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The Washington herald., 1910-01-06
Searching Tax Dodgers.

II IS an interesting effort that Gov
Harmon. Of Ohio. IS making to bring about
complete and equitable collection OF
taxes on personal property. He under
takes the task of enforcing the command
of the constitution of the State that all
property OF every kind shall be taxed by
a uniform rule. according to its true value
in money" He asks the legislature TO
make a statute that shall be stringent and
effective. He would block the method Of
evasion by citizens who claim residence
in another State. This device he would
thwart by requiring every one who lives
in Ohio during any part of the year 10
make a full return Of his taxable prop
erty. Upon this the tax would be coll
lected unless the owner gives satisfactory
evidence that II has been duly taxed in
another State. Failure to establish that
fact should be made conclusive proof Of
residence in Ohio. Still another method
is to require that any one bringing suit
involving property shall be rec uired 70
show that the property shall not have
escaped taxation.
It is proposed that no estate shall be dis
tributed without proof that all moneys,
credits, and securities OF the deceased
were duly returned for taxation" Other
wise the property in default. or some part
Of q must 90 IN the STATE, or aIsa thara
must be payment OF an amount equal to
what the taxes would have been had
proper returns been made This expert
ment will be observed with careful
scrutiny by students OF taxation. The root
OF the matter would appear to lie in
individual honesty and public spirit
Without them the INSCRIPTIONS will con-
tinue 10 profit at the expense Of citizens
who fulfill conscientiously their financial
obligation to the Commonwealth.
The Washington herald., 1910-01-06
Great Cities nnd Big Ones.

From the American City.
a city can be great without being big.
and If one-half of the energy expended
by chambers Of commerce and boards OF
trade in booming their cities were de-
voted to lettering them the results would
be more satisfactory, even from a bUsi-
ness standpoint There are already q
number Of relatively or actually small
American cities 10 which people OF means
are moving by choice because they ara
desirable places 20 live in or in which
to bring up children. Civic virtue is be-
coming an asset that the shrewd business
man viii not long overlook.
The Washington herald., 1910-01-06

his ways We r-eonhdentially-tha
there have been moments. too. when
"Uncle Joe" disapproved of us. notwith-
standing the fact that he seemed not to
think II necessary to make any extra
ordinary stir because of that surprising
circumstance. But nothing has ever come
under our analytical observation that has
led US TO suspect for one moment that
he Is anything less than honest, candid,
loyal to his friends. and reasonably fair
to an enemy. And we can forgive man
great many sins. both Of omission and
commission. when we can feel that way
about him.
II it were not that we might be held
guilty of endeavoring to damn the Speaker
with faint praise. we should advance the
suggestion that, in any event, he is as
good as HIS crowd Even then. of course,
opinions would vary as to how much of a
real compliment that IS. And yet, when
we get right down 10 hard pan, the
Speaker is nothing more or less than the
concentration OF majority oontrol-and
''Cannonism'' in the House simply means
regnant regular Republicanism therein,
and you cannot get away from IT,
Now, II anybody desires to exhaust the
supply Of superheated adjectives bonn
harding that-why, that is his business.
and it is a very different sort of PROPOSE
ton We merely opine that It Is not fit
and proper that the sins of the multitude
be visited exclusively upon the Speaker,
and for no other apparent reason than
that he is shining mark and easily
reached
The Washington herald., 1910-01-06
SOME PRIZE MISTAKES.
Selection of school Boy Errors SUBJ
mitted in Competition.

