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Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1909-12-27
Conservation and Politics.

Clifford Pinchot wants the conservation
question taken out of politics. If it is IN
politics it should he taken out 1t has no
proper place III politics, or politics IN II.
Democrats and republicans-not as such,
but as citizens of the country looking 10
the whole interests of the country
Joined hands in forming the question. and
their work should not be nul.itied by par
tisan chickering's and juggleries great
question should meet with no such ig-
nominious end.
mother thing Let the question be
taken out Of factional partyism. 1t has
drifted. been steered, there. We are
hearing about the Roosevelt policy and
the Taft policy. the latter represented as
designed to overturn the former in the
interest of individual and corporate self
ishness. This. is is asserted, must be
looked to at once. And how looked to?
Why. by bringing Mr. Roosevelt again
into action, and paving the way for his
return 10 the White House. Note the
suggestion by Ormsby McHarg of Mr..
Roosevelt for the gubernatoral race in
New York next year From Albany again
10 Washington.
Eut should this fail, and the Taft policy
win. with the vindication of Secretary
':ailinger as genuine practical conserva-
ZIONIST and the denomination of Mr. Taft
then what? Why. listen to Henry Wat
tcrson. who is trying TO keep heart, if
not soul. in his party:
Democracy does not need arousing as
TO first principles. 1t needs awakening
as to present needs and practical ways
and means. 1t wants men, not plat
form builders: self-denying, power-defy-
leaders 6ncfrina Tres
Why. there is Clifford Pinchot himself.
What is the matter with him as a DEM
ocratic nominee for President in case
they drive him out of office. having al
ready refused the bride of the presidency
of the University of Michigan?"
Naturally, the democrats are alive to
all the possibilities of the case. While
conservation is non-political in its
essence. the republicans being in power
are charged with carrying the policy for
ward: and if they are to fall out about it,
and play factionism with it the
democrats may be expected to seize
the opportunity and try to improve it.
Mr.. Watterson, who has a way of discov-
ering good things for his party in ad-
vance of his fellow-sentinels on the
watch tower-recalI his suggestion of
Gov. johnson of Minnesota two years
ago-this time finds Mr.. Pinchot first.
Let Mr.. Pinchot's advice be taken. and
let the coming investigation by Congress
be conducted not on political lines.
but on lines of the real merits of
the controversy. Mr.. Ballinger an
nounces ready. and of course his &C
cusers are. 1t is not to be supposed that
charges of such tartness and directness
would have been formulated and present
ed in the House upon mere invention.
Whether they are well or i'll founded is
the proposition. No politics. no faction
clawing. with the object of breaking
down the Taft administration on the
threshold. for the benefit OF those who
cannot be happy with Mr.. Roosevelt out
of office.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1909-12-27

1t is good exercise. AS far as the health
of the individual householder is concerned
1t would be well for him always to regard
this as his owp assignment. But there
are some who cannot do it and some who
will not. whatever the advantages. and
who will continue to look to outside help
in such cases The financial cost is tritiing
and the money thus spent usually goes to
the support of needy families and thus
lessons the acuteness of the charity prob
lem in midwinter.
A cleaned sidewalk in snowtime is
fairly sure sign that the householder has
sound ideas as to the duty of the indi-
vidual toward the community. He is not
a mere sojourner, accepting his city COM
forts and contributing nothing. He is
cooperative worker in the best sense
Usually the man who cleans off his walk
in winter maintains an attractive parking
in summer.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1909-12-27
Trouble" in Georgia.

