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The Washington herald., 1913-10-12
DISCOVERY OF HIDDENITE.

r. h Murdock, in the Charlotte OhserTeT.
At the time the first piece of hiddenite
was discovered 1 was rOoming with the
well known to almost all Of the mineralo-
gists of that day and had sent many
specimens to Prof. Dana, DR.. Smith and
others. Prof. Stephenson then spent much
Of his time in the country collecting min
erals and when on one of these trips
found the first specimen of hiddenite ever
found. He showed 1t to me when he
came home and told me II was some
thing new. Soon after that Prof Hid
den called at our place to see Prof
stephenson, who at that time showed II
to him. Prof. Hidden asked Prof.
Stephenson to go with him and show
him where it was found, which Prof.
Stephenson agreed to do, and the next
day took him to the place, and on Prof.
Hidden's returning North he borrowed
from Prof. Stephenson this first specimen
found to take back North with him to
have 1t examined, and while he had IL he
sent 1t to DR.. ]. Laurance Smith q think
then of Louisville, Ky) for examination,
and not telling DR.. Smith 1t was found by
PIoi. Stcphensln, DIR. Smith finding II a
new mineral wrote Prof. Hidden II being
a new mineral and he being the finder he
would suggest he call II hiddenite. Hence
the name. Some time after that Prof
Hidden went to the place where ths
specimen was found, bought the land and
mined for the new gems
After Prof. Stephenson had made sew
eral requests OF Prof. Hidden to return
the first specimen to him he finally got Il,
and it was kept in his collection until he
sold to the State quite large collection
OF North Carolina minerals. and with
them this the first discovered gem, hid
denite," which is now in the States COL
lection in the city of Raleigh. Being
very intimate with Prof. Stephenson and
being present when he showed Prof
Hidden this first specimen found, and
hearing the conversation about II and
knowing all about Prof. Stephenson loan
ing it to Prof. Hidden to take North for
examination, feel 1t Is nothing but JUS
tice to Prof. Stephenson, to the State and
TO the general public that the full facts
should be stated in order that the history
Of this discovery Of hiddenite should be-
kept straight.
The Washington herald., 1913-10-12
Expansion of British Banks.

Following where Lloyds Bank has
led the London County and West
minister Bank has decided to open a
branch in Paris. This new tendency
of British banks to seek in foreign
countries fresh avenues OF business is
commented upon in the current Econ
omist. In a sense British banks are
only returning the compliment, for
some famous Continental banks have
long been established in London. But
until Lloyds. Bank recently set the ex-
ample, British banks have had no
branches in other capitals. The
Economist has misgivings on the sub
ject. 1t fears that an English bank
with foreign branches will become
more sensitive to foreign financial
crises.
Unless British bankers adopt differ
ent methods of business on the Cont
nent there is no reason why this in
creased sensitivcness should follow.
As it is, any foreign monetary crisis
reacts Immediately on the London
money market. This is the inevitable
result in these days OF highly de-
veloped international trade when cap
ital has overreached national boun-
daries. If the establishment of for
eign branches threatened the loss of
independence, simplicity, and sound
ness, which the Economist rightly ex-
tolls as characteristic of English bank
ing, the new departure would work
mischief. But the London banks are
likely to take their British ways with
them rather than adopt new ones.
Free trade has been a main factor
in making London the financial CEN
ter of the world A powerful aid has
been England's admirable banking
system. 1t is to the interest of the
country that both should be preserved
unimpaired.
The Washington herald., 1913-10-12
In Massachusetts, and New Jersey.

Things are tOpsy-turvy in Massachu-
sets. Representative Gardner, the Re-
publican nominee at the primary, ad-
vocated all sorts of things in his cam
paign-workmen's pensions, loans to
suburbanites, publicity of all facts in
labor disputes, compulsory arbitration,
and restricted immigration being among
the number. When the State conven-
ton declined to include all his ideas
in the party platform, he cut loose
from the machine and is now plowing
his own furrow in the political pas
ture. Conservatives are shaking their
heads sadly, but there are political OBJ
servers in Washington who think that
Gardner has a method in his apparent
madness. Gardner, with all his radi-
cal utterances and actions, is no fool
in politics. He knows that the Repub-
lican State committee, the center cog
wheel of the machine, has slipped pref
ty badly during the last campaign or
two and he believes he can get along
better without it than with it. Gov
ernor Foss has not yet got into the
game, and so Walsh (Democrat) =,
Gardner (Republican), and Bird (Pro=
gressive) are having a free-for-all,
Observation-Disclosures fight, the out
come of which nobody can with GER
tainty predict.
In New Jersey the chances favor
Fielder. Democratic candidate for
Governor, by plurality which, though
not as deep as well nor as wide as
The Washington herald., 1913-10-12