mitted in Competition.
From the Detroit News.
The following is a selection from large
number of "howlers" submitted in con-
nection with a prize competition. ar
ranged by the University Correspondent
for the best collection Of twelve mistakes
made hy sehooIboys;
Lord Raleigh was the first man 20 see
the Invisible Armada.
In India a man out OF cask may not
marry a woman out of another cask.
Tennyson write In Memorandum"
George Eliot left a wife and children to
mourn his GENT.
Thomas Beckett used 10 wash the feet Of
leopards
Henry 7 died Of eating Palfreys.
Louis XVI was gelatined during the
French revolution.
Romulus obtained the first citizens for
Rome by opening q lunattc asylum
The Rhine is bordered by wooden noun
tains.
AIgcbraical symbols are used when you
don't know what you are talking about.
Geometry teaches US how TO bisex an
ge,s
Gravitation is that which II there were
none we should all fly away.
a renegade is a man who kills a king.
The press to-day is the mouth organ
OF the people
A lie is an aversion TO the truth.
A deacon is the lowest kind OF Chris
tian.
PythaEOras built bridge for asses.
Etymology Is a man who catches butter
flies and stuffs them.
Women's suffrage is the state OF suf-
fering to which they were born.
II pleUt a veTse.-He cries at poetry.
lie occur purife.-The disinfected yard.
Ad hostes supplies sucerdotes venerunt.
The priests came 10 the enemy IN their
SUPPLIES.
Terra tribus scopulis vastum procurrit
in aequor.-The earth being laid waste by
three scorpions runs into the sea.
Celeri saucius malus Africo.-Celery
sauce is had for an African.
Hors de eombat-The hour OF battle.
The Washington herald., 1910-01-06
As 10 " Uncle Ioe."

Says the Bristol Herald-Courier:
'one Of the curious Developments ot recsut months
IS the esteemed Washington HeTaId's neara dmirs-
ton Of the Ancient and Honorable Joseph C.
Cannon"
Oh, We know it is more or less the fad
TO take a fall out Of the Speaker when
ever occasion Iegitlmately presents itself
OF may be manufactured nowadays and
we have no crow to pick with our
esteemed contemporary that It evidences
a disposition to join the anvil chorus
with respect to that gentleman; but we
have labored to small purpose in the
journalistic vineyard if we have not yet
learned to be fair, even at the sacrifice
Of some applause from the galleries now
and then, IL necessary.
It may be that distance lends enchant-
ment TO certain phases OF the political
game as it Is played in Washington. es-
pecially relating to the House OF Repre-
sentatives. but right here on the home
base a great deal of buncombe and
nonsense that passes for patriotism and
proposed reform a thousand miles away
does not impress profoundly or last
ingly. We have watched the outs seek
ing 10 overthrow the Tins" for a good
many years in Washington. and the pre-
pOnderance OF virtue has always seemed
To dwell with the cuts as against the
''ins"-to hear the "outs" tell it, We
have heard Speakers abused and severely
arralgned by statesmen who afterward
came into power themselves only to out
Herod all deposed Herods in the matter
Of striving for partisan advantage and
the material things that go along with
majority control.
The Herald-Courier is mistaken when
il fiippantly refers to our so-called near
admiration" for the present Speaker OF
the House. Such admiration as we have
for hIm-and we have an abundance-is
real and maturely considered. But we
have never undertaken to apologize for
him or especially to defend him. If we
did, it would be entirely gratuitous: and
not that we thought it mattered particu-
larry 10 him, save in so far as any man so
constantly under fire might incline to ap-
preeiats an effort to be just toward
him
Mr.. Cannon probably has his faults.
even though We more erudite Heralds and
Herald-couriers may not have. and. hence.
Mr.. Cannon seemingly has done many
things Of political nature that he ought
not to have done, and has left undone
many things that he ought to have done.
There have been melancholy moments
when we disapproved of Uncle Joe" and
fAin would have had him see the error of
The Washington herald., 1910-01-06
TO-DAY TO-DAY IN HISTORY
Birthday of the Telegraph-January g.