The MAYOR of Savannah asserts that
the reputation of the town was asperseo
in the reports to out-of-town newspapers
of a triple murder which recently oc-
CURED there. The community was rep
resented as rising into fury. and IN
dulging in all sorts of outlawry in the
search for the guilty person or persons
His honor declares that the stories sent
out were wild and inexcusable exaggera-
tons He compliments the town on the
restraint shown under very trying cir
cumstances. Nothing was done during
the excitement discreditable to the au-
thorities charged with the. preservation
of law and order. No frenzy was ex-
hibited by the people, and no bloody re-
venge was taken on anybody.
This sensitiveness to outside opinion is
good sign. Savannah is an old town
of wealth and culture, and ordinarily
not associab BILE with riot and bloodshed
Such stories as the mayor complains OF
would have needed no notice from him
except for the mob history Of the state
in which SavannaiI is situated Georgia,
unfortunately for the good people of the
commonwealth. has made a name for
herself ins the mob world. In. Atlanta a
few years ago a score of unoffending
human beings were ported after the fash
ion of the hunting field. Men under
charges Of crime have been strung up at
the roadside and their bodies filled with
lead Others have been roasted alive at
the stake. in awkward but effective imi-
tation of the old red Indian hilarity.
Georgia is known far and wide for bar
barity. and Savannah is in Georgia. That
in the difficulty Xo1lnu,
respondents would scribble in vain
against state whose record was right
She was an old woman who kept a road
house where teamsters going to or COM
ing from town halted and fed their
horses, and refreshed themselves with
fighting whisky. Her place had a bad
reputation. and when she was called as
witness in civil suit the lawyer for the
'other side sought to bring the fact out.
us it not true, madam, that there was
trouble at your place only last month";
We'll, not to say trouble. Some of the
boys met thar, and was piayin' keerds.
One called another liar, and got a
bullet through his heart, and died in his
cheer. But it was all over in a minute.
don't call that trouble"
Corrected reports about Georgia
troubles are sometimes sent out. 1t
is explained that the mob was not
hundred strong and noisy, but only
twenty strong and orderly. Or 1t is eX-
planned that the victim was not roasted
alive, but dispatched with guns. and that
the craftsmanship was most accurate.
The victim died instantly. In the Atlanta
affair it was claimed that only eighteen
instead of twenty were potted. showing
that the town was not as black as paint
ed. Georgias idea of trouble is
peculiar, and the mayor of Savannah
should try to correct that.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1909-12-27
Storm Losses.

Probably when the wire service has
been fully re-established the tale of
disaster on the northeastern coast of
this country will be told in shocking
terms. Already enough is known to In
dictate a widespread catastrophe A
veritabie tidal wave appears to have
swept along the coast. damaging ship
ping. smashing docks. inunda ing towns.
destroying houses and even TAX ng Life.
The damage in Boston alone il estimated
at 100000. acres of dock front being
under water with immense loss to goods
stored in warehouses. One report indi-
Gates that at Cape Cod the wind blew at
the rate of eighty-two miles an hour.
Nothing that man can do will ever
serve to check the fury of the sea.
BreAkwaters may be erected to protect
shipping and still the storms will occa-
sionally sweep over them. Much Of
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1909-12-27
The Annual Distribution.

Why worry over literature
When every one may get
printed work where knowledge pure
In handsome type is set?
Why join the melancholy din
'Gainst ruthless Mammon's clan?
A calendar is now within
The reach Of every man!
Where Is the one without a friend
To pass those pages fair
Where art and information blend
With such effective care?
Whatever we may fail to win
In life's uncertain plan,
A calendar is still within
The reach Of every man!
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1909-12-27
To Prevent Hasty Marriage.
rom the New York Times

TOu Tue new 1OTk 1Iulee.
Rhode Islands legislators-for once
were well inspired when they decided that
public interests were not served when the
state provides facilities for the contract
ing of hasty and quiet marriages. 1t has
long been a rather widely recognized ule
OF Jurisprudence that anything which
tended to make marriage either expensive
or difficult was against public policy. and
of course in more ways then a few that
idea is tue. According to another view
however. and one that is gaining ground
among careful observers. while some OBJ
stacles to marriage are harmful, there are
others which 1t is desirable to interpose-
obstacles not insuperable 70" anybody
and yet large enough to provide at leas,
the opportunity for elaboration before the
assumption Of life's gravest responsible.
ties.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1909-12-27
lncendiarism.
From the Baltimore American.

The hunting down of incendiaries is a
work strongly to be commended on the
part of the fire marshal. There is no
crime more dangerous to the community
at large than arson. or one so difficult OF
detection. 1t is q crime which requires
elaboration and full intent, not one which
can be committed from sudden passion
or from impulse; consequently, 1t is de-
serving of no mercy. Moreover. its po-
tential consequences are so terrible that
the most drastic penalty should be meted
out, once a criminal is convicted. Mercy
to an offender of this stripe is the worst
kind Of injustice to society.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1909-12-27
A General Uselessness.

