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The Washington herald., 1909-04-11
STATE RAILROAD is PLANNED
Idaho Likely to Join Oregon in First
Venture of It's Kind.
Line Now Proposed from Boise 20
Coos Bay, the New Transeon-
tinentaI Terminal.

Portland, Greg. April i0.-The first
State-built railroad OF the West and the
initial wedge in what smacks much Of
government ownership Is quite likely 10
be credited to Oregon, the State that has
made a record for taking the initiative IN
political ventures. IN the railroad expert
ment. however. Idaho would be particl-
patOr. The proposed line would run from
Boise 10 Coos Bay Greg.
Ordinarily there are constitutional or
legal obstacles 10 any such scheme as
this. but Oregon and Idaho both took
pains 10 remove these impedlments at
the recent legislative sessions. Esch
passed a law making It legal % organize
railroad districts. similar TO the irriga-
tion OF road districts existing IN many
States These districts. formed by a vote
Of their respective Inhabitants. can bond
themselves 10 build railroads. It is pro-
posed 10 form string Of them across
the untapped southern portions Of Idaho
and Oregon.
The Oregon-Idaho Development Con-
gress has for its principal object the con-
struction OF this railroad. This congress
meets every few weeks. It's last session
was at Ontario. Greg. March p and q.
At each succeeding convention the dele
gates VIII get the state railway idea into
a little moro definite shape. II is not
the intention 10 build II Hartman will
do il, but the south half OF Oregon and
part of Southern Idaho say that they
Nave grown weary waiting for Wall
street money 90 come and get their prod
ucts Harvey County. for example. con-
tains 90d0 square miles. No railroad
comes within fifty miles OF any border.
Lake and Malheur are almost as large.
they. too. are Untapped. except for a few
miles in one corner OF Malheur
over on the west coast cf oregon. Coos
Bay constitutes the States best harbor.
Some day II will be a transcontinentaI
terminal II is expected % be one before
Grays Harbor. In Washington. but that
region has beaten it 10 IL" Marshfie.d
and North Bend are its chief towns. They
are anxious 10 become a second Aberdeen
and HOQuiam.
The Washington herald., 1909-04-11
COST $3.50 TO PAY 20 CENTS
Hard Job for New York to Get
Woman to Take the Money.
Comptroller MetE Wants business
Done in business Way. and
Stirs Criticism.

New York. April 1e-Let students OF
municipal economy ponder and hear the
story OF Mary Belts. 20 whom the city
WIS in debt 20 the extent of 20 cents.
Mary Belts must be paid" said Comp
troller Metz. icily. 20 his subordinates
The books show the city owes her %
cents. Straighten that account out"
WHAT Metz says goes with his clerks
They found the account Then they found
Mary.
Go along wild wees" said Mary. I'm
a hsr-rd workin' woman. III not be
bothered wid % cents"
The clerks explained to her that she
must be bothered with IT, She had 10
come 20 the Office in person and sign a
voucher, so the cltys books might be
Strengthened out
An pay 10 clnJs ear fare an lose me
timer I viii not" said Mary
So they got an appropriation through
one Of the side issues Of the city for that
car fare. a clerk was sent over with IT,
Mary came 20 the city hall The man
Who had the account in charge wasn't
.here
''Ye'-e Jokin' Wild me- We b'ys.~ said
Mary. I'll crack III dial Of tn mkt man
that comes blandandherin about me wild
his story Of - cints."
So all the clerks in the city haIl took
q day of and signed affdavits and vouch-
@rs and initiated papers and carried on
something scandalous. until at last a
voucher was mailed 10 Mary Fine. 80
said Metz. That's business. That's the
way the city does its work"
Deputy Comptroller Phillips shifted one
Of those long. mOOse-call sniffs that
sound like a call 10 battle You are
right Mr.. Metz said he. making every
syllable count That is precisely the
Uay the city does business. II cost 81. 20
70 pay Mary % cents"
The Washington herald., 1909-04-11
PRAISES OUR WOMEN.
Minister from Greece Says They Recall Those OF
Pre-Heuenic Period in Sun-KiSSed Land

philosophy. At the Ecole Libre des
Sciences Politiques. in Paris. he com
pieted his preparation for a diplomatic
career.
His first appointment was as director
OF the government printing Office of
Greece. This was in 1882, when he was
but twenty-four years OF age. Mr. Coro-
miiaS served IN this capacity for three
years. In 1898 he was appointed secretary
general OF the minister Of finance. Early
IN 1904 he became consul general IN Phil
ippoppolis. shortly thereafter he was ap-
pointed consul general to Salonica. Mace
donia, and then minister OF the United
States. presenting his credentials 10 the
State Department late I'm December, 1907
Greece has had only two regularly ac-
credited ministers 10 this country. so far
as the records show. The first was Alex
andre RHO Rangabe, who came here an
envoy extraordinary. June -. 1867, and
took up his residence in what was then
the fashionable part OF Washington. IN
glory. Yet modern Greece has been
The Washington herald., 1909-04-11
ODD EXCUSE FOR MURDER.
Negro Says He Wanted
to Win Back Nffe'H Love.

