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The Washington herald., 1909-05-18
Casgaes to Amazon Region.

F1cn te FI7rida Time<Jnion.
Pensacola has sent out some great car
goes Of cotton this season. and Is soon to
send out the first Of two cargoes Of Biz
mingham-made steel rails. destined for a
point 100 miles up the Amazon River.
The two cargoes viii amount 10 1oO00
tons and will be the first ever sent from
the United States 10 the Amazon region
The commerce between Pensacola. and
South American points viii he a most
notable one in the near future. especially
after the Panama Canal is finished.
The Washington herald., 1909-05-18
ROB POOR OF $2O,OOO.OOO.
short Weight in New York Causes
Loss TO the Helpless.

Loss TO the Helpless.
Albany dispatch % New York Tribune.
Poor people in this State. who have 10
buy their food supplies in small guanti-
ties. were robbed Of about s3a.0oo 10 last
year by reason Of short weights and
small measure. according TO an estimate
made BY Fritz Reichmann, State superin-
tendent OF weights and measures. OF
that loss about Sl0.o00.000 came from the
people in New York City, in spite OF the
municipal bureau Of weights and meas
ures. OF whose head Caperintendent
Relchmsnn has not very compliment
tary opinion.
The people who lost most through
faulty weights and measures" r de-
clared. are the very poor, who have
20 buy IN small quantities. This State
IS so far behind its neighbors that IL
naturally becomes the dumping ground
OF short weight and short measure goods.
Russia. which We consider a barbarous
country, Is so much better governed than
New York State in respect to its weights
and measures as TO make Us blush"
Primarily the reason for this great de-
frauding OF customers by dealers is not
dishonesty. in Superintendent Reich
mann's opinion. but the imperfect laws.
which leave each municipality 10 work
out its own destiny. with merely general
supervision on the part Of a sadly handi-
capped State department Thus dealers
in one city supplying retailers IN some
other city with different regulations as
20 weights and measures, or perhaps neg
iigent inspection or no inspection, may
unintentionaIly perpetrate a fraud. which
the retailers would pass along or inten-
sify
TO be sure" MI Reichmann con-
tinued. there Is much dishonesty, delio-
crate and intentional, IN every large city
and many small ones, and Il Is TO guard
against this that the sealers Of weights
and measures have 10 watch constantly. :"
The Washington herald., 1909-05-18
TUESDAY. MAY IS. 1903
THE NATIONS CITY.

''Thaf The Washington Herald VIII
stand FOR the best interests of wash
1EStoa needs not the saying Il viii
ever keep in mind, however, that
this Il n national city-the nations
city-aRd that fts present greatness
and futGTe pre-eminence have as n
basis its $a5iOnsI character."-From
editorial forewoTd in the first issue o.
tbs paper. October s. 1s66
The Washington herald., 1909-05-18
Natien Of Conce prinkerr.

fToEn me NeT 1ork P7esz
During the year 1903. It is safely pre-
sumed from the nearest figures obtain
able. there was enough coffee drunk IN
the United States alone to I'll a ciStern
twenty miles long. one mile wide. and
two milse deep. OF the 10000 people
Of the United States s. per cent are
coffee drinkers There were more than
u.0oo car loads OF coffee grain brought
into tbs country last year. or sixty
seven shiploads, to say nothing OF the
smaller shipments that are not recorded
The Washington herald., 1909-05-18

King Edward has set the fashion Of
wearing the trousers creased down the
sides. He is also responsible for that
green hat foolishness. His majesty ought
TO have oStgrown such things by this
time. We think
The Washington herald., 1909-05-18
A country without Roads.

From United State Cnsalar ReDcrtS
The only read in Honduras worthy OF
the name is The cart road from Tegu-
cigalpa to San Lorenzo and this one.
owing 10 lack Of funds for repairs, has
become almost impossible. The auto
trucks which were in use during 1896
were laid up and the experiment de-
cIared a failure
The Washington herald., 1909-05-18
New Onen.e, ta Tennessee

From The NsSariEc American
Alleged Illegal sale Of intoxicants re-
suited in the arrest Sunday of J. A.
Lohrunl. forty-tFo years old. on three
charses-Hsmely. tipping on Sunday, tip
ping without q license, ard violating the
segregation law Lohrum gave bond xor
his appearance
The Washington herald., 1909-05-18
yafure Faker 60. Rusr.

From the Nashville TsRsezesE.
A St Louis man takes the foor to tell
or a sagacious and villainous rodent which
for the past few nights has been trying
10 asphyxiate 8 whole family by going
around and turning on the gas Jets. With
Theodore Roosevelt on his old Job. no
man would have dared cut loose Ike
that
The Washington herald., 1909-05-18
Ju.t LIke the octonn.

