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The Washington herald., 1911-07-30
EULOGY ON DOG WINS p.
VERDICT FOR MASTER

The speech of Senator Vest eulogizing
the dog was made when serving as attor-
ney in the prosecution Of man who had
wantonly shot the dog of a neighbor. The
eulogy follows:
Gentlemen OF the jury. the best friend
a man has In this world may turn against
him and become his enemy. His son
or daughter that he has reared with lov-
ing care may become ungrateful. Those
who are nearest and dearest to US, those
whom we trust with our happiness and
our good name. may become traitors to
their trust. The money that a man has
he may lose. II flies away from him
when he may need 1t most. A mans
reputation may be sacrificed in a mo-
uent of ill-considered action. The peo-
pie who are prone to fall on their knees
and do us honor when success is with
us may be the first to throw the stone
OF malice when failure settles its cloud
upon our head. The one absolutely un-
selfish friend a man may have in this
unselfish world, the one that never de-
serts him, the one that never proves un-
grateful or treacherous, Is the dog.
"Gentlemen of the jury. mans dog
stands by him In prosperity and In pow
erty. In health and In sickness. He will
The Washington herald., 1911-07-30

sleep on the cold ground. where the
wintry winds blow and snow drives
fiercely. II only he may be near his mas
ter's side. He will kiss the hands that
have no food to offer, he will lick the
wounds and sores that come in encount-
ers with the roughness of the world.
He guards the sleep of his pauper master
as II he We're a prince When all other
friends desert he remains. When ricnes
take wings and reputation falls to pieces
he is as constant in his love as the sun
In its journey through the heavens. II
fortune drives the master forth an out
cast into the. world. friendless and home
less, the faithful dog asks no higher
privilege than that of accompanying him,
to guard against danger. to fight against
his enemies. and. when the last scene
of all comes and death takes his master
in its embrace, and his body is laid
away in the cold ground. no matter II all
other friends pursue their way. there
by his graveside viii the noble dog be
found, his head between his paws. his
eyes sad but open In alert watchfulness
faithful and true even to death.
The plaintiff had sued for $500 damages.
When Senator Vest finished speaking
49, jury, after celebrating for two min
utes. awarded $500.
The Washington herald., 1911-07-30
DR.. TINDALL'S TRIP
TO PACIFIC COAST
He Was Photographed with
a Mormon Choir.

The most eventful of my vacations, y
said DR.. William Tindau. secretary to
the District Commissioners, is the one
of 1904 when l made my first trip to the
Pacific Coast, by way of Niagara Falls,
Toronto, Lake Huron, the Canadian Pa
cific Railway, Victoria, Puget Sound, and
the Columbia River. The landscape fea-
lures OF this route have been often de-
scribed in better language than 1 can
master. and yet, like the glories of Solo
mons regime, the half has not been
told Not the least attractive of these
features is the wondrous scenic setting
of Seattle, the one great city named in
recognition of the nobleSt qualities OF
humanity as they were displayed by an
Indian chief for the protection of the
infant settlement
In the suburbs of Tacoma one bone
headed conductor left our train of three
passenger cars and one baggage car
standing on a switch for nearly an hour.
The second section came along, and Its
engineer, seeing the light on our rear car,
which was on the main track, thought
the line was clear and struck and over
turned the rear car on the next track
ran his locomotive half way through the
next car, putting out an Indians eye
and burying out of sight under the debris
the only woman in the car without even
scratching her: the impact then lifted
the rear end of our car several feet in
the air, nearly shaking our livers out
when it fell back TO its original place on
the track.
"On my return, via Portland, l stopped
in one of the buildings connected with
the fair then in progress. and listened to
a very large choir practicing for a series
of concerts that were to be given during
the fair After the practice ceased
photographer appeared for the purpose
of taking a picture. A young man and 1,
who had composed the entire audience
during the singing, were invited to go on
the stage to fill two vacant chairs for
the picture, and We did So I then learned
that II was the Mormon choir of Ogden,
and that It was more than likely that
would figure among the faithful in many
of the homes in Mormondom. 1t gave me
no apprehension, however as the impress
sion ! gained of the human side of the
Mormon character was greatly to its
advantage.
1.-The train on which I started East
from Portland left on Friday and had
thirteen cars, which was the cause of
much uneasiness among many of the
messengers. But we came through with
out a mishap, disappointing some of them
who had made up their minds to meet
disaster and indicating that thirteen is
luckier number than trinity for me-"
The Washington herald., 1911-07-30
LEACH'S FEAT IN
GOING OVER NIAGARA
RAPIDS RECALLED

