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The Washington herald., 1908-07-03
Fall from Dredge Is Fatal

Axel Nelson, thirty-two years old. an
employe Of the Maryland Dredging Com
pany, fell from the Potomac dredge
working in the Tidal Basin. at lilo o'clock
yesterday afternoon. He was rescued by
fellow-workmen and sent to the Emerg-
ency Hospital. where he died at . O'Clock.
The coroner was notified.
The Washington herald., 1908-07-03

on Saturday in July. August. and Sep
tember. 70 the 18th OF the last-named
month inclusive. the service Of the LibI a.
~ Of Congress. including the copyright
office and law library at the Capitol. will
be suspended at 12:3O p. m. at which hour
the library building will be closed. The
hours OF service on Saturday will be
from Q a. m. 20 12:3O p. m, without inter
mission for lunch
The Washington herald., 1908-07-03
s1.2a to baltimore and Return

Every day via The Electric Line %
Tickets at 18th ST. and New York av. NV.
Twilight excursions. $l00 round trip, after
1 p. m.
The Washington herald., 1908-07-03

Sea food in abundance direct from the
catchers; New York meats, choice fruits.
&c. Noon lunch. table d'hote dinner, and
service la carte.
The Washington herald., 1908-07-03
NEGRO BURGLARS
GIVE HARD BATTLE
Three Thieves Caught in Act
of Entering House.
CONFESS TO MANY ROBBERIES

Trio Arrested Only After Desperate
Fight with Ninth Precinct Police
men-Onc BIuecOnt. However, Is
Badly Handled by BurIy Criminal
Before Assistance Arrives.
The Washington herald., 1908-07-03

FirewOrks-strictlyF FirEt-class Goods
only. Gundlach, Sl3 7th St
The Washington herald., 1908-07-03
Hotel Johnson Cnfeu

May be enjoyed in every home Showers
from 81. Lindsay's Rubber Store, 9S3 f st.
The Washington herald., 1908-07-03
MIR. Hursey,s Fuueral To-dav

Saltwater Bathing ut CheSapenke
Beach. Only place 10 spend the Fourth.
The Washington herald., 1908-07-03
Watch Cor city-Randle Highlands.
Open Until o o,CIocl. rn.ninh,

On account Of tomorrow being a holi-
day-the Fourth of July-a number of
firms will keep their stores open tonight
until o'clock. 10 accommodate patrons
who usually shop on Saturday. Among
them are the following:
The Washington herald., 1908-07-03
Changes in Library service.

Shaffer'S Floral Designs Are Noted
For beauty. Prices reasonable. 18th d
The Washington herald., 1908-07-03
CIvn seryice revIew and dIctntion

classes during July and August nights a
week at 50 per month. Cool rooms, electric
fans. ''The Milton School" 1405 n. Y. ave
The Washington herald., 1908-07-03

Spend the Fourth Mt Chesapeake Beach.
Saltwater bathing.
Iron County register., 1908-04-16
Reform Demanded,

Congressman Ashbrook of Ohio is a
new Democratic member of the house
of representatives, and is anxious for
reform legislation. In ten-minute
speech-all the time the Republican
managers would allow him-he read
the memorial of the National Editorial
association for the repeal of the tariff
duty on print paper and wood pulp,
which was signed and sent to mem
befs from every congressional district
in the United States. But Mr.. Ash
brook says he has discovered that the
present congress 'has time to burn,
time to kill, that ought to be employed
for the betterment Of all the people
and cease to be what it appears to a
new member to be-a stand-pat, do.lit.
tie bunch"
Yet many Republican editors sup.
port the do-nothing policy of this Re,
publican congress for partisan pur.
poses, while at the same time they
memorialize congress to reform the
wood and paper schedules of the tariff
law that protects the paper trust
Iron County register., 1908-04-16
ProsnerItY for the Few.

In spite of the panic and the pro-
longed business depression there are
three institutions that have been re-
markably prosperous during the past
year. The First National bank, con-
trolled by ]. Fierpont Morgan, pro-
poses to declare special dividend Of
100 per cent. The undivided profits Of
the bank are reported to the comp
troller of the currency to be 19,553,-
900 while the capital of the bank is
$10000,000
The Delaware, Lackawanna & West
ern railroad reports the most pros
porous year in the history of the
company, the net earnings after paying
all charges were $100S9,32S. The sur
plus was equal to 1874 per cent on the
common stock and after payment of
20 per cent. in dividends still left
$4S49,32S surplus.
Another corporation the Standard
Oil trust, has paid dividends for the
year of 40 per cent and still has a
vast surplus.
So here we have a bank, a railroad
and trust making millions for those
who control them, while ordinary
business men have found difficulty in
securing the necessary funds to carry
on their business and numbers have
failed to keep their heads above the
troubled business water. Such pros.
perity for the few at the expense of
the many is the boasted Republican
prosperity.
Iron County register., 1908-04-16
A GLANCE AT THE PAST.
How Trust-Bustine President Sue
sumbed to Power of Protected
Interests.

