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The Washington herald. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1906-1939, 1910-07-13
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THE AMERICAN RURAL SCHOOL.

The Americon Rural School" by Har-
old Waldstein Foght, deals with the
country school as it has been in the
past, as il is to-day. and as It aims to
become In the future The chief problem
is 10 find ways and means. It Is easy
70 see that the smaller and poorer com
munities in the sparsely settled country
districts cannot command the conven-
FENCES. instruction. and attractions which
the cities and towns can AFFORD. This has
been one Of the strongest inducements
that the city has held cut to the farmer
who has a large number OF children to
DO educated. that he abandon his farm
and move into town. II the same priv
iieges for intellectual improvement could
be offered by the country, then the tide
would set In the opposite direction. Any
thing that win help to bring up the
country school to the standard of the
city school should be adopted as a
measure of public utility.
The author of this book has set himself
the task Of pointing out some OF the
ways in which the school system may be
fold. he abounds In statistics and COM
parativs tables. in citations from Official
reports. and In suggestions regarding
future development. One Of the helpful
features OF tho hook is the variety OF
sources from which It's material Is drawn
Ii enables one 10 see what are the con-
ditions OF education in all parts OF the
country. Another feature to be noticed
Is tbs giving Of plans for schoolhouses
and school grounds. These plans cannot
fail 70 show the school authorities what
improvements can be made st q small
expense. In this respect the country
school has an unquestioned advantage
over the school In the city. II can have
all the space that is needed for pure ar,
wide prospect from it's windows over
the landscape which shall be as picture
10 the memory OF the pupils The au-
thor urges the teaching Of the principles
OF farming, and he does this with most
excellent reasons. His book viii prove
OF interest az least to all who have any
thing to do with educational work New
York; The Macmillan Coz
The Washington herald. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1906-1939, 1910-07-13
TO-DAY IN HISTORY.
Sir Walter Raleigh, First American Colonizer
July Is.

The Elizabethan Era is renowned In
English history. not only for its liter
ature. but for its growing power upon
The sea, and especially for its hardy and
skiliful seamen. Most notable among
these were Sir Francis Drake and Sir
Walter Raleigh and his helf-brothers.
Drake was the first to put into practice
the policy Of weakening Spain by attack
ing her in America. Drake It was who
made the great voyage around the earth
in 1880. Eight years after he took an
important part in the most momentous
event Of the century In which he lived
the defeat Of the Spanish Armada.
The defeat OF this armada has been pro-
nounced the opening event In the history
OF the United States. From that moment
North America was open to colonization
Spaniards. Sir Walter Raleigh must ever
be considered the father of English
colonization on the soil OF the United
States"
Raleigh was one of the best represent
alive Englishmen OF his age. He was
student OF books and leader of men. A
pupil OF Coligny, a friend Of spenser, he
was statesman and a scholar, cour-
tier and soldier, and IN each he was
one Of the leading men OF his times.
Raleigh was granted a colonization char
ter by Queen Elizabeth. He first sent
two exploring ships 10 the coast Of North
America, and they returned with glow
ing accounts OF the beauty OF the land
and the gentleness Of the natives. The
first Of these exploring ships landed at
Roanoke Island, of the coast of North
Carolina on July Is. 1854, and they were
the first to name the eastern coast OF
North America Virginia In honor OF tho
Virgin Queen.
The following year Raleigh sent over
a large colony under Ralph Lane with
one hundred and eight men, who settled
on Roanoke Island. but after year OF
hardshfps they were picked up and car
ried back to England by Sit Francis
Drake, who happened to touch at that
point In one OF his great voyages.
They bpought back with them tobacco
and the potato. and first introduced the
use of these Ia England. Raleigh was
disappointed at the failure of hts colony
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An old Deed FILED.

From the New York Sun
A deed more than $50 years old was
fled last week with the chief clerk of
Duchess County. It is dated March 3,
lTS1, and covers a piece Of land In
Poughkeepsie owned by the GIL estate,
which is now under partition. The deed
conveys the property from Thomas Saun-
ders, Of Duchess County, TO Capt.
Tjerk an Keuren. OF Kingston. Ulster
County.
The consideration stated Is 675 pounds
current money of New York" and the
date of payment the tenth year Of the
reign Of our Sovereign Lord, George the
Second" On the cover Of the deed is
the receipt, which is witnessed by GIN
Livingston and Johsnnus Dunion. The
deed has never been recorded until now.
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Columbia and Peck.

