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Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1910-09-24

to all. He. moves about at will, has a
good appetite and manifests lively in
terest In affairs around him. But he is
not fully restored to the strength enjoyed
before he was shot. and he is carrying the
assassin's bullet in a most delicate place
In his anatomy. An operation is not con-
sidered necessary now. but 1t Is not
stated. and cannot be. that one Will never
be necessary. This leaves the case in an
embarrassing shape. so far as the PROPOSE
ton before Mr.. Gaynor is concerned.
What about the excitement of political
campaign now, and one for President two
years hence. which will Immediately begin
II the governorship is attained?
AS for Mr.. Gaynor's promise to remain
mayor for full term. he made that.
without a doubt. in good faith. But things
have changed since then for himself as
we'll as his party. At that time demo-
cratic prospects in New York and else
where were very poor. Now they are
brighter than since 1892. At that time
Mr.. Gaynor was but an experiment In
politics, and by many considered a risky
one. Now he is pronounced q. success in
the mayoralty even by men who opposed
his election.
So. with the tide running with his party.
and his friends insisting that. for his own
as well as the party's sake, he take it at
the flood. Mr.. Gaynor confronts new
situation. His advisers absolve him from
his promise. and assure him that the
voters Of the state will.
The temptation is very great, and Mr.
Gaynor. despite his philosophical talk
about duty and public honors, is an am
bilious man. Albany is lure, and WASH
ington a greater one. There are men who
sitting on his front porch can point out
both capitals to him. And maybe he can
see them without aid Will he yield? No
unworthy man would succeed him at city
hall, and the local interests would not
suffer should he be promoted.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1910-09-24
The Aviation Meet.

Now that the question of the local avia-
ton meet has come down to the point Of
business arrangement. the issue presented
to the citizens Of Washington is simply
that Of whether 1t Is worth while to raise
. fund to induce the presence of aviators
In SUFFICIENT number to afford an enter
tanning spectacle. There should be no
question Of union meet with Baltimore
The two cities obviously cannot agree
upon a midway site. each contendine for
an aviation field within easy reach of its
center. Washington would not profit from
or particularly enjoy a meet held at Hale
thorpe. while Baltimore would be similar
ly uninterested In contests at College
Park. In either case the meet would be
supported almost exclusively by people
Of the nearer city. So that the point at
Issue is whether there is q sufficient local
interest In this matter to raise the $40, 900
approximately estimated as essential to
finance the affair.
The local citizens who are now consid-
ering this question are excellent judges
Of values. They are good business men
and know the difficulties in the way of
raising popular subscriptions. They will
probably not engage In this enterprise
unless they are fully assured of its prob
able success. for they have had abundant
experience with the soliciting Of funds
for unattractive purposes. Washington
takes a keen interest in aviation. and
probably with q program comprising some
OF the well known air performers there
would be a sufiicient public patronage to
meet expenses. But it is assured that no
such patronage would be given If the meet
were held at a far distant point or at a
place not conveniently reached by cheap
transportation. As long as the skymen
have placed themselves on a professional
basis. requiring large fees for their per-
formances. it Is necessary to charge ad-
mission to all such exhibitions, and So
the aviation field must be not only Of
SUFFICIENT size to permit satisfactory ma
neuvers. buts capable OF inclosure so as
10 exclude non-paying SPECTATORS. Doubt
less in few years most cities will be
equipped with aviation courses similar to
race tracks and bicycle and motor parks,
unless aeroplaning becomes SO common
that it loses its attractiveness as sport
ing spectacle.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1910-09-24
from the Boston Transcript.

