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The Washington herald., 1911-06-15
HOME NEWS WHILE AWAY

To keep in touch with home
news washinEtonians leaving the
city shonId not faii to have The
yFashIngton Herald mailed ~
them. II win be sent promptly.
ana addrenses may be changed a.,
often a. desired wishsuf later
rupfion Of service.
Nail order or 'pkone aEnin $500.
s'Sinx the cid and new aadzesses.
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an wilI JOHN in Congratulations.

EIUIl Ilb bdILlilIt FAHleIICdl.
Between three and four THOUSAND per-
sons have been invited to help Mr.. and
Mrs. TafI celebrate the silver anniversary
of their wedding. Besides these few
millions OF American citizens, more or
less, will join in the congratulations Of
the happy occasion.
The Washington herald., 1911-06-15

There is one satisfaction in being poor.
The love letters written by pauper win
never appear in breach of promise pro-
ceedings.
The Washington herald., 1911-06-15
Sometimes seems Ample.

From the Indianapolis Star.
OF course $500 seems a deplorably low
minimum salary for ministers until you
have heard some of the minimums
preach.
The Washington herald., 1911-06-15
Tempus Continues 10 Fuee,

ffuIn tile Topeka CapitaL
They're going to elect President again
next year. Seems only week before last
that Mr.. Taft was making his campaign.
The Washington herald., 1911-06-15
PEARY WILL GET $4,000.
Amount Due in Pay and Allowances
as Naval Commander.

Amount Due in Pay and Allowances
as Naval Commander.
The Comptroller of the Treasury has
decided that Rear Admiral Robert E
Peary shall be paid $500, due him IN
pay and allowances as commander from
April s, 1909, to March 4, 1911.
The auditor for the Navy Department
claimed that as Admiral Peary was re-
tired by act of Congress. with the rank
-of rear admiral arc salary of 5000
year, dating from April, 1909. he should
not receive his allowances as commander,
but should receive the rear admirars
salary ard that only, during that time.
Petition in Bankruptcy.
A petition in voluntary bankruptcy was
filed yesterday by William Kernohan.
proprietor of the Vendome Hotel His
debts are $4,529.67, and assets s1,14O5O.
The Washington herald., 1911-06-15

Some New Workers worry about the
water supply, but there are those on
the Bowery whose principal thought Is
of the supply from the breweries.
The Washington herald., 1911-06-15

With only La Toilette among the in
surgents opposing Taft's nomination in
1872, the start of the campaign should
be plain sailing.
The Washington herald., 1911-06-15

So careless of those society women to
forget to mention the diamonds and Paris
gowns in their declarations to the Gus
toms officials.
The Washington herald., 1911-06-15

perfect. The present movement in this
direction is, however, an interesting sign
of the accepted conquest of the air.
The Washington herald., 1911-06-15
BAND CONCERTS TODAY.

BY United States Marine Band. William
H. santelmann. leader. at barracks, 40
p. IL.
PROGRAMME:
March, National Emblem" .Bagiey
Overture, "Pocaaontas'' '......... .Santelmann
BarcaroIe, Love Tales of Hoffman,.
OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES. .Onenbach
Waltz solo for cornet. Josephine" ....KfyI
CNTusician Arthur s. witcombl
Excerpts from La Boheme" ....... .Puccini
Waltz, Gold and Silver .Lehar
Second PolOnaise. List
SlaVonic Dance. No. s................ .DTorak
The Star spangled Banner
By Fifteenth Cavalry Band, George F.
Tyrrell, director at Iowa Circle. 80 ?. m.
PROGRAMME:
March, Winter. ter''......................G .Gumble
Overture. ''JubeI'' Weber
yalse. The Druid's Prayer. Dawson
ia Priere)
Selection. Alma, Where Do You LiTe?
.............................-. .Brquet
IdyIl The Mill in the Forest .Eilenberg
By requestJ
American fantasia, Tone Pictures Of
the North and South .Bendix
Royal tambour. EFT viTandiere". .Rubinste1n
Frum BAL COstume.'D
Finale "Darkie Tickle. Hunt
The Washington herald., 1911-06-15

