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The Washington herald., 1909-08-23
Billboards.

Editor The Washington Herald:
Your editorial published in appreciation
Of the splendid efforts OF Commissioner
West to rid Washington Of the billboard
is particularly pleasing to the American
Civic Association. This organization has
for several years been conducting a per-
sistent and energetic campaign for the
abatement OF the billboard nuisance: for.
as you say. the billboard is an eyesore,
a nuisance, and a disgrace, and It should
be abolished altogether"
The city Of Washington has afforded a
most notable example. through the orders
Issued by SIS Commission, in taking hold
OF the billboard in a manner to produce
immediate results. This probably is due
in part 70 the fact that the Commission
acts under law passed BY Congress. and
Is vested with sufficient authority to in
sist upon strict conformity to the law.
In this respect Washington differs from
most municipalities. 1t is. however, 20
be hoped that they VIII in the near fu-
ture be able TO enact ordinances similar
20 the law governing the subject In
washington, and that the splendid ex-
ample set by the Capital City may be
generally followed by all American com
munties.
The publicity given the eficient abate-
ment OF the billboard nuisance In Wash
ingtOn is already producing most excel
lent results, and from all corners OF the
continent come reports OF a renewed de-
termination TO grapple intelligently and
effectively with the billboard as menace
to municipal cleanliness and order and
sightliness
i am sending 70 you copy OF the bill
board bulletin published by the American
Civic Association. which has been ef-
fectlve In arousing hundreds Of com
munities TO the importance Of undertaS-
Ing systematic efforts TO relieve them
selves Of billboard and poster advertis-
Ing. RICHARD n wATpoua
SECRETARY American Civic Association Harrisburg
The Washington herald., 1909-08-23
The "Tuberculin Test

Editor The Washington Herald:
I see in the columns OF The Washing
ton Herald that DR.. woodward proposes
to enforce the "tuberculin test on all
cattle whose milk is brought into the
District
Dr. c. S. Carr, editor OF the Columbus
Medical Journal. says: ''Dr. Koch. who
invented the tuberculin test. has long
since recanted what ne said about It and
has done his best to keep the American
people from following his motion, and yet
because the American people have got
laws making tuberculin test important.
Nthey are ashamed to back out. so they
keep on with It. The tuberculin test has
been dlsproved scientihcally-it is exact
ly like going 70 the fortune teller TO find
out how many wives a man Is going to
marry. or how many children one is go
Ing TO have"
Tuberculin consists OF a citrate OF dead
tuberculosis bacilll with their excreta
This Is an elegant dose 10 inoculate into
the blood OF a COW. is il not?
Nature would be much less likely 70
put disease into her product (milk) which
Is produced for the sole purpose OF nour-
-@-AiAN SA%N sNAiihf Niieti sue WtAil INTO rear
diseased matter which she throws of
from a sorel The elegant consistency OF
DR.. Woodward's proposing the tuberculin
test for dairy cattle around Washington.
and still enforcing the barbaric cow
poXing' OF school children Is just IN line
with the work OF the medical trust gen
orally.
Dr. Barney. OF Brooklyn, says: Hun
dreds OF children are inOculated with tu-
berculosis in the Brooklyn schools" and
DR.. A. Wilder, OF Newark. says: Con
sumption follows vaccination as effects
follow cause" We cannot expect these
who are unable 70 distinguish the differ
ence between science and superstition to
do much for the public health. When the
Washington health CD board stops in
oculating children with underlined cattle
diseases: when they hold public lectures
explaining the causes and rational cure
Of human maladies; when they are not
afraid 10 allow public debate OF any
medical matters or practices: when they
clean up the filthy spots IN their domain,
then viii the people OF common sense in
Washington hold IN more respect than
they do now those health" officials who
are so energeticaliy spreading diseases IN
the city or Washington
When my milkman uses 'tuberculin"
on his cows he may stop delivering HIS
product 20 my family. We want the real.
natural product or nothing. We have a
powerful microscope in this family. and
know the difference
HARRY p. BRADFORD.
The Washington herald., 1909-08-23
Street Sprinklers.
lditor The washington Herald

