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The Washington herald., 1912-02-18

other business. Every SIX months he is
fined Sl00. and so $500 a year, 1 might
say, Is the regular license he pays as a
retailer in rum. With us everything In
the liquid line that is intoxicating is cali
ed rum. We know that liquor Is being
sold, and we realize that we are not only
law breakers but hypocrites. Worse still,
the children and the young people OF the
State understand all the conditions. The
influence on them, in my opinion, is the
saddest feature in a deplorable situa-
tion'
The Referendum and Dear Prices.
THE Initiative and referendum are
operative in Maine?' said.
Yes; but we have used the referendum
only once. A law was passed by the
legislature dividing the old town of York.
Rich persons had moved in and they
wanted a village Of their own. The law
was annulled by a vote OF the State.
While the case was small. the resort to
the referendum did great deal OF good.
It made the legislature walk thereafter
in wisdom, caution, and humility. When
a legislature understands that its acts
are under scrutiny II is careful about the
laws II gives to the people Further
more. the power to negative the acts or
legislature causes citizens 10 study
public questions and thereby promotes
the spread of intelligence.
Certain new ideas OF government are
now before the country. Some OF them
are sure TO be adopted. No man will gain
anything for himself II he attempts TO OBJ
struct desirable progress. Nevertheless,
the times call for safe and constructive
leadership. We should not go too far
and thus start q reaction that will sweep
away all the good things that may have
been accomplished. In these days of IN
easiness and ferment wise men should
control the foolish and noise should not
be mistaken for craftsmanship.
What is your explanation OF the dear
prices for food?"
Il answer with two words-trusts and
transportation. The trusts control pro-
duction and prices. The railways, by ex-
cessfve charges. increase the prices to
consumers. 1t is said that the physical
value of our railways and rolling stock
amounts to nine billions of dollars. The
on the other hand, amounts
to eighteen billions of dollars. Interest
and dividends on nine billions OF water
come from the pockets Of the people-of
the farmers who ship TO market and OF
the men and women who buy flour,
meat, shoes. and clothing"
Copyright. lsI2. By James B. Ao.roWJ
The Washington herald., 1912-02-18
Ague Caused Him 70 Move.

You were born in Michigan" said.
''How does it happen that you live in
Manner
ooh, am an emigrant though Maine
was once the home of some of my ances-
tors. The Gardners originated in Massa-
chusetts. One of them, my grandfather,
an adventurous man, moved to Rockland-
After few years he went to Michigan,
buying land between the st. Clair and
Black rivers, which he gave to his eldest
son, advising him TO keep It until 1t be-
came valuable. The son traded the land,
however, for a team VI horses. Like
The Washington herald., 1912-02-18
SEES WASHINGTON,
QUEEN OF CITIES
Wonderful Evolution of the Capital
in Ten Years Astonishes a
Visitor from New York.
FrCn scribDer's Magazine.

trGm ScTibneTs Maglune-
The authorization of three new depart
ment buildings, designed to be seen to-
gether, and accordingly harmonized in
their architecture, Is the longest single
step thus far taken in the evolution OF
Virginia village into a city worthy to
be the Capital and show place Of the
second in population. and the FIRST in
wealth, of modern nations. Zone excepts
from the comparison. for different but
obvious reasons, the British and the CHI
ness empires"
He who visits Washington now after
ten wears. who has not seen II. say. since
lust after the war with Spain. finds so
great a transformation that he Is fain
TO take his bearings anew from the an
cient landmarks and Is relieved TO md
the Capitol and the Monument stih pre-
dominant Even after tive years one finds
the new monuments. archltectural and
sculpturaL vying in interest with the old
But the decade is a more eligible period
than the lustrum for the purpose Of com
parison because II is ten years since the
senate authorised it's District COMMITTEES
10 employ experts for the Improvement
OF the park system OF the District OF
Columbia" and II is from that authorize
tion that we may date the beginning OF
the new Washington
A chief element OF ones wonder Is the
costliness OF the new erections. Probably
the first thought OF the average Ameri-
can, visiting or revisiting Washington. Is
that OF Mrs. Carlyle's domestic at the
sight OF the engraving Of the Sistine
Madonna: ''Lor', mum, how expensiye"
The expenditure on all these new eX-
panses OF hewn granite or elaborated
marble has been not only ungrudging.
but lavish. The three new department
buildings which form tbs immediate oc-
casioa of these remarks are estimated to
cost S. 900. and the Official explanation
OF the project accurately sets forth that
its costliness is not its chief distinction.
since that sum has been mot infrequently
exceeded by single Federal or state
buildings"
The Washington herald., 1912-02-18

A cash register to record the number
OF words In various classes OF kilograms
has been Installed In a New Zealand
telegraph Office as an experiment, WITH
view 70 their general Use.
The Washington herald., 1912-08-30
Such Is Perkins!

