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The Washington herald., 1908-06-20

Washiugton." aud Poultry Forn-
ing m Kansas"
For FIVE hours and forty-ave min
utes they had been cheering and
would not he stayed. u was the
most dramatic moment Of my Young
life. And ]. who was the cause of
It all, stood there. the sunlight
from the glass overhead beating fun
upon me. and blinking like an owl.
for II blinded me.
Ten years 20 a day / had spent in
Jail while my case had been fought
most ably by the leading counsel
in the land. From court 20 court
they had carried II. wrestling with
legal technicalities the while I lay
IN a loathslme cell. hourly grow
ing thinner on the prescribed diet
OF skilly and buclWheat cakes.
II had been the cursed Tadkins
Trio that had caused all this. for
while / was accused Of willful mur-
der It seemed that on the day I was
arrested the Philadelphia police had
been so careful about guarding
their prisoner that they had let
the victim escape, 1t was horriblel
After having seen me safely locked
up IN cell Z3-that cell that had
been my home now for 50 long a
time--thcy had gone back 10 the
scene Of the crime. 70 picl, ND the
r,mains Of my beautiful lady fIlcnd.
Alas. II was not there. The
Corpus Deficit had gone
Wen I knew that it could be none
other than the Terrible THO who
Lad done this They had feared
that speedily convicted. l might
have found my way 20 a death. dis
graceful. perhaps. bat mcrcf1l. for
II would have taken me beyond their
baaetul power, And 50 they had
spirited her away and |. accused of
murder. had 10 lay in Jail until the
prosecution could find some one
dead whom they could accuse me Of
numbering Once they had discov-
cred an aged negress whom they
had some thoughts Of substituting.
but fortunately Sidney Bieber was
on the grand Jury and recognized
the cadavcr as having once been the
mother Of an cmploye IN his newly
acquired asphalt pant
And 50 the case had dragged on.
until at last. lacking a sub ect for
I'm editorial. the editor Of the Phil
edelphia Ledger woke ND one day
long enough 10 call my case 10 the
attention of the public. and so M
trial was brought of.
The events are 50 rcccnt-ah. but
II Is a painful memory. One wisp
Of false hair. known as Marcel
curl. and fragment Of passemen-
teric was all the evidence they
could produce against ne. But day
by day the trial dragged on. and I
soon saw that I was doomed. The
jury was packed; the Judge was prej-
The Washington herald., 1908-06-20
SATURDAY. JUNE 20, 1903
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The Washington herald., 1908-06-20
Educational Gifts

From the St Louis Republic
According 10 one estimate. the S23.127. .7s2
reported as private gifts to higher educa-
ton during the last year ARE about equal
10 what Illinois and Connecticut together
raised by taxation TO support public
schools during the year" Another illus
tratiOn Of the magnitude OF the sum is
that IL will about equal the cost OF the
next three battle ships
The Washington herald., 1908-06-20
The Tariff Outlook.
Son the Pitt,hnE -.

fF0ln tne TIItsUuTg FrC3s.
Not only is It assured that there will
be tariff revision, but il is assured that
Il will be under Republican auspices.
Inasmuch as only Republican revision
would be free from menace TO the pros
perity OF American workingmen and
American manufacturers the certainty
that there Is 20 be no Democratic re-
vision under any circumstances wil ba
viewed with general siga Of relieS.
The Washington herald., 1908-06-20
BY YE LOCAL SCRIBE.
TAFT .pells Taft.

Jim" and "BnT'-a pretty good
ticket. ehl
Excursion tickets for Denver are
on sale in our town.
The share Of the Big Stick in the
victory is everywhere acknowledged.
Jimmy Booe had his laundry
stolen in Chicago and had to come
home.
Sam Blythe. looking remarkably
well after his cunning trip. is back
IN town.
An authentic report Is that Char
Icy Edwards did not swear once dur
ing the convention.
Mr.. Gillette visited us this week
not the safety mzur man-the
Sherlock Holmes one.
A remarkable historical coinci-
dcnce: Queen Eizabe-h was play
ing az bowls when the Spanish
Armada came Roosevelt was play
ing tennis when IT happened
Read BingVills Bugle tomorrow.
The Washington herald., 1908-06-20
. Not for Maryland.

