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The Washington herald., 1912-06-07
Strange Carriage
Has All Guessing
Residents of Sixteenth Street Puzzled at Mystert
ouS BroHgham Which, Boarded on Both Sides
Has Defied Solution for Past Five Years.

For some ave years past. the residents
Of Sixteenth Street have been thoroughly
mystifed ana made not a little curious
by the presence Of a most unusual car
riage, which from time to time appears
there,
II Is an ordinary brougham, very spick
and span, drawn by one horse. a black
one, and beautifully caparisoned. The
eoachman Is a large man. with clean
shaven, fiorid face and iron-gray hair,
Usually wearing a black coat Thus far
the carriage Is most conventional. but
when the eye lights on the doors II
stops, and one is tempted TO turn and
take second lcolS; for, instead of the
usual glass at the windows. there are
oak panels filling the entire space. Each
has crssceut-shaped hole cut near the
top, as II TO admit air to some one in
side
Only on bright sunny days, spring and
tall, II may be seen, and usually in the
morning. From Sixteenth and H Streets
to Sixteenth and N Streets It goes, up
and down, up and down, apparently
never changing its course, for no one
remembers ever having seen It anywhere
else. The morse travels at a medium
pace. never fast, and the shining, tightly
closed carriage. cleaning in the sun
shine, LOOKS almost uncanny.
Front window Ia Glass.
At short intervals the driver leans
around. first on one side and then on the
other, and looks carefully in at the front
window. which is Of glass. This con-
tinues for four or fve hours at a time
The Washington herald., 1912-06-07
A CHASE BY TELEPHONE.
Man Sought in Three states and
Found In Fifteen Minutes.

From the New England Telephone ToTicS
Hows this for rapid transit-chssing
a man across three States by telephone.
and. best Of all. catching him inside Of
fifteen minutes. The operators OF the
south station pay station evidently are
resourcefuI in following Clews Of this
kind. and the patron must have departed
with a pretty good opinion not only OF
the operntors. but a company capable OF
giving such service.
On the evening Of February = a gen
tIeman called at our south station at
tended pay station and stated that on
that morning he had sent a telegram 10
certain person in Worcester, Mass
and that he was very anxious TO con
municate with that person again by
telephone. He furnished the name Of the
party desired, but unfortunately had for
gotten the name OF the hotel where the
person was stopping. The only infOrma-
ton he could give US was that he was
quite sure II was the newest hotel in
Worcester and was patToniZed by COM
merclal men.
Our attendant suggested passing a call
in that manner. which was done, and
report promptly received that the per
son desired had been at the hotel, but had
since left.
patron. our attendant was told that the
man had undoubtedly gone from Wor-
cester to Providence. but that, as he
was not familiar with the hotels there.
he did not know where he could be To-
Gated.
Information disclosed the fact that the
Crown Hotel and the Narragansett were
patronized considerably by commercial
men at Providence. and a call was ac-
cordingly passed for this person at the
Crown Hotel. Report was promptly re-
Ceived that the person wanted had been
at the Crown Hotel. but had been hur-
riedly called away to Manchester, n. II.
BY no means discouraged. and with
Sherlock Holmes persistency the at
tendant followed the party into a third
State, and by means OF intelligent nand-
ling of the call the person was located
in Manchester. n. H., and connection
established. The patron on leaving the
station remarked: when in doubt, tele-
phone" One particularly good feature
Of the call is that the actual time con-
sumed from the moment the patrol en-
tered the pay station until communiCa-
ton was established was but fifteen min
utpS
The Washington herald., 1912-06-07
PLAN TO HONOR
CONFEDERATE DEAD
Sons and Daughters of Dixie to
Strew Flowers on Graves of
Southern Heroes.

