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The Washington herald., 1909-08-25
Love, Coming and Going.

To love. or 70 be loved-that seems TO
BE the question raised most generally in
the works OF every novelist: whether a
person is to do all the work himself. or
TO let the other person do it. in other
words Evidently, there is a distinction.
and one which plays ferventIy about the
region OF the systolic murmur
To love, TO our notion. is TO consider
oneself the board OF trustees, the board
Of directors, the officers. and the good
will OF a feminine proposition. To be
loved. on the other hand. is to be the
sole and only object of the attentions
Of the aforesaid parties. The question is.
Which is the more fun?"
To love Is TO be the most down-and-out
person IN the world, desiring a thing
which probably can not be had, and pit
ting ones claims against the entire popu-
lation of the universe man in such
a case has lost all sense Of proportion.
since, in his abiect longing. he has re-
duced his perspective 10 one distance. and
only one. A man who is loved considers
that he has the world by the hair, and
that all he has 10 do to get an i'm
mediate response IS 70 tug. Alongside
of him, the fellow in the Bible who hit
the rock and got the water out Of It was
simply monkeying with the obvious. The
stunt wasn't worth the ink that per-
petuated it.
But when the argument Is carried far
enough in that direction. it topples over
on the other side, and reverses its signals.
A person who loves may be considered
fortunate in that he has had the op-
portunity Of choosing the object OF his
devotions. He has had a chance 10
consider that II he is to be down and
out at all he might do well 10 be down
and out before the most attractive shrine
ne can find. The person who is loved has
had no choice in the matter. Somebody
has just UP and loved him, and that is
all there is 10 il. II he becomes restive
under the treatment, he is liable to be
called mean II he doesn't. he may be
a hypocrite. SO that any way he acts.
he isn't as well off as he was before the
barbed arrow Of somebody else's love
landed on HIS flank
There seems TO be no solution OF the
problem, except in individual cases, and
we don't like 10 talk about those SO we
should be inclined to answer. like the
candid man who approached the gates Of
heaven and was asked whether he loved
justice or hated iniquity: "A little OF
both, please"
The Washington herald., 1909-08-25
THE WISE KICKER.

The world isn't fond of the kicker who kicks regardless Of
reason or rhyme who grumbe and fuses and puts his ck
knocking the whole blessed time He's growing too frequent and
herce IN this land with his Wild ndiscrima kicks people
agree that he ought to be canned peed with vfed bricks
The kicker who kicks with judgment and does good
he moeys along; he knows that kick precious waste
and waste in all countries is wrong He kicks injustice and
folly and sham wherever he finds them force goes the
show and kicks the ham whose acting tesome and coarse
he kicks at the author whose novels punk he kicks the singer
who squawkS; he kicks the unloading his Junk
Congress and drawing the rocks He kicks the cheap and the
tawdy and stale wherever they're floating about he kicks that
many good in JAIL and many ourtaters
Copyright 1909 George Matthew Adams) Walt MASON.
The Washington herald., 1909-08-25
Are We a DishOnest Nationf

From the Kansas City Times
The General Land once is only one OF
the many divisions OF one Of the Cabinet
departments OF the government. Yet with
in that division 9S2 special agents are now
investigating charges OF land frauds in
various sections OF the public domain.
Suits now pending for the recovery OF
lands alleged TO have been taken illegally
aggregate property TO the value of $4,000
900. Last year 755,OOO acres Of such land
were restored 70 the domain by court
process. The government collected in that
year $4SOo0O for coal and timber land tres
pass. There remain 5000 cases for field
investigation.
All this is within one division Of one
department Of the government.
Are we a dishonest nation? Or. are we
merely too tolerant, too slow, too lenient
In dealing with dishonesty?
The Washington herald., 1909-08-25
HIS LAST FIGHT.
Dir. HarrIman's First Struggle with
an UntirIng Antagonist.

