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The Washington herald., 1913-01-10
STA ESMEN-REAL AND NEAR
By FRED c. KELLY

Having in mind all the old-time jokes
about defeated candidates and salt
River. let It now sink into the conscious
ness OF the casual reader that the next
Congressman-at-largs from Montana,
one Tom Stout by name. was born on
Salt River. out in Rails County, Mis-
souri-in Champ CIark's district.
Stout is a mere youngster OF thirty
three and owns a newspaper at Lewis
town. Mont. Only few years ago he
struck Montana almost fiat broke-but
through no fault or prodlgality OF his
own. He had saved up a lot OF money
from teaching school back in Missouri
and had nearly $l4 in his pocket after
buying an emigrant ticket TO Montana
This would have been ample for i'm
mediate needs and all might have been
well n our young hero had not fallen IN
with a congenial old chap from Ken
lucky on the train. When dinner time
arrived the Kentucky man insisted on
taking him into the diner and putting
up for a g meal Not wishing 10 be a
piker. Stout insisted on buying some
expensive Havanas. and they whiled
away an hour or two at chat. after which
he went forward TO his chair in the
emigrant car. without letting his liberal
acquaintance know he was travelling
steerage. Stout kept up this deception
throughout the long journey. but insisted
on buying a good meal occasionally. and
when he got OF the train he had just
3 cents left.
In day or so he got a job rustling
news for the Fergus County Argus His
first task was writing the proceedings Of
the town council. and 1t was necessary
to relate how the city marshal was dis
charged for drunkenness.
An hour or two after the paper came
out the ex-marshal. who had a front eIe-
walton like prominent giant in the fairy
tales, sauntered into the Office and in
quired for the new reporter. at the same
time going through the business of plac-
ing his hand carelessly into association
with his hip pocket. The visitors condi-
ton seemed to verify the Judgment Of the
council ia dischsrging him for drunkenness
and Stout felt certain there was nothing
libelous about his article. And yet there
was something about the mans remarks
that made him uneasy He made some
casual reference to the fact that a GER
tain reporter was about to be converted
into a human lead mine. Stout thought
OF the great opportunities this life holds
in store for young person OF pluck and
enterprise. and how unfortunate 1t would
be for one to be cut down in the bloom
of youthful enthusiasm. He reflected
over these things, and was saddened when
the stranger beloved:
Are you the feller that wrote that
piece about me-"
"Yes-I mean yessir.'' replied Stout.
thinking Of the quiet pastoral scenes
about his fathers farm on Salt River.
back in Missouri.
We'll. the next time you write any
thing about me-" directed the eN-mar-
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Wilson's Lucky" Omcns.