From the Baltimore News.
IN the next year there VIII probably be
more or less talk Of bringing the New
York Jockey Club 10 Maryland-one OF
the few Eastern States that still permit
gambling at race tracks-but we are very
much mistaken II the people Of Maryland
will not insist that the next legislature
shall take measures to prevent having
the State made the dumping ground for a
game which other States viii not toll
crate.
The Washington herald., 1908-06-20
Public Opinion

From the Boston Herald
Public opinion IS a will-o'-the- wisp. II
is here to-day and gone tomorrow. Pub
lie opinion crucihed the Christ and the
centuries have condemned Il for its act.
Ever since that time the public has been
making blUnders, committing crimes, fU--
nishing the evidence Of its own unwisdom
IL every time and country.
The Washington herald., 1908-06-20

There never was a law or a custom
that would prevent a man voting him
self dry" says the Portland Oregonian.
Unfortunately. also. there never was a
law or custom preventing him counting
himself out after the election.
The Washington herald., 1908-06-20

Mr. John d. Rockefeller recently de-
clined TO purchase a sword used in
Cromwels army, on the ground that he
is a man OF peace, and that the thing
wasn't worth the $500 asked, snyhow. II
it had been some sort Of skinning ma
chine, Mr.. Rockefeller might have been
interested.
The Washington herald., 1908-06-20

Senator "Jeff" Davis has just denounced
the newspapers again; this making sorle-
thing like the fifteenth or twentieth time.
1t is all right. however; Just so the sena-
tor doesn't forget himself some time. and
indorse them!
The Washington herald., 1908-06-20

In an Illinois village where there are
only forty-seven qualified voters. pro-
hibition election Is impending. As the
voters are said TO stand . for and 3
against, with the odd man on the fence.
there's one man in that town who doubt
less wishes he had never been born.
The Washington herald., 1908-06-20
It,s Doubtful.

Women are beginning TO use the type
writer more in their personal correspond
ence."
Il wonder IL 1t Will stop them from
writing criss-crOss?"
The Washington herald., 1908-06-20
Common Rights.

she tries TO monopolize the parlor."
"Wel?"
But she can't do IT, Our boarding
house IS full of parlor socialists
The Washington herald., 1908-06-20

The meanest man in the world lives in
Jacksonville, Pa. and his name IS Isaac
Holler. After remaining silent IN ms
wifes presence Tor fifteen years because
he was angry with her. he began talk
ing 70 her again after her tongue had
become paralyzed and she couldn't an
swer back!
The Washington herald., 1908-06-20
UNDER LETTERS OF MAROUE.
A STORY BY TWELVE AUTHORS

7 Chicago convention a. a candidate
'or Vice President. and 50 vas
I known 20 history no more.
/ And when we arrived az Tarry-
tCUL-Cn-the-Huds0n she whispered
. tC the chauffeur. who TUNED from
! the dusty highway into a cool, Sc
/ cluded nook whore a dainty lunch
con was spread on the greeuward.
Those were golden moments. as
with chicken a IN Refine sprinkled
I literally over my waistc'at I told
her of my love; Of how. locked In
my narrow cell I had been true 20
hcr. and had spoken 20 no woman
on earth since ! had seen her last.
Aud she, disregaTding the buttered
ron -he held IN her daintt hand.
/ clasped me round the neck for gery
Joy. II was little I minded the
crumbs that trickled down my neck.
Our happiness was too sweet 10
last felt it even then. for as
We gazcd mp the stretch Of the beau
I titul river Shinmering in the sun
we idly watched the white sail Of
boat that tackled toward us For
A. Il drew nearer and nearer a cold
chill struck across our hearts. 50
chill II was that feared the grass
was damp But as we looked we
thoJght-yeS-there could be no mis-
taking tit was the Dwarf, the
precursor Of all ili. that held the
tillcr in his hands
In a frenzy Of fear we rushed back
TO where we had hitched the auto
mobile, climbed in. and ordered the
chauffeur TO crank her up." but
not a crank would he. Instead, he
smiled grinly and, pointing river
vard. said:
Ny orders are 20 wait for him. %
Then IL was over then. this dream
Of life and delight; Of JOY and fe-
icity. Il was in vain 10 try ana
nun, and 50 We sat there. Sillpnlv
defiant. but suTeptitousiy sneaked
a monkey wrench from under the
scat and bade ny dear love con
ceal Il.
1T may save our lives" whis-
pcred.
And If the worst comes to tho
worst" she murmmed. you will
use 10 on me-fret." "
""0wi' calculated. with
shuddcr.
"YOu must crack me on the
head. ~ she said. and smiled. anc
as | gazed bravely into her eyes
seeing no sign n faltering there. she
concealed the mUderous weapon IN
her Merry Widow hat. and the set
ting sun was not more beautiful than
the blush that oversrread her face.
Hardly had she concealed the
n3onkcy-wrench when we heard the
keel Of the boat grating on the
shinele. and with a hoarse chuckie
Of revenge the Dwarf spTang ashore
He came toward us.
CTO BE Continued
NOTE-The tenth chapter Of this
aesthetic serial viii be contributed
hy that noted man Of letters and
bon vivant, Mai. John NJ. Carson.
Read Bingville Bugls tomorrow.
The Washington herald., 1908-06-20

