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Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1912-05-19
The Loan Shark Bill.

after long DELAYS the bill to regulate
tse Ioaning of money without security
better known as the loan shark bill, Is
about TO go into conference between the
two houses for final adjustment. Thus
there is a prospect Of an enactment at
MS session. and working law TO pre-
vent the mulcting of small borrowers In
usury may be secured. 1t has been long
needed One of the most grievous evils
OF today is the manner in which persons
6sslender means are caught in the tolls
Of. money lenders and made to suffer
heavy financial losses and great agony
AZ mind in their efforts TO extricate
themselves. Crimes and suicides have
been caused by this false system OF
ahance. Families have been wrecked.
Men have been crushed in their ambitions
and prevented from succeeding in life
The loan shark evil has been a biighting.
busting influence affecting millions of
people.
The facility with which small loans are
made by people who have no capital or
security leads many person to go into
debt. The first step is easy. The lender
interposes no obstacles to brighten the
weuld-be borrower. There is just the
signing of a paper and the money is In
hand. to pay some overdue bill or to take
= vacation trip or to buy some iong-de-
sired article Very few OF those who
borrow on such terms understand the
conditions. They are told that they are
rs pay certain amount a week or a
month and the way seems easy. but they
forget that this regular weekly or month
~ payment lowers the principal of the
loan only an inf1nitesimal fraction. and
fiat II will take long time to ex-
ttnguish the debt. with the interest mean
while amounting to several times the
original Accommodation Then there
afr penalties and fines and other devices
" add TO the cost of the loan of which
the borrower has no real warning at the
eutset
He is a novice dealing with a complex
subject at the hands of an expert who
lse often without conjunction or con-
science If he has given a chattel mort
gage he may at any time find his house.
h0sd stripped of goods He lives under the
terror OF domestic disruption and public
tEgrace- Perhaps he has made the loan
Sscretly. without the knowledge even Of
sts family, and he struggles on desper-
scsiy. depriving himself of all but the
hid cruel 1t takes a strong man to
Withstand such a strain. and unfortunate
Hkthe strong ones seldom fall into these
c6ils.
The differences between the Senate and
House bills. now about to be considered
I'D conference, are not incapable of adj
Iustment No matter how tenacious each
side may be of particular provisions,
there should be willingness to com.
ptomise for the sake of securing a work
ing small loans regulation that will au-
khorize a sufficient rate of interest to per-
mit the carrying on of this business, but
psehibit the extortionate mulcting of bor-
soMers. This bill now in conference rep
sevents several years of painstaking re-
5tarch and endeavor, and it's enactment at
k.0s session is urgently demanded for the
0ske OF humanity.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1912-05-19
A Disappointing Spring.

Is there going to be no spring at all
this year? Are the days to run thus,
with chilly airs and frequent rains, un-
til summer bursts suddenly upon us in
all its heat? Really, the resident of
this part of the country has ground for
complaint against the elements at pres
ent, for they have deprived him of
much of the Joy of the most delightful
part of the year. There is something
inexpressibly charming about a typical
spring day. warm enough to be COM
Portable with the ground dried by the
days sun to permit walking about in
any direction. with the first leaves
making a shade that Is not productive
of chill. with the blue sky looking as
though IL were secured to an immacu-
late freshness by the night showers
and the gentle winds.
There are others than those who love
nature from a sentimental and artis-
tic point OF view who feel aggrieved
this year. The gardeners have reason
10 nc annoyc' at the excessive mois-
ere trs '--..'s.ri .c..i,,.rat st-,.
Ia h.,,
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1912-05-19
DARK HORSE TALK

From the Concord Monitor.
Hughes talk increases. but not from
Hughes. New Bedford Standard. That
is one reason why IL increases. IS
From the Newark Evening News.
This talk of Mr.. Fairbanks as a. dark
horse at Chicago is to be deplored as
likely to inject the cocktail episode into q
situation that is already far too turbu-
lent.
From the Duluth Herald
About the blacklist dark horses Of the
campaign are the candidates for Vice
President. 49,
From the Knoxville Journal and Tribune
Up to the hour of going to press. Gif-
ford Pinchot has not been suggested as
a possible dark horse.
From the Chicago News.
Senator La Toilette wonders IL he can
classify as = dark loyse.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1912-05-19
MENTIONING BRYAN.
From the Buffalo News.

