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The Washington herald., 1910-04-24
GROWTH OF LANGUAGE.
One Hundred Thousand New Denni-
lions Added TO Dictionary.

From the New York World.
The addition TO the Century Dictionary
Of two new volumes of definitions. made
necessary 10 bring the work up 20 date.
gives evidence Of the wonderful expan-
sion Of the English language within
quarter OF a century
The claim was made for the original
Century that it Increased the number Of
words and phrases defined by upward of
l2o,c3o This IS as many words as there
are altogether In the standard dictionary
Of the Spanish language The new
volumes are expected 10 add 10000 more
definitions. but including phrases. proper
names, colloquialisms. &c. which once
were denied regular admission TO die
tionary But the point Of interest is the
growth from the 10000 words Of the first
Webster in 1875 The Unabridged OF 1864
contained llio)o, the International or 1890
about f50oo. and the present edition OF
1910 has more than 10000 The new stand
ard bad 5000. and the oxford. still in
course Of publication. promises 10 have
$4,000
But with al allowance for the inclusion
Of technical terms, slang. characters from
fiction and the drama. and proper names.
IL is yet true, as the Century editors say.
that since its original publication. "a new
vocabulary has arisen" rejecting and
recording the progress OF a quarter Of a
century more productive Of new knowl-
edge than any other period OF the same
length in the history OF the language"
In that time the automobile has come
in with It's garage. tonneaus. limousines.
and spark plugs. Aerouautics has con-
tributed It's share bridge its dialect. and
golf. through its domestIcstion in this
country. has claimed greater attention
from the photographic. Il is gratifying
to note the presence on the editorial stan
OF the new Webster OF a distinguished
golf champion and Of specialist in Phil
introduced into the vocabulary through
our policy OF Imperialism
Chemistry has been fruitful OF new
terms. medical science Of new drugs and
diseases Bacteriology has added whole
families OF new baciui Anthropology.
/ psychology. zoology have contributed.
The great faunal naturalist. Bwana Tum-
DO. has been 4 large contributor Of dix
diks and such. The stage has furnished
the show girl. fashion the picture hat.
&C. Japan banzai. Cuba the reconcentrado.
wireless telegraphy its quota.
\ feature OF the new Photography is
/ the frank acceptance Of slang words.
| "Knocker." rubber .'rubber-neCk. %
fan" and lobster are among the ex-
pressions Of the street which find a place
| in the new dictionaries Why not? They
arc a part OF the popular vocabulary. and
/ all live" photographers may be supposed
TO appreciate their usefulness in swelling
/ the sum total Of words in the latest die
/ tionaries
The Washington herald., 1910-04-24
Advice to the Democrats.

Advice IS coming 10 the Democratic
party in allopathic doses these days.
There is the utmost solicitude for its
welfare. All but friendless a short while
ago. this battle-scarred legion Of JEFF
ferson. Jackson. and Bryan. now emcrg-
ing from the wilderness. finds we'll
wishers-disinterested, Of course-on every
side
Decidedly the most Solomonlike advice
yet rendered that we have observed
comes from a Washington newspaper
noted Tor its unseldsh patriotism. its de-
votion TO the uplift and, above all. its
known zeal in the Jehersonian cause. II
tells the Democracy what 1t ought to do
and ought not 20 do to preserve and per-
petuate itself; but i'm view Of the uppar-
ent temper Of the country we cannot for
the life of us see bow the Soiomonlike
advice is to be turned to profitable ac-
count
This newspaper oracle solemnly coun-
sells the Democratic party-or did so a
few DAYS ago-not 10 run the risk of
controlling the next House. The advice
also took the form of an earnest en-
treaty Carrying the country next No.
vember. il argued. would be perilous in
the extreme. 1t was positively foolish to
think Of IT, The party should firmly re-
fuse 20 do anything Of the kind should
fQrego the opportunity altogether; put
temptation behind it. and get back into
the wilderness, there 20 blde more
opportune season. Intrusted with but
half power. said the oracle, the party
would inevitably make a mess Of things
and thereby forfeit all hope OF gaining
the Presidency in 1912. Wait two years
more and, mayhap get the whole loaf
Refuse an of-year victory!
Summed up accurately. bat in our Owl
way, this extraordinary newspaper ad
vice is here repeated for what It IS worth
Passing its logic. if it has any. W,
cannot. as We have said, for the IN,
Of rs see how the Democracy is going
to follow this volunteer guide. philoso.
pher. and friend. Suppose it should re
solve not to wilma thing unknown II
the partys history-how is it to escap,
the anomalous conditions that threaten
10 render it impossible 10 lose? In Other
words, how can II help winning Il tn,
party in power persists in throwing ~
its hands? How could Havens for exam
pie, have failed TO win.out in the Roches
ter district the other day if he had beer
so moved. when the Republicans refused
10 so TO the polls and vote for Aldridge'
1t is too deep problem for us. /
battles us
And. besides, whoever heard Of an,
old party refusing to win when it haC
the chance anyway?
The Washington herald., 1910-04-24

