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The Washington herald., 1909-08-01
HAIL THE WALKING FADl
Pedestrian Weston Has Set the
World II Good Example.

AOucNtTAHh weston has SET tnc
World II Good Example.
From the Hartford Post
The walking fad is enjoying a revival
since the veteran and venerable pedes-
TRAN. Weston. finished his walk across
the continent And benefits cannot fail
TO follow the revival OF the pedestrianat-
ing fad. even ~ It subsidies after a
while Long walks are prescribed by the
doctors. here in Connecticut as an unex-
celled tonic FOR almost all the ills that
mortal flesh IS heir TO, and Il is asserted
that the persistence in this form OF ex-
ercise would mean the up-building OF the
race 10 the standard OF general physical
excellence that our hardy forefathers
enjoyed in the days before labor-saving
genius filed the earth with devices and
practices calculated TO put a premium on
laziress.
The old folks walked great distances.
They had 10 II they wanted 10 get any
where. often they carried heavy bur
dens. They struggled over bad roads
sometimes over no roads. Their trials
and difficulties brought out the best that
was IN them. To-day. with our railway
trains our steamboat Ines our electric
cars. our automobiles. our bicycles, and
our horses. we move from place 10 place
with ease. and our shanks qow spindling
Ii consequence. People are patroniZing
physicians IA preference 20 accepting
natures remedies They board a car. or
an automobile or buggy. rather than
walk few miles They set I'D IN the
morning 70 wonder why thy feel so badly.
why nature Is so unkind 10 them. why
walk OF a half-dOzen blocks causes
them 20 feel the reed OF rest
Weston Is an old man-more than sew
enty-one years OF age-yet he crosses the
continent on foot IN three mouths. His
Ecalth is good. His wind is sound. His
mind is clear. Why? Because he has
been o walker when others have riddec
He has furnished one OF the most whole
some examples that Young AmeTica-or
niddle-aged. OF Old Auerica-has had set
before II for emulation.
The Washington herald., 1909-08-01
An Educational Experiment.

Massachusetts IS looking for q commits
sioner OF education. THIS official. when
selected, VIII force a progressive policy.
including several new departures Il Is
expected that, aside from routine duty.
he may need year before going ahead
definitely In the plans OF vocational e6u-
cation. while retaining the best IN he
existing system. The State board Of ed
ucation Is itself q newly created body.
II Is probable that its members will
look beyond the State line Tor the CON-
missioner II is thought that Il would
be best 20 have one who will approach
the problem without preconceived 1udg-
pent- A general and intense interest in
education itself Is required. n addition "a
ENTHUSIASM for the task. II is the new
departure toward work OF preparation
for specific vacations whose success OF
failure will depend largely on tho per-
sonality OF the man selected.
The Washington herald., 1909-08-01
Elementary Chemistry.

The instructor in that branch being IN
disposed, the professor OF mathematics
has volunteered 10 ask a few simple
questions in chemistry.
Now, Mr.. Blank" said he.
Yes, sir
If two pounds OF potash cost forty
cents. what will seven pounds coStG
The Washington herald., 1909-08-01
It's Home Address.

From the Kansas City Star.
A recent examination paper at the Shelf
field Scientific School at Yale contained
the question: What is the Office OF the
gastric Juice?" And the answer on one
paper, according TO the Yale Alumni
Weekly. Is said to have read. THE
stomach"
The Washington herald., 1909-08-01
Municipal Forestrr.

The city Of Los Angeles has discovered
a new source OF income that may please
the taxpayers. The plan is 10 set out
eucalyptus trees along It's aqueduct. In
ten years or less they will be merchant
able timber. AID. considering that Gu
calyptus now sells as high as $40 per
thousand. and that our supply OF every
kind OF hardwood is decreasing daily,
the prospect OF the returns which may
be derived from thinning the city's trees
ten years hence IS extremely pleasing.
Nor will that cutting be the end OF IT,
for the eucalyptus. a very phoenix
among trees. springs up from the stump
and Fenews itself indefinitely. Other
cities IN California are following the ex-
AMPLE.
The Washington herald., 1909-08-01
ALITTLE NONSENSE.
WHAT SIZE sAYs.

IT'S at the beach; she looks demure.
he wants kiss. but isn't sure
Just what the girl will have 20 say.
He finally steals one anyway.
The lady pales; the youth. with fears
Awaits reproaches, maybe tears.
She doesn't 10 her mother 90.
But simply says that he was slow.
The Washington herald., 1909-08-01
Active Municipai work.

