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Mexico weekly ledger., 1908-04-30

heSe cOrpuScleS by disease germs
veakens and pollutes the blood, and
naemia, with its attendant evils Of
,aIe, chalky compilations, weak,
rundown systems and malarial con
iitionS, or perhaps some more defin-
tely marked disorder, is the result.
Frequently the blood becomes
Infected with acrid, fiery humors,
md Eczema, Acne, letter, or some
1ther skin disease or affection makes
ITS appearance, and is kept up with
Its itching and dishguring symptoms.
An excess of uric acid in the circula-
|ton causes a fermentation Of the
blood, and Rheumatism, with its
pains and aches, is established in
the system, there to remain, unless
the poison is driven from the blood.
The Washington herald., 1908-01-14
Unfit Army Officers.

The General STAFF of the army, in a
report aiming 70 disclose the causes of
discomfort and the source of tneficiency
in the army, has recommended a process
Of elimination which shall rid the com
missiOned personnel of unit officers. 1t is
stated:
a keener interest on the part Of officers in
the welfare Of their men is needed, Generally this
is all that could be desired. but it is not always
That it is not is due IN part 70 an element Of
unfit officers Their elimination is as necessary as
the elimination Of unfit men. II is due 10 part 20
the feeling Of dseouragement manifest nov through
ont ali ranks The correction Of the evils cousid-
cred here would largely disspate this feeling but IL
is not TO be denied that the commissioned grades
need legislative help % improve their position only
in less degree than the enlisted men"
It must be a surprise TO most people
that there are enough unfit" officers in
the military establishment to justify a
special provision for their riddance. 1t
has been commonly supposed that the
successive examinations, which regulate
the advancement of officers from one
grade TO the next higher rank, eonsti-
tuted a guarantee, reasonable in its
effectiveness. of individual qualification.
OF course. it is appreciated that during
the present administration new standards
of military fitness have been established,
and now even the officers OF infantry
are expected to be equal to the maximum
endurance and skill represented by the
equestrian gymnastics prescribed by the
head Of the nation. The time is not
far of when every officer, whether OF
the mounted or foot arms, must be able
to sustain himself without a trace OF
fatigue through a ninety-mile three-day
gallop across country. The practice
which is necessary in equipping officers
for this ordeal must be taken out of
the official time OF officers who are on
bureau duty at military headquarters or
in the War Department at Washington.
This may have led the General STAFF
Of the army 10 report on the necessity
Of elimination. Otherwise, it could
hardly be found that there are enough
UNIT members Of the commissioned per-
sonnel OF the army 10 so seriously affect
the efficiency Of the military establish
ment as TO call for this violent form Of
relief and reformation.
The Washington herald., 1908-01-14

reduce the responsibility of the govern
ment in protecting bank deposits TO one
of administration merely. Mr.. Fowler's
bill apparently imposes on the govern
ment liability.
So far as its provision for more cur
rency goes, We judge the Aldrieh bin
comes much nearer than the Fowler bin
10 meeting the views of the Bryan De-
mocracy. for Mr. Bryan has steadily op-
posed an asset currency, and the Aldrich
bin meets the requirement laid down IN
his Chicago speech that ''such elasticity
as was needed should be controlled by
government officials responsible To the
public, and not by fnanciers who have
no interest to serve but their own" with
the addition Of the deposit guarantee
feature and a provision requiring the
payment OF interest on government de-
posits. and the elimination Of railroad
bonds from the security allowable as a
basis of an emergency issue. We should
think the Aldrich bill fairly representa-
tive Of Democratic opinion on the subject
OF financial legislation.
The Washington herald., 1908-01-14
In.tO.date Dueling.