When Attorney General Knox, the
great trust lawyer, undertook to prose-
cute the beef trust and the railroad
merger, every one but The combine
magnates was delighted, and praised
Mr.. Roosevelt for doing something.
When the injunction was obtained
against the beef trust magnates,
Armour, ct al, commanding them not
to disobey the law, and the order of
the court to the Northern Securities
company to disband that unholy alli-
ance was procured, unthinking people
said that trusts had at last found their
master; but as the months rolled
around, those corporations and COM
bines still continued to do business at
the old stands, and when Mr.. Knox
told the people that there would be
mo running amuck against the trusts"
there began to be doubts in many
minds of the outcome; well-founded
doubts, as the sequel has shown.
When congress ordered the secre-
tary of commerce and labor to inves-
tgate the beef combine and the presi-
dent ordered the bad trusts to be in
vestigated so that publicity" of their
doings would warn the public whom
to beware Of the hopes of the people
revived. The trust magnates became
restive and threatened to defeat
Roosevelt for election. The magnates
of the protected industries also threat
ened to defeat him, unless he declared
for protection and stood pat" like
Hanna, instead of urging real reci-
procity like Mckinley.
The fate of Mr. Roosevelt and the
Republican party in the ensuing cleo
ton hung in the balance for weeks.
On one side were the trusts with the
money bags--on the other the people.
What happened? Slowly, but surely,
the trust side became the heavier. The
threats of the corporation and com
bine magnates and the dial of progress
was turned backward. The assistant
st-bHster-Cortelyou was made
chairman of the Republican national
committee, redolent with the perfume
of trust secrets and anxious for the
promised trust contributions to de-
bauch the people who still were inno-
Gently believing the day of their saliva
tion from trust plunderers was at
hand
Roosevelt, the arrogant, had chosen
He became as docile as the proverbial
sucking dove. The big stick was laid
away in cotton batting The Repub
lican candidate for president was
tanned; and the trusts held the whir
hand. Mr.. Roosevelt was elected, the
trusts have had free sailing for three
years; and the trust high prices have
continued.
Iron County register., 1908-04-16
PLUMEs sTIFFENED WITH WIRE.
New Method of Keeping Ostrich
Feathers in Position.

Ostrich plumes are fastened in an
entirely new way. The dropping ef-
fects are not dethroned, but the
straight positions that add so much
to the height of the hat are consid-
cred smarter, and to obtain these the
plumes are stiffened with fine silk
wire.
Another new trimming Of charm
ingly decorative value for spring hats
is chou formed of four or five layers
of chiffon or mousseline in different
light tones. The effect of this filmy
opalescent affair is absolutely delight
full and nothing more graceful and
dainty could be selected
Something entirely new and just as
simple as it is pretty is the new era
vat bow used by French modistes for
holding in the desired erect positions
ostrich plumes or brush effect aig
rettes, and made of velvet or silk
ribbon. This charming and unusually
effective trife is generally employed
for the new one-side trimming effect;
that prevail at present, and it does moi
exclude the use of the popular beat
trimming.-Vogue.
Iron County register., 1908-04-16
An End Missinu.

An Irishman who served on board
a man.of-war was selected by one OF
the officers to haul in towline of con-
siderable length that was towing over
the taffrail After pulling in 40 or so
fathoms, which had put his patience
severely to proof, as well as every
muscle of his arms, he muttered to
himself:
Surely it's as long as to-day and to-
morrow. It's good weeks work for
any five in the ship. Bad luck to the
leg or the arm it'll leave at last. What,
more of it yet? Och, murder! The
says mighty deep, to be sure!
After continuing in a similar strain
and conceiving there was little prob
ability of the completion of his labor,
he suddenly stopped short, and, ad-
dressing the officer Of the watch, ex-
claimed; bad manners to me, sir, II
don't think somebody's cut off the
other end of it!"-The Pathfinder.
Iron County register., 1908-04-16
Nnly 1lbRRk
ttt Rn11tR
9l1nndrrfal Eastrr Srrutrra
Held in Old st. Peter's
by
9nra Greenrurll 7l1rGl1psl1rp