From the Boston Transcript.
Some years ago the late Simon New
comb gave the rein Of fancy to his pro-
found astronomical knowledge and in a
popular magazine article described the
approach of q dead star directly toward
the body Of the sun. and Its Anal effect
upon this planet. When 1t plunged into
the great luminary 1t SO intensified the
heat that everything perishable on our
globe was destroyed and 1t practically re-
turned to primeval chaos. Now DR.. Forbes
Winslow. a celebrated English alien
list. has made a still more dire predic-
ton for the race, and. what Is worse, he
seems to be serious about 1t. This is no
less than that on the basis of statistics
this will be an ultimately insane world.
wholly mad world would be infinitely
more terrible than q dead one, and, were
we to accept this pessimistic experts be-
lief without counterbalancing testimony,
the future of the race would be horrible
to contemplate. even allowing for the
centuries that would pass before reason
ceased to find an abiding place upon the
planet. But when doctors disagree it il
our privilege to accept the opinion that
is most hopeful. We also have alienists
of renown in sthis country. and one Of
them Is DR.. Charles K. Miles Of Phiia-
delphia, who. In an interview In the Pub
lie Ledger calmly refuses to entertain
the melancholy conclusions Of his Brit
tsh brother.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1910-09-24
Champ Clark and the Tariff.

Champ Clark supplies his party with
what NAV be called a national platform
for this year. He has authority 10 spedN
because of his position and prospects. II
a democratic House is chosen-a thing al
most conceded by the repupicahs-a' L.
Clark will preside over 1t, ana exercise
all the influence attaching to the once OIL
Sneaker. The committees will be nameo
nv him. and he will be consulted from
time TO time during the session ABOUT Tue
shapfng of the more important measures.
The Clark platform carries ten Items.
Eight of them need not occupy mucI
snace in discussion. Economy In expenui7
,ures conservation of natural resources
nonular election of United states senator .,
a firmer treatment of trusts. ana All
that may be set down as general. both
parties say amen.
Item ten in the enumeration cai!s ior
word. Mr.. Clark declares for compre-
hensive inquest as to republican cohoue'
in Office. He proposes "a look at the
books" All the departments are 10 DC
investigated, and the results laid before
the country. This is meant to supply the
nresidential campaign with spice.
Rut item one carries the blue ribbon
Mr.. Clark makes the tariff the paramount
issue. and declares for a revision TOT
revenue only. He has always denounced
protection as robbery. At time wnen
the speakership was not becKoning' nc
took the most distinct free trade ground
He probably still occupies 1t. But as
Speaker will he go as far as his words
now commit him?
A tariff for revenue only has been
democratic doctrine for great many
years. For forty years it has been
continuous cry The Tilden platform ut
tered it, and the Hancock platform re-
peated it, Mr.. Carlisle on that issue de-
feated Mr. Randall for Speaker of the
Forty-eighth Congress, and Mr.. Cleve-
land was three times nominated LOT
President and twice elected on pledge
to reduce the tariff to a revenue basis.
And yet no tariff measure introduced in
Congress in that long time by a demo-
crat has redeemed the pledge. The Nor
rison horizontal bill did not. The Mills
bill lacked a great deal Of doing SO. Mr..
Springers popgun bills were of no con-
sequence, while the Wilson bill, which
became a law. was denounced by promi-
nent democrats as a betrayal of party
promises even before Mr.. German and
his friends laid hands on 1t and made it
more Objectionable than ever.
Mr.. Clark therefore has a job on mis-
hands. Will he be able through his lieu
tenant Mr.. Underwood to redeem a prom
Use which bafiied Morrison. Mills, Springer
and Wilson? We must wait for his bill.
But his promise is clear.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1910-09-24

pox? The upholders Of vaccination de-
clare that 1t does prevent the disease
against which 1t As specifically practiced.
and that 1t does not lead to other all
ments. II the opponents Of compulsory
vaccination can maintain In court that 1t
is not essential to the public health or
that 1t is inimical to the public health
they will have established q foundation
for successful attack upon the law and
the custom. Otherwise they must rely
upon the Willingness OF the court to de-
clare recognized sanitary precaution to
be an invasion Of the individual rights OF
the citizen
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1910-09-24
The peacemakers.
From the Richmond virsinian.


