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The Washington times., 1910-11-15

and pass became as rare as counter
feiting or train robbery Toda., while
the carriers assert need of higher
rates to meen increased cost Of opera
ton, the putting OF high rates IN force
is cheerfully withheld by the carriers
pending authoritative inquiry into the
propriety OF such rate advanCes-
who may say that tomorrow we
shall not put in practice through gov
ernmentaI supervision and corporation
sought by the carriers themselves and
fully sanctioned by the force OF public
sentiment, methods of rate c0nstruc-
tion under which many Of the great
problems that now pexpleX US VIII al
most magiCally disappear
Following the address Of the president,
which viii serve as the order or dis
CuSSiOn tomorrow morning, Commission
er Clerk made the report Of his commit
tee on the simplificatioD Of railway
tariffs. He said that while a uniform
system OF rate statement for the entire
country seemed out OF the question, IL
was a fact that through the orders and
regulations Of the Interstate Commerce
Commission a simpler system than for
merly in use was being evolved
The association viii continue In ses-
sion for three and probably four days.
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.UNIF ORNITY URGED
BY COMMISSIONERS
Officials From Twenty States
Open Annual COnven-
ton Here.
CONTINUED from First Page1

need OF more vigiIence in protecting
the people against the little oupres-
siOns OF the telephone and telerra1b
companies.
without uniformity Of legislature In
the various States in the movements 70
control the operations Of transportation
companies. said Mr. Decker, IL is i'm
possible 20 get the best service Tor the
least money He sd that most r. 90
pOTJat1On company do an interstate
as Well as lntraS tate business. and
Wnlle The commissions were D-ofacfFrp. :.
the people against aggression. ne said
mat the people should protect the cor
poratiOns against undue hardship.
Ihe whole system OF express ser
vice and express rates" said Mr. Deck
uonY demands careful and thorough
examination with q report upon exist
ing conditions and indicated remedies
such injury should also involve con
SiderattOn Of the prO2Tiety and eject
ReneSS o. the parcels post
II our prtSent express system con-
tsins features that burden or prejudice
the public interest the system 10 that
extent should be revised. II the whole
Scherne Of express service IS obsolete
or radically defective. II should be thor
oughly reformed Express companies
nave been strongly attacked and thew
as vel as the public are entitled TO
Iul and impartial inquiry
Mr. Decker then COHtended that the
service and rates Of telephone and
telegraph companies, since they had
neen placed under the jurisdiction OF
the Interstate Commerce Commission
should be the subject Of inquiry bv
the State commissions He suggested
too. that provision be made for teIe-
phone and telegraph statistics
Speaking Of the general results OF
legislative regulation Of public service
corporations. Mr. Decker said:
Yesterday, so 10 speak, the rebate
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PLAYGROUND AID
SENT FROM AF AR

Word OF the fight that the playground
officials are waging 10 keep the play
grounds open during tie winter months
has reached almost to the nations con
fines, and this morning a letter from
Mrs Cara s. Hay. widow Of John Hay.
from Boston, brought a check for 500
TO add TO the fund.
Other contributions brought the days
subscription Up 20 S1I5. The officials
express themselves as being Cdnguine
o fthe result OF the campaign. and feel
no doubt that the amount necessary
VIII be forthcoming
The following is q list Of the sub
scriptions received today:
Ms Cara 5. 500. 90
Judge Alexander r Mullowuy. 100
Mrs William D HOOver-.-....-..-.. 500
MIS- NarclSsG OWSn...........-s..s-.. 5.V9
IOJal-----. ............ss..s 10
Already acknowledged. s2,IR
With tOGay's subscription the entire
fund Is now S2,2S5
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ROOSEVELT STANDS
BY HIS POLICIES

Colonel ROOse velt's views on the re
cent defeat Of the Republican party in
many sections Of the country viii be
made known the latter part OF this week
in the Outlook As was expected, Mr.
Roosevelt riu take the position that
notufth hstandinE the verdict at the polls
a week ago the fight for progressive
policies within the Republican party has
only begun
Ion every hand personally and oy
correspCndence," Mr. Roosevelt viii say
IN his Outlook editorial, 4 have been
asked 70 make 4 statement regarding
the election So far as I am concerned,
I have nothing whatever TO add to or
10 take away from the declaration Of
principles which / have made IN the
OsawatOrnIe speech and elsewhere. East
and West, during the past three months
The fight for progressive popular Gov
eminent has merely begun ana VIII
certainly so on TO q triumphant con-
cF1Ision. in spite OF initial checks and
Irrespective Of the personal success or
failure Of individual leaders
The Washington times., 1910-11-15
SUFFRAGISTS PLAN
ACTIVE CAMPAIGN