To-day is the birthday Of one OF the
greatest and most useful inventions Of
all times, the telegraph. II was on
January 6. 1888. that the first telegraph
apparatus was completed. Samuel F. B.
Morse possessed the master mind which
conceived this wonderful instrument. but
he lacked the money TO carry out his
project. He gave private demonstra-
lions Of what he had accomplished, but
through the financial assistance Of Alfred
Vail, also an electrician and inventor.
Morse's ideas were put into workable
shape. Alfred Vail, following MOrses
plans. constructed the instrument. which
was made at the Speedwell Iron Works.
near Morristown, y. J.
The work was conducted with great
secrecy. William Baxter, who was an
employee at the works. rendered valuable
assistance. Morse had devised a series
of ten numbered leaden types. which
were to be operated in giving the signals,
but which necessitated the use of a die
tionary by which the numbers could be
translated into words This was not sat
isfactory to Vail, and he constructed an
entirely new instrument involving a
lever or point" on a radically different
principle, which. when tested, produced
dots and dashes,
Vail found that the letter "e" was the
most frequently used. and he accordingly
assigned it the shorter symbol. a single
dot. He visited a printing Office, and
from the problem, as worked out In the
compositor's case, devised the famous
dot-and-dash alphabet. misnamed the
Morse" At last the machine was in
working order and Baxter. on January
s, hatless and coatless, announced the
good news that the machine was COM
The Washington herald., 1910-01-06
Nerve Strain on Soldiers.

Col. Surg Dannehl. Of the German
army. makes an assertion which has Gre
ated stir in Europe. In the new Army
Medical Journal the officer says: 1.-THE
next time Germany goes 10 war 1t will
be with an army which is thrice as
nervous as in 1870
This statement is backed up with fig
ures taken from the statistics OF the
Medical Service Corps, where it is shown
that in the last ten years the number of
nerve sufferers in the German army has
increased by $50 per cent. and those at
flieted with hysteria by 800 per cent
Owing TO the stress of modern times
these numbers are increasing relatively
each year.
The figures are alarming, but the state
ment is not OVeTdTawn, as the investi-
gator points out that no account is taken
of the large number of cases of latent hys-
terra and of a stin larger number of indi-
viduals whose nerves may be expected
to give way under the baptism of fire
The next war. the writer SAYS. will
make tremendous demands on the SOL
diers' nervous systems. and only those
whose nerves are Of steel will be able
20 bear the strain. He therefore recon-
mends that a strict watch be kept by
Tegimental commanders over the nervous
efficiency Of their troops, so that for
specially trying tasks a contingent could
always be Immediately selected whose
condition would enable them to stand the
strain with the best prospect of success.
Life has become more complex. and the
specializing process through which we
are passing has had its effect on the
nervous system. We now concentrate our
energies, which means that We sap vital
!ty by allowing the greater part of our
physical and mental faculties and func-
tons to become atrophied. We live IN
der a constant strain. and the genera
tons to come VIII be the greater suffer
ers. Figures are not at hand, but the
proportion OF insane may not be greater,
for those who in past decades went in
sane now perish, lacking the stamina TO
survive the pressure.
The pace set in America and Europe Is
destructive; We all know It, yet make no
effort TO change conditions. The sur
vival OF the fttest no longer has the
same meaning it had when first used
Those who now survive conserve the
energy others disslpate, probably for the
benefit of mankind, but certainly to their
own destruction.
The Washington herald., 1910-01-06
A Jacobs Story.

From Success Magazine.
w. W. Jacobs. the humorist. tells the
following story:
A lawyer defending q man accused Of
HOUSEKEEPING spoke like this.
Your honor, I submit that my client
clio not break into the house at all. He
found the paTior window open and mere
ly inserted his arm and removed a few
trifing articles. Now, my clients arm is
not himself, and I fail to see how you
can punish the whole individual for an
offense committed only by one OF his
limbs
That argument" said the Judge, lis
very well put. Following It logically. I
sentence the defendants arm to one
years Imprisonment. He can accompany
it or not, as he chooses"
The defendant smiled, and with the
lawyers assistance unscrewed his cork
arm. and. leaving II on the dock. walked
out
The Washington herald., 1910-01-06
THE BREAKFAST BELL.