Prof. Harry Thurston Peck, Anthem
professor Of Latin literature at Columbia
University. makes no very heroic figure
rs he rails about his suspension from
duty by the board Of trustees Of the
university, and his ehuckle that his salary
still goes on-as If that were something
gained-does not help to dignity his atti-
sude.
But it would seem that the board of
trustees Of Columbia have. at least, acted
hastily Prof. Peck was thrown unpleas-
hntly INTO the limeIight OF publicity be-
cause or a suit brought against him by
! former stenographer of his. Miss Quinn.
who sued him for breach OF promise and
put In her complaint certain silly and
nawkish love letters. alleged to have
been written by Peck. Even If the
charges are true. the suit has not been
ried. and viii not be until October. In
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HONESTY OF MEN AND WOMEN.
Anecdote of Mark Twain Gives Point
TO Pertinent query.

Anecdofe of Mark Twain Gives Point
TO Pertinent Query.
From the New York Times.
Mark Twain was honored by multi
tudes for his qualities as man. and
for nothing more than for his chivalric,
almost Quixotfe. honesty. But this he
disclaims for himself in an anecdote
printed in the Forum. In bis own
words:
A man can be easily persuaded to
step outside the strict moral line, but
it is not SO with a woman. 1t was my
wife who said No. You shall pay
100 cents on the dollar. and I am with
you all the time She kept her word, and
1t is rather more due to her than 10 my
SELF
Accordingly. instead OF paying 30 cents
on the dollar and getting a legal quit
lance. he paid 100 cents, and died an
honest man.
But was IL really necessary for him
TO be so very honest as to take away
his own character and give it to his
wife? And he phrased 1t so that he
seems 10 have ranked masculine honesty
below feminine. How about that very.
important matter? Is everybody agreed
that women are more honest than men?
How many women would have done what
Mark Twain did, without or with the In
sDiration OF their husbands7 Or. having
done so, how many would have uttered
words like Marks in hfs posthumous
tribute to pettieoat morals? To put mat
ters concretely. let US suppose that lady
telephones 10 her grocer 10 send her
bottle OF Pyro. and that he sends "OId
Crow" and charges for Pyro. Would the
ladies all pay the higher price? Or would
they say that the grocer had made
enough out OF them IN various grocer's
ways. and that the little windfall would
DO accepted? Are men or women hon
ester about paying their car fares when
the conductor does not make a personal
demand2 What is the proportion OF male
and female shoplifters? These exciting
questions are doubtless better suited TO
cooler weather. but Mark Twain IS pos
thumously responsible for throwing this
apple OF disoord In this current week.
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Is the Colonel Counting Troubles
Says the New Bedford Standard:

Says the New Bedford Standard;
The question arises whether even Mr..
Roosevelt is not in danger OF spreading
himself out too thin. From every part OF
the country men Of the most diverse
ideas ere rushing to him for help. and
many of them are going away with the
idea tnat he is on their side. L Is not
d.hicult TO roFesee trouble coming out OF
such condition"
The idea that the colonel might spread
himself out too thin or on too thick. or
make a mistake in any event. doubtless
seems foolishly pessimistle to the multi
tude. If the query were proposed con-
corning any other person in this country,
however, we should say that the evoIv-
tng situation outlined by the Standard
would likely enough be crowded eventu-
ally with danger TO such person.
OF course. all signs fail when applied
20 Col. Roosevelt. and all presidents go
20 smash when cited to give him pause.
The colonel is an amazing fact entirely
surrounded BY a sea OF almost supersti-
tious popularity. It is not at all wide OF
the truth TO say that he is something
OF an actual religion with no sman
number Of his fellow-countrymen.
These things admitted and undisputed
generally. it is hazardous 10 ven
ture prophecy with respect TO the col
oneis future-especially that quality OF
prophecy involving any hint of dimin-
ished admiration for him on the part
OF the common people. It may be, for
instance. that the colonel viii be able
70 blow hot with Insurgent Beveridge
and blow cold simultaneously with Stand
patter Lodge; it may be that he viii
md it easy to travel in Ohio with
Pinchot's friend Garfield and Uncle
Joe's" friend Longworth, impartially
hand in glove with both. These ex-
amples OF what may come 10 pass do
not Immediately impress US as beyond
the wonderful capacity OF the colonel
AT the moment. however. we do not re-
call any other man in this country with
a capacity equal to such astonishing de-
mands.
1t is paradoxical to say that man Of
Infinite resoureefulness can spread HIM
self out too thick or on too thin, as the
case might be. To attribute anything
less than infinite resourcefulness to a
man, however. at once puts him within
range Of either melancholy fate. Is the
colonefs resourcefulness infinite?
II the colonel can do no wrong. this
query set forth by the New Bedford
Standard VIII go the way Of countless
queries of the past promulgated TO af-
Tight the intrepid Roosevelt soul to hesi-
Ration.
It is true that it has been asserted the
colonel said he would keep strenu-
ously out Of politics for sixty days after
getting home from Africa; and the fact
that he does not appear to have been
able to DO this may be urged against
that INFINITE resourcefulness heretofore
suggested. Doubtless, however, the col
onel is amply prepared to prove that he
did not say it. And there you are.
No matter. therefore, how morally
sure the great majority of us may feel
Just now that the colonel can neither
spread himself out too thin nor on too
thick. It may afford an occasional doubt
ing Thomas some amusement to await. in
order that he may see what he may see.
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Mary, Gold watch.

fruIn the Osoorne tkauEl Farmer.
Mary Shiftless. the oldest daughter OF
old Bin shiftless. is getting 70 be a
young lady. Next year she win graduate
II she has no bad luck The other day
old Bill called Mary 10 him and said:
Now. my girl. when you graduate. I
am going to buy you a nice gold watch
with your name engraved on II I have
helped you all I could the past three
years. but times have been close and
couldn't do all I wanted to-" Mrs.
Shiftless said nothing The fact is.
Mary has been kept IN school by Mrs.
Shiftless The good woman sewed at
night and washed IA the day time TO get
money 70 buy Marys books She denied
hersel keverything she possibly could
in order to have Mary look respectable.
For years old Bin has grumbled every
time Mary had 10 have a new book. BIZ
has knocked on the teachers and roared
about the expense. He claims the pub
lie school system IS a graft and that
graduates amount to nothing He has
often told Mrs Shiftless she ought TO
keep Mary out OF school 20 help her
about the house. Bill viii never buy Mary
the watch. All he will do viii be 70
stand around and blow about what a
smart girl Mary Is and how she would
have been q good deal ahead OF where
she is now II the teachers hadn't been
against her
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Death of Mr.. HERON.

]. Whit. Heron, who has Just passed
away. had for years been most honor
ably and creditably identified with the
business community OF Washington. He
was a gentleman OF high. sterling prin-
ciples, conservative. yet progressive, and
his demise occasions a real loss Thirty
years Of active association in the ma
terial affairs OF the Capital gave him an
influential position, and his splendid
personal qualities won and held for him
a wide circle Of friends.
His death is deeply deplored. and by
none more deeply than his colleagues IN
newspaper hfe. who knew him best
To his family and TO tho Evening Star
this newspaper tenders is sinoerest sym
pathy
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why Men Hate 10 Buy Umbrellas.

Why Men Hate 70 Buy Umbrellas.
Prom the New Orleans Tmes-DmocTat.
why is that a decent citizen has TO
get soaked several times before he buys
an umbrella? Why is #? He win turn
up his coat collar. dodge in and out OF
doorways. and stick to the dry side like
fly 10 syrup and allow his new summer
straw 10 be ruined by rain before he
begins 10 feel the need OF an umbrella
1t is not due TO a desire to economic.
The same man viii spend just as much
on a two-pound box Of candy for hts best
girl. He is extravagant in everything
else; he wines and dimes. and pays his
bills like dead game sport, but when it
comes TO buying an umbrella you have
to lead him up to It and almost give it
to him"
The answer 70 this is not difficult The
average man has about as much trouble
in trying 70 take care Of an umbrella as
he would in trying to keep a white ele-
plant Like the feol and his money, he
soon parts with hts umbrella, or some
one parts him from It
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why she Got cold Feet.