NEW YORK. Nov. 15-Every senator
and every assemblyman is 10 be button
ho!ed at the coming session OF the Leg
islatUre and asked TO vote for woman
suffrage
Plans 70 this end were begun today
following the annual meeting yester-
day OF the Equal Franchise Society.
Funds are TO be raised for the maintain
ing OF headquarters al Albany during
the legislative session. and in addition
to the regular Hobby" the society win
keep a volunteer reserve force ready at
ali times in New York 10 20 to Albany
on moments notice TO work for the
introduced.
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KILLS HER HUSBAND
THEN SHOOTS SELF

NEW YORK, Nov. 15.-AIrs. Theodore
h Burgtorf lies in a hospital today
sunering from two self -innicted gun
snot wounds in the stomach. after she
had killed her husband yesterday while
ne lay ASLEEP at his home at 6sl East
1Ssd street
MS Burgtorf has been suffering for
some time from a facial disease, and
oeea Ise she could not get relief she
decided TO kin herself She said she
shot her husband because she could nct
bear to leave him behind.
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No FUNDS SOUNDS
DOOM Of TARIFF
BOARD NEXT YEAR
End of Its Existence Threat
ened When Appropriation
Is Exhausted.

The days Of the tar1f board are ap-
parently numbered.
II looks as II this body would wind
up It's existence when The appropria-
ton made for II BY the coming short
session Of Congress runs out Some
Ialk Is heard that no allowance VIII be
made for IL at the session this winter.
IN that event, the.Iarln board viii have
20 wander out into a cold world at
the end Of the current fiscal year.
Nor does II appear that a real tariff
commission is likely soon 10 take the
place Of the tariff board The Demo-
Gratis generally when in control OF the
House are expected 10 antagonize not
merely the tariff board. but also TO
fight against a real tarifr commission.
Most Of the Democrats profess TO see
constitutional obstacles TO z tariff com
mission
Bailey Opposed
Senator Bailey Of Texas. the abIest
constitutional lawyer among the Dem
OcTats, is radically opposed 10 a tarfn
commission He is prepared 70 oppose
establishment Of any such body and
he VIII have a large following on the
Democratic side Of the Senate
Z Is deemed possible that when the
question Of making an approximation for
Ine t2r1n board comes up II Congress
LEllS winter there viii be strong oppo-
5ltlcR 70 II The Democrats may take
Ihe Position that InaSmuch as they will
be IN control Of the House. and do not
want 10 accept the findings of a tariff
board II VIII be useless to appropriate
Tor the support OF such a body
President Taft is expected, however,
10 insist on Congress making an al
fowance so the board can 90 ahead
with its work. and any opposition may
De overcome
Some Obstacles
One OF the obstacles in the way OF an
appropriation for teh tariff board at
the coming session is that the high
tariff men in Congress have all along
been hostile to the notion OF such a
board They yielded last session and
consented to an appropriation only be-
cause President Taft urged IL and be
cause they did not see any way out Of
the situation, politically, except TO gro
vide money for the tariff board Now
that a number OF the regulars are
beaten and down and cIt, politically,
they are not expected TO take stock IN
the argument for a tariff board on Do
nLiCsl grounds.
Thus. IL appears that there are shaky
times ahead for Lhe jobs Of Prof h
g Emery, James ,. Reynolds, and Al
vim H Sanders, who make Up the
tariff board, and are supposed to be
busily engaged IN probing deep into the
alleged iniqUities Of the wool and other
schedules
Should the tariff board submit to
Congress-, through the President, this
winter, an Indictment against the wool
schedule OF some or the other pet
schedules OF the high tariff leaders in
the two houses, its path VIII be all the
more troubled and uncertain And IL
Il does not find some indictments, Il
VIII be condemned useless and biased
by the revIslOniSts-
So IL looks now as II Messrs- Emery,
Reynolds and Sanders were COrnered
between a certain Ae2histOphelian per
sOnage with horns and hOOfs and the
deep, blue sea
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CLERK IS STRICKEN
WORKING AT DESK

