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The Washington herald., 1912-08-30

Frankie's thirst fills me with uneasine.s
1t is unscientifc. can find no cause fo-
IL in our family history"
Her husband was pulling up and down
the bedroom. He was white to the lips
and beads Of perspiration stood upon his
cultured brow. There was a look OF such
| terrible anguish upon his intellectual face
that his wife was startled and afraid.
John" she cried You have some
thing on your mind. You are hiding a
dreadful secret from me"
John put his hand to his forehead and
groaned bitterly. After many beseeching
words from his wife the truth burst from
him.
GLADYS" he said. I'VE forgot my great
great-grandfather"
She gave a little shrek OF terror.
What do you mean. John? oh.
heavens! what is your awful meaningT'
John spoke in low and tragic voice.
Il have just discovered" he said, that
my great-great-grand andfather was q friend
OF the regent. He was known as
three-bottle man. His thirst was re-
markable even for the Georgian era
Johns wife burst into a passion of
tears. and sobbed as though her heart
would break. Jo. Inns groans awakened
little Frankie from his morning sleep,
and he Immediately demanded another
"bokkle."
In spite OF this one falling. the Eu-
genie baby waXed fat and strong. and
his parents endeavored TO eliminate the
great-great-grandfat by breaking the
feeding-bottle and bringing up their
child on a dry diet OF nuts and shred
ded wheat.
At five years of age Frankie was able
to read the report OF the latest Eugenic
Congress. and was able to discern the
hereditary weaknesses among his little
comrades. But at ten years OF age he
became interpretive and self-analytical.
He confided to his nurse that he was
terribly afraid OF bachelor uncle from
whom he believed he had derived a
distinct tendency toward moral aberra-
ton. There was also a Maiden Aunt.
who, by some scientific freak. had passed
over to him a spirit Of revolt against
scientific authority.
There was a tragic episode in the fam
lily when at ten years OF age Frankie
flung the a c OF Economics out OF
the nursery window, split the ink over
colored chart depicting the Progress
of the Human Race toward Eugenic
Perfection" and defied his nurse when
spector was coming to make his annual
repor:
Then, one day. in a moment OF su-
preme passion. when his father and
mother had rebuked him for disobedience
he threw his great-great-g grandfather as
II were, at his fathers head. and said:
What can you expect when one of
nv ancestors was a Georgian rake? You
should have thought of this before you
married my Ma. I didn't ask to be
bornI'
The terrible and relentless logic Of this
remark struck dismay into the hearts OF
his poor parents. and they never smiled
again.
The Washington herald., 1912-08-30
Patents and Public Policy.

Congress adjourned without taking
any action on the report of the House
Committee on Patents, which was not
turned in until the last days of the ses-
sion. The chief abuse complained of is
said to lie in the action of patent own
ers, prohibiting the use of certain in
ventions except with other articles not
patented to be also purchased from
them.
The House committees recommenda-
ton that owners of patents shall not
have the right to fix the price at which
these articles shall be sold at retail is
timely and well taken. 1t also applies
the Sherman law to patent business. If
this law is in need of revision, this is
in no respect more necessary than in
patent regulations.
Whether the Federal court decision
dismissing the suit against the United
Shoe Machinery Company would have
been different, or the mimeograph YER
dict would have to be revised, if an
amendment as recommended by the
committee were passed, are interesting
questions.
Any attempt to limit the value of a
patent to its owner hitherto has been
tabooed. And yet who will say that the
House committee does wrong when it
upholds the fundamental rule that pub
lie policy demands that those engaged
in business should not be restricted in
their operations except so far as cs-
sential to protection Of the rights of
the public:"
The Washington herald., 1912-08-30
Mr.. Hitchcock's "Class" Ruling.