The principal address at the annual me
mortal services in honor Of the Confeder-
ate dead will be made at Arlington Sun
day afternoon by Senator Hoke Smith OF
Georgia The ceremony will be simple
and unostentatious, consisting largely of
the decoration Of graves and the paying
OF individual tribute.
a large gathering Of Sons and Daugh-
ters OF the South at the service is an
ticipated, a number OF Knights Of Column
bus having already signified their inten-
tion Of attending.
The following committees are ir charge
OF the exercises:
Capt John NJ Hickey. chairman: Mrs.
f c. R Humphries. vice chairman: r.
S. Denny. secretary: George :. Cov!ng-
ton. treasurer: o. J. Muat. finance; John
T Callahan. press. Mrs George 5. Gov
ington. flower committee: Miss Francis
Weeks. chairman Children OF the Con-
federacy: Mrs. John T. Callahan, music.
Camp III. L. c. V.-Capt John NJ.
Hickey. John T Callahan. o. J. Moat,
Robert Thompson. r S. Denny.
Sons OF Veterans-L. +. Pennypacker.
Jr.. P. J. Altizer. J. Monroe Britt. w. l.
Neale Wallace Streater
Southern Relief Society-Miss Mamie
Randolph Heth. Mrs. l. II. Quirollo. Mrs.
Eugsnia B. Rollins
StOnewall Jackson Chapter No. 2o-Mrs.
William Bodell. Mrs. F. c. r. Humph-
ries, Miss Hattie Bowie.
R F. Lee Chapter No. 644-Mrs. Belle
c Riley Mrs. J. 7. Callahan. Mrs J. r
Mulcare. Mrs. Archibald Young.
Southern Cross Chapter No. S4-Mrs.
Oscar Roome. Mrs. Blanche c. West, Miss
Helen r. McGinder.
Albert Sidney Johnston Chapter No
Mrs J. II MTlsaps. Mrs. A. r. Johnson,
Mrs Julia Harbaugh.
Beauregard Chapter No.-Mrs. S. A.
Wagner Miss Annie McCardle. Mrs. Rose
Eagan.
Dixie Chapter No. I2u-Mrs. Howell
Smith Miss Carrie Morton. Mrs. Silas
Coleman.
Winnie Davis Chapter-Miss Helen
Griffith. Miss Ida Bowie, Miss Mary
Younger.
The Washington herald., 1912-06-07

We'll. then. TN be necessary for him
to come and pose" said the artist
Pose Why he's been dead eighteen
years"
"It'n be pretty hard then TO get a good
likeness Of him. I'm afraid
But II I would tell you exactly how
lie locked. couldn't YOU make the picture
them
oh. I could make a picture Of a man.
but OF course it would be extremely dif-
ficult to get the facial expression ex-
actly right"
But the man insisted. and described
his father as nearly as he could. and the
artist set at the Job
In a month the customer came to see
the portrait unveiled IN the artists
studio
He looked at the picture intentIy for
some moments and observed: Its my
father all right. but geeminintley. how
he's changed"
Representative Claude Kitchin comes
from a family Of argumentative folk
He has brother and a father who can
hold up their end Of a debatahIe propO-
Sition almost as well as Claude can.
They tell this tale about Kitchin and
his father:
The two were walking along the main
street Of the North Carolina town where
they live, vehsmently arguing about
something without any sign whatever Of
either bringing the other over to his
side
At last the senior Eitchin got so ex-
asperated at CIaude's buIIheadedness that
he forgot whom he was talking to, and
exclaimed:
oh. ! never saw such a man, You
stick to one side OF an argument worse
than Your old father"
tCoIs night. 1872 by Frud G Kelly. al rights re-
EgrvCdl
The Washington herald., 1912-06-07
The Right Rev. W. P. Thirkield.

The departure of the Right Rev. Will
bur P. Thirkield, D. D., from the Dis
trict OF Columbia is a notable event.
because his achievements as president
of Howard University, an office from
which his elevation TO the episcopate
of the Methodist Episcopal Church re-
moves him, have been and are of ma
tional import
DR.. Thirkield accepted the presi-
dency of the great university of the
colored people six years ago at a loss
which not many men would have suf-
fered willingly. He saw duty lying
ready for him at ffoward University
He had spent seventeen years in the
South in the service of the colored peo-
pie building up trained and conse-
Grated ministry. He knew the needs
and opportunities and potentialities Of
the colored people as few men ever
have known them. In the six years he
has worked for Howard University he
has proven mis- ability as we'll as his
willingness to discharge the duty he so
cheerfully assumed Under his leader
ship and guidance the university has
sent out hundreds of specially trained
men-teachers, clergynen, physicians,
surgeons, bankers, merchants, artisans
to lift and hold up their less fortunate
brethren firm.
In his valedictory to the faculty and
students of Howard University, Dr.
Thirkield, humbled rather than made
arrogant by the return of the reward
he had 50 unselfshly put away in the
name of duty, said to his graduates and
alumni:
Il have been saying to you, Go South
and meet the largest needs of your
race / now say to you, Come South,
where your people need you most"
1t will be interesting as well as help
ful to watch DR.. Thirkield as a bishop
of the Methodist Episcopal Church with
New Orleans as the capital of his see.
He returns to the South with conf
denee Almost his last official words
to his pupils were expressive of the
Joyous sense of conservation with which
l leave Washington and give my life
to the service of all men of all races"
The Washington herald., 1912-06-07