To-morrow--sThe First Poiiti-
cal Dark Horse
The Washington herald., 1911-06-15

The late Lord Cawdor. of the Camp
bell clan and related TO the Duke Of
Argyll, who died recently after having
been chairman of the board of directors
of the Great Western Railway for ten
years, and first lord of the British ad-
miralty, left an estate valued at some
thing over $3,OOO,O0O
Lord Cawdor left the painting of the
dog "Scotty,'' by Sir Edwin Landseer.
which had been a present from Queen
Victoria to the then Lady Cawdor, in
1888, to devolve as an heirloom with the
settled estate. To his second wife he
left all his holdings in the Great West
ern Railway, with the use for life OF
: Princes gardens, and the use, II
desired of the Golden Grove estate at
nominal rent, with an annuity OF
e2,o00 in addition to provision already
made for her
He left e5OO0 upon trust for his daugh-
ter. Lady Lillian Beresford Peirse, and
200 per annunl on trust for his daugh-
ter. Lady Muriel Campbell, during spins
terhood. He directed that on marriage
the portions of each of his daughters
should be made up TO a sum of Gl5,0o9
and that the portion, of each of his
younger sons should be made UP with
sums received under their parents mar
rtage settlement to e15,000.
Subject to these provisions. he left all
his real estate, leaseholds. and copyholds
in England and Wales to his sons and
their heirs in male, and the residue of
his personal estate to his successor in the
title. His Scottish real estate is mem
toned as being entailed. FLANEUR.
Copyright. 1911 By Court Gossip syndicAte.l
The Washington herald., 1911-06-15

I'VE are soliciting contributions to help
strengthen the city bridges"
I'd rather chip in to help strengthen
the ball team"
Omaha daily bee., 1911-05-28

Oil burning heaters with sliding cover have proven
to give the most elastic service. By adjustment the
size of the flame is under control; thus heater eff
cent for the trying conditions that the orchard
list has to meet be made equally economical and
efficient when but moderate degree of heat is
qured. In wooded countries open fires built the
ground satisfactory and involve only the Of
labor.
Cost OF orchard heating is small with reference
to the value Of the crop saved In the Mincer orch
ards at Hamburg Ia, heavy crop saved at
cost of bushel in 1910, when all the apples
in the surrounding country we're destroyed. Fires
were burned nine nights from five twenty hours
at time, involving consumption Of eight gallons of
crude oil per heater One thousand small heaters,
thus assuring wide diffusion heat we're used on
orchard OF 500 This fight is the hardest on
record and by agriculturists is taken as the most
striking vndication Of the usefulness of the orchard
heater.
Figures Of the Experts.
The temperatures at which fires should be
started constitute point Of wide variance between
Omaha daily bee., 1911-05-28

ignftng torch ready to take up the fight against the
chill winds from the west.
Remedy Simple in Operation.
The device by which the temperature OF the
orchard is maintained is simple in the extreme. 1t
need be only a container hold the fuel together.
Two fuels in general use crude oil and coal Cost
determines which is the best for the purpose. Econ
omy is gained in the handling of oil through tank
wagons and pumps. A gallon Of oil is supposed to
generate about the amount of heat for the
period OF time twenty-five pounds OF coal In prac
tice il is found that gallon of oil will burn from four
to six hours, about as long fire is neeGed ~
time, under the conditions Of the ordinary Geld snap
Unless a high wind is blowing the heat lies like
blanket over the orchard, retained with varying de-
grees OF resistance against diffusion determined by
the amount of foliage the trees.
The number Of fires per acre is highly variable.
Small trees call for larger heating plant Winds
and temperatures form another factor of variation
Under the most adverse conditions a many as 100
firepots per acre have been found necessary while
under average conditions forty considered ample
Omaha daily bee., 1911-05-28

thing short of absolute victory is absolute failure
An hour of temperature below the danger point and
all the work of the year the orchard is an abso-
lutte loss.
The orchard heater is crop insurance against any
storm less than absolute blizzard. For fruit
certain stages of development a single degree below
freezing means death, while under other conditions
the buds stand a temperature as as Is de-
Fahrenheit seventeen degrees below the freez
ing point, without permanent damage. The appica-
ton of orchard heat on its most economical basis
calls for the exercise OF scientific knowledge
The work OF the United States weather bureau is
the most valuable auxiliary the orchardst in the
protection Of his crops by the heating system In
April bulletins telephoned from Omaha office of
the weather bureau notifying Nebraska and Iowa
orchardists Of the approach Of cold permitted
the preparation OF the orchard heaters for the fight
that followed and resulted in the saving of thousands
OF dollars worth OF fruit the vicinity of Council
Bluffs alone
Omaha daily bee., 1911-05-28
Setting

