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FARE LIMIT Is FOUR FEET.
Boat Line Obviutes FOrEetfuIneSS OF
Careless Parents.
From % - - So.


From the New York sun.
Curious" said an old railroad con-
ductor, how parents memories lapse
sometimes about the age Of their chill
dren.
You'd think that that was something
that no parent would ever forget; but
often, when they were travelling and they
came 10 some place where It was half
fare for children Of say twelve and under.
often I've known parents TO forget two
or three years Of a child's age and think
and say that a child OF fourteen or If
teen was still only twelve; actually for
get entirely two or three years Of the
age of one Of their own children. Slngu-
lar about that
But up at Bronx Park. in running the
electric launches that ply from the boat
house there on the Bronx River. they
have a fare system that avoids all such
mistakes and does away with any neces-
sity Of remembering on the part Of
parents whatever. On these boats the
fare for adults and children over four
feet In height is 10 cents: for children IN
der four feet in height. cents.
There's a system that seems 20 be
simplicity itself. don't you think? You
never have TO ask how old a child is, you
go by the child's height, regardless of
age. and don't know but what that sys-
tenn might be applied TO advantage on
railroads You could just have a four
foot mark Of the jamb Of the door through
which passengers passed, and just back
the child up against that mark. II would
take far less time that the talk now nee
essary in arguing about the childs age -
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Divorced nj Nine.

From the London GloHe
The youngest divorced couple in the
world are 10 De found in the Court OF
Ahyssinia. so we learn from a Paris con-
temporary. on May IS Of last year the
Princess Rou-anic Onosk was married 20
the Prince Lidi Eyassu. the heir ap-
parent. the bride then being eight years
Of age and the bridegroom fourteen.
Now they have been divorced.
II is not a question Of fault on either
side. no incompatbility Of temper. none
n the causes which figure so frequently
in our divorce division. The princess
happens 10 be the niece Of the Empress
Taitu. and this lady IS not popular with
the regents OF the country. SO to pre-
vent the empress exercising any baneful
influence upon the future rulers wife the
statesmen have required the prince 10
divorce her
The Washington herald. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1906-1939, 1910-08-25

From the San Francisco Chronicle
Port Townsend-In a report made re-
Gently to the United States Photographic
Office here. the statement Is made OF an
ineXplicabla phenomenon that marine In
terests declare IS without precedent The
statement is nled by Capt. II. samuelson
Of the American barkentine Aurora. on
arrival from Callao. Peru. On June Il. in
latitude Il degrees south and longitude
so west. according 10 the report. the
vessels course brought her into an area
Of snow white water The expanse was
so large as 10 require nearly an entire
days sail 20 traverse.
Its merging with the natural ocean
water was sharply and definitely defined
in color. creating a marvellous scene Of
marine beauty. Investigation with every
means available failed to show the phe-
nomenon TO be due 70 submarine volcanic
eruption or other upheavaL A bucket
hlled with the milk-white liquid when
LETT an hour on the barkentine's deck
Resumed a normal sea-water color.
The Washington herald. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1906-1939, 1910-08-25
Feminine Suffrage and Reform

One argument that has most frequently
been used in favor Of female suffrage has
been that the advent OF woman as a fac
tor IN the electorate would result. surely.
in purifying politics and working for social
reforms. And yet. so far as the expert
ment has been tried Of extending the
suffrage to the fair sex. it has not worked
out at all as was expected.
New Zealand acts. by it's own choice, as
a sort OF social and political experiment
station for the rest Of the world It's
people are daring in all sorts Of politi-
cal and economic reforms, and it was
one Of the very first countries to grant
women the privilege Of voting. It has
been frequently said that even If women
were granted the privilege OF the ballot
they would not take the trouble TO exer-
else it, In our country this has, indeed,
proved to be the case; It has been amply
demonstrated in Colorado. for instance.
where women have the right TO vote on
all questions. But it has not been
true in the antipodes. for there the
women vote as solIdly as the men. In
1908 the percentages Of adult males
registered as electors was 995l and Of
women 1916, and figures Of like proper
ton have been maintained in New Zea-
/ land for years. The percentage Of males
actually voting has been. within the past
| six years. from 69.61 to S4O7 and the per-
centage Of females in the same period has
been from 1853 to Sis. which would go
to show that the women are more faith
ful than men in attendance on the polls
But in spite Of the active interest which
/ II is evident the New Zealand woman
takes in politics that interest has not. ap-
parently. worked in the interest Of such re-
forms as women are supposed 10 be more
/ particularly interested in It was thought
! for instance. that the advent of women into
politics would do much TO regulate and
perhaps abate the liquor traffic. but no
such result has followed Nor has
woman's influence at the polls served to
purify politics in New Zealand, for the
tendency. since woman suffrage became
a fact. has been downward, not upward
and it is said the political boss and
the machine" have much more power
than they had before women voted. AS
matte OF fact. the granting Of the
suffrage TO women in New Zealand seems
to have had a neutral effect. II has not
worked any great good. nor. on the other
hand, has it brought about any evils
and this. we think. will be the result
wherever women vote. The influence Of
woman is that of the individual, not the
mass.
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TO-DAY IN HISTORY.
Thomas Chatterton, the Boy Poet-August 25.