Speaking Of DR.. Cook said the man
who is always endeavoring to make con-
versation--
II didn't speak of DR.. Cook" rejoined
the surly citizen. Il haven't any use
for Cook"
We'll, then. Peary-
II haven't any use for Peary, either"
But the north pole
Il have studied the needs of myself
and the public. l haven't any use for
the north pole"
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1909-12-27

eHIn order to avoid delays on account
81 personal absence letters to THE
STAR should not be addressed 70 any
Individual connected with the ONCE. but
simply to THE STAR. or to the EDITORIAL
or Business Department. according 20
tenor or purpose.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1909-12-27

Mr.. WI says he will visit us again in
1859. His precocious craftsmanship in
dicates that he will be diplomatic won
der when he returns with the mature
experience he will enjoy by that time.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1909-12-27

When a suffragette says that 1t is the
purpose of her sisterhood to make men
appear ridiculous she forgets that many
ladies have accomplished that object
without going into politics.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1909-12-27
The Butter.In.

did the children enjoy their toys on
Christmas?"
mo. They didn't get chance at them
till today. Their father was too busy
playing with Them
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1909-12-27

Some of New Yorks inhabitants de-
mand a return of the keys Of the city
that were presented to Dr. Cook For
those who resent a wide-open town this
is q serious matter.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1909-12-27

Nobody received an appointment to be
a District Commissioner as Christmas
gift. In spite of the great importance OF
Santa Claus the President still has his
prerogativeS.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1909-12-27
SHOOTING STARS.
BY PHILANDER JOHNSON.
A Surprise.

Did / understand you to say your au-
tomobile is behaving very Strangely"
YES" answered Mr.. Chuggins.'' tt
has run for three days without any kind
of an accident
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1909-12-27

The overworked members of sales and
delivery forces can now enjoy compare
tive ease while Congress prepares to take
up it's career of eager industry.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1909-12-27

The list of topics in reserve for future
presidential messages is alone sufficient
to guarantee that 1910 will be a highly
interesting year.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1909-12-27

A legislative economist can always see
where some other mans constituency
could get on with much less.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1909-12-27

BY referring to their new king as Al
bert the Good the Relgians doubtless
hope 10 benefit by the force of sugges
ton.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1909-12-27
: Digestive Envy.

Dyspepsia spoiled his festal slee.
He murmured. "Oh what jov
If fate could only let me be
An ostrich or a boy!''
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1909-12-27

During the blustery weather that COM
pels flying machines to stay indoors the
aviators can interest themselves in their
lawsuits.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1909-12-27

The scientific gentleman who SAYS
Americans are eating more than thew
used to should not judge nation by IT.
holiday appetite.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1909-12-27

The Anti-Noise Society may as well
adjourn until the small boy has demol-
shed a large share of his Christmas
gifts
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1909-12-27

DR.. Cooks dash to the pole" was
hoax And Peary, as is usual with the
victim of a practical joke. feels very re-
sentful.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1909-12-27

Central American republic ceases
to command consideration when it be-
comes a miSnomer.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1909-12-27
Excused.

why did that cartoonist wait till the
very last minute to buy his holiday
gifts?"
HE couldn't help it. He was so busy
dra wing early-shopping pictures"
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1909-12-27

The New Year resolutions now in course
Of preparation have a strangely familiar
look.
The Grenada sentinel. [volume] (Grenada, Miss.) 1868-1955, 1909-01-22

"Give me a cargo of logs, another of casks
partly filled with emergency supplies and a
single vessel, specifically constructed, and |
can go from Behring strait to the pole right
across the Arctic ocean. Scatter the logs, port
able houses and casks upon a group of heavy
ice foes, surrounding the ship, shifting the sup
plies if necessary by windlasses, motors or
dogs, and We'll succeed. A. single crew can
handle the three cargoes. Had the Jeanette
expedition adopted this plan it would have
won. In support Of my plan Rear Admiral Mel
vile stated to me that a small house erected
on the ice at the beginning of the drift of the
Jeanette having blown away before it had
been fastened down, was found two years later
less than two miles from the ship, thus proving
that the ship and ice proceed just as a balloon
moves with the atmosphere in which it floats.
With portable studios and laboratories, our ar
fists and scientists may work with tranquility.
With balloons we will view a wide stretch OF
territory and as did the Baldwin-Zeigler expe-
dition frequently, dispatch messengers home
ward. With our logs as fuel We'll barbecue the
walrus seal and polar bear. With the casks
emptied we'll form a fotilla filed with dupli-
Gates of our collections
That's the way Mr.. Baldwin would do it.
With your feet planted on the home hearth
stone, the domicile good and warm, plenty to
eat for each meal and no worries, 1t looks easy,
doesn't it? But the obstacles which any ex-
&A& E&@
The Grenada sentinel. [volume] (Grenada, Miss.) 1868-1955, 1909-01-22

