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The Washington herald., 1910-07-08
A Much-needed Economy.

It is all very well TO do what may be
done to cut down the operating expenses
of the government. but what is needed
more than anything else in this era of
high prices is something that viii cut
down the operating expenses of the indi-
vidual. and it is to this problem, we be-
leve. that the authorities should address
themselves. Among the many things that
might be done by governmental activity
10 make the burden of expenses to the
common people less, there IS nothing that
seems quite soGobvious as the establish
ment Of parcels post system. So far
as We are aware, there has never been
one intelligent or sane objection to this
If nothing has been done. it has simply
been because the people are Indifferent;
because the matter has not been urged
strongly enough. or because the enormous
profits unjustly made by the express com
panies are not sufficiently well known by
the people
Here is an extract from the Wall
Street Journal:
ut looks as If the Wells-Fargo stock
holders have been able to eat their cake
and have it, too. After increasing
their capital stock 200 per cent and declar-
ing g 30e per cent cash dividend, some
time ago. a quarterly dividend has now
been declared on the increased amount of
stock at the same rate as prevailed before
that increase took place. This is the real
argument against parcels post, and yet
the consumer remains ungrateful."
When John wanamaker was Postmas-
ter General, twenty years ago. he de-
clared that there were four arguments
against the parcels post system, and he
enumerated them as follows: The Adams
Express Company. the Fargo Ex-
press Company. the Pacific Express Com
pany, end the American Express Com
pany. Since that time no Postmaster
General has been able to urge any other
or more potent objections to the estab-
lishment Oh the system.
There are weli-informed legislators who
declare that the postal laws give to the
government the monopoly of carrying the
The Washington herald., 1910-07-08
The Chipping Crickets.

From the Chicago News
There is an old belief that criekets,
locusts and other insects give warning OF
the coming of extremely warm weather
by the unusual clamOr they make at
night AS matter OF fact they chirp
because It is warm. not because it is GO
ing 10 be warm. A certain young man
told recently OF a discovery that he made
last summer based on the chirping of the
crickets. He noticed. OF course, that the
hotter II was the faster they ehirped.
the cooler IL was the slower they chirped,
and he conceived the idea of making them
serve as a sort OF thermometer. Having
counted the number OF chirps made by a
cricket one night he looked at a Their
mometer and found that It marked 81
degrees. The cricket had chirped 100
times in a minute. BY noticing il night
after night he arrived at a regular rule.
which is that for every degree above 81
the cricket cnirps five times. When II
chirps 80 times in a minute, therefore,
you will find the thermometer marking "a
degrees What queer ways some people
have Of amusing themselves!
The Washington herald., 1910-07-08
Confusion in Modesty.

From the Toledo Blade.
The spirit Of the spinster who clothed
the legs Of the plano is strong in the
land. mo bathers IN costume allowed
behind the 'front.' line Of the lighthouses, -
the signs at the beaches say. Young
sters at track meets shock no one by
their shortness OF garments. but when
al practice they go running through q
residential street hurry call is sent for
the police. In a city in New Jersey the
girls OF school-sone OF them as old as
eleven-appeared in low-necked waists
when the mercury began 10 bubble. The
principal was shocked She sent the
children home with instructions to their
mothers 10 put 'guimpes" on those
waists.
The more clothes that a nation wears
the more Il troubles itself about I'M
modesty. It's woman folk are more cas-
lily disturbed by any meagerness OF ap-
parel. and the men-it must be ad-
mitted-are more curious, Untsl the mis-
sionaries took a Puritan primneSs Of
mind into the South Seas the natives OF
the islands were unaware that they were
clothed mostly in shame. They know
now what 1t is to lack skirts and
trousers, and so every Sunday they
must put them on.
The Washington herald., 1910-07-08
Busy Corner unaererouna.

