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The Washington herald., 1909-01-22

Senator Du Points father was Henry du
Pout his grandfather Eleuthere Irenee
d. Pont. a son OF the famous du Pont de
Nemours. OF the same family was AG-
miraI Samuel Du Pont. OF - United
States navy. Admiral Du POnt VIII be
remembered for the gallant service he
did on the California coast. where he
headed the line OF boats that entered the
harbor OF Nazatlan when that fort was
captured and where he brought about
the capture OF San Jose by his timely
relief OF Lieut. Haywood and his marines
who were closely besieged there. In the
civil war his record. especially at its
breaking out, was a meritorious one, and
although his attack on Fort Sumter
was unsuccessful. It was none the less
gallant and warranted by the conditions
His treatises on the use Of floating bat
teries for coast defense added much 70
his fame, and when all IS considered he
was one OF the most valuable officers IN
the early navy.
While his uncle was fighting on sea
Senator Du POnt. who had graduated at
the leaQ OF ms ClaSS al W est POINT. was
adding to the family fame on land
through his service in the army. from
which he retired in 1915, having been
breveted many times for DISTINGUISHED
service and having received the Con-
greSsional medal for most distinguished
Ealiantry and voluntary exposure 10 the
eRemy'S fire at q critical moment
Il VIII be seen that the American Du
Points have maintained the high standard
and carried on the fine traditions Of their
French ancestor. and have been as pa
triotic in the service Of their country as
their distinguished ancestor was in his
Louise Du POnt a laughter Of the Sen
ator. marred into q family hardly less
distinguished than her own Her hus-
band Is Francis Crowninshleld. son Of
Admiral and Mary Bradford Crownin-
shield. whose prOgenitor was Gov VIII
liam Bradford. Of whom Mrs Crownin-
shield is a direct descendant in the tenth
generation. Mrs. CrowninshieId is q tai
sntsd ami prolific writer. and is the au-
thor OF number OF books that have been
not only good sellers" but possess real
literary merit
The Washington herald., 1909-01-22
Farming n Pool.

Hubby. I must have a spring ha-
soon"
Wen. your father viii have TO help
me UndeTwrite it.
The Washington herald., 1909-01-22
Nor Vuderrated.

From the Omaha Bee
Naturally. no Congressman likes to be
overshadowed
The Washington herald., 1909-01-22
No Doubt.

Il see they're chucking this alleged
heart interest into the motor novels"
What OF it?''
I s'pose they'll soon degenerate into
mere love stories
The Washington herald., 1909-01-22

A Kansas newspaper man has pUr-
chased q restaurant Anything 70 I'll
up IS the MOTTO OF some newspaper men.
The Washington herald., 1909-01-22

It viii not do 10 say. however. that the
Sargossa Sea IS hOpelessIy lost. Our
Secret Service agents may know where
II IS
The Washington herald., 1909-01-22
WASHINGTON CHAT.
By THE SPECTATOR.

noted member OF the Millionaire
Club. as the Upper House IS sometimes
called, Is senator Du Pont. of Delaware.
who lives in style BETTING his great
wealth, and with his daughter. Mrs
Crowninshield. at the head Of his house
hold. entertains constantly. Mrs. Crown
inshield IS as unlike her father, IN ap-
pearance at ieast. as II is possible for
father and daughter 10 be unlike. but
there is the greatest sympathy between
them. and she IS one Of the most petted
and spoiled among the rich women Of
to-day In the house the Senator recent
" purchased from the wilkins estate,
and which has been remodeied TO meet
his needs. her apartments are sumptuous
enough for an empress, and the closets, or
at least the suite of rooms for her elabOT-
ate wardrobe, are arranged on q plan that
she herself sketched out, a plan so excel
lent that It could hardly be improved.
There is large apartment with a gallery,
well lighted and well ventilated. and fitted
with proper racks and hangers, dre5s
forms, hat rests, and trees. Special
spaces are allotted for the ,iiffe-ent
varieties OF costumes, the even5ng dresses
together, the tailored suits BIZ themselves.
and so on. Then there are shelves for
shoes and every possible convenience for
the proper storing OF the gear and ac-
couterments Of a fashionable woman OF
the day There could be no finer re-
ceptacle for her outward spIendor than
has been prepared for this petted daugh-
ter Of the Senator.
The Washington herald., 1909-01-22