Editor The Washington Herald:
AS a complement TO the efficient man.
agement Of the street railway service
Of Washington I would suggest that the
health and comfort Of the public be still
further catered 20 by the respective com
panies in the installation OF sprinkling
cars to be run ever their tracks at fire.
quent intervals.
1 think no intelligent person will contra
dict the assertion that the dust stirred
up and kept in suspension by rapidly
moving cars is a menace to health and
damaging 70 rainent and household fur
niture. This nuisance. while always pres
ent to some extent, is more apparent and
widespread during the warm months.
when streets are more frequented and
doors and windows are left open and
there is little rainfall TO lay the dust.
In many cities, 1 am Informed, but I
speak particularly Of Baltimore, where I
have witnessed the operation OF the sys-
TEN, the street car companies maintain
these sprinkling cars and keep them
constantly moving over the tracks for
the purpose Of laying dust The good
effect is manifest, and II Is a matter Of
wonder to me that in Washington. where
The Washington herald., 1909-08-23
RELICS FROM WATERLOO.
Valuable Cotton Collection VIII &C
Under the Hammer.

f0Au"HAc NOtton NOIlccttOn VIII GO
Under the Hammer.
Word comes from London that the
Waterloo museum OF relics and the Hotel
du Musee near the famous battlefield.
are TO be sold at public auction beginning
September g. Travellers who have visited
the spot where Napoleon and wellington
moved their legions into conflict will
doubtless remember the museum. which
contains more than 5000 relics identified
with the British. French, and Prussian
soldiers. says the New York Post.
There are cannon balls, swords. pistols.
muskets. axes, uniforms, helmets. har-
ness, musical instruments, regimental but
tons, and badges. coins. seals. and med
ais. A pair Of silver spurs. stamped
with a crown and the letter IN" and
supposed to have been taken from Ma
poleon's carriage. and a number Of en-
cravings and photographs are also in
cluded in, the collection. From the cata-
logue Is taken the following account Of
the formation OF the museum:
Season after season. thousands Of visi-
tors climb to the summit OF the Lion
Mound, from WHICH they look down on
Hougoumont, la, Haye-Sainte, and the
various historical landmarks Of the Bat
tie Of Giants AT the foot Of the Lion
Mound is the Hotel du Musee, TO which
Is attached the museum. the nucleus Of
which was formed by Edward Cotton be-
tween 1915 and his death, Just sixty years
ago.
"On the glorious 18th OF June, 1915, Ser
geant-Major Cotton fought bravely In tbs
ranks OF the Seventh Hussars. under the
Earl OF Anglesey. who always took the
deepest interest in his subsequent career.
Few regiments suffered more severely
than that 20 which Cotton belonged. for
the casualties in II were 194, as compared
TO the total strength OF 362 Cotton was
man OF more than ordinary intelligence.
He wrote a most excellent account Of
the battle and guide to the field, entitled,
"A Voice from Waterloo, which, since its
first publication, has gone through ten
editions, and Is still quite the best hand
book for the intelligent exploration OF
the battlefield.
1T was Cotton who served as guide to
all the distinguished personages. includ-
ing the Prince Regent and one or two
European sovereigns. who visited the
scene OF Wellington and Blucher's great
achievement in the days when traces Of
the havoc wrought by the coutending
armies we're still plainly visible Cotton
was not only an able guide and painstak-
Ing writer, but he was a judicieus and
enthusiastic collector. From the day in
which he took up his abode in what is
now the Hotel du Musee he began TO
acquire relics OF every description and
the example he set in this matter was
followed by three generations of his de-
scendants
The Washington herald., 1909-08-23
The Southern Mountaineer.