Laurel. Miss. April I0.-Run 10 earth
after FIVE weeks chase through two
States. Alexander Pippen. alias Foster
Brown, now in jail here awaiting trial on
a charge Of assault 10 murder J. II.
Crawford. chancery court clerk. gives a
unique explanation Of the motive OF the
assault.
He says he had been separated from his
wife because OF family trouble. and he
thought that II he could get into serious
difficulty for killing "A white man the
heart of his wife would be softened and
she would consent 10 return 20 him. This
explanation is not given credence by the
white folk. who believe the negro's DUR
pose was robbery and nothing else.
The Washington herald., 1909-04-11

This description OF Washington and
the Capitol was recently found in the
possession Of an English family j is
signed by c. A. Busby. who attained
some fame as writer Of scientific works.
chiefly on architecture and landscape gar
dening- Following is his article. with
the heading. Capitol. or Congress Hail,
at Washington"
The city of Washington. the seat Of
government OF the United States of Amer
iea, is situated in the District OF Colum-
bia (Which also contains Georgetown and
the city OF Alexandria. a small tract
ceded 20 the Jurisdiction Of the United
states by the States Of Maryland and
Virginia. It's extent is a square Of ten
niles. uuequaIIy divided by the Potomac.
q magnificent river which here separates
Itself into two unequal branches. nearly
al right angles 20 each other. the area
between them having been selected. by
The Washington herald., 1909-04-11
llr Tnft,r Innrh

IN the March Century. with i;s inter
esting articles dealing with Mr.. Taft from
many points Of view. there Is This com
ment on his laugh. with Mr. Taft the
fun OF life is one thing and the public
business qrite another. The Taft laugh
has nothing 10 do with the latter Many
politician has made this discovery with
both astOnishment and disgust While
the echoes OF the laugh, called forth by
the politicians good story. are Stili reVer-
berating in the room. Mr. TAFT VIII turn
70 his desk. transformed in a second from
the jolly good fellow 20 the stern. un-
compromising official The late good
story and resOUnding laugh are as far
away as yesterdays seven thousand
years There is only one question under
consideration, and that Is, what IS best
for the public service? Nothing viii
swerve the big man al the desk from
that point"
The Washington herald., 1909-04-11
GETTING WEIGHED.
Patron Whose Motive Might Have
Puzzled Any weighing Machine.

" nort MDAANE MAEht AAaNE
Puzzled Any weighing Machine.
From tie Boston Herald
II the Weighing machines that stand
around in public places with mouth ever
open for cents could talk. odd tales could
they tell Of the many and varied people
that step upon their platfOrms-of the
stout lady who steps down with a smile
glad that she has lost one pound out Of
800, OF the stout gentleman who fumes
because he has gained one. Of the slim
gentleman who steps up with forty
pound suit case in his hand and is as
founded 10 find himself gaining weight
so rapidly. Of the merry parties Of young
men and Young women who some plump
some lean. step up one after another: Of
the proud parent. who sets little Willie
there and then little Ethel; OF the keen
small boy who tries TO gcc bis grand
father 20 lei him step up before the old
gentleman steps down so that they c8n
both get weighed for a cent. and ali that
sort of thing.
/ short the weighing machine meets
al sorts and varieties Of people. and IL
comes 60 know them all, or nearly an.
aud it Knows as a rule just what prompts
them 90 weigh themselves. whether IL
is idleness, interest. curiosity. fear. or
just fun- But probably i would puzzle
The Washington herald., 1909-04-11

even a Weighing machine. though it
knows 50 many people 10 tell just why
woman walking along a street on "a
rainy night and carrying an umbrella
should halt al a machine standing out on
weigh herself.
The Washington herald., 1909-04-11
THE NEW DAY.

This is another day, And flushed Hors waIzs
AdoTn the sunward slopes with golden shoon-
And out Of all the dust and death of mine
Old selves dare 10 lift singing heart
And living faith, my spirit darcs drink deep
OF the red mirth mautlng the clIp Of morn.
The Washington herald., 1909-04-11
Probable Difference.

