic Ian
tern. between acts.
The union Is now in the tbroes OF a
lawsuit to determine whether it has the
right 10 wage war on an establishment
which stands for the open shop The
ButteTick Publishing Company refuses to
recognize union labor in any Of the
branches OF its activity. and the printers
unions have been going after II hot and
neaTy- At last the publishing companv
asked tie Federal courts Of Montana % /
1etsrmine whether the union had right /
10 designate Il as a scab and It's Office I
as rat Office. The matter is stni 4
pending but the union is confident that Il /
win win out in the end
The Washington herald., 1908-08-09

Organized labor has been enjoying 4
phenomenal growth the world over II IS
said that there are now 100000 white
organized workers IN the world. OF whom
25lo.0o0 are % be found In the United
States. or these. 10000 are affiliated
with the American Federation OF Labor.
Germany Is a stronghold Of union labor.
There are fully 5000 organized printers
there. and they have nearly $4,000 in
their treasury. IN Ene:Snd the printing
trades =oEkisgmen are strongly organ
The Washington herald., 1908-08-09
THE INTERNATIONAL
TYPOGRAPHICAL UNION
By FREDERIC J. HASKIN
By FREDERIC ]. HASKIN.

! The eyes Of every printshop in the
I United Stetes viii be on Boston today.
Union typesetters from everywhere are
gathering there for tO-morrow's big an
nuai convention OF the International
/ typographical Union. an organization Of
I nearly $1,000 people The organizations
/ constituting the other FIVE OF the allied
I printing trades viii also be on hand
among them the stereOtypers. the press
men. and the bookbinders. and they will
all work in harmony toward the solution
( OF the problems which confront organized
/ labor in the Printshops Of the country
When the printers get 10 Boston they
viii have one Of the times Of their lives
l The typestickers OF that city have planned
70 give the visitors a gala tiplc. one OF
the events OF the meeting will be a ride
along the road Paul Revere Travelled n
announcing the impending danger that
threatened the people. Sightseeing auto
mobiles viii be pressed into service 70
show them the other historic points in
and around Boston There Will be a good
deal Of business before the convention.
one OF the things TO come up before II for
consideration being the old age pension
question. the intention being 10 correct
the flaws that the actual working OF the
system has developed.
The International Typographical Union
has won for itself the reputation OF bsinz
about the highest and most progressive
body OF organized labor in the United
States Il has been a pioneer in many
movements IN which the country At large
IS deeply interested. one Of these ncvc-
ments is that OF cd age pensions. While
other organizations have been dcnatng
the question among themselves. or knock
ing at the doors Of Congress Tor aid IN
establishing such a pension fund. the
union printers have gone TO work end
established one. and have Their little ma
chine IN fine working order Il Is true
that the pension they give IS only s. a
week. but the assessments are CORE
spondinely low. and as soon as sentiment
within the organization reaches the =!tch
which viii warrant an increase Of The as /
sessment. there viii probably be an IN /
crease in the weekly pension.
The printers zave also established /
themselves a home for their sick. Il IS
at Colorado Springs. Colo. and repre- I
sents an investment OF nearly $1,000 1
The average number OF inmates last ]
year was 143. with such a large waiting /
list that there is talk OF increasing the /
assessments for it from 70 20 = cents 4
per member IN order that the home may
be enlarged A great many Of the IN 4
mates have tuberculosis. and Il is said I
that under the Treatment they get al the 4
home. about ~ per cent Of them recover.
The printers throughout the country are !
proud OF this home and feel that all of i
them have IN Il a sort OF Insurance I
aga inst The evil day when prolonged 4
sickness visits them.
The Washington herald., 1908-08-09
GERMANS SUPPRESS NOISE
Even Whstng, if for Cab, MisdemeanOr in German
CaptaEYawning an OffenSe in Asia

