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The Washington herald. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1906-1939, 1909-10-27
The Model Husband.

Give three cheers for Samuel W. Van
Nostran. who carried of the prize at the
model husband" show at Chicago. sam
uel IS possessed OF all the virtues neces-
sary TO make an deal helpmate, accord
ing TO the statements OF Mrs. Van Nos
tran. and the jury Of twelve women were
unable to impeach her testimony. Here
IS what Mrs. Van Nostran says:
Besides possessing the almost slperhusbaud quail
ity q being good natued before breakfast. my hus-
band allows me TO carry the family pockctbook and
declares Just as If ne meant IT, that my cooking is
FAR above mothers efforts IN the culinary line
that there could ho no comparison. n that IS not
glory enough for ons woman, I would Ike % know
what is"
The complete list Of desirable qualities
attributed to her husband by Mrs. Van
Nostran are: Prompt at meals, good en-
tertainer. adept with the channg dish,
good Judge OF feminine beauty, gracious
and kind-hearted, enjoys home more than
the club. happiest when among friends.
OF course, there were heartburnings. for
other husbands were on display, and their
wives put in most eloquent pleas in their
behalf. and the contest resulted I'm as
much jealousy as a baby show. No mat
ter what woman says to her husband
in private. in public she would make
every other woman envious by holding
him UP as ideal But for one year there
will be no controversy in Chicago The
decision IS final. and the blue ribbon Will
be worn by Mrs. Van Nostran's entry in
the contest
What a time he VIII have living up to
the reputation he has made for himself,
The Washington herald. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1906-1939, 1909-10-27
High school Dormitories.

OF interest 20 schools in thinly popu-
lated regions IS the experiment Of high
school dormitories. 10 be tried IN the ex-
IRENE northwestern part OF California
The homes Of the children are too re-
mote for them TO make daily Journeys 10
and from school. This is therefore an
attempt 20 satisfy a need rather than 20
carry out a theory and as the conditions
are not peculiar 90 Del Norte IL is expect
ed that there VIII be other ventures Of
the same kind Already il IS predicted
that Siskiyou County. which lies directly
70 the east, Will follow the leader and
establish hish school dormitories at
Yreka The State superintendent Of edu-
cation approves the plan. which may be
OF interest TO scattered rural populations
IN the south
The Washington herald. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1906-1939, 1909-10-27

Hans Wagner will not play next year. -
En-? Certainly he will not. He never Is
going 20 play next year. It has come TO
be habit with him. Why repeat the
assurance every fall?
The Washington herald. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1906-1939, 1909-10-27
Nearing the GonI.

How is your society getting along IN
its efforts to abolish war;"
well. we've offered SIS for a prize
essay"
The Washington herald. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1906-1939, 1909-10-27
A LITTLE NONSENSE.
THE POLAR DISPUTE.

We hope youIl end this throwing mud
This frantic fussin'.
BY what you have to say, Knud
Rasmussen.
We all have chewed reflections cud,
Done much discussin'.
But we can't settle it, o Knud
Rasmussen
The Washington herald. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1906-1939, 1909-10-27

'Peary might butt into politics." says
the Los Angeles Express. He would
make first-class view-with-alarm man.
The Washington herald. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1906-1939, 1909-10-27

Mr.. Fred Carpenter not only seems per-
fectly at home IN Mr. Loeb's shoes. but
he has taken all the squeak out OF them
moreover.
The Washington herald. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1906-1939, 1909-10-27

often spoiled a man. says the Columbia
State. Not lately.
The Washington herald. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1906-1939, 1909-10-27
ANENT PUBLIC MEN.
aIr. Tnrt,s Commando,

From the Philadelphia Press
Taft and prosperity were scheduled a year ago.
Tar and prosperity arc here.
The Washington herald. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1906-1939, 1909-10-27

As concerns Mr.. McHarg, Mr.. CLAWS.
and Mr.. Crane, already it IS hard to tell,
right offhand, which is which and why.
The Washington herald. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1906-1939, 1909-10-27
BIRTHDAY GREETING.
From Tho Greensboro CN. on RECORD.

