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The Washington herald., 1911-02-14

Senator elect Miles Poindexter was
discussing at a political conference in
Seattle the situation arising out of the
Withdrawal of one of his opponents from
the Senatorial race. Many believed that
the man who had withdrawn would
throw all his support to Poindexter's
other opponent and that Miles would
come out at the little end of the horn.
But Poindexter denied this.
There's grave danger" somebody sug-
gested, that a lot Of people will go
jumping into the other fellows band
wagon, thinking that he now has the
best show of election
Don't worry" put in Poindexter. opti-
mistically. He may be getting few in
his band wagon. but I'll pick up the bulk
of them in my little delivery wagon"
Representative Nicholas LonGworth has
the reputation of being a first-rate little
amateur boxer.
Back in Cincinnati they tell this story
about Nicholas and his father. The eld-
or Longworth liked to box just as mat
ter of exercise and used his son for
sparring companion, owing TO the lack of
anybody better that could be called upon
at short notice. Young Nick wasn't al
together enthusiastic about the job, for
his father possessed a certain amount Of
skill. and he would come away from one
of his fathers periods of daily exercise
feeling like a man who had been in a
runaway accident
When young Nick came home from
Harvard for his first vacation his father
told him that he had been missing the
boxing sessions and that he would like to
meet him up in the attic at once.
A few minutes later father came down
with large bump the size of a couple
of pecan nuts over his left eye.
Gracious he exclaimed to 4 guest
who was in the parlOr, you'd actually
be surprised at the way that boy has i'm
proved"
The government provides nice. big.
glass weather map right across the cor
ridor from the Senate chamber so that
Senators can tell just what the weather
is back home and know. by comparison.
when Washington weather is Il good deal
of a botch. The map SHOWS the direction
and velocity of the wind. the rain or
snow fall and the temperature. Nine
days out of ten Senator Warren. of Wy
ominC. is the first Senator to look at the
map in the morning. His keen interest
in weather conditions is due to the fact
that he has large peach orchards and
other fruit interests in the West.
Representative Hammond. of Mime
IN ba Ill
room the other day, and it sounded new
to those present:
The judge in a Minnesota court had
Just sentenced a man to fifteen years for
second degree murder and then asked
him if he had anything to say.
Nothing to say" replied the prisoner.
The Washington herald., 1911-02-14
Does 1t Pay to Be Honest:

From the New York Evening Sun.
A janitor in Boston found in the snow
a wallet containing; $4,000 in cash. The
wallet was marked with the name OF a
firm of bankers. The janitor ate a cheap
and quick luncheon and then went TO the
bankers. Did you lose this?' said he.
why, yes!" cried one of the firm, but
we didn't know it. Thank you; you are
an honest man. Please don't mention
our name, will you?''
The janitor promised, and went back to
his janitorship. comforted with the as
surance that he was an honest man.
That's the way they do things in Boston.
Virtue its own reward, and good enough
for him. Good old janitor.
The Washington herald., 1911-02-14

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The Washington herald., 1911-02-14
POLITICAL COMMENT.