Frank Bender, a friend Of Leach's.
dived overheard with a rope about his
waist, swan to the barrel after a hard
struggle, and made It fast. 1t was hauled
ashore and opened and Leach was pulled
out There was q bad cash in his fore
head and on his left ear. He was black
and blue all over, and could not speak.
He was dosed first with brandy, then
with oxygen, and in a short time be-
came conscious. Then he discovered he
could not put his right leg under him.
He thought It was broken, but a surgeon
decided II was only badly sprained.
mo morev' were his first words. The
drop over the Falls was not bad. but
that trip through the upper rapids was
frightful II seemed as though the bar
rel turned over million times. The
nearer I approached 10 the Falls, the
more the barrel turned. Once, when
struck a rock. thought It was all over.
A big dent was stove In the barrel and
a. couple Of quarts of water came In.
prepared TO die. But the water merely
washed through the air holes. II was
striking the rock that hurt my leg.
THE big drop over the Falls was
nothing In comparison TO the rest OF tho
trip felt no sensation, certainly no
pain. going down. and there was very
little bump at the bottom. All have
to say In that nobody's got anything on
mo so tar a. going over Niagara Fsiia
70 concerned But-nsvsr agAin&
The Washington herald., 1911-07-30
VACATIONS OF
REAL ESTATE MEN

washington is divided into three
classes" said one Of the characters in a
comedy skit staged at the opening OF
the Playhouse, the fashionable amateur
theatrical club, last winter. pretty girls,
marines, and real estate men,"
Whatever may have become of the first
two "classifications''- they are
enjoying extended vacations or not al
this time-the real estate man as a class
has his nose stuck far too close to the
grindstone to seek recreation at this
stage of the game. In the cases Of large
firms, where there are several statesmen
to each Office, vacations are spread out
through the summer, the boss gen.
orally being the man to take the last and
least vacation; but in the cases of
smaller firms and single operators, va
cation time is not summer time; at least
1t has not been up to the present.
Up to the middle of July, almost no
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The Washington herald., 1911-07-30
HAPPY VACATIONS
ENJOYED BY MANY
WASHINGTONIANS
THEY RELATE THEIR EXPERIENCES
FOR THE READERS OF THE HERALD
Fishing Trips Camping Out Excursions, Tours Through
the Far West, and Other Delightful
Outings Are Described.

Where did have happe vacation? Was by the
shore, the mountain farmhouse home?
Many Washington people this morning tell in The Washington
Herald stories of their pleasant outings Some of them
and weeks spent travel others recall fishing trips filled with SPORT
while others relate foreign Altogether
full of interest and WILL doubt bring back minds
periences equally delightful
1t is said that people take vacations in Washington than
city This that the government employees
thirty and of them divide this
separate periods Thousands
Washington people spend weeks modest far from the
spotlight of fashion the conventional And these
sensible people have glorious time without the and expense of
q elaborate holiday.
If you have had vacation yet read the experiences
those whose delightful outings still fresh in their
The Washington herald., 1911-07-30
FISHING FOR SHARK.
An Experience to Be Remembered
on Florida Coast.


on Florida Coast.
'One of the most delightful and event
full trips I ever took" says John H. Ben
ton, a clerk on the board of review of
the Pension Office, was to st. Angus
tine, Fla, more than thirty years ago.
There is one incident in particular which
keeps the journey fresh in memory. One
day, while passing along the seawall of
the old Spanish fort there, 1 came across
two boys with line in the water. fishing
for shark. After talking with them for
a short time, 1 left to continue my tour
of the old fort, but had not gone fifty
feet when I heard shouts, indicating
that the youngsters had made a catch.
"I rushed to their aid and assisted in
landing most strenuously resisting
shark. The fish was pulled in upon a
width OF beach left by the receding tide
at the base of the wall, and I was se-
lected because Of my superior strength
TO dispatch the scavenger OF the sea with
an ak. 1t was only after a number OF
well-directed overland blows had been
dealt on the broad skull that the shark
showed indications of being dead. About
O foot of the tail was severed the entire
length of the abdominal viscera was
ripped open, and the capacious NAV re-
moved and carefully examined, with the
expectation Of possibly finding a watch
or box OF jewelry, such as are said to be
discovered sometimes in sharks. But no
such fortune was ours.
''The most interesting part OF the ad-
venture, however, happened after this
examination Although the fish had been
numerically slaughtered and was ap-
parently dead. when the blade OF the ak
was thrust In Its mouth the sharp teeth
and massive jaws closed upon it, and II
was only with great exertion that sue
eeeded in withdrawing it
The Washington herald., 1911-07-30
Mr.. DAVE LOVES
TO GO TRAMPING
Remembers Two Vacations
Which We're Exceptional.