Prom Popular Mechanics
OF all the wonderful engineering work
done by the Metropolitan Underground
Railways OF Paris, the most complicated
is that under the Place de POpera, where
three great tubes cross each other, all OF
which must have station facilities in the
crossings tangle. The three tubes, the
platform, stairways and elevators con-
stitute q veritable Chinese puzzle, and
the wonder is that the congested under
ground and overhead traffic has not been
even more disturbed during the work.
The labyrinth of approaches and plat
forms, there being six OF the latter. make
possible a quick exchange from one line
to another, or passage to and from the
surface. In order to make it easy for the
public to find the direction to take. there
Is a vast room for ntercommunication
giving access TO all platforms. The peo-
pie taxing trains win be dropped 10 the
desired train levels by the elevators run
ming from the ticket rooms.
The Washington herald., 1910-07-08
smoking and Big Hats

A Woman in the New York Times.
For instance, take smoking-and, Of
course, spittingS~ What could be a more
insanitsry. disgusting, and filthy habit.
Delicate women are constantly called up
on TO suffer in silence in public places
because 1t is mans pleasure to smoke.
Now, then, if It is woman's pleasure TO
wear large hats for few short seasons,
should man protest? Large hats improve
the appearance of most women, and wo-
men. as a whole. are careful enough to
see that their long and dangerous hat
pins" are in their hats properly. AS wo-
men are naturally sympathetic and So
licitous for the comfort of others, 1t Is
only an exceedingly small proportion who
would be so careless as to permit their
hatpins to prelude enough TO infiict In
jury.
The Washington herald., 1910-07-08
A LITTLE NONSENSE.
THE ToURisT.

He wished to wait upon the King.
His wife and daughters thought
An audience
Would be immense,
And so for one he sought.
He found that 1t would take month
To catch the King alone;
And ask week
To even speak
Upon the royal phone.
And so he went upon his way;
Called up no King, forsooth.
He spent no dime
Nor any time
Around a stuffy booth.
The Washington herald., 1910-07-08
FRIDAY. JULY s. 1910.
Home News Away from Home

washingtonians who leave the
city, either for a short or long
stay4whether they go to mountain
or seashore, or even across the sea
should not fail to order The
Washington Herald sent to them
by mail. It Will come regularly.
and the addresses win be changed
as often as desired. It is the, home
news you will want while away
from home. Telephone Main $500.
giving old ard new address.
The Washington herald., 1910-07-08
BaIIinger.

From the Richmond Times Dispatch.
II Is said that Ballinger intends 70 hold on {,
his place in the Cabinet. We thought better o.
him. Il is perfectly clear to US row what Mr.
Taft ought to do This is bit Of the eel grass b,
ought 70 get rid Of without further friendly con
Germ for the Secretary Of the Interior, not be
cause he is gailty-we have never thought that b.
was; but because he has strained the conhdenc.
of the American people This is the time for Bal
Inrer % let 90
The Washington herald., 1910-07-08

Opponents OF the Hon. Little joe
Brown are charging him with RESPONSE
bility for the high cost Of living. The
Hon. Little Joe" will have 10 stand for
that The Hon. Hoke Smith was held
responsible In Jawjaw for the financial
furry Of 1907.
The Washington herald., 1910-07-08

The young heir apparent to the Eng
lish throne has discovered that Perkin
Warbeck was mot the son OF a king
but of respectable parents" II that
young chap is not careful. he will develop
immense popularity among the English
people. we suspect.
The Washington herald., 1910-07-08

Fsom the Cleveland Leader
Why does Bessie grieve so?"
"She was tilted by a wicked man"
Brute! And why does Jack seem 81
downhearted? %
Some fool girl threw him over"
s'The IDIOT"
The Washington herald., 1910-07-08
Obedient Boy.