A Missouri man with a beard six feet
long is running for office Whiskers.
however, appear to be the one thing in
the old Populist platform that isn't work.
ing over time this year.
The Washington herald., 1908-06-20
A LITTLE NONSENSE.
A Mere student.

MY son has finished another year at
college"
With credit. hope
We'll, no. He was conditioned in both
tennis and baseball"
The Washington herald., 1908-06-20

The Presidents English IS clumsy and
illogicak" according to the New York
Times Nevertheless. It is no trouble to
understand just what he means.
The Washington herald., 1908-06-20

Representative O'Conneu. Of Massachu-
setts. has a bill 20 compel every soldier
In the army to save 10 cents a day. As
the average soldier never has 10 cents
more than three or four days after pay
day, this bill would seem to be a propo-
sition bordering on the impossible.
The Washington herald., 1908-06-20
Kne,Y Girl Nnture.

we were overstocked with ladies ties,
but our boss was smart enough 10 work
them on"
How did ne manage it?"
simply enough. Put 'em in the mems
department"
The Washington herald., 1908-06-20
No More Homes.

What became of your magazine for the
homer"
IT failed for lack OF a field. What
should have started was a magazine for
the fat"
The Washington herald., 1908-06-20

we owe a great debt to the news
papers" says a public speaker. Oh, yes;
the delinquent subscriber is one OF the
Oldest newspaper traditions.
The Washington herald., 1908-06-20

George AIDES new comedy is said 10
have impressed the people Of England
as exceedingly funny. This would appear
TO put the Joke on somebody. but we
can't exactly decide who.
The Washington herald., 1908-06-20

"A pretty woman is more attractive
without a great big hat" says the Co
lumbus (Ga.) Ledger. Oh. go on. and get
her that hat, Don't be a "tlghtwad."
The Washington herald., 1908-06-20
Even the Elect.

"A duchess heroine once married a
Oulda hero"
What Of it?"
And still they had trouble in keeping a
cook"
The Washington herald., 1908-06-20

Mrs. Elinor Glyn says the hotels in
this country are "awfully well done"
Yes, indeed; and at a number of them
the guests are also awfully well done "
The Washington herald., 1908-06-20

An authority says thousands OF EsN,
mos frequently eat as much as twenty
pounds Of meat per day. Can 1t be pos
sible that the Eskimos are all million
aires2
The Washington herald., 1908-06-20

notes contentment. and for this reason
the liberal policy In the matter of ships
libraries Is justified.
The Washington herald., 1908-06-20

A scientist says. Man marries because
he can't help himself" This should ex-
plain IL 10 some people who cannot mag
inc why they did IT,
The Washington herald., 1908-06-20

The Cubans appear 20 be quite apt at
election frauds. Isn't it about time 10
annex Cuba and make a State out Of It?
The Washington herald., 1908-06-20
Progress.

The old-fashioned trumpet OF fame
Now aside is thrown.
We're at the point where the game
Takes a megaphOne.
The Washington herald., 1908-06-20

The posse returned in good spirits, -
says an Alabama contemporary. Where
had they been? Reidlng a "moonshine"
still?
The Washington herald., 1908-06-20

rs II possible to marry on so per
week." inquiries a girlical writer on
one Of the big dailies Certainly; 10 IS
possible TO marry on much less than
that-but It viii bring on more or less
subsequent talk. all right.
The Washington herald., 1908-06-20

The people OF Webb City, No. call
their baseball team The Poets" says
the Rochester PoSt-Express. And prob
ably without rhyme or reason, too.
The Washington herald., 1908-06-20

Ten thousand lives were lost in that
Chelsea fire that never have appeared
on the official lists Ten thousand cats
were burned TO death
The Washington herald., 1908-06-20

A certain variety Of peaches is selling
in the market for $3.50 apiece-but not
TO very many people
The Washington herald., 1908-06-20

A man claims to have discovered a race
Of people in Mexico averaging eight feet
nine inches in height. Evidently, these
people are almost as tall as the stories
this explorer IS telling about them.
The Washington herald., 1908-06-20