a church door. will be enough. Demo-
Gratis admit, however, that the candi-
dacy of Stokes, Republican, is by no
means hopeless. He is a shrewd cam
paigner and personally popular. Every
thing depends upon the number of
votes polled by Colby, Progressive. At
the same time the Democrats are not
united, and the anti-Wilson faction
might view Stokes election without
serious regret. Another element in the
situation is that the FIVE manufactur-
ing counties OF the State cast five
sixths of the total vote, and in these
counties the tariff is certain to be an
issue.
But the remarkable part about the
political situation is Hhat whereas last
fall the Republican party seemed to
have been wiped off the face OF the
earth, there is a possibility this fall
maybe a remote possibility-that it will
swing back again into the winning col
umn Surely the ways of the Ameri
can people are past finding out
The Washington herald., 1913-10-12
The Lonely Eugene,

From the Cincinnati Times-star.
The announcement of the death ~
Emile Olivier at an age of eighy-eight
years comes like an echo from the past
Few knew that the last of Napoleon Ills
premiers and the man who betrayed the
Consttutionalists into his hands was still
living. Olivier was a typical French
statesman Of the Louis Napoleon period.
He entered upon the Franco-Prussian
war with a light heart" as he expressed
II, and after the debacle following Sedan
retired from public life. His chronicles
of the empire in which he was a prom
inent figure occupied his remaining years.
forty-two in number, a rather respectable
twilight.
Ollivier's death leaves the Empress
Eugene to mourn alone the glory of the
second empire. This remarkable woman
still lives in retirement in England. She
was, perhaps, the greatest contributing
cause Of the fall of Louis Napoleon.
During his absence from France she
WAS regent. When he was at Paris no
voice was more influential with the En-
peror.
The Washington herald., 1913-10-12

laws providing for wireless stations,
searchlights, and a proper equipment
OF all ships! The results speak for
themselves.
The most terrifying situation that
can be imagined-a fierce fire at sea
during a terrific gale. Nearly 500
helpless people facing death send up
agonizing appeals. S. o. S" is sent
out over and through a storm. 1t is
heard in midocean Steamers rush to
the rescue. Even the elements con-
spire to make the situation more ter
rifying. Help comes through the mys-
terious agency invented by Marconi's
marvellous brain.
Through the mists OF a raging sea
an answer is received by the hundreds
of people who are fac,3g an angry
ocean and devouring flames. Then fol-
lows a battle between the elements
and mans Drawn and brain, witnessed
by not only those whose lives were at
stake, but by the would-be rescuers,
who themselves were in danger.
Buffeted, driven back. the rescuers
risked their own safety for their fel-
lows, and right nobly they defeated
the angry waves. Out of the nearly
500 persons on board the wireless
messages say s2I were saved and 236
lost. The record is at once glorious
and awful
All honor to the rescuersl All
prayers for those who went down to
their end
To Marconi the thanks of the world
should be given, backed up by some
thing more substantial by every nation
of the world.
The Washington herald., 1913-10-12
WELDING the Caucus Club.

How far the President will 90 in
asserting his leadership remains to be
seen. If necessary, he will not hesi-
ate to WELD the caucus club.
The caucus is a great institution. In
the Senate it is as if there was a chain
Of forty-eight links, with one link like
l collar around the neck of each Dem
ocratic Senator. Thus are the recall
citrants brought into line and COM
pelled to vote according to the will of
4 majority. Each Senator must thus
be bound by the caucus or else be
branded as a traitor to his party. The
scheme was resorted to as a necessary
eNpedient for passing the tariff bill. 1t
may be invoked for the new currency
law.
But, let it be said in passing. the day
OF King Caucus is over. The people
do not like caucus rule. They con-
demned it when, in mild form. it was
prscticed by the Republicans. The en-
lightened mind of the country is
against caucuses, and especially secret
caucuseS. If the President again uses
the caucus club 10 compel obedience to
his wishes, he must expect a reaction
against him. Consequently he will ex-
The Washington herald., 1913-10-12
ALL THE JAYS NOT COUNTRY.

