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The Washington herald., 1912-03-27
Secretary Knox's Jaunt.

Secretary Knox will soon be back in
Gods country" and his trip TO South
American republics will be a matter OF
history. There is no question but what
his visit to our neighbors will prove oi
great future benefit to the United States
and also to the countries called upon.
His public uttcrances to the fiery South
Americans are particularly interesting
TO those of the north at the present
time. When he assured his hearers in
Nicaragua that Uncle Sam was not a
land grabber, but rather country saver,
he could have cited Cuba as an ex-
ample
Since Mr.. Knox left Washington a
measure has been formulated whereby
the Filipino will be given an opportu-
nifty to prove whether he is capable OF
self-govcrnment The only way TO find
out what his limitations in this direction
are is 10 give him a chance to show
what he can do.
This sounds good; yet there is but
for if in the tribal and racial dissensions
and jealousics that would probably fol-
low the establishment of a native Fill
pino government it should become nee
essary for the United States again 10
occupy the islands. it would mean an
other miniature war. Such condition
cannot be contemplated.
Mr.. Knox can show the Southern re-
publics that the sentiment IN the United
States. by the fact of considering the
independence OF the Philippines. is for
'hands-off' policy. He has at every
opportunity told them that the United
States not only was not seeking new
territory, but rather would protect the
small republic from any more power
full foreign nation.
The Secrctary'S path has not always
been strewn with roses, during his ab-
Scncc. vet it would indeed be strange
If there were not some maIcontcnts
that would resent what they might think
outside interference with their affairs.
Every country has such people, and the
fact they were in so little evidence dur
ing Mr. Knox's tour is a source for
congratulation in this country, showing,
"a it does, that we arc not trying to
thrust our friendship upon those who
dislike us
The Washington herald., 1912-03-27
Improving Street Car Service.

The bill which Senator Gallinger has
prepared, and which has been intro
duced in the Senate, proposing a loop
which will connect separated lines of
tracks in East Washington, is a step in
the direction of affording additional
street car facilities to the people of that
section and should, therefore, become
a law.
If it were probable that the public
utilities bill would pass within reason
able time. it might be well to postpone
all action toward solving the street
railroad problem until the commission
is duly organized. From present indi-
cations, however, the enactment of the
utilities law is not matter of the near
future, and propositions like the one
embodied in Senator Gallinger's bill can
well be acted upon without delay. 1t
is a necessary and inexpensive undertak-
ing, and its accomplishment is to be
desired.
The Recommendations recently made
by the District Commissioners as to
other new routes might. perhaps. await
the judgment of the utilities commits
sion, although il must not be forgotten
that already entirely too much time
has been allowed TO lapse without action.
The Pennsylvania avenue and Four
tecnth street routes are already over
crowded, while delays consequent upon
junction. crossings and firc-stopS also
impede travel. 4 lateral line north and
south. west OF Fourteenth street. would
relieve the congestion and expedite
traffic. This improvement has been sug-
gesied by the District Commissioners
and IS sadly needed. A vast population
living in the northwest section is en-
tircly dependent upon only two lines
OF cars. an inadequate number
Washington is growing rapidly, and
the census statistics show that the popu-
larlOn is spreading into the suburbs.
This means that the present facilities
must be enlarged by the speedy con-
struclion of new lines from the center
Of the city. if those who live in the sub
urbs arc 10 be accommodated with even
4 reasonable degree OF speed and COM
tort in reaching their homes.
The Washington herald., 1912-03-27
cYGNETs TOOK RIDES.
How Two swan. Preserved Their
Young by Carrying Them.

Frum Country Lfe.
That swans possess some power Of
reasoning seems to be proved by the
following story, which Is told by II. @.
Hutchinson. He says:
''on certain pond pair Of these
birds had for two successive years
Matched out a pair OF cygnets. only to
find the young. nuffy things devoured
long before they came to the properly
feathered age by one or other OF the
large pike which lived in the pond. This
last spring the swans made their nest in
the usual place. hatched out their
cygnets as before. but as soon as the
cygnets were hatched disappeared from
the pond altogether. parents, babies and
all.
There is another pond, or lake. a
distance Of mile and a half or so from
the first, and on this lake the swans were
found to be with their young ones The
puzzle was to know how uhey had got
there. Their wings were so pinIoned that
they could not fly. and there were some
very stin and close fences between the
one pond and the other. Subsequently a
countryman said that he had seen one
Of them walking over the fields that lie
between the ponds He had noticed moth
ing more than the old swan walking.
but there Is little doubt that had he been
nearer or looked closer he would have
seen that II was carrying a cyEnet, or
the pair OF them. on It's back. Almost
certainly the birds had walked and car
ried their young with them from the one
pond to the other.
How they got through the fences Is
still unexplained. nor Is IL understood
how they knew the second pond to be
there. since IL does not seem that they
had ever visited IL before. But their
wisdom and enterprise, which were so
highly cOmmendable. were justified by
the results. They reared their cygnets
successfully In this other pond wherein
there were no pike, a fact which We
might almost fancy the swans. with
their supernatural cleverness, had sscer-
tained before they made their difficult
transit.
The Washington herald., 1912-03-27
Mountaineers and Mountaineers.