Fn'm the Dayton News
From all accounts II is believed that
Mr. Hartman is engaged in his last Tight
He has been pitted against financial foes
and business rivals with teeth sharp as
the fangs Of a serpent and has won He
has entered the struggle Of commerce.
and come painting from the field with the
other fellows banner He has, booted
and spurred. ridden rough-shod over all
opposition in the railway world and bat
tered down every obstacle that stood
within his way.
But he has al last met more than his
match. He has been attacked by disease
by nature-and he lies wilted upon a
wheeled chair, helpless. ennaciated. worn,
and weary. The minions OF Mommon still
go and come at his beck and call The
feyerish markets respond 10 his tempera-
ture. Financial institutions tremble at
the slightest report from his bedside. But
his great foe gnaws ln satisfaction as the
man weakens day by day
II is pathetic picture that comes from
across the water, showing him being car
ried from his train to the gorgeous state
rooms aboard the ship. His plans have
been changed-probsbly the first time he
ever had TO change his plans. he eK-
pected 10 DO certain things while In for
eign lands, 10 remain at least two weeks
longer. He believed he could regain his
health and return TO the conquest with
all his former strength.
But HIS antagonist knew better Re
morseless. wakeful, untiring, this enemy
Of Mr.. Harriman's understood his weak
ness as well as his strength. It fright
ened not at the accomplishments OF the
man. II was unlnfuenced b the amount
Of money ne could command. His past
achievements were as child's play 20 this
monsters work that took the magnate in
its grasp.
So far as it is ascertainable. every act
o. his has been 10 acquire something
additional for himself He has not. ap-
parently, thought OF the general result
TO mankind. Suppose that Mr.. Hartman
had worked as industriously 20 stamp out
the very disease from which he is suffer
ing as he has TO combine railroads. Or
suppose that he had devoted his unusual
ability 10 combining people in an uplift-
ing cause even as he has used that abll-
ity 10 combine commercial interests
Suppose that, after he had acquired a
reasonable fortune, he had undertaken 10
solve some OF the great problems which
confront the human race, and had
worked at them honestly. conscientiously,
faithfully. Might not this one man have
pushed the world forward a hundred
years? Might ne not have stamped out
poverty. OF subdued disease. or given 70
society such an impetus In that direction
that society itself would have accom-
plished the same end?
The Washington herald., 1909-08-25
A SMALL PORTION.

Right across the airshsft from me. as struggle
hard 20 write
There's a little neishbO maiden who is warbling
loud tonight;
Out Of tune and out Of practioe-but she thinks
her voice divine
and the World Is Nine"
You have made ny thoughts co7fusiou, little maid
tshe's 81
And hope that song you're singing is not meant
alone for me:
It it is. III have to tell you-thOush it turn you
bitter quite
But very stinsy portion Of the world is yOurs
tonight
Boston Trarslss.
The Washington herald., 1909-08-25

From the Chicago News
mo use OF talking" drawled the free
kled youth on the roadside fence, thar
certainly is money in cattle"
I'm the stock-raising business. young
man?" asked the tourist
No. not exactly; but an automobile
ran over that spotted calf a few minutes
ago, and the man with the big spectacIes
over his eyes got out and handed me a
$ note"
Five dollars? That's not so much FOR
a good-sized calf"
Yes; but. mister, the calf wasn't mine.
Now. IL I can only stand in front OF an
other calf while he gets run over I'll be
right in II. begoshr'
The Washington herald., 1909-08-25
In the Same Coat.

From the Boston Herald
Candid Canadians have been loath 70
throw stones at this country during our
"housecleaning process" knowing full
well that conditions in Ottawa and at
provincial capitals were not such as 10
warrant the Canadian pot calling the
American kettle black The revela-
tions now arousing a spirit OF revolt in
Montreal and causing a movement for
civic reform are not surprising They
are due 10 phases Of human nature that
know no national. racial. or creedaI dis
unctions and that can only partially be
affected BY law
The Washington herald., 1909-08-25
ministries in germany.

German statistics show marked ten
dency toward concentration in the prin-
cipal Industries Of the empire. In 1907.
there were employed in 4,O25 591 establish
ments a total OF IAS4S,SSs persons. Of
whom 25l0,465 were women. OF these
concerns 5.423645 were independent or
main concerns and 601 ,s4s were branch
shops or factories. In 1895, the date Of
the last previous census. the total num-
Der Of. employees was 1929 .269, an in
crease Of 4O79.l20 for 1907. The railroad.
postal, telegraph, and telephone employees
are especially excluded. but city tramway
employees. employees in the railroad shops.
farm laborers, foresters. clerks. sales
men. and even the employees Of the army
.canteens are included. These figures in
dicate constant tendency In manufactu--
ing toward the development Of large con-
Germs.
The Washington herald., 1909-08-25
Growing Church Membership.