There is not more interes ing character
IN all literature than Thomas Chatterton,
the youth whose precocious talents and
sad fate have always excited great inter
est He was born in Bristol in 1752. Of
poor parents. At the age OF seven he
was expelled from school because he was
so stupid that he could not learn to read
or write. In spite OF this. at the age Of
twelve he wrote poem OF some merit.
and at the age Of sixteen successfully
initiated the style OF an antique English
writer. and introduced to the world as
works OF great antiquity the fruits Of
his own mind
This hoax was brought to the attention
Of Sir Horace Walpole. who was de-
ceived. Ike most Of England and he be-
gan to patronize their discoverer. But
the poet Gray examined the "Rowley'
poems and declared them frauds; so Sir
Horace denounced the lad whose praise
he had been singing.
The boy was not discouraged. however.
but went TO London to try his luck as a
writer. There he starved. He could get
no employment that would pay. He lived
IN a garnet on hlfdG ana water anu often
had nothing at all to eat. Yet so proud
was he that he let no one know how
poor he was. lie wrote letters 70 his
mother and sister in Bristol, telling them
ne was making fortune and that great
men were his dear friends He spent
the few shillings OF his literary earnings
in buying presents for his mother instead
OF getting himself food and clothes. Once
his landlady. knowing he had had moth
Ir g. can r three days. invited him 10
1 .r. TIE proud lad refused.
I'D just eaten heavily
-onstantly. frequently never
ep. During the day he tried
Co orts 10 one editor after an
other DC id the moon inspired him.
30 he us.si wrote by moonlight The
real tr1tl of he matter was that he had
not rsh eLr funds TO buy the necessary
artif 81 shL Wonderful literary works
h a his bare garnet. but no
wnc he find recognition.
on August q. l77O. when he
cry sra lteen years old. Chatter,on
The Washington herald. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1906-1939, 1910-08-25
FISHING TINE IN THE PASIG.
When Myriads of Fish Swim Near
the Surface OF the Stream.


Friday morning Filipinos sharing cells
and other fish In the Pasig, near the old
captain OF the port building. by the aid
OF snares caught the largest eel ever seen
on the water front Il was fully ten feet
In length.
Both banks Of the Pasig and all the
ships and lighters moored in the stream
were thronged with hundreds OF FnipinOs
with snares and spears trying 10 catch
the fish that In myriads were swimming
near the surface OF the stream.
Natives when asked in regard 10 the
phenomenon were almost unanimous In
their statement 20 the effect that az this
time Of the year the bottom OF the river
gets hot and that the FISH have to leave
the depths Of the stream and flash back
and forth on or near the surface.
Another theory that seemed 20 have a
great many adherents was To the effect
that at this time every year there was a
change In the character Of the water. this
change acting or the fish as q stimulant
This theory was advanced by an old pi-
lot who has witnessed the phenomenon
for many years
The Washington herald. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1906-1939, 1910-08-25
QUICK SHOOTING IN SOUTH.
Mississippi Leads other states I'm
RRDid-fire HOmicIdeS.
- - Chlcago- - -

