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The Washington herald., 1909-01-07
INSTALLATION BY THE G. A. 2.
Joint Ceremonies Conducted at Hall
in Pennsylvania Avenue.

Members Of Lincoln Post. No 5. G. A
r. and OF Lincoln Corps. No. 6. women's
Relief Corps. met in G A r Hail last
night and jointly installed officers.
r H Harlow. retiring commander Of
the Relief Corps. was presented with a
silver set in q speech by J D. Blood
good.
The following officers were installed:
A 3. Chatdeld. commander, J. J Nc
Cabe. senior vice commander; a. H
Feathers. junior vice commander; J D.
Bloodg0od, chaplain; George Rose. quar-
termaster; a E Johnson, sergeant;
George Street, officer OF the day; Nicholas
Kelly. officer Of the guard; George Roe.
CUarJermaster sergeant; o. II. OldTOyd.
sergeant major
Officers installed by the relief corps:
Mrs Nellie o. Rowe, president. Mrs.
Ellen Meyers, senior vice president; Mrs.
Laura Stewart, junior vice president;
Mrs Ida /. Chase, treasurer: Mrs
Marian n. Lewis, chaplain; Mrs. Lizzie
Lehman, conductor, and Mrs. Sarah Van
DorOn, guard
Mrs. Rowe was presented with a set OF
cut glass
The Washington herald., 1909-01-07
OPPOSES PAROLE BILL.
Senator Hale Objects 10 System in
Federal Prisons.


Federal Prisons.
The Senate devoted considerable tine
yesterday TO the consideration Of a bill
authorizing g parole system for Federal
prisons
The bill had been introduced by Sen
ator Bacon at the request OF a Prison
Reform Association, and was reported
favorably from the Judiciary Committee
by Senator Clark, OF Wyoming.
Senator Hale attacked the bill. He de-
clared that convicts received sufficient
consideration in the presumption Of inno-
cence. which was always in their favor.
and in the traditional laws delay.
Senator Clay. Of Georgia. believed that
there ought 10 be some distinction made
between prisoners convicted OF murder
and petty feions.
Senator Nelson. Of Minnesota, defended
the parole system
The pardoning power IS a conservative
pOweS replied Mr. Hale, "and ought to
be seldom exercised
At o'clock the consideration Of the
parole bill was displaced by the unfin-
ished business-the postal savings bank
bill.
The Washington herald., 1909-01-07
GEN. COTTONS INTERMENT.
Body 10 Be Temporarily Placed in q
Vault Here.

The body of Gen. John B. Cotton.
former Assistant Attorney General Of the
United States. who died suddenly Tues
day night at his home. 1S55 Euclid street
northwest. viii be placed in a vault in
GlenwOod Cemetery. where il viii re-
main until next spring. Il wiz then be
removed 70 Lewiston. Ne, Gen. Cotton s
former home. for burial
Rev. Dr.. Wallace Radcliffe, Of the New
York Avenue Presbyterian Church. viii
officiate at the funeral services, which
viii be held al the late home.
Gen. Cotton was one OF the most pro-
minent members Of the Washington bar.
On the conclusion in 1893 Of his four years
service as Assistant Attorney General.
he took UP private practice. He was a
member of the University and Cosmos
clubs. He is survived by his wife, Mrs.
Amanda G. Love Cotton, and daughter.
Mrs. n. Carlisle. Of New Jersey.
The Washington herald., 1909-01-07
PROGRAMME OF CONCERT.

