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The Meeker herald., 1913-09-20

The Unopened Letter.
what does George say In his let
terri
"Oh. the usual lot Of nonsense-un-
dying love, eternity, despair and all
the rest Of It."
.What are you going to do about it!''
ooh. return It unopened. my dear!'
ILLUSTRATED Bits.
The Meeker herald., 1913-09-20
Knew. His osspraphy.

A prominent theatrical manager ol
New York city strolied into one Of tn
leading hotels Of the metropolis with
Colonel William r. Cody and met Jim
Thornton. tho eccentric monologist
The manager greeted MI. Thorntoa
and. turning to Cody. said. ~ would
like to have you meet my friend hsss.
Mr.. Thornton.
.'Ar. Thornton. this IL Colonel WI.
liam r. Cody. better known a. Buffalo
Bifl."
Mr.. Thornton, gripping the Wild wssl
showman's hand. said: .'Giad to knsW
you. Bill. What part Of Buntalo arc
you from 7"-National Monthly.
The Meeker herald., 1913-09-20
A Tough curs.


Faith will do wonders. A woman in
Devonshire. England. recently said to .
chemist:
I've got a cruel. bad cough. surely.
I've heerd that bronchial troches are
good things. Hav'ee got anyr
The assistant pointed to small box
on the table and said:
Yes; there they are"
How much IL 1T" was the inquiry.
The price was paid. and the old NO
man took her departure. At night the
assistant missed box Of slycerin soap
three cakesI.
A couple of days afterward the NO
man returned to the shop and said:
II want'ee to take back two Of them
things had t'other day. l took one Of
'em. It was mortal hard to chew and
awful to swallow. but It cured ths
cough"
The Meeker herald., 1913-09-20

Ms H1ad ma Sh0 PoAJNSs
A now popular clergyDa telling Of
some of his earlier experiences, said:
I'm my third living there was 4 very
crowded congregation the drst morning
ofhciated. The parishioners were svi-
IDENTIFY curious AZ to the build. color. Of
hair, etc. Of their new vicar. Al .
matter Of fact was. though . young
man. very bald. A little thought
would have caused me to make my first
appearance on any morning but the
9Th. but 1t was the Sth. and in the
Psalms. which were read and not sung.
!; had to say. MY sins ara more In
number than the hairs Of my head"
The Meeker herald., 1913-09-20

Promoter-Haven't you any close
friends who have money? Inventor-I
have one. but be 10 too close to give up
any.-Boston Transcript.
The Meeker herald., 1913-09-20

Death opens the gate Of fame and
shuts the gate Of envy after 1t: It I'M
1oossns the chain Of the captive and
puts the bondsman's task into another
mans hAnd.-Sterne.
The Meeker herald., 1913-09-20

Hard ones Tee.
Little Willie-What's the name Of the
Teller what calls on yer sister? Little
JOHNNY don't know yet. Pop calls
hin something different every time he
comes.
The Meeker herald., 1913-09-20

Medlocrity b excellent ~ the eyes Of
>nsdiocFe peopls.-Joubcrk
The Washington herald., 1913-11-13


Of the said
- the la Col Josep H.
the
Connecticut William
ngham
part IN the battle Of Bull Run
whether
in training mastering in the Federal troops
forgotten his
chose the regular DUTY
what
contemplating the organization Of regiment
with efficiency
Fort Trumbun
unsophiscsed country youth He looked though he had
miles
enough
place for this young soldier would be that
preliminary lessons he decided to let the
q
a
that The ocer laid two rvys on little stand
weapon -Four of he i've the buirs-sye.
them bulrseye
equally
with the revolver
will be to Washington
swallowed muihudnous
the
service" -. .,,
The Washington herald., 1913-11-13
Rudolph Means Progress.