From the Chicago Inter OCEAN.
A dispatch from Elliott. Miss. tells Of
the remarkable shooting record made by
Deputy Sheriff Sid Cauley. OF Carroll
County In about ten seconds he killed
five men and wounded two.
The dead and wounded are all negroes.
who were not only resisting arrest but
were advancing on the deputy with axes
and pitehforks with the avowed intention
or cutting him down.
They had made the sheriff take 10 the
woods the day before. and apparently
expected TO do the same with the deputy.
But they failed to take into account his
proficiency with a gun
This exhibition OF skill. which has
never been exceeded even in a Bret Halte
short story. calls attention to an inter
estlng fact This is that Mississippi has
never got the credit il deserves as n
sharpsEootng State
Everybody hears a good deal about
bloody Breathitt" and certain portions
OF Tennessee. and the readiness with
which lives are snuffed out even now
down on the Rio Grsnde In point OF
fact none OF them can equal Mississippis
record in rapid-fre homicide.
The customary Mississippi affair is sell
dom one Of those tame Texas Kentucky
Tennessee encounters in which one man
shoots another man. and, likely as not,
even fails TO kill the single party 10
whom he is devoting his attention.
There are generally several persons en-
gagged. and it may be stated without the
slightest fear OF successful contradiction
that the proportions Of deaths 70 sur
vivals is uniformly larger than in any
other State in the Union
Within the past fifteen years there have
been in Mississippi several pretty stiff
affairs in small towns, participated in by
four persons. Each principal in each
case has been aided and abetted by a
relative or personal friend. The score at
the end OF every one Of these affairs, &C
cording 10 the writer's information. has
generally been as follows: Dead. 3;
wounded /; total. l.
In point Of fact, Mississippi is the only
State which the careful student Of in
formal rapid-hre homicide naturally
links Of as the scene OF the tremendous
mortality referred 10 in the late John
Hays ballad Of the Whisky Skin
They FILED the bodies around the door:
There must have been a cord CT more.
Girls went that winter. a rule.
Alone 20 singin' school
And yet the rare effectiveness Of Mis-
sis5ippi shooting is seldom commented
on by newspapers and special pubIica-
tons that are generally disposed TO give
honor where honor is due. OF coarse. the
total OF homicides is greater in several
other States. But the percentage OF
deaths In a single ARRAY in Mississippi
is rs large as it is unrecognized.
The only explanation of this singular
neglect is that Mississippi is simply suf-
fering the usual penalty OF quiet, unob-
trusive thoroughness. II has not adver-
tised itself properly, and has thus lot
other States reap the honor that It alone
deserves as a dead-shot Commonwealth.
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And Her Name Was Maud.

From the Troy Hars.l Chief.
Lou Hills. Of Highland, got mad at one
OF his mules the other day because il
wouldn't stand over. and kicked N1r. Mule
in the shortribs. Something happened to
Lou so soon after that there wasn't time
for refreshments. he was picked up out
side Of the harm, and when he recovered
his senses he wanted 10 know II the barn
had fallen IN him. He had a cut on his
chin that had been sewed Up, and sew
eral sore spots caused by tearing through
the side Of the barn.
The Washington herald. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1906-1939, 1910-08-25
MORNING GLoRIEs.

q guto11ciE iainty and uifHcd and white.
Ari arcr md frilly ard blue
Ane r.as 20 coquettish. and cri ~ ag6 r
Ard t'ieite lavender. too.
Tl- 1u -1s Fir daughters came dow fc
And eur7- in the late afternoon.
Where Old Sddler In rust 4-
Na 4 rolhcking tune.
F. re their sunbonnets MP rh enr
'frr lsic got into their fcrt
Heg iarced and they dance I-5.r
.ni tnc ,tars
-t- Crt the wind riprled wi ca
l-r 'alcel and they danced TIL Inc te el
Lea1
AZ. -lanrrf ntO hundreds OF crici -is
tse their sunbonnets. agr suart y
t-l ht they still hang on Il
Nina Irving, IN the fo.
The Washington herald. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1906-1939, 1910-08-25
ALITTLE NONSENSE.