Peace societies and their meetings. &C.
cording to the jokesmiths, generally break
up in row. More frequently they die
the death at the hands of prosy gentle
men who use them as canning factories
for overripe oratory. The master minds,
the strong personalities. rather like strife
than otherwise, and. SO 1t Is that peace
has largely found her advocates among
the inefficient and impractical. 1t was
only when peace became q paramount ne
cessity Of commerce that the cause COM
menced to find vigorous support from
virile minds. 1t is now the desideratum
OF craftsmanship, the end Of national
policies, the hope Of national future. The
age of rapine is passing with the appro-
priation Of outlying territory into strong
hands. Only the weak need seriously fear
war; The strong. with mutual respect
for the strength of others. portion of the
territory of their greed. Far as the ideal
of universal peace may seem to be from
realization, the clear tendency is in thai
direction, setting there more strongly be-
cause it is directed by fundamentally self
ish considerations. 1t Is not peace con-
ferences that promote peace SO much a
is the necessity Of peace tina. promotes
the meetings designed to advance it,
cause.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1910-09-24
Over the Alps BY Air.

Since the beginning OF heav1er-than- air
aviation nothing more spectacular has
been accomplished by the skymen than
the flight of Chavez over the Alps, per-
Torrance which. though marred at the
conclusion by a mishap in which the avia-
tor was terribly injured, will stand In
history for it's successful daring. 1t mat
tiers nothing that Chavez was compelled
to wait for days to find conditions suit
able for his flight, or that he failed %
complete his journey to the city of Milan,
named in the prize proposition as the
final objective. The real fight was from
Brig to Domodossola. from the northern
to the southern side of the Simplon pass.
From Domodossola on to Milan the flight
would have been merely a matter Of en-
durance and ordinary airplane manage
ment. It was at once the misfortune and
the good fortune of Chavez that he suf-
fered an accident at the Italian town.
Had it not occurred he might have gone
on to make a complete trip from goal to
goal. On the other hand, had it occurred
a few minutes sooner he would undoubt-
eddy have suffered death.
The two great factors of the trans
ascension required to clear the peaks and
the virtual impossibilty Of descent dur
ing the traverse. Thus the achievement
of Chavez stands unique In airplaning.
In practically all other notable flights the
aviator has been in position to descend
in comparative safety. Even when cross
ing large bodies of water such as the
English channel, the Irish sea and Lake
Erie, descent meant only wettfng, with
the best Of chances for remaining afloat
until rescued. Hubert Latham. in, his at
tempts to cross the English channel. twice
fell into the water without harm. When
Curtiss flew from Albany to New York he
descended twice, each time finding a safe
New York to Philadelphia and return he
was obliged to touch the earth unexpect-
eddy in the Jersey swamps. On two or
three occasions the seekers after altitude
honors have been in tr0dble in the air.
finding a descent from an immense height
necessary. but in every case a safe land
ing point has been available. Had any
thing occurred to Chavez during practi-
cally the entire flight from Brig to Do
modossola to necessitate a descent his
chances of finding a safe landing point
would have been as one in 2 thousand.
This crossing Of the Alps by air is Of
problematical value. 1t is evident from
Chavez's experience that the air trip be-
tween Switzerland and Italy is possible
at present only under exceptionally
favorable circumstances. Yet this does
not necessarily argue that trans-Alpine
flights will remain mere sporting spec
tacles involving great hazard. The same
was said Of ordinary low flat-cOuntry
flying a year ago. and yet today there
are apparently no limitations to the en-
terprise of the aviators. 1t is possible
that flights over the Alps may become
commoner and perhaps even safer than
ascents of the great peaks of natures
most famous barrier.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1910-09-24
Gaynor and the oovernorship.

Mr.. Gaynor has now before him. formal.
ly SO to say, the proposition that he
stand as his party's candidate for Gov
ernor Of New York. Democratic leaders
have DISCUSSED the subject with him. and
assured him that he has more strength
than any other man available. His an
swer should be forthcoming within the
next few days.
Two questions enter into the matter: u
Mr.. Gaynor's health. and CD a promise
he made when nominated for mayor ia
serve. II elected. for q full term In that
ONCE.
Mr.kGaynor's physical condition IS salts
tying to his doctors and very gratifying
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1910-09-24
No More.

