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The Washington herald. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1906-1939, 1910-02-06
A Bull in a China Shop.

The Central Park Zoo affords interest
10 the average sightseer at all times.
But when an English bulldog afflicted
with an overdose Of cussedness goes on
a rampage among the animals, there is
an amount OF excitement that il would
be difficult TO surpsss. The other day
an unworthy canine leaped the fence Of
the Enclosure where are kept the buffalo,
elk. and deer. What followed can be
surmised.
With the whole arena in a highly nerv-
Gus state, the bulldog directed his at
tenuons first TO a lady buffalo. the hand
soonest one in the paddock. She took
exceptions TO his shifting at her right
foreleg and drew back for a gentle
kick. the dog retreating and advancing
in bounds, keeping away from the hoof,
only 10 find Black Diamond the lady's
husband, approaching on his flank;
whereupon the fight was on. The bull
dog beat a retreat. after having turned
several somersaults. but by this time
the entire buffalo tribe was locoed
While the bisons were in a stampede.
the dog turned his attention 10 the elks
Buck elk, according 10 the biologists,
are more particular about their women
folk than buffalo. The instant the in
truder attempted TO approach a beautiful
doe a large buck perched him on his
horns and tossed him out Of the in
closure.
But our English bulldog friend was
not vanquished- Choosing the deer as
his next victim, he succeeded In biting
two before getting the entire outfit into
nimble frenzy. ABOUT this time Mr
Bulldog reached his Waterloo. for the
COmmotiOn had attracted several Of the
keepers, who awaited their chance and
plugged him full of lead. The dog died
game. One shot in the shoulder did not
suffice but when a bullet passed through
his head he gave up the ghost. Such
excitement the Central Park Zoo had
not seen since tho famous tenor pal
his spectacular visit to the monkey
house
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CAN WE TRUST THE HEN +?
suspicious rs co Her Honesty Are
Beginning To Take Form.

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The Washington herald. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1906-1939, 1910-02-06
A Straw that Probably Shows.

Perhaps we might nationally have eI-
pected Missouri to show Us. Any way,
Missouri has shown us, and in way
that may be a great deal more than mod
erately significant, too.
A successor TO Mr.. De Almond was
elected in the Sixth Congressional district
Of Missouri the other day. He is a Demo-
crat-which is not surprising; and he was
elected by majority just about twice the
size Of the one usually given his distin-
guished predecessor-which is surprising
And thereby hangs a tale.
A great Republican effort was made 70
defeat this Democratic successor to De
Almond; or, at least, TO cut down his
majority very substantially. SpenbInders
galore were sent swarming into the sixth
Missouri, with the approval of the
President" indeed. Even Secretary NageI
took hand in the scrimmage. The tariff
was injected into the dlscussion-the pres
ent Payne-AIdrich bill being made. per-
haps. the paramount" issue Uncle
Joe" and his followers were frankly and
boldly submitted 10 the most critical men
tai inspection of the Missouri voters
What happened has already been set
forth. Every plea in behalf OF the Re
pubIicans was rejected emphatically The
Democratic candidate came forth vic
tor far beyond his most extravagant
dreams. No such piling up of ballots ad-
verse 10 the G. o. 2. ever before was
known in that neck Of the woods. II was
all but unanimous.
This is a straw Of which the Republicans
may well make timely note, we think. It
may mean nothing in particular, but it
probably means a great deal It suggests
a Democratic House Of Representatives In
the next Congress: and the suggestion Is
a phantom of nobody's pipe dream. more
over.
OF course, there are Republicans who
say they viii not care boot if the next
House is Democratic; that, perhaps, as
a matter Of cold. calculated fact, the
c. o, P,'s salvation in 1872 calls for a Dem
ocratic House in 1911. There may be some
thing in that. but it is another story. It
still remains true that the prospect OF a
Democratic House next year grows daily
brighter and brighter. or darker and
darker, as you choose. and that such a
contingency may as well be faced seri-
ousIy now for whatever there is in II.
The Washington herald. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1906-1939, 1910-02-06
Marrying on $1,000 a Year.