From the Greensboro On. o. Record
Says the Deseret News: The
Washington Herald Is three years
old. 1t IS a good -year-old
and has lost most Of It's coltish-
ness" Lost most Of its coltish-
nessl" Never had any; It has been
full grown and a yard wide ever
since it opened its eyes.
The Washington herald. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1906-1939, 1909-10-27

From the Hanover Herald
The Washington Herald cele-
brated its third birthday last week.
The Washington Herald has won
Its phenomenal success because II
has deserved to win, and we hope
It may continue to succeed. be-
cause we believe 1t will continue
70 merit success.
The Washington herald. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1906-1939, 1909-10-27

The charges against Judge Gaynor are
many and varied. The New York Post,
among other more or less important
things. accuses him Of plagiariziag from
Disraeu.
The Washington herald. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1906-1939, 1909-10-27
Pilgrims for Health.

Expert testimony is that more than 1000
persons afflicted with tuberculosis an
nually go from the East to die in Cali
fornia. Arizona. New Mexico Texas, and
Colorado. OF these cases, at least 50
per cent are so far advanced as 90 be
hopeless in any climate. More painful still
is the statement that at least 60 per cent
OF these hopeless health-seekers are TOO
poor 10 buy the necessities Of life, and
face the alternative Of charity or star
walton. There are painful tales OF con-
sumptives dying upon trains. The re-
sources OF charitable organizations IN the
far West and Southwest are drained
every year by these demands. Hence it
is urged that consumptives In the East
remain at home for treatment, especial
ly as Il has been shown that the dis
case can be cured or averted with proper
care I'm any part Of the country.
Evening Collegiate Courses.
The Old Lowell Institute IN Boston Is to
make a new departure in free evening
/ instruction. In cooperation with Harvard
| University. there are 10 be offered COL
I legiate courses. for which the regular
marks and degrees viii be given The
! first step will be 70 offer 70 the public a
few Of the courses now taken at Harvard
/ In the freshman and sophomore years.
/ Charles T. Copeland university lecturer
/ on English literature, Is TO give a course
| on the Lives. characters, and times OF
men Of letters. English and American -
/ The theory and practice Of English com
/ position viii also be taught IN this course.
/ Albert Bushnell Hart professor Of history
| at Harvard. Will have a course on the
/ Constitutional and political history Of
I the United States" The third course
viii be conducted by Charles J. Bullock.
I Harvard professor Of economies. on Pub
| lie finance" considered with special refer
/ ence 20 the theory and methods Of taxa
/ ton. These new courses are 10 continue
until June. with vacations at Christmas
and IN the spring, the courses TO be
I changed every year. Il is proposed 20
have serious work done. and no persons
/ will be allowed TO attend q course unless
/ qualified 10 profit by IT,
The Washington herald. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1906-1939, 1909-10-27

Tho lady OF the house had had an IN
grown habit Of not being at home 10
the milk man when he called for a squar-
ing OF accounts. and be IL known that
even a milk mans patience may be worn
threadbare after time" said Val. X.
Harris. Of Pittsburg. al the National
last night, telling this story,
1T happened over in Newport and the
account i'm question was against one or
the weather. residents. One ruse after
another the collector tried until finally
he hit upon an idea worthy of q general
The day the milkman was TO put II
into practice" continued Mr.. Harris, ne
spent an hour before his mirror primpinS
up. He put on his boiled shirt and his
best Sunday suit. instead OF the custom
airy overalis, and treated himself 70
shave Then he slipped on his gloves
and climbed into his milk cart.
at 10 o'clock the doorbeu Of the de-
Iinouent's house rang. The maid peered
out Of the window. and no milk wagon
being in sight. she went to the door. A
welI-dressed stranger-at least ne looked
like a stranger 70 her-was stanolhs
there He wanted to see Mrs. So-and-So.
Oh, yes. just come in and walt
moment answered the maid
Presently the lady presented herself,
smiling.
Yes? she said. an interrogation mark
after the word.
I'm the milkman.' replied the Beau
BrUmmel and I've got a bill Of N2-16
against you-due two months ago
1t was paid"
The Washington herald. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1906-1939, 1909-10-27