The first daily newspaper in the United
States, the American Daily Advertiser.
appeared in Philadelphia in 1854; the New
York Daily Advertiser in 1875, and in 1856
the Pittsburg Gazette Following the
Revolution most of the journals took on
a political aspect, favoring one party OF
the other, and new papers we're started
70 further political ends.
Class papers began 20 appear even while
party spirit dominated journalism. The
first religious paper. called the Recorder.
was issued at Chillicothe. Ohio. in 1914
The Boston Recorder appeared in 1916.
The agricultural press was naugurated
by the American Farmer. published in
Baltimore i'm ISIS. and the Ploushbov i'm
Albany i'm 1921 New Orleans issued the
first successful commercial paper. the
New Orleans Price Current, in 1872. and
since then all amusemcnts. sciences. vo-
cations, or interests have their own or
gans.
The majority Of the century-old news
papers are in the Eastern States natural
ly, Pennsylvania heading the list with
nineteen. followed by New York with ff-
teen. Ohio with nine. and Massachusetts
with seven. The st. Louis Republic is
the only ceutury-old newspaper west of
the Mississippi The first newspaper west
of the Alleghenies was the Kentucke Ga.
zette. OF Lexington, founded in 17S7. and
which still flomishes.
The Washington herald., 1910-04-24

From the New York Evening sun.
The danger OF thinking has been re-
duced to a minimum. One sometimes feels
that life has been arranged in sole regard
20 this There are more ways to avoid
thinking than there are 10 avoid every
thing else put together. Some people live
10 a good old age without having ever
thought; some are overtaken and made
TO stand face to face with their thoughts
during a long Illness and convalescence.
Flat on their backs, with nothing to do.
they can hardly be blamed for thinking
Their cases are exceptional and thoughts
at, such a time are not to be laid up
against them. II there is no other mode
Of escape from an introduction to ones
mind they can always read. II is a
method which has helped millions Of peo-
pie. There was a time when II seemed
that during a voyage one was in danger
OF being left alone with ones self. but
Libraries were installed in ships. newsboys
on trains and so once more we were res
cued. Then the dozen little activities OF
daily life help so-bustling, sewing on
buttons-one manages TO put off the thing
we think we do most of all until old age.
and when that is reached we comfortably
decide to postpone our thinking once
again. as we will have more time in the
next world
The Washington herald., 1910-04-24
Starvation Of Army Guests.