Overture. The Barber Of Seville" .ROssini
Band
Cello solo, ''Socturne'' '...............C Chopin
Mr.. Ernest Lent
Mr.. Hen:y Xsnder. accompsnist-
Yaise, Blue Danube Strauss
Band
Tenor solos->
tal PoFera RondineIla" "..-.-.--Se -Seontrino
o. I Loved Rose" se"--...--.-.-------LsEi
lcl Donna FOuei Mon" -.-----.-..ToS-i
Mr. HeEndon Morsen
3Ir. Henry Xander. acoompanist-
Grand selection, Aida. Verdi
IutsrmiSsi0n.
suite. Looking Upward ..-.........--Sousa
lal by the Light of the Polar star
ID Under the Southern Cross
lc) Mars and Venus
Band
Coutralto solos
tai "Good-hy. Robin' .-.-. ----.------Aiolr
(bl The Pretty Creature Nv NiAson
Mrs Blanche Muir Dsigeish-
Nfr. Henry Xander. acconpsnist-
tal "Ssrenads'' -Mosk0USEi
o. "A Good Fellow msrch----.----Celfo
Rubiussein Choral Club
lal Your NCice' '--.--..-..--.-------. Deuza
ID Ashes q Roses ''.-..--------------
......-...........H HuntinEton-N " oocna2n
Jc} Walk song "Camena" -MildeDberg
Ms Blair. conductor.
Mrs RamsdeI acconpanist-
Ia Bensdiction des Poiznaras" -.Meye-beer
Band.
The Washington herald., 1909-01-07
Bermuda

England's most favored possession An
ideal climate, with the most exquisite
ccIoring Of flowers, wateT. birds. and
fishes. Delightful drives, charming seen
cry. Absolute rest and quiet under balmy
skies A short, pleasant sea voyage, oy
q large new steamer Golf. tennis. boat
ing fishing
The Washington herald., 1909-01-07
REASON FOR CANAL TRIP.
Magazine Writer Tells Panama I'm
preston of Taft's Proposed Visit.

New York. Jan. 6.-Robert Murray, a
magazine writer. in from Panama to-
night aboard the Royal Mail steamer
TagIs. after q rough trip. said that the
impression in the Isthmian Zone is that
Dir. Taft's mission in visiting the Pan
ANA Canal at the present time IS 70 de-
eide whether the thOrOughfare shall be
lock or sea level
Mr. Murray says that is the reason the
engineering experts are accompany Mr.
Taft on the trip, and the plan VIII be
definitely settled this trip.
Regarding the statement that the Gatun
Dam would be weak II there was an
earthquake. MT. Murray said that no
matter what sort OF canal would be
built. owing to the topography Of that
country. there would have to be a dam.
The Washington herald., 1909-01-07

A largely-attended meeting OF the Ger
man Language League. at which an in
teTesting programme was presented. took
place at the Carroll Institute Hall. last
night. David L Selke gave his lecture
on The Low German Poets
The Washington herald., 1909-01-07
wanted In Alexandria

The police Of Alexandria, Va. have
been requested 10 apprehend T. c. Rod
erick. former superintendent OF the LEX
andria Electric Light Company, who IS
alleged TO have embezzIed about 500 be-
longing to the company.
The Washington herald., 1909-01-07
Hotel Hamilton
OPENS December 2

Ipo rooms. 100 baths. addition for this
season. Most dssirably located on high
ground. overlooking harbor. A stone
structure. with all the comforts and con
veniences. Send for illustrated booklet
and information to our New YORK Aolei
a rlin4fon- Tveuty-ffth street and
Broadway. "a most convenient hotel 70
stop at en- route)
Wm. F. IngoId, Mgr. saaal11l s.LnHil
The Washington herald., 1909-01-07
FUND FOR RELIEF
GROWING RAPIDLY
Contributions for Quake SUI
fererS Pouring In.
ITALIANS HOLD MEETING

Various Secret Societies of District
Pledge Cash COntributiOns-Num-
her of SfeiIianz in District Have
lost Friends and ReIatives-Italian
Ambassador Received over $4,000.
The Washington herald., 1909-01-07
WASHINGTON ALIVE
FOR INAUGURATION
Much Enthusiasm Stirs All
the Committees.
WEST SEEMS TO BE APATHEITC

Applications for Quarters Pour in
from south and Region East of
IndiaRa-aIaryIand VIII Send Bri-
gade of MiIItia-SchOOI Cadets viii
Occupy Conspicuous Place.
The Washington herald., 1909-01-07
Proper RafiOns.
I'm Pnr

EElIl Iuch-
BY George I'd like 10 land a sworddsh
or two What'll I bait with, old man?
Boatman without smile)-Army
worms. o. course,
The Washington herald., 1909-01-07
LOAN COMPANIES.
HONEY ZOE THE HoLIDAYs.