The investigators OF the Colorado Experiment
station declare that apple buds showing pink viii
stand 10 degrees; when almost Open 30; when open.
26 degrees; peaches in full bloom, % degrees. At
held that peach buds showing pink will stand Is
grees when almost open, rs; open, 26; with petals
off, 80; with "shucks" off the young peaches, 80.
Swollen buds will stand several degrees OF frost
without injury, but blossoms in danger at 80 de-
grees, and is that temperature fires are usu-
ally lighted. When heavy frost is expected the hres
are started the temperature falls TO a. as
time is required TO accumulate the volume Of
heated air necessary give the orchard protection
Also it is difficult to raise the temperature after the
fall gets we'll under way. A moderate temper
ature is much readily maintained than created
by the orchard fires.
Orchardists Reap Double Benefit.
An additional benefit is claimed for the OF
heater in the deposit OF volatile substances condensed
the trees from the fumes OF the burning fluid
deposit by growers declared TO be equal
in effect to a spraying with insectide.
Science is developing many aids to the fruit
grower in connection with the orchard heater
Among these devices recording self-reportinE
thermometer which rings alarm bell when dan
gerous temperatures approached. II is now the
practice 10 place a large number thermometers OF
the ordinary type through orchard under the
ing process indicate the needs OF the varying
tons and as a guide in the supply OF fuel.
The origin OF the orchard heating process IL
doubtful Tradition says that the accidental burning
of pitch pine tree growing at the edge OF peach
in the mountain country Of Colorado marked
the beginning OF the experiments which led to the
evolution OF the present day heater Only the last
few years has the orchard heater been used at an.
Even now restricted those in the leader
ship OF the scientific development Of the fruit In
dustFy.
Omaha daily bee., 1911-05-28
Iowa Fruit Growers Use Pots Freely.

In the Council Bluffs orchards and in the orch
ards OF c. E. Mincer at Hamburg, Ia. the orchard
heater is at its best in the vicinity Omaha At
various points in Colorado it is 70 advantage In
the Grand river valley Of Colorado the heater has
been in fuable aid in the saving orchard crops
number OF the scenes illustrating this article are
from photographs taken in the Grand river valley for
the Denver Rio Grande Railway company which
is actively interested in the agricultural development
Of the section In the Grand river valley as in the
region about Omaha the weather bureau gives bue-
tin service to the orehardists through the rural tee
phone exchanges.
The accuracy OF the weather service which even
under attack by the farmers has been OF rare
service in numerous instances. The progress OF
storm center across the country has pretty defn
itely established by years of observation and the
warning can keep ahead OF the cold wave on its way
across the mountains and plains from twentyfour TO
forry-eight hours, ample for the purposes OF the
orchardist who is equipped to meet the conditions
forecasted
The stoves with which the orchards are heated
in the time OF need placed in the positions they
to occupy early in the season and there they re-
main until the danger OF frost is well into the past
The heating equipment may stand idle the whole
season through until is 70 the sorehouse
but it is there charged fuel that only awaits th
Omaha daily bee., 1911-05-28

RE has been pitted against frost and the
fruit farmer has learned to heat the
whole out-of-doors." BY one more step
agricultural science has advanced
against the adversities of natural con-
ditions, through the agency Of the orch
ard heater, which recently had a prac-
The Washington herald., 1911-04-09
When a viii Is Legal

Even the legal profession is obliged
to admit that a very simple form of tes-
tamentary wills satisfies the requirements
of the law. The late Chief Justice Fuller
disposed of an estate estimated at over
100000 in about a dozen words. Many
lawyers have made similar wills, where
the testator wished only to provide for
his wife and family. A will filed in New
York last week illustrates the beneh-
cent liberality of the law IN this matter.
A man who was dying called his twelve
year-old son to his bedside. By his di-
rection the lad wrote on a sheet of note
paper the words, "All personal property
and all interest on real estate to my wife,
Mrs. John p Chrystie." The dying man
managed to scrawl some kind of sig
nature, the boy brought in two witnesses,
who signed m the presence of each
other. and the viii was perfectly valid.
, A question frequently asked is whether
or not a will mist be written by a law
The Washington herald., 1911-04-09
Lewyers Up Front.