Ffom the Kznsos City Journal
Oklahoma win feel deeply humiliated.
Of course. If Gov. Haskell should be
found guilty OF fraud by a Jury Of his
feilow-citizens. But. after all. conviction
would not be very much worse than ex-
hausting the legal technicslides in an
effort 70 escape trial on the merits OF
the case.
The Washington herald., 1909-05-18
DoIIiver's Name Abbreviated.

From The florida Tme%Uui0n.
From the Richmond Times-Dispatch we
learn that there are really two Senator's
Taiiaferro. for that paper says Senator
Delivers ancestral name was Taiiaferro
He lives Up in Iowa, and doubtless a part
Of his name was frozen OF.
The Washington herald., 1909-05-18
IFS Fame Ia Secure

Frc=a the Lonisvi!le CcurieT-JouTnzl.
An esteemed contemporary prints an
elaborate defense OF Hamilton against
the charge made by some Congressman
that he was q rake But why defend
Hamilton against any charge made in a
modern Congress-
The Washington herald., 1909-05-18

The Baltimore man who recently erect
ed a monument TO Adam gave the old
fellow the finest sd. he has had since he
woke Up one fine morning and found
one OF his ribs missing.
The Washington herald., 1909-05-18
The OIdess American Editor.

Nasoa City c0-csPondencs Chicago Inter Ocean
The Northeast Iowa editorial eonven-
ton closed at Charles City last night
The occasion was graced by the presence
Of a. B. F. Hildreth. the oldest living
editor in America. aged ninety-three, sew
enty-two years in the business.
The Washington herald., 1909-05-18
Tosti's Fad.

IRON the ClrcIe-
Sir Paolo Tosu. the popular song con-
poser. has a fad for upholstering. and Il
IS claimed for him that ali OF the uphoI-
stering OF Lady TostFs drawlng-room
furniture has been done BY her ceIs-
brated husband
The Washington herald., 1909-05-18

~one way 10 tell that you are getting
old Is when you get tired OF the circus
parade before It is half over" says the
Ohio State Journal. Probably so: but we
never heard OF anybody doing .aat.
The Washington herald., 1909-05-18

The Wright brothers viii be given the
time OF their lives in Dayton. their na-
tive town. They ought TO: they have
managed TO get up in the world consid-
erably since their kid days
The Washington herald., 1909-05-18

II The Republican party falls down on
tartn revision. we fear the strain on the
postmasters to carry the next election
is going 70 be something fierce.
The Washington herald., 1909-05-18
In Arninrt II.

Now there's a man for you. He
matches goods the way MS wife wants
'em matched"
Might as well He knows he'll have
to take EN- back II he doesn't"
The Washington herald., 1909-05-18

Having chronicled the Lamb -Beefsteak
nup,!sls. Of recent date. the Kentucky
papers now have much 20 say concern
ing the forthcoming Bacoa-Liver we'd
ding These are days OF combinations
and trusts. however.
The Washington herald., 1909-05-18

All the Georgia papers nowadays invari-
ably speak CT Atlanta as Atlanta (Ga-). 90
This. we suppose. is to counteract the
Atlanta idea that II is really Georgia
(Atianta).
The Washington herald., 1909-05-18
A. Fort Mver.

From the Kansas Cts Journal
Better buy your aeropIane now while
It can be had for only $7.59a The Wright
brothers have come home and Il Is
almost certain that aeroplanes viii soon
SO Up.
The Washington herald., 1909-05-18

The Atlanta Constitution Of Sunday last
had another one Of those fve-column-
wide-eigh -point-type editorials. We
have tried 20 reason With the Constitu-
ton about this thing heretofore. and we
shall have nothing further to say as 70
the merits of the same. But this last
oTense crowded Frank I. Stanton en-
where we file an entirely new protest
The Washington herald., 1909-05-18

Nobody has q good word for the fly
nowadays. He is a pest and a breeder
OF disease. He has served TO point many
a moral and edorn many a tale. But he
IS an undesirable citizen. and ne must go
The Washington herald., 1909-05-18

the public In fact, he has now grown
famous enough. We think. to resume his
olc-fashioned nane-piain Jack Futrel.
The Washington herald., 1909-05-18

The complaint that an income tax
would make Us a nation OF liars appar-
emily comes largely from people who
are afraid TO trust themselves
The Washington herald., 1909-05-18

The mysterious Austrian arehduke,
Johann Orth. has been discovered again
That gentleman comes TO life about as
regularly as George Washingtons last
surviving bedy servant passes away.
The Washington herald., 1909-05-18

II the women are 70 be required 20 re-
move their hats IN church. they have
the right 10 demand. we think. that they
be furnished two seats each.
The Washington herald., 1909-05-18

The trouble about the story that Bacon
wrote Shakespeare is that il has TO be
proved all over again every year or So
and then nobody believes It.
The Washington herald., 1909-05-18

