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Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1908-02-24

the candidates interests and lay plans
to benefit by his election.
But will the Denver convention make
play for Mr.. Hearst's cooperation? That
is the question. Mr.. Bryan, there is every
reason to believe, looks with the respect
born of some uneasiness on Mr.. Hearst's
power in politics. and shows desire to
be friendly. Recently when in New York
he called on Mr.. Hearst at his residence.
but did not meet either Senator Murphy
of Tammany Hall or Mayor Mcclellan.
If. therefore, Mr.. Bryan is master at Den
Yer. and wants, and believes he can Sc
cure. the support of Mr.. Hearst in the
campaign. he should be able to make both
the nomination for Vice President and the
platform plainly indicate that fact.
Action like this if taken will work
both ways. If it attracts the Hearst
people it will be certain also to repel the
Cleveland people. 1t is by no means GER
tain that the Cleveland people can be
won by any means. but a bold bid at
Denver for the support of the 1ndepend-
ence League would drive them i'm droves
over to the Chicago ticket To the extent.
therefore. that numbers are involved. it
is a choice between the Hearstites and the
C1evelandtes. with Mr. Bryan as the
judge of the value of the two battalionS.
He cannot hope for the support of both.
and it is possible that he may meet
the opposition of both. So he must walk
a chalk at Denver.
The republicans have but to sit tight.
Mr.. Hearst is not coming openly or d.
rectly to them. But should he put up a
ticket of his own. and particularly should
he himself head that ticket. the effect at
the polls would all be in their favor
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1908-02-24
Three Weeks Gone.

Three of the ground hogs six weeks are
gone and the winter served up to us in
Washington as part of his prophesied
program is hardly of the strenuous sort
to keep the community worried seriously.
a little snow now and then soon melted
and a few snappy days. with IA gust or
two of wind--these are by no means the
Accomplishments or evidences of a hard
winter. If the ground hog is to be rated
as a first-class forecaster there must be
much doing in the course of these next
three weeks. Possibly it is all coming in
rush. Maybe we are booked for one
of those late-winter billiards. that estab-
fish records and give the folks unlimite ed
topics for conversation for years to come.
Let 1t be hoped that this will not happen.
We are getting along very well as it is.
and nobody will be seriously, sincerely
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1908-02-24
Eating and Living.
From the Baltimore Sun.

There is school of hygienists whose
motto is Eat less and live longer" Alb
stemiousness is commended as the first OF
virtues. Persons, of course. who lead q
physically active. or laborious life are con-
coded larger rations than are allowed to
persons engaged in sedentary occupations
or without occupations, but in any case
there is danger. it is commended, of eating
too much Df1e human engine requires just
so much fuel and no more. If given too
much, the only result is to burn out the
boilers and clog the pipes. with the effect
of indigestion. dyspepsia. rheumatism.
Bright's disease and the hundred other ills
caused by excessive feeding and deficient
exercise. Eat. drink and be merry, for to-
morrow we die is commended as a wise
saying. for the reason that those who look
chiefly to eating and drinking for their
merrment are sure to die tomorrow. OF
next day. 1t is pointed out that octoge-
narians commonly lead the simple life
and are content with simple food and
little of it. The older they get and the
less they do. the less they task the organs
Of digestion and assimilation. in conse-
quence of which they continue efficient a
surprising length of time.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1908-02-24
The School Superintendents.

In welcoming the members of the de-
partment of superintendent, National
Educational Association. to Washington
the occasion of their annual meeting,
about to begin. word of suggestion may
not be entirely amiss. This city is de-
lighted to receive these eminent and capa-
BILE workers in the field of education. They
are the agencies of great ciyilizing force.
the engineers in charge of the machine
that is producing we'll informed. developed
young citizens. They are keeping them
selves in touch with one another and with
all the new ideas of their science by
means of these annual gatherings, and
their discussions according to the printed
program. are certain to be of benefit to
all who participate or attend. The teach
orD Of Washington will unquestionably
gain inspiration from this occasion, and
it is to be hoped that such arrangements
have been made that the local school
workers may be enabled to gain a maxi
mum of benefit from the meeting
But, however wide the discussion Of
pedagogic questions may be. there is one
subject which may prOfitably be elim-
mated from the consideration of the visit
o-s. The local school situation is too
complex, too difficult, too delicate. to be
brought under review. 1t is taxing the
resources OF the Congress of the United
States for adjustment. 1t has evoked the
most serious thought of the jewellers with
in the District. 1t involves considerations
OF the political entity of Washington the
integrity of the municipal system. the re-
lations OF the municipality to the federal
government. To discuss these matters in
diligently calls for intimate acquaintance
with the local form of government and
with the history Of the local schools. and
1t is to be doubted whether the visitors
on this occasion however we'll versed they
may be I'm their own line OF thought, are
sufficiently familiar with the particular
problem here in evidence to participate in
the debate upon it.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1908-02-24
Mr.. Hearst in tho Campaign.