From the Nov York Herald.
Senator William Pierson Ffero. of Cat
skill, was seated with others about the
enormous fireplace in Keeler's Hotel,
Albany, on a cold night, when he told
this story:
II remember, thirty years ago, when
was a lawyer, there were about fifteen
or eighteen of us-all lawyers-seated
about a fireplace much like this. 1t was
a raw, wet night A bedraggled stranger,
wet to the hide, came in, tried to get
accommodations and was told there was
not a room left. The nearest other place
was a mile away. Shivering. the stranger
looked at the fire, but We formed such
a solid line about it that he could not
get near it. Finally once of the lawyers,
in spirit of frivolity, turned to him and
said:
My friend are you a traveller
"''I am, sir 1 have been all over the
world
You don't say so, Been in Germany,
Egypt, Japan, and all the countries in
Africa and Asia?'
"'Al of them-been everywhere
Even been in hell?'
"'Oh, yes; been there twice
"How did you find things there?
"'Oh. much the same as here-lawyerS
all next to the fire
The Washington herald., 1911-04-09

yer orsined in the presence of a notary.
The viii written by twefve-ycar-old
boy for his father is a perfect example
to the contrary. While it is desirable
that every will should be written by an
attorney learned IN the law. even these
gentlemen have not escaped antiquities
resulting in expensive litigation. 1t Is
always better to have two witnesses to
sign viii in the presence of the tes-
tator and in the presence of each other
Chief Justice Paxson, of Pennsylvania,
neglected to call in subscribing wit
nesss, and the Supreme Court held that
his bequests to charity were imperative
But as the instrument prepared by this
lw-year-old boy shows, any one may
write another's will in any form of
words clearly expressing an intention,
and when the testatr signs fi1e instru-
me1rt.It becomes his last wiTfAand.testa-
ment.
The Washington herald., 1911-04-09

suits that they declared that nothing
could equal it for heavy ordnance. I'm
fortunately, the inventor had died of a
broken heart There is. no more
startling instance of ingratitude than the
history of Henry Cort, native of Cos
port, England. He expended his fortune
of $4,000 m perfecting his inventions
for pudding iron and rolling it into
bars and plates Then he was robbed of
the fruits of his toll by the villainy of
certain officials and was left to starve.
This was m 1884. Since that day Cort's
inventions have conferred upon Great
Britain wealth equivalent to $3.5oo,ooo,-
600 and given constant employment to
about 10000 worhlnen.
The Washington herald., 1911-04-09
MDDLE-CLASS KING.
George of England shows Gresa
Regard for Opinion of Masses.

George of England Shows Great
Regard for Opinion of Masses.
Frum the Chicago Record Herald.
England. or at any rate, London. has
dubbed George v ~the middle-class
complimentary. The Kings ways are
democratic and his interests 'prosaic." :"
He invites plain people" to dinner; he
takes an interest in housing and town
planning, particularly inquiring into the
accommodations planned for the poorest
of the inhabitants; he has visited the
post office and watched the clerks and
carriers at their routine. Sports and dis
play have little attraction for him, and
aristocracy fears that he unduly insists
on ..respectabitity'' and bourgeois mo-
rality." His libel suit to establish the
falsity of the bigamy charge that had
been peddled against him for many
years was a striking illustration of his
regard for the opinion of average hu-
manity." To the royal '-superman' such
a charge would have mattered little.
1t will be recalled that at the time Of
the Kings accession many of the pro-
gressives gIoomily talked about his
tory affiliations and tory sympathies." I"
II was even said that he would side
with the peers in their struggle to main
tain their political privileges in spite Of
advancing democracy and urgent con-
stitutional changes. These fears and
doubts appear to have been dispelled. A
''middle-class King is exactly the kind
of King Great Britain needs to-day. Such
King will not stand in the way of re-
forms decreed by the people. Such a
King will act "constitutionally" and give
no encouragement to the bOurbons in the
upper house
The Washington herald., 1911-04-09
Whipping Post No Cure,

Prom the Richmond vir-nian.
There can be no denial of the fact
that the wife-beater is a problem and
that upon conviction he should be So
verely dealt with. 1t is not to be ad-
rIitted for a moment that the women
OF this country are to be subjected to
cruelty at the hands of those who once
professed to love them without just and
commensurate punishment being meted
out to the abject specimen of manhood
guilty of such conduct The history of
the whipping-post shows that the victim
Of the fiogginG has not been morally
benefited BY the torture, nor has his
complaining spouse II there is any
sense of decency, humanity. or manhood
in a creature who beats his wife. this
hideous and barbaric torture draws it
out of him through the welts on his
back. The whippinG-post has been proved
to deaden every sensibility and benumb
every faculty in a man save his thirst
for the blood of the one responsible for
it, his wife.
The Washington herald., 1911-04-09
SnobbiShness.

