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The Washington herald., 1912-07-14
San Francisco.
By GEORGE FITCH,
Author of CAT Good OLD siwash."

San Francisco Is the largest city on
the Eastern coast Of the Pacific Ocean.
1t Is also the ague headquarters of the
country. First 1t shakes and then it
burns up. 1t has burned UP three times
and has now taken the hint and has
Kicked the grafters out.
San Francisco is located right side up
with care on the side Of the hills over
looking San Francisco Bay. 1t was
founded in 1919 during the gold rush
and has had an eyentful career ever
since. Said career came to a climax
when the city fell down In 1905 and
afterward burned up with loss Of $780,,
10000. Thoughtless people say that there
was an earthquake, but san Frslciscans
ceny this. Some tourists who have been
in the city in February declare that
the city was only shivering during bit
of unusually San Franciscan weather,
while others who have ridden down Jack
son Street on cable car claim that
the city was merely sliding down hill.
Anyway San Francisco is now complete
ly rebuilt and is planning to tempt Fate
again with Worlds Fair in 1915. It is
entirely fearless.
San Francisco has 10000 people and
$4,000 more live across the bay, where
the climate Goes not go through the
vest so easily. 1t is proud, hand
some, prosperous, cosmopolitan. vigorous
and pungent city with ways OF its own.
and customs which make Fasteners
blink and gasp for breath at first. 1t
produces large crops OF artists, musi-
clans and writer's, who are shipped when
they are ripe to New York, and It also
produces peculiar brands of politicians
who are shipped when they are a good
deal over-ripe to San Quentin Peniten-
t!ary. They used to say that the Cold
sr Gate" which let's the ocean into San
Francisco Bay. wasn't real golden. be-
cause no politician had ever stolen It,
but OF late San Francisco has tried the
new, nonadhesive brand of alderman
with great success
San Francisco is noted for its great
The Washington herald., 1912-07-14
WEAK NECK CAUSES HEADACHE
Exercises Thut VIII Restore Energy
and Clear the Brain.

From Answers
4 thin. weak neck is a frequent cause
of headache. With such a neck the blood
supply to the brain IS poor. with the re-
suit that the latter is easily fatigued.
and then you have a headache.
Then when the neck muscles are weak
the head is rarely carried in Its proper
position. II is allowed to droop forward
or to one side. the proper circulation or
the blood being interrered with. ana
headache is again the consequence.
Further, when the head Is not held
properly there is a jar when walking or
taking other exercise, and once mora
headache Is the inevitable result
The best exercises for the neck are
head bending and head lifting
In the former the head is bent back
ward and forward and to one side or the
other, the under jaw being thrust out
when bending backward and forced down
into the chest when the head comes
forward.
Head lifting is really neck stretching.
the neck being stretched as far upward
as possible.
Brain workers who feel fatigue COM
ing on Will find that a Few minutes OF
head bending and head lifting Will clear
their brains and wonderfully restore
their energies
The Washington herald., 1912-07-14
Good Work by Works.
From the New York Sun.

From the New York Sun.
Hon. john D. Works. OF California, .
progressive Republican and a leader Of
the American bar. has rendered public
service by introducing in the Senate a
resolution providing for an investigation
of the sO-callad Presidential primary sys-
TEN OF several of the States There will
certainly be a demand by the radicals Of
both parties for the extension OF the
method to all OF the States without re-
gard to whether It is desirable or not.
Hitherto the Presidential primary has
been neglected by a majority OF the
Democratic voters-in Rhode Island and
South Dakota. for instance. considerably
less than 20 per cent went TO the polls;
and even in States supposed to be aroused
by the hitter contest between President
Taft and Col. Roosevelt a large element
in the Republican party refused to vote.
1t seems to be the case that the cleo
torate is not ready for Presidential pri-
maries, does not want them. or believes
that the statutes creating them are de-
fective, perhaps incurably So In opera
ton the primaries have been farcical
where they have not tempted demagogues
to obtain a hasty and inadequate ex-
preston of opinion with the lavish use
of money. In hardly one instance could
the result be defended as representative
of party sentiment Nomination by the
"soap-boX' primary in every State Of the
Union would be one of the most intolera-
Bile of humbugs. The information OBJ
tanned under the Works resolution should
afford a groundwork for corrective and
uniform legislation. II 1t does not demon
strate to the satisfaction OF intelligent
voters that the Presidential primary sys-
tenn should be abandoned as destructive
of the principle Of true representative
government
The Washington herald., 1912-07-14
Another Navy Scare.

