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Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1908-11-22
By Clarence L. Cullen.
Special Correspondence of The Star.


NEW YORK, November 81, 1908.
The dullest and most opaque among u.s.
YOU know, are fond of indulging, if so be
as We can, in little occasional gloat,
IL things so frame up that we cant
Gloat, with a capital G, why, so much the
better.
Let the above-signed preface the ap-
preaching Gloat (upper-case G, please)
with the averment that it is not and never
has been anything to him whether the
ponies continued to race or not He al
ways has been willing to see them go
right ahead and race their heads off. He
has seen a lot of racing. square and
crooked
Simply in fulfllment of his task as a
chronicler. however. the writer hereof
stated very frequently in this correspond
ence, long before Mr.. Hughes was even
renominated for governor of the state of
New York. that thered be no racing here
about next year-the year 1909, that is TO
say. verify.
For INDUCING in this asseveration the
present chronicler frequently got what is
coloqulaliy and pavementishly known as
the long, low. rakish and raffish boot
Racing persous told him that he ought
really 90 somewhere and get treated for
that habit of his of leaning against the
old bamboo by which. of course they
~. that Hughes wasn't going to he renom-
mated. They said. secondly. that. even if
rcnominated. Hughes would be buried
under the votes of folks who believed in
personal liberty" They said thirdly
that even If Hughes managed TO get by
Inere'd be racing around III OF Moo
YawS, on, for vans and yahs after
Hughes whiskers had turned TO the hue
o. Santa Claus hirsute adornments
They sure were the dandy little savers
Now ii is definitely established beyond
what the fine Wrists call the peradyen-
ture of a doubt whatever the same can
mean. Alcwyn, that there just hain't
a-SoinS 10 be any racing at all on anv
track around New York next year
Not one track is going to open around
here next year. Even the rambunctious
Phil Dwyer. who waant said he, soin'
L let nobody stop him from racing
hawsses If he wanted tuh--even this one
las folded away his def stuff in moth
balls and stated that he reckons mebbe
the games dead for little while, TO say
The least.
The insiderest OF the inside men in
racing over here acknowledge with "A gulp
that racing may never again be eStab-
lished around New York.
Oh well. We JIst happen to mention it
by way of routine. that's all
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1908-11-22

! have won .. the Soldiers = while one
has been a tie. The record follows:
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1908-11-22

PICkED squad of m!dshipmen at
the United States Naval Acad-
cny, selected for their athletic
prowcss from the hundreds of
young men at Uncle Sans
The Fairmont West Virginian. (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1904-1914, 1908-01-11
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The Guthrie daily leader. [volume] (Guthrie, Okla.) 1893-1996, 1908-12-05
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The Guthrie daily leader. [volume] (Guthrie, Okla.) 1893-1996, 1908-12-05

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The Guthrie daily leader. [volume] (Guthrie, Okla.) 1893-1996, 1908-12-05
MusKGGEE BROKER ACCUSED

Special TO Daily eaier.
Muskogee, Okla, Dec. 40 w.
Wrightsone OF the most promineB.
brokers' Of this city, was arrested f-r
arson on orders from an Insurance
concern and placed under bonds At
The preliminary held Thursday Mr..
Wright stated the charge of arson was
lue to the fire of December 27, 1907
when the Whitlow-William wholesale
lrug concern was destroy yed by fire
Insurance papers were lost in the holo
eaust, and the agents alleged the
building Nas set on fire by some person
having interests and for the purpose OF
, concealing financial entanglements
Mr. Wright has long been a Muskogec
broker and real estate operator and
there is no stain upon his namf
in the past.
The Guthrie daily leader. [volume] (Guthrie, Okla.) 1893-1996, 1908-12-05

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The Guthrie daily leader. [volume] (Guthrie, Okla.) 1893-1996, 1908-12-05

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The Birmingham age-herald., 1908-02-18
Hettv Green As a Political Seer