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contributions, and no communications TO
the editor t0iH be printed except oUer the
name Of the t0riter.
Aonuscripts offered for publication tOiII
DC returned " WnaUaildble, but stamps
should be sent toith the manuscript for
thar purpose.
All communications intended for this
newspaper, t0hether for the daiIy or the
Sunday issue, should be addressed 10
THE WASHINGTON HERALD.
New York Representative. SMITH -wILBERDING
SPECIAL AGENCY. -nbuus Building.
Chicago Representative. CHARLES a. BARNARD.
Eoyce Building.
The Washington herald., 1908-06-20

with good crops; every mood OF nature
has been latterly most benign. Politicians
have grown in grace amazingly. even
though they may not be entirely out Of
the wood in that regard yet. Capital
clamors to get into Kansas now, where
once it skirted so far to the nortn that
Kansas couldn't make itself heard with a
megaphone.
We are glad 10 know the poorhouse
is an all but forgotten thing in Kansas
May It soon become a memory entirely
The Washington herald., 1908-06-20
ChaElgT IIrRYihH Hnn. Fan. CannhaII

''' "i's ~aii =. = q
Author cf Life and Savings Of
George r. Peck. Dollar Gas In
Washington. % and Poultry Farn-
ing IN Kansas"
The Washington herald., 1908-06-20
CTo BE coNT1NUEDJ

NOTE-The tenth chapter Of this
aesthetic serial viii be contributed
hy that noted man Of letters and
bon vivant. Mai. John NJ. Carson.
The Washington herald., 1908-06-20

Read Bingrills Bugle tomorrow.
The Washington herald., 1908-06-20

Read Bingvills Bugls tomorrow.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1908-02-28
SUDDEN DEATH
Mayor Maxwell Expires Sud.
denly this Morning.

Mayor N. B. Maxwell of Eveleth
was found dead this morning, heart
disease being the cause. Mr.. Max
well arose at the usual time this
morning and proceeded to the barn to
do the milking. His failure to return
aroused the suspicious of Mrs. Max
well. Upon investigation the mayor
was found lying in the stable. Ply
sicians pronounced him dead.
mike" Maxwell, as he was gener-
ally known, was favorite in Eveleth
and his death cast a gloom over the
city. He was formerly resident of
Ely, but when the Mesaba range was
opened he moyed to Eveleth where he
has since resided. He was elected
mayor of Eveleth twice, and at the
time of his death had just begun his
second administration.
Mr.. Maxwell is survived by a wife
and five children. His death is sad
blow to the man trying to get ahead,
as he was the laborers' friend. He
died we'll possessed of worldly goods,
being director of the Miners Ma
tional bank besides being heavily in
Lerested in real estate and timber.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1908-02-28
a Slow Place,

well, how are you, cap'n, and how's
everything going?" genially inquired
the patent churn man, as he hoped
up on to the porch of the tavern at
Polkville. Round again, eh?" re-
turned the landlord, in fiat and accent
less tones. me? Aw, I'm still here, l
reckon Everything else is dead-dead-
er than dog and fatter than fit
ter! Tell you what's fact. There was
pig born with six legs, not more
than three miles out O. town, week
before last, and I'll be fiddeldy cussed
if more than third of the population
went out there to look at the wonder
full insect! Yes, and yesterday fell
Ter from over at Timpkinsville walked
out in the middle of the street here
and hollered that he was bigger by
gosh man that old William Jennin's
Bryan, and not gent in the whole
burned town had patriotism enough to
jump him! Aw, tell you, herd Of
reindeer could get fat on the moss on
the backs of our prominent citizens,
and not be disturbed while they were
ADDING it!"-Puck.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1908-02-28
WeII-Muscied Boy.

A few weeks ago in a village a few
miles from Mexico City a citizen went
to the alcalde and complained that a
boy ten years old had stolen and car
ried away his donkey. He insisted
that the boy had carried the animal
on his shoulder. The police laughed
at the idea, but when the lad was ar
rested it was shown that the state
ment was true. The boy had carried
a gooJ-sized donkey quarter of a
mile on his shoulder without stop.
He did the trick again for the benefit
of the police.
Various tests were made of his
strength, and it was found that he had
the muscle of two ordinary men. He
is in Jail now, but when he comes out
the people will have to look out that
he doesn't carry off their houses some
night.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1908-02-28
HAD NO CAUSE TO BE AFRAID.
Very Harmless "Tiger" Was Irish.
mans Companion in Cage.