From the New York Sun.
The countryman's ignorance OF city
ways and things is apt to make the city
man smile, good humoredly. of course
but" said the farmer, is not the city
man as ignorant Of things in the coun-
try?
I'VE had staying with us couple OF
weeks ago a young city man who liked to
sit ON the porch in the evening, where 1t
was cool. The first night there he turned
!" What sort of a bird was thatT
"GRirdq' 1 said. didn't hear any
birdI and I coul5n't understand what he
meant. for in our part of the country We
have no birds that sing at night.
:. That's it the young gentleman said
a moment later when he heard the sound
again. What sort of a bird is that?'
- what that?' 1 said. as camly as T
could; why. that is not exactly bird:
that's a bullfrog.
1--WE had with US earlier in the season
a city lady who said one morning when
she came down to breakfast that she
Thought the hotel must be very inhos-
nitable or very careless of its guests. She
referred to a summer hotel quarter Of
a mile further along on our road. many
of whose guests bring their automobiles
with them and keep them there through
the summer.
.'She said that she was awakened about
1 o'clock that morning by somebody with
a motor car wanting to get in at the
hotel The chauffeur, she said. blew the
horn at intervals for more than an hour,
but nobody came; when she went to sleep
again about o'clock the motor car was
still there, with the chauffeur still blow
ing the horn every now and then
well, nowrio you know that that
seemed very strange to me? Very
strange, for the people at that hotel look
after their guests very carefully, and II
seemed incredible that they should let
an automobile wait an hour to get In even
at or O'Clock in the morning. and then
II struck me that the sound the lady had
heard was really not that of an automo-
bile horn but the croaking OF bullfrog.
I'm a pond near our house there Is
giant bullfrog whose note Is precisely
like that Of q hoarse, deep-voiced horn,
The Washington herald., 1913-10-12
Importance of Approaching Elections

Before long the elections will have
their story to tell.
The first occurs next Tuesday, when
an election is to be held in the First
West Virginia District to fill a Con-
gressional vacancy caused by resigna-
ton Last year Davis, Democrat. was
elected by the narrow plurality of I37
votes over his Progressive Republican
opponent. Wheeling is the principal
city in the district, and in former years
a Republican Congressman was inva-
riably elected by substantial margin.
This wear there are three candidates in
the feld-Neely, Democrat; Hearne,
Republican, and Loughlin. Progressive.
II the Republican candidate wins it
will he a miracle. Loughlin was the
man last wear who came so near being
elected, and if he holds anything like
his former strength, can so split the
Republican ranks as TO make the cleo
tion of the Democrat an absolute GER
tainty If Hearne can win against
such odds he is a wonder.
The Republicans, OF course, want
to win. They have the scalp of the
Third Maine District hanging in their
wigwam, and they want to place that
of the First West Virginia beside it.
Consequently they are sending speak
ers and literature into the district.
The Democrats, evidently fearful of
the effect of tariff legislation in a man.
ufacturing section, are also working
strenuously, Speaker Clark having con-
tributed a speech to the campaign.
Because of the division in the Repub-
lican ranks, even though that division
be not as wide as last year, the prob
ability is that the Democratic candi-
date will win. Should the unexpected
happen and he be defeated, the Re-
publicans will have a perfect right to
go out and jubilate for forty days and
forty nights.
The Washington herald., 1913-10-12
To Marconi.

Amid tears and grief over the
soul-wrecking news of the latest sea
disaster the value of Marconi's dis
covery stands out in bold relief.
An ocear liner, the Volturno, with
nearly 800 persons on board, is
burned to the waters edge in the
mid-Atlantic during a fierce storm.
All honor to Marconil All honor to
Capt. Barr, of the Carmanial All
honor to the other brave commanders
who stood by in the hour of peril !!
All honor to the statesmen who passed
The Washington herald., 1913-10-12
Wilson Here, Roosevelt Away.