Hetty Green may have been right wlfen she said, or is said to have said, that Theodore Roosevelt was to be the republican nominee. She is in touch with men who are in touch with Elkins and Crane and Kean and Aid rich and the rest of the inner circle at Washington. She has excellent means of information. But Roosevelt's re- nomination wholly depends upon the extent of the fear of Bryan's election. As a last resort for the defeat of the Nebraskan the G. O. P. would accept Roosevelt. And every day increases the probability of the election of Will liam Jennings Bryan.
 The battle in the republican party is a battle between the progressivists and the reactionaries, and the latter are practically routed except in their stronghold in the United States Sen. ate. Before the people the reaction. aries have no strength in any state. not even in Pennsylvania, where Pen- rose is facing almost certain defeat in his effort to secure reelection.
 But the best of progressiyists in the republican party cannot be trusted to revise the tariff or to squelch slush funds. The former promotes and maintains trusts that rob the people, and the latter is deadly attack upon the integrity of the ballot box. A slush fund of millions simply means that votes enough are to be brought to swing over doubtful states-New York, for example.
 This is why a progressive republic an holds out no great promise of good to the republic. The most that can be said of him is he is shade better than a reactionary republican of the Elhins-Kean sort.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1908-02-18
RaIIroad Uniformity Coming

The south is making progress Ill se cnring uniformity in passenger ra'eS' The Atlantic Coast Line has accep'eu the 2 1-2 cents passenger rate anu tue fra,ob+ rates offered by the Southern and it's allied lines, by the Frisco by the seaboard and by the Queen ana crescent The Coast Line joins hands win these roads in the other states Tn Mississippi the Southern and the Mobile and Ohio have made a similar offar and in Tennessee all have ac- cepted the 1-2 cents proposition the Louisville and Nashville using for tnat n,rnose the refund or coupon system. The Mississippi legislature is In ses- sion and the indications are that the rates offered by the Southern will ren- der any new or harsh legislation un- necessary.
 Tn short, the prospect is constantly growing better that the entire south east will soon have uniform rates, and that the acute phase of the railroad problem will disappear in satisfac- tory settlement. For the good of all this is a contamination devoutly to be wished
The Birmingham age-herald., 1908-02-18
CONGRESSMAN UNDERWOOD.

Y Ioii tlle adSiililS tOfl f1eTdlu.
 The dean of the Alabama delegation in the House of Representatives is the Hon. Oscar w. Underwood of Birmingham. His first term was the Fifty-fourth Con gress. Representatives Taylor and Clay ton began their Congressional careers in the Fifty-ffth, the other members of the delegation belong to the later-day states men.
 Representative Underwood was educa- ted at Rugby school, Louisville, Ky. his birthplace. He is an alumnus of the University of Virginia. He is popular in llis district, his last election being unani- nous. He is likewise popular in the House, and his seat in the last row, is the gathering point of friends, who enjoy chat with the Alabamian
 His ability and the position he holds in his party were recognized by the Speak CT, who appointed him to the important committee of ways and means.
 His home is in the heart of the iron in- dustry of Alabama, and Representative Underwoods knowledge of the relation of the tariff to that great industry enables him to be of service to the committee.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1908-02-18

is said by some that Congress cannot afford to do it because it involves such large amount of money, more than sixty-eight millions of dollars. But when gentlemen view the case from that standpoint they must remember that the government has had the use of this s6S.OOO,OOO for forty years and more; that it was originally wrung from the lean purses of people whose homes had been laid in ashes, and whose every household was in mourn ing. They must remember that this money was taken from people who had no voice in the levying of it; that it was taken from a people who could least afford to bear the burden, and that now, after this rich, powerful gov ernment has had the use of it without interest for more than forty years. these people are simply asking that the principal be refunded. The su- preme court of the United States has said, in effect, that it would not be honest on the part of the government to retain it."
The Birmingham age-herald., 1908-02-18
IN olDEN TIMES.
Life 2ooo Years Ago Was Like the
 Present Existence.