Mr.. Clayton Robinson, OF NiTledgeviIle.
Ga, armed with the electoral vote OF the
Empire State OF the South. is at the
Riggs House
1T want TO tell you. If you don't know
IL. said MT. Robinson last night that
Taft has those Georgia people going
good and proper Never saw them warm
up to a man more heartily That great,
big. expansive, eome-intO-camp smile OF
his certainly catches them 'a-gwine and
a-comin'.' They call him Cousin BIZ
and they mean il, too. His trip to At
lanta was one prolonged triumpaaI march.
L must have made him feel .goOd-it was
enough to-
But that doesn't mean that Georgia
is going Republican next time Oh, no,
indeed Georgia likes Taft-the nan
immensely. but. from Georgia's point OF
view. his politics will stand a lot of fumi-
cation yet. But he is having q time
the time Of his LIE. really believe"
The Washington herald., 1909-01-22

J. y. Preston, Esq..
Press Gallery. L. S. Senate.
Washington, D. {.
Dear Mr. Preston: ! take pleasure n sending q
the members q the Press Gallery four boxes O
Oregon aPples-ons each Of Spitzbergcns. Jonathaus
OT1leys. snd Winter Banauss-aud trust you VII
scoeTt sane with ny compliments and best wishes
YCTy truly yours. JONATHAN BOURNE, i.
The Washington herald., 1909-01-22

the modern equipment for the proposed
Parliament building IN Tokyo Il is 70 il
vestigate the methods the United States
government has adopted for creOsOting
and preserving wood, and the govern
ment construction Of harbors
Japan will no longer be behind the
other countries in the world in harboT
facilities when the new haroors at Yoke
hama and Kobe are completed, said
the japanese mechanical engineer. The
japanese government is especially IL
terested IN the w0od-preservi1g tests be
Ing made in the United States Doubt
less we shall adopt the same methods OF
creosoting OF preserving wood as IS now
established in this country
Mr.. FukUhsra insisted that the people
OF the United States and Japan were
becoming better acquainted. and that the
relations Of the governments Of the two
countries were becoming more friendly
every year.
Japan and the United States always
have been good friends. continued M
Fukuhara- They viii continue as such
There was never any good cause fO= the
efforts made 70 create prejudice on the
part OF the people OF the TWO countries
Japan is forging ahead rapidly IN a CON-
mercIal way, and In every other direc-
tien. Many OF our most valuable sug-
gestions have been gained from the
United States With the building OF new
harbors and the improvement Of its rail-
road facilities. Japan viii be better equip
Fed 70 take care Of its growing CONNER
cial interests"
The Washington herald., 1909-01-22

T
! the middle Of the eighteenth century. and
had scarcely passed his majority when
he astOnished the contemporary writer's
and thinkers by two monographs or
finance. wherein was first set forth the
doctrine Of currency. These pamphlets
were 50 mastery in style. so convincing.
that they attracted the attention OF the
celebrated Quesny, q physician 10 Louis
Nv and A noted political economist. and
Of TUrgot. who sought out the young
author and gave him both their protec-
ton and friendship From this time dU
Pont took a Leading part in the political
affairs OF his country. He occupied va
rious ofhces, was Turgots chief secre-
tery when that statesman was comp
troller general. and, because OF his vigil
liant opposition 10 the Jacobins, was fin
ally marked for the guillotine. but es-
capped 10 the home OF his friend. the
astronomer I.alande. IN the environs OF
Paris. and there, hidden away in his
observatory. he wrote his 'PhiI0sophie
de Punivers" He could not escape
his blOod-thirsty enemies. and was ulti-
Inately imprisoned in La Force from
E-htcE the death o. RObespierre liberated
him. The IirSi use ne made % his lib
erty was 70 again oppose the JacObins,
and again he was captured. MS house and
/ property burned, and he threatened with
transportation This continued persscu-
ton at last broke his spirit, and zt the
age OF sixty he turned his back on the
I country that he had fought and SUI
feTed Tor. and, with his children, sought
an asylum n America. where he was
warmly received. and where HIS advice
and cooperation were invoked BY the
statesmen Of that day M d. Points
most important work for this country
was his agency IN bringing about the
treaty by which Louisiana wss sold 70
the United States.
The Hawaiian star. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu]) 1893-1912, 1909-12-18