From the Buffalo News.
The guessers are beginning to De,
that Col. Bryan will be the nominee OF
the Baltimore convention. Ihere IL
enough of chance to make gam
BILE of it.
From the Brooklyn Times
Bryan is the one man VINO mas peen
strenpthened by defeats. cries in clarion
tones a squad of Bryan boomers. Inc
idea seems to be that defeat in 1912
would make William strong enough &c
win hands down in 1915.
From the Columbus Dispatch.
Col Bryan now proclaims that ne Is
going to be inside the Baltimore con-
yention The convention ought by all
means TO have something handy Tor
ready relief.
From the Omaha Bee.
Mr. Bryan. we understand. does not
deny that he desires to be President.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1912-05-19
HIS ACHIEVEMENT.

He canno. tell you why or when
Great Caesar crossed the Rubicon;
He does not know how many men
Gave aid to peerless Washington;
To him the poets lines are all
Confused and dull and meaningless;
He never hears Ambition call
Upon the highway to Success.
He does not know and does not care
How far away the sun may be;
He never had the time to spare
To study up on history;
No crown of laurels will be his.
And he will reach no lofty height:
But he knows all the slang there Is,
And that is going some. all right.
Chicago Record Herald.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1912-05-19
WEATHER NOTE.

"Here's a poem on the weather.
SAID the daily paper poet;
mot the weather OF Parnassus,
But the weather as We know IL.
"Haye Won got 1t in such language
As viii properly express it?''
Asked the Editor. surprising
That he poet might caress II.
"Of course" replied the poet
With nigh browed indignation.
Said the Ed. "Taen we can't pri1t II:
risns :: s.r publication,
W. ]. hampton, IN n. !. Times
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1912-05-19
SHOOTING STARS.
BY PHILANDER JOHNSON.
In the Temple of Art.

The aVhor of that play in which you
are starring was remarkable man."
YES" replied Mr. Claude Coldcream;
lit is surprising to see how he figured
out exactly what l would care to say
when / came on the stage. But really,
think 1t was more luck than clever
ness"
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1912-05-19
The First Person Singular.

THE successful orator makes use Of
brief, simple language"
I Yes; but that Is no excuse for his
overworking q word because it happens
to be the shortest in our vocabulary"
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1912-05-19
Much Observed.

You never see a lot of women staring
at man. said the striking blonde lady.
You don't eh!' replied Mr.. Growcher
You ought to notice what happens to a
man who keeps his seat in a crowded
street car"
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1912-05-19
Barred From Base Ball.

$50 you want your wife to go into poll
tics.
Certainly. She's entitled to some of
the current fun and excitement, and she
doesn't know bingle from home run. .
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1912-05-19
Overenthusiastic.

The trout beheld the shining fly.
He leaped for it as first it fell
And on the hook he murmured, Il
.iSwatted' not wisely. but too welI.'
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1912-05-19

Members OF Congress must feel that
there Is no use of trying to compete
Tor public attention with the men who
are soon TO assemble in national con-
ventions-
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1912-05-19

The prima donna who threw an opera
score at Oscar Hammerstein should have
a care. She may be mistaken for a mill
tant suffragette.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1912-05-19

Solicitor McCabe of the Department
of Agriculture did not secure the COM
parative quietude which the departure
of DIR. Wiley appeared to promise.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1912-05-19

Andrew Carnegies comparison of Mr..
Taft and Mr.. Roosevelt to Damon and
Pythias showed better knowledge of
the classics than of human nature.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1912-05-19

DR.. Wiley ought to be a good man for
any publication that wants a bright, in
structive Fathers Page.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1912-05-19

Society has received SO little encourage
ment from the Queen Of England that
writer's OF smart set gossip are forced to
dig up historic material out Of the guide
books.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1912-05-19

The liquor traffic is not to be regu-
lated with view to bringing the sup
ply up to the demand of every ultimate
consumer
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1912-05-19

When an aviator says we will be cross
ing the Atlantic ocean in al airship he
may expect some difficulties in finding
volunteers to justify his plural pronoun.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1912-05-19

given the Washington club evidently
took the admonition in dead earnest
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1912-05-19