The directors of the Washington
Board of Trade were wise in their Sc
lection of officers for the ensuing year.
Their names spell progress and an
other twelve months of achievement for
Washington by this important organi-
zation-
The city is indeed fortunate in hav-
ing its welfare largely in the hands OF
two such bodies of able business men
as compose the Board of Trade and
the Chamber of Commerce. In the past,
at different periods, there have been
movements looking to the consolida-
ton of the two organizations, and con-
siderable sentiment in favor of such a
plan was developed. The majority,
however, decided against the union,
but while each chose to retain its name
and to pursue its own aims, the dis
cussion actually brought them close to-
gether and generated a spirit of CO.
operation that today is powerfully at
work for civic advancement. As a
team the Board and the Chamber are
well-nigh irresistible
In electing Cuno H. Rudolph once
again to the presidency of the Board
of Trade the directors have well filled
the office so ably administered for the
past year by E. H. Droop.
Unanimously chosen by the directors,
Mr.. Rudolph will be unanimously in
dorsed by business men and residents.
No man in Washington is better quail
fed for this important position. His
past experience well equips him for
year of valuable service to Washing
ton. Having already served term as
president of the Board of Trade, fol-
lowed by a term as chairman of the
Board of District Commissioners, Mr..
Rudolph possesses. a superior knowl-
edge of the city's needs and how to
supply them. His administration in
the District Building was marked by
a fairness and hrmness that won him
an enviable place in municipal history.
As banker, merchant, and public-spir-
tied citizen his name stands for in
tegrity and progress.
Congratulations, Board of Trade!
Congratulations, President Rudolph.
The Washington herald., 1913-11-13

in debt largely because of the canal
the bonds back of the national cur.
rency system, the financing of the
Philippines and Porto Rico.
But he is nowhere near bankrupt
He Is rolling in more gold than any
other nation; he is making more cash
from the income tax, corporation tax
tariff for revenue and internal reve-
nue, than is required to pay running
expenses, and most of his debt is
back of the currency.
The United States owes but SI,o28,-
ooo,ooo-and the debt is Al.
In 1912 the civilized nations of the
world, extravagant in the extreme,
spent $J2,3o8oooooo.
No wonder we need currency re-
form.
And your Uncle Sam obtains his
money cheaper than any other power
but Uncle John Bull, who pays LA
2 3-4 per cent while the United States
pays to 4 per cent But we can af-
ford to be more generous than J. Bull.
The Washington herald., 1913-11-13
DAILY SHORT STORY

fuI Of its reception. A second later Il
was gone. Yet that fieeting bit of iIlu-,
mination had left a peculiar glow in
| Blair's eyes. He smiled again then, Just
to see how II felt
1T doesn't hurt me in the least" he
reflected, and laughed aloud.
| The sound startled him.
Good heavens!' he gasped. IF my
own daughter frightens me out OF my
senses it's time / got used to IT. {"
AT that moment co-worker came into
the ONCE. Blair glanced up and smile,
experimental. yet broad. greeted the
man.
some one left you a fortune?" In
quired the startled man.
Irritation. that people had him down
as a gloomy. morose, heavy person.
found philosophy.
NO" he said. with second grin.
I've just found one. Come out and
celebrate"
The man went.
When one after another OF Blair's old
associates expressed complete surprise in
him he began fully to realize the extent
Of his erstwhile dampening aspect
! why in thunder couldn't any one
have told me to cheer upr' he ruminated
darkIy in the quiet Of his own ROOM
Instead Of that they Stunned me as IL
had the plague or chicken pox.
| GLOON Is almost as bad" murmured
the other voice.
| Blair forthwith purchased for himself
TO get scarlet and yellow and green
His dull, morbid hued ones he cast out
OF the window. Nor was there hint of
/ regret with their disposal
When he went to see Enid. some two
weeks after having received her note Of
dismissal. Blair positively radiated joy
and exuberance. The experimental smile
had finished a complete work. There was
q warm glow in Blair's deep eyes; a
smile had twisted the dropping corners
J Of his mouth, and altogether there was a
startling example Of expressed Joy; the
darkness Of gloom had vanished.
Enid was trife pale when she greeted
him.
Blair did not wait for her to speak. He
swept her into his arms with a whlrl-
wind OF new emotions. There was
smile. triumphant and unashamed, in his
eyes when he looked down at her after
having kissed her lips and hair and
eyes
Enid. with cheeks scarlet, drew away
and leaned against the chair for sup
port
"Geoffreyi have you lost your mind?'
was all that she could manage to gasp.
i her, the startling color Of Geoffrey's tie
the breadth of his smile and the glow In
his eyes we're altogether too much for
her. She only gazed back at him You
are not the same" she half whispered
No. dear, am the new man you are
going to love. The one who will give
you happiness whenever you are with
him.
Where is the old Geofrey?" asked
Enid with unexpected promptness. THE
one who carried the weight Of a thousand
worlds on his shoulders. who dragged
souls down into gloom and who finally
made the girl he loved think there was
no joy in the universe?"
He has vanished, even as the SHOWS
OF last January" laughed Blair. He
drew her back into his arms and led
her to the great window seat Come,
dear-I want to tell you a story about
little smile that made an experiment.
Copyright. lsI3b
The Washington herald., 1913-11-13
An Enormous Debt.