The daughter of one of the leading
professors at Yale accepted a position
as lady's companion in the home of a
lieutenant of the navy at Annapolis,
where her beauty, tact, and education
prompted invitations to Naval Academy
darres. As result social tempest
has been raised. which does not reflect
we'll on the institution which is training
Youths for brave sea fighters. The no
tice debarri1rg her from future social
functions was given out by a suhaltern
and not by an Academy official OF stand
ing. Nevertheless. the incident reveals
an attempt to draw social lines incom-
patible with republican form of gov
erI1meut-
Were it not that the young lady in
question is the daughter of a professor
and of unqiestioned social standing. and
that her position is matter of choice
and not on necessity. it is doubtful
whether the affair would have become
public. The fact that it has. however,
emphasizes the need of broader social
code at Annapolis. Snobbcry is not to
be tolerated m the navy or army, any
more than IN the departments at Wash
ington or the diplomatic or consular
corps, for the cheapest of all snobbery
is that which is,ibased on Official bosi-
ton
The Washington herald., 1911-04-09
ENCOURAGING BRIGHT PUPILS.
Classroom Established at Cincinnati
for Especially DiIiEent Scholars.

Prom the st. Panl Pioneer-R-ss
Parents and educators everywhere Will
be interested in the experiment now being
tried in the Cincinnati public schools of
establishing a classroom for especially
bright pupils, which would appear TO be
the logical accompaniment of the class
room for backward pupils. The PROPOSE
ton that il is as unfair to hold back the
apt or clever child in the ranks of the
mediocre as it is to speed the dull pupil
to d pace he cannot maintain appeals as
reasonable and common sense.
Ii will be argued with much force that
the system which makes provision for
caring for the backward pupil cannot
be justified without provision IS made
for accommodating the needs of those
who can advance more rapidly than the
average. The proposition simply pro-
vides for the application to schooling of
the plan that is generally adopted and
followed in the business world, where
wage scales. chances of promotion, and
all the advantages are based on the
ability of those employed to advance rap
idly in one line or another This has not
been the rule in the schools where the
system has been adjusted to meet the
requirements of the average pupil, with
special provision made for those below
the average.
The net result of this system has been
retardation, for which the pupils are
not TO blame. The Cincinnati educators
have decided that the old system Of try
ing to make all children fit the same
educational pattern is unsatisfactory in
general and particularly unfair to the
bright pupils, who are to be given special
attention under a more sensible and
equitable method.
The Washington herald., 1911-04-09
Why He Kissed Her.

From the Philadelphia Evening Times
Daniel J. Shern, who practices law
when he isn't guiding the House OF Rep
resentatives, was reminded of story
when he read the verdict in the breach
of promise case against young WaIling in
New York.
Il was counsel for the girl in a case
once" said the lawyer. ''and 1 thought
We had a good case. One of the strong
est points was the ardent wooing of the
defendant. We stipulated at least 1,24
kisses he had planted upon the fair ones
ruby lips. Imagine our surprise when
the defendant admitted it.
That's true said he. testifying. II
had to do it, he explained.
Had to do it?" l roared, hoping to
embarraSs him.
Yes" he answered. 81 either had to
keep kissing her constantly or permit her
to sing, and-well, l preferred the kiss
ing"
The Washington herald., 1911-04-09
Bryan and Virginia

IF Mr.. Bryan shall inject himself into
the Senatorial campaign in Virginia, as
the opponents of Senator Martin
prophesy and hope, the fact will be in
teresting, but not important The
chances are that Mr.. Martin will be
aided rather than injured by the per-
formance
In the first place, the people of Vir-
ginia will naturally feel that they are
able to settle their own problems without
advice from an outsider They have
been able to do so successfully in the
past, and there is no reason why they
should be less capable in the future.
They know the characters and records OF
Senator's Martin and Swanson and Rep
resentatives Jones and Glass they know
the needs of their State; they are thor
oughly acquainted with all the issues
involved in the Senatorial campaign, and
their political acumen has been devcl-
oped by long experience with State and
national affairs They will listen re-
spectfully and inteIligently TO the oppos-
ing candidates, and then they will render
their impartial Judgment at the polls. If
we know anything of he temper OF the
Virginia people, they would prefer to
decide their own political problems in
their own way.
Besides this, Mr. Byan'S record OF
participation m State campaigns is not
one of unbroken SUCCESS Even IN Ne
braska he has not been able to control,
and his opposition to Gov. Harmon in
Ohio was followed by a majority of
10000 for the man whom he antag-
onized- Virginia has never warmly es-
poused the radical theories which Mr..
Bryan advocates. and there is no reason
to believe that he viii find in the State
to-day TIE ground more fertile for the
dissemination OF his ideas.