The dwellcrs in the Southern noun
tain regions arc worthy of more serious
study than the hurried newspaper re-
porter can. or the novelist on the look
out for striking episodes will, give them.
In most OF the discussions of the ''hill''
people of Virginia, Carolina. or Tennes-
see, it seems to have been forgotten that
at one time or another history has
touched them. Numberless of the orig
inal settlers of the mountains were
Highlandcrs-thc genuine article at that
who left their native Scotland after the
last Stuart rebellion When the cause
Of their leader, Charles Edward Stuart,
was hopelessly lost, they were only too
willing to try their fortunes in a new
land Being Highlanders, they natu-
rally sought the mountains, and thereby
became people apart from the rest of
the settlers in America.
Thirty years after the Stuart standard
fell at Culloden. these men, or their
sons, were approached. at the beginning
of the American Revolution, by Prince
Charles Edward with the request that
The Washington herald., 1912-03-27
Chinese Eat Lighty-cIsht Courses.

New York Telegram to tho PittSb-rg Dispatch.
Guarded by scores OF policemen and
detectives. members of the Hip Sing
Tong celebrated the birth Of the new
Chinese republic from sunset last night
until an carly hour Tuesday with an
eiGhty-hour-cou dinner and Oriental
ceremonies. The dinner gave the police
much anxiety because OF recent clashes
between the Hip sings and the on Lcong
Tong. and large squad of plain clothes
men kept a twenty -four-hOur watch on
the ON LCOng headquarters, while a
dozen detectives sat at dinner with the
Hip Sings. 4 double force OF policemen
was also on duty throughout the China
town district. but there was no disturb
ancc.
. The eiEhty-eiGht-course dinner did not
include such ample courses as are served
in American dinners, but there was ac-
tuaIly eiGhty-cight dishes served TO each
diner. The guests in the midst Of the
dinner took a recess and strolled around
the block. Music and card playing were
substituted for speech making.
The Washington herald., 1912-03-27

they should raise the Stuart flag in this
country, but they declined, because their
sympathies were not with republican
ideals, and they furnished quite con-
tingent TO King Georges arms. This
page of our history is not so well
known, but il is true nevertheless.
When Lord CORVALLIS was marching
nerthward to his ultimate defeat at
Yorktown, he always edged toward his
LETT flank, in order to get in contact with
the loyal Highianders of the Virginia
mountains, In eontradistinction thereto
IT IS well established that the dwellcrs
of the mountains of what is now West
Virginia, the original settlers not
being of Highland stock, were not Tories,
but stanch supporters of the Union.
thus living up to the characteristic of
taking the other side to that followed
by the old Highland clans.
The fact that there are mountaineers
and mountaineers in the Southern
mountains obviously is overlooked in
much that has been written recently on
the Hillsville tragedy. The Aliens, in
their unscrupulous determination to
rescue one of their tribe from the
clutches of the law. resemble some of
those Highland outlaws of whom Walter
Scott wrote so graphically. They
simply reproduce in the twentieth CEN
tury the traits of their ancestors of the
seventeenth, but they do not in the least
resemble -mountaineers of West Vir-
ginia, who are law-abiding people, and
not as novelists are wont to depict them.
The Washington herald., 1912-03-27