Evidently there are two kinds of So
cialists-those who desire to avoid trou-
BILE and those who desire to create it.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1912-05-19

eIIn order to avoid delays on account o.
sefsonaI absence letters to THE STAB should
act be addressed to any individual connected
with the once: but simply to THE STAR. or 20
ths Editorial or Business Department, accsrdine
o. tenor or purpose.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1912-05-19
Bureau Of
Agriculture.

a beginning was passed by Congress at
a time when the country was riven bv
civil war and agricultural interests WEI 8
at their lowest ebb. In The Star of May
Is. 1862. is the following article:
1.-THE Senate Amendments to the bill
to reorganize and make independent of
the patent Office the bureau Of agricul-
ture passed the House on Tuesday, and
the bill now only needs the signature of
the President to become law. OF the
Importance Of the bill there can be no
two opinions. 1t recognizes the vast and
growing interests Of agriculture as they
should have been recognized years since,
and will. II properly carried out, prove
a great benefit to the country. Provision
is made for a commissioner of agriculture
and a chief clerk. We need hardly say
that in order to make the measure ef-
fective and to fulfill the purpose of Con-
gress these gentlemen should be chosen
with great care. They should possess not
only a knowledge of agriculture and be
competent to select and dispense seeds
and plants. but they should have the
higher qualifications of sound education
and intellectual capacity. They should
be men of energy, ready with the pen and
familiar with the literature of agricul-
ture. We look upon the proper prepare
ton Of the annual reports of the bureau
as of more importance than all the scat
tering of seeds. Such reports. IL judicious-
ly and intelligently compiled, Will an
ers of the land variety of information
the most timely and useful. We doubt
not that President Lincoln will, with his
usual good sense, see to 1t that the COM
missioner. whose appointment he has, is
a man of culture, vigor and capacity
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1912-05-19

ports. the text being printed in The Star
Of May Is. in which issue appeared the
following news article descriptive Of the
circumstances:
THE PRONUNCIATION Of the Presidents
proclamation formally opening blockaded
ports is most important at this particu-
lar juncture. That is, in view of the fact
that the emissaries Of and sympathizers
with the rebellion are now making a last
and most desperate effort to embroil the
United States with France and England
on account Of the blockade. In addition
to the ports Of Beaufort, N. c.; New
Orleans. La, and Port Royal, S. c., OPEN
ed today. in few days the ports OF Nor
folk, Newbern and Washington, N. c.,
and Richmond will doubtless be opened,
and probably that Of Mobile at the same
time, to be followed in thirty days at
farthest by the opening Of the ports of
Pensacola, Fla, and Savannah, Ga. Or,
in other words. in a month hence every
port Except 1t may be that of Galveston,
Tex.) on our blockaded coast will be
open to ships Of the whole world by ac-
ton Of the government OF the United
States. Apropos of Mobile. 1t is believed
in naval circles that We are now certain
ly in possession Of that CITY,"
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1912-05-19

The present Nebraska State Assoc
ton had it's origin in the Nebraska F
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1912-05-19
YEARS AGO
IN THE STAR

On the 9th OF May Capt. ]. A. Parrish,
10th New York. and Lieut.. J. W. Demp-
sey. I'd New York. who were
Iihhev CAPTURED at Bull Run and
taken to Richmond as prison.
xI1sO0. ers, returned to washington.
lin The star Of May II appears an account
Of the prison In which they were con-
fined there. which affords an interesting
contrast with the description Of the old
Capitol prison printed in this column
week ago. The officers stated that the
room wherein they had been last connned
in Richmond was so by 40 feet. The de-
scription continues:
THE dimensions were originally 100 by
20 feet, but the guard had cut of 20 feet
in front for their own convenience, tnus
allowing but three windows In the rear
and effectually preventing a proper and
healthy draught through the room. In
this room were confined fifty federal OFF,
GERS. and within that small space they
were obliged to do their cooking. eating
and sleeping. The building had been used
by a man named Libbey as a pork pack
ing establishment and marks OF grease
the room. Just two days before Capt.
Parrish and Lieut.. Dempsey and the other
prisoners were sent into this building
1900 negroes. confined there by their
masters for safekeeping, had been driven
out The only cleaning and publication that
the building received was daubing little
whitewash over the walls and sprinkling
lime over the floors. In the room i'm
mediately over that in which the officers
were confined were $50 soldiers under
similar unwholesome conditions.
The Confederate government furnished
the prisoners with meat and bread, which
was good, and they were allowed to pur-
chase anything else they might require.
When these officers left. butter was sell
ing In Richmond at $1.5O a pound, and
everything else in proportion"
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1912-05-19