ITO indulge in physical effort has al
ways been the object of my vacations,
says G. Grosvenor Dave, managing direc-
tor of the Southern Commercial Congress,
Two such vacations stand out in my
mind as the pleasantest, besides having
been the most instructive.
1T was back in 1894 that started on
a tramping trip down through the pen
insula of Delaware. That neck of land
has always appealed to me, by reason OF
the fact that it is geographically sort
of cul de sac, as the French have II.
Out of the direct line of travel and in
accessible by land except from the north,
it is little frequented and so far invio-
late from exploitation as a nesting place
for summer resorters. So, to discover
what manner of unknown land it was
and to study the customs of the country
and get a smattering of its traditions. /
strapped my knapSack on my back and
set out for a three months walk. 1 was
well rewarded, for found a new land.
Down there in the Delaware PENN
Sula. which might be called a backwater
of civilization. I found an obsolete So
ciety. Where the citizens live on Revolu-
tionary traditions, and present-day prog
ress has left them untouched. They are
almost pristine in their ante-bellum prim-
itiveness.
Il spent three weeks in Dover, the
State capital, and then continued down
the peninsula. 1 stopped at farmhouses.
wayside inns, and such other places
happened to reach when overtaken by
nightfan. The country is rich in historical
interest and 1 learned a great many
things.
THE next year saw my first visit TO
Washington. while on similar peri
patetic vacation. 1 started afoot from
Baltimore City. with the inevitable
knapsack on my back, and walked all
the way to Gettysburg. There 1 reveled
in the wartime history Of the place,
and, after a stop of several days, went
on to Pen Mar. That is one of the most
beautiful regions have ever visited.
well remember some of my experiences
at Pen Mar. 1t was while there that
I beheld the most marvellous sunrise that
it has ever been my good fortune to
witness.
81 stood upon the very summit of
Mount Keyrock, which towers high into
the keen air of the place. The red BAN
ner- OF the dawn stretched out in mag
nificent splendor and the sun rose ma
jesticalIy, borne on the, wings OF the
morning.
creeping mists and the tops of the
neighboring hills loomed out of the fog
like volcanoes in a Japanese landscape.
Then as the sun came over the ridge
the rich, red light struck into the valley
and the mists took on the colors of the
rainbow, as Varicolored one of
Whistlers variegations in violet and gold.
1T was a sight to remember.
From Pen Mar I went to Harpers
Ferry and there boarded a canal boat,
and after three days of luxurious lazi-
ness aboard the slow-moving vessel,
arrived in Washington. l walked di-
rectly to the Monument and mounted
to the top. Then descended and walked
on to Baltimore, having traced a tri-
angular course through the State Of
Maryland.
Those, I am sure, were the two most
pleasant vacations I have ever spent
and they were both so pleasant that
cannot exalt one above the other"
The Washington herald., 1911-07-30

