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The Washington herald., 1913-06-01

I my room@ and read until late m the
nighf-history. philosophy and fiction. 7
have always suffered from sleeplessnesa.
On Sunday / would read the Bible. No
| man can be called educated unless he
| studies the Scriptures Quotations nom
the Bioie. moreover. are always effective
| before an audience
Likewise ! gave some attention 10 my
voice. i would travel to Germany or
France, hunt out music teacher in
some village and arrange for lessons In
vocalization. Perhaps I would stay for
three weeks singing simple songs and
arias firm different operas. Then I took
long walks for my health. On such O..
castons ! would coin phrases, draw men.
tai pictures and think over SUBJECTS.
Some day I would make q speech ana use
the pictures. phrases and paragraphs
mus worked out on foot in the fields
and woods and those who heard me
would suppose they were listening to an
extemporaheous effort
Alarm Bells and other Nonsense.
rs there anything the matter with the
United states?'' asked
Yes Too MANY alarm bells are ring
ing. The noise is unnecessary and dis
tracing. But our worst weakness IL the
oelief that men must lose their person
atty and combine II they would accom-
plish anything in business, education
morals. and government We hear little
else than the communication of charac-
ter and endeavor. All communal experi-
ments In government have been failures,
because men lose their liberty and coun-
tries their freedom Man should develop
his character. his mind, his talents his
opinions and his body while standing
away from the crowd. We are being
taught today that human beings can be
made by wholesale like coats, bushel bas-
kets, and umbrellas. One man, so the
facilitating doctrine runs. must lean on
another. and all men must lean on the
government"
How would YOU explain your success
in politics?" / asked
You can pick out my theories 1 dare
say. from what I have already spoken
of In this interview. But I will condens,
the whole scheme of human success into
a sentence. Extend. counsel every one.
no matter the nature Of ones business,
the common courtesies Of life to the COM
What questions are you most inter-
ested in nowT'
Il should like to see a minimum wage
established for each class of workers
in the United States Next, I should
like scheme of compensation adopted
Tor workers. who, reaching old age.
'Hu themselves poor fenslon Is an Of
fensive word In such a connection.
Charity Is an odious word Let the
aged carpenter work fifteen minutes or
nfteen hours day at his own home
or anywhere and let the State give him
something out Of the wealth-fund hi,
previous labor has helped to- create.
Let him trade q window screen or a
door at public exchange for a pair
of shoes made under like circumstances
by an old shoemaker BUT nav min, casb
IL that suits him better and paw him
whether he works or prefers to sit at
home and smoke his pipe He has been
a soldier of industry and society owes
him part of the profit he did not get
when he daily stood at his bench and
wrought toward a higher civilization"
Copyright, 1913, by James B. Morrow)
The Washington herald., 1913-06-01
BY JAMES b. MORROW.

Whiskers, the interviewer, had sworn
70 himself, should be kept out of
the story. They were common and
cheap as an item of personal de-
scription. Furthermore. they were not
pink and never had been, but the color
of custard pie. They were brought into
the dialogue, however, by James HamIl-
ton Lewis himself-dragged in, SO to
speak, by the hair of the head Moreover,
there was threat: He proposed to shave
them on when the weather of summer got
settled.
IT have accomplished Something in two
much alive and widely separated States"
he said, but am pictured as being COM
posed principally of whiskers, manners,
and clothes. My eccentricities are exag-
gerated"
What are your eccentricities?" asked.
i don't know" he replied. That Is
the strange part OF it. II any one is lit
tie unlike the mass OF people whom he
meets In the street. either in appearance
or demeanor, he is supposed to be
quack, Snowman, or a freak. / do not
complain about newspaper men. They are
fne fellows But to read them one would
think that my personality is all on the
surface-that / am mostly bows, smiles,
spats, canes, and whiskers.
I have let my whiskers grow ever since
| first went to Seattle" Senator Lewis
continued. Il was twenty years old,
meant to practice law and desired to look
experienced and competent. / wooed tho
aspect Of maturity for business purposes
The custom of many young physicians
justified me in doing so. Then / was i'll
a great deal and my whiskers concealed
unhappy hollows and angularities. FinaI-
~, whiskers became a part of my outward
individuality. I formed. in short. the
habit of wearing them.
He Always Belongs Elsewhere.
Il seem to be a stranger everywhere.
Curiosity is aroused by my presence. III
am unconscious, however. of being unlike
The rest of mankind. Yet when / 60 II
France ! am thought to be a German or
a Russian, but never an American. IL
am In Germany, ! am taken for an
EnSlishman. a Norwegian. or anybody |
else except an inhabitant of the United |
states. So 1t gees. no matter where |
am. am helpless, try as may, to arise |
externally and visibly, to the common |
average
"Arise? / repeated.
Il prefer that word" Senator Lewis re- |
piled. a dreamy look creeping into his
gray eyes. But l have determined to
try an experiment" he went on to saw
This summer ! shall shave of my wills
kers and deprive Journalism Of one of its
favorite sources of originality and
humor''
So speaking Senator Lewis tapped the
toe of his shoe with his cane and twiddled
a pair Of mauve gloves with his left hand.
He wore pink shirt. blue cuff buttons, !
a dark suit Of clothing-with white facing
ON the vest-an indigo cravat, a large sky
colored stick-pin, and heavy rings on his
little fingers. In his scrimping days. 1t
IS said. he held that il was more artistic
and impressive to expend $50 for three
IN 4 I
right through the summer or winter.
Analysing gentlemen have attempted to
reduce Senator Lewis TO a table of bare
fgures-tO give his ingredients as though {,
ne were a medicine or a bottle of table
water. No such essay is to be made II
The Washington herald., 1913-06-01
He Works the Docks in Seattle for Daily Bread Ten
Years After Moving to Illinois Becomes
United States Senator