Inexhaustible in it's mystic signifi-
caace, the Holy Week in Rome, how
ever familiar to the memory or inl-
agination, stirs always a renewed
wonder in those who witness it.
Above all else Rome is city of
memories. The walls and arches of
imperial days, the Renaissance pal
aces, and the churches which mark
every step in the long march from
primitive Christianity to papal SUI
premacy-these stamp themselves on
the mind. The incongruous modern
elements are as transitory in their
impression as is the Whirling dust
from motor car blown past the
tombs on the Appian Way.
The walls of Aurelian, the statue of
Marcus Aurelius, benignant on the
capitol the august dsarray of the
Forum-these are actual and imperish-
able. So, too, is the spacious splen-
dor of ST. Peters, with it's solemn
sequence of ritual, in which, as the
Holy Week advances, so mystic and
superb a drama Of divinity is en-
acted.
There are many moods in which
tcespproach the great Easter services
in the great papal city, from that Of
the devote to whom the ever-burning
lamps round the apostles tomb mark
spot only less sacred than that of
the holy sepulcher itself, to that of
the casual sight-seer, who futters his
Baedeker unabashed through the aw-
full mystery of the mass. Perhaps
those do not see least Of the signif-
cance who look on the magnificent
ceremonies with a haunting conscious
ness of Romes twofold greatness, and
who never quite lose sight of the city
of the Caesars in the city of the
saints.
It is impossible even to approach
st. Peters, where most of us choose
to see the services, in spite Of the ri
val claims of the Lateran, mother Of
churches--it is impossible to reach
the curving colonnades and mighty
front without passing by memorials ot
an earlier, hostile life and creed. Per
haps in driving thither the wanderel
may catch glimpse of the immorta
pair. the Great Twin Brethren, who
guard in stone the stairs to the capi
tol. Or, it may be- the shattered, ma
jestic columns Of the temple Of Mar:
Ultor have lifted for moment thei
stern memorial of Caesars death ant
Augustus vengeance.
Once within st. Peters, however
conflicting memories fall away, lost
as is all sense Of minor faults in thu
building itself, in the impression o
vastness, of an all-enfolding and all
reconciling hospitality. That hospital
ity IS taxed by the crowds whlci
gather for the services Of Holy Week
Palm Sunday initiates the series 0
elaborate ceremonies with its beauti
full rite of blessing the palms. A moi
ley throng 1t is which streams up tn
wide steps and gathers about the alta
above which glows in golden hal
the holy dove There are the foreig
sight-seers, of course, made eviden
BY their camp-stools and red guide
Iron County register., 1908-04-16

Five thousand tons of farming i'm.
plements, comprising full shipload,
were shipped from Brooklyn recently,
for distribution among sales depots in
Russia. The cargo consisted of plows,
harvesters, thrashing machines, culti-
vators, seeders, corn shuckers, incuba.
tors, cream-separating machines, and
the like. The sad part Of it is that
these implements will be carried 5000
or 10000 miles and sold to Russian
farmers for about one-third less than
they will cost the American farmer
who lives within sight of the fac.
tories in which they are made.
Iron County register., 1908-04-16
Nk
ssssss!sSIS1 F4s.'fss F4aSs.: fa's = 2 s.

Soft, indefiGable mixtures are always
better for the awkward age than pro
nounced patterns of any sort A small
conventional figure on single-tone
ground is also better than wide checks
or plaids.
The wash goods this spring are es'
pecially fancy, and it is wise mother
who turns her back on these gay
stripes, checks, plaids and borders for
her girls 'twixt and 16. Pronounced
patterns of any sort, and especially in
striking colorings, are an eXtrava-
gance, for they do not wear so well be-
cause of sun and Tubing. as the sim
pier. palmer designs. Then, too, a
child soon tires of the frCck that is too
pronounced.
The prettiest white materials for best
wear this season are the figured
Swisses and barred dimities, lawns
and batistes. These require very little
embroidery or lace for trimming, and
are most becoming to girls, both tall
and short. For simpler suits, especial
ly for school or play, there are cotton
voiles, percales, linens and galatea
cloth in light weight and lovely ging-
hams and zephyr cloths.
What is known as the natural tone,
/. e., a strong ecru, is much used by
| economical mothers because it does
not show dirt and does not fade in
washing. 1t comes in almost all wash
goods. and may be trimmed with
pipings or wash braids of contrast
ing color such as white, brown, red OIL
blue. Blue-gray chambreys, trimmed
with wash braids or stripes of white
embroidery, remain very good this sea
| son.
For afternoon frocks, grenadine de
signs are shown, and these include
striped muslins and lawns, with a
satin finish in one stripe and lace
effect in the other.
| UnQuestionably this reIaans a sea
son of overblouses and jumpers fol-
growing girls. and plaits seem to be
more popular than shirrings or ruffies
| TUT buluOUI wraps, CuldNdyo dlt
shown for girls near 16, but for those
nearer six, the box coat remains il
favor. The newest hats for girls, as
for their mothers, are huge, fiat
crowned sailors trimmed with big
| bows or wreaths of flowers. The shape
is extremely trying to both thin-facet
and moon-faced girls.
Brown shoes, ties and hosiery re
main in style, and the ugly custom o
wearing white stockings with blacl
shoes or ties is dying natural death
Our illustration shows a surplict
jumper which can be developed in al
most any fabric, lightweight wool
yelling, silk or tub material
The costume from which it wa
drawn was made from naturaI-tonet
pongee trimmed with a novelty brait
showing tan, brown and gold. TIL,
guimpe was of ecru dotted net and tht
girdle was of silk like the jumper. Th
tucked blouse and skirt are most be
! coming to a slender figure.
Iron County register., 1908-04-16