! fHfn the Albany Journal
Presidential bees are mostly drones
| Prom the Florida Timcs- Unior.
! Since FOss elected himself who knows
why he was elected except himself?
Certainly it would be far fetched to
say that any party is responsible for
! Foss.
! From the Omaha Bee
San Francisco's victory is also the
! Vests. On the threshold OF a new era
of growth and progress. the West. every
State of it. should derive vast benefit
! from this exposition. Could hundreds
/ OF thousands of people from other States
and lands passing our fertile plains and
| hills. fail to find here irresistible attrac-
| tiOns?
! From the Scranton T1bunc- Republican
The mention of Col. Roosevelt as a
Senatorial dark horse in New York will
doubtless rally the old Guard" if any
ginger is left in the organization.
| From the Atlanta Constitution.
II Mr.. Bryan will read a few more
voters into the party he will be doing
better work for 1872
From the Baltimore Sun.
Uncle ice" Cannon will bitterly resent
the course of Socialist Berger in giving
the devil the credit for originating the
high protective tariff.
From the Knoxville journal.
1t seems to alarm those Honduran
troops to tell them that Christmas is
coming.
From the Philadelphia Bulletin.
Congressman Macon's latest prepared
speech subtracts 12,9OO words from the
sum total of human knowledge as our
old friend Tom Reed would have said.
From the Richmond NewsLeader.
THE Roosevelt dam is to he used in
Arizona after March IS" Around Oyster
Bay and among a certain division of the
Republican party it has been in common
use for some months.
From the Florida Times Union.
Champ Clark says the Democrats are
on probation. If so. would we call those
New York legislative bolters reprobates?
From the San Francisco Chronicle.
The new National Republican Progress
sive League is Bryanism with a new
name.
From the New York Tribune.
Ex-MayOr Adam, uf Buffalo. says that
the opposition to Sheehan isn't worth a
bodle" That is 90 archaic and recherche
for the legislative mind. The ex-mayor's
typewriter should have spelled it Doodle"
From the Worcester Telegram.
One OF the mechanical engineers who
has worked a long time about the Pan
anna Canal recommends that the big guns
for the canal fortifications be made of
wood. because the moist atmosphere will
he sure to spoil steel guns in a short
time. and as there is to be no shooting
with the guns. it matters little how solid
they are. Still. they might be better if
made of cement. The wood might decay
in time.
The Washington herald., 1911-02-14
A LITTLE NONSENSE.
NOT SUCH A JOLT

Time weaves his web; it now is Feb.
December Jared US sore
And cleaned US out, but all, no doubt,
Have saved a triffe more
modest screed. with hearts that bleed
Costs little, opine
So all to-day may tribute pay
Unto st. Valentine.
The Washington herald., 1911-02-14

had never used dollar oorruptly to in
fiuence the action of the legislature, but
that THE charge had never hitherto been
laid against him. The denial was timely,
but unnecessary. Mr.. Cullom's career
speaks for itself
The Washington herald., 1911-02-14
Open-air Schools.


In Europe, whenever climatic condi-
tiOns will permit, there are open-air
schools for backward pupils. as is the
case IN some sections of the United
States said Dr. Eben F. Williams, of
Boston. at the Raleigh recently. "Educa-
tors abroad have reached the sensible
conclusion that the backwardness of those
children who are not promoted and be-
come known as 'holdovers' is due to de-
fects in school management
some years ago in Germany this con-
dluon was discovered, and an inyestiga
'on was instituted to find the cause"
SAID the pedaSOgue. 1t was learned
that large number of children in the
schools-frOm to per cent-were
suffering from anemia and various other
diseases in their incipent stages. and that
this accounted for much Of the Iethargic
movements in the grades. The children
were not backward because of defective
mentality but because of impaired ply
sical vitality
The Germans decided that If children
OF this sort remain closely confined in
schoolrooms they will retard their assO-
ciates. and probably will become chronic
detectives. If kept out Of school, they
will suffer from lack of education and
Will be handicapped in the struggle for
existence. So the German educators set
about devising some method by which
misfOrtunes due to backward children
might be remedied. They hit upon the
open-air school. For the past seven
years, in the neighborhood of nearly
every large city in Germany. there have
been set up open-air schools, into which
children showing physical weakness have
been collected. These children are care
fully inspected by physicians. are sup
piled with abundant nourishing food, are
kept in the open air most of the time,
both day and night. and are taught in
groups Of twenty or more to the teacher.
Berlin is spending about $1,000 a year
on such schools"
The Washington herald., 1911-02-14

broken-down horse was rejuvenated
in London the other day by the injec-
tion of radium. AS this new specific
costs a mere 100000 per ounce, there
ought to be a marked improvement in
live stock soon.
The Washington herald., 1911-02-14

Recently a German reporter who
wished to learn from the Kaiser's own
lips his opinion on a certain question of
state donned the imperial livery and
entered the train in which the Emperor
was travelling. When his presence was
discovered he was dropped ten miles from
anyWherc
The Washington herald., 1911-02-14

Paterson, N J., has an automobile bank
on exhibition which is capable OF fifty
miles an hour and is freproof, burglar
proof. and bNletproof. 1t does not say
whether it is cashierproof.
The Washington herald., 1911-02-14