sells shall pass over the days when
| 1 had to struggle very hard With un-
propitous circumstances. became q
| lawyer. there In Seattle Criminal prac-
| tice came to my ONCE. / have defend
ed fifty-hve persons accused OF murder.
All OF them escaped the executioner.
But / also had important civil business
put into my management. L. C. Gill;
man. who Is now vice president of the
Great Northern Railroad. and Thomas B.
Hardin, general counsel in New York
for the Canadian Pacific Railroad. were
my partners 1 moved TO Chicago be-
cause I wanted a larger field In which
to practice my profession.
NOW the case seems to be about as
follows: J. H. Lewis built up a large
business In the State Of Washington.
He was also elected to the national
House of Representatives, after hav-
ing served in the upper branch of the
Legislature. He won success In Chicago
as a lawyer. In 1903 he was the candi-
date of the Democrats of Illinois for
Governor He has been corporation
the country. The DeSccrats Of he Pa
cifc States made him their candidate
for, Vice President in 1900 After a resi-
dence of ten years in Illinois. he is a
Senator in Congress. ]. H. Lewis does
not say that he has any extraordinary
taients, out ne wants 10 De taken seri-
ousiy. ACCIDENTS haven't inquired IN MS
career either at the nar or IN pontics.
Manifestiy, there Is more OF him than
whiskers. manners. and spats."
Says He IL q Fatalist.
.r
"e '"u' mas
oeen the phiiosopny OF yourffe!
II have neglected to apply philosophy
to ,,y..,f p,-han. h.vo . $500
know that am fataIIst Kind ac.x
bring rewa rds Jrrt;nd acts are followed
NV penalties Notbjrg can ston ,hs
workings ~ the Iaw ~ iustice ~ N.
law OF comnensatjon and On nun,shmerr
III. as a member Of the guards or the
senate. I sneak pleasantly 10 the ash
man. or tell a sick man / am glad he
is looking so well. when he isn't. or helm
The Washington herald., 1913-06-01

to be the first ships to go through this
wonderful waterway will be granted
After going through the canal We will
cruise along the shores OF the Pacific
Ocean, arriving at San Francisco in time
for the opening OF the Panama-Pacific
International Exhibition. where President
Charles F. Moore has already given US
the pick of two berths which the consid-
cred the best to be found This will be
in February. 1915, more than a year and
half after the start is made from Chi
cago.
''on this long trip we shall not make
jumps during the winter or the early
spring months, combining most Of our-saii-
ings to the summer and fall seasons. We
shall be towed on most Of our short
trips from one port to another, doing
away with the need Of any experienced
crew being always on hand, and thus re-
ducing expenses.
Recruiting the Crews.
I'm fact. groups Of Harvard students
will form the main part Of the crew,
and will be on board the ships during
the next three summer vacation periods,
which extend from June to October. The
students who will be taken on these
trips will be those who wish to earn a
little money during their vacation pc
RODS. and also wish to see some parts
Of the Atlantic and Pacific Coast lines.
The Washington herald., 1913-06-01
West POINTS GRADUATING CLASS