Des Moines Tribune: Uncle Joe Can
non says the world Is getting better. "
remarks The Washington Herald. Some
folks VIII End Il hard 70 believe that ne
used such feeble words In expressing his
opinion.
The Washington herald. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1906-1939, 1909-10-27

Augusta Chronicle The washington
Herald thinks Il sees "a little cloud. no
bigger than Bwana Tumbo, on The Re
publican horizon Hope this does not
mean we are 20 expect another reign,
The Denison review. [volume] (Denison, Iowa) 1867-current, 1909-06-16
A u s t i n
H a i n e $

families of EN- all related that moved up here
just afore tn war, nd have lived in Rabbits Hol-
low ever since. They fight amongst themselves
364 days out o every year, but day they
all stand together nd that's election day Caps
a sort O. leader among 'em nd they vote purity
much as he does. There amt a one O. tn whole
blamed caboodle OF 'em can read or write, but
it's close fight, like this was they can just
about swing tn Fourth ward to suit 'emselves.
A COUPLE O. hours later Savage comes back.
: It's alright he says, lookin' sort proud 1
got Cap. Donnelson fixed to work fer anti
Burkitt delegation from the Fourth ward
" Fer what? l says, not altogether likin them
last words
"'Fer anti-Burkitt delegation he says. L
was afraid thered be some O them Rabbits Hol-
low voters that he couldn't line up fer you that
might throw their votes away Jerry OCallag-
han, so l told him to vote em again Burkitt, fer
everything that don't go to hims grist fer
hopper.
There wasn't much to be said, SO told him
not to be too confident nd to keep his eye peeled
but l didn't like that antbusness. I'd known
Cap. Donnelson too long to be afraid his not
bein' able to deliver the Rabbit Hollow vote fer
the preacher hsself if he runnin fer office.
TIL more l thought it over tn more wished I'd
went straight to Cap. myself nd told him to get
the boys all out fer me election day md I'd see he
didn't lose nothin' by it. But 1 sort O. put tn
thing out O mind nd it didn't occur to me till tn
afternoon O. election day
WED opened headquarters in young Savages
law office nd tn boys droppin' in every little
while to see how things ookin. We'd been
telephonin all tn county nd near as we
could tell it was up to to get solid delegation
The Denison review. [volume] (Denison, Iowa) 1867-current, 1909-06-16
A Case of Too Much Il angwidge'

rHE "boss' laid down his cigar and gazed at
me across vast expanse of shirt front,
lieved by two gittering diamond studs and
splotches of tobacco juice.
Thinking of runnin for the council, Ell? Well,
O. course that's all right. 1t nd be good expert
ence fer you young man, and wouldn't do you no
hurt-if you gon into it just sort O. side
issue. But if you was gon' into it business
proposition it nd be mistake. You'd better wait
till you've been out O. college a little longer nd
know more about men nd less about books.
Nov, mind you, ! amt Sayin' nothin' again
booS-learnin. Book-knowledges alright fer teach
in school, writin' books, givin lectures, but
when it to deverin' tn goods at election
time, yer educated theorists are about as much
to home Percheron in steeple chase How'd
| know? From experience, my boy, from expert
ence, same learn everything that's worth
nothin' in that school unless you pay hard
fer it nd guess it worth the price, alright.
1T years ago when l runnip fer the
legislature first time, again Andy Burkitt. l didn't
have no longn' for tn Office but O. tn boys
got me out to get even with Andy over some split
up there'd been in tn organization md since Andy
md would naturally pull strongest from the
crowd, tn boys thought it nd be slick fer
to bid fer the sik-stocking vote by appointin
Charlie Savage my campaign manager. He
o. Banker Savage nd had just been out o.
college little while nd was startin' in to prac-
tice law. He was anxious to get TIL advertisin
md reckoned he couldn't do harm 1
made him my manager, expectin to run things
myself mostly =
II will say this for him right here-he ]
was likely young fellow, hard worker
md perfectly willin' to learn nd he wasn't O.
always workin overtime at double pay. Well, things
went along fine fer time nd just begnnin'
to think that with him pullin' tn blue-bloods md
me with my natural holt tn Third an Fourth
The Denison review. [volume] (Denison, Iowa) 1867-current, 1909-06-16