Nothing that the Congress just end
ed has done or left undone has turned
back the dial of progress more than the
act to tie up the entire postal service
in our big business centers just as
much as in the rural sections or towns.
Why should the postal service be
CHOSEN for this extraordinary Sunday
stopping OF all mail delivery which is
calculated to throw out of gear the
whole scheme of modern life? There
are other utilities which we regard as
indispensable for our daily needs. By
the same mode OF reasoning freight,
passenger service on railroads. trolleys,
ard steamboats, should be forbidden to
operate on the Lords Day.
Il has been our pride that We have
been steadily expanding the postal
service in behalf of the people for
whose benefit it was established. The
Washington Herald is the very last pa
per to say word in favor of depriv-
ing any workman or employe of his
Sunday rest But there are conditions
when certain classes of men must work
t0 prevent a stoppage of our entire So
cial and business system. One of these
is the postal service, another the gas,
the electric light and power, just as
much as the baker, the milkman, &c.
Indeed, the logic of the new act is
already challenged, if not destroyed al
together, by the reservation of the spe-
cial delivery letter and by Postmaster
General Hitchcock's construction of the
law that mail for guests may be taken
out of the hotel lock boxes on Sunday,
and that newspapers also may take their
mail out of the post-office. Now all
this is very nice of Mr. Hitchcock. 1t
is praiseworthy to see him trying to
favor the newspapers so that they may
be provided with the copy" mailed by
their correspondents and have the bene-
fit of their exchanges for their Monday
morning issues.
But this ruling of the Postmaster
General would make the new act one
of favored class" legislation, and
though it would deprive this newspaper
OF the privilege mentioned we, for one,
prefer not to profit by Mr. Hitchcock's
kindly rule If it places Us in the ranks
OF the favored class" If that absurd |
law is to stand, it ought to stand for
all.
The act is "class legislation" in
more than one respect Some of the |
postal clerks will have to work on Sum-
day, or do they mean to leave arriving |
mail piled up for twenty-four hours on
the depot platforms, &c? Do they in
tend to let mail in transit lay over?
Is no mail at all to be dispatched?
There is nothing in the new law to |
stop all this Hence a number of men
will be kept at work, while only the |
assorters and delivery clerks will have
weekly holiday! Another thing. Mr..
Hitchcock kindly permits hotel mer to
take their mail out of the lock boxes.
This means that mail is to be put into
these boxes. This being the case, who
will hinder any owner of a lock box
from inserting nj, key and extracting
his mail?
The way we figure OFT this whole
abSurdity is that Congress intended to
favor one class of postal employees over
another at the expense of the public,
which IS being grievously incon-
venicnced.
1t is oppression of the people by paid
servants of the people!
The Washington herald., 1912-08-30
UNCLE SAM.

Uncle Sam will not submit his case
To any foreign. putrid plague,
Or place his hUnor in the hands
OF monarch lawyers at The Hague:
But run the Panama Canal
To suit his commerce dash
And give free passage TO his ships
In building up his merchant cash
We own and run the great canal.
And built il with cur virgin gold.
And foreign nations must take heed
That well defend il as Of old.
When fighting on the land and sea
For every human, manly right,
Our flag was victor for the free.
And flies to-day for love and light.
JOHN A.
The Washington herald., 1912-08-30
Often in His Though t..

do you think OF me often?" asked the
heiress who had gone over TO London and
captured a willing duke.
Constantly, my dear" answered the
duke. IT think Of you whenever I see
one Of my creditors, and ! meet them on
oil SIDES
The Washington herald., 1912-08-30

A big oyster crop this year will cause
a rise in the price of horseradish and
. vinegar.-(News item) This is pessi-
.mistic and unkind.
The Washington herald., 1912-08-30

no doubt about whom to elect Presi-
dent. But IL is not.
From the New York Tribune
Would a Penrose by any other name
smell as sweet?
From the New York Press
The decision Of Mr.. Social Justice
Perkins setting aside the factory laws
of New York and forcing on women
night work in insaRitary rooms at
starvation wages certainly ought to be
recalled.
From the ST. Louis Republic.
Nobody has yet cautioned the Re-
publican party against overconfidence
But you can't tell when Hilles' will
break out again.
From the Philadelphia Record.
Whenever the Balkans get on fire
all Europe gets ready for a three
alarm.
From the New York World.
One of the allegations in a Pennsyl-
vania divorce suit is that the defendant
husband had an insane desire to cook
his own meals" There are households
in which that kind of trait in a hus-
DdnQ WOulu pc more nlgnIy appre-
ciated.
From the Houston Chronicle.
"Honi soit," &c, but the women need
not wear their skirts so tight as TO
show what the king picked up from the
ballroom floor when he made the re-
mark that became the motto.
From the Springfield Republican.
Those woman suffragists who expected
the colonel to talk the cause in every
speech note with some dismay and be-
wilderment that in the six speeches de-
livered in New England. last Friday and
Saturday, he did not refer to 1t once
From the Philadelphia Record
Andrew Carnegie has a corner in diplo-
docuses. He owns the bones of nearly all
of these saurians of the carboniferous
age that still remain over from that
period in the dim past; and he is pre-
senting them to various governments
as tokens of esteem and OF the friend
ship OF the United States.
From tbs st. Paul Dispatch.
Japan Is to have a million dollar build
ing at the San Francisco exposition. Capt
Hobson should investigate to see IL that
would not be getting too much Of foot
hold on American soil.
The Washington herald., 1912-08-30