Rev. Wright Gibson, of McKees Rocks
near Pittsburg, viii not marry any couple
where the prospective husband has an
income Of less than 5000 a year. Mr..
Gibson thus defines his position: 'Pov-
erty leads TO divorce, and do not pro-
pose to assist the divorce cause"
Mr.. Gibson is the pastor Of the Pres
byterian church in a town where the
great majority of inhabitants are steel
mills employees. Judging from his atti-
tude, his congregation must be small
one. But irrespective Of this, his an
nouncement gives rise TO a question which
could be debated indefinitely and yet not
be settled
With the principle involved there is no
quarrel. Marriage without a marriage
able income is a serious matter, but no
marriage at all is still more serious
Social conditions, habits of life and other
factors enter into the question until the
actual income, measured in dollars, be-
comes of secondary importance. Would
the Rev. Mr.. Gibson bar nine-tenths Of
the population of the country from matri-
mony and would celIbaoy lead 10 ex-
termination Of the race. or would it lead
20 an indiscriminate relation that would
mean the end Of the family?
IN a classification made a few wears
ago by a commercial agency, three
classes were defined. as the rich. middle
class. and the poor. The first embraced
the family with an income over s2.oO0.
the second those with incomes of from
$40 to s2,00o, and the third those with
incomes of less than $3.50. Now. according
10 the Rev Mr.. Gibson, only the rich
could wed.
Should the attempt be made to fix such
"a standard in washington, the govern
ment clerks. Wits the exception of the
chiefs Of departments; the firemen. the
policemen, all the labor union members.
the employees OF the stores. except heads
OF departments and % per cent OF the
negroes would be barred from marriage.
The establishing of an empirical mini
mum by a pastor does no credit to the
church at large. Cost Of living or any
other factor is Of minor consequence in
relation TO the larger sphere Of world
betterment and human progress. The
bTainiest and most useful members Of So
ciety to-day are not the children Of
parents whose incomes measure up TO the
standard of the McKees Rocks minister.
There are other elements 10 be consid-
cred. Morality depends on freedom. not
on restriction. Marriage is a necessary
institution among all classes. and minis
tiers OF the gospel should be the first to
recognize and admit II.
The Washington herald. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1906-1939, 1910-02-06
What Congress Ignored.

From the Kansas City Times.
Up to 1907 the government was over
paying the railroads for hauling the
mails about S5.GOOOOO a year by the
coarsest sort of stealing. In calculating
the rate of pay the mails were weighed
for seven days. and then the total was
divided by six instead of by seven to get
the daily average Even when this fraud
was pointed out by Representative Muir
dock, the House, taking its cue from its
leaders refused 10 correct the error, al
though there was a deficit in the Post
Office Department The grab was stopped
by executive order OF the Postmaster
General The record of the House in this
case Is one reason why the public is
somewhat suspicious OF Congressional &C
tivity in the effort now being made TO
make the magazines-most Of them hos
tile to Cannonism-pay the entire amount
Of the postal deficit.
The Washington herald. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1906-1939, 1910-02-06
TO-DAY IN HISTORY
Gas as an Observation-Disclosures 6.
E.&E zEI.s nd m .Llz1IzILII1lzl11L1-

T. 4. WiHsOT. an EnCliShman, Is gen.
orally recognized as the father of mod
ern gas lighting" While not the first
man to realize the Importance Of illum-
mating gas, vet through his energy he
was able to establish such lighting in
England, and its development followed
rapidly.
By general consent the merit OF the
discovery and application Of artificial gas
belongs to Robert Murdoch, a Scotch
man. Previous. however, TO Murdoch s
time there occurred numerous suggestive
observations and experiments as to In
fiammable air and its sources.
Winsor was in Paris in 1901, and while
there became acquainted with NJ Lebon.
The latter had introduced gas distilled
from wood into his home. WiusOr be-
came deeply interested. and upon his re-
turn 10 England he took up the subject
with zeal and an unwearying patience
which led TO a recognition of the advan-
taEes Of the system. and the breaking
down of the powerful prejudice which
existed in England against the innova-
ton
he worked on the subject for two
years, and finally the first plant was in
stalled in the Lyceum Theater in London
in 1863, and on February that building
was Illuminated with gas, the first that
was used for that purpose in the world.
1t was not until 1910, however. that he
succeeded in forming a public company
for manufacturing gas. In 1916 gas was
common as an illuminant in London.
As street iIluminant gas was first
introduced in ST. Margaret's parish in
The Washington herald. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1906-1939, 1910-02-06