We used to smile at pictures gay
That showed the farmer as "a jay
Who chewed straw and said by gum!'
And thought that he was going some
II he should spend q silver dime
When up to town to have time.
That was the way we talked Of yore.
We do not talk SO any more.
Your Uncle comes around today,
The owner of a load Of hay,
And live stock, too. and corn and things,
Enough to ransom petty kings.
His bank account is something great,
Besides his bonds and real estate.
And SO his pardon we implore.
Well never josh him any more.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1910-09-24
A Delicate Question.

Remember, my young friend" said the
habitual adviser, there is always room
at the top"
Are you speaking" inquired the Diff
dent young man, ''as a student of prac-
teal affairs or as a phrep0logtst?"
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1910-09-24

1t may be a mistake for some of the
rainbow experts to figure that all the
republicans who have differences among
themselves are going to make a regular
practice Of voting with the democrats.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1910-09-24

limitations that David B. Hill ought
to come out of retirement are of no avail.
Compared to him, Alton B. Parker is
loquacious.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1910-09-24

to be a reigning. beauty in the time OF
Louis XIV, with salon Of her own, has
the ordinary good old times" expert
beaten to a FRAGILE.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1910-09-24
Opulenee.

Does that calf belong to that cow?"
Certainly
Gracious. With milk getting so ex
pensive I don't see how she can affort
to keep it,
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1910-09-24
Worse.

Il strongly suspect said the epicurean
diner, that this sparkling wine is
charged
Worse than that" replied the man
who was paying; ut is overcharsed."
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1910-09-24

There is no evidence that official cour-
tesy will be effaced so far as to cause
a President and an ex-President to be
lacking in respect for each other.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1910-09-24
SHOOTING STARS.
BY PHILANDER job
Following Up the Question.

"That woman is constantly prying into
the -antecedents and personal history OF
prominent people"
YES" replied Miss Cayenne. "She isn't
content with knowing who is who.' She
wants to know why is who.' -
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1910-09-24

Some Of the towns thatsa disappointed
in the census report are lucky in the
fact that enough people did not move
away to overbalance the actual Increase
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1910-09-24

Danville, ILL.,, is determined not to pay
the slightest attention to what Nicholas
Longworth happens to think Of it's IA
Vorite son.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1910-09-24

Progressive politics would have an easy
time IL it were as easy to terrify a trust
as 1t was to cause CONSERVATION in the
Hamilton Club.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1910-09-24

The Storer- Roosevelt letters must
strike Prof. Harry Thurston Peck as a
rather mild style Of correspondence to
occasion so much stir.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1910-09-24

Occasionally grand opera singer is
as relentless in making terms with a
husband as with q manager.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1910-09-24

When Edison tells us That we sleep too
much it is impossible not to remember
that he is in the electric light business.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1910-09-24
An Offering Of Plums.

From the New York World.
Instead Of an olive branch Mr.. Taft
offered the insut1ent republicans q
branch of the plum tree.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1910-09-24
A Literary Repeater.

unanimously / shall write,
And lest I suffer writer's cramp
I'll coin some piquant phrases trite
And use them with rubber stamp.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1910-09-24
His Chance.

From the Chicago Record.Heraid.
Names democratic senator ought to be
good one. He Is the first in forty years
and may be the last for forty more
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1910-09-24
An Omen.

From the Indianapolis News.
Isn't 1t about time for the savants to
discover than the digits OF 1912 add up
to Is. so that 1t Is almost certain to be
politically unlucky for somebody?
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1910-09-24

There is no explaining why the scien-
tific mind is SO suspicious of the oyster
and SO trustful of the Roquefort cheese.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1910-09-24

Most Of w. r.! Hearst's fun in life is
derived from burying the Ratchet and
digging it up again.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1910-09-24

Incidentally, everybody processes to de.
sire party harmony.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1910-09-24

The Sultan Of Sulu may be great and
influential man, but he cannot hope to set
the fashion in trousers.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1910-09-24
Blame Il on the Fish,

From the Chicago Post.
The fish Is the real father Of lies.
The Randall County news. (Canyon City, Tex.) 1908-1926, 1910-07-08
Cotton In New ENGLAND.