Having had occasion to consider some
fine points of honor In the matter Of
Helie de Sagan and Boni de Castellane
recently, we have studied with no small
degree of interest the trend of events
in other lands than France in this regard. /
We have reached the conclusion that the
dear old swashbuckling days of d'Artag-
nan. Aramis. Porthos. and the gentry of
that hot-tempered persuasion are gone
.forevermore, and that the more mollycod-
dish fire-eater is in Europe TO stay put
We note a recent case in Austria. There
one statesman accused another statesman
of political dishonesty we should
thank some one TO diagram for us-and
personal perfidy 4 duel was arranged.
and the contestants met the next morning
at sunrise, each accompanied by the reg
ulatiOn friends, assistant duelists, and
so on One gentleman was a much finer
swordsman than the other, and soon had
his antagonist disarmed. Instead of run
ming him through the chest, as Athos
would have done IN the brave old dsvs
of Richelieu and Mazarin, however, this
modern stickler for the righting of
wrongs through the code duelo pushed
his opponent to the ground and admin
istered sound spanking with the fiat
of his sword II was thereupon ad-
judged and decreed that every stain was
wiped out, every reminder of outraged
integrity removed, and all hands left the
field of honor the best of friends and in
great good humor.
Now, moralize and philosophize as we
may, that wasn't such bad way to
fight duel-the old touch-anCi-go school
in buckram to the contrary notwith-
standing. If Boni and Helie should meet
in the event that Helie might ever be
induced to suspect that he had been in
sulted-it would be first-rate adjust
ment of all differences of opinion for
Boni to give Helie a spanking, and then
permit Helie to reply in kind bv giving
Boni a spanking. That appears to us to
be just about what is coming to each.
Helie might afterward retire gracefully
! his one-franc damage suit. and Roni
would be relieved of the necessity Of
pawning his overcoat to raise the money
with which to pay any civil judgment
that might be rendered against him. It
seems 10 US that the spanking route is
the fit and proper one along which mutual
friends of these two "noblemen" should
proceed in seeking TO bring about an
honorable, inexpensive. and perfectly
suitable reconciliation.
The modern duelist is slowly but sure
! ~ developing the correct idea In con-
nection with the pastime. He is ad-
tusting himself to sane point Of view
Duels that terminate IN spankings are
! just the thing!
The Washington herald., 1908-01-14
Mir. Culberson's Financial Biils.


On January last, Senator CuIberson
introduced three bills to amend the
national banking laws. These bills have
been referred to in various quarters as
embodying a Democratic plan for the
reform of the currency. An examination
Of the measures. however, shows that
they by no means cover the whole ground
Of currency reform, and we doubt
whether the Senator from Texas regards
them as a satisfactory substitute for the
Aldrich bill. They may be more properly
considered as expressing his personal
opinion Of the necessity of further amend
ment OF the national banking laws.
The most important of Senator Culber-
sons bills provides a method of protect
ing deposits I'm national banks, following
10 some extent the suggestion of MT.
Bryan. Mr.. CulbersoU carefully avoids
imposing any liability on the government
10 guarantee bank deposits, the functions
Of the Comptroller OF the Currency being
limited to the assessment of banks which
have accepted the provisions Of the act
pro rata for the payment OF depositOrs
of failed bank. II will be seen that
the participation of the national banks
IN the scheme is wholly voluntary. but
they are offered considerable inducement
70 enter into it by "a provision forbidding
the deposit Of public moneys in any bank
which fails TO accept the scheme. OF Mr.,
CulbeTson's S other bills, one provides that
each bank shall keep its entire reserve
in cash In its vaults. and the other pro-
poses the payment of interest on govern
ment deposits so graduated as to fall
lightly on deposits held during the crop
moving season, and more heavily on de-
posits held at other times of the year.
Il will be noticed at once that the Texas
Senator's bills do not touch at all the
vital question of an emergency currency,
but they contain one or two propositions
which are likely to engage the serious
attention Of the finance committee Of the
Senate. The Aidrich bin contains a clause
requiring certain national banks to hold
two-thirds of their reserves in cash. SO
that il accepts the principle of one OF
Mr.. Culberson's measures. which is THAT
banks shall keep a larger proportion OF
their reserves in their own vaults There
remain the proposals for the protec tior
Of deposits and for the payment of in.
teTest on government deposits, both OF
which. 1t may be assumed. will be pressed
hy the Democrats of both Senate anC
House as essential amendments to the
Aidrich bill. The Fowler bill, it is worthy
of remark, not only provides for interest
on government deposits. but also for thC
government guarantee Of deposits ir
national banks Unlike the CulbeTson bill
the Fowler bin establishes a genera
guarantee fund, contributed by the banks
out of which shall be paid the notes OF
failed banks. as well as their deposits
The difference is one Of principle as vel
as OF detail. for Mr.. CuIberson seeks L
The Washington herald., 1908-01-14
Advantage of Good Manners.