People everywhere are asking why
George Perkins, late of J. P. Morgan
& Co., and now of the Harvester Trust,
is such an enthusiastic Progressive, and
why Mr.. Roosevelt has made, him his
campaign chairman. Both have ex-
planned, each is pleased with the
other. Roosevelt tells US of Perkins
coming to him, but perhaps, when all
is known, it win develop that he went
after Perkins,
Mr.. Morgan's ex-partner has been
advocating this long time the creation
of a Court of Big Business at the
Capital City which, as we understand
his proposition, will leave the govern
ment very little to do. This is similar
to Roosevelt's plan to establish an au-
tocratic stewardship of the public well
fare untrammeled by courts or by Con-
gress. When great men think along
the same lines they inevitably must
come together.
In connection with Mr.. Perkins past
it may be of interest to hear in part
what Congressman Stanley had to say
in the House respecting the $4,000 of
other peoples money contributed by
Perkins to aid in Roosevelt's election:
He gave his personal check to Mr..
Bliss and was reimbursed by check of
the New York Life Insurance Com
pany, payable to ]. P. Morgan & Co.
The proceeds of Ibis check were traced
to Mr.. Perkins and he was arrested
under a warrant charging him with
grand larceny. Perkins knew the con-
sent of the policyholders was necessary
to save this appropriation of their funds
from larceny and that consent was not
and could not have been obtained
Who were these pilfered policyhold-
ers? The most pathetic and helpless
figures in all this vale of tears-the
young mother, wrapped in the black
habiliments of woe; orphans wailing
the name of father above the silent
dead. He robbed the widow of her
slender patrimony and snatched the last
crumb from the pinched fingers of help
less childhood. In all the loathsome
annals of greed and graft there is moth
ing so sordid and pitiless as the
creatures who did it. This man escaped
a prison cell by the skin of his teeth
for having picked the pockets of a
shroud.
This is what Mr.. Stanley said of the
manager of the third term
oarty, whose motto is "let the people
-ule" This is Mr.. Perkins, now en-
gagged directly in an attempt to defeat
President Taft's reelection.
The Washington herald., 1912-08-30
Wig and Hats Sail Into Avenue.

From the New York World
Two handsomely dressed women walked
out OF the Thirty-fourth street entrance
Of the waldorf-Astoria yesterday after
noon, and had walked to Fifth avenue
when an elderly woman in shabby clothes
approached them.
You have all these fine gowns and
hats, while have nothing" she said, and
snstched the hats OF the heads OF both
the women. The hair of one of the wom-
en- went with her hat and she set up
scream. The two hats and the wig sailed
out into the avenue. thrown by the
snatcher.
A crowd gathered and the old woman
seized the hat OF a third woman, tore II
from her head and tossed 1t under the
wheels OF an automobile.
Policeman Kubler took the old woman
to the West Thirtieth Street station. the
three women who had lost their hats
promising to follow and lodge complaints.
The three got as far as Broadway The
one who had lost her hair had the wig
back in place. but all were hatless. Sud
denly they agreed that they didn't want
any notoriety. and hurried back to the
hotel.
The prisoner said she was Mrs. Joseph
inc Lisdell. a widow. She couldn't re-
member where she lived. and was taken
to Bellevue Hospital TO be examined as
to her sanity.
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hitched to the chariot of the "volks.
Tribun," there is satisfaction in these
disclosures. Archbold complains that
after the Standard Oil Company had
donated sras.ooo on the condition that
Roosevelt should be apprised of the
contribution. that concern was attacked
violently during the Roosevelt admin
istration, and was prosecuted to its
death. The example is salutary. It
ought to be lesson for those who
give vast sums Of money to. political
committees in the expectation that in
dulgences will be granted them, cover
ing illegitimate acts of wickedness.
Developments like those laid bare
during the present campaign eventually
must hasten an actual rule by the people
themselves. We doubt not that .Roose-
welt will have to face his fate at Ar
in the Plain of Esdralon,
not as avenger in the name of
but as an accused faces
his judges.
Then, and then only, will the people
of these United States know Roose-
welt.
The Washington herald., 1912-08-30
Aviation Dangers.