In the last hundred years of the
world the nations that go to the trou-
bic of keeping accurate accounts have
been going at a fierce pace, if one may
Judge by the enormous debt that they
have allowed to pile up against them
selves.
The increased cost of living, the cost
of wars and preparedness for war, the
cost of experiments and development
of waterways, public improvements,
and the feeding of armies and navies
has been very large, to say nothing
OF the graft in high places.
The Department of Commerce has
gone to the trouble of compiling a
statement of the debt of the nations
Of the world. OF course, none but
those who pay enormous income taxes
can understand the aggregate of fg-
ures, and the only thing that it actual
The Washington herald., 1913-11-13
Outdoor Christmas Tree.

1t needs no word artist to FIRE the
imagination and warm the hearts Of
lovers of children by celebrating or
the plan for a community Christmas
tree. suggested in The Herald yester,
day morning. We know, because we
know of the certain, sure appeal which
the plan must have, that it will be a
success with big S.
The tentative plan mapped out yes
terday by the organization committee
shows the deep interest which these
busy men of affairs have taken in the
project. Already the simple plan sug-
gested in The Herald has broadened
TO elaborate proportions. And what a
picture can be conjured up as a result
"a crispy, starlit Christmas eve, out
of-doors; a towering tree, tapering to-
ward the heavens, illuminated with
vari-colored lights, flashing tinsel, cot
ton snowfall the gewgaws which make
a plain fir or pine a fairy Christmas
tree. There is your background. Then,
around the sturdy base, in the half
light place a choir or choirs of trained.
harmonious voices, caroling the songs
Of Christmas-tide, and for audience,
rntlfled and comfortable, draw around
the faces of thousands of children, rich
and poor, large and small, boy and
girl-for where will be size, sex, or
class distinction under such inspira-
ton?
Does not the promise of an oppor-
turity to take part in or make possible
such a picture mean something to you.
send the blood to your temples with
pure joy of anticipation?
The Washington herald., 1913-11-13