From the Philadelphia Public Ledger
If a parent would but look around him
he would see that the manners and
speech and tastes which remove ami
mosities and charm acquaintance do as
much for success as cold competency to
perform tasks. These faculties can be
taught and made dexterous. and child
hood is peculiarly the time for learn
ing In spite OF the lessons Of Abraham
Lincoln's rise by merit and innate charity
Of soul to the Presidency, the reader who
pauses a moment over history can see
the drawback of uncultured manner and
speech which disappointed Carl Schurz.
Henry Watterson, Horace Greeley, and
hundreds of others when they first met
him. and made a nation doubt, until
long after his martyred death, his fitness
to stand at the head Of affairs II
that far-sighted mind and lofty spirit
were so burdened by the disadvantage
what OF the ordinary man2
The Washington herald., 1908-01-14
His stick-to-itireness.

so you wish to marry my daughter?
What assurance can you give me that
you have the ability 10 support her?
know very little about you. What have
you ever done to show that you possess
any business abnity-any stick-to-itive-
ness?"
do you remember Hibbard & Den
ton, the taiIoTsT'
Yes"
I worked for them once"
What Of that? They failed. You
didn't seem TO possess enough ability to
keep them from going TO the wall"
Il had no opportunity 20 do anything
IN the line of managing their affairs. I
merely did collecting for them. In fact
am the young man who succeeded in
getting you to pay a bill OF S65 which
you had owed for four years. and which
seven other collectors had failed 10 get.
although they had been after you
for
"Ah, um-by the way. when did You
and Lucy think Of having the wedding?
The Washington herald., 1908-01-14
INSANITY AND THE NATION.
Startling Facts as to the Increase of
Mental Alteration.


H. Addington Bruce. in North American Review.
Not long ago the United States Census
Bureau issued a report which should
have provoked instant and widespread
discussion. OF all the publications giving
the results Of the twelfth census, there
is hardly any Of such Importance TO the
American people. For in language the
most explicit, and supported by statistics
gatheFsS with the scrupulous care that
has Characterized all the enumerations
Of the latest census, II reveals the ex-
istenCe Of conditions making strongly
against the continued prosperity Of the
United States and its continued progress
to headship among the nations
The reference is to the special report
on Insane and Feeble-minded in Hospl-
tails and Institutions" At first glance,
nothing alarming is to be seen in the
statement that IN 1893 there We're In the
insane asylUms of the country a total
OF 150,15l inmates What is this II may
be asked, in a population exceeding go
10000? But the matter quickly assumes
another aspect when It is observed that
in 1890. the year of the preceding census.
the insane asylums held only 74,02S un-
fortunates; and that, ten years earlier,
the asylum population was but a. .492
In other words, there has been a pro-
gressively more rapid increase in insanity
than IN population.
Just what the difference Is, II Is I'M
possible to say. Statistically, II is enor-
nous.
The Washington herald., 1908-01-14
Opposed to CiviI Pensions.

From the Springfield Republican.
The trouble with the pension plan Is
that it could not fairly be confined to ex-
Presidents. II might with as much Justice
be extended on a reduced scale TO ex-
Vice Presidents, Speakers Of the House.
ex-members Of the Cabinet, Senators,
perhaps. ex-AmbassadOrs and others who
have held high official place in the
nation for shorter or longer periods Of
time. II is different with justices of the
Federal courts and officers of the army
and navy, who hold life places in the
public service. and who are, IN conse-
quence, accorded retirement pensions or
pay. We should not be acting greatly
in harmony with the genius of our in
stitutions were those who come up out
Of the body Of citizenship into high
elective office. and after a time return
whence they came. were to carry away
with them life public pension,
The Washington herald., 1908-01-14
TUESDAY. JANUARY Il. 1905.
piseiplining a sovereign sac