Mr.. Hearst decides to go last. He will
wait until the republicans have acted at
Chicago and the democrats at Denver
before taking final action himself.
Does this mean an Independence Leag e
national ticket in any event? On the
face of things it would appear so. We
are told that neither of the two old par
ties has the peoples interests truly at
heart. Both have failed the country, and
are now under sinister influences. A new
party is needed, and Mr.. Hearst offers,
and guarantees. the one of which he is
the recognized head.
Still. should the Denver convention i'm
its nominations and platform recognize
in a measure Mr.. Hearst's ideals it might
be possible for the democracy TO secure
his cooperation. He was once a demo-
GRAFT He has twice supported Mr.. Bryan
for the presidency with all the power OF
his pen and purse, and IL he was luke
warm toward Judge Parker it was be-
cause as a resident of New York. alto
gether familiar with the situation. he
could see at close range the humbuggery
of the campaign. He had been so severe
and outspoken against Wall street and
all it's works he could but feel outraged
at observing the street take charge OF
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1908-02-24
Senator Stones Advice.

Senator Stone of Missouri in reply to a
question as to what the democratic party
should do to be saved. advises that it
stop raising hades in it's own ranks and
address itself to fighting the opposition
Most excellent counsel, and should be
taken.
Mark the language. however Stop rails
ing hades within it's own ranks. Not stop
raising it altogether, for that would be
bad politics and against the grain
We hear a coed deal about the lack of
discipline in the democratic party, and
the complaint is well founded. The party
is turbulent. and hard to manage In the
Senate. in the House and in national con-
ventionS it has a record for going to
pieces under pressure and doing unwise
things. Its spirit has become proverb:
AS hard to manage as the democratic
party.
And yet there is plain reason for this.
1t is the logical result of long years of
minority fighting. A minority. in order to
attract attention, must raise hades. 1t
must present things in high colors. 1t
must at times assume an excitement if
it feel it not. That is the politics of oppo-
sition. Any other course is inevitably
it must come from a studied and per-
sistent effort to awaken discomfort with
the existing order
Mr.. Bryan raised no more stir on the
subject of silver than the free traders be-
fore him had done on the subject of the
tariff. His language about the gold men
did not exceed in violence that of the men
who for years had inveighed against the
when he appeared to take leaf out of
the campaign book of the revenue tariff
agitators of the eighties and early nine
ties. He trod no new path. but made the
woods resound from the old path on his
favorite theme.
AS necessary, however, as agitation Is,
it has it's perils to the agitators if it is
kept up too long. They become so &C
customed to hullabaloo. their natures de-
mand it. They will raise it even among
themselves. Like the Irishman. who was
so full of fight that when he failed to find
an enemy he kept his hand in by dressing
down the nearest friend, many democrats,
wearying at times of exercising them
selves against the enemy. exercise them
selves on one another.
But the Missouri senator is right. His
party friends must close ranks, and save
the power of their elbows for the republi-
cans exclusively, If they are ever to re-
sumo control of national affairs.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1908-02-24
At Toxic in 1912.

There is surprise in Japan at the sma II
sum proposed for American participation
in the international exposition to be held
at Toxic in 1912. The feeling is justified.
The amount is far too small 1t might be
quadrupled with good effect from the
standpoint both of friendship and of
business. A quarter of a million dollars
would be but a meager outlay in an en-
terprise having such large and valuable
relation to matters of worldwide mo-
ment.
The thing in hand is interesting and
important in every way. Japan wants
the powers to look upon her progress in
the peaceful arts. and to make display of
their progress. Her plans are upon a
generous scale. and her guests should re-
spond in like spirit. The exposition
will be the first of its kind and for uni
versal purposes in that quarter of the
globe. Using the everyday phrase. the far
east, it may be said. has got move on.
and Japan. which leads the orient in all
things and is now recognized world pow
err is anxious to show what that move
portends.
1t is compliment to us that much Is
expected of us. In way. We are the
authors of the move. For when half
century ago We knocked at Japan's door
and induced her to put herself into closer
relations with the spirit of the west we
virtually stood sponsor for her as a new
member of the family of nations. And
surely we have every reason to feel proud
of our godchild. Her development has
been both rapid and sound. until. as a
peace power as well as war power,
Japan is today one of the marvels of
progress. No western nation has in the
same period surpassed her record in that
outsiders.
II We turn from this point of sentiment
and consider that of business character
there is equal reason why We should ap-
pear at Toxic in the best form. Com
merce in the east is growing, and we are
soliciting large share of it. The start
we have is gratifying and encouraging.
and by good management We should
greatly increase our sales. What better
opportunity could We ask. therefore, for the
display of our samples, so to say. than
this exposition at Toxic? 1t is on all
fours with our interests and purposes as
a commercial nation. and will yield large
returns if properly improved.
Nor should sight be lost of the fact
that with this great peace enterprise under
way. and all the powers preparing to par
ticipate, mischievous yarns about war,
which are not likely to cease. will yet
be robbed of all possible harm.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1908-02-24
Malaria and History.
From the Philadelphia Ledger.