ly suggests is that bankruptcy for some
of the debtor nations is the only way
OUT
1t must have cost the Department of
Commerce a few coppers to delve so
deeply, and yet it is worth it to show
some water-logged individual, burdened
with paltry debts, that his obligations
are nothing compared to what ssme
of these so-called powers owe to their
creditors.
In all, the debt has increased in a
century, perhaps a little over a mat
ter of $4oyooo,ooo,ooo, and there may be
a few odd billions unaccounted for.
La Belle France leads all others in
industry and savings of the people and
yet it is discouraging to note that the
debt of France exceeds that of any
other power, as she owes S6,2S4,ooo,ooo
Russia, land of the bear and the cold
north winds, owes S4,533,oooooo, a
cipher or two will not make much diff
ference Japan, the honorable, con-
fesses to a debt of $I,242,oooooo as
against Sz6z,ooo,ooo in Ioo2-charg-
able to the glory of war. Williams
great empire is in debt to the tune of
SI,I78oooooo Little Italy admits that
it owes Sz,7o7,ooo,ooo, and King George
says that United Kingdoms obligations
on the books, as shown by recent hg-
ures, total $3,4S6oooYooo
How about your Uncle Sam? He is
The Washington herald., 1913-11-13
AN EXPERIMENTAL SMILE.
ny poRoTHY pouGLAs.

.
Blair gazed unseeingly at the note In
his hand A dull ache had started some
where In his being; he did net know Just
where. Also a new world yawned before
him. II was a gray world with a curtain
OF mist that shut him away from con-
tentment happiness.
Blair had not known. because he was
not thinking man nor an introspectiye
one. that the termination Of his engage
ment to Enid Vane would sting him 80
Her note, with the peculiar reverse she
had ever rracticed. merely informed him
that she considered her betrothal a mis-
take.
Being with you never gives me hap-
niness." she had written. nor do you re-
feet the Joy that surely love brings 70
those who truly ,ove."
Blair thrust the note into his pocket
A struggling sense OF injustice fingered
in the recess OF his brain. He was happy.
He had always been happy with Enid
There was no other girl who gave him
the complete contentment and sense OF
security that Enid did.
Gloom settled heavily upon Blair. Dur.
ing the day a gnawing depression crept
over him and with Il dawned the certain
knowledge that Of late he had seen very
little Of his friends. They had. he real.
lied. been dropping on gradually, tact.
fully refusing an invitation to lunch oil
to have a game Of billiards Yes
Blair's friends were beginning to shu,
his company.
"why?" that was the question.
Being a man. Blair Possessed the usual
consciousness of being all that was ex-
pected OF him. He, being OF the mascu-
line sex, had been given all the virtues
necessary for the equipment of a perfect
life.
Even so-might there not be one tiny
faw?" Blair had the unusual experiences
OF hearing what he supposed to be a
voice Of his own
The voice of introspection had at last
hammered effectually upon the lobes of
Blair's brain He listened now with only
a scant measure of antagonism.
ENID Is not happy when you are near
her. She has broken on your engage
ment Also your friends find other people
more amusing. There Is certainly some
reason for this unanimous vote against
you"
Blair found himself gazing scrut.nizing-
ly at his reflection In the mirror.
Assuredly he was good to look upon.
His features were regular. Yet, what
was the defect?
Very Unexpectedly Blair seemed to
be seeing Jimmy Rogers. Rogers Was
q chap whom every one was glad to
welcome. Why was 1t? Eyes that were
laughing. lips that curled upward. a
voice with happy ring in it; those were
the attributes possessed by Jimmy
Rogers.
Even So" commented Blair. IT doubt
II Rogers Is as happy as am
But you don't express IT," suggested
that new voice Of self-analysis. Your
fara raAaCfa O1O0r7 ghadnvuG-fh4 Iad
darkness OF a cavern"
Blair gazed into the mirror.
The Voice was right There was no
secret feeling Of Joy hidden in his eyes
nor in the downward curve OF his lips.
Certainly one looking at Blair would
consider him the victim Of a tragedy of
tragedies
A smile fitted suddenly across his face.
A smile. experimental, vagrant and fear
The Washington herald., 1913-11-13
RUSSIAN SUGAR FOR o. S.
Nobleman Takes Advantage o
Lower Tariff Law.