have been. Yet he was called upon TO
face difficult conditions in which pre-
cedenoe could furnish little, if any,
guidance. And withal he handled ali
in so satisfactory a manner that the
high dignity Of his Office did not suf-
|ier.
The alienation of France had been
accomplished largely when Plus x
came TO the Vatican, and he could not
in any way be connected with it But
the fight between church and state in
heretofore ultra-Catholic Spain still is
going on, and the trouble with Portu-
gal came as a matter Of course with
the dethroning of Manuel of Brsganza
and the establishment of the republic
Grieved by such upheaval, the Pontiff,
besides, had to face the problems Of so
called modernism" Lenient with the
state government for reasons polite,
he has taken a firm stand against this
hereto" moderism, which most like
ly has been misunderstood because of
what seemed to be reactionary senti-
ment -...
Yet the latter problem is analogous
with what nearly every Protestant
church has had TO face. What criticism
is: to PTesbyterians, what dancing or
the theater to devout Methodists, what
the open communion idea is to Bap-
lists, what the underlying sentiment of
Unitarianism is to Episoopalians, is
what is embodied, to the Pope, in
modernism" In his opinion church
authority on these questions must re-
main with the church, and in this he
has been consistent.
The Washington herald., 1912-06-07
Pope Plus at seventy.seren.

Persons of all religious faiths will
rejoice in the health and vigor of. the
Pontiff at Rome, who is celebrating
his seventy-seventh birthday. After
leading the simplest kind of life in a
quiet hamlet on the outskirts Of Venice.
where he rose to the dignity of a
Cardinal (Patriarch), Giuseppe Sarto
became the supreme head of numerically
the strongest church of Christ He
never changed He remained the same
frank, devout, and energetic worker for
the glory of that church. He never
was skilled in statecraft, as some Of his
on the throne Of St. Peter
The Washington herald., 1912-06-07
ALITTLE NONSENSE.
TIE EAnLY RrRp.

NAG EAAAA oA11s
He went away the hrst Of gune. took his
vacation early.
No damsels strolled along the dune; he
didn't see one grille.
THsre were no men ~ the hotel to ait
= by him and shiver.
For there was frost. as IL befelL and
Ice was on the river.
The hotel clerk was full OF gloom and
didn't care TO gable.
Our friend sat up IN his hall room and
hankered for the rabble.
The walters eyed him with surprise and
shook their heads in pity.
He stayed four days and then got wise
and beat It to the city.
Uncle PennyTise saysi
II we struggled to get into heaven like
we struggle to get into society I think
we'd all win our harps-
Modern Life.
Domestic scene.
Hubby smoking thouEhtfuIly; WHEY
sorting documents
''oId love letters. my dear?" asks
hubby.
"oid divorce papers, my love-" answers
wifey.
Hubby smokes even more thoughtfully
and WHEY keeps on sorting documents.
June 7 in History.
June I, I7se-NapoIeon Bonsparte has
nothing to eat all day.
June I. 1so4-Napoleon Bonaparte Is
Emperor Of France.
Sure ThinE.
TT is Just as easy to be an Optimist
as q pessimist."
Go on with your wisdom"
The pessimist growls because rain
prevents the ball game. The optimist
smiles as he thinks Of all those double
headers coming"
On a Rainy Day.
When piercing breezes nip a man
And gusts his comfort mar,
There's nothing more distasteful than
An early open car.
Endless Chain.
'wombat had fve daughters. The
week after the last one married OF the
first one got a divorce and came back
to him"
well. did he start in again.
Yes; he's on his third time around
now
The Professor Is DisEruntled.
Il don't think I'll lecture any more in
Boston
Wasn't your last lecture a success,
professor"
Well had hard work TO convince
the audience that I knew as much about
the subject as they did"
A Human Dynamo.
III you work like this. you'll never
live TO be old
Il don't care to live TO be old. II
tnl..a rrr tnn rnmrh Nalma hla tinla >,
The Washington herald., 1912-06-07
SUSPEND BAGGAGE CASE.

I. {. {. Delays Action Concerning
size of Luggage.
The Interstate Commerce Commission
Yesterday suspended, pending investiga-
tion. the proposed regulation Of railroads
concerning the size Of baggage to be
transported on passenger trains. The
railroads in tariffs filed with the COM
mission and effective July, provided
that on and after July l no piece Of bag
gage the greatest dimension Of which
exceeds seventy inches would be trans
ported in baggage cars.
Commercial travellers and actors in
particular have protested against this
proposed change. claiming that It would
compel them to send by express neCes-
saTy baggage in their business. The
commission suspended the new regula-
tion until October l.
The Washington herald., 1912-06-07

is the difference between an aviator and
baseball pitcher.
Some people are successful early in
life, like Joseph Holman, who was
famous pianist at nine. or Pitt, who was
prime minister al twenty-five. Others
do not succeed until several hundred
years after they are dead. II took Ho-
mer 800 years to make good. and Poe,
who starved to death. is now one OF our
most successful writer's.
The Washington herald., 1912-06-07
sHARPS AND FLATS.