TBE OLD RELIABLE
Bss hsrn helping your seighsors s1d fri>uds n
Washington enjoy tie Holidays foE q yszr&
Why ret ist then help ycrs
We vii be CAD 20 lend T0u auy G1oUnt fr57
Ee.0 Cd CO TvsE furrituTe q pis1o. AID ga
can repay i NEXT YEAR IN monthly paynsuts
made 10 suit sou. You also get 3 EbsEal Tsbsts
scr each month PAD before due.
WASHINGTON LOAN COMPANY,
ROOM ]. SO STREET n. W.
The Washington herald., 1909-01-07
CARS TO KENSINGToN

Lea4e 18Th 81 srd y Y ave On quarter hour;
psss Rock Creek Bridge MAIN ENTRANCE
zOOLOSICAL PARK. TO Chew Chzse Lake. con
psrt WITH Kersirgton Ina TiczssS SC. ~ fcS
sSnfs
The Washington herald., 1909-01-07
STEAMSHIPS.

While you think Of il. telephone your
Want Ad. TO The Washington Herald.
and bin VIII be sent you at cent a word
The St. Mary banner. (Franklin, Parish of St. Mary, La.) 1889-1931, 1909-02-06
Piece of Valuable Garrett.

There is a small piece of carpet in
the Mint in San Francisco that a good
many people would doubtless like to
get possession Of" remarked R. H.
Smith of the California city.
1T is in the adjusting room, where
surplus gold is trimmed from the coins
after they have been stamped. OF
course these little trimmings often drop
on the floor and are imbedded in the
carpet, which is soon to be burned in
order that the precious filings may be
recovered. Sometimes after piece of
carpet like this has been burned $4,000
worth of gold dust is taken from the
ashes. The sweepings from the floor
each day are carefully treasured. -
Baltimore American.
The St. Mary banner. (Franklin, Parish of St. Mary, La.) 1889-1931, 1909-02-06
BIindfold Games.

When a number of children are
playing together one of them may be
sent from the room, and one previous
ly blindfolded, guesses which play
mate has gone.
For hearing magic music is ex-
cellent; the child listening tor the
increased volume of music to tell him
when he is approaching the hidden
object.
Or blindfolded child may guess
which of his playmates is singing or
speaking to him; or, having listened
to a series of different sounds-for
example, the ringing of bell the tap
ping OF stick, the striking Of note
on the piano, the clapping of hands
he removes the bandage from his
eyes and himself repeats the sounds
in the order in which they occurred.
Bee Hive.
The St. Mary banner. (Franklin, Parish of St. Mary, La.) 1889-1931, 1909-02-06
Sleepy M abel.

Mabers mother could never get her
up in time for school. Every time she
would call her she would answer In
a minute" theu go right off to sleep
again.
One day her mother promised to
take her and Helen to see grandpa
and grandma, who lived a little ways
out in the country. When she called
Mabel in the morning she got the
same old answer, I'm a minute"
Mamma and Helen got dressed and
went off to grandpa's without her
When Mabel got up she went down
stairs and found they had gone and
left her. She had a good cry and then
she promised she woald never say
In a minute" again Now when her
mother calls her she jumps right out
of bed.-Peter F. Werck1nann, in the
Brooklyn Eagle.
The St. Mary banner. (Franklin, Parish of St. Mary, La.) 1889-1931, 1909-02-06
St. Marks CampaniIe.

The rebuilding of the famous Cam.
panile of Venice has made rapid prog
ress during the last twelve months.
and has now attained a height of $50
feet. BY the end of 1909 the main
portion of the tower will be finished.
and the marble loggia, which will sur
mount the column, will be begun. This
time ample precautions have been TAX
en- to insure the strength and stability
of the new Campanile. The old pile
work was found to be in an excellent
state of preservation. A gilded statue
Of the Virgin in terra Gotta, which was
a special object of generation, and
which was reduced to fragments in the
falling of the tower, has been cleverly
put together again by experts, and will
occupy relatively its former position.
1t is stated that when the tower is com.
pleted it will be impossible to detect
any difference between it and the old
one. The very bells will ring with
precisely the same pitch and tonality,
as by a fortunate coincidence the mae.
stro Perosi, a short time before the
collapse, had noted their information.
They VIII be recast in such a way as
to reproduce the peculiar sonorous
depth of tone which they formerly pos
sessed. The inauguration of the new
Campanile will be the occasion of
elaborate fetes and carnivals.
Globe.
The St. Mary banner. (Franklin, Parish of St. Mary, La.) 1889-1931, 1909-02-06
kinQ for a Year.