I American population that seems 10 fnl
I satisfaction in this species OF music. ths
I most ancient in the world. 81 IS the negr.
I whose character stu retains much Of IL,
[ happy-go-lucky. free-frcu-care disposition
[ Of old slavery days. when all his wants
We're provided Tor by his owners.
Africans Abbor whiststaE.
Yet In Africa. from which the negro
I population OF America was originaIly
drawn. whistling is abhorred. as il is by
the dusky races all the world over. save
IN the United States. Even among the
aborigines or Australia. who are justly re-
garded as constituting the very lowest
type Of humanity. whistllng is sbominat-
ed and the black man holds that the
shrin sound undermines anv cliff In the
vicinity and hUrls il down on the per
former BY most OF the more or less
barbarous tribes OF Africa whistIing Is re-
garded as a practice offensive 10 the
deities- no matter what the character OF
the latter Moslems all over Asia and A.
rica consider whistllnE in the light OF a
sin, calling for publication BY penance.
and among the more fanatic tribes OF
Arabia. Of Tripoli. and Of Morocco .whis-
ting entails real peril. since it IS held 10
indicate that the whistler is possessed
OF a demon that can only be exercised by
means OF extreme personal violence
Sir Richard Burton. IL I remember
Alright, mentions in the record OF his Won
derfully daring trip 70 the holv cities OF
Mecca and Medina, in the guise OF a
dervish. how he almost BETRAYED himself
one day by an inadvertent whistle. a
sound OF which no true believer and de-
vout pilgrim would have rendered himself
guilty.
How Asia Regards II.
In India and in Central Asia It is held
that II a husband whistles some harm
VIII happen 70 the wife. while II children
whistle their father or mother. OF both Of
their parents. viii de Throughout India.
indeed. whistling Is regarded as an Of
fense which no self-respectiug native be
he Moslem. Hindco. or Parsee. would
ever wish 70 have laid at his door. while
among the Chinese whistllng Is looked
upon as contaminating not only the whis-
tler. but also those upon whom the noise
Is inflicted, and IS resented as such
OF all whistling however the most oh
jectionable is that of the fair sex. and
recall an old peasant woman IN ireland
Stopping a lady who was with me from
waistiing her dog with an expression Of
alarm 70 the effect that For sure every
time woman whistles the heart OF the
Blessed Virgin bleeds~ This possibly has
some connection with the old tradition &C.
corcing 10 which woman stood by and
whistled while she watched the nails or
the cross being forged An ancient Nor
man proverb dating from the time of the
tonquest-that IS TO say. nine centuries
whistling woman and a
Growing hen as boding misfortune 20 the
house 70 which they belong. and expres-
sion was given 70 this belief in the days
OF the Covenante-s by the lines according
TO which
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Ice pioughman near a. hand
Whistles DER the fg-T0Het land
WhistIe for a Wind.

The sailor, when ne Is plunged Into an
forced idleness by a persistent calm. be-
gins 70 whistle Asked for reason. he
VIII reply that he IS whistling for wind
Yet he knows perfectly well that 10
amount Of whistiing can bring the loDre,5-
Tor breeze, and If he whistles It IS because
lie has nothing 10 do and little 10 thl1L.
o. Boys, too, whistle as soon as they
are breeched. their heads being AZ TIE
tine as empty as their pockets. IN fscr
they Wlstie for want OF thought In one
word no matter whether or not whisfli7r
indicates vacuity of mind. It IS almost
always construed as idleuess.
ID England WhigJling Is very common
among al classes. and, indeed. II IS rare
N London 10 see a butcher or erocer's 3
ooy on his daily errands whose lips are
Lol pursed Up for the purpose OF emit
ing the Whistli1g notes OF the comic song
OF the hour So prevalent IS the habit
1Aial N hotels and even in clubs. re-
Guests are posted Up 20 refrain from
whistliag"
Here IN the United States the p-sctics
: r-uch less general. even among Young
men ana boys They are all too much
concerned about some object in hand or
some ain which they have IN view 10 ad-
mt OF that condition Of mind which finds
its expression in whistling. and then. too
undoubtedly the cigarette habit iuferferes
with this form Of melody. In fact II
mere IS any particular element os the
The Washington herald., 1908-08-09