from this town to beat Burkitt was just fsurin'
it over fer tn hundredth time when Bob King
dropped in.
Young Savage all clipper nd confiden.
Well Bob he says, things lookn' good, amt
they?'
'I reckon So Bob answered. ONLY I'd feel a
blame sight easier if had tn Rabbits Hollow
crowd.
Don't you worry none about that says Say.
age with mysterious air, like young politician
always uses. i got old Cap Donneson fixed fer
u.s.
9TH hell you have.' says Bob He's been
workin' all day fer tn Burkitt delegates.
Young Savage never said nothin' fer minute
he was that dazed Then all of a sudden he grabs
his hat md starts fer tn door. Where you goin?
yelled, fer see that he'd slipped up some
where nd mad in minute.
:" I'm goin to if that damn hypocrite
has sold out he shouted nd | see there was
blood in his eye.
You amt agoin' to do nothin O. tn sort,
says Ill run this campaign myself from now on
If you amt got Cap. Donnelson fixed so you can
send fer him to come you instead O runnin'
after him. you did darn poor job O. fxin', that's
all got to say. And turnin' to Bob l says You
send Cap. up here double quick.
IN a few minutes Cap. comes in, lookin' sort O.
sheepish when he me, nd feein' relieved
when he sees Savage. What tn devil you been
doin?" Savage yells, before | could say word
Cap. was sort o puzzled fer minute nd then he
drawls, Why been dom just what you told me
to. Aaint been workin' hard as know
how fer Andy Burkitt?'
'''You le. yells Savage. never
told you to work fer Andy Burktt. l told you to
work fer antBurkitt-' He never finished
he just collapsed, fer both seen what was
comm.
That's Just what said says Cap, lookin'
more puzzled nd rubin his bald head with tn
palm O his hand. Work fer an Andy Burkitt uel-
egation was your very words to me, nd l been
dom it hard as know how. reckon got thirty
five O. them Rabbits Hollow boys in already
There wasn't any use sayin' anything "That'l
do says to Cap You go And when
The Denison review. [volume] (Denison, Iowa) 1867-current, 1909-06-16
THE SENIOR.

Now the grave senior with be-ribboned hat.
Lord of the campus. champion of the track;
King of the gridron. baron of his frat
Charges anew his pipe and glances back
Der four long ages-through the stress and reck
OF grinding victory and grim defeat:
OF worldly wisdom. gained with stein and pack;
OF moonlight romance wonderfully sweet.
Lie has gone by. burned out to ashes. gray;
Farewell achievement and admirng cheers.
Barren and dull on to the Judgment day
desert stretches void of hopes or fears.
With naught to do to pass the time away
But get Job and hold it fifty years
Geo. Fitch
The Denison review. [volume] (Denison, Iowa) 1867-current, 1909-06-16