bottom And there's no cream on any
Of the three tables nea- me. What kind
Of q place are you running here. any
how7"
The proprietor upbraided the waitress
and demanded 10 know why she hadn't
"Oh, SIR" says she. 'I didn't like to
speak OF Il. but when he thought
wasn't looking that big Indian chief. I
guess he was, went around TO all the
tables near where he was and got the
cream and drank II. sir. And ! didn't
think II was TO use pCttin' any more on
the table til lie had eft his breakfast and
gone out"
An admIring constituent gave Con-
gressmau Legare. OF South Caroline. one
of those vest pocket edition Lilliputian
Mexican dogs TO take home to the chill
dren. Legare-pronounced Leg-ree, by
the way-wss leading the dog along the
street by a cotton string. when a South
Carolina mountaineer stopped him.
Are 1t a reglar dog?'' the man asked.
yes, it's a ch-! Well. can't pro-
nounce the name OF It," said Lesare.
but it's some kind Of a Mexican dog"
"Just a pup. I reckon"
mo. it's full grown"
WELL" opined the mountaineer. chats
the least dog ever / seen at one time"
Senator Joseph NJ. Dixon. director Of
the T. r campaign, tells Of meeting q
Western woman some time ago who did
not care for Roosevelt, all on account Of
one remark he made in a speech she
read. It was the speech in which he
said something TO the general effect that
when the American nag once goes up in
any land he would permit no man TO
pull II down.
And" the woman said to Dixon, "that
seemed to be very foolish. because the
flag might not be put UP properly. or it
might have TO be taken down on ac-
count Of bad weather"
The question OF using Just the right
word in a'pending bill came up in one
Of the Senate committees. Senator Page
insisted that one cannot be too careful
about using precisely the word that ap-
plies.
You may have heard" he said, about
the lawyer up in Vermont who died. The
editor Of the local paper wrote in his
obituary that he had 'amasSed a large
fortune from his legal practice But
the typesetter added an TO the word
practice and then the obituary was
vastly more accurate than the editor
had intended II to be-"
why. the consumption OF wheat in
this country almost equals the supply
Senator Bob" Taylor was telling Ten
nessee audience not long ago. And the
consumption-"
And a voice in the region Of the third
row Of the middle. section Of the gallery
hollered out:
law. never mind about the tubercu-
losis of wheat, Give Us some politics
Copyright. lsr5. By Frci :. Kelly. All rights is-
seTTed.l
The Washington herald., 1912-03-27
sHEARING SHEEP IN TURKEY.
Old Methods Prevail and Machines
Are BADLY Needed There.

trom the Daily Consular ard Trade /Bepo-ts
The manner nj shearing sheep in Syria
and all Asiatic Turkey does not differ
materially from the ancient methods OF
the PEOPLE as applied to practically every
ether vocation. while the sheep industry
is one of the oldest OF the country. hav-
ing existed for centuries in the same pas
tITes where the ancestors OF the present
appear to have been any improvement in
the manner of shearing or breeding the
sheep. Shearing is sim accomplished In
the crudest way. the workers always
leaving a considerable amount of wool
on the animal; while the fleece removed
is cut most unevenly. The shearers fire.
duenIly cut great holes in the skins of
the sheep. which by the use OF modern
shesrIng machines could easily be
avoided.
In the vicinity OF Aleppo AMI the con-
tigrous territory there are about 10000
sheep. producing about 5.sss.0oo pounds
Of wool per annum; Bagdad and vicinity.
Mesoul. Damascus. and north in the In
terrier oil Asia Minor there are also great
numbers. which will give some idea Of the
need for modern shearing machines.
Some OF the principal wool buyers of
Aleppo are also importers and commits
sion agents, and as the importers handle
practically all the goods entering the
country and are In close touch with the
wool producers, It seems likely that the
quickest and surest way to introduce
sheep-shearing machines would be
through certain of these business men.
About the only horse clippers In use are
few pairs OF ordinary hand clippers
owned by Europeans Horses are seldom
clipped in this country, and Il would
probably be difficult 20 introduce ma
chimes for that purpose. though they are
needed very much. The matter might
also be taken up with the importers.
The Washington herald., 1912-03-27
WHAT THEY ARE SAYING.

Prom the Philadelphia Inquirer.
Col. Roosevelt, formerly the great Il
am is becoming the great Il was
From the New York Sun.
The cabmen have appealed TO the police
for protection in the small hours. Next
the wolves will he demanding the guard
ianship of the sheep.
From the Buffalo Courier.
There is every indication that the
Roosevelt headquarters in New York.
Washington. and Chicago are well sup
piled with money and not hot air.
From the New York Press
An aIicnated party in New York. how
ever. would mean death and destruction
to the Republican ticket
From the Buffalo Courier.
irresponsible ults"-''intemperate
language assumptions'-..a Sc
rious menace 10 enduring government" ="
Shades Of Kettle Hill! Theodore, where
is your spear?
From the st. Louis Times.
As Col. Roosevelt has never been
charged with being gun shy, it is not
likely that he will be stampeded when
his boom explodes.
From the Richmond Times Dispatch
A soap box primary ought to suit a
jack-in-the-box candidate.
From the Albany Argus
President Taft sees danger in the soap
box Presidential primary. The voters
Of the United States cannot. however,
see any dignity III Presidential stumping
tours.
From the Clcreland Leader
The only kind of resignation that Sec
retary Wilson knows anything about is
that which enables him to withstand
criticism.
From the indianapolis News.
Well. anyhow. il the Democrats don't
win this year they needn't blame their
defeat on Mr.. Roosevelt He's doing an
he can 10 help them.
From the Detroit Journal
II the government is really going after
the coal trust We may look TO see that
interest Join with the STEEL lumber, su-
gar, beef. and harvester trusts i'm this
glorious popular" movement to crush
Taft.
From the New York Post
President Taft Is a most vexing man
to attack. He does not explode, nor go
off half-cocked, and has a very exasper-
ating way of keeping quiet under repeat
ed challenges and demands and taupts.
The Washington herald., 1912-03-27
Couldn't Undcrstand IL.
From the Bpokl,n EsEIe.