From tho New YORK Herald.
Convincing proof that the bribery scam
cal in Atlantic City is as bad as early
reports indicated is that Gov. Wilson has
gone to assist in driving the thieves and
bribe takers from high public and private
stations. Atlantic City needs a cleaning,
and it should be given a good one.
From the Boston TraIaCript.
"Reconcentration" OF insurgents by
the Cuban government. This is taking a
leaf out OF WeyIer's volume.
From the ST. Louis Republic.
Senator John Sharp Williams says II
costs the country IS every time a Senator
takes a bath in the Congressional office
buildings. II would be worth more than
that If bath would make some of the
Senators come clean" on a few public
questions.
From the New York Tribune.
The Windy City" from now until after
June IS at any rate.
From the Boston Herald.
The navy is to have a corps Of as
sistant dental surgeons, not more than
twenty-seven years Of age and profes-
sionally qualified. Let there be no
pull for these officials until after ap-
pointment
Fun the Louisville Post.
The Arizona convict who got a pa
role to go to Washington and patent q
device to get electricity from the at.
nlosphere is oack In stripes again and
Gov. Hunt is indicated. Once in a
great while the unexpected happens.
even in the field Of penology.
From the New York Herald
Charles Warren Fairbanks won the
championship at billposting This sug-
gests means Of disposing OF our retired
Vice Presidents,
The Washington herald., 1912-06-07
Lenrns of BROTHERS. Death.

Comptroller Of Currency Lawrence o.
Murray last night received a telegram
advising him OF the death Of his brother,
and he left at once to attend the funeral
services, which will be held at the fam
lily home in Addison, y. Y.
The Washington herald., 1912-06-07
To Give Educational Lecture.

The eighteenth OF a series Of educa-
tional lectures will be given tomorrow
morning at IL o'clock in the Pastime
Theater. Z. P. CoweH. Of Franklin In
stitute. Philadelphia, will deliver an IL
Illustrated lecture on Our Country's
Scenes, History. and Industries"
The Washington herald., 1912-06-07
NationaI c. OF G.. AdIourna.

The board OF directors Of the National
Chamber o. Commerce, who have been
holding series OF meetings In Washing
ton. adjourned yesterday to meet at Lake
Champlain, July =, at which time an exc
cutive secretary will be chosen The
headquarters Of the chamber viii Be In
Washington,
The Washington herald., 1912-06-07

Success is sweet. but it Is also .ntoxI-
eating and goes TO the head faster than
Tom and Jerry. The cautious man who
Is about to be successful will inCase his
head in barrel hoops and defy ii to do
its worst
lCopyEtsht. Igl2. bg lieoEsc Matthsv Ad.Iasl
The Washington herald., 1912-06-07

From the New YORK American.
Claiming delegates is an interesting
game and easy to learn.
The Washington herald., 1912-06-07
FLAG DAY EXERCISES PLANNED.
Services to BE Held in Central High
school Monday.

Exercises incident TO the observance Of
the one hundred and thirty-ffth ami
versary OF the adoption Of the flag Of
the American Republic will be held in
Central High School in o Street near
Seventh Street Northwest, at 3 O'Clock
next Monday morning.
Rev. DR.. N H. Holmes, chaplain OF
Burnside Pos- C. A. r. and OF the De-
partment OF the Potomac, G. A. R.. will
deliver an addre: $. Rev. John d. Blood
good, commander Of the Department
OF the Potomac. C. A. R, will preside.
Edward III allowed only three taverns
The Washington herald., 1912-06-07

Edward III allowed only three taverns
in London.
The Washington herald., 1912-06-07

From the Boston TraIsCTipt.
Recommendation" of insurgents by
the Cuban government! This is taking a
leaf out Of Weylers volume.
The Washington herald., 1912-06-07
A Human Dynamo.

III you work like this. you'll never
live TO be old"
Il don't care TO live 10 be old. II
takes UP too much valuable time"
The Washington herald., 1912-06-07
The Professor Is DisEruntIed.

u don't think I'll lecture any more in
Boston
Wasn't your last lecture a success,
professor"
We'll, I had hard work to convince
the audience that knew as much about
the subject as they did"
The Washington herald., 1912-06-07
From the New Yurs Herald.