There was land far, far away,
where the custom prevailed of Sc
lecting a new king every year. He
was not chosen for his wealth or his
wisdom, but quite at random, of the
lowliest social ranks. The method of
his election was in this wise. accord
ing to a Jewish folklore tale told by
the Rev. A. A. Kohut in the Sunday
school Times.
When the term of the monarc, was
about to expire, the counsellors of
state were ordered to travel until
they met a beggar in rags who had
not penny to call his own. This beg.
gar they would greet very kindly, and
would offer him a drink containing
some powerful drug to cause sleep
In his sleep they would capture him
and take him to their own country,
wher they would strip him of his tat.
tered garments, battle and shave him.
and, after amounting him with the
most costly oils and delicate per.
fumes, would then take him to the
palace and put him into a magnifi-
Gently gilded and bejeweled bed, as
BELTS one of regal rank. He would
sleep thus. undisturbed, for fully
three days, all ---e while unconscious
Of what was happening.
The St. Mary banner. (Franklin, Parish of St. Mary, La.) 1889-1931, 1909-02-06

cessful nan if he lives-.xld b, loves
YOU"
"A mere fancy. Do you want me to
marry him, Juhn?" a litt.e break in
her voice.
"lf-you think you can love hi. i. apd
be happy"-with difficulty.
Il cannot, and-and you are crael 10
to force me-"
"Kitty!"
But Kitty had her face hidden in aer
hands, and was sobbing audibly Her
tears upset all his composure He
started to his feet; he said a good
many things he had never intended to
say.
Kitty, oh, darling, darling, don't
cry! You know l would rather keep
you with me than to give you to any
man"
you want to get rid Of me- Haven't l
seen it all along, ever since l came
home? But Tll-Tll not be married
against my will. I'll go away, and :"
Kitty, will you hush?"
But Kitty only wept the more, quite
reckless as to consequences; and John
took her in his arms, trembling with
emotion
Kitty, l love you as no other man
can ever possibly love you. You live
in my heart of hearts. You are all
that is most precious and beautiful
to me-" he cried, passionately.
Then, why not let me stay with
your said Kitty, boldly raising her
face, all flushed and tear-stained, some
great drops still hanging like jewels
to her lashes. Never did a face look
more beautiful, though, to the eyes Of
lover.
Because it cannot be possible you
wish to stay" said John
John, John, how can you be so
blind? Do | not know that you are
worth a host of young gallants like
Harry? Have not always looked up
on you as a hero? Oh, l know how
nobly you have sacrificed yourself;
and now you would give me away, and
make me wretched, and
Nay. love-you are mine, my hearts
darling, my wife!"
His tones were strong. deep, trium-
plant; he drew her closer, kissed her
eyes, her lips, feeling richly compen-
stated for all that he had ever lost.
ut is strange choice you make,
Kitty, with your youth, your beauty"
he said at last
1T is my hearts choice" she cried;
land feel honcred that you can love
me-that I'm to be your wife,
Harry went back to his law books
much cast down and bewildered at the
termination of his love affair, but he
was very soon consoled by the bright,
tender glances of pair of brown |
eyes. and Kitty was forgotten as
sweetheart, though loved as a sister. |
The St. Mary banner. (Franklin, Parish of St. Mary, La.) 1889-1931, 1909-02-06
Don Juan and Three Weeks

A Kenosha, Wis, man named
Schleyer, who had shot his wife and
a man he found with her, was &C.
quilted because the lawyer for the
defence read several cantos from
Byron's poem, Don Juan" which, if
you haven't read it, you may as well
save until you need it to get out of
shooting scrape; it is on the
Three Weeks" order, but the poem
extends over years instead of weeks.
-Atchison Globe
The St. Mary banner. (Franklin, Parish of St. Mary, La.) 1889-1931, 1909-02-06
Jinily.