Prom the Brpoklyn bsge.
Bert Feibleman, manager Of Cohan &
Harris theatrical productions, used TO
live in Indiana, and at the Hotel Astor.
Manhattan, he told the Daughters of In
diana in New York. who were banquet
ing there. a story about the Hoosier poet.
James Whitcomb Riley.
Riley used to tour the country with
Bill Nyc in lecture courses. One night.
while the two were behind the scenes in
the theatsr OF some Eastern town. Riley
go; tired of waiting while Nye tried TO
make himself beautiful. and. tiptoeing to
the drop curtain. pecred out into the au-
ditorium. He came back to Nye's dress
ing room in CONSERVATION.
Great Scottr he whispered. this Is
awful. There amt a pesky handful of
people out there. Bill"
''I don't know why there amt. Jim,
replied Nye. dreamily. continuing to
'wrassle' with his tie. we've never been
here before
The Washington herald., 1912-03-27

to get in and out OF this corral all sum
mer long. II is needless to suggest that
II is not necessary to plant anything
inside the corral
Dogs and boys can be handled salts
factorily by laying out a great number
Of paths through your garden and
planting everything in tho paths. No
dog or boy ever travels in a path. Gu
cumbers and pumpkins sGOUlG be plant
ed on your neighoor's side OF the fence.
This will deceive them into believing that
the neighbor owns them, ant they will
Immediately craw Through the fence
and bear their luscious fruit on your own
property.
Copyright, Isls, by George Matthew AdamN)
The Washington herald., 1912-03-27
Accommodating Mood.
nm H,rr.r.. M,.tlr

Prom Harper's Weekly.
Freshleigh winked at the girls as his
car drew up'at the rural garage. and the
usual bewhiskered reuben sailed forth.
Got any gasoline?" he asked.
Il caliate hev." said the countryman.
How do you sell II, by the glass or
the spoonful" asked FSeshlelgh.
''wa-aL" said the countryman, ''that all
depends. mister. Mostly I sells II by the
day, but when come gol-derned jackass
from the city comes along and wants Il
by the glass ! generally accommodate
him. How many glasses do ye want"
The Washington herald., 1912-03-27
ANNIVERSARY DATA.
ARCH 81.

King Victor Emmanuel, one year
ago formally inaugurated the celebra-
tion OF Italian unity at Rome.
The siege of Richmond was inaugu-
rated by Gen. Grant with the aid OF
Gen. Phil Sheridan. forty-seyen
years ago
Three years ago many deaths were
reported among the different States
from pneumonia, and kindred all
ments. incurred by exposure TO the
inelement weather coincident with the
inauguration Of President Taft, on the
4th qt-Msrcb, I2qs
The Washington herald., 1912-03-27
sNo Idolatry There.

Prom Hsrper's Weekly.
II hope you are not bringing up your
children to worship money. Hawkins
said DubbieIgh.
NO. indeed" sighed Hawkins WHY.
Dubb, my children despise money SO
much that tho minute dollar comes
their way they get rid Of Il - fsst e.
they can"
The Washington herald., 1912-03-27
An Alarming sacrifice.

From Sketch.
The First Burglar contemplating Faith
er's Invention)-"wot abaht the bloomln'
burglar alarm
The Second Burglar-'May as well put
IL in tho bag; we can get somethin' for
the bells. p'raps."
The Washington herald., 1912-03-27
Similarity.


1T has been discovered began Prof.
Licklander. preparatory TO impIantfnE a
useful lesson, that a bee makes on an
average a,75O trips in gathering a pound
OF honey
'Eh-yah!" broke in the Old Codger.
That's about as many as my niece has
made to the post-oftice since she began
corresponding with that young feller
over at Whiliersville week before last. -
The Washington herald., 1912-03-27
ALITTLE NONSENSE.
PREVALENT VOW.