London. Paris was lighted in 1870. and
thereafter gas was gradually introduced
in all the large cities of the Continent
In the United States the use OF iIum-
mating gas was agitated as early as
1872; but it was first successfully intro
duced in Baltimore in 1871. in Boston in
1870, in New York gradually between
1923 and 1927. and in Philadelphia about
the same time This is as to general it,
Illuminating, but a number of years preyi-
Gus TO this time gas was used in various
buildings The first gas lights ever seen
in America We're exhibited by Ambrose
& Co. manufacturers Of fireworks. in
Philadelphia, who advertised that. in adj
dition to the ordinary fireworks of COM
bustible material they would show a
grand firework by means of light COM
busted Of inhammable air"
The use of a natural gas in China and
Persia Is said 10 date back TO a very
remote period. IN the United States
Gen. Washington is said to have visited
a burning spring on the Great Kanawha
River, near the present site of Charles
ton. W. Va, but the first recorded use
of natural gas in this country was in
1924 at Fredonia, New York State, where
it was piped from well for Illuminating
purposes. In 1871 il was used in the
Great kanawha Valley for heating salt
furnaces, but its extensive use did not
begin until 1872, at Fairview, Pa In 1873
it was first used for iron smelling at
Etna Borough, near Pittsburg. and in
1886 was carried TO Pittsburg from the
HaymaSer well, near Murraysyille, nine
teen miles distant Since then It's use
| has steadily increased.
The Washington herald. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1906-1939, 1910-02-06
VACATION AND SICK LEAVE.
Government Clerk Had Figured on
Something. bur Fate InteFfePed.

From the National Magazine.
Government clerks lD Washington are
allowed so much time every year Tor
vacation and so much for sick leave.
The improved health OF the capital City
has eliminated tie sick leave require
ments. and O: recent years clerks have
been somewhat worried az TO now they
should continue % secure il IN view OF
their robust health a conversation over
heard in one Cf the corridors throws
light on the situation
You bet ! was up against it last
August"
Thought YOU had fine vacation
what was the matter.
Vacation was AL Tight-it was before
J started. You see, / secured medical
certificates from Two different doctors
the first was an insurance doctor. who
gave me clean 5in Of health 10 OBJ
tain a policy. The other doctor was @
friend Of mine. and he gave me a certif-
cate that would help out on my vacation
for extended sick leave"
well, what Of f.? Lots Of rs do
that Does your conscience prick you
now
"WcU, T shuf7ed the two certificates
and sent the Insurance doctor assurance
OF good health 90 my chief, with a note
asking for extended leave. the paper
making me out desperately III sent to
the Insurance company.
What on earth did y0U-I see You
have not lost your position"
We'll. lay awake all one night w0r-
ryins. In the morning had an iuspira-
toni told the chief the truth"
The Washington herald. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1906-1939, 1910-02-06
INDIANS AS SERVANTS.
The Sauaw Is the Only Hired Girl
Help on Zap in Carson City.