St Petersburg, Nov. 12-Evidently the
privileged. high magnates close to the
Gar are to be the first people in this
country to benefit under the regime of
cheap imports into the United States.
Count Vorontzof-Dashkof,t the Viceroy OF
the Caucasus, formerly Lord Chamberlain
OF the Cars household, announces that
in January or February next he will put
on the market his own Caucasian sugar.
In his official statement he makes
known that for seven years he and
group Of personal friends have been en-
ploying capital in establishing beet
sugar industry at their property Of Gull
kevitchi in the Kouban Region They
have been able to produce on their big
experimental farm 1000 pools (thirty-
eight pounds each OF beet per dessiatine
27 acres); and this beet yields q per cent
sugar. They are raising at present TO-
100000 poods OF beet, and they win have
ready 100000 pools Of sugar when they
enter the market at the beginning Of the
year.
The Washington herald., 1913-11-13
PRINCE WRITES MUSIC
ON THE BATTLEFIELD
Son of Montenegran King Figures
Out Scores from Sound OF
ARTILLERY.

Special Cable to The Washington Hsad
Paris, Nov. R--Parisian musical critics
who heard at Monte Carlo the symphonic
composition by Prince Mirko, the second
son Of the King Of Montenegro, pronounce
it Of excellent quality. His new work is
called "Fleurs du Printemps'' R'lowers
OF SPRING. but, in contradiction to its title.
it is OF extremely warlike character.
Prince Mirko composed his first music
at the age of fourteen and has written
fifteen religious hymns, several marches
and one opera His ambition is to COM
poEe a great national hymn for his coun-
try.
During the Balkan war he worked at
musical composition on the battlefield,
figuring out counterpoint to the sound OF
artillery.
The Washington herald., 1913-11-13
A Line q Cheer Each Day o
tn Year.
The DAMMAKER.
Original poem, written for he HsaA
By JOHN KENDRICK BANGS.
Copyright, lslal

lCopgTight. 9l51
I care not what the Weather Bureau
says
From this time on I'm making my own
days,
And ii without the tempests roar and
II So choose I'll have sunshine
within;
Or 4 ! need the rain. and skies are
bright
/ know Just how to bring dark clouds
in sight.
Though, truth to tell, plan to spe-
cialize
On CHEEKY days. with brilliant. sunny
skies
A-gieam with joy. and leave the other
For solemn folks who'd rather frswa
than smile
The Washington herald., 1913-11-13
MONKS BIRDS sAv1oRs.
st. Bernard's Monastery Extends
Hospitality to Swallows,
10 The Washington Heraid

Special Cable 10 The Washington Herald
Paris, Nov. R-The monks Of St.
Bernard's monastery In the Alps have
lately been extending to birds the hos
p:tality which they offer to travellers
oyertaken by storm
During heavy snowstorm they saw
a dense black cloud OF migrating swal-
lows approach. All the windows of the
monastery were opened. and a few
moments later halls and cells were filled
with thousands OF the half-frozen birds.
When the dawn broke next morning they
new through the open windows ana ser
out on their journey to the South.
The Washington herald., 1913-11-13
WORK KEEPS HER YOUNG.
Woman, 100, Attributes Long Life
20 Hard Labor.

London. Nov. 12-Mrs. Rebecca Law, an
old-age pensioner. of Little chesterford.
Essex. who recently celebrated her hun
dredth birthday. was left a widow al
forty-two. with seven children under
fourteen. BY working in the fields, mend
ing socks and washing for the farmers
wives, she brought up her family.
She toiled until she was seventy when
abe was admitted TO one Of Lord Bray
brookee's almshouses on the Audeley End
estate, where she remained until she was
ninety.
Asked to what she attributed her good
health and long life. Mrs. Law said;
Hard work, my dear. and happy with It
No woman has worked harder than ]
have, and was never happier than when
at work. I love everybody. II did not
I should not have lived 20 long"
The Washington herald., 1913-11-13

Now that Murphy and sulzer have made
peace and Huerta has ahdlcated-HuhI
Got to stop this thing of doing on while
at work.
The Washington herald., 1913-11-13