The tobacco trusts plea that ii is not
guilty of restraint of trade. inasmuch as
smoking is not a necessity but a luxury
raises a nice question, which even the
Supreme Court might not be able to de-
eide
The Washington herald., 1911-02-14

a New York preacher says men ought
to cook. sew, wash dishes, and get their
own breakfast and let their wives rest
What office does he expect when the
suffragette era arrives?
The Washington herald., 1911-02-14

1t is a matter for speculation why
cOrding TO report. has again broken the
hank at Monte Carlo. ever wasted his
time in the steel business?
The Washington herald., 1911-02-14

We read in market report that Mis-
souri, mules are going up. Champ Clark
yet may be estopped by the high cost
Of driving from that Pennsylvania ave-
nue. stunt
The Washington herald., 1911-02-14

4 deadlocked Legislature is not worth
half what it costs, says a contemporary.
That depends. If a deadlock prevents the
selection of the unfit, it is worth what
ever il may cost.
The Washington herald., 1911-02-14

Does the chief justice of Maine. who
asks the State to pay his laundry bill,
mean to take the people at their word
when they insisted upon a cleaner ad-
ministration?"
The Washington herald., 1911-02-14

At any rate. the lightning which struck
the Missouri capitol was not of the
Presidential kind, and Champ Clark was
not ANYWAYS near.
The Washington herald., 1911-02-14

That New York girl who married for
joke wants her marriage annulled. The
courts are too busy with cases OF young
women who married in earnest and want
alimony
The Washington herald., 1911-02-14

A society man, about to marry, gave a
dinner for eight girls to whom he had
been engaged previously. The bride-to-he
was present.
The Washington herald., 1911-02-14

The recent inactivity of the English
suffragettes leads to the suspicion that
they have fallen victims of the hobbIe
skirt
The Washington herald., 1911-02-14
Passing Them Along.

You know those useless Christmas
gifts 1 got?"
''Yes; you couldn't figure out what they
were intended for"
Just so. I'll paste a crimson heart
on each and then II win be valentine"
The Washington herald., 1911-02-14

his desire to be considerate and fair, and
he may be trusted to deal in the same
fashion with all of the postal employees.
The Washington herald., 1911-02-14
Not Essential.

Il don't quite grasp the idea in this
poem of yours
Don't try advised the author "a
man doesn't always have an idea every
time ne writes a poem"
The Washington herald., 1911-02-14
A Foxy Scheme.

Hubby, this is St Valentines Day,
and 1 expect a bunch of orchids
Wouldn't you rather have one of those
little 1O-cent valentines like 1 used to
send you when you were a girl?"
The Washington herald., 1911-02-14
A Shocking Idea

days. The shooting is excellent. Plenty
of guides"
Really, old chap. couldn't shoot a
guide"
The Washington herald., 1911-02-14
One Way.

II am working my way through col
lege.''
Brave girl. How do you earn money!
WELL father gives me SO for every
singing lesson I don't take"
The Washington herald., 1911-02-14
Tough Luck.

How are things in PlunkvilIe?"
On the bum. Our police station was
robbed last week and yesterday our fire
department was burned out"
The Washington herald., 1911-02-14
Something Lacking

Newfangled ways distress a bard;
Make him repine.
1 cannot deem a postal card
A valentine
The Washington herald., 1911-02-14
VIE WS AND
INTERVIEWS
German Street Cars.

I'm all my jOurneyins in Germany 1
have not yet seen crowded street rail-
way car" said W. \. Patton. of Los
Angeles, Cal. who is at the Riggs House,
and who recently returned from an ex-
tensive tour through Germany. only
once have seen passengers standing
inside a car.
Ihe Germans recognize the necessity
OF making street railway service fex-
ibIe' to provide for variations in travel
al different times, and they attach trail
cars behind the motor cars In e,o,
such small cities as Heidelberr-,. contin-
ued MT Patton, "a train consisting of A
''oSt" motor car hauling an open trail
car Is regularly run.
american street railways have pro-
Nlded Tor Increased traffic by putting on
larger and heavier cars, but the Ger
mans have met the same problem bv rum
ming trains Of two or three cars The
advantages of the German system IN
the public are many. and l believe thew
are almost as numerous to the street
railway. The floors of German street
cars are low. like the American street
cars OF a dozen years ago. They are far
easier to get in and get out of than our
hlgh-hoored American cars. which are
designed TO accommodate the car build
ers rather than the convenience of the
travelling public.
The German street cars are clean.
They are even cleaner than the Boston
street cars. and those who know how
high the Boston street railway service
stands. compared with that of most
other American cities. will appreciate
what a compliment this is Not only
are the cars clean, but they are attrac-
tive They are kept well painted and
vanished. and they look, in fact, like
an American car just out OF the shops.
And not only are the cars clean. but the
employees are clean. Their uniforms are
immaculate, their brass buttons shine.
and the men themselves are courteous
TO degree that astonishes an American"
The Washington herald., 1911-02-14