From the New York sun.
When the fuse blew out for the NTH
time IN FIVE minutes the woman who
with her four small children occupied
the seat nearest the motorman clamored
for assistance in removing her brood 70
seat in the rear Of the car.
You needn't go 10 all that trouble,
madame" said an old gentleman, reas-
suringly There is no danger. You are
just as safe here as in any other part
of the car"
''Oh. I'm not afraid" said she. II want
to get the children away some place
where they can't hear the notorman."
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A MATCH.

II love were what the rose Is.
And I were like the leaf,
Our lives would grow together
In sad OF singing weather,
Blown fields OF Powerful closes
Green pleasure OF gray REief;
If lows were what the rose Is
And / EeIo like the Leaf.
II you were thran 10 sorrow.
And I were page 10 Joy,
We'd play for lives ana seasons
With loving looks and treasons
And tears of night and morrow
And laughs Of maid and boy;
II you were thran TO sorrov.
And ! were page 70 joy.
II you were April's lady,
And I we're lord in May.
Wed throw with leaves for hours
And draw fer days With fsowsrS
til dag Ike night, were shady,
And night we're bright Ike dayJ
II you were Sprls LADY,
And ] were lord IN May.
II you we're queen Of pleasurs.
Ard ] were king Of pain.
Wed hunt down love together.
Pluck out bis flying feather,
And teach bis feet measure.
And find bis mouth rein;
II YOU were queen q pleasure.
And ! s9s king Of pain.
-swinburns.
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WEDNESDAY. JULY 1a 1910.
Home News Away from Home

W6shingtonians who leave the
city. either for a short or long
stay-whether they so to mountain
or eesshore. or even across the sea
should not fail TO order The
Washington Herald sent to them
by mail. 1t viii come regularly,
and the addresses will be changed
as often as desired. It is tho home
news you will want while away
from home Telephone Main $500.
giving old ard new address.
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Fr0m the Y0nkers Statesman
The lady-And you haven't got my new
hat done. madame?
The modiste-No. mademoiSelle: ze
weath-ar is so bad.
The lady-Whats the weather got to
90 with It?
The mOdiste-Every zing. mademoiseIe;
ze weath-ar does not permit me to work
out doors!
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Prom the CleTeiand Plain Dealer.
yes. the recipe for those canned cher
ries is my own. I had a recipe I clipped
from the commoner. but, OF course, I
couldn't use ftqt"
why not?'
I'VE don't take any advice from WI
liam J. Bryan any more
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The same erudite and interesting writ
ers who last winter framed up this sum-
mer's crop Of How to keep cool' advice
are quite busy now. Of course. framing
up next winters supply OF How to
avoid pneumonia germs" advice.
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The Maharanee OF Baroda rises to re-
mark that Col. Roosevelt should not
speak OF things Of which he knows moth
Ing" says the Ohio State Journal. Sure
ly. the Maharanee has not caught the
colonel talking about the tariRg
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Where did I get the idea OF a new
country Well. I once dipped over into
Bosnia and servta," explains George Barr
McCutcheon. 1t is barely possible. too.
that Mr.. McCuteheon has read Anthony
Hopes The Prisoner OF Zenda."
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The Feud stilI on.

From the Boston Evening Transcript
Ethei-Maud says she is ready to make
up IL you are.
Kate (snapplIy)-Tell her I'd be ready
70 make up, too, If had complexion
as muddy as hers
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The Savannah News says The Wash
ington Herald was mistaken IN It's re-
Gently announced suspicion that 'an
ominous hush had invaded the SOW
ereign State Of Georgia" We still be-
lieve the invasion took place: we shall
not be surprised TO learn. however, that
the hush was prompkiy put to fight
by Georgia's famous and truly strenuous
army Of politicians.
The Washington herald. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1906-1939, 1910-07-13