IN THE MIDST OF 1T.
Dreadful RI ports abound,
Everythings in a mess;
Rumcrs are flying round
Filling the daily press.
Statesmen one day affirm,
Statesmen the next day deny;
Candidates twist and squirm,
So do the smaller fry.
Rumors are flying thick.
Trouble begins to brew;
Succor is needed quick.
Everythings in a stew.
What can the matter be?
Nothing so very rare.
Only the G. o. P.
Having it's summer scare.
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THURSDAY. AUGUST o. 1910.
Home News Away from Home

WRshinEtonians who leave the
city. either for a short or long
stay-whether they go to mountain
or ceashore. or even across the sea
should not fail to order The
Washington Herald sent TO them
by mail. 1t will come regularly.
and the addresses viii be changed
as often as desired. II is the home
news you Will want while away
from home. Telephone Main 1900.
giving old aid new address.
The Washington herald. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1906-1939, 1910-08-25

1t is now being suggested cautiously
that the so-called Halley's comet of re-
cent appearance was not Halleys comet
at all. 1t will not be especially difficult
to convince most people that they never
saw any comet, really.
The Washington herald. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1906-1939, 1910-08-25

A movement is proposed TO restore in
duplicate the statue Of George III that
once stood in Bowling Green, New York
City. 1t will not cause the American
people any embarrassment II our Eng
lish cousins can stand IT,
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From the Baltimore American.
There is one thing which has rather
puzzled me-"
What is that?'
When money talks does II always talk
cents?''
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Didn't Matter.

I want a summer book" said the
girl.
Something light?" inquired the libra
rian.
oh no. have young man here TO
carry # home"
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Or. A w. Calhoun. who died in At
lanta on Sunday last. was not only the
South's most famous ocul.st, but was one
Of the sweetest and gentlest OF men. To
have known Or. Calhoun was. literally.
TO love him.
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Literal Minded.

From the Baltimore American
See here, Luella. thought you prom
ised me that you would come away from
that ball early"
Law. pa, I started at a m. How
much earlier would you want me 10 go?''
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Rtalto Chat.

1T viii be tough 10 have TO go back
into the chorus this FAM declared Carrie
Spear.
should say So" assented Hamlet
Fatt' after starring all summer in the
press notices"
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From the Indianapolis Star.
In the annals Of 1854 and 1872 there is written
very plainly what Republican quarrels in New
York State may do TO the electoral college
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Prnyers In oIlnhnn.n

From the New York Times
Out in Oklahoma they arc -a,i-- Pr rssa
as though there were nothing tse asI nay
for. They have 20 pray fr- mr beg
neglected 10 provide fer a Hirg n r- lr.rri-
ton which includes about erortltaa eir
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An Tnheroic Rnncne-

Twenty Of as helped save a girl from
drowning"
BY forming living chain?"
NO; by rushing out OF the lake. II
Immediately sank eighteen inches"
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warning to Centennrinn..

From the New York Tribune
A drinking and smoking centenarian Of
New Jersey reformed" on his one hun
dredth birthday. He lived only three
years longer. other centenarians will
take warning
The Washington herald. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1906-1939, 1910-08-25
The whirIigig of Time.

From the Indianorlis News.
Speaking Of the whiriag q time ard its way Of
bringing on revengcs. you win note that whereas
the indians used TO scalp Us. we now skin them.
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AZ Announced snort.

From the New York Tribune
The seasons drowning accidents are about up 70
the average but how little notice is taken q them.
Bathing is decidedly autiquated sport. and its
dangers seem tame compared with those Of the air
and the road
The Washington herald. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1906-1939, 1910-08-25
CHAT OF THE FORUM.
The CoIoneI,s Trim

From the Philadelphia Press
Col. Rooscvclts latest trip is another charter Of
The Winning Of the West"
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"The truth will yet come out about Dr..
Cook" says the Richmond Times-Dis-
patch. Too much already has come out
for the doctors health. we should say.
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All Mixed Up.

The picture shows are nice, mayhap:
/ Ike them, but II seems
That they are apt to give a chap
Most complicated dreams.
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A sad Fact.