Special Cable to the Cincinnati En-
 quirer
 London.-The great discovery of an- cient papyri at Oxyrhynchus, Upper Egypt, has yielded strange instances of what may be called the modernity of the ancients. This paradox will be explained by the translations of MSS, written near ly 2OOO years ago, and showing that even in unessential matters life was then very much as it is in the twentieth century, A. D.
 Professors Grenfell and Hunt of Ox- ford, who have been grubbing for treas- urse among the rubbish heaps of Oxyrhyn- chus have brought home great quantities of papyri, among which are some that throw quaint light on the life of the Greek colony in ancient Egypt. One is letter from a schoolboy to his father begging to be taken to Alexandria for treat, and threatening dire things if he is disappointed. It concluded 'If you will not take me- will not eat and I will not sleep. There now!''
 One of these MSS, of which Dr. Gren- fell supplies the date as the second cen- tury, runs
 "Charemon invites you to dine with him tomorrow, which is the 18th of the month. at o'clock (about o'clock in the after noon)."
 Here is a translation of missive which might have been found any time these 1900 years, singularly direct invitation to a wedding:
 "Herals invites you to dine with her at the marriage of her children in her house tomorrow, which is the 9th, at o'clock 6 p. m.)."
 So that the American custom of wed- dings at the residence of the bride is discovered to be otherwise than up to date.
 But these extraordinary finds contain nothing quite so remarkable as the irre- futable evidence that the Simple Life movement was advocated 2000 years ago, and that today it's disciples are only re- fecting the sentiment of one of Pindar's odes, which translated, runs: "verily though I live on a rock. am known for the prowess in Hellenic con- tests, and known for some display of the Muse's art; verify, too, my acres bear a measure of Bacchus's life-giving cure in extremity. The comrades of a mans home and his kinsmen are dear and bring contentment. In happiness remote from foolish men praise the wise Lord Eux- the seventh share of hundred cities. To me little is given, a mere shrub of oak, but have no lot in trouble or strife"
The Birmingham age-herald., 1908-02-18
FASCINATED BY MELANCHOLY.
Henry Irving Liked to Play the "Hor-
 rorsr Parts.

From Ellen Terry's "Reminiscences in
 McClure's.
 Henry always thought that the dark overhanging branch of the cedar was like the cruel outstretched hand of fate. He called it the fate tree, and used it in Hamlet, in Eugene Aram" and ill Romeo and Juliet'
 He played all such parts well. Melan- choly and the horrors had peculiar fas- cination for him-especially at first. But his recitation of the poem Eugene Aram was finer than anything in the play-es- pecially when he did it in a frock coat. No one ever looked so splendid in frocls coat. He was always ready to recite it. used to do it after supper anywhere. We had talk about it once, and told him that 1t was too much for a room. No man was ever more willing to listen to suggestion or less obstinate about taking advice. He immediately moderated his recitation and made it less theatrical. The play was good repertoire play, and we did it later on in America with suc- cess. There the part of Houseman was played by Terriss, who was quite splen- did in it, and at Chicago my little boy Teddy made his second appearance on the stage as Joey. He had, when mere baby. come on the stage at the court in "Olivia,' and this must be counted his first appearance.
 It is because of Teddy that Eugene Aram'' is associated in my mind with ono of the most beautiful sights that ever H. ffo IJa xrrag al n, years old at the time. and as he tied up the stage roses, his cheeks, untouched by rouge. put the reddest of them to shame! v 4 v r-,
The Birmingham age-herald., 1908-02-18

and modcstly ends his programme with a timid recognition of the fact that songs have been written in English.
 " Oratorios and church music have to be in English: but with what enunciation and dictionl I challenge any musical au- thorty to step into any fashionable church and be able to distinguish one half of the text of the singing.
 The fact is that this important branch of the art of singing has for years been overlooked and neglected. The cause2 Either the vocal instructotrs-a vast num- Der of them foreigners--have been inca pablo of teaching their pupns how to pro nounce the English language or else the pupils themselves have found their own dialect and s1ovenly method of pronuf,- citation an insuperable barrier
 Many musicians and critics will agree fully with Mr. Klein"
 Sheriff E. L. Higdon returned to the city yesterday afternoon after a four days visit to his farm near Leeds.
 James Nicol. Jr., of Carbon Hill Is at the New Morris.
 J. L. cadden of Gadsden is at the New Morris.
 Col J. J. willette of Anniston is in the New Morris.
 Charles P. Pratt of Pell City is at the New Morris
 T. w. Guthrie of Plttsburg president of the Republic Iron and Steel company, arrived in Birmingham yesterday and will remain here several days
 President George G. Crawford of the Tennessee Coal. Iron and Railroad com pany, is visiting relatives at his old home in Milledgevllle, Ga.
 J. A. Riser, general chairman of the Brotherhood of Locomotive Engineers of the Cincinnati, New Orleans and Texas Pacific and the Alabama Great Southern system, returned from Cincinnati last night, where he. convened the general committee of adjustment for the purpose of conferring with the management of the road in regard to the wage scale. MT. Riser leaves tonight for Atlanta, where he will meet the grand officers of the Brotherhood, and also the repre- sentatives of the brotherhood of the diff ferent roads of the southeast.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1908-02-18
COL. CODY LOOKS YOUNG