THE danger of aviation is very much
over-estimated." said Darlington Ken
nett in a lecture which he gave under
the auspices of the Ladies' Automobile
Club in London. Going through the list
OF fatal accidents that had occurred in
England. he pointed out that the only
one of the nine which was absolutely
unavoidable was that which entailed the
death Of Grahame Gilmour. Rolls fell
because he had put an Improvement OF
his own design on an American machine:
Grace simply lost his way and was
drowned: Benson, who fell in a Valkyrie
machine at Hendoff, had a weak heart
and undoubtedly tainted in the air;
Cammel was too daring with machine
of which he had no experience: -Oxley's
machine broke in the air, It is true. but
he was doing triple flying: Napier and
Ridge were both trying very risky
lights.
The Washington herald., 1912-08-30
Torchlight F Professions.
BIZ GEORGE FITCH.
Author of cat Good ola siwssh."

The torchlight procession Is now as ex-
tinct a. the dodo, but twenty years ago
It was the most influential political ar
gument in the United States. ranking
above the straight ticket. the grand old
nag and "our glorious republic az Q
vote getter.
The torchlight PROCESSION consisted of
from 200 to 10000 patriots each one
bearing tin torch Stuck In a long wood
en- handle As the living serpent of flame.
wound down the street at night emitting
frantic whoops at intervals, strong men
on the side lines wept with remorse and
vowed never to vote for the opposition
again. This was particularly true IL the
opposition had only been able to scare up
half as many patriots who were strong
enough in the faith to take a new fall
suit out under a leaky torch and anoint
IL in the sacred cause Of liberty.
The torch light procession was simple
at first, but like ever thing else. in Amer
lean life. It soon became complicated.
In 1884, the Democrats introduced painted
and elaborate torches and inflicted q
crushing defeat on the Republicans. How
ever, the latter appeared In 1883 wear
ing oil cloth capes and helmets. This en-
abled q Republican to go through the
entire campaign In the same suit of
clothes and the common people who
had no clothes to spare rushed into
the ranks in droves In 1882 the
tin and kerosene trusts raised prices
and the wave of indignation swept
the Democrats back into power. but in
1896 the Republicans employed the flam-
beau or eruptive torch which with
tongue of flame ten feet long could be
shot into the whiskers of the enemy and
perfected themselves in the art of carry
ing a torch in one hand and shooting
a roman candle in the other. No human
could withstand these arguments, and
The Washington herald., 1912-08-30
Will Have to Face Armageddon!

Orstions such as otter delivered By
Mr.. Roosevelt would have been the po-
liticai destruction of any other man.
Yet in HIS case when a charge is laid
against him, supported by documentary
evidence, his reply IS ever ready, his
escape as good as assured.
To many a mind the Hartman oor-
responderce was conclusive 1t was ac-
cepted generally that Roosevelt had
asked campaign help from the very
man whom later he sought to ruin by
a Fedora! suit. His reply came with un-
waver;ng promptness, and those who
believe in him accepted his vindica-
ton as Gospel truth. Penrose and
hrchbold related things conhrnatory of
the Hartman case. But of what avail
will all this be in this muddiest of all
national campaigns?
Not vote will be changed! Not one
of Mr.. Roosevelt's worshipers will be
shaken in his belief that. he is theI
greatest and morally the purest man on
earth.
To all those, however, who are nof
The Washington herald., 1912-08-30
IRON ORE IN MISSISSIPPI.
State Was Not Previously in the
Mineral Column.
From the New Orleans Picavupe