she s2urns my love"
"Oh. you may win her in the end"
I'm afraid not Life siu't no melo.
drama"
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Uncle Lon Livingston TOO. promised
faithfully to come back" But now
that the returns are all in. Uncle Lon"
appears to have guessed wrong by quite
a margin
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spent his last penny on a dose Of arsenic.
Next morning he was found dead in his
attic all his UnsOld manuscripts lying.
torn to fragments. about his body. He
was buried in a paupsrs graveyard. this
marvellous boy. who. for precious tel
ent is without peer in English litera-
ture
After Chatterton's death, Sir Horace
wrote. too late, la -yi0wins terms OF me
lads genius, and tried 10 excuse his own
behavior toward him. Wadsworth named
him The Marvellous Boy, and other
great poets and authors delighted 70 Go
honor to the memory OF the young genius
who had been allowed TO starve in cb-
security and disgrace.
AT Bristol monument was later erect
ed to him, bearing the epitaph which he
himself had written:
TO the memory Of Thomas Chatterton
Reader. judge not; II thou art a Chris
tian believe that ne sha1f> be Judged bv q
superior Power; to that Power alone he
is now answerable.
On August .. 1909. cannon were first
~SNN ~ W. SPailidEuS dL GlOrdlLar. and
in MS New Orleans was founded It is
the birthday OF Elizabeth Pole. founder
Of Taunton. Mass. the only woman who
founded town in the United States
u5S0; Samuel Chester Reid. naval Off
Ger, The hero OF Port Fayal" Q7S8j;
John Neal, editor and author d7s0 /;
James Lick, founder OF Lick Observatory.
California n796; Andrew J. Donelson,
candidate FOR Vice President in 1Ss
GSo0; Frederick A Muhlenberg. educator
dSlS); Allan Pinkerton. detective uNN (:
Francis Bret Harte author OS39); Edgar
Wilson Nye, humorist CISCO. and George
P. Lathror, author dS5D 1t is the date
Of the death Of Sratianus. Roman En-
peror $3.50; Louis * Of France Q27O:
Henry VII OF Germany Q513: Margaret
OF Anjou, Queen Of Henry VI. q Eng
land G4s2); Dr. David Hartley, philos-
opher G75D; David Hume. philosopher
and historian d00: James Watt. cele-
brated improver Of the steam engine
OSls). and William Herschel. astronomer
Os29.
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II We have tears to shed. do not pre-
pare to shed them now Mr. Joseph Sib-
ley is not going 10 be a member Of the
next House Of Representatives.
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The Millennium.

From the Syracuse Post-Standard.
Pttsburg smokeessl Yes. when New York il
noiseless, Philadelphia sleepless. Chicago modest.
and san Francisco piou&
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The chauffeur who has it in mind to
run the steam roller over William How
ard Taft will do well to select a wide
place in the road
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After ali, II Mr.. Taft were always per-
mitted 20 do his own talking. a great
deal Of misunderstanding and misrepre-
sentation might be avoided.
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HlstorlcaI mln.-rnlLa.

From the Baltimore America.
80 many women los ea hnsSs when
It comes TO a question mari age
That's so. Look az rho ~
Henry VIII"
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A Chicago minister has quit his pulpit
for the vaudeville stage. The vaudeville
stages loss is the pulpits gain
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What has become OF Mr.. Serene Paynee
Was he not In on the wicked tariff deal?
Anyway. the impression fingers persist
emily that he was connected with Il
somehow.
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1t may transpire that Mayor Gaynor
escaped the assassin's bullet merely TO
be hit by the Presidential lightning.
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Ponce de Leon hunted for a fountain
IT youth. Foolish, wasn't her
Sure. I'd be satisfied to find a compe-
tent hair restorer."
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As the colonel starts his swing around
the circle. the G.. o. P. elephant probably
does not know whether ii is, up TO him
TO hurrah or view with alarm.
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Two Famou. HendIiner.

From the Louisville Courier-Journal
Laura Jean Libbey and Jack johnson are starring
in vaudeville. 1t is understood that the heavy.
weight champion Of the prize ring gets larger
salary that the fsather.weght champion Of the liz.
erary ring.
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Too Many.

Why can't they write that Iong-ex-
pected American novel?'
Well, they can't decide on the dIa.
lect
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The Sunreme Test

From Illustrated Bits
Eva-How do you like that new rouge
Is It a fast color?
Fanny-Fine! It will even stand kiss
ing!
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From the Chicuro News
Jaekson-Your daughter plays on seven
Instruments? Man. you're lucky.
Grouche-I often think so-when I con-
slider the number Of instruments there
are.
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Lost. strayed. or stolen-Georee Mar
eellus Bailey. Of Hollering Houston. He
came into this sanctum Tuesday morn
ing, remained an hour or so. left a
promise to come back within another