Presidential bees are mostly drones
Prom the Florida Timcs-Uninr
Since Foss elected himself who knows
why he was elected except himself?
Certainly it would be far fetched to
say that any party is responsible for
Foss.
Bryan daily eagle and pilot. [volume] (Bryan, Tex.) 1909-1918, 1911-01-12
Convention of Staus.

Within the imperial preserves where
the kaiser and his guests secured 900
deer in one day is the Schorfhaide,
which each year toward the month Of
November becomes the meeting place
of thousands of stays. This annual
assemblage on the Schorfhaide has
taken place every autumn for CEN
turtles past. Mention thereof has been
found in documents more than a thou
sand years old. All sorts of theories
have been put forward to account for
1t. Some natives say that the animals
meet to decide matters affecting the
leadership of their various clans. 1t
seems hard to account otherwise for
the attraction which brings stays and
their mates from Galicia, on the Rus
sian border: from the Liechtenstein
game preserves south of Vienna and
from the still larger estates in Hun
gary belonging to the Archduke Fred
erick. all the way TO the Schorfhaide.-
London Chronicle.
Bryan daily eagle and pilot. [volume] (Bryan, Tex.) 1909-1918, 1911-01-12
The Art of Ro1inu.

Pugilism, the practice Of boxing. or
fighting with the fists, was a manly
art and exercise highly esteemed
among the ancients. In those days the
hands of the pugilist were armed with
the cestus. leather thrones loaded with
lead or iron. This form Of athletic
sport was at first only permitted to
freemen among the Greeks. but grad
ually 1t was taken up as a profession
and lost much Of its prestige.
As an illustration Of its early use we
find in virgll's fifth Aeneld the rec
ord OF match between Dares, with
nimble feet and confident in youth
and Entellus. the veteran champion.
"strong and weighty limbed." when
the combatants-
Their arms uplift in air. their heads with
draw
Back from the blows. and, mingling hand
with hand.
Provoke the conflict.
Pugilism has been a typical English
sport from the days of King Alfred
London Standard.
Bryan daily eagle and pilot. [volume] (Bryan, Tex.) 1909-1918, 1911-01-12
Found the Saints Dav.

One Russian peasant sued another to
recover the sum of so rubles. the debt
or having faithfully promised to re-
turn the money on st. Henry's day.
But, having failed TO do so for a long
time, the lender discovered that the
Russian Orthodox church includes no
such saint as st. Henry. and the judge
before whom the case was tried was
much puzzled as to what verdict he
should give. Happily the idea occur
red to him that, saint or no saint. All
Saints day included even the most
doubtful, so he gave judgment that the
80 rubles should be returned next All
Saints day.
Bryan daily eagle and pilot. [volume] (Bryan, Tex.) 1909-1918, 1911-01-12
BOYS PRIZES.

A first prize of $1,000 in gold, a sec
ond prize of $3.50, third prize of $500,
a fourth prize of $3.50, and ten prizes
of 500 each, for the. largest yield of
merchantable corn on two acres of
land, and for the largest yield of mid
d ing cotton on two acres of land. the
four acres to be on the same farm and
under the same management. the crop
to be raised without irrigation by
boys not over twenty years of age on
the first day of January, 1911.
There are positively no fees or
charges of any character whatsoever
to the contestants for any of these
prizes
The sole object of the congress is
to help the farmers all over the state
TO help themselves.
We advise contestants to at once
pillow their land very carefully, one
inch deeper than heretofore, to har-
row after each blowing: to repeat
Bryan daily eagle and pilot. [volume] (Bryan, Tex.) 1909-1918, 1911-01-12
Famous Missr.