Lord Charles Beresford and Lore
Roberts are very busy issuing warning
throughout Great Britain, which ar,
strenuously promulgated and supported
by the conservative press. 1t is tn,
abandonment of the Mediterranean.
which is marshaling the scaremongers
There is a lot of loose talk about plac,
ing Egypt and even India in danger by
calling home the naval forces.
All this, of course, is jingoism pure
and simple; an attempt to make capita
against the administration before ar
official statement has been asked for by
Parliament or issued by the Cabinet. Il
also shows that the lingo element is
very hard up for campaigning material
The true condition is this: Great
Britain's defensive policy has dictated
i greater concentration of war ships in
home waters. Should England ever be
attacked under existing circumstances
it is perfectly clear that it can be done
only in relatively close proximity to the
British shore. This justifies the concen-
tration policy.
This quite naturally has had its ef-
feet upon the present composition of
the naval force in the Mediterranean,
and it is that which has aroused the ire
of Lord Charles Beresford and his
friends. But there is no occasion 10
build up an alarmist campaign. Here is
our reason:
The strong naval powers in that sea
are France and Italy. Is it rational, we
ask, to suppose that the fleets of these
countries eve will be used for an at
tack on Egypt or India? Whence,
therefore. comes the danger?
OF course, conditions may alter, but
such a change could only be of a very
gradual nature. A friendship and coali-
ton like that of Great Britain and
France does not collapse in a day, nor
without warning. Menacing hostile
navies are not likely to spring up IN
noticed in the Mediterranean. Should
any danger appear there. Great Britain
is obviously in a position to make ample
preparation to meet it quicker than
such a menace possibly could arise.
The British Premier and the First
Admiralty Lord have studied the ques-
ton on the spot, and, besides. have had
the benefit of the advice of Field Mar
shall Lord Kitchener. The administra-
ton, therefore, ought to be in the very
best position to decide upon a policy
that will meet the case.
A fleet where it is not needed is Just
the kind of extravaganza to please the
British jingoes and alarmists.
The Washington herald., 1912-07-14
Gossip of Interest to the
Peoples of Two Continents

crown princess attended the imperial
regatta, which was witnessed by q
number of American millionaires In their
yachts. Kiel, the leading German naval
station next to Wilhelmshaven, possesses
sight which no visitor should miss.
On the lawn outside the Yacht Club
stands q statue of Alfred Krupp-frock-
coated, bareheaded. his hair most accu-
rately brushed and parted. and holding
a top hat and walking stick in his right
hand In the opinion of many critics
this is the most grotesque public monu-
ment in Europe.
A genuine Eckhaut, a masterpiece OF
the highest art, has been discovered at
Dundee, IN Scotland, by the merest
chance. member of well-known firm
of painters and dealers in pictures no.
ticed an unframed painting in an auc-
ton room in that city. The picture was
almost indiscernible. owing to the ac-
cumulated dust of years, but he decided
to bid for it, and It was knocked down
to him for Q shillings and sixpence.
He took the canvas home to renovate
It, and in the process the signature Of
also the year 1852 The subject Is ia
cob's Dream" Experts who have ex-
amined the picture have declared 1t to
be a genuine work OF Rembrandt's IA
nous pupil. One connoisseur stated that
IL was the best Eeckhout he had seen
and was worth E2,oO0.
Gerbrand van der Eeckhout was born
at Amsterdam in 1921, and died there
in 1914 He was the son of a goldsmith,
and from 1876 to 1910 studied under Rem
brandt, with whom he lived on friendly
terms. He Is one OF the few Dutch
artists who have painted historical pic
lures. His best works were small pic
lures on Biblical subjects.
FLANEUR
Copyright 1872 by Court Gossip Syndicate.J
The Washington herald., 1912-07-14
Certified Heroes.