From the New Orleans Picayune.
Mississippi is one Of the States that
has not been credited with any mineral
wealth, but now an official statement
goes out that 1t is rich in iron ores. Di-
rector E n. Lowe. Of the Geological
Survey of Mississippi. who has recently in
vestigated the iron-ore deposits in the
Pitts Camp, winborn. and Hickory Flat
areas of Marshall and Benton Counties
traversed by the Frisco system in north
eastern Mississippi, has issued report
upon the subject in which the results
of analyses of mine specimens OF ore
from representative deposits are given.
After setting forth in detail the quality
and characteristics Of the ores, which ne
SAYS are excellent, he continues: The
lowest possible estimate which nave
been able to put upon the quantity OF
ore in sight and certainly available at
minimum cost of mining, not to exceed
81 psr ton on board car, Is 10000 tons.
Ore OF this kind is selling at Birming-
ham. Ala, at $50 per ton. Allowing
freight rate of 50 cents per ton, a
margin of 81 per ton remains. Assuming
that there is no more than there Is
now in sight, which is an unwarranted
ossumption. since all Indications point
TO a larger supply beneath the surface.
the expIoitation of this ore will net $780,
no exclusive of plant necessary to de-
veIop. the cost of which would not be
great, unless smelling furnaces were
erected"
II the prospects presented should hold
out this will be a grand fact for Mis-
sissippi
The Washington herald., 1912-08-30
THE "EUGENIC" BABY.
Practical Rcsult-a Possibility of
Such-of q Modern Science.

Practical Hcsult-a Possibility of
such-of a Modern Science.
The husband and wife had been mar
ried with the blessing of the Eugenics
| Society. by a vote carried unanimous
ly.
The family history of the young
couple had been examined as far back
as the great-grandfathers and great
grandmothers on each side. The re-
suit OF this genealogical inquiry had
been declared eminently satisfactory
by the executive committee. There
was no trace of insanity or moral de-
cadence, and although the stock from
which the young woman was derived
was more physically robust than that
Of the young man. his immediate an
cestors were noted for vigorous in
tellectuality.
nomics, his paternal grandfather was
bishop with socialistic tendencies.
great-grandfather had written many
learned treaties on the Greek gerends.
His mother had been educated in Ger
ton, his grandmother was the author
Of that well-known book. The Bio
logical Aspects of Love-" his great
grandmother had been the mistress of
a school for the sons OF gentlemen at
Weston-superMare.
The chairman OF the executive COM
mittee in a well-phrased speech, had
declared that Seldom. ladies and gem
tlemen, have We seen the mating Of a
young couple more scientifically sound
in natural selection. This marriage Is
of the happiest auspices" The report
er adds that this speech was received
with loud and prolonged applause.
When the baby was born IL was
examined by the executive committee.
who reported very favorably in their
minutes" According to scientific laws
1t had blue-gray eyes. mouse-colored
hair. and a double chin. Its Uranium
was remarkably well developed.
This development of the Uranium was,
indeed. a cause OF some anxiety TO the
young parents. They could not disguise
from themselves that Francis Galton
Darwin Jones seemed to have been born
with a permanently swelled head. But.
confession Of faith in the laws OF
heredity: What can you expect, my
dear, when We know that our darIing's
grandfather was bishop, and his great
grandfather a professor OF Greek at Ok
ford University
Little frankie was OF a grave and
thoughtful disposition. He looked out
eyes, as though he could not quite make
out why he had been born. Unlike most
babies, he seldom burst into tears, but,
en- the other hand. was not often be-
trayed into a smile. His moral character
seemed almost perfect for so young
babe. and his intelligence was phe-
nomenal.
But he had one characteristic which
alarmed his fond parents He had a
most extraordinary thirst.
After his weaving his feeding bottle
was filled with a specially prepared in
fants' food guaranteed by the medical
advisers of the Eugenics Society, but no
sooner had he absorbed the contents of
one bottle than he stretched out his
chubby little hands and, like Oliver
Twist asked for more.
My dear" said the young mother one
day, after filling the bottle for the eighth
time, Il really cannot understand 1t.
The Washington herald., 1912-08-30