Frcm the New York Sun
Carson City, the capital of Nevada, is
probably the only city in the country
where the hired girl is a squaw. To
the Carson City housewife every Indian
man is Jim and every Indian woman is
sally Neither Jim nor Sally can ever
be depended on 10 woik regularly, but
as other help is scarce and high-priced
the occasional services which they deign
to render are always welcome.
Whenever Sally wants 20 work she
always opens the kitchen door without
the formahty Of a knock and says
"MahayIe Cwoman), you want work
done?" or. simply. Me heap hogadi.
which means that she is hungry and
wants To work for a meal
An Eastern woman is apt TO De fright
cned the first time this happens or the
first time she looks and sees a bucks
swarthy face pressed against the outside
Of the window, but she soon learns that
Jim and Sally are quite tame
Sometimes Sally comes shivering to the
door in winter with baby under her
blanket. She is heap cold" and wants
to toast herself and the queer little
morsel Of humanity on her back at the
kitchen fire Sometimes sally will bring
an armful of baskets 10 sell at the door,
and then the Eastern woman rejoices ex-
ceedingly. for she knows that she can
pick mp for a few cents baskets that she
would have to pay dollars for in the
stores.
The housewife likes TO get a Pinte
Sally to work for her if possible, for
she is cheaper, more industrious, and
more adaptable than the Shoshons OF
Washoe SaIlies The remnants Of these
three tribes have their homes up in the
high hills above Carson. where no one
else wants the land. They come down
to the city every day. but they never
/ stay there over night.
| The Eastern woman in Carson never
/ fails to look from her window al the
sunset and watch them making their way
along the trail, Indian fle. IN and out
winds the long line across the face or
/ the darkened mountain, always ascend
/ ing, the last sunbcdms flashing on their
/ red blankets. Each Jim is Invariably
with his own Sally. the squaw elways
carrying the papoosc. but the father
/ sometimes she -ldering a tired fodder.
I Up winds the long file 20 the brush te-
/ pes at Underline. where each tribe in
/ its own place, separate from the other
7 two. cooks its scanty food at its little
camp fire and goes to deep among the
moaning pines.
The Washington herald. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1906-1939, 1910-02-06
PEOPLE ANDThING
The Third Degree.


The methods adopted by the detectives
and police of some cities commonly
known as the third degree" which COM
pei the utterance of material evidence
under nerve-racking strain, possess much
that is inhuman-even barbatic, and II is
well TO see that the highest court of the
state OF Washington has recently placed
the third degree on the shelf ia setting
aside conviction in a felony case where
II was proved that a material witness
under threats Of a prosecuting officer tes-
tined as That officer suggested. This
tribunal held that Il were better By far
that criminals should escape punishment
than that the courts should condOne such
proceedings as were the backbone Of the
third degree.
The Washington herald. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1906-1939, 1910-02-06
Under the Ocean.

Whether or not the light OF day pene-
trates the obscure depths Of the sea has
not been settled by scientists, and the
fact that some animals found at d depth
exceeding 700 fathOms have 40 eyes or a
very faint indication Of them, while 9th
ers possess very large and prouuding
eyes. helps to make the dispute all the
more sharp. Another strange thing about
the lower depths of the ocean is that
when its inhabitants possess any color at
all that color is usually orange or red,
or reddish orange-for example. sea ane-
monies. corals. shrimps. and crabs The
surface Of submarine mountains is streWn
with shells, like the virgin seashore,
showing that il is the feaSting place OF
vast shoals of carniverous animals. When
Goldfish eats he takes an oyster i'm his
mouth. cracks the shell, digests the meat.
and elects the smell. Grabs crack the
shells Of their smaller neighb0rs and suck
out the meat This accounts for the
imouuds Of shells which are found beneath
the waves. All fish bones discovered there
/ invariably Crumbe al the slightest
touch. so completely have they been
honeyc0mbed by the boring sheIhsh, and
further illustrating the constant destruc-
ton going on IN the oceans depth. IL is
said that if ship sinks ar sea with All
on board it viii be eaten by the fish,
with the exception Of its metal portions
and not a human bone Of its crew will
remain longer than a few days.
The Washington herald. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1906-1939, 1910-02-06
Very Much Cheaper.

From the YouE5r Statesman.
Yeast-A cheap substitute for the COW
is In use in Japan II is the Sofa bean.
which. after having been cooked and
pressed, yields nutritious substitute
for milk.
Crimsonbeak-And then, again, the
Sofa bean doesn't break down a five
rail fence and 90 cavorting across the
road into your neighbours cornfeld and
eat up about SIS worth Of good market
able stuff for which sou have TO pay.
The Washington herald. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1906-1939, 1910-02-06
Norwegian servants.