Science. nominally cold passionless and
restrained, sometimes introduces us to
strange temptations of the Imagination.
An investigator has just published a book
to show that malaria explains many of
the ups and downs in Greece and Rome
which we have known as military history
and statecraft Malaria. then called
fevers and plaques. changed the distribu-
ton of population and produced debilita-
tions which are now supposed to have led
to easy defeats. This century is expecting
transformation of the tropics from the
subjugation of this same malaria. In the
United States it is Of record that the dis
ease held back many developments in the
south and west. and changed the lines
of highly productive settlement.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1908-02-24
A Case in Point.

De man dat stahts de trouble
Is very seldom found
A-facin' of de music
When de trouble comes around.
He's found a-takin' comfort
In a nest OATS feathered warm,
While some innocent bystander
Has to stand an face de storm.
/ dOesn' do no kickin'.
An / hasn' much to say,
Cause it do seem like all nature
Was conducted dat-a-way.
Yves got to face de climate
WIFI de snowclouds overhead,
While dat interferin' groun'hog
Is a-sleepin' safe in bed!
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1908-02-24
Investigation.
From the New York Herald.

From the New York Herald.
The smoke is at last clearing in the
naval controversy. Two well-known OFF,
GERS of the line have been ordered to ex-
plain their share in the preparation of ar
untimely and apparently exaggerated at
tack on the materiel and administration
of the fleet. This contribution Of dissent
was signed by a civilian whose experiences
Is go open to mature doubt that. as his
publishers now confess, it must be taken
not as his or that of any one man, in
asmuch as it was amplified by many rea
experts.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1908-02-24
SHOOTING STARS.
BY PHILANDER JOHNSON.
ENCOURAGEMENT.

THE enormous sums you have expended
on pictures must be great encourage
ment to artists
No" answered Mr.. CumroX Most OF
the artists concerned are no longer alive.
But ! have done much to cheer up the
picture Dealers"
Sometimes a man keeps an easy con-
science" said Uncle Eben. simply be-
cause he ain got de intelligence to figure
out his moral responsibilities
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1908-02-24
Neura lgia

Do you know how to cure it?
Constitutional treatment will, OF
course. But that takes time, and
in the meantime you continue to
suffer. This is where Dr. Miles
Anti-Pain Pills are invaluable.
They stop the pain. The pain is
in the nerves-in the large ones ;
that is why it is so severe. Anti
Pain Pills soothe these nerves and
bring relief. Get them at any
drug store.
my husband and have been using DR.. Miles
Anti Pain pills for neuralgia and headache for
the past ten years.
AIRS. THOS. LAIDLAw.
Yates Center, Kansas.
If FIRST package fails to benefit money back.
Is doses. 25 cents. Never sold in bulk.
MILES MEDICAL CO.. Elkhsrt Ind.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1908-02-24
A Costly Habit.
rom the New Haven Journal.

From the New Haven Journal.
There doesn't SEEM TO be much money
to burn in sight just now. but that may
be because we have burned so much. Ir
the last three years the money losses by
fire in the United States and Canada
have amounted to $3.50. 100000 This. it is
pointed out. is more than one-third the
total cost of the war between Russia and
Japan. 1t is only $1OO.OO0.OOO less thar
the net public debt of the United States.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1908-02-24
A Convenient Argument.

do you save much money by eliminat-
ing free passes?'
Not much in actual cash. answered
Mr.. Dustin StaX. But the arrangement
is valuable in that it enables a railway to
hint that every criticism of it's methods is
due to personal resentment
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1908-02-24

sorry if the spring comes with Washing
ton virtually unfrozen by the winter
weeks, and with everybody giving the
ground hog the laugh for another tumble
emitting him to full membership in the
I'm Bad Club
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1908-02-24
THE STAR has . regular ana perma.
aeut Family Circulation much more
than the combined circulation Of the
other Washington cailies. Al Q News
ana Advertising Medium It has no
competitor.

UIn order to avoid delays on account
- personal absence letters to T1H
STAB SHOULD not Be addressed to any
Individual connected with tho once, but
simply to THE STAR. or to the Editorial
o. Dusinsss Department. according to
tenor or purpose.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1908-02-24
Expanded Egoisnl.