To the Editor: The number '1S" is not
the only voodoo of which Presdent-elect
Wilson may boast. There is another
which is notably manifest in the list Of
Presidents since the establishment of the
government. 1t is evident in the last
syllable of his sirname. Out OF the
twenty-three Presidents originally elect
ed to office. seven. or a trifie less than
third OF this number, had names end
ing with son" OF the 124 years Of tho
Presidency. ending March 4, 1918. these
sons served their country in this ex-
alted Office thirty-one years. eleven
months, and twenty days, or a little
less than a third of this long period.
jefferson served eight years. Madison,
eight years; jackson, eight years: Har-
rison CWilliam), one month; johnson,
three years, ten months. and twenty
days, and Benjamin Harrison. four
years. OF the sons elected President
Wilson is the seventh. and II is a not
able fact that there were seven candi-
dates before the Baltimore convention
for the nomination OF President on the
roll call of the seventh ballot. of which
Wilson was the seventh, from an alpha
betical viewpoint. 1t was on the sew
enth day of the convention that Wilson
d DldJOElly VI lIlt NObO iOi ihc
nomination, and there were then seven
candidates before the convention. 1t was
just seven ballots after the seventh bal
lot, or, in other words, the fourteenth
ballot. that voting on the candidates for
President was resumed, at which time
Mr.. Bryan concluded his attack upon
the New York delegation and shifted his
vote from Clark to Wilson. 1t was on
the seventh day of August that Gov.
Wilson was officially notified Of his
nomination to the candidacy for the
highest office within the gift Of the
American people.
Baseball is the great national game Of
the United States, and the seventh in
ming is regarded everywhere as "the
lucky seventh" at which time the home
fans" arise from their seats en- masse
and root for their team for all they're
worth. Just so It has been with Wood
row Wilson and the Democratic party.
It's another case of the lucky seventh
the nine innings have been played and
the game concllded-and though two
batteries were worked against them,
the home team" won by q score Of
4 to 0. GEORGE v. JOHNSON.
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shall Just see that you get my first
name spelled right"
And he lurched out Of the office
After that Stout and the ex-marshal
became real chubby.
Stout admits that he got his start in
life through a pull. His father was a
member OF the board OF directors OF the
country school he attended, and through
influence and political wire-pulling, he
obtained a place on the school payroll.
Nominally he was the custodian" Of the
schoolhouse. but he had nothing to do
but get up in the morning in time to
walk TO the school building three miles
! away ny o'clock. sweep out, carry in
the wood. build the fires. dust the
medieval desks. and keep the windows
clean. For these simple duties, per-
formed for the term OF six months.
young Stout was paid the sum OF 81 %
Of the taxpayers money 10 squander as
hs saw fit.
"A remembrance Of my emotions" re-
marks he, when I got my first war
rant. duly signed 10y the president and
clerk OF the school board. has served to
make me assume an attitude OF hauteur
and contempt toward modern great for
tunes and latter-day financiers.
L also made great deal OF money in
those days raising hogs" he says
Every spring my father would make
me present OF runt pig. would
carefully attend TO II, feed il and caress
its brow until ! worked II up into a
right respectable porker. Then when the
hogs were driven to market in the fall,
my hog invariable got mixed in with the
bunch in such a manner that my returns
were represented by a single o., .er
That. perhaps. had something To uo with
my general lack Of interest in agricul-
tural pursuits as a permanent calling in
Iire''
Zeke Gambler, member of Congress from
Mississippi. had a great sorrow in his
earlier life. II came when he had Joined
all the secret orders that had branches
in his part OF the country. and sudden
" found himself without anything else
to join. He belongs TO ten or eleven
different orders, and this does not in
clude couple Of pants pressing clubs
that he has affiliated with since he
came TO Washington.
Representative George ". Prince
Of Illinois went to Panama on a recent
ball in honor OF the visitors at the lead
ing hotel.
At the last minute Prince notified his
friends that he would be unable TO at
tend.
What's natter" chorused they.
II forgot to pack part OF my evening
dress outfit" said Prince: Il knew when
| was packing that there was something
missing. but for the life Of me I couldn't
think what II was"
And what is it,
The trousers 10 my dress suit"
Copyright: 1915, by Fred c. Kelly. All nights re
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CCopyright, 1886. by Harper & Brothers. All rights
reserved.D
Copyright 1917 by Mcclure Newspaper Syndicate }
Even to send a warning to the French
was no easy matter when the Kings let
ter came and the chill autumn rains were
at hand. The mountain streams. al
ready swollen. presently to be full of ice.
would be very dangerous for men and
horses. and the forests were likely
enough to teen with hostile savages, now
the French were there.
\ proper messenger was found and
dispatched, Neutrality-suspicious. Major
George Washington. of the Northern Dis
trict. The errand lay in his quarter, his
three years Of surveying at the heart
Of the wilderness had made him an ex-
perienced woOdsman and hardy traveller,
had tested his pluck and made proof
Of his character: he was well known
upon the frontier. and his friends were
very influential. and very cordial in
recommending him for this or any other
manly service that called for steadiness,
hardihood. and resource.
DIn,siddie Knows His Man.
Dinwiddie had been a correspondent If
Lawrence Washington's ever since the
presidency OF the Ohio Company had
fallen TO the young VIrginian upon the
death of his neighbor. Thomas Lee, writ
ing to him upon terms OF intimacy. lie
knew the stock of which George. the
younger brother. came. and the interests
in which he might be expected to en-
bark with ardor; he could feel that he
took small risk in selecting such an
agent Knowing him, to. thus through
his family and like a friend. he did not
hesitate in writing to Governor Hamil-
ton. OF Pennsylvania. to speak OF this
youth of twenty-one as "a person of dis
tinctlon."
Washington performed his errand as
Dinwiddie must have expected he would.
He received his commission and the
Governors letter to the French COM
mandant on the last day Of October,
and set out the same day for the noun
tains Jacob Nanbraam. the Dutch sol
der of fortune, who had been his fenc-
ing master at Mount Vernon. accom-
panied him as Interpreter. and Christie
pher Gist. the hardy. self-reliant from
tier trader. whom the Ohio Company
had employed to make interest for them
among the Indians OF the far region
upon the Western rivers, which he Knew
so we'll was engaged to act as mis-
guide and counselor: and with few
servants and paCk-horses he struck
straight into the forests in the middle
Of bleak November.
Reaches the French Fort.
II was the Ilth OF December before
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the LIST of November. before Washington
had left the back settlements to cross
the wilderness, and would have gotten a
liberal grant of money from them had
they not fallen in their debates upon the
question Of the new fee charged, since his
coming, for every grant out OF the public
lands Of the colony, and insisted that It
should be done away with. Subjects.
ihey said, very stubbOrnly. cannot be
deprived Of the least part Of their prop
erty without their consent" and such a
Zee. they thought, was too like a tax to
be endured
They would withhold the grant. they
declared. unless the fee was abolished,
notwithstanding they saw plainly
The Washington herald., 1913-01-10
THE OPEN FORUM
RESENTS IMPUTATION.
CiNiI War Veteran Replies to Span
ish War Defender.