Another jolt has been given to the War
Department by the accounting officers Of
the Treasury in the matter Of the care
and entertainment Of foreign military
attaches, being a decision on the part
OF the Comptroller that there is no
authorized appropriation out Of which
may be betrayed the expense OF dinners.
luncheoas, and meals furnished the mill
tary representatives OF foreign govern
ments who had occasion, presumably
upon official invitation 70 visit the joint
army and militia maneuvers IN Massa-
chusetts last summer. That event was
. under the general charge of Mai. Gen.
Leonard Wood, 20 whose credit was
placed a modest sum out Of the general
appropriation for these exercises. The
chief quartermaster Of Gen. Woods
staff discussed less than SlO0-or, to be
exact. with that nicely attaching TO we'll
regulated official accounts SgS.65-for SUBJ
sistence consumed by the military OBJ
servers. 1t must have been considered
I'm the War Department that the expendi-
ture was entirely legitimate and quite
within the scope of the law. and there
could have been as little doubt of its
necessity. But the Comptroller was able
10 take no such hospitable view Of the
case. lie has disaIlowed the payment Of
the sum, on the ground that there is no
provision Of law which authorizes the
authorities TO invite foreign military at
taches TO be guests of the United States
nj joint maneuvers. and that there Is no
other appropriation under the control OF
the War Department available for such
expense
This is a question which has periodic
ally moved the military authorities to &C
tivity, without any sort of success with
Congress. where there is an enduring
objection to army entertainment at gov
eminent expense. As the matter stands
now. an army officer who must entertain
In an official way as commanding general
Of a maneuver camp, or as superintendent
Of the Military Academy, or as comman-
dant at a big military garrison is obliged
to go down into his pocket and defray the
cost OF luncheons and any other form of
respectable hospitality 10 his visitors.
There is no objection to this prohibition
when those visitors are personal friends.
since. OF course the government cannot
be expected 10 stand the expense Of that
sort Of entertainment; but when the
The Washington herald., 1910-04-24
An Optimist's Birthday.

Chauncey Mitchell Depew, the grand
young man Of the Empire state. has
just celebrated his seventy-sixth birth
day
A graduate OF Yale before some of his
colleagues IN the United States Senate
were born. he has been conspicuousiy
identified with every Republican cam
paign. save one. from Lincoln to Taft.
A single lapse from party regularity, in
1872 when, as a Greeleyite, he ran for
lieutenant governor and fell outside the
breastworks. taught him a lesson which
will be with him TO the end Never for
an instant in the decades ntervenpg has
he been tempted toward insurgency, or
even near-insurgency.
But IL is not of Chauncey, the regular.
or Chauncey. the statesman. but Of
Chauncey. the man. and Chauncey. the
optimist. that these words are here set
down.
II he ever has crouch, he conceals IT,
II there is an atom OF pessimism IN his
nature, he suppresses IL. If the world
does not uniformly deal well with him.
nobody knows H. II il is not TO speak
hopefully, he does not speak IT, II 1t is
not to see the bright side Of life. he
does not see H..
And so II has always been with Chaun-
cey. Buoyant, whole-souled lover of
his country and OF his fellow-men. he
has scattered sunshine and gladness in
his path. His richest inheritance. opti-
mism. cultivated with assiduity as the
years have come and gone bids good
natured defiance 10 Father Time. drives
duh care away. AMI dallies only with an
eternal springtimc. Thus his three score
and ten, with half a dozen added. finds
him envelopod in morning light and never
an evening shadow playing I'm his wake.
Optimism makes US all akin. and that
is the reason his anniversary, with
thoughts turning to the annual Montauk
celebration. draws us near TO this op-
timist Of optimists-Chauncey Mitchell
Depew- May ne live TO be a hundred
and then some, And may his tribe in
crease,
The Washington herald., 1910-04-24

guests are OF a purely Official character.
such as are military attaches. members Of
Congress. and distinguished people from
other countries who visit West Point,
the big army posts. and the maneuver
camps, Congress should provide the funds
without INJECTING this altogether unreal
sonable and unjust tax upon an individual
officer or levying a tribute upon number
Of officers dubbed together, in self-respect
and out Of pride for their country and
service. to show the foreign military at
tsches the hospitality which is extended
in much more generous fashion to our
own officers who attend similar events
abroad.
The alternative proposition seems to be
TO ignore the military attache at meal
time, or give him a friendly tip before
he leaves his base Of supplies. that he
may be properly fortified against starva-
tion with "A ham sandwich and a pickle in
his inside pocket
The Washington herald., 1910-04-24
Hot Biscuits.