instance. it was only natural that Castillo
should rank high. This he has done.
leading the class in that branch all tho
while. S
| But Castillo is an all round student and
soldier and in the final standing of the
class he is bound to rank we'll
In January, when the order of merit
was last published. he stood No in
| law; No. II in engineering and No ~
In ordnance and gunnery. His class
! standing on the last, published general
merit rolls was No. is, and he is going
to come close to that position at the
finish.
No Commission for Cuban.
Castillo wears the badge OF an exper$
riheman earned while at West Point. Hs
is the first Cuban cadet to Be graduates
| from the Academy since Cuba was a re-
public. His diploma will not entitIe hin,
to commission in the United States army.
While Castillo may lay claim to the
distinction of being the only genuine
foreigner in the class of 1913 vet ther,
are two others who were born outside
Uncle Sans dominions. They are Silas
Miriam Ratzkoff, who was born in Russia
twenty-five years ago. and Hans Robert
Wheat Herwig. who first saw the peep
o. day in Japan a year later.
Ratzkon lives in Roxbury, Mass, and
was appointed to West Point from tba
Ninth Congressional district of that State.
Herwig was appointed from the United
States at large and lives at Alexandria,
Va Ratzkoff is the undisputed champion
boxer of the corps of cadets
Far on Hawaii has a cadet who will ne
graduated. He Is Charles Bishop Lyman.
who comes from Hilo. Hawaii, and was
appointed to West Point from that Terri
tory In 1909 Lyman gets commission
in the army because Hawaii is American
territory. He Is the third cadet coming
from the Sandwich Islands to be graduated
from West Point.
Those who preceded him were his
brothers, Clarence X. Lyman, who was
graduated with the class of 1906. and.
Albert K. B. Lyman, who went out with
the class OF 1909. Both are now lieu
tenants in the army. The Lyman of
this year Is one of the most popular men
in the class and enc of the best athletes
ever at the Academy. D
Lyman has played baseball on the
army team ever since his entrance. He
Is q polo enthusiast also. Being an ex-
pert horseman he win enter the cavalry
branch OF the service after graduation.
Good Athletic Glass.
This years class was well represented
in all branches OF athletics at the academy
during the past four years. The football
team win lose. such stars as Devore,
Reyes. Gillespie. and PurneH from its
lineup. while the baseball team will suf-
fer the loss OF Lyman and the teams
captain and star second baseman. Sadtler
Nine Of the graduating class wear the
"A"
The first five men In order of general
merit will be assigned to the engineer
branch of the service.
L.
have not yet been completed. but tho
event viii take place some time during
the morning OF June Il. The class will
leave for New York at noon. accompanied
by the members of the new second class.
who go on furlough that day until August
- Both classes will make the Hotel
Astor their headquarters that night and
will attend a performance OF The Sun
shine Girr' at the Knickerbocker = The
evening.
The Washington herald., 1913-06-01
Duplicates Of Ships Used by
Great Explorer to Take
Part in the Opening Of the
Panama Canal.

Like phantom ships of the Spanish
Main. duplicates Of Columbus feet.
manned by Harvard students, may be
the first to pass through the Panama
Canal when ii is officially opened
After lying since the worlds fair in
1892 at their anchorage in jackson Park.
Chicago, the Santa Maria, Pinta, and
Nina, built in Spain in exact duplicate
of the tiny hulls Queen Isabella pawned
her jewels to finance, will be taken on
a 6c0O-mile exhibition trip manned by
undergraduates in the dress of sailors
of the period OF 1882
The caravels are now being put in
condition for their long cruise. They
will be part of the exhibition at the
Panama-Pacffic International Exhibition
in San Francisco from February to De-
cember. 1915.
Rowing Coach's Idea.
The fertile mind of Charles Stephen
son. assistant rowing coach of the Har-
ward varsity crew, conceived the idea
OF thousands of citizens along the At
lantic and Pacific coasts these famous
little craft.
He will be the commander of the fleet
The students will board the ships just
after the college year closes. The trip,
which is designed for educational pur-
poses, will consume about a year and a
half
The trips from port to port will be
during the summer and fall seasons.
The students are enthusiastic over the
prospects 1t will afford them SPLEEN
did vacation, and they will at the same
time be earning something to help them
pay their tuition.
All credit for the conception and exc
cution of this educational idea Is given
to Mr.. Stephenson. He has been aided
by prominent and influential men in the
United States. The Illinois Park Com
mission, which has custody of the his
toric f1ee1 is entitled to a lions portion
of credit. for they made the trip possible
by granting Mr.. Stephenson's request to
permit the ships to leave Illinois wa
tiers.
Saw Them mt Fair.
In. explaining the direct purpose OF the
trip to a Sunday Post reporter Mr.. Ste
phenson said:
when ! attended the Worlds Fair at
Chicago in 1882, the Santa Maria, Pinta.
and Nina, the caravel's duplicating those
which composed Columbus feet. were to
me one of the most interesting exhibits
More than anything else at this vast
exposition did these ships impress upon
me the fact that 1t was the 4ooth anni- 1
versary of the discovery of this country
by the intrepid. fearless, and determined
Columbus. And yet, in spite, of these |
facts, / was surprised to I re how little
interest the average ,1Nitor took I'm these /
silent monuments of so important bit
pf history.
AT the close of the fair. queen Maria I
Christina of Spain gave these boats to
The Illinois Park Commission. which pro-
vided a berth for them in the waters of
Jackson Park. Chicago. From that day
/ began to think Of some scheme where
The Washington herald., 1913-06-01
Academy to Add Ninety-two
New Officers to the United
States Army-Only One
+. Is a Foreigner.