Boston, having one Greek policeman.
at last can conscIentiously lay claim
to the name of athens of America"
The Washington herald., 1912-08-30

That worried look on the children is
J caused by listening for the school bell.
The Washington herald., 1912-08-30

A confession Of faith is q good deal
easier to make than q confession of
facts
The Washington herald., 1912-08-30

What. pray, is an approximate
quorum which could not-be obtained in
the House?
The Washington herald., 1912-08-30

BIZ Finn is a good pupil. Observe
the ease with which he calls people
liar" Like master. like man!
The Washington herald., 1912-08-30
ALIfTLE NONSENSE.
ANCIENT LACK OF ENrERPRIsE.

ANCIENT LACK OF ENrERPRIsE.
Caesar went along his way.
Waging war from cline to cline.
None to hinder or gainsay.
Who raked muck In Caesars time?
Pompey must have grated some:
His wealth was not free from Crime.
But the magazines kept mum.
Who raked muck In Pompey's time?
Nero for ten years or more
Ladled out all sorts Of crime.
None to threaten or deplore.
Who raked muck In Nero's time?
Uncle Pennywise saysi
A farmer boy amt considered of much
account unless he can do the work of
four ordinary men,
The wealthy Have Woes.
Wealth doesn't always bring happi-
ness" remarked the youngster with the
large spectacles.
Nav" assented the other kid. Look
and he can't decide between ioiipops and
Ice cream"
August 80 in History.
August 80, l5ae-Henry VIII takes his
annual bath. ceremony OF some magni-
tude.
August 30. 15Ss-Queen Elizabeth bans
the turkey trot from court functions.
The Home of Literature.
Victor Hugo was a great novelist"
He had the literary punch"
Yes; no telling what he couldn't have
done II he had lived In Indiana"
A Political Belle.
No politicians now ignore
The lovely suffragette
They flock around her by the score
And make Of her q pet.
His Modest Request.
You handle large sums OF money in
this playa million or more in every
act"
"I seee." said Yorick Hamm.
And you must handle 1t like you were
used to it."
81 see Could you let me have . 81 bill
to rehearse within"
Playing Safe.
What do you propose to say on the
The Washington herald., 1912-08-30

This is Thanksgiving Day-that Con-
gress got away at last!
The Washington herald., 1912-08-30

Democracy has never since won an eiee-
ton. T-5-Tr
After 1885 people began reading their
political arguments in the papers at. the
breakfast table instead Of on the streets
at night, and so the torchlight procession
The Washington herald., 1912-08-30

Which campaign are they after any
way1 that Of 1904 or that of 1872?
The Washington herald., 1912-08-30
His Modest Request.
Playing Safe.

What do you propose to say on the
stump?'
"I think I'll stick to the American nag
and the grand old forefathers OF the re-
public. Things are too mixed in my dis
trict this year"
The Washington herald., 1912-08-30
PERTINENT AND EXPERIMENT.

From the Pittsburs Post
Doctors say that eating corn bread
is good for the teeth. It might be
added that It is also good for the en-
tire system.
The Washington herald., 1912-08-30
From the Philadelphia Bulletin.

| From the Philadelphia Bulletin
Strong talk is what is needed" de-
clares the man at Armageddon. II
that were true. there would be really
no doubt about whom to elect Presi-
dent But IL Is not.
The Washington herald., 1912-08-30

Italy still has hidden surprises which
would make it worth while for tho
scholar to study her artistic treasures.
and to delve among her archives. There
is perhaps no story of the Middle Ages
The Washington herald., 1912-08-30

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
Uncle Pennywise Says,

A farmer boy amt considered Of much
account unless he can do the work of
four ordinary men.
The Washington herald., 1912-08-30

Would a Penrose by any other name
smell as sweet?
The Washington herald., 1912-08-30

Japan is to have a million dollar build
ing at the San Francisco exposition. Capt
Hobson should investigate to see IL that
would not be getting too much Of q foot
hold on American soil.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1912-08-26
LEGAL NOTICES
IN THE SUPERIOR COURT OF
THE STATE OF WASHINGTON
FOR PIERCE COUNTY.