later T. A. PEGS The Bells."l
Hear the meaning Of the bell
Breakfast bell
What host Of hOTid feelings seems to dwell
In the slowly wakening brain
OF the comfortable swain
As he dotes upon the Tptures Of his bed
And its peremptory tones
Seem TO penetrate his bones
While they serd the CsIrsss c0ursing to his head
And the people-ah the people
They who TUuse him from his sleepn
Come ard tread
Round about bis bedroom doornat-they would
surely wake the dead.
And they daily come and storm al him until his
sleep is fed
tAnd he feels it's quite inhuman
On the part Of any woman,
So to- speak,.
And their voices seem 20 swell
To a wild une1rthy yell
And he stands it for a spell
Til he feels it's very plain be viii miss his morn
ing train
And his morning feed az wen
so he answers 20 the bell
Rises grOaning at the bell.
A. the meaning Of the bell.
OF the horrible, unutterable bell.
Truth.
The Washington herald., 1910-01-06
Atmosphere I'm London.

FrnEn an Exchange.
Yes; this is bad weather" said Sem
ator Tillman. on day Of rain and sleet.
1T IS nothing to London, though.
"Once, on a dripping winter day IN
London. a sulphur-brOwn or pea-soup fog
in the air, and everybody drenched to the
skin. sat on bus top beside a Parsee
in red fez.
when the Parsee got off. the driver
OF the bus. touching his hat with his
whip said TO me:
"'Would you mind tellln' me. sir. wot
sort O. chap that is?
He's a Parsee,' said l. An Indian,
you know; a sun worshiper'
Worships the sun, does he. sir? said
the wet and shivering driver. I suppose
he's come ere 10 ave a rest"
The Washington herald., 1910-01-06

pleted. An experiment wa made with
a coil Of wire three miles long Vail was
at one end of the wire and Morse was
at the other. Walls father. who was
skeptical as to the possibility of such an
instrument, wrote on a piece Of paper
"A patient waiter Is no loser" and said
III you can send this, and Mr.. Morse
can read II at the other end, I shall be
convinced" 1t was accomplished and
the fathers delight knew no bounds. The
machine was taken to Washington and
caused not only wonder but excitement
The first telegraph line was constructed
between Washington and Baltimore. and
the first instrument used is now In the
custody OF the National Museum. at
Washington
May "a. 1874, the official test was made
In charge Of the Baltimore end OF the
wire was Alfred Vail, Morse's partner
while at the other instrument IN the
chamber of the United States Supreme
Court, at Washington, sat the inventor
himself, now fifty-three years old sur
rounded by his friends and high govern
ment officials.
Morse had promised his young friend,
Miss Ellsworth, who had surprised him
a year before with the news of the pas
sage Of his bill. that she should send the
first message. Her mother suggested the
words What hath God wrought" and
they were accepted by the inventor, who
found them quite in accord with his own
religious feelings. Written in the Morse
alphabet the four words were transmitted
to Baltimore. and a moment later were
flashed back by Mr.. Vail 1t was the first
message to be recorded on a complete
line Of telegraph. and with It the triumph
OF the inventor was complete.
The Washington herald., 1910-01-06
Mr. Cannon and Insurgents.

From the Boston Herald
Speaker Cannon snCers al Senator Cummins BE-
cause he repeats himself. But that fact does not
warrant sneeTs. One Of the interesting and warn
ing facts about Cummins and his felloW-inslrgents
Is that they are repeating what they have said in
the past.
The Washington herald., 1910-01-06
The Versatile MIR. webster.