II is an error 20 assume that In this
practical age church membership Is de-
clining. The census Of religions shows
that the churches grow faster than does
the population. From 1850 to 1906 the to-
tai population grew IS per cent. The
Protestant Church members alone more
than doubled. They grew from 9.z6s "a
in 1880 to 29,2S7,742 In 1906. or le6 per cent.
From 1890 to 1906 the total population
grew So per cent, and the Protestant
Church membership A per cent. Either
Tor twenty six years or sixteen the Prot
estant enrolled church membership by IT.
self grew faster than the total popula-
ton, which includes all-Protestant, Cath
ole, and Israelite. The Catholic member
ship, In addition, which includes all those
baptized In the church. almost doubled.
growing IS per cent IN sixteen years, and
still more rapidly in the twenty-six years
from 1850 to 1906. Taking the country to-
gether in 1890, one person in three was a
member Of a religious body. In 1906 two
persons In five were church members
The Washington herald., 1909-08-25
WEDNESDAY. AUGUST Is, 1909.
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The Washington herald., 1909-08-25
A LITTLE NONSENSE.
BUILDING A PLAY.

A manager who wants q play,
In piping times like these.
VIII go TO work and charter, say
A dozen specialties.
He gives a hack an outline rough,
With which TO make a start.
And has him write sufficient stuff
To wedge the turns" apart.
The Washington herald., 1909-08-25
Patent Currxcomhs.

From the Atlanta Constitution
Have you got any Georgia patent cur
rycombs?" asked Farmer Fishback Of a
Billville merchant the other day
IT don't know" replied the storekeeper.
I've got several kinds. What sort is
the Georgia patent?'
IT'S made with scallops so il will fit in
between a mules ribs this time of the
year"
The Washington herald., 1909-08-25
TotnI Resignation.

From the New York Tribune.
Tramp On the country)-Yes. I once
rode bike but I had 70 give It up.
Cyclist-Why?
Tramp-Weu. yer see. the owner was
coming down the road behind me and the
policeman had a rope stretched across in
front.
The Washington herald., 1909-08-25

The president of Brown University
says "the colleges Of this country are
turning out illiterates" Perhapsl But
We suppose the athletic departments must
be kept up to the standard. no matter
what else happens
The Washington herald., 1909-08-25
Sermons and sleep.

Churchgoers who feel sleepy during the
service may md some consolation In the
theory advanced by a French physiolo-
gist. He declares that persons are in
clined 10 'doze' in church because OF the
devout attention they pay 10 the services
In endeavoring TO FIX every word in
their minds. they put themselves into a
sort OF trance" It is about the same as
what is called self-hypnOtism. and the
more closely one follows the minister the
more likely he IS 70 find himself unable
20 remain awake Many devices have
been suggested TO overcome this tendency.
including mechanical devices. But the
usual explanation Of sleepiness in church
has not been concentration OF attention.
but the failure OF the preacher to hold
the attention.
The Washington herald., 1909-08-25
Long Journey Made sbort

From the Yonkers Statesman
BILL see a good many Of the apart
ment houses in New York have the kitch
ems on the top floor
Jill-Yes; that is so the cook who uses
kerosene won't have so far to 20.
The Washington herald., 1909-08-25
CHAT OF THE FORUM.


From the Birmingham Age-Herald
Secretary Macveagh wants each denomination
Of the rational money to have its design and
color.
The Washington herald., 1909-08-25

Kentucky might riders'' burned the to-
bacco crop OF a widow who refused 70
accede TO their demands recently. The
thing has about reached the limit in Ken
lucky when that sort Of deed can be per-
petrated and nothing come OF it.
The Washington herald., 1909-08-25

An embezzler in a Pittsburg prison, set
to keeping the prison books. discovered a
shortage in the accounts OF one of the
most trusted employees Old story-set a
thief 10 catch a thief.
The Washington herald., 1909-08-25
quite SO.

"A woman only gets her name in the
papers prominently when she IS married
and when she Is divorced.
Even under that handicap, some ladies
manage to figure in the news fairly con-
tinuously"
The Washington herald., 1909-08-25

Ex-President Castro has gone 10 Ma
rienbad TO take the cure" according TO
the Deseret News. From this we infer
they leave the cure outside at nights in
Marienbad.
The Washington herald., 1909-08-25

From the Springfield Republican
NIr. Hughes would probably meet another Ieeis-
latve rejection Of his direct nominations bin BY
running a third time for governor, and that
would mean no end Of agony for Mr. Woodruff.
NJ Aldrdge M Raines. and the bow.
The Washington herald., 1909-08-25

"st. Louis advertises cultured milk
says the Cleveland Leader. It probably
is necessary to advertise it in ST. Louis.
In Boston, now, one naturally would ex-
nect 10 find II. REGARDLESS.
The Washington herald., 1909-08-25