1t without further delay. The general
effect of frock for a growing girl, be
she thin or stout, is regulated largely
by the selection of the fabric. The
stout girl should never be encased in
a startling plaid or even a medium
sized check, but both of these are be-
co aing TO the thin girl
On the other hand, the very thin girl
should never be dressed in stripes nor
snug-fltting clothes. The thin girl may
wear a frock much trimmed with fluffy
rufIles and rose plating, but braid and
fiat knife plaitings are for her roly-
poly sister.
Iron County register., 1908-04-16

books, but there are also soldiers in
picturesque variety of uniform, priests
wearing their black draperies in the
classic folds which recall the toga,
shepherds from the Campagna, beard
ed and wild-eyed in their sheepskins;
pilgrims from far countries with the
fixed visionary gaze of those who look
on their sacred places after long de-
sire.
Sacred indeed is the spot to those
who hold the faith of Rome. In front
of the high altar with its baldacchino
the twisted bronze columns tower
ing up superbly, yet dwarfed by the
armament of the dome above-burn
the golden, never-dying lamps which
mark the resting place, so tradition
says, of the apostle.
But on Palm Sunday the attention
is fixed on the altar in the Cappella
Giulia, and the pressure of the eager
people increases cruelty as the bas
kets of palms are set down by the
move to their places. The priests are
in vioIet, the Lenten color. The deep
hue frightened by wonderful inter
weaving of gold and silver, and the
crucifix on the altar is also violet
veiled. There is no organ music, and
the deep notes of the chanting swell
with a strange solemnity through the
echoing vaults.
At last the solemn final word and
gesture of blessing have been given
and one by one the priests lift anc
bear away the palm branches. Their
the olive, which is given in theil
stead to the people, is brought for
ward in great sheaves, and priest II
gold-embroidered violet robe holds ou
the silvery branches to the hand;
which reach and clutch for them, til
| all the nearest of the throng have re
ceived their portion and pass on twig'
to those behind. Peace and blessinE
| is that olive to bring to those whit
reverenly receive the cleaning leaves
| The distribution completed, the cardi
nal and canons with their attendan
train move in stately procession dow1
the church, out into the portico, ant
so back to the altar. They bear aloft
with the tall tapers and the shroudet
crucifix. the golden palm branches
not simple boughs such as were cas-
Iron County register., 1908-04-16
Truth and
Quality

appeal to the Wen-Informed in every
walk of life and are essential to permanent
success and crcditable standing. Aceor-
ingly, it is not claimed that Syrup of Figs
and Elixir of SIENNA is the only remedy of
known value, but one of many reasons
why it is the best of personal and family
Iaxatives is the fact that it cleanses,
swcetens and relieves the internal organs
on which it acts without any debilitating
after effects and without having to increase
the quantity from time to time.
1t acts pleasantly and naturally and
truly as a laxative, and its component
parts are known to and approved by
physicians, as it is free from all objection
able substances. To get its beneficial
effects always purchase the genuine
manufactured by the California Fig Syrup
Co., only, and for sale by all leading drug
gists.
Iron County register., 1908-04-16
SKIRTS MUST BE NARROW.
Edict Necessitates Soft, Satin-F inished
silk for Foundation.