J. F Rhodes IN Historical Essays"
An English gentleman remarked 10 an
American: What a giant intellect that
Webster OF yours had To think OF so
great an orator and statesman writing
that dictionary But felt sure that one
who lowered so much above HIS fellows
would come TO a bad end, and I was
not bit surprised 70 learn that he had
been hanged for the murder Of Or
parknan"
The Washington herald., 1910-01-06

a carload OF Texas turkeys that re-
Gently Melted the producer Il cents per
pound was finally disposed Of to the gen.
tie consumer at SO cents per pound Looks
as If that dear Mr.. Johnsing, the middle
man, may get a fairly healthy rake-off
somewhere along the line OF these trans
actions
The Washington herald., 1910-01-06

The Augusta Chronicle OF Monday last
carried an editorial on The Checks You
Can Write" Oh, one can write all sorts
Of checks. and one may, indeed; but
most of the time-anyway, what's the
lsa9
The Washington herald., 1910-01-06

Mr.. Gaynor's high opinion Of Mr.. Charles
Murphy. publicly expressed is entirely
to Mr. Gaynors credit, perhaps; but even
Mr. Murphy viii admit that ii tempers
precious little wind TO the numerous
shorn lambs of Tammany persuasion.
The Washington herald., 1910-01-06

Charles r. Carruth, a New York attor-
ney, who is at the Raleigh and IS repre-
senung the interests Of the tobacco trust
before the Supreme Court, related a pc
Culiar coincidence yesterday. He said:
Il happened TO meet at the Supreme
Court another lawyer who IS connected
with the case. and in exchanging names,
he gave HIS as Edward G. Rogers, Of s..
Paul, Mimi One word brought on an
other. and finally he asked me where I
was from told him Berlin, Wis, where
upon he informed me that he also was
from that place. 1t finally developed
that his family lived across the street
froI. my people, and that used TO know
him quite well when both OF Us were
boys, which was more than forty years
ago. We certainly never thought at that
time the we would meet again, both as
lawyers, representing the same case be-
fore the same tribunal What a small
world this is, after alp"
The Washington herald., 1910-01-06
The Speaker and Ohio.

From the Charleston News and Courier.
Il cannot be too clearly understood that Can
nonism IS Republicanism. the p1rest, uuest Re
publicanism. When, therefore. Ohio papers &C
knowledge that Cannonism is without support in
Ohio they acknowledge that the Republican star
there has SET.
The Washington herald., 1910-01-06
nI-provided for a Rainy Day.

From Mems Wear
Thousands OF men who might we'll af-
ford to do so never carry an umbrella
Far from being ashamed at such a con-
fession, they make of It a vainglorious
boast Many an otherwise sensible man
suffers from this weakness.
The Washington herald., 1910-01-06

Gov Vardafnan says he IS being bit
terly opposed" for the Senate by the
great moneyed interests" That may be
the surface view; deep down in their
hearts, we suspect, the great moneyed
interests rather favor Gov Vardaman
for Senator.
The Washington herald., 1910-01-06

The Houston Post has been making
iers Sunday editorials, and now the
Charleston paper vouehsafes the inter-
esting information that they are written
by lady" Looks like trouble for the
Post
The Washington herald., 1910-01-06
Mr.. Taft and the Railways.

From the New York Evening Post
II is reported that President Taft "cheerfuliy''
accepted few minor verbal alterations urged by
the railway men, but sadly disappointed at their
general attitude Of hostility to the large changes
he has in mind. But was anything else soberiy
10 be expected from the conferencsg
The Washington herald., 1910-01-06
At the Play.

I'm worried about that pore actress
turned out In the SNOW"
Save yer Worry. ma. The usher tells
me the cars are stalled outside. That
actor lady's hotel is next door, but we
gotter walk two miles through the drifts"
The Washington herald., 1910-01-06
A LITTLE NONSENSE.
NoT pERFEcT

Her hair is dark. with glossy CLINT
And sheen.
Except where purs, OF lighter tint,
Are seen.
Her skin is soft; tbs snowy. too.
And nice,
Save where the freckles glimmer through
The rice.
She does not claim to be a belle,
Or boast:
And after ALL she looks as well
AS most.
The Washington herald., 1910-01-06
Mr.. clark Is sanguine.