From Lippino0tts
Wife-Is there any difference between
a fort and a fOrtress2
Husband Not much, except. OF course.
that a fortress must be harder To silence
The Washington herald., 1909-04-11
strike OIL Gu.her.

Centralia. H.. April IA gusher said
20 Weld POS barrels OF oil a day has been
struck six miles north Of here. A large
yield Of gas was struck on the way down,
but has been shut of.
The Washington herald., 1909-04-11
Crossed.

From the Independent.
Father. what are wrinkles ."
"Fretwork. my boy, fretwork- q"
The Washington herald., 1909-04-11

The opposite or western wing. of ths
Capitol contains the senate Chamber.
This chamber- though finished in an eIe-
gant style. viii not bear comparison IN
point Of grandeur with the Hall of Rep
resenIarives. II rises through Two stories
Of the building. and its ceiling is a haIr
dome. The skreen consists Of a double
height OF Ionic and Ccrinthian columns
and antae. eXquisiteIy worked iu marble.
The grand vestibuIe in the center or
the building (Which was i1comDlete when
left Washington. is nearly Zoe feet r.
diameter. surmounted by "a dome. ana
may be considered more as place p
show than - general utility To is IN
tended 10 be adorned with paintings and
sculpture. illustrative Of the national his
tory The library is spacious and hand
some. and Is open 10 all the Members 0r
Congress The remainder o. the plan Is
occupied by Offices OF stste. committee
rooms. anterooms, vestibules. and pas
sages. some OF which are beautiful IN
their effects. and others would be much
more So were it not FOR n deficiency OF
hghL The interior architectural detah
IS generally in the Grecian taste.
'rhe external elevation was principally
designed by French architect. The IN
te-iO- is almost exclusively the worl, o.
the late BENJAMIN Henry LatF0be. ESQ.
an English architect. who received lis
professional education under the la-e
Jsmes Wyatt. ESQ. r. A.. and by whom
the interior Of the structure was nearly
rebuilt after its destruction during tls
late war &C. A. BCSBY.
London. 1soSs"
The Washington herald., 1909-04-11

Minister Coromilas has himself hao
some warlike experiences. While news
paper man he won distinction in 1856 by
walking into the Turkish camp at the
time Of the Eastern Roumelian trouble.
lie was captured and taken before the
commanding officer. to whom he calmly
said upon examination that he was look
ing for information. His fearlessness
won him his release.
His early education he received at Ath-
ems, and next attended the EIysee de
Marseilles OF Paris. After that he con-
tinued his education at the University
Of Tuebingen. Wurttemberg Germany,
where he took the degree OF doctor OF
The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1909-01-07
"Typcs" of Femininity.

Charles T. Barrett, an educator
known throughout the Middle West,
Classics American women into types,
desirable and undesirable. He says:
THE type of American woman most
in the public eye is artificial, insincere,
extravagant and selfish. She Is an I'M
solvable proposition. She will tyran-
nize her husband and love a dog.
This type demands consideration on
the ground of sex only. She has re-
ceived such attention by reason OF sex
that she is spoiled, overqueened She
does not recognize merit or worth as
qualifications necessary to herself. She
is nervous and proud Of it. She lacks
repose and poise, having much the dis
position of spoiled child. Incapable
of gratifying her ambitions alone, she
Is dependent on the intellectual or
financial worth of father or husband to
get n place in society. She likes q
paIatial home, but lacks appreciation
of how she gets 1t or who maintains 1t.
She seeks recognition and admiration
solely from the rating of worldly pos
sessions and the influence she COM
mands through the position of father or
husband.
There is also the fine and dandy
type-the victims of faddism, the imi-
tators Of the rich and fashionable, the
frivolous, the butterfly, the giddy, the
gossipy, the self-decelved type, posses
sing possibly the intellectual coloring
OF q seminary; the undisciplined, the
pnambitious, the unstationed type that
needs to be moOred to some of the re-
sponsibilities and substantialities OF
life.
These types do not represent the
womanhood and motherhood OF our
country. The one that does represent
1t is sensible, sincere, economical and
charitable, and has little regard for the
extravaganza and artificiality Of her
sex"
The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1909-01-07
CHAPTER XVII