The Cleveland Chamber OF Commerce
does not condne its efforts to the direct
promotion OF trade. Il does not neglect
new Industries or the securing OF fair
freight rates. But It devotes its energies
also 70 civic problems. so that it has
earned the additional and honorable title
Of Chamber Of Citizenship" It's mem
bers are divided into eighty-five groups.
each with us special mission. Business
and professional men devote themselves
20 the solution OF public questions
Among these are the consular service and
It's interest IN Cleveland products, the
Inspection Of meat and milk, the planting
and the care OF trees, school sanitation.
public bath houses. public Fairgrounds
reduction OF the smoke nuisance. and
complete supervision OF the charities OF
the city.
The Washington herald., 1909-08-01
Hirnm Went The LimIt.

Frun 81 EJckange.
Hiram. I hope you didn't gamble when
you were IN that wicked New York"
''Well. I Jest did, mother I played one
O. them derned slot machines until I beat
Il clean out OF gum. by gosh"
The Washington herald., 1909-08-01

In novels. when girl marries. the
old room Is kept Just as she left Il. 90
that she may come back 20 & ate eny
time. In real life. one Of the other chill
dren grabs her room. or it may be even
rented out"
WHAT'S the application
And yet more girls come back in real
life than in books"
The Washington herald., 1909-08-01

Every human being that holds public
office needs a check" says Mayor Nc
Clellan. Yes. indeed. your honor. And
don't you forget that every human mem
Der Of the Photographers Union needs a
check. too-what with the high cost Of
living. and so on.
The Washington herald., 1909-08-01
Stockings or snnL.

From the Louisville CoJrior,IoumaI.
There is no objection 70 high stock
ings, but It viii be truly shocking II
the stockings are So high priced that
they become low cut. The question be-
fore Congress is "Shan we force the
women TO wear sox2"
The Washington herald., 1909-08-01
The Coz GrOwinE Indu.trr.

Prom the New York World
Senator Aldrich is respectfully advised
that one Persian cat named Rob Roy.
and costing SS25 recently in London, ar
rived at this port Wednesday. Under the
Dlngiey tariff the American cat-growing
industry has enjoyed extraordinary pros
perity' but Is It TO be exposed 10 the
competition OF cheap Asiatic labor?
The Washington herald., 1909-08-01

MT. Taft's ultimate tRriff victories
somewhat limited though they be. serve
to show how completely he might have
dominated the situation had he sought
10 interfere sooner. However. the most
grudging critic must admit that the Pres
ident has the right 10 play his own game
IN his own way.
The Washington herald., 1909-08-01
Az AutoIst,s 1870.

From the Montgomery. ADVERTISE.
Isl, what be tibet teller kneelin' BY
that auto fer@'
Hush, Mandy-he's sayin' his prayers.
I jest heerd him say tn name o. the
Lord -
The Washington herald., 1909-08-01
WORDS FOR WISE MEN.


The Senate's Triple.
From the New York Mail.
Members Of the Senate drink s. worth Of lemon
Hde every day and pretend 10 like IT,
Query for Mr.. Stone.
From the Springfield Union.
We would like to ask. what did Senator Stone
intend 20 do with that large glass Of wateri
Mr.. McCaIPs Independence.
Prom the Boston Trnnscript.
Mr. McCaIls disregard Of party regularity entities
him to standing as an unTreiudiced observer.
Presidential AvOirdupOis.
From the Omaha Bee.
The tariff aviators found Sir. Taft too heavy 4
load to lit. and they were forced 20 come down.
To All Congressman.
From the Springfield Republican.
The simple fact Is that Congress Is absolutely
shameless when It comes 70 dealing with the tariff
Mr.. GarAeld's Outlook.
From the Boston Herald
Secretary James r. Garfield. Of the Roosevelt
Cabinet. IS likely TO loom prominently in Ohio
politics between now and 1872 The national leaders
are looking bis way
MIR. Taft ana Revision.
From the Philadelphia Public Ledger
r. as IS confidently hoped. We are entering On /.
period Of prosperous activity. Taft and the Repub-
lican party will get all the credit for good tiues
Mr.. Bryan Causes Guesses.
From the Charleston News and Courier
We do not know What position Mr.. BRIAN VIZ
take next; be keep us guessing a. the time AZ 20
what should do or should not do 70 keep in
touch with him.
The Washington herald., 1909-08-01

A couple OF Georgian ministers fell out
over the prohibition question the other
day. and one referred TO the other as
"a lOud-mOuthed. long-haired freak"
Prohibition fights certainly 90 develop an
occasional elegant line OF talk between
friends.
The Washington herald., 1909-08-01

The former Shah Of Persia has been
offered $4,000 per annuH to get out OF
the country and be good forevermore.
These are rather humIlistlng terms Even
old King Peter Of Servia declined to
vamoose for less than $4,000 per annum.
The Washington herald., 1909-08-01

King Edward has gwen up his high
hat" says the Cleveland Plain Dealer.
His majesty has one advantage over a
large section Of Europeon royalty; ne
long ago got down on his high horse.
The Washington herald., 1909-08-01
In London.