W. fooGs
In the matter OF the estate of
Seymour Shaanagan. deceased
Public notice is hereby given that
the undersigned. Milton Giles, ae
administrator of the estate of Sey-
mour Sheanangan, deceased, will
on the i4th day Of september. 1912,
at the hour OF IL o'clock A. NJ. nj
the &c" street door of the Pierce
County Court House. in the City
Of Tacoma, Washington. sell al
public auction, to the highest and
best bidder. the following de-
scribed real estate belonging to
the estate of Seymour Hheanagan.
deceased, fo-wft.
Lots Two i5) and Five 90 In
Section &, township IL, North of
Range East OF the w. NJ. con-
tanning bs.16 acres or less. The
terms Of sale 60 be cash; 10 per
cent. payable at the time OF accept
apce OF the bid: the remaining 90
per cent. thereof TO be payable upon
cution and delivery of the sdm.n-
istratorss deed for said premises.
MILTON GILES.
Administrator OF the Estate of
Seymour sheanagan. Deceased.
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FARMER GIVES
UP SUIT

(By United Press Leased Wire. y
SAN FRANCISCO, Aug. 26.-
Postponed five times owing to
the refusal of the complainant to
press the charge against Mrs.
Alice Brown, the Los Angeles
cloak model, accused of Fleeing
David Mapping, an Illinois farm
er, out of $4,000 on the promise
Of marriage, the case avs dismiss
ed here today by Police Judge
Shortall.
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MOVE SUNKEN
VESSEL

(By United Press Leased Wre.C
SAN DIEGO, CAL, Aug. &C.
That the great freight Pleiades
ashore at Cape San Lazarde near
Magdalena bay will be moved,
was the confident prediction to-
day Of aterwfront men.
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NICE. clean rooms in residence dis
trict; $1.00 per week and up; board
u desired; just like home. 1909
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REAL ESTATE
FOR SALE BY OWNER


The following IN acres of rich
black garden soil In bearing fruit
trees and small fruit inside city
limits. on street car line. street be-
ing paved; good house. barn and
chicken houses; No. ] home that
Will bring a good income.
A $4,000 home in Regents park,
new and in first class condition. on
paved street. Anyone wishing a
modern home will do well to look
this up as we Will sell on easy pay
ments for $4,000.
also have several good pieces
OF partly improved waterfront on
McNeiis island at which ! offer ct
very reasonable price and terms.
Some good u \ or full acre e
from st. car, SC fare, on which
will build house to suit purchaser
and sell on terms.
Some Idaho irrigated land to ex-
change for city property or acre
Phone Main 7so4-R5.
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REAL ESTATE

SMALL bungalow, rooms, with
large pantry and clothes closet, J
nice lots, goed 3d., so i5oS $50 down. ,S1o
Dry. office Morton ana Mckinley AN
E Eon R y ysmtRS y sa fRSst s
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1912-08-26

wANTED-4oo hop piclxers At Roy.
Wash. Round trip fare sI.fo.
Good Recommendations Picking win
commence about September 5th.
Call and register. James Pincus,
over Malstrom's Drug Store. e2sH
Pacific ay- Phone Main g.
STEADY work for &,od refoucher.
Hartsook Studio. eth aud Com
mercc.
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REAL ESTATE
Must Sell

xVVVN0U oSNN
10 acres overlooking the bay;
Z a. cleared; 100 fruit trees;
spring on the highest part of the
land; could pipe water to any
part. This Is a snap and must
go. Price $1,000.
j. w. HOOPS & SONS
224-25 Natl Realty Bldg.
FOR SALE-Modern six room
house, $4,000 IL sold quick;
located at 3212 North Stevens.
Call evenings.
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LA CROSS HOTEI-Nicely furnish
ed housekeeping and tran. rooms,
downtown. 934h So. c.
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HOTEL KINGSTON - Everything
week and up; soc per night and up.
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MORTGAGE LOANS

Do you NEED MONEY! Private
funds j9 our vaults-you needn't
wait: VIII loan to build or pay off
and old mortgage; pay only on one
straight to year loan. Honest
treatment and fair rates.
LENNOX TRUST COMPANY
Loans and Investments
zoe Equitable Bldg.
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SPECIAL NOTICES