| like leather, iron, lumber, and other
merchandise. Inside of a month or two
he was known as the fighting leader Of
the honest minority
What do you remember Of your early
experiences in the House Of Representa-
tivs?" / askd.
That the sound of my own voice when
| I answered the roll call or voted on bill
| almost scared me to death. My first
speech was a minute long. I had then
been in Congress for a year or more.
Clouds We're gathering over our country
and Spain. A bill appropriating s5O.0OO,O 600
and putting the funds at the disposal of
President Mckinley was before the
House. Mr.. Cannon said the bill, of
which he was the author, was not war
measure. I was young, undiplomatic,
and candid. and felt obliged to contra
dict Mr.. Cannon. but my heart was in
my throat all the time
How did you acquire the habit Of in
dustry?'
'I have often confessed to Mrs. Mann
that 1 am opposed to work. An answer
to your question might be found in the
fact that there is always a purpose in
every human effort. I learned long ago
that the best way to get rid OF a task
was to go right at it and to be system
attic Much work of certain kinds is done
more than once. Men depend on their
memories, and. failing to recollect what
they formerly knew well enough, must go
over books, records, and documents the
second time. I put matters in writing
against the day they will be used
again"
A Watchman on the Wall.
rs it true that you study every bill
that comes before the House?"
1T Is practically true. In running
through a bill pencil those parts which.
in my opinion, are Objectionable or dan
gerous When the bill comes up, there
fore, 1 can tell by glance whether it
should be passed or defeated. Here is a
bill that 1 read his morning. 1t was
written by a man in the Agricultural De-
partment. and is meant to put a quaran-
tine on plants and vegetables that are dis
eased or parasitic, but is so worded that
II San Jose scale should get into the
orange groves of Florida no lettuce could
be shipped out of the State. Somebody
must scrutinize the bills, otherwise Con-
gress would often be ridiculous"
do you still follow the habit of re-
naming on the floor of the House
throughout each daily session."
Yes; whenever II is engaged in doing
business. If there is a general debate in
progress, am in and out, but I always
know what is going on
When do you eat luncheon?"
Whether 1 am in Chicago or WASH
ington. get an early breakfast and do
not eat again until evening. Most Amer
leans, unless they are working with their
hands, consume more food than is health
full"
Does an habitual objector take a
gloomy view of things in general?'
IF you are driving at me. 1 answer In
the negative. challenge only such ideas
and measures as seem useless or wicked
to my understanding. 1 don't care who
is for them or whence they come
When Speaker Cannon asked you to
The Washington herald., 1911-07-30
AMONG THE MANY
DISTRICT OFFICIALS
DR.. Woodward Enjoyed Trip
to the Pacific Coast.

Which was the happiest vacation !
ever took?" asked DR.. w. c. Woodward.
| the health officer, delving through the
well, of course, a mans wedding trip
is his happiest vacation and always will
be, but next to that, which I place first
of all, was my recent trip to the coast.
Il went on business, to attend the .ses-
sion of the American Medical Society at
Los Angeles, Cal, and also the confer
ence of the heads of the various State
boards of health which met at the same
time and the same place.
There was so much keen enjoyment
in seeing the West with it's wonderful
scenery and developments that 1 tarried
while, and when the meeting was over,
along the Pacific Coast, taking in all the
mountain scenery that l could.
1t was the most pleasant relaxation
have ever known, and especially a view
of the Grand Canyon and the Yellowstone
Park, where l stopped over for several
days extra and did them thoroughly.
But now that 1 am back in harness
again, I suppose l will have to put all
memories of those behind me and resume
looking after the health of Washington
But when you ask me which was my
happiest vacation, I repeat. next to my
honeymoon, was the vacation 1 have Just
come back from. And 1 wish it was just
beginning again, too
Vacation in the Future.
Harry o. Hine, secretary of the board
of education, says that he hasn't taken
any vacation, at least none so pleasant
that he can remember them without try
ing hard to do so.
You can say, though" he said, that
my best vacation was not the one I had
but the one 1 am looking forward to-
Despite his lack of vacations, Mr.. Hine
looks in the pink of condition and there
must be some other means by which he
keeps up his health.
Tramps Through the Woods.
Nothing pleases E. L. Thurston. assist
ant superintendent of public schools, bet
ter than a long tramp through the noun
tains and woods. He is a naturalist at
heart and anything that breathes of the
open is sure to allure him when vacation
time arrives.
His happiest vacation was spent in
tramping about the White Mountains, in
New Hampshire, one summer long, long
ago
There was nothing to it," he said, but
put on some old clothes, take a lunch
with you and tramp to your hearts con-
tent. There is so much to see in the
mountains. beautiful woods and rocks
and chasms, and the very joy of living
overcomes one entirely when he gets in
them ..
Mr.. Thurston hasn't any special hobby
to occupy his attention. unless tramping
may be called one, and as soon as his
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work closes, he dons his old clothes and
makes short track for the woods.
THAT summer in the White Mountains,
1t was spent years ago, too long back to
remember, was the best vacation I ever
had," he said. There was perfect free
dom in It and the most wonderful walks
you ever imagined. I never get lonely
when I am in the woods, and all the
summer hotels in the world can't attract
me as much as a tall clump, Of trees" :"
Mr.. Thurston loked longingly out of the
window at the small clump in Franklin
Square, and his thoughts were far away.
probably in the White Mountains where
there were larger tracts and great peaks
where a man feels like living"
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1911-09-24
PLATE GLASS COPS
Wins Toronto Autumn Cup by
Breaking the Track Record.
BEATS STAR CHARTER
The Welkin First in Woodbine
Steeplechase, Clipping 8 Sec
onds Off Canadian Record.