Kerchoo! Kercnee,
His rel eyes drip.
What Gun il be?
II is the grip.
His nose is red.
Kerchugi Kerchooi
He feels half dead
And 20 would you.
Sad Is his plight.
Tough is his case.
His skin tx tight
And flushed his face.
Kercho)! Kerchee'
Just hear him rip!
A martyr he,
He has the giip.
The Washington herald., 1912-03-27
HINTS ON GARDENING.
iii. PLANTING The GARDEN
Ey GEORGE FITCH
xufhor of at Good Old Siwdsh"

matured. AZ the feeble plant cannot bear
the weight Of q eliild--
Right at this point, while you are wait
ing for your plants to grow, Is the place
to slip in a little lecture on the value OF
sagacity. Growing things Is largely a
contest Of wits Hens are the bane Of
the gardener. but they ar~ easily foiled.
In one corner OF the garden. build
high wire corral. Noting the fence. the
hens will make the most desperate efforts
The Washington herald., 1912-03-27
The Amateur Farmer.

How much milk does your COW give
per day?'
Now. do you know, II has never oc-
CURED to me that VIC could get milk from
that COW. / got Der TO stand around on
the lawn and look ornamental"
The Washington herald., 1912-03-27
4 Quick shift.

Il nave given. Up candy for Lent"
Too lad I didn't know that. l have
just brought you n fine box"
In tHat case. ] will give UP prunes.
instead
The Washington herald., 1912-03-27
Uncle Pennywi.e says,

Be polite TO everybody. but don't let
that il.erfere with your getting your
share.
The Washington herald., 1912-03-27
4 Mean Sian.

Il don't care much for bridge. I have
no luck
1T is \ poor ELme IL one has to de-
pend entirely upon luck responded the
other ha,f OF the sketch.
The Washington herald., 1912-03-27
Easy to support.

Yes. my daugascr is going to marry a
poet"
How can you hear TO see your daugh-
ter marry a poet?'
''Oh, 4 roet ain so bad. &c can wear
my old clothes and he won't cat much"
The Washington herald., 1912-03-27
Apertment House Life.

MY grandfather used to sleei. in a four
poster"
People lived in those days. There were
no flats then. Now ] SLEEP on an ironing
board rigged up in the dining-room on
two chaiTs"
The Washington herald., 1912-03-27
Its Chief Charm.

We tlInk the shad is not so bad
And 10 the daffodil
We forLly clinS But what is spring
Without the liver pill?
The Washington herald., 1912-03-27
March 81 in History.

March %. 1755-Dr. johnson evicted for
nonpay ment OF rent.
March 81. I6Gs-Charles II perfects the
bootjack, Pn invention notable in its time.
The San Juan islander. [volume] (Friday Harbor, Wash.) 1898-1914, 1912-08-02
Dr.. Capron and the Grange

DR.. Capron's friends say that he
can very consistently base his claim
to consideration as candidate for
the legislature upon his record Of
twelve years Of industry and pro-
gress in this county. His activities
have not been confined to his pro-
fession. He established the first
telephone system in the county and
is the county's most extensive far
mer and dairyman and stockraiser.
He is member OF the Grange and in
full sympathy with its aims. In a
letter to the secretary Of the Po-
mona Grange. expressing bis ap-
proval Of resolutions adopted at
West Sound July %. he says: II
would. if elected, represent every
interest in San Juan county as fair
" and justly as my ability would
permit, but my especial attention
would be devoted to farm and dairy
interests, which consider the back
bone of this county"
The San Juan islander. [volume] (Friday Harbor, Wash.) 1898-1914, 1912-08-02
Another legislative Candidate

Chas. Mckay. in this issue. an
nounces himself as a candidate for
Representative to the state leaisla-
ture from San Juan county. He
says there's no law agin' it," and
il enough Of his old friends and the
county's citizens think as he does
about it. he will go to Olympia at
the next session and try to do his
duty toward himself and his constit-
uents. Mr.. Mckay. as an article
in another place indicates. is one Of
the county's oldest residents. and
known by nearly everybody. Con-
sidering his age. te is vigorous in
both mind and body. and If elected.
will be anything but a passive men,
ber.
The San Juan islander. [volume] (Friday Harbor, Wash.) 1898-1914, 1912-08-02

will soon become one Of the leading
institutions of its kind in this coun-
try. No location in the world is
more favorable for marine research
and there is none where the sor-
roundings are more delightful. DR..
Kane is much interested in the Trout
lake water ptoject because Of the
great need of an abundant water
supply at the station for laboratory
and sanitary purposes, and he says
tnat the University will most will
lingly cooperate with the city in
its efforts to secure an early and