Francis NJ Charles. siUty-seVeu years
old. veteran OF the Government, was
stricken with paralysis while working
at his desk ~ the Civil Service Com
mission shortly after % O'Clock this
morning
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NOBLE AT LARGE,
ELUDES A POSSE

LOUISVILLE, Ky. Nov. 15.-The re-
port from Knott coEnty. recei Sed here
today that BAD Jake Noble lad been
killed, Is incorrect
He eluded The posse and still IS at
large, according to a telegram.
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1910-05-28
Tons of Pins,

Nothing better shows the bigness Of
little things than the manufacture of
pins. In England there are made each
week between fifteen and sixteen tons
OF the small necessaries, the materials
being iron, steel and brass. The year.
~ production would amount to about
100 tons. The number Of pins includ-
ed in this great weight would make
any ordinary figures seem insignificant
would. in fact, defy realization or
comprehension. Germany also makes
great quantities Of pins. her produc-
tion totaling about IA tons a year.
The United States makes great Quan.
titles Of pins and imports many from
England. Most Of the latter country's
output is manufactured in Birming-
ham by two firms. one Of which has
been in existence nearly a century and
the other over century.-Philadelphia
North American.
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1910-05-28
The Fun Of the Farce.

1t is related that the manager of q
theater consented to hear In his room
young man who had an unfortunate
impeachment in his speech read a short
farce, the sole condition being that it
should not occupy more time than it
took to finish the cigar the manager
had just lit. They both started, the
one reading, the other smoking, but as
the mild Havana gradually grew
shorter the worse the young author
spluttered. They finished together. OF
course the question was Immediately
put, what do you think Of it?-"
"Well," replied the manager, "it's not
half bad idea. Father, mother, lover,
daughter, all suffering, will be novelw
The author, furious, exclaimed: "They
don't stammer! 1t Is only my misfor-
tune"
"Oh, then. the play isn't funny at
all! Sorry that I can't accept it." re-
turned the manager.
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1910-05-28
Ink at 500 a Pound

"The best India ink-it should really
be called China ink-never leaves Chi
na." said a missionary. "It costs $1OO
a pound. and the scribes use it in writ
ing the correspondence Of the royal
family and the mandarins. India ink
Is made Of the oil of poisonous seeds
of the sesamum or COLA tree. Varnish
and pork fat are added to the oil, and
then, by means Of combustion. all is
changed to lampblack. The lampblack
paste mixed with glue is beaten for
days on an anvil, and musk is gradu-
ally mixed in to give perfume and the
purest gold leaf to give a rich luster
Finally the ink Is dried in molds for
about month. What makes the best
India ink SO costly Is It's purity and,
above all, the long time given to it's
combustion and subsequent beating.
If you saw its beauty you wouldn't
think it dear at 500 pound. .'-phila.
dclphia Bulletin.
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1910-05-28
londCn's Police Press

An article III the Illustrated English
Magazine gives al account of the print
Ing department Of Scotland Yard and
the astonishing amount Of work it
turns out. Four times a day broad
side Is issued to all the police officers.
AT 0 in the morning the first is sent
out, giving an inventory Of all property
lost. At noon is issued list of all
persons missing. and this often occu-
pies several pages. At half past 6
the broadside contains both subjects.
and also at half past 10. A habitual
criminal register is distributed and
every few days an account Of persons
released on tickets Of leave. A sheet
OF missing articles is sent to every
pawnbroker, and as many as 1000
copies of this document are needed.
This is only small part Of the work
done by the Scotland Yard press.
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1910-05-28
Trapnino Rshoone

Hagenbeck in his book says that bab.
oons are caught In traps made much
like the huts OF savages. Food is put
Into the huts. and once the baboons 20
inside trapdoor closes behind them.
Outside babOons make a great to do
and urge the prisoners to escape.
When the trappers come the captured
baboons are terror stricken and try to
force their heads through the walls Of
the huts. One baboon was caught
three times In the same trap, and sew.
eral when turned loose got back into
the same trap a second time. When
the baboons are carried away all their
comrades thereabout climb into trees
and scream out to the prisoners. who
answer In sad, mournful voices. On
one occasion some big Arabian bab-
oons were trapped. when 1000 or 5000
baboons hurled themselves upon the
trappers, who had hard work to save
themselves with firearms and clubs.
AS the trappers were forced back the
victorious balloons tore up the trap
and turned loose the captured baboons
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1910-05-28
THE UMPIRE WAS GAME.
And He Made the Kickers Play Out
the Last lnnnu.