| Ninety-two new officers will be added tc
Uncle Sans army on June IL by theil
graduation of the first class of the corps
of cadets at the United States Military
Academy.
/ hands of the Secretary Of War or some
officer of the army OF high rank their
much coveted diplomas and their com
missions as second lieutenants.
When the class Of 1913 estered West
Point on March l, 1903, 1t had 1i6 men,
bers. Fifty-three of them have since
! fallen by the wayside and are among
those accounted for" Thirty-three went
during the first twelve months and the
wedding out process has continued re-
lentlessly ever since, until those ninety
three young men who go out this year are
truly "the survival of the fittest."
The cadets who will be graduated come
from thirty-six States of the union. Illinois
leads with six, Kentucky, Michigan,
Missouri, and New York each have five
and Massachusetts, and Pennsylvania each
four. The others have one. two. and three
apiece
Cadet Francis Kosier Newcomer. of
Washington, ID. c., will be graduated at
the head Of the class. He was appointed
to West Point from the Thirty-irst Con-
gress District of Pennsylvania. He Is
twenty-four years old.
Newcomer has led the class since his
entrance. He excels in engineering and
ordnance and stands high in languages
and law. He is a lieutenant in the bat
talon organisation and also wears the
badge of an expert rifeman. Newcomer
is one of the best broadswordsmen in
the academy and very popular with the
corps. He will be assigned to the engf-
neering branch Of thea rmy upon his
graduation.
Newcomer is a son of Lieut.. Col Henry
c. Newcomer. Corps of Engineers, U. s.
A., now on duty in the office of the chief
of engineers in Washington. Col New
conner was graduated at the head of his
class at West Point in 1886.
The Nunners-np.
Cadets Gordon r. Young. of Montana,
and Charles F. Williams. Of Massachusetts,
have been having an interesting contest
as runners up in the race for class honors.
Young's chances of getting second place
seem best just now.
OF the ninety-three cadets who make
up the graduating class all are Ameri-
cans except one. He Is Demetrio RAJ
fael Del Castillo. jr.. of Santiago de
Cuba
Castillo has been receiving instruction
at West Point under the provisions of
a joint resolution of Congress. Occasion
ally foreign cadet il admitted to West
Point. but never without the authority Of
Congress. Castillo was admitted In 1909
by request Of the Cuban government
Foreign cadets are required to toe the
mark at the Academy the same as other !
cadets. Some Of them have found this too |
much for them; frequently they have !
dropped out after a year or so OF the |
nard grind" Not SO with Castillo He |
has been able to keep UP with everything |
very readily. He has set the pace for |
ZONE of his classmates In Spanish. for
The American issue. [volume] (Westerville, Ohio) 1912-19??, 1913-02-21


Rewarded with Rich Realizations, and 1t Shall
Follow as the Night the Day.
How Much Better Off are You than Last
Year, or the Year Before That? Perhaps
Your Wages are a Little Higher, but Have
not Your Expenses More than Kept Pace
with That Increase? Aren't You Paying a
Little More for Your Clothes and Your
Meals, and don't You Smoke More Expen-
sve Cigars and more of Them than Formerly?
If 1t isn't Cigars, 1t may be Something Else
Some More Expensive Habit.
A Man Begins To Go Down Hill at Forty,
and the time may come when a Younger
Man-perhaps Cheaper Man-will fill your
Job. The Man Who-Looks-Ahe will pre-
pare himself for that time by getting Home
My advice to You Therefore, is to Get a
Home while you are able to do so-and Be-
gin Now I would further advise you to Get
a Home in the Gulf Coast Country of Texas
Since Investigating Conditions in the Rain
Belt of Gulf Coast Texas, I have no Fear of
The American issue. [volume] (Westerville, Ohio) 1912-19??, 1913-02-21