The laws Of Norway regulating the re-
latious between servant and family would
have particularly ftung application
here IN Washington, where the servant
question is one of the bugbears OF all
housekeepers. For instance. under the
law Of Norway it is alnostsunknown for
a dissatisfied or disgruntled servant 20
leave her position without permission. The
reason for this lies in the fact that I'm
cases where she does make this move
the servant is liable 10 arrest. imprison-
ment, and fine. Naturally, therefore such
eases are rare, But, on the other hand.
the servant has the protection Of the law
from unjust treatment at the hands Of
her employer. for il is not allowed for a
family 10 discharge an unsatisfactory
servant without official Intervention and
the approval Of a magistrate. The wages
paid domestic in Norway are warranted
70 make an American housewife smile.
also. Good cooks are paid from 81 90 81
per month. while hOusemaids and kitchen
maids receive even less than this.
The Washington herald. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1906-1939, 1910-02-06
THE REAL CONSERVATIVE.

These DAYS the merry crook and thug
Are working soon and late,
So i0yfulT. so HAPPILY.
So busily elatc,
But all the news Of them we Print
Is old as u can be
Twas Pharaoh had it carved in stone
\ thousand years p. c.
When Deacon Hiram jU.rneyea from
His little town Of TIVE
lie found the price Of fun at Thebas
Was just a trife higher;
They left his whiskerines 10 him
And blessed his dea- old soul
When Joshua went 10 NineYeh
They always got his roll.
When fsr Phoenicia's wandering bows
Got rather flushed with wine
The Larkeeus gave them wooden change.
In dear old Palestine
When jason. from the rowdy West.
Game rompiug back to Greece.
The CAV Atheuians got his goat
And kept the Gold'l Fleece.
The ethics Of a certain set
Are really just as loose
As on the day Dclilah dropped
The dope ia Samson's booze.
She left he Filings IN his teeth.
But stole his golden locks
When Reuben went 10 Babylon
They even took his socks.
When Dcmucl Tubbs (aced fifty comes
From Illinois or Maine
To meet the waiting thug ani get .
Conclusion Of the brain.
Nhy act surprised, or treat the fact
As if the fact were news
The thugs the real conservative.
And SLOW 10 change his views.
Don Marquis. In the New York American.
The Washington herald. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1906-1939, 1910-02-06
Gnnd AdNicr

Prom the Kansas City Journal
Ofcer-Why were you late in barracks
last night. sir?
Private-Train from the South was very
late. sir.
Oficer-Very good. Next time the
trains late. take care you come by an
earlier one.
The Washington herald. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1906-1939, 1910-02-06
He Explains.

Il haven't seen you for some years.
What business are you inT'
I'm on the stage. doing Il musical
turn"
You had a poor ear for music when a
boy"
And have yet / can only play Annie
Laurie, sand l can't play that very well.
How do You get By with it?''
It's very simple. I play it on a stove
pipe. on clam shells. on coffee pots, and
on cigar box fiddle. The result Is a
prime vaudeville act"
The Washington herald. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1906-1939, 1910-02-06

OF the prohibition wing of the Democratic
party" The man who cannot get himself
supplied with political wings of one kind
or another in Alabama nowadays surely
must be a slow citizen.
The Washington herald. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1906-1939, 1910-02-06

If those naughty people responsible for
the high cost Of living have tears TO shed,
they must prepare 70 shed them now.
That militant and aggressive friend OF
the masses. the Hon. Stephen 3. ElIins,
of West Virginia is on their TRAN armed
and equipped with a particularly sharp
stick,
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\ contemporary insists that the United
States 'ougfft to do something for Com
mandeT Peary.' But, with the magazines,
the publishing houses. and the lecture
platform. Commander Peary seems to be
doing very well for himself.
The Washington herald. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1906-1939, 1910-02-06

Mr.. Tafts declaration that nobody
ever drops In on the White House" seems
a little rough on Senator Bailey, Senator
Tillman, and former Senator Foraker
three notables recently reported in that
vicinity
The Washington herald. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1906-1939, 1910-02-06
Vardaman BIames Trusts,

From the New York Tribune
ExGov. James X. Vardaman charges that the
trusts 'conspiring' TO prevent his election as
United States Senator from Mississippi Most people
will think that the trusts have troubles enough Of
their own nowadays 70 keep them from hunting for
new sources Of vexatiOB in Mississippi politics