In August. 1911. Belgium was aroused
by the published discovery that the forts
on the Meuse, on which Bel
Meuse gtans were accustomed to
count as a sufficient defense.
rVItS. were incomplete and unpro-
vided with artillery and men. This In
formation was all the more alarming
when it was learned that while the forts
at Liege were thus bare of guns and men
there were mitrailleuses and cannon UNI
mounted and stored in the magazines at
Antwerp. The discussions in parliament
had effected nothing to remedy the mat
ter of armament, and the lack of men is
yet a subject Of cruel anxiety to the pub
lie.
In the report to the king 1t is pointed
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1912-05-19
Peninsular
Campaign.

seemed open. In The Star Of May 18.
1862. is this summary of the situation:
Gen. Mcclellan may probably, as
seems to us. be delayed some days be-
fore Bottoms bridge, on the direct road
to Richmond. We hear that its APP
proaches are not only densely wooded.
but so swampy for miles on either side
that the road through them is substan-
tally Of carpentry, and therefore easily
destroyed. That. unfortunately. is the
only route for his army except very
roundabout ones. For instance, to essay
to go around the head of the Chicka-
hominy from that point, distant not
more than fifteen miles from Richmond
in direct line. would involve a march
Of perhaps seventy-fve miles through a
difficult country without water facilities
for transportation. We believe 1t to be
the policy of the rebels to delay his army
before Bottoms bridge until they may
remove as much OF their war material in
Richmond as possible by rail to Danville,
and get off as many of their troops by
the same means Of conveyance. It seems
probable that our feet will, however, in
terfere successfully to defeat that plan
that is, il it has been pushed by within
Smelling distance Of the city"
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1912-05-19
Nebraska
Association.

Since that time, however, 1t has been re-
organized and today takes it's place along
side of those other state societies wherein
the social side is uppermost and "ques-
lions religious or political are strictly
tabooed The early days Of this organi-
cation are nevertheless interesting, and
especially those in 1900, when after being
a democratic state, Nebraska went for
Mckinley. Among the men who were
prominent in the association at that
time were w. E. Andrews, T. NJ. Geddes,
O. F.. Masoon, c. W. Meiklejohn, E. G..
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1912-05-19

The successful actions by the Federal
troops and naval forces along the coast
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1912-05-19

ep<ered rs second class mail matter ut the Pos
once at Washington. d. o.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1912-05-19


Candidates are so thick that one or US
toilinr masses can hardly turn AROUND
without being met by a reassuring prom
Use as to our future.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1912-05-19

Organized In 1899, with d membership Of
no more than about fifty. the Missouri
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1912-05-19

At the time Of the resignation of Gen.
Hellebaut, the former minister OF war,
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1912-05-19

In view of the remarkable development
and present high state of organization
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1912-05-19

In this way 1t is manifest Belgium 10
not heaping up riches in the carrying on
The Fairmont West Virginian. (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1904-1914, 1912-02-19
Trip Around World.

Mr.. and Mrs. Paul L. McKeet left
yesterday afternoon for New York.
where they, VIII say farewell to Mr..
and Mrs. Lucian5 Smith, who Will sail
February q, for a trip around the.
world. -Morgahtown Dominion
The Fairmont West Virginian. (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1904-1914, 1912-02-19
SOME FACTS ABOUT TREES II;'

o " D. ..H.l 2 6 IA
The tallest treesin the worldare the
Australian eucalyptus, which attain
an. altitude OF 4S0 feet, The biggest
are the mammoth trees Of California,
some Of which are 276 to S73leet Ia
height, and 1Os feet in. circumiere nse
at the base.s From meaEufeme nts Of
rings ii isS believed that sceraindef
these Trees are from 1000 Y II 500
Years OH. The Oldest tree In Tho world
d ,satdte exist on; thu 4island Cos,
Cd: tie Sosst Of Asia Minor. at q sew.
eral thousand years old, but jpst how
many no one has dared to say The
tree Ii carefully preserved bya wall
Of masonry round II, and the tfHnk Is
80 feet In circumference!
.3SBat here are parts Of treesIin the
form q useful. timber which are even
older, probably, than any on the
stump Beams IN old bdiIdinSs are
'presefvsd today. which are Known
totbe over aathousand years old Piles
,driyenaby sthe Romans prior To- the
Christian era are Sberfectly sound to
day, and It is known that they have
been Immersed In water for upward
Of 2,OOOyears.
The Fairmont West Virginian. (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1904-1914, 1912-02-19
oF PAPER.