Blessings be upon the head OF Secretary
James Wilson. We are gust a little
sladder than ever that he has managed
to hold tight to his job all these years.
despite the resignation rumors forever at
taching themselves 20 his name. whether
or no
Mr. Wilson has promulgated a vindica-
ton OF hot biscuit He has rescued this
delcacy from a place Of dishonor among
available food supplies and restored il 10
its once high and compelling estate. He
says it is as easily assimllated into the
system as anything else man may eat
and is decidedly more nowishing than
most things he does eat
What joyful tidinss, Everybody knows
hot biscuit is the best thing in the
world. so far as the taste or it is con-
cerned. Nothing so Dleases the inner
man for the immediate moment at least.
The gods themselves must have pre-
ferred hot biscuits 70 ambrosia. really.
But the doctors-they have stood be
tween uS ana ii'l blSfulAS TOT 80 many
years that We long ago ceased to strug-
gle. We are too fond Of them. Of course.
They have tended to make us too happy.
That is why the doctors would not let
US have them in peace If We ate them.
regardless. we invited nervous dyspepsia
and headaches; not because OF the bis
cults. we think now, but because we were
scared half 20 death at the thought OF
having eaten them in the face OF such
depressing medical tradition.
Now, however, good Mr. Wilson has ex-
ploded all these ancient dogmas, and we
may admit hot biscuits into our midst
without fear or trembling He not only
says they are eminently ft and proper
as part and parcel OF meal, but that
Chey are specifically indicated as desira-
ble. Moreover. he proves il by facts. fig
ures. and arguments it would be tempting
fate to inquire into. even if it were nee
essary-which. Of course, it is not.
The way to eat hot biscuit nowadays
and enjoy it is TO eat it firm in the faith
rhat Secretary Wilson knows exactly
and precisely what he is talking about
And you probably will set away with #
IN fine shape
The Washington herald., 1910-04-24
MILLIONS IN GOLD.
Expert Says Alaska Contains Incon-
ceivnbIe wealth Untouched.

Expert Says Alaska Contains IncOn-
ceivnbIe wealth Untouched.
Prom Hlmrtons Magazine
The authorities agree that i'm all proba-
biity the greatest gold wealth Of Alaska
is yet TO be discovered and developed
When the roundabout history OF Alaska
gold mining Is written. We VIII think OF
the placers as merely symptoms. The
real wealth viii come from the lodes
Up 70 this time there has been no i'm
portant lode mining in Alaska, save only
( IN the TreadweH mines on Douglas Island.
in the extreme southeastern part Of the
Territory. Here is the greatest stamp
mill in the world. From 1850 TO 1907. the
TreadweH group produced 100000 II
will 80 on producing indefinitely
One day the great mother lodes Of
Alaskan gold will be found and developed
/ Likewise the real riches Of the pIacers
VIII be worked OUT TnUs far with SlE-
O00.O00 Of gold 10 its credit, Alaska has
given Us merely the results Of few in
cidentaI scratches on the surface Of its
golden riches.
Alfred Il. Brooks. OF the United states
/ Geological Survey. who knows more abou.
( Alaska than anybody else. declares there
are "lnnumerable unprospeeted creeks
/ that may be rich in gold" The placers
alone OF the Seward Peninsula. on which
( Nome is situated. are estimated 20 con-
/ tain sos. 100000 70 s325.e100o0 OF gold The
/ Yukon-Tanana placer region covers 500
square miles The insignificant patche,
! here and there prospected are estimated
/ to contain Sl0OcoC0l Mr. Brooks says
Alaska may have S50Qcooc99 Of gold. but
/ he adds, the Yukon-Tanaua region alone
may have that much.
/ The worlds product Of gold since IN,
/ discovery Of America is estimated al
/ $40 o10c0o That Alaska when its pos
! sibilities are known and developed. may
] duplicate this tremendous total within
three or four generations is quite within
/ the range Of possibilities. The great
! parent gold lodes OF Alaska have mo-
been discovered, but the placers are tn,
proof that they exist. Vegetation. snow
and ice, have thus FAR baked the OK.
plorers seeking the lodes; but they VII
be found
The Washington herald., 1910-04-24
TO-DAY IN HISTORY.
Birthday of the Newspaper-April "a