From the Cleveland Pain Dealer
Hasn't she willowy figure? So
slender and sheathyr'
Yes: she's a suffragette and just out
OF Hollowe!l jail. Tried to starve herself.
you know"
The Washington herald., 1909-08-01

Dr. Mary Walker says mans attire is
the only rational and becoming dress
for women" DIT. Mary should keep out
OF view il she expects her sistren 10 be
lieve her
The Washington herald., 1909-08-01

From the Baltimore American.
she-Do they use the baseball fans to
cool of with, dearie?
He-Not much they do. They use EN-
TO keep the hot air going
The Washington herald., 1909-08-01
P1en.e Herttnte.

From the New York Sun.
Knicker-I have ideas for a new pOlit-
zeal party. a new religion. and new diet
Bocker-Better wait until the ball sea-
son Is over
The Washington herald., 1909-08-01
For Rnnr PeonIe-

In the old country, wheE 1 was a
boy. We had a village letter writer"
That's an innovation that ought TO
work well around a summer hotel"
The Washington herald., 1909-08-01

The Russian poet. Rudnynyaascky. has
been dubbed the Russian Kipling." AS
for HIS name. there does appear to be
something like a yard after the Rud.
The Washington herald., 1909-08-01

do you believe in Inspiration"
'Oh. yes A call from a bailifr VIII
always set me 20 grinding out verse"
The Washington herald., 1909-08-01

II Mr.. Walter Wellman does not hurry
up, that Bleriot party, or our own peer
less Orvilie Wright. may take a notion
20 hy north poleward.
The Washington herald., 1909-08-01

A North Carolina farmer left his wife
blowing IN order that he might 90 70
church. The parson ought 10 have thun-
6ered few things into that fellows
ears
The Washington herald., 1909-08-01

An Alabama man says kerosene oil IS a
sure cure for snake bite. And. after all,
prohibition whisky probably has nothing
on kerosene oil
The Washington herald., 1909-08-01

Hes a nice chap 70 take a girl fishing.
I must say"
Why. what did he dor"
He hshed"
The Washington herald., 1909-08-01

Harry Thaw may or may not be crazy
but Mr.. Jerome surely seems 10 make
him mad now and then.
The Washington herald., 1909-08-01

King Alfonso seems 70 be one Bour-
bon who is 10 a fair way TO learn some
thing. whether he has ever forgotten
anything or not.
The Washington herald., 1909-08-01

us the South glad It LOST" inquiries
a writer. The South is human. and prob
ably never vii be glad It lost. But the
South long ago ceased vexing itself with
vain regrets. nevertheless.
The Washington herald., 1909-08-01
lIore Than LIIEeIy.

I sometimes think. like other folks,
That have lived in ages gone.
It may be was writing Jokes.
These same old jokes, IN Babylon.
The Washington herald., 1909-08-01

Senator Stones recently demonstrated
pugilistic ability Will hardly justify his
admirers referring to him as the Mis-
souri, Kid" nevertheless.
The Washington herald., 1909-08-01

Miss Anita Stewart has refused a
king" says the Buffalo News. Only a
'near-klng,' we think, and not very near
at that
The Washington herald., 1909-08-01
What's I'm a Nnme1

From the Youngstown Telegram.
II Is safe to say that Rudnynyanscky.
Russian poet, viii never be a pronounced
success in this country.
The Washington herald., 1909-08-01

II might be said OF Aviator Latham, OF
course. that he takes to water like a
duck
The Washington herald., 1909-08-01

BY not making any tarin speeches.
Senator Depew seems greatly 20 have re-
endeared himself 20 the masses.
The Washington herald., 1909-08-01

''Hippopotamus' is rather good meas
ure for 81. as words go. Is It not. Bwana
TumbO2
The Washington herald., 1909-08-01
III. Brynn Cnusen Gnesnen.
Executive UsurpatIong

From the New York sun.
The Chief Executive. usuping powers. violating
the laws and assaiiin, the very existence Of demo-
cratic government. has been continually exalted a,
the only guardian and protector Of liberty In the
land.
The Washington herald., 1909-08-01