The: PAPER comb is a novelty which
has made It's appearance. Il ls made
Of smooth finished. hard cardboard.
The teeth are. coarse and far apart,
but 1t ts quite useful for comblng the
hair The paper comb ID one to be
used once aud then thrown away, II
is designed for travellers. for use in.
public baths. and in. various other
places where now might be found
combs Kept for common use; in5such
places these combs might be fur.
nished BY the establishment free. 1t
Is not costly, the paper comb, put up
in d waxsd paper holder, being sold At
retail at one cent.
The Fairmont West Virginian. (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1904-1914, 1912-02-19


i iIsaid that lhe European notion
q Fhll paper was Imported iroin
Ghink There rs oFnaniehtalSus Ict
scfeens, partitions and tlIe IKE vas
ishoRn5a Is early ~ lie fourth y iltnty.
Aufhotitieson this subject assert tiiat
IL MaS Holland during her naval sll::
premacy Of the sixteenth century
Nhichfrst began to adopt and hang:
Srouhdthe wan paper idea.
Theearly Chinese wall papers we're
printed from blocks, hand ralsted or
gtamped with INFINITE labor and ex-,
tluisite art, They we're made 70 order
produced In sheets a. varying di.
,rlenSIons according TO the Uses to
Mhichthey Here 70 be PIT. The mod.
srn rolls 81 wall paper With d tcntInn-
Gus duplicate design we're unknown:
1T was mot until the invention Of the
modern printing and stamping ma
chimes with cylindrical rollers shat a
continuous conventional pattern was
favored. z. &
AS neither China nor Japan was 4
communicative country during the be-.
ginning Of the commercial history Of
Europe these watl paper impoftations
we're few, and far between and con,
siderably alta premium. Yet they
coon iii the European fancy as q
good substitute for the arras and tap
estriss Of the time.
The Fairmont West Virginian. (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1904-1914, 1912-02-19

children, three sons and four daugh-
tiers, all living, namely: Samuel Ray
Holbert, Falrmont, ". Va; John
Thomas Holbert, San Diego, Calf.
single; Ida Belle Pepper, Salem, W.
Va; Rosa Ellen Hoibert Thomas,
Webb City, Mo-; Lucinda Jane Holbert
Weeks, Clarksburg, w. Va; Earah
Elizabeth Holbert, Monongah, W. va,
single; William Walter Holbert, Mon
ongah, Viva.
s, Ray WAS married August q, 1891
to ana B. James. To this union was
born six children, Nellie Mildred the
first born, died February 8. 1893, aged
six years and six months. The remain
Ing five are living, three boys and two
girls.
Ida Belle was married June 2St 1893
to Flayius j. Pepper, and they have
two children, Harold and Doris.
Rosa Ellek was married May 10,
1897, TO James J. Thomas, and % this
union was born four children, twoboys
and two girls.
Lucinda Jane was married Decern-
Der 26,, 1906 to Peter Weeks, andthey
have one son, Thomas Weeks.
/. William Walter was married Deem.
Der 49, 1903 to Naomi 'snider, andlhey
have three children, two boys and one
girl.
There has been only the one death
In the family, leaving seven chillren
and IL grand children.
Mr. ", B. Holbert was born July
IL, 1885. He is democrat and Bair
list, and has spent all his life in Grant
district. Marion county, and is enjoy
Ing very good health for man .! his
age.
Margaret Nixon was born Fehcua.J
IS 1889. She was converted quite
young and Joined the Baptist Church
ut BootnsvllIe, and has lived coIr
sclentioug, useful and Christian lie,
and while size cannot get about much
Is still enjoying fair health.
May their remaining years be yeats'
81 10Y and peace. iii,