Speaking of the dOingS Of the veter.
an umpires, an old timer claims that
Honest John Kelly is entitled to the
record for freak doings among the in
dicatOr handlers. Back in the Ameri
can association days, in game PLAYED
on the old Union grounds III Alleghe-
ny, Calvin was pitching for Pittsburg
against Casey Of the Athletics. Kelly
was the umpire. In the ninth inning.
with the score to 0 in favor
OF the Athletics. the first man up for
Pittsburg made home run hit to CEN
ter, and the visiting team at once set
up claim that it was too dark to play.
The center fielder came all the way
in and pretended tnat he could not see
the ball in the gathering darkness.
Here" said Kelly; give me a glove"
and with that he started for center
field. "Tll see how dark it is out there"
he said. "You, Casey and Calvin. bat
me out a few" Players and specta.
tors gasped. but Kelly made good his
bluff. de went out to deep center
and, with the smoke Of the mills lying
low about him, actually caught ten or
fifteen long line drives and high flies
from the bats Of the two pitchers with
out missing one.
Then the umpire came in and, taking
Off his glove, said: "Play ball. If 1 can
see 'em out there. you fellows can"
The game was resumed, and the Pitts
burgs won in great batting rally by
& to 5.-New York World.
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1910-05-28
EARLY BALLOONlNG.
Some Odd Ideas That Prevailed In the
Eighteenth Century.

Some Odd Ideas That Prevailed In the
Eighteenth Century.
AS far back as 1914 the American
public were led to believe that the
Atlantic had been crossed In a bal
loon. On May % In that year the
New York Sun published a detailed
account Of an aerial voyage from Liv-
erpool to Charleston. which purported
to have been accomplished by 1.-The
steering balloon Victoria in a period Of
seventy-fve hours from land to land"
Five columns were devoted to the de-
scription Of the journey and to a sci
entitic account Of the balloon, of
which woodcut was given, and an
air OF verisimilitude was added by a
list of eight passengers, one Of the
names mentioned being that Of Harri-
son Ainsworth, who was then at the
height Of his fame.
At the end Of the eighteenth century
balloons were all the rage. Then, as
now, enthusiasts predicted a time near
at hand when war would either be an
awful matter Of the humiliation of
armies and forts by bombs from above
or would cease altogether through the
abolition Of frontiers and the fusion
OF nations. Prophecy went even fur
ther.
Canals and roads were to vanish and
the space occupied by them to be re-
stored to agriculture. And ships df
any still existed) when caught in a
storm would be grappled by the mast
from balloons above and safely con-
veyed into port or even carried over
mountain ranges.-Chicago News.
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1910-05-28
THE MICROSCOPE,
It Has Its Prototype In Every Spher-
ical Drop Of Water.

Nature offers free microscope
whenever one is wanted. She has
been dealing in free optical instru.
ments and optical phenomena ever
since the first dewdrop formed or the
first raindrOp fell earthward. Every
dewdrop and raindrop and spherical
water drop has all the powers and
principles OF Il microscope. To get
one CT natures microscopes In opera
tlon take up l drop Of water between
the two points Of two sharpened sticks.
say matches, anG hold the drop over
the minute objectto be examined. The
result will be that the object will be
magnified about three diameters. The
supposed invention of the microscope
was nothing more than shaping a
piece OF glass into an imitation of
water drop So as to be easily handled.
Spiders have made suspension bridges
for ages. The rough edge of sword
grass gave the inventor the idea of
the reaper blade for the harvester.
The buzzard has been using the aero
plane for flying good many centuries.
BY tapping on an end Of long beam
the man at the farther end can hear
you telegraphing. the sound travelling
through the timber. Fishes have been
using bladders Of wind for balloons,
lifting them in water for countless
years. Water has been a camera ever
since the world had sunshine
Help yourself to natures store of all
things man needs, but never say any
thing about the invention. Nature in
vented; you can only arrange and com.
bine facts.-St. Louis Republic.
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1910-05-28