To the Editor: In reply to the das-
tardly assault upon the surviving Union
soldiers of the civil war, by Harrison
y. Royer, in this mornings Herald, l
wish to inform him that tho records Of
the War Department show that less
than 1-3 per cent of the volunteer army
were drafted men.
II is fair to presume that the same
percentage holds good to-day.
While on this subject II is as well TO
remark that more applications for pen
sions were filed by the soldiers OF the
Spanish war. who never heard a hostile
gun, than Were made by Union soldiers
up TO July. 1852, after the battles OF
Shiloh, Fort DoneIson. Manassas. and a
dozen other battles of the civil war had
been fought. c. C KSIFFTS
Washington, Jan. Q rH9
The Washington herald., 1913-01-10
VAUDEVILLE
By GEORGE FITCH.
Author of "At Good old siwash.-

panies herself on a washboiler with bar
rel slaves. a lecture by a baseball pitch
er. and juggler who recites Browning
while keeping three lighted lamps in the
air.
Vaudeville succeeds not because II
pleases somebody all of the time. but be-
cause II pleases everybody part OF the
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Numerous Wants.

Man wants hut little here below
To give him endless Joy.
1t takes 10000 things or so
To satisfy n boy.
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Former Sultan Mulai Hafd has i'm
prisoned his Spanish dentist, who had
dared to ask for his long overdue salary.
There are times when even the most
ardent believer in d republican form of
government appreciates the advantages
of despOtic power.
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One View of II.

I'VE ought not to profit by the mistakes
Of others
do you think that ministers should
not charge for performing the marriage
Ceremony?''
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His earn.

"Mehitable," murnured Mr.. Wombat.
We'll. what is It?
Il wish you'd occasionally look as
pleasant for me as You do for the
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culture has been sent to the extreme
northwestern corner Of China, never be-
fore visited by scientists. to seek new
plants that might be valuable In ths
limited States
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he would get SlO.uO a Neeh
time. II the man who has invested two
hours and 10 cents in a vaudeville per-
formance gets fifteen minutes OF solid
enjoyment and half an hour OF satisfac-
ton. he goes home pleased and comes
again. Millions Of people are now attend
ing vaudeville and millions more would
do so IL some safe and painless anaes-
thetic could be provided for use during
the acts which do not please.
Copyright 1915, by George Mathew AdamS)
The Washington herald., 1913-01-10
january 10 In History.

January 10. 15S4.-Henry VIII tries TO
send a ton of coal by parcel post.
January 10, 1155.-BOswell and DIR. john
| son decide to promote something, and
go to work TO get up a sucker list.
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A Possible Reason

why are they coming back from
Europe?"
ITO show people. I presume. that they
can afford 10 live in America"
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Japan might take a hint from Mr..
Roosevelt and deny that letter II Mr..
Roosevelt should print what pQrported
to be letter from the late Mikado.
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Some day New Yorks New Years Eve
celebration will be as safe, sane, and
creditable as its celebration of the Fourth
of July has become.
The Washington herald., 1913-01-10

An oregan paper says: ANY way you
look at It, hanging is not satisfactory.
But one must admit that It is 'conclu-
sive.'"
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Seeing Paris.

What is this?''
Another lock OF Napoleon's hair"
II see now that Napolean was a regular
Paderewski."
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Such were conditions years ago;
Twas then for Turkey to command.
But time brings changes, as you know.
And now Greece has the upper hand
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Quite So.