That South Carolina dispensary town
just across the river from Augusta, Ca,
went wet in the recent Palmetto pro-
hibitlon shake-up. This will render It
unnecessary for Augusta TO Savannah
ize itself
The Washington herald., 1909-08-25
Mr. Fowler nnd Mr. Caupou

From the New York Journal Of Commerce.
What Mr. Fowler says in vindication cf his own
course and IN denuncation q that q Mr.. Can
non is in substance justified. but N manner and
language il Is unfortunate.
The Washington herald., 1909-08-25

From she Kansas city journal.
Magisrate-was his motor going SC
very fast?
Cop-Your honor. It was going SO fast
that the bulldog on the seat beside him
looked like & dachshuad-
The Washington herald., 1909-08-25

Prom the Philadelphia Ledger.
Roosevelt Is not very much younger than Taft.
but he possesses all the enthusiasm Of inpetuous
youth.
The Washington herald., 1909-08-25
Mr.. Harriman's Return.

From the New York Evening Post
The manner in which the American public has
concentrated its interest on Mr.. T. H. Hari-
mans return from Europe is Characteristic Of
the day.
The Washington herald., 1909-08-25

From the New York World.
The prospects for bouncing big corn
crop make It necessary for the beef trust
to begin figuring out what excuse Il will
next offer for raising the price Of meat
The Washington herald., 1909-08-25
Nc President and Estimnte..

From the Philadelphia Press.
President Taft makes steady progress in HIS
Effort. the first By any President in our financial
history. TO bring the estimates Of the depart
ments down TO a regular and ordered system
The Washington herald., 1909-08-25
YeaI which wayf

From the Boston TranscTipt.
What did you say last night when
Jack asked you to marry him?"
i shook my head"
sideways or up and DOWN."
The Washington herald., 1909-08-25
aft Policies, Roosevelt Theo.

From the Boston Herald.
Roosevelt theories are 70 be worked out in Taft
policies. There is vide difference, and the
whole country recognizes a.
The Washington herald., 1909-08-25

The State Of Arkansas proposes TO col
lect Ss5,OOOOOO from sixty-hve life insur-
ance companies doing business therein.
That will be the easiest kind OF easy
money-when Arkansas gets H.
The Washington herald., 1909-08-25
Wade Himse1f Felt.

From the Philadelphia Record.
Blobbs-Why do you lil1en Harduppe to
the busy bee? He's not particularly in
dustrious, is he?
Slobbs-Oh. no; it isn't that. But near
~ every one he touches gets stung.
The Washington herald., 1909-08-25

What is the committee to investigate
European waterways going TO do when It
gets to Europe?" asks a contemporary
Why, have a look at the Seine the Tiber
and the Rhine, OF course.
The Washington herald., 1909-08-25

Mr.. Taft IS getting 20 be quite handy
with tie boxing gloves" says a news
item. Mr. Littauer will please take
notice.
The Washington herald., 1909-08-25
Mr.. Wilson'S Importetion.

Prom the Richmond Times Dispatch.
Compared with the benehcent importation Of
Secretary Wilson, what do all Col Roosevelt's
trophies amount to-
The Washington herald., 1909-08-25
Mr.. Taft's Platform.

Prom the New York sun.
The platform in which President Taft and his
advisers viii ind the germ n their new policy
is not the platform on which President Taft was
elected.
The Washington herald., 1909-08-25

The young King Of Portugal is TO visit
King Edward. European royalty must
enjoy visiting in England. It seems TO be
one place where the bomb-throwers re-
fuse TO operate.
The Washington herald., 1909-08-25

We shall not know until about the mid
die OF September whether Boston was
captured or not. Let US try TO bear the
suspense as best We may.
The Washington herald., 1909-08-25

4 want work Of some kind"
why don't you pick up an abandoned
farm and run it?'
Il would IL 1 could also pick up some
abandoned experience"
The Washington herald., 1909-08-25

BY standing on your head when you
read the baseball news you can enjoy the
unusual pleasure OF seeing Washington
al the top Of the percentage table.
The Washington herald., 1909-08-25

Mr.. Wellman might turn HIS future at
tention 70 the equator. II IS easier TO
locate than the north pole.
The Washington herald., 1909-08-25

adds: There was never anything Ike
him in this world" And We are quite
prepared, for once. 10 believe it.
The Washington herald., 1909-08-25

The college that conferred a doctor OF
literature degree on Miss Ida TarbeH evil
IDENTIFY was in greater need OF advertising
than cash.
The Washington herald., 1909-08-25
Like Cures Ike.