The newspapers OF the country are
kind 20 the printers who are shut-ins
al the Colorado Springs Home. There
are Is daily papers sent 20 the reading
room OF that institution free Of charge.
Chicago leads IN the number OF papers
sent 20 the Home. every daily OF that
city being found in its files. Besides
these there are a large number OF peri
cdicals snd books. The library Is now
one OF many thousand volumes. and com
prises as large a proportion Of the best
books of the country as any other il
brary 20 De found
The union has been one OF TIE pioneers
IN the advocacy or measures 20 check
the spread OF tuberculosis Forced 20
90 indoor work. often in unsanitary and
ul-veutilated rooms. they are a peculiar
y susceptible people 70 the ravages OF
the white plague This led them 20
Join the vanguard in the work Of com
batting the spread of tubercuIsr iufec-
ton. and no other organization OF its
size in the country has contributed more
10 the promotion of this campaign than
the union PRIMERS OF the country Ou-
o. 2oS members Of the New York Union.
who were examined recently. ONLY p
per cent were found 20 be in perfect
health Those who had cstarrh in one
form or another represented rs Der
cent % the whole number. and i Der
cent had tuberculosis Yet the death
rate as shown by the official records Is
1nly 125 per thousand
A well-eeuipped correspondence school
y printing has been orga uized bv- --He
lnion- and # IS said 10 be giving perfect
satisfaction The charges are very lov-
md as a result the school is proving a
boon 10 large number Of young men.
There Is another movement with which I.
hey have identified themselves and for
which they. as a body. stand in season I
md out OF season That Is the govern {
ne1t ownership Of teIegraphs. At each I
'assirg convention they have advocated 4
uch ownership by the voting Of strong
es0lUtiOnS in its favor.
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-'- So ~ t-e s-FllteSt KIND OF WhiStlilg
HayvninE Also Condemned.

Inasmuch as wEistling is held in tbe
Orient 10 betoken the presence Of an evg
spirit. il may be added that yawni7e Is
severely condemned. on the ground that II
constitutes the preparation for the recep-
ton of that evil spirit the presence Of
which IS subsequently, demonstrated by
means Of whistling- There has aluavs
beer sort OF underlined connection he
tween the grotesque performance OF
yaWning and that Of whistlinE. and Adai-
son in one OF his Spectator papers. aft
er describing the whistling matches az q
county fair. tells how the pastimes were
Drought TO close by a competition in
yaWning for Cheshire cheese He who
yawned widest and most frequent1v. and
a. tne same time so naturally as 10 pro-
duce the largest number OF yavns among
ne rest OF the company. won the prize
laWning Is infectious. ana striking eZ-s-
oence thereof has Just been given in Ans
-Taila, where the president Of the senate
OF the commonwealth has called one 81
lhe members OF that august body TO or
uef IoT aggressively yawnlng.~ declzr-
lng' Dy way OF explanation Of his ruling
that yawning constituted. from uarIfa-
lleIltary point OF view. "disorderIv con
The Washington herald., 1908-08-09
THE TRIPODS LOSS.

To-morrow-Birtbday of liiIsouri.
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'l.siiirz woman and a cTUEiuE hrn
al tie Old Gentleman out q his den
Signals in Navy.

Although whistling has been in use IN
the navy for hundreds Of years past as. a
means OF enabling warrant officers. such
as bosuns and quartermasters. 10 signal
orders which. owing TO the noise or the
elements. they could not communicate by
aruculate speech. the attempts made 70
lnaugurate similar methods in the army
or on land have failed. And when IN
france at the time OF the abolition OF the
drum. some ten or fifteen years ago. the
whistle was suggested. the feeling was 50
strong against Il that the idea had 70 BE-
abandoned To the landsmaa soldier n
suggested the idea that he was being p71r
On the same level as a dog 10 be vhisfled
TOT In this and that direction. and the
ousle was adopted in its stead. Save al
sea, human beings deeply resent being
Wnlstled for OF whistled at and many is
Jhe servant who has thrown up his iob
Lor no other reason than his indignation
az being whistled for by some Hl-bred en-
ployer- In fact. 10 be whfstled at implies
50 much contempt especially n the con
lnental countries OF Europe, that the an
olences al theaters and music halls. in
stead OF giving vent to their disgust with
performance OF 8 performer BY means
OF hcoting OF cat-calls. devote an their
energies to the shTiIlest kind Of whIst1i7e
The Lake County times. [volume] (Hammond, Ind.) 1906-1933, 1908-12-28
GRIFFITH.

Mr.. and Mrs. George Demmon spent
Sunday at the home of Frank Orsborn.
A birthday dinner was given in honor
of Mrs. F. C. button of Ross today.
A large number of friends and rela-
tives were present and a most enjoya-
BILE time was had.
Miss Isabel Kuhn is home from her
school work near Lowell to spend the
Christmas holidays with her parents.
Miss Nellie Southworth left Satur-
day morning for Hillsdale, Mich, where
she will spend a week visiting her
grandmother and other relatives.
A Chicago, Lake Shore & Erie freight
train was wrecked few blocks north
of the crossing Saturday evening. Sew
eral cars loaded with coal were ditched
one being broken in two and the whole
piled up in such manner as to delay
traffic for nearly twentyfour hours
The cause was said to be broken
fiange. No one was injured.