You need something more than ink to
be an author. No squid ever wrote a
best seller.
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4 Rich Mans Son.

What's Cholly so downcast about"
Seems his father gave him an auto
mobile for Christmas
Nothing terrible about that"
But told him he'd have TO earn hi:
own gasoline
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Dcfics the BurEcsses.

\ hard-hcaded Scotsman past sixty
could not be expected to wait upon a
body Of wranGlinG and factiOus pro-
vincidls for leave to perform his duty
in a crisis. and. inasmuch as the object
was TO save their own lands. and per-
haps their own persons. from the
French. could hardly be blamed for
proposing in his anger that they ne
taxed for the purpose by act of Par
Lament. a Governor" he exclaimed.
is really TO be pitied in the discharge
of his duty to his King and country
in having to do with such obstinate.
self-COnCeited people. Some money
he advanced out of his own pocket
When Washington came back from
his fruitless mission. Dinwiddie or
dered his journal printed and copies
sent to all the colonial Governors AS
il was thought advisable by his honor,
the Governor to have the following ac-j
count OF my proceedings to and from
the French on Ohio committed to print
said the modest Young major. Il think
1 can do no less than apologize. in some
measure. for the numberless imperfec-
tions Of it" But Il was a very manly
recital OF noteworthy things, ana
touched the Imagination and fears Of
every thoughtful man who read IL quite
as near the quick as the urgent and
repeated letters OF the troubled Din
widdie.
Tomorrow Becomes Commando
er-in-chief.
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of trouble in the future. and il We are
the supreme power on this hemisphere,
We must do this, and do it now.
GEORGE c. TANNER.
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> Wages in Belgium are lower generally
than in any other European country.
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ALITTLE NONSENSE.
TURN ABOUT.

TURN ABOUT.
At midnight in his guarded tent.
The Turk lay dreaming of the day
When he would figure (haughty senD
The price that Greece would have to
pay.
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enough in how critical a case things
stood in the West: and the testy Gov
ernOr very Indignantly sent Ithem hons
again. He ordered draft OF two hun
dred men from the militia, nevertheless,
with the purpose Of assigning the COM
mand to Washington and seeing wha.
might be done upon the Ohio, without
vote OF Assembly
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Renchcs the French Fort.

I, was the 18th OF December before
the jaded party rode. in the cold dusk.
Hopkinsville Kentuckian. [volume] (Hopkinsville, Ky.) 1889-1918, 1913-05-20
German DumpIlnos.

Take the crust from three or four
small rolls and cut the crumb in
small pieces. Put into a basin, pour
boiling milk over them and soak for
twenty minutes. Press to drain of
superfuous milk, put in a saucepan
and beat over the fire with a spoon
until hot. Set back and season with
salt and pepper. Cut one-half pound
Of bacon in small pieces and fry with
some of the crusts cut in dice. Mix
fried crumbs and bacon with soaked
bread; add five ounces of butter in
small Jumps and enough beaten egg
to bind the mixture without making
too soft. Divide in equal sized mass
es, roll evenly round. Touring. the
hands freely. Plunge into a saucepan
Of salt boiling water and cook ten
minutes without uncovering. Drain.
put on a hot dish, pour over brown
clarified butter and serve.
Hopkinsville Kentuckian. [volume] (Hopkinsville, Ky.) 1889-1918, 1913-05-20
DINNER ON MOVING DAY
EXCELLENT MEAL MAY Be PRE-.
PARED IN ADVANCE.
Easy 70 Pack Everything That Is Re-
CURED and Have Suit Case Handy
Against Day Of General
Discomfort.