1T gives me indigestion TO look over
these elaborate bills OF fare
Well you can remedy that ailment In
the same way. Read this ad. about a
dyspepsia pill"
The Washington herald., 1909-08-25

A Colorado editors wife recently lost a
string Of pearls worth $4,000 At least
that is what the society editor OF his pa
ger says.
The Washington herald., 1909-08-25

Mrs. Annie Besant says she was born
1900 years ago. The lecture platform IS
not the place for Mrs. Besant: she be-
longs In the chorus Of some musicaf
comedy.
The Washington herald., 1909-08-25

Abdul Hamid last week refused to sub
NIT 20 surgical operation. He probably
suspected the physicians wanted TO am
putate his wad.
The Washington herald., 1909-08-25

The Mexican bull fight is. we suppose.
a terribly degrading affair. Wonder what
Mexicans think Of our automobile races.
The Washington herald., 1909-08-25

from watery grave while Alexander
was fussing around with monetary prob
lens.
The Washington herald., 1909-08-25

We fear Senator Tlllman IS running out
OF ammunition. He is lambasting the
railroads nowadays.
The Washington herald., 1909-08-25

The new German chancellor is six
feet two inches tall He will not ride the
highest horse in the imperial household,
nevertheless.
The Washington herald., 1909-08-25

We might be induced to lend Mr.. Taft
to Mexico for a week or so If nothing
short OF that viii make il quite happy.
The Washington herald., 1909-08-25

Mr.. Fowler's somewhat bitter denuncla-
ton Of Speaker Cannon IS decidedly more
than convincing.
The Washington herald., 1909-08-25

1t seems 10 be something OF a cinch 20
guess where Mr.. Walter wellman's polar
expeditions are going TO end.
The Washington herald., 1909-08-25

Doubtless there are good cantaloupes
on the market this year. Perhaps a
search warrant would reveal their where
abouts
The Washington herald., 1909-08-25

Between 'howdys" and "good-bys," Mr
WI manages 10 have a pretty good time
in this country. ANYWAY
The Washington herald., 1909-08-25

One Of the sights you are not going to
see around West Point again soon. we
imagine. is the haZer
The Washington herald., 1909-08-25

Mr. Hartman IS sick. but there is no
evidence to show that Mr.. Hartman.
saint would be.
The Washington herald., 1909-08-25

Mind-wsndering anent the noble sum-
mer widoweTs OF Houston" and marvel
ing that they are permitted to roam at
large 'unhaloed." the Post OF that burg
The Washington herald., 1909-08-25
Back 10 Nature.

The simple life would favor win.
We'd give the same a show
II we could only live 1t in
A handsome bungalow.
The Washington herald., 1909-08-25
PEOPLE AND THINGS


There was a spirited battle between
two boys and bull near singao, n. J..
the other day. that indicates courage
ut for war The bull had broken loose
and made for Miss Ruth Manning. who
had red ribbons on her gown. The boys,
Reynoid Thomas and Guy Taylor, at
tackled the bull. which charged upon
them instead. Thomas was knocked over
and trampled on. when Taylor banged
the creature with a fence rail. and the
bull chased Taylcr who Is a sprinter OF
record. but had TO pitch headforemost
into the Passaic to escape him. The
bull tried the river, but became tired,
when the owner and some farm-hands
came to the rescue and drove the animal
back TO its quarters.
The Washington herald., 1909-08-25
No Telling.

You can't make a silk purse out OF
sow's ear.'@
Never mind. They may eventually be
used for hat trimming"
The Washington herald., 1909-08-25

Modern literature has nothing similar
10 Polonius' advice TO his SON."
NO chance for IT, No modern POlOnius
would attempt TO tell his son anything. %
The Washington herald., 1909-08-25
A Wise Mother.

Mother, may go out in a canoe with
Ferdy?"
Does Ferdy know how to swim?"
NO"
Yes, you may go. He'll be apt 10 be
careful"
The Washington herald., 1909-08-25


The New York State bureau OF agri.
culture has been in existence three years
In that time it has been instrumental
IN the sale OF 10000 worth OF farms
which means their rehabilitation. II has
also sent out several thousand farm Ia
borers 70 those who need their assistance
and maintained an ONCE In the state
agricultural department TO attend tc
correspondence in relation 10 the sale OF
farms and the engagement OF agricul-
turai labor II has also advertised the
opportunities for farming IN New York
state, posting notices in European dis
tricts which send the most desirable
immigrants. The latest bulletin contains
list OF sS6 farms. al prices varying from
so 10 so an acre. and In some cases
small payments may be made. TO those
who desire IL, the State bureau will also
furnish a scientific report as 10 the prod
ucts for which each farm is best adapted