stand at a safe distance and let them do the fighting. Sitting Bull was treach- erous, no-account Indian. If President Harrison had not countermanded my or ders, I should have taken him alive. I knew him intimately, and could have in- duced him to surrender ,peaceably, I be- lieve; but, you remember, he was shot down and killed by soldiers. It is a mis- take, however, to hold him up as an ex- ample of Indian courage"
 Asked about politics. Colonel Cody said:
 ''nhe people of the west are for Roose- welt. He has done things for the west that no other President. has done He has begun the work of preserving our forests and our game, and he has encouraged the irrigation of the arid wastes of land which were always looked upon as of no account except for jack rabbits to roam on. The West is the richest section of our country, but it needs some attention, and Roosevelt has given it that attention. I do not think that Bryan could carry a western state. Taft, believe, will be the nominee and l look for his election be- yond doubt"
 Twill you make another tour abroad?" Colonel Cody was asked.
 "No; this country is big enough for me. I can't make more than hundred fare- we'll tours. and I purpose to make them in this country"
 Buffalo Bill likes Europe, he says, and has great admiration for King Edward. Tn his scarf he wears a pin presented him by the English King. It is in the shape of the Kings monogram sur- mounted by the British crown.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1908-02-18
NEW YoRk's HANDsHAkE.

From the New York Press.
 "If there is any one thing irritates me-" said a Chicago man who is spend ing few days in the metropolis, "it is the habit that some of you New Workers have contracted of giving one or two fingers in place of the full hand shake. I've had the experience half a dozen times this trip, and I'm heartily tired of it. Of course, as a rule, the person who so greets you has some- thing in his right hand-papers of what not--when the salutation Is exchanged; but why, in the name of common sense, doesn't he dispose of the impedimenta for brief moment of friendliness? We think that we hustle out in the Windy City, and as a matter of fact we do, but we aren't in such an all-fired hurry that we can't take time ofr to give decent grasp"
The Birmingham age-herald., 1908-02-18
Yellow Fever At Galveston

The arrival of a steamer in the roads off Galveston, carrying yellow fever patients, shows the menace that the gulf states suffer from the cum ming and selishness of Texas. That state alone retains the state quaran- tine system. all the rest preferring the work of the United States marine hos pital service. Texas retains the state quarantine system because it can be used more readily and elastically against New Orleans in commercial competition. In order to gain a point or two in trade the big state does not hesitate to endanger the health of the entire gulf coast.
 There seems to be no help for it. No cases of fever will spread in this nip ping air from the Brazilian ship lying near Galveston, but what will occur in the soon-coming months cannot be foreseen. No one has great amount of confidence in a state quarantine, and the rest of the gulf states may yet have to quarantine against Texas un- lc-- she speedily falls into line by the adoption of the federal quarantine service which costs the state nothing and which is known to be effective and protective.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1908-02-18
THE PETITION TO DIANA.

By william Drummond of Hawthornden. Fair Moon, who with thy cold and silver
 shine Makes sweet the horror of the dreadful
 night, Delighting the weak eye with smiles de
 vine, Which Phoebus dazzles with his too
 much llght Bright Queen of the first Heaven, if in
 thy shrine, By turning oft, and Heavens eternal
 might, Thou hast not yet that once sweet fire of
 thine, Endymion, forgot. and lovers plight, If cause like thine may pity breed in thee. And pity somewhat else to 1t obtain, Since thou hast power as we'll as he Who paints strange figures in the slums
 boring brain,
 Now white she sleeps, in doleful guiss
 her show These tears and the black map of au
 my woe.