While President Wilson is thus dem
onstrating himself to be the dominant
head of the Democratic party, the Pro-
greSsives lack a leader. Roosevelt has
gone away.
One wonders what was in Roose-
velt's mind when he set sail for South
America There was a cry from
Macedonia, but he needed it not.
Charles Sumner Bird has been desert
ed in Massachusetts and Everett Colby
is treading the winepress aione in New
Jersey. Maryland Progressives have
been left to drift for themselves, and
the faithful in the First West Virginia
District when they asked for bread
were given stones.
Why, on the eve of important cleo
tions, did Roosevelt go away? Does
he mediate a return from Elba six
months hence? Or has he read the
handwriting upon the wall, in the
shape of a diminished Progressive
vote everywhere, and is seeking TO
escape? If he had had serene con-
fdence in the outcome of the elections,
would he not have postponed his tour
for the brief period of thirty days and
then gone away in triumph after No
vember 4? These are questions to
which answer can now only be made
by wireless across many leagues of
deep blue sea.
Seriously, the departure OF Roose-
welt at this critical time-the first cleo
ton since he received his great vote
last falls an inexplicable mystery.
1t has left in the lurch every Pro-
gressive candidate who relied upon the
magic OF Roosevelt's presence and the
emphasis of Roosevelt's voice to gain
him votes. Perhaps, after all, the trip
is intended to demonstrate the differ
ence between Roosevelt here and Roose-
welt away No one knows. All that
Is certain is that Roosevelt has has
tened away to penetrate unexplored re-
gionS in South America, and his fol-
lowers here must struggle along as
best they can.
The Washington herald., 1913-10-12
Women and Ugly Men.
the New York American.

From the New York American.
What chance has a homely man to wiz
a prize in the battling game Of matri-
mony A good one-in Berlin-whers
Fraulein Derben has just organized. The
League Against Beauty" The members
alp pretty girls. OF course-nave pIedEed
themselves to marry only ugly men be-
cause OF the theory that handsome mates
are unreliable. The moods OF MY Lady
Fair these days are oftener grave than
gay, but love will continue to be blind. =
The fat or baldheaded rival OF Apollo
Belvedere at last is to have an even
break. fair start and no favors, but the
same old winners viii forge ahead Just
the same in this new race Of hearta
The Washington herald., 1913-10-12
SUNDAY OCTOBER Il, 1913.
THE POLITICAL SITUATION

Insisting that his currency bill shall
be enacted into law, President Wilson
is face to face with the crucial test of
leadership.
No one can gainssy Mr. Wilson's
absolute right to be the leader of his
party Whatever happens, he will be
held responsible Nominated by two
thirds OF the delegates at Baltimore,
and hailed, when elected, as the ideal
exponent of Democratic principles,
the party must stand or fall with him.
There may be an interchange of ex-
perience and advice, but there can
be no division Of authority. In the
end the President must control There
can be no other outcome.
And yet the extent to which the
President is dominating his party is
something phenomenal He is acting
like a man accustomed to having his
will obeyed. Up to the present time
Congress has been amenable and plas-
tic. He had his way with practically
every detail OF the tariff bill, and men
whose position at first seemed doubt
full. like Newlands Of Nevada and
Walsh Of NIontana-men whose con-
stitucnts might have been expected to
indor,e negative votes or free wool
and free sugar-hnally came forward
and ate gu, OF his hand He is equally
determined now to rule in the matter
IT currency legislation. There is
nu-h protesting under the surface, but
,1 lar only three Senators-Hitchcock
II Nebraska. O'Gorman OF New York,
md Reed Of Mis>ouri-are arrayed in
ppen opposition The latter will event
lalry be found in line. He has already
lad some large slices of Federal pie,
notably the St. Louis postofice; and
wlcn he has thoroughly enjoyed the
imcI;gh, which his present position
gives him he will probably vote eX-
artly in accordance with the Presi-
denl's wishes.
With Hitchcock and O'Gorman it
MAJ he different. The former is OF
Independent temperament and, more
over. cannot be harmed by the ad
mm~t~atlon le gained his present
distinction as the leader OF the anti
BRYAN forces in Nebraska and can we'll
afford To- fight anything that bears the
stamp Of Bryans approval. Senator
O'Gorman. too. is not dependent Who'll
~ upon administration influence to
retain his seat While not closely iden
tifcd with the So-called interests, he
nevertheless has friends in influential
positions in New York whose views
lc is bound to consider. The trouble
:. Of course, that nowadays bankers
md successful business men are re-
.ardcd in certain circles as undesirable |
citizens. and any one who associates |
with them is at once branded as an
'nemy to society. This sentiment is !
manifested in the threatened denuncia-
lion OF those who may oppose the
Presidential program. Senator O'Gor-
man is, happily, in a position where
such condemnation would have its !
minimum effect, and he may hold out
to the end. The chances are, how
ever, that when the final vote is taken
he. with all the rest, will be found on
the affirmative side Was not every
Democratic vote in the Senate, except
ing those of the two Louisiana SEN
stors. cast for the tariff bill?
The Washington herald., 1913-10-12