The manager of wild animal show
was so unfortunate as to lose by death
the only lion in his collection. After
trying in vain to replace the loss he
finally secured an Irishman to appear
in his exhibition on all fours in the
lions cage, wrapped in the dead
beasts skin. This plan worked we'll
enough for a while, and the public
was fooled. One night, however, it be-
came necessary, in the course of one
performance, for the lion to enter the
tigers cage. Pat pleaded strenuously
behind the scenes against being sent
into the other maneater's presence;
at his employer was unyielding, as
surfing him repeatedly that the tiger
was harmless. Though well-nigh dead
with fear, Pat, after long and vigorous
persuasion, at last crawled into the
tigers cage. No sooner was he in the
cage than he lost what little courage
he had left, and lay down, calling in a
hoarse whisper, please don't bite me;
| amt no lion I'm an Irishman." The
tiger appeared thoroughly disguised,
and in a moment he growled back,
Shut up, you fool, SO am I''-Har-
per's Weekly.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1908-02-28
A Matter of Hinh Politics.

One the wittiest of English peers
is Lord Longford, and he has also
earned the reputation of being one of
the worst dressed, in spite of the fact
that for 20 years he has been in the
Second Life Guards. The story goes
that friend once met him in Ireland
CARRIED in a pair of combinations
which were not on speaking terms
with his boots, and chaffed him mer-
cflessly about the lucid interval that
occurred between them. But tom
my" as Lord Longford is known to
his intimates, in nowise disconnected,
blandly explained that it was really
a matter of high politics. you see,
my dear fellow, the breeches are made
by tailor who is rampant Orange
man, while the boots are the achieve
ment of a Fenian cobbler, so how can
you expect 'em to meet?"
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1908-02-28
Rats. PLAQUE Carriers of India.

Before plague makes it's appearance
In a house the rat mortality generally
gives warning and case occurs
among the people in a house near
which rats have been found. The peo-
pie have now come to know that there
is some connection between the rat
mortality and the occurrence of
plague cases in a certain locality. The
rats go about from one place to an
other and they carry infection from
place to place and render the task of
controlling plague, when it is once
spread, very difficult 1t therefore
necessary that the public should CO.
operate with the health department to
destroy as many rats as possible. The
rains have now stopped, and, as it is
the breeding season for rats, the pres
ent is, the fittest occasion for a CAM
paign against rats.-Bombay Gazette.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1908-02-28
JUST WANTED TO SEE MONEY.
Then italian Woman Was Satisfied 1t
Was All Right.

A savings bank is never a very
cheerful place. To one smiling young
matron, putting aside the proverbial
NEST egg," or, still more, smiling
young mothers depositing in trust for
the first baby, there are ten sad-faced
women in black, many of them with
widows wells.
This was especially true recently
when the panic sent anxious deposit
Ors by the hundreds to draw out their
small savings, and it was therefore es-
pecially refreshing to see in thar
crowding somber line not Lola from
Berlin" but Marguerite from Italy, a
trim, bright-eyed little woman with
scarlet handkerchief around her neck
and her uncovered, glossy, black locks
pulled and braided and curled as if
for an Inauguration ball.
She waited patiently-even cheer
fully-as slowly foot by foot she ap-
preached the paying teller's desk, but
it was two o'clock before her turn
came. She began to look weary, but
she gave the wearier man behind the
little window a confiding smile as
she handed him her bank book and
said:
II want it ALL"
He glanced at the book and count
ed out 1912 in one-dollar bills.
''That mine!" gasped the little
woman.
The teller nodded.
She fingered the bills, looking more
puzzled. The woman behind her was
almost crying with impotence. The
line swayed as if it had been row of
bricks and some one had hit the last
brick in the row. Still Marguerite
folded and unfolded the bills; she had
all the repose of her native land.
"You sure" she said at last. "You
sure these all mine"
Cali yours" the man answered, Ia
conically.
Ordinarily he would have told her
she was blocking the line, but this
day he saw no objection to the delay
She ventured one more question:
"You sure these mine-these dollars?
l thought put in fives and tens
"These are all yours" he assured
her emphatically.
She flashed him a glimpse of white
teeth.
"All right, them" she said, idiomat-
ically. "Tony-my mamie tell me
my money not here. He say, take it
all out 1 say: L go see."
Then untying the corner of a red
handkerchief and taking from it a
five-dollar gold piece and several
grimy bills she added them to the pile
in front of her and pushed the whole
toward the astonished bank official.
"You put them all back" she COM
manded. II see them, SO l know they
all here