To-day is the birthday Of the American
newspaper and upon which journalism.
one Of the most important professions Of
civilized life. was firmly established on
this continent on April "A. l704 in Boston.
The first newspaper venture in America
had been a tragic fail1re. Mr.. Richard
Pierce. Of Boston, in 1880 began the pub
Iication of Public Occurrences. He de
clared In his salutatory that there were too
many uufounded and baseless rumors
floating about Boston and the mission Of
his paper was 10 record them and then
trace them TO their source. But those
we're cruel times. and the Massachusetts
legislature suppressed the sheet after its
first issue, solemHly declaring il 10 be "a
pamphlet which came out contrary to
law and contained reflections Of a very
high nature"
The Boston News Letter is generally
considered the first American newspaper.
Its first issue is dated April =, l7oi, and
John Campbell is named the editor. This
was a weekly paper. printed on sheet
or foolscap, sometimes on half a sheet.
and existed for seventy-two years, until
the British troops evacuated Boston IN
1I75. Its circulation was about 800.
The Boston Gazette was the next paper
to appear, the date being l719. More than
nifty years after. when Benjamin Frank
lin contided TO his mother his intention TO
start a newspaper. the worthy woman
said What can you be thinking OF; there
are two newspapers in America now"
AS a matter of fact there were five, but
three Of them were so far away that
Mrs. Franklin had not heard Of them
The first New York paper, the New
York Gazette. appeared in us, but the
most important of the newspapers Of Co
lonial times was the New York Weekly
Journal. issued in that city in 1888. Ante
dating the New York Gazette by six
years was the American Mercury. start
ed in Philadelphia in 17l9, and the fifth
American newspaper to be established
was the Maryland Gazette. printed in An
napolis, beginning in 1921.
The Washington herald., 1910-04-24
Origin Of Music.

The origin 81 music is lost in antiquity
Among civilized peoples IL IS probably
10 be traced 10 the ancient Egyptian
priests who employed this art In their
religious rites and ceremonies. From the
Egyptians the Greeks and Romans de
rived their FIRST knowledge Of music. The
ancient Hebrews probably took with them
into Palestine some Of the songs they
had learned I'm Egypt. The hymns used
in the temple formed the basis OF the
melodies Of the early Christian church.
and from these hymns was formulated
the first authoritative musical system.
St Cecilia is generally termed the pat
rOness Of music
The Washington herald., 1910-04-24
JUST DREAMING.
The Strap-hnnger's Vision of What
Ought to Be, but Il Not.