The ideal arrangement on moving
day or in housekeeping time. so far
as the culinary end of the household
ia concerned, is to take dinner out.
Sometimes kind-hearted friend steps
into the breach with an invitation to
dinner; sometimes a nearby hotel or
restaurant suggests Itself as a solu-
ton of the difficulty Sometimes, how
ever, dinner at home is a necessity.
And II II is there is no reason why
1t should be the unsavory, inhospitable
meal Il sometimes is.
A moving day dinner can be packed
in suit case. II can be prepared the
day before, packed the morning of the
move, labeled and placed carefully in
pantry, kitchen OF dining room of the
new house. and opened FIVE or ten
minutes before time for serving.
The suit case should be stored with
plates, cups, silver, napkins and table
cloth, candles and matches-often the
gas and electricity are not on tap the
first highland, IL the mover have
one, a chatting dish and a percolator.
All these things can be placed the day
or the week before A bottle of al
cohol for the spirit lamps should be
added on moving day, with bottle of
cream, loaf OF bread, a package of
ground coffee, pat of butter and such
food as has been planned and pre-
pared. The doilies or cloth can be
spread on tables set up anywhere, or
even on packing boxes, the candles
lighted, coffee made in the percola-
tor, one or two hot dishes prepared in
the chatting dish, the cold food served,
and in ten minutes a feast fit for a
travelling gypsy king can be ready
Soup served in cups, cold veal loaf,
creamed potatoes. currant jelly, veg.
etable salad. ice cream, coffee, cheese
and biscuits can constitute a suit case
spread. The soup, made the day be-
fore, can be carried in large fruit
jar with rubber and screw top, or else
it can be bought in a tin and opened.
when it is warmed in the chatting dish.
and while the diners are eating it the
creamed potatoes, prepared the day be
fore and kept on the ice and carried
in a fruit jar, can be heated The veal
loaf made the day before can be
wrapped in napkin or waxed paper,
and the jelly naturally travels in its
own glass. Lettuce for the salad,
washed and pulled apart, is wrapped
in a wet cloth and then in waxed pa
per. The vegetables-peas, beans and
diced carrots-can be packed, dressed
with oil and vinegar, in a small glass
jar. A box of biscuits and cake of
cheese also find place in the suit case.
Ice cream. ordered delivered at the
new house, makes an easy dessert.
Hopkinsville Kentuckian. [volume] (Hopkinsville, Ky.) 1889-1918, 1913-05-20
Veal croouettes.

Put two cupfuls of finely chopped
veal In a saucepan. add two table
spoonfuls of fine bread crumbs, one
teaspoonful Of butter. the beaten yolks
OF two eggs. one teaspoonful OF onion
juice, one-hSf teaspoonful OF salt. one
saltspoonfui OF paprika and spec OF
mace. Stir the mixture over the fire
until thoroughly heated. then set aside
to cool. Shape into croquettes. dip in
beaten egg. roll In fine crumbs. let
stand one or more hours and fry until
wen Drowned. Serve with tomato
sauce.
Hopkinsville Kentuckian. [volume] (Hopkinsville, Ky.) 1889-1918, 1913-05-20
oyster canapes.

This is one of the simplest to con-
struct, and also one of the most effec-
tive, of the flower decorations. Two
rounds of bread. which have been
sauted in butter on one side only. are
spread with an oyster mixture made
from six large oysters, one tablespoon
full of capers. and the same of pimen-
to. chopped fine; add one tablespoon
full Of horseradish. salt. and dash of
cayenne pepper with mayonnaise to
form a thick paste. Strips of the
whites of hard-boiled eggs are cut in
slender petals with a sharp pair OF
scissors and arranged about yellow
center. in the shape of a daisy or
chrysanthemum.- Bazaar.
Hopkinsville Kentuckian. [volume] (Hopkinsville, Ky.) 1889-1918, 1913-05-20
YOUR KIDNEYS
HCpkinsvilIe Residents Must
Learn the Importance Of
Keeping Them Well.

Pc feet health means that every
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functions properly.
Perfect health cannot be EMO, ed
II the kidneys are weak and disorder
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Thousands testify that Doan's
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What this remedy has done, in so
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Read the following. Its testim ony
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Hopkinsville Kentuckian. [volume] (Hopkinsville, Ky.) 1889-1918, 1913-05-20
Preferred To Be Shot.

Carson, New, May 16.-The first
legal execution by shooting in Ne
vada took place at the penitentiary
Wednesday when An1riza Mierovich
was put to death for the murder of
John Gregorvich in Tonopah on May
IA, 1912. Death by shooting was
Mierovich's choice in preference to
the eaIlows. the Nevada law provid-
ing either means with the selection
optional to the condemned.
Hopkinsville Kentuckian. [volume] (Hopkinsville, Ky.) 1889-1918, 1913-05-20
Fried Bread.

After frying pork OF bacon, put into
the fat slices OF stale bread. AS II
fries. pour over each slice little milk
or water and salt to taste. turn and
fry on the opposite side, This Is a
very appetizing dish.
Hopkinsville Kentuckian. [volume] (Hopkinsville, Ky.) 1889-1918, 1913-05-20
TIME SAVED,
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Saved

With the Cinch Tire Repair Kit.
The work is done in few minutes
and when completed the repair is a
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