The State Department announces that
because of the deportation of Harry Thaw
from Canada. Business ought to pick up
now.
The Washington herald., 1913-10-12

haust every other effort to secure soli-
darity of his organization. But, eau
Gus or no caucus, the President will be
the leader of his party. Upon that
point there need be no doubt what
ever.
The Republicans will not interfere.
1t is not their fight.
The Washington herald., 1913-10-12

and this bullfrog sounds his note lust a,
many a chauffeur blows his horn. You
may hear this great bullfrog breaking in
on the stiffness of the night with his deep
bass honk-honk, like an automobile horn
for all the world, and for such. unac-
quainted with country life and sounds.
our lady guest had quite naturally taken
The Washington herald., 1913-10-12

A twelve-ton sphinx has been received
in Philadelphia from Egypt. Thus has
the population of the stone heads in
creased by one
The Washington herald., 1913-10-12

Now there is talk TO the effect that
George Ade many be elected Governor
of Indiana. And why not? He is the man
who made the State famous
The Washington herald., 1913-10-12

One thing that stands out clearly about
this worlds series is that the baseball
writers didn't know any more about 1t
in advance than the rest of us.
The Washington herald., 1913-10-12

The correspondence schools missed
great opportunity when they failed to put
on a course in currency reform.
The Washington herald., 1913-10-12

President Poincare refused to attend a
bull fight in Spain. and yet We are told
that he had gone there to cultivate
friendly relations with the country.
The Washington herald., 1913-10-12

A Pennsylvania barber has been work
ing at his trade for fifty-two years, and
it just happens that he lives in the town
of Honesdale.
The Washington herald., 1913-10-12

We are still promising the Filipinos self
government, but whenever they try to set
it up we make war on them.
The Washington herald., 1913-10-12

They do queer things in Philadelphia.
A man was fined five dollars in that town
the other day for borrowing a dollar
umbrella
The Washington herald., 1913-10-12

The announcement that the birthrate
of Brooklyn is on the decline increases
our respect for the stork.
The Washington herald., 1913-10-12

1t is safe to say that the author of the
civil service law did not dream of the
amount of trouble he was building for
future administrations.
The Washington herald., 1913-10-12
A LITTLE NONSENSE.
IGNORANCE Is BLISS.

Some folks consider wise men kings:
OF this l disapprove.
They sit and worry over things
That fools know nothing OF.
To class as foolish may be best.
The wise men fumes and squirms.
While others go through life with yes
Who never heard OF germs.
The Washington herald., 1913-10-12
Looks that Way.

There is more equality in America
than many think"
''So?"
Yes. sir. Everybody can have his own
automobile"
The Washington herald., 1913-10-12
Copyright. 1918. by A. D. JacobsOn.j


When last spring the society papers
chronicled the approaching betrothaI Of
Princess Sophie of Saxe-Weimar and
Hans Won Bleichroeder, son and only heir
of the noted Berlin banker. I expressed
my doubts about the consummation Of
the union, and the sad event which oc-
CURED recently at Heidelberg. the his
toric old German university town. has
borne out my prediction. That this would
have been a pure love match, there can
be no denying, for the disappointed young
princess died by her own hands of a
broken heart and unrequited love. She
felt herself unable to live without the
man of her choice.
Her father, whose pride vetoed the
union of his child with that Jewish
parvenu," repeatedly attempted to shoot
himself at his daughters bier. He knows
that his hard-hearted refusal OF his cher
ished childs prayer marred her happi-
ness, blighted her young life, and drove
her into an early grave
Yet the world should not deal too harshly
in judging Prince William. He is a scion
of the very Oldest OF European dynastic
houses; and the horror stricken uncles
and aunts and cousins of the many
branches of the Victim family (the
Ernestine and the Albertine lines) in
their royal and the numerous ducal and
grand ducal ramifications. indubitably did
their share to goad the proud parent of
the charming girl. pinpricking him to an
almost unnatural severity toward his only
daughter.
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Would Rake 1t Up.

NO; 1 don't care to run for office"
What can they rake up on you? You
never did anything criminal"
No; but 1 had lot of poetry printed
when l was a youngster"
The Washington herald., 1913-10-12
All Right There.

My boys greatest ambition is to lick
his teacher"
That's fine ambition"
"Oh. it's all right. l mean his boxing
instructor"
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His College Clothes.

HTs 7 UIIt-e NI"IHtN
Son
We'll, dad?"
Did. you pick out that suit of clothes
OF your own accord, or is it a part OF the
hazing you have to go through with?"