American men co not make love, =
says Eiinor Glyn. Does she mean that as
slap at the sweet summer girl and her
wiles?
The Washington herald., 1909-05-18

Jacques Futrelie has grown steadily in
favor and repute OF late years as writer
OF clever fiction His latest book. ~Elu-
sive Isabel." has made distinctly favor
able impression On the critics. IS vel as
The Washington herald., 1909-05-18
In Real Life.

y gave a needy fellow q quarter once"
And years later he left you S25. .o0O
eh?"
No; after that first transaction. he
used TO come around every week for
quarter"
The Washington herald., 1909-05-18

We desire 20 say 70 those outside bar
barians who are forever and etsrnailr
p0king their noses into Wonderful Wash
ingtcn's affairs that Mr. Taft does not
pronounce IL got
The Washington herald., 1909-05-18

Hectored and pestered as poor Mr Aid
r.eh Is, Senator GaIlinser's tender solici-
tUde for him Is all the more touching.
The Washington herald., 1909-05-18

A Wisconsin man wants 70 enact law
against swearing, and a California re-
former wants one against kissing. One
would be quite as effective as the other.
we imagine
The Washington herald., 1909-05-18
WORLDLY Aaxice.

learn to say no. remarked the mod
ern Polonius.
Yes, dad"
With a little practice. you can learn
TO say it so that you VIII promptly set
a more pressing Invitation"
The Washington herald., 1909-05-18
By Contrast.

Fashion IS setting a rapid pace these
days
You bet Why, even the women's
styles OF 1907 look Ontiquated now"
The Washington herald., 1909-05-18

The kidnapping and murder professions
have received some rather severe jolts
OF late.
The Washington herald., 1909-05-18
Looks fhnt Wav.

"A rosin trust IS the latest"
Now We surely viii have to pay the
fiddler"
The Washington herald., 1909-05-18
{ Total Loss,

u wonder how q system or automo-
biles would work for Seeing London
They pay well IN this country"
I'D 90 slow on that scheme, old man
How about them foggy 6ays2T
The Washington herald., 1909-05-18

VIII Taft veto the tarin bIH7" inquiries
the Macon News. In the words OF Al
srstvhile popular song. maybe he viii,
but we doubt il.
The Washington herald., 1909-05-18
ALlTTLE NONSENSE.
THE SEEDFUL.

There's very little IN this life Of ours
fellow can't secure, It doth befsli,
II he possess that raightiest OF powers
That people mention es the where
withal"
He needn't have good breeding, looks, Or
wit
He'll find single attribute suffice.
And get along with the prerequisite
Defined IN vulgar parlance as the
price"
The Washington herald., 1909-05-18
An Appraisement Of Heroes

Congress is very short-sighted, says
the Hartford Post. But Il Is q tall talker.
The Washington herald., 1909-05-18
Just q Pose.

Some OF these very bIase chaps,
DuIi-eyed and drear.
Are not so bored with life, perhaps,
As they appear
The Washington herald., 1909-05-18

West Virginia IS q Republican State"
said Forrest Brown. a prominent lawyer
OF CharIestown. " Va. who was seen
al the Raleigh last night "CharIestown
IS located in Jefferson County. which Is
an agricultural community. OF course.
as West Virginia Is bounded by Ohio and
Pennsylvania It IS easily explainable why
it should be a Republican state. We
want protection on our products, and Il
Is because Of protection 20 our infant in
dustries that We have been 50 pros
porous
The Washington herald., 1909-05-18
Ray stannsrd Baker, the author. Is AZ
the Shoreham.

Julius Kahn, Representative from San
Francisco. who is at the Shoreham. said
yesterday that events were moving very
fast in the Balkans and that the United
States ought 10 be prepared to afford
every protection 10 its citizens
1t was very humHiating 10 me-" said
Nr. Kahn. Ito see that we were compelled
10 place cur interests in the Balkans and
Turkey during the late crisis in the hands
and under the protection Of the Russian
and French governments. This should
not be. We ought to have navy strong
enough 20 protect cur interests every
where without being compelled to ask
others to look out Tor them"
The Washington herald., 1909-05-18

municipalities Following Example
Set by Enterpri-inE Merchants.
F-~r-, r. r,-.s..L xr.rs
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1909-04-15

Duncomne like most honest men, eY-
pected to he believed. If he had enter
tanned the slightest doubt about it, he
would not have dared to open his
mouth. The silence that followed he
could understand. No Goubt they were
as amazed as he had been. But 1t was
a different thing when he saw the eX
preston on Andrews face as he turned
to his companion.
what do you think Of this, Lloyd?"
he asked.
81 am afraid, SIR" the man answered,
"that some of the clever ones have
been imposing upon Sir George. 1t
generally turns out SO when amateurs
tackle job like this
Duncombe looked at him in astonish-
ment
do you mean to say that you don't
believe me-" he exclaimed.
81 wouldn't put it like that, sir" the
man answered, with deprecating
smile. IL think you have been misled
by those who did not wish you to dis
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1909-04-15
S!nI Ns ~ 0s ol1s va