Editor The Washington Herald;
The Southern Churchman, OF Richmond,
of August Z, printed an article on the
Southern mountaineer. pleading for funds
from philanthropists directly. and from
the States and Federal government indi-
rectly. for the educational upIIft OF these
people.
Where are those pompous, parlor car
delegations that came South a few years
aso2 1t was expected that millions
would be scattered for education through
out the South. But we came to ind that
that company had far other axes to
grind than the dispensing Of cash.
The Southern mountaineer needs to be
let severely alone. with liberty TO live
out any kind OF life that suits him.
II he is not up-to-date In the progress
Of the age, he is also not filing his sec
ton with the tramps. the sharpers. the
lunatics. the paupers and the criminals
with which the educated sections are fill
Ing theirs. He is alrefreshing contrast 10
the rest OF the country.
Henry Watterson not long since severe
ly rebuked these would-be uplifters OF
the southern mountaineers. while numer-
Gus magazine writer's have also written
in their defense, one lady going so far as
to say that they were as much entitled
TO make free whisky from their grain
az were grape growers everywhere en-
titled to make wine from their grapes
The University o. Virginia has also
brought forth one OF its professors IN
condemnation Of the settlement work"
among the mountaineers. He is Prof
Bruce r. Payne, and he says It is "a
waste OF religious, educational. and eco
nomio energy" Living nigh unto them,
he ought 70 know whereof he speaks
FRANCIS B. LIVESEY.
Garrison Nd
The Washington herald., 1909-08-23
MURDER IN A GREAT CITY.
Easy for Assassin TO Escape After
Committing Foul Deed.

From The Brooklyn Eagle.
Within few weeks at least four afro
oious murders have been committed in
New York, and IN no case have the police
been able 10 intercept the criminals. To
degree this reflects upon the intelligence
Of the detective force. yet in justice 10
the police the difficulties confronting
those who set out 10 traI assassins in a
big city should not be overlooked. IL Is
easy 10 clamor against the police when
murder mystery remains uusolved. but Il
is well 70 remember that ali great centers
Of population have their mysterious
crimes and their unraveied clews. and
that this is as true OF European cities.
where the science OF detection has been
brought TO It's highest estates, as Il is or
cities In the United States.
There are innumerable holes and cor
ners In this huge metropolis where taking
Of lie can be accomplished without the
cries OF the victim being heard by any
human being. The ease with which a
man chOaked and beat a woman 70 death
in dark and obscure hallway on East
Thirteenth street the other night and
then coolly slipped away from the neigh
borhOOd OF his crime is typical Of the IA
cilities the city offers 10 criminals OF the
worst sort There are hundreds OF tene-
ments on the East and West Sides OF
Manhattan where the sounds OF a fatal
scuffie would attract no more than pass
ing attention from the people accustomed
70 drunken brawls and family squabbles
And not more difficult than the commits
sion OF crime Il the escape OF the crimi-
nal after crime has been committed Give
&c a murderer a reasonable start and
there IS no place in the world where he
can so readily cover UP his tracks and
escape notice as IN a city or 10000 pe0-
pie. And this IS more especially true in
those cases where a fugitive can count on
the assistance of friends TO help in baf-
fling the police, an assistance too COM
monty rendered in the foreign quarters OF
New York
The Washington herald., 1909-08-23

From the Cleveland Lender
A Philadelphia man was in great dis
tress one morning not long since by rea-
son OF the delay in serving his breakfast
Il wish you'd go to the kitchen said
he to his wife, land see what the trouble
is. I've an appointment at g."
The wife complied with his request.
When she returned to the dining-room
the husband observed a strangely meJca,
choly expression on her face.
WELL" asked he impatiently did
you tell the cook that l wanted my
breakfast immediately"
Il did"
And what did she say?"
She said,r responded the wife, that
we all have our disappointments'
The Washington herald., 1909-08-23
VIEWS OF PEOPLE ON MANY TOPICS
WHAT DO You THINK ABOUT 1T?
WHAT DO YOU THINK ABOUT 1T?

to be tried and convicted OF felony. un-
less he has counsel to see that his rights
are protected. If he is unable to employ
counsel. the court viii appoint some
member OF its bar to defend him, and
yet the statements wrung from him in
his defenseless situation. while under
going this sweating" process, are used
against him at his trial as Confession"
in order 10 convict him.
The newspapers are the most powerful
agencies we have for molding public
opinion and as I believe this third de-
gree" or sweating process to be a
growing evil in the land and subversive
Of the absolute rights Of the citizen,
take the liberty OF inclosing this to you.
IN the hope that you may give i a place
In the columns of your valuable paper.
z BEVERLY SLATER.
The Washington herald., 1909-08-23
Tho.e peIishtful srrede..