Old Age or Poverty, because I know I can
Take Up a Few Acres down there and be
Absolutely Independent. l Firmly Con-
WINGED that with Average Intelligence and
Average Industry, any Man who is now Work
ing His Head off in the North to make
Bare Living where they Snatch One Crop
between Snowstorms and Billiards. can soon
Lay Up Nice Bank Account in the Winter
Garden of America. Come to the Land of
Least Resistance, where You can Grow Three
Big Money Making Crops a Year on the Same
Soil and Without a Dollars Worth of Ex-
pense for Irrigation Fertilization.
[ believe you could Twenty-Five Cents
a Day if You Tried. l know you would Try
if you Realized that Growers of Figs
Strawberries and Early Vegetables clear a net
profit of $500 to $500 an Acre Men Have
Realized more than $1,000 acre growing
Oranges in Country. Remember that
our Early Vegetables get to Northern Mark
The American issue. [volume] (Westerville, Ohio) 1912-19??, 1913-02-21

The Climate is Extremely Healthful and SUI
perior to that of California Florida-Winter
or Summer-owing to the Constant Gulf Breeze
Our Contract Embodes Life and Accident In
surance, and should You Die or become totally
disabled, Your family, or anyone else You
name, will get the Farm without the Payment
of Another Penny. If you should be Dissatis-
fed, we will Absolutely Refund your Money,
as per the Terms of our Guarantee.
Write for our Free Book which contains
nearly 100 Photographs of Growing Crops,
etc. Fill Out the Blank Space below with
your Name and Address, plainly written, and
mail it to the Texas-Gulf Realty Company,
1905 Peoples Gas Bldg, Chicago, III. Read
it Carefully, then use your own Good Judgment
Please send me book independence With Ten Acres
The American issue. [volume] (Westerville, Ohio) 1912-19??, 1913-02-21
Reaping
Rewards from
Resolutions
By FRANKLIN o. KING

Do You Remember That Old Story about
Robert Bruce and the Spider2 Robert was
Hiding in a Cave. His Enemies Had Him
"In the Hole Temporarily, So to Speak, AS
1t Were. While Rejecting the Rocky
Road to Realty, Robert, the Bruce, Espied
a Spider Spinning His Web Over the En-
trance to the Cavern Nine Times Did the
Spider Swing Across the Opening in a Vain
Attempt to Effect Landing, but the Tenth
Time he Touched the Home Plate, and Robert,
admiring the Persistence of the Insect, Cried
Out -"Bravo," Two or Three Times,
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One Right After the
Other. Shortly After
That Bruce Got Busy
and Captured a King
dom.
All of This Preamble
is Intended to Point a
Moral, which is "lf
At First You Don't
Succeed, Slap on More
Steam, and Sand the
Track" In This Con-
nection / want to In
quire about Your New
Years Resolutions, and
to Ask If You Have
Kept the Faith, and If
Not-Why Not? 1 Be-
lieve the Pathway to
Prosperity is Paved with
Good Resolutions.
Therefore, let Us Re-
solve, and Keep Resolv-
ing until Victory is
Perched on our Banners.
Remember, You Have
Fought Many a Victor
ious Waterloo that the
World Knows Nothing
About. The Man who
Gets Up Every Time
He Falls Down Will
Some Day Cease to be
a Fall Guy Good
Resolutions Will Be
The American issue. [volume] (Westerville, Ohio) 1912-19??, 1913-02-21

cts IN M1d-W1nter and
Early Spring, when they
command Top Prices.
One German Truck
Grower on adjoining
lands last spring real
lied nearly $500 from
three-fourths of an acre
of Strawberries. You
could do as well if you
only Tried, and on a
Ten-Acre Tract Find
Financial Freedom.
The Biggest Price
paid for a car of water
melons on the Houston
Market last year was
$40. The car was
shipped by the Danbury
Fruit and Truck Grow
ers' Association.
We are situated with
in convenient shipping
distance of Three Good
Railroads, and in addi-
ton to this have the in
estimable Advantages of
Water Transportation
through the Splendid
Harbors of Galveston
and Velasco, so that our
Freight Rates are Cut
Practically in H a If.
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The mayor of an English town rid
ing in his motor found himself long
way from home, and wanting water for
his two acety1ene lamps, he drove on
in momentary dread of the village po-
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liceman, till at last he saw a laborer
standing at the door of his cottage.
81 say, would you be kind enough to
give me some water for my lamps?"
''Water?"> repeated the laborer, 81
suppose you mean oil?'
"No, I don't; want water"
The laborer looked searchingly at
the motorist for moment "Take my
advice and get along 'ome sir" he
said impressively; you ought really to
be ashamed of yourself at your age,
and you the mayor, too"-The Rech-
abite.