But mustn't excted-take it sober like,
till November o
And there's for gen that feed
Better be little keeru bout the beast you're pickn out
And stiddy driver tedious
The is nghy hily and you're loaded like the deuce
The Elephant? The Donkey? Or the Bull Moose?
Elephants biggest,
And a OF burden, e a
his usefulness is limited
rough and hily o
He travel purity faithful longs shnn
And when he is a-goin, he will to beat the band;
when strike and zoin
Then you'd rather have the Donkey Bull
The Moose be "goer" get there time;
the goes-and gets little
That other time used him.
that trip shore convinced
widest eve /
I'd kinder hate to trust him with that there important
you'll find parts of scattered
Now Donkeys dinrent Moose
He's been domestcated. but he won't stand abuse,
a wide and level highway hardly beastu
But the Donkey his
You'll keerul
Democratic Donkey TO TO rest.
And know amt a-pinin' advice. me
II that Wilson Marshall combines straight
~ tt ANON
The Washington herald., 1912-08-30
Germans Slot Literature.

From an Exchange.
publishers at Leipzig has patented an
automatic machine which gives a choice
of a dozen small paper covered volumes
which are displayed behind glass. On
strip of paper across each volume is
printed a brief description Of the book.
and a coin in the slot does the rest.
These automatic machines are TO be
placed in hotel lobbies, waiting rooms.
theater foyers and other public places.
The hope is expressed that as the books
offered are carefully selected and by
first-class authors the venture may
have a beneficial educative effect upon
the masses and thus counteract the in
iuence OF the cheap and trashy liter
ature with which the country is flooded.
The Washington herald., 1912-08-30

more fascinating than the vicissitudes Of
the. House Of Malatesta In Rimini, q
family Of which sigismondo was the
chief. Visitors to Rimini have been told
by the Castellanos Of his romantic love
for the charming Isotta Degil Atti. who,
profiting by the lax manners of the age,
bestowed herself upon him freely, and
later became his countess. To perpetu-
ate this love and Its memory. he built
a temple. ostensibly TO st. Francis. but
In reality to his iedy. and SO little pains
did he take to disguise the sacrileger that
even the free and easy medieval morals
were outraged. The church stepped in
and Pope Plus II hurried the anathema
against Rimini.
: II was generally believed that Sigis-
monde desecrated the chapel with pic
lures representing isotta, and that, in
stead Of the saint. her head made o
pendant to that Of Sigismondo In the
principal chapel. with an Inscription de-
scribing her as "the glory OF Italy" and
setting forth her virtues as he saw them.
The defenders Of the Malatesta cried:
Show us your proof. There Is the spot.
and nothing but an innocuous Inscription
In bronze" Commendstore Ricci. Of the
Museum at Venice, taking to heart the
admonition mot to believe half one sees, Z"
thought he would like 20 know what
there was under that seemingly inno-
cent bronze inscription. Then he was
confronted with the charming profile of
Isotta and the chronicle Of her virtues.
So beautiful is the former that even a
twentieth century savant Is inclined to
excuse the fourteenth century warrior
for his infatuation. Thus another tradi-
tion has been verified. and a new treas
ure has been added to the art OF Italy.
When Plus II Illuminated against Sig
ismondo. one 'of the charges was that
he had ytoen sculptured marbles from a
Ravenna church to adorn his pagan tenn
pie. This also was denied by his follow
ers. but Ricci found, and has published.
documents proving the theft. 1t Seems
that Sigismondo. frightened by the papal
thunders. which would probably have
ended by his being repudIated by his
people, ordered the face OF Isotta to be
out. and the spot covered by
the bronze inscription, but fortunately
for art. the workman was so overcome
by the sculptured beauty that he did not
touch II
The art discovery, indeed. is very i'm
portant. and no doubt Italy is filled with
similar hidden treasures OF medieval
times. FIANEUR
Copyright, 1872. by Court Gossip syndicate)
The Washington herald., 1912-08-30

MARCHING NoBEY THROUGH THE Mud"
perished from the earth. This was q
great pity. for the man who has never
felt the hot breath Of his neighbor's torch
IN his face or has never marched nobly
through the mud listening to the steady
drtp-drip Of 20 cent kerosene on q 5000
SUIT: or who has not wandered happily
home through the darkness at a. m.
writing the slogan of his party in the
plack night air with his wandering torch;
or who has never crawled .tealthily into
the headquarters Of the enemy to pour
water In their kerosene barrel Is a weak
ling and knows little OF the price of
patriotism.
(Copyright 1872 by Georzs Matthias ld,n.l