The way to adjourn is to adjourn. Con-
gressi
The Washington herald., 1909-08-01

Pennsylvania is trying to get rid OF It's
antique toll roads. A legislative commits
sion finds that twenty-one OF the sixty
seven counties Of the State are burdened
with toll roads owned BY IO7 companies.
and aggegating some rs miles OF toll
taxed highway. The commission has
gathered information IN regard TO these
roads which Il VIII report TO the next
legislature with a measure for the freeing
OF toll turnpikes, The movement for bet
ter roads has Jagged in Pennsylvania be-
cause there are many public highways IN
private ownership. These could not be
improved by the State unless the latter
took possession and emitting these the
improvement Of highways was restricted
TO the less important roads with results
altogether unsatisfactory
The Washington herald., 1909-08-01
PEOPLE AND THINGS
Cotton, North and south.


Improved conditions in the cotton In
dustry in New England have followed
the recent recovery from depression.
New mills or extensions have been de-
cided upon to cost more than $4,000. 600.
and in many instances the work OF con
struction is already well advanced. Such
a movement In New England Is the more
impressive as II is recalled that about
a decade ago there was q real appre-
hension lest the extensive development
OF cotton manufacturing throughout the
South would mOnopolize the field. II
was held out by the promoters OF the
Southern enterprise that the raw prod
uct was at the doors Of the projected
factories. that the section was favored
with untitled water power in abund-
ance, that coal was at hand and at low
cost. and that labor was cheap The
industrial growth Of that sort In the
South has been so rapid tnat 1t consumes
nearly as much OF the corton crop as IS
now used IN New England.
The Washington herald., 1909-08-01
Aiding New Citizens.

The reformers in Manhattan are at
last awake 20 one source OF Tammany
power. The Citizens Union has created
bureau for helping italian immigrants
to citizenship Thus far guidance Of this
kind has come from Tammany. always
on the watch for new members of the
political family. II IS by such fostering
that Tammany has kept close 10 the
citizens Of the teeming East Side and
captured their allegiance and their votes.
1t apparently pays the new citizen Of
foreign BIRTH % belong 10 Tammany.
1t will be an important part OF the new
bureaus work 10 show that II pays far
better for the citizen 20 ally himself with
the forces that work for good govern
ment.
The Washington herald., 1909-08-01
Mr.. TAFT and RevirIon.

From the Philadelphia Public Ledger.
II, as IS confidently hoped. We are entering on
peri1d Of prosperous activity. Taft and the Repab
lican party viii get all the credit FOR good times
The Washington herald., 1909-08-01

From the Omaha Bee.
The tariff aviators found Mr. Taft too heavy 4
load 70 lift. and they were forced 20 come down.
The Washington herald., 1909-08-01
To All COnCrexsmen.

From the Springfield Republican.
The simple fact is that Congress Is absolutely
shameless when Il comes 20 dealing with the tariff.
Five Mile Beach weekly journal., 1909-12-24
Candles For Christmas.

Christmas candlemakers are busy
for many months in the year. 1t would
be impossible to estimate how many
hundreds Of thousands of dozens of
pretty little colored wax candles are re-
quired for Christmas trees all over Eu-
rope and America. There are also can
dies for church decoration at Christ
mastide. Whereas the Christmas tree
tapers are, some of them. so tiny as to
require seventy-two to make a pound,
the great altar shafts of pure beeswax
viii sometimes stand six feet and
weigh forty pounds apiece.-Tit-Bits.
Five Mile Beach weekly journal., 1909-12-24
SANTA CLAUS A STRANGER.
He Is Officially Unknown to Uncls
Sans Mail Agents.


The postoffice department does not
know Santa Claus. The old saint has
no official existence so far as Uncle
Sans mail agents are concerned. This
is due entirely to the fact that Santa
Claus lives everywhere at the same
time instead of having a single local
habitation like other people. 1t is very
sad, but 1t cannot be helped. Letters
which children address to Santa Claus
or Kris Kringle must go straight to the
dead letter office.
Some time ago an effort on behalf of
the children was made to induce the
p~ostoffice department to permit post
masters to open all letters addressed
to Santa Claus and turn them over to
the parents of the child correspondent
or to some local organization having a
Christmas fund to spend, but the at
torney general for the department rem
dered an adverse decision, holding as
follows:
II postmasters were granted authority
to open all such letters and select those
which they thought proper to deliver to
persons applying for them, there would
be temptation and opportunity for post
masters and other employees to open let
ters indiscriminately, some CT which con-
tain Enclosures of value, and give us an
excuse for such action the authority
granted by the department.
The departments legal adviser also was
of the opinion that. If permission were
granted to deliver such letters to benevo-
lent societies and individuals. 1t wNuld be
difficult for the department to d, " the
line where benevolence ends and CONNER
cialism begins. Many persons desire such
letters for use in newspapers and maya
zine stories. the name of the child of
some prominent public man attached to
such a letter making 1t especially valua-
BILE for that purpose and often corre-
spondingly embarrassing to the parent
of the child. Furthermore, the opinion
states. such a practice would violate the
principle of the s~anctity of the seal,
which is one of the best features of our
postal system. and the department would
continually be open to serious suspicion.
Five Mile Beach weekly journal., 1909-12-24
THE TERRoR'S CHRISTMAS.
Turkeys Were $17 Each During the
SIEGE of Paris.