The report of the commission sent by
President Roosevelt to investigate con-
ditions at Goldheld. though confessedIy
not intended to cover the whole ground,
puts new aspect on the situation by
its finding that Federal troops were asked
for in order to uphold the mine owners
In a project to reduce the wages of the
miners. OF course, it is not the business
OF the government to supply troops for any
such purpose as that, and the State Of
Nevada itself would not be justified in
calling out the militia on so slight a
pretext. The President is plainly put
out by what he regards as the misrep-
Tessntation OF the case contained in the
original application for Federal troops,
and his advice TO the governor OF Ne
vada is a severe commentary on the
efficiency of the State government
The trouble at Goldfeld is part of the
struggle which has been going on for
a number of years between the smelt-
ers' trust and the Western Federation
Of Miners. In many of the mining COM
munities Of the West the local govern
ments are wholly in the control OF che
miners. who constitute the majority Of
the voting population. This was the case
at Goldheld. where the sheriff OF the
county protested against the sending Of
United States troops although it was a
serious question whether he could or
would maintain order. Such a situation,
however, is not an uncommon one. and
the use OF Federal troops, particularly as
violence was anticipated. not actual 1t
was a case for the intervention Of the
State government. il the governor were
convinced, as he undoubtedly was. of
the powerlessness of the local authori-
ties to maintain order. The excuse that
the State had an insufficient militia force
is futile. It is one of the States duties,
as President Roosevelt rather tartIy re-
marks, to perform the police duties in
cident TO the existence of a State"
The Federal troops, however, have not
been withdrawn, but will remain until the
legislature makes provision for the main
tenance Of order at GOldheld. This will
be done at an extra session which has
been called by the governor. With the
departure Of the Federal troops and the
resumption by the State of her normal
function viii end an episode instructive
in its revelation of certain inherent weak
nesses of local governments Mr.. Roose-
velt has handled ii with exceptional eau
ton, tempered. no doubt, by the fact
that a powerful and unpopular trust and
a peculiarly asseTtive labor organization
are on opposite sides Of the controversy
Chicago has organized a Happy Club
The idea should spread; If Chicago car
maintain such an institution, any com.
munity on earth can
The Washington herald., 1908-01-14
some Adrice to pemocrat..

From the Houston Post.
Democratic Congressman have not done
very much for the party during the past
ten years. They have rendered the most
trivial support to the Democratic Con
gressional committee. and ii is seldom
that one can be induced to go to some
other State TO deliver a speech. In a
financial way they have done nothing.
Some few contribute TO the expenses of
the committee, but the majority don't
give a red cent The House minority
needs some life in it. The Democratic
Congressional committee ought to be
backed up and the members from the
certain districts ought 10 make some
sacrifices in order TO help out in the
doubtful districts. Some of these doubt
full districts must be won if another
Democratic House is to be elected.
The Washington herald., 1908-01-14

maps, five others,
his biography Is
the shortest, and
he himself is about
the smallest man IN
the House. Though
small in stature,
J. Adam Bede,
the Joker. as he
Is called. is large
in many other
ways. He is a
forceful speaker.
His speeches are
interspersed with
much wit and
many jokes, and
when scheduled 10
speak he enter
tains b O { n the
House and the
galleries.
The Washington herald., 1908-01-14
Our Consular service Commended.

The London Daily Telegraph, Decem-
Der 21. 1907. contained an article deny
ing allegations to the effect that British
marine motormakers lacked push as
compared with their foreign rivals. The
article concluded as follows. Con
sidering the ineficiency Of our consular
service in comparison with. say. that
Of the United States. the number Of
new markets which see our products
first is really astonishing. OF our abil-
ity 20 keep these markets, too, there
does not seem to he much doubt"
The Washington herald., 1908-01-14
Or Washington.

From The Baltimore American
Conditions IN the South, which have
been uncertain for sometime, now show
decided improvement. and careful OBJ
servers look for a better feeling all
around Merchants who have been mold
ing off will soon be ready to buy, and
when that time comes Baltimore will
again be their mecca.
The Washington herald., 1908-01-14
NIKE .IinrIe.

Oh. Dixie Ian is de Ian er dryness-
Amt no use fer ter Ak de whyness,
Step light,
Step right
An you'll git dar sit in Dixie!
Hit amt so long fun de sleet an snowin'
Ter de summer Ian whar de melon CROWN,
Step light.
Step right.
An you'll git dar yit in Dixie!
De fust er New Year come an gone, sub:
Kunnei. whar IS de iimmyjohn, sub?
Step light
Step right
An you'n git dar yit in Dixiel
ATLANTA Constitution.
The Washington herald., 1908-01-14

We gather from Col James Hamilton
Lewis elaborate and handsome expla-
nation that he doesn't believe a stroll in
the moonlight by the sad sea waves in
Junetime would even induce one OF the
dear creatures to utter so much as one
tiHV fh
The Washington herald., 1908-01-14

A mans athletic record is an important
matter these strenuous days. No sooner
is it announced that Gov. John johnson
used 10 be the champion baseball player
Of his neighborhood than some one
comes to the front and proves that Sec
retary Taft used to be the blue ribbon
horizontal bar artist OF the Cincinnati
gymnasium.
The Washington herald., 1908-01-14
Why stand-patters Oppose Taft

From the American Economist.
The candidacy OF William H. Taft
is opposed by The American Protective
Tariff League for two reasons:
l. He ought not to he nominated.
2 II nominated, he probably could not
be elected.
The Washington herald., 1908-01-14

A mob of North Carolina negroes
lynched the proprietor Of a negro thea
trical outfit because his show did not
come up to the advance agents promises
Theoretically. this idea may be sound
but its general adoption would soon put
the advance agent business all TO the
bad
The Washington herald., 1908-01-14
An odd Phase.