From Pearson's Weekly
administrations 20 my room after
school and III give you the soundest
thrashing you ever had.
Pupil (who suffers from lapse Of mem
ory)-Yes. sir. I'll tie knet IN my hand
kerehief 10 remind me.
The Washington herald., 1910-07-08

Two young men placed a cannon
cracker beside sleeping acquaintance
in Philadelphia on July 4. and the explo.
sion so startled the man that he jumped
TO his feet in such wise as TO break both
Of his legs. But 1t was an awfully funny
joke, nevertheless!
The Washington herald., 1910-07-08
Not Serious, After An.

From the Philadelphia North American
The rumor that PenTose was drowned was greatly
exaggerated. He is On yacht. ard it was only
his sor0w over the kick against Tsner that was
drowned.
The Washington herald., 1910-07-08
senator Daniels Honor.

From the Albany Argus
The late Senator John W. Daniel. Of Virginia,
assumed personal debts Of his fathers amounting TO
10000. for which there moral claim upon
the son. He felt it his duty. however. to dis
charge these debts. and on his sixtyhfth birthday
had the pleasure Of making the last payment
The Washington herald., 1910-07-08

paign Is concerned. The warmth Of the
Hon. Toms vocabulary more than likely
viii melt the wax before the campaign
has progressed very far. however.
The Washington herald., 1910-07-08
Various Odorn,

The meadow on summers day is fra
grant with the pew-mown hay. A man
goes by in his machine. and then it
smells of gasoline.
The Washington herald., 1910-07-08

Unfortunately. Hughes, Taft, and
Roosevelt do not constitute the New
York legislature. says the Indianapolis
News. With the accent on the ''unfor-
tunately."
The Washington herald., 1910-07-08
OF cnursc

zone Of our best players was put out
of the game for jawing the umpire"
Poor generaIship. The bum players
ought to be instructed to do the kicking -
The Washington herald., 1910-07-08
CHAT OF THE FORUM.


Ex-Seeretary shaw on the Tariff
From the ST. Paul Dispatch.
Ex-secretary Shaw says the people cannot make a
tsrih- Possibly not, bat they coald do no worse
than the special session Of Congress did.
The Washington herald., 1910-07-08
MIght Dc in the Future,

From Punch.
dear old lady having read Of an intended fight
between Jeries and johnson is said to have cabled
to America, begging them rather to lay the matter
IN dispute before The Hague tribunal.
The Washington herald., 1910-07-08

istry Burke was the man who kept the
Wing party together, fighting for them
in the Commons as they had never been
fought for before. Returned as rep
resentative of Bristol, then the second
city in the Kingdom, he struggled hard
for the cause OF justice In the manage
ment Of the colonies. and his Speech
on Cancellation" has long since become a
classic, like all his work, lacking only
In polish and style
When the Wings came again into
power at the time Of the surrender of
CORVALLIS, Burke's influence. of course.
became still greater, In all the legisla-
ton regarding the Indian bill he took
an important part. and finally in the
trial of Warren Hastings, he conducted
what was, in many respects, the greatest
state affair of his career and what in
Guided the greatest of all his speeches.
The narrative of the crimes of Hastings,
as Macaulay says, made Burke's blood
boil, and never during all his part IN the
fourteen weary years of the trial did his
energ cease or his righteous animosity
lessen in intensity.
In 1890 Burke startled many Of his
friends by the publication OF his Re
fiectiQps on the Revolution OF France. .
Windham wrote of him: What shall
be said Of the state OF things. when it is
remembered that the writer is q man
decried. prosecuted, and prescribed. not
being much valued in his own party, and
by half the nation considered as little
better than madman?"
And, indeed, the electrified country
nearly justified these statements. There
was at once an end of his political
friendships and from that day his public
career may be said to have begun to de-
cline. He was partially rehabiIitated by
the time the Hastings trial came to an
end, but In i7S4 ne took a formal leave
of Parliament, and, refusing a peerage,
would accept only q pension OF $1,000
He died on July 8. 1871.
On July s. ice, occurred the famous
battle Pultowo in Russia: it is the date
OF the arrival OF the French feet under
D'Estaing at the mouth OF the Delaware
IN 177S, and that the Jeanette arctic ex-
petition sailed from San Francisco In
1879. II is the birthday Of Jean de lie
Fontaine, the celebrated fabuIist d6zl)
Fitz-Greene Halleck. the poet u7s0); Ad-
mirai William Howard Allen, noted
naval officer Q7s0; Robert K Scott.
Southern soldier and statesman tiS2s)
and William v. Moody. the American
educator (lssaA
The Washington herald., 1910-07-08
Not So Easy a. TWAS.