Ss;n Ns ~ 81 ne @sns .ts
spies look for him in vain. Ills sister,
when she came to search for him. was
simply an Inconvenience which these
people had not contemplated She was
worked upon by fears concerning her
brothers safety to go into hiding. Both
have been well car" for. and the re-
port Of Guys death is, firmly believe.
nothing but an attempt to lull the anx-
ieties OF the spies who are searching
for him. This young woman here may
be able to tell you into whose hands
he has fallen, but you may take my
word for it that she is greater in need
of information than you are and that
she is an exceedingly dangerous per-
son for you to discuss the Poyntons
with. These are the crude facts.
have only known them a few hours
myself, and there is a good deal which
1 cannot explain. But this l honestly
and firmly believe. Neither you nor
/ nor Mr.. Lloyd here can do the slight
est good by interfering in this matter.
For myself. l am leaving for England
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1909-04-15

ance. On the contrary, they are per
fectly well aware of all The facts o.
the case and could have produced Ali55
Poynton or her brother at any mo
ment They are working not for US,
but against us!'
Indeed" Mr. Lloyd said in q tone Of
disbelief And their object"
Here Is as much of the truth as l
dare tell you" Duncombe said Guy
Poynton whiie on the continent he
came the chance poSsessor of an inn
portant state secret. He was followed
to France by spies from that country
we will call it Germany-and the
young lady who awaits you so impa-
tiently is, if not Jone Of them, at least
one of their friends. At the Cafe
Montmartre he gave his secret away
to people who are in some measure
allied with the secret service police of
France. He was kidnapped by them
and induced to remain hidden by q
trick. Meanwhile diplomacy makes
use of his Information, md foreign
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1909-04-15

pened rushed in unon him. They, too.
then. had been to the Cafe Mont
martre with their obvious Anglicisms,
their clumsy inquiries. to make of
themselves without doubt the Jest Of
that little nest Of intrlguers and after
ward their tool. Duncombe thought of
the fruits of his own inquiries there
and shivered. He hurried after the
little party, who We're apparently on
their way to the cafe.
Andrew he said. grasping him by
the arm, Il must speak with you alone
at once"
81 see no object in any further dis
cussion between us Andrew said
calmly.
Don't be COOL" Duncombe answer
ed. THAT woman you are with is
spy If you have anything to do with
her you are injuring Phyllis Poynton
She is rot here to give you informa-
ton. She is at work for her own
ends"
.'You are becoming more communi-
cative, my friend" Andrew said,
with something which was almost Il
sneer You did not talk so freely a
few minutes back. 1t seems as though
we We're on the eve of discovery"
You are on the brink of making an
idiot of YOURSELF" Duncombe answered
quickly. You were mad to bring that
laundering English detective over here.
What the French police cannot or do
not choose to discover, do you suppose
that they would allow an Englishman
to find out-a stranger to Paris and
with an accent like that? If | cannot
keep you from folly by any other
means, ! must break my word to
others. Come back into the smoking
room with me, and will tell you why
you are mad to have anything to Go
with that woman"
THANK YOU" Andrew answered. 81
think not. l have confidence in Mr.
Lloyd. my friend here. and have
none in you"
"Andrew.'
81 speak es feel"'
leave me out of the question. II
is Phyllis Poynton you will harm.
see that your friend is listening and
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1909-04-15
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hHu'tWi Hc Sutu, guSptHY Nun ~ tIts
arm. ~ must speak lUith yoi alone"
mademoiselle is impatient. Make your
excuses for ten minutes, Andrew.
You will never regret it,"
The detective, who had evidently
overheard everything, stepped back to
them
You will excuse my interfering.
sir" he said, but If this case is to
remain in my hands at all it is ncces
sary for me to hear all that Sir George
DuncOmbe has to say, The young lady
will wait for a moment. This case Is
difficult enough as it is, what with the
jealousy of the French police, who
naturally don't want us to find out
what they can't. If Sir George Dun
combe has any information to give
now" the man added with emphasis.
(which he withheld few minutes
ago, l think that 1 ought to hear it
from his own lips"
az agree entirely with what Mr.
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Duncombe shrugged his shoulders
| He look cd around him cautiously. but
they were In q corner of the entresol
and no one was within hearing dis
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| own surmises. In the first place, Mr.
| Lloyd is mistaken in supposing that
the French police have been in the
least puzzled by this double disappear
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