Yes, the dynamite He had pledged
his word TO the imprisoned agent of the
Vulcan Company to hasten to Murryvlle
on wings of speed and here he was dali
lying
/ Ii had been solemn compact between
Warren and himself, that If he. Hope.
escaped he was to hasten to the Vandyke
House at that town. and remove, sink,
diffuse, obliterate the death-dealing ex-
plosive ere it had ripened TO the full point
of spontaneous combustion The next morn
ing.
He had been on his way TO fulfill his
pledge when, applying at this house fer a
horse and vehicle, he had so strangely
discovered his enemy.
He had lost valuable time-two whole
hours in this house. Would he be too
late?
Despite his interest in Kane, his har-
rowing anxiety concerning Claire Hope
felt the spur of action like sudden dag
ger thrust.
The unsupported agent Of destruction
reposed, according to the dynamite agent.
in a closet in a room at the Vandyke
House at Murryville. now about ten
miles distant. and when it exploded scores
"a hundred-lives might be blotted out
The urgency, the horror Of the affair
consumed Hope-he unceremoniously
dashed from the room, leaving Kane amaz-
ed at the motive of his sudden evanish-
ment.
He heard Kane call out sharply to the
woman:
'Elita-it is Hope, that man. Rouse
your friends. He knows all ="
And a minute later, as he sped by the
window outside. Hope shot a glance past
its waving curtains to see the woman
reused to excitement and rushing into the
| apartment occupied by her husband to
learn more of his meaning.
IF they have accomplices In reach.
shall be pursued" reasoned Hope.
So he did not pursue the open road
but striking through the dense brush esti-
mated the precise direction in which Muir
ryville lay, and amid the vigor Of intense
excitement and resolution disdained all
| obstacles that lay in his way.
A strange. new sense of exultation pos
sessed his soul as he dashed madly on
coherent, clear-cut purposes were out
lined in his thoughts. of tactical, logical
sequences. Thus. he seemed to see the
work OF a forward twelve hours all mark.
ed out and executed through time and en-
deavor-he would secure, dispose of the
| fearful explosive ont Of harms way. Then
a boil, uncompromisins descent on the
The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1909-01-07

A great many of the tailor mades of
the day are being made with two skirts,
one short and the other long. For the
woman who makes one or two suits do
duty throughout the season, it is an
economy. Some of the coats that go
with short cloth suits are so elaborate
with braid that they deserve more than
n showing at places where walking
skirts are permissible. Given a. modish
long skirt and the coat may literally so
to mill and to meeting most acceptably.
Select geranium red cashmere and
make the skirt with inverted plaits, but
press the plaits from waist to hem to
give straight effect. Have the plaits
broad, slightly broader at the hem.
Make the waist with a rounded yoke,
small tucks on each shoulder, splice
the material from the yoke to the bot
tom Of the dress waist and turn under
| the edges to make elongated V-shape
| openings. Run the allover net under
these Openings-there should be three,
a broad one in the center and one ut
each side-then lace them across with
narrow red silk soutache and tie at the
top with small bows, having tassel
| ends. Lace the sleeves from the Shout
der to the wrist, and have narrow strips
of lace beneath. Narrow ruffies Of tulle
at the top OF the collar and wrists will
be needed.
The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1909-01-07
r,o,rb,sur Conductor.

Icnorance often saves nuch dis
ouietude. Many have heard the story
of the woman whose first experience
in n railway train ended with an acci-
dent. Thrown from her seat and shaken
ND generally, she nevertheless retained
her eouanimity. When asked If she
were frightened. she replied, Fright
aned, No. | didn't know hut that was
the way they always stopped 1t is
10 be hoped that the trolley passenger
in Mr.. HOwells' anecdote, introduced
into Confessions OF a Summer Colo
MIST" was possessed OF the same trust
in the event. The conductor, at least.
preserved his presence OF mind. Says
Mr.. Howells:
had long expected to see some one
thrown out of the open trolley car at
some of the short curves. One day a
woman was actually hurled from her
seat into the road. Luckily, she allght-
ed on her feet, and stood looking about
as If in a daze.
ooh, OH" exclaimed a passenger.
! "She's left her umbrella ?"
The conductor promptly threw 1t out.
'.Why. did that lady wish to get
out?'' | asked.
The conductor pondered a moment
before he answered:
'Well, she'll want her umbrella, any
way"
The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1909-01-07
LONG SERVICE IN SENATE.
That Body a Place for sturdy "hee
Horses, Not PrancinG Coits.