turkeys were ph EdCH 1aTtu3 hhc
Siege of Paris.
When the Christmas day of 1870
dawned upon Paris the city had peer
In the iron grip of the German invest
ment for about three months, The
winter was a bitterly cold one, the
thermometer registering 10 degrees be-
low freezing point IN Christmas morn
ing. The Seine was frozen over.
The poor's daily rations were a few
ounces of horsefesh and a piece of re-
pulslve looking black bread.
BY Dec. % food prices had reached
their highest point since the begin
ming of the siege. On Nov. Is a pound
of butter fetched $14 and a rabbit
$3.50. By Dec. 10 rabbits had risen to
So, a box of sardines brought $3.50 and
eggs % cents apiece. For ones Christ
mas dinner one could buy a goose for
SO or a turkey for SIT. Pigeons were
So each, and a small fowl could be OBJ
tanned for So. Ham was $1.50 a pound.
AS for vegetables, carrots and turnips
were A cents each, and a bushel of po-
tatoes cost $6.25. There was hardly
any milk in Paris, and the little there
was had to be preserved for the sick
and wounded. However, there were
oceans of wine, and the wineshops did
a roaring trade.
For some time before Christmas the
starving people had been feeding on
cats, rats and dogs until by Dec. %
a dish of cats flesh was hardly obtain
able. Dog was 60 cents a pound, and
fine rats fetched IA cents each. Many
domestic pets were killed for food.
Poor Azor!'' said a humorous citizen
as he finished a stew made from hi-
favorite dog. How he would have
enjoyed these bonesl"
With true Partisan light heartedness
the citizens tried to make the best of
things, and the cafes and restaurant
wore almost their normal aspect. Al
half past 10, however, an order of
Trochu closed every shop and cafe,
and by IL o'clock Paris had gone to
bed.
The midnight mass of Christmas eve
was celebrated as usual in the church.
es, which were crowded with pray
ing, weeping women. Newspapers APP
peared as usual, some of them contain
ing glowing accounts of perfectly i'm
aginary French successes. The sa-
tirical sheets were wen more bitter
and venomous than at other times
and published scathing caricatures.
Some showed the fallen emperor, Ma
poleon Ill, as a shoeblack at King
Williams boots, or as a beggar with
his pockets turned inside out, or as n
traitor handing owe France to MUIR
derers, or as a thief making off with
millions of the nations money. 9th
ers depicted Julius Fayre in tears and
pocketing Bismarck's gold and Trochu
handing over the keys of Paris to a
Prussian in exchange for a bag of
coin. In all the Idea of Parisians that
France had been betrayed by those
who ought to have protected her was
prevalent.
So at this season of peace and good
will suffering Paris was nearly at her
last gasp. Owing to the tenacity of
her rulers and citizens, however, her
agony was to be prolonged for some
weeks longer, as it was not until
February that the negotiations for o
equalization began.
Five Mile Beach weekly journal., 1909-12-24
Avoiding Temptation.

Hammert = Styingham has never
bought a Christmas tree for his chill
dren.
Enthusiastically he is afraid of
temptation.
Hammert-Temptation?
Callahan mean that he is afraid
that if he did buy a tree he would be
tempted to buy something to hang on
tt.-Town and Country. Il
Five Mile Beach weekly journal., 1909-12-24
Hurry Up Santa claus!

Yander Mistah Christmas,
Loahn long de way.
"He slower than a railroad
Dat what ehillun say.
Dey wants i'm fer ter hurry up
An pass de time err day,
Dreamin' bout de comm er de Chris'mual
Atlanta Constitution.
Five Mile Beach weekly journal., 1909-12-24
Tho Quest Of the Auto.

Mrs. Newlywed-I am hoping and
praying that my hubby Will give me
sn auto for Christmas.
Her Friend-How long are you mar
ried?
Mrs. Newlywed-Six months.
Her Friend-Well, hoping and pray
ing may fetch 1t this year, but next
year it will have to be sobbing and
tawing.--Judge.