JimiIy.
Jimily is the bestes boy.
He never, never cWleS,
He minds his Mamma envy llne'
And never 'teals her pies.
And Jimily is never 'panked
Or shut up in the closet ,,
For taking sugar, plums or cahe
He never, never does II.
He isn't 'fwaid of anything
He isn't 'fwaid of bears.
And if he meets a gweat big pear
He never runs or cares
Jimily can climb the biggest trees
And isn't 'fwaid of fallin',
He isn't fWaid of the rag mail.
And laughs to hear him calm.
Why, Jimily he just lives here
He comes and plays wiz me,
And OH we have the bestes' fun-
But you're too big to see.
-Mollie Lewis, in the Philadelphia hecoru
The St. Mary banner. (Franklin, Parish of St. Mary, La.) 1889-1931, 1909-02-06
A Harmless Trick.

Place a reel of cotton in the inside
pocket of your coat, and, having
threaded a needle with the beginning
of the cotton, pass the needle through
the front of the coat, unthread the
nedle and leave aout tWob inches OF
the coat hanging, as if it were only
q stray piece. The first person you
meet will be sure to pick it off for
you. and his establishment when he
finds there is no end to it will give
plenty of innocent fun. This trick is
best performed, Of course, when
wearing a dark coat-Homes Notes.
The St. Mary banner. (Franklin, Parish of St. Mary, La.) 1889-1931, 1909-02-06
Askinq Too Much.

| believe there's story told OF
Mark Twain that in youthful days,
being sent out by his mother to weed
a certain flower bed, and finding more
weeds than flowers, he came back IN
and asked if he might not flower
the weed bed"
Our little Alfred probably has as
great AN aversion to work as had the
youthful Clemens. Admonished to pull
some rather large weeds in the back
yard, after a faint hearted lift on one
of them he shouted:
Mamma. how do you think I'm 60
ing to pull these weeds when the
whole world is hitched on to them?'
-Woman's Home Companion.
The St. Mary banner. (Franklin, Parish of St. Mary, La.) 1889-1931, 1909-02-06
THE HERITAGE.

Down the centuries a-line. arrow
GRANDMOTHER grandfathers, belle and beau.
Puritan. vagabond. gypsy. peer,
Barefooted earle cavalier;
mountains, blood of the
Reaching down through the years to
Bravey and surely. kept his sword
Unsheathed for the king in Naseby fight,
Steadfastly-purey. kept his word,
A Puritan word in a battle Ter right;
Puritan courage and cavalier pride
The ages have sifted their dust away;
Dead the for which they died.
But it's their love J. give thee. dear, to-day
Edna S. Valentine, in Success Magazine
The St. Mary banner. (Franklin, Parish of St. Mary, La.) 1889-1931, 1909-02-06

Vessels move faster through
water with the same amount of poi
The pioneer express. [volume] (Pembina, Dakota [N.D.]) 1883-1928, 1909-03-05
Government Furnishes Strikers.

Naturalization of the Italian rail-
ways has had curious result. The,
employees, are now under the ban of
the criminal law, and the strikes Of
last year by the railway workers have.
resulted in the prosecution of 1862
railway men at Turin for participation
in. the big general strike Of last year.
They are being tried in patches of 80
each in the Turin law courts, and five
days in each legal week are assigned
for the trials until the whole of the
cases are disposed Of. 1t is reported
that similar trials on smaller scale
are taking place at Rome, Milan,
Bologna and other centers involved in
the general strike. The lowest penal.
ty yet inflicted has been a fine of 16
Ira ($3.04) and SO days. suspension
of civil rights: The law under which
the men are tried is the provision
against strikes in the public services
The pioneer express. [volume] (Pembina, Dakota [N.D.]) 1883-1928, 1909-03-05
80 MATCHES APIECE DAILY.
Our Average for Every Man, Woman
and Child,