and made me feel like a new person.
and it shall always have my praise"
Mrs. W. 2. VALENTINE, 902 Lincoln
Avenue, Camden, N. j.
Gardiner, Me- was a great suf-
ferer from a female disease. The doc
tor said I would have to go to the
hospital for an operation, but Lydia E.
Pinkham's Vegetable Compound COM
pletely cured me in three months. -
Mrs. S. A. WILLIAMS, r. F. D. No. IA,
Box 80, Gardiner Me-.
Because your case is a difficult one,
doctors having done you no good,
do not continue to suffer without
giving Lydia E. Pinkham's Vegetable
Compound a trial. 1t surely has cured
many cases of female ills, such as in
flammation, liberation, displacements,
fbroid tumors, Irregularities, periodic
pains, backache, that bearing-down
feeling, Indigestion, dizziness, and ner-
vous prostration. It costs but a trife
to try it, and the result is worth mil
lions to many suffering women.
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CAPT. 6owSxeJ METHOD ~ N

washington.
So Mr.. Wellman went way up north, far
away from Sweden, and after spending a long
time in the construction of his aerial pole
finder, he set sail in his airship in a snowstorm.
The snow was thick high up in that cold eli
mate and it got into the pilots eyes. COnse-
uuently the expedition was abandoned for the
time.
Next June, however, Mr.. Wellman will again
set sail for the pole with the assurance that
his machine will perform at least part of the
journey satisfactorily. On ethereal subjects
Wellman has become an expert. He has also
had real polar experience. Mr.. Wellman not
long ago declared that his airship is, for his
own purpose of finding the pole, more efficient
than that of Count Zeppelin, which can sail
all day long without dropping to earth for
more gasoline.
Commodore Peary is to-day scrutinizing arc
tic regions for signs of the location of the pole.
He will go as far north as is possible on his
polar ship Theodore Roosevelt, and dogs and
sledges will take him the rest of the distance.
1t will be several years, probably, before the
real fruits of this expedition become known to
newspaper readers of America.
Many lives have been lost In the quest for
the pole. That and the south pole, located
somewhere in the Antarctic. are the only I'M
discovered parts Of this wide world, and the ma
ton which plants its flag on either of the
poles will be lucky, for then it will own the end
of the earth.
The Grenada sentinel. [volume] (Grenada, Miss.) 1868-1955, 1909-01-22

which would greet his eyes. would make him
the envy of Rip Van Wrinkle.
Discovery OF the north pole will doubtless be
made within the lifetimes of many citizens of
to-day. Anyhow that is what the scientists de-
clare. They say the mere discovery of the
pole is simple. 1t is the conquering of the de-
tails which must be surmounted that require
the thought and efforts.
Most novel of all plans to plant the American
flag or for that matter any other country's
flag on top of the pole, is that which some
time ago was proposed by Evelyn Briggs Bald
win, who is now working out details of his
scheme.
This intrepid explorer aims to float to the
pole and take plenty of time getting there. He
laid out the plan in detail before the Harvard
union at Cambridge, Mass, some time ago and
while some blase persons were skeptical, 9th
ers said they liked the plan.
Here's the way Mr.. Baldwin would do it:
The Grenada sentinel. [volume] (Grenada, Miss.) 1868-1955, 1909-01-22
The Favorite.