True heroism is the kind Of bravery
and self-sacrifce that works unob-
served and unheralded, and that bushes
to find itself famous. Perhaps the dis
covery of something like this prompted
the agent for a number of years en-
ployed by the Carnegie Hero Fund
Commission to search the country for
men worthy OF medals to resign his
position, though it certainly must have
been most desirable job for any man
1t ought to be congenial occupation
to hunt up modest merit with the
pleasing object OF decorating it and
giving it the official recognition of the
Carnegie commission. By rights this
ought to possess zest exceedingly sat-
isfactory to all of us. This man, during
his eight years of employment. is said to
have travelled almost continuously and to
have investigated one thousand of the
ten thousand cases of alleged heroism
brought to the boards notice. Out of
the $50 medals awarded he personally
looked into rs cases.
What was it that disguised just
and fair-minded man with the merito-
rious business at hand? Was it that too
great familiarity with subsidized hero
ism created the contempt that is gen.
orally supposed to be bred by familiar
ity? Or was it that plain duty was made
to masquerade as heroism?
The Washington herald., 1912-07-14
HOW THE FLAG HAS CHANGED.
Designers Would Have scoffcd
Prophecy of Its Evolution.
ScOMcd


From the ST. Louis Globe Democrat.
When the Continental Congress adopted
the flag more than 135 years ago what
would it's members have thought II soma
body had told them that a day would
come when its stars would be almost
quadrupled in number and the people
over whom the flag would wave would
be multiplied fiftyfold?
Adams, Hancock. Jefferson, and other
far-seeing men sat IN that Congress. but
none of them could have grasped the
great future which that banner would see.
Localities Of which they had never heard
at that time have since then come under
its folds, and tongues of which they
never read are to-day spoken by some
of the people over whom it waves.
Two more stars on the flag which
is raised to-day than were there a year
ago, those which stand for Arizona and
New Mexico. The placing OF these stars
on the national emblem has an additional
significance in the fact that II Is now
taking a shape which will, for many
years to come, remain unchanged. We
have created the last Of the States which
can be carved out OF our contiguous do
main. Except Alaska, which is separated
from the rest of the country by British
territory, all the continental area OF the
United States is now organized into self
governing communities.
Two or three States will doubtless be
erected in Alaska some time in the fu-
ture, but many years are likely to pass
before the first of them appears.
on June IL. III, when Congress adopted
the flag of thirteen stars, there were not
more than 100000 of people in the col
onies, and the people OF those communi-
ties were far from being sure that these
stars would persist.
The little country which was a hope
rather than a fact when the flag was
adopted has become one of the greatest
of the nations of the earth. In one shape
or another its form OF government has
been copied by twenty-five other coun-
tries. the latest OF them being China,
which contains within It's boundaries a
quarter OF the population OF the globe.
The Washington herald., 1912-07-14
GEN. DANIEL T.. sICKLES AT TOP
AND BELOW Is II. HOTCHKISS.

At the first official meeting of the re-
Gently organized Bull MOosers," Gen.
Sickles made a fiery speech in which he
denounced the candidacy of Woodrow Will
son, because the Governor was born below
the Mason-DiXon line. and because sever
al of his family fought ION the wrong
side in the civil war" William II. Hotch-
kiss is provisional State chairman OF
New York. of the new party. In COM
menting upon Gen Sickles' speech. he
said: What Gen. Sickels said is not TO
be taken S the sentiment OF the organ
ization. He is a Veteran soldier, and
friend Of the colonel. The generals views
on the subject are entire his own"
The Washington herald., 1912-07-14

the meantime, we have to deal with a
phase Of the political situation which
is without precedent in our history
and the outcome of which no one can
foresee.
With the selection of Mr.. Charles p.
Hilles as national chairman, the Re-
publican campaign may be said to have
commenced Mr.. Hilies has developed
certain aptitude for politics, is ac-
curate in his judgment, and, above all.
is clean in his methods. His appoint
ment assures dignihed campaign which
will appeal to the hundreds of thousands
of American citizens who have not yet
lost their regard for decency, probity,
and sanity.
Gov. Wilson holds the name of his
campaign manager still in allegiance. The
Democratic programme has not, there
fore, been outlined 1t is likely to be
two or three weeks before the Demo-
cratic campaign is fairly inaugurated,
and in the meantime spectacular trip
by Roosevelt through the West will fur
nish sufficient diversion. There are no
dull moments in Roosevelts fight. He
will manage always to have the center
of the stage He does not propose
either to be forgotten or ignored. When
everything else is dull, he may be re-
lied upon to furnish excitement, and.
after all, strenuosity is the principal
asset of his campaign.
The Washington herald., 1912-07-14