All skirts must be very graceful, but
extremely slinky, really narrow, so
that the first foundation must be of
softest satin-finished silk and only
at the hem cause the chiffon interlin-
ings to give any appreciable width or
fare. Jet trimming Is generally suffl-
ciently heavy to cause the skirt to
give the present fashionable clinging
effect, and care must really be taken
that the trimming is not so heavily
massed about the end of the skirt as
g make walking difficult, In order to
insure the wearer in looking just as
tall and just as slender as possible the
trimming must be laid up and down
the skirt, not around 1t. When this Is
accomplished with the present fash.
ion of small round waists the under
sized man is made to feel his deform.
ity more than ever among all the
diviaely tail members OF the opposite
sex, Tennyson must necessarily haN
measured six feet or he would neve,
have. given the attribute Ct divine
tho hcight CT fair Helen CT Troy
Iron County register., 1908-04-16

Irwin Cobb, humorist Of New York,
was recommended to lecture man
agement. The latter sought an intro
duction through friend, Mr.. McVelgh.
"Come here, Irwin, | want you to
meet friend of mine" said McVeigh.
After a few minutes conversation, the
lecture man broached the subject of
eCturing as follows:
81 was just wondering, Mr.. Cobb,
what you would think of a proposition
to do some lecture work next sea-
SOM"
Cobb looked at his questioner for
Just a moment in blank amazement.
Evidently such a thought had never
entered his head before. Then reach
Ing out his hand contidentially, he
said:
1--WE got it. My wife will do it. She
is the best one know."-Lyceum and
Talent.
Iron County register., 1908-04-16
Meteor silk.

Meteor silk makes some Of the pret-
tiest robes for evening wear. The fab
rinc is soft, clinging and the color
ing is wonderful Those of rose and
lavender-mauve are most beautiful.
Net is we'll worn, too, but to have a
good effect it must be worked with
very coarse floss or chenille. But
when a frock is, for instance, of
cream net, and the flowers are of all
delicate tones, and the hanglngs from
the belt of contrasting shade-for all
the best frocks now employ little
scarfs that depend coquettishly from
the shoulders or short waist--the
gown cannot but be becoming.
Iron County register., 1908-04-16
LOST $500.
Buying Medicine When Right Food
Was Needed.

Money spent for "tonics" and "brac-
ers" to relieve indigestion, while the
poor old stomach is loaded with pas
try and pork, is worse than losing a
pocketbook containing the money.
If the money only is lost it's bad
enough, but with lost health from
wrong eating, it is hard to make the
money back.
A Mich. young lady lost money on
drugs but is thankful she found a
way to get back her health by proper
food She writes:
Il had been a victim Of nervous dys-
pepsia for six years and spent three
hundred dollars for treatment in the
attempt to get well. None Of it did
me any good.
Finally l tried Grape-Nuts food,
and the results were such that If It
cost a dollar a package, would not
be without it. My trouble had been
caused by eating rich food such as
pastry and pork.
"The most wonderful thing that
ever happened to me, | am sure, was
the change in my condition after !
began to eat Grape.Nuts ] began to
improve at once and the first week
gained four pounds.
II feel that cannot express my
SELF in terms that are worthy of the
benefit Grape-Nuts has brought to
mc, and you are perfectly free to
publish this letter il It will send some
poor sufferer relief, such as has come
to me-"
Name given by Postum Co., Battle
Creek, Mich. Read, "The Road to Well
yille," in pkgs. There's Reason"
Iron County register., 1908-04-16
THE AWKWARD AGE
PROBLEM IN DRESSING GIRLS BE
TWEEN 6 AND 16.
Pronounced Styles and coors to Be
Avoided - Soft Mixtures Better
Than Wide Checks or Paids
-Surplice Jumper.

Dressing girls between and 16 is
every mothers problem. Very few girls
strike pleasing medium. Either they
are all angles or all curves, rarely a
happy combination of the two.
The angular girl seems all legs and
arms. The heavy-set girl is an ami
mated pincushion, resisting all moth
erly attempts to imbue her raiment
with grace or personality.
But as this particular problem of
motherhood must be solved, let us do
Iron County register., 1908-04-16
Nlolets Worn on Arrs.

No longer does the New York girl
have a hugh bunch of violets pinned
to her corsage. Instead she wears
about her glove band of velvet Of
green or purple as bracelet, and to
this is securely pinned rather small
bunch of violets, fatty grouped. Some
times there is a gardenia in the center
with just a few violets encircling it.
and then again there is just an orchid
with sufficient violets surrounding 1t
to form a border. ,-
Iron County register., 1908-04-16
Hat in Willow Green and Brown.

Willow green and forest brown
straw ribbon-the former glossy, the
latter rough dull straw-furnished the
material for a very beautiful model
of Suzanne. The shape was very odd,
large high-crowned turban, and the
trimming consisted of rosettes Of the
green straw, fastened at either side of
the front and connected to small hoops
made of small Persian beads. A bunch
of fancy shaded brown feathers and a
few cabochons in brown and green
tones, edged with gold cord, lent fur.
ther mentation.-Vogue.