failures including necessarily
by nexperence incident breaking During
the month August 1908 the Union Pacific made 58
successful Schedule time better made 5o7 these
trips On trips of the 58 lost few minutes due to
1.-THE
con August 27 1905 20 20 inclusive coupled
left Omaha for California arriving Sacramento having
trip days under their power running daytime
only tying night for rest of operators Three coupled
together the subsequently made the from Omaha
to Sacramento, September 4th to 18th, 1908
Ioor No 81, sold to the Pittsburgh Silver Peak Gold Mining
Company for the Silver Peak Railroad Blair Nevada made the trip
power while passing the
Tonopah Godfeld Railroad climbed per grades the high
gear
The Union Pacific heretofore this article
type of the general Another slightly different type has APP
peaed Mr. Dillingham; and Master Car Builder Hughes probably
better adaped to the neds of local railroads.
During stay Omaha Hughes had the opportunity of
lining every style of turned by the McKeen Company Of his
trip and what he he had the following say:
Before starting for the had made ongange study of the
McKeen Omaha purposey to learn of it. At
place them working but them every stage of
construction from the time they lay the first frame to the
Mr. McKeen designer the abet mechanics of the United
States He is college graduate and took post graduate
Germany He superintendent of motive power the Union Pa
Hartman Omaha the
thought much of MKeen old him
for the building the McKeen present
skilled mechanics employed this mandatory So thorough
y equipped this factory that rough material taken into
ed finished cars.
will ship cars first for use on the Ho
railroad They will from Omaha under their powe San
Francisco they will shipped Honolulu
1t the intention make the with these Hc
7roa' Particularly great things expected of them
lau branch ha road and their there will
the of branch of the line
Next will the of the branch lines of the Oahu rail
way such Wahawa around the Peninsula Federal works
from the and branch lines which the
build in the future These will be adapted
reaching lands
line of the railroad
Negotiations pending and the company has had
The Hawaiian star. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu]) 1893-1912, 1909-12-18

ton This is being done facilitate quicker and ample
modaon And bring about the desired results
the NcKeen conjunction with
track With this double arrangement there will
service far Eva running either every
half hour.
when the Japanese commercial travellers Omaha
they spent hree-fouhs of their Mceen
works. and pleased with the that expressed
intention of introducing them Japan without Souvenirs,
the shape of small lapel model of the McKeen car given Them
these tokens the thing eye Japanese
visitors Omaha.
81 noticed the that these greatest value build
the country Wherever they put routes
and freight traffic followed and began pile rapidly
that heavier freight passenger trains had follow
These showed themselves everywhere be factor
building the country They have literally made sections
where the large of transit would have rendered such
sb he history of these that wherever they have been put
they have built the and enormously increased traffic freight
and passengers.
els that not about what war here? think and overjoyed
to know that have the system in its best form"
The Hawaiian star. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu]) 1893-1912, 1909-12-18
NEW RAILROAD CARS
,,.,,...e SOON TO Be USED HERE
Continued from Page Fourteen.)

passengers which possible with the end vestbuled 1t also
both ways through the
he upper deck and old style sash venor have been dispensed
with practice and adequate ventilation secured by means
ventao which exhaust the air by suction from the inside
being taken from the of the car in front and
delivered interior of at floor line Thus, complete change OF
minutes if DESIRED doing with the
atmospheric conditions often prevailing in electric
and other transportation
The the cylinder jackets OF the engine be made to
sides of the that cold weather the heat
radaed the interior In weather this water pped to
coils Immediately below the These systems of coils afford
perfect system of regulating the temperature inside IT the
car S warm, the crcuates below.
can aceene gas lighting system used giving powerful light TOR
headlight inside the provided with opalescen
panels producing soft well powerful light particularly appe
ciated by the travelling public
made and tight and be
easily thoroughly ceansed by flushing with hot water
The Hawaiian star. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu]) 1893-1912, 1909-12-18