There's one phase Of human nature
that strikes me as being queer"
what Is lt?"
1.-THE way a married woman viii let her
friends tell her that her husband Is a pin
head and a chronic crouch. People ask
my wife why she married me and she
only grins. Would any one dare tell me
that I married an old hen? And would I
stand for it if they did? Nix: a thousand
times nix
The Washington herald., 1908-01-14

Just the exact mental process through
which the Supreme Court of the United
States arrived at a determination TO dis
Loyalty and reprehensibly squelch one Of
the administrations pet policies is hard
10 fathom-but Il was squelehed.
The Washington herald., 1908-01-14

'Alas, cherished tradition has been
blasted. A billygoat in Baltimore has
died from Indigestion. says the News
Of that city. Oh. well. so did a Texas
goat; but he ate a copy Of the Presi-
dents last message. There is a limit to
everything
The Washington herald., 1908-01-14

From the Philadelphia Record.
That Appellate Court in California that
has decided that extortion is no crime
puts the capstone on the pile of machine
atrocity. Great Zeus. what a rulingi It
makes the whole story OF outlaWry in
San Francisco understandable.
The Washington herald., 1908-01-14
\ Wise woman.

Il claim that my wife is one Of the
most sensible women on earth"
1T is always fine for a man to have
such an opinion Of his better half
Yes She invariably gets her brother
to pick out the cigars she gives me on
Christmas
The Washington herald., 1908-01-14

''Wonder how Senator JEFF Davis feels
about that prohibition wave In the South,
says the Milwaukee Sentinel. It is an
easy guess. The same way every other
oficeholder down that way who wants
to stay put feels about IL.
The Washington herald., 1908-01-14

Senator Tillman insists upon pronounc-
ing Senator Baeon's private secretary's
name Buffalo" His name is "Bolfeuil-
let" and in Georgia, where everybody
knows him, 1t is pronounced "Buliyfoot," :"
from Rabun Gap 10 Tybee Light We
merely desire 70 set the South Carolinian
right ahOut IL
The Washington herald., 1908-01-14

After the mayor OF a Connecticut town
had written a red-hot message, his pet
collie tore il to shreds." says the At
lanta Georgian Now, If Pete" had
only got hold of the Brownson letter
In time-but what's the usei
The Washington herald., 1908-01-14
Graft Judiciany Sustained.

From the Charleston Post.
According to the ruling Of the Cali
fornia court in the Schmitz and Ruef
cases, there is really such a thing as
Legitimate graft
The Washington herald., 1908-01-14
Her Preference.

7 expect" said the poet. "to live in
history
Well, replied his sad-eyed wife, Il
hope you may. but for my part I'd a
good deal rather live I'm something re-
sembling comfort.
The Washington herald., 1908-01-14
The FItness of Things.

From the Louisville Courier Journal
If a surgeon must command a hos
pital ship. how about yeggman as
chairman OF the Senate Committee on
Finance and a highwayman as the head
OF the House Committee on Ways and
MnRna7
The Washington herald., 1908-01-14
Nature Doing Her Part.

From the New York Tribune
The Transvaal's yield OF gold for the
month Of December broke all records.
Nature seems 10 be generously working
to restore confidence.
The Washington herald., 1908-01-14

ANY general in chief who consents
20 carry out plan which he believes
to be bad and injurious is criminal. He
ought 10 make representations. to in
sist that the plan be changed, as a last
resort to resign rather than be the in
strument of harm to those under his
charge" said Napoleon BonapaTte, who
must have been more or less of a molly
coddle, after all.
The Washington herald., 1908-01-14
A,LITTLE NONSENSE.
4 RARE BIRD.

4 RARE BIRD.
He Is the strangest creature
That ever caused a quip.
What is his queerest feature.
He hasn't got the grip.
And that's not half the wonder,
Accept for 1t my tip.
All winter long, by thunder,
lie hasn't had the gripl
Resourceful. though, Is winter.
our hero yet may slip.
Ere this has reached the printer
He may have got the grip