In "Llfe and Sport on the Pacific
Coast" Horace a. Vachell relates one
OF his narrow escapes from friends
bullet. "My cousin and I had been
-camplng and hunting for several days
IN n sort OF paradise valley. One day
curing long ride on horseback We
had seen great many rattlcsnakes
and killed few. an exceptional ex.
perience. That night my cousin woke
up AMI saw by the light Of the moon
a big rattler crawling across my chest.
lie lay for moment fascinated. hor-
struck. watching the sinuous curves
bf tho reptile. Then he quietly reach
eel FOR his six shooter, but he could not
see the reptiles head, and he moved
nearer. nolsclessly. yet quickly, dread
ing some movement on my part that
should prcclpltatc the very thing he
dreaded. and then he saw that It was
not snake at all-ouly the black and
Aellow stripe Or my blanket. which
pbutly rose and fcll a5 | breathed.
Had nc ared-wcll. Il might have been
bad for me, for he confessed that his
hand shook"
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1910-05-28
A Water TELESCOPE.

Norwegian fishermen use a water
telescope to ascertain the position of
the herring shoals. This is the way
to make the water telescopes:
Procure tube made Of tin and fun
mel shaped about three and a half feet
long and ten inches In diameter at the
largest end. 1t should be wide enough
at the top to take In the observers
eyes, and the inside should be painted
black. At the bottom. or wide end, a
clear. thick piece Of glass must be In
serted. with little lead in the form
OF ring to weight the tube. When
the instrument is immersed in clear
water 1t Is astonishing how many
fathoms down the observer can see.
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1910-05-28
A Queer Ornament.

Some years ago we found In q secret
drawer OF pearl embroidered work.
box three locks OF hair fastened to
mall enamel heart shaped mounts,
with silver eyelets. Two were inscrib
ed "R. O. obt. 18th April. 1854" "R. c.
1904" The third had no inscription nj
all. In this box l now keep an en-
craving Of portrait of Elizabeth.
qpeen Of Bohemia. which plainly shows
nRhe curl Of hair In her left ear, attach
vi to a pearl earring. The painting. by
Gerard Honthorst. was engraved by G.
vertue.
When | showed these hair earrings
TO a gentleman Of some considera BILE
learning he Informed me that an uncle
OF Anne, wife OF King James l.. was
SRmieted by a malady. still prevalent In
sDsland and some parts Of Russia.
which consists Of growth Of hair and
flesh pendent from the ear, on which
IL Is dangerous to operate owing to the
profuse hemorrhage which ensues. He
added that In consequence Of this roy.
nj inhrmity fashion arose In the six.
,ifenth and seventeenth centuries of
Wearing locks OF hair pendent from
the left ears. I believe there is q por-
trait of a Stuart lady still at Ham
House so adorned.-London Notes and
Queries.
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1910-05-28
His Text,

The three-year-old son Of a Metho-
dist minister was with his mother at
a gathering Of ladies. At the proper
time he was given a cooky. He ate 1t
In short order and asked for another.
The hostess said:
"I'll give you another II you will
sing for u.s."
Cant sing" was his reply, "but l
know something can say"
"That will do all right" the lady an
swered. expecting to hear Twinkle,
twinkle. little star" or some other
nursery classic.
But the little fellow drew himself up
In real Sunday school fashion and said
his piece:
God loveth a cheerful giver."
The lady gave him the cooky, and
the whole company seemed to be very
cheerful about it.-Harper's Magazine.
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1910-05-28
When You Can't SIeen.

There Is an odd theory. which many
people believe and which is certainly
harmless. that sleeplessness may often
be cured in the following odd way:
Move your bed out into the room so
that no part Of bed or covers will touch
the wall. Then place under each caster
OF the bed piece Of rubber or rub.
Der overshoe or set the caster in a
thick glass dish. Then go to bed, max
ing sure the covers do not touch the
wall. Thus the bed and yourself will
be cut Off from all electric contact with
floor or wall. Such absence Of electric
contact, it is claimed, will make you
sleep better 1t is said to have cured
stubborn cases Of insomnia.
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1910-05-28
Above Her Business.

The tall man came into her little
blue kitchen and looked over the
shelves which were just beneath the
level Of his head, but above hers. He
ran his finger over one shelf, then
showed it to her. 1t was pretty black.
You are a nice housekeeper," he
said.
This kitchen wasn't made for tall
people," she explained falteringly. at
was made for little Ones."-New York
Press.