bay. its magnificent hotels. It's trained
seals. the great residences of the early
San Franciscans who became million
aires overnight and recovered almost as
quickly, its fine parks. Its naughty and
carefree restaurants and its Chinese
Quarter, which Is larger than any west
Of Hong Kong. San Francisco ts very
proud Of it's Chinese. but when a Japa-
nese is observed in the city the reserves
are called out and the newspapers are
fortified with extra large heads.
San Francisco stretches magnifc.ntIv
over the heights above the bay and IL
proud of its great hills, including Tele-
graph Hill and Mob Hill. But II would
trade them both for James j. Hill and
a little railroad competition Much has
been said of San Francisco's climate
and the recording angel has been over
worked on both sides. It Is a fine cli-
The Washington herald., 1912-07-14
MAKING A CHOICE,

Where shall We go? We'd like to know
Where we can do the best.
We can't decide where to abide
And get a summer rest.
The mountain peak at ten a week
Sounds to us rather nice,
Or shall we take the limpid lake
II not too high in price?
Our neighbors preach about the beach,
Our cousins praise the dell:
Where shall We stay when we're away?
'Tis very hard to tell.
The Washington herald., 1912-07-14

Il tell you women are taking their
proper place in the world"
How now?"
'Mabers graduating essay consisted OF
a thesis on the theory OF throwing the
spitball. Nobody ever thought ten years
ago that a girl could do anything like
that"
The Washington herald., 1912-07-14
Dnughters of 1917.

MY ancestors took part in the Boston
tea partg."
Well. my wife has been pouring kero,
sene on meat lately with some other
miIitants. That ought to give our
grandchildren a look in
The Washington herald., 1912-07-14

July II, 1544-Henry VIII goes into the
country and is chased by hoop snake.
July H. i75SDr. Johnson gets a job
writing poetry for a breakfast food con-
Germ. Boswell is much pleased.
The Washington herald., 1912-07-14
Hard 10 settle.

Life is full of problems"
Yes; and il l could settle certain
one Of them I wouldn't bother about
the rest"
What problem is that
Whether or not to drink water with
ones meals. For years I've been read
ing medical opinions on both sides and
I'm no nearer a solution than l was
twenty years ago"
The Washington herald., 1912-07-14
4 Fashionable Lady.

She hates the seaside, as 1t were,
But still she sticks around;
For, while it disagrees with her,
Her dog has gained a pound
The Washington herald., 1912-07-14
PERTINENT AND IMPERTINENT.

From the Chicago News.
Senator La Toilette refuses to progress
If Col. Roosevelt is going the same way.
From the Outlook
The four years of his tMr. Roosevelt 81
administration did no, give him time
enough to do more than make a begin
ming.
From the New York Press
After the Olympic games are over Eu-
rope will begin to believe that II you
scratch an American you will ma an
athlete
The Washington herald., 1912-07-14
Uncle Pennywise Says;
July IL in History.

Nothing sticks closer than a black
berry seed between the teeth.
The Washington herald., 1912-07-14

What are the wild waves saying.
MOTHER"
II do not know. my child"
But why do they dance all day long,"
We'll. my child, they cannot play
bridge"
The Washington herald., 1912-07-14

This question of the electors is the
most serious factor in the political equa-
ton to-day. Were it not for this there
would be a straight and clean fight be-
tween the Republicans and the Demo-
Gratis, with the tariff as the main issue
Woodrow Wilson representing free
trade and President Taft standing for
sufficient protection to insure prosper
ity to the manufacturers and continued
employment at satisfactory wages. There
is no telling, however, into what COM
plications this electoral question may
lead. In States like Kansas. where
there is to be battle royal between the
Taft and the Roosevelt forces. electors
chosen by the latter faction might be
expected TO vote for Roosevelt 1t will
be different. however, when Republican
electors in other States are asked. as
they will be. to vote for Roosevelt after
they have been elected on the regular
Republican ticket.
1t is difficult to predict at this time
how the problem is to be solved. AS
already intimated, there is talk of ap-
pealing to the courts. If this should be
done it will be another demonstration
of the tremendous power exercised by
the judiciary in this country. 1t is worth
while to note, however, that from the
very beginning of the government there
has been feeling that the election of
a President is one thing with which the
courts have nothing to do. 1t is be-
cause oil. this that all efforts to make
the Supreme Court of the United States
the arbiter in electoral disputes have
failed, and yet it may be, after all, that
eventually the bench will be the pivot
upon which the whole government re-
wolves.
OF course, this ought not to be. 1t
is equally true that the electoral sys-
TEN, with its perils and its problems,
ought to be abolished The President
of the United States ought to be elect
ed by the majority vote of the people,
but in order to reach this solution the
Constitution must be amended. This
IS difficult and tedious process. In
The Washington herald., 1912-07-14
A LITTLE NONSENSE.