Charles Warren Fairbanks won the
championship at billposting. This sug-
gests a means Of disposing Of our retired
Vice Presidents.
The Washington herald., 1912-06-07

Joe Fordney, one Of the Michigan Con-
gressmen, has been inspired by what he
terms the strange conduct OF one T.
Roosevelt tc relate this little parable:
A mar went to celebrated artist and
said he was willing TO pay any price
within reason for a good portrait Of his
father.
Vernon County censor. [volume] (Viroqua, Wis.) 1865-1955, 1912-01-03
suIIders Of carnarven Castle.

Carnaryon castle is fun of interest
not only for the archaelogist and stu
dent of medieval military arehitec.
ture. but also for ali engaged IN
the economic Interpretation of history
Fairly complete accounts are extant
of the money expended on wages and
material during the building OF the
fortress The highest wage paid to
the workmen was three pence a day to
skilled artificers. two pence being
more common These artisans were
all EngHshmen. hailing from sich
places as Canterbury or Oxfcrd. Or
binary iahorers. who were. to judge
from their. names, all native Welsh
men, received only a penny. allow
ing for the purchasing power OF the
penny. these comic wages are OF
course Tar higher than the rates Of
he present day Centuries later The
translators OF the Bible saw nothing
ludicrous about the two pence" prof.
tered for the hotel bill OF the man be-
iriended by the Good Samaritan
Westminster Gazette
Vernon County censor. [volume] (Viroqua, Wis.) 1865-1955, 1912-01-03
FORESTS HELP GIVE HEALTH
Mitigate Heat and Cold and Check
Tendency of Earth to Excess
sive Dryness.

Forests contribute to the general
health by breaking the force OF stead
lily blowing winds They mitigate the
heat of summer by the vast amount
OF evaporation that occurs in their
iesves by day. BY night the CORE.
spending condensation OF moisture I'D.
on the leaves still further absorbs the
heat on the evaporation Of the mois-
ture the next morning. They also pro
mote rainfalls. Thus they check the
tendency Of the earth to too great
dryness. which is almost as Injurious
10 health as 1t is to vegetation, for
epidemic diseases are sure to DO their
fatal work where the saltwater is be
low the ordinary standard.
Hence cholera often passes a wood
ed district and revels In a treeless
one. There are numerous facts like
the following: A certain road in In.
dia leads for sixty miles through a
dense forest. Further on 1t runs for
ninety miles through a barren plain
Hundreds OF persons travel the entire
road daily. Now. in the first or wood
ed section. cases OF cholera seldom
occur. while within the latter It has
been of frequent occurrence. One year
cholera ragged in Allahabad. Soldiers
whose barracks were on hill suffered
the most from the epidemic: those In
barracks surrounded by four rows OF
trees much less; but not single case
occurred among the soldiers whose
barracks were in a thicket- 1t was
the same the next year.
Vernon County censor. [volume] (Viroqua, Wis.) 1865-1955, 1912-01-03
EMYZLADYzOF THE aNORTH2|
Y6hc Love SIOM OLA GRAY ACET
AsS hrI2AN04Az R4RRzsH ~
SNSI4uthor If WHEN WILDERNESS WAS KING eIo
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of soldierly honor. ! resolved that
would put her from my thoughts for
ever. She was not mine either to love
or possess unless the uncertain fate
Of war should chance to set her free.
Even TO dream of her. to cherish her
Ii memory while Fhe remained the
wife of mother, was but an affront to
her purity and womanhood | would
prove myself a man entitled to her
respect. a soldier worthy my service
and corps if ever again my name
CHANGED to find mention in her pres
.nce it should be spoken with honor.
! was musing thus. iulled by the
steady lope OF my horse. and totally
ilsensible to any possibility of peril.
when clear upon my ears. instantly
awakening me from such reverie.
there rang through the night silence
the sharp clang OF iron on the road
behind re All sound of pursuit had
long since died away, and | supposed
the effort to reeapture me had been
abandoned. Bat there was no mis-
taking now-at least one horseman.
riding recklessly through the black
night. was pressing hot upon my trail
THE lieutenant" ! thought. "the
Lieutenant, burning with anger at the
trick played upon him, has pushed far
ahead of his troop, doubtless mounted
Upon a better horse. determined to
risk everything If he may only bring
ne back dead or alive"
This thought awoke me in an In
slant from my dreaming, and
spurred my horse furiously. glancing
anxlously backward as l rode. but I'M
able through that dense gloom &c dis