A curious experiment in cotton
growing in a northern latitude has
been tried at Indian Orchard, in west
ern Massachusetts says the American
Cultivator. Last year two residents Of
that town succeeded in growing well
developed cotton, and they propose TO
try it again this year-in fact, have the
new crop already well under way. The
seeds are planted in April. and the
growth is rapid. The seeds were OBJ
tanned from bale of cotton from the
south and are from one Of the early
cheap varieties widely grown In that
section. The cotton blossoms are of a
reddish hue and quite fragrant. To
mature the commercial cotton in this
latitude requires rather favored sea-
son. as the plant is easily killed by
frosts. The experiment was tried out
of curiosity and for the sake Of the
sight Of a crop so novel in this lati-
tude Success the first season led the
experimenters TO take the matter up
more seriously and to plant a larger
piece this year to see just what could
be done with early cotton in the north.
The Randall County news. (Canyon City, Tex.) 1908-1926, 1910-07-08

Keep Your PIovss Clean.
The bright finish on your plows cost
you money to secure and Is worth
keeping. Clean every night and grease
well when left for any length Of time
The Randall County news. (Canyon City, Tex.) 1908-1926, 1910-07-08

few cents per pound. From two to
three pounds is sufficient for an acre.
providing it is sown in drills, which
is the proper way. Any soil which
will produce good crop Of turnips
will give good crop of rape The
preparation Of the ground should be
much the same as that for turnips,
although personally have usually
sown rape on ground so much over
run with weeds as TO be unfit for a
spring crop. This is where | found
one great advantage from the crop
l would work the ground over once
or twice before or during seeding. then
after seeding give 1t the necessary
special work and SOW the rape in drills
about two feet apart. By this means
the ground can be worked with scuffler
or horse hoe until the rape has covered
1t over. With suitable growing wealth.
er this only requires about a month or
six weeks.
Where the ground IL moderately
strong and has been wen prepared
rape usually grows from two feet to
thirty inches high and Is fully ready to
either cut and haul to the stable or
turn stock on at from six to eight
weeks after being sown. II intended
for pasture stock should b turned on
to II ut eight weeks, and II the larger
leaves are eaten Of at this time
fresh, tender crop quickly follows.
find that more and better pasture can
be obtained In this way than II left
untouched until fall.
Rape may be sown with fair chance
Of success any time from May until
July 1. The crop may be harvested by
cutting with scythe and throwing in
small heaps. which can be hauled to
the stable as required. Animals should
not be turned into rape while 1t is wet
with dew or rain unless they have had
freedom to it previously.
The Randall County news. (Canyon City, Tex.) 1908-1926, 1910-07-08
OF GENERAL FARM INTEREST,

Cowpeas add nitrogen TO the soil and
improve its mechanical condition. They
are most proftably grown in rotation
with other crops.
A set of farm buildings well painted
impress the passerby favorably. The
same impression is made on the owner.
and that is Of immeasurably more i'm
portance.
Some people judge farmer by the
fences be maintains. The wise man
looks over the fence and sees the crop
in the field. Therefore put your work
on your fields though the fences have
TO groan and croak.
The man who can complacently face
his potato field polluted with weeds
and not disturb his hoe and cultivator
had better let the other man raise the
potatoes and be give all his time TO
crops that can successfully compete
with weeds.
Some one asks. Does 1t pay to take
a hoe into the cornfeld? II the hoe is
knife sharp and you use 1t vigorously
to destroy the stray weeds along the
row 1t pays well. Should you be one
Of those fellows who write the aver
age stun about the man with the hoe
you had better take typewriter.