From Comic Cuts
Moneytags-youn man, started as a
clerk on Is shillings a week. and to-day
I own my own business.
Hardupp-I know, sir. But they have
cash registers in ell the shops nov.
The Washington herald., 1910-07-08
Her Argument.

You allowed that young man TO hug
you last night Yet you are not in love
with him.
But ma, how can I ever learn 10 love.
young man unless take a few les
sons?"
The Washington herald., 1910-07-08

A country editor In Alabama draws a
column OF optimistic inspiration from the
conclusion that he Will never be killed
in an automobile wreck. That beats wor-
rying about the tariff
The Washington herald., 1910-07-08

From the Boston Transcript
Jeffries at thirty-hVe was too old TO ''come
back" yet at twice that age Edward Payson
Weston Travelled to the Pacific On his own legs
and came back the same way quicker than he
went.
The Washington herald., 1910-07-08

It requires no special effort OF the
thinking apparatus 10 get a fairly straight
mental line on what is going TO happen
in Central America pretty soon, IL
Nicaragua Is not careful
The Washington herald., 1910-07-08

"she is said to be the most accom-.
plished flirt at the hotel"
Well. she got a start on the other
girls. She went TO Palm Beach in March
for preliminary practice"
The Washington herald., 1910-07-08

a German professor says that man Is
descended from four different varieties OF
apes. AT least four varieties, when one
thinks of some men.
The Washington herald., 1910-07-08

A Nebraska woman is very mad because
she was fined so for not telling the cen
Sis man her age. However. she is not
so mad that she has yet told it.
The Washington herald., 1910-07-08

It seems to be something of worry
TO President Diaz even to so through
the motions.
The Washington herald., 1910-07-08

From the Philadelphis Record.
The Lawyer-Temporary insanity is
generally cured. isn't II?
The Doetor-Yes. by verdict of ac-
mutual
The Washington herald., 1910-07-08

A Chicago preacher says that 80 per
cent of the people who die in that town
90 straight TO hades. Well. If one must
go to hades, life in Chicago would seem
70 be fine preliminary training.
The Washington herald., 1910-07-08
No Doubt.

What's billed at the pier to-nightT'
"A society lady is going to give lee
ture for charity"
Il think she would do better with a
barefoot dance
The Washington herald., 1910-07-08

Our idea of real. frst-class humor is
a present-day reading of last week ;
dope" from Reno.
The Washington herald., 1910-07-08

Copper, the sculptor. says John D.
Rockefeller Is charming Mr. Copper is
not engaged in the independent produc-
ton OF oil. however
The Washington herald., 1910-07-08

II guess the public viii let me alone
now" says Prof Jeffries. That is not a
guess; 1t is a certainty.
The Washington herald., 1910-07-08

Neither New Mexico nor Arizona will
be able 10 locate any constitutional bets
that Oklahoma overlooked, in all prob
ability.
The Washington herald., 1910-07-08

Senator Culberson says it cost him s27
to get reelected. It was Senatorial bar
gain day for Uncle Sam, Of course.
The Washington herald., 1910-07-08
The Lafeaf Excune.