Gov. o'Neal announces that he is going
TO appoint another Senator, but the post
may not be very attractive to Alabama
Statesman in view of what happened to
Judge Clayton
The Washington herald., 1913-11-13

the sentiment. but begged leave TO re-
mark:
'rnis is hardly the time for ambitious
energy in politics. There is a spasmcdic
fiighty tendency In political operations
very evident in the last few months and
II has not yet passed I don't wonder
our friend Taft Is nominating Sulzer for
President and Harry Thaw for Vice
President on any sort Of a platform.
There is a freakish running after tads
and fancies Of the hour. but I am hopeful
Of final settling down to solid things
and getting back to q basis. There is
no need to worry. All will come along
In good season when the spasm Is over.
Then Il will be time enough to consider
the suggestions Of our friends and thu
best methods for keeping the country
safe and sane for a long. long time"
As Senator Bailey was just fifty years
old on October s with the record of FIVE
terms in the House and two terms ir the
Senate. he is counted young enough to
devote ten years to the making Of a for
tune and then come to the Senate again
at the age when most men are glad to
gain Senatorial honorS-- With the Bailey
robustness and general physical promise
he could give the country three full terms
of Senatorial activity after reaching
three score and enjoy the Job. Senator
Culberson, the Bailey colleague, has
hardly improved in health as hoped, and
his admirers at home are somewhat wor-
ried lest he may not seek to retain his
strong hold on the political organization
In the State.
New Jersey, with one lone Republican,
Browing. promises to give him company
another year, and the late vote in the
State. showing a decided getting back to
old Republican form, warrants hope Of
several districts in the populous section
now represented by Democrats. Gardner.
of the old Atlantic City district, who
served many terms, finally felt the ak of
last years slaughter. but he promises
a getting together in old fern a year
hence.
Little Rhode Island, which fiunked
overwhelmingly last year for the first
time in many years, sending a Demo-
cratic Senator and two Democrats to the
House. Is expected to shift back to at
least two Republican House members and
await the i've remaining years
of the Colt term.
Pennsylvania, under the Penrose velvet
heeled methods. ought to gain a half
dozen Republican members. and especially
In the old Focht Lafean. and Crago dis
tricts. which usually get normal after an
occasional Jolt.
Davidson and Morse, of Wisconsin, two
capable and ambitious Republicans, who
fell down last year. are confident OF COM |
ing back, and the Northwest, including |
Michigan and Minnesota, did fairly well |
for the Republican Congressional tickets |
last year, considering the cataclysms in |
States like Ohio. Indiana, and Illinois; |
also New York.
When you think OF New York City. In |
cludlng Brooklyn, Long Island. and the \
Bronx, sending but one Republican as
against more than a dozen in other glad
years, the yearning Of the New York Re
publican managers to get things right |
again is understood.
The Washington herald., 1913-11-13
A Great Sharpshooter Who Was Lost.

(wrtten Expressly for The Washington Herald.)
interesting anecdotes associated with Il
j of the civil obtained by from Gen. DAME
~ the late Joseph H. Selden many
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1913-07-26
Days and Nights

II days were only twice as long.
'Twould be splendid thing!
Cause, don't you know, force you're
quite dressed, 4ss
The breakfast bell will ring;
And then it's time to go to school,
And then run home at noon,
And back to school; and four o'clock
Most always comes real soon;
And then you just begin to play,
And then It's time for tea:
And then, in, such a little while,
Your bedtime comes, you see!
II nights were only twice as long,
'Twould be a splendid thing!
Cause, don't you know when you're
tucked up.
Sometimes your motherll sing;
And first you lie and watch tho stars.
or maybe there's moon:
And then you get all nice and warm
And sleepy pretty soon;
And then, perhaps. you shut your eyes;
And then your mother1l say,
slave I little boy that means
To lie in bed all day."
Elizabeth Lincoln Gould