Millions of suffering eyes have found
in DR.. Mitchells famous salve a real
blessing. Reject the offer of any dealer
to sell a drug for your eye. DR.. Mitch
ellis Eye Salve is a simple, healthy
remedy to be applied to the lids. 1t
cures without entering the eye. Sold
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The Grenada sentinel. [volume] (Grenada, Miss.) 1868-1955, 1909-01-22

Zeppelin and his airship. AS the big bird-like
machine came closer, l managed to read the
sign on the side. 1t read:
ROUTE NO. "a.
Fort Wayne, Duluth and Polar Aerial Trans
portation Company.
That was pretty near the last straw. /
wanted to look at something ancient. l
couldn't stand this much longer. 1t was get
ting on my nerves-these ahead-of-the-minute
contrivances. The airship drew nearer. l
could see a roof garden party of young people
sitting among the palms on the dome of the
big machine. Around them were electric heat
ers, which radiated heat clear to the earth.
Carelessly one young man emptied the con-
tents of his glass over his shoulder in my di-
rection.
I tried to dodge the cloudburst of amber
beverage, but, alas, too late. 1t caught me
squareiy in the face and
/ WOKE UP!
And still when one comes to think it over,
considering the progress which the year 1908
saw in the way of airship navigation and polar
efforts, that dream is within the realm of pos
sibilities of the twentieth century. Less than
so years ago the man who talked of saying
"howdy'' to a friend 1,500 miles away would
be deported. To-day the telephone carries
ones words as clearly as If spoken to parties
in the same room.
So if an American should fall asleep in the
year 1899 and awake 80 years hence, the things
The Grenada sentinel. [volume] (Grenada, Miss.) 1868-1955, 1909-01-22

this valuable medl-
cine, Lydia E. Pink
hams We getable
Compound. I suf-
fered from terrible
headaches, pain in
my back and right
side, was tired and
nervous, and so
w~eakIcould hardly
stand. Lydia E.
Pinkham's Vegeta-
BILE Compound re-
stored me to health
The Grenada sentinel. [volume] (Grenada, Miss.) 1868-1955, 1909-01-22
Grows Only in Four States

Bromine, useful in medicine, pho
Biography, the manufacture Of dyes
and in certain m~etallurgical opera
tons, is produced commercially in
only four states of this country-Mich-
fgan, Ohio, Pennsylvania and West
Virginia. Last years output was
1879 .496 pounds.
The Grenada sentinel. [volume] (Grenada, Miss.) 1868-1955, 1909-01-22
MORE
PINKHAM
CURES
Added to the Long List due
to This Famous Remedy.

Camden, N.J.-'1t is with pleasure
that I add my testimonial to your
already long ist-hoping that it may
induce others to avail themselves of
The Grenada sentinel. [volume] (Grenada, Miss.) 1868-1955, 1909-01-22
Good JUDGE OF Human Nature

"Jones says he can usually ten
mems occupations from their appear.
ance."
Eyes, Jones can. He can spot a col
lector as far as he can see him
Detroit Free Press.
The Grenada sentinel. [volume] (Grenada, Miss.) 1868-1955, 1909-01-22

Many a man has lost his good name
by having it engraved on the handle
of his umbrella.
The Grenada sentinel. [volume] (Grenada, Miss.) 1868-1955, 1909-01-22

the newspaper man, who two
years ago was assigned by
his paper to find the north
pole. The assignment was
given him when politics,
which he had been covering.
had sort of died down in
The Grenada sentinel. [volume] (Grenada, Miss.) 1868-1955, 1909-01-22

PILES CURED IN 6 TO II DAYS.
PAZO is guaranteed to cure any case
of Itching, Blind, Bleeding or ProLruding Piles In
6 to IA days or money refunded. 50c.
The Grenada sentinel. [volume] (Grenada, Miss.) 1868-1955, 1909-01-22

A good detective makes ligh: Of his
ability as a shadow.
The Grenada sentinel. [volume] (Grenada, Miss.) 1868-1955, 1909-01-22

from that automatic instrument for rendering
sane persons mentally incompetent. | had
been reading a copy of the North Pole Friday
night Post when, with a noise like all the air
coming out of a balloon all at once, the c.. & N.
P. train started.
1t was all strange to me, of the year 1909.
l must have slept an awful long time to wake
up here in the year of-yes, the date line on
the publication | was scanning said February
l, 1899. 1t was printed in white ink and the
words were all spelled Theoretically.
Medicine Hat" yelled a voice in my ear a
minute or two after the train had started. l
looked quickly around, ready to punch the
rude brakeman who had given vent to those
rasping notes. AS | did so | bumped my nose
against the-well, it looked like a photograph