Loan me a dollar"
Sorry, old man, but all my money is
in the wash
The Washington herald., 1910-07-08

The press seems cheerfully disposed TO
relieve Mr.. Taft of the trouble OF picking
a new Supreme Court Chief Justice
The Washington herald., 1910-07-08

If only those fight pictures might be
barred in every city in the United States
Would not that put a crimp in the prize
fighting game?
The Washington herald., 1910-07-08

Boston's only comment on the fight is
that the better man." not the best
man." won.
The Washington herald., 1910-07-08

IN the matter Of real pleasant weather.
If we may be pardoned for mentioning
it, July could give June cards and spades.
The Washington herald., 1910-07-08

The board of trustees must have hinte6
to Chancellor Day that It was up TO him
70 chancel more and talk less.
The Washington herald., 1910-07-08

In Russia it is unlawful 70 wed more
than FIVE times NAT" Goodwin and LII
liam Russell probably thank their lucky
stars that Russia is not on their circuits.
The Washington herald., 1910-07-08

The Hon Nicholas Longworth is stiIl
of the opinion that reelection to Con-
gress would suit him better.
The Washington herald., 1910-07-08

It will be some time. we fancy. be-
fore the regulation Of airship rates viii
cut much figure in politics.
The Washington herald., 1910-07-08

AS for the fight. forget it. The quicker
the better
The Washington herald., 1910-07-08

A contemporary notes that Tom Wat
son says his lips are sealed so far as
the present Georgia gubernatoriai cam
The Washington herald., 1910-07-08

A lot Of credit is there due.
Our FIRE brigade
Has never missed a barbecue
Or parade.
The Washington herald., 1910-07-08

Brazil, according to Dr. 3. kingsley. OF
Rio de Janeiro, who is at the New VII
lard. WILL before many years. be the
greatest country in the world.
There is one great trouble with the
American business people-exporters
manufacturers, capitalists. and others
and that is. that they do not take suffi-
eient Interest in the countries to the
south of them. II Americans were TO pay
half as much attention 10 acquiring mar
kets for their goods in South America as
they Go 70 develop their opportunities In
China. Persia. Turkey and other far-oY
lands, they would be masters Of the situ-
alton in the countries TO the south OF
them. They almost utterly neglect them
and leave them TO the Germans, the Eng.
fish, French, Belgians, Spaniards, ard in
fact. all the peoples of the world Ger
mans, especially. are making strong ef-
forts and have been working systemati-
cally for many years TO establish them
selves on solid basis in Brazil and other
countries down our way. They control
many lines Of trade and commerce. and
are well liked by the natives for their
uniformly courteous and accommodating
manners
Americans do also some little trading
but II is nothing to what it should be
The trouble with American business peo-
pie is that they imagine the South Amer
lean should adjust himself 10 American
ideas and tastes They think II too much
trouble to manufacture specialties which
are popular with our people. and then.
again, they expect to be paid for their
merchandise in terms which are abso-
lutely unacceptable to the Brazillans.
And when we do receive merchandise
from the United States it usually ar
rives In a damaged condition, due to the
manner in which packing and shipping
are done in American export houses. II
Americans do not soon awake 10 this
fact, they will find that they have lost
every opportunity In the countries TO the
south of them.
In the Indian country of the West. a
grim specter stands with bony fingers
ever stretching out toward the inhabi-
tants of that region said Martin B.
Sells, of Los Angeles. who Is at the
shoreEam. This grisly phantom is the
form Of hunger. which with its COM
panion. thirst. holds dominion over the
land. The country is vast and roomy.
but one wonders what can be found
therein to sustain life.
About some OF the Indian villages are
to be seen small fields of maize or few
tiny melon patches. but these cultivated
areas are OF little account IS compared
with the number OF persons TO be fed. A
majority of the towns have nc such cult
waited fields In various parts of the arid
regicn, which shelters so great portion
of our barbarian population, is found
tree remarkable for certain properties. It
is popularity known as the honey mes
quite. and besides giving shelter from
the heat and sun, il yields abundantly OF
fruit known as the mesquite bean,
which is PUPPY, juicy. fairly palatable.
and nourishing. There are other peculiar
80.
The Washington herald., 1910-07-08

New York Representative ]. q. WILBERDIN0
SPECIAL AGENCY, Brunswick Building.
Chicago Representative. BARNARD 4 BRANs
ham Boycs Building.
The Camden chronicle. (Camden, Tenn.) 1890-current, 1910-03-04
EVA CITY.

