The Washington herald., 1909-04-04
AT THE HOTELS.

which aioat contract a new and arbi-
trary significance" said Capt Richard
;. LOring. OF Boston at the Arlington
recently. Capt LOring is an Old retired
steamship captain. who has navigated
as he says, every sea IN the universe"
Take. for example, the matter Of ton
mage Of shipping. continued the old salt
( "On shore everybody knows that a ton
rs 200 pounds II q short ton. OF 224o
pounds II a long one. Therefore. Il seems
I % the lanClubber that a 1,0o0-t0n ship
ought 70 be. II ii IS not. a ship which can
carry l0o0 tons Of cargo. AS a matter
I or fact. a 1000-ton ship can properly
carry about 800 or 400 tons OF coal or
heavy merchandise.
Yet the tonnage Of shipping IS not so
1 arbitrary as Il seems. II follows a Fixed
I standard, established BY national law.
There are two kinds OF tonnage recog-
I nized by our government authorities
gross tonnage and net tonnage. The
gross tonnage OF a vessel IS its entire
Internal capacity. measured IA tons Of
lW feet. and the navigation laws Of the
/ United States prescribe IN careful detail
how this measurement for tonnage shall
/ be ascertained. Net TONNAGE is. measured
\ BY subtracting from the gross tonnage
+ or a vessel all space used for the accom-
modation Of officers and crew. for certain
gear for the working Of the ship. and.
i u a steam vessel. for her propelling
power or machinery, including boilers
/ and engines.
/ In all. or nearly all OF the ports os
/ the world ship taxes OF dues are based
l upon tonnage. in the United States upon
\ net tonnage This also IS the standard
( OF toll fOr the Suez Canal As a result
I the effort Of naval architects, shipbuild-
/ cNf
I the net tonnage OF a ship as small as
/ possible. and many ingenious devices. for
1 cheating measurement have been adopt
j ed, designers OF merchant vessels being
! as adept in this art as designers Of racing
\ yachts But the navigation laws OF the
/ United States are exceedingly vigilant On
! this point. and are regarded as fair and
/ reasonable IN their requirements, so that
this evil OF fraudulent tonnage is believed
I 20 be less serious under the flag OF the
Uaited States than IN the merchant
navies OF some other countries"
Arnold Scherr. OF Charleston. ". Va.
candidate during the last campaign for
governor on the Republican ticket, but
who withdrew in favor OF Gov. GIasscock.
TO save the Republican party from de-
feat" was az the Raleigh last night. Mr..
/ Scherr was accompanied by Mr. Gfkeson.
I OF Parkersburg, W Va. collector - in
/ ternal revenue UnOer President Cleveland.
Speaking Of his future plans. so far as
they relate 10 his candidacy for the
I gubernatOrial chair. Ar Scherr said that
| when the proper time came round he
would be found right there"
"Swisher VIII not be a factor by that
I time said Mr- Scherr Already ne
has lost most OF his support If he had
not withdrawn from the ticket az TIRE
last election for governor, he would have
been defeated by 5000 votes.
/ Roosevelt is one OF the greatest men
America eveE pro5uced," :" said Nr. Sche-r,
and he is bound 20 come before the
people again az the proper time. Yes. 7
believe that he viii be named for the
/ Presidency after Taft has served two
terms. have watched Roosevelt ever
since he was chairman Of the New York
delegation at the Chicago Convention
which nominated Blaine. He was then
twenJy-six years Old BE was then fun
OF fight and courage. He did not Ike
Blaine and did not support him. I be-
ieve he went out 10 one OF his ranches
and sulked in his tent. He did NOT do
anything 10 particularly hurt Blafne's
chances, but, on the other hand, he did
/ not do anything % elect him The ords-
nary politician would have been killed
n by This sort OF conduCt-nOt 50 ROose-
velt'
Few people know tire difference b.
tween a dark and a light cigar" said
Herman Bremen. OF Philadelphia. q
wholesale tobacco broker. who IS al the
New Willard
There IS a popular notion that dark
colored cigars are strong and that light-
colored cigars are mild. There is sbso-
lutely no reason for tlis assumption.
The nller OF a cigar" continued Nr
Bremer. which determines its strength
is the same. no matter what the color
OF the wrapper. For instance. IL you
take a black cigar. which YOU pronounce
strong, and send Il out 20 manuTac-
turer with the request that he place a
light wrapper on II, VIII it come back
70 you a mild clgar2 Not by any means
The relation OF color 20 the degree os
strength Of cigar probably came about
IN this way Il is clearly due 10 the use
OF the two words light and mild in
the same sense-that IS. light heinr
Ioriginaliy used 20 mean lighter in strength
or mil6er, and thus a significance. not in
tended became attached 10 cigars having
a light cOlored wrapper. There is a real
difference IN favor OF the cigar with a
dark wrapper. for such a wrapper is cut
from the finest selected tobacco and 70 q
certain extent gives the fine flavor 10 an
exceptionally good cigar. On the other
hand. the very light wrapper may con
tribute g bitter taste, because the leaf.
which is steam-colored. is apt 10 be over
or under ripe
The consumer VIII ask why should
this me-e finn OF tobacco. which YOU say
does not affect the strength, have any
relation 10 the favor For an a1sHsr
let me suggest that the experiment be
tried Of passing a fine human hair
through the length Of a good cigar and
then notice the favor An extremely
small amount OF me tobacco. such as
vorably OF unfavOrably affect the favor.
but viii not appreciably affect the
strength OF the cigar
Dark tobacco IS sometimes Strons, but
this IS not universally so. FOR cigars which
are kept IN Havana for any length OF
time VIII grow dark in color, and vet
will become milder Is time goes on
without loss OF favor."
Herbert F. Walker. Of Oklahoma, Okla,
who Is at the National, said yesterday
while discussing the natural pecuIlsrlrles
OF Oklahoma. that one OF the freak Gu
riosities OF Mcintosh County IS a river
that runs up stream
People who live near Eufaula along
the banks Of the NSfth Canadian often
have seen logs and dTiftwood running
rapidly down stream until they reached
point where they wayer and stop, and
then turn around and run back I'D the
stream as rapidly as they had gone
down.
Recently a farmer who had not lived
long on the Canadian continued Mr.