From ETcrybodys Magaz,ne.
"Ay tank Ay 90 across the street and
get the tailor to mend my waist" drawled
the Swedish foreman, showing his en-
ployer a very ragged vest.
All right. John
IN a few minutes the Swede returned
with his vest untouched.
Aren't you going to have 1t mended?'
asked the boss.
'Ay tank not IN that shop replied the
Swede. "Ay ask him vat ne charge an
he say, TWO dollar Then Ay ask him,
WI you take the waist in part payment p
an he wouldn't do It."
The Washington herald., 1909-08-23

From the Catholic STANDARD and Times.
'Hellol" cried Cheeriman: how are
you, old man?"
Don't old man mer' snapped Crouch
er. who was becoming touchy about his
age. Il don't look like an old man.
do r.
Well, no. just at this minute you look
more Ike the Old Boyr"
The Washington herald., 1909-08-23

we are supposed to be in the forefront
In the way OF public conveniences. a
similar system has not long since been
adopted. No doubt the street car COM
panies need only the suggestion. re-en-
forced by public opinion, to do their part
In alternating a di-2greeable and danger
GUS condition.
That this suggestion may receive the
consideration Of all parties concerned a
copy Of this letter is sent to the Com
nissioners OF the District, Board Of
Trade. Chamber OF Commerce. the rail-
way companies. and the press.
John b TORBERT.
The Washington herald., 1909-08-23
WALL STREET NEWS
Reaction in Stocks Follows
Long, Steady Rise.
TRADERS SHOW cARELEssNEss

Car Shortage Rather Than Car Sur
plus seems in Prospect when the
Crop Movement Attains Full Mo-
mentum-Business Outlook IL Good
in All Branches Of Commerce.
The Washington herald., 1909-08-23

From the Baltimore sun
The hand that stirs the kettle is the
hand that rules the world
The Washington herald., 1909-08-23
NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS.
Edward C. Wade Favors Ad-
mission Of Territory.
STATEHOOD IS THE PROMISE

Declares the western Territory Has
Been Expecting and Striving I'm
Vain 10 Become n Part OF the
Union, and that Congress Has Not
Treated the Citizens Fairly.
The Washington herald., 1909-08-23

the Mc0IinnviIlo Telephone Register.
gsicians assert that modern business
Is driving men to drink. In some OF
oregon counties they have 70 drive
q distance.
The Washington herald., 1909-08-23
Lawsuits.
District suita.

gss7. Vermont MG1ble Company Va 7. g.
b; Judgment Municipal Court, VAT. Attorney
'iller Kenyon.
The Washington herald., 1909-08-23
0Iechanic's Lien.

SIS. United States Va IS Boxes Of Leroi'
hes; libel Attorney, Daniel W. Baker.
The Washington herald., 1909-08-23
|IIInoIs AgricultaraI Note.

iiinois Agricultural Note.
e Lacon Journal.
Guillon's two girls Paris-greened
of potatoes yesterday and weeded
sds Of onions. The Guiilons are
lorkers.
The Washington herald., 1909-08-23

5oS Central Plumbers supply Company :
pr +. Nash; lot ls. square &ss, so.
The Washington herald., 1909-08-23
Ally COURT RECORD,
DISTRICT COURTS.
Saturday, August Fl, 1000

District Supreme Court.
JUSTICE ANDERSON.
Equity suits.
9S756 Florence L. Conway Va Daniel P.
" e al. ; divorce. Attorney. w. Z. Ambrose.
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1909-09-26
Very Misleading.