Mrs. Azzle Herndon has moved
near Eva.
Vaughan McKelvy spent Sunday
here with homefolks.
L. II. Simens has moved from
Beaverdan near fEpe.
The Modern Woedmen smet last
SatWdaynight witha good attend
,ance.
Miss Elba @CeSney oftCamden is
spending aefew days herewith rel
atives aud:friends.
Whenrthe widows, and old maids
want wood cut Gallon Frank Uotty,
Cor he's good chopper.
Will Hamer is seeking an inter-
view with the Hut goat. We are
glad to have good men with us.
Eva is going TO have a canning
factory, and the.people throughout
this community are preparing to
put large acreage in tomatoes.
w. n. McKelvy, Samuel Shroat,
Wyly Herndon and j oegGoodman
went to Big Sandy Seturdayehorse
trading. 1t is the opinion of W..
n. Mckelvy that there is more
saoney in horse trading than any
thing else.
Keep an eye on Eva City, and
watch her.climb up anotch or two
Besides the grist mill and canning
factory, u Woodmen hall end q
church building are planned, and
a modern depot bt. 'ding is one Of
the probabilities of'the near future.
The Camden chronicle. (Camden, Tenn.) 1890-current, 1910-03-04
SUNNYSiDE.

Allen Holland was the guest OF
freeman Holland Sunday.
Ulis Holland spent Sunday with
friends on Harmons Greek.
Charles Spence visited the fam
ily of A. l.. Cherry Sunday.
w. L. Melton and son, Arlie,
were in Big Sandy Saturday.
James Chester and family visit
ed freeman Holland Sunday.
The ladies enjoyed a quilting
given by Mrs. dIva Melton on last
Wednesday.
Marvin Pafford had a choppiDg
Tuesday of last week, which was
we'll attended.
Mr.. and Mrs. Thomas Phlfer OF
Earmons Greek visited the latter's
parents Sunday.
Floyd, the four-year-old chlId-of
Mr.. and Mrs. j. b. Chester was
painfully burned by falling ia the
ere Wednesday night.
The Camden chronicle. (Camden, Tenn.) 1890-current, 1910-03-04
YOUNG LADIES AUXILIARY
Organized and Officers Elected
Saturday Afternoon.

The Young Ladies' Auxiliary of
the Methodist Church, South, was
organized last Saturday afternoon
at the home of Mrs. A. S. Justice
with the following officers:
Mrs. Blanche Sefried, president;
Miss Ethel Thomas, first vice pres
ldent; Miss Ethel Travis, second
vice president; Miss Lottie Lewis,
secretary, ard Miss Allie B. Combs,
treasurer. II
The meetings will be held on
Saturday before the second Sunday
In each month at 2 O'clock p. m.
The Auxiliary was organized with
nine members. This number will
be increased at the next regular
meeting, which will be held with
Miss Mamie Arnold Saturday at
ternoon, March 10.
The Young Ladies' Auxiliary is
an organization similar to the La
dies Aid Society, and the two or
ganizations will cooperate III their
work in the future.
The Camden chronicle. (Camden, Tenn.) 1890-current, 1910-03-04
RuN-OFF PRIMARY.

The returns Of the ruE-oif cleo
ton February 10 were canvassed
10y the County Democratic Com
mittee Saturday, and J..W. Maiden
was declared the nominee for the
office of Sheriff. No election was
held in the fourth district Below
we give a tabulated report of the
vote by districts.