The StraD-hnnger's Vision of What
Ought to Be, but Il Not.
From the Philadelphia Public Ledger
The car stopped without a jar or
screech from the mechanism. and the
traveller got on.
There we're seats for everybody Even
this could not occasion long waits. for
cars were frequent
The car was well ventilated. neither TOO
hot nor too cold. It was dustless. The
panes shone with cleanliness. There was
no clamorous impact Of fat wheels. no
jolting over poor joints. no swaying at
rudely constructed curves
The conductor was polite and his hands
sanitary He did not wear a celluloid
collar. He made change quickly and
without a frown. He was observed 70
assist an old woman TO a seat
No passenger sat cross-legged. None
tried 10 occupy a seat and a half Such
as read papers unfolded them with some
regard for the comfort Of neighbors.
While there was no printed mandate
against splitting on the floor. the warning
, would have been Unnecessary. all present
being ladies and gentlemen.
Oh. yes. there were children, and they
did look out OF the windows. but the little
feet thus thrust into the aisle were not
muddy
Not a hatpin ieopardized the safety Of
the eye. No hideous millinery was 20 be
seen.
As the car proceeded through thorough
fares delightfully."- swept and garnished.
the conductor called the names Of streets
distinctly.
! The traveller had a queer feeling He
began 10 get an impression OF unreality.
What is this placer" he asked the con-
ductor.
MY dear sir" was the reply. this Is
not a place at ALL Heaven. you know.
is a state. a frame OF mind not a To-
caIity."
! The traveller awoke with a start The
! imprint OF a chnd's shoe was on his
new trousers His hat was awry \
heavy man trod on his foot a shop girl
blinded HIS vision by mass Of feathers
and rats. and pin from the midst Of il
jabbed his neck he was al his home
/ street
step lively. there" said the conductor,
/ The hand that srasped the bell rope i'm
patiently was unsanitary. The collar OF
/ the conductor was celluloid.
The Washington herald., 1910-04-24
Welded BLISS.

I'm glad I'm married yes. indeed
At times-and there's a reason why.
Quite generally It's agreed
Nv wifc's sweet and nice as pie.
She is a wonder That's no lie,
And I'm a mighty lucky chap.
But still say il with q sigh
There's times she's aching for a scrap
Some women never SEEN 10 feed
Their husbands and will always Try
The bcefstoaks. They're a shiftless breed.
Ms wife's as sweet and nice as pie
To please my taste she'll always try
love the Jacks that she can far.
But when things sort Of 30 awry.
There's times she's aching FOR a scrap.
Some you can neither drive nor lead,
And back Of that. they're hard 10 tie:
But I'm willing 70 concede
Ny wife's as sweet and nice as pie.
She'd always sooner laugh than CRY.
Although she has some tears on tap:
But all the same III not deny
There's times she's aching for a scrap.
-kennett Harris. in New York American
The Washington herald., 1910-04-24
Eggs ut So Ench.

You cannot always believe your senses.
for although the ordinary hen egg may
be cheaper to-day than fl was some
weeks back. this is not true OF all hen
eggs. j. G. Fishel az Co. OF Hope Ind,
recently broke the worlds record for
high priced eggs. when that firm sold
fifteen eggs TO Joseph StraUsberger OF
Greensburg. same State. for the modest
sum Of $7J-eXactly s. per egg. The eggs
were from pen OF White Wyandotteg.
consisting OF one male and five females,
all OF which are prize winning birds and
are claimed by leading poultry breeders
10 be the best Wyandottes I'm the coun-
try. This is the highest price ever paid
for eggs. and is s. higher per egg than
was paid for eggs OF the famous SoGa
hen OF Kansas City. From December I
10 April ( the five LAYERS OF the Wyan-
dotte variety have laid 5oo eggs. But,
don't let this story persuade YOU into
taking up the poultry industry as road
to ready and rapid wealth
The Washington herald., 1910-04-24

April a is the anniversary of the com.
mencement Of the Russo-Turkish war i'm
1871; the date of the naval battle in l77S
between the Ranger american and the
Drake British, and the date on which
the body of Paul Jones was placed in its
present tomb al Annapolis in 1906 IL is
the birthday OF John Trumbeil. the poet
Goo; Thomas Adds Emmett. the Irish
patriot d76D; of Rear Admiral Thomas
Q, Selfridge. 81. dS0D. and John B. Her
reshon. the blind boat-builder GSID. on
April a. l7Sl, Daniel Detoe, the noted au-
thor, died.