Battersby came across this interest Ing item in the household department: elf men would answer their wives Kindly and courteously when asked for money it is undoubtedly true that the amount requested would not be half as much as it would he if the husbands reply was Surly and aniay- Onistic.''
 EatterShy read this item over twice to make sure he graSped it's meaning, and just then his wife entered the room.
 "Geor.e." she said. "I want some money
 BattcrShy smiled affably.
 "YpS. my dear" he pleasantly re ma rkcd. and how much do you Nant:
 Mrs. Baucrehy stared at him in amaz"ment
 "l said l wanted some money.
 This time she spoke With much dis tinctncSs.
 And l asked lou how much you wanted. E:.; sr>'ty mcrrily reminded her.
 Fifty doll.trs. she snapped.
 BattcrslN almost fantcd. He had imagiued she was after So and that his genial tone would cut the amount 10 $2.;,0
 But he handed over the fifty with out further ado--:,nd then tore the misleading item into intnitesimal fragments Plain Dealer.
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1909-09-26
Partners as Household Pets.

"A British official in an out of the way Persian district invited me to stay at his house for a night, mar rates d globe trotter. "I was comfort ably settled upon a sofa just before dinner when my rest was suddenly dis turbed by q loud bang at the sitting room door which. flying open admit ted two enormous animals, which l at first took for dogs.
 Both of them made at once for my sofa. and while the larger one curled comfortably round ny feet and com posed itself to sleep the smaller one. seated itself on the floor and com menced licking my face and hands an operation which had 1 dared 1 should strongly have resented
 But those white. @leaminG teeth and flashing green eyes filled me with somethiH@ akin to terror To my re lief. my host entered at this junc1ure
 Making friends with the panthers. l see he remarked pleasantly. They are nice. companionable beasts
 That may have been true at the time Tue fact remains. however. that three months afterward one of them deyoured native child. London Tel ezra nh
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1909-09-26
FOR SALE HOUSES

S2400 00-Corner Sth and Cherry 1-4 block ground, 6 room house in good repair. Will sell on payments.
 s1150-12O1 East Fifth avenue; Cottage 4 rooms and hall; water and sewer connections; good repair; will sell on monthly payments. s150o-1o03 East Fifth avenue; Cottage, rooms and hall; water ani sewer connections; will sell on monthly pay ments.
 s35oo.00-No. 713-19 and 21 Plum St. in first class repair, now renting for s37.50 per month, will sell on terms. s150o-707 Texas St; 4 rooms; good repair; desirable neigh borhood.
 s2250-415 East Second avenue; s rooms. ? story in good re- pair: nice location for room- CTS
 s3500-515 East Sixth avenue; 1V rooms, story, on paved street and car line; within four blocks of Union Station. s45o-517 East 18th avenue; 5 room cottage,
 s7225-591 East 18th avenue; s15oo-55123 East sixt1 avenue: ! room cottage; sonVenient1v located as to school and room cottage. new and 6 3aT- churches.
 gain.
 $}5Qt.3o .3o-l811 Pallen , room cottage something new and nice.
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1909-09-26
THE INDIANS PAID.
What the White Men Charged Them
 For Killing One Donkey.

In "Reminiscences of Old Times In Tennessee" a story is told of the good faith and honor Of q party of Ciiicka- saw Indians. While hunting one fall they sho: a donkey. mistaking he creature for wild animal. They SoiL the hide. and it finally came 10 tLe hands of John Barnes in Lipton
 When the Chickasaws returned to the region of Lipton for their annual hunt the next fali Barnes invited them to q shooting match, the prize to be the skin of q very rare animal.
 Thirty braves appeared at the con test. and one of them won the prize. When he saw the skin he turned it over and said: 'IIa, ha. Me kill him. Me shoot him. See!" And he pointed to the fatal bullet hole.
 Then Barnes told them that they had killed q donkey. a very useful animal bu: he was sure that they had dope 't by mistake. believing it tu be g vile animal
 The Indians listened altentiN.ly to the white lnan'S words and then cod suited together a few minutes EihI;iy they separated. each brave .uiti.. to his r"iy. unhilching hitn atd - tig@ hi. :, to he >l'"i where :4 gang ui Nzhit" th":, Sittd. Earn"S in fF" n,jd of then, Then ole oi ihc li,iiau> >l" t,:
 We sorry we kit donkey Ne think he belong i" ne woods. "" HHd hi ' in care N. th;,i!s him Nil,. M, S.r- ry. Now N" plN. Ne iaE., ha vi q lnAnS hess. pony. n"'ir"@ af #Fi " man. We honest. We htN.. ll"4ile. :' that's all Take pay" ,\0d he t''- toned lo the long line of ponies. hri'! by their owners.
 "IIow uflny:" asked Barnes.
 'Whte man say returned the In dian: "tale plenty.
 The honor of the red men waS no, cuualed by the white men, for, be il recorded to their shame. they took from the Chickasaws thirtyGve ponie: to pay for the accidental killing of on' donkey
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1909-09-26
Htt-action.