DANCE every Saturday night at
Saxton's hall, Lake City, at Amer
lean lake. Everybody welcome.
PHONE Main 1886 and we viii call
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SUMMER COTTAGES

s-room furnished modern house at
American Lake. for rent by the
month or year.
Also tents with gas range, light
and water for summer season.
O. d. GRANT
S12 Bankers Trust Bldg.
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FURNISHED ROOMS

NICE room in family residence,
close in, 2S14 SO. Jefferson av.
NICELY furnished room with pri-
vate family. Good surroundings.
Close in. 2116 No. Cakes.
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PERSONAL

to meet single working lady
fundamentally inclined. Address
Box Sd, or Times
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HOUSEKEEPG. ROOMS

vate family, all conveniences,
walking distance. It's So. Tacoma
av. Main 1910.
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RENT---FL.ATS

~S>~~~~->~s~~>~~~~~S~~
FIRST CLASS flat with all modern
improvements; laundry in connec-
ton. 1114 So. Ninth,
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CLEAN furnished hspg rooms,
suite 81 and up per week. 737
Tacoma ave.
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THE ANTLERS-Furnis hskpg.
rms; modern; central; 1116h G.
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ONE or two furnished rooms in pri-
vate family; single or housekeep-
ing, near cable. 933 So. e st.
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FOR SALE
MISCELLANEOUS

A good Toledo range In first class
condition; price reasonable. 1112
So. I.
DELIVERY team, harness and wag-
on. z. c. Van Buskirk Lake View,
WASH, box lab.
A BARGAIN for qick sale. Res
taurant doing good business, low
rent good location. Investigates this
at onoe. Main 1896.
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Rent---Office Space

GROUND floor office on Pacific av.
best location, In town. very rea-
sonable. Main 40.
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owner must sell Ii acres fruit
ranch. Groom house, chicken
houses, $50 chickens, ! cow and al,
tools; 10 rods 20 school; 2 miles TO
Long Branch. Price sff0o, t600
cash will handle IL, '1gq
7os Pacific av. Tacoma.
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TRADE FOR HOTEL

Located in good Eastern wash-
ington town, SIS bed rooms, 2 sample
rooms, restaurant, AUTOMOBILE
buses, 3 horses, hotel completely
The books viii Prove to You they
are doing business.
HI. w. MEYERS
428 Perkins Bldg.
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THOROUGHBRED Homer pigeons.
1852 So. Steele st. Main 300.
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AND EGGS

Is CRYSTAL white orpington hens
and two rooAters. s1.00 each.
Phone Main 1875.
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1T a gentleman wants a nice quiet
newly furnished room with all
oonveniences, call at 411h So. l1th.
Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1912-11-10
THE USUAL EXHIBITION OF ATLANTA NERVE

ever they did, but it is gross pTesump-
ton on their part, or on the part OF
their newspaper correspondent, to
assume that the incoming administra-
official guides and advisers for the
whole state of Georgia. Not a one
of them did more for the cause than a
score or more of leading Georgians
who might be mentioned. Not one
of them labored more unselfishely,
more zealously, more intelligently or
more effectively, for instance than Col.
Pleas Stovall, of Savannah, or others
who gave unstintedly of the best that
was in them when the Wilson cause
looked hopeless, and after the nomina-
ton when their enthusiasm TO the
cause aroused the people of their sec
tons and made the tremendous ma
uority Of last Tuesday possible. The
truth of the matter is that it was down
here in South Georgia that the great
majorities were rolled up, not in the
Atlanta territory. The only counties
that went against Wilson were North
Georgia counties. South Georgia, the
bulwark of the party against populism
and Rooseveltism and every other ism
that threatens democratic supremacy,
stood unitedly for the Baltimore can
didate Roosevelt money, Roosevelt
circulars. Roosevelt emissaries could
make no progress below a line from
Columbus to Augusta. They had to do
their work north of that line.
The great mass of the Democratic
party might as we'll serve notice on
the Atlantians right now that 1t does
not propose to even admit, for mo-
ment that few of them are to appoint
themselves Georgia's representatives
when the new administration comes in.
Honor to whom honor is due" means
that a great bulk of the credit must
come to this section and that the lead
ers of South Georgia must stand at the
front. We certainly object down TINS
way 10 any one having to go to Atlanta
to get vised for a federal job during
the next four years, whether it be a
small one or an office of high honor
Presid snt-elect Wilson we regard as
too sagac'ous leader, too close an Cd
server Of current conditions, to De
mislead by any exhibition of Atlanta
brass such as SENS about to be exhio-
tied.