That Body n Place for sturdy "heei
Horses, Not Prancing Colts.
The tendency in many OF the States
living west of the Mississippi appears
TO be in the direction of frequent
changes in their representation III tue
United States Senate, says the New
York sun. There are many reasons foT
regarding that course as a mistake
misfortune for the States themselves
and for the nation as whole. Seiuom
does a Senator do much more than get
rid of his pin feathers during his term
of office 4 man of some exceptional
quality or by reason of some special
political exigency may be placed on an
important committee and may there do
good and faithful work, but he is al
most inevitably little else than suDor-
dinate to the man who by reason "
long service has reached the chairman
ship of the committee.
The twenty States lying west OF the
Mississippi river have total represen-
tation in the Senate of forty members.
Ont of the entire number there are now
only seven who have seen ten years vi
service in that body, and only nfteeh
who have served more than single
term.
OF ffty-two Senators from the states
east of the big river twenty-seven nave
served more than a single term anu
eighteen more than ten years. Seniori-
~ in the matter of service in the Sen
ate may perhaps be said to count lor
more I'm that body than does individuai
ability. 1t certainly counts for much
more than oratory. The most lniueh-
tial positions, the posts of the greatest
honor and the greatest opportunity, the
chairmanships of the leading commit
fees. go almost invariably to the seniors
of the party represented by the ma
ioritv I'm the Senate. AS much as In
the nractice of law, in the management
of a great railway. in the conduct oi
vast business, training, experience
and long familiarity with an infinity
of detail tell In the Senate of the Unit
ed States. So far is this true that IL is
perhaps possible to say that In the
great majority of cases the value OF a
senator to his state and to the nation
and the honor which he brings TO MS
own state are in proportion to the
length of his service.
No student OF the history OF the
limited States Senate and Of Its mem
hers can reach any other conclusion
than that the body is a place for fixed
stars and not for comets, for light
houses and not for mere skyrockets' Il
place for sturdy wheel horses who
know their work and not for prancins
! political colts.
The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1909-01-07
InrerknII ON Clover.

In declining an invitation to a Clover
Club dinner once Colonel Robert Inger-
soil wrote:
a wonderful thing is clover 1t
means honey and cream-that is TO say,
industry and contentment-tha Is to
say. the happy bees in perfumed fields
and at the cottage gate old Boss the
bountiful, serenely chewing satisfac-
tons cud in that blessed twilight
pause that, like benediction, falls be-
tween all toll and sleep. This clover
makes me dream of happy hours, of
chilihood's rosy cheeks, of dimpled
babes. of wholesome, loving wives, of
honest nen, OF springs and brooks and
vlolets anG all there is stainless joy
in peaceful human life.
a wonderful word is clover? DROP
the e. and you have the happlest of
mankind. Take way the e. and r.
and you have le the only thing that
makes a heaven of this dull and bar
rem earth. Cut off the r. alone. and
there remains a very deceitful bud that
sweetens the breath and keeps peace in
countless homes whose masters fire.
auent clubs After all, Bottom was
right, Good hay, sweet hay, hath no
fellow"
The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1909-01-07
Rule. for SicI. paam

Every woman ought to acquaiut her.
self with the generalities to be OBJ
served in caring for the sick. Do not
sit on the edge Of the bed, sway back
and forth In a rocking chair, or rattle
the leaves Of a book or newspaper.
These things are often annoying to a
well person
Never speak to the patient of hio
symptoms; neither go to the opposite
extreme and appear DISTINGUISHED. A
person Ill appreciates and Graves SYM
pathy.
Cultivate light touch, low tone
Of voice, and light step, but do not
go about stealthily on tiptoe or whis-
per. The patients curiosity is sure TO
be aroused and he becomes restless.
See that the hinges OF the doors are
well oiled. Open and shut them noise
lessly, but not slowly!
Do not attempt TO do the patient a
good turn by reading aloud to him until
he is well along on the road to re
covery. The exertion of listening is
wearing when one is weak
The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1909-01-07
women,s EXPERIMENTATION.

women should not copy men in
dress. manner or ideas. but should be
like the women of colonial days, who
could sew, cook and care FOR the
home. and who had an abiding faith
In their husbands" declared Rev.
William Hayes Leavill, ID. D., president
of Westminster College. Fulton, Mo-,
in his address at the recent banquet
Of the Society Of Colonial Wars, held
In st. Louis.
Few women of to-day" he said,
would leave their homes, their
friends and Gil the attractions Of life
to follow their husbands into a for
eign land as did the women OF colon
ial days. Modern influences have had
deteriorating effect on women: they
have destroyed much of the attractive
ness of women.
''The home IS the place for women
unless II Is absolutely necessary for
them to leave IT, do not believe any
woman should enter the field OF busl-
ness and take mans place unless
conditions require that she should do
so. | am not q believer in woman's
rights as woman's rights are known
Today"