John ELVES, who lived-we can hard.
~ say fourished-in the eighteenth
century. was a famous miser. When
he, possessed Of million Of money,
walked the streets Of London philan-
thropic people would sometimes thrust
a penny into his hand. so beggarly and
poverty stricken was his appearance.
He would eat food that was In the last
stage Of putrefaction sooner than
throw 1t away and would ride for
miles out Of his way sooner than pay
twopenny toll on the turnpike. BY
an accident in the street he received
an injury to both his legs. and doc
tor was called In. Elves protested
that the expense was quite unneces-
sary and that he was not much hurt.
SO he made an arrangement with the
doctor The doctor was to take one
leg and treat as he liked. ELVES
would take the other and do nothing
TO II. And he would bet the doctor
the amount Of his bill that the intend
ed leg got well first. He used to boast
afterward that he beat the doctor by
a fortnight
Bryan daily eagle and pilot. [volume] (Bryan, Tex.) 1909-1918, 1911-01-12
The Dialect Was There.

Ex-Governor Bob Taylor of Tennes-
see was once entertaining a northern
guest who was rather skeptical about
the prevailing dialect in stories of
southern negroes He thought it over
drawn. To disprove the contention.
Mr.. Taylor laughingly made wager
with his guest that the northerner
would be unable to interpret the Ian
guage of the first negro they met. Ac-
cordingly they set out and presently
came upon a black man basking in
dolently in the sun. Telling his friend
to pay close heed, Mr.. Taylor stepped
up to the negro and demanded sud
denly:
"Weh hep"
The negro blinked his eyes stolidly
and then answered in a cultural voice:
"Wah who?'-Everybody's.
Bryan daily eagle and pilot. [volume] (Bryan, Tex.) 1909-1918, 1911-01-12

these operations until they have prac.
tically a perfect seed bed at least six
inches deep; drain the land II it needs
it, and see that it is protected by con-
tour burrows from washing, if neces-
sary. Never lay your crops by, but
continue to cultivate carefully from the
time the plant is up until the crop is
practically mature. Notify the Texas
Industrial Congress at Dallas, at the
earliest date possible and positively
not later than April 1, 1911, that you
are contestant State whether you
will try for the twenty-acre or the
four-acre prize, or for both.
Give your postoffice address and
state just where your land is located
so that an inspector can find it. After
planting let the congress know the
general condition of your crop on the
first day Of each month; also keep a
careful memorandum of what fertil-
izers were used, just how and how
often your crop was worked during the
season. Write to the agricultural de-
partment at Austin and to the A. & NJ.
college at College Station for the most
approved methods of cultivating crops
in your particular section.
Bryan daily eagle and pilot. [volume] (Bryan, Tex.) 1909-1918, 1911-01-12
The Measure,

The ancient judge sat before the
scales of worth.
Bring forth the royal treasurer he
cried, and the hurrying slaves poured
into the huge pan sacks of golden
metal, caskets of sparkling gems until
it seemed as if all of the wealth of
earth were there. Yet the balance
never stirred.
LET the learning of the ages be add
ed" came the order. and tons upon
tons of the wisdom of sages. philoso-
pliers, scientists and poets was heaped
upon the pile. And still the great arm
of the scales remained high in air.
Add now the men of power and
high position" said the Judge. land
the scale will fall" But all in vain.
But what is on the other side that
outweighs all theseT' asked one
ut is character" said the Judge
Portal.
Bryan daily eagle and pilot. [volume] (Bryan, Tex.) 1909-1918, 1911-01-12
Making a Cunstock.

A party of men were out hunting,
and an old woodsman who was with
them broke bis gunstock in some way
or other Ii was just about nightfall
when the accident occurred. and inas-
much as he was very anxious to do
some shooting early the next morning
be decided TO fix up his shooting iron
Finding a walnut fence rail. he set to
work. His only tools were an ak and
big pocket knife. All night long he
labored vigorously at his task. and by
morning the gunstock was finished and
back in place and worked like a
charm.
How did you do IT." asked one of
the number. greatly surprised
VERY easy" was. this old hunters
reply. mo trouble at all Just get
piece of wood about the size and kind
that you want and then white away
al that YOU want whitfield away.
When you have all the wood cut off
that You don't want you have gun
stock."-Kansas City Journal.