A New York newspaper man thrashed
wife heater the other day It seems to
have been a necessary incident TO getting
the story: which shows that he is a good
newspaper man, as well as a gentleman
unafraid.
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"Corbett says he cannot understand
how be failed to size up Jenfries prop
erly." notes the Harrisburg Telegraph.
AS an isolated proposition. 1t probably
die not make much difference. The gen.
erai public long ago sized up Corbett
properly.
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The optimistic viewpoint. though fire.
quently somewhat hard to locate. is inev-
itebly there. For instance, contemplate
that Reno prize fight as you viii, you
stiu VIII find IL impossible to believe that
anything new or novel by way Of femi-
nine headgear may come Of II.
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turn to their posts with much greater
enthusiasm for their opportunities to
create a foreign market for American
goods.
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when you've got to walk three miles
for Il, the amount OF book learning
you're going 10 bring back with you
isn't going to be very hefty." says Daniel
Drew, in THE Book OF Daniel Drew"
which Bouck White. with the help OF an
old diary left BY Drew. has written down.
and Doubleday, Page & Co. have pub
rshed. SO II happened that when Drew's
fortune footed up to something more
than $1,000. 0c0, and q Cancelled check Of
his for 100000 hung framed upon his
wall. he entertained some individual ideas
about spelling. He was at his home. in
Union Square. one day when his clerks
sent up for the combination Of the safe,
which they wanted 20 open. Drew said
II was door" They sent again, saying
It was f1ve-ietter combination. and they
couldn't make door go. Finally Drew
went down. when I took the thing IN
hand" he says. the safe opened as easy
as anything. I turned to them: There
says I, ''t opens as easy as an old sack
just d-o-a-r-e+
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The Firs Tickef.

From The Buffalo News
Senator silzer is a Democratic candidate for GOV
ernor Of New Jersey. Congressman sulzer Is a can.
didate In New YORK. If both should be elected
what an efeTTescsnt Presidential ticket they would
makel
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Rarrnin RnfAa-

I'VE are thinking Of spending the sum-
mer at Drearyhurst"
'But why go to that lonely placer
The tickets seemed attractive. We
can get them for s4sS each.
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Not until Mr.. Roosevelt gets mixed In
the Indiana campaign thoroughly. of
course. shall We be able 10 locate def
nitely the unspeakable. atroeious. out
rageous. brazen, and malioiously false
features Of the same.
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Kaiser Wilhelm is looking for a SON
in-law." says tina ST Louis Republic.
His majesty may as well prepare TO be
disappointed in a measure. There is only
one Nicholas Longworth IN this world.
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The president.. Preferences.

Prom the Kansas City Star.
In selecting new Secretary Of the Interior thc
President would prefer TO find some one who has
already been investigated
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Francis x. Maloy. OF Butte. Mont,
who was seen at the National last night,
discussed & newspaper report purpo-t-
Ing that Col. Roosevelt had advised King
George TO grant home rule 10 Ireland
81 don't believe a word Of It," said Mr..
Maloy. rather heatedly; "the idea OF
Roosevelt telling the King about home
rule for Ireland! don't believe word
Of 1t. It's rather late. this home rule
talk. isn't it? Well. I'll tell you what I
think about the whole business. and
don't care what anybody else has to say
about 1t.
Roosevelt got himself in pretty bad
with the Irish and the Catholics and no
one realizes that better than Roosevelt
himself. His GuildhaH speech. which not
only hit the Egyptians. but also the
Irish, did that much harm 70 Roosevelt
that the Irish win have few good words
for him In the future. Rooseveit's mex
cusabIe behavior and conduct in connee-
ton with the audience with the Pope.
when he insulted the holy father, is
another slap at the Irish Catholics. They
will never forget, and they wifi never
forgive: and whatever they can do to
get even they will do II, and don't you
forget It. Roosevelt and his advisers or
seIf-conssituted friends realize that
Roosevelt needs the support Of the Irish
IN order to be politically or otherwise
successful They are trying all sorts OF
tricks TO make the Irish believe that they
never had a better and more loyal friend
than Roosevelt. and that he is doing
everything to secure home rule for them.
It's nothing but trick-that's all; but
We Irish are not so thickheaded as not
10 see through the game
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Proceed with the Good work.

Prom The Louisville CouTisr-JOurnal.
Consul General Griflths reports that the post,
card picture business is on the wans in London.
Encouraging to say tho least.
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Exactly.

From the Dallas News
The reason a woman thinks her hus-
band ought to quit smoking is because
she has never begun.
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Senator Bob Taylor's notion seems to
be that he could be perfectly happy with
either faction OF the Tennessee DemOc-
racy were t'other dear charmer away.