From the New York sun.
II the Hon Champ Clark has any confidence in
this law Of chances kind Of logic the Republican
party is doomed ana the millennium is in sight
for people who Tor so long a time have fatuously
rejected Democratic statesnanship
The Washington herald., 1910-01-06
Going Rnck.

why are the funny men always kick
ing about the turkey hash?"
Give It up"
II think it's good thing. It makes the
descent from white meat TO corn beef kind
OF gradual like"
The Washington herald., 1910-01-06

rs life 2 blank TO you now?''
What makes you ask such a question
as that?"
You haven't made any entries IN your
diary for several days"
The Washington herald., 1910-01-06
Nfr. RonseveIt,s Quer..

From he lafayette CoGFief,
Now aud then word from the interior of the
DARK Continent says that Mr.. Roosevelt stn seeks
a white rhinoceros. Provided he finds one. the
beast would be worth more than reams and reams
Of d0llar-a-wOTd manuscript.
The Washington herald., 1910-01-06

Mr.. John Barrett has been elected
president of the Esperanto Association.
However. Mr. Barrett IS still perfectly
willing TO tell anybody anything he may
want TO know. and in perfectly good
English, moreover.
The Washington herald., 1910-01-06

Times change. Bill Chandler can hang
his hat anywhere in the White House
now says the Boston Herald. Still. he
has not yet hung il over the picture CT
MIR. Theodore Roosevelt,
The Washington herald., 1910-01-06

long before he went TO the New York
World. The Journal does not mean to
intimate, however. that 'Bobs" subse-
auent work should be rated-er-overripe.
The Washington herald., 1910-01-06

7 believe that the primary purpose
Of Mr. Knox's activity against me was
10 force my resignation says Hon Ze-
laya. BY and by, Hon Zelaya viii likely
conclude that Senator Rayner Is no
friend Of bis. either.
The Washington herald., 1910-01-06
Mr.. HuII's Preamble.

From the Philadelphia Public Ledger.
Representative Hull IS now proposing that Con
gress shall investigate the increased cost Of living
This Is very proper suggestion. but the preamble
Of Mr.. Hulls resolution suggests That he already
knows 50 much about II as 10 make prolonged
inquiry needless.
The Washington herald., 1910-01-06

Fortune knocks once at every mans
door, says the Blakely Reporter. Which
shows that it is not always we'll 10 be
impatient with knockers.
The Washington herald., 1910-01-06
ANENT OUR STATESMEN.
Mr.. CIark,s Defense.

From the Atlanta Constitution.
Since the eloquent defense Of Champ CLARK, the
Missouri mule has no kick coming
The Washington herald., 1910-01-06
Rnck 20 Eirst PrincinIe.-

"They used to hang man In England
for stealing a pig
We'll it VIII be grand larceny in this
country before long II prices keep go
ing up"
The Washington herald., 1910-01-06
De. HitchcocIk,s Resignntion.

From the Hartford Times
The truth seems TO be that Mr.. Hitchcock had
3Ir. RooseTeIts own part in the business in mind
when he wrote that letter Of November -, 1895
putting on record this statement Of the powerful
influences that had been eXerted TO weaken the
hand Of the law
The Washington herald., 1910-01-06
No, 1t Doesn't.


From Judge
The management of one Of the big
opera houses in New York has to pay
g 900 week for conductors"
Does It pay the same rate for motor
men?'s
The Washington herald., 1910-01-06

Win not some one-legged jack tar, some
time butchered to make sharks holt
day. come forward and confound the
New York Sun and its antl-man eating
shark crusade?
The Washington herald., 1910-01-06

The Belgians have started off their
new King with the title of Albert the
Good" just to show there are no hard
feelings. presumably.