Our Average for Every Man, Woman
and Child.
The American people use up the
enormous total of 7OO,OOO,OOO matches
q year. It is the general belief that
matches are the by-product of planning
mills and other wood working fac
tories. but as matter of fact the
best grade of two inch lumber is used
for matches, while sash, doors and
blinds are the by-products of the
match timber sawmills.
In single year the manufacturers
cut 2z5.0Q,O0O feet (board measure)
Of pine in the Great Lakes region.
and one ct the 15O-odd factories used
up 100000 feet of sugar or yellow
pine logs every day. The deduction
is that common with other industries
OF the United States depending upon
existing forests the matchmakers
are within sight of shortage in the
wood supply.
When the present timber holdings
have been depleted says the Techni-
cal World, they of course cannot be
duplicated in a generation, and the
people of this country may have to
get along with fewer than twenty-five
or thirty matches a day each, as at
present. In their insistent way they
will probably demand that the prac.
tice of Germany and France be fol-
lowed, that foresters plant and grow
timber especially for patches.
The pioneer express. [volume] (Pembina, Dakota [N.D.]) 1883-1928, 1909-03-05
Earth Not Round Like an Orange, bu
We'll, Read for Yourself,

Earth Not Round Like an Orange, but
We'll, Read for Yourself.
Wien we were children we were
told that the earth was round like an
orange. and we were foolish enough
to believe it. Moreover, we have
been passing this intelligence along
to the present generation in the SNUG
confidence that we were doing the
right thing.
But now comes Prof. E. H. Lowe OF
the Royal society and makes us
ashamed of ourselves. He says that
our planet is not round like an orange
or like a ball or anything else as
Eonely as that.
On the contrary, he declares what
in fact everybody ought to have
known long ago, that 1.-THE atmosphere
is an ellipsoid with three unequal
axes having its surface deformed &C
cording to the formula for certain
spherical harmonic of the third de
gree and displaced as a whole rela
lively to the geoid, in the direction to
ward Southeastern Europe"
The pioneer express. [volume] (Pembina, Dakota [N.D.]) 1883-1928, 1909-03-05
Choice Of Two Evils.

When Charles Dudley Warner was
the editor of the Hartford Conn.,
Press. back in the COS, arousing the
patriotism of the state by his vigor-
GUS appeals, one of the typesetters
came in from the composing room
and, planting himself before the edi-
tor. said:
Well, Mr.. Warner, I've decided to
enlist In the army"
With a mingled sensation of pride
and responsibility Mr.. Warner replied
encouragingly that he was glad to see
that the man felt the call of duty.
"Oh. it isn't that" said the truth
ful compositor; "but I'd rather be
shot than to try to set any more Of
your copy"
The pioneer express. [volume] (Pembina, Dakota [N.D.]) 1883-1928, 1909-03-05

Through a
Wonan's Heart.
By Sidney Warwick.
By Sidney Warwick.

couldn't bear to go away, hunted, q
fugitive, without one glimpse of you
without hearing you say that you at
least knew never killed this man.
She was in his arms, held close to his
heart; and, for all his danger, mad
tingfing Of joy raced through his
veins. "Oh, but know l needn't ask
that question: know it, dear!"
Her face was pressed close to his;
the tears were in her eyes, and at
first she could not speak for choking
scbs that shook her.
"Oh, my dear, my dear!" she wills.
pered brokenly at last-"my poor
wronged darling!"
For moment there was silence in
the firelit room; it was a sacred mo-
ment with its mingled Joy and pain
the supreme joy Of meeting that
could only be parting overshadowed
by doubt and fear.
stephen is in his study; you'll see
Stephen, won't you, Jack? Martha is
out. and the nurse and Olive will not
leave the room upstairs?" Hilda said
wien he had hurriedly told her of his
escape. ooh, shall always be CRATE
full to Mr.. Thornton. He told me he
was going to try to speak to you to-
day, ard asked him to tell you that
oh, can't you guess what message
should send, dear? How splendid
it was of him-and how glad l AMI
she cried.
Then you think 1 did right to take
the chance instead of waiting to face
the music?"
Eyes, yes, yes!" she cried, quickly.
They might have found you guilty
Jack!" and the shadow of horror and
dread clouded the beautiful eyes that
looked into his. How could l have
endured waiting for the trial, waiting
and dreading-ah!"
Her voice ended in a sudden little
cry; she glanced quickly round at the
window with look of swift, startled
fear; and Jack Lathom turned too.
From behind the close-curtained
window had come the sound of a
stealthy footstep on the gravel-a
mans footstep that had stopped dead
just outside!