"Bliggins thinks he knows more than
anybody else on earth.
You state it mildly" answered Miss
Cayenne. >"Since the assertion that Mars
is inhabited. he goes farther than that
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1908-02-24

The discovery that August Belmont s
gas meter was going at a phenomenal
rate of speed may make him feel like get
ting a stop-watch and sitting up with it
to see what the odds ought to be.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1908-02-24

The psychologists ought to develop
something interesting by studying the
statesmen who assume to know precisely
what George Washington would have
thought
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1908-02-24

The attention W. r. Hearst is at
tracing in London will scarcely tempt
him to curb his energies and join the
colony of expatriated Americans.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1908-02-24

Eighty Brooklynitcs were arrested for
holding a cooking main. And yet New
York pretends to be the sporty commu-
nifty of that neighborhood.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1908-02-24
The Unavoidable Candidate.

From the st. Louis Globe Democrat.
A Georgia paper gets to the marrow Of
the democratic nomination when it says
that Mr.. Bryan is the absolutely I'M
avoidablc candidate.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1908-02-24

T.. II. Hartman possibly expects to
have his railway affairs we'll in hand in
time to enable him to say a few things
about the presidential campaign.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1908-02-24

Mr.: Hobson is surely too resourceful to
allow his prospects of eminence to be dis
couraged by the humiliation of a single
war scare.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1908-02-24
Making Distinction,

The politician l admire.
A peerless leader l proclaim;
And call the one who makes my ire
A demagogue. or some such name.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1908-02-24

A large number of ]. Davis constituents
will now be hunting him up in the vain
hope Of seeing exactly what the scalp of
an octopus looks like.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1908-02-24

Hetty Green has opinions on finance, but
they are not strong enough to tempt her
to follow Tom Lawson's example and go
into literature.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1908-02-24
Rumor Busy.

From the Boston Transcript.
Having killed the Shah Of Persia. rumor
is throwing its bombs at the Spanish
king.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1908-02-24

1t will of course be difficult for the most
expert intelligence to devise currency
that is not hoardable.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1908-02-24
Boyishness.

From the Toledo Blade.
The small boy that doesn't try to make
more noise than some other small boy
is not in good health and should receive
medical attention.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1908-02-24

A possible delegate does not attract as
much attention as a possible candidate.
but at present he is rather more inp-
portant.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1908-02-24

From the Chicago Record Herald.

1t is rumored that the mother of
Gladys also will become a Hungarian
countess. In case the seismogra phs record
disturbances it might be we'll to examine
the grave of Cornelius.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1908-02-24
Ballotine in Kentucky.
From the Anaconda Standard.

AS a serial story. the balloting for
Kentucky senator is becoming as dull as
w. D. Howells best.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1908-02-24

Reliance can be placed on Mr.. Hitch
cock not to attain any fame that is not
thrust upon him.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1908-02-24

Without being a man of f1ippant ten
denotes. as a rule, Senator Foraker still
refuses to take the Taft boom seriously.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1908-02-24

The word "reactionary" has far more
sinister meaning in Portugal than in this
country.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1908-02-24

Rumors about sale of the Philippines
to Germany should be held for release
until April I.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1908-02-24
Certainly.

From the Omaha Bee.
Promiscuous pistol tOting must be stop
ped.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1908-02-24
Oversupply on Hand.
From the Louisville Court

From the Louisville C0urlef-JOufnaI.
Joseph Choates epigram. Legislation is
a staple American industry" Is clever
enough. but more accurately American
legislation is a staple commodity.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1908-02-24
Revision, But Not 1ncision.

From the Charleston News and Courier.
TIL. republican platform will favor tarit
revision without incision.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1908-02-24
w. B. Moses & Sons.

The Moses Furniture and Floor ,
Poiishes prove absolutely satisfac-
tory. A special wax preservative
for Weathered Oak pieces.
Fireproof Storage. Moving and
Packing
Weekly Watertown leader. [volume] (Watertown, Jefferson County, Wis.) 1908-1909, 1908-11-13

to the square foot. an electric contact
Is made automatically. and bells ring
in the signal cabins on each side of
the viaduct. Upon this, all trains are
detained until the force of the wind
abates. The interruption Is telegraph
ed along the line. In February, 1907,
a wind velocity of 60 miles {; n hour
was recorded. The danger of very
high winds to trains on an exposed
bridge or viaduct was tragicaIly Illus
trated many years ago by the lament
able lay Bridge disaster in Scotland.
Corhmandant Soulie de Cenac of the
French Legion of Honor has designed
a pince-nez, or eye-glass. which enables
the wearer to see at the same
time on all sides, and even be-
hind. This is ingeniously effected
by means of reflections. At the same
time the glasses are so construct
ed as to correct myopia, and other err
rors of vision. A use for the instru-
ment that the inventor did not think
Of has been revealed to him by deaf
persons employing it. They say that
It increases their safety by enabling
them to perceive the approach of dam
gers of which their ears give them no
warning.