hon. b. /. D1Tn91aT7, T-cddTg
The following given actual performances OF the wonder
full
These cars have practical operation for three
frequently attained speeds OF seventy seyenhve mile
per hour,
"Thev Omaha to Denver 500 miles
in 10 hou and rhree Deducng op for orders etc.
car averaged forty four miles per hour for entire
"A new shop with one days breaking made run
from Omaha to Los Angeles California 1918 miles in four days in
Guiding delay fifteen Ogden tariff revision
"A Ioohorse power making daily round trips handling trailer
having uppaned steam with
relief whatever naaned service for nine months without
a failure.
Te 2Oohorse power daily neurban service Colorado
including station stops maintaining schedule
twenty-five o thirty miles per hour.
Boh the have successfully maintain
ed regular road service during buckng three
and four feet drifts enconerng high winds and Billiards and
temperature plains. without complications
Of 6642 of actual service cent of tn ep have
time occasionally few minutes late and there has
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1909-12-29
HUNTING BALLJNGER.

If Secretary Ballinger is in a hurry
he might submit his observations and
other notes to he University of Copen-
hagen. He would get a square deal
there.-Chicago Tribune.
'But what good would that do
him? ?" asks the Des Moines Capital.
"He has been indicated of the charges
made against MIN by President Taft
later by the Outlook magazine, and
still later by Attorney General Wicker
sham-each report being made only
after thorough investigation of all
the facts.
1.-THE simple truth is that the polit-
zeal muckrakers and the yellow maya
zine character assassins have selected
Ballinger for target and a certificate
of character covering both his private
and public life, straight from the high
courts of the New Jerusalem would
not be sufficient to stay their hand"
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1909-12-29
.AYHAWKER JOTS

A contractor at Medicine Lodge an
swers to the name OF o. U. Kidd.
Charlie Blakesley has discovered the
"old- fashioned reporter" who refers to
candy as s'sweetmeats" in Manhattan.
1t occurs to the Winfield Free Press
that the weather bureau ought to be
called "she'' because 1t changes Its
mind so often.
Abilene Is a truly great town if, as
the Reflector states, it has never had a
committee of forty or a committee OF
one hundred and one to run things.
Any old thing looks good to Hutch
inson. The folks there are now wildly
enthusiastic over the possibility that the
town will be made a division point on
the Missouri Pacific.
The man who husks more corn than
anybody has made his first appearance
this season at Hiawatha, and is rapidly
drawing Off the attention that had been
given Ewing Herbert's political ideas,
notes the ottawa Herald.
But why should the Troy Chief re-
gard the fact that Cyrus Leland is cut
ting ice there this week as news
item?'' asks the Kansas City Star.
HAS there been single week of I'm
Gle Cy's' residence in Kansas that ne
was not doing that?"
The jamestown Optimist has discov-
cred that 1t costs as much to feed a
rooster as it does to feed a steer. A
rooster requires a pint and half OF
wheat a day. That much wheat Is
worth two cents. In Jamestown it costs
two cents day to pasture a COW.
This arrived via the Bellevilie Tele-
scope: Henry Allen says Kansas is
the barometer of the nation. Ray
Stannard Baker calls it the fountain
head Governor Hoch says it is the
meat in the national sandwich In
other words, a fountain head in a sand
witch is barometer. Isn't that clear?"
1.-THE goal of every country editors
ambition" says Conner Davies of the
Concordia Kansan. ais to have a pri-
vate editorial room upstairs, over the
printing office, where the help Will have
to talk to him through a speaking tube
and no other worldly consideration to
worry him. Then he thinks he could
write book of high class stuff that he
is confident wants to ooze out of his
system. We never knew of anyone yet
reaching the goal
was pulling out of the Santa Fe station
the day after the Nine. Rive-King con-
cert" says the Chanute Tribune "Chas
Glen saw the noted pianiste sitting at
window of the last coach. Reminds
me of the first way up concert ever
attended, he said. 7 didn't want to 60
but was prevailed upon To accompany
a musical friend. The artist came out
and sat down at the piano, and for ten
minutes you never saw anything get
such a beating as that instrument got
When he quit everyone but myself burst
into applause. why don't you clap your
hands?" my friend asked me. Don't you
that the finish of the thing? I thought
he was going through some finger exer-
cises-getting warmed up" was all I
could stammer out in explanation.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1909-12-29
GLOBE SIGHTS.