that come out things got to poppin purity
lively nd alookin' sort o. blue fer me. Bur
kit worked it fer all it was worth while l stayed
purity close to home nd sent fer Savage p d. q. l
handed it out to him good nd stiff about his bein'
so free with his promises O. what I'd do nd then
told him there was just two things to do 20
square it. We'd got to get another candidate out
to draw tn votes I'd lost by his fool break away
from Burktt nd then get old Cap. Donnelson to
line up the Fourth ward boys again that had STAN
peded from
A S said, young Savage wasn't one O. them
dreamers that can't see tn sense O. reason-hs
faults was those O. tn mind, not o. tn heart-'nd
he sure did get busy. Within an hour he had
Jerry OCallaghan, that owns TIL Richelieu bar
out fer TIN legislature nd then he went down to
see Cap. Donnelson
"You know Cap. Donnelson? No. WE'LL then
you better put off runnin' fer office nd spend tn
time gettin' acquainted with him. He's TIL boss O.
Rabbits Hollow. You've seen him a hundred
times on tn street-that tall, lank Kentuckian
that's blind in one eye. There's score or more
The Denison review. [volume] (Denison, Iowa) 1867-current, 1909-06-16

That's my first nd last experience with young
college fellers in politics. Next time got Skinny
Farrell to help me nd we beat Burkitt bad he
never run fer office again.
But was sayin minute ago. book-learnin's
alright in its place, only politics amt the place.
amt much givin advice, but since you asked
me | tell you plain that you better go slow about
goin' into it-as business proposition that is. It
won't get you nothin'-anyway till you've forgot
O. tn dead langwidges you learned in college
nd to know more about live Politics
IN this county is mans game, nd young college
graduates ought to keep back O. tn ropes, along
with tn women, children nd prohibitionists.'
The Denison review. [volume] (Denison, Iowa) 1867-current, 1909-06-16

turned to young
Savage nd seen
his look l couldn't
find it in my heart
to say what I'd
meant to, fer, as l
said, he was will
in'-only terribly
ignorant. That's
what comes o.
usin' dago lang
widge in tn Fourth
ward l says.
plain English's
good enough fer
them Then L
went home nd
wrote a piece sec
ondin' Burkitt's
nomination in the
county convention
The Denison review. [volume] (Denison, Iowa) 1867-current, 1909-06-16

wards Burkltt I'D
hardly have a
look-in, when sud-
denly all hell broke
loose.
Young Savage
had got over-anxl-
Gus nd told some
o. tn church peo-
pie that I'd vote
for tn prohibition
bill if l was elect
ed. Course | didn t
care nothin' about
that; it was all
right-at least in
tn premises, as tn
lawyers say. But
he fell down bad
in tellin' it where
it I'D come back
on me. He ought
to knowed enough
to Tx it up so it
wouldn't get down
in tn Third md
Fourth wards. But
he didn't know
n o t him 'ceptin'
what he'd got at
college.
CAS- soon ac
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1909-01-26
SPECIAL STAMPS
 HONOR LINCOLN

As q fitting observance of the hun dredth anniversary of the birth Of Abraham Lincoln. special tWo-Cent postage stamp will be put on sale at all offices Of the first class Feb 12 This was announced i'll a special bull lctin to Postmaster Furth yesterday
 In size and shape the Lincoln stamps are identical with those now ill use, and will be red in color \ reproduction of the profile of Lin coin from {; bust by St GaudenS. will be in an eclipse on the face of the stamp. with the date of Lincoln $ birth, Feb. r. 1So4 and the antyer- sary.
 These stamps are to he sent to postofIices in a limited number. and will he sold to the exclusion of other two-cent issues Feb. r and there after while they last The bulletin states that ali extra supply may be obtained provided tue demand does not exceed tue supply.
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1909-01-26
TRY THIS FOR
 YOUR COUGH


 Mix two ounces oi skcciue with a haIf ounce of Virgin Oil of Pine compound pure and q half pint of straight whi5luey. Shake well, and take i'll doses of t ieaspoonful every four hours. This mixtures possesses fine healing .lloaIthtul properties of the pines and will break q cold ill twen- &-four hours and cure any cougeh that is curahlc In having this form uses the genuine Virgin Oil of Pine compound. pure, prepared and guaran- teed onlt bN the Leach Chemical Co. Cincinnati, 0
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1909-01-26
NOT SON OF 4
 PINE BLUFF MAN