Copyright. 1872, by Court Gossip syndicate,l
Connecticut western news., 1912-05-09
TAFT IS PREFERENCE
 IN MASSACHUSETTS
Delegation to Chicago Equally
 Divided With I. R

Practically complete returns from fourteen congressional districts in the Massachusetts state primaries show that the entire state delegation to Chi cago stood IS for Roosevelt and IS for Taft
 Roosevelt telegraphed the eight dele gates at large relieving them from their pledge to support him because Taft had the preferential majority.
 Colonel Roosevelt announced his de, cision in n statement, copies of which he telegraphed to each of the eight del. egates at large elected.
 The delegates say they will not re- spect the colonels orders, being pledged on the ballots to vote for him, but will stand pat for him at the Chicago con- vention.
 In both the Republican and the Dem ocratic campaigns the candidate who won the presidential preference con test failed to secure the delegates at large owing to an unforeseen turn in the primary law. With the returns nearly all in MT. Taft had a margin of 3G00 votes, but the eight delegates at large supporting the Roosevelt can didate were victorious by n plurality of S,245.
 The Democratic preference favorite, Speaker Champ Clark of Missouri, fall ed to secure a single delegate at large, these being captured by the friends of Governor Foss, n "favorite son." whose name did not appear on the presidential ballot
 Revised and practically complete re- turns show:
 Republican-Taft, 74,S0s: Roosevelt, TYPOS; La Toilette, 1,756
 Delegates at Large-Baxter (headlng Roosevelt group, 74,121; Crane (head- ing Taft group), 65,s76.
 Democratic-Clark, 32.972; Wilson. 14,S50.
 Roosevelt Gets Pennsylvania.
 The Pennsylvania Republican state convention instructed the states dele gates at large to vote for Roosevelt for president, indorsed the Roosevelt policies, voted out the Penrose ma chine and turned the party machinery over to William Film of Pittsburgh. The convention nominated former Au- ditor General Robert K. Young of Tioga for state treasurer. Senator X. W. Powell of Pittsburgh was nomi- hated without opposition for auditor general.
 It will require the Texas county con- ventions and possibly the state conYen- dons on May 2S to decide whether Taft or Roosevelt for the Republicans and Wilson or Harmon for the Democrats will receive the Texas delegations to the respective national conventions.
Connecticut western news., 1912-05-09
Potatoes Will be Plentiful

Manchester people and people in that vicinity are going to have lot of pota- toes if the seed potatoes. which they are now planting, grow. The Courant re- porter was ill the store of J. M. Burke Saturday afternoon and about every se- cond customer that came in wanted to buy some seed potatoes. MT. Burke was unable to supply them and when the de. mand became so great he decided to order another carload by wire. There have been more seed potatoes sold this spring, he said, than in the thirty-five years that he has been in business. He has already sold six carloads of spuds, which represent 3,60O bushels, and the car load which he ordered Saturday will make 4,200 bushels. Potatoes this year are also bringing fancy prices, selling for S1. 75 a bushel, and they are going higher
Connecticut western news., 1912-05-09
An Endless Chain Prayer

A few Canaan people have received, from different sources, the following "prayer," written on postcard, with the request to pass the message along to nine others and not break the "chain :'
 "An Ancient Prayer. I, Lord Jesus. lmplore Thee to bless all mankind keep us from all evil, and take us to dwell with Thee This prayer was sent to me and 1t Is to be sent all over the world. Copy 1t and see what happens. It was said in Jesus time, those who wrote this prayer would be delivered from all calamity, and those who passed it by would meet with some misfortune. Those who copy within nine days and send to nine friends would, on the ninth day thereafter, receive some great iov. Do not break the Chain. Sign no name just address,"
Connecticut western news., 1912-05-09
Hard Drinker Suicides

Samuel Allen, aged 58 years, was found dead in the kitchen of his home in Bristol Sunday afternoon at o'clock by boarder. He had attached a tube to gas jet, so that he could inhale the gas and closed all the doors and windows to make death sure. He had been drink ing hard of late and had become des- pOndent