Iron the Atchison Globe.1
Miss Love and Miss Friend are great
admirers of Mr.. Dollar.
An amateur speakers voice may be
all right, but mis- gestures always need
oiling.
he were an Indian, a heather, or an
outlaw, so tina. people would take an
interest in him.
1t may be that you are consoling
yourself with the thought it is over,
at last, but, remember. there is a First
of the Month coming.
In summer, a man with an automo-
bile can make us feel envious. but in
winter man with sleigh can not, how
ever many bells he may have.
A South Atchison girl who is only
fourteen years old, had five calls from
five different boys Sunday night. Her Her
sister who is nineteen, has been
shelved already.
1t is claimed of an Atchison girl that
she looked so long before she leaped
that when she finally got ready to
plunge, some other girl had gone off
with her man.
The friends you think the most of
are those who let you alone. What a
surprising piece of impudence in man
to annoy a friend by telling him what
he should do!
We have always known that a GER
tain Atchison girl was ugly. but since
she has commenced chewing gum, we
don't see how a clock can run in the
same room with her.
They tell of one woman who left her
husband fatally i'll while she went
down town to buy Christmas gifts 81
have always observed Christmas she
said when warned that her husband
might die in her absence, land Always
WILL
A good many people are going away
this winter to visit Before starting,
think it all over. Maybe your kin do
not want you. Give the hotels a
chance. Hotels are cheaper when you
consider the expense of entertaining
kin when they come back to s'get
even.''
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1909-12-29
QUAKER MEDITATIoNs.

IFrom the Philadelphia Record.J
The trouble with a pull is that IL
doesn't always pull the right way.
Some people never put off till to-
morrow what they can do next week.
The people who are sure something
dreadful is going to happen are ter
ribly disappointed when it doesn't.
Many fellow doesn't marry be-
cause he's afraid the girl won't make
as good a wife as his mother used
to make.
About the time lots of US reach the
point where we are able to make a
comfortable living we are old enough
to die.
.rommy-Pop, what is an egotist?
Tommy's Pop-An egotist, my son, Is
merely a person who thinks he knows
more than we.
SilIicus-I wouldn't live in this
apartment of yours. Why, you have
MT room to turn around. Lazicus-
Well, who wants to turn around?
That's a fine little girl of yours
remarked the friend of the suffrag-
cite. yes" replied the suffragette,
with maternal pride; "she is a manly
little thing
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1909-12-29
THE WASTE IN CHURCHES.

The Catholics have 1926 clergymen,
1900 more than the number of their
churches. The Protestants have only
149,4f2 ministers. or 50,550 less than the
number of their churches. This num-
Der of churches must either be without
pastors or divide mans time, says the
Rev. Edward Tallmadge Root. field Sec
rotary of the Massachusetts federation
of churches, in The Delineator for jan
uary.
What can this mean. in the light of
the concrete cases studied but that at
least 100000 churches are too small to
support pastor alone? To be sure
their weakness is not always due to
duplication; but, on the other hand
many are enabled to support a pastor
only by receiving missionary aid and
paying starvation salary. If these be
added, we may allow for those weak
because in genuine missionary fields
and still estimate that their very weak
ress proves that half of the churches
| in the United States are superfiuous.
1t is safe to say that the same pro-
| portion holds of buildings; for If there
are church organizations without houses
of worship, on the other hand there are
| buildings, as our citations show, stand
| ing idle. Twice as many churches as
| are needed seems high estimate; but
| the reader will note that some such es-
| innate monotonously characterizes our
| quotations of facts or statistics for city
as well as country.
| There is S500,o000 600 sunk in needless
| church buildings, and 500, ,00o a year
| is needlessly spent in their maintenance
and erection. But this is a small item
| of waste compared with those of which
| society as whole is guilty. How
petty it seems in comparison with the
| s., 000,0 ,0G00 spent for intoxicants and
| tobacco-needless luxuries, TO say the
least! Or in comparison with the 200.
| 100000 tons of coal annually wasted in
| improper methods Of mining: with the