J. II, Worthen, of Pine Bluii. Visits
 Little Rock to Ascertain if Body
 oi Man Killed by Train was that
 oi His Missing >on-Body is Un-
 identified.
 Little Rock, Ark, Jan. 2JJ.--Another father who journeyed to Little Rock in the fear that the body of the man lying at the undertaking rooms Of TIealcy X Roth, who lost his life Wednesday night by his head hay ing been crushed between the vesti- bules of Rock Island train from Memphis, was that of his son, has returned 10 his home, relieved to find the body that of a stranger.
 The party who called at the morgue this morning was J. w. Worthen, whf lives near Pine Bluff. After catchins sight of the features he turned away and said: x
 'sNo, it isu't my son; but the un- certainty as to my boys whereabouts is causing us as much grief, almost as would the knowledge that he is dead
 The young man, it appears, rar away from home recently and his parents have found no trace of him
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1909-01-26
Kodol Digests What You Eat

D. M. Magneso, af Newport, whose card was found ill the pocket Of the dead man, has answered a letter sent by Healey X Roth saying that he does not know the man and never saw him and that the card was prob ably picked up the unknown man. \ letter has been addressed to Eddie Mcbride, the news butcher Of Springfield Ill, whose card was also found ill the dead mans pocket. but no answer has been received.
 The undertakers are making every possible effort to locate the relatives or acquaintances of the dead man and will hold the body for some days before interring t.
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1909-01-26
Not the Heart

It is indigestion Pains in your side around the region of your heart not always heart trouble. That Is usually Indigestion. kodol stops Indi- gestion-
 It is the arising undgested food Is distending the stomach forcing upward against the heart valve horness of breath smOhery feeling
 What need the food stomach completely digeSted the earliest kodo will do this Un digeted which often Every Dyspeptic what that suffering b Kodo Heves it nothing else will
 In indigestion the stomach membrane is infamed It sitye Sometimes it Liberated Hard undgesed food against that tender lining, naturally
 Just about times of people who complain about disease They nd geston. Their overworked It down tired and it kodol work of the stomach time.
 take Kodo occasionally will surely be surprised to notice how quickly the heart pains will disappear
 Kodo all required thoroughly digest all kinds of food is the only that do it. Try kodol to day guarantee.
 Buy large bottle of KOdol druggist for the guarantee not satisfied take the empty bottle back will delay Every druggist knows guarantee is good
 kodol is prepared laboratories of l.. C. Dewitt Cora pany, Chicago, III.
 The large bottle contains 22 times much the soc bottle
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1909-01-26
Blanche NalShc Feb. 1.

The scores of admirers of Miss Blanche Walsh in this city are an tieipatins With deep interest her forthcomin2 appearancc iii The Test The play has beeu pronounced hy Ne" York critic, 10 De greater than any of those ill the strong rcpertor" iH which she has been seen here. owing to q demand for the return of tine actress to New York her en2ase"mut in this city will be limited 10 one night at EIks rheater. Miss Walsh is suluartcd by one Of the best cop+pInies that has eyer left 1Aew-Norh irr>~>a dramatic peodaetfo1.
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1909-01-26

Mayor W. L. Toney has returned from a business trip to Springfield, Mo- after weeks leave of absence. He intended to visit Hot Springs Va. and his old home ill Mississippi but business prevented the trip,
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1909-01-26

H. F. Truloek went to Little Rock Sunday to join his~--'wffe and at tenda din1ee~ro be given compliment ary to Nfs. Trulock the coming week.
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1909-01-26

Mrs C. W Mcbride has just re turned to Pine Bluff after a four months visit 10 her parents, MT. and Mrs. r. w. Parker near Tampa, Florida
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1909-01-26

William Parkin, assistant govern ment engineer, came here from Little Rock yesterday to inspect the gov ernment work being done along the river front