TORONTO September 23.-Brilliant
racing marked the opening of the On
tario Jockey CLUBS fall meeting, a
large attendance was present and
speculatio keen. The Toronto Au-
tumn cup, with an added value of
$4,000, brought out a smart field of
handicap horses, the winner turning up
in Plate Glass. who made most OF the
pace. and beat Star Charter out
length. The winner ran the mile and
a quarter in 2.O4 As. a new record for
the distance over the Woodbine track.
In the third race Froglegs was dis
qualified after he beat the favorite,
Buckhorn, out a nose. Froglegs swerv-
ed over to the inside in the home
stretch and bumped Acton, and Burns
was forced to pull the latter up.
In the Woodbine Autumn steeple-
chase The Welkin clipped eight sec
onds off the two-mile Canadian record
Weather. clear; track, fast. Sum
maries:
olds and up; six furongs- Bosom. liz Wilson,.
won by one length; .Stiy Night. los tBrynel,
s a%ssn W Sa Harn sck a hfn g sne
bound. Martin W. Littleton. Madrigalian Cap
size and onaser finished as named =, Prices:
Entry, So place $40 show.
coupled.
Second race purse $500; three-y car-olds and
up: and one-eighth miles-rhe Golden But
tMsr o2 a. ~o by NH ,hres lengths
BELL. third. p' lime. 1.a 80 seeonke, j.
Reardon. Bounder,. Troy Weight. Michael An
Prices fl -" The Golden Bniierhy. si45o straisnt.
81 place, 50 show; Norman, $500 place. s64o
Third race. two-y ear-ods; six furlongs
horn. lis lGoldstein,, won; Acton. 1ostBurns,,
second, Flying Yankee 1os MeCahey,. third hi, u:
arst, but was disqualified. Prices: Buckhorn,
$4.30 straight, 500 place, 81. 20 show; Acton.
$3.50 place, $3.50 show; Flying Yankee, $500
Cup handicap; three r-olds and up; one mile
and a quarter-Plate Glass. 122 lPeakl, won by
one length; star Charter Toe WILSON, second
Bob T.. Rockville :sir John Johnson .Ay liner
Plate Glass, s17.9o straight, $3.50 place, $3.50
show: Star Charter, S12.1o place S5.9 show;
Fifth race, purse 800; Woodbine Autumn
Webn M a p won ao'bs x
lengths; The Prophet, Il. 'kermath,. second
S2 neH1 p third The TVS hos 81
| straight. $3.50 place; The Prophet $3.50 place
IS Sixth race. purse 81 500: Dominion handicap
for Canadian foals; one mile-'Denham, 12t
lMcCahey,, won by two lengths; Havroek. IL
| Time AZ As sPowderman and Caper Sauce
| finished as named. Prices: Denham. s.. $.
| straight 81 80 place; Havrock ST.. 10 place. NJ
| show betting.
sValley Farm entry.
Seventh race, purse 5000; three-year-ods and
| up; selling; mile and a sixteenth-Goden Wed
| ding, 81 lSchuttinger). won by one and hall
| lengths. Nv Gal 1o6 Sweeney. Second Robert
/ Cnnner 106 (Wilson) third. Time, LAT 4-5
Dr. Holzberg The Gardener. Hatteras, Joe Cal
| tens, Apache. Cuttyhunk, Corinth, Noon. Lore
| Mam Blanche Frances and Fair Annie Finished
| as named. Prices: Golden Wedding, sol 81
| straight $21 go place, SLIGO show; Ny Gal
1 81. 20 place, 1890 show; Robert Cooper 500
| show.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1911-09-24
SURPRISE THE CUBS
TaiI-End Boston Team Wakes
Up and Smothers Chicago.
DRIVES M'INTIRE FROM BOX
Miller Stars at the Bat and in the
Field, Robbing Schultz Of a
Home Run.

CHICAGO. September 23.-Chicago
was placed farther away from the pen
nant today when Boston administered
beating to the locals to the tune of
II to 6. The game was a batting bee.
punctuated with weird fielding. each
team contributing literally to the lat
ter The visitors started by driving
McIntire off the mound. and continuing
their smuggling tactics until the locals
had used four pitchers. Tyler of Bos-
ton. on the other hand. pitched fine
ball with the exception of one inning,
when he was touched for four hits.
behind two errors and pass. for a to-
tai of five runs. Miller starred with
the bat and also in the field. his one
hand catch of Schulte's long fly, which
looked like home run. being a fea
ture Bridwell was chased from the
game for arguing with the umpire IN
the sixth inning. There will be two
games played tomorrow: Score.