Fruits fall to the earth because the earth attracts them. Bubbles in a cup of tea stand around the sides of the cup because the cup attracts them. The little bubbles gather about the large ones because the large bubbles attract the smaller ones. Why 10 the bubbles follow a teaspoon? Because the spoon attracts them. Why arc the sides of pond covered with leaves while the middle Is clear? Because the shore attracts the leaves to itself
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1909-09-26
A. f.roIchu RAILWAY.
Th. W2y i. Was Descrioed by an
 rcitc ed Native

Th1 W2y it Was Descri.oed by an
 Ccuc2ted Native.
 G | Philips. bu>iurS> agent in t";ti4t.l "t tia, Church Missionary S". ;,.tk. JiIrrN~ il-Nl upon l,I,, W"rkiil"~ tlt.. ua!jN" gft:l4 hs el,;.l,.t@ :. rr t:5;;ra;.lI' t";icr lH Nlii h t n:jli'c it,'="i - l;n. E:iiis,i;"> tieiin,' minis ,c" >1 ici"l, give. I ,.,.~rri ion Q. ,h, tt'.. h: ;ti WY
 "My ffi"'}d. | s:,n ,,.: Nou t!.e I.r;'r !s..s,> Il;,Nr ,;as,c :, ti:;rNt,!,at.> thii.. It ;#=.s,=..'!,. i;.5.,'s,, IL. q l!, .:.i!is ! tl.v taStrf l,l, -: fi.:,rt! h,,l. ...% |. .,i h,., sltst .,s,:. h t'5:,to T., | '.l,3, 3,':s ]" Which !, IT, j-; :, :'e'z,,.s .;s:Ii. ..id t!ls' road t sE,> III i> ;;& si!.,n,l! :i~ ifIc stem of {, P:,:it:!in |, gees ,l~ i.t+t 1T Il >W:ti- .a@ tiA iu41 ;s,Gd eAer&>.;!:isel Netl see "u' resy, Hits ll:>l Sesl li..r Il >,;tEa from t ll5,e. II il Nrre tu Gv. ii ete "l l.;. ,.st.2e.> unt =e!t,.is | u,}t t he saved .a., i; goes dread. .utIy quick Eh" hit, il itftss>e> ;lrc ;l:s Hi-s,y ;,S those of Nnst, &td tilcN I;jNo hrid @rd over great val lt.NS which al,c :iS deep ;S lh;,t you >;tA when you iuuE from ike top nf \tiit.- relnno. Su deep that you cannot see tiIr bottom when you are going over them. Later there follows q description of q ship: Tt is ;ls deep as our two sto- ried house and aS wide as the king < road in Men@o. and it is as long as from the katikiro's fence to the gate of the kings incloSure. It has three tall poles in it and big throat, out of which smoke comes. which is as wide as the new drum in the church at Ma mirembo. The rooms in it go down three stories. and the boards of these l cannot describe to you, for such have not been seen before. There is lot of metal work about them, too, but these also l cannot describe. for it is so fine. There are children on board and 2 flock of sheep and places to wash in attached to every place where a chief sleeps. such as even our king has never possessed. London Strand Magazine.